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SUPERVISED PLAYGROUND ACTIVITIES IN OSHAWA IN FULL SWING THE PLAYGROUNDS IN the parks throughout the city are attracting large numbers of children in search of re- laxation and entertainment. Many special events are be- ing held each week. In the picture at left several of the children are seen with their FIELDS SCORCHED District Farm Crops Badly In Need Of Rain) so low in the creek from which he draws water. By JACKE KOEKEBAKKER (Staff Reporter) if ever there were a man with the magic powers of a "rainmaker" this man would have a hard time. Because there are those who don't want rain and those who do. Farmers in the Oshawa area, as elsewhere certainly did during the last month. It just shows that in one re- spect there is no difference whe- ther you were a farmer several thousands of years ago or in modern times, there is still this number-one threat: drought. The sun rays that have been tanning 'the skins of scores of sunglass-toting vacationers are the same that have scorched the fields and have driven out the remaining moisture leav- ing the land like a dried-out sponge. "All crops are badly in need 'of rain and water is becoming a problem," Lynn Fair, agricul- tural representative in Uxbridge of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, said a few days ago. CAME TOO LATE In the meantime, some rain has fallen Friday. However' some feel that it came too late. Said Harry Boyes, of Pickering Township. f Adjourn Two "It might do a bit of good to the crop, but it won't make too much difference." The fact is that most farmers feel there isn't much hope for a second crop of hay. Mr: Fair said a good many have started to feed their cattle the hay sup- ply for next winter in order to keep up the milk flow. The first hay crop he described as average, good im quality, but down in quantity. "The situation is worse north of Highway 7," he said, "it seems not too bad south of there." Whatever rain there was, so far, in July, and in June seem- ed to consist mostly of scatter- ed showers. One time the streets of Oshawa were wet, while the farmers in Darlington Township did not get a drop. "Unless we get a good rain the crop is going to be in bad shape," said Garnet Rickard, of Darlington Township. RASPBERRY CROP DOWN §/5 His words were borne out by A. O. Dalrymple, agricultural representative for Durham County, who said the raspberry crop would be considerably be- low normal, unless there would be rain. However, he said wheat isn't too much affected and is com- ing rapidly. There is also hope for a reasonable tobacco crop. Most tobacco fields require t supervisor at Nipigon Park. Norman Dobney, 12, is seen as he prepares to bat during a game of tin can cricket as Dennis Waduck, 10 and Lor- raine Smyth, junior supervis- or look on. At right a group of children at Connaught Park are seen preparing colored bows with which they will decorate their doll buggies for the show being held next Monday. From left they are Sharon Whyte, 6; Sharon Stonebridge, 9; Victor Harri- son, 7 and Wendy McLaughlin, 9. With them is their super- visor, Dorothy Wilson. --Oshawa Times Photos Che Oshawa Cimes SECOND SECTION SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1962 PAGE NINE "Sometimes we are pumping it out as fast as the water is are anything but lush green and and oats are drying out a bit here and there, farmers seem to take it all in one stride. Ever to agriculture in ancient his- tory, there has ben the realiza- tion that you just can't do much ahout the whims of na- ture, pres of the sun who turn up by and lakes during, the holidays could give it a second thought when they pray for cloudless skies. : running," he said. That means, at a rate of 400 gallons per min- ute. WATER TABLE LOW That the water table Is low is) no wonder if you look at the re- cords of the Ontario Depart- ment of Lands and Forests in Orono. In June the total precipi. tation was less than one inch. For June three inches of rain} are considered normal. For July only 0.21 inches were chalked| up so far, not counting Fri-| day's rainfall. The fire hazards are high, a} spokesman at the station said, | although was only low to medium. throughout June it However, - although pastures ince the first nomads turned But perhaps all those worship- he thousands on our beaches irrigation, but that is not un- usual, he said. It seems to be a matter of good fortune if you have a good Liquor Cases Two persons were charged in the Oshawa Magistrate's Court Friday with selling liquor il- legally. / Frank Wilson, 75, of 230 Celina street pleaded not guilty to the charge. Mrs, Lena Harrison, 68, 167 Bloor street east, plead- ed guilty. Her, case was re- manded to Aug. 3. Constable W. Reardon testi- fied he bought liquor from Wil- son. He was instructed, he said, to go to Wilson's house, in civil- ian clothes. Upon arrival a man who was accompanying him and whom he did not identify gave Wilson $2 and received a bottle of wine in return. Detective Sergeant J. D. Pow- ell, who had been waiting in a car nearby, later searched the house. He told the court he found another bottle of wine and a bottle of rye. -- "That was the only liquor I could find," he said. Wilson's counsel, G. S. Boy- echyn, questioned Constable Reardon whether he and Wilson| / had really been in the house and whether it had not been Rear- don's friend who went in the house with Wilson's daughter "for some purpose or other." Reardon denied this and said ; he had stepped inside the door with Wilson and that a bottle of wine passed from Wilson's hands into those of another man who was present and into his own) -- friend's hands. This bottle, the court learned, i was sent to the Attorney Gener- al's office jin Toronto for test- ing. Magistrate Ebbs insisted it should be brought before him and put the case over until Aug. 17. The defense will call wit- nesses at that time. ANNOUNCE EXCHANGES TOKYO (AP)--Red China an- nounced today in a broadcast it has signed a "1962 executive plan" with @uba providing for exchange of cultural groups, journalists and students. water supply, this summer more than ever, because éven ithe best of sources, such as creek and ponds, are low. Heber Down, of Whitby Town- ship, has a spring in the north part of his farm. It is dry now. "IT have never known that spring to be dry," he said, "and I have been here for 23 years.' GRADUATES Lawrence W. Clark, 20, of 161 King street east, Oshawa, graduated Friday as a suh- lieutenant from HMCS Ven- ture -- the Royal Canadian Navy's officer training estab- lishment at Esquimalt, B.C. --to complete two years of concentrated academic and military training. The gradu- ating class was inspected and addressed by Rear-Admiral E. W. Finch-Noyes, Officer Pacific Coast. Flag (National Defence Photo) dom, Fine Youth Two Charges An Oshawa youth, who ignor- RELEASE MILLIONAIRE KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya (Reuters) -- A kidnapped Chi- nese millionaire was released by his captors Friday. A police official confirmed the release of mons to stop his car, and then tried to get away when the of- ficer went after him in the car Tai Chet Seng, but refused io comment on whether Tai's fam- ily had paid a ransom. a police constable's sum- Laos Neutrality Agreement Made By JOSEPH MacSWEEN GENEVA (CP)--The foreign ministers and delegates of 14 countries met here today in final plenary session and gave formal approval to an agreementtht cold war arena by neutralizing the tiny Southeast Asian king- The agreement includes a declaration of independence and provides for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the war-torn country. Wednesday it had been approved by working delegates to the 14-month-long conference. Today, the foreign ministers and delegates from East and West reached full agreement and adopted the documents that would make a neutral Laos pos- sible. The agreement, to be formally signed: Monday by the foreign ministers of the. 14-country con- ference on Laos including How- ard Green of Canada, came in the form of two documents--the agreement and the protocol. OFFER STATEMENTS The main documents contain a statement of neutrality by the new Laotian coalition govern- ment headed by Prince Sou- vanna Phouma while the other is a declaration by the 13 other members of the international conference recognizing and re- specting this non-alignment. The meeting was opened by Foreign Secretary Lord Home of Britain, chairman of the ses- sion, who along with Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko of Russia are the co-chairmen of the conference. Lord Home, in opening the meeting said: 'Today we are realizing complete accord on an agreement which all of us here helped to draw." The meeting then was closed to the press, but an authorita- tive source said the British for- eign secretary turned to Sou- vanna Phouma after the agree- ment was reached and said: "Your Highness, this is a joy- ful day . . . I believe we can safely say that this agreement will be a contribution to world eace, The accord marks a_ mile- stone in East - West diplomacy with the Western big three, So- viet Union and Communist China on the same side. Brain Surgeon Club Speaker On the evening of July 19 in the Corvair Room of Hotel Genosha the Student Engineers' Club of Oshawa was privileged to hear an address by one of Canada's noted brain surgeons, Dr. A. R. Richards. i The Student Engineers' Club is composed of General Motors Institute Students of which se- veral active members, enter- ing freshmen and alumni were present. Dr. Richards, a brain surgeon for the Ontario Hospital in Whitby, spoke to the group about mental health and brain surgery. The speech was ex- tremely interesting to, and ap- preciated by the Student En- gineers' Club. Another of the fortunate ones is Neil Smith, reeve of East Whitby Township. He has large pond on his farm. But this year it is about a foot and a half lower than usual- Roy Ormiston, of Brooklin, is irrigating some of his pastures to keep them green. He said he has never before seen the water TO CONDUCT INQUEST Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck of Ontario County, who has been appointed by the attorney general's department to conduct an inquest at Port Rowan into the deattis of five Hamilton children who were caught in undertow on July 10 at Long Point Beach. The in- Guiry will open next Monday. sentence included that he would not be able to obtain one for the next six months: away, weren't you, because you didn't bave a licence," Magis- trate F. S. Ebbs suggested to Eadie. fleck commended Hughes for his assistance in the apprehen- sion, "driving at speeds danger-| ous to himself". help," Magistrate Ebbs said, "the facts of this case might have never come to light."" of a helpful motorist, was fined $100 in the Oshawa Magistrate's Court Friday on a charge of careless driving. John Robert Eadie, 75 Pat- ricia avenue, pleaded guilty to the charge of careless driving and also to a charge of driving for which he was fined $10. Police Constable M. Michal- owski, of the Oshawa Police Department, told the court his attention was drawn to Eadie's car when it came around a cor- ner with squealing tires. When the officer stepped out to the centre of the road and motion- ed Eadie to the curb, but failed to stop him, he requested the assistance of a passing motorist, Reginald Hughes, 249 Cadillac avenue. In the ensuing chase speeds as high as 80 miles per hour were reached, Constable Michalowski testified. The chase which started at King and Mary streets, came to an end near. the town line and Bloor street east, when Eadie gave himself up. It was found that Eadie did not have a driver's permit and had not had one since 1961, The "You were trying to get "Yes, sir," Eadie answered. Crown Attorney W. Bruce Af- "If it had not been for your without an operator's licence, i HORSESHOE PITCHING POPULAR PARK SPORT Hundreds of Oshawa chil- dren are daily flocking to the 24 supervised playgrounds op- erated by the Oshawa Recrea- tion Committee. One of the parks is Nipigon, located in the north west section of the city. Ken "Whitey" Brooks, 13, is seen throwing horse- shoes during a tournament held Friday. Looking on are Scott Wilson, another contest- ant and Nancy Weir, the park supervisor. . --Oshawa Times Photo Officials Named | By Grand Lodge TORONTO -- Elections andjBellevilie; A. , Dresden; ; A. Forshee ; ed Thurs-|J. B. Frank, Komoka; A, B. appointments announced day at the 107th annual com- munication of the Grand Lodgelronto; E. Hadfield, Toronto; the Province of|/E. Hendricks. of Canada in. Ontario, AF and AM, included: | Sudbury; ior| Tonto. | J, R. Jennings, King City; W. grand superintendent of works,|L. Jarvis; F. Donald J. MacDonald, Scar- boro; grand director of cere- monies, R. J. Connor, Hamilton; grand secretary, A. G. Grand standard bearers, R. H. Martindale, Sudbury and R. J. Spence, Ridgetown; grand mas- ter, R. W. Treleaven, Hamilton; grand master, John A. Irvine, London; grand senior| warden, A. P, Johnston, To- ronto; grand junior warden, Thomas L, Wilson, Oshawa; grand chaplain, Archdeacon J. "|B. Creeggan, Belleville; grand treasurer, Joseph A. Hearn, To- ronto; grand secretary, E. G. Dixon, Hamilton; grand regis- trar, H. O, Polk, Lombardy. Those elected to the board of general purposes were: D. J. GRAND STEWARD Grand Steward Ronald W, Agg, a Past Master of Com- posite Lodge No. 30, AF and AM, Whitby, who Thursday was appointed a grand stew- ard of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario. Gunn, Toronto; J. J. Talmin, #\London; J. B. Sainsbury, Sault Ste. Marie; M. C. Hooper, To- ronto and F. D. Shannon, Bar- rie. Those appointed to the A. V. Chapman, H. H. Dymond, Renfrew; W. H. Gibson, Tillson- burg; P. S. MacKenzie, Walker- ton and G, W. Nancekivell, Hamilton. GRAND STEWARDS Grand Stewards appointed by the lodge were: Ronald W. Agg, Whitby; A, Anderson, Peterborough; A. N. Angus, Fort William; H. Atkins, Kirkland Lake; A. C. Avery, Port Robinson; W. Bailey, To- ronto; T. J. Bichard, Wood- stock; R. F. Billington, Hamil- ton; A. R. Bourne, Windsor; H. Butler, Norwich; R. Cadwalla- der, Oil Springs; Donald R. Calder, Kintore; S. Cecil, To- ronto; A, E. Cheeseman, Ham- ilton; J. E. Clegg, Hamilton. H. J .Corley, Mount Forest; G. S. Cowan, Watford; C. C. Date, awa; W. E. Dale, Schomberg; W. F. ronto; A. H, De Bois, Lindsay; R. A. Duff, Toronto; F. N, East- wood, Hamilton; E. S, Fairman, Damp, To-|V. Fraser, Elora; J. Gibson, = Biggs, Lowlens MC ltessog » in; - Pap jackaon, 3 a . , Bradford; A. E. Lanning, To- ronto; C. J. E. Lawer, Toronto; E. J. Liddle, Powassan; R. F. Lightfoot, Toronto; R. MacFar nd|lane, Toronto; East; C. B, McDermid, Max- ,|ville; E. A. McKellican, Avon- more; D. K. McLean, Fingal; -|C. MacL, Merriam, Tara; C. W. $ Merrytield, Monkton; J. B. Mil- ner, Windsor. ; S. Mitchell, Alvinston; P. 8. Molins, Dryden; J. E. Morin, North Bay; A. Norris, Westport; P. Rowland, Drayton; S. Sand- Mimico; G. A, Smith, Orillia; A. B. Stevenson, Hamilton; G, E. Tapp, Lambton Mills; F. W. Thom, Toronto; D. Vannan, Windsor; F. C. Webb, Toronto; W. V. Wetherup, Toronto; F. D. Willows, Lyn; G. P. Wills, Mer- riton and R. F. Wright, Toronto. DDGM'S ELECTED District Deputy Grand Mas- ters elected at the communica- tion were: Algoma, A. I. McFarlane; Brant, C. H. Hinan; Bruce, J. S. Ferguson; Chatham, P. L. Lalonde; Eastern, T, E, Amell; Frontenac, K. S, Ham; Georgian, E. W. Gilroy; Grey, W. McL. Newell; Hamilton A, J. W. C, Hunter; Hamilton B, H. G, Jackson; Muskoka-Parry Sound, D. E. Stevenson; London, C. C, Smith; Niagara A, D. M. Muir; Niagara. B, G. R. Brown; Nipissing East, D, R. Duncan; Nipissing West, A. Y. Brough- ton; North Huron; Ontario, William J. Carnegie. Ottawa, V. M. Poland; Peter- borough, H. A. Baptie; Prince Edward, B. EE. Portt; St. Thomas, F. H, Davis; St. Law rence, C. D, Beckett; Sarnia, M. J. Karr; South Huron, C. A, Reith; Temiskaming, J. A, Weinstein; Toronto 1, C. G. Wone for; Toronto 2, D. H, W. For. rester; Toronto 3, G. W. Fure long; Toronto 4, G. E. Brown; Toronto 5, S. H. S. Brennan; Toronto 6, H. R. Brown; Toronto 7, G. M. Fleming; Victoria, G: . Grant; Wellington, D. J. Marriott; Western, E. A, Lange staff; Wilson, L, D. Barrett; Windsor, N. R. Rattew. Yeggs Fail In Attempt Open Safe an "amateur effort." street. Damage to the safe indi used, said investigating officers The thieves removed the com manager David House said no cabinets. the unlocked, push - Thieves Friday nihgt failed in an attempt to crack the safe in Cherney's furniture store, King street east. Detective Sergeant] Mr. Gearin wrote that land J, D. Powell called the attempt An up - ended chesterfield screened the operation from the view of passers-by on King cated a chisel, crowbar, screw- driver and drill may have been bination lock, loosened the hin- ges and punctured one side of the safe. A small filing cabinet lay on the floor near-by. Store thing was taken from the rifled office of the damaged filing "A child could have opened button drawers of the cabinet," said SKLAR OFFICIAL Louis Sklar Friday replied to criticisms levelled by Times' News Editor Jack Gearin in the latter's Thursday Column, "Good Evening"'. had been purchased by the city "at $2933 per acre specifically so that it could be resold to the furniture firm at a reduced rate". The Sklar land deal involves "|12 acres of city industrial land nine purchased, three option- ed) bought two years ago by the 'Sklar Furniture Company. This .;company recently forfeited the land when it failed to build a 50,000 square foot plant. The city has until Sept. 6 to repur- chase the land or it becomes .|Sklar property with no condi- tions on it). Mr. Gearin also asked the question: 'Is it right to ask the taxpayers to SUBSIDIZE local industry to this extent?' COMPLETELY INACCURATE Mr. House. Instead, the metal three feet. foot fence. investigating. | |cabinet was ripped open on one side. The. break-in was discovered at 7.35 this morning when jani- tor William Bowman arrived at the store. Glass in an east door had been smashed and a sliding delivery door was open about Police Chief Herbert Flintoff said it is impossible to keep a check on this entrance as the yard is surrounded by a six- Detective Sergeant Powell, Sergeant M. T. Van Allen and Patrol Seargeant P. White are Replied Mr. Sklar: "The word subsidize is completely inaccur- ate. I can only conclude that the man who wrote this is deliber- ately trying to create an im- pression which is not true. "He had only to read other articles in his own paper to find that the city imposed cer- tain restrictions on the land AFTER they bought it which brought down the dollar per acre value -- according to the estimates of their own apprais- ag Mr. Sklar cited the pie-shaped parcel on the 'east (Wilson road south) side which the city re- tained for a future railroad un- Campers Enjoy , Indian Pow Wow 12 counsellors took part. A colorful and most success- ful Indian Pow Wow was held by the boy campers at Kedron Kiwanis Camp Wednesday ; |night. Sixty-seven campers and derpass as the major factor in reducing the appraiser's esti- mate of the acreage value. This piece runs for 504 feet along the road frontage and greatly restricts, according to company officials, the choice of entrance to the land. This was only one of four specific conditions the city im- posed on the land. The others: a sewer easement on the prop- The program opened with In- dian war dances, followed by Games were then held followed by an Indian Scouting Party (Chase). The winners of the games events were: Indian wrestling -- John Cata- lano, John Bondaruk. Indian chatterbox -- Brian Rose, Charlie Popham. Indian poison-pool -- Bernd Wendler, Brian Rose. Indian "Pat and Mike" Gregory Maidlow, Charlie Pop- ham. » erty's north side; a road allow- : » ' ance on the south side; and a : |tribal yells and Indian songs.|<> west side. the city's appraiser lowering the land value from $2933 per acre to between $1350-1400 per acre. RAISED OFFER original offer was for less: than $1350 pér acre. But when we --jlearned that a competent ap- praiser had assessed the land at this value, we immediately anitary land fill area on the These conditions resulted in Admitted Mr. Sklar: "Our Claims Column Was Inaccurate raised our offer because we wanted to pay what the land was actually worth." In his Thursday column, Mr. Gearin asked "'how far the city should go to accommodate a city company that frequently threatens to pack up lock, stock and barrel and move its business elswhere?" Explained Mr. Sklar: "We went to both places Whitby and Oshawa) early this year when we decided we wanted a new building and asked for a "brief" with their reasons for us choos- ing one municipality over an- other. "Surely this does not consti- tute threatening to leave a mu- nicipality. We were making an attempt to find the best loca- tion for our company. "Neither does the fact that we own land in Whitby consti- tute a threat; nor have we ever endeavored to use this fact as such." REPURCHASE PROVISION In the land agreement is a@ clause which gives the city two months following the conclusion of the agreement to Sept. 6 of this year) to repurchase the the land at the same price as it was sold to Sklars. Mr. Sklar revewed earlier this week that he offered last Monday, before the council meeting, to lengthen the period in which the city can take ac tion to get the land back to "any reasonable time". Said Mr. Sklar yesterday: "Mr. Gearin misled his read- ers and put this company in a bad light when he witheld the vital fact that my offer to ex- tend the city's time was con- veyed to the mayor by Indus- trial Commission chairman Fred Malloy ON THE AFTER- NOON OF THE COUNCIL MEETING." "That is the vital nature of the offer and the mayor, for reasons best known to herself, chose not to disclose this to city council. Had she done so, it is pos- sible that none of this furor would have developed, since her chief fear seemed to be that the city would not repurchase the land in time. ACTOR DIES AT 74 SANTA PAULA, Calif. (AP)-- Actor Ted Henderson, 74, who appeared in more than 300 silent movies, died Friday. Hen- derson was a supporting actor in movies starring Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lioyd, Bob Steele, Tom Mix, Monte Blue and Lillian Gish. )