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<> <> | | | " sponsored by 4 CONSTABLE PATTON MOUNTS ONE OF 300 POLICE FLASHES tel --- Shoulder Flashes From Alberta To Florida, Mexico 'Flashy Collection Policeman's Hobby Seven years ago Constable; Gary Patton received his first shoulder flash upon joining the Oshawa Police Force. This wasn't enough to satisfy Constable Patton. Since that time, he has managed to col- lect the shoulder flashes of more than 300 police forces fron: Honolulu, Hawaii, to Palm Beach, Florida. His hobby is now threaten- ing to develop into an inter- national adventure. His brother- in-law is travelling to Ger- many this summer, where he plans to pick up a number of flashes of German police de- partments; Constable Patton himself is hungrily eyeing the paint-splashed shoulder flashes of Mexican police, which he says have all the colors of the rainbow. | The only force in the world! which Constable Patton will concede is hopeless is the Nor- wegian police. He's already tried them and discovered that they have no shoulder flashes. Instead, they sent him a pair of decorated shoulder epau- lettes. The hobby began four years ago when Constable Patton was passing through Sault Ste. Marie. He liked the look of a shoulder flash he saw on a city policeman and decided he had to have it. A successful visit to the Sault police headquarters gave him his second flash. Since then, he has been visiting and writing to police stations all over North America, and his collec- tion has multiplied as quickly as rabbits. ; Constable Patton finds the personal visit the best way to Traffic Committee Asks Stiffer Parking Penalties Parking penalties will be hiked from $1 to $2 if a recom- mendation of the traffic com- mittee is adopted by city coun- cil. However, in any case, it won't take place until Dec. 1, because Police Chief Walter Johnston said he still has a "barrelful" of $1 tickets. The committee thought the addi- tional $1 might persuade Christ- mas shoppers not to park too long. The committee was discuss- ing an item on the brief of the Downtown Businessmen's Asso-| ciation. >] Party Tonight French exchange _ students will round out their two-week stay in Oshawa with a wiener roast and dance tonight at Gen- eva Park, and a tour of the Oshawa Shopping Centre Fri- day. About 76 Osiawa and area students and Quebec students are participating in an Ontario- Quebec exchange program the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. Last week, the students at- tended a civic luncheon and dance in their honor and toured Niagara Falls. A highlight of the visit has been a flying tour of Oshawa sponsored by the Oshawa Flying Club. The Get-Together club, a youth organization in Oshawa, will provide dance music for the teenagers tonight. The Osh- awa Jaycees, who plan activi- ties for the exchange students each year, plan a '"'bon voyage" at the CNR station, Monday, Aug. 7. Ald. James Rundle asked the chief if he thought it was eco- nomical for the police to spend time collecting a dollar fine, and in reply to other questions, Chief Johnston agreed a $2 fine might be more realistic, The fine of 50 cents payable if taken to the police station within half an hour still stands. Con. Ralph Jones put it all in formal language in the follow- ing motion: "The basic parking meter violation be increased from $1 to $2.if paid within the normal 48-hour period. If paid at the police station within half an hour at the time of the viola- tion, the charge be 50 cents." The recommendation now goes to city council. Chief John- ston is to consult with deputy commissioner of works, Robert' Richardson, to tie up the de- tails. Service Stations Hit By Thieves WHITBY (Staff) - Thieves broke into two Whitby service stations last night and made off with the contents of the cash reg- ister in each case. At 2:30 a.m., Whitby Town Police answered a call that someone was breaking into Beaupris Esso Station on Brock Street South. When police ar- rived, they discovered that en- try had been made by break- ing a small side window. The sum of $50.15 was stolen from the cash register. When police checked Flem- ing's Shell Station, also on Brock Street South, they dis- covered that it had been broken into in the same manner. Thieves made off with $120 from its cash register. collect flashes. Experience has shown that it takes as many as 100 letters to get 20 responses. However, the r toa Mil unin OPENING DAY ATTENDANCE NOT UP For almost any event in Oshawa, a crowd of almost 5,000 would be considered good, But, for the Centennial Cara- van, which opened yesterday for a 10-day stay in Alexandra Park, the 4,891 visitors was low. George Muir, manager of the caravan, said that up until this month, the caravan was aver- aging over 8,000 people per day. A record of 9,161 was set in May in Petawawa, with Pem- broke attracting 9,047 visitors at about the same time. Mr. Muir is hoping for 60,000 visitors from Oshawa during the stay, but the lineup for this morning's opening was less than yesterday. The peak periods, however, are the week- ends. iene f The decline in average at- tendance to a mark of 5,000 is not hard to explain. Mr. Muir said that in the smaller towns of north-eastern Ontario, the caravan stopped for only one day, and residents knew it was their only chance to see it. Dur- ing longer stays, he said, peo- ple keep putting the visit off until it is too late. ple who went off to cottages and resorts in the summer also contributed to the decline. The Centennial Train, which has been in Peterborough and is now in Toronto, also takes away some of the prospective visitors. Also, school children, now on holidays, are less in- clined to make the visit than when it is a class. project. mre ML TO PAR were disappointed with the car- avan because they only went through it once and missed a great deal. He said the second time through, a visitor begins to appreciate it, and the third time, the story of Canada's cre- ation begins to unfold. He said that there is rarely a line up during the day and that most people take the free tour in about 30 minutes. WEDNESDAY, AU Ghe Simes GUST 2, 1967 Youth's Found BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- Ontario Provincial Police today are investigating the death of an_ unidentified youth whose body was found near Bowman- ville earlier this week with a bullet hole in the head. The body was discovered late Monday afternoon in a bush on the 2nd concession of Manvers Township, about 15 miles north of Bowmanville. Police believe the body had been lying there for at least two weeks. Inspector J. S. Kay of the criminal investigation branch of the OPP has been assigned to assist the Bowmanville OPP in the investigation. According to a Bowmanville Body Near Bowmanville {OPP officer, the body is that of a muscular caucasian male with an age of about 17. Police added that the dead person was five foot, ten inches in height jand was well developed at 210 jpounds. There is a_ possibility |he had a dark complexion. | When discovered, the body was clothed in green denims, a green corduroy shirt, black socks, and greyish-brown wind- breaker with knitted cuffs and | collar, The youth had also been | wearing black loafers. The Bowmanville detachment of the OPP has asked that any- one having knowledge of a per- json of this description contact | them immediately, | Varying Sen Three men who last Friday pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to utter counterfeit money, will appear in Oshawa Magistrate's Court Friday at 10 a.m. to be sentenced by Mag- istrate Donald Dodds. At Tuesday's session in Whit- by County Court, the magistrate heard evidence concerning the nature of the men's involve- ment in counterfeiting. Crown Counsel Bruce Affleck made a suggestion to Magis- trate Dodds as to the quantita- tive nature of the sentences to be imposed on the three men. tence of about two years. He suggested a lesser sen letter can be rather overwhelm- ing on occasion. When the chief of police of the Louisiana State Police finally replied, he sent, not one, but a dozen shoulder flashes. Constable Patton is finding his hardest acquisition the flash of the Quebec Provincial Police. He has sent three letters in English and hasn't received any reply. He plans to change his methods for the sake of na- tional unity, and his next letter will be in French. Approximately half of Con- stable Patton's collection con- sists of Canadian shoulder flashes, while the rest are American state, city, and high- way police. He confesses a preference for the American flashes, which are far more vivid and imaginative than the \standard half-moon black and |white Canadian flash. | | His most northerly acquisi- |tion is the flash of the Fort |Saskatchewan police in north- jern Alberta. His most easterly is that of the Harbor Grace police in Newfoundland. The farthest south he has gone to date has been Florida, where he acquired the flash of |ages to contain four flags. They are the Union Jack, the State flag, the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy, and the Stars and Stripes. the Jackson, Mississippi, city police. It is of such a size that it reinforces the rumour that all Mississippi policemen ex-football linemen. Constable Patton's hobby has North American police depart- ments. He has been taken on tours of police stations in num- erous cities, and receives an- jnual reports and other printed |matter from a number of them, | He has discovered that Amer- icans have an obsession about crowns, despite their republican background. Most American them somewhere, but Americans show deep interest and excitement about getting a Canadian flash with a crown on it. Constable Patton is optimis- Canada. He has seen the new flashes of the Oakville and the Saraia police forces, and likes their use of color and imagina- tive design. Best of all, he has heard that the flash of his own Oshawa police is being replaced by a new one with the city crest on the Florida State Highway! © Patrol. \§ COLORFUL } Probably his most colorful] : flash is that of the Winchester, Virginia, city police. It man- His largest flash is that of| | turnee him into an authority on| } shoulder flashes have a star on| } the] j tic about future developments} ' in the shoulder flash field in}; Exhaust Con have either one of two exhaust control systems that General Motors of Canada is installing in ali Canadian-made passen- ger cars for the 1968-n.odel production year. A GM spokesman said today the heaviest truck to be equip- ped with a modified control combustion system would be the half-ton pickup. another GM just calls a con- trol combustion system, is be- ing applied to standard V-8 car engines built in Canada. The better air pollution con- trol system is going into six- cylinder and higher perform- ance V-8 car engines. are| © nag Y. Construction is under way on the new $430,000 police- fire-court building on it. Church Street in Bowman- That same system, inferior to} amount," one spokesman said. BOWMANVILLE POLICE-FIRE-COURT COMPLEX COSTS $430,000 tences Asked Over Counterfeit Charges tence for Ernest Joseph Arsenault, 26, father of five, from Moncton, New Brunswick, |on the grounds that he had a lesser criminal record. He went on to ask for a lesser sentence still for Joseph Ernest |Bastarache, 40, a father of six, jof Park Road South, Oshawa, jon the grounds that he had no} |previous criminal record and ;was the "passer" rather than jthe "pusher" of the trio. | During Tuesday's sitting, the magistrate heard _ evidence from city police detectives and \from Sergeant James Nesbitt of He asked that Harvey Joseph|the Royal Canadian Mounted LeBlanc, 32, a father of four, from Montreal, receive a sen- Police, who testified that he -ifound it to be counterfeit. trol Systems Not For Heavy Duty Trucks Heavy-duty. trucks will not| Standard V-8s will be equip-|man of the centennial project jped to regulate the tempera- |ture of intake air to the en- gine. They will also have pos- itive crankcase ventilation, which another GM offical earl- ier said would result in a re- burning '"'of some things that | would otherwise escape, It's a re-circulating kind of a sys- tem."' The second and more effi- cient system going into the other car engines additionally involves a lean carburetor set-| ting and retarded spark. GM has not yet estimated what the cost to the consumer will be. "We hope a modest had analyzed the money obtain- ed from the three accused and asd i m COL. | Yesterday, Col. R. S. Mc- Laughlin toured a room named after him in the li- brary which he donated to He felt the number of peo- McLAUGHLIN TOURS OSHAWA LIBRARY Mr. Muir felt many people official opening of the H- the city of Oshawa, Guided by Mrs. W. V, MeNight, adult services department of the library, Col. Mc- Laughlin carefully viewed the trophies and numerous mementos of his life. He was unable to attend the brary because of health. --Oshawa Times Photo poor | | Oshawa's million dollar rec- |reation complex should be com- pleted and ready for occupation by Sept. 1. E. R. S. McLaughlin, chair- committee and the auditorium board of directors, said this today. "We will actually start on or about that date" he said, "but we would like to have the of- ficial opening before use, Be- cause it is a very important centennial project, we are try- ing to get a couple of disting- uished personages down to per- form the ceremony, and we have not yet pinned them down to an actual date." Known officially as the Osh- awa Civic Auditorium Recre- ation Complex, it became Osh- awa's major centennial project and its actual cost ran into Civic Auditorium Complex Expected Ready By Sept l $1,010,000 - all paid for by thejthe matter, Mr. McLaughlin Ald. Charles Mcllveen cheire citizens of Oshawa. |said he thought people would/man of the recreation commit- The recreation complex marks| always say, "we're going to the/tee, admitted he had already completion 6f. phase two. forjcivic auditorium," but he un-jbeen 'brainwashed' on this par- the civic auditorium, and wil!l/derstood there had been some|ticular suggestion. contain a six - lane, 75° foot/talk in the city about another! «]¢ js really a matter 'for swimming pool, a separate shal-/name. jthe people who built' it," he low pdol for beginners and crip-| "The committee is always/said, 'the citizens of Oshawa. pled children, accommodation|open to ideas" he added, "and|It might be an idea to have for 250 spectators, health club/on the pool building we shall/a catchy name to cover its rooms, general purpose rooms|pbe putting the name Centennia!/many recreational facilities." for crafts and games, hall with| Pool', ~ |° He pointed out that Kitche stage for plays, shows and} Mayor Ernest Marks thinks|ener 'had a_ similar building aga and administration of- ay a pgilel -c ga which was called a recreation i eer | seo Byte olay __.©!complex, Phase three, which lies ahead,/agreed. 'Oshawa Recreation P provides for an outdoor centre|Centre is a good suggestion, pA dead 7 for soccer, baseball and track!and I like it. The question will norte) gag ag Rog Lesnar events with grandstand. probably be taken up with the} 4 sn't think ther nM vai '3 4 Meantime, feeling is growing|committee." pages nink there 1s need 10r in the city that the official title,;ment would favor a change fey are the always been k 'Oshawa Civic Auditorium Rec-|is Ald, Ernest Whiting, a mem-| , . the. Dihaea Cine AGRI reation Complex' is perhaps too! ber of the city's recreation com-|** re Aue However, Terence Kelly, Q F jium," said, "and I think cumbersome and might be|mittee. jium,"" he said f shortened to something like) "I think it should be short.|that Is Co 'Oshawa Recreation Centre', ened'? he said, "although Ij Sees * rae | ' J sitamio, nother member of the rcee Ares about ms pes aD a pl -- The ge ee reation committee, Ald. Gilbert ? ville. The brick work on the building was started yester- day by Van Hoof Construc- tion, of Whitby. The build- lig going to be discussed unof-| Murdoch, said he had not heard EM |ficially when the recreation com-| nd did not care pedo q % met orn ong depart-|*2 tg not thought about it" * t { «hast e said. ment wtuld favor a_ change.| : A far Any change of name was up : . > Ande § Something like the Civic Aud tothe pebble ef Oshawa esallps obi ag has been men: | aid Charles McGibbon secre- fire hall is across the street from the site, and comple- tion is expected by the end of February next year. --Oshawa Times Photo ing, which will house the town's police force and magistrate court, will have 'a fire hall located in the lower floor. The present 7 seem as _.__._.|tary + treasurer of the project | committee, "after all they built { h it. If it sounded better, I : ta anges would not be opposed to it, but it would have to be decid- | . * }ed officially, of course, and At City Library ja recommendation from the | |committee would be a strong | Mrs. H. M. Cranfield has} point." been appointed to the ai (9 kempers children's librarian at the Mc-| eos Laughlin Public Library, re-| Blood Donor Clinic placing Mrs. A. M. Foy, who} ; has accepted a position with the Mount Royal Public Poss At St. Gregory s in Montreal. This year's eighth monthly Mrs. Cranfield's appointment|Red Cross blood donor clinic becomes effective Aug. 15. |will be held tomorrow at St. Mrs. Cranfield, a former|Gregory's Auditorium, Simcoe member of the Oshawa Public/St. N. : Library staff, is a graduate of| Robert Stroud, chairman of the Toronto Library school and|the clinic, says last month's has worked for four years in|three-day clinic helped to boost i lthe reference department of|the blood bank on a yearly Queen's University. She has) basis. had experience in adult circu-) "We have a better supply lation, cataloging and children's now than we had for the same work in Oshawa. period last year but we are ng i . ay.|much ahead," said Mr. Stroud. ee ee ee He said about 60 donors stop post-graduate course at the Uni-|S!ving blood each month. versity of California after a| The clinic hopes to collect visit to his family in Hong|about 500 pints of blood tomor- Kong, will be succeeded by |Tow between 1.30 p.m. and 4.30 Lawrence Haisell, BA, B.Ed. |P-m. and between 6 p.m. and Mrs. Brenda Hamer, a gradu- ate of Sydney University, Aus- tralia, has been appointed as- sistant to the Head of techni- cal services, and Mrs. D. A. Northey, a graduate of Dal- housie University, will be first assistant to the children's li- brarian. Mrs. Ruth Wilson, cir- culation, has been appointed to a full-time position. 9 p.m, Some accidents make the need for fresh blood urgent, says Mr.. Stroud. HOSPITAL WING Sykes Memorial Wing of the hospital was completed giving bed accommodation for 140 adults, 22 children and 32 new- born infants in 1942,