This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Warning on squealing tires and area misfortunes
A cleaned OCR historical digest notes RCMP warned April 25 that squealing tires will not be tolerated. An incident damaged Kozmeniuk Home Hardware when a pickup drove through the storefront. Parkway Co-op lumber yard sell-off hurt their 1988 bottom line, with a nearly $500,000 shortfall from prior year. EAP president Earl Geddes criticized anti-pesticide groups as off the wall during a Gilbert Plains gathering. The 30 year entry mentions Garth McKenzie opening a Hi Ho restaurant on April 17, with a chamber decision to form an Industrial Development committee to work with Jim Hilland and town council. A livestock sale report records 684 head through Weiller & Williams Auction Mart. Top steer price reached $78.25 to Norman Liske of Russell.
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RCMP
Kozmeniuk Home Hardware
Parkway Co-op
EAP
Earl Geddes
Gilbert Plains
Weiller & Williams Auction Mart
Norman Liske
Russell
Percy Cockerill
Dare