Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 06, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Margene Jurf Cejic per copy edition with comics 1 of win Peg saturday August 6, 1949 by Winnipeg 2sc per week play town topics 3 use City playgrounds new High for season expected by Betty White playground attendance this sea son has reached a total of More than according to officials of the Public Parks Board. This total shows a substantial increase Over the previous record and it is expected that the final report for this season will show a new High in playground att cadence. Preparations for the City wide playground handicraft display which will be. Officially opened monday morning in the Beaver Liall of the Hudson s Bay store highlighted this week s playground programme. Youngsters and super visors alike worked overtime on the elaborate projects which will be entered in the display. A total of 33 of these projects which Range All the Way from As Long As this Little boy has his Puppy to hug he in t worrying too much about whether he is sitting in his own living room in Sydney Australia or in a strange one in Winnipeg. The three year old arrived alone from his Homeland by. Plane Friday night to stay with his Uncle and aunt or. And mrs. J. G. Saunders 18 mar Hurst apts. Graham s father is Vernon Saunders a former Winnipeg Ger and a graduate of the University of Manitoba. I snowballs to summer Sun tiny australian flies to visit relatives Here it s wonderful what a three year old can take in his stride. Can move from snowsuits and to Sticky 85-degree temperatures within 52 hours Exchange his own family for a whole new set of relatives and end up playing around an unfamiliar Liv ing room As though he had lived there All his life. Graham Saunders a three year old australian child who arrived in Winnipeg Friday night to stay with his Uncle and aunt mrs. 3. G. Saunders is just like that. I Well said Graham rightly when a free press photo Grapher and reporter turned up at the door of his Canadian Home is Imar Hurst apartments Early sat Day. With his Down under accent As Broad As his smile he welcomed these newest people into his with the same Charm that he turned on stewards and stewardesses and passengers arid paved Cross workers All the Way from Sydney to Winnipeg. Topsy Turvy interviewing Graham turned out to be a Topsy Turvy process for the reporter. The curly topped lad turned a polite but deaf ear to the usual routine of questions rather questions on this Pica did you like the asked the reporter with the encouraging sort of smile one reserves for strange children and strange dogs. Here s my Puppy dog countered the australian accent. From then on Graham took charge. That meant that he investigated the knobs on the radio making a tiny bit of music into a big bit " he tested the weight of a Glass cigarette tray and the Springs of the Chesterfield with equal interest. He kept up a steady chatter. Accent encrusted As it was it was amazingly Clear for someone just turned three in july. Father from City his Uncle Jack meanwhile explained that Graham s father ver non b. Saunders is a former win nip Egger who graduated in science from the University of Manitoba in 1939. He went to Australia to a Job just before the War and then served with the australian . Now my brother is working on geological surveys in the Back country for the australian govern said or. Saunders. His work keeps him away from Home Lor months on Graham s Mother is seriously ill with tuberculosis. That is Why the Uncle and aunt have taken Graham into their Home for three years or More. When Graham hopped Down rom the plane at Stevenson Field Friday night he looked As casual and unconcerned As though he were coming Home from a Day s Outing reported his new found Foster parents. Best child traveller the Best child traveller we be Ever stewardesses All along the Long route had decided. That s the the Young Man in question broke in at that joint As the photographer s Flash bulb exploded with a satisfying brilliance. In the intervening five minutes of adult conversation he had talk o his five year old Cousin Pamela Sturgeon Over the Telephone investigated the Bandage on his vaccination Mark climbed All Over his Uncle and generally behaved Ike a child much at Home. Goodbye he car rolled As the visit ended. The Bye was round and prolonged As any Cockney s. It will be interesting to see what happens accent in three years. Castle in air dream gets nightmarish new York aug. 6 bup t Alfred Birnbaum a War Veteran said saturday he might sell it for if he could t get a higher offer. Or. Birnbaum a 27-year-old co Lumbia University student and his Trade won the six room Home on a 50-cent lottery ticket last sunday. He said he could t afford to pay the income buy a lot for it. The owner of the property on which it was exhibited gave until aug. 15 to move it or pay a Day rental. Or. Birnbaum said he. Had received Only one coffer for the House. A Manin new Jersey said he would take it for Coo. Or. Birnbaum said he might be forced to accept the bid. Indian Yilli Ages to a miniature Model of Venice have been completed. Hundreds of plaster of Paris plaques will be shown at the Dis play and various types of Needle work will be exhibited. Change purses made from Burlap Book ends modelled from plaster of Paris and a wide variety of brightly coloured hand Woven scarves Are other outstanding features of the exhibit. Six judges were to choose the handicraft winners saturday with special prices awarded to the boy and girl who Hod done the Best All round Handi Craft work. West end won the South Divis Ion baseball tournament for boys 14 years and under by defeating Weston in the final game tues 10-year-old girl is City s first polio victim this year a 10-year-old North Winnipeg girl a the City s first infantile paralysis victim of the year health department officials revealed saturday. The girl contracted the disease during the past week. A total of 10 communicable disease cases were reported during the week in Winnipeg including one death from tuberculosis. This week s cases with those for the previous week in brackets Are Chicken pox 1 mumps 3 polio 1 Scarlet fever 1 tuberculosis 4 sask. Teachers president bound for Ottawa meet Stanley Thomas Fowler Birch Hills sask., president of the Saskatchewan teachers federation passed through Winnipeg Over Canadian Pacific lines Friday on his Way to Ottawa to attend the convention of the Canadian teachers federation. Items to be discussed will be Federal Aid for Educa Tion International affiliation and relationships including a world organization for the teaching profession and the teacher s lot in Canada. House builders official addresses painters body James h. Walker Secretary of the Winnipeg House build ers association addressed Mem Bers of the master painters association recently at the St. Regis hotel. Interest was expressed by members As to the licencing of the master Painter contractor which was urged in or. Walker s address. The association s annual picnic will be held aug. 20 on the grounds of lot .78, East St. Paul. Chair Man of the meeting was e. Carlson. Philippines welfare executive to visit City mrs. Virginia Oteyza de Guia vice mayor of Baguio City the Philippines and president of the social welfare Community there is expected to arrive in Winnipeg for the week of aug. 22 on a Survey of Community organization. Travelling on a United nations fellow ship her study of welfare services Here will include a luncheon with the . Board aug. 23 and a conference with the . Staff in the afternoon aug. 24, a visit to the children s Aid society an address to the St. Boniface Kiwa Riis at the fort Garry at and a visit to the provincial department of health and welfare in the afternoon aug. 25, she will visit the welfare services in the City and tour Community clubs in the afternoon. On aug. 26 she will visit the victorian order of nurses and girl guide leaders at night. Mrs. De Guia was educated at Baguio schools and graduated from the University of the Philippines Manila in social sciences and Laws. Following War mrs. De Guia was elected vice president of the Board of direct ors of the purer culture Centre in Baguio City. In 1947 she was elected president of the . In Baguio. Girden elected in Charleswood r. Girden of 198 Elmhurst Road was elected president at a meet ing of Charleswood Ward four Resi dents Friday night in the Community legion Hall. Other newly elected officers of the group formerly known As the Charleswood ratepayers Assoc a Ion include w. Swailes vice pres Dent mrs. D. Christie Secretary and r. Holloway treasurer. The decision to scrap the previous name of the group was made following suggestions by certain members that the name Charleswood rate payers association was not All inclusive and barred a Large number of potential members. It was agreed to leave the prob Lem of a new title to the Constitution and bylaw committee. A motion that the group meet once a month or upon request from the chair was passed. A specific Date was not set however As it was considered that a de tailed report of possible accommodation should first be presented. Following a report by or. H Malcomson chairman of the nominating committee election of a full slate of officers was carried out. Standing committee chair men elected include f. Searle finance b. Sondell education b. English Public works n. Preston municipal affairs f. Whitebread. Health and Wel fare and a. Smithers publicity. Chairman of commit tee is to be appointed by the executive. A motion for the establishment of a grievance commit tee was Defeated. Six consulting members Ai Large were appointed r. Brooks j. Mcdowell j. Hatch j. Taylor f. Brown and or. Malcomson. Winni Eggers to study effects of narcotics a number of Winni Eggers Are planning to attend the Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba school of narcotic education aug. 16 to 26 n Saskatoon. Purpose of the meet is to train teachers ministers sunday school workers leaders of Young people s groups and other interested persons so that they can present to pupils and the general Blic the scientific facts about narcotics especially alcohol and nicotine. Special lecturers will be or. A e. Mendenhal professor of psychology southwestern University Brownwood Texas Howard e. Hamlin supervisor of health and narcotics education department of education Columbus Ohio chief Justice Harry Porter municipal court Evanston m., and Lieut. Frank Andrews. Jr., department of slice Evanston who will give a demonstration with n Hargar leave for Ottawa Manitoba will have a big representation at Ottawa next week for the Dominion Rifle meeting at Connaught ranges. Fri Day a team of 35, with Morgan team commandant11 charge left for Ottawa Over Cana Dian National lines. They were to arrive at the capital City sunday Morring. The Manitoban fee they have a Good Chance of winnings honors for marksmanship As the team is a Strong one this year. Olka Conga people have Hoice at Street dance everything from the Waltz and the shimmy to the More modernistic Jitter bugging and dip highlighted the Street dance held Friday evening on Gar Wood Avenue Between cock Burn and Aynsley streets. The dance was sponsored by the Earl Grey Community club to swell funds for their building drive. Convener of the dance was mrs. T. Bryce. Junior red Cross aids Blue baby a five year old Blue Valerie Bodnar daughter of or. And mrs. Joseph Bodnar 324 Jarvis Avenue will be Tor onto bound soon for another operation at he Hospital for sick children. Last August in Toronto Valerie had her first operation financed by her parents. This year members of the Junior red Cross will pay transportation for Mother and child and Hospital expenses. Drunk meter. Handicraft display opens monday a City wide playground handicraft display featuring prize winning exhibits from divisional handicraft contests will open in the Beaver Sall of the Hudson s Bay store at 10.30 . Monday. Out of town recreational officials will participate in opening ceremonies. Water District excursion set for aug. 20 the administration Board and commissioners of t h e greater Winnipeg water District will hold their annual excursion to Indian Bay aug. 20. The special train will leave Winnipeg from the District s station Dawson Road and Plin Quet Street at 9 ., returning at 10 . City police mystified by overturned car City police saturday were seeking the owner of a car found Over turned in a ditch at the Corner of Redwood Avenue and Keewatin Street. Reports said there was no sign that anyone had been injured n the crash. The car had apparently rolled Over in the ditch. It was found at 8 . Saturday by Cruiser car constables. Lens men shoot Northern Beauty a Crew of Hollywood camera men is flying around Manitoba s Northern areas shooting scenery instead of Lovely ladies. Like scores of their fellow spun Drymen now touring this province he Lens men from los Angeles Are focussing on Beautiful scenes. They have been commissioned by the provincial govern ment to make a travelogue on Manitoba. The film will be in full color and sound and will show from 12 to 15 minutes on the screens of motion picture houses in the United states and Canada and throughout the world. The cameramen Are from the Dud Ley film corporation of holly1 Wood. This outfit has won renown for its outstanding Scenic work. It won an Academy award in 1948 for a series entitled this world of ours. This will be the first time they have made a film in Canada. They will handle the full distribution of the Manitoba travelogue in the United states. The Manitoba government and the National film Board at Ottawa will receive copies of the film. Inspector As guide accompanied by William Skinner of Winnipeg tourist Camp inspector for the Manitoba government the Crew of cameramen were Fly ing around Northern Manitoba in a provincial government air ser Skinner is acting As guide for the vices plane this week end. Or. Arty selecting areas which will Lave special Appeal to the prospective american tourist and others. Friday the party was in the Pas and Cranberry Portage area. It was scheduled to visit the Riding Mountain National Park this week end and then Fly Back to Lac Dubonnet to photograph the White Shell for est Reserve. The cameramen reached Winnipeg earlier this week and after making some preliminary shots in they flew to Lac Dubonnet and Pine Falls. From Lac Dubonnet they went to Norway House. The party is expected Back in Winnipeg Early next week. It is expected to visit the bran Don area and other districts in the Southern part of the province next week r. J. Bower assistant director of the provincial government s travel and publicity Bureau said saturday. Day afternoon with a score of 6-1. Bill Irvin Koch Clarence Wakshinsky and Ronald Latour Elle were plugs the winning team. The outstanding teamwork of Bill Whitesel Anc Bruce Carmichael who were called in late in the game clinched the Victory for West end. Other members other members of the West end team were Herbert Low Ken Mcpherson Frank Muzychka Don Davidson Don Lorimer Ken Hein Norman Larson. The Weston line up included Charlie Mead Ken Morris Jim Smith Ken Antram Alvin Mcdonald Don Macgregor Spud Armour Bill Zajac and Barry Zajac. Cowboys bushmen and Spanish senoritas All put in appearances at the sir Sam Steele playground costume show held Friday evening Ronnie hamburger was the Winn ing Cowboy and Brian Rentz won honors As a Bushman. Judges and spectators agreed unanimously that Ferrick Kendel who appeared dressed As a frustrated merited an award for wearing the funniest costume at the show. Other winners included pret Tiest costumes Margaret Dawydiuk bridesmaid foreign costume Bettj Ritchie chinese Man youngest contestant Bonnie Sparling Hobo cutest costume Carol Kitar to Peep smartest costume Patsy Bowman Spanish Senorita. Joyce Haig is supervisor of the sir Sam Steele playground. Races water games and a pea _ nut toss attracted a Large num her of Young contestants to the water carnival which was held a Victory playground Friday after noon. Ken Ducharme and Louise Gauthier each won red ribbons Fri placing first in the. Obstacle races contestants had to run through the wading Pool jump Over benches and pass other equally difficult obstacles. Other winners at the water carnival include Tine Keegan Georgina Var Mette b e r n i c e Rallinson Myrna Little and Irene Jones. Miss Mary Jane shot ill is supervisor of the Victory play ground. A Dashcund and a Kitten copped top honors at the Crescent Wood playground s pet show held Friday afternoon. Lynn Cousin and mar Aret do swell Are owners of the dog and Kitten respectively. Costume contest winners in the Crescent Wood cos tume contest were Milton Gunn Cowboy Judy Sluka Butterfly ser Ril Gunn Golden Arrow Don Brown Witch Lois old fashioned lady Billy Snider cow Doy Barry Gunn pirate Linda 3rown, Bride Sandra Stenger. Glamour girl. Two year old Lois Stenger was acclaimed grand win Ner of the show. Supervisor of the Crescent Wood playground Evelyne Ander son. Dots and dashes Aber Deen s senior boys basketball team trounced Pinkham 72-27 tuesday evening. Although Pink Ham s senior boys baseball team put up a valiant fight they were Defeated 15-0 by the Boyd and Radford team Friday evening Mike Olynyk Stan Chabola and Larry Brethauer were the spark plugs of the Boyd and Radford team tuesday evening the Boyd baseball team for. 14-year-Olds and under Defeated old exhibition 9-0. Carl Sandowich pitched a 1-hitter for Boyd thursday Boyd again won sports honors. This time they Defeated the Sargent Park senior boys basketball team 46-20 Irene Singbeil. One the out standing athletes at Weston memorial Community club play ground is preparing to attend an invitation track and Field meet at Saskatoon next week. Girls on the Weston soccer team have shown their generosity by contributing enough Money to meet Irene s expenses during the trip three Guinea pigs won first prize for be ing the smallest pets at the Aber Deen pet show Friday. A Small boy who wishes to remain anon Mous won first prize at another play ground pet show. He carefully car ried an ant to the judges who promptly gave him a prize for own ing the smallest animal at the show two City wide inter playground tabloid sports meets will be held at Sargent Park wednesday. Juniors will compete in the afternoon and seniors will hold their meet commencing at 7.30 . Office management group plans first seminar the first seminar and office equipment display of the Winnipeg chapter of the National office management association will be held oct. 17 to 19 inclusive at the Royal Alexandra hotel. General chairman will be r. E. Townsend. The belgian government s Blue books ire Grey. A Volcano ready to erupt with the Aid of cigarette smoke is just one of the unusual features of the elaborate Model of Venice in the top picture. The Model made by teen agers at ther Cua a playground also boasts a network of real water. It is part of a playground Handi Craft display which will open monday morning in the Beaver Hall of the Hudson s Bay store a levee scene on the Mississippi is. The title of the project at Bottom. It reflects the color and pageantry of a Southern levee scene almost a Century ago mule drawn carts loaded with Bales of Cotton Southern Belles followed closely by their mummies and a Beautiful backdrop showing slip drawing into port Are highlights of this exhibit which was created at Aberdeen playground under the supervision of miss Edith Chodo Cove and Dan Shapiro. Hoppers invade editorial office Grasshoppers it seems not Only Ike the country but also the City. This was brought to the attention of the free press when one of he jumping insects flew into its fourth floor editorial office win Dows and caused a flurry among some of the feminine members of the staff. It was discovered that it is not unusual to find them within the City boundaries. However they Are Liere in greater numbers this year. The municipalities surrounding the City did not. Think it Neces sary to take the same Stern Mea sures of control As did their counterparts in the Rural areas. The hoppers Are filtering into now from the suburban Fields. The Large numbers this year Are a re minder of the thirties when they were even More plentiful. It is difficult officials say to take control measures within the City and they add Grasshoppers Are unpredictable. They May Fly. Away in great masses in the fall. If they do Winnipeg will not have the greater numbers next year that would be the result of their Breed ing near the Tamarack stands menaced Manitoba forests Buzz As Sawfly foes loosed things Are buzzing in Manitoba Forest areas these Days with nearly wasps released during the past two weeks to do Battle with the Tamarack killing Larch Sawfly. of Over of the Para site wasps were turned Loose just West of the Duck Mountain Forest Reserve near Renwer during the past week. Other colonies totalling around were released in the White Shell Forest Reserve earlier this month. The wasps were sent to Manitoba by the Dominion parasite Laboratory at Belle Ville ont. The Dominion Forest insect Laboratory in Winnipeg selected the areas in which the buzzing insects were to be re leased. The wasps Larch saw flies which have been killing this province s stands of Tamarack Trees. The Tamarack tree is Simi cobra at breakfast Ceylon is never Boring Lieut. 3. Meder who has been appointed officer commanding the Winnipeg sea Ca det corps according to an announcement saturday by the Mani Toba division of the Navy league of Canada. An officer with the corps for Over five years he succeeds Lieut comm. T. W. Baird commanding officer for the Pas two years. If you have no objection to enter Taining a cobra at breakfast Shar ing your bedroom with a Taran Tula spider or finding your path locked by a rogue elephant while out on a drive then you will find Ceylon a. Comfortable country in which to Jive according to or. And mrs. Waldo Wheten who recently arrived from there. They took such events in their stride while living in that country Lor three years. In route to their Home in Saskatoon sask., the whitens with their daughter Barbara Ann stopped off in Winnipeg for a few Days As the guests of miss e. Mcknight of 224 Ruby Street. Or. Wheten. Who was employed As a n irrigation Engineer with the Ceylon government said he was glad to be Back in Canada where the Winters Are distinct from the Summers. A Winter sports enthusiast he found for his interests in Ceylon where the temperature averages 85 degrees All year round. The High humidity there makes the same temperature Here seem cooler by comparison he said. In his opinion people in Ceylon fight the heat More intelligently than do canadians. Neckties Are rarely seen and most of the men Wear shorts and shirts made of Light weight material. Also they drink about 12 glasses of water each Day three times As High mrs. Wheten smiled when the Cost of living in Canada was men loved. It is almost three times As High in she said. She was amazed at the. Low prices charged for commodities in Winni Peg what the whitens liked Best about Ceylon was that there is no such thing As routine there something new happens each by that they mean things like spiders and cobras appearing when East expected and the hospitality of the Cin Galese who do their Oest to entertain visitors to their country. While there or. Wheten was in charge of a scheme to irrigate acres of dry land. Zirri Grion in Ceylon dates Back to the third Century and or. Wheten said that the gradients on irrigation channels could not be improved by modern engineering. It was largely a matter of making the existing dams and Walls More permanent by strengthening them with con he explained. We dam med up the natural Rivers and straightened out some of the old the whitens Are. Not certain How will remain in can Ada. We Are always interested in seeing some part of the world that we Haven t visited said or. Wheten. He did not say whether 5ie was looking Forward to making the acquaintance of any new species a to a Pine except that it Sheds to Needles each year it is found n swamps and at one time was almost wiped out by the saw flies a new growth of Tamarack tarted in Manitoba. But the saw lies have also begun to appear on he new Trees stripping them of heir Needles and ultimately kill no the Young Trees. The parasite Watts Lay inside the Sawfly larva. The egg hatches into a As it develops kills the Sawfly. The worm then emerges As an adult Wasp and to multiply. Additional shipments of the wasps vill be brought into the province Ater this month officials at the insect Laboratory in Winnipeg said saturday. Police hold Trio after chasing stolen Auto a youth and two juveniles were arrested Early saturday following Nir suit of a stolen car in St. Boni Ace. The youth 20-year-old Thomas Walter Dykes of 203 Garry Street was arrested by St. Boniface police shortly after three Young men had fled abandoning the stolen car on a Boulevard. Winnipeg police assisted of searching the. Vicinity and arrested two juvenile boys aged 15 and 16. Dykes appeared in City police court saturday and was remanded until monday by magistrate Fred 2. Law. Crown prosecutor c. N. Kushner told the court a charge of car theft would Likely him saturday. The two juveniles have been handed to juvenile court authorities. Spot car St. Boniface police reported spotting the stolen car taken from the coca cola company lot at 100 Dagmar Street driving on Marion Street at . Saturday. After a Chase of several blocks the car was abandoned on the. Boulevard. Jewelry stolen from room thieves who entered the room of Marion Corry 391 Kennedy after noon Friday escaped with a Diamond ring a locket a Gold Chain a Wristwatch and fit in each cite police said Satur Day. 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