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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 04, 1963
Page
5
The Consumer Section offers tips for May housecleaning. Check cereals skim milk powder mixes and other packaged foods to ensure tight closures. Store cereals and flours in sealed glass jars or tins to ward off insects and prevent spoilage.
This guide advises rotating old canned stock and using it within a year. It covers checking freezer contents, defrosting tips, removing frost safely, packing frozen items, insulating during thaw, and refreshing the inventory to prioritize last year’s stocks. It emphasizes using up fruits and vegetables before new freezing season and consulting the service manual for defrosting procedures.
The CDA reports a shift to heavier roaster chickens six to eight pounds with large scale production in Quebec. In Ottawa tests, cockerels raised to roaster weight averaged 7.36 pounds for commercial entries, best at 7.89 pounds, with 23.3 pounds feed per bird marketed and a $0.20 to $0.30 profit per bird. Experimental entries reached 6.93 to 8.14 pounds.
The evaporation of water from ice cubes causes frost buildup in refrigerators. Wrap trays with plastic film after freezing. Reuse polyethylene bags from vegetables to store extra ice cubes for large scale entertaining.
A whimsical adage notes that a smile, like a curved line, can straighten many situations, aligning moods and perspectives with simple warmth. The saying emphasizes positivity influencing interactions and outcomes.
Covent Garden market in London is described as a bustling hub where thousands of flowers fill the early morning air. Florists from around the world view stalls as blooms, both British and imported, invite buyers. Traders sell single bunches or small boxes to passers by, highlighting the market’s sensory variety.
A humorous London fragment contrasts a nervous groom at a ceremony asking if it is proper to swear with a rebuked response about not being married. The piece then shifts to a sinking boat scene where a captain asks for prayers while others don life preservers. It moves on to Covent Garden’s bustling market, aromas from fruit and vegetables, and plans to revamp the area despite tourists seeking iconic porters and the Strand charm.
The quiz cites Port Royal Nova Scotia in 1623 for potatoes in Canada. It states manufacturing provides about 28 percent of national defense shares and retail spending rose by 793 million to 17 457 million in 1962. Lake Huron has the largest area among Great Lakes in Canada.
A London exhibition outlines five centuries of printing from Gutenberg in Mainz to contemporary techniques. It showcases the Gutenberg Bible, Columbus letter, Copernicus and Newton works, classic novels, and the first English newspapers Courant and Daily Courant. It features recreations of old print shops, copper engraving, and early methods of image reproduction.
The piece outlines Canada’s monetary evolution from 1670 French tokens to British rule after 1763, notes the spread of various coins, and highlights the 1858 decimal reform and 1870 Dominion coinage. It calls attention to the rare 1862 New Westminster $10 and $20 gold issues made without formal British approval.
Canada consolidates unusual paper money notes issuing a $25 denomination and mentions a rare $500 and a $1,000 bill. About 20,000 of the $1,000 notes are in circulation, reflecting a niche currency tier for collectors and officials.
The piece traces coin scarcity and rare issues like the 1921 fifty cent piece worth about 3500 in catalog, the 1686 first paper money, and early debt money such as playing cards and ordonnances. It notes currency growth, 1960 public circulation at about 1.906 billion and 1862 money supply near 14.2 billion, with Bank of Canada monopoly since 1945.
From 1951 to 1961 the average number of persons per family in Canada increased from 3.7 to 3.9. In 1961 the smallest families were in British Columbia and Ontario at 3.6 persons, while the largest were in Newfoundland at 4.7 persons.
Between 1951 and 1963 Canada added 860 060 families and 1 269 335 housing units were built. The data reflect a period of rapid population and construction expansion across the country, underscoring shifts in housing demand and urbanization.
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