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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1947
Page
3
Pinnewa Mrs H Leith Pine Falls Walter Inglis Elma C Wendeborn appear in a local notice listing residents and property interests with record details.
Finance Minister Douglas Abbott announced a second series of Canada Savings Bonds to go on sale October 14 1947. The bonds dated November 1 1947 bear 2 percent annual interest for ten years and may be redeemed at any time at face value plus interest. Purchases will be available to the public and through payroll savings plans already used by over 1 200 000 Canadians including 623 340 employees.
Poem translated from Gray's Luna Habitabilis 1737 imagines a future skies battle where fleets of birds dazzle spectators. Heavily national tone predicts England's enduring maritime sovereignty extended to the air. Peasants gaze skyward as flying birds symbolize sovereign conquest.
Whitemouth residents share greetings and thanks after TB survey success. Notable items include Ed Henderson’s Keewatin visit, threshing delays, birthdays, and visits by William Gillis, Otto Petterson and others. Carol Anderson turns one, Boxie Henderson recovers, and Tom Coyne returns to Calgary unit. Six in honor of Miss Mary Schmidt.
Mr J Arthur Rank head of the United Kingdoms largest film group announced television will start in London this autumn. Initial rollout will involve five or six West End cinemas.
Walter Shumilak leaves Poland for Canada and later Maryan, his wife, and children join him in Beausejour in spring 1939. After wartime service and a romance with a Polish WAC refugee, Maryan returns home with wife and 2 year old Christine on Sunday September 21 for a joyful family reunion.
Martin Monetta of Beausejour attended a stag party on September 24 as he prepares to wed on October 3. His bride is Miss Mary Hadaller of Hazelridge. C. H. Bethel presented a torchierre lamp on behalf of the guests, followed by congratulatory remarks.
A Great Falls silver tea last Saturday raised 17.40 for sport equipment for the Junior Boys Hockey team while vegetables donated by residents added 23.99 to the total. Local residents and visitors from Winnipeg and Vancouver shared travel news and greetings as community members welcomed newcomers and staff changes. The note closes with a light Old Timer Says about a wedding ring acting as a tourniquet.
A Friday gathering by senior Sunday School students directed by Mrs. W. S. McVerne Frantz and others raised 30 for Chinese Relief. Nearby social notes report visitors to Winnipeg and Seven Sisters, births, marriages, travels, and local improvements like the Elma hotel brick siding.
Weather has slowed carload shipments for this year's National Barley Contest in the west except Alberta. At the September 18 date last year 126 cars were inspected in Winnipeg with 84 Manitoba 35 Saskatchewan and seven Alberta. This year 78 cars were inspected 48 Manitoba 19 Saskatchewan and 11 Alberta. The crop is poorer with many contestants unable to ship the 1,667 bushel minimum, risking eliminations as yields and quality lag behind last year.
After more than thirty years in the district Mr and Mrs D Yachimic leave for Winnipeg where they expect to make their future home. Also noted are Mr and Mrs J S Wasiuta heading to Kapuskasing Ontario for the winter and congratulations for Mr and Mrs F Woodruff of Marathon.
A proclamation-style note emphasizes discerning spiritual sense, understanding, and demonstration in reading and practicing the Scriptures as taught by Mary Baker Eddy.
A UK radiologist demonstrated a new low voltage X ray process at the Philatelic Congress in Birmingham. The 10,000 volt detector can image stamp designs and the paper texture, exposing forgeries hidden from microscopic or UV examination and revealing repairs not visible before.
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