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man of the executive commit- tee; Mr. Olesky and Terence Kelly, chairman of the finan- ce committee. The centre pic- ture shows Mr. and Mrs. Olesky as the sod was turned. At 'left is Acting Mayor: Hay- ward Murdoch addressing the gathering with Mr. McLaugh- lin in the background. --Oshawa Times Photos | | A few minutes before 2:30 p.m. Friday, Joseph Olesky lifted a clod of earth from a Thornton road south site with a chrome plated shovel. This simple act, full of tradi- tion and meaning, "is what we have all been waiting for," E. |R. S; McLaughlin had said ear- PAGE NINE |lier, He is chairman of the Aud- work. In the group at right are some of the members of the Civic Auditorium execu- tive and officials. From t are Wm, Kurelo, Ald. W. R. Branch, C. C. McGibbon, QC; Albert V. Walker, MLA; Mrs. Harold B. Armstrong, S. T. Hopkins, Wendell Brewster, Chris Mason, Mrs. Olesky, E. R. S. McLaughlin, chair- THE FIRST PHYSICAL step in the construction of the Oshawa Civic Auditorium, which will replace the Osh- awa Arena, destroyed by fire some years ago, was taken Friday .aiternoon when Jo- seph Olesky, 510 Dunkirk av- enue, a clerk in the General Motors north plant, turned the | sod to mark the start of the The Oshawa Times SECOND SECTION, Feb. 29 Special Day - For Area Residents Today is the day that makes)ing married in St. John's Angli-| It will be the second time leap-year leap. The day some|can Church, Port Whitby. oe for eyg Pag ere | vears--| 'orbes, a son Tr. an rs. look forward to for four years. IMARKING BIRTHDAY ior a birthday or anniversary) amag |K. W. Forbes, 1070 Beaufort) yo ler For if you are revi Susan Jane Thajer is four --javenue. John, a pupil at Vin- ' i or is she one today? Susan, &|cent Massey Public School, was Sata Ute 'bit like Cheating 10/ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill)porn Feb. 29, 1956. | celebrate Feb. 28 or March 1, nc age pti toed Pg de John is 'age a oncty and ito ' ill 'tiga ate jgether with friends his father Two couples in the area will/ounces, Feb. 29, 1960. will be taking him to the Cana- A : i itorium executive committee. be getting into the select leap-| The Thajer family usually) 4:4, automotive Museum. | | This sod turning was another ~~ club today by getting a urs. ule walipmiiic OPENING | . | . ol ~~ cot develop. Gas Stations| Had A Bottle | To Dedicate Are Entered | 1 Each Hand | They are Margaret, a daugh-| Susan's eet. ig neha) ont Today also marks the start of | |the opening of Oshawa's $1,300, ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnoldjhave birthdays in } : lthe trout fishing season in the |000 civic auditorium by Sept. 1 An 18-year-old Whitby youth . : Break ins at two Oshawa ser-|Was described as "'a two fisted) The Ontario Regiment Cadet|ripping and tearing at the froz- Bray, Whitby and Derek New-|this. year it will be really spe-|.octorn countries. A number of \this year. stations netted thieves $30 drinker" by Magistrate F. §.\Corps, No. 1913, is holding alien ground yeaterday and tney : Mrs. cial. i pe | | man, son of Mr. and rs Oshawa fishermen plan to go Cadet Flags | MACHINES AT WORK | $550 Ebbs, Friday, in Oshawa Polic Court. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1964 Arthur Newman, Ajax, who are| For the yes ~ hang 4S out for the first fish of the year.| being married in Holy Trinity|to have a party of her own.) 1) + tn. sishermen-said: "I is a sar OMA EDAR ------------=| day night. On Friday the car 5 AMBULANCE CALLS |was driven east on Bloor street The Oshawa Fire Department|east and ended up in a dich reported that the city had a) when the 13-year-old driver tried ee day Friday. Fiva rou-| to make a let turn onto the ambulance calls were|Townline, No injuries were sus- tained. "Mika- fire-fr Choral| tthe Huge machines were already|that it is almost 'six years ago had been entered through side|@nd.a soft drink in each nand|fJags which were recently pre-|sion, said he was deeply honor-| 400 Donations His name was picked from a representative selection of names of persons who have given or pledged money to the building fund. STAND AS SYMBOL "This (auditorium) will stand as a symbol," said Mr, Olesky, and will allow "active partici- pation in sports for those unable to take part in the past. Mr. Olesky was accompanied by his wife Ann, Their two children, Paul, three, and Caro- lyn, 18 months, were at their Dunkirk avenue home. Mr. McLaughlin reminded that Mayor Lyman Gifford cal- Chrome Plated Shovel Turns Auditorium Sod of building a publie recreational centre, FANTASTIC EFFORT "The power of this unified effort is nothing less than fan- tastic," he said. "Labor, man- agement, retired persons, child- ren, store owners -- all made this possible today. : "There is a new spirit here in Oshawa, a real spirit of co-oper- ation." Acting Mayor Hayward Mure doch and Auditorium Finance Chairman Terry Kelly saw the weather (sun shining, light wind) as a good omen. Mr. Kelly emphasized that the project started with, and will jled a citizens' committee meet- be carried through to comple- e|ceremonial parade at 2.30 p.m.|had to be silenced so the crowd|ing to discuss ways and meansition by, "'the ordinary citizen." Clinic Requires The Oshawa Blood Donor Clinic early in Februany set a record for the number of per- sons who donated blood. Robert H. Stroud, clinic chairman, is hopeful that the support ac- corded the March clinic being held Thursday, March 5, in St. Gregory's Auditorium will be as enthusiastic. He emphasized this morning that the minimum requirement for the clinic is 400 bottles of blood. It is essential that this number of donations be given as the need at the Oshawa General \Hospital is great. The clinic as usual will be held from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m. The giving of a donation takes only a few minutes and causes no incon- venience. The words: "Ask and It shall be Given Unto You," voiced by Jesus, bring hope and encour- agement to the hearts of many. All that.is required on our part is simple faith--believe and it shall be given unto you. There are many people in the world today, alive, who can testify to the truth of that scrip- ture. They are people, who, ag a result of injury, needed ang received a blood transfusior that saved their life. Truly, the Red Crass, per- haps more than any other ore ganization symbolizes the trutl of those words. On Thursday, March 5, the Red- Cross will once again set up a Blood Don- or Clinic and will give the people of Oshawa, the op- portunity--the privilege of giv: ing of their blood. The blood banks of the nation are subject to ever increasing demands-- the need is most urgent a strong response is vital. Someday disaster may strike you. Your life may hang by a slender thread--you will be asking for blood--you would want a supply to be there so help put it there--make a dona- tion so that, if the occasion arises you may "ask and it shall be given unto you." that the merger is now being} NEAR RAGLAN |negotiated, A resident of the Raglan Port Hope Fire Chief J. R. Record proposed inviting the| area has reason to believe spring is just around the ican Church, Ajax, and|Friends and neighbors will gath- i Fo Anne, a dscohue of Mr.jer round while Susan blows out ott oe. iene ---- Pn and Mrs, David Ross, Whitby,|four candles. It will be another] . » due ds altierent: Or as aaah and taole eroxth and Benjamin Allan Rayner,|four years before they get the|f0re Dut Mis i ae learly today. Sunday, March 1, in the Osh-|of 150 could hear the few, brief son of Mr. and Mrs. George/chance to see her do it "prop-| "I have been looking forward) "noice discovered that the), The youth, Willie Andrew|awa Armories. The parade will] speeches. Rayner, Pickering, who are be-lerly" again, to getting out the rod for weeks.) 014, Feng Texaco Sation, 506/SPrenkels, 611 King street north,|be in two parts. | Mr. Olesky, the 27-year-old Is ge yt grief rad TSE road south and Price's|told the court he had a bottle) The first part will be mark-|production clerk in General e like for the leap- rth- : % ind Ae ed by the dedicati | Pare rare A es Bolus who have (0 wait for/SUn0co, 531 Ritson road south,|containing a mixture of rumiqd by the dedication of the/Motors' North Plant truck divi i. ttl ( 'han e In this four years. windows during routine checks.|WlHen he was'a passenger in ajsented to the 'corps 'by Unit 42/oq to turn the sod on behalf of 1 e And at the Department of/fioyd A. Price said that $30 in/¢@t driven by John Wellington)Canadian Corps Association|pig fellow donors. Transport officials are waiting! netiy cash had been taken from|S¢ars, Kingscourt Apartments,/and the Ont. Regiment Assoc.| -- © for the few en gg for-| his "premises, oa Sprenkels a sigh The second prt is a tribute} got to get 'their new licence) fntry had been aine ottles were his and Sears did/to the people who started the| Work Applic nts [plates. Friday was the last day| through a 18 inch her 12 n ¢ dinot drink any of the liquor. | cadet Ft in Oshawa. It was| MAYOR STILL \for them, lwindow. A bloodstained glove! Magistrate Ebbs commented:|then known as "The Junior NG ' A while th lay-| 59, Feb. 29 may have a spe-|was found in the station |"I_ see, he two fisted/Battalion" and was attached to IMPROVI The Oshawa office of the Na-|and while there were some lay-| .i4)significance for these for-| Teige Hoogsten, of Gol¢|drinker ; the Second Battalion Ontario} Osh: City Hall tional Employment Service re-|offs, the majority of the local) vetful motorists who might bel street proprietor of South End| Sprenkels was fined $25 and| Regiment (Tanks) | An shawa_ City there was no outstand-|factories continued steady pro-| ' ith a fine for driv-|" : 1 Niet sxqicosts when he pleaded guilty] : ' spokesman said Friday that ; | : I abot cases|Coebrating with a fine for driv-/Texaco, told police that $550) by ; : 1 The honored guests at the) wavor Lyman A. Gifford ing change in the number of mp: auction. n a num S€S| ing on old plates. |worth of tools had been taken|to having liquor in a place|narade will be Lieut-Col. J. R. ntinues to show {mprove- plicants registering for em-|production increases were from a. toolbox other than his residence. Wariiea, CD: commiandide Gh continues to s oe eck ployment during February. Gen-|ported ranging from 1to5 per) '| Some small tools were found) Sears was fined $15 and costs}... of His Ontario acinar' | ment in St. Michael's Hospi- erally employment conditions, in| cent over. the previous month. loutside a small window through|for driving at 45 mph in a 30/74 Go) RB Smith, officer * sarge pen that "no the district, remained relatively) Retail trade was reported as Ma Extend | which the thieves gained entry.)mph zone and $5 for driving ve commanding the Second Battal-| visitors" are allowed in to good. {slower than for the month ot , |Bloodstains were also found on|Right without lights. A one '/ion Ontario Regiment (Tank)| see him and this policy will The demand for agricultural| January, but finance compan- the windowsill \having liquor was dismissed. |; "1944 and Capt. Saunders, Cen-| te continued indefinitely. workers was light due to curf-jjes, insurance firms, and credit s Officers of the Oshawa Police} tral Area cadet training officer. | : tailed outside activities at this byreaus indicated good business, utua | Department have the breakins Parading with the cadets will time.of the year. |with some increases over last under investigation. S mp ony be representative troops from| FACE CHARGES Work on various local building| year. | | | the Ontario Regiment Associa-/ Four Oshawa juveniles face projects progressed on sched-} {mployment opportunities for, PORT HOPE -- Murray) IS FINALIST | ; tion and Unit 42, Canadian| changes toiay following a car ule, providing employment for/hoth male and female applic-| Township, at the eastern end of] eather McTavish, Uxbridge : Corps. Association. theft which resulted in an auto a considerable number of con-| ants were, somewhat limited in| Northumberland County may be jg ore of the finalists for the 0 rovl e It is hoped that some of the| accident. Owner of the vehicle, struction tradesmen and lab-|\the laboring and semi-skilled|>Tought into the Durham-North-|it1o of College Royal Queen at! original members of the Junior} Robert C. Forster, 189 Celina orers. Additional placements! occupations, as the work force umberland mutual aid area for Guelph, The 40th Annual Col- | Battalion will attend the parade.|stree, reported the theft Thurs- were also made on several M# remained relatively stable. |fire protection if negotiations)... Royal at the Ontario Ag-| m niciap] Winter Works Projects.| powever, shortages of quali-\"° underway prove successful.|ricyitural College opened today. TC i eS Ta Manufacturing activities var-|fied applicants were evident in Herbert Mallory of the On- ied with individual industries, the following--mechanical -and ee pert ged de A ge Pare The production of the chemical engineers, tool design- sociation in Port Hope Thursday| SEES GROUNDHOG do" by the Bowmanville ers, junior executives, mach-|, P stay) Society early in March promises CELEBRATING to be a highlight of the musical d season in this district. Fifteen BIRTHDAYS members of Oshawa Symphony| Orchestra make up the pit or-| chestra for the presentation) which opens in Bowmanville Town Hall Auditorium Mar. 6 It is planned to present the op-| era in Oshawa about two weeks Jater. With an excellent record of} musical productions in the past) the Bowmanville Choral Society} has built up a first class chorus} and developed a number, of |singers capable of playing and| singing the roles in an opera of | this type. . | The enthusiastic musical dir-| } ector is Hugh Martin while Ed-| jna DeJong takes the part of| "Yum Yum" and Elinor. Brent) appears as '"'Kaliska."' Leading| male parts are taken by Jack Allin as "Nanki Poo," John} | Phillips as "Pooh Bah" and | Walter Good as the "Mikado." |Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Rundle of | Oshawa appear as "Ko Ko" and "Pitty Singh." This is a very busy time ter| |members of Oshawa Symphony] Orchestra who are rehearsing | for their spring concert in April | Under the direction of Edward | Oscapella, musical director, and D. Parkes, assistant conductor, | the orchestra is making splen- | did progress. The program will |include "The Unfinished Sym-| | phony" by Schubert, the Beeth- }oven overture 'Egmont' and} The London Suite by Eric Coates. Other numbers and guest soloists will be announ- ced later. | | Ladies of the Auxilairy are | planning a rummage sale in aid of funds for the Symphony. This | will be. held at Simcoe Hall on} April 30. Any persons wishing to! donate for the sale should con- tact Mrs. David McDuff. 839 Hortop street, presidtnt of the 'ladies' auxiliary. |inists, upholsterers, pattern- jmakers, sheet metal workers, TV and radio repairmen, mill- Congratulations and best wishes to residents of Osh- awa and district who are wrights, stationary. engineers, t! il gre Lak farm hands, cooks, housekeepers me. village ol Vaesare on sake and nurses. Scugog to join the association! corner. The Oshawa office reports) 3s pe egy ~psynek oe Shortly after 7 a.m., one : : Berhg : : S| was accepted by the association., morning this week p celebrating their birthdays {5,037 applicants registered for|Caesarea is protected by a fire a ease oe gc is w : amployment on Feb. 28. Of i Abe - Cee eee this weekend: jemplo} agreement with Port Perry and) jt, hole on hill hi er pe ee . those 3,002 were male and 2,035) Lindsay j a near ms Those who celebrate today : aindsay. home. When he tried t at are: Scott McClelland, 183 : ST ne bane ng Central Dark Blvd nore? close enough for a shot the Ken Sullivan, 117 Byg ave- nue. female. . | Mutual aid members were This compared with 5,084 ap-/urged. to attend the o9en de-| groundhog dug a hole in the plicants, of whom 3,155 were|monstration of fire - fighting snow. and made its way down males, at the end of January Of/equipment planned for showing! - tha ankes iin . i | this year and 5,555, of whom)at the annual convention of On- a) a Ee Oo: Pe: 3,665 were males, at the end of'tario fire chiefs at Peterbor-| 7? February, 1963. ough. Phone 723-3474 Be ef i rg i c PLATES " Hundreds of Oshawa motorists line-up outside the office, lo- cated in the Oshawa Shopping ¢ MINUTE RUSH FOR LICENCE port Friday just in time to get their 1964 licence plates before tthe Feb. 28 deadline expired. LAST t awa, moved forward on Jan. 28 to Omnitronics. Inc.,. of Philadelphia, a subsidiary of the Borg-Warner Corp. Shown The first shipment made into the United States by The | Pedlar People Limited, Osh- A 'erge number of area motorists flocked io the office of the Departmen: of Trans- Centre. Oshawa Times Photo PEDLAR PEOPLE MAKE FIRST SALE IN U.S. here at left is Bob Jackson and Lee Cotler at centre, both of Omnitronics Inc., discuss- ing a repeat order with Al Reed, vice-president, Sales of Pedlar's. --Photo by Standard Photo Service Co,, Philadelphia, Pa.