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Dr. Dymond Cuts Ribbon At Ceremony Ontario County's largest bridge was officially named the John Mills Bridge in a ceremony on Wednesday afternoon, to honor the name of the first reeve of the town of Ajax. The bridge opening s part of the opening of the Base Line project, or County road 22. The new bridge, a 156-foot span, which carries the Base Line ac- ross Duffin's Creek, is the largest |bridge in the covrnty road sys. tem and one of the few: struc- tures to he named in honor of a sitting member of the Ontario County Council. The official opening ceremony was conducted by the Hon. Fred Cass, Minister of Highways, who invited the Hon, Matthew |Dymond, Minister of Transport, to ent the ribbon marking the opening of both the bridge and the new county road. =» The John Mills Bridge replaces OFFICIALS ATTEND BRIDGE CEREMONY Se Tn Tk As Marking either end of Coun- | system. Shown above, at the | Reeve John Mills, of Ajax, the Hon. Matthew B. Dymond, pew bridge is about seven feet ty road 22, better known as the | eastern end of the road, Brock | chairman of the County Road | Minister of Transport; T. D. | higher above Duffin's Cre=k than Base Line road, are large | street, Whitby, are some of the | Board; R. E. Sims, county en- A Thomas, MLA: and Warden the former structure and it is h were erected this | municipal and provincial offici- : ed : tia" ry hoped that it will eliminate any ¢ to mark the official open- | als who took part in the offi- Bineer; William Twelvetrees, . Cyril Morley, of Ontario Coun- danger of flooding in that area in of the new eight mile-long = cial opening ceremonies on project engineer; the Hon. Fred | ty, Reeve of Pickering village. the spring. For many years, that ip of highway in the county | Wednesday. Left to rigint are ' Cass, Minister of Highways; --Robertson, Whitby cection of the road has been - - - -- --- 5 sippy flooded each spring as ice jam- the construction difficulties en- med under the old bridge. " J ( : i R d | ] ink countered in getting a road FIRST REEVE $ {through that swamp without dis : oun y ca Oo [turbing a gas line on one side of Mon Mills, the bridge honors. 3 has been reeve of| the road and a buried telephone Ajay since 1955, the year the P : hd hd eg 0 Sabi 2 he Diner Sie. {town held its first elections. He RIBBON CEREMONY AT NEW BRIDGE : Ar a unici a 1t1es | "At the John Mills Bridge, the 12 been returned to that office] The Hon. Matthew B. day afternoon to officially open | built at a total cost of nearly | as Dr. Dymond, right, cuts the Be cavaleade stopped again where|CVerY Year since, two of those pymond, Minister of Transport, | the Base Line road, or County | one million dollars, $800,000 of | ribbon opening the road. Hon. : : i by acclamation. { p » Minis- 2 ' struct Reeve Mills, chairman of the Y®8r® at the invitation of the Minis- | road 22. The newly reconstruct. | Lycos hei tee by the | Michael Starr, Federal Minis- » municipalities in the Beach road and Achilles road, in'limits of the town of Ajax chairman for the official opening. o . . ass, cul a ri Lbs 4 A : | ' gd ie Ajax, leading from the Base Line| Also rebuilt was the Storey| Speaking briefly were Mayor Than u the board of irtutces 3 John Mills Bridge on Wednes- | road, in Pickering Twp. It was ' Above, Mr. Cass, left, looks on | --Robertson, Whitby opened on Wednesday afternoon.|to Harwood Ave. _ Bridge, now a 72-foot span, cross-| Wiliam Parish, of Ajax, The ro SIO, A 0 ss, s County Road of the Base TO CLOSE ROADS ing Lynde's Creek, just west of Hon. Michael Starr, Minister of | , pI TP! . H Pu soon, has been built to meet thelis the lessened danger of damag:| minutes. Bypasses of 45 to 80 e. the first road to be survey-! With the complet I ad.|the Whitby town limits. A new Labor, T. D. Thomas, MLA for| A native of Kent, England, Mr New eart mp needs of infants requiring heart/ing the blood. With the former minutes were considered long on Ontario County : \ the coipletion "Which now |30-foot span crosses a creek just hs Hding, the Hox. Dr. Dyvoond, [Mills me to Cauaga_in is F S surgery. machine, the operators had to be/the previous machine. Mid some I er roads v 2 \ : ove Willi ink. ia i : t t i 3 . t the + Hing . "U" least of the Ajax town limits. It{Reeve William Lawson, of Pick-/and settled in Ajax in 1941, after pdmeae i sure that after the blood was bub-| The new pumps were prov Conducting the ribboncLiling lead to Highway 401 in that areal, "joy the Mazuka Bridge ering Twp., Reeve Kenneth Lee, his discahrge from the RCAF. or surgery SUCCESSFUL OPERATION bied, all the bubbles were re-through funds from the federal 1 official opening ceremony|will be closed, as part of the plan| The road was opened almost|of Whitby, and Reeve William A. Since then he has shown great in- t | | The new pump was used suc- moved. |department of health and wel- vas the Minister of Highway So making Highway 401 a control-| \o \\\ " ho Coo after construc. Heron, of Whitby Twp. terest in the growth of this com- Is Developed cessfully in the case of a boy suf-| NGER REDUCED \tare's child and maternal welfare the Hon. Fred Cass, who calledlled access highway Ition had started To officially open the road and munity. ION (CP fering: from an obstruction of the PANGER R 4 section and the university hos- pon he Minister of Transport, Of the nearly one million dol- The county's share in the proj-|/the bridge, the Hon. Mr. Caes Before accepting public office. EDMONTON : cp) A new pulmonary valve that caused Also°reducing the possibility of pital. 1ne oy Mattim Dyes, to culllars spent on rebuilding the road,| .\ "" } 4cq the engineering. called upon the Hon. Dr. Dymond he served as chairman of ump for rin In hewn ry pressure to rise four to five/injuring the blood is the use of Features of many pumps have e r bon » ash x ic jor y i $800,000 was spent by the PIOV-|cpiaf engineer was the county|to cut the ribbon which spanned the Interdenominational Church has cen is oped te oc Alberta times above normal. {gravity in passing blood from the heen modified and innovations ed the road and the John Millslince of Ontario, which plans on( oo pp "gine "and proj. the bridge. When the ribbon had|Board in 1942 and 1943. He was||.onS 18 enyesy om | While the heart-lung pump took patient's veins to the heart-lungimade by the Aiberta group. Bridge using the road as a service road| Fo oitoe oC William Twelve- fallen, Mr. Cass declared |president of Branch 322 of the HOsPital. |over operation of the boy's heart/pump. Previously this was done| Medical men said the pumps The new strip of road runs|for Highway 401. The remainder), oo "0 s permanent member the road officially open. {Canadian Legion from 1046 to. The machine, specially de-land 'ungs for 21 minutes, sur-by a sucking system. put the University hospital in the rom Brock St. in Whitby, west|of the money was spent by thel (=, 0 00 'onoineering staff Later, the cavalcade proceeded 1948 inclusive. signed to permit a greater range| eo .. opened the heart and re- One of the machines will allow|forefront and about 25 medical Liverpool road, in Picker-|federal government, the HEPC, 4 "lio "the 'end of the project, the| In addition to representing Ajax ©f blood flow. will enable suri ,; cq the obstruction. The boy twice as much blocd to flow aslschools are following the hos vp. Besides these two mu-/and Bell Telephone in moving AFTERNO OPENING Liverpool road, where they in-lon the County Council, he has geons to do heart operations left the hospital after 10 days'|the previous model, bringing it|pital's lead. ities, it also passes through|lines, and the Canadian National] The officiai opening ceremonies spected the work being done on/been a member of the county which were not possible with ear-|, ny a16c0ence. up to the level of a normal heart." The machines are expected to ; 'wp., the town of Ajax|Railway. The road project in-ihegan at 3 p.m. on Wednesday|the construction of a new over-lroad board since 1955 and*this lier equipment. Among the new pump's advan-| This will permit operations on give immeasurable aid to re- and the village of Pickering, alcludes a new bridge over the at the eastern end of the road, pass over the CNR on that road.|year Is its chairman, | A second machine, to be used {ype is' the new system of re-mitrai and aortic valves which|search on the University of Al distance of eight miles CNR at Liverpool road. in Whitby. There county and pro- This job is in the process of con-| In Ajax, he is chairman of the |storing the -blood's oxygen con-|could not be done previously. It herta camr-is into artificial heart The entire project, however, in- NEW BRIDGES |vincial officials, including the two struction. town's ambitious industrial com-|Health Unit and a director of the tent, accomplished in the former also will allow the surgeon more|yalyes. s slightly more than 11] To compiete the project, threeiministers, gathered to start an in-| Later, ali guests were invited| mission, which yesterday played|Children's Aid Society. instrument by bubbling the blood.|operating time because blood can f so includes work on|other new bridges were built. One|spection of the highway. {to Ajax Community Centre, host to the county at a dinner! For the past six years, Reeve| In the new machine, the blood be bypassed through the machine AFRICAN JUBILEE Whitby townline,|of them is the John Mills Bridge.| At the Lynde's Creek marsh, where members of the Ajax In- and reception following the offi- Mills has been a member of the passes in a thin film over rotating|for 1>nger periods. In one case,' by ; ine to Highway|named in honor of Reeve John|the cavalcade paused while En-|dustrial Commission were hosts|cial opening. He is also vice- editorial staff of the Oshawa discs in an atmosphere of oxy-/the machine functioned for the! South Africa will celebrate its , in Pickering to'Mills, of Ajax. This bridge spans gineer Sims explained some of at a reception and dinner |chairman of the Ontario Countyl Times gen. The feature of this operation patient's heart and lungs for 70 golden jubilee as a nation in 1960. 0 MILLER PAVING LID. ROAD BUILDERS