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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday september 25, 11 of Witsic late Jacques Gordon lovable gifted Bein although he had suffered a stroke a year ago at Rochester . A consequence had been forced to curtail his Musica the death sept. 15 o Jacques Gordon following another stroke nevertheless came As great Shock in that he was Only 49. Radio listeners to the Curren mrs. Henry c. Hall vocal studio festival results 1945 Tudor bowl ims Grade a operatic 1s47 Grade a operatic vocal. Scholarships conservatory. Toronto 1943 stars of the future s500.00 945 Dominion St. Tel 39 454 How to make your business g r 0 w business won t always be so easy. Many storekeepers find it s getting tougher. This week read the first article in a series of 20, giving proven ideas for safeguarding and strengthening your business. 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At your newsstand yearly by mail z years ans Post i81 University arc., Toronto 2 the Maclean Hunter newspaper Lor All businessmen series of weekly recitals by the Fine arts Quartetti of course note that last sunday morning the players expressed their feelings a the loss of their confreres by Offe ing an in memorial tribute eminently fitting in character it too the form of an extremely eloquent and moving interpretation of movement from a Haydn quartet to hearers unacquainted with the Well known violinist s career the performance May have seemed the condolence of friends. But it Cou be taken for something More a Well. To the writer it was sym Bolic also of the respect in which or. Gordon had Long been held b professional colleagues and Arr auteur lovers of music generally i the country of his adoption. He came to America As a Yout and the calibre of his accomplish ments there during about i his All too Brief life were recognized a few years ago by his receiving the Elizabeth Spragu Coolidge medal for distinguished service to music in the unite states. Modesty. Simplicity marked his life that historian of those he de crimes As famous musicians of wandering Gdal sales probably summed up or. Gordon artistic stature better than an other writer As Long ago As 192 he is said or. Saleski of the the nearly 30-year-old master a virtuoso violinist minus eccentric in and plus a most engaging modest and simplicity of Demeanour. He far More worthy his honors soloist than Many male and male artists in these Days of Man the singling out of those personal elements of modesty and simplicity was an Aspeci Alli Happy stroke on or. i s part As All the time that has passed since the penning of the phrase has Only served to prove that i i Gordon irrespective of his musical achievements was that unusual kind of artist a completely Normal human Crea Ture. It is not the writer s privilege to have met or. Gordon but Chat Vith visiting violinists year after year nearly always brought i name into conversation when i turned upon contemporary Ameri can musical activity serious artist As distinct from Mere Darlings o he Box office and what they wer doing for music rather than Money should further proof be needed o or. Gordon s standing As both Man and musician it can be found in the fact that his fatal stroke Cam shortly after he had returned t his Home at Falls Village Conn Tom a visit to Albert Spalding in 3reat barfing on mass. Also pres ent at or. Spalding s on the Occa Sion was Fritz Kreisler the trl having assembled for an eve Jiing of informal music making. Having some the two older players the write an easily imagine what a joyous time was spent by this International roup comprised of an austrian Tew a russian jew and the Chica Albert who used to spel his name. Spaulding. The significance of the meeting however in to relation to or. Gordon seem scots lady would like Young pupils for elementary piano and theory Margaret h. Skinner Ste. 2, 1197 Wolseley ave. Teachers students us Supply your needs. We have a Large classical Standard and popular music. Instruction books. Musical instruments and accessories. Johm lean Portage Margrave phone 94 231 8, co Ltd United commercial travellers of America Winnipeg Council carnival dance quiz Charlie Crunkshanks orchestra auditorium Friday 1 and 2, 8 . Proceeds to provide recreational facilities for Academy re. Veterans Home. A four piece bedroom suite and other valuable prizes Given away each night. Academy Road veterans Home Bowling Green built and supported by these carnivals. Support a worthy cause and enjoy an evening of real fun for Young and old. Admission to tee writer to lie in an under standing of the fact that a pair or Veteran fiddlers such As or. Kreis-1 Ler and or. Spalding Are hardly Likely to voluntarily spend nights in the company of musical Medio crities. One has heard the former Wax highly enthusiastic Anent the Powers of Young and the latter say that Kreisler is still one has also noted from both some withering opinions of second raters who fail to satisfy their fastidious demands. Quite obviously then or. Gor Don was in the company messes. Kreisler and Spalding. Simply be cause he had every personal and artistic right to be so. Successful to Tab at Early age or. Gordon was Vorn on March 7, 1898, in Odessa the City which has made almost a habit of producing Fine musicians since the birth of de Pachmann. Under the instruction at the Imperial conservatory of Franz Stupka he be came a prize Pupil at the age of 13, and with his unusual talents it was not Long before he embarked upon a professional career and made a successful european tour. came to America but not to astonish the multitude referring instead to continue is studies with Franz Kneisel. The year 1921 saw the realization of two of his ambitions and Marks the beginning of his american Fame As a pure Musi Cian in every sense of the a devotee before the altar of artistic idealism and the Antithesis of that commercialized Breed which serves no musical cause. In this year of 1921, the late Stock after an exhaustive review of the Avail Able material in Europe and America offered or. Gordon the Post of the Chicago sym phony orchestra and or. Gor firm also formed the Gordon string Quartetti. Or. Gordon s nine with the Chicago aggregation when it was per haps its grandest is now a matter of Brilliant record so is his service As Leader of the Quartetti bearing his Nafene a. Position he was eventually forced to relinquish because of ill health. Or. Gordon at one time or an other was of course also engaged other activities and it. Should he emphasized that All were More or less along those altruistic lines presumably inherent in his nature re was for instance a member of the celebrated Berkshire string Quartetti before forming his own. Whilst under or. Stock s Baton he supplemented his duties by head no the violin department of the american conservatory of music in Chicago. In later splits but i told my husband to latest All ranks tvs have same memorial United scottish music awards Are announced music scholarship awards of the United scottish association have been announced following a Specia meeting of the committee to re View names of students who Hac attained High Marks in the various examinations and at the music festival. The top award of miss Maxine Miller Winner of the Rose bowl for vocalists at the musical festival. Awards of each go to miss Heather Lindsay miss mar Garet smart and miss Joan Hall vocalists miss. Elizabeth Mclach Lan miss Moyra Wilson miss Ann Henderson miss Betty Wilcox miss Sandra Sisler and Gilbert Munroe pianists and miss Lois Macdonald violinist. To win the annual awards pupils must be of scottish descent. The monies Are paid to teacher to be credited for future tuition. Certificates will be presented to the winning pupils at. The halloween carnival to be held in the civic auditorium oct. And 30. And More troublous political Days he became the first conductor of the Hartford sym phony orchestra under the auspices of spa. He again turned teacher for an institution in 1942, when he was made director of the violin department at the Eastman school of music in Rochester. One of the longest and happiest his connections was with the Gordon musical association of Falls Village lie formed the organization in 1930, and had taught every summer u Ter wards at music Mountain until his illness at Rochester in 1947. As to or. Gordon s Public appear ances to which he attained can easily be aged by reference to or. Sales d s quotation Aboye. Again Type Al of the kind of artist he was he realized As such his obligations o. Introduced Many Lew european and american works o his audiences. He also collaborated in the Jarly. 20 a with those two Magni cent pianists Harold Bauer and Benno Moi Sevitch the latter is another appearing in Hamber music presentations still in new York both for heir programmes and the interpretation of them. Some original compositions and transcriptions by Var. Gordon constitute another As t of a splendid lovable and lifted being who despite his rela ively Short life gave a Tremenda ius intensity consuming it. Of soul to flames of the his Agnes Sigurdson recital oct. 14 Agnes Helga Sigurdson Winnieg concert will give a recital at the playhouse theatre cd. 14, at 8.30 . The concert ill be sponsored by. The icelandic rational league. Miss Sigurdson studied for two ears in new York with Olga Smaroff . Last fall she Egan study with the French pianist artist Emma. Bonnet with Horn she also spent this Slimmer studying in France. Miss s Gurd on returned Home last Spring afer completing tour of Celand where she gave a series of recitals to capacity audiences. She As born in Manitoba of icelandic parentage. Prior to leaving for. New York Tiss. Sigurdson delighted6 Winnieg audiences with Solo concert performances on several occasions. During the last three years in new York miss Sigurdson has made everal concert appearances. In a eries of recitals on modern music n new York and in Philadelphia Lupus ton Lis a work Seldom performed due d its great technical difficulties he has also played at Columbia University and in various new England towns. Next january miss Sigurdson ill give a debut recital in new Ork s town Hall. Wrecked plane Gold mystery still unsettled Edmonton sept. 25 up the mystery of whether there was a Fortune in Gold and currency in the five year old wreckage of an american army transport discovered this week in Northern British Colombia remained unsettled Fri Day. A sealed mailbag removed from the wrecked twin engined c47 transport was brought Here thurs Day and turned Over to . Air Force officers. They would t disclose what the bag contained. It May have been mail or it May have been a por Tion of half a million dollars in Gold and currency. The Hunting party that stumbled on the plane and the 11 bodies of men who died in the crash feb. Expressed certainty there was treasure aboard. One of the Hunters Harry j. Smith of Portland telephoned his wife that they re still digging put the he said he was quite the plane carried approximately in Bullion and Cash. But Hal Ellington of North Bend .ore., who piloted the party s private plane admitted that none of had seen any treasure. Headstones to replace Soldier grave grosses architects gardeners have done a wonderful Job in beautify ing British Empire military Ceme. Teries in said maj. Gen a. Roberts Chiist administrative officer of the Imperial War craves commission Central european District in interview in. Winnipeg thursday major Oewn. Roberts arrived by motor if Ora the East thursday with his wife Ana 19-year-old daughter Kiana. Is a guest at the Royal Alexandra hotel. A former win nip Egger lie has one son Art w Roberts in this City and another capt. W. A. Roberts of Royal Canadian artillery Portage 1, Prairie. A the Graves of soldiers of the British Empire who died in both wars a re to have head stones erected i next re the present wooden he said. Each weave whether a general s or a Pri vate s would have the memorial. The implementation of this programme would be . Donate to Hospital fund employees of the Winnipeg electric company have contributed toward the. Children s Hospital building fund in the Campaign conducted by. The Federated Council o.b.u., it was announced Friday by de Arm Strong of the Federated Council. In his letter expressing deep appreciation to Thea Union for the the Campaign d. Vice chairman of the Campaign committee of the children s hos Pital building fund stated we Are Well aware that this is the largest. Amount of Money Ever eol acted in response to any one Appeal amongst the organized employees of the egyptian history dates Back to about the King Doms of upper and lower already highly civilized were joined. Dependent on labor other factors he added. In North Western Europe from the 1939-45 War alone there were Between and Mili tary Graves of British Empire sol Diers maj. Gen. Roberts estimated. This compared with during the last War in Europe y red Polly Antha have replaced the famed Ted poppies of launders Fields in eateries which have been opened since the second world War. This Rose a representative British Emblem blooms All summer Long. Commander of the second Cana Dian division in 1941-42, major Gen. Roberts led the Dieppe raid. He was in charge of Canadian reinforcement units in England until March. 1945, before he was appointed to the War Graves com Mission. He was awarded the Cross in the last War and the companion of the most honorable order of the Bath and the . For his part in the second world major Gen. Roberts has resided in for two periods from 1924-26 and again from 1931-34 when he was with the Royal Cana Dian Howe artillery. He expects to be in. The City for about two with the exception of time tout for Duck shooting at. Lake Winnipeg sails oct. 23 from Montreal Back to Belgium. Playhouse thurs., oct. 14 icelandic National presents Acnes Helca Sigurdson pianist outstanding pianistic seats now 11.00, at celebrity Box office 383 Portage ave. Hew and used materials immediate delivery 1 pipe we just received a Carload of Black and galvanized pipe in Inch to 3-Inch sires. This is american pipe and the Price is High. But we have pipe. 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If for any reason the customer is not satisfied with the goods we furnish no questions will be asked and Money will be cheerfully refunded. Buy direct and save visit our move can showrooms make your own and he Tallini structural steel Caln link the studio of the Winnipeg sketch club was filled to capacity with old and new members tues Day. A year s music lessons for beginners classes in piano easy payments juniors under 15 Only. We confidently recommend these Small classes for beginners As they provide a sound foundation for More advanced Wonc later on. Numbers or our pupils have passed grades 1 and 2 examinations during the first years course. Tinct the rooms available private lessons at usual fees in piano violin singing Orsan cello clarinet saxophone elocution theory and Harmony Etc kindergarten classes for Shinn conservatory 356 Furby 3, doors North at for Tare phone.36. The. Model for portrait study was Arthur Hays. Or. Hays who had courteously aided the club during the in making Equine sketches at Eaton s a Good portraiture. Those adjudged to have made the Best stretches included nine Saunders Alice c. Ashley p. Field Cooper Jack Stein Don strange and Isabella Kuchta. The Date of the annual sketch club exhibition has been set for nov. 15. It will remain open until the end of the month. A Young girl in a colourful cos tume will next tuesday s w. As the paintings by famous uni Ted states artists represented in thirty. Americans since will be withdrawn thursday Only a few Days remain to see this splendid collection. Of the Royal Canadian Academy also closes at the same time. Representative paintings by Well Knower Canadian artists Are in-1 eluded in this display in the civic auditorium gallery the most fam Ous contributor is Viscount Alex Ander of Tunis who shows two landscapes. The Art gallery will open oct. 1 and 2, As important exhibitions Are being arranged for the opening oct. 3. An exhibition of unusual interest on next month s list is one by Cana Dian women artists organized by the National Council of women and sponsored in Winnipeg by the local Council of j. M. High school Rugby player in Hospital Yngve Magnuson 18, of-268 Elm Street was taken to Winnipeg general Hospital thursday about 9.30 ., after receiving a spinal in a High school Rugby foot Ball game at Osborne stadium. Playing for Daniel Mclntyre collegiate against Kelvin. Technical school Magnuson completed the game before noticing the injury which he believed was inflicted Dur ing the first Quarter according to police. , were taken and Hospital authorities reported his condition As fairly however he will definitely be lost to the Danie Mclntyre team for the rest of the season. Magnuson out of school in 1947, a Grade 12 student and held Down an end position on the Rugby squad. 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