Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 3, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday August 3. 1963 to sell Manitoba . Trade Mission set for october the provincial Industry and Commerce department has picked oct. 7 25 As the Likely dates for a government sponsored Mani Toba Trade Mission to uie United states. During the 18-Day trip Mission members will visit nine major Manning wary of probe Edmonton Federal Royal commission study of Ca Nadian and bilingualism could threaten existing Harmony Between French and English speaking canadians Premier Manning of Alberta said Friday. He told a press conference that too much confusion sur rounds the objectives of the commission. This resulted from the Lack of specific terms of reference. There should be no doubt at All about what the commission is trying to do. This can be come an explosive Issue and it must be handled in a Way so As not to impair the the Premier said in no Way should the study Cater to the nationalistic feelings of people who do not represent the Gen eral feeling of French speaking canadians across such action will work against what the Federal government is trying to accomplish he said. Mutual problems exist be tween the two cultures and there is no use ignoring this fact. I m not opposed to a study but the terms of reference should be there is a danger that the commission could be used to Over emphasize the rift be tween French and English speaking this is the result of nationalistic ele ments in Quebec being Able to grab the or. Manning said such minor Ity groups expect the commis Sion to Issue a report on How to implement their views. These groups base their expectations upon the premise that French speaking canadians Are being persecuted and not from the stand that the com Mission is attempting to find ways to encourage All ethnic groups to make a maximum contribution to the development of one Over All Canadian Cul Ture. Or. Manning said the present study Only defers a decision by the Federal government. Some Day the question must be faced and the longer fixed positions develop the harder it Wio be to when groups testify at formal Royal commission hearings they place their stands firmly on record and they Are publicized across the Baden Powell weds Frensham England a lord Baden Powell 27, grand son of the founder of the boy scout movement was married thursday to patient Batty. Miss Batty comes from Gawelo Southern Rhodesia. Moving Moke if Safe sure and at Low Cost leave it of Beaver moving storage co. Us 3-5412 estimates at no obligation agents for Allied Van Lanei . Cities As part of Manitoba s drive for Export sales. Points on the itinerary will be minnea Polis Chicago St. Louis new Orleans Dallas Houston los Angeles san Francisco and Den ver. Invitations have already been sent out to Winnipeg s business Community asking firms to Send representatives on the trip. As with last fall s first Trade Mission to Europe companies sending executives on the . Visit will be expected to pay their own expenses. The Industry and Commerce department will provide display room facilities at each Stop Over Point. The department in Coop ration with Federal Trade officials stationed in the ., will also arrange for american buy ers to meet the Manitoba businessmen. There has been no indication How Many Manitoba firms will join the . Mission. But it is believed response to government invitations has been enthusiastic and the Mission will be much larger than the 19-member group which went to Europe last fall. Unlike the european trip which was primarily exploratory the Manitoba group heading for the states will place an emphasis on Selling. J the idea is to make As Many j sales As the spokes i Man said. Then the Mission will head Back Here so the orders can be filled right the decision to undertake s j Trade Mission to the . Fol j Lowed the successful trip to eur Ope last fall. During the europ Ean tour the 19-member Manitoba group headed by Premier Roblin and Industry minister Gurney Evans visited 11 West Ern european countries. On their return Mission Mem Bers published a handbook list ing sales opportunities for Manitoba goods in Europe. The National youth orchestra does nine hours of rehearsal daily on lie stage of the concert Hall in the Edward Johnson building of the University of Toronto in preparation for a strenuous concert tour of Western cities. They will be appearing in the Winnipeg auditorium at . Tuesday. National youth orchestra visits West for first time the 1963 National youth or Chestra is scheduled to arrive in Winnipeg monday on the first part of its two week tour of West Ern Canada. The orchestra will open its tour with a concert at the Winnipeg auditorium tuesday night. This is the first time the highly rated orchestra will be heard Saturn shines through night by James Stokley three and possibly four plan ets will be visible on August evening although Only one is shown on the accompanying maps. These show the skies As they looked about 11 . Cd at aug. 1, and an hour earlier in the Middle. Saturn which shines with a brilliance equal to a Bright first magnitude Star appears in the Southeast in the Constellation of capricorns the sea Goat. It is considerably brighter than any Star in that part of the sky so you should find it easy to identify. It rises about Sunset and sets about Sunrise. By about Midnight cd aug. 1, Jupiter appeared above the Eastern horizon. It was about 13 times As Bright As Saturn and in the Constellation of Pisces the fishes. One Star in this group is our map but this is not the part of the Constellation in which Jupiter stands. Mars which is far away and Dun like a second magnitude Star is now part of Virgo. At the beginning of August it sets a Little More than two hours after the Sun so it is hard . As it draws nearer the Sun in the following weeks it will disappear from View completely for a time. On August 24 Mercury will be at greatest Eastern elongation i which Means that it remains j above the Western horizon for a Little while after Sunset. How Ever this will not be a favourable time to see it. The brightest Star visible on August evenings is Vega in Lyra the Lyre directly overhead at the time for which the maps Are drawn. Directly East of Lyra is cygnus the Swan shown partly on the Southern sky map partly on the Northern. In it is the Bright Star called Deneb. South of cygnus is the interest ing Little Constellation of Sagitta the Arrow and then the Large one of Aquila the Eagle. Altair is the Bright Star in this group. To Gether with Vega and Deneb Al Tair makes a Large Triangle that is characteristic of the summer evening skies. Two other constellations that Are typical of summer Are visible Low in the South Sagittarius the Archer and Scorpius the scorpion. In the latter you see the Brilliant red Star Antares. Toward the Northwest is the familiar great dipper which is actually part of major the great Bear. At the Bottom of the dipper Are the two stars known As the pointers. A line extended through them upwards and to the right comes to Polaris the pole Star which is always in the North. By following the curve made by the dipper s handle to the left another Star of the first magnitude Arcturus in bootes the Herdsman can be located. Celestial Ture table aug. Cd 5 Moon passes South of Saturn 9 passes South of to pitch 10 nearest distance Miles 12 Early visible apparently radiating from Constellation Perseus in last Quarter in opposition with Sun and nearest Oarth distance1 from Earth Miles Moon passes North of Mercury passes North of Mars 24 farthest Easl. Of Sun 25 farthest distance Miles 27 in first Quarter 29 behind Sun copy Ricot 1963 13 22 in the West. Since its foundation in 1960, the orchestra has Given concerts in Toronto Montreal Ottawa Stratford and Buffalo new York. The orchestra is made up of 92 players this year representing the Cream of Young Canadian Talent from eight provinces. Eight of the players Are from Manitoba. Following traditional lines the orchestra is composed of Vio Lins 11 violas 100 cellos 6 basses 15 woodwinds 12 brass 4-per Cus zionists and one hard. The orchestra will be led by Walter Susskind of the Toronto symphony orchestra one of the leading conductors in Canada and the Man responsible for the formation of the Nyo. The orchestra s repertoire this years includes Brahms sym phony no. 1 Shostakovich. Sym phony no. 1 Weber Der Freis c h u t z overture Kaba Levsky Colas Breugnon overture Kodaly Harry Janos suite hoist the planets Wagner prelude to act 3 of Lohengrin Somers Lyric. From Winnipeg the orchestra travels to Saskatoon where it will perform August 8. Other concerts will be Given at Edmonton a gust-9, Calgary August 10, Van Couver August 13 and Victoria August 14. The Nyo was formed in 1960 after Walter Susskind heard the Success Story of the National youth orchestra of great Britain. A group of interested citizens took up his idea and formed the Nyo association a non profit organization to promote it. The aim of the association is to teach talented Young instrumentalists to play under proves mystery object London the second night in succession scores of people telephoned the air ministry and the bbl thurs Day night to report a myster ious triangular shaped object seen in the sky Over London and nearby counties. The bbl had More than 100 Calls about it and the air ministry reported a considerable an air ministry spokesman said he could give no explanation for the object. One Man described it As close to the North Star and brighter than the brightest signal symphony conditions and so assure a constant Supply of Good musicians for the country s major symphony orchestras. Since it was founded 14 Nyo members have been engaged to play by Canadian symphony orchestras. Any Canadian Between the Ages of 14 and 24 is eligible for acceptance in the orchestra. Over 200 screened applicants auditioned for the orchestra this year. Audition ers try to determine the potential of the applicant As Well As the present ability. The tour this year was pre ceded by four weeks of intensive training in Toronto. Orchestra members worked under the guid Ance of a group of leading North american musicians engaged by the Nyo association. Boy scouts relive Marathon Athens last of a relay of 80 boy scouts sped through the streets of Athens Friday carrying a message from the Plains of Marathon pro claiming the official opening of the world scouting Jamboree. The boys covered the same 26 Miles that the greek Soldier Heidi prides raced almost 25 centuries ago in full Armor to Tell the athenians the outcome of the Battle of Miltiades and his Atheni ans had Defeated Darius and his persians. Heidi prides panted out the one word have fell dead from exhaustion. The modern run ners representing the Jambo ree s boy scouts from 76 nations including Canada each ran Only 500 Yards. They completed the distance in 3w hours. The Jamboree opening thurs Day night on the Plains of Marathon was a pageant of color and scout ritual. Crown Prince Constantine Greece s chief scout pro claimed the Jamboree officially opened and told the scouts they should consider themselves crusaders for a better then fire was. Ignited in an ornate bowl symbolizing the campfire Light at the first scout Camp in brow sea England scouting s Birthplace. Dixie vengeance on children four years without school leaves negroes stunned by Jean White Farmville Virginia special tons before we could even get to the test we had to show some of them How to hold a Pencil. We had to show seven eight and nine year Olds How to hold a Pencil for the first the children who do not know How to hold a Pencil have not been Able to attend Public schools since 1959. Four years ago Prince Edward county Clos. Edits Public schools rather than comply with court ordered desegregation and achieved a unique status. It became the Only Community in the United states without Public schools. A group of psychologists and sociologists Are Here studying the unusual phenomenon under a federally sponsored research project with the title the educational status of children in a District without Public Robert Lee Green a Michigan state Collegio of education pro Fessor Heads the project. Prof. Green and his 18 project workers Here have located school age negro children in Prince Edward county who do not have schools to go to. The closed Public schools now Bear signs school property no trespassing under penalty of Law. Prince Edward county school door boarded at nearby Prospect one of six Rural districts in the Prince Edward county school system the front door of the school is boarded up and desks Are piled in an adjoining maintenance building. In Prospect the volunteers Are running a Branch of their summer school program. Alto Gether about 500 youngsters Are showing up for the informal classes in the county seat of Farmville and at the Rural branches. The negro youngsters come on Sticky hot summer Days and sit on hard Church pews for school sessions from 9 a a. To 1 . The Volunteer teachers 17 Stu dents from Queen s College and 19 professional teachers from new York City try to give them a Brief glimpse of school. I noticed that some boys were just sitting and staring at me in class the first said Leonard Hausman a 20-year old economics major. It took a while to realize i just was t getting through to them. They did t understand what i was saying. Sometimes i wonder How they even communicate to each school deprivation works a double Handicap on the Young sters from farm families prof. Green feels. Taciturn Many of these kids come from families who Don t talk he observes. They re out in the Fields All Day. Their parents Only talk to them to give them directions. They grow up in a non verbal world except for schools. They have lost much More than just four years of schooling. In school you spend a lot of time in the first years getting attuned to others and learning to follow directions and working in groups of 35 or of the negro children of school age found in Prince Edward county 269 were attend ing school outside the county at the time the families were contacted in May. Of the More than had not had any for formal schooling since 1959. The surveyors found negro children who were in class in 1959, when the schools closed. The youngsters 10 years and younger were not attending classes obviously because there were no schools to go to time limited of these youngsters Only 25------5.6 per cent have been Able to get their regular four years of schooling by go ing away to attend classes out Side the county. Some 448 negro Young sters have done this but most of them have just been Able to attend classes a year or two away from Home. More than half of those not in school have been just around the interviewers discovered. In answer to questions 81.4 per cent said they wanted to return to school if the schools were reopened in Prince Edward county. Most of the no returns were among those in the 17-to-22 year old age bracket included because they would have been in school classes in the four year closed most of the older pupils. Prof. Green Points out feel they Are now too big for school and face the need to work to help their families make a living. The Washington Post Foster Homes required Foster Homes for boys 8 years and Over Are required. Persons in greater Winnipeg area excluding St. Boniface City will be considered promptly. Telephone children s Aid society of Winnipeg we 2-0511 and ask for or. E. Herie ;