Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 1962, Winnipeg, Manitoba In metropolitan Winnipeg Coffee break by Gene now it can be told now that the election is Over a number of stories of Little interesting things that happened Are coming to Light. For instance one woman refused to vote at her polling station simply because she did t like the people in whose House was located. Another would t vote because or. Diefenbaker s name was t on the ballot. Still a third woman declined to vote in her Riding of North Centre because Gordon Churchill her favorite was t running there. Another of my spies said she heard this remark in front of a polling Booth now. Dear remember nip does not stand for no Down possibly of interest to older residents of Winnipeg is the fact that Donald s Macdonald 31j-who Defeated conservative Cabinet minister David Walker in the Toronto Rosedale Riding is a Nephew of Lloyd Stowel of Winni Peg or Macdonald s Mother was a member of the Stovel family prominent for Many years in Winnipeg printing circles. Although i get Many requests about lost articles i Only use unusual ones in which every attempt Lias been made to recover them through other sources. Eor instance a free press Carrier boy on an East Kildonan route had his Bike stolen just As he was ready to Start his collections the other night. Call Jerry at 338-0092, no questions asked. And Manitoba theatre Centre director Desmond Scott lost his wedding gift a siamese Ca named Mishka near Edmonton and Broadway. I two on the House v s. Tourist apparently unfamiliar with the fact that Dollar is Worth considerably More than ours walked into Oscar s on North main Street and ordered two corned beef sandwiches to go. He handed Over a . Bill in payment registered Complete Surprise when he received his two Sand Wiches a Canadian Bill and some extra change from the cashier. As he walked out he seemed to be mumbling some thing about the generosity of canadians. He should Only know that canadians Are mumbling about the same thing. Mary Robinson of Winnipeg tells this Little tale. The other night i was taking a look at the Flowers in the Garden when a Kitten belonging to the Young girl next door came bounding Over the Fence and Lay Flat on one of the plants. I listed the Kitten and put him Back Over the Fence saying now Don t come Back and lie on my Dowers the girl who was standing on the other Side of the Fence said in a Small voice. Of i Don t think he understands English. You see his Mother was a French cat information department to far no one has tried to pay their income tax in Green Stamps. Alid in Las vegas a fellow named h. W. Dickinson is Sug Gesting that the gambling City make the most of its traffic signals. Instead of walk he wants them to say pass. Which of course is a Well known term in Dice. Remember Hans no doubt Many people will recall Hans Fread the restaurant Man who left Toronto for Winnipeg. Here s an item about Hans which appeared in a Toronto newspaper with a minimum of fanfare apart from the Odd and Hans Fread has come Back to Toronto from Winnipeg. Torontonian will remember Fread As the Man whose sign of the steer restaurant on Dupont Street folded through Lack of business two years ago. Fread blasted the Prince s liquor Law and the bigotry and hypocrisy in this province. Now he s our Host at the Regency towers Beefeater room. Well Well Well one can Only suppose Winnipeg bigotry and hypo Crisy were on a scale that made Toronto s look positively enlightened by mrs. W. R. Smith of fort Frances ont., writes my neighbor who works at the Railroad Yard in town was inspect ing Railroad cars. Under a car that had come from the Lake head he found a Robin s nest with three Small baby Robins in it one had fallen out so he put it Back in the nest took nest and All to a spot in the Yards where he knew there was another nest hoping the Mother Bird would adopt the orphans. We Are waiting to see what will happen according to the television Bureau of advertising 89 per cent of All Canadian Homes now have one or More television sets. In Winnipeg the average is even higher 98 per cent says the Bureau. Quebec City claims 99 per cent Vancouver 91. Nothing to Wear any Man who is married has All too often watched his wife examine a clothes closet packed full of dresses and lament sadly i Haven t anything to when she utters those dangerous words the poor fellow just does t have a Chance in the world. The reason i bring this up is because a married woman m this cite who considered to be a very Good Dresser has worn one dress for 17 years. Not consecutively of course but she says age has no bearing on the appearance of the dress. 1 like it so i Wear it and i still get compliments on try she said rather defiantly now Here s a woman to be admired. Perhaps others wow Nike to follow her example. The trouble is most women would t be caught dead in a dress 17 years of even 17. Months old. And yet the poor husband goes year after year wearing the same suit and nobody cares. The morning Man brought a copy of the Northern Star the interesting Little bimonthly bulletin of the Community at fort Chimo Quebec. I enjoyed Reading it. Editorial by g. W. Hamilton one of the editors. Or. Hamilton pointed out there Are 268 eligible voters in the Community and they were still waiting for a visit from a political candidate. Many people feel left out and May not vote at All if _ they of not hear at least one candidate give a rousing Promise filled sorry it s too late to Mark founding of red River settlement the founding of the red River settlement 150 years ago will be marked sunday by the indians of the area at a ceremony at the pegu is Monument in Kildonan Park. Known As pegu is memorial Day the afternoon will be Given Over to celebrating the arrival of chief pegu is and his band who came from Sault Ste. Marie onf., shortly before the Selkirk settlers arrived from Scotland in 1812. Tributes will be paid to the chief who befriended the Scot Tish settlers and went to their Rescue in the seven Oaks Mas Sacre of 1816, when North West company traders and indians from the South and West took them captive. Fri 1817, chief pegu is was in Strumental in the signing of the treaty Between lord Selkirk Ano the Saulteaux nation. Chief Albert Thompson great grandson of chief Feguis will at the ceremony sponsored by the Indian and mugs Friendship Centre. Mem Bers and friends have been ask cab gather at . Of the proven government will bring Greet Ings and chief Alfred Cook chief of the Indian brotherhood will speak. A Welcome will be extended by a. R. Wright la for seven Oaks. Participating in a Eulogy to chief pegu is and laying a Wreath will be two great grand sons Angus Prince of Winnipeg and Angus Prince of broke head. Other wreaths Laid by the lord Selkirk association Manitoba historical society anglican Church Indian Council of Winnipeg arid George Steven sow and mrs. Amy demons great grandchildren of the chief tribute to a dead Warrior will be Sung by the Indian chorus and the lament will be played by the Indian band. The group will bring their own picnic suppers and there will be Indian dances on the grounds in the evening. Children not retarded a picture of a group of 40th troop brownies and. Guides and the Winnipeg and scouts troop identified Dren As retarded. This was in Chirea Are not retarded. The free press re Grets this1 error and apologizes to All concerned. Press by Carrier 3sc week Winnipeg. Thursday Jijine 21, 1962 single copy Price Loc forecast i Imre nmn. Cum m. Fustor 71. Vancouver Calgary 70 Edmonton regime Brandon Hillh i fort William Ottawa Max. Man. Prec. To 51 45 .45 67 -14 75 go 73 47 so i 56 55 to. To. .04 to. .06 to. Tar kit of a few to Kim to Errair. Mihr a film . Max. Man. Prec. 7o 55 to. Tai s8 60 4h 77 85 t4 72 to. 70 54 76 66 .56 Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami Loc Angeles Minneapolis new York Arena All spruced up Lorex Start Friday h m e r s and paint brushes were r Busy thursday at the red River exhibition site As workers hustled to get the. Big show ready for Friday s opening. We re in better shape than we be Ever been before and we re just adding the finish ing said the Hexhi. Bit Ion s managing director Robert e. Stewart. The Winnipeg Arena was being filled with Worth of exhibits carpenters and painters were scheduled to work around the clock and Community clubs were putting last touches on floats to enter in the exhibition Parade sunday. New pavement and fresh gravel have been Laid around. The grounds a Complete Bowling Alley and miniature Golf course have been set up a Square dance Pavilion has been erected. A coterie of Manitoba mayors will officiate at the opening. Led by Winnipeg s mayor Stephen Juba they will officially declare the exhibition open at . Friday during the grandstand show which begins at 9. Two cars and six boats will be Given away during the eight Days of the exhibition As attendance prizes. The exhibition is still trying to obtain clearance from Ottawa for the appearance of air acrobats the red Knight the smokers from Gimli and the Craf Golden Hawks. The grandstand show will feature the ramp musical ride the Caribou Indian girls pipe band from Wil Liams Lake . And the District Heights majorettes from Washington . The exhibition grounds open at 4 . Friday. To ask province Beauty by the dozen the 12 contestants in the miss Manitoba pageant at the red River exhibition face a Busy schea ule. The sex opens Friday. Saturday they attend a Buffet dinner followed by a dance at the Craf station Winnipeg. Sunday they ride in open convertibles in the red River exhibition Parade and then have a splash party at a Down town motor hotel. The next Day they tour the exhibition and see the grand stand show. Tuesday they have a Day at the races and next thursday they take part in a radio Talent contest. Wednesday thursday and Friday that s june 27 to 29, they Are to join professional models in presenting made in Manitoba fashions in the fashion Musicale at the exhibition. The hour Long fashion show will have Marilyn Phillips As coordinator and commentator and music composed by the Snow s producer Neil Harris. The pageant will reach a Cli Max june 29 with the crowning of miss Manitoba 1962. Judges for the contest Are mrs. R. H. G. Bonnycastle mrs. Ross Munro s. C. Millet Douglas Williams and Warren Davis. The last event on the contest ants schedule is a luncheon june 30. Metro seeks Aid on new underpass metro Council members have High Hoges the provincial government will share the Cost of the St. James Bridge Portage Avenue Hopes that the provincial government will reverse its stand made a year ago were voiced by chairman Dick Bonnycastle. The streets and transit com Mittee wednesday afternoon agreed Colwyn Morin Bonnie Davis Donna Linklater three groups sponsor sex chess match the Manitoba chess association the Winnipeg tree frets and the red River exhibition association will sponsor a simultaneous chess tournament every night of the exhibition starting Friday. The tournaments will be held in the Park behind the free press Booth on the exhibition grounds. There will be a different player taking on All each night ote Hellsten Manitoba open chess Champion will play Friday Morris Desser former Winnipeg Champion saturday. Anyone who wants to play need Only come with his own chess Board and men. There is no charge. Play is scheduled to begin at 7 . Each evening. To have designers pre pare plans. Council approval of design work will be sought next week although there is no indication metro will go ahead with t h e Job without financial Aid from the province. As a result of a meeting with provincial authorities or. Bonnycastle said the indications Are that it the province s Deci Sion May be asked again last fall the province said a ground level crossing at Portage Avenue was Good enough 1 u t recommended More traffic stud ies. Studies were completed and metro again asked for financial assistance. This time however metro had backing of St. James coun cil. The suburban Council last year was against the present Bridge site. The streets committee wednesday approved a motion by councillor Robert Moffat agree ing with St. James Council on the location of northbound roads. St. James wants roads com ing from the underpass to connect with Madison and King Edward streets. Each would have one Way traffic. By locating these roads St. James City Yards and Entrance Way Between Madison and King Edward would not be touched. Metro engineers however re commended having the two roads together. Must decide Council will have to decide on which Road pattern it wants Al though it will Likely go along with the committee. Or. Bonnycastle said if we Are going to do any work next year the preliminaries must be started St. James Bridge will Likely open in november with to ground level connection at por age. Councillor Moffat said he expects there will be such a traffic Jam that we Don t want to be the cause of holding up any blames Layoff on freight dip Twenty nine railway Carmen have been Laid off at the Canad an Pacific railway s Weston shops. A car spokesman thursday attributed the Layoff to a decline in freight traffic the men some with More than 12 years service received. Notification of their Layoff when they arrived at work monday night. Free press meetings meetings to be held at 8 . Rivea at .6. Friday in the free press build the spokesman said the car ing in clude Board room no. 1, hoped to be Able to re hire the ice club of greater Winnipeg men when freight traffic Condi clubroom fort Garry Kennel tons improved. Truckers May get reciprocity of fees Public utilities minister Ster Ling Lyon has sent a proposed agreement to the Ontario government which would establish does t expect election Douglas compares Quebec so reds with tories new democratic party Leader t. C. Douglas who failed to win the Regina seat in Mon Day s general election passed through Winnipeg wednesday and said he did not expect an other general election for some time. I Don t see As much differ ence As Many people do Between the conservatives and the Mem Bers from he said. Look like the Union National masquerading As social credit. There is a very natural Alliance there. There is no Ideo logical obstruction to having pretty full co operation with the or. Douglas said he was not concerned about Canada having a minority government. They usually did More than governments which could sit Back for five years with a tremendous major Ity. Trucking reciprocity with on Tario. The agreement it accepted can save Manitoba truckers Many thousands of dollars in Ontario licence fees or. Lyon said. The proposed agreement rep resents the results of six months of negotiation Between the Manitoba and Ontario governments. It Calls for an annual fee for trucks of per ton of Gross weight. Or. Lyon said the agreement would allow further develop ment of transportation Westward from the St. Lawrence Seaway and great lakes water system. The opening saturday of a new million terminal at the Lakehead will enable trucks for the first time to use extended loading facilities at the Dock Side. At present Manitoba trucks have to pay the full Ontario licence fee when entering Ontario and Ontario trucks have to pay the full fee in Manitoba. Manitoba at present has half fee arrangements with Alberta and Saskatchewan and trucking reciprocity agreements with the Stales of Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Illinois North Dakota Iowa Nebraska Indiana Kansas and Missouri. Half Valley acreage unseeded As Little As 50 per cent of the intended acreage in parts of the red River Valley has been sown so far this year the Manitoba the most Active governments i agriculture department said wed we have Ever had were the King mesday. Government Between 1945 and 1949 which Only had a Bare majority and the Diefenbaker government in 1957 which did More in nine months than it s done in the four years monday s election or. Douglas said had produced a break in the old pattern of voting that May take a generation to Settle Down into a two party system. The Liberal and conservative parties were now basically the same. We can t keep on indefinitely having two parties mean ing the same thing. I have always believed we will Settle out eventually with a two party system 011 an ideological the department said in its re Gular crop report however that farther West seeding is Complete or virtually so with some flax still to be sown in the Central part of the province. Because of late seeding due to wet weather in the red River Valley Farmers Are concentrating on Early maturing crops such As flax Mustard or rape seed or Are leaving the Fields in sum me fallow. Rains have been excessive in the extreme southwestern Corner of the province with seven inches at Melita and six inches near Killarney Goodlands and Boissevain. Hail caused some dam age to Rye crops in these areas As Well As causing soil erosion and flooding. The report said Rains also hampered Field operations in the Central and Eastern areas of the province. However the Russell and Swan River areas Are in club. Casts a pall separation bothers child by Gene Telpner separation anxiety can be a serious psychiatric problem in children or. Francis a. Duns Worth of Halifax told the Cana Dian medical association wednesday in the Royal Alexandra hotel. Or. Dunsworth associate pro Fessor of psychiatry at Dalhousie University and director of the Halifax mental health Cli Nic for children said separation anxiety can occur in adults As Well As children. Husbands notice it when their wives Are away and wives certainly notice it when their husbands Are said of. Dunsworth. In the average family even to have one member absent seems to cast a slight pall Over the rest of the he added multiply this effect Many times arid you reach what i am referring to separation anxiety As a Psychia tric problem in the doctor said the most obvious Type of separation anxiety _ which can be so severe As to become a depressive reaction May occur in a very Young child with a sudden separation from the Mother and no substitute offered. He Analysed several cases As examples of this reaction Dis cussing them with the gather ing or. Dunsworth who is also chairman of the Cha com Mittee on Public relations said he supports the modern trends in paediatrics to offer Mother substitution in the care of patients. I can remember As an in Terne getting into All sorts of difficulties with the senior Nurs every stroke in.60lf your newspaper counts on you every collection period this weekend ing supervisors when i would go and play with the youngsters. This was spoiling i Felt these youngsters badly needed human Contact and i was Brash enough to continue on with my playing techniques. I frankly Felt it was More helpful to the youngster than keeping them in an Antiseptic room with the Walls of the crib As High As they could or. Dunsworth outlined some medical procedures to reduce separation anxiety when a youngster requires hospitalization suggesting that reasons for the separation be explained and understood by the Little a he called on family doctors not to ignore various behaviour traits in children such As Dis Turbed sleep nightmares and bed wetting. The doctor also warned that there should be no discussion of the child in front of him with some conditions children develop Many fears after hearing a discussion of medical and surgical Condi u cases behaviour disturbances or. Do Worth said the family doctor so Mimi be the first u be consulted. Not neighbors in Laws news paper columns he smiled ;