50 years ago
The Wilkie Outlaws won the 1973 North Central Hockey League Championship, beating Macklin in semifinals and the Unity Canucks two straight games in the final.
At an evening of entertainment for senior citizens hosted by the Evesham UCW, prizes were given to the youngest grandmother with 20 or more grandchildren, won by Mrs. Adolph Stang, and to the grandmother with the most grandchildren, Mrs. Mary Sieben, who had 85.
Luseland Credit Union celebrated its 10th anniversary and announced it had reached the $2 million mark in assets.
Social Services Minister Alex Taylor announced the construction of a special care home in Macklin.
Beaver Lumber was advertising satin latex paint for $8.99 a gallon and all wallpaper was 20 per cent off.
20 years ago
Wilkie Kinsmen Trent Sander, Randy Pernitsky and Kevin Kowalchuk delivered an $11,000 cheque to TeleMiracle 27, while Unity Composite High School students Chelsea Leeson, Alyssa Weninger, Nicole Paggett and Deanna Tarasoff brought $1,860 from Unity.
Elsie Delahoy of Unity was named Saskatchewan’s Lioness of the Year at their provincial convention.
Kyle Wagner and Matt Schwebius, with two goals apiece, led the Wilkie Midget Outlaws to their latest provincial playoff victory, a third round 6-3 win over Macklin. In net for the Mohawks was Dave Ollenberger while Rory Jensen was the goaltender for Wilkie.
Winning the Unity Men’s Open Spiel was the rink of Lionel Schmidtz, Barry Lane, Dusan Maljan and Alex Van De Meutter. Twenty-four rinks took part in the bonspiel.
Elk meat was advertised at $2.25 per pound.
