Gretna, Manitoba Gretna after Gretna Green in Scotland, also a border community, where runaway couples were married by the blacksmith at his anvil. Gretna soon became a prominent border community. As businesses thrived and expanded, Gretna life in the early 20th century was filled with promise and opportunity. As progress would have it, changes afforded Gretna no favours and the community began losing the grain milling industry responsible for its boom. After the World War II, Gretna became the centre for oil transfer to the United States of America. Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (the main storage and transfer company of oil in southern
Gretna Margaret Weste papers. In 1989 she was awarded a Member in the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to science, particularly in the field of botany. Gretna Margaret Weste Gretna Margaret Weste (September 5, 1917 – 2006) was a leading scientist noted for her work in plant pathology and mycology, specifically with "Phytophthora cinnamomi." Gretna Margaret Weste was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland in 1917, to Australian parents, arriving in Australia aged two years. Her schooling was completed through scholarships, at Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne and later the University of Melbourne, attaining a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in 1938 and Master of Science