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| ee CITY HALL IS HUB OF OSHAWA'S BUSY MUNICIPAL WORLD NEAR OSHAWA Steel Firm Plans $7,000,000 Plant With industrial sites between|width-depth, and have a maxi-|said, meant that one furnace load is pushed through continu- ously, at the rate of about forty Toronto and Hamilton fast fill-| ing up, the eastern end of The} Whether used immediately or| mum length of 17 feet. Golden Horseshoe is the logical|stored, these ingots will ulti-|tons in less than an hour. area for sustained development) during the next 20 years. | From Toronto,e ast to Bow-| manville (nine miles east of Oshawa) Industria] Commission. mately be placed in a_ reheat) oven at 3000 degrees Fahren- heit. They are then ; into their prescribed (by cus- ers, town and township Com-/tomer demand) shapes in the transformed | Mackie Has It was explained that this pro- leess minimized the losses that occur' in cropping and sheering lto less than one per cent, and lthat it. offered a variety of sizes} lin the molds more closely en-) Regiment Has Busy Program Annual training which began in September 1962 culminated at the end of the training year at Camp Niagara where the On- tario Regiment concentrated for armoured, rescue and wireless training. Early in July some 45 high school students joined our Student Militia Training Pro- gram and underwent five weeks of intensive training under. the direction of Major Dawson as course commander with 2nd Lt. Anderson as his second in com- mand, Most of the members of the course qualified in their var- ious subjects and most have be- come members of the Regiment. A variety of special courses were attended by members of the unit during the year to qual- ify themselves for higher rank. Captain Clive Thompson, "A" Squadron Commander success- 'fully completed his field offi- cers' course at RMC and Major fiClarke and Captain Tigglers completed their staff course at this same institution. Troopers Z. Trubels and J. G. Kehoe com- pleted a three-week junior NCO course at Camp Borden. SIX TO TRAINING Six members of the unit were attached for training to the Sec- ond Canadian Infantry Brigade| Group of the regular army at) Camp Gagetown, New Bruns-| wick, during one week in July. These were Lts. Hall and Mainds and Sgt. Cottrell who were with "'C" Squadron of the 8th Canadian Hussars and Lt. R. M. Johnston and Sgts. MacLean and Griffiths who were with --Photo by Ireland Studio | Fine Service | More than 2,500 Oshawa and| district families made use of Mackie Van and Storage service last year, | Many of them took advantage | of an additional service provid-| ed by Mackie in the form. of 10,200 square feet of storage space at the recently construct-- ed warehouse. Here, at 477 Bloor street west, careful workers employ the most modern methods and equipment in handling the stor- age of furniture. Agents for North American /Van Lines which has 1,200 such lagencies on. the continent, |Mackie Van and Storage has it- self expanded in recent years. They have a branch office and RHQ of this same permanent force Regiment, The Regiment was visited dur- ing the year by Col. Morrey Salmon (retired) of our affiliate unit The Welch Regiment. Col. McLaughlin, Honorary Colonel of the Regiment, entertained prior to a mess dinner at which Col. Salmon spoke at some} length of our association with! this famous British Regiment. During the year the Regiment had several exercises designed to train all ranks in National Survival work. and Major Hebb as commander of the Survival Column was able to put his peo- ple in the field to test their knowledge. | Present training for all ranks jconsists of special courses in |wireless and armoured subjects. \Emphasis is being put on ar- }moured training as we look for- |ward to a summer camp at |Petawawa, long the battle the- jatre for simulated tank tactics. The Regiment looks forward to getting back to this area after several years absence, Camp is presently scheduled to run She Oshawa Sines "OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1964 Dodd, Souter Top Service The Dodd and Souter Decor Centre in Whitby offers a "one- stop" decorating service for the entire Oshawa area. One telephone call and a team of experts is yours for the ask- ing to help you plan any or all of the rooms in your home. Their service and advice is complete, and free of charge too. Dodd and Souter can advise and provide co-ordinated. room decor from paintwork and wall- papering to broadloom and dra- peries. At the company's 107 Byron south location, three courteous members of the Dodd and Sou- ter sales staff are available to help customers in their choice of the many ranges of decorat- ing items on hand. The largest stock of Canadian sunworthy wallpapers between Metro and Belleville is display- ed at Dodd and Souter. The company is also a distributor for CIL and Flo-Glaze paints. Dodd and Souter employs as many as 14 decorators during the summer months, but during the winter this number some- times falls as low as five. | Reynolds Top Firm Development of South Ameri- can industry is boosted by prod- ucts manufactured in Oshawa. The Reynolds Extrusion Co. Ltd. of Simcoe street south does a thriving export trade with Venezuela, sending aluminum By RON DEVANEY City Hall Reporter Like Jack Benny, Oshawa celebrated its 39th birthday in 1963, Unlike Jack Benny, who will have to retire some day, this city gets stronger politic- ally, economically and socially as it waves goodbye to each anniversary. "Greatest building boom in the city's history," enthused City Engineer Fred Crome as he looked at last year's build- ing report totals: More than $21,000,000 worth of permits were taken out in 1963. This total is more than twice as high as 1962's $9,660,000 and well above the city's pre- vious record high -- the $17,- 230,000 total racked up. back in 1953. Mr. Crome noted that $9,220,- 000, or 43 percent of the total value of last year's permits, was in commercial and _ industrial development. This is almost double the 24 per cent share this classification represented in 1962. Construction of dwelling units also hit an all-time high last year: 1171 units were built, 645 of them of the single family type. Previous high was 1154 in 958. General Motors of Canada Limited had a big hand in push- ing the permits totals to record heights. GM alone took out $7, 520,000 worth of permits last year. Biggest single item: the $4,700,000 permit for a chassis plant taken out in April. RECALL PAST "There cannot be any reduc- tion in the city's debenture debt until the first of our existing debts, which were created im- mediately following annexation in 1951, is retired." CALLS FOR ACTION His Worship called for action in hiring a Director of Opera- tions as recommended in the Woods, Gordon report on city administration. He also suggest- ed a standing committee of council investigate pincing off- street' and meter parking in the hands of a parking authority "who would have charge of all revenue derived from parking'. Delaying a city hall addition was suggested, The mayor sug- gested renting space for one or more civic departments not di- rectly dependent on city hall administration, " . . . where one cannot afford to pay . « . it would be' better to rent until our finances improve." MARCH -- Minimum wages were promised for Oshawa. Labor Minister Leslie Rowntree said a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour for construction work- ers, $1.00 for other male work- ers and 85 cents for females, would become effective in June on the "highly industrialized western shore of Lake Ontario -- between Oshawa and Niagara Falls". City taxes were raised just one-half mill in 1063, (Residen- tial 36.5 to 37 and Industrial 39.5 to 40). 'Increased assess~ ment of $8,000,000 (in 1962) help- CITY BUILDING BOO SETS RECORD: CROME $21,000,000 In Permits Taken Out Last Year JUNE ore than 12,000 invaded Osh- awa Airport to watch the RCAF's Red Knight do his jet aerobatics, Cole Palen of Rhine- beck, New York, brought four ancient aircraft to Canada with him, He flew the Avro 504K and a Sopwith Snipe.' Oshawa. Flying. Club's eighth annual Fly-In Breakfast fea- tured the renewal of the Gover- nor General's Air Cup Rally. The race was won by William Gollop of Utopia, Ont. JULY Dr, Claude Vipond returned to Oshawa after two years in Malaya. He was a member of a team of five doctors and a nurse who went to Malaya under the Colombo Plan. The Canadian Automotive Mu- seum was opened to the public (official opening in September by Lt. Gov. Earl Rowe). Fea- tures: a room devoted to the history of the McLaughlin fam- ily in carriage and auto build- ing. Cars of all eras are on two floors. Special sections are devoted to: engineering development of transmissions, engines, brakes, fuels, steering mechanisms, paints and lubricants; and a section allocated to auto com- ponents windshield glass, bumpers,. trims, upholstery, tires, lighting and all-steel bodies. ' AUGUST Target Day for Civic Auditor- ium Fund. Nearly 7000 persons ed us keep the rate increase down," said Ald, Walter Branch, gathered in Kinsmen Stadium to see General Motors' $250,000 missions and councils are com-|rojjing mill. The LOSCO mill|sineered toward the end prod- peting for the assessment new) wil) be equipped to handle the|UCt- industries represent. [finest types of merchant bar| Lake Ontario Steel Company|stee] in its 'roughing stands". | Limited is one of the biggest in-| These are designed to accom-| |warehouse at North Bay (built in 1957) and a similar establish- ment at Elliot Lake (built in s |1959). Wick Printing | The company was purchased from Armstrong .Moving and through July 11 to 18. Several events of interest are jscheduled for May with a jchange of command being one lof them and the year's head- city finance chairman, Education costs hit an all- time high, with 42.02 cents of every tax dollar. The Board of Education's budget totalled 'presentation, pushing fund over the $1,000,000 mark. SEPTEMBER Oshawa's Green Gaels won an Junior. Lacrosse building and construction goods. J. C. Dorsay, plant manager, held an executive post with the R. D. Warner company which was latér taken over by the Oshawa is still an attractive place to live. Over the Jast 12 years (since annexation in 1951) an average of more than 2200 persons a year have become dustrial prizest o settle in this) mocate from 10-inch to 24-inch| area recently | Company officials have indi- cated more than $7,000,000 will be spent on buildings and equip-| ment. The site is in Whitby) Township, between Oshawa and! Whitby, and takes in 375 acres| south of Highway 401 to Lake} Ontario. THREE BUILDINGS Three separate buildings J | ! maintenance stores, rolling mill and melt shop -- are planned.| office building Merchant bar and reinforcing steel will rolls. The the process, Mr. -Miller explain- ed, was the fact that no man- handling would be required, The bars or ingots will enter one|". cE aceagaaag ge , fetes end of tHe present mill and the|®isht years is rapidly grOW-|time product will finished | from the 1 The "product", after cooling,|t) the present plant. will then be cut by 15-ton shears) Starting with a minimum to specified lengths. It was esti-lequipment the plant now has mated that the shears would be} four Now under way is a $100,000/able to cut 10 to 15 one-inch!}ingery equipment, a letterpress scixing teature ot, GTOWS Fast other, bars at a time. "There is a surplus of scrap making facilities. at full capacity. The plant will/and adds: employ 200 men and women in in three years, | ""Manufacturin market be turned out by/metal, both in this area and on LOSCO. The target: 100,000 tons|the world market,' he says, pletely modernized and the new addition will housé more offices ; g merchant barjthe lithographic preparation de)... oelebrating Oshawa Dairy' the near future and the predic-|stee! used to be a relatively|/partment, and a large new cam- rah ie een, nga w tion is for a payroll of 300 with;|small operation, But now, thelera capable of handling four a in Toronto and The town of Whitby, on whose) world market, too, warrants this) border the plant will be located, /new enterprise. has agreed to sell water to} is a possible annexation fight'in)merchant ba.s and 75 per cent|young people, enjoy a friendly which Whitby would attempt to|reinforcing steel, Our operation! liaison emerge although firm Wick fF jcomparatively Printing, young over the past two years am \they have been in operation for| ing. They have doubled business! part-time help. Storage in 1947 and at that time consisted -of ,one...trucking...unit, This' was operated by ~ Mr. ®/Mackie and an assistant. The company now has 23 units on the road and employs 18 full- workers augmented by 964 will see a new storey added) modern offset department and complete plate- The present plant will be com the/color process work. There are three partners presses, in} the firm, Donald Wick, Richard « Oshawa Dairy | Proud Firm Should you ever catch a dairy truck driver looking a little bit proud, chances are he works for Oshawa Dairy For the company's 46 drivers ighth ,cecessive accident-free year, They "ll be honored for achieving this recot4' at a spe cial banquet March 90. Oshawa Dairy was founded in "Usually a mill of this type/Dunlop and Gordon MacMillan.| 1919 by George Hart, the father LOSCO. In the future, though,|manufactures about 25 per cent| Management and employees, all of the present manager W, O making for Hart. The founder was joined by pleasant) his son, Harold, two years after quarters training culmination in our annual Military Ball sched- uled° for May 29. The Regiment has had a good jyear despite rumor of changes and with added emphasis being jput on our armoured role we are looking forward to an excel- jlent camp and a busy fall sea- ;son.. There are openings in our jranks for new people and re- \cruiting is being carried on each |Monday and Thursday evenings lat the armories, All interested |should apply on these days any- \time after eight o'clock in the evening, acquire the industry by extend-jis just the reverse because Can- working conditions and a young)the company went into business, | ing its town boundaries. One "'satellite" industry, in- volved in the construction of plough blades, has already at- try. Other naturals: bolt and rivet factories. not, for G, R. Heffernan and Asso-jare burned off, and additions|;jme a Canadian Company has ada is now in a position where! outlook towards getting ahead|wompbers reinforcing |in the printing industry. She. is steel." exporting Last year they received of the second and third generations now run the ; an) firm, Here is his explanation for the|«, arg of Exceptional Merit' tached itself to the new indus-,actual operation of the mill: In 1915, Oshawa Dairy moved for excellence in printing and|to a building on Simcoe street The scrap is introduced into|ytijization of self-adhesive ma-|south located just across the f : ane lectric-are furnace where it/terjais from Fasson Products of|road from where the company's Jack Miller, chief engineerjis melted down, The impurities|Qpio, U.S.A. This was the first/new offices and, plant stand. Installed in the.plant is mod- ciates, consulting engineers, and)(of coke, or other metals) are|receiyed such an honor which\ern equipment capable of rush- project engineer, recently ex-/made, depending on the speci-|has resulted in many enquiries|ing 100 quarts of milk a minute plained that the LOSCO product! fied chemistry. would be '"'the result of the re- processing of scrap-iron metals"', ' Two molds will be used. Theyjinto a continuous casting ma 'continuous', will be four-inch and 5.5-inch in m & | le Be This molten steel and requests for samples fromjinto glass bottles and 72 quarts ag " ved : steel-|411 over Canada and the United|a minute into paper containers. andjalloy is immediately. cast into) states. One such enquiry came} In all, there are 86 employees molds to form ingots. These g0\trom as far away as the Phil-|at Oshawa Dairies, an increase chine The Ni ~~ " Da yy y "lippines he ' Mi K Mi hi F ae = tee oF ame te P ae ee "get re caries NEW LAKE ONTARIO STEEL CO. PLANT TAKE : : | ee * ah te an of 13 since last year. | | BRUCE MACKEY Kin Club President Roy Nichols Service Tops | A series of broken springs | | S FORM NEAR WHITBY --Oshawa Times Photo | started off a bumpy, _ but} successful, career for Roy W.| Nichols, owner of Nichols Motor Sales, He explains that when he opened his shop on Highway 2 at Courtice the road was not yet paved and motorists com- plaining of broken car springs were his only customers. Mr. Nichols, a native of Cour- tice, took his mechanics course in Toronto and worked at Gor- ries for one year before return- ing to his hometown to set up business. From a one-man oper- ation, his business has expand- ed to the point where he now employs a total of 30 salesmen, mechanics, body men, _ stock- room workers and office help. In the past year, a 60-by-50- foot repair shop has been add- ed to the main" building at Courtice. This is in keeping with an earlier expansion pro- gram undertaken by Mr. Nich- ols, that ef setting up a branch office.in Bowmanville in 1950. Mr. 'Nichols' constantly en-/ deavors to provide better serv ice for his many customers. | Roy jmany different ways. Montreal-based parent firm of Reynolds Extrusion. Mr. Dor- say explains that aluminum tubing, wall and door framing are manufactured at the plant. | The factory covers 80,000 square feet and employs 160 workers, The office staff brings the total employment roll up to the 200 mark, Production volume at the plant has been upped by almost 100 per cent during tke past year. An extrusion press was added to the stock of machin. ery which produces the alumi: num product and raising the production level considerably. The company has been Osh- lawa based since 1949, firstly under the R. D. Warner name and as a Reynolds plant since 1962. "The work load in our plant during the last two years," Mr. Dorsay said, "has been much more stable, and employment is much more continuous than in the past." He stated that the aluminum products are used in industrial and commercial buildings, fur- niture and ladders, Easter Seal Sets Target This year's Easter Seal cam- paign has set a target of $1 million. Your contributions will fi- nance the finest, mest up-to-date |program of treatment and re- habilitation for Ontario's jcrippled children, Officials say that the mini- mum of $1 million is needed this year in order to guarantee con- jtinuing help to the more than 16,000 physically disabled chil- dren in the province. The aid is provided through nursing service, treatment cen- tres, clinics, camps, equipment, research and many other activ- ities. Crippling conditions occur in Infants ar. born with cleft palates, de- formed or missing limbs, ab- sence of nérve and muscle con- trols. These are but a few of scores of possible hindrances to full natural physical develop- ment. Then again, disabilities can result from serious acci- dents. The Easter Seal campaign is a major project in some 230 ser- vice clubs throughout the prov- ince, No one approaches you per- sonally to sell Easter Seals. The campaign is conducted through t' » mail. You are asked to read the letter you will receive. And if you think the cause is worthy enough, return your contribution in the pink envelope which is supplied. ures for the last two years: 1962-63,243; 1963-65,677. given above, is onl story. Apartment are being built at a fast rate. Ten years ago there were only 52 "apartment" buildings in the city, including triplexes (three units). Today, there are close to 1600 apartment suites occupied, with several more units being built, One hundred- plus suite apartment buildings proposals are becoming com- monplace. Height restrictions on these buildings were lifted in 1963 by amendments to the Zoning By- law. Now 10-storey buildings may be built in certain zoning areas, Seven storey apartment houses are also being okayed. Final assessment figures, as revised by the Court of Revi- sion, amount to $263,006,485. This total includes $237,224,760 tax- able assessment and $25,781,725 exempt. With $7,457,160 supple- mentary last year, the grand total for taxable assessment is $244,681,920. (Full total: $270,- 463,645). Taxable assessment increase in 1963 (over 1962) hit $13,699,- 150.. "This represents," says City Assessment Commissioner Eldon Kerr, '"'the continued growth and expansion of resi- jdential, commercial and indus- \trial development in the city." BRIEF REPORT Here is a_ brief, month-by- month look at Oshawa last year, culled from Oshawa Times files: JANUARY John M. C. Greer, practising lawyer in Osh- awa for 12 years, was named Queen's Counsel. He is a nephew of the late A. W. S. Greer, who was a leading crim- inal-lawyer in Ontario, The city's 23rd public school opened its doors four months late because of trouble in ob- taining building materials, Hills- dale, costing $300,000., offers kindergarten to Grade 8, with a staff of eight. It's located in the northeast section of the city. Lyman A. Gifford, who de- feated Mrs. Christine Thomas by 1500 votes in a two-candidate race for the mayoralty, was sworn in for his second, two- year term. These (1963-64) will be his fourth and fifth years as chief magistrate. In his inaugural, His Worship appealed to city council, the board of education and the pub- lic utilities commission to "cut back capital expenditures and keep current expenditures to a minimum". He said: 'Careful study must be given to the financing of our city. Our debenture debt is now over $20,000,000 and the inter- est alone is over $1,000,000 a year. Motor City citizens, Official: fig« Where are they living? The number of single family units, part of the ouse suites $3,720,398, . : Total assessment for taxable purposes was $231,061,030, with the mill rate raising an esti- mated $8,852,807 in tax money. Budget is about $10,750,000, in- cluding grants. Besides the' big education bill: city eehenturs la 2,477 600; lic works, $1,204,- Sa: fire hon police, $1,172,000 (record high); and traffic, $85,- 000. APRIL "Mike" Starr, four time mayor of Oshawa and former' Minister of Labor in the Diefen- baker government, won Ontario Riding again (for the sixth con- secutive time) beating Norman Cafik (Liberal) and Aileen Hall (NDP). Starr's victory margin was cut from 7000 to 2900 votes. Nick Damas, whose Toronto firm prepared the 20-year traf- fic report recommending the specific one-way system, said using Athol-Bond would cost $1,471,000 and with the city's share around $939,000. He esti- mated the King-Bond system at $758,000, with the city's share at $293,000. The difference was at- tributed to connecting link sub- sidies available on the proposed system. MAY City fathers voted themselves a $300 increase, retroactive to April 1. This boosts their pay to $1,500 a year, the first raise since 1957. While the concensus was that the work is heavier, Mayor Gif- ford suggested day meetings-- not more than six a year and probably around budget time. TRACK REMOVAL CEREMONIES Parade, fly-past and track re- moval ceremonies, civic dinner, on May ll. Lost was a dubious distinction -- the sobriquet the city gather- ed as "the town where the rail- road runs down the middle of the street". Politicians who, for the last 30 years had been promising 'to get the tracks out of there" lost a favorite plank for their plat- forms when Mayor Lyman Gif- ford and Col. "Sam"? McLaugh- lin helped Charles World, presi- dent of the local. Chamber of Commerce, and Eric Wynne, vice-president and general man- ager of the CNR's Great Lakes Region, lift out the first section of track. Fifty thousand persons watch- ed an hour long parade and the last train trip on the tracks. The Civic Auditorium Parade -- 70 units, 15 floats and 20 bands -- was watched by more than 50,000. Alex Oakley was given the city's Gold Medal, its highest honor. The parade was held to kick-off the financial campaign for monies to build the proposed $1,300,000 nucleus for a recreation centre. Canadi ampionship and Minto Cup; they took a seven-game series, four games to two, against the visiting Victoria Shamrocks. GM truck repairman Albert Walker upset 15-year Legisla- ture veteran T. D. Thomas to gtab the Oshawa Riding seat for 'the Progressive Conservatives. This was Walker's first try. OCTOBER Malcolm Smith, charter mem- ber of Local 222, was appointed to staff of the International UAW as organizer. He lost the Local presidency after a record 7% years. A $300,000 flash fire at the General Motors south plant was confined to part of the cushion line and a storage room. Pro- duction was slowed for a day. Sam Jackson, chairman of the Oshawa Harbor Commission since 1960, was "dismissed" from his $1,200 a year post, David Bowman, OHC secretary, resigned in protest. NOVEMBER Council underlined approval for one-way traffic arteries using King and Bond streets; two hour fight with minority support for Athol - Bond trial. Community Chest drive went over the top with $262,900 col- lected in five weeks. Col. "Sam" McLaughlin laid cornerstone for $400,000 Boys' Club extension containing Olym- pic-sizé pool and gymnasium. Voters approved all three questions on liquor: stores (69.9 per cent); cocktail bars (62.7 per cent); dining lounges (64.8 per cent). OTHER EVENTS Houdaille Industries Limited announced a_ $2,000,000 expan- sion plan to increase capacity by: 35 per cent. Cornerstone of joint (Oshawa- Ontario County) courthouse, estimated to cost $1,000,000, was laid by Mayor Lyman Gifford and County Warden Sherman Scott. Building site: on Whitby's north boundary, south side of Third Concession. DECEMBER Mayor Gifford and City Solici- tor E. G. McNeely went to Ot- tawa to fight for two amend- ments to a Harbors Bill which would put all harbors under di- rect federal control. (Oshawa Harbor is one of 11 under a private Act). The amendments: council consent rather than noti- fication before the Oshawa Har- bor Commission goes under pro- vision of the new bill and right to inspect OHC books and rec- ords. The bill was adjourned in- definitely, thus "killing" it for the fall session. The city got its own building bylaw, based largely on the Na- tional Building Code. The city's own administration section, call- ed for by the Planning Act, was written by Building Engineer Ted Beauchamp.