Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 26, 1953, Winnipeg, Manitoba 61 Calgary Sonja tops held taking West ice Crown at 15 Winnipeg free monday january St 1953 la Edmonton smooth near perfection of a Champion has Proa item Vav human an Given 15-year-old Sonja Currie of from the paler nov a Calgary and Edmonton her second Canada senior figure skating straight Western women s singles title. The Young blonde miss whirled her Way to the top in a i Eligil of 11 saturday night to retain the Crown she won last year at Van Couver. The smiling Confidence and Graceful ease with which she won the tills also brought her the most artistic skater award. In senior men s singles 22-Yea old Norman Walker of the a Couver Connaught club defeat club mate Brian Power to Sucre Billy Lewis of Vancouver As Wes Ern titleholder. Lewis did not d fend his Crown. Walker is a former Winniei resident and a brother of Albe Walker a Winnipeg contestant Pamela Willman an 11-year-old sleep to night and relieve nervousness to Morrow Sedicino of blvd according to direction it a Safe Way to or quiet nerves when test. Doors foot Odok positively Saft backed by policy with Roul Simillion Dollar a Jurant company voids chlorophyll to Butts must Stop Odoi head to or Yow d. Hot a Candy mint Mot a hewing gum 1 month Supply Alto if and lasts 18 hours or More club polled two firsts and a second from three judges to capture the Junior women s singles in a Field of 17. Edmonton s 22-year-old Gordon Linney was unanimously awarded the Junior men s singles title gain ing three first placings to defeat three others. In dancing Competition Francis Abbott and David Ross of the Winnipeg Winter club were double win ners. They took the Silver dance championship and the Waltz title. Men s Novice Crown the other champions Elaine Dawson 14, Vancouver skating club women s Novice. Albert Walker 21, ice club of Spray Barbara Markall fort William 9, Jane Sinclair Winn Peg 10, Catherine Nipes 11, Loye Shatina Van Couver. Junior women s mis Willman 2, miss Kaltenbrunne 3, Jacqueline Lloyd Victoria 4 Bev Mclntyre Vancouver 5, Doro thy Saskatoon 6, Margare Crosland Calgary 7, Nancy Arm Strong Edmonton 8, Claire Bab cock Winnipeg 9, Desira Skene Regina 10, Noelle Mcvey Edmon ton 11, miss Rennie 12, Arlen Mcfarlane Vancouver 13 Gwynne Smith Edmonton 14 Joyce Barton Winnipeg 15, mar Garet head Calgary 16, Caro greater Winnipeg men s Novice. Gail Rennie and Dennis Mcfear Lane Saskatoon figure skating club Junior mixed pairs. Audrey Downie and Power Van Connaught senior mixed Couver pairs. Miss Downie Pat Spray Power and Norman Walker Vancouver Connaught mixed fours. Betty Kalten Burmer and Anna Margaret Mitchell Regina was Cana Winter club women s pairs. Leone Millar and o m. Alfred Saskatoon Bronze dance. Leads with figures miss Currie took the Lead in Enior women s singles with top Marks in compulsory school Fig ires for 60 per cent f the markings. She retained her margin in free skating the jumps Wirls and spins which account for he other 40 per cent. She was Hull Saskatoon 17, Rhonda a lord Winnipeg. Women s miss Daw son .2, Sharon Adams Calgary 3, Sydney swinger Calgary 4 Judy Weiss Winnipeg 5, Sheila Middleton Calgary 6, Gail Leon Ard Calgary 7, Carol Hart Saskatoon 8, Margaret Macdonald Calgary 9, Barbara Renfrew Cal Gary 10, Joan Scott Winnipeg 11, Gail Stewart Saskatoon 12. Carol Patterson Saskatoon 13, Sandra Mooney Prince Albert 14, Greta Fuchs Edmonton 15, Lauralee Art Saskatoon. Junior men s Linney 2, Douglas 3aton, Vancouver 3, Jimmie head Calgary 4, Michael Healy Vancouver. Men s Albert Walker Iven two firsts and a third by the Iree judges. Dianne Williams 14, and 13-year id Karen Dixon of the Calgary Glencoe club placed second and lord respectively. Mary Munro of Egina was Ana was fourth and Rosemary Hall of Calgary Firth. Norman Walker and Power were he Only two competitors in the Enior men s event and Walker s Largin in figures gave him the tie. Power a 10-year-old, was Well p in free skating Marks. Walker oiled two firsts and a second. Results detailed results follow senior women s miss 2, Larry Rost Winnipeg 3, Mcfarlane 4, David Matheson Cal Gary a Frank Clark Kamloops . Senior mixed miss Downie and Power 2, miss Spray and Norman Walker 3, Lesli Goodman and Albert Walker Winnipeg. Junior mixed mis Rennie and Mcfarlane 2, mis Mclntyre and Healy. Ladies miss Kalten Brunner and miss Mitchell 2, elis and Joan Koonts Vancouver c Connie and Edythe Hunt Saska Toon 4, miss Barton and Patricia Abbott in Jovial mood for Burns night dinner a _ _ four spurred Ders Hundred by Rev. 1 Urrie 2, miss Williams is miss miss Ixon All 4, miss Munro miss Mitchell miss triplets at Zenith my three famous Zenith hearing aids super Royal and Ach Only s85. Hear better or pay thing. 10-Day Money Back guarantee can Ada Trust building Windsor Leslie Winnipeg 5, Nancy an Jean Armstrong Edmonton 6 miss Stewart and miss Art 7 Synthia Sinclair and miss Robert son Winnipeg. Mixed miss Downie miss Spray Power and Norman Walker 2, Joan Baldwin miss Goodman Rost and Albert Walker Silver dance includes Waltz miss Abbott and Ross 2, Doreen Leech and nor Man Walker 3, miss Spray and Bill Mcallister Vancouver 4 Dorothy Hall and Mcfarlane. Bronze Leone Millar and Alfred 2, mrs. Graham Wil son and or. Douglas Brown Winnipeg another new shop easy now open to serve you at who was elected president of the Manitoba division of the Canadian arthritis and rheumatism society at a Board of directors meeting last week. Other officers Are vice presi Stewart a King or. J. D. Adamson and mrs. C. S. Riley or. Honorary treasurer Harold s. Hanson honorary solicitor Henry b. Monk. Directors Are g. S. Snell g. E. Baldry or. R. H. Mcfarlane j. E. Yarnell t. C. Marshall miss i. Mcdiarmid mrs a Duff and t. Hume Gibson. Tally Hurt n car mishap a 69-year-old retired City pol ice Constable is Winnipeg s first traffic fatality of 1953 Ewen Campbell of 828 Alver Stone Street died in Winnipeg Gen eral Hospital at 3.05 Satur Day As a result of injuries received Jan. 17. Police said or. Campbell w a s d r i n g North. Over Salter Street t Bridge shortly be fore noon when. His car struck Al a steel trolly pole n the Middle of the Road. Campbell Bannerman ave. At Mcgregor Street free delivery in orders s5.00 or Over Sale Alberta netted gems pounds Cumrda table to. 1 pounds Canada Tabu no. 2 prices Buctin vet Nataf humor 27 2tlk an inquest was opened at Centra police station at noon monday an adjourned to a later Date. Police said the City s first trafic fatality of the year occurred 1 Days earlier than last year. I 952 the first fatal Accident a Tan. 27. Sixteen persons were Kii de in traffic accidents in Winnieg last year. Or. Campbell joined the if olice department shortly after Oming to Canada in 1912. He re ired on pension in 1942. He is survived by his wife two daughters mrs. Marion Harris and irs. Evelyn Carpenter of Winnieg one son Normag of Toronto Iree Sisters miss Isabel in eng my miss Marion of Isle of Skye Scotland and mrs. Angus Maclear of Chicago. Funeral services for or. Camp Bell will be held at Thomson s chapels at 2 . Wednesday. Trust firm denies claims of Oil fraud Brandon Man. Two statements of defence filed in. Court of Queen s Bench Here the Prudential Trust company limited has denied allegations that Oil rights on certain Western Manitoba properties were obtained by fraud and the two statements Are in reply o statements of claim filed by or. And mrs. James a. L. Killoh of Hamiota municipality and Ernest Johnson of wheat lands. Both statements of claim allege hat the plaintiffs signed documents n the belief that they were simply options for leases on min ral rights on their property and hat this belief was based on state ments made by an agent of the de Jdant company. The statements of defence allege hat the company was acting As a Bare trustee and therefore has o knowledge of the allegations and in the alternative that the plaintiffs executed the documents eing fully aware of their nature and for valuable consideration the statements of defence were filed by Stordy Alder and bucking Ham of Brandon acting for Alkins Macaulay and company barristers and solicitors Winnipeg. Kerr Meighen Haddad and Kerr of Brandon Are representing the plaintiffs. Since these two statements of claim were filed the firm of Kerr Meighen Haddad and Kerr have filed another six claims of a Sim Ilar nature All which name the Prudential Trust company limited As defendant. Plaintiffs in these latest actions Are George Moir and Wilda j. Moir Edward Moir and Ella Moir James Moir and Florence a. Moir George a. Bremner and Emily 3remner, James Philip and Jessie Margaret Philip. All these Plain tiffs Are residents of the Tilson District. Saturday night Rode the literary Trail of Robbie Burns at the society s 30th annual Burns night dinner at the fort Garry hotel. Hon. Douglas c. Abbott also just speaker stepped Down from the usually austere role of can minister to Lead the audience along a joke strewn course of figures. Introduced by r. D. Miller pres Dent and chairman As the Man who not Only had his hand on the pulse of nation but in the pocketbook As or. Abbott reiterated his statement As re ported correctly in the free press that he must act like an Oyster and look like a poker player at this time of the year. Still joking he said a Young boy in Saskatchewan once shattered the Hope that by travelling the country a politician might become better known. Or. Abbott and a Liberal organizer were in a country store. This was shortly after i lowered the tax on soft the Fin Ance minister said who lowered Price or. Abbott s eager companion said to two Young boys who had just purchased drinks to you know who lowered the Price on one replied sure it was or. the organizer said what f i were to Tell you that s or. A Bott Over the boy looked the finance min Ster Over so optically then replied if that s or. Abbott then i m Mackenzie in his Toast to Canada or. A Lott said in the 85 years since con federation there has been no growth comparable to the past 10 r 15 years. The Canadian Gross National product the output of goods and services stood at in 939 and this year will be close to the actual increase in physical output annually now stands at about five per cent. Tops Dollar for Dollar referring to capital investment in Canada by foreign countries or. Abbott said although this invest ment has been on a Large scale we have Lent or invested abroad since the War More than a Dollar for every Dollar of capital received from other than any i attended Thomas Saun Over the past five soloists were Bert Whiteman and Kathleen m. Brown who also Sang a duet. The Haggis was piped into the dining room by pipe majors John Coghill Alex Graham and net. Sutherland and Piper Ewen Campbell who also presented Sev eral bagpipe selections. Address to the Haggis was Given by Andrew Russell. Encores were asked when Audrey Davie and Elizabeth Simpson presented their sword dance and Highland fling. Following the dinner members Tavish was at work in Chan Tefu Hospital. Assisted in training and set Ting up nurse training classes these schools had the same Stan Dards by 1940 As those in Canada medical committees she was also on medical commit tees of the missions that established a Canadian chartered chinese col lege in Shantung Christian University later known As Chee Loo University. The North China med ical College has produced hundreds of Western trained doctors. At her retirement to Winnipeg in 1949 or. Mctavish. Had seen China Advance to the Point where modern services were available within ten Miles of any smart student Norway old student from Ethiopia amyl lakew is business Coursi at Grimstad in Norway. He Learned to speak norwegian fluently Wethli a few months of his arrival. Home attended the Highland Ball in the Crystal ballroom. Last rites today for or. Mctavish missionary to China had colourful career or. Mctavish was forced to evacuate during the Early communist uprising in Honan in 1927. Later she worked for three years under the artillery shells of invading Jap he said Canadian development has been spread Over All industries and is not one sided. The govern ment is sometimes compelled to de part from a policy of treating All forms of investment usually but whenever possible we try to use indirect rather than direct meth a us. us Toj anese armies. After Hiroshima she was among the first of a handful of Canadian missionaries to rec Ciupy Chan Tefu. There she continued her medical work during Sev Ere fighting Between nationalist and communist troops. She aided the formation of the Honan Synod of the Church of Chest in Honan province. Or. Mactavish was honoured by he chinese government for her work directing medical Relief Dur no the great famine of 1920. I she was interned by the Jap anese in 1940 and after three years in a concentration Camp returned to Canada. Or. Mctavish was a founder Oft the Mctavish clan reunion in Man overseas Salmon parcels delayed British Columbia packers Ltd. Hal been advised that the ship carrying Clover Leaf Salmon overseas gift parcels was forced to return to port for repairs following an Acci Dent shortly after sailing Date. This has resulted in disappoint ment to thousands canadians who sent these Clover Leaf Sal Mon parcels overseas. The company regrets this unavoidable delay in delivery but can now report that arrival Date should february fifteenth. Ito a and was immediate past pres ident. The missionary society of St. Stephen s Broadway United Church was named in her Honor. Surviving Are two Brothers John f. And James a. Mctavish both of Winnipeg and a sister or t. A. Wadd Ellof Newdale Man. Funeral service was to be held at 4.30 . Today in the a. B. Gar diner funeral Home. Burial was to be at Newdale Man. Honorary pallbearers were or. J. Mctavish or. J. A. Mctavish or. G. B. Or. G. A. Woodside a. W. Muldrew Anc Rev. J. C. Mathieson. Or. Isibelle Mclavish a Pioneer medical missionary i and one of the first Womer of Uil Cul jilt ods to influence the direction investment certain industries had exper ended difficulty in adapting them selves to loss of traditional Export markets he said but for the most part industries hit by Post Var dislocation in world Trade and payments have managed to find other outlets for their markets or have switched to production of goods which people Are More pre ared to buy. Describing Canada s expanding port Trade he said prior to the Var Trade with the latin Ameri an countries totalled 000 to and this year will reach he Mark. Trik to a Casiple the Commonwealth to leave Winnipeg for Church Fiel work or. Isabelle Mctavish 71, o 228 Walnut Street died saturday in Winnipeg. Born in Minnedosa Man., or Mctavish was the daughter of John and Catherine Mctavish District pioneers. She graduated from the univer sity of Manitoba medical College in. 1915, and soon after left for Juan Mission station. She server in China under the auspices of the United Church of Canada for 35 years. Even before she had perfected her knowledge chinese or. Me economic conference was a striking example f the great contribution which the Commonwealth can make to the welfare and at last finds Relief from asthma after suffering from asthma a Ion _ almost gave up Hope of finding i red Fine that would help Antei or. A. Desforge. East drive Coniston ont. In cold Damp weather i choked gasped and fought for breath. My fore head and Cheek Bones ached. I am thankful to Lay that Craf Crew of four uninjured in crash Regina Craf Beech Craft twin engined plane crashed while taking off from Regina air port sunday but none of its four occupants was injured. The plane based at Gimli "Man., had landed at Regina in the course of a routine radio Range training flight. Murder plot uncovered news of an assassination by spies recently reached the Brit ish Home office. The coincidence was so extraordinary that it was believed that the slip was part of the spies plans. That s the plot of Londo v thrilling Short novel in the Standard s picture Magazine. For the Best in Short stories picture stories and Magazine features get the Standard s colourful picture Magazine to Gether with a Complete 12 Page novel and 20 pages of the Best comics. All for Only 10 cents. Get the Standard now on Sale at All Newsstands. Best for baby clothes on St. Andrew s year s receipts total another successful year in which receipts totalled approximately 000 was reported to members of St. Andrew s United Church Elgin Avenue at the annual meeting pre idea Over by Rev. Fred j. Doug All commitments to presbytery missions maintenance and other organizations were met in full and be allocation for Church Extension n greater Winnipeg was Over subscribed by 12 per cent. One of the highlights of the year As the successful establishment f the five unit senior citizen hous g project at Sherbrook Street and Ign Avenue. Enquiries have been received from several Points in Anada and the . Since the of Cial opening in september. The following members were acted to the of the Church r a. Three year term mrs. J. J. Yon w. Cooksley g. Krampetz Hunt j. Lyon f. Cgregor f. Manson j. Mowat a a. Stewart Bua Kaz Mah. It proved Medicine i needed for Quick pure mild for Clear complexions enjoy longed for Relief from asthma chronic bronchitis or Raz. Mah table sufferers to the freely or. Abbott said and the gain the dislodge choking phlegm. _ Raz Mah. 65c. S1.35 at druggists soon on display at your Quick i air s ;