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Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 Fire 725-6574 She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1965 City and district features social and classified advertis- ing. Thugs Get $1300 In Church Funds "ELMER SAFETY ELEPHANT" VISITS CITY SCHOOLS Douglas Carmichael, left, co-chairman, Kinsmen EI- mer Safety. campaign; and Constable William Moring right, traffic safety officer, Oshawa Police Department; chat with Andy Turndic 6, and Donna Rout 6, Grade 1 pupils at Holy Cross Sep- arate School, when "Elmer the Safety Elephant" was handed over to the school for a week's stay. The safe- ty symbol for school chil- dren is sponsored by Kins- men Clubs in Ontario. Each week the elephant is turned over from one elementary school to another, in an ef- fort to remind children of accident provention. The Oshawa Police Department maintains constant supervi- sion over the safety of school children travelling back and forth from schools in the area. Constable Wil- liam Tane heads this safety operation for Oshawa. --Oshawa Times Photo Threatened want to be alive." the ultimatum they gave him. . Pojasok, the treasurer of the Orthodox Church Credit Union, told Const. Fred Dionne he was at the back door of his 25 Grass- mere avenue home, about to go in, when he heard the voices of two men behind him. He estimated the loot at $1300 to $1400, the week's receipts, in 10 and 20-dollar bills. The thieves did not take, or ask for, the $237 he had on his person in a back-pocket wallet. According to Const. Dionne's report, Pojasok worked at the street east every Thursday in his capacity as treasurer. Pojasok told him that, when he returned home, he saw two men standing on the sidewalk near his house. As he started to go in the back door, the warning came. 'The money, in a white envelope, was turned over, The same voice, he said, then told him: 'Don't move," and the two men disappeared. Poja- WORLD LEADER Britain, a world leader in the production of plutonium, now manufacturers more than 2,000 tons of the poisonous metal a year. At His Home-Treasurer "Give me the money if you Walter Pojasok told police he was the victim of armed thugs last night, and that this was St. John's (Ukrainian) Greek credit union hall at 15 Bloor To Kill Him sok ran to the side of the house, but saw no one. At least one of the men, he told police, hada gun. He was described: "About 5' 9', 160 to 175 pounds, 20 years old, and wear- ing a dark balaclava and gloves." The other man, he said, was smaller, 'about 5' 4" or 5' 5", balaclava." 20, and also wearing a dark To Be Speaker nadian Oriental R B and District Christian Rev. J. T. McHardy Rev. John T. McHardy, Ca- representative of The Missionary Society, will speak Feb. 1 to the monthly supper meeting of the Oshawa NORMAN MILLMAN For Ap * W. A. WOODCOCK A rezoning application to accommodate a proposed 652- suite apartment development in the city's north end could trig- ger a study to plot a future development pattern for Oshawa. Planning Board moved Thurs- day night to investigate the possibility and cost of getting an outside consultant to take a look at the city's burgeoning apartment development. Norman Millman, Oshawa's "father of town planning" and a long-time member of the plan- ning board, was mentioned as a Men's Committee, This meeting will be held in Masonic Temple at 6.30 p.m. Mr. McHardy was raised in Northern Ireland. In 1944 he en- jtered full-time Christian --ser- | vice. He is a graduate of the London Bible College, London, England, and has conducted evangelistic Crusades in many parts of the British Isles and Europe. Since coming to Canada, Mr. McHardy has worked with the Y.F.C. organization as a rally director and also as an Evan- gelist. Park, S | City Planning Director G. A. |Wandless and his staff will study jthe feasibility of renaming a City Driver Is Exonerated In Fatality Of December 25 A Coroner's jury, Thursday night, returned a verdict ex- onerating Paul Edmondson of Grenville street, Oshawa, from any blame in the death of Fern- ley Stead, 38, of Sanford, On- tario. The verdict said, Stead had|¢ died on Dec. 25 as a result of injuries received in an an acci- dent in which he was struck by a car, driven by Edmondson, at the intersection of Gibb and Sim- coe street, Oshawa, shortly after midnight. Better street lighting at the intersection of these two streets was also recommended by the jury. Edmondson, testified he had) been heading west and was part] way through the intersection) when the accident occurred. "I did. not see him before I struck him and after the acci- dent I hit my brakes and stopped. When I saw I had hit| a man I ran across the street} to a pay phone and called the! police,' Edmondson said. Larry Davidson, 20, of Black- water, said he had been on Sim- coe street waiting for the light to change when Edmondson's car went through the intersec- tion. "I saw his car go through)shoes was 10 feet from the same|be more suitable and soma and then it seemed to lurch andjedge," Constable Baker said. I heard a thud and what sounded like wheels of a car skidding on wet pavement." Davidson in replying to a uestion by Coroner J. A. Pat- terson if he thought Edmond- son's car was travelling too fast, said, "no," in his opinion, he was travelling at a speed safe enough. "When I turned the . corner onto Gibb street to see what had happened, I saw rubber over- shoes lying on the. road and I knew somebody had been hit," Davidson said. Questioned by Assistant Crown Attorney John Humphreys as to what the dead man had been wearing that night, Davidson said he thought he had been wearing dark green pants, dark green jacket and a plaid shirt. Constable James Baker, of the Oshawa Police Department who investigated the accident, testi- fied that when he arrived on the scene there was a slight mist and the road was slippery. "Stead was lying 18 feet away from the most westerly edge of the crosswalk and one of his Dr. Charles Russell, who at-| /park or street 'Polish Mil- lenium . . ." and report back to the planning board before any recommendation goes to city council, "It is important not to raise 'animosity with a sudden name change," warned William Wood- cock, a board member. "'Nam- jing a street in a new sub- \division, or a new park, might jable." The study was ordered at May Rename treet Eastview Park is near the cen- tre of Polish population in Osh- awa, he added. "People are often against changing street names," claim- ed Mr. Woodcock, "The idea is good, but it would be better to get an unnamed street." Mayor Lyman Gifford remind- ed the board of the trouble fol- lowing the changing of Louisa street to Adelaide to honor Col. R. S. McLaughlin's late wife. "The public seems to resent name changes, often for no ap-/that Mr. Cahill's resignation parent reason," the mayorjand his statements be discussed said. at an "'open" council meeting. tended Stead at the Oshawa/Thursday night's PlanninglgpHER SUGGESTIONS General Hospital, said after examining him, he that|Board meeting. $| wa found to be _ suffering trom|"POLONIA NAME' severe head injuries, a broke n|_Jan Drygala, chairman of the right leg, a deep laceration to|United Council of Polish Organ- the left leg, a dislocated right|izations, told the board use of shoulder, and shock. "Stead was brought to th |hospital at 12:45 a.m. and was| pronounced dead at 1:40 a.m. Dr. Russell said. Dr. V. S. Naiken, said he had found a depresse fracture of the right temple, two broken legs, broken ribs, broken back and laceration and contusions. who per-| formed an autopsy on Stead,| the name "Polonia" for a park or street could be considered jas an alternative. He pointed out there are more |than 4,000 Polish persons in Osh- jawa and many of them will be celebrating their native land's e | gjmillenium of Christianity in |1966. a} Mr. Drygala told council last s|Week a Polish king decreed the jcountry Christian in 964 AD. He Mr. Humphreys told the jury|S@d Polish written history and that the blood test showed ther had been 2.0 parts per thousand|°o™memorated by the dead man's|"ame here, "one of the most of alcohol in blood. This consumed alcohol. "a great deal" indicated he had| of e\cultural development would be a place- heavily-populated Polish areas in Canada", Olive avenue, a_ residential He also said that the distin-|4istrict with an 'accumulation guishing point in court between|% Polish people" was suggested impaired driving and drun x\for renaming by Mr. Drygala. Mr, Wandless said the county court judge approved some name changes in a recent sit- ting but ruled against the city's request for changing a_ short section of Richmond street east. The section was left "over" after road construction involving the Bond street east one-way program. All but one person on this stretch of the street opposed the name change, he said. Board chairman Ken Crone Suggested naming a new park \"in which you (Oshawa's Polish |residents) have some part in de- veloping, such as putting in a rock garden". E. F. Armstrong, a_ board member, said names of Polish persons, famous in_ history, should be considered as alterna- tive names to those suggested. Mr. Drygala said his group would meet on_ alternative names and would discuss the part they could play in develop- ment of a park. the lower auditorium of the hoice to conduct the study. Oshawa city council will make a "thorough examination" of statements made by Kevin Cahill, who resigned nine days agu as the city's director of operations, Mayor Lyman Gif- ford said today. Mr. Cahili, in his letter of resignation, said there was "Jack of co-operation" and "de- liberate opposition" towards him in the carrying out of his duties and responsibilities. "I intend, therefore, to take this matter up with council so that all the facts are brought before its attention to ensure that a thorough examination is made of Mr. Cahill's remarks with a view to taking any action which council feels is neces- sary,' saia the mayor in a pre- pared statement. Mayor Gifford was critical of post - resignation statements. made by Mr. Cahill, which the mayor said were "unusual and serious." The mayor told The Times he would recommend to council Council is scheduled to meet néxt Monday. Text of Mayor Gifford's state- ment follows: "As Mayor of this city, I feel Will Discuss Cahill Case it my duty to comment upon what I, and I am sure my fel- low colleagues on council, con- sider to be a matter of civic concern -- the resignation letter submitted to my office on Wed- nesday, Jan. 20, 1965, by the director of operations and which was the subject of an editorial in The Oshawa Times of Mon- day, Jan. 25, 1965, which pub- lished its contents in full. "IT placed this letter imme- diately before council in com- mittee at a scheduled meeting held on the very same day as I received it. The results of the discussions that took place by council in committee arising from the letter's contents will be presented in the form of a council motion at its regular meeting on Monday evening, Feb. 1, 1965. "Other than this resignation letter, I have received to date no further written communica- tion from Mr. Cahill. substan- tiating or specifying in detail his reasons for withdrawing from the civic service. "I understand, however, that the local radio station broad- casted on Saturday, Jan. 23, 1965, comments by Mr. Cahill which, I assume, were a follow- up to his resignation letter. "I must state that I did not hear the whole broadcast but only subsequent excerpts over the radio. Council has not, as yet, had an opportunity to con- WOULD DELAY ON EXPRESSWAY Planning Board will ask council to hold off on con- struction of. the Creek Val- ley expressway until the first interim report of the feasibility study to deter- mine a route north of Bond street is received from Damas and Smith, Toronto traffic consultants. E. F. Armstrong, a Pub- lic Utilities Commission member and retired Gen- eral Motors chief engineer, was elected vice-chairman of the board last night by acclamation. driving was 1.5 parts per thou-| sand, The jury took 10 minutes t return their verdict. BOLSTER HEART FOUNDATION CAMPAIGN The Ontario Heart Foun- dation campaign in Oshawa was given a running start by the Get-Together Club. The Club, using the pro- ceeds dances, from their weekly contributed $300 to the Oshawa Unit yester- day. Donald Dodds, chair- man of the unit said @ city- wide canvass for funds was planned for Feb. 8. In the above picture, Mr. Dodds accepts the $300 cheque from Larry O'Brien, a re- presentative of the club, 0 The Oshawa Council No, 671, Knights of Columbus will play host to the Ontario State Board this weekend for their first meeting of 1965. The state board, the governing body of the Knights of Colum- bus in Ontario, will be deliber- ating on many main _ subjects within the Order, one of which will be arranging the agenda for the annual Knights of Col- umbus State Convention, in To- ronto May 24, holiday weekend, The Knights is a fraternal or- ganization of Catholic laymen and religious orders. The Or- der was founded on January 16, § |1882, in New Haven, U.S.A., by the late Father Michael J. Mc- Ginney. The Order was founded on four principles, Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriot- ism, PLAN BREAKFAST St. Gregory's Council was in- stituted on April 28, 1928 under the direction of the former dis- trict deputy, the late Major Wil- liam J. Hanley, of Toronto; and Past State Deputy Hon. Senator J. J. Duffus of Peterboro. The late Jas. S. Judge was the first Grand Knight, and there were 5¢ Charter members. St. Greg- jory's Council has had during lits existence 22 Grand Knights. |Eighteen are and have been ac- tive members of our Council. The other four, namely, the late James S. Judge, the late Cecil , City Knights Of Columbus To Entertain State Board J. J, BAWKS E. Flood, the late Albert C. Love, K.H.S., and the late Jo- seph P. Hefferman have died. Four Chaplains have guided the spiritual destinies of our Coun- cil, three are still living and member of the order, Rt. Rev. P. J. Bench, our first chaplain died several years ago. # St. Gregory's Council is and has been over. the years one of the most progressive and con- sistent of all Councils in On- tario, having won the Best Council Trophy on two. occa- sions, 1957 and 1959 under Grand Knights J. Bawks and John. Kelly. Our Council provid- ed the nucleus of members: in the formation of Whitby Coun- cil No. 4895 in February 1960. District Deputy Jack Bawks and Past Grand Knight James Smyth were the officers respon- sible for this action. Past Grand Knight Smyth became Whitby's Garter Grand Knight: An Assembly of Fourth De- gree Knights was formed in 1959. The charter members were all former members of Cardinal McGuigan Assembly, Toronto, and are now known as}, Msgr. Bench General Assembly Fourth Degree. The present membership of our Council is} 493. The Oshawa Council, and the four other Councils of Dis- trict No. 4, Peterboro, Cobourg, Linds2y and Whitby will wel- come. the State Board to Osh- awa for this meeting. The Council will host the State Board to a special dinner and a social evening at the Club Lounge, and later to an open house evening for all members and wives, A Corporate Communion will be held at St. Gregory's Church at 8.00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, and His Excellency, Bishop Wil- liam J. Smith, Bishop of Pem- broke, Ontario State Chaplain will be guest speaker at the breakfast, which will follow, at sider and discuss the contents of this broadcast. "It has been my experience as an alderman and mayor of this city that, in the interests of good civic administration, the relationships. between elected and appointed civic officials have always been, in the main, traditionally one of close har- mony and of mutual respect, "The statements by a civic servant of this>city, that there has been 'lack of co-operation' and 'deliberate opposition' to- wards him in the: carrying out of his duties and responsibili- ties, are certainly not in keep- ing with this tradition. They are unusual and serious. "I intend, therefore, to take this matter up with Council so that all the facts are brought before its attention to ensure that a thorough examination is made of Mr. Cahill's remarks with a view to taking any action which Council feels is neces- Developer Sam Jackson, Jr., has applied for re-zoning (from R1A, R1B and R2A to R4) for about 15 acres on the west side of Ritson road north, east of Nonquon road and just south of the Five Points. His proposed plan has eight! Would Rezone15 Acres artment Project "This Planning Is Poor" W. A. Woodcock To Board buildings, two of them Y-shaped with the others rectangular, with a total of 652 units. she all phe: pA ge aid board member William Wood- cock. Much of the' ent tred in the city's south-central and south-west areas. "We should study this well before we change the charac- ter of the area. We must know where we are going. Only a small percentage of city area already zoned for apartments is developed. We need a policy -- not fixed -- to guide us." "This is blind re-zoning," agreed Ald. Richard Donald, "I think it is properly zoned the way it is." Board chairman Ken Crone said there are some 175 acres in the city zoned for apart- ments which are not yet being developed. Build 705 Apt. Uni pt. Units During '64 Rezoning requests for apart- ment buildings which have been granted or are still pending in- volve 3,150 suites and 78 acres, noted Oshawa Planning Direc- tor G. A. Wandless in his 1964 report given to Planning Board Thursday night. Figures show 705 apartment units constructed last year, as opposed to 690 single family homes. "This is very significant," said Mr. Wandless. "This is the first time apartment construction has surpassed home building starts in any one year." Lots registered totalled 626, developed land. Last May the Buffer Zone was completed: and the following month council approved rezon- ing of 574 acres from buffer to residential. There were 14 board meetings last year, with 19 public hear- ings. Thirty-seven rezoning ap- plications were considered, along with 14 subdivision plans.| Twenty - one zoning bylaw amendments, and four Official taking up 135 acres of un- The Hamilton Vets, Due At Meet A delegation from the Hamil- ton and District United Council of Veterans' Associations will be in Oshawa Sunday for. the annual meeting of the Oshawa Central Council of Veterans' Associations. The Council is made up of representatives of the veteran organizations in Oshawa, in- cluding the Royal Canadian Legion, the Canadian Corps Association, the Polish Vet- erans' Association, the Royal Air Force Association and the Naval Club of Oshawa. The meeting will be in the Polish Alliance Hall, 219 Olive Avenue at 2 p.m, Chief business on the agenda will be the election of officers for the association for 1965-66, he president, secretary and treasurer of the Hamilton United Veterans' Council will take charge of the election. ° Other items of business include consideration of plans whereby the veterans' organiza- tions of Oshawa can co-operate ps lat in various pro- jects. The business meeting will be followed by a social function. Plan changes, were made. Thirteen areas of "major" apartment development were listed. In these areas 6,026 units are permissible under existing zoning, 2,081 units are proposed subject to rezoning, 1,553 units are up, for a total of 9,660 al- together. Existing units actually total 2,515. Everything from triplexes (three units) up are counted as "apartment" units. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations. and best wishes to the following resi- dent of Oshawa and dis- trict who is celebrating his birthday today: Robert Howe, 295 Viola avenue, Robert '"'Bobby"' Taylor, 6, was still in serious condi- tion in the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto today. He was struck by a truck Wednesday morning in front of St. Joseph's separate school on Simcoe street north. iy HIT WEDNESDAY BY TRUCK BOY'S CONDITION "SERIOUS" Bobby was late for school and after jumping out of his father's car he darted into the path of the vehicle driven by Lorne Griffin of Blackstock. The boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Taylor of Lawlor avenue. sary," said Mayor Gifford. Rev. Theodore Fournier, vice-rector of St. Augus- tine's Seminary, . Toronto, (on left), was guest speak- er Thursday at the regular monthly --luncheon-meeting the Genosha Hotel. of the Catholic Men's Lunch- - AT CATHOLIC LUNCHEON CLUB MEETING eon Club here. He is shown with Dan 'Riordan, club president, and Rev. Norbert Gignac, pastor of St. Mary's- of.-the- People Church. Father Fournier subject of spoke on the "The Mass and Its \mean- ing'. He described Mass as "the giving of a present to Almighty God" and dis- cussed its various aspects. Oshawa Times Photo development in Oshawa is cen- . will