The R.M.
of Pipestone
Some General Trends in the 1920’s
- Throughout the prairies communities erected various memorials
commemorating the sacrifice and service of those who participated in
the “Great War.”
- On farms and in businesses trucks were replacing horses for everyday
tasks
- Commercial travelers now use cars making them more flexibly mobile.
This trend eventually led to the decline in demand for hotel rooms and
of course a decline in rail passenger traffic.
- many communities reached the peak of business expansion in the
pre-war years. We see stores changing hands, closing
- the same decline is seen in housing – again communities
had expanded to the natural capacity
- the adoption of a car-based transportation economy saw the expansion
of car-based service – gas stations, auto repair shops
- in recreation tennis and cricket declined. Hockey continued to grow,
as did curling.
- radio helps connect remote hopuseholds to the rest of the world
Automobile Road Map of Manitoba (1924)
Emmett, A.C. Automobile Road Map of Manitoba [map]. 1:760,320.
Winnipeg: Stovel Company Ltd., 1924.
Image Courtesy of University of Manitoba Archives & Special
Collections
(Morris Block fonds, MSS 207, A.05-43)
www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/com
1920
A Municipal Telephone Exchange Office is built on the west side of the
Main Street in Pipestone.
1921
The site for Restom Memorial Park is purchased in 1921. Work is
supervised by Alf Archer who provided shrubs and perennials from his
own garden. J.I. Bulloch broke the land and seeded it.
The Memorial Hall built in Pipestone.
1922
War Memorial erected in Reston Memorial Park. It was unveiled by Sir
James Aikens, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, on June 30, The
first shelterbelt of trees is planted at the park by Alf Archer.
1923
Sinclair Memorial Hall is built in memory of WW1 veterans.
1924
The first radios come on sale locally
1925
Laggan School #1935 built near the site of the Daybreak Presbyterian
Church.
1926
The Volunteer Fire Brigade receives a fire engine at a cost of $708.75.
1927
A new Bardal School built on SW 15-80-28.
1928
The Masonic Hall built in Reston - John Ludy in charge. Arthur Busby
& McIvor do the plastering.
The first Reston Pool Elevator is built by Pearson Burleigh. There had
been a local pool association prior to that and those farmers who
belonged had taken their grain to other local elevators to be weighed
up and then had it sold through the pool.
A new two- room school is built at Ebor – the basement to be used as a
hall.
1929
Stanley Knowles spends the summer of 1929 as a student minister of the
Baptist Church in Reston. He also served during the 1928-29 College Term
Robert Forke, of Pipestone, becomes a Senator.
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