Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba Domestic shortening in a Handy three Pound can Winnipeg free press by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg monday october 10, 1955 Eek end edition with comics Loc relive political history Bracken s originals hold reunion ten men members the uni Ted Farmers Manitoba later the progressive party which sur prised themselves and Manitoba by sweeping the elections of 1922, got together sunday in the fort Garry hotel to Chew the fat Over old times. Included in the gathering were such notables As Hon. John Bracken who became Premier of Mani Toba in 1922 and kept the Job for 20 years and Premier d. L. Campbell. In 1922 the province revolted against the old line parties and the Manitoba progressives won a Page in Manitoba s political history was relived Sun Day by some of the men who helped write it. Ten men who were elected to the legislature As members of the United Farmers of Manitoba in 1922 when that party surprised everyone by winning the election held a reunion at the fort Garry hotel called by their then Leader John Bracken. The 10 surviving progressives As they were re named immediately after the vote Are pictured Here at the reunion. They arc Back Row a. E. Foster of Killarney oldest Man present Clifford Barclay of Tyndall first chairman of the progressive caucus n. V. Bachynsky one of the two Las still serving his province and present speaker of the House n. A. Hryhorczuk of Ethelbert la for 20 years and father of the present attorney general i. B. Griffiths of Winnipeg 18 years in the House and six years minister of health and welfare. Front Row Premier Douglas Campbell who was the boy member of the 1922 group w. K. Clubb 18 years minister of Public work s and chairman of the Manitoba liquor control commission for the past 15 years or. Bracken drafted As Premier in 1922 and later National Leader of the progressive conservative party a. W. Craig now of Victoria ., attorney general in the progressive Cabinet p. A. Talbot of Winnipeg speaker of the House for 14 years and 11 years clerk of the executive coun cil. Cover design contest set by Winnipeg Ballet but much faster fitted. Entries should be submitted on heavy White paper or cardboard 11 inches by 15 inches and should be for warded to prof. J. A. Russell school of architecture University of Manitoba not later than oct. 17. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is conducting a contest for a cover design for their souvenir program with a Cash award of offered As first prize coupled with possible use of the design. Requirements Are for a de sign for a cover nine by 12 inches to be used vertically. It should have the lettering the Royal Winnipeg Ballet As the principal part of the title with of Canada As the subordinate part. No Crown or Royal Symbol May be used but the Crest of the Ballet is per communicable diseases for week listed or Maxwell Bowman director of the province s preventive medical services monday listed a total of 136 cases of communicable diseases in Manitoba for the week ending saturday. The week s cases with the year s total to Date in brackets were gonorrhoea 31 measles 26 tuberculosis 16 mumps 11 chickenpox 11 whooping cough nine seven each of dysentery infectious jaundice and Scarlet fever diarrhoea and enteritis under on year six and one each of influenza puerperal fever septic Core Throat typhoid fever and syphilis Hurst to speak William d. Hurst City Engineer will speak to the Winnipeg rotary club at 12.15 . Wednesday in the Royal Alexandra hotel. His subject will be the Disraeli Street Bridge and expressway system. Smedley s Corner what better Day than today to talk about fowl suppers have gathered in parties about dinner tables this week end have gathered in parties about dinner tables this week end dinner tables groaning with loads of thanksgiving tur key and All the trimmings. And for those who will be ready to come Back for More on saturday october 15, there la be a fowl supper at Oak Bluff out past fort Whyte on highways nos. 3 and supper in the school Hall sponsored by the Oak Bluff women s auxiliary. By the Way if any other groups Are planning fowl sup pers Well be glad to pass on the word. Follows in fathers Granddad s footsteps by Gwain Hamilton in 1841 a great English lord came to the red River As the guest of the governor of the Hudson Bay company to shoot Buffalo. He trav Elled from Lachine with one of he fur company s brigades Over he Waterways which were then he. Only route West. He was lord Haledon and an a account of his Long journey is found in the journal of sir George Simpson the fiery and despotic Hudson Bay governor describing his trip around the world in 1841-1842. Another lord Caledon came to he red River years later. By this time the shiny rails of the car carried the lord along the North Shore of Lake Superior the same Inland sea Over which the first lord had travelled by Canoe. Hours this time on saturday the grandson of the first lord Caledon came again to the red River 114 years later. To reach Winnipeg he passed Over much the same territory but where his Grandfather had spent months in travel his fathers Days the grandson spent hours. He trav Elled in one of the shiny new Tea constellations. That grandson is Field marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis of the British army former commander in chief of the canadians in Italy and Sicily and former governor general of Canada. Earl Alexander had expressed interest in the account of his Grandfather s travels to the far West. His ancestral Home in ire and he said contained Many souvenirs of successful Hunts in West Ern Canada brought Home not Only by his Grandfather but his own father. And he asked for the name of he journal which carried an account of that Early journey to the a red River. The journey undertaken by the Young lord Cal Eclon was through i country far different than the Canada of today with its built up Industrial areas and its great transportation systems spraddling the continent. In most of the West Ern land the stockade forts and trading posts of. The fur trading company whose governor was the highest executive in the land were the Only signs of civilization. Noted Fisherman according to sir George Simp son s journal lord Caledon Early earned the respect of the Voya Geurs whose Brawny arms and Iron endurance propelled can Oes Ever Westward through his ability at fishing. His skill sir George noted had been passed on to him by a game keeper on his Irish estate. And the fish he caught made a Welcome addition to the daily diet of the company. Late in the evening of the 37th Day out of Montreal the leading Canoe in the brigade swept around a Bend in the River and there glittering yellow in the murky Haze of the june evening were the lights of fort Garry. And after-10 Days spent around the fort to recuperate. Lord Cale Don set out with a party of Metis and company men to Hunt Buffalo. And because his path took him deep into the territory of the hos tile and warlike Sioux the party was put under the command of one of the fabulous Frontier figures of that Long gone Day Cuthbert Grant the great Warden of the Plains. And on that Hunt the i Foung lord Caledon in the words of sir George Simpson gained Golden opinions among the Hunters by his skill courage and in Winnipeg saturday evening Earl Alexander carried on the by that was in 1843 he returned to Canada where be was stationed in Quebec As an officer in the Coldstream steel Lack slows steel firm s Job Ripley might be interested it knowing that work on the modern warehouse and office building of general steel wares on Sargent Avenue has been slowed Down for Lack of steel. But you must explained general steel wares president and managing director w f. Holding of Toronto that we Don t manufacture steel. We just fabricate products from it. In Winnipeg to look at the pro Gress of the f o o building and to preside Over presentation to the retiring Loca manager Frank h. Judd or holding said there was an acut shortage of steel everywhere Anc it would t be eased until nex summer. The official said steel demands or pipelines construction and in creased automobile and durable goods manufacturing had create an acute steel shortage. His firm could t get enough Sheet Metal to keep up to demand or its products. Or. Holding said the Winnipeg Branch of the Canada wide firm should be moving from its pre sent Lombard Street premises to the new site by the year s end. While in Winnipeg or. Holding attended the annual Quarter Cen Ury banquet at the fort Garry hotel where company employees with Over 25 years service were eted. It was at this banquet he presented or. Judd with a Golc watch in recognition of 50 years service with the firm. 28 of the 55 seats in the Legisla Ive Assembly. The party was leaderless though so they asked or. Bracken then a successful president of the Man Toba agricultural College to Lead the party. He accepted. Youngest Man in the House was Premier Campbell who has served continuously for 33, years. Also present sunday was Hon. R. W. Craig Manitoba s first at Orney general who came All the Way from Victoria For the reunion. Or. Craig was the Only Awyer on the government Side of the House for five years. Minister of Public works for the progressives for 18 years was Hon. W. R. Clubb of Winnipeg. Al together he was 20 years in the House. For the last 15 years he has been chairman of the liquor commission. Oldest Man at the gathering was 88-year-old a. E. Foster of Killar Ney. Also Veteran besides Premier Campbell the Only Manitoba progressive to re main in the House for the past 33 years is Hon. N. A Bachynsky speaker of the legislative Assem Bly for the past five years. Other old timers present were n. A. Hryhorczuk of Ethelbert Man., father of the present at Torney general and a member of the House for 20 years. P. A. Talbot of Winnipeg who was speaker for 14 of his 22 years in the House and clerk of the executive Council for 11 years. Clifford Barclay of Tyndall Man., the first chairman of the progressive s caucus group. Hon. I. B. Griffiths of Winni Peg who was for six years min ister of health and welfare and years in the House. He has been chairman of the farm Loans Board for 10 years. Besides these 10, there Are Only eight other living members of that 1922 House. There is one Liberal two tories three labor and two independents. Children from Silver Heights Community club one of seven St. James clubs represented saturday at a Parade to publicize Community club week which started monday show no fear of the policeman shown above. In Ordinary life he is Ted Taylor of the airways Community club. The Parade and fun was sponsored by the St. James Community club Council. Colourful thanksgiving setting nature paints with lavish hand Way cold painting the White Snow a Subtle Blue and accenting the Monotone of the Bare tree Struc Tures like Frozen pattern in lace. In autumn she is in her most Beautiful mood of All. She knows that to set off this glory of color she must blend it together in a Golden Haze. That s the Way it is in Winnipeg these never within Mem Ory have the people of the City seen it so Beautiful for thanksgiving. The Church Bells pealed out Over the City sunday morning and people went to Church with their feet making a dry sound in the fallen leaves. They made their Way into Chur Ches decorated with the glory of Vari coloured leaves with Here and there piled High the muted Mono tone of wheat sheaves brightened by the Gold of fat pumpkins. The Organ pealed out in full throated Anthem and choir and congregation joined in Praise god from whore All blessings flow Praise him All creatures Here in the afternoon there were tur keys or chickens in the oven there Trees stand soberly against the Dusky afternoon sky As fall settles upon the bed River Valley. The scene shows the bed River looking South from St. Mary s Road St. Vital. By Frank Morriss travel As far As you want but you won t see anything More Beautiful than Winnipeg this thanks giving time. The Manitoba Frost which far too often stings the foliage to death by thanksgiving has dealt kindly with it this year. It has breathed on it Only enough to turn leaves to yellow Scarlet and Brown. Some of the Trees Are Bare but on others they cling. Lilacs and a few other pushes that stubbornly resist a the stinging onslaughts of cold remain Green. They hang on until the cold winds of Winter whip them off and they whirl lifeless and shrivelled on the newly fallen Snow. Put All these colors together yellow Gold Green fiery Crimson and Brown. Add to it the space less vault of the Manitoba sky shining an intense Blue and flecked with White Clouds and you have a blend of color that quickens the senses and lifts the heart. But nature in its setting for has t finished As yet. She must add her lighting scheme. In summer the Sun can beat Down in yellow glory flooding the land scape. In Winter she can be icy was creamed Gravey Mounds of cooked vegetables. There were pumpkin pies swirled with whip Ped Cream. There were family reunions. And above All there was the great outdoors beckoning with its Crisp air and a boy walked up the Street munching an Apple and kicking the dead leaves. People were out in the gardens polishing storm windows. They were atop ladders putting the storm windows on. They were out in the Yard Rak ing up the leaves in great piles. Some of them were setting Light to the leaves and the smoke curled up with a Sharp odor and blended with the Haze of the dying sea son. In the Lazy tributaries of Little creeks or in the Lazy backwaters of the Rivers themselves the leaves had settled on the still water the Earth was covered with them and branches that had Al ready been stripped Bare stood waiting for Winter. Indian summer even if nature has been Kinder this year the season in t going to last. It will go suddenly in a swirl of rain and gusts of wind of autumn Are with us. Even now Many of the Trees Are Bare. Not so much though the ones around the Street lights. The warmth of the lights has shielded them from the Frost and the Pool that it casts in the outer dark Ness accentuates their colors. It makes walking Home in the even ing a memorable experience. Stand on one of the Bridges and watch the curve of the River lined with Trees that seem to lean Over to the water. Go out to Assiniboine Park and watch a group of Young people playing soccer in the Golden after noon Sun. Drive your car slowly around the winding paths of the Park. Better still stroll through the footpaths and Over the Little Bridges. Look around you at the last Hardy Flowers that have refused to surrender to the season. See the Brave asters with their pinks and purples and deep reds stand ing against the autumn landscape. The last of the marigolds Are As Bright As japanese lanterns. That s the Way it was in Winni Peg and throughout Manitoba this thanksgiving season of 1955. The last Indian summer Days Earl and countess Alexander in Winnipeg on saturday drive lags As half Mark neared with 42.2 per cent of the. Community Chest goal now in returns saturday swelled the red Feather total to officials Hope the Campaign will reach the half Way Mark by wednesday when a group captains report meeting will be held. J. M. Robertson general Campaign chairman said that while the initial returns Are Good the hard part of the Job is from Here to the finish commenting on the Lead taken by Vancouver and Regina last week or. Robin son said there were More than contributors still to be heard from and the Success of the Campaign depends on them. Mayor he said should never have to admit that we can t beat any other Western city1 even Saskatoon is creeping up from last place. Well be in the basement if we Don t keep the association of retired Tea Chers is handling the school can Vass which is currently reporting so per cent of its quota ;