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Oshawa Times (1958-), 31 Dec 1965, p. 13

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Whitby Family Of Three And Greenbank Man Died In Wreck Y -- A VISIT FROM ST. THERESE, QUEBEC Chamber of Commerce delegates tour city. x APRIL -- FOUR DIE IN HEAD ON COLLISION JUNE -- SMILING QUEEN MOTHER VISITS CITY Highlight Of Visit Was Tour Of National Stud Farm FEBRUARY -- FLOODS CAUSE CHAOS ON CITY STREETS ~ The Creek Overflowed Drowning Parts of Simcoe St. S. MAY -- L. R. 8S. McLAUGHLIN A Happy Highlight At Ontario Regiment Ball OCTOBER -- MIKE STARR PREPARES CAMPAIGN In November He Was To Win Again By Handsome | Majority a" -- MARCH BOBBY ORR SCORES No. 31 FOR GENERALS The Number 2 Jersey Was A Constant Threat During The Season. She Gimes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1965 Busy, Booming Year For City 1965 was a good year for Oshawa. Highlights, and there were many, came thick and fast. There are few for example, who will ever forget the smil- ing face of Her Majesty the Queen Mother during her visit to the city in June. Those in high places said Oshawa gave the Queen Mother the most tumultuous welcome of her all too brief Canadian tour. Governor General George Vanier was here in late Sep- tember. Again it was a regal day, full of large crowds, limousines and splendid speeches. There was some news too, of interest to everyone -- the fact that Oshawa held a firm spot as a major Canadian wage earner. General Motors could be excused for taking most of credit for this. After solving the labor problems of late *64 the Motors went on to strike another sensational year. Pro- duction was way, way up on the previous year. AT BEGINNING But to start from the be- ginning, January was damp and very cold. It got off to a fine start, however, with the heart warming story of the of Glendale st. Lt. Col. W. C. Paynter took over as commander of the Ontario Regiment and there was a visit from 120 dele- gates of the St. Therese Chamber of Commerce in Quebec. February was a_ sporting month when all eyes were centred on young Bobby Orr of the Oshawa Generals. Bob- by re-wrote the OHA Junior 'A' books by scoring his 31st. goal of the season on the night of February 16. Typical- ly modest Bobby put the credit for the feat on his team mates, CITY HALL NEWS March brought big news from City Hall. The council approved a record budget for the new fiscal year of $13,784,- 000 -- an increase in taxes of 2.5 mills on residential pro- erty. Also news that the city had joined with five other neighboring municipalities to form the Central - Ontario Planning Board. i ° April saw tragedy on High- way 12, north of Manchester when four people were killed in a head on collision. Killed in this, the worst accident of the year, were a Whitby fam- ily of three and a Greenbank man. May is remembered main- ly for the. annual Ontario Regimental Ball, a grand occasion at the Simcoe st. n. Armories and attended by the town's top dignitaries. June was a good month for news, but everything. was overshadowed by the visit of Her Majesty the Queen Mother. July was rather quiet. High- light of the month was the visit to the city by the Cana- dian Navy minesweeper the St. Laurent. Thousands took the opportunity of inspecting a warship at close quarters. RECORD FAIR August saw yet another Oshawa Fair. There were not so many people-as in pre- vious years but a fine day of entertainment was laid on under sunny skies. September brought the visit of Governor General Georges Vanier. Highlight of the day was a dinner for 300 at the Genosha Hotel. October saw the city in the throes of a General Election campaign. Mike Starr was to defend his seat successfully against Dr. Claude Vipond for the Liberals and Oliver Hodges for the NDP. November saw a gala night at the Genosha when the city B'Nai B'Rith celebrated its 20th. anniversary. Mayor Phil Givens of Toronto was in attendance. : December, the last and hap- piest month of the year with Christmas and all, saw. more big news from City Hall with the announcement of a $1.7 million civic square develop- ment project. A final decision on the matter will be taken early in the New Year. oe eit a Tao. AUGUST-OSHAWA FAIR A BIG SUCCESS Thousands Revelled Under Sunny Skies ; a ; 2 e ' . " JULY -- WARSHIP VISITS OSHAWA HARBOR | NOVEMBER -- FIRE DESTROYS ORC BUILDING Polish-Canadians Begin Navy Minesweepper St. Laurent Was Welcome Visitor Building Was Struck By City's Biggest Fire Of Year . . FE WT et Na Holy Jubilee Year Tonight By JULIAN DOBRANOWSKI |ceptance which set the stage for | Tonight, Oshawa's Polish-|the entry of the Polish people | Canadians will open the Hol y/into the Roman Catholic Church | Jubilee Year, commemorating/and thereby the acceptance of the 1000th anniversary of Chris-| the culture of Western Europe. | | tianity in Poland, in union with} Poland's geographical position jall other Polish People scattered| was the reason why she joined \throughout the world, with a|the Christian community of na- Holy Mass of Thanksgiving at) tions so late. It was a grave de- mid-night, in #. Hedwig' sjcision on the part of Mieszke, Church at 411 Olive ave. That is why the year 966 influ- The Jubilee Year will be anjenced the historical destiny of occasion to examine the past] the Polish people. History recog- and to take cognizance of the| nizes Mieszke as the builder of fact that the present generation} Poland and the pioneer of Chris- lis the stepstone into the second|tianity in Central. Europe. With | millenium. It is difficult to cele-| his baptism, not only did anoth- lbrate One Thousandth Yearjer Slay nation embrace Chris- without reference to the past/tianity, but Poland's eastern history and examination of the|boundaries became the border }achievements of the past. line for the church and also for | The Thousandth anniversary| western civilization. {commemorates the Catholic} For a thousand years Poland Baptism of Poland's first histor-| defended this border as a "Bul- ical ruler, Mieszke I; that is, the| wark of Christianity" as the his- earliest tribal chief of Polanie|torians like to call it. From the ' : : ts : a s mentioned by name in contem-| baptism of Mieszko, the Catholic : : : . é ¢ . " 3 : porary chronicles written out-|Church contributes so much to rt © | side Poland, In other words it is| the national development that it OAS RES ban a : ; #4 : cia 's pao the anniversary. of the official| will be impossible to trace the DECEMBER -- BIG NEW CITY PROJEC OUNCED , septance of Christianity by a| political history of Poland with- Plans Fut Gelore Pubic Ur Big, New Ully tau rroject ornnr nn CAvERAAn coNPDAT VANIER HERE During Visit He Took Time To Meet City Veterans l maha wh Balnnita anes histor-lout at the same time following |ical dynasty of Piasts, an ac-lits religious development,

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