This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 09, 1958
Page
1
Manitoba reports 64 polio cases including 43 in Greater Winnipeg and 53 paralytic. Five new cases in 35 hours, three paralytic, a week total of 15, with three recent deaths. Two adults aged 28 and 33 among the new cases. vaccine coverage and timelines noted, and a prior misreport corrected.
Joyce Irene Packer daughter of H David Packer Pointe du Bois Manitoba wed Robert Clifford McCrae son of Clifford A McCrae Gladstone Manitoba in a quiet Monday ceremony at St Luke s Anglican Church officiated by Rev J C Clough. Attendant was Mrs Alan Owens with best man Alan Owens. A Riviera reception followed and the couple will reside in Port Arthur Ontario.
Stan Gittins reports multiple staff changes at Great Falls with Jim Taylor transferring to the Kelsey project and planning a Thompson move in July. Gordon Henschel returns to Seven Sisters, Murray Thomson earns a Great Falls promotion, and the Birstow family visits before returning to Pine Falls.
The notice invites attendance at CHRIST'S CHURCH Whitemouth with Rev W O Straw for 5th Sunday after Trinity services at 9:00 am Holy Communion and 11:00 am Morning Prayer and Sermon. Victor Cowell listed as student lent.
Manitoba suffered a major blackout when a sharp surge demanded power at Seven Sisters overloaded generators on the Winnipeg River. One generator tripped, cascading failures knocked out capacity across plants. Manitoba Hydro-Electric investigates cause and future safeguards. Thousands sat in candlelight as frigid radios failed and a pilot crashed unconscious after an emergency landing near Gilbert Plains.
The northeast Manitoba bear population is rising and farmers with loaded guns report easy access to bears. A River Hills farmer found a bear asleep amid 42 killed chicks. Four bears were killed near Lac du Bonnet by Steve Stevens and Oscar Magnuss on. Food shortages drive bears toward farms, increasing livestock risk.
Manitoba public works unveils a soil cement base experiment on a three mile Elm Creek Carman road segment. Cement is spread on sandy clay, then stabilized by a machine to form a hard base for a future paved surface. The project, part of August road work contracts totaling about 1.5 million, will start mid September with Chennell's Construction Ltd. winning a $70,300 contract.
CWNA will hold its 40th annual convention in Regina with Bill Telfer confirming Regina as the host city. The CWNA notes 19 weeklies over 100 years old and anticipates new members joining ahead of the event.
At St Marys Anglican Church on August 10 Gregory Lee was named son of Roy Brownell of Kemano B C and his wife. Godparents were H Brownell and Norman Brownell, proxy for Edward Shuttleworth of Rivers. Archibald Ennis and family from Buenos Aires visited Loomans in Manitopa area. Ennis headed to York Pa and New York after touring B C and Jasper. Others including Joyce Parker wedding, Libau visits, and Stuart family travels feature in society notes. Continued on Page 8.
Grand Marais residents mingle with relatives from St. James and Winnipeg tale of honeymoons and family visits. Gail Beveridge returns to Grade XII duties in Edwin Manitoba. Bernice Thomas passes in Beausejour while Jerry Reckseidler plans same. Fred Edward visits from Killarney. Sam Wilson recovering. Tait couple to spend first winter on boulevard. Lupakoski join teaching staff after marriage.
Boissevain Sept 5 Ransom president Mani toba Federation of Agriculture says the federal payment to prairie grain growers is inadequate and based on the wrong period. He notes prior requests for deficiency payments for 1955-56 1956-57 and 1957-58 would total about 228 million and warns of disruptive repercussions for Western agriculture and the Canadian economy.
Ted W. Kober of Vickers and Benson Ltd. lauds weekly newspapers as the only truly local mass medium and urges papers to tell their stories. He notes advertisers often lack readership data and that local leadership stories reach advertisers only if shared with associations. Other speakers included C. H. Watson and Sid Johnson.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.