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Newspaper

Springfield Leader

Location

Springfield, Manitoba, Canada

Date

May 15, 1956

Page

11

Goal Ball and Swim Tips From the Sports Clinic

An article offers a goal ball game using a bell two sticks and a baseball player to practice gelding ability with 15 hits per side over three innings. It also provides swimming hand entry guidance emphasizing early water entry and bent elbow to maximize power. A broad jump tip warns against using a burdie and suggests looking upward during jumps. The piece notes Sports College's national service for amateur sports in Canada and promotes the Sporta Clinic with contact at Sports College Box 99 Toronto 1 Ont.

Sports College Canada Sporta Toronto 1

Health risks of inactivity prompt call for school physical education

The booklet argues children need two to four hours of vigorous daily activity, but many Saskatchewan students lack it due to busy schedules and TV. It asserts physical education in schools is often ignored, linking inactivity to health issues such as hypokinetic disease, coronary heart disease, back problems, and poor social adjustment, and cites research from Dr. H. Harrison Clarke and studies from Britain and NYU.

American Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation Saskatchewan H. Harrison Clarke Univerity of Oregon Institute For Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation New York University Bellevue Medical Centre Britain

Speeding Circulation Through Stretching Instincts

The piece links the urge to stretch with a need to increase blood flow. It suggests stretching is an instinctive response to improve circulation and energize the body.

Caramel Blanc Mange Recipe From Old Note

A dated dessert method outlines caramel blanc mange using brown sugar hot water evaporated milk cornstarch and vanilla. Steps include boiling sugar syrup, scalding milk, thickening with cornstarch, cooking briefly, adding vanilla and pouring into a buttered mold. Garnish with coconut and banana. serves 6.

Ocean salt rich in vital minerals and health benefits

A report to the American Chemical Society notes sea salt contains over 30 minerals besides sodium chloride, including iron calcium fluorine and iodine. The study cites health benefits such as reduced goitre rickets anemia and tooth decay with comparisons to pigs fed sea salt and mentions regional iodine and fluoride protections.

American Chemical Society Dra Arnold E. Schaefer Olaf Mickelsen R. B. Ing H. R. Sandstead National Institutes of Health National Institute of Arthritics and Metabolic Diseases United States Public Health Service India Rutgers University

Insect pests threaten Canadian dairy profits

A survey by Dr A W A Brown finds insects reduce dairy profits in Canada, with cattle loss estimated at seventy million dollars. Fly infestations cut milk yield by 10 20 percent and pests in storage and processing add costs. The 1956 World Congress of Entomology in Montreal will address control.

Canada A. W. A. Brown Department of Zoology University of Western Gataria Montreal

Quick Canadian Quiz facts and figures

The quiz answers include Vilhjalmur Stefansson as the explorer, cattle outnumbering other livestock on Canadian farms, primary iron and steel as the highest paying industry, sugar grown in Ontario Quebec and Alberta Manitoba, foreign aid totals since World War II with gifts around four billion dollars, and medical issues at 120 miles altitude invoked as space analogies.

Canada Arctic Ocean Vilhjalmur Stefansson Ont Que Alta Man Quick Canadian Facts Facts About

Romantic traffic jams in horsepower era charm critics

The piece recalls 19th century and early 20th century city jams caused by horse drawn vehicles. Police battled tangled wagons and runaway horses at intersections while drivers and bystanders reacted with color and astonishment. A Chicago anecdote highlights stallions and mares refusing to move, making romance the spectacle of worst congestion.

Timothy G. Turner Los Angeles Times

Lever scale invention by Thaddeus Fairbanks cited

The lever scale credited to Thaddeus Fairbanks in 1830 marked the first major contribution to weight science in two millennia.

Thaddeus Fairbanks

Blind entrepreneur from Bienfait builds Regina stand

Joe Bembridge once of Bienfait Saskatchewan now runs Joe's Cigar Stand in the McCallum Hill Building Regina. He is an active member of the Regina Lions Blind Bowlers' League and has served as president of the Amicus Social Club. He travels with a white cane and is a respected community figure among sighted and blind residents alike.

Joe Bembridge Bienfait Saskatchewan Joe McCallum-Hill Regina Brantford Ontario Ontario School For the Blind Bienfail Canadian National Institute For the Blind City Hall General Hospital C.N.I.B Regina Lions Canada Amicus Social Club of the Blind Canadian Council of the Blind Voice of the Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Committee Jo-Anne

Turkey poult production by breed in Canadian hatcheries

Livestock and Poultry Division Ottawa reports 4 756 671 poults hatched in 1955 with 3 902 729 Broad Breasted Bronze, 747 037 Whites, 4 tenths percent crosses and 1 9 percent miscellaneous. Ontario and Quebec led Whites with 583 406.

Canada Livestock and Poultry Division Department of Agriculture Ottawa Ontario Quebec

Weekly Crossword Puzzle HORIZONTAL Clues and Answers

Crossword puzzle page with a horizontal list of clues from 7 to 65 covering topics like flags republics nations homeland for the Jewish and various word clues. The grid items include terms such as fish silence goddess of infatuation coin chilly and other common crossword entries.

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Ann Dereier Lieyd Percival Wutdor William D. Ross Fitness and Recreation Division Part Quick French Foreign Legion Advocate Mediterranean Holstein Algiers Southampton Chicago Loop George R. V. Rudolph C.n.lb Turkey Peggy Sally Eve Chuck Les Carrol Neai
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