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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 14, 1957
Page
2
A fire last week destroyed Manitoba’s historic revenue building that housed the provincial legislature, burning gas tax permits for about 40 000 farmers and 1 400 commercial fishermen. The loss occurred in Reston’s Recorder issue dated April 11 1967.
Grande Prairie will be elevated to city status once the town council formally applies to the provincial Department of Municipal Affairs. Ira McLaughlin MLA for Grande Prairie told The Herald Tribune today about the planned application and the expected status change.
Humboldt city council decided at the regular meeting Monday to reinstate parking meters after winter suspension due to snow drifts and reduced necessity. The move ends a seasonal halt that simplified winter street clearance and parking.
Crude stone implements called ooliths mark the start of human handiwork in the Stone Age. Lake salmon shad are returning to their streams of origin where hatched. The Milky Way contains between two and three hundred billion stars.
Vice-President R L Bob Fletcher led a drive that secured thirty membership applications accepted at the Mission City and District Board of Trade meeting. Ten new members attended as President Percy Buckle welcomed them. Fletcher said outreach in the outskirts is 90 percent done and the city 50 percent, with at least fifty new members anticipated and revenue already surpassing 400 dollars.
The Saskatchewan Division of the Canadian Red Cross assisted 36 people who lost their homes and all belongings in seven fires across the province since early April.
Malta superintendent Homer Loucks urged Canada US friendship through student exchanges at a Swift Current Kiwanis meeting. He noted cross border travel speeds and no red tape, inviting Canadians to Malta for International Friendship Days May 18 19 20 and pledging a Malta caravan to Swift Current next month.
A public meeting in Pipestone Monday night approved building a skating rink 64 by 190 feet with a 60 by 160 foot ice surface. Committee led by Frank Patmore reported about 12000 raised to cover materials excluding final sheeting and wiring. Construction will use Dring rafters with shiplap or plywood initial sheeting and includes spectator space and a lean-to for extra seating. Volunteer labor will be used.
The typical adult human body contains about 14 to 18 square feet of skin. This estimate reflects common ranges used in medical references to describe surface area necessary for thermoregulation protection and sensory coverage.
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