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POLES TOPPLED -- SIMCOE STREET SOUTH Scuba Diver Finds Stone Hooker's Rudder By BRIAN STEWART Staff A 43-year-old nautical mystery was revived this week, when ed Oshawa Stephenson east, brought up the water-log- ged rudder from the schooner Helen which sank off Oshawa Harbor in a fierce gale in Sep- tember 1921. The Helen was the last of the stone 'hookers', which sailed aiong the shore of Lake Ontario picking up rocks to take to con- struction sites. On.the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 20, she ran aground on a rock a' the east- ern point of the Oshawa water- 'shed during a 30-mile-an-hour gale. The 80-year-old owner, Captain John Goldring, of New- castle, was the sole person on the two-masted 70 foot by 30 foot schooner and escaped when he came ashore in a scow, after all attempts to save him from the land had failed. QUESTIONS RAISED The sinking vf the Ilelen be- low the choppy waters of Lake tario, aroused questions it the craft, and protests about the dangers of Oshawa Harbor. * Why was Captain Goldring, an '§0-year-old 'man alone on such a raft, on such a night? Why she tun into the shoal at Why was there no warning this dangerous point? was scuba-diver, of 87 Stone street I $52 3 <2 i Marine in Ottawa that the points of Oshawa harbor were danger- ous, and it should set up a buoy or -a lighthouse there, or else blow the dangerous rocks out, yet no action was taken. He had good reason to fee! concerned, for the Helen was the third ves- sel to run aground on the point that year, and the third to sink off Oshawa Harbor. SCHOONER ON SHOAL In the fall of 1909, the three- masted, 500-ton coal schooner, 'Oliver Mowat', ran into the team was rushed coal an unidentified The sinking of the Helen final- y pointed out the treacherous nature of the Oshawa Harbor, and ever since a lighted buoy has been floating off the shoals. There have been no serious ac- cidents since. It also saw the end of the heavy stone hookers, as the opening of motor trans- port along Ontario highways, and the obvious dangers volved with the old schooners became apparent made them an anachronism. The cargo of rocks, which still lies alongside' in- the shattered wreckage of the Helen, was the last ever carried by this colorful method, SEARCHED FOR WRECKS Mr. Stephenson has _ been scuba-diving for 12 years, and for 10 of them he's been search- ing for wrecks around the Osh- }awa area, and throughout On- tario. Last summer he found the wreckage of a 75-ft craft in Sturgeon Lake, which had collected 30 anchors, from the boats of fishermen which had become tangled in the sunken shoal in a blinding snow storm. | hull The crew was saved when a life saving from Port Hope by train with their equipment. In the early 1900's schooner sank off the west point of the harbor. The coal, The Ontario Reformer reported, was taken from the lake by local farmers and used as fuel dur- ing the winter. He estimates that he has spent 200 to 300 hours diving in the area around the Helen. The wreckage covers at least 100 square feet. His next project is to bring up the ship's anchor as a souvenir. : SCOUTS OLD NEWSPAPERS A large part of his research is spent in pouring over the yel- lowed pages of The Ontario Re- former, trying to lacate wrecks through the scanty néws stories of the time, He believes he has located the two vessels which sank off the points, and will explore these when he has finished with the Helen. As he works in a silent grave- hulis off the other -- TREES UPROOTED -- LAKESHORE --Oshawa Times Photos | DOMINION DAY POSTAL SERVICE | While special deliveries will be made as usual there will pe no letter car- rier, parcel post or rural mail deliveries from the Oshawa Post Office on Wed- nesday, July 1. Postmaster W. E. Mann has announced that the iock | box lobby. will be closed | and no wicket service will be given, One complete collection will be made from street let- ter boxes at the regular Sunday afternoon collection time. Mails will be received and despatched as usual. yard of a past era, ng dead wrecks of the great wind- blown lake schooners, he is con- tributing to the marine history of Ontario, and Oshawa. most perplexing dry style of The commented a' "Tt is considered to by maritime h a vessel carrying ie, with two masts manoeuvre, would be difficult best of times. since the acci- re been any ex- on that particular night. Mr. Stephenson feels, how- ever, that the salvaged rudder, even after four decades under- water, holds the answer to why the vessel ran on to the shoal in the first place. The wooden rudder is 18 feet long by eight and a half feet wide, with a thickness of two and a half inches. HINGE BROKEN On its underside, one hinge fhas been broken off, and an- other has been bent and smash- ed. The nature of the damage) points to the fact that the Helen t? if | 8 z g PICKERING (Staff) -- Two 19-year-old Pickering Township youths, found guilty of assaulting a 17-year-old girl, were remanded indefinitely for sentencing. y Ingrid Licklar of Shoal Point road, Pickering Beach, told the court she was walking along Orchard drive Beach at about 8.30 p.m. She said Robert Fountain, Conces- sion three, Pickering Township and Gary Mate, 47 Maple street, Pickering Beach, came along in a car and asked her if she would go to a drive-in movie with them. in Pickering Miss Licklar testified that struck a hidden rock off the|when she refused, the youths shoal, the rudder was lifted off|grabbed her by the wrists and its bearings, and Captain Gold- current until he grounded in dragged her along the grass ring drifted helplessly with the|and told her that they would) throw her in the lake. '2 Youths Guilty Assaulting Girl Constable G. Hutchison said he had interviewed the girl when he arrived at the scene. He said her wrists were red and she was visibly shaken. Prosecuting' Attorney John Humphries said that the matter had started as a joke but that the joke had been over quickly and that the boys had gone too far. Magistrate Jermyn said Foun- tain, and Mate, had no right to lay a hand on the girl and that which had seemed to be an innocent prank had gotten. out of hand. CELEBRATING four feet of water. Because the, She said she had been laugh-| etafyt quickly disintegrated andjing at first but that when the} $lid into deeper water, it was|boys began to get rough she| not possible before, to establish|asked a local store-owner to call' the exact cause. police. She stated that she had| 'Following the sinking of the|sone out with the youths pre-| Helen, the then County Con-|Viously. ° | stable William Culling. told The} yy. ' Ontario Reformer that he had} oo seigiy soak Pickering Township Police BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to residents of Osh- awa and district who are celebrating their birthdays this weekend: Those who celebrate today are: Mrs. Samuel -Mills, 126 Athabasca St., Miss Bonnie Ayers warned the Department 'iis tile recently in Lake Ontario, east of Oshawa, The vessel went down in the lake during a storm in September, 1921, BOB STEPHENSON, 87 Stone street eas', is seen here with the rudder of the schoon- er "Helen", which he found ~ |Manning and Patricia Schoon- Her skipper, Capt. John Gold- ring of Newcastle, came ashore on a scow. --Oshawa Times Photo. Naval Vets Hold Picnic | Waltona Park, Newcastle, was| the setting Sunday, June 21, for the annual picnic of the Osh- awa Navy Club. A record at- tendance and fine weather com- Top Award For Jaycee The top award of the Jaycee organization has been present- ed to Bill Edwards, a past-presi- dent of the Oshawa Jaycees, A Jaycee International Sen- atorship was given to Mr. Ed- wards at the annual Presidents' Club recently. The presentation was made by 'David Bochly, president of the Ontario JC's, in recognition of the work and effort expended by Mr. Ed- wards for ite organization. the organization. Mr. Edwards, sales Magill Office Equipment Ltd., has been a member of the Osh- awa club for 10 years. 61 term. The Senatorship award was established by the International 15 years ago during which time only five Oshawans have receiv- ed it. Mr. Edwards said today that Michael Starr, MP, a for- bined to make the day an en- '|joyable one for everyone. Free pony rides, swimming, refreshments, candies and) watermelons were enjoyed by| the children. | The highlight of the afternoon was a prearranged baseball game between the Toronto Navy Club and the Oshawa Navy Club for a trophy donated by Dow Brewery. This beautiful trophy was won by the Toron- to Club. Later on in the day an en- thusiastic Tug-of-War across the creek between the two Navy Clubs, climaexed with a few Oshawa. shipmates landing in jthe water. Nevertheless, the Oshawa Ladies team defeated the Toronto Ladies team Chil- dren of the Oshawa members, likewise, were the champion pullers against the Toronto chil- mer Jaycee was an Internatio- al Senator. The award was approved by the Boarg of Governors at the Miami Beach headquarters of the Jaycee International. Mr. Edwards said that the award was usually given to those who had rendered out- standing service to the organiz- ation. He said that it entitled the holder to attend any con- vention held by the Internation- 1 al. The new Senator emphasized that he would continue to be a member of the Oshawa Jay- cees. dren. RACE RESULTS H The following were winners of} the races: Boys and girls, 4, 5, and 6 years -- Bruce Fudger, John Burke, Victor McCullough; Girls 7, 8, 3 Janice Manning; Boys, 12 and under Mike Horniblow, Gregg Patterson and Bobby Burke; Girls, 12 and un- j\der -- Patty Tullock, Janice |broodt; Boys, 12 to 16 years -- |Alan McDonnell, Mike Tullock 'and Jim Burke; Girls, 12 to 16 years -- Berdina Clark, Patty Tullock and Debbie Wasiluk. Boys wheelbarrow -- Doug} Tullock and Ken Wasiluk, Dave} Robinson and Mike Tullock; | Girls wheelbarrow Nancy Manning and Janice Manning, Gail McKay and Berdina Clark. Mother and Daughter, shoe race -- Mrs. R. McBurnie and| Robin Lee, Mrs. J. Burke and| Elizabeth; Father and _ son, piggy back race -- R. McBur- nie and son, J. Oulette and son, Bobby; children under 16, long distance race Connie Duffin, Bobby Burke and David) Robinson. | Boys three-legged race -- Bob and Norman McBurnie, Danny Hornes and Lawrence Sweet; Men's 100 yard dash, Danny Homes, C. Duffin, Mike Tullock. Ladies 100 yard dash -- Ber- nadina Clarke, Mes. Gorden Robinson, C. Duffin; Open wyheelbarrow race -- Mr, and Mrs, Jerry Oulette, Harold Har-| mer and son- Harold; Men's and) ladies piggy back race -- Deb- bie Wasiluk and Alec Wasiluk, Susan Fudger and Wayne Jo- old; Girls three-legged race --} Gai] McKay and Berdina Clark, Brenda Clark and "Joyce Har- mer; Egg throwing contest Mr.) and Mrs, C. Fudger, Mr. and/ Mra. J. Oulette. gach TO SPEAK HERE H. M. S. Richards, Jr., asso- ciate speaker on the radio staff of the Voice of Pro- phecy who will make a per- sonal appearance with the Voice of Prophecy radio group at the Seventh-day Adventist Church summer conference next Wednesday night at Kingsway College. Associated with Pastor Richards at the college will be Del Delker, who will sing favorite hymns and gospe! songs; the pro- gram organist, Brad Bradley and pianist, Olive Bradley. SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, S ATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1964 The Oshawa Time: PAGE NINE | [Ball held at the Oshawa Golf The award is given only to men who are active members of manager for Walmsley He was president for the 1960-) Antennas, Trees Toppled Power Off Within City -- Oshawa was hard hit by a freak, 15-minute storm, Friday evening, that knocked over TV antenna towers, trees and caus- ed lengthy power failures. Tolling up the damage, one television antenna serviceman estimated that more than 200 TV antennas came down in the storm. The different TV antenna companies would be working all weekend, he said, to keep ahead of the calls coming in. Power was cut off for more than two hours in large sections of Oshawa. The power break was caused when a fire broke out in the circuit breaker of a substation. Due to the smoke it was impossible for Public Utili- ties crews to work the switch Plan Concert At Bandshell A series of summer concerts. sponsored by General Motors of Canada Limited and the Toronto Musicians' Association, will be inaugurated at 8:30 p.m, Tues- day at the McLaughlin Band- shell in Memorial Park. The concerts are made possible through a grant from the Re- cording Trust Fund. An orchestra of 12 versatile musicians will be directed by Bernard Tierney. The orchestra will, present a variety of num- bers, ranging from popular to jazz and dixieland music. Selec- tions from a Broadway musical will feature each of the con- certs. The guest artist and master of ceremonies this Tuesday will be Jackie McLean, who is well known across Canada as a com- edian specializing in ventrilo- quism. He has a homey and dry humor which is contagious. The concerts are free and will be presented each Tuesday night during the months. There is amply seat- relaxation to the full on warm summer ing at the park so resident of the area can enjoy two hours of gear. It took the fire depart- ment one and a half hours to put out the blaze, before an attempt to restore power could be made. WITHOUT POWER Some isolated areas in the city are still without power. In Nassau street, the service wires of many houses were torn out, and were still out of condition 'this morning. Crews from the Public Utili- ties continued working through- out the night. They went out at 7.30, shortly after the storm, and were still making repairs to hydro and service wires at noon today. Much damage was caused by High winds sent trees crash-) ing onto high tension power lines and Whitby residents sat in the dark for nearly three hours. Two trees on the third: con- cession were blamed for the blackout, one at the intersec- tion of Gerrard road and the other at the intersection of An- derson street and the Third Con- cession. A falling tree on Gilbert street lin the centre of town downed janother high tension line and| lcompleted the black out. 530 employees of Whitby in- dustrial plamts were set idle when the power failure left them in the dark and stopped their mschines. | Croven Limited, Dunlop Tires, ers all reported idle employees. The blackout first struck at 7:15 p.m. and Hydro crews worked frantically for' nearly three hours to bring in power from Ajax at 10;10 p.m. Hydro officials reported that if power had not been available from Ajax, which was not af- fected by the storm, the crews evenings. | Church Planning Open Air Service Historic St. John's Anglican Church, Port Whitby, will cele- brate its 118th anniversary on Sunday, July 5. An open air service will be held in the church yard at 3 p.m. The service will feature the singing of a full choir with piano accompaniment. After the service tea, coffee and sand- wiches will be served in the church hall. The afternoon service as well as the regular services at 11 a.m, and 7 p.m. will be con- ducted by the rector, Rev. John McKibbin. The services will provide the opportunity for former .mem- bers and friends of the church to meet and renew friendships of long standing: Remanded In Custody A 37-year-old Hanmer, Ont., man charged with attempted murder following a shooting in the Queen's Hotel June 22, was Friday remanded in custody un- til July 3 in Oshawa Magis- trate's Court. With downcast eyes Frederick Edward Wilson heard the charge read but he entered no plea. He appeared in court with his lawyer, Gilbert Murdoch. Crown Attorney Bruce Af- fleck asked Magistrate F. S. Ebbs that bail not be set since "reports from the hospital are not very good . . . and another charge may be laid." A 32-year-old father of two, Joseph Kloster, 17 Quebec street, was reported in "'satis- factory" condition by Oshawa General Hospital officials fol- lowing an emergency operation Monday night for a stomach wound. Kloster was struck and seri- ously wounded in the stomach by a gunman who walked into the hotel lobby and pumped two bullets through the ladies' beverage room door. City Man Fractures Skull In Fracas At Rear Of Hotel Police said a 20-year-old Osh- { Patrons leaving the hotel aw2 man was taken to a Tor-|found Rogers lying unconscious onto hospital, Friday night, suf-|with head wounds and took him fering from a fractured skull,|to Oshawa General Hospital, po- the Lancaster Hotel. seph, Mr. Harold and son, Har-|following a fight at the rear of|lice said. X-rays showed that Rogers The injured man is Willard|@d a fractured skull and it was Rogers of Ritson road north. Police said today he was be- lieved to have been in a fight. | then decided to transfer him to Toronto. ' Police said that the fight took place about 11 p.m. | lished by the state in which they would have required an addi- |tional two hours to clear the |main lines brought down by the |}wind and falling trees. Lake Ontario Steel reported Dupont, and Bathurst Contain-| the trees that were uprooted and blown over by the 100 mile an hour wind. Four poplar trees were knocked down at 300 Rich- mond street east at the home of Mrs. C. Daniel, The fallen jtrees blocked off the residence |\from the street. Two trees crashed into the front of a home owned by Mr. Reg Smith, 326A Lakeshore, causing minor damage. A tree also came down on the home of a neighbor Jim Laffir. | Other trees were knocked down on Albert street south and a large tree was uprooted at the YWCA on Simcoe south. | The Bonnie Brae area at Lakeview park was also hard 'hit and trees were seen par- tially uprooted and standing a 75 degree angle. A chimney was blown down at the K-Mart on King street east. The fierce wind blew down the barn of Bill Scattergood, on Farewell avenue. The barn was totally destroyed, and the velo city of the wind was so that several of the ments were moved Large sections of around Oshawa were out power by noon tario Hydro crews w ing restoring power to Brooklin village and the surrounding communities. ' Whitby Left In Darkness 3 Hours After Big Blow the traffic lights kept the police department busy on the street corners. Whitby's volunteer Fire Com- pany stood by at the fire hall thrughout the night and were called to extinguish several small fires in hydro service lines leading into private houses. Telephone services in some sections of town were out but the Bell Telephone quickly re- stored them. Patrons at the Brock Theatre missed half of the movie but the management issued "rain checks" and they will be able to attend the theatre to see the last of the show. Several of the grocery stores stayed open for business in the dark and the employees could be seen sitting in the windows watching the storm, that they were without power \for approximately 20 mnutes |but were serviced by a different lline and the power shortage was of a shorter duration than the rest of town. The Ontario Hospitals 1,800 patients were in darkness as 16 cottages, two pavilions, and two infirmaries were left without power, | The town's harbor area did not appear to have suffered any serious damage. Numerous trees and television aerials proved themselves too weak an adversary for the high winds and residents of the town ARTS GRADUATE Michael Tooley, of RR 3, Bowmanville, who recently graduated from the University of Toronto. He receiveg his Bachelor of Arts degree with first class honors and was the top student in honor philo- are raking themselves out from| under the piles of leaves and| rubble. | Traffic heading north on High- | way 12 to the cottage country met the storm and the loss of Editor Is Guest Seventh-day Adventist edu- cator Thomas. Sinclair Geraty will be featured guest at the| |Seventh - day Adventist Annual Summer Bible Conference which began last night on the Kings- way College campus in Oshawa. Mr. Geraty will speak tonight at 7:30. He holds the Ed. D. jdegree from the University of |Southern California, Los Ange- les, and is an associate world jsecretary in the Department of |Education of Seventh - day Ad-| |ventists, with offices in Wash-| ington, D.C. | As both a minister and edu- cator, Geraty's work for the denomination centers around the Adventist Church's worlq prog- ram of higher education. Nearly 400 schools above the elemen- tary level are operated through- out the world by the church. These schools (all coeducation- al) are operated on the premise that education should be three- fold -- equal development of the mental, physical and spiri, tual. To accomplish this pur- pose, the schools adhere closely to educational standards estab- are located, adding courses in Bible and allotting certain time to worship or inspirational stud- ies. Health principles are taught and opportunity is given for all students to spend some time in work. As a rule a farm and in- dustries connected with the school provide plenty .of physical exercise for the young men. Compared proportionately with the general American public, three times as many American Adventists are college graduates and one and a half times as many have completed the-school sophy and was awarded a Woodrow Wilson National Fel- lowship and three other schol- arships. In the fall he will begin graduate work in phil- sophy at Princeton University: A graduate of Courtice Pub- lic School, Michael . attended O'Neill Collegiate and Vo- cational Institute in Oshawa. Toronto Band Will Play At Shell The Metropolitan Silver Band of tiptoe Pgh opine' the con- cert from cLaughlin Band Shell Thursday, July 2, at 8.30 .m, The Metropolitan Band was organized 'in 1931 and until 1934 had no home. At this time it joined hands with the Metropoli- tan Church in downtown Toronto and became part of the musical life of this great church. In 1940 the band offered its services, in- cluding instruments and musical library to the Toronto Scottish Reserve Battalion. They stayed there until 1944 when depleted by active service enlistments they were released from their duty. From junior bands of 1935 and 1945 the senior band has managed to maintain both mem- bers and a high musical calibre. At present there is a mem- bership of 38 under the direction of Alan Wood, the conductor of the Metropolitan Band. Alan, who conducted the junior band in 1946, moved to the senior band in 1949 and has been there ever since. He is a past presi- dent of the Canadian Bandmas- ters Association and.at present is the President of the Toronto Musicians Association. Bill Brae is the euphonium soloist and has been in the band for 25 years except for a period when he served overseas with the RCE Band during the war. Over the years Bill has won many gold medals and is one of the Mets. key men. - Kenneth Allen is the trombone soloist and manager of Metro- politan Band. A product of the (Mets. Junior Band. Ken has been a member of both bands for 18 years and has won many '\gold medals and a musical scholarship. George Campbell is the cornet soloist and end chairman of the Band. George came to the band after his service in the RAF Band overseas during the war. He is currently the assistant conduc tor. It is anticipated that a large crowd will be in attendance to enjoy their program, which will include two. marches, "Fighting Strength" and 'Marching Trum- "* Trombone Solo "The Joy- wheel', Cornet Solo "Because", Overture "Nebuchadnezzar" by Verdi which will make this a very intresting program. An police officer testifying Friday in the dangerous driving trial of a 39 - year - old Oshawa motorist said he found the ac- cused "confused and wandering around" at the. scene where a seven - year - old boy was killed and his father seriously injured. "He had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol,' the officer added. Constable Gerry Quellette was testifying the trial of Vincenzo Gattellaro, 19 Knights road, charged after the death Mar. 28 of' Donald Campbell, 245 Annis street. His father Robert, 52, was hospitalized for two months after the accident. JUDGMENT RESERVED After two hours of testimony, Magistrate F. S. Ebbs reserved judgment on the matter until July 10. He will also cnsider a drunk driving charge against the accused on that date. In previous testimony heard May 15, Dr. A. E. King said a blood test showed that one and a half hours after the accident 1.8 parts per thousand of alco- hol were present in Gattellaro's blood. Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck commented then that 8.5 ppt is the 'established cri- terion for drunkenness as far asthe law is concerned." ly: Two 15 - year - olds, Wayne Don and Richard Rushlow, tes- tified they were walking north on Simcoe street south, just grades. north of Bloor street, when they 'Reserve J udgment In Fatality Case heard the squeel of brakes. Both said they saw a car on the sidewalk on the west side of Simcoe south, south of Bloor. "It kept on going on the side- walk and stopped just north of the subway," testified Don. They said they both left the accident scene because they were "'scared". TIRE MARKS FOUND Constable Quellette said he arrived at the scene and found Gattellaro "intoxicated." He testified that there were 107 feet of tire marks on the sidewalk. Domenica Mordoca, also of 19 Knighs road, said he and Gat- tellaro were driving home with their wives after drinking beer at an Oshawa hotel. He said the accused had consumed no more than "three or four glasses" that evening. ~ Mordoca testified that he had no idea of the auto's speed at the time of the accident. He heard somebody in the car yell "stop." He said Gattellaro stopped the vehicle and walked to a restaurant to call the police. Russell D. Humphreys, QC, argued there was no "proven element of wanton and furious driving" but conceded 'there as element of drinking." , Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck Said that "although there's litt'e evidence to support it we can assume both people were on the sidwalk when struck down." |