Remember when ...
Here’s a look at what was making the news 15 and 50 years ago in the Hants Journal.
15 YEARS AGO (EARLY APRIL 2007 EDITIONS)
The Windsor Hockey
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Heritage Centre’s future was in jeopardy. It was reported that the museum would remain closed until more volunteers stepped up to help run the centre. The Windsor Hockey Heritage Society was formed in the early 1990s and the centre was opened in 1995. Thousands of hockey fans had since checked out the museum.
A man was airlifted to
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Halifax after an accident at Fundy Gypsum’s property on Wentworth Road in Windsor on March 29. It was reported that a driver, who was on the ground checking his truck, broke his leg after items fell off the vehicle and struck him. He was airlifted due to the rough terrain at the worksite.
Just days after the Hants
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County Co-Op grocery store closed, so too did the nearby gas bar. At the time, it was one of three stations in Windsor that still offered full-service. It was noted that due to regulations, stations were finding it more difficult to offer full service as the gas markup could only be two cents higher than self-serve — not enough to pay an attendant for a day’s work.
Liz Galbraith, a Windsor
• councillor, had been lobbying to have council register the town for Communities in Bloom for six months without any luck. With the deadline looming, she brought it up at council and it was deferred until a report on potential costs could be compiled.
Donnie McBay, who had
• been working in the grocery business for 45 years, retired from Hantsport Save-Easy after spending the previous five years as its manager. Taking over as store manager was Jimmy Cook.
A front yard fix-up contest
• was launched by Windsor Home Hardware and Woodshire Inn and Bistro owners. They challenged residents to spruce up their yards for a chance to win $200, $300 or $500. The fee to enter the contest was $10 and it was hoped it would help beautify the town.
Fundy Gypsum representatives
• held an open house in order to alleviate concerns over a proposed quarry expansion near Avondale.
The Hants Journal newspaper
• office was broken into over the Easter weekend. The intruder smashed through the back door and fled the scene with a few items and a small amount of cash. Police did not have any suspects.
The Annapolis Valley
• princess candidates were announced. Princess Windsor 2007 was Candis Rehberg-Tousignan, while the first lady-in-waiting was Marion Lai On Che. Princess Hantsport 2007 was Jessica Price and the first lady-inwaiting was Alyssa Medina.
A band feature on Alice
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Stops Time appeared in the paper, introducing readers to a “local band on the cusp of the big time.” The band, comprised of Colin Boyd, Tyler Dempsey, Luke Hudgins, Myles Lawrence and Josh Noiles, entered the Aliant Garage Band Contest in 2006. They were voted as Nova Scotia’s finalists and were asked to open for Mobile in December.
The owner of Nothin’
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Fancy Clearance Centre announced the grand re-opening of the store on April 12. Included
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among the door crasher deals were an eight-piece wood bedroom set for $999; a fully assembled four-drawer chest for $88.88; and a brown leather recliner for $288.88.
50 YEARS AGO (EARLY APRIL 1972 EDITIONS)
Despite a blizzard, the official
• opening and dedication of the new Salvation Army Citadel on Gerrish Street in Windsor took place April 9. It was said almost 100 people turned out for the event.
The general manager of
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Dresser Mines Ltd., Keith Olsen, said if they could find practical solutions to the flooding issues plaguing the barite mine in Walton, they would consider reopening the operation. The mine flooded in October 1971 after the pumping machinery was overpowered by water.
It was reported that there
• were 2,725 people living in the Maritimes that were registered with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Of those, 42 called Hants County, N.S., home.
The Windsor Fire Department
• received new dress uniforms.
The Windsor Alpines
• were crowned the Nova Scotia Intermediate B mainland champions after recording an 8-6 victory over the Halifax Keiths and taking the best-offive series three games to one. Among the scorers in the win were Fred Taylor (with three goals), Grant Veinot (with two) and Ken Brown, Jacques Allard and Ernie Caldwell (all with singles). The Alpines were set to take on the Glace Bay Ten Pennies in a best-ofthree series for the provincial championship title.
Dominion’s grocery store
• advertisement advised readers that “if you didn’t shop Dominion last week, you probably paid too much.” A page full of discounted prices appeared, including such deals as five pounds of apples for 55 cents, blade roast for 75 cents a pound, 20 pounds of P.E.I. potatoes for 78 cents and two pounds of peanut butter for 79 cents.
On screen at Imperial
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Theatre in Windsor was a seven-day engagement of Billy Jack, starring Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor. The comedy Three on a Couch, starring Jerry Lewis and Janet Leigh, was a Saturday matinee. The Owl and the Pussycat and There’s a Girl in My Soup also showed throughout the week.
In the Hants History
• column from 1947, it was reported that engineers were recommending Windmill Hill as the ideal site for Windsor’s new school. Around the same time, residents of the area were requesting sidewalks be considered for the street.
Windsor’s police chief was requesting town council consider getting the department a police car in 1947, which he said would be “an asset” to the force.
In the Hants History
• column from 1922, it was reported that Hantsport residents formed a tennis club and elected Dr. Shankel as president of the organization. In other sports news, the Windsor Curling Club announced plans to expand to include three sheets of ice and construct a new clubhouse.
Also in 1922, a wagon carrying $2,000 of liquor from Colchester to Kentville, stopped in Brooklyn to change out horses. A case of booze was stolen during the stopover and it was reported that “a gay celebration followed.”