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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1955
Page
2
The article notes Costa Rica and parts of Nicaragua harbor abundant white faced monkeys prized as pets. It warns that capture methods would be condemned by humane societies and highlights the growing U S demand driving the trade.
In Costa Rica monkeys are captured for the U S pet trade. Buyers prefer white face monkeys for their docile nature, while natives shoot mothers to obtain babies. Exporters say demand in the United States exceeds supply, with prices ranging from 25 to 35 dollars per animal.
A motorist along a highway near Geneva New York reports a circus truck with its tailgate open. A sheriff's deputy stops the vehicle and the lion inside remains calm, making no attempt to escape.
George Henry Bull of Eastport Newfoundland built a plastic pipeline from Saucer pond to his home. The idea spread and the town connected three small lakes, creating a community water system costing about $10,000 without public aid. Residents now enjoy running water, chrome kitchens, and waste disposal units. plans for chlorination, watershed protection, and electricity expansion follow.
An old advertisement describes a home workshop Santa figure pattern with a large Merry Christmas fun cutout. It highlights two life like wooden toys, a wriggling toy puppy, and a fabric fall skirt pattern with tall 54 inch fabric, plus ordering details for Home Workshop Pattern Service and Department P.P.S. Vancouver and Department P.P.L. Toronto.
This ad promotes a 32 inch bunny gift with pattern 7313 transfers and easy directions. It instructs using heavy flannel and cotton batting and offers a 25 cent request for the pattern and the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue with various knitting crochet and embroidery designs.
Fifteen head of purebred Yorkshire hogs from Saskatchewan herds were sent to the United States to be used as foundation breeding stock for bacon hog production on a North Dakota farm owned by How ard Henry. The selection weighed on AR tested stock, with a Kernaleguen boar featuring strong bacon type and high ancestry scores, while the dams emphasized bacon quality. Dr. Curtis of Saskatchewan’s agriculture department noted possible future shipments and rising demand for advanced registry bred hogs in Canada and beyond.
Dr Moustafa Fahmy Cairo education supervisor praises Canada's school system calling it a happy medium between conservative Western European approaches and progressive American methods. On a six month visit to the United States and Canada he boards plans to remodel Egypt's system toward Canadian models.
Dave Creighton of the New York Rangers and Cal Gardner of the Boston Bruins each played for four NHL clubs: New York, Boston, Chicago, and Toronto. Gardner began with New York, then Toronto, Chicago, and finished with Boston. Creighton did the reverse, starting in Boston, moving to Toronto and Chicago, and ending with the Rangers.
Saskatoon fisheries director George Couldwell announced a successful stocking of Arctic grayling in Lac la Ronge and tributaries over seven years. A 12 inch, 14 ounce grayling aged three to four years was netted near the Bow River outlet by La Ronge fisherman McIvor McAuley, signaling a promising establishment for future sport fishing.
A camel’s body warms to nearly 12 degrees Fahrenheit above baseline before it begins to sweat, illustrating the delayed cooling mechanism in desert-adapted mammals and informing studies on thermoregulation.
Saskatchewan Game Commissioner E L Paynter announced moose and elk party hunting will be allowed for the first time. Up to four hunters may hunt under one licence with all names on the licence. The move aims to help more hunters access game, especially in remote areas, while preserving sport and fellowship. Hunters are urged to follow regulations, check zones and reserves, and contact officers if unsure. Fire danger warned as tinder dry conditions persist in forests.
A Metropolitan Information Service report cited by Health League of Canada shows accidents kill about 6,000 U S children yearly. Among ages 5 to 14, boys lose life far more than girls, with motor vehicle mishaps and drownings ranking as top causes and home safety highlighted for prevention.
A tiny Toronto widow, 55, Mrs Donald Crozier, prospecting in Northern Ontario, stakes claims in Creelman Parkin and Kenora Townships and eyes Kirkland Lake and Larder Lake. Trained in geological sciences and mineralogical chemistry, she pursued outdoorsy work from nursing to running a tea room before settling into a family life near Peterborough.
The Aarhus museum displays the 2,000 year old Grauballe man recovered by peat workers in Jutland. Curators employ a new preservation method to keep the bog body intact indefinitely, unlike the earlier Tolland man. The find sits in peat soil layers, with fine hand skin permitting fingerprints and supporting the belief that a nobleman willingly faced sacrifice to Nerthsu.
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