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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1957
Page
5
Crochet pattern advertises a TV cover with a graceful medallion design and shell stitch border. Instructions call for No 30 cotton for 22-inch size, No 50 for larger, with 30 cents to request the pattern and name and address for mailing. Two free patterns offered from Alice Brooks Needlecraft book, plus a 25 cent book copy.
The News of Maple Creek Saskatchewan reports a typo in Howard's weekly potato ad. The clearance listing claimed $2.99 per 100 pounds instead of $2.29, though readers still purchased at the advertised rate. The Jan 36 1957 notice notes the discrepancy and the adjusted customer response.
The Moose Jaw by-pass over-pass on the Trans-Canada highway is advancing despite winter weather. The 135-foot composite steel and concrete single track bridge near Moose Jaw, with other spans at Aikins Siding and Kincorth, aims for an early summer completion and opening.
Many civil defence skills are practical for households. Learn to shut off gas water and electricity and follow proper fire procedures for all members of the family. Thousands of Canadian homes face such needs yearly. Joining a local civil defence group offers free training.
Alder Flats Chamber of Commerce circulates a petition urging the Department of Highways to establish a ferry service on the North Saskatchewan River. The proposed route would provide a shorter, more direct link to the Pembina River district, per The Times of We tackiwin, Alberta, January 23, 1957.
The town of Normandville returns to oil industry attention after reports of commercial oil in two new horizons. The Herald Tribune notes older wells and new prospects drawing engineers and investors as Grande Prairie papers detail the 1957 developments in northern Alberta.
The Pisindealer argues a town’s reputation hinges on collective effort by service clubs churches schools fraternal groups and businesses. It says growth comes from calibre and cooperation, not size, with individuals shaping the town’s atmosphere through commerce industry and civic engagement.
Industrialization presses prairie farming with higher costs and fewer workers. Farmers must expand to use machinery efficiently, specialize production, and invest capital. Farming moves from gamble to profession and, eventually, to science, demanding preparation for security.
From The Mail Drumheller 1957 urges farmers to treat farming as a business, stressing records and comparisons to identify profitable enterprises. It notes rising domestic demand, fewer workers on larger farms, and shifting food consumption patterns impacting prairie programs.
A Rosetown community expresses gratitude to Doug Wilson who has resigned as chief of the Rosetown Fire Brigade. The note highlights a family lineage since 1912 with six chiefs including Andy Wilson and George Shaw. Fred Walters becomes the new fire chief as the volunteer brigade is praised for decades of service by thirty three year veterans.
The Financial Post summarizes a U S study lasting six years showing average housewives burn more calories on chores than clerks executives and most skilled trades. Foundry dock workers and farmers use more energy than housewives but many common jobs still consume fewer calories.
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