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The Oshawa Times, 15 Mar 1960, p. 9

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"WHIPPER" BILLY MEETS STUDENT BODY Youtharama Big Success The Osha Somes A Youtharama Rally was held| in the Oshawa Central Collegiate] SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1960 PAGE NINE Institute Auditorium on Saturday, Mar. 12, at 8 p.m. | The rally opened with the theme chorus, "Christ For Me", followed by a selection from the Westerniares of Toronto, who are well known across Ontario as the Toronto Choralettes. Then came song-time from the audience, un-| der the direction of Bob Dargan,| which included "It Is No Secret" and "Each Step of the Way", and a variety of others which in- cluded a quartet from Faith Bap- A.E. O'Neill Appointed To Post Trustee A. E. O'Neill was ap-| Past Presid Jaycees Honor ents tist in Whitby, The Harmon- aires from Oshawa, and a solo by Jack Shearer. The rally was well represented districts including Richmond Hill, Whitby, Bowmanville, Utica and Toronto. The auditorium was a complete western scene includ- ing wagon wheels, bales of hay, and a hitching rail, There were seven contestants competing for the prize for the best dressed Westerner. Three judges were picked from the audience and the prize went to Larry Perkins, of Oshawa Blvd. south, The program was highlighted with a message, which was gear- ed to the Youth of our time, by| John McHardy. Youth Leaders in the area be-| lieve the four-day - panorama which ended on Saturday was a| success in reaching youth in this| community with a variety pro-| gram, | The next rally will take place] with delegates from surrounding pointed to the Education Week| Committee for a meeting of the| general committee in April, by the Oshawa Board of Education [Monday night. | | The Oshawa Board of Educa-| |tion has accepted the resignation) lof Mrs. L. Sedgewick from 'the Dr. Donevan Collegiate staff to| take effect April 30. i Two appointments, recom-| mended by R. H. Lunney, super- visor of maintenance and care- takers, have been made to thel janitor staff of the O'Neill Col- legiate and Vocational Institute and the Central Collegiate Insti- tute. They are T. Collen and Angus Basey respectively. | The Hairdressers Association] {were granted permission by the gram. auditor-| for a Board to rent the CCI ium, Monday, April fashion show, i Permission was granted to Miss Lilliam May Marsh to rent the OCVI auditorium and girls gym for a rehearsal June 8 and a dance recital June 10. An announcement that the cen- 4, The Oshawa "Junior Chamber of Commerce held its, "Past Presidents' Night", Monday at the Hove: Genosha. Past presi- dents honored were: Alderman Hayward Murdock, 1948; James |Hare, 1951: H. J. (Chick) Hew- itt, 1957; Jack Kerr, 1955; Bob Dewland, 1956; Jerry Rutherford, 1958; Doug Knowler, 1959; and Don Brown, 1953. The evening was highlighted with entertainment provided by Past president Jack Kerr, said: "self development naturally takes place when one becomes a member of the Jaycees". It gives one a chance to stand on his feet, talk and learn to handle people. Past president Bob Dewland, who was president in 1956 and president for part of the two other terms was presented with a golf club, and was attired in a long white wig, and a long white beard. show business to carry on by themselves. NO SPEAKER There was no guest speaker for the evening, however each of the past presidents made a short speech, Past president, Alderman Hay- ward Murdock, a charter mem- ber and the oldest Jaycee in point of service, gave a short re- sume of the early history of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. the "Clyde Don Quartet", a mod- ern ical group sp ed b the Oshawa Junior Chamber of Commerce, in connection with their youth development pro- He said they were a fine group of young men. He told them to do what was civic minded, and they would achieve great satis- faction. He also told them, "This is the place to start to go up the ladder." Past president, and life mem- ber of the world wide Junior Chamber of Commerce organiza- the Jaycees' is a new phase of{tion, Don Brown, told the Jay- the Junior Chamber of Com-|cees, '"'as long as I live, pos- merce youth development pro-isibly this is the most important |gram. Yonth development chair-|thing that ever hanpened to me," man Fred Upshaw is working referring to his becoming a life Jaycee Fred Upshaw was the vocalist with the grecun during a number of up-tempo selections. The sponsoring of the group by Past presidents, Jack Kerr and Doug Knowler, were required to wear half a shirt, as they did not cuitipiete their full term as presi- ent. Past president, Alderman Hay- ward Murdock, was presented with a large dog, ( a mutt from the city pound) for his stand on the dog situation in Oshawa. Al- derman Murdock, who recently gave away his $100 golden re- triever, said that he could not accept the animal, because he thought, the city was no place for at Simcoe Street United Church tral zone conference under the when member of the world wide Jay- THE FAMOUS "WHIPPER" BILLY WATSON of wrestling fame was the guest speaker of the day Monday when the stu- dent assembly at Donevan Col- legiate was held. Mr. Watson told the students how crippled children were trying to make good in spite of their handicaps. The speaker then stressed the necessity for students in good health to make the most of their | opportunities at school, In top 4 'NOTED WRESTLER Stresses "Crippled children have faith in you. You, therefore, cannot let them down," declared Whipper Crippled Child Mar. 26, at 7:45 p.m., which will feature a 30-member band from) Salvation Army, Bowmanville, with other talent participating. The guest will be the all-Cana- dian Youth For Christ Club Di-| rector Bill James who is a favor. | tte with all youth across Canada. | There will be similar rallies| designed for youth held in the surrounding comununities includ-| ing Ajax, Whitby, Bowmanville, | Port Perry in the near future, Send Driver | To Jail ' For A Week Charles Sparks, 43, of 728 Sim-| coe St. S., Oshawa, was convict-| ed in Oshawa court Monday of| drunk driving by Magistrate F.| S. Ebbs. He was sentenced to one week in the county jail. The accused, pleading not guilty, testified he bought a case| of beer at the Ritson Rd. Brew- ers' Retail store and was just driving home when apprehended. "It was not the beer in the case but the liquor in you that you are here for," snapped Crown Attorney Alex C. Hall, who told the court that a blood sample taken from the accused, shortly after he was arrested, showed 2.0 parts per thousand of alcohol. The standard accepted for intox- ication is 1.5 parts. Both the police constable who arrested him and the desk ser- geant on duty testified Sparks was intoxicated. Sparks admitted having four beers at his brother- in law's. "And you lost count after that," the magistrate interjected. Need Of work with children presents. "Sometimes people think that crippled Billy Watson, well-known Cana- {dian wrestler, in the address | which Monday inaugurated the | Rotary Club of Oshawa's annual | Easter Seal Campaign. | The club's drive to raise money | |for its work among crippled raising money is all that is nec-| essary. Each of us must give a little more. We must devote our-| selves to crippled children's work as it is a great thing for a| crippled child to know he is| wanted and that he has a friend. | Must Repay Bank For | picture, the Whipper" pre- sents the Championship Trophy to the winning team in the COSSA competition. He is hand- ing the trophy to Bobby Rey- nold, co-captain, while team members look on. Centre is shown the student assembly. In bottom, Mr. Watson demon- strates several wrestling holds on Bill Flegg, who was little the worse for his experience. --Oshawa Times Photo Negro Sitdown Strike Ebbing ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) Ne sitdown demonstrations appe d to be diminishing in the southern states today in the face of mass convictions and firm police ac- tion, but new racial violence was reported in two cities. Negro students at Florida A. and M. University called off their sitdowns protesting segregatéd eating facilites at Tallahassee. Montgomery, Ala., was quiet and there was one small demonstra- ton in South Carolina Courts in Virginia, North Car- olina and South Carolina handed down a series of convictions Mon- day in connection with sitdown troubles. Both Negroes and white persons were involved. ATTACKED BY NEGROES At Charieston, S.C., Grady Mec- Makin, a 24-year-old white serv- ice station attendant, told police six gro youths had carved erude. "K K K" initials in his back, beat him up and robbed him of $40, gro, The decision to halt demonstra- Revenue Fell Short r tions at Tallahassee tas an- nounced by Ira C. Robinson, pres- ident of the Student Government Association at Florida A. and M. He said agreement was reached after Saturday's near -riot in downtown Tallahassee and the turning back of a Negro march by tear gas. At Petersburg, Va., hundreds of Negroes sang hymns outside the courthouse while 11 members of their race were convicted of tres- passing at the city's public lib- rary March 7. All were released on bond. DRUNKEN SPARROWS TOKYO (Reuters) Agricul- tural officials in western Japan, soaked in| have heen using rice alcohol to trap sparrows, which are easily picked up while stag- gering around and roasted for iood. The sparrows are a winter pest, eating grain meant for |farmers' chickens, It is a wonderful thing for a crippled child to know that some- one is interested in his welfare and progress," commented the speaker. It was explained that crippled children can do much but they must have the opportunity. There children in the community opens next Friday and will continu: for the ensuing month. More than letters, containing Easter Seals and other literature will be mailed to more than 21,000 fami- lies in the district. A list of 150 special names has also been com- piled. George A. Fletcher, chairman capped person can do. It was are more than 3100 jobs a handi-| 9, auspices of the Ontario Urban and Rural School Trustees Asso- ciation is to be held in the Forest| Hill Collegiate, Toronto, Wed nesday, May 4, was received and filed. A requisition for $2896 was ap- proved by the Board for the pur- chase of musical instruments for the CCI and OCVI. Students in the three collegiates will .not see a film on cancer and alcoholism the Board decided,| after hearing that the secondary school principals screened the film two years ago and came to the conclusion it was not suit-| able. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating birth- days today: Elaine Taite, 73 Oshawa Blvd. north; Arthur Kirk, 69 McGregor St.; Gary Jenkins, 1258 Simcoe street south; Margaret Meringer, 128 La- Salle Ave.; Dérek Gandy, 247 Graburn Ave.; William Hre- horuk, 808 Gordon St.; Bob Bassett, 300 St. John St. west, Whitby; Mrs. Laura Genge, $14 Adelaide Ave. west; Eliz- abeth Laughlin, 163 Sherwood Ave.; Sussn Usher, 373 King St. west; Walter Lucyk, Columbus; Mrs. L. Dove, 273 James St.; Mrs. Gordon Cop- pin, North Oshawa; Sandra Mitchell, 16 William St. east; Norman Snelgrove, 701 Wal. nut St., Whitby; Wallie Kue zenko, 28 Buckingham; Ber- nice Webster, 185 Southlawn Ave.; John Richardson, 397 Rossmount; Bonnie Richards, 751 Gaspe Ave. The first five persons to in- form The Oshawa Times of their birthdays each day will receive double tickets to The Regent Theatre good for a four - week period. The cure rent attraction is Walt Dis ney's 'Toby Tyler". Reports on birthdays will be received only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 a.m, { { Bad Cheques | A boy, who hitch-hiked half| |way across Canada to face the law, received a suspended sen- tence from Magistrate F. S. Ebbs Monday. Joseph Zarowny, of 24 Rosehill Blvd, had ded guilty earlier in Oshawa a true also that a handi d per. son can often do a job better than his fellows as he knows there is so much at stake and will make a special effort. of the club's Easter Seal Com- mittee, presided. Others at the head table included Jack Sarnay, of Toronto, director of the Eas- ter Seal. Campaign in Ontario; James McCansh, campaign treas- . urer; Ken Crone, advertising dis- MU ST SELL NEED tribution; M. Book, chairman of It is up to you lo sell the the club's crippled children's People of this district on what [committee; William Minett, Miss|¢4n be accomplished. You must Terry Luke, who will be the take your enthusiasm with you club's Miss Easter Seal during a. all times. It should be the the drive and Clarke Hubbell, |3im of each member of the club to make this campaign the best 90,000 HANDICAPPED you have ever had as many chil- Prefacing his remarks Mr. /dren are depending upon you," Watson declared that many peo- said Mr. Watson, ple do not appreciate the efforts, One of the highlights of the being put forth by service clubs meeting was a demonstration of across Canada to assist crippled some of his wrestling holds, in- | children. One had only to realize cluding the "Commando Uncon- that there are 1500 crippled chil-'scious", by the speaker with Ro- |dren in Ontario and 90,000 handi-|tarian John Lowry, vice-presi- capped children in all of Canada dent of the club, as the "willing" to fully appreciate the challengel subject. Magistrate's Court to a charge of ROAD LITTER LAKENHEATH, England (CP)| | United States airmen from-a base| near been warned by their commander against tossing empty beer cans lon the highway. The base com- mandant said that as guests in Britain, this is an abuse of Brit- ish hospitality. this Suffolk village have with the boys un il a time he feels, they know enough about cee organization, a large dog, and that he would not tie an animal. Fire Bug Threat Feared By Frost TORONTO (CP) -- Premier|agricultural department estim- Frost says fear that "unsatis-|ates. factory publicity would attract] my, MacDonald was rapped | fire bugs" prompted him person anor in the night for seeking | ally to double the night staff atito bring nurses into labor amend- the Orillia mental hospital. {ments before the House and give In a verbal battle with CCF | them collective bargaining rights. Leader MacDonald, Mr. Frost, my MacDonald said that the told the legislature Monday night| shortage of nurses could be over- that he went against the recom-|come by bettering wages and mendations of Health Minister|yorking conditions through col- Dymond in increasing the staff. jective bargaining. Two Youths Are Charged Two Markham youths will be tried in Toronto Magistrate's Court today on charges of break- ing, entering and theft of five pay-phone booths in Oshawa March 5. John Sherman, 17, and Robert Wideman, 20, were apprehended in Toronto and charges against them from Whitby and Oshawa were forwarded there to be heard with similar charges laid by Metro police, Charges by CCF members that| pr Dymond said that he was the hospital was a fire trap had|syrprised Mr. MacDonald had not made the premier feel it was "al received letters from the nurses) matter of good sense to doubleiyh, are "bitterly opposed" to| the staff," not because the build-l coming under the labor legisla-| ing was a fire trap but becauseitjon All members of the House of the attraction of the publicity except the CCF had received for "fire bugs and other crack-|gych letters. | pots." Mr. Frost jumped into the de-| PHYSICAL FITNESS STUDY bate on Dr. Dymond's estimates Dr Dymond reported this The youths are believed to have used a crow-bar or similar im- plement to force the coin collec- tion equipment in the telephones open. Several booths were also damaged. Police recovered sev- eral parts of the telephones around the south end of Oshawa where they were discarded by the thieves. J. W. Lowry, business manager at 11 p.m. Dr. Dymond said it was Mr. Frost and not the fire marshal, year's budget of $35,000 for phys-|¢,, ical fitness will go towards a small study committee to formu- r the Oshawa district of the - Bell Telephone Company, said late a suitable program. He said the gram will slanted to- wards giving every child a chance to develop mental and physical soundness, rather than place emphasis on a small num- ber of outstanding athletes. 0 ; 1 A physical fitness program all night," said the premier to|should begin with pre-natal care Mr. MacDonald. Ontario's treat-|so "the unborn may be given ment of the mentally ill is the every opportunity humanly pos- finest system in America, the sible to be born fit," said Dr. Dy- premier added. mond. The program should con- "It is not," snapped Mr. Mac-|tinue through infancy, childhood Donald. and later life. Mr. Frost said. there is a per-| Present health programs are manent fire inspector, a former being operated on a "hit and Orillia fire chief, on the property| miss' basis, said Dr. Dymond. at Orillia. {While many schools, clubs and as suggested by Mr. MacDonald, who suggested the extra staff. Dr. Dymond had not felt the step was necessary but Mr. Frost went ahead with the order. PREMIER BOOSTS SYSTEM "You'd like to blather around that over $1000 damage was done the s equipment but to company" that the - money- was | negligible. i | Phillies' Holdout Signs 1960 Contract CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP)--In- fielder Ted Lepecio, who had been the Philadelphia Phillies'. lone holdout, signed his 1960 contract Monday after conferring with general manager . John Quinn, Terms were not disclosed. Lepcio, obtained from the De- troit Tigers in December, batted Dr, Dymond indicated the older wings of the hospital, with a budget of $4,195,000, would event- ually be torn down and would not be replaced. The legislature Monday ap- proved the estimates totalling {labor organizations have oper- |ated successful programs, there is a definite lack of co-ordination, direction and leadership. In defending the small amount to be set aside for the new pro- gram, Dr. Dymond said he .280 last season. "The only result we'll get is the facial exercise from talking about this great program," he said. "The g ov er nment's philosophy |seems to stress the cure and not | |wanted to avoid a recuurence of the failure of the short-lived na- |tional physical fitness program of the 1940s. RIDICULOUSLY LOW Bernard Newman (L--Windsor- Walkerville), school teacher and amateur gymnast, said the amount to be spent is ridiculously low and averages about one-half $16,891,000 of the department of reform institutions and all but one item of the $92,215,000 health department estimates in the afternoon and night sessions. DEFER DEBATE Dr. Dymond asked that discus- sion of the Hospital Services Com- mission, which comes under his department, be deferred. The leg- the prevention." Democracies, faced with the challenge of leisure, can be weak- ened by "leisure wrongly used," said Mr. Newman, James Trotter (L -- Toronto Parkdale) criticizied the govern. ment for not taking a stand on fluoridation. He said a &hree- member government committee on fluoridation, appointed a year islature today will tackle the cent for every person in Ontario. ago, has still not held he 8. forgery. In a statement, taken by Osh- awa detectives, Zarowny admit- ted helping forge two cheques on his father's account for a total of over $1100 in April, 1959. The accused said he had given his father's account number and signature card to John Napiorow- ski who practised the signatures and then made out two cheaues payable to W. Sibeon and cashed them using a phony birth certi- ficate. The pair used the money to buy a car and then drove to Vancou- ver. After being jailed in Califor- nia for vagrancy, Zarowny Te- turned to Calgary. He hitch-hiked home to Oshawa recently and gave - himself up to the authori- ties. Napiorowski was convicted on a similar charge last year. The accused was given the two-year ded sentence pro- Winter Olympics Dr, Elliott Returns Home The superintendent of public SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Revenue from the Winter Olym-| pic Games at Squaw Valley, se Calif., fell about $1,200,000 short! of predictions of. $3,000,000 Cali- 'fornia legislators were told Mon- day. ing the annual conference of the : ! Curriculum Development held in ort sta tinance difenior Rob Washington, D.C., last week. e arkness 0 - i % liminary audit as the assembly. An. estimated 3000 educational- ways and means committee ap- ists attended the conference and proved another $1,000,000 appro- discussed such topics as the re- priation for Squaw Valley im. SPonsibilities of the schools of to- provements in 1960-61. day; how the curriculum could be If approved by the legislature, it will make nearly $9,000.000 the state has spent on the Olympic site, which it expects to operate as a state park. academically talented and the slow learner; the teaching of for- eign languages in elementary schools; and how teaching ma- chines, television and other elec- tronic aids could be utilized with- CIVIC ASSET {out losing sight of sound" educa- CORONATION, Alta. (CP)--An! tional practices. ice arena costing more than $23,- Last fall, Dr. Elliott was chair- 122 miles east of this northeast tario Association for Curriculum Alberta community. |Development held in Toronto. hools, Dr. C. M. Elliott, has returned to Oshawa after attend- Association for Supervision and made to meet the needs of the viding he pays the Canadian Bank of Commerce $50 monthly until his share of the $1100 is re- paid. He was warned that the court was not a collection agency but that he could be brought back to the court and sentenced if he failed to keep up the pay- ments. 3 Cars Hit 'Damage $1000 More than $1000 damage was dene in three-car collision at the corner of Simcoe and Colborne streets Monday afternoon. Two cars collided in the inter-| section and snapped off a mail |receiving box before the force of {the collision drove the two cars into the parking lot on the north- east corner and into a parked car in the lot. The drivers involved were Nick Bakker of 122 Division street and | was owned by Dave Perkin, 981 Sommerville street. sored by Robert Giles of 29 Grassmere| Chamber of Commerce, as part 000 is being planned for Castor, man of the conference of the On. avenue, Oshawa. The parked car| of their youth development pro- gram, entertained the Jaycees at their annual "Past Presi- The Clyde Don Quartet, spon- the Oshawa Junior | | right are: dent's Night", at the Genosha | boys for the Jaycees. Mr. Up- | hotel Monday. From left to | shaw plans to guide the boys Clyde Don, Pete | through the pitfalls of show Walmsley, Larry Bolahood, and | business, until such time as he Stuart Smith. The Jaycee youth | feels, they have enough exper- | development chairman, Fred | ience to make it oy their own. Upshaw, is working with the ' The Clyde Don Quartet has per- | formed a number of out of town | engagements, as well as play. ing in Oshawa. Recently they were the special guests of 'a St. Catharines disc jockey, and were treated as visiting eele- brities.

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