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Oshawa Times (1958-), 19 May 1964, p. 11

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RACING SEASON OPENS AT MOSPORT TRACK The racing season opened at Mosport Sunday with the run- of the Oakville-Trafalgar Car Club races, Here, competitors line up on the mock-grid in preparation for one of the 14 races of the day, Several Oshawa Motor Sport Club members were among those taking part in the day's events. One of the major races on the international motor sports calendar, the Player's 200, takes place at Mosport June 6, Oshawa Times Photo Six People Injured In Weekend Accidents Three-year-old Gregory Lubo- witz, Grandview south, suffer- ed scalp lacerations Saturday when he collided with a car on the street in front of his home. He was admitted to Oshawa General Hospital with possible head and internal injuries but was allowed to go home Sun- day. Driver of the car was list- ed as Laurence Cook of Hib- bert avenue. Robert Ray of Port Perry is in Oshawa General Hospital to- day in satisfactory condition after falling 30 to 40 feet off a ladder Saturday, He has frac- tured ribs and possible internal injuries. TWO-CAR CRASH A two-car accident Saturday at Fernhill boulevard and Miller avenues sent John Del- sordo, 10 Celina street, and Micheline Marchais of Sudbury, to hospital, Both were treated and released, Drivers involved were Guseppe Vitulli, Cannon street, Hamilton, and Andre Dognon, Peter street, Sudbury. Damage to the cars was esti- mated at $750. Robert Hayes, Carnegie ave- nue, and Robert Gordon, Har- mony road south, suffered bruises Saturday after a car driven by Hayes struck the rear of a parked milk truck on Simcoe street north. Gordon was a passenger in Hayes car. Robert Whalen, RR 3, Bow- manville, driving ahead of Hayes, missed the truck but his ear struck a southbound car driven by Robert Dale, ;Conc. 4, East Whitby township. Esti- Bridge Club Top Scores The winners and high scores \of the games played last week mated damage to the three cars}by the members of the Osh- and the truck totalled $1000, TRUCK-CAR COLLISION south, was done to the dump truck, driven by Thomas Nicholls, Conc, 5, Brock township. Cars driven by Howard K, Dionne Sr., and Thomas L, liam H, street, $930, Race Car Injures 2 Track Officials MOSPORT (Staff) -- The Rashkis against a wooden fence t, 10th race of the day ended in| pos when a 150-mile- _ left. the. track and ran down two officials here, Sunday. Injured : Peter Miller, 32, of Peterborough and John Rashkis, 19, of Old Park road, . The driver, Dave Greenblat of Montreal walked unhurt from his wrecked Lotus- CONDITION GOOD Miller was taken to St. Jo- seph's Hospital, Peterborough. He suffered broken legs, and arm 'and rib fractures, His con- dition is listed as "quite good." Rashkis after treatment ville. He sustained An official said the Lotus- Chev could have been moving! at close to 100«miles-an-hour when it left the track, No cause has yet been given for the accident, but unofficial comment blamed a mechanical failure in the car, Reg. Wesson, clerk of the course for the event, said a full inquiry would be made into the accident, It would be held in Toronto, sometime towards the end of the week. He stressed that all racing cars undergo a rigorous inspec- tion before being allowed on the track. Wesson, however, did not discount possible me- (chanical failure as the cause of the accident. Lacrosse Game Draw Winners One of the highlights of the the draw for attendance prizes, A full report of the game, which was won by the Oshawa Green Gaels by a score of 18 to 7 over the Guelph Mohawks appears on the sports pages, The draw winners were; Elec- tric Huntsville; beauty salon certifi- well avenue; lawn chair, Mrs. Bruce Laverty, road west; gallon of paint, Miss Davidson, 2 Charles street Brooklin; street. and a compound fracture of the ankle. Hospital officiais say his condition is "satisfactory."' The accident occurred dur-| ? ing the Oakville - Trafalgar Tight Car Club meet. The in- jured men were serving as cor- ner flag-marshals, STRUCK IN LEGS ; Greenblat's low-slung car hurtled from the course at the end of the pit-straight, climbed a steep earth embankment and # struck both men in the legs.| The impact reportedly threw Civil Servants Slate Protests In Province TORONTO (CP) -- Ontario's) civil servants Saturday threat-| ened to stage mass demonstra-| tions throughout the province] unless their demands for new} negotiations procedures are met! by July 1. { Orily 14 of the 225 delegates to an emergency meeting here of the Civil Service Association of Ontario voted against the res- olution. | It demanded acceptance "in| good faith" by the government of the association's requests for a full time government: team to handle all negotiations with civil servants, and a change in the role of the Ontario joint council--which consists of both government and association rep- resemtatives--to make it a sup- ervising body over all negotia- tions. posed demonstration was left to the board of governors. move for affiliation with the la- bor movement and obtaining) standard bargaining rights. | At the same time, the associa-| tion squashed a rebel movement} v and voted full confidence in its| « leadership. FIRST CLASS HONORS -- R. G. Reesor, of Pickering, | will receive his Bachelor of Sci-| ence degrée from the University of Waterloo at the convocation being held May 22, He received first class honors in his final The actual form of the pro- att H The Victoria Day weekend brought Ontario motorists in their thousands on to the highways, Highway 401 in the Oshawa area was jammed Friday night as traffic streamed eastward. This pic- ture shows the holiday ; OLIDAY TRAFFIC JAMS HIGHWAY makers returning home Mon- day afternoon. The picture was taken at about 5 p.m. looking east from a point /jided on Taschereau Boulevard just west of the Ritson road interchange --Oshawa Times Photo Geary, Elmgrove avenue, Wil- Beurling Scott, Queen street, Toronto, were in- volved in an accident at Non- quon road and Simcoe street north Saturday. Total estimated damage to the three cars was) opening of the junior lacrosse season, Monday night at the Oshawa Children's Arena, was clock, George Stinson, cate, Harold Fogan, 208 Crom- 373 Rossland Helen Walley, 160 Ritson road south; lacrosse stick, Wayne fisherman's lantern, A. Adams, 208 Park road riorth and Green Gael season pass, Jimmie Bishop, 808 Glencairn awa Golf and General Motors | Duplicate Bridge Clubs were: A small European car was|\OSHAWA GOLF struck by a dump truck at Taylor avenue and Wilson road south Saturday. The car, driv- en by Irene M. Boychuk, Wilson received an estimated $400 damage. Only $50 damage North and South -- R, Vick- ery and E, Vickery, 119%; Mrs, E, Stewart and Mrs, 8, Hart, 102%; Mrs, M. R, Clarke and P, Stroud, 101%; Mrs, H. Hart and Mrs, F, J. Rundle, 101; Mr, and Mri. P. Chubb, 99%, East and West -- J, D, Hum- phreys and:J, C. Peacock, 115%; E. Anderson and F, Harding, 114; Mrs, Walker and Mrs, McCansh, 102; Mr, Mell- veen and R, Garrett, 101; Mr, and Mrs, Austin, 98%, The next bridge session will be at May 20 at 7.45 p.m, | GENERAL MOTORS The open pairs tournament was played by the members of the General Motors Club, Con- gratulations are extended to Mrs, W, Heron, Brooklin and L, Peel, Oshawa, who won with a score of 126, The runners-up were; §. Sher- idan and A, Vaillancourt, 12514; Mr, and Mrs. R. Davis, 1254; Mr, and Mrs, W, Baker, 128%; Mrs, M. R, Clarke and J, Mil- ler, 116; Mrs. E. Wadewort and R, Morris 114, Mrs. J. Pat- terson and Mrs, Hankingon( 99. The next game will be play- p.m, Boat Flips , Man Drowns PICKERING (Staff) -- A To- ronto man drowned Monday af- ternoon when his homemade outboard motorboat flipped over on Lake Ontario near the foot of Liverpool road, Gerald Olford, 27 of Dawes road, Toronto, made his 14-foot plywood boat during the winter from a kit, Police said the boat flipped over during a sharp turn about 150 feet from shore, The. operator was thrown un- der the boat, came out from beneath it and sank below the surface. Olford's body was re- covered by dragging shortly af- terward, j There was a slight swell on the lake and the man was not wearing a lifejacket, police said, Sergeant John Pugh and Con- Stable John Found of Picker- Ing Township police investigat- , Three Has ; Over Weekend The Oshawa Fire Department reported this morning that the holiday weekend proved rela: tively quiet, Firefighters extinguished fire at the 117 Central Par boulevard north home of Gordon Bryant Sunday morning. The kitchen and contents suffered $700 damage after a pot of grease on the stove ignited, A brush fire at Oshawa Air- port and a car fire at 156 Prince street on Sunday both started within 15 minutes of each other. From Saturday morning to 9 a.m, today the department an- swered 20 ambulance calls, Wrote Road Peril For Newspaper; | Killed On Monday MONTREAL (CP) -- Alfred Ayotte, 59, an editorial. Writer for Montreal La Presse who wrote in Saturday's edition on the danger of Victoria Day weekend traffic accidents, was killed Monday in a head-on col- lision, . Mr. Ayotte's car and one driven by Ovide Pazzi, 52, col- a in suburban Jacques -Cartier Mr. Pazzi is in critical condition jin the general hospital, a jed Thursday, May 21, at 7,30 Ridg y ELSES OTITIS IS A Tp ENS Four Die In Crash At Cobourg COBOURG -- The death toll SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1964 has risen to four in a car acci- dent on Shelter Valley Road at the No, 410 Highway underpass near here Sunday night, Three persons were killed almost instantly in the crash, bee ig identified yesterday as Warl Van Westervelat, 2%, of Superior Avenue, Mexixco, be- Meved to have been the driver; Gilbert Moran, 22, of the same address; and Margaret Mary Henwood, 21, Joan Dienne Ham, 21, also of St, Clair avenue, died in hospi- Fn . short time after the acci- nt, VISITING FARM ' The four had gone to the farm home of Van Wester. veld's parents at RR 3, Col- borne, for the long weekend, They are believed to have been returning to the farm from fishing when the accident oceurred, Police said the speeding car's driver apparently missed a sharp curve and it rolled over in a ditch, skidded 160 yards on its side and smashed into a large elm tree, buckling the roof and trapping the passen- gers inside, an apartment in Mimico, Moran's parents live in Scot: land, WAS SECRETARY Miss Henwood, who worked as a secretary in a hardware firm, was the daughter of Mr, and Mrs, John Henwood, She also leaves four younger broth- ers, Miss Ham was one of five children of Mr, and Mrs, Clif- ford Ham of Campbell avenue, Toronto, She worked in the pay- roll department of Maclean- lived at the Henwood home. Seven Hurt In Pile-Up BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- A six-car pileup on Highway 401 late Monday afternoon injured seven persons and resulted in robe sige damage estimated at The cars were driven by Stan- ley Babuski, 42 of Foxley street, Toronto; Clifford Kincaide, 25 of 18 Marion street, Toronto; Donald Turner, 47 of 518 Kerey drive, Burlington; Justya Lych- h kez, 44 of 271 Peth avenue, To- ronto; Corbelis Albas, 43 of 2022 St, Clair avenue east, To- ronto; and Gordon Bowe, 846 846 Elm Grove. avenue, . Oak es, The seven injured, all passen- gers, suffered cuts and bruises. They were treated and releas- ed from Bowmanville General Hospital, The injured were: Vera Lych- kicz, Bohdan Lychkez, Paula Turner, Judy and Trudy Tur- ner, Magdalena Albas and Ger- ard Albas, Kingston Man BOWMANVILLE (Starf) -- A fishing outing ended in death Saturday when 23-year-old Louis Papi, of Kingston, drowned in Lake Ontario, 100 yards off Darlington Provincial Park, Papi and his companion, Frederick Doiron, 32, also of Kingston, were in a _ 10-foot glass-fibre boat which capsized. Doiron swam to shore, He was nearly exhausted when his son, Angus, 14, and another youth waded into the water to help him to safety, Skindivers found Papi's body but the boat has not been re- covered, Police said the two |men, who weré not wearing | ifejackets, were apparently re: | turing to the park when their boat upset, Corporal | Crough and Con- |stable Cornell of Bowmanville | OPP investigated, 23 Accidents | | The Ontario Provincial Police Whitby detachment reported to- | day tivat 23 motor vehicle acci- | dents took place between 4 p.m. | Friday, May 15 and midnight | Monday, May 18. | Most accidents occurred on Highway 491 and 11 people were injured, none seriously, Major traffic tieups, were caused by the accidents in the westbound lane of the highway between Newcastle and Toronto, An OPP police spokesman at- | tributed the tieups to 'motorists who slowed down to gawk at accidents or even cars parked at the roadside, These people are not interested in the pro- gress of other traffic,' he said, CELEBRATING | BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to thé following resi- dent of Oshawa and district who is celebrating his birth- day today Jeffery Brooklin, Taber, RR 1, i Westerveldt and Moran shared| Hunter Publishing Co, Ltd, and) Drowns In Lake' In Whitby Area G | The Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club opened its 1964 season on Victoria Day with a mixed trebles tournament for the Hayden Macdonald Trophy. Twenty-eight teams took part in the three games. Seen here are the members of the win- ning team receiving the trophy from Mr, Macdonald, second from left, At left is Mrs, J. H, McDiarmid, second from right is William Cook, WINNERS OF FIRST BOWLING TOURNEY OF THE SEASON skip of the team, At right ie William Hamilton, who was the lead, Oshawa Times Phote Winner Of Pigeon Race The General Racing Pigeor | Club held its fourth race of the series last Saturday from Chat- ham, an air line distance of 198 miles to Oshawa, Seventeen lofts were repre- sented in the race and all clocked birds in what was a fast close race with only a deci- mal point separating some of the birds, The following is the result with the yards per minute also the decimal flown by each com- petitors' birds: L, Prescott, 1755.53; L, Kins- man, 1671,83;. L, Kinsman, 1669.74; F. Cowle, 1655.47; 6, Grant, 1654.95; F. Cowle, 1654.16; L, Prescott, 1654.11; J, Askew, 1652.69; G, Moore,1650,- 87 -- J, Strachan, 1644.4; J. Kehoe, 1638.64; J. McGrath, 1624.53; D, Bejkowsky, 1619.28; H. Leinsner, 1600.36; J, Askew, 1609.91; J. and R, Irwin, 1601.69, G. Moore, 1601.20; Kellar and Walton, 1600.07; G, Moore; 1580.63; J, and RR. Irwin, 1561.88; E. Gibbie, 1544.28; J, and R. Irwin, 1532.93; E. Gibbie, 1529.51; C, Bennett, 1522.97, E, Jackson, 1522.42; C, Ben- nett, 1516.87; F. Cowle, 1468.10; H, Topping, 1439.39; D, Bejkow- sky, 1421.17; J. Strachan, 1420.20; J, McGrath, 1418.35; Kellar and Walton, 1416.06; H, Topping 1968.35; H, Topping, 1365,00, Tulip Show. Is Planned Among the highlights in the activities of the Oshawa Horti- cultural Society are the season: al shows which give each mem- ber an. opportunity to com- pete with flowers in season, One such show is the Tulip Show which is being staged Sat- urday afternoon in the main auditorium of thé E, A, Lovell School, Centre street, Entries are received during the early afternoon until 2.30 p.m, and at the conclusion of the judging, the show will be open to the public from 5-9 pm. | the society may place entries in the show and all interested | non-members are welcome to view the blooms during the | early evening, | specimen bloom including all types and colors of tulips, be- sides the classes for arrange- ments, such as dining table centre, modernistic arnange- ment, and buffet centre, The public is cordially invit- ed to view the Tulip Show dur: ing the evening. Woman Trapped a In Basement PICKERING (Staff) -- Mrs, Hazel Lefebrue, 53, suffered fa- cerations to her arm Monday af- ternoon when she escaped from a burning house by breaking through a basement window, Airs, Lefebrue, housekeeper at the home of Robert Saunders, Fairport road north, Pickering township, found heself trapped in the basement when fire, be- lived to have been caused by an loverheated stove, started in the kitchen, Pickering Township fire de- | Those. who are members of| ' There are many classes for ' partment estimated the loss at $11,000, Damage, was confined) jmainly to the interior on the }main floor, The fire started at 14.30 p.m, | Mrs, Lefebrue was treated for) her injuries at Ajax-Pickering |General Hospital. KINGSTON --- Fourteen stu- dents from Oshawa and district will be among those receiving Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor o, Science and Bachelor of Com- merce degrees Saturday, May , at two convocations at Queen's University, Receiving a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree will be Carol A. Davidson, Oshawa, Receiving Bachelor of Arts (General) degrees will be: Joan E. Davis, Oshawa; Lioyd Gas- kin, Oshawa; Janet Hickling, Uxbridge; Barbara Holmes, Oshawa; Ronald B. M, Mathe- son, Pickering; Harvey I, Med- land, Oshawa; Carolyn Pascoe, Oshawa; Edwin I, Vickery, Oshawa; Pauline Roberts, Osh- awa; Jo-Ann Waugh, Oshawa; and Constance A, Tyrrell (Maar- tense), Orono, Ronald Jackson, Oshawa, will receive his Bachelor of Science degree; while Douglas A, Ed- wards, Oshawa, will receive his Bachelor of Commerce degree. MORNING SESSION At the morning ceremony, the Nipigon Park Plans Opening On Tuesday of last week members of the Nipigon Park Association met at the home of Merv, Perkins, The purpose of the meeting was to complete final arrangements for the Nip- igon Park opening to be held on Saturday, May 28, at 2 p.m. Included in the program will be airplane rides and pony rides for the children, Other items of interest include a dart game, bingo, fishpond, spin- ning wheel, penny toss, hot dog booth, executive booth, home baking and a chip wagon, Other events include a horse- shoe tournament, clown base- ball game and gigantic fire- works display, A number of races will also be held for the youngsters up to 13 years, With the program of events which are planned it is hoped that everyone will give their support to this, the official opening of Nipigon Park for the 1964 summer season, general degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Physical and Health Education will be awarded in the Facuty of Arts and Science, In the afternoon Honors Bach- elor of Arts and Bachelor of Scl- ence degrees will be awarded as |well as degrees in Theology, Commerce and Arts and Scl- ence, Graduate degrees will be awarded in the School of Gradu- ate Studies, Mgr, Irenee Lussier, rector of the University of Montreal and president of the Canadian Uni- vesities Foundation, will ad- dress the convocation, He will be presented with an honorary doctor of laws degree; as will Dr, F. K. Hare, noted student of the Canadian noth and for- mer dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at McGill Univer- sity in Montreal; and Professor' Prescottls 14 District Students To Get Arts Degrees Kathleen Coburn of the Depart- ment of English, Victoria Col- lege, University of Toronto. CONVOCATION SPEAKER The Roy Danniels, poet and head of the Department of English at University of British Columbia. Honorary doctor of laws degrees will be conferred on Professor Danielis and H, I, Ross of Mon- teal, president of the Canadian Association of Chartered Ac countants, Doctor of Divinity Degrees will be conferred at the after- noon ceremony on the Rev. R. C, Chalmers, professor of oo tematic Theology at Pine Divinity Hall, Halifax; and on the Rev, D. Bruce Gordon, min- ister of Welland Avenue United Church, St. Catharines, Officers for the ensuing year were elected at a meeting last Thursday, in the Royal Cana- dian Legion Hall, of the Osh- awa Track and Field Council. Chairman Barclay Law point- ed out that last year the admin- istrative side of track and field was more or less a one or two- man job, but this year, because of the increasing popularity of track and field in Oshawa, he felt one or two men could no longer handle the all-important administrative jobs, The attendance was less than the chairman had anticipated, However, here were enough en- thusiasts to fill the various posi- tions. The. elected executive is as follows: Chairman, Barclay Law; sec- retary, Frank Edgecombe; events committee, Lou Withers, Bev, Bull, Mike Zaver and Mal- colm Turnbull; property and equipment committee, Alf War- rell and Walter Sweet, Luke White, of Whitby, offered to as- sist the committee,' The publi- city chairman is Kevin Kelly, The next general meeting will Track And Field Council Elected the Legion Hall, 90 Centre street, Oshawa. A constitution will be drawn up at this m for the council. Everyone is wel- come to attend. The coaches have indicated there are a number of potential track and field champions in Oshawa, Don Jackson hag shown the way in this regard and Alex Oakley is also to the fore in this sport, Employment Office Opened By Bell An employment office was opened in Oshawa today by the Bell Telephone Company. The office is located. at 18 Victoria street, on the second floor will be open Monday through Friday from 9 - 4.30 p.m, The employment supervisor In charge of the office will be Mrs. M. J. Davis, She will re- ceive both male and female ap- plicants for employment in all departments of the telephone be held at 8 p.m, May 21 at company, FIREWORKS TRADITION WITH HOLIDAY In keeping with the celebra- tion of Victoria\Day in Osh- awa, a number of park. asso- ciations organized displays of 4 fireworks, One of the most colorful displays was that provided by the Oshawa Lions Club at the Oshawa Shopping Centre, This group of Poplar street children are enjoying their sparklers, : Oshawa Times Photo

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