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¢ 35,000 KEPT COMING--COMING--COMING TO ANNUAL UAW PICNIC ibis TWO OSHAWA families tured are the family of Mr. cluding the children, rupted to take this shot. hardly a cloud in the sky. bask in the sun and enjoy and Mrs. Bill Howse and seemed to be having a good Once again the picnic was And from the lake there a good picnic meal at the the family of Mr. and Mrs. time when an Oshawa blessed with more than was a cool breeze to sooth annua] UAW picnic. Pic- Noel Ash, Everyone; in- Times photographer inter- ideal weather. Hot sun and the sunburn. mm UAW Picni 3 icnic, | . | : * e,°e "; % a ? |Fun, Activities | somig end ino the er Grom invite noe hocks Lani Neher ee ace sell, Forte day" | noon the Caledonia Pipe ground is part of the huge jifinirs ie: da hind ei elinbht Absertan: @ For Everyone | 4 id | Band entertained UAW crowd that covered the It was a picnic to beat all pic-; In the harbor there were two) nics -- 35,000 people all wallow-| Royal Canadian Navy training | ing in the sun. | Ships open for viewing. | The occasion was the United| Tied up bow to stern the Auto Workers annual picnic Sat-| ships were host to a constant urday held on the spacious|stream of visitors throughout grounds of Lakeview Park |the day | OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, J 11, 1966 The sun was hot and the) The Caledonia Pipe Band! people kept coming and com-| strutted up and down the fair-| ing. | grounds for most of the day. | ® e For a day, the city's streets} CFTO television from Toronto, were almost deserted. Every-|was on hand with closed circuit} T l thing came to a stop as 20,000) television. 8 General Motors workers and} Almost everyone took the! their families crowded the lake| chance of seeing themselves on| area, | |TV. ® he Thirty police were on hand) Saturday's picnic .was the to direct traffic. Throughout the/ UAW's 29th, at Lakeview Park. |" | day traffic was south-bound) ae only over the temporary Osh-| BURT, MAZEY j i Guests of honor were George} : a \Burt, Canadian director of ihe A rash of accidents, some/ment on Bloor St. E. Friday. jan accident July 5, was whisk-|not immediately known. His j BR gpl lig bit of something) 1) .W and Emil Mazey, -secre-|SeTious but most minor,| In another accident, Janjed to Toronto General from To-|condition today was fair. : ltary - treasurer of the UAW/)occurred in Oshawa and area|Lind, Toronto, drove his carjronto East General Friday, for; Also at Toronto General is 17- FAIR FUN | International. during the weekend. linto a deer scampering across/an operation. ' lyear-old Lynda Lake, Lindsay, _ For the children, whose day} Other platform guests at the) Ludmilla Konyk, a 20-year-|the Macdonald - Cartier Free-| His car went out of control|injured in a double-accident it was, there was all the fun|openine ceremony were Albert\0ld Hampton girl, who suffered|way west of Ajax Saturday on Rossland Rd. and ended up|June 27 when a motorbike she of the fair to be enjoyed. Taylor, president of Local 222;|a fractured skull after her car/night. About $400 damage was perched: against the side of the|was on veered off a Bowman- Each child had a number of|Mrs, Vicla Pilkey, president of|went out of control Friday and done to the car. Creek Valley bridge. |ville area road. An ambulance free tickets with which to en-| the ladies' / auxiliary; Mayor|struck a hydro pole in Oshawaly, gypE ALARMS It took a wrecking crew 20|\taking her to Oshawa General + joy himself. |Lyman Gifford, Michael Starr,|is reported in fair condition at)" O.nawa police report there|minutes to free him from the|collided with a car at Bond St. |" 'There were rides, candy floss,|MP; Albert Walker, MPP; and|Toronto General Hospital today.|er6 eight minor mishaps in|late model car, : and Wilson Rd. She is in poor ice cream, and pop. Later on|Russell MeNeill, secretary- year-old Bowmanville|the city over the weekend,| Reason for the operation was |conditi in the day there was entertain-| treasurer of Local 222. m Ernest. Goodwin, is in/Twelye routine ambulance calls | > FAL ment. too. |. Some people at the picnic|satisfactory condition at the|were made and firemen an-| A ventriloquist with a dum-| were luckier than others. |same hospital suffering injuries|swered 14 fire alarms. my. whose ears wiggled proved CAR WINNERS |sustained when his car struck a Meanwhile, Victor Arsenault, so popular that he overran the a Harmony Creek bridge abut- 600 Sommerville St., involved in y shawa residents drove schedule, Then there was a man Ewe Oshawa residents: drov | | who made animals out ofl pana sce Bony picnic with | balloons. : Pees 's ' The lucky winners were Glen| i t H d d C d | Zs js sisi as Ae While the children were en-| Nelson, of 549 Central Park 0 un re S row 4 joying themselves there was , I: a rol ONE HAND clamped Ash tucks into a_ picnic rides and thrills throughout Saad for the adults |Blva. py Harold Beal, 219 * round a cooling can of pop, meal at the UAW picnic. the day. It went on until 6 In one corner a skeet shoot-| Dolton Metcalfe, of Cherry City Pools, Beaches the other holding a leg of The picnic was essentially a p.m. Thirty-five thousand ing competition. In the park the| Valley, won a cabin trailer. chicken, five-year-old Julie children's day. There were people attended. UAW softball league fought out} Roy Sheridan of Saguenay St.,| a championship event. won a power boat and trailer, Another warm weekend with|Program has helped immense- temperatures in the 80's andily to encourage people to |higher meant a large turnout at/swim,"' said Gerry Gelette, |city pools as well as beach|assistant recreation director. jareas. y He said the department would | Bruce Holdsworth of the rec-|like to be assured that all per- ireation department reported 660 sons near or in water are cap- iswimmers 'cooled off' atjable of helping themselves if | Somerset pool over a Fridayjand when in danger of drown- Ito Sunday period. g. Another 250 persons swam at} Both Somerset Pool in the {the Municipal pools, Saturday |north end and Municipal Pool | jand Sunday. lat Rotary Park have been get-| More than 1,000 children are|ting above average use. aking swimming classes in the; "Our capacity at Somerset; jcity's two municipal pools this|Pool is 350 and we nearly| summer. jreached it over the weekend,"| | 'The Red Cross Water Safetyisays Mr. Holdsworth. Parkway Letters 'Sent To Council Registered letters were sentjyou, are attached, which will today to members of city coun-jindicate quite clearly to you, cil asking them to give "full|/that the submission put forward} consideration" to an anti-Cen-|for your consideration is sup- tennial Parkway brief presented|ported by people of respon- by Dr. Brian Doherty, sibility and standing in the Council is meeting in m-|Ccity," says the letter, | mittee Tuesday to discuss the| NAMES parkway. | Some of the names are Robert Nicol, spokesman for} w, s. er, vice-president of a group of citizens represented] ajyer Press: W. E. Austin, as- by Dr. Dohe told The |sistant to the president, General jTimes today the group feels it}Motors Ltd.; Edward Bassett, |would be premature for counciljang Dr, Claude Vipond, board to make an early decision on|of education trustees: Ernest the_patkway -- before re-coN-| Marks, a separate school board. sidering Dr. Doherty's brief. ltrustee and a former city ald iS | Council last week received/man: &, G. Stori president | : . ; 4 ; ee ee ed oe chi (Of Fittings Ltd.; Keith Ross, jpublic works department, WHICD secretary of the shawa and |presented a report on the brief District Labor Council: Thomas W4EELCHAIRS AVAILABLE toxcomnch, referred to portions|Norton, manager of Houdaille| | Need a wheelchair? If so, munity project. With the 4 oS : eh ok nisleading tome og Ltd.; E. R. §. Me-| contact Donald Brown (sit- quisition of two new chairs cts " . . : trina a ssiy |Laughlin, chairman of ivic} ting) or. William Evans the association now has-15 TH ANNUAL UAW pic- teenth candy floss of the' were among thousands of moment of the day. More emony was George Burt, | The registered letter is signed/Auditorium board of directors;| (standing) of the RCAF available. To obtain one, nic is essentially a kiddies day 4 » waiting for the children who enjoyed the than 30,000 attended this Canadian director of the |by Frank Grindley, secretary-|Harry Gay, building committee) 'association, 420 Wing's phone Mr. Evans, commit- benefit. Here two of them ride to start. The little boy picnic from 9 a.m. to 6 year's picnic held in spa- UAW treasurer of the Doherty group.|chairman of the s Centen-| wheelchair committee. The tee chairman, at 725-1137 or sit in a fun-fair ride. The at the stern has his hand on p.m. 'There was something cious Lakeview Park. Guest | stipe edie len Sy lod ge tot rg te Pediat | im i? sige oe : =i rn adie spree j ; lieu Wt. panties S lV ed ' : ar}: a ose who require them 725 , little girl enjoys her ump- _ the gun already, The two _ tobe enjoyed or eaten every of honor at the opening cer: e-Oshawa Times Photog [Doherty presented this brief to People Ltd, * as part of the Wing's com- A ~ ; , { |