._ L, P. Baker and Ethel Adamson.
The W.I. committee of Olive Wrightson, ye Gilmore, Bernice‘Gladden and Ethyl Stewart. was Planning -— Carman Spratt, H. Bywater, ' -’ Becker, Phyllis Cook, Sam Adamson, Olive my; and Ethel Adamson. ram Planning — L. P. Baker, Geo. Carr, Syd
tson and Mrs. S. R. Harris. Added later, as ' ams progressed: Lyle Wilson, K. Neill, M. Honour, ‘n Gilmore, Edith Anderson, Edith McLeod and Milt
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a 1122's on the board representing remaining ; izations were — Mabel Tolley, Rus Andrew, an Spratt, Gerda Becker, Mrs. W. R. Spratt, Boyd 5 to, Diane Stewart, Karen Spratt, Julianna Dunning, u lene Krenz and Pat Bywater.
5-" ‘ proximately three acres of land was purchased from “Legion, situated in the SE corner of that property, for Park site.
veral bees were held, when young and old turned out clear the land, prepare the grounds and construct 'ngs required. Playground equipment, camping
tennial grants, and donations from organizations and ; duals. Much of the Work was done voluntarily. v -.- were also planted around the Park area. Regular monthly meetings were held, plus Sub. mmittee meetings as work progressed.
New Years 1967 was celebrated by a gigantic bonfire 2. wiener roast, followed by a dance. The Back Home " eek in July was a decided success, when the Park was ’ g 'cially opened. The three day program ran off smoothly r. ‘ the campgrounds were filled to capacity with is: pers of every type.
._ Seven hundred “Kelwood Bridges the Years” had been blished. This supply became exhausted and another e hundred were ordered by Kelwood’s 75th Committee 1978.
: r‘Since this gala event, the Centennial Park has been the . ntre for our Manitoba Centennial in 1970, Kelwood's 5th in 1978 and the School Reunion in 1980. Throughout h summer, many campers enjoy the quiet spot for 3s . ernight or longer stops.
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5» This marks the northerly limit of the town, so we can ‘iturn around and drive south. As we passed the creek we lean look at the east side of the street and remember when glthe Gunn’s residence was the post office. In 1919 the _ _curling rink was located here. We might recall when Mrs. K Bandy’s home was a store. This store was owned by Mr. “and Mrs. Lawrence Baker, Mr. Wm. Burr, and Mr. and ' ‘ Mrs. M. Howard over the years. The garage next to it was constructed by Claire Cawston to house his International business. Charles Collins used it as a repair shop for his 3 construction business. L. Grudeski opened a garage in it. 5- It has lately been the site of a barn cleaning business.
I The main building was constructed in the thirties by
has since been operated by S. L. Harris and R. Harris. R. Harris has recently retired.
We have returned'to the main intersection. If we turn east we see an empty street. This is sad testimony to the
ities and a cairn were erected, made possible by'
On the corner there is the Harris Hardware buildings. ~
Elmer Doty as the home of his farm machinery agency. It ,
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fate of many small towns. The buildings are gone but we will try to remember them. (Please see the sketch map for exact location.)
Mill’s Gift Shop was the Drug Store in previous times and was owned in successoin by T. N. B. Stewart, J. H. Duffy, Mrs. R. N. Watt and Mrs. Cliff Mills. The Butcher Shop was built in the 30’s by Charlie McMillan on the site of Josh’s Hall. The building has been moved since the recent retirement of Mr. McMillan.
The Fire Hall was built in 1966 to house a fire truck purchased in 1965. Recent changes have been made enlarging the structure for a new truck. Burton’s Store was cast of the Butcher Shop. It was owned by G. P. Gebler previously and also held the Sterling Bank and the pool room. Mr. Thougaard owned the pool room and Barber Shop. Annette operated a small restaurant next to it in the 60’s. Dunnings Auto Wrecking was at the end of the street. Until recently, T. Wilson ran a septic cleaning business from his home across the street at the end of the row of buildings.
Kelwood Garage
COMMUNITY GARAGE
In late winter of 1973, the only remaining garage in Kelwood burned to the ground. In February of the next year Fletcher Tyerman, chairman of the Village Committee, called a public meeting to see what we could do about buildinga new one. Some oil companies had been contacted and would agree to build something, but did not want to give us any say in what should be built.
So, it was decided to form a committee to try and get enough money to construct a community garage. The members of the first committee were F. Tyerman, Russ Newton, Garry Gebler, Bruce Thomson. George Carr, Doug Wetherill and Chy Habing.
A canvass of the community was done and proved very successful. Approximately $7,500 was raised. The Village of Kelwood, the Kelwood Community Centre and several individuals gave large donations. It was decided to give each a ten dollar share for every ten dollars contributed. Altogether there were 60 shareholders.
Several committee meetings followed to decide on the location and sixe of the building and to draw up a constitution. It Was decided to boil a two-bay garage.
Construction was started in mid—April, 1974, mostly by volunteer labor, although one carpenter was hired to see that all electrical outlets were properly installed as to fire safety, etc. Some items were also purchased from other garages which had closed up, including a hoist, compressor, etc. Other standard equipment was added on completion. '