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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1964
Page
1
Reader instructed to check date numerals on address copy to determine renewal. Form lists subscription rates: $3.00 for one year, $4.00 outside Canada, $5.00 for two years, $6.00 outside Canada. Names field suggested for renewal.
A community hall dance sponsored by the Catholic League on Saturday August 15 features the Lavoie brothers and Albert Thomas of Pine Falls. The column lists greetings and visits from residents including Ernie Swain Beverly Boulette and several Meade and Boulette family members visiting from Bissett Headingley and Madsen. It notes bear activity near camp sites and ongoing local engagements with travel to Niverville and Winnipeg.
Whitemouth hosts a community track and field day on August 2 at the Community Grounds. Over 400 attend as Whitemouth wins the baseball tournament beating Banock Point 12-11, Falcon Lake 5-3, and Hungry Nine 8-1 in the finals. Pitchers Gary Gesell and Roger Millerant, and hitters Monty Henderson and Wayne Brown are noted. Best dressed bicycle prizes go to Marion Alpers, Wendell Schatkowsky, and Rodney Noel. Temperature reported at 385 degrees. Fred Klym, M.L.A., attended.
Great Falls notes cold weather and upcoming Manitoba water ski championships at Sandy Lake next weekend. Social items include Gunner Postnicks leaving for Kelsey with family en route, a Wiener roast in his honor, and Jim Johnson named new Scout Master. Local residents and visitors recount hospital stays vacations and visits to relatives in Winnipeg Vancouver and North.
The Whitemouth 4-H Home Economics club attended the 4-H Rally in Dugald on July 24. Participants judged and demonstrated, with dress revues and trade entries. Winners included Unit B Handicrafts Pat Aitkenhead Fern Steiner unit B Clothing Anne Sinema Karen Cousins Rhona Steiner. Junior demonstrations Pointers by Sherril Noel Rhona Steiner won red. Slim and Trim by Pat Aitkenhead Fern Steiner won blue. Lois Malkoske and Rhona Steiner modeled junior dress revues earning silver spoons. The club also placed in the blue ribbon parade. Officers were Mrs H H Gesell and Mrs W Steiner.
Pointe du Bois residents received dial service on July 29 as the Manitoba Telephone System activated its 92nd automatic dial office. The ceremony in the new building, attended by government, City Hydro and Telephone officials, marked the opening of an AEI Telecommunications equipped exchange serving about 70 telephones with seven digit numbers.
Byron Herbert Campbell died August 7 1964 at Deer Lodge Hospital. He was husband of Viola Campbell of Lac du Bonnet Manitoba. Funeral August 10 at 2 pm at Pine Falls Anglican Church. Interment Pine Falls Cemetery. He served overseas in the Regina Dental Corps and Canadian Infantry in France. He worked at Manitoba Paper Pine Falls as manager of the Mercantile Department. Active in Abitibi Quarter Century Club Pine Falls Masonic Lodge AF and AM No. 154 and Pine Falls Legion and Curling Club. Survived by wife sister Beulah Smith of Qualicum Beach BC. Burial by Thompson Funeral Chapels.
At an August Lac du Bonnet Municipal Council meeting Reeve Olensky and council authorized drainage trading gravelling and bridge construction to charge to General Public Works with multiple entries. Delegations included tax arrears negotiations, property reinspection requests, a petition to re assess lands, grant chatter for a Visit Lac du Bonnet sign, culvert inspections and domestic fishing licences. A special public hearing was set for By law 698 dissolving Lee River School District No 2104 and transferring lands to Lac du Bonnet Consolidated No 2394 effective Jan 1 1965.
A stag and shower in Elma Hall honors Erna Zieroth and Donald Iwanoczko who marry August 8 at Selkirk United Church. Others list visits and vacations of locals, birthdays, and medical updates across Elma, Gimli, Winnipeg, and Falcon Beach with multiple family connections.
The Bank of Montreal Business Review July notes continued expansion in Canada and the United States with high confidence in sustained spending by businesses and individuals. It cites large capital projects underway, revised upward expenditure forecasts, rising construction contracts, and the impact of U S tax cuts as factors supporting another strong investment year.
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