Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 01, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 1, 1940. Whittier Park arrayed in full color for opening of races horses More horses big and Little dark and Light have journeyed to Winnipeg in the last few weeks and Are showing their to rho Fields and romping Home winners in some of Winnipeg s meet. Saturday is the big Day when arc held and for Many Days before it men and Lowed the reports of past performances picked up nation about condition and training in Ruren Aratine the races the bits of for Ray the f the Manitoba jockey Clu o. Ark. Was the setting for Tho at Winnipeg s plants Ness Birchard baby son to be christened la Mother s Robe the christening of the infant son of or. And mrs. Ronald Birchard will be at morning service sunday at St. Stephens Broadway Church. Or. G. Woodside will officiate As Smint their Bright insisted by Rcv. Harold Frame. Then he citing Fer baby will be named Alan Sparling i excite mint and All Jand will Wear the christening Robe a Iii Lor the pretty j worn by his Mother. He race rack Oji ors in bunt in Honor of miss Margaret Hollcr hot the grand land or. Douglas Bruce whose mar raising of the flags Ridge will take place june 15, mrs. In Ark the opening Jyh. Temple Hart Avenue enter which trained informally. Friday evening. Boniface is the members of the St. Of the child Ren s h again were on a a and cakes even lunch Newi to the official groups . Icing Money to care for sick i no crippled children the evened for to thether it s a trip away or a visit Home Early summer travel adds spice to social life before Holiday time puts Homes on a vacation basis. Miss Edith Leistikow arrived last week from los Angeles calif., where she spent the Winter to renew former friendships and is at present the guest of mrs. A. E. Warren and miss Barbara Milvor Hertford Boulevard prior to leaving shortly for new York where she will visit her sister mrs. Frank e. Delano and or. Delano for the next two months. Miss b1llie Pryce Jones enjoyed an Eastern Spring As she visited in Toronto for a few weeks last month the guest of or. And mrs. E. A. Smith. She expects to spend the summer at Sandy Hook Lake Winnipeg where her parents or. And mrs. O. Pryce Jones have a cottage. Miss Margaret Martin who has spent the last few weeks visiting in Toronto and Montreal is expected Back during the week end by motor and will be the guest of her grandmother mrs. R. A Wilson Wellington Crescent. Miss Martin is the Daugh Ter of Bishop Henry d. Martin and mrs. Martin of Prince Albert sask. Mrs. Andrew herein with her Small son William Francis finds the Garden of her father s Home fascinating these warm Days. Mrs. Herein will spend the next few weeks with her parents Hon. And mrs. J. P. Molloy Dorchester Avenue. A presentation was made to the guests of Honor. The Ford motor company of Canada is entertaining at Tea saturday at the Royal Alex Andra hotel where the second group in motor mechanics receive their diplomas and pins. Iea in ing convened Lor miss Myrtle Stagg of Kingston opening k by mrs. We. C. Rus qnt., who has been the guest of or. Sel. 2nd Day she was Assis and mrs. F. H. Williams will leave Ted by mrs. Huberts Allan and sunday for her Home. c. Graham. The group of i Erving Tea mrs. Russell Mac can of Cal mrs. Fred c. By a Char. Mrs. Rob irigary. Who has spent the last few c. M x. R. Desbrisay. Months in Eastern Canada is the a. D. Duncan mrs. Arthur de i guest of or. And mrs. C. F. Roe Jardin. Mrs. H. A. Doak. Mrs. Ross Murray. Mrs. John Morgan. Mrs. Michael o Hora and mrs. Victor Waverley Street. Her father or. W. J. Stokes who accompanied her is staying with or. And mrs. S. H. Roe. 65 Shirburn Street. Miss bill1e Pryce Jones miss Edith Leistikow music teachers to hold dinner for English visitors Manitoba registered music teach ers association will hold a dinner monday at 6.30 p.m., at the motor country club lower fort Garry when their special guests will be or. And mrs. F. J. Staton of Lon Don eng. An interesting pro gramme of games has been arranged and attractive prizes will be presented. Members May Briar guests. V Ives and daughters of Mem Bers of the Canadian manufacturers association in Winnipeg attending the 69th annual meeting were Honor guests of the Hudson s Bay company at luncheon Friday. Officials of the company welcomed the visitors to Winnipeg and luncheon was served from tables Gay with Early summer Blos soms in the pastel shades. Mrs. W Campbell was in charge of arrangements for the visitors. W Honor Florance of miss Mary Kate a june Bride elect miss Betty Dean will entertain tuesday evening. V miss Joyce Burns daughter o or. And mrs. Kenneth Burns has left to spend the summer in to Ronto where she will be the gues of her Uncle and aunt or. And Stafford Roberts. Army cooking set up somebody s headache woman writer finds by Gladys m. Arnold. Paris. The germans pushed through Neutral countries around the Northern end of the Maginot line to attack France the serving daily of from to meals from the giant army kitchens of the French army had become an established routine. It is still routine along the major part of the line and any woman with the Job of keeping the budget menu and the food fancies of a family untangled can imagine the headache some body has with armies of millions. In earlier wars the problem was comparatively easy. Napoleon for instance simply foisted his army upon the citizens. Chickens and baby pigs disappeared As if by magic. Orchards were robbed to supplement the meagre army rations. It took four years of the first great War to perfect a feeding sys tem suitable to modern warfare. How is it done in the present War somewhere in France i visited one of the Supply stations which like Many others Are scattered All Over the country. After some hours travel in the direction of x we stopped at the Little City y to visit the provisioning depot for More an a i miss Margaret Martin delegates from Many places j to attend Eastern Star j grand chapter s session was 1 w Aper o a ill hold its eighteenth annual loyalty session and thursday in tie Royal Alexandra hotel. Delegates and thursday in the Royal Alexandra of. Members irom 25 chapters throughout the provice Are expected to i sister. South Dakota Mcmana 1 to Sci the registration of delegates will Start Many guests have their intentions of being present such As mrs. Anna Winston smaller Cund up Montana most worthy grand Matron general grand chapter. Order of the Eastern Star North and South Dakota Mcmana e members of the order Wil a old members of the chapter committees. General grand represent from All sister jurisdictions throughout Canada and the United tates Are expected to be present so past and present grand officers Saskatchewan Alberta and a Urio and the states of Minnesota state Elso in be opened tuesday at 8 p.m., at convention Headquarters when offi Cio welcomes will be extended an to. The formal open will take place wednesday Mornin at 9 o clock and the business of the session will begin. Presiding the deliberations will be mrs. Jea Irwin Neepawa. Man., worthy Gran Matron and John c. Cartwrigh Winnipeg worthy grand Patron to groups join Catholic league to arrange third scholarship Tea under the distinguished patronage of archbishop a. A. Sinnott the third annual scholarship Tea convened by the Catholic women s league and under the sponsorship of the of Columbus and the ladies auxiliary of St. Paul s ollege will be held in St. Mary s Academy and College tues a afternoon and evening. Mrs. J. O. Latremouille is the eneral convener assisted by mrs. C. Quinn. In the absence of the diocesan resident of the Catholic women s eague mrs. George Smith second ice president will receive with convener and Kev. J. S. Holland St Paul s College Mother Avila provincial Superior of the Sisters of the holy names of Jesus and Mary and sister Theodore of Lexandria Superior of St. Marys the conveners of the various committees Are members of the War puts stamp on women s work Hung in Academy London. Up most inter Estin of the landscapes at the Royal Academy s War time exhibition is Dame Laura a Magius january 1940. In bold outline it depicts a team of horses Man aged by a land girl blowing fur rows in an Orchard with a Sprinkle of Snow on the ground. The dominating tones Are Pur ple and Grey and there Are greenish tints on the Sun splotches Snow. Among portraits commanding because of the Allied Campaign in Central Norway is Cathleen Mann s Oil of major general Carton de , who directed operations there. Royal Canadian mounted policeman of Cathleen Mann is a study of a Young Man with Alert expression wearing Khaki Battle dress and a forage Cap. Catholic women s league or the ladies auxiliary of St. Paul s col lege. Those in charge Are Mes dams w. C. Casey. Joseph Walsh and Joseph Donovan assist ants. Mrs. Harold Donovan tables mesdames Leo Farmer. J. H. Crow Ley and s. C. Hale refreshments mrs. Harold Turner musical pro gramme mrs. Arthur Henderson exchequer mrs. W. English and mrs. T. J. Murray. Moore p. H. Mcnulty h. G. Frederickson Leo Mccarthy John Lynch and. J. I. Mor Kin will be in charge of the Library being reserved for the clergy and men attending the Tea. Miss Constance Stefanik and miss Miriam Dugan will sing accompanied by mrs. G. Maurice Gelley. The following make up the refreshments committee mesdames Harold Turner. D. J. O Neil c. J Dillon l. W. White. J. J. Carey l Shickell o Brien p. Levesque w Powell and j. A. Tinning. The exchequer will be in of mesdames a. J. O Brien Harold Turner r. R. Macdonald l. Cas Sidy. J. Rollwagen w. Hiscox c. S Macdonell c. M. Brown e. F Manning e. D. Macgregor l Shickell e. Eibner f. J. Tonkin m. A. Mclnnis c. C. Quinn 3. Cas Cisa w. L. Whyte and j. A. Me Manus and misses e. Malkinski an Florence March. The proceeds Are to be Divide equally Between St. Paul s Colleg and St. Mary s Academy to provid. Scholarships for needy students. The ladies Aid of St. Jame anglican Church will hold Tea and Sale of work and Horn cooking wednesday afternoon a the Home of mrs. E. Pickering 11 Parkview Street. Mrs. A. Gere1n and William Francis Han men in one sector of he front lines. American journalist sur de by the appearance of the Soldier guarded exterior remarked disa pointedly Why it night be in a Large rounds and banked on two sides by vegetable gardens we discovered a number of weathered Low lying Stone Sheds and buildings. Nothing now on the spot but a More recently built elevator. The tantalizing odor of fresh hot bread greeted us at the Entrance to one of these Long buildings. Here bread for several Hundred thousand men was being baked. Not a modern bakery with mixing machines but a Battery of mobilized Bakers in their Caps and aprons handle the huge tubs of dough in the Way it has been done for can be duplicated by any Farmer s wife in Western Canada. The bread is excellent. The loaves Are round seven inches deep and about 14 in diameter. It is baked with a Golden crust about a thick which preserves freshness. Little water is used thus the bread is More nourishing and will keep 15 to 20 Days if necessary. In the adjoining room impressive Racks with Many shelves held battalions of ready to be loaded on the evening train. In another shed Coffee waa being roasted at the rate of pounds a Day in huge Iron balls about the size and appearance of a mine. Over a Coal fire. Two soldiers stripped to the Waist and As Brown As the Coffee itself kept the Beans turning in each Ball. Then it was spread in great vats to Cool before being packed into 100-Pound sacks for transportation. Other Sheds held thousands of pounds of dried peas several kinds of Beans lentils Rice tinned foods sugar condensed milk eggs and so on while on one Corner the soldiers were rolling barrels of wine to wait ing cars. What about meat we Send the animals to transport than in the form of it keeps better. We Don t need refrigerator said the officer. The whole Job including the care of animals the mixing of the Grain loading preparations a workshop for the preparation and repairing of sacks and so on is handled by men providing in this Case the daily bread and what goes with it for an army of men equivalent to the population of say Winnipeg twice a Day the Long trains pull the Little City on their Way East carrying a Day s rations. In Honor of mu.3 Rose Halldorson a Bride elect of june 5, a Shower As held thursday evening at the Home of mrs. A. Sandal 696 Simeon Street. The gifts were presented from a decorated Wagon. Mrs. T Halldorson presided Over the Tot table. Guests numbered 25 ;