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PANORAMIC VIEW OF RUNWAYS AT THE OSHAWA AIRPORT FROM 1,000 FE Oshawa Flying Club Doors First Opened Dec. 15, 1945 Oshawa Flying Club has been in operation for 17 years, hav- ing had its official opening Sep tember 15, 1945. The first Board of Directors included Mr. = an Messrs. Hayden Macdonald, George Hart, T. K. Creighton, Q.C., and Samuel Trees, these served as Directors of No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School during World War 2. Before the end of G: Storie as president, gentlemen having the war they organized and ap- plied for the charter to form the flying club in Oshawa. Oshawa Flying Club a member of the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association, an or- ganization comprised of 30 ,on- profit flying clubs located across Canada from St. John's, Newfoundiand, to Victoria, B.c., with a combined mem- bership of over 10,000 flying en- thusiasts. The aim of the mem- ber clubs is to provide and maintain a high standard of pilot training, and to promote on Sunday the 16 by Its annual Breakfast Fly-In and the Gov- rnor-General's Cup Rally, These Jevents provided entertainment, Albert street in Oshawa, goes into its 14th year of business this week. Mercury Taxis 14th Birthday sry 2" Mess an Mercury, mythology's winged-|to their destinations in Oshawa foot messenger of the gods, isiand district -- and beyond. George B. Rutherford's success] ('We'll go anywhere if the cus- symbol. tomer has the money," says It looks like a lasting one as|Mr. Rutherford). STAYS IN SWEDEN GOTERORG (AP) -- Ray. mond Patterson, yeunger brother. of former heavyweight champion Floyd, has decided to settle in Sweden, press reports said Saturday. Raymond turned pro after 25 amateur matches with 24 wins and has so far fought five pro matches with one defeat. has grown to about 80 cars. About half aré cabs, 'est "drive-yourself", all owned by the proprietor, Women drivers are more de- pendable, claims Mr, Ruther- ford, who has one on his staff right now. Mercury has 18 lines open 24 hours a day, Direct lines con- nect his office with the Hotel oF Genosha, Oshawa General Hos- pital, bus terminal, several gro: cory stores -- and a ront-a-car line to both the CN and CP rail- road stations, The company provides a 'ree wake-up service and operates a parking lot at King and Albert streets for downtown shoppers' "eonvenience, the mais ET UP HAVE BUSY YEAR While economic conditions in Oshawa during 1963 were prob- ably at an all-time high, the Welfare Department had a very busy year, With the growth of the City, the department was faced with many problems in housing, transients stranded when they were unable to se dition to recreational flying for icenced pilots and training for students. To obtain a licence the tudent is required to complete for a large crowd of spectators; more than 380 light aircraft were flown to Oshawa during this busy week-end, and some to visiting pilots and their pas- sengers, The Governor-General's Cup Rally drew 30 contestants from' various Ontario points, creating much public interest in light aircraft. To maintain and foster imer- est in safe flying, the Club holds flying contests throughou' the year in various areas o! flying skill, and trophies are lawarded at the annual banquet, |To permit testing of navigation ability many breakfast and cure immediate employment, and a high incidence of family breakups caused by alcoholism, debt and immaturity, The De- partment will finish the year) well within their budget and} although the numbers on wel- fare are slightly higher than a year ago, many of the recipl- ents are chargebacks to other municipalities, 36 hours of flying training and approximately 40 hours of ground school instruction -- in such subjects as airmanship, navigation, meteorology, radio and air regulations, Provided the student can. qualify, he is eligible for assistance from the Federal Government to the ex+ tent of $100 toward the cost of his training to private pilot l-| cence standard, Masonic Lodges week-end flights were arranged, some to distant airports, while others are short pleasure trips. | One most enjoyable flight dur- ing 1963 was to the opening of} the new club and ainport at Ban- the opportunity of seeing au- and assist private and b flying in Canada, The Associa- tion is custodian of the Tud- hope Trophy, which is awarded annually to the student pilot who obtains the highest marks in the Department of Transport written and flight tests during the year. Eligibility to compete requires that the contestant be under 19 years of age and have received at least 80 per cent on Dept. of Transport written tests. Two Oshawa Flying Club members have been awarded this trophy during its years of operation, and in 1963 its two contestants; Glenn Heaton and Larry Bar- ker, placed 5th and 6th in the list of 28. MEMBERS The Club received 72 new members during 1963, with its total membership now 262. It owns and operates seven air- craft,' and in addition 25 mem- bers have purchased and fly their own aircraft for both bus:- ness and pleasure. Many of the Club graduates over the years have continued their training at the Club to obtain commercial licence standard, and sre now flying for airlines and commer- cial operators, serving as pilots and instructors. Others have enlisted in the RCAF and the USAF. AIR SHOW The members of the Club arranged a successful air show on June 15, which was followed tumn coloring at its best, Each year in July the sh- awa Flying Club is one of 20 schools selected by the RCAF and the Air Cadet League of Canada for the training of air cadets, and this year 16 boys from squadrons in Peterbor- ough, Trenton, Cobourg, Stouff- ville, Scarborough, Toronto and Oshawa received the re- quired 35 hours flying training} and 40 hours of ground school. Since 1947 more than 200 air jcadete have been trained at 'Oshawa to private pilot stan dard through this program;| many have enlisted in the} RCAF and have served in dis- tant parts of the world SOCIAL EVENINGS Social evenings have been) held regularly in the Club} Lounge; dances have been held in the Rec. Hall, and the main event of the year, the Annual Wings and Awards Ban- quet, was attended by some 350 members and guests, 30 private pilots and one commercial pilot were presented with certificates and wings, and seven trophies were awarded The Club makes available tr the community sight tours and charter service in ad- COAL PRODUCTION More than 63,000,000 tons of coal were produced in 1962-63 to feed India's rapidly expand- croft, when Club members hadjhealthy The building replaces the build-|pavid T. Campbell, Report Growth The past year-has been une of,this occasion. Gordon Corner, progress for the|Port Perry; A. C. Heaya, Port gid ee Perry and M. Meeking, Port Masonic Lodges in Ontario Dis- Hope, were all appolates grand trict. All phases of the work Ofjstewards. At the same time the order have been carried on|Thomas.L, Wilson, of Oshawa, with efficiency and the partici-/was named to the Board of Gen- pation by the members in thejeral Purposes of Grand Lodge, various, activities been} A. G, Coppin, a member of encouraging Pentalpha Chapter, Royal Arch Perhaps the highlight of the|Masons, was also honored dur- ar was the erection of a new|ing the year with the appoint 'asonic Temple in Whitby injment as grand superintendent. which the work. of Composite} The district officers for On- Lodge and David T, Campbelljtario District are: W. G, Cot- Lodge will be carried on. ter, Orono, district secretary; | The new moderi building, | Rev: Basil FE, Long, Orons,! ! ldistrict chaplain; Carl Billings,| was g rset yo papers] TS blood donor chairman well . a' to and R, E. Logan, Orono, super- as ample parking space is lo-|.).,, a Masonic cnaticn cated on Cochrane stree in the)' 'rhe lodges in the district are: north west section of the town.ist, John's, No. 17 St. , .No. Fi have ing in the main business section! whitby; which has been in use for many Brooklin; years. The first lodge meeting was Mount Zion, No, 34,) Parkwood, No. 695,) Oshawa; Hope,- No. 114, Port Hope; Jerusalem, No, 31, Bow-| held in the new temple during/manville; Ontario, No, 26, Port the last week in January. How-|Hope; Cedar, No. 270, Oshawa;| ever, the official opening willi|Durham ,No. 66, Newcastle; not be held until a later date|Fidelity, No. 428, Port. Perry; | when arrangements. with Grand|Colborne No. 91, Colbor re; | Lodge are completed iTemple,. No, 649, Oshawa; During the 108th communica.,\Composite, No. 30, Whitby; | tlon of the Grand Lodge of|lebanon, No. 139, Oshawa and anada in the Province of On-|Or0no, No. 325, Orono | his Mercury Taxi company, 14) The company's fleet of cars MERCURY TAXI 1951-1964 NOW OSHAWA"S LARGEST and FINEST TAXI SERVICE GEORGE RUTHERFORD Owner Today after 13 years of operation, MERCURY TAXI enjoys the patronage of many hundreds of Oshawa Citizens daily. . WHY .. because MERCURY TAXI offers the BEST IN TAXI SERV- ICE in the city. Day-in and day-out MERCURY TAXIS are at your beck and call 24 hours of the day, seven days a week, NEXT TIME you want a TAXI .+» CALL MERCURY. 15 Radio Equipped TAX! CABS +.» FOR PROMPT EFFICIENT SERVICE Storting with One Text in 1951 MERCURY TAXI has groduclty bullt up its fleet of Cobs to fifteen in just 13 yeors of operation. This fe en indication of how the public of Oshawa hove occepted ond potronized this popular Taxi Service. 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