04 Mar 1947
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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1947
Page
1
Mr and Mrs H Schaffrott of Beausejour credit their dog for stopping a Big Bad Wolf at their chicken house Friday morning after the dog warned and faced the intruder in a five to ten minute duel. The family has suffered chicken losses this year and rewarded the dog with a T bone.
Seven Sisters and Pinawa curlers met over Feb 22 23 to defend the W E Co Anderson trophy. Pinawa won the first game while Seven Sisters won both games in Seven Sisters on Sunday despite bad weather. Traveling with the rink were spectators and family members. a dinner was served and the return trip was hampered by snow.
The 1947 Ice Follies at Pine Falls, staged by T Carey and the Winter Club carnival committee, transformed the rink into a western tableau with a painted backdrop by Nick Smarang. Despite chilly weather, crowds filled the grandstand for a program patterned after Oklahoma with Miss Reta Coulombe crowned queen and gifts presented by the Winter Club and Imperial Oil Co.
Connie Gabel of Ladywood was crowned Miss Ladywood and queen of Eastern Manitoba at Beausejour as part of a Winter Carnival and Country Fair weekend supporting the Beausejour-Brokenhead War Memorial Fund. Maids of honor were Doreen Dutchak Cecilia Langner and Beryl Nichols. gate prize went to Miss J Weidman of Beausejour.
Praise honors Mrs. Ed Henderson for forty years of maternity nursing service. She served without a doctor for much of a year, often braving deep snow and long drives to aid the ill. The Hendersons ran a large Whitemouth district farm with Mrs. T. G. Erskine noted in the record.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Dick Wynne who have settled back in Bissett after thirteen years in the town. Dick, a carpenter, returned last year to work with the mine after completing a CWA carpentry course and army service. Mrs Wynne served with the CWAC during wartime. Also in town, Manitob a Telephone System line crew Jim Stanbridge and assistants Jack Reckie and Keith Fumerton visit, and Mrs O Connor visits with son and daughter in law Pat and Mr O Connor before heading East.
Mrs. Harry Hendebouck hosted a Friday evening shower for sister-in-law Mrs. Dick Wynne the recent bride. Twenty-two guests attended. Winnipeg visitors Miss Dorothy McDougal Joe and Bill Stacker and Dick Wegle joined A C Wegle's hosts Mr and Mrs A C Wegle.
The Lac du Bonnet Girl Guides held their Feb 25 draw. Mrs W Petterson won a silver fox cape coat, John Coates won diamond socks donated by Mrs R Waters, and Eddie Markus son won nylons. Proceeds fund equipment for the Guides.
The Canadian Red Cross will seek $5,000,000 in its National Appeal opening March 3, a reduction from $5,500,000. National Commissioner Dr. Fred W. Routley said the minimum needs are set to cover the 1947 budget and extend peacetime relief, with gross requirements at $6,241,000 and anticipated receipts above $750,000 from hospitals and other donations.
A Great Falls couple loses their home in a February Sunday fire while they were away visiting. Neighbor Alex Bruneau alerted others after seeing flames, and hockey teams and residents rushed to help but could not save the house. A community shower aided the Howes as friends rallied. Mrs Forbes, daughter of pioneer John Thompson Forbes, is among the locals.
Betty Jean Thorbergsen and Miss Helen Fergusson visit Great Falls with Miss Anne McArthur. Helen contracts measles. Miss McArthur returns to Winnipeg. Great Falls hockey loses to Seven Sisters, then beats Pine Falls 8 5. Pine Falls carnival praised. locals enjoy rink activities amid cold weather. Birth announced for Ryan Hugh Eade in Winnipeg. Bella Nicholson travels to Winnipeg. Glen Oakes visits Long Lake and Ogama Rockland mines, stays with son Bobby.
P Goossen of St Anne visited his daughter Mrs C Toews in Elma for a few days. Sgt Peter Korelewich, last of the overseas boys, returned from London and is on short leave with his parents. Several Elma residents and visitors including Miss Olga Kohut and Rev J Zimmermann were noted among the week’s arrivals and departures.
Royal Air Force plans radio controlled Meteor V aircraft capable of speeds near 600 miles per hour as future pilotless targets for anti aircraft gunners training.
United Kingdom steel industry produced 12,693,000 tons in 1946, only 291,000 tons below the 1937 peacetime peak. The figure reflects postwar production levels as industry recovered from wartime demands.
Mr and Mrs A B Smith were feted Wednesday evening February 26 in United Church club rooms by Pine Falls Lodge No 63 LO OF and Coronation Rebekah Lodge No 51. Guests enjoyed a card game with prizes won by Mrs C Conborough and Mrs C Dean while L Magnusson and A B Robinson claimed high and consolation for the men. An entertaining skit featured Jack Aseltine as host, with Mike Bachynski portraying the harassed packing of the Smiths and Jim Lyon as the bedraggled Oddfellow, followed by a lively house-dress gag and a finale crate caper. The event marked the couple’s departure to their coastal home.
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