100 Years Ago — 1926…
Carman Bible and Business School provides training in Karam Shorthand; Roland and Carman tied for top spot in the S.M.I.H.L.; Barnsley Baseball Club holds a Hard Times Dance at Forest School; a Robbie Burns Night is planned with Rev. Lyons speaking on the poet’s life; ad: Make your own soap and save! All you need is Gillert’s lye flakes; Roland Union Sunday School averages 246 in attendance; B. McInnis named top Grade 11 student with a 90 per cent average.
75 Years Ago — 1951… School budget set at $47,000, up from $12,000 the previous year due to construction of a new school; Gerry Kuik seeks contacts interested in sponsoring Dutch families to Canada; Carman Plumbing & Heating offers furnace conversions to oil; Jack Ross says mosquitoes are biting at the new school now that the furnace has thawed the ground; Carman’s entry in an amateur radio contest featured Elaine Hand, Carol Cochran, Darlene Friesen, Ralph McIvor and Ken Takvam singing By the Light of the Silvery Moon; Safeway McIntosh apples priced at 12¢ per lb.
50 Years Ago — 1976… Eaton’s terminates its mail-order catalogue; RM appoints Stan Carr, George Gary and Charlie McCullough to the Recreation Committee; Laycock Motors lists a 1975 Dodge D200 for $5,700; White Bookkeeping offers income tax services; CN Station House Committee plans fundraising drives and events; council distributes child-care surveys to schools; Chamber honours retired business owners Betty Woods, Ted Brown and Ed Wiebe Sr.; Ian Tyson named top Canadian country TV show performer and outstanding singer.
25 Years Ago — 2001… Airbags save Mr. and Mrs. Les Allison during a three-vehicle collision; Carman Hospital surgical program reduced to a three-day week; Roland teacher Don Mowbray recognized for 25 years of service in Midland; minimum wage set to increase to $6.25 in April; NDP Minister of Family Services speaks at the Carman Family Resource Centre; Jack Pethybridge plans to revive the Beavers after the team folded prior to the season; Cougars win the G.V.C. Hockey Tournament; Carman Music Academy promotes DVD rentals at $3.50; Colin McRae sits second in scoring with the Wheat Kings; 25 women graduate from the first nursing program offered in rural Manitoba.
