Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 27, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Past fades with razed farm Homes lunar family link to roots found in crumbling ancestral Cabin immeasurable sadness hundreds of aging each a Fate a family tie with the past is a Sliver of Pioneer life erased by the hand of jew it Wajn these now a Scibby Greyed by the elements and Sway fooled by that our fanning forefathers raised tried and to Many families urge by modern standards were brought up in these draft yellow glow walking Miles better make that Kilometres now that were in the metric Era to school and doing Home work in the yellow glow of a Coal Oil lamp we rent considered disa Dvan How could they be want everyone in the same boat As electrification swept Rural areas and running water replaced the chamber pot and families abandoned the old farm Home in favor of More modern houses with All the the old Homes became decaying remnants of abandoned to All but the swallows and they can be found scattered around the Countryside hidden by a veil of Trees a barn often they Are located within easy walking distance of a modern Bunga Low or pass the years in the Shadow of a ranch style the aging reminders wont be there for Long to Jolt anyone whose roots reach Back to a fanning family into what Prairie pioneers went through in this once new land of Promise and d d d Stephen Johnson stands in the knee High grass that rings the two Storey log Home his grandparents built on the old colonization Road at Minnewa Kan and passes guess i should tear it Down one of these its a hard thing to it was Well just look at those All Han finished and Moss covered roof the Home Stephen talks about was built in 1902 when his Sigurdur Johnson and wife Gudrun settled just West of Lun 110 Kilometres North of Winni it mos covered roof partially in the Shadow of the larger replacement Home built in 1914 where his and their two Krista and now we can Only guess How Tough it have been Back says Myrna As she stands in the Shade of a massive Maple one of several that were saplings when planted by her husbands these Trees were Small when this House was Bany Munlyn built almost 75 years now you cant get your arms around As she walks Between the she look this is the old red Cutter they at least her husbands Uncle Jen said it was the Cutter is now a rusted but its a link to the Johnson clan that arrived in Manitoba in the Johnsons were among the Stream of icelandic settlers that came to Call the interlace their they arrived with three of their four a who was five at the remained behind in Iceland and never did come to Cana nine children they spent that first Winter in Lun Dar and moved North to the dog Lake Sig Lunes area the following in they returned to lunar where they bought so 14205 in the Rural municipality of coldwell and built the log by this time their children numbered eight Vigfus Inglborg the one who stayed in Stephan and Ste their ninth and final was born in the log Home in seven years before the larger House was two Are living Ben Stephens father and who recently turned 92 in addition to the Johnson children went on to become teachers and one its really amazing the things they accomplished in those says Stephen As he explores the roofless building with three collapsing Walls that once was the Blacksmith shop used by his uncles and theres a seven metre 24foot Rock lined Well that his uncles dug by hand it still works and an ice House with cold storage space for Cream cans and Stephen and Myrna know Little about life in the log but they know about the fire in their House shortly after it was Stephen heard the Story from the Uncle after which he was he his Uncle Steve got up in the night to have a smoke and smelled the new fishing nets they were working on near the Furnace downstairs had caught aunt Hildur ran to the trough in her nightdress and pumped the rest used pails to throw it Down the the scars left by the flames still re main on one of the part of the Johnson clan at Mother the Johnsons know the Eye screw was put in the ceiling in one of their bedrooms for the traction ropes to elevate fuss broken an injury that left him with a permanently stiff they know the Little room off their living room once was the Minnewa Kan Post office for settlers using the colonization Road and that the farm once was a stopping place for travel Stephen and Myrna have come to appreciate the family heritage they the ancestral Cabin from Myrna and discovered among the let ters and old documents they found when they moved Back to the family we keep discovering explains and the More we do the More interesting those times be come for like a great Many other Prairie the Johnsons now Are begin Ning to record the family Progress so their children will have an idea of times Agency chairman found in potential conflict Alonsa to each get High school by Mir Etc Broft Nahan to ii chairman of alcoholism foundation of Manitoba has agreed not to item reflection after govt raiment review found that he and other Board members were in a potential conflict of the prepared by the civil service pays Gary Miles Al Fedt Attar Aira Niter Doura Vrej Siuth aim yes Are involved in a private company which does work similar to that being done by the health minister Larry Desjardins mid that m a m used the Board members and the afm yes involved in the private corporation to choose Between the could be a he said who was involved with setting up the private called personnel has already agreed not to be renominated to the afm Board after his term expires at the beginning of others involved have withdrawn from the private company to keep their jobs with the Crown its not a question of not trusting him because Hes been giving us Good but the information is there could be a Desjardins there is a potential said Reg Deputy health he said those involved with the private firm might have Access to information from the afm that would Benefit the private Desjardins said he decided not to ask for Miles resignation immediately be cause the afm is without an executive director and needs his he said Miles has agreed not to be actively involved in his own company for the next my intention is to very quietly let him finish his he if there had been any i would have acted right in Desjardins asked the com Mission to compile a report after Miles told him of the company which he and two other afm directors set up last the company offers assistance on a Feero service basis to employers who want to setup programs to help employees who have personal problems which affect their the same Type of service is offered free by the arms employee assistance agreed to withdraw Desjardins said Miles decision to Start the company without recognizing the conflict was either due to a Lack of experience or he said the group had Good intentions in establishing the firm because they Felt the afm was unable to handle the increasing number of firms seeking help for their troubled who has been afm chairman for was in Toronto yesterday and Tau id not be reached for com other afm do tru Tim Bafs am vhf till Jib Mubi Pio yees involve a Saiq ency Nave to withdraw their association with the private company in order to remain on the James a former executive involved with the firm since last March but will have his name deleted from the company Board of directors in order to continue serving on the Heather who is also a Tor of personnel recovery As Welt As youth rehabilitation supervisor Tor the said yesterday she will also re sign from the private Gavin a retired afm employee who still accepts positions with the organization also said he would withdraw from net recovery in order to working with the Webster said he was surprised that the commission report would find even a potential conflict of interest be tween the two groups since he said the private corporation was set up because afm could not handle the Large amount of employer clients help for their they said their Platter was he personnel recovery was just filling a in Miles had said that the afm Board was made aware of the private company and those involved in it and had approved but Desjardins re Quested the review the afm is a Crown corporation set up to assist people with addiction prob train counsellors and promote education and research in the last it operated on a total budget of most of which came from government school for boys to open after All after announcing last May that it would the Johns Cathedral school for boys in Selkirk will open this year after most Walter archbishop of announced yesterday the school will open to boys in grades 7 to 12 the school had said in May it would operate on weekends because of difficulty finding the school has been operating for the past 21 staffed by Volunteer teachers from the anglican the company of the we will now operate As a school partly staffed by company partly by paid headmaster Frank Weins said the Amaranth High school controversy has ended in a Compro Mise coupled with a Arne lawyer for the Amaranth school committee said weather yesterday High school programs will be offered in both Amaranth and nearby Alonsa during the coming school he said in an interview the provincial government has ear marked to hire extra teachers from september to next March 31 end of the provincial fiscal As someone acceptable to the Turtle River school division and the government will be appointed to study the situation and report March the school Board will make a final decision by May Peltz Amaranth parents spokesman Barb Pennycook said yesterday she regards the agreement As a Victory because there will be a High school in Amaranth this she said in an interview the Amaranth and Alonsa areas each have about 25 grades 1012 while the area in and around the nearby town of Kinosita has about 15 City Calendar Winnipeg will be the site this year of the 12th annual National festival of Competition sessions will run this tuesday and and master classes will be held thursday at the Canadian mennonite Bible Nell postman of York give a presentation on the disappearance of childhood at thursday at Bemie Wolfe Community actors showcase theatre school is now accepting registration in acting classes for students of All Ages and Levels of the deadline is for registration Contact the to pm Brno cwt s7c 75 Alue of 1047 Mcphau isl 1855 Remoina High was 3380 a Ohtake 1530 Regent 1362 Henderson task Force review of motor Carrie Winnipeg area forecast Chance of an Early morning Shower or Thunder Shower otherwise mainly sunny with a Chance of evening and overnight High today near Low tonight Chance of Early morning thundershowers otherwise sunny with a High of probability of precipitation is 10 per cent 30 per cent 20 per cent Southern Manitoba sunny showers and thundershowers sunny temperatures above Normal cooler tuesday and near Normal Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba mainly sunny Cloudy with showers and thundershowers tuesday and temperatures above Normal turning cooler tuesday and Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny monday and show ers and thundershowers and temperatures above Normal monday and turning cooler Normal High is Normal Low is deaths classified death National 71 1 74 12 21 10 75 73 4 29 10 30 13 30 16 12 30 2 29 12 30 13 Thunder 30 7 9 21 32 30 is 21 14 los Clear Las Clear Clouds Clear Clear 26 35 41 32 33 20 20 27 27 26 Winnipeg temperature mean 30 last my record 1966 lowest in record in Wii total Ftp april 1 to aug Riih metres Normal 3099 Charles of 689 Martin husband of Faye Arthur of Swan husband of Marie lome husband of Joanne Mary widow of Fredrick of Sioux formerly wife of Ethan Justice of 623 Langevin of mor widow of Charles James Hus band of Petty of 700 Maryland husband of Helen Audrey of widow of Norman husband of Ann Victor of husband of Sarah of car widow of Sherrry widow of William of 428 Elgin widow of Mike Harvey son of Walter and Violet red Mabel widow of Thomas James Eleanor of James husband of Jean of formerly of Hus band of Gudlaug Harriet of Moose for Merly of Gordon of formerly of husband of Agnes Kenneth Gordon of widower of Mary Lyall of 12 spine county bailiffs i r3c jz1 9470851 we the undersigned will offer for Sale by closed bids the following chattels 1975 Trail King 27vi Goose neck trailer Van Type 1976 Chevy one ton 14 Van Box serial bids close on 1983 2 the above chattel May he seen at 935 and 944 the or any bid will not necessarily be Call 9470851 and ask for Dee Aftin Rion swimming fool owners Pool blankets available direct from manufacturer 3 and 5 year warranty 7745534 Advance Industrial fmhc4sm a of Advance awning w in it Forth of Ponsot we carry the Rocky roller the minister of highways and transportation has established a task Force to conduct a major review of motor Carrier regulation in the task Force is seeking the views and opinions from carriers and All interested individuals on the style and Type of motor Carrier activities that will be required for the As a result of these meetings the task Force will make recon emendations on the future role of government in regulating motor Carrier activities in the task Force will be holding meetings at the following locations Winnipeg Holiday inn 3 50 marys Avenue september september Brandon agricultural Extension Centre 1 1 29 Queens Avenue september Dauphin ropeway inn 10 Highway South Thompson Board room Thompson recreation Centre 274thompson drive october the Pas provincial building Ord Street and Ross Avenue october 2 1 All those wishing to make presentations to the task Force Are ask Cal to Contact the chairman of the task Force at least one week prior to the meeting chairman task Force review of motor Carrier regulation of highways and transportation i St floor2i 5 Garry Street Manitoba rec Al the task Force office has available a number of publications which describe the current state of regulation in a description of problems and issues relating to the movement of freight and passengers is also available and includes an outline of potential options to resolving regulatory for copies of reports on the evolution of Manitoba motor Carrier regulatory system please Contact the chairman of the task Force at the address Manitoba ;