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Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 Fire 725-6574 Ohe Oshawa Gunes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1964 Second Section City and district social ing. features, and classified advertis- New Board Is Divided | On Pay Plan Oshawa Board of Education trustees could pay themselves about $12,000 next year. in a survey conducted by were evenly divided on the ques- tion of putting themselves on the payroll. Four trustees said they were in favor and four said they were opposed to the payment of a monthly honorarium. Two trus- tees had no definite stand. ; Provincial legislation under| ; the Schools Administration Act, approved by the legislature earlier, this year, permits trus- tees to pay themselves an hon- orarium, if the Board majority agrees. A government official in To- ronto said the maximum amount of the honorarium is based on the average daily attendance of pupils in the school system, $90 MONTH In Oshawa, trustees could pay themselves up to $90 per month. The government official said Separate School Board repre- sentatives on the Board of Edu- cation could be paid half the maximum amount. The Oshawa Board has two representatives from the Sep- arate School Board, who will be appointed in January. At $90 per month for the 10 elected trustees and $45 per month for the two representa- tives, the payroll for one year could total $11,880. Dr. C. H. Vipond, Stanley Lovell, Leonard Glover and Stephen Saywell said they op- posed honorariums. E. A. Bas- sett, David Powless, William Werry and Mrs. Annie Lee said they were in favor of honor- arlums and T. D. Thomas and Robert Stroud had no definite stand. "My sentiment has been that &# is probably not preferable to have trustees paid," said Dr. Vipond. 'But, I haven't thought about it recently and I'm willing to look at evidence on the other side." "Personally I am opposed to trustees paid... ¢ hate to see it happen," Mr, Lovell, "I didn't run for that reason." Mr. Saywell said when the Ontario School Trustees con- ducted a survey on the question last fall (which a majority of school boards in the province approved) he voted against hon- orariums. "T"ve always been opposed to tiums and am. still op- posed but I would be guided by pet majority of the Board," he! 'Ming', four-year-old Chow Chow owned by Mr. and Mrs. "Monty" Cranfield of Oshawa, may look sad, but he's doing his bit to portray the true "When the honorarium ques- tion came to 4 vote last fall the Board voted it down and I was opposed at that time," said Mr. Glover, "I am still opposed." Mr. Powless said he felt trus- tees should be paid. "An honor- arium would be some compensa- RICHARD "DICK" KOEH- LER, television and motion picture animal trainer, poses spirit of Christmas for Oshawa Times photographer. Why shouldn't he be happy? He was one of 16 canines certificates United awarded special Wednesday~ night at with "Domino", two-year-old German Shepherd owned by John Andershon of RR 2, Whitby. tion for the time spent by mem- bers," said Mr. Powless. "I think it's coming." SAME CATEGORY "I certainly feel that for the number of hours spent by mem- bers they deserve some pay- ment," said Mr. Bassett. "I think Boards of Education should be classed in the same category as city councils and paid." | WRONG REMOVAL LONDON (CP) -- Following the tonsil operation on the Beatles' drummer, a ierually| word-perfect BBC radio news-| reader announced:. "Ringo Starr's toenails have been suc- cessfully removed.'"' Later, an- nouncer Roy Williams joked: "I bet Ringo's glad I'm not his surgeon."' SANTA'S DENIAL QUEBEC (CP) Santa bogged down in government regulations when he wanted to land by helicopter at a north- end shopping plaza. The depart- ment of transport did not allow his down-to-earth arrival and so Santa Claus came by car in- stead. "IT believe there should be) some compensation for the long hours some members devote. to the Board," said Mr. Werry. "If the Board approved _honor-} ariums it wouldn't be hard to) find the money by saving some- where else." | "At one time I was opposed) @ to the payment of- an honor- arium," said Mrs. Lee, "but to- day is different. Trustees are trying to give good service and they are worthy of a small hon- orarium, City council members are paid, the cost of living has risen and being a trustee does cost money." Mr. Thomas said he was pre- pared to give his services gratu- itously and that he had never given honorariums any thought. He said he did mot know how many times the Board met in a year and that he would rather not express an opinion on the question. Mr. Stroud said he stood for election, as he did on a previous occasion, as a service to the community. He said he would not seek an honorarium and would not fight for or against one if the question came up at a meeting. Midnight Mass Christmas Eve Solemn high mass will be held at midnight Christmas at St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Church. : The doors of the church will open at 11 p.m. with Christmas carols by the choir at 11:30 p.m. Five masses will be held on Christmas day. N.S. McFADYEN N. 8. McFadyen is retiring at the end of this year after after 23 years as manager of the King and Simcoe branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Mr. McFadyen, 484 Masson 'street, has been in banking for 46 years and came to Oshawa to manage the branch. At that time there was only the one branch of the Bank of Commerce in Oshawa and Mr. McFadyen has stayed to watch six others open. He is a member of Oshawa Golf and County Club, Oshawa Curling Club and Cedar Lodge. Early in his re- tirement Mr. McFadyen plans to travel to Britain for a holi- day. BANK CHANGES A.F.G. LITTLE A. F. G. Little will take over as manager of the King and Simcoe branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce the first of next year following the retirement of N.S. McFadyen. Mr. Little has worked in the bank's head office in Toronto for the tast year and before that was manager of a branch in Bar- bados for five and a half years. From 1928 until 1936 he worked for the Bank of Com- merce in' Oshawa. Since leav- ing Oshawa Mr. Little has also worked in Belleville, Ot- tawa, Montreal and Calgary. TOP CANINES AWARDED "OSCARS" an Steelworkers Hall on success- | jnight at the United Steel work- iui completion of a 10-week Dog Obedience course con- ducted here by Richard "Dick" Koehler. --Oshawa Times Photo Dog Training Is Challenge -- Koehler Richard "Dick" Koehler looks like the type one would expect to see in a director's chair at a movie studio barking instructions In a sense, that is his job: But the members of his cast are animals. Mr. Koehler hails. from Los Angeles, Calif. He is 30 and is currently working for A, S. P. Production Ltd. in the second year of the television series "Forest Rangers," which filmed at the Circle M Ranch in Kleinbung, 20 miles north of Toronto. He is in charge of obtaining and in many cases, training, the animals 'used in this series which ranges from rattlesnakes to bears and moose. Star ani- mal of the series is "Topper," a Great Dane. <s Also Mr. Koehler conducts dog obedience classes in Oshawa, Toronto and Hamilton. IN OSHAWA He was in Oshawa Wednesday ers Hall to attend graduation ceremonies for 16 dogs who successfully .completed his 10- week Dog Obedience' course here. He began working with his father, W. R. Koehler, Holly- wood's famous animal trainer, at seven and has since travelled all over the world. In association with his father, he trained the Labrador Re- wriever, Bullterrier and Siamese Cat for "The Incredible Jour- ney" as well as such canine stars as "Bullet" in the Roy Rogers series; "Big Red," an Irish Setter and "Sam" of The Shaggy Dog Story. Mr. Koehler says that to train a dog involves the same problems as raising a child. "You have to learn when to be stern, when to lay down the law and when to give praise," he said. "Every dog is a dif- ferent challenge." He said it is an old wives' tale that certain breeds are easier to train than others or a some breeds can't be train- ed. Mr, Koehler said dogs resent anyone who shows a lack of authority. He said that dogs with ESP (extra sensory per- ception) are being studied at Sornell University in Ithaca, > & Certification To Be Sought An application for certifica- tion as a bargaining agent for employees of a local restaurant has been filed by Local 254, ern Employees Union. Stanley Ibbott, Local 254 agent, said Wed, that the union will apply for representations rights for nine employees of McMurray's Drive-In, Simcoe street north. The application will be held at a Department of Labor hearing Dec. 23 in Tor- Restaurant; Cafeteria and Tav-| Seek Trio As Break-in Try Foiled Oshawa Police are seeking three suspects as a result of an al break - and - enter at Hayden Macdonald wholesale on William street Wednesday night. Constable Fred Dionne, in his occurrence report, said he ar- rived at the warehouse about 11.10 p.m. to see two men walk- ing outside the building. One of them, he said, emitted a low whistle, and then both ran. The officer heard a noise, and inspected the buil but all entrances were secured. A second noise, he said, di- rected his attention to the roof, where he saw a dark-haired 4 \figure peering over, The officer attempted to cut off escape, but, since he could only watch two sides at one time, the offender climbed. down from a window ledge and escaped. Police found that the ice over the bonded warehouse part of the building which contained cigarets, had been cut away, presumably with a tile-knife and screwdriver found near the scene. The would-be thieves, police said, had not started to pene- trate the roof. A rented truck was found parked behind the building, and the detective division, with the help of the Metro Toronto Police are tracking down the man who rented it. Night School Classes Busy High attendance at city night classes continued. during No- vember, Oshawa Board of Edu- cation learned this week. A total of 283 people attend- ed classes at McLaughlin Col- legiate, 197 at Central, 360 at O'Neill and 97 at Donevan. Most attended class at Mc- Laughlin is the Interior Deco- rating sessions which have 43 enrolments. This is followed by Basic Electronics with 23 at- tending. Least attended classes at this school are advanced auto- mechanics and building construction with seven each. Top attendance in O'Neill Col- legiate goes to the basic French class with 32 pupils and bottom of the attendance list is the Grade 13 geometry with 10. Central Collegiate has most pupils at the English for New Canadians with a total enrol- ment of 189 and least pupils in the Grade 12 English with eight pupils. There are 25 pupils in the Geography class at Donevan-- iSithe top attended night class at this school. There are nine in General Art, the least attended. Get Report On Students There were 42 cases of irregu- lar and illegal absences investi- gated by Oshawa school attend- ance officer, W. A. Smith, dur- ing November, Board of Educa- tion was told this week. Twenty five of the cases were in elementary schools, 14 in secondary schools and three in private schools. A total of 264 calls were made by the officer, 138 to homes, 126 to schools and 39 office inter- views were held with parents and students. Two charges were laid in juvenile court against children for "being an habitual truant." One is now in regular attend- ance. The other child was com- mitttd to the Ontario Training School. During November seven stu- dents were suspended from Osh- awa schools and interviews were arranged with their parents and the "necessary action" has been taken, says a report. Survey Made On Resources A survey of the social, welfare and health resources in Oshawa is being made by the city's So- cial Planning Council, the Civic Affairs Committee of Oshawa Chamber of Commerce was told Wednesday. The committee was told the survey. was being made to de- termine what is available and where the gaps are. Dr. Peter Willson, chairman of the committee, said it had been decided, to: appoint Doug Wilson as the Chamber's repre- sentative to the Council. Alderman Hayward Murdoch reported on city council activ- ities, Trustee Leonard Glover on Board of Education. Alderman Norman Down spoke on the Works Depart- ment. FOUR SMALL FIRES Oshawa fire fighters were called out to small fires four times yesterday. They also an- swered eight routine ambulance calls, They attended a grease fire in .a Montrave avenue home, A small blaze in an open basement on Fernhill boulevard onto. was reported. Plan Hosp For Chronic Cases -- ITS THIS WAY, SANTA --! Santa Claus (Jack Menzie) presents a special gift to Elias Gillard, one of the sen- ior residents of Hillsdale Manor who recently celebrat- ed his 100th birthday. Don Lake, president of the Osh- awa Kinsmen Club, is also shown. The happy group at- tended the fourth annual Christmas party for Hillsdale residents held by members of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club Wednesday. More than 100 of the residents attended the party. --Oshawa Times Photo 5,000 Toys Due For City's Needy An Oshawa father faced a date in court and a possible jail sentence when he spoke to officials at Simcoe Hall, Don Netley, president of the Oshawa Jaycees told The Times today. "The man said he 'expected to be in jail over Christmas," said Mr. Netley. "He went to Simcoe Hall to see if he could arrange to have some toys, collected and repaired by the Jaycees, sent to his children. "But, he wanted to repair the toys himself before he went to jail." , Mr. Netley said he arranged to have the man pick-up toys which had not been repaired. "He wanted to do something for his children himself," said Mr. Netley. 'And for his child- ren's sake, we were only. to glad to help him." Simcoe Hall, the Salvation Army and the city's Welfare Department will be distributing about 5,000 toys to needy fami- lies this Christmas, said the Jaycee president. The toys were donated by city residents and school child- ren (the Adelaide McLaughlin School students donated almost 3,000) and repaired by volun- teers. TOY DRUMS "The Jaycees organized the toy drive but we had help from about 100 citizens who volun- teered to collect, repair and distribute them," said Mr. Net- ley. "Some of the men on strike at General Motors volun- teered to help after we appealed for more help. "It has been a_ successful drive," he said. "We have col- lected more toys this year and the quality has been. much better." Included were dolls, doll houses, skates, puzzles, guns, a couple of bicycles, about 35 tricycles and a children's rec- ord player. . ."just about every- thing,"' said Mr. Netley. "The people involved in the drive can be sure their efforts will bring a great many bright smiles to. a great many small faces Christmas morning,' he said, Gift Certificate Tops For Topper Looking for a gift that will really go to her head? A gift certificate for a new hat from her favorite milliner's is truly a thoughtful gift. Styles are dazzling in variety, ranging all the way from casual berets to floppy brims. The perennial beret is worn in a multitude of ways ... some berets cover the hair complete- ly, others are worn in pillbox fashion or tilting forward to skim the brow. Brims made news in a myriad of shapes and sizes. There are small tailored fedoras and swag- gers a la Henry Higgins of '"'My Fair Lady" fame, plus large winged and sloping brims, over- sized bretons and rollers; these, in addition to floppy double- faced stitched brims, are the exciting new silhouettes of the season. Echoing the '"'My Fair Lady" look of the newer hat fashions are sleek caps that curve to fit the contour of the head. Tur- bans also recreate the romantic aura of the turn of the century with swirls and drapes, smooth- ed and rounded lines plus back detailing. Large bows, or jewel- ed and feathered pom poms often dangle from the crown. Warm tones dominate the sea- son's kaleidoscope with red and green leading in importance, seconded by the complete brown spectrum, plus shocking pink, eae 24 Beds Slated For Psychiatric A 60-bed addition is to be built to Oshawa General Hospi- tal to accommodate the chroni- cally ill, it was announced to- day by E. G. Storie, chairman of the hospital board. The announcement came following a decision by the College Park Hospital Board to drop plans for a chronic hospi- tal in Oshawa. Mr. Storie said the Ontario Hospital Services Commission had approved the addition as part of the proposed expansion program which will see the en- largement of the X-ray, labora- tory, admitting, emergency and operating departments. The full extent of the expan- sion will not be known until sketch plans are prepared and approved by the Commission, Mr. Storie said. He said it was anticipated that in. addition to the 60 beds for chronically ill persons there would be 24 beds for a psyciat- ric unit, out-patient mental health clinics, a new school of nursing, additional student nurses residence accommoda- tion, 50 active adult beds and 12 convalescent beds, GIVES STATEMENT. Lowell L. Bock, chairman of College Park Hospital Board and president of the Ontario- Quebec Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist church, said today: "The hospital board in con- sultation with officials of the Ontario Hospital Services Com- mission recognized that trends in the care of the chronically ill indicate that such treatment is more effectively rendered when closely integrated with a fully quipped general hospital." Pastor Bock added: "In the light of all the factors that were carefully studied, the board felt that the greatest contribution that could be made at the pres- ent time to insure uate for i for the ospital to cancel construction plans." The board made their decision only after receiving adequate assurance that arrangements were being made for the same number .of beds to be provided at the Oshawa General Hospital, Pastor Bock said. He said that the decision had been difficult to make because of the many indiations of wide community support for the pro- ject. He expressed the gratitude of the church to the community for this encouragement. The proposed hospital with an initial capacity of 60 beds would have supplied treatment facili- ties for the chronically ill in the area and would have been built on property donated by Kings- way College. Mr. Storie said the directors of Oshawa General Hospital had authorized the Property Com- mittee to have. preliminary ital Annex | Golden Agers To Be Feted Christmas week will get off to a good start for the Oshawa Golden Age club. The Oshawa Rotary Club will entertain the folks at a Christmas dinner to be held Monday at a locai hotel. Major Frederick Lewis of the Salvation Army, and chairman of the Rotary committee, said today: "This is a Rotary Club project for: the elderly folks when we give them dinner, Christmas gifts and entertain- ment. "Rev. H. A. Mellow, of North- minster United Church, will also speak to the Golden Age Club," Major Lewis said. The major heads a nine-member committee which arranged the dinner for approximately 150 members of the club. Q The Golden Age Club is open to both sexes over 70 years of age and meets regularly at Sim- coe Hall, Church Choirs ine ironealy'tt| Will Perform "Is Your Christmas Big Enough?" will be the question asked by Rev. John K. Moffat in his Christmas Sunday morn- ing sermon at, Simcoe Street United Church. Over 100 voices, in massed senior and junior choirs, will join in presenting a complete service of Christmas music at senior choir in anthems and soloists for the Christmas serv- ices include Phyllis Glass, Har- old Hay, Alex Yonson, Robert Henry, Jean McNab, Leah Gar- row, liam Shepherd and Ross Cotton. As a prelude to the Evening Service an organ recital will be given by Fred K. Graham. Don- ald Houlden will lead the jun- jor choir, Beethoven's "Hallelujah" will sketch plans prepared by the hospital architect. conclude both services. Students Pla In "Story Of "The Story of Christmas" by music, word and picture was presented by the pupils of Ger- trude Colpus School Monday. Earl Brown, president of Ger- trude Colpus Home and School Association, welcomed the par- ents who joined together in) singing Christmas carols, ac- companied by Mr. Larry Mar- shall at the piano. Lawrence Millson, principal, stated that Christmas now is so highly commercialized and what a wonderful opportunity this was for the children to do some- thing for others instead of thinking of Christmas as a time for getting things. pale turquoise, black and white. He introduced Larry Mar- y Roles Christmas" Shall, director of the school choir of 100 pupils from Grades 4, 5 and 6. The choir sang a medley of carols. The doors to the auditorium were decorated to depict the cover of the Holy Bible. When these were opened, the 'King Herod" scene was depicted by shadowplay, accompanied by the appropriate narration of verse, and followed by the choir singing "Sing We To-day". Twenty pupils under the direc- tion of Mrs. June Smith per- formed the screenplay and story narration. As the scenes changed, the choir rendered carols. "The Story of Christmas" will Taxes Unpaid For 3 Years City Sells 6 Acres The City of Oshawa held their annual auction sale this week, and sold six areas of land in the city on which taxes have not been 'paid for three years. Each. year early in Decem- ber, Assessor Gerry Meredith explained, a final list of proper- ties with tax arrears is com- piled, and these are put up for sale in public auction. In most cases, he said, the owners come good with the tax money before the sale. There were 45 cases on the list, but at 10 a.m., the start of selling, only seven remained. Technically, Mr. Meredith continued, the new owners do not own the land they bought for one year after the day they purchased it. The present own- ers can redeem it by paying their three or more years of back taxes. He' said that, in almost every case, the present owners did pay the taxes to keep their land or homes. He could not remem- ber when a family had been evicted in the city. During yesterday's sales, two properties which included in- habited houses were sold. One owned and lived in by Elwood Adams of Taunton road west, on two acres of land, was sold to Leo Vachon of 188 Wind- sor street. The tax arrears of $398.04 Of Land were from 1961 to 1963, and the assessment, Mr. Meredith said, was $4,595 in 1964. The selling price was $1,450. A house owned by Henry and Florence Taylor at 1261 Ritson road north, also inhabited, was assessed at $3050, but was sold pr ted again by the same cast at the McLaughlin Publie Library, Saturday afternoon. to Healey West of Weston, On- | tario for $1055. Three years in' tax arrears, $286.99 were owed. Only one piece of land was not sold, an 87" by 330-foot tract on Stephenson's road. The' owner of this land was unknown to city officials. When land can- not be unloaded, the city takes over the care of the land, Mr. Meredith said. GERRY MEREDITS