Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba When Bill Walker returns to Rainbow stage to repeat his role of professor Harold Hill the musical instrument Salesman con Man in music Man it s to be hoped he s spared the inner conflict which he must have gone through in Sydney Nova Scotia earlier this year. He was playing in my fair lady with Winnipeg s Evelyne Anderson. She was t the cause of or. Walker s inner conflict. The rain Bow people say thai Bill played the Duel role of director and male Lead in the Sydney production. Now anyone involved in a Duel role must come out of it All scarred up after several performances there s no danger of either Bill or Evelyne being scarred by music Man which opens at Rainbow next wednesday. The 76-trombone musical first performed at Rainbow in 1962, was the biggest draw until the same two stars teamed together in my fair lady two years ago. The Roic of Winthrop the lisping boy who idolizes professor Hill will be played by a 12-year-old student from River Heights school. He s lome Smith son of or. And mrs. K. B. Smith 299 Lindsay Street. Lome is a member of the 67th Winnipeg boy scout troop and if that does t give him enough companionship he s got a 14-year-old sister and six younger Brothers. I Don t know if hobbies Are any clue to adult life but lome collects coins keys and bottle openers music Man runs july 31 to aug. 17 with the exception of mondays. A lady who along with her husband has willed her eyes to the Eye Bank makes a very valid Point today. She advises that both she and her husband have signed the necessary cards to indicate their wishes. She wants to know what Good this is when her next of Kin still has to sign again after her death. She says that time is important in the use of eyes willed in this fashion and that valuable time May be wasted in locating the next of Kin. And she adds Why won t my own signature and wish stand up alone in this Case As they do in my earlier this week i had occasion to pass along a request from Ernie Masiowski of the family Bureau who was looking for a used to set for a needy family where it was More than justified. He had several Calls offering sets but the donor whose offer was accepted interested me very much. In a Day when All University students Are looked upon with some suspicion due to the irresponsible actions of those who Are rebelling against the establishment the donor turned out to be a College student. The Young Man is entering third year engineering at the University of Mani Toba and just Felt that he could do without his own to set when someone else s need was much greater. He spent getting the set adjusted and then personally set it up in the family s Home. And now it s Likely that he May undertake some Volunteer work with the family Bureau. How s that for an irresponsible University student in former metro information officer Art Fletcher visiting his Home town on vacation from Ottawa says you can run Down Winnipeg Drivers All you want. He d much rather contend with Winnipeg traffic than that of Toronto same thing goes for the Drivers. Arlington Bridge five year limit on life Span of Bridge set in 1965 trucks banned new overpass by 1971 by Bob Lis Way metro Council thursday or dered an immediate Start on. Design preparation for a new overpass connecting Mcgregor and Sherbrook streets across the Canadian Pacific railway s marshalling Yards to replace the Arlington Bridge which will have to be closed within three years. Council also approved an immediate ban on All truck traffic on the Arlington Bridge after d. I. Macdonald metro s streets and transit director said it would Cost million for minimum repairs to the Bridge to keep it open to heavy traffic. Or. Macdonald said in a two Page report that the maximum life of the existing Bridge with the new traffic restrictions is about three years. Earlier this year., Council included in its streets budget for preparation of plans for a new overpass but no week had been done because metro had been waiting for the City of Winnipeg to take some action on Urban renewal plans for the area. But or. Macdonald said thursday further delays May jeopardize Access Between the Central area and the expanding Northwest Section of greater Winnipeg. Construction of the new Bridge won t Start until next year and probably won t be completed until late 1971. The streets department estimated in january that the new Structure would Cost but metro chairman Jack. Willis said. Thursday the estimate was just a guess. Council approved the hiring of Underwood Mclellay and associate ltd., consulting Engi neers to assist in preparing an accurate estimate. A preliminary plan for the overpass and Street Access network has been proposed by the streets department. The Structure would have six traffic lanes and would connect to Furby and Sherbrook streets which would be converted to one Way streets North of notre Dame and to Mcgregor and Mckenzie streets on the North Side which would also be converted to one Way streets. Because of the magnitude of the project metro will ask for larger Grants from the Provin Cial and Federal governments coun. Willis said. Under ing agreements the province pays 50 per cent of the Cost of metro streets projects. The condition of the Arlington Bridge has been known since april 1965, when Pamas and Smith consulting engineers placed a five year limit on the life Span of the Bridge. At that time the Bridge was under the jurisdiction of the City of Winnipeg but responsibility transferred to metro in March 1966. Or. Macdonald said steel in the Structure is corroding a number of steel members Are buckling and the Concrete piers Are deteriorating. Only a minimum amount of repairs costing about should be made to the Bridge to keep it open to cars until a replacement is built. Continued inspections of the Bridge Structure May disclose the progression of structural defects sufficiently critical to require a Complete closure of the Structure to All traffic much earlier than the estimated three year or. Macdonald said. We Are gambling with or. Macdonald said plans for the new Structure will be prepared on the Assumption that the railway tracks North of William Avenue will be removed As part of Winnipeg s Urban renewal scheme foe the area. O5borne Rivir 453-3323 Portage Simcoe 774-2471 14 St. James Street opposite Polo Park 786-6891 free safety inspection weather report forecast sunny clouding Over this afternoon a few showers or thundershowers this evening. Sunny with a few Cloudy periods and cooler saturday. Winds Light today North at 20 . Saturday. Low tonight for Almli and Winnipeg so 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 july 25 last year Normal Max. Min. Pre. .74 55 74 51 74 50 .25 83 51 56 56 57 57 Max. Min. Pre. Montreal Halifax Chicago 79 74 59 los Angeles Minneapolis new York 81 80 47 temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean highest on record 79.7 55.5 67.6 98.1 in i931 83.5 49.8 66.7 lowest on record 81.7 57.7 69.7 41.0 in 1900 to say thank you when you wish to express your thanks to friends for their kindness during a bereavement or for Shower wedding birthday gifts the card of thanks or thank you columns of the free press classified Section will carry your message into most metro Winnipeg Homes. Phone the classified department at 943-9331 and a Friendly and taker assist you in wording your and. No interest Loans eyed for Farmers hit by Tornado Winnipeg free press by Carner soc per week cd in a v i Iii i Kuat just to authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Ottawa Ard for payment of postage in Cash. The provincial government May make interest free Loans for reconstruction available to Farmers in the la Riviere District hit by a Tornado sunday. Agriculture minister Harry j. Enns said in an interview thursday the government is seriously considering making interest fee Loans available to the municipalities who would then in turn make interest free Loans available to the 16 farm ers or. Enns said the matter is still under consideration be cause municipal affairs minister Thelma Forbes is out of the prov Ince. Or. Enns said taken at face value estimates of damage presented to Deputy minister Robert a. Wallace could amount to on the other hand should the government discover that considerable insurance was carried by the Farmers the amount would be much less. Carolyne Morrison conserva Tive la for Pembina wants the government to declare la Riviere a disaster area thereby making it eligible for Large scale Relief measures. Girl s dog Back Home Harry j. Enns Jack Jones concert off the Jack Jones concert scheduled this evening at the Centennial concert Hall has been cancelled because of a serious bronchial ailment or. Jones contracted in minnea Polis. A spokesman for fifth Flay productions said or. Jones was ordered Back to los Angeles by his physician. A later engage ment has been tentatively scheduled for aug. 28. Tickets sold for tonight s show will be honoured then. S plan okayed provincial government approval has been Given to preliminary plans for construction of a 80-bed personal care Home at Leila Avenue and Andrews Street West Kildonan. Welfare minister j. B. Carroll said in a news release thursday that working drawings Are. Now being made and Hopes construction can begin by september. Christ lutheran Church project sponsor will contribute the land Worth and at least towards the one Storey Brick Home. The provincial Grant will be with the balance of construction costs financed by a loan from Central mortgage and housing corporation. Board reserves Telephone decision the Public utilities boar meeting at the Law courts building thursday has reserved decision about dropping the Tele phone Tolp charges Between heading Ley and Winnipeg. Heading Ley described at a previous bearing june 12 As the place where you learn who your friends Are when you move is to switch to Auto Matic dealing in december. Toll charges of 15 cents for three minutes and five cents for each additional minute will be retained. Ken Beatty appearing for Manitoba Telephone system said that Between last novem Ber and april the 121 sub scribers in heading Ley made Calls to Winnipeg valued at each. The 20 Village business men paid each for Calls to Winnipeg. He urged that the heading Ley application should not be considered in isolation. If charges we re waived then 10 other communities including Lockport and Selkirk who made similar applications would expect the same treatment which would be very costly he said. Metro s master development plan did not allow for any development in the area in the immediate future. People realized the difficulties involved when they moved to heading Ley said or. Beatty. Heading Ley is definitely not the place there the action Jim Foran appearing for heading Ley residents called on consultant planner j. Duncan Marshall who told the Board that heading Ley was already dependent on Winnipeg for certain facilities such As sew age. Although metro s master development plan did not allow for development As far West As heading Ley there was significant c o n s t r u e t i on in Charleswood and Assiniboia. Unlike other communities making similar applications heading Ley was nearer the City and did not have any natural boundaries to prevent development7 towards it or. Marshall said. Or. Foran said that 80 per cent of heading Ley s male popu lation worked in Winnipeg and development towards heading Ley was inevitable. Family gets Aid Stacey Groulx 2, got her pet dig tiny Back thursday afternoon. Tiny was delivered to the family by j. P. Devlin manager o f the Bailiff Agency which seized the Pup monday As chattel for rent arrears on the House the Groulx family occupies at 291 Scotia Street in West Kildonan. Or. Devlin said the land lord Ronald Stenning had agreed to accept the sum of from a Benefactor and return the rent owing is plus for Bailiff action. The Benefactor Hector Mcdiarmid of St. Boniface made ins offer through or. Devlin wednesday. After the dog was returned or. Groulx gave or. Mcdiarmid a promissory note to do his utmost to return the amount within 60 the full amount owing or. Staining will be paid by monday at the mrs. Groulx said. Or. Mcdiarmid said part of his original offer included a request that or. Devlin match the Kennel fee for tiny in a donation to the crippled children Stacey wears corrective braces. Or. Devlin had agreed to do this. Mrs. Groulx who planned to visit her lawyer Friday to Complete civil court charges concerning the dog s seizure denied a statement made on radio or. Devlin that she had started to scream and threatened to physically prevent the seizure from being she acknowledged she had threatened to have them arrested and to Call the police. Gerard Groulx tiny and Stacey reunited bailiffs to the Rescue by Lyn Schankerman ten Toronto Bailiff agencies have wired 5100 to Geram Groulx to help free he child s which was seized monday As chattel for rent arrears. When informed the dog had been returned the bailiffs said the Money should go of the Groulx family so no one will take Bruce Gould spokesman for the group and owner of four Toronto Bailiff agencies said thurs Day the Money was being wired to the Winnipeg free press for or. Groulx. Each company donated because they Don t condone taking anything live Ory especially anything that has to do with a or. Gould stated. This practice is a matter of common sense he said and 3ias nothing to do with the legality of such seizures. Mcgould said the Story of the dog s seizure Lor arrears and totalling had appeared in Toronto newspapers and aroused consternation among the Balliol firms. No Man should be allowed to do this seize a child s this seems a strictly personal vendetta and , you Don t take it out on an innocent ;