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\UXHALL DOOR SEDAN ily car. For economy ind transportation you ight little Viva. Lic. . COUPE speed transmission and match this for ;VROLET TION WAGON dise and a beautiful Handy for the work- for summer holiday matic transmission sr "OMS Special of 12664. ECIALS LIC, J84564 $555 LIC. K4382 $444 icas2a95 $330 Pe ste emer t 1} CHPSEBROUGH ASKS ALL TO PARTICIPATE MANY GROUPS HAVE PROGRAMS Senior Citizens Week Starts Sunday ] BY JAMES A. COUPER i Of The Times Staff !Oshawa's first Senior Citi- fens Week starts tomorrow and H. Cheseborough director of soc- ig:l services for Oshawa has in- dicated he hopes each of Osh- ajwa's 7,000 senior citizens will ty2 able to participate in at least ore event. This is the first time that a special week for citizens over 6f) has been approved by both the provincial and local govy- ernments. Mr.- Chesebrough hopes the special week will become an annual event but he does not know who will organize it. The centennial committees which are doing the planning this year will be disbanded after the cen tennial. ; Senior Citizens Week, Mr. Chesebrough explained, is main- ly for older people who have retired, although others are in- vited to attend the special events. CHURCH AFFAIRS The first day of events is Sunday which has been recog- nized by the clergy of the city as Senior Citizens Sunday. They have been asked to organize any church affairs they wish within their own groups. The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 43, has invited all sen- ior citizens to visit their new building on Monday for a free evening of cards, entertainment and lunch starting at 7 p.m. There will be an open house and garden party, Tuesday, at Hillsdale Manor from 2 - 6 p.m. On Wednesday Col. R. S. Mc- Laughlin will open his estate from 3 to 5 p.m. for visits by senior citizens. Mr. Chese- brough estimates there will be about 2,000 wood. The big attraction on Thurs- day will be a band concert at Memorial Park by the band of the Ontario Regiment. The Golden Age Club Band will be the guest artists. Both bands will feature old fashioned mus- visitors to Park- ic. END WEEK Senior citizens will end their week Friday with a shuffleboard contest at Halliday Manor. The Oshawa P.U.C. transpor- tation is issuing free passes to senior citizens. These are good Monday 6 - 12 p.m., Tuesday 1-6 p.m., Wednesday 1-6 p.m, Thursday 6-12 p.m. These can be picked up at any senior cit- izens organization or at the de- partment of social services on Centre Street. {3ENIOR CITIZENS week started early for Conrad Ho lushka, 100, as he was enjsertained by The Boleros, MELA | ' * THE PIPES and drums of '\'he Ontario Regiment were «qn hand Tuesday to enter- dain the senior citizens at JIMan Served Marks Theatre For 48 Years As Doorman Walter Cockerill, Hillsdale Minor, is celebrating his 75th bixthday today. «Although his name may not smund familiar, to many, he is one of Oshawa's best known Senior citizens. ,#nyone who has gone to the Ma rks Theatre between 1917 and 198 5 should remember Mr. Cock- rill because for those 48 years he, was doorman, caretaker and ge ieral custodian of the Marks. Bir. Cockrill rarely walks do wn an Oshawa street or turns a corner at Hillsdale without si7meone recognizing him and stopping to learn his name. 'The old Marks Theatre, ac- carding to Mr. Cockerill, play- ed host to not only silent pic- tulres but also to vaudeville, bu rlesque, and plays. And there were more theatres in 1917 than there are now. 'eet from the Marks and the Wihite Chrystal down the street. thiere were another two on an Italian group, at Hills- dale Manor on Tuesday. The musicians are, from left, Giovanni Ianiri, Salva- an outdoor party held on the Hillsdale Manor grounds, "'Bill'" Patterson, left, and Brian Pollock, Mr. Cockerill came to Canada in the early 1900's when he was transferred from an orphanage in London to,one in Toronto. He made the 10 day trip by steamer and was accompanied by another 300 orphans. who were all dressed alike in dup- licates of sailor uniforms. After a few months in Tor- onto most of the younger boys were placed with foster parents and the older ones were giv- en jobs. Mr. Cockerill joined a fam- tore Ianiri, John Kury, and Louigi Ciccone. The group donated their time and tal- ent to add to the entertain- 4 taken place since he right, show their bagpipes to residents H. C. Tullett, left, seated, and Albert Cox, seated right. --Oshawa Times Photo ily in Muskoka where he divid- ed his time between going to} school and working on the farm. Later he was able to get a job at McLaughlin Carriage Works and helped in the pro- duction of the first car which he remembers as a "490". It was during these years that he started at the Marks, first working part - time and later becoming a permanent fixture. Mr. Cockerill, who is a bach- elor and has lived at Hills- dale for two years. | Fifth Lutheran Assembly | ment provided for senior citizens at an outdoor party at the home for the aged. --Oshawa Times Photo Centenarian Abstainer Conrad Halushka, of Hills- dale Manor, is believed to be the only person in Oshawa who will celebrate his 100th birth- a day this year. Mr. Holushka came to Osh- Mrs. A. Mary Wilkins, 101, Once Founded City Mission Mrs.' Anna Mary Wilkins, 101, Hillsdale Manor, one of Osh- awa's oldest citizens, was co- founder with her husband, Henry Wilkins, of the Gibbons Street Mission, now known as Gibbons Street Evangelical Church. She cared for the mission for about 25 years and in 1950 as- sisted in laying the cornerstone of the new church. Mrs. Wilkins and her husband | also worked together in founding the North Oshawa Church which has become St. Stephen's United Church. In both churches, Mrs. Wil- kins shared in the ministership. In the 1920's and early 30's she was a well known spiritualistic evangelical preacher, particu- larly at Gibbon Street church. MORE FREEDOM Mrs. Wilkins came to Canada with her husband, three sons and father in 1911. She hoped | the move would give her sons more freedom of opportunity than they would get in England. ,, The move to Oshawa was the result of a purchase, by her father, of 28 acres of land in North Oshawa near Nonquon Rd. and Simcoe Streets. The house which they occupied stood there until six months ago when a new service station was built. In 1936 Mrs. Wilkins was left with three sons when her hus- band, whom she married in 1890, died. She now has an addi- tional five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Wilkins attributes her long life to the fullfilment of the 9ist psalm, verse 16, which; says, "With long life will I sat-! isfy Him and shéw Him my Sal-! awa from the Ukraine in 1905. He was discontented with life in the U.S.S.R. and had heard about Canada from friends; so he sold his house and farm, emigrated with his wife and two p children. WAS CARPENTER In Oshawa, Mr. Holushka went into business for himself as a carpenter. He mostly built houses - sometimes 10 or more in a year - in Bowmanville, Cobourg and Oshawa. Being a carpenter, Mr. Hol- shka best remembers the fan- tastic building spree which has moved here. When he first came here, there was little more than the Four Corners and Ritson Rd. he said. Most of the houses he built, many of which were con- sidered to be far outside the city limits, have been torn down for shopping centres and indus- tries. Mr. Holuskha's two sons were killed in the Canadian service in the First World War and his wife died shortly after. To live a long life, Mr. Holushka recommends, refrain from smoking and drinking. He - has lived at Hillsdale for five years. SCROLLS GIVEN Senior citizens in Oshawa who will be 95, or over, this year will be presented with scrolls, on a personal basis, by Mayor Ernest Marks and Hayward Murdoch, chairman of the Oshawa Centennial Committee. Mayor Marks and Mr. Mur- doch will deliver the scrolls during Senior Citizens Week, which runs from June 18 to June 23. The list of eligible citizens now numbers 13. They are: Mrs. Mary Conlin, 54 Ar- lington Avenue, 96. Mrs. Lillie C. Drew, 211 King' Street East, 99. Mrs. Ethel Drinkle, 1437 Ritson Road North, 96. Mrs. T. H. Everson, 171 King Street East, 100. Thomas Sands Foy, 234 Bloor Street West, 95. Mrs. Charlotte Bell Frink, 224 Central Park Blvd. South, Mr. Conrad Holushka, Hills- dale Manor, 100. : | 96 To Be Held In Brazil, 1970 WATERLOO, Ont. (CP)--The|Porto Alegre, president of the Mr. Cockerill remembers the/Lutheran World Federation at/host church, said the meeting, m) its fourth annual meeting here|which will last 10 days in July, decided to 'hold its fifth assem-/1970, will be 'of great import- bly, originally scheduled for|ance" for the minority Lutheran ond street - one where he sa w his first movie, He remem- bers it being wound through) Mrs. Frances Ann Hart, 274 Oshawa Blvd. North, 95. Mrs. Gertrude Hull, 631 Dundee Avenue, 95. Mrs. Mary Johnston, 314 King Street West, 96. Col. R. S. McLaughlin, Parkwood, 95. Mrs. Gibbons Street, 96. Mrs. Anna Mary Wilkins, Hillsdale Manor, 101. Weimar, East Germany, in 1969,|churches "in primarily Roman|Harold Ditmanson, professor of at Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1970.|Catholic surroundings. | | East Germany reversed its} tl.e projector by hand into ajinitial approval, saying the|gregations will realize they are tians are moving into an erajat its annual meeting were the pjaper bag. After the show, the|/meeting would serve 'no useful|part of a worldwide organiza-|when their concern over social| Evangelical Lutheran Church in "For the first time our con-| pi'ojectionist had to rewind it/purpose," the federation was|tion," he said. fyom the bag onto the reel by ba ind. told Friday. In another session of the LWFjnew, intense way on the doc-|Protestant Christian Church, religion at St. Olaf College at Northfield, Minn., said Chris- ethics will focus attention in a Dr. Ernesto T. Schlieper of'executive committee, Dr.|trine of the Holy Spirit. Annie Pearson, 204 | vation."" ee cei a4 -- MRS. A. MARY WILKINS ++. 91st Psalm Fulfilled The psalm must cycling until he was 90. MR. AND MRS. HENRY G. HARMER --- His Stage-Name Was G. H. Mills When Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Harmer, 493 Rossland W., came to Oshawa in 1906 they were impressed with the friend. liness of the people. Mr. Har- mer 90, said it is this invpres- sion which stands out most when he looks back on his life. When he started work in Osh- awa as a carpenter he decided to make use of his skills and build- a house. Within a week as many as 15 of his friends and fellow workers were turn- ing up, uninvited, to help. Mr. Harmer said nothing like that would have happened in Eng- land, He had not expected it to happen here. : His strong beliefs in the friend- liness of Oshawa were reinforc- ed when he went West in 1908 28 She Sines OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1967 ound | Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club. | Two of their members were [convicted in separate cases in- | volving City police. _ Bernard Guindon, a prom- inent member of the club, was fined $150, or 30 days, by Magis- trate Donald Dodds was convicted of causing a dis- | |turbance involving two police ) |Officers, May 10. also urd beet is 96. He did not give up |been fulfilled for her brother Henry Harmer, 90, Recalls People's Friendliness Here to work in the wheat harvest. It turned out there was no work and Mr. Harmer, penniless, had to beg from door to door in Regina. Every person turned him away and he was only able to return to Oshawa with the help of police and some money Mrs. Harmer, now 88, was able to send. Mr. Harmer's greatest contri- bution to Oshawa was his found- ing of the St. John Ambulance in this area. When he came from. England he had his first aid certificate but was amazed it was unheard of in Oshawa. By 1915 he had arranged a team of 18 men who were train- ed in first aid and were wil- ling to provide their services at large. public events. The 18 men trained groups 'Lutheran World Federation Backs Three Membership Bids WATERLOO, Ont. (CP)--The Lutheran World Federation Fri- |day approved three applications |for membership, including that of the newly - organized Evan- gelical Lutheran Church of Can- lada. | Also voted into the federation |Lithuania and. the Simalungun iformed by a Batak tribe in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The federation has 76 member churches in about 40 countries, with a combined membership of almost 53,000,000 of the more of as many as 250 in the prin- ciples of first aid and awarded certificates. Guindon resides at 480 Brown-| jing Ave. Guindon admitted in court that he "blew up' when two Police officers approached him jon his lawn to charge him with _ |Causing unnecessary noise in adjusting the carburetor of his motorcycle. Guindon also admitted swear-| ing and cursing at the officers, but explained "I have been junder a police strain for some jtime " | The accused added: "I was a little belligerent on account of jthe harassment I've been re- | ceiving." Magistrate Dodds stated that Friday was a rough day in|"to say the Magistrate's Court for Oshawa's|frowns on when he Two Accused F Guilty least, the court such foul-mouthed language. I don't think the pub- lic deserved to be exposed to that kind of language." Guindon was also obliged to sign a $500 bond to keep the peace for six months. OUT OF CUSTODY David Joseph Chinn, also a member of the Satan's Choice, was convicted of obstructing a police officer and was remanded jout of custody till June 30 for jsentence. Chinn, 19, resides at 208 Division St. Chinn and five witnesses, all fellow members of the Satan's Choice, testified that Constable Edward Forgette had. bun.ped jinto Chinn while conducting a safety check of another mem- ber's motorcycle. Magistrate Dodds stated that the Satan's Choice members may have gathered around the officer, who was going about his duty, for the purpose of dis- tracting and intimidating him. He felt that the divergence in evidence 'touches the credi- bility of the witnesses." Bread Price Increase May Hit Osh Oshawa's bread prices may jincrease following a price-boost announcement by _ Christie's Bread in Toronto Friday that : caught the rest of the industry by surprise. The threat of increases came after an announcement by Christie's that one - pound loaves would increase by two cents. Most Toronto bakeries, that supply bread to Oshawa seem- ed pleased that it would give them an excuse to increase awa Also A Toronto spokesman for Can- ada Bread Co. Ltd. felt that Christie's were right and that rising costs in manufacturing and distributing warrant high- er prices. General Bakeries, Toronto in- dicated it would raise prices and said, "The increase is good news for us. We're not going to Pass up an opportunity. Oshawa Bakery, the only in- dependent bread producer in Oshawa, only heard news of the increases this morning and made no early decision as to their prices. increases. Announcement was made to City Bequeathed | Art Collection -jof Alexandra Luke. However, day by the executors of the will| this collection is representative of the late Mrs. C. Ewart Mc- Laughlin, who died last June 1, that she had left her fine collec- tion of paintings in trust for the City of Oshawa. The trust provides that these paintings, known as the Alex- andra Luke Collection, be held by her trustees until such time as there is a non-commercial art or picture gallery estab- lished in Oshawa, wherein they can be properly displayed in the opinion of her trustees. Her will provides that at such time the trustees are to transfer and de- liver the said collection of paint- ings to the City of Oshawa for the enjoyment of the residents of the City. . Mrs. McLaughlin was a well known artist in her own right, and specialized in the abstract form of painting under the name of many leading Canadian paint- ers such as the "Group of Seven" and '"'Painters Eleven," and other well known artists, Represented in this gift are works of Emily Carr; A. Y. Jackson; J. E. H. Macdonald; A. J, Casson; Yvonne McKauge Housser; Oscar Cohan; Jack Bush; Leonard Brooks; Isabel McLaughlin; Hortense Gordon; Ray Mead; Jock Macdonald; Kasuo Nakamura; Harold Town; Tom Hodgson; William Ronald; Walter Yarwood; Alexe andra Luke; Gordon Webber; John Hall; George Pepper; Dr. Fred Banting; Tom Stone; Syd- ney Watson; John Martin; Edna Tacon; Louis Archambault and James Gardiner, Mrs. McLaughlin carefully ace cumulated this 'Alexandra Luke Collection" over a period of 38 years. Toronto (Special) - The on- tario Municipal Board has al- lowed an appeal by Tony Nave against a decision of the Osh- awa committee of adjustment, but has set some conditions. Nave wanted to build a one- room extension to the front of The Harmers have also con- of Oshawa by being grandpar-; ents of singer Shirley Harmer.| She is the only one of their) two children, six grandchildren} and 11 great grandchildren} who has inherited Mr. Harmer"s! talents in showbusiness. HAD ACT " In England, Mr. Harmer had a two - hour act which he often himself under the stage name of G. H. Mills - ventriloquist, conjuror, shadowist and chape- augraphist. Shadowing was pro-| jecting life - like shadows on| the wall with the hands. As} a chapeaugraphist, Mr. Harmer} could make 15 different types) of hats representative of dif- ferent people and nations, from a single piece of felt. Mr. Harmer said his stage career ended when the film in- dustry began. Mr. Harner has held several jobs in Oshawa including super- vising the hospital system at General Motors in its early more than 74,000,000 Lutherans in the world. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada was organi-| zed last January when the Can-! ada district of the American Lutheran Church became an au-, I iding anniversary. tonomous body. working at the Plaza theatre as days. He retired at age 80 after a doorman and general care- taker for 10 years. In two years the Harmers will celebrate their 70th wed- \s b s an office tributed to the entertainment} "fy to be used As presented on the stage and at|° lise ey inert eigeat private parties. He advertised poset Seca ee en his building at 340 Simcoe street the vice - consul for the Italian Embassy. This would reduce the front yard to 13 feet six inches, while the city zoning bylaw requires a 20-foot front yard. The committee of adjustment rejected Nave's application. A. E. Laskowsky, counsel for Nave, told the OMB his client that the front yard would be 16 feet in depth, and to re- Municipal Board Upsets City Committee's Ruling move a frame garage to re duce the total lot coverage. The OMB noted that the uses in the vicinity were gen: erally of a commercial nature, the building to the north was built almost to the street line and was used as a club house, other setbacks varied substant- ially from the required minj- mum, and no objection to the proposal was made by any of the adjacent owners. It therefore, set aside the committee's decision and allow- ed the appeal on the following conditions: That the front yard setback should not be less than 16 feet; that the garage on the property be removed; that a paved parking area sufficient for two cars according to the city's nor- mal standard be provided in the rear yard, ; City Man Found Not Guilty On Charge Of Theft Over $50 WHITBY (Staff) - Joseph Spalter, 510 Park Road North, Oshawa was found not guilty Thursday on a charge of theft of over $50 by County Court Judge Alex C. Hall. Spalter was charged by Osh- awa Police Detective Kenneth Young with the alleged theft of $1,000. In court Mr. Spalter said he was a partner in Acadian Al- uminum Co. borrowed $800 from one of the and that he had Amos Ruben, of Acadian Ale uminum, said Spalter was not a partner in his firm and the $1,000 was an advance for some work at the creamery which had already purchased $2,000 worth of windows and siding from the firm. Ruben Said Spalter was a salesman for the Acadian company. Theodore Chant said he had given the accused $1,000 for more work to be done at the managers of Hampton Cream-|creamery and that the work ery, Theodore Chant, was never performed, "\