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SEEN HERE IS a picture, taken in 1866, which shows the men of the Columbus Columbus Rifle Company Early Militia Organization This is the first of a series of articles which will appear in the Oshawa Times, written by members of the Oshawa and District Historical Society. Readers are invited to submit questions on the his- tory of the area which will be answered in this space. By LEON KONOROWSKI Executive Curator, Henry House Museum "Born at a time, when un- prepared Our country faced the Fenian brood; And armed those valiant sons who dared {To fight as best they under- stood, The Spirit of 'The Regiment' began." The foregoing lines, copied from 'an illuminated script which once hung in the Officer's Mess at the Oshawa Armories, served to date the commenge- ment of organized military ac- tivities in the County of Ontario. PERIOD OF TENSION Throughout the early 1860's a period of national tension grip- ped Canadians. Incidents of the .;commander, was a casualty of | $4.75. United States Civil War, particu: the. engageraent and died as a\' 39. result of a disease contacted larly such an indiscretion as the historic "Trent" affair, created Rifie Company before their departure to Fort Erie. At left can be seen a corner of in front which stored their rifles, ammunition and other articles of equipment. In 1866, fresh anxiety arose. cause , for The Fenian "Army" were massed at the Canadian-Ameri- can border on the Niagara Fron- tier in preparation for their attack of Canada. The Fenians were a. radical Irish society dedicated to the cause of cap- jturing Canada and trading it to jthe United States in return for American aid in '"'freeing" the "Trish Republic" domination. Thus in 1866, the Columbus Rifle Company were hastily assembled and departed for Ridgeway under the command of Captain G. Prentice, the local blacksmith. Ridgeway was not much of a battle in the- lightof modern experience, but the details are mentioned with a certain pride- ful emotion since they concern the activities of this small group of military men, faithful and ready to answer their country's call. SOUGHT CANADA CONQUEST |(.25), $3.75. | $4.75. the drill shed and at right the town hall which until recently 11. Cpl. I. Staback -- 19, (30), $5.70. 12. Bugler W. R. May -- 19,| (.25), $4.75. 13. Pte. | 15 H. Harper 14. Pte. I. Bryant -- 19, (.25), 15. Pte. J. J. Howden -- 19, (.25), $4.75. | 16. Pte. W. O, Clark -- 19,| (.25), $4.75. 17. Pte. S. W. Carry -- 19,/ (.25), $4.75. 18. Pte. G. Grenwill ~ 19,) (.25), $4.75. | |$4.75. | 20. Pte. J. Vickery -- 19,| (.25), $4.75. a Pte, R. Angus -- 19, (.25),| $4.75. 22. Pte. R. Coomb -- 19, (.25),| $4.75. ls 23. Pte. F. Goyne -- 19, (.25), $4.75. c 24. Pte. W. McKenzie --.19,} (.25), $4.75. | 25. Pte. G. Luke -- 19, (.25),| $4.75. 26. Pte. J. Joynt -- 19, (.25), $4.75. 2r--Pte. R. Hodgson--19, (.25)| It is interesting to note that | $4.75. Captain Prentice, the company's new feelings of alarm. Volunteer |While at the battle. groups were formed in Many|risT OF PERSONNEL parts of the land. The following is a list of This growing apprehension en- abled the Queen's Own Rifles, the unit to which the men of Ontario County had. been attach- ed, to recruit full strength with- in the City of Toronto, thereby releasing as independent units those companies located outside of the city. In the same period, other volunteer groups had been form- ed in Ontario County. In 1862, two companies had been formed in Oshawa, two in Whitby, and one each in Prince Albert, Greenwood, Uxbridge, Columbus |1 and Brooklin. Making the most of meager facilities each com- pany trained independently, but under the direction and instruc- tion of competent soldiers. The Columbus Rifle Comp trained in a drill shed which stood on the north-west corner/$5.7! of the present town hall lot. The drill shed, a wood framed struc- rank, and number of days served, rate of pay (in brackets), and total pay, during the engagement at Fort Erie, taken from the original now in the possession of Dr. M. P. Townsend, a medical officer of the Ontario Regiment. ($3.58), $68.02 ($3.20), $60.80 3. Ensign 7, Scurrah -- 9, ($1.97), $17.73. 9, (.40), $7 on NX te $ 6. (.35), $6.6 7. Sgt. "f Wilburn -- 19, (.35), 6 y | $6.65. 8. Cpl. J, Collins -- 19, (.30), 0 9. Cpl. H. 8. Porteous -- 19, (.30), $5.70. ture 50 by 100 feet in size, was built in 1856 and had an armory 10. Cpl. H. Adams -- 19, (.30), $5.70. CAPSULE NEWS Fatality Free For Seven Years TRAIL, B.C. (OP)--Motorists of this British Columbia west Kootenay city drove with their headlights on Friday, marking ~ the completion of seven high- way-fatality-free years. The rec- ord is the best for any North American city GOES TO THAILAND OTTAWA (CP)--Douglas Fin- lay, executive director of the Protestant Children's Village in Ottawa since 1953, has been granted a year's leave of ab- sence to go te Thailand for the United Nations technical assist- ance branch. EARL IS FINED BARNSLEY, England (Reu- ters)--The Ear] of Wharncliffe, 26, was fined £30 ($84) Friday tor driving under the influence or three-fifths of a bottle of whisky. CAT GETS THOUSANDS MONTPLEIER, Vt. (AP)--A Siamese cat and its keeper were bequeathed $20,000 under provi- sions of a will made public in probate court Thursday. The $140,000 estate of Mrs. Kathleen Hayward of Barre, Vt., who died in 1958, included $5,000 for her cat Mickey and $15,000 to James McKane of Troy, N.Y., for the animal's care. U.8. USES RED OIL . DALLAS, Tex. @P) -- The Times Herald, in a copyrighted story from its WasBington bur- eau, says United tes flyers been using Russian oil. The story says one of the major suppliers of jet fuel for U.S. military planes, a Japanese company, has been a substantial purc- chaser of low-cost Russian crude oil. AID IS REDUCED WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States agreed Friday to provide $44,600,000 worth of farm products to Communist Poland, a sharp reduction from the aid level of recent years. But offi- 1. Capt. = Prentice -- 19, $ 2, Lieut. é Mooring -- 19,|*4.75 - Pay Sgt. C. Cryderman -- "7 60. $47 5. Sgt. G. Scurrah -- 21, (.35), Set. W. Hutchison -- 1, " $4.75. 30. Pte. I. Sanders--19, (.25), $4.75. 31. Pte. M. McLean--19, (.25), 75. yo Pte. M. Vickery--19, (.25), 75. : 33. Pte. T. Watts--19, (.25), .75. 34. Pte. J. Luke -- 19, (.25), $4.75. 35. Pte. I. Pascoe--19, (.25), 4.75. 28. Pte. H. Price -- 19, (.25), Pte. G. Wilson--19, (.25), 36, Pte. J. Rainey -- 19, (.25), 75. 37. Pte. W. Wilcockson -- 19, (.25), $4.75. a Pte. W. Bull -- 19 (.25), . 'Pte. P. Harper -- 19, (.25), ; . J. Gamble--19, (.23), . S. Stocks--21, (.25),|} 42. Pte. A. Ellis--19, (.25), $4.75. 43 Pte. G. Sanders--19, (.25), 4, Pte. G. McKenzie -- 19, (.25), $4.75. #5. Pte. T. Kerr -- 19, (.25), $4.75. 46. Pte. A. Deun -- 15; (,25), $3.75. 47. Pte. T. Wilson -- 19, (.25), $4.75. 48. Pte. J. N. McKenzie--21 (.25), $5.25. 49 Pte. P. Palmere--19, (.25), $4.75 50. Pte. T. Garnnell--19, (.25), $4.75. housed the offices of East Whitby Township. Photo from the Thomas Bouckley Collec- tion. CITY AND DISTRICT FIRMS INCORPORATED The current issue of The Ontario Gazetté. carries the in: \formation that letters patent of incorporation have been granted |to Latachem Limited, of Ajax and Planter's Nurseries Company Limited, of Oshawa. REMANDED ON BAIL Jchn Garfield Killingbeck, 125 Mil} street, was remanded on bait to Jan. 8, in the Oshawa | Magistrate' s Court, Friday. He jis charged with breaking and |entering. FAILED TO FILE Stanley Gujda, 476 Lowell from British} 19. Pte. J. Smith -- 19, (.25),| street, was fined $25 in Oshawa |Magistrate's Court Friday for anes to file his 1961 income; tax return. He told Magistrate IF. S. Ebbs he had filed his re- jturu in the mean time. "You jhave to file them when you're st ia to," His Worship told OBITUARIES FUNERAL OF MALCOLM R. ELLIOTT Funeral services were held Friday for the late Malcolm R. Elliott, who died Thursday, De- cember 12 in the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital at the age of 58. The services were held Fri- day in the Armstrong Funeral Home at 2 p.m, with Rev. George Telford officiating. In- ment followed in Mount Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Les Gorrie, Ernest McCormack, Art Tam- blyn, Les Harrison, Jack Cam- eron and James Grojene. FUNERAL OF DAVID WM. JENKINS. Funeral service for David William Jenkins, whose late residence was 135 Albert street, was held Friday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m., at the McIntosh-Anderson Funeral Home. Mr. Jenkins. died Monday, Dec. 11, at the Oshawa General Hospital. Rev. R. B. Milroy of Knox Presbyterian Church led the service. Interment was in Mount Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were Leo Turner, Jack McClelland, William Gib. son, Ernest Thompson, William Smith, William Ross. FUNERAL OF CLIFFORD PEEL Memorial service for Clifford Peel, who died at the Oshawa General Hospital Tuesday, Dec. 12, was held at the Gerrow Funeral Chapel Friday, Dec. 15 at 1.30 p.m. Rev. W. N. Aiken conducted the service and interment was at Bexley, Ontario. Pallbearers were John, Elmer, Melvin, Donald and George Peel, and Wilfred Dessey. Line Stringing Work From Air TORONTO (CP)--Ontario Hy- dro is planning to string a 50- mile transmission line between the remote northern communi- ties of Manitouwadge and Hornepayne--and do most of the work from the air. Helicopters will be used in all phases of construction and for shipment of personne] and equipment. The first major "air construc- tion'. project is already under way, and individual clearing contractors are cutting a 66-foot- wide strip through the heavily timbered country. Hydro decided on using the unique line-laying method be- cause of the rugged terrain and lack of roads in the area. The cdpters will carry wood poles, set them in the ground, and string conductors. Hornepayne is a_ divisional point on the Canadian National Railway trans-continental line, about 222 air miles north of Sault. Ste. Marie. The power supply now in use there is gen- erated by diesel electric genera- tors. Ontario Hydro has bought one of the largest commercially made helicopters available to help with the job. The craft can carry a pilot, crew or passen- gers of 12, or a material pay- load of 3,600 pounds. The project which is sched- / a Hit By Truck Mother 0£5 Dies On "401" Mrs. Reita Mary Zyma, 44, of 84 Kenmark boulevard, was almost instantly killed about 7.45 p.m., Friday, when she was struck by a truck on High way 401 at the Pickering' Vil- lage cloverieaf. Mrs, Zyma, the mother of five children, was hit after she aligitted from a car driven by her husband, Michael, 38. The eastbound car had been parked on the shoulder of the road, police said. The driver of the truck was identified by police as Lloyd agg Thompson, of Cameron, nt The fatality was investigated by PC Earl Preston and Cpl. Ed. Grubb of the Whitby de- tachment of the OPP. Bond Markets Losing Ground By THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadian bond markets lost ground this week as a slight weakness appeared in mid and long term issues. Day money was quoted at 2% per cent Friday after being at 2% per cent for most of the week, Treasury bills were quoted at an average of 2.73 per cent for 91-day bills and 2.98 per cent for the 182-day bills. On the government market the Canada 414-per-cent 1966 is- sue was quoted at $101.25, the 4%-per-cent 1983 issue at $98.25 and the five-per-cent CNR 1987 issue at $98. The Province of Quebec came to the market with a new issue. It consisted of two parts, a $15,- 000,000 five-per-cent Jan. 15, Kenneth D. Dempster (left), 33, a Scots-born bush pilot in the Canadian north, today re- ceived the U.S. Air Force exceptional service medal from the United States Am- bassador to Canada, 'Living- stern Merchant. An ac- THE OSHAWA TIMES, Soturday, December 16, 1961 companying citation praises him for 'exemplary courage ana humanitarian regard for his fellow man." He flew a single - engine Otter 200 miles from Frobisher Bay, N.W.T., to the scene where a USAF transport plane had crash- landed in sub-zero tempera- BUSH PILOT DECORATED: tures. With darkness closing in, he loaded all 12 of its passengers aboard his 10-seat- er plane and took off on pack ice on his third attempt. He landed safely at the resolution Island radar station despite a damaged undercarriage. --CP Wirephoto AIR CADET NEWS 1967 issue priced at $100 to yield five-per-cent and a $35,000,000 5%4-per-cent July 15, 1983 issue priced at $97.50 to yield 5.45 per cent. On the corporate market there were two new issues. A $2,000,000 Northern Telephone 514-per-cent Dec. 1, 1981 issue priced at $99 to yield 5.85 per cent and a $3,000,000 Corona- tion Credit six-per-cent 10-year secured notes at $98.75 to 6.17 per cent. There was ready reception to all of the new offerings. TWO-MONTH TERM Albert Luke Granger, 18, of Oshawa, was sentenced to two months in the county' jail by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs Friday. Granger had been charged with uled for compietion by mid-1962. theit. By CPL. CARTER 'Tuesday night the annual wing's parade was held with the inspecting officer being SL Hinds of the RCAF Staff College of Armour Heights, Toronto. After inspecting the squadron - |wings were presented to Sgt. Keith Branningan for the suc- cessful completion of his flying course at the local airport dur. ing the past summer. Also pre- sented was a aduation diploma to FS Dave Jubb. Par- ents of both cadets were in at- Dief's Promises Spark Discussion OTTAWA (CP) -- The Con- servatives are proudly pro- claiming that the Diefenbaker government has carried out 50 of its 62 election promises. "what are the (12) unfulfilled promises? It's difficult to find out from the usual political sources: here becatse all of them speak from different partisan viewpoints ani their figures vary. One former Liberal cabinet minister claims authorship of a list of more than 70 unfulfilled promises, but from a Conserva- tive viewpoint there are many duplications in the list and it in- cludes numerous items the Con- servatives say can be crossed off. Another researcher, a Con- servative, is reported to have compiled a list of more than 100 promises, nearly all of them fulfilled. Another has produced a compendium of more than 75 fulfilled promises with facts and figures to support his claim. The research is based on a mass of newspaper clippings, texts and transcripts of speeches during the 1957 and 1958 election campaigns. cials said it is possible more} will be allowed later. PAUSE SAVES LIFE TORONTO (CP) -- A power shovel bucket hovered for a mo- ment in exactly the right place to save the life of a construction worker Friday. E. J. Breau, 20, lost his balance and fell 30 feet from a building under construc- tion. He landed in the bucket, filled with freshly - dug earth, and suffered only bruises. . USE NUCLEAR POWER BALTIMORE (AP)--The first nuclear - powered . navigation buoy was launched Friday at the U.S. Coast Guard's Curtis Bay station. The buoy is ex- pecied to pioneer simplified maintenance of remote light- houses and other aritime aids. Power for the flashing light in the seven-ton, 26-foot- higin buoy comes from a drum- sizea generator at its base. The system should be good for years' or more without reluds in the Far East hae in. effect! ing Members_of the Militia Spe- cial Training Program dis- played excellent drill at the passing out parade held Fri- day morning to mark the conclusion of the program for rt a- iference would be called on the ;ment Insurance Act. The lists range all the way from Senate reform and immi- gration changes (subjects to be dealt with at the coming ses- sion of Parliament) to such par- ochial promises as doing some- thing about Newfoundland's nar- row-guage railway (unfulfilled) and providing a new railway station for Prince Albert, Sask. (fulfilled). The figures of 62 promises made and 50 acted upon ap- peared in an article in the Sept. 23 edition of Maclean's magazine, and were reprinted in a Conservative party pamphlet, Four Years of Action for Can- ada and Canadians. They have been used as well by Mr. Die- fenbaker in recent speeches. But no one has a definitive list of the 12 promises on which ac- tion is yet to be taken to carry out Mr. Diefenbaker's further pledge recently that all of the 1957 and 1958 campaign prom- ises will be dealt with before the next election. They certainly include: 1. Senate reform--and pos- sible a suggestion in Mr. Die- fenbaker's 1957 campaign open- ing speech in Toronto April 25 that a Dominion-provincial con- problem. 2. Redistribution by an inde- pendent commission rather than by a politically - packed parlia- mentary committee. 3. Abolition of closure, the rule in Parliament which can be used by the government to limit debate as was done by the Lib- eral administration in the hectic pipeline debate of 1956. 4, Revision of the Unemploy- 5. Changes in the tion of the Immigration Act: 6. Passage of legislation re- quiring foreign-owned firms and international trade unions to make public. disclosure of their In his comment SL Hinds commended the squadron on its fine appearance. ROUTINE CLASSES After the inspection we got down to the regular routine of classes. For the first period the juniors had early Canadian fly- ing; the Intermediates had elec- tricity, and the seniors, small arms, After the break the juniors and seniors combined to have drill while the intermediates had electricity. During the night the inter- mediates tried an_ electricity exam and the results were ex- tremely good. Congratulations go to Cadet Hedge who pulled off a mark of 100. The new cadets also had their final prac- tical drill test and the outcome was very favorable with most marks in the 80's. RIFLE COMPETITION While the other cadets were having classes a rifle competi- tion (the shooting of the blind) was underway on the range under the capable direction of the range officer, Mr. Houston. This contest was between mem- bers of the Rotary. Club, the Air Force Association, officers of the squadron, and the squad- ron's rifle team. The members of the team were WO2 Dittmar, FS Dittmar, Sgt. Vander Ende, Cpl. Carter, and LAC Marsh. As expected the cadet team had little opposi- tion and won easily. I happened to notice a few red faces when some of the officers' results were totalled and a variety of mumbled excuses were offered. The final percentages of the teams were as follows: Rotary Club 64.8 per cent, Air Force Association 68 per 'cent, squad- Rifle Contest Parade Feature ii i 9-Month Term On 7 Charges Joseph Mitterer, 51, of Beaver on, arrested after nutria breed- ng stock was sold to farmers n Bruce and Grey counties, was sentenced Friday to nine Adjutant Mr. Steffen with an 83)™onths in jail on seven charges and Mr, Humphries and Mr. Beaton were literally soon to pay with scores that I won't mention, For our cadet team the Ditt- mar brothers" shone with W0O2 Dittmar getting 84 and FS Ditt- mar with an 87 (high for--the night). For these last efforts Mr. Beaton and Mr. Humphries had to shell out a dollar apiece, that|"' Mr.. Houston so ably gave away for them, Good going boys, if the offi- all soon be rich. I'm sure this as it provided many laughs and a break from the usual routine. TWO PROMOTIONS Promoted to LAC's this week were Cadets Fox and Sweete. We were told that drill team practices will start in January and will probably be held in St. Gregory's Auditorium. Now definitely on is the floor hockey contest between the cadets of 151 and the 7th Oshawa Rover crew. This will take place at the Armouries on Dec. 28 with the Rovers as hosts. Our team is anxiously awaiting this occa- sion and are eager to take on the men? of the 7th. - ENTERING U.S. MARINES competition was enjoyed by alljin 1959 of fraud. The terms will run concurrently. Mitterer pleaded guilty to the charges, involving $6,000 worth of-sales, Corporal Claude Kruger of the provincial police said Mitterer sold nutria, South American rodent, a fur -, bearing and promised to buy back the young at $75 each. He told the farmers the nutria would produce litters of about eight animals twice' a cers keep shooting like this we'll|°2": "i Kruger 1 ote one bought 75 Henry Meyer, RR er Galt, $5,000 and 124 animals for bs 000 from Alfred Vogel, also of the Galt district. He sold animals in Grey and Bruce at prices ranging from $350 a pair to $1,000 for a trio of two males and a female. The court was told there is no market in Canada for nutria and the highest price paid for a pelt on the New York market last year was $20. The court was also told Mit- terer claimed a Toronto hotel was buying nutria meat for $4.25 a pound and that the ani- mal's two incisor teech could be sojd for $12 each. Sincere good luck wishes are in order for FS Jubb who Tues- day night was presented with his graduation diploma. He is slated to go to Parris Island, South Carolina, Dec. 28 to begin his training to become a U.S. Marine. Jubby has proved him- self to be an excellent cadet participating in all squadron activities and receiving his wings last year. Although he could be cAlled a traitor to the cause I know he will be missed by everyone around the hall. Dave wishes it t r EXILED SON RETURNS VIENNA (Reuters)--A son of Prcsident Istvan Dobi of Hun- gary returned home Friday after five years of exile, Aus- tian police reported here. Ist- van Dobi Jr., 35, fled from Hun- gary during the 1956 uprising against the country's Commu. ni:t regime. He signed a docu- meiut saying he was returning to Budapest of his own accord, clice said. said that he sends regards to his blonde gir! friend. From all representatives of the squadron I would like to say good luck on your new adventure. In closing 1 would like to re- mind all cadets of our Christ- mas dance at the Airport Dec. 28. Don't forget that next week's parade will be held at the Armouries, so until then see you next week, fellow pigeons. ron officers 69.8 per. cent, and cadets 81 per cent. The standout for the Rotary team was Chuck Lancaster, the president of the local club, with an 81. A tre- mendous 30 effort was put forth by George Slocombe who credit- ed his fantastic score to the lack of his scope. For the Air Force Association Mr. Wright was high man with an 84 and I think Charlie Bolton is still crying over his supreme McLAUGHLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY Will close at 6 p.m. Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, and all day Christmas Day, Box- ing Day and New Year's Day. 5. The best of the officers was Canadian finances and opera- tions. Mr. Diefenbaker recently either announced or indicated action will be taken at the next session on Senate reform, redis- tribution, closure and the dis- closure bill, this year. Commanding Offi- cer of the Ontario Regiment, Lt.-Col. J. R. 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