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REGIONAL FLORISTS HOLD RALLY IN OSHAWA Florists from many com- munities in this section of the province, who are members of the Florist Telegraph De- livery Association, held a dinner meeting Wednesday night in Hotel Genosha. Among those attending, from left, were Ernest Simmons, Toronto, past president, Flor- ist Telegraph Delivery Assoc- iation; Evelyn Howard, Ham- ilton, treasurer, Ontario Unit; John Beitler, Detroit comp- troller, FTD headquarters; Doris Remis, Detroit» chair- man, FTD, Canadian Affairs Committee; Albert Fendley, Brampton, chairman, Ontario Unit of Florist Telegraph Delivery Association. Oshawa Times Photo. Board Asks Disclosure | Of Alleged 'Misdeeds | Press statements dubbed malicious, defamatory, damag- ing by Board of Education trustees appeared to be the prime target of a motion passed by the board committee Wed- nesday, intended to deal with alleged charges of board mal- practices. The decision is sub- ject to ratification by a regular board meeting. d The motion had been present- ed to the board Monday by Trustee George A. Fletcher, and was referred to the public relations committee "for con- sideration and a report". "We are practically called crooked," said Trustee E. A. Bassett, referring to a column appearing in The Oshawa Times Jan. 26. SEEK INFORMATION Mr. Fletcher's motion pro- poses that the news editor of The Oshawa Times, any trustee or other people in possession of information be requested to di- vulge any information that might lead to investigation of "acts described by The Times as 'the board's misdeeds'." It also calls for a request to The Oshawa Times "to desist from further defamatory general statements pending the investi- gation and proof of alleged misdeeds". The motion was moved in committee by. Trustee Bassett. (Mr. Fletcher is chairman of the public relations committee.) In the motion as debated by the committee the passage "... and in view of recent statements by past and present trustees, and by the news editor of The Oshawa Times. . ."" was deleted. This part of the inatro- ductory section of the motion was quoted by The Times Tues- day, but it was withdrawn by the mover later. PURPOSE EXPLAINED Explaining the purpose of his motion Trustee Fletcher said: "The first step is to establish a procedure to stop general de- famations."" He said he held the expres- sion "misdeeds" used in The Times as very important. He felt it gives the people the im- pression that something is wrong with the board. He re- iterated his statement, made last Monday, that in all. the years he had been on the board he had never known of any crooked practices. Ohairman George K. Drynan said he had not heard any dam- aging statements made about the board, except in the col- umns of The Times. "T am fed up with people im- plying things are irregular," he said. "We can't get along with our work as long as we are prosecuted by this sort of news- paper article." UNANSWERABLE ACCUSATIONS Mr. Drynan said the in. ferences in The Times are of the type "we have been accus- tomed to", a long series of un- answerable accusations. "We want anybody who has any idea that anything is wrong with the board's buying proce- dures to speak up," he said. He said Mr. Stroud had seem- ed astonished that his remarks on buying practices by the board had been linked up with his reading of 'the '"'conflict of interest" section of the Schools Administration Act. No linkage had been intended, Mr. Stroud had told him, said Trustee Dry- nan. In the column of The Times of Jan. 26 reference had been made to Mr. Stroud's speech at the closing meeting of the 1962 board. SOME RESERVATIONS At least two trustees had some reservations about the motion's content. "T take issue with the tenor of the motion," said Trustee Dr. A, E, O'Neill. He said nobody would divulge any information, because any- body who did would leave him- self open to prosecution, without protection. Although he said he had never seen any concealment or attempt to hide business transactions by the board, he claimed he "had observed things that should be investi- gated". "All of us may have been in- discreet at times," he said. Trustee Mrs, Margaret Shaw also was not quite happy with the motion. "T don't feel one trustee can condemn another," she said She said that if she had in- formation she would make statements before a judge, and under oath, but not otherwise. INVESTIGATION SOUGHT Dr. O'Neill moved an amend- ment calling for an official in- deeper, but it was defeated. Traffic Fines Amount To $390 Magistrate C. W. Guest levied|borough, $50 and costs or 10) a total of $390 in fines Wed-|days on a charge of driving an} nesday in Oshawa Traffic Court. He dismissed four other charges against motorists. G. A. Burton, of Pickering, was fined $75 or 10 days when he pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving. Howard Lhbiby, 909 Mary street, Oshawa, was fined $35 and costs or 10 days after his careless driving charge was re- duced. He had originally plead- ed not guilty but changed his plea to guilty on the reduced charge. Jelle Bergsma, RR 1, Brock- lin, was fined $35 and costs or 10 days when he pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to turn out when meeting with another vehicle. EVIDENCE LACKING It cost Melvin Smith, 17 Maple street, Ajax, #50 and costs, or 10 days, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to produce evidence of insurance. George Stewart, West Hill, was fined $10 or five days after he admitted speeding, but ot speeding to the extent regis- tered by the radar. Magistrate Guest fined yy vt | tee Douglas Sloan, of Scar-' juninsured vehicle. The cour entered a plea of not guilty for Sloan who did not show up. Joha Rodney Lennox, of Por: |Credit, was fined $15 and costs jor three days after the 'cour jentered a plea of not guilty on la speeding charge. | A charge. of signal light not |plainly visible was dismissed jagainst Elliot Fells, 130 Palace not guilty. |\SPEEDER FINED Harold Lawrence Reid, Oak- or three days on a_ speeding charge after entering a plea of guilty. James Summers, of Toronto, guilty. | Alberico Ferri, of Toronto, |was fined $10 or three days jafter pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. Lloyd Edward Butler, 130 Garrard road, RR 3, Oshawa, was remanded to Feb. 20 on a charge of assault causing bodily harm. A speeding charge against {Morris Kohen, 36 William street west, Oshawa, was remanded to Feb. 13. vestigation that would go much! street, Whitby, after he pleaded b ville, was fined $20 and costs) was fined $10 or three days on| 4 a speeding charge, He pleaded| § Trustee Rt. Rev. Philip Cof- fey said there was some doubt as to what was meant by the word "misdeeds". He said that if there had been any buying malpractices the evidence should be in the business office. "I don't think I have lost any- thing morally by my association with the board,' said Msgr Coffey, pointing out he had been with the board for a great many jyears. Trustee Stanley E. Lovell said the motion would bring out whether there was any truth to half-statements made in the }press. He felt if these half- statements were left to stand it would become difficult to get people for the board. "T do need the blueprint," said Trustee Lovell. "I doubt the working drawings are accurate. We have the moral obligation to stick by the mutual responsi- bilities of the board as a board." IGNORED STATEMENTS Trustee O'Neill said state- ments had been made about him in the press before, some of which he termed "absolutely false", but which he had always ignored. Trustee Bassett felt that statements in the press. might be ignored by some trustées, but to some others who are in busi- ness they are very damaging and libelous. Before calling for a_ vote, Committee Chairman Fletcher said he felt all trustees are per- fectly willing to face specific ac- cusations, if there is evidence of irregularities. The motion was carried with eight votes in favor and two against, TEXT OF MOTION Following is the wording of the motion as read and moved at the committee meeting: "Because public confidence is of vital importance to the board of education, I move that the board's solicitor be asked to re- quest the news editor of The Oshawa Times and-or = any trustee to provide us with any information in their possession that would or could lead to in- vestigation of any acts de- scribed in The Times as the 'board's misdeeds'. That aay person or persons described by the news editor as*'in posses- sion of such information' be re- quested to immediately divulge jany such information to the board for consideration and ac- tion. That the publisher of The Times be asked to direct his staff to desist from further de- famatory general statements jand proof of alleged misdeeds |by the board or any of its mem. jbers. The city solicitor is deem- \ed to be the board's solicitor \for purposes of this motion." pending the said investigation! No Link Intended Stroud Says Robert H. Stroud, former chairman of the Oshawa Board of Education, said this morning there was no link intended be- 'tween his recent remarks re- garding buying procedures of the board and his reading of the '"'conflict of interest" sec- tion. Mr. Stroud at the closing meeting of the 1962 board Jan. 10, read Section 43, subsection 1, of the Schools Administration Act, dealing with conflict of interest in the relation between a board and trustees. He also made recommenda- tions regarding buying proce- dures of the board in the same speech. When asked this morning about suggestions that there was a connection between the two parts of his speech, Mr, Stroud said there was not. "Tf I consider it in the best interest of everyone I will make a statement on buying proce- dures at an. appropriate time," Mr. Stroud told The Oshawa Times. The Oshawa Ti SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1963 GETS 14th BADGE Douglas Webster, 11, a mem- ber of the 19th Oshawa Cub Pack, was presented with the 14th badge in Wolf Cubs dur- ing a meeting of the pack at Cedardale United Church Hall recently. The badge, the last that can be attained in Cubs, was presented by his Akela, Ross Godfrey. Doug- las is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Webster, 185 South- lawn, Oshawa. Seek Honors At: Festival Quite a number of contestants from the Oshawa area will take part in the 20th Annual Kiwanis Music Festival being held in Toronto from Saturday, Feb. 9 to Saturday, Feb. 23. Two thousand nine hundred and seventy entries, comprising more than 25,050 participants, lincluding 500 choirs, orchestras, bands and individc:1 competi- tors from 130 communities in Ontario, Quebec and the mari- times will compete for honors, scholarships and cash awards jin an amount of $7,050. | Among the Oshawa g:oups taking part will be the Me- Laughlin Collegiate and Voca- tional Institute Band and the Central Collegiate Institute Mix- ed Voice Choir. Individual area contestants with the class in which they will compete are: Leslie Lucyk, Columbus, ac- cordian solc class; Joan Weir, piano; Carol Weir, piano; Rich- ard Tutok, accordian solo; Fred- erick Ross Cotton, baritone; Ar- thur MacPherson, baritone; Dol- ores Allen, piano; Carolyn Hay- ward, piano; Carol Stewart, girl's solo; Diane Turton, piano; Ruth Young, piano; Stuart Guy, ipiano; Carolyn Faint, piano; Susan Mary Entwhistle, piano; {Carolyn Flint, piano; Judith Ann Kashul, piano; Lynn Bar- clay, girl's solo; Dianne Yur- kowski, piano solo and Vic- Separate School Would Buy School Sites For Future Overcrowding at Holy Cross was termed "atrocious" by Dr. George T. Sciuk and "a monstrosity" by Richard H. Donald at a Separate School Board meeting Wednesday night. These comments followed a report by Lloyd Bolahood who, with his committee, investi- gated possible sites for immedi- ate erection of a_ separate school that would alleviate over- crowding at Holy Cross School. One possible location suggest- ed by Mr. Bolahood was the area east of Ritson road and north of Conant street. J. J. Kelly argued that the first step, in solving the prob- lem, should be acceptance of Rt. Rev. Msgr. Coffey's offer to finance the building of a six- room addition to Holy Cross School. Mr. Bolahood urged board members. to have an eye to the future. '"'Year-to-year thinking is bad. We've got to buy sites now in order to be prepared for future demand." Chairman of the Board Mich- ael Rudka said: "We have in- herited a_school system where overcrowding exists. Let's 'plan ul keeping our children in mind," PCV Fines Total $100 A total of $100 in PCV fines was levied Wednesday, in Osh- awa Traffic Court. Magistrate C. W. Guest fined Merle Harris, of Hamilton, $30 and costs or five days on an overload charge. J. D. Lyttle, of Ottawa, was fined $20 and costs or three days cn a charge of having the wrong PCV plate. Thomas E. Monks, of Clark- son, was fined $50 and costs' or 10 days on a charge of contra- vention of terms of licence. Frank Grabarchuk, of Rich- mond Hill, was remanded to Feb. 27 on a charge of contra- venticn of terms of licence. John Frederick Turner, of Oakville, was remanded to Feb. 13 on a charge of improper licensing. The following were reissued summons: McKinley Transport Limited, Dixie; Harvey Robert Martin, Marmora; Charles Black Produce and Building Supplies, Hamilton; Asbesto's Eastern Transport Limited, Scarborough; Joseph and Wal- ter Studeny, New Toronto; and Avenue Excavators Limited, toria Skelton, piano. Islington. CHAMBER HEARS TALK ON CIVIC PROBLEMS Members of the Commercial Affairs Committee of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce, at their Wednesday luncheon meeting, heard an informa- tive talk by William A. Wood- cock, chairman of the Oshawa Planning Board. Seen. here, from left, following the meet- ing are Norman C. Millman, planning board; Kenneth Crone, chairman of the com- mercial affairs Mr, Woodcock; Bint; and G, committee; ; Ald. R. Cecil A. Wandless, planning director. --Oshawa Times Photo NAMED DIRECTOR Gordon E, Coulter of Coul- ter Manufacturing Company Limited, was appointed a dir- ector of the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association of Canada during its annual meeting at Calgary, Jan. 28 and 29. Mr. Coulter is a past president of the Oshawa Fly- ing Club. Another achieve- ment for the Oshawa Flying Club was thé presentation at the meeting of the "Tudhope" Trophy to Peter Wilson, 192 Randall crescent, Scarbor- ough. Oshawa delegates at- tending the banquet were George Slocombe, manager of the club, Darcy Bell and A. E, Wilson, Woman Given Doubt Benefit Marion Arbuckle, RR 4, Ux- bridge, was given the benefit of the doubt in Oshawa Traffic Court, Wednesday, when she pleaded mot guilty to a charge of careless driving. The court was told she was involved in an accident, Dec. 22 on Highway 7 a 'half a mile from Highway 47. Arbuckle said she could not see the road when she dimmed her lights in view of an ap- proaching vehicle. As a result, she lost control of her car, she 'said, and side- swiped 12 guard rails. "It just seemed like guard rails were flying everywhere," said the accused. She said her car headlights were defective and permitted her to see only a distance of three to four feet. When she took the car out, she did not realize they were in such poor order, she said. Magistrate C. W. Guest dis- missed the charge. More than: 600 pupils en- joyed the annual ice carnival Wednesday afternoon at E, A. i> Lovell Public School. Many of the pupils wore costumes and took part in the games and races. Hot dogs were served by the members of the home and school association follow- . "MANY CONTESTANTS IN SCHOOL ICE CARNIVAL ing the events. Some of the pupils are seen here lining up for the. parade of costumes. Oshawa Fair Board $1706 Reports The South Ontario Agricultur. al Society had a net profit of $1,706.32 for 1962 with $1,967.09 in the bank it was reported at its annual meeting, Wednesday. Profit for 1961 was $1,389.64 with $796.97 in the bank. The financial statement show- ed current assets of $3,745.44 and fixed assets amounting to $15,793.32. It was also shown the society had a balance on Jan, 1, 1962 of $17,794.14 and a net profit for 1962 of $1,706.32. $3,931 IN GRANTS The society received $3,931 in grants during the year. Dona- tions totalled $274 while mem. bership feés amounted to $88. Entry fees totalled $385.70 and the rental of concession space © brought in $4,511.15. Revenue from advertising amounted to $1,145 and gate receipts to $4,176.45, Total revenue amount. ed to $14,511.30 compared with $13,910.78 in 1961. Gate admis. sions in 1961 totalled $3,327.35. Expenditures during 1962 to- talled $12,804.98 compared with $12,521.14 in the previous year. Prize money paid out amount- ed to $5,743.25 compared with $5,272.43 in 1961. In its report to the society Monteith, Monteith and Riehl! and Co. stated: "We have not yet received direct confirmation of a sub- stantial portion of the accounts receivable, and the record of receipts for the year was not adequate. As a result, we were unable to verify the accuracy of the accounts receivable as at Dec. 31, 1962, and the revenue for the year ended on that date. We are submitting under sepa- rate cover a 'etter to the di- rectors making certain recom- mendations to correct this situ- ation." RICHARD BRANTON Officers and board of direc. tors were elected with the ex- ception of the secretary-treasur- er who will be appointed at a board meeting Feb. 6 at Ideal Dairy Products Limited, For the second time in as many years, Richard Branton has been appointed president. Walter Beath is first vice-presi- dent and Ivan Cochrane is sec- ond vice-president. The board of directors in. cludes: Morley Reed, Stanley Begg, Lance Beath, Ernest Brown, Heber Down, Boyd Ayre, Carl Bradley, Robert Holliday, Mrs. Joseph Davies, Joseph Snowden, George Hayes, Mrs. Gordon Brown, John Hayes, Mrs. Leslie Guy and Frank Conlin. FAIR REVIEWED Last year's fair was review- Profit ed by the board of directors, who reported on the. whole it was a success. Stanley Bagg recommended the time schedule of the light and heavy horse shows in the afternoons be adjusted so the evening show can proceed in good time. 2 Mr. Bagg said. the heavy horses were a. good showing last year to the extent of be- ing on a par with those at the Toronto Exhibition. BEEF CATTLE GOOD Walter Beath reported the beef cattle were at their best last year. The light horses re. ceived a favorite report from George Hayes. Equally a good showing were the dairy cattle, said Carl Bradley. Small but good was the report on the goat show by Boyd Ayre. Mr, Ayre also stated the = sheep show was of good quality but with fewer - exhibits . than last. year, He said perhaps the reason for this being the Otta. wa Fair was held on the same days as Oshawa's, Domestic science and needle. craft made a good showing and if this continues more room will be needed for exhibits was the report of Mrs. Joseph Davies, Of high quality was the exhi- bits by the junior girls, stated Mrs- Ray Gimblett, JUNIOR FARMERS Junior farmers received $561.50 at last year's fair for their 4-H clubs and exhibits, Douglas Keyes, assistant agri- cultural representative for One tario County, expressed the wish that agricultural society . and the Oshawa Kiwanis Club would again sponsor this project. Richard Branton reported the flower showing was also at its best last year. --~|Maximum salary for this cate-| + | to $4,900, ,|female teachers are the same. |one day at the death of broth- +|conduct classes in two schools Oshawa Times Photo. RC Board Ups Salaries Salary recommendations boosting wages of Oshawa Sepa- rate School teachers were ac- cepted by the Separate School Board at a_ special meeting Wednesday. An increase from $2,900 to $3,100 starting salary for stan- dard one or holders of elemen- tary school certificates or first class certificates puts separate school teachers on a par with Oshawa's public school teach- ers, effective September, 1963.) gory was increased from $4,800] This new salary schedule pays an equal wage for equal work. That is, salaries of male and Maximum salaries for other categories requiring higher qualifications were set at $5,100 or $5,300 for nine years' exper- ience or more. Still more high- ly qualified teachers can earn as much as $6,500.with 12 years' experience. Further recommendations ac- cepted by the board included allowing a three-day compas- sionate sick leave at the death of mother, father, spouse, chil- dren, brothers, sisters, fathers- in-law, or mothers-in-law and ers - in - law, sisters - in - law, or grandparents. The board also recommended that kindergarten teachers, who daily, shall be allowed an in- crease from $10 to $15 monthly for travel expenses. Provisions governing conditions of leave of absence were set up by the board. A clause stating that the School Board would assume 50 per cent of the cost of PSI and Ontario Hospital] Plan was: de- leted from the list of recom- mendations. Lack Of Authority Hamstrings Board Prevention of conflict-causing developments in the area of community planning can 'only be achieved if a more authori- tative body than Oshawa's Plan- ning Board is set up. This was the opinion express- ed by Planning Board Chairman William A. Woodcock at a Chamber of Commerce com- mercial affairs luncheon Tues- day. "The association has no au- thority; its recommendatioas carry no weight in political circles," said Mr. Woodcock. He counted this as one of the prob- Must Expect Inevitable A charge of careless driving against Bernard Lester 'Aldred, 51 King street, Uxbridge, was dismissed in Oshawa Traffic Court, Wednesday, due to what Magistrate C. W. Guest termed a comedy of errors. Aldred was involved in a col- lision with a car that was being pushed on Highway 401 near the Thickson road underpass, Nov. 16, the court was told. Witnesses testified the car. being pushed appeared not to have its tail lights on. Owner of the car, Gordon Bryant, Kingston, Ont., said al- though he had generator prob- lems with the car, the lights definitely were on. Aldred restified when he saw the vehicle, he applied his brakes, but it was too late. Observed Magistrate Guest, "when you travel on Highway. 401 you are expected to expect the inevitable to happen." lems faced by the planning board. OFF-STREET PARKING A second problem faced by the board is effective solution of traffic handling and off-street parking in downtown Oshawa, "Delays in obtaining a good blueprint for traffic will only aggravate the present situa- tion," he emphasized. Mr. Woodcock charged that, for a city of such tender years, Oshawa's downtown core is ob- solete in many ways. "Appreciate the obsolescence and-strive for improvement and redevelopment," he urged. He told the Chamber members that the onus is on them, as business men, to asusme the responsibil- ity of redevelopment. Mr. Wood- cock hinted that a spur to down- town redevelopment would be acquisition of off-street parking lots. PRIVATE ENTERPRISE Norman Millman, father of downtown planning in Oshawa, suggested later that parking lots, to this time, have only been developed by the city. He called for private enterprise to step in and not wait for the city to act. Mr. Woodcock illustrated the effectiveness of redevelopment in the cases of the birth of Osh- awa's Civic Centre from the most blighted area of the city and the refurbishing of the On- tario Motor Sales building by the Oshawa Times. "But there is a need for fur- ther downtown projects. The board is now preparing scale models of sub-par areas and can suggest buildings that would compliment the existing goo} aad eliminate existing bad."