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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 13, 1952
Page
6
In Beausejour the Beger family celebrates the birth of Brian Ervin Wilfred Beger in Hearst Ontario to Ervin and Mrs Beger on April 30. Grandfather Gus Beger now boasts a larger hat size after chest expansion and jokes about cigars.
A bustling Beausejour column reports Bill Creaney touring Ottawa with wife Kay, meeting MP Sinnott, and checking on Premier St Laurent while hinting at possible Springfield links. The piece also praises Beausejour Lutheran’s comedy For Pete’s Sake and plugs upcoming Memorial Centre fundraiser, Lions International in Japan, and local events.
Quick market style item notes an informal dispute or comparison between two local storage spaces, naming Doc Lippmann and Bill Klingbell as the involved parties. It signals a brief weekly sendoff with no further details or outcomes.
Funeral services were held at St George Catholic church on Wednesday April 16 at 10 am for Mrs Hermeline Fontaine nee Dion of St George. She died April 13 at Pine Falls hospital. Survived by husband Joseph two daughters Irene Lucien Lussier and Germaine Wilfred Lussier three sons Omer Wilfred and Hector. Pallbearers were Hector Omer Wilfred Lucien and Adrien Lussier. Interment in local cemetery.
Mrs Anna Molly age 67 died at home May 6 in Whitemouth. Funeral Friday May 9 at 10 a.m. in Whitemouth Roman Catholic church. Interment at Whitemouth. Survived by four sons Frank Whitemouth Joseph Al bernie B C John Eddie Fort William Ont and daughter Marjorie Vancouver BC. Russell funeral home Sejour arranged.
Funeral service for Frank Arthur Towler led by Canon W H J Walter at Pine Falls Anglican Church with Rev C King assisting. Interment followed in Pine Falls cemetery. Towler, born 1883 in Gorleston England, built a life in Manitoba, working for Carter Halls Aldinger and Paper Company as townsite foreman and later superintendent until 1951. Survived by wife May, son Roy, and daughter Mrs Carl McCulloch. Russell funeral home arranged the services.
Sigfried Lofstrom aged 71 died April 29. Funeral Friday May 2 at Riverland Church with Rev S Richardson officiating. Renshaw's Beausejour handled arrangements. Survived by wife and four sons William Julian George Ernest. Pallbearers were Gus Magnusson, C Hammerbeck, Morris Anderson, Gus Melquist, Andrew Peterson and J C Tyndall.
The Garson Ladies Club surprised Mrs. Caroline Gustafson on her 79th birthday with flowers and gifts. Tourists visit the village to see its mottled stone quarries. Nils Peterson, a Garson and Tyndall business man, dies at 79. A farewell party honors Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baird in Tyndall Orange Hall with music by St Clifford Ritchie. Real estate activity rises in Garson as local homes gain value. Collins twins visit, Wasney family builds additions and a new house.
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