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Laurie McCulloch of Osh- awa proudly displays his horse, Jay R, a half-Arabi- an champion which won a first prize ribbon (displayed on halter) Thursday as the 58th edition of the Oshawa Fair got under way at FIRST CLASS. HONORS ? Know how to get 13 first-class honors in Grade 13 department- al exams? It isn't as difficult as you may think. The most important thing is this -- to get first class honors. Then you must work hard at it, burn plenty of midnight oil in home- work sessions including week- end cram sessions. It takes "more stamina than brains" to get 13 "firsts" and the reason "so many "bright" students fall below this mark is that they find some HS subjects "boring", 'ou must like a mie 22 deuchtor of Hieanor Kiaiz, 26, caught the above statements and she should know. She obtained 13 "firsts" in 1959 on graduation from OCVI, believed to be the highest num- ber of departmental first obtain- ed locally in modern times at least. Eleanor spoke to The Oshawa Times Thursday about her 1959 record, She said there were students in her final year at OCVI in 1959 with higher averages than She said that her over-all ave. was not -- "some- warty the oe 13 "firsts" and that "I only got second-class honors in two other. subjects the same year'. She said: "I did well that year because I liked so many cur- ricula subjects, I was just lucky, and to prove it--my-: scholastic record in University was not nearly so good. You need plenty of stamina to get 13 'firsts', and I was also lucky on that point, but my record was not so out- standing when you examine it closely. It was certainly not the --onthe _ HERE'S A TIP _ hers (euch az Michael Dooley). hest record at OCVI for 1950." term as a high school French teacher at the north shore of near White River) last June, but: re ee it up like Fren' ter') and taught English for one year following at a high school in Bavaria, West Ger- many. She has no plans for the com- ing year - % THE OSHAWA FAIR Alexandra Park. The weaherman, for a change, co-operated as the fair's doors swung open and offi- cials were hopeful that this year's edition will attract the largest crowds in its history. --Oshawa Times Photo Starr Gives More On "Iron Michael Starr, MP, Ontario riding, was getting ready today for a short tour of the Oshawa and district banquet circuit. This trip won't be political. It will deal with his recent three-week tour of Russia and Czechoslovakia with a Canadian Curtain' The Moscow subways are among "the finest in the world', he continued. They are "real show place', spotlessly clean and highly efficient with a daily 000. The fare is five cents. The Russi have been build- Parliamentary delegation, -in- cluding his visit with two cousins (on his mother's side) in the Ukraine. "Some of the city and district service clubs have been kind enough to invite me to speak on the subject," said Mr. Starr to- day. His group visited a new Rus- sian city, Rustavi, where they toured a steel mill that manu- factured seamless pipe for the conveyance of ore. Rustavi, with a population of $5,000, has-a unique distinction-- the average age of the citizenry is 29 years. Rustavi also has 25 high schools Russian law. de- mands that all "young people" must have a high school educa- tion as a minimum, said Mr. Starr. NEW APARTMENTS The basic wage rate in Rus- tavi was approximately. $150 per month for the 40-hour week, but in many parts of the country the average work-week was 46 hours and the average wage- rate $98 monthly, he added. Mr. Starr found many cloth- ing items in Russia equally as high priced as in North Amer- ica; for instance, the better shoes cost $20 per pair and new ing hundreds of new apartment houses, but Mr. Starr was crit- ical of the "quality" in the few which he inspected around Mos- cow. They were mostly "'prefab- ricated". He told a Soviet state "escort" at one of these proj- ects, "You are building 'slum areas' with such 'inferior' build- ings". Mr. Starr said. the "escort" replied; '"'We realize that these buildings may not be up to your standards. We haven't the techniques, equip- ment that you have in the West- erm world for such things, but this is the best we can do under the circumstances." Mr. Starr noted 'an uneasi- ness" among the Russians and Czechoslovakians about the Viet Nam situation and the general consensus of opinion with those he spoke with was that the United States should get out of Viet Nam. The Czechs, especial- ly, were alarmed about the pos- sibility of West Germany. get- ting nuclear arms in the near future. Mr. Starr was 11 days in Rus- sia, four in Moscow. They trav- elled mostly in large, black limousines accompanied by gov- ernment officials. INCREDIBLE COLLECTION Mr. Starr w '"'themendously suits-approximately- $75. impressed" by the Hermitage in Board Rejects Parents Thirteen Separate School Supporters from the Sherwood Park area lost out in their bid last night to have their chil- dren remain at St. Joseph's School, Simcoe st. n. The Oshawa Separate School Board voted that the pupils be required to attend the new Sir Albert Love School, Wilson rd. nh. The petitioners in a letter to the board complained that traf- fic along Wilson rod. was dan- gerous for walking and cycling} and the area is sparsely popu- lated. ' Plea Shine said, 'There is great sen- timental attachment for. St. Joseph's but Wilson rd. is a dangerous set-up. There's no question about it." "There's a bad traffic situ- ation north of Sir Albert Love and I really feel sorry for these parents," said Trustee Ernest} The CNR will repair its wire) their business,' Marks. Trustee Ivan Wallace said, "We're helpless. We must re- quire these children to attend Sir Albert Love.' This is just an "uncomfortable" situation for the parents, it's not an "extreme" one, he added They said the gravel pit just south. of Taunton. is '"'quite| tempting and dangerous for n. Business Administrator Frank. "The Public Utilities wouldn't commit themselves on a_ bus route," said Mr. Shine. "They only said there would be a bus to Sir Albert Love." Spending By Telephone Studied By SS Board Spending by telephone camejcoe st. n. which was bought for fence to the board so it could ander examination last night at the Oshawa Separate School Board. Trustee Ivan Wallace asked if trustees polled by telephone for quick business transactions $25,000 an hour after being put up for sale by Business Admin- listrator Frank Shine. after sev-| eral hasty phone . calls. The trustees agreed it 'was a good buy. commuter trade of about 1,500,-| Data Trip Moscow, the former Winter Palace of the Czars where the Russian government has one of the finest art collections in the world on display. "This is truly an incredible jcollection of the works of the finest masters, -- including Michaelangelo, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Degas, Renoir and many others. The Hermitage is an enormous place and is open to the public. It was an unforget- table. experience to see this place, one I will not soon for- get." He also visited Lenin's tomb in the Kremlin and attended a performance of the famous Bol- shoi opera. He also visited Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine on the Dnieper River. While. there he took a side trip to the village of Pechernia, where he met two of his cousins (related to his late mother, Mary, who died in Osh- awa five years ago. Stallholder Faces Charge A stallholder at the Oshawa Fair midway has been charged with cheating at play following an inspection by local police of booths and games at the fair last night. Mrs. Maria Lahan, 28, of Windsor, was charged with the offence and remanded until Sept. 3 at Oshawa Police Court this morning. She was released on $200. bail. Police said that the game of} chance involved in the offence was called the 'Duck Pond.' Customers were asked to pick one of hundreds of plastic) ducks milling about in a tub of water and were awarded a prize if a 'high lucky number' } Boost Cost Local Asks Union Pact WHITBY (Staff) -- Pickets began patrolling at a_half- million dollar shopping plaza complex on Dundas st. w. yes- terday in a bid for a union con- react, Fred Beckstead, secretary of the Oshawa and District Con- struction Trades Council, said today that the line would stay at the site of the future Whitby Family Center until a contract has been signed with Simcoe Commercial Developments Ltd., of Toronto. Union officials met with com- pany representatives this morn- ing in Oshawa, The pickets were members of Local 697, Common Laborers. Mr. Beckstead said that the footings are in the site for the fourteen-store and supermarket complex and that steel was scheduled to be delivered to the site today. Company officials were not available for comment. Of Gasoline Local drivers will now have to pay more for gasoline -- with the prospect of another price hike in sight. Service stations around the city have boosted prices for regular and super gasoline by two cents per gallon making the average cost at 44.9 cents for regular and 49.9 cents for super, "We operators have finally got some guts," said Alex Nathan, a King st. w. service station proprietor. '"'Over seven years ago the oil companies dropped the cost of gasoline by four cents a gallon taking part of the service station opera- tors' profit, "Then the big c i RECRUIT TEAM AT ARMORIES Inquiries about . joining the Ontario Regiment (re- serve) Royal Canadian Armored Corps, have in- creased over the past few months, a spokesman told The Times today. To meet the interest, a recruiting team will be at the Simcoe st. n. Armory tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with information for prospective recruits. The regiment has seven tanks, hopes to obtain 18 for a complete squadron in the mear future. Fall train- ing with the tanks is being Planned. price cutting started off a gas war -- cutting down our profits even more, I estimate that my losses in those seven years have reached $30,000," said Mr. Nathan "Now we have jacked prices back up to a level which will give us a reasonable return on the gas we sell." Does Mr, Nathan forsee any more gas wars in Oshawa? \"There are more hare-brained jackasses in this business than in any other," he said, "there is always going to be someone who will drop the gas cost by a cent to attract customers-- then the battle is on." Agother King st. operator, Don Down, also thinks that gas prices will fluctuate. 'We will likely go back to open competi- tion afier a while," he said, "but right now I think we have got to a reasonable' price. "Think how evérything else has shot up in price during the past few years," said Mr. Down. "Anyway, I don't/jack-up the prices -- the oil company tells me what to do." Oshawa's 42.9 cents level is was affixed to the bottom of the duck. | Fence Repair | \Job Pledged fence between the tracks and) the John F. Kennedy School, | Separate School Trustees learn-| ed last night. CNR Assistant. Superintendent} D. C. Roberts said, 'I would) like to advise you it is com-| pany policy to erect a stan-| dard type fence, of the same) type now in existence on this} |property line. If the. school! | trustees. see fit to build a fence jother than the type we use it would have to be entirely at) your expense," | Trustee Ivan Wallace sug-| gested the CNR be told 'that j|we'd be pleased to have them jrepair their fence." The board had asked the rail-| 'road if it would contribute the cash required to repair the jconstruct a higher chain-link }fence. still two cents beneath the gas price scheduled to go into effect in Metros Toronto's Service Sta- tions. Oil company spokesmen in Toronto have said that the boost is caused by the service station operators. "If the dealers want to sell it at 43.9 cents or more that's * one spokesman said. Chief, Aldermen To Saskatoon Two members of Oshawa city council will accompany Fire Chief Ray Hobbs to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for the 57th an- nual convention of the Cana- diar. Association of Fire Chiefs. Leaving by air tomorrow for the week-long meet are Ald. Cephas Gay, vice-chairman of council's traffic and public safety committee, and Ald. Margaret Shaw, also a mem- |youngster at Rural Pupils Get Green Light Separate grade seven or eight who live school pupils in outside the city can attend either St. Joseph's or St. Ger- trude's, Separate School Trus- tees agreed last night. * Business administrator Frank Shine said there are 28 pupils living north-east of the city. He said they would probably be evenly split in their choice of schools, so there wouldn't be any problem of overloading either one. The board adopted this pol- cy to accommodate separate school supporters who provide transportation for their chil- dren. Pupils Get Permission The Oshawa Separate School Board last night did an about- face on its ruling earlier this month to shift two junior grade children of R. W. Brooks of Taunton from St. Gertrude's to the new Sir Albert Love School. Appearing at the board meet- ing Mr. Brooks said it was "Physically impossible' for him to drive his seven-year-old boy to Sir Albert Love and be on time for work. He sald *"e couldn't leave the St. Gertrude's where his other children attend classes and expect him to walk to Sir Albert Love. Mr. Brooks said a_ foster child he and his wife had been looking after wouldn't be stay- ing with them any longer -leav- ing only one child at issue. He explained that if he could continue to take his children to St. Gertrude's where they could attend daily Mass nearby there would be no problems. ber of this committee. Lectures, speakers and panel} discussions will be heard. New) fire-fighting equipment will be on display and fire-fighting methods will: be shown. The trustees reversed. their earlier decision when they difficulty. FRED BECKSTEAD | Low-rental 'Project Hit By Picketing Local construction union mem- bers yesterday threw a picket line around the -low- rental hous- ing project at Christine cres., slowing down work on the 18- unit construction job. Fred Beckstead, secretary of the Oshawa and District Con- struction Trades Council, said today that the picket line was set up in an attempt to win a union contract with the construc- tion company. "The contractor at Christine cres., Vroom Construction Co. Ltd.,. of Woodbridge, put in the only tender for the job -- and it is a non-union outfit," said Mr. Beckstead. Vroom Construction was awarded the $234,386 contract to build 18 low-rental housing units by Central Housing and Mort- gage Corporation, One of the company's part- ners, Andy Vroom, said this morning:that work has not been halted on the project. "Natural- ly, the union wants us to join with them," he said, "but we have no union people working directly for us." He stated that the company follows standard CHMC proce- dure__which dictates Federal Fair Wage Practices Act must be applied to all em- ployees on CHMC construction jobs. | "They are trying to keep the concrete pourers from crossing the line, but we will find some other way of getting it onto the site," said Mr, Vroom. Mr. Beckstead stated that Alnor Earthmoving Ltd., Oshawa, had moved excavating equipment from the site when the picket line went up. "Now the Horack Contracting Co., of Whitby, have moved in instead -- and they are a non-union out- fit as well. "We have told the builders ex- change in Oshawa that we will move our men off jobs involving Horach's company, until he gets in good standing with the union. That isn't a threat'-- it's a promise," said Mr, Beckstead. "We want a contract there and CHMC couldn't care less," he stated. "'They have no sym- jpathy at all for the union." | Mayor Lyman Gifford said to- day that he is sorry the low- | rental unit construction has been |held up. 'This is a union town," |he said, '"'and we have to live with it, whether we like it or not." "We have no say in the mat- ter, Oshawa supplies the site and the services and CHMC does all the rest. I believe that the first group of low-rental Hlearned of the transportation! houses were also done by a com- 'pany without a union contract." 'Sir Stork Due To Interrupt CITY TEACHERS COLLEGE? Bay Ridges The 58th edition of the Osh- awa Fair opened last night-- and for a change--with the co-; operation of the weatherman. Warden J. J, Gibson of On- tario County performed the official opening duties, with the assistance from Alderman Cecil Bint, representing the mayor and city council, and Walter Beath, president of the South Ontario Agricultural Society, Thursday night's attendance totalled 2,478, including 1,911 adults and 567children. A total of 144 cars were admitted. The Fair concludes Saturday night. President Walter Beath of the fair said: "We are very happy with the opening night attendance and we hope to improve on it con- siderably tonight." In an interview, Mr. Beath said the Oshawa fair provides an excellent opportunity for rural and urban people to become better acquainted. He said he was.impressed with $S Teachers Miscalculated It was the,last day of school for pupils, a teacher, and a window in St. Joseph's School. So said Business Adminis- trator Frank Shine last night as he explained to trustees how a window was broken in the school. The teacher was practising lacrosse by bounding a ball against the school and he mis- calculated a little and sent the ball through the window, said Mr. Shine. The teacher agreed to pay for the window but the mainte- nance people haven't got around to replacing it yet, -he said. Mr. Shine added that the teacher is now a principal with another board. "'How's his lacrosse?" Trus- tee Ivan Wallace inquired Girl Wins Miss Oshawa Fair Title the large number of mobile educational displays. "We have an excellent pro- gram lined up for the next. two days," he said, 'with harness racing." The highlight of the evening was the crowning of Miss Osh- Oshawa Fair -- 18-year-old Jane Skalin of 884 Reytan blvd., Bay Ridges. A pretty blue-eyed honey blonde, Jane will be going into grade 12 this school term and has her sites set on a private secretary career. Jane received a traditional bouquet from last year's Queen, 18-year-old Dorothy Wilson of Oshawa. Probably one of the finest saddle horse and pony show held anywhere was staged in the infield at Alexandra Park while the midway attractions-- presented by the Peter March Shows ---provided entertain- ment for the youngsters as well as games of skill and chance for those with the slightest gambling urge. ost spectacular class from a color point of view during the horse show was the Arabian Native Costume competition, won by Khala Nar with Vi Me- Culloch up. Khala Nar's son, Jay R, was judged champion half-Arabic.n and captured the trophy donated by his owner, Laurie McCulloch of Oshawa. Race horses, harness horses and ponies and heavy draught horses, and sheep began arriv- ing last night for judging today. Runners-up, in order, were: Janet MacNeil, 21, of Maple Grove; Marlene Brooks, 17, Green River (near Markham); Veronica Friedrich, 17, from Bowmanville, and Beverley Mc- Phail, 21, of Oshawa, completed the quintet. Winner Miss Skalin received a $250 modelling course, $50 in cash and a silver tray. Miss Friedrich also got a $250 model- ling course as a special award Fair Opens Its Doors © 2,478 Attend Thursday Failu City Council could take a big step forward in the fight against Dutch Elm disease. Recent provincial legislation permits councils to pass bylaws allowing the cutting down of dead trees on private property, Mayor Lyman Gifford gaid to- day council has not discussed passing such a bylaw. "I think private owners would welcome this," the mayor said, "The cost is high and often these owners don't have the equipment to do the job them- selves." Two years ago Oshawa under- took an extensive program against diseased elms, cutting and burning over 1000 trees found on public lands, Herb Bathe, parks superinten- dent, says the city's spray pro- gram is about four years old. "But spraying is not doing the job,"' he said today. "It is cur- tailing the disease but not elim- inating it.' Mr. Bathe said a new injec- tion system is being evaluated. A diseased tree is given several "shots". He described this method as expensive. The men giving the injections are specially trained and have to wear protective clothing. They also have to know how to "read" a tree and be able to determine how far gone it {s. No money was set aside in the city budget this year for either spraying or tree, removal. However, federal and provin- cial governments allow tree-cut- ting programs to be included as winter works projects. SOME HAVE NO SCHOOL School attendance figures for Africa include 83 per cent for South Africa, 49 per cent for Kenya and 11 per cent for the wryly. for poise and personality. Sudan. ; that the| In view of this, Mr. O'Neill/ sai@ it's impractical to put a/ limit on the value of such deal-| ings. are within the bounds of board policy. Board Chairman William O'Neill admitted that such ex- Penditures are without authori- zation but there are times when fast action is needed without proper authorization by an assembled board. "He said this kindof action with "discretion" is necessary occasionally in every organiza~- POSSIBILITY SEEN REMOTE The possibility of a teach- ers' college for Oshawa is remote, Separate School Trustees learned last night. Oshawa is not included in a. five-year projection as a site for a teachers' college, said G. L. Duffin, director of teacher education for the Department of Education. "Please be assured, how- ever, that when plans are Schedule Of 2 SS Teachers en bey Rs Te} was in-| The stork forced the Osh-jtain the instructors since a re- , e: is icy since} S lacement for one had already something has to be done in al""* Separate School Board 6 "er hired and chances of find- hurry during an emergency--an|"ig8ht to accept resignations of/\.) another replacement would oil tank springs,a leak for ex-/two of its teachers effective!he better now. than in October. ample. He said there must be - 31, | Business Administrator Frank Some' leeway for this sort of ts. Joan Hanley and Mrs./Shine said, "We may be able to thing which might cost $25 or/Esther Cucinato, both expecting|hire a teacher before Septem- tion. $ 4 jinfants early next year, wrote/ber." Mr. O'Neill cited the exam-| The matter was referred tojtrustees they could continue) The teachers would. be auto- ple of the board's purchase ofjthe executive committee for|teaching until October. matically kept on by the board its new headquariers on study and: report. ' 'The board decitied not to re-jas supply teachers, he-added. reviewed for the establish- ment of a teachers' college east of the metropolitan area, the city of Oshawa, as a possible location, will be given- consideration," he added. The board wrote the Hon. William' G. Davis, Minister of Education, urging a teachers' college for the city, SINGLE STANDARD TO BE USED Such scenes.as the:above . - are the colors of the. On- color (on right) will be re- will: disappear after. 1965-- tario' Regiment. Next year, pany seein ig a : 3 ' » 2 here being paraded' from as part. of ' the Centennial and bearing battle honors St. George's Anglican celebrations of the regi- won by the famous Osh- Church on Centre street ment, the Queen's @olor (on awa and district regiment after a Regimental parade left), and the Regimental in both world wars.