Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, October 15, 1960

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 15, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba Reach twice the readers in greater Winnipeg with free press want ads Winnipeg free press by Carrier 3sc of a Winnipeg saturday october 15, 1960 Singh copy Price for Tif f a l h or sunny today oco Ulona Cloudy interval tomorrow i Lux warmer. Winds becoming South tomorrow. 3s Torii it 60 sunday. Temperatures Tot 24-hour period in ., oct. Max. Min. My. Vancouver 52 54 46 to. 3s .01 61 .08 71 1.56 55 57 fort 41 York 64 Coffee break by Gene Telpner of some greater Winnipeg teachers were wonder that far away look this week on the faces of some of their pupils blame it on the world series. Although teachers May have been unaware of it a number of pupils did t miss a single inning Dur ing school time. They simply placed one of those tiny transistor radios in their pockets ran the ear plug wire up their sleeve then held the earpiece so it would t be noticed. Don t get mad Tea Chers it s All Over for another year. One of the girls in our office ordered a from a Dawn town department store. It arrived promptly at her Home but with one slight difficulty. Whoever handled it last locked it after thoughtfully placing the keys where they would t get lost inside the trunk. Now what asks our Friend Michael har Ries of Selkirk Man., writes that the family dog is 21 years old and wonders if there is an older dog in Manitoba. He enclosed a picture of the ancient pet for proof. Fame and Fortune Robert Anderson of 581 Sherbrook Street suite 14, would be on his Way to Fame and Fortune if he had Only invented what someone in Toronto thinks he did. Coffee break carried an item recently about the terrific television reception Robert has beep getting on his set at Sandy Hook. News travels fast because this week a letter arrived from a Toronto business firm. The firm wanted to promote the remarkable device of or. Anderson s which brings in Sach wide reception. According to the letter the owner of the firm first designed turn signals for cars but lost a for tune because he did t Patent the idea fast enough. He warned Bob not to let this happen to. Him. Meanwhile bewildered Bob says it s Only an Ordinary Chan Nel 3 some of his friends have suggested he Rig up something Quick and Send it to Toronto for the big Opportunity. On the same subject j. E. Bishop of Kenora picked up 110 stations on his Sef not which was a typographical error in thurs Day s column. All about everything jottings from a reporter s notebook mrs. B. Radomsky of 297 Lilac Street has five blooms on her easter Lily dietitians in the province Are going to hear a talk on food poisoning at their next meeting. And for Good reason. At the annual meet ing last april of the group a number of dietitians got food Poison ing woman phoned to add a note about Nasty people the one who stole my son s Bike from St. Patrick s Parish. My son s a free press Carrier a . Government air raid manual contains this bureaucratic Gem All funeral coaches must pull to the curb and Stop when the Siren sounds although the occupants Are not required to seek Turkey talk fowl supper Friday in Poplar Point memorial rink to 8 . Ingald ladles All you can eat tur key supper saturday to 9 . Teuton United Church anniversary supper in the Church basement saturday 5 to . Warren Manitoba women s auxiliary Turkey supper saturday 5 to . Note to those who asked unless we receive notices Well in Advance they can t be printed Well in Advance. Crowned Heads although Europe is always considered to be the Home of aristocracy and titles if you Stop to think there is ascertain aristocracy in North America that is if you consider titles Only. Just for example there Are count Basie Duke Ellington King Duke Snider her nibs Georgia Gibbs lord Athol Layton and even Prince Mike Romanoff. Can readers suggest any other Mem Bers of North american in the wee hours of a recent saturday night we dropped in to stage door and found most of the Winnipeg club per formers. Among the after show people were Joann Val Chan s and Jacques Kayal from the Gold coach lounge. Ford and Hines spent a lot of time there and even Benny Goodman found time for a visit after his Winnipeg performance recently Albert Ledoux. Of Swan River Man., former Winnipeg is having his family right of schedule. Third youngster born on sept. 25, the same Date As the two others. In order of appearance they Are girl boy boy add mrs. Ledoux is doing Fine. Olympic sport Alan sports figure writes i was. Quite amused to read in your column concerning the incident of Fred Manor and alcohol in Finland. This brings to mind a similar happening in 1852 when a swedish Friend and i were crossing boat from Stockholm to Abo for the olympic games in Helsinki. At that time we were both University students and had decided to save Money by acquiring a Small spirit stove with which we could prepare Coffee and Tea. In our hurried departure from the Quay in Stockholm we completely forgot the methylated spirit with which this thing operated. During the voyage we decided to ask the ship s Engineer if lie could let us have some spirit. After a great Deal of searching we found the fellow in a slightly Hung condition. The finns Are not particularly Friendly to the swedes although they can speak and understand swedish they will not do so. Finally we got through to him what we wanted but to our request he replied to sorry but i Don t drink the stuff this sounds corny but at the time was amusing to play s the thing in new drama venture Manitoba theatre Centre will begin a new venture in dramatic productions oct. 25 to 27 at the Dominion theatre with one act comedies by two renowned eur Opean playwrights. The new studio series is founded on the to theory the play s the and feature qua Lity dramatic productions with the simplest of sets and the emphasis on the actors and the spoken word. The opening program will Fea Ture Anton Chekhov s the marriage proposal directed by Esme Crampton and Eugene Ionesco s the lesson directed by Desmond Scott. The studio series will extend the Bill of fare provided Mani Toba theatre goers by offering important dramatic works of in Terest to the steady theatre audience but with less general com Mercial Appeal. Its is exciting experimental theatre. The lesson stars Vic Cowie As a professor Corinne Langston As a Pupil and Helena Busch ova As a maid in a strange kind of comedy that s designed to Send its audience away from the Thea tre disturbed rather than laugh ing. It will be the first staging in Winnipeg of a work by the rumanian born French dramatist Ionesco one of the most widely known of the modern experimental playwrights. Featured in the classic rus Sian comedy will be Malke Ler Ner As a 25-year-old girl for whom marriage offers were scarce Stan Easton As a 34-year old suitor who could get along without marriage and Nicolai Kamener As the girl s father. All seats Are Rush. Labor Hospital Premium hike no sound reason for increase Mil contends the Manitoba federation of labor Friday went on record condemning the provincial government for its undemocratic procedure in raising the Hospital plan premiums by almost 50 per cent. According to the Resolution there was no sound reason Given by any government member for this unwarranted Howard Mitchell representative of the United steelworkers said whichever Way you look at it it s too High a rate. We Are still paying three or four times what we should be Charles Watson Hospital employees business agent declared i endorse the Resolution. We want a National organization of Hospital and medical we Don t want what amounts to a charitable he was referring to any form of plan other than National health being in one Way or another involved in charitable assistance. Another Resolution on Hospital services asked that the directors of the Hospital services insurance act be replaced by the govern ment. Other resolutions carried were that application for Decer Tifi cation of a bargaining agent be not allowed during a strike or lockout and that government be petitioned to this effect. That the government be notified of the federation s protest against the institution of the bran Don judicial inquiry instead of As requested by the federation an Industrial inquiry l that the government labor department be empowered to re Strain unfair labor practices. That the labor Board be empowered to take votes on whether or not to allow desertification when application has been made. That the government be in formed that if it does t improve its position in respect to the part of the labor relations act that pertains to organizing the unorganized the unions will be forced to ignore the act. That the scale of compensation under the workmen s compensation act continue in the Case of death to the dependents of the deceased. And that the average earnings of a Workman when be ing calculated be reckoned for the purpose of the act on the basis of a wage not exceeding a year. That workers get two weeks vacations after three years continuous service. And that vacation pay be credited at the rate four percent of All earnings for Over 30 Days. The federation also declared that premiums for the Hospital insurance plan should be abolished Ami the Federal govern ments should Bear the entire costs of Hospital insurance. Today is National newspaper boy Day a Day set aside each year when newspapers All Over North America Salute the Young Fellows who provide the final link Between newspapers and the newspaper Reader. To Honor the youngsters who go Grant citizenship about 50 Canadian citizenship certificates will be presented at the first formal session of the court of Canadian citizenship which will be held in 208 Mitchell Copp building at Wednesday municipal officials inspect River Banks representatives of greater Winnipeg municipalities interested in stabilizing the Banks of the red. And Assiniboine Rivers took a 90 minute boat trip along the streams Friday to inspect Bank slippage. Aid. Albert Bennett of Winnipeg arranged the inspection trip As part of his proposal to initiate a major Riverbank stabilization pro Gram As a whiter works program. Two held St. James police saturday apprehended two youths following a report of a break in at Vic seller s service station ferry Road and Ellice Avenue. Police said three quarts of motor Oil were found in the youths car parked near the garage. The two were turned Over to juvenile court authorities. Two believed involved in the break in Are still at Large. Winnipeg City Engineer. W. D. Hurst told those on the tour that a beginning could be made by trimming Trees which have fallen into the Rivers or Are in danger of falling Over the Banks. Aid. Bennett Hopes to enlist Federal and provincial help for a Multi million Dollar program which would see All Banks in the metro area protected against slip Page. He has been authorized by City works committee to meet and negotiate with area municipalities As a beginning. Friday s inspection was made from the decks of the Penguin in a yacht owned by Gilbert Eaton of Winnipeg. Or. Eaton told his guests Taij practice of dumping Concrete rubble and fill on riverbanks did not stabilize the Banks property. Such fill unless anchored by piles bedded in Hardpan merely slips into the streams and carries anew portion of Bank with it be said. Attorney general Sterling Lyon presents Gregory ii pert 604 Elgin Avenue with an award of Honor on be half of More than free press Carrier boys comment Moratin National new paperboy Day which is being celebrated across Canada saturday. The 14-year-old Carrier is representing the free press carriers for their outstanding work during the year. Newsboys honoured across continent successful failure9 is a visitor a Man described by a Montreal psychiatrist As his most Success Ful failure arrived in Winnipeg Friday with a message of Hope for victims of alcoholism. David b. Is the founder of Alco Holics Anonymous in Montreal. He is Here to address two meetings the annual meeting of the Mani Toba group of alcoholics Anonymous saturday at . In the Royal Alexandra hotel and a Public meeting sunday at . In the Odeon theatre David b. A never reveals the full names of its members likes to describe himself As an alcoholic who does t drink any More. He had a promising banking career ahead in Montreal when he started to drink heavily. His Dis integration was it took huh to Montreal s skid Row and from there to a Verdun mental where he was diagnosed As a hopelessly chronic alcoholic. Then David b. Says he read a Story about a. His father encouraged him to Telephone a in new York. They gave him Hope for More than a week new York members called him every Day with advice and encouragement. I was a friendless outcast caging drinks along Craig David b. Says now. But today Ali asks. To alcoholics Anonymous i live the love and respect of my family and of More Quarter million sex drunks who suffered from the same out in All kinds of weather to see that readers get the news the free press saturday gave its greater Winnipeg carriers a Spe Cial treat. They were guests of the paper at a special Premier movie showing of under ten flags at the metropolitan theatre. Other free press carriers were enter tained1 by the papers in most of the province s larger centres. There Are More than youngsters delivering newspapers in Canada and the United states today in Canada alone. These boys often referred to As the largest army of Small business men in existence Are frequently taken for granted in the Job they yet without them newspapers could not exist. While learning the first elements of business practice that will serve them Well in later years they Are also performing the last important process in the Long series of operations that brings the news of the world to Canadian Homes. Infant killed by tractor Eugene Clark Loewen 16 months son of or. And mrs. Alvin Loewen of Gladstone Man. Was killed at . Friday when run Over by a Caterpillar tractor at a construction site three Miles South of Gladstone. Ramp said saturday that the Driver of the tractor was Gary Peter Lamoureux of lot 28, old Kildonan Man., employed by Bodnar construction. An inquest into the death was opened by or. J. H. More arid adjourned until oct. 19. Hospitals convention on tuesday More than persons Are expected to attend the three Day convention of the associated hospitals of Manitoba and its affiliated organizations starting tuesday at the Royal Alexandra hotel. Purchasing agents personnel associations physiotherapists pub Lic health workers Hospital pharmacists women s auxiliary groups and Laboratory technicians will Al so be represented. Or. L. 0. Bradley president of the Hospital association said Dele Gates will meet wednesday morn ing to vote on resolutions and elect new officers. General educational sessions will be held on topics including Hospi tal.-. Public relations purchasing Hospital unions and the compulsory hospitalization plan. Among the speakers will be George Pickering commissioner of hospitalization in the province Stanley Martin of Toronto presi Dent of the Canadian Hospital association or. George Johnson minister of health and welfare and or. Joseph Williard of Mont real. A highlight will be the presenta Tion of the Stephens award for outstanding contributions in the Field of Hospital service to judge j. M. George of Morden. Radisson is the Radisson Home and school association Transcona will meet at 7 . Thursday. Members will inspect the new addition to the school. Big school program suburbs ask voters to spend million St. James joining Winnipeg in seeking. Approval of sunday sports school construction programs have taken a new upward swing this year with school Money by Laws totalling going be fore voters in suburban Winnipeg this oct. 26. In All voters Are being asked to approve Money. Bylaws total Ling this is just More than last year s total but it represents an increase of. 000 in the school building pro Gram. In 1958, when the prov Ince established its new school divisions the suburban school program hit a record High of a Point interest is that Only St. James is joining the City of Winnipeg in submitting a sunday sports referendum to its elector ate. St. James without any Spe Cial need for the mandate at pres ent determined to take advantage of the new lord s Manitoba act amendments which Al Low the commercial sports Privi Leges to be enacted this year Only without a petition by 20 per cent of the electorate. Largest bylaw largest school Money bylaw is being submitted in seven Oaks school division West Kildonan old Kildonan West St. Paul and Parkdale where is be ing asked to provide for a new 35 classroom equivalent High school at Jefferson Avenue and arlies Street and an eight class room equivalent addition to West Kildonan collegiate. The other Money bylaws Are fairly evenly divided Between swimming Pool facilities and libraries. In addition bylaws Al lowing levies up to one Mill would if approved establish a Cornu Charleswood dance the Charleswood horticultural society is sponsoring a smorgasbord and dance at Vasa Lund Charleswood at 7 . Wednes Day. The Secretary is mrs. G. H. Agger Robin Daie Road. Nity Centre Board in East Kildo Nan and a municipal Library in West Kildonan. All voters Are entitled to cast their vote on school Money referendums. Here is the Complete list of referendums for the suburban area 10 rooms Charleswood. Charleswood consolidated school District is sub mitting a Money bylaw to provide the equivalent of four additional rooms at Royal school and the equivalent of six additional rooms at Beaumont school. East Kildonan. Bylaw for the establishment of a Community Centre Board whose Powers and functions will be vested in the Parks Board of East Kildonan. The bylaw provides for a Levy of up to one Mill for the Board. Gym auditorium fort Garry. Municipal Money bylaw for the Parks Board for a debenture Issue payable Over 10 years. The Money will cover the Cost of renovating the club building on the fort Garry recreation Centre and will pro vide a storage building for the Parks Board and other additional minor projects. Fort Garry school division. Two bylaws. A bylaw to construct a six classroom school in the University Crescent subdivision. A bylaw to build and equip an addition to Pembina Crest school. The addition will consist of five academic class rooms and a gymnasium auditorium equal to a total classroom count of 11 rooms. North Kildonan. A Money bylaw to provide additions to two schools a 16-classroom Addi Tion including auditorium and Utility room to Springfield Heights school and a six classroom equiv Alent auditorium to Maple Leaf school. St. Boniface. Two Money by Laws. The first for to provide for construction of three swimming pools to be located in the Windsor Park area around the Norwood flood bowl and tentatively near Provencher Park. A second bylaw for to provide three Branch libraries located in the areas of Coronation Park Provencher Park and wind Sor Park. Sunday sport St. James. A bylaw to provide for local application of the new amendments to the lord s Day Manitoba act permitting cer Tain commercial sports on Sun Day. St. James school division. A electoral bylaw for 22 new classrooms and three auditoriums. This will provide a 14-Classroorn equivalent addition to Strat Hmil Lan school including a two room auditorium a four room auditorium at Linwood school and a 14 room equivalent addition to Brit Annia school including a four classroom equivalent auditorium. Transcona. A ratepayer Money bylaw for Library building to be located in the 100 Block on Victoria Avenue East. For Library West Kildonan. A Library bylaw to provide for the establishment of a municipal Public Library. This bylaw requiring simple majority approval by the electorate pro Vides for an annual Levy of up to one Mill. Seven Oaks school division. A bylaw providing for an eight classroom equivalent Addi Tion to West Kildonan collegiate providing an auditorium gymnasium and the conversion of the present auditorium into an Indus trial arts instruction area. Construction of a 35-classroom-Equiva Lent collegiate at Jefferson and arlies providing 18 classrooms two typing rooms two science laboratories a Library and Auxin Liary room a six classroom equiv Alent and six classroom equivalent Home economics and shops clergymen question labor s demands Winnipeg anglican clergy Friday questioned labor s continual de Mand for sky rocketing Rev. R. E. Whyte speaking Dur-1 ing a discussion period at the one Day exploratory conference of the religion labor Council of Canada accused the labor movement of talking about the poor people in the world but then just going out and getting something More for canadians he said enjoy a High Standard of living. Why Don t we have a saw off on wages Here and get some of this wealth distributed to the less fortunate people in the the anglican clergymen took the Lead in clashing with labor s views at the conference attended by an estimated 25 clergymen of various faiths. Designed to try and find a common meeting ground for the interests of labor and religion the conference was the first of its kind Ever held in Manitoba. Only a Means Rev. Richard Cawley said he suspected there was disagree ment Between labor and religion on Basic philosophy. Your Aims Are he told the labor representatives but they Are Only a Means to an end. Do you think you can perfect Man by tinkering with the Economy to christians Man is a fallen creature and no slate of welfare benefits will make him Rev. Ted Scott another anglican priest said the Church cannot commit itself to any one group in society but thought there was perhaps a need for us to re think our relationship to the Labouring g. L. Taylor of Pine Falls Man., vice president of the Mani Toba federation of labor said that the labor Council i the town had co operated with the United Church in making arrangements for a needy family to be put on social allowance. I think that it is in situations such As this that we can come he told the clergymen. In not part of another minister said the Church must stand in the world but not become part of it. If there is too close a relationship Between a political party and organized labor the Church cannot support he said if labor acted As a pressure group the Church May sometimes support it. In reply to a question from a minister Gordor Wilkinson regional director of organization for he Canadian labor Congress said in did t think anyone in Canada lad suffered from the pressure of labor s philosophy. No Canadian has suffered. No government has suffered. Who has Thomas Ward of Ottawa Diree on of provincial federations and labor councils of the said that in recent years there have Ojen deliberate campaigns to thwart the the labor move ment. We usually get the Short end of the stick on any publicity Dur ing no wedding he told the ministers that labor was not courting you or you us. There will be no wedding As however he added i think we have a common meeting ground. We re both trying to do what s Grant Mcleod president of the Winnipeg and District labor coun cil speaking at an evening ban Quet said the ministerial association of Winnipeg was invited to Send delegates to the Council from now on. Or. Mcleod said that labor and religion had lost Contact with each other. It s time we picked it up he said. Or. David Summers executive Secretary of the religion labor Council said labor and Church had been living their lives in their respective ghettos watching the world go by. We Are going to get he said but we must be careful we Don t use each easterner lauds restaurants Here the trouble with Toronto is that it has an inferiority com plex. This was the opinion expressed by restaurateur Hans Fread who has come to make his Home i Winnipeg. Or. Fread who owned one of Toronto s posh restaurants the sign of the steer said in an interview Friday i had to close my doors. There is a multitude of lady plus Bottoms there but they Are not patronizing the restaurant in two Short weeks Here or. Fread has observed that Winnipeg on a percentage basis has More Good restaurants than Tor onto and there Are customers in them. It is not sour said or. Fread but Toronto suffers from the urge to be 110 per cent British. As a result it has an inferiority ukrainian concert a concert to commemorate the death of Stefan Handera Leader of the ukrainian nationalists will be held at 3 . Sunday in the Institute pros Vita 777 Pritchard Avenue. Bandera was killed a year ago by the communists in Germany. Before the concert a mass for the dead will be read at St Vladimir and Olga Cathedral. In Germany his Birthplace or. Fread was a lawyer. What made him turn to cooking for a Liv ing he said. I came Here in the Middle 30s, jobs were hard to get and i began washing dishes in a Montreal for 10 years or. Fread oper ated the sign of the steer a Large and pretentious place which he moved to from a smaller restaurant. he said like cubbyhole restaurants. They think a Candle on the table makes at or. Fread wrote a cooking column for the Toronto Telegram and was Canadian television s first to chef with a network pro Gram called the Kitchen. But Hans did t stick to Kitchen matters and liked to talk about current events on his program which was shown in the evening. It was produced rather Reluct Antly or. Fread admits by Franz Kramer who produces Csc s big. Operatic presentations on television. In february or. Freed will open a restaurant in Winnipeg. And if he gets the Opportunity hell do some cooking on Tele vision something he thoroughly enjoys because i m a Complete a ;