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i «+ Kevin Kelly, COUNTRY, WESTERN SINGERS Stewart Smith «+ Rain Didn't Dampen En YEOMAN TRIO PERFORMS UNDER UMBRELLA thusiasm At Festival Show Oshawa's McLaughlin Collezi- Band Popular, Expo Concerts ae The maraca player in the musical group called the Just Six Plus One shook his rattles 'at the sky like a "medicine man" in the middle of a rain dance. * And the rain which had been lightly falling up until that time came pelting down, sending the fourth night in the week-long Folk Festival celebrations off to a soggy start. The second act on the pro- gram, a folk singing group Singers, Dancers, 'Queens' Will Highlight Concert Eleven groups, the 75-piece Donevan Collegiate orchestra and beauty queens will be fea- tured with ethnic dancers, musi- cians and a choir at the Oshawa Folk Festival's All Nations Con- cert, Saturday night at the Civic Auditorium. Some of the groups participat- ing include East York Scottish Country Dance Society; Maple Leaf Almrausch Club of Hull, Quebec, a German Schuhplattler . Group; Polish '"Goral" En- ROPE, WHIP ARTIST TWIRLS "ANGEL'S HALO" ««. British Cowboy David Stewart Aitists Brave Rains, Fireworks Light Sky named the Yeoman Trio, took to the. stage and performed while huddled under a_ big, black umbrella. The people in the audi- ence with umbrellas remained circled around the stage, while the remainder sought shelter in nearby doorways. COWBOY A 10-minute delay was called before Dave Stewart, a British cowboy, made his appearance. During his act Stewart lassooed Pipe Band and dancers. The Oshawa Horticultural So- ciety will Sponsor a rose show in the banquet room of Civic Auditorium from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. : The concert begins at 7:30 p.m.:and is produced by Orest L.. Salmers;. stage director, Harry Chapman Music di- rector. "The All Nations Concert. will he, followed by a fireworks. dis- play at the Civic Auditorium to semble of St. Stanislaus Parish, Toronto and the Ajax Scottish Students Prepare Float Represent Saskatchewan Saskatchewan will be repre- sented tomorrow in the Folk Festival parade. Twenty-four students from the western province arrived in the city last night in cornection with the federal - provincial Youth Travel Program. The students and their .Osh- awa hosts met at a get-together party at Central Collegiate'and helped decorate a float' which will be entered in the parade, which starts at the shopping centre at 10 a.m. "Tt's already half finished," said Susan Kelly, 107 Sunder- land. Susan and Margaret Ken- nedy, 423 Bernhard Cres., are heading the committee to build afternoon," she said. *'We de- the float. "The float is on a truck and windup the week of Folk Festi- val'Centennial celebrations. 'will' be done in browns and golds to represent Saskatche- wan," Susan said, '"'We are go- ing to have as many students on it: as possible -- including the hosts. to 'the Saskatchewan students. "Tt should be finished this cided to have the float built about two weeks ago when the student hosts in Oshawa met." Today the students will tour McLaughlin Public Library. and later in the afternoon, the Cana- dian Automotive Museum. On Monday they will travel to Niagara Falls and Tuesday they will: be guests at a civic lunch- eon. Tonight they will attend the girls in the audience, bull whip- ped a piece of paper from the nose of an unsuspecting volun- teer and hit spectators witn a few boomerangs that failed to return. Stewart, a big man with a British accent and a handlebar moustache that looked like the frayed end of one of his lassoos, changed the skeptics in the audience to fans with a master- ful display with both rope and whip. A former air force officer, hypnotist. and actor, Stewart ment Hill as well. ate band scored a double tri- umph on its recent trip to Expo winning standing ovations not only in Montreal, but on Parlia- No Blame -- Attached A coroner's jury attached no blame in the death of a 17-year- old Whitby youth, Louis Martin Pritchard, who was killed in a power boat race at Dunnville on June 18. The jury ruled Thursday that Mr. Pritchard had died of a broken neck. Witnesses of the accident had stated that Pritchard's hydro- plane had been travelling at about 40 miles an hour on chop- py 'water when it hit a wave and he was thrown from the boat. He had been thrown into the path of a boat following close behind him. The driver of this Bruce Colwell band manager reported today that the band's first two concerts at Expo were so well received officials re- quested that an additional con- cert be held by the band. Mr. Colwell said the band was drawing between 3,000 and 6,000 persons per concert. A further honor occurred when the Expo administrative people requested an impromptu concert strictly for Expo officials. During their stay in Montreal, the students lived in the Montreal College residences and before they left gave another concert for the priests at the college. On the return trip home the 'band stopped off in Ottawa and She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, F RIDAY, JUNE 30, 1967 Citys 67 Project To Open In Fall gave a special concert on the grounds of Parliament Hill. In attendance were eight ministers of Parliament as well as Parlia- iment. Hill visitors. The students were hosted by MP's Michael Starr and Russell Honey during their stay in Ot- tawa. They were given a tour of the Parliament Buildings, at- tended a dinner in their behalf boat had stopped and dived into the water but was unable to save him. Mr. Pritchard had been an enthusiastic boater and a mem- ber of the Canadian Boat Fed- eration of the Thousand Islands Boat Club. and met John Diefenbaker, Cop- servative opposition leader. -- Mr. Colwell said the 101 band members under the direction of Michael Crosbie won special praise not only for their playing {but for their conduct as well. mentioned -later that he plans to dé.a one-man show of ex- cerpts from the works of var- ious cavalier writers and poets. FIRECRACKERS The evening, which had been dull and overcast all night, brightened considerably with the $1,500 fireworks display held in the parking lot of the Osh- awa Shopping Centre. People watched the display from the shelter of their cars which were strung around the perimeter of the fireworks area. The fireworks were donated by centre merchants. Also performing .at last night's concert were Kevin Kelly and Stewart Smith, coun- try and western singers. Tonight's events include a centennial variety show at the Civic Auditorium featuring Doug Crossley at 8 p.m. and a volley from the tanks of the Cotario Regiment at midnight. Lion's Torch On Schedule A torch en route from Ottawa to Oshawa reached Cobourg last night and left Port Hope at 10 a.m. this morning. The torch, a centennial proj- ect of the Oshawa Lions Club, was lit last weekend in Ottawa by MP Michael Starr from the eternal flame at the Parlia- ment buildings. It is being carried on foot by members of Lions' Clubs along the way and will reach the out- skirts of Oshawa by this eve- ning. Sa The torch will light the cen- tennial lamp in Memorial Park at a 9:30 a.m. ceremony tomor- Folk Festival variety show a Civic Auditorium. row, It will also be included in Fontaine as advertising mana- ger of The Oshawa Times was announced today by E. C. Prince, general manager of The Oshawa new position many years in ad- vertising sales, and for the past year he has been retail adver- tising supervisor of The Times. He is well known in the retail trade and in the Oshawa mar- keting area. : LESLIE LEITH «» « New Position The appointment of Omer Times. Mr. Fontaine brings to his Concurrent with Mr, Fon- the ¢entennial parade. taine's appointment as adver- New Advertising Manager Appointed For The Times Times. Orchestra Will Present series of summer concerts' nex Tuesday at band shell in Memorial. Park. will be guest artist at the open six weeks and will feature dif- ferent guest artists. Mr. Tierney and his orches- Concert Series In:Park . Director Bernard Tierney and his 13-piece orchestra begin a the. McLaughlin Scottish tenor Peter Glenn ing concert. Several orchestra members will also be featured. Concerts will: be held every Tuesday night at 8.30 p.m. for tra are sponsored by the To- ronto Musicians Association through a grant from the Radio and Transcription 'Trust Fund and from. General Motors. of Canada Ltd. Mr. Glenn, who is booked at Expo for a July appearance, has had club dates and television performances in Canada_and the United States. He has also played tenor leads in '"'Briga- doon" 'Desert' Song," and "New Moon." Master, of ceremonies at the IN GOODWOOD OMER: FONTAINE « «+ New. Manager tising is the ment 'that Leslie B. Leith, for- merly director of 'advertising of The Times, has been appointed h d CNR p ger 'A nortt train struck a tractor from a tractor trailer outfit at the level crossing in the village of Good- | wood, about 30 miles northwest of Oshawa, late Thursday after- n oon. Although four coaches and the engine of the train were de- railed, the only injury was to the driver of the tractor, Denis Joseph Fournier, RR 3, Stouff- ville, lacerations and released from hospital today. who was treated for A OPP spokesman described the accident as a "miracle." Between 200 and 300 children were on the train on their way to camp. When the derailing occurred, several of the tracks were torn up. One 20-foot section of rail went through the floor of a coach and into the corridor. The OPP spokesman said if someone had been in the corri- manager of retail and classi- fied advertising for Thomson Newspapers Ltd., in Canada, with h ters at Th Newspapers' central office, at 425 University Ave., Toronto. Mr. Leith was advertising man- ager of the Galt Reporter be- fore assuming his position as director of advertising at The Both the above appointments are effective July 3. GARBAGE COLLECTION Garbage in the downtown area and at the shopping centre will be picked up Saturday morning between 4 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Bruce Mackey, council's public works commit- tee, said the special collection was arranged in view of the Folk Festival parade and cen- tennial celebrations weekend. ' chairman of during the * SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT FOLK FESTIVAL Pie Eating, Pretty Ankle Contests Scheduled Children Escape Injury As Train-Truck Collide The Oshawa Folk Festival's ple-eating contest at Alexandra Park tomorrow will be held: in two phases during the day, says special events chairman, John Dehart. More than 45 children, 12 and under, will take part in the cone -ciations, test, epdnsored. by : the - Central Council of Neighborhood Asso- between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. with finals at Harold Norill, the Oshawa Weig! club, will demonstrate techniques' on the park grounds. Oshawa Girl Guides will perform a May Pole § 3:39 p.m, Sdent ae dance at 1.30 p.m. and the City Recreation department will or- ganize a number of children's taces beginning at 2 p.m. Several ethnic kitchens, fea- turing national foods, will be among the concession stands at the park. Square dancing will begin at 2.30 p.m. north of the , ethnic kitchens, An all - girl baseball game will also be staged at the park. A sponge cake judging will begin at 3 p.m. for contestants using 1867 recipes. A 'Knobby Knees Kontest' for men and @ "pretty ankles" "contest for girls will be held at 4 p.m. Winners of the Beauty Baby Photo Contest will be pre- sented with cups at 5 p.m. Nine infants from one month old to 18 months old are eligible to win in one of the three age concert will be Barry Sarazin, dor of the coach at the time "It would have impaled them. They wouldn't have had a chance." The passengers on the train were taken away in buses, The Goodwood crossing is now clear for road traffic and. a CNR crew is working to put the railway line back in operation. Award Won For Writing WHITBY (Staff) -- A Cen- tennial writing award has been won by a former Whitby resi- dent. af aw Louis Perez of Youngs. n, N.Y., formerly Nora McFarlane of Whitby, has been awarded the Little, Brown Cen- tennial novel for young people written by a Cangdian-born author. Whitby author Leslie McFar- Lane. She has won _ several other writing awards and has written several television plays. The Little, Brown novel com- petition carried a cash prize of $1,000. Entitled "Strange Sum- mer At Stratford', the novel will be published in the United States and Canada. The back- ground of the book is the Strat- ford Shakespearean Festival. LASCO LAYOFF The Lake Ontario Steel Com- pany in Whitby laid-off 83 work- ers yesterday. A spokesman said the layoff was due to a reduced demand for certain building materials the firm has been stockpiling as a result of a construction strike in the Tor- onto area. The esman said men laid-off would be recalled when the level of demand war- categories. rants it, Mrs, Perez is the daughter of Fund Drive Oshawa's centennial project, a swimming pool and recrea- tion complex, could be ready for its grand opening early in Sep- tember. : E. R. 8; McLaughlin, chair- man. of the civic auditorium board of directors announced at the 'board's annual meeting yes- tefday: that the financial cam- paign to raise funds for the complex had been successful and' the $250,000 commitment to the city has been met, He said construction of the pool. and recreation buildings. had, until recently, been on schedule. He said\ work should be completed it August, with the official opening in Septem- pers'. , The complex which is the second of a threé-phase pro- gram at the auditorium con- tains a full size pool, a begin- ner's pool, sauna' 'baths, and facilities for weightlifting, gym- nastics and judo. In addition, space. has been provided to serve 'the needs of various social . and. cultural groups in Oshawa. ; With the completion.-of :phase two, said) Mr, McLaughlin, the board' must turn' its: attention to the third and final phase.;. It would include a' football field, track and field facilities, terday were Mayor Marks and aldermen Charles Mcliveen and Russel} "Successful", Pool, Recreation Complex a baseball diamond with bleache ers. "Phase three sketch plans, including over-all site usage, have already been carefully ex- amined and approved, and executive committee is working with the board of control an the parks, property and recrea- tion committee on possible methods. of financing this final phase of the project to give the community a unique recrea- tional complex, second to none in the country," said Mr. Mee Laughlin, e ELECTION The election of officers was held at yesterday's meeting. Elected once again were E. V4 S. McLaughlin, chairman, Te ence Kelly, vice-chairman, Charles McGibbon, secretary and Frank Markson, treasurer. The accounting firm of Deloitte, Plender, Haskins and Sells was retained by the board to handle the auditorium ac counts. In a financial statment to the board Mr. Markson reported that a $40,000 surplus existed following the completion of the two financial campaigns at the auditorium. New directors appointed yese Ernest Dr. a grandstand, tennis courts, and McNeil. award for the best)" ae Robert Stroud, chairman of the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic and Mayor Ernest Marks discuss plans for the three-day blood clinic to be held at St. Gregory's { Auditorium July 46. The ies THREE-DAY BLOOD CLINIC SET doors will open from '1:30 p.m, to 4:30 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The target for the clinic is 1,200 bottles for the three days. --Oshawa Times Photo a