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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1949
Page
2
Distribution figures list paid totals by district and representative. The file shows entries: 1e 125 1156 with office and file references included.
Miss Mona Crittenden of Winnipeg visited Pine Falls for the Beaver Club party and is the future Mrs. Bill Campbell. Fran Faranski is expected back at the Bay after illness. Judy Lynn McLeod performed in Winnipeg, and guests visited the G. Bayly and W. Roy homes. Several residents attended Frankie Laine in a Winnipeg show. Mrs. J. McMillan leaves for Scotland after months in Canada.
The Pine Falls Winter Club carnival opened with a full rink and culminated in Lorraine Rigg being crowned 1949 Queen. Presentations honored queen, princesses Irene Frederick Yvonne Chagnon Beatrice Cyr, with gifts to organizer staff and cast members. The fiesta themed backdrop impressed, and after the show a cast party followed late into the night.
In the North Eastern Manitoba Hockey League semi final opener Pine Falls edged Lac du Bonnet 6 to 5 after a heated, high scoring clash. Lac du Bonnet led 2-0, Pine Falls tied it 4-4, then pulled ahead 6-5 late in the final frame as both sides traded goals and tempers cooled.
On January 8 1949 two men from Great Falls scouted a site for a curling rink and faced bitter cold and hard work. Over six weeks they and many volunteers built the rink, set markers, pooled rocks, and raised a roof amid subzero temps. By February 18 the rink opened with teams from Seven Sisters Pinawa and Ogama Rockland Mines, dancing and celebrating into the early hours.
In 1947 Canada counted 3,042,000 families, up 516,700 from 1941. The increase varied across provinces, with growth ranging from 11 percent in some areas to higher gains in others.
News note from the Springfield Leader announces a new subscribers editor position and acknowledges the Leader Building in St. James Man as the offices location.
A freak accident near Milner Ridge sends a snow plow crashing into a halted pulpwood truck. Ron Goulet and Anton Sikora escaped as the plow struck two miles south of Milner Ridge at 6.20 p.m. The impact scattered pulp into the snow in a near perfect load.
A truck wreck left the vehicle wrecked and the boys facing a transportation issue for the rest of their winter work. No injuries were reported, but the accident halts their progress and forces them to seek help to continue cutting.
The municipality of Whitemouth voted 92 percent in favor of building a hospital with a $60,000 project. Voting day was February 28 and construction will start in spring. Donors from Winnipeg firms contributed. towns affected include Seven Sisters Falls Whitemouth Elma and eight townships. Credit goes to Oscar Peterson Arthur Williams Ed Lange and C E Wendeborn for the health education campaign.
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