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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1965
Page
2
After a ten day absence residents catch up on recent local happenings. The notice lists upcoming Bingo nights at Lac du Bonnet Moaday and the Catholic Church basement . Lakers Club Bingo at Memorial Hall on Thursday. a Saturday event at Rammage Sale.
The piece documents attendances at the 46th annual Can a idian Weekly Newspapers Association convention in Edmonton, church and club activities, parlor gatherings, engagements and weddings, a Scout award at Camp Alloway, a Royal Legion track camp, a dry cleaning plant reopening in Lac du Bonnet, Shriners gathering in Minneapolis, and the back‑to‑school start as September 1 approaches.
Obituaries report Anton Sawchuk aged 60 of Beausejour died at home with wife Annie. Prayers Aug 10 at Russell Chapel. high Mass Aug 11 at St. Michael Ukrainian Church, Tyndall, burial Ukrainian Cemetery, Beausejour arrangements by Russell Funeral Homes. Sawchuk survived by wife, three sons, five daughters, nine grandchildren, and siblings. interment in Cloverleaf area. Separately Thomas Diell 66 of Great Falls formerly Winnipeg died Aug 4 at Pine Falls Hospital. Funeral Aug 7 at Church of the Advent Pine Falls. burial Pine Falls Cemetery. arrangements by Russell Funeral Homes. Diell survived by wife Gladys and two children, Roy and Shirley, with 40-year CN rail career noted.
Beausejour reports show twelve of eighteen girls winning prizes with the club taking second in the parade. Three members modeled outfits in the dress revue earning a blue ribbon for the educational display. Nancy Allan and Marilyn Gille attended a Gimli 4-H camp August 8. A busy period ends with swimming lessons, a boating clinic August 17, and a scout camp return August 14 from Camp Alloway.
The Pointe du Bois Community Club held a farewell on August 4 for Mrs Victoria Sikora and her family as they prepare to move to Kelowna British Columbia. Ed Gail and Wayne accompanied her while donations and speeches closed the gathering.
Red Lake visitors and local families spent a busy week at cabins and homes here and in Bissett. New RCMP constable Frank Kobie arrived, replacing Ron Douglas who moved to Manitou, as residents hear of expansions to telephone service linking Selkirk exchange. Several births anniversaries and weddings are noted, along with travel tales and health updates from area residents.
Fragment mentions a teacher resuming duties after holidays and attending summer school. The text implies confidence in meeting expectations but provides few concrete details or identifiable names.
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