80 years ago
Tues. June 10, 1930

The town band rendered several selections from the band stand on Friday night. If it was a poor taste of what is expected in the future, there will be many eager listeners.

70 years ago
Tues., June 11, 1940

Neepawa will be the bargain of the whole district Thursday, June 20. Store shelves will be piled high with quality goods at saving some prices. With quantity sales, the merchants will be in an excellent position to pass on to their customer friends, savings that otherwise it could not have been possible to offer.
Everybody will benefit, the more business, the more employment. The more sales, the greater the savings. The more bargains, the greater quantity the customers will be able to buy.

60 years ago
Thurs., June 8, 1950

One new business in Neepawa is confirmed and inquiries about another have been made, it was learned here today. E. Justin Hipwell, of Arden, purchased a property next to the firehall, where excavations for a full basement will commence immediately for his new building which will house equipment for the manufacturer of fruit and syrup.
Mr. Hipwell, forty-four years in the Arden district, took over the fruit and syrup manufacturing business from his father who retired in 1940.

50 years ago
Fri., June 10, 1960

Neepawa has always been a haven for small branch lying steam power. No doubt many a Neepawaian had thrilled to the sharp rythmical blast of a steam engine's exhaust or can recall the haunting echo of a steam whistle as it echoed and rechoed across the countryside. What man at sometime in his life had not pictured himself the throttle of a steam engine as it pounded out of the Neepawa yard?
Unfortunately for those enthusiastic non-railroaders and railroaders alike, who suffer from railroaditis where steam locomotiveania, steam power has reached the end of the line.
As of April 30, old 2160, the last steam engine to see serviced out of Neepawa, was officially retired and pulled out of service, a new era had arrived.

40 years ago
Thurs., June 11, 1970

A call for barn-brushes, front-end loaders and people brought fantastic results and a community hall that is clean both inside and out, Monday, June 8.
The salt plant, purchased last month by the Neepawa Centennial Project Committee, is now ready for its first event; The Neepawa Knights of Columbus Centennial Fair Barn dance on June 26.
Fifty or sixty people, including high school students, farmers, businessmen, housewives and even senior citizens worked away the afternoon with push brooms, squeegees, and mechanized floor-scrubbers after the fire department hosed down the complete interior of the large storage building, removing the salt residue and transforming it into a hall, three times the size of the legion hall.

30 years ago
Thurs., June 12, 1980

One week into Neepawa's first strike by health support workers, a mood of bitterness has settled in East View Lodge. At the Neepawa Memorial District Hospital, the mood around strikers is calm and determined.
Health services at both facilities continue to operate, although at a reduced level. Both administrators said Tuesday, they have enough volunteer helpers and a handful of striking CUPE members to continue providing basic services.

20 years ago
Tues., June 12, 1990

A 64 year-old Gladstone man, died last Tuesday after his gravel truck struck a train near Westbourne.
Gladstone RCMP said Vernon Kerr died when his vehicle collided with the CPR freight train around 5 p.m. at an uncontrolled crossing, two kilometers east of the junction of Highway 16 and 50. Kerr was alone in the truck at the time of the accident.


10 years ago
Mon., June 12, 2000

The Manitoba Curling Association has offered hosting rights to the 2002 Safeway Select Men's Curling Championships to Neepawa, The Press learned from a confidential MCA source last week. Gord Holmstead, past-president of the Neepawa Curling Club confirmed Neepawa had won the bid to host the championship.