Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 19, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday october 19, 1974 5 jobs for mentally handicapped urged a Manitoba Cabinet commit tee is studying the question of whether companies and organization with More than 100 workers should be obliged to employ a certain percentage of disadvantaged included the mentally handicapped. Disclosed during a panel discussion Friday by labor . R. Russ Paulley chairman of the Cabi manpower and immigration committee. At Long last Are at tempting to get the cooperation of employers to help us help those who require the or. Paulley told about 150 Manitoba special education teachers at Prince Charles school 1075 Wellington ave nue. The discussion was part of a conference on the place of train Able mentally handicapped in the work Community. The conference was sponsored by Manitoba s depart ment of education. Other panellists were Dale Lutes director of services for the Winnipeg Branch of the Ca n a d i a n association for the mentally retarded or. Harold Havies president elect of the Canadian. Paediatrics society Roii Good Rich executive director of citizen advocacy Mani Toba inc., and abe.1 do Erkson who works with trainable men tally handicapped students As supervisor of the print shop at the health sciences Centre. Or. Paulley replied affirm t i v e when asked whether Manitoba s m i n i m u m wage provisions hourly could be waived for the mentally handicapped. He is authorized to vary the minimum wage ice. Also said that have to do a big Job in educating the Trade Union movement that it should participate in ensuring adequate employment Opp Ortu for the mentally handicapped. In this connection or. Lutes organizations concerned with the mentally handicapped c o u i a include labor leaders on their. Boards. In an revealed that the Canadian association for the retarded does t have a labor representative on its Manitoba also needs Post vocational training centres for University of Toronto l h e moderately and mildly mentally handicapped or. Lutes contended. The province does t have a single such Centre he said so there s virtually nothing for them after they leave school. The centres or. Lutes explained would enable the men tally Handicap nod to develop Speed skills work Quality and learn How to interact with superiors and fellow workers. Be cause the mentally handicapped Are currently lacking in these areas employers Are reluctant to hire them on the grounds that productivity and therefore profits would be reduced. Post vocational training centres Are operating Success fully in Calgary and in St. Paul Minnesota he said. In an interview later or. Lutes disclosed that he had had several meetings with the provincial government on the possibility of establishing such training centres and was left with the notion that the gov. Ern ment Felt it would be wast ing taxpayers Money. The government does t understand that there Are Many mentally retarded people who can hold Down competitive although the association in t in the Job placement business the number of requests from employers willing to hire the mentally handicapped exceeds the number of available Quali fied people to fill the jobs he said. Or. Lutes suggested thai professionals draft employment proposals and submit them to government. He also said Winnipeg needs More group Homes for the mentally handicapped. Or. Goodrich asked that apprenticeship programs be established perhaps under auspices of Trade unions. He said a wide Range of pro Grams and options should be introduce to ensure adequate employment opportunities. The mentally handicapped have As Many rights As any one including the right to a d e c e til economic or. Goodrich said. Citizen advocacy Manitoba in., he explained offers Volun Teers to. Befriend the mentally physically and socially handicapped on a one to one basis the volunteers Are advocates because Many of the handicapped quite literally Cau l speak for i midwinter examinations 1974-75 dotes for applications and feet november 1 for theory Examina Lions and november 15 for practical examinations theory examinations will be held on december 6 and 7, and practical examinations january 14, 17, 1975 in Toronto and last two weeks of january in other centres for information Contact mrs. James Johnston 156 Cordova Street Winnipeg Man hotel convention set of the .47th j annual. Convention of the Manitoba hotel association will be held monday to wednesday at the International my the meeting will be opened by Winnipeg mayor Steve Juba and attorney general Howard Pawley of Manitoba will officially open the hospitality supplier s show. Rene Toupin provincial min ister of tourism recreation and 11 u r a 1 affairs will speak at bit co operative marketing at a business session. The three Day event winds up with the presentation of a prize to the hotel displaying the Best Booth at the Conven Tion. Councillor c. John acc of Winnipeg City Council is sharpening his net minding prowess As the City fathers hockey team prepares for its rematch with the Golden boys of. Manitoba. The big game Between the City councillors and members of the provincial legislature will be held nov. 2 in the Winnipeg Arena. The City team won the first contest in March. Bad cheques net three months Iii jail Patrick Edward Saito 25, was sent to prison for three months Friday after pleading guilty to three charges of false ire Tances. Saito of 125 Ruby Street bought a color to from a Winnipeg dealer june 22 and wrote a Cheque for which there were no funds in his Bank account court was told. When police went to his Home they found he had also written two other cheques for which there were no funds. One Cheque was for and the other for Sailo had an extensive Crimi Nal record. Judge i. V. Ubienski sentenced Saito to one month consecutive on each charge in provincial judges court in the Public safety building. Whist drive a whist drive will be held at 8 . Wednesday in the Cana Dian National railways club rooms in the basement of the in station main Street and Broadway. Suspect sought in theft inn City police were searching for a chief who broke into the crafts Guild of Mani Toba store 183 Kennedy Street and stole sculptures jackets and Cash valued at police said the store was broken into sometime wednes Day night or thursday morning and 40 to 50 Eskimo soap Stone sculptures a Seal skin coat and six other Coats and in Cash was taken. The thief or thieves had piled other goods at the rear door but was apparently scared off before he could cart them away police said. World sheepskins local manufacturer offers largest selection of men s and women a double faced suede sheep skin Coats. Styled for our Canadian Winter. Prices that you can afford. Lambskin specialities 590 Selkirk ave. 582-6783 Ltd Schreyer denies cover up charge charges that the Manitoba attorney general s department tried to cover up alleged mis use of Public funds by a now bankrupt trucking company were described Friday by per Raier de Schreyer As incredible. X the charges have been levelled by a Winnipeg television and radio station. The Premier questioned the motives of the news Agency in making the allegations. The allegations involve the Thompson Man., trucking u Way auditors working fast without the exacting work of tie United Way s seven member audit staff volunteers i n the current fund raising Campaign would be unable to keep abreast of their results and responsibilities the seven now Are working under probably the greatest pressure of any group involved in the drive toward an objective of for 52 health welfare and recreation organizations. Headed by chief auditor May Pollon the staff represents at least 150 years experience. Auditors Are John Slindee loaned by Canada Cement la Farge Ltd. Arnold Coughlin a retired Bank manager Donna Mcdougal a former Bank employee and Sara Rosen a re tired bookkeeper. The latter three were hired for just the current drive. Cashiers Are Kay Krahn loaned by the Royal Bank of Canada and Anne Livingstone loaned by t. Eaton co. The auditors keep audit sheets on which each contribution is entered and balanced As it is brought into the third Loor office at 267 Edmonton Street. Noon is the daily audit dead line. The staff turned out 82 audit where Trees set the scene for a pleasant quiet place to live. A place for people. For to Fol Anci your srowin9 a Kensington Homes Community built in the tradition of concern and care for people with gracious Homes or the discriminating visit our display Home. It will open a i a whole new world of living to you. Phone 253-4305 prices from sheets last tuesday and Haven t reached the Peak mrs. Pollon said in an inter View. One Day last year required 128 sheets. Each morning loaned representatives group and division chairmen Are provided with printouts of those sections of the audit sheets which show current results of the Compa n i e s and organizations for which they re specifically responsible. This enables Detec Tion of Campaign soft spots and prevents unnecessary Call backs on organizations which already have contributed. In addition the audit staff provides daily summary re ports of Over All Campaign re sults by group division and division and sector chairmen and top Campaign of Licals. All returns arrive in sealed envelopes and Are always opened with two people present the Cashiers. There s some Cali and cheques but the great majority of gifts Are pledges through payroll deduction or direct Billing from the United Way office. Two finer City policemen is Eort a United Way employee daily to the Bank to Deposit cheques. No Money is kept in the office. After contributions Are Tabu lated and recorded the pledge cards Are placed in the office vault. We can verify a by contribution to the United Way since its beginning in mrs. Pollon said. Deaths Asselstine Mary Ann 84, of Portage la Prairie for Merly of Oakville Man., widow of Wilbert Asselstine. Bann James 68, of 797 do minion Street retired Teleg rather for Canadian National hallways. Bousa Frank Walter 03, of 5 9 Northumbria Bay St. Boniface. Clement Lea 87, of 195 Raymond place is. Boni face widow of Henri Clem ent. Cowan mrs. Hugh of 321 Yale. Avenue West Transcona. Douglass Vcra Anne 78, of 21. Mayfair place retired teacher. Firman Walter 59, of 268 Fountain Street. Foley John James 65, of London England formerly of Winnipeg. Kaplan Sidney 52, of Winnipeg. Lussier Edgar Felix 83, of 200 Horace Street St. Boni face formerly of Elie Man., retired agent for Manitoba Pool elevators. Park mrs. Alfred Dolores Valerie 42, of Selkirk employed by service employees International Union. Schroeder Maria 81, of 888 Arlington Street suite 40. Strautmanis Katrine o f Toronto. T a f t Diwi inc Jefferson g61, of Glenboro Man., in trucking business. Robert w., 82, of min Neapolis formerly of Winnipeg. Watson Robert of 25g Boro Nank Street. For further information please sec1 classified death notices company of sch Mil cartage was placed in receivership in april. The company had a ban from the provincial communities economic develop tent fund. I am convinced there is no attempt by anyone to cover a or Schreyer said. I Don t feel there was any Hing not being done that ought to have been done in he if there was a desire by the government1 to cover up the Issue then Why did it ask Manitoba court of Queens Bench .0 appoint a receiver last april or. Schreyer asked. To allege coverup somehow is just the Premier noted that the receiver who is an officer of the court and not of the government has Complete authority to investigate Schmit car Tage and Call in the Kemp for investigation if necessary. The news Agency has charged the attorney general s department with trying to hide the facts because of an. Interim report by the receiver in april which indicated missing Money and misuse of funds. Or. Schre yer said Friday that report was preliminary teaching values by games the teaching of values to students can be More easily and successfully accomplished through games and Frank Dis Cussion than through conventional lectures about 300 Mani Toba school guidance coun Sellors were told Friday. The speaker was or. Merrill Harmin professor of education at Southern Illinois University and author of the Book values and teaching who was addressing a conference of the school counsellors association of Manitoba at Dakota Colic Gale. In a. Two hour presentation he showed counsellors various methods of achieving what he called values clarification As a replacement for the old moralistic the various methods Are aimed at getting students to to a 1 k freely about. Subjects Many of them personal and to hear the views of others on subjects on which they Are forming values. He gave demonstrations of Many of the methods with the help of seven Dakota collegiate students and also with participation by the audience of guidance counsellors. One of the methods was in list 20 things you like to after the lists were completed or. Harmin asked the students to put various signs in front of the items listed to show those that involved spending Money participating alone or with others those they would Hope to retain interest in for years to come and other characteristics. This he said helped Stu dents realize where their inter ests lie and leads to Examina Tion of the value they place on these activities. And that the investigation was continuing. Meanwhile the ramp kept watch on the Home of actor Pawley at Selkirk thursday night after a threatening Telephone Call was received. The threat was re sorted to have been made in a Call to sky the news Agency that has been making the charges. Commenting on the threat or. Schreyer said if that has happened then 1 wonder who Las been the Premier repeated there was insufficient evidence to warrant criminal prosecution confection with Schmit cartage and that the whole matter was still under investigation. The fraud Section of the ramp was called in about two weeks ago to review the earlier investigation by the attorney general s department. La to speak at breakfast or. Lloyd Axworthy libera member of the Manitoba legis lature for fort Rouge Wil speak at a special breakfast being held at 10 . Oct. 27 in the Sha Arcy Zedock synagogue Wellington Crescent and Aca Demy Road. The breakfast is sponsored by the synagogue s United syn Agogun youth. Tickets arc available from the synagogue office. 320garryst Olympus om-1 camera demonstration by factory representative Friday 7-9 . 320 Garry St. All Day saturday Kerwin photo Ltd Garden City shopping Centre _ i when you build with Beaver you can be sure you re Gettin g Quality. Ted Heyword Pembine stafford.------. 474-1325 Jim Hannibal Crossroads Nairn 59 224-1671 Bob King Crossroads Hairn 59 224-1671 Lyle Neufeld 2527 Portage afe.t.888-7900 a division of Beaver lumber co. Ltd fill out Coupon for free brochure name. Address. City. O i own my own lot d i plan to build in 1974 d i will require financing prov., phone., please mail Coupon to Box 813 wpg., Man ;