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Oshawa Times (1958-), 8 May 1963, p. 13

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ARCHITECT'S MODEL OF PROPOSED OSHAWA CIVIC AUDITORIUM | -- Civic Auditorium Drive Rose Cultivation To Be Opened May 2 Build it ourselves for our-|the arena is not being built for Pcs : a professional hockey club, a This is the slogan the Oshawa|though he did not deny that this) Civic Auditorium Committee is|may become the future home of ing in its campaign for a mil-| ion dotlare: f CA" hockey team sponsored by At a press reception Tuesday,|the Boston Bruins of the Na-|the facilities will be used to the newspaper and radio represent-|tional Hockey League. atives from the local and metro-) politan news medias were told/adults or children only?" a re- that Mayor Lyman A. Gifford) porter asked. will officialy declare "Civic) «No» he said, "it is for all| Auditorium Week" May 25 atithe people of Oshawa." 10.30 a.m. On the same day, the com/ mittee is planning one of the biggest parades in Oshawa's his-| tory. It will consist of the city's|the plans," said Mr. Kelly, "'and) athletes and youth. A special|Will be built when sufficient! guest of honor will be an- funds are raised. nounced Jater. PLAN STREET DANCE too, such as figure Also planned for May 24 is a/wrestling, boxing, lacrosse, bas-| street dance at the Oshawa/ketball and others. | Shopping Centre, and the actual ve ae i ai May 27 with SUITABLE FOR CONCERTS campaign will open May 27 with "The ' builditig 'will be acous- a dinner for 400 canvassers in|. ! St. Gregory's Auditorium. tically designed for concerts, At yesterday's press confer-/With a stage pr ( ence, Terence V. Kely, rinan-\north end for musical cial cliairman of the project, ex-|theatrical _ productions, plained. and answered many|Stated. sae questions arising from members|, Site of the Civic of the f{purth estate. t He 'sdid the seating capacity|Cated on the for the Ruditorium will be 3,400|ton s road, with sta\ding room for approxi-| Street. eee mately 1,000. The building would) _ Year round activity ver to the city after) its construdtion, for operation "Ts the 'auditorium for either| in the building?" and he Auditorium committee hopes, wil make this} : wp |project a_ self-supporting one,| under city council's control. "ag evidenced be ether' welll FOR ALL RESIDENTS |managed community centres," «My. Kelly was emphatic that'said Mr. Kelly. Group Organizing A group of honie owners in the Glen Stewart subdivision learned how to form a_Rate- payers' Association, Tuesday night. see an article printed that urg-| John DeHart, president of| ed a clean-up campaign for Osh- the Lake Vista Ratepayers'|awa," concluded Mr. DeHart. | Association, told the embryo) The Glen Stewart area is east| association of the benefits of) of Stevenson's road and west of| such an organization. Waverley road. Its northern) are) ation. "'They back up other associations, but I have yet to "I am convinced that if wejand southern boundaries hadn't formed a. ratepayers'|King street west and Perry association when we did, Lake crescent. | Vista would have become: slums EPR | in a couple of years," he said. |SEEK IMPROVEMENTS The association is seeking the PROGRESS CITED following improvements: Aj He briefly outlingd "the pro-jfence along Warne Creek to} gress Lake Vista has made|prevent small children from since the formation of its asso-|falling in and drowning. A| "What about a swimming pool] Another unique plan is to oper- ate the auditorium 24 hours a day during the winter. 5 Theme Of Talk | A large attendance was pres- ent at the monthly meeting of So- |eiety Monday evening in E. A. | Lovell School, when Mrs, J. H. | Baillie, of Toronto, spoke on the the Oshawa Horticultural "This centre is being built for|care of roses, the Oshawa Generals, a junior|the use of the citizens," said) Mr. Kelly, "and we hope that expositions, public events." He stressed that about a thou- sand children were turned away from the Children's r because there wasn't suf- e : se idea | (ficient ice time to accommodate An indoor pool is included in| thom. arena then?" He added that the auditorium| 4wANY PHASE OPERATION will be suitable for other sports} "Because," he said, "we need| skating, |,500 to 3,500 seats to satisfy the desire of those who wish watch in comfort, who wish to encourage conventions to city, listen to concerts, attend jindustrial exhibitions or congre- ovided at the| sate to honor such people as| our World figure 'skating cham- pion Donald Jackson." He added that although the Children's Arena seats 800 peo- thousand people jammed every is plan-/nook and cranny in the arena to ned for this centre, which the|watch an exhibition game _be-| To Present tween the Oshawa Generals and the Juvenile All-Stars. Why only 3,500 seats? "The committee feels,' said, "that sports habits changing with the advent he are of television which allows us to, New Ratepayers "ur "m= : arenas, | capacity crowds are the excep- armchair." He said in most tion, rather than the rule, and in some centres like Kitchener, | with | it is rarely even half full and He' said The Oshawa Timesjhas become a "white elephant" could do more to help the situ-| attendance-wise. a 7,000 seating capacity In conclusion, Mr. Kelly said that the general reaction among those he has spoken to is '"Let's |get on with the job", Ajax Fisherman Wins Derby Prize Robert Jamieson, of who caught a nine-pound ounce fish in the second annual pickerel derby sponsored by the Prince Edward Chamber of Commerce at Picton last week- end, won the fifth place prize Ajax, our jin | one-| riods of music. In this secular }concert they will sing ciation, demonstrating some im-|crossing guard at Stevenson|He was awarded a rod. _reel provements through before andiroad and King street for chil-)and other items fishing after photographs, |dren attending Westmount Pub-| equipment. "At one time you couldn't/lic School. Removal of puddles sell a home, there," said Mr.jand bad roads and DeHart, "now real estate is! problem which is excess Picking up." ing the summer months along weighing 10 pounds, Lake Vista Ratepayers began|with the backing up of sewers! w with 15 members, he stated.|and flooding of basements. Now it boasts of a total mem-| A deserted house on Mont-: of a weed|was Donald Sutherland, five ounces hile fishing in..Hay Bay. He won a boat, motor and trailer. Other winners from the Osh- The winner of the first prize I of ive dur-| Kingston, who boated a pickerel] jiang will bership of. approximately 300:calm avenue and_ Stevenson p PI t awa area included N. M. Baker Mrs. Baillie has grown roses for many years and has done 4 considerable everyday experi- jlimit by them for such things as/menting for herself and as a manufacturing dis-/resylt has gathered a great deal plays, fairs, circuses and other)of practical knowledge which |she has found very profitable in her own garden. Planting precautions, pruning, 1 ) Arena last| fertilizers, and sprays were dis-|held with Mrs. Richard Branton cussed by the speaker. Lloyd Johnston thanked the speaker on behalf of the large|John Kompel. "Why not build another small/8athering for a very interesting) rf jand informative evening. | PLAN TULIP SHOW President William Frost re- minded the group of the- forth- coming tulip show which will be p theld Saturday, May 25, in the auditorium of E. A. Lovell School. With the interest of the group the Spring Flower Show, which is sponsored by the To- ronto Garden Club, and which is being held in the O'Keefe Cen- jtre, it was decided that a bus : jbe chartered for Monday, May s a 20-acre parcel of land lo-|Ple, it wasn't designed for spec-|27, to 6.45 p.m. Tickets can be| east side of Thorn-|tator sports. This was borne out/arranged for from the secre- just south of King last season when more than a tary. Concert At College Coming to Oshawa for a per- sonal appearance will be the Aeolians from Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, Mas. sachusetts. The Aeolians, a Select group of 29 voices, wi!! appear in a secular concert at the Oshawa Missionary College Auditorium Saturday, May 11, at 9 p.m. Norman J. Roy, vocal direc- tor for the music department of | Atlantic Union College, is the conductor of this organization Accompanist is Linda Couden, freshman music major. The concert will numbers from the various pe- a group of madrigals, a group. of Brahms folk songs, as well as contemporary works from pres- jent-day composers. Of special interest will be a musical setting of Whittier's poem, "Barbara Fritchie,'"' for voices, piano duo, and drum The male voices of the Ae sing the humorous "Drill, Ye Tarriers Drill' and the ladies will be heard with the intriguing "S hadow March." s. a- include | ~ A, bus trip to view the beauti- ful James Gardens in Toronto has been arranged for Saturday afternoon, June 1. Entries for the garden com- petition are being received and those wishing to enter their gar- den or a flower box can contact the secretary. The winners in the Spring) Flower Show were announced! by Miss Evelyn Bennett and R,| J. H. Branton, chairman of the} | show, thanked the competitors} for a very interesting show. | A successful plant sale was in charge. Door prizes were won by Mrs.| JUDGING RESULTS Following are the results of the judging of the Spring Flower} Show: | Three Daffodils, Yellow Trum-} et Style -- Miss Alice Dodd, Mrs. Murray McLaren and Miss Ethel Dodd. Three Daffodils, Trumpet Style, Any Other Color -- Miss Ethel Dodd and Mrs. Murray McLaren. Three Narcissus with trumpet} }one-third-or more the length of| | the perianth -- Miss Ethel Dodd| and Mrs. Murray McLaren. Three Narcissus with trumpet |less than one-third the length of the perianth -- Miss Ethel Dodd, Robert Ward and Mrs. Murray McLaren. Vase of Daffodils or Narcis- jsus, any variety -- Miss Ethel] |Dodd and Robert Ward. | "A Touch of Genius'? -- your} own idea -- Miss Emily Macchi, |Mrs, Aylmer Tapping and Mrs. Michael Gilmore. | "Still Waters", an arrange- ment of spring flowers in al shallow container -- Mrs. Les Guy, Mrs. Charles Silver, Miss Emily Macchi and Robert Ward. Modernistic Arrangement of spring flowers -- Mrs. Earle Sandford, Mrs. Charles Silver and Mrs, Michael Gilmore. Breakfast Table Arrangement of Spring Flowers Mrs. Michael Gilmore, Mrs. Earle | Sandford and: Robert Ward. | Coffee Table Design of Spring Flowers -- Mrs. Michael Gil- more, Mrs. Earle Sandford and Mrs. Charles Silver. Three House Plants, all d ferent .variety -- Mrs, Mu McLaren, Mrs. Charles Si and Mrs. Aylmer Tapping. if- | Rail Removal Ceremony Biggest Ever | Celebrations marking the re- moval of the King street tracks} | will be the largest Oshawa has! ever had, predicts Charles fiwas going to kill the owner of .|Police said today. | home. | ing Charge Man In Gun Case She Oshawa Fines PICKERING (Staff) -- A man with a shotgun walked into a Squires Beach house Tuesday and told a carpenter that he the house. Pickering Township _ The carpenter, Ted Anting of Pickering, told police that a man carrying a shotgun walk- ed into the kitchen and sa' for nearly an hour waiting for the owner, E. J. Staley, to come Anting stated that the man said several times that he was going to kill Staley. ' The gunman went outside once and fired a shot into the air to prove he was serious, Anting said. When Staley did not return home, the gunman left, Anting told police. Joseph Patterson, 73, of Squires Beach, has been charg- ed with possession of an offen- sive weapon and threatening. Two Collisions Probed By Police Two car colisions in Oshawa Tuesday resulted in a total of $450 damage. There were no personal injuries. Two cars collided on »King street west. Drivers involved were Oscar Andre Matteau, 44, of 1060 Mohawk street and John Hrico, 29, of 244 Central Park boulevard scush. Total damage in this accident was $200. Another two-car colision oc- curred at Emma and Albert SECOND SECTION WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1963 PAGE THIRTEEN The highlight of the Tues- day meeting of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club was the pres- entation by the Get-Together Club of a cheque for. $300 toward the Ontario County Cancer Society fund raising appeal. Gene Clark, president and Douglas Lloyd, vice-pres- ident, are seen making the GET TOGETHER CLUB AIDS CANCER BLITZ presentation to H. R. Mann- ing, chairman-of the Kiwanis Club cancer drive committee. The fund now stands at over $12,500.--Oshawa Times Photo streets. Involved were Michael Crystal, 47, of 602 Dean avenue, and George Dragomatz, 72, of 775 Albert street. Damage in this accident was estimated at $250. RECEIVES DEGREE Robert Roxburgh, son of Mr. and Mrs, Alex Roxburgh, Lowell avenue, Oshawa, who received his bachelor's degree in theology at the graduation exercises of the Central Bap- tist Seminary, Toronto, last Saturday. Since his arrival fronr England in 1956, Mr. Roxburgh has served several churches in the Oshawa area and is now pastor of the Pickering Beach Community Baptist Church. Last year he studied at Wheaton College, Illinois, where he and _his wife, Brenda, will be return- for further study. Mr. Roxburgh has been called to Track Removal Day at which transport cars wil be on view Railway freight equipment of interest to General Motors em ployees and residents wil be on display here May 11, during Transportation Past, Present and Future, will be featured Canadian National officials said four different types of auto to the public: the automobile transporter, the tri-level car, the Evans auto-loader and a gon- dola car. The display will be in the CNR yards south of Bruce street. Each has individual character- istics applicable to the move- ment of automobiles to their markets. TRI-LEVEL CARS For example, the tri-level car} GM Duplicate ; Bridge Scores | Following are the winners and| May 2 by the members of the General Motors Duplicate Bridge Club. North-South -- .J Healey and B. Jones, 94; R. Normoyle and Mr. Neil, 84; Mrs. S"Sheridan and J. Patterson, 82%; Mr. and Mrs. W. Baker, 82; Mrs. M. transport field. It's capacity of carries up to eight autos. De- is a new innovation to the auto- 12 to 15 cars and ease of hand- ling is proving the tri-level a popular member of the freight family. This uint is basically used for long haul service. The auto-transporter is exclu- sive to Canadian National and signed by CN and used only in Canada, it features double decks and is completely enclosed pro- viding ample protection to cargo from the elements. Loading and unloading is accomplished Railway Will Display Freight Equipment or parts. The fifty-two and a half foot car features easy over- head loading and unloading of crates. With low sides and drop ends, 70 tons of cargo can be carried by this unit. Canadian National freight "rolling stock', or equipment, will be painted in matt black with white lettering for the tri- level and earth red for the auto- transporter. The new "'CN"' dee sign, a concept adopted in 1961, symbolizes the "free flow of men, material and ideas". through "open end" facilities, and a string of autos can be moved into the car from one ramp, A type of automobile tees porter still popular is the Evans auto-loader. With the Evans car, cargo is loaded! end. This provides a_ suitable base for heavy vehicles such as trucks; other carriers use racks and support their cargo| parallel to the deck. The Evans| vehicles. GONDOLA CAR: On display too, will be a standard CN gondola car used for the transport of crated cars Clark and J. Miller, 81. the ministry of First Baptist Church, Carol Stream, _Illi- nois, and will assume his duties in June. East-West -- Mrs. C. Baxter and Mrs. Wilson, 964%; Mr. Broersma and Mr. Dolstra, 79%; Mr. B. Sleep and J. Drummond, 77%; M. Moffat and R. Niglis, 754%; Mrs. Lapp and Mrs. Love, 7414. | The next bridge night will be held Thursday, May 9, at the Oshawa Tennis Club. Mrs. M. Best Graduate ot this World, president of the Oshawa several | Chamber of Commerce nian,| Saturday, May 11, will be a Additional features program will include male quartet numbers, members. When the associa-|road is also causing consterna- tion starts its membership drive|tion among residents. Appar- in June, Mr.- DeHart predicts;ently, the "house has been va- and C, A. Stapleton, of Oshawa Seven -hundred and fifty ang- In Broadcasting Cameron J. Finley, of Osh- Clark will conduct a forum, as CITY OF OSHAWA TRAFFIC TALLY Monday, May 6 Accidents to date .... 296 Personal injuries to date 75 Fatalities to date ...... 1 Accidents Monday .... nil usual, from 7.15 to 7.30 p.m. May 20 Is Victoria Day Oshawa workers are antici-+ from side doors and anchored|pating annual vacation and as jat an angle to the floor at each] well -- looking forward to four long summer holiday weekends, the first of which is in two weeks. Victoria Day will be celebrat- high scores of the games played| auto-loader usually carries four| ©4 this year on Monday, May 20, ushering in the first of the warm weather three-day holi- days. July 1, Dominion Day, falls this year on the first Monday of the month. Civic Holiday, Monday, August 5, is termed |mid-summer weekend. Labor | Day falls on Monday, September 1, winding up the ever-popular warm weather weekends. Thanksgiving, which tradi- tionally is celebrated by Cana- dians the second Monday in Oc- tober, falls this year on Monday, Oct. 14, And from then until the Chrisi- mas and New Year festivities and holidays is a long wait of over two months. lers took part in the derby.| |\day to remember through the|4Wa, is the 1963 winner of the solos by Margaret al membership will expand to cant for four years and is -in--They came from as far wes over 500. "s fested with -vermin, a group "We are the Ratepay-. spokesman said. ers' Association in Oshawa to Seventeen members turned receive a charter and hold a up at the home of Mrs, George civic election,' he informed: the Larocque, 575 Montealm ave group. ee nue west, to attend this first "But," he added, "'it takes a meeting. lot of hard work." The Glen Stewart Ratepayers The president of Lake Vista will hold a general meeting, Ratepayers' Association, de- Sunday at 8.30 p.m. in the Osh- clared the city is in a deplor- awa Shopping Centre Mall res- able state. "How can we expect taurant to appoint an executive. to bring industry here?" he Mr, DeHart will chair this meet- asked. ing. first neers commnnnty as Michigan, south to Pennsyl- vania and north to Ottawa. AMERICAN KILLED SAIGON (AP)--A-U.S. Army sergeant was killed by Commu- nist guerrilla sniper fire in the _ northernmost part'of South Viet Nam, Monday, a_ military spokesman announced today, He was the 74th American to die since the American buildup be- gan in December, 1961. sophomore music major, and vocal solos by members.of the Aeolians. This program is open to the public, and all are cordially in- vited to this enjoyable hour of varied music HAVE MANY PETS There are an estimated 000,000 dogs and cats in United States--about one for every 3.7 humans, 50,- efforts of the Oshawa Kinsmen|Harry Sedgwick Memorial Club, the Oshawa and District Labor Council, the Downtown} Businessmen's Association, the} |Jayeees, Canadian National Railways, City Council, and the Oshawa Flying Club. These | groups have worked close'y 'v'th ithe Oshawa Chamber of Com- 'merce in the past few weeks The downtown area will be the|given a complete face lifting by proficiency in announcing dur- pet|the Oshawa Downtown Business-|!98 his second year, He has had {men's Association. Streets and| stores wil be decorated with} signs, colored pennants, flags and potted plants. A full-scale parade, will travel east along King which," Kine St, LOOKING West, OSHAWA. * street from the Oshawa Shop-| 'ping Centre, has been organiz-| sed by the Jaycees. The parade! KING STREET WEST 'AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY e street, at 4.45 p.m. | drum majorettes, : Charles is scheduled to- leave the shop-) ping centre at 4 p:m. and arrive at a point just east of Mary Included wil be about 30 floats, nine marching bands, 100 antique and latest-model cars, and a railway hand-car pumped by Mayor J.v- council f ; ford, Michael Starr MP,'/Cross Society, Dr. Delarue said man Gif i Thomas, MLA and| World, president of} the Chamber of Commerce. Actual track-cutting ceremon- fes wil take place on Mar yidisease e Street between King and Athol directly Streets, at 5 p.m * the tracks wil be removed, end-| * ing the use of the tracks for all _ time ; jlarue said Tuesday the diseases with causes related to smoking. A section of|s Award, presented each year at The Canadian Association of Broadcasters annual meeting to the best Ryerson Institute grad- uating student in the broadcast- ing section. A student, who attended the Royal Military College in King- ston, before coming to Ryerson, Cameron won a scholarship for summer employment with CKLY in Lindsay and will be- come a CKLY Staffer after his May exams, Smoking Themed Greatest Plague' VANCOUVER (CP) Tor- onto Surgeon Dr. Norman De- related to smoking form one of the greatest plagues of man- kind. Here to attend the central of the Canadian Red in' an interview that lung can- cer is but one of three diseases "Emphysema, a_ respiratory of older people, is related to cigarette and kills far more than lung cancer," he smoking peonle said, The Canadian National Rail- ways will organize a display of modern railway equipment Passenger coaches at the CNR} yard directly south of Bruce street Another highlight of the May 11 activities wil be a steam locomotive excursion from Osh- awa to Cobourg and_ back Sponsored by the Kinsmen Club of Oshawa, tickets for the and ride| * are now on sale ona "'first come first served" basis at the CNR} ticket office, 3 King street west.| _ CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to ine following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their birthdays today: Barbara Ripley, 624 Gib- bons street and Carol Regim- bal, 234 Roxborough street. Phone 723-3474, ian Dnopro Hall. Miss Ok- sana Lukasewycz, seated, was crowned as the Ukrainian Film Club queen by Michael Starr, MP, and received a bouquet of flowers from Mrs. _ Starr. Standing, from left, are Tessie A UKRAINIAN FILM CLUB HOLDS POPULARITY CONTEST ee Senyk, first princess; Myro- slava Sokolka, third princess" and Elaine Trofymowycz, second princess. --Photo by Mary's Studio PY

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