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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1945
Page
2
The Springfield Leader is an independent weekly newspaper published Tuesday by Springfield Leader Limited. It is printed by The St. James Leader in Manitoba. Subscription is $2 per year. advertising rates are 3 cents per agate line. District representatives are listed for multiple towns.
Veterans home on the farm press for electric living with ranges, refrigerators, lighting, and water. Electricity would ease chores, power grain threshing, and run shop tools. Manitoba surveys in 1942 confirmed feasible farm power for 53 000 farms and outlined a province wide plan to launch farm electrification once labor and materials return.
The November service times are set for the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3 p.m. and the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 7 p.m. Sunday school begins at 2 p.m. D. Friesen will conduct services.
Pine Falls church services list Sunday worship at 11 am with Sunday School. Prayer meetings on Wednesday at 7 30 pm and Thursday at 8 pm. Sunday services repeating weekly under Rev W H J Walter and L Th Dur Eng.
Notre Dame Parish schedules for Thursday November 1 with High Mass at 10 30 a m and evening prayer benediction at 7 30 p m fast day of obligation on eve of All Saints. Friday November 2 commemorates the Faithful Departed with Communion at 8 a m and Low Masses at 7 30 and 8 a m High Mass at 9 a m Rosary closing at 8 p m. Saturday November 3 Saint Gerard Mass 8 30 a m. Sunday November 4 Great Falls Mass time and Lac du Bonnet 3 48 Hrenchuk details incomplete.
Rev Louis Lahaie pastor announces Monday Wednesday Friday evening prayers at 7 30 p m for catechism classes Grades I to VI on three o clock p m and Grades VII to IX on Tuesdays and Thursdays Daily Mass at 7 30 a m.
Mrs J Wegle reports a Hallo ween party in the hall on October 23 for Ada Jean Frost who left Bissett to live in Ontario High school students were invited and Ada Jean received a pen and pencil set Private Richard Wegle returns home on eight month leave Proceeds from Tag Day for The Manitoba Cancer Relief and Research Institute totalled 28 70 Mr and Mrs Nieminen spend holidays in Winnipeg Miss Molly Morrice formerly of the San Antonio School teaching staff goes to Halifax Nova Scotia for the winter Norman McLeod and family return to Bissett to make their home United Church W A continue
Mr Warkentine of Beausejour inspected San Antonio schools last week. In Bisset a meeting on October 20 explored aims for a youth club including a literary section, a dramatic section for winter plays, and improving community recreation. Officer nominations set for November 11.
Local residents report letters from Finland and travel updates as Lieut Ray Hanson visits family in Charlotte Town and returns to his parents in Lac du Bonnet. Several residents, including Steve Sopotiuk and Doris Shaparsky, share trips to Winnipeg and Rennie while others plan church meetings and fundraisers for Notre Dame church. Dire warning to submit war veteran names to the post office.
The Kinsmen Club of Winnipeg sponsors a Halloween Shellout in Lac du Bonnet to raise funds for a local cause. Shellout stamps will be sold and distributed on Halloween night with the community guiding donations. Children may exchange stamps for apples and candy, reporting counts to teachers on Thursday morning.
The Lac du Bonnet Foods and Nutrition classes run the shellout stamp sale with girls and boys competing for six prizes top three in each gender. Bea Tomlinson, president, will collect funds and report progress. Next week will publish winners and the charity benefiting from the proceeds.
J D Curling proposes a regional curling championship with seven clubs, each sending one rink to compete for a trophy. A $2 entry and host club cinnder costs are proposed, with two days of play and a rotating host based on last season's winner. Lac du Bonnet Curling Club sets a Nov 7 meeting for officer elections and potential approval.
Farm News describes mastitis as a severe udder disease in dairy cows and notes that Lost milk production often continues after illness. Dr. J. S. Fulton of Saskatchewan University reports injecting penicillin into affected udders, with eight of nine cows producing usable milk five days later. one may have improved with another injection.
The article outlines satisfactory rations for hogs from weaning to market weight, including mixtures with oat chop barley and hog concentrate, plus liquid aids like skim milk. It also covers breeding sow rations and a poultry fattening mash, then shifts to a three week weather forecast claimed as an inherited art with hopes of a late freeze-up.
A brief note applauds meteorologists for their wartime weather work and its impact, reflecting on forecasting as a crucial aid to military planning and morale.
Winter overhaul advice urges farmers to repair and replace worn parts during fall and winter. Plan ahead with orders for unavailable parts, have bearings and axles inspected, and ensure lubricating systems work. Check ground-working parts for cracks and wear, sharpen components as needed, and protect equipment through the off season.
English grown orchids are exported worldwide as garden hybrids from Yorkshire nurseries eclipsing tropical varieties. Hardened English seeds yield hardier plants and hybridisation improved blooms. Orchid cultivation requires three to six years to bloom, with expert control of atmosphere and shading, boosting overseas demand after shipping space shortage is resolved.
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