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I THE CALGARY HERALD Thursday, January 27, 1955 25 Miles From Iron Curtain War Battered Seaport Stages Trade Comeback 8. GARRETT Staff Writer! HAMBURG, Germany Iron Curtain. this war-battered back in world trade in the Three million bombs Second Great War. Its harbor Singing Potters Began In Garret KESWICK. Ont.

(CP) When Colloma pottery workers knock off for an afternoon break they sing opera instead of drinking coffee. The singing potters of Lockerbie's Corners. as they are known locally, are An operatic quartet started to produce potery five years ago in a Toronto garret. Now they operate one of the busjest pottery and ceramic businesses in Ontario. "WE COULDN'T make a living singing." says baritone co-owner Lester Bertsch, so we branched into pottery and boomed.

scems that. in the arts i in Canada. you must have one you which costs money. and one you murder, which brings in the The business was started when Lester and his sister Violet came east from an Alberta farm. Singing and music, study went handin-hand attempt at handicrafts.

Lester took three ceramics lessons and built their first kiln out. of a garbage can. LATER they joined forces with two other potter-musicians. Dean Hopper, former Oakville schoolteacher and Alice Torgness. a soprano.

They all met while singing with the Rosselino Opera and at engagements in and around Toronto. Today the pottery on Lockerbie's sideroad. near Keswick, miles north of Toronto. employs four assistants and turns out 1.400 pieces each week. REGINA bell of grand his first Regina's under way Twenty-five miles from the seaport is staging a comeface of heavy odds.

shattered Hamburg during the was reduced to a confused heap of rubble with 2.900 wrecked ships strewn around basins and approaches When the battle smoke cleared. the Russian Iron Curtain was thrown up cutting off Hamburg from its eastern and southeastern hinterland which formerly accounted for one-half of its transship traffic. DESPITE these handicaps. nine of reconstruction have testored much of the ancient free port's virility. This was demonstrated recently 10 A group of newspaper men touring the port i in an official launch.

The harbor still is by damaged quays and gaunt, shells of warehouses. but new and rebuilt facilities are busy with ships from all over world Mighty cranes load German locomotives for India, grain spouts! suck Canadian grain from steamer holds; bales of wool swing from docks to waiting barges ocean tankers discharge oil from the Middle East to reconstruct oil tanks and refineries. OFFICIALS said the clearing of debris. re-establishment of connections and lifting of wrecked ships, now grain 1S now nearly moves completed. through the Iron Curtain by barge to Borin harge 1950 hin.

and the drastic cut operaton has brought greater emphasis 10 rail traffic for other parts of Germany The port authority said 000 a vear 15 being spent on r0- construction. Seagoing and coastal the traffic which had shrunk 10 11 600.000 000 in 1945 has risen steadily: Bu last year's total WAS 16.500.000 tons. This was 75 per cent of the 1936 volume. Two British Stokers Guilty Of Sabotage PLYMOUTH. Eng.

(Routers) two stokers in the 13.000-ton aircraft carrier Warrior have been sentenced 10 90 days' detention cach for damaging equipment. it was discloced Wednesday at Devonport naval base. The men were detained last week after 15 engine room gauges and two telephones Were found smashed. CD HORACE BOIVIN, 49, HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED by acclamation to his eighth consecutive term as mayor of Granby, Quebec. Neither he nor his father who between them hove held office for the last 25 years ever have been opposed in an election.

He poses with his family for a formal election portrait. Some 5,000 citizens petitioned him to run, practically all the adults of the thriving community in the Eastern townships. Obituaries Richard T. Waymark Richard Was mark died Tuesdas in the Sol Belcher nital He had it cd al 724 2nd 11 mA har hern an with the Bank of Canada for until Ins in 1010 sears He was horn in London and came Calgary 55 AgO He lived Victoria for -am following retirement hut returned Calgars Warma with the 56th Battalion during are Emit Frank both in and London. Brother' he in the Field of emetery.

William E. Dell Edmund Dell TI died his home 130 1th Dell homesteaded In the Morrin district 6 BE alte: there Com Ottau a where hr horn Hr came to Calgary 1.3 He is survived hi brothe: and 11is st ife Let diori Calgary In 1941. Re M1-Kas Euler will officiate al the funeral service In Brother's Funeral Home Fridas D. Burial will he in Burnstand Cemetery William Peggie Home Honest series for William 26:1 11 who citer You Are On The RIGHT TRACK When You USE HERALD WANT ADS GOOD START (CP) Garnet CampAvonica. defending aggregate champion, WOn two games AS play in 51st annual bonspiel got Monday.

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TO PLACE YOUR Phone 694911 OFFICE HOURS Monday Through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sat. 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ating he in the Field Honor Burnsland Cemetery C.

T. Money Charles Thomas Mones 60 of 1A died Wednesdas in Col Belcher Hospital He was born al F.n land. and settled al shaw Following the Fist Great 1 a farmed In the Gadsby years ago he came to a card net worked Finists Mr Monos Battn during the First and member ation He sit Mrs Fred Kathleen) Jones both of and MIs faUs 1almas of Victoria Red Deer Leslie of am Harold Round of Priddis and Charles en grandchild on grandchildien A siste: Mira Emma Whitburn. a brother 20 hath In Cal gars and seteral brothers and sisters in England Funeral will hr heid das al 1:30 m. al Jacques Fune: al Home with Rev 1 Thomas firiating.

Burial will be in Queen's Park C'emeterv. Mrs. Mary Swanson Plan Weil Under Way Britain To Use Malaya As An Anti-Red Bastion KUALA LUMPUR. Malava (NANA) Great Britain is preparing Malaya for self-defence As an independent bastion against communism. In the conclusion of British authorities here, the Geneva agreement on Indo-China, program of strengthening Viet-1 nam.

are hy no means a sufficient guarantee against new moves by the Reds Into nou territories of Southeast Asia With elections to he held throughout Indo-China next the English authorities SPP the present st Western defence plans as a gamble. The Malava detence plan al- Ave died Wednesdas the reducing chances of Mrs. 5. of 1820 12th ready well under, was. 1S General Hospital after A long illness She was born al Broxburn Scotland.

for the Western nations by and came to Calgary in 1907 She wasting a battle-ready fighting a member of the Grace Ization prepared for now Church Her husband. John. died In Calgary 10 years 820. from the north Mrs. Swanson iS survived bu het Under the daughter Mrs.

E. R. Helen Upton. program. Calgary two sons.

William of Cal Butterworth airfield near gars and James of White Rock. BC. has been a enlarged to make six Mrs. grandchildren. George great of grandson.

White for the largest operational a sister. Rock. and A brother James In Scoters and fastest jet fighters. land based there will be able to Funeral service will be held Satur Lover most of Siam and give das at 15 p.m. at Jacques Funeral to the front-line in Malaya Home Ltd with Ret Dr.

F. Mores officiating. Burial will be In Union Also under the detence Rev Porteous. 67. former Calgarian.

died Monday in hospital at South Burnaby. B.C.. after a lengthy illness. The Herald learned today. Mr.

Porteous came to Alberta early in the century from Quebec and lived Church of preached God As in a minister paris of of the many province. He lived In Calgary for many years before moving to South Burnaby 1n 1951. He IS hi his wife Agatha South Burnahy four sons 0. Porteous. Crossfield.

Robert W. and Orville H. of South Burnaby. and Alvin of Victoria, and two daughters. Mrs Stanley Godlonton and William D.

Stillwell. both of Calgary Deaths Yesterday Rev. W. C. Porteous (By Canadian Press) HAMILTON- William Font 00 helteved one of the oldest triplets In the world.

STRATFORD-Alber1 Bradshaw 72 nf Parliament Progressite for Perth Conservative from member 1215-50 so together with the U.S.-supported lice force would guard railways and roads 111 the rear areas. British officers. from their long experience with jungle fighting. term the plan "pretty solid An integral part of the British pregram insoles co-operation with the Thailand authorities. Malaya officials and the Thais recently co-operate: In clearing 11.000 natives from the Kra Isthmus.

where Malava and Thailand moot. The region considered an almost impregnable communist sabert and a main link in Red communilines running 2.000 miles cation, the border 111 Singapore on the south. aimed defeat attacks Britain's Penang room Planes range cover prepara- tions. two Australian have been placed on call and can reach Malaya within 11 days after tan emergency 15 declared Plans have already been made on pOSttions the Australians will occupy Built 10 A strength of right battalions. the Malaya Battalion.

with Gurkhas and Fin troops ready in Malaya, would form the nucleus of a native army It would 201 as the forward 10 the main Australian defence line The stocky Gurkhas, some of the world's finest infantry A10 assigned to set up forward bases in Siam, supplied completely from the air. They would break up the first communist columns and hamper their communications as they reach the more heavily armed Australians farther south The pick of Malaya's large armed no- David. White Rock B.C lames and Robert Calgary John of Rocky Mountain House and Thomas .1 alters Res Dr Preston Marl.end officiate the funeral sertice Satur das Al In Funeral Home. Burial will he In Queen Park Cemeters E. R.

Maitland died Tuesday al his home. was horn in Winnipeg and moved 27 CHIS Later he litIn and returned to Cal in He settled at Cochiane A Sit. Mattland served ON dit the First pat War. He also cri the C'anadian Arms during the 14 and served fo: six VeaLs fo he his wife Mar daughters. Mrs.

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