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"OFFICIALS INTERVIEW TRUANT S ie TUDENT Working Parents Factor In Absence From School By NORA LEA FLEGG Barefoot boys dangle tempt- ing hooks in favorite fishing holes while truant officers prowl Spring woods on school days. : : We used to call it 'playing hooky'"'. : Now, it's called "truancy" and the only feature of the of- fence that remains the same is the season in which it occurs most frequently. Even the truant officer, or school attendance officer, has taken on a new face. Now, he's a social worker, an employment agency, a court prosecutor, a detective, and a counsellor, all bundled into one. 300 ABSENCES Last year, School Attendance Officer William Smith investi- gated 300 irregular or illegal ab- sences within his Oshawa juris- dtction of 24 elementary schools, four high schools and two pri- vate schools. Truancy account- ed for most of these absences -- especially in cases where both parents were working. "Parents set out for work early in the day, leaving the John's and Mary's to get ready for school on their own. By 9 a.m., many of them have de- cided that no one will ever find out if they take a half-day off," said Mr. Smith. Startling as it may seem, pat- ents often cover up for their absence, Mr. Smith investi- gates only to find that the fam- ily of the '"'truant'" child is in need and the child does not have proper clothing, thus keeping him from school. The Women's Welfare League and Simcoe Hall provide invaluable service here and have supplied shoes, mittens and warm clothes when the need is appar- ent. LACK OF MONEY Other factors that contribute to a child's absence from school are lack of money for books and bus fares. These items are also taken care of by Mr. Smith, in co-operation with charitable groups. Medical exemptions, usually permanent, are also granted by the school attendance officer for reasons of pregnancy and ner- vous breakdowns. "There are far too many ner- vous breakdowns, especially among students of Grades 11, 12 and 13, Whether they are a re- sult of today's fast pace of liv- ing or too much pressure on students for high marks at school, I don't know," he said. In 1962, Mr. Smith granted 29 exemptions from school to 10 boys and 19 girls, all 15 or 16 years of age. These children are usually "'old" for the grade they are in, and can see no point in carrying on. Before an exemption is given, the student! planning to leave school must have a job lined up. Employers often contact Mr. Smith in this regard, notifying him of positions available. These usually include. jobs as drug store or telegraph delivery boys, or as waitresses and ush- erettes in movie theatres. "not all types or places of employment are acceptable to me when granting permits," said Mr, Smith, He gave as examples jobs in bowling alleys, in some thea- tres and in some restaurants. He said he had nothing against bowling alleys, except that they offer a boy no chance to get ahead. Also, he said, some thea- tres and restaurants just do not provide a healthy atmo- sphere for young people. "Delivery boys learn to meet the public amd handle money. Telegraph delivery boys have the opportunity of working up into jobs as telegraph opera- tors. Usherettes learn to meet the public as do waitresses, and the latter can often learn to cook as well," he explained. Through all the problems faced by young people, Mr. Smith commends teachers for the attitude they take. "Teach- ers are most susceptible to criti- cism," he said, "but I have never met one who wasn't will- ing to help any child in any tional The Oshawa office of the Na- Employment - Service states that although there was no significant change in the number of applicants registered) at the local office, employment conditions in the area 'remained relatively stable throughout March. Agricultural activities were still limited, but the demand for farm workers is expected to in- crease with continuing spring weather conditions. The number of construction workers indicated a gradual de- crease, as work progressed on local projects, although the sup- ply remained adequate to meet any requirements listed by em- ployers. Manufacturing industries con- tinued to maintain a good level of production. Relatively few lay-offs were reported, with the majority of the plants indicating a 5 per cent to 7 per cent in- Plan Good Friday Worship Service The Oshawa Ministerial Asso- ciation has completed plans for the holding of its annual inter- denominational Service of Wor- ship on Good Friday, April 12. The service this year will be held in King Street United Church with Rev. R. A. Bombay, pastor of Simcoe Street Pentecostal Church as the speaker. The service will be conducted by 'Rev. L. Wesley Herbert, min- ister of the host church. Rev. Warrem A. Dickson, minister of Centre Street United Church, will read the scripture lesson. Both Mr. Bombay and Mr. Dickson have been asked to assist in the service because they are to leave Oshawa to assume new pastorates. Capreol Boy To Trial For Shooting Death CAPREOL, Ont. (CP) -- An delinquency in connection with the shooting death of J. K. Mc- Mahon March 23 and is sched- uled to appear in juvenile court Apri 10, MeMahon, a 35 - year - old father of five, died as the result of a gunshot wound from a .22- circumstance." calibre rifle during a family dispute in his home. many parents decided their chil- dren had the 'flu when inform- ed of unaccountable absences this spring. Another main reason for il- legal absence from school is babysitting. This offence usual- ly involves 14-year-old girls who stay home at their parents' re- quest. In some cases, both par- ents are working and in others, the mother is ill. In all such cases, Mr. Smith investigates the home situation and, under exceptional circum- stances a Se gh hg all . granted the pupil for a perio not exceeding six weeks. Mr. Smith discourages this, however, and tells the parents about organizations that can step in in emergency situations. "People contribute to the Com- munity Chest and are unaware that such groups as the Red Cross Homemakers exist for their benefit," he said. Sometimes when a teacher or principal reports an irregular The Ontario Department of Highways announced this week that improvements to the Park Road interchange, at Park road and Bloor street, Oshawa, are included in the department's works program for this year. New work included in the pro- gram also calls for the con- struction of a diversion of Highway 2 at Dunbarton. The diversion will be nine-tenths of a mile in length. Carry-over from last year in he district also calls for com- pletion of the revision of the Sheppard avenue and Highway 2A interchange. New work in the Port Hope district calls for base course paving of 8.2 miles of Highway 7A westerly frof the north junction of Highway 55 to the Caesarea sideroad. Paving will also be done on Highway 7A 3.5 miles easterly from the Caesarea sideroad. The job of resurfacing High- way 7 and 12 from Blackwater north to the junction of High- way 7, north of Sunderland, will be continued. The department has announc- ed the following allotménts to municipalities for normal work expenditures eligible for sub- sidy: Ontario County -- $530,000 of which $200,000 is for construc- tion. Oshawa $750,000 of shag $300,000 is for construc- ion. DR. JOHN W. LOVETT DOUST To Speak At Local Dinner The members of the Oshawa and District Diabetic Associa- tion are laying plans for their sixth annual banquet to be heid in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Wednesday, April 10. The speaker will be Dr. John W. Lovett Doust, associate pro- fessor, department of psychia- try, University of Toronto; phys- ician and head of the research division at the Toronto Psychia- try Hospital, and consultant in psychiatric research to the province of Ontario. A mative of London, Eng- land, Dr. Loust graduated in medicine from the University of London in 1942. After taking de- grees in theology and physiology fiat the intersection of Bloor $200 Damage In Two Car Crash The Oshawa Police Depart- ment reports one minor traffic accident occurred early today street west and the Highway 401 interchange. No one was in- jured. The drivers were Paul Zdrow eckyj, 40, of 307 Vimy avenue and David W. McAdam, 18, of RR 2, Peterborough. Police say both cars were eastbound on Bloor street west and were at- tempting to make a left hand turn to Highway 401. Damage was estimated at of the Oshawa Police investi-| Its Mortgage Final mortgage on the $75,000 St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church, which was built in 1953, will be burned Sunday, during the 10.30 a.m. high mass. The celebrant will be pastor of the church, Rev. P. Zaparyniuk, A special dinner will be held in the church hall at 12.30 p.m. to further mark the occasion. Guest speaker will be Mayor Lyman Gifford and the Hon. Michael Starr, minister of labor. Other special guests will be Rev. D. Luchak, pastor of St. John's Ukrainian Greek Ortho- dox Church and Rev. S. Hucu- lak, pastor of St. Anne's Greek Orthodox Church, Highland Creek. ie About 200 parishoners are ex- pected to attend. he took his specialist in inter- mal medicine degree. He later entered the Royal Medical Corps and served in Europe. Following demobilization, he took psychiatric training in Lon- don and New York, and came to Canada in 1952. BUILD COLLEGE FORT SMITH, N.W T. (CP)-- Plans have been completed for the construction here of the first college in the Northwest Terri- Auto Production Up During Week TORONTO (CP) -- Canadian motor-vehicle production _ this week is estimated at 13,240 units compared with 12,222 last week, says the Canadian Auto- mobile Chamber of Commerce. Car production is estimated at 10,881 compared with 10,008 last week and truck production at 2,359 compared with 2,214. Production to date this year is estimated at 160,963 units Department To Improve Park Road Interchange $ The figures for other county municipalities, with the main- tenance figure in brackets, are: Brock, $70,000 ($35,000); (Mara), $44,000 ($31,000); Pick- ering, $190,000 ($130,000); Rama, $20,000; Reach, $38,000 ($20,- 000); Scott, $39,000 ($27,00); Scugog, $11,000; Thorah, $28,000 ($19,000); Uxbridge,, $57,- 000) ($32,000); Whitby, $88,000 ($53,000); East Whitby, $40,000 ($28,000); Ajax, $45,00 ($30,- 000); Uxbridge Town $17,000 ($7,000); Whitby, $65,- 000 ($40,000); Beaverton, $11,- 50; Cannington, $8,000; Picker- ing, $8,000; Port Perry, $16,000 ($11,000); Rama Indian Re- serve, $700. The department also announ- ed the United Counties of North- umberland and Durham wil! re- ceive a total of $465,000 of which $200,000 is earmarked for con- struction, : The figures for Durham Coun- ty municipalities, with the main- tenance figure in brackets, are: Cartwright, $46,000 ($29,000); Cavan, $65,000 ($35,000); Clarke, $85,000 ($45,000); Dar- lington, $151,000 ($71,000); Hope, $66,000 ($32,000); Man- vers, $42,000 ($32,000); Bowman- ville, $55,000 ($35,000); Newcas- tle, $6,000, 11 - year-old Capreol boy was charged .Friday with juvenile Little Change in Area Employment crease in production over the previous month. Retail establishments general- The Oshawa Zime o 5 SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1963 PAGE NINE ly indicated average b 5 which resulted in some vacan- cies for sales clerks and other retail store personnel. There was a. continuing de mand for qualified 'salesmen in the insurance and real estate field. Other vacancies listed by employers indicated a fair de- mand for engineers, draughts- men and tool designers. Local registrations showed a good supply of both male and fe- male applicants with some shortages in the following occu- pations -- tool and die makers, patternmakers, cabinet makers, sheet metal workers, electrical appliance servicemen, automo- bile mechanics, auto body re- pairmen, housekeepers, medical technicians, and nurses. It is stated there were 5,279 applicants registered for em- ployment on March 29, Of these 3,502 were males 'and 1,777 were females. The figure at the end of February of this year was 5,555 while 4,356 were registered at the end of March, 1962. 2 Members Welcomed By Legion Two new members -- John McAdam and George Chester Golding were inducted as mem- bers of Branch 48, Royal Can- adian Legion, at its Thursday night meeting. The new mem- bers were welcomed by Presi- dent Harry Brown. It was announced the Legion Hall and all its facilities have been donated for the use of the Community Citizenship Council on Friday, May 17. The pro- gram will be part of the obser- vance in Oshawa of Citizenship Week. The ninth annual reunion of the Nava: Veterans' Association will be held May 18, 19 and 20 in Sarnia. A bus will be chartered by the branch to take members to the district convention in Co- bourg May 5. All members are asked to fall in at the Legion Hall at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6, for the an- nual Vimy Parade to the Ceno- taph. Al Elliott, dance chairman, reported he would be having a hard times dance Saturday, April 6. A letter was read from the ladies' auxiliary inviting all ed members to attend a_ social evening on April 2. Gordon Jacobs, clubroom chairman, reported the billiards championship had been won by {Art Cocker and Ray Pope. The all - game tournament was won by. Alex Walker, Jr.. and Ken McInally. The Cowle Trophy for darts was won by Bob Skelton's team consisting « of Bob Ogden, Don Weeks, Larry Holmes, Jim Anderson and Bob Skelton, captain..The Wednes- day night cribbage was won by Fred Crawley. | A branch 43 team finished \first in the euchre tournament jheld at Uxbridge on March 3, |This was a zone event, The Osh- \district playoffs. | It was reported that Earl Legion projectionist, Gillard, had presented the monthly show jfor residents of Hillsdale Manor A large crowd attended the | showing. | 5 GM Workers Placed On Pension The retirement of five of its long-service Oshawa employees has been announced by General Motors of.Canada Limited, The new pensioners are: John A. Gray, chassis, 41 years' service; John R. Fair, west plant tool engin- eering, 26 years' service; Charles F. Hall, inspection and salvage, 36 years' service; John Rovid, stamping plant, 32 years' service and Donald L. Sugden, tool and die, 41 years' service. $200. Constable Dawson J. Kerr) © gated, | Church To Burm ' south plant| THE WOODSHOP CLASS at the Oshawa_ Recreation Centre will hold an_ exhibi- tion of carpentry work at the ORC building April 4 and 5. Woodwork Class To Show Work Adult students of the Com- munity Recreation Association woodworking class will display their achievements at an "'open- house" next week. women registered. It began Oct. 1 last year and will terminate May 10, in this class are coffee tables, lamps, beds, dressers, buffets and stereo sets. The woodworking shop is equipped with band saws, table saws, lathe, jointer, drill press and shaper. Students purchase the wood from the CRA at cost. Enrol- ment fee for a season is $6. "We don't want people to get the idea that the purpose of the than you can buy them," says Mr. Rohrer. '"'We want it to be a useful hobby." Each student is allowed to work in the shop one day each week, Monday through Thursday from 7 to 10.30 p.m. Open House will be April 4 and 5 from 2 to 5.30 p.m, and from 7 to 10 p.m. The class has 34 men and Their instructor is Walter Rohrer of the CRA staff. This is his fourth winter term in- structing classes of this nature. _ Among the many things made class is to make things cheaper cs The exhibit will feature work done by the class during the year under the direction of instructor Walter Rohrer. Mr. Rohrer is seen as he super- awarded to top competitors. Hall, of the Donevan team, coached by E, C. Neuhaus. judges and close to 400 breath less fans. School, O'Neill Collegiate, Mc van. ley Armstrong, Trinity College van; William Watson, Donevan; Minardi, Dunbarton. went with it. Next five winners evan; Stevason, MCVI; chell, Dunbarton; evan, and Elmhurst, (tie). Competitors were Pupils Visit University By JANIE OCAVITE During the week prior to and the week following the examina- tions, activities were at mini- mum at O'Neill Collegiae and Vocational Institute. The girls' athletic assoication sponsored a dance, called the "Mad Hatters' Ball" at the con- clusion of the exams. All who ~#\attended were required to wear *|some type of hat, There was a ' 900,000 PixDGed 10 MusctdM A total of $66,000 in pledges has been received to date for the Oshawa Automotive Mu- seum. A welcome addition to the fund was received recent- tories. Classes will start in Sep- ly from Dominion Stores in the way of a $500 cheque. Finance Campaign Chairman L. M. Souch, right, received the cheque from manager George Shaw, and in turn pre- sented it to museum chairman of F. Armstrong, centre. Douglas Fisher, general man- ager of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, is seen at left. He told members of the mu- seum committee that such suprise donations provide a real boost to the campaign objective of $95,000. Oshawa Times Photo | -|prize for the best hat and spot . |prizes, Sports activities have been of a minor nature since the con- clusion of the basketbal! season. The girls' badminton clubs meet on Wednesday and Thurs- day nights after schoo! and the finalists will soon be decided. On Tuesday, of this week, a group of 48 students from Grades 12 and 13 travelled to York University. They attend- ed three sample lectures on political science, pnilosopny and mathematics. Some of the York students acted as guides for a tour of the grounds. Re- freshments were served. . The Oshawa visitors were un- able to form an opinion of the building as it was under con- struction. There were many and varied opinions of the life at the university. The Oshawa group enjoyed their visit and appre- ciated the chance to get an in- side view of the life of the uni- versity. O'Neill students are holding their Junior Prom on April 5. The theme of the dance is "Aquatic Adventure", The de- corations committee is busy making fish that one might find in the mysterious depths of the ocean. The dress for the event will be semi - formal, David Black and his orchestra will provide the music. Lily Expert To Address Club James Tiffen, of Scarborough who was president of the been very active in horticultura Oshawa Horicultural Monday evening, April 1, when it meets in the auditorium of the E, A. Lovell School, Centre Experience paid off for Dr. F. J. Donevan Collegiate's gym- nastic team Friday night at the first annual Lake Ontario Dis- trict Gymnastic Meet champion- ships. They walked off with the John Lennox trophy for top team, and four of the six medals|of Champion gymnast of the meet at MCVI was Vaughn Thirty - one boys performed compulsory routines for five Schools competing were Dunbarton Composite Laughlin Collegiate and Done- Judges were instructors: Had- Port Hope; John Elliott, Done- Joe Strobel, Dunbarton; Guido Every competitor was re- quired to long vault on the box horse and had two chances to make good, Vaughn Hall won the event and the medal that in order, were: D. Siblock, Don- Mit- Flegg, Don- MCVI then re- quired to do compulsory rou- On- tario Horticultural Association in 1954 and who has always activities, is to be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Society vises Steve Kivisto, one of the members of the wood- working class as he makes a coffee-table. The exhibition tines on any two of the following free calisthenics; -pommelled horse; paralled bars; horizontal bar. Thirteen boys entered the free calisthenics competition. Medal. winner for the event was Clark, rton, a 14year-old grade nine student. Next five winners in order were: Steva-' son, MCVI; Hall, Donevan; Wil- son, OCVI; Chute, Donevan; Nelson, Dunbarton, and Middle- ton, OCVI (tie). Nathan, OCVI, grabbed the medal in the pommelled horse competition, which is probably the most difficult. Number two spot was taken by D. Siblock, Donevan, followed, in order, by Hall, Donevan; Steckley, OVCI AND Elmhurst, MCVI (tie); An- derson, MCVI. One of the most popular pieces of apparatus, was the parallel bars, on which 15 boys; performed. D. Siblock, Donevan, took the event anf the medal that went with it. Next was Nathan, OCVI, followed by Flegg, Donevan; Wilson, OCVI; Mitchell, Dunbarton and Sin- clair, MCVI (tie). Winner of the spectacular horizontal bar competition (per- formed on a high bar, eight feet from the floor), was Flegg, Donevan. Second place was taken. by Elmhurst, MCVI, fol- lowed by McEachern, Donevan; Baker, Donevan; Murray, OCVI; and Gales, MCVI. Meet champion was decided . will be from 2-5.30 p.m. an@ 7-10 p.m. The public is in vited to attend. --Oshawa Times Photo Donevan Collegiate Wins Gymnastic Meet Judges considered execution, continulty of routines, and dif- ficulty when scoring. The winner, Hall, performed with grace in both the pommel led horse and the free calls. thenics divisions, His routines were of moderate difficulty, well . executed. Nathan, Chute, and Elmhurst chose the pom- melied horse and the parzallél bars oe Yo As Daeg ne ances. The audience got a bs i taste of finals when the boys could do what they did best. Both D. Sib- lock and Flegg performed well on the parallels, but both had rough luck on the high bar. When all scores were tallied, team totals were as _follows:| Donevan 72.5; OCVI - 27; MCVI - 23.5; Dunbarton - 14, The wide span can probably be explained by the fact that Don- evan recently met with keen competition at a provincial meet in Peterborough. The exe perience boosted their con- fidence and they went into last night's meet with that extra igdvantage. It might be a different story, though, in the upcoming COSSA finals at MCVI, Saturday, April 6, at 1 p.m. Instructor J. A. Schell has high hopes that fans will turn out in numbers that afternoon now that they have seen what "gymnastic meet" means. Teams were as follows: OCVI -- Stiles, Wilson, Nathan, Mid- after the six competitors who had amassed the greatest num- ber of points in the compulsory routines performed their op- tioanl routines on two pieces of apparatus of their own choice. Finalists were: D. Siblock, Donevan; Hall Donevan; Fiegg, Donevan; Nathan, OCVI; Chute, Donevan; Elmhurst, MCVI. 1 dleton, McQuade, Steckley, Markalous, Murray; Dunbarton -- Nelson, Mitchell, Cross, Rain- ville, Hamilton, Clark, Dobbin; MCVI -- Gales, Sinclair, Steva- son, Werry, Anderson, Spiers, Vanderheyen, Elmhurst, Bran- nigan; Donevan -- D, Siblock, Flegg, Hall, McEachern, Chute, R. Siblock, B. Baker. Street, at 8 p.m. Mr. Tiffen has been very in-| terested in growing lilies for the should benefit all grow them. Junior Garden Club, cludes an announcement of a rummage sale which is to be the Junior Garden Club. Baby Sitter Locked Out A year-and-a-half old tot gave his baby sitter some anxious moments Friday night. He lock- ed her out of the apartment. An Oshawa Fire Department spokesman said today the girl apparently stepped out for a minute and when she returned, found the door was locked. Firefighters went to the apartment on Montrave avenue to find the sitter in tears out- side the building. They removed a storm window to gain entry to the apartment. And what did junior think of the whole escapade? A "big joke'. last 10 years and his knowledge those who The 1963 year book is avail- able to all those who are inter- ested in the activities of the So- ciety. A section brings us up to date with the accomplishments and objectives of the Oshawa and in- held in Simcoe Hall on Wednes- day afternoon, April 3, in aid of | The date of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club's largest money raising project, the Kiwanis Radio Auction has been set for the evening of April 17 be- tween the hours of 6 p.m. and midnight. : Kiwanian Murray A. Maid- low is the chairman of the hard working committee who are directing the solicitation of arti- cles for the big event. Every contributor to the auction will have his firm name broadcast at least three times during the auction via Radio Station CKLB. | As a special '"'bidder's" in- centive prize this year the Kiwanis Club is offering to some lucky bidder, a Frigidaire portable dishwasher that has a nine-place setting capacity and a simple. snap-on faucet con- nection. Each bidder during the auction will be eligible for this special prize. Following its usual format, bidding will start at 6 p.m. for a list of prizes which will. be published in The Oshawa Times the evening of April 16. The actual auction will start via |CKLB at 8 p.m. Bids will be taken over a battery telephone manned by members of the Oshawa and Westmount Kiwa- nis Clubs until 12 p.m. Kiwanians of both clubs are busy this week collecting arti- cles from public spirited mer- chants for the auction. You will Kiwanis Sets Auction Date MURRAY A. MAIDLOW' spot these merchants by the yellow sign om their door that reads, "We have donated to the Kiwanis Radio Auction." : Chairman Maidlow express- ed complete satisfaction with progress to date as he pointed out that the co-operation of mer- chant and club member alike is necessary to make this fund raising event a success and this co-operation fas always been forthcoming in Oshawa.