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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1951
Page
1
Shirley Springman, a 12 year old on a nearby dock, leapt into the lake and rescued seven year old Peter Horbatiuk after he slipped from the town wharf. The incident on Wednesday afternoon June 13 highlights dock dangers and urges parental supervision and possible safety steps or a life line rope.
A weekend of festivities is set in Beausejour for Dominion Day with a Sunday baseball tournament offering 500 in prizes. Teams include Beausejour East Selkirk Elmwood Giant Juniors Norman St Boniface Native Sons Pine Falls Northern All Stars Stonewall Oakville Stein bach Portage la Prairie Assiniboine All Stars and Selkirk. Games start at 10 a.m. DST on two ball diamonds. Monday features a Brokenhead Agricultural Society program with boxing, parachute jumps, folk dancing by Irish Latvian Ukrainian groups, jog sawing hog calling contests and a variety show, plus an Indian pow wow by the Salteaux.
The Canadian Passenger Association offers low rail fares to the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba in Brandon from July 2 to 6. Sales run June 30 to July 5 and July 6 for trains arriving Brandon by 5 p.m. Returning passengers may depart Brandon by midnight July 7. If Saturday service is absent, tickets honor the first available train. Fares apply to all classes of accommodation.
A special Powerview Council meeting at Leonard School on May 29 adopted last minutes, deferred Church Avenue grading, and set actions to collect village license fees. A by law on herds will be passed soon, with circulars for fee payment. Electors list revised by June 15, court of revision July 31. Police to enforce speed limits. signs to be added. Council to borrow $1000 for Art Avenue and Laura Street. special building permits set at $2. Accounts approved for Turcotte, Parent, Lafrance.
The Brokenhead Agricultural Society held Fair Day in Beausejour on June 15 with a sunny turnout. Activities included market produce sales, stock judging, and afternoon races with softball games among Green Oak Cromwell and Ladywood. Detailed results listed numerous winners across flowers, eggs, canned goods, baked items, and dairy products.
Premier Douglas Campbell told Eastern Judicial District officials at the Union of Manitoba Municipalities convention in St. Pierre to go canny and avoid long term capital commitments. John Spalding of the Municipal and Public Utility Board urged trimming upkeep charges and financing for short terms, citing mills and heavy tax implications for school districts and equipment purchases.
Eastern Manitoba leaders from Beausejour to Manigotogan gathered in Steinbach with about 300 attendees from Manitoba and Minnesota to discuss highway and regional development. The meeting approved forming a regional body to unite eastern districts under a single board with 33 municipal units represented and officers elected to lead.
Provincial Library and Legislative Elders gather in Winnipeg on December 31 to discuss regional policy. Delegates, Han and RL participate in open session reviewing archival access and funding plans.
Whitemouth Consolidated school held graduation ceremonies in the school auditorium on Friday. Thirteen graduates marched in procession. Valedictory by Anita Hill and guest speaker A Woonfjord of Winnipeg spoke on playing the game. Awards honored athletic, academic, and general proficiency recipients. A banquet and dance followed.
A 130 delegate majority from 40 municipalities in Eastern Judicial district voted for a Manitoba government hospital sweepstakes. Resolution from North Kildonan cited by Councillors Frank de Graaf and Stanley Copp. Meeting chaired by J. H. Cathcart and S. G. Smith.
At the Union of Manitoba Municipalities convention in St Pierre on June 14 delegates heard warnings about 10 cent per acre oil lease offers. Premier Campbell urged caution, urged legal advice, and stressed mineral rights stay with landowners. He noted higher potential values and advised careful review before signing. Oswald McKay of Alexander urged not to sign at 10 cents, recounting his own mistake.
Premier D L Campbell of Manitoba officially opened Imperial Oil’s Winnipeg refinery at East St Paul. The modern plant features Western Canada’s first fluid catalytic cracking unit producing high quality gasoline from Alberta crude. Fuel output will replace Ontario imports, securing local petroleum supplies.
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