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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 04, 1957
Page
4
Fans are urged to purchase Pattern 4773 for a slenderizing sheath dress with a box jacket. The copy specifies sizes 14 to 22, fabric yardage for 35 inch width, and full illustrated instructions. Send 40 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto with size name address and style number.
A busy girl and boy craft out of plywood can be cut and painted. Actual patterns 326 for the girl and 327 for the boy cost 35 cents each. A Lawn and Garden Figure Packet with 15 designs costs 1.50.
A top filling bird feeder features a graceful St Francis figure, the patron saint of animals, integrated into the feeder body. The grain slowly dispenses into the box below, offering a quaint decorative and practical piece for garden birds.
At the Seigniory Club the Silk and Rayon Institute held its annual dinner fashion show featuring about 60 garments from Montreal manufacturers. Models showcased sportswear for summer in fabrics made from viscose, acetate, nylon, terylene, orlon, and arnel, with wool and cotton only in blended pieces. Delegates and wives observed styles for men and women spanning swimsuits to dresses, under the umbrella of Canadian synthetic fibre and fabric production.
Saskatchewan offers a strong opportunity for wood products as schools demand desks and furnishings. A 1955 study estimates 23,000 desks needed annually, creating a $1.5 million gross market with no local manufacturers. Phones readers to request the brochure Saskatchewan, Centre of the Prairie Market from the Industrial Development Office.
City council refused to sell the lot south of Park Motel citing its drainage ditch function. With no space for parking after building completion, motel owners were offered a lease much below standard rates for 10 years, plus covering culvert and manhole costs and site filling. The proposal was rejected and the matter was tabled. News Optimist North Battleford April 24 1957.
The human response known as gooseflesh mirrors animals hair-raising reactions triggered by fear or anger, causing hair to stand up as a defensive display.
Manitoba minister F L Jobin spoke at a regional conference urging broad industrial development across communities. He outlined an adaptable program and offered departmental services, noting ongoing field work and readiness to assist upon request. Marconi, age 21, sent the first wireless signal in 1895.
Canadian borrowers increasingly tap U.S. markets for funds with 1956 US offerings totaling over 5012 million, about 20 percent of the year's total. Major issues include Trans-Canada Pipelines 1st Mortgage bonds, Quebec Hydro, City of Montreal, and Aluminum Company of Canada. Lower U.S. rates and stronger absorption drive this trend despite currency risks and future repayment costs if the Canadian dollar remains weak. Municipal financing activity appears modest with two Ontario cities issuing debentures, while broad bond trading shows general price softness.
A new wildlife species not previously seen in the area was killed Monday morning when Andrew Jacobsen of Tilley shot a groundhog near Lake Newell. The animal resembled a small badger with a 25 inch body, seven inch tail, and about 11 pounds. The color was lighter than typical groundhogs. The groundhog was shot near the Stanley Benson corral on the east side of the lake. Game Officer Jerry Pelchat sent the specimen to Edmonton for study of its migratory habits.
Wardens demonstrate lowering a casualty in a mine rescue basket as part of a three school training program at Banff under the National Parks Branch. The exercise underscores park safety rules for climbers and campers, who must register with a warden and specify date route and length of stay.
Two major highway projects underway in Estevan. Sub grade construction for the new Highway 47 route just north of the International boundary. Reconditioning the sub grade on Highway 39 between Estevan and Macoun with gravel sub base spread in preparation for blacktop surfacing.
F W Woolworth Co plans an Estevan store after purchasing Symons property on Fourth Street North. The building will be demolished and replaced with a self service shop with four checkouts, over 1000 feet of counters, a 28 stool lunch counter, two entrances, bright lighting, and modern front. Woolworths operates 194 stores in Canada with nine in Saskatchewan.
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