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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1956
Page
6
Four trimming locomotives built by General Motors Diesel Limited in London Ontario meet track age requirements for standard gauge of 58 inches broad gauge of 68 inches narrow gauge of 42 inches and meter gauge of 39.37 inches. New 1956 Pontiacs headlamps boost night visibility with less glare and up to 80 extra feet of seeing distance.
An essay and vignette describe neighborly aid when illness strikes a western town, praising pies and shared meals as nourishment for body and spirit. A hospital scene about a mother and her son yields a reflection on crows heralding spring and the unexpected renewal they bring to the ailing and weary.
A collection of tiny ads includes thanks from Mrs. Hilda Tittlemier for sympathy, plus employment, housing, and goods offers. Cook or general help needed in Winnipeg and Lac du Bonnet with high wages. caretaker sought for Purves summer home in Lac du Bonnet. 4 room house for rent. sales of a John Deere 20 run DD tractor and a bale leader. various roofing and siding materials with prices from Billinkoff's Roofing Supplies Ltd. in St. Boniface.
Miss Margaret Ford hosts a badminton club luncheon with Lac du Bagnes guests Misses Joan and Margaret Huhn and Eleanor Stelman teaching at Fine Falls Collegiate. Jear McDonald visits from Bissett to practice teaching at Pine Falls Collegiate. Minor Hockey Club sells bake sale at Hudson Bay raising 185 dollars. Funeral held for M M Bruneau, pioneer of Mud Falls, age 79, buried Lac du Bonnet.
Rumors fly in the district as two youngsters Donnie Hutniak and Jackie Kowalchuk team up after April birthdays. The Brokenhead 4-H Grain Club sets Saturday April 28 for amateur entertainment at Brokenhead School with an 8 p.m. start followed by a whist drive. F/O and Mrs King visit Edmonton after seeing Mr and Mrs Kutey in the Bea conia area. Frigidaire washers claim 40 percent water savings over old methods.
The Grand Marais item highlights the dismantling of the old CNR Power House shed dating back to 1816 after its purchase by Fred Orvis. It covers weddings in Winnipeg and Grand Marais R C church, new business openings in Grand Beach, local visits, and a playful piglet birth anecdote, along with safety tips about food poisoning as warmer weather approaches.
Mr and Mrs H Borkowsky and children visited relatives at Steinbach on Sunday April 15 Beatrice Bach travels to Winnipeg to seek work Beatrice spent the winter here Congratulations to Steve Paselinko on a new car One of Aug Hemmingers sons has set something of note
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