Gord McRae recently brought this picture into The Leader office. The photo is from the collection of Joe Schmit. Gord figures it was taken in about 1969 due to Highway 11 being a single lane. The place has changed much since the days when it had five elevators and skating and curling rinks. If you have any old pictures you’d like to share with our readers, please send them in. Drop them off at the office and we’ll scan them on the spot or email them to:  davidsonleader@sasktel.net

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The Davidson Leader was the inspiration for The Davidson Leader’s entry in the Davidson Days parade. All materials used on the float, including the palm tree and our clothing, were made from recent editions of The Davidson Leader. It was a fun, but time-consuming project made possible by the teamwork of Leader staff members Leanne Read, Dianne Murfitt, Tara de Ryk and paper wizard extraordinaire Holly LePoudre. Pictured are (from left) Sasha Chilibeck, Leanne Read, Anthony Chilibeck, Holly LePoudre, Monty LePoudre and Tara de Ryk.

Adam Wilgosh passes the letter A up to Justin Rempel who, on behalf of Pelican Signs, was installing the letter for the new AGT Centre sign at Davidson’s communiplex. The pair were in Davidson last Thursday putting up three signs. The large letters in this picture face Highway 11. Another sign was installed at the building’s main entrance and a directional sign was erected where people will see it when they first drive into the rink parking lot. With the installation of the signs, the renaming of Davidson communiplex the AGT Centre is official. AGT Foods and Ingredients signed a sponsorship agreement worth $225,000 with the Town of Davidson for the naming rights to the communiplex. The company will contribute $15,000 annually towards the rink for the next 15 years. Davidson is the hometown of AGT Food’s president and CEO Murad Al-Katib. AGT Foods distributes lentils, chickpeas, peas, beans and milled durum wheat and rice products to more than 120 countries.

Gail Prpick paints a green stem on the prairie lily she painted on the coffee cup. She is holding a china cup featuring a prairie lily, used as a guide for the lily rendered on the giant cup.

Last Monday morning, a small group of painters were out at the popular rest stop decorating the giant coffee cup at the base of the coffee pot.

The cup, which aside from a red band on its brim, was never adorned with a design. Now it features the Town of Davidson logo on one side and a western red lily on the opposite.

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The Davidson Leader is available at these fine retailers: Davidson – Stedmans, Shell, Riverbend Co-op Gas Bar and Food Store, The Davidson Leader; Craik: Palliser Plains Co-op Food Store; Kenaston: KC Distributors.