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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1954
Page
2
Community notices list meetings at St John Anglican Hall and Municipal Hall with elections, council and baby clinic. Local hunters report five deer at Bill Hammerstedt Lodge. Health speaker Miss E Connelly to address Home and School with film. Christmas canteen events planned with Parents Night and lunch. Several visits, a fall injury, and crane projects tied to McArthur Falls power start. Bridge completion improves access to town.
St Marys W A held a fall bazaar on Nov 16 with home cooking tables white elephant aprons knitting and bingo. The Teen-age Canteen held a Sadie Hawkins dance on Nov 12 with winners Valerie Hawkes Wayne Komplein and corsage winner Margit Tuominen. Skating on the river and a skating rink project were noted along with local visits and condolences.
A brief death notice references the passing of a grandfather from Lac du Bonnet and notes condolences to Mr and Mrs Henley of Lac du Bonnet.
Funeral services for Mr. Jim Folster recalled in Grand Marais as a World War I veteran who died suddenly at Deer Lodge Hospital. Ben Orvis shoots thigh in a hunting accident. he is recovering at Beausejour Hospital with six children and a wife. Local residents depart for warmer cities. Xmas Tree at Community Hall Dec 21. Martin Spreen and Andy Sutherland head to bush work.
The Tyndall community launches a fund raising push with a Few! Supper to support construction of the new rink house at the local rink, with the event set to be held in Orange.
A December Saturday hall supper supports village recreational facilities while hunters report good season venison. A Nov 27 house warming for Mr and Mrs Hnatuik drew about 40 guests with music by W Boyko. Tyndall Ladies Club held a successful Nov 19 bazaar at the Orange Hall. Walter Tucker heads to Fort William for winter with his son. Church concert set for Dec 12 at 2 30 p.m. and regular service at 1 p.m. Local hospital updates include Mrs J Ladoski and Mrs S Pearson recovery, while Mike Swirski remains in Winnipeg. Rink committee seeks volunteers to finish the Tyndall Community rink.
A call for volunteers to donate time any evening 7 to 10 p.m. is issued with thanks for any help. Wishes for improved well being are extended as the holiday season approaches. Two Farmers' Union meetings were held recently at the Ukranian hall with speaker R. Usick of Erickson, Man. Patsy Sergent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Sergent, is ill in Beausejour hospital and wished a quick recovery.
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