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i i A ak i Te ek a A A a PICTORIAL HISTORY OF TORONTO-DOMINION BANK IN OSHAWA New Building Shows Architectural Trend | The new Toronto - Doinion floor and. mezzanine tailored grille work in anodized alum- building at King and Simcoe streets in Oshawa, is an out- standing example of the modern trend in bank architecture. for banking operations. VARIED MATERIALS The interior is finished with a combination of such modern jinum, All windows are hermet- ically sealed, double glazing units. The exterior finish is self- | cleaning so that the building will WITH THE OPENING of its new building, at the north west corner of King and Sim- coe streets this Saturday afternoon, the Toronto-Domin- ion Bank will mark another step forward in its long asso- | ciation with 'Oshawa. In the picture at left is a'sketch of the first building to occupy the site of the new building. This frame store was operated by J. B. Warren. The centre pic- ture is of the three-storey building erected on the site in 1875. In 1895 the bank leased the main floor and purchased the building outright in 1912. The Toronto-Dominion Bank's King and Simcoe branch as it was seen in 1961 is seen at right. The picture was taken immediately prior to the demolition to make way for the present premises. | -- She Oshawa Cimes 1] MANAGERS IN 61 YEARS Managers of the Toronto- Dominion Bank at King and Simcoe streets in Oshawa have been: J. H. McClellan, 1871-1880. Henry Darling, 1880-1882. W. H. Holland, 1882-1890. L, G. Cassels, 1890-1909. D. T. Hepburn, 1909-1911. A, H. Black, 1911-1916. C. N. Henry, 1916-1928. T. W. Joyce, 1928-1932. ES ee OS TS ee ONE OM RBG. S- 2 Sate Of Bank Significant dates in the history of the Toronto-Dominion Bank in Oshawa: 1871: The Do minion Bank opened for business at 9 Simcoe street south, Oshawa on Sep. tember 11, 1871. 1895: Moved to the north-west 61-Year Recend: iy In City tional office space for ledger machines. 1951-2: Final major alterations utilizing all available space on main floor and a basement floor room for ledger machines. 1961: Vacated the premises at King and Simcoe streets and The building was carefully|and traditional materials as lath| preserve its original shining ap- PAGE SEVENTEEN opened for business in tempor- peasanes indefinitely: "with »-| SECOND SECTION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1962 }minimum of maintenance. planned and designed to meet/and plaster, marble wall panels, the banking needs of a fast-|vinyl asbestos floor tiles and of c growing urban population while}mineral acoustic ceiling tiles.| The building was designed by complementing the prominent/Counters and furniture are in Toronto-Dominion staff archi- position it occupies in downtown|marble, stainless steel, plastic tects, A. Bruce Etherington As- Oshawa. {and walnut veneers. _ |sociates; associate engineer was| The single-storey structure, 63; The exterior is finished in|Robert Halsell and Associates) feet by 52 feet and 27 feet high,|Verde antique marble, stainless | and the general contractor was provides a basement, pl ber and glass, with decorative|R. G. Kirby and Sons Ltd. Public Invited | Opening To Bank Another step in the improve- meht of the downtown business Club Enjoys Camp MasterFeeds.. 'Manager Transferred At Innisfil Park ship was able to enjoy the ex- cellent trailer facilities avail- able at this park. Eleven trailers were arranged | A softball game, horseshoe pitching, pot luck supper, and club movies were all part of the September rendezvous of the} Oshawa Travel Trailer Clubjin rows along 3rd and 4th % which was held in Innisfil Town-|streets in this' well planned|ter Feeds Company, ship Park, at Alcona Beach,|park. Large expanses of close-| Street, has been transferred to} Lake Simcoe on Sept. 15-16. _|ly cropped green lawn; the tal erent as mananet os a ; birches under which the trailers ch recently purchas ES Fly AP ey -- parked; the shoreline of Lake|by Master Feeds. were not able to accept the | Saturday, newly completed King and Sim- coe streets branch of the To- jronto-Dominion Banks is opened. a of Oshawa will be taken Sept. 2, when the re- The ribbon across the door- |way of the bank will be cut at 3 }p.m. by Col. R. S. McLaughlin. Stuart Hall, manager of Mas-|He will declare the building of- Church/ficially open. ; A warm invitation is extended to the public to attend the cere. mony which will mark another step forward in the bank's his- tory in Oshawa. Following the ceremony visitors will be able to tour the building. Lun: served, ch will be Mayor Christine Thomas 'will extend greetings from the mu- nicipality and Hon. Starr, federal labor minister, will unveil a plaque commem- orating the occasion- Michael . Among the head office ofti-| cials who will attend are A. T. Lambert, president; A. E. Hall, general manager and L, C. £& Lawrence, assistant general | Simcoe pn Beles, oven ae Mr, Hall has been manager : 's invitation and it|¢lectrical hookups all helped to/of Master Feeds for the past Sor aise ntbetonnte that only|oost the enthusiasm of the Osh-/nine years. During this time, a.small portion. of the -member-|2W trailerites for this rendez-|he has been a member of the ~ | vous site, session of Westmount United | Church for several years and bad |POT LUCK SUPPER }was also « building chairman ine F | Picnic tables, set up between| While the new church was be-| \the trailers and resplendent in| ing built. . jbright coverings, were laden) He has been a member of the jwith a smorgasbord variety of/Oshawa Lions Club, Lebanon or eeping tempting dishes for the Satur-|Todge, AF and AM; the Osh- i day evening pot luck. These|awa branch of the Royal Cana- jdinners, so popular with the) dian Legion, and the First Osh- W. a er House" members, are planned by| awa Scout Group. At present he g | Wagers for three days racing) totaled $1,567 in an Oshawa "betting house', an OPP anti- gambling squad constable testi-/charge. The main subject up| fied Wednesday. Constable David Robert|the final outdoor gathering of) Almond was telling Oshawa magistrate's court of Sept. 11 on the home o! Starr, 865 Simcoe street south. Arthur Sureenus Forshee, of Oshawa, was jailed 30 days and! fined $2,000, or an additional| three months, when he pleaded} guilty to keeping a common bet- ting house at the Starr home. $200 OR 30 DAYS | the chairmen, Johnstone. Later, around the campfire, Refreshment Committee Garnet and Vera |the monthly pow-wow was held) with President Bill Kent in for discussion was the locale of the season. Grounds and loca- of the committee for the Thanksgiving weekend. : Two sites were found to be acceptable and before a final decision is reached, further in- lis second vice - president of the Ontario Retail Feed Dealers' | Association. | Mr. Hall came to Qshawa |from Arthur, Ont. He and his jfamily will soon move to | Georgetown. | William G, ;succeed Mr. Hall as manager a ratdjtions chairman, Ted Chapman,|of Master Feeds Company in f Donald|presented the recommendation! Oshawa. Mr. Laird has been an employee of this firm for the past five years and is well |known to their customers. | (Bill) Laird will manager of the Ontario division. Gordon B, Miles, manager of the branch, said the construc-| tion of the branch on the site of| the premises used for many}! lyears, took about 18 months. Driver Hurt When Auto quiries will be made. However,|Syd Taplin and Owen Reader giving Turkey dinner was un- was busily engaged recruiting ithe decision to hold a Thanks-|Played some 'close games. Although unable to attend for 'animous and Vera Johnstone|the weekend, Ron and Bev |Thompson, Harry and Pearl - Starr was fined $200, or 30 volunteers for the various tasks|/Blakely were Sunday visitors. days in jail, for permitting his|involyed in holding a dinner] With the addition of these premises to be used as a com-|such as was held outdoors in members a voting quorum was mon betting house. pleaded guilty. Starr's wife, Elva, who is For- shee's sister, pleaded not guilty to charges of kecping a common betting house, engaging in book- making and permitting her) premises to be used as a com-| mon betting house. Magistrate C. W- Guest remanded Mrs.) Starr to Oct. 3. | He had) Constable Almond said the friendly visiting was intersper-' gm Starr residence was raided at 1.55 p.m., Sept. 11. On the raid, he said, he was accompanied by Detective Sergeant Kenneth Young and Sergeant of Detec- tives William Jordan, of the Oshawa Police Department, as well as other members of the anti-gambling squad. FIND BETTING SLIPS Almond told the magistrate Forshee was seated at a tele- phone at the time of the "'war- ranted search', He said two calls were received while he was there, but nothing was said when the telephone was answer. ed. The constable said a racing form and betting slips were) found on the premises. He said) the slips covered Sept, 7, 10 and 11. The total number of horses; bet on, for the three days, was} 792. The amount of money) wagered was $1,567, he said. The court was told that the list- ed* horses. were running on) tracks in Canada and United) States. | Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck) said that a $350-per-day betting} house is considered an extensive) operation, so this was, "quite an' operation". ' Starr told Magistrate Guest he had just given his brother- denced at the horseshoe pits role Algonquin Park last year. With electricity available, movies of club activities were provided as part of Saturday's| |evening's program. The movies|warm welcome was extended |were those of Garnet Johnstone|to this new trailer family. |who acted as commentator-pro-| jectionist..- LIVELY BALL GAME The usual -small talk and sed this weekend with some sports activity. A lively ball game, with mixed teams, pro- ved to be very popular with spectators and players alike. Team 1, captained by Gordon Kent, was composed of Frank Ball, Bryan Reader, Dick Thor- ne, Garnet Johnstone, Owen Reader, Dale Shangraw, Clara Lavallee and Sharalyn Reader |while captain of Team Two, Stephen Ball, had Doc McEwen, Billie Crandall, Ray Webster, Syd Taplin, Ed Lavallee, Terry Shangraw, Ferne Ball and Phy- llis Johnstone with subs Betty Johnstone and Adrienne Taplin filling in. There seemed to "be some doubt as to the calibre of the players, particularly the malc members of the teams, how. ever, after six innings of laugh- filled play, the score was tied. The natural choice for umpire was the genial president, ' Bil! Kent, who acted in both capa cities as base and plate umpire His many close decisions seem- ed fairly split between the op- posing teams and the good-na- tured banter between. player and umpire added to the amuse- ment. FRIENDLY RIVALRY Friendly rivalry was also evi- inlaw approval on the betting)where Doc McEwen, Frank Ball, house, "for a short time". ' * Garnet Johnstone, Ray Webster, |reached and the club was able |to give official approval to the |membership application of Ger- ry and Viola Shangraw -and a jlated for the winter season of jindoor meetings. More news jabout time and place will be sens in: the club bulletin. Plans are now being formu. by | | Hits Ditch BOWMANVILLE (Staff) Provincial police report one man was slightly injured when his car struck the ditch at the intersection of Highways 2 and 35, about 6.40 p.m. Wednesday. The driver, Samuel Edward Nelson, of 18 Prestway street, Toronto, was treated at the Bowmanville Memorial Hospital Dr. H. C. Anfossi and re- leased. He told police the sun blinded him, The car was damaged ex- tensively. |senger car repair, \Harry A. Brown, GORDON B. MILES « During the construction period the branch has carried on busi- ness in the Alger Building, King Park Attendance © Shows Increase LINDSAY -- The lands and forests department bulletin is- sued here this week says a marked increase in camping in the five district provincial parks, up to 30 per cent in one) case, took place this year. | Most of the parks have report- ed normal or slightly increased attendance, hitting a peak late in July and tapering off towards exhibition time, except Emily Park, north of Omemee where a 25-per cent increase is re- ported. The parks close officially Sept. 30, but they are still open for the hardy camper, and in Dar- lington Park, near Oshawa, up to 1,000 skaters will congregate in December. Also.at Darlington and Pres- qu'ile Parks controlled duck and pheasant hunting on a special licence 'begins. Sept. 22 (for ducks), and Oct. 6 (for pheas- ants). X-20 Dynasoar Space Plane Street east. 14 GM Workers Retire On Pension General Motors of Canada Limited reports the retirement on pension of 14 Oshawa em- ployees. These men have com- pleted a total of 487 years. The following men are enjoy- ing their leisure time: Wilfred E. Baker, south plant paint department,' 40 years; William J. Drinkle, south plant chassis, 45 years; James W. Everett, south plant maintenance, 37 years; Laurence W. Boden, pas- 35 years; stamping plant, 43 years. Joseph Davies, truck body, 33 years; Robert J. Jordan, stamp- ing plant, 32 years; Charles S. Langfield, truck body, 31 years; Thomas A, Mulville, stamping plant, 18 years; Wilfred M. Ogden, plating department, 31 years; Clyde V. Platten, pas- senger car body, 35 years; James W. Rutherford, stamp- ing plant, 29 years; David H. Stratton, truck paint, 39 years and Herbert A. Wiley, passen-| Unveiled LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)--The weirdest - looking-space plane this side of science fiction was unveiled here Wednesday by the air force. It's the X-20 Dynasoar sched- uled to be blasted into a 100- mile - high orbit around the earth by a Titan III booster sometime in 1965. A model of the triangular shaped black space - glider, 35 feet long and 20 feet across, was shown publicly for the first time at the annual convention of the Air Force Association. The air force also announced the names of the first six men who will fly the X-20. The pi- lots, all from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., are Maj. Henry C. Gordon, 37; Maj. James W. Wood, 38; Maj. Rus- sell L. Rogers, 34; Capt. Albert H. Crews Jr., 33; and Capt. Wil- liam J. Knight, 33, all of the air force, and Milton 0. Thomp- son, 36, test pilot for the Na- tional Aeronautics and Space H. Hall, 1932-1941. C. Waite, 1941-1953. G. B. Miles, 1953. Chess Expert ToPlay Here N. W. Banks of Detroit, will conduct a Chess and Checker tournament at the Y.W.C.A. on Saturday, September 22nd, Play is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. This amazing individual corner of King and Simcoe streets, occupying main floor of a three-storey building, 26 ft. by 64 ft. built in 1875. 1912: Purchased the building and made major alterations. 1920: Purchase the adoining building to the west on King street making the total lot ap- proximately 52 ft. by 64 ft. 1921: utilizing the whole main floor. 1947: Light well 20 ft. by 25 ft. located in north-west corner of building incorporated into addi- ary quarters in the Alger Build- ing, 35 King street east, April 10, 1961. Building was torn down to make way for a new single- storey building. 1962: New buil to be offi- cially opened by R. S. Me- Laughlin, Saturday, September 22, 1962. Open for business Mon- fey morning, September 24, Alterations completed/1962 Other Oshawa branches of the Toronto - Dominion Bank are located at: 566 King street east and 532 Simcoe street south, 14 CONVICTIONS will match skills in simult: play with any chess or checker player who competes in this contest. Last June he_ encountered worthy opposition ey local chess players, since he lost- one game, won one only and drew the remaining eight games. Mr. Banks in checkers, won sixteen games and drew the remaining four games. This expert, now in his late seventies has excelled in checkers since the early age of thirteen years. During the late twenties he played Robert Stewart in Scotland for the world checker championship. In a 40-game series Stewart won two games, Banks won one game and 37 games were | drawn. The local Checker Club is also holding an opening wight at the CRA on Wednesday Sept. 26. All local and district players are invited to officially 1962-63 checker season"in Osh- awa. Special arrangements will be made to encourage weaker players to master the elemen- tary scerets of the silent game. Increase Transit Use Aim Of Metro TORONTO (CP) -- Only 20 per cent fewer cars would be on the streets of Metropolitan Toronto if public transportation were free, a study by Metro planning department has con- cluded. _ Faster service would have greater results in producing in- creased transit riding, Metro's Amount Fines levied for traffic viola- tions totalled $915 Wednesday when . Magistrate Crawford W. Guest presided in Oshawa court; There were, 14 convictions and four dismissals. Following is a list of convic- tions: James Warren Thaxter, 122 Thickson's road north-- $200 for failing to remain at the scene of an accident and $100 for careless driving. Helen Dryden, Brooklin -- $30 for speeding; John D. Skakie, Sunderland -- $75 for careless driving; David Brennan, Whit- by--$29 for speeding; Russell Bryck, Port Credit -- $35 for speeding. Edward Cauchi, Whitby -- $50 for speeding; William D. Gid- dings, 211 Albert street -- $75 for careless driving; Gordon Dupe, 114 Elgin street east -- $100 for careless driving. Harold Marlyn, 361 Bloor street east -- $50 for careless driving; Newton D. Woods, 1022 Simcoe street north -- $40 for speeding; Robin Alan MacKen- zie, 203 Oshawa boulevard south -- $25 for failing to come to a full stop. Reid Calvin Canning, RR 2, Oshawa -- $50 -for overflow of load; Neil Arthur Ingram, 270 Ritson road north -- $35 for failing to yield the right-of-way from a private driveway; John Wayne Craggs, 627 Montrave Planning staff reported. Traffic Fines To $915 the right-of-way from a private driveway- Dismissals .were .as-follows: -- J, Backstrom, n= He -- following too closely; Morris Steinberg, Torontor--di: ie obeying traffic signal; Rockney Ronald March; Westmount street -- careless driving; W: liam G. W. » Manilla -- careless driving. Police Seeking Gang Beating Survivor MONTREAL (CP)--Jim Gar- nerson, a husky 31-year-old Ed- monton man who survived @ brutal gang beating a, few nights ago ,today was still at large after escaping police cus- tody by walking calmly out of a courthouse. Garnerson had appeared in court Wednesday in connection with charges of breaking and entering, possession of a weapon and brandishing a fire- arm. Details of his escape were not clear. One court official said Gar- merson "'just got up, walked over to an elevator to the main lobby downstairs and took a avenue--$30 for failing to yield cruising cab outside." OPEN CLUBHOUSE Administration. For its flights, 'the X-20 will be carried aloft by a B-52 ger car body, 39 years. bomber. TRIBUTE TO ALEX G. | Storie, who played a leading | in the institution of Storie Park was paid at a dinner held Wednesday night 4 by the College Hill Neighbor- hood Association. Among those at the head table, from left, were Mrs, A. G. Storie, Alex' G, Storie, Mrs. George Bell, president of the College Hill Neighborhood Association | and Mayor Christine Thomas, | George Clark, first president | of the association and Fred Ellegett, who represented the Oshawa Parks Board. --Oshawa Times Photo College Hill Group Honors Alex G. Storie Members and past members of the College Hill Neighbor. hood Association paid tribute to Alex G. Storie at the official opening of the Storie Park Clubhouse Wednesday night. Her Worship Mayor Christine Thomas stressed the import- tance of education and recrea- tion for the young people of Oshawa and Canada. "Our children must have places to romp around and that is why our parks are so impor- tant," she said. "Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Storie the children of the -College Hill area have such a place." Mrs. Thomas. wished Storie Park the same success in the future that they have known 'in the past, "I hope everyone using the facilities of the park will live up to the high ideals) of Mr. and Mrs, Storie," she} concluded. FIRST PRESIDENT SPEAKS George Clark, first president of the neighborhood association, when it started in 1947, admit- ted he had a great deal to do with the forming of a recrea- tion program in that section: of the 'city. He related to the 70 guests aj short history of the formation of, Storie Park from the time he petitioned the area residents to the time he learned at a council meeting that Mr. Storie had donated his land for a park. "Mr. Storie did a great deal of good for this part of town," he said. "The Hill is thankful for what you did for them in giving your land," he told Mr. Storie. APPRECIATION VOICED Fred Ellegett, speaking on behalf of the Parks Board, ex- pressed his appreciation for the help given by the 'honored guest. He said the board has always enjoyed great co-opera- tion from the people of Storie ark, <6 Harold Cameron, past presi- dent of the association, said that on behalf of the executive and members' he would "'try to express his thanks and appre- ciation" to Mr. Storie for the active interest he has taken in the association. "He has shown real compre- hensive interest in everything we were doing. He has made himself available for discuss- ing'problems and giving ad- vice," said Mr. Cameron. He concluded by saying he believed Mr. Storie to be the best member of the association. Following the tributes given him, Mr. Storie demanded time to "defend himself"; He told how he purchased the land, now Storie Park, from Major Robert Dillan with an idea of building houses on the grounds, r "But I am glad of my deci- sion to donate the property for a playground," he said. He concluded. by saying he had derived more pleasure from the park than anyone else. Treasurer Ozzie Whitmee pre- sented Mrs. Storie with a bou- quet of roses. FINE PROGRAM Master of ceremonies for the evening, Peter Muzik, intro- duced the evening's entertain- ers, Miss Val Sidorow, accor- dionist and Miss Rosalind Coe, soloist, who was accompanied on the piano by Miss Carol Black. Flowers for the banquet tables were donated by Mr. and Mrs. R. Gilson, : Head table guests were: Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Storie; Mrs. George Bell, Mr. and Mrs. George Clark, Mayor Thomas and T. D. Thomas, MLA, Miss May Storie, Fred Ellegett, Parks Board; Ozzie Whitmee, treasurer, and Peter Muzik.