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i \ TWO MILITARY traditions were observed when the On- tario Regiment held its annual Barrack Room Dinner Mon- day night at the Oshawa Arm- ories. In the upper picture. Lt.-Col. J, R. Warnica, com- manding officer, carves the Major W. Major Ralph Dawe and Sgt. from 'F, J; Grant preside as the men of the regiment receive their pay. Standing, from left, are Corporal W. Spry, Troop- ers J, M. Tracy and D..G Stevason --Oshawa Times Photos turkey assisted by D. Paynter, second right, second in command; and his squadron command- ers, Capt. T. C. Thompson left, and Capt. L. P. Tig- gelers. In the lower picture the regiment paymaster, ; Merchants Would Stay | Officers OF - ¢ Oshawa F + fe le le Nes Regiment | Serve Ranks More than 100 militiamen of| SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1963 PAGE ELEVEN | the Ontario Regiment sat down| to. the regiment's traditional Barrack Room Dinner Monday evening in the Oshawa Armory. The Christmas fare was served to the men bythe officers of the regiment. | Earlier, at the Christmas pay parade, the men received the major portion of the 38 days' pay allotted to them each year. Regiment members are paid a half-day's pay for each evening parade they attend. Each man must turn out for one parade a week. ; Head table members of the| J regiment were Captain R. A.! Sharp, Protestant padre) ' of the Ontario Regiment; Cap-| | tain R. E. Gutsole, president of the Officers' Mess; Corporal D. E. Shattraw, president of the Men's Canteen; Captain L. P. |Tiggelers, "C" Squadron Com- mander; Captain Quick, newly) " jappointed Regimental Bandmas-| ter; Lt.-Col. J. R. Warnica, com-| manding officer of the Ontario! Regiment; Regimental Sergeant) Major W, J. Milne; Major W. C.) Paynter, second-in-command of e the Ontario Regiment; Captain 7 |T. C. Thompson, "A" Squadron! i Commander; Warrant Officer II * J. A. Newell, president of the Sergeants' Mess; Lieutenant R R. Cziranka, adjutant and Cap-| tain M. A. Beriault, Roman |Catholic padre of the Ontario $350 per year. |Regiment. | Trustee Harold B. Arm- ee a eee The Oshawa Junior Cham- stro} stat s m Ts e reg fenghees yer) pene el es Ithe dinner were best shot with ber of Commerce held its wish to have a Toronto |the 7.62 Rifle, which was won| Christmas meeting, Monday }by Corporal A. G, Lamb, and) night, for wives, girl friends SUGGEST TIMES FOR TEACHERS Trustee George Fletcher, chairman of the public rela- tions committee, reported to the Oshawa Board of Edu- cation Monday, that copies of The Oshawa Times could be mailed to every school in Oshawa to be placed in staff rooms at a cost of and guests. No business was himself with pretty girls. Back conducted and no speeches de- mow, left to right, are Mrs. livered. President Vic Brookes Jean.Brookes, Mrs. Mary Net- set the theme by surrounding ley, Mrs. Beverley Ball, and OSHAWA JAYCEES HOLD CHRISTMAS PARTY Mrs. Barbara Eagleson. Front row: Miss Lois Parker, Vic Brookes and Miss Judy son. --Oshawa Times Photo The Oshawa Times, "I am anxious to see {Won by Tpr. Z. Trubela. copies of The Times dis- Trooper Trubela received the tributed," said Trustee |RMS Adams Trophy for the jhighest standing on the 1963 George Drynan. He empha- : an : ained that while Ans oe: |Junior Non-Commissioned Offi- jcers' Course. ing paper "only prints the scandalous, ridiculous. or the sanguine"' events in Osh- awa, the local paper would fulfill the function of inform- ing the teachers of local edu- cation and political matters. No action the matter Seek Ways Civic Officials | €F Harbor Here Oshawa Mayor Lyman Gifford| federal government) no longer jand City Solicitor E. G, Me-jallows this where cities are ad- s Five Accused was taken 'in Are Remanded Weve nod means of promoting 'YCely are in pa ga Fl i to.a harbor," said Mr. the Oshawa Harbor were dis- : ; i j | "This i i - : . 7 reading on legislation designed] . 'This is a national bill, apply: igi sen RS sips ra ot cred . recent meeting Of lto eliminate private acts underjing right across Canada. We asson street, north was/the Oshawa Harbor Commis- harbor, andjhad to write it to include situa- . ; | : Pad he . |\which Oshawa's Toy Project |remanded | until Jan. 6 .at Osh-'sioners, Attending the meeting |those in 10 othier Canadian cen-|tions where there are no 'pro- jawa Police .Court Monday.|were R. P. Henderson, district tres, operate per' cities, S Ah a Trewin is charged with 13 break, engineer, Departmnt of Public nt , 5 : : : vi the three-man tended to be used in Oshawa's UIGES ANCA Iesaree ot treat, ener wih stead, assinane aivmct ong (pects. th the threeman tended to be used fn Oshawa' Business at Santa'e Workshop intent; one charge of attempted eer, Department of Public ~ Mr. f rte Stead, assistant deputy Minister from a reading of the bill. Oshawa Jaycees reported that ees agree: 'oe Harry Millen, the mnewiof Marine, Department of! (After his first trip to Ottawa they had found new and larger|,..2" "Ayres McNamee, I/, Of appointee to the commission,/Transport and J. H. W. Cavey, early in November, Mr. Toytime Project was also remanded until Jan.! With the completion of the erty Division. Jaycee President Vic Brookes ® by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs.\new 500-foot berth on the east| said the Knights . of -Columbus|McNamee faces two charges Of!siae of the harbor basin and) REPRESENTATION Mc- chief of the Harbors and Prop-|Neely told council the city could \be deprived of its right of rep-| ; % lresentation because a section of|standings (Toronto and Hamil- \the bill had the federal govern-|ton also filed objections) on the Attend Sne-=""" To Promote Debate On Harbor Bill |tion" regarding the method .of a harbor centre coming under the terms of the bill, right of |audit and the amount of money jreserves which a local commis- |sion may keep on hand. | Mr. Stead said the British North America Act made the federal government responsible for harbors in Canada, "The government should not be put in the position where it has to ask the city if it can legislate," he said. | About the audit: 'This infor- mation is always available." | Mr, Stead blamed misunder- enter and theft counts: one! Works, Toronto and D. R.:Hal- They left Monday night after 'This clause was never in- ¥ ange 4 and two Ottawa officials: G. W.|misunderstanding could arise surged ahead this morning as|preak and enter and two charges Works, Toronto. premises for their Christmas|{66 Oshawa boulevard north,| was welcomed to the meeting. have made premises available, |break, enter and theft, Paul with the acquisition of land im-| PROTECTED |ment. appointing the majority of|bill's late introduction into the House of Commons and the re- sultant rush. | "We can't show the contents O Thursday Night p ladjacent to their 184 Bond|MacKenzie Darling, 18, of 382 mediately adjacent to it, the| Oshawa is not, and never was,/members on a commission and| 7 ; ; ' : , |Division street, was remanded| -j|in any danger of:losing its right i i E. F. Bastedo, QC, acting for|K-Mart nearing completion on|street west hall. : : beakhe harbor is now capable of hand ; : naming the body which would side-the-city discount stores and/the petitioners, said most of/Highway 2 between Oshawa and) The a -- Se an er <a ee cargo which it had been un-jof sigan ba Pf qocal! name the rest of the members.)) | >. se (es tabhen Wy ta : hea ile i : ' he Whitby. The stimat ljused as a workshop for the ak, "| able to do previously. The har-|harbor commission, Mr. Stea unt it 1 e e shopping centres which do notjthem were located both in the y. Their estimated annua previ y | POINTS DISCUSSED | House," he said, "Time was a r sagen " i inti | His Worship remanded Robert fe indicated after the meeti rv sing |Osh Shopping Centre and on gross revenue (outside food)mending and painting of toys p . bor is dredged to a depth of 21|indic: r the 1 ing. - J ) _ |o : 1 ahs el igs nh gore Ege vee ip sales) is $3,500,000. donated by the public, and de-/Gordon McKay, 207, Greenwood) oa: pius pty which means| 'The claus allowing an option| Other city points discussed in-|big factor in creating most. of < Fear of losing business to out- hours prompted the presenta-|the city's perimeter. tion of a 130-signature petition to Oshawa City Council night asking that Oshawa stores be allowed to stay open Thurs-jopen six nights a week," warn- early in 1964, to establish shop-| toys will be distributed to needy|remanded until Dec. 30 on day nights until 9 p.m-.(as they do Friday nights now). Walker Resigns As Alderman Albert V. Walker, elected Pro- gressive Conservative MLA for Oshawa Riding last September,| resigned from Oshawa City Council Monday night after serv- ing eight years as city alder- man. The resignation is effec- tive at the end of this year. Ald. Walker was presented with a brown brief case by Ald. Walter Branch, on behalf of the council. "He is a capable administra- tor," praised Ald. Branch, "but I hope he has not been entirely brainwashed by the party he supports. I hope he will support us all." One Below At Orono Road _ conditions good as temperature dropped to four degrees above zero, Mon- day night, in the Oshawa area Coldest place during the night was Orono with a low of one degree below zero An inch of snow fell in Osh- awa and works department em- ployees were out at 1.30 a.m salting the man. streets and routes to the General Motors plant. Temperaturé in Oshawa reached a low of four degrees above zero Monday night and a high of 16 above zero during the day. Whitby e were recorded at a high of six degrees above. 'and a low of four degrees. Orono had a low of one below zero and a high of 15 above. Ontario Provincial Police at Whitby said today traffic was moving well on Highway 401 and all county roads in the drea. A spokesman said there appeared to be very little ice on any roads and there were no reports of real danger spots. Saturday night in Oshawa saw the temperature drop to two degrees above zero -- the coldest night since early February. Forty tons of were spread on Oshawa roads today and 25 men are working full time: to. keep smoothly. remained salt Monday to /council. temperatures? '(Much business will be lost; 'To meet this competition the the surrounding townships petitioners. want to remain open where the discount houses are two nights a week, starting ping patterns. This matter was referred to ed Mr. Bastedo. "There is a 90,000 square foot jcommittee. SHOPPING HABITS CHANGED | Mr. Bastedo argued that shop- ping: habits across Canada have changed; "there is more night/ shopping now." In the summer, he said, families attempting to Acting Mayor Hayward Mur-|!€ave the city on Friday, night doch recalled a street corner 'ad no other night to shop conversation in 1955 when he Many Ontario cities have no urged Ald. Walker to mun for TeStrictions on closing hours, re- i minded Mr. Bastedo, and most "I'm not sure I'm tough others in ee ae be it evening 9 . enough to be a politician," an- ad Sais eee" at least swered Ald. Walker, "but I'll be Co ee oe vi paths. Ak ; , These benefits from Thursday watching very closely, as a city a ; : kashites ihe woendivn on night opening were listed by Mr. es a, ne y spd Se an Bastedo: more employment, you bring in nex year. €lmore shopping hours for 'shift hinted about a lower tax rate workers, more hours on. pre but he was smiling when he said vailing pay days of Thursday H. and Friday, further attraction In his eight years on council, tor customers outside of Osh- Ald. Walker spent seven years|awa and maintaining business as a chairman of two standing in. the eity committees (four as chairman) petitioning merchants do not of traffic committee, three as represent the following classes: chairman of parks, property peauty parlors, barbershops and recreation). wall paper and paint shops, He also served on severali;eryice stations and drug committees, most recently as) ctores. chairman on both the county-; ---- a ae city committee looking after de- . tails of the new court-house and the implementation committee Police Probe of the Woods, Gordon report on : city administration. . RESIGNATION LETTER 3 Accidents Here is his letter of resigna- tion to council Three traffic accidents, all of "IT wish to submit my resigna-|them minor, were reported Mon- tion as an alderman on the'day by Oshawa police. Total Oshawa City Council to be|property damage is estimated effective Dec. 31, 1963. Since at less than $850 my election to the Ontario Leg- A collision, near the bridge on islature last Sept. 25, I find the King street west, resulted in work load is such that I must $200 damage to a car driven by| regretfully make this Secon | ry psa 93 Nassau| "During the past eight years|Seet a amage to aj I have appreciated the oppor-| barked car owned by rasa | tunity of serving my fellow citi-|* turrock, 302 French street. ens and I would be remiss if Two vehicles, both reportedly) I did not say that I will miss westbound, collided at Elm and| city council. Celina streets. Each sustained | "y Id like t blicly- ex.|22 estimated $200 damage. Driv-| » 7 Wound like to publicly' €X-/ eng involved were, Louise Doyle, press my appreciation to the de-lo31 McKim street partment heads and' staff at Gaatch. 261 Clarke street. city hall: for the co-operation Damage was slight when a which : they have given me PUC bus and a. private car through the years. If I have brushed against each other at achieved) my measure of SUC-ithe King street 'west exit of the cess, this Co-operation has help- Oshawa Shopping Centre, Mon- ed very materially. day afternoon. The driver of the "I have always been proud of bus was Alexander MacDonald, | our city. It is a city with great|376 Welland avenue and driver potential for future development) of the car was Wilson Mapple- in the years that lie ahead. I\beck, 260 Gibbon street. would like to assure city: coun-|----------------___--_ sa cil, that in my new field of en-- WELCOME NEW MEMBERS deavor as the provincial mem-| ber for.Oshawa Riding, I willicomed at the Monday 'meeting always be available to work!of the Rotary Club of Oshawa with them in the best interests|The new members are Harry traffi¢ moving/of the development of this great|Faint, John Weiss, Lloyd Corson tiful sculpture-like formation shoe Falls. The cold wave city." land Alex Shestowsky. | --------|both the property and finance _ and John # Four new members were wel-|" posited at Shell Oil Co. stations|avenue, until Jan. 6 on two that the harbor, during high|(@ll appointees named by the/cluded "consent versus notifica-'the confusion." in the area charges of auto theft. Walter The completely renovated|Clayton Parks of Kedron was water, has an effective depth ot from. 24 feet to 251-2 feet and, families by the Salvation Army charge of criminal negligence. ---- Oe and Simcoe Hall. Magistrate Ebbs remanded/!$ Capable es y| ----|Ernest Graziotto, 204 Bond|'affic. |street west, until Jan. 13 on one! The commissioners voiced the |charge , of. break, enter andjhope that 1964 will see addition- theft, a| possession charge and al services supplied to the har-| By M. MCINTYRE HOOD Correspondent to Advocated | The Oshawa Times Rotary International was| BIRKENHEAD, England -- a charge of having liquor. bor and. feel that when these} C M k as " --|services are provided, the har- entury ark ws: |bor will be able to compete with | Fire Damages any harbor on the north shore TORONTO (CP)--The Grand} lof Lake Ontario for certain) Lodge of Canada AF and ers! Offi F Ld types of cargo. | Ce _ | 1ce umiture The commissioners intend a gs peatous ane - peo-/Ajax, Ont., and -his wife, had fi an ac ry ple~ i BeOS ith|Ples 0! e wor y herbertithe honor of heading the list brating birthdays this month. pee i Caine A to -- oo en | Mowat, $ didecta wad United|of guests when the Seretiany Adam Brown of Parry Sound| following a fire ent ee municipal authorities and PTO-| Nations Asso€iation, who ad-lof commissioning into service was 101 today. Thomas Ross of|);7 1 OmnEHY ig "ut el | mote the harbor directly with/dressed the Rotary Club of Osh-|the new HMS Ajax, launched Toronto will be 102 Christmas Bateernined: pore iné~ 9. | potential users. awa at its Monday meeting. lin August of last year, was held Day almost out when 'fire fighters! Fred C, Malloy. was elected) The speaker was introduced|at Birkenhead. Mr. Brown is a past 'district arrived on the scene. Damage|Chairman of the commissioners|by Rotarian Dr. C. M. Elliott.| The new Ajax is a Leander deputy grand master of the|was limited to office furniture.|and Thomas M. by Cicopbed ob appreciation of the mem.|Class Bar ih da aor se Grand Lodge AF and AM (An-| The city ambulances made pee apne hth Taken 'aiibere and their guests was voic-| oeley ORN. in canara wae cient Free and Accepted Ma-|S¢ven runs Monday, six of/S ae pitt Y Mi vag(ed .by Rotarian James Wil-| nissione fo vice i "*"\them routine. The remaining|Promotion and Harry Millen was|);_ 1." comnes 4 4 an be es auhale call took Michael Bernett, ajappointed public. relations offi- Through the promotion of tnlit atemete: Caen el Laird and He also is a_ former light-|Toronto man to Oshawa Gen- man : : getherness, by Rotary Interna-|Company. Also present as guests house keepér on The Rock about/eral Hospital after he 'suffered! Further duties will be under- tional, many _ barriers whichl + the caren ' Rob t 18 miles from Parry Sound in/a heart attack in his car. He|taken' by Mr, Millen in the|noq formerly separated ations|Thompson, chairman. of the ee ee ve ee ECuMe. .|have been broken down, the/husiness in connection with | Speaker said. He also comment-|ajax, Ont,, Industrial Commis- ed on the benefits accruing from| ion, and Mrs. Thompson. Mr. the Rotary Foundation Scholar-/phompson was in Britain also on ship Plan which this year has|the town's industrial develop- resulted in fellows from 54 coun-| ment, but was an honored guest tries studying abroad, and learn-|a¢ the ceremony. ing how people live in other} Othere guests who were pres- lands. ue included Admiral "We have an obligation . imen everywhere. Civilization is| commanded the cruiser Ajax at |going to win if it accepts the/the Battle of the River Plate responsibility of helping other)ang Lady Woodhouse; Rear- races and creeds," continued|Admiral §. L. Bateson, CB,| jthe speaker, who said that for|\CRE., and Captain S. B. de! ithree centuries Africa and Asia Courcy-Ireland, R.N., subse-| |had been exploited for the bene-/quent commanders of the same| » fit of Europe and other west-| chip which was' eventually! |ern countries which had become] -orapped in. 1040. F Duncan | Mirevly on an A result, lwho served in the battleship| Since the advent of the United) ajax before the first world war,| |Nations the techniques of shar- and Mrs. B. Boyd. widow of al ing had taken over and during) gin OF that Gib; Were Blo ithe past 18 years there had| J h By Ps |been more sharing with the|*?™0n8 the guests. jhave-not nations than during the)\qerT AT AIRPORT | past 1800 years. The sending out| Mayor and Mrs. Parish arriv-| ie workers such as the U.S./eq at London airport a few days| ee Corps was doing much to| prior to the ceremony at Birken- a |Spread Knowledge and under-|head and were met at the air- | Standing. {port by Captain the Hon. D. P. "Only through the growth of|Seely, of HMS Ajax, and Mrs. trust have we any right to look|Seeley, and were escorted to the to the future with confidence,"|Strand Palace Hotel. After three |Mr. Mowat declared. |days spent sight-seeing in Lon- | ------|don, along with Mr. and Mrs. R. Thompson, who had arrived ahead of them, they . travelled by car to Birkenhead, where Mayor Parish made an official call on the mayor of that town. vent on ee Cate Bai ste mete. on e be a & é ba é é : | HOSPITAL REPORT wr e" z é Peay Following is the report of the ke % 4 5 ee 2 Oshawa General Hospital for ; ee. i ' Cg ? the week ending Dec. 14: admis- A ; bt ; j Ce jsions 333; births male 24,|/town female 31; discharges, 330; ; discharges 330; newborn s- CONNECTION. WITH AJAX charges -- male 30, female 22;| In the course of the commis- major surgery, 75; minor sur- sioning ceremony, Mayor Parish gery 107; eye, ear, nose and|addressed the ship's company, throat, 56; treatments and ex-/and said the town of Ajax was jaminations, 175: casts, 38; phy-| proud to have adopted the new siotherapy treatments, 763;|HMS Ajax. The town of Ajax (visits, 539; occupational ther-|in Ontario, he said, had adopt-| apy, 185, ed its name to commemorate 'tte. WINTER ENHANCES BEAUTY OF NIAGARA Nature fashioned this beau- Canadian flank of the Horse- responsible for this Niagara Falls, Ont.,. wintry scene. (CP Wirephoto) of ice-coated shrubs on the gripping most of Canada is praised for its promotion of|Mayor William -A. Parish, of Closer Ties Ajax Officials With Others Attend Ceremony the men who had fought in the cruiser Ajax at the Battle of the River Plate. Streets in the town were named after officers and ratings who took part in the histori caction which ended in the scuttling of the German pocket battleship, Admiral Graf Spee at the entrance to Monte- video Harbor, on Dec. 17, 1939. In the past, Mayor Parish in- timated, trophies from the crui- ser, including a silver cup pre- sented to the ship by her offic- jers in 1938 and a nameplate. .|from the quarter-desk, and sou- venirs of the engagement had been presented to the town. |Among the souvenirs are pedals from the Graf Spee's seapl>-e catapult and fragments of sh. 's fired by her guns.. The town of Ajax, said the mayor, was\ proud to maintain its associa- tion with the newest warship of that honored name, and he wish- ed Godspeed .to the ship and jall who sailed in her. A | On the day after the cere- ;mony, Mayor and Mrs. Parish jand Mr, and Mrs. Thompson Sir/were at the docksi to'Charles Woodhouse, KCB, who! the vessel start are eat )cruise, AT SLOUGH ESTATES Returning to London, Mayor Parish and Mr. Thompson spent ja day at the headquarters of the Slough Estates, at Slough -- a company which has wide in- terests in the town of Ajax, and discussed possible further developments with officers of that company. Mr. Thompson also took the opportunity to fol- low up some interesting con- tacts with British industrialists, to present to them the poten- tialities of Ajax as an indus- trial location. NEW HMS AJAX The Leander class frigate Ajax is the eighth ship of that name to. be commissioned in the Royal Navy. She has a dis- placement of some 2000 tons, an overall length of 372 feet and a beam measurement of 41 feet. She is powered by geared steam turbine machinery. Her arma- ment includes two 4.5 inch guns, two 40-mm. anti-aircraft guns and a triple-barrelled anti-sub- marine mortar, together. with the latest anti-submarine detec- tion equiprnent. The ship's company of'17 of- ficers and 245 ratings has a high standard of living accommoda- tion, including bunk sleeping, separate dining halls and cafe- teria messing. There is air con- ditioning throughout the opera- tional spaces and mess decks.