Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa Edition), 16 Aug 1956, p. 2

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air Opens Doors| t Alexandra Park $5,000 Due In Prize Awards For Exhibitors Of District The 50th edition of the annual|pected to be much keener than in|grandstand shows are scheduled | for both afternoon and evening. | three - day Oshawa Fair begins previous years since the entry list] at 5 p.m. today, although the offi-|is larger. cial opening ceremonies with On-| tario Minister of Agriculture Wil- show window for one .of the larg- liam A. Goodfellow in attendance, est and richest farming districts take place until tomor-/in Ontario. Livestock shown at the jwill not {row at 3.30 p.m. The annual Oshawa Fair is the |Fair, by both junior and senior By the time the official cere- exhibitors, will include champion- monies take place Friday, thous- ship animals that have won prizes lands of visitors will have viewed|in national and provincial exhibi- the livestock, machinery and auto-| tions. mobile exhibits, watched 'Donkey Livestock and horse judging will| continue Saturday. Exhibitors {will parade their prize winning] istock in front of the grandstand after judging is completed, Also on Saturday, a goat show dog obedience trials . are |scheduled. Grandstand and har- 'ness racing shows will take place lagain in afternoon and evening. Junior farmers and girls will The special feature of tonight's have some of their own special Baseball," harness horse - racing, program will be "Donkey Base-competitions. Kiwanis Club spon- grandstand shows and other fair ball," labelled as the world's fun- gorship enables district junior (activities at Alexendra Park. niest game. {farmers to have their own sections Exhibitors will be vying for! In addition to the opening cere- in livestock and grain classes. more than $5000 in prize money. monies, Friday, livestock and the The girls compete in sewing, do- Fair officials say competition in light and heavy horse classes will) {nearly every department is -ibe judged. Harness racing and! Oshawa Fair Events List Following Js the schedule for the three - day Oshawa Fall Fair which opens today THURSDAY p.m. Gates open p.m. Exhibition All softball game p.m.--Donkey Baseball FRIDAY a.m.--Gates open Ladies' commercial, agricultural and horticultural build- Ing: pm. Judging of stock classes, sheep, light and heavy horses p.m. Harness racing Af- ternoon grandstand show p.m. Official opening of the Oshawa Fair p.m. Twilight harness rac- ng p.m.--Grandstand show outstanding stars. SATURDAY a.m.--Gates open N a.m. Kiddies rides on mid- Backing up Premier Nasser's | way " FBR pm. Judging of stock threat to resist any attempt at classes, light and heavy| internationalization of the Suez classes. Goat show, reg- | are a well equipped regular ional swine way 1.30 p.m. Obedience dog. trials 2.00 p.m. Harness racing, Aft- Sleeping Sickness M Si show, 600 pm Toilint harness rac. Menaces Massachusetts 9.00 p 8 Craidsiand BOSTON . {AP -- Residents 'of * 4 Eastern Massachuseits have been advised to protect children and in- OD I BOOTHATFAIR | orses es la disease of horses sometimes] The Oshawa and District Labor {fatal to humans. 1 Council, in_ conjunction with the | The state health department re- Canadian Labor Congress, will {ported today that two infants and run a booth at the Oshawa Fair, (two horses have died of the dis- which opens this evening and |ease this year, with the seasoal continues through Saturday eve- just beginning. Last year four hu-| ning. {mans contacted the disease and Keith Ross, secretary-treasur- |one infant died. er of the council, made the an- | The disease is harbored by wild nouncement today birds and is transmitted to hu- One of the features of the mans and horses by mosquito booth will be a deep freeze unit |bites. A vaccine affords protec- which can be won by guessing [tion to horses, but there is none the direct labor cost of produc- (for humans. ing "the unit The Amalgamated Clothing Workers will also have a display in the booth 5.00 6.00 midway Star 8.00 9.00 1.00 2.00 Saw First Fair » 50 Years Ago v years ago, Albert Beckett, "'Oshawa's first fair came 8, of 285 Burk street, saw the firstiora] 'years later when 1 was fair in Oshawa. Four months young man of twenty-eight. I re earlier he helped to move it from ca) harness racing and the show-| Whitby to its present location bY jpg and judging of horses and wagon team cattle in the afternoon But the Tomorrow, Mr. Beckett is 100k- ight display of fire-works after ing forward with keen anticipation the evening grand stand perform to attending the opening of this ance stole the show that year year's fair at Alexandra Park We were all amazed at one fire This will mark the 50th conse: display that showed the late cutive year that he has been pres-|pophert McLaughlin, father of Col at at the Oshawa Fall Fair. | ~s R. S. McLaughlin, so clearly that "I'm just as exc 5 as i+ we 2 P08 h The owner years ago when 1 attended my first hs 2 gn Brg works was fair in the old fair grounds at Port|y,, wo ang joved by everyone and erry," Mr. Beckett said joday, when the crowd realized who the "Admission was 10 cents fOr p10 was picturing they shouted | mand 25 cents lor adults Inigond naturedly: 'There's old 5.90." ys ere o . . am cones or hot dogs. But for In those days the men 'worked " £110 hours a day, 6 days a week for B cents we could buy a cone o 10 cents an hour. Saturday after- honey that weighed more than half ) £ day d. I tried one as a 6-year- noon they stopped work at 5 a und. Tl h Pad o'clock, so their week's pay was old and it was too much for me. ©. sh » " $5.90. 1 worked for $8.00 a month I remember two things about N . when I started to work on the that first fair 72 years ago. The irted . | 1 iov + farm, so $5.90 a week wasn't too ponies and the first bicycle I ever EO Tod My saw, which stood four feet higher ad S d than modern bicycles and had a, Mr. Beckett has two daughters big front wheel with a small wheel Verna, now Mrs H. G. Hambly of in the back. There were paddles 637 Brookside Drive; and Velma for pedals and when they wanted now Mrs. John Cook of, 119 Burk to stop they just jumped of street, both of Oshawa 3.30 6.00 9.00 of 9.30 10.00 sev a 1.00 perform - Brantford Soon Gets 60-Cycle Electricity TORONTO (CP Work will move into Brantford Brantford's Harry Nixon Opens New Pavilion BRANTFORD (CP) Harry ( Nixon, member of the Ontario fegislation for Brantford Wednes day opened a new $30,000 pavilion at nearby Pinehurst Park, a park area operated by the Grand Val- ley Conservation Authority crews Aug. 20 to begin preparations for a switch 60-3 the Commission today Halifax Housing ba "Unfit For Animals" cr si" ster GC ar . s St. Patrick, Que., summer HALIFAX (CP) -- Some of this home, plans to stay away from city's housing accommodation is/Ottawa until early in September. | 'not fit for animals," Dr. Gordon Observers in thescapital say this Stephenson of Toronto told mem-|js a good indication there will be begin bers of the public housing com-|p, general election this year five| mittee Wednesday. night. | Speculation here now Is that the| No farmer would put his beasts| >P® | 5 | in some of the accommodation," government will go to the coun-| (CP) Laurent, Prime Min-| holidaying at from 25- to cle power Hydro-Electric Pow Ontario Actual March months of announced Victim Of Rattler Making Recovery ORILLIA (CP) Mrs. Hzen Hay of Toronto, bitten Sunday by a rattle snake, today was reported improved and in satisfactory con- dition "Mrs. Hay was flown to hospital bh a DAILY CROSSWORD will about change-over )57, and 1957, last Wednesday Bay here Georgian resort of Hone} Harbor Her and back arm greatly swolls | led across he: legs. n he said following an initial survey|{ry next June : from the nearby on housing in older sections of the However, the possibility of a city fall session of Parliament--seen |by some sources as a good Lib-| |eral stage-setter for a 1957 elec- WEATHER {tion--has not been ruled out. nection travel The prime minister left the her |capital Wednesday night after a) TORONTO (CP)--Official fore-| two-hour cabinet session held to casts issued by she Dominion pub-|clean up post-session government iic weather office at 5:15 a.m. busi No p ts were EDT made after the meeting, attended down Synopsis: Very cool air advanc-/by only seven cabinet members, ing into Northwestern Ontario this NOT MUCH FISHING morning will continue southward, Mr. St. Laurnt told today. It is preceded by scattered he hopes to get in some golf but showers and thunderstorms which doesn't plan to do much fishing. will reach Southern Ontario late He fractured his ankle during a this afternoon and evening. This|fishing trip ACROSS Rodent : BRI] Toteh on SCI (slang [RlolD) Young bird's peep The Helle. spont named for her (Gr. Myth.) Sick Organ key- board Astringent substance The East A girdle (Rom. Antiq weapon Greeting Lost (archaic) Basemen A single thing . Fish Girl's nicke name . Flat-topped hill Coin, usually gold or silver Feline Farm fow, . Wagons Outer gal ment Eskimo knife 9. Storage area Party de- serter Armadille Jewish month (11th) Eggs Signal sys-g tem Struck lightly Young goals Arabian chieftain fvar.) To set again Man's al name 48. Raised is valid . All Tact Summed up Pause . Enclosure Rubidium (sym.) buyer of old ships Nail Drank hard and often A ¥é be 1] Dawson Victoria Edmonton Regina Winnipeg Churchill Port Arthur White River Kapuskasing 8S. S. Marie ... North Bay Sudbury Muskoka Windsor London Toronto Ottawa -1e Quebec (Halifax means cooler weather for the last summer. afternoon temperatures in the midilasted through 152 sitting days, Yesterday's Answer Ontario Opposition Leader George Drew Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake, over with scattered thunderstorms! OBITUARIES ter evening thunderstorms. Funeral services were held for (day. High today and low tonight | Adgust 13, from the Armstrong Fu- and Hamilton 85 and 55, Wingham kinson conducted the services. In tures issued by .the Toronto public! tery. (Night) Harold, George and Allan Canfield ! vio 4 53 62 85 North today but Southern Ontario] His health appeared good des- will be generally warmer with|pite the wearying session that 80s. By Friday the cooler weather only three days fewer than the 8-16 |will have stretched into Southern 1903 record. Regional forecasts untilinow holidaying in the Georgian midnight Friday: {Bay area also was reported by Ontario, Windsor, London, Tor- ento, Hamilton: Sunny, clouding late this afternoon and evening. | ! {Mainly sunny Friday with scat- ROBERT LESLIE GILBURT Warm today, winds light, increas-| Robert Leslie Gilburt who died at ing Ww west 15 today, light Fri-|Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, {at Windsor 90 and 60, St. Thomas|neral Chapel Wednesday, August 85 and 60, London, St. Catharines|15, at 3.30 p.m. Rev. S. C, H. At- and Trenton 80 and 55 {terment followed in the soldiers' | TORONTO (CP) Tempera-|Plot of the Oshawa Union Ceme- y ie : Pallbearers were: Ray Jackson, Weather office at 10.2. m, EDT.: | qian Jackson, Fred Coyston,} Min. Max. (Day) | 71 83 - TO RENT Office on King St. 40 43 1 block from four corners, w" furnished and electric, Airport = 3 WRITE BOX 716 TIMES-GAZETTE City SMALL ARMY, MANY GUERRILLAS show, mid- | army, part of it mechanized, | St. Laurent To Absent Himself From Ottawa Until Next Month reporters { in Northern Quebec |\ mestic science, and in flowers and hobby activities During the past few weeks our buyers have scoured the markets to bring you excep- tional savings during this great Carload Sale. You'll reap $$$$ and $$$$ in savings by shopping at Buehler's this weekend. Remember, supplying you with the FINEST QUALITY MEAT at LOWEST PRICES IS OUR BUSINESS ! TEAKS and ROASTS * SIRLOIN ° WING ° BONELESS RUMP vn. G9: UND "st TIP and a small but efficient air force, some of whose planes are new ones from Czechoslovakia. | Still an effective force is the | camel mounted desert patrol | originally trained by the British. "OSHAWA AND | "DISTRICT BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Cordial * birthday greetings are extended to the following who are celebrating fheir birthdays today: | an M. Wickets, 211 Anderson strget east, Whitby, David Gay, 126 William stipet, and Mrs ank Kirby, 49 Orghardview Blvd. Osh: awa. QNELESS PIRLOIN ROAST LAWN BOWLERS ARRIVE EDMONTON (CP) Twenty- one lawn bowlers from Ontario, contestants in the Dominion bhowl- ing championships to be held in Vancouver Aug. 27-29, Arrived Wednesday PORK ROAST Dressed and Oven Ready SHOULDERS 49° BUTTS 99" parly colleagues as in good health. He began the holiday Aug 3 following an attack of influenza and a dental infection caused by an impacted wisdom tooth. Meanwhile, CCF leader J. Coldwell, who plans to visit | friends in Britain and possibly | visit the continent, is en route to the United Kingdom aboard the| liner Empress of Britain. Social Credit leader Solon Low plans a fall trip to Western Can- ada and a summer vacation ab his Ottawa home. 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