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Oshawa Times (1958-), 4 Jul 1964, p. 10

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MR. AND MRS. FREDER- ICK Curtis, 79 Colborne street west, are seen with their gifts following a retirement party at which Mr. Curtis was hon- ored on his retirement after 52 years' service with the Bell Telephone Company. Mr. Cur.is has been a storekeeper at the Taunton road west stockroom for 30 years. Photo by Ireland Studio} Veieran Bell Employee Honored On Retirement Oshawa's Frederick Curtis --| who officially retired last week after 52 years of service--is a Bell Telephone employee who learned to climb a_ telephone pole under unusual circum- t Cc After the traditional presenta-| ion of the president's wallet and memory book, Mr. Curtis was presented with a power lawn mower. p in the A lifetime membershi dian Teleph Employees' stances. Mr. Curtis, who will be 70 this month, was taught by a regi- mental sergeant - -major at a base in France during the First World War. He has been an installer with} the Bell in Toronto before the war, but it was as soldier in the Canadian Corps of Signals that he first donned his climbing spurs. AUSPICIOUS START When he returned from France, after a gassing that left his eyesight slightly im- paired, he found the same ser- geant-major had also rejoined the Bell. It was a happy reunion for the men and an auspicious start to a telephone career that was to continue uninterrupted. Mr. Curtis and his wife Kath- leen, who live at 79 Colborne street 'west, last week attended a retirement party in his honor. Among the 100 employees who attended to pay tribute to Mr. Curtis--who since 1930 has held the keyjob of storekeeper at the company's Taufton road west stockroom--were his daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Closs, ang their daughter, Gail 9. t t! that might be said constituted the company's first attempt at) public relations. Asociation was also presented 'o Mr. Curtis by Oshawa CTEA chairman Ron Williams. JOINED LOCAL GROUP Mr. Curtis was with the out-|sionatly at lodges and social evenings,"' he says. "'But now I find the choir keeps me busy most of the time." He believes that "'you can re- tire from a job, but never from music. It's too much a part of your life." For voice protection it's been jside plant in Toronto until the 1920's when the plant superin- tendent discovered he had a pasion for singing--and a fine tenor voice to match. The superintendent, A. P. Ross, was the guiding light of he Blue Bell Quartette, a group Mr. Curtis joined the group which gave radio concerts once a week, and made personal ap- pearances at clubs and private gatherings both in Toronto and other centres within a 50-mile| radius. "I guess you could call us| A transfer was made bringing Another transfer to Oshawa in) in seeking outlets for his sing- ing. CHOIR MEMBER He had been a member of a church choir in Toronto, so the logical step was to join the choir of St. George's Memorial Church where he still sings lead tenor. jno smoking or alcohol; some- thing Fred believes has been responsible for his continued good health. Another factor has been pro- per breathing, brought about by exercise: His vocal work still provides a certain amount of travel. "We sing mostly in places the original Telephone Hour," |near Oshawa," he explains, "but quips Mr. Curtis. | next Easter I'm looking forward to a trip to Buffalo where we Mr. Curtis to an inside plant job|have been invited to sing in the and for five years he success-|cathedral." fully combined telephone work and music. What's he going to do in his retirement years? "Singing, . of course," 1930 made it possible for Fred| chuckles. "And gardening and to continue as first tenor with|just taking life easy." Mayor Addresse Ss | Church Rally His Worship Mayor Lyman) A. Gifford was a special guest) at the Annual Summer Con-| ference of the Seventh-day Ad-|to the public, closes Saturday|George night with Mr. Matthews speak- ing to the young people in the|a Park Road south cloverlea campus of Kingsway College. |College Park Adventist Church/near Highway 401, Friday even- aid tribute to the|and Mr. Moseley addressing the ing. e Ad-\delegates and friends hiauditorium of Kingsway Col- he said he had observed for|lege. over forty years. Referring to|~--~ ventist Churches in Ontario and Quebec Thursday evening on the The mayor pi extensive growth of the A ventist work in the area, whic the many young people attend- ing the elementary school' and Kingsway College, the mayor expressed the gratitude of the city, adding that "this does not cost us one penny." Noting that the guest speaker! for the meeting was a Negro, who broke into the T. R. 4\Ewen Senior Public School in world/an effort to steal examination| D.C.,|papers just before the examina-|street south, caused a total of the|tion was convicted Friday. of/$175 damage to the autos in- Rod- Pastor C. E. Moseley, Seventh-day Adventist leader, from Washington, the mayor exhorted audience to stress the factors|preaking and entering in Osh-| volved. nections. at the Youth Admits School Entry A 16 - year - old Oshawa youth M that make for unity rather than|awa Magistrate's Court. J John R. Hansen, of 363 Osh-|29d Fred Bolhuis, 28 Stevenson|journed in Magistrate's Court|expected to attend the Conven-| out, It was the accused's third separatism. ; Hurts Shoulder Ruto Flips the group, but he lost no time| "I used to sing semi-profes-| he} The Milwaukee Continental Youth Band, 125 strong, will per- form on the McLaughlin Band Shell Wednesday, July 8, at 8.30 p.m, This magnificent Youth or- ganization will parade down Simcoe street from the arm- ries at 7:45 p.m. a spectacle never before seen in Oshawa with drum majorettes, fanfare trumpeters and 120 musicians. The band, now on its summer tour, is on its way to play at the New York Worlds Fair and is appearing in Oshawa through the co-operation of the Band Milwaukee Band To Play Here The renowned Milwaukee Con- tinental bases its success on such virtues as discipline sacri fice, ang responsibility. Results SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1964 he Oshawa Gimes PAGE NINE include not only a top notch musical organization, but one that builds character as yell! To ensure a dependable source of talent the Continentals oper- ate a 120 - piece cub band for youngsters averaging age 11, also a 120 - piece cadet band for youngsters averaging age 13. All activities are sponsored by the Continental Youth Band B iation. The Boost- of the Ontario R t and Stewart R. Alger, general chair- man of Simcoe Hall Boys' Club, under mhose direction the band will be entertained on the after- noon of July 8. ers Association is very. proud to have added to its endeavors the services of the Runge Bros. Post No. 1691, VFW and North Milwaukee Lions Club. 11,000 TOUR GM PLANTS More than 11,000 people from 47 countries toured the passenger car assembly plants of General Motors of Canada here during the first six months of 1964. The company announced today that the regular morn- ing and afternoon tours of the assembly line have been suspended in anticipation of annual plant vacation and model change - over. The tours will be resumed in Oct- tober. Visitors to the Oshawa plant during the first half of the year represented every province of Canada and | every state of the U.S.A. as | well as such far distant na- tions as Korea, Peru, Hun- gary, Australia, India, USSR and South Africa. | RONALD KELLINGTON Organists Name New Executive | The annual meeting of the |Oshawa and District Centre of} Patrol Sergeant Alan Williams jthe Royal Canadian College of |Organists was held recently at \St. John's Anglican Church, Three auto accidents Friday|Rowmanville. jcaused a total of $865 damage) Ronald Kellington, organist|act in the area of two young where kept their church con-jto the five vehicles involved. /and choir director of Centre St.|girls. Some $500 damage was|United Church, Oshawa, | The convention, which is open| caused when an auto driven by|elected chairman for the 1964-65|struggleq and was -quite violent, Vancurenko, 308 Pal-|season. merston avenue, flipped over on f, Mr, Vancurenko was taken to Hospital} __. for treatment for a slight shoul-|tion of the new Coventry Cathe- 'dral in Englad, a cathedral of} the Oshawa General lder injury. A two-car collision on Clover- dale. street near Wellington {street west, caused a total of $190 damage. Drivers were: |Frank Carvenka, jstreet; and John Konarowski }1111 Cloverdale street. Another two-car smash on Athol street east, near Simcoe Drivers were: rique Mallet, 466 Albert street, The mayor was introduced by, boulevard south, a'Grade g|road north. Charlie Maracle, who described) yy pit at the school was remand-| ed until Monday for sentence by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs. the mayor as a personal friend} for over 45 years who had made a great contribution in the field of municipal govern- ment through his hard work and undeviating in- sai Y school with two juveniles and tegrity. YOUTH CONSERVATION One of the educational leaders, G. 1} After Hansen pleaded guilty, capability, Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck id the accused entered the 'ransacked the principal's of- 1 fice." He said entry was gained Adventist world|by forcing a door with a rasp. A statement given by the ac- Matthews, of Washington, D.C.,\cused said he was looking for called for a renewed effort tO\examination papers and failed "conserve out youth", whom he'to find any. said were losing their way for three main reasons -- (1) the unfortunate age in which we live, with so many influences detrimental to character de- velopment, (2) ineffective! homes, where parents are/ either not present, untrained, indifferent or indulgent, (3) the influence of secular education, with its emphasis upon hum-) anism rather than the Word of God. Mr. Matthews challenged the ministers to organize groups in their churches order to train' parents study | in|Zellers Ltd. store in the Oshawa| to be/Shopping Centre one day, then "They were after examination papers for obvious reasons," Mr. Affleck said. The accused's father said his |son 'didn't think he had much chance of passing the examia-) tion Stole Dress Woman Fined A 24- year - old Uxbridge oman stole a $14.99 dress from better home builders. He also|the next day tried to get a re- lauded the role of the paro-|fund on it from the company's chial school in. keeping young|downtown store, Oshawa' Magis-| people by their faith. A nation- wide survey in his church, he} said, has revealed that 88 per) cent of those who received 16) Grades of parochial school training stayed by the standards of the church, while only 32 per|of the shopping centre store cent of those who received ajsaid the dress was< stolen. from trate's Court was told Friday. Shirley Brohm, Second street, was fined $25 by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs. In a statement to police Atlan Weston, the assistant manager similiar amount of training else-la changing room Ju 9" 19% Court) Other officers {Thomas Park, vice-chairman; Mrs. George Drynan, secretary; G x. A, Turton, treasurer and F. A. Reesor, John Robertson and Clifford Evans, directors. A film showing the construc- special interest to Canadian or- ganists who contributed gener- |ously to the rebuildig of the or- gan there, was shown. Members at the jcare and craftsmanship employ- | land guests marvelled */ed in each step of the erection of! the amazing building. | | HEARING ADJOURNED A charge of watching and {besetting laid against |Houlding, 188 Monk street, \Mrs. Josie Gyurka, | Friday until Aug. 7. Grease Fire Guts Home A family of four was left temporarily homeless Friday evening when fire gutted their 788 Oxford street home. | Mr. and Mrs, Robert Moore) jand their children, Robert, 3,| from an _ hour-long shopping trip to find 10 firefighters bat- tling the flames. The blaze, which caused an jestimated $2,000 damage to the! |building and $1,000 to the con-) tents started when grease in a pan on the stove ignited. | Firefighter Samuel Turski re- quired medical attention for a cut to his face from flying glass. was) elected were Mrs. Moore said today the family has lost everything. | "I don't know what we're jgoing to do,"' she added. | She said she had planned to cook fish and chips for dinner) and meant to turn down the} heat under 'the grease before) leaving the house. The family is now staying at the home of her sister, Mrs. Leon Lynch, 745 Emerson) avenue. The Oshawa Fire D tment also reports that in the 24-hour period up to 9 a.m. today, four routine ambulance calls were answered. ener epar Kicked Officer Man Fined $25 An Oshawa man, who kicked and puncheq a police officer after being arrested in con- nection with a morals offence, was Friday fined $25 or 10 days in jail in Oshawa Magistrate's | Court. Nick Stefan, Division street, |Was also convicted of commit- jting an indecent act and fined 1$25 or 10 days in jail, to run |consecutive. jtold Magistrate F. S. Ebbs he chased Stefan up an alleyway on |King street west after seeing the jaccused commit the indecent "He kicked me in, the left shin, the officer testified. "At the police station he used |profane language and punched me on the nose," Patrol Serge ant Williams added. | 200 Police Eye 'Dips' | TORONTO (CP) -- About 200) plainclothes Toronto policemen} will have one duty during the! Lions International convention} July 8-11--dragging in pickpock-| jets. | Hundreds. of "dips" are ex- | tion. land Beverley Ann, 4, returned) ; tee "BACK TO SCHOOL" FOR GM PEOPLE General Motors of Canada's Education and Training Dep- artment is currently conduct- ing an experimental course in conversational French for a smal] group of its employees. The conversational French course, which is designed bas- ically for public schoo] child- ren, is being conducted on a trial basis with some 16 stu- dents, selected at random from a number of GM produc- tion deparments. There are no textbooks involved in the classes which take place for two hours several afternoons each week, Students learn by participation in vocabulary drills involving careful pro- nunciation of each word. GM Photo FRANK SHINE Grand Knight Of K. Of C. Frank Shine takes over the office of Grand Knight of Osh- awa Council, No. 2671,' Knights of Columbus, as of July 1. He transferred to the Oshawa Council: from the Peterborough Council in 1960, when he came to Oshawa to take the position as Separate School Board Busi- ess Administrator. Since that time, he has been an active member in this Council and has just-completed the past term as Deputy Grand Knight. He is a former Grand Knight of Peterborough Council and therefore, is in the unique posi- tion of having been Grand Knight of two different Councils in the Province of Ontario. Mr. Shine says that with the co-operation of all the members of the Oshawa Council, that he is looking forward to a ban- ner year for Knights of Col- umbus work in this City. $50. OR 30 DAYS Claude Marsden, of Port Perry, was fined $50. or 30 days in jail for intoxication June 30. Police testified that John pected to swarm into the city|Marsden was picked up in the by |looking for easy and rich pick-|washroom of the -bus terminal was ad-jings among the 30,000 delegates)on Prince street after he passed drunk conviction in six months, Information Centre Activities Increase The Oshawa Chamber of Commerce offices has for the past number of years served as the information centre for the City of Oshawa. Since its re- location in the Canadian Auto- ber offices before committing themselves. As well as handling the infor- mation centre activities and dedling with business protective motive Museum building at 99 Simcoe street south, information inquiries received by the cham- ber offices has shown a steady increase. During the past 12 months the chamber : secreteriat has pro- cessed over 500 letters of in- quiry. These letters are request- ing information about schools, churches, industrial possibili- ties, real estate, jobs available, accommodations, points of inter- est within the city and other generr! information about Osh- awa. The Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce has co-operated with the Oshawa Industrial Commission- er James Williams in answer- ing some of the industrial and commercial inquiries received by the secretariat. MANY PHONE CALLS Each week many telephone calls are received by the Cham- ber of Commerce office,. The Oshawa Chamber of Commerce is not a Better Business Bureau but does receive many calls of this nature. Wherever possible the chamber offices try to di- rect these people towards a helpful solution to their prob- lems, Jack Mann, membership manager of the Oshawa Cham- ber of Commerce, stated that unfortunately too many people call the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, after they have signed a contract or made a particular business transaction rather than calling the cham- probl the chamber offices also plays an important part in attracting conventions to the city. Three types of information ber for distribution to various associations. First of these is are included. dicated they plan to held their conventions in Oshawa. The kits are issued for re-distribution to potential delegates to promote attendance at the convention. CONVENTION WORK When the convention dele- gates arrive in Oshawa they are presented with an informa- tion kit containing a map of the city, a letter of welcome from the chamber, a guide to points of interest and souvenirs sup- plies by local firms. Last year the chamber sup- plied these information kits to over 1200 convention delegates attending conventions here in the City of Oshawa. These con- ventions included: The Ontario Welfare Officers Association, Provincial Federation of Fire- fighters, Ontario County Rehab- ilitation Conference, Pilot Club District 17, and the Religious Labor Convention, Other conventions already kits are prepared by the cham-| the promotion kit which is sent out to attract conventions. Bro- chures and pamphlets contain- ing information about Oshawa Pre-registration kits are the second type prepared by the chamber. These are mailed out to associations that have in- planned for 1964 include the Ca- nadian Woodmen of the World Convention in June and the Pro- vincial Convention of the Cana- dian Corps in November. In addition pamphlets and brochures promoting Oshawa have been distributed to pros- pective secondary school teach- lars and nurses. The same brochures have been distributed to the 17 bor der crossing Ontario Govern- ment Information Centres as well as the ment Travel Bureaus in Ottawa, U.S.A., and England, For visit- ors to Oshawa brochures are located in strategic points with- in the City for their conven- rence, TRAVEL LITERATURE For the convenience of resi- dents of Oshawa, trav@1 liter- ature on the 10 provinces -of Canada is available at the Chamber offices. This informa- tion is free of charge and any one who wishes may pick it up at the Chamber offices. Ken Crone, president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, stated that the number of residents 'in Oshawa making use of this ser- vice has greatly increased over the past year. In the past two years the chamber distributed nearly 40,- 000 information pamphlets. The chamber of. commerce staff looking after the information centre and convention activities includes: Douglas Fisher, gen- eral manager; Jack Mann, membership manager and of- fice staff, Mrs. Marie Mackey, and Miss Mary Ann Barbaric. Plan Early Services During July and August, Cen- tre Street and Westmount United Churches will hold joint morning services. During. July, the minister of > : Centre Street, Rev. Arthur W. . |Magee, will conduct. services in Centre Street United Church , |and be responsible for pastoral ; jcare of the congregations. Rev. F, Ward will be in charge dur- jing August. These joint services will be held at 10 a. m. instead of at the usual hour so that worship- ers may come to church before other claims intrude upon the -|day of worship. Soloists from city churches will provide special music dur- ing July. The Centre Street choir and organist, R. Kelling- ton, will lead the service of praise. The sermons during July, will centre about Questions Jesus asks of us. FITTINGS LIMITED HONOR SIX VETERAN EMPLOYEES Retiring employees of Fit- tings -Limited were presented with gold watches Friday by E. G. Storie, vice-president and general. manager of the | company. From left théy are: Mr. Storie, Harry Cymbaluk, 560 Front street; Tenacv ">~- gul, 396 Eulalie Ave., Harry Brynzan, 141 Bloor street east; Mike Shubert, 136 Olive avenue and Les Bowers, 29 Avenue street. Frank Piontek; another retiring member, was ill and could not attend the ceremony. The six men to- gether represent 221 years of service with th company. Y They claimed they would now CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations. and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their birthdays this weekend. Celebrating today Charles H. Peacock, is 287 concentrate on their garden- ing and fishing. | --Oshawa Times Photo | Arthur street. Celebrating Sunday. July 5, is Donna-Marie Maykut, 504 Lowell avenue: BROUGHAM (Special) -- Pickering Township outside em- ployees -- roads, sanitation and works int per: 5 completed union negotiations this week at a township council meeting. An increase of five cents per hour was granted, The town- ship will contribute 50 per cent of the Ontario Hospital Services Plan, the Life Insarance Pan, Pension Plan and PSI. An em- ployee may enjoy three weeks vacation with pay after seven years' service, The agreement is effective un- til Feb. 28, 1966. The resultant scale of wages is as follows: working foreman, $2.23 per hour; heavy equip- ment operator, $2.11; truck dri- ver, $2.04; Lead hand, $1.92; garbage handler, $2.04; light machine operator, $1.85, labor- er, $1.72; laborer (first 90 days) $1.60; temporary laborer, .60. which $1.6 Negotiations are still under way between the township and the union of inside employees. TO HIRE ACCOUNTANT An accountant will be engag- ed by the township to handle the monetary pursuits of the municipality, according: to a resolution passed at the meet- ing. Reeve Laycox explained that auditors, Monteith, Monteith and Riehl, Oshawa, recommend- ed this step, since the treasur- er's department was working to capacity and beyond, and since the township had expanded with jresultant volume of work in the ast 7 t few _-- Township Union Negotiations End Clerk L. T. Johnston advised that about 10 applications had been received for this position. 1,|An advertisement was placed by council after a meeting of the committee of the whole re- cently, when the recommenda- tion was made. SALARIES INCREASED Two employees who assist Engineer P. Poulsson, non- union members, were granted increases in accordance with a recommendation by Mr. Pouls- son, Ray Hutchinson went from $6000 to $6250 per annum, and Mr. D'Alton from $4,900 to $5100 (this when he has completed six months service with the township). ' The increases are retroactive to Jan. 1, 1964. The resolution was opposed by Deputy Reeve Mrs. Jean L. Mc- Pherson, Harry Ashton, bylaw enfroce- ment officer, was granted a $100 per annum increase, -to $5300, for the duties he performs as parks administrator. COUNCILLORS PAID Councillors, by resolution, were reimbursed their fees, cov- ering the period January 1 to June 30, 1964. They were paid at the rate of $15 per meeting, and 'their mileage expenses are included in the following amounts: De- puty Reeve Mrs, Jean McPher- son, $709.20; Councillor Harvey Spang, $639.60; Councillor W. G. Newman, $551.10; Councillor Donald Waring, $518; Council- lor John Campbell, $517.70; and Councillor Hubert Wank, $718.20,

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