Radville, Saskatchewan
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Radville, about 1970
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| Coordinates: 49°28′40″N 104°17′45″W / 49.47778°N 104.29583°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
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| • Governing body | Radville Town Council |
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| • Total | 2.16 km2 (0.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 860 |
| • Density | 398.6/km2 (1,032/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| Postal code span | List of S Postal Codes of Canada |
| Area code(s) | +1-306 |
Radville is a small valley town in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. A small river, Long Creek runs through the north end of the town providing fishing and recreation to the local children and parents. The creek meanders by the east side of the town and then to the south where a second dam is located for the water supply pumphouse.
The town is in the rural municipality #38 of Laurier (incorporated December 13, 1909). It was incorporated in 1911 after being settled in 1895, named after Conrad Paquin.
Radville has a large proportion of French-speaking people.
One of the historic buildings in Radville is the local restaurant. The building started as the Bon Ton Barber Shop and the first doctor in Radville, Dr. Joseph P. O'Shea's office, which later became the Radville Cafe, followed with the Paris Cafe, the Boston Cafe, the Lasalle, the Glencoe, the Canadian Cafe, the Radville Family Restaurant, and in 2006, the Radville Family Restaurant II. [Reference: A Community in Blooms Project]. The Canadian Cafe was run by Bob and Judy Lee from 1965 until their retirement in 1996.
Other restaurants that operated in Radville included the local drive-in Hannigan's, (c. 1970-1980) and the restaurant converted from the old Radville townhall called the Dustbowl Diner (c. 1980-1981). Jake Wong's cafe operated from about 1920 until the early 1950s when his daughter Lily and son-in-law Tommy Chow took it over. Lily's sister Jean also ran a cafe across the street.
There was a large pool room, barber shop and bowling alley next door to Wong's cafe.
Radville has had several theaters. The last one, the Oasis Theater closed its doors in 1977 (needs confirmation of date), showing Star Wars as one of its last movies. After standing empty for a few years, the Oasis was bought by local entrepreneur George Hays and converted into the Alley Oops bowling alley. The newspaper South Saskatchewan Star was owned and operated by Oscar Stitt, A few years afterwards, George Hays purchased the local newspaper, the Radville Star, and moved the publication into the same building. The other Theater owned by Ham Ferris, closed much earlier and was converted into a senior citizens hall in 1972 (needs confirmation of date).
The local pharmacy, the Radville Drug Store, was operated by Ron Zimmers from the late 1960s through to the 2000s. Initially, a pharmacy degree was not required, however as the operations grew, Ron proudly worked his education to achieve his pharmacy degree. The first pharmacy was opened by Harry Koch in the early 1920s and was then sold to Vince Kimball in the mid 1950s.
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, originally the Bank of Commerce, was built in the early 1920s and still operates. The Empire Hotel was built in the early 20's and is still in operation.
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