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Newspaper

Springfield Leader

Location

Springfield, Manitoba, Canada

Date

May 06, 1947

Page

4

Lac du Bonnet News Notes Family Visit and Guide Funds

Mrs. Herman Kaastz returned from vacation with her brother Bob and cousin Alec McNab. Stan Chester will soon leave to work for the City Hydro at Pointe du Bois. The Lac du Bonnet Girl Guides report proceeds of 48.96 from April 19 dance to buy equipment or aid Guide Leaders as they see fit.

Herman Kaastz Bob Alec McNab Stan Chester City Hydro Pointe du Bois Lac du Bonnet Girl-Guides Association

Social Roundup in Town Reflects Busy Week

Bill Olykson renewed acquaintances while a wet Wednesday kept crowds from the first bi weekly picture show. Bert Brown left C. P. Air Lines for Hudson's Bay Co. in Sioux Lookout as the Athletic Association eyes a Beausejour meeting. Various residents visited Winnipeg, attended dances, and congratulated families on births and marriages.

Bert Brown C. P. Air Lines Hudson's Bay Co Sioux Lookout

Mice Cause Wide Damage From Fields To North Drift

The tale describes heavy mouse damage in alfalfa fields and fruit trees as winter ends. Ole Snuffstrom laments mice chewing truck bearings and snuff, while hunter Caribou Spike encounters mice with a kayak chase and misfires at geese.

Ole Snuffstrom Ole

Foods and Nutrition Students Entertain Mothers At Supper

Nine first year foods and nutrition students planned and hosted a Mother’s Supper on May 2 at 5 p.m. Two tables were set with formal and informal arrangements. Students prepared cream of pea soup, lemon jelly aspic, cabbage salad, carrot and apple salad, hot biscuits, apple Brown Betty with custard, and coffee. Mothers were invited to critique the service. the event showcased cooperation and enthusiasm as the class prepares for a second year.

Lac DU Bonnet Jean Wickman Jean Petrus Evelyn Park Donna Peterson Marjorie Ann Tomlinson Joan Swetz Joyce Morsky Helen Coates Marlyn Patterson Marjory Ann Joan Evelyn Marlyn Helen Jeans Joyce Donna Mesdames P. Tomlinson P. Swetz C. Patterson W. Peterson G. Wickman T. Coates Marsky J. Petrus R. Zeemel Home and School Association Brown

Mice in Kayak Furor Over North Country Geese

The passage describes a hunter failing as mice from his gun devour geese midflight, leaving bones on the kayak deck while the mice pick their teeth. It contrasts this absurd scene with the broader troubles faced by Canadians in the far north, noting local mice damage to grain and vegetables and snuff boxes.

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