called for the new Post Office and
preparations were started for an an-
nex to the Patterson Elevator.
Southeast of town, rapid progress
was made on the Jake Reimer house,
replacing the one burned early in
November.

In 1961 Ken Vodden, Verne Lynes,
Harvey Leadbeater and Mrs. E. Vines
completed new homes. Percy Wishart
made a large new addition to his hou—
se; the new R.C.M.P. headquarters
was finished; Mrs. Warenko’s home
received a new front addition. On
Broadway, a new office for Treble
and Treble, Lawyers, was completed.

And now for a look at Crystal City
1968. Passenger service has been dis-
continued on the CPR. railway due
to travel by bus being more popular
and the railway is used for freight
only. The last mixed train, No. 934,
ran on Friday, April 24, 1959. There
are three churches; United (Rev.
Luke Standret), Anglican (Rev. W.
H. Gregory) and Pentecostal (Rev.
J. E. Fehr). The Customs Office is
no longer in the station but at the
Boundary line in a fine building of
its own. There is one Bank, the Royal,
with Freyer Thorfrimmson as mana—
ger; a locker plant which has been
much appreciated in the new deep
freeze era is operated by Jim and Bill
Henderson. We have two efficient
general stores; Corliss Hartwell ope-
rates the Red and White with the at—
tached Robinson store. Clerks are
Connie Thom, Mildred Cudmore, Ed—
na Duncalfe and Jim Foster. The C0—
op Store is under the management of
Jack Horseburgh with clerks Grace
Norton, Peggy Taylor and Tony Hol-
land Custance Hardware is under
the management of George Custance
with Percy Wishart as his able as-
sistant and Marjorie McGill, the
friendly clerk. There is a fine drug-
store under the ownership and mana—
gement of Jim Menzies with Jean
Duncan as his capable assistant. Jim
came here after the second World

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War, bringing his bride, Vera Jensen,
an R. N. from Carman. They have
found Crystal City a good place to
live and Crystal City has appreciated
the services they render to the com-
munity in ways that go beyond the
call of duty. They have a fine family
of four boys; Ian at University, Bill
and the twins — Peter and Gordon,
at school in town.

Vic Pride has a blacksmith shop
where Jim Ring used to shoe many
horses for the farmers. Today the
work is almost all welding etc. on the
machinery used on the farm and
municipal equipment. The Municipa-
lity has a large building for storing
this equipment in Crystal City.

The Courier Office with Les Mc
Brien in charge does some printing
and publishing but the local Courier
is printed at Pilot Mound. The livery
barn was moved to the Agricultural
grounds where it comes into use for a
few days each year. The Crystal City
Hotel is one of the best in southern
Manitoba. The Co—op elevator and
the Patterson look after the farmers’
grain on a quota basis with every
farmer having a permit book.

The two room school built in 1917
has been renovated and is now the
headquarters for Clint Smith’s trucks.
Clint runs a transfer to Winnipeg and
back, mostly taking in stock and
bringing out freight. He has two large
and one smaller truck. Lance Ran-
some, Glenn Taylor and Brian Ran—
some are his assistants. Clint and his
wife are a popular couple and have
two small children. Many times the
Beaver Lumber Company has chang-
ed hands in the last 30 years. In 1967
its doors were closed and today we
go to the Beaver Lumber or to the
Co-op Lumber at Pilot Mound for
those needs.

We have an Insurance Office just
newly turned over to Dale Vines. The
new Law Office has been a good ad-
dition to Broadway, With Cecil Treb-
le’s passing this year, his son Jim is