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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1957
Page
2
Civil Defence Day on October 4 urges every community to participate in a nationwide plan. The article explains target city evacuations and reception centres, detailing early evacuee billeting and warning times, and warns that without citizen support the program fails.
Advertises pattern 7237 for a cable-stitch rug and matching seat cover easy to knit with rug cotton or old stockings. Send 35 cents to Household Arte Department Toronto address. print name and address. Bonus free patterns and a needlecraft book offer for 1957 with 25 cents copy cost.
A 68 painting British collection from 18th century Britain sails on the Saxonia to Canada for display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Toronto from September to February 1958. Included are works by Reynolds Gainsborough Hogarth and others with royal loans from Elizabeth I and the Duke of Devonshire.
Rain across southeast halted harvesting briefly but beet growers stay optimistic. K. T. Kroeker of Manitoba Sugar Beet Company says conditions look favorable and a bumper crop is possible. Manitoba Sugar Beet Co supplied about 85 percent of last year's Manitoba sugar. A rhinologist is a nose specialist.
A string of light jokes contrasts advances like self popping toasters with rustic farm life. Two farmers trade family foibles while a grandpa croaks for cash and a grocer ponders limburger. A bus scene unfolds with two young women lighting cigarettes as a motorman hesitates for ladies.
Swift Current plans the Miss Swift Current contest with out of town contestants invited this year. September 27 crowns the queen at Elks Hall with a 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. dance and modern orchestra. The winner represents Swift Current in the Miss Saskatchewan Roughrider contest in Regina later this fall. Local past winners Lynda Fleming and Frances Stewart previously took provincial titles and appeared at the Grey Cup.
The Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation demands prompt steps on the Souris Valley Housing Company loan. If no definite site title and construction start occur by September 30, SVHC must reapply in spring 1958 at a higher rate, with CMHC loan set at 260000 for a 300000 senior citizens home in Estevan.
Meadow Lake welcomed 275 high school and 834 elementary students as 14 country schools closed last year. Students come by bus, now constituting about 20 percent of the town’s learners. Officials anticipate enrollment rising further with 26 more high school enrollees expected soon across Martin Gran Westview and Lakeview elementary schools.
The Recorder Reston Manitoba reports two derailments disrupted train service. A freight derailment between Brandon and Belmont delayed livestock from Belleview loaded by Mrs Van Loo, not moving until after dinner Tuesday. A Friday passenger derailment near Greenway halted weekend service.
Canadian National Railways delivers frozen milk blocks to Churchill, Manitoba, using wax cartons and army support. Winnipeg dairy co operates with the Army and CNR to pre freeze milk in quart blocks, cutting transit to fresh quality.
In peacetime disasters and in war, Civil Defence can save lives and reduce property damage, emphasizing preparedness and organized response to emergencies.
Printed Pattern 4859 offers three apron styles for Misses Medium size. Each apron uses one yard 35 inch fabric with printed directions. Send 40 cents in coins, include size number and address to Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto.
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