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Oshawa Times (1958-), 12 Oct 1962, p. 9

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rs SE teg it sca tee RE ain as hae ailing en pre Ee Oe RE ae I ge men eg ine, { | The Oshawa Times PAGE NING} | Benefits Of Public Firm. Rre Cited . SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1962 CENTRAL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE STUDENT The students at Central Col- legiate Institute recently held an election to select 'heir stu- dent council for the ensuing school year. Members of the executive front fow, from left, ar Ted Bednarek, campaign manager; Betty Poloz, presi- dent; Marsh McConkey, vice- president. Back row, from left, are Ted Marchut, treasurer; Hydro Chairman Stresses Need For Load Building In hig address to 140 delegates to the annual conference of the Eastern Ontario Municipal Electric Association Thursday night, W. Ross Strike, stressed the importance keep down electricity costs. Mr. Strike, chairman of On- tario Hydro, said that this 'load building" is one of the four main functions in the operation) § of utilities. "Selective selling is now out) | the window. We must go for) # the bundle or our competitiors will go for the bundle." He' re- ferred to the fact that the elec- tric business was being outplay- ed in the hot water field by competitors. FAMILIES GROWING "We did not realize several years ago that young families were getting bigger and house-} wives wanted more heat in their hot water heaters." He said that as a result, gas is being used by people who don't know that electric heaters beat gas heaters, "When a gas company in- stalls a furnace they go on to persuade the customer that their water heaters, stoves and refrigerators are better." "Now it becomes the job of commissioners to get their em- s to tell customers what electricity can do for them. Com- 'missioners must conduct a load promotion program and water QC,} 5 of} § building up electricity sales to W. ROSS STRIKE ployees could then take a more active interest in their work. He said the utility industry's allies -- electrical contractors and dealers -- must be relied upon to promote their product, elec- tricity. In closing, he urged commis- sioners to "break out of their local cocoons and see what their neighbors are doing." GREETINGS EXTENDED Chairman of the dinner meet- ing, L. L. Coulter, president of the EOMEA, welcomed the dele. heater campaign," he said. Mr. Strike explained that em- gatts representing all sections of eastern Ontario. Mr. Coulter introduced Mayor Christine Thomas who extended greetings on behalf of the City of Oshawa. P. R. Locke, president of the Ontario Municipal Electric As- sociation, brought greetings pal Electric Utilities. Ron Harrison, president of AMEU highlighted the past zers activities of the associa- tion. HONORARY MEMBER He then installed George F. Shreve as an honorary member of the AMEU. Mr. Harrison said Mr. Shrtve retired "after 30 years of devotion to his work". W. R.. Mathieson, manager- secretary of AMEU presented Mrs. Shreve with a bouquet of roses. 4 Chairman of the Oshawa Pub- lic Utilities Commission, H. Baldwin, introduced the speaker. Following Mr. Strike's address, the Kummercial Klub presented prizes to winners of the annual golf tournament. Among the win- ners were: Ted White, Charles Cansfield, A. Hill, E. Bigelow, B. Arnott, L. Cunningham and E. Steer. Head table guests were: H. G. Flack, W. R. Mathieson, Art Chapman, D. Ireland, C. B. C. Scott, Dr. R. H. Hay, P. R. Mayor Thomas, L. L. Coulter, .W R. Strike, H. F. Baldwin, R. Harrison, G. F. Shreve, H. S. Graham, B. Merson, W. Boddy, Dr. V. S. Wilson, D. P. Cliff and .W C. Lewis. Company Signs Two-Year Pact Representatives of Local 597, Laborers' Union, Oshawa and Local 506, Toronto, of the same wnion and George James, own- er of Pleasure Valley Construc- tion Limited, today entered a two-year agreement calling for a $2-an-hour labor vote in the Oshawa area and $2.15-an-hour in the Toronto area. Today's signing was unique in the Oshawa area. When Mr. Beckstead inked the contract for the union and Mr. James for his company, it marked the first time in this area that an excavator has signed with a Laborers' Local Union. FIVE-CENT INCREASE The contract for Oshawa laborers calls for a five-cents- an-hour pay increase May 1, ext year and a five-day-45- sd work week. Plan Closing Nipigon Park Nipigon Park closes Wednes- day, Oct. 17, with the last offi- cial acts taking place at 8.15 p.m. at St. Mark's Churcn. The trophies for the winning teams and coaches will be presented. The summer park supervisors will be given a gift of apprecia- tion. There will be an election of officers: As some members wish to retire from their executive positions, it is hoped that some fathers will volunteer to give of their talents. : As usual, the executive is looking over their volunteer coaching and managing staff for next year, and looking for help from those fathers whose boys and girls have reached an age to join organized sports. Last year, three new faces appeared on the rostrom and gave the group a ral lift. This year, they would like to see three more. Jack Magee, of 559 Rossmere, will take the names. After the trophy presentations, every youngster in attendance will be given soft drinks and fancy doughnuts. The youngs'er who ate the most chocolate doughnuts and drank the most coke weighed in all 62 pounds) | touchdown. last year. It calls for vacation pay at the rate of 2 per cent of the gross wages earned for each employee covered by the agree- ment. An additional condition of the agreement is that the company agrees to employ only mem- bers of Local 597 for work cov- ered by the agreement and in addition the employer agrees to engage only subcontractors who employ members of Local 597, for laborers' work. The union has agreed, wherever possible to provide local labor. Every worker em- ployed must make application {to the union for membership |within 15 days of his hiring. |NO STRIKE CLAUSE | The agreement contains a no- |strike--no lock-out clause and |the provision by the employer | of proper and adequate place of shelter, sufficiently heated an securely locked in which the Bridge Club High Scores The winners and high scores in the duplicate bridge games played this week at North Osh- awa Park Clubhouse were: North and South -- Mr. and Mrs. G. Jackson, 103 points; Mrs: E. Wadsworth and Mrs. M. R. Clarke, 103 points; Mrs. W. Medland and Mrs. R. Morris, 100% points; J- Miller and J. Patterson. 98% points. East and: West -- Georgia Bovay and Mrs..C. Bovay, 111 points; Jim Brady and Charles Lansfield, 100 points; Mr. and Mrs. A. Neil, 99% points; Dr. and Mrs. G. Gillin, 80% points. Next week will be. Master Point Night.. The games from now on will be played at the Fernhill Park Clubhouse. from the Association of Munici-|# Locke, Lt. Col. A. A. Kennedy, 'a iL COUNCIL EXECUTIVE Gloria Gulenchyn, secretary and Carol Stczik, organizer. --Oshawa Times Photo EARL J. BRYANT Whitby Man Some of the benefits, restric- tions and' requirements asso-|' ciated with the formation of a Chapter of the National Office Management Association Thurs- day night. The speaker was G. E. 'Creber, a member of a Toronto legal firm, who is a director of the E. B. Eddy Co. and George Weston Limited. S. T. Hopkins, president of the association, presided. Gordon Riehl intro- duced the speaker. Mr. Creber explained that a company ig nothing more than a banding together of people. Companies, he said, differ from non-profit groups and founda- tions: A company is a corpurate form for the purpose of carry- ing on a partnership to secure investments where the investor has no more than a nominal say in its operations. It was explained that a public company provides for perpetual succession and limits the liabil- ity of the shareholder, The pub. lic company, he said, has tax advantages and facilitates the raising of money. The law governing public public company were outlined) © for members of the Lakeland|? THE RED FEATHER Pub- lic Speaking Contest of the Oshawa Public and Separate Schools, which started with more than 3,000 contestants, companies compels these bodies government of their financial position. At the same time the directors must conduct them- selves in the best interests of the company and the sharehold- Piers. The directors must bear|) scrutiny as they are not work- *\ing for themselves as is the|' case in a private company. he said, is a step which should not be taken lightly. The head|; of a public company no longer owns the business and is sub-|' ject to restrictions. cluded Joseph Walsh, James Reid, Charles World. _ Mr. Creber emphasizes there]: is a limit to when it is profit- able to convert a private com- pany to a public company. This, Those at the head table in. John Borrowdale and EOMEA Head The delegates to the annual convention of the Eastern On- tario Municipal Electric Asso- ciation, meeting Thursday in Hotel Genosha, elected Earl J. a of Whitby, as their presi- lent. Other officers include: W. Ross Strike, Bowmanville honor- ary president; Dr, R. H. Hay, Kingston, first vice-president; William Boddy, Oshawa, second vice-president; and Harry Simp-' son, Whitby, secretary-treasur- rr. Directors are: L. A. Waddell, Lindsay; W. L. Andres, Co- bourg; W. R. Armour, Carleton Place; W. W. Ashworth, Brock- ville and R. E. Knox, Peterbor- ough, Fine Addresses Mark Conference Following President L. L. Coulter's opening remarks at the general meeting of the East- ern Ontario Municipal Electric Association Thursday, several speakers delivered addresses of interest to delegates and the general public. Harry Flack of the Electric Utilities Safety Association spoke on safety. Subject of an address by D. B. Ireland, On- tario Hydro, was retail rates. Of interest to the delegates was Bert Merson's outline of the pension and insurance plan. Dr. R. H. Hay, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Kingston, spoke on the rela- tion of hydro and the govern- ment, After a short break, the 'THREE ALARMS The Oshawa Fire Department answered three fire alarms in the 24-hour period from 8 a.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. today. There were no fires. continued with a talk on labor relations by C. B. C. Scott, Ontario Hydro. The afternoon meeting -at the Hotel Genosha concluded with a speech entitled "The T Valley Authority", by Lt. Col. Youth Grabs Woman On Buena Vista to inform shareholders and the| g- HONORED GUEST Arthur J. Doran, of 606 Mary street, will be honored Saturday night at a Columbus Day dinner in the K of C Hall, Bond street west, He has been a member of the Knights of Columbus since 1909 and is the senior member of St. Gregory's Council, No. 2671, of Oshawa, A woman going home from work about 9.30 p.m. Thursday was followed and grabbed by a youth she. described as a "'nice looking boy, neatly dressed, about 15 or 16 years." Mrs. Irene Cameron, - 36, 57 Rosehill boulevard, told police she was heading west on Buena Vista avenue when she heard someone walking quickly behind her, She said a youth approach- ed her and asked her the time. As she was about to answer he grabbed her by the arm, she said. "He told me not to yell or trr to run or he would push a knife in my back. He then pushed something hard against my back," said Mrs. Cameron. The woman told Patrol Ser- geant John Jenkins the youth said he wouldn't hurt her: if she would just "come down the Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association will official- ly open its new White Cross Cen- tre, 187 Simcoe street south, next Thursday. built to provide a program of so- cial rehabilitiation for persons White Cross Centre Opens Thursday The Oshawa - Ontario County The centre was designed and street with him." Mrs. Cameron escaped when cars went by on Gibbons street, She said she jerked away and at that time got a good look at her assailant. He was further described as being about five feet, six inches tall and wearing a red plaid shirt and dark pants. LOBSTERS LIVE ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP)--Two lobsters that escaped a ship- ment bound for the Boston mar- ket lived a month in the hold of a fish carrier before they were found by the crew and cooked. Lobsters, unless kept on ice, us- ually die within a few hours of being taken 'from the water. These two found a damp corner} in the bottom of the vessel. A. A. Kennedy, Ontario Hydro. who are, or have been, under psychiatric care. have two functions. During the daytime the centre will serve as club rooms for in- formal use by meet friends and make social contacts. In the evenings, the centre will be used for activities program to re-establish social skills. Dr, J. Griffin, of Toronto, na- tional director of the Canadian Mental Health Association, will cut the ribbon to officially open the centre at 8 p.m. next Thurs- day. The centre will be open to the public during the afternoon prior to its official opening. It will individuals to laborers' may eat their lunch and store their clothing. As a condition of employ- ment, every employee will be required to own and wear a safety helmet, of a type ap- proved by the Construction Safe- ty Association and every em- ployee must own and wear suit- able protective footwear and other personal protective equip- ment required during the nor- mal course of his duties. agents U. J. Davidoff and John Quirk signed on behalf of Local 506. Clarke Trounced By Bowmanville BOWMANVILLE -- Grant Thompson scored three touch- downs and kicked a convert in leading Bowmanville Collegiate and Vocational Institute to a 51-6 victory over Clarke Col- legiate Institute in a Central Ontario Secondary Schools As- sociation senior football game Thursday night. Dave Werry and Don Kerr each had two touchdowns. Grant Wright scored the other TD for the winners and kicked two sin- gles. Jim Scott scored Clarke's | | Mr. Beckstead signed on be- half of Local 597 and business Branch 43, Royal Canadian Legion, has formulated. plans for the successful conduct of its annual Poppy Day which will be held Saturday, Nov. 10. Funds raised through this medium are used to assist needy veterans in the com- munity. Members of the Poppy Day Committee, seated from -left, are: Mrs. Leslie Brown, Mrs. Dick Burkhart, Mrs. Cameron Oke, Mrs. Robert Williams, secretary and Mrs. Norman McEvers, president of the ladies' auxiliary, Stand- ing, from left, are Lloyd Pat- LEGION COMMITTEE PLANNING POPPY DAY terson, Herbert E. Bathe, Len Mitchell, committee chairman; Al Robinson and Dick Burk- hart. --Oshawa Times Photo closed Thursday night with the naming of the junior and sen- ior winners. Shown, from the left, are G. A. Korry, prin- cipal of the Dr. C, F. Cannon DECIDE WINNERS School; John Berry, senior winner, Cannon School; Rob- ert H. Stroud, master of cere- monies; Andrea Conway, jun- ior winner, St. Joseph's Sep- arate School and Sister St. Dorothy, principal of the St, Joseph's Separate School. --Oshawa Times Phote Pupils Stress Value Of Community Chest Eight 'youngsters, between the ages of 10 and 13, pleaded the case of the Greater Oshawa Community Chest Thursday night. Pleading best) according to the judges and, _ therefore, emerging as winners of the Red Feather Public Speaking Con- test Finals of the Oshawa Pub- lic and Separate Schools were Andrea Conway, 11, a Grade 6 pupil at the St. Joseph's Sep- arate School, and John Berry, 12, a Grade 8 pupil at the Dr. C. F. Cannon School. They were contestants in the junior and the senior finals, re- spectively, which were held in the auditorium of the Central Collegiate Institute. "A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world," John quoted the prophet Mo: hammed. By giving to the Chest you can save many from death and destruction, the speaker urged his audience. The same urge came from Andrea in a more lyrical way. She described the purposes of the Red Feather Campaign in verse, The two winners will each re- ceive a trophy at the Kiwanis Club luncheon next Thursday, the Karn Trophy for the junior contestant, and the Henderson Trophy for the senior contest- ant. They will deliver their speech again at that time, and once. more at the General Motors Canvassers' Dinner the same night. The six other finalists in the junior contest were Zan Whit- sitt, 11, Sunset Heights School; Debbie Irwin, 10, St. Phillips' Separate School, Garvock, 12, of the Dr. C. F. and Sandy Cannon School. Senior finalists were Barbara McLean, 11, Dr. S. J. Phillip School; Frances Maroosis, 12, King Street Senior) School, and Jeanette Taves, 12, Conant School. TO ATTEND LUNCHEON Twenty-seven juniors and 24 seniors who took part in the semi-finals earlier this week will all be invited to the Kiwanis luncheon next week. They will be presented each with a book on behalf of the Kiwanis Club in appreciation of their contribu- tion to the Red Feather Cam- paign. ; The master of ceremonies at' the finals was Robert H. Stroud, chairman of the Oshawa Board had made the contest possible by their great efforts in having over 3,000 children participate. SIX JUDGES Judges for the juniors were W. Douglas Johns, Rota: Club; William C. Marchand, Ki- wanis Club and Maurice G, Hart, Rotary Club. Senior judges were George A. Fletcher, Rotary Club, and Murray Maid- low and John E. Rupert, both of the Kiwanis Club. The proceedings were intro- duced by E. & Doyle, executive secretary, Greater Oshawa Community Chest. At the piano for "'O Canada" and "'God Save the Queen" were of Education. He paid tribute to all teachers and principals who' Dey Brownley and Jimmy Schultz respectively. Oshawa secondary schools saw some feverish activity last week when "political" par- ties contested the student lead- ership for the 1962-63 school year. The campaigns afforded the usual spectacle of multi-colored ribbons, hats and posters. Can- didates vied for larger follow- ings by eloquent speeches. There were reports of rock'n|E roll bands being thrown into the fight. Although parliamentary --sys- tems vary somewhat from school to school, each is an at- tempt towards a democratic re- presentation of the student body. Each system is recognized as an exercise in parliamentary procedures and the execution IOOF Group Reviews Work Roy Weatherbee, immediate past chairman of the Oshawa Committee of.the Cancer, Polio- myelitis and Tuberculosis Fund of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was made an honorary member at a meeting recently. The annual reports showed the valuable work done by the committee during the past year. Hospital beds, wheelchairs and crutches are made available by the committee for those need- ing them regardless of race or creed and without charge. Officers elected for the en- suing year are: William Payne, chairman; Roy Weatherbee, past chairman; Mrs. Orville MaGee, vice-chairman; Mrs. Rudolph Pine, recording secre- tary and Mrs. Jack Thomson, treasurer. Members of the ways and means committee are I. Per- ron, chairman' and G . La- Victoire, co-chairman; investi- gating committee, Mrs, Charles Peacock, chairman; Thomas Broadbent, Mrs. Robert Short- en, Mrs. Peter MacDonald, and Mrs. F. M. Hayton, committee members; hospital bed com- mittee, Orville MaGee, chair- man; Samuel Moss, co-chair- man. STUDENTS' CHARGE VANCOUVER (CP) -- The Ubyssey, student newspaper at the University of British Colum- bia, says many landlords in the university area are discrimina- ting against Negro students. The paper says a Negro student was refused accommodation in half of 50 homes he approached in a Ubyssey survey. A white student who followed him was \ accepted in each case, of responsible leadership. By now, cabinets and coun- cils are settling down for their initial meetings to get extra- curricular activities at the schools underway. McLAUGHLIN CVI At the new McLaughlin Col- legiate and Vocational Institute a completely new constitution had to be drawn up. For this purpose a "'National Assembly" was called, which approved the constitution, and then voted it- self out of existence and into power as a parliament. The constitution is the same as the British North American Act in almost every: way, The cabinet was elected un- der a two-party system. The Olympians gained a majority of seven seats, against the Ti- tans one. The party distinction, however, ceased to exist after the election. The opposition to the government is made up of the defeated candidates. Elected to. the cabinet were Ted Morrison, prime minister; Miss Conny Crossman, deputy prime minister; Claire Perrin, minister of justice; Brian Wil- son, publication; Jim Wadduck, organization; Joel Palter, fi- nance; Miss Keitha Mosier, sec- retary of state, and Miss. Pat Wall, social affairs. Speaker and deputy speaker of the house are two teachers, Mur- ray. Leslie and John Addison, respectively. OCCI ELECTION At Central Collegiate Institute the Spectra party gained a nar- row majority of 24 votes. One of the planks of the Spectra plat- form was to sponsor a refugee child during the 1962-63 school year. The five executive positions are filled by the candidates of the party that has the most form representatives elected. The five executive candidates for the Schools Elect Student Councils The Spectra had 10 form re jpresentatives elected by a mae jority and the Electra had seven, In three forms candidates tied. On the basis of a majority ig tra candidate won out in two cases and the Electra candidate in one. Of a total of 20 form representatives, therefore, 12 were Spectra, and eight were President is Miss Betty Poloz; Marshall McConkey, vice-presi- dent; Miss Gloria Gulenchyn, secretary; Ted Marchut, trease urer and Miss Carol Stezik, or- ganizer. Sitting on the council are also Electra C n Manager William Huzar, and Spectra campaign manager, Ted Bed- narek, There will also be a num- ber of independents, representa- tives of various clubs, ELECTION AT OCVI The fight beteween Plutonians and Martians at OCVI ended up with six Plutonians and four Martians in the cabinet. The 10 candidates who were not sue cessful will form the opposition. Parties ceased to exist after the election. At this school the student pare liament is made up of a cab- inet, house of representatives and senate. Representatives are chosen by each form separately. Therefore, the two-party system applies to the election of the cabinet only.' Cabinet posts were filled as follows: Miss Carolin Baron, prime minister; Brendan Cal- der, deputy prime minister; Bob Crothers, secretary of. state; Miss Marilyn Shultz, minister of finance; Roy Fleming, jus- tice; Miss Marsha Marks, social affairs; Miss Sue Macdonald, publication; Miss: Marg Smith, letters; Dave Granik, organiza- tion, and Tom Reed, minister without portfolio. Also in the cabinet are party whips Danny Lloyd (Plutonian), and Gene Clark (Martians). Two teachers will be acting as speaker of the house and deputy speaker. They are Rodger Bish- op and Miss J .Smith. . VOTE AT DONEVAN Elected for the Dr. F. J. Donevan Collegiate Institute stu- dent council were James Eddie, president; Miss Carol Saun- ders, vice-president; Miss Molly Johnston, treasurer;) Miss Judy Dalton, secretary; Gary Kit- chen, social convener and Miss Brenda Vermoen, assistant. so- cial convener. Elections at this school were held in September and the two parties competing for votes were the Celts and the Teutons. The Celts had five candidates other party sit on the council as an opposition. ; elected against the Teytons two. the particular grades the Spec. .

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