50 years ago
Fifty-five members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic workers began strike action at the Sifto Salt Plant over wages, shift differential and overtime pay. Ike Wagner, president of the local, said “We have no real dispute with the local management but with senior management in Montreal who seem to expect western workers to subsidize eastern profits.”
Grade 9 and 10 students from Handel returned from a trip to Ontario where they toured sites in Hamilton such as the International Harvester Plant, visited Niagara Falls and went to Ottawa to see the Parliament Buildings, the Canadian War Museum and the National Gallery of Canada, among other places.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Leier demonstrated their new automatic pin-setting equipment at the Elks’ dine and bowl event held at the Unity Bowladrome.
20 years ago
The RENEW (Regenerate Energy Needed to Enhance Wilkie) committee was created to “rebuild, restore and increase the aesthetic appeal of the community hub,” i.e., Wilkie’s downtown. The first members were Karen Gerein, Bill Thomas, David Ziegler, Georgine Thomas, Shirley Holzman and Julie Brooks.
Luseland CWL celebrated their 50th anniversary with three original members attending: Flora Mathais from Saskatoon, Erma Budd from Kerrobert and Mary Kraft of Unity.
Unity Music Festival recognized the contributions of volunteers Margaret Uzelman and Diane Neil.
The Wilkie Kinette Club was looking for an organization to take over the running of the courtesy car service.
St. Peter’s School Grade 6 student Janelle Kuhn’s Remembrance Day poem won first at the district, zone and provincial levels.
