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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1960
Page
2
The author shares lessons from restoring a clinker-built boat, including bending ribs with white oak and ash, wrapping in rags for heat, and experimenting with fibre glassing to fix holes. Notes caution on fibre glass and describes patching weak hull areas as boating season approaches and horsepower increases.
A 1929 tidal wave caused by an earthquake killed 27 people along Newfoundland's Burin peninsula. fragments note crafting materials, resin, and a stray phrase about hindering a brute into the water. no clear additional facts.
Advertisement for a huck pinafore pattern in white or color for children sizes 2, 4, 6, 8. Includes easy weaving directions and a chart. Pattern number 7126, requires thirty five cents to be sent with name address and pattern number to Department CPL Front Street W Toronto.
Reporters note a pattern of accidental drownings during weekends and holidays as carelessness near water causes deaths. The piece emphasizes that swimming is learnable quickly and children can gain water safety skills early, urging caution to prevent needless losses.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton gained world fame as a humorous writer under the pseudonym Sam Slick. He served as a judge on the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and headed a land development program that led to Haliburton county in Ontario being named for him.
A columnist argues that making swimming a compulsory skill for small children would reduce fatal incidents involving five and six year olds. The piece stresses early aquatic training and safety emphasis to prevent drownings.
The article urges experimenting with seasonal vegetables in summer salads. It suggests using spinach strips, young turnip and beet tops, broccoli or cauliflower buds, and other crisp fresh vegetables to create varied flavors for the salad bowl.
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