Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page twelve teen age red crosses Issue own newspaper to Spur work a new publication has appeared on the news front in Winnipeg and its staff of Young people Are students of greater Winnipeg High schools. First paper of its kind the High schoo Junior red Cross news is issued to spread information regard ing the work of teen agers for the Canadian red Cross. Shower is Given for scottish Bride in Honor of mrs. Thomas Doyle of Cowdenbeath Scotland who arrived in Winnipeg recently a miscellaneous Shower was held thursday evening by mrs. John Mcmanus at her Home. 734 Arling ton Street. Little Helen Mcmanus presented the gifts and Corsage mrs. C. Warnock and miss Mary Mcmanus assisted. Guests numbered 25. Mrs. Peter m. Tod will entertain May 10 at a Trousseau reception in Honor of her daughter. Bernice Orelyn. Whose wedding to Norman m. Bickell will take place May 12. Victor Scott member Florist Telegraph delivery 31 Donald St. Pm. 93404-5-6. All branches of photography. Commercial photos. Reliable film service phone 96 647 j3d. Offal at get sofa. S24 notre Dame. Opp. St. Charlo hotel buy one More than Ore Victory Bonds Best buy for the future. Macdonald shoe store Ltd. 492-4 main St. It is an eight Page mimeographed paper and the staff includes Den Nis foot editor in chief Jane Bull Ann Williams Earl Shepherd Bil tithe Ridge assistant editors and Lorraine Middleton circulation manager. In the Well edited copy is editorial comment announcing the new paper and its Hope of form ing the connecting link for the Slack period when Junior red Cross work is relegated to the Young brother or sister of the pre High school age and the time when As grown citizens of Canada. They suddenly realize the part the red Cross has caring for sailors soldiers and airmen and prisoners of War. And its peace time function is emergencies when great accidents or catastrophes have come. The paper contains articles writ ten by students of St. Mary s Academy Rupert s land girls school Gle Lawn collegiate St. James collegiate. Kelvin technical High school. Transcona collegiate Daniel Mclntyre collegiate lord Selkirk High school. There is an article on recent expenditures by the director of Junior red Cross and one describing Junior red Cross training Camp written by a lad who attended the Camp in Minnesota. To questions and answers a writer gives a picture of the work of the Junior red Cross. There Are Brief stories of the prisoner of War parcels Section and of the International red Cross in China and a history of the founding of the society and tribute to Henri Durant. There Are stories about the work of various branches in the school issued by a Rupert s land girls school who tells of work accomplished and ends up with you try to beat us Well try to beat you. More Competition Means More work done too. The cover design with the let ters . At top a Book with crossed pen and Pencil and below the Cross symbolic of the kind of service provided in the red Cross is the work of Jacqueline Harper of Gle Lawn collegiate and the Stencil Cut was by Don Abel of St. James collegiate. Three arrange party for Margaret Manning in Honor of miss Margaret Man Ning a Bride elect of april. Mrs. J. C. Maxwell mrs and mrs. T. W. B. S. F. Haskett Hinch enter married to Brothers both trained Friday evening at mrs. Hindi s Home Palmerston Avenue. Mrs. G. A. Manning and mrs. J. Pattison presided Over the Tea table and assisting were misses Geraldine Haskett Helen Manning Marion and Dorothy Hinch. A Coffee table was the guest of Honor. Mona Morro in Honor of miss Marie Morris of North Bay ont is married to a Bride elect of april a Shower Lieut. Roger Shaw of Elm was held at her Home by her Busi man., and Florence win Ness associates thursday evening. W Shaw with a Satin comforter. The guests numbered 31. In Honor of mrs. Gordon Duthie. Formerly Mies Margery Cullen misses Margaret and Bernice Thor Valdson entertained monday eve Ning at their Home. Banning Street. Little Sharon Thorvaldson _ presented the Honor guest with a Corsage and gifts. Guests numbered 31. Mrs. Louis j. Redmond will re turn from Banff Early next week press saturday april kims Lawrence w. Allen r.c.n.v.r., miss Nasi Wiigs and mrs. Allen of Vancouver for eyed and fresh from Oxford does mercy of Winnipeg Are honeymoon not seem burdened with awareness eng at Jasper Park the guests of ii a. Victr Tiv Allt i Msj Princess Elizabeth heir presumptive to the throne is celebrating her 19 h birthday today in the country with her father Mother and softer messages of congratulation poured into Buckingham Palace yesterday from the British Commonwealth and the United states. 2 girls of . Blackouts Greet husbands in Brussels with . In Holland april 21. Pretty Young women of the . Blackouts show have broken Many trails in a year of barnstorming around . Camps and now have become the first women to live on an Allied Airfield in Holland. Two of the cast were Happy girls officers. They said Good Bye to their husbands in England and did t expect to see them for some both husbands turned up in Al fore but everyone pitched in to army rebuild it overnight in time for Ness associates is married to capt. W. Shaw. The guest of Honor was presented also of Elm Creek. Lovely permanents de luxe Waves for Spring Why waste time fussing with your hair when this Lovely no Jene permanent makes it possible a to have Lovely to look at for curls created especially for the Feather Bob. Never before such values. End curl Perm. An inti Liduia that provides smart curls. Perm. Bathed in Cream of. Wave of lasting Beauty and Charm. 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It meant getting up Early or staying tip late after a show to do their washing and ironing. Sometimes they Are Lucky enough to be in towns where they can live in hotels and once in a Wale they Are accommodated at a Field hos Pital but usually when they Are playing for . Ground and air Crews at Remote Fields they live in Nissen huts right on the air picnic when Spring winds you George Casanges of Vancouver says any hardship is Worth while. Now that we re Over Here out on these airfields on the front we really feel we re in the War he said As he packed up the instruments for another jump Forward. Bud Boyd of Victoria supervisor of the company was rounding up properties and Jug Gage to be loaded into trucks but he stopped Long enough to say this is what we be been working for to do the show in comedian to. Francis Dowie of Vancouver marvelled at the in blow cold and Damp. The band Leader sgt. marvelled Ai one Mur Piui Uei cow equity of the typhoon Squadron mrs. J. H. Mcdonald Park Joule to which they had just played. The airmen s mess where the show was put on burned Down the Day be the show. Round of parties honors mrs. Parmenter mrs. Reginald Parmenter. Of Toronto formerly of Winnipeg is a visitor Here in route to her Home after a three months visit at the Pacific coast and is the guest of or. And mrs. Charles f. Pentland Dromore Avenue. In her Honor mrs. H g Moncrieff brei Twood Lodge entertained at a Coffee party thurs Day mrs. S. E. Richards was a luncheon hostess Friday entertain ing a party of 16 at the Manitoba club. The annual luncheon of Rupert s land girls school alumnae association will be held april 28 at 115 p.m., in the private dining room Hudson s Bay store. Mrs. William Mcilhagga British War Bride will be guest speaker. Miss Edith m. Reid principal of bran some Hall school. Toronto who has been visiting at the Paci fic coast arrived Friday evening to Here a guest at the fort Garry hotel. In her Honor a group of the former students of bran some Hall Are planning an informal Tea Satur Day afternoon. T mrs Stanley pedlar mrs. Barry Wilks and mrs. W. J. Howell were joint hostesses thursday entertain ing at the Home of the latter in Honor of miss Margaret Manning a Bride elect of wednesday. A presentation was made to the Honor guests on behalf of her friends who numbered mrs. Albert Rapsey arrived Fri Day from Toronto to be the guest of her brother and sister in Law in Winnipeg spend a Day Twenty year old British girl is first consular appointee new York. Into the new York British consulate any Day and you will see history in the making in a Corner. History s maker in this Case is pretty Young Cecily Hast Ings acting vice Consul and the first woman sent from eng land with consular rank. Her title holds the word acting because England is making no fresh appointments to her for eign service during the War miss Hastings Clear skinned Grey that she is making history. But her Boss knows it. Said Consul general Francis Evans in his downtown office the other Day cd some time ago Anthony Eden said that the principle of the employment of women in the foreign service in the higher grades is accepted by the government i thi.5 appointment while not a big step in itself presages a new role for women in British foreign service. Women have something to give this service As women. In the spheres welfare and the tactful handling of Domestic relations they Are particularly capable. In charitable work and the Relief of distress women have a less formal and More s3rmpathetic approach to the prob pm of human relationships. Women Shoi ild also be valuable n England produces a lot of China linens to name a ire of interest to women. A woman n the consular service thao would understand the Point of View of hese potential buyers and interpret he buyers to the producers would of of particular use in consular commercial work. Well Start her it that one of these right now miss Hastings is work no in the general department of the consulate dealing with pass ports travel questions. Notarial mat ers and general inquiries. She was born in the malay states Nerc her father Practised Law. And returned with her family to England for schooling while still a youngster. 18 she entered Somerville col Ege at Oxford and for two years studied modern languages. There after she applied to the civil ser vice commission received an appointment to foreign service entered the consular service m Lon Don last August and at the first of the year came to America. At the end of a year s foreign service she will be entitled to a wartime degree. Hastings. Quiet mannered jv11s5 -1 and self possessed will be 21 in 7une and in a sense typifies the English woman about to come of Alberta wac wins Marksman s badge Ottawa april 18. Mary a. Morrison of red Deer alta., has become the first Mem Ber of the Canadian women s army corps to win the expert s badge highest Honor of the do minion marksmen army Competition defence Headquarters announced tonight. Maj. Morrison who qualified by shooting 95 per cent out of a possible 100, first took up Rifle shooting several years ago and continued her in Terest after her enlistment. She is responsible for the organization and supervision of . Rifle teams at Currie Barracks Calgary and in Ottawa. Canadian servicemen find cupid Busy overseas Ottawa april 21. Has gone to work on More than Canadian soldiers sailors seas overseas and about of their wives and children already have been brought to Canada. Figures compiled by defence Headquarters show soldiers and airmen have married in the United kingdom As for the Navy latest information is not available but up to last october the total was 477. Ali a mrs. A n. Lambert is spending a few weeks holidaying m the Pacific coast. Lieut nursing sister Margaret Finger who arrived recently from overseas is the guest of her in Law mrs. O. H. Finger chateau apartments. Eyes examined classes fitted wares optometrist optician 400 Toronto ctn enl Truilzi Iii on 95 330________ Winnipeg poet wins mention Toronto april 21. Up the of minium women s Canadian club Friday an Anco the Middle East bounced that miss Margaret Wilton a few Canadian airmen have of Toronto and or. Gordon be Glair married in France. Belgium and of Montreal Are winners the Holland and the Middle East and club s annual literary Competition. Far East. Winners will Divide a approximately 1.350 wives and 420 children of airmen have been brought to Canada and another wives and 300 children Are awaiting transportation. There Are soldiers wives and about 9 500 children awaiting passage. Since 1942, the Canadian gov age. Prize winners Ulric Benson Winnipeg who writes under the name of Irene Chapman Benson was one of seven candidates who won honorable mention. Miss Wilton won the prize with red roses on the altar. She is the author of a Book of poems. Or. Leclair is the author of five vol Umes of poetry. His prize winning poem was Idyl of ghost Dawn. Mrs w a. Foot 1417 Lincoln Avenue will entertain at a Trousseau Tea wednesday m Honor of her daughter Florence Evelyn whose wedding Lopo. Clifford b. Simonson ., will take place april 23. Leading Seaman Ralph Kennedy re nor has arrived Home alter two years overseas service and is with his parents. Or. And mrs. J. Kennedy 379 Talbot youth commission establishes Clearing House for Young ideas by Mary Gustafson barriers Are unknown in the Winnipeg your Mirror. Roue to to. Urea of your a Koloi m torm of pointing the Nom. A timid with Finger weird in All Pat roue. No Oduca. Put a touch at each car lobe and Point of Chin. After apply Pat powder. And ups to tool Ion of Pri Iscem Pat lipstick Wal the wot it on. No Gremy Fleet. And the Are simply Only wherever Yow Hoy com Letioa you la i my Princess Pat and powder. Gel Youra today. Phi2vcess Pat Beauty r t e r Ahaion s participated aver sin the groups h b costuming ushering and Keno part that the Young volunteers have taken in arrange own finances also deserves mention. For the first conference Wincn me was being arranged 15 of the Youn people themselves undertook the twins ability of canvassing local companies a the rest of. Their budget was raised through their Suc at the present time the delegates of the Winnipeg sub committee on the Canadian youth commission Are putting their Heads together to decide what form their organization shall continue when the Canadian youth commission itself has completed its work and disappears As an organization. They arc firmly convinced that continue it must be cause through it they Are Able to work together to make a distinctive contribution to the Community on behalf of youth. This and that wanted urgently mantel radios for the soldiers at Deer Lodge Hospital. The Volunteer Bureau is appealing to Trie ii Lens to help our servicemen As it is impossible to buy radios. Some of the servicemen Are paralysed and Are Likely to be hospitalized for some time the musical festival Lias claimed 32 volunteers a Day As Ushers. The main Load of this place ment last year was carried by the University students and _ is being done this year by senior High school students from Kelvin. St. Johns Gordon Bell Daniel Mclntyre sc3qgm3r and the National Council women made up the required num Ber of volunteers for the rest of the time. Mothers allowance Tea april 30 the mothers allowance auxiliary will hold its Spring Tea april 30, 2 to 5.30 p.m., in the to. Eaton Assembly Hall. Mrs. John Dick first president of the auxiliary and mrs. Charles a. Hunt and mrs. O. Margolese will receive the gues s. There will be a Sale of aprons and baby garments. Proceeds will used for dentures glasses and dding for the mothers on allow Ance. Mrs. Norman Leach has returned from la Jolla cal., where she has spent a few weeks with her father l. Searle. Or and mrs. T. T. spending a few Days in Winnipeg in rout from St. Petersburg Fla. To their summer Home in Mimaki. Mrs. T. Bain and her children s Windsor hotel Montreal to proceeding to Hampstead. Her daughter miss Eileen onor owner of her birth Jurne on Ine presented to the Don t Trust to Luck it was a Nice coat until Moths shot it full of holes will this summer find your fur coat past or with a Bright future bettor not Trust to Luck and ensure its Good condition by calling a bonded Rumford Driver. 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