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OSHAWA SCOUT HOME FROM WORLD JAMBOREE Alderman Albert V. Wal. ker, left, greets Queen Scout George Lakas "Nick" G. Lakas of 116 Church street, at the CNR Station Friday on his return from Marathon Bay, Greece, where he attend- ed the World Boy Scout Jam- boree. Mrs. Lakas is also shown. George is a member of the 7th. Oshawa Scout Provincial Pensions Plan Discussed By T. D. Thomas By T. D. THOMAS, MPP Oshawa Riding A full understanding of the provincial pensions issue has been complicated.by the pro- posed federal contributory pen- sion plan. The New Democratic Party of Ontario endorses federal action on pensions as the only way by which pensions can be made fully. portable and meet the problem of a pergon moving from province to province. There is, however, room for an interim provincial scheme for portable pensions and an On- tario Government should not stand in the path of federal pro. gress o pensions, as Premier Robarts is apparently threaten- ing to do, The Tory proposals are, more- Over, a fraud and a deception. fact, the Conservatives will only really enforce minor ad- justments in the present pension|to arrangements in Ontario, intro- ducing a limited degree of port- ability. There is no need to elaborate on the crying social need for community action on the prob- lems created by the sudden drop of income suffered on ment. Older people can no me er count on succour from the family unit which has difficulty' enough surviving itself in the complex of modern life. Our failure to provide through our community for our older papers "" reduced thousands to) rty-stricken exis- fence de id of adequate health adequate housing or coge cent food -- to say ~~ companionship of social warmth. .The pitiful reaction of con- gervative governments to the changing es has led to the growth of private pension plans, usually organized around one's job. It is to meet the inade- quacies of these plans and the inadequacies of our existing public old age security that a number of proposals are being made to the electorate in this campaign. Not only are millions of On- tario residents outside the cov- erage of private plans, but many who are covered now can lose all or most of the built- 2. pension rights by changing obs. The New Democrats are pro- posing to make a major reform in both the federal and provin- cial pension fields, We mo ling- er accept the idea that the com. munity should simply pay a base sum -- the present old age pension -- and then reiruge the citizen to make his own way. In our complex society it is simpler, more efficient and fair- er if the community accepts the idea that we must get together to ensure that our incomes don't drop substantially when we re- tire. The New Democrats, there- fore, suggest a universal con- "T:UU tributory public pension plan or superannuation plan which would ensure payment im retire. ment of half one's salary in the peak of earning years. Everyone would contribute and where the fund is universal and public there is no problem of portabil- ity. The plan would also provide a large fund for investment in the public sector under public and Canadian control, Finally, it would sharply reduce the high incidence of poverty among our older citizens and enable us to get on with important programs of senior citizen housing, and recreational facilities. As we. suggested, the plan would be best instituted on the federal level so that everyone in Canada is covered and so that there is no problem of leav- ing Ontario pension rights be- hind, for example, if one moves B.C, -- or vice versa. The federal Liberals have placed a high priority on a con. tributory pension plan and it is expected to go into operation next year. In principle, it is ap- parently a good plan -- a credit; to the Liberals and to those; retire-|who have put the pressure for ---- on the present govermn- ag New Democratic gov- ernment would continue to apply pressure on the federal Liberals to improve the scope of the fed- eral plan and to forestall any delay or procrastination. Always available as an alternative to the federal plan, if Ottawa shows any sign of caution, will be the provincial plan we are proposing in this campaign. THE TORY PROPOSAL The Conservative government is proposing something entirely different and entirely insuffic- ent. All employers will be com- pelled to institute portable pen- sion plans if they employ 15 or more people who are 30 years of age or over, and have worked with the company for at least six month. The maximum in- come beyond which benefits do not accrue is $400 per month or $4,800 per year. The standard maximum bene- fit based on $400 per month is $2 per month for each year of employment. Thus, an employee working his entire lifetime, age 30 to 70, or 40 years, and earn- ing $400 per month or more for the entire period will receive $80 r month upon retirement. Others will receive less. A Central Pension Agency is to be established "to receive, hold and disburse pension bene- fit credits under the Act'. The Conservative proposals are hopelessly insufficient. Mil- lions of Ontario residents re- main uncovered, The levels of payment are too low and there is neither public accountability nor public control of investment of the pension funds. It is arbitrary and wrong to deny coverage to groups of em- ployees numbering less than 15 No actuarial principle seems in volved. Although roughly 50-60 per cent of the work force is covered, some 114 million work- ers are thus excluded. It estimated, for example, that only 5,000 of 150,000 men in the building trades in Ontario wi benefit. It is equally unfair to exclude all those under 30 years of age. |i Contributions towards a pension could be accumulating for a full decade before age 30. There is no provision for any self-em- ployed and the levels of pay- ment are seriously inadequate. Eighty dollars per month after 40 years of service seems a mere pittance, What is more, that level is no means guar anteed. What is more, if in the next 40 years the value of money de- clines at the same rate is has declined over the last century, an $80 pension will have a pur- ad power equal to $40 in Past credits are not taken into account. Credits begin only when the legislation becomes law. The bill is therefore of little value to those whose age is now 50 and upwards. Eligibility is set at age 70, whereas it is generally accepted that pensions should accompany a retirement at age 65, especial- ly since an increasing number of employers now force their employees to retire at 65. Under the government bill, an employee must be in a plan for at least 10 years, and must be age 45 (thus, someone who en- ters a plan at age 30 must be in it for at least 15 years) be- fore the supplementary benefits are vested in him and become portable. When all is said and done, the true beneficiaries of the able pension legislation will be private insurance companies jand private investment trusts. They will continue to hold -- and greatly. increase their hold- ings of -- the vast bulk of pen- sion credits. Clifton Sales, Editor, Dies J. Clifton Peters, 55, editor of the Orillia Packet and Times, died at his home Thurdsay night after a colorful and varied car- eer which included a spell as a trapper in the dense bush of Northern Ontario. ~ Mr. Peters. joined the «news paper in 1948 and worked his way. from police reporter to ed- itor in 1957. A noted editorial writer, in 1959 he won a Thom- son Newspapers. editorial writ- ing award on the subject of re- sponsibilities of Canadian News papers. is}? Group. He and Scout Lennis Trotter represented Oshawa at this event, He is a student in Grade 10 at OCVI. : the majority of them 450 See Water Show At Samac A crowd of over 450 le, dren and teenagers, attended the Osh- '/awa District Boy Scouts fourth Annual Water Show Thursday. Mr. S. A. Richardson, Area Commissioner of The Boy Scouts of Canda welcomed the crowd to the show. A microphone and spotlights were placed on the roof of the change house and the crowd was entertained by a series of basic| swimming strokes which were explained over the loudspeakers and demonstrated in the pool simultaneously by members 0' the summer staff. Canoeing techniques were shown by Howard Joynt and Cal) Burton and this was followed by a display of improper canoeing by John Evans disguised as a clown. Lifesaving demonstrations fol- lowed with Sharon Giffin, Bob Salter and Marg Terrett doing eal complicated double resuce cs Paul Meldrum, Toronto lexplainde 'drown proofing", -|Stewart, 14; Canadian Women GUEST PREACHER Rev. W. F. Riding, minister of The Granville Presbyterian Church, Chicago, will be the guest speaker next Sunday morning at 10 a.m. in St. Step- hen's United Church, Simcoe street North. Mr. Riding is the son of Mrs, William Riding of Oshawa and formerly resided here. Hold Tourtiey At Club proximately 65 young members of this summer's ORC tennis program enjoyed a full day's activities at the Oshawa Tennis Club. The day's festivities be- gan at 9.30 with a round robin tournament, There were almost 50 participating in this and the winners of the various categor- ies were as follows, also runners up: Girls 9-11, Margaret Tool- ey; runner-up, Kathy - Dalby; girls 12-14, Lorraine Stiles; run- tunner-up, Diane Tresise. Boys 8-11: Jim Dyl; runner-up, Rob- ert Faust. Boys 12-14: Paul ort-|McKety; runner-up, Jim Dyl. A successful and well enjoy- ed scavenger and treasur hunt followed the morning's touma- ment, After many more games a twist contest and a feast of hot dogs and pop, 60 young- sters trudged wearily home at 5.30. This summer nearly 90 young people ranging from the age of 14 years to. 9 years joined the ORC's tennis program. Pau] Wright, managing this part of the program (along with many others) was aided by four high school instructors Terry Keys, Bonnie Poch, Ann Stiles and Karen. Ashmen who are also intermediate club mem- bers. The instruction was held 3%, days a week over an eight. week period. Because of threat- ening rains and flooded courts the instruction was held over one extra week. A, full summer's activities were enjoyed by all and an even bigger membership is hoped for next summer. 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The Leaside Club thrilled the audience with their graceful display of diving. Further demonstrations by the summer staff ended the eve- ning's entertainment. Symphony Rehearsal Oshawa Times tes 2 -oe sell < Alec: SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1963 PAGE NINE. 3,700 To Enro Separate Schools Mrs. Ralph Jones announc- ed this week that she will al- low her name to stand for nomination as Liberal candi- date in "Oshawa riding in the NOMINATION MEETING WEDNESDAY forthcoming Provincial elec- tion. She is shown with Harry Millen, an executive of the Association who is in charge of arrangements for next Wed- nesday's nomination meeting ia the McLaughlin Library. The meeting will start at 8 p.m. Members of the Ontario Riding Provincial party will " also attend. Tt) oe Building To Delay 1 Opening Enrolement of English- ing pupils at Corpus Christi lingual separate School will postponned until Monday, S 9 because of construction lays, announced Frank Shine, business administrator for { Oshawa Separate School B Bilingual pupils will enrol St. Christopher's School on napolis avenue on Sept. 3 aad will then transfer to Co: Christi School when it is sulle. iently completed. & A new venture of the this year is the institution of auxiliary classes, one senior a one junior. The children for these classes will be screened and tested during the month of September, with classes getting underway October 1. Construction of the new St Francis School will be com ed in time for classes Tu A while construction of the Cross annex will not be suffié fently completed until Sept. 9.- Enrolement in Oshawa's elé mentary Separate Schools is ex pected to reach the 3,700 mark, according to Mr. Shine. This figure represents a ba pupil increase over last At St. Joseph's ~Senior which houses four grade nine classes and two grade ten clas ses, enrolement has almost trip- pled in one year. Mr. Shine said that when the PeTis titi riei to. Scheduled With a view to increasing the On Tuesday, August 27, ap- and professional might be interested in joining the Oshawa Symphony Orches- tra will be welcomed at the first rehearsal next week, The son this fall and through the courtesy of the No, 420 Wing RCAF Association, rehearsals will be held in the club room at the airport every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. There are openings for new players in every section of the orchestra, string, woodwind and brass. Anyone who can play a violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone or tympani are urged to turn out. Those who may be a bit rusty should not hesitate as the group is made up of a wide cross section of citizens most of av- erage ability. Members of the executive be- lieve there must be many mu- sicians in the Oshawa district who could contribute consider- ably to the orchestra and who would enjoy the rehearsals and the association They are urged to get their instruments into shape and the welcome mat will be rolled out for them next Tuesday evening at the RCAF club house. Prospective mem- bers are urged to contact! Mike" Kupnicki, personel manager for the orchestra, at the Alto music store or talk with the president, David Mc- Duff, 839 Hortop avenue. Edward Oscapella, talented violinist, who has been assist- ant conductor and concert mas- ter for several seasons, will conduct the orchestra this sea- son with the help of Donald Oshawa's First and Only True Discount House Exy KING ST. WEST at GARRARD ROAD OSHAWA DIS Parkes as assistant conductor. It is planned to present a con- cert during the fall season. | Police Probe 2 Collisions Oshawa police investigated three two-car collisions in the city Friday. One man was in- jured but was released from the Oshawa Clinic after treat- ment. A rear-end collision on Ritson '|road south caused an estimated $205 damage to. cars driven by Alfred H. Wilson, 246 Gliddon |Ave., and Sophie Kluska, 1288 Simcoe street south. Cars driven by Edward H. Kauffglot, 1467 Oxford street, and James C. B. Worling, 20 Moorecroft toad, Scarborough, collided at Stevenson's road and Gibb street. Douglas W. White, of Dar. lington, suffered a bruised arm ¢:: his car was involved in a -sllision with a car driven by "ucien Cantin, Ste. Catherine Bigprorinent Que. The accident oc- tred on King street east at leameny road. Damage was stimnted at #750. orchestra starts the sixth sea-|* NO. 420 WING TIPS By V. J. McADAM The 1963-64 season was offi- cially launched at 420 Wing's regular meeting of August 21 when a new executive was chosen for the coming. year. Nelson Johnston is President- elect; and several new faces appear on what promises to be a very strong and capable slate of officers, including a new "Wing Tips" editor Bill Evans. To Johnny and his entire execu- tive go the best wishes of all the members for the very best of success and prosperity. dur- ing their term of office. A for- mal installation of officers will take place at the meeting of September 18 and all members are urged to be in attendance on this very important occasion. This latter group was here to extend an_ invitation to any members of 420 Wing who) might be interested in a char- tered flight to England and the a part of this scenes by is such an integral. 420 Wing, whose vari contaore so much to the social side of Wing activities. Followin osha Hotel, all meetings are held at Wing headquarters, Building No. 10, Oshawa Air- port, on the fourth Wednesday: of every month GM Duplicate Bridge Club GM Duplicate Bridge Club high scores: G. Adams and R. Niglis, 6014; Mrs, M. R. Clarke] and J. Miller, 60; P. Broersma and A. Dolstra, 5544; Mrs. Lapp and Mrs. McWilliams, 55; Mrs. S. Sheridan and Mrs. R. Morris, 52%; Mrs. M. Dowdle and C. Lansfield, 52%; Mr. and Mrs. Five Juveniles four e) handle the expected stude! In Custody Five juveniles, two of them 12 years old, are being held by Oshawa police in connection with a truck theft early this morning. An officer of the Bowmanville detachment, Ontario Provincial Police, apprehended one boy as he jumped from a half-ton pick- up which was stopped on the tracks at Fisher and Prospect streets. The officer told Oshawa po- lice who atrived on the scene that four other boys had jumped from the cab of the truck and ran east toward Ritson road. The incident ook place shortly after 3 a.m. Police later found that entry had been gained at the Cana. dian Tire Store on Simcoe street south and a truck owned J. Simmons, 52. by Fred A. Smith Company of Limited had been stolen. ¥ Sinai Rrea © Well Water Said Harmful" SIMCOE, Ont. (CP) water in the Simcoe area shown a nitrate comment dm ' on Ae at z 5° & vil 32 continent next summer under the auspices of the Toronto Group of the RCAF Association, These gentlemen outlined some of the highlights of a simi- lar tour which was conducted last year and_ painted a very attractive picture of what is in store for those who find it pos- sible to be part of next year's tour. Any member who would like further details regarding this proposed trip should con- tact Charlie Bolton. At this time of year it seems appropriate to reprint a portion of the first edition of 'Wing Tips" which was directed to any potential members #n the Osh awa area. "The purpose and aim of the RCAF Association is to main* tain contact with the men and women who saw service with the Air Force and whose back- ground of common interest is directed toward the formation of chartered groups across the country known as social and recreational activi- -|ties, and for whatever service they may render to the com- munity in which they live. 420 Wing maintains Club Rooms in Building No. 10 at the Oshawa Airport which are open to members every Wednesday and Friday night. Wednesday nights are restricted to-mem- on Fridays the wives and lady friesds of the members are in- mited. Once a month, usually the last Saturday of the month, a special dance is held for members and their friends. A monthly meeting is held in the Club Rooms on the third Wed- nesday of every month." An invitation is again extend- ed to any ex- Air Force per- sonnel living in the area to-con- sider membership in 420 Wing. Next month will see the start of a new season for the Ladies' Auxiliary when they hold their annual dinner at the Genosha Hotel on Wednesday, September 25. This will be followed by an election of officers for the com- jare cordate invited ta hecame "Wings" for|. bers and male guests only; and|' DISTRICT ATTORNEY AT MINE SCENE HAZLETON, PA., Schuylkill County District Attorney Har- ry Lightstone, (wearing glas- ses), talks with newsmen on his arrival at the Sheppten, Pa. mine cave-in scene. 'Light- stone said 'In light of these purvliine develonments..T have % 4 ? a 'eome to confer with Dr. Charmbury, Mines Secretary. --(AP Wirenhotoy