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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 20, 1962
Page
4
Remove shells from crab meat and break into pieces. Make a white sauce with butter flour milk and seasonings then add crab. Bake in a greased 11 quart casserole with a topping of bread crumbs and cheddar cheese. Garnish with pimiento or tomato and broil briefly. Serves.
A historic look at chocolate from Aztec and Montezuma to Cortez and the Spanish, noting its journey to Europe. The piece highlights two chocolate lemon cake variants, Gold and Brown Cake and milk chocolate cake, with egg white meringue, a lemon Golden Frosting, and party friendly appeal.
Step by step cake making with 8 inch layers includes flour, sugar, milk, vanilla, egg whites and lemon frosting. Directions cover frosting boiling sugar syrup, beating yolks and folding in lemon juice. Also features seafood nibble ideas and herb season beans with butter at the end.
University of Illinois expert Esther Siemen outlines prompt stain removal and fabric safety. Water temperature and cleaning agents affect results on cotton, linen, wool, and silk with methods for fruit, soft drink, cream and milk stains plus dry cleaners notes.
Clipped from The Christian Science Monitor the piece blends home project advice with stain removing tips. It mentions pattern 481 and product details from Home Workshop Patterns in Vancouver and gives step by step fabric stain procedures for mustard salad tomato juice grass and foliage with safety notes and testing.
Keith Marley of Ninga Manitoba amasses a significant Indian artifact collection after four months of field finds. The prime piece is a smashed Indian earthware jar valued at 200 dollars, with only two similar jars known in Manitoba. Also included are a ceremonial turtle carved in stone and numerous tools from sites along the Mandan Trail and Turtle Mountain region.
John McGovern, 23, of Hull Quebec, travels from Windsor to British Columbia with his dog and a timber wolf named Cindy. The Ontario lands and forests department orders removal of the wolf from the province as the trio hitchhikes westward.
Army Captain Douglas Naylor of West Bromwich quit after receiving about 30 marriage proposals following a will naming him as the living image of a long-ago fiancé. He resigned as adjutant of a Birmingham territorial unit after 18 years and left for a vacation in Italy. The £50 000 bequest to him from Miss Eleanor Plumpton was conditional on him not marrying.
Canadians spent 38 million dollars on merchandise via automatic vending in 1960. Tobacco products accounted for about 60 percent of the total, highlighting strong tobacco sales through machines.
Robert K A Gardiner of Ghana becomes the top United Nations official in the Congo, taking over from Sweden’s Sture Linner who asked to be relieved after serving since July 1960.
The 38 nonprofit medical insurance programs in Canada charge about 10 dollars per month per family for basic plans and 15 dollars per month for plans that include prescribed drugs.
Cara notes total freight loaded on Canadian railway lines in 1961 reached 3 464 118 tons, reflecting a 4.7 percent drop from 1960.
In South West Africa drought hit territory farmers test rain making rockets loaded with silver iodide. One rocket reportedly revived a forgotten river while another caused heavy showers near the dams, with costs noted at £4 10 each from Switzerland. Skilled aim is needed to avoid rain spilling onto neighbors.
The Northwest Territories cover 33.9 percent of Canada. About 1,500 miles of new railway were built in the last decade, with 500 miles planned. Federal and provincial employees total about 200,000 each, with payroll over 750 million annually. In June 1961 Canada saw 5 517 000 employed outside agriculture. The Mackenzie River is Canada’s longest at 2 635 miles. Over 10 years nearly 400,000 Canadians emigrated to the United States.
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