Manitoba Golden Boy Awards [Manitoba Good Citizenship Awards]

The award was initiated in 1959 by the Manitoba Travel and Convention Association (later the Tourism Industry Association of Manitoba) to recognize Manitobans who had rendered meritorious service to their communities, based on nominations from the general public. The awards were renamed the Manitoba Good Citizenship Awards around 1970. Six to ten awards were presented annually at a formal ceremony with the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba.

One of the first Golden Boy Awards made in 1960, in this case presented to W. A. Murphy.
Source: Kitson Vincent, 2009 (photo by G. Goldsborough).

Recipient	Year
Albert Clifford Abbott (1897-1983)	1970
William Andrew	1969
William “Caribou Bill” Anger	1960
Roy K. Armstrong (?-?)	1967
Henry Sheridan Atkinson (1901-1965)	1961
Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)	1974
Marius Benoist (1896-1985)	1964
G. Otto Bergman (1901-1987)	1962
Dorothy Nepinak Betz (1929-2007)	1977
Frederick Valentine Bird (1885-1977)	1972
Elizabeth Hazeltine Bjarnarson (1893-1979)	1969
Shirley Boese	1978
Richard Henry Gardyne Bonnycastle (1903-1968)	1967
Pauline LeGoff Boutal (1894-1992)	1962
Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)	1971
Beatrice Alice Brigden (1894-1977)	1971
Cyril LaVerne Britton	1975
Roy W. Brown (?-?)	1971
Genevieve Brock Brownell (1901-1999)	1970
Margaret Burness	1970
Belle Busch	1975
D. J. “Duke” Campbell	1960
Charles G. Carter	1965
Edwin Gladstone “Eddie” Cass (1893-1985)	1964
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Norman J. Chartrand	1975
Arthur Uniacke Chipman (1902-1993)	1960
Isaac Clarkson (1913-1971)	1961
Harvey Alfred “Honey” Cochlan (?-1967)	1964
Willard John “Bill” Condo (c1914-1980)	1971
John Clifford Cory (1904-1971)	1965
Flora Cowan (1902-1986)	1966
K. Walter Crawford	1965
Don Currie	1967
Mark Harold Danzker (1902-1995)	1974
James Alexander Victor David (1887-1976)	1966
Fred J. Douglas (?-?)	1962
Joseph N. H. Du
Eva Dunn	1974
E. F. “Ev” Dutton	1965
Margaret Adele Bain Fetherstonhaugh (?-1975)	1972
Ed Finney	1978
Sister Olive Fiola	1977
Randolph Murray Fisher (1886-1965)	1963
Robert Fletcher (1873-1963)	1962
Thelma Bessie Forbes	1971
Willo S. Forrester	1977
J. Samuel Freedman (1908-1993)	1966
David K. Friesen	1964
Rhinehart F. Friesen (1914-2009)	1973
Anna Dorothy Bruce Garbutt (1897-1988)	1983
Aileen Garland (1892-1985)	1973
Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	1964
John Milton George (1887-1972)	1968
Arthur Oswald Glinz (1886-1981)	1968
F. J. Gould	1966
Morris A. Gray (1887-1966)	1964
Robert DuVal Guy (1912-1985)	1974
Arthur Thomas Hainsworth (1901-?)	1973
Gerald Sydney “Syd” Halter (1905-1990)	1961
Mrs. J. M. Headlam	1967
C. E. Heapy	1963
Paul Gerhardt Hiebert (1892-1987)	1972
Terrance John Hind (1920-2007)	1961
John Steven Hirsch (1930-1989)	1960
Hans Albert Hochbaum (1911-1988)	1962
Milton Carman Holden (1903-1975)	1968
John Edward Hudson (1917-2003)	1978
Oliver Victor Jewitt (1889-1967)	1961
Konrad Johannesson	1965
Bjorn S. Johnson	1964
William A. Johnston	1960
Margaret MacTavish (Rogers) Konantz (1899-1967)	1960
Wilhelm Kristjanson (1896-1979)	1972
Abram Arthur Kroeker (1892-1981)	1970
Walter Edwin Kroeker (1915-2000)	1966
Thomas “Tom” Lamb (1898-1969)	1962
Mme. Henry Lane	1965
John Lane (1903-1975)	1972
Gordon William Lathlin [The Pas]	1971
Augustus Searle Leach (1909-1993)	1969
Vincent Leah (1913-1993)	1962
Norman Lee [Lee Kwok Dow] (c1910-1996)	1979
Dr. W. R. Leslie	1960
Walter Jacobson Lindal (1887-1976)	1966
Ruby Locke	1965
Hector Macdonald	1961
H. L. Mackinnon	1965
William James MacLeod (1914-2008)	1979
Stephen Adolph Magnacca (1902-1980)	1969
Gerald W. Malaher (1903-1984)	1970
Francis Alexander Lavens “Frank” Mathewson (1905-1994)	1973
Clifford Alexander McCrae (1894-1966)
Mrs. J. R. McDonald (?-?)	1968
Wilfrid Forrest McGregor (1902-1968)	1967
Dr. Donald F. McIntyre	1966
Oswald Morton McKay (1891-?)	1966
Fay Nelson McKenzie (1900-1993)	1978
Gordon Alexander McMorran (1885-1966)	1962
Frank O. Meighen (?-1995)	1960
Rev. Bruce Miles	1975
Ralph Misener (?-?)	1961
A. M. Monnin	1967
Richard Henry “Harry” Moody (1888-1968)	1966
Anne Ethel “Nan” Murphy (1902-1990)	1961
Paul Murphy	1968
William Arthur Murphy (1884-1968)	1960
Earl Murray (?-?)	1962
Mrs. S. M. Mutchmore	1974
Morris Neaman	1963
Harvey Cecil Odell (1892-?)	1968
David J. Paterson (1879-1975)	1960
Richard H. Patmore	1973
Isaac Pitblado (1867-1964)	1960
Ingrid Plumridge	1967
Emma Pratt	1977
Jacob J. Reimer	1975
Kathleen Richardson	1961
Muriel Sprague Richardson (1891-1973)	1961
Harold James Riley (1887-1975)	1962
William Culver Riley (1907-1970)	1967
David Francis “Mac” Rose (1894-?)	1967
Edgar Stanford Russenholt (1890-1991)	1962
Hugh Hamilton Saunderson (1904-1984)	1970
Otto Reginald Schultz (1886-1973)	1963
Mary Scorer (1911-1988)	1975
John Shanski (1909-1993)	1968
James A. Shearer	1963
Nancy Evelyn Sommerville “Nan” Shipley (1902-1990)	1966
Angus Henry Shortt (1908-2006)	1969
W. J. Sinclair	1960
Frank Leith Skinner (1882-1967)	1964
Karl Gladstone Slocom	1963
J. Lawrence Smith (1889-1967)	1965
Laurie V. Smith	1965
Henry Stevens	1963
Alice Ruth Heyes Struthers (1900-1989)	1969
Kenneth A. Stuebing	1977
Edith Irene Tennant (1898-1989)	1968
Helen May Thomas	1972
Steinn Olafur Thompson (1893-1972)	1968
Paul Henric Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)	1964
Milton John Tinline (1880-1968)	1962
Norma R. Tissott (?-?)	1968
James Harvey Tolton	1973
Rev. Sister Marie Rose Tougas	1963
Harry L. Trager	1965
Ed Wadham	1978
William George Waldie	1974
Isabel Wallace (1895-1976)	1964
Samuel Waller (?-1978)	1961
Pearl Warren	1977
Alfred O. Webb	1963
Alex White	1965
Cornelius W. Wiebe (1893-1999)	1967

Sources:

“Twelve to receive Golden Boy Awards” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 June 1960, page 1.

“Eleven Manitobans and radio-TV station to be honored” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 June 1961, page 52.

“New Golden Boys” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 May 1962, page 19.

“Good citizenship awards to 8 for achievements” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 November 1963, page 6.

“9 Golden Boys and Golden Gal” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 November 1964, page 1.

“Golden Boys honor 12 Manitobans” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 November 1965, page 1.

“Citizen awards” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 November 1966, page 1.

“Manitobans honoured by Golden Boys” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 November 1967, page 1.

“10 Manitobans get Golden Boy Awards” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 November 1968.

“Travel group honors 6” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 November 1969, page 1.

“Six Manitobans to receive good citizenship awards” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 November 1970.

“Six receive Good Citizenship Awards” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1971.

“6 to receive citizenship awards” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 September 1972.

“Good citizenship awards banquet” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 1973.

“6 Manitobans honored by tourist association” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 November 1974.

“6 receive citizenship awards” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 September 1975.

“Six named for citizenship awards” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 February 1977.

Photo, Winnipeg Free Press, 25 March 1978, page 9.

We thank Monica Ball of the Manitoba Legislative Library for her assistance in compiling this gallery.

Gallery revised: 16 December 2009