Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 4, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july 1981 Sunshine fund jogs memory of depression Era Charity by Maria Botn Slawsky during the a Winnipeg husband and father of five children found himself trying to support his family on earnings of 160 a on third went toward so there want any Money to Send the Young sters to summer that was a Long time ago and the Man has since but his wife re members the Joy and Relief of discover ing a Church that would sponsor Camp Herships for her two boys and three the Sunshine fund brought that memory surging Back for the mans and this week she took the drinkers in Park warned by Murray Mcneill pegu is Road in Kildonan Park appears to be one of the More popular drinking spots in and Provin Cial court judge Charles Rubin plans to find out judge Rubin had to Deal with two separate cases yesterday involving Young people who police found drinking Beer on the Park you must be the 100th person in the month of june to be charged with having open liquor in Kildonan Park on pegu is judge Rubin told the second a 21yearold woman who had pleaded guilty to a breach of the liquor perplexed Over the recent rash of he asked the woman whats the big attraction about drinking on pegu is drive the woman shrugged and said she didst in going to take a drive through there this weekend and see what it looks he without any Beer in the he in a later the cites director of regional Parks and recreation said the problem of people drinking in City Parks int something that just cropped up last its been getting worse the last three people Are sitting there drinking liquor right in the Martin Benum he said some people seem to think once they get in a Park they can do what they and the problem int just with Young there Are plenty of families who come to the Park for a picnic and the first thing they do is crack open a bottle of wine or a bottle of Beer to have with their Benum he said part of the problem May be that Many people Arent aware its against the Law to drink in City he said he Doest like to see people arrested for having a drink with their meal or quietly sharing a brew with but there Are a lot of other people who dont appreciate that sort of thing drinking in and the Parks Are there for All to not just a particular he he said Park and City police have been attempting to crack Down on offenders both last year and this sum in Hope that word of Mouth will get the message across Opportunity to express her a Precia the who moves with the Aid of a mall her donation because of the postal but a fund worker picked it up on her Day off and even stayed for a pickup service for How int those donating Gerry fact press during the strike have been asked to bring their contribution either to the Manitoba camping 1700 Ellice or the classified and department on the main floor of the free 300 Carlton that what Jennifer and John Cho Pek did after holding a use toy Sale in their customers were few since it rained heavily but the thoughtful youngsters raised for the Camp season has begun and applications for camper ships Are still coming about 106 children have been placed so the Sunshine funds goal is to place at least 200 children this sum the Sunshine fund is jointly sponsored by the free and the Mani Toba camping this ramp officers from the Stonewall detachment take on inmates of the Rockwood institution As the saints and sinners baseball teams set the a longstanding grudge and raise funds for children whose parents cant afford to Send them to the game starts at 7 at the Charlie Krupp memorial stadium on Mcphillops Gates to the seat stadium open at 6 admission is for for those aged 1216 and free to children under parents seeking camper ships for Cooling off Surada Bajwa rests after taking a refreshing dip in the Home Street Pool one of Many Winni Eggers finding ways to Cool off while enjoying 30 celsius expected All patriotic ditties to instill history Little Hick sat in a Corner eating Christmas he stuck in his thumb and pulled out a cried a Good Canadian am i by Glen Mackenzie this Little imported and converted ditty is one of numerous Canadian poems Manitoba kindergarten children will Start learning this it and numerous other songs and assorted bits of fact resulted from a two year Effort by members of the education ministers advisory commit tee on patriotic and religious exer chauvinistic Sybil Veteran Manitoba Edu Cator who co chaired the said the object int to give children a chauvinistic attitude toward their coun but to make them More conscious of we have no illusions they will come out brainwashed we dont want them to do we just want them to know there Shack said in an 0 Canada is usually played on the Public address system at school and the sing she and that is about All the canadians Many children receive in the course of a she she said the Lack of identification with Canada became starkly apparent to her a few years ago when she asked a class of suburban school children who Heads Canadas about Wilson fails in attempt to get lawyers Bill reduced by Pamela Fayerman convicted former la Bob Wilson yesterday failed in a bid to get his former lawyers Bill Manitoba court of Queens Bench taxing officer Grey Richardson accepted lawyer Jay probes evidence that Wilson agreed to a Flat fee before his 30day trial last fall on charges of conspiring to import and traffic in he said it want Neces sary for Prober to submit a detailed breakdown of his services Prober told the hearing he worked on several other Legal matters for including a complaint earlier this year in which Wilson was accused of performing an indecent act in an Prober said the complaint was lodged by a woman Wilson had hired As a he said police investigated the com but never charged Wilson be cause Prober convinced police there want enough Prober also said he dealt with an allegation that Wilson initiated a plot to murder an undercover narcotics agent investigating the marijuana As Well As the crowns chief Bill the allegation was revealed at a bail hearing in january last year when Wilson was one of five men named in a direct indictment for the drug at yesterdays Wilson took several swipes at the personalities and competence of Prober and other Winni Peg fighting judges and lawyers is an area 1 take a lot of Pride Wilson he said his first meeting with Prober at the Pony Corral on Pembina High Way did not include discussion of a fee for probes but Prober testified he quoted Wilson a fee and a verbal agreement was the lawyer said that had the fee been subject to change depending on the work it would have amounted to at least because the trial lasted at least 30 Days and a number of unexpected matters were Wilsons Legal Aid Stephen said the onus was on Prober to provide a detailed Bill to prove the fee was Wilson claimed Prober took his Case because he knew it would generate a lot of publicity and he welcomed a High profile Wilson said he recalled the fee Prober quote As being somewhere Between and although he admitted he didst know where i got that figure probes lawyer David Hill asked Wilson Why he didst replace Prober sooner if he thought he was being Wilson said he has trouble getting lawyers at the Best of because no one wants to act for Prober said by the time he was fired by Wilson in mid March he had completed 40 per cent of the work on Wilsons Wilson then retained Toronto lawyer Edward who was unsuccessful in his appeals to the Manitoba court of Appeal and the supreme court of half said it was the United states president Jimmy she Shack also said the program int designed to provide substantive information about Canadian history or other aspects of but to stress things that Are Odd and with a Canadian separate Fla covered curriculum guide booklets have been prepared for children in kindergarten to Grade 6 and will be introduced in schools this not All the information taught about Canada is one by Grade 6 student Lindsay is titled White Man and goes like this the White Man they came to this land Utah and they killed our Buffalo and called it they tune us Ami Tunk our this was their Only a they killed the people our their beads and such Here just a they used our skills to take our land that Hou they killed a mighty booklets for the primary grades Are largely filled with rhymes and but those for grades 4 to 6 list accomplishments of indians and Metis and such immigrant groups As the Irish and they also include athletic accomplishments by both men and As Well As both National and local bus of fact from Canadian Shack said this int intended to replace existing Canadian history she said i service sessions lasting up to 1 2 hours Are planned to explain the program to the program was piloted in about 30 Manitoba schools this year and teachers responded positively to she children aged sixto15 should Call Martha Abrahams at Exten Sion parents applying for funding Are asked to contribute whatever they can towards sending their children to Alice 807829 country club blvd 6g2360 Portage 15031150 Munroe a 17011710 Portage Agnes 121 Lanark the venture club of Winnipeg transit Golf association thanking free press sportswriter Dallas 920 Spruce Joyce 307 Robert 849 Mcdermot 447 Winchester 97 Mapleton d 457 miss 2086 Carlton Harriett 180564 Nassau lome 343 Wildwood Al and Edith a 510360 and Good 563 Montrose 138 6 Emerald Grove 54 Clonard Jennifer and John 114 and Al Box 658 31171 Roslyn and 219 Nell it mrs 164 Baltimore 754 Upton from 2 Richard 216 Portage Portage la and Rod Box 519 and j 347 Niagara 749 Centennial tit and r Box 6 1 1 1 John 123 Dorce Thomas 488 Kensington Vera 557 waver Iny Eileen 160864 Nassau 4812 Wolseley apts Doreen 115 Harris South site Andrews protestant Chapel ladles anon Pic officials probe benefits for carriers unemployment insurance officials in Winnipeg have not yet decided if 800 letter carriers and Van Laid off yesterday because of the strike by inside postal will be Eligi ble for eligibility will be decided locally and will depend on information from Canada Post officials on which carriers crossed picket lines during the Early stages of the said Jack Public relations manager for the those who refused to Cross May not be he we will have to undertake a com plete investigation and we wont know whether they Are eligible until the fac finding is completed Early next Mcdowell Don president of Winnipeg local 7 of the letter carriers said his members will be Able to apply for benefits and we have asked them to do that As soon As Harrison said he understood there is a 10day waiting period before those Laid off will receive Layoff notices were issued to 800 carriers and mail Van Drivers in Winni Peg yesterday because the fou Day walkout by the Canadian Union of Post Al workers has left no mail to some have already applied for Pic Mcdowell Laid off later Dale acting District director for the Post office in Mani said the local Layoff came one Day later than elsewhere in Canada because of time zone Fairbrother said most of the Couri ers and letter carriers worked yesterday before they were officially placed on of duty he said be recalled when the strike they will be delivering whatever mail was still to be sorted or has trickled in he there is some unaddressed mail going to householders and that will be Deli Vered after the people wont be coming in until further no Fairbrother said City mail boxes wont be sealed unless its a very Long the boxes were sealed with steel bands toward the end of the 42day postal strike of he George spokesman for striking cup in said postal couriers Are continuing to drive their vans across picket lines apparently there were As Many As 20 of them and they made quite a Nui Sance of Flores co we eventually called the Fairbrother said the vans operated yesterday because some work remained to be Treyve been delivering parcels and packets and weve been Clearing letter boxes throughout the the acting District director asked not to Cross Harrison reiterated that the carriers Union had asked its members repeatedly not to Cross the cup picket lines and expressed regret that the Crossings had taken Fairbrother said several Hundred workers left inside the Winnipeg Post office will be kept Busy during the this gives us a Chance to do a number of things which needed doing and for which we have not had such As preventive maintenance of equipment and training pro both for refresher courses and new separate accidents put boys in Hospital two boys remained in Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries received in separate car pedestrian accidents thursday Roger of 750 Matthews was listed in poor Condi Tion suffering from injuries received when he was hit by a car West bound on Matthews Avenue near the Corner of Simcoe Street at about c50 police and Hospital officials said the second Cecil Darrin of 38h Redwood was reported in Good condition after he was hit by a vehicle southbound on Suiter Street near Redwood at about 9 1 Vii ask Ito iuttu1 lilt insect plays havoc with Many of cites weeping Birch Trees a flying insect is playing infected Trees is hoarseness near a flying insect is playing havoc with Winnipeg population of weeping Birch More than half of the Birches on private property Are either dead or dying because of the Bronze Birch City forester John Hreno said and that a modest Hreno adding that practically every weeping Birch in fort Garry has been the insects Are the main reason for the decline and death of All the weeping Birch Trees weve had in the City in the last three he the called Birch is caused by a beet Elike insect which infests unhealthy or damaged Trees the insects Lay eggs at the producing White larvae with Bronze the larvae Burrow Down into the cutting off water and nutrients and causing death in Hreno said the most noticeable symptom of infected Trees is sparseness near their other signs include lumping or Ridging in the bark or exit holes shaped like inverted capital is lying on their he Birch dieback can be prevented by keeping Trees healthy and vigor dead and drooping branches should be removed As soon As Possi and the Trees should be Given fertilizer and certain chemicals can also Hreno further information can be obtained by telephoning the cites tree line at Bronze Birch bores do not like Trees with a lot of Hreno and the disease can occur during drought conditions such As those experienced in this area during the past few As a Birch dieback symptoms such As wilting can be mistaken for dry weather effects Hreno said weeping Birches on City property have not been As badly affected because they have been Well kept ;