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In 1958: Rowe covering haute couture shows in New York

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In 1958: Rowe covering haute couture shows in New York

SIXTY YEARS AGO

Kaye Rowe, features writer for The Brandon Daily Sun, will cover haute couture shows at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City during the week of July 13-19.

John H. Shearer, building inspector and assistant town planner for the City of Brandon since 1955, has resigned his position to take a post with a city firm.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Federated Co-operatives Ltd. will be represented by their Manitoba vice-president Gordon M. Sinclair today, when the official opening of the new feed mill is combined with the official opening of the new Manitoba Pool Elevators Livestock Mart.

Five Manitoba men were among 10 honoured by the Canadian Seed Growers Association for distinguished service to the organization. The father-son team of Louis and Arthur Lindenberg, of Rapid City and Brandon, topped the list of 10. Louis Lindenberg, now 83, has been a registered seed grower since 1932. His son, Arthur, joined him in a seed growing partnership following the Second World War.

FORTY YEARS AGO

About 200 people attended the opening of the Blossom Boutique florist shop in Melita recently. J.E. Downey, Manitoba’s agriculture minister, cut the ribbon.

The big sidewalk sales are taking place at Brandon Shoppers Mall. Stores in the mall include: Doig’s Accessory Boutique, Maher Shoes, Saan Store, Mall Barbers, Shaino’s Leathers, Allen-Brown Drug Mart, Bank of Nova Scotia, Smitty’s Pancake House, Fabricare, This Is It, Thrifty’s, Reitman’s, Ricki’s, Candlewood Books, Chandler’s Shoes, Woolco, Safeway, Reesor’s, Sally’s, David Lawrence Men’s Wear, Muntz Centre, Gallenkamp Shoes, Marr Fashions, Lowrey Organ, The Panhandler, Stewart N. King, Rungay Travel and Chez Cloth.

THIRTY YEARS AGO

A storm that pounded rural Manitoba last month is expected to cost the province more than $200,000 in assistance to municipalities, says the chairman of the disaster assistance board.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

The T.W. Rice School of Dance at Foxwarren has closed its doors after serving the region for 12 years. A final concert last month marked the end of the dance school’s run. Florence Widdicombe, who was the director of the school for the entire 12 years, was honoured for her dedication to the school. Mary Lowe, who taught ballet for eight years, was also recognized at the concert. The school had students from St. Lazare, Shoal Lake, Rossburn, Russell, Inglis, Binscarth, Foxwarren and Harding over the years take part in the disciplines of ballet, tap and jazz.

TEN YEARS AGO

A vision to establish a native gaming centre in Foxwarren came one step closer to reality yesterday when the RM of Birtle signed over 10 acres of land to Birdtail Sioux First Nation. Several band councillors, Reeve Roger Wilson and other supporters of the project three and a half years in the making came out for the official signing by Chief Ken Chalmers at the RM of Birtle office yesterday. The 10 acres of land belonged to Foxwarren Cafe and Gas Bar.

The risk of getting bitten by a Lyme disease-carrying tick in Manitoba is on the rise as the black-legged insect spreads to more communities, public health officials said on Thursday. Dr. Harvey Artsob, director of zoonotic diseases and special pathogens at Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory, said disease surveillance has confirmed that deer ticks — the species known to carry bacteria that cause Lyme disease — are spreading and may be linked to a rise in human infections. The number of people infected with Lyme disease spiked last year — seven Manitobans tested positive for the disease in 2007, compared with two in 2006.

» From the archives of The Brandon Sun.

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