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Honor a Ee a---- TT Mo ht B, FAIRBANKS, Died Ang 45,1871: wv] SO Yer ged SOY Rather I hove Pith, The Centennial year of Lebanon Lodge, AF and AM, No. 139 was further marked with a memorial service held on Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the grave of the late Silas B. Fairbanks in the Anglican Cemetery on Park" road north. Rev. Harry Mellow, a Past District Chap- lain of the Masonic District, officiated, assisted by don Bunker, Past ¢ Deputy Grand Master. © A wreath was laid by M, D. : Jacobi, Master of Lebanon Lodge, assisted by C. Rycroft, Composite Lodge, Whitby and District Deputy Grand Master 4 of Ontario District. 7 Silas B. Fairbanks was the ¢ first Worshipful Master District Volunteer Militia oryots Silas Fairbanks in the area during the Fenian Raids. LAW STUDENT He was. the eldest son of Mr. Levi Fairbanks who resided in the Town of Whitby. He was born in Little York, now the City of Toronto, on the first day of January, 1821 and was at the W. Gor. time of his death in 1871 in his court Tuesday. 51st year, After receiving the best edu- cation the county offered, he entered the office of Mr. John Bell, as a student of law. When the completed his studies, he took up his residence in Osh- awa in 1841 for the practice of his profession. He also received the appointment of clerk of the Admits Lie To Police PICKERING (Staff) A Scarboro youth who was aquit- ted of a drinking charge in Pickering Police Court on Mon- day was told by Magistrate Robert Dneiper that he would be charged with obstructing justice. Steven Phypers, aged 18, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of drinking while being a minor, admitted that he lied to a Pickering Township Police Officer. The investigating officer, Const. John Found, told the court that on Fri. July 7. at 8.13 p.m. he checked a car on the 3rd Concession at Grand Valley Park which was driven by the accused. | He said that a search of the car revealed two unopened cases of beer and that Phypers told him that the beer belonged to his father and that he did not know that it was in the car. When called to offer evidence on his own behalf, the accused! ! dhe Oshawa Tones SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1961 PAGE THIRTEEN told His Worship that the beer had been purchased by one of the passengers in his car, "Why did you lie to the a wild goose chase?" questioned the magistrate. "I made it up on the spur| of the moment," said the | accused. | "What do you fellows think a police officer is?" said Magis-| trate Dnieper, "by lying to the officer you were obstructing the people in this province." Court Finds 2 justice and stealing money from| | f { f police officer and send him on} on Et ¥ ' f Driver Guilty "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" i trate R. B. Dnieper told defence | lawyer Z. T. Salmers in traffic r "You did as 'well as you could," the magis- trate said. i Mr. Salmers was defending |Garnet Porter, 19, of 249 Olive |avenue, on a charge of careless | driving June 10 on Gibb street. Porter was fined $50 and costs or 30 days, with one. month to pay. In other Gene Allan cases, of | Division Court which that year|Peters was fined $100 or 30 days : Lebanon Lodge and was one of superseded the old Court of Re- and his licence was suspended : the leaders in the life of Osh- ' awa. In addition to his duties as clerk of the Division Court he : served as Reeve of the Muni- an we (quests. His district was extensive one embracing, |for six months on a charge of |careless driving. Testimony in- Magis-| HOW CAN A MAN OF 52 be so cheerful after walking over 300 miles? It séems just plain perverse that Walter Piotrowski, 52-year-old Ajax marathon walker, nearly on Miss Johnson At CNE Show UXBRIDGE Miss Donna believe, the whole of the pres-dicated he was passing. another! yohnson, who won the Dairy ent south riding and the Town-|car at about 50 miles per hour| princess title for Ontario County the last leg of his Montreal- Toronto jaunt, should be on his last leg--the other one is a self-made peg-leg. Son Danny, 11, who joined his Pop | in Kingston, is shown here ex- 1 amining Piotrowski's third rubber tip during a breakfast stop - over in Bowmanville Tuesday morning. The pair remained in Oshawa last night, and early-risers were no doubt curious to see the two ruck- sacked walkers heading west along King street. Lunch was assured at civic reception awaiting them at Ajax. Ane other reception will be at Ca- nadian National Exhibition grounds at its opening Friday. ~--Oshawa Times Photo. Ajax Welcome Mat Is Out For "Peg-Leg' And Danny cipality in 1856, 1861-63, 1866-71. ships of Reach and Uxbridge. when he struck a tree. |will be at the CNE on Aug. 23, He was also one of the early|He continued to hold the office] Carl Thompson, 19, 199 Har-'to enter the final stages of the ®¥ Commissioned Officers of the until the separation of the coun-\mony road, was fined $50 and'Dairy Princess Contest. At noon today Walter Piotrow-|this much trouble, I'll hit the never think of him as having ski was due to enter Ajax via boards'. I walked to the local one leg. He climbs ladders and 1 Ontario Regiment and was re- ty from the Home District. He pad his licence suspended for sponsible for the raising of the/ became a very skilled attorney.|three months on a charge of petition are a two-minute speech A ion CAPSULE NEWS Declines ER... , D. JACOBI, Master of ; non Lodge, AF and AM, places a wreath on the grave of Silas B. Fairbanks. (Left to Right): Rev. H. A. Mellow, pastor, Northminster Church and Past District Chaplain; Mr. Jacobi; W. Gordon Bunker, Past District Grand Master, OntaribDistrict; Chas. B. Rycroft, Wistrict Uxbridge Plans School Annex MRS. L. GALLOWAY SONLEY UXBRIDGE -- Plans for a Deputy Grand ter, yon tario District and a ast Master of Composite Lodge, AF and AM, Whitby, and S. F. Everson, Past Grand Organist, Grand Lodge of Can- ada in the Province of On- tario. Below is a picture of the tombstone over Mr. Fair- banks' grave --Oshawa Times Photo QUEBEC (CP)--Antonio Tal- bot, Union Nationale member of [the Quebec legislature for Chi- coutimi and the party's acting leader, says he will not run for the party leadership for health reasons. Speaking at a press conference, Mr. Talbot said he will remain acting leader until the Union Nationale convention Sept. 21-23. | Daniel Johnson, member for Denton Rendell, of Oshawa, Ling for some 100 Ux Bagol iho a bridge area teen-agers, present- ' sew addition to sccominadate' a petition seeking the forma- 00 more pupils at Uxbridge|tion of a Teen Town Club for High School have been com-|Uxbridge. osleted, P. Bernhardt, principal,] The club, when formed, Mr. SIGN AGREEMENT iold council by letter at its meet-| Rendell explained, would pro-. MONTREAL (CP)--Some 900 ng Tuesday night. vide some activity for the young- independent grocers of the Uxbridge High School, when|er townsfolk. Montreal district half signed a the addition is completed, will] 'Plans for holding Friday night collective labor agreement with accommodate 820 students. It/dances at town hall are under|the Retail Trade Employees As- will include four standard class|discussion among the interested sociation providing for compul- rooms, a business machine|parties in the formation of a/Sory union membership room, a typing room, two lava-|Teen Town, the spokesman said. company check iories, a drafting room, an|He explained that membership|dues. Lucien Perreault, the leadership Race For Leadership Communist Viet Cong rebels by an ambushed ranger company was reported Tuesday. Saigon newspapers said the priests were seized Friday as they tra- velled down a river in the swampy Mekong delta region southwest of Saigon. CLOWN DIES DENVER (AP)--Edwin Coo- per, 41, known to circus fans as circus clowns, became a circus trouper when he was 9 and tra- velled for many years with the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey show CONVICTS DIE | SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- and|Rioting convicts set fire to a| - off of union prison near here Monday night presi- and at least 30 of them per-| auto shop, woodworking shop, cards would be provided and the|dent of the Montreal food Re-jished, warden Antonio Andraus machine shop, electric shop, dances would be properly chap-|tailers a k ome economics room and aleroned by adults. hours in She retell food ade louble gymnasium auditorium. | john Bednarz, of the Uxbridge or ad Og a i The school's cafeteria will|Police Department, supported |; niare lines of Work » He said jeat 430 students, Mr. Bern-the tenagers' request for t © tie association and the union 1ardt told council. organization of a Teen Town. He | p.ve ar Se -@ SS yi i ia 4 po x ARREARS i tetagers, shoud be, ven sehr Grint or 3.0. Council voted Tuesday night Slcree "permitting the improve- io put Uxbridge properties under proper supervision. ment of working conditions in whose taxes are in arrears for|ASK TEEN-TOWN the food trade oh the deeree > hree or more years up for pub-| Council agreed that the forma- grante os : i HB A ic auction if the owing taxes tion of a Teen Town would be| SMP pyees wou 3 i are not paid by Sept. 1. beneficial to the Uxbridge teen- week for minimum salaries age population. ranging from $35 to $80. Ha Booth Council approved a request by| At Big Show APPOINTED DIRECTOR the Ontario Department of High-| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Har- ways that it install a blinker\vey E. Brazer, 38, Montreal light at the intersection of Brock|born professor of economics at and Toronto streets. the University of Michigan, has In addition, Toronto street will been appointed director of the ce of tax analysis. lers Association, working announced Ten others are miss-| ing and presumed dead. Cause of the riot was not disclosed. CHINA STAYS BERKELEY, Calif. (AP)-- have applied jointly to the Que-| The International Astronomical |Union Tuesday rejected 23 to 5 |a Russian-Czech motion to oust nationalist China from the union. Ajax Council Raps Board 4 | speeding. Convicted of careless|op driving, David Spiers, 20, 294] | Vimy avenue, received a fine of {dairy farming throughout On- $25 and a licence suspension for| two years. Donald Bishop, 16, 164 Brock street east, had his licence suspended for two years for careless driving. No fine was imposed. : John Waytough, 63, Courtice, took a day in jail in preference to a $10 fine. Charged with fail-| ing to yield the right of way, he {pleaded inability to pay a stiff fine. Ronald Sunderland, 21, RR 2, Oshawa, was fined $30 and costs or 15 days for failing to come to a full stop. Anthony Muhl, 26, 335 Jasper avenue, was fined $30 or ten days for the same offence. Harold Cann, 24, 719 Green street, Whitby, was fined $10 for careless driving. Charges against Ronald Mas- and Jean-Jacques Bert- Bozo the Clown, died of cancer|sey, 32, Courfice, Ont., of care- rand, member for Missisquoi, at the American Medical Cen-|less driving, and against Judith | (have announced their bids for|tre Monday. Cooper, whose Seneco, 21, 13 Harris avenue, of, TORONTO (CP)--Construction|before. heading west, mother and father both were/making an improper left turn, wii cart immediately on a|Mmore newspaper headlines, at 8 $7,000,000 extension to the inter-| {were dismissed TWO-YEAR-OLD 'DOES DRY RUN VICTORIA (CP)--A Vic- toria youngster escaped se- rious injury while he made about seven round trips in an automatic clothes dryer. Henry Yole said he heared thumping noises in the base- ment of his home and found his two-year-old son, Dean, tumbling around inside the machine while the tempera- ture rose. The boy was stunned and suffered only bruises, Yole said. The requirements in the com- the importance of dairy farming and the boosting of tario. She will also be required to milk'a cow. The winner of the final com- petition will be awarded a two- week tour of Great Britain trav- elling via Pan American World Airways. Sponsors are the On- tario Department of Agriculture, Ontario - Milk Producers Co |ordinating Board and The Tele- gram. Five counties will be repre- sented on Aug. 22. Miss Johnson, who is a school teacher at Port Perry, is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jack | Johnson, RR 4, Uxbridge. Hydro Extends | Niagara Dam national control dam on the tario Commission announced today. | The reason? in the last 11 days. |after arriving jearly Tuesday, nearing the en {of his Montreal - Toronto jaunt. | Accompanied by his 11-year- |old son, Danny, who joined his| Ajax civic officials' out on| jdad in Kingston, the two mara- |thoners talked to The Times in a Bowmanville restaurant dur- ling the breakfast pause that re- |freshes. The pair arrived in Osh- awa in mid-afternoon and spent {the night in a downtown hotel a.m. today. {opening of [tional Exhibition Friday, Hydro and the New York State|2.30 p.m. Power Authority was approved] The footloose pair are equip- by the International Joint Com-|ped with airy walking shoes and in their | The dam, a mile upstream of| packs. Most valuable possession] By {the falls, now has 13 gates and|--rubbing alcohol and sea salt] | mission. controls water levels in the | headpond for Canadian and U.S. |generating stations. Five 100-foot-wide sluices and gates will be added and two guide walls will be built par- jallel to the Canadian shore for protection from ice. The extension will not affect the flow of water over Niagara | Falls, Hydro said. Over Annex For School AJAX (Staff) -- Ajax council on Monday charged that [mented that the letter acknowl "Our job is to protect the|Sr. After pointing out that per-| the edged the fact the council was town's financial interests," he haps it wouldn't be honest, and la change of socks |for the feet. | Highway 2 to receive the great- est acclamation accorded a resi- |the walker said. dent for many years. He was| to be guest of honor at a civic by jet than walk the roads of banquet and be presented with|Ontario and Quebec. After 11 a gift by Mayor William Parish. | One God-given leg and one do-| it-yourself peg-leg have carried | 0 Walter Piotrowski, 52-year-old bec hit the budget for a loop. only sleep four hours a night," Ajax man more than 300 miles | ($16 for a single room and $3.50|said Ajax Police Chief George "I would do it again -- for $10,000," the amputee civic em-| ployee - caretaker - salesman| jtold The Oshawa Times shortly In Bowmanville) need of little training for the|was working for "Paddy" Conk- and into, Thursday will see them leg- upper Niagara River, the On-;ging it towards Toronto. At the Hy dr o-Electric Power the Canadian Na- an- The joint project of Ontario(other reception is planned for {jail and spent the night there," It must be cheaper to travel days of foot-slogging, Mr. Pio- {trowski's wallet is lined with $12 |= he started with $165. Accomodation rates in Que- {for an hour's sleep and to |change my clothes -- Poof!). |Three nights were spent sleep- ing in cars parked outside ga- [rages It appears the amputee had trip. |NOT SURPRISED Highway 2 east of Oshawa were not surprised that their man {would use two weeks' vacation |for such an undertaking, or that Mr. Piotrowski was still clomp- ing merrily along the highway. "This man is super-fit,"" said his boss, Board of Works Super- intendent Charles Reed. "I does things that most workers [could never do." "Mr. Piotrowski is employed by the Works Department, is a caretaker and has a soft drink | concession at Ajax Community {Recreation Centre, and he and |his wife, Léna, manage Rotary | Park. He is amazing -- he can Dunn. While working in a fun fair at Prince Albert, Sask., on Aug. (2, 1931 at 7.30 p.m., the mara- {thon walker lost his left leg just | below the knee. At that time he lin as an operator of a merry- | go-round. As he headed off down King street west, Oshawa, early to- \day with tireless young Danny {bobbing and weaving at his |side, Mr. Piotrowski suddenly |said: "I'll see Paddy at his fun fair at the CNE. He'll remem- ber me. Danny will maybe get {some free rides and candy." h He too is tireless -- and self- ess. August 1 MRS. ARTHUR ELLIOTT BROOKLIN -- The Eastern | International Canadian Gladio- |ing boot and the third rubber tip| Friday, Aug. 18 and Saturday, {on his peg ("four pieces of four-| Aug. 19, at the Oshawa Arena, 5 |by four cedar, glued together-- Oshawa, (between Adelaide and|SPOnsive reading of Psalms. |cost me $8.50. They want $135/Bond streets, east of Park| Guest soloist, Mrs. E. Long, (for a peg, made of the walker advocates. Bouncy sixth grader Danny ("I get 92 per cent all the time") has two points of view. "If any woman joins us -- I quit", and "Gee Dad, I'd like to stop for some buttermilk", | 'He did suggest once that we itake a taxi," recalls Piotrowski, Ls ci be % " treasury's offi : 2 ! A AJAX (Staff) The Ajax be re-surfaced from Brock | , professor for the Ajax Public School Board was right in its estimate of the said, "and the school board's|that*Piotrowskis don't quit, Dan- ndustrial Commission told coun- street south to Cooper street.[A Michigan ; : "he : icilast four years, :il this week that the town(Tve Depatuient of Highways is an American citizen in 1951. would be well advertised at the] rovided the population does not ia . Canadian National Exhibition! exceed 2,500 Po was told. | WINNER UL TEAM, f ' 2,000, . \ So 'P)--A team o his yeam'as a consequence of| yf te population does exceed t+ 480 square foot booth in the|2 500, the department will sub- International Building. sidize 75 per cent of the cost of Commission Chairman Rich-|Te-surfacing and the town will rd Fleming told council that|Pay the additional 25 per cent of | he commission together with the cost, council was told. he town's twodeveloper 5.|GIVE REPORT slough Estates and Duffins The July police report, read eek Bowies Jad worked 1% ie council, contained the follow- 3. 1emote part of the Yeserve. rom an industrial and -com-|iN8: Six break and enter investi- HITS HANGAR nercial viewpoint. gations, 50 Naruings ued tor MONTREAL (CP) -- A Cana- : traffic violators, safety|dian Pacific Airlines Bristol oti Will be mamed bY |onecks made, two motor ve. Britannia aircraft went out o ws and the industrial commis-ficle accidents, nine sum. control during servicing opera- jioners and Mayor William|monses were served, four doors|tions Tuesday at Montreal's in- Parish called for members of|/Were found left open, four traf-|ternational airport and slid into rouncil to devote some of their|fic tickets were issued and eight|a hangar causing an estimated ime at the booth. arrests were made. [50.000 gamages. A Sok sstiian "We are looking forward to There was one charge laid|Sa!d brakes on the aircraft gave he results of 5 promotion under the Criminal Code of Can. Way, and it jolted 200 feet into woth with some success" said ada, 16 under the Highways N¢ hangar. {is Worship" and being located Traffic Act and five under the n the International Building it|Liquor Control Act. No charges jhould be of great interest to were laid under the municipal poteptial indusiry and business." bylaws. cruited from the provincial pris- oner rehabilitation .camp near Falcon Lake has earned com- mendation. Mines Minister C. H. Witney said prompt response of the men to apeals by officials saved much valuable timber in PRIESTS KIDNAPPED ing of eight Roman Catholic riests and the killing ef 27 dition to the Saint Andrew's Senior School in that the board did not follow the standard {for capital funds prior to the [setting of the 1961 budget, A letter was read from the {school board to council request- ing that both bodies should meet to discuss the financing of the proposed addition. Earlier a dispute arose be- tween the board and council as to the amount of the tentative grarnt from the Department of [Education. Originally the board |said that the grant would be $30,000, but council maintained that it would only be approxi- mately $15,000. | The board's letter to council |stated that they were aware that only a percentage of the approved maximum grant would be made available and that the proposed expenditure of the SAIGON (AP) -- The kidnap- $79,000 building was made withlin discussing the project", these facts in mind. ! Mayor Wiliam Parish com- {was not goed that public school {board left the situation muddy in the minds of council and the eight volunteer fire-fighters re- practice of making its request/people." The ratepayer should know {from the start what he has to pay, he added, His Worship expressed dis- may that the board had met with council to discuss the pro- posed addiiton before it reached the present stage. "The request should have been made before we set the 1961 budget' he said. Reeve Robert MacKenzie said it was unfair for the school board to take advantage of council in that the proposed scheme had been well publicized. Chairman of Finance, Edward {would do interests and not to worry about raising money." The school board's suggestion o council on raising the money for the building was either by the issuance of a 20 year de- benture, or by borrowing over a three year period. The board, however, indicated in its letter that if council could not see fit to raise the funds then they so themselves by capital levy in the 1962 budget. Councillor Leslie Pearce point- ed out that the results of such an action would have drastic results: on the town's industrial, commercial and residential as- sessment. "I can't see why the Wetherall, suggested that the board should worry. about the! town's education problems and| "Both bodies should {worked with one end in mind he said "before it had gone too an" tax load should be increased at the present time" he said. Following the discussion leave the town's financial prob-| council was unanimous in agree-| lems to be dealt with by couneil.|in> that a meeting should be(police, press, radio and tele- have set up with the school board|vision could not find accomo- uss the financing of the project. The parley will probably take \place early in Seplember. Brazer became Unfair in asking for financial|grant. "It bears out the position| responsibility should be to pro-|ny concurred. assistance for the proposed ad-|that council took" he said, "jt fect the town's education/ "Besides, somebody might be ispying," the lad concluded. | HAS STRENGTH What is he trying to prove? "That a one-legged man can do just as well, if not better, than a biped," snorted the amputee. "In fact if I didn't have Dan- ny with me, I could have made the Montreal - Toronto trip in 10 days. But since he joined me in Kingston, he has done won- ders. I guess he has the Pio trowski stamina," the mara- thoner said. Mr. Piotrowski said he learn- ed more about people in the last two weeks, than in his entire lifetime. "They came out of their houses and offered food, tea and coffee. Danny did very well for candy," he said. But in Gananoque, Ont., the dation for Mr: Piotrowski "So I stayed in the best hotel in Canada -- in jail. I told them {'lodk fellows, if you'rs having inferior (road). wood") Mr. Piotrowski is going (strong. "It's fatal to think of Thomas will officiate at the the road ahead. Just wander opening ceremonies at 4 p.m - jalong and think of other things," Her Worship Mayor Christine | Friday, Aug. '18. | The exhibition will attract al-| {most 500 exhibitors, with more than 1,000 exhibits, from the [Lakehead area in northwestern | Ontario, to the Maritimes, and the Eastern United States. | Officials expect a record at- tendance that will top the 10,000| mark. i | Judging, in over 100 classes, | {will see first, second and third| prizes awarded. [ From amongst the class win- ners, will be chosen the Exhibi.| tion Grand Champion. Feature of the exhibition will be the giant auction sale of the thousands of blooms which will be sold to the highest bidders at the close of the exhibition on Saturday night, Aug. 19. Sponsors include the Oshawa and District Gladiolus Society, the Toronto District Gladiolus Society and the Kiwanis Club of! Westmount - Oshawa, with the {approval of the North American Gladiolus Council, and the Ca- |nadian Gladiolus Society. | The last time such an event| | was held in Oshawa was in 1947, when the Canadian Gladiolus |Exhibition attracted large] crowds of people. | Tickets for Brooklin Horticul- tural Society members can be obtained from secretary, Mrs. {Arthur Elliott. Price of admis- sion 50 cents; children under 12 'Gladiolus Show 8-19 Newtonville, conducted the Sun- day morning worship, held at Brooklin United Church. Scrip- On the second sole on his hik-|lus Exhibition will be held on|ture lesson, "The Sermon on the ount" was read from the New English Bible, followed by re- {of Earlscourt United Church, To- ronto chose vocal selection from group of Biblical songs, "I | will Sing Praises in the Wilder- ness'. Organist, Mr. E. A. Wink- ler, Oshawa. In his message to the congre- gation, the minister urged "practising love instead of hate; tolerance instead of intolerance; truths against untruths, in an |effort towards peace among all | peoples and nations." Benediction and Choral Amen concluded devotions. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilson and children lef: by plane on Friday for three weeks' trip to Sussex, England, to visit her parents, spending six months' vacation in England. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bradley spent the weekend visiting rela- tives and friends at Belleville. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brush, Linda, Chery! and Dale of Essex were weekend guests at Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Lockyers'. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lockyer, Roberta May and Billie, have returned from a week's vacation at Huntsville. Mrs. "Bill" Croxall, Ronnie and Susan, spent the past week at a summer cottage at Sturgeon Lake. apist at Kingston General Hospi« tal, was a weekend guest at Mr. and Mrs. Norman Alves'. Lt. M. N. Marion Stevenson, years admitted free if accom- panied hy adults. | [CHURCH NEWS | The Rex. Reginfld C. White, RCN Infirmary, HMCS Shena- water, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is spending summer vacation wiht her mother, Mrs. Walter Stevenson. » Miss Helen Alves, physiother '