Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 2-9. 1940. Mrs. Howard Spence and Judith Hometown newspapers Greet Canadian lads visiting Beaver club by Diana Dane London in View of Canada s magnificent War Effort and he arrival Here of More of her men it was a great privilege to be to go Over the Beaver club for Canadian and Newfoundland service men. Run on funds subscribed in Canada and with the help of prominent men and women in this country. Housed in the former London county Council building in gardens close to the admiralty the club expresses the very essence of Comfort and Friendly cheerfulness. Mrs. Vincent Massey is Leader and lady Borrett is chief of the groups of Volunteer helpers under their respective captains. Wife of he distinguished Soldier. General sir Oswald Borrett. Who has seen every kind of periodical. Her con Cern for men away from their Home country is shown by the care with which she files the daily news papers from 84 different towns in service in India and in China. Canada and labels the table on lady Borrett brings knowledge which they Are arranged with their and Obear on Here places of publication work ii sailors soldiers and Aii a there Are two Ful so men. You receive a Welcome irn medi ruler the Hall where couriers Are ready to conduct you in the person you Vish and to undertaker Many duties including running the lilt. S. Eric Charles wife of brigadier e. M. S. Charles. Another distinguished sol Dier who was chief Engineer Southern command India for some years is in charge of the Fine club Library. Planning the Decora Tive scheme she chose Cool Blue Vadis Bush tuned by vivid red curtains and cushions. There Are cosy chairs lounges cases full of biography English and French and tables is Well As billiard Ames rooms where the boys can play Bagatelle darts table Tennis Bridge practically my game they like. There Are also quiet rooms for writing Reading and rest. Bath rooms. Complete1 with showers Are greatly appreciated and members have the Benefit of a Barber s shop a Post office an information Bureau and even a tailor s room where they can get their clothes pressed and Small repairs done. Close by the snack bar near the canteen is a Little shop stocked smokes sweets Post cards pens pencils soap shaving pretty Well All the Small things men Are Likely to need not Over looking bottles of aspirin. In the snack bar is the machine which mrs. M. A. Spence makes the famous Canadian dough nuts which the King and Queen sampled when they were at the club. Tea Coffee All kinds of re freshing soft drinks Are obtainable. I had lunch in the canteen and with the boys themselves took my tray gathered up my cutlery and moved along the bar to choose my menu. I could have had roast beef or Lamb with potatoes and peas but chose a very Good egg salad after which i had the Choice of several sweets and then excellent Coffee. I was interested in the Field comforts room in charge of mrs. Mortimer Appleby. It is Well stocked with every kind of Woollen Comfort in the three Blue Khaki and air Force Blue. The biggest demand usually comes after the boys have taken their bathing Parade. They come pattering up often with Bare feet explain that their socks Are worn try on new ones and go out Wear ing them. Then there is the work room where helpers Are now concentrating on equipment for the convalescent Home shortly to be opened in the country. The club Post office May sound rather prosaic but Many a confidential talk takes place there Between the canadians and the sympathetic women in charge. Next door is the information Bureau. On a slate on the Wall is chalked information regarding sleeping accommodation in the Var ious clubs and hostels catering for service men. With the for tingly bed and break fast. Here too the boys Are told How to find their Way about Lon Don and the surrounding country. Offers of hospitality by owners of country houses Are carefully there Are very so that men in need of a breath of country air can receive introductions to cordial hosts. Any Canadian or Newfoundland non commissioned officer or Pri vate of the three services has Only to go in. Produce his papers and sign the Register to become a Mem Ber. There is. Of course no fee. And any Allied service Man is Wel come to use the a guest not a the same terms. And Here in conclusion is a touch of real Romance. Standing at the registration desk one Day were two men. After registering they turned to look at each other. They were Brothers who had not met for twelve years. Retiring minister and wife honoured at Church parly a congregational social was held in St. Vital United Church on thursday evening in Honor of Rev. John w. And mrs. Little on the occasion of or. Little s retirement from the ministry. The Church was artistically decorated with Pink and. White peonies and the guests were welcomed by mrs. L. Beer president the . Or. H. B. Donnelly speaking for the Congre gation expressed their appreciation of or. Little s ministry. Mrs. Little was praised for her sympathy and work in the sunday school. Or. Donnelly presented or. And mrs. Little with a Silver Tea service. On behalf of the men s club or. Len Beer handed the minister a Book containing autobiographies with pictures of each member. Follow ing a reply by or. Little or. Fred Wray entertained with humorous songs. Tea was served from a table centred with a bowl of peonies and Matching tapers. Mrs. Alfred White and mrs. L. F. Earle poured Tea. Summer officially Here visitors Are arriving in Winnipeg to spend several a weeks and Winni Eggers Are answering the Call of the open Road. It is Holiday time and travel time. Mrs. Howard Spence with her Little daughter Judith is leaving tuesday to join her husband at Trenton ont. Miss Edith Harding was photographed with her Spaniel Mac one afternoon this week in the Garden of Bishop s court. She is leaving by motor saturday with her sister mrs. Paul Davoud to spend a month visiting in Eastern Canada and will go by Way of the United states. Mrs. John Farquhar has arrived with her husband and children Margaret and Jack from Madison wis., and will spend the summer with relatives Here and at the Lake of the Woods. Mrs. M. A. Spence whose Home is in Detroit mich., is spending two weeks the guest of her sister mrs. William f. Mackenzie and or. Mackenzie. Later she will visit her Mother mrs. A. L. Young at Souris Man. Miss Charlotte Foster is visiting her Uncle and aunt or. And mrs. . Desbrisay Yale Avenue for the summer months hav ing arrived last week from Montreal where she is on the staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital. Mrs. John Farquhar Many Winni Eggers prepare for vacation at Lakeside resorts with the Hope for More favourable weather and that old Man Sunshine will smile at least for awhile Eggers who have idiot already settled in their summer Homes for the season Are planning to enjoy the Holiday week end at the Lakeside. Miss Charlotte Foster among those who have opened their houses at the Lake of the Woods Are or. And mrs. E. W. Kneeland who will have As their guests their daughter mrs. Charles j. Martin and miss Nancy Martin for july or. And mrs. W. A. Ander son and family mrs. J. C. Gage or. And mrs. Theodore Kipp or. And mrs. J. H. Mcdonald or. And mrs. C. C. Fields or. And mrs. J. D. Perrin or. And mrs. D. K. Elliott and family or. And mrs. J. C. Holden who will have their daughter mrs. E. D. Halli Day of Ottawa As their guest for several weeks mrs. C. F. Joyce mrs. Arthur homers or. And mrs. Gordon Chown or. And mrs. Thomas Turnbull and or. And mrs. D. F. Mclntyre. Or. And mrs. Frederick w. Leistikow and miss Louie. Leistikow arrived a few weeks ago from society miss Corinne Saunderson has returned from a Holiday trip to the Pacific coast. Miss Saunderson accompanied her father or. H. H. Saunderson. Who also visited friends in the Okanagan Valley returning with his daughter. Miss Gweneth Lloyd and miss Betty hey left Friday for Minaki where they will be guests of or. And mrs. Robert Jarman. Mrs. M. E. Cross and daughter Eillen returned to their Home in Detroit mich., after spending a week the guests of mrs. Cross Sis Ter mrs. Suzanne Cross. V Winnipeg Lawn Tennis i club will hold its annual Sil ver Tea july 6, at the club House. Roslyn Road. Proceeds will be for the red Cross. V d mrs. William Hopkins returned Early in the week from Eastern Canada where she had been visit ing for the last few weeks and plans to leave Early in july for the West coast. Rev. H. G. Crozier formerly minister at Chalmers United Church and mrs. Crozier of Whitby ont., Are expected to arrive in Winnipeg thursday to be guests of or. And mrs. John Gordon. 1214 Wolseley Avenue for a few Days. To or. Ana mrs. George Bailey and miss Edith Clarke Are guests of w. A. Matheson Wellington Crescent for a few Days prior to leaving to reside in Toronto ont. Or. And mrs. Bruce Chown and family have opened their summer Home at Lac Dubonnet and have As their guests for the Long week end or. And mrs. Harold Popham and or. And mrs. Oliver Jewett. Mrs. Allen h. Bill and son Grenville will leave wednesday for Vancouver on a Holiday trip. They will visit in Hegina on the Way. Miss Ethel Johnson and miss Mildred Hopkins will leave during the week end to spend the Holiday season at the Pacific coast. Or. And mrs. John a. Rogers and their children will leave next week for the Lake of the Woods to spend a few weeks the guests of mrs. Arthur Rogers. From gaily decorated Tea tables centred with Early summer blossoms members of the St. Agnes Guild of the children s hos Pital Are serving Tea saturday at Polo Park clubhouse to help raise funds for their work for sick child Ren. With mrs. Joseph Brittain and mrs. E. C. P. Dishing As joint conveners assisted by mrs. R. S. Swan Dixon mrs. R. Allan Simp son mrs. Bernard Monk mrs. Iman Salberg mrs. E. G. Rogers mrs. Michael o Hara and mrs. J. B. Mcnair. Or. And mrs. Ralph d. Baker will join their children Allan Dennis and Jill at the Lake of the Woods for the Long week end. V or. And mrs. Ross Macdonald and their sons Bruce Ian Ronald and Angus Are holidaying at or George Allan s Island Home at the Lake of the Woods. Miss Margaret Welch leaves Satt urday evening for Minaki. Ont., where she will spend the Holiday week end the guest of miss Becky Bower. Or. And mrs. W. F. Abbott have i opened their summer Home at the Lake of the Woods. Los Angeles and Are spending the summer at their Lovely Island Home. A r. And mrs. G. Harold Aikins have opened their Otise at Sand Lake Minaki and others who Are spending the season at their Minaki houses Are or. And mrs. H. M. Tucker or. And mrs. Hoy w. Milner or. And mrs. Thomas Bower and or. And mrs. A. J. Andrews with mrs. Roberts Allen. Or. And mrs. Charles f. Pentland Divide their time Between their House at Lac Dubonnet and in town. Or. And mrs. Carl e. Austin also have a House there. Or. And mrs. Roy Parkhill left thursday for Granite Lake to spend the summer weeks and or. And mrs. R. D. Guy Are at Farlane ont. Or. And mrs. Robert g. Mcculloch have completed their new House at Hawk Lake. 0" miss Edith Harding a the Shore of Lake Winnipeg Many families open their cot tages Early in the season and remain until the Early autumn. Or. And mrs. O. Pryce Jones and miss Billie Pryce Jones have been at their Sandy Hook House for the past month or. And mrs. H. C. Mcwilliams and their family have a House at Why Tewold Beach or. And mrs. Bull with their daughters. Alice and Jane spend the summer with or. E. F. Stephen son at Stephenson s Point. Hostess chooses daisies for table at week end Tea mrs. John e. Thompson will by hostess sunday from 4 to 6 . At her Home on Lanark Street in Honor of miss Ruth. Kenway whose marriage to or. Vincent Cooney will take place in july. An attractive arrangement of Pink and White persian daisies offset by Pale Green tapers will Cerr tre the Tea table. Mrs. Bernard c. Kenway mrs. Bruce Benson mrs. W. F. O Dea and miss Rita Kenway will preside Over the teacups. The group of assistants will include mrs. Kenneth Mitchell misses allow Yin Jobin Marjorie Quinn and Patricia Whiting. Vet in Honor of two former members mrs. Howard Harvey of Rochester n.y., and mrs. Fred Muir of Vancouver the Winni Peg Branch of the Canadian women s press club will entertain at Tea at the Lodge 125 Hargrave Street the afternoon of july 2. To 3 mrs. Henry Kerr London ont., is the guest of or. And mrs. R. S. Christie Gloucester apartments. A mrs. E. B. Durham and her daughter miss Rae Durham have left by motor to spend the sum Mer in Eastern Canada. They will Stop at Windsor and later Ottawa and Fredericton. Or. Durham expects to join them later in the season. Miss Betty Dean is expected to return tuesday from a Holiday trip in Eastern Canada ;