Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba I a Subj tradition filled by vines Leah Pew streets in Winnipeg have the the the Tiona flavor of Selkirk changed somewhat from my Day of taking the so the Street has not lost too much of its old look As a new Community of native Metis and Southeast asians share space with ukrainians and other Folk of Central and Eastern european sparked by an indomitable dutch pastor Henk the third annual North end a program of sidewalk Popcorn and will be held on the Street today to Debruyn feels the Celebration will allow the Selkirk Avenue develop ment association to show that Sel Kirk Avenue and the surrounding District Are Worth he Hopes that in the excitement of something will be done to polish up the maybe benches for people to rest a he smiled Selkirk Avenue has been polished up a new senior citizens Resi Dence stands out sharply among the new store Many of the old have passed on or gone out of if you look you will see signs of Long ago emerging from the peeling of Retikis department a North end fixture for countless and holy ghost Church polish Are among the old timers still holding their you still see youngsters scurrying to the Parish school in the but the list of places that have disappeared is changed after War the Street remained virtually unchanged until after the second world Peters anglican which shut its doors earlier As the Anglo Saxon population moved else was the first to go it was wooden Structure built before the first world the Parish eventually relocated in South River the old Young mens Christian association building at the Corner of Powers Street also was in the Myca ceased its North end operations and St Pauls College acquired the in if my memory is the jesuits assumed control and father John hol land was the Holland remains at Pauls on Grant no longer does he Hammer French verbs into Grade 9 the last time 1 shared a moment with he remarked that he was the office going Lor the mail and enjoying his daily they rightly named a Street after him in Pauls moved from Selkirk Avenue to the old Manitoba College on Ellice Avenue 52 years the Palace a very popular neighbourhood movie did not sur Vive the onslaught of television and closed its the which i Only visited once As a Small was located near Mcgregor it went dark a Long time Banks still there the Queens which featured jewish films and 1 live stage also closed after the second world Kosher Butcher strange Little shops with entrancing photo the lined the Street the Banks Are still the Omen moved their hardware business in the 1920s from main Street and Atlantic Avenue to Selkirk Avenue and became a landmark there will be some Wholl remember the Universal athletic it offered physical exercise of All kinds to Young people in the depression the area produced Many Fine ath Mickey Basss Maroon athletic club was not exactly a hangout for Mickey sponsored the Maroon name in especially in which his was a Superb older North end Winni Eggers will re member with affection the doctors who had their upstairs offices above myriad names such As Westlake come to our own particular North end Sheppy still practising family Medicine although his Scalpel is started out in private on Selkirk Avenue in four rooms that served As living examining room and the Young resident from old Josephs two blocks found his first weeks fees amounted to two jewish people fleeing the pogroms of Eastern Europe found a measure of new North Road to Start this year pastor Henk Debruyn i front of of Retikis department tolerance on the Street bit by Small businesses began to the Street acquired one of the first feeder lines of the Street railway but we had to change at Mcgregor Street for the the Doub Leender piloted in turn by Jimmy Bill Fitz Mike Reg Bob Tom dependable Public servants of a Lon passed i knew them occasionally being allowed to Pul Down the trolley As the Motorman pulled out the controller and changed Winnipeg never has had better transportation than those steel giants which ran from River Park Down Selkirk who knows that entire por Tion of the Core area As his thinks Selkirk Avenue has a lot still to offer in the Way of Commerce and Community it already has its Bubo Blower Wynn leg free press Thompson construction will begin this year on a million project which will Complete the first Al weather Road Between Thompson v transport minister Don Orchard said yesterday Cost of the project will be the government and Manitoba had wac the Kilometre stretch of Highway Between spilt take and Gillam the Road Between Thompson and split Lake was completed earlier Wilt be built in two Orchard a million contract has been awarded to Erickson construction of Riverton for the first 68kilometre sector Between split Lake and Stephens the 60kilometre leg Between Stephens Lake and Long Spruce went to w Orbanski construction also of the awarded As a result of open involve grub embankment Drain trimming As Well As spreading Orchard noted that additional expenditures for culverts and other engineering work will push the total estimated Cost to More than Mil labor minister Ken Macmaster told a Thompson news conference that More than 200 people will be employed on the project this divided equally they will be divided with one group being based at split Lake and the other at Macmaster said his department will insist on having As Many people As possible from the Indian reserves and communities i the Vicinity employed on the Ken a Thompson Cham Ber of Commerce welcomed the noting that completion of the Gilla Thompson Road has been a to priority item on the chamber Agenda for Many roads into Thompson front the South and West have been the salvation of our business Community As the population dropped to about from More than in a few the shoppers who used the roads to come to Pur City have More than made up for the population drop As far As Many businesses Are he Felt the new which will give Access to another would be a further boost to the Thompson Ness mayor Don Maclean said the Road create a but would help the steady buildup which is currently taking place in North Side of River Orchard said the Road will follow the North Side of the Nelson River because of the but also because it would give Access to a potential mining Macmaster said the Northside also opens the door to a it of excellent Hunting and fishing the new Road will connect with a 50kilometre Road which links Gillam arid Hydro Limestone construction George Hydro assistant general manager for engineering and said the Long Range plan for Power construction Down the Nelson River As far As Gillam Island would involve building roads to within about 25 Kilometres of Hudson James administrator of the local government District of Gillam since said the Road link to Thompson will create More employ ment in the District and will increase particularly because High ways department personnel will be stationed it will make travel to now possible Only by air or much easier even for a shopping weekend in the mining town 320 Kilometres to the tourists now come to the area to tour the Manitoba Hydro Power dams at Kettle and Long Spruce and the All weather Road will add to the Bartlett although the local government District has pressed the government for a Winter Road for the announce ment of an Al weather Road yesterday was a he Russ who owns a gravel hauling and cartage firm at Gillam As Well As a couple of other businesses in the said i think its Welcome news to All the people Here in Gil Western five tickets Worth each and five Worth each were picked in the Western express lottery draw wednesday the tickets Are 3872073 and the tickets Are 1197579 and there Are prizes of for tickets with the last six digits of the top for the last five digits and for the last Ottawa nine winning numbers were chosen last night the win Tario weather the number is four numbers Worth Are 070605 and other winning ticket numbers 36175 2834 045 Winfall City Calendar University of Manitoba horticulturists will hold a Field Day from 1 to 5 sunday at the East end of the Campus follow signs along the Campus perimeter the display will enable to see several Hundred varieties of annual and perennial vegetables and turf grass from around the Bernie Wolfe swimming Pool located at 95 Bouvais Street in the East Kildonan Transcona area is closed for annual maintenance and repair until tourist Alert the following people Are asked to Call the nearest detach ment of the ramp regarding an urgent d Morris Sanders of driving a 1978 Brown Csc pickup with a camper top from Saskatchewan to o Roger Iron child of Prince travelling across Canada in a d and Fred Brant from fun travelling in the puck Mountain area in a 1973 Ford pickup with a Small p and Paul Halterman from travelling in the Thunder Bay and Manitoba area in a 1980 Grey Honda Accord the City of Winnipeg East Kildonan Transcona Community notice of meeting notice is hereby Given that the East Kildonan Tran scone Community committee will hold its regular monthly meeting Date August 1981 time place Community committee chamber 2nd 755 Henderson Highway to consider regular business of the All interested residents Are invited to councillors Transcona Ward Miles Macdonell Ward Henderson Ward Springfield Heights Ward Elmwood Ward Community Telephone Norfolk 1oo433 main r3b 1b3 204 9431531 one year term 23 years guaranteed investment certificate truck clearance member Canada Deposit insurance corporation Winnipeg area forecast sunny with occasional Cloudy periods Chance of an afternoon or evening High today 28 to Low tonight near variable cloudiness with occasional thundershowers tomorrow and a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny monday and tuesday with the Chance of isolated thute showers each temperatures above Normal readings of 25 and 11 throughout the Northern Manitoba mainly sunny monday and temperatures near Normal readings of n Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny with Normal Tures of 4 and 10 throughout the and world deaths classified death 18 Vancouver 20 26 Edmeston 2s 30 2s Brandon 26 Dawn Hon 24 Thunder Bay 27 Toronto 26 Ottawa 27 Montreal 27 Halifax Minneapolis 24 26 Boston 24 Amsterdam 19 Athens 32 20 1 Tandoo 22 32 11 13 10 10 15 i 17 14 10 n u is v 14 17 13 10 22 12 16 17 14 24 u 20 20 Tel 30 24 27 us Clear 41 44 sunny 31 com Dpi com by 30 Cloudy 30 Cloudy 32 Cloudy 32 Cloudy 31 Cloudy 32 21 29 36 24 22 25 24 27 23 24 25 20 2870 in 1886 1 to 20 of 323 notre Dame Hus band of Alma Lillian of Pembina High formerly of 907 car word Kenneth Laurence of 31 Dorset suite husband of Loraine of 19 Elmo Paniel of husband of Norah Caroline Eileen of 1460 Bannatyne of 133 9 Rose qua Siw Charles of 478 Montrose husband of Constance Glas of White husband of Alvina Frances of formerly of Winni widow of Pill of 530 Renfrew widow of James of Tarot Iris of 984 m main wife of Maurice of husband of Betty Edna Jean of has 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