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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1961
Page
8
Visitors are welcomed at the Fort with a floral display around the central pavilion. Uniformed attendants greet guests at the registry office and explain points of interest. Cars pass daily as people miss a chance to visit a historic site and garden blaze of color in Manitoba.
Erville plans a trip to George’s mother and brothers then proceeds to Sprague to see CST and Mrs. Woods and Sandy. Krause home hosts her brother and nephew Eugene and Louie Lemard. Louie serves at Calgary with the PPC L I. Allan Campbell of Grand Rapids, a former local resident, visits the Krause home. Bill Barnes, by letter from Transcona, asks to pass along greetings and notes he is well. Jack Conley returns home from illness and enjoys time at Wallace Lake cabin. He thanks friends for their past support.
A medical note explains the human heart rests about eight-tenths of a second between each beat, outlining the brief pause that occurs during normal cardiac cycles and its role in allowing the heart to reset before the next contraction.
A reader reflects on nutrition for school lunches and the televised Eichmann trial. The piece questions the value of sensational trial coverage, notes the enduring suffering of Jewish people, and ponders how history records mankind’s cruelties across generations and religious narratives.
Mr and Mrs Henry Nickel and Penny of Detroit visited with Bill Hawk for several days. Miss Doreen Martin flew home from Alberquerque to visit family. a bomb scare on the plane prompted an FBI search. Alfred Wittenberg travelled from Toronto to attend his sister Gertrude's wedding as best man. Rev and Mrs John Kuehn of Jansen, Sask visited friends while on vacation. Gloria Honke celebrated a birthday on the 24th. Doreen Wiebe and children stayed in Winnipeg briefly. Doug Segal and Doreen Mielke of Pine Falls plan to enroll at the Christian Training Institute in Edmonton. Leonard Abraham of Kamloops visited the Hawks. Richard Butch Titthemeir of Transcona broke his leg. Ben Berthh and Vivian Henschell of Rosebud welcomed daughter Dawn Annete on August 17 weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces.
A social note recalls Pauline Sands wedding on August 19 as a thank you shower was held August 15 at United Church hall with gifts received and thanks given. Guests included Mrs V Rowe Winnipeg and Mrs Olsen Lac du Bonnet. The Pine Falls Labour Council plans a September 2 Legion Hall dance with a transistor radio drawing and seeks a local Pine Falls correspondent.
A Manitoba community notice invites readers to help expand local coverage. editors ask women to send items from Lac du Bonnet area and promise weekly visits by the editor. The message promotes tabulated news in the Springfield Leader and thanks contributors for community reporting.
Rosemary and Pat Dugard describe the Seven Sisters Park picnic hosted by the local Community Club on Saturday August 19. The event featured a decorated truck ride, planned by Club President Bill Dorland, races, a horseshoe tournament, and a barbecue supper followed by the annual base ball game between Elizabeth Crescent and Edinburgh Rd with Edinburgh Rd winning the trophy.
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