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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1957
Page
7
A Thamesville Ontario report recalls a prank at a church garden party where a hoe was used to bore a watermelon and rum poured in. The melon mingled with others and was served to ministers at table. A bystander noted ministers saved seeds in their pockets.
Advertises Printed Pattern 4764 for Misses' shirtwaist in striped cotton wool or crepe with autumn hues. Features printed pattern parts and easier directions. Requires 45 yards at size 16. Include name address and fifty cents in coins stamps not accepted.
A Saskatchewan blizzard tests winter travel as University of Saskatchewan reports near full attendance for extension courses. Students from Prince Albert War Time Krydor Humboldt Hughton and many towns join housewives teachers businessmen secretaries nurses and regular students. Total enrolment reaches 590 as adults seek professional advancement through evening study despite long travels and rough roads.
The Canadian Diabetic Association marks Diabetes Week in Canada from November 14 to 21, recalling Banting and Best’s insulin discovery 35 years ago in Toronto. The piece notes insulin’s life saving impact, ongoing drug advances, and urges diabetics to register for access to association resources and literature.
Estevan Civil Defence forms planning committee in cooperation with Saskatchewan CD branch. Ralph King named CD director and Mrs H Mandel appointed secretary for Estevan. A casualty simulation course was held Oct 28 30 led by P C Jatine and Mrs E McLean to train local CD instructors for future exercises. Applications for a general CD course at Valley Centre Fort Qu Appelle Nov 13 16 are being accepted with travel warrants and free meals and lodging provided.
Residents of Simpson planted nine spruce trees one for each man killed in action in World War II. The graves of veterans were also marked.
Winkler parents are invited to a school tea on Thursday November 7 to meet teachers in their children's classrooms and discuss problems related to schoolwork. Principal Peter Brown announced the event with doors opening at 7 30 p.m. and tea served in the auditorium at 9 p.m. The Progress Winkler Manitoba November 6 1957.
Farmers at the annual farmers night hosted by the Chamber of Commerce at Shamrock Tea Gardens offered frank feedback on local businesses. With Prof Clarke Hopper absent due to a misunderstanding, Alf Strachan spoke on agriculture, seed grain certification and its impact on the economy, prompting sharp commentary from businessmen.
In Canada more men than women contract tuberculosis and twice as many men die. Saskatchewan 1956 figures show 136 men with TB versus 91 women and 35 men died compared with 11 women.
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