Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 22, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba Homogenized york1 in Dandy football tumblers by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week new religious regulations slated for Manitoba schools Winnipeg free press Winnipeg saturday october 22, 1955 new regulations on religious and patriotic exercise in Manitoba schools have Ben announced by the advisory Board of the department of education. The new regulations inform teachers that religious exercises roust include a scripture Reading and a prayer. In addition a hymn should be included whenever pos in grades 1 to 4 a scripture Pas Sage must be read at least once a week. On every other Day a Bible Story is to be read from one of two authorized books Harl but s stories of the Bible or Schoolland s Marian s big Book t of Bible stories. Previously there were no scrip Ture readings in grades 1 to 4, and Only one Book of Bible stories Hurlbut s was prescribed. The new regulations also provide for scripture readings in grades 5 and 6 at least three times a week. On the remaining Days these two grades May be read Bible stories from Hurlbut or school previous regulations called for scripture readings five Days a week to grades 5 and 6. Scripture passages and Bible stories must be without note or Auto mechanics switch association now Union the automotive journeymen s about a year ago has decided to become a Union. The association voted to link its fortunes with those of the moulders and foundry workers International Union local 174. It also decided to affiliate with the Winnipeg and District trades and labor Council the journeymen s action Fol Lowed a declaration by Elmore Fitch Legal adviser that the men could not get anywhere with the provincial labor department As an association. He was supported by William Dey president and peer v. Payter of Vancouver first vice president of the social credit association of Canada. What it wants air. Fitch said the association had sought legislation providing that Only certified journeymen or apprentice journeymen May be employed As Auto repairmen. It had requested that Auto mechanics be designated As skilled trades men under the fair wage act. At present he said they Are classified As labourers and come under the terms of the minimum wage act. The association had also demanded legislation requiring not More than one apprentice for a garage employer who is a journey Man and one apprentice for every free journeymen in the shop. Such legislation or. Fitch said would raise the Trade to higher Levels and would assure competent men to do Auto repairs. At present the speakers said men in non Union garages get 75 cents to an hour while in the Union garage the Basic pay is an hour. The association says it has 300 members and sights a potential membership in greater Winnipeg of More than for Manitoba the potential membership runs up to the spokesman said. Or. Payter said garage men should have a responsible Union and the Union should see to it that its members establish High work Manship As Well As Good pay. Imperial veterans members of the Imperial vet Erans in Canada Friday night gathered at the Marlborough hotel to Mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Rev. F. J. Ison said Grace and speakers were p. Johnson a. Rawlinson capt. W. H. Talbot Taffy Pritchard pipe major a. H. Graham j. R. Kent and Alejj Cairns. There is no change for Grade 7 to 12 which will continue to have scripture readings five Duys a week. The readings May be made from the authorized English ver Sion the Douay version or the revised Standard version. Rural schools Rural schools usually having several grades in one classroom Are required to have at least two scripture readings a week one from the group selected for grades 1 to 4, and the other from the group specified for grades 5 and 6. The new regulations specify that not More than one period of 10 minutes can be devoted to religious exercises each Day. They also Lay Down that the exercises shall be conducted by the teacher in the presence of the pupils. Re Mote control devices such As pub lie address systems arid tape recordings Are prohibited. The advisory Board has statutory jurisdiction Over religious Anc patriotic exercises in Manitoba Public schools and has a policy of revising its regulations not oftener than once every five years. The new regulations became effective sept. 1, and the Printer booklets Are now being distributed to All Public schools. Made compulsory an amendment to the Public schools act at the last session o. The legislature made religious exercises compulsory in All Public schools except where boards o trustees passed bylaws forbidding the exercises. The prohibiting by aws must be renewed each year. _ previous to the amendment to exercises were held Only when eachers received instructions his effect from their schoo boards. The new regulations regarding patriotic exercises make it compulsory that they be held in All pub lie schools for at least one Perio and not More than four period each month. In the past the exercises have not been compulsory considerable revision has take place in the regulations on patriotic exercises. There is new mater Ial on the relationship Between the Crown and the British common wealth on requirements for Cana Daylight burglar sought. By Winnipeg detectives a Daylight burglar is being sought by City detectives for breaking into two fort Rouge Homes thursday. William Mason 209 Oakwood Avenue reported his Home entered and stolen. Laurie Labelle 281 Oakwood Avenue also reported his Home Bro ten into but it was believed nothing was taken. Juveniles Are believed responsible for breaking into Macmillan and Bloedel 100 Mcphillips Street and stealing 120 Tea bags a pint of milk a tin of soup and in pennies. Fish buyer convicted Gerard Levesque was fined and costs or one month in jail Friday in provincial police court when he pleaded guilty to an infraction of the fish dealers Levesque was charged with accepting 880 pounds of fillets without first having obtained a state ment from the shipper setting Forth the various species of fish and the Quantity of each species included in the ship fire causes damages a fire believed to have been started by spontaneous com in a pile of rags caused damage to the Verandah Hall and stairs of a Home at 379 Redwood ave nue Friday afternoon. The occupants of the two Storey Frame House Are or. And mrs. J. Rauch their five children and or. And mrs. Peter Schneur and a son. The owner is p. Laskar of 350 Boyd Dian citizenship and on citizenship Day. There is also a Section on Lane Marks in the development of constitutional government in Canad which is designed for grades to 9. Smedley s Corner we have a Nice letter from a Winnipeg woman who had a bit of a time with customs officials Over six Cartons of Cigar ets she was bringing Home for her husband from a shopping trip in Minneapolis. We know that our correspondent had no ideas of smuggling in mind. She was simply bringing the Cigar ets Home for her husband and she bought them Only being assured by a department store clerk that they could be brought into Canada duty free under the s100 exemption. At the Border of course she found out otherwise. She was allowed Only one Carton. The other five Cartons were seized because she could t pay in duty. She wrote to the store telling what happened. She did t even hint that she should be reimbursed but she suggested that the salespeople should be better informed on such matters. Now Here is the Happy ending. The general superintendent of Donaldson the store concerned sent her a courteous letter of regret and returned the full Cost of the Cigar ets. It gave me a she says and she d also like the people who were travelling on the same bus to know about it. They were As upset about the incident As she was. Notes on a Busy Day just to Settle the egg Yoke situation for Good we had a Call film mrs. Mina Navin 464 Edmonton Street to say she had just opened an egg that had no Yoke at All. A self effacing Reader who would t leave his name did leave a Carrot curiosity an Ordinary Carrot with another ent wined around it snakelike. He said with a faint Blush i Call them the and mrs. Jarman remember we told about two giant carrots from h or Garden pointed out that the big Fellows were not seven and eight and a half inches in diameter but in circumference. There s a. Dif Ference and we shamefaced by admit an horrendous error. And we be been informed that James m. Dale 346 College Street St. James came up with a perfect-29 cribbage hand in a game at Kitimat . It can happen he was playing against Joseph e. Gouge an of 201 Melrose Avenue Transcona and Frank Proulx of Otterburn was one of the witnesses. From county meath John Mccormick retired this week from the car sleep ing and dining car department where his Job was to press and repair uniforms. For the past 18 years John has handled an average of 40 uniforms a Day. The one thing he had to pay special attention to when making repairs were the pockets of porters pants the ones that hold the Nickels. Or. Mccormick As one might guess is an irishman. He s from Kells county meath and he says that he d like to have a Nickel for every time he s been asked if the other John Mccormack the Singer that is came from there. He did to of course. He was from Athlone. Sunday sport opposition lines up the Winnipeg citizens commit tee opposed to commercial Sun Day sport has collected statement from 14. Civic and National Leader Tor a full Page advertisement re in saturday s newspapers urging no vote to commercializing included in the advertise me were statements from roman Catholic archbishop Philip Pocock who says he is o posed to commercial sunday so but will not urge others to to against it archbishop w. J. Be foot Rev. Nelson Mercer or. H. Saunderson University presi Dent Andrew Currie school phys ical education director Jim Daly of the Manitoba Branch of the Tauc and or. Gordon Bates health league of Canada William p. Covert Canadian director of moving picture machine operators lome Locke an electrical Engineer Alex Turk Charles h. Millard National director of the United steelworkers of Nan Murphy school Board chairman a. J. Kitchen chief probation officer and judge Emerson j. Heaney of the Juve Nile court r. C. Brown a prominent rotarian. Building hits million Peak in City three new buildings at fort Osborne helped push 1955 building permits Over the Mark this week. The department of National de Fence took out three permits for a total value of they were for a 50-vehicle garage a firing Range and a service station. Also issued in the past week were a permit for a three Storey 21-suite apartment Block at 246 Home Street being built by a. B. Sigurdson and a permit for a 20-unit housing project on Mccalman Avenue Between Keenleyside and Stapleton streets being built by Krahn construction co. City 1955 permits Rose to As of oct. 20 against on ocl. 13 and on oct. 21, 1954. Total permits is sued this year is including for dwellings which have total value of exhaust from buses. Week end edition with comics inc Community club decision amuses pro hockey head a leading Winnipeg spokesman for professional hockey Friday issued a Hearty Guffaw in response to a Community club decision to refuse the support of organizations. Said Larry Desjardins president of the St. Boniface Ca Nadies it makes me laugh. They say they want the Money. I Don t know who they re trying to fool he was commenting on a thurs Day night refusal by the Community centres advisory Council to allow sponsorship of Community club teams by any professional the understand ing that donations to the general funds of the club on a voluntary basis May be whether donations were made to the hockey team or to the club Low stacks on diesels found most practical d. I. Macdonald operations manager greater Winnipeg 1 transit commission saturday defended the present Low level position of exhaust stacks on diesel buses. In a press release or. Mac Donald noted that there have been a number complaints in letters to the editor All of which suggested that pollution of the air by diesel fumes could be lessened if the stacks were elevated so that the fumes would be discharged Donald o Connor who stopped off briefly in Winnipeg Friday on a scandinavian airlines flight to Hollywood says that his european vacation has made him Rusty on the dance Steps. Nevertheless he posed for cameraman Dave Bonner in a typical o Connor routine. I Gina want there Donald wanted Glamour by Frank Morriss Donald o Connor travelled All through Italy and France but whenever he turned up at a film studio the Glamour girls weren t there. I Don t know How it Hap said Donald As lie made a Brief Stopover in Winnipeg at noon Friday on his Way from Copenhagen to Hollywood via scandinavian airlines. I met Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster in Paris where they were making a picture with Gina Lollobrigida but Gina was t there. I was in the Rome film studios but the girls with the plunging necklines weren t there however Donald is learning to enjoy some Leisure for the first time since he was a Little boy. Movies radio television and night club work have kept him Busy and at one time he was threatened with a nervous breakdown. He s teen resting since last Spring and now he s on his Way Back to Hollywood to re Hearse for a night club stint in Las vegas in december. He has t any movies coming up at the moment but his latest anything goes has t been re leased. In it he co stars with Bing Crosby Mitzi Gaynor and Jeanmaire. The last time Donald was in Winnipeg was in 1936 when he played a vaudeville engage ment at the playhouse theatre with his family. Sister Patsy now retired was the Star the show then but Donald re Calls that it was cold in Winnipeg and he got one of those big fur hats. I told you about it when you were i Hollywood last Spring did t he said proving that he has a memory for people he has met. My vacation was he said. We went to England Paris Rome and other future matrimonial prospects he did t mention any. May be since his divorce from Gwen o Connor he s been taking a vacation from marriage too. He was concerned to hear that Sophie Tucker was ill in St. Boniface Hospital but was pleased to hear that she is sitting up and on the Road to recovery. Incidentally Donald was sporting a Snappy Light brow Mustache but it will be re moved before he faces the cameras and night club audiences. It was just a part of Vaca Tion fun. A first for Winnipeg construction labourers get Union contract for the first time in Winnipeg Trade Union history a collective agreement has been be half of construction labourers with the Winnipeg builders Exchange. Since 1945 six attempts have been made to organize the common labourers. They failed until two preparatory work needed to put disabled in jobs the placement of disabled people by the National employment ser vice requires adequate preparatory services to be effective s. C. Sparling executive director society for crippled said Friday. He was speaking to the Mem Bers of the Manitoba chapter of International association of personnel in employment Security. Or. Sparling said before a successful placement there must be proper medical evaluation and and treatment to overcome disability to the maximum degree psychological services to determine the Job for which the disabled per son is Best suited and vocational guidance to relate a person s abilities to his physical capabilities. Or. W. C. Lorimer superintendent of schools Winnipeg schoo District said As society becomes More Complex there is More need for co operation Between nes Anc the schools. The schools Are indebted to nes youth according to miss Louise Pettingell girls guid Ance counsellor at St. John s High school for invaluable advice t to students and guidance counsel lors alike on experience in the world of work and up to Date in formation on employments fact which Are of great value to Stu b. F. Larson principal of the technical vocational High school suggested the nes and school develop a co operative education program for closer supervision o the student training on the Job. He also thought much could b done to persuade a student t remain at school and finish stained for the student. W. Duncan regional ent of the unemployment insure nce commission also spoke. Liberal body or National health plan the North Winnipeg Liberal association unanimously approved a solution tuesday calling on the Campbell government to co operate with other government bodies to bring a plan of state sponsored National health insurance into effect. The same meeting heard Alex Turk la for Winnipeg North and Aid. Slaw Bebchuk emphasize he importance of construction of the Disraeli Bridge and express Way. Overseas soldiers due Back the second contingent can Adian soldiers Back from service in Germany and included in the rotation of the 1st and 2nd in Fantry brigades will arrive in Quebec City tuesday it was announced Friday by National de Fence Headquarters in Ottawa. The largest group in the draft Are men from the 2nd battalion of the Royal 22nd regiment and the 2nd battalion of the Princess Patricia s Canadian Light infantry. Also included will be men from other units. Dependents who will accompany the soldiers will include 10 wives and 171 children. In All 1 sailings will be required to bring ears ago when the International Lod carriers building and com Mon labourers of America local 01, was successful. Local 101 signed the two year contract effective from May 1, 1955, to april 0, 1957. The wage Scales agreed on Are building labourers assisting mechanics general building Wrens Caisson workers 1.30 pipe layers the same or Tunn Elers machine rubbers in err Ezzo work for dry and or wet machine rubbers effective May 1, 1956, this schedule will be increased by 10 cents per hour. Other provisions in the contract provide for seven statutory holi Days with pay and transportation a when the work is beyond the Ity car fare zone. Men hired in Winnipeg and sent to jobs beyond the 30 mile limit will have transportation paid to and from the Job and time spent travelling to and from the Job will also be paid at the regular rate. No stoppage of work shall take place before a dispute is settled through the joint arbitration com Mittee. Maximum hours of work per week is 48, and work Over that tune and a half will be paid. J. J. Cusson president and or at roof level of the bus or higher. In his release or. Mac Donald enclosed a letter from the City of Minneapolis Engineer s department which recommended against placing stacks at a higher level. The same letter summarized re plies from other american cities which showed that none of them favored the change. There Are no cities in the . Today in which transit buses Are using the Verti Cal High exhaust stacks or. Macdonald noted. He said also that the Gen eral motors corporation which has manufactured approximately diesel buses has made exhaustive studies on the subject and the strongly recommend against such main reasons any exhaust stacks at a Low rather than High level on buses Are re commended Are As follows exhaust gases Are heavier than air and will eventually Settle Down. To discharge at a higher level will bring the gases closer to the noses the pedestrian. The Pas Sage of vehicle wheels at the lower level will tend to break up and disperse the gases More quickly. There is an accumulation of water from the products of combustion and this water mixed with Carbon or other deposits would be forced into the air and be spewed Over clothing of pedestrians. The piping for a vertical exhaust stack if carried through the body of the bus creates a serious heat fire and fume Hazard. If carried on the out Side the body it is an Accident and injury Hazard be cause of the heat. Street Home mishaps injure three persons two boys and a Man were injured Friday in separate Acci dents. Dieder Hovver 5, of 750 St. Mat thews Avenue and his six year old brother Helmut were running across the Street in front of their Home when they were in collision itself did t make a bit of Dif Ference or. Desjardins said. I Don t care whether you give it to the hockey manager or to the president of the club. If you hand he president the Money hell Joost us too. It s Only natural. It s just another hand to go through that s said or. Des Jardins. Thursday night the Community centres Council had indicated that there was nothing wrong with donations by professional organizations so Long As they weren t Tab bed for any specific purpose. Or. Desjardins said that Al though his organization sponsored a team that was t connected with any Community Excel had never interfered a Community club affairs. The Excelsior rent ice from the he admitted but the straight bus mess transaction of renting is the Only arrangement the two groups have. He said the canadians have made donations to Community club hockey teams but there never have been any strings players for the teams concerned have never signed anything and have always been at Liberty to sign with other professional organizations. Promotion we re just trying to promote said or. Desjardins. We be never forced he said the canadians had spent Between and last year supporting teams in minor hockey except in the Case of the Excelsior there were never any strings he does t think the canadians will Stop their donations in tha face of the advisory Council pronouncement because it would leave a lot of kids out of but he claims to be Uncertain about the Council s intention. They want the Money but they want to be pure. It s a big Bend hints at broader health plans the possibility of More Diversi fied health services for Manitoba was hinted thursday by Hon. R. W. Bend provincial minister of health and Public welfare at the Manitoba Public health association s annual meeting in the Hoyal Alexandra hotel. He would be hooked Politi if he disclosed some of his Long Range planning said or. Bend. But he did say that the Hospital building program is catching up with demand and so a larger share of the health Bud get might soon be diverted to ther uses. And he indicated a Lew of his More immediate objectives old age pension. Or. Bend said he did not think proposed Over All supplementary allowances were a sound program for elderly Citi Zens. I think giving so much Money across the Board is not the answer. Those who need it need More. It s a waste of Money for those who Don instead or. Bend thought the new government policy of assisting with car operated by Harry Timlick of 544 Arlington Street police said. The boys police said Randi restly behind an Auto going East on St. Matthews and met or. Tim lick s car proceeding West. Dieder was taken to Winnipeg general Hospital with a depressed fracture of the Skull. His condition is fairly Good. The older boy also taken to Hospital was treated for minor scratches on the right hand and right leg and released. Konrad Brenko 77, of 1064 Prit Chard Avenue received head in juries when he fell Down a flight of basement stairs at 179 Battery Street. He was taken to Winnipeg general Hospital. Scottish literary society a meeting of the scottish literary society will be held at 8.15 . Thursday in Trinity Hall. J. W. Anderson will provide a film program and mrs. Marian my Rae and miss Catherine tical will give a program of music. West St. Paul is the soldiers of the brigade and their dependents to Canada it was announced. Following is a list of the soldiers who will report to no. Personnel depot Winnipeg and their leave addresses bar. C. E. Fulcher Winnipeg pet. R. T. Birmingham 34 Kingston Row St. Vital sgt. K. M. Campbell .179 Harbison Avenue Elmwood pet. A. J. Candaele 355 notre Dame Street St. Boniface sgt. F. S. Dodd 372 notre Dame Avenue Winnipeg pet. D. M. Fenson great Falls Mont .a. Pet. J. H. Gercaliu port Arthur ont. Pet. R. A Hubert fort Frances ont. Pet. N. Johnston West Sel Kirk Man. Pet. R. J. Mann Winnipeg pet. W. J. Madge Schreiber ont. Pet. A. P. J. Moar Gypsumville Man. Pet. R. A. Mor Rison 101 St. Anne s rd., St. Vital pet. T. Murakami 371 Winterton ave., Winnipeg pet. D. S. Nelson Carman Man. Pet. C. Olson Oak Point Man. Pet. A. P. Pei Gan fort Churchill Man. Pet. W. J Manizer and n. C. Storie business agent signed the contract for the Union. Big minority Thailand has about chinese among its total population of nearly miss Mildred Mcmurray. Attorney for the Public welfare service of the provincial government will be guest speaker at a meeting of the West St. Paul Home and school association at 8.15 . Course if part time work could be tuesday in West St. Paul school. Reid 344 Talbot ave., Winnipeg pet. D. F. Scharf Oak Point Man. Pet. W. A. Schmidt 46c Young Street Winnipeg pet. D m. Vail Brunswick hotel Winni Peg Trudeau 537 de la Morenie St. Boniface. Brock Corydon is the Brock Corydon Home and school association will meet at 8.30 . Tuesday in the school auditorium. Subject for the eve Ning will be membership drive and meet the teachers. Murder trial jury held for week end twelve men in Winnipeg Are kind of at Loose ends for the week end that is they Are at Loose ends with restrictions. They Are members of the jury at the trial of Donald Earl Hambleton who is charged with the murder of James Henry Wolrich caretaker of the gait building last May 29. The trial was adjourned at 5 . Friday until 10 . Monday. The jurors who have been living in dormitory quarters in the Law courts build ing were told by or. Justice Ralph Maybank that they would have to remain in Cus Tody until monday morning. I Don t like to give you this bad news or. Justice Maybank said be cause the weather forecast is for Fine weather Over the week end but i am afraid you will have to stay with us until we resume on the stay with us Angle Means that the All male jury a cannot talk to any out siders b cannot read any newspapers c cannot be Al Lowed to see television and d cannot communicate with their Homes or relatives. What Are you going to do with them court attendants were asked. A Well take them to the wrestling show Friday night at the new Arena maybe give them a ride around the City in a bus on sunday Well keep them was the reply. In housing construction was More in addition he said the province is considering other plans. Health insurance or. Bend said Manitoba was first offered a Deal at Ottawa in 1945, and accepted it. If the Federal government offered the same proposition again said or. Bend Well i Don t see Why we would t accept it. Several plans Are now being broached As possibilities he added and i am interested. I want to know More what Ottawa would pay and How much Manitoba would have to pay. If we can have it and carry it in our Economy then we will take a pretty careful look at preventive Medicine or. Bend said the health department will probably extend the polio immunization program in 1956, provided Money is available and this Money has to come from the he told his audience he s a firm believer in the ounce of preventive Medicine theory. If every Man woman and child were compelled to have a Chest a Ray every six months he said i think to would be a thing of the to reinforce his preventive pro Gram or. Bend s department will expand its pioneering free diagnostic services in Rural Manitoba and install a new Laboratory and a Ray unit at Portage la Prairie to service an additional people possibly about septem Ber 1956." today at the exhibition 1.00 open. 2.30 Aerial act. 3.00 show. All afternoon and evening Industrial display Hae of agriculture Side rides games Etc. 7.45 Aerial act. 8.00 opening by it. Hon. James g. Gardiner Federal minister of agriculture. 8.15 . And 10 stage show. 11.45 Aerial act ;