Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 11, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free june 1979 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 1 didst get up at 6 the Paul Winnipeg free pre83 Darimont arrives in Winnipeg after fixing pedal with next Day but 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 i Haven had any 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 youth trapped 22 hours in a 17yearold boy was rescued yesterday after spend ing about 22 hours in a 12footdeep cavity under the main Street police said the boy had been walking on steel girders under the Bridge saturday then Slid Down the supports and walked along a the youth then fell into an open Hole in the he was unable to get out and his cries for help were unheard until a crossing the Bridge about heard his screams and called the who police also said that traffic accidents have taken the lives of three persons Over the the bodies of three other persons have been recovered from a boating weather and another person is missing and presumed Maurice James of 806 Simcoe Street died Early yesterday morning when the truck he was driving nil a lamp he was pronounced dead on arrival at Misericordia Hospital and his Donald of the same was admitted for overnight police another Winnipeg resident died in a two vehicle Accident Early yesterday morning near ramp said Judy of 357 Beverley died when the car she was driving collided with a pickup truck on Highway 75 about 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 to Kilometres Southwest of ramp also said James a 23yearold resident of is missing and presumed drowned in the red he was reported missing saturday the bodies of three members of a family have been recovered in Island the victims were identified As Loyear uld William his 39yearold Wile Cecile and Fivey Earold son All residents of Garden Hill Indian ramp Winnipeg City police also said a 27yearold male is in custody in connection with two fires on Lenore Street on june s and they refused to name two Winnipeg firefighters were sent to Hospital for smoke inhalation Early yesterday Shile fighting a House fire at j1 Monaco sunny and warm area forecast sunny High near Low tonight near sunny becoming Cloudy in the afternoon with occasional of i 72 Boni Bill Ber widower showers or brisk South High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mostly sunny tuesday and wednesday with near no ital temperatures Northern Manitoba showers temperatures near Clearing Northwestern Ontario occasional showers tuesday and temperatures near temperatures Canada and the world National Clor id Vrtis vhf Winnipeg non idiot k Crux d Brandon Ilia Iier Bay Lor Chito Ott Dao Montreal j 2 22 13 i to 28 my in ii 4 4 3 10 20 19 10 Winnipeg temperature my mean Juno 9 in 7 6 14 0 Las it ear j 41 u c nor Midi i 9 lie Hig Tisl on record 34 4 n 06 lowest on record 0 6 in a62 Mia mean june 10 i is last year 2j i lie 18 j Normal in 8 v a highest on record lowest on record in precipitation total for april to junes 183 Smillir it Horeb 113 5 millimetre i James of 803 Honey ruin Avi Tor Meily of a vent to Ireno Lawn Tilo wife of i Trand Harold of South of Kathryn Donald to of William of Oakview nursing John h of White b husband of Cora Josephine Erlendson Daniel Henry of 247 Balmoral husband of Helen Annie of Al widow of of 424 Edmonton Sheet Benin 817 Wain William Viva Iwiula John j of Man bin 161 rot indal husband it Kurbis Koshyk of foyer St Charles of 57 Gle Lawn Hus band of Ragna Florence of Lions widow of Arthur Mabee William of 61 Edmonton suite husband of mar Garet Mclaren of Anna of 525 Lanark widow of Charles Stanley Moffatt Euphemia of 377 Kensington widow of Ladislav of 506 Madeline suite widow or Leo of Van formerly of Stony Man widower of Frances May Scott of 755 Harbison husband of Giovanna of husband of Arnie Thomson Wallace of husband of Sarah Webb for w in ii k v it Atuf p 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 Frontas far away As California and the Southern United states who have in 3uired about certain films in the bran on 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 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 scar face with Paul Muni one of a handful of known and catalogued prints of Leni Riefenstahl Triumph pcs 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 photo by Laurie Harrison 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 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 Laugho 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 Donees 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 austrian bom director Erich von Stro Heim called 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 can n a this bubbly blend of a Rich red wine and a sparkling White has a refreshing taste youll realty take no wonder at any a Little baby Duck is right at athletes Wear 145 Market now open til Finkleman and 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