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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 30, 1954
Page
6
A woman remaining behind as her sister and brother in law leave for Colorado endures loneliness in an empty house. The scent of chores and a forgotten vacation plans clash with her desire for escape and companionship, steering her to return home to tend the stove and consider sewing curtains for the kitchen.
The Alberta rabies control committee says about 50 confirmed cases have occurred since September 1953, with half in Athabasca and the rest across northern Alberta. The nearest cases to Edmonton were two in Westlock, about 50 miles north. The disease spread into Alberta from the Northwest Territories in 1952.
Canada is largely free from trouble with food and drugs below standard quality. Food and drug inspectors monitor domestic and imported items and urge citizens to report filthy, decomposed or adulterated foods to local inspectors.
Hon Paul Martin announced federal grants totaling over 75 600 for Manitoba and Saskatchewan hospitals. Birtle District Hospital will get 26 313 to replace an obsolete building with 16 active beds a six bassinets nursery and modern surgical x ray and lab facilities plus a community health centre and nurses residence. Manitoba receives 24 227 for x ray equipment at St Boniface General Hospital to boost diagnostics and training. Saskatchewan所得 25 150 funds will strengthen rehabilitation programs at Regina and Saskatoon Physical Restoration Centres for disabled residents.
A North Battleford couple moved and placed their two year old cat with friends on a Vermilion Alberta farm. Within two weeks the cat returned to the old home, meowing at the neighbors, and the Thiessens soon reinstated the cat to their family where it is now content.
Lethbridge Alberta youths Jerry McLaughlin aged 16 and Irvine Baerg 14 are described as the youngest to navigate the 200 mile Waterton Lakes to Lethbridge canoe trek. Accompanied by three companions in a separate canoe they began from Water ton Lakes national park camp. The second craft tipped on wire strands early and its crew returned to camp.
Ottawa reports a new 280 foot dam north of Vancouver will receive upstream spawning aids. Tank trucks will move cohoe and steelhead to upper reaches and a ski jump on the dam will ease young salmon down to the ocean. Water flow plans and a fishway guide fish into loading pools with a steel hopper lifting them into transport tanks for return above the dam.
Regina report notes Canadian women may avoid perfume due to advertising emphasis on sex and high costs. Roland Haumont, touring cities, cites costly manufacture and elaborate packaging as factors. He mentions disguises like sachets and powders, and contrasts Anglo-Saxon use with French habits.
In Memphis a young girl enters a Union Planters bank and asks to change a dollar into nickels then dimes then quarters. She counts each set at a table and explains she is learning to count money before leaving with her half dollars.
A at-home sewing item from Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog advertises a tissue pattern 7316 for a one yard 35 inch apron without embroidery. Features iron-on red petunias with green leaves, medium size only, and washable color transfer in red and green. To obtain pattern, send twenty five cents in coins to Department P L Household Arts, 60 Front Street W Toronto, write your web address and pattern number clearly. Also promotes 82 embroidery, crochet and sewing designs plus four patterns in the book and a copy available for twenty five cents.
Ottawa reports a new record with ten motor vehicles registered for every 43 Canadians at end of 1953. Total registrations reached 3,420,672, up 129 percent since WWII. Alberta shows ten vehicles per 31 people, Ontario logs ten per 44 for passenger cars, and motorcycles drop slightly as overall vehicle growth slows in the Maritimes.
The eighth overseas Scots reunion is being organized for July 1, 1955 with several hundred Canadians expected to meet in Edinburgh. J Arthur of Winnipeg is arranging details and tours of Scotland including Oban and the Trossachs. The seventh reunion occurred in Aberdeens in July this year.
The Baltimore Sun praises Queen Mother Elizabeth as a royal guest who personifies graciousness. The editorial notes the crown's long use of the term gracious for monarchs and commends Her Majesty for her evident appreciation of cordial receptions and New York City's attractions during her public appearances.
About 30 top British pedigree Hereford cattle will be shipped to Regina Saskatchewan in July 1955 for an international show and sale as part of the province’s centenary celebrations. Announced by Jack Gibson president of the Hereford Herd Book Society at its annual meeting in Hereford England. He noted world demand for pedigree Hereford cattle is at an all time high.
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