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Oshawa Times (1958-), 11 Dec 1961, p. 5

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20,000 People See Bow. Santa Parade SOIL STUDY and the University ef Mamitopa. WINNIPEG (CP)--More ac-|Scil samples to be taken curate crop forecasts may re-|throughout the province in the sult from a soi] moisture studvinext five years wil] provide a being conducted by the Mani-jclearer: picture of moisture re- toba department of car M a bas story of a teen-age girl and a father who failed to realize Tov wl unto iu i$ | tario sat Durham Counties. |joint organizing bodies -- the THE NATIVITY SCENE | one- quarter- -mile route on Sat- was one of the two religious | urday morning. Fourteen floats in the Bowmanville | floats were seen by approxi- Santa Claus parade which | mately 20,000 people who travelled along the two and s Next regular meeting will be Hospital Campaign held February 1962. OPEN CWL BAZAAR Home-School Topic Rev. M. F. Darby officiated GRACE MILLS at the opening of the CWL annual bazaar on Saturday, AJAX -- The December meet-/necember 2nd at 2 p.m. ing of the Lord Elgin Home and ; School Association was held on| Co™tributing to the success of ni vening at the school,|this event were the following pone ge Dein nlc eis Mr,| Conveners: White Elephant table E. frenry, 0m outlined the|Mrs. F. Docherty and Mrs. M. campaign of the Ajax and Pick- Maidman; quilt draw, age M. : ; +P mi Kirby and Mrs. Forget; touch ering Hospital Building Fund. | 14 take, Mrs. L. McCarthy and Two coming events to remem-|Mrs, H. Hazelzet; fancy goods, Ber ae ee ere ee a calMrt K. Ireland and Mrs. J. Belanger; baked goods, Mrs. J. January 23rd . Panel Discus- Booth and Mrs, B. Nash; coun- sion on Nuclear Warfare. try store, Mrs. J. Finnigan and The attendance banner was/Mrs. FE. O'Leary; fish pond, won by Mrs. JJ. Bovaird and/yrs. M. Barnaby and Mrs. D Mrs. G. Hood. |Palmer; candy, Mrs. K. Horton came from all parts of On- BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- They all laughed when under- taker Carson Elliott and Kiwan- ian Ian Turner promised that Saturday's Santa Claus parade! would draw 30,000 spectators, be the biggest, and most lavish in the history of town and Durham County. But parade co-ordinator Elliott and chairman Turner had the last laugh Saturday morning, when a whopping (officially esti- mated) 20,000 turned out to see the Yuletide parade along a two and one-quarter-mile route. Despite a warmed slightly by -- gloved members of Oshawa's OCVI Band pumping out martial and light orchestral pieces, King street was jammed with adults and kiddies and children and) youngsters, long before the} scheduled 10 a.m. start. BUILD VANTAGE POINTS Architecture and municipal} fittings were mounted for bet-/ ter vantage points by the more! delinquent, the fit 'and photog- raphers. Rooms overlooking the main) bord th street had their windows) 4 opaqued by the breath of pa- tle oltt rade-watchers. Police and members of those} The local chamber of com- |Chamber of Commerce and the merce and newly-formed Ki- |Kiwanis Club -- had difficulty wanis Club put on the,show. restraining the public from over- Oshawa Times Photo /flowing onto King street, a full nee ----~~115 minutes before parade time. and Mrs. H. Kelly; religious) Down at the parade assembly articles, Mrs. T. Reekie; 'tea) |point, Memorial Park, shivering tables, Mrs. D. Hickling and lofficials bustled to assemble and| Mrs. S. Coffin, Mrs. V. Cloutier,|align the parade. and Mrs. L. MacDonald. Scantily - dressed fairies, Winners of the Quilt Drawjclowns (there was one almost were: Double size hand made| nude from the waist up) and quilt, Mrs. T. Gerritts, RR 1,|majorettes were doing exercises| Whitby; single size hand made|to keep warm. quilt, Mrs. Mary Huat, 13 Thorn-| Meanwhile, downtown, stroll- croft Cres., Ajax. ing clowns were dishing out The next CWL meeting will bejcandy to the young. held on Thursday, December} This tended to keep watchful) 14th in St. Bernadettes School,/parents with their charges out and will .be in the form of ajon the streets. Christmas party The less encumbered adults ~{sought warmth in the stores. A jcouple of restaurants reported TV ROLE 1 Donna Atwood, former star of|Tecord coffee business. the Icecapades, makes her|HAD 14 floats dramatic debut in a CBS-ty| Led by parade nae ' |Harry Abbott, clei ae eon oe: al oe land with a microphoned Santa bringing up the rear, the mam- marshall, jmoth parade, consisting of 14 \floats, nine bands, horses and |ponies, swung north of Liberty chilly morning, | street to Church street, west on Church to Scugog street, then on to King and its point of great acclamation. After proceeding east on King it wound up and disbanded at) MacQueen's Garage. Santa and his reindeer went | quickly back to Fairyland. Only a lipsticked clown, and a wan- dering bandsman were left 20) minutes later to remind one of| the biggest, splashiest, and most enterprising parade in the his- jtory of this area. Floats in the parade were: |Jack in the Box, Humpty Dump- | jty, Cinderella, Snow Queen, | Santa Claus, Nativity, Myrtle} (the Turtle) from Bowmanville; | from Belleville, | the Northland float (Eskimos in| jthe Frozen North); Mother |Goose; the excellent Clown |Band from Belleville, consisting lof Joe Burchell, Charlie Cakam- | |mer, Bill Cornell, Tom Burchell, | iColin Smithynan, Herb Seans, | ;Dave Branscombe, and Bob} "The Drummer'; Puss in Well; | Alice in Wonderland; and The | Night Before Christmas, by Mrs. |Roberta Higeet: | |LIVELY BANDS Bands: Bowmanville Legion | Pipe Band, Boys' Training School Trumpet Band, Tyrone \Fife and Drum, Oshawa Army €/Cadets, Sons of Ulster, Oshawa \Sea Cadets, Kavaliers, from |Lindsay, Orono Brass Band, |Dunbarton Trumpet and Color Band, Pickering Trumpet Band. Majorettes: Tartanettes, of {Bowmanville; Irene Harvey's |Bluettes, of Bowmanville; and| {groups from Belleville, Peter- |borough and Lindsay. | Other attractions included: | Mrs. Laura Cawker, Horse-} jwoman; Ray Cochrane and his| jlively ponies; King Russell and} his Merry Men, aboard the! Humpty Dumpty float; Bride and Groom buggy; and the Clown family. | Helps You Overcome FALSE TEETH Looseness and Worry |° No longer be annoyed or feel tll-at- | ease because of loose, wobbly false | teeth. FASTEETH, an improved alka- line (non-acid) powder, sprinkled on your plates holds them firmer so they feel more comfortable, Avoid embar- rassment caused by loose plates. Get | FASTEETH at any drug counter. \ Beautify your home the modern, func- tional way; clean, durable ASPHALT DRIVEWAYS last a housetime. Inquire now. KING ST. 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