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She Simes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1966 Pall Pactual & Why cb WES VY WAS Parade Short Bands, Floats A planned Folk Festival pa-| reported he contacted 38 bands, rade July 1 could "look like a) 'there, in the district and in the funeral cortege', a Glsgrimtied) outeide areas. I received nega-| executive member of the Osh-|tive replies from 16 and five awa and District Folk Festival) positives. committee said last night. |_ "The significant fact is," Mr.| "I have lined up one float/ Taylor said, "no Oshawa bands} and three majorette groups, but} will participate and all five that I put out 71 requests -to old,|did reply requested money ($655) established ethnic groups," said/in all for travelling and equip-| © Jim Sabyan, parade chairman, | ment expenses)."" | _ at a Civic Auditorium meeting} The parade was saved from) 4 val activities. to complete planning for festi-| being scuttled only by an 11-4} | vote that defeated a motion to "And that's it," he said. | disband the parade. | Band chairman Jack Taylor! Immediately after that a sec-| ond motion was passed to "go into the region of getting three bands at a cost of $200". ONE MILLION ROLL OFF GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK LINE GENERAL MOTORS PRESIDENT SAYS: wut Truck Sale Record Expected ; ing to pay these bands now be- s cause they won't volunteer to join up? It's a downright dis- grace. JOHN DEHART, OREST SALMERS, MARY LABAJ, JAN DRYGALA, JOE LUKAS J am. - Packed Crowds | Benson Guest Liberal Picnic « t At F stival | The Honorable E. J. Benson, xpec e |Minister of National Revenue, | will attend a picnic sponsored Alexandra Park has dropped; It is looking promising, ac-;40 members to perform during/by the Liberal Association of "You could raise $2,000 now, 4 bright red Chevrolet heavy duty 80,000-series tan- dem truck drove off the Gen- but it's too late." Earlier he told the commit- tee "if there are no bands I) wouldn't go for a parade", MUST CONTINUE Jan Drygala, chairman,' ob-} jected saying if the parade was| disbanded, "this is it, Don't| throw away the hard work of} six years. This is a bad year.| It's a holiday weekend and a lot of people are going to cot-| tages. We must continue with! the parade, no matter how small it is. If we don't, we won't have a solid-bone folk festival) for our centennial year per-| will be constructed and at least} formance." |four schools will be upgraded to} Orest Salmers, dancing and|accommodate senior classes. | demonstrations chairman, gaid:| "Plans to obtain property in| "If we can entice just two|the easterly area of the city| eral Motors of Canada as- sembly line Wednesday. to be- come the 1,000,000th truck built in Oshawa "We believe that this will be the best model year for Two Separate Schools Will Be Constructed Two new separate schools} our trucks in GM said E. H. Walker, president of GM of Canada. "We be- lieve sales by the industry in Canada will establish an all- time model year record in excess of 125,000 units." On hadn to take delivery of the 1,000,000th truck were history," the company's vice president and director of manufacturing, F, E. Conlin and E, E. Hig- national destined for a customer in Toronto, will be on display at the Canadian National Exhibi- tion Automotive Show in Au- gins, truck sales manager. In the cab was long - service truck line em- ployee Alfred Jones, 1205 Sim- coe St. §. The eight-foot high truck, gust. The first truck was built in Oshawa in 1919 and the first passenger car in 1908, In total more than 5.5 million vehicles have been bullt here. SUPREME COURT CASE Young Boy Receives $25,900 In Damages Struggling gamely on tiny) Billy, he said, nopy stood little; Billy, his mother said, was bands, then we should gojand build a school are under-|crutches his father had made|chance of ever getting through) now able to get around on the ahead," adding there was a pos-| way,' says F. E. Shine, sepa-| sibility of getting a Ukrainian|rate school board business} Boy Scout Band from Toronto.| administrator | for him little Billy Hohmann hobbled into Supreme Court yes- "This could be a step in the| He said another school will |terday to hear he had been wrong direction if we call it off.|be built on Rossland Rd. N.,| awarded $25,°00 in damages. We'll never get it back." jon «property recently obtained} Dressed in crisp white shirt, Mr. Taylor told members,|from the Sisters of St. Joseph. |phjye pants and smart bow-tie| | who eventually decided to push) St Francis, St Thomas jon no matter how bad things|Aquinas, St. Christopher's, Sir | looked, that of the five bands|Albert Love and a fifth possi- | who said they would come, the| bility, St. Joseph's are to have | minimum asked was $90 andjgrade seven and eight in a |the maximum was $250. | rotating system, Mr. Shine said. | RAISE FUNDS | ; HET EOr gece ec 3 Lincoln MPP When the band and parade chairman realized how things were shaping up recently they launched a campaign to raise cording to reports tabled last bed initial 20 minutes of the af-|Ontario riding, June 25, at ernoon. out of the picture of Oshawa Folk Festival activities 'on Do- minion Day and Civie Auditor- night at a meeting of the Osh- awa and District Folk Festival Backing it up will be tap danc- Springhill Park. Mr. Benson was first elected funds to attempt to cover the cost of hiring bands. Oshawa Chamber of Commerce respond- Guest Speaker Robert Welch, Lincoln riding executive committee. ling, ballet, jazz and baton twirl-| Orest Salmers, chairman ofjing. About 100 to 150 people| dancing and demonstrations, has} will participate in about one and| gathered support from almostjone half hours of performing. 1,500 dancing, singing and gen-| 'We're going to have a stage eral showman groups to perform| outside for extra-curricular proj-| 'he minister of finance and from the early afternoon andlects,"' he said, adding that one| minister of national revenue to wind up about 10 p.m. will be square dancing demon-|which he was re-appointed in Mr. Salmers has enlisted the|strations with "public partici-/1965, Bowmanville Legion Choir, an| pation" . He is the youngest man to "every-kind-of-song" group with) for one-half hour each, under|receive this cabinet appoint- Leen EP = tthe spotight,..will hea diverse! ment...and..the first--chartered |rally of dancing groups repre-|accountant, Mr, fum grounds are expected to be jam-packed in a program gear- ed to a giant-sized cultural theme. For the last two years the park has been the site of festi- val's activities but the auditor- jum is being tried this year to see if it is suitable for the muiti- ethnic production during the centennial festival, next year. to Parliament in 1962 and was re-elected in 1963 and 1965 hold- ing such offices as secretary to Benson has ed with $25 and the Oshawa and|MPP, will be guest speaker at District Labor Council has indi-|a Progressive Conservative or- cated it is considering the mat-| ganizational meeting for the new ter. |Oshawa riding. If nothing happens now or in| A new executive will be elect- the dying days before the Do-jed at the evening meeting at minion Day celebration, the pa-|the Hotel Genosha, The new rid- rade chairman has the option of}i option ofjing, within ths boundaries of calling off the parade. |the city, will have a population Mr. Sabyan has made a pub-jof about 75,000. lic request for any groups in-| Mr. Welch was first elected terested in hopping into the pa-|to the Ontario Legislature in rade to call him after 7 p.m,|September, 1963. He is a mem- senting many nationalities They| been vice-chairman of the trea- at 728-5556, or drop by at 1514|ber of the select committee on No Change Land Zoning Board Recommendation. No change in the zoning of property lying north of Bond St. E, and east of Wilson Rd was recommended by city plan- ning board last night. The land is owned by William Tonno. The original request had been refused by city council on recommendation of the plan ning board, Feb. 16, 1965 It had proposed one ten storey building located at the north end of-the site and two, three and a half storey ings north of Bond St. One of the buildings was lo-|s , cated in close proximity to Hal-| musical |liday Manor }Same siting build- will demonstrate dancing techniques. The evening show, starting at| p.m | three hours, will have a full-time} back-drop from Mc-| Wandless,| Laughlin Collegiate Senior Or-| planning told board|chestra. Choirs, dancers and members bands representing many na-| The present proposal is for|tions, form a full roster for the three 7-storey buildings in the|evening-side of entertaining. as the original ap-|__ i aes plication, he said. GOOD RESPONSE Oshawa Housing Company op-| Mr. Salmers said the response posed the original application) he has had is almost 100 per G director A | because of the adverse effect of| cent the project on Halliday Manor.| 'We certainly are hoping that The two three and storey buildings, Mr. Wandless| Auditorium will make a_bet- are now replaced by two| ter spectacle. We'll be watching}} storey structures | closely." E en He says he still has room for) } homeiaid jury board since June, 1965. Oxford St. youth. six-year-old Billy shuffled rest- lessly in his chair as the settle- ment figure was announced, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hohmann, of RR 1, Oshawa, Billy was severely injured in a road accident in June, 1964. He was hit by a car on Rit- son Rd. N. Damages in the out of court settlement were award- ed against Mrs. Lois Trugunna, of RR 2, Oshawa: IN TRUST Mr, Justice W. J. Henderson ordered that the $25,900 be paid into court and kept in trust until Billy reached the age of 21. He also ordered that $3,350 be paid immediately to Billy's father for out of pocket ex- penses. Counsel for Billy Hohmann, Oshawa lawyer John Greer, told the court that the boy had been perfectly normal before the acci- dent. The accident, he said, had left the boy with brain injuries. high school jcrutches his father had made Through operations and. treat-| for him. On occasions, she add- ment, the court was told, Billyjed, he was even able to get had been able to make tremend-|around without any support at ous improvements. all. Land Speculators Badger Residents Land speculators are badger-) going to expropriate any land," ing some Oshawa residents. (he said. Ald. John Brady told mem-| Another board) member told bers of city planning board last) of other speculative moves car- |night that several residents injried on by these people. |the. Adelaide and Church area! "They buy vacant land zoned have been plagued with phone/R-1B at residential prices of §7 calls requesting them to sell| or $9,000 an acre, then request their land. {permit apartments, then. they "In the last week these peo-| Sell it for $40,000 per acre," he ple have heen receiving calls! said. telling them they are going to| He said they never even start have to sell their property," he| construction on the property. told board members, Mayor Lyman Gifford sug- The reason give, ie said, is| gested they be required -te-com- the city is going eo expropriate| plete a certain phase of cone their property. | struction during a certain time "This isn't so, the city is not! period if the land is rezoned. and running for about |} j a halt the scenery.and lights at vid _ more groups and anyone want-| ing to take part should call him at 728-2985 or 723-1070. COUNTY COURT Ajax Man Faces Stealing Charge WHITBY (Staff) Wayne} box in the coffee machines and/ Will be plentiful : Moore, 23, of Ajax went on trial| remove the money without) For this year's festival, the} before a judge and jury here) breaking the seal. But he added|sports program pill be made yesterday charged with steal-|that this situation was rectified | up of a playground to keep chil- ing money from vending ma-|last November following an in-|dren "out of mothers' and fa- SPORTS Sports activities will also have ja trial run at the auditorium.) | Gerry Gelette, co-chairman of | sports events, said when the au ditorium grounds are developed |} next year for the centennial ad- dition to the auditorium, space chines at General Motors of Can-) vestigation ada Ltd., in Oshawa Mr. Baker gave evidence that The trial, before Judge AleX) sales were calculated on the ma- C. Hall and a jury consisting) chines by meters. He also said of 10 men and two women, COn-| under cross-examination _ that tinues today in Ontario County| come meters have proven to be| court faulty at times, but said only Moore is chat ged with theft of a "very few" have been known more than $50 from Versafood! to skip and the majority of faul-| Service Lid., of Toronto, the/ty meters would stick and fail to! firm for which he worked 'as a! record the sales route saiesman W. M. B the compar terday that Moore milk and chines to look chassis plant district manager) COIN testified ves had 20 cof-| with the ROL of David Lewis a supervisor 2 Versafood firm, gave drink ma-|technical evidence relating to in the GM| the machines and explained the route a coin would take after it is dropped into a vending ma hie chine, He also testified that present when the tests | made to various machines which fee soft ft after TESTS MADE He said tests were made some of these for a three-week period between Sept 22 and Oct. 7 last year. Mr. Baker said three machines were} found to have a $33.75 shortage| during the three-weex period last for one day, '"'and there was no|year evidence of damage to the out-| Moore was ordered to stand aide doors." trial following a preliminary He agreed with Defence Coun-| hearing last Nov. 26 in Oshawa sel S. H. J. Thompson of Ajax| magistrate's court and the « under cross-examination that it}was brought to trial would have been possible for someone to 'juggle' the cashiearlier this week. { machines he was ase when were were under Moore's jurisdiction} aj10.30 a.m grand jury brought in a true bill! j ther's hair while they browse through the balance of this won- derful festival," he said, Tug-o'-war competitions could} be a part of sports events, but Mr. Gelette isn't sure yet. The fire and police departments each are considering taking up ends of the rope but have made no firm commitment, And it's a toss-up whether or not air cadets, scouts, sea cadets and Simcoe Hall Boys' Club mem- bers will enter in an elimina- tion competition strations are definitely planned EXHIBITS In the exhibits the spread is big. Mrs. Lillian Angi reports that arts, handi- crafts, spinning' and weaving, craft-making, rare antiques and many displays department, cultural form an expansive promenade. Generally, she says "'people-can-watch"' | Judo demon- will} © with entrants who will be toil. ing with their works during the festival Those concessions run from| to 7 p.m. Nineteen} groups in all form the exhibi- tion, exhibition} 9 | first Susie", a ome ~ year - old Samoyed celebrated her birthday Wednesday. Owned by Ronald Starr, OBEDIENT DOGS GRADUATE DURING CEREMONY 1132 "Susie" photographed last night at the Dog Obe- Belvedere, Oshawa, was dience Association gradua tion held at the Steelwork- ers' Hall, "Winnifred", a 9-month- old English bulldog, shown with her owner, Mrs, f, is present at the Dog Obedi- ence Association gradua- tion Wednesday night. --Oshawa Times Photos ' Donald Dove, 132 Brock St E., Oshawa. '"Winnifred" was one of a group of dogs )