Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, August 17, 1963

Issue date: Saturday, August 17, 1963
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba A ct1 sunny with a few Cloudy Inta rals. A Little o m. Warmer. Light winds. Low and Hiffa on in a Lull Carman and m Lii Speir so and 80 for period end Lulf at . Saturday Max. Man. Min. Piec. 52 to. 60 .03 in 54 s3 49 59 .03 the Pas 77 .10 45 68 fort 40 46 to. York 64 _. Winnipeg free press car radios 7 o 50 custom Ifju Tatum a. Up tar radio repairs 2.50 by Carrier 3 5c per week Winnipeg 17, 1963 single copy Price we whip you wai1 30 i Hytt stay pc Advance car radio Centre 36 Sargent near Sherbrook phone 734-3447 Coffee break Gene Telpner Bill Koroluk a member of our sports staff says that when his father first came to cana8a in 1912 one of the first things he acquired was a shaving Brush. As a boy i remember him telling me How the Brush was and As i grew up and began to shave i realized when his father died in 1957, Bill took the Brush and it has remained in daily use. Just the other Day his son Bruce got his hands on the old Brush. Discovered a Way to take it apart by unscrewing the handle from the part in which bristles Are seated in rubber. Inside a Little compartment in the Brush the boy found a Large 1917 Canadian Penny and a souvenir medal from the 1939 Royal visit. Explained Bill dad was an incurable souvenir col Lector and had the habit of stashing Little things away and then forgetting about them. The Brush by the Way is still excellent although getting a Little Bald is better than any i be been Able to find on the say what you will about All of the potent sprays to kill insects there was nothing that could do the Job of flypaper. Remember when every Kitchen had a string of flypaper hanging from the ceiling i wonder if you can still buy flypaper anymore it s the perfect thing for that Lake cottage Reader Calls to say Why Don t they put o Canada in joke boxes so canadians can learn the words the uninvited guest it happened a a family gathering of Winni Eggers at the Idlewild cottages in Riding Mountain National Park. There was a big Barbecue with members of the family preparing the steaks with All the trimmings. A. Young Man of about 18 or 19 walked up to the glowing Barbecue and plunked Down a Steak. The hostess did t recognize him but thought perhaps he must be a Friend of some member of the when the Steak was finished he asked her for a plate. She complied then he asked for utensils. He did t like the knife demanded a sharper one. Again she filled his request. Then he sat Down finished his Steak in silence and departed. Turned put he was t related to anyone just a Young fellow with a lot of nerve looking for a place to Barbecue his Steak Ben Glowacki of the Northern hotel phoned to inform me they now have entertainment. He was glowing Over a hawaiian performer who has been doing everything from Hula to hawaiian War chants named Kay Varakin. According to Ben he met her in Hawaii and persuaded her to come to Canada. From Here she goes to Oregon for other engagements. In the morning mail 1he readers write dear or. Telpher. Some time ago you obliged by publishing our needs in your column regarding Foster care Homes for the aged and. Infirm. Your kindness was greatly appreciated by our department. The response very Good and we Are still receiving Calls and inquiries stemming from this. Article. Several Good Homes were obtained and we Are indeed grateful. There is an Ever increasing need for care Homes in the Community and should any further inquiries come to your attention we would appreciate if you would refer them to our office. Yours truly mrs. E. Saunders welfare worker care services office Manitoba depart ment of welfare phone 942-6313." dear or. Telpner. I have a daughter age 5 who wants a tricycle very Hadly. Being on welfare i can t afford one. She has had polio and it would serve the other purpose of being Good exercise for her leg. I do Hope you will be Able to help us. Mrs. L. F., phone 589-8963." dear sir if a Bird got caught in a Lawn Mower what kind of breakfast food would it be. The answer is shredded tweet still enjoying your column mrs. K. . Searle 111 Smith by Dave too Busy to Bury their Heads in the Sand these three Rhea a species of the Argentine Ostrich Are gawk ing at recent arrivals at Assiniboine Park zoo. They hatched with three others during the last week the first ostriches born at the zoo Dur ing its Long history also among the late arrivals was a finnish Reindeer which re minds us there Are Only 104 shopping Days left before Christmas. Watching from above is the nubian Goat. School request denied the building projects commit tee of the department of Educa Tion has turned Down a request by the St. James school Board or permission to submit a by a next october for the Neces sary capital expenditure to establish kindergartens. Reasons Given by the minister of education according to g. C. Ketch chairman of the Board were the special nature of the request and the possible implications with respect to future educational the Board had intended build ing an additional 16 classrooms at a Cost of the prov Ince would pay 40 per cent of the construction Cost in addition to Grants toward the salaries of the teachers. Kindergarten age Chil Dren number about 800 in the City. About half these children now a 11 e n d private kindergartens school Board officials said. The Board planned a student shuffle which would have placed one kindergarten in each elementary and expanded their present 282 classrooms to 298. Or. Ketch said St. James would not go ahead with the idea of kindergarten teaching within its present classroom allowance. 2 bakeries still out on strike the bakery strike continues at the two shops that did t Settle with local 389, bakery and confectionery workers International Union earlier this week for a week increase in pay. Brothers bakery and main Bak ing both under one ownership refused to go along with the settlement terms and the Union has not withdrawn pickets. The two shop joint owners have declined to pay increases mostly because their employees voted against a strike by 9 to 8 ballots. Because however the voting was combined with men of three other shops the super Vised Over All vote showed 69 per cent favored a walkout. Boy killed in Accident with pistol six hour operation fails to save victim by Laszlo Bastro Janszky a six hour Battle by doctors at Deer Lodge hos Pital Friday failed to save the life of a 12-year-old St. James boy after he was accidentally shot by a play Nate. The youngster was shot in the Abdomen in a neighbor s House with a German made p-38 automatic pistol As three other horrified boys looked on. Richard Taylor love son of indians angry Over fake crafts Canada s indians Are having rouble with foreign Competition n the Sale of Indian Craft articles even in the far North. One the final Day of their convention in Winnipeg Friday the National Indian Council of can Ada passed a Resolution that a Standard Seal of approval be drawn up for All Indian Handi Craft. In addition they will ask for legislation making it an offence o represent Indian Hartcraft from Japan and other countries As be no genuine Indian wares. William Wutt Unee of Calgary chief of the Council said that be appreciated the Quality of the articles made in Japan and the organization they displayed in Selling them even in Northern areas. I even bought a Belt made in Japan he said thinking it was Indian other resolutions passed by the councill were a recommendation that a Section be added to the Indian act defining the Hunting fishing and trapping rights of the treaty indians. T that representation be made to have persons of Indian descent appointed to the 1967 world s fair commission arid to the National Centenary commission. That the Council would like to see an advisory counsel formed to make recommendations to the National film Board with re Spect to films produced about the indians. In other business or. Wutt Unee a Calgary lawyer was re elected As chief of the Council for the next year. Elected As sachets or executive councillors were Carl Lewis Toronto ont mrs. E. B. Mon Ture Toronto ont. And Wilfred Bellegarde Goodeve sask. Councillors for the coming year Are mrs. Marion Meadmore re Gina sask. Wilfred Peletier Toronto ont. Clive Linklater St. Pauls Alta. Chief r. Pine Sault Ste Marie ont. Miss Jean Cut hand Winnipeg t. Lazare Caughnawaga Noel Wutt Unee Winnipeg miss Kahn Tenita Horn Caughnawaga mrs. Moses Mckay Griswold Man. And de Lavalee fort Quappelle sask. Isaac Beaulieu Toronto ont., was elected Secretary treasurer. Flower show aug. 20 the Winnipeg auditorium will burst into Bloom during the eighth Winnipeg International Flower show aug. 20 and 21. The show that keeps Winnipeg Blooming will feature displays from across the province in addition to products from Winnipeg gardens and organizations. This year the Winnipeg Horti cultural society and the Winni Peg Gladiolus society will be joint sponsors. The Manitoba beekeepers association will put on a special display. Judging for the show will be done on the m6rning of aug. 20, with the general Public admitted shortly after noon. Entries will be accepted from All Comers and competitions Range from the Ca Nadian Rose society s Bronze medal to prizes in fruit and vegetable classes. Holders of and Vance Sale tickets will participate in draws both nights. A Torch a Beer a philosophy sculptor pleases himself by Al Barnes Canadian sculptor Gerald glad Stone has launched his Way to Success on the Trail of a rocket ship. Science is ahead of Art at this says the 34-year-old torontonian who incorporates things in science into his sculpture. His latest piece of work is in the final stages of completion at the new air terminal at the Winnipeg International Airport named solar Cone the 26-foot High Fountain is a com Mission from the department of transport. The Art conscious fed eral department now allows one half of one per cent of the total Cost of an air terminal for Art. Welder s Torch or Gladstone s work is one of six pieces of Art that will Grace the new air terminal it opens this fall. Friday architects for the build ing invited the press to visit the sculptor at work. The idea was to condition the Public to the Art that will be part of the project. In the South court off the main dining room or. Gladstone put Down his bottle of Beer beside his soon to be completed foun Tain to explain his philosophy. In this period this is the Best Type of sculpture being it fits in with my philosophy of the Blue leaned sculptor said putting Down his welder s Torch. Battleship for. Ideas i m More inter ested in what scientists what is sculpture any object that has an exciting Quality about it could be considered con temporary sculpture even a battleship is or. Gladstone feels criticism of modern Art is a Good sign As it Means there is an aware Ness of but he is not concerned with what people May say about his work Only with satisfying myself and i m Satis fied with this Type of Art is a definite statement of our time and. We will be. Judged in the future by it the father of four said he has been influenced by aircraft am rockets and by his stays in new York and London which Wen made possible by a Canad Council Grant. I m the first one to receive a Grant without having to stip Pilate what i would do with the Money. Some people i k n o v have bought cars and a Friend o mine bought a suit with the Money but if an artist is considered eligible for a Grant i should be rivets or Gladstone s solar Cone contains pounds of Bronze and rivets. He started plan Ning the Fountain last december three models were constructed before he came up with what h wanted but i still add to i As i go he has spent about 30 hours 01 the project and expects to b completed in the next few. Days or. Gladstone said he will re turn to Winnipeg occasionally t make any repairs that might be necessary. Before 2 . While the youngsters the love and. Mrs. Taylor love of 50 Rita Street St. James was renounced dead at . Police termed the shooting an occident. According to St. James police be love youngster was shot i he basement of 223 Rita Street doors away from his ome in the Home of Alexaner Kapitany and his family. The shooting occurred shortly four boy Gerald Kapitany 13 his brother Douglas and Gerald Wright 13, f 228 Rita Street were play no in and around the House. Police said the gun was being eld by Gerald Kapitany when t accidentally discharged. Bullet hit wrist when the pistol discharged be Bullet went through the youngster s wrist and then into Lis Abdomen penetrating the Jody. According to Hospital author ies a broken blood vessel in the youngster s Abdomen proved Atal despite an emergency operation. Police said or. And mrs. Kapi any were away from the House at the time. The pistol was owned by or. Kapitany who obtained it Dur no the second world War while in France with the Canadian army. He brought the pistol with him to Canada and t was registered in his name Vith ramp in Ottawa As a Sou Renoir. The nine shot automatic Pis of was hidden by or. Kapitany n the ceiling in the basement ome time before the shooting. Unknown to or. The Riding place was. Discovered by me of his sons. The pistol was reported to have Een placed unloaded a cloth bag along with nine rounds of ammunition. Police could not determine immediately Low or by whom the pistol was when police found the pistol he Magazine made to hold nine rounds of ammunition lad been removed. The pistol was lying on the Couch. The weapon was seized by poke following the incident. A Bullet was found in the pistol s chamber. Seven other bullets and a spent Cartridge were also found in the basement. The boys were reported play big in and around the Kapitany lome until they went inside the Louse shortly after 1 . After lie love boy was shot Douglas Kapitany ran to the Telephone and called police. The boy then ran to a House next door. Wrapped in Rug moments later police arrived and found the wounded love boy lying on the floor of the base ment bleeding profusely. He was taken to the police ambulance in a Rug then placed on Stretcher and driven to Deer Lodge Hospital where doctors immediately began an emergency operation. At first the emergency opera Tion appeared to be a Success. The youngster s condition appeared to improve slightly by Early evening and doctors hoped his life could be saved. According to a Hospital spokes Man the youngster suffered a sudden Haemorrhage and died de spite further efforts to save his life. Provincial Coroner. Or. 0. Fryer ordered a postmortem to be performed saturday. Or. Fryer said the preliminary in quest into the boy s death will open at . Monday at Deer Lodge Hospital. Or. Kapitany an employee of a Large downtown department store said he iad changed the hiding place of the weapon Sev eral times prior to the fatal shooting Accident. He said he was unaware that either of his sons knew of the pistol s whereabouts. Electrocuted Power line mishap kills worker a 40-year-old construction worker was electrocuted Friday afternoon while working at the metro sewage treatment Plant in old Kildonan. Ramp said Michael Bercier of 191 Newton Avenue West Kildonan was pronounced dead on arrival at Winnipeg general Hospital at 2 . Friday. Or. Bercier an employee of the red River construction co. Ltd., 825 tache Avenue was unloading sewer pipes from a truck when the Power Crane he was using came in Contact with a High tension Power line. The Accident occurred at the construction site. Metro is expanding the sewer Plant at an estimated Cost of million. Coroner or. I. 0. Fryer said an inquest will open at . Monday at the Winnipeg general Hospital. Or. Harry Strawbridge was ordered to perform a postmortem. Boater drowns As Craft spills William Mackenzie 45, of 627 Mcmillan Avenue drowned in Lake Nuti Mik Friday evening when a Small boat overturned near Sturgeon Falls in the White Shell. Ramp said the Man had not been wearing a life jacket. He was in a Small boat with a companion who wore a life jacket when the boat overturned. The other Man swam ashore. Woman Hurt in crash a woman suffered a broken Collar Bone and a fractured hip Bone in a two car collision Friday evening is reported to be in fan condition in Winnipeg general Hospital. Mrs. 74, of 325 Waverley Street was Riding in a car driven by her husband George North on Harrow Street when it collided with an other car at the intersection of Harrow and Grosvenor Avenue. Police said the Accident occurred at . The. Other car was driven West on Gros Venor by Arnold Sigesmund 29, of 469 Waterloo Street. Or. Herriot and or. Siges Mund escaped uninjured policy said ;