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The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 32

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32 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Tuesday, June 1, 1954 Claims Pressmen Cowed; "Poppycock" Says Paper CORNWALL (CP) A union lawyer told the Ontario labor relations board Monday pressmen at the Standard Freeholder, Cornwall's only daily newspaper, have been so cowed by "gross and reprehensible intimidation" from management that a secret ballot would not diselose whether or not they want to bargain through a union. Lewis, representing the Legal TE THE HYDRO- ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO Tenders For The Construction of A Service Building At Merivale, Ontario SEALED TENDERS, in triplicate. addressed to the undersigned, and clearly marked "Tender for Service Building, Merivale, will be received up to 4.30 o'clock p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time, TUESDAY. JUNE 29, 1954, for the above-mentioned construction at Merivale, on a site on Part of Lots 29 and 30. Concession 1, Township of Nepean in the County of Carleton, approximately four south- of Ottawa, miles north of Merivale crossroads, adjoining the Commission's Merivale Transformer Station site.

The building will be of one-storey concrete block and structural steel construction, 200 feet by 67 feet, with part basement. Tendering documents and drawings may be obtained on and after June 3, 1954, at the office of the Director of Supply, 620 University Avenue, Toconto, on payment of $25.00 per set, which sum will be refunded on return of documents and drawings in good condition. The documents and drawings may be inspected at the office of the Dally Commercial News, Toronto, the Toronto Builders' Exchange, and the Commission's Eastern Regional Office, 109 Bank Street, Ottawa, Each tender must be accompanied by a certified cheque for the sum of of the tendered price. Provisions as to return of cheque appear in the tendering documents. The successful tenderer will be required to furnish a Performance Bond issued by an approved bonding company in the amount of of the tendered price.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. ROBERT H. SAUNDERS, CBE. QC, Chairman, and Members of the tric, Power Commission of Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. "The Bankruptcy Act" 1949 Notice to Creditors of First.

Meeting (Sec. 68) IN THE MATTER OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF Clairson Lumber Company Limited of the Town of Eastview. Notice is hereby given that SON LUMBER COMPANY, LIMITED made an assignment on the 27th day of May, 1954, and that the first meeting of creditors will be held on the 8th day of June, 1954, at. the hour of 2.30 o'clock, daylight saving, in the afternoon, at the office of WILLIAM GILBERT PUGSLEY, the Official Receiver. at the Court House.

Nicholas Street, in the City of Ottawa the Province of Ontario and that, to be eligible to vote, creditors must file with me, prior to the meeting, proofs of claim and, where necessary, proxies. Claims against the estate be flied with the trustee before distribution made: otherwise the proceeds of then estate will be distributed the parties entitled thereto" without regard. to such claims. Dated at OTTAWA this 31st day of May, 1954. RUSSELL BOYCE, Trustee.

Boyce, McCay, Duff and Co. 329 Waverley Street, Ottawa, Ontario. ADDRESS OF TRUSTEE. The Roman Catholic Separate School Board Sealed tenders will be received by undersigned until 5 p.m., THURSDAY. June 17, 1954, for: The construction of six.

room addition. to St. Mary School, Young Street, Ottawa, Ont. General contractors, and plumbing, heating and ventilation contractors may obtain plans and specifications from J. S.

LeFORT, Architect, 86 Greenfield Avenue, Ottawa. Marked cheque for $25.00 is required as a deposit to obtain plans and specifications. Lowest or any tender not neceswarily accepted. AIME ARVISAIS, The Roman Catholic Separate School Board, 159 Murray Street, Ottawa, Ont. International Printing Pressmen's Union (AFL-TLC), charged.

Philip Robertson, manager of the paper, with "unforgivable interference which engendered fear in these The five-man board was asked to decide if the union should be certified to represent nine workers 00 the newspaper. The board reserved decision. The board heard evidence that six of the nine pressmen joined the union and that all nine later signed a petition to keep it out. Donald Sliter, pressroom foreman, said seven workers chipped in to hire a lawyer, to fight the union. F.

Vincent Regan, a appearing for the management, said Mr. Lewis made a dramatic presentation that was "a lot of He said: "No employee was dismissed. None was threatened. What Mr. Robertson had done with the employees he interviewed, Mr.

Regan said, was to review management policies. Six employees told the board they had been interviewed individually by Mr. Robertson, who had outlined the company's insurance and pension plan and had stressed the paper's policy of keeping men busy in slack times. The six men said they had signed the anti-union petition of their own free will and not as a result of anything Mr. Robertson said.

Attendance Records Set By Trade Fair PEMBROKE (Staff) Attendance records for the Ottawa Valley Trade Fair, established last year, went by the boards this year, it revealed here Monday by trade fair officials. Officials set this year's paid at 11,365, an increase roughly attendance for the three fair one-third over the 1953 mark of 8,500. At the. Pembroke Memorial Center Monday, the same squads of workmen who labored last week to get the building ready, were hard at work removing displays and taking apart the many booths and storing the materials for the 1955 edition of the fair, which already has had some new requests for space. Trade fair manager Morris Snider termed the event highly successful and his comments enthusiastically supported by Pembroke as a whole.

C. W. Curry Mrs. Charles Walter Curry, 88 A Aylmer Boulevard, Aylmer East, died suddenly Monday at her home. She was 4 2years of age.

The former Beatrice Florence Jones, she was born in London, England, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones, and came to Canada in 1934. She married Walter in Ottawa Mr. Charles, Curry is a stationary engineer for Canadian General Electric.

Mrs. Curry attended Christ Anglican Church in Aylmer East. She leaves, besides her husband, three sons, Sydney John, David Ernest Lee and Frederick George, all at home; one daughter, Catherine May, at home; two brothers, Ernest Jones and Frederick George Jones, both of Glamorganshire, Wales. The body is resting at VeitchDraper Funeral Home, 453 Parkdale Avenue. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m.

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G. F. Stone Full Military Honors For Army Padre Full military honors will be accorded Col. C. G.

F. Stone at his funeral here Thursday. The 53-year-old Principal Protestant Chaplain of the Canadian Army collapsed at Iroquois Sunday moments before he was to address an evening service at St. John the Baptist Church attended by Canadian Legion members commemorating the anniversary of the Coronation. He died in the rectory three hours later.

The funeral will be held from Hulse and Playfair Limited. 315 McLeod Street, to Christ Church Cathedral for service Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Officiating will be Bishop Norris of Ottawa, bishop ordinary to the forces. Friends are requested, not to send flowers. is requested donations be sent to the Protestant Chaplains Memorial Fund, care of Acting Director of Chaplaincy, Protestant, Canadian Army.

Two Youths Badly Hurt At Prescott PRESCOTT (Special) Two Cardinal youths are in serious condition in St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville, and two others escaped injury when their car was telescoped between a transport truck and a road culvert Friday night. Walter Morris, 19, and Wesley Baldwin, 20, both well known junior hockey players were rushed to hospital. They were riding in the seat of a car with McLatchie, 17, driving, and Allan Amell, 19, in the front seat. Baldwin is suffering from a fractured jaw and concusion.

His condition was described as "good." Morris is being treated for multiple, fractures, of the pelvis, ruptured and multiple lacerations. He is in "fair" condition. Westbound out of Cardinal, MeLatchie was about to drive into a side road to a summer camp on the Galops Canal one mile west of the village when a transport truck driven by Russell McKinnley, 50, of Brockville, crashed into the rear of the auto, driving it into a road and fiterally folding the car like an accordian. Constable Mel Wilkinson, of the Prescott detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, investigated. First Triplets Born In History Of Casselman CASSELMAN (Special The stork paid a history-making visit here when, for the first time since this Eastern Ontario village was established 75 years ago, he delivered triplets to a local family this week.

The proud parents are Mr. and Mrs. Romeo Lafleche, and the mother and are all reported to be coming, along didly. Romeo Lafleche operates a grain and feed establishment in the village, and is widely known throughout the area. Dr.

Rodrigue Marchand, who delivered the babies, said today that the little ones weighed five, four, and three pounds respec-30 tively at birth. All boys, they are to be named Louis, Rene and Paul. The Lafleche couple have five other children. Land U.S. End MONTREAL (CP) Montreal Alouettes, of the Interprovincial (Big Four) Rugby Football Union, today confirmed the signing of 22-year-old Jack Carroll, six-footfour, 190-pound end from Holy Cross College.

Carroll announced several weeks ago he had been signed by the athlete, Canadian he won team. letters An in all baseball and basketball as well as leading the football team in pass completions last season. He was rated second-best, pass receiver in the eastern United States in 1952. Carroll graduates from Holy Cross next week. Nine Fined For Drinking In "Dump" Wellington Street.

Windows Boarded Seven men and two women who were arrested last week in a Sunday afternoon raid on "blind pig" in a dirty, condemnWest End apartment were fined $15 and costs each by Magistrate Glenn E. Strike this morning after they admitted having beer in a place other than their residence. A total of 11 persons were taken in the raid, made May 16 by Morality Division officer Lew Bryan and Constable Bob Longchamps, Bob Farmer and Andre Charron. One of the men. John R.

Fraser, 32, of 100 Hinchey Avenue, has failed to appear in court and is being sought by police who hold a bench warrant for his arrest. A second man, Jean Paul St. Jean, 28, of 31 O'Meara Street, pleaded guilty to the charge last Tuesday and was fined by Magistrate Strike. Morality Officer Bryan said the apartment, which was condemned two years ago by the Board of Health, was "indescribably filthy." It is located at 1127 He said the windows were boarded up so that very little light entered and that the only covering on the floor was a carpet of soggy, matted cigaret butts. The nine persons fined today reversed their pleas this morning after denying their guilt when they first appeared in court last week.

They were: Kenneth Rogers, 21, 288 Spencer Street; Gerald Holmes, 21, 99 Merton Street; Earl Gervais, 23, 259 Parkdale Avenue; Gordon Leighton, 25, 38 Ladouceur Street: Douglas Simpson, 22, 1127 Wellington Street; Frank Egan, 24, 95 Carruthers Avenue; James Egan, 281 Bronson Avenue: Margaret Egan, 30, 281 Bronson Avenue, and Therese Mayo, 22, 184 Preston Street. May Weather Colder, Wetter Than Normal The Rockeliffe weather forecaster today confirmed the general opinion of Ottawa residents that the month of May, 1954, was nothing to write madrigals and roundelays about. It was both cooler and wetter than' degrees below normal and 3.19 inches precipitation as compared with a normal 2.47 inches. The warmest was 77 degrees on the 15th, coldest was day, on the fifth. Tonight more showers are ex pected but it will begin to clear tomorrow morning with high of 70 and sunny skies forecast for the afternoon.

AUCTION SALE IN THE REXY THEATRE Corner of Somerset W. and Lorne Avenue, Ottawa (ESTATE OF THE LATE MRS. F. B. PROCTOR) Wednesday, June 2, Commencing at 2 p.m.

Until 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, Commencing at 7.30 p.m. Until 10 p.m. Thursday, June 3, Commencing at 2 p.m. Until 5 p.m.

Thursday, 3, Commencing at 7.30 p.m. Until 10 p.m. W. 5. WALKER, Auctioneer 153 Graduating Cadets Go On Active Service KINGSTON (CP) Canada's regular and reserve armed forces took on 78 new officers yesterday with the final parade of the 1954 graduating class at Royal Military College.

Fifty-three of the cadets will go active. On the sunlit parade ground near the ancient battlements of Ford Frederick, the cadets passed in review order for Defence Minister Claxton. A navy band from HMCS Stadacona, Halifax, played the march- of the three services. After the inspection and march-past, the cadets, faculty and relatives friends of graduates filed into Sir Arthur Currie Hall for the prize-giving and awarding of diplomas by Mr. Claxton.

Around the hall are the unit insignia of the four Canadian divisions and cavalry brigade which fought in the First World War. Mr. Claxton spoke of the "remarkable achievement" of RMC since. 1948, when it was re opened after temporary closure following the Second World War. He said: "It is wonderful to see the way the college has been built The experiment of training officers for all three services is "paying dividends in quality," Mr.

Claxton added. From 1876, when RMC was founded, until the end of the Second World War, the college graduated 2,828 young men as army officers. Since 1948, when the college was re-opened on a tri-service basis, 1,176 cadets have left here to join the ranks of the three services, active and reserve. In the last three years RMC has turned out 250 officers, the same number as in its first 20 years. RMC stands on Point Frederick where the Cataraqui River runs into the east end of Lake Ontario.

A military post was estab- Chinese Lawyer Holy VANCOUVER (CP) Margaret Jean Gee, believed to be the first Chinese woman barrister in Canada, was among 13 new lawyers admitted to the British Columbia bar Monday. Good House For Tropics, No Furnace PITTSBURGH (AP)--Patrick B. Hart, trying to rent a three-storey home, told police his prospective tenant lost interest when they reached the basement. Police, or Hart for that matter, hardly blamed the man. There was no furnace in the house.

Neighbors reported they saw two men taking the furnace out house last Wednesday and Thursday. They said they didn't report the matter because the men appeared to be honest workmen, putting in a full eight day and taking time out for lunch. Flies To London LONDON -The Queen flew back to London from her country home at Balmoral, Scot- land, where she had been ing since returning from her world tour. She left immediately for Buckingham Palace to re- Winnipeg TV Goes On Air lished on the small peninsula by Count Frontenac in 1673. During the war of 1812, a rough stockade was replaced by the present fortification, which still exists.

The sword of honor, top award at RMC, went yesterday to Cadet Wing Commander James Alick Marshall, a 22-year-old redhead from Castor, Alta. The award is for leadership, conduct and military deportment. Marshall, who also walked off with five other prizes, will attend the University of Alberta for a year before joining the RCAF. already, this has his summer wings on and jet planes. He attended the service college at Royal Roads.

B.C., before putting in two years at RMC. The Governor-General's Gold Medal for highest average marks went Cadet Section Leader Evan Kerry Gill of Toronto. He also took three other prizes. WINNIPEG made a successful debut in Winnipeg last night. The prairie's first TV.

CBWT Winnipeg, went on station, air at 8 p.m. C.D.T., and its owners, the CBC, reported there, were hitches" during the three-hour transmission. Operating On channel four with an output of about 60,000 watts, CBWT was serving an approximate 80-mile radius area. From Grafton, N.D., 128 miles south, a resident telephoned he was receiving Winnipeg "loud and clear." In the city, reaction of viewers was mixed. CBC officials, however, were more than satisfied.

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