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Ava J3a3 A \ } »! | J | | considerable 2 ae bo THE BOYS WHO MOVED into the Kiwanis Camp at first of their special events 'Wednesday night. In the upper Bh picture the boys are seen gathered around their camp fire as they staged an Indian Pow Wow. In the lower pic- of ture two young 'Indians", Tom McIntyre and Bill (Dusty) Lynd, are seen par- ticipating in Indian wrestling. § $75.01; $88.94 Is Average Wage In Oshawa OTTAWA (Special to The Osh- awa Times) -- Sarnia, the oil and chemical city, is the only The Oshavon Times SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1961 PAGE NINE Canadian community where average weekly wages and sal- aries top the $100 figure. Latest statistics from the Department of Labor show that Sarnia's average income is now at $101.23 a week. A year age, Sarnia ranked second to the steel city %|of Sault Ste, Marie, but it has been a leader since January of this year. The dubious honor of having the lowest averagc weekly wages goes to St. John's, New- foundland, where the figure is $58.13. Toronto's figure is $80.85 and averages for a group of other g |cities is as follows: Quebec, $65.01; $88.94; Guelph, $71.57; Galt, $69.58; Sudbury, $91.93; Tim- mins, $70.08; Port Arthur and Fort William, $78.87. By provinces, British Colum- bia is the leader with an aver- age of $85.36, with Ontario in Oshawa, # |second place at $80.53. Other : |provinces in descending order, Alberta, $79.61; Quebec, Manitoba, $73.12; Sas- $73.00; Newfound- are, katchewan, Oy land, $72.23; New Brunswick, More than 65 boys ing the camp. --Oshawa Times Photos are attend- reluctance . Morton, of Fairport|t tor, to air their griev- at a il ti on welfare ad-\was a Toronto responsibility -- and he waited for the city to Pickering Welfare Case "Has Sequel In Council BROUGHAM -- It was with point. He stated that he felt that|that he could not consider "the Township Council per-| barely 16-year-old girl (Mr. Mor- on's niece) for welfare -- she d to it. Monday night. Deputy-Reeve Edgar James moved a resolution that Mr. Morton be not heard at a pub- jic meeting, but in camera at a later date. "In the past we have been prone to have municipal em- es raked over the coals in lic," said Councillor Ross "Perhaps we could out in a committee ng. Councillor Harvey Spang dis- #greed. "I think any problem comes before council be put before the public," said. "My feeling is," said Council-| lor Milton Mowbray, "that if we| are going to make a mistake, it is preferrable to err on the side of disclosing too much than disclosing too little." REARING FAVORED Councillors Clifford ahd Hatry 'Boyes fell 'Ha dace the welfare administrator should | both be heard. | Reeve J. S. Scott remarked | that it seemed any member of | the staff, or even council, is| subject to abuse, "We could call it occupational hazard," he said. "I would be loathe not to hear Mr. Morton, so long as it is within the bonds of decency." Mr. James' motion was de- Yeated. "It could be very em- barrassing to one of our em- ployees," he said. Mr. Morton held the floor for some time, stating that he had applied for welfare for his niece, who, he said, was ill and| had recently come to live with| him from Toronto. EXPRESSES RESENTMENT Mr. Morton expressed resent- ment of Mr, Cane's attitude re- garding the issuance of welfare in this case, and mentioned a number of things which, he said, the officer said and did and which, in his opinion, did not fit in with the duty of a welfare officer. He said that he believed the questions which were required to be answered on the welfare forms were suf- ficient, and objected to the questions which he said were asked of his niece by the ad. ministrator, Mr. Morton declar-| ed that Mr. Cane had told his | housekeeper "that my niece was stupid." "I would suggest that Mr.| Cane be examined by a psychi- BIT SUSPICIOUS picious," he said, "and intended to make a full investigation." He said that under the Welfare cerned, the eligibility of the "In this case I was a bit sus- Act, as far as assistance is con- applicant must be determined, and welfare is paid at the dis- cretion of the welfare adminis- trator. "It is very disturbing to live here 40 years and have a man starting a personal character denunciation of my capabili- ties," said Mr. Cane. "I refuse to be intimidated by this sort of thing." Mr. Morton, permitted to speak again on the case, refer- red to the investigation Mr. Cane had made of his charac- fare was amount." person is unable to work be- cause of illness, welfare should be extended as far as rules and "a very niggardly "I feel," he said, "that if a regulations permit." A resolution was passed that no action be taken respecting the complaint of Mr. Morton concerning the conduct of the Welfare Officer. PICKERING BRIEFS The federal government has approved the Metro Toronto and egion Conservation Authority's capital funds plan, Pickering Township Council was advised on Monday night. The authority submitted a 1961 requisition of $5,150.80 to the township. A kennel licence was granted to Peter Barron, Con. 7, Lot 89, to keep fox terriers. Mr. Barron submitted approval of two neighbors and Bylaw En. forcement Officer Harry Ash- ton. George Christensen, of Green river, objected to the "Green ter, and asked if this was done on Township time. He recom-| mended that Mr, Cane be asked How many "visits 'He makes. { 94 YEARS OLD Andrew Millar, of Main street, Uxbridge, celebrated his 94th birthday Monday, July 10. Mr. Millar was born in Ireland July 10, 1869, and is still active around his home and garden. He enjoyed year- ly hunting trips up until two years ago. River Wrecking Company" drawing used lumber on to prop- erty on Highway 7, and along Laycox to keep a record of his time and a sideroad at Green River. By. law Enforcement Officer inds| the mater appeared on the] Mr. Morton complained that ton will prosecute if he finds agenda and both parties were the $40 per month which hisjthey are operating a wrecking present that Mr. Morton and!niece now receives from wel- yard without a licence. Men May Work To Pay Off Poll Tax "Single men who are delin- quent in their payment of Poll Tax may be working down at Lakeview Park this week," said Herbert Bathe, superintendent of Oshawa Board of Parks Man- agement yesterday. Mr. Bathe and other Board of Parks members decided at a meeting at the park that it would be necessary to spend from $1,500 to $2,000 to patch damage done to a 10-acre seg- ment of Lakeview Park by last Saturday's heavy rainfall, in combination with continued pic- nic and fun fair activity by Local 222 picnickers after the downpour. Mr. Bathe contended that the most inexpensive course of ac- tion would be to rotovate, level and reseed the heavily rutted parts, and to reseed the bare patches, This, the board ap- proved. He said that after a discus- sion with Mayor Thomas, he would invite those people who | owed the city poll tax to work: 'along with parks workmen at Those who owe the tax are un- Lakeview Park. | | with, I am giving these men the chance to work off their debt." Mayor Thomas said those men who owed more than one year ($10), would not be asked to work one day a year for a few days for nothing. It was hoped that a few days' work would result in the men, not only clearing their debt, but in Jving a few dollars to help out, The Poll Tax is assessed against those single working men who do not live in and completely support self-contain- ed accommodation. This gen- erally means those who live at home and roomers. The city yield from this yearly tax is ap- proximately $20,000, NEED 25 MEN , Depending upon 'Mr. Bathe's needs for Lakeview Park, more than 25 men might be asked to work, City Tax Collector, Clarence! Cox said today: "Of course we can't force these men to work. employed, otherwise we would GM Sponsors Orchestra At Shell A series of four conceris is scheduled for the McLaughlin Bandshell, in Memorial Park this summer. The series will be sponsored by General Motors of Canada Ltd. and the radio and transcripion fund of the record- ing industry. Under the direction of Bernard Tierney, local musician, a 12- member orchestra of union mu- sicians will perform on Thurs- day nights at the bandshell. The first in the series is scheduled for next Thursday and the remaining three will be scattered throughout August. Dates for the remaining three concerts are not yet set. Mr, Tierney said today that the concerts will feature musi. cal selections from recent Broadway productions. It is hoped, he said, that a guest ar- tist will perform at each of the four concerts. It Is hoped, Mr. Tierney said, tha comedian Billy Meek, of Toronto, will headline the first of the series. Others have not yet been selected, The musicians who will per- form are all members of Y.ocal Association. $64.54; Nova Scotia, 364.24; Prince Edward Island, $56.93. Checker Club Champions Are Decided Oshawa checker players re- cently attended the annual tour- nament held at Fred Vacher's spacious home in North Toronto. This event is a four-hour con- test on the "go as you please" style of play. When the scores were tabulated all were pleased to know that Fred Vacher, the host, had won his own trophy by one point over Eddie Thomp- son of Toronto. Oshawa players included Jack Johnson, Len Hagerman, Bill Lynde and Jim Moore. Top checker players were present from Toronto, Hamilton, Lon- don, Woodstock, Peterborough and Trenton. Miss Mary McNab, Secretary of the Ontario Checker Associa- tion, presented the Vacher Tro- phy to Mr. Vacher. A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Vacher by E. S. Mould, checker editor of the Toronto Star. COUNTY CHAMPION Bill Lynde of Oshawa won the Ontario County championship. In the finals he won an eight- game series from Len Hager- man with two wins, one loss and five draws. Jack Johnson and Eugene Rymdzionch were semi - finalists in this event. Other contestants included Bill Heron, of Brooklin; Ernie Hea- ley and Bob Storry, of Port Perry; Charlie Barkey, of Stouffville; Geo. Whitelaw, of Whitby; Geo. Moore, of Burke- ton and Joe Wood, Aime Poirier, Jim Moore, of Oshawa. Mr. Lynde will hold the W. E. N. Sinclair Trophy as Ontario County Champion for one year. In the city of Oshawa, Class "A" championship, Jack John- son and Aime Poirier are final- ists. Due to illness this event has not been decided. Other players included Bill Lynde, Len Hagerman and George Moore. The Class '"B" trophy for the City of Oshawa championship was won by Garret Reker. Jim Moore was a finalist for this ROTARY POOL MAY OPEN SATURDAY Water in the Rotary Park pool is circulating and the filters are working proper- ly. The gas chlorinator sys- tem is receiving final ad- justments. And the pool may open Saturday. This report was obtained at 10:20 a.m, today from Herbert Bathe, Oshawa Parks superintendent. Last Thursday and Friday crack sealant was applied. Last Sunday the pool was partially filled to allow for testing Monday and Tues- day. Reduce Hill At Harmony Traffic will be detoured from King street east, in the vicinity of Harmony road, for the next two months according to Fred Crome, city engineer. The proj- ect began Tuesday morning. It is designed to lower the crest of the hill on King street, just west of Harmony road. Mr. Crome said that the hill feet to provide better sight dis- tance along King street. At present, Harmony road is a blind intersection for cars travelling east on King street., The road construction involves lowering water and gas mains and telephone cables. W. B. Bennett Paving Limited holds ment of the road. velopment, a study of the traffic situation will be conducted and traffic lights may be installed. hill will contribute to eliminat- ing the traffic hazard which exists at the present time. Choir Members Enjoy Bowling Choir members of Albert Street United Church and their partners met at the church last Friday night and proceeded to the Eastway Lanes for a few games of bowling. Notwithstanding the fact that some of the members had sel- dom or never attempted this game before, a jolly time was enjoyed and some interesting scores were marked up though perhaps no records were made. Bowling finished, the party brought a very pleasant eve- ning to a close with lunch at the Bo-Peep restaurant. Firemen Free Beverage Worker A Hambly's Beverage Limited employee, William Hayward, was treated and released at Oshawa General Hospital today after firemen freed his foot which was wedged between the wheel and body of a front end will be lowered four and a half] § the contract for the improve-| § Upon completion of the de-| : The lowering of the crest of the| © MORE THAN $1500 "It will cost the city $1500 to $2000 to patch up damage caus- ed at Lakeview Park by last Saturday's heavy rainstorm," said Herbert Bathe, superin- tendant of Oshawa Board of Parks Management, yesterday. Mr. Bathe, with other mem- bers of the Oshawa Parks Board, attended an informal meeting at Lakeview Park to determine churned by activity of heavy fun fair machinery and cars. North and west of this area, the ground used as a car park was deeply scored. Oshawa Parks Board mem- bers, who roamed the area, were Alfred Brisebois, chairman; J G. Geikie, past chairman; Her- bert Bathe, Harry Millen and Elmer Dixon. the extent of damage to the park's grassy area caused by the downpour. Some 10 acres of ground at the park was the site of the annual picnic of Local 222 UAW, , In the south east corner, where the rides and booths were lo- cated, there are deep ruts and most of the area was badly Members felt that the Union was in no way to blame for the damage. It was not until 2 p.m. that the rain started, proving to be the worst weather the picnic suffered in 10 years. The only picnic considered as large as Local 222's is the one held annually by the Milk Driv- ers' Union. In this case most Parks Board Members View Damage To Park of the picnickers eome from the Toronto area, Mr. Dixon said the board should consider converting the damaged area into a parking lot. It has long been the board's contention that parking facilities at Lakeview Park were inade- + t i t of the ' '"That is ou! question" Mr. Geikie sald. "It would cost $10,000 to do that". After a thorough inspection it was decided to, in effect, patch the damaged portions, Mr. Bathe suggested that to Rotovate, level and reseed would be less expensive. The parks supers intendant conservatively estie mated $1500 to $2000 would be involved to patch the ragged 10-acre area, loader. Firemen, assisted by hydro workers, used an acetylene cut- ing torch to free the man's foot. Dr. G. Gillen, of the Osh- awa Clinic, was at the scene to administer treatment. Mr. Hayward was taken to hospital with a foot laceration and possible fractures. He was trophy. Garret was pr ted with the L. E. Hagerman Trophy by the donor. Other players included Bill Merchant, land Don Wilson. The Oshawa club has declared both Class "A" and Class "B" as open trophies to allow dis- itrict players to compete in both tournaments. Within the next month plans will be discussed {by Oshawa members to open the 1961-62 season. Alex -McMurchy, Charlie Evans| | proximately $260 in the one ac- later rel d after treament in the emergency department. TWO CARS COLLIDE Damage was estimated at ap- cident reported 'to the 'Oshawa Police Department Wednesday. Cars driven by David Leonard Manning, 17, of 587 Ritson road north and Robert James Chris- tenson, 36, of 60 Westmoreland avenue, came into collision on the Nonquon road. The Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario, AF and AM, at its annual commu- nication in Toronto Wednesday Whitby, as district deputy grand master for Ontario District. He succeeds W. C. Wakelin, of Cobourg. A native of Whitby, Mr. Rycroft served as master of Composite Lodge, No. 30, AF and AM, Whitby, in 1957. He re- ceived his education in Whitby schools. He entered the employ of Alger Press Limited in 1941 as a lithographer and in 1942 join- |ed the staff of the Canadian [Bank of Commerce. After his 3 {transfer to Colborne in 1943, he len |where he served as an instruc- tor. He later served Royal Canadian Air Force. He also served as zn Instructor {149, of the Toronto Musicians' with the Ontario Regiment. Returning to Whitby, he re. | Asked about Poll Tax labor| have collected through their em.| The program for next week's|turned to the Bank of Com-|the Church of England, having atrist," said Mr. Morton, who today, Mayor Christine Thomas ployers. If they had tangible debut will take the audience merce in 1946 in Oshawa and been president of the men's declared that the administrator said: "I know this is an unusual assets we could send the sheriff back to the early 1930's jazz and was transferred two years later|club, treasurer of the building {fund and a member of the par- was "very hostile, very excited, departure from usual, but I look in for seizure, and realize the the musicians will work up to the Whitby branch. talking quite loud," when he vis-|upon this as a way of helping money that way. If they refuse|to the modern day conception of ited his home to have his niece take an affidavit that the wel-| fare papers were correct. | A. W. Cane was heard at this) those w. the city. Since 1951 Mr. Rycroft has|ish council. He was also instru- ho owe the money, and to work I would consider bring-|jazz. The concerts are free and directed sales for the Pal-O-Pak mental in starting a Boy Scout| Phillip Solomon and Dan Loge- . Rather than keep this ing them up in Magistrate's|stricly informal. They will last Company of Whitby in Eastern Troop. He is also an active man gave the Storie Park team debt on the books, and I would Court. And the offence carries approximately two hours, begin- Canada, like to see poll tax done [way a jall sentence." ning at 8.59 p.m. He is an active member of Whitby Mason Is District Deputy elected Charles B. Rycroft, of listed in the Canadian army i in the § CHARLES B. RYCROFT fi |side in the final and Northway Northway Park Wins Tin Can Cricket Title Eighty-five teams from 22 playgrounds participated in the Tin Can Cricket Tournament at Bathe Park. The tournament, largest of its kind ever held in Oshawa, was 'an unqualified suctéss™ "in "the Words "of 'Jim Ward, assistant director of rec- reation. In the over-all standings Northway Park, one of the smallest and unheralded of the city's parks, scored an impres- sive 36 points to win the aggre- gate championship. They were closely followed by Storie Park and Harman Park who tied for second with 33 points. Nipigon and Eastview Park with 31 and 27 points, respectively, rounded out the first five places. Led by Susan Hicks and Cathy Wiltshire, winners of the junior girls' championship, the Northway contingent had three of their four entries playing in final events. The sister combin- ation of Linda and Karen Purdy in the senior girls; Dick Ander- son and Larry Hicks, senior boys and the champions in the junior girls, Susan Hicks and Cathy Wiltshire. The senior boys' champion- ship was won by Harman Park who repeated their win of last year. Roy Joseph and Alan Holt led their park to victory over the Northway pair by a final score of 34 to 19. Earlier Harman had eliminated Sunny- had sidelined Dr. S. J. Phillip's Park. Eastway Park's entry won the laurels in the senior girls' com- petition edging the Purdy sis- ters of Northway 5 to 4 in the final game. Karen Purdy was forced to retire with a slight in- jury and Cathy Wiltshire filled her role. However, Linda Dalesh and Sharon Turner were not to be denied their victory for East- {member of the Whitby Rotary|10 points and the team cham- 'Club. i view. pionship in the junior boys' divi- Board Approves School Addition Three persons who appeared at a committee of adjustment meeting Wednesday night to op- pose a six-room addition to St. Christopher's School, Annapolis avenue, were almost forgotten by chairman Louis S. Hyman, Qe The committee had ageed to grant the Separate School Board relief from the regulation re- quiring at least a four-acre site for a school and Board Adminis- trator Frank Shine had already left the room, when Mr. Hyman noticed the three persons getting up to go. (St. Christopher's was built in 1956, said Mr. Shine, The zon- ing bylaw came into effect in September, 1957. The school is on a 3.3 acre site.) FENCES DAMAGED Their main complaint was that children were jumping over garden fences after baseballs. "I've put up two fences now," said H. Vanstrien, Fairleigh ave- nue, "and both have been pulled down. I have a six-foot fence now but everything still comes over. "With this addition it will be worse. I don't like to see kids cooped up in a corner." Chairman Hyman ruled that their objections "have nothing to do with us". The committee of adjustment was set up to deal with minor vaiances to the zon- ing bylaw. 11 APPROVALS Clarke street, was asked to have sketches prepared, for next meeting, of his plans to build a detached garage, which will ex- ceed both lot and accessory building coverage. Those granted: Lnigic Matlel, Cromwell wives nue, insufficient sideyard, foot- ings poured due to surveying error. M. Labriola, Simcoe street south, detached garage exceed- ing lot and accessory building coverage. D. Haynes, King street west, office building to come within B feet of the front property ne, H. C. Crouter, Frontenac ave. nue, porch to have insufficient sideyard. H. Gay, Bruce street, apart. ment building to exceed height restriction in R3 zone. D. Lander, King street west, erection of a bulk oil storage tank. S. Saramak, Barrie avenue, garage to exceed lot and ac- cessory building coverage. Mrs. V .Hanewich, Ritson road south, awning to project 64 inches into minimum front yard. P, Cieslar, Quebec street, sece ond storey addition to have ine sufficient sideyard and detached garage to have insufficient lot area, T. M. Rundle, King street east, garage to have insufficient sideyard. D. Hodgson, Grierson street, Eleven other applications were granted, with only one being turned back - because of Im- proper sketches. K. Faruga, sion winning over Eastview in the finals. Final standings in the overall competition are as follows: Northway 36, Storie 33, Harman 33, Nipigon 31, Eastview 27, Radio 21, Baker 19, Sunnyside 18, Valleyview 17, Rundle 17, Bathe 16, Kingside 15, Fernhill 15, Sunset 13, Woodview 12, Dr. S. J. Phillips 11, Thornton's 11, North Oshawa 9, Southmead 9, Gertrude Colps 8, Lake Vista 8, Connaught jg, addition to have insufficient sideyard. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resis dents of Oshawa and dis. trict who are celebrating their birthdays today: Those who celebrate t are: Mrs. Ann Bridglan 478 Fernhill boulevard; Ralph Bridglande, 478 Ferne hill boulevard: Hi Vise ser, 117 King street] Whitby,