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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1957
Page
2
The project has run about three weeks and shoulders should be finished by week’s end. The road’s deadline was November 15. It is unclear if an official opening ceremony will be held. mentions the cheetah as the fastest land animal at 70 miles per hour.
In Maidstone Saskatchewan a bachelor student romantically dines while a prairie chicken crashes through a window. The bird dies on impact and is claimed by the male involved, who jokes about hunting being easier than early rising.
The eight rivers over a thousand miles long are Mackenzie, Peace, Yukon, Columbia, St. Lawrence, Nelson, Saskatchewan, Churchill. Personal income tax started in 1917. The tallest tree is the Douglas Fir of British Columbia. In 1951 CBC operating cost was 9.5 million dollars. current annual cost exceeds 40 million. About one third of Canadians are in the labor force.
In Lanigan activity pulses in a 30 minute tour revealing brightened business fronts, a newly opened school, and about a dozen new residences built in the past year or two. Notable homes include Abe Katz and E C Chappell, with Katz noted as Guernsey Band leader and Chap pell as School Unit Superintendent.
The Red River Valley Echo reports that Altona is the last town in the Red River valley with over 1,000 people lacking waterworks or sewerage. Winkler Morden Morris Emerson and Steinbach have recently gained these utilities Carman already had both. Engineers are planning a sewer project for Altona while a government sub committee studies a water grid to serve Altona and other valley centers.
Manitoba Department of Industry and Commerce announced to the Winkler Chamber of Commerce that it will publish a survey of Winkler this year. The survey aims to provide basic information for outsiders assessing manufacturing and commercial prospects and will forward questionnaires to retail establishments on three headings: business classification, volume of trade, and trading area.
The 35th annual Canadian Woollen and Knit Goods Association conference highlighted 33 Canadian made wool jersey garments. Kathleen Brimer of Toronto won a year’s fashion school scholarship at Ryerson Institute of Technology for a ten garment wardrobe plus the runner up. The collection showcased versatile jersey outfits from sleepwear to a white evening gown with embroidered details and bold color, and will tour Canadian centres including a Royal Winter Fair presentation in Toronto.
Whooping cranes were seen Saturday morning by C E Richards near Aneroid Sask with field glasses. He watched them circle low over a field and veer west, noting the large white birds with red crowns and black wing tips. Last year a neighbor, Harry Wood The News Magnet, reported cranes in Aneroid.
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