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Library Circulation Up 40,000 In 1963 Reports covering a most suc- cessful. year were presented when the Oshawa Public Li- brary Board held its meeting this week. Laurence Savery was reappointed as chairman and, Miss appointed urer. Miss Fetterly, in her report to the board, voiced regret at the passing of Rev. Dr. George Telford who was a member of the board for 23 years. She noted that business was Jean Fetterly was re- as secretary-treas- kept the library staff busy on Friday afternoons. The addition of 143 new books, as against 53 during the previous year, has made the hospital library an up to date and well-stocked branch. Thirty-eight visits were made to the hospital with 851 paper backs, 284 non-fiction and 695 RETRAINING PRO- of power sewing are seen THE GRAM for unemployed men and women, which is conduct- ed five nights weekly at the McLaughlin Collegiate and Vo- cational Institute, this year offers courses in power sew- ing, machine shop, commer- cial and academic upgrading. In top left picture, students working under Mrs. Edith Trimble, standing centre, who is head of the course. Sixteen students use eight power sew- ing machines, In centre photo, an instructor and student are seen at work in the machie shop. Both are wearing safety glasses, which all 11 students in the course are required to wear. At top right, students of the commercial course con- centrate on improving speed and accuracy in typing. All 54 students attending the retrain- ing program hope to find em- ployment in April or May. --Oshawa Times Photos The Oshawa Times SECOND SECTION SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1964 PAGE NINE fiction books circulated. In ad-| dition 1,238 periodicals and 3,068| other items were circulated. Three hundred and thirty-six dollars was spent on new books and $200 was donated by the CIRCULATION AT ALL-TIME HIGH Figures announced today for The Oshawa Times by Boys Find Grenade RN Tg ASS ORB Retraining Classes Are Shrinking Here One Oshawa businessman)f: would like to go out of business. He is Cecil Jensen, assistant director of the adult retraining program at McLaughlin Col- legiate and Vocational Institute. Mr. Jensen would prefer fewer customers because this would|5 indicate a good employment situation in Oshawa. In fact the number of un- employed people taking the classes has. dwindled to less}; than half last year's figure. George L. Roberts, director of the program, attributes this to ull-time heads the While the technical courses do teacher, class, provide some academic training in Basic English and mathe- matics, the course in academic upgrading is designed for the ingle purpose of bringing stu- dents to the completion of Grade 8 " Students in all courses attend chool 30 hours a week, from 4.45 p.m. to 11.15 p.m., Monday 0 Friday. Twelve teachers con- duct the course, four full-time and eight part-time. Projects taken on by the district, $15 per week for @ single person Uving at home, and $25 a week for a single per- son living away from home. Fi- nancial assistance is avail- able in the form of Tates on Oshawa bases. Living allowances, teachers' salaries, and operation costs are paid for entirely by govern- ment grants with no cost to the City of Oshawa, The government pays the students directly while the Oshawa Board of Education pays operation costs. The board is then reimbursed by the gov- ernment, Women's Hospital auxiliary. BOYS' AND GIRLS' DEPT. The work of the boys' and girls' department was marked- ly increased during the year. In addition two new ventures were an improved employment situa- tion and good weather which has made winter construction pro- jects possible. Total enrolment in the power sewing, academic upgrading, machine shop and, commercial brisk during the whole year. There was a considerable in- crease in circulation with the * total, including books, periodi- cals, pamphlets, records and films, amounting to 409,279. power sewing group include the making of clothing which are given to the welfare department for distribution. It is planned that the welding class will con- struct bicycle racks for use by! One stumbling block in the way of the retraining program is a Jaw against teachin courses which are considered "designated trades". These in- clude electrical shop, building Circulation Manager Robert Young show the newspaper, as of Dec. 31, had a circu- lation of 20,355 -- the high- est in its history. Readers of the newspaper At School _ A hand grenade or railway le 40,064 INCREASE In 1963 the adult department loaned 207,128 books, an in- crease of 15,003 over 1962. The children's 168,909 books, an in- crease of 8,108. The bookmobile had a circulation of 23,326 for the first full year of its opera- tion. The library's total circula- tion was 399,453, an increase of|Moon Spinners" by Stewart and 40,064 over 1962. It was stressed by Miss Fet- terly that March and showed the largest circulation during the year. Summers are usually low but in 1963 the rate) was particularly high in July and August. In August 18,543 books were loaned compared with 16,491 in August, 1962 and 8,612 in 1952. In October, 1963, the circulation was 19,233 com- pared to 16,817 in October, 1962 and 9,673 in October, 1952. The total circulation of 300,453 for 1963, she noted, had made great strides since 1952 when it was 180,695. The work of the reference room staff, it was noted, con- tinued to be varied and demand- ing. Its increased. use by the public has made it necessary to man the reference desk three evenings a week as well as dur- ing the day. Even the Christ- mas and Easter holidays gave little respite with collegiate and university students continuing as heavy users of its facilities The number of reference books in stock at the end of 1963 was 3,637; an increase of 182 over 1962. CLASS VISITS During the year 26 Grade 9 classes made appointments to visit the library during the fall. Three classes had to postpone their visits due to the sickness of thier teacher. There are now 3,567 books in the Youth Room of which 1,412 are fiction and| 2,155 non-fiction. This is an in- crease of 262 books over 1962. It was reported the library now has 21,000 registered adult borrowers with a wide variety of interests. The book for which there was the largest demand during the year was "Seven Pil-/082 compared with 56,804 in|Cjeveland, Ohio, lars of Wisdom" by T. E. Law- rence. Other books in steady de- LAURENCE SAVERY The Fisherman" by West, "The "The Glass Blowers" by Du- Maurier, The controversial "'Si- Octoberjlent Spring' by Rachel Carson stimulated much interest. The novels of Ian Fleming enjoyed a run of popularity during 1963 and at the end of the year Peter Newman's "Renegade in Power" was the book in great demand. ' During the year the catalogu- ing department handled 3,742 accessions and 1,501 withdraw- als for the main library and 853 accessions with two withdraw- als for the bookmobile. During June a complete inventory of the 47,117 books in the main li- brary was taken. MUSIC ROOM One hundred and, eighty-six records were purchased for the music room during the year. records were included. Four old records were withdrawn. The present stock stands are 1,739 dition of 33 pieces of sheet music brought the total in this category. to 581. |. Miss Isia Scott, in her report jon the film library, states that ithe time may be at hand when |the budget should be increased jto improve the service being jgiven. She points out that. the \library's own collection and the |circulating. blocks have been jused over and over again to provide films for the Children's |Film Hour and it cannot be ex- |pected they will show the same jenthusiasm indefinitely. | There were 1,190 showings of films during 1963 compared with [1,143 the previous year. The ap- |proximate attendance was 59,- 1962. HOSPITAL BRANCH One hundred and twenty-nine monaural records and 38 stereo monaural and 76 stereo. The ad- undertaken. One evening in Oc- tober an open house was held for the teachers of all the public and separate schools. The Sat- urday Morning Club was intro- duced for children eight to 12 years with a view to introducing them to some of the fascinating and rewarding hobbies they might pursue with the assis- tance of expert advice. Staff members told stories to 50 Saturday morning gatherings of little children, gave book talks, gave talks to 471 classes and spoke at seven home and school meetings. The- boys' and girls' depart- ment has 11,837 members. Its circulation during the year was 168,909, in addition to 895 peri- odicals, BOOKMOBILE It is reported the circulation from the bookmobile totalled 23,326. One hundred and ninety- one stops were made. The book- mobile had 130 adult and 459 juvenile registrations. Two hundred and ninety-two adult and 561 juvenile books were purchased for the book- mobile during the year. The present stock is 3,078 books. The statistical report of the library reveals there were 21,- 458 adult and 11,837 child mem- bers. During the year receipts total- led $137,008.63; while expendi- tures totalled $139,064.66. Among the larger items of revenue were the municipal grant of $113,159.38; a provincial grant of $11,086.93; $4,080 from the board of education and $8,182.32 from desk receipts and rental of the auditorium. Among the larger expenditures were $22,- are served by 368 carriers, 152 dealers and contract drivers. Trucks delivering the newspaper travel 487 miles each publication day. The Oshawa Times is a member of The Audit Bu- reau of Circulation. Officers Of Mutual Aid Are Named Ontario County Fire Mutual Aid Association held its annual election of officers, Friday night, in Oshawa. The new officers are: Murray Russell, fire chief South East Pickering, president; Tom Gra- ham, Cannington, north vice- TO SPEAK HERE Gordon A. Currie, national president of the Canadian Di- abetie Association and himself a diabetic for 34 years, will be the speaker when the Osh- awa and District Diabetic Association holds its meeting in McLaughlin Hall, Oshawa General Hospital, Wednesday evening, Jan. 22, Mr. Currie helped found the first branch of the association in Ottawa and served as its president for three years. president; Bob Scott, fire chief Pickering Village, south vice- president; John Fi Pick- ering, secretary-treasurer. Harold Bryant, new Fire Chief at the Gerrard road Fire Hall, was presented with a white chief's hat by Bill Bowes, sales| representative Safety Supply Company. The Oshawa group of the Emergency Measures Organi- zation put on a display of spe- cial rescue equipment packed so the men can carry it on their backs. The group explained that after a bomb has been dropped it would not always be possible to get to trapped people with trucks, and rescuers will have 125.28 for books; $92,170.75 for salaries and $4,383.13 for sup-| plies. : | MAY HOLD HEARINGS | WASHINGTON (AP)--A U.S. senate commerce subcommittee decided tentatively Friday to hold hearings in Toledo and Detroit and Baltimore in its study of trans- | portation problems on the Great ito carry their own equipment. ljevers, auxiliary lighting equip- The pack contained jacks, ment and portable pumps. The next monthly meeting of the Mutual Aid will be held at Brougham Feb. 21. They meet in Oshawa every 13 weeks. Guests of honor at the meet- ing were Don Roberts, Brooklin; Joe Reed, assistant EMO Co- ordinator and Tom Jarvis, in- mand were "Travels with Char-) The éxpanding services of the|Lakes and St. Lawrence Sea- ley" by Steinbeck, "Shoes of|Oshawa General Hospital havelway. | structor from the Fire Mash- al's Office. shiz meeting of Kingside Park Association will be held Sunday, Jan, 19, from 7.30 to 9 p.m, in the Woodview Park Clubhouse, Cadillac avenue north. In order to increase the attendance, the association is offering a door prize of $5 cash. that the Ted Bathe Night is being held tonight at CRA Hall. The presentation of awards will dancing and refreshments. Park Group Meets Sunday The monthly general member- The December euchre was| held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Wetherup. It was de.) cided the January euchre would ibe held Saturday, Jan. 25, the home of Mr, and Mrs. Glen Lavender, 570 Dean avenue, at 8 p.m. at All members are reminded Awards be followed by The executive reminds the bers that if enough interest OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL CANDY STRIPERS HONORED FIFTY-six Candy Stripers, who have served more than 50 hours at Oshawa General Hospital helping out nurses, were honored Friday night at a ceremony at the hospital. Eight, who had served over 200 hours each were present- ed with silver braceltes. They are pictured above, left to right, are Joyce McLaughlin, Antoinette Weterkamp, Linda Joyce Hooper and Johnston, Marie Pollard and right (standing) Donna Cle-. ment, Lynda Cairnes. Seated, left to. Susan Baxter. uy is shown by the entire member- ship, it can begin:its canvas for funds for Kingside Park Club- house, Drive Chairman Is Appointed General Sir Neil Ritchie, pres- ident of the Ontario Council of St. John Ambulance, today an- nounced that Thomas H. Scott, of Brooklin, will head up the appeal for funds in the Whitby area. When making the announce- tient, Genera] Ritchie said: "Although the St. John Ambu- lance Brigade in Whitby was only formed a few weeks ago, they are already making great contributions in community ser- vice to the people of the area. Many locations across the proy- ince realize the value of having these trained first aiders in their hours of community service they give without charge. "The Whitby Brigade needs money 'to obtain the equipment they need to keep them pre- pared and I am sure that the citizens of Whitby will con- tribute generously to this onc a year appeal." midst and appreciate the many) '| torpedo was discovered by four Oshawa boys returning to school early Friday afternoon. The boys, all students at the T. R. McEwen Senior Public school, Wilson road south, were walking beside the CNR tracks at the back of their school. George Sebris, of 243 Huron street, was kicking at the ground when he came across the object, The boys went back! to look at it and Larry Farrow, 391 Oshawa Boulevard south, said they should leave it alone as it looked like a grenade. The two others present at the dis- covery were Richard Haight and Gary Cooper. When the boys returned to school the incident was reported to the principal and the police and fire department were noti- fied immediately. Within a few minutes an official from the fire department came to take charge until the arrival of police. The object was taken to the armories where it will remain until next week when it will be demolished by the Ontario Reg- iment. At present there is no explanation for its presence. Four hundred students from the .T. R. McEwen school hunt- ed through the school yard and along the tracks Friday night, but no more similiar objects were found. | Auto Smashes Store Window WHITBY (Staff) -- An auto, driven by Mrs. Jean Derry, 306 Rosedale drive, Whitby, caused $600 damage Friday evenin when it collided with the front of a store in the Blair Park Shopping Centre. The plate glass window of the store as well as the wall of the Midget Market Grocery were damaged in the accident. Wit- nesses. said the vehicle was travelling very slowly when the accident occurred. Constable James Wilson of the Whitby Police Department investigated. courses is 54 men *#&d women. 50, and in education from less|¢; fifth course, welding, will begin within the next week. Mr. Jen-|j sen said more registrations for all courses except power sewing would be welcomed. "Fifty per cent of the original power sewing class is now em- ployed by General Motors, the capacity of 16, and there is a waiting list," said Mr. Jensen. Two GM foremen teach the class part-time the way General Motors wants the girls to per- form and Mrs...Edith Trimble, Oshawa schools. Will there be jobs for these They range in age from 18 to/students. when they complete heir courses in May? Mr. Jen- than Grade 8 to Grade 10. Alsen said that, since the program started in 1960, more than 300 obs have been taken by gradu- ates. "We consider the course a success if 50 per cent of the stu- dents are placed in jobs," said Mr. Jensen. During the period of instruc- class has filled again to its|tion, students are paid a living allowance which Mr. terms This amounts to $30 per week for a married person living in Oshawa, $40 a week for a mar- ried 'person living outside the "surviving allowance', Jensen construction, masonry and auto mechanics. Mr. Jensen believes many more unemployed persons would attend retraining pro- grams if they could study trades such as these, "What person would want to be retrained to perform a job that did not interest him?" pointed out Mr. Jensen. If any of the courses offered at MCVI for adults are of inter- est to unemployed people in Oshawa, they should call the school and speak to Mrs. M. Tessier, advises Mr. Jensen. An interview at the Nafional Em- ployment Service office, could result in a placement in one of these courses. $700 Damage In Accidents More than $700 damage' was estimated to have been caused in two traffic accidents in Ogh- awa late Friday and early Satur- day. 1964 Tax Bills Are In The Mail | More than 18,000 interim tax bills are in the mail today and An estimated $500 damage was/taxpayers should be receiving volved in a collision on Olive avenue, east of Albert street Fri-|¢; day. Tadeusz Gardzinski, 22 of 308 Jackson avenue, was the driver of a vehicle which was involved in the crash with a car driven by Albert Calhoun, 21, of 323 Wilson road south. Both cars were east bound at the time of the accident. An es- timated $200 damage was done to the rear of the Gardzinski car and an estimated $300 damage was caused to the front end of the Calhoun vehicle. Anthony Joseph Larocca, 20, of 306 Windsor avenue, was in- volved in a crash early this)j morning as he drove into the driveway at his home. The other vehicle was driven by Noel Alfred Henning, 21, of 19 Sandra street east. The Henning vehicle was south bound at the time of the acci- dent, Larocca was north bound before making the turn into the entrance. An estimated $150 was done to the right front and door of the Larocca car an an esti- mated $125 damage was done to the front end of the Henning changed: one bill. before April. 20, done to two cars which were in-|them early next week. Four payments will be called his year, as opposed to five in 1963, and they will be equally divided: two on the interim bill and two on a second bill to! be issued (in May) when the mill rate is known. This first bill will be based on one-half of last year's mill rate of 37, computed on a prop- erty's latest assessed value. In most cases, these first two payments will amount to about half last year's total tax bill. Payments are due in February and April. A second bill will be mailed in May when the new mill rate has been used to compute the difference between the total amount owed and what has al- ready been paid, Any local im- provement charges due will be included on this second bill. Payments: here are due in June and September. Business tax procedure is un- due on or Taxes may be paid at any bank or trust company in Osh- awa this year: Service charge car. is 10 cents. No bills listing ar- rears, or with installments past the due dates, will be accepted. The cit; oe to save an es- timated $0; by getting tax money in the city treasury early in the year; and reducing the amounts which have to be bor- rowed to keep the city going. No discounts are being paid this year for early or full pay- ments. First and second tax pay- ments for those in Wards One, Two and Three are due Feb, 8 and April 1, respectively. (Wards One and Two are bounded by Rossland road on the north, the west city limit on the west, Bloor street on the south and Simcoe sreet on the east. Ward Three is bound- ed by Rossland road on the north, Simcoe street on the west, King street on the south and the east city limits east). on For those in the rest of the the city (Wards Four, Five and Six) installment-due dates for the first two payments are Feb. 10 and April 6. The two payments on the sec- ond bill: Wards One, Two and Three: due dates June 1 and Sept. 1; Wards. Four, oe June 8 and Sept. MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION SEES RESCUE EQUIPMENT A display of rescue equip- ment was held by the Oshawa Emergency Measures Organ- ization at the monthly meet- ing, Friday night, of the On- tario County Fire Mutual Aid Association in Oshawa, EMO Reseue Instructor Pete Matthews, is pictured helping Oshawa Fire Chief Ray Hobbs with a rescue pack while Tom Jarvis, an instructor from the Fire Marshal's office and Dick Nicholson, past-president of the association, look on. Oshawa Times Photo