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8 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Friday, February .98, 1004 SCENE IN FAST-CROWING WESTMOUNT DISTRICT One of the most apidiy - de- veloping sections of Oshawa from the standpoint of the construction an aerial view of that secion of of new homes in one of the areas the city, showing the rows of new annexed to the city in 1951 is the Westmount district. Above is to the north of highway No. 2. Building under construction in the homes which were built last year background is a new school to September. serve the district, opened last --Times-Gazette Staff Photo Davidson's Shoe Store 50 Years Old Celebrating a half - cent of business this year is Davidson's Shoe Store at the corner of Bond Btreet and Simcoe Street. The business has its roots deep in the history of Oshawa; it was founded at the turn of the century by William Halnan, a.shoe- maker from ork, Ireland. "Big Bill", as he was popularly known, was already a prominent figure in the city for he started the store | after 20 years as Oshawa's Chief | of Police. Mr. Halnan was joined in 1905 by | another citizen with a sound Osh- | awa background. He was Fred Dav- idson, son of Robert Davidson, who | was for many years an employee of the town and a member of the 34th | Regimental Band. Fred, a life-long resident of the | district, served his apprentice- | ship both at the bench and the | counter and managed the store when it was sold in 1914 to H. B.| Samells. Mr. Davidson purchased the busi- ness in 1916 and moved it from 11 Simcoe Street South to the location now occupied by Atkins Ladies' Wear. It carried on there for about Davidson for the five years. In 1921 Mr. Davidson bought the Bond Street corner. Eldon A. South- well who was associated with Mr. |calls from other municipalities, | along with editorials in newspapers, | Tax Collections Beat All Records Once again Oshawa taxpayers | are to be complimented on their ability and co-operation in paying | taxes to the extent of over 8% per cent of the current tax levy for 1953, surpassing the previous year again. Complimentary letters and phone during 1953 and other years on the City of Oshawa tax record shows |: the loyalty of the citizens of Osh-|' awa in this regard. i With reference to 1952 payment |: of taxes. The Toronto Daily Star |: recently printed in part of their | editorial "Oshawa collected 97.90 | | per cent of its 1952 taxes in 1952, | and with arrears included 99.21 per cent and it had the lowest per- rears of taxes outstanding and prior years) is 83.6 cents for a population of 44,101. during 1953. POLL TAX COLLECTIONS $20,251.86 Poll Tax with $12,744.03 for 1952, collections were up considerably compared Thi: increase was partly due to lected to date is 99. the increase of Poll Tax levy from $7.50 to $10, and partly due to (1958 | more notices being issued to the many temporary construction em- ployees at the GMC Plant, ver 15,000 Tax Bills were issued |vour Poll Taxpayers (am $40) remain outstanding and these | have been fined in Magistrawe 5 Court. There were 345 Court Sum- mons issued during 1953. The per- oll tax col- per cent. On the whole, regardless of the |ieny to the taxpayer and the mun- limited office space, it 1s felt that |iipal office staff. centage of collectable From 5,000 feet it looks about the TT munic local ust in- side the city's northwest boundary, is close to a mile in diameter and one of Oshawa's principal assets. On paper it Sots H e city 4 $5000 a year. Actu municipality takes half that 2 in taxes and most of the remainder in fees of one kind or another. On the other Hand the benefits which flow from rt to the city are almost nae ble. There are two companies 0] ating from the airport. One, F eld Aviation Company Limited, em- Bi Bena. men most of whom live Bawa. pao skilled craftsmen established : city and their main- tenance alone pours thousands into the city's coffers Jet alone the money actually spent here by the a how | company. Kenting Aviation, the Sthet associated company at the irport, has not such a long em- Blopee "list but it hires upwards of men many of whom live here. ONTARIO FLYING CLUB This is a apap entirely from the activities of the Ontario County Flying Club which has over 200 active members and which makes a very definite contribution to the economic life of the city. Then there is the future to con- sider. One of the favourite prophec- ies being bandied about these days is that Oshawa will, before many decades are past, have a popula- tion of 90,000. If such is the case the city would be in a poor way without an airport. Fortunately it has 4 good one and one which now it has been made a Port of Customs Entry will benefit the city greatly right now and not in the future near or otherwise. ALTERNATIVE TO MALTON There is another angle -- and a very, important one. Toronto is growing by the day and it is safe to assume that Malton, the princ- the City Oshawa can well be proud of A successful tax collec- tions during 1953 through the afore- said loyal itizens and also through efficient and Sincere co-operation of ithe tax office staff. The new city hall' is most wel- comed and should help uphold the past record tax collections with maximum convenience and efi- a n Sorving that cil ore , become -- wp ch: be case where cid han Soc versionary landing f an 51000 foot ant fen "runways d be WO able to accommodate size of aircraft up to TCA No he This is made more Plausible by reason of the fact that the Oshawa airport seems to be record." By" som in jis good weather record meteorological freak seems to often be clear oe Mat .| ton and other dromes Digs we closed in. USED IN W. The Ruy al he ort, unt by the Department of National Defence as a wartime gmelgency measure, | wi was opened in the summer of 1941. It was operated as the Ontario County Training School and was IK Ynow: De id Flemen- 00) he ch school was Was Squipped with 75 Tiger M with hy 60 RCAF 'types' who were, however, acting in a civilian capacity. It was not until Decem- ber 1 that the RCAF put its flying training staff back in uni- orm. There was, in addition, a staff of around 350 required to keep the school going and temporary build- ings of the tye made familiar on airdromes all over Canada were erected to act as dormitories, mess halls, shops, etc. Some of the build- ing, particularly the recreation hall, are still being used at the airport. There were about 200 trainees at the school at one time. The came in classes of 40, about pet cent of whom were "graduated. t is difficult to estimate but it is reckoned that between 2,500 and 3,000 trainees received their ele- mentary training here during the years the school was in operation. TRANSITION TO PEACE All this ended in the fall of 1944 Dawever when the Commonwealth Nain Scheme packed in and a after the war came the period of transition from the military to Siy street. riod was not as rough as a ht imagined thanks to an Oshawa group which acted as a temporary board of directors and a cohesive force between the far- flung members of the Ontario County Flying Club. At that time George Hurren, Instructor-Manag- er, was a tower of strength. George now is Secretary-Manager of the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs As- sociation and a "big wheel" in fly- ing in Canada. and staffed| {raining Oshawa Airport Vital To Future Growth Of City CLUB lly tier for patent for a club was 5.4 \d of the Secretary in February 1944 he to| Ontario County Flying Club w. Original direc opened in September 1045, directors were: A, J. Stor- K. riegton, S. L. Trees, Haydon Macdonald and George Thus did the OCFC ease grad- | ually and without undue strain into management of the which it operated | until 1947, that time the oy took over a lease of the airport proper and part of the Duidinge s fy Cot Sounedl appointed an ch worked wil a tee ant of the OCFC. That is stil still arrangement. NE! DEVELOPMENTS There have been other Jeyelop ments however. Yearly the flyin club has Sonducted air cadet om ng under sponsorship bg rs RCAF. Cadets have been train- ed here from Oshawa, Whitby, Sud- bury, Kirkland Lake, Barrie, To- Tonto, Port Hope and Peterbor- ough. "Weston Aircraft leased part of the hangar space in 1946 and began a civilian aircraft servicing busi. ness. This Sumpany was bought by Photographic Survey and the large organization of which it, along wil h Field and Kenting are parts, moved it. Now the employment roster for Field alone is over 275 and over 100 were added last year. Kenting is o operating 15 aircraft out of here and five helicopters. At the Jrocent time two aircraft, one of them a Flying Fortress, are in Pakistan and one in New Guinea. PORT OF ENTR YBENEFITS The advantages of having this a Port of Entry are manifest. First ly it means that many more small aircraft come directly here in- stead of foing first first to Malton to clear cus This should mean that the 100 American aircraft who came through here last year can be doubled or trebled. It means that Kenting Aviation planes can land here from trips without clearing customs at Malton and it means that General Motors of Canada Limited which, in times of emerg- ency, bring parts here in chartered aircraft, can bring their planes here direct. Oshawa is going to be a big city and the Oshawa Airport is destinat- ed to play a large part in its growth and be a contributory factor in its greatness. entage of arrears, at the year's end, only 1.08 perent." 1953 COLLECTIONS During 1953 (up to December 18) fout of a urrent levy of $2,804,999 {there remains a balance outstand- ing of $33.534 and out of 1952 and | prior years' arrears of $24,207 as on {January 1, 1953 there remains a' | balance of $3,353 outstanding. to relate, the Pot olleeted | or current was 1 and for arrears $20,854 resulting in 9680 TAX COLLECTOR C. COX | per cent colleected for current past 20 wi {of taxes. Both amounts and per- and taken ino partiersnip 12 154 selilages are higher than during years ao he took over the man- agement. The per capita figure for all ar- ELDON SOUTHWELL Owner and Manager Davidson's Shoe Store ing the Citizens of confidence of the footwear, properly We shall endeavor years. JUSTAFEWOFTH MEN'S BRANDS ® Hartt ® Tebbutt ® Strider ® Sisman "es 31 SIMCOE N. ( FOR 50 YEARS We are proud to have had the opportunity and privilege of serv- that our policy of a square deal to every customer has won the customers in the future as we have during the many Preceing DAVIDSON'$ DAVIDSON"$ HAVE SERVED PROGRESSIVE OSHAWA Oshawa for the past half century. We feel many families who depend on us for good fitted, by our trained and gxperienced staff. to merit the confidence of our many valued / E MANY FAMOUS BRANDS WE STOCK LADIES' BRANDS CHILDREN'S BRANDS ® Heel Hugger ® Corey ® Blachford ®@ Empress ® Murray Selby ® Savage @ Chums ® Wolcott @ Orthopedic HOES THAT SATISFY" Operated by E. A. Southwell DIAL 5-3312 faction. ---- R. ESPOSITO Supervisor Above is pictured the G. K. Marks, Mr. P. Milch, Mr. 5. ESPOSITO Assistant Manager Mrs, O. Hentosz, Mrs. J. Underwood, Mr. M. Hrehowk, Mr. T. Norris, Mr. B. Bemridge. CATERING SERVICE © Coffee ® Hot Chocolate ® Sandwiches ® Hot Dogs ® Meat Pies ® Pastries ® Cold Beverages ® Confectioneries ® Tobaccos, Etc. With the Finest Catering and Refreshment Service Possible! During the past two years Tony's Refreshment Service has endeavoured to build a service which meets the needs of the public to their complete satis- and staff of Tony's Refreshments. From iy to right they are: Mm. J. Esposito, Mr. R Esposito, Mr. < D. Stokes, A. ESPOSITO Manager to STAG PARTIES PICNICS N INDUSTRIAL PLANTS CONSTRUCTION ses OFFICE STAFFs BUFFET SERVICES, ete, v. Al34VS . CADW iM