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Fine Sailing In West End - Jf No Rain Traffic on King st. next week -- weather permit- ting. A city engineering department spokesman said today paving on King between Stevenson rd. and Waverly st., should be com- pleted tomorrow and paving on and should be com-) King between Waverly st., Thornton rd., pleted by the end of next week. WEATHER DELAY However, wet weather could delay completion of the work, just as it has held up construc- tion during the past six weeks. The department spokesman said if paving is completed on King between Waverly and Stev- enson as scheduled, by the end of this week motorists will be travelling one-way west on the Bond st. extension to King at Waverly and one-way east oni w., will flow smoothly by the end of King from Waverly to Steven- son. The spokesman said paving on the north side of King between Waverly and Thornton should start at the first of next week and be. completed in a day. Traffic will then move two ways on the north side while paving on the south side between Waverly and Thornton is com- |pleted. The spokesman also said work, including curb construc- tion, on the embankment area on King between Thornton and the west city limit will be com- pleted next year. In the mean- will not be restricted. ding along the route has been completed with the balance scheduled for completion in | spring. Handicapped Students Statistic Revealed "Ten per cent is a conserva-| tive estimate of perceptually handicapped children in our school system, some less severe than others, but all severe enough to disrupt their school} progress to some degree," a mental health official said here last night. Alan D. Howarth, vice-presi- mechanical arithmetic or spell, jand beth boys were extremely time, he said, traffic movement About 75 per cent of the sod-| poor readers. Their basic skills { were never properly. developed,| therefore they never properly} developed readiness skills in| order to achieve much academi- cally," Mr, Howarth said. Mental _ perceptability |body co-ordination and should be; dent of the Ontario Association|considered in every learning for Children with Learning Dis-|activity set up for a child, he| told an association /|said. that "some children; 'Classroom teaching involves perceptually abilities, meeting may be teristics of a retarded child."' {motor in child processes we! He said he charted the be- |should not attempt to separate| havior of two 10-year-old chil-|them in teaching, dren last summer and found! 'When talking about sient them to have high mental poten-|children, writing is a_ highly tial "yet they had poor motor specialized activity which can co-ordination (balance of body|be successfully undertaken only movements), were easily frus-'when certain earlier acquired trated, and had poor eye-hand/skills such as grasping and sit- co-ordination. The result reflect-|ting balance are so _ well ed on their school work. mechanized that they do not 'Neither of these boys couldiinterfere with the writing ac- write well, do mental oritivity," said Mr. Howarth. Stick Out Finger -- Pow See If Walk Open First Stick out a finger on one of the city's new crosswalks today were scheduled to be open by the end of the day, They are handi-| attention to both perception and| capped but not brain-damaged,|motor ability. Since we cannot} but may exhibit some charac- separate the perceptual and the| | Conservation work and hunter safety programs have paid off for the New- castle Sportsmen Club this year. The club has been awarded various trophies and awards for the efforts of the members to keep Can- ada green and hunters alive Donald Douglas, a_ local member of the club, is shown _above as he _Sets up B51-R22.X73-M18-A33. It loks like something out of 2 James Rond thriller. But, decoded, the message simply indicates the amount of rai or snow headed for the areg/ Robert Richardson, deputy city works commissioner, says coded messages will be re- ceived this winter from the departnient of transport on f diate, the police department's new telex machine. The messages. as Many as our, & day, will give. imme- 12-hour and 24-hour orecasts of rain or snow. "The most precise, advance warning, winter weather and nowfall forecast. is. of. vital importance to the works de- partment's winter control pro- gram and to the traffic con- trol section of the police de- partment." says Mr. Richard--- son. He says the advance infor- mation will give city police and works department em- ployees the . opportunity to plan and be prepared for winter problems. . WEATHER FORECAST BY JAMES BOND Cost of the department of transport's winter precipita- tion forecast service is $12 a tenth, With four messages each day it could cost as little as 10 cents a message. . However, if no rain or snow is forecast for the area, no messages will be sent from the department's Malton weather office. Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1965 Fire Guts Restaurant, The death of Edwin Jefferson jUmphrey, a former vice-presi- ldent and director of sales of General Motors of Canada Lim- ted occurred last night in the Toronto Western Hospital. He | was in his 65th year. Mr. Umphrey had served Gen- jeral Motors of Canada for | Walker COOD SHOOTING BY HUNTERS a window exhibit of the tro- phies at the King st. e. sports store. The group is a member organization of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Non-Capiial Murder Charge On Yesterday BOWMANVILLE preliminary hearing non - capital murder against 19-year-old (Manfred (Frank). Grune, an Oshawa General Hospital orderly, began here yesterday before Magis- trate R. B. Baxter and will con- tinue Dec. 14. Grune is charged with the (Staff) --A into a charge and it might get lopped off -- depending on which walk you're/st A misunderstanding has arisen as to just when the walks were to open, presumably this morning. But a traffic department offi- cial said earlier today it is still working at putting overhead il- luminated signs on the cross- overs one of essentials of the walks before a bylaw can put them into effect. However, by noon today at least one walk -- at Bond st. e.| located at King st. e. at Division , (expected to be the second opened); Ritson rd.'n. at Wil- liam st.; Wilson rd, s. at Tay- lor ave.; Golf st.; and Simcoe st. n. at Robert st " Construction on the walkovers started a week ago. Ald. John Brady said today that he would have preferred to see construction done all at once, instead of waiting an ex- come into effect one by one. The Oshawa Police Depart- and Division st. -- was open and|ment says the signing is com- pedestrians were stepping across. The other five tentatively} |pulsory before the bylaw cover- jing the walks can come into ef- crosswalks |fect. Joy In Their Provided By The Oshawa Lions Club threw| Darkness City Lions | Chairman of the event was a lot of light on Christmas for) ajfred Pucher, second vice-pres- the blind last night. The club staged its 14th an- ident of the club. Adelaide ave. w. at) tra day for the crosswalks to nual Christmas party for"the| Ald. Cephas Gay and his wife} blind at Hotel Genosha, enter-|represented the city. Other dig-| taining more than 60 blind peo- |nitaries on hand were Mrs, A. J.| ple from Oshawa and district. Parkhill, president of the city| knife slaying of Earl Ross, 19, last Aug, 8 outside a roadside cabin a mile east of the Oshawa city limits, where the victim lived with two other men. Grune sat beside defence counsel, Oshawa lawyer Terence V. Kelly, as three doctors and four other witnesses testified. Crown Attorney Geoffrey Bon- nycastle said the only other wit- nesses left to give evidence are the investigating police officers. ARTERY CUT Dr. R. M. Clark, regional pathologist for Ontario County, said Ross died of shock, mas- sive bleeding and almost com- plete severance of the major lartery leading to the heart. | Coroner:Dr. R. 8. Irwin said} Ithat when he saw the body it }was. lying on the rear seat of! a car parked in the driveway) loutside the hospital emergency} | ward. Dr,-H. M. Sanderson, the first} | doctor to see the victims, said job as an orderly "for not doing my work." Doherty testified that the sec- ond time he met Grune he show- him a "'switch-blade knife" with) a bone handle. He said the} blade was three or four inches long. He said Grune always carried the knife with him and tucked it in his bathing suit when he went swimming. "He said he felt it gave him protection," said Doherty. "I told him to get rid of it because I didn't think you were allowed to carry a knife that long in Ontario." Doherty testified that when he visited Grune at his apartment, he saw him cleaning the knife as though you would clean a rifle." He said it had a very sharp blade. He said Grune came to his) apartment Aug. 7. He said Grune came to his} visited Grune at his apartment, | he saw him "'cleaning the knife} as though you would clean a rifle e"'. He said it had a very sharp blade. "I knew he had the knife," jsaid Decherty, "because he |cleaned his fingernails out with it? 'STARTED LAUGHING' he had been dismissed from his| counted in his wallet before he went to bed, was still in the wallet. Beaton said he told Ross Ito keep an eye on Grune until) the put his foot on. 'HE KNIFED ME' | "I was going to call OPP," said Beaton. He said he got Marvin MacLean, the other roomer in the cabin, out of bed and he went outside in his shorts. he knifed me, get me to a doctor quick." Beaton said he went a and saw Ross was_ hurt. said Ross' last words or "He knife me. I'm dying." Beaton, under cross-examina-| tion by Mr. Kelly, admitted he hadn't '"'completely remember-} jed" everything that happened} that night. "Did you know Ross had lost) la wallet before?" asked Mr.) |Kelly. Yes,' | "Did he stolen?" counsel, "Yes," said Beaton, "but he found out who stole it. It didn't \have much money in it, just his driver's licence and papers." Beaton said he did not see {Grune on the ground but said " said Beaton. feel it had been asked fhe defence |Ross was naked from the waist| Doherty said they went to an\he thought he saw arms swing- up. Dr. Clark underpants were on testified back to} iOshawa hotel and drank beer in recalled an incident at the hotel ing. '"'That's why I told Marvin! Ross' \the men's beverage room. He/to get out there." MacLean, 19, said he saw) front and grossly bloodstained. | |where a man had been "kicked|Ross '"'and this Frank guy" who |He described a laceration on his left forearm as a "'def en-| sive" type of wound, Jout of his chair'. "Frank started laughing," he {said, 'and the other fellow told he said he had not known be- \fore, standing outside the cabin. IKNOCKED HIM DOWN Stuart Doherty, 23, of 50 Wil-|Frank to shut up, turn around) He said he heard Ross tell) liam st., Oshawa, said he met jand mind his own business." |Grune: "You're pretty dirty| the | years prior to his. retirement jon July 31, 1963. He was direc- \tor of sales for 21 years and |vice- -president for 11 years. The late Mr. Umphrey chose \the option, under the General Motor's retirement program, lof leaving the company before |the age of 65 to devote more jtime to his favorite hobbies of boating, travelling and the rais- jing of standard bred horses. |RESPECTED FIGURE Mr. Umphrey gras one of the [Canadian automobile industry's most widely known and respect- jed figures. At the time of his retirement E. H. Walker, presi-| jdent of the General Motors of \Canada Ltd., said of him: "His} s|record of success in the senior] |sales position in this company is| well known. Among automobile! men and among salesmen in) 'every field across Canada he} has built an enviable reputation for creative salesmanship an imaginative leadership, His con- tribution to General Motors and E J. UMPHREY jous facets of community life. Oshawa General Hospital, | a whole, |He was general chairman: of one of the hospital drives for|"' jfunds for a new wing at the and was always generous in his sup- port of other movements which} were for the good. of the city as Mr, Umphrey marrie@ the 7 |sequently |to the selling philosophy of the jindustry as a whole will be fel "The next thing I heard was|and valued for years to come." Earl hollering "he knifed me,} The late Mr. Umphrey wa |born and educated in Manitoba, jand first joined the Genera' ¢|Motors of Canada Ltd., © ithe Winnipeg office of the Chev. irolet Motor Company, ager for Southern Saskatche jwan, Later he returned to Win: |nipeg as sales promotion man age r for Western Canada. He iset up and managed the GM zone office at Calgary and sub-) became zone man jager in Montreal, Oshawa director of sales: and was ap-! pointed director of sales in 1942. He became vice-president the company in 1957. PROMINENT ROOLE played a prominent 1 role ! in vari former Hilda Mansell, of Win- BOWMANVILLE -- One of| |Bowmanville's main business \blocks was threatened last night \by a fire which gutted a restau- rant and damaged two other} istores, | Kenneth Chow, 33, a cook at} |Stanley's Lunch, suffered face} jand hand burns when he tried ito quell the fire. It is believed} to have started in the kitchen lof the restaurant. He was released after treat- iment at Bowmanville's Memor-| \ial Hospital; A newly - opened upholstery Other Stores Damaged EX-GM VICE-PRESIDENT Umphrey Dead At 64; Fine Record': store in the block sustained heavy smoke damage in the fire. Ralph Whyte, a partner in Whyte Brothers Upholstery, said that at least $2,000 damage was caused by the heavy smoke. The smoke and fumes from \the blaze also caused consider- able damage to a barbershop in the block. An official of the Bowmanville |Volunteer Fire Department said jtoday that the cause of the fire is under investigation. It broke jout at 11.15 p.m., shortly before the restaurant was scheduled to close for the day. Election, Che st Blamed For Dystrophy Fund Drop } | | A campaign here for $10,000 ito fight muscular dystrophy fell short of its objective this month because of the Greater Oshawa Community Chest's recent blitz for $306,300 and the federal elec- tion, Arthur Forsythe, co-chair- today. 35,559 RAISED Mr. Forsythe, one of 48 fire- men and 300 parents who head- ed up the campaign, said that to date only $5,559 have been raised in the blitz last year. man of the dystrophy drive, said) raised, nearly $3,000 below that 'firefighters' °° He said the Chest's drive and the federal 'election knocked the wind out of the muscular dys- trophy campaign, a five - day effort that ended Nov. 13. The campaign involved house- to-house. canvassing and mail appeals. Mr, Forsythe said the ap- peals are now being processed but he forecast donations through the mail would prob- ably be poor "because most people feel they have already contributed enough money in the area this year." He said he was disappointed with the overall campaign and particularly response from in- dustries in the area, The Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada has ear- marked $600,000 for research this year, Sell CNR To through in 1920. \In 1925 he became district man- He came to} in 1937 as assistant) 1952 and elected a director of During his long -residence in |Oshawa, the late Mr. Umphrey nipeg, Aug. 20, 1924. They have two sons 'and two daughters June, wife of the Rey. John. F. McKay, Windsor; Shirley, wife of Edward (Ted) Brown, Port Credit; Jack, president, London Motor Products, London, Ont. who, after his boyhood days in Oshawa served with the Royal Canadian Navy; Ronald, also associated with the London Motor Products, London. Until his remaval to Mary- land Farms, Oak Ridges, which he purchased north of Toronto, |following his retirement, he was "jan active member of Simcoe |Street United Church. | In-fraternal relations he was ja member the Masonic \Order,-The Toronto Lodge of Perfection (Scottish Rite), and The Toronto Chapter Rose Croix. The remains are at the Hum- phrey - Funeral. Home- and Chapel, 1403 Bayview ave., Toronto. The funeral service jwill be held Friday at.2 p.m., t is i couldn't cure. remove losing services. ance in debt bonds. Court Lowdown He added that he has had no takers yet. Prof. McDougall, 65, argued jat Richmond Hill United |Church. | Interment will be in York Prof. J. L. McDougall said the publicly-owned railway, a chronic money-loser, ought to be sold to private interests to' it from the political pressures that are responsible for loading it down with money- Speaking to a meeting of the Ottawa branch of the newly-or- ganized Canadian Transporta- tion Research Forum, he said he had been trying to interest investment. houses in a proposal to offer to buy the CNR for $50,000,000 down and the bal- Cemetery, Willowdale. In lieu of flowers friends are asked to make a donation to the Canadian _Association for Re- Talk By Kelly that the privately-owned CPR has been able to operate profit- ably in competition with the larger government line solely ,|because of the spur of private Private Enterprise: Professor OTTAWA. (CP)--A commerce] */professor from Queen's. Univer- sity who specializes in trans- portation economics said Tues- day there is nothing wrong with the CNR that private enterprise "The CPR has a gun behind them," he added.. The same kind of gun could turn the CNR into a money-maker 'as well. Prof. McDougall appeared be- fore the Turgeon royal commis- sion on transportation 20 years aig a paid witness for the TOP-FLIGHT EXECS He said the CNR now has a "first class executive core" that is doing the best job it aan un- der government control, But. it just. wasn't possible for th turn out the same efficient p: uct because of the problems in- herent in public ownership. His purchase offer would in- volve only the CNR system west of Quebec. The Maritimes sec- tion would be left in govern- ment hands, apparently be- cause even the professor cannot see a chance of turning a profit in that region. Prof. McDougall also empha- sized that the offer would not involve assuming the CNR debt, now about $1,700,000,000. That would be left with the govern- Some 40 Lions were on hand./ ladvisory board; David: Hatton,|Grune while they were both Doherty said Grune saidjafter Peter giving you a place | Oshawa lawyer, Terence V.|Toronto, ment-as: well Turkey dinner by candlelight,| ldistrict field secretary of the gifts for the sightless, carols|Canadian National Institute for and a performance from Toron-\the Blind, Toronto; and Mrs. to comedian, Doug Romaine,|Ivor Forest, president of. the highlighted the evening, 'Humoresque Club of Oshawa. orderlies at the hospital. "T saw Frank off and on after! I quit the hospital," said Doher- ty. He admitted under cross- examination, by Mr. Kelly that CITY LIONS club last night entertained some 60 city. and district sightless at the annual Christmas party at Hotel Genosha. Seen here in between carol singing and Santa's visit Lions president Ken Love- rock chats with Mrs. Reg Pike, 387 Albert st. and her escort, Mrs. Frank Copper. --Oshawa Times Photo jsomething to the other fellow to stay and you do this to him.' and he (Doherty) told him to! MacLean said Ross knocke "smarten up and stop acting|Grune down and when he got like a child'. lap, he (MacLean) knocked him "He said 'something to me down again. about the knife and I said 'if} "He (Grune) just kept saying you want to try it on me, come| 'I didn't steal the wallet'," lahead',"" said Doherty. lsaid MacLean. Sitting at the same table was} MacLean said Grune got up Peter Beaton, one of the menjand ran behind the cabins with who lived in the cabin with | Ross right after him. Ross. ~ Doherty said Grune and Bea-|garage and saw Earl make a ton left tiie hotel about 10 p.m. \srab for Frank," he said, "but Beaton testified that Grune,|I turned around and ran back who he had known for about alinto the cabin to put my pants year, told him he had beenjon because they were on High- kicked out of his apartment and|way 2 and I didn't went to go had no place to stay for thejon the highway with just my night. {shorts on. 7 | "The next thing I hedrd was 'COULD STAY NIGHT' | ; "T told him I had.a case of | Earl yell 'he stabbed me--he stabbed me. Help me Marvin, | = there for the night" rag get me to a doctor. I'm going to Beaton. He said that when they ar-| | SLUMPED OVER rived at the cabin he asked | MacLean said Ross slumped| Grune if -. wanted a beer, but |over the trunk of his car. he said ' , that he wanted to} MacLean admitted under) go to a ag \cross-examination by Mr. Kelly Beaton said he took off his| that when Ross was chasing! artificial foot and also went to Grune, he tried to cut him off.! bed,-He~-said-he-fell-asleep-and}--"'Ross" was" a> pretty "fair woke up when Ross came into|match for Grune, wasn't he?" the cabin. lasked Mr. Kelly, *'After all he "T noticed Grune wasn't in the had him on the ground, didn't cabin," said Beaton, "and my|he?" ' wallet and car keys were gone."| 'Yes,' said MacLean Beaton said Ross went out to} 'Why did you get into it?" the. car and that he followed |asked the defence counsel, without his foot. | J had never seen Earl fight "We searched Frank," said|before," said .MacLean, 'and Beaton, "but he said he didn't/didn't think he wanted to fight." have the wallet. | A previous witness, Edwin "T told. Earl to keep an eye| Richardson of 281 Simcoe st. s., on him (Grune) until I saw if \Oshawa, remained in the court he had left it in the car. I found} while the doctors gave evidence my wallet on the floor of the|despite the fact an order had front seat." been given by the magistrate | Beaton said the $39 he had/ excluding witnesses. "T went to the corner of the) \Kelly, will address the Kinsmen Club Thursday night on his "'ex-| periences in court', The meeting will be attended by Will Klein, national president of Kinsmen and executive di- rector of the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee and Centennial for 1967. Mr. Klein, a member of the Regina Queen City Kinsmen Club, is on tour of Kinsmen Clubs across the country in con- nection with the national proj- ect of schools for adults con- nected with retarded children. He will be accompanied to the Oshawa club by Jack Delaney, Governor of District 8. Ruddy Resigns 'Upon Request R. Donald Ruddy, QC, a part-|. jtime juvenile and family court |judge for Ontario Countyshas re- signed at the requesf.of--the {Ontario Attorney - General's De- partment, A. A. Russell, assistant deputy attorney general, said Tuesday \that he asked for Mr. Ruddy's resignation because "we have had some complaints about his court". Mr, Russell refused to add to his. remarks. Mr. Ruddy was not available for comment this morning. Magistrate Frank Ebbs, who} presides over juvenile and fam- ily court in Oshawa, will take jover Mr. Ruddy's duties on a temporary basis until a new ap- |pointment is made. | | " enterprise. BRITH MEMBERS LEARN HOW © Types of investment plans which can help ease the life of the retired person were outlined Tuesday 'at the monthly meeting of the Oshawa Lodge 1590 of the B'Nal B'Rith. Jack Walling- ton of Ord, Wallington, in- vestment brokers, spoke to the club on post-retirement income plans. He is shown, seated left, with lodge pres- ident Joseph Klasner. Stand- ing left are, Edward Wilson, first vice-president; Robert Sherman, secretary; and Sam Horwich, second vice- president,