Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 27, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free press monday april Kapyon remembered with special celebrations Canadian soldiers fought Way out of encirclement by chinese forces my Ftp of mess by Manfred Jager after an All night Battle involving hand to hand combat and artillery fire 10 canadians were dead and 23 were wounded. The military soldiers went into Battle near the South korean Village of Kapyon and was honoured with the Only . Presidential citation Ever won by a Canadian outfit for its heroics in 1951. Saturday 30 years later Many of the Stone retired Leader 600 men now serving in the second battalion Princess Patricia s Canadian Light infantry and wearing the Blue and Gold shoulder insignia representing the citation took part in celebrations to Mark the Battle which raged through the night of april 24-25.1951. The Battle was remembered with special celebrations and a major Parade with a Cf-5 Jet fighter Fly past at Kapyon Barracks on Grant Avenue and Kenaston Boulevard. During a full dress rehearsal Fri Day the first handful of about 80 at tending veterans of the Battle sat in the bleachers watching. The old soldiers including their for Mer commanding officer col. Jim Stone now retired and living in Vic Toria had come from across Canada and As far away As Britain for the event. Major Gordon Dunbar 51, now construction engineering officer at cab Moose jaw was a private when the Patricia went to Korea 30 years ago things were for the United nations As the first Canadian unit to see action was in route to Korea in Early 1951. The unit believed it was going to be an occupation Force. China entered War then the chinese entered the War and it was evident the canadians would have to join the fighting. Sure it was thick and heavy that Dunbar said. I can t speak for others of course but where my platoon was dug in we weren t particularly the thought that he May not come out of the engagement one of the first involving chinese enemy forces never even occurred to Dunbar. We were pretty Busy Don t forget. And if a Bullet has your name on it you la get it British australians and canadians were dug in on hillsides along the Kapyon River Valley just North of . J. S. Bremner leads 72 armoured personnel carriers past reviewing stand on 30th anniversary of Kapyon Battle. Kapyon Village to cover the Retreat of the 27th Commonwealth brigade and delay a chinese push on the South korean capital of Seoul 40 Kilometres South. When the chinese came they came in such numbers that the British to the North of the Patricia and the austra lians who held a Hill to the East had to withdraw. The canadians May have withdrawn As Well but by Nightfall april 24 found themselves surrounded. Rural newspapers ignoring issues involving women conference told Rural newspapers have neglected the social and economic issues of Rural women delegates attending the Mani Toba women s newspaper conference said saturday. The Legal division of farm property after divorce proceedings Day care facilities and the extent of women s contributions to the farming Community Are issues generally ignored by Rural papers women Farmers and farm ers wives told the weekend Confer ene at the University of Winnipeg. Most articles for women in Rural papers Deal with cooking sewing and Jacie Skelton of the National Farmers Union said. The need to inform people that women do much More on the farm than the papers indicate is an important Issue for women in Rural areas she added. There is a general Lack of knowl Edge of women s issues on the Small Rural Community said Cana Dian press reporter Heather Frayne. She said Rural papers have not necessarily refused to print material on women s issues but often do not know the issues exist or do not have the re sources to find out about them. Articles Aren t sent in Many cases it s not that articles about women s issues have been turned Down but that they Haven t been sub said Frayne. Some women Don t think they have the training to write for the paper often they have the aptitude but not the added Frayne. During a journalism workshop Frayne instructed delegates on How to write news stories and How to approach an editor with a newsworthy Story. Conference delegates identified the intimacy of farming communities As one reason Why some women do not submit articles about issues which con Cern them. It s difficult to write about a partic ular Issue if there s no support. It s not like the City where women s organizations will come out to support said one Delegate. Because of limited resources the Manitoba women s newspaper has been unable to print Rural stories and has concentrated on Winnipeg related issues. The paper is trying to encourage Rural women to write for the paper said Content editor Sharon Reil weather City Calendar the Winnipeg Amateur movie makers will meet and show the film Early pioneers from Iceland to Lake Winnipeg by or. Larus a. Sigurdson at 8 . Friday in room of the Manitoba museum of Man and nature. Admission is free. Super loto Toronto up the winning number in sunday s super loto draw was 870175. The five winning numbers were 698623, 350917, 022010, 584549 and 476781. The ticket number was 45942, the number was 8259, the number was 177 and the number for a free ticket was 43. Winnipeg area forecast Cloudy today with showers. Wind Northeast at 30 High near 14. Showers ending tonight with a Low near 3. Clearing tomorrow morning. High tomorrow near 11. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny. Temperatures near nor Mal readings of 12 and 0 wednesday above Normal thursday and Friday. Northern Manitoba sunny wednesday variable cloudiness thursday showers Friday. Temperatures near Normal of 8 and -4 wednesday and Friday above Normal thursday. Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny wednesday and thurs Day Chance of showers Friday. Temperatures near Normal readings of 12 and 0 wednesday above Normal thursday and Friday. Temperatures Canada and the world deaths classified death National Victoria. Vancouver. Calgary. Edmonton. Reolena. We Mlp. Thompson. Kenora. Brandon. Dauphin. Thunder Bay. Toronto. Ottawa Montreal. Halifax. International Choc too. Minneapolis. New York. Boston. Amsterdam. Athens Berlin. Helsinki. Lisbon London. Madrid Moscow. 13 14 13 13 19 18 a 13 11 16 11 21 21 17 18 7 23 6 4 17 9 12 2 Man. Man. Paris. 12 4 Rome. 23 12 Stockholm. 6 3 Tel Aviv. 34 20 resort spots los Angeles Cloudy 18 16 Las vegas Cloudy 31 22 Phoenix partly Clouds. 37 29 Honolulu sunny 29 19 Tampa Cloudy 28 21 Miami Clear 31 22 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Man. Mean april 24. 19.7 -2.8 8.5 last year. 22.0 -0.3 10.9 Normal. 12.8 0.0 6.1 highest in record 30.0 in 1952 Lowes in record -8.3 in 1874 mix. Man. Mean april 25. 9.0 2.3. 5.7 last year. 9.0 2.3 Normal. 12.2 0.0 Hignett in record 32.2 in 1891 Lowell record -12.2 in 1887 precipitation total for april 1 to april 26 10.9 Millimetres. Normal 29.5 my. Arpin Raphael 94, formerly of 107 Claremont Avenue widower of Eva Arpin. Axford Frederick Baker 90. Of Brandon husband of Annie Bernice Axford. Blahuta Peter 78, of Winnipeg husband of Bernice Blahuta. Bollenbach Alviva Alda of 39 Byron Bay wife of Albert Bollenbach. Brandt John Daniel 71, of 2669 Scotia Street. Cutler Matthew David of 106 Multan Bay infant son of Shawn and David Cutler. Debarr Ernest Charles 76, of Morden husband of Vera May Debarr. Zuczek John Henry jr., 17, of 71 Alverton Avenue son of Rosemarie Barker and John Zuczek or. Frain Evelyn 76. Funk Peter of 751 Mccal Man Avenue husband of Susan Funk. Gawne Elizabeth 84, of 5 Mayfair place widow of James William Gano. Hedley Thomas Melrose 62, husband of Marjorie hed Ley. Hooper c. E. 87, of 182 Cordova Street husband of Eva Hooper. Keiver Harry Charles Forbes 80, of Carman Hus band of Margaret Grace Keiver. Klaprat Ferdinand 72, husband of Erna Klaprat. Macklin Trevor William 21, of 610 Coventry Road son of Ena and Lloyd Macklin. Mariash Nicholas. 57, of 391 collage Avenue husband of Dorothy Mariash. Mart Frances Anne 55, of 1630 Ross Avenue wife of Peter Mart. Mcleod Anna Johanna 86, of Clar Leigh wife of Samuel Henry Mcleod. Neufeld Jacob 72, of 880 Arlington Street suite 211, husband of Katherina Neu Feld. Schmidt Carl 75, of 426 St. Mary s Road Hus band of Anna Schmidt. Soens Zoe Julia 69, of 755 Jessie Avenue widow of mar cel j. Soens. Taylor Alexander 69, of 1660 Henderson Highway suite 404, husband of Edith Taylor. Thompson Gordon Alfred 56, of Sylvan husband of Elsie Thompson. Walecki Michael 76, of 925 Magnus Avenue Hus band of Caroline Walecki. Way Thomas Chester 77, of Treherne husband of Louise Way. Welichka Alex 88, of 437 Enniskillen Avenue. That s Why Mir people called Artil Lery fire on some of our positions later during the Dunbar said. We knew that we were dug in Well and had at least a Chance this Way. The chinese were above ground on the other hand and the Only thing to do was to Call in the artillery to get rid of them when they started overrunning our major Brian Munro 53, now operations officer at Canadian forces Pacific Region Headquarters in Esqui Mau b.c., was a lieutenant and commanded a 30-Man platoon at Kapyon. We eventually did a withdrawal action out of there leapfrogged and were replaced by other United Munro said. The Chi Nese finally gave up and never came . They never got the place and they never made it to Kapyon or As for Stone s leadership Munro said we All Felt he was to us what Field Marshall Montgomery had been to the British during the second world War. We just loved him. He was a rough and Gruff Guy on the surface but underneath he was fair and under standing and concerned about his peo ple s welfare and Stone who retired As Deputy commissioner of penitentiaries eight years ago was asked How he Felt about the 1951 Battle. I think the thing about Kapyon mainly was that nobody panicked. They stayed. The front broke every where and we were the Only battalion holding in the whole of Korea on our Side at that Stone who came to Canada from Britain at the age of 18 and was a Field commander throughout Canada s european military involvement during the second world War sees War As Fook ish. Better Way needed there ought to be a better Way than killing one another when you run into he said. It s very much like fisticuffs. You do that when you re Young and Imma Ture. In school people used to wrestle a lot when they were Young. But when you grow up and become an adult it ought to be possible to find a Way to resolve disagreements by talk ing them out. It s too bad men still think they have to fight it Stone 72, says 80 per cent of the people in his battalion 30 years ago there because they were adventurers. They did not consider this dangerous. They did t think they d be Hurt or killed. They wanted adventure. The other 20 per cent Well you find them anywhere. They wanted to run from something Between 1951 and canadians served in Korea the Patricia being the first unit in and the first to see combat eventually rotating men through the theatre of operations killed and 529 wounded. Total Canadian casualties in Korea came to 378 killed and wounded. Saturday morning the Patricia held their 30th Kapyon anniversary Parade with . F. L. Bud Jobin and Stone present to review the battalion s 500 officers and men and 72 armoured personnel carriers Mobile command posts bulldozers trucks jeeps and weapons. These color portable televisions Are another Advance guaranteed Best buy make for make feature for feature these top Quality color portables Are Advance s Best advertised Price. 14" electro Home color portable contemporary styling deluxe 1981 ele trocolor Chassis Quick Start picture tube 3 year warranty. Model Camilla Advance x guaranteed Best buy 20" electro Home color portable 3 year warranty electronic Var actor tuning Quick Start picture tube us lated Channel indicator .3 year warranty. Model Hillcrest. Use your Trade As your Down payment Advance guaranteed Best buy just say charge it shop til 9 . Mon., thurs., Fri ;