Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Golden Boy Awards / Manitoba Good Citizenship Awards

The award was initiated in 1959 by the Manitoba Travel and Convention Association (later merged with the Manitoba Tourist Association to form the Tourist and Convention Association of Manitoba, and still later renamed 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. In addition, the association occasionally presented Certificates of Merit to worthy recipients.

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

Award Recipient	Year
Albert Clifford Abbott (1897-1983)	1970
William Andrew	1969
William Ashburner “Caribou Bill” Anger (1886-1968)	1960
Royal Kitchener “Roy” Armstrong (1902-1985)	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 LaVern “Vern” Britton (1906-1996)	1975
Roy Wesley Brown (1906-1985)	1971
Genevieve Brock Brownell (1901-1999)	1970
Margaret Ethel Burnett (1910-1999)	1970
Belle Patterson Busch (1909-1980)	1975
D. J. “Duke” Campbell	1960
Charles Gregory “Charlie” Carter (c1887-1968)	1965
Edwin Gladstone “Eddie” Cass (1893-1985)	1964
Albert Thomas “Ab” Chapman (1918-2013)	1964
Norman Joseph Chartrand (1926-2013)	1975
Arthur Uniacke Chipman (1902-1993)	1960
Isaac Clarkson (1913-1971)	1961
Harvey Alfred “Honey” Cochlan (1894-1967)	1964
Willard John “Bill” Condo (c1914-1980)	1971
John Clifford Cory (1904-1971)	1965
Flora Cowan (1902-1986)	1966
Frederick Walter Crawford (1889-1967)	1965
Wilfred Ernest Cudmore	1980
Don Currie	1967
Mark Harold Danzker (1902-1995)	1974
James Alexander Victor David (1887-1976)	1963
Hugh John Davidson (1899-1965)	1963
Gordon Davis (?-?), Belmont	1963
Frederick John Douglas (1913-1998)	1962
Edward Ingo Dow (1904-1992)	1980
Arthur Dring (?-?), Boissevain	1963
Joseph N. H. Du
Evelyn Alberta Cleverly “Eve” Dunn (1900-1994)	1974
Everell Fletcher “Ev” Dutton (1904-1983)	1965
Margaret Adele Bain Fetherstonhaugh (?-1975)	1972
Edward Finney (1931-1986)	1978
Sister Olive Fiola	1977
Randolph Murray Fisher (1886-1965)	1963
Robert Fletcher (1873-1963)	1962
Richard Elmer Forbes (1894-1978)	1970
Thelma Bessie Forbes (1910-2012)	1971
Samuel Henry Forrest (1873-1963)	1963
Willo Sterritt Forrester (1901-1992)	1977
Samuel Freedman (1908-1993)	1966
David Klippenstein “D.K.” Friesen (1910-1991)	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
Frederick John “Fred” Gould (1871-1967)	1966
Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)	1964
Robert DuVal Guy (1912-1985)	1974
Arthur Thomas Hainsworth (1901-?)	1973
Gerald Sydney “Syd” Halter (1905-1990)	1961
Lavinia Moore “Venie” Headlam (1910-1992)	1967
Clarence Edgar “Curly” Heapy (1905-1981)	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
Donald George Irving (1926-1969)	1963
Oliver Victor Jewitt (1889-1967)	1961
Konrad Jonasson “Konnie” Johannesson (1896-1968)	1965
Bjorn S. Johnson (?-1973)	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
Irene Benoit Lane (1903-?)	1965
John Lane (1903-1975)	1972
Gordon William Lathlin (1933-1976)	1971
Christine Hazel Latimer	1980
Augustus Searle Leach (1909-1993)	1969
Vincent Leah (1913-1993)	1962
Norman Lee [Lee Kwok Dow] (c1910-1996)	1979
William Russel “Russ” Leslie (1891-1985)	1960
Mervyn “Mickey” Levine (c1920-2005)	1980
Walter Jacobson Lindal (1887-1976)	1966
Ruby Louise Brown Locke (1884-1982)	1965
Hector Macdonald (1899-1973)	1961
Hugh Lorne Duncan Mackinnon (c1886-1968)	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)	1966
Mrs. J. R. McDonald (?-?)	1968
Wilfrid Forrest McGregor (1902-1968)	1963
Frederick George McGuinness (1921-2011)	?
Donald Faison McIntyre (1885-1974)	1966
Oswald Morton McKay (1891-?)	1966
Fay Nelson McKenzie (1900-1993)	1978
Vera McKibbon (?-?), Wawanesa	1963
Gordon Alexander McMorran (1885-1966)	1962
Frank Osborne Meighen (1908-1995)	1960
Clare T. Metcalfe (?-?), Treherne	1963
Rev. Bruce Miles	1975
James I. Miller (?-?), Carman	1963
Ralph Scott Misener (c1909-1997)	1961
Donald Alexander Mitchell	1980
William Moncur (1910-2001)	1984
Alfred Maurice Monnin (1920-2013)	1967
Richard Henry “Harry” Moody (1888-1968)	1966
Donald Alexander “Don” Morrison (1926-2017)	1986
Anne Ethel “Nan” Murphy (1902-1990)	1961
Paul Murphy	1968
William Arthur Murphy (1884-1968)	1960
Melvin Earl Murray (1901-1986)	1962
Beatrice Caroline Mutchmor (1901-1999)	1974
Morris Neaman (1899-1974)	1963
Harvey Cecil Odell (1892-?)	1968
David J. Paterson (1879-1975)	1960
Richard Henry Patmore (1903-1979)	1973
Isaac Pitblado (1867-1964)	1960
Ingrid Margaret Plumridge (c1910-1991)	1967
Emma Garland Pratt (1884-1989)	1977
Franklin Stuart “Frank” Presunka (1919-1985)	1963
Jacob J. Reimer	1975
Kathleen Margaret Richardson (1928-2019)	1961
Muriel Sprague Richardson (1890-1973)	1961
Harold James Riley (1887-1975)	1962
William Culver Riley (1907-1970)	1967
Molly Robinson	1980
David Francis “Mac” Rose (1894-1979)	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
William James Sinclair (?-1970)	1960
Frank Leith Skinner (1882-1967)	1964
Karl Gladstone Slocomb (1894-1970)	1963
J. Lawrence Smith (1889-1967)	1965
Laurence Vinton “Laurie” Smith (1891-1974)	1965
Henry Stevens	1963
Alice Ruth Heyes Struthers (1900-1989)	1969
Kenneth A. Stuebing (c1917-2010)	1977
Edith Irene Tennant (1898-1989)	1968
Helen May Thomas [Selkirk]	1972
Steinn Olafur Thompson (1893-1972)	1968
Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)	1964
Milton John Tinline (1880-1968)	1962
Norma R. Tissott (?-?)	1968
James Harvey Tolton (1898-1987)	1973
Marie Rose Jeanne Tougas (1915-2007)	1963
Harry Leon Trager (1913-1977)	1965
Charles H. Vrooman (?-?), Manitou	1963
Ed Wadham	1978
William George Waldie (1914-2006)	1974
Isabel Winslow Wallace (1895-1976)	1964
Samuel Waller (?-1978)	1961
Pearl Warren	1977
Alfred Oliver Webb (1887-1973)	1963
Alex Whyte	1965
Cornelius W. Wiebe (1893-1999)	1967
Ruth Susan Lorraine Winkler (1909-2005)	1983

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.

“Motorcade retraces trail of explorer La Verendrye,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 September 1963, page 2.

“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.

“Merged tourist groups to study economic angles,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 November 1970, page 99.

“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.

“Six named ‘good citizens’,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 January 1981, page 2.

We thank Monica Ball (Manitoba Legislative Library) for her assistance in compiling this gallery. Additional information was provided by Vicki Wallace.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 September 2023