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i) : eh, Rel fo ab be &. hi FIRST SOD TURNED FOR LOW-RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT rental housing project. Located | and consist of 41 apartments. east of Wilson Rd. and north of | Caught by the camera as Mr. King St., overlooking the west | Halliday turned the sod are, branch of the Harmony creek, | from left: Ernest Brooks, W. the three, two-storey buildings { F. Lindsay, president of the be completely fireproof ' Oshawa Housing Co.; Douglas A memorable ceremony was | held Friday afternoon when | Ex-Alderman Rae Halliday, | vice-president of the Oshawa Housing Co., Litd., turned the | first sod for the city's low- | will 16-Year-Old Girl Admits Drank Half Bottle Of Gin In what Magistrate F. S. Ebbs finished it." The statement added (however, be charged under the described as "a case within a|that the liquor, and the car, be- female refugees act, and be sen- case", a 16-year-old Oshawa girl longed to a brother of the ac- tenced to an indefinite term in Friday 'admitted drinking over cused, Mercer reformatory. half a bottle of dry gin, stating! Crown Attorney Alex C. Hall, "That is not quite such a pleas that this was not the first time QC, called the girl to the stand, ant place,' she had been drinking. : | where she smilingly admitted Caroline Warden, 25 of Noa drinking the liquor. Oshawa, made the admission Qur-| pon, this point, the attention|is an awful lot of this going on, ing the trial of Pavia Robert Pit fof the court was focused on fhe and it is hard to geal with, Head: * ' lot tre | girl. Her mother testified that the strong teenagers defying author- Shizrge of supplying liquor * girls father is working in the ity." "i . ... |Maritimes, the former family| Turning to Pitman, Detective Jom Poyell of At home, and that the girl is "'very ship registered convictio police, Jestitie oa ag. to th difficult -- she seems bent on de-| asked: "How old are youX' Be onary to stroying herself." | "Eighteen," Pitman replied. cated". He said that she had| Rev. Victor Collins, the fam-| "Then you are under age too, been found with the accused who ily's pastor, testified that he had | the Magistrate noted. "You have had a "mickey" of liquor in his| tried to help the Warden girl, but no business drinking either. a "mickey a ®lto no avail "she seems quite de-| Fining Pitman $100 and costs, earl, | termined to go her own way," he with the alternative. of a month STATEMENT READ | said. The detective read a statement |, > NG by the accused, in which he ad- NO REPLY FORTHCOMING His Wor then [this will be sufficient to deter Magi Ebb kid the gi [You and others, in jhe fare, 3 i icking the girl up, and| Magistrate Ebbs aske: e girl you were a little older, I wou ed Bh a patti it ib she|why she disregarded the advice not hesitate to sentence you to a had taken the liquor from the Of her mother and pastor, but re- month or even three months in glove-box of the car, with his per-|ceived no reply. | jail. There is far too much of this mission, and drank half of it. "I drank about a third of the bottle," [past the age when you can be are far too many bootleggers sell- the statement went on, "then she!sent to industrial school. You can, /ing liquor to minors. , would help our older citizens. It is pleasure to see these plans ma- terialize. It gives me much pleas-| ure to turn the first sod," he said, | Kashul, 50, |in jail, His Worship said: "I hope, | Miller, Jr., head of the Miller | Construction Co., general con- tractors; Owen D. Friend, company director; Herbert Chesebrough, head of the city welfare department; His Wor- ship Mayor W. John Naylor; Rae Halliday Rotarians Plan Friendship Day Officiates AtCeremony A ceremony looked forward to over a period of four years was held Friday afternoon when the chairman of the Oshawa Housing Co., Ltd. Attending the ceremony, at the | road and north of King street, overlooking the west the Harmony Creek, was attend- ed by officers of the Oshawa Housing Co., Ltd., which is build- ing the units; Mr. Rounthwaite, {senior partner of the firm of Rounthwaite and Fairfield, To- ironto architects; Douglas Miller, |civie officials and several of the lold age pensioners who are in- |terested in the project. | W. F. Lindsay, president of the|Jack English, Jim Flett, |Oshawa Housing Co., Ltd., re- |called that the idea for the 41 [vided in the three, two-storey buildings, was conceived by Mr. | Halliday during his term in coun-| INFORMAL LUNCHEON cil four years ago. He expressed pleasure that the undertaking, which had been beset by so many difficulties, was about to become a reality. His Worship Mayor W. John Naylor, in introducing Mr, Hall day, felt that the housing units be most helpful to the city's elder citizens. He com- mented that Mr. Halliday was one of those who had been in- strumental in giving impetus to the idea for the project. He voiced praise of the energy which Mr. Halliday had given to the de- velopment and fruition of the plans, In turn Mr. Halliday thanked Mayor Naylor and the members of the board of directors for the support they had accorded his original idea during the planning stages. branch of ranged Albert C. Love, company di- rector; Arthur Hatch, Cleve | Halliday and Mr. Rounthwaite, senior partner, Rounthwaite and Fairfield, Toronto archi- tects, who drew the plans. | Times-Gazette Photo | A large gathering of Rotary {Club members from many of the 40 clubs in the 77th District of Rotary International are ex- rected to attend the Friendship Day being sponsored by the Ro- : ' interjected the Crown. first sod for the new low-rental tary Club of Oshawa on Monday, Sending the girl from the stand, housing project was turned by Sept. 16. g : His Worship commented: "There! Ex-Aldermar Rae Halliday, vice This event has always been popular not only with local Ro- tarians but also with the mem- {bers of clubs throughout this isite of the project, east of Wilson |section of the province. An ela- |borate program has been ar- and the opportunity for promotion of new friendships for fellowship among members of the service clubs will be to the fore. The committee in charge of [the planning for the event is | headed by Mervyn Cryderman. , the contractor; a number of|Other members of the commit-| Austin, Jack Bid- Bradley, Tom| Edmondson, | {tee are Bill dulph, Dobbie, Bruce Byron L. W.| Geikie, Al. Hartshorn, | Phillips, | McConkey, Dr. John He then warned "You are mow sort of thing going on, and there} cing units, which will be pro-| Newton Richards, Charles World|C Pp |and Jack Lowry. Rotarian George Fletcher, chairman of the fellowship com- mittee, will be on hand at Hotel Wenosha at 10 am. to welcome and register the guests, During the noon hour there will be an i-|informal luncheon at the hotel{golf and lawn bowling tourna- which will be attended by mem- New Re Only 165 Words OTTAWA (CP) -- A simply: phrased press release of 165 words announced former prime resigning as Liberal leader. M Retirement Speech | Lieut.-Col. F. S. Wotton, com- manding officer of Ontario Regi- Friday night announced minister St. Laurent's intention of {he appointment of Major M. C. Finley, as second-in-command of His pred . King, outlined his plan to relin-| quish the leadership in a speech | of several thousand words at a| dinner here of the National Lib-| eral Federation's advisory coun cil, attended by more than 800 The 73-year-old prime minist- er's speech on that Jan. 20, 1948, outlined the reasons why "selec- tion of a new leader of our party should not be further delayed." He urged calling a national con- vention for that purpose in the summer of that year. Mr. St. Laurent, 75, said that in the light of medical advice he concluded he no longer has the vigor and energy required to lead the Liberal party through a gen- e r . Major Finley will serve in the post for _one year, following which period, it is expected, he will succeed Col. Wotton as com- anding officer. The appoints ment to second-in-command went into effect with Col. Wotton's an- party supporters. {nouncement. Notice of the appointment was . made at the Officers' Mess Din- ner held in the Armories. Major war with the rank of Lieut.-Col., voluntarily reverts to major for duration of his new appointment. . In making the announcement, Col. Wotton reviewed his own term as Ontario's Commander. He explained that this training period, about to commence, eral election campaign. He of- fered to serve until a successor is chosen at a convention "which will, no doubt, soon be held." | bers of the local club and their| guests. | The sports clude golf at the Oshawa Golf Club from 10 am. to 4 p.m. and lawn bowling at the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club from 1.30 p.m. Last year the Toronto Ro- tary Club won the Ed. Storie Trophy for golf and are out to retain their honors. The Toronto club also won the lawn bowling trophy donated by Tom Dobbie a year ago. For those not interested in rn program will in- marks the start of his final year as commander. Speaking warmly of Major Fin- ley's immediate predecessor, Col. Wotton said: PRAIRIE FOR. WARNICA "I must say at the outset how much impressed I have been with the work of Major J. R. Warnica ---- until this moment, Regimental 2 I-C. He has done splendid work in this post -- and as well, his additional duties as Regimental Training Officer, have been carried out in a high- y commendatory fashion, within the past two years, com- pleted a staff course qualifying him for command of the regi- ment, It would seem natural then {that Major Warnica should suc- ceed. 'However, this officer feels he has been accelerated to his pres- jent rank and qualifications {through various senior officer re. tirements of recent years. "To put it bluntly," Col. Wot- sports, tours of Pedlar People|ton continued, "Major Warnica Limited and Houdaille Industries js in no hurry to be kicked up. plants and the National Stud Farm have been arranged. PARKWOOD RECEPTION Should the weather be inclem- ent the visitors may avail them- selves of the opportunity of at- tending the Regent Theatre. One of the highlights of the ception at Parkwood, the resi- dence of the Honorary Rotarian, Sol. R. S. McLaughlin, at 5 .m, Here the visitors and mem- bers of the local club will be privileged to tour the beautiful grounds with their wealth of tloral beds. ; / The day will close with a din- ner and entertainment at Hotel Genosha commencing at 5.80 p.m. when the prizes won in the ments will be plesented. Local Woman Bootlegger Is Fined $200 | Speaking before sentence was given in a bootlegging case | Friday, Crown Attorney Alex C. | Hall, QC, told Magistrate F. S. Ebbs: "1 suggest Your Worship should skim the cream off this | business, otherwise the fine And Costs | Kashul, who, he said, has been a resident of Oshawa since 1909. He added that Mr. Kashul has no record, and that this was the first time Mrs. Kashul had been | charged. Crown Attorney Hall ecom- "William | stairs." | Major Finley will also 'become {president of the Mess Commit. |tee. Major Warnica will continue ? as training officer. | Col. Wotton announced one pro- : Arthur * {motion last night. Lt. |Martin has been promoted to |Captain. The CO described the John|day's program will be the re-|promotion as "well deserved". |22 YEARS' SERVICE Major Finley is a veteran of 2 years with The Ontarios. He enlisted in the unit in 1935 as ley's first job was in this city when he went to work at what was then called the West Plant of General Motors. then only 20 years old, had been studying civil engineering at the University of Toronto. Coming to Oshawa represented a turning point in his life, He had been forced, after two-and-one-half years of study, to leave school, He recalls: "I ran out of money. I just could not finance further THE DAILY TIMES-GAZEYTE, Soturday, September 7, 1957 3 Finley, who was discharged to | supplementary reserve after the . Just a year before, the officer, | As Second In Command LT.-COL. "Further, Major Warnica has, §& MAJOR J. R. WARNICA MILITARY education with money earned dur. ing the summer months in those eally, jean '30's." enty years later, Major Fin ley received his graduation dip- loma in an arts course from the school he'd had to leave through lack of funds. At his graduation were his wife and two children. Re graduated from Varsity in In that 20-year interval between his two leave-takings from the university, a great many things happened in a "life" Major Fine ley says he "'wouldn't have miss- ed for all the world", POSTED TO CAMP BORDEN The very first high-point was 4 his marriage in 1936 to : from his town of Lindsay Anderson Ross. Then when The Ontarios were mobilized in 1939, | Major Finley was qualified for ! lieutenant's rank and he was : posted to Camp Borden in the following year. He was attach to the Armored Fighting Venicis Training Centre under command of Colonel Worthington (now Gen- eral Worthington). In September, 1940, he was posted overseas. In 1941. he was transferred to the First British Armored Division and attached to The Queen's Royal Lancers # with the rank of Captain. It was not long after this post- ing that he returned to Canada, : Camp Borden and the Canadian Armored Corps School. In the summer of 1942 he advanced to the rank of Major and was trans. | ferred to Debert, Nova Scotia, ' for the purpose of introducin, tanks to the Fourth Division. . HEADQUARTERS Still in the summer of '42, he transferred again, this time to the Governor General's Foot Guards, 4th Armored Div. In September he was posted to an armored unit in England and then to Military Headquarters in Lon don." Later he became secretary to a Joint British and Canadian committee called the Armor Fighting Vehicle Users Armed tee. Came the Spring of '44 and the officer was shipped to Oxford and the Officers Training School. It was shortly afterwards that Major Finley was again returned to Camp Borden, this time as a lieutenant-colonel, After being demobilized, L] officer took a job with the Se partment of Education and was made superintendant of Rehab- ilitation Training . for Ontario. The Finley's oldest child, Cam- eron, was born in 1941, Their JouAgest Janet, was born in 1946. OFFICIAL AT RYERSON Major Finley remained with the department of education un- til 1948 when the list of returned men seeking education "petered out". The officer continued on at the school which later became The Ryerson Institute. He held an Deine a 50 hon ant pi pal un en Tebuctied fo Oshawa, he ack in this ci ain, Ma, Finley started hi 2% The Par lar People as assistant general sales manager, a post he still holds. Mr. and Mrs. Finley and their two 'children moved into a new home at 263 Woodlea crescent. CPR Has Option On Local Firm Cornerstone Date Is Set Invitations were sent out this "I have enjoyed planning to) .,,iq be no more than a licence mented at this point 0 " |Kashul is unfortunate in his |choice of wives. His first wife was convicted of bootlegging." Mr. Drynan questioned this, but confirmation came from The accused, Mrs. Apolonia 345 Oshawa Blvd. |S., was fined $200 and costs, or 'POROTHEA A. RICHARDSON MAURICE ALLEN DORIS ELAINE MANN Three Scholarships Here COMING EVENTS an | : : EGYPT HAD FIRST Toronto University Awards osservATORY {two months in jail, Detective Bruce McGregor told the court that on Aug. 18,| SEEKS LENIENCY he had given a plainclothes con-| Requesting leniency, Mr. Dry- stable a marked $5 bill, and nan explained that the Kashuls sent him to the Kashul home to/have little money, and that Mr. buy liquor. 'He bought 12 pints Kashul is drawing the old age ale" the officer went on,|pension. : nt brought back $1 change." | To this Mr. Hall replied, "The I police felt they had reason to FOUND LIQUOR search this house. They had He said that Police Chief Herbert Flintoff, Earliest known building erected for astronomical pur- poses is the observatory at Alexandria, Egypt, built in 300 BC by Ptolemy Softer. You needn't be an astron- omer to observe the stellar performances of The Times- Gazette Classified Ads. Just dial RA 3-3492 and order one to fill some need for you. he had then reason to keep it under observa searched the premises and found|tion. When the house was search- 11 pints of beer, three bottles of|ed, they found liquor, and four liquor, and a bottle of wine. He| customers." said that four men were found! Passing sentence, His Wor- in the residence, and that the|ghip said, "I believe this woman Examinations in June of this year three Grade 12 pupils at the THE CLOSING OF CON- NAUGHT PARK ' Association |Oshawa Collegiate and Vocation- jal Institute have been awarded {scholarships by the University of Toronto, | Maurice Gene Allen, aged 13, ri |son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Allen, Will Te reid on Fritioy, Sept. {260 Punshon avenue, has won the Child ho hn lost thei |Special J. S. McLean Scholarship | Children who have lost their gn. general proficiency. He will junior membership cards |guqy ancient near-eastern please come to the clubhouse with a parent between 7 ond 9 p.m. any evening to Sept. 12th to have junior member- | ship replaced. No member- | ship will be given to children guages without parents, and no mem- sity College. | Miss Doris Elaine Mann, aged | berships will be given out on Friday, Sept. 13th. {the Upper School Departmental BINGO | Connaught Park @oronation Orange Temple SAT. SEPT. 7, 8 p.m 4 $40 Jackpots to go. 1 $150 Special to go. 209b BILLY GRAHAM'S newest | film "Fire on the Heather" | in color on wide screen Sunday, September 8th ot 8:45 p.m, Royal Theatre, Bowmanville Pree admission, Everyone | Welcome | Aug.31 Sept. 4,7 | Monster B N ( 0 [sity's Victoria College. 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |] {Earl Mann, 303 Golf street, has) {been awarded the Elizabeth Ann 209c| Miss Dorothea Anne Richard jj {. and Mrs. Donald Richardson, | {modern languages. | | Both girls will continue their|City police told the court that on : 2 | inguistic studies at the univer. that date he had stopped an Osh-| reached the North | awa taxi, driven by the accused. | A Y h | On searching it, he found a bottle|the Airy, was written by Moira last 140 miles to the pole, says of whisky under the front seat. Had Liquor went ceases | Driver Fined torney Magistrate F. 8. |Highet Memorial Scholarship in| npiver Ronald Mervyn Bean, {modern languages. | guilty son, also aged 18, daughter of residence 564 Mary street, won the Flor- bottle of whisky under the seat of . : o |ence Warner Lang Scholarship in|the taxi he was driving Aug. 31 the Canadian Arctic no liquor permit marked $5 bill was recovered|js only bearing the brunt of this from Mrs. Kashul. charge. I think she was just un- Speaking on behalf of Mrs. fortunate that she happend to Kashul, Defence Counsel George be home by herself at the K. Drynan told the court that|time." He declared the Kashul she is the second wife of William'home a public place for a year. Peary's North Pole Trip Questioned In Arctic Book lin trying to reach it, and for that |alone he deserves thanks." | Canadian Arctic experts have A new book on jong questioned privately whether ; questions Peary ever reached the North whether Admiral Robert E.|pgle but have said it would be ""This is the second case of this ature within a week", Crown At- Alex C. Hall, QC, told Ebbs, when of Bowmanville, pleaded to a charge of having quor in a place other than his] By DAVE McINTOSH Canadian Press Staff Writer Bean admitted that he had a OTTAWA (CP) Detective Bruce McGregor of Stanley Smith, of Smith Trans- tensive facilities and experience Week by the Oshawa Board of port Ltd., the giant trucking firm of Smith Transport to co-ordin-| Education for the ceremony as- which began in Oshawa, con-| ate rail and road services under|So¢iated with the laying of the firmed today that Canadian Pa-|a common management and to| Cornerstone of fhe new Dr. F. J. cific Railway holds an option to|provide a more efficient transpor-| Donevan Collegiate Institute fh buy majority stock of Smithgons|tation service. (Harmony. Holding Ltd., a holding company| Smith Transport, with more, The stone of the new building for Smith Transport and its af-{than 2,000 trucks on the road, js| named after one of the veteran filiated companies, {one of the biggest trucking oper} embers of the hoard of former Smith has filed an application] ations on the continent. With head Yoo" Sar" rederal mmingiiar to sell with the Quebec Trans- office in Toronto it has branches| ¢ 1apor at 3 pm. on Fi da portation Board. |across Canada and in New York| gent, 27 Pn. ¥ | He said: 'This will make no|Stafe. ° | special speaker will be i Es The differnce to the running of the| Canadian Pacific long has ini firm in Oshawa. It is aves a|been active in road transport in| Citi acy oy case "of control passing over to|Western Canada, Mr. Crump said, of education. CPR". |and this latest development with| While no price is mentioned, | Smith Transport, if carried a figure of $50 million was men-| through will allow the company u 0 Hear tioned as probable price for con-|to provide, throughout its rail-| trol of Canada's biggest trucking|Way system, more efficient and concern. flexible service to meet rapidly ports Panel The application to sell involves changing conditions. control of all of the Smith Com-|EXPAND YARD A panel of guests from the pany's road transport and other Earlier this summer the CPR National Hockey League and the operations with the exception of expanded its John street yard Argonaut Football Club of Toron- H. Smith Transport Co., which facilities in Toronto for handling to will feature the meeting of the operates. principally in Quebec Of 'Piggy back" truck trailer ser- Rotary Club of Oshawa, at Hotel province. Control of this company | vice. This plan, which provides Genosha, on Monday. will remain with the present own railroad flat car carriage be.| The speaker at the luncheon ers. [tween cities for truck hauled wi be red Sgampati, yell semi-trailers was nown radio and television s| JOINT STATEMENT [month to include carriage of Commentator, who for a number An announcement 'was made! trail of private carriers. |Of years has officiated as a ref- Friday jointly by N. R. Crump, -- -- em. [cree and umpire in the Inter. president of CPR, and S. P.| 2 | collegiate Football League. Smith, president of Smith Trane PRINCE IS ILL | During the meeting #r. Sgam~ 4 5 BOSTON (AP' -- Prince Alex- bati will conduct a panel discus. port. andre, 15-year-old son of former sion on hockey and footb : § ar- S $ 3 all, My Crump stated that if the King Leopold of Belgium, will be! Among the members of the ser- application is approved, and if operated on for a heart condition vice club at the head table will the option js exercised, it is the Sept, 10 at Children's Hospital, a be Wally Wilson, Roy Day, Hugh intention of CPR to use the ex-|hospital spokesman said Friday. Gorrie and "Army" Armstrong. Peary of the U.S, Navy ever pointless to try to make an issue Pole. |of it. The book, Arctic Canada from| Peary was accompanied the {Dunbar of the Defence Research|the Encyclopaedia, by Matthew He said that the accused had |Board's geophysics section and|Henson, his Nova Scotian Negro and that Bean|Wing Cmdr. Keith R. Greenaway servant, and four Eskimos. 12 KING ST. EAST Buehler' had admitted that he got the of the RCAF, one of the world's | Peary claimed to have reached gimental Official Named Major M.C. Finley Name | liquor from an "out-of-town-boot- {foremost polar aerial navigators. | the pole April 6, 1909. Arctic ex- legger"'. "We believe he was|It is published by the Queen's |perts have since said they believe | going to dispose of the whisky", |Printer. | it would havé been impossible for SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Kingston Man Meat Specials! Monday Only! 'Dies At 84 $300 IN PRIZES | CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CP)--Da- 20 Games and vid Ovens, 84-year-old philanthro- ti Share the Wealth | pist native of Kingston, Ont., col- lapsed and died Friday Ovens, patron of the arts and|B ey's Department Store here, col-| ~ lapsed after addressing buyers|yac named 'Man of 'the South" and managers at the store SAINT GREGORY AUDITORIUM |e, came, Gute, SIMCOE STREET NORTH |B. Ivey in 1904 and during the|a ing retail establishments During his career he became|Sa Retail brother, Admission 50 Cents | president of the National | Drygoods Association in 1934-35, 0: {the detective concluded. minutes| ge {after making a speech. Magistrate vice-chairman of the board of Iv-jmonth in {next half-century they built the|[1950 he firm into one of the South's lead- mostly to colleges and hospitals. however. : ¢ The book says at one. point: |Peary to cover 140 miles in five Bean did not question the detec-| «pt was from Cape Columbia] days over the ice and at a time ve's testimony {that in 1909 he (Peary) at last|0f vear when there was only a We had 3 came the very Same | claimed to have reached the pole. few hours' daylight each day. Eve. said. firing Just before his ret, Jonerer, DS R > "la claim was made by Dr, Fred- ean $30, Yith the option of Alerick A. Cook (of Britain) that . _{he had reached the pole a year earlier from Axel Heiberg Island "There were many inconsisten he same year cies about Cook's story and in Ha was known locally as a man|the very heated controversy that who gives most of his moneyifollowed his claim was finally dis- |, . z h way." During a brief period inlcredited and Peary's llowea are. laving plans for their park gave away $580,000,| 'Controversy still surrounds them. oe "ac Wo be mid ot 6 | 53 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, The question can of 3 i Survivors include a sister, Missicourse never be settled beyond SL 8 Toren: mesting of She as: ra Ovens of Kingston, and a|doubt and it is really of little im-/g merry-go-round Bge well Ye Henry Ovens of Bruce,portance. Even if Peary did 'not bingo and other booths : nt. Ovens married Margaret Al-|in fact reach the pole, he at least! Free treats will be given to Park Planning For Closing The members of the Connaught Park Neighborhood Association Aug.9,10,23,24,5ept.6,7,20,21 and was elected "Mr. Retailer of len of Kingston. She died about/put an end to the terrible waste children holding junior member- hv that eraanization. He lfoew manths ace | money and energy expended shin eards. 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