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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 1954
Page
2
The piece outlines curling roles with emphasis on the Lead. The Lead throws first rocks, must address teammates as Sir and Mister, ensures rocks are cleaned, keeps others supplied with cigarettes and matches, and never talks back. The Second sweeps 75 percent, corrects the Lead, and bears blame if the team loses.
A Valley Citizen column lampoons a curling rink hierarchy with the Skip as scapegoat and Third Man as brain, detailing expectations for shots, leadership, and public judgement, labeling the Skip as a scapegoat when teams fail and praising the Third as the supposed mastermind.
Edmonton report states Alberta has the only large high grade coking coal reserves in North America and plans for near term exploitation. Dr John Convey of Ottawa, director of the federal mines branch, cites a severe coal shortage driving studies for Crow's Nest Pass developments. Geological faults cause cave-ins, prompting a joint team of physicists, mining engineers and geologists to find extraction methods. Convey hopes a fault aided extraction system emerges and notes coal may rival oil and gas within a decade.
The peregrine falcon is among the fastest birds with speeds reported above 175 miles per hour. This remarkable speed highlights its hunting prowess and aerial diving skill observed by researchers and ornithologists.
Fort William Ontario owner J Fodchuk tops the Manitoba chinchilla show winning the champion title. A Barnabe entries from Letellier Manitoba claim reserve and four other prizes. The piece notes the phrase distaff side of the family referring to women spinning flax.
A simple tuna toast dish uses canned tuna with a butter flour roux, evaporated milk and water sauce, cheddar cheese, pepper and salt, Worcestershire, and optional mushrooms. Heat until cheese melts then serve the tuna sauce over buttered toast with a garnish. Six servings.
A collection of humorous vignettes and jokes about domestic life and social mishaps. A man laments a kiss in his home and laments his missing license while a motorist jokes about licensing. A yardful of tiny gags features a rope and brick device, a lamp post uprooter, and playful family banter.
Oldtimers of the Battlefords district gathered at the Odd Fellows Temple in North Battleford. The program featured corsages for the oldest attendees, a spry 85 year old man and octogenarian ladies, a quartet and solos, readings, and a wedding-dress fashion moment, with memory tributes to recently deceased members.
A conference sponsored by the agricultural advisory council in Armstrong urged the government of British Columbia to adopt roadside spraying to control weeds.
A province wide public speaking contest on conservation is sponsored for the seventh year by the Winnipeg Kiwanis club with the Manitoba Department of Agriculture Extension Service. Entrants aged 12 to 21 who are 4 H members must speak on conservation topics with district contests leading to a July 26 final in Winnipeg. Prizes will be awarded, their number and value depend on entries.
A rural Oklahoma paper ran a photo of a dilapidated farm and poor fields with readers invited to comment. An Indian responder claimed the white man is crazy, urging Indians to keep grass, make teepees, and rely on buffalo while criticizing plowing, relief, terrace work, and build effort.
M Bonneau is re-elected as Gravelbourg school board chairman for a 23rd year. he will serve a 25th year as a board member.
The average new car price last year was $2,505, up $22 from the prior year and notably higher than prices in 1952 by $957, 1946 by $1,426, and 1939 by $1,426. The figures illustrate a long term upward trend in auto costs across decades.
In Swift Current, farmers test baled straw and hay as low cost wall materials. Dominion experimental station blocks show straw bales coated with stucco and plaster on exterior, with tests ongoing until spring. The cattle shed and a concrete root cellar model demonstrate rapid construction and reuse potential for farm buildings.
Rosetown Sask after lengthy talks between a Legion committee and Philadelphia’s Fred Banks agreed to sponsor a Western Baseball League professional team to be called the Rosetown Phillies. Banks will bring the group to Rosetown ahead of the league opener, with new electronic aids for the blind recently shown at the University of Michigan.
NORTH BATTLEFORD Sask A local horticulturist George Hornsby found a new outlet for his talent He imported two orchid plants last June and recently produced his first bloom The plants were purchased in Florida and cost him thirty dollars The seeding period is seven years but matured plants allowed an earlier bloom last weekend
Mrs Agnes Keith aged 103 remains bedridden after a stroke suffered months ago though her nurse says she still shows interest in general matters.
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