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8 The Oshawa Times GENERAL SIKORSKI POLISH VETERANS HOLD 4th ANNUAL CHARTER NIGHT, 30th ANNIVERSARY Second Section City and district features, sports and classified advertis- ing. Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1183 Fire 725-6574 Theatre Endorsed Members of the New Demo- cratic Party, Oshawa (Provin- cial) Riding Association Sunday night endorsed a plea for con- struction of an Arts Theatre Centre as Oshawa's Centennial project. The boost came at the newly- formed Association's first gen- eral membership meeting at Hotel Genosha. Association President Louis Munroe told 100 members and guests of the urgent need for a centre for drama and concerts, musicals and folklore, painting and photography exhibits -- and for a centre in which to hear speakers of national and inter- national repute. "Adults have proved their sup- port. for these things by their. banquet a dance was held. _| attendance in spite of very lim- --Oshawa Times Photo |ited facilities," Mr. Munroe sai. - "This project is the most needed for our community and would be ' the most beneficial to all citi- zens." Mr. Munroe, president of the Oshawa branch of the Ontario Secondary S cho ols Teachers' Federation, reminded that both -- Walker, J. Halik, one of the society's most honored mem- bers and other special guests also attended. Following the name. Mr. Lizewski was the origipal organizer in 1934 and first president of the associa- tion. Honored guests were past presidents: Mr. Lizewski, Michal Wojcik, Johef Baran, Josef Miztak, Zygmunt An- (MPP 'HOPEFUL' OF EXTENSION CENTENNIAL DEADLINE DATE drolojc, Josef Paczesny, Jan Derkacz, Mr. Zalewski and Olgierd Cichowski. Edward Krol was absent. Hon, Mich- ael Starr and Mrs, Starr, Al- bert Walker, MPP, and Mrs. first prime minister of the provincial government organ- ized in France in 1940. He was also commander-in-chief of all Polish veterans. The Osh- awa association took their charter in Gen. Sikorski's picture, left to right, are Ald. Cliff Pilkey, representing the mayor, Mrs. Josef Lizewski and Jan Derkacz, banquet chairman. The Polish Cana- dians paid tribute to Gen. Sikorski, Polish patriot and tion. Shown in the first pic- tures, left to right, are Ed- ward Zalewski, president of the association; Josef Lizew- ski of Toronto, guest speaker and Jan Drygala, master of ceremonies. In the second A CAPACITY CROWD filled the Polish Alliance Hall, Olive avenue, Saturday night to commemorate the 4th annual charter night and 30th anni- versary of the Gen. W. Sikor- ski Polish Veterans' Associa- DRYGALA AND ZALEWSKI NECOMERS cea LOUIS MUNROE and physically, he must keep de- veloping his tastes and enrich himself that he may lead a fuller 2 More In Race For Aldermanic Albert V. Walker, MPP; Oshawa riding, said today that the Provincial govern- ment will likely make an an- nouncement within 10 days regarding a possible exten- licity, met last week in To- ronto," Mr. Walker said. "The committee has made no announcement but, in my personal opinion, it is prob- able that its recommenda- tions: will be for an exten- this organization and the NDP Federal Riding Association have already endorsed the Arts The- atre proposal. "Such an arts theatre will be appreciated by our i teen-agers and adults. If the in- dividual is to progress intellec- thot i) life according to the dignity of man," At last night's meeting, T. D. Thomas and his wife Christine spoke of life in South Africa and ildren,|showed slides. The couple re- cently returned from a five month stay in South Africa and sion of the November 9 the Rhod deadline date for submitting Centennial project plans. "The special cabinet com- mittee named on this matter under the Hon. James Auld, Minister of Travel and Pub- tually, Asks Bill Apply To 16-Over Unit sion of the deadline, possibly ically, \y to the first of the next year." Mr, Walker said that sev- eral Ontario municipalities had asked for such an ex- tension. definitely run but refused to sayjer. The Drygalas have three for what office, mayor or alder-!children. man. Among other activities, Mr. Mr. Zalewski is president of|Drygala is one of the original the Polish Veterans' Associa-jorganizers of the Oshawa Folk |tion. He was born in Poland, is|Festival and at present serves }married and has one daughter/as business manager in the lattending high school in Osh-|executive. He acted as general awa. chairman for this year's Domin- Two General Motors em- ployees entered the aldermanic race during the weekend. (Mr, Drygala and Mr. Zalew- ski are both pictured at the top left corner of this page.) Jan Drygala, 50, of 789 Law and Edward Zalewski, 46, of dl 213 Banting, announced they would be candidates Saturday during an Oshawa Polish Vet-| erans' Association dinner and| dance. Both men are members| of the Oshawa Polish com-| munity. Mr. Zalewski is employed in) "T believe in Oshawa," Mr. Zalewski said today. "It has been a very good place for me/byterian Men and is an execu-; and I would like to do some- thing for the city." Hon. Michael Starr, MP, an- that Mr. Zalewski would be a jior Day celebrations, is vice- president of Knox Church Pres- tive member of the Royal Cana- dian Legion, Branch 43. Mr. Drygala feels that the |nounced at the Polish banquet|work and experience he has} jgained in the above has pre- the parts and service division at/candidate. He is also the presi-|pared him for the duties he GM, and has lived in the city|qent of since 1052. Mr: Drygala has| Oshawa. worked at GM for seven years. He is a precision inspector. Four new candidates have now thrown their hats into the alder- manic ring. The other two are John DeHart, an lawyer. Three sitting aldermen, Cecil) Bint, John Brady and Cephas Gay have stated they will seek re-election' as aldermen. Ald. Gordon Attersley says he will'concert singer and music teach-|perform these various services.| the Polish regiment in During the Second World War Mr. Zalewski served in the Polish Armed Forces under Brit- ish and Canadian command. Mr. Drygala, who said today born in Poland. He emi Canada in 1955. He is married and his wife Elsie is known in the city as a GM Layoff Picture Same | No Date For US. Truce Seen hourly-rated employees by Gen- eral Motors of Canada Lid., continue at Oshawa plants as} the U.S. strike by the United Auto Workers against GM stretches into its fourth week.| Abe Taylor, president of Local 222, UAW, said today, 'I can- not predict a date for a settie- Lay-offs of more than 11,000 | ment in the States, I thought/"and the whole process may/fits have somé men on material handling, parts and mainten- ank, and tool and die making." The spokesman added that 250 workers may be laid-off throughout the plant as workers with seniority are called back to take their places. 'There may be 100 men laid-off in the parts department," he said, |would encounter as alderman. His main interests in the past years have been in integrating the many groups .and national- ities in Oshawa with a view to achieving good understanding | both with each other and Cana- insurance; he would make a more com-/dians.Mr. Drygala has experi-} agent and Richard Ronald, a/plete statement concerning his|ence in dealing with the prob-| \candidacy later this week, was|lems of the immigrant, acting grated to.as interpreter and counsellor, | As chairman of the Community | Citizenship Information Service, he has been widely called on to An international tive of the UAW, Richard Courtney, said that the plant jwide seniority took effect this }morming when some men were jlaid off in the parts and ser- |vice department and others re- }called to work in their place. representa- The laid-off workers receive! junemployment insurance bene- with supplementary un- that the strike would have been|take place over a three-day employment benefits, The SUB settled Sunday, | was wrong." | He pointed out that negotia-| tions continued between the company and union with settle- ments reached at "They started out with 130 plants and are more than half- way there." Layoffs of the GM Oshawa/effect today, "Although lay-offs| 2, were employees began Oct, week after GM plants al period. "There will probably be a 70 man callback to the stamping dept. and the CKD department," 64 plants.j|he continued, "this may begin! today or. tomorrow." Mr. Taylor said that wide seniority has come plant- into were made worker's regardless of seniority . right," |payments total 62 per cent of a workers weekly gross pay. An additional $1.50 for each employee's dependants, up to a maximum of four dependants, is also paid out. The SUB funds are supplied by the company to the workers. Local dealers in GM auto- mobiles have suffered a drastic IN BOARD RACE David J. Powless, 34, Social | investigator wit h the City's | Welfare Dept., announced Sat- | urday that he will be a can- didate in the trustee race for the Board of Education in December. WATER SAFETY COURSE SLATED A Red Cross water safety instructors course will take place at the Simcoe Hall Boys' Club commencing Nov. 6. It will be a two weekend course which will include Friday .evenings from 7.00 until 10.30 p.m., Saturday from 9.00 a.m. until 10.30 p.m., and Sun- * days from 3.30 p.m. until 10.30 p.m. Persons interested must be over eighteen years of age and hold the Red Cross Water Safety Award. Please contact Mr. George Mudd at 728-5121. Male Chorus In Rehearsal General Motors male chorus \have started rehearsals for the |winter season. Many new sing- ers have joined this year and practices, at South Plant parts and service cafeteria Monday |nights, are being well attended. | The executive would welcome any GM male employee with a singing voice. Mrs. E. Dobson will be chorus director again this year but will jnot be available for a few weeks a/drop in business since the 1965|--she is convalescing after an he|model auto supply dried up. Aloperation -- and Mrs. Marie struck .in the U.S. The cutoff|stated, "the company has now/trickle of new -cars is reported|Taylor is taking over in her ab- of parts and material supplied) by the struck plants forced the) closedown of Oshawa assembly lines. A company spokesman saic today that, "the situation i: pretty much the same. We still Gives Warning On Assessment Oshawa's present assessment, some $250,000,000, is big busi- ness in any language and can- not be run on 1934 lines withou asking for trouble, Oshawa anc District Construction Exchang members were told this week Kevin Cahill, city Director « Operations, said there is con tinued necessity for co-ordinz tion of departments in all phase of administration ; He noted the Woods, Gordo: city survey called for "mor: thorough supervision" of the operational aspect of city ad- ministration. Proper co-ordination, said Mr. Cahill is a must. Department efficiency would be "comp!etely wasted" if each city government unit was in no. way concerned with what others were doing. | agreed to call back men ac- cording to seniority.' OSHAWA'S St. Gregory's council of the Kaights of Columbus celebrated a major event in its social year Satur- day when the annual Colum- bus. Day banquet and dance was held at the Knights of i |to be reaching the dealers from the plants. OSHAWA K eT Columbus Hall. Columbus Day honors Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of America and patron of the Knights of Columbus, an. order founded almost 100 years ago. Shown chatting before the dinner sence, Miss Elizabeth Hayes is accompanying on piano. The Gen. W. Sikorski Polish Veterans' Association held its 4th Annual Charter Night, and 30th Annivrsary Saturday. To commemorate these events, a banquet and dance was held at the Polish Alliance Hall, Olive Avenue. The head table consisted of the President of the Polish Vet- erans, Edward Zalewski and Mrs. Zalewski, Rev. A. Bagsik, Mr. and Mrs. Jozef Lizewski, Hon. Michael Starr, MP, and Mrs, Starr, Albert Walker, MPP and Mrs. Walker, Alderman Cliff Pilkey and Mrs. Pilkey, Jan Drygala MM, Master of Ceremonies and Mrs. Drygala. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Morris Proctor, Royal Ca- nadian Legion, Br. 43, Mr. and Mrs, Al. King, Canadian Corps Association, Unit 42, Mr. and Mrs. P. Tullock,» Naval Vet- arans' Association, Oshawa Branch, Mr. and Mrs. R. | Wright, Canadian Air Force As- sociation Wing 420, Mr. and Mrs. D. Foreman, Ontario Regiment Association, United Council of Veterans' Associations Oshawa and District and the United Council of Polish Organizations were represented by J. Drygala, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Dobro- 219} 'Deceased Vets Remembered jlecki, Polish Union of Canada, \Br. 7, Mr. and Mrs, Walter Ma- zur, Polish Alliance of Can- jada, Br. 21, Mr. and Mrs. Stan. |Lasek, Polish Canadian Youth |Incorp. Mr. and Mrs. J. Balko, Polonia Sports Club, Mr. and |Mrs. Ross Gibson CKLB, Fire |Chief Ray Hobbs and Mrs. |Hobbs, Sgt. Frost, CD, and Mrs. Frost, representing Sergeants' Mess, Major Hebb CD and Mrs. Hebb, representing Ontario Reg- iment, Sgt. Frank Grant and Mrs.. Grant' representing RSM Ontario Regiment, Mr. Steve Zarski, Polish Combatants As- sociation No. 2, London. Also present as _ honored guests, were all, past presidents since 1934, Jozef Lizewski, Michal Wojcik, Jozef Baran, Jozef Misztak, Zygmunt Andro- loje, Josef Paczesny, Jan Der- kacz, Edward Zalewski, and Ol- gierd Cichowski. Edward Krol was absent. The evening began with "'One Minute's Silence" for fallen comrades. Grace was said by the Padre, Rev. A. Bagsik. A telegram of congratulation was received from Col. Falkowski. Guest speaker was' Mr. Jozef Lizewski, original organizer of the society and first president. 'PRIZE WINNERS Prize winners at the Gen. Sikorski' Polish Veterans' Asso- ciation dinner and dance Satur- day included Doug May, 113 |Rossland Rd., stereo-hi-fi; W. H. iGibner, RR 2, Oshawa, power lawn mower; and John Lapa, 423 Centre St., ladies' hair dry- er. Mrs. Wiadys won the door prize; Mrs. F.. Bialy, Ajax, the lucky draw and Mrs.. Szwed and Mr. dance. OF C MARK are, left photo, from left: Albert V. 'Walker, MPP for Oshawa Riding; Frank Shine, Grand Knight ofthe Oshawa council; Mayor. Lyman Gif- ford and Michael Starr, MP for Ontario Riding. A group of Knights are also shown above right, from left: Sidney Mer- inger, Jerry Forestali, deputy Grand Knight; Bernard Fores- tall, and Gerry Power. The HERE WEDNESDAY Rev. James R. Mutchmore of Toronto will be the guest speaker at a supper meeting of the Oshawa District United Church Men's Class to be held at Simcoe Street United Church Wednesday night. He will speak on the role of the layman in the Church. Annual Meet For PCs Set PORT PERRY (Special) -- The annual meeting of the Pro- gressive Conservative associa- tion for the federal Riding of Ontario will be held Thurs- day, November 5, it has been announced. The Masonic Hall in Port Perry will be the scene of ac- tivities which will include the election of officers for the coming year and the opportun- ity to meet and hear special guests. Activities will start at 8 p.m. Heading the list of dignitaries will be "Mike" Starr, MP, On- tario Riding. Joining "Mike" Starr will be Gordon Fairweather, Member of Parliament for the New Bruns- wick Riding of Royal, One of the younger members of the Federal House, Mr: Fairweath- er is a former Attorney Gen- eral of New Brunswick and is much in demand as a speaker across the country. Bednarz, the spot o| S COLUMBUS DAY ANNIVERSARY AT BANQUET AND DANCE CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dent of Oshawa and dis- trict who is celebrating his birthday today: Delbert Morgan, French St. | Phone 723-3474 318 A cordial invitation is extend- ed to residents from all parts of the County to come and meet personally their Member of Parliament during the short formal part of the meeting and during the social portion of the evening which will follow. Anyone wishing transportation to Port Perry should. telephone George Martin 728-7515 in Osh- awa; Ed Ryzek 668-8805 in Whitby or,Ed Wetherall 942-2604 in Ajax. OTTAWA (Special) A government measure, designed to establish a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour for employees in under-takings within the authority of parliament, should apply to young people 16 and older, Michael Starr, MP for Ontario, commented here this week. The former Conservative labor minister said that he was generally pleased with the government's bill, but believes the effective age should be dropped from its present 17 | years to 16 years. He noted that it was com- pulsory in most provinces that children should attend school until the age of 16 and at that point, many of them left school and sought employment. Con- sequently, there are many young people entering the labor force who will not be covered by the act and a great many of them must make overtures to the Department of Labor to obtain a fair wage. He said recent figures from the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics showed that the number of young people leaving school at an early age, without skills or training, have increased. Mr. Starr said there was a very wide range of minimum wages established by provincial governments in Canada. "We can readily see that the federal legislation will set a pattern or standard and that provincial governments will be pressured in many ways to bring the present rates now on their statute books close to or equal to the federal standard that is being set," he suggested. REGIONAL DIRECTOR W. Cam Famme, Oshawa in- surance agent, was elected a regional director of the Ontario Insurance Agents' Association at its annual convention last week in Toronto. J. R. Coghill of Waterloo was elected presi- He said the passage of the federal bill would affect thou- sands of Canadian workers who would receive wage increases directly or indirectly. But he anticipates there will be little adverse effect on the economy, that no serious employment dis- location would follow nor any price increases directly attribu- table to the new minimum wage. On the contrary, he suggests that the resulting in- crease in purchasing power will stimulate production in other sectors of the economy. Will Study Bank Tunnel The 'mole man's" tunnel from a deserted house in Osh- awa to a bank vault 84-foot away may be used as the example of a "near perfect crime" for police cadets throughout the country. Color pictures of the tunnel and details of the master bank robbers planning have been taken by Oshawa police for cadets in Toronto. Chief Constable Herbert Flin- toff said Saturday the pictures would help to show cadets just 'how clever some thieves can be. He said earlier last week that the tunnel would do credit to any mining company. Four days ago the tunnel was found. leading from an empty house on Wilson road south to the Wilson and King streets branch of the Royal Bank of Canada. A man rented the house six months ago then fell behind with his monthly payments. He had put $2,000 down and paid two $170 monthly payments. When the owner and his lawyer broke into the house, Tuesday afternoon they found the. tunnel leading from the basement. The men who had dent of the 2,400-member asso- ciation. rented the house had not been there for many weeks. affair was attended by more than 170 people at the Bond street hall. Members of the clergy, representatives of mu- nicipal and political life at- the celebrations, The Oshawa banquet and dance was only one of' many such evc ts held by K of C councils all over North America. Both Lindsay and Whitby councils celebrate the founder's day Saturday, Oct. 24. The Colum- bus Day Banquet was one of several large social events held in the City on Saturday night. The General W. Sikor- ski Polish Veterans Associa- tion also held its 4th annual Charter Night and 30th Anni- versary at a banquet attended by Church and civic digni- taries. --Oshawa Times Photos ¥