Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 14, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rot Sweet fresh natural flavour Winnipeg of Mil k mgr Al Bryce s milk Glo bread by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week policing Tuxedo shelter too costly aldermen protest Winnipeg s special housing committee will try to reach a new agreement with the town of Tuxedo on policing Costi Lor the Emer gency shelter project at to. S wireless school. Committee agreed wednesday that the City s annual payment to for the services was Only seven families live in the shelter at present and because they might move out at any time committee decided it would be to the City s advantage to enter into a contract on monthly Basil. Figure suggested was it was agreed also that a sum of should be placed m the 1934 estimates to cover painting and repair costs to the Flora place project. Committee also installed Aid. David Mulligan As chairman for 1954, and Aid. Jacob Penner As vice chairman. Heard William courage supervisor of the emergency housing department say that emergency housing had paid the City More than .1800.000 in rents since it was started. Only had to be written off a non collectable debts. Winnipeg thursday january 14, 1954 week end edition with comics 0c Industrial chief foresees continuous Hydro growth thieves break into Community club gaining Entrance through a front door thieves tuesday night forced their Way into a Concession Booth in the orioles Community club Burnett Street and St. Matthews Avenue and stole 517 and a Quantity of Candy and gum. A Small amount of change was taken from Ignat cartage 989 notre Dame Avenue. Nothing was believed stolen from ferries Auto service Sargent Avenue and Agnes Street which was also broken into. Safety committee names Board members membership of two boards and one sub committee for 1954 were named wednesday by Winnipeg s Public safety com Mittee. They Are Board of a peal under the building bylaw aldermen Howard Mckervey Maude Mccreejr and Jack Blumberg traffic Board Al Dermen Gordon Chown Blum Berg and p. W. Goodman sub committee on transportation aldermen Mccreery Mckelvey and Blumberg. Humane society lists animals handled the Winnipeg humane society destroyed 283 cats 108 dogs and 10 Birds and Small animals in december according to a report from the society s Secretary Sally Warnock. These were All sick injured aged or stray. Nine unclaimed dogs and six unclaimed cats were found Homes Ami six strayed dogs were returned to their owners. Fourteen stray Sis tent growth is expected to continue during 1954, or. Darracott said. He also reported on a change in the rules covering payment of unemployment insurance to per sons who become sick while receiving it those taken sick while obtaining unemployment insurance will continue to receive it the new ruling came into Force aug. 3. Before that Date a person who became sick while receiving unemployment insurance ceased o Benefit until he was Well enough to accept work again. As before however a person estimated total set at Winnipeg s Parki Board Day approved a Parks budget for 1954 totalling this is an increase of Over approximate expenditures of for 1953. J reason for the 1954 increase w due mainly to increased wages improvements to the Assiniboine Park zoo costing and an Addy tonal expenditure of on Kiloton an Park s Rainbow stage. The Board also recently approved a recreation budget for 1954 total Ling j estimated Revenue of Parks fund for 1954 is j maintenance of Parks will Cost an estimated costs Are expected to amount to estimated expenditures for Parks during 1954, with 1953 figures in brackets include Assiniboine Parij conservatory maintenance zoo Kildonan Park Rainbow stage and Dell 4 polio cases hit province r in Early 54 baby s death reported 3 others stricken since Jan. 1 Manitoba s 1953 polio epidemic has produced four new cases a Optie the first two weeks of 1954, according to or. Maxwet Bowman preventive health Servi Ces director for the province. A five month old baby of Rose District is re ported to have died of polio. A 45-year-old Winni Peg woman has contracted polio but has no paralysis and a seven year old Rural child has also been stricken since the first of the year. The fourth new Case a id month old baby in the Boissevain area was reported unofficially. While this incidence of polio in wintertime is unusual these Casco were not particularly signify said or. Bowman. Last year the 1952 epidemic continued into march., there were nil new cases for seven weeks before the 1953 epidemic started and be having his Job because of sickness came the worst Ever reported Blind aid9 ads phoney the Winnipeg better Busi Ness Bureau thursday warned businessmen against placing advertising solicited by a Magazine proceeds of which Are said to be used to Aid the Blind. The Bureau pointed out that All work on behalf of the Blind in this area is under taken by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The Institute is supported entirely by the government municipal Grants and the Community Chest. On no occasion does the Institute make a pub Lic Appeal for funds or solicit advertising in any Bureau officials warned. City firms who Are approached by individuals Soli citing ads for this publication have been asked to get in touch with the Winnipeg belter business Bureau immediately. Brooklands concert the Manitoba league of the Blind concert party will presen a variety concert at Brookland Community club at 8 . Monday in the clubhouse. Appearing on the program will he mrs. Mildred mor Ris miss Rosemary Nan Farquhar miss tens. Biluk miss Donna Taylor Herb Essen Turg. Albert. Pepin Lou Chiga. Stanley Sia Terki metro Cuipka Geraldine Novak and Nancy Sydor. Master ceremonies will be Joe Martin. Charles a. Harbour Winnipeg s recreation director will be guest speaker at the second anniversary Celebration of the Grosvenor Home and school association at 8 . Monday in the school. Or. Barbour will speak on recreation in the schools. Cannot Benefit from insurance payments or. Darr Coll said. How Many jobless that depends How can estimates of. Unemployed persons in Winnipeg vary by almost so per cent it All depends what method you use according to an unemployment insurance com Mission official Here. .1. James president of the Winnipeg labor Council Cal tuesday night said that official figure of unemployed in this area was but that unofficial figures put it As High As j. W. Temple regional superintendent of the unemployment insurance commission Here said his department s Fig ures Are simply the number of unemployed people registered for work. The Dominion Bur eau of statistics on the other hand subtracts i he number of employed persons from the known labor Force other higher estimates he said can result from taking a guess at the number of unemployed persons who have not registered with the commis Sion. Where with cases in the pro Vince resulting in 86 deaths. Aldermen Bell to hold meet on health unit City aldermen will meet Hon. F. C. Bell Manitoba s health minister next week to discuss Sibili ties of establishing a Provin Cial health unit in Winnipeg tin minister said thursday. Aldermen had asked for meeting after a civic efficiency report recommended the move m save Money. It is estimated thl City would save Between and under the health scheme. There Are now 15 health the province health department. It is Ern ment s policy to ensure that a Rural areas have adequate halt facilities. While or. Bell said. The govern ment is not yet prepared to a commitment on the proposal he said Rural areas now fairly Well serviced except Foi a difficulty in obtaining staff. The staff shortage might. H temporary influence on any Sion on the Winnipeg an average railway n Pullman car travels about Liq 000 Miles a year in his work. Church social gatherings Mark ukrainian new year with Gay parties and dances in several ukrainian Halls ukrainian canadians wednesday night Malanka in their new year. This was in keeping Brooklands churns in Mayoress muddle by Joe Gelmon Brooklands May have a new mayor within a month. And then again it might not have one for two years. In fact theoretically speaking the Village May mayor again. It All stems from never have a ruling by judge c. B. Philp in county court wednesday that the oct. 28 elec Jon of Daniel Juba was void be cause the names of four voters whose votes were disputed by the former mayor Stan Bowers were wrongfully put on the polling list now Here s what happens 1. After he s formally notified in six weeks and if the other Side Imp. Bowers does t object the Case could wait indefinitely until he does get ready. There s really no theoretical limit so Long As the other Side does t move the Appeal be dismissed for want of prosecution. S. In the meantime the Date of Brooklands next regular mayor Alty election late in 1955 might come along. A new mayor would then be elected. However a court might Rule that there can be no new election until the Appeal is heard and the old one is settled then it seems out the Case being heard and recollect. Such things Don t happen Brooklands might never have a very often they say even less often in the we of judge Philp s ruling Likely thursday or. Juba has 14 Days to file an Appeal. 2 if he does to n new election must be held 20 to 25 Days after the Appeal period expires. 3. If he does he has to have his books evidence and the like i ready weeks from the filing Date. If this does t occur in time for the current sitting of the Appeal court the Case May p have to wait until april unless there s a motion for a special sit j Ting. 4. But ii or. Juba in t ready things might go on forever with mayor. Admittedly this is unlikely. Be cause this is a matter of some urgency the Village is without a mayor it s almost certain that if or. Juba does decide to Appeal the Case will be heard As soon As possible. But anything is possible in the Village of population that seems to hit the headlines much More frequently than other centres Many times its size. The Battle of Brooklands rages on with councillor Reg Young at the Helm of Village affairs he was elected acting mayor at coun inaugural meeting lately he has a Council to preside Over since judge Philp did t de Clare the whole election void but Only the mayor Alty t the action was a unique one As far As Veteran observers of greater Winnipeg affairs can mpg area. One vote Edge the judge s ruling is one More unusual aspect of the thoroughly unusual election. First of All or. Juba s election was so close that or. Bowers one vote behind demanded a recount. Figures were or. Juba 312 or. Bowers 311 Crispin Oddy also a former mayor 144, and John j. Daniel 54. Or. Juba confidently predicted that he d pick up votes on the re count. He said certain ballots had been ruled invalid because they d been marked for or. Daniel whose had then been struck out vote for or. Juba marked voters concerned had intended to vote for him had seen or. Daniel s name and connected it with him since Daniel is his first name. Then he said opals or. Juba 315 or. Bowers 313 or. Oddy 144 and or. Daniel 55. Illegality claimed nov. 27 or. Bowers claimed the election was illegal. He charged or. Juba and or. Oddy had both violated the Manitoba municipal act by vouching for two persons each instead of one. Wednesday judge Phiip backed him up. And Here s another complication. This in t or. Bowers Only current court Battle. He was recently found guilty of leaving the scene of an Accident and his appear comes up in february. Perhaps just to keep things straight or. Bowers has retained different lawyers for the two cases. Acting for him in the Accident charge is a. Montague Israel and in the election Case j. H. Sam some. Or. Juba s lawyer is . Precious of Silver but h never glanced at it never bows Young realized their mistake and or. Juba was Jure these be recognized at the re the recount took place in the Law courts in mid november. New Vith traditions observed by tin id Julian Calendar new year s services were h e 14 thursday morning in Many Chur. Hes. On this Day also observe it. Basil the great Day. Perhaps the larges t Malanka gathering wednesday night it the ukrainian Canadian Zinsli Ute pros Vita Arlington ind Pritchard Avenue it was sponsored by the ukrainian 41 of the Canadian legion. Pro. Needs Are to go to Aid the Squadron of the Branch. I another Large gathering he ukrainian National Ion Hall. 935 main Street stored jointly by the fed Branch and the ukrainian Nat Ona federation youth. Of men. Worn in and teen agers dressed in seen making rounds of ukrainian Homes merry and singing Schei new year s songs. Many songs Are More than old. _ one of the Shcher Lykas Back to the reign of Vladim great goes something like beyond the Rocky Mou Laii Prince Vladimir saddled his was he climbed the Mountain and tacked his foes. They brought hit Morkin. If an election is held soon it Senor took off his hat. They certain or. Juha and or a precious Platter of Gold by will be candidates. Or. Oddy j he never looked at this gift Nevi could t be reached so it s nol bowed nor took off his hat. The known if hell make another bid. The fourth candidate or. Daniel does t think he d want to run again. Brought him a Maiden a fair. At. This gift he looked for. Very Long while. He took off in hat and bowed very ;