100 years ago, 1926 — Great Northern Railway stops Carman–Portage service; enumeration for the census begins; Elm Creek hosts District Field Day; five nurses graduate from Carman Hospital; DAS distributes 1,200 prize list books; pure cane sugar sells for $1.40 per 20 lbs. at McClure & McCullough; Dufferin Leader subscription is $2 per year; C. Montgomery sells Goodyear tires; large ad explains how to properly shear sheep; Carman Bible & Business Training School might close.
75 years ago, 1951 — South End Grocery takes on Webb Bus Line depot; Miss Olive Bowes’s Teen-Age Sewing Club holds achievement day; W.E. McCutcheon approaches council with plans for a pasteurization plant on his property north of Carman; R. Takvam is provisional sec.-treas. of the Manitoba Farmer Union; Jerry McNulty of Sperling draws cartoons for the Leader; Memorial Hall hosts the Manitoba Provincial Drama Festival.
50 years ago, 1976 — Nine-year-old Brenda Pasche of PLP drowns in Carman refuse grounds; contractor Jack Ross hands over keys to Station House; Kinsmen offer $300 and their time to paint the Station House exterior; new golf clubhouse patio opens; MacLeods sells 16 cu.-ft. freezers for $278; Rick Preston awarded the Travis North Memorial Trophy for senior boys aggregate; Lorraine Tkachyk sets new junior girls 1,500-metre record with a time of 6:43.8; United Church Rev. Jack McLachlan leaves for Dauphin; Heather Birtle named new Agassiz Toastmistress Club president.
25 years ago, 2001 — New pool remains on schedule; grey willowleaf beetle wreaks havoc on trees; Charlie Termeer hired as parts manager at Delaquis Ford; Legion and RCMP combine to box 2,000 pastry boxes with cookies for Bosnia peacekeepers; Midland’s new office undergoes renovations; goodbye Potato Blossom and hello Fun & Value Daze; 309 participants attend Manitoba Cycling Association mountain bike event at Birch Ski; Ray Moreton of Miami elected president of the Canadian Postmasters Association; Graysville Mennonite Church introduces Morman and Rose Dyck as pastor couple; Birch Canyon Western Weekend planned for Miami fairgrounds.
