In last Friday’s edition, The Reminder asked readers to help identify where a cartoon depicting the old United Church originated.
The mystery was quickly solved. The cartoon appeared in the now-defunct Winnipeg Tribune in 1953.
It was also reprinted in Memoirs of Hilly Flin Flon, a small book written by Tom Dobson, the late founder of The Reminder.
Dobson wrote that the cartoon accompanied a Tribune article entitled “Flin Flon’s 20th Century Cliff-Dwellers.”
The cartoon depicts the view of the former United Church on Hapnot Street, now a private residence, from Callinan Lane.
It shows two men standing at the base of the towering building. One of the men is asking a favour of the other, who is obviously upset by the request.
“Oops – forgot my keys – dash around the front and open up, will you, Charlie?” reads the caption.
The Reminder thanks our readers for their help.
