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Oshawa Man Is Honored By Templars CALGARY (CP) F. C; Ackert of Galt Tuesday was elected grand master of the Sovereign Great Priority of Canada, Knights Templar. The knights are part of the Masonic order. W. E. Montgomery of Mont- real was named deputy grand master. Grand constable is W.F. Conkey of Charlottetown, grand marshall is E. A. Terrien of Nanaimo, B.C., and grand reg- an is C. C.. Duthie of Cal- lary. Pneumonia Cause Of Child's Death Tt is unlikely that an inquest will be held on the three-months- old child brought dead into Osh- awa General Hospital, Tuesday, it was stated today by Dr. J. A. Patterson, coroner. An autopsy showed the child, Edward Evenden, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Evenden, 184 King street west, died from pneumonia. WHILE THEY MAY not threaten any of Torchy Pec- den's legendary performances, this quartet and more than 200 other young bicycle riders picked up many skills Tnes- day at the Bicycle Roadeo, sponsored by the Oshawa Re- creation Committee, in Alex- andra Park. From left: Bill Botulenko (No. 10) has a look * of great concentration as he manoeuvres around the tricky obstacle course. Zig Pflanzer, right, loses his balance on the rail obstacle and loses two points, Ellen Coe, centre, pleased with a job well done, comes through the maze suc- cessfully. Kingside Park fin- ished first, as overall win- and Nipigon parks, Obstacie course winners, in order, were Glen 'Stewart, Kingside and Nipigon. Races: Kingside, Sunnyside and Nipigon. The roadeo was part of the Games and Activities Festival held by the Oshawa Recreation Commission. ners, trailed by Glen Stewart --Oshawa Times Photo Dr. Patterson said it was very easy for the disease to in- flict a child of this age. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1954 She Oshawa Times [SECOND SECTION PAGE THIRTEEN Five Boxers Win Bouts Members of the grand coun-} cil are Dr. C. A. Bell of Port! Stanley, Ont., Peter Bregman of| Sudbury, C. V. Elliott of Peter-| borough, Norman Kennedy of! Regina and Erling H. Olsen} of Victoria. | District priors include: Lon-) don district, J. B. Carson, Lon-; don, Ont.; Hamilton district,| D. J. Marriott, Galt; Toronto} district, John Wheeler, Oshawa-| Kingston-Ottawa district, G. H. Gilmer, Brockville; Algoma dis- trict, H. A. Marshall, North) Bay; Manitoba district, F. W. Smith, Fort Frances, Ont. Child Suffers Head Injuries A seven-year-old Oshawa boy was taken to hospital following an accident, Tuesday, on Sim- coe street north. The boy, Harry Schillings,| RR 1, Oshawa, was treated for a head injury and allowed to go home, He was a passenger in a} car driven by Hubert Schillings of the same address. The car was in collision with Oshawa sometime in October, |S aving a vehicle driven by Marcel Boivin, 238 Court street. Dam- age to the two cars amounted to 50. A crash, Tuesday, on Ritson road south, resulted in $1,000; property damage but no person- al injuries. Drivers were Douglas Skin-} ner, 501 Phillip. Murray avenue and Robert Abbott, 557 Lake- view' avenue. Aa tacruiry On Windfall Robarts Pledge TORONTO (CP) -- Premier) Robarts of Ontario said Tues-| day the "'widest public inquiry" will be held into recent gyra- tions in the price of stocks of Windfall Oils and Mines Ltd.| Mr. Justice Arthur Kelly of the Ontario Court of Appeal was| named Monday as a royal com- thissioner to conduct an investi- gation of stock market activi- ties relating to the rich base- metal strike near Timmins, in-|" cluding Windfa!l's issues. The Oshawa Boxing Club scored a decisive victory over| Lansdowne Athletic Club in its} Toronto match Monday. Five out of the six Oshawa fighters defeated their Toronto opponents, Bernie Guindon, welterweight, won over Stewart Grey in a five round match. Guindon was orig- inally scheduled to fight Cana- dian Welterweight Champion Johnny Lapadula, but the fight was cancelled when Lapadula complained of a virus. Grant O'Reilly, a veteran with the club, scored a third round technical knockout over Toronto featherweight John Thomas. In other matches, Jack Guindon defeated Lino Faliba, | and Wilfred Kasprzyck defeated} Leinard McNeil. | The only Oshawa defeat was} suffered when Ken Penwright lost a three-round decision to} Tony "The Terror'? Deobrier. More than 400 people turned out for the contests, including 50 Oshawa residents who went to Toronto to see the club fight. The OCB, has agreed to a re- turn match with the Lansdowne} club on Aug. 31. It also hopes| to stage a tournament in} School Work Is Ahead Of Schedule | Oshawa Board of Educaiion} workmen are ahead of schedule} on one of the most extensive} maintenance programs _ the} board has ever undertaken. | Each year Russel Lunney,| building and maintenance su- pervisor for the board, has to rush through all repairs and changes in the three-month summer holiday period. This year his department has been modernizing, building ad- ditions, changing layouts and) repairing more schools than ever before. Mr. Lunney said: 'Although the program this summer has been one of the heaviest ever we are ahead of schedule and will complete the schools in time for Sept. 8 when 'pupils |prepared another outstanding Premier Robarts met Tues-|"ouurn to their classrooms. ; ci "One of our problems has ns Goiarie 'Securities Com-|Peeh_2 record enrolment this mission. He said later the terms|COMing year in O'Neill Collegi- of reference for the one-man|ate and Vocational Institute. royal commission likely will be|We have had to make a lot of announced today. alterations to seat all the new s s rose from 56|DUpils."" | ome: page yh before) The department has built two an announcement that diamond portable classrooms for Sunset} drilling had found no commer-|Heights. Public School. They cial ore sent their price down|have also done a lot of outside ta less than $1. « jbrickwork and fencing. os |ousy," At New One man making a big splash, with the Oshawa swimming set is George Mudd--who has been) up to his neck in pool circles for} 14 years. | The 30-year-old veteran pool manager took over managing) the de-luxe 25-metre pool at the) Simcoe Hall Boys' Club (East-| view) one year ago and since then has started several vigor- ous, progressive courses aimed, as he puts it, "at helping young- sters and adults swim the; proper way." | For example, the five junior courses--ranging from the be- ginning "tadpole" level through to a senior level-- require home study, and fairly strict su- pervision, provided by Mr. Mudd's pool staff of three Red Cross instructors plus feur leaders." ' Each course, costing $6,| takes some 20 weeks to com- plete, with a first lesson being what Mudd terms a "screen test so we can sort out people's capabilities and get them in at the right level." | Youngsters are taught life- and boatmanship| (there's a canoe for this) and] are shown movies for visual instruction. QUALITY COURSE "Tt want to emphasize," says George, '"'that this is a quality) course. We're not just throwing) lessons at people--it has to be} done properly with a follow: Band To Play Next Sunday The Band of the Ontario Reg- iment will play their next two concerts Sunday, Aug. 16 and Aug. 23 at 8.30 p.m. at the Mc- Laughlin Band Shell. Next Sunday evening, under the direction of Bandmaster G. B. C. Quick, the band has program which will include the famous "Punchinello" March and also the concert marches "Florentine" and 'Pendine." The overture "Lonely Mill' and Hundreds Learn To Swim Boys Club Pool through. A person's swimming|Tuesdays reserved for lessons style has to be checked regu-|for men, women and teenagers. larly. | Starting Sept. 14, mothers George dips infrequently --|with very young children may "just every three months or sojcome to the pool and both get to get my style checked by One| instruction, of the instructors. To the casual visitor pool In fact for an ex-champion|regimen seems to follow quasi- diver it sounds extraordinary| military lines with printed rules that he says he wouldn't jump|enforced by -staff to the last into the water to save a drown-\letter. in gman. | Before each swimming or in- "No," says Mudd. "When\struction period begins swim- people swim out and grab a| mers sit at the edge of the pool person in difficulties, a double| awaiting the permissive buzzer aggre, often results cae on" enter the water. e victim seems possessed Ol) very 10 minutes the buzzer superhuman strength and drags| sounds and the pool is vacated both down. The principle we/while a physical check is made teach here is to extend, say 4iof the pool bottom. stick, towel or oar out. The vic-| tim doesn't panic and this often| gy prog oe nd --_ results in a successful rescue,"|"°T® and our ru y to the letter, otherwise it's out 150 STUDENTS DAILY they go," says George. Mr. Mudd estimates that - around 150 youngsters show up| LEARNED AT FOUR daily at the club pool for the| "Mr. Swimming" -- he was Red Cross water safety classes|dubbed this recently following between 9-12 a.m. and the after-|publicity of his training of noon (1-4 p.m.) public sessions.|Oshawa's marathon swimmer, Public swimming for adults is|Bob Branch--learned to swim held-Mondays, Wednesdays andjat four in his native West Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. and 8.30-|Hartlepool, in north England. 0 p.m. After managing pools in Eng- In September .more provision|land for 11 years he came to will be made for the adults with|Canada and landed a job at Lea- side poo] in Toronto. He's married to tne former Judy Shoaf, a Florida '\three<meter diving champ, and their first child, a boy, arrived three weeks ago. Three days after the birth George had Judy back onto swimming conditioning exer- cises, then shortly afterwards back into the pool in prepara- tion for the Canadian Olympic '|Diving Trials which start in Toronto, Aug. 14. When will their child start to take swimming lessons? "He had his first lesson last "|week in the bath tub," says George. Menzie Clan Plans Rally The Menzie clan, more than LEAVING OSHAWA by special request the waltz, "Gold and Silver," along with the "Czech Polka." The instrumental soloists for) the evening will -be Staff Ser- geant R. Whitsitt on the euphon- ium and Musician Al Cooper,| trombone. | The vocal soloist for the eve-| ning will be Barbara Hart, soprano, of Whitby. She will in- clude in her offering "Jeal- "Vigeuner," "April in Paris" and '"'A Heart that's Free." Her accompanist will) be Judy Davidson. | Master of ceremonies for the evening will be Don Allman. 600 of them, will gather at Dar- lington Provincial Park on Sun- day, Aug. 16, for their annual picnic and election of officers. At the 69th annual session of the Eastern Ontario Con- ference of the Free Methodist Church held last week at Pine Orchard, Rev. A. Mac- Millan, pastor of the Erie Street congregation in Oshawa | received appointment to the Warden Avenue Free Meth- odist Church in Toronto. Mr, MacMillan, who has served as pastor of the Oshawa church for the past four years, will conduct his final services here Sunday, Aug 16. He will be. succeeded by Rev. N. C.-Bright of Peter- borough. The gathering will include Scots from as far away as Cali- fornia and Bermuda who will be participating in the full day of sporting events beginning at 10 a.m. Archie Menzie, of Port Perry, president of the clan, claims the annual event is one of the largest "gathering of the clans" in Canada. Pipe . bands from Peter- borough and Bowmanville, and a girls' pipe band from Picker- ing will provide music. EXAM RESULTS OUT TOMORROW The Grade 13 examina- tion results for the pupils attending Oshawa's four col- legiate institutes will be published in tomorrow's issue of The Oshawa Times. The results ceived from the Ontario Department of Education by the principals of the schools this morning. Pupils will receive copies of their results from their schools through the mails. were fre- Three Hurt | When Auto Square Dance Fair Feature» An evening of fun is in store for all Old Time Square Danc- ers who attend the Oshawa Fair on Saturday evening, Aug. 22. Dancing will begin at p.m. and continue until 12 mid- night. During the intermission the finalists in the Olde Tyme Fiddlers' Contest will compete for first, second and third prizes. Orvill Selleck and his orches- |tra will supply the music for the dancers, Other dances to be included in the. evening's entertainment will be Gay Gordon, schottische, Rye waltz and other old time favorites as well as modern round dancing -- free to all those paying admission to the E |Conservatives, 17 that this would deprive of them from expressing opinion on the issue. The flag issue was debated during the latter part of Juhe and early July for a period of six days. During that period, 18 Conservatives, 18 Liberals and) three each from the other three parties in the house partici- pated. total DEPRIVED OF RIGHTS If the debate is limited to one week, this means that five days = would be allocated. Based on the experience of the former six days, some 40 members could participate. If the same pattern %|was followed there would only be sufficient time allotted for 17 iberals and 'two each from the other three parties, From the Conservative view- point, only 35 of their members would have the opportunity to participate. This would mean that some 60 other members of the Conservative party would be deprived of their right to ex- Given Time To Pay His Fine PETERBOROUGH-- Kenneth Godfrey of 27 Temperance St., Bowmanville, was given one month to pay a $25 fine assessed by the magistrate for drunkenness here Monday. OPP Cpl. Cecil Gibbons said he found Godfrey walking in the centre of Highway 35 attempt- in to flag down traffic. He said Godfrey was placed in custody after twice falling off chairs in the police office. "Were. you trying to commit suicide, or were you attempting to jeopardize motorists?" Magi- Hits Pole Three school teachers were taken to Oshawa General Hospi- tal, Tuesday, when the car they were travelling in struck a tele- phone pole at Highway 401 and Harmony road. The car, a 1964 model, was completely demolished and two }of the teachers were detained with head injuries. In satisfactory condition this morning in the hospital are Ronatd Newell, RR 4, Brighton and Robert Harrington, 71 Union street, Picton, Both men are 29-years-old and single. Keith Hall, 27, 2493 Lake- shore, Toronto, was also injured in the accident but was allowed to go home after treatment in the emergency department. Principals To Check Subjects Collegiate principals in Osh- awa will be keeping a close watch during the next school year on 17 Grade 13 subjects, that are being trimmed by 10 per cent by the Ontario Depart- ment of Education to give stu- dents more time to study in depth. A saving of three weeks will be made by the cuts ond this time will also be used for stu- dents to prepare for a univer- sity education. George Drynan, chairman of Oshawa Board of Education, said today: "Principals and department heads in Oshawa have always set a high standard in Grade 13 work and this will be maintained. "The advantageous parts of this new program will be recog- Inized and put into effect while the doubtful and experimental parts will be closely watched." George Roberts, principal of McLaughlin Collegiate and Vo- cational Institute, said: "We 'have not yet received informa- ition from the department on i\this new program. | "It will be closely watched move." Fire Fighters Quell 4 Fires Oshawa Fire Fighers .were called out four times to small fires, Tuesday, and also answer- ed five routine ambulance calls. They put out a grass fire on Oxford street, a bonfire north of the end of Saguenay avenue, and could prove to be a good! | Oshawa Fair on Saturday eve- ning. REPORT FROM OTTAWA PC's Oppose | = ackcopani creat 'Cut In Debate Some 45 speeches in! Dari weeks and months ahead. Just a reminder that Satur- day, Aug. 15, at Heber Down's farm, on Highway 7, is the day of the barbecue, Brechin Boy Hit By Car BRECHIN -- A Brechin boy is in Orillia hospital after being struck by a car on the high- way here. The condition of Lloyd Thomas Muir, 10, of Brechin, was described by hospital authorities today as "satisfactory." The Muir boy suffered cuts, abrasions, and minor head in- juries after being struck by a car driven by Crawford Coak- well, 42, of Pickering. Coakwell was westbound on Highway 12 ay when the accident occurred Fri. day night. Brechin provincial police, who investigated, said today that details of the accident are strate Guest asked. sketchy. No charges have been laid. MAN IN THE STREET Most Oshawa residents inter- viewed by The Oshawa Times Monday appeared sceptical of the Canadian Bar Association and Medical Association back- ing. for mandatory blood and breathalizer tests. The tests, to be taken by 'all persons -- in- volved in traffie accidénts-- is designed to crack down on drinking drivers. Among those answering the question, "'Are you in favor of mandatory blood and breathaliz- er tests being given to drivers involved in accidents?": PETE SMALL, 102 .Nassau street -- "I just don't believe in that sort of thing being done without a witness. I don't thirk a mandatory test is fair on the person . . . he should be able to refuse." BOB JOHNSTON, 788 Glen- forest road -- "Any machine and any person can make mis- takes. I don't like tests being used in this way if it isn't ac- curate." BILL LYMER, 234 Bruce street -- 'First there should be a witness and the test should not be left up to the police alone to give. A better system would be blood tests adminis- tered by an impartial doctor. But even then it should be vol- untary." PETER SCOTT, 131 Elgin street--"I definitely do not think it should be mandatory. Such tests are a necessary evil as it is. A person-should be able Mandatory Blood Tests Opposed Here to take one if he wants -- to prove he isn't drunk, but his rights should be safeguarded, and he should never be forced to take one." TED CHERRY, 59 Gladstone avenue--"Yes, I they should be compulsory. We need something that can convict drunk drivers and something that can also insure a person he won't be convicted solely on the word of a police officer. Sure, it's fair." ASHFORD PRICE, Ritson road north--"T'd give a quali- fied yes to mandatory tests. Yes, there should be a blood and breathalizer test in all ac- cident cases, but also the per- son in question should be able to have with him a friendly wit- ness to safeguard his rights." a rubbish fire near Hillsdale Public School, and an oven fire} in a house on Adelaide avenue west, night's heavy rain storm. Few Sheét lightning crackles over incidents were reported in houses in southeast Oshawa | during the height of Tuesday Oshawa and district with only LIGHTNING DISPLAY BRILLIANT one power failure: blamea on the storm. =Qshawa Times Photo