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The Oshawa Times, 25 May 1959, p. 2

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lc ot S ; dd ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF O'KEEFE AUDITORIUM | a striking landmark on Toron- to's front doorstep. The multi- | purpose entertainment centre will have an auditorium tion some 200 feet square, Facing northerly on Front street, between Yonge and | Scott, the $10 million O'Keefe's Auditorium project will provide sec- be- | Revenue and Customs Building. 1, faced Op the auditorium is the TTC building. Photo of archi. tects' model of O'Keefe Audi- torium has been superimposed on aerial view. hind which the li tower houses Canada's largest stage. To the left foreground is the Department of National LOCAL 222 ELECTION Heavy Vote Ma Result Until Thursday al to the large number of|ing committees and positions on|' Unity" group, the slate of can- |didates trying to oust incumbent For safe keeping the ballot president Cliff Pilkey and his slate tion last week the results of the boxes were placed in the Osh- have appointed scrutineers to vote may not be known before awa Police Building for the week-|check the lend by Mr. Topham. This action, counted who cast their ballots | the district council. the bi-annual Local 222, elec-| Thursday of this week. Gerald Topham, chairman of{he said, was taken to prevent the election committee, announc- ed this morning that slightly more circulating. than 6000 members of the local had voted. This, he said, accoun- | ted for approximately 60 per cent| of the membership. He said, that, in all, close to|close fought nature of the elec- |t all the candidates but that, be- 84,000 ballots were cast for the | tion, he had taken this precaution Mr. except to say that it had not been candidates from the the custom in the past to appoint |scrutineers for these elections except in the case of candidates seeking election to the|to forestall any rumors. various executive offices, stand-| Several WEATHER FORECAST |false and malicious rumors from |done this because of the fact that He made it clear that he had number of their supporters on the| complete faith in the integrity of election committee. {cause of the intensity and the appointed any scrutineers. | First Aid v Delay Group Plans Inspection Members of the St, John Am- |bulance Association of Oshawa are busily getting their dress uni. forms into top shape, in prepara- tion for the annual inspection to be held May 27, at the Commu- nity Recreational Building. 'The inspection commences at 8.30 p.m., and it is open to the public. J. M R. Sinclair, provincial commissi will pect the |divisions. None of the Pilkey , A march past will be held, of group have {with the combined divisions of men and women drilling for the commissioner, Demonstrations of first aid and home nursing will be carried out by the women. Two casualty d rations will be held. These dramatizations serve to votes as they Mr. Topham said that they had he Pilkey faction had a greater When asked why this was so Pilkey refused to comment Tuesday Warm allow the members to work under simulated emergency conditions, CITY AND DISTRICT theory in to practice. . The men's division will give With Showers {TORONTO (CP)--Forecasts is-|and evening. Continuing warm Drivers were Bruno J. Wrubel, sued by the weather office at 5 and becoming more humid Tues-|142 Olive Ave. and Garfield T.| day. Winds southwest 15 today,| WIV, {the Wrubel vehicle Was $50 and be sent to Ottawa } ato the Wry vehicle, $10. Consta- He will also inspect the minutes am. Synopsis: The rising tempera- southerly 15 to 25 Tuesday. ture trend that began in Ontario. Kirkland Lake, Timmins - K Sonday is expected to continue|Puskasing regions, today. Temperatures should Sudbury: Sunny and warm to-| reach the mid-70s this afternoon day, clouding over tonight Tues-| in southern and central regions. day mainly cloudy and more In Northern Ontario increasing humid with scattered showers or cloudiness will herald the ap-|thundershowers. Winds southwest ' proach of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Colder air from| Tuesday. he north will move into north- Western Ontario Tuesday. The| témainder of the province can expect warm and more humid weather Tuesday with scattered showers or thundershowers, Regional forecasts valid nlidnight Tuesday Trenton 'Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake St. Catharines Ontario, Niagara, Georgian Bay, Hamilton Haliburton regions, Windsor, Lon- Muskoka don, Toronto, Hamilion: ' Sunny Killaloe and - warmer today. Increasing Earlton cloudiness Tuesday with scat-|Sudbury tered showers or. thundershowers North Bay developing during the afternoon Kapuskasing Forecast Temperatures Low tonight High Tuesday Windsor ......0.. St. Thomas .. London Wingham until Toronto | | y * RAIN FAILS TO DISCOURA BOY Most of the outdoor events We're Scouts -- we-doifif mind | scheduled for Saturday in Osh. | a little rain." Pieffired above as awa were cancelled because of | they keep their campfire a rain -- but not the Boy Scout | ing despite the rain, are Camporee at Camp Samac. In | members of the Wolf Patrol | the words of one of the boys, | the 15th Ostiawa Scout-Préop. ' fisteranction of Drew St. and Mit. North Bay, ble C. H. Smith investigated. planned {demonstrations in bandage appli. |third cation, and artificial respiration. Members of the division are used as cases needing these types of treatment, amount of authenticity. The commissioner will witness 384 Drew St. Damage to| [these events and his report will $60 DAMAGE An accident occurred at the hell Ave. at 12:05 a.m. Sunday. giving them the opportunity to put| °C: offering a maximum | Stone Laid For Church The congregation of King Street Pentecostal Church, with a corner stone laying for their love- NY Sev edifice on King street gregation, - presided Rev. Tom Johnstone, Mi of leges of the Pentecostal Assem- stone assisted by the builder, Arnold Bell who is a member of the church, Rev. James S. Pierce, pastor Simcoe Street Pente- costal Church, led in prayer. After laying the corner stone, Mr. Johnstone gave a short ex- hortation reminding the congre- gation that the church was a rallying place where the mem- bers could be prepared, trained and equipped to go out and reach the community with the gospel. The service concluded with Rev. R. E. Sternall pronouncing the The new church will' have a seating capacity of 330 in the main auditorium with a nursery, | a spacious fover and minister's office. Complete Sunday School facilities are provided in the, basement with a small audt-) torium and kitchen. The building is expected to be, completed by early fall. Whitby Barn Destroyed By Flames WHITBY (Staff) -- A barn on the Hood estate burmed to the ground near here early this morning despite efforts of the Whitby Fire Depariment to ex- tinguish the blaze. The firemen had difficulty in locating the barn and by time they arrived the fire was out of control. The blaze was first noticed by a constable of the Whitby Police Department around 12.55 a.m. The barn is located west of Cochrane street on the third concession in Whitby Township. It was reported to be empty except for some hay and straw, Fire Chief Bruce Corner said that no estimate of the damage was yet available. He said that the difficulty in locating the barn was due to the| ittuctions the department re- The brigade went first to an- other barn, also located on the third concession and by the time they arrived at their destination the blaze was too advanced to extinguish. Home Missions and Bible Col- blies of Canada laying the corner- the when he won the shot put and the ond place. Again Pickering could in the] |broad jump, when Radcliffe was Ag Bi one block west of| pastor, Knight, of this fast woul con- Pictured above is the third confirmation class of St. Mark's Anglican Church, Beurling av- enue, Oshawa. The new class, the largest in the three-year CONFIRMATION CLASS AT ST. MARK'S ANGLICAN CHURCH which shows the class, and Rev, J. N. Lothian, Pastor of St. Mark's, right, rear, was taken Jilowiie the service Sunday, | May 2 Ae oniiava Times Photos history of St. Mark's, was con- -- firmed Sunday, May 17, bv Rt. Rev. F. H. Wilkinson, MA BD, DD. Bishon of the Diocese of Toronto, The above picture, Pickering Is Second In Track Meet ORILLIA -- Pickering District High School made a strong bid for the title at the Central On- tario S d Schools Associa- To Show Medel O'Keefe Centre A reception will be held at Hotel shows and drama. In his opinion, | Genosha today for Hugh P. Wal-|Canadians are extremely discrim-| ker, managing director of the inating in their theatre tastes and O'Keefe Centre, to mark the start| will only patronize the best shows. of the O'Keefe Centre Contest in| Broadway producer, Alexander Osh May 25 to May 31, in-|H. Cohen of New York, is to rep-| } SEND FLOWERS by Wire Delivery and Quality Guaranteed by the world's most tion track and field meet at Cou- chiching Park Saturday, but were nosed out by Richmond Hill by a margin of two points, 44-42. Paul Munroe, Pickering's top athlete, kept Pickering im the picture. He won the 440, was sec- ond in the hurdies and third in the mile relay team. Other district winners were Allan Dawson of Pickering who won the 100 yards. Tushington of Whitby who scored a double, the 440 and 880 yards events in the intermediate ranks. Merrith of Oshawa, who also took a double i, Tork: Mr Cohen na ry 1 In a preview audien Mr, | York, . n has Ic! Walker stressed t entertainment for 18 years. In that the Keele 195359 he represented the New Locust and Erlanger Theatres in Philadelphia and booked attrac- tions at such a pace the theatres ing in Toronto |topped a million dollars gross for its surrounding municipali.|the season. On the producer's sch- for next season is the long- run London hit revue "At The Devvery "Improved transportation facili- Drop of a Hat", i Ee curly of Wighways Et Tart ns Yoho {0 bring the O'Keefe Centre within| "ak Van Doren's "The Last Days of Lincoln": and Robert an evening's entertainment. Only| er vaet " an hour from' Oshawa, is } Graves musical legend "Song of FLORISTS : 102 KING ST. WEST javelin throw in the senior divi- sion Pickering took the senior mile relay in 3.49.8 represented by| Robertson, Pearce, Moore and Munroe. Pickering again scored in the senior 440 yard relay. Pickering"s Munroe took sec- ond in the senior hop, jump, while Cresswell' the pole vault took him to sec- only make second place Ibosten by Smith of Richmond In the intermediate division, Dawson, Pickering, took the 100 yards in 11.1 secs. Tushington, Whitby, scored in the 440 yards in 54.9 secs. He also won the 880 with Draine, of Ajax, in second place. Draine, however, took first OBITUARY dquarters. |of previous meetings and the| treasury report. FLOODED HEATER | The annual inspection is not al Only one call was received by competition among the many the Oshawa Fire Department dur-|branches of the St, John Associ- ng the weekend. The fire fighters ation, but serves to insure a con- [15 to 25 today, southerly 20 to 30| Were called to 199 Harmony road |tinuation of progress from year {south to extinguish a flooded|to year. space heater at the residence of H. 0. McLeod. No damage was| reported. Six ambulance calls| were answered all on account of sicknes: OPENING POSTPONED Owing to inclement weather | | conditions the opening of Thorn- [ton' s Corners Community Associa- [tion Park, which was to have] been opened last Saturday, was postponed. The opening will be held Wednesday of this week, May 27, commencing at 7 p.m The full program will be held as| | IOOF Plans Activities 'For Summer Thursday evening, May 14, saw Eastern Star Lodge, No. 3 IOOF, Whithy, come to Corin- |thian Lodge, No. 61, Oshawa and confer the second degree on Brothers F. McCammon, A. | Phillips, G. Freeman and C. | Todd. The degree was conferred in a 'capable manner under de- | gree captain Bro. Harvey At- {wood. After lodge was closed the 'brothers retired to the banquet hall for refreshments. Last week, May 23, the third degree team of Corinthian Lodge, under captain Brother Jack Tay- {lor, conferred the third degree or [the degree of truth on the same | brothers. At the end of the degree | DAVID 8. CRAWFORD A lifelong resident of the dis-| trict, David 8. Crawford died at the Oshawa General Hospital fol| lowing a short illness, on Sun- day, May 24. He was in his 87th| year. Ason of the late Mr, and Mrs. Carpenter Crawford, the dec- eased was born in Pickering township and farmed in Picker- ing and Whitby townships until his retirement in 1944. Mr. Craw- former Annie Carlton, Mr. Crawford leaves two daughters, Mrs. Lome Tran (Madeline), of Almonds and Mrs. Henry Sonley (Velma), of Whitby and six sons, | Gordon of Oshawa, Gormley of Orono, Garnet of Whitby, Lorne of Brooklin, Ralph of Whitby and Elmer of Scarboro. Also surviving is a brother, |, Richard of Pickering; 3 grand- this event. | |took first place in the hop, step place in the mile in 4.54.6. Wood, of Oshawa, took third place in McCullough, of Bowmanville, |and jump, while Wiison, of Pick- ering, and Mewett, of Oshawa, were second and third respective- ly in the high jump Craig, of Pickering, took the pole vault, and Hali, of Ajax,| placed in the javelin throw. , of Bowmanville, placed second in the broad jump. In the junior events, Werry of Bowmanville placed third in the step and) s effort in Songs". x cation makes for reqdy access by| ar. walker used Cohen's nante (road, train end subway. Parking|, + and past successes to illustrate RA 5-1131 [is a Jacility which has been stres-|i},¢ the O'Keefe Centre was Jeav- . [sed", he emphasized. ing no stone unturned in Ms the type of enter- |tainment which will be available, [Scarch for top shows. Already "My Fair Lady" and "Flower Mr. Walker said they would do , the utmost to bring Canadians the| Drum Song" have been 'optioned | best of Broadway -- both musical for the 1960 season. CELEBRATING | JOHN BURTINSKY FLORIST Flowers for ofl 124 DUNDAS W. WHITBY MO 8-3324 Whitby BIRTHDAYS tional Ballet and The Opera Fes. Congratulations and best tival Society as outstanding ex- amples of the progress being wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district {made by Canadian companies. who are celebrating birth YOUR MODERNIZE 3% PAY LATER Why take chances on the safety of your and waste money at the same time--with out furnace. Let us help you select the right and model ANTHES furnace to suit your home heating And we'll arrange PAYMENTS TO SUIT YOUR BUDGET Call us today and arrange to install low-cost, carefree before next heating season. DIXON'S 313 Albert St. RA 3-4663 NOW avenue; Mrs. Mary Fleming, 75 Wilson road south; Wallace L. Wil- son, 102 Harmony road south; Ernest Shepperdson, 1306 Min- den avenue; Steve Ferenc, 287 St. Eloi. The first. five persons to in- form The Oshawa Times of their birthdays each day will receive double tickets to The Regent Theatre good for a four-week period. The current attraction is "Al Capone". Reports on birthdays will be received only between the hours of 8 am. and 10 am. DEALER 220 yards, and was d to Chatyor of Oshawa in the 440 yards, Tuonicliffe of Oshawa placed second in the 880. Stroud of Pickering placed sec- ond in the hop, step and jump. In the two miles open event, Robertson of Pickering placed second Behind Richmond Hill and Pick- | ering in the points standings were | Thornhill, 31; Peterborough, 30; Oshawa Central, 24; Bowman- Tile, 16; St. Andrew's and Ajax, 15; Trenton, 13; Midland, 12 and Whitby, 11. children and 15 great-grandchil Kiwanis Club of Oshawa SUMMER CAMP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS dren. The funeral service will be held at the Robinson Funeral Chapel, Brooklin, at 2.30 p.m. tery. Rev. 8. J. Hillier, minister of Brooklin United Church, will HOW LONG HAS im BEEN since enjoy fine by 4+ and in Timombers ot Coffees Shop Genoshe Hotel? conduct the services. [the new brothers spoke briefly. Bro. French reported that he |would be going to Dundas on Jun 13 for the dart - baseball finals between Linden and Whit- {by and that he had room for two or three passengers. Brother {James Freeman, VG, gave an- other lengthy report on the broth- | ers who are sick and that several of them were soon going back to work Brother Lloyé: Brown "reported |that just a few brothers ahd turn- {ed their names in for a night of bowling and that he would wait for a few more names before he spoke for the alleys. If the music from the old ministrel shows can be located it is planned to have a night of music and # possible to convince the former end-men we will also have a few skits or acts taken from former shows. The plans for the" District No. 41 annual picnic are now well under way and it is hoped to have a good turnout on June 27. For any further information contact the NG or any of the brothers who lare on the district committee. Brother Freneh reported that |as he has had the chairmanship ovof the District Dart - Baseball |Committee since 1954 he would {be relinquishing this position at the next meeting which he would > calling shortly. | CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUBJECT : The spiritual identity of the er Bill Corby, Randy Coppins, |man of God's creating was Robin Simons, Robert Glecoff, |brought out at Christian Science Patrol Second Earl Killingbeck |services Sunday, May 24 in the = | 4 7% AS ny SCOUTS Left to right are: Patrol Lead- Sensational M. LEAN TENDER THIN SLICED LEAN MINCED BEEF RIB & SHOULDER and Bob Corby | Lesson-Sermon entitled "Soul and --Oshawa Times Photo |Body'. Th CLUB STEAKS PORK LIVER LAMB CHOPS TROUD! 54 [54 SIMCOE ST. N. | ST. N. Tuesday and Wednesday Only! ie - 49° - 19° 3 1.00 | .39° | The Kiwanis Club of Oshawa has again decided to extend its season for 1959 so as to provide two camping periods of 12 days each for paying campers. The charge will be $25.00 for the full period of 12 lays, the lowest rate Shor nged by any paying camp in Ontario. Ages are from 9 $ DATES % GIRLS' PAYING CAMP -- JUNE 29 TO JULY 11 BOYS' PAYING CAMP -- JULY 13 TO JULY 25 These Camps will be under the experienced camp leadership of T. W. Cotie. Parents interested in sending their boys and/or girls to a splendid Summer Camp which offers: : ® ALL ROUND RECREATIONAL PROGRAM ® WELL PLANNED MEALS ® SUPERVISED SWIMMING POOL are asked to fill in the coupon below and send it to: E. A. CAY 53 ALBERT ST. NAME OF CHILD cssanan ADDRESS. .......... PHONE No. ....c0q0e SIGNATURE OF PARENTS Sending in the coupon involves no obligation. Those replying will receive further information on the camp, and blank application forms. MAILOR DELIVER COUPONS TO THE ..IWANIS CLUB SUMMER CAMP COMMITTEE c/o E. A. CAY, 53 ALBERT ST. Ki :

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