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ngs nae saluting tage Rere,! co Bate eg ane yao aang Ee he eB lee ee ae Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 Fire 725-6574 SRB ie 7 a he Oshawa Fine OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1965 Second Section | City and district features, social and classified advertis- ing. HON. LIONEL BERTRAND SAYS: New Plant "Knockout" To Separatist Move The new plant of General Motors of Canada Ltd. in Ste. Therese, Que., night. Mr. Bertrand, a member of the Upper House, Province of Quebec, was representing Premier John Lesage during the day4ong visit Wednesday of 120 businessmen from the Ste, Therese (Que.) and Dis- trict Chamber of Commerce. He spoke at a dinner in the Hotel Genosha a by the Chamber of Commerce, (hosts for the visit) and the City of awa. Mr. Bertrand said that a st Quebec economy work- ed against the separatist move- ment and bolstered Canadian unity. More than 400 attended the @inner in the Peccadilly Room, including Mayor Lyman Gif- ford, Michael Starr, member of Parliament for Ontario riding; Hon. James Auld, Minister of Tourism and Publicity, the Province of Ontario; William E. Austin, assistant to the pres- ident of General Motors of Can- ada (Mr. E. H. Walker, was unable to attend because of illness.) "For years we have been fighting for more self-determin- ation and control over our economy," he said, "and we are now in a position to man- age and master the economic forces which will produce a more powerful quebec." The best testimony to the healthy prestige of the province » was given, he said, on May 1 of last year when Beaks « & Walker, president of General Motors, and Premier Lesage announced the establishment of a large automotive assembly p'ant in Ste. Therese. It was a spectacular way of proving that Quebec, like the province of Ontario, is a para- dise for investment, he said "While against this," he said, "the vision of a separated Que- bec possesses no economic or practical content, and obviously incapable of being realized or implemented." Quebec he said, was in a period of transistion, and any society or social system in transition is vulnerable to those GUEST SPEAKER Rt. Rev. Monsignor Paul Dwyer, pastor, St. Gregory the Great Church, who will be guest speaker at the reg- ular dinner meeting of the Oshawa Scottish Rite Club tonight in the Hotel will mean a "knockout blow' to separatism in that Province, Hon. Lionel Bertrand said here Wednesday anxious of preaching unrest or revolution. "But the Lesage government is not separatist, and the Que- becers are not separatist," he said. 'There are a few extrem- ists in Quebec, it is a fact, but you will admit one can find them in any province or nation." Mr. Bertrand said the dem- onstrations in Quebec city against the Queen last year had as its only objective, the attraction of attention. and pub- licity. The province, he said, was known for its hospitality and the "Quebecois" have a frank desire to live in peace, have a strong sense of compre- hension, and as they are also very prudent in their opinions, will never become separatist. He pointed out that a bye- election in his old riding of Terrebonne last week, saw a separatist candidate defeated by 20,000 to 1,000 votes by a government candidate. Mr. Bertrand pointed out, however, that the province had a real concern in preserving its own autonomy. _ "People in Quebec are very conscious of the fact that we can only avoid complete cultural as- similation by obtaining a fuller authority. over our social and economic structures," he said. NO CORPORATION "To be. strong," he explained, "Quebec needs all the tools that are permitted by the constitu- tion and by the laws. It is the privilege of Quebec to defend its rights on the provincial level, just as it is the right of Ontario to defend its own autonomy, even if the formula is dif- ferent." Mr. Bertrand said Quebec was definitely against centralization of government. He could not agree it was advantageous to provide to all provinces and all citizens exactly the same quan- jtity and quality of services. "4 nation is not a corporation --which solves problems of mass jproduction by imposing the }same tastes for its products on people in different regions," he said, _ Quebec is proceeding frankly, ne seid, and its two main ob- jectives on the road to greater autonomy are: a greater share in tax sources of revenue and the withdrawal from joint fed- eral-provincial programs in compensation in order to man- age and direct these activities themselves, During the past year, he said, the province has made truly spectacular advances in these areas. Some of the programs which will now be administered alone, he said, were hospital in- surance, old-age assistance and technical and professional train- ing. "We received last year," he said, *'in the domain of fiscal re- lations, 50 per cent of all suc- cession duties imposed in the) province. This year we will re-} ceive 75 per cent." Also this year 44 per cent of all personal income taxes col- lected in the province go to the provincial government--a jump of 26 per cent over the previous year. "In addition to these new sources of revenue at our dis- posal, and the new social and economic programs coming under our control, we have cre- ated powerful instruments of other at that time. French-Canadians had their own opinions, culture, habits, lan- guage and faith, hundreds of thousands of Canadians of var- ious origins reside and work happily alongside them for ex- pansion of Quebec. "We of French origin living in Quebec love our province, but we are also proud to be mem- bers of this vast country called Canada," he said. 'Above all, we are sincere and real Cana- dians."" NOT NEIGHBORS He said it was in a spirit of true friendship that the delega- tion for Ste.-Therese had accept- ed the Oshawa Chamber's invi- tation. They had all been im- pressed by all they'd seen in Oshawa -- and especially by the hospitality shown towards them. They had established, he said, the basis for a close and lasting friendship in the future. 'And we're proud to be," he} said, "just as you are, from a city where a General- Motors plant is operating." "From now on we are not neighbors, we are brothers," he said in conclusion. | OF THE TIMES President Ken Crone of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce today praised The Oshawa Times for what he termed "'its complete and timely coverage of Wednes- day's visit of the Ste. Therese, Que. delegation to this City". Said Mr. Crone: "The visitors and the local citizens who participated in the Friendship Day tour were delighted especially with the pictures and early morning stories presented in the edition." Each visitor was present- ed with a copy of Wednes- day's edition by the Oshawa Chambe: of Commerce -- copies of today's edition will be mailed to them also. MCVI Plans U.S. Comedy "Life With Father", the most successful play in U.S. stage his- tory which ran for 3,224 per- formances on Broadway, will be presented tonight by the Mc- Laughlin Collegiate Drama Club in the school auditorium. It will also be presented Fri- day and Saturday nights. The family comedy is set in the America of the 1900's. Director J. B. Palmer said the play is the club's third pro- duction. Last year they ran "Hasty Heart", by John Patrick, and a variety show. Lead roles are taken by Allan Rutherford, a veteran of last year's efforts, Martha Broers- ma and Kathy Konopacki, who will alternate as the mother, and Joe Koene, who plays the eldest son. Stage management is under the direction of Edward Kroel, a student, while property de- partment is managed by Rich- ard Grezick. The play also set records in show business by using more properties than any LAUDS COVERAGE" GENERAL MOTORS of Canada played the host role Wednesday noon at a mid- day luncheon in the Hotel Genosha for the visiting Ste. Therese, Que. delegation, In top picture left, sitting, left to right, are E. M. Weldon, who will manage GM's new Ste. Therese plant; Charles de L. Harwood, president of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce -- standing, left to right, are Don Lowe, who will be Production tool man- ager at the new plant; Bo- hemier Neon of the Ste. Therese Chamber of Com- merce; and William E. Austin, assistant to Mr. E. H. Walker, president and General Manager of General Motors of Canada. Mr. Walker was unable to at- tend. In top picture right, President Ken Crone of the Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce (in centre) receives a wood sculpture carving in pine from Luke Bertrand, on right, president of the Ste. Therese Chamber and key organizer of the trip for the Ste. Therese delegation. Rev. Jean Bertrand, brother of Luke, is on left. Father Bertrand recently returned from 17 years of missionary work on the Island of Tahiti. --Oshawa Times Photos WHITBY (Staff) -- Barbara Ann Sopko, 16-year-old Grade 9 student at Anderson Street High School, is being sought by police. She was last seen Tuesday afternoon getting into a pink and white car. The girl's mother, Mrs. John Sopko, 1010 Dundas street east, said today in an interview '"'it seems like the ground has swal- lowed her up". Det. Sgt. Gerald Robinson of Whitby police said the girl is believed to be still in the area and foul play is not suspected. Barbara Ann was_ reported missing by her parents at 11 .m: Tuesday. Det, Sgt. Robinson said he had received information that the girl had telephoned a man late Tuesday. Mrs. Sopko said her daughter looks older and could easily pass for 18. She said Barbara Ann had never ran away from home before. EMPLOYMENT AID QUEBEC (CP)--Paul Gerin- Lajoie, Quebec education min- ister, has launched a program of extension courses in the province's lower St. Lawrence region for persons who have not finished high school. The program aims to combat the Seek Whitby Girl, 16, Missing Since Tuesday She described her daughter as being five feet six inches tall, weighing 148 pounds with short brown-hair and dark brown eyes. She said she was wear- ing a white dress with a yellow daisy pattern and a blue jacket. Mrs. Sopko said relatives in Ontario and Western Canada were notified. The Sopkos. have a son and two other daughters. Three Charged After Break-ins Two youths and a juvenile have been charged with break- ing into Jim Bishop's Snorting Goods store at 151 King street east early this month and last November. Robert Joseph Burke, 18, of 758 Ritson road south and Allan Thomas Anthony, 18, of 128 Summer street, were arrested last night by Det. Sgt. John Powell. Burke is charged with break- ing into the store Nov. 28 with the juvenile and Jan. 6 with Anthony. Det, Sgt. Kenneth Young, who assisted in the investigation, said a quantity of hockey equip- ment and about $70 was stolen in the November break-in and more than $100 was taken from high rate of unemployment in the area. the cash register on the second occasion. Friendship Day in Oshawa was highlighted by a_ dinner held by the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce and the city in honor of the visiting Chamber delegation from Ste. Therese, Que., Wednesday night. The 400 guests at the dinner applauded a series of speakers calling for a new unity be- tween Oshawa and Ste. Therese as automotive producing cities. The event closed out an 18-hour whirlwind tour of the city which left the Quebec delegates tired, but impressed. Ken Crone, president of the Oshawa Chamber, said an "Entente Cordiale" had been established between the two cities and expressed hope that visits between the two would continue. Rev. N. J. Gignac, represent- ing the clergy of Oshawa, call- ed on the residents of the two cities to "build cars in French, let's build them in English, but let's build the best cars in the world." Mayor Lyman Gifford con- gratulated Ste. Therese on being chosen as the new home of a |part of General Motors of Can- jada. Ltd. "We: accept the bitter with STE. THERESE DELEGATION HAS CLOSE LOOK AT OSHAWA IN "FRIENDSHIP DAY" VISIT TO MOTOR CITY Friendship Keynote Theme At Dinner For Quebec Group national unity; for priority in economic planning and I'm con- vinced one of. the great tools for this are such meetings. Our dialogue can be geared not to individual . objectives, but to Canada." ALL ROADBLOCKS George Roberts, -vice-presi- dent of the Oshawa Chamber, suggested such meetings in the future would be beneficial to Oshawa, "It seems to me if we can get together more often we can learn to do things bet- ter for Ontario." "I hope," he said, "we've re- moved all roadblocks between Oshawa and Quebec and the path between us will be smooth in the future," Donald B. Cruikshank, direc- tor of the Ontario Chamber, said it was, "encouraging and gratifying to see such an effort by the two chambers in pro- moting such understanding and friendship between cities sepa- rated by distance, provincial borders and language." Praise GM's South Plant As "Marvel" srvuiial Woniclies at ie marvel General Motors south plant op- eration in Oshawa, | 'The nt tour was one of the main highlights of the 18- hour visit by 125 businessmen from the Ste. Therese area. Construction of a General Mo- tors plant at Ste. Therese is well underway. The delegation attended a morning reception sponsored by the United Auto Workers union, Local 222 and a lunch- = sponsored by General Mo- ors. Donald Sanford of the Gen- eral Motors public relations de- partment told the visitors one vehicle rolls off assembly lines in Oshawa every 28 seconds. About 1,700 vehicles, he said, are produced each day. Mr. Sanford said General Mo- tors pays its employees more than $2 million each week. IMPRESSIVE SHOW "Overwhelming, amazing very impressive, quite an oper- ation," were a few of the com- ments made by the Ste. Ther- ese visitors after visiting the per gon u eneral Motors spokesman told The Times actual produc- tion at the Ste. Therese plant for the 1966 model year is ex- pected to start by late August. He said 1,000 persons will be employed initially and 2,500 eventually. : R. H. Kunzli, Ste. Therese industrial commissioner, told rontnnanaces smn eR Charles de L. Harwood,: pres- ident cf the Quebec chamber, said General Motors was act- ing as a catalyst for expansion of large industry in the prov- ince. "And I hope now," he said, 'the people of Ste. Therese and Oshawa will. act as individual catalysts in promoting friend- ship." Luke Bertrand, president of the Ste. Therese chamber and co-ordinator with Mr. Crone of the visit, led the Quebec dele- gation in a standing ovation when he said they had spent a wonderful day in Oshawa. He presented Mr. .Crone with a large sculptured landscape on The Times actual production at the Ste. Therese plant for the 1966 model year is expected to start by late August. He said 1,000 persons will be employed initially and 2,500 eventually. R. H. Kunzli, Ste. Therese in- dustrial commissioner, told The Times the City of Ste. Therese has a population of 14,000 but the population in a 10-mile ra- dius is 165,000. Mr. Kunzli said Ste. Therese is located 20 miles north of Montreal. At present, he said, there are 39 industries in the Ste. Therese area and 32 are different. Marcel Manseau, works man- ager at the largest Ste. Therese industry, (500 employees manu- behalf of the Ste. Therese|facturing snow removal machin- chamber. ery) told The Times some busi- During an intermission in|@ssmen in Ste. Therese are speeches the Kingsway Choir received a loud ovation from the dinner guests for a_ series of songs. They returned at the insistence of the audience to perform an encore. Duplate May Open Plant the sweet," he said, "and your municipal government will re-| ceive headaches and worries} along with benefits." | GM FOREMOST He said, however, that he had always found GM was foremost in donations and efforts in sup- port of community projects. William E. Austin, assistant to H. E. Walker, president of GM of Canada, called Oshawa and Ste. Therese, 'two sister cities in the automotive indus- try, and the General Motors family." Maurice Labelle, past presi- dent of the Canadian chamber, praised the efforts of the Osh- awa and Ste. Therese chambers to 'communicate and confere in such a way." "In Canada today," he said, "we have a great need for Duplate of Canada Ltd., is considering establishing a plant in Ste. Therese, Quebec, it was learned today. John Reid, plant manager in Oshawa told The Times at Ste. Therese plant is "under consid- eration" but to his knowledge no definite plans have been for- mulated. Duplate in Oshawa, a feeder plant for General Motors, manufactures automotive safety glass. General Motors is building a plant at Ste. Therese. R. H. Kunzli, Ste. Therese industrial commissioner, in Osh- awa Wednesday with a group of businessmen, told The Times Duplate and Lake Ontario said. Genosha. He emphasized that while! economic progress in the ue | Societe Generale de Finance- WEAK FORCE | ment, the funded Pension .Plan| Six sextillion tons of the} and the Quebec Steel Mill," he|earth's matter would be needed jto produce the gravity field in| | which people live. Rosemary Nodwell, of the General Motors Pipe Band, explains this aspect of On- tario musical heritage to guests at Friendship Day dinner held for members of the Ste. Therese and District Chamber of Commerce Wed- nesday night. Left to right, Michael Starr, Member of Parliament, Ontario Riding, Maurice Labelle, past presi- dent of the Canadian Cham- PIPER PLAYS AT FRIENDSHIP DINNER ber of Commerce, and Luke Bertrand, president of the Ste. Therese Chamber. Miss Nodwell led the parade of 22 head table guests at the din- ner which highlighted an 18- hour tour of Oshawa by the At Ste. Therese, Quebec Steel were showing interest in locating at Ste. Therese. But G. R. Heffernan, presi- dent of the steel company, ruled out a new plant in Ste. afraid of the effects the new General Motors plant will have on the city's economy. But, both Mr. Manseau and Mr. Kunzli said they felt after a period of adjustment a bal- ance would be achieved. Both men also agreed the ne'w plant would probably attract secondary industry to the area, Mayor Hubert Murray of St. Jerome, 15 miles north of Ste, Therese, said he hoped the new General Motors plant would at- pea satellite industries to his city. Ken Crone, Oshawa Chamber of Commerce president, said at noon Wednesday the delegation "seems to be greatly thrilled with Oshawa'. He termed the visit "highly Therese, "We have no plans," said Mr. Heffernan, "we are not looking or thinking about Que- bec." Mr. Kunzli said he hoped the new General Motors plant would attract secondary industry to the Ste. Therese area. A Gen- eral Motors spokesman said the Ste. Therese plant would prob- ably start actual production of the 1966 model in late August. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and dis- trict who are celebrating their birthdays today: Johnny Frauts, 233 Osh- awa Blvd. north; Tammy Laughlin, 1331 Sharbot street. successful", Burt Maps UAW's Role In New Plant The United Auto Workers union "definitely" plans to or- ganize employees at the new General Motors plant at Ste. Therese, George Burt, Cana- dian director of the UAW said Wednesday. Mr. Burt-spoke to 125 busi- nessmen from the Ste. Therese area at a reception at the Local 222 Hall. "The auto workers union will attempt to work along with and be a part of Ste. Therese," said Mr. Burt. He said the union is a part of Quebec In a delegates. series of speeches, speakers® called for a strong union be- tween Oshawa and Ste. Therese as fellow -- auto- motive producing cities. Oshawa and mentioned exam- ples of labor participation in civic affairs, including Ald. Cliff Pilkey, a former president of Local 222 and presently chair- man of the Oshawa and Dis- trict Labor Council. Albert "Abe"' Taylor, presi- dent of Local 222, also welcom- ed the delegation to Oshawa and the. union hall. "We have one objective and that is to advance the commun- i of Oshawa," said Mr. Tay- or. AT LUNCHEON Following the reception the Ste. Therese delegation moved to the Hotel Genosha for an in- formal luncheon sponsored by General Motors. Master of ceremonies D. F. Sanford introduced some of the Oshawa Chamber officials, including president Ken Crone and General Motors officials, including W. E. Austin, assist- ant to president E. H. Walker, who was in Detroit. E. M. Weldon, who will be plant manager at Ste. Therese, and several other Oshawa em- ployees to The Quebec city, were also introduced. Andre Verdy, assistant zone manager in Montreal, welcom- ed the delegation to the lunch- Plan Antique Collectors' Meet The second organizational meeting of antique collectors hoping to form an antique so- ciety in Oshawa and district will be held Friday at the Recreation Centre, Gibb street: Mrs. Muriel Gower will be guest speaker. A general discussion will allow those at- tending an opportunity to. help with decisions regarding future activities of the group. The opening session held last week was attended by over 30. The effort is being assisted by the Oshawa Recreation Depart- ment as part of their adult program. MUST BE TRIM CAMPINAS, Brazil (AP) -- Msgr. Emilio Jose Salim, rector of the Catholic university here, has ruled that long, Beatle-style hair and beards in any style are out for male students. He said also that no male student would be allowed to register or attend classes if he follows another teen-age fad -- wearing shoes --GM Photo without socks, - leon in French.