Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 4, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free August 1979 3 free press chair draw boosts Sunshine fund by Laurie Streich an antique leather chair that free press publisher Don Nicol decided to raffle off has taken the free press Sunshine fund Over the proceeds from the raffle of the or Natel carved Oak and leather chair will raise the fund by More than enough to Send 10 children to a sum Mer Camp Holiday they otherwise with some ticket Money still to has already been credited Sunshine fund Send a kid to Camp to the Sunshine fund from the raffle of the which was billed As the seat of Power since the Days of John the Well known editor of the free press for 43 there is now less than a month left in the 1979 camping season and the Sun Shine expected to be is now winding it was set up in june to help children who wanted to go to but who were being forced to stay Home because their families raise the average Cost of a on week Camp holi with about now donated to the Sunshine fund by free press More than 170 children have either Al ready enjoyed a summer Camp experience or will in the next few almost All the Camp spots Are filled now and although they1 War relived with memories of Good times have slowed Down to a Are still coming said Lynn receptionist on the Sunshine i still get three or four a she at a recent Camp directors miss Falk said the directors had Noth ing but positive comments about the children who had been sponsored through the they All really enjoyed them she the free press and the Manitoba camping association Are participating Dave free press in the fundraising drive to Send Chil Dren to the associations 44 member the Camps Are All nonprofit and operated by donations should be sent to the free press Sunshine 300 Carlton r3c 3c1 or left at the free press classified receipts will be issued and names of donors any Money left Over at the end of the camping season will go toward financing special such As upgrading facilities for the handicapped at exist ing parents who want to Register their children Are asked to write the Manitoba camping 1483 Pembina r3t 2c9 or Call them on their special Sunshine fund Telephone line at donations free press chair Les Alou ettes Square dance club in memory of John 2544 Julian 116 total to by Bob Cheshire for the 410 air Canadas crack night fighter group in the second world the germans were but so were the the bikes were How the members of 410 Cougar Squadron would return to base after an evening in an English casualties were High while wobbling Home in a but in the sky at the 410 Squadron equipped eventually with sin Gle engine Mosquito fighter aircraft destroyed More enemy fighters than any other Canadian night fighter group two probable and nine Winnipeg in 1979 is a Long Way from the second world War air Battle for its Little wonder veterans of the 410 in the City for a reunion this remember the Good times associated with those War Battle in skies was tense Ted of 79 Oxford chairman of the 1979 said the Battle for control of the skies Over Britain represented some of the tenses moments for the 410 the Squadron was formed in Scotland in at first Only six pilots were Canadian with the rest of the Crews being but by the time the fighter group was disbanded in about 99 per cent of the members were the Squadron followed the flow of the from Scotland to air bases in England during the Battle for then moving into Europe in the push for today the 410 re formed in the is an All weather fighter operational training unit flying Jet aircraft based in More than 150 attending this More than 150 Mem Bers and wives of Squadron members Are attending the to help give the reunion an English Sid burst off of the East London Pearly Kings and Queens is his Cockney twang echoing hello How Are you As he makes the leading the singing of songs echoing from the Distant War dressed in a Black suit covered with More than White Mother of Pearl buttons the suit weighs about 81 pounds based in Toronto and now works to promote the Pearlie originated in the 1880s of victorian England where they used to help protect Street vendors or bar rowboys1 from and were known by their distinctive Button co Vered the reunion held every three years is to give a Chance for old comrades to reliving the times when the 410 Squadron flew nightly in defense of great the Grey the balding Heads and the slight launches those old familiar faces Are Young its the pub is and who knows what tomorrow will bring local news housing cleanup hampered Jim George and Arnold Wood of relive War province faces welfare suit by Ritchie Gage a Winnipeg lawyer has taken Legal action to Force the province to have a unified welfare the Case is expected to be heard in Federal court in in a statement of claim filed in Winnipeg on behalf of a welfare recipe lawyer Patrick Riley says the province violates its 5050 costing Shar ing agreement with Ottawa by allowing municipalities to set their own welfare rates and by reducing Basic payments when an overpayment has been for the rate paid to recipients on provincial welfare is for children Between the Ages of 12 and 17 while Winnipeg allows a month for food for children Between the Ages of 10 and Brandon has an allowance of for children Between the Ages of 12 and 17 and Beausejour sets a rate of a month for children aged 12 to Chil Dren from 11 to 14 who live in the municipality of Dauphin Are allowed a month for Morden allows monthly for food for children aged Between 12 and 14 years Portage la and the which names the Federal red Cross drive pushed Over Mark the Manitoba Branch of the Canadian red Cross has fallen Short of its goal to raise in private donations for Southeast Asia but a provincial government Grant pushed the drive Over the Mark just before the Campaign officially ended private donations amounted to and the province contributed the Branch had expected to receive from Manitoban when the Campaign began july the goal was surpassed when the government pledged its Grant two Days before the campaigns making the total Cam commissioner for the Manitoba division of the red said he is not sure Why from the Public fell Short of the but he said Many people could have made Independent although the National Campaign deadline was the provincial Branch will still accept donations for As Long a period As the refugee problem King minister of health and welfare As de also asks the court to deter mine that welfare funds Given to Manitoba Are a much the same As municipal assistance to recipients is treated by the municipalities As a Riley said liens Are placed on the Homes of recipients on them Perso he also claims Many welfare recipients receive less than the Basic minimum to live when forced to repay he said the mistakes Are the govern but recipients still must Riley said in an interview there should be More representations Avail Able for welfare recipients when they Appeal their in Many situations welfare recipients Are not articulate enough to put their Case Forward to the social Assis Tance Appeal he called for lawyers to get More involved in speak ing for by Ingeborg Boyens the cites two Eskold crackdown on derelict housing wont greatly improve inner City Winnipeg chief health inspector said although hundreds of notices have been issued to owners of unsightly or unsanitary Ataman Chuk said a Lack of staff and difficulties contacting owners were complicating the were not really oriented or geared to doing these kinds of Ata Manchuk four City inspectors have been commissioned to scour Cor Earea neighbor hoods after Community workers said More than 100 Homes in the William Whyte Community were in a state of Atamanchuk said the City Doest have enough especially Dur ing the summer Holiday to Send out on these kinds of since Between and regular com plaints still must be handled not a simple matter its not a simple matter of sitting Back and saying were going to clean up the the inspector we Haven even established what kind of a City we and while the health department has the authority to placard vacant build Ings under the Public health Ata Manchuk said notice must be Given to the property agents and anyone else involved with the the owners Are often difficult to locate and sometimes refuse to accept registered letters when they see they Are from the health said the City Atamanchuk said the City is always wary of the Legal implications of Board ing up or demolishing a building it Doest the 1977 annual report shows the City demolished 92 of 168 houses placarded As the derelict housing problem in the inner City can Only be solved by a More responsible attitude on the part of Resi said until we get that were going to continue to have these housing he the William Whyte Community worker who brought Forward the petition two weeks ago said yesterday City inspectors had been through the area Distri buting Anna Tynes said the Community was still concerned about the numerous vacant houses which have become hangouts for transients and infants formula recalled there appears to be Little demand in Manitoba for an infant Cho recalled yesterday by its Manu syntax of in its recall the com Pany advised parents to Stop using Cho free immediately and return any unopened supplies to the drugstore where they purchased them to obtain a re they should consult a doctor if their children have shown the following symptoms failure to gain loss of lethargy or parents should also consult a doctor to decide on a replacement used primarily for infants thought to be intolerant to May have been manufactured with Salt Levels that were too the company said in a National drug largest drug wholesaler in stocks Only a limited Supply of the while Brathwaite the second largest does not Stock it at Larry pharmaceutical buyer for said Chokree is a specialized formula which never really got off the ground All reported incidents of illness have involved children under nine months of the illness seems related to Salt the company three country tour scheduled for dance group by Graeme Sifton the Susalka dance win Nipges Premier ukrainian dance leaves tomorrow for a 3yrweek tour of the England and Scot fifty four people 44 dancers and 10 technicians will make the journey to Cost of the tour will be about All of which has been raised by troupe the tour will Mark the second time the ensemble has travelled to in six years ago the Susalka dancers attracted rave reviews at the International festival of youth the troupes appearance in Scotland in 1973 marked the first time a group other than an orchestra had been asked to perform at the in the Susalka dancers will give seven performances while in England and the trip to the Ukraine has been designed As a learning experience for the representatives in the Ukraine were asked if the group could attend a dance seminar to be held there this the seminar features some of the Best dance instructors in the the Susalka dancers Hope to learn some new techniques that will give them a wider scope in ukrainian dances and thus provide their audiences with a greater variety of in addition to the the ensemble will give two performances at the end of their the Susalka dance ensemble was founded in the Early 1960s by Peter Hladum and is considered one of the top ethnic ensembles in the danc All trained rival Many professional the All in their late teens and Early take a great Deal of Pride in their dances and care is taken to ensure that every detail of the intricate dance routines is Justice Ben a spokesman for the said the group Hopes to give two performances in Winnipeg sometime near the end of members of the Susalka dance ensemble leave tomorrow for a tour of the Scotland and ;