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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1956
Page
1
Pine Falls Paper Kings join the Big Six League this season featuring Carman Minnedosa Dauphin and Pine Falls. The primary challenge is beating Dauphin. Home games run from December to February with a schedule that includes Minnedosa Carman and Dauphin across multiple dates both at home and away.
In the Bird River area two hunters were lost for about ten days but each walked out on their own. The first on November 24 found safety after night in a shelter with a fire and no ammo, while the second, lost on November 28, reached Frank Picknicki's camp by 3 pm on November 29 after wandering and being assisted by rescuers and a RCMP aircraft.
The Lac du Bonnet curlers launch their season with a 25-team bonspiel on Monday December 10. Residents new to town are urged to join, with entries coordinated by R Friend R Butchart or E Amos. Prizes will be shown December 16 at Springfield Leader. Mr W Zikman retires from curling.
The Seven Sisters Hospital Guild held its annual Fun Fair and Bazaar on Friday in the Community Hall drawing a large crowd. Net profit reported was $465.63 with many district ladies assisting. names of booth coordinators and organizers are listed, and Mrs. L. Cousins expressed gratitude for the generous support and help received.
An associate professor and several Manitoba officials head a new committee appointed by Minister W C Miller to educate adults on alcohol. The group, part of the Education Department, aims a long term advertising program to present facts about liquor to Manitobans and influence similar efforts across Canada.
Former Garson mayor William Frank Earle died at 90 at his home on Tuesday November 20. Funeral service was at Garson United Church with burial at Tyndall Cemetery. Survived by daughter Doris, grandsons Earle and Stuart Hurrell, and two great grandsons. He had lived in Garson since 1904 and was a long time Gillis Quarries supervisor. Born in Belle River Quebec, he later worked as shipbuilder and engineer in Sault Ste Marie and Selkirk.
The Ladies Auxiliary of St Marys Anglican Church held a fall bazaar on Thursday November 15 with whist prize winners Mrs Tuominen and Mrs C Anderson for ladies and E Karklin and G Lewis for men. Armistice events, local visits, a Santa Claus parade trip to Winnipeg and several hospital stops are detailed alongside cribbage and whist results and ongoing community updates.
Edith Schwark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Schwark of Greenwald, wed Willard Staerk of Whitemouth at Greenwald Lutheran Church on Saturday, November 24. Reverend H Thielman officiated. Bridesmaids were Ediths sisters Emeline Gertude Roseline Schwark in blue. nearly 500 guests attended a Ladywood reception. After a trip to the United States the couple will reside in Whitemouth.
Tissue papers and most wrapping and decorating materials for Christmas are highly inflamable. They can ignite if left around in the basement or house. Dispose of them in the trash as soon as possible to reduce fire risk.
The notice instructs readers to check date numerals on their copy to determine due subscription status. It requests renewal with a 2.00 payment for one year, includes address, and emphasizes Audit Bureau of Circulations rules on arrears. It notes clipping the form with address label and that new subscribers should use the form.
Jake Schulz, chairman of the Interprovincial Farm Union Council, told a Beausejour MFA gathering that Canada’s farm crisis stems from a deliberate plan by big business, government, and the CFA to crush unions and drive farmers off the land. He cited 54 local farmers leaving Grandview and 164 quarter sections up for tax sale as evidence of a nationwide trend toward bankruptcy and migration from farming.
The Municipal Hall in Lac du Bonnet filled for Local 31 delegate selection for the MFU Provincial Convention to be in Winnipeg on December 5 6 and 7. Elected delegates were Rupert Ronis Mike Horbatuik and alternate Lu Lagsdin with Nellie Kozier delivering the sub district address. The prize draw yielded E Fontaine whose absence led to an increased next month prize of four dollars.
Unseen radio pulses spell out protection for Manitoba forests linking ranger teams with the Manitoba Government Air Service. Two-way radios coordinate 90 towers 40 permanent stations and 70 seasonal stations May through October, with sets built by Lac du Bonnet to fit diverse forestry vehicles.
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