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Oshawa Times (1958-), 20 Mar 1964, p. 13

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oe RARE ALI Ar ore a ae ot. QUiUw PAGE THIRTEEN Schoo! Area | Boundaries Approved School boundaries, as set by the executive committee of the Oshawa School Board, were approved Thursday night |"subject to necessary amend- ments as required." Strongest opposition to the boundaries was voiced by Trus- tee Frank Baron. He argued a She Oshawa FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1964 SECOND SECTION LA -- a a ee Te SUMMER CAMPERS ASSURED OF ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WOOD Campers using the facilities of Darlington Provincial Park will have an ample supply of fire wood as the result of the removal of diseased elm trees from Oshawa streets during the winter months. Patrick Kennedy, Oshawa parks com- missioner, is seen here point- ing to the pile of more than 100 cords of wood piled at the park. Mr. Kennedy said 12 men, employed under the Win- ter Works Program, removed more than' 1,000 trees. The trees were sawn and treated with chemicals to kill the elm disease beetles before the wood was removed to the park. --Oshawa Times Photo Area Soloist Wins High Praise Eleven - year - old Cinday Lou Ayre of South Darlington was ingled out this week at the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival by Adjudicator Fred- erick Carter. "Her performance was remarkable for her age," he said. In the girls' solo for. 11 years and under, she sang "Lullaby for Judith" and won first place over 23 contestants at St. An drew's United Church hall with a mark of 86 per cent. Another student from South Darlington, Kathy Lovekin scor- Hit By Auto Boy Bruised Robern, Kirkbride, 11, 85 Rowe street, was treated for foot and leg bruises after he was struck by a car Thursday on Ritson road south. Police said driver of the car was Walter Lipak, 345 Gibb street. Earlier in the day, cars driven by Mildred Glowaski, 215 Gib- bons street and Betty J. Clark, 274.Gibbons. street, collided at the intersection of Woodcrest avenue and Fernhill boulevard. Damage was estimated at $250. Damage totalled $300 when a car driven by Constance Strade- ski, 338 Ridegeway avenue, col- lided with a fire hydrant and traffic light standard at the north-east corner of King street and Harmony road. Raymond M. Gillard, 243 Sur- rey drive, reported to police that his car was damaged to the' extent of $85 by a hit-run driver. The Gillard vehicle had been parked on the. south side of Kitchener avenue. Plan Variety Night Boost Auditorium | A hockey variety night fea-| turing two of Canada's top teams will be held to raise funds for the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. T. V. Kelly, director of the auditorium committee, said) y, that the Police Association will send a team to the Whitby Arena in April against a team made up of members of the Toronto Argonauts and the Whitby Dunlops. Mr. Kelly said the Whitby Arena has given free time for the event. Baton twirlers, ice| dancing, band music and other; entertainment will be provided. Catherine Evans, Oshawa, won the piano duet class for con- testants eight years and under. They had a mark of 85. Joan Weir, Oshawa} ing 84 per cent tied with Betty Bullock of Lakefied. South Darlington music super- visor, Ross Metcalfe who has been bringing students to festi- val Competitions for the past two years says that "the learn- ing of music is a great aid to discipling the mind." He said that Tuesday he was responsible for students from three schools in the South Dar- lington area. He will be bring- ing more students from 15 var- ious schools during the remain- der of the festival. Mr. Metcalfe said each year shows an improvement in the students. He has been a super- visor of music for 12 years. Salem School, Bowmanville, was given 84 marks to finish second in the class for triple trios at the festival. Debbie Green, Orono, had 84 marks to place third in the solo class for girls 16 years and under. Linda Brock, South Darling- ton, had 84 marks to place third in the solo class for girls nine years and under; while Carol Wight, South Darlington, had 86 marks to win the solo class for girls 10 years and under. Alexandra Galbraith and Oshawa, who had 8 marks placed second in the piano solo class for those 16 years and under. Her sister, Carol, won the piano solo class for.14 years and under with 86 marks. Monica Humphries, Oshawa, was given 83 marks to win the piano solo class for contestants six years and under. Gail Perry, Oshawa, was third with 82 marks in one vocal class and Pianist To Play With Orchestra A brilliant young pianist, Miss Patricia Fisher, -will be the guest soloist for the spring concert of Oshawa. Symphony Orchestra on April 14. She will play Haydn's well known con- certo in "D'" major for piano and orchstra. : Miss Fisher recently success- fully passed the ARCT examin- ations for both teacher-and solo work. During the past few years she has distinguished her- self for the many awards won in competitions at the Canadian National Exhibition and music festivals in Toronto, Orillia and Peterborough. A varied program' which should appeal to many _ has been arranged by the musical director, Edward Oscapella. Thubert's Unfinished Sym- phony, the Egmont Overture by Beethoven and Eric Coates' London Suite will be the high- lights, There will also be light- er numbers including Broadway Show Tunes. Another favorite should be a Strauss Waltz from Old Vienna and the orchestra Eder from Florida to put the authentic sound to this num- ber. Besides practising the concert, many orchestra members have been putting in extra hours assisting in musical programs in the district. Fif- teen members have just com- pleted playing for five success- ful presentations of the Mikado with the Bowmanville Choral Society. Since thesé perform- ances were so well received, Hugh Martin, director of. the hard. for won another similar class with a mark of 88. Orono Public School won the school chorus class with 87 marks. Hampton and Maple Grove Schools were second and third, respectively, with marks of 86 and 85. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating ther birthdays today: Deborah Beaton, 1465 Evangeline drive; Bonnie Bishop, RR 3, Bowmanville, and Douglas Armitage, 100 | Montrave avenue. Phone 723-3474. |}group, has announced they will |produce Gilbert and Sullivans' lopera the "Gondoliers" next |season and rehearsals are to |start soon. | This weekend a number of iplayers headed by President |David McDuff will be assisting the United Counties Orchestra lin their concert at Cobourg. iTickets for the Oshawa con- cert may be obtained from lorchestra members and the program will be heard in the |Union Hall on Bond street east. BUILDING DEMOLITION Oshawa City Council, at its | meeting this week, accepted the | offer of J. A. Cameron, 161 Mill | street, for the demolition of the |building at the south west cor- |ner of King and Queen streets. |The city will. pay the contrac- }tor $200. Six other bids for the 'job were received. members are waiting the re-) turn of Concert Master Charles} Refuse Builder Home Permits An Oshawa builder has been| refused permission to build homes on three 56.7 foot lots ir an R1A area (Oshawa _boule- vard north) where the minimum |frontage allowed is 60 feet. Fearful of "setting a prece- dent" in the city's highest resi- jdential zoning category, a two- 'man Committee of Adjust- |ment Wednesday night turned down Herman Kassinger's sec- ond appeal in two hearings. A minor zoning variation in one residential area may be considered a major infraction in an RiA zone, noted Frank McLellan. "He (Kassinger) had enough property for six lots with suffi- cient frontage," said Mr. Hc- Lellan. "'He didn't divide them up véry carefully." Mr. Kassinger has an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board pending*on last month's refusal by the committee to sanction lot sizes of 54, 57 and 59 feet on the same three lots. Nine applications were grant- ed: E. Solotarow, Stevenson To Provide Space For Wheelchairs Minor alterations in the plans of the new Oshawa Civic Audi- torium were announced Thurs- day by Bill Kurelo; a director of the auditorium committee. Mr. Kurelo said that space will be provided for those con- fined to wheelchairs. He also noted that the timekeeper's box and the penalty box for hockey players will be placed together at one side of the arena. He said that the initial plan- ning had shown both boxes at opposite sides of the rink. "How jcould the timekeeper tell the |fellows when they could go back jon to the ice, shout across at them?" : Garden Club Works On | Nosegays The monthly meetings of the) Oshawa Junior Garden Club were held in the main hail of \the Children's Arena with their jleader and instructor, Mrs. |Earle Sandford, and her assist- jant, Mrs. Russel Boswell. | Both the Tuesday and Wed- jnesday classes of the club work- jed on an interesting and worth- jwhile project as each member jcarefully bound miniature flow- jers with fine wire and tape and |placed them in a dainty white jcollar to complete an attrac- |tive and colorful nosegay. Miss. Valerie Usher, who was OSHAWA FIRM SHIPS POOL PANELS First carload of pre-formed steel panels for swimming pools ever to be shipped from Oshawa is shown being load- ed Thursday at the 5,300 square foot Drake street plant of Major Pool Equipment Cor- poration (Canada) Limited. Although the panels are man- $ ufactured in Toronto, a fiye- man staff assembles filtration equipment and Henry of Oshawa says ma- chines have already been in- stalled here to lining for pools. hopes to manufacture above- ground pools owner. David turn out vinyl The company of equipment Vancouver, B.C. locally. Mr, Henry got into the pool busi- ness after putting one in. at his own home in 1959. He is a former assistant general man- ager of a plumbing wholesale house in Toronto. This carload is headed for jonce a member of the club but jhas recently graduated to the jmembership of the Horticultur- jal Society, assisted Mrs. Sand- ford in giving guidance to the members as they worked on each nosegay which will be presented to the patients in the children's ward at the Osh | awa hospital during the Easter| |season. The centennial plaques, made by the members for competition were handed in and the posters, to advertise a rummage sale to be held in Simcoe Hall on April 7, were also handed in. Small plants of Jerusalem Cherries which were. started from seeds following the Febru- any meeting, were on display. The plants were ready to be transplanted and egg shells were recommended in place of small flower pots for that pur- pose. Mrs. Sandford displayed a pair of attractive Easter Bun- nies which she had made from a plastic detergent container, these were later given as a) special door prize and won by) Patsy Boswell and Kathy) |Lewis, The regular door. prizes were won by Marilyn Cross and Margaret Ihnat of the Tuesday group. Margaret Donaldson won the door prize for the Wednes- day group. A number of new members were recorded, which increas- ed the interest in the '"new-| |member'" competition. which) --Oshawa Times Photo |is in progress. road north, lot with insufficient rontage; M. Uradka, Park road south, insufficient frontage and lot area. J. Blecha, Celina street, ex- tend non-conforming living quarters; W. F. Mercer, Rich- mond street east, addition with insufficient sideyards; R. Mae- der, Mitchell avenue, addition with insufficient sideyard; A. W. Rundle, King street east, install a gas pump with underggound storage tank; K. Marsh, Annapolis avenue, set- back variance for existing store; L. Oceanas, Olive av- enue, erect house on lot with insufficient frontage and lot area; W. McKinstry, John street' erect house with excessive lot coverage. Radio Park s Without An Executive Radio Park Neighborhood As- sociation today is without an executive following the associa- tion's annual meeting held at the park clubhouse last night. Retiring President George Hartwick and the executive ar- rived for the meeting to find the members had stayed away in large numbers, with the re- sult that it was impossible to hold an election for the coming year's slate. Year-end reports were tabled by the officers, and old business 'dealt with. Though discouraged by the apparent lack of concern on the part of their association mem- bers, the outgoing member of the executive following prolong- -|ed discussion decided to form a committee to arrange for a spe- cial meeting to present the prob- lem to the residents of the area. TEMPORARY COMMITTEE Current emergency business | will be carried on by this tem- | porary committee to allow ac- tivities to function until the time of this special meeting. The boys' hockey team will fulfill its league engagements, teen dances will continue for the coming two or three weeks, and the clubhouse rental arrange- ments will remain in effect. On the brighter side, final re- ports of the various retiring of- ficers showed a successful year just concluded. The neighbor- ball teams last summer, and a hockey team during the winter. 'Euchre, a Pee-Wee tournament, 'teen dances, and a_ fund- raising draw were sponsored during. the past year and were hood association operated five well patronized. In addition, a windup and awards night for the ball team and a Christmas party highlighted the season. Treasurer Mrs. Warne pre- sented the annual audited state- 'ment which showed a _ total expenditure of $1745.63, and a current bank balance of $239.20. 100 FAMILIES Membership in the district or- ganization has remained stable over the past several years, with present paid-up adult mem- bership in excess of 100 families. The emergency group is head- ed by George Hartwick with Mrs. Sledziewski acting as sec- retary. Members of this tem- porary committee are Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Warne and Messrs. Andrews, McMillan and Cox. Lou Withers of the ORC staff, who was invited to attend the annual meeting to conduct election and installation of 1964 officers, will assist the commit- tee with plans for holding the special meeting. While a date of this meeting has not been announced, it is undertsood to be planned for a date within the next few weeks. AWARD TIRE CONTRACT A contract in. the amount of $4,402.31 was awarded by Osh- awa City Council Monday night to the Goodyear Tire Store, Osh- tenance of tires and tubes as required for all city-owned ve- hicles for a one-year period Five other tenders were re- ceived. ) school would be like all Catholic that no boundary should be set for the John F. Kennedy School which will open in September. "This school will offer instruc- tion in the Eastern Rite and no opportunity," he said. He poin- ted out that no boundary was set for the Corpus Christi School (bilingual school) for "nation- alistic reasons", He added that the John F. Kennedy School Should also have a city-wide boundary "for more important reasons -- religious reasons." (A motion passed unanimously by the. board Dec. 19 stated that, if boundaries were set up, they would have to be respected by everyone and that the Kennedy schools and would not be an Eastern Rite School although the facilities would be there.) The board passed the bound- ary proposal, which will be ef- fective in September. Trustees Baron and J, J. Kelly opposed the motion with Trustee Michae] Rudka abstaining. The executive committee was authorized to advertise the boundaries and conduct neces- sary consultations with clergy and other interested persons. Will Talk On Conservation Ken Strasser, of Toronto, will present an illustrated talk con- cerning conservation through education at the Oshawa Natur- alist Club meeting Monday, Mar. 23, 7.30 p.m. in the chil- dren's section of the McLaugh- lin Public Library. Mr. Strasser is in charge of the nature program of the Metropolitan Toronto and Re- gion Conservation Authority and is an instructor in conser- vation and_ natural history at the Authority's Albion Hills Conservation School. He is a field naturalist with a special interest in nature photography and has served in his present capacity since 1959. child should be deprived of this] | Rink Director Voted Bonus Director. Robert Wilson told the Civic Auditorium Com- mittee meeting Thursday that 1963 pledges to the new build- ing could be closed out. "We have collected all that was pledged," he said, '"'with only $85 to come, I think we can collect $25 of that amount." He stated that he had not expected such a good response and was delighted that. practi- cally all pledges had been honored. Finance chairman, T. V. Kelly later moved that a $100 As well as planning a day -of sports, displays and enter- tainment for Dominion Day, July 1, the executives of Oshawa Folk Festival are also shouldering a burden of technical responsibilities. Re- cently application was made for incorporation for a com- pany without share capital with the legal assistance of Gilbert L. Murdoch, seated right with 'Mrs. J. A. Ald- winckle, executive chairman. Standing left to right are Jan Drygala, business manager - OSHAWA FOLK FESTIVAL SEEKS INCORPORATION and general chairman; W. Robert Singleton, co-chair- man of finance and Norman McAlpine who was unavoid- ably absent, and James Wil- liams, assistant general chair- man, --Oshawa Times Photo More than 400 boys are ex- pected to participate in the An- nual Boy Scout Camporee to be held at Camp Samac. Plans for the event, which will be held during the May 23 weekend, are well advanced. The theme of the event will be "The World We Live In" with each of the four basic camps carrying out the theme by depicting one of the phases of scouting around the world. Ron Pine will be the camp chief, It was announced at the meet- ing of the executive of the Osh- awa District Council Thursday night that the annual church parade will be held in Septem- ber rather than in June. The Queen Scout 'ceremony will be held in R: S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Insti- tute on Friday evening, May 1. Oshawa Scouts who have earn- ed this badge during the past year will be presented with their, parchments on that occasion. Executive Commissioner Stan- ley Richardson told the meeting that plans for the summer swimming instruction program, which opens in July at the Camp Samac Pool, have been completed. It is planned to hold classes for all who wish to learn to swim from beginners to those who wish to qualify for their Red Cross and Royal Life Saving Badges. Thirty-seven classes will be held on a first-come- first-served basis and it will be possible to handle 983 swim- mers. Classes will be limited to 20 swimmers and registrations are already being received, Mr. Richardson said. He voiced the opinion that the opening of the new Boys' Club seemed to have stimulated interest in swimming and, as a result, all indications World Health Group Ousts bonus be given to Mr. Wilson for his work in' bringing in donations, "We publicly indi- cate that he has been doing a great job. Mr, Wilson has been tapping new sources to pro- vide for the auditorium and the bonus will be a token of our thanks." The committee also com- mended Mrs. Audrey Hepburn, secretary, for her untiring work. Carnival Planned By Oshawa Club The Oshawa Skating Club Annual Carnival will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday; Mar, 22, in the Oshawa Children's Arena. The theme of the carnival is "Sleeping Beauty'. Much time and talent has been spent on this production and a most en- joyable afternoon is in store for those attending. The veny fine settings and colorful costumes wilt add greatly to the perform- ance of the young participants whose precision and skill on skates are dazzling to the eye. If the citizens of Oshawa wish to view some of Canada's future skating champions, they can do so by seeing them in the "Sleep- ing Beauty'. The lead roles are being play- ed by: The Sleeping Beauty, Judy Kewin; The Prince, Mar- jony. Robson; The Queen, Janice Tomalak; The King, Kathy Jones; The Youngest Fairy, Debbie Norris; The Wicked Fairy, Terry Haas; The Royal Nurse, Judy Tomkins; The Cas- tle Cat, Karen Schoenau;. The Dwarf, Alex Pankiw; The Six Fairies -- Janet Coutu, Mary Clare Hefferman, Tana Leach, Shawn Leddy, Marilyn Pawlen- ichuk and Rhonda Waisglass. To complete the colorful pro- gram, five guest skaters will emphasize the skill that can be accomplished by practice and jawa, for the supply and main-|devotion. The guest skaters are: Anna Porter and. Richard Ste- phens, Oshawa Skating Club; Marlene and Candace Jones, To- ronto Granite Club; Yvonne An- jonichuk, Oshawa Skating Club. South Africa GENEVA (Reuters) -- South Africa walked out of the World Health Assembly Thursday af- ter delegates stripped it of vot- ing rights and prepared to oust it from the World Health Organ- ization. ' The assembly passed a reso- lution by a vote of 66 to 23, with six abstentions, aimed at preventing South Africa from participating in two meetings and amending the constitution of W.H.O. to permit its expul- sion or suspension, The resolution, sponsored by 34 African countries and backed by Latin American countries and the Communist bloc, claimed South Africa's apar- theid (racial separation) policy violated the principles of W.H.O. ' Canada, the United States and Britain were among the coun- tries) who opposed the resolu- tion. A British move to have the vote subjected to a two-thirds majority as '"'an important mat- ter" was rejected by a vote of 51 to 331 with three abseniions. South African delegate Dr. Cc, A. M. Murray called the vote a "violation of the spirit of the constitution." He announced South Africa was withdrawing and his delegation walked out. It was not. known yet whether this implied South Africa has withdrawn from. the organiza- tion altogether. Steelworkers Get Boost In Pensions MONTREAL (CP) -- Some 8,000 workers of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation are to receive increases in pension benefits amounting' to 25 per cent, The increases are part of im- provements negotiated in the company pension plan by the United Steelworkers of America (CI£). Twelve union locals embrac- ing office, technical and produc- tion workers voted 10-1 to ac- cept the proposals. Results' of the recent vote among workers in . Montreal, Etobicoke and Walkerville, Ont. Wabana, Nfld., and Sydney and Trenton, N.S., were announced T: pointed to one of the most suc- cessful instruction years on rec- ord, TO SET POLICY 's The executive, at its next meeting, will consider setting up policy for groups of Scouts or Rovers who plan to visit other countries. It was felt that such visits should be made only if they did not interfere with the activities of the. troop's training program, The opinion was voiced that the executive committee should retain control over such ven- TO PARTICIPATE Off-duty members of the Osh- awa Fire Fightess Association will have a fire truck and pos- sibly a float in the parade being held at the CNE on Monday, Aug. 31, when the exhibition will honor the fire services with a "Fire Services Day" in con- junction with 'Women's Day" at the fair. The theme of the event will be "The Fire Ser- Expect Large Enrolment For Samac Swim Classes tures and it should receive copies of all correspondence carried on by the local group. The financing of the trips shoul be discussed with the district headquarters and authority in writing secured from the dis- trict council before negotiations are commenged. PROVINCIAL JAMBOREE It was announced that the Provincial Jamboree will be held in 1967. While no location has been chosen, it has been suggested it might be held on Centre Island in Toronto. The Oshawa District Council is expected to extend an invita- tion to hold the event here, using the facilities available at Lake- view Park and the Darlington Provincial Park to accommo- date the 4,000. Scouts expected to attend. The committee learned that a recent appraisal of Camp Samac had resulted in an estimated new replacement value of $394,- 133.30; while the actual cash value of the camp buildings is $325,006.87. Name Delegates On Committee The appointment of represent- atives of the Civic Auditorium Committee to a City Council committee which will handle the affairs of the new building Was announced Thursday. E. R. S. McLaughlin, chair- man of the CAC, said that Harry Gay and Ray Trew will join with Mayor Lyman Gifford, Alder- men Walter Branch and John Brady to form the new body. "We met with council at a specia] meeting," Mr, McLaugh- lin said, "and it was pointed out that the City must have a major- ity representation on the com- mittee. We feel that a balance of three to two will be best." The appointment of the two vices Honor the Homemakers of Canada". ; members was approved. Sergeant John E. Bellis, Royal Canadian Army Ser- vice Corps, Calgary, is. pre- sented the Canadian Forces Decoration by Major J, L. McCulloch, commanding of- ficer, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Depot, Sergeant Bel- lis was raised and educated in Oshawa and joined the Ca- nadian Army in 1942. He re- cenfly transferred to the CANADIAN FORCES DECORATION RCSAC and is presently serv- ing with the Queen's Own Depot in Calgary. His daugh- ter, Jeannie, lives with his father, Albert Bellis , * 83 Thomas street, Oshawa. The Canadian Forces Deocration is awarded for 12 years exem- plary service in the Canadian Armed Services. --National Defence Photo

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