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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1961
Page
10
More than 106 000 women participate in the Work Committee of the Canadian Red Cross Society aiding relief efforts, fundraising, and service programs across provinces amid ongoing wartime mobilization.
Whitemouth residents hosted visitors during Easter and spring gatherings. Highlights include Cindy Olinski's Easter baptism at Whitemouth Anglican Church with Godparents Mr and Mrs Richard Hunter, Dr and Mrs DeKoven visiting Winnipeg, and various family visits. A tea and home cooking sale is planned April 15 at the Municipal Hall under the White Mouth Hospital Guild.
The Big Chamber on Broadway hosted weekend discussions on the 12 year margarine coloring dispute with mixed reactions to Mr Roblin's Budget. The margarine bill passed second reading 26 to 25 and debate on the Budget is expected to be heated. Mike Melnick returned from Red Lake to his home. Mrs Don Kushner and her daughter attended the Hood Steiner wedding. Ernie Webb remains in Whitemouth Hospital.
The Bissett parish notes a monthly meeting on the first Tuesday, inviting Catholic women to join as membership declines. A May 2 meeting at 8 PM is highlighted. In Rice Lake, United Steel Workers Local 5552 held a regular session with E Adolf presiding and members like Howard Mitchell from Winnipeg attending. Donations were made to the skating club United Church and St Anthony's Mission as the executive prepared a contract for general member approval.
A reader recalls a humorous Abitibi poem titled One In A Million from the Sep Oct 1959 issue. The verse recounts a June 1959 golf outing at Pine Falls with players Jack Dean and Cece Cook, describing tee shots, hooks, and a comic midair collision.
Seven Sisters Mrs W Kristofferson and Linda visited relatives in Winnipeg last week. Regular badminton sessions run Monday evenings in the Community Hall. Everyone is welcome. Mrs W Keavens, Diane and Debbie spent Easter in Winnipeg. Hospital Guild Pot Luck Supper is Friday April 21 at 7:00. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Freddie King Morris Manitoba on the birth of Heather Gail born Saturday April 1 at the Maternity Pavilion.
The Pine Falls Chapter of the Eastern Star held its April 3 meeting with Worthy Matron Eva Rowe and officers present. Reports covered the March Tea and Bake Sale at Hudsons Bay Winnipeg. Easter visits included Mrs. W Burkett and family, and Mike and Brook Harrison visited from Toronto. Rebekah Lodge activities included a Charter drape for J Duff and a birthday event for Scylor Coalfax. The Ladies Guild fundraiser set for April 19, and a W A bake sale and Spring Tea were planned. Golf news noted snow still on the nine hole course as spring returns. Pine Falls Golf Club will hold its semiannual meeting April 17 at 8 p.m. in the Armouries.
Mr and Mrs Fred ing report all well. Kenny King celebrates a birthday niece. Carol Precious wins a 51 bingo jackpot Tuesday evening. Lingo sessions continue Tuesdays. Mrs F King visits Winnipeg en route to England to see two aunts. Rose travels to Morris to meet the new granddaughter. Albert Braund and family of Selkirk visit district friends.
The council records list 1961 ward payments totaling a thousand dollars per ward and a series of accounts approved for payment. Items include timber dues, individual names with amounts, company charges, utilities, health unit fees, and street maintenance costs among others.
A partial ledger lists payments including Unemp't Insurance $21.88, Royal Ins. Co. $92.46, H. R. Eade $151.60, FE Wojciechowski $250.00, Can Pacific Express $1.00, Arbitrators net $1805, J. Klassen $75.00. The fragment records assorted expenditures and fees by several named payees.
A man offers to loan his lawn mower on the condition that the neighbor who borrowed it does not remove it from the yard, highlighting a dispute over property access and responsibility.
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