Neepawa of yesteryear -The dentists Drs. Pierce, Death and Payne didn’t appeal to me
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By Rick Sparling
The Neepawa Press
Last week we started at the Salt Plant on the east side of Mountain Ave. and travelled south to Shoemaker McGillvray Agencies. Next came SK Laundry and Doc Bolton’s Auction Mart ran just south of the Agency. Doc and Mary had four children: Margaret, Donald, Cecil and Leonard. The later two, Cecil and Len were quite active in baseball and hockey and both played for The Flin Flon Bombers at one time or another. Cecil worked part time helping Stu Lindsay on his milk run and also worked for The Roger’s fruit Company for a while.
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Looking Back - 50 years ago: Medical clinic to be built
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40 years ago, Thursday, Oct. 3, 1975: Jerry Cox as king and Alma Jakobson as queen at the “Freshie Day” parade.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago, Tuesday October 1, 1935:
Jewel Stores Limited announced the closing of its Neepawa branch on Saturday, Oct. 12, 1935.
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NACI soccer splits with MacGregor
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Lina Gordon of the NACI Tigers watches as the ball sails past the MacGregor goaltender and into the net .
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The Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute (NACI) Tigers boys and girls soccer teams played a pair of home games on Thursday, Oct. 1, against the MacGregor Mustangs.
Two French teachers from Neepawa become published authors
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Nora Heschuk (left) displays her book “Mon échange scolaire,” and Sylvie Tomoniko (right) with her book “Après la maison de briques."
By Kira Paterson
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Nora Heschuk and Sylvie Tomoniko are two French teachers in the Beautiful Plains School Division who have recently published stories aimed at helping students learn French. Heschuk teaches classes from Grades 6 to 12 at Neepawa Area Collegiate and Tomoniko teaches Grade 5 at Hazel M. Kellington School.
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