31 Aug 1965
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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1965
Page
1
A terse notice from the Provincial Library of Manitoba cites a legislative inquiry or update labeled Winnipesy Man. sae00. The fragmentary item appears to reference an official record or filing, with no additional context or dates readable in the text provided.
Renewal notice asks readers to check date numerals on their copy for due payment. It states rates: $3.00 for one year, $4.00 outside Canada, $5.00 for two years, and $6.00 outside Canada. Includes mailing address in Bonnet, Man.
Reader fills address and name in block letters to subscribe for one year to the Springfield Leader. Includes payment options of 3.00 for monthly rent, 400 outside Canada, 5.00 for two years, or 6.00 for one week arrival, with notice needed for non arrival.
The Bank of Montreal in its August Business Review links higher incomes in Canada to productivity gains and education. It notes shifting income distribution toward middle and upper brackets, with $4,000 to $8,000 earners showing almost $11 billion in purchasing power in 1963 versus $3 billion in 1953. Younger families form the main market for housing and appliances, while higher earners expand luxury purchases.
An eight year old Winnipeg boy Barry Edward Blonski drowned Sunday night at Whitemouth Falls near Seven Sisters Manitoba while trying to hand a fishing pole to a companion who had fallen in. He slipped into the river and disappeared. his body was recovered later. The companion reached shore safely. Seven Sisters Falls lies about 50 miles northeast of Winnipeg.
J. Orville Hood, who began teaching in Whitemouth in 1959 and later served at Dieppe School in Charleswood, has been awarded one of two $500 Manitoba Teachers' Society undergraduate scholarships. Hood will study history English geography and sociology at the University of Manitoba starting in September. The society also awarded Verna Maksimov a $500 undergraduate scholarship and other grants to Dave Downie William L. Davis and J Wayne Watt. The presentations occur this fall.
Prospector team for Petromines Limited staked seventeen mining claims along the Manitoba Ontario border near Falcon Lake and High Lake. Falcon Lake molybdenite showings, once noted by J S De Lury in 1917, are displayed in Winnipeg. The plan calls for geological mapping, blasting pits, sampling, and a potential drill program after evaluating results.
Stanley Knowles MP Winnipeg North launched his campaign by delivering the keynote at the Manitoba Federation of Labour summer school to 117 union members. He criticized Ottawa’s “mess,” warned of waning unity, contrasted leaders Diefenbaker and Pearson, and urged support for Liberal policies including Medicare living index and Canada Assistance Act while condemning disillusionment in Canada.
The Canadian Highway Safety Council forecasts six million autos on Canadian roads over the Labour Day weekend, more than half of cars built since 1904. With 500,000 miles of roads, that equals about 12 cars per mile. If full occupancy occurred on every mile, it would be utopian. instead traffic congestion and hazards are expected as cars roam main arteries.
Whitemouth 4-H Home Economics Club featured a champion and two rally queens at the Beausejour rally on August 8. Betty Thompson Betty Boerbo Rhonda Steiner Sherril Noel Pat Aitkenhead Claire Stevens Gloria Tommila Fern Steiner Karen Korlak Darlene Steiner won titles and demonstrated crafts, with Darlene Steiner named 4-H Rally Queen for Dress Revue by the Brokenhead Agricultural Society president.
AECL at the Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment in Pinawa Manitoba reported one million man hours without a lost time accident on August 24 1965. Employees began work there July 15 1963 with construction starting in 1961. The 1962 federal cabinet announced a contract to build the first reactor at WNRE. Continued on Page 6.
Ardythe Packer of Pointe du Bois won the Legion Scholarship at a Friday Community Hall Family Night event. The prize, by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 70 and Ladies Auxiliary, recognizes a grade eleven resident with over 80% average. She will enter the University of Manitoba to study Home Economics next month.
Summer days bring garden tasks, family visits, and local news as Steinbach residents share tales of haying, outings, and chores. The piece notes outdoor routines, a Bible School in Riverland, and travel to Portage Grunthal Selkirk Winnipeg alongside hospital releases, with a sewing meeting and a lunch.
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