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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1957
Page
7
A 1956 Sports College survey suggests women in Canada appear fitter than men due to greater daily activity. The piece notes housework and child care raise female exercise levels, while changes after age 40 reduce activity. It also advises boxing is not ideal for youths, favoring wrestling for overall fitness and lower injury risk.
Practical tips on safely storing volatile liquids in metal cans and keeping flames away from solvents. It covers pouring from square cans with corner spouts for steady streams, lubricating glass cutter wheels with kerosene, using a straight edge for accurate cuts, and removing decals with a hot iron and cloth for steam soften.
Local Civil Defence plans were formed at a Hanna meeting chaired by H B Clarke. Miss Lois Kremer and J W Stewart attended. Beginning Friday February 15, home nursing classes will be held in Memorial Hall basement under Hanna Civil Defence auspices.
Weekly crossword puzzle features clues for an Asiatic deer and a broad set of across entries. It includes hints such as Depicted type of seven with antlers three, Waken, Putin, Conducted, Empty, Greek letter, Pedal digit, Mine entrances, Misdeed, Hebrew or, Lieutenant abbr, Venture, Throw, Measure of area, Arep, Mixed type, Pronoun, prescribed amount of medicine, Single, Correlative of either, Labor, Preposition, Tractable, Speaker, Tidier, Naturals, Time period, Solar disk.
Five Canadian commissioners released a preliminary Royal Commission report projecting 1980 demographics and prosperity. Population could reach 26.65 million with 21.01 million urban and 5.64 million rural residents. Manufacturing jobs rise to 2.39 million. farm employment drops to 735,000. Per capita GDP and post tax incomes would grow, markets expanding with population.
A drunk circles a street pole and laments being fenced in. A job form asks if ever arrested, with never got caught as a comeback. A coed and another discuss dating and kissing. A Regina lawyer texts a joke on justice and appeal. A dawn homecoming quip plays on open doors. A joke about voices changing with maturity concludes.
Canadian women may face higher nylon hosiery prices this spring as manufacturers notify retailers of the first increase in six years. Costs for yarn machinery and packaging have risen, though the change will be modest and mostly affect cheaper qualities rather than major branded lines.
A charming Anne Adams Printed Pattern 4717 offers a two sleeve version with tow or high neck options. The dress suits sun, Sunday, school or party wear and features a pink Corazelle fabric apron trimmed with pink rick rack and pearl buttons.
About 28 000 rats died in Alberta during 1956 after consuming five tons of bait and 3 840 quarts of water bait. Infestations dropped eight percent with 492 premises affected. By year end 89 of 2 773 farms in the infested area near the Saskatchewan border showed rat evidence. The expansion of control pushed back east and west.
A fragment describes a yucca with thorn like steel in Mexico turning into a tree with dull blade endings. It mentions ancient grave flora customs and notes many places in Holland lie about 15 feet below sea level.
Pakistan, with 80 million people and a Muslim majority, faces pressure to reassess its pro West policy after Britain's and France's Middle East actions. Leaders tour Muslim states to seek unity while Egypt's Nasser rebuffs Suhrawardy. Public opinion divides between preserving Western ties and supporting Muslim solidarity, with some urging closer US cooperation.
Cree Oil of Canada Limited announces first oil showing in the Viking sands at the Jack Manson farm about four miles northeast of Rimbey. Drill stem test in the Viking interval 5,501 to 5,640 feet produced gas in nine minutes at up to 60 MCF per day, with pipe recovered mud, oil, and light gravity oil.
A historic blaze in 1825 became the largest forest fire on record, burning over 3,000,000 acres and costing 160 lives in Maine and New Brunswick. Separate note mentions that deaf individuals can sometimes hear through their teeth, a peculiar biological aside.
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