This is one way to ring in the New Year. Herbert May- nard, left, president of the Royal Naval Association (Can- ada), and Earl Myers, presi- dent of the Oshawa Naval Veterans' Association, gave an apt demonstration of the RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR AT NAVY CLUB age-old ceremony during the recent New Year's Day cele- bration at the Navy club's new clubrooms. There were many such celebrations local- ly to usher in the new year in the traditional manner. --Oshawa Times Photo "JOCK" HAMILTON WAS "HERO OF THE YEAR" 1964 Year Of Progress For Oshawa's Citizens The Year of Our Lord, 1964, spending in Canada during 1063 has been tucked away into the recesses of history, like the cal- endars and assignment books and journals that recorded it. For Oshawa and its people, 1964 was a year of triumph, pro- gress and prosperity for many, and a year of loss and hardship for few. Normal people did heroic things, and strange strike, It was a year of attain- ment. The hero of the year, and bly the man who made the local story in the files of Oshawa Times over the last 366 days was a Toronto cabbie named John 'Jock' Hamilton, who burned the engine out of his taxi bringing a rare serum from Toronto to save the life of an Oshawa man in hospital. Hamilton made the trip in 35) minutes, thanks to a passing) motorist who picked him up. His 110-mile-per-hour race had far outdistanced the police es- cort. provided for him. The peo- ple of Oshawa rallied to Hamil- of $706,000,000. Their new lines were lower, longer, sleeker, and more "lovable", as once again they assured themselves of supremacy in the automotive world. Another all-time high was set in July, when GM paid out $9,400,000 in wages to its 16,800 workers, This included holiday|The worst blaze of the year left things. It was the year of the|pay While the UAW was successful in its strike against General Motors, the International Type- setters who struck General Printers last June were nt 50 lucky. As 1965 dawns, they are still picketting the plaht on Sim- coe south. Workers at the Eveleigh Laun- dry won the battle but lost the war. They got a out. AUDITORIUM ton's plight, and collected $400 insured engine. Ironically, the to help him repair the $750, the| jarena, the salary-increased|doned house to the Royal Bank contract, but the' plant foldedjof Canada at King street and under, claiming they could not|Wilson road -- a distance of 84) meet the payroll with the capi- tal on hand. The 15 men whojed by police. He got away struck Kerr Industries are still|though. he has lived happily ever after. One of the most spectacular fires in recent years had local jwine-drinkers in tears as the \Chateau-Gai wine store on Bond |street. was gutted. The weeping jfor the wine was unfounded, ac- jcording to reports, because jmuch of it was saved. The blaze jcost the owners about $25,000. \50 homeless as a $100,000 apart- |ment burned. |ON THE CRIME FRONT |. As the economy and standard jof- living rose astronomically in the city in 1964, so then did the crime rate, And one of the crim- linals should be in line for some sort of perseverance award, as he dug a tunnel from an aban- \feet -- only to have it discover- They had hidden in the store from closing time until 4 a.m. On June 22, Joseph Kloster was shot in the stomach as he sat in the Queen's Hotel, and recovered only after five.months of care and a series 'of opera- tions. Frederick Wilson, of Ham- ner, Ont., was charged with at- tempted murder, and will appear in Supreme Court this month. A Toronto man, Claudio Cher- vatin, passed two bouncing cheques in September for a new car and a diamond ring for his sweetheart. He told the court he was afraid she would leave him if he didn't. come up with the luxuries, To the contrary, she made restitution for him, to ease his sentence. And a 71-year-old woman, too sick to appear in court, was convicted of bootleg- ging. The Court was told she would quit, since her old-age pension had come through to " | The "rotten - to - the - core laward goes to the sadists who ium, and also got its hockey|period in early May. Oshawa Gen- provide her funds legally. |CITY GROWS, UP AND OUT Building and construction in After 11 years, Oshawa got an|murdered five dogs with varyingltne city burgeoned and boomed the new Civic Auditor-|degrees of torture in a two-week] in the last 12 months. At the end| of November, $28,327,348 worth And the "best criminal tastes"|of building had been started, $7| Toronto. 2.0, In with the rising aalbecbiag: og Roget Chest drive went over the top for the fourth straight year. Oshawa workers became the best paid in the country in the latter part of the year, with an average take-home pay of $111.71, edging past Sarnia. POLITICS ; Mayor Lyman Gifford kept go- ling despite a couple of serious operations that incapacitated him for about five months be- ginning Feb. 4. He returned and kept the mayoralty by acclama- tion in the fall elections, Tom- my and Christine Thomas both got back into the political pic- ture with respective school board and council wins, The ladies, three of them, all made the council, and Alice Reardon, after filling out parts of two terms, won her own seat on the council. Elder statesman Finlay "Dafoe called it a day, and so did Walter Branch. 'On the Board of Education, which weathered a stormy year of accusation and allegation, Chairman George Dryden and grand old man Dr. A. E, O'Neill stayed out of the election, along with George Fletcher. : The schoo! board started off the year with a controversy over working wives. One mem- ber, Harold Armstrong, retired when his wife was transferred into a job that wasn't available within the chain. Eventually the board decided to hold some secret meetings to "discuss policy" as Trustee Rob- ert Nicol described it. SUCCESS STORIES Gayle Kehoe, the 19-year-old blonde, won the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes' top money of $150,000 on Oct. 17 in her first try at the biggest lottery of them all. Fred Hume picked up $60,000 in a Sweeps run earlier in the summer, when his horse placed, The Oshawa Green Gaels ran through their regular lacrosse schedule with little trouble as the class of the league, won their playoffs in straight games and then took just five games to win the Minto Cup as the best junior lacrosse team in the world. E. H. Walker, president of General Motors. of Canada Ltd. was named vice-president of the General Motors Corporation, the largest company in the world. Don Jackson, coming back from a three-month iliness, established himself once more as the greatest skater the world has ever known by capturing the professional championship. As the year ended, Lieut.-Col. William Paynter took command of the Ontario Regiment from Lieut.-Col. J. R. Warnica. Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck, after a trip to Mississippi, was honored with the rank of Colonel on Governor Paul Johnson's staff. Mr. Affleck ig the first Canadian to receive such an honor, | Col, R. 8. McLaughlin, the |father and benefactor of Osh- awa, received his 70-year-jewel- led pin from the Masonic Order. Michael Starr, MP, was ap- pointed deputy house leader in the Opposition in Ottawa. Sam Sweet, of the Sweet Com- pany, developed a detergent that would break down in water, thus solving a major sewage problem. IGA beat a path to his door. Abe Taylor, president of the UAW, led his "right-wing" fac- tion to a sweep in voting for rep- resentatives to the CLC, Cliff Pilkey was elected Chairman of the Oshawa and District Labor Council for the sixth straight year. Gerald McAdam of Mary street, staged a one-man art show at the Pollack Gallery in Judy Drynan was | |She_ got turing at General Motors, was appointed manager of the new GM plant in St. Therese, P.Q. Bob Stephenson, a_ local SCUBA diver, found parts of a ship wrecked off Oshawa Haxr- bor 43 years ago. Re; J. Fair became the first man since 1950 to complete more than 50 years at General Motors. He was feted by both company and union when he re- tired at 69 on Aug, 25, afier 55.4 years. He started with McLaugh- lin Carriage, Paul Topping, an artist, had one of his charcoal sketches chosen to be displayed at the fine arts exhibit of the Olympic Games, Marathon Walker Alex Oakley, despite his training, falled to finish the 20-mile hike in Tokyo, Tom Rundle left his council post and his local law practice to become assistant director of legal offices in the attorney-gen- eral's department. Little Mark Napiorkowski was the youngest 'dangerous driver" of the year, The two- year-old started his father's car, put it into gear, and drove it into a house. Damage was min- imal. Frank N. McCallum, wiio used to be mayor, returned to politics after 10 years and won a seat on the PUC. Dr. Claude Vipond! also made a comeback to run| far-and-away first choice as 4) member of the board of educa- tion. As was expected, the Labor Council named their list of civic election candidates and 11 out of| 13 won. FOOTBALL OF THE YEAR The subject with the sorest behind was the Oshawa Centen- nial Project that everybody talk- ed of, and did little, about. It started off with 19 tentacles, but opinion was just as divided at midnight Thursday as it was last June, Every one had a shot at it, but the upper hand seemed to have gone swimming. Mayor Gifford suggested that, anyway. He also suggested that this issue be left to a new council. STRANGE THINGS DONE Four boys found a live hand- grenade on their way home from school. They did the right ining, and turned it over to police for disposal, Long distance calls from Osh- awa to Toronto were cut off Feb, 3, when a_ construction company drilled through about 280 connections in Whitby. A "whip + and - cloak" award goes to the guy who wouldn't get off the phone wher, a woman was trying to reach the fire de- partment to save her house. The line was private, and the Bell countywide search turned up, huddled together for warmth in the garage behind the home of one of them. On or about March 5, six pup- pies were born without tails, a phenomenon that does not occur in nature. Three violent storms rocked Oshawa and district last sum- mer, when lightning knocked one man out of a bathtub, and wind hurled a 14-foot boat onto a roof. hurt after the tunnel of his underground fort collapsed over him. His father and two by- standers had him out in min- utes, Paul Armstrong, 12, a Times carrier, saved a squirrel which was trapped in a garbage can. The squirrel took a liking to the boy, and the two became insep- arable. Bertha "Mom" Whyte, who was tending children at '"'Whyte- haven' a few years ago, was back in the city trying to raise money for the mission she was conducting in Nigeria. An east-end man was fined $50 and costs in Court. The rea- son -- he violated a bylaw by keeping pigeons. But the pigeons GNS Club Aids Needy Families PRINCE ALBERT (TC) -- Mrs. H. Jeffrey was hostess for the meeting of the GNS Club when it was decided to send cheques to two needy families. Mrs. J. Davidson conducted the meeting. i ea Gary Owens, 10, escaped un- 1 lwere of the homing variety and they wouldn't go away. Wilfrid Landry saved 4,000 any cigaret packages under the delusion that Imperial To- bacco would trade him a wheel- chair for them. He needed it for a crippled aunt in London. Im- perial wouldn't. An anonymous caller did (but didn't want the packages). Oshawa entertained a number Weston P. Adams (Boston Bruins), im-000R o- our-poon //iii it of distinguished visitors during 963, in g: Lord Thomson of Fleet, John G. Diefenbaker, Premier John Robarts, Jack Dempsey, J. Keiller McKay, Dr. Pauline Jewett, Hon. Wilfrid Spooner, Bobby Hull, and BOTH - BOTH --IN-- Ne COLOR! COLOR! EVERYONE' | Irs THe ae FULL STEAM -BALL con pb or LAUGHS AHEAD! "THE NEIGHBOR t il "" sami] MAIDEN In COLOR with . ssi JACK LEMMON MICHAEL CRAIG ROMY SC ANNE HELM HNEIDER ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ALAN HALE ee BILTMORE (~~ Baha ¢ 6:30 P.M. PHONE 725-5833 Yaw 1:30 P.M, 7 Mrs. I, Parkinson the program which featured ames, stunts and _ euchre. There was also an exchange of gifts. Officers for the ensuing year were elected. A capacity audience attended the Sunday School concert. Rev. A. Rice was the chairman. The program included a number of musical selections, recitations and dialogues, Susan Gardner displayed a sweater, barbie doll and ward- robe which will be sent to a -- girl the school is assist- ng. Mrs. Tripp and T. Hodgins were received as members of the church at a recent service. Mrs. G. Hunter was hostess for the Christmas meeting of the UCW. A duet was sung by Misses L. Love and L. Hunter. A vocal solo was sung by Lexie Love and four members of the choir sang. Plans for a bazaar were was not able to figure out the situation. Twice during the year four companies submitted identical bids on pipe contracts with the city. 'Price-fixing?", some of the aldermen wondered out loud. A 14-month old girl drank a whole bottle of furniture polish. pneumonia, but sur- vived. The ODLC threatened to fn- vestigate the board of education. "Come ahead," said Chairman Drynan. 'We have nothing to hide." Father Joseph Venini, an Osh- awa missionary, headed back to his parish in Guatemala driving a truck loaded with goods for his Indian parishioners. He had to go 4,500 miles. Two boys, the object of a discussed while pros and cons of the three-year-old unit system |were heard. | The evening service prior to Christmas was featured by musi- leal selections. 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The Auditorium, built\tronhy must go, to the man whojmillion more than in the full 12|praised for her performance of ig the vaccine. | GM MADE NEWS General Motors, and its em- ployees, the 14,500-member Unit- ed Auto Workers union, made the most news, as befits their |through the efforts of a handfull elected a whole color scheme jof men and the subscriptions Of|foy the furniture he stole at the the people at large opened Dec. | Reliable store. He passed up 11, about 10 months after con-\hyik to acquire continuity of de- struction began. sign. The most "tasteful" crime The Generals, finishing their months of the |High-rise apartments their appearance, General Motors began construction of a previous year. new truck-assembly plant, mil- \Jo in "A Taste of Honey' in made/Calgary. | E, N, Weldon, executive assis-| tant to the director of manufac- tony .| debbie PSSOSSSSCHOSSSOSES FULL LENGTH COLOR CARTOON FEATURE BRING THE FAMILY LALASAS A Bde |was the theft of six pork chopsilion - dollar schools were ap- respective statures as the un-|first full season as Boston Bruin|from a restaurant. proved : etwas ote com chy den WA Ot To op 18a ona route ware torn, dom rm) | : | : it : age with air-rifles Dec. 18,\streets were torn up, and traffic 5 The great feature of the 16-\in the playoffs their second year|>e "v1.04 $6,000 in windows, and\problems began to' find some YOU ARE ASSURED A WARM WELCOME TLECTRICAL P day December strike, which fol-/back in Junior A hockey, mostly| went to reform school. Two old-|solution in one-way main thor-| ae AT THE ODEON DRIVE-INS MRA ef lowed months of negotiations be- foe the pease yg 0 ae ler boys, 17, have been charged/oughfares. The Oshawa General] walter et tween the two groups was mostifenceman Bobby Orr, who, ati.it, an armed robbery. Two :] announced plans for a psychia- | matthau tric ward as part of its expan- sion program, and the UAW Credit Union began building a notable for its lack of bitter-|15 set a scoring record for rear-| masked men took $6,000 in cash ness. Pickets on the line sat)guards in junior hockey. Ron),,q cheques at gunpoint from back reading in lawn chairs,/Buchanan, the flashy forward,| National Grocers on Dec. 19, On and some of the women even|knocked in 52 he same night two others were|$400/000 office and. hall. had a hairdresser at their call.| Jt was a year of triumph for|captured by alert police as they| The city fathers passed a $13,- Local businesses saw little or/pick McLaughlin, the Auditor-/attempted to break out of/000,000 budget, and costs in edu- no_change in buying attitudes|ium Chairman, Terry Kelly, the/Eaton's Shopping Centre store|cation burgeoned half a million brought about by the unemploy-|man who got the' $1.2 million for! with $1,000 worth of goods each. dollars to jump the mill rate' ment of the strike. the building, and for Bill Kurelo,| - ae The 14,500 workers at the two|who started out on the Commit- city plants were subjected to ajtee and ended as the salaried) lot of start-and-go production! manager of the arena this year. 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