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AT KING ST. s NEAR FOUR CORNERS 20 Flee City Fire More than 20 persons, includ- ing four children, fled an early- morning fire in the heart of downtown Oshawa today. Smoke and fire did the heavy damage to the second and third floors above the G.. Tamblyn Ltd. drug store at 6% King street east Threatened was a five - store adjacent business block, connected by a second floor corridor City fire fighters battled the blaze for. more than 90 min- utes, using the aerial ladder truck, three pumper trucks and two other fire vehicles. No damage estimate is im- mediately available. Oshawa Police Department | Constable Mike Michalowsky | alerted occupants of five third » floor apartments before turning in the alarm at 5.50 a.m. Some left by a rear fire escape. Constable Michalowsky was credited with averting a pos- sible disaster by alerting more than 20 occupants on the third floor of the premises, 1444 King street east, above the Grand Restaurant. He called the fire depart- ment after the residents, in various states of night attire, + left hurriedly, most of them by a rear fire escape on the build- ing -- one woman wanted to wait until she could find her "eat, but Constable Michalowsky insisted that she leave immedi- ately. Chief of Police Herbert Flin- toff said: "T hate to think what would * have happened had Constable E. FIRE TODAY | --Photo by Ireland 2 Accidents Are Reported Two almost identical acci--were S. Nicholson, 1115 King Simcoe|street east, and W. L. Durkee, street north and Taunton road/106 Taunton road west. Nichol- dents happened at Wednesday afternoon, half an hour. The first accident, north. | within|son had been heading south on at 5.09 p.m., was investigated by Con- stable C. W. Gallogley. A colli- sion occurred between two cars. Possible head injuries were suf- fered by I. Zenner, 1664 Simcoe street . Drivers of the cars Simcoe street north and Durkee, going north: on Simcoe street, was making a left turn into Taunton road when the collision occurred. When investigating the first accident, Constable Gallogley became a witness to a second collision, also between a car "MARKET PRICES making a left turn into Taunton road west and one going south on Simcoe street, at 5.35 p.m. MONTREAL (CP) -- .Stéers were $1 higher, cows, heifers and bulls were steady to 50 eents higher, calves were 50 cents lower to $1 higher and Driver of the first car was H. Kroner, 1352 Chippewa street, and of the second car A. G. Earle, RR 1, Janetville. The total damage within the sows were steady to $2 higher|half-hour time span at this in- on the Montreal livestock mar- kest this week. Trading was generally active and demand good. Receipts this 1,770 cattle, 1,498 calves, 806 hogs and 161 sheep and lambs. Last week cattle re- week were: ceipts were 2,286. Good steers brought .25-26.25, -- 22-25 and common. 13- ' Medium heifers were 18-19.50 @ and common 10.25-18.50. Good cows were 15-16, me- dium 13.50-16, common 12.50-14 and canners and cutters 8-12.50. Good bulls made 17.50-20.50 and common and medium 12.50- 18.50 Good vealers brought 30-34, tersection was estimated by the police at $765. The Oshawa Police Depart- ment investigated another acci- dent, at Ash street and Celina street Wednesday morning. P. J. O'Boyle, 736 Gaspe av- enue, had started to make a left turn from Celina street into Ash street when his car came into collision with 'a car driven by W. Ross, 73 Ontario street, who had been travelling east on Ash street. The police said Ash street was very slip- pery at the time. Ross stated that on this account he had not been able to stop in time to avoid a collision. Michalowsky not been around on one of his routine checks. The smoke was very thick and these people were all asleep." "Tt was all in the line of duty and I was glad to be able to help," was all that Michalow- sky said. The office of Lawyer Russell Murphy was burned out, but his records were preserved. The rest of the second and third floors were unoccupied. The building is owned by the estate of C. W. Detenbeck. CAUSE UNKNOWN Fire Chief H. Ray Hobbs said cause of the fire is still unknown; hi partment is checking the possibility that it may have started in a panel fuse box in a second floor hall- ay. Capt. Ted Thompson said the fire was difficult to track be- cause it got into sawdust, used as' insulation between the floors and wells of the building. Late this morning, water was still dripping down into the Tam- blyn drug store and it was fear- ed the dripping water may cause trouble with the store's electrical wiring. SALES OF PAPERS IN U.S. GROWING For the first time in his- tory, sales of, newspapers in the U.S. t more than 60 million copies over a year ago. To sell your business fast - . . Place a far-reaching "Business Opportunity'? Ad in the Oshawa Times Classi- fied Section. Your Ad in this high readership column will quickly put you in touch with interested prospects-- and do it inexpensively. Dial 723-3492 today to get yours started. OBITUARIES WILLIAM HENRY CHESTER Memorial service for William Henry Chester, who died in Oshawa on Saturday, Dec. 16, was conducted by the Rev. W. G. Dickson, of Centre Street United Church, on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m, The deceased was in his 73rd year. Interment was in Mount Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harold Wickett, Cliff Pethick, Fred Britten, Earl Sandford, Cyril French and Fred Wilson. GEORGE LEVI GADD A resident of Ajax, George Levi Gadd, 26 Roosevelt avenue, Ajax, died at the Toronto Gen- eral Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 20. The deceased was in his 43rd. year. Mr. Gadd was with the Royal Engineers during the Second World War and was a member of the Roya! Canadina Legion, Branch 332 in Ajax. He was an employee of Dowty Equip- ment Limited at Ajax. The deceased was the son of Mr, and Mrs. G. T. Gadd of England. Besides his wife, the former Elizabeth (Lil) Walsh, and par- CONST. MICHALOWSKY King street, from Church to Ontario streets, was barricaded until shortly after 9 a.m.; east- west buses were re-routed along Bond street Smoke spread rapidly through the business block on the sec- ond floor level as far east as the Grand Cafe. Affected were dentist's of- fices, store rooms, & beauty salon and a law office -- all ents, Mr. Gadd is survived by a daughter Pauline and a son Terry, both of Ajax. One sister Marie (Mrs. G. Barnett) of England and five brothers, Joe of Galifornia and Jack, Ron Michael and Archie of England also survive. Resting at the William E. Sherrin Funeral Home, on high- way 2, Ajax, for requiem mass at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Bernadette's Roman Catholic Church. Interment will be in St. Francis Des Sales Cemetery, fronting on the connecting cor- ridor. Pickering. BRITISH BRIEFS Organize School Safety P By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special to The Oshawa Times MAIDENHAM, Berks -- The first school safety patrols, made up of schoolboys, to be estab- lished in Britain, have been or- ganized at Maidenhead in Kent. James Tressider, parent of a pupil, saw them in operation! while on a visit to the United States and Canada, and per- suaded the Berkshire Education Authority to adopt the scheme. FIRST CONDUCTOR LONDON -- Salvationist Ma- or George Elford, who was the conductor on London's first gasoline-driven bus some 50 years ago, has come home from New Zealand for a visit for the first time in 58 years. His first outing on arrivel was to take a bus ride on the Charing Cross - Funsbury Park route to compare it with the old days. LAMPLIGHTER TYDD GATE, Lincolnshire John Tilbrook has appointed himself jamplighter of a village road--at a cost of four cents a night to himself. Every night he erects a coal-oil lamp on a tall pole in East Road, Tydd Lane, to shame the parish council, because the road has no lights. He says it costs him four cents a night for the coal- oil. BADGER WINS AGAIN ALBURY, Surrey -- Village postmaster Ted Merritt sat in an apple tree all night with a shotgun determined to end atrols poultry raids by a*badger at Albury. He saw and heard nothign. But at daybreak, he found the roof torn off his chicken run and the last of his nine bantams gone, "It's fan- tastic the way the old badger works," was his comment. TO BOYCOTT MINISTER HITCHEN, Herts The Teachers Association of Hitchen has incited Sir David Eccles, minister of education, to speak at a dinner now being planned. But the teachers of the district say they will boycott the dinner if the minister speaks, as a her's Assessments Confirmed At Centre Court of Revision . chairman Louis Hyman, QC, confirmed the business assessments of nine tenants of the Oshawa Shopping Centre Wednesday. The issue at stake: Whether tenants will continue to be in-' dividually assessed for shopping centre parking space in propor- tion to the square footage their stores occupy. Mr. Hyman ruled that the court of revision was set up to decide questions of value, not law. "We will dismiss the ap- peals and let it go to a higher court," he said. Last year, Kresge's and Lob- laws were successful, on an ap- peal before County Judge W. S. Lane, on. an Ontario County court appeal, in having their as- sessments for parking space in the centre struck off. With the recently completed city-wide reassessment by J. P. Coombe and Associates Ltd., all the tenants were individually as- sessed for parking; this has been the system followed by the om ae the centre was opened in is Kresge's and Loblaws, wee: Eaton's, Reitman's, Tamblyn's. to be assessed for parking. "But we are objecting strenu year." ness on parking lands." parking no centre. judge, could not hear assess: assessability. Greater _ Hamilton howl, fore not city's assessment departmen use granted to all 'tenants. Appealing yesterday, besides Fair- weather, Birks, United Cigar Stores, Cavalier Gift Shop and A Loblaws' representative ad- mitted his company had "'no argument against the assessor's method, if the stores are going ously on the basis of the judge's decision in county court last He continued: "We should not be paying business tax on lands which are not clearly set out in a lease. We do not conduct busi- A representative of the Board of Assessors, argued that park- ing is an integral part of the shopping centre -- without As to the judge's decision last year on the Kresge and Loblaw appeals, it was argued that a judge, sitting as a county court ment appeals or rule on Cited by the appellants was a court decision against the Shopping Centre in which it was ruled that a tenant has..no control over the parking lot and there- It was the contention of the that the Hamilton case is dis- tinguishable because the OSC parking lot is not a separate lot but has a right of common This is no optical illusion, but a real-life scene of a one- storey house being transport- ed on Athol street east with the City Hall shown in the background. Such house-mov- THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, December 21, 1961 ings are commonplace these days and never fail to attract attention as the cumbersome package is hauled along city streets to its destination. The HOUSE TRANSPORTED ALONG CITY STREETS | flag in picture is not atop the house but in the back- ground on the City Hall grounds, --Oshawa Times Photo CAPSULE NEWS TORONTO (CP) -- Anatol Puchalski was committed for trial Wednesday on a charge of non-capital murder in the death Sept. 27 of his wife Anna, 44. Pathologist Roderick Ross said the woman suffered a fractured skull. NEED A THAW WHITEHORSE, Y.T. (CP)--A .|citizen's group at Mayo, 250 miles northeast of here, Wed- nesday night postponed a chil- dren's Christmas party because of 60 - below - zero weather. They're waiting until the weather warms up to 40 be- low. NO COOING IN BILLING NEW YORK (AP) --Actress Sophia Loren filed a suit against a movie producer Wednesday because she didn't get equal billing with Charlton Heston on a 40-by-15-foot outdoor sign for the motion picture El Cid. Her suit against producer Samuel t protest against "his t pay policy. CENSUS OF THE AIR LONDON -- Britain has in- augurated a census of the air, the first of its kind in the world. The ministry of aviation hopes it will furnish a compre- hensive picture of the state of air traffic in- and around Bri- tain. The census will cover every kind of plane from heli- copters and gliders. Already 2000 sets of reply cards have pen sent out to pilots and air- ines. TO RETAIN CHARM OXTED, Surrey Surrey town planners estimate that the population of the two villages of Oxted and Limpsfield will increase from 3145 to 13,700 by 1971. But in the growing pro- cess, it is intended that the charm and individuality of the villages will be preserved, says the planning committee. BABY SAVED the harbor Cornwall. at DRAW FOR HOUSES BIRMINGHAM -- A dip draw with the task of allocating oc: from a list of 1085 applicants the housing committee has de cided to place the applicants will be picked. present population of 24,000 to be increased to 42,500 by 1974. MEVAGISSEY, Cornwall .-- Nine-month old Andrea Willman rocked up and down in her pram -- and the pram jolted down a hill and toppled into Mevagissey, A bystander, Peter Dunn, dived into the harbor and rescued Andrea. She was uninjured, but the pram sank. lucky is to be held for houses in Birmingham. Faced cupants for 108 new houses names on cards to go into a drum, from which the lucky 108 Bronston and others requests an injunction to keep her name from being used in advertising the film. DIES IN HOPPER SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. (CP)--Italo Fabriano, 35, was killed Wednesday while working at the slag dump of the Algoma Steel Corporation. Police said he was working at the top of a conveyor belt and was appar- ently thrown into a hopper, then -- by ore moving down the elt. TWO ROB WOMAN OTTAWA (CP)--Two masked men attacked a 79 - year - old Facing Hearing In Wife's Death (lcausnas sux or view with the newspaper Le Monde. Only a very liberal pol- icy by Common Market mem- bers would enable Canada to re- place lost British markets, he says. DIES IN. MACHINE OTTAWA (CP)--Romeo Ber- ube, 25, of Pointe - Gatineau, Que., was killed Wednesday night when he was caught in an elevatory-type machine used to lower workers into a sewer tun- nel on St. Laurent Boulevard. ENDS MEDITATION RANGOON (AP) --. Israel's ended an eight - day Buddhist- style meditation session Tuesday night as guest of Burma's Pre- mier U Nu, said Wednesday his visit to Burma was "a profound spiritual experience." He leaves for home today. CHISEL WAY OUT BERLIN (Reuetrs)--A young East Berlin couple using a ham- mer and chisel hacked their way through a bricked - up cellar window of a house on the bor- der of the U.S. sector Wednes- day and escaped unnoticed to West Berlin. REJECTS FARE BOOST TORONTO (CP) -- Metropoli- tan Toronto licensing commis- sion Wednesday rejected a re- quest from cab operators that fares be increased to 50 cents from 40 cents for the first one- third of a mile, NEEDS GOOD POLICY PARIS (Reuters)--The loss of Commonwealth preferences if Britain joined the European Common Market would be "very serious" fot Canada and other Commonwealth countries, Finance Minister Donald Flem- ing of Canada says in an inter- Premier David Ben-Gurion, who} SCATTERMATS Beautifully woven, luxur- ious, soft and durable scattermats. Size 27" x 18". Reg. 5.50. Christmas 1.50 Sale Price .. Ley ee 54", Reg. \ istm Sale Price a 6.95 (Prices guaranteed until Dec, 23rd). Nu-Way Carpet Sales 174 MARY ST. OSHAWA BEGINNING IN THE NEW YEAR The OSHAWA BUSINESS COLLEGE will add a new service to its wide program of specialized business education. 'Young women enrolled at the College may receive benefits of additional training through The Dorathy Neil School of Charm Attention--Young Men -- Young Women Register now ot THE OSHAWA BUSINESS COLLEGE for Speciolized Business Training. DAY SCHOOL CLASSES -- enroll any Monday. EVENING CLASSES-- Tuesday and' Thursday. Special Classes for Housewives -- Shift- woman in her own home Mon- day, forced her to reveal the combination of a small wall safe and then escaped with $5,000. *!/Police said the woman, Mrs. *|Carmen Diodata, was beaten about the face and upper body in her home. Her condition in Mentholatum Ointment eases cold discom- forts fast! Helps loosen chest congestion, .) carl a iy veg od miserable mouth Mildly Medicated Mentholatum Ointment hospital was described as satis- factory. workers Ti ge Typing for pupils from Grades 6, 7, 8. MAKE 1962 A CAREER YEAR FOR YOU! Oshawa Business College PHONE 725-3375 10 SIMCOE ST. NORTH, OSHAWA CASTLE AS MUSEUM SOUTHSEA -- Five rooms at the 420-year-old Southsea Cas- medium 26-30, common 17-26, grassers 10-16.50 and feeders 17- 19.50. BAN X-FILMS CITY OF OSHAWA RADCLIFFE, Nottingham- shire -- The weekly motion Proposal COMING EVENTS BINGO Harman Park Association ' $T. JOHN'S HALL Corner Bloor and Simcoe Friday, Dec. 22nd 7:45 PM. 20 Games, $6 and $10 5--$40 Jackpots Door Prizes--10 Turkeys "NOVEL BINGO THURSDAY EVENING, 7:30 at ST. GEORGE'S HALL, (Albert and Jackson Sts.) Gomes $6, $12, $20 May be doubled or tripled $220 JACKPOT INCLUDED Door Prize $15 and FREE TURKEYS BINGO AT THE AVALON Tonight Thurs., Dec .21st 7:30 P.M. EASTVIEW PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOC, 20 Regular Games $6 & $10 6 Jackpot Gomes at $40 Also Share the Wealth Special door prizes tonight. JR. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BINGO TONIGHT --. 8 P.M. 20 Games at $20, 5 Games ot $30. 1-- $150 Jackpot, 2- $250 Jackpots. NUMBERS 50 - 56 RED BARN ~ 5 FREE TURKEYS Nick Frederick, left, head floorman of the Central Hotel and Alan McMillan, manager of the hotel, display a broken down version of the Christmas money tree which had been "growing" steadily owing to donations by patrons of the hotel. The tree, which was in the form of a cylinder with about a six inch diameter, rose toa height of nearly 40 inches and contained a value of exactly $160. Six girls of the Royal Bank volunteered Wednesday night to roll the money in preparation for tr to the picture shows, held every Sat- urday night in the church hall at Radcliffe-on-Trent, may be discontinued. The loca] church council has objected to the number of 'X" films, suitable only for adults, being shown and has banned this type of film. The vicar, supporting the ban, says: "These films are muck." THANKS FOR TREES TOTTENHAM -- For the past nine years the Norwegian town sf Sarpsborg has sent a Christ- mas tree to. the borough of Tottenham. As a gesture of thanks, the Tottenham council is sending to Sarpsborg a suit- ably engraved teak park seat, eight feet long, to be placed in one of its parks. HOMES ARE OFFERED AYLESBURY, Bucks--Home- seeking Londoners are being offered new homes in Ayles- bury, Buckinghamshire, which has embarked on a scheme to almost double its population. The ambitious 12-year program of development provides for the tle, built by Henry VIII, are to be used for museum specimens. The Portsmouth Corporation has bought the castle from the crown, and it will eventually become a museum illustrating the history of the Portsmouth garrison. PAY BY INSTALMENTS privilege of paying their muni. two half-yearly payments. DUSTMEN SATISFIED WANDSWORTH -- Last year, the Wandsworth council bage collectors Christmas boxes to on tors. Accepted By One Side SOUTHGATE -- The people of Southgate are to be given the cipal taxes by instalments, a new venture. They will now be able to divide their payments into eight instalments through-|discussed Wednesday night by out the year, instead of making ran into a dustmen's strike, because it refused to allow these gar- collect their rounds. This year it is tactfully avoiding a repetition of this trouble by allowing this prac-|welfare fund. tice by its 180 garbage collec- TORONTO -- A new proposal aimed at settling a car-carrier strike by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Ind.) has been accepted by the man- agement. "| The proposal, arising from mediation sessions Wednesday in the offices of the Ontario de- partment of labor, was being the union negotiating commit- tee, which is expected to submit it to the policy committee. There was no indication whether the negotiating group favors the proposal. Some 800 members of Team- sters Local 880 have been on strike since Nov. 25 against 10 car - hauling firms. Wage de- mands are a factor, but the chief issue is the union's bid to retain control of a health and Negotiations were adjourned until next Wednesday. 'NOTICE CHRISTMAS GARBAGE COLLECTION Christmas Day (Monday, December 25) and Boxing Day eae December the City of Oshawa and collection on these two days, Residents whose normal Garbage Collection Day is Monday or Tuesday are asked to observe the follow- ing changes of schedule; Garbage normally collected on Monday will be collected Wednesday, December 27. \ Garbage normally collected on Tuesday will be collected Thursday, December 28. Garbage must be out by missed, as the time of col of the revised schedules. Alderman Walter R. Branch, Chairman, Board of works. 26) are Civic Holidays in there will be no garbage 8:00 a.m. to avoid being lection may vary because -YULE MONEY TREE GROWS IN OSHAWA. where a cheque will be re- ceived. The cheque should be presented to the Glenholme School for Retarded Children sometime today, Mr. McMil- lan said. --Oshawa Times Phote Exclusive Agent MIKE'S PLACE LTD: 17 KING STREET WEST "Gifts For The Smoker" Cliff Mills 48-Hour Special CLIFF MILLS MOTORS LTD. BUICK 2-DO0R HARDTOP 1956 Dynoflow, radio, whi 8, wheel dises, new paint job, Spotless. 230 KING STREET WEST °795 725-6651