Looking Back: Western Collie Club Specialty Show
100 years ago - Dec. 10, 1925
Drs. Moyer and Moyer won 11 firsts, a championship and other prizes at the Western Collie Club Specialty Show in Winnipeg. Two of their dogs sold to a New Jersey fancier in September won six firsts at the Atlantic City dog show.
80 years ago - Dec. 6, 1945
The Hillside Welcome Home Club held a party for returned men Stewart Adnam, Ed Stanley and Art Broadbridge. Adnam had been in the air force and stationed in Canada. Gnr. Stanley saw service in the German theatre. Flt.-Lt. Broadbridge worked in radar in Africa, Sicily, Corsica and the Italian mainland. After his discharge, he became principal at Sovereign. His wife, the former Mavis Davies of Dinsmore, accompanied him at the party.
Ewart “Curly” Puffer, back in the Regina Leader-Post composing room, said finding a vacant house or apartment in the queen city was tougher than detecting enemy submarines.
Former Sub.-Lieut. Puffer had been in the submarine detection unit of the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve on the east and west coasts. He spent hours monitoring the needle of a complicated machine. Once when monitoring the Prince Rupert, B.C., harbour, Puffer saw the needle move and alerted the defences. The gate to the harbour mouth was closed. Big army guns were moved into position. Minesweepers swept the harbour but found nothing. After six hours, the gate was opened again.
Puffer believed there was a submarine but that it escaped before the gate was closed. He’d been on the Eagle staff for about eight years before going to the Leader-Post.
Correction: The Dec. 2 column said that in 1945 William Wardrop was a 13-term Marriott RM councillor. Wardrop served for 13 consecutive terms, two at least as reeve. The Eagle apologizes for the mistake.
70 years ago - Dec. 8, 1955
A photo showed a wishing well and a replica Red River cart on the Plenty-area farm of Norman Carscadden, who had made both. Visitors were requested to throw pennies in the well, which would go to the Red Cross.
One hundred and twenty-seven people signed the guest book when Idaleen residents entertained Mr. and Mrs. George Sinclair at Idaleen School on their 50th wedding anniversary.
The Rosetown Welfare Association met to “provide Christmas cheer to needy families.” Packing and distributing parcels was to be done on Dec. 21 in the United Church basement. Anone knowing of a family in need was to contact Mike Ogle or Fred Irwin.
50 years ago - Dec. 10, 1975
Roberta Donald of D’Arcy graduated from University Hospital in Saskatoon as a registered radiography technician and since was working at the Swift Current Union Hospital.
Six photos inside depicted an emergency measures organization exercise. A school bus and oil truck were to have been in a collision, causing a fire. Children with mock burns and wounds were taken to the local hospital.
30 years ago - Dec. 4, 1995
A Polish-born Australian exchange student at Milden Central School was leaving for home in three weeks. Pauline Opala would have supper cooked by the time her hostess, Donna Keith of Sovereign, got home from school, said Keith. Opala had also contributed to a compilation of award-winning student writers’ works.
20 years ago - Dec. 5, 2005
Despite a major setback, the Rosetown History Book Committee was in the home stretch. Editor Jack Hicks found out he had cancer. With his sickness and death, widow Lucille Hicks and Signa Gilchrist took over and were just waiting for a few more histories to be brought in in order to finish up, said Gilchrist.