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Chairmen .: Committees At Conference Completion of organization of the Bay of Quinte Conference of the United Church for its four-day sessions being held in King Street United Church was carried out yes- terday by the formal appointment of chairmen for all the sessional committees of the Conference. The chairmen appointed to the various 1HE OSHAWA VOL. 12--No. 123 YMCA Cornerstone AILY, TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gezette and Chronicle OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1953 PAGE THREE V] OLD PHOTO FOUND IN CORNERSTONE Taken from the cornerstone of the Oshawa YMCA building yes- terday, this old picture shows the south-east corner of Simcoe and Athol Street as it appeared ! in 1909. A notation on the back of the photo reveals that it was "enlarged by R. Newton Johns" who is still in business on Sim- coe Street North. A further note on the reverse of the picture reads "Standard Bank Boys" with their initials. Mr. Johns does not recall why it should be there unless the bank employees just "wanted to get into the act at the laying of the cornersone. Solemn Services Open Conference Two solemn and impressive ser- vices, one a Communion Service, and the other a memorial service in tribute to the ministers of the Conference who passed to their reward in the last year, marked the Tuesday afternoon session of the Bay of Quinte Conference, held in King Street United Church. The Communion Service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. George A. Telford, Conference President and minister of St. Andrew's United Church, as- sisted by Rev. M. A. Bury of King Street United Church and Rev. H. C. Wolfrain of Almonte. Rev. J. E. Griffith, of Castleton, preached the Communion sermon, The church was filled to capacity with ministerial and lay delegates, with a substantial number of wom- en delegates noticeable in the con- gregation. As the usual Commun- on hymns were sung, the mass of voices, led by a selected choir of delegates, rose in a mighty swell that filled the church and was in-| spiring in its deep cadences. Rev. Dr. Telford read the psalm selection and Rev. H. C. Wolfraim #8 New Testament scripture pas- sage. FHOUGHT-PROVOKING SERMON In a thought-provoking sermon on the death of Jesus on the Cross, Rev. J. E. Griffith said that the eat significance of the Commun- n service lay in the words of the Savior, "This is my Body." This was. the Son of God, who, in an upper room, to give courage and life to his followers to carry on his work, said "This is my Body," 8 symbol to express his triumph, and his anxiety to pass on the lements for which we are grate- ] today. The death of Jesus, said Mr. Griffith, would not save men from death but it does support them in life, + "Jesus is here with us today," id the speaker. "Unless we sense e fact that this is the body of rist and that Christ is the son f God, this service loses its signi- cance, That is the significant st.' Mr. Grffith expounded the words f Jesus spoken on the cross, stres- g that in the act of forgiveness, she redemption of mankind is se- ure. There was that in the words Father, forgive them," which akes all realize that forgiveness there in God for the taking. & The speaker said that the words *This day shalt thou be with Me! paradise" spoken to the thief n the cross, were evidence that «Christ and the Father were one, sand there was assurance that Jesus rol share the sufferings of the or] = The session of King Street Unit- #ed Church assisted in the service. "M¥MORIAL SERVICE + The memorial service in tribute ministers who had died in the past year was conducted by the Rev. R. Lorne McTavish of Osh- awa, who read the names of the | eight ministers being remembered. | They were: Rev. A. E. McCut- {cheon and Rev. G. T. McKenzie {of Belleville Presbytery; Rev. Dr. |W. P. Fletcher, Rev. Dr. J. S. I. | Wilson and Rev. R. J. Merriam of {Oshawa Presbytery; Rev. D. D. | Elliott and Rev. James Taylor of | Renfrew Presbytery and Rev. AH. | McConnachie of Peterborough Pres- bytery. In each case, said Dr. McTavish, | appropriate . funeral services had | been conducted by the Presbytery, (and tributes paid to their lives and | services in the official records. Seven of them were native sons of Ontario and one was from Scotland. | "These were men of rare gifts | which were used in pressing for- {ward the work of the church," {said Dr. McTavish. They were de- {voted to the high calling of Crist {We remember them for their 'warmth of feeling and their de- voted pastoral care of the people |under their charge. We remember {them and miss them, because they | fought a good fight for the build- {ing of Christ's Kingdom in our | midst. They had an unchangeable |faith, and when we think of them {today, we regard it as a high privilege to emulate their spirit of dedication. , { Dr. McTavish closed the memor- ial services with a moving prayer | seeking divine consolation for the |loved ones who had been bereaved | by their passing. |OPENING WELCOME | At the opening service in the | forenoon, a welcome to King Street {Church and to Oshawa was given |by Rev. M. A. Bury, of King Street | United Church. "We extend a warm welcome to you to our homes and our hearts" he said. Dr. Bury 'paid {tribute to the ministers and |churches of the presbytery for {their co-operation in planning the | conference and to other churches {which had offered their facilities {for committee meetings. One of the | committees held its meetings in the First Baptist Church. _ Prior to opening, Rev. J. E. Grif- |fith, past president, presented the {gavel of authority to Rev. Dr. Tel- (ford, the presiding officer. All presbyteries reported that | presbytery visitation to their con- gregations had been carried out, {and that all congregations were in |a satisfactory condition. Rev. J. K Moffat of Simcoe {Street United Church spoke briefly {during the opening worship serv- lice, citing the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pente- cost as an inspiration to all 'God's | people. The cross, the empty tomb land the upper room where the | disciples waited for the refurn of [their Master were cited as direct [stations to the day of Pentecost, | and when God knows that people are ready; he would visit his spirit upon them, but not until then. :G.M. Speakers' : Club Discusses :Ore Development The regular monthly meeting of *the GM Speakers Club was held 1 in Adelaide House on Monday night : with an attendance of 27 members. + Subject for the evening was the : Quebec-Labrador Iron Ore Develop- iment and was ably handled by + Rov Stevens, Gord Jarvie, Bern , Dickey, Rod Connolly and Frank , Correll, 1 AE. O'Neil was the guest speak- rer and gave the members seme ; excellent 'constructive eriticism as + well as a few samples of his well + known Celtic wit. BIRTHDAYS Congratulations are extend- ed to Cordon F. Coulter, 785 Masson Sireet, who is celebrat- ing his birthday today. REPORT TO THE PEOPLE OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL For the week ending May 23rd, 1953. Admissions, 179. Births: male, 20; female, 28. Operations: major 40, minor 42, eye, ear, nose and throat 18. Fractures 8. Treatments in emergency 21. wr CAS SP"AKER Edward J. Mitchell, regional director of the Boys' Clubs of Canada, who will be the speak- er at the annual meeting of the Children's Aid Society for Osh- awa and Ontario County, at Adelaide House on Thursday night. Ceremony Marks Special Edition Of Magazine In the offices of General Print- ers Limited yesterday afternoon, an unique ceremony took place to celebrate publication of a spe- cial Coronation Edition of "The | Rovin' Pigeon", a magazine dis- tributed to men and women in DVA hospitals across Canada and to many overseas. The project is practically the one-man effort of "Al Pat", Alex C. Joseph of To- ronto, a genial Irishman who has | had a lifelong interest in the wel fare of service personnel, |8 During the 1914-1918 conflict, Mr. Joseph served during the entire conflict with the Canadian Division overseas while in the last war, at 53, he enlisted with the RCAF and travelled across Canada opening stations under the British Com- monwealth Air Training scheme. At the ceremony yesterday in the office of A. R. Alloway, Presi- dent of General Printers, repres- entatives from. the three services were present along with many as- sociates of Mr. Joseph. Mayor J. W. Naylor of Oshawa was present to receive an auto- graphed copy of "The Rovin' Pig- eon' the nick-name gained by Mr Joseph during his travels) and to present a fine watch to Douglas Hession of Toronto whose poem "Coronation 1953'* is featured in a special supplement to the maga- zine. Mr, Hession writes under the name of Morton Douglas. An ex- RCAF man, Mr. Hession well cap- tures the spirit of the time in his splendid poem which wad read to the assembly. Mr. Joseph congratulated the printers upon the excellent qual- ity of the work and said it would be distributed widely to brighten up the lives of those in hospital. At the conclusion of the cere- mony, the guests were taken on a tour of General Printers and after- wards entertained at tea. "BLUE COAL" Price Advances June 1st. EVERYONE is going to BATHE PARK CARNIVAL FRIDAY, SATURDAY, MAY 29 '- MAY 30 ® BOOTHS e BINGO ® T.V. DRAW ATTENDANCE PRIZES COME ONE -- COME ALL FOR AN EVENING OF FUN! TI... mm lbenno cent rest its rT en LE at or MAY PRICES LOWEST OF THE YEAR FREE ADMISSION LANDER COAL 43 KING ST, WEST DIAL 5-3589 ies: Rev. C. Rev. H. committees were as follows: Dr, James Rev. Archives: Rev. Faulds, Kingston. Colleges and Students: G. A. Brown, DD, Kingston. Church properties and boundar- K. Mathewson, Lyn. Christian Education: Rav. M. C. Fisher, Brooklin. Evangelism and social service: Rev. H. A. Mellow. Finance: Rev. J. E. Glover, Mar- mora. Home Missions: Rev. Dr. George A. Telford, Oshawa. Memorials: Rev. H. W, Pointen, Woodville. Missionary and Maintenance: B. Neal, Lindsay. Missionary Education and Over- seas Missions: Rev. R. J. Mec- Pensions: F. L. Weldon, Lindsay. Publications: Rev. M. A. Bury, Oshawa. Radio: Rev. H. M. Servage, Kingston. Statistics: Rev. E. D. Snelgrove, Sydenham. Church Extension: Rev. I. G. Pollock, Peterborough. Settlement Committee: Rev. Al- fred Poulter, Wellington. Mayor States His Stand On Proclamation Last night Mayor Naylor ex- Naught, Lanark. plained to the Coronation Commit- | tee his stand in proclaiming June 2 as a Civic Holiday, which had been questioned in view of the widespread decision of Osh- awa industry and commercial busi- nesses to operate as usual. an action His Worship said that he is not too certain even yet just what his powers are in the matter but it seems that they would only extend to civic employees. However, he proclamation. On every hand we see efforts to direct our thinking and that of our youth into a democratic way of life which we are proud of. If we cannot take leadership and guidance' in these matters at a time like this, we are not doing well. I was ready to federal building. CONTENTS OF STONE Preserved in good order in the stone, were pictures, newspapers of the day and the following hand- written document detailing the long community effort which culminat- ed in the erection of a fine "Y" building. : Appended to this document is a list of the names of the Mayor, council and two officials: R. James, mayor; W. E. N. Sinclair, J. Gibson, deputy - rreeve,; D. Parks, L. Stedham, J. Stacey, G. Everitt, FF. Tanton and R. Brooks, councillors. Thomas Mor- ris was town clerk and Frank Chappell, town engineer. The document read as follows: At the provincial convention of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation of Ontario and Quebec, held at Stratford, Ontario, April 8, 9 and 10, 1908, a delegate, Rev. | Benjamin Tucker called attention {to the need for 'establishment of a |branch of the institution in the said: "I don't think it was, foolish [town of Oshawa, Ontario. to issue the | On October 21, 1908, the asso- ciation's representative, Mr. J. N. | Hopkins, visited Oshawa to enquire linto the local conditions relative to | organization of .a branch. An in- | formal conference was held in the {town hall at which several of our | most prominent manufacturers and issue a proclamation whether or ministers were in attendance. At not certain individuals and groups | this meeting, Mr. Hopkins explain- were willing to observe it." DROWNED IN LAKE MIDLAND (CP)--Arthur Leroux, 25, of Penetanguishene was drowned Tuesday while trying to swim ashore after fire broke out in the bilges of a 26-foot power cruiser on Lake Cognashene, 20 miles north of here. Police said the heavy rubber boots he was wearing when he jumped into the lake may have pulled him under. Richard Robitaille, 16, of Cogna- shene escaped from the fire and explosion which wrecked the launch. hes HONOR GRADUATE Eric _A.. Booth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Booth, 522 Rogers Street, who has graduated with honors in the civil engineering course from the Faculty of Ap- plied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto. He has taken a position with the Oshawa City Engineer's Department, ed the workings of a modern YMCA rand he was unanimously invited to return to Oshawa, when an effort {would be made to secure a larger | attendance and more fully consider |the matter of organization. Mr. Hopkins again visited us on | November 12, 1908 when a largely- | attended meeting was held in the {Council Chamber presided over by Mr. J. A. Storie. The matter of |organization was again fully dis- {cussed and after careful considera- |tion it was decided to rent prem- ises providing 200 members could be obtained who would pay the membership fee of $5 per annum, With this end in view, Mr. Hop- kins secured the services of 40 reprisentative young men who en- thusiastically took up the matter with the result that 400 members were secured in one day. Every- where much satisfaction was ex- pressed at the result of this cam- paign, and it was decided that im- mediate steps be taken to secure suitable rented premises for the furtherance of the work. With this in mind, options were received on the following proper- ties; on Dr. Cobourn's residence, Simcoe St. South, $4,500; Luke Brothers Furniture Store, King St. East, $5,000; and the American Hotel, King' St. East, $5,000. Architect C. J. Gibson of To- ronto was asked to prepare plans for remodelling these buildings, and on the evening of December 10, 1908, these plans were submitted at a largely-attended meeting in the Council Chambers. And it was agreed that in view of the archi- " 1tect's estimate for remodelling be- ing $20,000, it would be wise to obtain "plans for a new building rather than invest so large a sum on an old structure. On January 7, 1909, Mr. Hopkins submitted a plan for a new build- {ing specially prepared by architeet { Gibson, the estimated cost of which was $15,000. These plans were fav- orably considered and the archi- tect was requested to prepare spe- Of Much Interest o A 4 icifications and obtain an estimate |from the contractors. | These specifications were obtain- ed from the architect on January 25, 1909 and placed in the hands of contractor Stacey of Oshawa from whom ah estimate of $11,000 was received exclusive of heating, plumbing and lighting. At a meeting of the committee H. held in the council chamber on | April 12, 1909, Mr. Hopkins urged lan early entrance upon a campaign | to raise money for a new building, and on May 6, it was decided to conduct a four-day campaign in or- der to raise $15,000. The work was carefully outlined and the chairman of the.various committees were ap- | pointed as follows: Citizens com- mittee, Frederick Bull, Esq.; Fac- tory committee, John Gibson, Esq. Young Men's Committee, F, What- ley, Esq. It was decided further to com- mence the campaign on May 18. A businessmen's luncheon was hgld at D. M. Tod's at noon, May 13 and was presided over by F. Bull. Mr. Hopkins spoke of the prog- ress of the movements and it was announced that an additiona] sub- scription of $5,000 had been prom- ised on the condition that the sum of $20,000 wag secured. COMMUNITY EFFORT Sunday, May 16 was observed as Association Sunday, the various pulpits being supplied by Associa~ tion men. A mass meeting of men was held in the Opera House in the afternoon. Mayor James presided and addresses were given by Pro- vincial Secretary Hopkins and H. K. Cuskey of Toronto. One of the outstanding features of the movement was a citizen's banquet held in the town hall on May 17 and attended by upwards of 250 men. Robert McLaughlin presided and addresses were giv- en by F. L. Fowke MP and J. A. | Tocy of Toronto. Music was sup- plied by the Oshawa Citizen's Band conducted by Mr. Trew and the Masonic Male Quartette. * On May 18, all those connected with the finance campaign were early astir and working energetic- ally for the cause. At prominent places in town bunting was dis- played printed upon which was the real object of the campaign, name- ly to raise *'$15,000 in four days'. Great interest was displayed in a huge thermometer placed at the entrance of the committee's head- | quarters, D. M. Tod's parlors, on | which was registered the progress of the fund. The campaign concluded on May 21 at 9 p.m. and amid great en- thusiasm it was announced that $15,424 had been collected and promised. On June 11, a deputation consist- ing of Messrs. R. McLaughlin and F. L. Fowke, MP, waited upon Mr, J. C. Eaton of T. Eaton. Co. Toronto and solicited a subscrip- tion sufficient to complete the ne- cessary $20,000. Much pleasure was caused on June 15, when it was announced that Eaton's cheque for $5,000 had been receiv- ed by Mr. Fowke and public ac- knowledgement was made in the daily press by His Worship, Mayor James, Meanwhile written options had been obtained on the Wilson and Smith lots on Simcoe St. S. adjoin- ing the Oshawa Street Railway BUEHLERS SMOKED PICNIC SHOULDERS Thursday, Friday and Saturday NO PURCHASE NECESSARY ! MINCED BEEF rresu GROUND LS. 29: SKINLESS WIENERS - 2 LBS. 61: SHOULDER PORK STEAK - LB. 55. BONELESS SHLDR. POT ROAST - - wu. 39: YOU'LL SAVE MORE AT BUEHLER'S Big News Two Toronto newspapers, two Oshawa, papers and other pertinent historical items were recovered yesterday from the YMCA corner- stone as the 43-year-old building on Simcoe Street, just north of The Times-Gazette office, was finally demolished to make way for a new Post Office. There was a copy of Mayor James's proclamation announcing the occasion as a civic holiday and that the Lieutenant Governor John M. Gibson, would perform the act of laying the cornerstone on November 2, 1909. Robert Mc- Laughlin was chairman of the af- fair. HISTORY OF OSHAWA Next came from the cornerstone, a copy of a small pamphlet "Osh- awa's History" later to be expand- ed into book-length form, written by the Mayor in 1908, Dr. T. E. Kaiser. The second part of this booklet contains an index to the consolidated by-laws of the Town of Oshawa, A copy of The Oshawa Vindica- tor of October 29, 1909 reveals that Oshawa was growing. Its popula- tion was 6,063 as against 5,647 the previous year. Its total assess- ment was $2,009,389 an increase of $36,267 over the previous year. LOCAL HISTORY Local history is also recorded on the pages of The Ontario Reform: Document Tells Headlines Detail Of Great Effort Tuesday, the 2nd day of November 1909, 'was. a gala occasion in Oshawa. It was a civic holiday and the town was en fete for a visit from the Ontario Lieutenant-Governor the Hon. J. M. Gibson, who officiated at the laying of the cornerstone of the Oshawa YMCA. Yesterday, that cornerstone was removed from the demolished building which has been razed to make way for the new Oshawa Of 1909 er, another Oshawa paper, dated Friday, October 29, 1909. It prints obituaries of George ur Wiles liams, secretary-treasurer of the Williams Piano Company; Dr. W. Coburn, a former chairman of the School Board and of John G. Beck. Approach of the cold weather is reflected in the advertisement of C. W. Detenbeck, clothing mer- chant of 6 King West who urges purchase of long underwear with the comment that it is 'better than cough medicine." THE DAY'S HEADLINES Copies of The Globe and The Mail and Empire, Toronto daily papers, were also recovered. The Globe of that day boasted a circul- ation of 54,748 but the Mail and Empire did not list its circulation. The Globe's leading sfory was: R. L. Borden Stands By Canadian Naval Policy; Reaffirms his atti- tude in address to local Conserva- tives; Criticizes those who place reliance on Munroe Doctrine. The Mail and Empire deals with the same story in different fashion heading it: Canada Must Co-oper- ate in Defence of Empire; Borden delivers clear-cut pronouncement on question of naval policy. A second 'Mail' story finds that Socialist candidates suffer defeat in Britain, In Hamilton, negotia~ tions with the fledgling HEPC were top news of the day. carbarns as suitable lots for a building site. Mr. J. F. Grierson, solicitor, was requested to examine the registry of title to the Wilson and Smith properties and to as- certain whether they were incon- venient order to transfer. At a meeting of the Citizen's committee on June 24, Mr. Grier- son reported that he had done this and upon his assurance that everything was satisfactory, the committee agreed that he should prepare the. necessary documents for the purchase of the lots, the prices being $1,200 for the Wilson property and $1,000 for the Smith property. RECEIVE TENDERS At the regular monthly meeting of the Provincial Board on August 3, 1909, Mr. Bull made his report regarding tenders received. The first tender mentioned was that of Contractor Trick for the sum of $17,373, these figures being for the complete building ready for occup- ancy by January 1, 1910. After considerable discussion it was agreed that this contract be ac- cepted. On August 11, at a special meet- ing of the Provisional Board call- ed to consider the specifications by W. J. Trick, several items were revised which, if adopted, would make a net saving of $945 inclus- ive of electric lighting which had been omitted in the previous tend- er. At a meeting on August 27, it wa agreed to call for new tenders in view of the modifications in the specification and the fact that the time for occupancy had been ex- tended to June 1, 1910. A further tender was received by the Building Committee at their meeting on September 8, 1909 in which Contractor Trick agreed to build a complete structure for the sum of $15,795. On the following day, at a meeting, it was decid ed that Mr. C. A. Jones, solicitor, should draw up the contract with Mr, Trick. At the meeting on October 12, C. A. Jones announced that he had S waited upon the town council on October 4 re the exemption of taxes on the new structure and had secured this concession exe cepting the Local Improvements. The matter of laying the corn erstone was also discussed and it was the unanimous wish of the Board that the Hon, J. M. Gib- son, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Ontario, be asked to perform. the ceremony, the date to be as near October 20 as pos- sible, on account of this being the anniversary of the first meeting of the organization in this town. CHESLEY, (CP)--Fire Tues- day destroyed a newly-completed | seven-room home on First street owned by Henry Henkel. Loss was estimated at about The fire, which broke out after a severe electrical storm, may have been caused by lightning. The first highway in Canada was built between Quebec and Monte real early in the 18th century. Monvfactured In Conada by CONTINENTAL SHOE SALES CORPORATION LIMITED © Quebec City, Quebec. 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