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There were plans to build in the spring a convent costing about $40,000, said editor C. W. Holmes.
This photo of the Rosetown skating and curling rink was taken in the Spring of 1916, hence the flooding. Stewart School and Colwell House are visible in the background.
Newly arrived Mennonite settlers in the Herschel area are believed to be shown attending an English class in 1926, possibly at the Herschel school…
Two unknown men and a hunting dog (a very good one, by the looks of it) sit on the ground on a grassy hillside in front of an antique car covered in ducks they successfully hunted, circa 1920.
70 years ago - Elks crowned ice carnival queens Donna Smith and Pat Franklin representing Rosetown Composite High and St. Joseph’s schools, respectively.
The market report stated that No. 1 northern wheat was selling for $1.04 per bushel, oats for 31 1/2¢ per bu., barley for 45¢ per bu., flax for $1.86 per bu. and potatoes for $1 per bu…
A small local tailor and shoe repair shop, Williams Hardware (originally the Torry Livery Barn) was located at 111 First Avenue West, the current site of the Rosetown & District Primary Care Centre.
Four women perched on a John Deere sulky plow in the 1910s. This photo is believed to have been taken behind C.E. Conlin’s shop on the 100 block of Main Street in Rosetown.
100 years ago - Feb. 11, 1926. Louis Forchner lost a horse when it got smothered in a straw stack, said the Marriott correspondent.
In the fall of 1953, local boys Jimmy Gardner, Sterling McLeod and Donald Sanderson started a club to help the Red Cross.
A wide-shot of the town of Zealandia in 1909. All four elevators can be seen in the background, along with a plume of smoke rising in the left-middle of the photo.
The old Rosetown Community Hall originally sat at 120 2nd Avenue West, the current site of the PCCU offices. In the spring of 1927, the Rosetown Elks collected $3,500 through a town canvas…
The senior hockey team beat a Kindersley squad 6-1 here. Skinner Paulin “brought the fans to their toes when he cleverly stickhandled his way from near the boards at the left of the goal…
Three people at the top of the steps to the Rosetown School in the 1920s. This school would later be renamed Stewart School, in honour of longtime teacher Miss Nettie Stewart…
Reprinted were two letters from soldiers at the front. “The Germans made a gas attack two days ago, just to the left of us, but, as usual, they got a severe beating…
Ice carnival queen candidates were Nicole Normand and Nancy Sled, both aged 17 and Grade 12 students at Rosetown Composite High School.
Spectators fill the seats at the Rosetown Sports Centre to watch the Scott’s Tournament of Hearts in January 1998. Eight rinks took part in the televised curling event…
Louise LaFortune displays her grandparents’ wedding certificate that hangs on her basement wall. Her grandfather, Charles Harder of Hebron, Neb., married Lizzie Schmidt of Jefferson Country…
Bridge on Eagle Creek, taken north of Harris on May 3, 2015. Photo by Rosetown Photography Club member Stan Hingston.
Near Outlook, Alex Vansickel’s wolfhounds routed a coyote from a strawstack on Pete Henke’s farm operated by Frank Farquharson.
A photo of the York Hotel, located at 101 Main Street, in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The vehicle parked in front is a 1936 Buick sedan.
Ruth Stout won the high school Bryant oratory contest with her speech, The Canadian Way of Life. Edna Smith placed second.
Picking the perfect Christmas tree is a very serious task. After careful inspection and a tough decision, a woman prepares to pay for her chosen tree…
Dailley, also known as Bart Warburton, is usually remembered here as the sports reporter for CKKR (later CJYM) radio and the radio voice of the senior Redwings from 1968 to 1973.
Louise LaFortune displays her grandparents’ wedding certificate that hangs on her basement wall. Her grandfather, Charles Harder of Hebron, Neb., married Lizzie Schmidt…
A blizzard arrived on Monday, Dec. 12. “Oldtimers tell us that for concentrated viciousness” they had never seen anything like it. Schoolchildren and shoppers from the country were storm-stayed…
Rosetown’s Santa Claus Parade was a big event in 1937 when this photo was taken. It depicts Santa making his way down Main Street in his “sleigh” while families walk alongside.
Meet Orange Memories resident Doris Clark. Doris was born in Rosetown Hospital on May 4th, 1928, the second of two daughters born to Anson and Bella Horne.
Drs. Moyer and Moyer won 11 firsts, a championship and other prizes at the Western Collie Club Specialty Show in Winnipeg.
It’s that time of year again. Time to drag the old boxes of lights and decorations out of the basement or the attic, set up the tree, and create a jolly display to foster the Christmas spirit…
