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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1946
Page
6
Poultry ad promotes Hansey baby chicks including White Leghorn varieties. March 10 sale date listed with quantities and calendar offer. Dense with brand names and product details. seeks interested buyers for stock and accompanying promotional calendar.
Advertionments under the heading are charged at the rate of 5c per insertion for every three lines or less and 10c per count line additional. The fragment names Saeed Hatcheries Ltd and 17108 mae WHNPee BAR, indicating an old newspaper business notice with pricing blocks and contact references.
The Lac du Bonnet Cooking Club hosted a Monday April 15 supper at leader Mrs Frank Brown home to prove to their mothers they can cook. Be a Tomlinson and the vice president served as hostesses at each table. Guests arrived at 5 pm after school dismissal. The menu featured cream of pea soup with Min Kaualchuk style biscuits and a warm welcome from the nervous yet cheerful president and vice president.
A weekend blaze at the Sellers farm, Lac du Bonnet, damaged the tool house causing a fire that spread to the ice house and granary, destroying all three structures and injuring seed grain. Winds shifted, halting further danger. Local notes cover visits, dances, and seeding progress amid a general look at community happenings.
The next course featured a salad by the Shirleys Choma and Shewfelt followed by a Brown Betty pudding by Evelyn Arsenault and Sheilagh Jeffrey with cream and cake by Jeanne Wold. Tea and post supper cleanup left everyone happy, praising the evening.
Mrs Edith Smith and family visited Jack Small and Aileen last week while Mr and Mrs Henry Milbrandt and daughter Margaret Rose visited E F Shewfelt’s group. John Jurgenson needed X rays for foot trouble after a fall from a bicycle. Mervin Zikman suffered facial cuts when his bike fork broke. Eddie Sikora resumes management of the Extension Service Demonstration Plot with 64 grain varieties to test best suited to the district. Farmers are invited to visit, especially at Field Day before harvest to learn which grains perform best and view new varieties.
At the Community Hall Easter Monday Curling Club dance in Lac du Bonnet the crowd enjoyed music by Freddie and his band and a performance of For Me and My Gal for newlyweds Joe Sikora and his wife. Funds raised supported the new curling rink project. Prizes were presented for season wins, with the Claman Cup and Merchants' Cup among the honors.
Man. or Norman W. Kimpton was a longtime Manitoba Paper Co staffer serving at the Time Office before moving to Hodgson. The notice extends sincere sympathy to his widow Mrs Dorothy Kimpton and children Walter and Edith, reflecting a local obituary style.
S. S. Square of the Pointe du Bois Curling Club was named an Honorary Life Member of the Manitoba Curling Association at the association’s annual meeting. Families welcome new arrival as Carl Supecht and wife celebrate a baby sister for David and Desmond born April 22 at Pine Falls Hospital. Students from Winnipeg return for Easter. Pte. Laurie on leave from C W A C to discharge May 10. Mrs. S. Square hosts tea for Miss Crease whose wedding to Rev. T. Proughton is set for July 3. guests include many Pointe du Bois residents and former pupils of Miss Crease.
The Rev. T Broughton of Kee watin visited Mr. and Mrs. S Square last week. Former girl pupils and the wives or mothers of former boy pupils were entertained at tea by Mrs. C Spirito on Thursday for Miss M Crease. A Sheffield silver tray and corsage of gardenias and Sweetheart roses were presented to Miss Crease as a wedding gift by Mrs. Spirito on behalf of her former pupils.
A string of Winnipeg visitors and guests are noted across several households. Mr. and Mrs. C Precious hosted in Winnipeg last Wednesday, with Mrs G L Carr and Lanny joining for a short holiday, and Mrs G Martin staying with Mr and Mrs A Frantz. Ronald Cinq Mars accompanied Douglas Fair to Winnipeg for a day or two. LAC A A Bartley, stationed in Winnipeg, visited his parents Mr and Mrs A F Bartley. Mrs H Fraser left for Winnipeg to visit her parents. Mrs W Cederland of Lac du Bonnet stayed with Mr and Mrs J Fransen this week, with Mrs Fransen accompanying for the day. Mrs S W Mutchmore of Winnipeg spends this weekend with Mrs C Precious. Mr and Mrs E Outhwaite returned to Seven Sisters after visiting relatives at Treherne during Easter. H Ligertwood returned from Winnipeg after a business trip. Ted Raines, Marjorie Hudson, and Olive Chatfield are home for the weekend at the Hudson residence.
Winnipeg visitors and local residents were noted in a Winnipeg and area social roundup. Mrs. E. Pike and Miss J. Sutherland stayed with Mr. and Mrs. A Williams for Easter. Several others, including Mr. and Mrs. J Bonnalla and Mr. and Mrs. E Holmes, were present for weekend visits. Easter services featured Dr J A Cormie from Winnipeg with lilies and daffodils decorating. The Primary class performed and Gwen and Ernie Ritcher sang duets. Mrs. F Oxholm accompanied.
Pine Falls residents learned with regret of the passing on March 31 at Hodgson Hospital. N W Kimpton was a longtime local figure and is survived by family and friends in the community.
Dr Goodes female pills offer triple strength relief from delayed and painful periods. Thousands of satisfied users report improvement after using the remedy. Postpaid order available for 99. Tower Drug Ltd, 584 Mountain Ave, Winnipeg.
Specialist in Genito Urinary Skin and Venereal Diseases located at 30 McArthur Building Winnipeg.
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