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J. W. Chafe: Winnipeg's renaissance man.(Gazette)(James Warren Chafe of Winnipeg, Manitoba)(Biography)
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Manitoba History
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February 1, 2008
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James Warren Chafe went by many names. To his team mates on Winnipeg's Shamrock Baseball Club in the 1920s, he was "Chick" Chafe--a pitcher with an astonishing "roundhouse" curve. To young CJRC radio listeners from 1942 until 1947, he was "Uncle Jim" who read the funnies. To CBC listeners of the Canadian and International Services through the 1940s and 1950s he was "J. W. Chafe" the broadcaster; he was also J. W. Chafe, the educator, to his colleagues in the Winnipeg public school system. As an actor with traveling companies, he was "Jas. Chafe", "Chick Chafe", "Mr. Warren Chafe", or "James Chafe." He was "Duck" to his grandchildren and to me, he was "Dad."
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