Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 4, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday june 4, 1965 Stanfield makes a pilgrimage to where it All started by Joyce Fairbairn Tryon . Staff Stanfield underwear got its Start in this peaceful Island Hamlet 112 years ago. And monday Robert Stanfield made his first pilgrimage to the site of the original family Woollen Mill As he continued his quest to become the next prime minister of Canada. There were relatives All Over the lot As the conservative Leader drove up to the Banks of the Tryon River where the foundation the old building still exists. Or. Stanfield was Given a photograph of the first Mill and local historian Brent Wood nearby Crapard traced the Saga of the family Woollen business Back to its beginnings. He even had an old spindle on hand which had been used in the first Tryon Mill. It was a Good setting for reminiscences fish jumping in the River and a Herd of cattle ambling across a nearby Field to see what was going on. In a Brief off the cuff speech the tory Leader said he had never known the Mill founder his Grandfather Charles e. Stanfield who came from the old country in 1855 and later moved the business Over to Orlikov let Down Riding Semchyshyn Cecil Semchyshyn the Liberal party candidate in Winnipeg North for the june 25 election has charged the new demo cratic party my for the Riding in the last parliament with letting the constituency Down in Urban development. He told a press conference monday that million had been earmarked for Urban development in the area but that so far none of the Federal Money had been picked up. Or. Semchyshyn said David Orlikov the nip member of House of commons for the area had done Little to urge local authorities to make use of the Federal Money. He suggested that if the Money weren t used soon other blighted areas will Likely take he said it was up to the province and metro to use the Money and that there was some responsibility that goes with the Liberal candidate also said Manitoban could soon get Baird files his paper s Vaughan Baird progressive candidate in St. Boniface for the june 25 Federal election officially filed his nomination papers with the Riding s returning officer Jean Marie do inset Mon Day afternoon. Or. Baird said he filed his papers earlier the deadline for nominations is june 10 to get the formality Over with so he could get on with his Campaign ing. A raw Deal if the current medical care insurance situation goes uncontrolled. He said the provincial govern ment should join the Federal medicare plan when it becomes effective july 1. Sees pm dividing Canada Roger Regimbal National vice president of the progressive conservative party of Canada said monday Canada would be divided within five years if prime minister Trudeau s government is re elected june 25. Or. Regimbal running for re election in the Quebec Riding of Argenteuil said Many Quebe cers Are afraid of or. Trudeau because of his rigid stand on relations with the province. The separatists recent Lull of activity since or. Trudeau was named prime minister has Quebe cers worried. There is general or. Regimbal said he was a Strong federalist who did t believe Quebec should receive special status from the Federal government. He predicted his party would pick up five additional seats in Quebec because of the Lack of Confidence shown by Quebe cers in or. Trudeau. Or. Regimbal was in Winni Peg to Campaign on behalf of St. Boniface conservative c a n d i Date Vaughan Baird. The soundest Travellin sleep Ever. 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Stanfield did remember one of his Grandfather s sayings passed Down through the family never believe in advertising a Good product Sells in a sense that is precisely the Way or. Stanfield is at tempting to guide his own Campaign. At the moment he holds All the cards on this Island and the tories have nowhere to go but Down. Prince Edward Island used to be known As the bellwether province How . Went so went the nation. However in 1965 the islanders went against the minority lib eral trend in Canada and voted conservative in All of the four Ridings. In. This election the liberals Are rumbling loudly in one seat where former my John Mullally is seeking to regain Victory. He was ousted in 1965 by tory Melvin Mcquaid who May have the tables turned on june 25. There Are rumours that former tory fisheries minister j. An Gus Maclean is in trouble in his redistributed Riding of Mal Peque. Although local liberals Are talking of a possible four seat sweep the boast has a hollow sound. Veteran to r y campaigner Heath Macquarrie and Young United Church minister David Macdonald Are running hard for re election and Trudeau am a would have to come on with a vengeance to disappoint them. All the tory candidates were on hand monday and part of today As or. Stanfield barn stormed through their Ridings sounding message. As Liis plane dropped Down through fog and rain an hour behind schedule monday it looked like a beastly Day for campaigning. But the Island organizers were philosophical and even cheerful. Or. Macdonald is engaged in one of the most interesting contests As his Liberal opponent is the brother of Premier Alex Campbell. The liberals Are eagerly awaiting a visit from or. Trudeau next week and the conservatives insist that the islanders won t buy his style of campaigning. They explained that at this time of year the so busters Are out in the Fields and there was nothing like a Good rain to bring them in for a political meeting. In the Small towns no one seemed to go in much for signs or hoopla. The Standard equipment was a Large Banner saying Wel come Bob Stanfield next prime minister of first Stop was Oleary Region Al school where or. Stanfield was flanked on the stage by his son Max former tory Premier Walter Shaw who always gets a hand and or. Macdonald who told the audience his Leader was not a talker he s a doer and a a crowd of about 650 listened quietly As or. Stanfield delivered his speech and gave him a Good round of applause at the end. Another 400 or so were on hand at Summerside Public school where a brass band blasted out 0 Canada and some Small boys held up Trudeau posters. At Kensington a smaller crowd of about 175 gathered. The tory Leader dealt briefly with regional problems and pushed his plan for a Guaran teed income to bring All canadians above the poverty line. No area had More to lose from Liberal economic mis management than the Mari times he said noting the regional unemployment level of 10.2 per cent. He received his biggest hand when he promised to implement maritime programs just As the Diefenbaker government had done during its years in office. In 1965 John Diefenbaker was enthusiastically hailed by or. Shaw As the Best Friend the Island Ever throughout the Day or. Stan Field continuously stressed the need to involve Young people in making the spirit of confederation youth he said was indispensable in tackling the prob lems of poverty. There was a new movement of determination among Young canadians he said. Rather than being told youth wants to discover rather than just receiving youth wants to make a a conservative government would encourage Young people to enlist As volunteers in activities which would help less fortunate canadians or. Stan Field said. Notice of new rates for your Manitoba Hospital services plan new Premium rates As follows have been established for your Manitoba Hospital services plan monthly single family Semi annually single family members of the armed forces and . Monthly with one dependent with More than one dependent 1958 . Started july for persons who have premiums deducted from their monthly salaries new rates will apply to the june deduction. The Premium instalment they pay in the six months from june to november will Complete payment of the Premium required for the 6 month period beginning january persons who pay a six month Premium at their municipal office will be billed at the new rate with payment due november 30, 1968. This increase in the rates you pay for your Hospital insurance has been made necessary Fay the substantial increases in the Cost of operating hospitals. Over the almost ten years that your plan has been in operation the total Cost of Hospital services has increased by yet you have been paying the same Manitoba Hospital services Premium you paid then. The new rates will help to provide the additional Money needed by Manitoba s hospitals to enable them to maintain their proud record of progressive achievement. 19s8 Hospital costs for one patient for one Day averaged Hospital costs for one patient for one Day average when the average Manitoba woman had her baby in 1958, it Cost her Hospital for the six Days she spent there. In 1968, that six Days the average Mother spends in Hospital to have i baby costs her Hospital in 1959 first full year of its the Manitoba Hospital services plan spent the sum of million a figure adequate then to keep Manitoba hospitals up to Date. Because there have been More new developments in the Field of Medicine Over the past ten than in the pre ceding one Hundred years our hospitals must be equipped to bring these benefits to Manitoban. To keep Pace with 1968 medical Stan Dards your Manitoba Hospital commission must spend million this year. Since 1958, Manitoba has engaged in a million Hospital develop ment program expanding Hospital services for Rural residents and maintaining Large Urban hospitals As centres of medical treatment teaching and research where serious cases from All Over the province May be referred. By the end of 1967, Manitoba had completed 61 Hospital building projects in Rural and Urban Manitoba. This province now has an average of Hospital Beds per thousand Popula Tion comparable with the National average. In 1959, salaries for Hospital staffs totalled million. But because our highly skilled Hospital people Are the Hospital prevailing wage Scales had to be increased yearly in an Effort to keep and attract Good people to provide the Best possible Hospital care. In 1968 salaries total Over million accounting for a full 70% of the Cost of running Manitoba hospitals. A your Manitoba Hospital commission providing Hospital services for Manitoba through your Manitoba Hospital services plan ;