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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1954
Page
7
Jim searches seats for a dropped yarn ball while Elaine knits through a film. After a comic chase, they quarrel then reconcile as Elaine’s knitting both drives Jim mad and binds them closer, ending with a quiet night and a shared draft.
The Episode in Valleydale produced by Crawley Films Ltd. Ottawa and sponsored by Manitoba Pool Elevators won top prize in non theatrical films. The Canadian Film Awards committee, backed by CA AE, the Canadian Film Institute and The Canada Foundation, awarded six classes. The film, using provincial material, aims to boost farming community activities and rural living awareness across Canada.
Readable instructions detail a yeast bread recipe mixing milk water sugar and Fleischmanns Active Dry Yeast then adding lemon rind and bread flour. After kneading and first rise the dough is rolled, sugared with brown sugar and honey, walnuts added, formed into a ring in a tube pan, second rise, baked at 375 to 455 minutes with honey and walnuts finishing.
Since Albert Zeemel's 1952 Lake Athabasca strike, Uranium City grew from a trickle to a rush as prospectors swarm northern Saskatchewan. News boosted Gunnar Gold Mines stock, while government support built a frontier town with $1 water, a single beer parlor, and rampant syndicate activity. Prospecting costs are low, planes ferry seekers to unclaimed areas, and fortunes have gone to roadies and bricklayers. workers earn higher wages, underpinned by a long term contract for Canadian uranium oxide with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Edmonton officials report a whitefish weighing 11% pounds may be a record taken from Lac Ste. Anne forty miles northwest of Edmonton during a four day commercial season. The fish likely aged about fourteen years. L A Rice of an Edmonton fish packing firm notes only an 11 pound whitefish he has seen near that site was from Lake Erie.
The Air Force announced arrival of an advance party at Cold Lake 150 miles northwest of Edmonton to establish Canada’s largest firing range. The facility will provide armament training for fighter pilots.
Hon. C. E. Greenlay predicts northwestern Manitoba will produce 10 to 15 times more forest products in 30 years, with agriculture remaining key. He cites expanding Duck Mountain forests, improved forest management, and gains in beaver, deer, moose, elk, and fish, plus growing tourism and sport fishing along Highway No. 10 and Lake Winnipegosis areas.
Scout Bob Cantlin of the 28th Edmonton Troop noticed bubbles rising in a pool of water and alerted others. He stayed on scene to warn smokers as a gas crew was dispatched, preventing a potential disaster.
PFRA community pastures in Saskatchewan's southwest support 15 pastures under Swift Current supervision led by agriculture supervisor R C Graham. In 1952-53, 600240 acres fenced served 17029 patrons with 27393 cattle, 191 horses, 6891 cows bred, calf crop 94 percent, and measures against blackleg edema and septicemia. Regrassing has added 45846 acres, boosting grazing and hay production. Nashlyn Bull Station develops Purebred bulls for PFRA pastures. Water supplies improved after late snows, but native grass growth remains slow due to a cold April. Policies restrict pasture use to residents of the local municipalities, tightening outside grazing requests.
In Mossbank Saskatchewan a hen laid an exceptionally large egg weighing four ounces with a circumference of 62 inches. The unusual clutch of measurements highlights a surprising poultry feat reported in local notes.
The Lindalee Instruction Book of Needle Weaving offers hats babywear bags and accessories without a loom. A blunt tapestry needle weaves wool through scrim or plastic using 11 patterns. Priced at 45c, orders go to Dept. PPL Home Workshop Patterns 4433 West Fifth Ave Vancouver BC. Send for Your Copy.
Dal Ingram, a fisherman from Ladner, British Columbia, landed a 452-pound Pacific sturgeon in the Fraser River. The article notes that this species can reach weights up to 1,000 pounds, unlike lake sturgeon found elsewhere in Canada.
In Southern Manitoba regions manufacturing has advanced to the point where gross value of production surpasses agriculture output for the province.
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