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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 06, 1947
Page
2
A reflective note on beauty as a divine gift shared by all humanity. The passage links cultivating beauty with spreading heavenly flowers and doing good as essential human duties. It emphasizes universal access to beauty and goodness inspired by divine creation.
An order form highlights Manley approved chicks and pedigreed male matings with prices for barred rock pullets, New Hampshire pullets, light Sussex, and white leghorn stock. The ad touts weekly capacity of 30,000 chicks and urges early ordering for guaranteed delivery.
A Dominion Department of Agriculture home economics guide urges homemakers to plan lunch boxes with variety and appealing presentation. It suggests organizing a lunch prep center, storing staples, planning ahead, prep fillings the night before, using non soaking fillings, varying breads, wrapping foods, and including fresh fruit or vegetables daily to foster healthy eating habits.
Barbara Aseltine hosted friends Friday night with dancing and lunch. Two more mumps cases reported at Riverbend High School, Joan and Irene Fredericks. Edith Bayly visits Winnipeg, Claire Higginson hosts a games night. Bowling season closes with banquet. Ken Randall praised for best improving average.
A concise maxim attributed to George Berkeley urges dedicating both youth and age to the pursuit of truth, framing lifelong study as the path to real progress.
Betty Jean Fergusson and Mrs. Fisehard visited relatives in Winnipeg. A pair of newborn girls arrive at Pine Falls General Hospital, one to Mr. and Mrs. Warren and another to Mr. and Mrs. Jannsen. Community notes include local dances and school happenings in Great Falls and nearby Treherne.
Community notes report Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jorgenson buying a new home in town and Mrs. Erskine sharing marriage news. Several residents endure hospital stays and recoveries while others relocate, visit relatives, or celebrate births. The April 26 school trustees meeting and a RC AF veteran father are also noted.
Heartfelt congratulations to Mr and Mrs Garth Pickell as Buckingham starts a new role in Pinawa after leaving Great Falls. The note salutes the couple and notes the career move.
Karl E. Curry and William Henderson were sworn in as the two new trustees and began their terms of office.
The Prices Board announces a maximum ceiling on livestock and poultry feeds priced per ton reflecting a $1.80 rise due to higher jute bag costs. Feed manufacturers may pass this exact amount to buyers but not exceed it. Meat rationing is discontinued but slaughtering rules remain unchanged across all handlers.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board mandates all meat for private consumption be slaughtered under a permit. Defatting and stamping remain required. Hog quotas persist in affected areas and monthly slaughter and dressed-weight reports must be filed by all permit holders with the Regional Office.
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