Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg Hll press Friday May 11, 1973 Mac is Back until recently All the Macnaughton ended up in the states. Not any More. Mac is Back. Try a Mac and 7 or a Mac and water the six year old Canadian whisky now available in Canada. Charity begins at Home. Bottled by John Macnaughton co. Ltd. Distributed by on thursday evening we vent to the Art gallery to hear and see a performance of the Hamber opera diary of a mad Man by Humphrey Searlch who vote the text As Well As the music. There was rather a mall audience on hand and perhaps it was to be expected hat certain Folk might be upset a hey new by Honald Gibson psychological chamber opera y the Rama Central idea and Searle s of the unique Vay of dealing with it musical y and dramatically. The libretto is based on Story by Gogol in which the hallucinations of the. Chief Char Acter Are delineated with music using the 12-note technique. In Oil these psychological dramas Jie modern composer seems to Lave found his True Metier ant Jie influence of Schoenberg s Pierrot Luna ire and ber Wozzeck is quite Strong among he later 12-note composers. Humphrey Searle has since 1946 been a composer in this method. He has Felt the influence of Webern with whom he studied although his style ii not really that of Webern. He ii dramatically inclined toward Schoenberg and perhaps he should be called a modern to Mantle with an influence o Liszt particularly in his Piam writing. The work just Over half Ai hour Long is crammed wit psychological episodes an even those who May not Hay liked it could hardly escape its dramatic import. It contains1 n Arias As such and no Ansem Bles. The texture is alway very Clear and Light. Ted Nyder As the mama was most convincing although us voice might he less Well United to a traditional part. He cited Well and was a Good foil o the others. All the cast per Ormed Well but it would be difficult to differentiate voices n this work. Some characters lad non singing parts but Hose who Sang seemed to have title difficulty with the lyrical Ide of Searle s atonality. Both Sylvia Dyck and Rich Ard Ewart playing the roles of dogs were suitably droll and ill. Ewert in addition played to other human roles very veil. The instrumental part was performed by Jacob Gurevich Donna Bateman Bass and Blakeman Welch piano who also directed the music with Norman Mackay As pro Ducer. It is to be hoped that the organizers will be emboldened to do More works of this kind. We Are notoriously conservative in the matter of musical drama and the Short chamber opera seems to be a medium that can be fairly easily accepted and enjoyed. Contest set for Greece Athens a the miss universe Beauty contest will be held in Greece july 11-21, the National tourist organization announced recently. Beauties from about 70 countries will participate. This is the first time the 22-year-old contest has not been held in the United states. Slimming theme Ottawa up if you Are 30 pounds overweight it can shorten your life by four years says the Federal health department in a pamphlet of Fering tips on reducing. The pamphlet titled it s up to you is being mailed with family allowance cheques to about three million Homes across the country during the last week in May. It s part of the health department s education Campaign which takes advantage of Piggy Back Lyle Cameron assistant director of the information directorate said wednesday. Thousands of canadians Are overweight says the pamphlet and being overweight leads to poor health including heart and kidney disease High blood pressure and Dia betes. It offers eight hints to improve eating habits including a suggestion that households should have some Low calorie healthful snacks such As car rot Sticks or apples on hand. Mothball warning child care rates May increase the Manitoba government is considering higher rates for care of Foster children particularly in the five to 10 be , and has budgeted for this increase health minister Hene announced thursday. Toupin he told the Manitoba Legisla Ture that present monthly rates Start at for a child from birth to four years. From five to 10 the rate is from 11 to 15 it soes to and for youngsters in and older it is Foster parents in the North receive an additional for each child. Plymouth Cricket Dodge Colt engineered and built in Japan. Sold and serviced by Plymouth and Dodge dealers across Canada. Cricket and Colt May be Small cars but they re big in a lot of ways. And that includes Model Choice. Both Are available in coupes hardtops sedans and station wagons. Plus there s a sporty new it available in the Colt line. So if you want to go Small you can choose the Little Cricket or Colt that s exactly right for you. And no matter which Model you choose you re going to get a lot of car in the bargain be cause that s the Way the japanese build a Small Economy car. Standard equipment on Colt and Cricket includes some features that Are options on big cars. Like an adjustable steering column that lets you set the steering wheel to your most Comfort Able driving position. And High Back bucket seats a a backs recline in All models except by now if that s the Way Cricket and Colt treat you and your Passen Gers imagine How great the rest of the features must be. Or better yet find out for yourself at your Plymouth Cricket and Dodge Colt dealers. Issued Winnipeg s health depart ment has issued a warning about the danger to Young children of using Mothballs to discourage the presence of dogs and cats on lawns. Naphthalene the Chemi Cal in Mothballs is Poison Ous and is particularly dangerous to Young children who Are Apt to mistake Mothballs for Candy according to a statement from inner City chief medical health officer or. Roper g. Cadham. Homeowners using the Mothballs on their lawns or around Trees May be prosecuted under the Manitoba Public health act for creat ing a health Hazard the statement said. Although naphthalene is not a particularly effective method of discouraging dogs and cats or. Cadham says homeowners wishing to use it should use Moth flakes which contains the same chemical but is quickly submerged in the grass. St. B Centre tax exemption recommended Winnipeg s civic executive policy committee wants to Sec be Centre culture de St. Boni face removed from Winnipeg s tax assessment role and turned Over to the Manitoba govern ment. The committee voted thurs Day to recommend to City coun cil that the province be requested to include the cultural Centre under the Wing of the Centen Nial Centre corporation and in effect put it under provincial jurisdiction. This action is similar to what Council has approved for the Winnipeg Art gallery. The City is now awaiting a decision from the province on whether the gallery will be accepted. By turning both the cultural Centre and the Art gallery which is plagued by financial problems Over to the province the City would make them exempt from municipal taxes. Those qualifying for special dependent care such As sin Gle Parent families must meet certain conditions of need or. Toupin explained in answer to other questions on his departmental estimates. Until the province s new Day care scheme comes into operation these Are the Only ones for whom the government picks up Day care costs. There is no re Striction on the number of de pendants for a person to qualify he said. There is also no limit to the number of children involved for homemaker services which Are based on need and available to All Manitoba is on an ability to pay basis he said. Alcohol cited in 4 deaths provincial judge w. R. Mar tin presided Over two inquests in the Pas man., thursday. In the first session it was ruled James Marie 61, of the Pas Indian Reserve died after a fight due to intoxication and exposure. Or. Marie was found in a town Park shortly after Midnight nov. 23. In the second session judge Martin ruled the deaths of three men Thomas red Iron 23, Stewart Beesmer 31, and Barry i chins 28, All of Snow Lake man., were due to almost total immolation after their car was in collision with a pulp Wood be War vets meet a 94 year old Veteran of the Boer War will be among hundreds of military veterans expected to turn out Friday and saturday As the army Navy and air Force veterans of can Ada the Manitoba and North West Ontario command hold its 18th annual convention in the ramada inn 1824 Dembina Highway fort Garry. David shores 94, of 373 Cor Dova Street is scheduled to be at the convention at 2 . Sat urday officials said. Or. Shores is the last surviving president of the South Afri can company of the army Navy and air Force veterans of Canada officials said. George Todd. President of veterans association s Winnipeg unit no. 1, said the South Afri can company still is on the organization s books and or. Shores still technically is pres ident. But he said the company does t meet anymore As there Are few South african veterans 1899-1902 still living and they Are in their 90s. He said he thought there Are Only about six left in Winnipeg. Or. Shores son David e. Shores said in a Telephone interview thursday that his father is still fairly Active. He said he reads watches television putters around with his plants and does some of the chores around the House. Manitoba s ombudsman George w. Maltby will speak at the convention s banquet Satur Day evening at the Rockwood unit club rooms 341 Wilton Street. I trailer. The Accident occurred 12 Miles North of the Pas on High Way 10 when the car drove into the truck at High Speed. A High level of alcohol was found in in blood of the three men. It was also determined the rear of the truck did not have sufficient lights. Stalin s daughter divorced Phoenix Ariz. 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