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Oshawa Times (1958-), 15 Oct 1963, p. 11

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Holiday Traffic Toll Surpasses 1960 Record By THE CANADIAN PRESS The accidental death toll across Canada reached an all- time high for Thanksgiving weekend, A survey by The Canadian Press reported 96 persons killed between 6 p.m. Friday and mid- night Monday local times, sur- passing by four the record set in 1960, Last year's total was 86. The all-time record for any weekend is 172 recorded on the Dominion Day holiday this year. The national totals for Thanksgiving were 60 highway deaths, 18 drownings, four by) fire, three hunting and Il through a variety of unclassified causes, Ontario led with 38 deaths, the highest in 10 year's for the prov- ince, Nineteen were in traffic, nine were drowned, three in industrial deaths, slayings or known suicides. The Ontario dead: MONDAY Fred Philip Marsonet, 38, Fort William, while hinting near Port Arthur. Pierre Billett, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rene Billett of Corn- |wall, drowned in Cornwall Ca- jnal. Wayne Rahn, 3, Pembroke, struck by a car on Highway 62. Donald Aird, 30, Mimico, of injuries suffered Sunday. when his car collided with a Toronto bus. Andrew Keeler, 38, Ottawa, crushed by a car he was work- ing on in a garage. Brian Wiggins, 17, North Bay, while hunting near North Bay. Marlin Steiner, 14, Stouff- ville, pinned under a tractor he was driving on father's farm. fires, three while hunting and four unclassified. TOLL 24 Quebec had 24, which in- cluded 16 traffic, four drown-| ings, one fire and three unclas-| sified. | Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia each reported seven. Manitoba had four traf- fic, one drowning and two un- classified; orn five traffic, one n, one unclassified; B.C. ties traffic, three drownings and one unclas- sified. Alberta had five, all traffic. Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick each had two deaths, all traffic. 'near Chatsworth. John Frederick Zimmerman, 38, Toronto, in an air crash SUNDAY Evert Jan Veldhuis, 26, Galt, when his truck was hit by CNR freight train at Galt. Lise Noe, 6, Ottawa, struck by a car neat her home. Gilles Lafrance, 13, Ottawa, of gunshot wounds _ suffered while target shooting Saturday. _ Harry. Vande' Hei, 17, Stoney Creek, Hit 'by a car near his home. Dionys Anzelt, 54, and his wife, Rita, 41, both of Los An- geles, when their car left High- way 3 and crashed into a ditch near Wheatley. Bertil Bergman, 60, Lowther, Newfoundland and the Yukon each had a traffic death. The survey does not include struck by a car near Lowther. Ernest Albert Lohse, 40, and |son, Robert, 5, St. James, Man., drowned in a boating accident near Kenora. SATURDAY Napoleon Lajeunesse, 54, son Arthur, 22, and Denise King, 21, all of Toronto, in a four - car crash near North Bay. Patrick Bradley, 81, and sons Desmond, 50, and Harold, 42, in a fire at their farm home near Pembroke. Brothers Victor Aubin, 18, and Raymond Aubin, 12, of Little Long Rapids, in a two- car crash near Haileybury. Cab driver Roy Fraser, 55, and passenger Mrs. Alice Scott, 73, both of Gravenhurst, in a car-truck crash near Brace- bridge. Peter Pantos, 29, Windsor, and John Kozma, 31, Maidstone, drowned on & fishing trip near Parry Sound. Roy Archer, 30, Minden, when his motorcyle was hit by a car near Minden. Kenneth G. Ashberry, 33, Toronto, overcome by carbon monoxide fumes at foot of 45- foot well near Brampton. Carl Lang, 68, Windsor, drowned after falling from a boat near Windsor. Alxander William Farrish, 13, Lucknow, when he lost con- trol of his brother's car near Goderich. David J. Carley, 72, Toronto, drowned near St, Catharines!" John Bottle; 27, and Archie Bingus, 25, both of Ignace, drowned when théir boat cap- sized near Ignace. FRIDAY Peter Manitobenis, 62, Nipi- gon, hit by a car near Nipigon. John Robert Hill, 26, Sudbury, when his car collided with a truck near Pembroke. Brookside Park Year Is Reviewed Robert Barr was elected pres- ident of the Brookside Park Association at a recent meeting in St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Other officers chosen were: Philip Lawrence, past presi- dent; William Hayball, first vice-president; William Coulby, second vice-president; Bransby Cook, treasurer; Don Howe and Large Group To Attend Convention A large number of the mem- bers of the Oshawa District In- surance Agents' Association will attend the 43rd annual meeting of the Ontario Insurance Agents' Association on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week at the Royal York Hotel. Among those attending will be Farold Roughley, president of the local association and Don- AWARDS FOR HOME BEAUTIFICATI -- TO PROMOTE ENTHUSI- ASM for the improvement of their propedties, the Lake Vista Ratepayers' Associa- tion during the summer held a contest for the beautification of homes and properties in the area. At left John De- % Hart, president of the asso- ciation, presents the _ first prize trophy to Mr, and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, 749 Stone street. In the centre picture Mrs. G. Eyman (centre), as- sociation treasurer, presents the third prize trophy to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kawzenuk, 311 Banff street. The picture at ON PRESENTED BY LAKE VISTA RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION right shows Terry O'Connor (right); association vice-presi- dent, presenting the second prize trophy to Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Carey, 1535 Lakemount. --Oshawa Times Photos. She Oshawa Gimes SECOND SECTION TU ESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1963 PAGE ELEVEN), Damage Is $1425 In 6 Accidents An estimated $1425. damage was caused in traffic accidents during the Thanksgiving week- end, Bryce Gormley, 14 months, suffered bruises and cuts Sat- trude Gormley of Manotick, his mother, Mrs. Ella Ger- trud3 Gormley of Manotick, Members of the Oshawa Coun- cil of the Knights of Columbus have completed plans for their annual Columbus Day Dinner which will be held in the K. of C. Hall, Bond street west, next Sat- urday night. Rev. Felix Kwiatkowski, for- mer pastor of St. Hedwig's par- ish, who is now director at the Queen of Apostles Retreat House, Port Credit, will be hon- ored during the gathering. Ont., drove into a ditch on Harmony road north. Bryce did not require treatment. Patrick Sears, 17, of 263 Haig street, was treated and released from the Oshawa General Hos- pital Monday for cuts to his head and hands after the car in which he was a passenger struck a tree at Drew and Bruce streets. The driver, Bruce Hill, 18, of 159 Olive avenue, was uninjured. Damage was estimated at $300 when Mrs. Ruth Nagy, 488 King street west, collided with a telephone pole at Park road and Gibb street Saturday. A two-car collision at McGib- bons and Marion streets Sunday caused an estimated $250 dam- age to each vehicle. The driv- ers were, Charles B. Fox of Toronto and George Thaczuk, 228 Kaiser crescent, A parked car owned by Don- ald A. E. Parks, 264 Golf street, and a car driven by Carol Ann Hughes, 235 Mitchell street, sus- tained a total of $200 damage in an accident in front of. the| Parks home Monday. | Later in the afternoon a parked car owned by Ellis Matyi, 1055 Ravine road, and a car driven by Ralph Jeffery, 267. Scugog street, sustained a total of $425 damage in an acci- dent on Thomas street TABLE TENNIS CLUB As part of its winter activi- ties the Oshawa Tennis Club is organizing a table tennis club. Held in high esteem by the |members of the Knights of {Columbus here. Father Kwiat- |kowski will be honored for his juntiring work at St. Hedwig's land for his personal generosity and counsel to members of the Knights, Among the _ distinguished guests' will be Vincent Kelly, Ontario State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus and James |Smythe, district deputy, as_ well jas provincial and federal ' digni- taries. Les chair Prazmowski will Knights Will 1 Honor Priest REV, FELIX KWIATKOWSKI | the dinner. A large attendance is anticipated. Area Highway Traffic Thousands of cars he 963. Tra'fic backed up from To- ronto to Port Hope early in the evening and continued bumper- to-bumper until 11 p.m, Holiday- crawled westward on Highway 401 Mon- day night marking the end of last holiday weekend of Toronto: women were injured in a four-car crash on Highway 401, two miles east of Bowman- ville. It is reported that the Bowmanville ambulance which took Mrs. Jean Miller and Mrs. Doris Kluke to hospital in To- ronto reached a point just west of Oshawa 90 minutes after leav- ing the accident scene. area, | Church Holds Rirport Safe 'Stolen Again | Oshawa Airport has disappear-) ed for the second time in less than four months. Theft of the safe, which con- tained $50, was discovered at 9 a.m. Monday. Police said entry lwas gained through the . flight tower. Last June the safe was stolen from the airport. It was recover- ed one week later near Ennis- killen by a Bell Telephone crew. |The organization will meet at the club at 7 p.m. this Wed- nesday. The tennis club will hold its annual banquet and dance Oct. 19 and a masquerade party on Nov, 2. The 150-pound safe at the) Ruto Case The amount of damages jassessed in an action heard by Mr. Justice Aylen in the Su- preme Court in Whitby last December has been reduced to $3,000, following an appeal, by all. The original action brought by William R. Herring- ton and Evelyn M. Herrington against Allan E, Thompson, now of Oshawa, to recover dam- age toa motor vehicle owned and operated by William R. Herrington and for personal injuries sustained by Eyelyn M. Herrington, a passenger in the vehicle. ' The accident, on which the action was based, occurred March 3, 1961, when the Her- rington vehicle came into con- tact with cattle owned by Mr. Thompson on County Road No. 1, Darlington Township, near ers seeking a faster route found that the same traffic conditions prevailed on Highway 2, from the junction of Highway 115 west through Oshawa, and on the Taunton road. 58 ACCIDENTS Ontario Provincial Police, Whitby and Bowmanville de- tachments, investigated a total of 58 accidents in the area from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Mon- day. Few people were injured. There were no fatalities in this s At 5.30 p.m. Monday, two a Mrs. Miller suffered frae- tured vertabra and Mrs. Kluke ustaind severe lacerations to mouth and chin. Drivers of the vehicles involved were Jack Miller, Hubbs, of Stoney Creek, Stan Agrodnik, of Hamilton and James Kluke, of Toronto. THREE-CAR CRASH of Toronto, Charles Bowmanville detachment On- tario Provincial. Police also in- vestigated a three-car crash on Snarled Monday Nighi Alex Finkstein, of Montreal; John Johnston, of Ingersoll and Clarence Yarrow, of RR 3, Osh- awa. ' A car driven by Fred Nor- they, of Lakefield, came into collision with a deer on High- way 115 north of Newcastle Monday afternoon. The deer was killed. The car sustained $200 damage. The Bowmanville detachment investigated a total of 22 accidents' in their area during the weekend. Whitby detachment, Ontario Provincial Police patroled High- way 401 through to the Toronto by-pass. Tra'fic was extremely heavy Monday night in the westbound lane. East- bound traffic was normal. A total of 38 minor accidents were investigated by the Whitby Highway 401 near Newcastle at 7.30 p.m. Monday. Drivers were detachment from Friday to Monday. = Course For Instructors A five-day school for lay in- structors in evangelism closed Saturday at the College Park Seventh-day Adventist Church. Approximately 70 church mem- bers from the provinces of On- tario and Quebec were granted certificates for completion of the course, You cannot keep your Chris- Damages Cut own congregations. the court of appeal at Osgoode H was S Conference, and Pastor E, E. Duncan of the local church. ed in Alberta for lay members in Western Canada. Finn Hestdalen, tian experience unless you use it for God, Pastor Schoen told the delegates. The session was to train the delegaies from Seventh-day Ad- ventist churches. in the local conference in methods of lay evangelism so that they, in turn, can train the members of their Instructors were Pastor V. W. Schoen from the General Con- ference of Seventh-<lay Adven- tists in Washington, D.C., Pas- tor W. Soloniuk of the Canadian Union Conference, Pastor D. koretz of the Ontario-Quebec RALLY SPEAKER Miss Florence L, Philpott, executive consultant on wel- fare councils and social plan- ning for the Canadian Wel- far Council, who will address a public meeting at the YWCA Thursday, Oct. 17, sponsored by the Civic Affairs Com- mittee of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. A similar school was conduct- Is Registered At Loma Linda LETTERS PATENT The latest edition of the On- tario Gazette contains the infor- mation under have been Industries Moon head office in the Town of Letters Patent Corporations Act issued to Harmac (Whitby) Limited, that the hitby. Pupils Learn About Library - Pupils in-Grades five and six at Ritson Road Schooi travelled = \by bus to the McLaughlin Pub- lic Library today where they were lectured on library proced+ ure, Every year, Oshawa pupils in these grates spend a part of a school day at the children's library. They are instructed by the library staff in filing proce- dure and are preseated with suggestions of what type. of books would be of interest to them. Later this week, pupils from Gertrude Colpus, Vincent Mas- sey and Harmony Road Schools will benefit' trom their trip to the library. Court Dismisses Finding Appeal The court of appeal at Osgoode Hall has dismissed the appeal of Mildred Kimmerly from a judgment by His Honor Judge Alex C. Hall in Ontario County Court at Whitby last Feb. 20. In his judgment, Judge Hall awarded the Robert Dixon Com- pany Limited, the plaintiff in the original action, $644.50 and costs in an action brought to recover this sum as the balance due for fuel oil delivered and services performed for the defendant LOMA LINDA, California -- son of Mr. Leo Champa, property commit- Taunton. It was alleged the|L. F. Hestdalen, 786 Eastbourne tee; David Collins, sports chair- man; George Watson and Nor- man Lambert, directors; Lois Watson, membership chairman; Gordon Ward and William Coul- by, auditors; George Watson, rink committee chairman. A very satisfactory review of the year's activities was pre- sented. It was stated the park GETS 14th BADGE | David Kenney, 11, has gone as far as he can go in the Seventh Wolf Cub Pack of St. George's Memorial Anglican | Church, David has recently been awarded his 14th pro- ald Ellison, vice-president, who will be the official delegates. Walter C. Famme, territory di- rector for the Ontario associa- tion, will be taking an active part in the sessions as chair- man of the resolutions commit- tee. . More than 30 local and dis- trict agents will also be in at- on to the highway unattended. costs of the action. the appeal by Mr. Thompson as to liability. The court order- cattle had been allowed to stray Mr. Herrington recovered from the defendant $1,241.95 and Evelyn M. Herrington. recover- ed $6,000 together with their The court of appeal dismissed avenue, Oshawa, registered as a freshman in the Loma Linda University School of Medicine Sept. 17. He is one of 373 stu- dents registered in the program leading to the doctor of medi- cine degree, according to David B. Hinshaw, MD, dean of the the Hallowe'en Drive Assists Needy "The most important aim of Canadian UNICEF Hal- School of Medicine. lowe'en Program is not to raise The 25-year-old student is in Committee was formed to. fur- ther the knowledge of Canadian children about UNICEF and to encourage and assist those who money. This may come as a sur- prise to many who do not know the whole UNICEF story," states Mrs. D. K, Stiles, chair- man of the Oshawa and Dis- opening, under William Hayball,| was an outstanding success. The} property committee was in-| structed to investigate the! planting of trees and flower gar- his first year of the four-year program, and is scheduled to receive his degree in 1967, He has already. satisfied the curri- culum's pre-admission require- tendance for the three-day ses- sicn. The theme of the conven- tion this year is "Shooting High with the Big I'; a proposed ed each party to pay his own costs. wished to take part in the UNICEF Hallowe'en Program. If the money were the most important aspect of this pro- ficiency badge, for swimming, and goes into the Seventh Boy Scout Troop this week. A Grade 7 pupil at T. R. Mc- dens. The sports chairman, George Waston, reported on the ball season. The park fielded four teams to compete in the Neigh- borhood League, Approximately 70 children played ball in June. The 1963 coaches have stated they will handle next year's teams. William Hayball will coach the bantam girls, George Watson the atom boys and George Ulrick the pee wee boys.} A registration date for the pee wee hockey teams will be an- nounced shortly. The games will be played Saturday mornings at the Children's Arena. A team will consist of 16 players of whom 16 will dress for each game. The association plans to hold a membership drive this week. Mrs, -Lois Watson is arranging for canvassers. The. park boun- daries extend from the Oshawa} Creek along Rossland road to the city limits. All homes north to the airport are included. MENTAL HOSPITALS In 1959 the total operating Ewen Public School, David has gained proficiency badges for first-aid, guiding, cyclist, artist, athlete and many other talents. Barber Shop Entered Twice Thieves shaved an Oshawa |barber shop of more than $80 in two break-ins over the week- end. Colin Cairns, 245 Gibb street, jdiscovered Sunday morning that his shop, at 170 Mary street north, had been entered during public relations program ex- plaining the symbol and use of it. | One of the highlights of the convention will be the address by Hon. F. M. Cass, attorney general 'of Ontario, at the Luncheon on Thursday. There is also a program -for the ladies which includes a luncheon and theatre party at the O'Keefe Centre; brunch with Kate Aitkens, and break- fast in bed. : The Ontario Insurance Agents Association consists of approxi- mately 2000 independent gen- eral insurance agents in On- tario. The Oshawa District. In- surance Agents' Association was re-organized in 1939 with |the night. Police reported that |$80 in bills and four dollars in| \silver had been taken. : At 9 a.m. Monday, Mr. Cairns |discovered that his shop had eight members. It now consists of 52 independent insurance agents in Oshawa and district and has been affiliated with the Ontario body since 1935, RECEIVE QUEEN Bob McConkey, left, and Ted Coulson, right, both 14, been broken into for a time. Drawers had been ran-| sacked and $2 had been taken| |from one drawer. | Police said thieves first gain- door and slipping the lock. The second time, a make-shift win- dow (which had replaced the cost of mental hospitals in Can-\ed entry to the barber shop by|broken one) was pushed in and ada was more than $100,000,000.'breaking a window in the front'the lock was again opened. bers of the 12th Oshawa Scout Troop, were presented with Queen Scout badges dur- ing a meeting of the troop at Harmony United Church Hall recently. Bob is a Grade 9 student at Donevan Collegiate SCOUT BADGES Institute; while Ted is a Grade 10 student at the same school. Bob is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McConkey, of 853 Parklane avenue; while Ted is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Coulson of 784 Tenny- son Ave. Oakley Second In Guelph Race Alex Oakley, Oshawa mara- ments by attendance at Andrew's Springs, University, Michigan, Berrien where he received the Bachelor of Arts} degree. trict UNICEF Committee. The Canadian UNICEF Com- ittee of the United Nations ciation in Canada which i$, to quote their brochure, 'A thon walker, almost won in a 10-mile handicap walk Monday. He competed in the annual Thanksgiving Day road races at Guelph and came in_ second. The winner was Felix Capella, of Midland, Ont., who finished with a time of one hour, 13 min- utes, 39.8 seconds. The Oshawa man finished 11 seconds behind Capella although he was the last starter in the walk. Some of the nine other competitors had up to 20 min- utes handicap on Oakley. His time was 1.14 seconds of the record time set for the track in 1937, Oakley also com- peted in a twelve and a half mile walk at Providence, Rhode Island, Saturday. Oakley won the Canadian championship walk 50 kilometre walk at Camp Borden, Sept. 28 more than 18 minutes after the --Oshawa Times Photo. onds. Hit By Auto Cyclist Dies MINDEN --. Roy Archer, 30, of RR 1, Minden, was killed Saturday while riding his bi- cycle on No. 35 Highway, about a mile north of here. Archer, who was single, was struck by a north-bound car driven by Murray Henderson, 22, of Queen street, an- employee of General Mo- tors who was driving to West Prana for 'the holiday. week- end. An autopsy revealed Oshawa, that Archer died of a broken neck. He leaves his parents, Mr. and in which Capella came second,|Mrs. Sidney Archer, two bro- thers and a sister. Police said record breaking winning time of|there were fog patches in the four hours, 26 minutes, 58.5 sec-|area at the time of the acci- dent. luntary Canadian organization seeking to win informed sup- port for the United Nations from Canadians of all ages in all walks of life." The brochure goes on to say that the United Nations will succeed only to the degree that world opinion be- level were not a part of the The United Nations itself is financed by assessment of its member nations but the work of its committees, such as UNESCO and UNICEF, depend upon voluntary donations from the governments of these na- tions. Donations on a personal levyel were not a part of the original picture. AIDS NEEDY CHILDREN However, over the years, un- pouring into the United Nations Children's Fund from children who chose to share their good fortune at Hallowe'en. The Ca- solicited donations have been|The gram, it could be obtained more easily than by involving thou- sands of children. The $400,000 collected by Canadian children last year could have been con- tributed by the federal govern- ment without raising a ripple of comment. However, every pen- collected at Hallowe'en. car i with it the thought and con- of the householder who gave it and some measure of knowledge and caring of the child who collected it. GAIN UNDERSTANDING Thus the children, their par ents and the householders, not to mention the general public; gain a greater understanding of the work of UNICEF and play a small part in helping to im- prove: the lot of sick and hun gry children in other countries: Knowledge and: concern are the primary aim but knowledge has a greater impact when it is combined with personal effort. Canadian UNICEF Hal lowe'en Program offers Cana; dian children the opportunity for this personal effort on.behalf of. less fortunate children the nadian UNICEF Hallowe'en & world over.

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