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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdey, December 24, 1963 'START APRIL 1 GOOD EVENING Plan Tolls For -- By JACK GEARIN FIREFIGHTERS FETE 49 KIDDIES AT PARTY Operation Christmas Tree as presented locally last Satur- day -- with loving care and a fine flair for detail -- by 109 members of the Oshawa Firefighters' Association was an im- pressive show, one designed to warm the cockles of the heart. It was organized and financed, as it was last year, by City firefighters to bring joy toa group of under-privileged * children -- 49 tots from 6 to 12 recommended by the City Welfare Department were the special guests. Operation Christmas Tree is a super-de-luxe party for youngsters with all the trim- mings, including a massive Christmas cake (30 inches wide and 40 jong). The firefighters ran the en- tire show. They cooked the dinner (with the exception of roast turkey prepared at the Oshawa General Hospital), transported the children to and from home, decorated the Central Fire Hall (under direction of Fireman Jim Little). W. H. "Bill" Wilson is president of the Associa- tion -- Vern Johnston was chairman of the entertain- ment committee. It may be unfair to single out individuals for praise in such a gigantic undertaking, but bouquets should be tossed to some performers For instance, Platoon Chief E. M. "Mart" Ostler got out of a sick bed to perform with warm, professional skill, and great tact, in the demanding role of Santa (who arrived with much fanfare, including sirens, etc.) Elected representatives, too, rarely receive praise for un noticed little acts of charity beyond the call of duty -- this applies especially to the Fire Protection committee of City Council (Aldermen Cephas Gay, John Brady and Gordon At- tersley) who turned up Saturday to give a stirring (unre- hearsed) musical rendition of that immortal Christmas favor- ite, "Away in the Manger', with accotdion accomplishment by Fireman Joseph Gangemi. Mr, Gay was especially effec- tive as a soloist and scored heavily with his young admirers As an indication of the planning that went into this party, a surprised six-year-old girl returned to Santa to ask about her gift (a standard brand wrist watch), 'Was that a mistake when you gave me this?" she asked, displaying the watch "You just don't give watthes like this to children," she said Grace was said by Fireman Frank Philps who is retiring soon to move to Peterborough where he will do social service work with the Salvation Army There was another unselfish touch worthy of memtion- the 109 firefighters who staged the affair cancelled a special OFA party for their own children (planned six weeks ago) to devote full. time to last Saturday's event (which. certainly is a fine expression of the true spirit of Christmas.) PLATOON CHIEF OSTLER ROTARY CIVIC DAY LUNCHEON JANUARY 6 George J. Jackson of 110 Park road north did not make that trip to Czechoslovakia with his famous son, Don, as scheduled. George is feeling well after that mild bout with a heart ailment Jast Summer, but he decided to play it safe and stay home from this five-day, tight-scheduled European jaunt which offered little chance for rest, relaxation. Don was scheduled to give exhibitions in three Czech centres in three days; also he is due to rejoin the Ice Follies in Phila- delphia Christmas Day. That's the strenuous world of pro- fessional show business ina Jet age The annual Civic Day Luncheon of the Rotary Club of Oshawa is one of the more worthwhile events in. the service club world of Oshawa-- this year's affair will be held in the Hotel Genosha, Monday, January 6, at 12 o'clock noon. The guest speaker will be Mrs. Richard H. Scrivener, chairman, Ontario division, Community Planning Association of Canada. As is tradtionally the case, the guest list will include civic representatives (elected and otherwise) from Oshawa and district. NEW CANDIDATE FOR "MEANEST THIEF" TITLE Christmas is a time of joy, of heartbreak, too, for some Alderman Thomas Rundle of City Council (who is also secretary of the Oshawa Harbor Commission) could prove the latter point, He arrived in Ste. Jovite, Que., last Sunday mght for a brief ski holiday. He made a starting discovery when he rum- maged through his. new Pontiac car -- several expensive personal items had been stolen enroute from Oshawa, includ- ing luggage, new ski boots, an undisclosed amount of cash; also removed was a new pair of skis from the car's roof Full details were not available, but friends believe that the theft took place while Mr. Rundle stopped briefly after dark for a snack enroute to the famous winter resort (in the Province of Quebec.) RAIL BUSINESS BRISK ON HOLIDAY The CNR. ticket office here reported 'abnormally high" Christmas travel via rail with space at a minimum -- this was unusual for a Christmas falling in the middle of the week. Most main-line trains were running in two sections, including the Super-Continental from Vancouver enroute to Montreal . . . Did you see where Via Air Inc., of Port Huron, Mich. is seek- ing a licence to operate an international air charter service for passengers and freight, serving 12 Canadian cities? The firm has applied to the Air Transport Board for a licence and representations on the application will be heard by the board up to January 13. The line would serve Sarnia, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Sudbury, Trenton, Kingston, North: Bay Ottawa, Sault Ste Marie, Fort William and Montreal (using twin-engined Cessna and Beachcraft planes), most of the passengers would be Americans going to Canadian cities Remember how Nordair Airlines located here temporarily several months ago, thanks to the efforts of hard-working people like William Hart of the Oshawa C of C? RAIL COMMUTER SERVICE NOT RULED OUT Did you ever hear Oshawa referred to as 'The hook on the golden horseshoe" (the geographical description of the Oshawa- Niagara land belt)? James. Smyth; the genial superintendant of. the CNR for Oshawa area, used the phrase last week at a dinner-meeting of the Transportation committee of the Oshawa C of C The subject came up when someone asked if Oshawa was to be included in that proposed gigantic commuter rail service with Toronto as the focal point -- Mr. Smyth didn't pretend to know if there would be such a service, despite current surveys, etc., but he was sure Oshawa. would be included if it ma- terialized .("They couldn't by-pass a growing City of this size," he observed.) The meeting was told that a Provincial government com- mittee was studying all phases of the proposed service (with Metro, railway and other officials) -- Mr. Smyth doubted that any final decision would be made before completion of the new marshalling yards in the spring of 1965 Oshawa desparately needs such a service the daily bus service is a wearisome grind and travelling via motor car on Highway 401 is becoming more hazardous daily, Welland Canal OTTAWA (CP)--Canada_ will|Welland Canal was foreign traf- start collecting tolls. on ships'fic. ' land cargoes that move through) He made it clear that the re-| | jthe Welland Canal when the in- imposed tolls will not be used! © lland shipping season opens next|to meet the capital cost of a \April. 1 $180,000,000 project to twin the | Transport Minister Mellraith, Welland Canal for two-way op-| | made the announcement Mon-'eration. Under this five-year] | |day after Parliament prorogued;plan, five locks of the, eight- land after the shipping season lock Welland will be doubled, in- lended creasing the canal's capacity by INTERPRETING THE NEWS -- Blame Democrats For | Foreign Aid Stall By HAROLD MORRISON | Premier Khrushche . Canadian Press Staff Writer |of economic sie hogy The fury of the current con- One of the original aims of gressional debate "over foreign U.S. foreign aid was to push aid is just as example of what|back the Communist advance may be in store for President|Now, it appeared, the U.S was Johnson when the Republicans ttying to support it jget down to bare-knuckle poli- The situation became more 'tics in 1964. A befogged when State Secretary | Every move, every proposal\Dean Rusk was reported to \that has the least element of/have told a closed-door North jcontroversy about it will be|Atlantic ministerial meeting in | For the last 17 months, the | Welland has been free of tolls-- under an order of the previous Conservative government to ful- fil an election promise made jthree days before the June 18, 11962, election | By reimposing the Welland tolls the government ensures |that they will be considered by | Canadian and United States toll jexperts as part of their current about 60 per cent. The toll charges are expected to produce about $2,000,000 in jrevenue in 1964 for the St, Law- lrence Seaway Authority to off- eet its annual $4,500,000 opera- ting and maintenance charges. When the, Welland tolls were first charged--in 1959 when the full seaway opened for business they were supposed to be high enough to cover operating costs lreview of charges on the St.las well as pay off over 50 years} | Lawrence Seaway route from |the Atlantic Ocean into the heart {of North America | The tolls will be the same as |they were beforet hey were sus- pended July 18, 1962--two cents a ton on the gross registered tonnage of a ship, plus two cents for every ton of bulk cargo and five cents for every ton of gen- eral cargo WILL BE SAME Seaway tolls on the Montreal- Lake Ontario portion of the in- ternational route are not af- fected Mr. Mcllraith said the gov- ernment feels that users of the all-Canadian Welland Canal be- tween Lake Ontario and Lake Erie should contribute to its op- eration and maintenance, He noted that more than half of the| 1962 tonnage handled by the' a $30,000,000 loan for deepening the Welland Canal to seaway standards. This target was not jmet when collection of tolls was | suspended. Mr. Mcllraith said the land tolls will be included in the current review of seaway charges. "It is the Canadian govern- ment's view ,that any adjust- ments to these (Welland) 'tolls following the tolls review would be related to recovery of the /full cost of operation and main- tenance, keeping in mind the de- sirability of not increasing the burdens of local traffic." - He said the repaymeni of. the capital cost of twinning , will be assessed at a future tolls re- view when twinning is com pleted and in the light of traffic growth. |PM"S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE _ Must Face Future With | Hope, Sober OTTAWA (CP)--In his annual Christmas message, Prime Min- ister Pearson says Canadians can look to the future with hope and sober 'confidence. There were problems, but with co-op- eration they could be solved We must. strengthen the unity of 'our nation while meet- ing its many problems. None of these problems will be solved easily or quickly. They will never be 'solved at all without 'understanding them or without the hard, co-operative work and the united purpose. of 'all Cana- dians; of all origins and in all provinces." In a 'talk recorded for pres- entation on radio and television Christmas Day, the prime min- ster said this was a time for all to measure their lives against the values of. Christian morality heralded by: the birth of Christ "The Christmas season, merg- ng as it does with the dawn of a New Year, is a time for res- olution and reflection; a time Contidence for thanks for past blessings as we face new tasks; a time for rtaffirming our confidence in our country; our velief in the brotherhood of all men and our faith in God." NOTES TRAGEDIES It has been a year saddened by tragedies, he said. He men- tioned the death of President Kennedy and the crash of a TCA plane near Montreal in Novem- ber with the loss of 118 lives His message continued "In the midst Of Christmas happiness, surrounded by those we love, we look out at a world in which hatred and bigotry pos sess too many hearts and many minds--in which too many others, by their silence. allow the ugliness to spread. We at a world in which peace still insecure "No treaty or alliance armed might can create or. de- fend . successfully that better peace that all men crave until all men respect the dignity and equality under God of all men.' look is or WEATHER FORECAST Sunny, Colder Christmas Day forecasts issued by weather office at Official the Toronto 4:30 a.m Synopsis: Snow is falling in northern and central Ontario ahead of a storm now moving southeast from James Bay This snow will likely move into south- ern Ontario today. Cool air is moving rapidly southward be- hind and should reach the shores of the lower lakes by Christmas morning Lake St.: Clair, Lake Erie, gara, Lake Huron Lake On- tario, Windsor, Hamilton, Tor- onto: Variable cloudiness and sunshine Wednesday, and turn- ing cooler. Northwest winds near 15 Wednesday Georg'an Bay, Algoma, south- ern White River, Timagamil, Haliburton, North Bay, Sudbury Sault Ste. Marie: A few snow flurries carly tonight. Variable cloudiness Wednesday. Turning much cooler tonight. Winds northwest 15 tonight Northern White River Coch- rane: Variable cloudiness Wed nesday. snowflurries late in the day. Winds northerly 15 RESULTS COUNT | R||B)|L Bolahood Brothers Limited 101 Simcoe North 728-5123 Resale Specialists Rien HEAT WITH OIL DIXON'S OIL 313 ALBERT ST. 24-HOUR SERVICE 723-4663 SERVING OSHAWA OVER 50 YEARS Forecast Temperatures Low tonight, High Wednesday Windsor 28 32 St 28 London 25 Mount Forest. 20 Wingham 20 | Hamilton -, 35 St. Catharines.....- 25 Toronto Peterborough Trenton Killaloe . Muskoka North Ba Sudbury . Earlton ... Sault Ste. Mar Kapuskasing . White River. Moosonee ... Timmins ART EXHIBITION The Art Gallery of Toronto's "Picasso and Man' exhibition, opening Jan. 11 for five weeks features 274 works, including works loaned by Russia | 282 King W., Osha Rug Cl Wel too)" $25, + shares, | John: F NEW known football job Nelson Ron best the a to Youth, stewart, for his feats on field, today took executive assistant as In Ottawa Murders | OTTAWA (CP)--Reginald Bin- nette, a slightly built youth marking his 18th birthday, was arraigned in court Monday on a charge of capital murder follow ing Sunday's bullet - spraying spree in which four persons died in a church rectory His brother, 21 year - Roger, died in the rectory a bullet through his head lice said he shot himself Killed when two young ders burst into the the Church of Christ the King were Paul. Mercier, 24-year-old! Boy Scout leader of the church; | Miss Alberte Guindon, 45, niece and housekeeper of the parish pric Doralise Bechard, who shared an apartment in r sister youth the ate's court Mon old with Po iru rectory of t. and bo the The ac stood exy dock of magist ectory wi JFK Estate Split | said, they = into the house Into Two (AP) Kennedy's pe President will: was k County probate naming his primary BOSTON Monday and children as There was the size of the estate After an initial bequest of| 000 and all personal effects to his widow, Jacqueline B. Ken-) nedy, the will directs that the] estate be divided into two equal) withone trust set up to; benefit Mrs. Kennedy and a sec- ond to benefit. the children The will was drawn June 18,| 1954, before. the birth of "a court widow beneficie | no ¢S-} daughter, Caroline, and his son, Jr. It names as execu- tors and trustees his widow and| brothers, Attorney-General] Kennedy and Senator M. Kennedy (Dem his Robert F edward Mass) The trust her provision. setting the Mrs OV up give of Kennedy control er her share the estate In the event of her death, and no provisions are made by her her share would revert to the childrer FILED AFTER MOURNING The petition asking that. the will be accepted in probate, signed by the three executors, was filed the day after the close of the national mourning period for the late president. It lists Mrs. Kennedy, Caroline and John Jr, as heirs. Under normal procedure, the will must be advertised for three weeks, when a hearing will be held in probate court. I there no objection, the 17 page document will be allowed The will provided that no bond be required and hence, no estimate the was ne cessary However, Massachusetts law requires that 'a bond be. filed by the executors, based on the es- imate \ of the estate, and of estate Yin A\NGuUS-[;RAYDON CARPET COMPANY wa ®@ Tel, 728-9581 Oshawa's Rug and Carpet Centre Broadloom-Tile-Linoleum ; professional eaning | | Weriiinnitr JOB FOR RON STEWART | | Rough Riders in the Hastern | Football Conference Cast onguay, right, the new representation commis- sion, Stewart said he'll con- tinue to. play for Ottawa 18, Charged | | (CP Wirephoto) day, his arms folded across his};came running out from noon sweater with a detective a few/mass to cordon off the rectory feet behind him. He nodded to'to prevent the 'intruders from his mother and father, sitting escaping until police came. The in the front row of the specta-/parish priest, Rev. tors' gallery, and his mother|Chevrier, had been warned by had to be led out after breaking|/Agathe Jensen, who rents a out in gasping sobs. third-floor apartment in the He was charged specifically;rectory, and he asked for help with the murder of Mr. Mercier,|from several male parishioners cut down by a bullet as he tried! as he ran down the aisle to go upstairs after the two in- 'Father Chevrier asked us to truders. Magistrate Edward help,' said Mr. Binette. "I left Carter remanded Binette one with three others ' week to undergo a psychiatric!) "I didn't know then that I was examination going after my own sons. WAS ADOPTED "One of the men went into the mn rectory ahead of me Theeyouth was adopted by the "Wh Sg 4 tt Binettes when he was six-| al lati then, I sah months old not sure. Next thing I knew saw a man at the top of the Ironically, his father? Leo Bi- stairs with a gun. He was wear- nette, was among the parishion- jn5 9 mask ers from the little church, on > Central Argyle Street, whol, suddenly there was a shot I don't know if it was at me But I ducked anyway. | ran for the police After the police came, he land later led a youth out Sh | "They led that young man ares }down the steps and I froze, there was fire: inside me and I felt cold... it was my son, my it probably wall be done within) haby . he's only 17." ' the next 30 days "What have you done My PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)--/God, what have you done' I Mrs, John F. Kennedy took her asked him." two young children Christmas 'Reginald, he turned to me shopping late Monday. But they,and all he said was 'Roger did had to cut it 'short because toolit. It was all Roger.' " many people recognized them "We have no choice, kill Mrs. Kennedy, accompanied|them," John Horner, a parish- by Attorney - General Robert|ioner, quoted one of the intrud- Kennedy and two Secret Service ers as saying men, walked about a block on j= = - A. E. JOHNSON 0.D. Palm Beach's exclusive -- two- block. Worth Avenue. shopping OPTOMETRIST e EYES EXAMINED centre Her @ PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED 14% King St. E. 723-2721 daughter, Caroline, 6 clutched one of her mother's hands. John Jr., 3, held the other as the trio strolled through the shopping district CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE at Harmony Road Baptist Church in Harmony Road Public School 135 Harmony Road South 7:00 P.M. EVERYONE WELCOME For The Convenience Of LAST MINUTE SHOPPER WE WILL REMAIN TILL 9OP.M. TONIGHT GLAZIER'S 498 Simcoe South (Acros from South Simcoe School) Guillaume} subject to the heaviest political| Paris that, in the current Sino- artillery the opposition can/S0viet struggle, it would be muster: | better to help Khrushchev than Yet the foreign aid fight also M80 Tse-tung involves questions of whether cy AIMS 4 ' the Democrats themselves are Am grape Maden grebieocg not partly responsible for the igen ace eee both in Wash- chaos that resulted. or thet added, Lon yever, a e int _ Part of the problem may lie/Rusk's remarks had ec : in the offices of congressional! construed: that he wii Pans f F sini rf ; yas rye groeet Fe framing|really supporting Khrushchev Mf the bill itself. When the late/but merely pointing out th President Kennedy announced advantages to the West i He an -- pega U.S. would) fut coexistence phlineapler era ay | 9g Bid gl mcg | '0/China's open belligerence ssia, / ndica- 4 , ibe : .| However, the whe i a etek homeeereapiteee one of the aoe eee Chanhele: with Go povernulent for the Republicans supported creat. nivelved by some Southern Democrats. ; se ; When Johnson was Sena PRINCIPLES CHANGED majority leader, he Pripcose Since that time, the principles great love and respect. for the have undergone change. The late speaker Sam Rayburn a Russians were not disposed tojgruff - looking, bald ' headed pay high U.S. transport charges\Texan who could deliver a noted rates rou be|House vote on controversial obtai rom non - American jegislation, wher vessels. 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