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Oshawa Times (1958-), 6 Dec 1965, p. 11

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i ai a esteem i This aerial photograph roughly indicates the $1.7 million civic square develop- ment proposed presented to city council by Tosronto architects Pentland, Baker SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME? pected to act on a decision made in committee to refer the financial implications of the proposal to finance com- mittee for a-study and re- port, The proposal high- and Polson. City ec il, which meets tonight, is ex- lights jude: closing Athol st., at Centre et., to form a landscaped open area west of Centre; a 125-space under- ground parking garage beneath the open ares; a two-storey wing from the West end of the present city hall across Athol to the city's parking lot east of the police Que. Education Leadership Forecast At Commencement He said there are people who deny the dual reality of Canada and insist that French has no A Montreal newspaper man the same as the old anarchist| says Quebec's educational sys- tem is undergoing one of the the world that may set the pace for boldest experiments in all Canada. Thomas Sloan, Quebec Legis- for the Montreal Star, told students and parents at McLaughlin Collegi- Institute Commencement exercises Sat- lature correspondent ate and Vocational urday night, that just a few years ago Quebec possessed one of the most "hidebound, tradi- tionalistic, overspecialized and inefficient educational systems that could be imagined." ~ OVERHAUL He said that although it is still 'too early to give details of the new type of education that is evolving, it seems cer- tain the whole traditional exam- ination and grade system is go- ing to get a thorough reshuff- ling, teacher training will be radically improved and religi- ous control over education will be drastically reduced. Mr. Sloan said the church, especially its younger elements, is also caught up in the tide of experimentation and under- going a change in sentiment. "New structures of economic planning, a host of new advi- sory groups in social welfare, education and health are all emerging onto the scene," he said. "A revolution is getting under way in agriculture and after a long period of official all now going ahead so fast, she is threatening dormancy in weifare of sorts, Quebec is or bolshevik. "Maybe such people do exist in the separatist movement, but they are not representative of it. The average separatist is likely to be a student, teacher, doctor, lawyer, eigineer or per- haps a provincial civil servant." Mr. Sloan said he has attend- ed a good number of separatist political and social gatherings and has never seen any English- speaking Canadian insulted or threatened. WANT INDEPENDENCE "They don't really dislike us that much," he said, 'They just want to go their.own way and be independent of us' poll- place outside Quebec. terparts who has no place in Canada. ful Canadianism. I need French Canada and needs -us."" He said the thing that makes up of two distinct peoples and tically." two ways of life. The presentation of awards and trophies was a highlight Sunday of the annual inspection of 1913 Squadron, Army Cadet Corps, held at the Oshawa Armouries. Lt. Col. W. C. Paynter, CD, commanding officer of the On- tario Regiment, was the inspect- ing officer. Following the inspec- tion the cadet troops marched past to the regimental march 'John Peel'. NEW RIFLE The parents, friends and other to leaye the rest of Canada|guests watched a drill squad, behind." 'SEPARATISTS BRIGHTER' Speaking of the separatist;command of Cadet using the new FN rifle, stage a marching display under Major J. movement, Mr. Sloan said the| Bryant. separatist on the average, is) younger and better educated|went i\Kalyta. A trophy donated by|Cadet RSM De Mille. The in- Sergeant|coming Cadet CO was Majorjing 34 months' severance pay.| |They 'say Greek law entitles! nort today on the second anni- than his fellow citizens. He said that the picture in|Cadet to Cadet Captain T. Regimental Trophy, Award-Giving Highlight Cadet Night Top honors for markmanship Trooper followed by 'Trooper won an award for Bryant, Bourgoise and Trooper Milburn sented to Trooper captain of the winning team. GUN STRIPPED tion day were classes on radio, direction of Cadet Koziw. |manship. -- Captain R. Davies paid trib- The Cadet of the Year trophy|ute to the retiring Cadet Com- and mander Major Bryant the mind of some English-|Major K. DeMille for the best) Koziw. Canadians of a separatist is "'a|non-commissioned officer in the furtive, rather dirty and per-|cadet force went to Cadet Sst. |provided by haps beareded human bomb-|J. Heinen. It was presented by|band, under the direction of somewhat! the donor. throwing machine, Music for the occasion the {Captain G. Quick, CD. "In doing so, they are justify- ing their French Canadian coun- wholeheartedly agree that French has no place outside Quebec. This leads to the conclusion that English has no place in Quebec and Quebec "To me, both types of separa- tism are a denial of meaning- think we} it us different from Americans is the fact we are a nation made The hockey. trophy sras_pre- Hazleton, Other features of the inspec- Cadet, Lieut. W. Thomas con- the|ducted a class of rifle marks- was regimental bulding and south of the church; a high-rise building on the parking lot connected to the wing, initially with two storeys but designed for expansion to six, eight or 10 storeys; an elevated council chamber extending from the ye MME YTItLE Christmas tree lights went up all over Oshawa during the weekend. And just as quickly as they went up, some of them disappeared. Oshawa Police investigated four separate thefts of Christ- mas tree lights. All of them were attributed to youths. The first theft wac reported on Saturday by George Thorne, of 475 Fairlawn st. Lights he had put up on a tree on the front lawn of his TDE ty aan home disappeared during tie day, "iney were yalued 'ri $i.ov. mi Three light thefts were re- ported on Sunday. : First report came from 107 Oakes ave.; home of Mrs. Ross Courtice. Twelve lights were taken from a tree in the front lawn of her home. YOUTHS SEEN Four youths were spotted by the owner. Police gave chase but failed to nab the culprits. ' Boman neu RI Bd btn Bice. rea 2, Pr irae "oe } colued at. $290 dis- appeared without trace. . The last theft came as a double blow to H. L. Bell, 452 Beverley st. ~ At much trouble and ex- pense he installed 1° lights on a tree at the front of his home. TWICE BITTEN All 15 lights disappeared. Not deterred Mr. Bell went out and decorated the tree light thefts are common at this. time of year. "People should put them as STL Ri The Oshawa Zime ia ana Tar % OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1965 Brooklin Man Drowns northeast corner of the exist- ing building to the park area at the corner of Athol and Centre. 0 -- Oshawa Times Photo | Courtesy Oshawa Flying Club | | | | Eastdale Collegiate. SECONDARY SCHOOL BOSS JOB NOW UP FOR GRABS The Oshawa Board of Education is advertising for a super- visor of secondary schools to oversee the academic operations | of the four secondary schools in the city. | Board officials said today that the necessary qualifications, duties and salary of the new official will be decided by the board. The post will be filled by July 1, 1966, and the appoint- ee's duties will be increased in September by the opening of | KINGSTON (CP) -- Fifteen crew members have stayed aboard the grounded Panaman- ian freighter Protostatis, claim- ing they haven't received back wages or severance pay. But Capt. Chrisostomes Sam- onas and nine others left the ship during the weekend on or- ders from the owner, Marcus Lemos of London. ~ Led by First Mate Paul Leo- usis, the 15 have sought legal aid to seize the vessel, which grounded in the St. Lawrence River near here several weeks \ago, They want to sell it or parts of it to get the money they say is owing them in order to fly home to Greece. The captain, engineer and second engineer will remain in Montreal pending a hearing into alleged dumping of oil by the ship in a seaway lock. The others: who left with Capt. Sa- |monas play to fly to Greece from Montreal at the opner's sending and receiving, under : Cadet Lieut. Lauryessent; and a peer class on assembling and_strip- ping of the bren gun, under the Major G. Mr. Leousis said the crew had been paid-"an- advance on Jast month's wages," but were never: paid in full. Average pay is $120 ja month, less deductions. Four crew members jumped ship earlier this year, two at Detroit and two at Picton, Ont. The crew has been away from home fer more than a year. abandoned. They currently have little Pi Bias gpy Thousands of people braved cold weather Satur- day to see Whitby's annuai Santa Claus parade. Here, CHEERLEADERS BRAVE COLD cheerleaders from Street High School dangle heir chilled legs down the side of a figat snisred by Henry the school. The parade, which lasted some 20 min- utes, consisted of 42 entries. Highlight of the event, Sailors Stay On Ship To Push Salary Claims | | | money and no authority to or- der supplies. They are eating) a flour paste and drinking wa- ter from the river. urday's municipal ele ction. lelectors cast their ballots. {council were elected. while BROUGHAM -- Clifford W. Laycox was re-elected reeve of Pickering Township in Sat- Twenty-eight per cent of the Property owners of the Bay Ridges area voted down a pro-| posal to erect a community) hall in the area. The vote was 227 in favor and 519 against. In the vote for members of the municipal government, Mrs. Jean McPherson was returned as deputy reeve. Two members of the 1965 council -- Harvey Spang in Ward 1 and John Campbell in Ward 4 were re- turned. Three new members of Mr. Laycox polled 1,822 votes J. Sherman Scott, a former reeve, polled 1,434. Harry Ashton, the other aspi- rant for the office of reeve, polled 649. Mrs. McPherson had ~1,921 votes while her opponents, Don- ald Hopkins and Mrs. Kay The remaining men are claim-| them to it whenever a ship is|yersary meeting "it is "of the tied up permanently, disabled or! ytmost importance to any eth- naturally. was old St. Nick himself. 9 Toes Dhnt ~--UslieWwe aAtiie aulov |members was stressed by |guest' speaker, Integrate But Retain Roots, - |Polish - Veterans' 'Polish Union of Canada, branch| Says Committee The Christian history of Polish people will be 1,000 years old in 1966. And marking the nation's re- ligious beginnings and advance- ment through years of tyranny and revolution will be city and district members of a Polish council which celebrated it's second anniversary here Satur- day. The United Council of Polish Organizations was formed here December, 1963, to preserve the social and religious history of Poland. At its inception, six area Polish groups~ were-.combined Willi: , had -1,693 and 271 votes, respectively. COUNCIL VOTE: The vote for members of council were: Ward 1 Harvey Spang, 456; Sheldon Osterhout, 75. Ward 2 -- Donald Beer, 390; George Hodgson, 99. Ward 3 -- Pickering Vote, 'Laycox Returned John Williams, 683; Donald Wearing, 506 and A. C. Kings- ton, 258. Ward 4 -- John Camp- bell, 252; N. W. Waller, 155 and Richard Prior, 83. Ward 5 -- A. R. Chatten; 495; R. H. Brown, 221 and E. Violet Swan 214, Charles McTaggart, Eleanour McKeen, Ellis Britton, Gordon Pearce and Austin Pearce were elected to the School Area No. 1 Board, Those elected to the School Area No. 2 Board were: Donald Quick, Patricia Finn, Ross Deakin, Theodore Van- Houten and Mrs. Sheila Vierin. VOTES FOR BOARDS The votes for the members of the two boards were: School Area No, 1 Board -- Charles McTaggart, 848; Elea- nour McKeen, 756; Ellis Brit- ton 701; Austin Simons, 571; Hout, 239. Gordon Pearce, 647; Pearce, 581; and A. Van Der School Area No. 2 Board -- Patricia Donald Quick, 1,145; Finn; 1,123; Ross Deakin, 1,108; T. Van Houten, 905; Mrs. S. Vierin, 690; E. P. McCormack, 598; W. A. Petts, 293. United Church minister, Rev. ted president of the Oshawa Rid- ing New Democratic Party As- sociation. minster United Church, was elected by acclamation. at_the meeting held at the Hotel Gen- osha. to form the council, They were: Association; seven; Polish Alliance Society) of Canada, branch 21; Polish Youth Incorporated, all char- tered; St. Hedwig's Ladies' So- ciety; and Sports Club "'Polon- ia." The council stressed in a re- nic group members that they become good Canadian citizens, while still remembering the motherland and what it stands for. In this spirit, and with these aims in mind, the coun- cil intends to work and acitieve full harmony and understanding among all." Golden Age Club Party By Rotary The Oshawa Rotary Club plays Santa Claus tonight to more than 150 members of the Golden Age Club at the annual Christmas Dinner. The oldsters will be enter- tained by Rotarians and the Bowmanville Legion Choir, directed by Ross Cotton. | The guest speaker will be Rotarian George Rodgers, ad-| ministrator of Branson Hospital in North York. j Young Unionists | Seen Required | The need for participation in) union work by young local) the Robert Craigs, director of welfare for the Ontario Department of Labor, at the annual Cliristmas party of Local 218, Canadian Union of Public Employees. Mr.--Craigs said that it is extremely important for the benefit and strength of the union that youth be encouraged and assisted to accept positions on their union executives and tmbers, become acilye membe: lelected as secretary for the Gib, & Herbert Hyman was ac-| claimed as vice-president. Steve Melnichuk was re-| coming year beating T. D. Thomas in the race for the post. William Marshall, who declined to run for secretary, beat Mrs. Christine Thomas for the post of association treasurer. Beverley Gibson was elected as membership secretary by ac- clamation. THREE STOOD Mrs. Margaret Klym, Fred Upshaw and Peter Chryk stood in the election for the delegate to the NDP provincial council. Mrs. Klym took the election with Mr. Upshaw as an alter- nate delegate. In expressing thanks to the delegates for his election Mr. Porter said that he would dedi- cate himself to the work of the association. He paid tribute to Louis Mun- roe, the assiciation's deceased past president, after which there were a few moments of silence in his memory. The meeting was also ad- dressed by William Cumpsty, full-time NDP organizer in the riding He announced some plans for Sportsmens' Club Slate In Tomorrow New officers of the New- eastleSpertsmen Club will be elected Tuesday at the club's annual meeting. A film made by the group to demonstrate hunter-safety will be reviewed by A. Younge, a department of lands and forests representative who prill be a suest---at--the----meeting,. to start at 7:30 p.m., at Simcoe Hall 3oys' Club. The group annual banquet will | announces its be Dec. United Church Minister Acclaimed NDP President the future in the riding and also John Porter was Sunday elec-|reviewed party activities during the general election. The association members rec- orded a vote of appreciation Mr. Porter, minister of West-|for Mrs. Christine Thomas for her many years of service as an executive member of the group. Roland Fred Hawes, 594; Byron J. Lowe, 556; J. Goss, 526; V. W. Stewart, 488; J. H. Cairns, 398; Florre Weisbrot, 390 and WHITBY --- A Brooklin man| died in the icy waters of Lake Ontario on Saturday after his companion on a duck hunting expedition became too cold to continue holding him. Dead is 41-year-old father of three children, Robert Floyd Pilkey, He and a friend, Fred Mar- shall, 37, also of Brooklin, had rowed out from Whitby Harbor on a duck shooting expedition. Their craft was a small flat bottomed rowing-boat. BOAT SWAMPED High winds and rough water swamped the boat, Marshall was able to clamber on top. He hung on to his friend in the freezing waters until ex- haustion overtook him. While the desperate struggle In Icy Lake Ontario Companion Treated For Shock, Exposure water fellow hunters tried re- peatedly to launch a boat fn the rough waters. 4 The boat, a small car-top, was beaten back by high waves. . Eventually, Donald Yuill, 35, of Oshawa, managed to row to the scene, more than 500 feét from shore, and rescued Mr. Marshall. Mr. Marshall told Whitby OPP that he tied a rope to his friend to try and support him. however, he became too cold to hang on to the rope. Mr. Pilkey's body was re- covered later. Mr, Marshall was taken to Oshawa General Hospt- tal suffering from exposure. Mr, Yuill told reporters a: the accident: that when he ar- rived at the overturned boat he didn't think that Mr. Marshall could have hung on for more for life was taking place in the than 10 more minutes. Oshawa A '17-year-old Oshawa ski jumper won the fourth annual Early Bird tournament Sun- day, after almost passing up the event. John Armstrong, a junior, upset some of Ontario's best jumpers to take. the event at Georgas Bay Ski Bowl in Owen Sound. A member of Canada's national junior jumping team, Armstrong almost stayed home because of bad weather which had .washed away most of the snow: Other Oshawans fared well too. Veteran Bob Rodak fin- ished second; Ken Harstead was fourth; Bucky Richards fifth; Julio Cote seventh; Chris Langmaid eighth and Rein Talvak ninth. At 13, Langmaid was the youngest in the event. Frank Gartell of Fort Wii- Skier, 17 Wins Jump Event liam finished in' third place, the only non-Oshawan to crack the top five. 10-POINT MARGIN Armstrong registered three jumps of 100 feet or more down the lightning-fast run on the 40-metre hill, His total of 196.7 points gave him a_ substantial margin of more than 10 points over Rodnak. The winner had jumps of 100, 113 and 115 feet. The. top two finishers, most of the other contestants and national jumping judge and coach Jim Georgas spent Sat- urday putting the hill in shaps for the event. Snow was collected from. be- side the road and the run was lined with straw te protect the jumpers. Actors, stage hands, make-up and dress crews attended Oshawa Little The- 11. at Hotel Genosha atre's annual Yuletide party at the Knichte of Columbus WHOOPING IT UP Hall, Bond st., Saturday night. Here, grabbing some time under the limelight, are: Freddy Bryant, testing out the keys; and an accompaniment of singing dancers, Laurie Williams, Priscilla Henning, and Cheryl Weeks. The theatre . Row has abeut 158 memberg, | =

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