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Newspaper

Springfield Leader

Location

Springfield, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Nov 12, 1957

Page

6

Early car freeze-ups reported across country in October

The Rimbey Recorder notes garage owner Jim Duncan recalls the first car freeze-up on September 26 after Cliff Cunningham reported radiator trouble. Similar reports have since come in from other regions. A Lachute Watchman brief and a Grenfell Sun reflection comment on moral conduct and the law.

Jim Duncan Cliff Cunningham

Approved oil burners may be resold in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan households may sell used oil fired furnaces if the burner or furnace carries a recognized testing laboratory approval label. Minister C. C. Williams urged buyers to verify safety and consult licensed installers, noting permits are required and a valid label on the unit is essential for a safe resale.

Saskatchewan C. C. Williams Williams

Building costs up and labor driving higher prices

Previous estimates that higher labor costs alone will raise construction costs by as much as 2 percent this year may be revised upward. Prices are already pressured by wages, though many increases are absorbed. Full impact expected next spring in Atikokan Ontario according to Progress.

Atikokan Ont Progress

Sealing Wax Through the Ages

Modern sealing wax typically lacks wax while medieval seals used turpentine mixed with beeswax.

Wordplay on Spelling and Synonyms

A playful note defines a synonym as a word used when spelling the other term is uncertain, framing it as a light linguistic joke rather than a factual article item.

Manitoba Premier Seeks Major Air Centre Bid

Premier Douglas Campbell reopens the national air service question in a letter to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker dated October 18, urging an immediate re examination of the system to position Manitoba as a premier world air transportation hub.

Douglas Campbell Manitoba Sipiwesk Hudson Bay Thompson International Nickel Company J. L. Charles Canadian National Railways John Diefenbaker Winnipeg Europe Trans-Canada Air Lines Canada Campbell TCA

Fisheries director on UN assignment in Australia

Saskatchewan Fisheries Director A H MacDonald leaves Prince Albert to join a six week FAO assignment in Australia. He will be associate director of the FAO Australia Fishery Cooperative Training Centre in Sydney and Adelaide from December 15 to February 1. He noted about 35 cooperative officers from several Asian regions will attend. The FA C course will cover cooperative credit unions and fish market trading along with fisheries administration.

Saskatchewan A. H. MacDonald Prince Albert United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Australia FAO Sydney Adelaide MacDonald Ceylon United Maritime Fishermen Halifax Pakistan India Singapore Burma Indonesia Thailand Malaya F.A.C

Aid sought to check erosion of Red River bank

St. Vital Council plans to ask the provincial government for aid to finance an erosion stopping project along the Red River bank on the west side of St. Marys Road. A committee and the Municipal Engineer will invite Hon. R. D. Robertson to inspect the bank, and East Kildonan has agreed to share costs as 3.4 percent by the province 75 percent by the municipality and 25 percent by residents. Dated Winnipeg October 24 1957.

Red River St. Mary’s Rd St. Vital Council R. D. Robertson St. Vital Winnipeg Man

Neighbors News 1957 Oddities and Local Snippets

Necklace of small-town tales from across Prairie provinces recounts old debts paid, found wallets and coins, extraordinary hunting luck, a pet deer, harvest produce records, and family weddings all amid lighthearted notations and community notes.

Fire destroys barn on John Cardinal farm near Imperial

A blaze roared through the loft of the John Cardinal farm barn east of Imperial during supper hour on Wednesday, consuming the structure and its winter feed. Cardinal cleared most livestock. neighbors arrived promptly but could not save the barn housing about 4000 bushels of wheat and 400 bushels of flax, with flax recently harvested. Some insurance covered the building. The Review Imperial Sask October 24 1957.

North Battleford News-Optimist Harry Jacques Hillside Fred Brandon N. D. Cairns Calgary Harvey Hodgson Birch Hills Sask St. Walburg Enterprise Frank Nowlan, Jr Frank Yorkton Enterprise Lawrence Bilokreli Theodore Canora Yorkton Hunter MacLeod Gazette Alta Albert Brown Pinder's Lake Kipling Sa&sk Percy Burdette Handsworth Patricia Percy Kinistine Post Julius Pederson Carillon News Steinbach Man Tolstoi Tim Tim the Deer Elmwood Herald A. M. Daily Elmwood Daily Martine Jensen Stonewall Victor Bourlet Vancouver Sacred Heart Church Winnipeg Chris Jensen Simone la Hale Mark Madill Neepawa Frank Smith Foam Lake William Watson Kamsack George Cameron Haney British Columbia George Coppin Elrose Review Bobby Pittman H. Pittman Bobby J. David Lac du Bonnet A. Andrews Dover Etta Young Outlook Carson Peters Grandview Mary Cunningham W. Fellows Riverhurst Emma Carlson Wash Elizabeth Lee Valparaiso E. Oke Maidstone Lucas Radville Charles Smith Pincher Creek Virden Empire Advance Canada Joseph Jopko Virden John Diefenbaker Diefenbaker Ottawa Jopko Lost and Found Ethel Lobb Thatch Creek District Melfort Journal Betty Leslie Lobb Tom McRae Slough No. 3 Lester Schmidt Harvey Lobb Tisdale Recorder John Cardinal Imperial Cardinal John

Mechanical damage drives railroad tie replacements

mechanical damage, not decay, is cited as the main reason for replacing railroad ties, highlighting the wear and stress factors affecting track stability and maintenance operations.

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The Rimbey Alberta Chilliwack 8.C Red Deer Alts Winkler Altona Red River Valley God Grenfell, Sask., Sun Mtoe Apa Moore S. F. Dingle CNR J. C. Parke INCO C. E. Greenlay Ralph D. Parker F. C. Bell Mines and Natural Resources Paul Comtois Mines and Technical Surveys U.N CBC Morden Times Oakville Howard Christie United States Pelly Les Hunt Christie R. L. McKeen North Battleford Norman Fairley Pilot Mound EL Mapletof Fort Pitt May Black Broken Hill Sas K Household Arts Department P.P.L Front Street Toronto
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