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Emergency Numbers ; Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 Fire 725-6574 She Oshawa Zimes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1965 iy JACK JOHNSTONE, gen- eral foreman of the public works department, checks Every Time It Snows City Employees Duck Every time it snows in Osh- awa complaints burn the ears of works department employees. "Fifty per cent of the callers} are abusive," says Jack John- stone, general 'foreman of the department. 'I pay taxes' is their story. But everybody else does. 'We just tell them we are do- ing the best we can and will clear their streets as soon as we can," said Mr. Johnstone, a city employee for 20 years. "People don't realize that snow removal is done for the benefit of everybody -- not just people on a particular street or in a particular area," said T. E. White, superintendent of the department. The callers amusing too. One woman tells the same story every time she calls. Her husband has to go to the hos- pital in half an hour and her street must be cleared for the ambulance. "After a while you get to re- cognize the voices of some call- ers," said Mr. Johnstone. "Most of their stories are pure fiction but in cases of legitimate emer- gencies we act as quickly as possible. Mr. Johnstone recalls a man who phoned one morning after a heavy snow and asked if a cer- tain hill and street had been plowed and sanded. "Then he said he was calling from Port Perry!" said the fore- man. "He probably wanted to know if he could drive to work in Oshawa safely." are sometimes the city's massive snow blower which can load a truck with snow in four seconds and blow snow 300- have so much equipment," said Mr. White. "If we had 10 times as much equipment, naturally, we could clear the snow 10 times as fast.' But, said Mr. White, if the city bought more equipment a considerable amount of money would be tied up in idle machin- ery when there is no snow. At present the department can divert up to 125 men into the snow cleaning operations. Equipments consists of seven sanders, two big plows, seven wing plows, one vee plow, four end loaders and a snow blower which can blow snow 300-400 feet and load a truck with snow in four seconds, ° "I've seen men start work at 8 a.m., work straight through until 5 p.m. the following night 400 feet. The blower was in action today at the Oshawa Airport. WALKER RECOMMENDS CHANG! IN WORKMEN'S COMPENSATIO To Follow? A cheque writing machine was stolen early today from the Albert street offices of a truck service business. Herbert Mackie, owner of a pany, told city police today that the machine was stolen from the office sometime between midnight and 6.40 a.m, when he returned to the office. : The cheque writing machine was valued -at $200. Entry to the office was gain- ed through a small window on the street side of the building which had been smashed by the thief. Police Chase Car At 80-mph. AJAX (Staff) -- A 25-mile chase by Ajax Police, at speeds of up to 80 mph, resulted in the arrest early today of two To- ronto youths. Daniel Graham, 19 and Roderick Taylor, 17, have been charged with theft over $50. Ajax Police said they were staking out the plant of Fledco Concrete Pipe Limited before the chase along Highway 401 to --Oshawa Times Photo p.m. and stay on the job until 4 a.m. the next morning," said Mr. Johnstone. The department has at least one man on duty 24 hours a day. In case of a storm at night, the man on duty can call in workers to tackle the snow re- moval job. "With this system the man) who drives the snow plow never has any trouble getting to work," smiled Mr. White. "The minute we see it's going to be slippery we start salting the main roads, then the hills, trouble spots and streets lead- ing to main roads," said Mr. Johnstone, "When the salt becomes in- effective we get out the plows and graders. Our main objective Leslie street. Constables Fred- erick Gallivan and Donald Arscot kept in touch with Metro Toronto Police by radio, As a result the auto containing the two youths was stopped at a road block. Verandah Hit By Automobile Icy road conditions 'are blamed for an accident in which two cars and a house verandah were damaged Tues- lay. John P. Rowe, of Janetville, was driving south on Park road north when his car hit a atch of ice. The vehicle skid- ded across the intersection of Park and Adelaide streets, struck a car which John Brady had. parked behind his Ade- laide street home, and came to rest against the verandah of 201 Park road north. Damage to the home of C. H. Babcock was estimated at $100. An estimated: $300 damage was done to the Rowe car and $25 and then return to work at 9 is to keep the main roads open. to the Brady auto. Bad Cheques Mackie's Truck Service com- Oshawa _ percussionist as one of 106 outstanding young musicians from eight provinces selected for the 1965 National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Mr. Warne, who gives private lessons on drums in Oshawa and Whitby, has been playing for eight years and hopes to take his Bachelor of Music at either Toronto or Indiana Uni- versities when he completes his tour with the orchestra. At present he is studying with the Toronto Conservatory of Music. While in Oshawa he studies piano with Reginald Geen and Theory and~Harmony with Miss Olive French. "He has been puractising for eight hours a day since October, and has spent time playing with dance orchestras. He auditioned in Toronto, giv- ing sight readings and a solo performance on percussion in- struments, There were over 330 Oshawa Man Picked For Youth Orchestra David Warne, 23, was. chosen Tuesday applicants in 14 major cities from coast to coast. The orchestra executive, in making the announcement, said the standards of performance at these individual hearings were better than in past years and described the job of pick- ing the winning musicians as "exceedingly difficult." The orchestra will assemble July 5 at the University of Tor- onto for a four-week training session, followed by a two-week concert tour. Mr. Warne toured the Mari- times with the orchestra last year, when a last-minute va- cancy left the orchestra in need of a percussionist replacement. He was invited, he said, to join them only a day before they left. career,"' he said, "the orchestra provides a provi tremendous train- ductors ip Yaga, yn will be ing. You're playing with somelja great help in }the fu- of the best musicians and con-'ture." DAVID WARNE "It was a turning point in my|(See other picture on Page 1 The deputy minister of the Department of Municipal Af- fairs today outlined the terms of reference under which inquiries conducted by the department are usually held. W. H. Palmer, in a telephone interview with The Times, said evid such as being "paid-off". or someone '"'skip- ping out with money", are. usu- ally required before an inquiry is held. Told of Mr. Palmer's. re- marks, John DeHart, who plans Terms Of Reference Defined By Economic Affairs Official has no evidence of anyone be- ing paid-off or skipping out with money. Mr. DeHart told The Times he still plans to send a 65-name petition to the department of municipal affairs at the first of next week. He said Monday he will ask the department to inquire into 'implied irregularities" in the Oshawa civic administration "which resulted in the resigna- tion of Kevin Cahill, director of operations'. to ask for an inquiry, said he HERE and THERE ALFRED OVENDEN, a Gen- eral Motors of Canada employee in Oshawa for 47 years, was pictured on page 1 of The Times yesterday admiring the "The question of an 'adminis- tration's efficiency is not a proper subject for a commission of inquiry," said Mr. Palmer. "Inquiries are not approved] "In many cases the inquiry requests boil down to a group of disgruntled ratepayers want- ing a witch hunt," said Mr. Palmer. "We are not out to get any- body's scalp," said Mr. DeHart. "It is just a question of civic administration." Mr. Palmer said if there is evidence of "misconduct" by an elected or appointed official, council could ask a judge to hold a judicial inquiry. The deputy minister said the city would pay the full cost of any inquiry; that the length of inquiries vary, depending upon circumstances; and that '"'you don't have inquiries costing automatically." only $3,000 or $4,000." COMMITTEE CONTINUES Folk Festival To Be A seven - year - old Byng avenue boy, Simon Gibb, was rushed to the Toronto Sick Children's Hospital Tuesday for treatment of head injuries suffered in a traffic accident. An hospital spokesman said today that the child, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Gibb, is in an improved condition. Simon received the head "It's a big city and we only injuries and facial Jacera- BOY, 7, RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER FALL INTO TRUCK tions when he fell against a truck at the intersection of Somerville 'street and Orchardview avenue. The vehicle was driven by Her- bert Mays, of Gibbons street. Witnesses said that Simon was walking on top of a snowbank at the edge of the pavement when he slip-" ped and rolled against the truck, Simon is a pupil at Sun- set Heights Public School. "I LIKE EATING GLASS" Sharps The Word For Glass Eater "Bill" Ritzie flirts with death every day. A pound of glass is part of his daily diet. Doctors ate amazed he is still alive. But "Bill", who just turned 49, says he has been eating glass since he was 11 and plans to live to 110. He was born in Montreal and came to Oshawa with his par- ents at an early age. While attending Ritson road public school, Bill chewed up and swallowed part of a broken soft drink bottle. "I've been eating sifice,"' he said. He hasn't confined his diet to glass, Razor blades, coal and even cement blocks find their way into what some people have called "his cast-iron stomach'. Realizing he. had. an unusual talent, "Bill" joined the Sim Shows in Toronto when he was 18 and was billed as the "Ameri- can Glass Eater" Two years later he went with the Patty Conklin Shows and played to audiences in the major North American cities. it ever & iv ne - "Bill" Ritzie. prepares for lunch _Mr. ¥ Rowe was uninjured. Truck Narrowly Misses Children A skidding construction pick- up truck narrowly missed strik- ing a group of children on Thickson road yesterday. Seven-year-old Jan Petrie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Petrie, 134 Thickson road, apparently panicked when he saw the truck sliding towards them. The dri- ver sounded his horn but Jan attempted to get to the other side of the road and was struck. The boy was treated for bruises in Oshawa General Hos- pital and then allowed to go home. Oshawa. Motors George tures"' Christian from the 5,000,000th vehicle produced in third man in the picture was superintendent, Readings from Health with Key to the Scrip- by authoress Mary Ba- ker Eddy, will be featured at this. Sunday's service at borne street east. THE WORLD FAMOUS Tuc- son Arizona Boys' Chorus will present a concert at the Kings- way College Auditorium in Osh- awa Saturday night. formance, is part of the Kingsway College Lyceum Series. General the In said Oshawa's become a permanent annual Do- minion Day event, it was de- cided at a meeting of major city organizations last night. The meeting, held in the Le- gion Hall, also established a permanent executive committee charged with responsibility for its organization. Members of the present com- mittee are: Mrs. J. Aldwinckle, executive chairman; Jan Dry- gala, business manager; Mrs. D. K. Stiles, secretary; Orest Salmers, producer-director, and Miss Madeline Guscott, corre- sponding secretary. Mrs. Aldwinckle asked the re- presentative to decide on the future of the festival on the basis of last year's results. She error, yesterday Lomax, truck plant "Science and the Science Church, Col- The _per- with songs ranging classics to folksongs, "Bill" says there is a secret to eating glass. He chews it into the size of a. pinhead before swallowing it. "If you chew it to powder Mt | § will kili you," he said. ; He recalls creating quite a stir among city residents during his youth, At night he would take the glass from porch lanterns and eat them. "Bill" has acquired a. taste for glass like some people have for olives. "It tastes like sour pickles," he said. He recalled eating 107 pack- ages of razor blades at one sit- ting. "I was real sharp that day," he said. ' He said he once lived for ; three months on nothing but glass, razor blades and coffee. "Bill" left the entertainment world when he was in his early Dominion Day Regular Folk Festival will thirties. cause He only eats glass now '"'be- I like it'. If you invite him for dinner you hide your best glassware. "...m-m-m... like sour pickles" said she felt it had proved so successful they should make it a permanent event. The work involved, she said, had become too involved to let it run on a year to year basis. "All the groups have now come together," she said, "and the festival is gradually ex- panding. It would be a shame to let it fall now." Mrs. Aldwinckle said Oshawa had become a fore-runner in these celebrations, The idea, she said, was spreading throughout the province, and the Oshawa executive had received queries from other organizations about Oshawa's festival. After an excellent beginning, she said, the committee should move ahead and improve by learning both from its successes and its mistakes, Mr. Drygala said the festival, though it lost money on Do- minion Day, was left with a balance of $622 after all the donations from organizations and individuals were gathered. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and dis- trict who are celebrating their birthdays today: Derek Ronald Cox, Rose- lawn Ave.; Janice Solomon, 234 Tresane St.; Mrs. Jo- seph Haas, Champlain Ave. Lad Still In Serious Shape Six-year-old '"Bobby" Taylor is still in serious condition in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Chil- dren today, He was struck down by a truck a week ago in front of St. Joseph's Separate School on Simcoe street north. y "Bobby". was late for school last Wednesday morning. At 9.03 a.m. he jumped out of his father's car jand 'ran into the He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Taylor of 15 charge Jan. 20 in Ontario Coun- Kee the Annandale club. of Toronto, told Judge Hall Me- Kee was not the ringleader, but was the fourth man who sup- plied the: transportation. the licence plates on his car and path of a southbound vehicle.|identified by the proprietor of the club in a police lineup. The other three escaped arrest. TORONTO (Special) -- A new provision in the Workmen's Compensation Act guarantee- ing full payment of compensa- red until the injured worker is capable of returning to his reg- ular full-time work was pro- posed in the Ontario Legisla- ture Tuesday by Albert V. Walker, MPP for Oshawa. Speaking in the throne speech debate, Mr. Walker also. sug- gested that 'the province might consider allocating a portion of the sales tax or of the income tax to the municipalities to cover education, to equalize payments to some extent, with- out actually taking over the full administration of education." He added: "I would also commend to the minister of education the possibility of a direct approach to the federal government on this problem of education costs .. . all levels of government must be pre- pared to assist in supplying our youth with every assistance necessary to secure the best possible education." Referring to the shutdown of General Motors in Oshawa as a result of labor trouble in the United States, he said: "I would point out to this House the very serious effect on the economy of this province which this complete depend- ence on U.S. production could mean if an extended period of labor - management trouble should arise in that country." He continued: "I was surprised to learn from the minister of economics and development that our gov- ernment was not called in for discussion during the formula- tion of the new automotive free trade agreements with the Unit- ed States. "This province is by far the eader in automotive produc- tion in Canada and this indus- try has a very definite impact on our provincial economy . . General Motors alone spent, over $700 million in Canada in 1963, over 75 per cent of which was spent fright here in Ontario... "The riding which I have the honor to represent is the larg- est producer of automotive vehicles in all Canada and there is considerable concern as to what our future position might be. ... If, because of their advanced methods of pro- duction, the parent company in the United States decides to produce a larger number of vital parts on which the Cana- dian automotive industry would be dependent -- then the previ- ous work stoppage which I mentioned could become great- ly expanded by a labor-manage- ment dispute in the United States, with the resultant seri- ous effect on the economy of this province." Mr. Walker expressed con- cern for the injured workman who is dismissed from the com- pensation board hospital as "fit for light work" and sent back to the- job "only to find the employer is not. interested in anything less than a full day's work." He said he had found that "usually our larger industries co-operate in this problem, but Sales Tax Allocation For Education: Walker ALBERT WALKER the smaller industries complain they have no such: jobs avail- able." He noted that the Workmen's 'Compensation Board has no jurisdiction over employment, which puts the onus on the worker to find work suitable to his disability. The worker can find himself in a difficult financial position and circumstances may compel him to return to work before he should, Thus he may again be disabled, possibly perma- nently, Mr. Walker said. Actual payments out of the compensa- tion fund could be increased tremendously in this manner. Mr. Walker went on: "It could be argued that pro- vision in the act guaranteeing full payment of compensation until the employee is capable of returning to his regular work would result in som workers taking advantage o this type of provision, but with competent medical evidence, such a provision would work to the advantage employers and the employees. Certainly. a guarantee of full compensation payment until they are able to return to full employment would ease the financial bur- den on many employees who, pe ye al no fault of their own, find themselves and their fam- ilies faced with considerable hardship." Two Injured In Collision Both drivers were injured when two cars collided at the intersection of Thickson road and MacDonald - Cartier Free- way late Tuesday afternoon. John Wayne Masters of RR 1, Fraserville, was admitted to Oshawa General Hospital with head injuries and abrasions. Dominic Courneya of 10 Shoul- dice court, Willowdale, was treated for a lacerated nose and released. Constable Fred Mirgalia of the Ontario Provincial Police detachment in Whitby is inves- tigating. WHITBY (Staff) Barton Maurice McKee, 23, of Toronto was given a two-year suspend- ed sentence today by Judge Alex C, Hall. He pleaded guilty earlier to taking part in a break-in at the Annandale Golf and Country Club in Pickering last July 1. Judge Hall told McKee sus- pended sentence would not have been considered if he had a previous record. "Your being a married man had some bearing in my deci- sion. You weren't actually the thief in the case but you will carry the conviction of theft as long as you live," he said. McKee pleaded guilty to the ty criminal court. Evidence revealed that Mc- and three other men escaped with $600 in loot from McKee's lawyer, Clive Bynoe McKee was traced through Lawlor avenue. Suspended Sentence Given For Golf Club Break-In Affleck said police telephoned McKee at his home at 9.30 a.m., but there was no answer. He said the car was reported stolen at 9.42 pm... - McKee's car was found aban- doned in Whitby.. New Citizens Are Welcomed A number of residents of the Bowmanville area became citi- zens of Canada at a Citizenship ceremony held last wéek in the Counties Building at Cobourg. They included: Mrs; Seto Ho Chow, Jan Willem Canrinus, Mrs. Marina Canrinus, Bow- manville; Walter DeVries, New- castle; Miss Jane DeJong, Mrs. Jantje DeJong, Johannes De- Jong, Stoffel Doorenspleet, Mrs. Antje Doorenspleet, and Mrs. Betje: Fagan, Bowmanville. Sigmund Kershbamer, Orono; Mrs. Zsofia Kovacs and Gabor . Ostvan Kovacs, Tyrone; Rene Loescher and Mrs. Cecile Loes- hcher, Bowmanville; Hans Lem- pen, Newcastle; Mrs. Clasina Cornelia Van Den Berg, Rob Van Den Berg, Jo Van Den Berg, Mrs. Arentdje Elizabeth Van Belle, and Mrs, Athanasie Crown Attorney Bruce Annis, all of Bowmanville.