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. THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 85--NO. 4 PAGE : 7 | N.Z. Dolphin | Y Pleases Many AUCKLAND, N.Z. (CP)--Most, | popular inhabitant of Opononi, in | northern New Zealand, is a dolphin | named Opo. He lived in the harbor| for 18 months, then with the com- ing of the summer season decided to join the crowds along the { beaches. | Opo frolics among the bathers in! the shallow water and has even | allowed small boys to climb on his back. His favorite trick is to find Combining The Oshawe Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1956 Arena Finance Report Due At City Council Hear Plan Is Drawn Up To Settle Local Muddle It now appears certain that a|block has been to find a legal { report on the financial dilemma of means way of spending taxpayers' per | the Oshawa Community Arena As- money on a project which the sociation will be presented to city! council claims it originally didn't ex-| council on Monday night, inormed| officially support. Farm Picture Is Bright Despite Lengthy Drought The local farm situation is sur-| Cereal grain prisingly good, despite last sum-/ censiderably from the drought,| pound. Imer's dangerous drought, it was Mr. Fair said, and imports of County farmers are also i announced today by H. Lyn Fair,| Western grains this year will be periencing difficulty marketing] sources at city hall said today. | Latest information is that the ne- agricultural representative for On-|larger than usual. apples, Mr. Fair explained. | For several weeks now there gotiating teams and their legal ad- tario County. Although the overall provincial! Of all crops, apples were least have been prolonged negotiations visors have been able to draw up "The effect of the drought on picture for potatoes is good, sup- affected by the summer - long on the issue between the Oshawa a satisfactory arrangement. De- crops suffered | offers averaging one cent a floating beer bottle, toss it into feed supplies will not show up plies in Ontario County are not {the air and catch it in his mouth. vet," Mr. Fair admitted, "But we large, according to Mr. Fair. He even tried the same trick with don't expect to bring in roughage] The Ontario County potato crop |a bushel of apples for every man, | a small black spaniel, | but the dog feed from outside the county. yielded only 60 per cent of normal, | objected. There may be some sale from one being hit during a vital growing Residents are moving to have farmer to another." |period by the worst drought in 40 'Opo protected by law as was the| During the hot, dry period last! years. famous dolphin Pelorus Jack, summer, many farmers were forc-| Potatoes are in plentiful supply | which for many years piloted ships ed to tap winter feed supplies for elsewhere in the Province, keeping| through the dangerous French pass cattle unable to graze on scorched|the price low, and many local in the South island pastures. farmers arc refusing to accept | drought, {bumper year. "It has been estimated there is «cman and child in Canada," Mr. Fair pointed cut. "At the moment, {the supply is greater than the de- {mand.' He expressed hope that foreign markets might help ease the apple situation. re red City Council and crditors of the and growers enjoyed a ks have association. All been held in camera. The OCAA built a large ice arena {at North Oshawa on city land and ran up a deft of more than $35,000. Late last and threatened legal action to ob- tain payment. City council stepped in to avoid litigation and to prevent the project | becoming a complete public scan- ar the creditors took f over thé affairs of the associations! tils of the deal will have to be san- tioned by council and the credi- tors. Council will shortly hold a com- mittee meeting to discuss the de- tails before they are revealed fo the public. However;- there are high hopes in civic circles that the embak- rassing problem has now been solv- ed. It is likely that the North Oshawa Neighborhood Associatioh will have an impcrtant part in the By ALVIN STEINKOPS LONDON (AP) The picture looks like a painting by Maurice Utrillo, erratic French genius who | died two months ago, but it's a | fake. | It's in the art gallery of Jacque |O'Hana, who says dealers are fveing swindled by a continental "art faking industry" on such a | scale that the serious patron of painting must be -wary of buying | anything O'Hana is basing a campaign to clean up the art business on his bogus Utrillo. He has summoned 12 of London's leading art dealers to organize protective measures. He believes thgt two or three fakes | are showin up at London auctions | each week The swindling mainly in the works of contem- porary French masters, with a preference for painters who have died recently. It is impossible to consult the artists as to authentic- |ity of paintings and all of them {pave ha d obscure periods in their careers. It is plausible to expect that a 'newly discovered Matisse' has come to light. "We don't know whether the art faking industry is situated in France or Belgium," O'Hana said. | | A fakers are pretty JR J Ip _---- painters deal CITY VETERANS ARE SHUFFLEBOARD CHAMPS Youngest Member Is Age 68 Oshawa Shuffleboard Club | Of the hundreds of clubs in Osh- a lose affair, but no one is wor. An indication of the jolly fafor. awa by far thequaintest of all is ried about that. It is the game, mality which predominates is that the Oshawa Shuffleboard Club, the company and friendship that it takes only one business or which meets daily at the Com- counts most. a year to keep the club operating. Recreation Association! Competition is keen and the President of the club is George club members must be about the Timmins and Fred Kirby is sec- very active) best at the game in Oshawa. They retary - treasurer. Eldest player is club so different from other sport- at least have plenty of practice: | 88-year-old Allen, Shantz. | dog groups is that the youngest] Even in summer the game is/ Apart from 68-year-old Fred| member is 68 years old. continued with ufiending enthusi- Stire, all other members of the The club consists of retired Osh-| asm. The members retreat to the! club are over 70 years of age. | awa residents seeking a pleasant open air shuffleboard courts at, The humor flows freely at the and friendly way to fill in the long Lakeview Park games and quite often there are winter afternoons. A couple of times each year the keen discussions on local civic Club membership at present is veterans tackle a visiting team, affairs and top level politics about 19 and each afternoon they usually from Brooklyn. Who ac- And while the old-timers trudge through the snow to the tually wins the inter - town game busy with their shuffleboard. five CRA and play shuffleboard for at!is of little consequence, hut every- and six-year-old girls are in the least two hours one enjoys the meet and a supper next room rehearsing their ballet _The club organization is rather|is usually _provided exercises What makes this By ASTLEY HAWKINS CAPETOWN _ (Reuters)--A ses- sion of the South African Par- liament will open Jan- 13 when the enlarged Senate will be asked for the first time to enact controver- sial constitutional changes. The new Senate, with its mem- bership raised from 48 to 89 since the last session, guarantees the Nationalists (gover nmen t pariys ihe iwo-ihirds majori in joint sittings of both Houses of Parliament required to win their | five-year battle for the removal {of colored voters of mixed are Would Bar Evangelist In High School Talks [Eis s A request to allow the Leightonjover. The result was that Father ject, Father Coffey said that his anti-government parties a little Ford evangelistic team to appear|Coffrey readily agreed to defer the position was such that he felt oblig- more than half the white electorate before assemblies of 'local high{motion and it was not voted on ed to oppose the request has condemned the new Senate and school students met opposition injlast night Billy Graham evangelistic teams itS purposes as a"house of frauds Oshawa Board of Education last} Both M. F. Kirkland, principal have been allowed to appear be- night. of Oshawa Collegiate and Voca- fore high school assemblies in oth- Decision on the explosive ques- tional Institute, and H. E. Mur: er cities, said Trustee Dargan. He tion was deferred until the next phy, principal of Central Collegi- understood that the Roman Cathol- board meeting on Monday ate Institute, declined to make ic archibhop had approved fhe st od to The request to the board was public their opinions on the issue. tendance of pupils at similar 4 : signed by Rev. Bruce Miles on A total of about 1800 pupils at- gatherings in Toronto. Bert Edwards, 383. athol |S behalf of Oshawa Ministerial As- tend the two local secondary' "I wouldn't have any objection F a 118 blood from the white electoral rolls It also will help the government in its avowed plan to make Par- |liament "sovereign," that is, to {put its laws affecting the constitu- tion above any tests in the courts. South Africa's United party op- ¢ BIRTHDAYS | Congratulations are extend- Swindling Buyers | S. Africa Enlarges Senate To Change The Constitution. and state." EXPRESS REGRET regret that they were forced into| the Senate device by the opposi-| tion's refusal to co-operate in car-!megistrate, rying out the "will of the people" on a for elections by the coming session to clearing up attended the political conflict over the col- Thursday and today as an.observ- ored "sovereignty.' Assembly A likely for this purpose early in the led anywhere in the province. session before Parliament a 1951 act to transfer the colored at voters to a separate electoral list Qualities of a good magistrate. He » for Parliament joint Parliament South African law changing voting Toronto, proposed deal, it is claimed. Chairman of the OCAA, F. F, Welch, today would not comment on reported progress of the negoti- ations but said he is optimistic about the outcome. Ald. Lyman Gifford aiso refused to comment, but confirmed that some progress had been made. January 15 has been set as a deadline for finalising an agree- ment between the city council and the ¢ creditors. dal. The council's negotiating team consists of Aldermen L. Gifford, J. Dyer, G. B. Attersley, 0. C. Ealge and J.G. Brady. It has been dealing with a five-man ne- gotiating team from the creditors. | GOOD PROGRESS | Council has agreed in principle to assuming complete control of the| rink project and for reaching some legal means of settling with the creditors. However, the stumbling N. Oshawa Rink AttractsCrowds is used to heat the shelter room." Mr. Welch claimed that the pop- ularity of the rink would increase considerably at very little cost if Says Art Fakers TT . good, but they are merely good copyists and an expert has no trouble spotting the swindles. I have many ideas, but one is that a committee of experts should exam- ine everything that is offered at established galleries and auc- tions." Selling fakes is difficult in France because. of strictly enforced laws, O'Hana said. Fakes are con- fiscated and faking painters heav- ily fined. But laws in Britain and America offer many loopholes and fakers are establishing a thriving export business, O'Hana asserts "I got my phony Utrillo for £10, O'Hana reported. "It was offered! by a br oker as a work of Utrillo's crowds are being attracted to the great white period," when he was| : | rink, F. F. Welch said today. | improvements were maae to the doing some of his best work. wy a | "Mr. Welch, chairman of the Osh-| | refreshment rooms and change fa- The asking price was £30, That : awa Community Arena Association, | | cities provided, Toilet facilities are was nonsense on the face of it.| said that hundreds of people are badly needed, he said. Had that been a real Utrillo it using the rink daily. FROM ALL CITY would have been worth £2,500. I The rink is being operated by the. More people are using the rink told the broker it was a real nice | North. Oshawa Neighborhood As-| this year than when it was operat- fake, but that I could use it for | sociation while negotiations are un-| ing last year, Mr. Welch said. £10 i) ' | der way between the rink creditors' "A large number of people are «The broker said 'sold | and the city council. Council auth- making their first visit to the fink _ "The point is that an inexper- orized the NONA to operate the and are amazed by the size of | Fd ienced buyer might have thought he rink. he said. had run into one of those excep- All work at the rink is being car-| People are driving from all over tional finds that happen occa- |ried out on a voluntary basis, the city to use the rink, although sionally, and ultimately all reput- i though one attendant is being paid a large number of its patrons are able artists and dealers would suf- to look after the machinery. | being attracted from the northern fer. | Mr. Welch said today that the parts of the city. ice-making equipment is working Mayor W. John Naylor today perfectly. | praised the quality of the ice sur- GOOD GATES face at North Oshawa and stated "The rink is operating from that the rink appeared to be very about 9 a.m. till about 10.30 p.m. gopular. He said that he went out each night. A charge of 15 cents is skating last Monday and the rink made for Slilaren dh Bo 25 cents for was crowded. adults," said | Mayor Naylor would not commiit "Last Ely we ook $32 in | himself on possible future develop ; {gate money. Sunday skating is| ment of the rink. He favors d free but a donation box at the lishment, 6 >: jpstificsst leanne yielded $15 from Yolug: eral pa The operations of the ice arena at North Oshawa are being conduct- ed on a profitable basis and large DEPUTY MAGISTRATE THOMPSON New Magistrate Ex-Newspaper Man nia hel mtn Js funds hawa urt as an ob- People in one day at the rink. Peak Oshawa would depend ol The provinces newest Seputyimee B® choy 2 a of periods are at night and during available fo council and the willing: will start his tirst assignment welcome/ were addressed to the weekends, h t stl) 5 beliz 0 BE project, prvi the colored voters issue -- Monday in Oshawa and will hold new deputy magistrate by Magis-| ted by th RONA 3 eine op Mayor Naylor. "will" reflected in the votes cast court here until February 3. He trate F. S. Ebbs, Crown Attorney erated by the an the Nationalists in post-war will be replacing Magistrate F. S.| Alex C. Hall, QC, and John Regan,' Fbbs while the latter is on holi- 2 member of the Oshawa legal PY ° Fi Is peed tn be go S08 ji Prayer Gimmick the Nationalist government inl Deputy Mr. Regan observed that some- times members of the bar were jealous of the fact that men were an interview with The appointed to the bench from out- - Gazette, he said that in side the legal profession. "But "The court and police Where an appointment is made of Oshawa are unexcel- Mr. Thor its the reputation that! yew YORK (AP) -- Telephone! The projects use various names, Teil ot RS on, enjoys t Se Stated, | lines in dozens of U.S. cities are such as "telephone Ministry," : Soule 4 ot help but receive the L.umming . with religious messages| "prayer Phone," "Dial-a-Devo- Se sion 'ar a wh of 'the -night and day. The idea of com- tional," "Prayer of the Day," and The lawyer added: "Mr. Thom municating faith by phone has/ 'Inspiration, Please. son brings with him a great jon been spreading like the wind DIZZYING RESPONS, of experience, I can't think of In several cities, circuits have The Trinity Temple Methodist aaywhere that you can get heen jammed and knocked out of church, Louisville, Ky., recently much experience in dealing commission temporarily by the began its service with one ma- flood of callers. chine, quickly had to put in seven "We cut our messages from one others to take the calls--up to 1,000 rainute to 30.seconds to give more an hour. people a ehance to hear them,' "We're dizy from tRe over- will | Sid Rev. J. Herbert Garner of whelming response," said Rev. First Presbyterian church, Battle Joseph L. Leggett, pastor. Creek, Mich., after the new serv- A pioneer of the plan was Los the road to a "one- go Government spokesmen express} Thompson court Magistrate Oshawa police voters and parliamentary er. In Times the his opinion, are! facilities in Joint sittings of both Houses, and the Senate, The new appointee does not lown to its routine work. come from the legal profession, ri The present situation arises from but there isn't the slightest doubt I he possesses the essential settles representation in has had wide experience in deal- being rejected by the i® with people and facts in his South African Appeal Court former career as a newspaper- ecause it had not been approved man hy the two-thirds majority in a MANITOBA-BORN communal with the his ights Harmer, Alma G sociation, which is currently spon- schools. + |to a Roman Catholic prelate com-| gtreet a soring the Leighton Ford Evange- 'I am sure there would be no- ing into our churches," concluded Mrs. listic Crusade in Simcoe Street thing offensive to students of other Trustee Dargan. Elgin United Church. The crusade is faiths in the program which Mr. "I wouldn't either," said Trustee backed by over 20 Protestant Ford and his co-workers plan to S. G. Saywell, who criticized the churches in this city. present," stated Trustee Rev. R. E. suggestion that pupils of non-Prot- Rev. P. Coffey, separate school Pargan. He explained that the trio estant denominations might be em- LONDON (Reuters) board representatve on hoard Mr. Ford, singer Homer James barrassed or irritated if they were (Jock) Tiffin, 59. general of education, moved. that the re- and pianist Wesley Aaram would called to an assembly to listen to tary of Britain's biggest trade quest be refused. After an uneasy include such items as a Negro the Leighton Ford team union--the 1,300,000-member Trans period of silence, his motion was, Spirit ual and a gospel hymn in 'If we are going to be uncom- port and General Workers' Union seconded by Mrs. B. C. Colpus, the program for the high school fortable listening to the word of|died Tuesday. He had held the Who inferred she was dOiDZ. 50 students: ,, God, then what is this world com-| office only since June, succeeding ~ aw: Gf hi 5 19 ng : "Far from creating cleavage ing to? He asked. Arthur Deakin, who died last May. ore as a way of hastening the! jaimeq Trustee Dargan, "this ---- - Fire end of the discussion than as an team has done more to bring local expression of her personal opin- denominations together than any- lon i thing which has ever happened in Dr. 8. G the past." tees insisted Observing that it was still a delayed Protestant project, no matter how members many churches supported the pro- Tipsy Motorists Get Jail Terms Hugh MacKenzie, 117 street . east TGWU HEAD DIES Arthur the secre- Werry that until more and other trus- the decision be Monday, ziving time to think Churchill, Winston Churchill, r University College Hospital which the she entered Tuesday for a medical examination. at all about Lady Churghill,' thorities at Churchill's home in|and Marshall, - 10. Kent said Wednesday night. mople and with facts as in {newspaper business.' |ice became swamped , ov : Angeles' Christ Memorial church, When the East Cleveland, Ohio, whose "Dialathought" was begun t a After completing duties sitting of the two Houses of| During his last seven years on gop, o. Deputy Toindm Congregational church recently a ry started its "dial-a-prayer" pro- Sept. 15, 1952. ; Says Rev. Werbert Schneider, stipulated for any, the staff of The Globe and Mail, Thompson's next assignment ram, the traffic overload cri lb 5 "It's a means of helping he specialized in court tbe at Belleville {pled an entire exchange and forced pastor: coverage and became keenly terested in law. The ny FEARS GENERAL JAIL QUARANTINE [the church to run extra lines-tospeople refocus on real values in |10 answering machines. the midst of everyday problems." newspaperman made many Lawyer John Regan gave a TT gj "There seems to he a great friends among the legal fraternity Lady and on the bench When his appointment was pro- it was supported )! N ee of Jleauing reason when he asked for a {Wo-weel adjournment for his client, who is charged with drunk driving. He owe Magis: | CANCELLED VISIT hunger zmong people fof god trate F. S. Ebbs here yesterday LONDON (Reuters) -- Unofficial | thoughts," said x A TMOAT that the 8 bbe Brian Chern- |sources said Thursday night that records the Baltimore heard bs off of West Hill, has the [Brazilian President-elect Juscelino 'Inspiration i ea WR 5 ups. & | Kubitschek cancelled his visit to an erage of about 5, people Since, he is convicted, the |Britain next week because British |cac 4 accuse would face an automat- | officials did not invite him to meet! Some of the recorded i ic jail term, Regan suggested |the Queen. Kubitschek's visit was --a minute or half minute it might be unwise fo proceed |unexpectedly cancelled last Mon- length--include Scripture verses er | day. | religious quotations, with brief | | commentaries. Others use only a prayer, composed so as to have 1 N HOSPITAL (Reuters) = 70-year-old wife of Sir Thursday was josed recently, t a large 8 re ters, bench Born. at "There is no anxiety Deputy Magistrate us He is married au children: Margaret 20, LONDON eported 'fairly comfortable," Brandon, Manitoba, Thompson is with three John, 15, Y'hen he made his first appear- have disappeared. "I wouldn't like to see the jall quarantine," explained Regan. : Agreeing with the lawyer's submission, Magistrate FEbbs Sdlourned Chernoff's case until Jan. with the case until the mumps COUNTESS, 104, DIES 1 an PRAGUE (Reuters) -- Countess | wide applica | Maria Waldstejn, who lived in a PY | Communist government ministry COMING EVENTS of 104, was buried Thursday in her family vaults at Tilsen, 55 miles' BINGO, ORANGE TEMPLE ATok. from Prague. day January 7th, 8 p.m. | building here and died at the age Two motorists who imbibed too freely were sentenced to jail when they appeared before Magistrate F. S. Ebbs in Oshawa court yes- terday. William Ross Kelly, 35, of RR 1, Oshawa, who was convicted of drunk driving for the second time, was sent to jail for one month His car was impounded for three months and his driving licence su- spended for one year Arthur Vine, 49, of RR 1 Acton, received a seveh-day jall term upon conviction of having care or con trol of a vehicle while intoxicated Const stable CH. Smith testified that R. Kelly had been arrested after Wi car struck a parked auto owned by Gerald Picard, of 336 Highland avenue, on Park road south. Damage was not heavy. A short time after the collision, police found accused laying on the seat of a bus used by strikers on picket duty. "He was very un steady on feet and had to be assisted frown the bus," stable Smith, said Con-| + 'to seven days in the county jail.! organization. Members The case of Arthur Vine was somewhat more involved. 'Oshawa police f8und him slumped over the wheel of a parked truck, with the motor running, at Alma and Mac- Millan drive. "I hit my head on something." said Vine, "and that's all I re member until I woke up in jail." Police found a bottle of rum in the vehicle In finding accused guilty, Mag- istrate Ebbs said: "We have three officers who gave evidence as to your condition' when you were found and again at the station.' "I've been in that condition be fore, but not from drinking." said Vine hopefully. "I used to be a boxer.' "Punch drunk?" asked the Mag- | istrate. ! "Yes," agreed Vine "This rum punch!" quick-witted retort of torney Alec C. Hall Q( Vine had nothing more to say the | Al was Crown LIFE MEMBERS OF SERGEANTS' MESS left Henry These members of the Ontario Regiment are also life members back row to right, are Alf | Dempsey and Joseph Homes, in | ly at a special ceremony in the | | Skinless 12 KING ST. E. uehler' MEAT SPECIALS ! Saturday Only! Phone RA 3-3633 Sliced Breakfast BACON Ib. 39: Gower, Davies, Bill Bor- | front row, are the most recently | armories attended by members | rowdale, Jack Bark- | appointed life members. They | of the regiment Tom | received their certificates fecent- --Times-Gazette Photo and the magistrate sentenced him, of the sergeants' mess of the Jim Smart, shown, | er and Tom Dempsey. WIENERS ns. $0. PICNIC STY Pork Shoulders i. LE -- FRESH 29