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FOR FUN. EXCERISE. FRESH AIR CUT YOUR OWN TREE. THE ARCHIE HUBERT family of 710 Oshawa bivd. n. went on a Christmas tree safari recently. It was the first time their children, Susan and Andy, had gone to the bush to cut their own tree. In the above picture, the Huberts found the Scotch pine they wanted. The photograph at the right shows Susan and Andy help- Public Housing Action Promised An investigation of a land assembly project, including public housing, on Kingsway College land will be underway before the end of this year, says an Ontario Housing Corp- oration official. Harry Pullen, of the corpora- tion, said in a telephone inter- view today the public housing 'project in Oshawa is on his "priority list." "I plan to get moving on this matter as soon as possible," said Mr. Pullen, "and I expect to be-in the city before the end of the. year." SORT THINGS OUT Mr. Pullen recently took charge of the Oshawa project} following the resignation of another corporation official. He said he has been "trying to sort things out" and has been! jstudying information on the | Oshawa project. |the corporation to investigate the possibility of a land assem- bly project, including 65 units of public housing, on Kingsway City council last month asked| ing their father decorate their tree at home. Most people today go to a Christ- mas tree lot in the city and buy their Christmas trees, but it doesn't beat trekking through the woods looking for your own, for fun and good exercise. --Oshawa Times Photos A dog found tied by a short rope to a fallen clump of trees in thick Whitby bush Dec. 6 is gaining affection day by day from canine lov- ers. Last' night, the Ontario County Kennel Club voted to add $45 to a reward pot, boost- College land. In November,1964, ing corporation conducted a) survey of the need for public |housing in the city. CITY REQUEST In April this year the city asked the corporation to pro- vide 35 family and 30 senior citizen housing units, based on the corporation survey report. Several meetings have since been held by council's housing committee, chaired by Ald. Alice Reardon, with corpora- tion officials. The meetings have led to the land assembly investiagation request. National Jay Unknown To News of the Canada Junior Chamber of Commerce brief to the Royal Commission on Bi- lingualism and _ Biculturalism came as a surprise to members of the city Jaycees today. "J know nothing about the brief," said president Tobi Cou- ture. "This has come as a sur- prise. "T would have thought that the brief would have had to be ap- proved by the general member- ship before it was presented '"The brief was not discussed at our convention at the end of June." SEVERAL CHANGES The brief, which was to be presented to the Royal Commis- sion today, calls for several changes Main demand is for a more distinctive Canadian currency. The brief calls for pictures of Fathers of Confederation and former prime ministers on Ca- nadian money instead of the Queen's face. It also called for a distinctive national anthem. cee Brief Local Club javailable in all 'secondary schools "But children should not be forced to take a second lan- guage. There are parents who would not like their children to learn French." Permit Fee Hike Ousted AJAX (Staff) -- Town council last night rejected a bylaw to increase building permit fees. Reeve Henry S. Polak said the average home owner would have to bear the higher fee which "could run to $40 or $50 per. home." Deputy Reeve John Hall, who also voted against the second reading of the bylaw, said the | building cost of a $300,000 ware- 'house would go up $900. He said the increased fee "might be the last straw on the back of prospective indus tries locating in Ajax." The bylaw called for primary and a the hous-| ing it to $200 for anyone find- ing information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who tied the dog up. When the cross-bred Ger- man Shepherd was found, $200 PLEDGED FOR REWARD ~~, IN DOG ABANDONMENT CASE|Cripp near Thickson rd. and Fifth Concession last Monday after being tied up nearly 24 hours the local humane society branch posted a $25 reward. Over last weekend, six peo- ple from Oshawa and Whitby | donated $130 towards the re- ward, raising it to $155 by Monday. The kennel club made -the decision to kick in a share at its annual meeting at Civic Auditorium. Food, Fun, Fancy Free Yule For Oshawa, Christmas in local hospitals will be celebrated in a home- spun atmosphere this year. At-least-1,700 people -will-cele- brate-Yule in four-hospitals in a |seasonal climate embroidered | by some 66 decorated pine trees and 3,000 pounds of choice | turkey. Christmas cake and plum pud- \ding will add to meal trim- mings, too. And to fill out celebrations, gifts will be given to patients and corridors of wards' will be echoing with strains of Christ- mas. carols. SANTA IN LIMELIGHT Santa Claus will catch some time under the limelight too. Some 400 patients will be in Oshawa General Hospital Christ- mas day and 200 of these are expected to gulp down some 600 pounds of turkey with side trim- mings of cranberry sauce, po- tatoes, peas, squash, plum pud- ding or ice cream Twenty Christmas trees will be scattered throughout the hos- pital, plus three more in the nurses' residence. The Salvation Army band, with 35 members, will, play Yuletide music outside the hos- pital while inside, the Army's 45-member choir will go from ward to ward singing carols. The hospital's women's aux- iliary and the Salvation Army's League of Mercy will bear small parcels for patients, Also, the 60-member student nurses' choir will be singing, and the Salvation District Sick! mas dinner, seven 20-pound tur-| keys will be on hand and a full menu similar to the Oshawa ; General. About -50- or 60--beds ig Si Ri ote | Win 08 iit Use. STAR ON BUILDING Though the hospital hasn't gone for pine trees in a big way, it has a large star of Bethlehem -- 15 to 20 feet in diameter -- set up on top of the. building. A 10-foot tree, decorated to the hilt, will dominate the floor 'of the hospital's lobby. Some 50 singers of the Ajax and District Community Choir | wil] be on hand for an hour of jcarol singing; unlike common hospital practices, the carols will be piped into patients' rooms through an inter-com sys-/ tem. Fifty patients will be at the hospital EIGHT TREES At Bowmanville Hospital, eight to 10 trees will beg Oe + Ak Ale wn a WAITS Ci HAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY,. DECEMBER 14, 1968 10-Acre Land Reclaim Plan On Next Year g A 10-acre land reclaiming project near the Oshawa Harbor will be initiated next year. : Fred Malloy, harbor commis- sion chairman, said today an underway retaining wall will be constructed next spring in Lake Ontario east of the har- bor inlet. 5 YEARS TO FILL Mud and sand dredged each spring will be dumped in the area between the shoreline and the wall. Mr. Malloy estimated} 't would take five years to ill the area. He said the wall will be built to provide for a} »ossible future extension. The commission chairman aid the new dumping area should reduce dredging costs ip to 40 per cent. Nine acres of swamp and marsh land south of Harbor rd., have been reclaimed during the {Montreal harbor, past several years. The "'dredg- ing spoil" next spring will be dumped in this area to com- plete the project. : Mr. Malloy said the 10 acres . of land when reclaimed could be developed to support a dock. $10,000 AN ACRE "We think land near our harbor is worth" about $10,000 an acre," said Mr, Malloy, mentally multiplying 10 acres by $10,000. He said the price of land near the Toronto harbor is $80,000 per acre and near the $104,000 an acre. Mr. Malloy said the commis- |sion expects to "pick up a little more business next year." He said favorable discussions have been held with officials of St. Mary's Cement company about the harbor, St. Mary's plans to construct a cement plant in Darlington Township. i\Ice Cube Caution Issued By Doctor | More than 70 Oshawa crippled} children were guests of the} Rotary Club of Oshawa at its annual dinner and party Mon- day night at Hotel Genosha, The event was arranged by the jclub's crippled children's com- |mittee of which Rotarian! {George Charlton is the chair- man. The spirit of the festive. sea- son was everywhere in evidence) as the children, accompanied} by a parent and the Rotarian, | who picked them up at their) homes, sat down to a turkey) dinner with all the trimmings. LIGHTED TREE For the occasion the Picca-| dill: Room was gaily decorated| with swaths-of-balloons, a light-| ed Christmas tree and piles of presents for the children. Members of the (Chadburn) Air Cadet) Squadron, No. 151, which is} sponsored by the service club, assisted the children at the door) and later distributed paper| |hats, noise makers and. suckers. | | Following the dinner Bella |Parrish entertained the audi-| ence with baton twirling, while) Cy. Leonard mystified the chil-| dren with his sleight of hand.} The singing of carols was led! by Rotarians Alex Shestowsky and Jack Ovens. One of the features of the} evening was a draw for prizes. !Michael Gannon, Colborne st w., won the cocker spaniel uppy donated by Mr. and} Oshawa) ara Memorial/| Mrs, Morrow, Fox ave., while| w Dorothy Parrish and Milton! led Children [Feted By Rotarians The arrival of Santa Claus, who distributed gifts to each child, was the highlight of the event. Guests of the club included His Worship Mayor Lyman Gifford, Miss Gertrude Tucker, supervisor of Public Health Nursing; Miss Hanna, of Peter- borough, district nurse for the Ontario Society for Crippled Children; Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Balfour of the Crippled Chil- | Plastic ice cubes manufac- tured in Hong Kong and Japan have been seized by the city Board of Health following re- ports that the water they con- tain might be contaminated. City Medical Officer of Health, Dr. C. C. Stewart re- ported this morning that the novelty "'ice cubes' were on general sale throughout the city. The idea behind the novelty cube is to freeze the sealed water supply, place them in drinks, and then freeze them again for future use. SPECIMENS COLLECTED "We have collected specimen cubes from several city stores," Dr. Stewart told The Times. "These will be sent to the pro- vincial public health laboratory for examination. If it is found that they contain contaminated water then we shall certainly order their withdrawal from sale in cffy stores." "As far as I know none of the city stores have voluntarily withdrawn these cubes from general sale." Alarm over the foreign made plastic cubes started in the U.S. yesterday. Concern quickly spread across the border. The cubes have been on gen- eral sale in Toronto, Sudbury, London and Belleville. In all these centres, precautions have been taken and specimens sent for examination. Murder Count Remand Again BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- Manfred Grune, 18, of Oshawa, charged with non capital murder, today was remanded until Dec, 17, in Cobourg by Magistrate R. B. Baxter. Grune is charged with the non- Dr. Stewart added that the cubes under investigation were ones manufactured in Hong dren's School, Bloor st. e. Big Civic Day Luncheon, Woman Alderman To Talk A woman alderman in Winsor with 19 years. municipal experi- ence, will be guest speaker at the Rotary Club's: 36th annual civic day luncheon, Jan. 3. Mrs. C. H.- Montrose, ~past) president of the Ontario Muni- cipal Association, has also been chairman or member of a wide variety of Windsor - organiza- ions. About 140 persons, including former mayors of Oshawa and|f those now involved in municipal work, have been invited to the luncheon at the Hotel Genosha. Oshawa city council holds its Charges Laid After Fatality WHITBY Three charges, arising out of a car-truck colli- sion last Wednesday on High- y 7, west of Brooklin, were laid Monday. The accident took be scattered about the wards) Morrissey won a tiger and a'the life of John Wilfred Wat- and the big meal is turkey with) stuffed dog which were bigger ters, a race horse trainer and usual side trimmings. Again} there will be no special visiting hours. Sixty patients are ex- pected to be in hospital over the holiday This Sunday, the 4 0- member ;Royal Canadian Legion Glee Club will tour the three floots of the hospital. An hour of carols to start at 7.30 p.m. } Celebrations will be fancier at the Ontario Hospital, Whitby,-to} be held a day: early -- Dec. 24 --| so that 1,100 patients and a 900- jmember staff will have Christ- $5| while the hospital's men's| Mas dinner together. Most of the On the money question Mr.,fee for the first $1,000 and $3 for | auxiliary : uted | staff and between 300 to 350 pa- Couture agreed that the change-jeach additional $1,000 compared] army's League of Mercy will|tients will be home for the Holy over from the Queen to Cana-/to the existing rate of $1 for the!hand out parcets to patients, dian national figures would be a good thing. "This is the Jaycee policy on these -matters. In June we piedged aliegiance to the new flag. This new move is just fol- lowing form." SECOND LANGUAGE Another national Jaycee de- mand in its brief was for com- pulsory inStruction in the second language -- French or English -- in all primary and secondary schools. Mr. Couture thought this a little overplayed "Compulsor said perhaps the wrong word. Fren he ch bn 4 eC os jfirst $500, $2 for the first $1,000, $3 for a building costing under $3,000 and 75 cents for $1,000 over. $10,000 Councillor Edward Wother each ralt jsupporting the bylaw, -said the ltown experienced 'heavy ex- penses when an outside consul- tant was hired to inspect a 16. storey apartment project on Harwood ave He: said-the-existing-rates_for building permits does not cover the cost of inspection Mr. Wetherall said a recent/$1 will be levied, not a practice | | special inspection of an apart- ment project cost the contra-- tor $50,000 to correct and would! isiotherw e not have been 1 |He let va said the inspection § cost a FEWER RESTRICTIONS Visiting at the hospital will be junrestricted Christmas Day, but |; Boxing Day hours wtll-be regu- lar from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in ddult wards and 3 to 4 p.m. in children's wards At-Ajax_and--Pickering --Gen- eral Hospital, where visiting on the Holy day will also be un- resiricted,--visitorswill be able to join in having Christmas din- jner with patients. A charge of of the other hospitals the Times surveyed today. Visiting hours will go back to normal Dec. 26 at the Ajax and | Pickering institution -- ot? ta 7s - £7.22 p.m. For Christe Day. Some patients will spend the whole festive season away from the hospital. At least 36 decorated pines will be standing in the hospital, jone in every ward plus | doors. WHOLE HOST A -whole--host---of volunteers} groups -- church groups, serv- lice clubs, the Red Cross, Royal Canadian Legion -- will be at the hospital taking.gifts to pa- tients. In addition, a number of youtg out Sik Gtit- jwill be. going ward to ward | Christmas carolling | About a ton of turkey will be staff. than themselves. WHERE YA GOIN PAL, TO A FIRE BRANTFORD (CP) -- | Fireman Harold Richard- | son, 44, was charged with | failing to stop for a red light Monday after the fire truck he was driving to an alarm collided with a car. No one was injured in the collision and the fire truck was able to continue te the call. The fire turned out to be only an _ over- heated space heater. $20,000 Bail Set Possession Charge WHITBY Steane, 63 | (Staff) RR Roland 9 'Turcotte, Stouffville,|a former jockey. The victim was a passenger in a car driven by jockey Noel 22, which with a truck that was making a left turn off the highway Police said both vehicles were going west-on the highway. Turcotte was summoned on charges of careless driving and passing a vehicle within 100 feet of an intersection. Ash- more Paving, owner of the truck, was charged with per- mitting an unsafe vehicle on the road. They were ordered to ap- collided] é inaugural meeting Monday morning and then adjourns for the luncheon. In the evening council settles down to regular business. Dr. Claude Vipond; chairman of the Rotary Club's civic affairs committee is in charge of arrangements for the luncheon. Kong and Japan. He added, however, that sim- ilar cubes made in both Canada and the U.S. had also been seized for a contamination check. The results of the examin- ations, he said, would take about a week. "Until we know definitely," he said, 'I would suggest that the public regard these cubes very suspiciously. STILL ON SALE "At*the moment we do not feel justified in ordering the withdrawal from stores of these items. It may be that they con- tain no contaminated water. capital murder of Earl Fraser Ross, 19, of Oshawa. ANOTHER TRIAL Defence counsel Terence V. Kelly told the court that Crown Attorney Geoffrey Bonnycastle was prosecuting a County Court trial in Cobourg today. The magistrate agreed with Mr. Kelly to remand Grune une til next Friday, when the pre- liminary hearing will continue. JAN. 11 REMAND Mr. Kelly also appeared on behalf of Jack Reid, former town clerk of Bowmanville, who is charged with theft of muni- cipal funds. . . Reid was remanded to Jan. 11. Mr. Kelly said bail of $5,000 has been posted by two Bow- manville residents. pear in court Jan. 25. Oshawa Woman Hurt In Smash! An jured car Oshawa yesterday driven by woman was in-| evening jhen her husband Ont., was remanded one week| was involved in a collision with in Magistrate's oCurt here to-janother car at~ the~junction-of day on a charge of possession| Park rd. s. and Gibb st of stolen property. Bail was entered The charge was after laid Dec police recovered equipment. | Injured was Mrs. Dianna people's church organizations|set at $20,000. No plea was! Hebert, of 577 Ritson rd. s., who | sustained 8,| face some] escaped to 4] needed to feed both patients and] $20,000 worth of stolen electrical| other car involved was ( 'Baskex, of 449 Cromwell ave. lacerations to the husband, Maurice, Driver of the} reorge| ' Her injury JUST THE CAT'S M-E-E-0-W Mrs. Mildred MacGregor of 89. Thickson rd. s. has been exhibiting cats at shows across the country and io the United States since 1961. She now has 11 cats in her basement cat- tery and keeps both Siam- ese and Persian varieties. Her first cat was given to her by her sister, Mrs. Rob- ert Milne of London, Ont. She has been to shows this year at Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Buffalo.