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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1961
Page
1
A reader notice explains subscription renewal dates printed as day month year and urges renewal by mailing remittance. Rates listed include $3.00 for one year, $4.00 outside Canada, $5.00 for two years, and $6.00 outside Canada plus name and address fields. New subscribers instructed to use the form with address details.
Great Falls students honor Frank Cour chene by presenting a Memorial Trophy at Anderson Hall on June 30. Sharon and Vickie Courchene received the curling trophy from Noreen Bracken Wilma Warren and Carol Campbell, with the sisters holding it until next winter's competition.
The Great Falls School marks the end of term as students begin vacation in June. Teachers Kalinowsky Rosner Morran and Toews host a beachside Wiener roast then move festivities to the Community Hall due to rain. The district shifts to Lac du Bonnet or Powerview high schools for future students while staff see transfers and new roles.
Lac du Bonnet Ski Club resumes swimming lessons from July 24 to August 4 in cooperation with the Manitoba Red Cross Society. Four regular classes plus life saving and adult lessons offered. Applications accepted at the Springfield Leader office. Fees are 1.50 for children and 2.00 for adults.
Elaine Prince spent the long weekend in Winnipeg with her mother. Mr Kulchynski saved his son Tommy from drowning at English Wreck. Krause family weekend trip to Briksdale. Charles Krause will attend summer school. Conley family from Wallace Lake. J Conley Sr. in hospital but improving. Farewell for Cst and Mrs Wood bound for Sprague. Sun day School trip to Long Lake. Paragraph notes children growing up.
Lac du Bonnet hosts a windy July 1 sports day with a parade led by ski queen contestants and winners Waters Construction MacLeod's Store and St. John's Anglican Junior Auxiliary honored in the floats. Lac du Bonnet, Stead, and Pine Falls playball with Lac du Bonnet winning 12 7 and 7 0. Ski club events, bingo, kiddie rides, and a dance fill Memorial Centre activities though a planned lake fireworks show was canceled by wind.
A Crusade for Christ was held at Rice Lake Community Hall in Bissett on Saturday and Sunday June 24 and 25. Members of the Winnipeg Bible Institute led an inspiring program with help from local residents.
Seven Sisters residents Mrs A B Gray and Mrs Howcroft visited. C E Precious and family toured Swan River Moose Jaw Sask Sheboygan Wis. Mrs Eddy Buss returned from New Westminster with relatives. Mrs Fred Arseneault and Judy visit Saskatchewan. Mrs Precious attended Children's Hospital Grads 1929 reunion in St James.
Miss Lena Milkowski of Brightstone, sponsored by K. and S. Equipment Ltd., won the Lac du Bonnet Lakers Ski Queen Contest at the Lac du Bonnet annual sports day on July 1. Contestants included Joan Stanko, Irene Mathews, Gwen Hunchak, Charlotte Freund, and Therese Fournier.
The Safe Boating Clinic begins its third year in Whiteshell with Roy Turnock Bob Taylor and Bill Pratt demonstrating water safety. The team will tour resort areas by request of service clubs and associations. Lac du Bonnet July 29 sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. visits Gull Lake Victoria and Grand Beaches nearby.
Fourteen boys of the Winnipeg West End Orioles traveled to Bissett on Sunday to play the Bissett Nuggets. Only six innings were played due to heat, and the Orioles lost 24 to 4. Players included Philip Newsham, Terry Griffith, Rick Dack, Tom Clark, Wayne Wold, with George Robinson umpiring. Coaches Russell Griffith and George Robinson praised the Nuggets and urged a return visit this summer.
A discussion on standard versus daylight saving time in the province reveals deep rural urban splits, potential legislative hurdles, and a history of fifteen years of debate. Rural residents favor standard time while urban residents push daylight saving, with past attempts to adopt uniform time failing due to practical and ideological obstacles.
General Motors engineers say reduced fuel economy occurs with early stops and cold engines. They report the optimum cold weather economy comes after about eight miles or 20 minutes of driving, when the engine reaches operating temperature.
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