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2 To Dedicate New Church She Oshawa Gimes On Sunday SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1961 PAGE THIRTEEN This coming Sunday, Dec. 17, the congregation of Westmount United Church will assemble for, worship in their new church building, Rosehill boulevard and Floyd. street. The ceremony of the opening and dedication, which will take place at 3 p.m., will be conduct- ed by Rev. E. C. Kelloway, of Cobourg, president of the Bay of Quinte Conference of the United Church. The guest speak- er on this occasion will be Rev. Dr. James R. Mutchmore, of the Board of Evangelism and Social Service of the United Church of Canada. Other-ministers participating in the service will bé Rev. John Braham, chairman of Oshawa Presbytery; Rev. Dr. David Summers, secretary of the Re- ligion:and Labor Council of Can- the congregation, and Rev. Frank H. Ward, minister of Westmount Church. | The members of the building} ada and a former minister of| § , "PRESENT 10-YEAR FIRST AID CERTIFICATES | Mrs merly; divisional surgeon of ; liam Badour, division officer committee of Westmount United) Church, under the chairmanship) of Stewart Hall, have accom-| plished what has been the de- Members of the nursing division of the St. John Am- bulance Brigade (Oshawa) held a Christmas party Wed- nesday night at the home of Recreat Reviews Years Work (7 2orros ccm Ten members were elected for two-year terms to the Board of Directors of the Oshawa and District Community Recreation Association at its 16th annual meeting Tuesday night the CRA Building, Gibbs street. The elected members are J. A, Anderson, Herbert Bathe, William G. Edwards, Charles Grimbly, John E. Houghton, Terrance V. Kelly, Colin LaCal- lee, Mervyn Scott, Miss Dorothy VanLuven and John A. Vivash. OFFICERS ELECTED Following the annual meet- ing, the board of directors held a short meeting to elect officers for 1962. Elected were Thomas M. Rundle, president; Robert Germond, vice-president; J. A. Anderson, secretary and George A. Fletcher, treasurer. Edward Bind, president of the CRA Board, in his report com- mented that the CRA Board of Directors had been a necessary) part of the. recreation.,picture} ever the past 16-years and that, in' the future, the Board can serve as an advisory board on recreation. He said that re- creation in Oshawa is large, varied and difficult and it re- quired lay members to know the needs of the citizens. Mr. Bind expressed his thanks to the members of the board for their efforts. He further thank- ed the staff for their assistance and said that he felt they were dedicated people. SUPPORT APPRECIATED In his comments, Mr. Bind ex- pressed his thanks to radio sta- tion CKLB for its coverage of CRA events and in particular at Heavy Docket In | Treat Driver Traffic C Lloyd Masters, division 2 4 | jsire of the congregation for superintendent. Highlight of | the group. Recipients, from | of St. John Nursing division 0 f | |many years. Financing of the the evening was the presenta- | left, were: Roy Niciforuk, | and Mrs. Lioyd Masters, divi- : tion of 10-year certificates in | division secretary of the Osh- | sion superintendent. construction has been a major First Aid by Dr. R. J. Kim- | Ambulance division; Mrs. Wil --Oshawa Times Photo |consideration. This was taken) ee 4 : ee --------~|care of by a three-year building) MEMBERS OF THE Osh- | Wednesday night paid tribute awa Public Utilitiés Commis- | to George F, Shreve, com- | ing -gifts were presented to siou, department heads and | mission. general manager, | Mr. and Mrs, Shreve. Caught officials of the Ontario Hydro | who retired at the end of the | by the camera, from left, are Electric Power Commission | month after almost 30 years | Commissioner William Boddy as manager. During the even- jlast June. | The enue congregation is| deeply thankful for the splendid/ effort made on its behalf by| embers of the building coun- os RE 4 In addition to the new sanc-| : ; has been granted permission to|tuary, the building program pro-| offered his congratulations to convert and add to a building,|vided for greatly enlarged kitch-| those who had been elected tojsituated at 121 Kaiser crescent,|en facilities which will be most} the board, and _ particularly|/for use as a community centre|helpful-in the social activities! thanked the new members for for the holding of concerts, ajthat are envisioned for the} their willingness and interest to|sports program and _ social|future. The Christian Education| serve the community through'events. The request was pass-|work of the church will also be} recreation, Mr: Brewster spoke ed by the Oshawa Committee of augmented due to increased) briefly on the Canadian Confer-| Adjustment, Wednesday. classroom accommodation, ence on ere of which he is! towever,~ the request was Seine aie cotta member. ; , ; | : ' N a : 19 Ae strongly opposed by the Ownelister's study, plus choir and NEED NEW CENTRE and landlord of three homes boardroom have also been in- He spoke on the need of facil-,and their tenants who live with- corporated in the new building ities regarding another arena,|in 80 fect of the proposed build-| 'The first service in the new = and the need of a more modern|ing, on the grounds that activ-/church will be at 11 a.m. this - and adequate community centre, |ities would be disturbing and coming Sunday when the service but he felt that at first full use annoying. of worship will be conducted by of the facilities, which the com-| In further opposition of the|the minister. At 7.30 p.m. the munity has provided should be/project, it was argued that chil-|choir of the church, under the made. He said that a plan for|dren going. to the building|direction of Mrs. Marie Taylor,| future growth in the city regard-|would be subject to danger as|ARCT, RMT, will present a fes- ing new park areas, facilities|the streets in the immediate|tival 'of Christmas praise. and leadership should be organ-/area of the building have been| Special offerings received at ized. He said that to realize|known as a place for speeding|the afternoon and evening serv-| this, a greater communication| cars. jices_ will go toward church! i between bodies in the city that!' However, the committee decid-|{U'ishings. THOMAS M. RUNDLE '2 equally concerned with rec-'ed that the converted building,| jreation must be developed. as a community centre, would! ~ for their interest in the teen, "It behooves us to see thatihe an asset to the children of the CELEBRATING club program. He alsO expres-,the CRA board of directors con- area, sed thanks to The Oshawajtinues to function and flourish,, ww prock, of RR 1 ee | BIRTHDAYS Times stating that hardly does|and see that the fine co-opera- ; 4 é 4 Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their ion Association Kin Centre sxe" Is Approved | | | University of Toronto. A grad- Utilities Comm Warm words of praise were|ity in Ontario had a better rec- heaped on George F. Shreve,|ord, Mr. Strike said. general manager of the Oshawa| A most efficient job is being Public. Utilities Commission,|done by the utilities commis- Wednesday night when he was| sions across the province. There the guest of honor at a dinner|was no instance of corruption held by the commission in the| among the 1,500 commissioners, drawing room at Adelaide! thousands of staff members and House. 350 managers. Efficient admin- Mr. Shreve, who succeeded istration and management was the late Charles Barnes as man-/ being given in every municipal- ager of the commission on April| ity. One reason for this is that 1, 1932, is retiring at the end of|each utility is set up as a cor- this month. He will be succeed-| poration and is allowed to con- ed by Bruce Annand, who is the|duct its business in a flexible assistant manager. manner. Attending the dinner were| In cases where the commis- members and_ officials of the|sion handles both the electric commission and their wives;|and water utilities as well as Norman McDonald, president of|the transportation system, the Gore and Storrie, Toronto con-|manager is the kingpin, Mr. sulting engineers; W. Ross|Strike continued. He has to be Strike, chairman of the Ontario} a diplomat, learn to roll with the Hydro Electric Power Commis-|punches as well as tip toe sion; and Adam Smith, of To-|through the prejudices of the ronto, manager of the central|public, staff and commission. region of the OHEPC. Henry F.)Where the commission operates |Baldwin, chairman of the local|/smoothly one finds a manager commission, presided. | who is able to work with people. | GIFTS PRESENTED |ONE JUMP AHEAD | As a mark of appreciation Mr." wr, McDonald commented Shreve was presented with an/that much had been done in the automatic camera by Commis-| waterworks field here. At the si vitae ' MASTER'S DEGREE William Henry Martyn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald W. Martyn. 753 Bessborough drive, who has completed the work for his master's degree in English Literature at the uate of the OCVI, Mr, Martyn received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1960. Enniskillen Cow sioner William Boddy; while a presenting a gift to Mr. Shreve; Mrs. Shreve and Commissioner Henry F, Bald- win, chairman of the commis- sion. --Oshawa Times Photo ission Honors G. F. Shreve of Oshawa in 1944-45 and had al- ways been a gentleman in the highest sense of the word. Reminiscing about his years of service in Oshawa, the guest of honor recalled ke had taken a job with the Seymour Power Co. at North Bay 50 years ago. Fol- lowing service with the Royal Flying Corps overseas, during the First World War, he had come to Oshawa to take a job with Ontario Hydro. At that time the Hydro office was at 15 King street east. Later the of- fice was moved to the north east corner of King and Prince Streets. BIG POWER INCREASE ' At that time there were three sténographers im 'the office of whom Mrs, Shreve. was one. The electric load at that time was between 5,000 and 6,000 kilowatts, During one month this yéar' the load was 71,000 kilowatts and' %s* expected to average between 65,000 and 67,000 kilowatts -- the highest ever -- this year, Mr. Shreve recalled that at the civic election in January, 930, a bylaw was submitted to thanks to the city and to the|tions continues for a strong citi- | Argument against this project ? " was granted issi | he ever pick up his paper andj|tion between the CRA board of & permission to erect Chest for their fi-'zens' voice in recreation." | birthdays today: not find coverage of CRA activ-|directors and the Central Coun- con temtane on aera ities. He expressed sincere cil and neighborhood Associa- noith: , over the He further commented on the|W4S Presented by people in the} Philomena Gangemi, 809 Teensville report, and commend-|4"ea on the grounds that Mr.) Simcoe street south; Marie | Bind statedjed the advisors of the club, Bill Brock's business was related to) Zarowny, 24 Rosehill Blvd | that he has enjoyed his term as Howard, Bill Cook and Albert junk yards. : and Mr. and Mrs. Russell | chairman, and found it most\Dodds who were he'said "there, It was finally decided '0 per-| Palmer, 97 Oshawa Blvd., enlyntening and a real educa-\to help teenagers assist them- Mit Mr. Brock to build the! south. tion. He promised to continue' selves." house for residential purposes his support of the CRA, saying In closing Mr, Brewster ex- only, s that it has been a wonderful pressed his thanks to Mr. Bind A resident of 1190. King street : experience and the board of directors for ©@St, H. Kassinger was allowed|a non-conforming use as was Wendell Brewster, director of their co-operation and assis jrecreation, in a brief address,ance over the years. Community nancial assistance years In closing, Mr Phone: 723-3474 area with insufficient side yard.| It was found that..the house} |crossed slightly into neighbor-| jing property but the house had Permission was granted Oshawa Housing Company Lim-} ited to consiruct a 16-unit apart-| |ment building on Westmount been constructed before thel|avenue. The space required for error was realized . |the building -is slightly greater| | I. S, Salmers, of 159 Simcoe|than that provided by the city] street south, was granted per-|bylaw, but the committee grant-| {mission to build an addition toled an exception. | After Crash A man was removed to Osh- ourt High Fat- Producer Enniskillen Royal Spatz--243- 828--classified excellent | Jersey cow in the heard of R. P.| Stenger and Son, Enniskillen,| has just been awarded a Ton of) Gold certificate. In 1443 days Spatz produced 2049 Ibs. of fat.| She is also a winner of one Gold) Medal. To qualify for this award a| t. t0 keep a house built in an|C. T. Cowle, 543 Brassey street,,cow must produce at least 2000)month, or nine times that of to pounds of fat in four consecu-/1930. In| 1930 also the commis- tive years. | | | 9 AMBULANCE CALLS The Oshawa Fire Department reported nine ambulance calls during the 24 hour period ending at 8:30 a.m. today. No fire calls were reported. awa General Hospital after an hour in a 30-mile zone, Raymond MacKenzie McLeish, 740 Laur- entian avenue, was told by Mag- istrate Robert Dnieper, "You are lucky you are not being) charged with criminal negli- gence". He was fined $50 and costs or 30 days in jail. The following convictions were registered on pleas of guilty inj Oshawa Magistrate's Court, Wednesday. Gerald Murray, 29,540 Phillip Murray avenue, Oshawa, was fined $20 and cosst or five days accident on Mary street shortly after 10 p.m., Wednesday. | Treated for injuries to his lip and finger, and later released, was Lawrence Kehoe, 50, 881 Grierson street, Oshawa. jtime he was city engineer here |handbag was presented to Mrs. |Shreve by Commissioner E. F Armstrong. { Noting the growth of the busi- ness done by the commission, Mr. Baldwin commented that in 1930 the commission purchased a little over 7,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per month. Today the monthly purchase is ap- proaching 66,000 kilowatts a sion was pumpihg 2,500,000 gal- lons of water a day as com- pared with close of 11,000,000 gallons today. | Conveying the appreciation of Ontario Hydro, Mr. Strike wish- ed Mr. Shreve many years of health and happiness. Surround- ed by a strong staff, he had evidenced good administrative '|inch main. Today it has 16 and the city was served by a 12- 30-inch mains. The waterworks plant had tripled in the past 30 years and many additions had been built. "We have been one jump ahead of the need. It ie smart financing to do things as they are needed rather than to build out in the open fields: You have been most fortunate to get work done cheaply and well,' he added. Mr. Shreve, said Adam Smith, had displayed a high degree of ingenuity and forward thinking. TRUE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP In making the presentation on behalf of the commission, Mr. Boddy said Mr. Shreve typified true public ownership. He had never known him to make a the property owners to set up a commission to operate the elec- tric and gas systems. Members of the first commission were the late John Stacey, the late Frank L. Mason, the late Gordon D. Conant, the late T. B. Mitchell, who was the mayor and Wil- liam H.. Ross. _ The present commission build- ing was erected in 1931, but the commission offices occupied only the first floor. The top floor remained vacant until leased by the city for civic offices. DARK 30's RECALLED He also recalled that during the dark days of 1932, a letter had been received from Mayor W. E. N. Sinclair and George Ww. McLaughlin, chairman of the council finance committee, ask- ing the commission to reduce qualities and had always had a staff which could cope with the rapid expansion of the water and electric utilities and met the many difficulties confronting the/Church for 15 years and is now commission. j ja member of the board of As a result Oshawa, in the|trustees. A true friend and pub- utilities field, had enjoyed ex-|lic spirited citizen he had served false step. Mr. Shreve had served as treasurer of King Street United in jail for failing to obey a traf- fic signal. He was charged after an accident at the intersection of Bloor street east and Ritson road, Nov.-5, which caused an estimated $750 total damage. Filippo Palumbo, 43, 631 Drew street, Oshawa, was fined $50 and costs or 10 days in jail after his conviction on a care- less driving charge, which was Jaid after an accident on Steven- son road north, Noy, 15. NO: LICENCE Allen Gilmour, Bowmanville, was fined a total of $20 and costs or seven days in jail on conviction of having no oper- ator's licence 4nd failing to yield 'the right of way. Gilmour,. who is currently serving a 30-day sentence on another conviction, told the court his licence had been suspended in Lindsay some time ago and he had not bothered to apply for another one. Andrew M. Elrick, 178 Athol street east, Oshawa, was fined $30 and costs or 10 days in jail on conviction of failing to come to a full stop at Adelaide street east and Oshawa _ boulevard, Nov, 18. Elrick, who appeared in court wearing a blazer with a Royal Canadian Legion crest on the) pocket, was told by Magistrate! Robert Dnieper a Legionnaire is) a cut above the average and! should show a good example. "You should be as much ashamed of a traffic offence as a criminal one. Do not throw away what has cost so much to) defend," the magistrate. admon-| ished the accused. | ADMITS SPEEDING Pleading guilty to a speeding charge, in which an Oshawa police constable" testified a car was travelling at 60 miles ani {TWO-YEAR SUSPENSION jin jail and had his driving ji- Police reported the Kehoe Otto Bauer, RR 3, Oshawa,| 1. ' | was ordered to attend 'ti traf- vehicle struck a parked cary fic clinic in January after he|°Wned by Donald Edgar dae was fined $50 and costs or 30/618 Grierson street, and turned] days in jail on a -speeding/oVer on its side. Mr. Kehoe was charge. trapped inside the car until the} Police testimony showed the police, with the aid of several| accused had been driving at 60 bystanders, righted | the small miles an hour in.a 30 mile zone, E¥ropean-made vehicle. Noy. 21 Damage was estimated at $900. Magistrate Robert Dnieper|/The accident was investigated) told the accused, "You are notiby Patrol Sgt. Peter White and driving the car at that speed,|Constable Ross Jemison of the you are aiming it." city police. WOMAN FINED ee : ; : i crashing into a barricade on a Mary Wodnisky, 458 Drew closed road and destroying a street, Oshawa, was fined $25/hurricane lantern, Nov. 19. and costs or five days in jail) «, qon't know what to do with wheti she pleaded guilty to @ honorable men who do things charge of failing to yield halfitike this," Magistrate Robert! of the road, She was charged! Dnieper commented before sen-| after an accident at Bloor and) tencing a member of the RCAF) Simcoe streets, Nov. 13. She was} on a careleseiriving charge. | also ordered to attend the traf- Constable L./ A; Mclaren tes fic clinic in January. ._,|tified he had. pursued a car A Belleville man was fined) qriyen by LAC Ross Edward $50 and costs or 30 days when) smith, of Camp Borden, through he pleaded guilty to charges Of downtown Oshawa and finally speeding and careless driving. apprehended him in a parking Jack N. Irwin was sentenced) jot behind an apartment house, after evidence of an Oshawa| where the accused had threaten- police constable showed he had ons ed to run over him. been driving at 71 miles per} : Two Oshawa men were con- g which|.; : ; | vane tw. gl rapt soe hich| victed in absentia.. Donald S, school zone,} yj; 5 ite, 'a t *| Mitchell, 254 Ritson road south, Nov. 21. Tried on\ the careless) was fined $20 and costs or five driving charge, hjs licence was days in jail on a_ speeding suspended for three months and charge and Leonard Van Empel the speeding charge against him/315 Arthur street, was fined a was withdrawn. total of $20 and costs 'or six days in jail on charges of fail- " ing.to have a licence plate} David John Burton,' 19, 147/marker light and a defective t 4 : Brock street east, Oshawa, was| muffler. of fined $25 and costs or.five days) Ajso in absentia was Lorne |Henry Haight, of Sunderland, [eee Epon raged and scr or a : '| five days in jail on a charge of pil do cama on a careless failing to come to a full stop.| General Hospital Board of vans "Charge A fine of $2 and costs was levied| Directors played host to Constable Kenneth Ostler teg- against Elgin Motors Limited,| members of the hospital stafi tified the accused had admitted|Toronto for a parking violation. Wednesday.atl the OGH annual cence suspended for two years when a conviction was register- i gister Christmas : dinner.' T. L. Wilson, chairman of the board, is seen left as he carved one of' the turkeys served. He is assisted by Members of the Oshawa ceptional success. No commun- as president of the Rotary Club |Teamster Talks / Resume Friday the salaries of all members of the staff. As'a result wages had been cut 20 per cent. | Mr. Shreve praised the mem- bers of present and past com- missions, saying they had given outstanding leadership. What had been accomplished had been done through teamwork. A complex operation such as the local utilities could not be run by one person. TAPA Hopes Vote-by-mail ballots, arrang-jthat 218 ballots were locked in ed by a rebel faction of Local|the box. 880, International Brotherhood; Jack Lowe, a union repre-| of Teamsters, Ind., to get strik-|sentative, refused .to have the| ing car-haulers in Ontario and|vote counted until the rebel) Quebec back to work while/group could supply proof that union and ,company officials|the ballots contained in the box) negotiate the union's wage pro-|were mailed in by eligible union! posals, failed to be counted voters. | \Thursday afternoon. Raymond Curtiss, rebel group) | tt was the second day in suc-/SPokesman, said the group is icession the rebel vote failed to all union members and was only be counted. Rt. Rev. Monsignor|&cting "on behalf of a majority' Philip Coffey, pastor of Holy|who wanted to go back to} Cross Roman Catholic Church, | Work." He said they were not| refused to count the vote Tues-|Sttike breakers or scabs and) day afternoon when only rep-|that every member of the local] resentatives of the rebel faction|received a letter and a ballot) To Check Tree Fires Five people lost their lives in Christmas tree fires during the 1960 holiday season in Ontario. In an effort to prevent simi- ar tragedies this Christmas, |the Industria! Accident Preven- tion Associat'vun of Ontario has set out the following list of rules for the care of Christmas trees: --Buy no. larger a tree than you need. and one which hasn't dried out from prolonged stor- HOSPITAL BOARD SERVES STAFF' MEMBERS -- ' 3 in the mail. Th jage. Bring it indoors just prior Nia up to witness the count. ailed se ome Cottey werelty Christmas and take it out : Mr. Lowe said the rebels are ere ga ae as RESUME TALKS FRIDAY _ prepared to have the vote count-| 71 40") - trunk * an Meanwhile, 'talks aimed atied because it "was part of an mage ie ie Rap tas above ending the 17-day-old strike a-|underhanded scheme to split|{"® Original cut and place the C a | ryt GP base of the tree in water for the gainst 10 Ontario and Quebec/|the union.' He criticized the|.-;: : ag cat-hauling firms are jentire time the tree is indoors, to re-|group for calling a member of)" _| ; i ohti Siu ii Torodia fades Use only electric lighting the Clergy into union-company 5 ; ~The~meeting will be attended|troubles. oe ee ee bigs by officials of Local 880, re-| After listening to a half-hour 4 presentatives of the Motorjof argument, Police Chief Her- a etaiy Nene nace Transport Industflal Relations|bert Flintoff put the ballot box and broken_sockets Bureau and government con-|back into' the station vault and; pe syre the fuse on the ciliation officers. said he would attempt 'to find) electrical citeuit you use is not However, six members of thejout who owns it. When he hasjover 15 amperes. and turn off Local spent over a half -hour|found the owner, Chief Flintoff|al) tree lig ting before retiring arguing what should be donejsaid, he can come "and get itlor leaving the house. with the still unopened ballot/out of here." --Support the tree well and box in the Oshawa police station} Curtiss said he was threat-|place j away from any sources ' j yesterday afternoon. ened with harm Tuesday night/of hedt or flame (fireplaces, H. M. Smith, chairman, house | The rebels had asked the 675|if he went ahead with his at-|cand es, radiators' and where committee, centre, and Ald. |members. whether they wished|tempt to have the ballots count-| standing or fallen, it could not Walter Branch, City Council, |to go back to work. pending ajed. He said others had. also|blo¢k the way out of the room representative on the board. -|resumption of negotiations with|been threatened but he would) and out of the house in gase of Oshawa Times Photo the companies. It was reported'not elaborate. fire! ae |