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Cut After discussions with General Motors the Oshawa Junior Chamber of Commerce has vetoed a move to have U.S. Senator Edward Speno speak to its membership this week. to have been improved auto- mobile safety. A former chairman and lead- ing light with the New York State Senate Joint Committee on Motor Vehicle Traffic and Highway Safety, Senator Speno is the man. considered mainly responsible for getting the Detroit auto manufacturers to put seat belts in their cars. SAFETY BILLS He has been credited with the passing of some 50 auto and traffic safety bills in the New York State Senate. From Albany, N.Y., the sen- ator's legislative assistant, Richard Prussin, told the Osh- awa Times that news of the veto "had come as no surprise to the Senator." "T think," he added, "that it was made clear to the Junior Chamber of Commerce that Senator Speno is persona non) grata as far as General Motors is concerned." Donald Netley, immediate past president of the city Junior | Chamber of Commerce, said that the Jaycee executive had} had "informal discussions" with| William E, Austin, General) | Senator Jaycees Senator Speno's subject waSidirector of CBC's "This Hour OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1966 . She Oshawa Times By before and got involved in a lot of trouble," said Mr. Netley who would not elaborate. The matter started, he ex- plained, when the Jaycees were approached by the program Has Seven Days." "He said that if we invited Senator Speno they would bring their cameras down and record it. 'BEST PLACE' . "He said that as Oshawa was the Motor City it would be the best place for Senator Speno -to speak. "Initially we thought it would be a good idea. It- would cer- tainly have got us a lot of pub- licity. "After discussion, however, we thought that we were being used just to provide an audi- ence for Senator Speno. "Who knows, perhaps every- thing would have turned out well. Anyhow in the end we wrote turning down the visit giving the reason that we could not provide an audience for Senator Speno." Mr. Netley said that the local contact with the "'This Hour Has Seven Days" program had been Dean Kelly, immediate past president of the Oshawa Down- town Businessmen's Associa- tion. "It was he we wrote to, say- POLICE 'PLAY BALL' WITH LEGION Motors' assistant to the presi-|ing we could not entertain Sen-| {dent, about Senator Speno. jator Speno."' j "We wanted to know more| Mr. Kelly told the Oshawa) about the man before we in-|Times today that the Jaycees' vited him. So we went to Gen-|president was contacted early leral Motors and spoke to Mr.|last month '"'to give lots of time tation are: Const. Jerry day there are numerous Ouellette, president of the uses for the money. He said association; Const. John the league, expected to have Reardon, secretary, and 17 teams this year, needs lagi A night in support of Ted McComb, president of ------ and Ef also j | e gion's Minor Ball the ball league, Alfred ave to supply umpires." a ee é aay didn't say that FI bdr oss agg _ and get League. Here, left to right, Brisebois, secretary - man- The league began in 1949 shouldn't invite him. He told us| taking part in the presen- ager of the Legion, said to- with four teams, all of "N GAMES AT HOSPITAL \about him and said that per-|'NO GUARANTEE' Mrs. Kalman Kiraly of of the B'Nai B'Rith. On- haps he was more likely to He said he received a letter Cedar Valley ave., chats lookers from the local group midget capacity. In today's league, players range in age from nine years to 21. The presentation was made at the Legion's annual sportsmen's banquet. --Oshawa Times Photo He A cheque for $125 was presented by the Oshawa Police Association to Royal Canadian Legion branch 43 { ravens neem ieee TUTTLE MNGRSUET LYASE IE TTL a aL ST na) EXAM ABANDONED following a Jaycee executive ree Per wen OP to! neeting stating that they were "We pointed out that we haa|sorry to inform him "we will Fun and laughter swept through the children's wards are, left, president Joe of the Oshawa General Hos- pital yesterday when a bunch of clowns arrived to entertain the young patients. Four - year - old Kathleen Kiraly, daughter of Mr. and with clown Ted Richmond, a member of Manor Metro- politan Lodge, B'Nai Klasner and Al Rich, social chairman. Gifts from the local B'Nai B'Rith members were also distributed to the been approached to have this| man in the city and we wanted) to know what General Motors be unable to have Sen. Speno speak to us here on Highway and Traffic Safety. "The executive felt that a B'Rith, Toronto. The visit of the five clowns was spon- sored by the Oshawa Lodge children, --Oshawa Times Photo Passover Services The annual Jewish celebration of Passover begins tonight. In Oshawa and district, as around the world, the Jewish congregation begins the eight- day Passover period with the "seder" a ceremonial meal. | Throughout the week Jews eat) matzohs, or unleavened bread,| as a reminder that the fleeting Israelites had time only to pre- pare unleavened loaves sun-bak- ed on rocks during their Exodus} from Egypt. . | Special services at the Beth) Zion Synagogue here are plan-; ned for 6.30 p.m. tonight and) tomorrow night and at 10 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Even- ing services will last 45 min- utes and morning services about} two hours. Boy, 3 Hurt | Hit By Auto Three-year-old Paul Thomp- son of 469 Crerar ave., was ad-! mitted to Oshawa General Hos- pital Saturday afternoon with a broken arm. He was struck by a car about 1.15 p.m. at the intersection of Dlive ave. and Verdun rd. Po- lice said the driver was Kenneth Jackman, 36, of 138 Guelph st. No charges were laid. Le Club Canadien Fran cais of Oshawa conducted the installation of 1966 offi- cers Saturday. New exec- utive sitting left to right are:, e © ed today Starts Today Here Tonight There are two seders, one to-|ypt bondage into the promised night and one tomorrow night,|land. celebrated in a semi-religious|) HEBREW CALENDAR | fashion. | The-date of Passover is deter-| Tradition calls for the young-| mined by the Hebrew calendar. est member of the household) The holiday is called Passover to ask: "Why is this night dif-| because in the final miracle of ferent from all others?" | Egypt God killed the eldest chil- The oldest man in the family | dren of the Egyptians but pass- replies with the story of Moses|ed over the homes of the Israel- leading the Israelites from: Eg-/ ites. UAW Election Results Should Be Out Today |thought about it. |proper audience for such & 'DEPEND ON GM' |speaker could not be guaran- "We felt duty bound to tell|teed at this time," the letter General Motors about the mat-| continued. ter and ask their opinion. Prior to this, said Mr. Kelly, We depend on GM a lot for|the speaking engagement had many things." been confirmed with Senator "Mr. Austin told us that they|Speno and "Heward Grafftey, couldn't care less whether Sen-|the rhember of parliament who ator Speno came or not. If welis leading the Canadian cam- had really wanted to have Sen-|paign for safer automobiles. -- ator Speno speak to us, General| Senator Speno arrives in this Motors could not have stopped|country today on a speaking ws" tour. Mr, Netley went on to. point} Senator Speno is in charge of out that the matter had been|the U.S. prototype car whose thoroughly discussed by the|creators claim would be safer. executive and it had been|It has 134 safety features not unanimously decided not to in-|found in today's models. vite Senator Speno. Of the veto, Mr. Kelly said "We were not afraid to have|he was disappointed. 'It this man speak to us. It is just|/ would," he said, "'have been a that we didn't want to get in-'great idea to have a man of volved in a lot of mud-slinging. |Senator Speno's calibre to "We got caught like this one|speak in Canada's Motor City,' '67 Theme From Kelly First results of Local 222, | bor Congress convention and United Auto Workers, elections} the international UAW conven-| for committeemen negotiating) 5, : be know ti committee members and con-| 0% ™May be known some time vention delegates will be releas-| next week, Election committee members| GM NEGOTIATORS jand helpers are currently tally-) east aAuri Albert Taylor, Local 222 presi-|ing ail ballots cast during the) dent, said that the negotiating/three-day elections. | committee members, who will ' | conduct the course of negotia-| BIG TURNOUT | tions with General Motors next} Mr. Taylor said that one of year, will be known this after-|the largest turnouts for any In City Jaycee Talk Terence V. Kelly, Q.C., will/glas Langmaid (49-50), Jim address the Oshawa Jaycees at|Hare (50-51), Don Lander (51- their annual Past Presidents|52), Don Brown (52-53), Gord Night to be held at the Genosha/Baker (53-54), Jack Kerr (54- Hotel. 155), Bob Newland and Roy Past Presidents Night is an| Smith (55-56), Chick Hesvitt (56- annual event where all the Jay-|97), Jerry Rutherford (9/-08), cee past presidents are invited | Doug Knowler (58-59), Don Lowe to a dinner meeting. (59-60), Bill Edwards (60-61), In his speech Mr. Kelly is| Fred Upshaw (61-62), Fred Ball expected to talk about the Osh-| (62-63), Vic Brooks (63-64), Don Education authorities in Oshawa welcomed with open arms the announcement last week by Education Minister William Davis that depart- mental examinations for grade 13 graduation will be abandoned in 1968. George L. Roberts, super- intendent of Oshawa second- ary schools, said the move came as no surprise to him. "When we hear all the details,"" he said, "I think the teachers will welcome the plan." By all the details, he re- ferred to what secondary schools will be asked to do in setting up and operating the grade 13 course. "In any case," said Mr, Roberts, "it. will give the teachers and schools full re- sponsibility for standards and accomplishments of grade 13 students when the depart- mental examinations have been eliminated." Speaking of Mr. Davis' fur- ther announcement that grade 13 departmental examination results will be marked on a basis of 35 per cent teacher's mark and 65 per cent depart- ment mark this June and again im i867, My. , Roberts said this understanding was given two years ago when a NUH HMUSHESONETARLA 25 per cent teacher's mark was instituted. Stanley E. Lovell, chair- man of the Oshawa. board of education, said the minister's announcement was a follow- up.on recommendations con- tained in a report of the grade 13 study committee that recommended abolition of grade 13 examinations from the department. "I agree that they should be judgéd in the light of their school career rather than on the results of one final exam- ination," he said. "Kids have had nervous breakdowns over these grade 13 exams. This change will take away the strain. "A study in depth will make it easier for the stu- dents to adjust to the differ- ent methods of teaching used in university. Angus M. Dixon, principal of O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, said the present system is increasing- ly resulting in administration chaos and needless tension for students who have to wait until the middle of August before their grade 13 final examination results are an- nounced and before they know if they, will be able to go on to university. Grade 13 Switch Hailed "I believe the new type of testing done by the university entrance boards will hasten the process and also give a more valid picture of the stu- dent's ability," he said. He said that contrary to some beliefs that this is a move to eliminate grade 13, "I. feel it is an improved -- of assessing the stu- lent."" H. E. Murphy, principal of Oshawa Central Collegiate In- stitute, greeted the announce- ment by Mr. Davis with mixed emotions. He said that if all schools deal with the grade 13 prob- lem fairly and scrupulously, the plan will be a success. "T feel most students will be happy to see the end @&f grade 13 departmental papers," said Mr. Murphy, "But there may be a few who wouldn't want all their eggs in one basket." He speculated that perhaps the department will operate grade 13 in 1968 the same way they supervise periodical8 tests in grade 12 now. Mr. Murphy explained that the department sets the test, the papers are marked by the teachers and stored away. A cross-section sample of the papers may be asked for by the department for checking. ' HUN UAH LALA \delegates to the Canadian La-!up for election. noon. union election was recorded by|awa centennial project -- the|Netley (64-65), Toby Couture | 'The results of the elections for| {he time elections had ended/construction of a recreation| (65-66. | : _ |last Friday. Some 8,500 Local| complex alongside the existing) committeemen in various dis-|999 members had gone to the| civie Auaiterion B \tricts of the plant, and in other] polls. The complete list of past pre-| Fi 1 M | ; > s junits of the local will be known) mr. Taylor attributed the turn-| sidents sthos the Oshawa ie ittings an jlater this week ) out to the fact that the negotiat-|cees was formed in 1948 are . Results of the balloting for|ing committee members were|as follows: Mel Jolley (47-48), Retires To Haywood Murdoch (48-49), Dou-| City, Area Musicians FRENCH CLUB INDUCTS OFFICERS Marcel Lafontaine urer; V. Lavergne rest dent; Jean-Paul Dubreuil, vice-president; Maurice Gagnon, past president;. treas standing left to right are: di rectors, Marcel Furoy, Paul Roger Frappier, Yvan Gil- bert, Roger Plouffe. L. P. Bergeron, new scretary, i Area Farm William Kozub, of RR 2, Nes- tleton, who turned 70 last Thurs- day, was presented with an in- scribed gold wrist svatch yester- day on his retirement from the Fittings Ltd. The presentation was made by W. Harry Faint, chief en- gineer and assistant plant man- ager of the company. CAME IN 1911 Mr. Kozub came to Canada from the Ukraine in 1911. He worked at Ontario Malleable for nine years and joined the Fit- tings Ltd. in 1920. He left the company during -|the depression years and return- ed in March, 1934. He was an {inspector in the finishing de- partment HE'LL. FARM Mr. Kozub said he will spend his retirement years on his farm near Blacksteck. A widower, he has four daughters, Mrs. Ken- neth Lee (Doreen), RR 3, Buke- 'ton; Mrs. Robert Harrison (Ver- |na), Peterborough; Mrs. Lloyd and director, Yvan La- Play Well lyears and under. Oshawa and district contest- ants made a fine showing last week in the Kiwanis Music Festival at Peterborough. John Beaton, Oshawa, won first. place in the violin solo class for contestants 14 years and under, with a mark of 89. Leslie Kankovich, Darlington, was third with a mark of 80 in the class for boy's solo, 11 years and under. Alexamdra Wells and Jill Blair, Oshawa, had a mark of 82 to win the piano duet class for contestants eight years and under. Mary Jo Cole, Oshawa, had a mark of 80 to place sec- ond in the class for piano solo- ists six years and under. Susan Davis and Jennifer Wells, Oshawa, placed third in the class for piano duets, 11 years and under. David Roddis, Whitby, had a mark of 74 to win the class for piano soloists 13 Shelley Battams, Orono and Carol Wight, South Darlington, had identical marks of 89 to top the class for girl soloists, 16 years and under. Peter Obrist, Bowmanville, had a mark of 80 to win the boy's solo class for contestants 16 years and under. Scott Paint- TWO-DAY COUNTDOWN will handle. the bidding at "Bylor, past president and the Prince st. headquarters. a member of the auction Just two days away to the Oshawa Kiwanis 14th an- Grose (Sylvia) Oshawa; and Carol of Toronto. ti ceremony induction. ceremon) | He speaks three languages, marche, were absent for the --Oshawa Times Photo | English, Ukrainian and Polish. 81, nual Radio Auction. Some 450 items will go up for bids on April 6 from 6 p.m. A midnight. Twenty lines Looking through some of committee and Jack Moore, the items are (left to right) ehairman of the Kiwanis Don: Ellison, chairman of finanee committee. the radio auction; Frank --Oshawa Times Photo ' o 4 er, Oshawa, won the clarinet solo class for contestants: 15) years and under with a mark of |