21 Jan 1947
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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1947
Page
1
A terse notice reports a dispute over a bill in Manitoba and Canada involving paid representatives and office distribution. The fragment mentions issues between a Canadian entity and a Manitoba office, with emphasis on billing and allocation of duties.
RCMP Constable Brown arrested two men at Whitemouth after spotting them at a cafe and checking license plate numbers linked to the Government Liquor Control store robbery in Brandon Coast. The suspects were taken to RCMP headquarters in Winnipeg.
The Ladies Aid held its annual meeting at Mrs. D. M. Wardrop’s home on January 6 amid winter weather. Mrs. Wardrop and Mrs. Cousins were elected President and Vice President for 1947. Mrs. C. A. Cousins became secretary with Airs, Mcleod declining. Mrs. McLeod was thanked for her help, and the W. M. S. Conference was discussed with invitations to attend. Lunch was provided by Mrs. Wardrop with assistance from Miss Filo Campbell and Mrs. Albert Wardrop.
Winnipeg Electric Company awards Rayner Construction Limited a 2 million contract to excavate rock for the Seven Sisters Falls power plant tailrace as part of a 4 million dollar program to raise output by 50 000 horsepower. Engineering plans for earth dyke raising expected by April.
Three young women compete for Pine Falls Ice Carnival Queen honors Mies Beverley Smith Mies Wilma Maguemen and Mies Rits Coulombe. Ballot tickets available at local shops and unions with sealed boxes at H Salloway's Woods Department Pine Falls Restaurant.
Francis Eleanor Webster wed Murray Arthur Manson at Pine Falls United Church manse on January 16 at 1 pm. Rev J E Hunter officiated as families from Ketlhy Ontario and Shoal Lake Manitoba gathered. couple planned to settle in Strathclair after a Winnipeg trip.
At the 1946 annual meeting of the Broken Head Agricultural Society the 1947 officers were elected. President G V Towle. Vice President EF A Keilback. Honorary President Jos P Steffes. Secretary Treasurer H M McDiarmid. Auditor M J Hoban. Directors and directresses named.
A Mary Baker Eddy quotation on the maxim that order governs all realms from religion to science. The line frames order as a universal truth echoed across astronomy, mathematics, and scholarship.
A temporary committee in Pine Falls is formed to organize an annual horticultural society. The group, led by Secretary-Treasurer F Lidstone and Executive T E Silver, plans a town canvass to gauge interest and recruit members. A social event included speeches, gifts, a lunch, and singing Auld Lang Syne.
Joseph Bellan was in a traffic crash Saturday when his car was struck by a street car at Aikens Street and Mountain Avenue in Winnipeg. His mother Lilian Bellan, occupant of the car, suffered three fractured ribs and was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in good condition.
Pine Falls lodge Cor onation Rebekah No 5 LO OF installed elective and appointive officers in a January ceremony led by District Deputy President Dorothy Farmer and staff. Officers named include Mae Sharpe Christina Dean Maranna Hutchison B Magnusam Gladwyn Perry Dorothy Farmer and others with the ceremony witnessed by invited guests.
The Milk Control Board lists Whitemouth retail milk prices. Quart five? The text shows quart 12 cents pint 7 cents and pint 4 cents for 14? The OCR is garbled but indicates low milk prices.
John Olli, a longtime Lac du Bonnet resident born in Finland, died suddenly at home January 16 at age 69. Survived by wife Emmi Olli daughter Annie Ripat and three grandchildren. Funeral January 20 at St John’s Anglican Church with burial in Lac du Bonnet Cemetery. Rev. S Richardson officiated. Renshaw Funeral Home in charge.
Reports from Great Falls praise a new glassed in Bus Waiting Room at The Leader offices. It lets riders view arriving buses from any direction, saving exposure to cold rain wind and sleet. Residents credit K. C. Fergusson with adopting the improvement and hope other towns follow suit.
A Mabie aphorism asserts that the real test for men is how they use their available resources not what they could achieve with greater advantages. It emphasizes action over potential.
The second annual North Eastern Bonspiel is planned for a two day event starting Saturday February 1. Entries are nearly complete with a two tier draw in events at The Springfield Leader Grand Challenge Beaver Lumber Winnipeg Electric and a prize list to be published next week. Entry fee is ten dollars per rink including a stag party and a crest for participating rinks.
The Advisory Committee for the London Regional Planning Board says the Abercrombie plan will reduce congestion in Greater London. The Minister of Town and Country Planning has signaled that the Abercrombie Plan and the committee’s report now form a general planning framework for the area.
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