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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1962
Page
7
A devotional verse reflects on loneliness and loss, noting some yearn to die while others suffer. It points to Jesus Christ as the key to peace, advising heartsick readers to seek Him for relief and strength.
A new earthquake-proof house sits on reinforced concrete cushions in Ashkhabad, capital of the Turkmenian Socialist Soviet Republic. Walls avoid ground contact, pipes use flexible rubber joints, and designers draw on Central Asian mosque-building traditions. The long-tailed shrew is noted as a market of all living mammals.
John Petrakis, 56, of Fort Myers and later St. Augustine, reappears in New York nine months after going overboard off Florida. He fled embarrassment from shrimp business peers, worked in Brooklyn, sent money to his wife and four children, and now recovers in a Brooklyn hospital. He plans to reunite with his family while avoiding return to Florida. Cicero noted as the prince of Latin prose.
A set of cryptic style crossword hints are listed with numbers and definitions such as Things done Pasteboard Conster nation Gold source Land of the Incr Basedal referes Adders Punishes as a child The Moor of Venice High craggy hill Russian river The Com munin va n Auld Lang Uncle God of love Malarial fever Mother affectionate Compass point abbr.
Walter Mueller of Spirit River Alberta retires after 11 years as Alberta Wheat Pool director and 21 years as delegate. Frank White, also of Spirit River and a 1950 delegate, succeeds him as District 7 director. Other odd districts elect Nelson Malm Vauxhall District 1 Allan Macpherson Delia District 3 and Gerald Oberg Forestburg District 5 for two year terms.
An old style notice describes a home decor pattern featuring a wistful cocker spaniel motif for furniture protection. It lists Pattern 7473 with charts and directions for 13 by 16 inch and 6 by 12 inch sizes, requires thirty five cents in cine stamps, and directs to send name and address to Household Arts Department at Front Street, Toronto.
A reflective column notes how last advertisements marked a shift in daily life and costs. It argues advertising fuels consumption, keeps presses rolling, and underpins Canada’s high living standards by driving demand for goods and innovations.
The YMCA of Canada faces a growing demand for services and will launch a nationwide fundraising campaign to raise 1 817 000 dollars. The plan funds rehabilitation of the national training centre in Geneva Park, a new Toronto headquarters, and a youth work extension program with gifts ranging from 1 000 to 89 200 dollars. Executives including W Harold Rea Edward C Wood and H Roy Crabtree back the initiative.
Automakers plan to install blow-by control devices in nearly all U S models by 1963 to reduce oily exhaust vapors and improve city air. California enacted a law over a year ago requiring cleaner air from new cars, with costs dropping from about 50 to around 5 per vehicle as manufacturers cooperate.
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