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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 22, 1962
Page
5
Practical home painting guidance covers making stairs visible with bright walls and striped edges, proper brush handling to avoid bristle bending, dipping limits, tapping instead of scraping, and using non chalking masonry paints for durability. It also notes acrylic latex exterior paint can be applied after a shower and saves touch up paint for future use.
In 1961 there were 2,600 failures under the Bankruptcy and Winding Up Acts, down eight percent from the previous year. The decline indicates improved business conditions as firms faced financial distress.
The Tourist Pavilion at the South Saskatchewan River Dam opened for the 1962 season with hours from 9 am to 9 30 pm daily. It features models, displays, and a turbine scale model from Saskatchewan Power Corporation to explain the project to visitors. About 150 000 people have visited since construction began in 1958, mainly from the prairie region and arriving from the United States, the British Commonwealth, China, Japan, and elsewhere.
The spring census shows Calgary core up 20,000 to 269,000 with suburbs Bowness and Montgomery included, boosting metropolitan total to 283,000. This release, issued Tuesday, marks the latest official count.
The 1909 flight marks Nova Scotia’s earliest powered aircraft achievement, occurring six years after the Wright brothers’ Kitty Hawk flight in North Carolina. The event places Nova Scotia in early aviation history and highlights local progress in aeronautics.
Grandfather Walter Boyko, a Canadian Pacific foreman, used the Helger Neilson respirator method learned in a CPR course to revive 18 month old Douglas Boyko in Tyndall Manitoba. After a near-fatal episode the child recovered, spent ten days in hospital, and doctors credited artificial respiration with saving his life during Save a Life Week May 14 19. Walter plans to attend training again with friends.
Canada recorded 474000 births in 1961 with a birth rate of 26.1 per 1000, marking the fourth straight annual decline since 1957 when the rate was 28.3. The smaller rate reflects continuing demographic shifts impacting fertility across the country.
A shopper-friendly list highlights 100 plus items such as individual fruit juice, whipped cream in pressurized cans, jelly powder, dietetic canned fruits, salt in shakers, frozen Chinese foods, French style beans, corn niblets, buttered refrigerator rolls, cocktail sausages, and instant buttermilk powder. Also featured are plastic bags, a plastic lemon squeezer, heavy plastic bowls, and Teflon pans with cautions on use and care.
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