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OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1966 FE rm n race is on." Ald. Margaret Shaw said ie ge mg on re- The remaining 12 members of council including Mayor I.yvman Gifford have not as yet indicated whether or not they will be candidates. Also, no outside-council can- didaies have indicaitd Uieir in- PGMAUEAR: Wa ANMANEAREEBSC AWE: VaRsue zithough Robert Nicol and his Civic Affairs Association. has said his group will produce a full slate of candidates. - Tm announcing her candida- ture, Ald. Shaw attacked Mayor Lyman Gifford who this year srt is completing his sixth year in office. "For the good of the people, and not just a section of the people, Mayor Gifford will not get an acclamation if he runs for mayor," said Ald. Shaw. The former board of educa- tion trustee said . acclamation would be "a terrible, terrible thing to happen to the city. * BS h bn meee w sum rrr) agen one fan tha it want me to run for,"" she said. Mrs. Shaw said that anyone running against the mayor would beat him. Born. in' Belfast, Northern Ireland, she has lived in Osh- awa for the past $2 years. Mrs. mementos mon al ELECTION RA Shaw is married and has four children. A past director of the Can- adian Mental Health associa- tion she is a ber of the Ladies Auxiliary of Branch 48, the Royal Canadian Legion. Mrs. Shaw was first elected to the board of education in 1958 and has served as vice- chairman of building and plan- ning; and chairman of the property commitiee, "7. onaw nas Deen, & mem- ber of the traffic and public saiety committee. during her term on. council. Ald. Shaw finished seventh in ® field of 21 aldermanic candi- dates in the last' municipal election. CE KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS PREPARE FOR SEASON Rt. Rev. Monsignor Paul Dwyer, left, chaplain, and Forestall, _ centre, newly installed Grand Knight of the Oshawa Coun- ell, Knights of Columbus (St. Gregory's No, 2671) look over the records of the Order as they discuss- ed plans last night for the coming year's activities of the council. Looking on are three other senior mem- bers, They are: Joe Peters, Deputy Grand Knight, left, McNeely Criticizes Delay In Medicare Edward. G. McNeely, first vice president Se? the Oichewe @2 the "Oshawe Liber, Association, spoke strongly 'day against the gov- @rnment's postponment of the aatiene! medicare nian. -" am definitely against the ; " he toki The tonight. it up I intend te." No Decision Mr. McNeely said there is = possibility of a resolution be- ing moved condemning the government for its medicare postponment. "T have written to Andrew Thompson, the Ontario' Liberal Leader, my own sup- port for stand he is taking against the government, "The government promised medicare. If they have to tight- en their belts now they should On Caucus Until Pearson Returns "OTTAWA (Special) -- A de- eision to call a special caucus of the Liberal Party must await the return to Canada of Prime Minister Pearson, Rus- sell Honey, MP for Durham and the party's caucus chair- man, said here Tuesday. Mr. Honey confirmed that he had received a telegram Mon- day from 12 Liberal MP's ask- ing for a caucus to give Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp a chance to explain the govern- ment's decision to postpone medicare legislation for a year. ine telegram was ie resuil of a weekend meeting at Peter- borough attended by the 12 MP's along with Ontario Lib- eral leader Andrew Thompson. "T was in touch with Acting Prime Minister Paul Martin," said Mr. Honey, "and he is in agreement that any decision should await Mr. Pearson's re- turn. "The Prime Minister is fully occupied with important Com- monwealth affairs in London and I don't feel we should bother him about this now. He is expected back in Canada, Friday and I will contact him as soon as possible after that." is no purpose in holding such a caucus unless. Mr. Pearson could be present at it. Co- operation Requested In School Fire Drills Captain W. R. Murray, city|last night that some teachers| fire prevention officer, told anjin the city's school system wil! | | ACCIDENTS AT PORT PERRY -- HOSPITAL Calculated Risks Must Be Accepted Oshawa Safety League meeting Club Seeks Drag Strip A local car racing club wants permission to operate a drag strip in Oshawa, Oshawa Safe- ty League members were told last night. u Herb Mackie, OSL chairman, jnot co-operate in fire drills. | He said that in the process of ja fire drill "some teachers" jthink they should be exempt jand sit down and have "'a cof- ifee" while pupils go through jthe motions of what should be |done in evacuating a school in jease of fire. | "I would hate to hazard a }guess at what could happen to ithem if it was the real thing," jthe fireman said, adding that school drills will be starting jat the end of this month and not do it at the expense of those who require medical attention. "There is a definite split in the Liberal Party at the mo- ment. There is « left wine which is intent on social wel- fare and those who follow the "beac in whatever they 0. "I personally. identify with the former," he said. Asked what the feeling among city Liberals is on the medicare postponment Mr. Mc- Neely said that, at the moment, it is hard to tell. "We will know for sure after tonight's meeting. The matter will be discussed." Work at Enniskillen, one of the Central Lake Ontario Con- servation Authority's future conservation area, has had to get has run out, a meeting of the Authority was told Tues- jday Chairman Hayward Murdoch |said today work is being sus- | Authority hopes "the June i967 ltarget date can still be met. | Mr. Murdoch said the Au- |thority ran into unexpectedly \difficult terrain in the huge |pond they are digging. | "However, with another $200 jor $300 the park can be open- jed in the winter for skiing and |tobboganning," he said. | Enniskillen is a 66-acre plot jnorth of Bowmanville which jthe authority is converting into \a conservation area. be halted because the 1966 bud-| Blain Kingston, right, Chancellor. Seated right is Frank Shine, the Order's District Deputy Grand Knight. --Oshawa Times Photo CORPS PLANNING PARADE, SERVICE Canadian Corps Association members from across On- tario will join with the Osh- awa unit Saturday to stage the sixth annual drumhead service and parade asa trib- ute to men and women who died protecting Canada. The parade will start from Alexandra Park at 2:28 mm. and move to Memorial via Church and Centre § prayer service will 'be ° ducted at the Dandshell. Guest speaker and saluting base officer will be Group Captain E, J. Boland, To- ronto, who has had a dis- tinguished career with the Royal Canadian Air Force since his enlistment in 1940, said an association spokes- man. Lack Of Cash Halts Work On Conservation Project The authority's projects are jadministered by the Ontario |department of energy and re- jsources and financed by the government and member-muni- jcipalities. | Also discussed at the meet- ing was the authority's 1967! budget which Mr. Murdoch will |\present Monday to the depart- The Durham MP said there|pended until next year, but the|ment of energy and resources. jHe decliied to reveal what it) was except to say it was an jincrease over last year. At the meeting the authority jdrafted a new set of rules and | regulations. General clauses of |the Conservation Authorities |Act was re-written to apply | specifically to the local author- jity. | Mr. Murdoch will attend the bi-annual conservation authori- ties' convention in Hamilton ii. a * i i . WHITBY (Staff) -- Thirty- nine-year-old Frederick Wil- liam Courtney, of 1003 Centre St. N., Whitby, was committed for trial in the High Court yes- terday on the non-capital mur- der charge of his wife Helen. His preliminary hearing closed yesterday with the hear- ing of only one witness, Mark Quesnel, of 607 Cochrane' St., Whitby. Mr. Quesnel, who said he had been a friend of Frederick Courtney for 20 years, added that he had been, in the Court- ney home when the. shooting took place May 15. He said he had been called to the house by Mr. Courtney to ifix the plumbing. After he arrived, he said, he was offered a drink of whisky by Mrs. Courtney. He sat down to drink 'the whisky and saw Mr. Courtney Murder Case Hearing Ends get up and leave. A few min- utes later he saw Courtney com- ing up the staris carrying .22 and a shotgun, Mr. Quesnel said he went to the phone and contacted the doctor, ambulance and _ police following the shooting. Questioned by Crown Attor- ney Bruce Affleck Mr. Quesnel said he did not know what hap- pened to Courtney after the shooting. Cross examined by defence counsel Terence Kelly, Quesnel said that when he went to the house he was also taking a "mickey". of liquor to Mrs. Courtney. This, he said, was the first time he had done this. Asked if he thought Courtney was drunk when he saw him, Quesnel said he thought he was. Mrs. Courtney, he said, had also been drinking. Safety Chairman Service clubs and some com- munity groups are ignoring the Oshawa Safety League. "We've sent out requests to have representatives of these groups attend our meetings and contribute to concepts of safety (domestic, industrial, or on the roads) but look at the response Car Plunges Into Creek After colliding with a car on the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway a Trenton man's vehicle smash- ed through guard rails and plunged 50 feet into the Osh- awa Creek, Magistrate Harry Jermyn heard at Whitby Court yesterday. Andrew J. Robbins, St. Trenton; was fined costs or 15 days in jail on a charge of impaired driving. A further charge of careless driving was withdrawn at the request of the Crown. Police «vidence was that Rob- bins' late model sedan was com- pletely demolished after land- ing on its roof in the creek. Robbins sustained only cuts and bruises in the accident which took place Saturday eve- of Cedar 100 and Sept. 28 to 30. ning. Raps Attendance tonight," said Herb Mackie, OSL. chairman. He spoke at an OSL meeting at the Oshawa police depart- ment. Six regular league mem- bers attended and only the fire department honored the OSL request by sending two fire- men of the home inspection squad to the meeting. "We could drum up many more measures for improving Oshawa's safety standards if jonly people would look at the invitations we send out," Mr. Mackie said. The next regular monthly meeting is slated for Oct. 11. | He said invitations still stand \for the Oct, 11 meeting wher jguest speaker William Owens, president of the Newcastle Sportsman Club, will talk on gun safety and the approach- ing hunting season. FAVORABLE Mrs. K. P. Lynde, Harmony Rd. N:, is in favorable condi- tion in St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, following surgery to set her jaw which was broken when she fell from the family car recently. CORONETTED Harry Gay of Courtice, was coronetted a Grand Inspector General, 33 de- gree of the Supreme Coun- cil of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Dominion of Canada at the annual sessions at Niagare.. Falls, Tuesday. . Mr. Gay is a building con- tractor and is president of own tirm, the Gay Company Ltd. He has been @ mason since 1944. Car Explodes After Crash Burning Driver NEWCASTLE (Staff) A local lumber company opera- tor was taken to Toronto Gen- eral Hospital today with severe facial and chest burns and scalp lacerations he suffered when his car was involved in a collision with a gravel truck about five miles northeast of here Peter Newell, 58, owner of the P, G. Newell Lumber Com- pany, was transferred to Tor- onto from Bowmanville Me- morial Hospital shortly after the. accident at County Road 8 Labor representatives last night threw their support be- hind construction of Centennial Parkway. A motion approving construc- tion of the $19,000,000 roadway in the Oshawa Creek Valley was passed at an Oshawa and District Labor Council meeting. The motion, proposed by Vic- tor Ayling, secretary of the Rubberworkers' Local 494 read: This labor council goes the Centennial Parkway. The vote followed a slide- illustrated lecture 'by deputy cuty commissioner of works Robert Richardson, "As far as. I'm concerned we need the parkway," he said after his address. "Tt commend you (the labor council) for being the first or- ganization in the city to show any ifterest in the planning of the parkway," said Mr. Rich- ardson, who. was invited to speak at the meeting, He said way were which showed (iat north-south traffic predicted for 1981. CITY'S SHARE The city's share of the cost will be $6,871,000, whereas the cost of widening' existing city streets would -be $16,000,000, he said, Finance Minister Mitchell Sharpe's proposed income tax increase will lead the' country "headlong into depression', members of the Oshawa and District Labor Council were told last night. If taxes increase this means there's less to spend; which in turn means companies have to lay off workers due to a drop in d d, said council secre- and the Sixth Conc Reports from the scene in- into flames after the collision Moffatt, RR 2, Marmora. The truck driver was uninjured. Police say the car was a write off and that the truck, eastbound on the concession, flipped over in the crash, about 7:15 a.m. It is believed there were no dicate the Newell car exploded| jdevelop a scare program. that with the truck, driven by Grant} tary Keith Ross. The government is irying to there's runaway inflation," he said. if taxes are increased they passengers in the two vehicles. Gwyn Kinsey, former edi- tor of The Oshawa Times and now The Times' correspon- dent at Queen's Park, has written a two-part series on Ontario Health Minister Dr. M. B. Dymond and the Smiths office at Queen's Park and re- icalled his Port Perry weekend }without any humor. |NORMAL COMMUNITY "Port Perry is about the jsame size as our hospital com- said at a League meeting he/he is hoping for complete co-| received a call from an auto-| operation. | motive club that was looking for} assistance from police and the| SAFETY FILM OSL in running a drag strip The story of a cab driver League member Constable|who is forever dodging law- William Moring liked the idea,|breaking pedestrians and fina- along with Mr. Mackie. Con-jally winds up instructing ladies stable Moring said strips have|groups in pedestrian safety is been conducted in other parts|soon to be aired in Oshawa of Canada successfully. It|* Tt will be told through would certainly give car clubs|technicolor film produced by} a legal opportunity to do their/the Ontario department of stuff transport which is finally mak "If the police and safety |ing the picture available to the leagues contro! these drags/Oshawa Safety League then all the elements to offer| The film should arrive in the resistance could be on the spot./second or third week in Octo- What's safer than that" Con-|ber and the OSL intends to pro-| stable Moring said . mote it-among the city's serv-| Mr. Mackie said after the/ice clubs. meeting that an advisory com-| At the league's last meeting mittee could possibly be formu-jin June Mr, Mackie said: "The lated to watch over suc lvbithing is so popular that activity and that eventually; aplied to get it for other clubs might jump at the)month (June) we got put tdea, should it get approval. luntil October." a wher this} off} we Falls Ontario hospital-school. |unity at Smiths Falls," he | The parents of an Oshawa | Said. "At Smiths Falls we have boy who attended the school |2,300 patients and a total staff and the boy's-doctor have | 0f 1168. What we're trying to do been critical of its operation,|there is to prepare as many The first article follows. of the children as possible to take their place in a normal TORONTO -- The doctor was community. filling in over a summer week-| "Accidents happen. in any end for a couple of his col-|normal community. Those chil- leagues in the pretty Little\dren in Port Perry were at a community of children and each them to live in a com- munity, To do this, we must accept some calculated risks."| TARGET OF CRITICS | The Smiths Falls institution 7 has been a favorite target of Liberal and New Democrat critics of the health department| in the Ontario Legislature. | Dr. Dymond is a_ peppery) ie} f little man with a sharp tongu and a sharper temper -- and the criticism frequently pro- vokes both. Unfortunately--both| and health lends itself to criti-|issues are y for his temper and the publicijcism. For a long time it was|and contract expiry date. |} image of his department--the Lake Scugog community of Port)/home, under the eves of their # Perry parents, but one managed He had been on the job less|swallow kerosene and another than 24 hours, and already he|ate a whole bottle of aspirin had pumped out the stomachs) tablets." of three small children, stitched} He stabbed a pencil at the the torn flesh of a half dozen|pad on his desk people who had managed to} "You've got to recognize slash themselves in various|some element of risk with chil- ways, and treated a wrist badly|dren if you're going to teach| sprained in g fall them to live. You can put a The doctor is also Ontario's | mentally minister of health, Dr ally disturbed child in a room, Matthew! B. Dymond |guard and eliminate the chance| He sat in hig East Blocklof to @ eoromrerd DR. M. B. DYMOND if individual but a vegetable trying to do in our mental criticisms get more play than do his answers, particularly in the Toronto newspapers. This! is partly because the chief} critics, James Trotter (Liberal, Parkdale) and Stephen Lewis|matters on which almost every|being taken for strikers at the (NDP, Scarborough West) are} 'local boys," and Lewis in| particular is an eloquent young man who generally manges to produce some highly quotable retarded or emotion-| got then is not a child, not an| material ; But some of the fault lies|that shoutd be told, should be|Manning, no. meeting of the jkeep him' there under coastant)That's no good. What we are| with the health. department itself. While Dr. Dymond gees accident, But what you've|retardstion division is to raise not seal himself off from re- porters, there is not the smooth interchange between his de- partment and the news media that exists in some other de- partments. This may be an in bred failing; the health de partment is of necessity heavily staffed by medical persunnel, and medical people. are by) training an extremely reticent lot. | LOTS OF EXPERTS It is fairly easy to criticize any department of government, one of the poor-relation depart-| ments of the Ontario givern-| ment, It has had a great deal] And} of with| make up. the area deals of ground to particularly in mental health, . it considers} | television viewer himself an expert. Still, Dr. Dymond and _ his} department have a reassuring) story to tell. And it's a story listened to and balanced against the criticism that has grabbed most of the headlines. turned it down 98 per cent," Says Union Ontario Malleable Iron's con- tract offer last week to striking members of Steelworkers' Local 1500 was "substantially less' P om an for the park- drawn up as the re- sult of a 1961 traffic . study existing streets, even if widened to four lanes, would be unable to handle the volume of Labor Council Favors Parkway Construction City Official Outlines Details Of Valley Road Mr. Richardson shrugged off a council member's suggestion he might be embarrassed at being present during discussion of the motion, "Why should I be?" he asked. "T've already said I think we should build it." He said the parkway, which is scheduled to be built in 18 stages, will have limited-access to handle more traffic and will be built on mainly undeveloped on record as being in favor of} land Action Urged In Politics The president of the 0 and District Labor Counell fe becead upon bgt Bans to ecome more politically active. Clifford Pilkey, a elty alder- man, told members of the labor council, Tuesday that the 2,600 Rtg ad laid off by GM was the result of the i U.S. Free Trade A cet Only after the lay-offs did the union approach the various levels of government, he said, "This is # glaring example of the necessity of the trade union movement to take direct _ influential political. ace ion. " "Let's not t the ballot box is tied to the bread box, Many of 'the rank and file members -- forget this -- until there's a crisis," he said, Tax Boost Protested By Labor Delegates should go hand-in-hand with a limit on company profits, coun- cil members were told. Be A Rag gp ec a ceiling on p they're to raise taxes," he said. "~ "The provincial government says it's going to increase in- come tax too, so that's two belts we're going to-get.* The Labor Council: passed a motion to protest the imminent mcome tax Mcrease ia letters to the Canadian Labor Cor- gress, NDP Leader Tommy Douglas and Oshawa MP Mike Starr. Strikers Will Wait, President Strikers are currently re. ceiving $15 to $20 a week strike pay from the Steelworkers' Canadian HQ in Toronto. than employees at Fittings Ltd. now make, a union official said Tuesday. "No wonder the members union president Lew Ripley said in a report to the Oshawa and District Labor Council. He said this offer was "about the only one'"' the 550-member union had received since the strike began June 15 to back Union Votes On Contract Members of Local 250, Can- adian Union of Public Ems Ployees, will vote Friday night whether or not to accept a new up demands for a new contract, ' contract with the city. "It's been a 'long strike. Where and when it's going to} Representatives of the local end I don't, know," he said. and council's Jabor relations "We're prepared to wait as|committee met Monday for 15 long as we have to." jhours with a conciliation officer Mr. Ripley said the mainjin an attempt to reach a settle fully-paid welfare ment, Me! Anderson, the local's president, said today he will present a memorandum of the agreement to his local at the Friday meeting He said the city's offer was a fair one and he wished to thank council's labor relations commitiee for its proposals. The CUPE local had asked the city for a 20 per cent in- crease in pay. Local 250 is comprised of 230 employees of the city's public works and parks departments Base rate for public works employees is currently $2.35-an hour, "They're asking. for the new contract to begin at date of signing, which means we'll be punished for time out." He thanked those who had contributed to the collection plant gate and asked for con- tinued support. COUNTY COUNCIL Due to the absence, on a trip overseas, of the clerk, William Ontario County Council will be held this month. The next reg- ular meeting. will be Oct. 18. 4