Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 15, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba Baby Ham serve motor. Cold Winnipeg by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg saturday october 15, 1955 week end edition with comics Loc by Barbara Kilvert several thousand Winni Eggers of their first glimpse of her Loyal highness the Princess Royal to the Winnipeg symphony orches a s concert held Friday evening i the civic auditorium. True it was Only a glimpse or Many in the near capacity Road it was just the top of a severely coiffed head a feeling glance of a Strong profile or a Wisp of Champagne coloured lace. But in the excitement they still craned their Heads murmured moved Forward rummaged in in ses for opera glasses whispered heir comments enjoyed the style Zed splendor of a formal Occa Sion in the presence of a member the Royal family. Paint the Princess chats with mrs. Mcdiarmid wife of the lieutenant governor at the con Cert. Left is mayor George Sharpe. The lieutenant governor is on the Princess s right and next to him is mrs. Sharpe. One Man Boycott of town Hall Bebchuk Only candidate j twi up in who erases to Why does Aid. Slaw Rebhun re fuse to have any truck or Trade with town Hall officials of the Junior Chariker of Commerce sponsored forum for Aldermani candidates which will be held in the civic auditorium at 8 . Monday say Aid. Bebchuk is the Only candidate who has de finitely refused to appear and speak at the Public meeting. Very emphatic one even said that the Ward 3 Alderman s refusal was very pm i questioned Friday Aid. Reb Chuk said simply i be got three other things to whatever he is doing Aid. Reb Chuk is the Only one of he 18 candidates who will definitely not be present. Aid. Jack Blumberg has said hell Likely be late but hell try his Best to make it. The candidates will speak for four minutes then be stopped by the ringing of a Bell. Later Mem Bers of the audience will be Al Lowed to question them through Reilander succeeds Leslie in Agha Post . N. W. Reilander 34, of Regina officer commanding the Light aircraft school at Rivers has been appointed to take Over As officer commanding the 1st regiment of the Royal Canadian horse artillery at Winnipeg. He succeeds . E. M. D. Leslie 36, of Winnipeg who will become a general staff officer in the directorate of weapons development at army Headquarters in Ottawa. During the second world War col. Reilander saw service with the Cha in Italy and commanded no. 665 air observation Post Squadron in Northwest Europe. In 1948 he organized the Light air Craft school at Rivers. From 1950 until 1954 he served in the United kingdom first As a student at the British staff College and then for three years As an instructor at their school of land air warfare. Following this he returned to Rivers As officer com manding of the Light aircraft school. Col. Reilander is also an experienced Pilot having logged hours in the air at the controls of fixed Wing aircraft and Heli copters. Col. Leslie the son of Gen. A g. L. Mcnaughton held a number of overseas artillery appointments during the second world War. He was mentioned in despatches three times and awarded the United states Bronze Star. In 1951 he took his Cha regi ment to Korea and has commanded it Ever since. He was awarded the distinguished service order for korean service. Notes passed to men with roving sunday sport the controversial Issue of Sun Day sport subject of a referendum in the oct. 26 civic election will also be debated at town Hall. Two speakers represent no the opposing factions Wil e allowed five minutes in which o state their views. Because Olack of time there will be no questions addressed to these speakers Jaycee spokesmen Saidl Harold Buckwald Winnipeg Awyer will speak in favor of Sun Day sports. Opposed will be in1 Urance Man w. A. Kennedy. Junior chamber officials Are expecting another capacity crowd at the auditorium. In past years ome. People have been turned away. School Board candidates will be introduced at the gathering bul vill not speak. Chairman for town Hall is nor Ris e. White past president of he Jaycees. Final divorce decrees granted seven final decrees of divorce have been issued in court of Queen s Bench. Those obtaining the divorces were Martha Gert rude Henrikson married to Karle Ivan Henrikson May 7, 1943, at Bissett Man. Gertrude Ellen Hanson married to Oscar Edwin Han son May 11, 1940, at Winnipeg Bertha Sau riders married to Ernest Edward Saunders oct. 1, 1949, at red Lake Falls Minn. Lillian Isabella Williamson married to Heber Alton Williamson March 1, 1947, at fort Garry Man. Edgar Elton Pike married to Gladys g. Pike oct. 11, 1934, at Winnipeg Louise Elizabeth Poirier married to George Victor Poirier nov. 8. 1952, at Selkirk Man. Clifford Walters Drysdale married to Lillian Mary Drysdale March 17, 1939, at rat Fewell Man. Short circuit Means end of fridge a Short circuit completely destroyed a refrigerator and caused slight smoke damage to the Home of j. S. Milton of 618 Ingersoll Street Early saturday morning. Fire officials placed total damage at an estimated the loss was covered by insurance. Three More months added to his term a youth serving a 30-Day jail term for possessing an unregistered revolver received a con current four month term Fri Day for theft. Lawrence David Hodgins of no fixed abode pleaded guilty in City Magis trate s court to stealing a Cheque from a suite in the fort Garry court. A s gathering for conference a Public meeting sunday afternoon at which the Aims and objects of alcoholics Anonymous will be discussed by out standing members of the association will feature a round up of Manitoba branches of a Here this week end. A meeting at 2.30 . Sun Day will take place in t h e Odeon theatre. Among the speakers will be a Ori Ginal member in British Columbia. The week end sessions will Start with a banquet saturday night. Members of a from Manitoba Points As far away As flin flon and the Pas As Well As some from Ontario Saskatchewan and Minnesota will be in attendance. Has heart attack Dies on Street Trygui Sigurdson 77, of the Brooklands hotel died Friday afternoon when he suffered a heart attack in front of the Boyd building and collapsed on the sidewalk. Police said a Pool of blood on the sidewalk was caused by a head Cut received when he struck the pavement. They said death was due o the heart attack. Smedley s Corner n. M. Duchemin of. Boston executive vice president of general electric was born a newfound Lander and he was in Winnipeg this week with a Story that Points up the mixed feelings with which some residents of his native Island regarded confederation with Canada. Says or. Duchemin when Newfoundland was about to become Canada s 10th province i received a letter from my Mother a diehard advocate of Independence that contained one very memorable sentence. She said i never thought i d live to die a Canadian nature notes we have sort of a kindly feeling for the Birds that stick with us when wintry winds threaten yes even the crows. And mrs. J. Salenger 661 Darling Street Riverview phoned Friday to Tell us of a Crow that was visiting around her place. Obviously a pet Crow because it could say hello and would eat from the children s hands. She thought the owner might like to know where if was. We also heard this week of a big Black Bird which looked Large enough to be a Raven that perched on the roof of the Home of or. J. E. Machacek 909 Mulvey. It was jabbering away at a great rate a neighbor told us but no one seemed to know what it was trying to say. And Over in St. Boniface mrs. L. Beaumont 228 Bollard Bov Evard reports that there a great of digging outside on thursday evening. It turned out to be what mrs. Beaumont and her friends believe was a Muskrat. It did t want to go away wanted to keep digging and her brother in Law despatched it with a stick. Car Bridge club the car contract Bridge Clu will begin fall sessions at 8 monday at the Union station am meet each monday following for a Royal night to tiaras the auditorium was filled Long before the 9 o clock Entrance of the Princess Royal. Everything was in order. The stage Flats had been Iven a fresh coat of Grey paint before the drawn curtains Palms and ferns had been banked and Union jacks placed one at each Mink capes and Diamond ear rings were in evidence. So were sturdy dark Felt go to business Cha Eaux and no nonsense overcoats. A number of starched White shirt roots shone valiantly through the prickly tangles of Tweed sports sockets. Official party c. Irving Keith the symphony s first vice president welcomed the concert patrons and then with a swirl of tulle Clink of medals Leam of White tie and Flash of Iress uniforms the official party arrived. It included miss Gwyn Edd Lloyd lady in waiting it. Cmdr. Leslie e. Avery aide de Camp major Geoffrey Eastwood c.b.e., Querry pm. Thibault of he department of external affairs major a. J. Morall aide de Camp or. And mrs. Roland d. Turner mayor and mrs. George e. Sharpe chief Justice e. K. Wil Liams and mrs. Williams most reverend w. F. Barfoot. Com major general and mrs. N. E. Rodger air Commodore and mrs. H. H. Saunderson or. Victor Sif ton or. And mrs. John a. Mac Aulay Brig and mrs. R. S. Mai one or. And mrs. Fred s. Auger or. And mrs. Carlyle Allison Dufferin Roblin and mrs. Cynthia Philpott Roblin or. And mrs. W. D. Hurst or. P. H. T. Thorlakson William g. Coventry mrs. Francis Graves and or. And mrs. Cecil Lamont. And mounties Terest in the museum lining the corridor. And during the concert she followed the music with serious attention her favorite selection seemed to be Madame Sayao s aria from Puccini s Madame Butterfly. After the playing of god save the Queen the crowd again moved Forward peered and commented stood on tip toes. The press photographers Flash id their last few bulbs. The oficial party moved off. The concert was Over. Then the Princess Royal flanked by red coated mounties arrived through the auditorium s West door with his Honor the Lieuten ant governor of Manitoba j. S. Mcdiarmid and mrs. Mcdiarmid and was seated with mayor and mrs. Sharpe in the Royal Box a Row of five Arm chairs placed on a carved Rug in front of the stage. This was the moment eight year old Karon Drewry had been wait ing for. In a Daze of party dress glory a new Candy Pink tulle dress trimmed with Blue velvet Sash and flowered hair band she had been sitting in a main floor seat nervously clasping and in clasping her White gloved hands. Now she jumped up carried a bouquet of Pink roses centred by a mauve Orchid to the Royal Box. She cur Seyed Low presented the Flowers to the Princess Royal. Karon s Mother smiled from her nearby seat. Father Jack Drew Rys a member of the orchestra flashed a proud Bright look Over his Bass fiddle on stage. Later when the music began Karon s gloves came off. Her Grin did t. Backstage at intermission the Princess Royal went backstage and guest soloist Bidu Sayao resplendent in a Slimy fitted lame gown of Rose Gold and Blue was presented As were conductor Walter Kaufmann and concertmaster Richard Seaborn. On her Way backstage her Mander and mrs. L. B. Mcilhagga Royal highness showed a keen in he plays game of Button Button but in court Constable Tom Beal of the ramp who keeps things mov ing for magistrate d. G. Pot Ter in provincial police court Friday had one of the busiest Days of his track of eight nearly pure Gold but tons valued at an estimated the each about the size of half a Hen s egg Grade a exhibits in a preliminary hearing be fore the court. As the Gold nuggets were being bandied about the court by s. R. Lyon Crown attorney r. A. Gallag her defence counsel and handled by several witnesses for identification purposes const. Beal lurked closely in the background bag in hand waiting each time to get the precious nuggets Back on his desk with the other exhibits. They All wound up Safe and sound at the Day s end. Says illegal land use not unusual Parks superintendent t. R. Hodgson told Winnipeg s civic finance committee Friday that in numerous cases the Parks Board is developing property that it does not legally own. He did so As the committee moved to put into Board ownership some land on Strath Cona Street upon which a Parks Board building is being erected despite the fact the Parks Board does not legally own the land. The building is being erected by the Clifton Community club under Parks Board auspices. The land was not transferred to the Parks Board because a tangle which began when City property com Mittee reserved it for Park Pur poses even though water and Hydro services had been installed. No Consumers were there to pay the Cost of the services. Some confusion Aid. H. V. Mckelvey told com Mittee that there is some con fusion among the people of the West end regarding the status of this residents develop ing the Community club wondered what its Fate might be. He suggested and. Committee agreed to prepare a bylaw put Ting the property in the hands of the Parks Board even though the Lien against it has not been straightened out. Or. Hodgson told committee thai there is nothing unusual about the Parks Board developing land which has not been officially feared to it by bylaw. He cited the Case of a Shaugh Nessy Heights playground which has been developed though negotiations for he Transfer of some of the land have been going on for eight years the Parks Board still does t own part of it. We regard merely As a technicality the final passing of the Transfer or. Hodgson said. Let me Tell you or. Said Aid. Jack Blumberg acting chairman if you be been doing work on property you Haven t got i d get that straightened up that s my the Princess leaves the auditorium for government House after the symphony concert. Board May halt exam half holidays civic muddle feast., float and finances Winnipeg High school students in future May be refused Permis Sion to take half holidays on examination Days. In the past students have been marked As present for full Days during the december and easter examination even though they at tended school in the morning and went Home in the afternoon. The practice was questioned last Spring by or. Andrew Moore provincial inspector of Winnipeg High schools who said it was illegal to Mark a student present when he was not in fact present. Investigated no action was taken on the Issue last Spring but the matter was investigated this year at meetings Between or. W. C. Primer superintendent of schools and High school principals. Or. Lorimer is expected to re port to a school Board meeting tuesday suggesting that in the future students be made to attend school for full Days during the examination season so that the legality of the attendance record cannot be challenged. Provincial Grants to the City school system Are founded upon the number of Days the schools civic finance committee decided Friday that rather than have the mayor of Winnipeg humiliated by 260 Toronto a ians it would be better to feed the torontonian and worry later about where the Money was going to come from. The mayor asked committee to approve plans to entertain As a Goodwill gesture about 260 fans in route to the Grey cup finals in Vancouver from Toronto. The Toronto Junior chamber of Commerce said the group would spend a Day in Winnipeg. Mayor George Sharpe had asked committee last August what ought to be done about this and the matter was left at his discretion. He then went ahead and planned a dinner. Friday however when the time came to get the appropriation approved by finance committee throats were cleared and Etc brows lifted around the table. You were on your own when the westerners went East for Grey cup Aid. Jack Blumberg told the mayor. We did t have to have Din ners the Junior chamber is awfully Good at dreaming up these said Aid. How Ard then they come to us to pay for the Junior chamber of com Merce is arranging the Cross country trip. Aid. Walter Crawford elbowed into the discussion to Avert what might have been an embarrassing situation for the mayor of Winnipeg. It s not fair to trip the mayor up like the City can t tie the mayor s hands too tight you then in a finance commissioner s report there was even worse news. Only was left in the reception and entertainment account. Out of that had to come about for a recent chamber of com Merce dinner and the which the Grey cup dinner would Cost. Adjustments said Aid. Crawford a Man who piloted the University of Manitoba through some of its worse financial years these things can be arranged you know. That is we might adjust some of the accounts. It can be taken care of then committee went on to another sensitive Point. With out comment and without Rea son it Laid Over for the fourteenth time a request that the City enter a float in the Van Couver Grey cup Parade. After the request was made the City bought two of carts later decided they were not to be used in the Parade and since then has been avoiding week by week a decision on what if anything it will put in the Parade. Former pupils invited to Mulvey reunion All former pupils and staff of Mulvey school have been invited to gather wednesday for a re Union to be held in the school. Mulvey will be celebrating its 71st anniversary although the present building is Only 60 years old. Because the school lost All its old registers in the 1950 flood or. Gilbert Arnason the principal has had difficulty in notifying All old members of the student body. The school at the Corner of Broadway and Maryland Street has a history of having been burned Down twice. It was one of 14 condemned in the Reavis re port. It is named after major Steward Mulvey who came to Winnipeg with col. Garnet Wolseley s forces to put Down a Riel uprising. School authorities intend to hold a Tea wednesday afternoon and Are open. A minimum of 200 school Days is required by Law. Winnipeg usually slips Low the minimum and the Provin Cial education department does t pay for the deficient Days. Too great if however the school system was to be docked eight half Days for the eight Days on which examinations Are written the deficiency great. Though or. Moore did t men Tion Grants in his written com plaint to the school Board last Spring the threat to the Grants is believed to have influenced the expected action of the superintendent. Savings Bond Binge starts on monday Manitoban Start their biggest saving Binge of the year monday when Canada savings Bonds go on Sale for the tenth consecutive year. It is expected More than Manitoban will buy the govern ment guaranteed Bonds to the tune of at least the Bonds will pay a full 3 a per cent interest a year. They will be dated nov. 1 and will mature 12 years later. As in former years they will be available in denominations of and the limit in any one name is at any time before maturity the Bonds can be cashed at full face value plus earned interest up to the Calendar month held. They can be cashed at any time at any Bank in Canada. Manitoban can buy the Canada savings Bonds through payroll savings plans or through Cash Pur Chase at investment dealers Banks Trust companies and Ether savings institutions. Sydney c. Stephens of Winni Peg Prairie regional payroll say Ings director predicts sales Thi. Year will surpass those in 1954. Many have come to regard tin convenience of pay deduction As regular and Only Means of building the reunion will take place in the 1 up a savings said or. Evening. Stephens. Six candidates line up for Ward 3 race a private detective and a Man with 36 years on City Council Are two of the six candidates seeking office this year in Ward 3. In the race for the oct. 26 civic election Are two Cec candidates two Kcf one communist and an Independent. Aid. Jack Blumberg seek ing his 19th term on City Council after 36 years continuous service which began in Ward 6 under Winnipeg s old Multi Ward system in 1919. Born in Hull England he came to Canada in 1910 and served overseas Dur ing the first world War with of the Canadian army. Since his election to coun cil he has served on practical 1 y every Board and committee in the City administration. He was Defeated in 1950 when he _ ran against Gar net Coulter for mayor. In the past year he has served As acting chair Man of the finance committee and As chairman of the Winnipeg traffic commission. He has been a life Long supporter of the labor move ment and runs a life insurance and real estate Agency. Stan Carrick former Cec school trustee and one term Mem Ber of City Council who was nosed out in 1954 by Aid. Frank wag Ner. Born in Winnipeg in 1911, he played football for the Blue bombers in h i s youth and graduated in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba. He served for two i terms on the school Board before being elected to City Council for 1953 i and 1954. He is a member of the a the engineering Institute of car Nada and the appraisal Institute of Canada. Aid. Jacob Pennor communist. A member of City Council since 1933 with two Breaks from 1940 to 1943 and during 1953. Born in Russia in 1830, he is a Normal school graduate and the graduate of a College of land surveyors in Russia. He is a founding member of the i socialist party of Canada 1906 08 the social democratic party of Canada 1908 1922 the communist party of Canada 19 1922-43 and the labor progressive party of Ca Nada 1943 until the present. In Winnipeg he was native sons of Canada and vice i aim met. Of a Init inuit i i i employed As a Florist arid later As president of the North Winnipeg i professional engineers of Manito Lan accountant. During the second i Liberal association. On Council in world War he was interned for his communist affiliations. Immediately after his release he again ran for Council and was elected. Aid. Slaw Bebchuk proprietor of a dry goods store seek ing his fifth term on City Council. Born in North Winnipeg 48 years ago he worked with a wholesale grocery firm and with the City Wel f a r e depart ment before go ing into business for himself on North main Street. He is a member of St. Nicholas Ukrain i a n Catholic i Church Honor 1 Ary president o f h e Canadian ukrainian Athle tic club and the the past year he has served As Perty committees. H. Leonard Stevens for four years a Winnipeg school trus tee now seeking his first term on City Council. Born in Winnipeg he was educated in the elementary schools Here and in Daniel Mclyn Lyre collegiate. He served in the Royal Canadian army service corps from 1942 until the end of the second world War and saw action in Western Europe with the 2nd and 3rd divisions. As a machinist he has been Active in Trade Union circles and has served As chief Steward of the United steel workers of America Here. He was on the school Board from 1950 to 1953. Chairman of the health and pro John Joseph Thomas a private detective seeking his first term on City Council. Born in the Ukraine he came to Canada at the age of three and since then has resided in Ward 3. He attended St. Vladimir and Olga Parish school and win n i p e g High schools and Busi Ness College. He has had 27 years private Gaioi ence and is at present head o f Thomas Detec Tive service and is chairman of the Winnipeg Public Library he is also immediate past president of the ukrainian professional and businessmen s club and is a member of the Independent order of for Esters. Weston cd the Weston memorial Community Centre will hold a general meeting at the clubhouse Logan Avenue and Thompson Street at 3 . Wednesday. All Weston Resi dents Are Welcome ;