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' Former Convict Tells Of Imprisonment In Penitentiary Without Future Spent Almost Half Life Behind Bars : By H. P. BRIMMELL His body scarred by self-inflicted wounds and his mind seething against numerous beatings and spells in solitary confinement, a man with a past and without a future walk- ed into The Times-Gazette newsroom yesterday. Ten days ago he was Convict 7702 in Kingston Penitentary. Now he is a modern Rip Van Winkle, out in a world of which he knows little -- penniless, friendless and with only the clothes he stands in. For of his 30 years of life, George Powell has spent 12 years behind prison walls -- and he never intends to go back there again. Speaking in the clipped quiet®- tones used by convicts when guar are around, Powell told his sto to a reporter. As police reports would say he "has rio fixed address" and came to Oshawa district after his brother had given him a ride from the prison gates. When he found the brother was having a hard time supporting himself and his family, Powell left and tried to support himself on $47, $47 FOR 10 YEARS' WORK "That $47 is what I've earned in nearly 10 years--a long time in any man's life. It represents pay of five cents a day and five cents a day for remission day. I've got 18 months' remission so I should have got more than the $47." One of Powell's chief grievances was that the Warden would not let him accept $50 offered by a fellow-convict. "They would have let him give it to the Red Cross-- but I couldn't have it to get my- self back cn my feet." As a youngster of 18, Powell got his first dose of life in prison. That spell lasted three years and he was only out for three 'weeks before he committed armed rob- peries in Toronto and Barrie and was sent down for a nine-year stretch. "I'm not proud of that," he ex- plained during a tale of brute force and cruelty. In an attempt at atonement ne is seeking pub- licity to help his friends behind prison walls; the men with whom he lived and fought and tried to escape during his "lost years." "It is not right to send young- sters to the penitentiary. They get warped and twisted and return to crime when they come out. My memory was all right when I went in but now I'm fogged. One spends 18 hours a day locked up alone. There are books to read and some hobbies but not everyone can do things with his hands." HOW CONVICT FEELS What does & convict .feel like when he emerges into the outside world he has dreamed of for years? "I walk into a cafe and thunk everyone is looking at me. Just what can I talk about? I know nothing but prison. The only peo- ple I can talk to are former con- victs and that way leads to crime again--and I'm not going back." Asked what he could work at, Powell answered, simply: "What is there I can do? Even if I could work in a 1qstory I would think for a time tléit I was back behind bars. All I did behind prison walls was cut grass." BiTTER ABOUT TREATMENT Filled with bitterness at his treat ment, which he admits he deserved at times, Powell was highly indig- nant at nis reicase. He was given a winter suit of clothes completely unsuitable for summer while "greenhorns" who had only been in for two years were allowed to pick their own suit materials. Not exactly a model prisoner, Powell has tried escaping. One time he clambered on to a roof and was told by a guard to come down or he would be shot. "I'd heard they couldn't shoot if 'one was inside the walls, 'How wrong I was. A bullet smashed the tiles only inches above my head.". Baring his forearms Powell show- ed lines of thin white parallel scars he' had inflicted on himself with fragments of glass. "I did that in solitary and who wouldn't? Just look at my chest." Pulling aside his cheap shirt, the ex-convict dis- played a criss-cross of scars he obtained when he tried a break-out from the solitary confinement hole. He took refuge in a guard's out- look cage and ended up by going out of the glass window. Twenty guards were waiting for him below and he alleges 'they choked him into unconsciousness when he land- YEAR IN THE "HOLE" * All told, Powell has spent one year in the "hole." Up to a year ago that meant spending all but half-an-hour each day locked up in a basement "dungeon" with a lime-filled bucket as a toilet. Now things have been modernized and concrete beds have been put in. One escape venture Powell did not take part in ended in disaster after one prisoner had let other inmates out of solitary. Guards came in and a gauntlet of black- jacks was formed. Usual punishment for escapes is the lash, "Boy, that strap is no joke," said Powell who has often endured it. "You are taken into a room where all the guards are lined up. One is bared and then blindfolded so that you don't know which guard is thrashing you." "Stool-pigeons," or prisoners who act as agents for the warders, have Powell's hatred. They end up with all the good jobs. He told of one riot that started when prisoners could not hear a Joe Louis fight because their radio would not work. PREDICTS TROUBLE Powell predicts trouble at King- ston Penitentiary in the future. Meals, he alleges, are bad and are being used as an excuse to stop the newly granted privileges of games. Baseball and other ball games were recently permitted on Sundays but Powell thinks that the warden and guards want to end them and are trying to cause trouble so that they can have the necessary excuse. "A lot of the escapes and trouble there are never allowed to filter out' to the public. We have hatred in us and that is shown by cases of men who are only out long enough to pick up some guns be- fore they come back and try to shoot guards." . About the only thing Powell did have any praise for was the prison- er's newspaper, "Tele-Scope." Al- though censored it won the fifth award for prison newspapers in North America and is avidly read by the 850 men in the prison. Having told his story, which he hopes will awaken interest in the men behind bars, Powell went off to make a transfer-charge call to the Warden at Kingston asking for permission to collect the $30 from the other prisoner. Often, letters are smuggled out to go to the Department of Justice but nothing is ever done, except pun- ishment for the smuggling, says Powell. Having refused a cigaret -- he never had a chance to learn how to smoke--the ex-convict walked out of the newspaper office with no idea of what he was going to do and what he was going to use for money to tide him over. The "crime-does-not-pay" moral came in the punchline that out of his armed robberies (which cost him nine years of life) Powell did not make a cent. Kiddies Make Fine Showing In Ballet Flowers and birds, candy figures and forest children cavorted across the Bandshell stage last night in another colorful CRA presentation --the ballet fantasy "Hansel and Gretel." With a setting of rhythmic tree shapes to represent the magic for- est that the Brothers Grimm first brought to life, and recorded sym- phonic music ranging from Humper- dinck through Offenbach and Tschaikovsky even unto Stravinsky, with gay, imaginative costuming and subtly adroit lighting effects, the ballet was a picture procession accented by little bursts of choreo- graphic excellence. Splendid in the lead roles were Sherry Rahme as Hansel and Anne Hoffman as Gretel--the first danc- ing her part with an exuberant boyish athleticsim, and her opposite number maintaining a lyric grace throughout. Frances Zayette did a remarkably effective sketch as the rascally old Witch, and it was an authentic climax when the con- niving animals popped her into the glowing oven, amusing kin-cousin in appearance to another instru- ment of torture, the juke-box. Equally effective in lesser roles were Beth Travell as the Father and Eleanor Parkhill as the Wicked Stepmother. For proud parents in the large and enthusiastic audience, int rest centered in the fetching chorus of birds made up of Judy Britton, Diane Haas, Janie Martin and Patsy Lynn Campbell. When one of the little sparrows fell on en- tering and fractured a wing, the others with great composture flew her off stage, returned and finished the dance. It was great trouping. The flower ballerinas, Maureen Lowe, Jo-Anne Belle, Diane Mow- bray, Pamela Hoffman and Ann La Rush performed with character- istic delicacy, while the lollypops and candy canes mimed by Fern Godfrey, Dallas Kunkel, Linda Fursey, Janette Dryiw, Carol Vir- gin, Ma# Anne Zeddic, Eleanor Parkhill and Betty Baxter were brilliantly animated creations. Quite as full of fun and sparkle were the animal characters danced by Linda Bellingham, Virginia McCarry, Lyn Pearce, Katherine Gibbens, Kay Mastin, Peter Booth, Gail Pearce, Mary La Rush and Carol Zeddic. This splendid extravaganza was produced by Joan Lambert, CRAs supervisor of arts, and directed by Norma Vincent of the Children's Theatre «f the Air. Ballet mistress was Sherry Rahme, while decor 1s redited to CRA staffer Mae Dalby. The commentary which formed the entr'acte, a small masterpiece in it- self, was written and read by CRAs area director Louise Thomson, Music and lighting were ably handled by Paul Fleck and Clayton Keith, While the choreography and score were sometimes a little pretentious for so simple and rustic a story, the total effect was one of youth and spontaneity, as it should be; both cast and crew are awarded a large "A" for effort. Well done, CRA! SLIGHT ERROR London (CP) Disappointed member of a Danish swimming team touring Britain was Egan Olesen, 23. The time-keeper's watch showed he had set a record in the 100 metre race, but the watch later was found to be faulty. OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle 'THF DAILY TIMES-GAZETT WHITBY VOL. 10--No. 182 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1951 PAGE THREE No Carrier Mail Service On Monday The service given by the Oshawa Monday, August 6, which is being observed in the city as Civic Hol- iday. Although rural mail and special deliveries will be made as usual there will be no letter carrier or parcel post deliveries during the day. However, all mails will be re- ceived and despatched as usual. One complete collection will be made from street letter boxes at the usual late afternoon times. The public lobby of the King Street Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. but wicket service, with the exception of mon- ey order and saving bank busi- ness, will be, given only between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Eastview Park Penny Carnival Great Success On Wednesday night the East- view Park neighborhood children, along with Ann Sabo, their park supervisor, staged a penny carnival. There were many booths of all de- scriptions and refreshments that were very ably handed by the kids alone. A novel idea was their penny a kiss booth where one of the Neigh- borhood ladies received hundreds of expectant guests with a Kiss -- candy that is. The darts, penny toss, and fish pond booths were very well received. There was a fortune teller all decked out in an elaborate costume, who predicted some very interesting futures. The event was unique in that the chil- dren gathered scores of odds and ends for their prizes and unselfishly contributed loads of time and money to make this a success. There was a penny draw for a kewpie doll that created much in- terest and this doll was won by litttle Mary Ann Nantais. The re- sults of this venture were both heart-warming and amazing, for considering that everything was go- ing for a penny, a sum of approxi- mately $28.00 was magnanimously donated to the Neighborhood As- #bciation in aid of the building of their club-house. Hats off to such a wonderful supervisor and kids that could take such 'an active interest in their park welfare, Special thanks to the Ladies' Auxiliary which assisted in refreshments, and Mrs. Clark Hubbell who donated many prizes. The enthusiastic parents who show- ed up in such large numbers also are deserving of many thanks. The carnival got under way -at 6:30 pm. and by 8:30 everything was sold or cleaned right out, prov- ing the wonderful enthusiasm throughout. ? i Post Office will be curtailed on: (Special To The Times-Gazette) The Canadian cs.legation, repres- enting the Seventh-day Adventist Church throughout the Dominion, which recently flew by specially chartered plane from New York to Paris, France, arrived in the City of Light to find the great capital fransformed into Babel, -- a city speaking with a thousand tongues. Attracting thousands of young people from twenty-five different countries throughout the world, the Congress Europeen de la Jeunesse Adventiste got under way Tuesday, July 24, with E. W. Dunbar, world youth leader, in the chair. The convention is being held in Le Parc des Expositions, Port de Versailles, which has become a Mecca for close on seven thousand delegates who have arrived by spe- cial trains, by air, steamships, char- tered buses, private cars and bicy- cle brigades. They come {from points within the Arctic circle, from south and west Africa, Aus- tralia, Canada, India, Iceland. South America and the United States. © The sombre grey buildings com- prizing the Exposition Park and in which the thousands of youth will be housed and cared for, have been transformed by a kaleidescope of colour representing the flags and banners of dozens of free counfries and bearing inscriptions peculiar to the language area from which the delegate comes. The huge motto mounted behind the ever-burning torch signifying the objective of Seventh-day Adventist youth is in the language of the countdy play- ing host: '"Leve Toi, Eclaire Le Monde". Designed to promote Christian fellowship and better understand- ing between naticns and more particularly to unite European Ad- ventist youth in a great world Even the Innocent Suffer ~--(National Defence Photo) Congress Of European Adventist Youth Is Very Inspiring Event evangelistic "Share Your is ambitious and colourful in the extreme, will be highlighted by re- ports of missions progress through- out the world field. Speakers will stress the value of wholesome recreation, and plans will be made for organized summer camps. European Seven!hi-day Ad- ventist church. youth, all of whom are free from the use of liquor and tobacco, will be encouraged to en- gage in crganized temperance cru- sades. The value of Christian edu- cation will be strongly featured throughout the convention and the world's need for spiritual leader- ship emphasized before the youth. E. W. Dunbar, Missionary Volun- teer leader of Washington, D.C, in the opening days of the cunven- tion, presénted. a copy of the Holy Scriptures to the President of the French Republic who graciously ac- cepted the gift which was presented in behalf of Le Congress Eurcpeen de la Jeunesse Adventiste. Representing Canada are the fol- lowing: Mrs. Eric Zins of Paris, On- tario, who presented an illuminated address from the people of Paris, Canada, to the people of Paris, France, Mr, and Mrs. Don Donesky, Canadian Union College, Alberta. Mrs. Elizabeth Hoehn, Riverside, Albert County, New Brunswick; Miss Lorene Symons, Oshawa Mis- sionary College, Oshawa; Miss Muriel Barclay, B.C., and A, George Rodgers and family representing the Ontario-Quebec. Conference, Oshawa, Ontario. LIVESTOCK ENTERTAIN Cambridge, England (CP) -- The | Royal Agricultural Show here this summer was on television for the first time. Viewers saw some of the champion livestock as well as the latest in farm machinery. 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Weighing-in of Cars and Dri- vers: All cars which are to race in the Derby must be krought to the Recreation Centre by the driver be- tween 8 a. m. to 12 noon on Satur- day, August 4, All work on cars ex- cept painting and lettering, must be completed by the time of weigh- ing-in, Provision will be made for cars to be painted and lettered after the weigh-in if necessary. Cars must not exceed 150 lbs. in weight or 250 lbs. with the driver. 2. Inspection of Cars: Because of Civic Holiday, cars will be inspect- ed cn Tuesday, August 7th instead of Monday, August 6th as original- ly announced. Drivers will not be allowed to make any alterations to their car until the official inspec- tion hag teen compieted and there- after will only be allowed to make such adjustments as have been au- therized by the Inspection Commit- tee. All drivers must report to the Race Director for final instructions at 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 7. 3."Racing Car Derby Parades: All drivers must report with their cars | to the Supervisor of the CRA play- ground nearest to their home at 8.45 a.m, on Race Day, Wednesday, August 8th. Drivers will then be { paraded to the Racecourse. | 4. Race Orders: At 945 am, all | drivers must report with their cars |to the Drivers' Marshal, Mr. Gor- {don Palmer, in the Drivers' Enclo- sure on Centre Street (entrance from Gibbs St.) From that time until the close cf the day's racing, all drivers must | obey the instructions of the Drivers' | Marshal and must be in tue enclo- | | sure at all times. This applies to | losers as well as to winners: if ycu are not in the enclozure when your name is called, y not ke | eligizle for any of the spe ial prizes or to attend the Derby Dinner. You mus. wer ai @ll t mes an icf.icial Derby T-shirt #nd, while [racing, a crash helmet, which ou | will obtain from the Drivers' Mar- | The biggest tragedy of any war is the fact that a heavy toll of the young, innocent and aged is always (nal unavoidable in war torn countries. The expPession on the faces of these Canadian Fighting Men show vividly | their feeling of sympathy for this North Kfrean boy and their disgust of the injustice cf i ail. The Korean! ga,. invited to attend ths Oshawa boy was found i an abandoned shack where he had been suffering unattended for two months. A Sgt. ol | Racing Car the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps is examining the wound prior to evacuating the boy to hospital. |Gen:sha Hotel 5. Racing Car Derby Dinner: Y.u immediately after |the day's racing, The Marshal will arrange with you to parade to the dinner. Every driver who races, win, |or lose, is eligible to attend the { dinner, so long as he is in the D:i- vers' Enclosure all day. ACTIVITIES By LEW McCONKEY PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES Promotional efforts of the cham- ber of commerce and retail as- sociation consist of two types, i.e.: Long range programs at the com- munity level and special events de- signed to stlmuate retail sales. Although largely neglected in too many instances, the over-all com- munity and industry-wide public relations program is' an important function of the chamber of com- merce and retail association. Such a public relations program must be well planned. To be of value it must be continued year after year and not be a flash in the pan. It should consist of the usual ele- ments in a community development program such as: (a) Ample and convenient park- C.C. OF DOINGS (Continued on Page 8) Derby D'nner at t-e| Racing Car Derby Features Distance As Well As Speed US. export restrictions and the steel shortage are having their ef- fect not only on the automobile in- dustry but on the midget automobile industry whicn is featured in CRA's activities at this time every year. Up to yesterday, a few of the young enthusiasts of the Oshawa Racing Car Derby--scheduled for Gibbs Street outside the Recreation Cen- tre all day next Wednesday, August 8,-- were not even sure that they would be able to race with official Racing Car Derby wheels. The 12-inch ballbearing wheels and axles are all made in the USA and are the subject of export re- strictions. However, some frenzied hunting down of wheels by CRA staff has resulted in wheels and axles being available for every one of the 60 cars which will go down the ramp Wednesday morning in search of Racing Car Derby honors. The shortage of official wheels and axles has, however, put paid to the annual Invitation Meet which has been staged on the evening of Race Day for the last two years. Many outside communities have not been so fortunate as CRA in obtaining a sufficient supply of official wheels and axles. As a result, CRA and the spon- soring Ontario Motor Sales Ltd. are staging this year a new event for Oshawa drivers. Morning rac- ing on Wednesday next will begin at 10 a.m. with distance racing for drivers in both senior and junior classes of the Derby, and addition- al awards of $254815 and $10 will be given in this year's Derby for cars which travel the greatest distance irrespective of their speed. Speed racing will begin in the afternoon session at 2 p.m. and will continue right through the day with the declaration of Oshawa Champions in both the senior and junior classes of the Derby at about 8.30 p.m. This year's race will be the Sixth {Annual Oshawa Racing Car Derby | sponsored by Ontario Motor Sales |Ltd., who provide the prizes, help {in the organization of the race and | sponsor the Annual Racing Car | Derby Dinner at the Genosha Ho- {tel at the close of racing. | DIVIDED INTO TWO CLASSES | The race is divided into two | classes with youngsters of 11 and 12 | years in the Junior Class and the 13, «14 and 15-year-olds racing in the Senior Class. Each young racer is' sponsored by an Oshawa business firm who meet the cost of official wheels and axles and of the mater- ial-used in the construction of the midget racers. Many of the spon- sors, too, show a big interest in their young drivers and carry on with the same driver from year to year. Prizes in both classes of the Derby are the Ontario Motor Sales Trophy and a cheque for 25 to the winner, a cheque for 20 for the sec= ond placed driver, 15 for the third and 10 for the fourth. Some thousands of Oshawa citi~ ns turn out every year on the gaily decorated racetrack on Gibbs Street' to see the young drivers flash off the 32-foot ramp donate ed by Oshawa Wood Products down a 7T66-foot course to the finish line bridge donated last year by Ontar- io Steel Products. Racing in the speed event starts on a time basis but on reaching the last sixteen in each class is on a knock-out prine ciple. BUILT BY THEIR DRIVERS All the cars in the race are built by the young drivers themselves in accordance with very strict Racing Car Derby regulations. Each car and driver is weighed in and all cars must not exceed 150 lbs. in weight or 250 lbs. with the driver. A Racing Car Derby Inspection Committee made up of representa= tives of local automobile firms, au- tomobile Insurance Companies, the City Police and Fire Department, have the job of seeing that the cars comply with safety rules and regu-~ lations and of awarding special prizes for outstanding craftsman ship and design. It will be a big day on Gibbs Street next Wednesday when some 60 young drivers go grimly to the post hoping that by 8.30 p.m. that CAR DERBY (Continued on Page 16) Oshawa Boys To Race in Derby At Port Perry Some thousands of spectators at the Civic Holiday Carnival at Port Perry Monday will see an event "full of thrills and good sportsmanship at the second Racing Car Derby held in Port Perry. Sponsored by the Business Men's: Association of Port Perry, the race will sez ten young drivers from Port Perry and six from Oshawa race down the four-block long course to the fin- ish line on Port Perry's main street, The Port Perry race will be some- thing of a preview for the Oshawa Racing Car Derby sponsored by Ontario Motor Sales Limited which is being 'held next Wednesday, August 8. Last year's Port Perry Champion and Oshawa Junior Champion, Bobby Jackson, will be out to retain his laurels, while among others John Chasewski, 1950 Oshawa Senior Champion, will be looking for fresh laurels. After the race, the drivers will be the guests of the Port Perry | Business Men's Association. HOWARDS Polymin made by A. Co., Ltd., contains all but no waste. Buy it at POLYMIN The newest and purest mineral supplement. For a higher feeding value per Ib., use, Specially formulated . . . POLYMIN FOR CATTLE POLYMIN FOR HOGS MASTER FEEDS OSHAWA TELEPHONE 3-2229 H. 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