Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 16, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday october 16, 1974 when John Bowes of Oshawa ont., takes his Pef dog p Alsey for his constitutional it s usually in the Sidecar of his motorcycle. However there Are Side effects like turning Down Beautiful hitchhikers on cold and Windy Days. A a evict or Manfred smash hit and Ohi yes the lady also sings. Had she not tuesday might in the Centennial. Concert Hall had she simply sati at the Edge the stage dangled her feet into the orchestra pit arid chattered with the boys of yesteryear Vera Lynn would have been just As much Snash hit As out. To be. To the capacity 7 their included in that number evening was High Point of the year remembrance Day nostalgia Par excellence All roiled into one they thrilled to. What they received from memories of those Days their tears Rand blood finally Triumph and Victory and Light again to and peace for a time and Vera. Lynn sweetheart of the forces concert coloured pro Granv announced it Vera Lynn Brough Tiit All. Back once again to those who. Are. No longer boys in just As she is hot longer you big sweetheart but a fair and dear lady. It s strange How we like to be reminded of the hard times so Long ago times Long since passed away. And yet How fitting and appropriate that evening of the in the concert Hall tuesday night so closely following thanksgiving Day and within such a few weeks 11, when we shall remember those who Are . The evening started on time at . With master of ceremonies Stu Mcpherson officiating and first introducing bandleader Cor Godri imaginative and talented musicians for what dragged just a Little bit into a full 103 minutes of tunes and marches of yesteryear. Then came she the one they had All waited step Ping into the lights at . And greeted with a stand ing ovation before she said a single word. From that moment on Noth ing marred the evening except that she had not come on until . Asj it was Vera Lynn stayed with her audience until an hour and 10 minutes later when the show in def after about two dozen titles half of them hummed or Sung along by the full House. So let it be said Here As it has undoubtedly been said Many times before and far More eloquently not Only is the sweetheart of the forces an institution and a Monument to an Era she s also As great a voice As she was three decades ago and possibly an even bet Ter entertainer and performer than she used to be in those Days. The Vera Lynn Winnie Eggers experienced in the Centennial yes you can finish High school with our modern All new correspondence courses you can Complete All lessons in spare time at Home or on the Job. Students May Lake. General pro Gram or University Entrance Low monthly tuition. All books sup plied. Free brochure end data supplied immediately Large Canadian school National College 1. 1. Bocci 140 i. Winnipeg m in. 774.1431 f Addun phoni., City. I proven Cut. Cd nerf Hall is probably the greatest Chan t Euse of language today to True perfection Ever to Grace a in this town. Her diction Lorie projection and delivery Are .as1 Good As the Audi the stage to miss. Lynn and Bette r , musicians Back on could easily pretend for a while that Lime had stood still certainly for miss Lynn. There were most if not All the time proven evergreens there s a. New world Over the Skyline where the. Skyline meets the Sun do i want. To be with you Only forever when the lights go on again wishing will make it so just keep of care will go there bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover the melodies the words the responsiveness of the Audi ence Vera Lynn had eating put of her hand permeated such Harmony that the youngster of 40 from yesteryear s Rother Side yet just sat Back chum Ming tunes he d never heard before. Or Vera Lynn sings Roll out the barrel and every thing is happiness and. Gaiety As it must have been at the song s heyday in. The Early 1940s and one wonders what it is about the human mind that makes it laugh despite the kill or die alternative of the Day. There were some modern numbers too tuesday night particularly my Way delivered several times better by miss Lynn than by Thal other old timer Frank Sinatra it. Was written in the first place. There was Lilli Marlene s or rather Lale Andersen s i m m o r. T a 1 underneath the Lamppost there was auf Wie Deroehn bringing a Lump to tie Throat of this writer who remembers it from the 50s there were yours til the stars lose their glory and you la never know just How much i love you. There was Well meet again who knows where who knows when wish me Luck As you wave me Good Bye a number so heavy in its hidden tragedy and potential warning of catastrophe that it s hard to hear it and not weep. And there were wet eyes in tiie audience As miss Lynn finally closed with now is the hour prefacing it by equipping Jolly Good Job i know of goodbye As for Assiniboia unit 283, army Navy and air Force. Vet Erans in Canada sponsors and promoters of the Lynn visit you have Given Winnipeg one of the most precious and spar Kling gifts in this Long series of Centennial events Winnipeg has been through so far this year. As for you must be one Heck of a human being. How can a team with you on their Side possibly lose Ever. Boy injured crossing Street Waller Monkman 6, of 63 Loyola Bay fort Garry was injured thursday in a car pedestrian collision while he was crossing Killarney Avenue fort Garry police said tues Day. Police said the boy crossed the Street after his father had crossed the Street to catch a bus. The boy had been told not to Cross the Street police said. It was originally in fre6 press that the boy was in collision with a car while lie was playing on Killar Ney. Elderly to meet the senior citizens federa Tion of Manitoba will meet at . Monday in die club room of the Imperial veterans legion St Mary Avenue and Smith Street is. John s United 70lh anniversary is John s United Cathedral Avenue will hold its 70th anniversary service., at. 11 . Sunday. Following the service organist Ronald Gibson and the choral group Good companions will present a special musical program. Blood network Toledo there Are about Miles of blood vessels in the human body. Change would hit old candidate Winnipeg mayoralty candidate Werner Goetze is critical of plans City s property assessment system in a prepared statement or. Goetze who is running in tie oct. 23 civic election As an in dependent libertarians s the prop of e d assessment change would work a hardship on elderly people and Low in come families. Under the proposed change which could come into effect in 1976, property would be assessed at the prevailing mar Ket value instead of under the current system which assesses values at approximately one third of actual value. The resulting increased would be off set by lower Mill rates civic officials say and d Ollar amounts of taxes should t increase As a result of the or. G Oetzke says the change will result in taxes being based on inflationary prices instead of the real value of property. He says elderly people who have worked hard All their lives Are in danger of losing their Homes because of the higher taxes he fears May o m e As a result of the change. Same thing would Hap pen to Low income families i t is these two groups who usually own older Homes and owners of older Homes would suffer More from this destructive taxation idea than those who own new or newer this another example of How our mixed econ omy system punishes the individual for. His initiative and of or. Goetze says that As in he would reject the in assessment and any other arrangements that contradict his political philosophy. Governments Are meant to be the protectors of free Citi Zens and not their destroyers if this assessment change was carried out it would destroy Many of the most productive citizens of our local Man Heads flying club group r. P. Purves of the Winnipeg flying club has been elected president of the Royal Canadian flying club association. Duncan Marshall also of the Winnipeg club has been named mid West zone director. Density ratio Oslo Norway an average population density of about 10 per Square mile. Steals third car Man jailed a 19.year-old Man s third conviction for Auto theft has led to a six month prison term. The Man David w. Abra Ham of Kenora ont., pleaded guilty tuesday to a charge of theft before judge Anthonyj. Pilutik in provincial judges court in the Public building. Crown counsel Ron Carbert told court Abraham was at tending a party in Winnipeg saturday when he became bored and decided to steal a car. He drove the car to Ken Ora where he met an 18-year old Friend and the two men drove to Redditt ont., looking for a girl Friend. After running out of Gas twice in the West Hawk Lake area and attracting the Atten Tion of provincial Park officials the two were arrested by the kc51p. Abraham was on probation for Auto theft when he commit Ted the offence. A second Man is scheduled to appear in. Court in connection with the incident. School counsellors or. Merrill Harmin of the Southern Illinois University s 1 education department will speak at the annual conference of the school counsellors association being held from 10 . To noon Friday at Dakota collegiate 661 Dakota Street in St. Vital. Des Moines about 50 crops grown in the . Depend upon insects for pollination. 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