Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, August 25, 1948

Issue date: Wednesday, August 25, 1948
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 25, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 6 Winnipeg free press wednesday August 25, deaths and funerals mrs. Charles William Bye mrs. Florence Dye 63, of 411 hut land Street St. James died Mon Day in Grace Hospital. Born in Nottinghamshire. England mrs. Dye came to Manitoba 38 years ago. She was a member of the St. James gospel Hall and also of the so James horticultural society. Surviving Are her husband Charles William one son Fred of Winni Peg one daughter mrs. Ben Rodd of Winnipeg two Sisters mrs. H. Brunnen of Winnipeg and mrs. C. Wright of Rhode Island . Also one brother John Hunt of Rhode Island and three grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 2.45 . Friday in the St. Tames gospel Hall with burial in the St. James cemetery. Mordue Brothers funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Peden William Peden -46, formerly of the Normal school. Tuxedo died tuesday in Deer Lodge Hospital. Or. Peden was born at Austin Man. The funeral service will be held at 7.30 . Thursday in Mordue Bro thers funeral Home with Rev. J. M. Roe officiating. Following the ser vice the body will be taken to Swan River Man., for interment. General electric radio refrigerators ranges washers cleaners Irons lowest Standard prices Liberal terms Trade free demonstrations Thorsteinson Selkirk hockey coach Dies a professional hockey player for Many years and for the past season coach of the Selkirk Junior b a Johan Magnus Thorsteinson 43, died tuesday in Selkirk. Born in Winnipeg or. Thorsteinson was the son of the late or. And mrs. B. Thorsteinson. Coming to Selkirk with his parents at the age of two or. Thorsteinson received his Early education Here. On his father s retirement he took Over his photo graphic business. From 3923 until 1937 he played professional hockey with various teams including the Winnipeg maroons Coleman tigers Regina Caps Edmonton eskimos Detroit hornets Buffalo majors minnea Polis Millers and St. Paul. In 193s or. Thorsteinson took Over the duties of coach of the fort Frances ont., hockey team and the following year coached the Minnedosa team. Surviving Are his widow mar Garet one son Johan one Daugh Ter m Arlene two Brothers j. B. Thors Terrison of Winnipeg and t. B. Thorsteinson of Vancouver also two Sisters mrs. G. C. Funk and mrs. Anne Magnusson both of Sel Kirk. The funeral service will be held at 2.30 . Thursday in the Sel Kirk lutheran Church with burial in the lutheran cemetery at Maple ton. Rev. S. Olafson will conduct the service. Langrill s funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. S. To. the funeral service Lor mrs. Nora Elizabeth Melbren 60, of 530 River ton Avenue who died monday in the Winnipeg general Hospital was held at 2.30 . Wednesday in Mordue Brothers funeral Home with burial in Brookside cemetery. Born in Portsmouth England mrs. Melbren came to Winnipeg in 1920. Surviving Are three sons Eric of. Robert j. And Cyril c. T. All of Winnipeg one brother Charles Cook of St. James three Sisters mrs. L. M. Gardner of Eriksdale Man., mrs. T. Swain of St. James and mrs. J. Price of Winnipeg and five grandchildren. Mrs. Melbren was the widow of Stibley James Melbren. No parking worries follow the trend to sub Urban clerks prompt service. Classic radio appliance co. St. James record Centre est. 1932 pm. 61 144 1811 Portage ave. St. James 9 . To 7 . Mrs. Elizabeth Landry mrs. Elizabeth Landry 77. Of 150 Dollard Boulevard St. Boniface did monday in St. Boniface Lorl Folk iome. She was a member of the ladies of Ste. Anne. Surviving Are five Brothers Amedee an thine and Valerien Theralen All of Ste. Amelie. Man. Arsene Therrien of Laurier Man., and Albert ther Rien of Mackinac Man and two Sisters mrs. E. Pinette of Ste. Amelie Man. And mrs. S. Coins of Vancouver. The body was taken to Maria Polis Man. Wednesday. Re Quiem High mass will be Sung in the roman Catholic Church there at 10 . Thursday with burial in the local cemetery. The Desjardin Mcgee funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Ernest Tibbatts the funeral service for mrs. Hazel Irene Tibbals 55, of 636 Mcdermot Avenue who died Mon Day will be held at 3.30 . Fri Day in Mordue Brothers funeral Home. Burial will be made in Brook Side cemetery and or. P. T. Pilkey will officiate. Mrs. Tibbatts who was born in Ontario was the widow Moore funeral held at Russell Russell funeral service for Edwin Moore 93, a resident of Russell since 1888, who died Here August 2.1, was held monday in the anglican Church with Rev. G. H. Adams officiating. A. Graveside service was conducted by members of the local Branch of the masonic order of which or. Moore had been a member. Burial was made in the family lot in the Russell cemetery. Pall were James Rea William Sudbury Herbert Sudbury a Spencer j. Burden e. Bridges d. Nairn and r. Simms. Or. Moore was born at West Bury on Severn England and was employed As a Baker and confectioner in the old country. He came to Canada in 1888 As at or. Barnardo s boys Homo which had just opened at Russell. When the Home closed he engaged in farming in what is now the Brightside District. Lie was married to miss Florence Williamson of England in 1879. Mrs. Moo re died in 1937. Surviving Are two daughters mrs. Isobel wih Dell of Russell and mrs. Violet Moynes of base woot Man. One son Victor of Russell 10. Grand children and 12 great grandchildren. Saurs mine Union suspended for attack on Mosher but officer my husband who s a judge Days i drive too . Seeks to Confer with Mackenzie King on prices situation Ottawa aug. 25 executive Council of the Canadian Congress labor tuesday instructed Congress officers to seek an interview with prime minister Mackenzie King to discuss the serious situation faced by Canadian workers As a result of soaring prices Council members said their Union membership was experienc ing serious hardships because of reduced living standards. Wage creases record had High been eliminated by prices and workers Joi in Wilson a Jackson ochre River Wil son Jackson 77, of ochre River died sunday in the Dauphin Hospi Tal. Born a i Castor Centre ont. Where he resided until coming West with his parents 50 years or. Jackson first worked Tor Clark Rose and later settled on a farm four Miles North of ochre River known As Lake View House which was i. H e stopping place Between Dauphin and Neepawa. In 1901 he married Ella Walker who died in 1936. Or. Jackson was an Active of Ernest Tibbatts who 1924. 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It s in steel trouble free at Jar catch Economy. Priced irom to see us for general electric radios vacuum cleaners electric blankets kettles toasters and Irons. 565 Portage ave. Pm. 37 139 worker in the sunday school Here first with the presbyterian Church and later with the United Church he served As treasurer of the Church for 45 years. Surviving Are three daughters mrs. Mabel Rich Ardson and mrs. Isabel Kirkland of ochre River and mrs. Jean Smylie of Kirkland Lake ont. One son Walker of Kirkland Latch Elgal grandchildren four Sisters and two Brothers. Prof. V. W. Jackson for Merly of Winnipeg and now of Grimsby ont., is a Cousin. Bull More s funeral Home is in. Charge of arrangements. Mrs. Priscilla Mccarthy the funeral service for mrs. Fris Cilla Mccarthy 81, of 39 Frederick Avenue St. Vital who died tuesday in Victoria Hospital will be held at 4 . Thursday in Mordue Bro thers funeral chapels. Interment will be made in Elmwood cemetery. Born in London England to Manitoba 79 years ago. Surviving Are three sons Walter and Rich Ard of Winnipeg and Thomas of Vancouver four daughters mrs. Of Chagnon mrs. J. La do an mrs. E Edwards and mrs. P. Matvechuk All of Winnipeg 20 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and two Sisters mrs. T. Mcrae of Edmonton and mrs. Eva Chapman of Winnipeg. Edward Augustus Kirkby an employee of the Ogilvie flour Mills until his retirement in 1941. Edward Augustus Kirkby 77, of 3s3 Harcourt Street St. Tames died monday in the Winnipeg Gen eral Hospital. Born in Moorefield ont or. Kirkby bad been a Resi Dent Winnipeg for 40 years. Surviving Are his. Widow Alice May two daughters Florence and Alicia at Home and seven sons Roland Lawrence Lauder Clarke Irvine Ernest and Howard All of Winnipeg. The funeral service will be held at. .1.30 . Friday in the a. B. Gardiner funeral Home. Interment will be made in the family plot in Elmwood cemetery. Mine workers hit Ottawa on prices Truro . Aug. 25 United mine workers . District 26 criticized the government tuesday for High prices and demanded re imposition of controls. Nearly All the 74 delegates to the Union s annual convention spoke on this Resolution passed unanimously this convention places the responsibility for this situation Price increases squarely on the shoulders of business and government we de Mand imposition of Price controls and government Price subsidies on key food find other Bissic president Freeman Jenkins said wage increases would mean Little it anything prices kept going up. Keeping prices Dosun was just As important As wage increases a second Resolution declared that As the provision of jobs for All is. The responsibility of Federal and provincial governments it is also their responsibility to provide fully adequate unemployment funds to enable the jobless to maintain themselves in health and1 sourdough Dies Vancouver aug. 25 Bert j. Parker. 69-year-old past president of the International sourdough association died at his Home tuesday following a lengthy illness. He was one the youngest prospectors to join the Klondike Gold Rush in 1s97. He was Best Man at the first marriage of. The fabulous Klondike Kate families were unable to maintain adequate living standards. The Council endorsed a stand taken by president a. R. Mosher i Secretary treasurer Pat Conroy in a letter to or. Last aug 10 asking the government to take immediate action to re establish Price controls and halt the inflation now in full the Congress also will seek a declaration from the government on steel policy particularly for construction purposes. C. H. Millard National director of the United steelworkers of Amer i said he Tonew of instances where steel Rod. Was shipped from Buffalo. N.y., Ottawa aug. 25 Canadian Congress of labor tues Day suspended the International Union of mine Mill and smelter workers because of an article published in the Union s paper attack ing a. R. Mosher president of the Canadian brotherhood of railway employees and of the . In a statement which followed an executive meeting of the ., the Congress announced the sus pension and said the offending article also attacked c. H. Millard. Canadian director of the United steelworkers of America. Appearing in the july 39 Issue the Union official publication the article dealt with recent railway the statement said. The railway brotherhood monday night requested the expulsion. The reasons Given by the . Executive did not mention communism but labor leaders in Van Couver reported the action was known to be the Climax of the . Leaders Battle to rid itself of communist influence. The . L. Also took disciplinary action against Harvey Murphy vice president of the British Columbia federation labor. He. Was alleged to have made slanderous remarks concerning . Officials at a federation banquet in. Victoria april 8. He is reported to have called certain . Officials red Murphy was barred for two years from attending a . Convention As a Delegate and from acting As a affiliation after miking amends i to the annual . Convention in or May Appeal the Council decision i Toronto in at any chartered body the . Harold Pritchett Secretary of the . Federation and Alt other officers of. The federation who it tended the were reprimanded for not objecting to Murphy s remarks. Statement by the . Executive said in part i the ., in laying charges i against the . Said the article was false misleading and obviously malicious or. Millard associated his Union with the In prosecuting the . J a. A. Carlin of Sudbury . Board member said there was no basis for the article and the author of it. Had been Dis charged from the Union staff under the . Constitution the suspended Union May re apply. 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