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The Oshawa Times, 14 Jul 1961, p. 9

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SOMERSET POOL BIG HOT WEATHER ATTRACT hoping to get to the pool, but were refused admittance ow- ing to 'the record-breaking numbers visiting Oshawa's only public pool operating at city, the tots had to wait a considerable length of time to get a chance for a dip in the cool water. Children lined up in great numbers Thursday Some 1000 school-age chil- dren went swimming at Som- erset Pool Thursday in an ef- for to beat the heat. However, due to lack of pools in the Rezone Bennett Land For Industrial Use COLUMBUS (Staff) -- East|the bylaw provisions. He said,| The spokesman said there was Whitby Township Council Thurs-/ however, that since the plant some dissatisfaction of the are day night added another section/began operations this year, Mr. buffering the Bennett property. to its township zoning bylaw to Bennett had "done consider-| He said the delegation felt some permit the W. B. Bennett Pav-jable" to eliminate the smoke|clarification should be made of |sible to pass an anti-noise, anti- smoke and anti-dust bylaw. However, he said, that would be a bylaw which would require a {lengthy and expensive engineer- ing. survey and he did not feel the township was capable of pre- on GM Dealers | Hold Rally - The Oshawa Times At Detroit SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1961 PAGE NINE General Motors dealers repre- | --_-- senting 50 cities in the United States and Canada have con- cluded a three-day meeting to- day with top General Motors executives in the summer ses- sion of the GM President's Dealer Advisory Council at De- troit. Fifteen Genera: iic:0rs execu- tives conferred with the deal- ers in an exchange and develop- ment of ideas on how better to serve retail customers. The meetings were held in the Gen- eral otors Building confer- ence room, where factory-deal- er policies and other matters of mutual interest were reviewed. TO IMPROVE RELATIONS Thirty-eight GM dealers rep- resenting both large and me- dium sized cities in the United States and 12 dealers from Ca- nadian cities participated in the meetings, Formerly known as the GM Dealer -Gouncil, the pro- gram was instituted by GM in 1943 in the interest of more ef- fective and equitzble factory- a the time. Rotary Pool, another | pool, controlled by the city, has been closed indefinitely owing to mechanical difficul- | ties --Oshawa Times Photo. jax Resident (Charged With Theft | Malcolm Kennedy Simpson, 21,|dale of Citadel Motors (1957) Limited, Halifax, ; Allan {H. Trout of Mid-City Motors| | (1950) Ltd., Saskatoon, Sask.; {John D. Umphrey of London (1955) Ltd., |London; Maxwell J. Webster of {Queenston Motors (1957) Ltd., | Hamilton; J. Norval Willson of Ontario Motor Sales Ltd., Osh- awa, and Evan M. Wolfe Chev-| of 26 Admiral road, Ajax, was arrested early this morning and charged with theft. Magistrate C. as W. Guest remanded the accused | Motor Products to July 17. Bail was set at $500. Simpson is charged with steal- ing $20 from Edward Bouckley, | July 12. He is also charged with Mr. Moore agreed it is pos- Stealing a cash box key from Mr. |rolet.Oldsmobile 14d. Vancou- Bouckley. dealer relationships. | GM executives at the meeting |included Frederic G. Donner, chairman; John F. Gordin, |president, and Edwin H. Wal- ker, president and general man- |ager of GM of Canada, Limited. | | DELEGATES LISTED Members of the President's Dealer Advisory Council Cana- dian Group present were: Conrad B-lisle of Belisle Au- |{tomobiles Limited, Ottawa; Har- {ry Dickson of Dickson Motors |Ltd., Winnipeg; Robert M. Ev- jerson of Montreal Buick Ltd., | Montreal; John R. Ferris of Red Deer Motors (Canada) Ltd., Red Deer, Alta.; Thomas] H. Fox of Foxbrooke Motors] Ltd., Sherbrooke, Que.; H gh| | Gerry Gillette of the CRA staff is seen giving the "GO" | signal to the more than 100 | children who took part in | the annual walking marathon sponsored by the Community Recreation Association for school children attending the various supervised parks. Lake Vista Park won the mile and a half marathon against 22 parks which participated. CONTESTANTS READY FOR CRA WALKING MARATHON Wes Ogden, assistant director at CRA, organized this year's event. --Oshawa Times Photo. L. Macaulay of York Mills Pon-| tiac Ltd., Toronto; Eric G. Teas. | | ENQUIRING REPORTER merce Committee Thursday re-| ver, B.C. Si commended rejection of the] 'GENERAL MOTORS WORKERS TO RECEIVE $5,000,000 With thousands of General Motors people looking for- ward to their summer holidays, Oshawa merchants and bank staffs can expect some the end of July when GM payrolls representing wages, sal- aries and vacation pay will total nearly $5,000,000. The an- nual vacation period for most GM production people be- gins July 24. At the GM plant in Windsor vacation pay, have been rece responding period. July 10. Qualification for full hour hours of work in the vacation Company-paid vacation perio: ployees with one but less than pay for employees with three iority; 80 hours pay for five but less than 10 years seniority; 100 hours pay for 10 but less The vacation period at Windsor began Canada Governor James vey conducted on Oshawa cision became known, three out| issue said -- he should stay. i: One person completely de- hectic days between now and | cheques for $455,000, including | 1 way. ived by GM people for a cor- y When asked: "In the light of| recent dissension between the ly-rate vacation pay is 1400 year, which ends on June 30. ds are 40 hours pay for em- three years seniority, 60 hours but less than five years sen- time for senate reform?" four| pepole felt the body should be abolished. Two respondents had| nothing to say. than 15 years seniority; and (16 INTERVIEWED the newspapers. "I can say something about try during it's term of office. old to be competent". Oshawa Residents Would Abolish Canadian Senate The Senate Banking and Com-|all very confusing to read in|is the House of Commons. I|the Ontario Federation of Labor think to eliminate political pat-|Will be among the platform |ronage, senate members should party guests at the 15th annual | government bill to fire Bank of|the senate, Abolish it. The Gov-|be elected, same as the House|Loca E.|ernment should have complete(of Commons". be Coyne. In a lightning-fast sur-|say in the running of the coun- | ARTHUR WILSON, RR 2,| |streets before news of the de-/Most of those senators are too|Fickering, farmer: "I have no pected to be one of the biggest {time for this man Coyne at all. |of six people interviewed on the| F. L. CROSSLEY, 792 Grier-|Hie couldn't substantiate his OFL Head To Speak At Picnic David Archer, president 'of 1 222, UAW gala picnic to held in Lakeview Park Saturday. This year, the picnic is ex- Local 222 picnics in history and this picnic is unquestionably {son street, life insurance sales charges of malice and politicallone of the largest picnics in cost the citizens of Oshawa and hnudreds of other municipalities millions of dollars. Politics and the Bank of Canada. I believe Coyne was plotted against, starting a few years zoned land use. TS Before the amending of the P ] a T the bylaw creates a general in-| dustrial (M2) zone in the Ben- Daring a bylaw of that nature the Bennett operation will be| (Oshawa Public Utilities Com- in an asphalt batching plant permitted to continue. However, ,..ccon buses will run every should be incorporated into the : ati ' S f these buses, Malcolm "ei ctrietiv 11, eight recommendations were S€ Of ines 8 are "quite restrictive, and ex- submitted to council from the Smith, president of Local 222,|,0ngive". However, he is will- parties, Mr. Bennett, and upon the OMB recommendations the delegation, on hand to protest the amendment, said after a ing Company to continue its/and dust nuisance the plant atthe buffer zones. bylaw, the Bennett company operated its asphalt batching| plant, on Taunton road east, as a non-conforming use. Be Proble A - nett property. At Picnic at the present. SOME RESTRICTIONS C. V. Thomas, a member of | Solicitor T. M. Moore of' Ppicnic.goers are again warned the delegation and an engineer; Whitby, said with the inclusion that parking will be difficult suggested that the inclusion o there will be certain restrictions! _ 3 . [regulations governing the oper- which must be carried out Seyen 2nd = huli Jmimies, be ation of such a plant in East ai tween 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. San ER Reeve Neil Smith said Thurs- Simcoe street Whitby. ; day night that after an Ontario' F " Mr. Bennett said the pro- OMB member who chaired the UAW, has said. Police Chief ing to abide by them. hearing. Herbert Flintoff agreed. He willl He said wet dust collection Mr. Smith said as a result of have 30 policemen working on/equipment has been installed in the recommendations council/traffic control at the 15th an-\his batching plant and it is additional section to the bylaw was draughted SOME RESERVATIONS Murray Johnston, spokesman brief meeting the delegation was prepared to accept the amend- ment with certain reservations. Mr. Johnston said he regret- operation in the township as a one time created. ___ |SURVEY EXPENSIVE The inclusion of section 8A of] of the new section in the bylaw, in [akeview Park Saturday, |dust collecting facilities be used Municipal Board hearing April] It would be wise to-make fulll visions under the new M2 zone met with one of the interested naul picnic Local 222 will hold practically dust free for an eight-man ratepayers' ted to note there was no inclu- sion of noise or dust control in'help some, the chief said. in the park Saturday. eee 2 a Large portions of the park are] ANSWERS COMPLAINT not available for parking due to Answering a complaint about wet ground, These areas are ponding 'water on his and a fenced off. Chief Flintoff said|neighboring property, Mr. Ben. ras BIS : {nett sai ere are no ditches on Shere Was iso Some patlang ob qither side of the township road : to permit water to drain from just north of the park, last Yar but this is not available either.| He offered to put a layer of All together he thought there asphalt on the road for the town- would be parking for 500 less ship if council will have the road cars this year. An emergency ditched and graded. Mr. Bennett parking area has been opened|said by ditching the road on just west of the park. This will|both sides, the ponding water inuisance will be eliminated. . pst A " a WB Susan Wood, who won the | 40 Oshawa girls competed in "most elaborate costume" | the masquerade. They have prize at Kedron Kiwanis Camp | béen at 'the camp since Mon- Thursday night, and placed day July 3. They will leave second for the best costume | the camp, Saturday. The mas- in the camp, looks over some | querade lasted for more than of her competitors. More than ! an hour as the girls com' Lancaster and Mrs. W Stanley. The Kiwanians H will girls tonight | ~Oshawa Times 120 hours pay for employees with 15 or more years seniority. Vacation pay is calculated on the basis of the employee's average straight time rate for the last pay period in which he worked and which ended prior to June 30. Salaried people at General Motors receive vacations with pay on a length of service basis. Kedron Campers | Hold Masquerade A campful of uninhibited girls| Best couple -- An» Lancaster displayed ingenuity beforeand Mary Ann Malley, as well judges in a masquarade com-|as Madeline Normyle and {tive of what people had to say: | {mists from the Universit It was illuminating to discov-|Toronto was apopinted to look er just how few people were|into the machinery of the Bank able, or willing to discuss both of Canada. If we go to the polls issues. In order to obtain six|/in November, and I believe we responses, it was necessary to|will, then the Conservative interview 16 individuals. |Party should ditch Mr. Fleming. in this feature are representa-|disrepute. MALCOLM SMITH, president Local 222 UAW: "If anybody over-populate the Senate, as it! individualists, fiscal policies inionated outdated supervisor: "No I don't think Skullduggery against the Prime Canada. valued Coyne. One other pro-|Coyne should go. Things were Minister, the Minister of Fin. Mr. Archer, who has no con- fessing ignorance of this involv-|at least stable when our dollar ance or the government. He, nection with led, controversial matter, felt/was worth more than it's Am. like a lot of you newspapermen|draw [that as a matter of course thelerican counterpart. This deval-|c0uld learn a lot about public giant drums to select winners governor would have to give|uation policy of Fleming's will relations. We can't afford op o he two cars to be won by with|Loca now. picnic. Next time, let the government government and the apopinted|should never enter into the re.|2PP0int a governor .One who her husband T. D. (Tommy) senate, do yozu feel that it is|lationship of the governmen: NOt only knows "about brass', Thomas, MLA, will be among the tickets local from will the the 222 members at the Mayor Christine Thomas and but a man of tact, dignity, and the platform guests. Others will manners. The idea of financially sup- ago. The most recent example porting a body of senile old was when that gang of econo-/men, whose contribution to the ¥ ofl government of this country is| include Mrs. Mary Turner, vice-president of the Ladies Auxiliary 27, a Farm Labor representative, Malcolm Smith, |president of the local and co- chairman of the picnic com- peripheral, sickens me. By alll ities with George Young. means clear the decks-abolish Mayor Thomas, her husband the Senate. LAC DONALD MacLEAN als, | [RCAF Station, Greenwood, N.S.|1 In any case, the six opinions|He has thrown the party into|*A man of principle these days, | {especially in politi } At times of controversy it/while individual. I haven't fol-|for the Senate question, I must is just as bad to have one party|/lowed the issue but as a rom- antic - I say, cs is a worth: and Mr. Smith will arrive at Lakeview Park shortly after p.m. by hellicopter from Oshawa Municipal Airport. confess ignorance of this mat- should be fired it should be Donald Fleming. As I see it, he tried to force Coyne and the Bank of Canada into inflation- causing policies. Government policy, in depressing the value of the Canadian dollar to that of the American dollar is bad petition at the Kedron Kiwanis Sheran Stark. Best costume in {Camp, Thursday night. cabin A--Kathie Lancaster and| HAE for the country. peted in various types of cos- | tume. Judges were Mrs. Reg. | hold a closing banquet for the | Photo | The girls, between 7 and 14 years. old, paraded for more than an hour to compete in the various classes of the competi-| [tion. They were judged by Mrs.| {Reg Lancaster and Mrs. W. H. Stanley. The masquerade was organized by Camp Chief {Thomas W. Cotie. The girls arrived at camp Monday, July 3. They will leave to go home Saturday at 1 p.m | The winners of the masque- rade were as follows: Funnist costume Patricia {Moore and Jane Donald. | Most eleborate costume -- {Susan Wood and Karan Ash- {man Most Linda Stark. Best bathing suit costume -- Kathy Wright and Jane Wood. | Best costume for sports Brenda Jewison and Bettelynn Osborne. | Best animal costume -- Shiela {Keyes and Helen Cameron Best national castume Marilyn Banfield and Sherrel Galeski. | Best Costume for the future-- |Jackie Frobel and Barbara [Kelis. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and dis- trict who are celebrating their birthdays today Donna Marie Remego, 281 Ballard street; Jack Lee, Courtice and Mrs. Donald Read, 1022 Xing street Whitby Phone 723-347 | costume and Sheran origional Popham 4 | There should not be a Senate {in this country. We are over Best in cabin B Elaine | governed right now. I can't see Porter and Carolyn Morison. what good a lot of senile old Best in cabin C -- Gail Mac-|codgers have ever done. Most Kenzie and Linda Stevens. of them miss most sittings". Best castumes in the camp --| yy;np PRITCHARD, 650 Sim- Karan Ashman, Susan Wood! ' 4 coe street north, customer serv- and Beverly Sutherland. lice representative: "I feel sorry {for James Coyne that this mes- . |sy situation has come to the Lake Vista {public eye. I don't really know . Park Wins Marathon too much about it, but I suppose The Shiela Fice. that if he is standing between the elected -government and a | progressive Canada, then he will have to go. "I'm afraid I don't stand the Senate. CLIFFORD CHARLTON, 483 Rosemount avenue, store owner: "I cant' make up my mind about this Coyne business. It's Tent Meetings under- annual CR&% Walking Marathon was held Thursday night with more than 110 chil-| dren representing 22 city play-| grounds participating in the] walk. | Playground leaders were re. | . quired to walk with the team of 0 T h five players and it took the team | pen ong t from Lake Vista a total time of| william B. McKay, well known 53 minutes and 20 seconds to| evangelist, who paid a visit to open approximately halg the Oshawa last year, has returned total number of envelopes, and and will open a series of meet. they walked according to a walk ings at 8 p.m. today. He is re- one-half miles. puted to have Canada's largest After handicap has been in-| gospel tent. cluded the following is the final| standing for the race: {week day night at 8 p.m. and Lake Vista, 42.50; Thornton's, | 44.03; Storie, 45.38; North Osh-lp.m. on Bloor street west, near awa, 46.17, Baker, 46.17; Con-|the road leading to the Gen- naught, 46.38; Southmead, 47.17; |eral Motors south plant. Fernhill, 49.07; Northway, 51.08; | A feature of the meetings will Radio, 52.04; Eastview, 54.19. |be the addresses delivered by| Rundle, 57.32; Kingside, 60.05; |Edith E. McKay in which her| Nipigon, 60.26; Sunyside, 60.43;|theme is "I spent Seven Hours Woodview, 61.46; Harman, 66.04; |in Heaven". Johnny Evensen is Valleyview, 67.16; Gertrude Col-{the associate evangelist, and pus, 69.50; Sunset, 69.59; Dr. S. song director. Ruth Evensen will J. Phillips, 70.35; Bathe, 71.50. |preside at the organ. Services will be held every|§ each Sunday at 3 p.m. and 7.30 } WORKMEN UNCOVER OLD WATER CISTERN The Oshawa Public Utilities Commission is installing an ad- ditional underground vault for | electrical equipment at the | north west corner of King and Simcoe streets. The construc- tion work is expected to last four weeks. The electricity for the whole downtown area is centred in underground vaults in the area. Photo shows pro- gress in excavation work being made adjoining the downtown branch of the Toronto-Domin- ion Bank. In making the exca- vation workmen uncovered the remains of one of the cis- terns which were used to store water for fire fighting when Oshawa was a village. | --Oshawa Times Photo

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