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A group of 10 Oshawa district boy scouts visited the site of the 1967 World Exhibition at Montreal last She Oshawa Fines OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1965 ald - Cartier Freeway near the Simcoe st, exit. Paul Smith, East York, who is enrolled in GM's ap- prenticeship training plan, "fishtailed" out of control escaped uninjured, Damage on the rain-washed Macdon- to the car included a broken neni 2 is A 17 + year ~ old General Motors employee found him- self upside down today in his 1962 convertible after it GM LAD HAS NARROW A ESCAPE front windshield, a flat tire and minor scrapes. "It happened so fast I didn't have time to get shaken up," he told The Times. Yesterday was the last day for Grade 13 city students to appeal low examination marks, If English exam marks here follow the trend across the prov- ince, it could be that a record number of appeals will be made by students here. English Paper Appeals Could Be Record High Yesterday Last Day For Grade 13 Appeal agreed yesterday the big com- p the aint this year concerns percentages of failures in En- glish. : "But the high marks are there in the same J aay as al- ways," he argued. "T feel the percentage of ELLE EN ETL IEE DN DOO TE TS, Appeal results will be known by the middle of September, leaving little time for students SOAKING UP EXPO ATMOSPHERE of Montreal, While in the city the scouts split up to stay with French Canadian families with sons in the boy scouts, The group ar- week, Among them was Bill MacDonald tosatee), pictur- ed here talking with Danielle Touchette of Expo 67's visit- ors' service and Phil Dadson Conant Here Next Year Erection of a plaque com- memorating the late Ontario premier Gordon D. Conant is slated for next summer, it was learned today. Where the plaque will be eg and what will be on it ave not been decided, ac- cording to the Historical Branch of the Department of! Public Archives. This is all a surprise to Mrs. Gordon Conant, widow of the late premier who served as Attorney General in Mitchell Hepburn's 1934-42 government| and as premier for a_ brief} period in 1942, Transport Brief ; To Be Discussed City officials have scheduled three Thursday afternoon meet- ings to consider what should be included in Oshawa's brief tojas chairman of the preserva-|their Whitby motel, the Metropolitan Toronto Re-|tion of historic sites committee} of the Society. gion Transportation Study. rives back this weekend Ath their newfound friends. The Montrealers will stay in the city. for a week and see many of the Ontario sites. May Be Crash | Oshawa City Police have fail-| The clothed body was spotted) - |ed to identify the body of anj floating in the lake just off the| elderly man which was recover-| Oshawa Harbor mouth. Police,| Plaque The sniffle, sneeze and watering eye season is back again and hundreds of hay fever sufferers in the Osh- awa area are shaking their fists at the common rag- - weed, Ragweed js one of 27 noxious weeds under the On- tario Weed Control Act and "I haven't heard a thing| about it but I think it is al wonderful idea," she said to-| day. Activity in this historical field! ~ ieeennd greatly in On-| ario in recent years. Until 1956, the federal govern-| ™u%, DP Poe a a ment had charge of marking) inspector, says he investi- historic sites across the coun | gates an average of 12 weed try. The body in charge of this! complaints each day. work has been charged with! If the weed is noxious he carrying out the program in a, TTS THE SNIFFLE SEASON dvemale BUT INSPECTOR ON THE JOB Deputy Clerk, ed from Lake Ontario yesterday|fire and ambulance rushed to| | afternoon, the scene. | The body was taken to the} |Oshawa General Hospital for examination, Later it was re- notifies the owner of the gente grt mo ede land on which the weed is inated dented Aiccatinsratastienes Treasurer Named | Body Found In Lake: 1 | e t ® A full examination of the body will be conducted to try and find the identity of the man. There is speculation that per- haps the body may be from the recent air crash in Lake On- tario. The plane carrying a Kit- chener family was on a flight from New York. It crashed off Port Hope. Ronald Teel, Whitby, was ap-| pointed deputy treasurer and) Cecil Lundy, Niagara Falls, was! appointed deputy clerk by Osh-| awa city council Monday night. Mr, Teel, a chartered accoun- tant with the firm of Deloitte, Plender, Hoskins and Sells which merged recently with the firm of Monteith, Riel, Watters and Co., was appointed at a} starting salary of $8,665 with an increase Jan. 1 to $8,980. The Oshawa Blood Donor Clin- Mr, Teel, 29, is married with|jc opens its doors again tomor- one child. His experience dur-| iow with a desperate need for growing to cut it. After seven days, if the weeds have not been cut, Mr. Nu- gent can call city employees out to cut the noxious weeds, The bill is sent to the prop- erty owners, "The weed situation is in pretty good shape for this time of year," said the in- spectorrrr,. He said poison ivy is the number one weed enemy with ragweed a close sec- ond, '0' TYPE GONE "lackadaisical fashion". Where plaques involve an individual, direct descendants) (or relatives) are sought out) and their consent to plaque} placement asked as a courtesy. This was confirmed by an historical branch spokesman who said today the Oshawa Historical Society would be It all started late last week contacted. |when a vacationing Smiths Falls Mrs, Conant is now serving|Couple were returning by bus to Mr, and Mrs, John E, Fuller jwere coming back from a full Just Average s s Here: Gardening Pundit sii irc tins! ing expert John Bradshaw was in town yesterday for a look at the local horticultural scene. During his visit he took a close look at the fabulous gar-) Radio and television rv. wasone morniing hour on radio has) surprise it had been turned in. day at the CNE, While on the bus Mr. Fuller's wallet contain- ing $80, his entire holiday sav- ings, slipped out of his back pocket, He did not notice it had gone Gardens | awa bus garage and, to his great one of the largest audiences in Canada, | To keep up with the horticullFanded it aver tothe bus driver tural scene he travels thousands} Overjoyed Mr. Fuller contact: of miles every year. At his home ed the Oshawa Times and asked Four Oshawa youths, he was Honesty Is Best Policy; 'Reward In Offing For 4 Mrs, Fuller at her Siniths Falls home, "My husband is at work at the minute," she explained over the phone; "but I am sure that he will want to make some small reward to these boys." wallet back. I don't we would have got back home without the money." jing the past two years has been}, -- ar primarily municipal auditing, |type O negative blood. "The need for type O nega- Mr. Lundy, deputy clerk for the Township of Niagara, was|tive,"" explained clinic chair- man Bob Stroud this morning, appointed at a starting salary of $5,435 with an increase Jan, 1\"is urgent. to $5,670. | "The Oshawa General Hos- Mr, Lundy, 24, is married, He|pital hasn't got a single bottle has completed the municipaljof it anywhere. clerks and treasurers' course| 'If someone with this type of and has five years municipal ex-|blood should need an operation perience. we would be in real trouble. Both appointments are effec-| "Six per cent of the popula- tive Sept. 18. Mr, Lundy is on altion has type O negative. This} three - month probation period)means that if we meet our and Mr, Teel, six months, quota of 400 bottles tomorrow "FREE PRESS-- FAIR TRIAL' Form Press Council, Says Crown Attorney Just back from the Ameri-,to sort out difficulties and to can convention of the National/exchange viewpoints, District Attorney's Association) Lastly, Mr. Affleck advised| is W. Bruce Affleck, Crown|the formation of a Press Coun- "It was wonderful to have the know how Alarm Clock Not Needed Tomorrow Blood Supplies At Critical Low dens which surround Colonel|in Burlington he conducts his if the youths could be traced. Residents in the area we will only get around 24 bottles of type O negative, TWO OPERATIONS "This would only be enough for two serious operations, You can see the need. "We are depending on radio and your newspaper," he told The Times, "'to give this as much publicity as you can, The need for type O negative is urgent,"" Mr. Stroud explained that if there was a sudden emergency call from Oshawa General for the blood type he would have to resort to emergency action. The Red Cross would make a search of their blood donor lists for people with type O negative. Cabs would then be sent out to rush the people to the hospital. "We have had these opera- tions before,"' added Mr. Stroud. NEEDED 4 BOTTLES "The other day we had a woman in Oshawa General who needed 24 bottles in the operat- ing room, She was of a reason- ably rare blood group. "We had a real emergency on our hands to get the donors of her blood variety to the hos- to make definite arrangements for admission to universities. O'Neill Collegiate principal Angus Dixon has advised all students who "'just missed' the Grade 13 English exam final in June to appeal their marks. NO UNIVERSITY | "We have a number of stu- dents who passed everything but English and cannot go to uni- versity because of this,'"' he said this week. Mr. Dixon agreed city stu- dents' low English marks re- flected the province-wide trend. "This year our border - line students nearly all failed--while in other years about one-half of them pass," he said. Alfred Bishop, Ontario Depart- ment of Education registrar, es in the English paper will in- crease after the appeals have . been dealt with," Mr. Bishop said, He said raising all English paper marks by a picked per- centage has never been done and is not being contemplated, 'ERRATIC': ROBERTS George Robérts, principal of R. §S. McLaughlin Collegiate, called English results '"'unex- pectedly erratic' and also urged students to appeal their marks. Central Collegiate principal Harrison Murphy said he hasn't noticed an "unusual" number of appeals from his students. He said the failure rate. in Grade 13 English seems about the same as usual but he did notice marks were generally lower this year, with many in the 50's. Dates Mixed, (Canada's Governor - General Georges Vanier will visit Osh- awa on Friday, Sept. 24. Mayor Lyman Gifford said today he had his dates mixed up when he told council Mon- day that the Governor- would arrive in the city on Sept. 22. "T made a mistake", he said. The Governor-General will ar- rive by train at 11 a.m, and leave at 5 p.m. Planned during his visit are a tour of the city, a civic luncheon and a reception at Col. R. S. McLaughlin's Parkwood home. Arrangements for the visit are being made by a commit- tee of council and citizens under the chairmanship of Ald. Clif- ford Pilkey. Says Mayor: Vanier Arriving Sept. 24 4 GOV.-GENERAL VANIER City weigh scales on Rich- mond st., were closed today and Sands Of Time Too Heavy, Old Scales Are Replaced city works commissioner, said today the scales were officially closed. six! Attorney for Ontario County. |cil, similar to that which exists|pital."" R. S. MeLaughlin's home on sjjown research and experiements) : : During the convention, whichlin England. Tomorrow's blood clinic will i : Until this morning no trace) mj . ree pe St with new ideas g jmiles northeast of Oshawa will another paragraph was added "They have been operating at 'AVERAGE' HERE FABULOUS -- He summed them up in one word: 'fabulous'. "They must be one of the finest in the world,"' he told a Times reporter. While in the city he also took a look at the city hall gardens and the Canadian Automotive) Museum on Simcoe st. s. Mr, Bradshaw is well known could be found. The youths were} not need an alarm clock a papi ar a mchane ao wall nal ed an alarm clock to get!was held at Mackinac Island, Such a body would be made| |apparently thenest. : Ua Then an anonymous letter ar- fay Dome escepsions, rived at the Times' office. It| "There is too much lawn and! gave the names and addresses) Oshawa's--gardens_he describ- ed as "average" except for a them up tomorrow. Mich., Mr, Affleck participated Trans Canada Piplines Limit-jin 'a group discussion on 'Free ed promises to waken the whole|Press -- Fair Triat-* neighborhood, He represented the Canadian viewpoint on a subject which up of members of the press, high ranking members of the judiciary,--members of the legal profession and prominent pub-| once again be held at St, Greg- ory's Hall on Simcoe st. n. Times for donors to attend are from 1.30 to 4 in the afternoon and 6 to-9-in-the-evening: This month the clinic is aim- not enough flowers, I like the! English idea of small lawns and} big flower beds, "IT think Canadians will begin of the youths, | They were, the letter stated,| Larry Scott, of 640 Burton st,, Wayne Sargant, of 489 Albert st With a boom! At 6 a.m.! Maintenance work on the com- |pany's pipeline will require the "blowing down" of a valve to to get more garden minded aslGenee Muzik of 67 Third st.,) reduce pressure in the line for time passes, Once the highways! i ill the safety of t gat too full tor 'Gaekend travel ana Paul Williams, of 112 Mill ety of the maintenance on both TV and radio for his/people will turn to their gardens|" | workers. The gas blown out of the is causing increasing. concern in the U.S. During a 45-minute address, Mr, Affleck outlined five major recommendations to help elim- inate prejudicial pre-trial re- porting lic figures, Any person who felt he had ajing for a quota of 400. Next complaint against the press)month the quota will be upped could make written representa-|to 500 to make up for the sum- tion to the council, mer losses. The council would then re-| 'We have fallen short in the view the complaint and make. ajsummer months due to the holi- written judgment either vindi-|day season. We have quite a bit The first was immediate ac- to the municipal history books. Eighty-eight years ago Osh- awa purchased a 50 by 120 foot parcel of land at the southwest corner-of Richmond and Simcoe sts., for $1,000. Erected on the former civic centre land was a_ building which served as a town hall, fire and police station. The building was demolished in 1953 and the land converted into a parking lot -- but the weigh scales remained. a loss and we have no need for them anymore," he said. Earlier this year council ap- proved a new, and less expen- sive weighing procedure, All materials for city contracts are now weighed on government approved scales supplied by the contractor. A system of spot checking weights and applying. penalties in the event of weight defic- iencies has been instituted un- der the direction of a city The names were passed on to A ; cating or condemning the news-/of ground to make up," com- paper, mented Mr. Stroud, gardening programs, His Satur-'for pleasure. lvalves "dissipates harmlessly" }says the company, but adds that 'considerable noise is} tion by the judiciary in cases of flagrant contempt of court Robert Richardson, deputy'weights inspector. In the city this week for a look at the. local horticu tural scene is well known and television garden- created during the blowdown, Area residents have been noti- fied, according to the company, and natural gas service will S|NOT be curtailed. +a] | | as SESS Showing him around is pretty Mrs. Harold Hay employee of the city --Oshawa Timea Phote ' ing expert, John Bradshaw He is pictured here taking a look at the beautiful gardens which surround city hall, ' an Another valve, five miles east of Stouffville, will be blown about the same time. Nautical Hellos Twixt Mayors Diplomatic relations between Ushawa and Toronto will re- ceive added impetus Sept. 18: MAYOR Lyman Gifford will receive greetings from Mayor Philip Givens of Toronto de- livered by one of the speedy competitors in the second annual Lake Ontario Power Boat Mara- thon. Sponsored by Oshawa Yacht Haven and Lackie's Marina, To- ronto, this year' s power boat marathon is expected to attract a minimum of 30 entries from both sides of the border for the 80-mile contest of boats and drivers, The race, from Toronto to Oshawa return, is open to ama- teurs, professionals and dealers in five categories Further details may be obtain- jed from Yacht Haven's Norman oood demand with Courtney. LONDON COSTS MOST LONDON (CP) -- It costs more to produce a graduate at London University than at any A recent parl- other in Britain. iamentary report gave faculty costs at/ London as £892 ($2, 676) per student against the na tional average of £676. jby newspapers, Severe fines |should be imposed and, if the joffence was serious enough, jail terms, DRAFT CODE Secondly, Mr, Affleck recom- mended that members of the press should be encouraged to draft their own code of ethics! and to police themselves, | "Seminars and university extension courses," he said, "should be implemented to pro- vide a comprehensive study of |this subject for persons employ- /ed in the publicity media." Thirdly the formation of a} committee to make a study of the scope of the problem and to make recommendations for its solution, Fourth, the encouragement of \frequent meetings between press and the legal profession Work Picture Brightens Up While production in manufac- turing was curtailed by plants! jclosed for annual vacation in |August, hiring activity increas- ed with resumption of produc- tion, late last month, Skilled workers remained in continuing} shortages in some trades being jexperienced, the National Em- ployment Service reported to-| \day, Applicants were in short sup-| ply in the following occupa-| tions: automobile mechanics and service station attendants TV repairmen mould. makers, welders and ornamental iron iworkers, ' James B. Reid, 65, of Sim- coe st, n. ,was honored last night on his retirement from the Pediar People Limited after 23 years' service with CITY MAN 'MAKES' HEADLINES right are: J. S. Cameron, executive vice-president; H. M, Sparks, secretary-treas- the company's head office in Oshawa. Mr. Reid was vice- president of finance and sec- retary-treasurer of the Osh- awa plant. Pictured left to mod, ; and G, R, urer; Mr, Geikie, presid Pediar, director of planning and development of the company's western plants. Mr. Pedlar flew in from Vancouver for the occasion. --Oshawa Times Photo