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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1954
Page
7
A narrator recalls Harry, a delivery boy who pursued a rich girl in a snowbound city neighborhood. Harry dies buried under the river project after promising to write, leaving Mrs. O'Reilly, the maid, and the narrator to piece together memories of their youth and shared dreams.
Saskatoon news notes Cypress Hills Provincial Park will gain 18 modern two and one bedroom cabins by 1954 as the Parks Branch builds eleven cabins now four duplex and plans modernization of three nearby units. The complex will total 18 modern units with light housekeeping, amid shaded lodgepole pines. A lodge with 16 sleeping rooms and 23 non modern cabins remain, all with electricity. A separate line mentions an ancient Korean civilization.
The Canadian Good Roads association forecasts near record road construction in 1954 with provinces budgeting substantial highway programs following 1953’s strong season. While materials costs may stay steady, labour shortages and rising traffic push enforcement, safety, and level crossing issues as governments consider toll roads and broader federal funding.
Canada shorn 895700 sheep in 1953 up from 828600 in 1952 an eight percent increase. Average fleece weight fell from 7.7 to 7.4 pounds. All provinces except Manitoba reported higher numbers of sheep shorn.
Swift Current residents recall a prairies folk song written by Bill Smith with lyrics by W. Smith Sr, aired on CBC from Montreal. The Beulah Land tune mocked droughts and dust storms, lifting spirits at Rotary, Board of Trade and farmers meetings amid adversity. Saskatchewan native song praises resilience and notes a bumper crop in 1938.
Hundreds of wild ducks are dying of starvation and exposure on the Battle River five miles south of Camrose. Fish and Game volunteers report weak, non flying birds starving on the ice while efforts to secure official feeding support move slowly. Ducks Unlimited and local groups mobilize to save survivors and feed the remaining flock.
A Saskatchewan Queen's Bench judgment affirms a $200 000 bequest to the University of Saskatchewan from the late Dr. Peter Stewart of Saskatoon. The case confirms the will's gift to the university. About 12 walnut species exist in the region, noted in the surrounding context.
Estevan Mercury reports Saskatchewan lists four newly designated oil fields including Midale, Dollard, Rapdan, and Java. The Midale field near Shell Oil Company operations now joins 14 official fields and three pools in the province. Discovery wells date from 1953 to 1961 with API gravities ranging from 18 to 30 degrees.
In 1953 Grande Prairie Alberta issued building permits totaling about 525000 including 11 new houses in July and eight in May. The year featured a large general increase with a 150000 addition to high schools and a separate high school project, while Amerada Petroleum received a 50000 permit for five houses. January was the quiet month with 1750 in permits.
Twenty nine Alberta farmers earned Save the Soil certificates for scoring 80 percent or higher in the 1953 campaign. Winners include farmers from Olds Berwyn Ponoka Edmonton Stony Plain Spruce Grove and other areas for efforts in soil erosion control weed and disease prevention, shelter belts, and neatness of fields.
W C McNamara of Winnipeg, assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Board, says Canadian wheat exports will dip this year yet Canada will remain the top wheat exporting nation. If sales to the United Kingdom reach about 122 million bushels yearly for three years, exports could total roughly 280 million bushels annually. A grain commission will depart for the Far East early in 1954 to expand wheat sales there.
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