Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 25, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free january 1985 Hunch reunites veterans by Bain Gair Bill Elson and Jim Johnston haunt seen each other for 66 the two veterans of the first world War didst even recognize each other while eating meals one table apart at a senior citizens Home on Edmonton Street where they had lived together for 20 but then Elson played a i didst recognize him at he said i saw the name plaque on the table and his one Arm and i put two and two it was the one Arm that Drew my and last met in 1918 on the front lines in France where they served with the signals corps of the 52nd port Arthur we want to both men said the Sharp me Mories they have of the War made their reunion a mixed weve had several chats Johnston we talked about the chums we were in the same Section never about the it was too to see men walking Over legs and Heads and going Over the we want to forget about Johnston went to the French Battlefield at Vimy Ridge with the 52nd battalion to reinforce Canad an forces in Elson joined the battalion in the Spring of 1917 in another wave of the 52nd battalion fought in the front lines of Many famous Battles in those including Pas Schendal and Elson served As a Telegraph oper Ator in the signals corps and John Ston was a Ken giouott1 free press veterans Bill Elson left i was a pretty Good Elson they kept me at Headquarters quite a Johnston was not so six weeks before the signing of the he was i want More than 200 Yards from him when he got hit with a machine gun Elson said it shattered his that was the last they saw of each other for 66 and Jim Johnston reunited after 66year Johnstons Arm was amputated and he returned to Canada on a Hospital Elson stayed with his after Johnston re turned to Winnipeg and his former Job As a clerk at the Post he retired in Elson worked his Way up to District manager of a mortgage and Trust company in after his retirement in he and his wife returned to Elson and his wife of 62 moved into Central Park Lodge on Edmonton Street about two years a month whose wife had died in moved the veterans often take pleasure in talking about old i dont know of another Chap alive in Winnipeg today that was with the Elson it was darn Nice to find Northern views on Limestone Yah w refuse Federal vouchers Thompson staff Northern involvement in Manitoba Hydro Limestone development is to be Dis cussed Here next month at a three Day conference of in Community and Busi Ness Jay minister responsible for a government task Force on the called the conference a critical step in finalizing a number of policies and programs connected with the whose task Force of Las has visited 24 Northern Remote communities and resource centres to hear opinions on How benefits from Limestone can be said the conference will review specific solutions to prob lems identified during the it will allow us to make a Thor Ough review of the government and Sou Manitoba Hydro response to train environmental and business he Cowan said Hes confident that if construction begins next there will be enough time to train northerners to take full advantage of Job opportunities at Thompson la Steve delegates will tour the Limestone site from Thompson by bus on the opening Day of the Confer he said the conference will include representatives of Manitoba Kewa Zinowi Manitoba Metis Northern association of Community councils and Norman regional development As Well As the swampy Cree and Island Lake tribal Ashton said the task Force still plans to visit another dozen com Federal fish Agency allays Price fears by Paul Moloney the Federal government issued welfare vouchers to residents of a Reserve but would not reimburse merchants who accepted a food store owner said the Federal vouchers Arent accepted in this town any said Robert Paul owner of the Iga supermarket at Norway it turned out they we rent any better than a band Low said he and other merchants have refused to take government of Canada vouchers since a March 1983 said he was stuck with about in unpaid vouch ers for that intervention he said the Indian affairs depart ment had stepped in to distribute vouchers after Reserve residents ran out of welfare Low said the governments intervention came after merchants re fused to accept welfare cheques is sued by the band because they were but he said they encountered a similar problem collecting after they sent the vouchers to the depart ments Winnipeg office and heard nothing Low said he inquired about pay ment periodically and was finally told the government vouchers were no Good and he should collect the Money from the the bands welfare administrator settled the debt three months later by dipping into welfare funds earmarked for the following years he those things were written out in March and i didst get paid until he they we rent Hon ored by the they were honoured by the Charlie Indian affairs so Cial development said he will look into the but doubted it is i want Here when that happened but if department of in Dian affairs issued they would have been Quast the government of Canada does not make a habit of not Honor ing the for gods cant renege on vouch we pay our Quast said it was possible Low was mistaken and had instead accepted vouchers issued by the told about quests Low insisted they were departmental vouchers and named an official involved in distributing that official be reached yesterday for Low added he is currently holding in ban issued welfare cheques which he cannot Cash be cause they would the businessman said Indian affairs is sending the band a special allocation of funds to cover that debt and those of two other he said he expects the problem of worthless cheques to Quast said the special allocation of is being sent to Norway House because the band had incurred legitimate welfare spending of that amount in the 198384 fiscal but had not claimed the Money from Indian he said another was spent that but not claimed Back from the leaving the bands welfare account with a deficit of As of March he said documentation either Doest exist or Hast been found to show How the was Low said the deficit was paid out of Cash advances received from the department for the current which Means the bands Wel fare account is now Back in the he said the band is continuing to Issue welfare cheques to band Mem Bers each with the result that merchants who accept the cheques dont know when or How they will be publisher wins seat on Council the publisher of carmans weekly the Valley won a seat on the town in a by election returning officer Bruce Lyle said Howard Bennett Defeated three other candidates for a seat vacated in december when Paul Sand ers resigned to take a Job with Federal multiculturalism minister Jack he said a former coun received 278 70 More than his closest provincial highways department employee Ken the town has six councillors and a the Freshwater fish marketing has no immediate plans to charge whole salers More for despite offering rec Ord prices to a spokesman said we want to assure our customers in Winnipeg that their prices will not double because of the increased prices to said Alex the corporations Field operations Drobot was responding to fears expressed by a Winnipeg fish retailer that stores will have to pay substantially More for fish because of the Agency decision to pay Winter fishermen More for their the Federal Crown corporation announced this week it will pay Fisher men record prices for Lake Pickerel and Whitefish in a bid to lure More of them on to the Iid Ftp a weather precipitation h High l Low v cold from warm from Toronto up twelve winning numbers were chosen yesterday in the win Tario the winning number is three numbers Worth each Are b786929 and two numbers Worth each Are 887989 and other winning numbers scramble 000 mystery Bonus car available As waterbeds Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with brisk southerly winds developing this High today near variable Cloud tonight with temperatures steady near Cloudy with periods of Snow High near probability of precipitation near Zero 20 per cent tonight and 80 per cent extended Outlook Southern Manitoba Clearing Windy with below Normal flurries monday and Light Snow tues temperatures will Rise to Normal monday and to a Little above Normal the Normal High is the Normal Low is Northern Manitoba mainly sunny variable Cloud with flurries Clearing temperatures will be near Normal sunday and monday and a Little below Normal Normal highs Are near Normal lows Are near Northwestern Ontario Snow flurries Clearing but Windy on clouding Over with Light Snow temperatures will be a Little below Normal sunday and monday but warm to near Normal the Normal High is the Normal Low is a Story yesterday wrongly quoted opposition Leader Gary Filmon As saying interest costs on construction of the Limestone generating station could run As High As during the period before a Sale to Northern states Power in the interest figure should have been Odd a Story yesterday wrongly quoted Richard Boroditsky As saying the Cost of a therapeutic abortion carried out in a Hospital is Between and in the Cost is Odd Story yesterday wrongly said the province paid j44 to 188 crime victims in the first nine months of this fiscal in the payments included benefits to claimants from previous years and pension while 188 claims were filed by 19 were 156 approved and the rest Are being deaths classified death needs polishing National 5 2 5 2 21 26 3 ii 10 7 2 16 3 16 10 n 14 23 19 20 6 9 Thunder 9 2 6 5 14 7 15 0 n Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean 24 last highest on record in 1973 lowest on record in 1894 precipitation total from 1 to 24 Millimetres Normal yesterday International 4 6 4 7 new 2 3 3 2 is 7 4 2 10 i 13 9 6 0 10 6 6 8 6 0 la 8 2 3 Tel 18 12 4 i resort spots los Clear 19 13 Las Clear 12 4 Cloudy 15 12 partly Cloudy 26 17 Shower 20 17 Clear 22 14 partly 19 14 Clear 21 12 Clear 30 22 partly Cloudy 28 22 Cloudy 23 15 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