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ING INTO PRODUCTION wr ONCE AGAIN GM ASSEMBLY LINES SW With the first 1956 automobile already completed at GM's vas south plant, optimistic local mer- cnants predict an early return to nermal business level. They claim the surface financial picture should be restored by mid- sum: :er, although $15,000,000 in wages lost to trade channels as a result of the strike can never be 1ecovered. Three pay-days are scheduled at next month, with the first due March 2, givi Oshawa a |flying start along the road back to! economic health, { Morley Wyman, president of the 1~tail section, Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, said the impact of the strike on the city's economy may net be as severe as merchants feared. "There seems to be room for op- timism now," he said. Mr. Wyman pointed out, how- Three GM PayDaysIn March To Bolster Economic Health the response will be," he explain- rears, and rewriting contractsea ed. "There has been no noticeable | clients wish to bring them up-to change in business yet. The settle- dite. an ment has not been in effect long| First payments on these renewed enough for it to be felt." \a~counts, consisdered new com Restaurants show the first signs fracts, will not fall due until [Hg of Oshawa's recovery from the end of March, easing the strainsen long, bleak winter, serving more the tight budge self - imposed customers in one day than during most GM workers to aid their an entire week of the strike. a, cial recovery. Many of the customers are out- Fi W REPOSSESSIONS 4 of-town salesmen, proving their{ "There were no repossessions faith in the ability of Oshawa to|during the strike,"' a finance com bounce back after the financial pany official said. "Many of the beating. sirikers kept up interest Two main factors prevented a|ments, and there were few complete economic knockout: didn't pay something." -- 1. The union strike assistance! Bank officials believe that de- program, which acted as a buffer posits, which fell off sharply due between strikers and their life- ing the strike, will increase to of- savings. : mal before the end of May. oo 2. The lenient attitude adopted] They admit that building »ef hy creditor. toward strikers. drained savings accounts and YE- WILL CONTINUE placement of cashed bonds may The strike assictance program is lake some time, but believe seif- ever, that the speed of recovery scheduled to continue until strikers discipline shown by GM wor may not be judged accurately be- receive their first pay or become during the strike will be app {fore the end of March. eligible for unemployment insur- successfully to the recovery pre- GM ASSEMBLY LINES have | swung into production once again after a five-months layoff. Two interior scenes at the south plant are shown. Purnell Clarke and Joseph Nadeau, left, of the material handling . department unload a box of bumpers sched- BETWEEN THE LINES Plans Recital The first recital in a series be- ing presented by the Oshawa Cen- tre, Canadian College of Organ- ists during the Lenten season will be given by the well known organ- ist, Kelvin James. Mr. James, who is organist and choirmaster at St. Andrew's United Church here, is regarded as one of Oshawa's outstanding organists and his re- cital is anticipated with great plea- sure by music lovers Mr. James will open the recital with Handel's brilliant Suite from the Music for the Royal Fireworks He will play also the 'Prelude on the Ave Verum' by Mozart, Son- ata No. 6 by Mendelssohn, *'Aria"" by Flor Peeters and will close the recital with the impressive 'Chor: ale in A Minor" Mr. James will be assisted by § i assembly line. Another stage of production is shown right. The finishing touch- es are added to 1956 car bodies in the body shop. The work- men are James Read and Mike Hercia uled for the --GM Pictures Council To Strike Mill Rate For '56 By JIM REVITT On Monday night, sometime be- tween the dusk and the dawn, the Oshawa City Council will strike the 1956 mill rate on which your South and next to the OCCI is a taxes will be based for the year.|lifty old - fashioned building sur- rate rounded by trees and high wall truck Usually the/lt has such an aloof atmosphere Jas it by mid-February.|that it looks like Bleak House on The main trouble is that council{the servant's day off. This is the latest the mill wants to avoid a steep tax in| crease. It has been suggested by the said building is tiie Oshawa, informed circles that the mill rate] YWCA, just as the sign outside would touch 64 if all budget esti-/indicates. Unbeknown to the Man|sional Douglas Crossley who will sing two numbers, "O God Have | Mercy" from the oratorio "St Paul" by Mendelssohn and 'The God of Love My Shephers Is" by Eric Thiman This recital which will be held in St. George's Anglican Church at 8.30 p.m. on Sunday evenidg is the first of five being given by prom- inent musicians of the district. The |the broken bone had knitted na- next one will be presented by Mr. turally. Clifford Evans of Bowmanville ARTS AND CRAFTS The public is cordially invited to Set back from Simcoe Street attend these recitals during Lent. A silver collection Ralph Day To Speak Here All We are now able to reveal that | retail business and profes-| groups, property owners, mates presented had heen accept- at City Desk we have been seek-\real estate and insurance offices, ed in their original form. However, council has some drastic pruning and has even asked, almost told, the board of education to cut its budget by $60,000 at least. If the board of education stands firm, then coun cil will have to make further cuts in city hall expenditure to keep down the mill rate There is some concern among departmental heads at city hall about the extent of reductions which council making in the estimates presented. Many highly important projects are being ne- they say i HE will not know the board of education's decision till late Monday, so a further committee meeting will be held at 7 p.m. that night to finalize the budget and mill rate It should be worth while listening to council on Mon day night WILDLIFE SECTION ome observers are puzzled ahout the Dominion Government e decision to use a Mountain Goat ta illustrate the five cent stamp soon to be Why a Mountain Goat? Well, for some Office Deoartmer Mountain Goat is of economic value NONCHALANCE DEPT, Young Gene Tilbury of Oshawa takes the prize for sheer non- chalznee. On January 4 he not only fractured his neck, but dis- located it into the. bargain. Noth- ing to it, says Gene. He walked around for four days before the doctors caught up with him However. this sort of thing isn't new to Gene. When he was six vears old he broke his arm Did he get upse No He laughed it off parents, who thought ing, and it was three the doctor saw the COMING EVENTS SALE, and Si new issued reason the Post reckons the 'considerable in front of h he jok weeks before arm. By then Vas ST Bloor 47a USED CLOTHING Hall, corner Simeone February 27, 1.3s, GOOD John's Monday, BATHE PARK CLUB Avenue every Saturday Good prizes 46b EUCHRE House Eul night 8.15 pm AT lie AT i door ATTENTION ALL BINGO FANS d. Get a big Every y and for the V BRITISH ange Temp MEETING OR + Feb ISRAEL e. Bruce Si E} er M The British significance Feb elo Spe: r and velcome M CRA Monday, Fe G < ONTHLY MEETIN Ho ( treet br 27th Sociol half hour ond Tea 46b ing some inside stories from the hotels, made|"Y" hanks and service clubs ouriare invited to a special meeting tin McLaugniin Fubiic Library le, high grade jewel- next Thursday, March 1 at 8 p.m is coming off a production! Ralph Day, former mayor of To line which is operating in a build- ronto and chairman of the Toron- ing disguised as the *'Y" garage to Parking Authority, will be the For the-past fortnght A. L. Breck- guest speaker. His subject will be on, a silversmith who lived in the Off-street Parking. Orient for many years, has been Mr Day has a coaching all comers in the art of tion to the city's making silver jewellery lem. Spoons, rings, bracelets, ear The meeting will be sponsored rings, pendants are being made hy the retail section of The Cham by a collection of housewives, her of Commerce and can reveal findings. For examp! lery now the solu- prob- workable parking ity Organist ill 3 i be taken. J [ | Tour Planned [Director Raps Local Schools To Observe National "Open house" will be held by most Oshawa schools during the forthcoming National Education Week, it is hoped by the local plan- ing committee. The committee, headed by C. Brownson, of Sunset Heights School, has been working for six weeks now on plans for the big week, March 5-9. The aim of National Education Week is to make the public more aware of the work of educators and the trends in education today. The week will be launched with' -- addresses by Mayor W. John Nay- lor, Dr. C. H. Vipond, chairman of Oshawa Board of Education; H. Gibbens, chairman of Osh- awa Separate School Board, and T. R. McEwen, inspector of public schools. . | Opening ceremonies will be broadcast, as will several other| Educatinon Week activities. SERIES OF ARTICLES A series of articles, dealing with educational topics and written by teachers, will appear in The Daily Times-Gazette. high school essay contest will have their articles published in the newspaper, and the winning entries in an elemen- tary school poster contest will be displayed in windows of stores and public buildings. It is planned to broadcast music- al talent programs and the com- mittee is receiving co-operation to this end from Miss Irma Walk- er, for the public schools, and Brother Damian for the separate schools. husbands and business girls. The -- class is one of many adult educa- tion groups run by the YWCA, and shows commendable initiative! on the part of the organizers. The instructor has been brought from out of town specially for the class CALL MR, HOLMES That fine old detective, Sher- lock Holmes, would probably de-| scribe it as an "'elementary case,"| but the officials of the Oshawa Public Library are tricked One of their leading books on crime detection keeps disappear- ing. It turns up in the most un- usual spots, quite often hidden behind a shelf of books POLICE BEAT It is not often that you'll find a police chief willing to stand #* Cross examination by a panel of 30 citizens on the administra tion of his department. However,|i Chief H. Flintoff thie week faced # such a firing squad when he spoke! i to the national citizenship class at the YWCA { The Chief presented but the fun. started with question time. Someone asked the Chief if Oshawa traffic cops had a "con- science". and another wanted to know if muzzel loading pistols had be registered A taxpayer wanted to know what happened to the $5000 Un- employment Insurance Commis sion payroll that was snatched by gunmen One character asked the chief if he agreed with the following quot-| ation: 'The reformation of the criminal in Canadian penitentiar- es has been largely a dismal fail- ure." | Chief : "Who said that?' | Character: 'A prisoner in King- ston penitentiary." | When the uproar subsided Chief said he'd rather not ment a "brief", t to the com- 24 FEET WAS TOPS The heaviest single snowfall known 'was twenty-four feet deep. It fell on Mt, Everest, in Asia. Are vou prepared for winter? How's that roof, furnace, au- tomobile, driveway" For folks to 'do ing, repairing winterizing see this MEMBERS OF MOUNT UNITED women's auxiliary THE WEST- CHURCH presented a 0 # G11] +N x 34 IH O54 : background was provided by the church choir. Members of the are shown. Top, left to are Mrs. Ken Markle, Mrs. cast right poy EO 03 4 en ER SA Education Week Michael Starr, MP, will be the special speaker on the closing day of Education Week. Members of the Education Week committeein addition to Mr Brownson are: Miss Mildred Davidson, South Simcoe School; Miss Jean Kolod- zie, Holy Cross School; Brother Peter, St. Gregory's School; Miss Helen Pardon, E. A. Lovell School; Fred Micheli, Central Collegiate Institute, and D. MeDuff, OCVI. "Education Is Everybody's Busi- ness" is the title of a panel discussion to be conducted by Vice-principal G. Roberts of Osh- awa Collegiate and Vocatiinal In- stitutl James B. Hendersog will conduct a panel discussion by students of North Simcoe School. The topic will be the physical training pro- gram. Mr. Henderson is assistant director of physical, health and safety education for city pullic schools pected that Mrs. |cuss {Baha'i World Faith which include the following teachings: '"There is only one religion and Speakers Due all the Prophets of God have Mrs. Evelyn Raynor of North taught it. York will 'be the speaker at a Raynor will dis- North York ienosha Hotel|{he peoples of the world. The subject of ,. i "A New Perspec- In the sight of God there at 8 p.m. Sunday her talk will be tive Mrs al ing the and the Summit is Raynor is active in sever- human race. at Oi ailizations, inciud-|___ Mothers Association Association of in North Cub Parants Heights School BINGO TOO EASY VANCOUVER (CP) Bingo York. games are 'just too easy a way She has addressed meetings in to raise funds," says Mrs R. J. many parts of the United States ze|mer, president of Vancouver's and Canada : . 113,000 - member Parent - Teacher This Ineeting is one of a series Council. 'People don't work to f public meetings held on the th for bi "sh id "It fourth Sunday of each month and 8ether for bingo, e sa s sponsored by Oshawa members of just for the money, and tends to the Baha'i World Faith, It is ex-lower the whole attitude." WESTMOUNT CHURCH PRESENTS PLAY the basic principles of the has [SPRING MERCHANDISE | Spring merchandise, ordered by {Oshawa merchants last Fall, | beginning to arrive in downtown (stores, Mr. Wyman said. | "But we ance benefits: The creditors are avoiding a cheque. \ : Finance companies are renewing Of Bible Lands An Oshawa pastor, leaves Tues- day on a pre-Easter tour of Bible { lands. | Rev. Clarence M. Keen of Cal- vary Baptist Church will visit Jer- usalem, Tel Aviv, Damascus, Rome and other cities rich in Bib- lical history, He will return to Oshawa March 31 in time to conduct Easter serv- ices at his church. Says Mr. Keen: "I am looking forward to obtaining as much in- formation as I can on Jerusalem, which is destined to be the world capital, according to Bible proph- ecy." The tour will be conducted by Dr. Bob Jones, Jr., president of Bob Jones University. Mr. Keen is going along as the guest of his brother, a businessman from Wilm- ington, Delaware. Meanwhile Mrs. Keen will be visiting the couple's oldest son, C. Milburn Keen, Jr., in Rowley, Mass. A new granddaughter ar- rived there Feb. 5. | The flying tour of Bible lands, on which Mr, Keen leaves Tuesday, (has been specially designed for | Christian leaders to be of educa- | tional, as well as recreational | value. |SURPRISE TOUR {In addition to the cities previous- "Religion must be the cause of ly mentioned, Mr. Keen will see {public lecture to be held in the|/good will and harmony among ali| Madrid, Florence, Venice, Naples,| Moore presented Mrs. {Grey Room of the ( Cairo, Luxor, Beirut, Athens, Par- is and London. Members of the Calvary congre- tee, presented a purse to the pas- only one race and that is the 2ation arranged a surprise party tor on behalf of the congregation Dad Of 10 Admits REV. C. M. KEEN for the pastor and his wife follow-| their lessons with reference to eB prayer service this week ied by the Calvary male {Sor Stan' Hooper, and Mrs. Otti Sharrard. Tr. 1 a Johnston, chairman of the commit To Theft Of Coal Pleading guilty to stealing coal to heat his home, a 42-year-old! 'father of 10 children was placed 2 suspended sentence here Fri- day. Horace Blouin, of 599 Montrave Avenue, was warned by Magis- trate F. S. Ebbs to stay away from strong drink, which the court felt was at the root of the ac- cused"s troubles. An employee of McLaughlin Coal and Supplies Ltd., Fred Glover, testified that he found Blouin load- ing coal onto his truck at the Mec- Laughlin yard at about 9 p.m. Glover took Bouin to the police station, where he gave a state- | ment to Det.-Sgt. F. Fawbert | ASPLEY, HERE'S ODDS 3-CARD FLUSH The chances of holding five-card flush poker hand are <aid to be about 1 to 500. That's why you're wise (no play with Classified ads in- stead. When you've something to sell or rent, need a job or someone to work for you, your chances are excellent to reach your aim with Want Ads! Police Probe { Auto Thefts HAMILTON (CP) -- Police said Friday they are investigating a car-theft ring that may also in- volve an insurance racket, Six charges of car theft were laid against Harold Farrell, 27, a Ham ilton garage operator, | Police said they have recovered six rebuilt vehicles stolen in Brant- ford, Oakville, Galt and other | southern Ontario centres the | last year In each case, registration num- bers had been ground off parts of the machines and serial number plates from wrecked cars sub- stituted for the factory serial num- 3 A RAN in and Mrs back row, Mrs. A Ticks Cliff Branton. Below, Mrs. A. E, Eagleson, Fursey' and Mrs. A front row, Mrs. J. Hard The accused's 12-year-old son was with him at the time and was APRON FOR HUBBY England (CP)---Wives who are undecided what to get their husbands for a birthday present should get them an apron, says Rev. Tom Richardson of this Not- | tinghamshire parish. "One of my own Christmas presents was an | apron embellished with cross-stitch in liturgical colors," he wrote in \his parish magazine, 'What could be more suitable for work in a |parson's kitchen?" Hagan said that the possibility of collusion between the thieves and the original car owner is under investigation. Insurance was col- lected after the car was stolen.' given a ride back home by the officer. Blouin said he was an work plasterer who generally worked "'on his own" so was ineli- gible for Unemployment Insurance Commission benefits. DRINK PROBLEM The magistrate advised him to accept an offer of steady employ- ment, rather than continue working on his own hook Crown Attorney Alex C. Hall, QC, recommended suspended sen- tence because of accused's previ- ous good record. He felt the man had a drinking problem and noted that he had tried to cure himself of it in the past. Herbert Thomas Bedford. 19, of 899 Masson Street, was fined $10 out-of- and costs. or 10 days, for having, liquor while under-age Bedford said he came from Galt, had been living in Oshawa since November but works in Toronto. usical numbers were render- uartet wvicted gram One bank officials summed up is rush for a bite at the first pay- his feelings: "For years we told people to save for a rainy day and then it rained. We're certainly glad don't know yet what arcounts which have fallen into ar- that the sun is shining again." Criticism On Dutch School STRATHROY (CP) -- William Rang, director of the primary school for Dutch-speaking children in this Middlesex county town Fri- day refuted criticism by what he called "unadvised" parties. A district Women's Institute last week ibjected to the private schoo! enlarging its accommodation, and claimed its operation should come under the Ontario department of education. Mr. Rang called remarks that "the students are not being taught our way of life" as being untrue. He sald, "if these interested part- ies would look into the. matter. they would find that our scheok is self-supporting and receives po government grants such as other separate schools." : Contrary to reports he said. the Dutch school is in no way related to the Dutch Reform Church. Par- |ents of the majority of students belong to the church, and this is why the students are given a ible. "There is still freedom" | worship in this country," he | All books used in 3 obtained from the depa - education, and lessons are f: Twin sisters Gloria and Eleanor/in English. French is being taught Keen with to the senior class large bouquet of roses. Elton| them for high school. to prepare Say Dead Man -- May Have Killed SUDBURY (CP)--The possibil. ity that a man killed accidentally more than a year ago might have slain school teacher Steve Klap oushack- was suggested Friday By defence counsel at the murder trial of Robert Ducharme of Ham= ilton " Ducharme, 23, being tried for the second time, is charged with the slaying of the 21 - year - old teacher Dec. 4, 1954. He was conv last May of . murdering Klapouschak but the Ontario Court of Appeal reversed the ruling and ordered a new trial Defence counsel Carl Waisberg suggested Friday another perséfi, possibly John Maegel, Renabie dis- trict miner Killed accidentally' iti' Jznuary, 1955. might have com- mitted the crfme wow Witnesses Friday traced Ne: gel's movements during the time: "immediately preceding the mu* der. The possibility of a third -per- {son being involved in the case was emphasized by the defefice. in its successful appeal before the Court of Appeal. ' Junior Skating -- § Children's Arena Programme Children's Skating -- Fri. & Sat. 8-10:30 (under 12 yrs.)--Wed. 4:00 - 6:30 P.M. ADMISSION -- 25¢ at. 2:00 - 4:30 P.M. 12 KING ST. EAST Buehler's Meat Specials Monday Only PHONE RA 3-3633 Tender Small STEAKS 2 Ibs. $1.00 Fresh Ground MINCED BEEF 5 Ibs. $1.00 LEAN, BONELES STEW 4, 39- S SKINLESS E. Dunn --Times-Gazette Photo I musical play, entitled The Fam and Mrs. ! ily Album, this week. Musical | Harry Bennett, Mrs. John Harris Trades columns in Classified bers Detective inspector Walter) 2 ws. 50.