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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1958
Page
2
Fragmentary price notes show per hundredweight values ranging from three to seven dollars with several entries at twelve or twenty dollars. The text also appears to reference nightly or daily order terms or quantities, but the damaged OCR limits full interpretation of items or the issuing source.
Alberta announces January 1 1959 effective electrical regulation updates based on the seventh edition of the Canadian Electrical Code. The change requires three wire grounding on all circuits and introduces ground type outlets in stages, with cost savings in schools and hospitals. New rules also cover mobile homes and oil field, farm wiring, and distribution lines.
Grants for agricultural fairs in Canada have doubled since 1947, with last year totaling about 1 million dollars distributed to 111 fairs. Fairs are classified as A B or Winter Fairs, each with specific grant limits for permanent improvements, judges, and junior work, provided they meet prize money thresholds and match funds.
The Western Development Museum Board approved a new site and a fundraising plan to fund a permanent fireproof building. A special committee was formed to work with chair O Finnbogasson and letters were sent province wide seeking contributions. The museum faces a projected $15,000 calendar year deficit, the second in 13 years.
Tuberculosis is caused by the germ known as the tubercle bacillus. The disease is preventable and curable with proper treatment and public health measures.
Ron Kattler brought two fully formed, vertically joined hearts from a duck among about 20 at his farm near Indian Head Saskatchewan. The birds showed no outward differences from the flock, making the twin hearts a notable rarity for The News office readers.
Transfer details for pattern 7341 include sizes small to extra large with color embroidery options and metal finishes. Send thirty five cents to the Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street W Toronto for this pattern and print name address and pattern number clearly.
A devotional piece contrasts gifts given by relatives with the biblical gift of eternal life through God's Son. It urges readers to accept Jesus Christ, quoting John 3 16 and inviting personal reception of salvation as the greatest gift offered by God.
So-called culture pearls refer to pearls produced by oysters in which small beads are inserted to stimulate pearl growth.
A 50th Anniversary Essay Contest for Saskatchewan high school students is announced by Hugh C. MacKenzie. Topics center on Vision a priceless possession with 700 to 1200 word essays judged on literary ability and originality. Winners from city and non city schools share prizes and may attend the 50th annual convention in Regina.
Traffic officers remind motorists to count on visible police presence and follow rules to reduce collisions. They stress safe driving practices and personal responsibility behind the wheel.
Canadian National Railways moved one of the continent’s largest earth moving machines to Western Dominion Coal Mines near Bienfait. The massive drag line, weighing 1600 tons and valued at two million dollars, was shipped from Marion Ohio in 48 railway cars and required five months and 30 000 man hours to assemble for operation.
In the home workshop Bete offers Pattern 248 with more than a dozen tracing and coloring designs. It promises realistic effects by number guides and is priced at 40c. The pattern also appears in the Make-It-Yourself Christmas Packet 48, a collection of varied projects for $1.75.
Quaint life-size snow family and a six foot lamp post cut-out pattern 414 offers actual size cutting and painting guides. Cut from hardboard and decorate with Christmas colors for neighborhood cheer. Five-sheet pattern priced at 1.75 dollars from Home Workshop Patterns Vancouver B C.
Santa comes but once a year and ready for him. Apron features Santa head and applique cap with green apron, red and white trim. Pattern 7234 from Household Arts Department, Department P.L., 60 Front Street, W Toronto.
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