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Looking Back -- May 29, 2012

By: Cathy Arthur

Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 | Comments: 0

In 1992: Crocus Plains students form massive congo line

SIXTY YEARS AGO

France cracks down on Communists with the top Red leader, Jacques Duclos, arrested among hundreds following wild riots in large French cities.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Faint signs of a rally appeared in the stock market this afternoon although emotion-packed selling continued to send prices hurtling downward. Earlier almost the entire field of prices had melted rapidly as selling ballooned beyond the massive volume of Monday — highest in 29 years. The panicky desire to get rid of stocks swept across the United States, ignoring all accounts of good business and had worldwide reverberations.

Greta Lauritson of Brandon, a cashier at Safeway on 18th Street, received the Brandon Rotary Club’s inaugural Courtesy and Service award.

FORTY YEARS AGO

Wayne Miller was a three-time gold medal winner at the convocation ceremonies at Brandon University yesterday. Miller won the Lieutenant Governor’s gold medal, the Government of Manitoba gold medal and the Brandon University gold medal for science. Honorary doctorates were awarded to Helen Reisberry, Martin Wesley Johns and Murray Adaskin.

Prof. Wesley G. Wong, head of the physics department of Brandon University and acting dean of science, for the past two years, has been appointed to the newly created position of university vice-president, academic, effective June 1.

A mother and daughter were among the graduates receiving BA degrees at convocation exercises this week at Brandon University. Mrs. W. G. Hume and her daughter, Maureen, of Brandon graduated together.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

Special grants of $10,000 each were announced yesterday for The Big Brothers and Sisters of Brandon and COR Enterprises Inc. of Brandon and also a new funding program for children discharged from child welfare agencies.

Roger Smith received a 60-year-pin from Canadian Legion Branch No. 3 during its recent annual awards night. The branch handed out pins to 28 members with 35 years of service and 18 members with 30 years. Also on the honour roll was G.A. Little of Kemnay, who received a 45-year-pin, and J. E. Hudson and L.K. King, who received 40-year-pins.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

Students of Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School got into the Canada Fitweek swing of things yesterday with a conga line that stretched most of the distance from the school to Richmond Avenue.

A proposed hog processing plant may be built somewhere else after 150 Dauphin-area residents packed the town’s seniors’ centre to protest the $1.4-million facility.

TEN YEARS AGO

Revving up Brandon as an “urban engine” is one of the NDP government’s key economic goals, Premier Gary Doer says. At a Brandon Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Doer spoke of providing infrastructure necessary to invigorate the city. The most important piece of that infrastructure is education, he said, proudly listing growing enrolment figures for Brandon University and Assiniboine Community College.

What’s likely Brandon’s biggest private-sector construction project this year has received city council’s approval. Heritage Co-op plans to start building in August an $11.1-million grocery store, gas bar and car wash on Richmond Avenue between Broda Bay and 13th Street. It will create 150 jobs when it opens in spring.

Environmentally conscious Brandonites won’t need to lug tin cans, margarine tubs and newspapers to depots much longer. A local version of curbside recycling is coming to Brandon early next year. Westman Recycling Council hopes to double the volume of recycled materials in the city by making it more convenient.

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition May 29, 2012

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