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Oshawa White Cane Week Close your eyes. This is what it is like to be blind. Canadians, concerned with good eye sight, have a share in White Cane Week taking place across Canada Feb. 3 to 10. Usually devoted to the prob- lems of blindness, the week this year is dedicated to good visual health. Each year more than 2,000 Canadians lose their sight. Ac- cording to doctors 50 per cent is needless blindness due to fail- ure on the part of the person to catch the disease in the early stages. This means that an ap- preciation of good visual health and better eye care could save sight for hundreds, When reading, use 100-150 watt bulbs and make sure the light falls over your shoulder to eliminate shadow or glare. Don't watch television in a completely dark room, Too much contrast between light from the screen and the rest of the room may cause eye fatigue. Make sure children with crossed ROTS Club Executive Installed At a breakfast meeting held Sunday, Jan, 27, in Centennial Hall, King Street United Church, the 1963 executive of the AOTS Men's Club was in- stalled by Marshal Francis, President of District Council AOTS Men's Clubs, assisted by Cyril Powell, President Osh- awa Presbytery, United Church Men. The executive is as follows: Hon. President, Rev. L. Wesley Herbert; Past president, Gor- don V. Hawker; president, C. Jackson Wray; vice-president, Stanley Gomme; secretary, I. Chester Robinson; treasurer, Robt. Mowers; sick and visit- ing, Chas. Stainton; projects, George Twiddy; membership, Pat A. Tresise; house and games, Ivan Shephard; group leaders, Elmer Randall, Clark Hubbell and James Waddell. Breakfast was served sharp at 8.30 a.m, After breakfast a short devotional period on the Life of Christ was conducted by Cy Powell. Following the de. votional, past president Gord Hawker called on the new ex. ecutive to come forward and take the oath of office. Marsh Francis then installed the new executive. Rev. L. W. Herbert congratu- lated Jack Wray, the incoming president and wished God's Blessing on all his endeavors in the coming year. Mr. Herbert then expressed the appreciation of the club, and also himself to the retiring president, Gord Hawker, for his efforts in the past year. Jack Wray took charge of the meeting and introduced the guest speaker, Neil Oliver. Neil is a member of the club who spoke on his feelings, thoughts and actions as a result of at- tending the United Church Men's Conference held at Elgin House and Canadian Keswick in Muskoka last June. Mr. Oliver attended this con- ference with seven other mem- bers of the King Street AOTS Men's Club. He told of the won- derful Christian, social and spir- itual fellowship to be found at this conference, anf recom. mended all men attend this year. President Jack Wray thanked Neil and after a short business session the meeting was closed by Mr. Herbert pronouncing the benediction. To Mark eyes get proper medical atten- tion. They will not grow out of their squint, It seems ridiculous that the blind must point out to the see- ing the importance of good vision. DOES HOUSEHOLD WORK Some of Oshawa's blind still remain cheerful and energetic in their condition of complete darkness, Their accomplish- ments rate with those of any normal citizen. Miss Ada McDonough, 26 Park road south, who has been blind for 12 years is capable of doing household chores and takes part actively in the blind bowling league. With instructions from her coach she bowls very well and last year she had a high single of 236. There is no change from the normal in the league scoring. Miss McDonough was taught braille by the home teachers of the Canadian National Institute for the blind and since learning she has read a great many books from the Braille Library in Toronto. She is also a member of Osh- awa's Humoresque Club. This is a social club for the blind of the community where they can meet twice a month and dis- cuss subjects of mutual inter- est. At these meetings they also play braille bingo and other games of amusement. FIRST-RATE BOWLER Mrs. L. Wakely, 687 Hortop 735 Cedar street, street south, near the Cadillac Hotel early this morning. SUFFERS BRUISES DON JACKSON paid a fily- ing visit to Oshawa Thursday afternoon. The World Figure Skating Champion and Ice Fol- lies star addressed the student body at the O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute and then had his first look at the model of Oshawa's proposed community centre-arena, In picture at right Don is giving his views on the project with Dorothyann Nelson, Follies co- star, (left) and Robert J. Nicol (centre) looking on. In the picture at left Don is giv- ing Joyce Gedge, OCVI Grade 13 student, a hand with the hanging of his portrait, pur- chased by the student body in Don's honor. --Oshawa Times Photo $1,315 DAMAGE Two People Injured In Street Accidents Accidents in Oshawa over- night and this morning caused an estimated $1315 in property damage and sent two persons to hospital. John Korol, 44, of RR 3, Port Perry was released when he was found to have no injur- ies. He had been struck by a car driven by Milson Timoll, on Simcoe Shortly afterward, Mrs, Pearl Badley, 166 Nassau street sus- tained abrasions and brui her left knee, She was a pas- senger in a car that was ih. volved in a collision with a tractor - trailer owned by Rus. sell Transport Company, was not damaged. that The car in which she was rid. ing was driven by Mel Peyton, 169 Nassau street. Other passen- gers, including Mrs. Badgley's husband, were not injured. The car sustained $450 damage after the collision on Ritson road south. Thursday, two cars collided street, is first vice-president of the Humoresque Club. Her main task is obtaining transportation for members of the bowling league. A first-rate bowler her- self, Mrs. Wakely has several trophies indicating her ability. Blind for more than 12 years, Mrs. Wakely has shown fine craftsmanship in crocheting and knitting and her works have won praise at handicraft dis- plays at the Canadian National Exhibition. Mrs. Iva Forrest, 226 High- land avenue, leads a normal life except for her blindness. Mar- ried and the mother of two daughters, aged nine and twelve, she has been blind since birth. . Mrs. Forrest does all the housework and does some of the shopping with the aid of her husband and children. She is also a member of the Humor- esque club and acts as the legis- lation officer for that club. Mrs Forrest has a good knowledge of typing and braille. Champlain Avenue Gets Watermain Oshawa city council will be told residents of Champlain av- enue should have an eight-inch watermain installed at a cost of $7,380. The Public Utilities Commis- sion decided Thursday night the residents should be granted the main after they made two peti- tions. Said Commissioner William Boddy: "I feel this is not a paying proposition but these people are citizens of this city and we should give them spe. cial consideration." Commissioner Roy Fleming agreed: "'they are victims of cir- cumstances beyond their con- trol."' The price of a 12-inch main was said to be $9,840 to serve the residents of the street. at Simcoe street north and Robert street causing an esti- mated $190 in damage. Driv- ers involved in the 5.15 p.m. accident were Bruce Foy, 1563 Simcoe street north, and Rob- ert Gibson Eakins, of Darling- ton Township. Constable Cyril Smith investi- gated an accident at 4 p.m. at Bond and Arena streets involv- ing Hubert McCoy, 496 Madison avenue and Rena Hutchion, 476 Madison avenue. He estimated damage at $275. CAR-TRUCK COLLIDE Damage to a car driven by Edward F 'tin, 1483 Glen. cairn avenue, was estimated at $150 after it was involved in a collision with a truck at 4.05 p.m. on King street east. The truck, driven by Charles Edward Whalley, 160 Ritson road south, sustained $25 dam- age. Cars driven by Rev. H. A. Rink Model Is Praised Don Jackson, world figure skating champion and Ite Fol- lies star, had a look at the model of Oshawa's proposed arena Thursday and thought it was "terrific". Don was in Oshawa to visit his old school, the OCVI, and took the opportunity. to skip down to Hotel Genosha lobby where the model is displayed. "It is much more than I ex- pected," said Don, who had not seen the model before. When asked whether he thought the centre was too fancy for a city Oshawa's size, both he and Follies co-star Dorothy- ann Nelson, who accompanied him, said they had skated in many cities in the United States comparable in size to Oshawa, with skating arenas seating 8,000-10,000 people. "Oshawa is becoming a big city," Don said. He said he hoped to skate on Oshawa"s new rink sometime. Mellow, 82. McLaughlin avenue and Orton Alex Michie, 247 Sim. coe street north, Port Perry, re- ceived damage estimated at $225 after they collided on William street near GM gate No. 5 at 3.30 p.m. 24 Veterans AtGM Retire The retirement of 24 Oshawa employees, who gave a total of 780, years' service, was an- nounced recently by General Motors of Canada Limited. The employees, with the de- partment in which they worked and length of service, follow: Elizabeth Conway, parts de- partment, 19 years; William D. Ferguson, south plant body 22 years; Clayton R. Garrison, chassis plant tool engineering, 35 years; James W. Heath, maintenance, 35 years; Helen M. Henry, parts department, 39 years; Peter Huska, plating, 26 years; Edmund I. Jeffs, parts department, 35 years; George H. Johnston, radiator department, 20 years; Leyland S. Kellar, south plant body welding, 28 years; William J. Noonan, parts department, 28 years. Christian H. Osbourn, west plant truck line, 27 years; Er- nest A. Pratt» salvage depart- ment, 41 years; William J. Read, body tool engineering, 37 years; Charles Rose, south plant chassis, 38 years; Adam J. Shields, south 'plant body, 36 years; Mikko Sorrim, stamping plant, 35 years; Elmer A. Spiers, salvage department, 33 years; William D. Squires, north plant maintenance, 25 years; Stephen Stachariuk, maintenance, 20 years; Joseph Stankovits, stamping plant, 34 years; Walter A. Wirtanen, south plant body, 31 years; George Wright» south plant final finish chassis plant, 36 years, Among its many other ac- tivities the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce operates an in- formation "centre which circu- lates information on many OSHAWA CHAMB phases of the life of the com- munity. The circulation of facts about the city is particu- jarly prominent when conyen- tions are held here, Many BR bo 8 F : ER HAS ACTIVE INFORMATION CENTRE pamphlets and folders are given to delegates setting forth many of Oshawa's as- sets. Seen here, from left, examining some of the Aim High Don Jackson Tells Pupils Don Jackson, World Figure Skating Champion and Ice Fol- lies star, told Oshawa high school students Thursday about an experience he is likely to remember with '"'a sinking feel- ing"? for years to come. "I had been waiting," Don said, "for my Canadian prem- iere as a professional for months. Finally the day had come; I came out on the ice, and sure enough . . . I fell." The way he told it to the stu- dent body of the O'Neill Colleg- iate and Vocational Institute, however, showed he took it as 'just one of those things'. VIEWS PORTRAIT Don had come to the school Thursday afternoon to view his own portrait, obtained by the students to be hung in the hall in honor of their most famous alumnus. Angus Dixon, OCVI principal, invited Don to speak: "because it doesn't happen every day. you-are hung." "Winning competitions does. n't mean everything,"' Don said, "as long as you set your goal high enough, For that you can be a better person. I hope it will work for me, I don't know." He said one thing he found in professional skating is that 90 per cent of the audience does not realize what really is in- 5 Track Lifting The Oshawa Times. SECOND SECTION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1963 PAGE NINE Executive ToCutDown Civic Auditorium Cost The Oshawa Civic Auditorium executive is starting its project from scratch, Prices will have to be cut down on the proposed $1,700,000 Civic Auditorium, the executive committee said Thursday. Chairman E, R. S. McLaugh. lin said the project which was not expected to cost more than $1,000,000, according to the com. mittees' estimates in the begin- ning, is now seen as reaching $1,700,000, MUST CUT COSTS Mr. McLaughlin stated the cost must be reduced before ap. proaching the public for funds. "The campaign hinges on cut- ting building expenses and find. ing out where Terence Kelly and I can raise $1,400,000," he ex- plained. He said the project must be led by the working man. A major construction firm estimated the new total cost of the building, including extras as $1,700,000. Harry Gay of the building committee has been working with the architects this week to try and reduce building costs. ORGANIZE POLL Dr. 0. G. Mills is organizing names" to determine what per- centage of the total they would _ be willing to contribute. Finance Chairman Terence Kelly indicated industry is inter- ested in supporting any prvess that is for the benefit of the ie and is a project which the citi- zens will support. "Industry heads contri to the project will be includ as individuals on the. 'special names' list," he said. Alderman Walter Branch urged "'the committee to get the ball rolling as time is running on", mt Plan To Mark Future events were discuss- ed Thursday at the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting, at Hotel Genosha. A helicopter service for the Oshawa district was discussed and an announcement made that a speaker would be pres-|' ent Wednesday, Feb. 6, to give details and explain facilities that would be available. There was also some discus- sion on the King street track removal celebration to be held Saturday, May 4. Chamber president Gordon Riehl express- ed the hope that the Canadian National Railways would -dis- play some of its equipment at the ceremony, Asked if the CNR exhibit would go down King street, he said the equipment would be too heavy and would probably sink into the ground. This some of the members though would save the city the expense of tearing up the tracks. Fred Ball, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, gave a report on the Junior Chamber's activities during the past year. He particularly men- tioned the distribution of toys to needy families in the Oshawa area during the Christmas holi- days. Some 5,000 toys were col- lected, cleaned, repaired and painted, He also reported suc- cess in the '"'get-out-and-vote" campaign the Jaycees sponsor- meeting a poll consisting of "special Citizenship Is Kiwanis Aim "Citizen Quotient? -- one of the prime objectives of Kiwanis International and all its mem- bers, was the subject of a chal- lenging address at this week's of Oshawa Kiwanis Club, when Kiwanis Interna- tional Vice - President M. R. of the East York Club, was the speaker. At the outset of his address, Kiwanian "Mel" apathetic attitude taken today by far too many people "'to the extent that we are slowly drift- ing into a socialistic bureau- cracy." "So long as you and J allow political parties to make of each election, a give-away program, vie with one another by offering handouts of yours and my money, in an effort to get elected, instead of intelli- gently placing our many prob- lems before the electorate -- then we can expect this gradual change avalanche," he declared. WELL EQUIPPED "No group of men are better equipped to halt this ever- increasing pressure forms of government to sub- sidize the living standard of our people than are the business: and professional men who make up the membership of our serv- ice clubs," he added. Pointing out that apathy has also crept into mazy service clubs, the 'Mel' Osborne, decried to become on the an all speaker declared that obligations and y service club members has never been greater than today." The speaker went on to point out that building "responsible citizenship" is not only a chal- lenge aad a duty, but a need, for every service club worker and member. He explained that involved the action of individ- ual members, as groups or indi. viduals, to solve their own local or regional problems, rather than pass them on to goveri- ment, The speaker went on to point out that today, instead of cen+ soring conduct unbecoming to public office, we seem to con+ done it, Continuing, Kiwanian Mel Og borne criticized the advertising. media employed today, where+ by "product assassination by comparison is commonplace." "For one who knows, it is sick- ening to listen to these false and i statements, which you know are being heard by. and believed by thousands of people," he commented. . "the of DISRESPECT RAMPANT Disrespect of law and author+ ity, as evidenced by attacks upon police; the steady in- crease of taxes, both of the ins come variety and those that aré on property or 'hidden taxes'*;- these and similar examples for ed for both the federal and mu- nicipal elections. Frank McLellan, renovations cahirman, reported aiterations to the Henry House Museum are pr ding on schedule The Chamber of Commerce annual meeting will be held Monday, Feb. 25. Jack Mann, secretary, report- ed the enrolment of three new members: Tom Prest of Robson Leather, Oscar Matteau. of Electrolux and J. Semenciu of the Clover Leaf Motel. volved in some of the figures skaters go through, or how dif- ficult they are. SKATERS CHEERED Don was accompanied by Dorothyann Nelson, also a for- mer competitor in the world championships at Prague, Cze- choslovakia, who joined Ship- stads and Johnson "'Ice Follies" at about the same time as Don. Not only he, but also Miss Nel- son drew loud cheers and ap- plause from the crowd, Also present were Don's mo- ther, Mrs. G. Jackson; George K, Drynan, chairman of the Board of Education; George A. Fletcher, chairman of. the board's public relations commit- tee and Lloyd Fletcher, OCVI Board Must Pay For Watermain The Oshawa Harbor commis- sioner will be told it will have to pay for a new watermain from Harbor road to the harbor and it will remain the property of the PUC, The harbor commission had applied to the PUC about elec- tric and water service to a new government wharf to be built. Water was essential, their let- ter said, for drinking by sailors and for fire protection. NAMED DIRECTOR A. W. Rundle, of Oshawa, who was elected a director of the Ontario Nurserymen's As- sociation at its annual con- vention in Toronto. Mr. Rundle is also a director of the Canadian Association of Nurserymen. the timely need of the average. citizen to take a greater inters est in his country's addministra- tion, were mentioned. "The purpose of the Kiwanis CQ (Citizen Quotieat) pro- gram," declared the speaker, "is to re-awaken us te our citi- zenship responsibilities, It was never intended that it should be confined to the passing out of a few leaflets, but that it be a continuing effort, im many different directions. Charging that no eltizen, no member of Kiwanis too busy to take on an extra or special job, the speaker concliuded his re« marks by that "Kiwa- nis expects from each of us, the finest service and deepest dedi- cation of which we are capable. In doing so, we will show not only the communities we serve but the whole world that respon- sibility is the real key to free. dom." en The speaker was introduced to the club members and guests by Past - Governor Kiwanien "Bert" Coulter and at the con- clusion of the inspiring talk, Kiwanian Oliver Baird voiced the sincere appreciation of all, to International vice-president Mel Osborne. alumnae now attending Western University, who last year con- ceived of the idea to get Don to the school. Don attended the OCVI in Grade 11 in 1956-57. Civic Auditorium Asks Water Service Oshawa Public Utilities com- missioners worried briefly Thursday night about bus ser- vice to the planned Civic Audi. torium on Thornton's road. "Don't worry about it yet --" Commissioner Roy Fleming said, "'We'll be faced with that when it comes up." The commission was discuss- ing an application from the new auditorium for water and electric services when it is | built. Auditorium officials will be told the PUC will supply water but the cost of pipe from the street to the building will have to be borne by the auditorium board. RIDERS GET ALL-AMERICA * HICKORY, N.C. (AP)--Rich- "lard Kemp, Lenoir Rhyne's little pamphlets are City Clerk L. R. Barrand; Jack Mann, mem- bership manager; Miss Marie MacKey and Mary Ann Barbric, --Oshawa Times Photo all-America fullback from High | |Point- N.C., has signed a bonus contract with Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. The 195-pounder gained almost 1,200 yards last season as Lenoir Rhyne won its eighth consecutive Carolinas Confer- ence title. Kemp said he also had an offer from Pittsburgh Steelers of the National League, but 'the long-range prospect of playing is much better in the Canadian League than in the Craft materials to help Oshawa's retarded children for years to come were pre- sented Thursday by Central Hotel Manager Al McMillan and Soroptimist Club Vice- NFL." President Madelaine Kelly, PRESENT CRAFT MATERIALS shown left to right. Mr. Mc- Millan said $130 for the craft materials, was raised by patrons of the hotel who drop- ped spare change into a col- lection pot. He also present- ed the children, at Glenholme TO GLENHOLME SCHOOL School, another $86 to be used to take them on a picnie next summer. Shown is one of the children looking over the new materials. --Oshawa Times Photo