The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

RARE SE tm, He, hi ntats se é are: Albert Hull, business manager of the Toronto Build- ing Trades Council, Cliff Pil- key, president of Oshawa and District Labor Council, Dave Archer,. president Ontario Federation of Labor; Fred Beckstead, president, Oshawa Buildings and Construction Trades Council and Ed Dunn, Tributes To President president, Provincial Build- ing Trades. Highlight of the evening was the presentation of a charter by Mr. Dunn. Ac- cepting the charter in the lower picture is President Fred Beckstead and Ken Johnson, secretary treasurer of the council. Oshawa Times Photos 'THE CHARTER NIGHT for the Oshawa, Port Hope, Cob-- ourg, and Whitby Building and Construction Trades Coun- cil was held in Hotel Genosha Friday night. The upper photo shows some of those present talking before the dinner. They ByCommunity Leaders The Assassination of Presi-|ourselves and yet something is|a proud-man. The councils from dent Kennedy brought an air ofjpulling at us -- the death of|Port Hope, Cobourg and Whitby sadness to Friday night's char-|the president. John Kennedy|have been combined in Oshawa ter meeting of the Oshawa, Port)was a kindly man. A greatiand now they have their char- Hope, Cobourg and Whitby, |leader, A great person." iter. This has not been done for Building and _ Construction} saiq Mr. Archer: "After the) the sake of power but to help Trades Council. |tragic event in the United States|evenyone. Among tributes to the late| anything I might say at this) Mayor Gifford said that the President were those made by/time would be anti-climatic. relationship between industry Michael Starr, MP; Mayor) "tf it js any consolation to the|and labor in Oshawa had been Lyman A. Gifford, and David)president's wife and family they|better for the last few years Archer, president, Ontario Fed-|should know that a group of peo-|than ever before eration of Labor. ple, very ordinary people, in a| He said that he had heard it Said Mr. Starr: "We have ex-jlittie city in the far but very suggested that a tax be put on perienced this week not only the/friendly north are thinking of| people who did not live in the death of the president but of our|them in their great sorrow." city. but came in to work, He good friend the mayor of To-\cHARTER PRESENTED said that would be a dangerous ronto, This has been a tragic; E. Dunn, president, Provincial|and foolish thing. 'We should week for us all. It has brought - | " 2 a great deal of grief to us. May| Building Trades, presented ajnot build a wall around our we have a moment of silence in respect of these two tragic losses," charter to the council. It was} accepted by Fred Beckstead,| council president and Ken John-| ' sda ahaa repay IMPORTANT ROLE GREAT LEADER Mr. Dunn said if some of the| Mr. Archer said that he be- Mayor Gifford said: "There|larger areas had the guts andjlieved the council had a very are times when it is difficult to| foresight to do what the Oshawa|important part to play He said talk. We are all here enjoying Council has done he would be|there should be a degree of ees Me SOE Scien AEE - ---- |centralization to guide what is going on at local levels Mr. Archer added he waz still romantic enough to believe in |the traditions of trade unions| go out to work." Court Adjourns Assault Case A 78-year-old widow told Osh- shee's superficial injuries were awa Magistrate's court, Friday|a black eye and a bruise on the of the last few conscious mom- left side of his face. The head table guests were: ents of her husband's life. Everitt, giving evidence for/[van M. Hobbs, Mayor of Bow- Orville Forshee, 63, lapsed|the Crown in the case against|manville; Jack <A. Heenan. into a coma after he was beat-|Evednden, told of going with his|Mayor of Cobourg; Wm. S. en by two assailents in his Ce-|cousin to the rooming house | Martin, Mayor of Whitby; lina street Jhome in July. He|where the Forshees lived after/Michae] Starr, MP, Member of died without regaining con-\drinking a quantity of wine. | Parliament for Ontario: Lyman sciousness on Aug. 17. He described the building as:/A. Gifford, Mayor of Oshawa: Before the court was Wil-/'The Place up on Celina where/Fred _Beckstead, President frid James Evenden, 27, ofjthey do all the drinking." And|puilding and | Construction Buena Vista street, who, to-| "The old Chinese laundry n/Trades Council; David: Archer tong ate " -- ee |President, Ontario Federation of john Everitt, 40, nnis street, | he ees ! Labor: Edwar of is charged with committing eee page egypt t that:(dent, Pro ras ia) eae sault causing bodily harm. Mf hese ee pinata gee te 'Itrades: Albert. V. Walkes Testitying, Mrs. Forshee, wh0| 'porshee)."" He said Seven MPP, "Member of ' Provincial ig Poe 8 on gl shel ¥2S hitting the deceased on the Parliament for Oshawa Riding; Wee unable to recognine anv.\ {Side of his head with his right|Clifford Pilkey, President, Osh- hod: unatie to recognize ADY-las? iveritt's testimony con-|awa and District Labor Council, ly in the courtroom as her}: hash ee eae husband's assailant. tinued: 'I thought he was going to kill him." PUSHED INTO CHAIR In answer to prosecu- When the incident occurred, jand that democracy was a pre-| cious thing in the umon. He| could only condemn unions run| by gangsters and racketeers| even though they had doubled |the wages of members Brooklin Bridge city. Many people who live here Rudi Maeder Withdraws From Council East Whitby Councillor Rudi Maeder announced Friday night that he would not seek re-elec- tion on Dec, 2. He had _ been at a township council meeting Thursday in Columbus. Mr, Maeder commented this morning: "It took me _ seven years to make my mind up to become a Canadian citizen, and when I received that citizen- ship, I believed I should o some- thing for the township, either by serving on _ council or the school board. | "For two years I have been on council and up until our last meeting I thought that we were doing a wonderful job. But at that meeting, one ratepayer said he could lower the taxes. We tried and couldn't but I de- cided to let him try." With Mr. Maeder's -resigna- tion, four nominees are left to contest the three council seats. They are: Allen Evans, incum-| bent councillor; Douglas Mar-| low, welder; Ross Lee, farmer, and Stanley Wilkinson, foreman. Contesting the reeveshio will be Neil Smith, the incumbent, and Walter Holliday, deputy reeve during 1963. new deputy reeve by acclama- tion. | Also elected by acclamation were three school board trus- tees; Robert Patte, merchant; Roy Nottingham, farmer, and Leonard Slute, farmer PAY TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT Magistrate F. S. Ebbs ad- journed Oshawa Court Fri- day afternoon immediately upon hearing of the death of United States President John F. Kenndedy The adjournment came on- ly minutes after the com- mencement of the afternoon hearing. In a tribute from the bench Magistrate Ebbs said: "In my opinion he was one of the best presidents the United States ever had; His tragic death will come as a real shock not only to citi- zens of the United States but to citizens of Canada and of this city. I will adjourn the court out of respect for him." All remaining cases on the court docket were set. over until later dates. Crown Attormey Bruce Af- fleck said that President Kennedy's assassination gave him 'A feeling of deep per- sonal loss." Reeve In nominated for a council position) 22 Seeking Civic Office In Whitby WHITBY (Staff) -- Citizens of Whitby, who will vote in the Municipal Elections Dec. 2, will have a choice of 22 candi- dates who are aspiring to hold 15 seats on two municipal bod- ies. Six of the seats will be filled 'on council, one for the mayor and the remaining eight by the public school board. Competing for the office of 'mayor will be Warren James Mowat, real estate and insur- ance broker; Paul Coath, lawy- er and Desmond Newman, gen- eral manager. The eight seats on the public school board are being sought 'by Geodfrey Schilling, Joan Elizabeth Reed, Kenneth C. Hobbs, John Denzie Howard, Elizabeth Kyle, Gordon Mcll- wain, Leslie McFarlane, Doug- las Maundrell and John J, Maj- cher. Seats on council seems to be the most sought after public office in the town as 10 men are seeking six seats. Thirteen nominations were received at the nomination |meeting Thursday night and 'hree announced their intention of not running for election. They were: Joyce Burns, James Gartshore, and John Harkness. Those running are: Gordon |Neai, Dean Raymond Baker, Harry Leslie Inkpen, Harold Ross Stlichter, Lewis John Skaife, George Bevan, Vernon Ro'ert MacCarl, William Davidson, Robert Alan Atters- ley, and Tommy Edwards. til 9 p.m, Friday night to quali- fy. The posts of reeve, deputy neeve and PUC commissioners were filled by acclamation as no-one challenged the pre- sent officials. Commenity Chest Total $269,026 The amount donated to the Greater Oshawa Communi Chest has risesn to $269,026.95. The contributions, not previous- ly acknowledged, follow: The Pedlar People Ltd. Emp. (additional 5.00 |The Oshawa Wholesale Employees 334.00) |Gen-Auto Shippers Ltd. Employees 106.00) John Howden, farmer, is the | Toronto Dominion Bank Employees 19.00 Regent Theatre 50.00 Dr. S. Bateson (Duplate Emp. | additional) James O'Malley Construction 25.00 2.00 10.00; 500.00 15.00 107.00 3.50 Miss Emma Woolfrey | F, T. Storie Kingsway Motel Russell Transport Employees Hotel y G Total to date $269,026.95 "Mrs. E. Stewart | Trophy Winner Club held its annual individual championship games this week. Mrs. E: Stewart with 79% points was declared the winner of the trophy. Runners-up were: |Mrs. H. Hart, 76% points; Mrs. |\M. Culp, 75% points; Mrs. J. | Wild, 75% points; L. Peel, 7544 'points: Mrs. E. Wadsworth, 72 | points and S. Sheridan, 70 points. The club will play its next jgames at the Woodview Park |Community Centre next Tues- iday night. All 22 persons listed had un-| The Oshawa Duplicate Bridge} She Oshawa Time SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1963 PAGE NINE: At a meeting in Hotel Gen- osha Friday night plans were laid by the St. Andrew's So- ciety of Oshawa for its annu- al ball to be held Friday, Noy. 29, in St. Gregory's Au- | ~ PLANS LAID FOR ditorium, William Robertson is chairman of the entertain- ment committee and John Sym is the society president. Dress is optional but kilts and sashes are being worn in in- creasing numbers at this event which is looked forward to with anticipation by Dvots of the district and those of Scottish ancestry. Caught by the camera at the meeting, ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY BALL seated from left, are Mr. Sym, Mr. Robertson, A. Tay« lor, second vice - president. Standing are A. Craig, secret. ary and L. Irving, first vice- president. On Accused | | Edward John O'Connor, 16, |Elgin street west, was remand- jed one week in custody after pleading guilty in Oshawa Mag- listrate's court to the theft of an automobile battery. Magistrate F. S, Ebbs asked \for a pre-sentence: report on the youth after his father told the court that he'd had to bring his son back from Saskatchewan to face arrest. Since then the boy: had been convicted and placed on a suspended sentence for car theft, he added. | In other cases: Gary Cope- land, Park road north, pleaded guilty to the theft of a news- paper from a street-corner box. He was fined $25 and costs or 10 days. The case of Alfred Norton versus James Norton was put over for one week after James Norton, accused of threatening, indicated he intended to leave town. Magistrate Ebbs indicated he would review the case next week. The consent of both parties re- sulted in the setting over of the case of Roland Tulippe versus Roland Kraglin. The matter, which, it was indicated had lbeen almost settled, will be re- |viewed by the Oshawa court in 'June of next year. 'Accused In Shotgun Case Shotgun feuding in an Oshawa jhome wiwught a landlord and his tenant into magistrate's court Friday. | Karlheinz Born, who with his wife and children, are tenants in a Westmount avenue home, appeared charged with carry- ing a weapon for purposes dan- gerous to the public peace, and Is Fined | In court, Friday, Born said |that throughout the evening |preceding the shooting he had repeatedly gone to the base- jment. from his ground and second floor. apartment to turn onthe furnace. No sooner did he turn the furnace on, than it was turned joff again, Born said. He pre- |sumed tha it was turned off by Darlington pointing a firearm, Rachitzki, who lives in a base- Born, who was charged by his | ment apartment. landlord, Robert Rachitzki of) lthe same. address, pleaded not|/PAID FUEL BILL \guilty on both charges. | Born, who told the court that |he pays the fuel oil and utility Acclaimed HAMPTON (Staff) -- Darling- ton Township Reeve Arthur L. Blanchard and Deputy Reeve |Harold C. Muir were elected by acclamation for 1964 terms at |the township nomination meet- jing Friday, | Members of the South Dar- lington Public School Board} were also unopposed at the |meeting. Herbert Mackie, Sid- ney Warden and Ruby Courtice announced they would carry on| as board trustees. Those nominated for council posts were: Russel Dow, Mrs. Eileen Coutts, Sidney Cornish, and incumbents Carl Dow, Mrs. Mary Budaij and Richard Gibbs. Mr. Dow and Mrs. Coutts were not present at the meeting and have until 9 p.m. tonight to de- clare themselves running for of- fice. tion questioning Everitt denied She said, her husband got into/striking Orville Forshee. He an argument with two men andjsaid he went home after the in- told them '"'to get out." Theyjcident and that the deceased pushed him into a chair and|was lying on his bed when he struck him. left. "We were all half drunk," "They smacked him on the|Everitt commented. jaw, then threw him on the} Questioned further, Everitt bed," she told the court. 'He|admitted to being on a suspen- snored all night and seemed all/ded sentence for assault. right." She said she only noti-| Under cross examination by ced something was wrong the|Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck, next morning when: "I asked Everitt again denied touching him if he wanted some tea and/the deceased, Club High Scores | and winners of the games play- ed by the members of the Brook- lin Duplicate Bridge Club: Mrs. R. Heron and J. Coles, 8044; Mrs, R. Dew and Mrs, S. Sheridan, 714%; Mrs. R. Bar- rand and R. Morris 6514; Mrs. | G. Gillette and P. McGowan, Following are the high scores| Mr. Cornish declined the nom- ination, Present members of council stated they would run jagain, Deputy Reeve Harold C. Muir and Garnet Rickard were nom- inated to the post of reeve but both men declined. Nominations left only the council posts subject to an elec- tion. If two of the nominees fail $50 AND COSTS Born was convicted on a charge of carrying a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the public peace. He was fined $50 and costs with the option of a month in jail. A charge of pointing a firearm was dismis- sed by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs, who commented it was obvious the two men were so close together when the gun was fired that Born could have shot Rachitzki if he had wanted to. Both he and Rachitzki were placed under recognizance to keep the peace for a period of! one year. Magistrate F. S.| Ebbs 2!so ordered that all firearms still in the house must ed in the Oct. 23 incident was confiscated by the Crown, Finally, Magistrate Ebbs suggested to Born that he move from Rachitz':i's house. "He already has his notice to move, replieq Born's counsel, Terry Kelly. Police evidence showed that Born was questioned in the early hours of Oct. 23 after a gun was discharged in the West- mount avenue home. He admitted firing the weapon and was, as the investi- Constable Stan- bills for the house, said that his wife who was expecting a |baby, and his tw young chil- dren were complaining of the le wd. Finally, he said, he went to the furnace room and removed Rachitzki's tools and _belong- ings, locking the door behind him. At this, he said, Rachitzki started hurling the tools at him and then came at him with "an instrument." He said he ran upstairs to his apartment and put a shell Appeals by Alger Press Lim- ited and Alger Realty Com- pany for tax rebates on city properties vacant in 1962 were upheld Friday by a two-man Ontario Municipal Board. D. Jamieson and R. M. Mc- Guire reverse a decision of the county court judge made earlier this year by ordering full tax allowances (10 per cent for the first three months, five 'per cent for each additional month to a maximum of 55 per cent on the property at 26 Albert street and units on the second, third and fourth floors 37 King Street east. The city was ordered to pay costs of the hearing, The ap- High Award Is Presented Montague Raisman, CLU, of Toronto, was the speaker at the monthly meeting of the Oshawa Association at Hotel Genosha. His branch manager (Metropo- litan Life), J. McKenna, CLU, introduced him to the 33 mem- bers in attendance. Mr. Raisman is the first Can- adian to hold the office of pres- peals were made under Section 131 of the Assessment Act. NOT UNREASONABLE Giving the decision, Mr. Jamieson said rents asked by the owner were "not unreason- able,' both buildings were "suitable for occupation" and it was the board's feeling that the owner has endeavored" to rent the vacan- cies, These are phrases used in Subsection 13 of Section 131 of the Act, under which tax re- bates may be granted. Realtor Ralph Vickery testi- fied he worked under a verbal listing with the owner in at- tempts to rent space. He said he advertised the vacancies about twice a year. Michael Clayton, treasurer of Alger Press, said a sign was up in the King street space; he saidaid he thought a Albert street building. Gilbert Murdoch, the appel- lant's lawyer, said it was well known to Oshawa realtors that the properties were available. LIST NEGOTIATIONS Mr, Clayton listed several negotiations he has had with potential renters for the Board members. City Solicitor E. G. McNeely "constinuously i secretary- building advising of available similar sign was still up in the 1 Ask Report Oshawa Firms Win Tax Rebate Appeals argued that "It is not good enough just to know buildings are rentable, This sectiun (of the act) contempletes sometfiing a littke more active than that. The only way is to adverise." Mr. McNeely claimed the Albert street property is "not suitable for occupancy; he de. peep it as "a barn of a place inside." Owner Can Build Home Frank Baron, an owner of two lots of record on Colbourne street east, will be allowed to put his house on a 65-foot front. age lot provided he maintains ' ard minimum- called for in the zoning bylaw. He will also be allowei to add 5 feet to the remaining 35 feet ident of his company's Million- aires' Club. Monty, as he is he is known, a native of Leth- bridge, Alberta, has been in the life insurance industry for a good many years, is a top prod- ucer and very highly qualified in financial counselling, as is witnessed by the many articles he has been requested to write over the years for the Finan- cial Post and other media in the investment field. | At this meeting, unassuming) man that he is, he told the mem- bers of how others of their col- leagues have attained profes- CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to residents of Osh- awa and district who are celebrating their birthdays this weekend. Those who celebrate on Sunday are: Catherine Mc- Caffrey, 39 Elgin street east, Phone 723-3474, sional heights by paying stric- test attention to the five points of 'Breaking Production Bar- riers"'. Treasurer F. Goiley thanked the speaker and presented him with a token of appreciation on behalf of the members, Immediate Past-President R. Drew had the pleasure of pres- senting T. R. McDonald With the President's Certificate in recog- nition of President Bob's singu- lar efforts and achievements on| behalf of this association. | Three new members: Hare, counsel, was was in his shotgun. "I didn't point it at him," Born said. "I just pointed it at the plat- form (landing), I didn't want to shoot age suggested Crown At- : .,tomey Bruce Affleck, "Was the be removed. The shotgun involv \proverbial straw that broke the camel's back." BAD BLOOD anybody." In his summation, Terry Kelly, Born's quite obvious that there "Bad blood between the accused and the complainant." He suggested that the charge of 'pointing a firearm' should be dismissed because Born had demonstrated that aimed the weapon at Rachitzki. To convict on this charge, Kelly asserted, the Crown would have to he hadn't Eade and Newell, were presen- ted with their membership cer- tificates by Mr. McKenna acting in his capacity of national dir- ector of the Life Underwriters Association of Canada. President Bob previously conducted the required swearing-in procedure for these new members. -Five additional new members were unable to attend the ceremony and the presentation to them will take place at a later date. On a motion from the floor, Messrs, G. Gage and T. Stewart were appointed the auditors for the year 1963. it ASSISTANT ASSESSOR J. C. McCallum, assessor for London Township for some years, was appointed assistant! Admits Entry At Museum A 22-year-old Pickering youth, Daniel Frederick Harvey of Squires Beach, pleaded guilty in Oshawa Magistrate's court, Fri- day to breaking into Canadian Automotive Museum on Simcoe Street. The court was told that Con- stable Cleo Thompson caught Harvey inside the building early Thursday morning after finding a window smashed and a door unlocked. He was found stand- ing near the door of the Cham- ber of Commerce offices. Pry marks indicated that an attempt had been made to force the doo: the evidence showed. \ The Crown indicated Harvey; had a previous record which Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck described as "Not a pretty one'. Convictions dating from 1958 in- cluded a firearms violation, car theft, parole violations, and an escape from jail. Harvey was remanded in cus- tody one week for sentencing. Magistrate Ebbs_ said he Ciphery's have been placed in the custody of the Childrens' Aid Society. frontage to put together an ad- jacent 50-foot lot and permission will be given to build on it. Zoning in the area is RIA, calling for minimum frontage of 60 feet. The lots of record were registered before the ad- vent of the Zoning Bylaw and may have smailer frontages. However, Mr, Baron's plea for a sideyard variance was dis- allowed by the Committee of Adjustment. This committee pointed to the "'isolation" of a 35' by 300' piece of land, angu- ing that purchasing an addit- ional 15 feet of frontage now would nullify the status of "lot of record." The board ruled Friday that "the spirit of the bylaw would be maintained" if the frontages were added together to form the frontage required as a lot of record Beat Child Woman Jailed A woman, who beat her 11- month old son so badly that he's permanently paralysed from the waist down, was sentenced to a one-year maximum __ indefinite term in the Mercer Reforma- tory by Oshawa Magistrate's court, Friday. Myra Olive Ciphery, RR 1, Washago, the mother of three, wept silently as she was senten- ced by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs. "It's. absolutely unbelievable that a mother would treat her child so, said His Worship, ter- ming the beating "cruel and without reason." The child, Leslie Ciphery, is reported under care in the Tor- onto Sick Childrens' Hospital, His spina, cord is almost totally severed and he is paralysed for life from the waist down. The court was told that Mrs. two other. children Earlier, Crown Attorney. Bruce Affleck repotted that+ psychiatric examinations of 'the accused had failed to reveal any. form of mental illness. 4 However, Magistrate Ebbs. commented in sentencing the woman that he considered she to qualify by tonight, the town- Ship will not see a municipal election for another year. needed '"'some kind of treat-* ment." This, he said would be given at the reformatory. | assessor for the' United Coun-|would like to record. a com- ties of Durham and Northum-|mendation for the arresting offi- berland this week. cer, Constable Cleo Thompson. gating officer, prove that his client had ley Hodgson put it:, "Extre-|literally pointed the shotgun at mely upset and nervous." the co: i . j $444; Mr. and Mrs. Soetens, he didn't answer." The case was adjourned until/63; Mrs. Bovay and Miss Bovay, 61. | The court was told that For-|Dec. 6.