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FIREWORKS LIGHT UP THE S Such scenes as the above were commonplace in Osh- awa and district Monday night as thousands of citizens cele- f brated Victoria Day with the traditional fireworks, etc. This picture was taken at the Oshawa Shopping Centre a Scout Troop to their homes KY ON HOLIDAY where hundreds of people as- sembled to see the attractive display. --Oshawa Times Photos An Oshawa Boy Scout father was killed in a two-car near head-on collision on Rossland northeast of Whitby Saturday morning, Dead is- 48-year-old Peter Keone, 464 Floyd avenue. Four others, including his 14-year-old son, John, were injured in the crash. The deceased was driving members of the 11th Oshawa after high winds Saturday forc- ed cancellation of a weekend canoe trip from Caesarea to Bobcaygeon. In satisfactory condition in Oshawa General Hospital are John Keone, suffering a frac- tured right hip and slight con- cussion, Walter Wittig, 14, of Oshawa, suffering facial cuts and ear lacerations and Colin Brown, 14, of Whitby, suffering a broken right thighbone. Ronald Gibbs of Oshawa, dri- ver of the eastbound vehicle in- volved, suffered broken ribs and cuts to his face. Mid - Week Service Set Grace Lutheran Church will begin a special mid-week serv- ice as well as regular Sunday worship schedule beginning with Fine Piano Recital Presented The McLaughlin Public Li. brary Theatre was the setting recently of a delightful piano recital given by the pupils of Marjorie L. Kerr, ATCM. As a diversion from the piano selections, Charles Watson sang two vocal solos '"'Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes", an old English air arranged by Wil- lan and "'Care Flies From the Lad That is Merry" by Arne. Carol Weir, Joan Weir and Bette Weir favored the audience with a piano trio "The Grass- hopper" by I. Isaacs. Those receiving prizes for the excellent showing they made in the past season .were Robert Broadbent, Archer Guy, Cath. erine Bateson, Douglas Warren, Carol Weir, Stuart Guy, Joan Weir and Bette Weir. The ushers were Carol Daniel and Janet Kerr. The program was as follows: Italian March, Robert Broad- bent; Jugglery, Maureen Grant; The Ontario Riding (Provin- cial) Liberal Association held its annual meeting at Sunder- land recently 67 members from every municipality of Ontario Riding attended. The delegates elected their new executive by open vote. The new president accepted the office with a feeling of great responsibility and promis- ed he would do his utmost to help the Liberal cause in the Riding. The next item on the| agenda was the presentation of the Constitution of the Associa- tion. The proposed Constitution was adopted by a unanimus vote. The new executive com- mittee was instructed to make all necessary provisions for the Convention to elect a candi- date to be held at Port Perry on June 5. This meeting will be open to all interested citi- zens. Voting delegates will be appointed by the Municipal chairman on the basis of two delegates for each poll. Also present at the meeting were the president and secre- Ontario Riding Liberals Meet tary of the Federal Ontario Liberal Association, Mr. W. G. Lawson and Mr, G. K, Drynan, QC. Both of them were intro- duced to the members and briefly addressed the meeting, offering the whole-hearted sup- port and advice of their asso- ciation. The executive meeting has been arranged to be held at Beaverton on Wednesday, May 23. Proposed slate of officers for; 1963: Honorary president, Mr. J. J. Wintermeyer, QC, . Provincial Liberal Party Leader; Past president -- Mr. Gordon Ry- nard, Zephyr; president -- Mr. Godfrey Schilling, Whitby; 1st vice-president Mr. Fraser Ross, Beaverton; 2nd_ vice- president, Mr. Bruce Tocher, Sunderland; 3rd vice-president, Mr. James Heavener, Rama Twp.; chairman, Steering com- mittee Mr. Lloyd Somer- ville, Brooklin; secretary -- Mr. A. Frank Godley, Port Perry; treasurer Mr. J. Clifford Love, Port Perry. CAPSULE NEWS On the Sands, Phyllis J Waltz in C, Lois Goodall; Rondo Linda Popham; Waltz, Archer Guy; Allegro, George Goreglad; Minuetto, Elizabeth Ukrainets; Ivan Sings, Richard Scott. Old Haunted House, Catherine Sproule; Sonatina, Stephen Powell; Gavotte, David Milroy; Waltz in A Flat, Charles Pop- ham; Song of the Lark, Irene Rechitzki; Allgro in F, John Morris; The Little Shepherd, Susan Murdoch; Sonatina, Bette Lynn Osborne. Saucy Sailor, Stuart Guy; Three Blind Mice, (Variations on a theme); Sally Macdonald; March Little Soldier, Hugh Pop. ham; Invention No. 3, Catherine Bateson; Waltz, Douglas War- ren; Invention No. 10, Maria Drygala; Juba Dance, Carol Weir; Minuetto, Gail Mcllveen; Norwegian Bridal cession, Joan Weir; Trois Bette Weir. \ One Injured 52.400 Lo Traffic toll over the long weekend in the city included one person injured and $2,400 damage. Colin: Knight, 319 Central bou- levard south, received a cut to the left side of his head and had his right fingers bruised when his motor bike crashed with a car at the intersection of Olive avenue and Wilson road south Monday. Driver of the car was Lloyd Reginald Davis, 30, of 462 Fare- well avenue. The police esti- mated the total damage at $230. Four cars were involved in a rear-end crash on King street 'east Monday that claimed dam. age in excess of $1,000. Drivers involved were Roger J. Aubertin, 38, of Maple, James W. Burgess, 22, of 526 Lorraine street, Oshawa, Theodore Szuz- wal, 52, 230 Wolfe street, and Thor T. Nakonecznys, 19, of 216 Linden crescent. The police said there were were two collisions, which set up chain reactions involving the whole line of vehicles. Another crash on King street east Monday occurred be- tween a car driven by Daniel W. O'Conner, 20, and a police motor bike driven by Constable Gerald F. Ouellette, of the Osh. awa Police Department. Dam- age to the car was estimated at $50. Damage to the police bike was not immediately avail- able, Damage was $900 when Jim Carey, 358 Lakeshore boulevard, lost control of a car Sunday and hit guard rails and a hydro pole. Charges MEAFORD, Ont. (CP)--Fred Willis, 40, of. Meaford was} charged with attempted murder| |Sunday following the stabbing/consecrated titular bishop for early Sunday of Edward La-|Saskatoon of the Ukrainian} Fournier, 29, also of Meaford.| LaFournier is in hospital in| |critical condition with a punc-| jtured lung and broken ribs. He} was stabbed during a fight at! |Willis'" home here, about 15) jmiles east of Owen Sound. INVITES PEARSON Murder Attempt Laid BISHOP CONSECRATED WINNIPEG (CP)--Rev. Boris Yakowkewch, 61, Sunday was Greek Orthodox Church in Can- ada. RUSSIAN AID CUT VIENTIANE, Laos (AP)--So- viet embassy sources said Mon- day the Soviet Union is with. drawing pilots and mechanics helping to fly Soviet - supplied SC Day, May 23. From then on until Labor Day Sunday School and Bible Classes will be held each Wednesday evening from 7.00 . 7.30, followed by the worship service from 7:30 to 8.30 p.m, These will be in addi- tion to the regular Sunday morning schedule of worship. With the great increase of cot- tage owners and weekend camp- ers many churches are only half filled during the summer months, The members of Grace Church feel that rather than give in to this trend and en- courage the weakening of spiri- tual life by neglect of worship and God's word during the sum- mer, the church should take positive action to encourage its members to worship each week. Their concept is to place squarely on each member the responsibility to worship, The pastor of Grace Church, The Rev. Philip Fiess put it this way to the congregation, "Christ has provided the Salvation: Grace Church is providing the opportunity to receive it; you should demonstrate your faith by using either the Wednesday Scout Father Fatally Hurt Mr. Koene was born in Zwartewaal, Holland, a son of Mr. and Mrs, Jacob Koene. He was a resident of Oshawa for the past 12 years, employed by Brown's Lumber and Sup- plies Limited and Hillsdale Manor Home for the aged. He married the former Grace DeVries in 1945 in Holland, The deceased came to Canada in 1949 and resided in Newmarket until 1951 when he came to Oshawa. Mr. Koene was a member of Westmount United Church, Surviving are his wife and parents who now reside in Bow- manville and three sons, Joe, John and Jerry. Also surviving are two bro- thers, Jacob and Isaac of Bow- manville as well as three sis- ters, Mrs. Marie Vanleeuwen and Mrs, Jean Visser of Bow- manville and Mrs. Betty Feikema of Newmarket. The body was at Gerrow Funeral Chapel. Funeral ser- vices were held Tuesday, May 21 at 2 p.m. in the chapel, In- terment was in Oshawa Union Cemetery. The fatality was one of more than 30 separate accidents causing personal injury to at least 10 persons and property damages estimated in thousands of dollars investigated by mem- bers of the Ontario Provincial Police Whitby detachment from 6 p.m. Friday, the official start of the holiday weekend until 12 midnight Monday, the end of the holiday weekend, Property damage was esti- mated at at least $2,100 in one Monday night accident when seven cars were involved in a rear-end pile up in the west- bound lane of Highway 401, two miles west of the Whitby-Pick- ering town line. At least two persons suffered minor injuries when cars driv- en by Gunther Mahake, Toron- to; Stanley E. Green, Scarbor- ough; Morley Card, Toronto; Frank E. Lawson, Toronto; Oli- ver Perras, Toronto; Patricia Stewart, Toronto and Ario Gat- ti, Toronto, were involved in the pile-up. Traffic along the westbound lane was backed up more than two miles as a result of the mis- hap which occurred in the pass- ing lane, Traffic along Highway 401, police said, was heavy from Monday afternoon until mid- night and moved slowly but steadily. Few accidents were reported during Monday's traf- or Sunday services". fic influx. EX-ALDERMAN Dies At The death of Rae Halliday, 870 Hortop street, occurred early today at the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital, in his 77th year. He had been ill for the past two weeks. | Born in Chesterville, near Ot- |tawa, April 9, 1887, he was a |son of the late David Halli- day and Margaret McColl. As a youth, he was active in all |sports and enjoyed alley bowl- \ing for the past 50 years. Mr. |Halliday was a past president of the Oshawa Lawn Bowling | Club. He married the late Mary Anne' Carroll, in Kingston, in |1912, and lived in Ottawa and OTTAWA (CP)--Prime Min-|transport planes belonging to| Oshawa since that time. When lister\ Pearson Monday was in| vited \to visit West Germany at P eae, his earliest opportunity as West)terfering in Laos' inte German. Foreign Minister Ger-! |hard Schroeder talked with him.| |The prime minister is under-| |stood to have accepted condi-| |tionally. He has said he wants to visit France. the pro-Communist Pathet Lao so it cannot 'tbe accused of in- Tnal af- fairs." DRESS AS NUNS | MONTEVIDEO, U ruguayjhe was employed by the As-| (AP)--Two men disguised as} signed Pay Department, of the| Roman Catholic nuns held up |he first came to Oshawa, it was as manager of the Unemploy- ment Insurance Office, then lo- cated on King street west at |Church street. During the First World War |Federal Government. Later, ja branch bank Monday and|Mr. Halliday was a salesman HELP LAND PROJECT TORONTO (CP)--The Jewish National Fund of Canada ac- cepted responsibility Sunday for a $2,000,000 project near the Israel-Jordan border. The Devir area now is a barren wasteland. Work will begin this year on wa- \ter conservation, land reclama- tion and road building. WANT COMPETITIONS HAMILTON (CP)--A scheme to select architects for some |major federal government build- jing projects through design competitions received support |Saturday at the annual conven- ltion of the Royal Architectural {Institute of Canada. The On- itario. Association of Architects jsought two or three competi- |tions annually for projects of ex- ceptional importance. SHARKS KILL 22 | MANILA, The Philippines) (Reuters) --Twenty - two per-| sons, most of them children,| were feared killed by sharks| jwhen a boat, carrying 42 per- jsons capsized in rough seas off |Eastern Luzon, Five others died lof exposure. Fifteen persons survived a three-day ordeal by clinging to the upturned boat. SETS FLIGHT RECORD Kennedy's jet airliner streaked into Moscow Sunday to set an international speed record for a non-stop flight from Washington. The 5,004-mile flight took eight hours, 38 minutes and 42 sec- onds and it answers a Russian claim that the United States had| by a Soviet turbo-prop trans-| 'port, was about 12 hours. escaped with 300,000 pesos ($20,000). $3,000 Loss In 'House Fire' Fire destroyed a house under construction at Cartier and Waverley streets Monday; fire department officials suspected the fire was _ started children. Platoon Chief Mart Ostler, of the Oshawa Fire Department, estimated the damage at $3,000. The flames destroyed all but the building's frame and_ the roof. Bystanders said seen children playing around the house. Some children told by other children set the fire. The fire department was kept busy over the weekend with alarms involving minor fires. There were a tree fire and an overheated space heater Satur- day, a shed set on fire by fire- crackers Sunday and an over-| heated stove and some hay set on -ire by fire crackers Mon. day. The number of calls totalled eight ambulance Saturday MOSCOW (AP) -- President; and six Suday. There was no! figure available for Monday. GETS DEGREE John D. Laughlin, of Osh- awa, will receive his LIB de- gree, Saturday, May 25, at Queen's University graduation ceremonies. He was one of 21 Brooklin, will receive his de- | they had and was then employed by the Ontario Government Labor De- partment. For 22 years, he own- ed and operated Halliday's gro- |cery store, retiring' in Septem- ber, 1961. In 1945 Mr. Halliday ran as jan aldermanic candidate, com- |ing ninth in a 10-man council. |This was the year the late Dr. |W. H. Gifford received an ac- }clamation for mayor. He was |successful in the next three }elections and in 1949, ran for |mayor and was defeated by Mi- |chael Starr, From 1951 to 1955, |Mr. Halliday served continously lon City Council, |PENSION PLAN While serving. as alderman, he originated the idea of a civic employees' pension plan. Mr. Halliday also originated \fire fighters they had. seen| and carried through the idea of jlow-cost housing in Oshawa. This later became the Oshawa Housing Company Limited. In recognition of his efforts in this endeavor, the first three low- cost housing units on Richmond street east were named Halli- day Manor in his honor. He |was vice-chairman of the Osh- |awa Housing Company at the | time of his death and had been ja member and director since |the company was set up. While operating his grocery ; store, Mr. Halliday for several |years sponsored a well-known radio broadcast on the local radio station. He was an honor- ary member of the UAWA. Mr. |Halliday was an adherent of |the United Church. He was predeceased by his no aircraft capable of flying/members of the 1963 graduating) wife in 1962. Mr. Halliday is non-stop to Moscow, The pre-iclass in the Faculty of Law.|survived by a son, Cleveland, vious record, set some time ago|John Alexander McKinney, of}of Oshawa. He leaves a bro. ther, George, of New Westmin- 'gree as a graduate in medicine.!ster, B.C.,-and three grandchil- Rae Halliday 77 RAE HALLIDAY dren, David, Patricia and Mary Louisea Halliday, all of Osh- awa, The funeral service will be held in the McIntosh-Anderson Funeral Chapel, Thursday, May 23, at 3.30 p.m. Rev. H. Mel- |low, of Northminster United Church, will conduct the ser- vice. Interment will be in Maple Ridge Cemetery, Win- chester, Friday, May 24, at 2 p.m. --Mayor Lyman Gifford today paid the following tribute to Mr. Halliday: "It was with deep regret that I learned of the passing this morning of my good friend, Rae Halliday. | "He was a very kind man who was always interested in the welfare of the community in that he served for several years on City Council and var- ious boards and commissions and was the leader in estab- lishing the pensioners' homes that were built and are now on Richmond street east. It was many times he came to council with proposals to commence the project and repeatedly council turned him down, but finally, through his insistence, plus the fact that he persuaded council some years ago to visit Owen Sound and view their project, Oshawa decided to _ under- take such a project which has proved to be most beneficial to our city. "His knowledge and courtesy in dealing with the public, not only in his private business, but also during the years that he | was with the National Employ. ment Office and City Council, is an example for men to follow in years to come when they are seeking publig office. "To his son, I offer my deep. est sympathy." ~~ The Oshawa Times SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1963 PAGE THIRTEEN COL. R. S.. McLAUGHLIN (left) and Mayor Lyman A. Gifford (right) are two of the many patrons of the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. The drive for funds will commence May 27 with plant payroll deduc- tions and a general canvas of the public. 16 Cases Are Heard By Court Magistrate F. S. Ebbs levied a total of $55 in fines, Friday, in Oshawa Magistrate's court. There were 16 cases on the docket, of which three were re- mands and one was withdrawn. All those convicted entered pleas of guilty. James R. Grieve Limited, 2614 King street east, was fined $25 and costs on an income tax return charge. Keith's Car Market Limited, 137 King street west, was also fined $25 and costs on the same charge. Christina Barrell, 68 Duke street, Bowmanville and Geor- gina Fowler, Scugog street, RR 1, Bowmanville, were each fined $10 and costs or five days on charges of stealing identical ar- ticles from Kresges Limited. Marcolina Rosa, 853 Simcoe street south and Leslie Berg- mann, 42 Division street, were remanded to June 14 on joint charges of theft over $50. Rosa is additionally charged with | | Hull _|Hawks, Eddie Westfall of the Big Parade Is Set For Next Saturday WalkToBe Mile Long The Civic Auditorium Com. mittee intends to stand the city on its ear Saturday morning with a parade a mile long which to date includes more than 1,000 marching, 13 bands, 15 floats and sports greats of the past and present. Parade chairman Bill Kurelo says that most of those who can join in the activities to be housed in the new auditorium will show their faith in the proj- ect by joining in the parade, everyone from school age hock- ey players to the Little Thea- tre Group, Included in the ceremonies will be a special presentation from the city to Oshawa's own Alex Oakley who won the Pan- American Games Gold Medal for the Marathon Walk. Special guests include Bobby of the Chicago Black Bruins, Nancy McCreedie, a Gold Medal winner in the Pan. +|Am Games, Jenny Wingerson, + |who won a silver medal, Lloyd :|Percival of Sports College and ~|Leo Troy, Provincial Sports ,|Chairman of the Canadian Le- NEW COMMISSIONER James P. Williams of Co- bourg who will be taking over his duties as Oshawa Industrial Commissioner in mid-June. --Oshawa Times Photo Old Garage theft over $50. Lloyd G. Elliott, 19, 1474 Ev- angeline drive and Stanley Wal- lace, 17, 745 Laurentian avenue, were given suspended sentence and placd on probation for two years. The youths were charged with four counts of break, en- ter and theft, a charge of break and enter with intent and two| counts of theft, | Charged with two counts of false pretences and five counts of fraud, Gerald Vijlliam Gor. don, 518 Second Line, Sault Ste. aa was remanded to May 4. A bench warrant was issued for Martin Kozlar, of no fixed address. Kozlar is charged with assault and threatening. A charge of assault was with. drawn against George Vaska- vich of the Casino Restaurant. Donald Morrison, 206 Division street, was remanded until May 24 on charges of dangerous driving and driving while under suspension. Marjorie Ann Gooding, 67 Rit- son road north, was remanded to June 17 on a charge of sell- ing liquor. Car Production Higher In 1962 DETROIT (AP) -- United States auto factories, whose production wheels are turning at possible record highs this year, looked back today at final, world wide figures on 1962 production. They showed that in nearly every part of the world, with the exception of South Amer. ica, auto output was up in 1962, compared with the previous year, Reports gathered by several auto statistical agencies indi- cated there were nearly 145,- 000,000 cars, buses and trucks rolling along the highways of the world at the beginning of 1963. Some 17,741,500 motor vehi- cles were built by the world's auto plants last year. The United States turned out 87100,- 000 of these vehicles, but for the fifth year in a row, production in countries outside the U.S. ex- ceeded the American total. | U.S. corporations and their subsidiaries still controlled the bulk of production however, as 43 per cent of all cars, trucks Is Burned A ramshackled garage at Cedar and Wentworth streets has changed the plans. of the Oshawa Fire Department. The garage burned to fhe ground on Sunday afternoon. Fire Chief Harold Taylor of No. 2 station said the depart. ment had planned to use the garage for a practice fire dur- ing the middle of June. At this time, he said, the department will be hiring 15 recruits. The property is owned by Harbor Commissioner Sam Jackson. gion. It is also expected that a star of the Maple Leafs will be present; a member of the To- ronto Argonauts footbal team; Alex Delvechio who will join with many of the former greats of the old Oshawa Generals; and perhaps the great Maurice Richard. Mr. Kurelo said he also ex. pected that William Hutt, star of the Stratford Shakespearean 222. VOTE SETS RECORD Steve Melnichuk, day that the four-day 1962-62 election completed Friday of Local 222, UAW-CLC set an all- time high record for the num- ber of ballots cast. "More than 8,014. were cast, \give or take 30 or 40 either way, in the elections for execu- tive posts, District UAW Coun- cil and three committees (Edu- cation, political action and re- ,/ereation)" said Mr, Melnichuk. The chairman also announc- ed that the ballots will be kept in the UAW Hall on Bond street over the week-end for the first time in a major elec- tion held by the Local; usually such ballots are kept in the wg police station over a week- ns Counting will take place Tues- day morning. There are approximately 12,. 000 eligible voters. elgction committee chairman, said to- Theatre and television will also be present, The parade will move from Alexandra Park, where it as- sembles, at 10.30 a.m. to go down Simcoe street to Memor- ial Park. Along the way thousands of free balloons will be distributed to the children, The parade will have some- thing for everyone, 50 .clowns for the children and a dog obedience float, to an arts and culture float and a Judo float. When the parade reaches the bandshell at the Memorial Park the special guests will be in- trodueed~by Jim Bishop of CKLB and the special presen- tation made to Alex Oakley. Among those speaking briefly will be Don Jackson, who has returned specially for this event to tell this city why he thinks the new auditorium is so {m- portant to the community. The parade is comprised of 37 groups representing all sport and cultural activities in the city and all the city schools. It is intended, Mr. Kurelo said, to show the people of this city the wide variety of interests in- volved in the new auditorium and just how many people will be able to make use of it if it is built. Father Of 2 Drowns Police today are still drag- ging the Trent River for the body of a 28-year-old Oshawa father of two children, Joseph Magda, of 95 Albert street, drowned Monday when, police said, he stood up in a boat containing six men, lost his bal- ance and fell overboard. The drowning occurred about 28 miles east of Peterborough. In falling, Magda pulled Jo- seph Rambela into the water. Julius Pajar, also of 95 Albert street, jumped in to try to save Magda, who could not swim. Both Pajar and Rembela were picked up by nearby boats. Joseph Magda came to Can- ada from Hungary following the Hungarian Revolution in 1957. He had been employed as a pleater with the Coulter Man- ufacturing Company for the last 4% years. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and two children, Joseph Jr., four, and Elizabeth, two. Also surviving are his mother, Mrs. Roselle Magda, a, sister, Mrs. Magda Vrie, and' two brothers, William and Louis Magda. Another brother lives in Hungary. MONTREAL--Georges Du- puis, watchman at the Royal and buses built last year were turned out in plants in the U.S.,| jwith about 26 per cent. more} | built in American-owned plants} abroad. Canadian Electrical and Mech- anical Engineers armory in north-central Montreal, stands outside the armory after it was hit by a violent bomb NARROW ESCAPE blast, apparently set off in a nearby parking lot. He says he owes his life to some stairs that deflected the force of the explosion away from him. The explosion was suspected to be the work of the Front de Liberation Quebecois, an une derground separtist organiza- tion that has claimed respon- sibvility for numerous bomb scares and several explosions in Montreal since April 1. --(CP Wirephoto)