Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 2, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Another View by John Robertson grand Beach the Moonlight train does t Stop Here any More but neither do Many of the roustabout like myself who used to Tumble off it to lurch around the olc1 dance Hall and ther. Cavort about the Sand Hills All night after missing the last homeward bound Rattler. The old grand Beach had gone about As far As it could go As far As brawls Beer parties and beat up buildings were concerned. Fire took care of the dance Hall and the old hotel and about the Only entertainment left was sauntering to the waterfront for a bag of sumptuous chips and watching the inevitable saturday night fights. As far As family fun was concerned the toddlers had to tip toe through the broken Beer bottles on the Beach during the Day and if you did t want your teen agers to pick up a crash course in sex education you locked them up at Sunset. But that s All changed now and in a Way it s a shame that the Moonlight train does t Stop Here any More because the Beach area now a picturesque provincial Park is one of the finest of its kind in the province. Aside from the last few Miles which is under construction it is now a pleasant hour s drive out Here from just about any Point in Winnipeg. Both the East and West beaches boast new Ever so clean rest room and changing facilities and then it s off to frolic on three Miles of debris free Sandy beaches. If you prefer to haul along a tent a camper or a trailer the camping facilities offer just about everything a family would . But while it s come a Long Way from the old grand Beach it still has a Long Way to go. There Are still a few punks who barrel Down Here in noisy hot rods looking for parties to crash and fights to Start. This May never be eliminated fully at any resort but according to Park superintendent Art Carriere several giant sized Steps have been taken in the right direction. If you re thinking of going Down to grand Beach to raise a Little hell some weekend be prepared As soon As you pull into the Park Gate to be Able to Tell officials where you Are going and whether or not you have a place to stay. And if you Are caught cruising the area in a car after 1 a .m., be prepared to be turned out. There Are no More of the old unheeded warnings just to get lost somewhere and quiet Down. Now one fight or breach of disturbing the peace earns you a night in the Pokey. Now instead of stepping on a broken Beer bottle As you enter the Park you Are greeted at a Booth by a Sweet Young thing who Sells you a daily sticker for 50 cents or a year round pass to the Park for s3. But Don t bring your dog unless you must because for obvious reasons they Are not allowed to cavort in the swimming area. Or. Carriere and his Park staff Are doing an outstanding Job of keeping the entire area Well manicured and easy to get about in and half a dozen Kemp look after the noisemakers with dispatch. The hotel compares favourably to any modern motor hotel in the Winnipeg area and it has one unique Rule which seems Ideal for stopping fights and angry drunks from turning it into a cesspool of undesirables. The hotel closes at Midnight but on. Saturday a fight started at 11 o clock and everything was shut Down. This according to the owners will be the set plan on All future evenings until the customers get the idea that they Are Only ruining a Good thing for themselves when they Start trouble. A new Golf course is under construction and All that is really left is to clean up grand Marais just outside the Park Boundary to make grand Beach a place you would t be afraid to walk downtown in any evening of the week. The Only person who has t been co operating lately to make grand Beach a better place on weekends has been the Weatherman. But at least you can spend a Rainy sunday indoors now and enjoy the Tranquillity. And Art Carriere and his staff Promise that Park facilities will be better than Ever in weeks to come. Best of All the Young tramps and hoodlums Are gradually getting the message that it also has the fastest Law enforcement in the West As far. As resorts Are concerned. Sun fails to Shaw of Fife Man sex by Dale brawn Brandon Man. Special the provincial exhibition of Manitoba under its new name of Man sex 68, got off to a wet cold and dreary Start in bran Don monday with the annual travellers Day Parade ironically billed As the wheat City s Sunshine Parade setting the Pace for the whole Day s activity. Man sex 68 runs from monday to saturday with most of the activity during the week centred around either agriculture and livestock events or the Ever popular Midway attractions. The Parade was the signal for the Start of the provincial exhibition and was again billed As one of the week s biggest and most gala affairs. Starting at 11 . The two mile Long Parade wound its Way through Brandon streets for two hours. The bitter cold and Early morning rain did t seem to either Cool or Dampen the enthusiasm of those taking part but it did Little to excite the crowds that thronged to the Parade route. More than 19 marching bands participated. There also were several majorette corps countless an Tique cars clowns fire engines floats horses and grandstand Headliner Rex Allen. Despite the fact that Monr Day s Parade had the largest operating budget in the Parade s history it did t thrill Many of the thousands of Brando nites. One american Man visiting relatives in Brandon was asked what he thought of the Start of Man sex 68. Man i be seen better parades Cut through Back Yard on their Way Home from rain made the rest of Domin Ion Day at the sex just As miserable for the few Hardy fair goers who did manage to Wade through the water and mud to see what the exhibition had to offer. Beginning sunday and lasting until 6 . Monday the rain Hall left the exhibition grounds a sea of mud. The Small tractor trains which carry fair goers a r our d the fail grounds were almost fully stopped most of monday due to the water filled pot holes. Horticulture poultry cattle and 4-h events on despite the cold As did the Light horse show and judging of commercial cattle. Also on display monday wins the exhibition s new Man sex building holding for the first time most of the fair s com Mercial displays instead of sheep and Swine As in the past. The remainder of the com Mercial displays Are located on the opposite Side of the grounds in the Trade fair building. Despite the weather however hundreds of Western Manitoban crowded into the grandstand to see Manitoba Premier Walter Weir officially open the 1968 exhibition. Comedian George Gobel takes Over the grandstand thursday to saturday. 453-3222 Portage it Simcoe 774-2471 614 St. James Street opposite Polo Park 786-6891 weather report synopsis valid until Midnight wednesday sunny skies Are general throughout the this morning although i few thundershowers developed in Northern Alberta. The sunny weather will continue for the next Day or two across the Prairies with tempera Tures ranging from the Low 70s in Manitoba to the Low 80s in Alberta. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures today Omaha. Chicago thunderstorms Dan Vuk jew vision san Antonio 03 new Orleans forecast sunny except for some afternoon cloudiness today and wednesday. Risk of a Thunder Shower wednesday afternoon. Little change in tempera Ture. Winds Light. Low tonight for Gimli and Winnipeg 40, High wednesday 70. Temperatures for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Tuesday Vancouver 77 Calgary. 70 Edmonton 74 Regina. Max. Min. Pre Brandon the Pas Winnipeg fort William Kenora 59 67 41 62 57 56 43 45 37 40 45 43 43 43 .04 .05 .10 Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York Max. Min. Pre. 90 84 82 66 81 86 67 67 96 59 60 58 60 65 79 59 52 79 .08 Winnipeg free press by Carrier soc per week tuesday july 2, 1968 authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Dept., Ottawa and for payment of postage in Cash. Arson feared in fires arson suspected in Blaze at this vacant House five killed in weekend accidents two dead in Road mishap fourteen people injured Dominion da5 weekend accidents in Manitoba claimed five lives this year two fewer than last year s Holiday weekend. Four people Are reported missing on Lake Winnipeg and 14 others were injured in mishaps. Man wife injured in fire temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean High St on record july 1 41.0 47.3 54.2 in. 1886 last year 69.8 49.5 59.7 lowest on record Normal 76.2 .54.8 34.8. In 1939 the Winnipeg fire department aspects arson in two sunday tires. The fires at 735 Sherbrook Street and City lumber co. 618 Dufferin Avenue were both extinguished almost immediately. No one was Hurt. A fire department spokesman Savici monday the Sherbrook fire started about 5 . In a vacant House and demolished the Walls ceiling and roof. He said firemen believe it was started by children playing with matches in the House. The lumber Yard fire broke out at 7 . At the East and West ends of a shed in the Yard. The building about 150 feet Long was damaged at both ends firemen said. There was a possibility of vandalism Here too. The provincial fire commissioner s office was investigating. Two to teach in Africa for is unifier i two greater Winnipeg area teachers will teach in Africa this summer under a Canadian teachers federation program designed to assist teachers in developing countries. Ruth j. Martinussen of the adult education Centre will teach. English at the teachers College in Usami Ghana while Clarence Swainson of Garden City collegiate in West Kildonan will teach at Kenyatta College in Nairobi. They will leave Winnipeg july 10 for a three Day orientation course in Fredericton n.b., followed by the trip to Africa. They will return in Early september. The teachers will be working under ctr s project overseas which began As project Africa but was expanded this year through a Canadian external Aid office Grant to include african West Indian and asian coun tries. Fire May have been set in this shed Young Christian workers talks set for Montreal the Jeunesse. Qty oriere Chretian the French speaking Sec Tion of an International organization known As Young Christian workers will hold a Carrefour Crossroads 69 to Complete a four stage plan of action during the coming year. A projected attendance of is set for the meeting of Young unmarried workers in Montreal next May. The decision was taken at the three Day 33rd National Conven Tion which ended monday at tended by 150 delegates from new Brunswick Quebec on Tario and Manitoba in the St. Boniface cultural Centre. According to National presi Dent Yves Nantel the organizer Tion works As a group to make known the problems and arguments of the Young workers. Hubert Gauthier president of the St. Boniface group said they were definitely aware of a potential political Power but the. Group remained apolitical. The purpose was to instruct the membership in All aspects of Canadian life including economics and politics then let personal affiliations be made. They Are definitely not separatists he said. The atmosphere of the convention bore out his words. Interest was focused on How to function within this society rather than How to divert the politically. Functions of the organization include finding housing for workers providing social outlets and exposing them to cultural and recreational facilities. Affiliation with any Christian Church is philosophical rather than structural. According to or. Gauthier this National convention included a reassessment of previous years methods. Donald Cloutier 16, of 19 Campeau Street St. Norbert. Marianne Gong Opol 57, of 171 Lilac Street. Lome Norde 17 of Steep Rock Man. Lloyd Gabbs 21, of Hilbrie Man. Nick Nakoneczny 71, of Dau Phin Man. Ramp were continuing search operations tuesday for four persons in a 38-foot boat last seen sunday night. Ramp say the Cabin of the Craft was found at Patricia Beach near the South end of Lake Winnipeg monday morn ing. They believe the vessel broke in a severe storm. A can Adian forces air search slated to begin Early monday was delayed until later in the Day by 60p.h. Winds in the area. See further details Page 1 fort Garry police report or Cloutier was killed at 9 . Saturday night in a two car collision on tra pistes Road and Waverley Street St. Norbert. His two passengers Patricia Muir 18, of lot 65, Waverley Street and Richard Westendorf 17, of lot 85 Villeneuve Boule Vard St. Norbert were reported in fairly Good condition monday night in Grace general Hospi Tal. The Man identified by police As the Driver of the other car Robert Rousseau of la Salle Man. Was not injured. Investigations into the cause of the Accident Are still under Way police report. A. Two car collision on High Way .1, i Miles East had Ashville Man. About .50 Miles East of Winnipeg killed mrs. Gong Opol Early monday morning and sent four unidentified americans to St. Boniface general Hospital at least one is in poor condition ramp say. Or. Norde and or. Gabbs were killed sunday morning near Warren Man., about 30 Miles Northwest of Winnipeg when then car flipped in a ditch at the Junction of Highway 6 and Highway 67, pinning the youths under the car. Or. Norde said to have been j the Driver of the car was killed in the Accident. His passenger died at . Monday in Winnipeg general Hospital. Or. Nakoneczny was killed about 10 Miles North of Dauphin saturday night when his car rolled into a ditch. He was said to have been the Only occupant of the vehicle. A two car head on collision two Miles North of Ste. Agathe Man., sunday night sent four persons to Winnipeg general Hospital. Two of them were reported in satisfactory Condi Tion monday night. They Are Adeleine Sobko 42, and John Sobko 55, of 230 Campbell Street. Ramp report the Accident occurred on Highway 75 during the rain storm. Kay Patrick 40, of 190 Berrydale Avenue St. Vital was reported in fairly Good co Dion. Her husband Joe 38, was treated and released. A youth said to have been the Driver of the other car 20 year old Bruce Pearson of Arthurn North Dakota was re ported in Good condition. His passenger 23-year-old John is Saksen was not injured ramp say. An Accident in Assiniboia saturday afternoon sent 17-year old Richard Mcdougall of 32 sansome Avenue to Grace general Hospital. Or. Mcdougall released monday was driving his motorcycle South on Westwood drive when he tried to turn at Leacock Avenue. Police reported he lost control flipped and injured his Back. Sixty year old Margaret Dyck of 16 Homer Street St. James was reported in fairly Good condition monday after an Accident saturday night be tween mid mar Avenue and the car tracks. Police re port the woman collided with a car driven by 43-year-old Nicholas Kowaski of 645 Jubilee Avenue. Or. Kowaski was driving North on Keewatin Street when he apparently lost control hit a Hydro pole and then collided with the pedestrian. Another i t y Accident occurred saturday night at Arling ton Street and Wilham Avenue. Police report Raymond Nelson Chartrand 27, of 756 Winnipeg Avenue was driving North on Arlington when a car operated by Edward peddle 53, of 936 Magnus Avenue tried to turn left in front of the Chartrand car. The cars collided sending or. Peddle and his passenger Doris Ewaniuk 38, of 809 Magnus Avenue to Winnipeg general Hospital. Both have been re leased. Moorehead Minn. Up a Winnipeg couple and three other persons injured Early sunday when a fire of undetermined origin broke out on the ground floor of the three Storey Comstock hotel Here. Or. And mrs. Patrick Thain of Winnipeg patrolman Dennis Rene of Moorehead Alberta Eberspacher and her nine year old daughter Sandy of St. Paul were All reported in Good condition. Although the fire was contained the ground floor and stairwell dense smoke filled the Structure. Firemen led 10 of the 25 guests including mrs. Thain 45, to safety. She had been overcome by smoke. Fire chief f. I. Remley said the fire broke out in a wig shop located just off the main lobby. Desk clerk Howard Sigel of Moorehead said there was a loud pop and then i saw fire in the wig shop it was the apparent explosion that caused the injuries to patrolman Rene he was knocked off his feet and Hurt his Back. The others injured All suffered from smoke inhalation. Cause of the fire is under investigation. Folk songs ended on Damp note three of the five Folk festival awards presented saturday will make their Home for the next year in Portage la Prairie. Dale Russell took medallions for Best composition As per formed by the composer and Best i instrumentalist. Fran Kaczorowski won the Winnipeg Guild of Folk music Laurel for most promising performer. Lillian Domagalski of Winni Peg walked away with a medal lion for Best vocalist and the Woody Guthrie trophy Given this year for the Best All round Folk performance. Speaking after the final performances and presentations in Eva Clare Hall on the univer sity of Manitoba Campus one of the adjudicators Lindsay Jones said the outstanding aspect of this year s competitions was that there was no one really she noted that just As there were no particularly Good performances there were also very few particularly bad ones. The final perform ances seemed rather dampened As did the audience in the formal no smoking atmosphere of the Hall with a stage backed in a multitude of pipe organs and a grand piano hulking in the Corner. A total of 21 performances were Given tie two preceding nights within chosen finalists. Of the three nights averaged adjudicating were Graham and Lindsay Jones winners of first two of the festivals sponsored by the Winnipeg Guild of Folk music Bob Scott of Job Folksy program and William aide of the University of Manitoba school of music. Man charged in slaying the Pas Man. Up Robert Laurie Silliker 25, of port Elgin n.e., was remanded without plea Friday to july 6 when he appeared in magi Strate s court Here on a charge of non capital murder. Silliker is charged in the death june 18 of a Manitoba Hydro Security officer at the Kettle rapids Hydro construction site near this town 314 Miles Northwest of Winnipeg. Anthony Alexander a Gas of Selkirk of head injuries suffered while he was on duty at the development. Silliker who was employed As a. Drill Docker had originally been charged with assault Caus ing bodily harm ;