Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 05, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 6 Winnipeg free press thursday May 5, 1949 Grain executive m. H. Pecl Dies general superintendent of the Pioneer Grain company Merle h. Peck. 4s. Of 886 Mulvey Avenue died wednesday at his residence. Born in North Dakota or. Peck moved to Orion. Alta., with his parents As a child. He joined the Pioneer Grain company 25 years ago and served As a buyer at. High Viver Alta., for nine years and later As superintendent for 10 years. Or. Peck came to Winnipeg in 1943. A member of the masonic Lodge at High River he was a member of the St. John s masonic Lodge in Winnipeg. Surviving Are his widow Mande Louise two sons Howar Crand Rich Ard. Three daughters Patricia Louise and Susan All at Home a brother r. G. Of High Viver ant two Sisters mrs. Alva Gillespie Anc mrs. Grace Flynn both of Calgary the funeral service will be held Friday at 2.30 . At Mordue Brothers funeral Home after which the body will be taken to High River for burial. Sir Malc Calm Fraser Dies London May 5 Mai Colm Fraser 71, lord lieutenant o. Died wednesday night. I was formerly editor of the London evening Standard and editor i chief of the. Birmingham Gazett and evening dispatch. He served As vice chairman of the conservative party in 1937-38. Head Canadian Westinghouse drowned april 11 in the red River off Norwood Bridge v u be held Friday at 2.43 . Ai the a. A Gardiner funeral Home. Thomas a Nicholls will officiate and burial will be in St. James cemetery. Born in. Birkenhead England or. Ablett came to Canada in 1904 and soon after his arrival joined the staff of the Bell Telephone com Pany in Montreal. He joined the Manitoba Telephone system in april 1909 and was appointed equipment chief in 1945. He served with the Manitoba Telephone system first As a switch Nan at the old main Exchange building and in 1912 became wire chief at the fort Rouge Exchange. Vir. Ablett served in that capacity a various exchanges throughout he City until his appointment As equipment chief. Or. Ablett was an Active member of the Manitoba Branch of the Tele phone pioneers of America and had served on rears. He . Read h. A. Cooch at a meeting of the directors of Canadian Westinghouse company limited held on april 27th. At new York or. John r. Read remains chairman of the Board of directors and or. Harold a. Cooch was elected president of the company. All other officers were re elected. Picardy just for Mother on her Day a delicious Mother s Day cake a cake with a festive air Shell love a Fine textured cake topped with Fluffy White boiled icing covered with shredded Coconut and inscribed to a tasty treat by Picardy s master Bakers 65c and i .00, to compliment your Mother s Day table assorted cup cakes with different pastel shades of icing Only 9uc a dozen Coconut dream cake a yellow cake topped with White boiled icing and covered with Coconut. Pineapple but Ter filling. Each 49c available at All Picardy stores and the following pict by pastry agents Anderson s Sola bar my y Agency Anne s Coffee shop Blair s lunch Kiver Luw ice Cream shop Upton s confectionery confectionery to offers confectionery turd Man s store suit Al s confectionery the Luritz grocery confectionery Royal fruit Centre Wilkinson s grocery Cusentino s confectionery Corr 1.1 in Corveu n Dairy inn Scotia grocery j a Kolew Cash a carry a Bell s Hardy Andrew s g grocery Kynor lied while store Wilson s grocery Garbitt s grocery Tuche Enfield Portage valour Road Corydon at duty 42 l Academy Toad 72l Osborne St. 900 1 or Tare Are. Sherbrook St. Sar Cut Are. Lilac near Corydon ave ave tache x i Rove Neher 2033 ror Tupi ave Portage ave. 787 Klyce ave. Jill main St. I95 High Way 52d St. Mary s loud. T4l Scotia Street .1833 Portage ave -187 Sarf Fuit ave. Stafford at Grosvenor Charles Wood Man Charleswood Man. Soa Cairn Are., Kim Wool Selkirk Man. Picardy Lii Iii deaths and funerals mrs. W. H. Stevens Pioneer Dies new death 20 111 is polio report from Arctic area funeral service for h. E. Allett to be Friday the funeral e. Ablett 60, Street equipment supervisor for the Manitoba Winnipeg service for Harold of 244 Mandeville Telephone system in who was its executive for Many mrs. Stanley goodr1dge funeral sender for mrs. Mary Rees Goodridge. 80, widow of Stanley Goodridge of 350 Queen Street. Us James will be held Fri Day at 1.30 . At Mordue Brothers funeral Home. Mrs. Goodridge died tuesday in Grace Hospital. Burial will be in St. James cemetery Lars. Goodridge is survived by two daughters mrs Kingsley Beresford of St. James and mrs. F. H. Bower ing of Montreal two Brothers John and William Wood both of drans Man. Mrs. John Popiel mrs. Victoria Popiel 63. Widow of John Popiel of 747 Selkirk Avenue died wednesday in Winnipeg. Mrs. Popiel came to Canada from Poland 41 years ago. She is sur Vived by one daughter mrs. A. Ruskin Michael two All of sons Walter Winnipeg and and mrs. Catherine Stevens 78, for Merly of Fanny Stelle died wednes Day morning at her Home 269 Jamieson Avenue East Kildonan. Mrs. Stevens had lived in Manitoba for Over 70 years. She was the widow of William Henry Stevens. Mrs. Stevens was born in Toron to in 1s70 and several years later moved to Manitoba with her fam ily to Portage la Prairie. In 1s90 she was married to h. Stevens of Portage and they moved to Fanny Stelle 13 years later. Mrs. Stevens and lived in Winnipeg for the past 20 years. Survivors include two sons Rich Ard h. Stevens of of Annstelle and Harold c. Stevens of flin flon four Man. One brother Alex Galbraith grandchildren. The funeral Servic Elof Toronto and three grandchild will be held saturday at 3 . At Dren. Sen s funeral Home with burial in he family plot. Brookside Ceme Tery. Rev. H. B. Duckworth will officiate. Emil e3ul Mayslak Mayslak of 432 garlics first Church Winnipeg. Was also a member of of Christ scientist Street died monday in Winnipeg Rie is survived by his father Wasyl Mayslak of Winnipeg three Sis ters mrs. Louis Sawchuk. Mrs. Jack Tat Arnic and mrs. Michael Zuk. All of Winnipeg three Bro thers Nicholas of Winnipeg i will be said thursday at s.30 . In the memorial funeral Home. The funeral sen ice will be held Friday at. 2 . In the St. Vladimir and Olga Church with burial in Elm s survived by one son j. H. Ablett of Winnipeg one daughter mrs. R a Harvey of Chester penn., to Brothers and one sister in eng and. The pallbearers will be or. Digby Wheeler a. Cannell. F. Cramp George Gray a. Baker and h Lowery. Harold e. Tooke funeral service the funeral service for Harol Elwood Tooke 34, of lot 58 Scotia Street Middle Church who die a wednesday in St. Boniface Hospital following a railway , Wii be. Held saturday at 1.30 . A a torque s funeral Home. Or. G. A Woodside will officiate. At the time of his death or Tooke was employed by the purty flour Mills limited As it Pur chasing agent. He was Bron in mar., and had lived in Manitoba All his life. During world War ii he Servo on the clerical staff of the be received his education at St John s technical High school an at Brandon College. Besides his widow Janet mar Garet he is survived by his Mother " irs. J. Rae Tooke of Winnipeg Douglas Elwood Haslof a switchman for the Canadian station Al railways for 32 years re iring in july 1948, Douglas Al Vood Hyslop 65, of 1037 Rose mount Avenue fort Garry Dice. Wednesday at his Home. Or. By Slop was born in Scotland Anc came to Manitoba 44 years ago for the past 12 years he Hail been employed by the fort Garry schoo Board. An Active member of the fort Garry Community club or Hyslop was a member of not Wood legion the brotherhood o railway trainmen and of Beave Lodge no. 691. Surviving Are he widow Jane one son Edward Leo Nard at Home two daughters mrs m. C. Lobe of fort Garry and mrs g. Warren of St. James and three grandchildren. The funeral ser vice will be held saturday at . At Mordue Brothers Funera Home with burial in the military plot Brookside cemetery. Pallbearers will be e. A. Hansford h Donald r. Fennell e. Neville c Davey and r. Jones. Duncan Stewa it Westbourne funeral service for Duncan Stewart 77. Pioneer resident who died Sun Day was held tuesday afternoon in St. George s anglican Church Westbourne with Canon p. C. Bays officiating. Or. Stewart was born in Ontario and was one of the youngest of the Lynch party to Settle in the Northwest area of the Portage Plains. He was a former proprietor of the Westbourne Hole and for the past 20 years had oper ated an Oil business and filling station. Surviving Are three Daugh ters mrs. Norman Mclntosh of Winnipeg mrs. James Mccartney Anc Jean and one son Archie All of Westbo ume. Karl Julius Jonasson Karl Julius Jonasson 65, of 610 Alverstone Street died wednesday at his Home. His wife Gudrun died last Friday. Or. Jonasson was born in Iceland and came to Manitoba in 1913. Before coming to Winnipeg 20 years ago he had resided in a Borg for 16 years. He is survived by one daughter mrs. George Mun Day of Winnipeg. The funeral ser vice will be held saturday at 1.30 . At Bardal s funeral Home with Rev. V. A eylands officiating. Burial will be in Brookside Ceme Tery. Arthur Griffiths Arthur Griffiths. 65, of inc Dubonnet mar., died wednesday in St. Boniface Hospital. Or. Griffiths was born in England and ame to Manitoba. 45 years ago. 3e was employed by the Canadian Pacific railway As a shop Foreman for 37 years until retiring in 1945. Surviving Are. His widow Pauline Gladys four daughters and two sons All at Home. The funeral ser vice will be held saturday at 2.45 a. At Mordue Brothers funeral Home with burial in Brookside cemetery. Stockbroker Dies Toronto May 5 a cps George William Blaikie Stock Roker and past president of the Toronto Stock Exchange died wednesday following a lengthy illness. Regina seeks on transport barn fire Regina May 5 City Council has authorized a claim o be made for from insurance companies for loss suf ered when fire destroyed the Streetcar barns Jan. 23. A sum of s56.000 has already Een paid in insurance on Gaso Ine buses and on trucks Ost in the fire which destroyed 38 of the City s 55 transportation vehicles. Most of the equipment has been replaced with gasoline buses. Wood cemetery will officiate. Or. W. Kushner George John Poole word has been received from Calgary of the sudden death april 2s of George John Poole formerly of the funeral ser ice and burial were wednesday n Calgary. Or. Poole is survived by his widow Julia one daughter Patricia and one son George both Home a brother Harold of win and a sister mrs. R. Nichols f Bristol. England. Funeral service will be Friday at 1.30 . At the a. B. Gardiner funeral Chapel with burial in the family plot. Hillside cemetery. Portage in Prairie. Rev. H. S. Dodgson of King memorial Church will officiate. John Sturtevant person Man. The funeral service for John Sturtevant. 80. Of Melita. Formerly of the Pierson District who died april 29. Was held tuesday in the United Church Here with burial in the local cemetery. Before moving to Melita seven years ago or. Sturtevant had Farmed South of Pierson for Over 50 years. He is survived by a Nephew Nat Walton of Regina and a Niece mrs. Mary Wood of Innisfail Alta. Ole Thompson Ole Thompson 77. Formerly Yorkton. Sask. Died tuesday of in or. Thompson from Yorkton Portage la Prairie moved to Portage five years ago. Surviving Are one daughter mrs. Mildred Ching of Portage and one son Clarence of Neilburg sask. The funeral service will be held frida3r at 2 . In Mckillop s funeral Home with Bur Ial in Hillside cemetery. Another Eskimo has died and 20 More have been affected by the polio epidemic in the Chester Field Inlet area 350 Miles North of Churchill Man. However Only one new Case has broken out since the Middle of March. Or. W. J. Wood regional superintendent for Dominion Dian health services said thurs Day. The disease which has non affected 90 natives and caused 14 deaths is believed to he under control there Are no indications it will spread. Or. Wood reported. Nevertheless he added Ottawa has been recommended to continue the quarantine in that area for another six months. The 14th fatality occurred Early n March said or. Wood. He added hat at least eight paralysed eur ;