Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 28, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Coffee Bre by Bill Trebilcox foot power9 boosters in March there s no doubt about who owns the stage at the Centennial concert Hall for the next 10 Days it s an artist by name of Harry Belafonte. I be never been a Belafonte recording fan but in person each song becomes a performance Complete with acting and Belafonte knows his audience. His opening i night performance to a sellout House is reviewed elsewhere in the paper but from his first number Rock Island line through spirituals jazz and Calypso. The audience was his. He did t tall to the audience until he d done about four numbers he did t have to. In a Light hearted Welcome to the people present or. Belafonte said a Blue Law experience with sunday dry Edmonton plus his experience with the affidavit you have to sign to make a liquor Purchase in Winnipeg had made him swear off drinking. Incidentally there Are lots of tickets available for the nightly performances sunday and monday. The Box office at the concern Hall will open at 4 . Both Days. The prices Are admittedly High but if you have the Money it s More than Worth . It in t without reason that California is known As the nut capital of the world. And the term has nothing to do with the production of hard shelled products it refers to the collection of of addicts self styled mystics and hippies who have gathered therel possibly it s the Balmy breezes that waft in from the Pacific that account for it and that May also explain some of the eccentrics who live on our own West coast. Most readers will recall the Case of the tipping Parrot in Victoria b.c., that was willed a Home lifetime Supply of grog and expenses of a servant to pour the daily drinks. The courts upheld the will and friends of our feathered friends will be pleased to know Polly is still alive Well into the sauce every Day and not about to die from cirrhosis of the liver. Meanwhile other potential heirs to the estate including the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals Are watching the estate drop lower in the bottle by the Day. Latest interesting inhabitant of Victoria to attract the attention of that not so staid City is a retired English gentleman. Tired of the problems associated with maintain ing his Large Home he disposed of All his furniture and moved into a simple one room the front Lawn. Unable to dispose of his China he broke it All with the exception of a cup and plate. And you guessed it he broke his Lone plate one Day. He then purchased a single tin plate which he kept mis laying. He has now the Ideal solution he s nailed the plate to his table so he always knows where it is no doubt there Are some dish weary housewives who will argue that he s not eccentric we Are the parents sports Booster club for Elmwood High school sponsored another one of those Heel and toe events that have become so popular for raising funds following the Success of the first local Miles March last year. They raised and have already put the Money to Good use. Scholarships of were awarded to Bette to Fox and Lucie Marco each went to David Thompson school and Elmwood High school for football equipment and another went to the Elmwood High band. Bands and majorettes were very much a part of the recent election Campaign locally and one group of Youthful twirlers that added color to several events was the East Kildonan rhythm Ette corps. The 33 girls their five drummers and five chaperone will Likely enjoy a performance they re giving at the bus depot at 10 . Thursday More than most. It heralds their departure on a trip to Disneyland Liat will take in Banff and Lake Louise in route. They return Home via the grand Canyon and Salt Lake City. Mrs. Kay Bowcott whose daughter is one of the twirlers tells me they raised the Money for the trip themselves with a variety of projects Over the past year. There s a cryptic note in the current Issue of the Winnipeg Public Library s staff notes the Library would like to know who keeps stealing their Book on the criminal code of Canada. Some Crook no doubt Osborne River 453-3222 Portage Simcoe 774-2471 a14 St. James Street opposite Polo Park 786-6891 Umbi Esso car clinic weather report synopsis valid until Midnight saturday scattered showers and a few thunderstorms occurred Over the Eastern Prairies thursday night and More will develop again this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures Over Southeastern Manitoba will Rise to nearly 80 this afternoon but cooler air has already spread into Western regions and readings will remain in the 60s in Alberta today. This cooler air will work its Way eastward saturday and below Normal temperatures Are indicated for the remainder of the weekend. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures for today forecast mainly Cloudy today with scattered showers and thundershowers until after Midnight. Continuing a Little cooler saturday with scattered showers and a risk of thundershowers during the afternoon and evening. Winds South at-15 to 25 m.p.h., shifting to West at is by late afternoon and becoming West at 20 saturday. Overnight Low for Winnipeg and Gimli 50 and High saturday 70. Temperatures for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Friday Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora Max. Min pre. 65 70 71 85 62 72 78 74 51 41 42 51 56 54. Is 57 .07 .01 .37 to. .02 .57 .16 Max. Ottawa 61 Toronto 69 Montreal 63 Halifax. 67 Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York 58 82 .68 70 61 min 50 53 50 46 57 73 60 50 58 pre. 1.17 .04 .41 by .60 to. Temperature comparisons june 27 last year Normal Max. Min. Mean 77.6 52.5 65.1 79.2 52.7 66.0 75.4 53.8 64.6 highest on record in 1910 lowest on record 34.6 in 1875 St. Lucia Man leads maps vips by Bill Wigle Winnipeg gained advocates of foot Power among political and business Lead ers thursday night. About 75 people walked the full five mile distance in. An adult version of. The Miles for millions March. Included were maps elect Joseph Guay Stanley Knowles e. B. Osier and James Richardson All win ners in tuesday night s Federal election. In the business and professional contingent of the mini March were j. Duncan Edmonds chairman of the Manitoba association for world development Spon sors of the March Fred Erick w. Hamilton the assistance to the president of Manitoba Pool elevators Peter Mclintock executive editor of the free press Arthur Leach and James Downey of the fort Garry school division. The marchers gathered at 7 . On the Steps of the legislative building and were soon off on their trek led by the Charleswood collegiate pipe band whose drummers set a Lively Pace. But Speed was not an objective for these March ers. As James Richardson my elect for Winnipeg South said i m not run Ning in any races for a while. Tonight i m walk in Flie forefront of the March carrying a Miles for millions Banner was a representative of the people who benefited from last month s massive March. He was Raymond Louise a native of the poverty Stric Ken Island of St. Lucia. While the participants made their Way Over the Osborne Bridge Down River Avenue and Wellington Crescent a Large crowd was gathering at Assiniboine Park to cheer them and witness a ceremony Hon Oring the marchers and sponsors who plodded against poverty last month. Trophies were presented to the Junior High school and High school with the largest turnout for the March. Nordale Junior High took the award in its class and Churchill High school with 46 per cent of its student body participating in the May Marathon was the Winner among High schools. When the adult marchers arrived at 9 . Or. Louise a d a r e s s e d the crowd. I am very much touched and he said in offering his thanks to the people of Manitoba for their concern with the plight of his Homeland. He led a chorus of three cheers for All those who contributed to the raised by Miles for millions. Before departing for Home or. Richardson took an Opportunity to Chat with or. Louise. I think we re going to find a much stronger relationship Between Canada and the Caribbean in the said or. Richard son and i m quite certain we will be seeing More of each other As a Miles to March 5 Raymond Louise a res ident of the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia travelled almost Miles to walk five Miles in Winnipeg. Or. Louise who is an adviser to the Manitoba association for world development organizers of last month s Miles for millions March joined in thursday s mini March and ceremony at Assiniboine Park or. Louise runs a Small cafeteria in the slums of Castries capital of St. Lucia. He often dispenses free food to those who cannot afford to pay and he spends much of his time working voluntarily w it h charitable and educational associations. He and his wife Theresa Are the founders and leaders of the native run family planning Centre. Or. And mrs. Louise have adopted eight children found in the streets of Castries. He also said he would be working closely with the teen age work Camp to be set up on St. Lucia in August by the Manitoba association for world development. The Young people will be helping to solve the Island s health and Sanita Tion problems. Or. Louise left Winnipeg at noon Friday. Maps vips All plodder against poverty Winnipeg free press by Carrier 50c per week Friday june 28, 1968 authorized As 2nd class m Ottawa and for payment in by the . Of postage in dept., Cash. Mac to go modern new building s estimated Cost million plans for the Mani Toba theatre Centre Promise to provide citizens with one of the most modern theatre and workshop complexes in North America says de Veillet its general manager to be built on Square feet of land in the main Street Centennial Complex the million two Storey building will open its doors to audiences in the fall of 1969. The 800-s eat theatre and workshops Are being built by architects w a i s m a n Ross Blanc Stein Coop Gillmore Hahn. Albert Cohen outgoing presi Dent of the Centre said at the annual meeting thursday night the conveniences of the new concert Hall will make the coming season an exceptional a Good speaking to about 100 people a the hotel fort Garry or. Cohen said tickets for the new season Are already being sold in Quantity More than to Date. And giving his presidential report for the 10th year of the lie atre Centre s existence or. Cohen said profits this year were we consider that is has been a very successful season. Despite the stiff compe Ilion for the entertainment Dollar because of the Centennial year and other projects our attendance figures were Well maintained our Dollar volume and ticket sales were up contributions amounted t o More than this year last year. Elected president. For the coming year was Marjorie Ohnston past executive vice resident. Mrs. Johnston is the first woman president of the theatre Centre. Other officers elected thurs Day night were vice president if production Ron vice president of Public relations Don Mcgiverin vice president if sales and promotion Bob Braham vice president of ways and Means Hugh Cooper. Dora Luckhurst was named ice president of schools and studies. Jack Phillip is Secretary for he next year with Bill Rennie As treasurer and professor j. 0. Turner chairman of the building Ommittee. Free press meetings the Cutty Sark club Winnipeg watch will meet at 8 . Monday in the Board room of the free press building. Photo by Gerry Cairns to a am with love. For Grade 4, student1 Bill Lyons of Laura Secord school it s All Over for the summer. For his teacher Ruth Mcknight it s All Over. After 38 years of watching Little boys grab baseball gloves and leave for the summer and Little girls take their skipping ropes Home miss Mcknight is retiring. Bill might have been in a hurry to get his Ball Glove but that s not a Ball he s hiding behind his . And of yes Bill passed into Grade 5. Church gives Basic o k to million Complex the congregation of fire gutted St. Stephens Broadway United Church thursday night approved in principle the idea of developing an estimated million real estate Complex on the Church s historic Broadway site Between Kennedy and Edmonton streets. The proposal presented by Rev. Matthew Stevenson and members of the Board of trustees to a congregational meeting in the Hall at Young United Church Broadway and Furby Street Calls for a new one Storey c h u r. C h building flanked on one Side by a 26 Storey apartment Block and a car parking building on the other. The first two floors of the apartment building could be devoted to Church offices. The other floors would each contain 10 suites. An outdoor swimming Pool might be constructed on the roof of the parking building to be located at the Broadway Kennedy Corner of the 260-by 130-foot property. The ground floor of the parking building could be rented to a Bank a Trust company a travel Agency and several shops. The project would be financed with a mortgage at about nine per cent amortized Over 30 years some assets the congregation now has including roughly Money from the fire and approximately congregation would have to raise. Revenue from the rental of the Church owned apartment Block was estimated at a year. All but five of the More than 200 persons present voted in favor of spending up to to investigate the economic feasibility of the scheme. If proceeded with the com plex would be half a dozen similar Church developed projects in the world the Only other in Canada said to be that of St. James uni Ted Church in Montreal. But the authorities of St. Stephen s Broadway stressed the proposal is Only an idea at this stage. Other solutions might be found to solve the problems created when fire ravaged the historic downtown Winnipeg landmark earlier this year. Since the Blaze the congregation members of the 63-year-old Church have Wor shipped in y 6 u n g United Church. Or. Stevenson announced at the meeting that the trustees of St. Stephens Broadway had participated in what he termed very healthy and Hearty discussions with officials of both Young United and All saints anglican churches in Case two or All of the congregations might try some ecumenical Experiment or other. All downtown Winnipeg churches Are experiencing difficulties adapting traditional forms of Church organization to the needs of the City Centre and several congregations will prob ably be phased out in the relatively near future officials said. However St. Stephen s Broadway could t very Well enter into closer Liaison with any other Church or churches until its own plans had jelled he said. Or. Stevenson was loudly applauded when he said he Felt the congregation shared his View that their Mission was to remain downtown carrying the gospel to those in need. Later he got a standing ovation when or. W. G. Martin former minister of St. Stephen s Broadway paraphrased the gospel in tribute to or. Steven son s ministry since the fire there War a Man sent from god to St. Stephens Broadway who came to Bear with us. His name was Matthew Road safety pushed group urges 5 govt. Form Public Board greater Road safety was the predominant 1 theme of policy state ments and resolutions i passed this week by the annual meeting of t the Canadian Auto Mobile association at the hotel fort Garry. A key Resolution Calls upon Federal and provincial govern ments to bring into operation at the earliest practical time the Public advisory Board on i Gvay safety. Was proposed by the Federal transport minister in n 1 House of commons last october. Its purpose would be to encourage and co ordinate All worthy agencies in Highway safety programs provide them i with technical and financial assistance act As a House for research and information. On Highway safely and to encourage and underwrite Way safety education in Cana another Resolution urges the provincial governments to Zelop uniform Driver Tion and licensing systems. Under their jurisdictions the provinces Are also urged to Institute compulsory motor vehicle the Canadian government is asked to take Steps with the provinces toward an integrated system of Naer in Canada and2 to work out the financial i arrangements involved. A related Resolution Calls for the trans Canada Highway to i be designated As Highway no. All across Canada. The2 West it is currently known As no. 1, Ontario has it As no. 17 and further East it is no. 2. Regarding the controversial breathalyzer the reiterates its endorsement compulsory breath tests to i determine blood alcohol level with fitting penalties if Al Driver refuses to take the test. But an automatic and criminal record the association believes in t a fitting j penalty for refusal to submit to the test. A great number of policy statements which reflect Basic association positions but Don t urge anything were also i passed. One such statement favors the elimination of level railway Crossings on highways Andt another opposes any Roadway toll charges. The association is of the opinion that freeways con trolled Access divided highways should be included and emphasized in programs dealing with Urban transportation along with improvement of main arteries and thoroughfares. Plans for Apt. Set a plan for a 600-suite apart ment Block in North Between the red River whellams Lane Essar Avenue and Mcleod Creek partially located on land listed As a flood Plain was dampened thursday night in metro Council by metro s planning director. The Riverview Heights land development co. Ltd. Owns the 24-acre property and wants it rezoned from residential Agri cultural property which forbids apartment blocks to Multi family residential which would enable the construction of a proposed High Rise apartment Block. However e. A. Levin plan Ning director said metro s development plan does t allow for any development of the property because it is subject to flooding. He said there were three problems i providing adequate serv ices for the proposed High density area and he told metro Council there was no doubt who would be expected to provide those services. P traffic problems which would result from an additional 600 families using local roads. The danger of flooding. Councillor Charles r. Huband noting that the proposed development would partly take place on a flood Plain said the development company is at tempting to make a piece of land which is substandard into an a classification by obtaining our approval to its Council voted to table the matter for a More detailed report from metro s administration ;