Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 23, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free press thursday april 23, 1981 proud Secretary Jean Hart and Boss Ronald Mann display his executive of the year award. Flowers respect preferred Susan Poulin hates stereotypes especially those which portray secretaries As husband Hunters More interested in the length of their nails than office work. The president elect of professional secretaries International formerly the National secretaries association International says the traditional Flower presented to secretaries during Cret Aries week is but she would rather see the crossed legs and Slit skirt perception of her profession vanquished along with other relics of the pre feminist revolution. We re professionals and we want to be recognized As such. A Secretary does much More than Type and file. I know some that do their company s books do payrolls. Many Are responsible for re searching various projects or organizing and preparing speeches. Most executives will admit that they d be lost without their Secre Poulin says beyond changing employer perceptions her organization would like to see secretaries paid better. Half of salary we have some secretaries hat do at least 50 per cent of their employer s workload. Why should t she be paid 50 per cent of his salary a lot of Bosses Don t know whether to. Laugh or cry when i say that but it makes perfect sense to to help publicize their Campaign the 65-member local Psi chapter presents an executive of the year award. This year s Winner St. Vital school division Secretary treasurer Ronald Mann says he agrees with much of what Psi stands for but he draws the line at a Secretary being paid 50 per cent of what he makes. I find that a Little hard to support. I d hate to think a Secretary could make half of what some High powered Salesman bringing in Mann said despite this reservation he was honoured to be selected and that he agreed with most of the Princi Ples behind Psi. The modern Secretary is generally an efficient and qualified worker. She deserves a status that reflects Western express five tickets Worth each and five Worth each were picked in the Western express lottery draw wednesday night. The tickets Are 2226809, 2148785, 3584655, 2372749 and 3241731. The tickets Are and 3425233. There Are prizes of for tickets with the last six digits of the top draws for the last five digits and for the last four. City Calendar weather the University of Winnipeg alumni association will hold its annual dinner at 6 . Saturday in Riddell Hall dining room University Campus. The association will Honor the graduating classes of and 1971. Isaac Brock residents association will hold a clean up Day from 1 to . Sunday. The association Hopes supporters will help clean up the Banks of Omand s Creek Between St. Matthews Avenue and the South end of the velodrome. The Canadian red Cross society Manitoba division will hold blood donor clinics from 9 . To 7 . Monday and to . May 1 at the Centre 226 Osborne Street and from . To . Tuesday and wednesday in the Richardson building 31st the school of music University of Manitoba will present music plus and guest artists celebrating the centenaries of Telemann and Bartok at 8 . Monday in Eva Clare Hall u of m. Windsor Park collegiate will present the musical comedy Oklahoma at . Tuesday through May 1 at the collegiate 1015 Cottonwood Road. Briercrest Bible Institute senior chorale under the direct Ion of music chairman Wilf Gaertner will present a concert of sacred music at 8 . Tuesday at Bethesda Church Grant Avenue and Cambridge Street. Lee Ann Blase of the kidney foundation will speak on food Coop opening in the future will facilitate special diets at . Wednesday in the Centennial Library 251 Donald Street. The meeting is presented by the Manitoba organization for problems of hyperactivity. Winnipeg area forecast mainly Cloudy this morning frequent sunny periods this afternoon. High today near 11, Low tonight near -2. Sunny tomorrow with a High near 13. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba Cloudy saturday and sunday with showers Likely saturday. Clearing monday. Temperatures near Normal readings of 12 and 0 saturday cooler sunday and monday. Northern Manitoba mostly Cloudy All three Days with temperatures below Normal readings of 9 and -4. Northwestern Ontario frequent Cloudy periods saturday with temperatures near Normal readings of 11 and -2. Cloudy and cooler sunday and monday. Temperatures Canada and the world deaths classified death National Victoria. Vancouver. Calgary. Edmonton. Fegina. Winnipeg. Thompson. Kenora. Brandon. Dauphin. Thunder Bay. Toronto. Ottawa. Montreal. Halifax. International Chicago. 14 13 18 17 15 5 -2 2 b 5 3 7 9 9 6 Max. Man. Minneapolis.1., 14 8 new York. 12 1 Boston. 14 0 Amsterdam. 9 3 Athens. 24 12 Berlin. 6 i Helsinki. -2 -6 Winnipeg temperature companions Max. Man. Mean april 22. 5.3 0.3 2.6 last year. 17.8 1.8 9.8 Normal. 11.1 -0.6 5.6 highest on record 25.0 in 1915 lows so on record -11.7 in 1909 precipitation total Lor april 1 to april 22 9.9 Millimetres. Normal 24.9mm. Anderson Walter John 72, husband of Jonina Anderson. Appler Katherine 77, of 758 Henderson Highway wife of Charles Appier. Origen Ronald Orville 52, husband of Shirley Origen. Daniels Alice Jane 65, of Scanterbury widow of George straight Daniels. Downing Janet 82, widow of John William Downing. Ferens Harry 64, of 1011 Sherburn Street. Jeffrey William 51, of 957 Carter Avenue formerly of Eganville ont. Laurence Dora Mary .74, of 291 Goulet Street wife of Leon Laurence. Levvy Marguerite 81, widow of Albert Lewy. Loree George Franklin 88, of Vancouver formerly of California Victoria b.c., and Winnipeg widower of Kath Erine Loree. Montgomery Richard James of 61 Edmon ton Street husband of Jean Montgomery. Mclellan Marjorie Alice 73. Of 242 Oakview Avenue wife of James Jim Mclellan. Mcmahon Mabel Jane 81, of Selkirk widow of James Herbert Mcmahon. Nicolajsen Troels Peter 81, of Sperling widower of Alice Maude Pantel Germain 71, of 16 Ellesmere Avenue husband of Jeanne Pantel. Parr Jean Kathryn 80, widow of Wilfrid Lawson Parr. Roberts Mary Ethel Velma 79, of 785 Dorchester ave nue wife 0f John. Eric Roberts strike Charles 65, of 262 Lockwood Street husband of Mollie strike. Sutton Elva Marguerite of Victoria b.c., formerly of Winnipeg wife of Kenneth a. Sutton. Wasserman Edith. Werbicki Anne Elizabeth 60, of 460 Atlantic Avenue wife of Joseph Werbicki. Wilson John 82, husband of Mary Wilson. A Winnipeg father and son paddle Canoe to Mexico by Ritchie Gage two Winnipeg paddlers claimed Vic tory yesterday As the first canoeists to conquer the Gulf of Mexico reaching Cancun on the Caribbean sea Side of the Yucatan Peninsula. Don Starkell 48, and his son Dana 20, left Here june 1 in a 6.5-metre Canoe determined to Complete a metre Canoe trip to the Amazon River. Conquering the Gulf was a com paddling along the Shoreline and overcoming High winds Ocean Bur rents and interruptions by mexican military patrols. We could beat the Gulf then we could go All the Starkell said in a Telephone interview from Isla Cancun Mexico. Healthy elated i both he and his son Are healthy and elated after travelling around the. Northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula into the Caribbean sea. We landed on the Beach in front of one of Cancun s finest hotels Camino real with our Canadian Flag flying on the Bow of our Canoe. The Sand is like White sugar. The sea is every color of Blue imaginable. We be had a rough passage with Many dangerous situations which could have ended our Starkell said. During the trip from Vera Cruz to Cancun rough Waters knocked father and son from their Craft. Near the fishing port of Alvarado we were knocked Over by a 15-foot wave like a Leaf the tide swept us about a mile out to sea. A shrimp boat picked us up and nearly Bent the Canoe in half. We were there for four Days. We did t lose anything really hell for us Starkell said one 200-Kilometre ses Sion from pro gesso to Al Cuyo was really hell for we planned to do the stretch in five Days and it took us 12. We were reduced to paddling at night and came up with 38 Miles. In the next 10 Days we did 90 Miles that s nine Miles a Day. It was Rotten under difficult conditions. One night we did two Miles. It was like an Albatross around our the Starkell have been living off the land and with the help of people along the coast just before reaching Al Cuyo we went ashore to look for coconuts. Dana was up a tree and we were visited by two mexican marines in dark Blue uniforms wondering what we were doing. We have experienced these peo ple before. We told them we knew the Admiral of the Navy i Vera Cruz and had a letter of recommendation. That seem to hold them pretty Good and All they were interested in after that was getting some of our Starkell said. They took four of the Best coconuts and pried them open with their bayonets and left us the ones which were no Good. It was an interesting while the Starkell were paddling around the tip of the Yucatan a huge Black fish approached the Canoe. It was either the biggest shark in the world or a Small whale. It was about 15 feet Long and three or four feet across the . It cruised by five feet away and then was t interested and slammed on Starkell said. Jobin told to take it easy it Goy f. L. Bud Jobin who spent 10 Days in the Hospital suffering kidney infection has returned to work. I i m feeling pretty Good but i be been told to take it Jobin 66, said yesterday. Due to retire at the end of septem ber Jobin said he has a full schedule for next week. After that i m going to heed my doctor s advice and slow his five year tenure was to expire March 31, but the lieutenant governor sought the six month Extension to sept. 30 because he did t want to be kicked out of government House in the Middle of although it is customary to make the appointment a few months in and Vance Jobin said he has received no word on who his replacement would be. He said yesterday he wrote to immigration minister Lloyd a worthy Manitoba s representative in the Federal Cabinet to find out what is we Are still targeting for that Jobin retiring in september sept. 30 Jeff o Brien appointments Secretary for prime min ister Trudeau said yesterday. Winnipeg s Deputy mayor Pearl Mcgonigal whose name is most frequently mentioned As a successor to Jobin has refused to comment on the speculation. Nome s proclamation of Law Day in City first such move in Canada at the request of the Manitoba Branch of the Canadian bar association mayor Bill Nome has proclaimed May 1 As Law Day in Winnipeg. Although Law Day has been a feature of the american bar association for Many years Winnipeg s recognition of the Day will be the first in Canada. Lafle Mordin president of the bar association s Manitoba division and Jim Stoffman the division s Law Day chairman were in Nome s office yesterday for the proclamation and to explain its purpose. Stoffman said the object of the Day is to make people More aware of their rights and obligations under the Law and to let people know lawyers Are approachable. It is hoped to expand Law Day into Law week across Canada in future years he said. Mordin said the Law Day program will concentrate on bringing the More knowledge of the Law into City schools. The school divisions representing the City s 84 schools were contacted to see if they would like a lawyer to address classes in their area on Law Day. Over 50 classes have asked for lawyers and we have filled All their Mordin said. Sale ends this saturday ;