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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1963
Page
4
The tradition of Halloween survives because it is fun for adults to spend on children. Simple treats like jelly beans and hard candies become attractive mini knapsacks when wrapped in transparent film. Sugar cookies wrapped and decorated with lantern faces please youngsters. last minute brownies and cupcakes serve as emergency handouts.
In Floral Saskatchewan a boy recalls skating on a flooded pond with siblings Edna and brothers, a shared milestone that led to receiving his first pair of skates after his mother bought 11 pairs. He credits early help for future NHL success and Hart trophies, and expresses desire to mentor others and grow hockey fans.
A man calling himself Tarzan unleashed wild animals in Stanley Park Zoo Vancouver smashing 22 cages with a crowbar. Police pursued him for a mile before arrest. Most animals were recaptured except for one meerkat and a few others.
North American designers forecast short, neat heads and lowered nape lines to fit new collar designs in textured materials and furs. Day wear gains movement with cheek and forehead sculpting, bangs persist, and headbands become common as sleek back or crown height features rise.
Federal tests in Harrow Ontario measure small potatoes at one to two inches and find no yield advantage from dense planting. Three inch spacing produced 214 tons of small potatoes and 144 tons of table spuds using nearly three tons of seed. Six inch spacing yielded 11 percent small potatoes with the same table yield, using 114 tons of seed. Nine inch spacing gave identical yield with one ton seed. Irrigated plots nearly tripled yield over non irrigated.
The BAC One-Eleven jet airliner made a successful maiden flight at Hurn Hampshire with G R Bryce at the controls reaching 220 mph. The design aims to lead a growing market with Rolls Royce Spey engines and a 1070 to 1400 mile range. UK BAC notes orders already total about 60 aircraft for eight operators in six countries with 10 for British United Airways.
U S astronauts tested freeze dried foods as a practical way to preserve meals. The Meat Packers Council of Canada notes that freeze dried products require no refrigeration and can last up to two years if sealed, with flavors rivaling fresh in tastings. Costs remain high, limiting retail use though military and institutional buyers purchase large quantities. Campers and vacationers could be a big market if prices fall.
The ad promotes Pattern 415 for a life size Santa figure with chimney and Merry Christmas letters, plus Pattern 384 for a bronze cowgirl horse, both with full size guides and mounting directions. Priced at 1 75 dollars and 50 cents respectively, these patterns are part of Make-it-for-the-Children Packet No 70 from Home Workshop Patterns, Department P.P.CL Vancouver.
Fire prevention guidance notes that nearly half of destroyed plants are not rebuilt and jobs are lost forever as production lags or ends after fires. The text also claims Byzantines first used quid fire in warfare.
The Shaunavon Standard notes a weekly potato digging contest with Lorne Coax's knobby four pound three and three quarter ounce king spud and Bill Kiss’s 3 pounds 343 ounces effort. G E Huss grew two giants weighing lbs 10 ounces and 3 lbs 183 ounces. Frank Gehlen grew a white carrot nine 2 pounds 3 ounces. Fay Woloshyn displays an eight pounds 15 ounces turnip in the Standards window.
In 1918 Captain Brian Peck made Canada’s first air mail flight from Montreal to Toronto carrying 120 letters on board. The historic trip showcased early aircraft capability and postal ambition linking major cities and marking a milestone in aviation and mail delivery.
Canada’s federal net debt rose from 11,007,700,000 dollars in 1957 to 15,228,500,000 dollars in 1962, reflecting a substantial increase in public borrowings during the period.
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