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ee, itt Sore eee ' MOULDING SMALL ani- "meals are several retarded children at the Alden School for Retarded Children in Ajax. The children receive instruc- tion to equip them for day to day living when they leave the school at age 18. Shown with the children are (left) Principal, Mrs. Mary F, Ramsden and Mrs, J, Woods. --Oshawa Times Photo, Retarded Children Net 200 In Bowling By BRIAN McCALL S(taff Reporter) AJAX (Staff) -- Twenty-two of the more than half million entally retarded persons in Bosada are finding a way to a Productive life in the kering Township School for Retarded Children. . The school, located in Ajax, was recently completed and from all outward appearances is the same as any other school of its size. Pupils from all over the township between the ages of eix and 18 attend the school 'and receive instruction from three capable and devoted ers. The school day begins much the same as in other schools 'ul and children in the school are mon- goloid and as a rule are slower than the other pupils. The mongoloid children are very friendly and happy. Mrs. Mary Ramsden, princi- pal of the school says that al- though the children can never be normal, they can be taught lead a useful and productive le. BOWL 200 SCORES After the lunch period, the children take part in arts and crafts and work in the school woodworking shop. The children are taught to clean up atfer themselves and to be kind and considerate, Mrs, Ramsden said. The teacher must never go down to the level of the pupil with the pupils singing the|but, by treating them as nor- Queen and saying the Lord's prayer. The children, some of whom hhave been on the school bus for over an hour are then to a milk break. Morning lessons are devoted to reading, spelling and arith- metic and the children are taught to tell what day it is @nd what the weather is like outside. At lunchtime four of the older ls prepare the soup and des- and the boys help to clean up the lunchroom. 1 ANT -- HAPPY . The students, some of whom we 50 percent of the intelli- of normal children, have great difficulty in learning the Puplest of things. * The teachers, through count- less repetition and seemingly endless patience, teach the chil- @ren how to do the things nor- Melly taken for granted. Contragy to some _ people's @pinion of retarded children, they are pleasant, happy and @s lovable as any other chil- © Their only difference is the lack of intelligence which Means they need almost con- stant supervision. The children themselves do mot seem to be aware of the fact they are retarded and their ent is more of a trial to the parents than to the child, . Nearly 50 percent of the 'Caledon Site For World Plough Match TORONTO -- The llth World Contest will take on Conn Smythe's farm r Caledon, Ontario, 8-12 r this year, it was an- at the World Plough- ntest headquarters today. from 18 countries @re expected to take part. The eontest is one of the world's Most prominent agricultura! events. About 30,000 people are ex- ed to visit the event each , and it will be run in con- on with the Canadian jonship and the annual io International match. -- . The World Contest was start- @d in Canada in 1953 at Co- , Ontario. Since then it been held in nine European countries, This is the first time & will be back in Canada. Canada's champion plough- men, Toby Trimble of Portage Prairie, Manitoba, and mt Wells of Stouffville, On- tario, will represent Canada at the contest. "This is a very important an- Miversary," said Alex McKin- ney, president of the Canadian Ploughing deal Canada. In lion to the ploughing, dis- of machinery and side @vents of interest to women end children are being plan- ned." ro the teacher strives to raise hem up, she added. treated] Fairport Beach Man Fined $50 AJAX (Staff) -- A fine of $50 and costs was levied against a Fairport Beach man when he was found guilty of careless driving, in Ajax Magistrate's Court Thursday. Josef Renz of Commerce street, Fairport Beach appeared before Magistrate C. W. Guest and pleaded not guilty to the charge. An Ajax Police Constable told the court he investigated an ac- cident on the Baseline road at the turnoff to Aga Steel. He said Renz was driving a by a west bound vehicle driven by George Henry Macpherson of Ajax. Renz said he did not see the other car because of the fog and because of a sluggish engine could not make the turn in time to avoid the accident. He said there. wasn't more than 150 feet of visibility and that he could not estimate the speed of the second vehicle in- volved in the accident. Magistrate Guest said that Renz had been careless as charged, in the manner he exe- cuted the turn and imposed the small truck east on the Base- line and while making a left turn into Aga Steel was struck Every Friday, 15 of the chil- dren go bowling and often tally scores of 200 and more, Mrs. Ramsden who bowls 90 says she hasn't been beaten in a long time because she hasn't played and given the children a chance to beat her. Although such subjects as Latin are out of the question for these children, they can be taught to print and do ele- mentary arithmetic, she ex- plained. A store complete with items for sale and prices is visited by the children to teach them how to shop using real money. At the age of 18, the children are ready to be admitted to a special trades school where they are taught to solder radio components and other such jobs. Mrs, Ramsden said the chil- dren do not tire of repetition. Sorting and piecework jobs: do not bother them. There are more than 70 'lada to continue the social ad- Speed Timer Fills Ajax Police Court AJAX (Staff) -- Ajax Police Court was filled to capacity Thursday when motorists trap- to angue their cases, Allen Russel Black of Bay Ridges was fined $30 and costs when he was found a 40. mile zone. Black pleaded not guilty on the grounds that his small Euro- pean car was not capable of doing 70. Bernard Roger Domik of Lakeview boulevard, Picker- ing Beach, received a fine of $10 and costs for speeding at 42 mph in a 30 mile an hour zone. Magistrate Harry W. Jermyn reduced the charge to 40 miles per hour in order to save Domik a point. David Green of 57 Woodhouse crescent, Ajax, was fined $19 and costs after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of speeding miie zone, Jose Patrico of Toronto was required to pay $10 and costs when he was convicted of cross- ing the timer tape at 43 in a 30 mile per hour zone. causes of mental retardation and no family is immune. Mental retardation is not cur- able since it is not a disease but a chronic handicap which respects neither class nor race. But, as in the Ajax school, the mentally retarded child can be treated and taught the skills necessary in living. The school is financed mainly by government grants and does not represent a direct tax bur- den on the town. The school must raise more than $12,000 annually to pay the mortgage on the buildirq') and much of this is donated by private citizens, For each full day student at- tending the school, grants amounting to $75 per month are received from municipal an the provincial gover t: Courtice Youth Joins Field Team Lawrence Butt, 20, of Cour- tice, near Oshawa, has resumed summer duties with Lands and Forests Department field offic Hal Hooke for the second year. Mr, Butt, a third year biology and chemistry student at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, will assist Mr. Hooke in his duties with four conserva- tion authorities, including the Otonabee Region authority. He'll investigate farm ponds, make flooding surveys and take options on reforestation proper- c a No funds are raised by di- rect taxation, however, and the high cost of running the schorg necessitates public help. Mrs, Ramsden says transpor- tation alone costs more than $20 per day .and the school could not operate on the grants alone, "Our reward as_ teachers fine of $50 and costs. comes when we see a light of ties until he returns to school in Sept 5 comprehension, no matter how small, in the eyes of our chil- dren," she said. Simple things such as posting a letter are large jobs to these children and buying a loaf of bread would be virtually impos- sible without the training they PEGE UREVERLULEULELEL RIE Ea KRESGOE S iad Bi SES Ss tk es SB | ss Bis ce So IS Oe SR Sa Fa CHAIR A new concept in garden furniture, features vinyl tubing wound around the seat and back rest for the utmost in comfort, extra wide heavy moulded plastic low price. arms, all at this low, | MAY SPECIAL. . COMPARABL E VALUE 6.99 receive in the school. ee) at SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR MONEY CHEERFULLY REFUNDED 2 STORES TO SERVE YOU BETTER DOWNTOWN OSHAWA OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE by the Police Department's| sponsibility of forming the gov- Been' Timer appeared in courtjernment, of bringing in this guilty of sible t result from that pro- speeding at 70 miles per hour in g at 49 miles per hour in a 30) REPORT TO DURHAM Liberals Get Second Wind After Confidence Motion By RUSSELL C. HONEY, MP OTTAWA -- The new Liberal hi see was hard-pressed esday night to survive its first want of confidence motion by a narrow margin of 124 votes to 113. : Excitement mounted in the House all day as it became in- creasingly apparent that Mr. Diefenbaker would muster his followers behind an NDP sub- amendment attacking the gov- ernment's position on nuclear arms, The Throne Speech Debate started Monday in a routine fashion as Mr, Diefenbaker, leader of the Official Opposition moved a motion of non-confi- Prime Minister Pearson re-en- tered the debate to say that the government wanted, once and for all, to settle the question of its policy on nuclear arms and he indicated to Commons that his minority government was prepared to stake its life on the result of the vote, The Liberals were faced with the very serious possibility that overnment would be de- feated in its first test of strength, SOCRED SPLIT SEEN A split in the Social Credit ranks indicated some relief might be forthcoming for the minority government. Deputy Leader Real Caouette dence in the government be- cause..." ... the policies announced (in the Throne Speech) fail to provide full op- portunity for the people of Can- vance be ee economic growth of the past year." Prime Minister Pearson, also in a routine way, answered Mr. Diefenbaker's charges pointing out that the Speech from the Throne does embody important constructive projects and pro- posals which will lead to the creation of new jobs and the general economic well-being of Canada, NDP LEADS ASSAULT The next speaker, Social Credit Leader Thompson, sim- ly stated the position of his arty and did not move a mo- tion of non-confidence. Mr. Thompson said, "The party with the largest number of elected members has the re- legislative program, We have the responsibility constructively to try to work out the best pos- ram," The assault on the new gov- ernment was led by NDP lead- er T. C. Douglas, the last of the four party leaders to speak. Mr. Douglas moved a sub- amendment to the Conservative want of confidence motion ex- pressing regret at the govern- ment's nuclear policy. Church Readies Tea, Bake Sale A tea and bake sale wil be held on Saturday, May 25, in the Christian Education Build- ing of the Brooklin United Church from 2 - 5 p.m. A large number of interesting hobbies and antiques will be on display. Forty-five members of the Brooklin Home and _ School Association attended a live CBC Television showing of "Front Page Challenge" in Toronto, Tuesday, May 21 in Studio 4. The guests on the program were Miss Mary Pickford and her famous husband Buddy Rodgers, and Miss Marion An- derson. of the Social Credit Party told the House that fol NDP sub-amendment, whereas it ared that National Lead- er Thompson and his four west- ern. members would split with their Quebec colleagues and vote with the government. The Conservative Party call- ed_a special caucus before the House met for the evening ses- sion, and when Mr, Diefenbaker rose to speak shortly after 8 p.m, it was immediately appar- ent that the Conservatives would throw their weight be- hind the NDP. sub-amendment in an attempt to defeat the government, Mr, Diefenbaker, regaining his old form, spoke in full ora- torical flight for one and a! half. hours, concluding his jze- marks by saying "we intend to support the sub-amendment". Sales 0! New Cars Fell During March OTTAWA (CP)--Sales of new motor vehicles in March fell to 55,704 units, a 3.8 - per - cent drop from the corresponding menth last year, the bureau of statistics reported Thurs- day. This marks the first year- to-year decrease since Septem- ber last year. Sales in the first three months of the year totalled 144,716 units, up four per cent from the first. quarter total of 130,146 units last year. 2 LOCATIONS EXCLUSIVE HAIR STYLING FOR MEN hapsk IG2WILSON ADS The issue was joined when the 9.45 p.m. was packed with more If anything, the vote taken at tension than any vote of confi- dence experienced in the last Parliament. The Liberal. government was) saved by the votes of two Con-|} servatives--ex-Defence Minis- tér Douglas Harkness and Jacki} McIntosh of Swift Current, votes of cial Credit members Mr, Thom) . . 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