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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 30, 1961
Page
2
Spring rhubarb inspires a simple bead pudding style dessert with a brown sugar topping. The article blends rhubarb lore with a cookie mix recipe concept and a family dessert note. It mentions rhubarb as a vegetable often mistaken for fruit and links it to springtime kitchen uses.
The text lists a rhubarb pudding recipe using 2 cups rhubarb 2 cups bread cubes sugar cinnamon and eggs with milk and butter, baked until set then browned sugar and cream served warm. Also includes a basic cookie mix for light to dark brownies with chocolate eggs sugar and nuts baked in a 9x9 pan.
Fisheries Branch introduces Manitoba Master Angler Silver and Gold Awards for anglers with five or ten qualifying catches each of different fish species. Nearly 1,000 hold bronze. 23 have affidavits for two species, with one angler at three. Eligibility lists minimum weights and provinces rules. no entry fee. affidavits must be sworn.
Pattern offer features five styles for easy sewing of cafe curtains. Includes numbers and directions. Pattern 7017 priced at thirty-five cents in coins. Order from Hauerkold Arts department in Toronto.
An early 1910 auto writer predicted roads would be made of artificial rubber by 1960 and motor cars would ride on iron tires. He believed iron tires would avoid the tire troubles of early cars. The article notes the era’s average mileage was just over 1,000 miles.
The Vehicle Safety Committee of the Canadian Highway Safety Council warns that a mechanically unsafe car part can be far deadlier than a hazardous home appliance. A tire blowout, lights failing, or steering failure at 50 mph can cause rapid, deadly crashes harming occupants and others. Emphasis on thorough checks of lights, glass, steering, mirrors, brakes, exhaust, horn, wipers and tires to save lives, especially after harsh winter driving. No one can think for you. Safety is in your hands.
Mrs. H. R. Le Streight of the Council of Women argues widows face excessive taxes on pensions and government estimates of longevity. She urges the 115 federated societies to lobby MPs for complete elimination of widow pension taxes and awareness among Canadian women.
Home Workshop advertises Pattern 423 for actual-size cutting guides with a lift-out tool box and kneeling pad plus a weed trash carrier. The pattern, in Packet No. 27 with Small Tool House and two other garden patterns, costs $1.75 from Home Workshop Patterns, Department P.P.L., 438 West Ltd Ave., Vancouver.
Selkirk Metal Products Ltd from Selkirk Man began as a one man operation and grew to a 150 worker firm with plants in Winnipeg and Brockville sales in every province. Thorkell Sveinson invented the Selkirk Chimney and started manufacturing in 1933 in Selkirk. Over a quarter of a million chimneys have been installed across Canada and the North West Territories. Mt Etna is Europe s largest volcano.
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