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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1957
Page
5
A 1957 Selkirk Enterprise piece promotes autumn travel as a relief from crowds with lighter roads and train seats, noting opportunities for bass and muskies fishing, autumn color photography, and peaceful hiking. It cautions vacationers to embrace cooler weather and slower pace, trading sunbathing for sweaters and frost-painted hillsides.
Grenfell Sun reports optimistic plans for a water source this year and council efforts to secure finances. Nearby towns Wolseley and Moosomin recently installed modern services and Kipling plans installations in 1957. Local officials cite official and unofficial sources backing the project.
The Health League of Canada cites AMA report showing music therapy evolving from ancient rites to modern adjunctive use. World War II popularized it in Army and mental hospitals. it aids paralyzed patients, eases boredom, reduces anesthesia needs, and offers sedative effects during surgery. Yet formal prescription remains undeveloped due to lack of systematic research, despite promise from clinicians like Dr Emilian A Gutheil.
The note requests forty cents in coins for a pattern and asks for plain listing of Size Name Address and Style Number followed by sending orders to a specified destination. It provides no recipient name or address beyond the instruction to include those fields.
The Journal reports Humboldt Canada saw 37 and a quarter inches of snow from November 1, 1956, to March 31 this year, with March bringing 19 inches on nine days and a peak of five inches on March 23. The coldest day was December 17 at 33 degrees below zero, and February 22 was 30 below.
An adjustable silk screen printing frame assists home crafters in decorating items for gifts or sale. It enables prints on wood, paper, cardboard, glass, textiles, and leather and is ideal for signs and showcards.
This pattern explains assembling the frame and its parts into a working unit. It covers basic silk screen principles, pattern selection, materials, stencil creation, printing, and drying racks. Price is 35c, add 2c for first class mail and 5c for air mail.
A church bird house, 18 inches high with 10 nest compartments, is described as a replica of a New England meeting house and suitable as a home for Martina. The piece is paired with mailing details for a 35 cent actual-size cutting guide, and a Bird House and Feeder Packet of seven designs costs $1.50 with order address to be provided.
Seed bed quality determines germination and yield. Earl Johnson of the Saskatchewan Agriculture department warns dry, rough, or weedy soil leads to weak stands and light yields, while a firm, moist, level, weed free surface improves germination and final yield. He notes cultivation timing, equipment choice, and proper packing are crucial, with depth and moisture guiding seeding.
Advice on handling milk during vacations and rural stays. If pasteurized milk is available use it. if only raw milk exists, pasteurize at home. Methods include 170 F in a double boiler for one minute or simmering briefly, then cooling quickly. Local health department offers a free folder titled Safe Milk.
Mr and Mrs Frank Beck recall St James in 1913 with wooden sidewalks mud and unlit streets. They still live at 230 King Edward street a long-time witness to district changes. Groceries were delivered and walking to Chad's Hotel now Deer Lodge Hospital was common.
William Beal, early agricultural scientist at Michigan State University, achieved the first cross fertilization of corn, pioneering hybrid corn and ushering in a new era of crop breeding.
The text states a crop of weeds can be killed before seeding and is the satisfactory method for fighting wild oats. With surface moisture kept, a slight delay in seeding speeds germination, helps the crop compete with weeds, and can yield higher overall.
Mrs. PAY C Bending, president of the Canadian Council of the Blind, urged guarding sight as a precious possession during White Cane Week. She described daily blindness challenges for a homemaker and urged conservation, noting the national education program promotes sighted and sightless understanding from coast to coast.
West Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways launch a carload incentive plan taking effect April 4. Minimum loads of 24 000 pounds required, with bonuses rising to 60 000 pounds for heavy goods. Applies to Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon Edmonton Calgary Vancouver routes and products from groceries to dairy, crops and chemicals with sample rates listed. Rail officers could not estimate total traffic but expect savings to attract shipments.
Thomas R. Youngson of Gilbert Plains ends a 46 year career with Canadian National Railways, serving as engine wiper, fireman, master mechanic and engineer. A veteran of two wars, he also led A Company of Engineers in World War II.
The piece advises camp counsellors to ensure adequate sleep for children aged six to seventeen, suggesting 11 hours nightly for six to seven year olds, 10 to nine hours for twelve to fourteen, and nine hours for fifteen to seventeen, plus a daytime rest period even if not asleep. Adults are urged to aim for eight hours nightly.
Fruit industry officials from the Okanagan Valley travel to New Zealand to study picking and packing practices. The annual fruit-growers meeting resolves to investigate 50 bushel cardboard bins used in New Zealand apples versus those used in the Okanagan.
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