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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, November 8, 1958 J z/ N PARKIN AND ASSOCIATES, TORONTO Home For Aged Plan Approved sale in 1934 and was the Ehoice of the welfare department and the home's architect, J Owen, of John B. Parkin ates, Toronto. MUCH WORK DONE - A great deal of work has al- ready been put into ts planning. The architects, who have design- ed severa: Oshawa schools, drew hii % 77 ii 7 ii A THE AGED, IN HILLS AND DALES AREA, DESIGN hi, "NEW OSHAWA HOME FO Jaycees Got 'Quick Action Planned Jareees Gat To Give Water Supply Bs Investors Sound advice on financial in- Oshawa City Council Monday| Mr. Humphries told the council| Humphries if he knew the PUC | vestment was offered last night moved to get quick action for a|each house had an average of had been requested by council to|at the dinner meeting of the Osh- group of householders in west three children who would require|study the possibility of bringing awa Junior Chamber of Com-| Oshawa whose lack of water sup-|a constant supply of hot water in| water through to the area. 'merce at Hotel Genosha Mon-| plies has led to a '"'completely|winter. "Mr. Humphries said he knew |day night. | desperate situation". Wells in the area had been vir- nothing of the proposal. The guest speaker, John Vi. After hearing a petition signed |¢,a]1y dry since Thanksgiving. "It was promised more than a|vash, of 'Ross-Knowles and Co.,| by the residents and a plea from The residents affected had had to| Year ago," he added. Ltd., an investment firm, recom- their leader, Jim Humphries,(.arry water to their homes in| Ald. Christine Thomas recalled mended the young investors aldermen agreed to send the re- bottles and cans. They had been|the matter had already been be: first take care of the necessities quest to the public utilities com-| compelled to arrange for their|fore the PUC and she had hoped|-- purchase of a home, life in- mission and planning board with jaundry to be done away from |it would be referred to it again. surance and provision for chil- RR RR RRR R RARE NRT | Oshawa's plan for a $1,000,000 'home for the aged has been ap- proved by the Ontario depart- ment of public' welfare. On the order of city council, Monday night, detailed blueprints are to be drawn up this winter and, if approved, construction will start {in the spring. The home, to be built on a Rit- » - an "urgent" tag, Signing the petition were 52/ residents of Lovisa, Severn and Fraser streets road north of King street. They complain wells and Thornton's in the (SITUATION DESPERATE vicinity have gone dry and they are having to borrow water from neighbors. Their request is for city water mains to be installed at the earliest possible date. FEAR FOR HEALTH The petition noted residents' fear of a health hazard ler pensive present conditions. | |was within two-tenths of a mile go cloudy it was not fit |tinued. "We are a very tight com-|;ing hoard a | munity. |have to come throu, WATER CLOUDY She said water in the wells was home. Mr. Humplries said the area] | consumed. Ald. Walter Branch pointed out . |that if the question were refer- "The situation has become|red solely to the PUC it would be completely desperate," he con- referred back again to the plan- | the area was part eventually| of the city buffer zone. gh Louisal Ald, Thomas moved the PUC be street when it is finished and this| gjven power to act, but Ald. A. H. would probably be more ex-|Murdoch, deputizing for the mayor, ruled her motion out of order. of King street west. Water will Ald. J. W. Dyer asked mr.| _ |Get-Out-the-Vote ported initial progress in setting |up this year's political speaker' dren's education -- before enter- ing the market. Jaycee'ers were also urged to| to be stay away from purely specula-| tive issues and stick with recog- nized, thoroughly stocks. investigated Mr, Vivash also debunk- ed the value of a "hot tip" on the! market, the majority of which,| he said, were formation based on misin- The dinner meeting also heard |progress reports from tee chairmen Keith Buchanan, heading Committee, commit- the re- MRS. ELIZA WILLIAMSON S Ison road north site, in the Hills and Dales area, will be two years in the making. Ald. Cecil Bint, chairman of |the home committee, told The {Oshawa Times the institution will accommodate 200 people. It would feature such refinements as an auditorium, ch a p el, recreation rooms, craft rooms, coffee shop | ~..evena tuck shop and beauty salon, The Ontario public welfare de- partment will finance 50 per cent of the undertaking. Of the $500,- 000 Oshawa has to find, $366,818 will be raised by debenture is-| sue. up a number of plans and made six revised sketches before the present plan was selected. . The home for the aged com- mittee visited old folks' homes in St. Catharines, Kitchener and Renfrew to get ideas. This is what took shape~in the plans: accommodation for bed care, special care and normal care in a two - level building tak- ing advantage of the topography of the site. Normal care residents. Will be on the ground floor, with special and bed care patients on the first floor evel, enabling ordinary res- idents to walk outside into the ALD. CECIL BINT All 91 Oshawa residents will oe City To Consider Parking Lot Firm's Land Offer OpensFriday for members to which he also heads. new tee Four When the move was made from | Simcoe street the present site| of industry around its southern|comprised 30,000 square feet in a| extremities will be pulled a notch|three - storey building formerly! tighter in the near future. City occupied by the Williams Piano council Monday night referred an|Company, Ltd. application by Coulter Manufac-| Since then 35,000 square feet turing Co., Ltd. to buy 14 acres|of nmanufacturing space have| of land, south of the CNR tracks, |been added, extending the prem- to the property committee for re-|ises to William street and filling| rt. virtually all the available land in| Coulter's, who plan to build althe block. new plant on the city-owned site,| The trend i the CompaEys have offered $900 an acre. |business has n towards big- fd : 9p) Albert E. Coulter, company ger and heavier parts, but the (06 5% Seis Sram S pom. to 3 bam: president, said if the offer were authorized floor loads on the sec-|¢ p.m. there will 'be a refund of accepted it was proposed to start/ond and third floors have not oe cons. There is hope that ©shawa's ambition to strap a fat, rich belt at 7 p.m. The site -- Athol street west. The owners -- the city. It was described by Ald. A Waler, traffic committee chair- man, as 'a new idea in park- ing". It would be, he said, the first attendant-operated lot the city owned. From 8 am. to 5 p.m. the fee will be 10 cents an hour for each vehicle. There will be a flat rate Bob Elliott Lift Licence costs or 10 days in jail charge of impaired His licence was suspended forum, tentatively scheduled for {later this month. He also called volunteer for duty on a traffic safety commit- members were wel- : comed and inducted into the or- Oshawa's newest parking lot ganization, They are John Piatti, is due to open Friday, Nov. 14|Ted Houck, Barry Stovin and LJ {from 1952 to 1959 -- a sum of Mark Birthday [ies ies !share of the cost in building an ; addition to the lodge in 1954 -- a|ready. The beds, will be rented For 3 Months Donald Leslie Griffin, 31, of 879 hit old" Mary street, was fined $100 and on driving by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs Monday for The city will be able to start the project with $133,182 cash, but |it means Oshawa"s financial in- terest in the county home for the aged -- Fairview Lodge at Whit- by -- will have to be with- draw. The county has agreed to re- turn the amount of principal Osh- awa included in annual payments YOUTHFUL OUTLOOK Nonagenarian To Mrs. Eliza Williamson, of Osh-[niks? "I don't mind them as long awa and Toronto, will be 94 years as they don't fall on me. I'm too old next Saturday. old for that." ' y This prompts her to admit that Mrs. Williamson is staying with maybe after all she is getting +a|Mrs, Wilfred Aylesworth at 166 : Celina St. and is looking forward to her birthday party. further $28,131. Added to this wiil home, be $62,788 representing principal and inter- est set aside by the city over the street and Rossland road to the last three years as a reserve fund west in connection with building the prove! gardens without having to use transferred to the new home. steps or elevators. There is a present waiting list of 35 old go seeking accommo- TERRACE LEVEL dation in the institute. These will] The first floor level overhangs {be accepted as well, It is antici-|the ground floor on two sites and |pated about 150 residents will bejis supported by a colonnade. instalied in the home as soon as|High garden walls at each end of it is opened. the building will separate the The 91 city residents at Fair- upper and lower (errace levels view Lodge will remain there/and run through under the first from the time Oshawa withdraws|floor to form sheitered outdoor its interest until the new home is sitting areas. .a Young maple trees already on by the cify in the interim. |the site will be relocated where The site, better known as "*Hill§ | necessary to provide shade. and and Dales",. bétween Hilleroft|to retain the beauty of the site. The building; T-shaped, will f Ritson -road, was ap-/have 58,000 square feet of floor over seven others. It was|space,of which 33,704 square feel |acquired by the city after a tax|will be ground floor. But not so old that interest has gone from the world around her | True, the years have left the in-| Liz enjoyed having her picture firmities of age. Cataracts have!tal'en. She leaned forward, pat- dimmed the eyes, arthritis has|ted her hair and said: "Now, tell ENJOYS POSING building next spring. He told The Oshawa Times the [been sufficient for the work. » But vehicles do not have to be "Any further expansion must| 0.4 by 9 p.m. After that eompany decided to make Its be in a one-storey building with 4,0 So as erin there free offer after only a week's consid- eration, Plans were consequently in the embryo stage. FIRST OFFER FIZZLED | The offer comes some three plenty of space for development and parking facilities for em- ployes," Mr. Coulter said. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT |each succeeding hour [there by 8 a.m. the following day the normal 10 cents an Hour for w Oshawa, he believes, is certain|charged. lop i pear an erty Mr. fizzled out. of T. E. McLaughlin, the ustrial commissioner. e land represents only a frac- tion of the 300 acres available be- tween the CNR line and the lake- HO street s after . to initial (ge secure the prop-|v Coulter credited paving the way to the latest offer largely to the efforts city's property will have greater value from a commercial rather than aj manufacturing viewpoint, | view. He sees no reason | downtown Oshawa cannot house| pis downtown area. He Two Drunks Mr. McLaughlin shares gr Are Jailed istrative centres of other corpora- Three Months large insurance firms and admin- three months. | Magistrate Ebbs reduced hicle while | pleaded not guilty Constable K. M. Ostler testified (than her 94 years. he had observed an auto- on on | the wrong side of the road. After following the car for half a mile that mobile driven Stacey and Currie avenues, by Griffin, \he had stopped the driver. | The officer, Patrol termed the an |! t 4 €€ original charge of having the|ing has faded in past years, but| } lof charge, but if they are still [on or Shares of a aving ve-| 'Liz" still leans forward anxious-(since over, but she still enjoys intoxicated. Griffin|ly to hear every question. And|flowers and enjoyed posing with : |the answers are always younger an Easter Lily which was some Sergeant | Peter White and Dr. A. E. King accused intoxicated. A bloodtest, taken by Dr. King, showed a result of 1.5 parts per {knotted the hands and the hear- me when to smile." Her gardening days are how blooming in the fall. has FIRM GRIP fl in a rocket? "Well, if they keep ot of cold winters and a lot o trying they'll probably hit the (moon, but why anyone would don't change in a lifetime, ever |want to go there I don't know." ; 1,10 one like mine." The voice is strong and steady| How 'did Mrs and the old hands grasp the ques-|to such a glorious old age? "Well tioner firmly. You have to shout/the Lord has been good to me into her ear. We should all be thankful to be long Is the atom bomb changing the |elimate? "Oh no, that's nonsense, 1 man ever get to the moon |p, my 94 years there have been a mild ones, Things like the climate Williamson live . = Bude Park Arena Body To voves UP Seek Opinions committee, struction these days_has reaghed a stage of being 80 per cept en- Pr Storie Park scored the biggest y win in the games played in the CRA Neighborhood Association Dart League last week. The team | Arena Commission [scored a 4 to 1 win over Rundle Monday afternoon proposals..by.| Park. the consulting engineers Were gineering and 20 per cent-avthi- The scores of the other games| idered. It was decided 'that tecture. An architect these 'days were: North Oshawa 4, South-|before a'decision could be made hires an engineer to. do the 80 mead 1; Woodview No. 2 3, Fern. they would like to sécure advice per cent and does the 20 per cent 1 3, from suitable architects, , |himself. We might as well hire -| Eastview 2. The meeting was chaired by an engineer who will hire the ar- Players who doubled in and out [E. R. McLaughlin. "I do 'not|chitect", he stated. of 401 were: Ross mills, L, Cor-| think we are ready to make UP NEED OVER-ALL PLAN | f il +/hill 2 and Woodview No. tions. Five men, charged with being thousand of alcohol in the blood-! What do you think about Sput- here. I know I am." Another view which the two intoxicated in a public place, ap-|stream ERS SER ESR men share is this: The industrial peared before Magistrate Frank| Griffin admitted drinking five future of Oshawa depends just as|S, Ebbs in Oshawa magistrate's or six pints of beer on the eve- much on the business concernsieourt Monday. Two of the ac-|ning in question. He said he had| already here as on the ones to cused were sentenced to three attempted to find his way to Ca- come. months in jail, the others re-|dillac avenue, but could not find| And Mr. Coulter is convinced | ceived fines with the option of ala through street from Ritson road | shore for industrial development. But the industrial commissioner | is optimistic that the purchase will set a pattern to be followed by other concerns. Coulter's, an important feeder plant for General Motors, Cana-| dian General Electric and other| big industries, plans to erect al nucleus building at first and nish, R. Cornish, E. Major, Bill jour minds," he said. "We must Perryman, G. Parker, J. Gould-|be assured that the over-all plans| Mrs. Harold Armstrong, dom. ing, 1. Goulding, F. Parsons, J.|call for a community centre mittee member stated: 'You can. Carlson, E. Adair, D. Crawford,] The first thing to be consid- Dot build a rink unless it is going N. Johnston, B. Crawford, .B. ered," Mr. McLaughlin said, (to be part of .an overall plan. I Germond, G. McMillan, D. Mc-| "would be a hockey arena, which [think the people in Oshawa want , Millan, B. Clark, O. Clark, J.|later could be designed as a com-|8 hockey arena, but they, are Wyatt, Ruth Hopson, R. Hopson,| munity centre. If we don't do jt M0! going to support a hockey J. Houston, D. Rae, M. Rae, L.|this way, we will not receive the|arena alone", she asked. Rae, H. Fayle, Vi. Graves, E. support of the people of Oshawa."| Ewart McLaughlin asked a mission means business -- literal-| Robert McEachern was sen- -- that the present industrial com-|jail sentence. south, R 2 i ly and figuratively . . . and injtenced to three months in jail make the move from its present both directions. |He pleaded guilty to a charge of plant on Richmond street west in Boonoff, M. Breeze, M. Muir, A.| NEED 20 ACRES |question: *'Isn't this city tod big |{for a community centre? Cities stages. ; "We hope eventually it mean more employment for Osh- awa," Mr, Coulter said. The com- pany employs about 150 people at the moment. EXCELLENT LOCATION Why did the firm elect main ging for industries? Said Mr. Coulter: will to re- in Oshawa when other Russia "a southern Ontario cities are beg- the power of our nuclear weap- ons" "I feel Osh- month ago. awa is an excellent area for de-| velopment. A company like has to take to be developed and the ability of labor. Wi ours avail. | e feel this new estly wanted a mass meeting in Leningrad |offence. into consideration | where he welcomed a Polish del- proximity of railways, highways, egatio services, the nature of the area News being intoxicated, his third of- ence. Russ Atom Power | Wiliam clark, no fixed ad. . . dress, was fined $10 and costs on Said Increasing a charge of intoxication, his sec- ond offence. Clark told the court LONDON (Reuters) -- Soviet that he was just passing through Premier Nikita Khrushchev says Oshawa on his way to Kingston. chieved an increase in "You are certainly not wanted |around here," said Magistrate |Ebbs. Joseph Marks pleaded guilty to Khrushchev spoke Monday at|a charge of intoxication, his third He was sentenced to |three months in jail. tests a after resuming n touring Russia, the Soviet agency Tass reported. rushchev said Russia hon- 2150 plea : an agreement ban- of being intoxicated in a public 1 weapon tests for all| Place, his second offence < Kh industrial section all respects. The price is 100." « There is also a little sent he results involved. The company ca m e needed to co-ordinate here in 1930 during the depres-|Of their recent "intensive series sion. For seven years it occupied of in| Ning riot. time. But the | Britain were willing to ban tests $25 and costs or one month in |for only one year, the time jail. Petrosky pleaded not guilty right, iment remises on Simcoe street south) lore moving to its present loca-|tests again," he declared. tion. HERE 28 VEARS "That means we have been were 61 pit ponies in Scottish here for 28 years. I like doing mines last year, compared with 300 some 40 years ago. business in Oshawa," he sa | | id. United States and| Bernard Petrosky was fined on a charge of being intoxicated in a public place. Petrosky called his brother, Frank, as a witness that he had not been drunk. "This is a court of law and I am un sure that I will be tried accord- FEWER PONIES ing to the principles of British EDINBURGH (CP) -- There|justice," Petrosky told the court. "I am not listening to any more fof this nonsense," | Magistrate Ebbs. tests." "Then they will start nuclear| COMING EVENTS 'Society Plans HRE in Scout Hall, Gibbon and Bye Friday, Nov. 7, 8 p.m. ission 50 259: na Vista, goby Refreshments. Adm cents. FURKEY supper at Kedron | JURRE PRs served from 4. Church, Nov. $1.50 and 75 cents. Tickets Oct. 29, 30. Nov. 1 and 4 a United 30 on. . "NEARLY NEW SHOP . ANNIVERSARY SALES THURSDAY and FRIDAY 2-9 PM. #0 King $%. E. St. Gertrud he] EUCHRE Valley View Club house, Glad- stone Avenue, November 5. 8.15 Good cents. | P prizes, door prize. Admission Annual Meeting .m. 35 | "The monthly. meeting of the| Oshawa Horticultural Society will| be held this evening in the E. A. Lovell School, when Duncan BINGO Darlington Volunteer Fire Bri- gode Avalon Hall, November | S, 8 p.m. 20 games, $5 ond {which he has taken during the $7. Share the wealth. 7 -- summer and some of outstanding $40 jackpots. | specimens which have been taken 257b/of shows MacMillan 2157p The annual reports of the ac- [tivities and finances of the so- ciety will be presented and the election of officers and directors will be carried out Kinsmen BINGO Jubilee Pavilion Every Tuesday, 8 p.m. Admission $1.00 includes 1 | GOT THERE FAST BAGINTON, England (CP)--| Thirty member's of a cycling club flew with their bikes from an air-| drome in this Warwickshire com- munity to Dinard in France, for {eight hours' cycling along Brit- 256b/tany roads | card. Jackpots 55-51 CASH DOOR PRIZES. Bus Service. | agreement to be taken over the city Ask Protection For Drivers The union | to protect the interests of its loca Dal NR much out of line, riembers when the present C bus franchise expires I a letter from the Ontario!Place, wiil not be made until next controlling Oshawa bus drivers is urging city council |; | The city may be reassessed. taxation This, according to a finance com-| and } {mittee report, is because Osh. the on : awa's rapid growth has greatly @ reassessment of affectéd property values, throw-|City," the report said He suggested using "the 1951 costs of construction as a basi for assessments, which would b about 80 per cent of present costs very the 1/ing the basis of taxation "very But reassessment, if it takes joint council of the Amalgamated (year. City council Monday night FAVOR INDEPENDENT FIRM (Association of Street, ployes of America to the John Thomas McKee was hand. | council, it is assumed the council| operation local efforts for a the new operators of | transit system, The letter also expresses the E. Kerr, in the report, stated that offinion that the best interests of | although property Oshawa would be served by the been altered, assessed valuations city taking over the service. Electric) Railway and Motor Coach Em- city The union says it will support There would be a resulting lower collective mill rate. by Bonfire Starts ormeied Small Blaze The Oshawa Fire Department answered only one alarm since noon Monday. Slight damage was done shortly recommended that the 1959 eoun-, cil consider the question. Reassessment, according The commissioner rgcommend- but not necessarily a higher rate. cost about $100,000 New assessments normally referred to as additions to the roll -- brought additional current taxation of up to $85,000 a year, the report stated. Ald. E. F. Bastedo, QC, admit- had tad there were inequities. "This is in no way to be deem- a reflection on the assessment mmittee, but is entirely the out- come of the growth of the city," | M noted assessments he said. {varied from 20 per cent to 60 per' Ald. S. », Hopkins: "There is |cent of sales prices. . [no idea of raising more taxes, | "This has thrown the basis of but merely equalizing them." Felled City Sign TAXATION OUT OF LINE Assessment Commissioner W. values in most instances remained the oq same. (The last assessment was made in 1937.) | Mr. Kerr after 3 p.m. Monday when wood- en cement forms caught erty of Houdaille Industries Ltd. at Simcoe and Wolf streets. The blaze was Centre street, |quickly with high pressure water will{from a pumper truck attached to 0 si > and c show slides of interesting scenes|/the No. 2 Station, Simcoe St,|Wa Magistrate's court Monday. |wicz, who did not answer ques-|an county. South fire from an open bonfire on the prop- extinguished A drun Driver Is Jailed k driver, who knocked cused asleep on the driver's seat.! own a city street sign, was! The detective said it had taken handed a jail sentence in Osh- some effort to awaken Leono- William Leomowicz, of Cobourg, |tions until put into a cell. Detec-| was sentenced fo seven days in|tive McGregor said that the front HAPPY WEDDINGS PREVENT DIVORCE Authorities say that you have a good chance for mar- ried happiness if your parents were happily married Experts pick Times-Gazette Classified ads to locate top flight workers for job open- ings. If you need help, dial RA 3-3492 now to place your "help wanted" ad jail. He was also assessed the licence plate had been missing costs of the court or another | Both officers termed the accused seven days. His driver's licence intoxicated. suspended for six months! Constable F. J. Dionne testified and his car was impounded for|that he had investigated-an acci- three months dent at 213 Albert street the Leonowicz pleaded not guilty to|same night. A city sign post had a charge of having the care or|been knocked down, but the car! |control of a motor vehicle while involved in the accident had left. | Intoxicated Next to the broken sign he found Detectvie Sergeant G. McCam-|a licence plate from the ac- |riond testified that he had re-|cused's car. ceived a complaint about a car| Leonowicz told the court that parked at 225 Bruce street. On his/he had attended a wedding recep- (arrival, with Detective Bruce Mec-/tion that evening. He said he had | Gregor, he had found the motor two shots of liquor and three lof the car running and the ac-'bottles of beer, na | much out of line ited many inequities, and method for correction is entire Ss e led the work be done by an in- to|dependent firm. This would mean Storie 13, North Oshawa 10, Run-| Ald. Christine Thomas, finance a saving of money and less in- dle 10, Eastview 9, Woodview No. | ed a fine of $50 and costs, He Will protect the future employ-|committee chairman, does, in this|terruption of regular work in his|2 9. Woodview No. 1 8, South Iso pleaded guilty to a charge ment of the drivers under the new case, mean a higher assessment, department. He thought it would| meade 7. Mus chan | i : Winning teams of baseball| Mr. McLaughlin said that the are coming to the stage of hav- were: Fernhill 73, Woodview No, |Site of this centre should 'be ing four arenas in each corner", 1 60, North Oshawa 58, Storie 56.|about 20 acres. "The location he said. : High three darts in baseball |Will determine very much what Ald, S. T. Hopkins, who attend- (were: E. Boonoff 5, Doug. Clark |the over-all costs will be," he|ed the committee meeting will 5, J. Houston 5, Bill Clark 5, Jack said. act upon a motion to ask city Goulding 5, Bill Perryman 4, The project has been referred council for a sum of money to Fred Parsons 4, Jim Crawford 4,|t0 the planning board for study ward the expense of drafting pre Bob Crawford 4, Glad McMillan to establish a site. : i (Lnunary, plans of 'the proposed 4, Don McMillan 4, John Wyatt]! Committee member Jim Skin- Community Centre. : : 4 | ner commented: #1 ink Ne are| Present at te somites mba: Te : . i | putting the cart before the horse. ing were, irman E. R. Me- Peary standings: Fernhill. 14, We need an architect with a good Laughlin and committee mem- consultant, rather than a good bers; Ewart McLaughlin, Chris _|consultant and an architect', he Mason and Mrs. Harold Arm- | said. strong, Secretary Harold Tripp, 'Maybe we haven't talked to/and Ald. S. T. Hopkins. enough people", said Mr. Mec-| The next committee meeting . Laughlin. {will be held Monday, Nov. 10, at Ewart: McLaughlin, committee'4 p.m. | step a few heurs before comneil {met. | It was also pointed out that the |commission's building committee, Is Dangerous | Council Backs It is impossible to educate the! . tii Arena Group Simic: public in civil defence while the [Pattie present attitude exists, | according to the- co-ordinator of a i i [the Oshawa and Ontario County This. was the quibble in Oshawa up. Ay the Sonus Sos i civil defence organization, Lt. CitY council Monday night: should ph [ the whole executive or merely a| Commented Ald. A. V. Walk. sub-committee of the arena com-|er: "We wouldn't be looked down mission have sént in a requestjupon by the citizens of Oshawa Col. F.'S. Wotton. In a report read to city council | if we passed a motion to get this thing rolling." Monday night Col. Wotton de-| scribed the "attitude as|for funds to. cover the cost of They did. "apathetic". : | preparing plans for the proposed Public apathy, he said, was| new city community centre and dangerous because of the short|arena? : | time the country would have in|' Aldermen J. W. Dyer and| which 'to prepare for a third | Christine Thomas thought the re. world war. quest -- for $3,000 to cover ar- He advocated a strong public|chitects' and consulting engin- relations program. eers' fees -- should have been The main effort of the organiza- made by the whole arena execu- tion this year had been to pre- tive. pare a survival plan for the city! Ald. Dyer thought it "'irregu- lar". Ald. Thomas urged 'cau- [tion about the way we spend |taxpayers" money." | But it was explained by Ald. | Hopkins that the arena commis- sion had only decided on the IN COMA FOUR YEARS, WASHINGTON (AP)--Ned Rus- sell, 42, a New York Herald Teib- une news service reporter, dled Sunday from pneumonia and plications after being in a'¢ four years as a result of an mobile accident. Russell was in Los Angeles Sept. 2, 1 RUGS AND: | LIVING ROOM SUITES Cleaned to Perfection NU-WAY RUG and Carpet Sales 174 Mary RA 5.0433 CONTROLLING INTEREST OTTAWA (CP)--Controlling in terest in W. C. Edwards and Company Limited of Ottawa, one of the oldest and largest lumber firms in Eastern Canada, has| been purchased by J. E. Boyle| GOOD FOO | D | Limited of Ottawa. The price was not divulged. | The Boyle company is owned! by J. Edgar Boyle of Ottawa. BUSINESS MEN'S well-known Ottawa valley lumber LUNCH 12 noon to 2 p.m. man who for a quarter-century | HOTEL LANCASTER | has been closely identified with | the Edwards firm, established in| 1868 and recognized as one of the chief suppliers of Canadian white pine |