Springfield Leader (Newspaper) - November 18, 1947, Springfield, Manitoba Paid 151 GARSON 4 TYNDALL 43 11 WHITEMOUTH M ELMA II SEVEN SISTERS FALLS 30 POINTE DU BOIS 24 14 LAC DU BONNET 190 GREAT FALLS 28 GEORGE I PINE PALLS BISSETT t MANITOBA POINTS 172 CANADA fc OUTSIDE 158 TOTAL PAID 1109 49 DISTRICT 53 115 DISTRIBUTION 1336 Springfield An Independent Weekly Newspaper Manitoba Volume 3 Manitoba November 1947 8 Hold Ttoir Second Annual Banquet SEVEN SISTERS Friendly Fellows held their second annual November in the A lovely cupper was served by Waiting on tables were Joyce Irene Lorraine Doris and Joan After speeches were nude by William Sinclair and Kendrick from Whitemouth as did also made Nightingale and The Whitemouth orchestra provided the Elmo Formor Drowns In Rivor Wnon Truck Skids From a farmer living about a south of was drowned shortly after eleven oclock Friday night when the 2ton truck he was driving skidded off the bridge into the Whitemouth His Harry managed to crawl out of the cab of the truck and teach the bank He raced to his farm which is situated about 100 yards from the They tried to save but were unable to locate him as he was thrown out of the cab underneath the ice which was about three to four inches Constable Whitemouth arrived aoon after with Steindel but due to darkness and insufficient were unable to locate the body that night The body was not recovered until early Saturday The accident victim was 39 years of age and is survived by his Mary three sons and one daughter his Katie five brothers and six Hink Funeral services were held for Katherine Hink on 1 at the Roman Catholic who passed away at General hospital October 29 in her 73rd Born in she came to Canada 40 yean ago and settled in the Beausejour district She is survived by a large family and Lawrence Hink of Burial took place in St Marys with Gurka Russell Funeral Home was in charge of store The Michaluk family three Billy Ronald and Mary M Micky and Johnny have both returned from Terrace While work ing with electric saws at Wil liam Micky gave his little finger a nasty cut which necessitated its being am at the first Micky recuperated in the Boniface M understand PINE FALLS Following the Armistice Day service in which he took the Stuart Premier of accom by Max Woods and took a short trip out to some of the woods camps before returning to the M V Bissett enter at a small tea on Novem ber 11 in honor of Stuart who accompanied husband on his visit to Pine MM Braving the ele the towns rabid football Jimmy De Red Joe Bob and Jim Munsie travelled to the city this past Saturday to see the Blue Bombers and battle it out for the final game in the Western From their Hineys field goal from around the was not only the turning point in the game but also a very beautiful thing to M M The United church will hold its annual Congregation Dinner in the Chateau the evening of November Guest speaker will be Martin of Grace United church in Win who will give a talk and show movie pictures of his trip to M M H The Senior Ladies Association of the United church will hold their annual sale of work and silver tea in the Chateau at 8 oclock the evening of Decem ber Rumor of the week had Jack one of our Woods De lost in the lake after last Saturdays bliz zard and the story even got it around that debris from his boat was found cast onto the The person or persons starting such a story must have felt rather foolish when Jack after spending the due to the at Victoria Beach re turned to his camp Monday No doubt that story was started quite but it it did create quite a feeling of unnecessary so it should be a torcon to anyone else before making such a be sure of the facts M tt M The Senior Study Group of the United Church held a party in the Church Satur November in honor of Rorie Mallard McLeod and his recent Parlor games and under the leadership of Hunter and Johnny spiced by a bountiful and beautiful lunch served by the made the party a one hundred percent v V v recently organized Mis sion Band of the United under leadership of Fran and has now elected following cers Lydia Brown trea Marsha The Band will every Monday after 4 oclock hi AGED MAN KILLED BY TRAIN IN THE EARLY MORNING Onufry was fatally injured by a work train at on the morning of 7 about while walking to The body was removed to Rus sell Funeral Home where an autopsy was held and the body by a coroners later to be released by District Coroner Brook of The inquest was held at 8 in the Town Funeral services were 11 at 10 at the Greek Catholic church at Beausejour with Burial was held at the Greek Catholic Funeral Home was in charge of is survived by three all of LAC DU regret to report the passing of Mrs Natalie in Winnipeg on at after a long Henley was predeceased by her husband on June 15 of this year and the sympathy of the community is extended to the family on the second misfortune which has befallen them within six Funeral services will be held in Notre Dame Lac du Bon on at 10 TYNDALL By the Pointe du Bois Curlers was leld on November 3 in the club The Hunt asked for help from the curlers o get the rink ready for flood ng and discussed plans for the seasons It is hoped that the curlers will rally round and make this a good curling We that George Anno Away At Of 95 BEAUSEJOUR ser vices were 12 for Anna Suzanna who passed away She was the widow of the late Frederick Gret She is survived by 4 sons John of Winnipeg William of Medicine Hat Alberta Alfred of East Paul Edward of and one Klingbell of She is alao survived by 49 83 great and one great great Gretzinger was born in on October coming to Canada in settling in Beausejour where she spent the last fifty Funeral services were held in the funeral chapel with burial in the family plot Beausejour Pacy has left for where she will spend the winter with her M M M Winkler has undergone an She is recovering M M Ronnie visited here during the past M H M Miss Chrissie Nelson was rushed to the hospital Thursday at mid when it was found that she was suffering from an acute at tack of Chrissie is expected home by the time this reaches M son of the late was married to Miss Myrtle May Hutehinson of Vir The wedding took place at the Pauls United and a reception was later held in the Legion Harold acted as best man for his A Silver Tea will be held in the Garson school on Nov ember The tea will be spon sored by the Ladies United Church Club aad will be held in the afternoon from 3 to 5 and in the evening from 7 to 10 There will be some fine ex hibits of fancy work and home Everyone is asked to MM Hyde of Tyndall broke his collarbone and suffered a wrenched knee as a result of a fall at his MM The community rink of Garson is holding a whist drive at Gar son school on Nov ember at 8 We have been given to understand that the rink is almost completed and that skating will commence be fore the end of M M and Brown of Lac du Bonnet visited George Brown on November M M M The Ukranian Catholic church of Tyndall is sponsoring a ban quet and bazaar at the Tyndal Ukranian on Friday November The banquet is to commence at 1 Beech M of the Merchant brother of is visiting Tyndall for three Alf M M M veteran of two is undergoing treatment at Deer Lodge Alf hasnt been feeling any too strong H M M and John formerly of Fork purchased the store owned by Schreyer of Schreyer intends to operate a business at Golden Bay and Mr Michaluk will operate a general A Xmas Present To Your Absent Friend A Christmas gift for your absent friend 52 weeks in the Send a copy of The Leader by paying one year in Mail the coupon To Springfield Leader Enclosed please find for one years subscription to The Springfield Leader to be sent to NAME ADDRESS Please block print name and address Send a Christmas Greeting Card with the compliments of Your name and address If more than one subscription is please write in similar manner on separate sheet and make your remittance for the full amount at of for each Look at the date your copy of The The opy Fo the your subscription the form Springfield Leader Him tat I your address on five the For 12rll47 indicate that on the 12th ion became Please check due mail your remittance with Please renew one NAME my subscription with enclosed or M Confirmation services were held in Johns Lac du on November for Confirmation were Misses Pres An MacDon ald and As eight of the candidates were members of the choir of Marys Pointe u they wore their surplices and red Bishop who was accompanied by Loft received those who were confirmed and their friends at a reception in the Church hall after the organist at Pointe du Bois and her girls choir took part in the ADDRESS Please print name and address in block letters Please remember that we are members of the Audit Bureau of which does not allow paid tions of over 30 days in arrears in Arrears must be discontinued after 30 When clipping out this form please include address LAC DU BONNET SCHOOL OFFICIALLY OPENED BEFORE CAPACITY AUDIENCE Pointe du Bois By ALEX BROWN The November meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of Marys church was held on November at the home of with Goddard co Twentyfive ladies were Final arrangements were made for the Bazaar to be held on November A dressed by was on dis This is to be tic kets to be sold by The next meeting will be held in January at the home of with An derson M H M The semiannual meeting of The president of the Com munity Club has quite a gang organized getting the skating rink ready for having re moved some ten inches of soil with a repairing and getting loud speakers and musical equipment It wont be long before we arc skating to VMM The semimonthly entertain ment of the Community Club took the form of a Cribbage tournament and dance in the Community hall on November Winners were while Livo and Long had to cut for Livo win Music for the dance was provided by the Pointe du Bois MUM and Chorney and family are now residing in du MS and Eby and are spending a few days in MM A whist is being arranged to take place on November in the Community to celebrate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieut Philip Collections are being made to help swell Winni pegs Princess Elizabeth Wedding Gift The Ladies Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion held a meeting on November at the home of MacDonald was elected and Miss McLaren One of the projects of the ladies is to knit socks for the veterans in Deer Lodge A capacity audience greeted the official opening of the new Lac du Bonnet school on November Coupled with the dedication of the school was the unveiling of photographs of four local men who made the supreme sacrifice during World War Bissell acted as master of ceremonies Fred chairman of the Lac du Bonnet school ex pressed the thanks of the board for the great assistance rendered in the compilation of plans and erection problems encountered during construction through lack of materials and labor by vari ous The Home and School Association came in for special praise from Du While not entirely com the interior of the school was expected to be finished dur ing the Christmas vacation when missing would be chief inspector of said that the new school was one of the most modern in design in particularly in the field of lighting and air The school was the first in the province completely equipped with fluorescent light ing Miss M Baskerville presented the Eaton Cooking Shield won by Las du Bonnet in the B Cook ing Class to Jean Mar jorie Bruder and Shirley who won prizes in the order named Iris Kingswell and Margaret of en route to route to Toronto to participate in a Dominion cooking club contest as representatives of Manitoba were introduced by Miss Basker Inspector Ben Warkentin pre sented certificates to girls of th cooking class under who expressed the grati fication of the class members in The Ladies Church Club of Garson will hold a Silver Tea in Garson School basement on Nov ember from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 also sale of work and home their Memorial Pictures Unveiled Following the official Bissell conducted an repressive Memorial Service in honor of the unveiling of framed holographs of four Lac du Bon net boys who made the supreme A colored photograph f Field His King George surmounted the while in the centre was A ramed photo of Gil of Bissell pointed out that the children would not consider the photo which hang in the main as merely but would remember them every time hey looked at as Lac du Jonnet boys who gave their lives or their They would revere the picture of Gil iat and remember that boys all over Canada served shoulder to shoulder with their own They would look at the splendid picture of their King and reflect on what it symbolized of the of countries of the Commonwealth of The panel of photographs was presented by the and unveiled by of the Lac du Bonnet Legion The four local boys whose photo graphs will form a lasting memorial for all attending the school tosee were Rene Lewis Fred Small and Wilfred and parents of were Lunch and a social half hour was enjoyed under the convener ship of the Home and School Association of Lac du secretary of the has expressed the hopes of the association to be able later to furnish a piano or other music for the use of the school ODDFELLOWS ELECT PETRIN THEIR DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER FOR DISTRICT TWO PREMIER STUART GARSON SPEAKS AT PINE FALLS REMEMBRANCE SERVICE In commemoration of those employees of the Abitibi Power and Paper who gave their lives in line of duty during the recent a plaque bearing their names and mounted on a cairn was unveiled at the recent Remembrance service by Following the dedication by Father the Honor able Stuart Premier of Manitoba gav a short Canon Walters took the prayer with Hunter giving the Names of those from Pine Falls inscribed on the plaque were Anderson Betts Dean Gold Gold Haider Lalor Robinson and Pipe Major McLeod played the Lament and Bob Farmer sounded Reveille and the Last Pat Lalor laid the Members of the Canadian Legion and the Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary were in The Canadian Legion held their annual Remembrance Day ban quet in The Chateau on the eve ning of November A toast was given by Silver to the Legion and replied to by Tanner Vickie Soko loski proposed a toast to the King and Jack Nixon made a toast to the Fallen After the Colonel Alex provincial secretary of the gave a stirring ad after which he presented Carl Bert Dimock and Tanner with Badges as well as presenting Tanner with a Life Membership to the Shortly thereafter the tables were cleared and On Pine Falls was host for the District Meeting of the Oddfellows lodges in Dis The following lodges were well represented North Star Winnipeg Wellington Winnipeg Re mora Selkirk Jubilee Winnipeg Stonewall Stone wall The following were in attend ance as special guests Ed grand Grand Lodge of from Port age la Prairie Brother Tacka deputy grand from Brandon grand war from Selkirk grand from Winnipeg grand from Winnipeg dis deputy grand from East and A successful business meeting was during which Asel Pine was elected to succeed Petrin as district deputy grand master of District Following the business meet the doors were opened to the ladies of Coronation Pine The put on a demonstration for the and this was fol lowed by Jack Huhns accordion Halpins vocal Fraynes saxophone and Aseltine and Baby stunt Speeches were given by James Tacka DGM G and A H KENNARD TO HEAD LEGION AT LAC DU BONNET The Lac du Bonnet Branch of the Canadian Legion held its an meeting on Nov ember in the Municipal when the principal item on the agenda was the election of cers for the ensuing Kennard was elected branch president for the coming term of Hubert Arsenault was the unanimous choice for the office of and Com rades Smith and fill the positions of first and second In spite of the united wish of all Rousseau explained that it was practically impossible for him to carry on his duties aa for another term as he felt that he could not devote sufficient time to attend to the Legion affairs in the man ner which he considered they de He consented to carry on for a short All members of the branch united in appreciation of Rousseau for his thorough and efficient services during his term of office and trust that his in the near future will allow him again to take an active part in the business of the In it is on record that any and all members en rolled before the official instal lation all rights and privileges of the
