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Volume 107 No. 27
North Battleford, Sask.
Tuesday, February 24 , 2015
This week in ...
A look back at the news stories making the pages of the News-Optimist in ...
1975
By Becky Doig Editor
Winter-tainment
Wintertainment week in North Battleford continued this past weekend with an event in the river valley at the Battlefords River Valley Visitor Centre. The day-long event on a cold but clear Saturday included horse drawn sleigh rides along the North Saskatchewan River valley, as well as snowshoeing opportunities and an outdoor wiener roast. For more photos turn to Page 2 and visit www.newsoptimist.ca. Photo by John Cairns
• This week in 1975, 30 years ago, Miskoo Aviation of Meadow Lake announced air passenger service to North Battleford would resume March 3, ending a seven-year drought for those wanting to fly directly out of the community. Three flights a week were scheduled originating in Meadow Lake with a layover in North Battleford before proceeding to Saskatoon. • A meeting originally designed to provide information with respect to inland grain terminals concluded with the consensus that there was neither a need nor demand for an inland terminal in the Battlefords area. About 200 from across the Northwest attended the Saturday afternoon meeting. The terminal was opposed by representatives of the National Farmers Union, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, Grain Services Union, the Institute for Saskatchewan Studies and the agriculture committee of Saskatchewan Waffle. Minister of Highways Eiling Kramer (MLA for the Battlefords) spoke in support of the terminals. • New rates for residential lots in North Battleford were set. The frontage on R2 and R3 increased to $36, a $4 hike. R1A went up to $30 and R1 to $40, $8 increases. • A skinned coyote carcass hanging in a dirt basement of a house at 1641 - 104th St. was one of the issues cited in proclaiming the building unfit for habitation. Fire Chief Norm Carswell and Building Inspector Ernie Sansgret inspected the building in December. They said the coyote carcass was hanging from the floor joists in the cellar and there was a bad stench coming from the cellar. • The prices of things and places to purchase them have changed dramatically in the past 30 years. This week in 1975 chuck beef roast was 65 cents a pound at Sunnyside Food Centre. A 20-pound bag of potatoes was on sale for $1.39. At Eaton’s a dishwasher could be purchased for $299.99 or an electric range for $319. Boyd Chevrolet Ltd. was advertising used vehicles, selling a 1974 Buick Century for $4,495 or a 1974 Chevrolet for $3,845. Hunters was selling a Johnson snowmobile for $1,195 and an 18-foot cabin trailer for $3,595. The Camera Shop on 100th Street was advertising one-day service for Kodacolor II film.