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WHITBY And DISTRICT ~~ STUDENT NURSES DEDICATION The Ontario Hospital, Whit- by, was the scene on Wednes- day evening of an impressive dedication ceremony of 27 student nurses. This cere- mony, the first milestone passed by students on their three-year training course in Ontario's finest hospitals, was '\drove his wife's car + |crest drive, president of Colon- and friends of the students. Pictured above are two very proud parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Brickman of Port Hope, with two of their daughters now in the training course. Right is Jane, one of the stu- dents honored in the capping ceremony, and left is her sis- ter Carol, who is now in her witnessed by many parents second year. After completing her first three months of training in Whitby, Jane will now affiliate with the Toronto General Hospital program and Carol will spend the next three months at the Sick Chil- dren's Hospital. Jane will graduate in 1964 and Carol will graduate one year earl- ier. --Oshawa Times Photo AT KIWANIS CLUB Banking Speaker At the weekly dinner meet- ing of the Whitby Kiwanis Club} held at the Royal Hotel the} guest speaker was Horace} Hiscox. Mr. Hiscox, manager of the Toronto - Dominion Bank in Whitby, gave a talk on the history of chartered banking. Saying that the first char- tered bank opened its doors in 1817, Mr. Hiscox told of the great expansion the banks have had in the last 15¢ years. When the Bank of Montreal opened then the Canadian economy was in its very early stages, since then, Mr. Hiscox con- tinued, the banks have extend- ed their services as the needs of the economy have grown. Canadian chartered banking took some of its methods of operation from the First Bank of America which lapsed in 1791. The American bank in turn had taken some of its characteristics from the Scot- tish banking system, the Kiwa- nians were told. The particular aspects adopt- ed from the U.S. bank were, branch banks, no lending on History s Topic Act of 1871 is revised every ten years, this ensures that the Act is conversant with current A Scarborough executive who into a closed gate, on Wednesday was acquitted of a charge of wilful damage after arguing that he had erred in shifting gears. Skuli Walter Lindal, of 9 Guild- ial Homes, was appealing a con- viction and fine of $300 for the incident. Judge Alex C, Hali, of the Ontario County Court, allowed the appeal from the. Magistrate's decision. In a new trial, held in Whit- by, Edward Martin Gates, 16, said that on the night of Apri! 29, 1961, he was standing at a gate leading to Dunbarton Shores, near Frenchman's Bay, to let in persons who were at- tending a party at his home. The court was told that the whole Dunbarton Shores area is private property and so post- ed. A gate bars the _ public from entering the road leading to the homes. Gates said that Lindal drove up and asked admittance. When he was refused admittance, be- cause he was not a resident of the area and not a guest at the party, said Gates, he "got sarcastic." Finally, said Gates, he agreed to let him through and just as he was about to open the gate, Lindal crashed his car into the gate. ing, said Gates, Lindal replied he was going fishing and took four boys with him to the lake that it remained there for three- quarters of an hour barring all the party. Crashed Private Gate, Acquitted Damaging unlock the gate he had the impression the gate was to be opened towards his car MADE MISTAKE "I started to back up," said Lindal, "and frankly I made a mistake in the gearshift.' q He explained that he normal- ly drove a Cadillac where re- verse is far to the right. On this occasion he was driving his wife's Chevrolet where drive is located far to the right. "I was completely flabber- gasted,"" said Lindal, "when I hit the gate. I thought I might have struck the boy." He told the court that he had driven his wife's car on few occasions, usually on fishing trips. He said that he found it conspicuous to use his Cadil- lac on such trips. He denied that he had agreed with PC Cooper that he had crashed the gate in a fit of temper. Judge Hall said that safety posters indicated that, other than alcohol, nothing induces bad driving more than emotion- al upsets. He said it was entire- ly possible that Lindal, in his momentary annoyance at being stopped by Gates had slipped his car into a forward gear since there was no attempt made to avoid the conse- Then, he said, Lindal backed his car a few feet and got out. When asked where he was go- shore. Gates noted that it was the smelt season. His companion at the gate, Bryan Corcoran, told about the car hitting the gate and said traffic to the Gates home for Sgt. Richard Bodley, of Pick- ering Township Police Depart- ment, said that Lindal told him that he did not know the gate was closed and that he thought it was open when he drove into it. PC Cyril Cooper said that he suggested to Lindal that he had crashed the gate in a fit of tem- per and Lindal had agreed that this was possible. In his own defence, Lindal said he had had the gate re- paired for less than $9. He said that he had a cottage on the east side of the sand bar and had gone fishing many times on the west side, or Dunbarton Shores. This was the first time, he said, that the gate had been locked to him. He said that he talked to Gates without heated discussion and when the boy offered to Reduced A Pickering area resident has won an appeal against a 30-day jail sentence handed down by Magistrate Robert Dnieper for driving while intoxicated. Mar- tin Kulach, 50, of RR 3 Picker- tin had his month-long sentence reduced to nine days by Judge Alex C. Hall in Whitby County Court on Wednesday. C. A. Hammond, of Toronto, who represented Kulach in court, told His Honor that the economic needs, Mr. Hiscox said. As Canada has grown banks have given and extended their services, Mr. Hiscox stated, when the west was opened up in the great wave of immigration , bank branches real estate and a time limit on charters. M1. Hiscox said that| the banks in this country have}branches were opened in make|that a 30-day sentence was too had opportunities to get perpet-| ual charters but prefer the pres- ent system. EIGHT BANKS Mr. Hiscox said that there were more than 100 chartered banks in 1875, since then there have been failures, mergers and amalgamations with the| result that today there are) eight banks These eight banks are represented when the Bank were established to assist in the setting up of businesses and farms. Sometimes these shift quarters, tents, huts and shacks, Mr Hiscox said. This tradition is being con- tinued as there are bank branches in Aklavik and other stations in the far north. These bank branches have to be serviced by air, Mr Hiscox con- tinued, and this is only part o the service that the chartered banks must provide to keep up with: the economic and popu- lation increase in the country. WHITBY DAY-BY-DAY DUPLICATE BRIDGE SCORES North and South -- Mr. and Mrs. Baker 110, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Spratt 96% ,Mrs. Bow- man and Mrs. Irwin 92%, Mr. and Mrs. Winter 90. East and West -- Mr. and Mrs. Wells 8914, Mrs. Odlum and Mrs. Welsh 85, Mrs. Williams and| Mrs. Read 77, Mrs Chubb and/| Mrs. Maundrell 7144 Sailor W Driving Sentence A Halifax sailor, who was con- victed of drunk driving by Mag- istrate Robert Dnieper in Whit- by Police Court, was Tuesday remanded one week on bail for sentence. Ronald Edwin Davidge, 20, of 1042 Mt Pleasant road, Toronto, pleaded not guilty to the charge laid by Pickering Township Police. Sgt. Richard Bodley said that on Dec. 23 at 1.40 a.m. he in- vestigated an accident on the Second Concession of Pickering Township 450 feet west of the Brock road. He said upon arrival the driver was not in the car, which had struck a tree, and was look- ing in the trunk. The accused was unsteady on his feet, his speech was slurred, his eyes were bloodshot and his lips were caked. Sgt. Bodley said that because the accused was hysterical at the time and was shouting and crying he called Const. Law- aits rence Watson of the Pickering Village Police Department to help assist the accused to hos- pital. Const. Watson said that Davidge smelled strongly of al- cohol and staggered as he was placed in the cruiser. On the way to the hospital, he con- tinued, the accused pounded his fists on the dashboard and threatened to hang himself. In the emergency room of the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital, he said, the accused had to be told continually to lie down on"a stretcher. 2° Const. Watson said that the accused was treated for a graze on the head and that in his opinion was intoxicated. Magistrate Dnieper ruled that Davidge was intoxicated at the time of the investigation and registered a drunk driving con- viction. He will be sentenced on Jan. 30. Crown Attorney Bruce Af- fleck prosecuted. BROCK Evening WHITBY Shows At 6:55 & 8:35 | $2627 Damages Accident Claim At Ontario County Supreme Court held at Whitby Wednes- day, Bruce Mahaffy, 235. Col- lege street, Oshawa, was award ed a total of $2,627 in damages. The defendant was Benjamin Malda, 21, of Newcastle. Mahaffy suffered a fractured leg in an accident in which he was knocked down by Malda's car. The accident took place at Albert and King streets in Osh- awa on Jan. 15, 1961. Counsel for the defendant, E. Richard Lovekin, said that Albert street was badly lit and that the de- fendant was traveling at a low rate of speed. Counsel for the plaintiff R. D. Humphreys, said that the defendant was obliged to look out for pedestrians. Mr. Justice Schatz said that he found the defendant two- thirds responsible for the acci- dent and said that he found that there was negligence. The plain- tiff received $1,294 in special damages and $1,335 in general damages. Student Speaker At United Church The evening worship service of Whitby United Church, last Sunday, was conducted by the Hi-C group. It was conducted by David Robertson and David Hoag. accused was a plant superin- tendent in a plant which manu- \factures parts for government aircraft. He said that he is an electronics engineer and his firm was finding it impossible to find someone to replace him while he went to jail. Mr. Hammond said that he felt that a seven-day sentence would have been adequate and much, He said that Kulach had served nine days while awaiting his appeal. Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck said that he felt that 30 days was excessive since this was Kulach's first offence. He said that he felt the minimum seven days was appropriate. The Crown said that the presiding magistrate had argued that a severe sentence would act as a deterrent to others. Judge Hall said that he could not but agree with the lower court that safety of the public is of paramount importance. Parliament, he said, had seen fit to set a minimum penalty for driving while intoxicated, one of the few minimums set in the Criminal Code. But, he said, he also felt that seven days was a_ severe penalty. Not only does the ac- cused find himself deprived of making his livelihood for seven days but he also suffers the stig- ma of imprisonment and has, in addition, his driving' priv- ileges cancelled and his car im- 30-Day Sentence quences. "T am not ruling Lindal is innocent, because it is quite possible he is not innocent. But a reasonable doubt lingers in my mind as to whether he is guilty of wilfully damaging the gate," said His Honor as he allowed the appeal and quash- ed the conviction. "Because I have that doubt I am going to acquit, but I hope that the accused will not find the acquittal any justifica- tion for what happened that night," he said. A further charge of illegal parking was also dismissed and the $10 fine ordered returned. By Court Over a period of years, he said, some courts have begun to believe that the seven day penalty does not reduce the in- cidence of driving while intoxi- cated and have increased the penalty. For some offences, he said, increasing the penalty does not reduce the incidence, \ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, January 25, 1962 § \ Driver Waits wrong side of the highway for cruiser off the road, was day convicted of drunk driving by Magistrate Robert Dnieper g in Whitby Police Court. h William John Lang of West/a Rouge was remanded out ofja ing. Const. David Fleming of the Pickering Township Police De-|0! partment told the court that on/h Christmas Eve at 3.56 a.m. he/a was on cruiser patrol driving east on Highway No. 2 when Forced Cruiser Ott, Sentence A Pickering Township restau-|his opinion the accused was rant owner, who drove on the/highly intoxicated Const. John Found's evidence half a mile and forced a police|corroborated that of Const. Tues-| Fleming. When called to the stand to ive evidence, the accused said e closed the restaurant at 2.00 -m, and from then until 3.15 .m. had two drinks during a custody one week for sentenc-|Christmas celebration with his employees. Three employees and a friend f the accused said that when e left the restaurant at 3.15 -m. he was normal. Magistrate Dnieper ruled that the accused was _ intoxicated JAILED TWO YEARS John Norman Russell, 25, of Orillia, was Wednesday sent to reformatory for two years less one day definite and one year indefinite when he pleaded guilty to two charges of break- ing, entering and theft before Judge A. C Hall, in Whitby. He was charged with entering Tat- tersall Builders Supplies, in North Oshawa, ard Ted's Vari- ety Store, in Whitby, on Lupin drive, both on Dec, 7, 1961. He was arrested by PC Bert Shan- non, of the Whitby Detachment of the OPP, as he attempted to hitch-hike from Whitby to Oril- lia. , when he drove his car home and registered a_ conviction, Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck prosecuted. he observed an oncoming car/|; driving at approximately 35 mph in a 50 mph zone. The car he said was driving with one of its wheels over the white line when suddenly it drove completely in the east bound lane and forced him onto the south shoulder. The officer said he lost con- trol of the cruiser, swung around on the icy road surface and came to rest in the east- bound lane facing west. The car continued west in the east- bound lane, he said, and at that time he radioed a police cruiser ahead to stop the car. Const. Fleming said he chased after the car and then saw it pull into a. service sta- tion lot with another Pickering Township Police cruiser driven by Const. John Found. When the accused was ques- tioned, he said, his speech was thick, he staggered and _his breath smelled of alcohol. In the accused's car, the officer continued, he found two empty | 12-0z. bottles of whisky and a| third 25-0z. bottle which con-| tained a small quantity of liquor. Later at the Pickering Town- ship Police Station, he said, Lang was requested to take a heel to toe test but his feet| straddled the line and were two feet apart. Const. Fleming said that in such as gambling offences, where a profit is involved. But, he said, he did not think this was true of driving while intoxicated. ONLY TO SOBER "In my opinion," said His Honor, "'the seven-day penalty is a deterrent only to the sober man for while a man is sober will he recognize the danger of driving while he is intoxicated. "TI do not think that a man who has consumed a quantity of alcohol will contemplate the perils of a 30-day sentence, first because he does not think he is Senin nw SU 0% OFF ENTIRE STOCK OF ALL-WOOL ENGLISH WORSTED SUITS . Reg. 59.50 now 47, Sizes 36-46. Good range of shades end potterns. Have MEN'S Sizes 36-46. NOW JUST To Compliment This Sale We ALL-WOOL HARRIS TWEED SPORT COATS 1595 MERCANTILE DEPARTMENT STORE WHITBY, ONTARIO intoxicated, and secondly be. cause he does not think he will be caught. "T see no reason in this case why the penalty should differ from' what it has been for a period of many years, the seven-day sentence," said His Honor. He noted that the ac- cused had already served nine days and meted out the nine- day term to avoid any possible complications. His Honor stipulated that the six-month cancellation of li- cence be under the Criminal Code. He said that the suspen- sion could be a greater punish- ment if the courts would follow up by sentencing offenders to jail terms rather than fines when persons are caught driv- ing under suspension. WHITBY PERSONALS best. You can always COOL CONTROL BREWED. This exclusive pounded. ADDITIONAL WHITBY NEWS ON PAGE 21 Show Films At FBYPA The Faith Baptist Young Peo- ples' Association commenced its Tuesday night meeting with the opening chorus by George Tracy. The program for the evening was the showing of two films by the Temperance Society which showed the influence of alcohol on the brain . The meeting was closed with prayers by Ron Kirkland. Next week's meeting will be Mrs. H. Wyatt, of Lee avenue, entertained her group of ladies in her home on Monday night. The winners of the bingo were Mrs. G. De Pratto, Mrs. M. Bowden. Gerald Ravary, of 709 Athol street, is in Port Perry Hospi- tal, where he underwent sur- gery. His friends and neighbors wish him a speedy recovery. brewing method guards flavour of Dow -- every convincing proof that Jimmy Town, of Dundas street east, celebrated his seventh birthday on Jan. 19. He had Douglas and John Sturgess, and Donny Town, as his guests for supper. Friends of Mr. Robert (Dutch) Morrison, of 328 Ash street, will be sorry to learn he is in the Oshawa General Hos- pital, Mr. John Olls, of Perry street, is in the Oshawa Gen- in the form of a Skit Night at 7.45 in the church. eral Hospital. Get well wishes are sent to him. Mr. Russell Crossley, a stu- dent minister at Emmanuel Col- lege, Toronto, was the guest speaker and told of his work in the home mission fields and re- lated experiences. Mr. Crossley is to be ordained as a minister of the United Church in May of this year. The HI-C held a short meeting in the church parlor, following the service, to discuss plans for the future activities group. The name Hi-C means a time of life, high school years; a way of life, the highway of adven- ture and growth; an attitude to life, a response to the Call of God through Christ. Hi-C points youth to God of the) OSKAR FISH STORE Fresh, Smoked and Salted Fish of All @ Domestic & Imported Seafoods @ GENTS © COOL © CONTROL 9 BREWED Kinds +» beer at its easy-drinking count on Dow, because it's the temperature, guards the step of the way until the cap] goes on the bottle. Uncap a Dow for guaranteed pleasure, through Christ and His church. All young people interested in joining the Hi-C group are wel- come. 107 COLBORNE ST. WEST WHITBY (Opposite P.U.C, Suilding) DUMMY POLICE LONDON (CP) -- During a road accident debate at a South London borough council meeting an official suggested that life- size models of policemen be placed at road junctions that motorists approach at speed. All Fresh Fish Kept Under Refrigeration FREE DELIVERY TO YOUR HOME = COND FEATURE ATTRACTION THE DEVIL'S HAIRPIN" -- In Color with CORNEL WILDE -- JEAN WALLACE i