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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 21, 1967
Page
1
After cold weather delays work resumes on the Lac du Bonnet District sports arena. The fundraising committee remains $5,400 short of the goal as canvassing continues and February gifts total $837.75 bringing year to date receipts to $11,597.75. Donors include Lac du Bonnet Boy Scout Group and several local businesses and residents.
On Wednesday evening February 15 a public meeting at the Great Falls Community Centre discussed the proposed single school division. A diverse panel presented views and answered audience questions while concerns about a potential rise in property taxes were raised.
At St. John's Anglican church Lac du Bonnet the youth group installed its new officers with Rev. Co KY Montizambert presiding. Paul Chapman became president, Tim McCoy vice president, Judy Blair secretary, and Gail Wilson treasurer. Margaret Fryer, retiring treasurer, presented the candidates. A social hour followed with a talk on evangelism themes Proclamation Servanthood and Community.
Pinawa Players stage Mary Harri comedy about four visitors at a country cottage. Olive Weybridge clashes with Major Hodge and romantic entanglements unfold among Pete Barbara Renie. Cast includes Mary Wiebe Bob Lidstone Rita Dixon and Lorraine Deering. Directed by Daphne Head. performances 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday February 24 and 25 at the Community Centre with a dress rehearsal for teens February 22.
A lively meeting held at Lac du Bonnet Memorial Hall drew 75 attendees including visitors from Glenmoor to discuss the Farm Strike. Guest speaker Joe Galonsky stood in for M.F.U. president Ken Singleton, who was tied up with Min meetings.
The 85 year old Old No 3 locomotive once at Pointe du Bois was moved to Winnipeg on February 15. Alderman Leonard Claydon led an $8000 council move to place the engine in the city for Centennial year potential use. The 60 ton engine can run up to 60 mph and was hauled by K and S Equipment Ltd from Lac du Bonnet to Winnipeg after a long, rough first leg. An odd Lac du Bonnet crossing saw an incoming freight train meet the locomotive.
The 4-4-0 locomotive, later named Old No. 3, began as No. 22 after purchase by Canadian Pacific when the company was just over one year old. It belonged to the same class as the engine that powered CP’s first transcontinental run on the Fort William Rat Portage section.
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