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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1965
Page
6
The new passenger car assembly plant of General Motors at Gle-Therese West near Montreal will employ 2,500 people when operating at capacity.
The Great Falls column recalls a teen longing and a later morale lift from counting blessings. It notes visits from Pat Kropp and family, Les Morgan and others to George Lake for fishing, and local social events including a Community Church Tea, a May 28 Fashion Show, and the dedication of antique brass candlesticks at the Anglican Church. Names include Clara and John Bracken, Pat Kropp, Jim Johnston, Lars Olsen, Pearl Johnston, Ann Gittins, Wilma Warren, Mickey Janssen, Nels Nelson, Betty Toronton, Eric Carlson, Barry, Gwen and Charlie Smith.
The May weekend brought a successful wolf cub camp directed by T Lamb K Dalby B Allwright and four assistants. District commissioner D Fitzsimmons attended a Sunday service. Pinawa hosted a first baby clinic on May 7 with Dr Margaret Beaumont and district nurse Mrs Smith. The Christian Fellowship held a congregational meeting May 9 to call a resident minister, inviting Rev G Ross of Fort William. A youth centre open house May 9 featured a woodtick race at Woodtick Downs. Girl guide cookie sale May 13, with a May 20 mall bazaar planned. The Womens Club closed the season May 10 with guest Miss Arlene Draffin of Winnipeg, who had traveled to Ethiopia.
Crossroads Africa was featured with slides from a speaker last year followed by a deli lunch. The 4-H club hosted achievement day on May 12 with a welcome song for parents and friends, speeches by Simone Plunkett and Debbie Bjornson, demonstrations by Lesley Johnson, Sandy Wood, Patricia Lundman, and Wendy Torresan, clothes modeled by members, and entertainment by Laura Graham and Anita Green.
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