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i AY . a pe YOUTHFUL BOY SCOUTS SPE 'u ND >, ERS eT | GERRY ROSS and Mark Davis, both 13 and members of the 8th Oshawa Scout Troop spent four days camping alone at Camp Samac. They set up two tents -- one for sleep- ing quarters and the other for | storing supplies. The boys cooked their own meals. wash- ed dishes in the nearby cicek and spent most of the | time exploring the camp grounds. In the picture, upper | {Is Condu A two-week Vacation Bible School at Calvary Baptist Church held its closing session Friday with a picnic and treat for the children and the giving out of certificates. Average |daily attendance was 311 and the total enrolment 442. Eight departments were provided ranging in age from 3 to 15 years. The school was directed by Mrs. P. Taylor assisted by [Mrs. W. Mills. Theme of the study courses was "Living. by God's Time" as outlined by | Scripture Press. Appropriate |songs and handwork accompan- lied the Bible lessons. Parents and friends gathered % on Thursday evening for a pro- +» (gram based on material learn- "= led in the morning classes. While . Mosquitoes Taste WASHINGTON--Hungry mos- quitoes will bite a warm bil- liard ball, but they prefer peo- ple. And they prefer some people to others. Department of Agri- culture entomologists have quently attack others. Researchers have everything from folklore Scientists Ponder found that mosquitoes seldom bite certain individuals, but fre- studied| same cigar, however, would not|vided he stopped breathing. Ex-| to deter a swarm of mosquitoes. metabolism in an effort to dis- cover why mosquitoes are fin-imoisture apparéntly are the 9Y {the pianist, Miss Audrey Hurl g/bert, played Onward Christian | icky in their biting habils, the| a} Sul sory ovRbsows wi Soldiers, the children marched Nationa Geographic Society!sects generally are atiracte gy Braphic BOCIELY| more to dark than light colors.|to their places, and the proces. i Thin persons are favored tar-|Sional was made more colorful REPELLED BY CIGARS gets because they have a higher|in the younger departments by The man who says mosquitoes| metabolic rate and release more|the Searing of bats an] crowns never bother him because he heat than others. {which they had made. The pro. smokes cigars is right -- up to| One entomologist : a point. A pungent cigar may|that a pale, motionless man in| repel a stray mosquito buzzing|a white suit could avoid all an-| around a screened porch. The noyance from mosquitoes pro- the British and Christian flags and the Bible. Rev. W. N. Aitken, pastor of the church, who was chairman haled breath contains carbon di-|/of the evening, welcomed the oxide, which is catnip to mos-| the audience as did also the chil- Carbon dioxide, warmth, and itoes. dren in a song. After the older ey STUDENT MILITIA LEARN FIRST AID Fifty members of the On- | wounded tario Regiment Student iMlitia started on 'a first aid course Thursday. Art Forsythe in- structor, is seen kneeling, left Major A Nichols. When as he explained first aid pro- | the 20-hour course is com- "ficiency in the care of the | pleted the students will write At right, kneeling over a mock victim of a gun- | shot wound (Trooper Platt), is Assistant Instructor Sat Ww ---- | Mosquitoes demand the departments sang The as 773 amount of carbon dioxide given|theme song, "'God's Clock, e iloff in breathing no more.|Grade 1 rhythm band direeted {| One researcher found that dum-|by Debbie Pigden delighted the mies drenched in the gas had no|audience with several numbers. When! A brief account of school activi-| ties was read by Maaike Smits. Each department then pre: mos-|sented a few songs and verses| their morning lessons as] Nursery under the di-| appeal for some species the gas was exhaled mechani- cally at a normal breathing 4 rate, the figures drew quitoes In another experiment, a man follows: was placed in a small room rection of Mrs. R. Watson; Be- with three dummies and 300|ginners -- Pre-school, Mrs. S.| mosquitoes. He ten, Mrs a lightweight diving : kept water vapor, carbon di-|Primary -- Grade 1, oxide, and other gdses from es-| Westlake; Grade II, Mrs. R caping. His breath was drawn|Jeffery; Grade III, Mrs. V. outside the room through a hose.|Henkelman. The large Junior| The mosquitoes apparently department taught by Mrs, A. could tell no difference between Hooper and Mr. E. Winter de-| the man and the dummies. scribed different types of clocks,| When carbon dioxide was dis-jand Rev. W. N. Aitken's and charged above the man's head,|Mr. C. English's Intermediates however, he attracted more presented their lessons in skit] mosquitoes. The pests also were form. Handwork for the older lured when an ordinary cloth departments was planned and suit was put over the diving!/taught by Mrs. B. Nichols. suit. Highlight of the evening was "| TASTES OF SPECIES VARY [the presentation of a corsage Species vary in their favorite 2nd a mantel clock to the direc-| > dd or, Mrs. P. Taylor, in recog-| biting targets. Aedes aegypti, | ion of 23 vears of servic the dreaded vellow fever car- L 44 years 0. Service in rier. prefers the body, while this Daily Vacation Bible School. | Aedes taeniorhynchus is lured to] MI R. : Watson, superintendent; the face, The variation indicates|°f the Sunday School, made the that certain species of mos. Presentation. assisted by Miss) |quitoes may be attracted to | man and animals for ditereni BHR ROC" PONIES STAGE COMEBACK A Filipino experimenter found #0 that subjects who ate bananas| bappealed to mosquitoes. The in- sects apparently crave ' two A new wave of popularity chemicals found in the fruit as| is evident for the Shetland well as in blood, and are equip-| pony and the borro. More registered Shetlands are . owned in (he nation than ever before, while many | ped with sensitive detectors that| youngsters are demanding |enable them to sniff out faint| |banana odors in perspiration that dad buy a Mexican burro as a pet ' from vi Sui that E. Woods and Mrs. G. Lewis; Mrs. C. a exams for St. John Ambulance Brigade first aid certificates. Instructor Forsythe, who is supervising the course, is a member of the Oshawa Fire Department ~Oshawa Times Photo Only female mosquitoes bite. | |An entomologist describes 'the| {male of most species 8s "an in offensive little insect whose die is nectar and about whose only| Bul It Something smaller function is propagatson" the ey Pave in Jing Females of many species need Right" Py , ne Jus blood to enable their eggs to| "8 "poe or yor family mature, and they have a diabol-| Osh os Jor Sal? in Je ically efficient system of getting| hry T ines dk siass] ied it. Equipped with a complex, | ification $58 ae 10 class. | sharp proboscis that holds six| ion J right now piercing organs, a female mos- quito can easily drill throughiitch that accompanies the bite! the skin of her prey until aland transmits any disease the canillary is reached insect may be carrying. A The female then injects a strong suction pump at the head saliva that breaks down the of the large proboscis tube then| blood. The fluid also causes the|draws up the thinned blood, | Fhe Osha Sones PAGE NINE /|SECOND SECTION SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1961 Quebec Students Due Here Monday Bible School 1 1 left, the boys are seen carry- ing water from* the creek, while upper right they display their culinary skill in pre- paring an early breakfast on their first day at camp. In the lower picture Mark, left and Gerry, right, set up their tent. They dug a ditch all around the tent in the event it rained. The young scouters en- joyed their stay so much that they hope to do it again soon. cted Audrey Hurlbert who spoke on behalf of past pupils of the school, and Mr. V. Henkelman who represented the parents. Both voiced appreciation of Mrs. Taylor's fine work in training young people for Christ through the school. 'Miss Hurl- bert is a missionary on furlough from Nigeria. Mrs. Taylor re- plied briefly, thanking God for His strength and direction, and her husband for his faithful assistance. Awards made to outstanding pupils in the various depart- ments went to the following: Nancy Rozema, Robert Hooper, Dorothy Pallant, Craig Mac- Leod, Ronnie French, Trixie Molenaar, Wilhelmina Smiths, David Westlake, Maaike Smits, Duncan Adams, Mary Henkel- man. In the drive for new mem- bers, known as the 'fishing' contest, Kathy Seeley and Jill Stacey won goldfish for their efforts. The secretarial staff consisted of Mrs. W. Lane, Mrs. observed| gram opened with recognition of McGhee, Mrs. G. Ferguson, | and Mrs. W. N. Aitken. Twenty-one French Canadian students from four Quebec prov- ince cities will visit Oshawa Monday for two weeks in city homes as guests of local stu- dents. : Twelve girls and nine boys from Alma, Arvida, Kenogami and Jonquiere will be welcomed Monday at the CNR station by Junior Chamber of Commerce representatives who have some interesting tours lined up for the visitors. Arrival time is 5:08 p.m, DT. A civic reception will be held { (Monday night at the South End Restaurant, followed by dinner and dancing. On July 19, the stu- dents will tour the Oshawa Shop- ping Centre. One week from today, thejlotte Racine, 109 rue King group will travel by bus to George, Kenogami, P.Q.; Chris~ Niagara Falls. Wednesday, July|tiane Cote, 418 boulevard Cen- 26, the visitors will have a tenaire, Jonquiere, P.Q.; Gil. wiener roast at Geneva Park. |berte Tremblay, 510 rue du Names and addresses of the Pont, Alma, P.Q.; visiting students follow: Gaston Girard, 307 rue Deau- Annette LaPointe, 833 Ouest|ville, Arvida, P.Q.; Ghislain rue Phillippe, Alma, P.Q.; Alice Savard, 155 rue St. Pierre, Jon- Ferraris, 175 rue St. Denis, quiere, P.Q.; Ronald Landy, Arvida, P.Q.; Lise Audet, 57 rue|47 rue Fortier, Kenogami, P.Q.; St. Louis, Kenogami, P.Q.;|Miville Tremblay, 343 boulevard Louiselle Bouchard, 462 rue Le- Lamarche, Arvida, P.Q.; Ronald vasseur, Alma, P.Q.; Jacqueline Voyer, 417 rue St. Patrick, Caron, 23 rue Fortier, Keno-|Arvida, P.Q.; Yves Nerron, 151 gami, P.Q.; Andree Lessard, 88 rue Regina, Arvida, P.Q. rue Cabot, Kenogami, P.Q. | Yvon Bouchard, 104 rue St. Denise LaPointe, 111 rue Nel- Eugene, Jonquiere, P.Q.; Mario |P.Q.; Suzette Vezina, 615 rue son, Jonquiere, P.Q.; Ruth Par-|Marais, 264 boulevard La. ent, 250 rue Bergeron, Arvida, marche, Arvida, P.Q.; Yves Vaillancourt, 241 rue Roberval, Arvida, P.Q. Iberville, Jonquiere, P.Q.; Char- GENERAL MOTORS SALES UP 6 PC General Motors of Canada said today that its sales of first 10 days of July were up 6 per cent over the same period of 1960. Sales were 5,417 units for the most recent 10-day period compared with 5,122 a year ago. It represents the best | average daily selling rate for | this period since 1956. "This latest sales report con- firms the continued strength- | ening of the Canadian auto- mobile market. It also finds | our dealers' inventories at the lowest point for this period in several years," said E. J. Umphrey, vice president and director of sales. cars and trucks during the | To Show Movies At Bandshell 1] ls McLaughlin Bandshell, The Oshawa Film Council will|Walter Branch said the city|that Gi ponsor a film festival] at the was fortunate to have the "al- missed". in Mem- Civic Employee Receives Gifts Councillors and department ambassador to good roads con- heads gathered at Hotel Gen-| ventions". |osha Friday night to pay tribute] "Ojley told me he is always {to Olley Miller's 50 years as a|ready fo serve the city in an |city employee. Mr. Miller re- advisory capacity," disclosed tired two weeks ago as assistant |the alderman, "He will be in {city engineer. {Toronto this week to purchase Mrs. Miller received a large some parts for a city truck." {bouquet of flowers as the couple was celebrating their 35th wed- LONG FRIENDSHIP ; fo pre i | Ald. Finley Dafoe, who has ding anniversary last night. | oO : known Olley for 'close to 40 On behalf of the city, Mayor 8 4 Christine Thomas presented Years", related how Mr. Miller lawn furniture, two garden| always met the public with a |chairs, a table and an umbrella, nile, Help and advice he was lto Mr. Miller in commemora-|3IWays glad to give. |tion of his long tenure with the| "You meet few people in a city. {lifetime like this," said Ald. In past years Mr. Miller has Dafoe. "Fifty years of service purchased all engineering de-|and trust is quite a record. I partment equipment. don't know a better citizen in In a toast to Mrs: Miller, Her| Oshawa." | Worship thanked the couple for| The alderman also paid tribute |""sharing this evening with us to "Mrs. Miller's prominent role land we wish you many more|in her husband's life." years of health and happiness."| Ald. Norman Down said Board of Works chairman,|Olley's greatest compliment was "you're going to be ways co-operative and helpful] The former assistant eity en- orial Park, every Wednesday Olley" on its staff for so long. |evening at dusk. Admission is] Ald. Branch recalled 'our | free. proudest moment whe the Hou, Movies next Wednesday will Fred Cass (Ontario Minister o include "Railroaders," dian Cruise, | Beauty, i dee a | Racing." Bent Sight Spoils Canadian Score By DOUG MARSHALL A new target comes up every Canadian Press Staff Writer [five seconds from the time the BISLEY, England (CP) -- Amen start running. To win, a | battered backsight and a split-|team must clear the target area n Midget and Car Racing," and Royal York Hotel in Toronto. and Stock Car Mr. Miller the city's "unofficial CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their birthdays today and Sun- day Those who celebrate to- day are: Mark Douglas Bul- loch, 180 Kluane avenue; Patricia Bervoorst, 113 Brock street east; Cyril French, 143 Oshawa boule- vard north. Those who Celebrale on Sunday are: Brian Bernier, |second time lag dashed the|within a 75 - second time limit. {hopes of the Canadian army| The Patricias had put their team as the last results of the hopes on their first entry which |Bisley rifle shoot's service rifle/ had trained especially for this | matches became known Friday. event. Unfortunately, their top | One of the two four - man|marksman, Sgt. Ed Zwolak of |entries from the Princess Pa-|Victoria, knocked his backsight |tricia's Canadian Light Infan-|askew climbing over a truck. try placed third in Thursday's/Every one of his 10 shots went spectacular Hamilton Lei gh| wide. Challenge Trophy match, won| The second Canadian entry |1ast year by the Canadian Black|did much better but lost a |Watch team. chance for a first - place tie | The Hamilton Leigh, an at-|\with the British army's Small tempt to reproduce combat con-|Arms School Corps when offi- |dition, demands energy, speedcials ruled they had shot down land accuracy. Competitors |the last target one - fifth of a | must scramble 100 yards across|second after time ran out. [three major obstacles, hit the| The bad luck in the Hamilton i eed. and!Teigh was the elimav of a dis- Ald. Branch arbitrarily named; |gineer spoke briefly. He recall- {ed that he had had the "unique [experience of working in four | different municipal offices." oy |Highways) presented Olley with| He gave the group some ad- i _'"Cana-|, certificate honoring 50 years|vice in the form of a poem en- Power, Light and|,¢ service in the cause of good|titled: "Just a Thought for an * "Abbott and Costello roads" before 2,500 people at the Idle Moment": | Sometime when you're feeling important, | Sometime when your ego's in | bloom, | Sometime when you take it for granted You're the best qualified in the room. Sometime when you feel that your going Would leave an unfillable hole, Just follow these simple in- structions And see how it humbles your soul: Take a bucket and fill it with water; Put your hand in it up to your wrist; Pull it out, and the hole that's remaining Is the measure of how you'll be missed. You may splash all you please when you enter, You can stir up the water galore, But stop, and you'll find in a minute That it looks quite the same as before. The moral example, Is do just the best that you can, Be proud of yourself but re- of this quaint (unng poin shoot down t away. argets 200 yards|appointing series of inaiches for ithe army team. member, INDISPTENSART 7 67 Colborne street east. Olley Miller, seated left, and Mrs. Miller relax on gar- den chairs under shade pro- | vided by the umbrella, both presented minutes before by Mayor Christine Thomas on behalf of the city, as coun- 4 Bx 7 MILLER HONORED | cillors and department heads | couple celebrated their 35th | gathered to pay tribute to a wedding anniversary ast 30-year city employee. Mr. | night. Board of Works chair- . Miller retired June 30 as as- = man Walter Branch, rear left, sistant city engineer. Mrs. "Millers flowers were pre- sented by Her Worship as the END MRS. OLLEY ambassador to any Ontario Good Roads Association con- appointed Olley unofficial city | ventions. Mr. Miller will still serve the city in an advisory capacity. He has been the engineering department's | equipment buyer for some years,