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The Oshawa Times, 3 Feb 1961, p. 9

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[High Cost Explained Kiwanien Mel Oshorne, Phi |B, of the Toronto East York {Kiwanis Club, & past distriet governor and today a Kiwanis international fuses. i he guest speaker at we Ki-| wanis Clas regular meeting this week, hut Wis topic, In eon lirast to his usual visits to the Oshawa Kiwanians, wes not on # Kiwanis subject, bt on "Frets and Fallacies on the So Called High Cost of Drug Pre | scriptions' Stressing the value of modern drugs being of much more im- portance than the actus! cost, the speaker pointed out thet se tually there has heen 8 tremen dous decrense In the prices of | modern drugs, He quoted Gov: | ernment and medical statistical! figures to prove his point, refer:| ring in particular tn some of the modern drugs such as penicillin, | insulin, sulpha drugs, ete, | which when first Introduced, 4id| cost considerable per ounce hut | which inday, Bre greatly re-| duced, "This in spite of expenses involved in qualifying with the regulations of the eountry's Pond and Drug Act | Pointing out the money spent $600 Damage Ld earch hy large drug In Accidents [i meercr bv tare ao More than $800 damage result. discovering new drugs, testing] The Osha Times PAGE MINE | SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 196) DE --p@ ------ branch of the St, John Am. bulance Association, At right is Greg, Brady, who acted as tructor, ~Oshaws Times Photo Greater Oshawa Community Chest, presenting a certificate to Mrs, Ruth Small, "To Mrs, Smalls right is O, 8. Hobbs, secretary of the Oshawa Auditorium Thursday night with the presentation of cer: tificates and vouchers, Seen here, at left, is Arthur Doyle, executive secretary of the St. John Ambulance Awards Are Presented ing bandages was given by Gregg Brady, a city ambulance driver and superintendent of the ft, John Ambulance Brigade, EXECUTIVE MEMBERS The BIAA 1s B newly-formed group which formerly functioned from Toronto, President is Mur~ ray Johnston; O, 8, Hobbs is secretary, Instructors make up ed from two minor accidents re them to prove their worth, the| ppp COMPLETION OF Damage to 8 car was esti-| ed costs of materials and labor Bridge Club 1440 p.m, Damage to the truck higher costs of operating hospi Cadillac avenue south, The driv: "health expenses' that have) sulted from a three-car collision horne added, "when you deal Duplicate Bridge Club cham:| Seventeen persons received Community Chest, marked sue: {| mony road north driven by? 10 relief from pain and sick winners, Mrs, ¥., Wadsworth| Auditorium Thursday night lof the voucher winners, car was Keith Kettle, of 20 La-| io and modern drugs Other scores were; R orted by the Oshawa Police! securing of patents, cost of MBN courses in first pid were department, Thursday, No one|wfacturing and merchandising, | recognized Bt St, Gregory's was injured Ithe speaker stressed the increas. mated at $400 after it was in-|today, are higher in ratin than {volved In a collision with athe increase in the cost of drugs truck on Rossland road east, atl Prepaid medical care plans 4 ; | {was ahout $35, The car was|tals, doctors' fees, etc, were| a {driven by Hussell 1, Wicks, 15 also pointed out as examples of | ampions er of the truck was Ira George|inereased In a greater pereen: | » "| Travell, of 216 Centre street, [tage than the cost of drugs 'Are Decided | An estimated $380 damage re-| Tn conclusion, Kiwanian Os {lon King street east at 1.05 p.m with 8 pharmacist of integrity, The final game of the Oshawa! 1 One car was driven hy Rich {you are today receiving one of ) tard James Bradley, of 113 Har [he greatest bargains in health pionship was played Tuesday voucher and certificate awards cessful completion of an eight { J night at Woodview Park elub: from the St, John Ambulance | week First Aid course - two Another car was that you ean purchase house, As a result last year's| Association in Bt. Gregory's|eight-week courses in the ease 4 4 : the treme: strides; Sark / k The driver of the third ihans to | he fre mendous ride and Mrs, M, R, Clarke, lost to| The awards, presented bhy| The course outlining emer: | | ¥ 4 W. Mathews and H, Barker who| Arthur Doyle, executive secre:|gency medical treatment and Balle Court, apartment 50 The muest speaker was Intro had a score of 101 tary of the Greater Oshawa linstruction and practice in tie duced to the club by past-Goy and D, Calhoun, #0 Mb ernor Kiwanian A, E, "Bert Bheridan and 3. Willer, 8 [TIA % Albert St. Carnival Is Success Albert Street Publie School held its annual Skating Carni- Coulter while the club's appre. ication was voiced by Kiwanian John Cameron, Park Plans Bake Sale points; TP, Birze and ¥, Becker, | #6 points The high scores in the econ solation game follow: Mrs, C, A Hall and Mrs, H, Cruwys, 70%; Mr, and Mrs, Wm, Heron, 65%; C, Lansfield and A, Btevens, 63 Congratulations are extended) from the club to the new win-| ners | All bridge players are wel More Area Folk Seek Employment A report issued Thursday by, Local manufacturing activi: the Oshawa branch of the Up. tes varied with various indus. loyment Insurance Commis: ies Some firms reported in- employmen ' creased production resulting in sion shows that 641 more people the recall of employees, while the rest of the association mem« bership, Holders of the certificates, ox. plained Mr, Brady, are eligible 10 become 8JAB members, They must be 17 or over, The Oshawa Brigade has jurisdiction over a large territory, Cobourg to Ajax and north to Peterborough, All volunteers, the Brigade members are present at such A LARGE NUMBER of resi- | tober. In the upper pieture dents of Oshawa and district | the members of the drafting are enrolled again this year | classes ave seen gather in the night classes which | ed around Instructor Fred have been In progress at the | Mason examining a set | the lower picture, taken in the woodworking shop, are Keith Wood, left and Vie Manning with their instructor, Stan Riley, as they build a set of cabinets wOshawa Times Photos O'Neill Collegiate and Voca Ed working drawings of 4 Night Classes Help To Broaden Education Every year hundreds of vesi: ing, New Canadians attend the keeping helpful; to many house: dents of Oshawa and district, | classes to learn to speak English|{wives and working people who with the Idea of broadening and to familiarize themselves | find skills such as typing use thelr education or learning fur-{with the Canadian way of life, | ful in doing a variety of jobs, ther skills, enroll in the night| Another reason for night| It is pointed out hy Mr, Rob: classes offered hy the Oshawa school attendance is that in a erts that Grade 18 subjects, ad Board of Fducation at the|large number of technical and|vanced technical subjects and O'Neill Collegiate and Vocation:|gammereial accupations the min university extension courses al Institute imum requirements for these are becoming more popular as This year has been no excep: positions are now Grade 12 or educational requirements for po tion as 10880 were enrolled in|Grade 13 [sitions are rvalsed and as inter: these classes in December last, | ~<a esl In continuing education | Of those enrolled 204 were tak.|TO AID ADVANCEMENT Erows To keep abreast of the ing advanced technical subjects ] A a . n a | while 18% were taking technical| changing times and to meet the Some students, comments My subjects. One hundred and/demands of Industry, new Bstew, Raslatant principal, are forty-one were taking commer: Courses have heen designed for AKI HOEHALER (01 their value) cial work and 290 were attend [vat ishing to advance in|In handling correspondence in| 2 A 5. 'Another/the fields of engineering A BE og To banat [10 hnician ar technologists, itftereat id for. the Lig of hill subjects while 143 were taking|ls explained hy Mr. Jensen 4 Ont languages when travell: classes in such subjects as art shop director at OCVI Ld musie and home economics The Association of Profession 4 : al Engineers of Ontario has set 40 PER CENT DROP OUT lup standards whereby these George L. Roberts, principal people can he classified and of the school, explains that a| permitted to move fram one number of students starting [category to another, The ad night school courses drop out for vanced technical elasses held many years. He comments that lat OCVI are part of this pro: it is the experience in formal| gram ang of the fastest grow courses of adult education ing courses in Ontario throughout the Western World Province that drap-out rates run to 40 per SHOP PROGRAM without portfolio in the eabinet cent or more during the term,| Mr, Jensen points out thatiaf Premier Leslie M. Frost, Reasons for drop-outs include certain shops affer a diversity spoke on "the importance of lack of educational background. [0 Programs. In the electrical| grganization in selling a politi Courses such as drafting, elec. (Shon, electronics is taught twojeal party," at a social evening ironies, ete. 'require A know nights a week while on Wa for the City of Oshawa Progres ledge of mathematics and sg i, Ot er Nights classes n electrical sive Conservative Association, ence, Other reasons are moving Construction and maintenance! in Hotel Genosha, Thursday aut of the area. shift work [are held, In the drafting FOOME, | Mr, Root, a farmer in Erin Some students sxpect a training [f0urses in blueprint Teading | pawnship, has been a member in superficial skills only and | Advanced technical drawing and) of the legislature since 1931 drop out when they are required | Heneral drafting ave available. | "yo said he has heen extreme to do thorough work. Lack off Sound advice in any night (ly conspious of the importance ability of interest and inability school subject can be given talaf arganization in a political to apply themselves .are other Prospective students, Mr, Rob:campaign. The speaker out reasons orts paints out. Experts in the| lined the growth of the Pragres: technical, commercial and gens (sive Conservative party in his| TYPES OF STUDENTS eral fields are assisting the + Citing the types of students night school principal, My. Rob who attend night classes, Mr lerts Raberts listed them as follows: | 1 5 emphasized that while Those wishing to improve their it is impossible to make a education far advancement in tradesman in a 20-week course. their work, those in IndustIY | cqund groundwork is offered to who wish to Keep abreast of the ihe udents changing times, those wishing to learn a voeasion through tech: | COMMERCIAL SUMECTS in 1945 nical training pr to acquire a Mr. Hutton, commercial adsl The speaker went on 10 say skill in comme al wark, those! visor. states that .a variety of "a political party wishing to lears a hobby, those commercial subjects 1s offered ihe atmosphere vor aking a course for intellectualing the school: to those employ: ment of a country." stimulation or chltural develop-iod in offices who wish to im] He listed the raw materials ment such as French conversa: nrave their status or to ACUTE | pawer resources and apporiv| tion, painting and symphonic | knowledge about office manage: musie ment; far those seeking employ: Same ment in work of a cletical ar ng | general business nature! ta peo ¢ business themselveh who find additional training in commercial work, such as book: election, there "I feel, if we are organized in every pall, there is no riding in Canada, that can not be won," Myr, Root sald. He remarked he was very conscious of the im portance of one vote, He lost an election hy a very clase margin alsa tak LL students ade 1 he pre subjects ote el ail mission te university or for ele mentary school tqacher train ! Fact many immigrants Some say Ontaria is the key- i cam ith \ V far ton." he said \ Thompson Terry Gay and Bobby Hainer; val recently, The afternoon was bright, and the spirits of the pupils were high, With the many colorful costumes and the rae ing events, the afternoon soon sped hy The carnival winners were; COSTUMES Grades 1, 2 and § ~~ Elizabeth and Winston Day; Debbie Bell and Mary Zsager Grades 4, 5 and 6 -- Elinor Laury and Achim Schneider; Margaret Smits, Bill Henderson RACES Ages 0 and 10, girls = Wendy Coppins, Janie Rozema Ages § and 10, hoys = David Manser, Ron Melnroy Ages 11 and 12, girls = Linda Melnroy, Susan Fudger, Ages 11 and 12, boys -- David Hughes, Paul Sargent Ages 18 and over, girls Irene Ann Lee, Evelyn Watt Ages 13 and over, hoys--Cary MeEvers, Bobby Corby Refreshments were served the pupils and teachers hy members of the Home and School Asso elation FOUR AMBULANCE CALLS The ambulance erews at the Oshawa Fire Department an as (business offices, for cultural in:| swered four routine ambulance |ealls since Thursday morning There were no fire alarms dur ing that time Development Of Cited ous development in Ontario dur ing the past 15 years, The at oreated by the Progressive Con servative Party," Mr listed the large growths in work: tion and numbers. of lassi ug He compared this to growth in other provinces under other type governments, "These facts you today," he said "You should recognize what the Conservatives have brought to Ontario as the leading prov: ince in Canada, These said A car, stolen fram the Rob son Leather Co, parking let, can oreate/during the night, was recov ered [temperature develop: | by Police Constable C, H, Smith| was 12 degrees below zero. Yes at 8.45 am, today Owner of the car Ochez, 3, of 231° Eulalie ave: and 3 am, today The car was spotted hy Con west of Park road south, neay "There has been a tremend-|the lake, mosphere for development was Root ing population, school popula: Tosser should remind you of the challenge that faces things viding, to the year he won the/you should tell the people," he hood Association is holding a home haking sale in the Alger Building, King street east, starting at 12 p.m, today, Mrs Spence 1s in charge of the sale, At a recent meeting, the King side group voted to start a drive for membership in its associa: tion, A committee of six has heen set up to take charge of the drive, The committee In: cludes Mr, Baliski, Mrs, R Pleau, Mrs, Coulson, Mrs, C Spence, Mrs. I, Ambrose and rs. R, Norton It was learned that $34 was added to the association's treas: ury from a recent euchre party held at the home of Mrs, Guy, Work is progressing on the park cheerleader's uniforms, Mrs, Hvenden, entertainment committee chairman, reported A skating party for the cheer leaders and members of the park hockey teams is being planned for tonight at the park Two more members, R, Plugh and Mr, Coulson, were added to the ways and means committee at the request of the committee chairman and two more names, Mrs, A, H, Glecoff and Mrs, Coulson, were added to the as sociation telephone committee, It was decided that in future, the hockey mothers will serve hot chocolate to the players at the vark rink, The sports ohairman, Mr Shaw, reported that the park boys sold 82 chocolate bars in a recent drive for Minor Hockey Week. Charlie Rout sold the most bars and was awarded a hockey stick which was prom. ised to the boy selling the great: est number of bars in the drive, Association members J, Hed: ger and M, Norton are now in vestigating the possibility of a hockey game between the "alder hays" and the "young men", The next meeting will be held Feb, 26 at 1.30 pm, Chilly Zero Last Night ¢ There was partial relief from the cold weather in the Oshawa distriet Thursday when a slight ly higher temperature reading was taken = high temperature Thursday ef 10 degrees above zero With the setting of the sun and a chill wind, Oshawa suf: fered a ohilly zera low temper ature last night, day night shivered fn a 2 below sero temperature, had a slight respite too. The recorded there last night terday's high was 10 degrees Stanley below In Sunderland, Stanley Miller nity for freedom, in Canada, [hue, said it. was taken same: clerk of Brock Township, this that have brought and will at-[time between 4 pw. Thursday morning reported the tempera ture at Sunderland was 13 de grees. helaw zere during the degrees above wera on Thurs day, aetivitie L] RA B-BR40, The Kingside Park Neighbor: come to participate in the club For information, eall Nursing Classes {registered for jobs in January than in the preceding month of December, The report shows 66561 people registered as at Jan, 26, 1061, as opposed to BOS7 unemployed shown for Dee, 20, lay-offs of small vious month, workers, On the whole, was little change from the pre: others experienced temporary numbers of there giving the eity al Still Has Openings Registrations are still open to about 20 more persons for a Bi John's Ambulance home nurs Ing course which started in the Bt, Gregory's auditorium last Monday night, The course, which includes 12 classes, on Monday nights be: tween 7.80 and 0.30 is under the direction of Miss Kathleen Van- horg, Reg. N,, Bt, John's Ambu- lance divisional nursing offi cer, The lessons Include instrue- tion in bed making, bathing a patient, changing beds with patients in them, child care, communicable diseases and how to prevent the spread of these diseases, temperatures, pulse and respiration, bedside care, diets, emergency child hirth and bandaging, cost of the 1 lesson course is $i, When the course opened last Monday, 17 new recruits were enrolled, In addition, the §t John's Ambulance men's divi: sion members are taking the Course, Part Perry, which on Wednes: | | Ei BLOOD CLINIC PASSES OBJECTIVE Robert Stroud, chairman of the Oshawa Blood Danar Clin. 10, veparted this marning that Gregory's Auditorium had sum 1060, In January last year there were H442 people registered as unemployed at the UCI, This figure is increased by 200 this year, Two recent fires destroyed 14 businesses in Oshawa and Ajax whieh resulted in lay-offs for an estimated 60 people, It Is under: stood that some of these people have been recalled or assimilat- ed in their areas, but the mis haps have left their mark on last month's unemployment sta tisties, CONSTRUCTION SLACK The report attributes the In: crease to seasonal condition in the construetion industry as well af the decreased demand by re: tail establishments and varia tions in manufacturing activi. ties, The number of male appl cants Increased in the construe: tion, truek driving, and retail sales occupations, while in oreases of female applicants oe: curred in office and retail sales ocoupations, and also included NINE WORK PROJECTS Cold weather continued to slow down construction activities resulting In increased numbers of unemployed construction workers, Vacancies listed at the local office came mostly from householders and small contrac: tors mainly on alterations and general repairs, Work continued on nine Municipal Winter Works Projects in the area, and re: sulted in 20 additional place: ments during the month, Retail trade was reported to have dropped somewhat follow: ing the pre:Christmas buying, but merchants tried to maintain their volume of business through the customary January sales, The overall demand for work: ers was limited, while the sup: ply continued to increase, La: bor shortages occurred in the following oceupations == mech: anleal engineers, stationary en: gineers, time study man, lino: type operator, shoe repairman, upholsterer, s a us a ge maker, baker, Insurance salesmen, housemaids and registered general factory laborers, bottles of blood donated, Mr, Stroud was lavish in his nraise of the public response stone in the arch of Confedera: stable Smith, in a field to the night following a high of four! the elinie held Thursday in St, | in view of the extremely cold weather, Seen here is Mis | passed its objective with 401 | Grace Peters making tests of | » nurses, the haemoglobin count of blood samples taken fram C places as Fall Fairs, summer ienies and the new sports car rack at Orono, LIST OF AWARDS Following 1s the list of wine ners; Voucher Certificates == Arthur Hurn and Miss Cheri Brady, Certificate Awards = William Willoughby, Howard Barlow, Dwayne Darlington, Charles Slo» combe, Ronald Douglas, Mrs, Mlorence Strank, Mrs. Dorothy Lymer, Miss Aleta Steele, Mrs, Marie Cross, Mrs, Elizabeth Carroll, Mrs, Alice Murray, Mrs, Elizabeth Boynton, A Joyce Knibb, Mrs, Ruth Small and Edwin Vickery, Plan Trip To Fish Show Plans were made at a meets ing of the Oshawa District Aquarium Society Thursday night for a chartered bus to enable members to attend the International Tropical Fish Show to be held at Niagara Falls during the weekend of May 20, The bus will pick up hobbyists from Bowmanville, Oshawa and Whitby and will return the same night, More than 120 tanks of fish will be on display, Ray Taylor, secretary of the Canadian Aquarium Society, ad dressed the meeting on feedin, and nutritional values, He stat that foods like chicken and beef liver, very finely ground, peas, carrots and potatoes were all excellent fish food, He also stated the values of prepared foods, White worms, trebifex worms and shrimp are also ex: cellent food, He emphasized that fish should be fed what they like but that there should be a variety in feeding, The draw for the aquarium was won by David Usher, Am other feature of the meeting was ecu i uring the evening a ju competition was held, 'he hon of the month was the Red Wa Tail with A, Arkwright and J, Crozier winning the prises, In the open class for live bearers Roy Wilson, who shows ed a guppy and David Wilson, who showed a Green Sword, were the winners, In the open class for Rgg ers Don Townsend was first with an Egyptian Mouth Breeds er, Roy Wilson was second with a Cherry Barb and J, Crosier was third with a catfish, CRMC SPEAKER David Alexander, of Toronte, supervisor of one -of the lar financial corporations, will the speaker at the dinner meets ing of the Christian Business Men's Committee of Oshawa and District at the Oshawa Mas Hooper, Division street and Pr, A, W, Harding, Simoee street north =Oshawa Times Photo ! No sonie Temple next Monday night, George Stinson, of To. ronto, a former professional singer and guitarist, will cons tribute to the program,

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