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A LARGE NUMBER of Osh- awa residents attended the open house held at the Osh- awa Board of Education's new administration building, cor- ner of Rossland and Stevenson roads, Thursday afternoon. The occasion marked the of- ficial opening of the building. Upper left Rt. Rev. Monsignor representative on the board for many years, is seen at left unveiling the cornerstone. With him is Stephen G. Say- well, chairman of the board, The -picture, upper right, shows Chairman Saywell cut- ting the ribbon to officially open the new.building: Follow- | Chairman Clips Symbolic Ribbon The Oshawa Board of Bde cation's new administration building, at the corner of Ross-| cutting a white ribbon across the entrance. Mr. Saywell said the $200,000 iland and Stevenson roads, wasjbuilding had been planned and | Officially opened Thursday/built to cover all the needs of : ; afternoon. | The board held an open| house. in conjunction with the opening ceremonies when the! public was privileged to tour] the building from 3 to 5 and) to 9 p.m. Visitors included} D. Thomas, MLA, and a} number of the city council. The Rt. Rev. Monsignor P. offey, Separate School Board representative to the board, un- veiled a cornerstone at the entrance to the ultra modern building to mark the occasion and Stephen G. Saywell, chair- man of the board, addressed the small group of guests, prior to completing the ceremony by the board for the next 25 years and, although it appeared quite impressive to the visitor, there was nothing incorporated in the building which was not absolute- ly necessary. | Following Mr. Saywell's ad- he accepted a_ small statue, on behalf of the board, which was presented by Edward Parkin, a representative of the architects who designed the building, John B. Parkin As- sociated of Toronto. After the official ceremony was completed the visitors were taken on a conducted tour of the premises by board, trustees, who were on hand for the occasion, | | Legion Gets Refund On Poppy Sale Santa Claus, in the form of the Ontario government, hand- ed out a welcome Christmas| to Royal Canadian "present" Legion branches last weekend. Included in the gesture was Oshawa Branch 43 of the Le-| gion. | Premier John Robarts re-| vealed the government would refund the 3 per cent sales tax| collected on the sale of pop-| pies to the various (Ontario) branches. This report was received) with acclaim and general ap-| proval by Legion officials, | among them William Beaton,| chairman of the Poppy Fuhd! committee. | "We'd certainly like to say,| one and all, that our branch is happy about the whole thing," commented Mr. Beaton. "It was not a proper thing to assess on something like sale of poppies."'| is E. MARSHALL WICK Is Honored For Service Chosen by his fellow students,| in recognition of his outstand- ing and consistent leadership CURLING RINK TO OPEN JAN. 3 Officials of the Oshawa Golf and Country Club announced today that the opening of its new curling rink will be held Wednesday, Jan. 3. The rink has six sheets of ice. Dr. Charles E. Mcllveen, president of the club, will deliver the first stone at 7 p.m. All members of the club are cordially invited to at- tend, It is learned that the con- struction of the new .club- house has been completed. It is now being furnished and is expected to be ready for use in about a month's time. The club is planning a gala opening ceremony of its new club facilities at a later date. Two Seek Chief's Post Rama Band RAMA -- Rama Indian Band} members nominated eight peo-| ple for the five vacant seats on) their administrative staff. plants. Expect Boost In Canadian Gas Production TORONTO (CP) -- Canadian natural gas production is ex- pected to jump to more than 900,000,000,000 cubic feet in 1962, Oakah L. Jones, president of the Canadian Gas Association, says in a year-end statement. This compares with 650,000,- 000,000 cubic feet in 1961 and is nearly 75 per cent higher than in 1960. "Canadian customers will buy 13 per cent more natural gas than in 1961 and exports, par- ticularly to the vast markets of California and the United States Pacific Northwest, will take | 300,000,000,000 cubic feet, an in- crease of 67 per cent." In 1961 sales to the Canadian market were up 14 per cent and exports to the U.S. were up 61 per cent over 1960. Mr. Jones, president of Con- sumers' Gas Company, said revenues from the sale of gas iug the opening ceremony Edward Parkin, of John Parkin Associates, architects of the building, presented the board with a statuette depict ing an Eskimo pulling a fish through the ice. Joyce Eng- lish, receptionist, is seen lower left, with the statuette. --Oshawa Times Photos New Year's Parties Will Be Subdued House parties will be popular New Year's Eve! Since the an- nual celebration falls on Sun- day, many Oshawa and district residents are planning to cele- brate the arrival of the New Year at private parties. Those who usher in 1962 at one of the district night spots will be served buffet supper at 11 p.m., and dancing will start after midnight. NO BANQUET PERMITS cial no banquet issued for New Year's Eve. Retail stores in the city close Saturday, Deo,.30, at-6 p.m. and re-open Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 9 a.m, Banks observe a second three- day weekend holiday. They close Friday at 6 p.m., re-open Jan. 2 at 10 a.m. Most district factories are on regular hours Friday, closing at 4 p.m., remein closed Saturday and open again on Tuesday, Jan. 2. SCHOOL WEDNESDAY Oshawa school children return to classes on Wednesday, Jan. 3. This is one day later than in past years. This was arranged to give teachers from a_- dis- tance, extra time to return to the city. The Oshawa Times will not be published Jan. 1, but will publish the regular edition Tues- day, Jan. 2. Auto Wrecked In Collision | A head-on collision on Ritson jroad south Thursday evening, according to the Oshawa Police Earlier in the month. Provin- Secretary Yaremko an- nounced to the Legislature that permits will be T She Oshawa Cines SECOND SECTION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1961 PAGE NINE AJAX (Staff) -- Unlike other years in Ajax's brief existence, 1961 will go down in the pages of the municipal history book as a milestone of achievement| because this industrial commun- ity, born during the world's greatest conflict, has rapidly progressed through two decades to become one of the mos promising communities in the nation. Ajax's Old Home Week, pro- claimed by council as the town's official 20th birthday celebra- tion, appeared to be the high- light of the year. From June 18 to 24 official groups and organizations joined hands to give Ajax a birthday party. A series of parades, official openings, exhibitions and re- unions formed the basis of the celebrations. Old Home Week saw many Assistant manager of the Oshawa Public Utilities Com- mission since May 1, 1956, J. Bruce Annand will assume the duties of manager on Jan 1 He succeeds George F'. Shreve who is retiring after almost 30 years' service. Mr. Shreve was honored by commission department heads this afternoon. In recognition of his leadership he was presented with a gift. Mr. Shreve was the guests of honor at a dinner tendered by early this month when he was presented with a camera and Mrs, Shreve received a suitable gift. Later Mr. Shreve was honored with another presenta- tion by the employees of the commission at their annual Christmas Party. A native of Coventry, England, Mr. Annand came to Toronto in 1922, He graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science Film Presented At Simcoe Hall More than 250 children at- tended a movie showing at Simcoe' Hall Thursday night. The film, 'Crimson Pirate', was a part of the special Christ- mas season program of activi- ties being presented this week. Following the movie tickets, which were dropped into a hat by show, were drawn and the hold- ers were presented with prizes. the children' before the During the week many activities have been presented in the Simcoe Hall gym at open sessions every day since Tues- day. Also in the gym, many bas- ketball games have been played by the various leagues under the supervision of Tim Nelson, assistant director of Simcoe Hall. Minor basketball was featur- ed Wednesday and today with the "Biddy"? League operating hursday, RESIDENTS REVOLT CULLIVOE, Scotland (CP)-- Residents on the Shetland is- land of Yell who call themselves "the slaves of the paraffin Department, reduced one car to total wreck and caused $850 damage to another. | Driver of the first car was} lamp," are in revolt. They want jelectricity connected to their homes. This month they sent petitions to Scottish members of totalled $225,000,000, 16 per cént)R. Wagner, 313 Wilson road|narjiament, | REVENUES RISE W. H. Dalton, the associa- above 1960, with the value ofjnorth and of the second car OPUC Manager Is Appointed the commission ¢ J. BRUCE ANNAND from Queen's University, King- ston, in 1940 and joined the permanent staff of the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission that year. Mr. Annand joined the Cana- dian army in the fall of 1940 and served with the. Royal Canadian Electrical and Main- tenance Engineers in Europe. Returning to Canada in 1945, he returned to the local com- mission following his discharge in the spring of 1946. NO DELIVERY OF MAIL MONDAY Postmaster W. E. Mann today announced the service to be given by the Oshawa Post Office on New Year's Day, Monday, Jan. 1, will be greatly curtailed, Special deliveries will be made and all mails 'will be received and despatched as usual but no other post office service will be pro- vided. The lock box lobby will be closed throughout the day and ne wicket service will be given. There will be no letter carrier, parcel post or rural mail deliveries and no collections will be made from the street letter boxes. Postmaster Mann said full Postal service will be given on Tuesday, Jan. 2. | cil previous residents returning to Ajax to renew old acquaintances of the Defence Industries Limit- ed. The celebrations brought out the best of the community's ef- forts to make Ajax's 20th birth- day an outstanding success, PIOTROWSKI'S HIKE By far the most outstanding feat by any single resident of Ajax was the 356 mile Montreal- Toronto jaunt by Walter Pio- trowski. The 52-year-old town employee made the trip in Aug- ust to celebrate the 30th anni- versary of the loss of his left leg. Walter completed his mara- thon in 11 days and was ao. companied by his 11-year-old son, Danny, from Kingston to the CNE. Together, they aver- jaged 35 miles a day and both carried heavy packs. After the jaunt, during which Walter wore out three rubber tips to his peg leg, he said that he could have completed the same distance in nine days. "It took Dr. Barbara Moore 15 days," he said, "but after all, she is a woman and has two feet to get blistered." Walter and Danny were honor- ed in a civic banquet by coun- and were presented with gold watches BUILD SWIMMING POOL Another highlight the year was the realization of a dream to build a community swimming pool. The successful completion of a campaign to raise $57,000 by the Ajax Swimming Pool Committee resulted in the lux- urious swimming pool now lo- cated in Civic Square. Although a 'Toronto strike held up the pool's construction for seven weeks, the Ajax Commun- ity Memorial Pool was open to the public for 26 days and the average daily attendance was well over 400. The project was-the first com- munity effort of its kind and many residents hope that a sim- ilar campaign will be launched in the future to build a public skating rink adjacent to the I Ajax . Warehousing went in flames. This fire, which. de- stroyed $1,000,000 worth of mer- Town Of Ajax Looks Confidently To Future upon to decide the issue by vote. The election results settled the issue once and for all that the public school supporter's did not want the facilities at this time, The school board felt that the facilities were essential to pro- vide an adequate education for the public school children but council maintained that the town could not affort the facilities at the present time. The project will probably take its place in the Town's list of priorities which is being drafted by the Planning Board. With the addition of a new magistrate to the law courts in Ajax, a marked decrease in juvenile delinquency in the com- munity has resulted. His Wor- ship Magistrate Robert Borden Dnieper made it clear as soon as he began presiding in that area that he intended to put a stop to the young crime element in the area. As many as 17 youths at one time were brought before Mag- istrate Dnieper and were. con- victed and sentenced on drink- ing counts and in many cases jail terms as much as seven months resu!ted. To those brought before His Worship there were warnings given not to be seem in court again, and in the miajority of the cases his advice was taken. TWO MAJOR FIRES During 196] the town had two major. fires which resulted in the destruction of a million dol- ar warehouse and a $150,000 supermarket, In January the Steinberg Supermarket was destroyed by fire in an eighteen hour blaze which attracted thousands of spectators. At the present time a bigger and better supermarket s being constructed on the same site in the Ajax Shopping Cen- tre. Last month the town suffered one of its biggest fires on rec- ord. A warehouse belonging to the up pool, NEW RETARDED SCHOOL Another dream came true in Ajax this year which will bene- fit Whitby and Pickering as well as Ajax. The Aldon School for Retard- ed Children was officially open- ed during the summer to serve the retarded children in these three communities. The building cost $60,000 and its initial pupil enrolment was 20. Councils of Ajax, Whitby and Pickering a) ssisting the Ajax, Pickering aff" Whitby Associa- tion for Retarded Children to operate the school. LAUNCH HOSPITAL DRIVE The Ajax and Pickering Gen- eral Hospital has been actively engaged during the past two months, raising funds for a new hospital to replace the present wartime building. The hospital felt that with the increasing population in the area, a 110 bed replacement would be essential to meet the community's need. The campaign target figure is $495,000, the community's share of the $2,348,000 hospital, and to date over half of the target fig- ure has been either donated or pledged. This year the Ajax Public Schools' prize plum of providing an all-purpose room and home economics and manual training for pupils of Saint Andrew's Sen- ior School blew up into a politic- al football at election time. For six months of the year the school board and council argued back and forth as to the necessity of these favilities and in the end the public was called opinion -- of changed as a result of Ajax's outstanding achievements dur- ing 1961 and, in using the words of Mayor Parish, "Ajax is not where it was 20 years ago, it is a town that has made great pro- gress in the past and will con- tinue to make great progress in the future." chandise, burned for 24 hours and could be seen for 20 miles. In the world of sports, the town broke ali existing records when the Ajax Midget and Ban- tam baseball teams ended up the season by winning Ontario Championships It was the third provincial championship won by the Town's junior citizens. The Pee Wee team copped the title in 1955, : AJAX NAVY COMMISSIONED The greatest single event to win the town international ace claim during 1961 was the com> missioning of an Ajax Navy. With council's official com- missioning of three miniature cruisers, the Ajax, Achilles and Exeter, to guard Ajax's inter- ests on the Ontario County, Metropolitan Toronto and United States fronts, it can be said that 1961 was the year that Ajax went. to sea. The three ships were named after the three British Navy cruisers which were victorious in scuttling the German Pocket Battleship Graf Spee off Monte- video in 1939 His Worship Mayor William A. Parish declared at the chris- tening ceremony that the n was .commissi d Pp to. our neighbors that "we are a misunderstood communnty." avy to hasize It is hoped by many that this Ajax has been exports $37,000,000. During the|/F. Mailo, 289 Mitchell avenue. period, the industry reinvested|No one was injured. Wagner} about $100,000,000 in construc- broke his eyeglasses in the crash! = tion of natural gas processing|police reported. Another accident happened on) | Bloor street west as a car and a tractor collided. The driver In taking steps to correct thejand service to the collese, E tax placed on the Legion's pop-| Marshall Wick, son of Mr. and Beate pay) lira a : py fund drives, Premier Ro-|Mrs. C. Wick. 4 Coronation Gar fe Emilius Benson, a jet igae from sale = natural barts said refunds would comejdens, Brooklin, .Ont., will be a Seon ane ene, Jr./8a8 3 dilate an ged a ie immediately. 'Situations such as/honored in the 1961-62 edition of eaCARE oe MY: tne aad ae eee ae one ang this are bound to arise when ai Who Who in American er bade Sokcrneng seats were: Har-/sa es nf ne Due eMates mney t 1 a irstileges and Unuversitie jvey Anderson, Marshal Noga-|reach $62,000,000. ax is imposed for the first|leges and Universities | jae as. ' pe time," he stated. adding that). Marshall' a student at Gallau-| 08h, Leland Williams, George} "Tr, order to meet these pre- the adjustments would be/det College, Washington, D.c..|52Wyer, Lewis Snache an djdicted market demands, the in- dete jus lis imajoring py business admi gy aap Snache. Lewis Snache|dustry will boost its production : Me ye ; ert + (is the » 2 s-} < involvi Legion spokesmen and oppst. station and hopes to atl s,te only member of the prer-y almost 38 percent, Invalving P g 20 $ gradu- | § some $107,000, tion members of the legislature| degree to good use after gradu lanather vear rm ape f : Oath bi Pilg i Wy had protested the tax was '"un-|@tion by entering into a private eee i j900 for extension of transmis- fair', as poppies were made by) &Mterprise of his own. Foe Sage slate a ne gh Hines. Ot Catarnnk % To be nominated to Who's| Yesterday . pledged themselves) : disabled veterans and the pro- Who honors. 'a candid stit0 the "accelerated develop-|000 will have to be invested for eds were used to help such onors, a candidate must] : P-| ; : a . P SUCH cirst meet three requirements.| ment of the Rama Indian Reser-jconstruction of processing vets. ta OS The candidate is required to|Vation." The population of the|plants This does not include the Over the aisha the snawa! have possession of three quali-|Teserve is approximately 500/cost of building field wells and Breach bas a Agel hinge POPPY|ties. The first is leadership;|With 200 eligiblé voters. If|such permanent structures as Fund returns for other than the/ the second is scholarship and|Mecessary an election will be|compressor stations, meter sta- designated use of assisting vet-\the third is fellowship. jheld Wednesday, January 3.jtions and warehouses." erans and cependents in dire) yyy Wick. who has been an Nominees have until tonight to} Mr. Jones said that in exam- need for aid. |honor student since enrolling at} qualify. ining reasons for the growth of |Gallaudet; has been active in| Last year's chief Irvin J.|2a8, "one must not overlook student activities. Among the|Douglas stepped down from his|the 'veadiness. of the utilities jof the car, D. H. Underwood, /153 Conant St., suffered a bleed- jing nose. Driver of the tractor was R. A. Foster, 814 Rowena \street. Police reported the car re-|§ ceived damage to its hood, grill, frame, front bumper, left front fender, tie rod and the steering wheel, amounting to $750. The tractor broke a wooden stick at the rear. Damage was $5. J ovial' Man Fined $150 LINDSAY Horse trainer William Matheson of Oshawa was fined $159 and costs in police court Wednesday when convicted of impaired driving. Nominations for chieftain|tion's managing director, says "In addition, close to $24,000,- Moore im- Two Remanded offices he had held are secre- tary of the Gallaudet College Athletic Association, vice-presi- For One Month Mas guerite Vice, 33, 170 Park rvad south and Raymond Cole,/Sigma Phi Fraternity and vice- president and present 'president 47, 596 Christie street, were re- manded to"Jan. 31, when they appeared in Oshawa Magis- trate's Court today. the pair are charged with conspiring to keep a_ betting house and will appear together with five other people, arrested eariiei this month in Oshawa and Toronto after several raids|ing, was remanded to Jan when he appeared in Oshawa, Magistrate's Court today. by the OPP anti-gambling| squad. his licence was. under suspen- dent of the Ballard Literary So-| ciety; corresponding secretary and later president of the Alpha of the student body government. He is a graduate of the Whitby District High School. DRIVER REMANDED Charged with driving while situ Frank E. King, of Picker- 19, post about a month ago and Joe Yellowhead has been act- ing as Chief councillor since then. | CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their birthdays today: |various levels of government in and pipe line operators to in- vest nearly $2,000,000,000 in plants and properties nor the assistance and co-operation of helping transmission companies open the new market in the East. and to the south." COSTLY RUN EDINBURGH (CP) -- British Railways is to close a line in Scotland that costs £176 a day to run, takes only £7 per day in fares and never carries more than 'eight passengers.. Trans-| Bob Reid, 29 Sunset drive. Phone 723-3474, |says it would' be cheaper to buy 'each user a motor scooter. port minister Earnest Marples Magistrate R. I. posed a $10 fine and costs for failure to change the address on his driver's permit. Investigating officer Town Police Sgt. Gordon Eberts testi- fied that accused's car struck acar driven by Verdun Han- cock of St. George street, Lind- say. He said after hitting the Han- cock car, the Matheson vehicle collided with a tree. He esti- mated damage at $500. The sergeant said accused was in "jovial mood." The magistrate ordered Ma- theson to serve 35 days in jail in default of payment of. the fine. LIONS CLUB PRESENTS Student Nurse Kathryn Mill- burn, Thursday morning ac- cepted a $1,500 cheque on be- half of the Oshawa General Hospital building fund com- mittee. The money, raised by * the Oshawa Lions Club, through various club projects including its annual peanut drive and the Lions - B'Nai B'Rith annual auction, will be used to furnish an eye exam- ination centre in the new wing. Making the presentation is Club Treasurer John Borrow- dale, left and looking on is Club President Harold Phil- "CHEQUE TO HOSPITAL lips. The Oshawa Lions Club has assisted numerous organ- izations and people with its sight preservation programs. --Oshawa Times Photo