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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 01, 1958
Page
5
The piece notes a student leader serving as president of the Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship and as vice president of the Association of Mennonite University Students, with the Red River Valley Echo in Iona, Manitoba.
Franklin D Roosevelt served the longest presidential term in the United States. Wilsten Henry Harrison held the shortest term, serving only one month.
A brief note explains that carnival derives from the Latin phrase carnevale meaning farewell eat detailing the festival’s cultural roots and linguistic heritage.
In Ottawa, five officers in the Department of Trade and Commerce await May departures to Sao Paulo Detroit New Orleans Bogota Manila Washington and other capitals. Additional appointments include George Blackstock to Buenos Aires Barry Steers to Singapore and Robert Woolham to Tokyo, all in the same intake.
A prairie schooner type wagon sleigh built by John Diefenbaker's grandfather around 1890 in Hawkesville Ontario has joined the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon. The reconditioned wagon was presented to the Prime Minister before Parliament, with a certificate transferring ownership to the Crown.
Kingsville, the southernmost Canadian town in Ontario with about 3000 residents, forms a women’s LO.D.E. chapter. The group elected the national president as speaker at the Windsor Essex luncheon, received their charter and standard, and asked Mrs. Miner to serve as honorary regent for the Miner Family chapter.
A study notes earthworms can lift more than 15 tons of soil per acre annually through bioturbation. Researchers report worm activity enhances soil mixing and nutrient cycling, influencing forest and agricultural ecosystems.
The Saskatchewan Hospital Services Plan 1957 report shows total 1957 costs at 33.94 million dollars, up 1.59 million from 1956, with 23.14 million spent on hospitalization. It cites higher hospital rates, wage costs, and shorter work weeks as drivers, notes 174,355 discharge cases and 1,891,426 patient days, and states tax revenue covered 45.9 percent of total costs.
The Saskatchewan Hospital Services Plan shows 1957 hospital care rose with influenza and respiratory diseases driving most of the 6,208 increased cases over 1956. Influenza caused 5,812 hospitalizations a decade rise, while maternity, accidents, and pneumonia remained top care drivers and deaths.
A daylight robbery occurred at Art Oehm's Hard Wor Store in Clifford. Two men and a woman asked for glass, lured clerk Chester Cook to the cellar, while the cash box containing about 200 dollars was stolen from the office. The thief trio also matches a recent $160 hardware store heist in the area.
The editor laments the decline of walking as modern life favors cars and quick trips. He notes fewer pedestrians in country lanes and city streets, as shopping centers lure drivers with car access and conveniences. He warns future generations may physically weaken and questions if society will act.
Old man weather trims ice and brings curlers back to practice after unseasonal warmth. Brooms, tams and heavy sweaters reappear on the streets as bonspiel season begins with local teams meeting from towns along the line. Players endure sore backs and blistered hands as the hot-stove league plays behind glass, while women join in the fun and jewelry exchange, adding life to prairie winters.
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