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Y.M.C.A. National Secretary Stresses Value of ~ THE OSHAWA DAILY, TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1929 . Near Fatalities at Swimming Pool in Oshawa Creek Cause Investigation by the Police Dam Built by Swimmers Is Broken Up by Detectives as Level of Water in Some Places Is Away Over Bathers' Heads -- Deep Hole Cause of Several - Difficulties THREE CHILDREN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Rescued by Other Swim. mers When They Get In- to Hole and Are Unable to Swim -- Jerry Haley, Owner of Property, Issues Warning to Youthful Trespassers Following information that the swimming pond made by children by damming up the Oshawa Creck at a point near Haley's Flats, just south of the golf course, was a place unfit for children to swim and bathe in because of tricky holes, detective sergficants Herbert Flintoff and Nor- man McGee this morning visited the place and removed the dam, thus bringing the level of the water down considerably. Narrow Escapes According to reports from juvenile swimmers who have been in the habit of frequenting the place, three young children and a grown-up girl have narrowly escaped with their lives dur- ing the last few days when they have gotten into a deep hole in the pond and being unable to swim, were forced to call for help, which luckily was near at hand, Deep Hole The hole in question, about seven feet deep, is situcted directly under a clay bank on the south side of the pond which averages a depth of four feet, Diving is done from this bank into the hole. Although the water in other parts of the bank is safe enough for non-experienced swimmers, the hole is a regular trap if any of them should happen to slip into it with no one else around, should aid be needed, » any Swim There When the place was visited this morning it was found that there were about fifteen young people taking ad- vantage of the cool water in the pond and some became indignant when the dam was broken up by the officers, ¥ Bathers Warned Jerry Haley, owner of the property through which the creek runs, stated definitely this 'morning that he had warned the bathers to keep out of the pond because of the tricky holes and because his fences were being torn down by people continually coming in and out of the property. Although he had posted signs up, he said they ? GENERAL MOTORS DEPARTMENTS HAD ENJOYABLE PIGNIC Sales and Advertising Staffs Had Outing at Hampton Park The Sales and Advertising de- partments of General Motors held a pienic last evening at Hampton Park, Hampton There were about 115 members of the departments and friends present. Ball games were played and races enjoyed, The following are the winners of the races: Boys, 26 yards, 10 years and under--Dave Copeland, Lyle Pep- ino, Donald Hill; Ladies, 60 yards, single, Miss M. Sprintnell, Miss M. Conlin; Ladies, 50 yards, married, Mrs, M. Worrall, Mrs. E, A, Ever- son; three legged race, mixed, lauy, Miss M. Conlin, man, Russ Wigin- ton; Gents, 756 yards, married, Ross Mounce, Stan Bowers; Gents, 75 yards, single, Russ Wiginton, Jack Cornwall; Wheelbarrow race, chil. dren of any age, lady, Miss M, Con- lin, Man, Russ Wiginton; relay race, Inter departmental, open, Central Sales--Mids M., Conlin, Mrs. J. Long, Stan Bowers, Jim Purves; Marshmallow race, mixed, lady, Vivian McRitchie, man, Maer' Stewart; Tug-of-War, mixed teans of 10, (2 out of 3), Thin Men, Captained by W. R, Carnwith; Doughnut race, executives only, Lorne Ardiel; baseball game, nux. ed team, Captain P, D, Thompson's team; Lucky number, Miss Jean Merritt, Following the races a tasty sup- per was served, TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE Toronto, June 19.~International Nickel as. sumed the active leadership on the Toronto Stock Exchange today with more than 2,000 shares changing hands, The price range was steady, and the noon close was 4 lower at 485, With the exception of Walkers, Brazil ian and Ajax Oil, little interest was shown in_the market, ~ Walker, with more than 2,000 shares chang- ing hands, slipped back !4 to 1834, Ajax Oil registered the wdest loss of the day when heavy profit sent it back 3 to 1.83, : Brizilian continued active and steady at 5844. B, C, Packers scored the largest advance on the list, jumping four to 26 on an odd lot transaction, Imperial Oil and McColl both firmly fractionally on light turnovers. Ford Motors A" experienced considerable selling pressure and dropped back 134 to 4674. Consolitdated Smelters made one of iis iirequent appearances on the board. It showed a decline of § to 400, By a Government decree all graveyards of China are to be cou- 'bined. were torn down, Level is Lowered The dam was holding back about six inches of water which collected to raise the level of the creek 'and was lowered as soon as the dam was broken, Detective Flintoff warned the juveniles not to replace the dam, HALF-PRICE SCHOOL and '18 may CHILDREN'S TICKET | . . Sparks Circus Matinee This Coupon when presented at I'HE TIMES OFFICE STARTING THURSDAY will for a ticket admitting any school pupil under 14 to Sparks' Circus matinee at the reduced price of 23¢. Pupils between 14 exchange MATINEE ticket hy paying 30c. Only a limited number issued and sold ONLY at The Times office from Thursday until noon, circus day, SATURDAY, JUNE 2 be exchanged this coupon for a THE TIMES OFFICE SWAMPED BY GLOWN CONTEST ENTRIES NEARLY 1,000 CHILDREN ENTERED IN CIRCUS CONTEST Effort Will Be Mad« to Have the Prize List Ready by Tomorrow Night If there are any children in Oshawa and district who have not entered the Clown Coloring Con- test conducted by The Times, in which circus tickets and cash prizes have been offered as prizes, it is because they have either lost their hands or the use of their eyes, Yesterday there was a steady stream of children to the editorial office, and the Clown Contest Editors' desk was quickly buried beneath the avalanche of entries. Each successive mail, too, brought in another bundle of énvelopes containing the youthful artistic efforts, until by tht clos- ing time for the contest at six o'- clock there were just about one thousand pictures of colored clowns reposing in The Times oi- fice, Even this forenoon, although the contest closed last nght child- ren kept bringing in their entries, but as those which arrived in time had gone before the judges they could not be accepted. Even with three judges, it would have heen impossible to reach a decision before Saturday had all of the entries been ploced before them, A process of elimination was therefore adopted, and every entry was carefully scrulinized. By this method the best three hun- dred pictures were submitted to the three judges for their final selection. It is hoped that they will be able to decide on the win- ners in time to have the list pub- lished in tomorrow night's issue of The Times, The tickets will be mailed out to the winners along with the cash prizes to the first six on the list, as soon as the final decision has been made, From the standpoint of interest the contest has been a tremendous success, and the only regret is that all of those who entered cannot win a prize. Those who are un- successful, however, still have the oportunity of seeing the circus at the small charge of 25 cents lL; clipping the coupon which appears in The Times and presenting it at this offfice. WIFE AND DAUGHTER REPORTED MISSING Nothing to Prompt Such an Act Declares Harold McEwan Police here were informed last night of the disappearance of Mrs Irene McEwan and her daughter Vera, aged 6 from their' home, 79 Montrave avenue, The report of the disappearance was made by Harold McEwan, husband of the missing woman, According to in- formation supplied by Mr, Mc- Ewan his wife and daughter lefi home about eight o'clock on the night of June 18 and have not been geen since. He declared that as far as 'he was aware there was noth- ing which would prompt such an act Two other daughters Helen, aged 8, and Jean aged 2, besides a son Stewart, 3, are still at home, ANOTHER ROTARY BALLOON 15 FOUND Still another of the Rotary Club balloons has been found after a long flight. This morning a mess. age was received from F. B. Whyte, of Orono, to the effect that one of the balloons released on Monday evening had been found by him on Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock, one mile west of Tyrone station, on the C.N.R,, Orono sub-division, That means that the balloon lay at its landing place overnight and all through Tuesday until afternoon without being observed. Only one balloon of all those which were re- leased remains to be reported. This balloon flew in a north-easterly di- rection from Lakeview Park, and should be in about the same local- ity as the others have been found, namely, in the district surrounding Bowmanville, WON W.C.T.U. LOUISE COURTICE Won the Junior Gold Medal in oratory at the National Convention of the W.C.T.U, here last week. O RATORY PRIZES JACK GERMOND Junior Silver Medallist in the oratory contest at the W.C.T.U, National Convention here last week. One of the interesting features of last week's National Convention of the W.C.T.U,, held in King Street United Church, was the junior oratory The gold and silver medal contest, winners are shown above. Both are pupils of Mrs. A. W. Bell, teacher of Dramatic Art, of this city. LOCAL MEDICAL STUDENTS PASS The official report of the exam- inations in the faculty of Medi- cine, University of Toronto, recelv- ed by The Times today from W, J. Dunlop, director of the department of university extension and publie- ity, was as follows: Passed the examinations In Fourth Year--C, L. Anderson, Oshawa; J, G. Cock, Oshawa; H, E. Manning, Oshawa, Passed the examinations In FiFth Year--T, Beath, Oshawa, Ontario, Passed the examinations in Sixth Year--P., T. Howell, Oshawa, Ont. CITY NEWS | 4TH OSHAWA SCOUT TROOP There will be no meeting this Friday, June 21st, owing to the absence of Mr, Ingham, and the examinations of the senior boys ot the troop. This does not mean that the 4th has dropped its meet- ings or activities for the summer, Will all the boys and commit. teemen Russell and Robinson please communicate with A.S.M, Oliver COMPLETES COURSE . Miss BE. L., Stacey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John Stacey, of this city, has successfully completed the pass course in the faculty of house- hold science at the University ot Toronto, and Miss E. M, Pearce, Oshawa, has passed In the first year of the science course ,it was announced today. PREPARING PLANS Roy H. Bishop, Toronto, has been retained as architect by the S8kin- ner Company, Limited, and is now preparing plans for the factory building to be erected on Simcoe street south, Oshawa, by this com- pany, according to a Toronto build- ing journal. The building will be used for the erection of automobile bumpers, as was previously report- ed in The Times. NEW LORD ROSEBERY IS FINE SPORTSMAN Son of Late Earl of Rose- berry Famous Cricketer and Authority on Polo London.--The new Lord Roseberry, as Lord Dalmeny recently succeeded his father, the Earl of Roseberry, Li- beral statesman and former Prime Minister, "has the task of carrying on a fine tradition, a great name, and a position which bulks large in the eyes of his countrymen," says the Daily News and Westminster, Gazet- te, "He followed in his father's foot- steps both in politics and in sport, and sat for Gladstone's old constit- uency, Midlothian, from 1906 te 1910 after having first held a commission in the Grenadier Guards. At Eton Lord Dalmeny captained at football and the rackets. Cricket he has played for Middlesex and Bucks, and, captaining Surry for three years, he achieved an outstand- ing reputation in the cricket world, A fine all-round sportsman, he feu- ces, shoots, hunts, is an authority on polo, and a month ago became a Steward of the Jockey Club, Only about 26 per cent of the rate- payers eligible to vote on money by- laws voted on the three by- laws requiring their ballots and only about 12 per cent of the electros eligible to vote at municipal elections expressed their opinion on the ques. tion regarding the election of a pub- lic utilities commission, according to figures furnished to The Times this morning by city clerk, F. E. Hare. There were 4,358 people in the city eligible to vote on the three questions of the purchase of the hydro electric and gas plants, the purchase of power from the H.E.P.C, and the establish- _-- Only Twenty-Six Per Cent Ratepayers Voted Saturday ment of an industrial area. This in- cluded several duplications, as several of the ratepayers owning property in more than one ward were elegible to vote in as many wards as they owned property. There were only 1,114 of these ratepayers cast ballots, a 26 per cent vote, : There were approximately 10,000 people elegible to vote at the last municipal election, and these all had a vote on the question regarding the election of a public utilities commis- sion. Of these, 1,195 cast their bal- lots, about a 12 per cent vote, FINED ON TECKLESS DRIVING CHARGE Convicted after he pleaded not guilty through his counsel, Louis Hy- man, to a charge of reckless driving, Benjamin Haynes, of Marmony, was fined $10 and costs by Magistrate Hind in city police court this morn- ing, Mr. Hyman stated that an ap- peal will be entered The charge of reckless driving was preferred following a collision at Athol and Simcoe streets whepsa. car, owned by a Mr. Mann and that driven by Haynes came together. Haynes was driving . east on Athol while Mann was going north on Simcoe. The accident. occurred on June 5. SOCIAL EVENT OF GENERAL MOTORS WUSICAL SOCIETY The General Motors Musical So- ciety and Orchestra held a happy reunion at Barnhart's Pavilion, Monday night in celebration of their highly successful season, The Pavilion was tastefully decorated for the occasion and a truly merry Bohemian gathering took supper at 6.30 on a long table requiring the whole length of the Pavilion to seat its occupants. Toasts were given loyally and enthusiastically to His Majesty the King, the General Mo- tors, the ladies, the executive and the orchestra, interspersed by mu- sical and vocal selections, given hy the members, as only the society can, and received with accldim and eclat by the happy gathering. Judg- ing by the speeches and responses, next season promises to not only exceed the 'success of last season, but to he something that will merit the fullest public support, giving the bes possible entertainment, Joined later in the evening ¥ many friends and supporters, danc- ing was enjoyed by all, and the evening closed on a high note of jollity and good friendship. ANCIENT BROOCH FOUND Workmen quarrying at lime kilns at Greenagh, Ireland, re- cently found an ancient Irlsn brooch in a crevice of soft rock two feet helow the surface of the ground, Dating from the sevenin century, it is of bronze and con- sists of the ring and a pin, the back of the pin being coated with enamel in a light green color, and the front and the pin of dark green enamel. WINS FELLOWSHIP ALAN WILLIAMS Son of Mrs. A. Williams, Division street, who has been awarded the Milton He Fellowship at Queen's university, The fellow- ship has a cash value of $600 and also provides for the sending of another year at Queen's University by Mr. Williams, in acience re- search work, Mr. Williams will conduct research work at the col. lege during this summer under Dr. Forsh. In his first year at the university he won a acholarship, in his second and third years he pass. ed with first class honors, and this year he gradiated with 1 high standing. FLAMES DESTROY PORTION OF BARN NEAR STATION DAMAGE LIKELY TO REACH $700--SHINGLES BURNED Barn Owned by William Frederick, Albert Street-- No Insurance Damage of approximately $700 was done when fire destroyed a portion of a large barn owned by William Frederick, 732 Albert street and situated directly south of the C., N R, station last night, The origin of the fire which started about 7.45 o'clock has not heen determined but it is believed ft was caused by sparks alighting on the shingled roof at the north- east corner, Several signboards which were 'buildt up against the barn were partially destroyed ' In Fine Condition : The barn was in splendid con- dition and contained, other than a few household articles and a F¥Ford coupe taken out of the blazing building,7 00 blocks of fice which were used in the refrigera- tors at the meat shop owned by Mr, Frederick. A small amount of this ice was melted although some was apparently none the worse for the inferno which raged around ft, 4 Difficult Situation Firemen had a difficult situa- tion to cope with since the build- ing: was well-ablaze when they ar- rived at the scene Fire blazing at both sides of the barn as well as in the interior made it practically impossible to..get.at every point at once and check the flames. The department finally subdued the flames when they attacked them from the roof. Roof Caves In Fortunately the whole roof did not cave in when a portion at the north end did, or there would have probably been serious injur- jes received by' fhe firemen who were located up there, No insurance was carried on either the building or contents, GLOSE RACE OF HOMING PIGEONS Birds of Oshawa Society Menibers Flown Distance of 282 Miles The Oshawa Homing Society held their pigeon race last Saturday from Biscotasing, Ontario, a distance of two hundred and cighty two miles air line, The weather was very warm and not the best, but in spite of this fact the birds made good time and the race was close. The following is the result of the race: 1. Bramley Bros. .uosveee.s 116346 2. V. Whiteley ..... + 1162.76 3 Bramley Bros ..ieeveeaes 116269 4d. Smith Bros. .cc.ssssesveas HOLIZ 5. 1 Askew 1159.52 , (3. Gudgeon os JIA12 7. Wotten & Merritt +..... 115148 R. Wotten & Merritt vv... 115090 9. Cowle & Rowe ......e.e. 1150.02 10. G. Gudgeon ........s000i 1149.78 11. V. Whiteley 1149.17 The next race will be held from (Chapleau, Ontario, a distance of 350 miles air line. TALKIES MAY BE BROADCAST Talkies may be broadcast as part of the programs o fthe government broadcasting system of Britain, The apparatus is said to consist of graph, or alternately of synchron- a home projector and a phono- graph, o ralternately of synchron- izing a home projector with a rad- io station in such a way that music or speech can be broadcast to ac- company a picture shown over a home projector. {| Afer 11 efforts a man recently committed suicide at Beauvais, { France. . I Finland's largest business block PAGE THREE Work For Boys In Oshawa, MAY WRITE LETTERS IN OWN LANGUAGE Ukrainians, Russians, Poles Czechs and Slovaks, and other Slavonic readers of the Times may now write anything they wish to write to the Times, in their own languages. Corres- pondence, such as letters to the Editor, articles of local interest, written in any of the Slavonic languages will be accepted by The Times, translated, and pub- lished, REDUCED TICKETS FOR CIRCUS ON SALE TOMORROW The reduced price school child- ren's ticket sale to the matinee of Sparks' Circus starts tomorrow ut The Times business office, If you have not: already cliped your cou- pon, do so today. This coupon, when presented at The Times of- fice, will be exchanged for a mat- tinee ticket at 2g cents if the child is under 14 and at 50 cents if the pupil is between the age of 14 and 18, The regular price of admis- sion to Sparks' Sircus is 50 cents for children under 12, and 75 for those who are over 12, the latter requiring an adult ticket. Thus it will be seen that many children will be enabled to buy a ticket to the matinee at a saving of 50 cents, while all others will save 25 cents on the price of admission. The chidren gaining the great- est advantage under this arrange- ment will be those between 12 ana 14, who will pay only 25 cents for a ticket which would otherwise cost 75 cents, But all: will be lucky at any age who buy these special tickets, of which only nu limited number will be sold under the time-honored custom of "first come, first served." "Vhen these tickets have heen exhausted no more wil be sold except at the regular price. No tickets at this price will be sold at the grounds or at the down-town place of sale the day of the exhibition. LAST CANADIAN - SOLDIER RETURNS FROM WORLD WiR Major Gillies Had Forty-four Operations to Give Him New Chin London.--Major James Gillies, the last member of the Canadian expedi- tionary force to return to Canada, following the world war, sailed from Southampton on board the 8.8. Cal- garic last week, He had come to Eng- land from Regina in 1914, In October, 1918, his whole jaw was blown away in the fighting around Cambrai and now, after. 44 operations, he is re- turning to the Dominion with his jaw replaced. The surgical skill of his famous namesake, Major H. D. Gil- lies, was chiefly responsible for his recovery. "Those wonderful surgeons have given me a new jawbone," Major ¢ Gillies said before his. departure. "Everything is new, for nothing was left below my lip," he added. I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. My new chin, grafted from other parts of my body, is very sen- sitive to cold and I shall not be able to go through a winter in Canada." Born EASTMAN--On Tuesday, June 18th, to Mr and Mrs, F. East- man, 28 Oshawa Blvd, a som. (143a) is to be erected in the centre of Helsingfors. Kiwanis Club May Sponsor Revival of Y.M.CA. Work: it is Announced Bosrd: of Directors: Give Favorable Consideration to Suggestion That Club Get Behind Revival of Ac- tive Interest in Local Unit E. OTTER OF YM.CA. ADDRESSES CLUB Work Among Boys in Osha- wa Badly Needs Co-ordin- ation--Y.M.C.A. Would Furnish Leaders A strong appeal for the revival of active interest in the Y.M.C.A. here and for the launching of extensive community work, especially among the boys and young men, was madé at the luncheon of the Oshawa Kis wanis club yesterday by E. Otter, of the National Council of the Young Men's Christian Association, The Kis wanis Club is considering sponsoring this work, it was announced, Work among the boys in Oshawa badly needs co-ordination, said Mr. Otter. There were 1,600 boys in the city between 12 and 18 years of age, and 500 of the ages of 10 and 1L Churches and clubs were carrying on various activities, but most of tnem were continually lacking leaders. The Y.M.C.A, developed leaders through its training courses and colleges, and make the work much more effective. "The best leader we can procure is not too good for a city like Oshawa," he said. _ Mr. Otter corrected the mistaken idea of many people that a Y.M.C.A. consisted ot a building and gym classes, "In West Toronto, where the Kiwanis club inaugurated boy work with the co-operation of the Y.M.C.A, we have no building, and yet the work in that district is of the most success« ful type. Juvenile crime in the dis- trict has dropped to a remarkably low degree, and other. results have been noticed, as a direct result of the Y.M.C.A. program of projecting ideal§ into the life of the boy through activities." > President A. J. Parkhill of the club announced that the directors of the club had met with Mr. Otter and that serious consideration was being given to the project of having the Kiwanis Club sponsor the rejuvenation of Y. M.C.A. work in this city, making the chief objective of the Kiwanis club here at this time, Further considers ation will be given to the plan, he said, At the meeting yesterday, it was announced by E. R, Birchard, chairs man' of the Kiwanis Club's spur committiee, that the softball games had been arranged between the Kis wanis, Rotary and Kinsmen's clubs, the first game being between the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs on Tuesday, evening next at 7.15 o'clock. Inters club goli matches, including not only, the Rotary and Kinsman's clubs of this city, but also the Kiwanis clubs of Peterboro and Lindsay, Kiwanian Mac McLeod, assistant captain, and Kiwanian Fred Carswell was named matchmaker for the golf matches, TODAY'S SPORT CARD Senior Baseball--General Motors at Deloro, (2 games) . Intermediate baseball, Aarabs at Peterboro, 5.43 softball, Chevs at Whitby, 6.45 Juvenile C. & 1. softball, Red Aces vs. Fittings, Cowan's Park, 6.30 * Intermediate lacrosse, Maitlands vs, Oshawa, at Motor City Stadium, 7.15 100 LATE TO CLASSIFY. TWO UNFURNISHED ROOMS Tv rent for light housekeeping Phone 1293J. (1431) FOR SALE--CREAM WICKER. baby carriage. Cheap. Apply 91 MacMillan Drive Phone 2735J. (143bY UNFUR~ <house, suit' Five FOR RENT--THRER nished rooms, new ° voung couple, No children. minutes from Motors, Phone. 3011W, (143¢c) APARTMENT TO RENT--17 QUE= bec St. 4 rooms All modern con- veniences including electric stove and refrigeration, h»t water, blinds, - curtain rods, use of laundry room and dryer, Phone 1772W, (143¢) awarded to the holders. b opened and published. 'How the Automobile Draw -- Will be Made Tonight -- In view of the wide-spread interest in the Automobile Draw at tonight's Street Fair, resulting in the sale of many tickets outside of the City of Oshawa, and in order that the prizes may definitely be awarded, it has been decided by the Committee in for each prize will be made Honour Judge Thompson and Sheriff Paxton. The first draw will be announced as soon as each ticket is taken from the churn. The numbers of the three lucky tickets so drawn will be published far and wide, and the prizes At the same time, two more sets of tickets will be drawn and placed in sealed envelopes and held by His Honour Judge Thompson. If the holders of the lucky tickets first drawn and an- nounced' do not claim the prizes within a week, the envelopes containing the first alternatives will be opened and the lucky tickets announced and if the holders of these tickets do not claim the prizes within a week, the envelopes containing the second alternative numbers will Charge that three draws out of the churn by His » Coming Events 8 Cents per word each ine sertion. Minimum charge for each insertion, 85e. KING STREET LADIES' AID. will meet Thursday, June 20th, 3 p.m. : (1482) SPECIAL SQUARE AND ROUND: dance to be held at the Sunset. Pavilion. Prizes for lucky num=- ber drawn. Admission 26c (143d) COME TO THE CONCERT AND Strawberry Social, on the lawn of Mr, Henry Hurst, 302 King: St. West, Oshawa, under th&" auspices of the Loyal True Blues" on Tuesday evening, June 25th. Admission 25c. Best local talent. : (137-143-147) ALL INTERESTED IN THE teachings of unity will please take notice that Mrs. Ida Hillis" of Detroit will give a course of lessoms on Spiritual unfoldment every Thursday evening at § p m. 138 Division street. Every=: one welcome, (1432) REGULAR WEDNESDAY NIGHT dance at Sunset Inn postponed for tonight on account of "ae tary Street Fair. (143a) a