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HER WORSHIP ALMOST HIDDEN -- Store Owner Is Robbed At Gunpoint At 4:55 p.m. Thursday two men walked calmly into Prince Variety Store, 4/4 Prince street, Oshawa, held up the owner at gunpoint, and walked out a cou- ple of moments later $270 richer. James McElroy, 71, the prop- rietor, said that a man walked in, whipped out a pistol which he levelled at Mr. McElroy's stomach. The gunman reached out and removed Mr. McElroy's glasses and said: "This is a stickup". A second gunman wearing dark glasses came in levelled a gun at the elderly man's back, "frisked" his wallet of $70 and removed $200 from a cash regis- WEEDY ARE A ON KING STREET WEST The Oshawa Times SECOND SECTION FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1961 PAGE NINE ter. The two men pushed the stumbling, unseeing proprietor into the back of the store, lifted up the cellar door, and ushered him into the basement. After sealing the door with soft-drink cases, the gunmen fled the store. Sergeant of Detectives Wil- liam Jordon is investigating the armed robbery. Play School Is Popular Event Summer Play School at the Simcoe Hall Settlement House provides summer fun for 120 children up to 12 years old. There seems to be no minimum age as some of the children can- not attend unless they bring their baby brothers and sisters. The youngsters amuse them- selves all day long, under the direction of Miss S. Parker, as- sisted by Miss E. McKnight and Mrs. E. Taylor. Miss Parker be- lieves the children should re- ceive as little supervision as possible. For the most part, they do what they want, when they want. DOLLS POPULAR Take for example the doll cor- ner of the play yard. The chil- dren are content to play for hours with the dolls, teddy bears and little tea sets made avail- able to them. In another play area, slides and a gigantic sand- box are featured. Allover the yard, groups of children can be seen, some play- ing checkers, others doing crafts. Still others are content to sit and read a book from the library at Simcoe Hall. LEARN ENGLISH One group of about eight chil- dren sat huddled together in a corner of the yard, and if an outsider listened very carefully, he could hear a child's voice reading aloud while the other children listened intently. If this same outsider investi- gated further, he would find that many of the children come from homes where little or no English is spoken. This group experience proves valuable to the little tots of pre-school age who would otherwise enter school with a language problem. At 2 p.m. all the children par- ticipate in the special craft for the day. They make pot-holders, macaroni necklaces and do clay modelling. Miss Parker said that the craft is usually chosen such that each child will have something to take home. The main difficulty is selecting a project which will appeal to chil- dren right up to 12 years. PAINT MOULDS The favorite is painting Plas ter of Paris moulds. There are little dogs, owls, cats, Indian heads, dancing girls and camels to choose from. The older chil dren set about to paint these figurines as realistically as pos- sible, while the younger ones are content to "just paint". After the play yard is cleaned up, the children enjoy a cold drink of freshie. The rest of the afternoon is spent singing or story-telling. The summer Play School is jut one part of the program of Simcoe Hall, but to these War Dances Performed At Kedron War dances, tribal yells, In- dian songs and games were features of the Indian Pow Wow held this week by the girls at- tending the Kiwanis Camp at Kedron. The results of the games. fol- low: Indian Wrestling -- Betty-Ann Patterson, Gail Church. Indian Chatterbox--Ginny Kir- by, Janice McPherson. Indian Poison-Pool--Betty-Ann Patterson, Gail Church. Indian 'Pat and Mike--Susan Dupuis, Faye Wilson. Another feature was the judg- ing of costumes in which Paul Hartshorn won the prize for the best costume in camp. Other winners were: Cabin "A"--Sandra Bebee Cabin "B"--Jocelyn Dupuis .Cabin *"C"--Debbie Grant WESLEY J. SALTER Celebrates His 80th Birthday His wide circle of friends are today extending their congratu- lations to Wesley J. Salter, 171 King street east, who is cele- brating his 80th birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Salter are leaving this afternoon to spend the weekend with their son, Wilson Salter, and Mrs. Salter, at Vineland. A native of Darlington Town- ship, Mr. Salter received his early education at SS 8, Darling- ton Township and graduated from the University of Toronto in honor classics in 1905. After a short period of teaching at Pickering College, then situated in Pickering Village ,he was as- sistant headmaster for 10 years and headmaster for six years at Woodstock College. His teaching career of 42 years terminated with a period of 26 years as principal of the St. Catharines Collegiate and Vocational Insti- tute. Mr. Salter has been honored with important posts in the realm of education, fitting trib- ute to his honorable record in the teaching profession. He is a past president and a life mem- CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their birthdays today: Mrs. Irene Morton, 794 Glenforest; Darrell Goert- zen, 65 Charles street; Pat- ricia Bradley, 113 Harmony road north and Colin William Lee, 384 Gibbons street. Phone 723-3474. children it is a very important part. Thank Club For Its Assistance At the meeting of the CRA Teen Club, Thursday night, Wes. Ogden thanked the club for its contribution in making the Penny Fair a success. The group donated prizes for the various games at the fair, and the Teensville Police and members of the council were on duty all evening. Members of the council assisted at the sound track, while the police patrolled the fair grounds. The Teensville police proved a particular help in directing traffic from the CRA parking lot onto Gibb street, after thi fair. / CONTRACT TALKS TO OPEN SOON Contract negotiations be- tween the United Automo- bile Workers and General Motors of Canada Ltd. are slated to begin anytime after Aug. 31, Malcolm Smith, president of Local 222, UAW-CLC, said today. Mr. Smith said it is cus- tomary for the union and company to exchange pro posals during the 30-day period between Aug. 31 and Oct. 1. According to the union president a master agree- ment, covering all plants in Canada, will be hmittad ted and local agree- APPROVES BILL WASHINGTON (AP) -- Con- gress has approved peacetime record $46,622,556,000 defence ap- propriation bill. It includes the extra funds asked by President Kennedy since the Berlin crisis for an immediate buildup of the na- tiop's fighting forces. ments will be submitted by each of the five GM plants in Canada. The Local 222 negotiating committee for the forth- coming contract negotia- tions has not yet been | named. Place of union and | company negotiations has Jailed 30 Days In Theft Case Edwin Francis Mullen, an un- employed transient, was jailed for 30 days in Magistrate's Court Thursday, after pleading guilty to a charge of stealing a $25 brief case from an Oshawa real estate salesman Aug. 8. Realtor William Millar told Magistrate C. W. Guest that after parking his car on Mary street, opposite Hotel Genosha, Oshawa police brought him to identify his property. In written evidence presented by Crown Attorney Bruce Af- fleck, the magistrate was told Grey Coach Agent Herman Peters became suspicious when the accused checked the brief case into the bus terminal. Mr. Peters called the police. Mullen said he didn't reme- ber of the Ontario Educational Association. For 16 years he was a member of the senate of the University of Toronto. He is also a past president of the Ontario Secondary Schools Headmasters' Association. Hé is a member of Oxford Lodge, AF and AM, Woodstock, and an affiliated member of Lebanon Lodge, AF and AM, Oshawa, and received his 50- year jewel last March, He at- tends the meetings of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and is a past president and honorary member of the Rotary Club of St. Cath- arines. Costumes Judged At Girls' Camp The 69 girls attending Kedron Kiwanis Camp held a most suc- | cessful fashion show out of doors |at the camp recently. Following the judging the campers in- jdaiged in outdoor dancing fol- lowed by the nightly snack. The| & results of the judging follow: Beat Bathing Suit -- Debbie Hoskings and Faye Church. Best costume for sports {Marilyn Williamson; Mary Van |{DerMeer and Faye Broome. Best formal gown -- Linda Chappell and Susie Dupuis. Best national costume -- Gin- {ny Kirby and Connie Galea. Most original gown -- Mary Metselaar and Joan Dupont. Least expensive dress -- Lin- da Broome and Diane Vickers. | Best dress for the future -- Gail Church and Angela Otvos. Best old-fashioned gown -- Penny Humphrey and Eleanor Hanna, Best camp costume -- Hil da Metselaar and Georgina Taylor. Funniest costume Bar- bara Patterson, Irene Frobel and Jean Parrott. Best footwear -- Sheila Van DerWalker and Gail Newman. Best jewellery -- Jackie Duff, Gail Church and Gail Newman. Best headdress (hat, etc.) -- Suge Dupuis and Linda Chap- pell. Best all-round costume in camp -- Pamela Arnold and Sheila VanDerWalker. Latins Face Dominican Problem By CLAUDE E. ERBSEN WASHINGTON (AP) -- Latin American diplomats meet here today to decide how best to maintain vigilance over the Do- minican Republic. Dominican exiles want the organization of American states to dispatch a committee to guarantee peaceful democracy on the Caribbean island after 31 years of dictatorship. Latin American diplomats, however, favor a wait-and-see attitude and some believe an OAS watchdog committee would hinder rather than hasten the isiand's political progress. The OAS sent a four - nation committee to the Dominican republic shortly after the May 30 assassination of dictator Ra- fael Trujillo. On its return to Washington the committee noted that Do- minican officials had expressed a desire to lead the country to democracy and free elections. TO TEACH HERE Miss Charlene Flath, West- moreland avenue, graduated from the Toronto Teachers' College this year and will be teaching at Woodcrest Public School beginning in Septem- ber. Charlene is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Flath, Fritters Away Another Chance The Whitby man who, after being found guilty Tuesday of intoxication, and released on sus- pended sentence and probation in care of a Salvation Army major for treatment in the Har- bor Light Institute for Alco- holics, two hours later was found drunk, drew a 30-day jail sen- tence from Magistrate C. Guest Thursday. The magistrate told Stanley Clay, 52, of 192 Loupen drive: "I made a mistake in allowing you out in Major Simpson's charge. You should have gone to jail then, Perhaps the major will meet you at the gate of the jail this time with a dog chain and collar." In Magistrate's Court Tues- day, Major C. Simpson said Clay had asked to attend the insti- tute, and he had agreed because he wanted to give the man "'one more chance". Drives Smoky Auto To Main Fire Hall When J. Wolosewich, 849 Sylvia street, discovered, while driving his car early today, that he had a fire under his front seat, he look the fire to the Oshawa Fire Department. Upon arrival at the depart- ment's Simoe street north sta- tion, he called out firefighters to his smoking vehicle. Damage to the vehicle has not been esti- mated, but is believed slight. The Oshawa Fire Department fought a house fire at 107 Brock street east, early Thursday eve- ning. No estimate of damage has yet been made. J itis a he returned after a couple of| § hours and drove off without| § noticing his loss. A call from|} ber checking the bag into the terminal. The accused also told| the magistrate that apart from katchewan he hadn't worked not yet been set. a couple of weeks work in Sas. | "for quite a while". = 48 a MAKING THE DRAW to decide the winner of the grand prize in the "Fix-The- Mix-Up" Contest, which has been running in The Oshawa LAINE 3 dg ad FOLONTE Times in recent weeks, is Ald. R. Cecil Bint. He is as- sisted by Mrs. Helen Trott, an employee of the newspaper. The winner of the grand prize WEED--troublesome, obnoxi- ous growth; economically use- less; of unsightly appearance. These are cold, impersonal dic- tionary definitions describing the pests of the plant world. But the subject is becoming a hot one around city hall. Armed with the provincial Weed Control Act in one hand, a gallon of the latest chemical weed spray in the other, and a pair of wicked looking shears tucked casually under one arm, ers. Now, who would want to grow weeds? TOUR WEED AREAS Well, vately - owned, choked with head-high weeds. To prove her charges, the mayor invited a reporter-photographer team from The Oshawa Times to accompany her on a tour of Oshawa's weed '"'gardens." those persons who have always wanted that "green thumb' abil- ity to grow things: buy a lot w. anywhere in the city and forget about it for a year. Pray for a wet spring with plenty of drench- Mayor Christine Thomas is on the warpath against weed grow- says Mayor Thomas, dotted" about the city are pri- undeveloped lands, some of "them literally I now have the answer for % ing rain, just like the spring and summer we have had here. Return in the late summer and stand proudly before the luxuriant, rank, jungle-like growth of useless green stuff burgeoning in "your" garden. And start looking for the mail- man to bring you a notice giv- ing you seven days to have your weeds out, or have the city do it for you. These undeveloped lands with: in the city limits range from single lots smack in the middle of well-groomed residential areas to large tracts of sub- division land. FORGET RESPONSIBILITIES Apparently, some city land owners think all they have.to do is pay taxes on these vacant lands. But they forget about bor's carefully manicured lot. And they forget about the Weed Control Act. Under this Act, the city may act on a complaint or a report from its two weed inspectors: Joseph Wood, who is also city yard superintendent, and Bruce Nugent. OWNER MUST PAY The "weed grower" is given their moral responsibilities as a citizen; they forget about their weed seed blowing onto a neigh- MAYOR AND OSHAWA TIMES REPORTER EXAMINE RAGWEED Wet Spring Adds To City Hall Troubles seven days to make arrange. ments and have his weeds cut. Then the city may move in and do the job. The owner is billed; if he does not pay, the cost is pdded to his next year's tax "But with our limited staff, we can't always act as prompt. ly as we would like to," points out City Engineer Fred Crome. For the last two weeks a city crew of 10 men equipped with scythes assisted by three mow- ers and their operators have been neglecting city lands and boulevards in an attempt to clean up privately-owned lands. "The city must look after its own properties first," empha- sized Mr. Crome. "This could raise the cost to the property owner because of forced over- time for the cit n MANY COMPLAINTS Excessive rain this year has definitely added weed " Mayor Thomas says she has had many, many calls of complaint. Mr. Crome says lately owm- ers seem to be "more reluctant" to keep their properties clear of weeds and they "sit back and let the city do it." He says he has noticed this trend in the last few years but can give no ex- planation for it. Levy $100 Fine In Fraud Case Howard J. Higgins, Fernhill boulevard, Oshawa, was fined $100 or 40 days in jail in Magistrate's Court Thurs- day, after pleading guilty to making four false statements to defraud the Unemployment In- surance Fund of $99. Magis- trate C. W. Guest set the fine at $25 on each count with a 10- day jail sentence to run con- secutively. The magistrate heard the accused made the four fa'se claims in March, 1961, that month. In this period Hig- gins earned $228 yet received $99 in unemployment benefits. Of this amount, $66 has since been recovered. of 98 with reference to a period worked in FEW ANSWER Poll Tax Of the 75 poll tax defaulters whose names were called in Oshawa Magistrate's Court Thursday, only three answered the clarion call of the court clerk. Of these, one case was dismissed, one adjourned and one person was convicted of failure to pay the $10 assessed against him for this year. Assistant Tax Collector Wil- liam Morrison told The Oshawa Times that some of those being prosecuted have perhaps paid, a few will have to provide proof of exemption, and others will be prodded to pay in the near future after being summonsed to appear in court. Fix-The-Mix-Up 'Contest Winners Following the announcement of the winners in the five ser- ies of the "Fix-the-Mix-Up" con- test this week a draw was made by Ald. R. C. Bint to decide the winner of the 23-inch tele- vision set which was the grand prize in the contest. All en- i tries for the five series were eligible for the grand prize aw. The winner of the telvision set was Mrs. Robert Gibson, : 306 Kent street, Whitby. The ¢ winners of prizes in each of the § | Mrs. five series were: SERIES ONE First prize: Community Plate Service -- Mrs. Alice Rodgers, 331 Elgin street west, Osh- awa. Second prize: Tea Set -- Ann McFaul, 152 Lupin drive, Whitby. Third prize: | mantel radio -- Helen Burrows, -- a 23-inch television set -- was Mrs. Robert Gibson, 306 Kent street, Whitby. - ~Qshawa Times Photo 228 Adelaide avenue west, Osh- awa. SERIES TWO First Prize: Movie Camera-- Mrs. William Blake, 125 Bloor street east, Oshawa. Second prize: Two-piece luggage set-- Mrs. Norma Souter, 502 Dunlop street, Whitby. Third prize: électric toaster, Mrs. William A. Boyes, RR 1, Pickering. SERIES THREE First prize: Lady's Bulova wrist watch -- Mrs. D. Olm- stead, 269 Thomas street Osh- awa. Second prize: five-piece Wearever set -- Mrs, Rudy Kozak, 8 Simcoe street north, Oshawa. Third prize: steam iron -- Mrs. Neil Malcolm, RR 1, Burketon, Ont. SERIES FOUR First prize: Platform rock- ing chair -- John Zubkavich, 223 Huron street, Oshawa; Sec- ond prize: binoculars -- Mrs. Robert Lewis, 220 Bloor street east, Oshawa. Third prize: flash camera set, Mrs. Donald K. Stiles, 770 Grierson street, Osh- awa. SERIES FIVE First prize: Gent's Bulova watch -- Keith Millard, 83 Thickson road south, RR 2, Oshawa. Second prize -- elec- tric razor -- Mrs. N. Douds, 85 Fernhill boulevard, Oshawa. Third prize: ash tray stand -- Mrs. F. H. Osborne, 81 Oshawa Cases To Be Prosecuted The charge against James |Marshall, formerly of 172 Col borne street east, was dismiss. ed after he satisfied Magistrate C. W. Guest that in April 1960 he moved to Whitby where he rented a house. A city poll tax claim for 1960 was dismissed when Mr. Mar- shall said: "My wife took my 1959 payment down and told them I wouldn't be paying any more poll taxes since I was now a married man." John Wiskin, 283 Park road south, told the magistrate that he was only working 15 days in the month and this was not steady employment. "But I went in this March and paid last year's," Wiskin said. He added that he had good prospects of a job in Toronto, and that he would try to get the debt paid quickly. Magistrate Guest adjourned the case until Sept. 14, Tax Department letters to Lorne Mayotte at several city addresses were not received by him claimed the defendant. "In any case I was living in a self-contained apartment on Simcoe street south," Mayotte added. He told the magistrate that prior to being transferred by his company to Ottawa he lived at 200 Celina street ahd Simcoe street south. Mayotte is now living in Whitby. DIFFICULT TO FIND Mr. Morrison said that let- ters to Mayotte, in care of his employer and Celina street ad- dress, met with no success. Mayotte later asked to be as- sessed at his Simcoe street south address. City assessofs found that Mayotte no longer lived there. Magistrate Guest sentenced Mayotte to pay a $10 fine and ordered him pay the $10 tax, adding, "you did very little to aid these people in either dis- cussing She matter or paying boulevard north, Oshawa. the tax.