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n wretch ost. > repeat- termined ; find a r with a rdly pre- and of- ght have I E" of fun! 2! Meet 2k than Dance t set in e away! lOST ler, od CITY'S CENTENNIAL - YEAR MAYOR... ... SHARES FATHER'S PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE 'Take It As It Comes -- And Laugh! Live By The Day' By ROBERT McDOUGALL OF The Times Staff The man who will provide leadership for Oshawa during the next two years is a '"'listen- er rather than a talker." He loves nature. A mouptain lake scene from Montana Na- tiona Park stretches across a 'vall of his King Street law office. He sincerely likes people and has learned how to get along with them -- a trait inherited from his parents and a tradi- tion he will pass on to his seven children. Ernest Marks was only eight years old when he left his Brockville home with his par- ents to come to Oshawa. He was born there in 1912. His father, one of the seven famous Marks brothers who had thrilled Canadian audi- ences for half a century with their theatrical road shows, had purchased a theatre here. (It still bears the Marks' name.) For young "Ernie" the vaudeville acts which played at the theatre were always fill- ed with "high excitement and melodrama." "Yes ... 1 can remember some of the plays in the old days when I was a little boy. I got quite a kick out of them," he said reminiscently during an interview. "You felt very close to the people on stage. I can remem- ber my father and mother in some of those early plays." His dad had a philosophy of life: 'Take it as it comes -- and laugh! Live by the day." And Ernie Marks junior sub- scribes to the same thinking. "I think it's a pretty good philosophy. This was my Dad's and would be mine as well,' he said. SPORTS Always interested in sports, Ernie played football and basketball in high schoof and was captain of the junior foot- ball team at Queen's Univer- sity and a member of the inter- mediate squad. He has played a little hockey, softball and tennis and now plays an occasional game of golf at the Oshaa Golf Club. He says he's probably one of Oshawa's worst players. He curls once in awhile and would like to spend more time canoeing with his two sons, Joseph, 17 and Edward (Ted), 18. After high school Ernie elect- ed to take advantage of an opportunity for a _ university education. "T left the acting to my late brothers Jack and Ted," he said. Graduating from Queen's in 1934, Ernie then attended Os- goode Hall and was called to the bar in 1937. For the first tion he worked with the late Allen F. Annis, who was then crown attorney of Oshawa. "I learned a lot from Mr. Annis -- he was a splendid lawyer," says Mr. Marks. In 1942 Ernie boarded a ship and headed overseas. He em- barked with a private's rating but returned four years later with the rank of sergeant. QUIET MEMBER During his three years as a city alderman Ernie was a quiet member of council but "did my work in committees". He learned how Oshawa was run and the set - up of com- mittees. "I also acquired respect for the fine leadership Lyman Gif- ford gave us during those years," he said. His stint as a separate school board trustee provided Ernie with a chance to help Catholic children in Oshawa receive a good education and aided to develop his ability of handling people. When elected to, the city's top post on Dec. 5, Mr. Marks set a precedent for Oshawa. He became the first mayor of Osh- awa who had a father who was also mayor of Oshawa. Although his victory was ex- citing Ernie can still recall the night in 1931 when his father was elected mayor. He was 19- years-old at the time. ' ® "I remember too, the diffi- cult times we had. This was a grim year (1932) for Oshawa," said Mr. Marks. "My father worked long hours to carry out his job as mayor . . . it wasn't easy. I think people remember what he did." It was his father who pro- vided Ernie with the early in- spiration and his training in civic life. CIVIC PROBLEMS Mr. Marks discussed some of the problems which will face Oshawa in the next two years. He said that one of the most serious will be taxes which con- cern all citizens especially those on fixed incomes and people buying homes. "We are told that the board of education is coming in with a budget that will increase the tax rate by at least two mills -- therefore we'll quite obvious- ly have a tax increase," he said. Mayor Marks--said--however, that it will be the major job of council during the next two years to watch the tax structure carefully and analyze expendi- tures with a view if trying to make any tax increase reason- able. Mr. Marks said he was also concerned with the number of vacant stores in the downtown area. "I feel we are going to have to take a close look at the problems facing the downtown merchants. This will include an investi- gation of parking meters and the possible establishment of a parking garage under a park- ing authority. Redevelopment of the down- town area was also pointed to as another major problem fac- ing the city. MAYOR LIKES P. EOPLE, NATURE .-. Interested In Sports Pilot, Friend Escape '.In Plane Crash Two men who fly out of Osh- awa Airport walked away un- injured Sunday after their air- craft crashed on the outskirts of Hamilton. Pilot Donald Popert 26, of Prince Albert and Kerry Wil- lowdale; --29,.. of Oshawa .were forced down by weather condi- tions during a training cross- country flight to Oshawa. The Piper Colt, a two-seater aircraft, crash-landed in a plowed field next to a high- pis Wings and front were Mr. Popert said today that they had just left Hamilton air- port when icing conditions Injury formed on the outside of the aircraft. They had to fly blind- for some time, then decided to take it down. With a rapidly descending ceiling, they spotted a treeless field. The wheels touched firm sod but ran_into a plowed portion of land. The plane nosed down and flipped over on its back when it caught the loose soil. They walked to a nearby road and caught a ride back to the airport where they filed the report. Mr. Popert. has flown for six years and more than 600 hours, he said. It was his first crash. The plane is owned by J. V. froze their instruments and ice Aviation of Oshawa. France May Joining Common Market e BONN (CP-AP) -- Chancel- lor Kort Géorg. Kiesinger of West Germany said téday Pres- ident Charles de Gaullé of France has '"'serious misgiv- ings" about letting Britain join the European Common Mar- ket. 'Asked at a press conference whether he felt de Gaulle has come any closer to accepting Shoe Firm Loses $600,000 In Fire TRENTON, Ont. (CP) -- A fire in a former CPR round- house now used as a warehouse by the Bata Shoe Co., Sunday/that U.S. troops are peeded in destroyed $600,000 worth of shoes. The fire, thought to have started in the building's furnaceb, ith the United States cropped room, was fought for five hours by firemen from Trenton and nearby Belleville and Batawa. There were no injuries. Fred Hollmann, Bata's mer- chandising manager, said the stocks stored in the building on|ests. in Europe and that it must the CPR right-of-way-, on North Murray Street, made up half the company's spring lines and had already been sold. CPR telegraph lines were also destroyed by the fire and were © uott until 9:15 p.m. Trenton is 10 miles west o Belleville. tion for four hours|for the new James Bond movie, Bar Britain Britain into the ECM, Kiesin- ger said he could net say yes or no to that question. Two men were lifted from this wreckage and taken to Oshawa General Hospital -- where one is now in the intensive care unit -- after their cars collided at the junction of Thickson and Taunton Roads Sunday morning. Still in hospital is Ralph Scott, of 243 Wellington Street, Whitby, whose cgn- dition is "'slightly improv- ing," a spokesman said to- TWO MEN HURT IN TWO-CAR WHITBY TOWNSHIP SMASH day. He was travelling east on Taunton Road and re- ceived a fractured jaw and facial cuts, Melvin Newell of Sunderland, who was southb on T was treated for a ruptured spleen and discharged. The investigating officer was Whitby OPP Constable Ray Bibeau. The picture was taken by amateur . photog- rapher Ben Overgoor, of 100 Burk Street, Oshawa. He said the question of Brit- ain's entry into the economic community was not discussed in great detail in his talks with de Gaulle in Paris Friday and Saturday Decause of British Prime M r Wilson's cur- rent round of consultations in the Common Market capitals. He said, however, if de Gaulle again took a strong stand against Britain's entry, there would be strong differences among the six Common Market members on the subject. ognizes the West German view Europe. But Kiesinger said some dif-|é ferences on future relations|it up during his talk with de Gaulle. He gave no details. He said that the United States legiti- mately represents its own inter- these coincide with those of the European countries. tr BOND COSTS MONEY The most expensive set -built|!0 You Only Live Twice, was a 126-foot $1,000,000. United States Auto Pact has meant adjustments rather than improvements Kiesinger said de Gaulle rec-| automotive parts manufactur- ers, company officials report. ger the company the more able creased competition introduced by the Auto Pact. been lgss able to match. the new pace. and Die Ltd. says it nas lost be examined to what extent/80 per cent of its business to the United States since the in- company+ that the firm was in danger of was asked whether any of the volcano which costjcompany's business had been switched to the States after The two-year-old Canada - for Oshawa's Generally Speaking the big- has been togadjust to the in- The smaller companies have Algoma Manufacturing Tool luction of the Auto Pact. A spokesman added sing its last 20 per cent. A General Motors spokesman the introduction of the Auto Pact. The answer was "zero per cent." "Nothing has been switched at all," the spokesman added. Thomas Norton, general man- ager of Houdaille Industries, said the Auto Pact had cer- tainly not brought any benefits for his company. "We dre not doing any worse now than we were before the Auto Pact was introduced two years ago," he said. "But we are not doing any better really. We are now a sole suppliar on two new Amer- ican orders and a partial sup- plier on a third. "What we have lost we have been able to replace. "Some of the lost business was due to the switching of GM models from here to the U.S. This had an effect as we Firms Say Auto Pact Forces Adjustments were supplying parts for these cars. j "It has not been easy getting business in the U.S. We have been up against big and ex- tremely competent firms. "I must say, however, that we have never had any trouble in making our bids. The U.S. companies are willing to listen to us." NO CHANGE Flaxpac Products, one of the smaller city companies suppiy- ing auto parts, said that there had been no change in the company's business. 3 There had also, the kes- Ghe Oshawa Sines A federal - provincial hospital grant, supplying two-thirds of tle "approved construction costs of a new addition to the Oshawa General Hospital will handle current and _ future needs, a hospital authority said today. The city's hospital is working at near capacity (92.9 per cent) and has a waiting list of more than 200 persons, said W. A. Holland, hospital administrator. The third portion' of the re- vised grant will be raised by the hospital. Health Minister Matthew Dymond proposed. a grant increase last summer to keep up with rising construction costs, said Mr. Holland. "But now the $5,200-a-bed grant has been changed to two- thirds of the approved construc- tion costs, said Mr. Holland. Hospital plans for a west wing will be approved by the 22-man LICENCE PLATE SALES SLOWER The sale of licence plates is down by 2,000 over last year, the department of transport supervisor said today. "T can't put a finger on it," said Lloyd 'Walters. "It's very, very slow. Much slower than in previous years but car owners are just not buying yet." The department expected a rush in the middle of January but Mr. Walters has extended the date to February when he expects sales to start boom- ing. Blue and white licence plates must be bought by mid-, night Tuesday, Feb. 28 if owner intends to operate his car, said Mr. Walters. man added, been no adjust- ment. A spokesman for 'Lofthouse Pattern Co. Ltd., said the com- pany had not really suffered in any way. "T am certainly not crying the blues or anything," he said. "We are doing the same CITY LIONS RECOGNIZE 50th ANNIVERSARY Oshawa Lions club cele- brat' i th heycct night Saturday and simul- taneously recognized the 50th anniversary of Lions International. About 100 members and guests at- tended a dinner - dance at the Genosha Hotel. Among the guests were Michael Starr, MP, May@ Ernest Marks and guest. speaker, Ross Oliphant, of Peter- borough, past district governor, President Ray amount of business as we were before the Auto Pact; but it is different business. "This may be due to chang- ing methods, rather than the Auto Pact. "Our business is not so much with General Motors as the feeder plants. If they are affected then so are we. So it is a sort of an indirect effect." STAGNATION A spokegman for Duplate of Canada said that whereas vol- ume of business has decreased over 1965 it could be attributed more to internal business stag- nation in Canada than to the Auto Pact. He said new markets were opened up by the agreement but his company was "compet- ing with giants and therefore it had to lower prices to com- pete. At present, the pact has had little influence on company's business, he indicated, and as for long range estimates, it was impossible to assess them yet. Heart Foundation Seeking Members Only four members attended the last meeting -- but the Osh- awa branch of the Ontario Heart Foundation hopes to see many Stephenson chats with Mayo: Marks: and Mrs. Oliphant. --Oshawa Times Photo | more at a meeting Tuesday. Mrs. A. D. Eckford, publicity chairman, said interested per- sons are urged to attend the 8 p.m. meeting at the Central Ontario Trust office on Simcoe Street North. CHANGES STYLES Diana Rigg, Mrs. Emma Peel in TV's The Avengers, has given up karate for kung-fu, which she says is defensive only and therefore more lady- like. hospital board within a few months, said the administrator. City council last year ap- proved a $750,000 grant assisting the hospital in raising one-third of the cost in bal OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1967 "The hospital commission and the provincial government still must approve the grant, said Mr. Holland. The 200-bed 'addition is ex pected to require 400 staff mem- bers and will house new operat- ing, lab and x-ray equipment. Another feature of the pro- posed addition will be a new delivery room although Mr. Hol- Hospital Works "Near Capacity' land said today the hospital had three per cent. fewer babies }born at the hospital last year. | Patient admissions increased iby 3,000 last year to 30,475. "Persons on the hospitais ur- gent waiting list have a two or three weeks waiting period and those on the elective list have two or three months, said Mr. Holland. Seven - year - old Kenneth Parishof 206 Gibb St., i coma Hospital in Toronto since Oct. in alE., in the Sick Childrens|condition Mother Says Injured Boy May Never Fully Recover William Sim, 69, 393 Elgin St. was reported in poor today at Oshawa General Hospital. He was 16, "'may never fully recover,|knocked down by a car Jan. 6 his mother said today. Mrs. Parish said she was told at King and Mary streets. Also in Oshawa General is 65- by doctors that Kenneth mayjyear-old Frank Lem, a city res remain paralysed or semi-para- lysed and may never recover taurant owner who was left un- the use of speech. She added, he |Conscious as a result of a fall at may be in hospital the rest of|his King St..E. home late last his life. year. Conservatives Honor Members Progressive Conservative as- sociation in, Ontario County will pay tribute to parliamentary representatives at a dinner, Feb. 10. A .spokesman said "Ontario County is unique in Ontario in having Conservatives in the Sen- ate, House of Commons and the provincial legislature. Hon, Allister Grosart, Senator from Pickering; Hon. Michael Starr, Ontario riding MPP; Hon. Matthew Dymond, Ontario riding MPP; Albert Walker, Oshawa riding MPP; and Wil- liam Newman, provincial candi- date for the new Ontario South|tears, riding, .will be guests of honor|view, "and there was bound to at the dinner at the Carousel Inn, Ajax. Red Guards Undisciplined Canadian En HONG KONG (CP Reuters)-- A Canadian engineer who vis- ited Canton, south China, said today there is a danger that youthful Red Guards will get out of hand. Michael Holt of Toronto said Red Guards--some as young as 10 years old--were everywhere. They were highly disciplined and responded immediately to any order, usually a curt com- mand or a movement of the hand from their equally youth- ful leaders. | "But it was obvious that the) Red Guards were bored to Holt said in an _ inter- be a danger that they would get out of hand at any time. gineer Says Holt and his wife Jon are just back from a four-day visit to Canton. Chinas state-operated travel service is doing a lively business with tourists to Hong Kong despite the cultural revo- lution in China. The travel service is conduct- ing tours, lasting from two to seven days, for persons who want to see for themselves the effects of the revolution on China. Other travellers, just back from Canton some of whom spoke Chinese, said they had not seen or heard of posters reported to tell of bloody clashes in Canton between Red Guards and workers and of factory strikes. Art von Guten takes time out for forty "winks" Sun- day morning after driving | all night in a 12-hour endur- TIME OUT FOR FORTY WINKS ance slot car race held at Oshawa Raceway. Von Guten and teammates Les Chatam and Dave Allen drove their Lotus model car from 12 midnight, Satur- day, till noon Sunday. The AT ALL-NIGHT RACE Oshawa team finished fifth in a field of eight. --Oshawa Times Photo