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Oshawa Times (1958-), 7 Aug 1963, p. 13

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ss . PR. eas HARRY RAMMLER, in- epector in the Ontario County Engineer's Depart- ment (right) admires the fine finish which can be achieved with the use of dry precast concrete curbs, which are being laid at Columbus, He is accompanied by Bob McCoy, president of Brook- lin Concrete Products Lid., suppliers of the curbing, ~Oshawa Times Install New Type Curbing In Village Of Columbus For the first time in Ontario County dry precast concrete is being used for curbs which are being laid in Columbus as part of the Oshawa Suburban Roads Commission highway improve- ment scheme in the village It is claimed that this type of concrete is superior to the wet cast concrete which poured into forms and that it can with stand a weight of 7,000 lb, per equare inch, Suppliers are Brooklin Con crete Products Ltd., who have installed the first hydraulic press in Canada for the manu- facture of curbs and paving slabs. Fielding and. Platt Ltd., of Gloucester, England, who ssupplied the press, have been selling those machines for 69 years to concrete products manufacturers throughout the is Harry Rammler, an inspector|was the only one of its kind in of were being used also in the County Engineer's. De- partment, told The Oshawa Times: "'During the winter the cold weather causes cracks on the surface of wet cast concrete and it completely. This type concrete has more that the freezing action has no ef spoils of strength and thawing fect on it "Tt so has been used for many It is also said to be but we will how il sidewalks more economical have to wait and goes see TESTS IMPRESSIVE Bob McCoy president 0 Brooklin Concrete Products, re ferred to engineering laboratory tests which had been made on After North America 300 those machines in Britain and there similar pres n Sweden, land, South Africa and tralia A reporter visited ind iw the in -operation, It slab Over were Po Aus es the fae tory press out a seconds concrete every the mix to maximum. den forcing out all excess water MANY INTERESTED Mr. McCoy said it tv crete, He had found, that many were interested Photo has been noted at the branch hydraulic can turn 35 A tremendous pressure years in Britain for curbs and|f 400 tons on the entire surface area of the curb or slab presses took some t time to convince people of the advantages of this type of con- however, n oi wa a eile ad She Oshawa Cimes SECOND SECTION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1963 PAGE THIRTEEN 3,008 APPLICANTS Oshawa Drivers On Increase Examiners at the Osha w ajissued in a 12-month period, In branch of the Ontario Depart-|the first six months of 1963, ment of Transport tested 3,008/70,000 were issued, applicants for driver's licences} Mr, Walters pointed out that in Oshawa from January to/this figure, which represents a June, /20 per. cent increase over last According to provincial statis-| year, includes for the first time tics, 38.5 per cent of these appli-|the quarter period plates which) cants could expect to fail their/are available for vehicles which} test on the first attempt. loperate for one or two quarters} "But many who fail come/of the year, and for trailers, | back a second time and are| Besides the work done in Osh- lusually successful," said L. G.jawa by Mr, Walters and his Walters, supervisor of the Osh-|staff, examiners travel regular. awa branch, ily to Cobourg and Port Hope, Mr, Walters said that by the/Every Tuesday they test driv end of the year, approximately jers in Cobourg and every Wed: five per cent more people will)nesday, drivers in Port Hope lhave applied for a driver -test/Last year 1500 drivers were than did during 1962, Last year,|tested in the two centres, the four examiners at the Osh-| When the examiners travel to awa branch tested 5,200 appli-|these points, they take with them) 'cants lall the equipment secessary for A more significant the inside test which involves a written examination, identifica tion of road signs and an eye test for visual acuity, All appli- cants must pass the inside test before attempting the driving lest increase number of idriver's licenses and vehicle jpermits issued this year as jcompared to 1962, Last year, 84,500 licenses and permits were Girls Show Fashions and gum awarded when girls at Kedron Camp held a fashion show last night, Mrs, 1 L.. Cotie office in the total Four Fire Calls Are Answered The Oshawa Fire Department had four fire calls during the ast 24 hours up to 9 a.m, to the aay 78 Candy were the Kiwanis prizes car grass to Simeoe street south fire, a Valencia avenue an Oshawa General Hospi alarm and to United Taxi to flush away spilled gas oline There were five routine ambulance calls The Oshawa General Hospi tal's emergency treatment de partment had nothing to report, Remand Pai the fire Friday Balser tal' false and Miss judges acted as The winners of the best cos tume for were Cath erine La Rocque and Rosalind Brisson; while the winners of prizes for the best all-round cos tume in camp were Susan Hughes, Nina Flight, Judy Giyede and Dorothy Raynsford camping The winners of other prizes Athletic Meet Held At Camp The girl campers at the Ked- ron Kiwanis Camp held a most successful tabloid meet last Saturday with all the athletes making a fine showing, The individual champions with their point scores were; Coral Rosa, 84 points; Helen Wright, 65 points; Karolyn M.,, 56 points; Lucy Bryzinski and Celeste Briggs, 54 points; Ber- neic Wright, 51 points, The top team, which amass- ed 242 points was made up of Christine B,, Nina Flight, Karo. lyn M,., Bernice W., Cindy -Cor- by, Velma Flight and Jane W, The scores of the other teams were? Team 4 -- izabeth Thomp- son, Arlene Uyede, Judy Uyede, Bank Of Construction of new premises) for the Bank of Montreal's Osh.) awa branch will begin shortly and should be completed by next March, according to James! McCansh, manager of the! branch, | Mr, McCansh said that the! new two-storey building, to be! Celeste Briggs, Pamela Arn. old, Linda Arsenault, Donna Wilson, 231 points, Team 6 -- Carol Rose, Doro- thy Raynsford, Kathy Wood, Elizabeth Hengsthe Susan Manelka, Carol Fleury, Sylvia Cosha, 239 points Team 5 Ethel TLarocque, Jane clough, Betty Dove, Dale La. rocque, Cathy Lavigne, Cathy Vantour, 226 points, Team 8 -- Susan Arnold, Bar- bara Mamelka, Susan Hughes, Rosemary Larocque, Barbara Fannin, Barbera Drumm, Bar. bara McGrath, 200 points, Team 7 -- Sandra Tompkins, Firefighters were called out Lucy Bryczinski, Patti. McLeod, counter 8] | tellers' wickets, There are eight office,;counts are supplied with specia!|Owen Sound, where he had been There will be two large coupon'envelopes by the bank, while'manager. Ginette St, Pierre. Suzanne Gag- non, Margaret Walke, Lottie W. 192 points Team 10 Catherine La rocque Gale Briggs, Carol Palmer, Robin M., Yvette Du- pont, Margaret Fraser, 487 points Team 2 Rosalind Brisson Susan Taylor, Joanne Dupont, Patsy Taylor, Linda Piney, Jackie T., Linda Donnelly, 175 points, Team 1 - Vida, Katy Dove, Rosemary Drumm, Gayle Hunt- er, Beth T., Beverley, -Rene 175 points Team 9 -- | Helen Wright,} Cols} the process and wanted to see In Custody Terry McKarvey located at the corner of Athol! and Simcoe streets, will be erected by Mollenhauer Con- tracting Limited, of Toronto,| junder plans prepared by Pent land and Baker, of Toronto, in consultation with J, B, Russell,| the bank's chief architect, | With an area of more than! 18,000 square feet, the new \building will enable the branch jto improve and increase its |facilities to keep pace with the growing demands for banking services in the Oshawa area, 'Mr, MeCansh said, | 12 TELLERS' WICKETS | Plans call for a streamlined with space for 12 wickets in the present Town Dump. Reserved For Residents BOWMANVILLE (Staff) Any- one who is not a resident of ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF BANK OF MONTREAL BRANCH Start Construction Soon Montreal Branch booths and three smaller booths|those with business accounts located close to a large steel-jare given canvas wallets. and - reinforced - concrete vault} The deposits are placed in the' for the convenience of safetyjenvelopes or wallets, which cas jdeposit box customers, A large|be placed in one of two conference room will be situ-jings in the face of the unit, ated on the mezzanine floor, The envelopes and wallets Attractively decorate d|siide down a chute into a safe throughout, the office will be/keeping unit inside the fitted with fluorescent lighting,|Where they remain until the an acoustic-tile ceiling, rubber-|0f M_is next open for busine tile flooring, and will be com-|The deposits are then processed pletely air-conditioned, |in the usual way, Additional fireproof storage|QpENED IN 1913 space will be located In the! pestablished in June, 1918, the basement for the bank's books! pank's first office here was lo- and records jeated in a former tailor's shop A parking lot for customers'jon Simcoe street, just a few cars will be located at the rear/doors from the present location, of the building, |The branch remained here until |1921, when it moved to a con- "AROUND-THE-CLOCK" verted store at the south-west DEPOSITORY jcorner of Simcoe and Bond jstreets, In 1980, the bank moved A special feature of the newitg its present building at 20 bank is an "around-the-clock" | simeoe-street north, This build: depository unit, which allows ing will be vacated on comple- both private and business cus-!tion of the new building early tomers to make deposits at any/next year. time, | Mr, McCansh, the manager, Customers with private ac-jcame to Oshawa in 1959, from Committee Sees London Arena The building committee of the chairman of the Auditorium Oshawa Civic Auditorium visit-|Committee, had much ed London Tuesday afternoon toior the work of the building view the new London Arena and|committee "who travelled at returned with many ideas to/their own expense and on their give to the architects of thejown time to gain ideas", -- two of the precast curbs, being immersed in water for hours the percentages of ab- sorption were 3.89 and 3.14 This compares with a normal/over 100 years ago, Mr. McCoy concrete curb, which would ab-/comes from Madoc, Ont., and sorb per cent of Was formerly in the cattle busi- water. ness with his father. He is a a 35-year-old married man and Mr, McCoy explained that it}nas one som and one daughter, was the water soaking into the) The business was started in a concrete which cracked it and small frame building on the that this type of precast mater. present site. It has. now been ial had a maximum density for replaced with a new factory concrete, and the company have another The machine which had been'works at Newmarket, which jset up at the Brooklin plant!was set up just over a year ago. Zosia Popko, Cheryl Richards,|Bowmanville and is using the BOWMANVILLE (Staff) --|Carolanne Richards, Jackie/facilities of the municipal dump world. SEQOND JOB This is the curbing job were: Best bathing suit -- C Moskal and Barbara F best costume for sports Taylor and Margaret Fraser, best formal gown Linda Smith, Barbara Drumm, Cath- erine Vautons, Robin Me- Karney, Dale Larocque, Rose- Mary Larocque, Cindy Corkey,/ Patsy Smith and Catherine La- rocque; best mational costume -- Zosia Popcorn and Pam Arnold, Most original gown -- Kathy igne and Kathy Dove; least expensive gown Barbara Spencer and Margaret Walk best dress for the future--Susan Taylor and Jackie Taylor; best old-fashioned gown -- Jo Anne Dupont and Lottie Wawezk wiecz 3 new Oshawa Civic Auditorium, | Money continues to flow inte o4 how it would stand up to dif- 'headquarters at a steady ra'e ferent weather conditions The company was established arolyn annin; utsy second precast undertaken by Brooklin Concrete Products The first was' the laying of 7,000 feet of curbing in Phase 2 of Richmond Gardens sub- division in Etobicoke, which was completed im June, R. E, Sims, Ontario County Engineer, is in charge of the work at Columbus. The general contractor is Miller Paving Ltd and the sub-contractor is Mel- Ron Construction Ltd., Whitby Fine Talks At Park Convention about seven et G,. Evans of the Staats Family | Goes To Court BRANTFORD, (CP) -- The Montreal men who took a "joy-Dove, Barbara Spencer, 174)had better begin looking for) Harry Gay, Bill Kurelo and), (ong + ride" at Po jneaths of the a. points another spot to empty his gar-/Ray Trew were | the members i Kelle" Vecuee tario Department of Highways -- bage, : who attended, They combinetl aione almost $2 300 was com were remanded in custody by e | bg Recs oagage Besa last a ety of = hockey | tributed and Robert Wilson, aur Magistrs 2 B. Baxter Tues- jnight to have a bylaw drawn upjadministration and engineering} cad 4 i yee it a eMiinsaptag Police Charge which would make it illegal forj/experience and were greatful to on Pe maiy ct Bi Pas | se e > Neare ; | S bs bh prt wa (Corrente, ee, cumpling, erect ct Lente et aioe Sane ila ai ic! vhich w carry -jan e pw me » Ebby}yay, oa Eboresanind pestle Motorcyclist |mum fine of $100 for offenders.|Bishop, who spent two and ro eebilierepren yor the a fleaded sully to W charee GF LINDSAY = Russell Mitbure | The motion was spearheaded/half hours taking them through) jahutions from industry due by theft of a tractor belonging to of aa AW a aiver af a trie We gag ere jad --" cena docs Con Target day Aug. 31, the t f a tract sng awa, , ~ Wes 0c, |struction, TA Pt mini. ~~ Department of Highways: /eycle which struck the left side; Councillor Hooper stated that] Features of the buildin 8! dolla ey Of one, millieg Neither of the men spoke anyiof a car near Cameron Mon-/he and Councillor Fice had gone|which may be incorporated in ier mit o reece, n Sal pled ge egg Pose day afternoon has been charg-jto the dump on separate Occa-\the new auditorium are ter) 14 Dee "hen peter ~-- rie _ . ' . a Yied with failing to remain at the/sions on. complaints that gar-jraces for the seats which are Oshawa Hawke: ft The gg SEO scene of an accident and care-'bage was being burned there/pre-cast and derricked on to the tanto Junior Football Om OPP testified that on Money| Oe oues and that the smell was stifling,/steel, It was explained that thisioncog 'continue their Sup reid Bs he Asis ie dhcp Police said the motorcyclist,; He said that the fires were provides speedier construction workouts at the Kinsm Me hiteh hiking alone Wishes 461 nag on Highway ee a Hyg Works De- and they are just as effective, |morial stadium and p (oe " ea yates alee m the tran.[oe he eft side of a car;partment, of private citi) 'The committee also viewed! p; j 2 forge tha geting Basin driven by George Grant of)zens who use the dump at night, | different types of seating and elgg os >. pdoag 4 Davenport read, Toronto, A fol-) 'And we found that the peo-|were advised to cut down the 16. against Kitchener Wat te 2 when thev Funniest costume -- Beverley |! parked interest- nS A number of very ing addresses and discuss! were heard by Herbert B superintendent of Oshawa Pa and Fred Ellegett, a forme member of the Oshawa Parks Board, at the llth annua! con vention of the Ontario Parks Association. The convention was held at the Prince Arthur Hote! in Port Arthur Aug. 1 to 4 At Friday's session the a gates were welcomed by May Saul Laskin. The nit ad dress was delivered by H. Pa sons, director of the Lakehe Planning Board. S. Wylynko the International Business chine Co., spoke on in efficiency through sis. The members and the were taken on a tour city parks and the Paper Co. mill following whic! yY 1 Ma reased COSi anaiy r wives of the rovincia GM Workers : On Pension 'General Motors Limited, has announce: urement on pension Oshawa employers ers with the which they worked years of service arr Louis Bradica, North Maintenance, 22 years A Campbell, Purchasing partment, 28 years; Artho Childerhose. South Plant spection, 37 years; Hans ( derichsen. North Plant tenance, 35 years; Gordon A Drew, Purchasing rte 44 years; Arnold S$ and Hardware, §S den Plant Body, 2% years; George A. Ed- mondson, North Plant Mainten- ance, 29 years; Thomas J. ( fiths, North Plant Inspect M year ovd T nsten, KR Assembly, 42 years: J Judge, Track Line, Nort? a M% years; George W. Ke: Truck Line, North Plant, years; George D. Maloney Parts Department, 4 James. Pickup, Treck North Plant, 4 y R, Roddick, Mat 41 years; Arnold Truck Body, North P years; Thomas Whitsitt Chassis, North Plant, 35 years K Main- 5h he -delegates hibits of bers At the Saturday session J Simpso ogram director Radio Station CFPA, gave an addre public relations This was followéd by a talk by R, MecHattie, director of: the 'lopment t h of the De. tment of I viewed the exX- ate mem. the associa of ss on 3 t ake of a maximum of 300,000 Cors rvation. authority 3 accommodate 70,000 for day use are eonle Some 60,000 ommodated 1 zanized areas W 000 can be put in overflow Mr. Roberts commented *t 30 per cent s in the last 'da tour of Fort ppewa Park, Mount McKay (the Ojibway Indian Reserve) .and the Kakebcka Falls Provincial Park The speaker at the lnner was G..H. Burke, a resi of Port Arthur more 30 years and a member of th rks board for many years park, named in his honor, ug. 4, inc Wiliam, Ct closing for . was opened later in the day. Two Injured 3-Car Crash On Highway 401 ~ Two n a three-car way 401 Tues rm about two miles of Whitby Miss Obwen I WHITBY (St ) peo were injured H Sureet, Tompson, Betty Dove, Dove; best pair (two costumes) Gale Hunter and Elizabeth Hengstberger, Sandra Tompkins and Viola Morey; : best footwear arbara Memeika and Velma tht; best jewellery -- lor and Suzan Gagnon;. best (he etc.) -- Mar Fraser and Carol-Ann Richards Staats family carried "'togeth erness" to court Tuesday Raymond . Staats fathér im- Jo the was fined $225 and costs for driving. His of 18 aired wife sephine. mother aid $10 for hildren Ss Transient Worker Jailed 3 Years (CP)--Henr rbrooke, Que transient worker tobacco harvesting job wed Tuesday to three in penitentiary after pleading guilty to breaking into three homes in the nearby Delhi-Courtiand d Friday ' Mi his! SIMCOE Latu S ati Struggie n was kicked The father speed when arrived nvest a- second disturb nd he was charged whict in the stom took off at high police to : = --t WHNEY be A ioe the tractor shoulder of out | oppe stable th ne actor wa k ng Ma the men veh ad that t was i V "T am of guilty e un nev Jackie cast of Bowmanville He said that the men drove oo, eastbound along the). id highway th ret} astie ey by Con OPP rs ft criminak code tor ft of such ry: se US "ld wit we the Fr ~ did not want to tn 1 Fee " ed to the only .took by tired advised , Ww ving car was forced to the ilder of the road, police The car travelled down a steep embankment into a ditch Police estimated damage to the cars at $850 h re Milburn was arrested in the area and returh scene of the % ent Const, James Plumbtree Damage to the motorcycle was estimated at $250, Driver of the nvolved was Steven of Corbett avenue, enelon Falls 0 yiher car * Wolovets Toronto a vehicle - oing to enter on this charge," WE'RE SNAP HAPPY TORONTO (CP) -- Canadians n>! will take 250,000,000 photographs ple of Bowmanville are not the offenders," he continued "We found evidence that those responsible are from the Town- ship, We came te this decision when we found out-of-town ad dresses On papers near garbage dumped in roadways," Councillor Fice explained that he hoped the dump could contin- ue to be kept open after hours 'He also hoped that some sort of co-operation could be reached between the Town of Bow- manville and the Township of Darlington on the matter. The council moved to instruct the clerk to draw up a bylaw which would give the counci tinued His Worship. . Th ¥ cerjin 1963, the Canadian Imperial/the power to prosecute in court the tract is to drive itits July 'newsletter, "Seven out tainty All: they unt t The )OV-T hicle cou couldn't ul for "RETARDED CHILDREN ATTEND S to dren given . every sday Thursday from Only seve th enholme . on During next month or so lessons are te be 3 holiday. In u tesson the aim was simply to get the ch n the wa n this by ing part 0 th ran out of gas was refit -ranspor of reduced ® ve-/ duction tation Bank of Commerce predicted in 10 Canadians: now own a o camera," the letter said. Pro- of Canadian photo. ic equipment brings t $30,000,000 annually. WIMMING CLASSES sed to being be oan tdren are 3 good n clors and in ¢ re of the chi any non-resident of Bowman- jville who uses the dump. ml Small Crowd : 'At Concert Cool breezes and clear skies brought out an audience num bering over 400 for a concert held at the Memorail Park bandshell Tuesday night The Bernard Tierney Orches- tra of Oshawa gave another concert in the series under the sponsorsrip of General Motors of Canada and the Radio and the Toronto Musicians Associa ition which Les Over the iLook Me ls Rrown | ollowed by jarrangement iThe ll-member orchestra con: jtinued with Mack the Knife and ; jthen Jungle Drums, } Twe South American num jhers, Jealousy, a tango, and iSway, a rhumba, were next on jthe program, A medley of tunes featuring soloists of the arches jtra was then heard The next part. of the i 1 pro | ' igram began with C'est Si Bon' continued with 4 A tribute. to ispensers was then fF My -Merry Oldsmobile and i doo. Hoo he =O In ayed, A novelty. number was then heard, Love.and Marriage, after which guest soloist Kea Stee of Toronto was featured, Tez far Two was played after which Night Train followed he next selection Cha for Judy and the f » item was I Feel Pretty m concluded with of the Nationa jAnthem. € The program opened with Hey : was was Chaett proposed aisle space at ground with all proceeds going to the level to add more seats. This auditorium. was suggested in view of the! The opening game last season fact that spegtators in the pro-lagainst the same team drew posed Oshawa Civic Auditorium 1500 fans to the stadium ané move from. an upper level tne auditorium committee ex downwards to their seats pressed gratitude to the foobald FE, R, S, "Dick" MeLaughiin,|club for their unselfishness, } Plan To Probe' Fine Driver Testimony ROWMANVILLE (Statt) =A $75, Costs Port Hope man had charges of speeding dismissed by Magis- a eo trate R. B. Baxter here Tues-| BOWMANVILLE (Staff) < ay .but was: warned that his The next time William Keith testimony would de thoroughly Henderson, of Lively, Ont, Cruel with, perjury it it (@8 Sudbury) thinks: hie eae check out : is being followed he is not like Constable Louis Phillips. testi-)iy to try to outrua #, fied that a car driven by Wes- as fined ley Kelly of Port Hope passed Psapp Be $6 and him on King' street east and) Costs oF ays in jail by Ma- continued at a speed in excess gistrate R. B. Baxter Tuesday of 40 miles per hour, He said on a charge of careless driv that when the Kelly vehicle! ing reached the town limits it at.) > jained a speed of 62 miles per The charge arose out of a chase which Henderson led : testified that he passed OPP Constable Schultz on the the ice cruiser at a speed of) 33; 3 yaly 32 miles per hour and that jmight of August third. Re he never exceeded 51 miles per Constable -- Schultz testified hour, even after reaching the that on that night he noticed a petiatig vehicle proceeding through Newcastle at a high rate of speed, He said that he followed the car only te give the driver that perhaps my was not working so I made an appoint- : at with Chief Graham of the)? Warming Hope Police to have it) "When! came up behind the by radar." Kelly ex. car it teok off and kept gainiag 5 on me," the constable related, fast but actually "Thea as I was giving chase " ~ T saw the car parked beside the - @ passenger jn Toad and then saw two youths also testified that get out-of it and run through y did not exceed the speed the bushes t. He that he was) "The left-front tire was blowa w speedometer allon the car, so I had it towed the {me and that the speedsim. The next day Henderson described by Kelly in his testi'came for his car and admitted m wer ct that he was the driver." When Magistrate Baxter ask- nderson to account for his ct, Henderson claimed that he didn't know it was a pelice car behind him". fier I saw the Mashing red ." he continued, 'I figured var checked 22, T bad done so much ab " sy PERG that I had better try away "There is no excuse for this type. of conduct," -commentet Ws Worship Henderson -was given twe jweeks to pay his fine. speedom "ked ained "It was not le slow said ret your with €

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