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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1956
Page
3
Practical drills for fielding with goal ball using sticks and a ball, plus tips to improve swimming crawl and jumping height. Emphasizes controlled hand entry, bent elbow technique, and looking upwards for height while jumping. Announces Sports College national service and the paper’s participation with contact details.
A 1950s booklet cites research from Dr. H. Harrison Clarke and others noting children need two to four hours of vigorous activity daily. It argues schools shortchange PE, linking inactivity to hypokinetic disease, poor posture, back and neck pain, diabetes, heart disease, and reduced learning potential. It emphasizes exercise as a physiologic necessity with no substitute.
The urge to stretch stems from insufficient blood flow. Stretching seems instinctive to boost circulation and relieve tension.
A vintage dessert recipe describes caramel syrup made with brown sugar and salt, combined with evaporated milk and cornstarch. The mix is heated until thickened, poured into a buttered mold, then cooled and unmolded. Serve with shredded coconut and banana slices.
Scientists report sea salt contains over 30 minerals including iron calcium fluorine and iodine that can ward off anaemia rickets tooth decay and goitre. In a Rutgers study pigs fed sea salt grew faster and looked healthier than those given regular salt.
A survey by Dr A W A Brown of the University of Western Ontario shows insect pests cost Canadian dairy profits. Pests of cattle cut milk production by 10 20 percent in fly time and wingless pests affect herd thriftiness. The 1956 World Congress of Entomology in Montreal will address control measures.
1 Vilhjalmur Stefansson proved Arctic life possible by a 600 mile trek. 2 Cattle outnumber the other three farm animals combined. 3 Primary iron and steel pays the highest weekly wage. 4 Sugar is grown in Ont Que Alta Man. 5 Since World War II Canada received over 4 billion in aid as gifts. 3192
In this reminiscence from the Los Angeles Times, Timothy G. Turner recalls traffic jams in the days of horsepower. Horse-drawn vehicles clog intersections as officers guide thriving chaos with whips and rims, amid stallions and mares resisting moves.
A brief note credits Thaddeus Fairbanks with inventing the lever scale in 1830, marking a turning point in weighing technology and the long history of weight measurement spanning two millennia.
Joe Bembridge once in Bienfait Saskatchewan now runs Joe's Cigar Stand in the McCallum Hill Building Regina. He attended sighted and Ontario School for the Blind, worked in CNIB canteens, then bought his stand. An active member of the Regina Lions Blind Bowlers' League and Amicus Social Club, he aims to win national blind bowling trophies and represents the blind on the Canadian Council of the Blind. He swims with Red Cross and travels by white cane, wife and daughter Jo Anne share his interests.
Livestock and Poultry Division Ottawa reports 1955 poult hatchings totaling 4 756 671. Broad Breasted Bronze led with 8 902 729 or 82 percent, Whites 747 087 or 15.7 percent, crosses 0.4 percent and miscellaneous 1.9 percent. Ontario and Quebec supplied 583 406 Whites of the national total.
A scrambled list of clues hints at a themed crossword with entries for Greek letters saints and common words. Answers include terms for silence fish walking and goddess names along with prefixes suffixes and car types.
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