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En ER a va wie | fest September. THE OSHAWA TIMES, PROGRESS EDITION; Friday, February 27, 1959 SB inspectorate " Dro a LAKEVIEW 5 ate schools had been under jurisdiction of the Toronto in- Park Is now the summer recrea-|be restored by the Parks Board. mobile Work er s picnic whigh spectorate tion ground of literally thousands. 2 laudmatk hat hos disappeat. Bost mate thay 20.000 sac yess. . ed w me, was the * TOSS e of Engl can Now a full-time inspector, E. J. Par k Tops DIRE NECESSITY Cottage" built by the Rotary Club|be seen at the park, when Finan, is employed for separate At that particular time therein the 1920's. This building served |cricket or soccer game is in schools in and around Oshawa. was a dire necessity for increas-\to give the underprivileged chil-/gress. The Separate School boad in| Lakeview Park, on the shores 2 1924 was thade up of the late|of Lake Ontario, is one of the ed park accommodation, but onidren of Oshawa an outing, how Many great changes have od June 1, 1920, council's worries|ever, about two years ago. D. D. Mullin, chairman; A. C./most beautiful and largest picnic t ratefull ' place at Lakeview Park, Love, secrelary-treasurer; J. A,|Parks in Ontario. But it is some- er oe S_shey gift of Mr| The park has also seen a taste|probably many more are vet fo Stanton (deceased), R. Smythe|thing more, a dream come true|yrr" oniin" The offer not only|0f the wild and wooley west. Twocome. As they said in 1920, the (deceased), W. Hambly, G, Top-|for Col. R. S. McLaughlin, donor |; oe ames 100 "yt an addi. buffalo 'were kept in the park,|future of the park is unpredict- pings (deceased), J. J. Normo-|0f the park to the town of Osh-|, 1 es000 cash to do the neces.|however, because of a strong|able, it can be said again now, vle (deceased), Dr. T. J, Bar.[awa in 1820. sary work in preparing the land|odor created by the animals,(Rerhaps it will be made more nett, S, Gates and E. Powers. Mr. McLaughlin, then President|f,: "a park. Oshawa's only zoo had to be for- beautiful and even more people Mr. Love still retains his posi-/of General Motors of Canada,| The official opening of Lake-|feited in the early 1930's. The will enjoy its many advantages tion as secretary-treasurer of|offered 60 acres at the lake, for-|yiew Park by Mayor Stacey, buffalo were kept at the rear offin the years to come. As it w the board and recently became|merly known as the old Henry|Sept. 25, 1920, was hailed as an-|the old Henry house, but after|sald when the park was offic the first business administrator|farm, to be used as a park, with|other red letter day in Oshawa's|Public disapproval, they werejopened back in 1920, the of the separate school system in[no strings attached. The proper-|onward march of progress. More|shipped to the west. "McLaughlin" should never Oshawa. ties simply were to be used as a|than 1000 citizens and prominent|BIG PLAYGROUND forgotten as long as the Through the depression years,|public park for the citizens of|cjvic officials were present. Now. th x 1 1 and exists, and this has not progress from a building stand.|Oshawa under the control of the| The old Henry house, built byl, ow, e Fogg BR J avg | because everyone knows of point was curtailed in Separate|council and the parks commission| Thomas Henry-n the early 1850's ball ousal ie Sever loaic|Ereat things Col. R. 8. M Schools. of the town. still stands at the entrance to the pees 'rane ourk benches pr lin has done for this city. The first expansion came in| In his letter to his worship (park. It was built with limestone|fref Many, PREF PETrCes, BIG - 1937 when two rooms of the Mayor John Stacey, Mr. Me-|brought from the Kingston arealp oo "Wood of water in the UNIQUE RECORD former, Cowan home, which was|Laughlin stated, "situated on the|by trading schooners that were ig k dos io Osliawa can located on the site of Holy Cross|shores of Lake Ontario we be-|transporting cargos of grain to Justl & maging ghar oii din Oshawa has the record of School, were opened as class-[lieve it can be made into a most|the United States and eastern| 7%. pron 3 the only city in Canada up rooms. enjoyable and attractive recrea-|ports. Following a fire last year " . (1955, to exceed its Comat) From this humble beginning|tion ground." His dream has|to part of the interior, the morel It is used for picnics of all|Chest objective for 11 consecutk Holy Cross School ha~ grown to|been accomplished, for Lakeview|than a century old building willsizes, including the United Auto-'years. include a 10-room school and a six-room annex, Two more "ooms in the Cowan home were used as classrooms in 1958 and a fifth was opened in 1940. | In 1941 a six-room school was | built, Later. in 1953 further ex- | pansion saw 17 rooms in u<e. A ; ow | six-room annex Li July roe i a n School was completed in A PEDLAR PEOPLE'S PLANT FROM HIGHWAY 401 (Photo by Ireland Studio)| St. Gertdude's, a six-room, . school on King street east, be- | came Oshawa's third Separate Schools came in 1044 "hen a gino in 1955. An _eight-room [ J second religious teaching order,| ' {school, St. Christopher's, was City Separate Schools the Christian Brothers, came {0 open ait. Annapolis 'venue | Oshawn to teach boys at St. location in 1956 Gregory's, The 'irst teaching| "pwo more six-room schools, | order in Oshawa, 'Ye Sisters of! ' ris : St. Joseph's on Simcoe street Serve 2022 Students [i iui bE RTRE y A third religious 'teaching ayenue, Deore. opens) in 1957 ang ' order, the Felician Sisters, 3% De y. When the city of Oshawa be- religious and two lay teachers are religious sisters and two, came in 1952 and now has three ye Separate School system in came incorporuted 35 years ago,|formed the staff. Roman Catholic laymen, |sisters teaching in Ajax and in|oshawa has kept pace with the its Separate School system was| Today the Separate School sys-| In 1928 an older version of St. Oshawa. loity's rapid growth. Another | a small but vigorous entity. tem is valued in excess of $75(,- Gregory's Separate School was HAVE INSPECTOR { school is planned 'this year for One school, St. Gregory's on 000 and serves 2022 elementary razed by fire and the present| Evidence of the city's Separate |the south end of the city, sign of] Simcoe street north, served the|schoo! students, Its six schools building established soon after.|School growth became more pro | continuation of progress in sep- needs of 138 pupils. The value are staffed by 13 religious and Outstanding milestones in tF»|nounced with the establishment|arata school pconlation and simi-! of the selvo was $102 500. Three!40 lay teache 5. Four principals|history of Oshawa's Separatelof an Oshawa Separate School|larly, the City of Oshawa. OSHAWA WOOD PRODUCTS LT below: MILL, YARD and SHOWROOM, COURTICE, ONT. 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