Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coffee break the by Bill treb1lcoe Manitoban do care about their history and they responded quickly to a request in Coffee break from the provincial archives i archivist John a. Bovey and his assistant Barry human Tell me that following a nov. 23 item requesting old pictures or documents about our province the response has been outstanding. Nov. 24 a gentleman visited the archives in the Legisla Tive building and donated an 1892 picture Book of Winni Peg there s been a steady Stream of personal visits and Telephone Calls Don t Stop now the safest place for Manitoba mementos is in the archives where they May be preserved for the use and pleasure of All Matt bans. V a Winnipeg is full of bunt vies not the play boy variety just Young girls who look like baby Bunting in the popular fur bonnets that match the wearer s coat in Many cases. And in spite of a Boycott of Seal by european women it looks As if More fur garments will be sold every year. Harry Keiss of Reiss fur company tells me that the annual Winnipeg auction dec 7 and 8 is still one of the a drills biggest and will attract buyers from new York Paris and London. Or Reiss says Mink is one of the big attractions at the Winnipeg nature has favored Canada with the finest to be in. The brightest and clearest in color. Much of the top Grade Mink will stay right Here in Manitoba for the ladies whose ultimate ambition is to own a Mink stole jacket or coat. The hair " May be Long but they re not Short of Money that s been the experience of Many in dealing with pop music groups where the boys let their hair grow in order to keep their Bank accounts growing. A Good local example from Peter Stone manager of the fifth. The boys a local car Dealership the other Day shopping for a station Wagon to take them to their various playing dates in the Midwest. They were Evenmo i vhf he a have a Little fun -4 coup1" c ims 5, Tea such comments As Well it s to Etc result the boys walked out went Ino thei Dealership and walked out again this Lime with a station Wagon because they were treated like customers the icelanders in Canada is the title of a study of those sturdy canadians made by retired judge Walter Lindal As part of the series of publications about the various ethnic groups that make up our country in this. Centennial year. Mrs. P. K. Tandy London ont saw a picture of judge Lindal presenting the Book to state Secretary Judy Lamarsh in Winnipeg and would like to buy a copy for her daughter in Law who was born in Gimli. Problem where to buy it Pink pen letters wives of members of the Winnipeg press club Aren t any More suspicious than other wives but they re puzzled by the scented Pink letters their husbands have been receiving this week. The letters open with the greeting Dearest and Closa with the endearing phrase love in Between the trouble making open and close there s some comment about the last wonderful evening and remembering every fervent moment it finally gets around to mentioning the next Date at the press club tuesday dec. 5. And that s the Giveaway that s the night of the club s annual boys night out a Stag evening and the letters Are. A Happy reminder not to miss out. Some press club types say after receiving the letters they May never be allowed out again by Carrier soc per week Winnipeg free press j program note 8 the play by play of the Grey cup came starts at 12 noon tomorrow on at 0 hear Grey Friday december 1, 1967 authorized As 2nd class mail by the p o dept Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash 14 new schools lord Roberts 13 others listed replacement of the crumbling lord Rob erts school and 13 others in Winnipeg w a s approved b y school1 Board trustees thursday along with a plan for a Mil lion teaching Centre and office addition to the administration building. Trustee William Norrie Board chairman said there was no Cost estimate of the total reconstruction program or of the number of years in which it would be completed. The program will be sent to the provincial government for study before a provincial com Mittee considers Grants for reconstruction of lord Roberts school Beresford Avenue at the top of the priority list. A private consultant told trustees last month the school with its first world War Vintage sections was cracked and sinking. The floors were too weak to test for fear of collapse the consultant s report i Vui fit its not in or in f Puon v Sun u instruction Brack eted Are Aberdeen f Alexander four Bank break ins probed hard to say whether thieves were gun Hunting police St. Born tace and Winnipeg police Are investigating four Bank break ins Here within four Days. Three of the Banks Are in St. Boniface and one in Winnipeg the thieves loot is Savici to have been a total of and two revolvers. Weather report synopsis valid until Midnight saturday cold air was pushing into Western Borders regions the is expected to bring increasing Clouds Snow flurries and moderating temperatures to much of Alberta and Western Saskatchewan saturday. Figures on the map indicate expected nigh temperatures today i forecast Cloudy Clearing around mid afternoon. Mostly sunny saturday. Colder. West at 15 becoming Light this evening. Low tonight for Cima Carman and Winnipeg Zero High saturday 15. Temperatures for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Friday Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina brandon., the Pai. Winnipeg fort William Kenora win. 44 40 34 4 14 -7 36 31 3 16 22 31 34 25 10 30 32 23 pre. .37 .01 .04 to. .02 .01 Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami i1 los Angeles Minneapolis new York Max. Man. 23 12 2? f 38 79 61 31 35 30 73 46 28 20 pre. To. .70 to. .32 temperature comparisons nov. 39 list year Normal a Max. Min. Mean. 30.7 23.6 21.3 s.5 highest on record 45.5 in lowest on record -32.7 in 1876 officials at the Winnipeg St. Andrew s society s 97th annual dinner thursday in Fth in the fort Garry hotel discuss the Haggis and its consequences. They Are Cleft to right Robert n. Bruce the society s new president Wilfred j. Taylor editor of the scotsman in Edinburgh and outgoing president a. M. Runciman. About 300 attended the dinner in Honor of Scotland s Patron Saint. Nary a word from Home As scots Honor St Andrew inspector of Detec Tives Norman Stewart said it is hard to say if the particularly intent on stealing guns because two of the Banks had no guns removed. He said he did not believe the breaking Are related to the oct. 30 raid on Minto armory when seven operational sub machine guns were stolen. It was rumoured the that possibly q u e b e c separatists were looking afield for arms. I would to associate these Bank break ins with the Minto armory Insp. Stewart said. Detective inspector Elmer. Nor dal of the St Boniface. Police department said is in to speculate on any connection with the Minto armoury robbery 0nly when the thieves Are apr t pretended be ate actively to pursue that line of investigation. A u tuesday night thieves tiie. Bank of Nova Portage Avenue and Toronto Street and stole a Welby .38 revolver. Entrance was gained through a window police said. The same night the Bank Marion Street and Kenny Avenue and the Bank Nova Scotia at Marion aria i traverse Avenue were both entered. Police said 861 was possible to thieves Wei in if say whether the primarily looking from the Bank of nothing was stolen Bank of Nova Scotia. Montreai.7 from the the Royal Provencher and Jaulneau Street was entered saturday night Bank of Canada and revolver stolen. No. Of the Missin w. I police by Egon Jock Mai f f there. Was nary a ,1 c d i i Over there As the macs Aid would be macs met Aisha in hotel to a to u a Rictter Dale hence due a dish Tea Bias thu. Is a transp for a out re j it completed a journey by an now thing tit Floi e n be Nightingale Jiei berate the anniversary of general Wolfe Greenway King Edward Anne Margaret. Scott Luxton Mach a 1913 and Machray number to Montcalm orc Uay. Pinkham Robert h. Smith 1919 and Wellington the addition to the Adf Finis ration building notre Dame venue and Wall Street to include a resource Centre or Eacher Aid has been proposed once to tie province and rejected Man robbed at knife Point two youths. Robbed a West Kildonan Man of he was carrying in a Canvas bag thursday night. All police forces in greater Winnipeg Are looking for two youths Between 18 and 20 years old who made their getaway in an old Model Black car. One of them is about six feet tall the other five feet eight inches. The Holdup occurred around . In the Lane behind 554 sch Skillen Avenue West Kil Donan. The youths wearing Nylon stockings Over their Heads took he Canvas bag from the unidentified maa at knife Point. It was said about s300. Leir Patron St. Andrew the 300 descendants of the Hie Landers and the Lowland is Sang Auld Lang syne ate Haggis poked fun at the Assen Achs and heard about meetings from fellow scotsmen 11 Over the world. But the Only word from Gotland imported variety from a Scot named had been Here specially to reply to the. Toast o the Day and a wha Honor or. Taylor Wilfred j. Taylor o be exact As a icon despite his name. He a the editor of the scotsman an Edinburgh n e w s p a be r and offered proof of his ancestry by Laming his clan and chief. But. The Lack of any unsolicited greeting from their Homeland sniffed the members of the St. Andrew s society of Winnipeg o end. As the society s Bard prof. A. S. R. Tweedie put were treated to a display of Thun 01 the Vitchus Upaek Ftp tvs of de Inatio nihilism. A Alist was recently elect and to the British House of commons they should know better than to ignore j Canada where we Are coming to be quite expert in contemplating that phenomenon. It is of course possible that they now choose to maintain their contacts with us through Itiat recently created Centre of authority on All things Canad it is probably quicker and cheaper to phone de Gaulle than to phone Runciman a. M. Runciman is. Past president of the Winnipeg society the members were put in the proper spirit for the occasion by. Being presented with a dram As they moved from the bar to the dining in deference to those who Are now More North american than scottish Rye whisky was offered As an alternative to scotch. The first dish on. The menu was of course the Haggis. They piped it in paraded it recited Oveis it and il1 f of Scotland in Lanneis it must be Aid that the concoction of Oatmeal Salmon spices and goodness knows what a sheep s stomach was better than last year. At least it was edible. Some of the members actually seemed to enjoy it. Your report being of staunch teutonic ancestry and having vowed previously never to touch the stuff again broke his vow and nibbled a bit and was still alive at Pressi Ime even without the Benefit of the scotch Antiseptic usually imbibed on such occasions.7 Tho Shiv quite accustomed to life among the Heather there was roast beef Complete with Yorkshire pud Ding. The Sassen Achs have even invaded the St. J Andrew s night when Reci tin. All was tie toasting and done Uliey Sang Auld Lang syne and retired to the reception room. Funny thing but i never did find out who St . A Well it was a Good excuse for a party anyway. Dauphin i a donation in the Kettle Organ s s future brightens the old Garrick Theaton Organ will be installed in to concert Hall of the Centennia arts Centre m Winnipeg if the installation Cost in t top High Maitland b. Steinkopf chairman of the Manitoba Centennia corporation said Friday. Hay of St. Vital had brought the Case of the Garrick Organ before the Public recently in an attempt to save it from the scrap Heap. Or. Steinkopf said in a Telephone interview we accepted the Organ from Paul Morton of the Odeon Morton theatre yesterday and Well give it a thorough a concert Hall Organ pit had been provided for but there was t enough Money in the budget to buy a new instrument or. Steinkopf said. Local Organ experts now have volunteered to inspect the Garrick Organ and estimate the installation Cost. I think it will work out All Merten sail he d offered the Organ to the Centennial corporation ago but had t received a reply. A new one would Cost worker killed i an employee of the town of Dauphin died thursday in a Public works Accident. Is , 38. Of Dauphin. Police said the Accident occurred when a Crew of town employees dynamite no an obstruction in Dauphin s Reservoir in Mountain National Park. The v Reservoir is 16 Miles South and one mile East of the town. Dauphin Coroner or. R. E. Dicks has. Ordered an inquest. Cheer heavy hearts the familiar salvation army Christmas kettles will appear on City streets within a few Days. The kettles Mark the opening of the army s annual Christmas cheer Appeal. Funds raised Are used to provide Relief to the less fortunate. Those contributors who want an offi Cial receipt May mail donations to 400 Colony Street room 201. Slide at your risk metro s Parks policy Weir Coni Idera i Quebec can be accommodated Premier Walter Weir returned to Winnipeg thursday noon that , s confederation of tomorrow con Ference has set the to a peaceful accommodation with Quebec. Holding a Brief press Confer ence at Winnipeg International Airport before plunging into a get acquainted session with More than 100 members of the province s business Community the Premier said 3v4-Day conference in Toronto has made a significant contribution to National Unity and Canada s future. I think prime minister John son s Premier Daniel Johnson of Quebec approach was reasonable. He put Forth some Frank proposals that Over a period of time will have to be dealt or. Weir agreed with or. Johnson s assertion that some constitutional change May be needed in order to ease French English tensions but he declined to specify what areas will have to be looked at. I cannot comment in detail on or. Johnson s preliminary proposals and i m certain there Are sure to be items that we will disagree with but if the pleasant atmosphere that prevailed in Toronto continues there is no. Doubt we will be Able to handle our he said he will be the provincial Cabinet on the conference. Manitoba s depart merits of government asked to examine the Quebec suggestions and to make recommendations for further meet Ings of leaders. Or. Weir also noted that thei problem of Quebec was not the Only matter investigated at the Toronto conference and he said Manitoba was particularly interested in new machinery for regional development. Or. Weir s meeting with businessmen in the fort Garry hotel was attended by Mem a Manitoba Trade Mission just Back from Europe. Or. Weir told the session Manitoba s future lies in tie Export Market. Once again he pledged is support for an All out drive to pursue government policies de signed to expand the province s economic base. Two new agencies accepted by metro to weigh zoo fee the possibility of charging an admission fee to the Assiniboine Park zoo will be studied by metro finance committee. Councillor Charles r. Huband metro told Fiance committee thursday have to look at All possibilities of increasing Rev Enue because of our increasing costs of coun. Huband suggested it might be More feasible to charge a parking fee for cars using the Park than to charge admission to the zoo. He asked that metro Parks department prepare a report on the possibility of introducing admission or parking fees at the zoo. A previous report estimated the zoo could collect s50.000 if a 25-cent fee for adults and a 10 cent fee for children were charged during july and August for admission to the zoo area. At your own risk will be metro s policy for Winter act up eight Ivi ties in its Parks. Metro has set Toboggan slides this year but won t provide supervisory staff to oversee their use. Of a court decision in Ontario metro s Legal depart ment advised the Parks depart ment not to supervise these activities. Parks maintenance employees will be on duty in the Parks but they will be ordered Only to prevent Rowdy ism and to assist in Case of. Accident. Signs will be posted at the areas saying slide at your own the decision not to supervise the slides was made after an Ontario court awarded damages to a girl injured while playing in a supervised the court ruled that the supervision was t adequate when it had been expected to be. To avoid the risk of facing a similar court decision if an Accident occurred metro officials feel it would be Best to let the Public use the facilities at their own risk. There Are no fees for using the slides or skating Ponds which also reduces metro s liability according to its Legal department., metro will have skating Ponds in St. Vital Kildonan and Assiniboine Parks and Toboggan slides at the three previously mentioned Parks and also at Crescent and Eraser s Grove Parks metro officials said the facilities will be kept in Safe condition. Langruth main 107 sunday Langruth Man. Special1 l. Bott celebrates his 107th birthday Here sunday. Or. Bott who came to Canada from England 78 years ago at the age of 29, will Likely celebrate quietly a t Home with his wife. Mrs. Will years old her next birthday. The United Way Board of trustees wednesday approved the s admission of i two new agencies. At the same time it turned Down tie applications of two others for inclusion in the 1968 69 Campaign. Accepted were the Lake Winnipeg Mission Camp society Camp a mennonite sponsored fresh air Camp and Westminster children s care cent for primary school children of working mothers in i tie Mulvey school area. I applications from the Mani j Toba camping association and the Winnipeg humane society were turned Down. A the new admissions bring the Way s number of agencies to 52 or.53. Confusion remains on the arid Standard setting association for Camps in the1 province most of which Are not members of the United Way the Board recommended the organization seek support from its members to finance tile3 operation. J in turning Down the humane society application a. G. Kirk Ness said United Way sympathize Corn mrs. Bott husband j is said in Good her health his sight is him badly 1 or. Homesteaded at Langruth and retired just four ago. The couple been married 69 years. They have 11 children most of whom live in Langruth and the surrounding District. R they have 30 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. Petely with the problems of the society. However the United Way exists to support meet the social needs of people and Pur Board feels present time additional.1 service must be provided in this status of Joan Nursery Jarvis of arc Avenue. Day the franciscan missionaries of Mary who have operated the Nursery since 1909, Are leaving to return to missionary work. Most of the children have been placed in other nurseries arid the building is slated for demolition. Douglas Dewar executive director of United Way said thursday no final decision has been made about the inclusion of the Nursery in next year s Campaign. Way officials and members of. The Nursery s advisory Board will meet Early next week to see if something new can be developed. " it s not definite yet that the camping association is an symphony the Winnipeg symphony or Chestra under direction of Arthur concert will play Friday at Louis Kiel collegiate St. Boniface. The program will include roman carnival Gounod s music from tiie Faust Ballet and Richard Rodger s Slaughter on tenth As Well As homa. Selections from okla free press meetings be held the free press building Are at 2. .? Board room South Centre Liberal association at 8. Board Cutty Sai pc to fun n i pee g r clubroom f2 Blanchr sons of Ireland. F ;