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SERVICE TO LEGION RECOGNIZED ia * =... * THE SERVICE GIVEN by two of its members was rec- ognized Thursday night at a picture. Arthur Adams, presi- dent of the Ontario Provincial Command, presents .a posthu- mous meritorious service med- The aim of the program or- ganizers for the new Simcoe Hall Boys' Club swimming pool is to improve the standard of nage SW in Osh with special empha: sis on activ- ities for crippled and retarded children, The pool manager, George Mudd, was speaking at a meet- ing of the Westmount Kiwanis Club in Adelaide House on 'Thursday. Mr. Mudd was pre- viously manager of the Leaside pool in Toronto. Mr. Mudd thought that the lack of facilities in the past was the main cause of the low standard, but as they now had the facilities, he was hoping for a vast improvement, THREE LEVELS The first ste REV. P. COFFEY MUCH IMPROVED A report from Oshawa General Hospital this morn- ing said that Rt. Rev. Mon- signor Philip Coffey, pastor of Holy Cross Roman Catho- lic Church, is much better. and is resting comfortably. Monsignor Coffey was ad- mitted to hospital Thursday morning. Rt. Rev. Monsignor Paul Dwyer, pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Greg- ory the Great, visited Mon- signor Coffey Thursday night.. and said he found him cheery' with his condition much improved. Seek Gifts For Mental Patients Members of the Canadian Mental Health Association are making their annual appeal for gifts for mental patients. The \three collection depots have |been placed in stores and other popular places. CMHA mem- bers remind Oshawa to remember the mentally ill in {the following statement. It's an old expression: 'It's -not the cost of the gift but the thought behind it." was to divide branch. In the lower picture Boys Club Pool Plans Outlined citizens| the children into the three Red | The Oshawa Times Cross levels, junior, inter- mediate and senicr, and they 3ECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1963 PAGE NINE would receive training in water safety in preparation for next summer. Statistics prepared in Toronto showed that last year had been a bad year for death by drowning. | Part of the water safety pro- gram was Red Cross training in the correct use of the snorkel and other water equipment. Of these there were many inferior products on the market, and as the larger stores set the buying patterns, a group of purchasers had met to discuss the problem. They then told the manufactur- ens what they wanted, so that the inferior ,-oducts, often the cause of water accidents, could |\be disregarded. Mir. Mudd ex- |pected the pattern of buying to |improve considerably within the |next two years. | | He also hoped for a competi-| itive swimming club which could |swim against other clubs in the! janea. Activites were expected) to begin in about six months! after the initial screening. TO AID RETARDED Mr. Mudd described the plans for training crippled and re-| tarded children. "Teaching them is a study in itself," he| | Said. They would be using the} pool in the mornings, and be-) fore their lessons began, they would come to familiarize them- | selves with the pool. Their les-| {sons would be mainly visual,| {demonstrations in the water,| ore 2 rt- jwhich Mr. Mudd had found} Oia CONNY:S men CCN |mone effective than explana-| house and administration tions. | building was officially begun The Fire Department had also! Thursday afternoon when offered its help and 40 firefight-| ers were going tc assist with} this program. As the children} had been accustomed to small) groups at school, communica-| tion would have to be developed} /between firemen and children. M S$ In order to give the pete anvers eat confidence in the water, Mr: |Mudd intended that they should ge aa ae alee & tee |play what he called. "purposeful oct Dec. 2 |games". |° As an example he said that) The present reeve, Henry M. jping pong balls would be thrown|Jakeman of Bethany, who has into the pool, and the children|held the office for the past would blow them back to the r THE CONSTRUCTION OF three years, has decided he will side, Although they would think Not seek office again. : they were just playing games,) Competing for the reeveship they would actually be getting) will be the present deputy reeve used to having their faces in/Harvey Malcom of Yelverton, the water. and Coun. Lewis McGill of RR | At present, said Mr. Mudd,/1. they had no equipment, but hoped to get it in the near fu- ture. It was also hoped that the| Of three men nominated to contest the deputy reeveship, presentation of some kind of an award, when a crippled child only Rod Porter of RR/1, Janet- ville, qualified. Other nominees President Adams. presents a meritorious service scroll to William Beaton, another long- As many of us make out our gift list this year, let's not for- get that there are those in men- meeting of Branch 43, Royal Canadian Legion. In the upper al to Mrs. Frank Grant, widow of a past president of the service member of the branch. |tal hospitals who are less for- wa Times Photos |tunate than most of us. Many Feel Oshawa Lags In Cultural Activities | "If any place needs culture it Board of Education said Thursday. Speaking as chairman of the newly formed Oshawa and Dis- trict Arts Council Mr. Young added: "We feel that Oshawa is lagging in the arts side of its life. We have good schools, stores and parks. "But this side of Oshawa has been neglected sadly." SEEK BUSINESS SUPPORT He said that it was hoped to get support from businessmen and pointed out that in Florida it was found industry left an area where culture was lacking. Said Mr. Young: "Business executives will not stay where there are no. cultural interests. § It is these things that make life more interesting." It was decided to name the council the Oshawa and District} Arts Council and Mr. Young was| officially chosen as chairman.) Mrs. George K. Drynan was elected recording secretary. Mrs. Drynan told the meeting that there was very little co- operation between art groups in the city and it sometimes happened that two or three so- cieties all held their special events on the same night. FAVOR CENTRAL DFFICE Mr. Young said that this would be one field where the council could help by operating a central business office with! full-time secretary. The office! could be used to sell tickets for various events and provide a publicity service for the council He said that the office and secretary would cost about $3,500 a year. Henry Chapman, representing Oshawa Little Theatre, said that to support: a full-time secretary they would have to make a levy on each organization in the council. These organizations, he said, were working on ske:eton budgets and could not afford this. Mr. Young replied that: money could he raised by selling mem- berships of the council, running an arts 'ball, producing a caien- dar and taking a percentage of | all tickets sold by the council on behalf of organizations. He said that a permanent sec- retary would be the secret of success. OPEN 2% HOURS LONDON (AP)--The Salva- tion Army has opened a new! $2,800,000 internatiorial hea d- quarters here featuring 24-hour a day service for persons in trouble. WALLACE YOUNG It was agreed to continue) meetings in an informal. man-| ner to discuss ideas for the time being. The next meeting will be after Christmas, Members Of Kiwanis Plan Service Division 6B of Kiwanis Inter-| national will be holding its an-) nual church service at 7.30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 1., >in the College Park Seventh-day Ad- ventist Church. After the prelude, call to wor-| Ship and first hymn, the invo-| cation will be given by Pastor | W. G. Soloniuk. This will be fol-| lowed by a responsive reading from Rev. 'A. W. Magee, minis- | ter of Centre Street United are and a prayer by Rev.| Street United Church. and of these patients have few rela- |tives or friends to remember them. They are out of touch with their home ity and reached a_ certain standard,|were H. A. McCaster and could be initiated. __._|John Payne. WHITE MOUNTAIN. | Mr. McMaster, Bethany, Wil- Kenya was named after|son Heaslip, RR 1, Janetville, Mount Kenya, named after the|and Mr. Payne of P * Bantu word Kilinyaa, which|were returned tg council seais means the "white mountain."' 'iby acclamation, perhaps feel just a little forgot- ten. The greatest reason for 'this seeming neglect is misunder- standing on the part of the gen- eral public. We who have had little or no experience with the mentally ill, tend to feel that the mentally ill person may not jrespond. We know however, jthat they are often fully aware, yet because of their illness, they cannot respond in a nor- mal way. As a result of the growing awareness of the existing situ- jation your Oshawa and Ontario Co. Branch of the CMHA is hopeful that no.mental patient jin the Ontario Hospital from jthis area will be without a really worthwhile gift this |Christmas. They are anxious to have enough and to spare so that the name of a patient from jthis area may be attached to a gift ready to be distributed at the hospital at Christmas. The volunteer personnel take great pleasure in sorting these gifts collected from the depots -- even wrapping them. Cash is not requested, but will be used to 'buy gifts for patients. The {existence of personal interest in the form of a thoughtful gift for an ill person is assurance that Those present were Wallace someone outside the hospital Young (Chairman); R. Holden "9 from their home area real- Ba ge y cares. and D. McDuff (Oshawa Sym- In past years the support re- phony); H. Chapman (Little ceived by the CMHA during the Theatre); Mrs. G. Drynan (Ca-|Christmas campaign has been nadian Concert Association); yery rewarding and is much Mrs. R. Wallace (Lyceum | appreciated. Club); Mrs, E. M: Culp (Uni-| Let's all get behind this versity Women's Club); Mrs. D. drive. Gifts may be left at the Stiles (Oshawa Folk Festival); |following depots in the city: Mrs. J. Walker (Literature);|the Public Library, the YWCA Mrs. Ewart McLaughlin and the White Cross Centre, 187 (Art and Automotive Museum).| Simcoe street south. | MRS. G. K. DRYNAN Larek, minister of Albert! | Soloist in the anthems of wor-| / ship will be Miss. Patricia Brown, from the Kingsway Col- lege Choir. The sermon, "Conquering --| without and within', will _ be preached by Pastor E. E. Dun-| can. After a hymn of dedication, | the benediction, will come from Pastor D. L.. Michael. | Minister of Music will be} Ralph Coupland and the organ- ist will be Mrs. Marilyn Mela- shenko There will be refreshments and a' social get-together in the jassembly room after the service.| victsa. were' outlined at THE PRISON SYSTEM and monthly meeting of the Catho- the lic Businessmen's Luncheon Club held Thursday im oHtel rehabilitation of ex-con- the New Canadian Work Described Rev. Kaljo Raid, pastor of the;These people are mindful of the Estonian Baptist Church, To-|way of life once enjoyed at ronto, was guest speaker at the /home and while enjoying the Oshawa and District Baptist/freedoms of this country they Men's meeting Tuesday /|continue to teach their children evening. This is the second in a/the customs and language that series of five programs plannedjonce they used as citizens of a on World Baptist Fellowship and| proud country. beliefs. Mr. Raid spoke on the} The speaker explained how New Canadian work of the|this type of immigrant prefer- Home Mission Board of the Bap-|red to retain their cultural back- tist Convention of Ontario and/ground and have been assisted Quebec. in many cases by the Boards of Because New Canadians are|the Baptist Convention in form- of two general types it has beenjing the various new ethnic necessary that two different) groups. programs be formed to meet] Mr. Raid was introduced by their spiritual needs. the Rev. Frank Swackhammer Mr. Raid explained that many|who told of some of the out- immigrants choose Canada as|standing contributions the their new home because it is a/speaker had made since his ar- young expanding country with|rival from Estonia. unlimited opportunities. This group want oe become Cana-/ MUSICAL SELECTIONS dians and: adopt the new lan-| Having played in the Tallinn guage and customs of this coun-|Symphonic Orchestra, Mr. Raid try. |gave two musical selections: Nailed to the Cross" and a LANGUAGE CLASSES classical number, "A Prelude' The churches of the Baptist)/by Bach. : |Convention of Ontario and Que-| The men of the Slavic Evan- bec are holding language class-|gelical Baptist Church favored es in many areas to help these|the meeting with a vocal num- people learn the language and|ber. The ladies of the host's customs of their new country.|church prepared a most enjoy- They soon become an integral|able luncheon to complete the part of the congregation. evening. . ; : Immigrants from some other} Dr. 0. E. Daniel will be the European countries have had to|speaker at the next meeting of flee their homeland where|the men to be held in First Bap- changes in government have/|tist Church Jan. 21. His subject curtailed their basic freedoms.! will be "World Missions". Genosha. M. Kirkpatrick, exe- cutive director of the John Howard Society of Ontario, above left, emphasizes a point lace, club president, and Ein- est Marks, QC. --Oshawe Times Photo of his subject with Ivan Wal- | Mayor Lyman A. Gifford of Oshawa and Warden J. Sher- man Scott of Ontario County jointly cemented the corner- stone in place, Caught by the camera, from left, are Ald. County By JOHN GAULT (Whitby Editor) WHITBY (Staff) -- a project, undertaken jointly in 1960 by the County of Ontario and the City of Oshawa, became a real- ity on a windswept hill on Ross- land road Thursday afternoon. Mayor Lyman A. Gifford and County Warden J. Sherman \Scott laid the cornerstone of |the new County Courthouse and Administrative Building. When the structure is com- pleted in the summer of 1964, it will replace the president, 110- year-old County Building on On- tario street, Whitby. CO-OPERATIVE. EFFORT The county.- city co-operative effort was instituted when both growth had rendered the origi- nal building obsolete. A joint committee was established under the direction of Alderman Albert V. Walker (now MLA for Oshawa) and: Whitby Deputy- Reeve George Brooks. The construction of the new building was begun on the Ross- land-Brock street site in Sep- tember of this year. It is ex- pected to be completed. by June, 1964, When the county administra- tive and justice officials leave Ontario street for the new loca- tion next summer, 111 years of continuous county service will end for the old building. SIMPLE CEREMONY The ceremony Thursday was a quiet and simple one com- pared to the pomp and pagean- try of June 30, 1853, when con- struction of the original County parties realized that time and)" - Albert V. Walker and Deputy- Reeve George Brooks, who represented Oshawa and the county, respectively, on the joint committee; Warden Scott, Mayor Gifford, Lt.-Col. G. Arthur Welsh, county sher- iff and Rev. D. R. Sinclair, minister of St. Luke's Presby- terian Church, Oshawa, who offered the dedicatory prayer. --Oshawa Times Photo TwoContesting Lay Cornerstone Of Courthouse Building was begun with a simi- lar laying of a cornerstone. The laying of this stone was undertaken, not by county offi- cials but by members of the Composite and Provincial Grand Lodges of the Order of Freemasons: Ontario was Canada West then, Ontario County was just over a year old. Confederation was 15 years in the future. An account in the official atlas for the county describes the event: "The mortar being spread, the stone was then slowly low- ered to its permanent resting place, amidst the solemn and magnificent strains of the Na- tional Anthem by both bands . the Acting Grand Master pronounced the stone 'well- formed, trusty, and true.' Three immense cheers were then given for the Queen, and three for the County of Ontario." The Whitby Chronicle ob- served that corn, wine and oil were poured on the stone by the acting Grand Master of the Lodge. NO BANDS On Nov. 28, 1963 there were no bands playing the national anthem as the mayor and war- den went about their task. There was no tumult and no cheers from the shivering spec- tators. Construction workers watched disinterestedly for a moment, then returned to their work. "The procession was then formed, and proceeding through the principle streets of Whitby, returned to the Lodge Room at Scriptures and the Masonic The understanding and work needed to modernize prison sys- tems was emphasized at the monthly meeting of the Catholic Men's Luncheon Club Thursday. A. M. Kirkpatrick, executive director of the John Howard So- ciety of Ontario, spoke at the Hotel Genosha on the rehabilii- tation of ex-criminalls and prison life. Mr, Kirkpatrick began with an outline of prison life during the past 200 years. "The prison system has a grim past," he stated. "We are presently in a_ state of transition, looking forward to a hopeful future, There is lust and larceny in every human heart," he said, "and we all, but for a smail percentage, are able to control and. discipline criminal impulses."' Mr. Kirkpatrick said fortresses and debtors' prisons were originally the two institu- tions in which the criminal ele- ment was kept. The develop- ment of prison systems was brought about around 1800 through the efforts of John Howard, Elizabeth Fry, a Quaker, and other members of her faith. ' SOLITARY GONFINEMENT The speaker explained that solitary confinement peni- tentiaries wee constructed dur- ing the nineteenth century in which inmates were intended to reflect on their condition and ultimately reform. He said that this system, and ibseq' prison syst , have kept the criminal apart from society although outwardly they are meant to make him fit to live in society. Mr. Kirkpatrick outlined the \trends in prison systems which jare coming into effect now. | Stress Need For Prison Reforms anncunced that Kingston Peni- tentiary is to be torn down," he said, "'and ea complex of smaller buildings will be erected." He said that the new complex may include features such as vocational training which is a success at the Brantford Reformatory. 'Although we can push through as many progress- ive measures as we can, Mr. Kirkpatrick added, "they are worthless and defeated by the vast pressure of population." He told his audience that pub- lic apathy was also a menace and that each man could play his part by making known to the legislators what was wanted and needed in the prison system. FAILURES OF SOCIETY "We really do not know what is wrong with criminals," the speaker continued, "but we do know that these people are the failures of society, failures of the Church, failures of mar- riages, the failures of all our institutions." He also described many pres- ent day prisons as "catchalis and man-traps" which must be changed into institutions with varied programs and terms of custody. Mr. Kirkpatrick , cited figures which showed that 'post- release counselling was effec- tively lowering the rate of con- victs which returned to crime. "For too long we have let Lodge was closed," the atlas account concludes. On Nov. 28, 1963, a procession of automobiles bearing offi- cials of city and county drove to Oshawa City Hall for dedica- tion speeches and coffee and sandwiches. Rev. R. D. Sinclair of St Luke's Presbyterian Church, Oshawa, offered the dedication prayer at the new site. Mr. Walker and Mr. Brooks ex- pressed the respective satisfac- tion of city and county with the realization of the project. _Mr. Walker performed his final function in pronouncing the new stone "well-formed and true." PRAISED BY JUDGE County Court Judge Alex C. Hall saluted the principals of the project at the city hall re- ception: "The men of city and county councils all, symbolically, laid this stone. When the building is completed, it will not be just a building, but a temple of justice. "Today we paid tribute to that justice -- the greatest safe- guard of our liberties. "Gentlemen, you have com- pleted an ideal. I know, that when, in 100 years our poster- ity decide they must replace this building; they will look back on you and say, 'these men showed devotion to justice and freedom." Mayor Gifford and Warden Scott spoke of the co-opera- tion of the committees and of the city and county, _ "I don't think the good feel- ing shared by both elected bod- ies has ever been greater than it is today," said Mayor Gif- ford. a milestone," agreed the .Warden. "I am sure that future generations. will speak of those who made this possible as 'men of foresight and vision'."* Community Chest Total $271,597 The amount contributed to the Greater Oshawa Community Chest has risen to $271,597.55 with the addition of $371 during the last 24 hours. The list of contributions, not previously ac- knowledged, follows: Crown Life Insurance Employees Norman Wirshing (Plastrer) Dr. R. D. Guselle Employees of Bank of Montreal (Main Branch) Mutual Life Assurance Employees Mutual Life Assurance Company Sim's Confectionery Puckett Florists W. Igel (Magistrate's Court) Total to Date 7.00 $271,597. Santa Parade Starts At 1 P.M. BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- Thousands of the residents of the district are expected to flock into town Saturday to watch the Santa Claus parade. The parade will move off at 1 p.m. and proceed along King and Church Streets. The parade, one of the largest in this section of the province will have 28 floats, 16 bands, 30 horses and more than 500 walk- ing personnel. ' prison walls obscure our vision," he concluded, "now we seek to practise the Gospel of| the Second Chance." | Mr. Kirkpatrick was intro- duced by Ivan Wallace, presi- dent, and thanked by Robert Nicol. Many members of the |John Howard Society of Oshawa were present as were Police Chief Herbert Flintoff and |The Federal "overnment has » 'Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck. , CHECKER SCORES A recent tournament held by the Oshawa Checker Club at the CRA resulted in scores as fol- lows: Bev. Parker 4, Al Burke 0 Jack Johnson 2, Len Hager- man 2, Jack Johnson 4, Al Le- gere 0, Aime Poirier 3, Vine Russell 0 Bill Lynde 3, Jim Moore 1. Jack Johnson played two opponents simultanteously, A