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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1946
Page
3
A lively local note describes a fascinator hat found on a desk and pondered fit for Manitoba winds. It recalls Christmas deliveries and jokes about fashion while ends with a nostalgic year in review and a humorous farewell line about Famous Last Words.
A crop failure year is proclaimed across the prairie provinces. Saskatchewan and Alberta will have about 700 and 350 townships respectively under the crop failure clause of the Prairie Farm Assistance Act, with roughly 1,300 townships under the emergency clause across the three provinces. About 48,000 farmers may receive payments totaling around 13 million dollars, and cheques are being mailed. The 1945 drought drove Saskatchewan to seek aid from the PFAA, with poor harvests in over 1,800 townships, affecting more than half the province.
Pine Falls greets Captain William Angus Irvine home for New Year and notes Redmond’s previous service in town. Overseas arrivals on the Queen Elizabeth include G. R. Halpin and Henry Halpin of Pine Falls. Local bands receive updates as Laurence Frayne resumes leadership and Readman George joins Mercantile as assistant. Missouri Spence and Mrs Spence prepare for China service. Miss Joan Bissett earns acting lieutenant commander rank in the Royal Canadian Naval Service. Pine Falls hockey hosts Selkirk January 12 as Roy Perry notes ideal rink conditions. Art Diggins and Mrs Diggins visit from Port Arthur. Janet McLeod returns from the East. mother’s health improves.
Ir and Mrs L A Frayne announce the birth of daughter Merrily Georgia at Pine Falls hospital on December 29 weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces. The Fraynes also have a son Noel who celebrated his fourth birthday on Christmas Day.
Warrant Officer Fimner Anderson arrived on leave from India to spend Christmas with his parents in Pine Falls before planning to return to England after discharge from the RCAF. Mrs. G. Roy returned to Winnipeg, and a sleigh ride party with Pine Falls youths ended in laughter and straw tricks, followed by Lalor hospitality, dancing, and a festive lunch.
Great Falls social notes list New Year visits by Mr and Mrs Stuart Turner and Donald to J O Jones. Mona Texmona staying with brother Kenneth Texmo for New Year in town. Samiwald and grandson Jimmy with East Kildonan relatives. B Baird visiting Winnipeg mother. John Forbes with sister L Howes. Mrs Fred Tyndall and son Alvin of Pinawa visiting J Gibson. Sam Baker returns. mention of Saturday December events.
Sam left for Plumas to spend New Year with his wife and son Curtis. Kenneth and Campbell Fergusson attended a YMC A reunion in Winnipeg on December 31. Broadlands held a Dec 20 chicken raffle with Mrs Fred Magnusson of Great Falls first, Mrs Ted Peterson second, and Miss Irene Gobiah third.
Great Falls High School reopened January 3 after a 12 day Christmas break. The Junior room stayed closed due to the absent teacher. Students greet news of a new teacher arriving Monday January 7. Families, veterans, and community members shared Christmas and New Year greetings in town.
Barbara Aseltine hosted a fireside party on Friday December 28 with 12 guests and mistletoe above the doorway. Lunch was served and punch nearby. Doug Lauchlan was among the revelers. Pine Falls visitors Mary McIntosh and Irene Springman visited town on Sunday December 30. A Chateau dance for local youth featuring Ian Robertson’s records drew a good crowd.
Jeannine Mastin hosted a Christmas evening gathering at her home while students enjoyed popular tunes on campus. Rhapsody In Blue delighted many, with plans to buy the record. Jeannine spent New Year weekend in Winnipeg visiting sister Mrs. Pat O Connor. Terry and Mickey Lalor hosted about twenty youths on Sunday December 30 with a piano sing along and refreshments.
Students appeared sleepy on Thursday as the new term begins after a nearly two week break. Many bowed to yawns in the classroom during morning sessions, though officials expect wakefulness to return soon as days pass.
The Extension Service invites groups of at least ten adults in towns and rural areas to form a week long sewing and dressmaking class. An instructress will be arranged, fees are $1 per member with refunds if ten or more attend each session, meetings to be held at a single location with equipment provided and material supplied by participants. Contact the Legislative Building in Winnipeg to arrange.
London scientists pursue a remarkable calculator that can think. The Mathematics Division of the UK Department of Scientific Research conducts experiments to build an autonomous machine capable of addition subtraction multiplication and division and choosing actions from prior instructions.
Dave's Auto Wrecking at 28 Logan Ave Winnipeg offers rebuilt motors for Ford A and others, Chev, Dodge, Plymouth four cylinders, transmissions, bearings new and used, rebuilt generators, wheels, pistons, rings, fuel pumps, and an exchange program. Orders shipped the same day.
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