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% RETARDED CHILDREN TAUGHT HOW TO SWIM. LEARN - TO - SWIM classes | held twice weekly from now or students of the Glenholme School for Retarded Children began Tuesday noon at the | Rotary Park Junior Municipal to the pool's closing and are under the auspices of the Osh- awa Recreation Committee's central summer staff. Central & their lunch hours Tuesdays | and Thursdays to teach Osh- awa's retarded children to | swim. Above photo shows a group of the children, with | their instructors, 'Dean Avenue Homes Ready In December Oshawa's $400,000 low rental public housing project, to in- clude 42 units, will be complete and ready for occupancy in early December, George Taylor, construction superintendent for Abbotsford Hqmes, Limited, Hamilton, said Tuesday. Mr. Taylor said the first of the 21 two-unit buildings should be complete in early Septem- ber. He added that a new unit should be complete every two or three days following the completion of the first building. Construction of the Dean ave- nue development began in early July. The 21 foundations are all in arid 11 shells are up, The 21 buildings will be of brick ven- eer construction with siding panels extending from the sec- ond floor to the built-up roofs. Each unit will have three bedreoms and a bath upstairs and a living room, dining room and kitchen on the first floor. Each urit is to have individual- ly forced air gas heating. When complete. the public housing project will form a loop on Dean avenue. About 30 workers, including carpenters and laborers, are employed on the project. Retarded Are Taught To Swim Oshawa Recreation Commit- tee's central (summer) staff has given up its lunch hour two days weekly to assist students of the Glenholme School for Re- tarded Children in learning to swim. Swim classes for the Glen- holme School children opened at the Rotary Park junior mu- nicipal pool Tuesday and will be held twice weekly (Tuesdays and Thursdays) until the pool's closing. The half-hour retarded chil- dren's learn-to-swim period idea was originated by assistant city recreation director Wes Ogden. Officials of the Oshawa and Dis- trict Association for Retarded game of ring around the rosie. he Oshawa Cimes SECOND SECTION PAGE ELEVEN THE FOUNDATIONS are all in and 11 shells are already up in Oshawa's low rental 42-unit Dean avenue | OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1962 public housing project. Work began on the 21 buildings in early July and it is expected the first of the 21 two-unit buildings will be complete in early September. The entire project has a completion date of early December. Above, are the shells of two of the 21 two-unit apartment buildings. --Oshawa Times Photos $600 Damage In Two Accidents 4 macn 'NOTICE OF MOTION | | | | Bilingual School Problem | In the lower photo instructors Carol Anne Wood, course di- rector and Theresa Starr, as- sist two of the children learn- ing basic swim strokes. staff workers have given up } Pool, These classes will be playing a ' --Oshawa Times Photos Legion Will Dedicate 'Star Gazers Plans for the dedication ofgroups and guests will parade| the new Soldiers' Plot in thefrom the Oshawa Shopping Cen-| Oshawa Union Cemetery, whichtre to the cemetery. After the| was donated to Branch 43, of theservice the parade will return | Royal Canadian Legion by Col.to the shopping centre, Any} R. S. McLaughlin, were laid at veteran who wishes may attend) a recent meeting of a speciala small reception at the Legion) committee of the branch. Hall following the break-off. The service will be held at the The plot is one of several do-| plot at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.nated through the years _to| s fought for their countries in dis. At L k tant wars. a eview Any veteran, regardless of hiS | race, creed, color or affiliation) Four telescopes will be set with any veterans' organiza-|up in Lakeview Park Thursday tion, may be buried in.the plot) night, just west of the Jubilee provided he meets the regula-| Pavilion, to let interested spec- tions laid down for this pur-|tators have a look at the mys- pose. The administration of the teries of the moon. plot is but one of the services| All the telescopes have been jculty with Union Cemetery Plot 1 Rally -- Children were all for Mr. Og- den's idea. Swimming, Mrs. Thomas Tip- ton, chairman of the Glen- holme School recreation com- mittee, said Tuesday, is an "excellent therapy" for re- tarded children. It is expected attendance at these classes will reach as high as 25 children, Mr. Ogden said. He pointed out the only diffi- teaching retarded children to swim is the staffing problem. He said that one in- structor is required for every two children, when teaching the retarded children to swim. He added that one instructor can teach as many as 15 normally healthy children to swim at one time. Miss Carol Anne Wood, a University of Teronto physical education student, who has had some training and experience in working with retarded children The service will be conductedBranch 43, Royal Canadian Le-| given by the Branch 43 to the|/constructed by amateurs: two) is taking charge of the learn-to- by Rev. A. Woolcock, padre of gion, by Col. McLaughlin. It} the branch. Representatives of will be administered in the| all veterans' organizations willusual manner by the executive. be invited to attend togetherof the branch. with prominent residents of Col. McLaughlin also gave a Oshawa. Cross of- Remembrance which Members of Branch 43, repre- overlooks the graves of the un- sentatives of other veterans' forgotten men who at one time Filipino Girl Is Adopted Here Miss Betty Hodgson, 1248 Sim- coe street north, has financially adopted a nine-year-old Filipino girl through the Foster Parents' Plan. Miss Hodgson has prom- ised to contribute $16 monthly for at least one year. Of this sum, Esperanza B. Espino will receive $8 each month as a cash grant. The re- mainder will pay for food and new clothing packages, transla- tion of letters, medical services and education for her. Public contributions go to a General Fund which takes care of any special needs of the child or her family. Correspondence between Miss Hodgson and little Esperanza will be translated through the Foster Parents' Plan office. This exchange of letters bridges the gap between the foster parent ? and the child and gives the child 7 the feeling of love and security she needs. | Miss Hodgson will receive let- ters from a charming and ac-'cation. She is neat and clean tive girl who is the only. one in/ despite the fact that she and all a family of seven children who! her family live in one room of is in school. Esperanza is bright!a dilapidated shack for which and interested in having an edu-'the mother pays $5 a month. There is little light or fresh air coming into the room and no water anywhere in the house. |Members of the Espino family fetch water from a public tap |situated among equally dilapi- |dated shacks. During the season of rains, the district is flooded and when ESPERANZA B. ESPINO CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and dis- trict who are celebrating their birthdays today Mrs. Sydney Lockyer Prince street, Brooklin; James and Stephen Shrmeto, RR 2, Oshawa. Phone 723 3474, lis rutted mud literally with gar- bage and filth. Insects hover in restless clouds and the whole re- gion has a certain aura of spirit- |crushing, utter poverty. Esperanza is one of more than 100,000 children financially adopted since 1937, Miss Hodg- son is one of more than 5,000 Canadian foster parents. of the builders are local resi-; jdents. They will be set up just before sundown, Bud Clark, a member of the | Royal Astronomical Society and an avid star-gazer, says if the night is clear the public should) be able to get a good look at! the moon, the planets Jupiter| and Saturn, and possibly some| of the better known stars. Mr. Clark is looking forward ood | to spying on heavenly bodies| jagain in September and Octo-| ber, If the interest is grea t| Patrick McManus, of Bow-€nough, he says, a program) manville, who gave his 67th do-|Tunning from May through to! nation, topped the donors at the| September could be set up next| blood clinic held last Thursday) ¥@@r- : | in St. Gregory's Auditorium.| Also a possibility is the for-| veterans of Oshawa. Gave 67th Donation | swim course. Miss Wood is a qualified Red Cross Swimming Instructor and has this year been a member of the ORC special interest group central staff. Children attending the classes are transported to and from the pool by taxi, the cost of which is being underwritten by the Oshawa _ Jaycettes. Oshawa Recreation Depart- ment officials have taken much interest in the summer activities of Oshawa's retarded children. This year, like last, the ORC staff operated a retarded chil- dren's playground three morn- ings weekly. These children, juding by the shouts and laughter Tuesday af- ternoon, certainly enjoy attend- ing the Rotary Park municipal pool. Classic Cars Paying Visit Some two dozen elderly auto- mobiles of distinction will wheel into the grounds of The Guild Inn at Scarborough on Sunday, Aug. 19, when the Antique and Classic Car Club of Canada will play unofficial host to the Clas- sic Car Club of America at the Damge was estimated 2 early Tuesday evening, when cars driven by arche Sint"taes's vei) LO Be Decided By Board and Kenneth Lindsal McGray,| D. M. Ritchie, who gave his| Mation of an Oshawa branch of} 57th donation was next in line, the RAS. Mr. Clark says sors} ly his 40th as runners-up. ee ee devotees of the | Other donors who' have fine, wine shih Campbell, 32nd; L. Osborne, 28th; A. Stubbins and S. Visits Doctor found, 19th; Mrs. A. Lailey, M.| Chesher and C. L, Wood, 17th;; STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Mrs. M. J. Barker, 15th; J. Cox, R.| expected to seek official appro- Wiltshire, Ed. Kitchen, L.|val early next week for abortion Opiate and A. Moore, Her husband, Robert, told re- th. Edwards, James Smart, S. T.| Finbow and W. Deveaux, Giving) George Hoekstra, E. Liddle, M.| Walker, S. Tutton, D. McKay,| | 10th Donation -- J. Bolton, |A, J. Renwick, A. Warner, C.| R. Swan, B. Stevenson, H.! Foord, H. L. Bell. porters his wife, a Phoenix,|beginning of the latter's tenth Ariz., television personality, will annual Classic Caravan. see the doctor again Friday. He, Two days later the procession said the application for the|/of gleaming oldsters heads for abortion probably will be sub-| Monfreal to join a similar group mitted to the Royal Medicaljof classic machines starting Board next week. from Cooperstown, N.Y. The Finkbines arrived Sunday; After arrival at The Guild, to seek the abortion which was|the U.S. collectors, all from the refused legal] sanction by an! Midwest, will visit interesting Arizona court earlier. The 30-|private collections of classic year-old brunette, nearly three|cars in and about Toronto. The months pregnant, had taken the/Canadian cleb has 260 mem- tranquillizer thalidomide during bers, of which three-quarters her early pregnancy. The drugiare in the Toronto area. has been blamed for the birth) There will' be a banquet of several thousand babies with|gathering at The Guild the deformed arms, legs and inter-/evening of the arrival, a visit with Alex Nathan giving his local astronomers now travel to} 42nd donation and Henry White-| Toronto for lectures, and to} records were: A. Jubb, 35th: | oS P. W .Kennedy, 33rd; John M Fi kbi rs. rinkpine Gomme, 24th; Mrs. M. Ludlow} and Charles Todd, 22nd; J. Pen-| Hugh Gorin and R. Ulrich, 16th; |Sherri Finkbine finally saw a Mrs. E. Stiles, E. Muller and|Swedish doctor Tuesday and is Kelly, D. Kisel and E. Steed,| of the baby she fears has been 14th; F. Erratt, James Rose,|/ deformed by thalidomide. Twelfth donations were given| by Rev. N. J. Gignac, Mrs. F.| jtheir 11th donations were: L.| |Trull, J. Aker, J. Sorochan,} |T. Hilton, J, VanRooyen and A. | Hawthorne. [March, B. Snowdon, A. Kutts-| |chrutter, P, Smith, R, Kenney,| | 5th Donation -- William Mur-|nal organs. ra, J. Newell, J. Norris, P.| The Royal Medical Board has |J. Walters, R. McKenna, V. N.| Other pregnant women who took |Takach, J. Hudson, E. Down, H. |thalidomide. Schillings, R. Spiers, J. Mer-| jcer, J. Wilson, P. Lawrence} |R. Zabudsky, J. Melnick, Miss} |D. Brady, F. Noordman,. R.\great city--is the name given! Henry, A. N. Midgley, E. J.|by scientists to the line of com- Foran, M. V. Collier,' Mrs. B.|munities from |Parkin, A. Seel, J. T. Finch,)Hampshire to R, W. Arnold, B. Bouma. \ginia, URBAN STRETCH | Megalopolis -- Greek for a} Vir-| | northern to the CNE the following day, and on Tuesday the caravan jthe waters recede, the ground|Doreen, Mrs. Norna Wood, Miss| Sanctioned abortions for seven|of classics heads for Montreal, with a stop-over at Gananoque en route. At Montreal the Vin- tage Car Club of Montreal will act as unofficial host. ROCKY ISLAND About 1,400,000 people live on southern New/the less than 6,000,000 acres of} rocky Sardinia, off the western coast of Italy. 178 Bloor street west, were in-| volved in a collision at 1290) Somerville avenue. No injuries] re 1. Constab" Bruc e| T.auts investigate A car driven by Jeanette Amber Freeman, 150 LaSalle avenue, was damaged to the extent of $300 at 11.10 p.m. Tues- day when it was involved in an accident at the corner of Prince/| and Bond streets. Constable Bruce Frauts, who investigated, | reported no injuries. | HOSPITAL REPORT Following is the report of the Oshawa General Hospital for the week ending Aug. 4: major surgery 55; minor surgery 132; eye, ear, nose and throat 41; treatments and examinations 170; casts 16; admissions 267; births, male 25, female 19; dis- charges 276; newborn dis- charges, male 27, female 17; physiotherapy treatments 305. | bilingual school in Oshawa. An old political football was reinflated and kicked around Tuesday night when the Osh- awa Separate School Board again tackled the question of a A motion that the question be put to the Separate School supporters by a_ plebiscite in the next municipal election" was voted down 6-3. A notice of motion was given, however, 'that a_ bilingual school be built."" The board will! decide on the motion at next | month's meeting. The latest development in this three-year struggle for a bilingual school, 'which would accommodate French - speaking pupils, was a letter from Rev. N. J, Gignac, pastor of the St. Mary of the People's parish, dealing with recommendations from Most Rev. Philip Pocock, archbishop .of Toronto. The let- ter specified the manner in PLAYING LEADING ROLE A student at the Banff School of Fine Arts, Miss Judith Dry- nan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George K. Drynan, Masson street, is playing the leading role in The Taming of the Shrew which will be present- ed in Calgary Aug, 11. She is seen here with Larry Hyer, of Walla Walla, Washington, -|ever, was not so sure a piebis- '| cite would be harmless. which parish support for school would be given. The motion to place the ques- tion before the voters was put by Trustee M. Rudka. NO FIRM DECISION "This has been kicked arouad for a number of years," Mr. Rudka said, pointing out that a firm commitment had never been made. He read a lengthy statement reviewing the issue; as it had been discussed at board meet- ings and committee meetings for the past three years. He re- called there had been motions made and rescinded, questions asked and answered, and peti- tions and requests been discuss- ed, all to no avail. "The board, which has for three years been hammering on this problem, has not been able to come up with a deci- sion." Mr. Rudka said, adding he felt a plebiscite could do no harm, as it would not be bind- ing and only give an indication of "what people want. Trustee F. J. Meagher, how- "I would like to impress upon the board that a plebis- cite could establish a_ prece- dent," he said, "that could boomerang any moment we want a plebiscite some other time." , Mayor Will Open Fair Final arrangements for the 55th annual Oshawa and District Fair were made at a meeting of the fair board members Tues- day night. One member stated that all that was needed now to make the fair a success Aug. 20, 21 and 22 was good weather. President of the South Ontario Agriculture Society, Richard Branton, suggested that Her Worship Mayor Christine Thomas should officially open the fair. She will be invited to do this on her return from Brit- ain Aug. 14. Mr. Branton announced that new lighting will be installed at the Alexandra Park fair grounds in co-operation with the Parks Board. He said the old poles will be taken down and new ones will be installed closer together. Director Heber Down said: "Every year we should add to the fair, not take away from it." For this reason the children's Pet Show will again be a fair feature. Mr. Branton said the Oshawa Recreation Centre will be contacted and asked to have the pet show as part of the city ¢ playground program. who will also play a leading role in the play. Miss Drynan is at the Banff School of Fine Arts for her second season. Last year she appeared in Midsummer Night's Dream. This year she completed stu- dies in speech arts with the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto. Popular last year was the Western Horse Show as the grandstand performance. The show will be featured again this year, The program includes bareback wrestling, a flag race, apple dunking, pole bending and a barrel race. Competition will be keen in these and other events. The show starts at 7.30 p.m. Tues- day, Aug. 21 and Wednesday, Mr. Meagher felt, they should not have to go back to the electorate to find out how to go about business they had boen elected to deal with. "I agree with Trustee Meagher," said Trustee W. J. "Neill, "'we should be able to make up our own mind." START ISSUE ANEW Chairman L. G. Hughes said he thought the board had de- cided to forget all these old things and start the issue afresh. He felt the issue had not been handled properly in the past, neither by the board, nor by the representatives of the French community. "A plebiscite would shew our own weakness," he said. Voting in favor of the motion were Trustee L. B. Prazmow- ski, L A. P. Bolahood and M. Rudka. Trustee J. B. Toppings abstained, while the six remain- ing trustees voted against. Earlier in the meeting the trustees became enmeshed in technicalities trying to decide what to: do with the report from Father Gignac. Trusee Rudka, fearing discussion of the letter might result in premature deci- sions and prevent him from making his motion later, charg- ed the chairman with "rail- roading" when Mr. Hughes ruled discussion could take place immediately without no- tice of motion. Mr. Rudka moved. that the letter be tabled, but this mo- tion was defeated 6-4. Trustee O'Neill then moved "that the letter be discussed." |This motion was carried. | ARCHBISHOP'S LETTER The letter stated the arch- bishop agreed that a six-room bilingual school be established and approved the issue of a de- benture of $130,000 at .5 per cent or $120,000 at 6% per cent. It further stated the parish would give financial support subject to certain conditions: 1. The contribution of the parish should not exceed the amount of provincial grants. 2, The French-speaking Catho- licks of Oshawa would be re- sponsible for the payments on the debenture until the school would be considered full. 3. The number of pupils at which the school would be con- sidered full should be set by the board in advance. 4. The attendance of the school should be measured by the registration in September of the previous year. 40 PUPILS PER ROOM 'It was decided to set. the number of pupils that would make the school full at 240, based on 40 pupils per class room. This is close to the pres- ent average of 41 pupils per classroom in separate schools. It was expected, said Secre- tary F, E. Shine, that 143 French - Canadian pupils would attend separate schools next year. This means an increase of 12 over the last year. The notice of motion given by Trustee G. P. Kent, that a bi- lingual school be built, did not specify whether such building would be subject to the recom- mendations set forth in Father Aug. 22. ! Gignac's report.