Looking back - 1978 : 100-year-old farm still in Paynter family
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- Published on Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Photo courtesy of the Neepawa Banner & Press Archives
SIX OF THE EIGHT Paynter family members were present at the 100th anniversary of the family farm. Pictured are: (L to R), Bob Graham and wife Annie (Paynter) Graham, Mrs. Charlie Moscrip (Isabell Paynter), Winnifred Paynter, Nellie Paynter, and Mrs. Fred Schmall (Nettie Paynter). A sister Bessie from Melfort, Sask., was ill and unable to attend, and a second son Harry, died in 1921 at the age of 18.
By Cassandra Wehrhahn
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago,
Tuesday,
July 19, 1938
Motors operating at 30,000 revolutions per minute and cutting wood with paper discs high speed turbines spouting jets of steam with a velocity of 23,850 miles an hour, model airplanes battling against man-made gales in excess of 80 miles an hour, and precision instruments capable of measuring within a millionth of an inch, were among the scientific marvels on display April 30 at the annual open house off the University of Michigan.
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Playing games for a noble cause
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- Published on Tuesday, July 24, 2018
By Cassandra Wehrhahn
Neepawa Banner & Press
“Play games. Heal Kids.” That’s the motto of the Canada and U.S wide charity event known as Extra Life.
"We used to be Manitoba's most beautiful town'
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- Published on Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Neepawa council receives a wake-up call from an irate resident
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Town of Neepawa council received what can only be termed a wake-up call at their meeting on May 15. Neil Turner, who lives on Broadway Ave., came to council and said, “People need to realize that our forefathers made Neepawa the most beautiful town in Manitoba. I am not one to stir the pot, but I did not move here years ago to live beside a garbage dump.”
Letters - Is anyone asking the right questions about perpetual care?
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- Published on Tuesday, July 24, 2018
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Neepawa Banner & Press
I may no longer have a dog in the fight, but seeing the direction the Perpetual Care issue is taking compels me to write.
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Neepawa Council talks cannabis
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- Published on Monday, July 23, 2018
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
The conversation has begun once again about cannabis in Neepawa. On Tuesday, July 3, Town Council discussed some of the potential regulations, either new or revised, that may be required.
