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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
9
A St John Ambulance guide warns improper medicine use can cause illness or death. Key points cover labeling poisons, separate storage for external and internal products, tight corked bottles, cooling spoiled items, reporting changes in color odor or consistency, avoiding unmarked containers, and discarding old prescriptions.
Canada will mobilize the armed forces to assist civil defence in a war emergency while remaining available for NATO duties. The Army coordinates the three services and will place liaison officers at each Army Command to aid provincial civil defence authorities. The move reflects a new arrangement for modern warfare and nuclear threats.
Aklavik, the Arctic region's largest settlement, numbers about 400 whites, 250 Eskimos, and 125 Indians, reflecting a diverse community in the Canadian North.
Ruth pushes a young man named Jerry Bronson toward a steady job with Mr Clark while a waterfront gang plots. The truth that Jerry is a Customs agent comes out after Ruth’s meddling nearly derails his big chance. He vows to quit Customs and asks Ruth to church on Sunday.
Saskatchewan poultry commissioner Frank E. Payne reports increases in turkey flocks and approved flocks for 1954. The province imported 115,904 turkey poults and 532,825 hatching eggs to meet 1954 needs, with 26,134 turkey females banded and approved for hatching egg production, up 6,520 from 1953. The average breeder flock size rose to 355 from 288, and 96 percent of banded turkeys were Broad Breasted Bronze.
Mrs J M Gibson was charged in municipal court with following another motorist too closely. She then returned home to confront her husband who heads the police traffic division.
Berry season returns with ideas for serving and storing berries in hot weather. Home economists recommend washing berries briefly, lifting them gently to drain, and avoiding prolonged water contact to preserve color and flavor. Presentations include desserts with cream, pies, shortcakes, meringue baskets, ice cream sundaes, and frozen desserts, plus storage guidance to keep berries plump and dry.
Grande Prairie men Ralph Sauve and Harvey Merryfield floated forty miles from Grovedale on the Wapiti to the Smoky bridge near Goodwin in thirteen and a half hours aboard a tractor tube with a plywood platform. They slept during the smooth current and worried only about driftwood collisions as a river patrol trailed them.
A quirky travel sketch praises Alderney as a pleasant island near Paris or London with a mild climate and low living costs. It cites cheap whiskey, tobacco, food, and taxes, and notes Alderney cattle fame. It also humorously contrasts women’s cool summer dress with men’s heavy attire, then shifts to dental odds and ends.
Pattern 7377 offers color crochet doilies in a modern leaf design in two glowing colors to match home decor. Includes larger 16 inch and smaller 11 inch sizes, requires crochet and knitting cotton, and costs twenty five cents by coin mail order.
Department P P L and Household Arts at 60 Front Street West Toronto urge readers to order the 1955 Alice Brooks Needlecrest Catalogue. Write plainly your name address and pattern number to receive the catalogue for 25 cents.
Saskatchewan’s fisheries branch planted about 18,500,000 fish fry and fingerlings in provincial waters in the past month. Species included whitefish, pickerel, Arctic grayling, rainbow trout, lochleven trout, eastern brook and brown trout, and northern pike across numerous lakes and rivers. Additional fry are rearing for fall distribution, with hatcheries at La Ronge and Qu’Appelle.
Wolseley Saskatchewan moves ahead with a 10 self contained units for ambulant married couples. Social Welfare minister J H Sturdy announces loan application under the National Housing Act. The plan seeks a 20 percent provincial capital grant and an annual $40 maintenance grant per unit after completion.
TV actor Groucho Marx meets an honest bull fighter and jokes about bulls and envy in Mexico. The Blanc family runs Monte Carlo casino, noted for the line Blanc always wins in the end. A waiter boasts about the menu as a customer asks for a clean one. The punchline recalls the loudest talker knowing least.
Detroit bathers fled as a 10 foot boa constrictor slithered over Belle Isle beach after an unidentified man dropped the snake from a hamper. Police ordered him to pack up the pet and leave. he claimed he was giving the snake an airing.
Regina health official cites a double fatality and a serious injury in southeastern Saskatchewan to urge that children be kept from tractors. He notes provincial data of 19 tractor deaths last year and argues tractors are not for children or passengers.
Fashion guidance emphasizes a tall, elongated look through slim lines and long torsos. Cool opaque cottons and breezy silks, plus blends, support minimal underlayers. Wide necklines and easy fits enhance cool comfort in heat.
Mrs. Larry Sykes in Memphis uses an old World War I bugle to signal mealtime. When the bugle sounds, her husband and two children respond promptly to come to the table.
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