Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 19, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coffee break by John Robertson i tried to get a Beauty parlor appointment for wednesday to get my Brush Cut honeycombed but they were All booked up because of the Kinsmen sportswomen s dinner. You know the one i mean. Its unofficial title is wife s revenge because on this night Only it s mama who goes out and kicks up her illusion heels while dad stays Home with the diapers in one hand and an unexpurgated version of the three bears in the other. Meanwhile the hand that rocks the Cradle is Crad Ling the rocks in a tall Glass quite taken in by the wonder of Nylon Armor and chatting merrily whilst wondering if that false eyelash on the Rug in the Middle of the floor belongs to her. Anytime you gather several Hundred women in one room for the singular purpose of letting the slips fall where they May you get noise and noise. And More noise. It s like pulling the stopper on a hip deep tub. Ask me How i know and i will Tell you that i had the pleasure of attending the first annual sportswomen s Bash in Regina several years ago an event that Drew More than 500 stunningly attired women. It was great sport to mingle with the throng after the formal festivities were Over and hear remarks like i was supposed to be Home by 10, but this is get even i could just picture Hubby squirming at Home with a Cranky off Spring on each knee muttering epithets As he checked his watch and pondered the merits of packing up and going Home to Mother. And if one anxious Hubby takes it upon himself to Call the International inn to have his wife paged i think the gals should raise hundreds of voices in unison if that s my husband i m not seriously gals i Hope you All have a Ball even if Only one of you can win that new car being raffled off. Emcee Cliff Gardner will have you laughing so hard you la pop your Cross your heart strings. I Don t know what to say about featured entertainer Rollie Ferrell billed As the human but if he can throw his voice through this chattering throng he s got a better pitch than Sandy Koufax Ever had. Excerpt from a Brief presented to the Royal commission on Northern transportation a. V. By Brian Koshul president of the United steelworkers of America local 6166, Thompson Man May i in closing make a suggestion to the chairman that in the event his Luggage and his notes of the present investigator of Northern Manitoba transportation prob lems go astray due to Northern Manitoba transportation problems All he has to do is dig through the provincial government s files from 1961 to the present dealing with submissions complaints and briefs from Northern Manitoba. He will find every complaint suggestion question and bit of advice that he s received in the last week filed away and quietly gathering dust in the government s dead storage a clothes horse according to actor Robert Morse is a Man who has to work like a horse to pay for his wife s clothes. I was besieged with Irish mail last weekend in Honor of St. Patrick s Day no most of the letters were cryptic one liners such As i came to Winnipeg in 1957, from Dublin Ireland. Now i know that March 17 was a great Day for the Irish and i even wore a Green complexion in their Honor. Usually i restrict myself to wearing a spoonful of Oatmeal on my Lapel on Robbie Burns Day. But what i want to know is who told you to write me about your Irish origin could it have been Don Slade trying to get even with me because nobody heeded my request for Coffee break Amateur poets to Send him their latest creations i can t possibly acknowledge All the letters but i will gladly pass along this request from mrs. Pat Harvey 7 Temple Bay fort Garry who is a new arrival Here and would like to meet some friends from her old Home town of Naan co. Meath now if i spelled that wrong mrs. Harvey it s because you probably dashed it off in a hurry and it was a Little hard to Osorni for Man 453-3232 Pottage b Simcoe 774-2471 614 St. James strict Kyo Park Atlas Sar this All Sims weather report synopsis valid until Midnight wednesday Snow was general throughout the foothill area of Alberta last night and in Saskatchewan Snow flurries were Many places. Temperature overnight were around 15 above in the South and about 10 below in the North. Snow is also falling in a few places in Southern Manitoba with Fleet in the Southeast Corner of the province. This weather n associated with an area of Row pressure in Northwestern Minnesota. This system coupled with an intense High pressure area Over the Northern part of Canada has resulted in developing a Strong pressure gradient Over All of the Prairie provinces. With the eastward motion of the Minnesota Low the Arctic High will push southward into the Southern parts of the Prairies bringing a gradual Clearing but below Normal temperatures to Morrow and thursday. Figures on map indicate expected High temperatures today Cloudy today. Occasional Light Snow becoming a few flurries this evening. Cloudy wednesday Clearing near noon. Colder. Winds northerly at 30 . With gusts becoming northerly at 15 . After Midnight. Low tonight for Almli and Winnipeg 10, High wednesday 20. Temperatures for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Tuesday Max. Vancouver 50 Calgary 26 Edmonton 27 Regina 129 Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William tenors March 18 last year Normal Man. Prec. Max. Man. 42 to. Ottawa 48 32 23 .03 Toronto 53 26 23 Montreal 45 33 16 .03 Halifax 45 37 15 to. Chicago 65 49 8 .02 Miami 75 61 1? los Angeles 68 49 36 .41 Minneapolis 54 49 20 .06 new York 48 44 temperature comparisons a Max. Min. Mean highest Ort record 34.9 25.4 30.2 58.0 in 1919 24.4 -3.7 10.4 lowest on record 27.6 9.6 18.6 -27.6 in 1883 22 21 35 51 46 Winnipeg tree press program note see you at the boat show by Carrier soc per week tuesday March 19 1968 iuc3uat, in i authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Dept., Ottawa and for. Payment of postage in Cash. Mayor eyes merger St. Vital seeks voice Hardy if municipal bound Aries in greater Winnipeg Are to be changed St. Vital wants some say in its own destiny says mayor j. A. Hardy. The City of St. Vital will Luite Likely mayor Hardy said at a St. Vital Council meeting monday night. A marriage is going to be made. I suggest that we put ourselves in position where we can choose the Bride. Is our responsibility to get Jie Best possible Deal for St. mayor Hardy was defending itself against an attack by Merman Florence Pierce who and criticized him for secret Alks with mayor Joseph Quay f St. Boniface on prospects of amalgamating the two suburbs. Now that your talks Are no Origer secret or. Mayor i hould like to ask you a simple she said. The question was How amal Amati on either Between St. Ital and fort Garry or be Ween St. Vital and St. Boniface Ould be beneficial to St. Vital taxpayers. She pointed to the higher St. Boniface Mill rate 21.64 Mills ast year As compared to 19.8 Mills for St. Vital and to the higher municipal debt of fort Garry. She said it was Nevit ble that St. Vital residents Ould shoulder a bigger tax Burden in with either municipality. I am in favor of amalgam ions Aid. Pierce said As Ong As they do not prejudice or present mayor Hardy brushed aside he criticism of his secret meetings with mayor Guay. Those terms had been invented in the newspapers and were pure he said. All that happened mayor Lardy said was that he had Deen approached very informal y by Telephone by mayor Guay and he had in turn very normally approached mayor r. A. Wank log of fort Garry y Telephone. Mayor Hardy said there could e advantages for St. Vital in amalgamation with either fort Arry or St. Boniface because Industrial areas in both Munici Ali ties could give St. Vital an expanded tax but Aid. Pierce said she saw no reason whatsoever Why St. Vital should she said St. Vital fourth largest City n greater Winnipeg was in Ood financial shape and she c Ike to keep it that Way. She was supported by Aid. A a. Winslow who said St. Vital was t too Small to continue As a separate City. He said its Lane area could support a population of Council agreed on a motion by Aid. Pierce to have the City s Secretary treasurer Alan Gill make a preliminary study on the effects of total amalgam Ion in greater Winnipeg amalgamation Between St. Vital and St. Boniface and Between St vital and fort Garry. Homes for dogs sought St vital City Council will ask the St. Vital Lance for co operation in a plan to find Homes for stray dogs. The plan involves running a picture of a dog picked up by the City s Pound keeper in every Issue with a caption such As which Little boy wants to play with the plan was proposed by Alderman Florence Pierce who said she was shocked to read in the City licence department s r e f t for february that 12 dogs were destroyed because nobody could find a Home for them. She said this was a shame. If More dogs could be placed in Homes it would give the City some Revenue too and would save the Price of having the animals destroyed she said. What looks like a Man eating Hole appeared monday on Wall Street just North of St. Mat thews Avenue. The Bole was caused by a Leaky water main which washed out an area roughly 25 feet by 30 feet and 8 feet deep underneath the pavement. The Winnipeg City Engineer s department now is filling the cavity and the Street should be ready for Normal traffic today. British Engineer leaves but continues fighting Frederick h. J. Blake the British Engineer claiming compensation from the Federal government in a petition to her majesty through the exchequer court of Canada has returned to England his lawyer i Winnipeg said in a statement monday. David m. Pearlman acting for or. Blake said or. Blake Eft and a Short time intends to ago carry of Canada As damages in a with his action which was commenced by Way of petition of right in the exchequer court he suffered considerable amount of Money due to his having England coming to Anada and having to return to England As he is not Able to practise his profession As a qualified Engineer in the problem for the United kingdom Engineer a chartered structural Engineer and a Mem Ber of the Institute of structural engineers arose when he was advised in Manitoba he had to pass an examination before he could practise in the province. I. Blake said he had t been informed at Canada House in London when interviewed that an exam would be necessary to enable him to practise. Or. Blake arrived in Canada in the Spring of 1966. He said the idea of having to sit for exams again at his age disturbed him As he was not in a Frame of mind to take on studies which would mean some six or More months of Book work he had Learned Many years v or. Pearlman said or. Blake i his pleadings filed with the exchequer court said his losses or damages were suffered directly due to the act or omissions of her majesty the Queen or her servants or officers in London England in that they gent were neg i the five Points taken by or. Blake or. Pearlman said not warning him of Cana Dian conditions for qualified engineers. Not informing him he could t work i Manitoba with out passing examinations. Not informing him of provincial requirements for the profession of engineering ant Basic requirements in Canada. Not informing him could t practise in Canada unless his qualifications were recognized locally and in particular in Manitoba where he had to be recognized by the Manitoba association of Proi is signal engineers. Not thai being qualified in Britain did automatically qualify him in Canada. Or. Blake asked to pen sated with towards Cost of coming Here and loss o suitable salary in Canada where he had been working Foi less income than he had been advised a qualified engine could get he included costs o bringing his family Here. Verbal broadside fired _ at St. Andrews museum St. Andrews museum next to St. Andrews Church on River Road was criticized from three sides monday during a meeting of metro s Board of adjustment. Three request groups opposed a by w. S. Dunlop chorus wins the knights of Columbus trophy was won Friday after noon in the Manitoba music Competition festival by the mennonite Brethren collegiate ladies chorus not by St. Mary s Academy As reported earlier. Museum owner for permission to maintain an existing museum and an existing identification Joseph Martin president of the Manitoba historical association declared St. Andrews rectory has been bastardized in a historical his opinion was shared by a. K. Twaddle counsel for 91 residents of St. Andrews municipality and by Rev. Richard Cawley Rector of the anglican Parish of St. Andrews and repro sening the Bishop co Adjutor of the diocese of Rupert s land. Until the depression the museum served As the rectory for St. Andrews Church but was later sold As a residence. Or. Martin claimed the museum is being maintained and operated in a manner which desecrated its historical Char c. E. Crawford counsel for or. The Board that his client purchased the property for in 1965 and since then spent an additional repairing the building. He added that the museum contains 000 Worth of Antiques and curios. Claus Koke a planner with metro s planning division read a report prepared by e. A. Levin metro s planning director. The report stated that the planning director granted verbal permission in september 1965, allowing for the operation of a museum provided the building would continue to be used As a dwelling and that there would be no Extension of the premises or charges levied for Extension. Since the opening of the establishment in 1966 the applicant has instituted a 50-cent admission or. Levin said that a veranda has also been installed a Well As eight Large col rec lamps smaller Christmas lights and four Flag staffs with the american and British flags alongside the Canadian Flag. The Board was also informed that St. Andrews municipal Council passed a Resolution Thi month stating it could no support or. Dunlop s application. Rarely seen Wolf shot by Farmer with Only three shells and his army Rifle Farmer Gordon l. Bowser who lives on route 159, 14 Miles North of Selkirk pursued a rarely seen seven foot Long Timber Wolf last week. His first shot barely nicked the male Wolf but the second which hit somewhere near the shoulder killed the animal. Although he does a lot of Deer Hunting it was the first Wolf or. Bowser had shot. He had just returned from his part time Job driving a school bus. I was i the Back Yard when i saw him running across the Fields about 20 Yards away. I must have followed him for about a Quarter of a mile before i got my first shot. The first time i did t hit him too hard but the second time that was it. I have three cattle and i was worried he might be after one of he said. A spokesman for the provincial wildlife Branch said tuesday that it was unusual for a Timber Wolf to be found so close to civilization. Assiniboia town backs vote i. Most of 300 people at meet favor pre merger referendum by Ted Stuart an opinion poll conducted monday night among about 300 people at a town Hall meeting sponsored by the Assiniboia chamber of com Merce indicated the majority favored a referendum on the proposed St James Assiniboia merger. The poll also indicated most of he people at the Mee Drig held in Arthur Oliver school Assini Boia wanted More information on the amalgamation before a referendum was held. The crowd of about 300 was landed sheets of paper posing the following yes no questions do you feel you have sufficient information to deter mine whether or not amalgamation is desirable would you like More con Crete facts made available to you if you were a w a r e of All the facets of amalgamation would you then like a vote on the matter an unofficial count towards the close of the meeting showed most people answered no to the first question and yes to the last two. The poll tended to support the Assiniboia chamber s Contention that the amalgamation should be deferred until after the provincial boundaries commis Sion has reported its recommendations for greater Winni Peg and until the question has been Sam fitted to a Public referendum. _ speakers at the meet ing were Assiniboia councillors Morton h. Nemy and Cam 3. J. Mager. Goun. Nemy spoke enthusiastically for the amalgamation scheme which Calls for creation of Manitoba s second largest City by january 1969. Coun. Mager. Advised a go until the matter can be studied More thoroughly. J coun. Mager t is the Only Assiniboia councillor who voted against the merger plan feb. 23 when the question was formally put to the municipal Council. Mayor William j. Turner and the entire Assiniboia Council were invited Tov attend the chamber s Public meeting but it least weeks Council meeting passed a motion declining tie invitation. F the Council declared in a letter to the chamber that it is the wrong time for open discus Sion of the matter there is much serious negotiation to be completed before amalgamation can be simple St. Vital police j a Row still rumbles the strife Over what s to be done in the St. Vital police department lingers on. St. Vital City Council last month demanded and received the resignation of chief con stable Edmund Stanley. Another member of the Force patrol sergeant John while was first suspended and later demoted to the rank of Constable Over an incident at the St. Vital hotel. Monday night s St. Vital coun cil meeting saw Alderman d. E. Honeyman chairman of Council s police committee offer his resignation from that Post i the interests of peace and Harmony on the Council. Nobody took him up on his offer. Aldermen Honeyman and Florence Pierce make personal attacks on each other. A decision to confirm or. While s re appointment to the police Force Over the opposition of mayor Jack Hardy. Aid. Pierce said she agreed with Aid. Honeyman that she wanted peace and Harmony on the Council. But that self styled sacrifice you want to make she was referring to Aid. Honeyman s offer to resign As chairman of the police committee i Don t intend to buy it at the Price of honesty integrity and she repeated her accusations that in handling the affair the Way they did Aid. Honeyman and the majority of Council had swept the dust behind the she said that in the last four municipal elections in the City she had topped the polls every time and that other aldermen just got in on the Transfer of my votes and my second Choice she took her vote Gettins ability As an indication that the people of St. Vital wanted municipal business to be con ducted not in camera and not in Aid. Honeyman replied that Aid. Pierce s High position at the polls was probably due to her playing publicity to the Best of her he said was apparently very familiar with the motto that any publicity is better than no p Aid. Pierce also said decision to lift the suspension of from the police Force taken in a closed committee meeting had to be ratified by Council As a whole according to the municipal act. Council agreed to confirm the re appointment of or while to the Force As a Constable on Aid Pierce s suggestion Over opposition by mayor Hardy. Mayor Hardy said he wanted to wait until a reply was received provincial attorney general department which had received Marfull report on the incident at the St. Vital hotel or while. E. K. Vetoes i Grant to 5 Howard group East. Kildonan City Council voted in favor of a finance committee recommendation Mon Day to refuse a Grant this year to the John Howard and Elife Beth Fry society. The group which has never received a Grant from the City had made a request. Alderman William h. In Vulje said he was concerned Council was following views of Mayir Steve Juba of Winnipeg and magistrate Isaac sice in deny ing a Grant. Both have recently criticized the society. On the finance com Mittee recommendation d in d agree request from the victorian order of nurses Berger shines in festival finale by Lesley Foster Matt bans have seen Many things at the Winni Peg auditorium but those who Haven t seen the Mani Toba music festival finale have missed something. The finale presents the finest Talent selected from the thousands of Young people who have competed in hundreds of classes. Monday evening was the 50th such final concert. It is to see As Well As hear. The concert s main Pur pose is to present Art attractive program representative of the entire Festi Val one of the oldest and most successful in the world. Monday night featured artists at various stages of their careers. It May have been just the beginning for 17-year-old Diane Berger this year s Rose bowl win Ner. Dressed in an elegant Blue gown she captivated the audience with Debussy s air de Lia from l infant Digue. A Young beginner was Lorraine Stromme the Best Folk Singer the program informed us under 11 years old. A Beautiful Little girl she Sang Little Willie with the voice of a mature woman. Angus Mckay school choir Winner of Public school suburban Competition grades 1 to 6, Sang a love song to the Spring wind flawlessly. It was t an evening for counting mistakes. If there was fault to be found it was in the predict ability of the choral music which continues to sound As if it were picked by some body s Maiden aunt. Winni Peg has always been noted for vocal Talent but on formal occasions always to be restricted to comfortable polite music. The Kelvin graduates choir Winner of the Golden boy and lord Tweedsmuir trophies were rightfully Given the climatic closing place in the program. Its unaccompanied Fourt part harmonic treatment of Vecchi s sing sing a song for me brought the highest fort of appreciation a moment s silence. Instrumentally the music was powerful and the greater Winnipeg schools symphony played William Tell overture by Rossini so expertly that one gentleman observed i Don t know whether or not the school tax i pay has but i Hope so. They sound the most novel music came from the technical vocational handball ring ers who did two songs by Mozart and Gluck with Bells that produced sounds some where Between a mild caril Lon and a. Music Box. The performance was an inter Lude of Tranquillity. The entire evening was a fitting Celebration of the festival s Golden anniversary ;