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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1961
Page
6
The opener features Boston against Chicago in an early tilt. On October 12 Detroit hosts Toronto while New York faces Boston for a second straight night. Toronto visits Boston and Montreal hosts New York on opening week with Chicago starting Sunday October 15 at home.
A vintage advertisement describes a dollish quilt titled Little Miss Two Little Girls in the rain with a Greas bonnet and umbrella. It promotes using 2 fabrics or gay scraps, prints yardages and patch patterns, and lists Pattern 7144 from Household Arts Department P.P.L. Front Street, Toronto.
The season opens October 11 and ends March 25 with 210 games among six teams. Detroit hosts three games, New York two, Boston one. Montreal and Toronto schedule home games on two nights, Montreal Thursdays and Saturdays, Toronto Wednesdays and Saturdays. US teams favor Sundays. New York has 13 Wednesdays, 1 Thursday, 3 Saturdays and 18 Sundays. Boston 12 Thursdays, 17 Sundays, several Mondays. Detroit 1 Monday, 1 Tuesday, 12 Thursdays, 5 Saturdays, 16 Sundays. Chicago plays on most nights except Friday, with 2+ games on Monday, 4 on Tuesday, 9 on Wednesday, 2 on Thursday, 2 on Saturday, 16 on Sunday. Rangers and Bruins each have four games in five days on six occasions. Canadiens and Black Hawks three times. Maple Leafs twice. Detroit four in five nights once.
The average U S family grocery bill today is about one fifth of take-home pay, down from a fourth after World War One, according to the U S Department of Agriculture. Modern meals add convenience with ready-mixes heat-and-serve options and built-in paid services.
The cow tree of Central and South America contains a large quantity of nourishing white sap resembling milk, noted for its edible quality and potential use.
The 11 governments of Canada meet in Montreal October 23 28 1961 for a national conference on Resources for Tomorrow to discuss agriculture forests wildlife water fisheries recreation and regional development. Experts will assess renewable resources and set action guidelines for governing bodies to ensure the country that has everything remains prosperous.
The Demographic Yearbook for 1960 places Tokyo first among the world’s largest cities, with New York second and London down to tenth. The report shows Tokyo at 8,161,000 and New York at 7,781,984, while other top cities include Shanghai, Moscow, Bombay, Peiping, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Chicago, and London.
A reluctant groom in Maturin Venezuela says his future in laws imprisoned him in a barrel of cold water for a week to force marriage refusal, letting him out at night but chaining him by one foot to a bed in the hay loft until the appointed date.
Per capita meat consumption climbed to 146.5 pounds last year, up 3.6 pounds from 1959. Beef topped the list at 69.2 pounds per person, reflecting a shift toward heavier red meat consumption across the population.
Clear instructions show weaving braiding hooking or crocheting rugs at little cost. Includes pattern 7331 with nine rug designs, needed materials, and instructions. Send name address and pattern number to Department PVP.L 60 Front Street Yoronta for thirty five cents.
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