Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 11, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free june 1979 press Alberta pedalling to Sarnia by Allan Wilson theres nothing fancy about 67year old John Darimont bicycle trek from Edmonton to the Bike is one of those solid three speeds with reliable tires kids used to when a pedal broke Friday near Winnipeg he fixed it with if you were brought up during the depression you Learned the value of so i brought some Darimont travels have taken him Kilometres since May 13 along the Yellowhead through North Battleford on to flin flon and Down to id like to publicize getting Back to there is an increasing trend to mechanize nothing bothers me More than see ing a potbellied Man out on the Golf course getting some exercise and travelling around in a Golf the recreation and a visit to his brother in Sarnia Are the other reasons for the his career As a wanderer started at the same time he retired from Engi Neering for the Alberta highways de backpacked to Vancouver during the first year of retirement he backpacked from Edmonton to Vancou last year he did a combination drive and bicycle ride from Edmonton to i figured id get a bit of this he has 78 pounds of Camp ing spare cloths and some food on the his wife lets put it this Shes not wildly but his two daughters think its he is also a Grandfather five times in a regular Day he gets up at 6 makes hits the Road by 8 and rides until 5 cover ing about 75 Kilometres a and sometimes up to depending on the life on the Road has been As Darimont left Edmonton the radio stations asked motorists to watch out for As a one car pulled up and invited him to a wedding in Haf it was a great big ukrainian wed half the town must have been i didst get up at 6 the Darimont arrives in Winnipeg after fixing pedal with next Day i still made 86 kilo me ters with a in flin where he worked from 1934 through 1950 he was greeted As a Lon lost they gave me the Royal Hes had no trouble with 1 Haven had any trouble at All the big trucks dont bother the wind is a real Factor in this outside Rose there was a wind from the West and i had no i was moving along As fast As the cars in some but near Ashville he had to walk the Bike 12 Miles because the headwind was so its been a cold i got to Swan River before i saw my first dandelion and i knew it was then i saw a girl in shorts and that confirmed he concluded theres nothing worse than travelling Uphill in the but when the Sun is shining and you can smell the the Birds Are the winds behind it feels seven die in weekend accidents three people died in traffic accidents in Manitoba during the three members of one family were drowned in a boating Accident and another Man was reported missing and presumed police said Maurice James of 806 Simcoe Street died Early yesterday morning when the truck he was driving hit a lamp weather thunderstorms cily Cha Feilo a Donald also of 806 was admitted to Hospital for ramp said Judy of 357 Beverley died when the car she was driving collided with a pickup truck on Highway 75 about 30 Kilometres South of a West German resident died in a single vehicle Accident saturday night near la ramp Hermann Josef of West was killed when he lost control of his vehicle on Highway about 140 Kilometres Southwest of James a 23yearold resident of is missing and presumed by police to have drowned in the red he was reported missing saturday ramp said the bodies of three members of a Garden Hill Indian band family were recovered saturday after a late Friday boating Accident near Island about 500 kilo metres Northeast of dead Are 40yearold William his 39yearold Cecile and Fivey Earold woman charged in robberies a 32yearold woman was to appear in court today charged in connection with two armed robberies of North Winnipeg seven11 stores Early this police said at a woman armed with a knife entered the seven11 store at 1370 main demanded Money and fled in a beige at one the incident was repeated at a seven11 store at 1200 Jefferson a Small amount of Cash was taken in both police arrested a woman in West Winnipeg at sunny and warm Winnipeg area forecast sunny High near Low tonight near sunny becoming Cloudy in the afternoon with occasional brisk South High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba showers or thundershowers skies Clearing sunny Northern Manitoba showers or thundershowers skies Clearing sunny Northwestern Ontario showers or thundershowers wednes Day and skies Clearing temperatures Canada and the world my min deaths National Victoria Rojna Winnie sol Thunder Bav Montreal International new York Lisbon London 21 21 24 n 23 16 21 20 21 20 30 28 28 23 24 25 59 13 31 17 24 21 14 to 10 ii 5 6 10 4 2 8 9 4 5 12 16 i 13 10 19 18 16 10 13 14 u 9 13 resort spots los Clear 40 24 Las Clear 37 26 Clear 41 32 partly 30 6 Clear 31 23 partly Cloudy 29 26 partly Cloudy 26 21 31 23 28 23 Lair 31 26 31 25 Winnipeg Leme erasure comparisons my mean 197 73 to last 9 41 14 0 22 2 69 is 6 highest on record 34 4 m we Lowed on record 0 a in 1882 mean in 5 73 us 4 7 118 in 3 8 94 16 i 3f 7 m 1949 june last year Noi mat highest on record lowest on record m i9m James of 803 Honeyman ave formerly of Rosemount of 1 72 Lawndale Boni wife of Bill Ber Harold of South b widower of Kathryn Donald to of William of Oakview nursing John of White husband of Cora Josephine Daniel Henry of 247 Balmoral husband of Helen Annie of Al widow of James Archie of 424 Edmonton of 817 Mam widow of William John j of Man William of 161 Rob Mdale Char husband of Grace Kurbis of foyer St Vincent Charles of 57 a Lelawn Hus band of Ragna Florence of Lions widow of Arthur William of 61 Edmonton suite husband of mar Garet of Anna of 525 Lanark suite widow of Charles Stanley Euphemia of 377 Kensington widow of Ladislav Nurkard of 506 Madeline suite widow of Leo Pilotte of Van formerly of Stony Man widower of Frances May Scott of 755 Harbison husband of Giovanna Taddeo of Man husband of Annie Wallace of husband of Sarah web Brandon u film Archive old movie fans heaven by Manfred Jager Winnipeg free press Brandon the Canadian federation of film societies Choice of Brandon University As the repository for its collection of rare films has made Brandon the rare movie capital of the collection of feature length and Short films going Back to the beginning of the Century was moved to the univer sity from the Canadian film Institute in Jim chairman of the University history department and director of the schools film Archive said the move has made the University the most important film collection Centre of its kind in More than rare movies Are in the Skinner and it is expected to reach films in the near some of the films in the collection Are so rare the University will not part with for fear the irreplaceable prints would be lost or sociology and Art history students from As far away As California and the Southern United states who have inquired about certain films in the bran Don collection have been told they would have to come to the wheat City to see the Central location an asset Brandon became the new Archive for rare films after the film society federa Tion moved its collection from Ottawa because of administrative rising costs and staffing As Brandon Central location made the shift More we operate the service much cheaper than the Canadian film Institute Skinner our handling charge is a third of what the Institute and dont were experienced at weve been distributing films from our own collection for the past 15 the University ships films across the Skinner touch we actually never have lost a film sometimes we have had to Trace or repair it when it came Back damaged after being lost for a week or but weve always got it Skinner said Brandon University rare movie collection now includes the Only Canadian print of the 1932 film with Paul Muni one of a handful of known and catalogued prints of Leni Riefenstahl Triumph Des Willens Triumph of the a 1936 nazi propaganda film and a print of go slow on the Brighton a British experimental film done in the Early part of the the vast collection of rare films at Brandon University is under the care of Jim another film we have that we Are very Happy about is the first animated film Walt Disney Ever he made it in while still living in Kansas City and years before moving to Holly Skinner Disney made film for and firm the film was made for newmans advertising Agency in Kansas City and was called newmans laugh0 it advertised local businesses and was designed to be funny and even its about seven or eight minutes another prize Possession of the film Centre is a two minute color movie made in 1896 by Thomas called Annabelle dances it consists of about individually Han printed while there Arent Many rare movies Brandon University film Centre Doest Skinner can still come up with a few titles he would dearly love to one is a 1928 movie by the famous Austria born director Erich von Stro Heim called wedding we know of Only one copy of this movie in existence and it is in a film Centre in Skinner another rarity the Centre would be proud to own is of such recent Vintage that contemporary film goers May re member seeing Alfred Hitchcock 1958 film starring Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart has totally disappeared from the catalogues and nobody in the Field today seems to own a copy of Skinner and there is another Erich von Stroheim film he would like to get the 1929 movie Queen featuring Gloria the University is still on the Lookout for these and to add to its already Large catalogue of rare who can resist a Little baby Duck this bubbly blend of a Rich red wine and a sparkling White has a refreshing taste youll really take no wonder at any a Little baby Duck is right at i athletes Wear 145 Market now open evenings til Canon photo copies National cameras i Hill concourse store Portage a main Finkleman and Finkleman optometrists 2nd floor 265 Portage Avenue Avenue building thru saturday phone 9422496 eyes glasses examined fitted press clips 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