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Oshawa Times (1958-), 24 Jan 1966, p. 9

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a a ge Ee ee Tp ee a ee Z : * See Oi eip ue SplepaeTnGagyEE Cm eaa Es rong eceD reece HISTORY OF KING STREET UNITED oe Pinch, a minister of the Biblejed minister in charge. Under|'ed. From that date Metcalf 3treet Church grew steadily. The first official move tow- ards a new church was during he pastorate of Rev. W. Ben- jamin Tucker, In 1908 the offi- ciai board passed a resolution approving of the sale of the church property when it was feet | h} He added that he was "'sad- : neaue nae Wades. Uatet. dened by the loss of this fine | Christian Church, then station-|his able and enthusiastic leader bs structure plus the new add-\ed in Bowmanville began hold-|ship a church was erected on pay the long aa --. oo ag -- ling services in the. Sons of Tem- Metcalf st. in 1863. The loca- es to the tragedy. "This ation has work. | Perance Hall situated at what|tion was on the south side about "We've been offered facilities ea-hard pore =< years to build is now 156 Simcoe st. s. half way between ei _ by churches of many denomin-|., the church whose work will| METCALF FIRST Pare th new lneated: ations in the city, Rev. Her-|ontinue although temporarily ae ities icin bert said. interrupted bythe fire," he add The early ministers of the Osh-| In 1884 the Methodist Chure a The 109th congregational Meet:| 5 awa church were sent out from|of Canada, the Primitive Meth- = ie to erect a new church. ing, Rev. Herbert said, would)" ~ England. Such was the growth|odist Church, the Methodist Ep- The cornerstone of the pres- congregation dates|of the congretation that in 1862}iscopal Church in Canada and|@nt building was laid Aug..6. be hild in Simcoe Street United} King st. , is int-|the Bible Christian Church uni-|!912 and the church dedicated Church tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.|back to 1857 when Rev. John!Rev. John Harris was appoint-|the Bible s oe ek Ne nee eee Centre sts. where Broken Pelvis os eae eee After Swerve To Avoid Auto An Oshawa man who told police he swerved to avoid a head-on collision with another car is in Oshawa General Hos- pital with a broken pelvis. Omer Germain, 612 Wych- wood ave., was the driver of a car that collided sideways with a hydro pole Sunday afternoon) at Rossland rd. e., just west of Ritson rd. | Police said witnesses at the| scene corroborated Germain's story. The other car did not stop New YPC Prexy Named At Meet Clarence Hewson of Whitby was elected president of the Ontario Riding (South) Young Progressive Conservative As- sociation. He succeeds Mrs. | Yvonne Christie in this post. Other members elected to the 1966 executive are Mrs. Christie, Douglas Hogg and Nigel Schill- ing, vice-presidents; Caroline Saunders, recording secretary Mrs, Nancy MacMillan, corre: ponding and membership sec-| retary; Mrs. Catherine Midgley, | treasurer; and Gordon Mac-| Millan, social convener. | Mrs. Christie congratulated) the members for the active part) they played in the federal elec-| tion campaign last November on} behalf of Michael Starr. } Mr. Hewson announced plans for an evening at Queen's Park to observe the legislature in} session after the next general| meeting of the association) scheduled for March 6 in Port) Perry. } The meeting was attended by Ontario Health Minister Dr. Matthew B. Dymond. The next meeting will be held at his home. DIPLOMAT BURIED MADRID (Reuters)--Funeral services were held Friday in Seville for Juan Francisco Car- denas, former Spanish ambas- sador to the U.S. and France u HURRIED EVACUATION OF BOOKS cluding the fixtures the total was $42,000. 2 1,500 MEMBERSHIP The church is one of the lar- gest in Oshawa with a mem- § i bership of more than 1,500 and a Sunday School attendance of about 600 during the winter 27 months. An extensive program of ren- ovation was carried out in 1940 and in 1948 a new organ was installed at a cost of $18,000. In 1957 the church dedicated and opened its Centennial Hall which provided increased faci- lities for tts work among the young people of the congrega- tion. OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JAN 6s Sapa ¢ KING STREET UNITED S IT WAS Ohe Oshawa Cimes Y 24, 1966 Liquor, Guns Cash Stolen On Weekend City Police investigated a rash of residential breakins dur- ing the weekend with loot rang- Mrs. Ann Showkowy, 407 Eulalie st., returned home jat 9.30 p.m. Friday to hear ing from liquor to guns and/someone rush out a back door. cash, Two bottles of She said $2.25 was missing from whiskey|a kitchen cupboard and a hed- valued at $8 was taken from a|room had been ransacked. woman's purse at the home of Donato Mastroianni, 493 Crerar ave. between 6.30 p.m. and 11.05 270 ~=Wilson rd. s., left home at 6.50 p.m the same evening and returned at 9 p.m. to find a side-door p.m, Friday. Gordon Reid, window open. He told. police the thief or thieves gained entry to the home of Leon Bednarz, 373 LaSalle ave. through a basement window and escaped with $30 from a '"'dog- :igie' bank and $10.20 from a woman's purse. The breakin ~ discovered at 7.30 p.m. Fri- ry. was searched from top to bot-| Edward Jodko, 359 LaSalle tom and $165 in cash was stolenjave. and Edward W. Smith, 503 from a kitchen cupboard, on top/Crerar ave. reported their hom- of a refrigerator, and bedrooms; es broken into, but did not know and two rifles valued at $150/as yet whether anything had each. been taken. They Remembered Burns With Toasts, Songs, Poetry Amid sword dancing, highland;fortunes, great and small, flings, songs and poetry more|"gashes made by death and dis- than 250 Scottish people Satur-| appointments' -- but his work day. night celebrated the anni-|also played _on_ the _happler. versary of the birth of Scot-jtimes in the land, Mr. Rennie land's national bard -- Robbie/ said. Burns. Burns, '"'whose frolics. with The colorful occasion, at the|!assies left a heritage of love Rev. Herbert and elders hurry out of side door THICK, BLACK OILY SMOKE ROLLS OFF BUILDING This picture was taken on King st. e. 4, WORRIED MINISTER WITH FIREMEN It means building again Oshawa Dancing Couple Steacie Prize Will Be Shared UAW Hall, marked the area St. Andrew's Society's 19th annual observation here of the bard's birth, Jan, 25, 1759. He died at age 37. One of the evening's high- lights was the address to the haggis by Mathew Kerr, Whit- by, a long-time Society mem- ber. ie a Another highlight was # teas to the Immortal Memot'y of the |bard by bargei ness man and writer - broadcaster, iiumas Ferguson Rennie, Toronto. In his toast he said Burns' work conveyed a message of "Jove, undying and creative". tales', was "the proud, inde- pendent spirit of Scotland", aid Mr. Rennie, adding: "He had a profound belief in bad and truth". 'MIRROR OF LAND' "Burns was a mirror of Scot+ land," said Mr. Rennie. "He had all the merits and faults of his countrymen." And to top it oii, lie had @ strong-intellect"'. "He had all the Scottish humor -- rich, rough, navuray bright." And though Burns died poor, said Mr. Rennie, it made a marked impression on his coun- o a scosman & : % | Helps Canada Beat U.S. An Oshawa couple helped|better at the Viennese waltz and jCanada to a close: win in a the tango. -- |ballroom dancing team event) The Canadian team was made lavainst the United States over|UP of couples from Hamilton, Beane . hi St. Catherines, Oshawa and To- j\the weekend. |ronto. Dancing champions, Mr. and} It was the first international Mrs. Leslie Rudkin, of 305 Sag-|event between the two count- uenay st., travelled to Windsor|ries and the Canadian team won for the international competit-| by a narrow margin of 17 points. ion. "Tt was close all the way', : Mrs. Dorothy Rudkin said this erie danced in tive, clgsses morning. "But we just manag site ry . ed to win in the-end." ese waltz, tango and quick step. | The nadlen teats web wel: Dancing at the Teutonia Clubjected by th Canadian Amateur they won three of their five|Ball Room Dancing Association. OTTAWA (CP) -- Two re- search chemists from Vancou- ver and Toronto will share the $1,200 Steacie Prize for 1965, the National Research Council announced Saturday, They are Professor Neil Bart- lett, 33, of the University of British Columbia, and Profes- sor J. C, Polanyi, 36, of the University of Toronto. are planned between the two countries, Mr. and Mrs. Rudkin have been dancing together for many years. They first started in their native England where ball- room dancing is a major pas- "In his own burning genius}trymen, because "when povert Burns worte with a powerful/forgets Burns, then history will lash and passionate love. _ |forget Scotland", "In Burns' songs you see his} Head table guests were: Dr, passion richer in feeling than in|Claude Vipond, and Mrs. Vi- thought. The whole heart of the/pond; Albert. Walker, MPP; Scottish life is refiected in his} Oshawa, and Mrs. Walker; Rev. songs," said Mr. Rennie. F. H. Ward, chaplain of the so- The bard's work has left anjciety, and Mrs, Ward; Mr. and imprint on the memory of the)Mrs. Rennie; A. Craig, society Scottish because of his writing)secretary, and Mrs. Craig; J. on the virtues, vices, scenery,|Ford, first vice-president, and grief, beauty and-deformity in)/Mrs, Ford; L. Irving, im- Scotland, mediate past president, and Burns wrote of the follies and|Mrs. Irving; M. Sweet, treas- sins of clansmen, but "some-jurer, and Mrs, Sweet; H. Don- thing good was to be extract-jald, honorary president, .and ed," said Mr. Rennie, "for they|Mrs. Donald; J. Scott and Mrs, were Scotland". Scott; and Michael Starr, MP, At death a pauper, Burns also| Ontario County, and Mrs, Starr, implanted in his works the mis-}----------_--_ dances, The Americans proved. Further international matches'time. © $3.87 PER DOLLAR EARNINGS $4,625,000 In GM Stock, Bonds, Cash Go Out To 2,654 Workers able consisting of a registered retirement savings plan under which part of a salaried per- son's savings may be used to County Roads © n Good Shape William Twelvetrees, Ontario County engineer, said today all available men were plowing and sanding roads, but the weekend snowfall was not much of a problem as there was only a four to five-inch fall. He said all roads were kept open. Today there was distributed to bonds held by the trustee under 2,654 Motors salaxied the people in Canada $4,625,000 in made possible the purchase of 362,195 shares of GM common stock and Canada Savings Bonds with a-par value of $11,000,000 in Canada Savings Bonds and retirement savings option, half in GM common stock. GM's sents a return of $3.87 for contribution and all dividends h dollar saved by GM_salar- are invested entirely in GM ployees received 33,801 shares of GM common stock with a market value of $3,727,000, Can- ada Savings Bonds, including people with an incentive for regular savings and -the op- portunity to become part of the growing family of Genera General GM Corporation common stock, Canada Savings Bonds and cash as a result of their participa- tion in the 1960 Class of the GM Savings - Stock Purchase Program. The announcement was made by E. H. Walker, president of General Motors of Canada, on behalf of the seven GM companies in Canada $3.87 RETURN This distribution, including i people enrolled in the pro- gram. This return is based on on the closing price of GM com- mon stock on Dec, 31, 1965, Under the program, which began April 1, 1956, all/GM sal- aried people in Canada y participate tarily and save up to 10 per cent of their sal Ss. Half of the employee's gs is, invested SHPVIPe common stock. General Motors contributes one dollar for each two dollars of employee savings. Today's distribution results from $1,196,000 in savings by employees and $598,000 contrib- ed by GM in 1960, Including est ahi ids earned between" January "1; 1960; and December 31, 1965, and appre- ciation in General value of Motors common stock, em- bonds held by the trustee for the retiremént savings option, having a current value of ap- proximately $700,000 and $198,- 000 in cash, As a result of the distribution an addiiional 678 Canadian employees of General ' Motdre boeame chareholdere 'SAVE AND SHARE' . 'The Savings - Stock Purchase Program provides GM salaried Motors. shareholders, r Walker said. "Currently, 87 per cent of ell- gible salaried people are taking part in the program saving an average of eight per cent of lary ten years since. the-Program began, GM people have saved $20,000,000. Together with GM's contribu- tlons to the program, this has Ts. 4 erameert cme as of December 31, 1965." "'Classess" under the program are formed each year and ma- ture five full years after the year of formation. The next dis« tribution will be in 1967 for par- ticipation during 1961. SAVINGS PLAN Commencing with the "Class" formed January 1, 1960, a par- ticipation option was made avail purchase an annuity at Tetire- ment or othey termination of service. General Motors companies in Canada include General Motors of Canada, McKinnon Industries, Frigidaire Products of Canada, General Motors Diesel, General Motors Acceptance Corporation of Canada, Motors Holding of Canada, and Motors Insurance Corporation, George Gouldburn, Whitby town wofks department super- visor, said there was no prob- lem within the town limits and the Bowmanville detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police said highways in the area were still slippery and slushy in spots. Visibility in the northern sec- tion of the Bowmanville OPP patrol area Sunday was reduced to about 40 yards,

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