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$400,000 SCHOOL, TREATMENT CENThE OPENS DOORS IN CITY NEW THERAPEUTIC POOL - » » lan McNab, Mr. MeNeill Inspect Youth Still Unconscious Four Months A seven - year - old Oshawa boy remains in hospital today after nearly four months of un- consciousness, Kenneth Parish, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Parish of 206 Gibb St. in Oshawa is in Sick Children's hospital with head in- juries he received when he ran into a car last October. "Ken- neth has made no change at all" a hospital spokesman said today. The boy was admitted In Hospital not improved since, the authori- ty said. Another Oshawa resident, Ar- mindo Desousa, 38, who receiv- ed 70 per cent burns in a Fit- tings fire last November, is recovering satisfactorily and is "in very high spirit'? a Toronto General hospital spokesman re- ported today. Frank Lem, an Oshawa res- taurant owner who fell down a flight of steps last January is still unconcious today in Osh- NI CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S COMPLEX, DREAM COME TRUE - « - Jan MeNab, Public Relations, Stands In Classroom Crippled Children Attend New School A $400,000 therapeutic and educational centre for crippled children opened in Oshawa to- day -- almost 14 years after a- group of parents made the first organized attempt to "do something" for disabled chil- dren in the district. Their idea for a '"'play cen- tre' has matured to such -a degree it has culminated in the building of the modern Oshawa and District School and Treatment Centre for) Crippled Children on a_two- acre site at 760 Bloor St. E. Major features of the school -- with a capacity to treat and educate about 120 patients a day -- are three physio-occupa- tional therapy rooms, facilities for speech therapy, dental and medical clinics, four class rooms and a therapeutic swim- ing pool. The story of long-last success for the project involves a number of persons in the city and district. Harld McNeil, the school's executive director, is praised by Mrs. Ralph Campbell of RR 4, Bowmanville, one of 17 par- ents who met for the first time March 21, 1953. ". . . to see if something couldn't be done to start a play centre for our doubt if we ever would have made it." Today, he sizes up the open- ing of the school as an overdue relief to local instructors, ther- apists and parents who work- ed under desperate conditions jin the Jast three years. Since 1963 children have been treated and schooled in a cramped 39-year-old red-brick- ed rural school. Construction of the new cen-| tre started last year following a July 5 sod-turning ceremony and though it can handle 120 patients, only about 50 or 60 are to be involved for now. The old school stands in front of the new centre and is scheduled for almost immediate demo-| lition. BUDGET UP Operating budget for the new centre is estimated at $75,000 a year or more, about $15,000 greater than the operational expenditure of the old school in the last year. Crippled children for Ontario and Durham Counties will be users of the school and though classes. and treatment under way they are not ex- pected to meet their ultimate are Meanwhile, a campaign for building funds that started last Feb. 14 is continuing. About $25,000 more is needed to meet the objective of the special- names blitz. The architectural thinking of the school has been as_intri- cate as to include a_ bright paint scheme with a psycho- logical intention behind it. One of the three _physio- a one-way window so observ- ers going through the medica wing of the school can watch therapy without distracting children who are highly sensi- tive to spectators. Another feature is a nurs- ery that will handle 25 chil- dren in the morning and the same number in the _after- noon. "We were extremely crowded with 20 pupils in the nursery room of the old school," the executive director says. While the new centre will be able to administer therapy to 48 patients a day -- the old school could only manage less than one-third that number. STILL ACTIVE therapy rooms is equipped win She Oshawa Gime OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1967 109- Year-Old Destroyed In Ashburn | ASHBURN (Staff) -- The Presbyterian congregation of Ashburn lost both its church jand minister yesterday. Fire destroyed the historic 109-year-old Burns Presbyterian Church within an hour after it was noticed. The fire is believed to have been caused by an over- heated chimney. The fire was observed 25 minutes before the ; {Sunday School services were to |have commenced and nothing }was salvaged from the building. The congregation plans to. re- {build even thoughthe church |was only partly insured. "It's an awful blow," said Rev. Herbert Buntain, of Port Perry, minister of the church. Mr. Buntain had recently ac- cepted a new position at Pem- broke Presbyterian Church and yesterday was his last Sunday at Ashburn after four and one- half years of service. "It was hard enough to leave before this happened," he said, "but this makes it much more difficult." The congregation will hold services in the village school until a new church can be erected. The evening service Sunday was held at Port Perry. Ashburn is located three miles jwest of Myrtle and approxi- jmately 15 miles north of Osh- jawa. Air Pollution | Case Dismissed In City Court A charge of air pollution against Fittings Ltd., 135 Bruce aes St., was dismissed in Oshawa magistrate's court Friday for lack of evidence. Dr. J. E. Watt; witness for \the prosecution, stated that on \Nov. 29, 1966, he observed smoke of number four density (the highest rating of air pol- lution) pouring from the com- pany's smoke - stack and sub- sequently made an_ investiga- tion which resulted in the charge being laid. On cross - examination by defense counsel, Dr. Watt wa: junable to state whether or not|? brief be presented to Indus- sunny on|try's Minister C. jit was cloudy or iNov. 29. Nor was he able to Of the 17 parents who went|swear that the sun was behind|concerning the detrimental ef-/present and future unemploy- capabilities with present pati-/to the organizational gathering/him when he was making the/fect the Auto - Pact agreement ment picture. Church OVERHEATED CHIMNEY MAY HAVE CAUSED CHURCH BLAZE - - - Nothing Salvaged From 109 - Year - Old Building Brief To Ministers Urged By City Council Committee City council's unemployment|the Oshawa business and in-|-- the unemployment commit- committee Saturday M. Drury and|to meet with the man recom-|dustrial development commis- 5 |mended to board of control that|sioner. -- the mayor be requested} aphen fi : agement) and District Labor Council and Labor Minister John Nicholson,|of General Motors to discuss|the Oshawa Chamber of Com- \tee be expanded to include rep- resentatives from the Oshawa imerce to act as advisers to the committee. awa General Hospital. His con- dition was described as changed'. ents until about Easter time,jin 1953, only eight parents oOf/test, which is a_ necessity|is having on Oshawa. Mr. McNeill notes. four children are still active,/with the present testing method.| They also recommended that: "We are actually moving in/Mrs. Campbell said in an inter-/Dr. Watt did state,. however,| -- council concur with the to hospital 119 days ago. He was lifted slightly from unconsciousness once but has crippled children." Mrs. Campbell if it wasn't for Mr. ad says McNeill THE SHOW WENT ON-WITHOUT INJURED "The show must go on!" i--but not this time with show chairman Mrs. Jeanne McKenna of 463 Madison St. who injured her ankle on her way to the stage for the opening number of the * t S. Sweet Adelines special ben- efit concert at Eastdale Col- legiate Saturday night. Mrs. McKenna, who wanted to harmonize with the rest of the ladies, was confined to the dressing room for most slearlier than we should so we can get the other building demolished in order to make way for landscaping." EQUIPMENT A multitide of new equip- ment still remains to be in- stalled. But when the job is done it will be as elaborate to include: --a hydraulic lift to hoist children in and out of the therapeutic swimming pool; agitators, essential in water therapy, to create a strong current in the pool; --a dictaphone and an elec- tric typewriter that would be a means of communication for children with vocal-chord de- fects; --a library of select books, therapy tables, weighted boots for walking therapy and blinds and curtains for all rooms. Mr. McNeill says two offices and a waiting room still have to be completely furnished, plus a staff rest room, and "we need a work bench for maintenance men to do repair work on crutches, wheel chairs and other equipment essential for the children." Also on order are about 25 more desks and chairs, play- ground equipment and tiny tot wheel chairs, along with table- height stretchers that simplify the operation of taking chil- dren on and off therapy tables. view. Nine children were involved in the movement at the outset and it was on a stormy March 4, 1954 when only three of them could make it to the first play centre gathering at the Rotary Hall on Centre Street. It was shortly after that when Mr. MeNeill heard about the parent group's project at a home and school meeting. Within several weeks he was to find room in the Simcoe Hall Settlement House for the centre. INTEREST GREW Interest in the project grew to a point in 1961 when the Oshawa Women's Welfare League took over the admin- istration end. By September of 1963 the league moved the operation into the old rural school with about 12 children registered for treatment and education at the time. Chairman of the _ building committee for the new school is Con. Frank McCallum, The school's co-ordinator is Mrs. Lynne Balfour, who joined the staff in 1963 as the sole ther- apist at the time. Staff at the new' school will include three physiotherapists, one speech therapist, a regis- tered nurse, two nursery school teachers, a bus driver and one |that he was 'sure' that smoke was polluting the air. The case was dismissed by Magistrate D. B. Dodds. Classes Planned For 'New Math' Westmount Home and School Association is sponsoring six classes of '"'New Math" for parents of the area and will show six films to demonstrate the principal objectives and methods of the revised mathe- matics. The first meeting of instruc- tion was held at the February Home and School Association meeting "with tremendous suc- cess" and interest from parents. Robert Russell, a grade six teacher at Westmount, explain- ed the Math and its termino- logy. He said the "same end but new approach" teaches a child the reason why instead of memorizing. GARDENERS' CLUB The Oshawa Organic Garden- ers' club will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, between 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. at E. A. Lovell school with guest speaker J. K. Graham of Enniskillen who will speak about organic life and its caretaker. values, the|brief presented by the United) Automobile Workers to Indus- try's Minister Charles Drury, and Labor Minister John Nich- olson in Ottawa, on Feb. 4; -- the Oshawa business and industrial development comm- issioner be instructed to gath- er statistical information regar- ding the unemployment picture in Oshawa and area as well as its effects upon the economy of the city, and prepare a brief showing what Oshawa has to offer potential industry. immediate representation be made to the Ministers of Labor and Industry by the may- or, board of control, the com- mittee of unemployment and 20 New Members Joining Chamber The Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce, which began a cam- paign last Monday, enlisted 20 new members. Eight teams of about 50 men began canvassing last week to invite professional and busi men to participate in chamber work in Oshawa. Presently, there are 431 pro- fessionals and businesses repre- sented in the branch and mem- bers sought to increase the membership by 100. The pro- gram will be continued this week. Physical F itness Program Urged For Better Living Dr. C. A. Morgan of Oshawa emphasized the value of a good physical fitness program in a Sunday evening lecture on "fa- tigue, its causes and cure," at the community program for better living in progress at the Kendalwood Seventh-day Adven- tist church, Preceding his lecture with a film on weight control, Dr. Mor- gan stressed lack of physical) fitness, poor nutrition, over- work, poor working conditions, incompatability to type of work, undesirable off - work environ- ment and finally the lack of ability to 'let - go" as the causative factors leading to physical or _ psychological fatigue and eventually nerv- ous break-down. In a unique interview simi- lar to many he has daily with actual patients in his medical practice, Dr. Morgan found the main causes for student fatigue are improper nutrition, with stimulants such as coffee or caffeine - saturated pop substi- tuting for well - balanced meals, stress to combine too heavy a program of study and social life, and the resultant lack of sleep. Dr. Morgan lecture with the following prac tical advice for diminishing fatigue: -- insure a good physical con- dition through good nutrition, regular exercise, and adequate rest; -- take frequent rest periods; even a few minutes change from a monotonous task can help alleviate fatigue; recreation shoud include hobbies and any form of enter- tainment that relaxes rather than excites oy stimulates; -- plan vacations that are not of an exhausting nature; -- minimize or remove causa- tive factors from the physical and psychological environment or the individual worker or student; -- avoid the use of sedatives and stimulants. The community program for better living continues at 7.30 Thursday, with n Oshawa med- ical doctor lecturing each ev- ening. Monday evening, Dr. W. Kutzner will present "The Psychedelic Flip - out -- LSD." Tuesday evening Dr. W. Beat- on will speak on '"'Obesity" and Wednesday, Dr. A. E. King will lecture on "What's all this talk about cigarettes." Everyone is concluded vist, to attend. "WHEN CAR SALES PICK UP... ... THINGS WILL LOOK BRIGHTER" Layofis Greater Without Pact, Says Honey ee £S CHAIRMAN of the evéning. Choreo- grapher Kay Gustar, right, is shown bandaging the in- jured ankle. Te _ benefit show was held to raise money for the city's centen- nial recreation project. --Oshawa Times Photo Durham riding MP Russell Honey says without the Cana- da - U.S. auto pact, Canada would be "experiencing far greater layoffs than we have at the present time. "When sales pick up in both countries, and [I hope this will be before too long, things will look far brighter for the em- ployees of the automobile in- dustry who have been called back to work," Mr. Honey (a Liberal Party member) said in a prepared statement releas- ed to The Times. Following is the complete text of the statement: "One cannot minimize the concern which arises out of the employment cut backs at Gen- eral Motors in Oshawa and other motor vehicle manufac- turers. There are several rea- sons. One is the re-adjustment of manufacturing facilities in order to take advantage of the Canada-U.§. automobile agree- ment, The direct cause, howev- a er, is the fact that automobile sales both in Canada and the United States have dropped about 20 per cent in the past year or so. "The employment picture in the American plants is no bet- ter than it is in Canada. People have just not been buying auto- mobiles. There are several rea- sons for the sales slump. One is the concern of the public about automobile safety. An- other is the tight credit situa- tion which has prevailed in both countries in the past year. "When the Canada-U.S. auto pact was negotiated Canadian auto manufacturers were re- quired to make certain com- mitments to the government. In the case of General Motors, it agreed to increase its annual production in Canada by $121, 090,000. The manufacturers were also required to achieve a 60 per cent Canadian added value. The manufacturers have lived up to the terms of this agree- ment. "It is often the 'case in pro- grams of nationa) scope that some are adversely affected while the nation as a whole benefits. That this would hap- pen was recognized by the governments of both countries and provision was made by both governments for the pay- ment of benefits to employees dislocated as a result of re- adjustment in the industry. "Last week, Trade and Com- merce Minister Robert Winters announced that Canada's ann- ual automotive exports have more than quadrupled since the auto pact came into effect two years ago. These exports rose from less than $200: million in 1964 to more than $800 million in 1966. "Car industry production. has increased by about 30 per cent in the two year period. 20,000 new jobs have been created in the Canadian industry, Over 200 plants have been constructed or expanded as a result of the agreement. "Statistics are little comfort to a person who has not been called back to work. However, there is. no responsible opinion in Canada which denies the be- nefits of the auto pact when viewed from the national stand- point, In his recent year end statement, Premier John Rob- arts of Ontario warmly praised the auto pact. He acclaimed it for a significant increase in the export of autos and parts and stated that Ontario, being the producer of more than 90 per cent of the nation's automobiles and parts, benefitted most. "Industry Minister Drury who negotiated the Auto Pact on behalf of Canada is equally de- finite of its benefits to the nation as a whole IN DETROIT "IT was in Detroit two months ago and had the opportunity / to discuss the auto pact with executives of American auto- mobile manufacturers. In view of the widespread employment cut backs in that counrty they were concerned about the re- action of unions and the public generally. They feared criticism of the Auto Pact.on the basis that the United States had qua- drupled its importation of cars from Canada at the same time as large lay-offs are being made in the American auto industry, "So there it is! One has to be concerned . . . but one also has to be fair and realistic. My opinion is that without the Ca- nada-U.S. auto pact we would today in Canada be experienc- ing far greater layoffs than we have at the present time. When sales pick up in both countries and I hope this will be before too long things will 'look far brighter for the employees of the automobile industry who have not been called back to work,"