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VIEW PORTRAIT OF COL. A portrait of Col. R. S. Mc- | tary Ball in the Armories. The Laughlin the honorary | photographic portrait was colonel of the Officers' Mess | taken by Mr. Artin Cavoukian, of the Ontario Regiment -- is | an internationally known pho- admired by a group Friday | tographer, more than six night during the annual Mili- | months ago and hangs in the R. 5. McLAUGHLIN Officers' Mess. Shown in the group, left to right, are TyD. "Tommy" Thomas, Mar Oshawa riding; Lt.-Col*J. R. | Warnica, officer-commanding of the Ontario Regiment; Mr. Oshawa PC's Hold Meet Hear Halton County MP Charles Alexander Best, MP,| He noted that, what he term- for Halton County called on ed 'Social Justice Payments" Progressive Conservatives to go/had increased by many hun-| out and tell people of the num- dreds of millions of dollars dur-| ber of constructive things theling the past few years. These] Conservatives have done since payments were to hospitals, coming into power.. educational institutions and oth- Mr. Best was the guest speak- er social projects. er at the annual meeting of the, The MP for Halton County Oshawa Association. He told called the Progressive Conser- Conservatives to '"'e xamine|vatives a truly National party. things that the Diefenbaker|He said the Conservative MP's Government has done, then get{hold a party caucus every Wed out and tell our people what|nesday morning during which things we have done. He said, |they talk out the national prob- "Get to know your facts, then|lems. He said with the diversi- get out and talk about it." Helfied geography of Canada said the economy has gone for-|there are different solutions put ward, and that more Canadians/forth for the many problems. are employed than before. He said that while we here in Oshawa may be concerned with 18 0 - the tariff on secondary manu- Orillia Choir facturing imports MP's from |Western constituencies have T . different views, as the west de- 0 ing ere pends to a great extent upon exp S . Vincent De Vita, a member Skports SW Weis Beater free of the Rotary Club of Toronto, proud to say that the members Ml ee maker at next from every region in the coun- tary Ciub of Oshawa. The eet. 1, represented a truly national ing is under the direction of the y. : : club's international service com-| Mr. Best said that the Winter mittee. Works Program instigated by Guests of the club on this oc- Labor Minister Starr had been casion will be the bers ofan g success and! the Trebleaires, a choir made/now we can look at the many up of patients at the Ontario|projects aided by this program. | Hospital, Orillia. The choir He said that some 200,000 Cana- will contribute to the club's mu-/dians have had jobs, on about sical program. | -site-j " | Later *in the afternoon the 105.900 Ssiteiobs 2%. result choir will be taken on a tour of the Oshawa Shopping Centre| He sald the Liberals almost and will present a concert in|/8loat over unemployment fig-| the evening. ures. The MP wondered why Friends Fete | Evan Reynolds An appreciative group of 70 years with the Aikenhead Hard-| friends and business acquain-|ware Company in Toronto, he ces paid testimonial to Evan has been with GM ever since.| "Shorty" Reynolds at a retire-| "Shorty" and his wife Elsie ment dinner at Hotel Genoshal|live at 770 King street east, | Friday night. Oshawa. They have three sons Mr. Reynolds is leaving the and one daughter. Robert, the employ of General Motors of|0only unmarried member of the General Motors of Canada Ltd.,| family, works in the multi-graph| after 43 years' service -- of|deépartment at GM. Son Jack is| which 26 years were spent as a|a real estate manager in Chi- purchasing agent. cago: Bruce i' yorkiug as a . who is 65. was buyer in Dundas, Ont; an bo ee ot Calgon. daughter Bey is Mrs: Kward His parents, in naming him Daniels, living at 92 Riverside A {drive north, Oshawa. Evan Wellesléy, hoped that he| > y i 3 would follow in his father's foot.| , MT: Reynolds is Past Presi. steps. and become a Methodist | minister. 3 eral Motors Club of the Oshawa Being the son of a minister, Golf Club; and a charter mem- his early life was spent in sev-|hor of the Oshawa Curling Club.. | eral Ontario towns, and he|He is also a member of the learned his three R's along the Harmony United Church. way: However, most of his high| And what does this active man school education was obtained in| plan to do in retirement? He New Liskeard |plans to spend more time with On finishing school, "Shorty" his family, his summer cottage came to Oshawa, and started|and golf. He pretends that he working at General Motors in|and gardening 'fell out" a long 1918. Apart from a brief period|time ago -- but his friends say spent with a Northern Ontario|this is yet another thing lumber camp, and a couple of! "Shorty" Reynolds does well. ES ii outst {the night of Sept. 28, 1959, the the Liberals had not instituted the many new plans and ideas they are putting forth years. He asked, why were many of the things we have done not been done by them. The MP said the CCF and the New Party member were a ra- now | while they were in office for 22| Brigadier H. E. Labor Minister Cavoukian; Brown; and attended the colorful ball. --Oshawa Times Photo Michael Starr. More than 350 | Near Mark Of $20,000 For Pool AJAX (Staff) -- The most re- cent statement of the finances for the Ajax Community Memor- ial Swimming Pool show that close to $20,000 has to be raised for the completed project. At present a total of $40,771 has been donated through per- sonal, commercial, industrial and service club ventures throughout the district. It is ex- pected that the total cost will approach $20,000. Personal donations total $34,- 227, fund raising projects total $1,502.71, making the combined income of the fund $35,729.71. However, the cost of operating such fund raising drives, can- vassing and tracted from the present total income, leaves $37,771.40. The Provincial government grant towards the pool is $5,000 and the Rotary Club of Ajax has pledged-$1,000. The total now is $40,771.40. |Pool committee has committed a total of $23,738 towards the | ucayation, filtering equipment and furnishings that have to be |ordered at this early stage of 7 |the project. Therefore the com- a ee ther amusing group in Parlia-| ment. He said the New Party, (was trying to bring together| |different people with a negative point of view. He said in Par- liament the CCF can't agree on |anything. He cited an instance when the Commons was de- bating the re-development of marginal lands. The leader of (the CCF got up and complained that he thought the Government was going to force people to work on the land. Shortly after, {this the leader left, and one of his lieutenants within half an hour got up and held a long talk on State Farms. Armed Pair Sentenced Persistence on the part of two Oshawa detectives, assisted by other memgers of the force, re- sulted in the sentencing of two armed robbers in Magistrate's Court Friday. Brian Masson Godfrey was sentenced to two years less one day, and an additional three months in the Ontario refor- matory; while his partner, William Orville Crossen, was sentenced to two years less one day to run concurrent with the sentence on another charge, Jor) which he is at present serving time in the Ontario Reformatory, | at Guelph. The court was told that on | two men lay in wait for Fred Fairhart, the proprietor of Fred's Drive-In to come home with his dailv receints. Both men were masked, with a hood made of the upper part of a pant leg, with hole; cut for the eyes. Godfrey waited in a hedge by Fairhart's driveway. Fairhart was told to hand over his cash at gunpoint. Crossen waited down the street, then the two men ran to a waiting car. Out- side the city, split the loot, al- most $700 between them. The hold up could have been {dent of the Kiwanis Club of Osh-{the perfect crime except for|Ronald L. Swartz, wa; Past President of the Gen-|{Sgt. of Detectives William Jor-| solicitors, etc. dan, and Det. J. MacDermid. | Later the hold up gun was found, and it turned out to be an air pistol. Eventually, the detectives had | enough information to journey| to Guelph to question Crossen who had been sentenced on an- other charge. Crossen readily admitted his part in the hold up but refused to implicate anyone | else. Later the detectives rested| Godfrey. | RONALD LESLIE SWARTZ Oshawa Man Is Called mittee is left with $17,033.44 or $20,000 short of the potential goal. MAKE DONATIONS this amount will be realized from industry who are being urged to make donations money, equipment and services to the swimming pool. The money now remaining in ! |the hands of the committee is] sufficient to complete the con- struction of the swimming pool change house. Then with all present funds expended, the fol- lowing items are still necessary: a concrete deck around the pool with drains, fencing, electrical service, installation of gas main, installation of heaters for show- er water, landscaping, life sav- ing equipment and many other small items necessary to put the pool in operation. The dates of the Spring can- vass to raise these funds, vital to the existence of the pool, will | | To date, the Ajax Swimming It is hoped that a proportion of 4 of| # IR SA dhe Oshawa Times | SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1961 PAGE NINE i administration | 7 totals $958.31 which, when sub-|/ SPECIAL SPEAKER Sheldon Cohen, president of the Jewish Community Coun- cil of Kingston and chairman of the advisory council, Hillel Foundation of Queen's Univer- sity, who will be the speaker and installing officer at the 16th annual installation of officers of the Oshawa B'Nai B'Rith Lodge, No. 1590, at Hotel Genosha this Sunday. probably take place in the second or third week in May. It is hoped that the pool will be completed for Old Home Week in June. Chamber Regains To The Bar Its Former Glory Ronald Leslie Swartz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manning F. Swartz, was called to the Bar on April 7, after having com- | pleted his bar admission course. |He stood tenth in his class. | He is a life-long resident of |Oshawa. He graduated from the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocation- al Institute in 1953 and stood first in the school. After gradu- ating from OCVI he attended University College of the Uni- versity of Toronto and in 1956 obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree, passing with first class He then attended the Univer- sity of Toronto Law School and in 1959 graduated from the Law School with honors and received his Bachelor of Laws Degree. He served his articles of clerk- ship for one year in his father's law office and in September, {1960 entered the bar admission course at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and was called to the bar on April 7, after successfully com- pleting the bar admission course. During his scholastic career Ron worked in his father's law office every summer and in ad- dition played softball for The {Canadian Order of Foresters and is a member of The Cana- dian Order of Foresters, Court 501, Oshawa. He is also an en- thusiastic five pin bowler. Ron will now enter his father's law office where he will con- tinue to practice law in partner- ship with his father under the name of Manning F. Swartz and barristers, CONDUCTOR NAMED BOSTON (AP)--Erich Leins- dorf, 49, conductor of the Metro- politan Opera Orchestra, will become conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the end of the 1962 season. Charles Munch, 69, will retire as con- ductor of the Boston orchestra at the end of next season. ENDS 43 YEARS WITH GM HERE Appreciative friends and business acquaintances wel- comed Evan "Shorty" Rey- golds at a retirement dinner at Hotel Genosha on Friday night. Mr. Reynolds is retir- ing from General Motors of Canada Ltd., after 43 years service with the company. Ed- . ward Byers, president of On- tario Steel Products Ltd., presented Mr. Reynolds with an autographed dinner bro- chure, while the group con- tributed nine pieces of lawn furniture. Pictured here, standing at head table, from the left to right, are: Stew- * | [committee. \ 3 art Alger, Robert Wilson, Ed- § [Chicago, and a special cham- . [evolved to enroll 400 members | lin the chamber and to raise a to recruit 400 members for the % chamber. By EMSLIE DICK In its present cycle of ac- tivity the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce is resurging to a place of prominence in com- munity affairs. This present ac- tivity is somewhat reminiscent of the chamber when it burst forth as a new star on the city's horizon in 1928. However since 1928 the Chamber as any other man made organization has had its ebb and flow. Some periods have seen the chamber as a dynamic voice in the com- munity, and other periods are best forgotten. Much of the credit for the new era of the Chamber should be given to Past President Herb Robinson, who succeeded in cut- ting away much of the tangle- wood which had grown up around the organization. The thriving new body of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce is largely due to the creative ex- ecutive efforts of chamber man- ager, Douglas Fisher. |MANY VOLUNTEER WORKERS However, the real future and accomplishments of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce will be spearheaded by an elite corps of business and profes- sional men, voluntarily working together in committee struc- tures for the good of Oshawa. The Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce in its entirety is a volun- tary organization of approxi- mately 500 businessmen. It is constructively led by President William Hart, and enjoys the services of some of the commun- ity's most capable business and professional men on its execu- tive board of directors. BORN IN 1928 With the new resurgence of the chamber it might be inter- esting to recall the birth of the chamber Feb. 3, 1928, in Welsh's Parlors (an ice cream parlor on King street west). At this noon luncheon meeting at the parlors, members of city council met with John P. Mack, director of business extension of the American City Bureau of ber of commerce organization At this luncheon, plans were budget of $25,000. The Oshawa Daily Times, dated Feb. 10, 1928, under a heading reading "Mayor Bob Preston, Full Colonel" noted that His Worship Mayor Robert Preston, using the honorary title of colonel would lead a 100-man army of businessmen RAISED $28,768 There is no doubt that Mayor Preston was successful with his army, as a newspaper report dated Feb. 3, 1928 reads: "'The Oshawa Chamber of Commerce has more than 500 members and has raised $28,768." In 1928, Oshawa had a popu- lation of 24,194 people -- today in 1961 Oshawa has a popula- tion in excess of 60,000 persons -- while the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce has a member- ship of 496 members, and an an- ward Byers, Merrill Cum- | mings, James McRae, Evan "Shorty" Reynolds, Albert Coulter, Eric Vesey and Frank Taylor. past year. However, if it is to nual budget of $17,000. The Oshawa Chamber has been re-organizing and consoli- dating its structure during the |flower and bear fruit, it will |require an active membership of at least 600 forward looking business and professional people and an annual budget of at least $30,000. FIRST OFFICER The first president of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce was George McLaughlin. Vice-presi- dents were: G. D, Conant, H. A. Brown and E. A. Lovell. F. J. Redding was treasurer. It is also interesting to recall {that the late George Hart, the father of the present president, was on the first board of direc- tors of the Chamber. Mrs. Gordon Conant became the first woman member of the Chamber. The following quote from the Oshawa Times and dated Feb. 25, 1928 relates this episode in Chamber history: "It has not been stressed be- fore and perhaps the general public has not been aware of the fact that business and pro- fessional women as well as la- dies of leisure can become members. Just along that line the activities fund committee conversing with one of the lead- in a half jest asked Mrs. Gordon Conant why she did not belong. Mrs. Conant in all serious- ness put forth the argument that women should belong. Cam- paign headquarters were ap- pealed to and it was then made clear that women are not only eligible as members but are highly desired. "Mrs. Gordon Conant by signing up an application card, has the honor of being the first woman enrolled in this cam- paign for greater Oshawa. In many other cities it is the women members of its Chamber, of Commerce which takes care exclusively of the aesthetic, intellectual and moral develop- ment of their city." An active and aware cham- Mr. Starr Is Speaker Labor Minister Michael Starr told the annual meeting of the Oshawa Progressive Association Friday, that it "helps a member to know of the support of the people back home". He thanked the Oshawa Progressive Con- servative Association for the best co-operation possible. Mr. Starr cited "the trials and tribulations' of the present Gov- ernment. He noted that no gov- ernment since Confederation in 1867 had been without problems. He said that the geography of the country, and the vastness of the country, brings about many of the problems, because a solu- tion to a problem in one part of the country may bring stress to another part. He said the Government has not sat back, but has tried to cope with the many problems facing the country. He noted that, since Nov. 17, 1960, the Government has brought forth 23 various types of legislation to try to bolster and to invigorate the economy. He noted that indications show the unemployment problem is now on the decrease. He said that during March the unem- ployment figures usually in- crease; however, this March ers of Oshawa's younger women d [they began to decrease. | | He noted that the liberal lead- |er and others say they can see |recovery just around the cor- ner. The labor minister stated that the recovery is due to measures and actions taken by the Government. He spoke briefly prior to his introducing guest speaker for the evening, Charles Alexander Best, MP from Halton County. CELEBRATING ens Pension Nearly 70 senior citizens from Oshawa and district Friday afternoon unanimously endorsed a six-point brief asking for auto- matic pension increases with cost of living index; immed- iate jump to $75 per month; pensions at 65 with no means test; drugs for senior citizens at cost and free medical and hos- pital care. The brief, prepared by three members of the UAW Local 222 executive, and aided by Ald. John Brady, will be presented to Oshawa City Council soon. Local 222 second vice-presi- dent James Lownie, who read the brief, said it depends on the council's reception to the brief "how hard we will press the provincial and federal govern- ments". SIX POINTS But it "vas understood that the brief will be sent to welfare rep- resentatives at the provincial and federal levels. Members of the city Golden Age Club and the Local 222 Re- tired Citizens Association met with just plain interested senior | citizens to hear Mr. Lownie read the preamble and six points which follow in detail. PENSION HIKE 1. That some method be put into effect so that Old Age P~n- sions would automatically ia- crease when the Cost of Living index increase in order that the purchasing power of a pen- sion cheque would not decline every time the cost of living in- dex increased. 2. That pensions be increased BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi-- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating birth- days this weekend. Those who celebrate today are: Mrs. Barabara Smith, 505 Crerar Ave., Jean O"Re- illy, 30 Kawartha St., Cindy Howard, 545 Monteith Ave. Those who celebrate on Sun- day are: Betty Wyatt, 477 Cubert St., Mr. Fred Yus- kow, 1446'4 Olive Ave. Fraud C, Is Heard A Prince Albert woman who had defrauded the Unem- ployment Insurance Fund of $75 was fined $50 by Magistrate F.| Ebbs in Magistrate's Court, Fri-| ay | | Eileen Thomas, a clerk, of 348 Cedarvale avenue, Toronto, was convicted of making false de- clarations concerning her em- ployment benefit to which she was not entitled. Mrs. Thomas had claimed to be unemployed during this time, while, in fact, she was working for the Unem- ployment Insurance Commis- sion, 688 Coxwell Ave., Toronto. The fraud was brought to light by an Unemployment Insurance Commission Inspector. ber of Commerce can be a pow- erful force for good in a pro- gressive community. The cham- ber is well on the path, and is sure to succeed with the combined efforts of all of the to seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month. 3. That the means test for Senior Citizens between the ages of 65 and 70 be removed, and pensions be paid at age 65. 4. That the Department of Health and Welfare of the Prov- ince of Ontario be requested to set up a plan whereby Senior |per month. Brief Proposes Citiz Aid Hike Is Requested circumstances could purchase drugs at cost. 5. That free hospital care, without having to pay premiums be provided by the Ontario Hos- pital Commission for pensioners. 6. That the National and Pro- vincial Departments of Health and Welfare be requested to in- vestigate the possibility of initiating some plan with the medical profession whereby pen- sioners could receive medical care at no cost to themselves. Remarks taken from the brief: It is an inescapable fact that the increase to fifty-five dollars ($55.00) per month in 1957 has now been largely wiped out by the increase in the cost of living from 1957 to the present time, and the Senior Citizens are now no better off at fifty-five dollars ($55.00) a month than they were in 1957 at forty-six ($46.00) a month. Figures published recently by the Ontario Welfare Council esti mate that for a minimum stand- ard of living for a male citizen the amount should be ninety-two dollars and ninety-seven cents ($92.97) per month, and for a female citizen ninety dollars and seventy-four cents ($90.74) The Federal Government has stated that to pay fifty-five dol- lars ($55.00) per month at 65 would cost an additional six hun- dred and twenty-five million dol- lars ($625,000,000) a year, and if 'he amount were to be increased toseventy-five dollars ($75.00) a month the total outlay would be one thousand two hundred and forty-fi million dollars ($1,245,000,000) a year. ° We would point out that large amounts of money have been raised to carry out other activ- ities in this country, particularly during the war, and we certain, ly feel that the same thing could be done to maintain in decency and comfort the people who have helped so much to make this country what it is today, especially in their declining | Citizens on pension and in needy years. IODE Appoints New Officers HAMILTON (CP)~--Mrs. W. R. Morrison of Hamilton, president of the provincial chapter of On- tario Imperial Order of Daugh- ters of the Empire, Friday was appointed official delegate to the 61st national annual meet- ing in Calgary at the provincial chapter's annual meeting. Other representatives to the national meeting in May will be Mrs. A. H. Leckie, Dundas, and Mrs. H. B. MacMahon, London, Ont. Conveners elected were: Mrs. Earl Gott, Brantford, immigra- tion and citizenship; Mrs. Fred McKay, Owen Sound, Common- wealth relations; Mrs. H. B. Church, Orangeville, Common- wealth correspondent; Mrs. E. R. Imrie, Toronto, Empire and world affairs. Mrs. J. C. Stothers, London, Ont., special democratic action committee; Mrs. K. E. Farm- ery, Hamilton, public relations; Mrs. J. L. Davidson, Toronto, films; Mrs. C. L. Baldwin, St. business community. Mary, hospitality; Mrs. M. E. Clarke, Peterborough, eivil J fence. Councillors elected were: Mrs. S. G. Bett, St. Catharines; Mrs. W. L. McFaul, Hamilton; Mrs. R. J. Skipon, Sarnia; Mrs, Howard Lamb, Hamilton; Mrs. Harold Lougheed, Woodstock; Mrs. J. S. Hudson, Toronto; Mrs. Harold Lippert, Preston; Mrs. Alexander Dawson, Niag- ara Falls; Mrs. H. T. Ewart, Hamilton and Mrs. W. H. Blake, Kingston. New committee members are Mrs. A. H. Leckie, Dundas and Mrs. E. L. Riggs, Windsor, cre- dentials committee; Mrs. W. S. McBean, Toronto and Mrs. J. B, Rooney, Ottawa, resolutions committee. Mrs. D. M. Brown, Brantford, was appointed third member of the war memorial committee. FIGHTS ARTHRITIS The Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society, with head- quarters in Toronto, was founded in 1948. A group of senior grade students from Harmony Public School toured the plant of the Oshawa Times on Fri- STUDENTS TOUR day, accompanied by their teacher, Mrs. Harold Brown- = Mrs. H. Grant (seated), the paper's librarian, shows TIMES BUILDING the students some early edi- tions of this newspaper some dated as far back as 1852, when it was known as The Vindicator. & --Oshawa Times Phote