Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 2, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press do you know what 3 Home made flavor Means try Bryce s Kitchen Star bread it s Home made. Sold Only at your Croce of. By Carrier in Winnipeg Csc per week Winnipeg monday october 2, 1950 Trees Bend crack collapse under weight of soggy Snow Trees throughout the City overburdened by soggy Snow col lapsed on streets and boulevards As monday s sleet and Snow storm swept Winnipeg. Reports of tree trouble poured into the Public Parks Board office All morning As the weight of the Snow cracked already weakened tree branches and limbs. Parks Board officials said that All men possible were out working to Clear streets and boulevards of the broken Trees. City Hydro officials said that some wires had been torn Down in the South Section of the cite but that no serious trouble had been reported is yet. Fraternal order stages membership drive a drive for new members will be staged by the fraternal order or eagles aerie no. 23, it was announced at a recent meeting. All candidates for membership will be initiated oct. 10. Meanwhile president Don Forsyth said the septem Ber membership quota has been reached. The first of a series of weekly dances will be held oct. 7, while oct. 13 an open House will Start a three Day Celebration marking the opening of the Lodge s new quarters at 131 Dagmar Street. Bill Matthews is entertain ment chairman while j. Nod Der is in charge of whist drives. Fire damage is to basement of Block fire of undetermined origin did damage to the base ment and a locker of an apart ment Block at 540 Maryland Street saturday afternoon fire department officials said. Fire men extinguished the Blaze be fore it could spread. Owner of the building is a. P. Johann son of 910 Palmerston Avenue. Feast Day marked at anglican Church Patron Al festival services were conducted in St. Michael s and All Angels Ang lican Church sunday marking the feast of St. Michael and All Angels. Father will am c. Turney officiated at both the morning and evening services. Whooping cough Heads contagious list thirty eight cases of whooping cough were reported week ending 30, a report from Maxwell bowl of preventive medical services reveals. The total mimic ported during the Nan director or of cases of Price 5c per copy edition with comics Loc eggs hit Jackpot in week end Safe cracking k it i it 2 328 measles 21 i one Erysipelas 4 influenza mumps 8 Lobar pneumonia 2 ufi6 septic sore Throat and und ulant t a. Prus tag around manufacturer asserts although Britain round very every thing is very expensive commented a. H. Reed representative of a British sauce manufacturing firm who is visiting Winnipeg accompanied by his wife. You can t buy anything in England if it is on the luxury or. Reed complained. It s Allex or. And mrs. Reed Are now travelling cast after a trip to Bermuda Jamaica and the Panama canal. They arc guests at the Royal Alex Andra hotel. Patton lauds artist l1smer the progressive and vigorous style of the Canadian artist Arthur Lister was described sunday by Randolph Patton guest speaker at the fall open ing of the Winnipeg Art gallery. Or. Patton outlined Lister s Progress during a 40-year per Iod in which the head my Gill s Art department was inspired by the Canadian North land. The speaker was introduced by mrs. Grant Dexter vice chairman o the women s committee. Acclamations few in St. Boniface acclamations will be few and far Between in the St. Boniface civic elections this fall. Monday j. B. Lalomie announced that lie would run for Alderman in Ward three which is also being contested by Larry Desjardins. Aid. J. A. A. Path rim whose term in Ward three expires this year will not seek re election due to ill health. Or. Lalonde is no stranger to civic affairs. He was mayor of lamp Man sask., for eight years. He came to St. Boniface in 1943 from Tine Falls Man., where he was employed by the Canadian National railways. Young Winnipeg Gardener j break in nets thieves Spades oversized spuds a Young Winnipeg Gardener Ali year old Larry Wiens of 1s35 Ross Avenue got a sur prise when he spaced his spuds recently. The yield included a number of giant two Pound potatoes. Young Larry earthed the plants late last Spring. He is the son of or. And mrs. Herman wins. Mate Box of pennies a mite Box. Containing a Small amount of Cash mostly pennies was stolen from the Home of Fred j. Latter 64 Clifton Street while the Resi dents were vacationing. The theft took place during the past three weeks. Canadian Oil vault yields Cash and cheques one of the largest hauls in recent years netted eggs in Cash and cheques from a Safe in the j Canadian Oil company offices Tallbot Avenue and Sta Acona Street Over the week end. Stolen by the Safe crackers was about Civish in non negotiable cheques and 5671 in motorists currency credit invoices. Detectives Are working on the theory the eggs were local men. A High police official said their method of operation indicated told Christian rebirth sole answer to red threat stirring hymns and a Call rebirth of the Christian spirit marked the opening of 1950 s Christ for Winnipeg Mission at the civil auditorium sunday night audience that passed the Mark heard f. Of Ford British evangelist Call for Christian forthrightness As the Only answer to communism s threat. Twelve protestant denominations and too City churches were represented at the initial session of the free week Mission. The band was rom the salvation army Citadel he choir was from St. Stephen s Roadway United Church assisted of Volunteer Mission choristers. Seated on the stage with or. Of pro were provincial and civic officials and Mission leaders. Guests included Hon. K. F. 3ie Williams lieutenant Gover nor of Manitoba hoi i. J. S. acting Premier and mayor Garnet Coulter. Crinan f. Glover of St. Mar Garet s anglican Church gave the opening prayer in which he asked for Success during the next three weeks of services. Mayor Coulter officially welcomed guests and Mission leaders on behalf the City. In commend ing Christian endeavours of the Mission he said unless we be now to return to fundamental spiritual thinking we May lose a great heritage already built must fee Tor a Rig following the hymn All said. The Power of Jesus name by the he pointed to the evils to be a. Lang chairman the commit tee. In future when people begin to speak of evil things of doubtful air. Olford said Christ Ian people Tarn by doubts should Ihen i urn to Jesus Christ. In him Well be found reality and he appealed to the assemblage to seek the vitality and the reality that is in and referred to him As one who looks into uie Ioe pest Point of need analyses it and exposes we re jiving in Days when we inst be forthright in our choir under direction of or. F. Carlton Booth director of music in the Providence Bible Institute Rhode Island both or. Booth and or. Olford were introduced by f. Y was gained through the Coal Shute. Cyclist 65, in fair condition after crash a 65-Yenr-old cyclist John Edward 1036 Ingersoll Avenue to in fairly Good condition in Winnipeg general Hospital following collision with a car saturday on Sherbrook Street Between Wolseley and Westminster avenues. Driver of the car was Verne v. Lemmem sen lot 2, St. George Avenue. Fort Garry police said. The injured Man was taken first to Misericordia Hospital and treated for cuts to the face and head. He was later taken to Winnipeg general Hospital he was found to be stiffening head injuries. Fog still tops Torme beats handicaps to win crowd at Frank h. Keefe appointed in railways new Western manager Frank h. Keefe has been apr pointed general manager of the Western Region of Canadian National railways it was announced in Winnipeg monday by j. A. Mcmillan regional vice president. Or. Keife s present Headquarters As general superintendent of the British Columbia District Are in Vancouver. New superintendents included in other appointments made Public by or. Mcmillan arc two new general superintendent r. H. Robertson formerly superintendent at Kamloops been named succeed or. Keefe in British Columbia. Timothy s. Sullivan. For Merly superintendent at Saskatoon been promoted a general superintendent of the Manitoba District succeeding or. Mcmillan. Donald Kissick formerly assist ant superintendent at Vancouver will take Over or. Robertson s Kamloops Post. Ernest Cutts for Merly assistant superintendent at Melville sask. Will replace or. Sullivan at Saskatoon. As a result of these moves e. K. House assistant superintendent at Saskatoon is transferred to Mel Ville succeeding or. Cutts a. Mainprize assistant superintendent it Kamloops. Is transferred to Van Couver succeeding or. Kissick George Dunbar formerly general Yardmaster at Saskatoon is appointed an assistant superintendent at Saskatoon and j. W. Formerly staff record clerk at port Arthur is promoted to assistant superintendent at Kamloops. All changes Are effective immediately. 3mquor store use up has pre cd justas flavor it looked just like the pre Christmas Rush Friday and sat urday in most greater Winni Peg liquor commission stores. Commented w. R. Clubb chair Man of the Manitoba liquor commission monday. Hundreds of customers took advantage the last two Days before Price increases took effect. Be pinning today Beer went up 50 cents a Case while new Price lists with boosts of from 10 to 35 cents 5n All brands of liquors Wert posted in All stores. Mel Tomc. The velvet will Stilt be recognized As one of the nation s top vocal its after his de parture from Winnipeg sunday Al though his performance a the civic saturday evening would to qualify him for top rating. A number of things hampered Mel s inability to prove his High position in the music world among hich could be listed a poor Nacous .1 set up Only fair orchestral i backing and a Chest cold. His appearance otherwise was compelling in the sense thai he had won the comfortably sized audience s approval one of a stage performer s prime requisites when doing a single As Torme. A note of is in order for Mel on that score. His presentation and informal chatter Between numbers Lef nothing to be desire i. The Singer personally did a line Job considering his location. The Frank h. Keefe Vancouver boys under sponsorship of the Junior chamber of Commerce the Van r kit Silano boys band will appear in a concert at Sargent Park school at s . Saturday. The 39-Man band recently c o m peeled a five month tour of the British Isles and Holland. They were to have played in Winnipeg in the Spring but the performance was postponed due to flood conditions. Proceeds will go towards the Manitoba schools orchestra. A modern and old time dance will be staged at s.30 . Saturday in the West end memorial Community club Arlington Street and Mcdermot Avenue. The St. Boniface provincial progressive conservative association will hold a meeting in Provencher school saturday at 2.30 . To appoint delegates to attend the conservative convention to be held in Brandon oct. 27 and 28. Kiwanis elections elections and the opening of the attendance contest will be features of the Winnipeg Kiwan ians lunch Eon at 12.20 . Tuesday in the Royal Alexandra hotel. Speaker will be Thomas Haslett whose topic will be the pipeline. Accountants will elect first governors Board or. Chester s. Walters of Tor onto honorary life president of both Manitoba and Ontario groups of the certified Public accountants association will be principal speaker at the Manitoba group s first annual meeting wednesday at 6.15 . In the Royal Alexandra hotel. He will conduct the election of the Board civic auditorium was definitely not the place to spot a Singer with an intimate style such As Tomc s. The Slinky confines of a night club would have been More suitable. Wrong setting the loud distorted voice amplified through the Aud s loud speak ers belied the soft sometime furry Quality suggested by Torme s recordings. A piano Bass and Drums Back ground did not seem sufficient for Singer accustomed to having a Well padded Section of strings by found a and said there was no in material Way of Christian forthrightness is the Only sure cure against communism or any other or. Olford declared hypocrisy o n g some Christian people along with what he termed soul were two of the major ices the Church faced today. Another problem was the spiritual blindness of the younger generation. In this respect he said they were Heing robbed of the True Vir tues inherent in christianity. To make for a Fuller Richer life he appealed to his listeners to Al Low the spirit of christianity to enter into their secular and social life As Well As their spiritual life. The evangelist explained would make for a new meaning in life and a new a pointed to the faithfulness and Fellowship to be found in Christ who made conditions but appeals to the service ended with a hymn Hind him. His pianist Al pail Egrini was very conscientious. I Mel made his first a. Closing prayer. Music during the evening shortly after 10.15 . Launching it with i get a kick out of you. Fol Lowed by bewitched Laura and and Community singing _ of eluding selections by the mass Huckl Buck of which he did a spirited scat vocalizing. He followed these with Blue Moon which he did Complete with imitations of Nat King Cole Frank Sinatra Frankie Laine Billy Eckstine and Ezio Pinza. Gospel hymns was under direction of or. Booth who will work with the Mission during the next three weeks. As part of the sunday night service or. Booth Sang the hymn i Jesus won my heart. I the salvation army band was under direction of bandmaster in addition to being a Merrett while the St. Ste Torme is a percussionist of no mean pm ivs Broadway Quality. He took Over the drum Mer s seat in the latter stages of the show to take part in an instrumental number one o clock jump with members of Charlie Cruickshanks group. Mel who made his professional debut at the age of four named a number of singers among his male favourites. Included were Perry of governors and present new Cert Como Frank Sinatra. Herb Jeffries fic ates of membership. And Eckstine. Ella Fitzgerald is my fave girl he without hesitation. As for Ellington. Said Brig. Frank who As Secretary of the Imperial War Graves commission will visit Winnipeg oct. 22 during a Canada wide lecture tour. Brig. Higginson will conduct lectures and show films or. War Graves of the British Commonwealth. Bands he listed Duke Woody Herman Miles Davis and dizzy Gillespie As among his favourites. Bands improve his opinion of the music situation today is that dance bands Are steadily progressing from their Low Posi Tion a few years Back. The tunes Are similarly reaching higher stand he said pointing out that one of his favourites. Bewitched had been on the hit Parade. Turning to the jazz scene he was in agreement with the Many critics and musicians who have recently said that Bop is dead. Torme blames the musicians for the demise of this form of music. They have played for their own enjoyment and not that of the listening Mel flew to Buffalo Early Day from where he will drive to one Philadelphia to meet an engagement. He intimated there is a Strong Possi guest choir was Hubble. United led by Church Filmer a British evangelist a Sal vation army band and St. St phen a Broadway United Church a Linoir join efforts to launch the 3950 Christ Jor Winnipeg Mission. Here the camera s Eye catches the scene and a Section of the Large audience attending the Mission s opening at the civic auditorium sunday night. Heading the mis Sion is Stephen f. Olford visit ing preacher who will conduct similar meetings daily except mondays for the next three wee Jis. More than 100 City churches of 32 protestant de nominations were represented in he audience. Special guests included Hon. K. F. Cavil Liams lieutenant governor of Manitoba Hon. 7. S. Air Dir Ruid acting Premier and mayor Garnet Coulter. Desire for truth need of scholars freshmen told through opportunities for Fellowship can be the making of a person Plov. E. M. Check land told University of Manitoba freshmen at Broadway first Baptist Church sunday night. Speaking to students who Gath ered for the annual freshman Church service he said the definition o education in its broader sense is the making of a the University just like the Church will make one major de Mand on its he declared. It will demand they have an Earnest desire for the after four years of study a Man May emerge As a highly trained he continued. If however the student has not sought truth he will not be Edu Church school tie he reminded Young people pres ent it the close connection be tween the Church and University. There can be no activity in University dealing with the we Hole of life which is not closely re in this respect head students god is interested in you As Good forthright men not necessarily As Good m e n in professional earlier Arthur Morrow presi Dent of the University of Mani Toba student s Union told fresh men the future world depended on their actions. In this he said the student must fuse what he learns in school with Christian principles. In that Way you can Mold this country into a nation of builders. They were members of the Winnipeg underworld. The slam bang method of breaking open the Strongbox indicated they were not top notch Safe crackers but that they were definitely professionals he thought. Cover of noise the thieves Are believed to have worked under cover of the Racket being made by locomotives shunt ing Box cars in a near by railway siding. Police said the eggs entered the building by forcing a window under a loading platform on the South Side. They attempted to enter vault by knocking off the handle of a combination lock. When this failed they used a heavy Bench bar to punch through a number of bricks in the vault Wall. The car was left at the scene. Two safes were in the vault the smaller one was opened by Jaring the hinges and moving the door Lengthwise. The larger Safe in which there was no Cash was left untouched. Police said that Safe cracking which at one time was almost a weekly occurrence in Winnipeg has tapered off in recent years. There have been less than half a dozen Safe robberies this year they said. E. Sievert discovered the robbery at 2 . Sunday when when he arrived at the office to audit the books. Thieves also broke into the offices of the Veteran s Transfer. 1s1 Mcphillips Street Between 10 . And 4 . Sunday. Entrance was gained by forcing a window. It was not immediately known what had been stolen. Lord Roberts registration registration for handicraft classes held in conjunction with the lord Roberts Home and school association will be conducted at the school during school hours thurs Day. The following courses will be open Shell Craft Clay modelling lovemaking dressmaking leather Craft Woodwork Ling and a general course which includes line cutting Copper tooling Felt work fabric painting and rhinestone jewellery making. Rebekah Olive Branch Rebekah Lodge no. 1, Odd Fellows Temple will hold a school of instruction meeting tues Day at 8 . Old Tinte favorite of the stage Anne Bronaugh., Back in Winnipeg Irr a Vair oct o _ i by Frank Morriss the actress whom Winnipeg loved above All others is Back in die City i or a visit. Anne Bronaugh undisputed Queen of the Winnipeg theatre a Lime when Stock companies flourished throughout the North american continent has t most one bit of the fragile Charm which made her such a favorite in such an amazing number of roles. She is cider her hair is Grey but the dainties a the piquant Southern voice still makes music in your ears and the big dark eyes Are expressive As Ever. The Deli Cate features Are Mobile and her mood can change from gaiety to sadness in a twinkle of the Eye. Anne Bronaugh was my first big crush and there must be thousands of Winnipeg men who Wilt admit the same thing. And thousands of Winnipeg women can remember sitting through matinee afternoons with a Box of chocolates n their Lap their eyes glued on the Little woman who played everything from Pollyanna to Madame x. All the old Glamour when i phoned miss Bronaugh to ask for an interview i Dis appointed. There was no magic in the voice that came Over the wire but when i met her i knew that if the years had altered her a Little that she had All the old Glamour. She hates talking Over the Telephone she says. She likes to watch people s eyes when she has conversation with them. Take part with children lecturer advises parents work and play with your Chil Dren. It is the Only Safe method to promote and ensure happiness in the said father Daniel lord before a capacity crowd sunday evening in the Odeon theatre. Father lord lecturer writer and dramatist spoke at one of a series of lectures across Canada in the the sacred heart radio programme. boo laugh h of x her voice is Small in sound but so beautifully placed that it used to reach up to the last Row of the gallery making each person feel she was speaking to him alone. Anne Bronaugh still has All this. It was t a formal interview. It could t be under the Circum stances. I d never met her in per son but i could t help blurting out just How i d Felt about her. She said she was pleased. We pushed Back the years and started because there is no Way of sustain the things we loved and ing their he said. When a child reaches the teen Ages he is enveloped in the idea of wearing myriad ugly costumes such As Blue Denim pants and he talks in a fashion so his parents do not understand him. The outside influence is so Strong that the youngster would rather eat a hamburger and soft drink in a cafe than a Beefsteak his subject sunday fun in Thuja and artichokes at family emphasized the necessity parents Are to blame for of taking a serious interest in declared father lord. They Are children from an Early age. You do he warned it will soon be too after tracing the reason children seek enjoyment out Side the Home father lord advocated a counter step to prevent such a move. Take part with your children in their he advised adding ability he will return to Winnipeg during the Winter. This i Hope for. Mel said for i have always Felt Canadian audiences Are much warmer and More receptive than those in the United backing Torme saturday was the orchestra of Charlie Cruikshanks. the est scared stiff of their love laughter and gaiety in the Home is he keynote to pro Mote the child s interest. This can be achieved with a Little foresight on the parents he said. Learning your mate s interests and what you enjoy doing together before marriage is Wise planning for this habit can be practice Acon Taro Josh married life and before plish this is by encouraging them your youngsters so providing to participate in conversation at basis for their Home the speaker deplored what he termed Spectator sports being responsible for the steadily increasing number of persons not playing games for the fun of remembered. She first came to Winnipeg in 1913 As a fragile girl from Lexington Kentucky. She had been with sir Johnston Forbes Robertson and she Hod achieved some Success is an ingenue but she came to Winnipeg As it full fledged leading woman. From 1913 to 1919, at the old Winnipeg theatre she played Pollyanna Madame a Camille Peg o my heart Dawn of to Morrow Romance and of so Many other roles with Frank Camp As her leading Man. When she made her debut Here show them you Are interested in them and what they do. This can be done by attending sporting and social events in which they Are taking part and enjoying such pastimes As card playing music and hobbies together. Children leave the family Circle father lord s slogan for the tour is the family that plays together stays St. Boniface Kiwas James h. Evans former Deputy minister of agriculture for Mani Toba will be guest speaker at a luncheon gathering of the St. Boniface kiwanis club at 12.15 . Wednesday in the fort Garry hotel. The Board of directors will meet oct. 10 at 7.30 . In the St. Boniface City Hall. Free press meetings two groups will meet in the free press building tuesday. They Are Board room 1, War widows and widowed mothers association at 8 . And in the club room the free press Bridge club also at 8 . In a play entitled the Price she says it was a Good Job she was wearing a Long dress so that the audience could t see her Knees shaking. Was t it hard forgetting one role playing another and learning another All at the same time photographic memory no not for said miss Bronaugh. I have a photographic memory. I could read a part Over not More than three times and memorize it so Well that i could recall if a sentence came in the Middle of a of All her roles she loved Romance the Best of All. As the tempestuous and lovable Prima Donna of that play she had Frank Camp As the Young minister and Fred Kirby As her Lover. In the company were such Well known people As Blanche Chapman Marie Steffin and George Secord. Or. Secord is still in Winnipeg. It was a wonderful said Anne Bronaugh. A Star is no better than her support. It is like a Chain without a weak link. I tried to figure out the reactions of the person who played opposite said miss Bronaugh and then you had a real feeling of she thinks that today Young actresses Don t bother to learn stage deportment and that the directors it the performers have their own initiative far too much. When she left Winnipeg in 1919 a great Deal of the Lustre of the Stock company was gone. She went of new York and created the of Rosemary in Abie s Irish Rose. She did t like the part but she played it year and six months and then she left it to become Lead no woman in Marcus Loew s Stock company in new York. She went on tour with Fiske o Hara and then she returned in 1925 to head her own company at the playhouse theatre. Saw the fire one was Here on the Winter Day hat the old Winnipeg theatre burned Down and she stood and watched the conflagration. The tears froze on my she said. Why i m crying she removed her glasses and brought out a handkerchief and wiped the tears away but they continued to flow. Why Winnipeg is More Rny Home Han my own Home she said. I m sorry i Ever left but leave it she did to teach acting for the National Council of jewish women in new York. What is she doing now i m hostess to a piece of she said and went on to explain that she lectures at mount Palomar for the giant disc of Glass which went into the world s largest Telescope. She makes her Home at Hammondsport new York and has a summer Home at Kezuka Lake. She is the guest of mrs j h Mccreery 177 Oak Street and monday she addressed the woman club. Welcome Home Anne Bronaugh it s just As if you d never been away ;