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Oshawa Times (1958-), 17 Oct 1964, p. 9

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Second Section" City and district features, sports. and. classified advertis- ing. Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 Fire 725-6574 She Oshawa Time OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1964 ARTS COUNCIL CHAIRMAN SAYS: Pressure Was Used On Committee in which four people had been stopped in the street and asked what they wanted for the project. He said the people asked had all been of the laboring type and none of the business men who really wanted an arts theatre had been consulted. The members of the Arts Council all decided to ask mem- bers of the various organizations they represent to write to The who visit Toronto could be hired in Oshawa for one night stands if there was a suitable theatre. Mrs. Aldwinckle added: "I don't really think the theatre is a forlorn hope." City council have not yet de- cided if they will accept the committee recommendation but are going to interview each of the committee members individ- ually and ask what they want and why. : the swimming pool idea. He said the community was favorably disposed to an' arts theatre but had not made it knowa. He said: "The type of people who support cultural things are not the noisy voluble sorts." Mrs. Jo Aldwinckle, who is also on the Centennial Commit- tee, said it had been a difficult task to explain the importance of a theatre to people who ge | Two weeks ago the committee recommended council to spend. the $185, Centennial grant on a grandstand at Alex- andra Park, WANT ARTS THEATRE The Arts Council wanfs an arts theatre to be the project. The committee finally narrowed down their choice to the grand- stand, theatre and a swimming Outside pressure was used to influence members of Oshawa Centennial Committee in their project decision it was charged Thursday by Wallace Young, chairman of the Arts Council. He said at a lunch time meet- ing of the council; "I do not think the voting result expressed the feeling of the committee. "There was outside pressure. I do not know exactly how it in- fluenced members but I don't think we really wanted a grand- pool. Mr. Young said there had been stand." Arts Theatre 'Scuttled' -- Chapman tector with the Oshawa Little of the organization, said today that '"'an arts theatre was essen- tial te a growing city the size of Oshawa", despite a recent recommendation by the Centen- nial committee for a grand- stand. In a. statement released to The Oshawa Times, Mr.. Chap- man said that plans for an arts theatre had been "scuttled" by the Centennial Committee, -de- spite the fact that 13 groups had sponsored theatre plans. "There were two briefs sup- porting a swimming pool," he said, "'and only one for a grand- Harry Chapman, a drama di- | Theatre and one of the founders | went to live performances anything. She said many performers Mr. Young said The Oshawa Times had published a feature Times saying they want a theatre. a great deal of publicity about | HARRY CHAPMAN "A theatre," he said, "is not a place that will be filled only on a few fine days in the sum- mer; uses are many and all year round." Thousands. of dollars, he claimed, were being spent every year on sports activities of |51 days away, "who's going to voters' minds. 'mentioned speculatively as all jeach of the city's six voting wards. stand. ita dbec MISS OSHAWA GETS A Miss Oshawa of 1965, Shar- test sponsored by the Oshawa on Hurst, 18, of 136 Roseland Jaycees at the United Auto og = sc ghtead = Workers Hall Friday evening. Mrs. John Hurst. Miss Hurst The contest included a short public speaking trial in which was chosen beauty queen out of seven participants at a con- the girls had to speak for one CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MANAGER Fisher Resigns Ken Crone, President of the motive Museum project got underway and he was aiso made general manager of the Museum. Mr. Fisher has been active in Chamber of Commerce ac- tivities outside of Oshawa. He is an active member of the American Chamber . of Com- merce Executives, and Cham- ber of Commerce Executives of Canada. Mr, Fisher is also ist Vice-president of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Execu- tives, an onganization made up of the Managers of Chambers of Commerce throughout On-| Prior to coming to Oshawa, tario. Mr. Fisher had wide experience Mr. Fisher is a graduate of in Chamber of Commerce work, the Canadian Institute for)having been a director of both Chamber of Commerce Manage-|the Ontario Chamber of Com- ment, having taken his course|merce and the Canadian Cham- at Western University in Lon-|ber of Commerce. don, Ont. | Mr. Fisher spent many years DOUGLAS FISHER WINNER'S KISS FROM MOM "Nowhere in Oshawa, a city of 68,000 and soon to be 100,000, is there a place suitable for the proper presentation of the per- forming arts," he said, 'The audience mist either perspire in ja small, badly ventilated the- atre seating less than 200 or peer «tween the heads in front of them_in one of those cavern- ous, reverberating monstrosities known as gymnatoria where vis-| ibility starts from the waist up." He said that the Royal Winni- |peg Ballet, the Canadian Opera, and the Canadian Actors will be coming to Oshawa soon, and will have to make do with these poor, facilities. The Oshawa Little minute on two questions posed by Master of ceremonies Doug Crysedale. She will now enter the Miss Canada Pageant in Toronto next month. Oshawa Times Photo levery kind within Oshawa, and more will be added when the Civic Auditorium is finished. "It is a good thing," he said, "to be conscious of the-need for physical fitness in this car age, but it should be remembered that the mind needs to be exer- cised as well as the muscles." Two Sentenced To Jail Terms Two Oshawa men were sen- tenced when they pleaded guil- ty to possessing $4,590 of stolen iron goods, Friday at Oshawa Theatre, which must play regu- larly to over 3,000 people every| Os season under these conditions, | is recognized today as one |the outstanding amateur groups} in the Junior Chamber of|in Canada. : Commerce.. He started as a| The Canadian Concert Asso-| member of the Ottawa Junior|Ciation, the Oshawa Symphony Board of Trade in 1946, was|Orchestra, and many other or) charter president of the Aurora] anizations need a theatre des-) tari i y f| perately. | ie "se aia "T am sure," he added, "the : high schools would make full He served as an officer and|yse of such a building, and if it president of the Provincial were constructed in co-operation Junior Chamber and in 1997, | with the Board of Education) after serving two years as 4) there would be no problems in| pon ne hice mgr aren, joumnectaen with administration national presiden: Jumor) and maintenance. | Chamber of Commerce of Can-|------------ | ada. In his capacity as a national Auto Sale | Canada and the United States extensively.. In 1957 he repre- | sented the Canadian Jaycees at Toyko, Japan, attended the Down Here | International Congress in Rio | _ Mr. Fisher spent many years|j, dragging in Oshawa and in merchandising and was as-|whithy due to the United Auto sociated with the Consumers') workers strike against General! Gas Company for. three years| Motors Iitd. just prior to his coming to The U.S. strike has . caused Mr. Fisher will be moving to| more than 12,000 workers laid- the London area to start his| off in Oshawa. The lay-offs) new position, Nov. 15th, as|have halted production at the} General Manager of a Regional| GM plants. officer, Mr. Fisher travelled H 2 74 5q de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1959. The automobile sales business Oshawa. repercussions in Canada with Development. Association. | 7,000 Children Assisted UNICEF It will soon be that time of|for Children by Children" by the year when Canadians willl be| taking part in the UNICEF Hai- Whitby, has Sales, ~~ |Donald Motor 'business a standstill. L th Pl said Pig red 1g to u erans AN Sirike is having a serious effect on our business.' Oshawa hurc | Mr. Donald stated that 25 jper cent of his 22 strong sales llish a Lutheran Church in the| the situation does not improve. \north-east section of the city.|We are concentrating on parts \Latheran Grace Church, 549| and service," he said, "as well |Cromwell is the only Lutheran] @S,the used car business. 4 | "We just can't go on trying jhe stole the money for "'living | Harry Donald, president of| The} i | Henry Fiséher plans to estab-| Staff will have to be laid-off if| : Magistrate's Court. Roneld Mason, 29, 44 Ritson road 'south, wag sent to King- ston Penitentiary for two years, and Jack Brigley, 23, same ad- dress, was given a year definite in a reformatory and six months indefinite. Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck said the men had rented a truck and taken the iron from a field. He said they broke some of it with a sledge hammer to sell as scrap. Both men had criminal re-| cords but Mason had the long-| ments: to run again," to serve again if the people want me." Aldermen Keep With Oshawa civic elections run?" is a key question in city Ald. Gordon Attersley, often a mayoralty candidate this year, said today he is definitely going to run. But he refused to say for what office, mayor or alder- man, Ald. Attersley polled more votes (9348) than any candidate running for any office in the last civic election -- and he led adermanic candidates in ~ Mayor Lyman Gifford ques- tionéd earlier this week, ap- pears to be playing a waiting game. He refused to divoulge his political plans, took a wait- and-see attitude. Mrs, Christine Thomas, a six year alderman preceding her mayoralty win in 1961 over His Worship, said today she is still "mulling over" the thought of running for any office. John. DeHart, an Insurance agent, and Richard Ronald, a lawyer now sitting on the Sep- arate School Board, have an- nounced they will run in the aldermanic race. Ald. Tom Rundle will resign his council seat Nov. 2 to take a position in the Attorney-Gener- al's Toronto office. Robert Wil- son, who ran 14th last election, is still undecided to take the seat for two months. Sitting aldermen who could be reached today gave these etate- Ald. Cecil Bint -- 'I intend Ald. John Brady --"I'm ready very doubtful that I'll run a- gain." Ald. Finley Dafoe -- "I'm still available. However, I want to see the calibre and number of young people who are willing to run, We need young men with intestinal fortitude and business ability who have a realization of the city's problems." Ald, John Dyer -- "I don't know and I won't decide until Nomination Night." Ald. Cephas Gay -- "Sure I'm going to run. There's no sense in pusy-footing around about 'Ald. Hayward Mundoch--"I'm not going to make any com- mitment now. I'll wait and see." Exhibition Kids Hospital PORT PERRY (TC) -- One of the social highlights for the fall season will be the Rug, Art and Handicraft Exhibition which is being held in the Masonic Temple Saturday, Oct, 17, be- tween 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. It will be sponsored: by Mrs. Louise Patterson and her rug class and the proceeds will be donated to the Women's Hospi- tal Auxiliary, of the Community Hospital, to carry on the fine work which this organization does for the local hospital. The Port Perry United Church Choir travelled by chartered bus to O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, for the performance of the opera, "Die Fledemaus". At the con- clusion of the performance everyone enjoyed refreshments which had been arranged by the committee. The annual choir Ald, Walter Branch -- "'It is outing was a huge success. est. He had been in jail on sev- eral previous. occasions. COOK 20 A 20-year-old short order cook stole $350 from a former em- ployer for '"'living expenses", Oshawa Magistrate's Court heard Friday. Ivy Bouchard, 76 King street} west, pleaded guilty to break- ing and entering Rolland's Steak House and stealing the money. He was remanded two weeks for a pre-sentence report. In a statement, Bouchard said expenses" and bought a radio, and tape recorder. | Bouchard said he broke into the basement of the steak house and took the money from a cash KICKS POLICEMAN 4 TIMES DRAWS 3-MONTHS TERM John O'Toole, 52, punched a policeman, kicked his shins four times and said: "You should be on the railroad," Magistrate's Court was told Friday. The policeman, Cyril Smith, arrested O'Toole, of no fixed abode. O'Toole was given three | months in jail, when he plead- ed guilty to assaulting a po- lice officer. O'Toole was also given 30 days for causing a distrubance. Constable Smith said the ac- cused had been drinking when he approached him at the "four corners" and made the assault. He said O'Toole had used "bad language" and about 30 people gathered dur- ing the disturbance. "T can't remember being in Oshawa," O'Toole told the court. box and money bags. | Plans Secret Everyone seems reluctant to say at this stage if they are, or are not, running for the Board of Education this December. Even trustees who have long records of service will not con- firm they are standing this year, They think that showing their hand now may harm them. There has been much talk a- mong board members that a number of new people will be standing. Chairman George Dry- nan said recently he was hop- ing to persuade two young men to stand. David J. Powless, 34-years-old social investigator with the city welfare department, has decked WALLACE YOUNG Hits 'Apathy' Fred 0. Popham, a three-time loser in Public Utilities Com- mission elections, charged today there is "very serious apathy regarding the election of PUC Commissioners." sly' constlering dunertag ously con: PUC election race this Decem- ber. He placed fifth in the 1962 election, missing a seat by 1,592 votes. The 42-year-old. General Motors employee (manufactur- ing division) said younger men should be elected. He said the youngest of the four. present commissioners 'is in his late 50's. Mr. Popham said he has checked the records and he be- commis- lieves no sioner has ever been defeated to put forward his name. He says the Board needs more "young blood', Blane Tindall, a radio news-| man in his early 20s, is also likely to run. He says he has attended almost all board meet- ings and has been asked by sev- eral people to run. "I feel there is much work to be done by en- ergetic persons in the field of education," he said. "116th" Veterans To Convene Here Men who served with the 116th Battalion during the First World War are coming long distances to join their com- rades at the reunion being held .Friday, Nov. 6, at Hotel Genosha. Recently returned from a two month visit to Europe where he visited the battlefields where he served in 1917-18, George Alce is coming from Montreal. His son is in. the Canadian Em- bassy in Bonn, Germany. Other veterans of the unit who have said they will attend are: Matt (Red) Meikle, King- ston; John Cudmore, East Au- rora, N.Y.; Fred Wadsworth, Sarnia; P. R. Cronsberry, Otta- wa; J. W. Watters, Stoney Creek and H. L. Meadowvale, H. A. Glover has written the committee that he is trying to wget a carload to bring from Orangeville. D..F. Rooke, of Sundridge, who has not previ- ously attended a reunion in Oshawa, plans to attend. SULLIVAN DOWN UNDER Ed Sullivan plans to produce a TV program in Australia next March which will be later shown to Canadian and Ameri-|' can audiences on his show. Robson, |" at the polls since the second World War. New men, he add- ed, have only been elected when 4 commeneieane has. retired or ed. ' "Either I'm a poor candidate or the people of this city are not interested in electing younger men to the PUC," remarked Mr. Popham. Three Commissioners contact- ed today said they have not yet decided whether to seek re- election. The three commission- ers are Edwin F. Armstrong, who headed the polls two years ago and has served for 12 years; Henry F. Baldwin, who has served for 18 and Wil- liam Boddy, who served for 26 years. The fourth commissioner, Roy John Fleming, who. has for eight years, could not be re rg Dean J. Kelly and J M. Black, both unsuccess- ful candidates tw6 years ago, could not be reached. . FRED POPHAM involved with the annual ap-|lowe'en Program. {Church in the city at present. "The church board feels the " \to keep a franchise operating, Mr. Donald stated, "without the pearance of witches, goblins and) The world's population of chil-| things that ring their door-belis|dren is rapidly increasing -- in the night, Last Hallowe'en,| more than 500,000,000 youngsters | more than 7,000 children in the city is ready for another Lath- * : vs 4 automobiles eran Church, Rev. Fischer! "pysiness is lousy," said today. "At present I am/stan Willson, sales manager for saidit Oshawa area also made it an occasion to carry on a "Crusade Drunk Driving Count Reduced A charge of drunk driving was reduced to impaired in Osh- awa Magistrate's Court, Friday, when a police officer told how he followed a car that was being driven very erratically. Paul Tymofichuk, 277 Ballard street, pleaded not guilty to the drunk charge but was .convict- ed of being impaired, fined $100 and suspended for a year. PC Herbert Baker: said ke saw Tymofichuk driving "very erratically' and followed him until he stopped. He said the accused was unco-operative at police station Tymofichuk said he was driv- ing home from a party and had planned to go to a dance later that night, go to bed hungry, are disease- ridden, can neither read nor write, have little future for gain- ful occupation. What is being |done about it? UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) has accepted a share of this moral obligation. UNICEF is not a charity -- it is a two-way street. Any local gov- ernment wishing UNICEF as- sistance applies in writing to the International. UNICEF, body. Having surveyed its own needs, it requests aid in such specific areas as disease control, milk processing plants, mother and child clinics, school equipment UNICEF respects the self-help} on the part of local govern- ments. Of necessity this is limit- ed by the economy of each de- veloping country. But UNICEF is world-wide. nancial assistance of intelligent world citizens, Coins dropped in It needs the fi-| conducting a door-to-door sur- jvey in the norlth-east area, |looking for Lutherans and for people who do not belong to any church. "The progress I am making is better than I had anticipated." Mr, Fischer said he hopes to begin worship services before the end of the year but added he must still find a place to hold services, After a congrega- tion is formed, a church site will be selected and a church constructéd. Mr. Fischer is 28, married and came to Oshawa from Wat- erloo where he was assistant pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church. MEN REMANDED Two Oshawa men were re- |manded for one week Friday, at Oshawa Magistrate's Court, on {Ontario Motor Sales, 'We are getting just a trickle of new cars." He also said that parts and service were making up the bulk of present business. ; "The serviée denartment is very busy," Mr. Willson explain- ed, "and our salesmen are tak- ing quite a few orders for the new model: cars. e have approximately 120 people on staff at the moment, but are not thinking seriously of making any lay-offs,'"' he added. Wallace Wilson, vice-president 7 of Cliff Mills Motors Sales Ltd.,| Rg jsaid todav. "we are almost out! F : of new GM products and have just a few used cars." The layoffs have meant the |loss of business which we would normally have got.""Mr. Wilson. continued, "as well as the nat- ural increase which seems to have been showing over last | year." j Mr. Wilson sai d that no lay-| The new executive installed the UNICEF Hallowe'en boxes,| charges of contributing to juve-joffs among the 15 sales staff] Friday night at the meeting of collected by the youngsters on/nile delinquency and indecent/ were anticinated. He also said] Ontario Encampment No your street, make possible a jassault. They were John Lee, fairer, more equitable future for}120 Olive avenue and William|trating on parts. and_ service} world's children. ; 'the | Elliott, 103 Alma street. 11 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows pose for their picture. In the first row, from that the company was concen-| custom. left to right: G, Freeman, High Priest; ©. Anderson, Grand Junior Warden; W. Payne, Chief Patriarch; M. Bobier, deputy grand junior warden; H. Hutchinson, sen- jor warden. In the second row, left to right, are: G. Barton, recording scribe; E. ,Hawke, financial scribe; S. Moss, treasurer; ©. Magee, Ist watch, In the last row, left to INSTALL NEW ODD FELLOWS EXECUTIVE No. the tent. Absent when picture taken, W. Manuel, W. Frost, district deputy grand Patri- arch. right are: W. Halloway, 2nd watch; R. Carnochan, ord watch; C. Todd, 4th watch; T. Bobier, Ist guard of the tent; H. MacTaggart, 2nd guard of --Oshawa Times Phote >

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