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Cold Weather Delays: Preparation Of Parks 1956 Spring Said Wettest In 50 Years Wet, cold spring weather has put parks [repatalion a month to six weeks behind schedule, E. E. Bathe, superintendent of parks, said recently. Rolling, grass - cutting, seeding, planting, and grading have all been stalled or slowed down. "This is the wettest spring that I have seen for 50 years. The year 1907 was nearly as bad as this, but it didn't go on and on and on, as this is going," Super- intendent Bathe said. Heavy rolling equipment can't operate on wet soggy ground, and has been slowed right down. Tractor - drawn grass - cutting equipment has the same problem. | "Tractors just make ruts and get no traction in wet weather," Sup-| erintendent Bathe said. | "To cut grass, we have to jump| in between storms. We cut what| we can and let the rest go. Heavy| rain makes the grass grow twice With 136 entries competing, | the annual tulip show of the | Oshawa Horticultural Society as fast as usual and puts us that much farther behind," Mr. Bathe said. Seeding has slowed down, too. But planting is a bigger problem. PLANTS DESTROYED "We not only can't put plants in {the ground," Mr, Bathe said, *'but {a lot of our plants have been de- stroyed by cold weather." Bathe lost 1250 plants that he OHS HOLDS ANNUAL TULIP SHOW was held recently in the E. A. | right, R. H. Branton, chairman Lovell school. Shown inspecting | of the special shows commit- one of the displays are, left to ' tee; Edward Kitchen, a former director of the society; and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilkins. Times-Gazette Photo Tulip Show | Winners | Declared Winners of various classes the annual Tulip Show of the Osh- awa Horticultural Society, in the E. A. Lovell School, were as fol- lows: Class 1, Red Tulips -- 1. Mrs, C. Silver. 2. J. F. Gayne. 3. Mrs. L. G. Brown, Class 2, Pink Tulips -- 1. Dr. A. W. Harding. 2. R. H. Brant- on. 3. Wm. MacDonald. Class 3, Yellow Tulips -- 1. Dr. A. W. Hatding. 2. P. Carter. 3 Wm. McNeill. Class 4, White Tulips -- 1. Mrs. C. Silver. 2. Dr. A. W. Harding. 8. Miss L. Stainton. Class 5, Bronze Tulips Mrs. L. J. Brown. 2. Mrs. C. § ver. 3. R. H. Branton. Class 6, Mauve Tulips -- 1. Dr. A. W. Harding. 2. Wm. Me- Neill. 8. Mrs. L. G. Brown. Class 7. le Tulips -- 1. Mis: L. Stainton. 2. J. F. Goyne. 8. R. H.| Branton. Collegiate Institute expect an es- at Pe year students, totalling 330 in all, |literature and English will replace the majority of the tion. In addition, six of a possible 34 Grade XIII students who will 14 subjects are required. Students | graduate from the school. | ada, ) | versity or take their places i | business m | cation designed to transform them junction with university teachers '| gradually '| adults. be noted | XIII students graduating wil 1 |replaced by almost 10 times their il-| number in | |G mately 70 expected to graduate. Some will go on to Grade XIII. Others will leave school junior matriculation diploma. XIII students will begin writing education. ew from seeds, on May 18, dur- ng the cold snap. Planting, which in a normal year is completed by the end of May, just began May 30. By June , only Lakeview Park and 'the | Rockery at City Hall were com- luncheon | pleted. PLANTING LAGS ) Tree - planting is just as far y, was an induction cere-|pehind. Tree - planting in new three new members. park areas may have to be post- New Members Are Inducted The feature of the meeting of the Rotary Club of a. Oshawa, at Hotel Genosha on 700 Enrollment Seen For OCCI Officials at Oshawa Central/their departmental final examin tions, They are required to pass Monda; to enrol there eight subjects in all for their dip- mony for [ | HT ies i Two, subjects of that eight The ceremony was conducted by|poned until autumn. 'Saplings are Vi y '<h/S. F. Everson, a past district! practically standing in water," Nine separate classes of first|are compulsory. They re Englich S aeraor er Rh Ouch. Fractieally Weg ML | ~The new members, Ted Bassett, them or the soil will drop off. | Frank Bedford and George Flet-| Now the leaves are coming out. {may choose from French (2), La-| cher, were introduced by Wally| you can't plant budding trees or German 2), trigonometry, | Wilson, A. W. Armstrong and| yoy will Jose too many. So it will She. OE address was de probably Rave to Wait i Ro e y S s e in no con n livered by Rotarian Eric Jones, Ing the trees anyway. who told of his visits to other Ro-| "'Besshorough Crescent Park is tary clubs from coast to coast and high ground," Mr. Bathe said. of the inspiration Je had gerived "Kven there the bull-dozer can't { i : | from these visits. He stressed that| grade it, because the earth sticks An important fact that should] 2TH E of the skamisations be | the makeup of attendance is an|to the blade. And a lot of grading is that the few grade. Final examinations wi |important part of Rotary mem- : marked throughout July and are| ership and that visits to other expected to be returned during cjyhs often bring new ideas which the second week in avout, | can be used to advantage. ons As in all high schools in Can-|tin (2), these students will enter uni-|algebra, geometry, physics, n the mistry, history, botany and zool-| world. Their replace- 08Y. | entc will begin the phase of edu-| Department of education in con-| adolescents from to arrange for the setting and the | go in." the fall. has increased his staff to 22. This At present, 81 students are in rade XII at OCCI with approxi- expects to adé at least two more. SPECIAL PROJECT At least one special project was called off because of bad weather. Superintendent" Bathe intended to plant the city hall rocke in red-white-blue petunia pat ern, He e Some of the many gcvupatives| i : | etents hove to enter are, en- NEW VACCINE physical education aime omer; HAS ARRIVED hes of| New stocks of vaccine for gineering, law, teaching, nursing, with a Grade hope to enter higher branc! polio im ization have arrived Commencing June 12, Clasa 8, Black Tulips 1. Mrs. E. Kitchen, 2. Wm. Mae- Donald. 3. Mrs. J. Hall Class 9, Mottled or Striped Tu- Hips -- 1. Wm. Alchin. 2. J. E. Goyune. 3. Wm. MacDonald. Red Parrott. Class 10 -- 1. Dr. A. W. Hard ing. 2. Mrs. A. Graham. 8. J. F Goyne. Class 11 -- Parrott Tulip -- 1 Miss E. Stainton. 2. Miss L. Stain ton. 3. Goyne. Class 12 -- Tulips, One Color other than above, 1. William Mec- Nelll, 2. Mrs. L. G. Brown, 3. Mrs. E. Kitchen. Class 13, Tulips In Variety Nam- ed Wm. McNeill. 2. J. F Goyne. 3. Dr. A. W. Harding. Class 14 -- Lily Tulips, any co- Jor 1. Dr. A. W. Harding. 2. F. Goyne. 3. Mrs. A. Graham, Class 15 -- Double Tulips --1. W. MacDonald. 2. Mrs. A. Gra- ham. 3. Miss L. Staintion Class 16. Tulips in Variety -- 1. R. H. Branton, 2. Dr. A, .W Harding 3. Wm. McNeill. Class 17 -- Dining Table Cen- tre, 1. Mrs. L. Guy. 2. Mrs. E, Sandford. 3. W. Alchin. Class 18. Modern arrangements. 1. Wm. Alchin. 2. Mrs. E. Sand- ford, 3. Mrs. L. Guy. Class 19 -- Container of flow- ers, shrub. --1. Mrs L. Guy. 2. B. Morgan. 3. Mrs. G. Henry. Pied Piper Is Required In Australia | TOTTENHAM, Australia (CP) -- The 800 residents of this central New South Wales town have aban- doned cunning for violence in their| battle against an army of mice.| Millions of mice moved into Tot-| tenham several weeks ago and re-| fused to move on. | "People have started taking on | the mice with sticks and stones, as well as traps and poison," said Tottenham's only policeman, Con- stable Crossingham. | | "At a friend's place the other, | night I saw a woman cut off their| tails with a carving knife. They| * were sitting in a row on the mantlepiece, with their tails hang- ing down. The mice scampered off | when their tails fell to the floor." Crossingham said people were killing the mice in thousands every day, but it did not seem to make much difference to the numbers. "They eat our food and they get in our beds and babies' cots, but they haven't bitten anyone." He| said. { COMING EVENTS WEDNES. | 130b STORIE 2 BINGO AT PARK day June 6 CANADIAN LEGION BINGO, WEDNES- . day, June 6th, 8 p.m. Twenty games, four jackpots. 13 QUIET, PLEASE SALTBURN, ENG. (CP) Juke boxes have been banned from the pier at this Yorkshire resort, Rea- son; they disturb anglers, Farmers Urged |little about farming and the tech-'are not available for sales of pas-| electric motors. called it off because couldn't spare the time or labor. in Oshawa today. Dr. A. F. Mac- kay, Oshawa Medical Officer of Health said today he will now be able to duplicate the April program of inoculations and that every school child in Oshawa started until weather permits, The parks crew cares for 34 would be inoculated. parks. The biggest is 54-acre Lake- Ottawa health officials last |view Park. Total acreage is week announced the program |about 400. More than 300 acres of To Answer Quiz John A. Cameron, census com- nical questions could best be missioner for Ontario riding, can|answered by the farmer himself." foresee a lengthy process in gath- 50 YEARS AGO ering the questionaires from the Fifty-five years ago the total farmers during this year's census, | value of ay and equipment would be short of vaccine for |this is grass, and must be cut the second phase, but today they |once weekly. announce they will have plenty for all. Dr. Mackay said his | large staff of doctors and nurses unless the farmers "burn a bit of|on Canadian farms was $108,665, wolg Pepin clinics Jeday 2a Clean-up lamp oil" and help out the govern- 000, according to the 1901 census.| june 7 1 ment on this project at least. Twenty years later it had risen : | "The farmers at this time of the over six times to $665,180,000, and | emeter year are busy from early morning in 1951 it was $1,933,000,000. Cana-|senger cars and motor trucks to | until late at night with the land," dian farmers in 1941 reported farmers but they have certainly | said Mr. Cameron, "and they don't| ownership of 315,461 passenger | been of substantial proportions and | - : want to be bothered answering a|cars and 77,480 motor trucks. In|would swell greatly in total value | anne lot of questions, many of them re-|1951 there were 329,667 passenger of farm machinery and equipment quiring careful consideration, |cars and 196,122 trucks, tractors/ purchases in the last few years, | ; while mounted on a tractor seat." [had increased from 159,752 Jo 399.1 JaLY Tequests ae Teceived by| A dilapidated semefery Io the NM > {686 in the 10 years, and grain com-| the Bureau of Statistics for inform-| east. side o armony Road sou wo Sameron sald Jarmers bines from 19,013 to 90,500. ation on the number of various may soon be cleaned up. : census takers a lot of time and Since the war the sales of trac-|types of farm equipment, particu-| Alderman Albert V. Walker said effort if they return the question| tors, combines and other farm ma- larly power equipment, both for| after Monday night's council meet- aire carefully filled in to the cen. Chinery have risen to a very high|Canada and the various provinces. ing that he expected the Cemetery sus. commissioner. {level. Estimated value of farm im-| Manufacturers of farm imple-| Board to clean up the weed-choked *"This may mea bit of 1 {plement and equipment sales, at ments, other business people, ad-| cemetery as soon as they were y Ba of lamp | wholesale prices, climbed from|vertisers and also farm organiza-| voted funds to do the job. oil after the farm chores are $122,400,000 in 1947 to $170,700,000| tions want to know how many| Alderman Walker expected that done," said Mr. Cameron, "but it/in 1948 and reached a peak of tractors, trucks and cars there are council would vote funds as soon will get a necessary job finished $250,277,000 in 1952. Sales fell off on farms, how many combines, as the cemetery board presented | without any hitches. A lot of the considerably in 1954 after the poor there are and types of combines, | the estimated cost of clean-up to {women census takers know very crop of that year. Separate figures how many gasoline engines .and| council. Motion to have the cemetery board prepare the estimate was | made at the May 28 council meet | ing. | Alderman Walker said one rea- [son for delay in cleaning up the | cemetery was because the city | only received the deed to the land | "a month or six weeks ago". He said they could not act, till then. AT COUNCIL At City Council last night: 1. Council tries to decide whether a steer is worth as much dead as alive. Road south will be cleaned up. 3. Council postpones attempt to have General Motors of Canada vacate lot used for burning rub- bish. | Nickle Seeks More Aliens For Ontario | TORONTO (CP)--Planning and [Development Minister Nickle of | Ontario is en route to Europe to screen immigrants wishing to re- | side in Ontario, | Monday. | Mr, Nickle said his talent search | was prompted by a recent Ottawa announcement that the Federal government hopes to bring 150,000 {immigrants to Canada in 1956. He estimated 85,000 would come to On- tario He caid he will acanaint Euro. pean government officials with the labor needs of Ontario. AT RECEPTION IN WHITBY W. B. White of the Osh- four-year-old daughter, Margaret, < ( tor of the alen shown They live in the reception for new in Mrs at awa Pr I0DE, Glaser, left, s | day Canadian ques room of the Whithy United Church. Alfred's wife and his citizens the han. are pte | serves Alfred Pickering ome tasties yester- | Times - Gazette Photo | dead? | has to be done before the trees To try and catch up, Mr. Bathe is three more than last year. He Another project, a small rock-| ery in Memorial Park will not be| ¢"1e 2. Old cemetery on Harmony | !police escort were halted by 50 it was announced | Jonn X. Smith, an employee of the Body Hardware Depart- | ment at the Passenger Body | | Plant of General Motors of Can- | RETIRES AFTER 40 YEARS SERVICE ada plant here, retired at the end of May with 40 years' serv- ice. He is shown above holding a wallet and sum of money pre- | sented by his fellow-workers, and | receiving congratulations from Wilf Baker, Foreman, Body Re- pair Department. Others in the roup, left to right, are A. E. arvard, Charles Edwards, Tom Soloman, Jim Aldous, Ernie Kirkpatrick and Mike Hercia. Mr. Smith lives at 41 Elgin street west. G.M. Photo City To Pay Damages For Steer Hurt By Dogs a steer worth would have to pay money out for|this, that if the steer was attack- much is How much 1s it worth The price tag could be the same. The debate on this question arose out of a statement by Al- How alive? day's council meeting. After he proposed a motion to pay claims to Oshawa farmer Jack Gannon man Gay added that paid would be the same whether or not the steer recovered. MOTION CARRIED But not before Alderman Albert V. Walker wondered if city council derman Cephas B. Gay. at Mon-| !a healthy steer. | Only answer came from Alder-| man John G. Brady, who suggest- ed amid laughter that council was | paying "sickness benefits." | Council then carried the steer| question into boundary dispute. Alderman John W. Dyer aked:| it not a fact that the en-| | "Is for a steer injured by dogs, Alder-|closure in which the steer was at-|the city had no alternative, but the price tacked is partly on city property to pay for it. jand partly on Whitby Township] property? Did not the steer have access to both sides of the boun-| The motion was finally carried.|dary? Who really knows where the doubted anybody knew for sure steer was killed?" | ' Alderman Dyer suggested, from! ed in Whitby and driven into Osh-| awa, then the city and the town- ship should split damages cost. Alderman Lyman, Gifford pointed out that it did not mat- ter where council thought the steer was attacked. He said the Gannon affidavit sald it was at- tacked on Oshawa land. Therefor Alderman Dyer replied that he had no intention of questioning the Gannon affidavit. But he just on what side of the boundary the steer was attacked. "Let him serve time," an un- | sympathetic father told the magis- trate in police court yesterday when his 16-year-old son was charged with the theft of an auto- mobile along with another youth The father was asked by Magis- trate F. S. Ebbs if he would like to arrange bail for his son as the case was adjourned for a week and the youngster would have to spend the week in jail if no bail was raised. Both boys entered a plea of 'not guilty" to the charge of auto theft, but registered a plea of "guilty" to a charge of 'Joy riding." The Crown Counsel asked for a week's adjournment and bail of $1000 was set for each of the boys. Kenneth Edward McPherson of 76 King Street West, Oshawa, charged with driving a motor ve- hicle while disqualified to do so, also charged with purchasing a permit under another name, while his permit was under suspension, was remanded for one week with | bail set at $500, yesterday in ma- gistraie's court. Murray Lloyd Thompson of 33 Colborne Street, Oshawa, charged with unlawfully having care and control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated under section 222 of the Criminal Code, was sentenced to seven days in the county jail, charged with court costs, and his car impounded for three months and driver's license suspended for six monihs. $10 FINE Gordon E. Ketchum, of Oshawa, was fined $10 and costs or one month in jail on a charge of ille- gal possession of liquor in other than his residence. Irvin Scott, of Toronto, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of Bail Is $1,000 For Two Youths driving a motor vehicle while in- toxicated and was sentenced to seven days in jail and had his SCOUT NEWS NORTH OSHAWA SCOUT NEWS Our meeting began with flag- break and prayer by the Beaver Patol and inspection by Golden We were then broken off to mark the books and read the lat- GM Motion Rejected Another attempt to have General Motors of Canada vacate a vacant city-owned lot north of Oshawa harbor where they have been 1" ing refuse was postponed by city council at Monday night's méeting. Council rejected a motion by Alderman Cephas A. Gay which asked G.M. to vacate by July 31, in favor of an amendment by Alderman Albert V. Walker, that the matter be referred back to fommities for further investiga- ion, GIVE REASON Reason for the postpone- ment given by one alderman was that if G.M. vacated the property, they could continue burning refuse on adjacent private property. . One alderman pointed out -that the city controlled only 80 pér cent of the property that G.M. burned ° refuse on. It was stated that it would be better to deal with all land in question at once, rather ust the 80 per cent that, Action to have G.M. vacate the lot is a result of complaints by residents of the area that the re- est Beaver Bugle. car impounded for three months yesterday in police court. Scott was arrested by Oshawa police officer Jenkins at the CPR sta- tion, where Scott had driven the right wheels of his car upon the platform while the left wheels re- | mained on the tracks. Herbert Harrison, no known ad- dress was fined $10 and costs or 110 days in jail on a charge of being drunk in a public place. Jess Marsden of Oshawa, fined $10 and costs on a charge of being intoxicated in a public place. Archie McDonald, who gave the| | court his address as being in the | Maritimes, was fined $100 and costs or three months in the coun- ty jail on his fourth offense of being intoxicated in a public place. NO FARE Two teen age boys appeared be- fore Magistrate F. S. Ebbs yes- terday charged with riding the trains without benefit of fare. Both boys had left their home in Camp- bellton, New Brunswick, with eight dollars between them five days ago and after hitch-hiking to To- ronto, had made a futile search for their uncles who were some- | where in Toronto, | Not able to find the uncles, the two boys started back for Camp- bellton and home riding between the baggage car and a passenger car on the Montreal Flyer. They were dropped off at Oshawa by the trainmen. Magistrate Ebbs placed the boys jon a suspended sentence to keep the peace and turned them over into the care of the Salvation Army who will see that the boys are returned to their homes, riding inside the train this time. | | UAW Pickets Overawe Police WALLACEBURG (CP)--An at- tempt to get Ford Motor Company dies from the strikebound Schultz die casting plant failed Monday when a Ford representative and a United Automobile Workers pick- ets. There was no violence. The Ford Company had secured a Supreme Court order to obtain the dies. A quantity of General Motors dies was retrieved from the plant last week without inci- dent. The strike, over wages and bene- fits, is in its third week. About 290 persons are affected. { REMEMBER WHEN ? . . By THE CANADIAN PRESS | home, Mr, Korte brought over three films which were shown by Glen Shortt much to our enjoyment. The log was read by Edward Winacott, Patrol Leader of the Chipmunk Patrol. A vote was taken to play softball or soccer. Most of us voted softball but we played soccer. Then we went in- side and were dismissed. Those who stayed after played floor - hockey and slapball for one hour. Then we dragged our bodies (or what was left of them) --LITTLE PATROL, Chipmunk Patrol 4TH OSHAWA SCOUT NEWS Ghastly might be the word for last Wednesday's meeting. After opening formalities, we had games in the gym. Then, we were inform. ed in a mild voice that the leaders had a "little ougdoor scheme cook- ed up." Each patrol was handed a slip of paper containing ten horrid questions. Four minutes apart, the patrols trooped out into the pour- ing rain, clad in full uniform, We spent the next hour at delightful tasks. We estimated the height of St. George's steeple, hunted for a corner - stone on E. A. Lovell School, counted the post office win- dows, hunted for a bench marker, and did several other enjoy- able jobs. Not having raincoats, we were soon soaked. All the patrols but the Eagles got back for the closing horse- shoe. We were given all the informa- tion about the coming church pa rade which is open to the pub- lic. The minister of our troop's church preached the sermon. The Eagles must have liked their 'job, but, just as the rest of the troop was leaving, they tramp- Samuel D. Riddle"s great colt War Admiral captured the Belmont Stakes 19 years ago today com- pleting a "triple crown" triumph | on the American turf, following victories in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. Jockey Charley Kurtsinger drove the son of Man O'War to a record of 2:28 3-5 for the mile and a half, since lowered to 2:28 1-5 by Count Fleet in 1943 and Citation in 1948, INDIVIDUAL GEMS LONDON (CP) -- The Chamber of Commerce has facilities for "fingerprinting diamonds. Its la boratory, one of three such gem- mological eentres in. the world, uses ultra-violet rays to record the stone's characteristics. Oshawa Sealed tenders marked (Tenders Board of Education on their req season. Tenders will close Saturday, June ifications may be obtained at the 179 Simcoe St. S. TENDERS For Coal and Fuel Oil Schools for Fuel) will be received by the uirements for fuel for the next 16, 1956. Quantities and spec- office of the Board of Education W. GORDON BUNKER, " Business Administrator, Board of Education, Oshawa, ed in, wet and 40 minutes late. If they have colds, they know who to blame. I hope we never have another meeting of that style. Signd, --NOSEY fuse burning causes smoke nuis. ance. DEFEAT MOTION ost recent attempt to have G.M. vacate the lot "a at the May 28 council meeting, when a motion to have them vacate was tabled. Reason for tabling was to discover if the city had a legal right to ask G.M. to vacate. Alderman Cephas B, Gay report- ed that the city did have the legal right at Monday's meeting. But Bis motion was defeated by amend- ment, as stated, House Hears Censure Motion In Silence By DON PEACOCK Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)--The House of Commons became as still ag a tomb Monday. The at: here, as a- tion of a censure motion against Speaker Rene Beaudoin began, was hushed, uneasy, expectant. There was not a ghost of the unprece- dented rebellious and unruly spirit that pummelled Friday's pipeline ebate. A crowd bigger than members of the protective staff could re- member at an afternoon sitting began gathering at least an hour before the house opened at 2:30 p.m. Many of the more than 1,000 persons had to be turned away. The galleries seat only Another 1,000 or more persons showed up for the night sitting to hear debate on third reading of the pipeline bill. Long before the sitting began at 8 p.m., the public galleries were filled and some persons were standing in the official galleries, accounting for about 600. Another ridors and stairways. 00 or more queued up in the cor- FRENCH ORIGIN Mobile, Alabama's big seaport on the Gulf of Mexico, was colon- ized by the French in 1699. ROUGHER IN PAST Tanganyika in British East Africa has many large old vol- canoes, long extinct. A TREAT ANYTIME WISHING WELL ORANGE STOCK UP