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SURVIVAL COURSE TRAINEES HOLD EXERCISE exercise at the Oshawa Air- port on Monday. Corporal J. C. Kean is seen directing the Trainees taking the Ontario Regiment survival Training Course are seen during an men in the erection and use; The course will conclude of a tripod for the purpose of | April 8. lifting weights of up to a ton. ; --Oshawa Times Photo IN THE LEGISLATURE Increase Allowable Income For Old Age Pensioners T. D. THOMAS When the minister of trans- MPP for Oshawa | port presented his estimates for The Old Age Assistance Al-|the year-ending March 1963, he lowance paid to persons be-|stated the government intended tween the age of 65 and 69, also|to install safety belts in all gov- the Disabled Persons Allowance|ernment cars. At the present to persons between the ages of|time belt brackets are standard 18 and 65, is given on a means|equipment in all 1962 models. test basis, with the federal gov-| In 1955 the members of the renment paying 50 per cent of)select committee on highway the cost. Prior to Feb. 1, 1962) safety, of which I was a mem- any person in this group could ber, were invited to tour the qualify if their income was be-| research centre of General Mo- low $960 per year for a single|tors, Just outside Detroit. Dur- person or $1660 for a married|ing the day we had a very in- couple. teresting discussion on. safety There were some who did not\with the engineers of Ford, qualify for the full pension, be-| Chrysler and General Motors. cause they were in receipt of/At the time they were quite a small income, but could re- unanimous that safety belts had ceive partial payment to bring|to be greatly improved before them up to the allowable in-/they would be approved by the come. When the federal gov-| engineers. Since that time great OBITUARIES MRS, CHRISTINA TAYLOR A lifelong resident of Cart- wright Township, Mrs. Christina} Taylor, died following a long} illness at the Bowmanville Me- morial Hospital Monday, Mar. 12. She was in her 85th year. duced by the minister of labor is} A daughter of the late Mr. |a bill to combine the various|and Mrs. William Crawford, the regulations respecting discrim-|deceased, the former Christina} jination, and have the Act ad-|Crawford, was born in Cart- ministered by one central com-jwright Township in 1874 nd mission. The minister stated he|married the late Norman Tay- would announce very shortly|lor in Port Perry Oct. 17, 1901. {the appointment of a full time|She was a member of Black- \officer, who will be responsible|stock United Church. \for the enforcement of the regu-| wrs Taylor was also prede- |Jations. |eeased by a brother, William. The: government is to be com-|She is survived by a son, Wil- mended for this very progressive|]iam Taylor, of Blackstock. step, but still discrimination is} re fyneral service will be |practised today, particularly in!neiq at the McDermott-Pana- jFespect to age. bi f baker Funeral Chapel, Port j This was the subject o! _ 20! Perry Thursday, Mar. 15, at 2 jamendment by the opposition,| | m." Rev Philip Romeril ate |but was rejected by the govern-|;" ' ' » DAR loneut jtor of Blackstock United Church, | Some major industries are will conduct the service. Inter- | pia j ,.|ment will be. in the Union Ce- very restrictive when employ- mistery at Cadi ling new personnel, not only in| 78 UB. |the matter of age, but some in- | |to answer questions, along with To Display | Sketches Life-sized models of certain areas of the top two entries in a recent restaurant interior de- sign competition won by Greg Gabourie of Courtice will be}; shown at the Canadian National) © Exhibition grounds March 19-22.| ; The models will be built from} 7 contestants' sketches and dis played at the Canadian Restau- rant Association Show in the Automotive Building. Winner over 19 other entries, Mr. Gabourie received a plaque} } and $150. All entrants were fourth year Ontario College of Art students] --& enrolled in the school's Interior) 2 Design and Industrial Design departments. The top nine prizewinning en- tries in the contest, sponsored by the OCA and a restaurant! ; trade magazine, will be shown)? in scale-size model form. E Contest judges, all experts in|; their fields, will be at the booii & the first and secorfd place win- ners and OCA representatives. Capital Digging ~ CUBAN HUNGER STRIKERS bikes Medissities STICK IT OUT Out After Snow OTTAWA (CP)--Capital resi- Close to 100 Cuban Exiles, some of whom have not eaten since Saturday morning, con- tinued the third day of their hunger strike, at Park, in Miami, Florida, for U.S. aid to fight Castro's Cuba. Men and women sat or Bayfront | slept close to the statue of hope to last to the end of the week before disbanding. (AP Wirephoto) Jose Marti, Cuban patriot and liberator. Leaders of the group dents began today to dig them- selves out from a 16-inch snow-| fall--the winter's worst storm by far. Soggy snow that strangled land and air transportation Mon- day night turned to rain this morning after falling steadily for 24 hours. Highway and hydro crews worked all night to reopen most roads around the capital and re- pair broken power conductors. t | from suburban West Templeton, | cele | 0! ue., spent the night as guests in the rush to get there. of families in Gatineau, where they attend school. | The periodic power failures blacked out many sections, in cluding the Chateau Laurier Ho- ji ings, and forced one television More than 50 school children|Street north sent | cruisers racing to the scene. One CRUISERS CHASE ERRANT RACCOON A wayward raccoon caused quite a commotion for the Osh- awa Police Department early his - morning. A report of prowlers at the rear of a home on Simcoe four police the cars even ran a red light Shortly after, several youths were questioned by the police. Their story. They had been chas- ng a raccoon which ran across tel near the Parliament Build-|the road in front of them. Police later found the tracks and one radio station off the air,|0f the. unsuspecting animal and| federal election. Police reported at least 500|turned the youths loose. minor accidents in the area. --__|and a formula which would|™inor surgery, 95; eye, ear, CAPSULE NEWS Robichaud Hit $200,000 Claim Against PC's Over Promises EDMONTON (CP) -- Ronald B. Simmons, an Edmonton law- yer, has filed a statement of claim for $200,000 against the Progressive Conservative party} and the Progressive Conserva-} tive Association of Alberta. The statement says the Pro- gressive Conservatives failed to keep a promise that Mr. Sim- mons would be _ suitably | warded for his efforts on behalf, jof the party prior to the 1957} | The statement says Mr. Sim-| |mons provided political theory | bring about a change of public) jsentiment and make the Pro-| | gressive Conservative party suc-| cessful in its bid to win the | stection. The party won. | In return, Mr. Simmons) |claims he was promised that ve the week ending Mar. jfem CITY AND DISTRICT EUCHRE WINNERS The winners at the euchre party held last week at Har- man Park Clubhouse were: Doreen Lewis, 108; Grant O'Reilly, 100; Sadie Wassell, 89 and Lue Homes, 86. Carrie McLean was the winner of the door prize; while Chris Holt, with 59, had the low score. alarm was turned in to the department during the day. The civic ambulance service an- swered three calls during the day. COMING EVENTS FERNHILL bingo tonight at the Avalon 7.30 p.m. 20 games $6 and $10, Seven $40 jackpots. Door prizes. DISCOUNT 10 per cent on all ban- quets, weddings or party bookings until March 20. Special prices for junior or church league bowling. Sandalwood Restaurant, Simeoe North 725-9111. KINSMEN SUPER BINGO TUES., MAR. 13th 8 P.M. JUBILEE PAVILION WOODVIEW COMMUNITY CENTRE HOSPITAL REPORT Following is the report of the) Oshawa General Hospital for 10; : ad- mz:issions, 310; births -- male 29, ale 25; discharges, 274; newborn discharges -- male 21, female 21; major surgery, 61; nose and throat, 48; treatments and examinations, 138;. casts, 34; physiotherapy treatments, 4 CERTIFICATE WINNERS Mrs. W. D. Evans, 456 Jarvis ernment announced the increase|progress has been made in FUNERAL 0 HENRY. (HAI |the party would find a perman-|street, Mrs. Harold Rutherford, NOS, 52- of $10 per month effective Feb. the design, and I venture to pre-| si st a man be a ceratin height, JOHN HENRY (HARRY) 1, 1962, there was a possibility|dict safety belts will be stan- a number would not qualify if/qard equipment on all cars in the allowable income had re-\, year or two. mained the same. One of the reconimendations When speaking to the deputy/of the select committee was minister of public welfare last/that a points system should be week, he informed me the al-|introduced, a recommendation lowable income had been in-| which the government accepted. creased to $1,160 for a single| The point system has now been person and $2,020 for a married in operation for over three couple. |years, and I think it has been As the increase in pension! of great value, for it has done amounts to $120 per year, now|much to improve the bad driv- that the allowable income has|ing habits of a small minority been increased by $180 and $360/of drivers. The minister stated it means that some on means|certain proposals for improving test allowances may receive an|the points system are to be sub- increase in pension above the/ mitted to the committee on high- $10 per month. Under the new;way safety, which may meet regulation the allowance could) sometime next week. be increased by $15 per month.| The Human Rights Act intro- lfour years ago, but very little,|in his 66th year, was held at {not less than 5 feet 7 inches, land that he weigh not less| jthan 156 pounds. These _ restrictive | were brought to the attention o: NORTON | The memorial service for practises)John Henry (Harry) Norton, f)who died at the Oshawa Gen- the Federal government three or|¢Tal Hospital Thursday, Mar. 8, has been done, forthe Armstrong. Funeral Home the practice still prevails to-|at 2 p.m. Monday, Mar. 12. day. While the federal govern-| Rev. A. E. Larke, minister ment has failed to take positive) of Albert Street United Church, action in age discrimination, |conducted the services. Inter- perhaps the provincial govern-)ment was in Oshawa Union ment should provide the leader-|Cemetery. ship and include in the Human) The pallbearers were Harry Rights Act age discrimination./Fayle, Harry Keys, Joseph All other things being equal, to/Wood, Cecil Bint, Leonard be discriminated against be-|Crowder and Thomas Corneal. cause of age is a real problem FUNERAL OF for the man over 35 years of age seeking employment. KENNETH JAMES McGALL High requiem mass was sung if anything Judge Reserves Case Judgment 3510 Votes otc Cast Monday McGall, who died Friday, Mar. 9, at 658 Simcoe street north. He was in his 58th year. The mass was sung by' Rt. Rev. Monsignor P. Coffey. In- Mar. 12, for Kenneth James First day voting in the Local|/terment was in St. Gregory's BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. (CP)-- Judge Douglas Thomas Monday reserved judgment in an action to unseat three Toronto men who were elected councillors of the United Townships of Medora and Wood Dec. 2. had residences in Medora and |222, United Automobile Workers, Wood which they occupy withic7¢ : n ' i ; their families at various pe-|chairman for its General Motors --. oe ts in |shop committee was estimated the three councillors were|tg be approximately 1,000 cast \to be disqualified it would mean|yotes heavier than in any first taxation without representa-|qay voting in the 24-year history three-day vote to elect a) Cemetery. The pallbearers were Edward Clark, J. Fox, R. McKenna, C. Jenkins, R. Houston and J. McMullen. MRS. ANONA MAY SAWYER | | |when tion," he said. The three councillors have in- dicated they will appeal the case if the ruling goes against them. Playoff Games Scheduled By qos of the sitour bearins) Hospital Aux. ment after both sides admitted By MRS. A. L. HOOEY the facts of the case, eliminat-| BOWMANVILLE -- The Me- ing the calling of witnesses. | morial Hospital Women's Auxil- The statement of fact indi-|jary met recently in the nurses cated summer residents of thelresidence for the March meet: township outnumber the year-jing with an attendance of 18. round residents by about 4 to 1; Mrs. McMurter thanked Mrs. and own 78.84 per cent of the/J. J. Brown for convening the total municipal assessment. jmembership tea in February. BASED ON MUNICIPAL ACT Mrs. R. Cowie, treasurer, re- The three, all summer resi- dents of the townships, are W. J. Bushnell, R. C.. Dobson and J. G. Hunter, who were elected when 500 fellow cottage owners travelled to the polls from Toronto, Oshawa and Hamilton. Leo Gonneau, a former coun- cillor defeated in the elections, filed the action in Muskoka dis- trict court here. Most of the six-hour hearing} The motion to unseat the men ported $501 on hand with no outstanding accounts. jof the local | A resident of Oshawa for nine | Steve Melnichuk, chairman of)years, Mrs. Anona May Sawyer, |the Local 222 election commit-jdied at the residence of her tee said today that 3,510 votesidaughter and son-in-lw, Mr. jwere cast Monday. Voting is/and Mrs. Duncan Cameron, 750 continuing today and Wednes-|Douglas street, Oshawa, Satur- day. jday, Mar. 10. She had been in In addition to a chairman for! ailing health for the past two the GM shop committee, voters) Cars. will elect seven GM district) The former Anona May Mc- committeemen, nine delegates|Neil, the deceased was a daugh- to attend the Canadian Laborjter of the late Mr: and Mrs. Congress convention in Vancou-|Arthur McNeil, and was born ver, B.C. and 13 delegates to at-|in Toronto May 14, 1904. She tend the \JAW's fourth constitu-;married the late Basil Sawyer. tional convention in Atlantic\She was predeceased by her| City, N.J. jhusband June 21, 1950 in Lans- Top interest, Mr. Melnichuk|40W"® Ont., June 7, 1922. said, will be shown in the three-| Mrs. Sawyer resided in Belle- way race for the GM shop com-|Ville and Whitney, Ont., prior mittee chairmanship. Included|/t0 coming to Oshawa. in this race are incumbent] Surviving are one daughter, chairman William "Bill" Hard-|Mrs. Duncan Cameron (Joy) of ing, Nelson "Nels" Wilson and/Oshawa, and three sons, Neil John M. Black. jand Walter, both of Whitney, By PC's Whip FREDERICTON (CP)-- ALLOWS DIVORCE George E. MclInerney, New; CALCUTTA (AP)--A Calcutta Brunswick Progressive Conserv-|court Monday allowed Haris ative party whip, charged Mon-|Das Gupta to divorce his wife, day that the Liberal government/Sonali, who deserted him in the of Premier Robichaud has given|summer of 1958 to live with Ita- away "millions of dollars in con-/lian film director Roberto Ros- tracts" to its friends without|sellini. The case was not con- calling for tenders. He made the|tested. Asonali left India to join} charge in a provincial affairs|Rossellini after meeting him in| broadcast over a network of|Bombay. New Brunswick radio stations, | HEADS NEWSPAPER THEY HOLD HANDS | AMHERST, N.S. (CP) -- R.} ROME (AP)--Elizabeth Tay-|McDonald Black, Halifax law-| lor and Eddie Fisher held hands|yer, has been appointed presi- Monday night in a Rome beer|dent and publisher of the News-| hall while a score of invited/Sentinel Limited here. He suc-| news photographers took their|ceeds his late father Percy C.| appearance of the actress and|which publishes the Amherst! the singer since rumors of a|News, for 52 years. breakup of their marriage) 3 spread last weekend. j QUEEN SEES PLAY | | LONDON (Reuters). -- Queen TO PROBE CRASH |Elizabeth went to London's Pic-| WASHINGTON (AP) -- The/cadilly Theatre Monday night to| Civil Aeronautics Board said|see Jean Anouilh's play L'Invita Monday it will hold a public|tion au Chateau. hearing in New York next week} NO BUTTER LOST on the March 1 jet crash at Idle-| wild airport that took 95 lives) OTTAWA (CP)--None of Can-) the American Airlines|da's surplus butter held in} plane plunged into Jamaica Bay|stock in 1961 was lost through after takeoff. spoilage, Trade Minister Hees said Monday in the Commons. SINGER RECOVERING |In a tabled reply to a question PARIS (AP) -- Singer Edith/from John R. Matheson (L--| Piaf is recovering in a hospital|Leeds), he said the oldest butter | after a bout with bronchial pneu-|now in government storage monia, her manager said Mon-|dates back to August, 1960. day night. Last year she was in hospital and critically ill with a kidney infection. break in the main feeder line TO VISIT AIR BASE loa Port Hope left residents in WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pres-|Orono, Newcastle and Newton- ident Kennedy will inspect mis-| ville without power for about 35 sile sites at Vandenberg Airjminutes 'ast night. The power Force Base, California next|failed at 8.08 p.m. and was re week. He will also inspect the/stored at 843 p.m. when it was Minuteman missile silo com-| rerouted through a substation at plex, Titan and Atlas sites, and) Oshawa. FEEDER BREAK NEWCASTLE (Staff) A picture. It was the first public| Black who headed the company, | Bes ent solution to unemployment,|757 Gaspe street, and Mrs. Don- take steps to separate church|ald Griffin, 879 Mary street, and state, and provide a pro-|Were the winners of gift cer- gram of birth control to prevent|tificates from a downtown overpopulation. | ladies' wear "'spring tonic'"' sale, TONIGHT -- 8 P.M. EXTRA BUSES RED BARN ; The statement says the party|at the weekend. ailed to implement the: «| a SMOKE SCARE As a result, Mr. Simmons} The Oshawa Fire Department claims he "is on the verge of|was called to investigate a losing the greatest gift of his)smoke scare at the Coulter life, namely the right to live in) Manufacturing Company Limit- a country which enjoys self-/ed premises, William street government and he has suffered) west, at 6.15 p.m., Monday. No damages." | damage was reported. One false BINGO NORTH OSHAWA PARK at the AVALON WEDNESDAY, MAR, 14, 7:30 P.M. 20 games, $10; Share the Wealth; 5 $20 games to go. Admission 50c with one card. OSHAWA CHAMBER ELECTS OFFICIALS ST. PATRICK'S CHICKEN PATTIE TEA -- 35c Home Baking, Candy Sale. RUNDLE PARK CLUBHOUSE WED., MAR. 14th 2 TO 4:30 L. W. Currell who is well known in Oshawa and District will be in charge of the work at the Annual Past Masters' Night being held tonight in the Mas- onic Temple. All Masons are cordially invited, FREDERICK C. MALLOY, general manager of the R. D. Werner Company (Canada) Limited plant here has been elected third vice-president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, it was announced | today. Mr. Malloy was 1961 chamber treasurer and was | elected a director this year. the Thor-Discoverer facilities, |-- the White House said. WANTS TAX CHANGE LOS ANGELES (AP)--Violin- ist Mischa Elman wants the U.S. government to save artists | "Believe on the Lord ETON Arnold G. Stapleton, director of personnel at General Mo- tors of Canada Limited has been appointed chamber treas- urer, replacing Mr. Malloy. Mentholatum Ointment quickly helps to clear head cold stuffiness! Eases head congestion, opens nasal passages, re- lieves mi: le dry h hi Soothing Comforting Mentholatum Ointment Tender EAT'N TRUE-TRIM BEEF who form a majority on the five-member council, is based on the definition of "resident'"' under the Ontario Municipal Act. I. A. McEwan of Toronto, ap- pearing for Mr. Gonneau, said the legislature had intended that councillors be close to the muni lity at all times. "Tf this is not so, the munici-| pality might just as well be run} from Queen's Park," he said. "Under the act the only per- Biri | residents are those who| live year-round in the municipal-! ity." ian er residents regard the area as a summer vacation playground, he said, and in try-| ing to preserve its scenic beauty might stifle economic develop- ment. | HAVE iRESIDENCES C. KF. Farwell, solicitor for the cotincillors, said they clerly IS NO EXCUSE TORONTO (CP)--Magistrate Fred Hayes ruled Monday that emotional stress is no excuse for a man stabbing his wife's lover. | He sentenced Boleslaw Czer-|for decorating and Mrs. J. Vaniseven confirmed, have been ta-| motorist nick, 47, to 244 years on a charge 'of attempted murder.) Two get-well cards were sent to members. The gift shop Sales for February were $208. Mrs. J. O'Neill received $64 which had been turned in for |marathon games in February. The marathon playoff games will be held April 11 at the He added that much interest will be shown in the vote for the seven GM district committee- men as well as in the vote for delegates to both conventions. The election committee chair- man said one of the reasons for |Lions Centre. Mrs. L. C. Mason,|the heavy first day vote and ex jconvener of gift shop volun-|pected record vote during the jand Durland of Oshawa. Four sisters, Mrs. Harold Froats (Elsie), of Belleville; Mrs. Anita Halsey, of Toronto; Mrs. H. Monderville (Marion), of Phoenix, Airz.; and Mrs. E. Whitney (Eulalie) also of Phoe- nix, Ariz., and 14 grandchildren also survive. teers asked for helpers. The membership stands at 36 active and 42 associate. An invitation was received from the Oshawa Hospital Aux iliary to attend their St. Pat- rick's Bridge party. Mrs. Earl Thompson reported two groups had been contacted to make hospita: tray favors for March 17 and Easter. The auxiliary regional meet- ing will be held in St. John's |Anglican Church April 26, com- mencing at 10 a.m. Mrs. J. Van Nest and Mrs. A. L. Hooey were appointed dele- gates to a one day conference on gift shops in. Toronto on March 21. Final plans were made for the annual birthday tea to be held later in March with Mrs. W. Rudell, convener Nest and Mrs. L. veners for the tea, Ayre, con- 'emic spread to Wales. The memorial service was held at the Armstrong Funeral Home at 3.15 p.m. Monday, Mar. 12, for Mrs. Anona Saw- yer, who died at her home, 750 Douglas street, Saturday, Mar. '10. She was in her 58th year. Rev. John Porter, minister of Cedardale United Church, jentire election is that more poll- jing stations have been made available to the voters. | Mr. Melnichuk added a rec- jord turn-out at the polls is ex- pected again today. He commended the candi- dates, their supporters and Gen- "from the indignities of beg-| ging' by changing the income tax structure. "It is terribly un- fair," Elman told a press con- ference Monday, '"'to tax the full amount while an artist is at his | peak of earning power, rather | than to pro-rate it, as he must) his earnings, over an entire life- | time." CANCER SOCIETY The Canadian Cancer So- ciety, established in 1938, now | has divisions in all 10 provinces | and active units in more than 2,000 communities. The evangelisti REV. DON eral Motors for their co-opera- tion with the election commit: tee. He termed this co-operation "excellent" conducted the services. Inter- ment was. in Oshawa Union Cemetery. The pallbearers were D. Cameron, E. Miller, J. Goodes, G. Powlinchuk, D. Whitney and K. Fitzgerald. VACCINATE THOUSANDS CARDIFF, Wales (AP)--Thou- sands of persons were vaccin- | ated against smallpox in 40 spe-| SAME NAME cial clinics in southern Wales}; PENZANCE, England (CP) Monday. Smallpox has taken a Soon after America's first fully- death toll of three and 22 small-| fledged astronaut returned from pox cases, 15 suspected and/his three orbits of the earth, a named John Glenn j|ken fo hospital since the epid-'was fined in court here for continues every n FOR RENT modern typewriters and adding machines of all makes: Under- wood Smith Corona, Royal, both standard and portable models. Special student rates. Walmsley & Magill Office Equipment Ltd. 9 KING ST. EAST 725-3506 until Centre and John Sts. f ' \ iil _ at > Mil = 5 are jspeeding. I Calvary Baptist Church Jesus Christ and thou Shalt be Meat Specials! Wed. Only! saved." LEAN, SLICED c crusade with HOLLIDAY ight at 7:45 p.m. Friday at Boneless ROUND STEAK or ROAST lb. 79: ., Oshawa, Ontario SHOULDER PORK CHOPS SLICED SIDE PORK ra |