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CAR HITS HOUSE Nearly $500 damage was e the corner of Mrs. E. lack's King Street E house in Bowmanville Thursday when a car glanced off a tree and hit the house. Driver of the car, Lillian Lewis, 20 Southway Rd., suffered fac- ial cuts and chest injuries. She is in satisfactory condi- tion §=in Memorial hospital. Oshawa Times Photo the Bowmanville | BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- A Criminal Investigation Bureau Inspector of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police has been called into the search for 13-year-old Noreen Anne Greenley, The Greenley girl was report- ed missing from her home in Maple Grove six months ago to- day, 'inspector James McBride of Maple Grove and even as far as Mosport Park, but no trace of her has been found, Bloodhounds from Toronto were also brought into the search but they lost the trail after a short distance, When last seen she was wear- ing a white blouse, orange sweater, black jeans and black running shoes with white socks, the CIB, has been called into the case as a result of a meet- ing held in my office in Cobourg in January," Durham - North- umberland Crown Attorne: |Jeoffrey Bonneycastle said yes- terday, "Both the Bowmanville Town Police and the Bowmanville OPP have worked hard on this case since last September 14, when the girl was reported missing. "It is now felt by both Police Departments that the entry of the CIB will allow a fresh ap- proach to the investigation. Each will continue to assist in every way. "Till now each unit has spent hundreds of man hours on the case and there has been no re- laxing of the investigation in any way." "A gpokesman for the CIB, when asked why it had taken six months for them to be called into the case, answered: "It is up to the Police Chief in any municipality to decide when to call us in." SCOUR BUSH Noreen Anne was_ last' seen Sept. 14, when she left a girl friend's house in Bowmanville at 11.30 p.m, to catch a bus to \her home in Maple Grove. Since that time over 1,000 vol- unteers have scoured the bush Bowmanville, Oshawa, jaround AJAX-PICKERING | Hospital To Mark 10th Anniversary AJAX -- As the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital cele-| brates its 10th anniversary Feb. 23, it prepares to move into modern, adequate facilities for! the 35.000 area residents. | The four-storey structure will) eutdistance, in ail respects, the) Official opening of the town's|mony, Fairport Sea Scouts and physical measurements of the/first public hospital took place|Cubs decided unanimously to cottage-' , 4bed building now in use. In seven or eight months, as staff and patients move out of the wartime build- ing, they will leave behind an story of campaigning for funds, esprit de corps: -- and service to the community under acute space shortage. The frame buildings that form) the main part of the present) hospital were constructed by De- fence Industries Limited in 1941.| This employee hospital was under the supervision of the late Dr. Grant L. Bird. It served munitions plant employees from June 1941, to September 1945, when the building was turned over to the University of To- ronto. With the war's end, the small hospital became the answer to student overflow from Toronto. Mi returned veterans used the ing as an extension of the U of T. Many of these stu- Gents became an integral part of the community's life and re- four nurses' and 12 other local doctors |registered nurses, aides, five maids, personnel, Fifteen |were called upon for member- ship. Hercules Construction Company was appointed con- tractor. at 2.30 p.m. on February 23 in 1954, with Premier Leslie Frost officiating, assisted by Dr. F G, Robertson, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Welfare. In 1954, area residents numbered only 14,500. Liss than 1,500 persons were employed in all levels of local industry. In the hospital's first. year of admitted. There were 245 new babies, compared with 470 in a peak year of 1959. Surgical oper- ations numbered 238, compared with 1,245 in 1961. By 1960 the need for new faci- lities became more than parent. The hospital board, un- der the chairmanship of Robert D. Thompson, undertook sur- verys to determine income pos- sibilities for a fund - raising campaign. A Toronto -based fund - raising firm was hired to organize an area - wide cam- paign Harry A. Newman, Q.C. mained with families. Through these years, local residents used hospital facilities was made general campaign | Chairman. | The objective of more than operations, 1,076 patients were} ap-|2 basement with grownups for in Oshawa and Toronto. In 1948, | $2,34),000 for a 110 - bed hospi- enlarged student facilities in To-|tal would be met by perssonal ronto became a recognized need, |and industrial canvassing and and Ajax students prepared to|grants from federal, provincial move to the city. During the|and municipal levels, Recruiting following year, the Ajax hospi-|of 700 canvassers for the drive tal building was closed and own-|began in November. 1961, at a ership was assumed by War)rented campaign office in the Assets Corporation. [sorte House, Pickering Vill- TITLE TRANSFERRED |age. In December alone, these : ; canvassers called on more than Shortly after this, title to the|7 999 homes, in an effort to reach building was transferred to Cen- * tral Mortgage and Housing Cor- bg campaign objective of $495, peration. With the bulk of canvassin Se | 4 In 1950, Ajax and Pickering completed in six weeks, Picker- citizens began to publicize the ing headquarters decided to hold need for local hospital facilities.| on area - wide "blitz" to spark By January, 1951, a charter was! ,qaitional canvassing. "At this granted to Ajax General Hospi-) int some $210,000 had been tal. Provisional directors were/ received in donations and Robert F. Hunt, Andrew Cam-| jeazes eron, Harold Jenkins, James, 3 Lynch, age R. Fang ONE -NIGHT BLITZ ey, Roger Conant, F. V-| The one - night "blitz" was Von Pilos, Mrs. Joan Wahl, F.\contred at Pickering Village's P. McGuire. ggior 4 D. |United Church Auditorium and Maitland, Mrs. A. Lishman, A./Cith a four . hour direct radio W. O'Connor, F. M. Chapman, ; ' , program featuring personalities a -- and Rev. A. H:/from many stations, and. 150 te year the first or-\Canvassers working in cold wea. ys Spa , ther by car and bus, the promo- ginization mosting -- that tion returned an additional $65,- _ S bank balance WaS!o99 Altogether, some 30 area +89. e officials amd campaign people BB a ned oe aren iene interviewed on the Jan. 17 st. 1952, Taking py active |Broadoast. eigen Pease rtagge ely part in the hospital business at|PTO° ed a big publicity push, and posters could be found in wis Hime eracog Geral guPRPMAREL checkout "areas 7 And while hospital chairman R. Brown, Frank Chapman, Ken-| . neth Clarke Donald Kemp, |D- Thompson discussed the new George Lawrence, Mr. McGuire, Robert Ruddy and Helen Hughes, the first hospital super-| intendent. |building's design on CFTO, Dir- ector of Nursing Gerrow chat- ited on CBC's Tabloid show. The hospital's "'blitz" not only pag proceeds to the hosp!l- tal. | --A "Spring Clean - up" cam- |paign, organized by Ajax ser- [vice clubs, marked an increase of $7,000 for the building fund. --At a flag dedication cere- turn over $15.58 to help build the jnew hospital. --Westgate- Mary Anne, a donated hospital campaign calf, was appointed an "honorary nurse". A local Junior Farmer's dance offered the calf as a prize jand donated proceeds to the hos- | pital. Mrs. Hugh Morrow of Ajax jsaved the hospital expenditures by knitting 350 pairs of bootees- containing some 1,750,000 stit- ches. --A group of children 10 to 12 years old named themselves "The Woodhouse Players" (af- ter their street name) and filled an' evening of entertainment. --Proceeds from the base- Blackstock -- Messengers Study India By MRS, OLGA HILL BLACKSTOCK -- Eleven Messengers and their two. lead- ers, Mrs. Bill Ferguson and Miss Elizabeth Thompson, da meeting Feb, 4. - The Messenger motto and prayer was repeated and a start made at learning the Messenger hymn, The study of India was com- menced, After a short discus- sion on India the first chapter of the study book was read and talked about. The children played an Indian game '"'Kabbadi'" and another of their favorite games until the meeting adjourned with bene- diction, OPP Criminal Branch Seeks Missing Girl She is about five feet, two inches tall and is described as being well developed for her age. Mother of the missing girl, Mrs, Harvey Greenley, yester- day said that she had not been told 'anything' by the police, "The Bowmanville Police were out to our house about a week ago, but they didn't tell us anything." When informed that the Crim- inal Investigation Branch of the OPP had been added to the in- vestigation, Mrs, Greenley said: 'We just have to trust them, I am sure they will do every- thing they can," Woman Dies; Had Five Kidneys FORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A woman who had five kidneys in her body, died at Oregon Medi- cal Schoo] hospital Thursday, Her name was not disclosed, Doctors transplanted two ba- boon kidneys Jan. 21 after her own kidneys stopped function: ing. A spokesman said the ba- boon kidneys did not function as well as hoped, Ambulance Owner Denies ODLC Charges BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- Donald Harvey, owner of the Bowmanville area ambulance service, denied a statement made by Hugh Coutts at Tues- day night's Oshawa and Dis- trict Labor Council meeting that his ambulance service asks fo" a guarantee before going on the road, "I am not guaranteed any money before I go on the road,' Mr, Harvey said. The towns of Bowmanville, Newcastle and the Township of Darlington pay me $300 a mont! and guarantee me 40 calls @ month because they want an ambulance service. "They felt that there was not enough business for a private ambulance service to operate independently so they had audi- tors check my books and this was the price they came up with, "T am lucky if I collect pay- ment for two calls out of every ten that I make on the high: way. Mr. Coutts made the state- ment to the Oshawa and Dis- trict Labor Council that he had been investigating the ambu- lance situation since the last meeting, when the matter was brought up and he found Dar- lington subsidized an ambulance service with $3,000 and Bow. manville with $3,500. He said an ambulance should not ask for a guarantee of funds before going out t a road accl- TO CONDUCT SURVEY ORONO -- Egg aig ac ross Ontario have been request- ing some form of an Egg Mar- keting Plan for several months, In view of this, the Ontaric Poultry Producers' Association has requested the Ontaro Farm Products Marketing Board to in-' troduce an Egg Marketing Plan in this province on a trial basis without calling for a vote of producers, ; The OFA supports the re- quest for an Egg Marketing Plan on a trial basis because Egg Markeiing Plan Studied ega producers of this province have petitioned the Ontario. Gov- ernment for an Egg Marketing Plan, now it is up-to them to turn out to these hearings to state thelr case and support their request, The decision as to whether or not an Egg Mar- keting Plan with limited powers will introduced on a trial basis depends on the arguments they put forth, It will be up to the egg producers themselves to convince the Ontario Farm this would permit the producers to see a plan in action, When the plan has been given a fair trial, producers would be in a stronger position to decide whether or not they wished to continue the plan in operation, A vote would be mandatory at the end of a two year trial period, The Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board has announced that a series of 11 public hear- ings will be held in strategic locations across Ontario to af- ford those interested in the marketing of eggs an opportu: nity to express their opinions on an Marketing Plan. A. H, K, Musgrave, President of the Ontario Federation of \Agriculture, has commended the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board for taking this dent, action, Stated Mr, Musgrave: "The ns ros Products Marketing Board they favor the introduction, of such 4 plan, The dates and loca tons for these public Searing: have been weil puviicised." The public will begin at Walkerton on February 21 and be held in various centres up to March 6, Following these meetings there will be an am nouncement as to whether or not there will be an Raye 4 keting Plan in the Pro ol Ontario, FIND SCALLOP BEDS HALIFAX (CP) -- Profitable new scallop beds have been le. ated alongthe Nova Scotia coastline as a result of a joint federai-provincial operation, 65-foot dragger with, radar and vigation equipment found the beds dur- ing a month of searching, Botty Haydl INTERIOR DECORATOR Fwniture, Draperies, Broadloom CUSTOM MADE DRAPES 15 King Street East Phone 725-2686 ment thespians' efforts - $2.50- went to the building fund. Events such as these--big and| small-- have produced revenue, | and a spirit of participation in| producing a beautiful, functional hospital to serve the area, | These local contributions are | met by a federal grant of $321,) 000, Ontario Hospital Service Commission's contribution of $692,000 and Ontario County's more than $1,000,000. The tender of Varamae Construction Limi- ted, Toronto, for $1,940,765, was accepted by the hospital's board of directors. Construction of the building, designed by Craig, Zeidler and Strong, architects, began last spring. The build- ing's shell is already complete. The hospital's history includes |the planned, "'official' events, | such as a sod - turning cere- |mony in the autumn of 1962. |This year there will be a cor- inerstone laying, in the spring, jand the culmination of all ef- |forts - opening of the new build- jing in the fall. Library Has Fine Year By MRS. R. HOLMAN BROOKLIN -- The Brooklin| Public Library Board is pleased to report a very successful year for 1963. The year closed with a tota! membership of 1,165, made up| of 432 adults and 733 children. The total circulation for the! year was 19,321. During the year 1,133 new books were purchased and 48 books were donated by friends. |The total number of books on) the shelves is 8,114. As well as) the books there is a good selec-| tion of magazines and| periodicals. | A GENERAL MOTORS VALUB Is HERE WITH MORE GO-POWER, MORE STOPPING-POWER THAN ANY OTHER DELIVERY VAN IN ITS CLASS! ANNOUNCING CHEVY-VAN: A LOW-COST, LIGHT-DUTY TRUCK, DESIGNED AND BUILT TO CARRY MAXI- MUM LOADS AT MINIMUM COST THROUGH THE HEAVIEST BIG-CITY TRAFFIC. Read the facts about this brand-new ad- dition to the Chevrolet Truck line. NEW CHEVY-VAN'S GOT THE POWER YOU NEED. Chevrolet engineers gave the Chevy-Van are built for economy, dependability and smooth running, with 5 main bearings in the 153 Four and 7 main bearings in the 194 Six. They'll deliver the power you want at minimum cost with either the 3- speed Synchro-Mesh or optional Power- glide automatic transmission. NEW CHEVY-VAN'S GOT THE STOPPING POWER REQUIRED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. For today's traffic you need more than plenty of power to cope with fast-moving traffic, Standard engine is the 90-hp High Torque 153 Four. Optional at extra cost is the 120-hp High Torque 194 Six. Both just adequate brakes, That's why the new Chevy-Van is equipped with fully self- adjusting hydraulic brakes with plenty of lining area -- plenty of stopping power! Ribbed brake drums give more effective cooling and greater rigidity. That means greater resistance to fading -- longer lining life, In addition, Chevy-Van's ideal body-payload weight distribution means that there's no nose-diving under hard braking. Loaded or empty, Chevy-Van's got the stopping-power you've been look- ing for in a light-duty delivery van. WEW CHEVY-VAN'S GOT THE PAYLOAD SPACE YOU WANT. With a maximum GVW rating of 5000 Ibs, the Chevy-Van can carry a full 2000 pounds of payload in its 211 cubic foot cargo compartment. Clear load space is 7% feet long with an additional 4 feet of load space along the right side of the engine. Curb-side doors (optional at extra cost) open to over 4 feet in both width and height, making loading or delivery safe and convenient. All doors have locks, and feature Chevrolet's con- venient single-key locking system. REW CHEVY-VAN'S GOT THE LOADING EASE YOU LIKE! Chevy-Van's double rear doors open mighty wide -- giving easy access to the perfectly flat ribbed steel floor. There's not even a raised sill to get in the way. Add that to its 22 inch floor height, and: you'll see why Chevy-Van will be a real asset in your delivery operation. NEW CHEVY-VAN'S GOT THE , HANDLING EASE YOU NEED. Total overall length is just 167% inches-- -- on a 90 inch wheelbase. With its 3744 foot turning circle and excellent driver visibility, every driving manoeuvre in a Chevy-Van is sure and simple, 'VAN ... perfectly practical! See your local Chevrolet Truck dealer t year, the produced immediate pledges, it} The members of the Board ow B sage lle dg 00! that/Prompted local groups to hold | 1963 were as follows: chairman, | pret . |fund-raising activities over the|/Ronald Henderson; treasurer, the federa] and provincial gov-) ; next two years. Here are some|J. H. Stroud; secretary, Mrs ernments would provide grants yw Bel de De totalling $74,000. Revised plans|of the highlights: for the building were approved; . --70 canvassers went to work. and Mr. Murray by the Department of Health. |in Bay Ridges and produced |more than $2,000 in one evening. | $210,396 COST ing y | --A campaign Queen Contest ring the following year the t aah a "ihe first hospital build- ve pe drew about. 500) ong, ing was set at $210,396, which 0 a dance. The brary is oben Tuesday included equipment. Plans call-| --A 100 - member Ajax choir|and Friday afternoons and eve- - ad tor three supervisors, eightiproduced Handel's Messiah andinings and Saturday morning. Be sure to see Bonanza on the CBC-TV network each Sunday. Check your local listing for channel and time. ONTARIO MOTOR SALES LTD. HARRY DONALD LIMITED 140 BOND ST. WEST, OSHAWA, ONT. 300 DUNDAS ST. EAST, WHITBY, ONT, PHONE: 725-6501 668-3304, 668-3305, 668-3306 |Creighton Potts. The librarian, Mrs. A. Boyes, has been assisted by Mrs. Roy Dingman and Miss Heather Vi-