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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
7
Rural schools listed with enrolments from 5 to 24 pupils and distances to nearby towns. A present salary scale shows Class II, III, IV and V ranges from 2,400 to 5,550 dollars, with notes on a 1955-59 period and a superintendent or official named P. Miller. overall rural teacherages are noted.
The Assiniboia Kinsmen Club votes to build a Community Park on the Pioneer Lodge area between the lodge and highway. Plans include fencing, landscaping, a paddling pool, barbecue pits, lawn bowling, tennis, shade trees, and a 400-car parking area with work starting soon.
The quote divides people into three classes: a few who make things happen, many who watch things happen, and a vast majority unaware of what happened. It emphasizes initiative versus observation and passive awareness in shaping events.
Godfried Martin, a Barras district farmer, asked if he could pick up 1958 plates in Yorkton. Yorkton Motor Club manager Herb Fenson approved despite Saturday hours. He received two sets, both matching his previous year numbers 18-069 and F-91849, a curious coincidence the paper calls a real Believe It or Not.
Prairie farmers in Rhein district gathered at Allan Coleman’s farm to seed 38 acres of Selkirk wheat 65 acres of Park land barley and 30 acres of Exeter oats totaling a full seeding bee. Volunteers drove 10 tractors to the scene as Coleman recovers in Regina Grey Nuns Hospital after surgery, with neighbors noting it was a true act of friendship.
A. W. Bill Hanks editor of the St. James Leader and past Manitoba weekly association president joined a 50‑member Canadian delegation aboard the TCA Constellation for a non‑stop Victoria to London inaugural flight. Hanks, wounded in World War I, plans a short visit to England while journalist Edgar Dunning of Ladner also travels. The Virden Empire Advance will feature reports on this flight.
The Broadview Community League reports progress on the first city park. A monkey bars set donated by Steel Industries is installed, the baseball diamond leveled, fencing planned, and D and B Construction holds the contract. A skating rink will be added this winter with summer basketball and volleyball courts, plus a slated toilet and landscaping plans.
Walter Wilson and staff of Spartan Cleaners have worked long hours installing new equipment in the dry cleaning plant. The equipment expert stayed a week, installation and trial run succeeded. A few minor adjustments remain as facilities for quick and efficient service are finalized.
The Dominion Brewers Association urged Finance Minister Donald Fleming to reverse policies that push Canadians toward hard liquor over beer. They argue alcoholism rates rise where liquor dominates and cite higher beer prices from taxes, calling for emergency tax relief and removal of tax-on-tax on beer to lower prices and boost employment.
On Treaty Day last Wednesday schools on the Assiniboine Reserve observed a holiday. Under Mr J MacLeod of the Indian Department and RCMP, the $5 treaty money was paid to residents while a TB X-ray survey checked those at home. The new Fort Qu Appelle school impressed with spacious rooms and student art. homemakers sold coffee and pie as the community gathered.
The Moose Mountain Star Standard in Arcola Saskatchewan notes the balancing act of a local paper. Editors weigh jokes, original material, and wire service content while facing reader judgments. The piece acknowledges printed contributions and defends varied coverage.
The text cites the earliest cigarette-making machine patented in the 1870s and a 200-220 cigarettes per minute model from the mid-1880s. It also mentions beer as first produced by the ancient Egyptians and references an agent, Mr. C Morton, with a dateline Australia News Indian Head Sask.
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