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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 01, 1946
Page
3
A reflective column muses on the passing of 1945 described as an old timer leaving, with jokes about New Year hopes, Christmas prefaces, and a jab at party line musings. It nods to Bugs Bunny lore and ends with New Year wishes for 1946 to readers of The Leader.
Frank Chikowski sold his property to Mike Chikowski and moved to Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. John Kekish visited in Winnipeg. Fred Kekish and son Joe visited John Kekish in Portage la Prairie. Joe left December 17 to rejoin the army. Ben Fuhl spent a week in Pine Falls Hospital after an appendix operation on December 10 and is now home recovering.
The Italian wheat crop is officially estimated at 4.7 million short tons and Argentina's crop at 165,734,000 bushels in the first official estimate, both above last year but well below average. The U.S.A. has seeded 51,940,000 acres to winter wheat, up 3.6 percent from 1944. European conditions are generally favorable for winter wheat, while South Africa reports a disappointing harvest and Portugal shows a broken drought.
A Pinawa hall concert on December 20 presented by school children under Mrs. R Moen concluded with a Santa Claus song. Santa distributed apples and candy to each child. Bill Allestad arrived home from overseas aboard the Mauretania, visiting Winnipeg before returning home. Local visitors and a Christmas party honored servicemen, with gifts from the Great Falls War Auxiliary. The Red Cross donation of 79.12 was acknowledged, and many community members traveled to Winnipeg for holidays. A school concert December 21 featured Santa and a silver collection for the Junior Red Cross. New homes near completion welcome families, and residents returned for Christmas break.
Walter Rosin of Spruce Lake Saskatchewan and Clarence Cramer of Baldur Manitoba were guests of Del and Mrs Cramer. Mrs G Hillman spent two days in Winnipeg. On December 20 a local curling rink including C Precious M Everson F King M Thomson skip visited the Manitoba Curling Association at Fort Garry rink Winnipeg. the team lost but enjoyed the outing. Mr and Mrs H Nigertwood and son Grant are spending the.
Two former high ranking R C A F officers join Trans Canada Air Lines as special duties heads to bolster expanding domestic and trans ocean flights. Group Captain G R McGregor O B E D F C and Group Captain E H G Moncrieff O B E A F C bring extensive wartime service, with McGregor decorated three times and held commands in Digby, Alaska, Patricia Bay, and 126 Wing.
Wing Commander Moncrieff, born in Winnipeg and educated at St John’s College and Ridley College, served across Canada and Britain from 1933. He earned the Air Force Cross for work at No 12 SFTS Brandon and led an army co operation squadron at Surrey before joining fighter reconnaissance units. He was mentioned in despatches in 1940 and 1941 and repatriated to Canada in September.
In 1945 he was cited for outstanding service in the United Kingdom and awarded the O.B.E. G/C Moncrieff was mentioned in despatches twice, first in June 1944 and again in January 1945, reflecting notable wartime contributions.
Canada’s press reports progress toward reestablishing Canadian bacon in Britain with prewar mild cure standards. Test shipments of mild cured bacon are under review, aiming for quicker delivery and fresh condition. A specialist will supervise British inspections to report on quality on arrival.
A short quotation attributed to Quarles suggests contentment comes from personal effort rather than easy luxury. It frames happiness as a discipline rather than a passive state. The line reflects a stoic or moralizing tone about virtue and fulfillment.
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