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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1948
Page
2
Fragmentary listing cites Great Falls St George Pine Falls and points in Canada. Mentions total paid 999 and advertisers with incomplete distribution note. Unclear specifics.
Manitoba Trustees Association held its regional convention in the Community Hall Lac du Bonnet on Wednesday June 23. Speakers included Hon J C Dryden Major Pratt Bert McLeod Robert Love and Inspector B Warkentin. Mayor Sparman welcomed visitors and noted weather affected attendance. The day featured a round table discussion and a school inspection tour followed by a Home and School luncheon.
The Canadian Government announced in 1941 plans to form women's auxiliaries for the Army and RCAF. By war end 21,614 women from 10 nations volunteered, with overseas service in the Mediterranean and Europe. 62 awards and 16 mentions in despatches noted their service. five wounded and 25 died. The corps was disbanded in late 1946 after its fifth anniversary.
A birth notice on June 21 1948 announces a daughter to Mr and Mrs Julius Demarco at 3 45 am weighing 9 lbs 7 ozs The story unfolds with an ambulance racing to St Boniface Hospital and a dramatic chase by unseen reporters and onlookers in a movie like sequence.
The autumn convention of Northeastern Manitoban school teachers will be held at Beausejour on October 14 and 15. A three member committee was named to prepare resolutions, with Harold E. Murphy delivering an address during the gathering at Lac du Bonnet.
Nora Christensen of Tyndall became the bride of Wilfred Matthews of Tyndall in a 6 30 p m ceremony at Grace United Church Winnipeg June 19. They wore a grey suit and rose corsage. Attendants were Mr and Mrs C Horton. A small reception followed at the Hortons home before the couple left for Kimberly British Columbia.
At St Marys church Beausejour on June 19 Jean Bernice Bukoski of Tyndall and Peter Hladki of Winnipeg wed. The gown was rustling rayon taffeta with a long fitted bodice and a full skirt with side bustles and rosettes. Attendants Caroline Dudek Pauline Bukoski wore blue gowns. Groomsmen were Ted Bukoski and Stanley Krut. Reception at Teddy's Place in Tyndall. The couple will reside in Winnipeg.
A Riverland hall birthday party on Saturday June 19 drew over 150 guests including 17 octogenarians aged 70 to 83. Honorees Carl Haugan born November 13 1877 John Ongman born November 20 1877 and Otto Kristof born May 9 1878 received tokens of esteem as Rowland Nygren provided music and a three tier cake topped buffet.
John S Sinnott Liberal MP for Springfield Manitoba warns that continuing current taxation and rising living costs could wipe out the Liberal Party. He mails letters to Prime Minister King and Finance Minister Abbott detailing demands including pension, income tax relief, excise tax repeal, and profit tax restoration. King replies he will consider the representations. Abbott offers brief acknowledgment.
R.C.A.F. veteran Anton B Weselak born 1918 in Beausejour district earned Bachelor of Laws May 18 1948 and was called to the Bar May 27 1948. He won the Law Society Prize for veterans and other top awards at Manitoba Law School. Weselak later joined the Masciuch and Weselak firm in Winnipeg and will be in Beausejour this Friday and Saturday.
Rev Bissell officiated at two christenings in Pointe du Bois. John Davie, son of Mr and Mrs A W McLaren, was christened at their home with Miss M McLaren and W J Stewart as godparents. Joan Ellen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Smith Jr, was christened at the Smith home with Miss Anne Smith Miss Agnes Knox and Bryant Hodge as godparents.
The passage recalls Otto Kristofferson and John, newcomers to Canada in 1899 and 1903 respectively, settling in Riverland after Manitoba moves. John has four children scattered in Riverland Prince George and Kenora, while Otto Kristofferson, arriving in 1905 and marrying in 1916, has three sons. The group’s gathering is noted as a memorable Riverland event.
Beausejour earns their tenth straight victory by beating Oak Bank 5 to 3 at Oak Bank on Tuesday June 22 to stay atop the Eastern Manitoba league. Claude Shields and Ivan Ridley star in the win as Bernard Drysdale and Jack Coughlin combine on the mound in a tense late innings rally.
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