In 1931, the McGowan family relocated to Watrous when James became the editor of the Watrous Signal, published by Edmund Garrett. In late 1932, James began making plans to start another newspaper, the Watrous Manitou. The first issue of the Manitou was published Feb. 9, 1933.
Through McGowan’s 41 years as publisher of the Watrous Manitou, he was a member of the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association (SWNA) and Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. He served a term as SWNA president. Mildred McGowan, as well as taking part in the production of the paper for many years, was also active with the UCW and Watrous Ladies Curling Club. James McGowan passed away in 1974. Mildred continued as the publisher until 1977 when her son and daughter-in-law Gordon and Roberta purchased the business.
The start of The Watrous Manitou
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