Steinbach Carillon News (Newspaper) - April 25, 1973, Steinbach, Manitoba 1973 United Appeal i launching Monday jj v I The raising of a huge balloon and an airplane flypast dropping 100 pingpong balls over Stein bach each worth a silver dollar will highlight the official launch ing of the Steinbach and Area United Appeal campaign Mon day at 7 This years the sec ond hopes to raise a total of for the nine participat ing Launching will take place in front of the Steinbach civic cen tre the public is invited to The huge some 15 feet long with the United Appeal will likely fly intermittently over some central Steinbach location to draw residents attention to the The pingpong balls which will be dropped over the town Monday will be specially marked and worth a silver dollar when brought to United Appeal president Jake Fries at the Royal This years goal of is more than last years goal of which was exceeded by a few hundred Donations will be divided among nine agen cies Canadian Red Society for Crippled Children and Manitoba Heart Cana dian Cancer Canadian Mental Health Cana dian Institute for the Childrens Aid Society of Eastern Association for Mentally Retarded and Cana dian Arthritis and Rheumatism United Appeal president Jake Fries said the success of last years campaign indicates that the general public prefers one annual fundraising rather than nine separate campaigns for each individual A special meeting for volunteer canvassers there are over 100 in all will be held Monday after the launching at the civic Campaign chairman Mary Bark man said that canvassers had quick to few more were still j f c t Group leaders are Corny Jari Blumenort Mitchell Mrs Kleefeld Hanover teachers business T Mrs Jim Mrs Lund boat in Steinbach from dark left to right Councillor George Penner Councilor Bobf on the civic centre grounds manager for distributor Paul Ted Viv sales for advertising and Lund American Inc secretary Dick plant foreman and Bert Town gets first Lund boat Liquor assured of final passage The Town of Steinbach Thurs day became the proud owner of the first aluminum boat to roll off the production lines at the Lund Boat The the first of well over which have been built since the plant began production last was presumed the town as a gesture of goodwill according to Clark ex of Lund American Neither the town nor Lund of specified what purpose the boat would serve but it was suggested that it could be used to promote water safety pro During an informal luncheon fol lowing the Mr Tol lefson said his companys opera tions in Steinbach were about a year ahead of He said the success of the operation could very likely lead to sion in the near Mr Tol lefson later added that sion plans were only in forma tive stages but that production of boats was also being The plant at produces only aluminum The vice president said he felt his company had made a wise decision in choosing Steinbach and that the plants operation was successful beyond General manager George Hastings added the company was particularly pleased with the supply of reliable manpower in the EastMan president Herman the major promoter spearheading talks which even tually led to the plants locating in said he had been very impressed with the spirit of cooperation evident during the negotiation stages between the town and Lund American Acting Mayor Giesbrecht said establishment of this industry was an important step in the com economic So farmers rain DREE grants for rural areas also Provencher MP Jake Epp has been assured by the federal gov that smaller rural com as well as larger centres can qualify for industrial tive Mr a member of the stand ing committee for the Depart ment of Regional Economic Ex pansion received this assurance April 13 when he ques DREE Minister Don Jam ieson on grants to communities in his constituency other Steinbach and During the committee sitting Mr Epp asked Mr Jamieson whether it was true that smaller communities had greater dif in obtaining federal in grants than larger Mr Epp used Grunthal as an ex where he said the local creamery wished to expand its Their the Grunthal industry question is this if we were lo in either Beausejour or 17 miles we should be more likely to get a DREE or get assistance for expansional Because we are located in the heart of the milk shed for Win we have greater On your specific Mr Jamieson the loca tion to which you referred in within the designated ar ea and would be eligible for a DREE Despite the fact that it is 15 miles from Steinbach and so it would still be eli gible because that total area is part of the designated Questioned further on grant eligibility outside major growth the minister said The rain that probably spoiled the Easter weekend for a lot of people was welcomed by most Local agricultural representa tives agreed that while the lack of moisture wasnt that great a concern to grain those who raised livestock were watch ing their winter feed supply dwin dle long before their pastures were Steinbach agricultural represen Rod Siemens said most of the Steinbach area was getting very dry and one farmer reported being down to just six days of As far as grain farmers and seeding operations were con he said those with light er land could probably use a little more precipitation but as long as the weather remained cool there probably wouldnt be a lack of moisture before the grain is Morris Resby Coutts said a number of farmers in that area had started seeding and most would be happy to see further rains hold off until they got their crops Although a few farmers in the Steinbach area have started seed ing seeding operations in general dont usually get under way until Mr Siemens said he didnt expect to see many farm ers seeding for at least another Final the Manitoba Legislature of a per the Town of Steinbach to hold a referendum on mixed drinking May was virtually guaranteed after the received speedy approval in the commit tee stages Monday La MLA Leonard who introduced the following presentation of a peti tion bearing the required num ber of electors signatures to town March said tions to the were raised at the committee In it is considered a sure bet that Steinbachs voters will go to the polls May 14 to decide on the outcome of a proposed by law introducing mixed drinking to the In explanation of 29 to the legislative assembly prior to second reading April Mr Bark man said an earlier referendum liquor votes are normally held to coincide with annual munici pal elections was being pro posed to keep the liquor issue apart from the regular fall elec If this referendum were held at the time of the local civic elec tions as the act in my opinion this could very well change the outcome of the annual fall municipal Im simply trying to suggest that this refer could be of quite a con I believe the people of Steinbach would not want to see a councillor defeated because of a stand that he or she took against this Mr Barkman He added Steinbach town coun cil had passed a motion March 8 stating the council was not op posed to having an earlier The aim of his Mrs Barkman emphasized was to provide fdr an early vote and was in ho way to reflect on the outcome of the Warner Conserva tive house leader and MLA for said felt an early vote was a wise course of action since he was aware of possible strong feelings generated in the com munity over the having re presented Steinbach in Ottawa prior to The whole issue of a liquor vote was initiated by Alvin proprietor of the Tourist who plans to build a mo tor hotel with mixed drinking licenced dining room and related overnight and ban quet If people vote down the pro posed Mr Frantz has the motor hotel will not be Music begins Th we do see the necessity for a great er degree of flexibility for special area and the If this enter prise the Grunthal creamery is my intention would be to ensure that it was made as eligible as possible for Replying to a related state ment from Mr Epp suggesting that financial assistance to es industries was of more economic value than money in into new and sometimes exotic Mr Jamie son said he agreed in part with the MPs I am not sure that this is en tirely a good thing because you are broadening the base but you are not broadening the complex of industries in the but our evaluation is virtually the same in both In upgrading and modernization we have a better track record to look at in the company than otherwise would be the but I think we have to do The minister If it is merely a matter of improv ing existing industry we find that we have to abide by the sheer law of You ultim ately run out of If there are only 20 and each one of them that is going to be the end of in a It has to be by some new initiatives to he totally In a news release thus Mr Epp said he had been ques repeatedly by rural coun cil members as to eligibility for grants by smaller centres in He said anyone having ideas for a new or ex pansion of an existing industry should not hesitate to contact the department about federal Looking for a tree This ad appears in this weeks classified section Free evergreen First first 5 miles V4 mile east of Steinbach on If you have anything to swap or give away phone the Carillon want ad depart ment at The southeastern music and speech arts festival Starts tomor row Thursday with Classroom speech choirs and spoken poetry at the regional school theatre Three adjudicators will be jud ging the competition Philip piano and string Bery vocal and choral and William speech arts in place of Mrs Anne Philip Adamson was born and educated in He of degree from the University of British Columbia and his mas ters in piano at Indiana Univer He is currently completing studies for a doctor of music de Mr Adamsons teachers have included Una Boris Rou Kendall Taylor and Mari on This year he is teaching piano and music history at the Univer y of Berythe Birse is an arts gradu ate of the University of Manitoba and has been music instructor in Winnipeg public and private schools for over 20 years and mu sic supervisor in suburban schools for six She has held the position of music instructor at the Manitoba Teachers College for two years and had adjudicated extensively in Saskatchewan and Mrs Birse has had wide experi ence in talent and scholar ship auditioning and has lectured in summer courses at the Univer sity of She has been a conductor of years regularly over eating in past 15 years and rolled in a theatre course i University of A er radio announcer and CBC ra dio and television she has taught drama at YWCA and was a former Mrs Acheson plans to go to Ox England this summer to take a contemporary theatre It should be noted that the tro phy list printed in the festival program refers to the 1972 classes and is The correct tro phy list can be found in the latest festival Programs are available at Reimer Pharmacy and the re gional school off The competitions between class winners for the various tro be held Friday even April for the speech arts and Friday afternoon and May for The concert presented by the trophy winners will be held at the SRSS theatre May 2 i H P ope M launch the Steinbach and Area United Appeal M a p lo 0 Junk to promote the Steinbach and Area United Appeal this You II likely see It in the banks or the credit union If its allowed In where it will lust sit there looking ugly and remind you of the May The as it has been officially was built by the Steinbach Regional Secondary School welding seen welding on a few more of metal is Guy of At figurine out a way of putting some pipes for a coin deposit onto the are Instructor Ray Mazur and artist John Henry Block will sciek Emerson NDP nod Harry well known Grun thal businessmen and village board will seek the New Democratic nomination in Emer son constituency in the provincial election expected this Mr operator of an and New Holland farm equipment has been involved in village politics for five He also served on the former Grunthal School Dis board for several No date for a nominating con vention has yet been set but an announcement is expected to be made within a few Should Mr Block win the nomination it would be his first attempt at pro The New Democrats are the only party in the constituency who have not yet fielded a In cumbent Gabe Girard will carry the Conservative the Lib have their hopes pinned on former Provencher MP Mark Smerchanski while Walter a resident of is running us an independent Philip Adamson Kleefeld centennial planning continuing The Kleefeld Chamber of Com merce has divided to study fur ther several suggested centennial plans before going ahead with a ic President Len Dueck said the decision to investigate more fully several proposals was made at a meeting of chamber members Tuesday Among the pro is a suggestion to purchase part of the old Hochstadt school building north of Kleefeld for use as an artifacts Another proposal involves construction of a new log building at the park Mr Dueck said it was likely of these plans would be adopted pending a further study of costs Work is expected ft te started sometime this summer or fall on the Original pla called for a larger building could both place and artifacts and proposals altered when a new school an auditorium for a meeting
