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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 12, 1963
Page
7
Pattern 224 explains making a 17 inch pull up chair and a 19 inch chair with a material list and step by step guidance. Offered in the Quick and Easy Indoor Furniture Packet along with three other patterns for 1.75 dollars. Home Workshop Patterns P.P.1 department 4433 Went Sid Ave Vancouver.
Advertises Anne Adams patterns offering dress making tips and bra patterns. Includes Pattern numbers 4812 4715 and sizes 32 to 46 with material requirements and 40 to 50 cent coin pricing. Instructions request name and address, patterns from Toronto department.
British Parachute Company Group soldiers at Fort Churchill Manitoba undergo fourteen days of Arctic indoctrination. Instructors guide 69 troops through unheated buildings snowshoe hiking and sled loading while learning to navigate by stars and improvised compasses as they train to endure extreme cold and wind chill.
A mixed clue list for a crossword style puzzle including Across and Down entries with misprints and unclear letters. It catalogues many short definitions such as a nation, tree part, and body actions, but many items are garbled or incomplete. The grid and exact solutions are not provided in readable form.
A reflection on Exodus commandment against stealing, urging readers to examine how they rob God and neighbor through greed and laziness. The piece emphasizes confession, forgiveness through Jesus, and a plea for a generous life with time, talent, and treasure.
The quiz asks which medical man first took student doctors into wards, the share of Canadians in agriculture, Canada’s output per capita versus the U.S., where and when hockey rules were written, and whether federal or provincial payrolls are higher. Answers cite Sir William Osler, McGill University Montreal 1881, September 1962 with less than 12 percent, about 70 percent, and about $800 million annually in both cases.
The Vancouver Sun explores how Canada’s welfare system may foster a growing class of unemployables. It profiles a 19 year old Vancouver girl on unemployment benefits for years, noting repeated work then sickness claims to qualify for payments. The piece argues welfare expansion raises questions of incentive, costs, and public attitudes toward assistance. It cites British Columbia welfare expenditures at 253 million dollars for 1958 59 and warns of broader social damage if chiselling becomes accepted practice.
While recovering from a heart attack after illness in Nairobi and flight to London, Edward G. Robinson offers aphorisms about turning adversity into profit and learning compassion. He hints at future work and a wish to revisit Romania, reflecting on life, mortality, and origins.
A note explains that the mocking bird lacks its own song and instead produces precise imitations of other birds. It highlights the bird’s mimicry as its defining trait and mentions its vocal behavior in various environments.
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