50 years ago
The Town of Wilkie employed Ron Woytowich of Battleford as a dog catcher at a cost of $10 per dog.
The Wild Goose Hockey Leage executive voted to grant a franchise to Unity to operate a team in the league next season. The request for the franchise was made by Gerry Lucksinger on behalf of the Unity Hockey Association.
Volunteer driver Forest Jensen delivered the first set of Meals on Wheels in Wilkie.
In an ad entitled “Pre-Season Bicycle Bonanza,” the price for a CCM Targa 10-speed was $99.50 while a boys’ and girls’ standard bike was $59.95. Meanwhile, an ad in the classified advertised a 14-inch boys’ bike with banana seat and high bars, new tires and tube, for $25.
20 years ago
The 2005 class for the Unity Sports Wall of Fame was announced. Honourees included Brenda Staniforth, hailed the top female pitcher in Canada during the 1980s; hockey players Morley Scott and Jerry Kolb, and Greg Morrison, a former draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers. One of 11 teams to be inducted were the Unity Eskimos, 1919 Western Canadian Interprovincial Senior Hockey Champions.
Rod Andrews, Anglican Bishop of Saskatoon, planned to ride a tractor across Saskatchewan as his provincial centennial project. Among the churches he was going to visit during his trek in June were the Anglican Churches in Wilkie, Unity and Evesham.
Unity Miners’ MVP for the year was Nick Pernitsky, with Todd Duffin being voted Most Popular Player by the fans.
