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XT The -Qttawa-J ournal it trs iJigliSchooljfXornmerceJIarttiEss: 25th Anniversary Celebration i 1 1 -j '-V TrTeThird Page IV I i A special program In which old and new students and' teachers will join to celebrate from war-torn lands to start a fresh existence. Former Principal Honored. I I If II A- I the 23th anniversary align- ocnooi 01. vommmf wiuoenemaiinescnooisriaay evening, October 22. Square and round music, visits to old and new'actlng business administrator rfiwr win 9 bowk! nd Bin i'i and present principal, ments and a general get- together are Included In the: program scheduled to start at 8 p.m.

in the Assembly Hall. Colorful Contributions. Th 44.vai hlfttsirv nattjtrn of Commerce Is Interwoven with colorful contributions augnr. was Ottawa's educational, progress nf m.pv or.riM.t.. have been enrolled and a large percentage went on to apply their training in business fields.

During World War II Com merce played a prominent part In training a share of the large number of typists and stenographers needed to EX-MEMBERS OF CHINESE COMMUNIST ARMY IN OTTAWA Five former members of the Chinese Communist Army, who stopped off yesterday in Ottawa while making a goodwill tour of the Western world, are shown above with their own banner. The Chinese characters on the spell out "Chinese Anti-Communist Returnees from Left to right, Cheng-chung Kao, Tsun-hslen Chang, King-chung Chao, Kechln Wang, Charge d'Affaires at the Chinese Embassy Yu-ChlChlen, and An-kanjg Hu. Dominlon Wide Photo) ippteme im--CTpiMle HvU.Tr OttawrMarr ChoseFreedom Over Slave Camp r- Hi GRAHAM LOWE Nursing His Locomotion. Five former members of the: 38-year-old Tsun-hslen Chant Chinese Communist Army, whoi "that we wouldn't be allowed! those with the offending' 3 chose freedom rather than to live with our families, any-! tattoos. life In a Red slave camp,) way, but would Instead prob-i This Is the fifth group of, WHITEHORSE, YT, Oct.

15. arrived In Ottawa yesterday ably be sent to a slave camp antl-Communlst repatriates to CP One of the Yukon's big-morning to get a first-hand In Siberia." -0e sent out to tell their com- gest air searches ended yester- look at Canadian democracy natrlnti In nthr nrt nf therlav vhtn hlli-nnlr art Reason for Deserting. Walked Into Ottawa From Down Under Long walks down country 1 sUble flajged down a truck, lanes, pleasurable things conversed, lengthily with the never fully satisfied driver, then boosted Graham 29-year-old Graham Lowe. and his pack Into the track He had a feeling there were! and sent hlmon his way with would not hesitate to maltreat! world what life is like under the Red regime. Other rroum have been sent In the past to -Japan, the Thailand a Indo-Chlna.

The group will leave for Montreal wuiurruw. tuui From I On ftf main ritnni for desertlnr the Communist fold wu th knnrt7 th.f would always be fighting lf not KjnK Indo-rh niVnh ttmnl from their superiors -on the. oaiueneia ana extremely poor in sion easier, All the men carry tattooed slogans such as "Resist Rus- Ch ine" on th hnrix Th I. WZT Ya tattoos, they said, often proved to be quite a dangerous form ui inu-uiiniiiunm rrsisisnce especially ir the bearer of one was sent to the prison! i W1" 10 road engineer; and for the week-end, where a. In action.

The five extremely youthful- looking veterans of many biy bMlle "V.1! of the 1443 antl-Communlst Chines soldiers who volun tar II surrendered to UN troops In Korea, and who 'decided to fight for the cause of Nationalist China after being released from prison camp last January. 1 pwawui worn mt "tnrro world. The tour, which got underway In Formosa on August 8. has so Jar taken them to Honolulu and 18 cities In the United States. While In mass rally will be held for them v.

ujr an tmm Ih.r. inere navana. ana irom go iojoperated by. whltehorse Flying those countries In Europe that 5, ln have diplomatic relations wlthllnowstonn Oct. 2 while on a In IMS the former principal of Commerce, F.

O. Patten went to Ethlopi, deputy director seneral of education. Harry Pullen was appointed tbcame of Commerce Another notable year sin the history of the High School of Commerce was 1850 when Viscount. Alexander, then Gover nor Oeneral of Canada, ad- During the war more Hhan 7UU lormtr students served in A 1 lost their lives. ing in January, 1942, and lasting until the end of the war, approximately 800 men and women on active service were trained as clerks, typists and stenographers.

More than 100 stenographers and typists rere trained In special' day classes More than 800 Civil Service typists and stenographers were given refresher courses In spe clal night classes. Special rehabilitation 7. dlschargedlrmed Forces personnel were estab lished ln 1944 and continued for some years. All former Commerce stu dents are Invited to attend the 25th anniversary program and take along their wives and husbands. Admission Is free.

Members of the 25th arinl versary committee are: chair man, D. M. Clark: historical, A. O. Steinberg, chairman, E.

W. Benolt, J. D. Forsyth; Program, A. E.

D. Nicholson, chairman. H. N. Corbett, L.

1. Dupuls. D. Hiscocks. M.

M. Reid, W. 8. Robinson: general entertainment, R. J.

McMillan, chairman, O. E. Ellis, J. R. Howie; Invitation and publicity, Squire, P.

Berthlaume refreshment, Gladys S. Moore, chairman, Mrs. M. Mix, R. A.

Bell. Ship-Rams-Tug Goes Down Off Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Oct 15. VP) rn.t tiinwH through heavy seas on Lake Michigan last night to rescue, uninjured, all hands of a Dutch cargo ship which sank after colliding, with a tug. The Prlns WUlem a 285-foot motorshlp of the -Oranje bound-foe Canada and Europe, sank in 80 feet of water about three miles off tfie Milwaukee harbor breakwater about 8.30 pjxu-GST. Its crew of 29 was taken aboard Coast Guard boats and brought a' ventral earn, collided with a-8lnclalr Oil Company, tug.

wnicn was vowing a barge, me tug, apparently little damaged, returned to the harbor under Its own power. No one aboard was hurt The wuiem re mlnfd flnt-for lSmlnutej Capt Joseph LundqulsU skipper of the Coast Guard cutter Hollyhock, said be was told that six men were ln the cargo- ship's engine room when the crash occurred. All got out safely, ht said. When the Hollyhock arrived. were" butfdletf None had been In the water, but all were thoroughly members were placed aboard the Hollyhock and taken to the Coast.

Guard dock. None was Injured but a Coast Guardsman was treated for broken hand. Other survivors- of. the. first, sinking of Milwaukee harbor ln many vears were taken to1 inaiionaiist vnina.

All ftve members of the croup will loin Generalissimo a cheery "eooa iuck, laoay Graham had his best day's walking one afternoon ana evening in Belgium, and Hoi- land, when he covered 80 miles. hnnwr was not so good, however. He walked so much there, be said, that when he boarded a coastal ship for England he had hot only worn off the' soles of hut" shoes, his socks were gone well. All he had to show for efforts- were as big -half-crowns (the slse of. a Canadian half-dollar).

v' Worked as Coal Stoker. He spent six months last Winter working as a coal stoker ln London. England, to earn enough money- to cover ocean fares home. "They were wonderful to me "the-liosp'tar staff were vto-i Nationalist army on Formosaircraft between Whltehorse. 01 rree tnina, mint out l.ntlv AvJi-J.

Mayor Asks Gets Permission To Boycott OTC Meetings of war, to President Elsen-. hower. To- make the. red, white and blue flag the prlson-t ers literally had to shed blood. The group arrived In Canada from' Washington on October 8, and travelled to Ottawa by way of Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto.

Jm Sim Their Host. foufldJ)ead III WW ICLftnlJC down on the southern slopes of Fox Mountain. 9 miles north ast of here, and Its crew the. burned wreckage of commercial plane with Killed were pilot Oeorge Milne of Whltehorse; R. R.

frnm Their nlane slnle-n "TT" twn whltehorse and Ross Edmonton --antf-Vaneuuw and a ground party searched 11 days- before the Beaver's wreckage was spotted from the air Wednesday by Fit. Lt. A. E. Richards of the Whltehotse 1 JV, The charred ruins were not Exploration Co.

helicopter lanoeq nearoy, One searcher said the plane apparently crashed Into the' side of the mountain at about (.000 feet while trying to turn out of a snow-swept canyon. It was badly smashed and partly burned. WW eswejrakento Ross River and were later flown, by helicopter to A Federal Department of. Transport official was reported bound for Whltehorse from Edmonton to Investigate the crash. closing In as the search ended.

District bush pilots predicted only another 10 days remained for float planes to navigate. Small lakes are freezing over and snow covers much of the Yukon It was learned yesterday one of the searching aircraft, an RCAP helicopter, was totally wrecked Oct. 8 when It crashed while making a landing for fuel. No one was Injured. The Beaver's wreck was the second of Its kind in Western Canada within a few days.

An RCAP Expediter crashed Into mounLalnslds jnVancouver Bland Sunday, in this crash also, four persons dld. rogatlve of sUying away Is posiUvely Identified until yes-Wednesday Iterday when a Hudson's Bay 1 Board of Control yesterday afternoon granted a Mayor Whltton request for authorlza-tlpn not to attend meetings of Iht Ottawa Transport Commls-slon of which she Is a nonvoting commissioner. The board held a special ln camera meeting at the mayor's request following' an OTC meeting Wednesday at which Service. The first commercial classes Usgar Collegiate In 1904. Eleven years later the classes were moved to pari 01 Hopewell School and.

the following year they were again transferred to Technical School. In 1929 the High School of Commerce opened on Carllng avenue with 813 students, with R. S. Simpson as principal. During its third year of operation, F.

O. Patten became vice-principal and two years later he was made head of the school. A new stress on dramatics was introduced Into the school program ln 1934 when the first Shakespearean Festival was held. The following year Commerce chalked up a first big win In competitive sports when the senior hockey team captured chamn nnih n. championship.

In 1937 the Orads basketball team reached the Dominion finals. Last year Commerce boys carried offthe high school volleyball champion-shin. Business uiilec visits. nnoow f'hew YettturCHurlne: 193? was the first visit by Grade 12 students to business offices where they observed and took part in the work they, were being trained to do. In the 10th year of Its ppera-Uon, the enrolment of Commerce exceeded 1,600 students, almost doubling during the decade.

T. Patten was appointed to his present post as business administrator of the Collegiate Board. A year later, Harry Pullen succeeded Mr. Patten as principal and the school publlca-TiunTAi'ifoay: wuu me uiite fur the best high school magazine in North America. During 1942 Carleton College also began holding classes ln the Commerce building.

A scholastic achievement of jwhen Harold IJghtstone se- cured the highest average ever attained at Commerce with 97.8 percent. Among the special rehabilitation features established for discharged members of the Armed Forces was a Beauty Culture course Inaugurated in 1944, and now a regular course of the school. The new Grade 13 walr Introduced' Into the curriculum during the same year. -Three years later Commerce made another Important contribution to progressive, edu- catlorUnJht lng night classes for New Canadians who. came here Domtalon Wld Photo) 1 a lot of good things to see and fine people to meet ln many parts of the world.

With an urge to verify his suspicions, he struck out from u. walking. He has done some, walking since. 'For home -Is, ln Napier, New Zealand, and the day men tioned was more than two years, four pairs of shoes and Through 28 Countries. tiraham strofie'lnto Wlawa yesterday on the return portion of a grind tour which has taken him across two oceans, one of them twice, and through 28 countries.

It has also taken him through his small bankroll once or twice (he started with $900 and earned a bit en route), sucn chores as rawing, wooa-cnoppwg ana barn-cleaning, and the hands of the law on a few occasions. His escapades have neither deterred nor harmed him. however. He arrived In Ottawa feel- in frame of mind and with twinkling eyes, a friendly smile and a handsome sunburn (doubtless acquired In 'some other clime). Although prepared to do so, 4ttaaw4iesaot44 over all the ground he covered.

People, says he, are very generous and he has been able to ride a good deal of the way. He left' Auckland, NZ, on July 11, 1952, by ship, making his first stop at Pitcatrn Island and his next at Panama. rronrtnere-ne-wenuo land, then all eastern Euro pean countries from north to south and back to the United Kingdom. A notable experience with the law came ln Norway, he said. He was leaving a small town sepppea mm ana iniprmea mm rfcoUUng would do but that by Her Worship and OTCTAt Plnuf tin Mafr Chairman David McMillan was HI IlUnlllU TlQlt Upon arriving ln Ottawa In they were taken to lslt the Chinese communities here by Joe Sim, owner of the Cafe Champlaln, who acted-as their After next taking a sight were guests Wen them at a luncheon by local Chinese leaders at the Cathay Restau rant.

This meal, they-sald. consisted entirely' of Chinese dishes. They have, however, developed a strong liking rori favorites as steak and ice favorltes as steak and lee cream. lake many other tourists to Canada's capital (and few of the residents, too) they were greatly impressed by the eleanllness of the city. What truck them however was the degree of freedom enjoyeo Dy ng-thung Choa, who origi nally comes from Pelplng, the The mayor; cannot resign I Pickpockets Make SI.

000 in 7 Mam BRESLAU, Ont, Oct 15. BUP) Police are searching for a gang of pickpockets who marl, mnr than tl nnA In International olowlni match, International plowing- match. One of the gang, a woman, was actually caught, but she charmed the man whose wallet she attempted to steal Into re leasing her, 1 Provincial Tollce Inspector Frank Scott said that If It hadnt been for the victim's ktndheartedness, the woman "could have been the key to rounding up the rest Thirteen wallets were taken Wednesday. Three have been found, empty except for identification papers. Just Doesn't" DETROIT, Oct IS William Oantr on trial for drunken drtving, asked permission to bring his estranged wife ln sjm witness to testify he was not drunk shortly before his arrest He got in touch with his former wife, who refused to testify on his behalf and; then had bant arrested for non-payment of alimony.

-fi eapiiai oi eatnina.remsra)Ineraar iysUm. months. Imagine, and they gave ar.e a presentation and all when I he said. He arrived ln New York September 4 and worked his way to Ottawa via Washington, DC. Quebec City and Montreal.

He Ik. TTv. I. aM'cUaTe countries he has seen. "You doh't do much walking In these he remarked.

"They're very sympathetls about giving you a ride." He cited the example of the Montreal taxi driver who not only picked him up and drove 11m five miles Thursday morning, but also gave him a dollar tr help him on his way. vt. After a two-day stay ln Ottawa, Graham intends striking out for Niagara Falls and more tnaJesonhl way to Vancouver. He has passage hooked on a ship sailing from there Decem ber 7 and expects to be home Christmas Eve. Once home he plans to' sell books and write one himself on An, pltns for mort trtvels? have banned the showing in this colony ot the American film "On the The eensor WfI9 6e said "The film ings In Western cities, JT so 00a a common signs to see su.uw In Pelplng, he said.

It was blocked by the negative vote of Commissioner- Major Oen ieral O. R. Turner. Mr. McMillan and Major General Turner voted in oppo- whltton haT no: vote with! whltton had" no: vote with which to make her views stand.

The third voting commissioner, Narclsse Lacourclere, has been absent from OTC meetings for some time because of illness, The squabble stems fijom the wisn oi Her worsnip ana Mr. 'or the in. troduction of some elements of a "municipal" accounting system Into the present "com Board members yesterday agreed with the mayor's sug Ration that the OTC A. Eliminate-iU reerveforde- Building this type of reserve Is one of the components, of the commercial Mayor Whltton today left for a week-end visit to Oranby on the invitation -of Mayor Horace Bolvln. The next OTC meeting ln connee tto 1 with which she can ex ercise her newly-acquired pre A- Sr.treeU 'placards Precl.tion which last December bearing picture, of W.o Tse- 'Mnwn This reserve was said OtUwa.

he noted, has a large number of military men.rtne he "visit" the sUtlon. so his 40-pound ck was placed in the police cruiser away they went The constable pointed the police station as we passed; BAN 'ON THE WATERFRONT, it but he didn't Graham wrtwn Tfftvn it This If the Foster quarry site where. Ottawa Pre-Mix Concrete Ltd. proposes to build a concrete plant to supply the city's developing West End. Ottawa Pre-Mlx's use of the property, off the Merlvale road near Mayview avenue, has been the centre of a controversy since last Spring when City Council, after several tumultuous meetings, turned down a company application for a special bylaw which would have allowed construction -of the plant.

The company made the same application to the Ontario Municipal Board which last week took a stand opposite to council's and granted It Pre-Mix officials are quiet about their building plana and residents of the area say there still are methods of legal opposition to the company's use of the site. However, he added, they are: not at all warlike. In Peking large numbers of troops armed: with rifles and bayonets patrol the streets. meir Decision to nee me, Communist yoke of oppression was not an easy one, as all; the men have families still living in China. "We knew, declared explained.

"He took me outlTh. K' 'T. the Coast Guard station at oropped me off on the highway. Helpful Constable. His worries disappeared short time later when the co: lakefront 1 The WUlem, out of Rotter-! dam, had sailed from Chicago earlier in the day..