Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 8, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba 7t says Toffee Hes undoing Candy man9 loses corps Job by Al Barnes Stanley Wright of 319 Queen Street St. James thinks a Sweet tooth led to his dismissal from his Job As a commission Aire. The 72-year-old former Canadian National railways employee has built up a reputation As the pied Piper of Candy land for his unusual Hobby of passing out English Toffee to All he meets. In an interview thursday at his Home in Between passing out Candy to those present he told of his dismissal As a Mem Ber of the corps of commission Aires. Since april up until two weeks ago or. Wright was in charge of the Why Tewold Road Gate into Craf station Winnipeg a Post he had held since april. One Day a car moved past the Gate came to a Stop backed up about 10 Yards then continued Forward again. Three Days later said or. Wright he was informed a Corporal in the Craf police had Laid a complaint that or. Wright had called Back the car and held up traffic. Soon afterwards he was dismissed said or. Wright. He had heard later that if you Are Over 70 and there s any complaint about you then the corps of commission Aires retires the Craf could t be reached for comment he said the complaint was not based on fact. There was Only one car behind the car which backed up. And it backed up after one of the occupants yelled hold it there s the Candy or. Wright said. An offence or. Wright said he had never heard before that backing up a car at the Gate Entrance was an offence. The non smoking non drinking Candy Lover who came to Canada from England in 1926, said he began passing out Candy about 10 years ago when he worked in the baggage department of the car. It s just a he said. What s wrong with Candy my wife gives me the blazes about it but i still do when he walks Down the Street All the kids Are Here have a Candy. Do you get any complaints from the Corner store that you Are ruining business no. Here have another Candy. When i walk into cafes i know the girls there want a Candy and but Don t just take my word go and ask the boys i used to work with in the baggage department. Have another does t Hurt anyone or. Wright who joined the corps of commission Aires five years ago said he spends about a year on toffees. When you Don t smoke and drink and have the Money Why not give Candy away it does t Hurt anyone. Here have another the Candy dish on the Coffee table was almost empty but or. Wright had More in his pocket a Large plastic bag full in the bedroom and the main Cache in the basement in a Large cardboard Box. 56-Pound Supply he buys a new Supply of 56 pounds of toffees every two or three months. Do you eat much Candy yourself i was eating some when you arrived. Have another or. Wright said he does t know How he can Appeal his Case with the corps of commission Aires but in any. Case he will continue to give away Candy. Have a couple before you he said. By Bill Easto Candy Man Stanley Wright have a Toffee Coffee break by Gene Telpner outside of a fleeting movie scene i be never watched a Polo match. It seems to me this must be a very exciting sport with the whirling Polo ponies the hard Riding players and the Clunk of the swinging mallets. The other Day horse fancier Doug Catto was Dis cussing the fact that Polo is still a popular sport in some parts of the . And is played in a few Canadian cities. According to sports editor Maurice Smith it used to be popular Here and was played on the Polo Field at St. Charles country club. He said the team from Here used to play matches against teams from Minnesota but apparently the game died out just before the second world War. I d like to see an exhibition game of Polo Here but or. Catto said that teams won t come up Here unless we actually have a team to pit against them in a regulation match. So it looks like our knowledge of Polo Here will continue to come from the films or fleeting glimpses of Prince Philip in action in the British newsreels. One of my friends rather warped sense of humor claims they re coming out with a new Low calorie hair tonic. It s for people with fat he said with a Smirk from october of 1939 to 1942 there 17 girls who worked together at the Winnipeg air Centre. Mrs. Enid Carson wants to arrange a reunion for next week. If this rings a Bell with you phone her at go 2-8619 after . People and places names make news Joseph Aleck an optical technician with american optical in Winnipeg May have a National record. He s been with the firm for 50 years and despite this half Century of service he s too Young to retire. Or. Aleck started with the firm at the tender age of 13, and at 63 still has a couple of years to go before he reaches the retirement age. I be known him. Through his interest in Bowling. He was a Stalwart for Many years in the mercantile and senior 10-pin leagues. Kirby Stone of the Kirby Stone four which made headlines Here when Charlie Mazoue tried to impound their instruments during a Legal Battle has a new venture. He s opened an apartment hotel in Reno Nevada but Only show business people can be ten ants. Admission to the hotel lounge is by show Busi Ness Union card. Speaking of Charlie does anyone Ever hear from him anymore Clive Finkelstein of 170 Centennial Street is begin Ning to wonder if he has a suspicious look about him. Not Long ago in new York on a Chilly night Clive was standing i front of a hotel. He had his Collar turned up against the chill and hands in his pockets. A police Cruiser pulled up two husky officers came out with drawn guns and proceeded to frisk him for weapons. Afterwards the police murmured their regrets and drove on Down the Street. The Winnipeg Ger still in t sure who they thought he was or what they thought he had done. In the morning mail the readers write dear or. Telpner. As a fan who has seen every show presented by Rainbow stage since its inception i have tried to Analyse the criticisms that Are levelled at Rainbow stage management when a show Falls to draw crowds. Over the years i have heard every show praised by some and damned by others. You were enthusiastic about West Side Story and Luke warm about most Happy Fella which i much preferred. How is it possible to know in Advance which group will be in the majority As there Aren t Many sure fire hits Rainbow either has to intersperse them with less famous though equally Good shows. Although the Public is anxious to see the King and i again after Only a five year interval a 10 year interval would usually be necessary. Many shows with Beautiful music can t be presented because of weak plots and dialogue. Stage sees a the Rainbow stage production or the King and i is off to a flying Start in Advance ticket sales a stage spokesman said wednesday that for the first time there is a one night sellout before the Advance Box office opens. Canada Safeway Ltd. Has bought the entire House of tickets for aug. 20. This is Canada Way of saying thank you for the contribution the Rainbow. Stage has made the spokesman said. Forecast with Little change in temperature tonight 60. Hurh Friday so. Temp a in. Thursday Max. Man. Prec. Vancouver 75 57 79 54 .07 Edmonton .81 53 .06 Resina 96 66 .23 Brandon .91 64 the 88 65 Winnipeg .89 6613 Kenora 78 62 .57 fort William 82 or thunderstorms evening. Mainly sunny tomorrow winds northerly to tomorrow. Jiw erasures for 21-hour period ending Max. Min. Prec. Ottawa 81 61 .02 Toronto 83 62 to. Montreal 80 64 .15 Halifax 74 59 to. Chicago 88 65 Miami -91 75 to. Tos Angeles 76 .66 to. Minneapolis 94 63 to. New York -86 64 to. Winnipeg free press by Carrier Etc per week Winnipeg thursday August 8, 1963 single copy Price Loc car radios 2.o50 custom in Talolo of car radio repairs 2.50 von 30 Mth Tell she of Advance pm radio Centre 6s6i Sargent Feifar str Brook phone new Jau terms escapees won t leave prison in sept. Tavvo Indian who walked away tuesday afternoon from heading Ley jail s minimum Security Sec Tion with Only two months of their terms to serve will spend most of the coming two years in Stony Mountain Penitentiary. Magistrate g. L. Cousley gave Lobert Myerion 19, of the. Long Plains Indian Reserve and Edvard Albert Clarke 21, of lock Lort the maximum two year Erm after they had pleaded guilty to escaping from heading by. Clarke and Myerion were on attle herding detail tuesday afternoon when they Walker away apparently on an impulse they tramped about five Miles o St. Francis Xavier during the afternoon and evening and were potted there about 1 . Wednesday by a storekeeper in the tillage. Ramp picked them up Anc Rove them Back to the jail. One of them told police his legs were so tired and he was so Ungry he could t run any More. Myerion was serving 11 months n charges of assault and posses Ion of a dangerous weapon Anc Clarke a six month term for reak ins Early this year. Both due for release in mid sep Ember. Although they had sub Tantal criminal records neither and a record of escape from jail. Magistrate Cousley noted that oth youths had signed promises of to escape before being put in he minimum Security Section and allowed out on unsupervised Lores. He commented on their having violated the Trust placed them. Big splash planned for Claudia when Claudia Mcpherson returns to St James aug. 23 she will be met with a Cele bration befitting the world s youngest English Channel swimmer. The committee which last year raised close to to finance Claudia s then unsuccessful trip has been reorganized by its chairman metro councillor Thomas b. Find Lay. The plans include the establishment of an endowment fund to be used by Claudia for educational purposes a Welcome Home Parade and reception planned for the eve Ning of aug. 23 when Claudia returns from England and a civic luncheon to be held two or three weeks after her re turn. Mayor a. W. Hanks of St. James is for a civic luncheon honouring Clau Dia. Members of the committee represent St. James City Council school Board Cham Ber of Commerce Myca Canadian legion and kiwanis club and trans Canada air the Craf the Provin Cial fitness and Amateur sport Branch and metro. League May fold football depends on rent school Board seeks to Cut tolls to enterprises t the troubled High school athletic Council decided thursday to ask the Winnipeg enterprises corporation to reduce the rent on the Winnipeg stadium so the High school football league could Watermelon Days photo by Gerry Cairns the pleasures of boyhood never change. On hot summer Days the air is full of the sound of screen doors banging and the whirr of lawnmowers and Bare foot boys like Tommy Lavallee 4, of 531 notre Dame Avenue sit in the Cool Shade of old Trees and taste the moist sweetness of August Watermelon. Tommy like Story Book. Characters Penrod Scofield and Huck finn knows that summer Days Call for Lazy hours and plenty of Cool Pink Watermelon. St. James vote tiny turnout elects Soroka a feeble turnout 9.2 per cent of those eligible to vote in wednesday s St. James Alder manic by election probably set a record for poor poll attendance a St. James City Hall spokesman said thursday. Alex Soroka was elected Alder Man defeating former Alderman Villiam Carlyle and Charles s. Janet in. It took two counts of ballots be Ore or. Soroka was elected winning Over or. Carlyle by 23 otes. City clerk a. J. Reid said the Arnout of voters was just about be lowest i can Ever re Mem out of a possible eligible Oters Only cast ballots to ill the City Council vacancy left y the death Alderman Jack Brownrigg. Or. Reid said he thought the Wor turnout was due to the a ence of Many voters during the action season and the fact that by election not ote was involved. A general on the first count of ballots wednesday night or. Soroka had 57, or. Carlyle Langton 434. 635 and or. The second and final count with or. T Langton s second choices being distributed gave or. Soroka 819. Votes and or. Carlyle 796. Or. Soroka a trans Canada air lines Engineer lives at 297 Rita Street. This was the first time he had run for civic office he will serve out the five month s of Aid. Brownrigg a unexpired term. Feldbrill s new York concerts cancelled a serie s of summer concerts at Carnegie Hall and washing ton Square in new York two of which Winnipeg symphony Orch estra conductor Victor Feldbrill was to have conducted this week end have been cancelled. Or. Feldbrill left for Toronto following the appearance of the National youth orchestra Here tuesday. He is expected to be turn to Winnipeg in three weeks. Two Shriner i parades a visiting shrines from huh Rah Temple in Minneapolis Minnesota will Parade twice in Winnipeg this week com plete with legion of Honor drum corps horsemen and Cycle corps. Shrines will leave the fort at 2 . Friday the visit ing shrines will leave the fort Garry hotel and Parade Portage Avenue and v on Portage to United College. At 11 . Saturday the visitors and Winnipeg Shrin ers will Parade from the fort Garry hotel North von main to Portage West to memorial Boulevard and South to. The legislative building where Manitoba s lieutenant governor Errick f. Willis and potentates of Nuhrah Temple and Winni Peg s Khartum Temple will accept a Salute. The units then Anarch Back to the fort Garry and disperse. Free press meetings the Winnipeg Junior Horser men will meet at 8 . Fri Day in the free press club room. Afford to play there. And Winnipeg school Board chairman trustee Andrew Robertson said that if Winnipeg enterprises did t Grant the request it could mean the end of High school football. The league he said just won t operate the Way it has done in the past if the league is forced to use grounds where spectators won t have to pay. 60 per cent Winnipeg enterprises which operates the stadium demands 60 per cent of the Gate receipts for High school football games. A drop in attendance at the games has meant the football league has t been Able to meet its a year operating expenses. Trustee Robertson said thurs Day the Only Way to get the league Back on its feet was for Winnipeg enterprises to take a Cut in its share of the Gate. Winnipeg City Council recently decided to place Worth of bleachers in several Community centres so that the league could continue playing. However said trustee Robert son while it was a Fine gesture by the City people going to the games in the Community centres cannot be forced to pay. Soon realize recently he had suggested that tickets for the games be sold in the schools but thursday he said students would soon realize they need t pay. Commenting on a report in tuesday s free press which quoted Winnipeg Alderman Mark Danzker As saying the school Board chairman was out to kill High school trustee Robertson said i Aid. Danzker is confused about this. The school Board does not operate the High school i foot Ball league the High school ath Letic Council has that he said the Only part the school Board and particularly himself had in the league was to act As a City Council athletic Council go Between. Parks Board trustee Robertson said it was up to the Winnipeg Board of Parks and recreation to provide playing facilities f o r school sports. V the school Board he said could t possibly build a stadium which would be used for about four month s of the by footballers. A drip or two the Bureau s 30-Day Outlook for August Calls for near Normal temperatures and moderate rain in the Winnipeg area. Dental lab Case opens two White dental chairs were among exhibits lined up in provincial police court thursday As Timothy Sumida and his denture is associates went on trial for alleged violations of the Mani Toba dental act. Are charged with prac Tising dentistry without a licence. Sumida s two Dent Urist Labora tories in downtown Winnipeg were among several raided May 23 by private detectives hired by the Manitoba dental association. Charges were Laid under the Manitoba dental act which gives the dentists association Power to police dental regulations. Seized from the laboratories May 23 were dental equipment dentures tools for making the dentures and records. Appearing for the dentists association is a. A. Moffat and for Thedo naturists Harry Walsh. The Case was expected to last at least All Day thursday. Would name All streets Winnipeg s Public works com Mittee wants the City to have full Power to name and re name streets within the City limits. The committee decided wednesday to ask Winnipeg City. Council to seek that Power from metro. The committee also recommended that two Street names duplicated in the metro area be changed. Under the metro act a municipality May not change a Street name once metro has named the Street. However committee was told if the municipality itself had named Street the Munici Pality could the name later if it wished. The committee recommended that Queenston Bay sometimes confused with Queenston Street be changed to Honeyman Bay in Honor of former Alderman e. D. Elo Neyman now chairman of the sinking fund trustees. Changing Beaumont Street sometimes confused with Beau Mont in St. Boniface to Simonite Street in Honor of for Mer Alderman c. E. Simonite was also recommended ;