Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Another View by John Robertson St. Boniface Industry drive urged nobody asked me but Why does the provincial government Tut Tut Over the legality of lotteries and greedily Rake off to in parimutuel tax from Assiniboia Downs each racing Day 1 Why Don t both Union and management closeted Down there in Ottawa wrangling Over the postal strike settlement let the Public in on the specifics of each demand and counter demand so Well know whom to blame if the strike lasts until Christmas Why Don t those righteous people who criticize the Indian housing problem at Macgregor admit that they d probably Perot the same Way As Reeve Charles hotel if the City we fare department bought a House in some new development Here and moved 12 unemployed indians into it Why Don t the people who Call the shots at the Centennial Concrete Hall bring in some lesser priced Talent j too so the hundreds 01 thousands of Manitoban who can t afford a ticket Enn really feel As if it is their Hall too Why does t John Robertson get his facts straight when he says a that the men who Call the strike votes still get paid during a walkout they b and that employers Are allowed to fire employees whose wages garnished. By Manitoba Law they i Why Aren t there More versatile and dedicated Young athletes like Doug Bennett of 1118 Lorette who has represented the province in three separate championships this year the Canadian Bowling classic the juvenile football Little Grey cup and now the Canadian Junior baseball championships and Why Aren t dads like Jack Bennett who has kept digging into his pockets for the past four years to Supply Money and equipment for the fort Rouge mallards who will represent Manitoba in the Canadian Junior baseball championships Why Don t the local Gorgo girls Wise up to the fact that no entertainer pays her agent More than 10 per cent of her Gross take Home pay Why does my wife understand me so Well Why does t the Winnipeg police Force station at. Least one Man in memorial Park during Daylight hours so i secretaries working in local offices can enjoy a leisurely outside lunch without being Panhandle for Money Byj hippies l Why does t Soni eone inform these hippie types that unemployment work Why does t the Federal government make it easier for people in the to salary Range to buy a House even at High interest rates so they won t be victimized by Money grubbing landlords Why is mayor Juba s lottery plan frowned upon by attorney general Sterling Lyon when you can walk into any Royal Bank of Canada buy a British Bond for one Pound and participate in an overseas monthly draw which includes prizes of up to pounds Why does t someone in the provincial government come out officially and deplore . Of a local Bailiff in seizing a Pup from a crippled child in lieu of. Her father s Back rent and also Issue a Clear statement spelling out explicitly just what items can or cannot be seized from a Home otherwise Why can t we expect some tyrannical Bailiff to attempt to seize a child from an impoverished family to irritate the Man of the House into settling his Bills. Why does t my wife Cut the grass Why can t i finish this column and get out to the Lake and dive in the Pool where i belong Why does it Cost too much to rent a boat and a motor Why can t i be Rich talented and Good looking like Jimmy King or Gene Why does assorted booze taste better out of a Sandy Glass at the Lake Why Don t i Stop wearing starched collars so i won t slowly Guillotine myself twisting my head Back and Forth to Check the Stock on the Avenue Why am i fat ugly impoverished and Happy Allan the same time i d like to Tell you All these things tout nobody asked me. St. Boniface businessmen Are pressing for a More forceful drive to Speed up Industrial development in that City. Chamber of Commerce officials in the City Are convinced that they have the most attractive Industrial area in greater Winnipeg. And they would like to see the City Council appoint a full time Industrial commissioner to sell the District to potential developers. In his annual report George Mcouat president of the St. Boniface chamber of com Merce said that although an Industrial development commit tee was set up by City Council a year ago after the chamber had worked several years Sel Ling the idea the chamber still has no representation on that committee. chamber is quite interested in this particular com Mittee and while an invitation has not yet been forwarded we have Hopes that following precedent by most other cities the chamber will in the future be requested to sit on this commit or. Mcouat said in an interview Friday that St. Boni face was Ideal for hew Indus tries having much More fully serviced land closer to the heart of Winnipeg than any of the other cities and near to highways and rail depots. But if that was the Case Why was Industrial growth in St. Boniface lagging maybe other areas have a More aggressive Selling Atti . Mcouat. Despite representations from the c a slumber. Pur. Industry brochure has not been revised since 1961 and the that people just Don t know what we have to was he saying that the Industrial committee was hot doing its Job there Are some very Good men on the committee but maybe it in t moving in the right direction. They have done a lot of background work but i personally feel that a study should he carried out to find out what land is available i the City and then this could be included in an up to Date Bro or. Mcouat said. This is Why we have been urging the City to appoint a commissioner a dynamic sales Man who could push St. Boni face or Mcouat said he was certain that potential developers lost to other areas because nobody knew what. St. Boniface had to offer. I know of one company which was shuttled Between the Industrial committee the City Council and its various sub committees for so Long that it got fed up and set up new _ premises in St. He said. And not so Long ago i had a. Man planning to Start a Smalt _ factory Call me because he could t get any information on land available. New industries will bring in More taxes and will eventually mean that the Council could provide better services. I think we have men in our chamber who could make a useful contribution to an Industrial drive for St. Boniface but so far the Council in their Wisdom have declined to appoint any of or. Mcouat said. Winnipeg free press by Carrier soc per week authorized As 2nd class mail by the . Kept. Cati Idman lilt v 11 authorized As 2nd class mail by the ept. Ai Kuat just 1968 and or payment of postage in Cash. Ice Cream stand set Osborne 453-3222 Portage Simcoe 774-2471 14 St. James Street Oppolt. Polo Park weather report synopsis valid until mid pm sunday cooler air Over All of the forecast regions will result in generally cooler weather today and tomorrow. Skies Are expected to remain mostly sunny today and sunday in the Southern forecast regions but considerable amounts of Cloud Are expected in Central and Northern regions. Figures on the map indicate today s expected High temperatures j sunny except for some afternoon cloudiness today and Cool today. Not quite to Cool sunday. Winds Northwest at is . Becoming Light this High today and Row tonight at Gimli and Winnipeg 70 and 45. Temperatures for the 1 saturday Max. Win. Pre. Vancouver 77 Calgary m 49 Edmonton 52 .01 Regina. 68 40 Brandon the 65 49 Winnipeg. Ii 44 fort William 82 56 .01 Kenora. M 48 .05 our., a tried which Wawa a Max. 81 a min. 57 pre. Montreal Halifax so Miami los Angeles Minneapolis new York 74 65 some River Heights residents against plan for new outlet left its stamp by Edith Patterson postal strikes Are news but they re not new on March 8, 1873, the Manitoba free press predecessor of the Winnipeg free press published this Brief note among news items from Eastern Canada the Missouri Post office is closed because the postmaster refuses to continue in office at his old it must have stayed closed too As a thorough search of libraries and archives failed to turn up any further mention of the Missouri Post office or its. Dissatisfied postmaster. The history of mail ser vice in Winnipeg has Many examples of postal employees displeased with their stipends including the first postmaster appointed Here. In the Early Days of the red River settlement then called fort Garry the Hudson s b a company which controlled the Terri tory brought in and took out two packets of mail annually in summer through Hudson Bay and York fac in Winter Overland by Way of the great lakes by dog team to the Eastern part of the country then known As Canada. The latter was a 40-Day journey. Later mail came through the United states by boat Stagecoach or horseback and up to the settlement by special courier. In 1853, William Ross was appointed first postmaster in the Canadian Northwest. In his Home now Ross House museum or. Ross assumed c o m p let e responsibility for the mail. The first year there were letters newspapers and 580 parcels Revenue was about Sterling. For his duties or. Ross received annually. Fortunately he was not entirely depend gift on t h e Job having Fother sources of income including governor ship of the jail at a year historians record that after some justifiable complaint the postmaster s salary was raised to Manitoba s version of the Pony Roger Goulet got annually for his full time Job of bringing the mail from Pembina on horseback or by dog team. First postmark or. Ross was noted for introducing the first Post Mark Ever used Here. There were no Stamps in use and he discovered that charges were often being collected at both ends so he had All outgoing mail postmarked red River ban paid in red Ink. Newspapers of the Era paint a vivid picture of the mail service. The nor Wester of 28, 1859 the second monthly mail arrived dec. 14 by dog team four Days late with mail from St. Paul Minnesota Canada and on Jan. 14, i860, the nor Wester re ported that mail from Ca Nada had arrived through the Lake Superior route. It had been mailed the pre Vious William Ross was Fol Lowed by a number of postmasters including three year his brother James Ross. In 1862, James asked for an increase in salary Justi fied he Felt by an increase in total annual receipts to More than however the hic controlled mail service fell into disrepute especially with a group of free traders who had started the Village of Winnipeg on what is now main Street not far from the Walls of the fort. It was rumoured that mail was being censored by the com Pany in order to prevent traders dealing outside the company. Tie group hired the american. Kittson express firm to bring in the mail. Bags were closed in 1870, when Manitoba became a province the Federal government 1 e g a lived the Exchange of mails 1 Between the . And Canada and the first closed mail bags began to go through. The time from Ottawa was reputedly 10 Days shortened considerably in 1871 when the . Northern Pacific railway reached the red River at Brainard. Minnesota. With the Kittson stage line providing transportation a Tri weekly ser vice was established. The former postage rate of eight cents a letter two of which went to the . Government was reduced to three cents All going to the Canadian postal service. From time to time ship ments of Canadian Stamps were received and advertised in the newspapers. Service was far from re Gular. On feb. 25, 1871, the Manitoban another Early announced some of the mail bags were cached at Frog Point during the recent Snow storm. Thursday last brought us 22 of the missing hags 19 of them through bags from Eastern can in the Early. 1870s a horse disease epizootic ran ram Pant across the continent. On Jan. 4, 1873, the free press stated this disease has demoralized the stage line Between this Point and Breckenridge it has reached to within 25 Miles of this place. The stages at the South end Are being drawn by oxen no dog teams being available. The first Canadian mail arrived yesterday and the latest Toronto Date was dec. 19." but local mail was get Ting through. In 1874, Alexander later Aid Poison contracted to deliver by horseback the mail to lower fort Garry and Points on the Way. His contract called for an aver age Speed of five Miles per hour including stops and he was required to carry a Post Horn to be sounded distinctly on approaching a Post office and occasionally along the he was paid annually. On Jan. 8, 1879, the last mail by stage arrived in Winnipeg a n d the next morning the first mail by train left St. Boniface on the newly completed rail line to the South. In 1884 the car Between Winnipeg and Eastern Ca Nada was finished and available for mail. As the service grew so did salaries. In 1881, the free press reported that a new postal clerk brought in from on Tario was to be paid the unheard of sum of a year. Thunder Clouds ride in on Bronco Wii ids by Cliff Shnier an ice Cream stand at the Corner of Corydon Avenue and i Niagara Street the subject of a heated controversy last year is to reopen during August. The new owner w. Arthur says it will still be an ice. Cream outlet but probably will not be it is being renovated. I trouble began in april 1967, when a group of teen agers in r Heights picketed protesting the rowdiness of Many of the establishment s Youthful they complained about racing motorcycle engines squealing tires and generally disorderly behaviour. Frosty s did hot open last year. When it was Kavanaugh s hamburger Chain was considering a stand at the Corner local led by Joel Guder Rahv continued their protest. In a Brief to metro s planning committee the youths said a Kavanaugh s self service would not improve Rowdy conditions. With the. Protests the Ham i by j. H. Judson summer heat usually reaches a Peak in the third week of july but Winnipeg s weather has wandered away from that pattern. Temperatures averaged below Normal this week and the trend is expected to continue into next week. Monday afternoon tempera Tures reached 77 degrees before Cool air surged in from the North. Thunder Clouds Rode in on the cold front that rolled through the City in the late i evening. The towering Clouds thief has Sweet tooth two Portage Avenue Candy stores were robbed in a 13- minute period Friday evening Winnipeg police believe one was responsible. The Bandit carrying a Small handgun grabbed from the tills at the Laura Secord Candy shop 406 Portage and the chocolate shop 268 Portage. The gunman struck first at the Laura Secord shop at . No one was injured in the holdups., police said. The Man was described at both stores As 28 to 30 years old five feet eight inches in height with Blond hair combed Back and wearing a Green and Brown checked Lon sleeve sport shirt with Brown trousers. Poured out .48 inches of rain. Afternoon temperatures tues Day were i the 60s and lowered to. 50 overnight. It was 11 degrees cooler than usual for july 23. The Cool air mass edged wednesday towards the great lakes and the temperatures Rose to 74. Warmer air flowing in from the Southwest on thursday sent the temperature up to the week s High of 80. The temperature got 78 on Friday but another cold front was sweeping. Into Mani Toba. It moved southward with thunderstorms growing along the Cool leading Edge. It signal led a return to cooler weather for the weekend. The Outlook for the. Next few Days indicates Cool but dry weather. Northerly winds Are expected to hold temperatures Well below Normal. July usually ends with temperatures beginning to recede from the summer High Normal averages Range from overnight lows of 57 to afternoon highs of 81 degrees. The hottest july 28 came in 1951 at 97 degrees. The coolest dipped to 39 in 1904. 10 died fire Ballet ticket sales up music Man tickets set tickets for the Rainbow stage production of the music Man which opens july 31 and runs aug. 17, Are available at the Rainbow stage Box office Eaton s attractions ticket office and the Bay s celebrity Box office curtain time is . With no show on monday nights. The cast of 55 includes Bui Walker evelyne1 Anderson Lorne Smith Marjorie Yparke Cliff Mcdonald Cliff Gardner Marilyn Boyle and Ernie Chi if the per cent increase in i season ticket purchases for j Royal Winnipeg Ballet perform ances Over the last three years is greater than that of any Winnipeg area general Man Ager Sergei Sawchyn claims i a news release. Midway through its Campaign 200 More season tickets have been sold than in the whole of last year. It is hoped that More than season tickets will be sold by the end of the drive. Or. Sawchyn says that orders have been markedly reduced by the postal strike but Are being accepted by phone. The Ballet s season opens oct. 3. Monday s St. Boniface Basil Ica fire triggers poignant memo cries of an e a r i i e r Parish disaster the destruction of a Section of the St. Boniface College in the Winter of 1923. Ten people died and Manv others were injured when they jumped from cupper windows As flames swept through the col lege on the night of nov. 24. One of those injured was monsignor Frank a Gerein Chancellor of Regina Arch diocese who was a first year philosophy student at the time. The fire occurred on one of the big nights of the year. The occasion was the feast of St. Catherine and the students put on a that msgr. Gerein recalled wednesday. My brother Andy the late judge Anthony b. Gerein who died recently in Regina was the first student to jump from a third Storey dormitory. He made it but when i followed i injured my Back and spent Many Days in judge Gereta a widow is the former Mary Molloy daughter of the late senator Molloy of Winnipeg. I Burger Chain abandoned any plans for the Corner site. Mrs. Mel Guberman of -573 Niagara Street Joel s Mother said the reopening of the ice Cream stand is she intends to discourage her children from patronizing the outlet As she had done before. Describing the conditions there As ghastly during its previous periods of operation mrs. Guberman said the property values for adjacent houses decline when such an establishment conducts Busi Ness i a residential area the matter of its reopening should be of concern to parents of Young children she said. But she believes that most neighbors will simply bemoan the stand s revival and do Little else. River Heights residents close Ting wishes a drive in from a confectionery. Or. Pollon the stand s new owner said at the site Friday he will make certain the self outlet will riot become another bang out for trouble some youths. Unlike the previous operation he will be supervising the stand much of the time. If necessary i la have commission Aires he said. Comments from passersby noticing the construction have All been favourable or. Pollon added. They re glad it s going to be an ice Cream Irwin Berkowitz proprietor of an adjacent Delicatessen said the reopening is to every body s As it was was completely neglected and looked he believes a Lar. Poll coh will Mike a properly managing the stand so no fleas of d i s o r d e r 1 y he arise. Or Pollon could t be certain Why the original owners had decided to sell the property but explained he knew then licence had not been revoked Winnipeg w y e r Manley Goldberg one of the original owners declined to comment on the matter. Were asked., their the planned re to the stand opinions on opening. I Don t approve at said mrs. George Garbutt 488 Nia Gara Street. It attracts too Many motorcycles. But i Don t know what you can do about Frank Scarpino 490 Niagara Street said he would rather see the lot occupied by a liquor a restaurant or a Bank. Before frosty s was built in 1964, a liquor store was considered for the site but Resi dents opposed the idea claiming that such an establishment was unsuitable for a residential area a spokesman for the metro planning department said the lot is zoned cd limited com Mercial use permitting a confectionery. A self serve ice Cream outlet Falls into this category. If it were classed As a drive in the Zonin restrictions would prohibit its operation there. However he declined to sex killer May be unveiled the 10 year old question of whether Winnipeg s elms have a deadly disease will be answered within the next two weeks. Dutch Elm disease has been suspected in Winnipeg Trees for the past 10 years but never proved. Or. Bruce Dreyer associate regional director of the Canada department of forestry and Rural development told a press conference that a series of Laboratory tests on Young Trees would be conducted which would definitely show if they had the disease the disease which shows up through wilting leaves and a Brown ring on the outer sap Wood originated in Europe and has been particularly prevalent in Eastern Canada. Or. Dreyer said that if Strong suspicions were Justi f i e d sanitation precautions would be rigorously applied and tighter legislation dealing with the matter would be introduced. He said that rigorous application of sanitation precautions in the United states had reduced the disease from 10 per cent Plain the policy which Dis fatality to two per cent. To say thank you when you Wisk Jhaj express to friends for their kindness during a bereavement of for Shower wedding birthday gifts card of thanks or. 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