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x} sd *SN = a YS 'a. & @ Transportation Depicted In Big Escorted by an hour - long|along the parade route several parade and pursued by masked|times in formation, Five-thou- men on horseback, the last/sand helium-filled balloons clut- train shunted east along King|tered the sky for a moment street Saturday afternoon. ahd then were swept away Close to 50,000 people lined| westward. the parade route, cheered from) Tallest float in the parade upper-storey windows and oth-/was the Jaycees' entry, which ers who found their way tojled the parade. The crest of the roof-tops. The King street area|/Jaycees was represented by a from Mary to Centre street/foil - covered symbol standing was packed with people from|close to 15 feet tall. Shortly be- curb-side to store-fronts, fore the parade, the group had had tq cut four feet off the sa Dehacea' walice tonee'" woe Height of their float because active throughout the da y.|S8gging overhead cables would More than 20 officers were on|ave interfered. duty during the parade, direct-| Everyone loves band music ing traffic and people. Motor. |and every type of band must cycle policemen, pressed the|have been represented in the swelling crowds back in to line/parade. Gaily uniformed musi- as they surged on to the road to|cian marchers came from Col- investigate the nearness of the|borne, Peterborough, Lindsay, parade. Pickering Township, Bowman- All methods of tranpsortation| Ville, Whitby and Oshawa. ranging from feet, horses and|The McLaughlin Collegiate and oxen to vehicles of all types and| Vocational Institute Band add- ages, and spaceships, were re-¢d to the parade music from presented in the parade. jatop a platform at King and Overhead, six light aircraft|/Queen streets. from the Oshawa Airport flew; The four-man pumping team joperating the hand car struck jup a rhythm of 'pump-one- MORE THAN 50,000 people elined the route from the Osh- awa Shopping Centre to the corner of King and Mary streets Saturday afternoon to watch the parade, arranged by the Oshawa Jaycees and the Downtown Businessmen's Association, marking the re- moval of the railway tracks from King street. The theme of the event was 'The Past, Present and Future'. Upper left is the steam train prior to its departure for Cobourg carrying more than 1,000 pas- sengers in 14 coaches, Upper right is a group depicting men from Mars who took part in the parade, Lower left is a float with a stone age theme while lower right is a horse- drawn wagon 'reminiscent of early days in the area. Oshawa Times Photo Count Down Starts Removal Five -- four -- three -- two -- one -- counted Eric Wynne, vice - president of the Canadian National Railway's Great Lakes region, "This is the zero hour," he told thousands of Oshawa citi- zens from a special platform at King and Mary streets Saturday afternoon, "'let's cut the rails, lift the track and get on with the job." Track removal sentimental one for the city's |number one citizen, Col. R. S. ara McLaughlin. | GREATEST GATHERING é "Mr. Sam" as he is affection- Following is a list of parade) ately known, said, "it warms entries: bands Caledonia |the cockles of my heart to see Pipe Band, Oshawa; Bluenotes ng _ mo von pag i ; ip: | it's the greatest gathering I've Band, Pickering Township;| - Whitby Flute Band; Sons of Ul-|°ver uae ae Pi ~ ster Flute Band, Oshawa; Bow-|Whole li sel & rs pe fered manville Training School Band; | dean of the rose 7 hb au' t Lindsay Kinsmen Band; Styte-| ee tne tak Pay ope . . e . pci Tecate Pine' bende There,was a trace of tears in Musketeers Drum Corps, Peter-| MT. ar a ' iroed as he borough; Gshawa Flute andi Watche x e last railroad car go Trumpet Band; Colborne Band; weg Pesan iT oe Rowmanvilie: Fifevand Deum get. the street railway here," he day was a Of Rails doubt if General Motors woud be in Oshawa today.,, He went on to say that any great city with a large industry has to put up with some incon- venience, Later, at a civic dinner, ten- dered by the mayor and mem- bers of city council, Mr. McLaughlin said, '"'we must keep our city looking pretty.... Sao gla ET pee EE ne AO oa NEG a nT taken eine OI Ser RT FUTURE I like to see a city look clean and tidy .... and now that the tracks are going to come up, perhaps our main street will be made much more handsomer."' He recalled that at one time, this particular spur line served a great many industries. In re- Damage Is $1400 In 4 Accidents An estimated $1,400 was sus tained as the result of four ac- cidents on Oshawa streets, Sat- urday. Thomas Kent Bromley, '29 Brock street east, sustained $125 damage to his car during an accident at 1 p.m. Saturday at Rossland road west. Police said Bromley had been ariving east on Rossland road west, When he approached the crest of the hill near the board of education building another vehicle driving west forced him It cost Gabriel Servinis, 148 Huron street, an estimated $300 damage to gD pope after his 5 Glecoff, 488 Byron court. P.C, Dennis Tobin investigated. $275 8.55 a.m. following an accident at Oshawa boulevard and Rich- mond street east. Drivers of the cars involved were Ger- ald W. Burrows, 111 Kingsdale drive and Mrs. Margaret Camp- kin, 314 Windsor street. Con stable Charles Legere investi> gated, An auto driven by Horace Al- fred Tarbun, 43, of 336 Arthur street, crashed into a parked car, oh Mary street, near the King street intersection. The parked vehicle was owned by Reginald Smith, 476 Rosemere avenue, Damage to the Tarbun vehicle was $300 and to the Smith vehicle $400. A woman received back in- juries Friday when the car in which she was riding collided with another car. Mrs. Mary Lawrie, 41% Bond street east, was released after treatment at the Oshawa General Hos- pital. Drivers involved were David E. Heard, 77, of 103 Mary street east, Whitby and Wilfred . Lawrie, 54, of uy Bond street east. The police es- timated the damage to Heard's car at $75 and to Lawrie's car at $600, cent years, it has served three fuel companies. "We must never forget what SECOND SECTION The Oshawa Times MONDAY, MAY 13, 1963 PAGE the railroad has done for Osh- awa." said Mr. McLaughlin. The crowd cheered when Mr. McLaughlin, Mayor Lyman A. Gifford, Mr. Wynne, and Charles World, president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, lifted out a portion of the track to start removal of the line. Mr, Gifford summed up the event as "another day of pro.| Band; Oshawa Sea Cadet Band. | recalled, "and if it: hadn't, I gress in Oshawa." | Floats were entered by: the Oshawa Jaycees; the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce; the Consumer Gas Company; the Westmount Kiwanis Club; the| BA Oil Company; the Oshawa! Girl Guides Association; the Oshawa Kinsmen Club; the North Oshawa Western --_ men; the Motor-City Car Club;| the Oshawa Civic Auditorium J. F. MacPHERSON committee; the Oshawa Chap-| Fred VanHorn, presiding min- ter of the Society for the Pres-| ister of the local congregation ervation and Encouragement of/0f Jehovah's Witnesses, an- Barbershop Quartet Singing in| nounced the successful conclu- America Incorporated; the Osh-| Sion of a three-day assembly awa and District Labor Coun-|held in the UAW Hall this past cil; the Oshawa Rotary Club. | weekend. Large Crowd |: ists "%m & At Service route the team seemed to ap- preciate the occasional push. Colorful floats, high-stepping majorettes, historic cars and jtrucks, an oxen-drawn cart, a e |bicycle built-for-two, a double- Ba t decker bus and performing p 1sm |barbershop quartet singers all |drew applause from the crowd. More than 300 members of| Flippered' members of the the congregation and their fam-|Oshawa Diving Club marched ilies filled the auditorium and|in the parade wearing all their overflowed into the gallery at/@duipment. Bob Tinkham, Mrs, the Mother's Day Service held)Betty Bakker, Jim Robinson Sunday morning in Centre|and Bobb Gibbs are reported to Street United Church. The chil-|have jumped into the lake to dren of the Sunday School at-/C0ol off as soon as the parade tended in a body. broke up. The junior choir, with Janet People that gathered at the Kerr at the organ, rendered a|intersection of King and Simcoe special anthem. A girls' quar-|streets witnessed a hold - up tet composed of Jean Terwille-/when masked men of dubious gar, Beverley Gibson, Marjorie Character and origin overtook Lick and Linda Michael were the train, mounted it and made heard ina fine number off with bags of uncertain con- The minister, Rev. Warren tents, The bandits made their G. Dickson presided an' get-away on horseback and on "What Makes a Ohristian were last seen heading north on Home". The special fee's Simcoe street, the service was the dedication. The crowd dispersed quickly of the following little ones 'niafter the parade, Thousands ; The featured discourse of the yer fouures ne para orogram ented he Wi Wn the Osh a Fire De ' t- | the Struggle for World Suprem- \etesie poe othe a ae was given by District }owners; Miss Harvey's Majo-r| Superintendent, J. OF. Mac lettes; a Red River cart drawn} Pherson, at 3 p.m.,; Sunday by oxen, sponsored by Murray| A record crowd of more than |Johnston Men's Wear and 477 heard Mr. MacPherson say Bee aka? that "The fear that is ever Reed Florists; old and new! yrevalent in the world today is vehicles of the Oshawa Dairy! largely due to the expansion of Limited; the Professor, cour-|the Communist Regime, and its jtesy of the Oshawa Shopping struggle with the Western world. Centre; pony-drawn carts; W-L! However, the true cause of the jhorses; tandem bicycle, cour- struggle is greater than that. of tesy Dean Kelly Enterprises)the fast - West conflict. The Limited; | East-West conflict is but a mere | Miss Teenage Road-E-O andj side skirmish in the struggle jattendants, sponsored by the/for world control. The ridding |Oshawa Jaycees; the Oshawa) of all wickedness including the |Green Gaels Lacrosse Associa-| greed for world dominion by jtion, team members in conver-| man will be brought to an end |tibles; antique car, Etobicoke|when the Creator of the uni- |Jaycees; Mrs. Townley's Ma-|verse, Jehovah God, fights a |jorettes, Peterborough; double-| battle, spoken about in the last jdecker bus, courtesy the Osh-| book of the Bible as being the jawa Downtown Businessmen's Battle of Armageddon." |Association; three sports cars;} Mr, MacPherson stressed the |Colborne Majorettes; the Last| point that every practical mind. Train, courtesy Canadian Na-|ed person wants to be on the nadian National Railways. winning side. He went on to say, Church Official Assembly Speaker "Informed persons know from the Creator's own Bible Pro- phecies that neither the Demo. cratic South nor the Communist North will win. Both sides wil] Oshawa's ethnic groups got together, Sunday night, to pre- sent } Festival at St. Gregory's Audit- 0 their third annual Folk rium. 3 Each portraying his ancestral background, more than 200 par- ticipants of adults and children were colorfully garbed in an- cient costumes. The event marks a prelude to citizenship week in Oshawa, number of new Canadians will be receiving their citizenship! papers, next Friday. | fail! The nations must give way to God's established Kingdom under his reigning King Christ Jesus."* He continued, "The Kingdom under His son, Christ Jesus, and it alone, will then assume the rulership over the earth and that the Bible makes plain for it clearly states that 'God's Kingdom will come and utterly destroy all governments in op- position to his righteous rule', Daniel 2:44." "The time: of decision is now. Christians must align themselves with God's Kingdom for this is the govern- ment that will bring lasting peace and will erase the Struggle forever for world supremacy, The convention came to a close with scriptural counsel from N. Nevar, circuit super- visor and Mr. MacPherson fol- lowed with the concluding re- marks on the subject, 'We Need Jehovah's Organization." Talks were barely over wher fast-working clean-up crews be- gan dismantling equipment set up by the Witnesses and giving the UAW Hall a farewell! clean. up. Senior Citizens Enjoy City Tour With the success of last year's city tour for senior citi- zens still a pleasant memory, Oshawa Kiwanis Club arranged for 'a similar treat on Sunday afternoon. Riding in Oshawa's blue and white buses, residents of Hills- dale and members of the Golden Age Club of Simcoe Hall were taken on a thirty-mile tour, ar- ranged by Superintendent Regi- nald Smith, to cover new de- velopments every section of the city. Manor, Halliday Manor and buildings in At the half-way point of the tour, all groups converged at Lakeview Park where a rest period was spent, The bus drivers who gave up their Sunday afternoon to make the old folk as happy and ex. cited as children, were Alfred Barassin, Bruce Barrett, Henry Horrocks }and Denton Grant. Ellwood | Johnston, 18 is the Sacrament of Infant Bap- gathered at Mary and King] tism. Streets to witness the track re- Stanley Matthew and Stephen|moval. Thousands of others Michael, twin sons of Mr. andidrove away in cars that had Mrs, George Ernest Maguire/been parked without cost and also their son, James Rob-|throughout. the area. Bloo: ert Maguire. They live in Cour-|75 tice. From Ajax og winter wit baptized Roger John omas, ae Mr. and Mrs. John Ed- ward Pugh, Sandra Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron- h the crowd. Oshawa Man Is aid Meeks. Aus' James suiy, Honorary President The minister remarked that) TORONTO -- Hayden Mac. he had performed the mar-| qonaid, Oshawa; Tim Bass. riage ceremony for the parents Brandon and E. J of these little ones above, so it was a pleasure to baptize the children. Sandra Lynn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Forbes; Nancv Maureen a s of oe which concluded here Saturday, a ages pom ana) .John Hall of Kingston was Mrs. Donald Colby; Wayne Lee ¢lected president, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-| The directors will seek an ert Cobbet; Chery! Loui sejearly meeting with the Min's- daughter of Mr. and-Mrs. Rob-|ter of Finance to discuss prob- ert Colby; Jean Louise, daugh-|lems of the industry. Top item ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wendall/on the agenda will be a request MacLean and the two childrer|for the removal of all tax on of Mrm and Mrs. Kendal! John-| confectionery and a lowering of son, Edward Ralph Kendall and) the heavy tax load on tobac7 Heaher Marie Edna. products, presidents of the National Asso- ciation of Tobacco and Confec- tionery Distributors at the association's annual convention - Harnett of} © Kingston were named honorary] | li ms of} > geranium plants disappeared) | event in the track removal ceremonies, Ald. John G. Brady acted as master of ceremonies. Caught by the An enthusiastic gathering of ivic officials and dignitaries ittended the civic dinner Sat- irday which was the closing camera, from left, are Mayor Lyman A. Gifford, Col. R. S. McLaughlin and Eric Wynne, vice president of the Great SPEAKERS AT TRACK REMOVAL CIVIC DINNER Lakes Region of Canadian National Railways, who spoke following the dinner. --Oshawa Times Photo. | Mayor Lyman A. Gifford of- ficially opened the festival with an address. He reminded New Canadians of the responsibility attached to becoming citizens, "Tt is a privilege to take out those papers," he said, He quoted an article from a large metropolitan daily news- paper which stated only four out of 10 immigrants coming to Canada have taken Canadian citizenship. The mayor said during the era of the early 1900's the ma- jority of people migrating were United Empire Loyalists. "Now people from all over the world are settling here," he declared. Mayor Gifford informed the group that 52 per cent of ethnic Capacity Audience At Annual Folk Festival dancers, Representing Canada was a group of square dancers. Others proudly presenting their national songs and dances were the Israeli, Ukrainian, Italian,' Slovak, Hungarian and Polish groups. Representing England was a group called the Canterbury Singers. The committee for the fes- tival was as follows: Mrs, Jo Aldwinckle chairman; Jan Dry- gala M. M. business manager; |E. A. Winkler, musical director; and Orest Salmers, stage di- rector, Rudi Maeder of the Oshawa Toastmaster's Club was master of ceremonies. On the production staff were Harry Chapman and Orest Sal- mers, sound; Cyril Garott, light- ing; and Harry Chapman, A, S. groups have settled in Ontario.|\y A capacity audience of more than 300 persons filled the au- ditorium. The program included the Caledonia Pipe Band fea- turing the Scottish Country Floral decorations were sup- plied by A. W. Rundle Garden Centre and Poster designs were skillfully put together by Ann Parott, OCCI student. Billiard A team representing Branch 43 Royal Canadian Legion, won the Canadian Legion Provincial Billiards championship Satur- day at Mount Dennis, The team was composed of Al Elliott, Dave Halwood, Art Cocker, Barclay Law and Jack Holman. At the district darts playoffs Saturday at Whitby, a team from Branch 43 won the right to enter the provincial play- downs. Two doubles teams from the local branch will also com- pete at the provincial level. + |Members of the winning team were Doug Kerr, Luke White, Bob Skelton and Jim Anderson. The two doubles "teams were made up of Doug Kerr and Luke White; Bob Skelton and Jim Anderson, respectively. During the branch meeting last Thursday five new mem- bers were initiated. They are Stan Pilkey, Earl Steenburg, John Alexander, Florian Kwior- tek and Robert Christianson. Tt was decided to hold the nomination and election at the June 13 general meeting to pick the three delegates to the On- tario Provincial Convention be- ing held Aug. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 at Peterborough. A .motion was passed to change the bylaws regarding general meetings. Starting in September of this year therr will be only one meeting each month. : Comrade Barclay Law wil' have some of the coaches at thr clinic to be held at Trentor June 15 and 16 in conjunctio- with the Legion track and eld program, Legion Team Wins Title President Brown gave some of the highlights of the district convention held at Cobourg, saying that Paddy Burke of Peterborough was elected dis- trict commander and Elsie Donaldson, of Trenton was named deputy district com- mander, Comrade. Austin of Trenton is the sports officer for the next two years. The 1964 district drumhead service wil be held in Port Perry and the 1964 district meeting at. Lake- field. Padre A. Woolcock thanked the members for a good turnout at his church for the color re- tiring ceremony, A letter was read from the ladies' auxiliary inviting the ex- ecutive of the branch to attend its 25-year members banquet on June 4. BOWLERS SUCCESSFUL Sports Chairman Gavin Ren- dall reported the club bowlers had been having marked suc- cess. Bob Skelton's team con- sisting of Alf. Brisebois, L. Davey, Art Bryant, Ernie Simpkins and Lefty Turner had won the aistrict championship. Jack Hodson and Lefty Turner vere. second in the provincia' l--pin playoffs. Bob Skelton, Wince McCabe, Jim Anderson, E. Lehay, Pete Robbins, Lefty Turner and Buzz Wilson won the industrial league playoffs. It was announced that the poppy committee would meet at 7.30 p.m. May 24 and that ar nvitation had been received tc ake part in the round robir larts tournament \being held by the Ajax. branch on May 17. Pay Tribute To Pastor Rev, R. B. Milroy, minister of Knox Presbyterian Church, Oshawa, who recently accepted a call to Riverdale Presbyter- ian Church, Toronto, was the guest of honor Saturday night at a testimonial dinner in Knox Church. The dinner was held by the Presbyterian Men's Club of Knox Church. Also in attend. ance were representatives of St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Oshawa; St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church, Whitby; the Osh- awa Ukrainian Presbyterian Church and Burns Presbyter- ian Church, Ashburn, Jan Drygala acted as master of ona Russell Bat- ten, of As » Proposing the vote of thanks to the ladies who provided the dinner. Glowing tributes to the lead- ership given by Mr. Milroy to the congregation during his five. year pastorate was voiced by Jack Taylor. He said that much of the progress made by the congregation and the many im- provements made to the church as well as the spiritual growth of the church were due to the guest of honor.Also cited were the guest of honor's c ontribu- tions to the spiritual life of the community through his partici- pation in the work of the Osh- awa Ministerial Association. 'As a mark of appreciation a framed picture of the interior of Knox Church, showing the ree cently completed sanctuary, was presented to Mr. Milroy: by G. V. Harvey, president of club. Mr. Milroy voiced sincere ap- preciation of the encourage- ment given him during his 'pas- torate by the men of the con- gregation. Rev. John Jacenty, minister of the Oshawa Ukrainian Pres« byterian Church; Rev. W. J. §, McClure, minister of St. An- drew's Church, Whitby; Rev, R. D. Sinclair, minister of St, Luke's Church and Peter Gil- bert, a member of Knox Church now studying for the ministry, also spoke briefly, Relief Cost Down Here With expenses down more than $14,000 for the first three months of 1963, Oshawa ranked fifth out of 40 Ontario municipal. ities in cutting total expendi-+ tures, Decreases over the three months amounted to $14,260, an 18.7 per cent drop, according to a provincial welfare report. Some 740 persons received welfare benefits in March of this year, compared to 980 for the same month last year. This 24.5 per cent drop means only 1.2 per cent of the city population was being aided in March. Across Ontario, 5.8 per cent of he labor force was unemployed in March, a total of 138,000.