Here's a look at what was making the news 15 and 50 years ago in the Hants Journal. 15 YEARS AGO (July to early-August 2008 editions) Windsor’s annual ...
Windsor’s annual Sam Slick Days festival drew thousands to the community, but also raised some ire. The brochure cover featured a sketch taken from the archives of C.W. Jeffreys, who had created the image based on stories of Sam Slick, as told by famed Windsor author Thomas Chandler Haliburton. The image depicts a Black man on his knees in front of Slick.
Clarence Benjamin was the last customer to fill up his vehicle at Gibson’s Kwik-Way in Newport Station on July 11. After five generations of service, Marlene Gibson, the owner, said the gas tanks had to be removed as they couldn’t afford to continue offering Irving gasoline. The store was built in 1929 by her grandfather Frank Hill Gibson and it was one of the first gas stations in the area.
A feature on artist G.A. Janks, who lives in West Hants, appeared in 2008. Pictured here is Janks with one of his sculpted geese. - File The 25th anniversary of the formation of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of West Hants was celebrated. The chapter formed in 1983 with nine members. Five of the original members were still residing in West Hants, with four still part of the organization.
Several Maritimers helped set up the new Metropolitan store in Windsor. Among the women helping to put the finishing touches on the new Fort Edward Mall Met location in 1973 were, from left, Ruth Grant, New Glasgow; Alice Lutes, Moncton; Neila Lock, Sydney; Alice Greene, New Glasgow; and Mary LeBlanc, Moncton. - File
There was a large crowd gathered at the official opening of Sobeys’ new supermarket at the Fort Edward Mall in 1973. Pictured cutting the ribbon were, from left, Hants West MLA R.D. Lindsay; T.S. Jardine, the divisional sales manager of Sobeys stores; Billy the clown; Windsor Mayor Eric Nott; and Sobeys vice-president J.S. Murchie. The new Sobeys location marked the second one to be located in Windsor.
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