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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 06, 1956
Page
7
A flood of innovative paper products emerges from researchers. Leatherlike paper gowns and rompers show potential, while reinforced paper fibers enable cheap, disposable fashion. Paper towels double as soap delivery, creped wet-strength toweling cleans skin, and self-adhering wallpaper with insecticide or dirt repellent features enters homes.
A collection of humorous vignettes and quips. Jokes range from a soldier in a taxi unable to pay, a Wall Street executive with flirtatious barbs, a country club member with a yacht captain’s hat, to a father’s academic grandchildren and a boy named Johnny learning to fix a bicycle chain.
The Department of Agriculture announces Parkland, a six rowed Manchurian type malting barley developed at Brandon Experimental Farm, Manitoba. It shows high yield, strong straw, good rust resistance, and limited smut resistance. Distribution aims for Western Canada with a 200000 bushel supply, priced by seed class, via official orders to farmers and seed growers, starting December 1956.
The Scouting annual notes last year’s World Boy Scout Jamboree in Niagara on the Lake Ontario drew over 11,000 Scouts from 71 nations, marking it as the largest international youth gathering ever held in North America.
Fourteen Manitoba 4-H Club members gear up for the National Club Week rally in Toronto from November 10 to 15. Winners were selected at a Winnipeg dinner sponsored by the Department of Agriculture and approved by Minister Hon. C. L. Shuttleworth. Finalists emerged from regional contests built on local competition winners, with four major projects sending two representatives each and six projects sending one each.
A London man fathers twins twelve days apart as the first born at 12.50 am May 18 and the second at 6 am May 50. The father, after hours of hospital vigil, seeks the record for twin birth delay, with prior examples in Strasbourg 1864 and a Delaware case in 1955. Doctors note delays often reflect weight differences and travel for care. In Scotland 1934 twins arrived two days apart with a long island journey to hospital.
Sir Edmund Hillary prepares to lead a 23 man New Zealand scientific team in International Geophysical Year work and the Commonwealth Transantarctic crossing. The party will depart Dunedin in December aboard the Endeavor, with depots and supply dumps staged from Shackleton Base to Scott Base on the Ross Sea.
Cold sickness drives absence in schools and industry during winter. Avoid catching colds by avoiding people who cough or sneeze without tissues. Build resistance with balanced meals rest and outdoor exercise for better health.
Milwaukee readers reported a bright object over Lake Michigan thought to be a flying saucer. The planet Venus, about 43 million miles from Earth, was later identified. a wartime naval log noted sailors fired at Venus, which fell short.
The Book of Knowledge notes over 50 native oak species exist worldwide with about 25 suitable for lumber. Lumber oaks split into two main groups, white oaks and red oaks, with usage patterns discussed for local markets.
Two fashion influences drive a fall surge in men’s headwear featuring flat crown hats and ivy caps. The revival includes pork pie styles with varied fabrics, center crease crowns, and lighter felts for comfort, plus belts, tweeds, and corduroys in muted tones and decorative bands.
A simple repair suggests fastening a strip of wood to the edge of one French door to project about one inch. When closed, the projection covers the joint and blocks drafts and weather intrusion.
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