Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, July 02, 1955

Issue date: Saturday, July 2, 1955
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 2, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba H Rpp x Al xxv braces milk Glo bread contains 6% milk solids by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg saturday july 2, 1955 week end edition with comics Loc l. Sunny Day lures crowds to annual scottish games the scottish Amateur athletic association of Manitoba had old sol to thank for a full Day s Sun Shine for its 49th annual games Ai Polo Park Friday. Nevertheless the ground was Sull suffering from the effects of 1he terrific storm the previous Day and this interfered to some extent with the Field and track events. There was a Large crowd to witness these and the danc ing and piping competitions., which were a colourful feature. Program for dancing com prising 25 events got under Way at 10 . Mrs. Margaret r. Shaw and mrs. Georgina e. J. I Watt were judges and their awards were As follows Highland .1 Joyce Taylor 2 Marion Neil son. 3 .Aureen Allan. 1 Marilyn pea Boucly 2 Betty a. Tait a Dorothy Mcgarva. A Volpes 1 Paula Evasiuk 2 Pat Mclean 3 Gail Taylor. Juveniles a .1 Eleanor Nilson. Roberta Robertson. 3 Roberta Laing. Juveniles u 1 Carol Merrian 2 Jan Mccormick 3 Lynda Hubert. Sword dance open i .Aureen 2 Joyce Tay Lor 3 Sandra Merriman. 1 Betty a. Tait. 2 Marilyn pc Hody. 3 Dorothy Mcgarva. A 1 Beverley Burke 2 elea nor Nilson. 3 Patricia Gair. Juveniles b 1 Paula , 2 Linda Anderson. 3 Jan Mccormick. Kaki or to Bloch own 3 Joyce Taylor 2 ?.aureen Ai polio shunning Manitoba year s total stands at 3 polio this year continues to he a rarity in Manitoba. To cases were reported during the week ending saturday july 2, and Only three cases have occurred in the province in All of 1955. In his saturday report on communicable diseases for the week or. Maxwell Bowman director of preventive medical said whooping cough topped the list with 42 cases to bring the i year s total to 395. The 21 measles cases was a drop but the 1955 total of continues to outstrip its nearest competitor Chicken pox where the week s 19 new cases brought the year s total to 818. Other new cases during the week with the year s total in brackets Are gonorrhoea 35 infectious jaundice nine mumps eight tuberculosis eight Scarlet fever four German measles two syphilis two and one each of the following influenza bacillary dysentery Menin gitis and tul Aremia Manitoba is graduate from Kcal College four Manitoban were among those graduating from the Craf staff College in Toronto lest week the com mandant of the staff College has announced. They Are so. William h. Lehman 34, son of mrs. S. Lehman 370 Beverley Street so. William m. Carton 34, son of Magis trate m. H. Carton 1278 Wellington Crescent so. M. B. C. Ansty Anderson 38, son of or. And mrs. Otto Anderson. 162 Perth Avenue West Kildonan and so. Edward e. Mccullough 38, son of or. And mrs. E. R. Mccullough Kenville Man by tax gory wins Mark Mcrae trophy a school Friend of a Winnipeg boy who drowned at Kenora last year has received the trophy presented at Robertson school to Honor the boy s memory. Brian gory son of or. And mrs. N. Gory of 884 Cathedral Avenue was awarded the Mark Mcrae memorial trophy presented by or. And mrs. Har vey Mcrae 440 Dalton Street for proficiency highest in Grade 6. Mark a Pupil at Robertson school drowned in 1954. Israel Citrus Industry lures canadians canadians Are investing in Israel s Citrus says a former Winnipeg Ger who is associated with Israel s largest Citrus Plantation. A. H. Friedgut a University of Manitoba Law graduate and his Wile the former Judith Osovsky who was at one time a teacher at Strathcona school Are guests of mrs. Friedgut s sister or. Dorothy Hollenberg of 810 St. Mary s Road. We have sold Over dunams of land to Canadian investors for growing Citrus or. Friedgut said. A Dunam is about a Quarter of an acre but in terms of Israel s Small territory is considered a substantial piece of property he explained. Or. Friedgut is associated with me Hadrin ltd., of Israel and he is vice president for Canadian operations. Ian. 3 Sandra Merriman. Junior 1 Marilyn Peak Chiy 2 belly a. Tall. I Dorothy Mcgarva. Juveniles a 3 Pat Gair 2 Beverley Burke 3 Eleanor Neilson. Juveniles 1 Tan Mccormick 2 Carol Merriman. 3 Pamela Smith. Thu Bitas open 1 Joyce Taylor 2 .Aureen Al Lan. 3 Marion Neilson. Junior 1 Betty Ann Tait. 2 Marilyn Peabody 3 Dorothy Mcgarva. Juveniles a 1 Eleanor Neilson. 2 Patricia Gair 3 Beverley a. Burke. B 1 Carol Merrian 2 Paula Evasiuk 3 Jan Mccormick. Irish Jig open 1 Joyce Taylor 2 .Aureen Al Lan 3 Arlyn Collins. Junior 1 Marilyn Peabody 2 Betty Ann Tait 3 Dorothy Mcgarva. Juveniles a 1 Pat Mccormick. 2 Roberta Robertson 3 Patricia Gair. Juvenile j5 1 Jan Mccormick 2 Lynda Hubert j Carol Merrian. Sail Olts hornpipe ohm a 1 Joyce Taylor 2 .Aureen Al Lan. Collins. Junior 1 Betty Ann Tait 2 Marilyn Peabody 3 Dorothy Mcgarva. Juveniles a 1 Beverley Burke. 2 Eleanor Neilson Roberta Robertson. Juvenal is b 1 Caro Merrian 2 Jan Mccormick Lynda Hubert. Piping events the 17 piping events were judged by Colin t. Cameron seniors and Wil Liam Sutherland Brandon juveniles and juniors i. Results March Keinzle pipers Over years 1 Nancy mar Chylo. 2 Marcaret Mcgarva. Under 10 a Clivis 1 Klc nor Neil Sun juveniles under id b class 1 Neil bar Bour 2 Andrew c. Smith. Juniors i Marr 2 John Barbour 3 Bruce Gilchrist. Citrate Cihiy and female pipers Over 20 years 1 n. Mar Chylo. 2 Marg Aret Mcgarva. Strathspey and red juveniles under 16. B class 1 Andrew Smith 2 Neil Barbour. Strathspey and keel juniors 1 Jean Marr 2 Bruce Gilchrist 3 John bar hour. I Junior 1 John d. Bar Bour in. I open 1 w. Watt. March. Open 1 w. J. Merriman 2 James Laing. and reel open 1 w. J. Mar Virran 2 w. J. . March strathspey and Heel Cameron 1 John d. Barbour or. March strathspey Anil keel Georce w. Paul 1 John d. Barbour jr., 2 Bruce Gilchrist. March strathspey and reel female pipers under is years j. L. N Ellson h Jean Marr. Aloiv marches Donald Macleod 3 Margaret Mcgarva 2 Nancy mar Chylo. Clits open 1 w. J. Macleod. Strathspey and keel juveniles under 10, a class 1 Eleanor Neilson. Trophy winners Saa piping cup w. J. Macleod. Douglas my Getvan Tup w. J. Watt. Crawford trophy Jean Marr. City Dairy cup Joyce Taylor. William Telford cup .Aureen Allan. Saa Dancink cup Marilyn Peabody Betty Ann Tait James Mcmahnn cup Carol Merrian. Pipe major d. Mcleod cup Jean Marr. W. B. Uru Moad cup w. J. Mac Leod. Gaelic society cup Eleanor Neilson. Alex Cameron cup John a Barbour juvenile a piping cup Neil son. Juvenile b piping cup Neil Barbour Andrew c. Smith Martaret Carobell memorial trophy Paula Evasiuk. J. I. Veilson memorial trophy Jean Marr. Wither cup John d. Barbour or. Smedley s Corner report from St. Vital out in St. Vital they re having a spot of trouble with invaders from some other municipality could it be fort Garry across the River at least mrs. Sam Wolczuk 100 in Akiva Road says that these pests Are invaders not native born residents of St. Vital. But what she asks has happened to the Money they paid in taxes for Mosquito fogging her husband and several neighbors got together themselves recently to take matters in their own hands. They bought some Mosquito fogging equipment and fogged the neighbourhood but now the wind has blown in the mosquitoes from somewhere complains mrs. Wolczuk. If the Genteman who held tag Days to collect Money for Mosquito she concludes were to take Over again i m sure i d buy enough tags to paper the there in t anything you can do about it once a woman makes up her mind that s the moral of the Little Story written into Smedley by Doug Wilson 423 Brooklyn Street St. James. To prove this Point he tells of what he saw the other Day i noticed four Young ladies come up to a sports car parked at my neighbors fully determined to have a ride. The car was looked at from All angles until finally the owner a Young fellow came out of the House. From his gestures i could see that he was trying to explain that the Battery was dead and the car would not go. To prove it he got into the car and tried the the girls stood Back for a Brief discussion said or. Edson then they told the Young Man to get into the car again and the four of them pushed it about 120 feet and got it started then All piled into the car. Storm repair Bill Power and Telephone utilities Are faced with a Bill to repair damage caused thursday in the City s worst thunderstorm of the season. The Manitoba Telephone sys tem City Hydro and Winnipeg electric company each estimates it will Cost them to make required repairs. A Short staffed its has been working around the clock to re pair some of the phones knocked out by the storm. Most of them will be Back in order by monday the rest by wednes Day., it is expected that two main feeder cables each carrying lines will be Back in work ing order sometime saturday. One is in the St. John s Exchange the other in the Sherbrook Exchange. It was a Fine Day for the Kilts Friday and these Young lassies took advantage of it to perform in the scottish Amateur athletic association s 49th annual gamed at Polo Park. At left the colourful Highland sword dance is performed by left to right Patricia Mclean Roberta Robertson and Pat Mccormick. Centre the Small and the tall of it get together As tiny Heather Cooper daughter of or. And mrs. Eric Cooper 1250 Downing Street sits on the Broad Shoul Ders of six foot two Inch Don Mutch of 317 Victoria Avenue West Transcona. At right these three lassies Check each other s card after finishing their dance. They Are left to right Lynda Hubert Lynda Anderson and Delia Stachan. City girl in finals of miss Canada contest a poised 22-year-old Winnipeg girl saturday stood an excellent Chance of being named miss Canada and of winning herself a scholarship Cheque and an expense paid trip to the miss America contest in septem ber. Valerie Lane Hazel eyed Winnipeg Ledger keeper Fri Day night von the preliminary bathing suit award at the miss Canada contest being held in London ont. Saturday night a panel of eight judges will choose the Winner from 23 contestants on a basis of Talent and Bath ing suit deportment. Miss Lane five feet three inches tall weighing 108 pounds and with a 34-24-35 drowns Sioux Lookout ont. Spe Cial police saturday continued dragging operations for the body of 74-year-old Matt Larson who thursday was swept Over the Macdougald Falls 10 Miles Southeast of Here. Ontario provincial police said the District Man was apparently crossing the River in his boat when the current carried him Over the Falls. His boat was found three quarters of a mile downstream below a second set of Falls. I figure is a graduate of Gor Don Bell High school. Before entering the con test she took a three month grooming course at a Tor onto modelling school. Winning Beauty contests is nothing new to miss Lane. In 1954 she was named miss Glamor drape of Winnipeg and in 1952 she was crowned Queen of the Kenora Jubilee. Mph flying Saucer the flying Saucer is Back. This time it looks like an Orange and travels at an estimated Miles an hour. George Seebald 465 Sidney Avenue East Kildonan sighted it at 12.55 . Thursday when visiting his brother in Law a. Mulh 111 Sadler ave nue St. Vital. I he says it was a Good dist Ance away with the size and appearance of an Orange and travelling at a terrific at least Miles an j i he pointed it out to his wife sister and brother in Law. They i shared his belief it was a Fly i ing Saucer. Holiday traffic toll one killed 7 Hurt j Garden contest entries close on Friday., july 8 closing Date for entries in the Winnipeg free press vegetable Garden Competition is Only 6 Days away. This contest which is sponsored by the free press is under auspices of the Winni Peg horticultural society. Gen Erous Cash prizes and cups Are offered for the Best vegetable plots in greater Winnipeg and St. Boniface. To greatly facilitate the huge task of judging the hundreds of gardens which will be carefully scored by numerous teams of out standing horticulturists All who wish to compete Are asked to Send their entries in without fur ther delay to w. J. Tanner 518 Henderson Highway acting Secretary treasurer of the Winni Peg horticultural society. Entries will positively close on Friday july 8, 1955. The entry form will be found below. Fill in and mail it today. Point basis of the preliminary Survey will be As follows a soil preparation and cultivation 35 b arrangement and condition of crop 35 c Freedom from insects and disease 30 total 100 Point basis of the judging will be ;