| description: | Allan Oberman Lifting A Man Above His Head At Camp Shilo Manitoba. His Record Was Somewhere Between 220 And 250 Lbs. For Holding Up A Man. He Was Born In Winnipeg On July 11, 1916. He Lived On Macgregor And Manitoba In His Parents' Apartment Block And Helped Run The Family Business - Obee'S Steam Bath. He Was A Champion Weightlifter,Setting A Record In Western Canada. He Worked At Kays Ltd. Where He Hauled Heavy Weights. One Of His Co-Workers Saw Him Carry Two 200 Pound Boxes Up A Flight Of Stairs. When The War Came He Entered The Army And Became A Boxing Instructor. None Of His Men Ever Lost A Match. After The War He And His Wife Dorothy Opened Bobies Style Shoppes On Main Street. Later He Owned Bert'S Corned Beef House. He Worked At The Northern Hotel And As A Commissionaire At The Legislature And At The Deer Lodge Hospital. He Was A Member And Volunteered At The General Monash Legion. Photo Courtesy Of Sheldon Oberman (His Son) The Well-Known Winnipeg Author Of Children'S Books |