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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1955
Page
2
The article counsels plant choices for dark shady corners with begonias and portulaca for hot sun and drought tolerant options. It explains vegetable gardening in small spaces with double cropping, close row spacing, and sequential sowings. It also suggests tall annuals like cosmos and dahlias for new homes and lists climbing annual vines to decorate fences and screens.
A pattern package from Home Workshop Pattern Service details chair construction from a single board and easy assembly with glue and screws. It includes upholstery steps, corded cushions, and options for foam and fabric, plus figures with life like poses painted with oil or poster colors and waterproofed with shellac. The packet also contains lawn and garden figure patterns and costs 35 cents per pattern, $1.50 for the whole packet postpaid, order via Department P.P.L. Vancouver BC.
Sportsmen support fisheries branch plans to widen carp control measures. Branch meetings heard officials outline restricting minnows and other small fish as bait to limit carp spread. Previously a 25 000 square mile area in southeastern Saskatchewan banned such bait. Carp have been found in the Assiniboine River and Round and Crooked lakes in the Qu Appelle watershed.
Regina reports the Saskatchewan Municipal Affairs branch is reviewing a ratepayer petition to incorporate La Ronge as a village. Deputy Minister J W Churchman notes this follows Creighton’s incorporation and that most northern settlements are administered by a northern administrator until able to self govern. La Ronge, 180 miles north of Prince Albert, hosts about 500 residents on roughly 363 acres, surveyed in 1947.
The University announces honorary doctor of laws awards for seven leaders including The Right Honorable Vincent Massey and Judge Alexander Ross. Recipients span public service, education and publishing, reflecting Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee Year. Convocation in the university gymnasium at 10 a.m. Friday May 13 requires ticketed admission. Tickets are available from the university business office.
Manitoba Weeds Commission warns about damage from systemic herbicides and issues a pamphlet to prevent harm to sensitive crops. The guide lists sunflowers sugar beets rapeseed tomatoes beans cauliflower cabbage and ornamental trees as at risk and urges careful sprayer use. Local agricultural representatives distribute the publication.
Pattern 7141 offers an easy crochet hexagon design 18 inches diagonal for tables and buffets. Requires No 30 mercerized cotton or No 50 for smaller and bedspread cotton for larger sizes. Send twenty five cents to Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog 1955 for the pattern and catalog.
Canadian exports to Australia in 1954 totaled 45.76 million dollars, up from about 39.62 million in 1953. Imports from Australia in the first eleven months of 1954 reached 23.3 million, versus 22.28 million in the same period of 1953. Australian restrictions on Canadian goods were being eased despite a still unfavorable trade balance.
Campbell River Fish and Game Association proposes training in search and rescue techniques for its members to help counter many hunters getting lost each season in the Vancouver Island district.
Sir Otto Lund commissioner in chief of the St John Ambulance Brigade reports more than 203000 uniformed personnel in the association across the British Commonwealth during his inspection tour of Canadian brigades.
J A Halliday of Elm Creek Manitoba led a group marketing 122 hogs for the 1954 Get-of-Lize Bacon Competition. Second prize went to the Silberfeld Club Gretna Manitoba with 64 hogs sired by Nordlight Hansel 2H. The event, first held in 1949, was run by Canada and Manitoba agriculture departments to highlight breeding, feeding and marketing. Of 933 hogs from 85 producers in prize groups, 52.2 percent graded A. Provincial Grade A average was 25.2 percent. Across 22 groups, 713 hogs graded A and 687 graded B.
Mr. E. W. Driscoll, leader of the Clear Lake 4-H Seed club, was awarded the W. S. Frazer Perpetual trophy as the province s top 4-H club leader for 1954. He is in his twentieth year of leadership and the first recipient of the award. The club has notable wins including the Harrison shield five times for top provincial general proficiency. Driscoll also served as a provincial representative to the Minnesota 4-H State Fair in 1953. Nominations came from regional groups with final selection by the Manitoba Provincial 4-H club leaders association.
Four one day weed meetings in Winnipeg Brandon Dauphin and Portage la Prairie drew nearly 800 farmers and officials from universities farms and industry. Experts discussed delayed seeding as a key control and outlined a three week interval and reseeded barley strategy while noting chemical control remains experimental.
In spring flies and other insects seek entry to homes to breed. Houseflies carry germs from garbage and street filth, risking contamination of exposed foods and linens. Stinging insects aggravate adults and children. Screen windows and doors to protect the home before pests emerge.
The way we walk affects fatigue. A person who walks with feet pointed ten minutes to two tires sooner and takes more steps. Walking with feet straight ahead improves balance and reduces strain on foot bones and muscles.
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