Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 07, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 8 Winnipeg free press. Saturday 1949 will serve thousand Alonsa has new red Gross nursing station Alonsa Man., four years ago a few com Jaunity Mirides women in Alonsa had to sell paper roses to raise Lor the first Case table to be used for nursing purposes in so there was Good reason to celebrate Friday. And they did. Old timers and Young timers Gath ered Friday afternoon at stucco House just off the main Street of this .120-person Village some 143 Miles North West of Winnipeg. Beside the front door of the one Storey neat looking House a White Flag bearing a Bright red Cross was slowly raised to the top of a Flag pole. It was the Flag belonging to the congratulated the Ern ment the red mow s the time to Speed the More Money use paint spraying equipment for any Job Hom fun. Rin. Easy terms available Luke s electric motors i a machinery co. I 111-324 i. 23 j24 special train to Winnipeg Beach and Gimli monday May 9 Arbor Day a perfect Opportunity to open up your cottage for the summer season la. Winning 9.00 . La. Gimli 6.10 . La. Winnipeg Knell 6.15p.m. Am. Winnipeg 7.55 . All times Arf Central Standard add 1 hour for Daylight saving of talk stops Selkirk Petersfield who All beaches coins and returning. New Alonsa red Cross nursing station officially opened Friday. The station had already been in Active use for about four weeks. Nurse Gertrude m. Doll arrived in town april 7. Since then she has already attended a total of 83 patients. 74 at the station and nine at their own Homes. To visit the r-al1 ends at their Homes she travelled More than 125 Miles through the scrubby Bushland which isolates Alonsa from its neighbouring towns of Kin Osola and Amaranth. Nurse doll could also boast of having attended the birth of Lucy Louise Bruce an eight Pound baby and the Only one of eight children born to or. And mrs. James Bruce of Kinosita with a trained medi Cal person in attendance. 25 Miles from nearest doctor although Alonsa itself has a Small population the red Cross nurse will be serving approximately 1.000 persons in the District sur rounding the town. The nursing station is 25 Miles from the nearest doctor at Mccreary and 40 Miles from the nearest Hospital at Ste. Rose do Lac. Opening of the. Alonsa nursing station Friday also marked the re turn of the Manitoba red Cross to outpost work. Prior to the War Here was a nursing station Alonsa but pressure of War activities and the shortage of nurses forced the red Cross to withdraw everybody was please to see c. A. Rogers president of. The Manitoba division of the Canadian red Cross was there to Cut the Lape to the front door. Or. C. H Donovan acting Deputy minister of the Manitoba health and Public welfare department was there to wish the station every Success. Or. Donovan also told of plan being made for a Small to splat at Mccreary for a Small four bed nursing station at Langruth an for a full time health unit in the Northern District of Lakeview. George Fitton president of the Little Brandon Branch of the red Cross provincial gov Cross and the local red Cross of Ommittee Fine three Way partnership which r had resulted in the opening of the station. Tems of of past f. W. Trotter who has lived in the Alonsa District Ever since he started ranching in 1917. Anc Alonsa told i few tales of the trials and tribulations of former red Cross nurses it was t so Long ago that we used to have to go and drag the nurse out of the mud on the roads around Here. I remember once when we got in the mire jus out of Alonsa and the nurse had to rescued by buggy. I walked and could feel fish hitting me on the or. Trotter re called. Grey haired j. W. Shuttleworth 79-year-old Pioneer and one of the oldest members of the red Cross ocal committee which has been functioning for about 30 years raised the new Flag to the top of the new Flag pole. The new nursing station a converted private Home consists of four rooms and a Sun porch. There s a living room a fully outfitted examination room a Kitchen and bedroom. It is powered by a Specia motor in the garage. Who is president of the Branch of Cross the provincial gov heir nurse. At that time. Or Ament s health department look Over and sent a Public health to take Over the Job Tempo Rily. Friday the red Cross people Ere Hack on the need Ninette re Union sex patients and staff saturday june 18 special train will leave Union station Winnipeg for full information write to miss Ivilyn Mccarrol 668 Holiday makers Here from . Short of cask Canadian people weather and food Are wonderful say English mothers visiting their War Bride daughters in Canada but a purse Ful of Pound notes would make the Holiday much happier. Two mothers of a group of 30 Soho recently arrived on the pm press of Canada passed through Winnipeg Friday Over Canadian Pacific railway lines. We re allowed More than for spending in the ship and in explained mrs. .7. New Castle. Routine tipping on the ship also Rimml most of Tiit. Her companion mrs. Keith Bon Field of London pointed out thai without assistance from their daughters they would be financially stranded. It s hard to turn a cold spend ing shoulder on All the foods and clothes displayed in Canadian shop she said but what can your i daily crossword h. Late co Flat dual Luau cube cd do Tauaa Odd pc sea Cuba de Tod addition building narrow met gear a x cd i. B a a x b i Low Liow smoother sailing Howe says Trade talks with Britain fruitful London May Ion. C. A Howe cart. Canada s Trade Linister. Friday Lold a con Terence that a number of difficult Trade were Only minor difficult Simc continuing committees were being set up on colonial Trade Sanatorium re Umon former staff members patients to visit Ninette sex patients and former staff members of the provincial Sanatorium at Ninette Man., will hold their first official re Union on saturday june 18, when san grads from All Over the province of Manitoba will meet at the Sanatorium. A special train will leave the Canadian National railways Sta Tion at s . On the Day of the Celebration. It will carry to Ninette hundreds of sex patients some of whom have been fully re established in the Normal activities of the business world for Many years. Pioneer crusader in anti tuberculosis research and treatment. Several committees Are working on arrangements for the re Union gathering. Miss Evelyn Mcgarrow general Secretary 668 Bannatyne Avenue is in charge of transportation details. Edwin h. Muir Portage Pioneer Marks 81st year Portage la Prairie. Man. May 7 special Edwin h. Muir of 117 third Street North West celebrated his birthday Here thurs Day. He observed the Day quiet 1 at his Home receiving the congratulations and Best wishes of i. Amily and friends. Or. Muir has spent the past 71 years in Portage and District coming Here with his Ioner parents. Or. Arid mrs trances Muir from the family carried on farming operations at High Bluff for Man Vears. Or. Muir was a member of he Rural Council from 1909 unti 1922 and served As Reeve for seven years in addition to being presi Dent and vice president of the Portage Mutual insurance com Lany. He has served on the boar of directors of the company for 42 is affecting Anglo Canadian Trade he said. And sugar was one of the ave been All straightened being looked that details will be announced i you do when allowance for i added. Mrs. Gascoigne St represents five she passage was Quinton s fur and cloth coat storage Quinton s cloth coat storage special arranged by the British league of parents in Newcastle and mrs. Bonfield s by the United states Canadian brides parents association of London these organize do not contribute financial i assistance but they do ease travel Ling difficulties. Saving since 1945 we be been saving since the end lot the War to visit Canada and it has taken a lot of hard saving to Maich the High mrs. Bon Field said. Under a new arrangement train meal tickets can be Pur chased in London. These her seven guineas. The British immigrant s financial of is not much easier than the British according to one new resident bound for Vancouver. For ready spending she had in dollars in traveller s cheques and spare the latter went the Way of shipboard tipping. Multa Neoushy in Ottawa and Lon Don monday. Or. Howe who leaves for Gan products the Canadian minister seemed generally optimistic. He said Bri Tish prices Are not so far out Ada Day by air saturday visit to Britain after a 10 declined to line and reiterated the Hope tha Britain might find it possible to Export More heavy equipment t Canada where it would find i lasting and stable Market elaborate on the agreement reached with British government officials. But in answer to a question about whether he were hopeful that such Canadian goods As Sal Mon might again reach the British Market in Quantity he said i can go no further at moment but perhaps on the Trade minister said he had had discussions with sir Stafford Cripps Chancellor of the exchequer John Strachey food minister Harold Wilson president of ther _. Li1c m Board of Trade Arthur Creech the Winnipeg Little Jones colonial Secretary Herbert the direction of presentation of pygmalion Here May 13-14 George Bernard Shaw s pygmalion will be presented May 13 and 14 As the last of the series of Morrison Deputy prime minister and Philip Noel Baker common wealth relations Secretary. During his visit he also travelled to Birm Ingham to see the British Indus tries fair. Or. Howe said snags in the an Glo Canad Jan discussions regarding cleaned stored insured fur trims slight in extra Bush Pilot Pioneer spa Central superintendent named nothing to pay until fall phone 42361 what i want for Mother s Day on this Day Whick honors Mother my Hope is that our Soni and All people spared the horror and suffering of another War speaking As the Mother of three veterans of world War hand As the grandmother of two youngsters i share the anxiety of War with All women. More than eloquent tributes we need Brave and eloquent men who will speak for peace in the House of parliament. Such a Man is Joseph Zuken the peace candidate in Winnipeg North. To win thousands of women in support of or. Zuken s efforts to keep our country at peace in a peaceful that is what i d like for Mother s a tar sincerely mrs rom a Winnipeg North Mother Rafear h7 main at., flying in a dc-3 is. Tame stuff for a seasoned Bush Pilot like w j. Windrum who logged up 12 years of Pilot air time in nor Thern Canada on Era As the Buhl air Sedan. Or. Windrush s appointment a superintendent Central District o Canadian Pacific air lines was recently announced by r. B. Phillips Western lines manager of the com Pany. Prior to his Winnipeg appoint ment or. Windrum was stationed at Edmonton As superintendent o the company s Mackenzie District which includes Grande Prairie Alta. And fort St. John b.c., o the Yukon District from 1943 to 1946, he we tiper intendant of the Saskatchewan District from 1948 to 1947 or the Yukon District and in i948, assistant Irene Rel i of the air lines in Edmonton. Or. Windrum had his first of flying in the Royal air Force Dur ing the first world War. When Bush piloting became a Factor in Canadian transportation in e twenties., he went into the game. The map less less and unscheduled flying Days of the past Are recalled with some nostalgia by or. Windrum. We had to work extremely hard but. We saw results and got. A lot of plea sure out of the he said. Or. Windrum pioneered the air route from Ille 3a Crosse to Atha Baska Lake and sketched out the first map of the Region. Unpremeditated landings were quite Rou Tine in the thirties. He Heinz frown in for nine with a Mechanic As companion and hard tack i sen its. 8so pounds of liquor and a Case of Chatnon free As sustenance. Rations during an unscheduled five or six Day pause on the North Ern Prairies often included such dainties As Caribou Bear and Bea ver steaks according to or. Win drum. Since Rescue operations were unknown then the Pilot and his Mechanic had to dig deep in the hat for the most ingenious method of we never walked out we flew he or. A tedium we boil Tea Lay ont., educated at Orillia and 3arry sound ont., and first came Vest in 1932. As a Pilot with the Brooks airways. Peggy Green Robert Arthur Tarman Motyer Doug rain and George Broderson will play the leading roles. Others in the cast include Helene wins ton. Ethel Lloyd Jones Jean Mur Ray Merle Pelcher. Rhona Teich Don Pope Joe Bookbinder and Art Jenoff. W. .1. Windrum Council wants town Highway approach improved Gladstone Man., May 7 Over the Condi Ion of the Road leading from the Highway into the town was voiced t a meeting of Gladstone Council monday evening. The councillors vere of the opinion that the High Vays department should look into his. Hon. William Morton prom sed to bring it. To the attention of he government. Cement sidewalks Are to be Laid a portion of the town and Ai footbridge repaired. The Council Iso discussed the rat. Nuisance. 1 building permits were issued to he following s. Lazur for his new Hoe shop Mcaskill Bros. Or an addition to their garage on Hain Street and e. Schellenberg. Or1 a dwelling House on the Island Viator j. Paxton presided. In Fiji islands the human Ead is considered sacred and it t insult to reach Hie plane crashes in Channel seven killed Portland. England May 7 a seven members of the Bristol air plane company s re search staff were killed Friday when a plane they were testing crashed into the English Channel. Crew members of a nearby Royal Navy Iii Marine mid the Plant. Two ent fixed freighter Type in i. defence treaty vital for peace says Gerard Washington May 7 world War i ambassador to Ger Many said Friday that Senate fail ure to ratify the Atlantic pact will mean War the end of democracies everywhere and the Dom Fatiori of the world by Russia. Gerard envoy to Germany fron 1913 to 1917, told the Senate for eign relations committee that t should push action on both the defence treaty and its Allied arms programme despite any change n soviet policy regarding Ger any. Former supreme court Justice Owen j. Roberts told the senators hat delay in ratification would encourage Russia and discourage lations trying to resist russian in a statement prepared for he committee . Proposed hat president Truman Convene to Lunatic pact sponsors to discuss orm ution of a Federal Union of Western democracies. An Atlantic Union Roberts said would bring great economic and military in de Fence costs hand in hand with in creased military consumption of butter Down 13 per cent. Ottawa May 7 cup canadians used 13 per cent less but Ter in february. 1949, than in the same month of 1948, the Bureau of statistics reported Friday. The Domestic disappearance of Dairy and whey butter in the Sec Ond month of this year was 000 pounds. On a per capita basis the drop from one february to an other Vas from 1.95 pounds to 1.67. February s output of Creamery Dairy and whey butter was 000 pounds. Stock holdings feb. 1 totalled compared with on the same Date of 1948. By March 1 the holdings were equal to the same Date of 1948. Supplies of butter represented the addition of stocks at the beginning of the month and production during the month amounted to pounds As com pared with a year award to to Fomas Manx new York. May 7 Cap novelist Thomas Mann thursday was named the 1949 award of Merit of the american Academy of arts and letters. The award which includes a Cash in Given to a novelist once every five years. In the Middle Ages brides car ried or wore wheat ears and the guests hoping for Prosperity threw grains of wheat Over the the train will Stop Only at Carman and Somerset. After arrival of the re Union group a Short informal programme "11 be held at the institution. There will be a Large picnic sup per in the Sanatorium grounds in the afternoon. This will conclude activities before the excursion lists leave at 7 . The committee in charge of the re Union headed by William Doern general chairman stresses the pro Gress made in the last 25 years in treatment of tuberculosis. We have today Many former Sanatorium patients holding important civic and professional jobs and managing one member of the committee stated. The majority Are married and Are raising Normal healthy is of More than passing significance that on june 18 Many of hese sex patients will return to Ninette for a few hours to renew friendships formed during Sanatorium Days at an institution re Mem ered with gratitude for restored he said. At Ninete in 1910 Manitoba s ight against tuberculosis was first started when the provincial Sanatorium was established under supervision of the Sanatorium Board and the late or. David a. Stewart or. Jacob dentist and aug cites 2nd floor time Ilsc. Center Portage and Mwiwa 928 off it t Security 10th St. Trend toward lower prices on food seen Saskatoon sask., May 7 bup major Price drop s in soap and soap products were fore cast Friday by the food division of he Canadian retail merchants association. The division s annual report noted a general trend toward lower prices on the food Field. The report released Friday said the pre War 22 per cent Gross Ihrl up on food sales had dropped o 16 per cent for food retailers due to a larger Dollar volume in Canada. Approved contractors for roofing siding blown Home insulation Western Asbestos co. Ltd 121 Smith St. 922547 phones 922548 menstrual pain idol acts three ways to bring Relief from menstrual suffering. 1 it relieves eases head ache and it chases the Dora now takes idol Ai the first wanted Canterbury England housewives Here complained it ook them seven hours to Cook a Lunday dinner because of Low Gas pressure. Protection from fire and weather re roof with Asbestos and Asphalt roofing and siding shingles. Enlarged Range of colors. Estimates free. S. E. Gage company 232 main St. Phone 926866 soft drink country distributor for nationally advertised product. Mutt have own truck. Apply by let tar soft drinks Gibbons Ltd., 272 Scott Block Winnipeg year guarantee see it crush consolidated there is an unconditional three year guarantee on All parts of the consolidated ten year guarantee on the transmission. Maurice still agencies Ltd. One Block North of . Station showrooms 201 main St. South phone 924 715 to All Winnipeg citizens whereas a clean sanitary and Beautiful City is a desirable thing for the building of morale and the encouragement of civic Pride and whereas the annual Campaign to beautify Winnipeg will be started on saturday May 7th, 1949 and whereas it is in the interests of our City that All our citizens should unite in a common Effort to make our City tidy sanitary and attractive both for the satisfaction of those who live Here and for the pleasure of our visitors now therefore i Call upon All Good citizens to co operate i to the fullest extent in the beautify Winnipeg Campaign painting and repairing buildings and fences tidying up lanes and cards gathering and destroying litter and rubbish trimming Hedges and planting lawns shrubs and Flowers. The saving of Salvage is directly associated with the work of making the City tidy and clean. Even though the War is Over Salvage is still a vital National necessity. Garnet Coulter mayor of Winnipeg god save the King mayor s office. Winnipeg. May 5th, 1949. Marshall weils0 Marshall Wells paints varnishes enamels ;