100 years ago — 1926: Speaker at DAS meeting encourages barley to be sown as it can be used for malting purposes; A.S. Doyle sells Slumber bedsprings for $12.50; two doors down from the CNR station is M. Mickelson’s Tack Shop; Elsie Garnett teaches piano and theory; wall mirrors are prizes won at the Winnipeg bonspiel by locals; set of six stainless table knives sells for $10.50 at Cochran’s Gift Store; Roland juniors Keith Sayer and Roy and Chet Cameron score in a win over Manitou.
75 years ago — 1951: Memorial Hospital discusses collection of unpaid bills; John Tjaden MCs Sperling Carnival; “Haywire” hockey tournament features Homewood, Roseisle, Graysville and Barnsley teams; Skelton’s Hardware sells grain treatments; Carman Intermediate team consists of Norm Langston, Earl Garnett, Jack Hetherington, Jake Feakes, Al Patterson, Reg Ulloyt, Ron Foster, Don Andrews, Arni Hansen, A. Nicol, Robert McIvor, Bob Rutherford and Bob McGowan; Shilson’s sells potatoes at 37¢ for 13 lbs.
50 years ago — 1976: Midland building inspector Jack McEachern hires Poulins to combat rats at the Collegiate; Co-op meat manager Cliff Riehl offers stew beef at $1.29/lb.; Elm Creek Co-op GM Walter Neufeld accepts Award of Excellence from Federated; Carman Frosted Foods moves to Main Street; Rosella Semple reports the library has 1,772 members and 10,000 books; Sylvia Kuzyk opens Miami Community Centre; Roseisle Chimo advertises $400,000 stock blowout; Roland’s Don Phillips and Abe Wiebe win Buckee Daze crokinole.
25 years ago — 2001: Kerri-Rae Sprott of Miami receives $46,000 in scholarships; development officer position remains vacant after RM cuts funding; Sperling plans reunion; Ron McClain returns to work for Boyne River Sports; enough funds raised for two slides at the new pool; Carman squirts win National Sunny Delight Challenge and host skills clinic; 29 rinks enter Sperling bonspiel; Prairie Agri Photo launches online farmland library with more than 10,000 images; Pat Harness & Company offers income tax services; Town calls for nominations for International Year of the Volunteer.
