Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 27, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba G Winnipeg free August 1983 past fades with razed farm Homes lunar family link to roots found ancestral Cabin with immeasurable i hundreds of aging fax Fol Homes across the Hesire f died every with each private a family tie with the past is a Sliver of Pioneer life erased by the hand of for it was in these now shabby Greyed by the elements and Swa roofed by that our farming forefathers raised cried and in Many families Large by modern 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 farming family into remembering what Prairie pioneers went through in this once new land of Promise and Nan 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 mos 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 must have been Back says Myrna As she stands in the Shade of a Maple one of several that were saplings when planted by her husbands these Trees were Small when this House was a Fth a Fife of Tess Barry Mullen built almost 70 Yean now you cant get your arms around As she walks Between the she look this is the old red Cutter they at least husbands Uncle Jon said it was the Cutter is now a rusted but its link to the Johnson clan that arrived in Manitoba in the Johnsons were among the Stream of icelandic settlers that came to Call the Interlake 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 Sig Lunes area the following in they returned to lunar where they bought so in the Rural municipality of coldwell and built the log by this time their children numbered eight Vigfus Ingoborg 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 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 the ancestral Cabin from Mother Myrna and 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 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 Ning to record the family Progress so their children will have an idea of times alcoholism Agency chairman found in potential conflict Alonsa to each get High school by Maureen Brosnahan fhe chairman of the alcoholism foundation of Manitoba has agreed not to seek reelection after a government review found that he and other Board members were in a potential conflict of the prepared by the civil service says Gary Miles and other Board members and yes Are involved in a private company which does work similar to that being done by the health minister Larry Desjardins said that As a he asked the Board members and the akm employees 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 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 set up 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 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 six was in Toronto yesterday and could not be reached for com other afm Board members and employees involved said they have agreed to withdraw their association with the private company in order to remain on the James a former executive director of the afm and now an apm Board is Idle has not been involved with the firm last March but will have his name deleted from the company Board of directors in order to continue serving on the afm Heather who is also a director of personnel recovery As Well As youth supervisor for the said yesterday she will also re sign from the private Gavin a retired afm employee who still accepts Short term positions with the organization also said he would withdraw from person Nel recovery in order to continue 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 seeking help for their they said their Platter was full 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 anglican 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 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 Chicago Soniot cily h it Fly t Low cold front worm front 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 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 Neil postman of York University Wil give a presentation on the disappearance of childhood at thursday at Bernie 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 the Platinum card Only value 75 Hanaeff 1047 1855 Pembina Highway 3380 Portage 1 530 Regent a 1382 Henderson Winnipeg area forecast Chance of an Early morning Shower or thundershowers today otherwise mainly sunny with a Chance of evening 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 22 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 tuesday show ers and thundershowers and temperatures above Normal monday and turning cooler Normal High is Normal Low is deaths classified death National 21 9 u 12 21 10 25 4 23 6 29 10 30 13 30 16 26 12 30 21 29 12 30 13 Thunder 30 17 w 21 32 16 30 15 2 14 resort spots los Clear Las Clear Clouds Clear Clear 26 35 41 32 33 20 20 27 27 26 Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean 30 last w record 1966 90 record in 1915 precis italic total from april 1 to aug 26 Millimetres Normal Charles of 689 Martin husband of Faye i Arthur of Swan husband of Marie lome husband of Joanne Mary widow of Fredrick of Sioux formerly of win wife of Ethan Justice of 623 Langevin of mor widow of Charles James Hus band of Betty of 700 Maryland husband of Helen Audrey of widow of Norman husband of Ann Victor of husband of Sarah of car widow of Henry 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 1 2 county bailiffs Box r3c 2z1 9470851 we the undersigned will offer for Sale by closed bids the following chattels 1975 Trail King Goose neck trailer Van Type 1976 Chevy one ton 1 4 Van Box serial bids will close on 1983 2 the above chattels May be seen at 935 and 944 the or any bid will not necessarily be Call 9470851 and ask for Dee swimming Pool owners Pool blankets available direct from manufacturer 3 and 5 year warranty 7745534 Advance ihqust8ial fabric t sign 4 of Advance awning m ism h Norm at Portage we carry the Rocky roller task Force review motor Carrier regulations 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 recommendations 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 50 marys Avenue september september Brandon agricultural Extension Centre 1129 Queens Avenue september Dauphin ropeway inn 10 Highway South october Thompson Hoard room Thompson recreation Centre Thompson drive october the Pas provincial building 3rd Street and Ross Avenue october 21 All those wishing to make presentations to the task Force Are asked 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 5th floor21 5 Garry Street Manitoba rec Uzi 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 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 ;