100 years ago, 1926… Ladies’ High School hockey team taking shape; J.G. McGowan Co. sells 30 lbs. of onions for $1; Sperling Carnival held, including races and costume judging for fancy and comic classes; Royal Bank encourages poultry for profit; Harry McKnight toasts the dads at the Homewood Father and Son Banquet; UGG Elevators sell binder twine; 200 fans catch a train to Swan Lake to watch a hockey game in which Don Shilson and Karl Watson star, but lose 2–1.
75 years ago, 1951… Chamber elects Hank Churchill president and Ben Reynolds vice-president; 24-year-old Johann Van Dijk arrives in Homewood from the Netherlands; the C.C.I. Messenger collegiate publication is launched with Joan Proulx as editor; Game and Fish memberships cost $7; Westinghouse Super Deluxe electric range at Skinner and Bishop sells for $379; Carman United Church has 1,400 members; Safeway 16-oz. Polly Ann bread, sliced or unsliced, is two for 21 cents; Bangs disease in cattle is the topic at a YMS meeting; Catherine Loeppky chairs Carman Drama Club meeting and play planning.
50 years ago, 1976… TD Bank opens; Carman has five rinks win zones and advance to provincials; Jan’s Gulf accepts beer bottles for gas at 60 cents per bottle; get your RRSP from Fred Salter at DCU; Miami Develop Corp. invites a plastic stick factory and local share purchases; recent retirees Ted Brown, Ed Wiebe Sr. and Betty Woods are honoured; Skelton’s Hardware building sold to Bert Klos; experimental “open-area classrooms” walled up at the Collegiate; Co-op sells Tack skates for $74.95.
25 years ago, 2001… Lt.-Gov. Peter Liba visits Carman Elementary; the 32nd Cougar Tournament gets underway; Midland receives a $96,000 increase from government but it won’t offset fixed costs, says Supt. Fred Colvin; grand opening of Fas Gas features draws for a year of gas; Collegiate performs HMS Pinafore; Corn Growers Association moves to the Industrial Park from the hall basement; Daisy a Day offers roses starting at $3; figure skaters Monique Martin and Gillian Vanderveen bring home gold at regionals; Kraig MacLean rents out Tub Tyme.
