Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba people Hom tuesday november 18, 1975 17 landlord promises House repair a confrontation Between about 20 North Winnipeg Resi dents and a landlord could bring improvements to a Stella Avenue House that the residents say Are Ding Over due. The residents members of Stella tenants and Home owners association received the Promise of repairs to the House during a meeting in the Northend Community organization 575 Selkirk ave nue with landlord Ben pot Ash. Or. Potash who a cd been told a business in which he is involved would be picketed if he failed to attend the meet r h j-1 Era f. Fri i m tar i i v5w i pc. R off f a w ski iffy a f i.-. . F a "5 i a Foj m. M few my m m eve. File m of broken window in fire gutted building ing told the residents re pairs would begin within an hour after the session. As a Start he said a burned out rear portion of the House located at 517 Stel la would be boarded up and a refrigerator in the Back Yard removed the burned out portion was later boarded up and the refrigerator removed As Well he said a City building permit would be obtained within one week to allow removal of the House s rear Section. Area residents complained at the meeting that nothing had been done to improve the House despite severe damage caused last year by a fire. The fire they said dam aged a one Storey Section at. The Back of the House. A stucco two Storey addition in front had fallen to disrepair since the fire they added. The residents said in boarded broken windows at the rear Are an invitation to children to enter and use the spot for Glide sniffing without fear of being caught. One resident said glue have been on More than one occasion. As Well the residents complained a discarded refrigerator with its door still at t a c h e d posed a serious danger to Small children playing in the area. About 20 complaints about the stucco portion of the House were aired at the meeting including claims that Many windows were broken and boarded faucets weren t working and ran continually and Walls and floors required repairs Joyce Mckenzie who said she. Moved into the House last May with her six Chil Dren said she has had Little Success in her attempt to Haye the landlord make re it drape covers empty Kitchen window Frame Mckenzie said she has been forced to hang a drape Over a broken Kitchen window to keep out . As Well she said she is afraid to turn on the Furnace because of the noise it makes. During tha meeting Many of the residents voiced con Cerns about landlords. Genera ally in North Winnipeg and their Lack of attention to the houses and apartments they rent. John Zwolak of 497 Stella said landlords should be licensed and those failing to meet safety and health Stan Dards would find their licences revoked. A i feel sorry for the next door tenants when anyone won t look after their said or. Zwolak who suggested that eyesores such As the one. At 517 Stella should t be rented. Or. Zwolak said any land lord who fails to make Nec Essary repairs to meet safety and health standards should be taxed for the Cost of tear ing Down a rundown building. I. Hatash of 44 Forest Park drive West Kildonan said there Are Many rental houses in Winnipeg worse condition than the Stella one. The landlord had tried during the past year to make repairs to the House especially since the fire but has been unable to get them done. However he said in View of the complaints by the Resi dents begin immediately to repair the Home. Shed where glue sniffing reported the House front Horowitz at 71 master of keys sew York pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed at Carnegie Hall and the audience treated it As one of the top events of the musical season. Horowitz. 71. Remains a master of the piano. His tech Nique was unflagging and his concert ranged from the Deli Cacy of a Flower Petal to passionate Thunder. Last season. Horowitz gave a Spring concert at Carnegie Hall with tickets made Avail Able first to those who had been in line in vain to buy tickets for his concert last november at the metropolitan opera. He also gave several concerts in other . Cities. Verr Rry interesting character a lot of rent for v of 36" Width 100% Rayon imported from France on Sale till sat. Yard discount fast Fiji Fabius at fad precis at Khiu hot 131 beg8h w you sgt shopping Chatt Kitchener out. Up and what Are you doing it was the wrong Way to phrase a question to arte Johnson 4 Well i m sitting Here with my wife in room 410 of the Valhalla inn in downtown Kitchener. It would have been the perfect Cue for the Little German Soldier to appear from behind a Bush and exclaim Vern Rry but the Little German sol Dier in t popping up from be Hind Bushes these Days. Not since he Learned that the insecticides they were using on the Bush were killing people As Well a later question Semeri perfectly afe How did he and his German born Fash Ion designer wife g i s e i a meet we met through a Mutual Friend who said that there was this poor girl who obviously going to be deported because she had no viable source of income and i met her. It was a very sad thing. She was about 30 pounds i d e r by e i g h t and she was dressed in Burlap dress and had no shoes. I Felt that i had to Rescue her so i asked her if she was interested in getting married and she of course crawled to me knowing full Well that she had finally met the he obviously bad better Luck than the dirty Little old Man who used to snuggle up to Gladys Romp by on the Park Bench and be rewarded Vilh a clout to the head from Gladys s purse. Like most actors who Ever created popular characters in Long running to snows. Arte Johnson views his creations of the late "60s with ambivalence. On the one hand tie Little German has paid a lot of rent Over the years7 and the Enigh so fracturing Little rus Sian bought me two Mer cedes and a on the other hand it s hard to explain to people that you Don t do the same thing Over and Over and Over and Over again that there s some thing deeper and More pro found in your since he left laugh in in 1970 after 3v4 years of pop Ping up from behind Bushes getting clouded by purses and putting on a russian accent arte Johnson has done by his own count about 400 television appeared in plays and movies and travelled All Over the United states and Canada making personal appearances. Yet people want to be me Coine out of Bushes. It s like taking an architect and always going Back to the first thing he Ever built. After a while hell say hey there you know. I just built some thing recently. Would t you like to Lake a look at i m not a comic or a co median pm a comic actor and there s a difference but a lot of people Don t recognize it. 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