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Oshawa Times (1958-), 14 Sep 1963, p. 9

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Victoria Team At Many Events game. Attending were members and executives of both club: city officials, executives of th Canadian Lacrosse Association and repesentatives of the' press!' and radio. Wood's Transport was host at a Tuesday dinner at the Osh- awa Golf and Country Club. On Wednesday the visitors were taken on a tour, arranged by the Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce and Oshawa Industrial Commission, of the Canadian Auto Museum, Parkwood and Oshawa, Wednesday afternoon both teams were guests of General Motors of Canada, Limited, at Hotel Genosha. Don Sandford, a member of the GM public relations staff, welcomed the Victoria team, He voiced regret it was not possible to arrange a tour of the company plant. On their arrival members of the visiting teams expressed a desire to see Niagara Falls. This wish came true Thursday when the Oshawa Junior Cham- ber of Commerce arranged a Victoria Shamrocks, westem junior champons, now engaged in the Minto Cup final being played at the Whitby Arena, are not fyairing too well against Oshawa's Green Gaels. The Oshawa team holds a one-game lead in the best-of-seven ser- ies.. However, the members of the. team have been loud in their praise of the hospitality e-tended to them. After their arrival on Mon- day, when they were met by city officials and members of the Green Gaels' executive, they were entertained at Hotel Genosha by the Green Gaels' executive following the first Plans For Big Parade AN 1898 REDPATH-MES- SENGER is the latest vehicle to go on display at the Cana- dian Automotive Museum. Oldest Canadian Auto Presented To Museum What may be the oldest Cana- dian automobile has been pre- sented to the Canadian Auto- motive Museum in Oshawa. An 1898 Redpath-Messenger built by a pioneer in the auto- matove industry and an Oshawa businessman, the late Alfred Ro , was presented to the museum by his family Friday. vehicle was completely restored by Larry Steffen, 771 Mary street and Ray Lunn, 170 Bedford avenue. Mr. Steffen is married to a granddaughter of Mr. Robinson. ASSEMBLED IN KITCHENER The car has a Redpath chas- sis and running gear assembled in the Kitchener-Guelph district in 1898. The wooden body was made at the Duke street, To- ronto factory operated by Alfred Robinson Following a fire in the To- ronto plant around the turn of the century Mr. Robinson estab- Presented by the family of the late Alfred Robinson the car is shown with two men who restored it to first-class Mr, Steffen said that there were only three Redpath-Mes- sengers built of which the Rob- inson vehicle is the sole sur- vivor. He described the car as a "pile of junk" when it came into his hands and said that the restoration of rotted wood, de- cayed leather and the rusted chassis took a great deal of time and money. : "This is one of the original Canadian content cars," Mr. Steffen pointed out as he de- scribed the technical aspects of the vehicle. The one-cylinder engine, four- cycle engine, has a water cooled block and other parts of the en- ine are air cooled. The bore is four and a half and the stroke is four and a quarter, there is an updraught carburetor. Mr. Steffen explained that water and gas are gravity fed to the engine as both tanks are berieath the driver's seat. He described the two seater as a condition, Larry Steffen (left) and Ray Lunn,, both of Osh- awa. --Oshawa Times Photo by a rod ran from the brake pedal to the differential housing with the leather hand brake band located in the rear end assembly which runs in oil. A well known tire manufac- turer in Akron, Ohio, unearthed tire moulds which were last used in 1906 specially at Mr. Steffen's request. Custom-made 28 by 3 tires were then produced for the wooden spoked wheels. | The lighting methods hark back to the really early days of motoring, shining brass kero- sene lamps. A "Hotshot Bat- tery' powers the ignition sys- tem which goes to a buzzer coil and spark control. BRASS FITTINGS ) | The six horse power automo-| bile glitters with brass fittings, hub caps, inside steering wheel, handles and many motor parts. The black painted chassis car- ries the maroon colored body with yellow wheels and axles, there is also black leather up- g lservice, would be a_ worthy Complete The stage is set for the third annual Canadian Corps Ass0- ciation parade and drumhead service, sponsored by Unit 42 of the association, The event, next Saturday, promises to be the biggest and best to date. Already more than 1000 men and women veterans of two world war's and the Korean conflict, augmented by c2det corps of all three service's com- plete with bands and color par- ties, are scheduled to appear in this colorful event Three year's ago an idea was conceived that, by reason of the fact that Oshawa was composed in a great many respects of a large transient population, cou- pled with the additional fact that men of this city and area have served in naval, army and air force units, that are spread completely across the country that to make available a ser- vice that ex-service men and women could attend, who were not able to attend their own or- anization's annual reunion and project that would fulfill a very ------ need in our commun- ity. It is the aim and ultimate ob- jective of the Oshawa unit to honor each year a_ different unit or branch of the armed forces, and to bring to Osh- awa a worthy representative of each respective group. Because of the fact that a large portion of the Oshawa unit's members were formerly bus tour. At noon today the City of Osh- awa tendered a civic luncheon to both clubs, This evening the clubs will be guests at the Get- Together Club dance at OCVI. Arrangements for the Victoria Club to attend the Sunday af- ternoon rugby game between Hamilton Tiger Cats and To- ronto Argonauts at CNE Sta- dium are being negotiated. Monday might both teams' will be entertained by the Oshawa Junior Chamber of Commerce at a corn roast in Lakeview Park. Tuesday night the Vic- toria team will be guests at the game between Toronto Maple Leafs and Rochester at Peter- borough. Four Injured In Accident Four men were taken to Osh- awa General Hospital by Civic Ambulance, Friday night, after a one-car accident on King street east near the Townline road. Treated and later released from hospital were: James Bur- gess, 21, 526 Lorraine street, who suffered face and leg abra- sions; Ken Gainer, 18, 29 Brock street east, who suffered an in- jured left wrist; Gerald Thorn- ton, 36, 1452 Oxford street, who suffered face lacerations, and DONALD C. MACDONALD, leader of the New Democratic Party in the Ontario Legisla- ture, delivered a fighting ad- dress at the rally held Friday Dr. Vipond To Address Club The Canadian Club of On- tario County will hold its fifst meeting of the fall and winter season, Thursday, Sept. 26, in Hotel Genosha. Dr. Claude Vi- pond, BA, CM, FRCS (Edin. burgh), will be the speaker. Dr. Vipond, who is a past president of the club and a long time resident of this area, is well known as a dynamic speak- er in the medical and political field. He has just returned from Malaya after two years as a member of a Canadian Surgical team working under the spon- sorship of the Colombo plan. His subject, South East Asia, Its people, problems and Poli- tics should be of considerable interest. precious than people as far as the province's Tory administra- tion is concerned, charged On- tario New Democratic Party Leader, Donald C. MacDonald, in Oshawa Friday night. enjoy a comfortable environ- ment", Lands and Forests is far ahead of the labor department which has "'around 100" ments, Mr. MacDonald ripped night, in the Central Collegi- ate Institute auditorium, in the interests of T. D. Thomas, NDP candidate in Oshawa Construction Safety Policy Is Attacked Animals and fish are more With 222 conservation officers 'to make sure fish and game of the Department persons to protect 6,000,000 human lives. In a devastating comparison of the two provincial depart- the labor department apart in Riding. Seen with their lead- er, from left, are Harry Ash- ton, candidate in Durham Riding, Thomas and Mr. Tho- tory inspections across the prov- ince." Other department compari- sons in the stinging attack: the government employs twice as many game wardens to protect wildlife as it does inspectors to protect human lives. The Labor Department feels it has done "al} that is humanly possible" to safeguard workers from the new hazards of atomic radiation by giving seven in- spectors 17 hours of lectures on how atomic energy is supposed to work, "BARE COSTS" --Lands and Forests depart- ment estimates the "bare costs" mas Edwards, candidate in Ontario Riding. A crowd of 120 attended the rally. a Oshawa Times Phote. its ta im katchewan and Manitoba, have made safety a joint responsibil- ity but Ontario lets management hire men who have no power te enforce rulings and who claim that education, not enforcement, is the answer to immigrants plunging to death from ry scaffolds, being buried alive tunnels, being electrocuted 'or being killed by slabs of cén- crete, accused Mr. MacDonald. Switching his attack to the Tory and Liberal parties cifically, Mr, MacDona charged the government with a record of scandal worthy 'Of their b eing thrown out. : As is the practice of the Ca- dian Club, the first meeting of the year will be open to the public. Dinner will be at 6.30 p.m, The speaker will start his address at 7.30 p.m. Failed To Remit Is Fined $200 Zack Baumgartner, 377 Col- borne street east, Oshawa, pleaded guilty at Oshawa Magis- a 45-minute speech in Central Collegiate Institute auditorium|of animals and fish 1 of protecting Friday night before 120 of the|at $1,230,000. The Labor De; party faithful. aes says i spends $25,000 on He spoke in support of T. D. oink iat Kl ype sony branch, hi which inclu (labor) safety as G Ode of ita finctions. ty @S/ Malton hotel. "He changes pol- Beda al Thomas, one of four party colleagues in the Ontario i "The factory inspection|*? wien & new political wind ig." se lished his ------ - a A cabinet maker and automobile pag Hom grt he ran his business TWO-SPEED TRANSMISSION - Auto cag the} "The = car has Be prepara where the now|transmission forward - ani fend. 'on reverse," he continued, "with Mr. Robinson kept the car in|top speeds ranging between ten his ion and would not sell| and twelve miles per hour." or of it in spite of many|Mr. Steffen said that many offers. After his death in 1962|things about the car run con- it was entrusted to Mr. Steffen|trary to modern methods. He for restoration: cited the braking system where- "love seat", associated with the famous Hastings - Prince Edward Regt., it was considered an ap- propriate gesture to bring one of their most distinguished sol- diers, a man who served some 32 years with this same regi- ment. Lt..Col. Angus B. Duffy: The legend of this man is best and simply expressed in the words of one of his former com- rade's who writes the follow- ing, 'We loved him a little, we hated him a little, we even feared him a little. but we re- spected him a lot." holstery. Mr. Steffen underlined the work involved to restore the "load of junk" when he said that the car body was stripped to each nut and bolt before sandblasting, polishing and re- painting. The vehicle is now on show in the museum in memory of its builder, Alfred Robinson. Herbert Oley, 21, 846 Sylvia street, who suffered a_ slight concussion. Oshawa Police report that Burgess was driving the west- bound car when it left the road, struck a driveway culvert, bounced to the next driveway and hit the ground nose first on the lawn at 1314 King street east. Damage to the car was est- mated at $550 and to the cul- verts and lawn, $150. house, Thomas J. Edwards, and Harry Ashton, party candidates|branch of the department has thin in Ontario and Durham Ridings|67 inspectors to examine 56,000 respectively, spoke briefly. pea pny sn "Ts it any won- ler that thousands of immigrant SLASHING ATTACK | . | women working in crowded lofts Mr. MacDonald continued his|and old warehouses in Toronto ores. rea e on a nee have never seen or even heard and buggy" labor department:| of s " he: gevedine i of a safety inspector?" asked Issues we "'shouldn't lose si; of" Mr. MacDonald listed as the minimum wage; 2) medi ons. aa Minimum wage -- care; 3) portable pensi ont » $1.25 is the minimum a pens Be ae Friendship Day Big Rotary Event More than 300 Rotarians, re- presenting the 48 clubs in Dis- trict 707, are erpected i Osh- awa nert Monday to take part in the Friendship Day program sponsored by the Rotary Club of Oshawa. During the day the visitors will play golf at the Oshawa Golf Club, bowl at the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club, take part in conducted tours, attend a re- ception at Parkwood late in he afternoon and a dinner at Hotel Genosha in the evyening. ANNUAL EVENT hip Day has been held a for more than 10 years by Oshawa Club with the idea of promoting friendship and good fellowship among the hundreds of Rotarians in the district extending from Guelph to Picton and from Bradford to Lake Ontaro. The popularity of the day is evidenced by the fact that many Rotarians. as well as past district governors return each year to take part in the program. Play will commence at the 'Oshawa Golf Club at 8 a.m, and continue late into the afternoon. The E. G. Storie Trophy will be j\lawn bowling club players will engage in a doubles tournament for the Thomas Dobbie Trophy. Regisraton badges will ad- mit Rotarans to the Regent Theatre during the afternoon; while conducted tours will be javailable for those wishing to |visit the Simcoe Hall Boys' [presented the club whose team!' jhas the best score. At the), JOHN G. HALL Also appearing in Ochawa wi"! be the fine drum and trumpet band of the Hasting - Pruice| Edward Regt., which will be! taking part in the annual Tour-| nament of Roses parade Pasadena, Californie year; last year's prize winning Cobourg Drum Corps. Ma.., other outstanding brass and| pipe bands will also be in at-| tendance. It is the sincere hope of the executive and members of the Oshawa unit of the Canadian Corps Association that the citi- zen's of our community will be- come accustomed to looking for- ward to this event each year. STUDENT AT WHEATON | Robert Roxburgh, 447 Miller! avenue, Oshawa, is enrolied as Will Address a transfer student at Wheaton College in Illinois for the 1963- 64 school year. He previously attended Central Baptist Semi- nary in Kansas City, Missouri. |Having previously attended Clock Theft Is Admitted Police went to a house in Church street, Oshawa, after a complaint was made that a man was lying asleep on a chesterfield in a bedroom. He was awakened and after being searched, an alarm clock was found in a pocket of his coat. This was stated at Oshawa Magistrate's Court Friday when John Edward Forman, 174 Church street, pleaded guilty to stealing a clock and to be- ing in an intoxicated condition in a public place, He was fined $10 and costs or 10 days in jail on each offence Sergeant J. Jenkins said he received a call to go to a house at 154 Church street at 11.35 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. For- man was lying asleep on a ches- terfield, When he was awakened and asked what he was doing there, Forman said he lived at trate's Court Friday to failing ployees in November. two weeks to pay. to remit to the Department of Inland Revenue tax of $96.64 witheld from employees in Oc- tober, 1962, and failing to remit tax of $99.71 witheld from em- Magistrate F. S. Ebbs said he would impose the minimum fine of $200 and costs or one month in jail. He allowed Baumgartner CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their birthdays this weekend: Those who celebrate to- day are: Linda Sweet, 208 Centre street, Oshawa; John Megarry, 720 Phillip Murray Avenue. spending $78,000 on warble fly control and only $108,000 on construction safety, he said. "The government spends $520,000 for brucellosis control to protect cows' udders -- ad- mittedly of importance for a pure milk supply -- but it is spending only $481,000 for fac- Dies Of Lockjaw After Horse Kick LONDON, Ont, (CP) Gjerzit Everet Krygsman, 16-year-old youth of RR 2, Norwich, Ont., died of lockjaw in hospital here Friday, 19 days after he was stepped on by a horse. The youth fell m a horse Aug. 25, but did ndt appear se- riously hurt at the time. His condition became worse and he was brought to hospital here Sept. 3, when his condition was diagnosed as lockjaw. GETS MORE EGGS Mr. MacDonald. "Not a thing has been done to give the northern Ontario work- er a safety code to protect him in the most hazardous of indus- tries -- the woods and sawmill operations," accused the NDP leader. "Regulations (to aid the work- ers) are now gathering dust on the labor minister's desk," he charged. REGULATIONS IGNORED Silicosis regulations to protect 12,000 foundry workers in On- tario were "ignored and dis- tributed only as a guide because foundries complained imple- menting the rules would cost too much money". The four western provinces, British Columbia, Alberta, Sas- can get along on. Paying == woman 85 cents, and this in the Hamilton - Oshawa arem is a violation of one of the proys ince's own laws." io Medicare -- "The go ment's plan: got only two ings, then it was sent off to committee. But the committees was not established until an election was called. A which was clearly one of op tion is now one of delaying." Portable pensions -- "'It lie that these pensions are all people. Only 5,000 out of estimated 150,000 workers in building trades will benefit, The rest work less than six m a year and will have no pension plan. If you work for an ployer who has less than 15 ployees, there will be no p! Panel To Discuss * ». | Wheatton, he participated in var \sity soccer as well as working with a gospel team under the 174 Church street, three houses furthr north, Forman said he had a room Celebrating on Sunday is Mrs. Rose McKnight, 685 Emerson Avenue. SICA Group Adoption Work : jClub, Coulter Manufacturing |Co, Ltd, and the Canadian Au- Be ee ee men report their hens lay more No Let-Up In Liberal Campaign Frances .Jones, Liberal can- didate in Oshawa Riding, main- tains the more-than-busy sched- ale known to all political candi- dates and their workers, The first two or three days of the campaign saw Mrs. Jones working with the executive and various committees to decide on the best way to use the short time allotted by Mr. Robarts before élection day. Since then, it has been a non-stop program of. canvassing, coffee parties, meetings, and the occasional :meal -- usually using this short sit-down period to discuss the next items on the agenda with one or more of her supporters. Wednesday evening was spent } on a door-to-door canvas. Thursday was spent on a car "canvascade" throughout Ajax. In the evening the Ajax Com- mittee Rooms were officially opened. More canvascades took piace Friday with the result that several hundred people were able to meet their Liebral can- didate, ask her questions, and, in many cases, offer their sup-| Po tomotive Museum. [RECEPTION AT PARKWOOD Honore.y "olonel R. S. Mc- |Laughlin will be host at a re- ception at Parkwood at 5 p.m. This is always one of the high- llights of the day as the visit- ors take a keen delight in tour- jing the flower and vegetable |gardens with their profusion of flowers and vegetables. During the dinner at Hotel Genosha, trophies and prizes won in.the golf and bowling competitions will be presented. fine program of entertain- ment has been arranged. Guests at the head table will include the presidents of the visiting clubs as well as club and dis- trict Rotary officials. Murray Macleod, president of the Oshawa club, will preside at the dinner. Arrangements for Frendship Day are under the directon of C. W. "Bill" Min- ett and W. L. "Wally" Wilson. } John G. Hall, B Comm., RIA, works manager, Du Pont of Canada Ltd., Ajax, will address the Oshawa District Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Cost Accountants Thursday, Sept. 19, at Hotel Genosha at p.m. Mr. Hall's subject will be countants"', a subject which will |be of particular interest to stu- |dents and prospective students 0 |trial Accountant) courses. Mr. Hall graduated from Queen's University in 1946 with) a bachelor of commerce degree.| He joined what is now Du Pont of Canada, serving in a number of accounting and industrial en- gineefing positions at various Du Pont plants before being ap- pointed department accountant at the Montreal Head+ Office in 1956. In 1960 he became sales manager, finishes products and was appointed to his present) position in 1962. | | Mr. Hall received his RIA cer- jtificate in 1950 and is now a DEADLINE FOR ELECTION ADVT. The Oshawa Times wishes to notify all those concerned with the various _ political parties, 'that all advertising must be submitted to the vance of publication date. member of the Ontario SICA Executive. He has also served as chairman of the national edu- cational committee of the so-| ciety and was a speaker at the| 1963 conference 'at Port Arthur, $375 DAMAGE | A rear-end collision on Mary} street north Friday resulted in| an estimated $375 damage to! vehicles involved Drivers were| javenue east and Donna, Gaill 'Elford, 61: Grenfell street. "The Future for Industrial Ac-| © f the RIA (Registered Indus-| | li direction of the college's Chris- tian Service Council. at 174 Church street and work- ed as a painter with his brother. eggs under the influence of mu- sic. '|banquet meeting, which will be OSHAWA SHRINE CLUB BOOSTS ARENA FUND Contributions to the Oshawa Civic .Auditorium Fund con- Newspaper 48 hours in ad- (Lila Maud Werry, 89 Adela de} tinue to roll in. Latest dona- tion to the fund was received Friday. Shown above is Miles Stoughton, president of the Oshawa Shrine Club, as he presented a $500 cheque to Ray Trew, representative - of the arena building committee. Looking on, from left, are Douglas Taylor, publicity chairman of the Oshawa Shrine Club; Cece Elliott, vice-president; Lioyd Corson, general chairman of the activ- ity committee and Jack Glover, past president. --Oshawa Times Photo jin Hotel Genosha starting at 6.30 p.m. The public is invited '\to attend. The two - year - old Catholic Luncheon Club of Oshawa, which has a membership of more than 50, will embark on a most ambitious program Sun- day, Sept. 22, with a banquet The theme of this special open to both men and women, will be "This is Adoption Year'. Several officials of the Catho- lic Children's Aid Society of To- ronto will participate in a panel discussion with Barnard Lewis, director of the Children's Aid Society for the County of On- tario and the City of Oshawa. The subject will be of special interest because of the recently launched campaign to increase the number of adoptions in Ca- tholic homes in Ontario. TO DELIVER PAPER : Ward Markle, chairman of Society of Metropolitan Toron- to, will be the pane] chairman. He will also give a_ three- minute talk on the urgent need for more Catholic homes in which adopted children can be placed. Mr, Markle will. intro- duce Rev. Peter McCabe, NSW director of Catholic Charities for the London Diocese, who will deliver a paper on nadop- tion motivation. The panel will be composed of Mrs. James Matthews, chair- man of the Toronto Archdio- {Association of Children's Ala Societies; Bernard Lewis, direc- tor of the Children's Aid So- ciety for the County of Ontario and the City of Oshawa; Mrs. Ward Markle, provincial chair- man of the adoption campaign, A slide presentation on the sub- ject of adoption, followed by"a question and answer period, will also feature the program. SEEK WIDE PARTICIPATION Gregory Kane, secretary sof the Catholic Luncheon C1] ib, today expressed the hope representatives of all interest ed groups will attend, epoca as the meeting will enable those attending to become better ac- quainted with the facts con- cerning Catholic adoptions. *** "Much confusion now exists concerning the rules and regu+ lations for adoptions', Mr. Kane said. 'Much can be done to clarify the situation at this meeting. Many not personally interested in adopticns could play an important role by help- ing to circulate correct informa- tion to those who are inte: ed in adoptions." . The Catholic Luncheon Club' has made great strides since its humble beginning and has: included among its speakers many of the top names in Can-* ada, These included Claude' Jodoin, president of the Cana- dian Labor Congress; William' Allen, chairman of the. Toronto. Metropolitan Council; Ar¢h- cesan adoption campaign; Mrs. W. H. Dymond, secretary of the bishop Pocock an many oth-- ers.

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