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Looking Back - June 16, 2012

By: Cathy Arthur

Saturday, Jun. 16, 2012 | Comments: 0

In 1952: Housewives flock to Safeway cooking school

SIXTY YEARS AGO

David Lockerby, one of the youngest members of the Neelin Beef Club, brought his 855-pound Hereford steer through the competition of his fellow club members to win the club cup at the calf show held in the stockyards of Brandon Packers this weekend.

A capacity crowd of housewives filled the city hall auditorium for the opening session of the Safeway cooking school, co-sponsored by Frigidaire electrical appliances.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Bette Lou Snyder of Melita was the winner of three awards, the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire provincial chapter award and awards for academic achievement and general proficiency, which were presented to her at the seventh annual closing exercises of the Brandon College Teacher Training Course at St. Paul’s United Church.

Linda Hotson was installed as honoured queen of Bethel No. 6 International of Job’s Daughters.

FORTY YEARS AGO

Harvey G. Laluk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Laluk of Brandon, was awarded the University of Alberta Alumni gold medal at a recent convocation exercise in Edmonton. Laluk also received a bachelor’s degree in physical education.

A ceremony reactivating the colours of 408 Squadron was held in front of the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium, where the colours had been placed for display purposes when the squadron disbanded 25 months ago.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

The first day of the 100th Provincial Exhibition had plenty to offer children yesterday along with a Kids Day theme. Opening day attendance was about 300 fewer than last year. Average attendance on opening day is approximately 9,000.

The 100th Provincial Exhibition Heavy Horse Show entries doubled this year, with the greatest increase coming from the breeding stock division.

King George School celebrated the city’s centennial with an old-style potluck picnic. Approximately 300 parents and students were in attendance.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Russian President Boris Yeltsin revealed yesterday that 2,800 U.S. citizens found themselves on Soviet soil after the First World War, the Second World War and Vietnam. Many of them were held in prisons and most have since died.

Brandon University students will be paying 14.8 per cent more for tuition this fall. Students will pay $1,797 in tuition — $231 more than last year — after the university’s board of governors approved its 1992-93 $19.3-million operating budget.

TEN YEARS AGO

Terrorist attacks on New York City last year are being felt in skyrocketing insurance premiums at home. The destruction and death caused by airline hijackers on Sept. 11 is hitting the budgets of everyone from homeowners to business operators, the Keystone Centre and city hall. The reason is that a flood of claims became a multibillion-dollar sting for "re-insurers," the companies that insure insurance companies, says Rod Ficek, who owns a Brandon agency. For homeowners, sharing their pain means increases ranging between 10-20 per cent, or $40- $80 this year. It’s worse if you own a business. Commercial policy premiums jump 25-75 per cent, depending on the type of business. Almost half, or $70,000, of the Keystone’s projected deficit this year is due to a 330 per cent jump in liability insurance rates.

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 16, 2012

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