Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Another View by John Robertson i was heeling and toeing it through the zoo that s the free press City room yesterday afternoon when i heard this shuffling noise behind me and a Raspy Brogue shouting Johnny my boy Johnny Johnny it was Scotland s answer to Jimmy Durante the High priest of Haggis Ville Scotty Harper. His eyes danced mischievously and his Knobby Little shoulders seemed a trifle More erect than usual. It s my birthday Johnny he said. Scotty is 80 years old today born in 1888, Johnny and feeling in the i grabbed a gnarled hand and pumped it gently and wished him at least 20 More. And i went Back to my typewriter cursing the thoughtlessness which would allow All of us in the zoo to let such a Milestone pass unnoticed. The Scot was busting the buttons on his nubby Tweed sports jacket As he made the rounds shaking hands with both old friends and new. Soon the word got around and the gang one by one began meandering Over to congratulate him. Eighty years old and still taking the Long bus ride from his Norwood Home to Alexander Park almost nightly to cover his beloved soccer games. The lingers move More slowly on the typewriter now sometimes unable to keep Pace with the words tumbling out of his still agile mind. His footsteps also have trouble keeping Pace with his Mammoth scottish heart but he always gets there always on time and always with the enthusiasm of a cub reporter that makes Veteran newspapermen half his age wince in disbelief. Looking at Scotty Day after Day i wonder if he in t in heaven already in his own mind. He shuffles into the office gripping a piece of battered copy paper As if it were the holy grail. If some late scores come in Over the wire he dutifully carries them up s. 12-foot circular stairway to the composing room with the beaming Pride of a Queen s messenger. I remember almost 10 years ago while working on Smith. Street when it was Rny Job to work against Scotty on the Curling beat. Vince Leah and i used to double team him. And Jaxon Matheson would pitch in at Bonspiel time. But an army of Mere mortal sportswriters could not have kept Pace . He used to visit More clubs see More games write More people s names and win More friends than the entire Manitoba Curling association slate of officers. It two teams got together to play for the bean championship in some Remote outpost Scotty Harper was the first one at the rink the last one to leave and the Guy who everyone else including the Competition paper used to pester for the final result. His scottish sense of frugality saved the free press thousands of dollars during his years on the beat. At Brier Curling competitions other people spilled More than he spent. I remember one time when Stew Macpherson and i checked into a hotel room in Melita Man., with the Scot in Tow. The desk clerk told us our double room would Cost or apiece. But when Scotty asked for a single the rate was or 25 cents More. Harper was aghast. Maybe i can find another he said. Macpherson and i headed to our room to and when we emerged minutes later Scotty was trundling Down the Hall chuckling Nice Man in there fellas Nice Man. He gave me the room for the Curling and Golf fraternities will never be Able to repay the Scot for the relentless and unselfish dedication he has Given to these sports Over the years. He was always there clapping the backs of the winners commiserating with the losers and scribbling endless notes on a Mountain of copy paper. He knew everybody in every Hamlet and even if he did to they All knew him and were flattered that he would treat them like old pals. I remember going to him at one Rural Bonspiel and brandishing a Telephone directory under his nose and shouting into his hearing Aid i be got you this time Haggis. I m running the whole bloody phone Book name by but you could never beat Harper. You could Only join him and Hope that some of his enthusiasm rubbed off. He is easily the most unforgettable character i be Ever met in the newspaper Dodge a Monument to what All of us should be when it comes to living the game Day after Day. Happy birthday Haggis. There will always be room at the inn for you. Teen project a Challenge Cut your apron strings and stand on your own feet by helping others that s the c h a 11 e no a project Christopher offers teen agers says Rev. J o h n Brayley founder of the teen age peace corps organization. Father Brayley in Winnipeg to Greet member volunteers of project Christopher who Are arriving Here from the United states and Canada said monday at a press conference in the chamber of Commerce building that project Christopher in t a holding hands the volunteers must find their own work and accommodation in the communities they Are serving he said. The volunteers Are holding their training Camp this year at St. John s Cathedral boys school in Selkirk. On july 8 they will be leaving for their assign ments which could Post them in almost any needy area in North America. The non denominational organization which expects More than 120 volunteers to take the course in Selkirk is dedicated to a summer of sharing living and Loving among people who need help. Canadian volunteers Are expected to pay j toward the Cost of their food and transportation which accounts for most of the expenses and american volunteers who Don t have the Benefit of. A government Grant similar to that awarded to project Christopher in Canada must pay but financial considerations Are no Barrier to membership said father Brayley. The teen agers Are to leave Winnipeg thursday to begin their training program in Sel Kirk. They will reassemble aug. 16 at Bethlehem South Dakota to hold a reunion and evaluation session to discuss their projects. Project Christopher was founded in 1959 by father Brayley in Montreal. Winnipeg free press by Carrier soc per week tuesday june 25, 1968 authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Dept., Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. _ i Manl sphere i a civic Day tuesday a drifters Arena . Danny Sailor velodrome . Livestock Parade velodrome . Vet scope surgery Arena . Horse show velodrome teen band free stage . Indian powwow Indian Village . Steiner Brothers free stage . A drifters Arena . Danny Sailor velodrome . Entertainment free stage . Indian powwow Indian Village . Vet scope surgery Arena . Steiner Brothers free stage . Commercial exhibits close Arena . Attendance draw free stage armed forces wednesday noon Gates open . Commercial exhibits open Arena . Beer Garden inside opens Arena . Royal american shows Midway . A drifters Arena . Vet scope surgery Arena . Beer Garden outside opens East Arena parking . Indian powwow Indian Village . A drifters Arena . Danny Sailor velodrome . Horse velodrome . Vet scope surgery Arena . Teen band free stage . Indian powwow Indian Village . Steiner Brothers free stage . A drifters Arena . Danny Sailor velodrome . Armed forces program free stage . Vet scope surgery Arena . Indian powwow Indian Village . Steiner Brothers free stage . Commercial exhibits close Arena . Attendance draw free stage . Beer gardens close Arena and parking area automobile men favor breath test Interior of Regent Park pharmacy after tuesday fire Osborne it River 453-3222 Portage Simcoe 774-2471 614 St. James Street opposite Polo Park 786-6891 Esso car clinic 9.95 weather report my Msj up forecast sunny except for a few afternoon Cloudy periods today and wednesday. A Tittle warmer. Winds Light. Overnight Low for Winnipeg 45 and High wednesday 70. Temperatures for the -24-hour period which ended at 6 . Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora Max. Min. Pre. 72 57 68 45 .72 52 65 43 42 42 64 o4 63 72 62 42 47 45 Ottawa Toronto Montreal 69 81 54 59 58 Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York 89 72 68 63 59 68 pre. .02 .01 .02 .04 1.42 .03 .08 june 24 last year Normal temperature Max. Min. Mean 62.9 41.9 52.4 72.2 37.0 54.6 74.8 53.2 64.0 comparisons i highest on record 98.2 in 1912 lowest on record i 33.b in 1958 Moo damage in fire Transcona firemen battled an Early morning Blaze in the Regent Park shopping Centre for three hours before bringing it under control. Damage has been estimated at least witnesses said the fire broke out around . Monday and appeared to Start in the roof at the rear of the Regent Park pharmacy which was completely gutted before spreading to the Reward shoe store Adja cent to it. The witnesses said the fire Wall Between the Woolworth store and the pharmacy saved the store from going up in flames too although it suffered considerable smoke damage. The Transcona denture clinic in the basement of the Wool Worth store reportedly received Only slight water damage. Smoke and water damage was also reported in Transcona television ltd., two doors away from the pharmacy. One firefighter Alex Klatt a Transcona policeman Over come by smoke was taken to the St. Boniface Hospital. He was treated but not detained. The shoe store had some fire damage in the roof at the rear of the building and the inside sustained extensive smoke and water with the Stock floating in the puddles of water inside the store some finding its Way out to the parking lot. Gordon Cohen owner of the pharmacy estimated his loss at More than he said had recently been spent to remodel the store and that in Stock and in fixtures had been destroyed in . Dick Vanderdoes. Manager of the. Reward shoe store said he expected the store s loss to be less than no estimate was available for the store or denture clinic. About 20 Volunteer fire fighters made up of policemen and men drawn from a list of volunteers fought with the use of two pumper trucks. The Blaze was out at 2 one witness said Early in the fire 10 youths pitched in to help the firemen get hoses into the Back of the store in order to i contain . Cause of the was unknown but the provincial fire commissioner s office has been called in to investigate. Political football charge Strong plea for Winaka charges that St. Boniface City Council is using children to play political football May add to the City s 1969 budget. And they have convinced the City s Parks Board to have one More look at its Community club priorities. Making a political football out of one child anywhere will bestow the same Fate on All w. S. Budel trea surer of the Winaka Community club told Council Mon Day. The decision to place win Akwa third on the list of priorities for Community club construction was called a com plete reversal of an earlier list unanimously that another of priorities and was placing the recreation of a Large portion of St. Boniface children in grave jeopardy he said. The loss of one year of hockey to a boy will have an irreparable effect on his sports ability and future and an inadequate amount of practice time will adversely affect his current development. We should like you gentle men to realize that Winaka caters to More than half the children of St. or. Budel s request for a special meeting of the Parks Board at . Wednesday was granted. In addition Council voted 5-mile mini March backed local Community leaders Are expected to be out in Force thursday to support a coalition of the generations by participating in a five mile mini March says Pat Mooney executive director of the recent Miles for millions March. Among those who have pledged to March Are agriculture minister Harry j. Enns Liberal Leader Gil Mol Gat new democratic party candidate Stanley Knowles Liberal candidate mayor James Richardson Joseph Guay of St. Boniface and Liberal candidate e. B. Osier. Nip candidate Harry Shafransky is to be on hand. Mayor Harry Fuller of trans Cona will join the March along its route. Gordon Beard la for Churchill constituency wrote his regrets to the March organizers but offered a mile if Premier Walter Weir of Manitoba would go the distance carrying a sign supporting Northern development. Or. Mooney said about 100 people Are expected to take part in the a March with Strong representation from Grain companies Canada Safeway ism Banks and several other firms. It begins at 7 . Thursday at the legislative building to the Osborne Bridge on Osborne Street to River Avenue and along River to Wellington Crescent. The March ends at Assiniboine Park. Added to the 1969 budget. Could however be voted out by next year s Council or. Budel s plea for the club was made he said on behalf of the people who use its facilities and Are straining the club s seams. Accommodate an officials of the Canadian automobile association said in Winnipeg monday they strongly favor compulsory breath tests to determine a Driver s blood alcohol level. But they opposed any Law which would automatically mean conviction for a criminal of Fence if a person refuses to take a breathalyzer test when asked to do so by a police officer. At a press conference in the hotel fort Garry the chairman of the association s policy and Resolution committee if we Are to increasing demand for recreation we must have sufficient equipment and Winaka had to be first on any priority list. Macdonald Millard of Calgary said a breathalyzer Resolution embodying this View was going before delegates to the association s annual meeting tuesday and wednesday. The omnibus crime control Bill introduced during the last parliament by prime minister Trudeau then Justice minister contained a provision making it a criminal offence to refuse to we Are Short of space. We take the breath Iest he said. Especially need dressing rooms and have been pressing for them for years. Even using the Maginot Arena As one of our facilities we still cannot take care of our scheduled games let alone practices and play off games. It would be unrealistic to expect the people of oui area to put up the Money for additional space out of their own pocket after already contributing through taxes somewhere near 50 per cent of the total fund established by this City for recreation facilities and also carrying the heavy Burden of upkeep1 and maintenance of such property. Is it fair to expect a Volunteer organization tribute 80 per cent Upkeep on a municipal response to Eon of the ability we Don t oppose tax con Cessions for recreational facilities but we would expect the City to provide this Money on a basis of need first and fore the order of priority for the clubs is notre Dame recreational club Norwood Community club and then Winaka. Or. Millard and other Auto Mobile association officials indicated they Are willing to have a refusal the test used As evidence in court but not to horse show winners reception held for Slipyi a reception was held monday evening in the auditorium of the immaculate heart of Mary school for Joseph Cardinal Slipyi head of the ukrainian Catholic Church. It gave Community leaders and representatives of the ukrainian Church an Opportunity to meet the Cardinal. Earlier Cardinal Slipyi had led devotional prayers in the St. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral 115 Mcgregor Street. The route from the Cathedral to the school was lined by boy scouts and girl guides As the procession moved to the recep Tion Hall. Cardinal Slipyi showed signs Cli ild injured in Accident winners in the horse show at hemisphere 98 red River exhibition will share a total of prize Money for classes including Western gymkhana Breeding Hack walking horses american Saddle horse Pony Hunter and jumping divisions. The horse shows run nightly until the exhibition closes and afternoon shows were held sunday and monday with a further afternoon show scheduled for saturday. Winners in competitions Sun Day and monday were peeks owned by Maxine Mackereth in the line class Montenegro Ridden by Jennifer la Belle in the equitation Over jumps under 18 years Huck firm of fatigue monday evening and Ridden by Terry Campbell in the the organizers of the reception hards and seat class under u13 told those in attendance not to years run Abl. Ridden by have it the basis of a conviction in itself. A criminal record is too serious a matter to give a person just because he refuses to blow into a said one official. But if a Driver were found to be intoxicated that should go on his record As a criminal of Fence All the officials present i agreed. I just this Spring the provincial legislature placed on the statute books a Law which i j provides for the suspension of a Driver s licence for up to 90 Days if the Driver refuses to take a breathalyzer test. This Law an amendment to the Manitoba Highway traffic act is to take effect As soon As breath testing equipment and trained personnel Are available. But even when it goes into effect it will be deterrent legislation since As yet the House of commons has t considered proposed Laws which among other things would set the blood alcohol level Permis sible in a Driver. The provincial legislation makes no reference to blood alcohol Levels. The Manitoba government says that will be left to the Federal government to write into the criminal code of Canada As a uniform Means of proving impaired driving a Federal matter. Suspension of a Driver s licence under the Manitoba traffic act won t constitute an offence under the criminal code consequently someone refusing to take a breath test would to under the Manitoba Law Chalk up a criminal record for himself. Matters May change How Ever if the commons acts on the matters proposed in Bill c 195 before the House was dissolved for the Federal elec Tion. The proposals would have to be reintroduced before the new House in other areas of Highway safety the association endorses More stringent Driver and vehicle testing. F. T. Jenner of Edmonton criticized government bodies for not having suspended or refused More licences and registrations than they have. We All know a great Many people who should t be drive ask for his autograph. Pamela Waygood in the Green i jumper class King s Comet other functions to which the driven by Hugh t. Macdonald Cardinal has been invited Are i in the single heavy harness i horse class Indian summer at 4 . Tuesday a visit Ridden by Charlene Lembke in to the Canadian ukrainian the Hunter class and Root Institute pros Vita 777 Pritchard Beer Ridden by Beverly love in Avenue. The Winnipeg horseman s club at . Tuesday a to i meeting with the executive of a car pedestrian Accident late Winnipeg children s Hospital. J Yle ukrainian Canadian Corn jumper stake. Monday afternoon has sent a five year old girl to Hospital suffering a slight concussion and cuts to her forehead and Back. Winnipeg police report Cindy Haycock of 840 Grosvenor 1 Avenue is in Good condition in after being involved in an Rattee at 456 main Street Accident with a car driven by i -19, of Queenston Street. Or. Mitchell was driving East on Grosvenor Avenue Between Wentworth and Stafford streets when the Accident occurred. 1051 9 the Cardinal is due in Dauphin on thursday and at the St. Vladimir College at Roblin Man. He is to leave for Edmonton by air at . Friday. Free press meetings meetings to be held at 8 . Wednesday in the free press building Are Board room m a n i b a master Barbers association club room mental patients Wel fare association. Girl 13, fair after mishap a 13-year-old girl is reported in fair condition in Winnipeg children s Hospital with undetermined injuries following a car pedestrian collision. Charlene Dawn Marie Wersh of 846 Spruce Street was on the i East sidewalk of Ash Burn Street j Between Riddle and Wolever avenues when she was involved 1 in the Accident with the car said Winnipeg police. Police reported the car driven by Setsuko Nishimura r i 58, of 825 Winnipeg Avenue hit a parked car and bounced off before colliding with the girl. The Accident occurred at . 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