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SIXTY YEARS AGO
Marj Walsh, listed as the only woman stock car driver in Western Canada, will be in action tonight at the Provincial Exhibition grounds on the new, lighted, quarter-mile track along with some 20 drivers from Winnipeg.
Sgt. Don A. Pringle, former member of the Brandon fire department, is home on leave after spending 13 months in action in Korea.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
A Brandon resident was struck by lightning at approximately 11:40 p.m. while preparing to retire for the evening. Dick Jones, 52, was in the bathroom of his home when lightning struck and knocked him down. He was released from hospital after treatment for shock.
About 10 per cent of Brandon homes and buildings suffered serious basement flooding and 35 per cent were hit by sewer backup and yard damage in the worst downpour since 1959.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Once again the Jaycees’ travellers information booth is open on the Trans-Canada Highway and First Street. Available at the booth is everything from Manitoba fishing licences to maps and pamphlets extolling the virtues of every town, city, province and state that is accessible by car as well as knick-knacks and souvenirs of Brandon.
Top prize of the day at the Simmental sale this week was $60,000 for Ajax, a government bull from the Lacombe Research Station bought by the Achilles Cattle Company.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Britain decisively won the Falklands war in 73 days at the cost of about 250 British lives. The financial cost is roughly estimated at more than $2.2 billion.
About one million gallons of raw sewage will be discharged into the Assiniboine River from the Brandon sewage treatment system over 10 days beginning tomorrow. The city has permission from the Clean Environment Commission to discharge the raw waste to clean out a sludge buildup in the large interceptor that carries sewage to the treatment plant.
City council jumped on the energy conservation bandwagon yesterday, giving the nod to a $141,000 upgrading program at the Canada Winter Games Sportsplex. They city’s $47,000 share of the proposed program will be paid back in one year.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Gord Peters, outgoing president of the Brandon Chamber of Commerce, handed over the chair to president Brian Martineau. Peters doubled up as chamber general manager for the two and a half months when the position was vacant after Adam Brown left the post in late February.
Today was the day for the National Neighbourhood Party, a Canada 125-sponsored project. In Brandon they blocked off streets, flew Canadian flags, sang “O Canada” and revelled in the party atmosphere.
TEN YEARS AGO
While other Canadians are batting away at mosquitoes this summer, people in Gladstone are looking toward a different kind of bat to control the nasty little bloodsuckers. Instead of using chemical spray, the southern Manitoba town has decided to recruit bats — the flying kind — into its pest control program. The town has bought 22 bat houses, at a cost of $25 each, in hopes of attracting the nocturnal mammals that prey on mosquitoes.
Opening day attendance at the Summer Fair topped out around 7,800 people, about the same as last year.
Brandon will get its second traffic circle next summer when the city tackles the troublesome corner of Ninth Street and Maryland Avenue. A roundabout will slow traffic and improve safety for residents backing out of driveways, says city engineer Ted Snure.
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition June 14, 2012
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SIXTY YEARS AGO
Marj Walsh, listed as the only woman stock car driver in Western Canada, will be in action tonight at the Provincial Exhibition grounds on the new, lighted, quarter-mile track along with some 20 drivers from Winnipeg.
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SIXTY YEARS AGO
Marj Walsh, listed as the only woman stock car driver in Western Canada, will be in action tonight at the Provincial Exhibition grounds on the new, lighted, quarter-mile track along with some 20 drivers from Winnipeg.
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