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Emerge ncy Numbers 'Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 _ Fire 725-6574 She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1964 Second Section City and district features, \ social and classified advertis- CITY HALL STAFFERS KEEP BUSY WITH ELECTION MARCI FAIR, switchboard girl at Oshawa City Hall Mon- day night, handled hundreds of calls throughout the. even- ing, but the big job didn't seem to upset her a bit. 3 Members Of Distaff Side Win Seats On City Council Oshawa city council for the next two years will have three women as members. They all have firm ideas on how the city should be run. The female leadership will come from Christine Thomas, former mayor, who led the polls for most of the race but finished second to incumbent Alderman Gordon Attersley at the final tabulation. Also elected were Mrs. Margaret Shaw and Mrs. Alice Reardon. Mrs. Thomas said. she was urged to run for mayor but felt She ran 13th in the last two elections but each time was in- took over Albert Walker's post. Her 1ith-place finish this year was her "biggest thrill". "As I promised during the campaign,"' she said, 'I intend to work in the interest of all the people.' Alderman Gordgn Attersley, jwho led the polls, was also thinking to 1966. The top sup- port given him by the electorate who placed third behind Mr. Attersley and Mrs. Thomas, ducted into city council. In the|said 'council will have to watch 1960 term she replaced Walter|the mill rate and hold the line Lane and-in the 1962 term she|on the debenture debt for the jnext two years. | Alex Shestowsky, who }council on his first try, was not |sure of a seat on council when |he left city hall last night. 'I may go to sleep tonight being in 12th place and wake up | tomorrow in 13th spot," he said. /"'It has happened before." "If elected," he said, "I will that to do an efficient job as/as it has done for the last three/do everything in my power to mayor she would have to be completely familiar with the problems of council during the last two years. MAYOR LATER? Mrs, Thomas said the large vote she received might encour- age her to run for mayor again in 1966. She was elected mayor in 1960 but was defeated by in- cumbent mayor Lyman Gifford in 1962. Mr. Gifford received an acclamation to the post for the next two years. For the next two years Mrs. Thomas advocates "more diver- sified industry in Oshawa which would enable the city to expand industrial-wise". She said her two-year absence has given her a slightly different view. "One can be so close to things that they tend to miss some things," she said. SHAW IN SEVENTH Mrs. Margaret Shaw, after a six-year stint on the Board of Education, successfully joined city council ranks with an im- pressive seventh-place standing out of 21 candidates, "I plan to make everyone's problems mine," she said. " they need me they know where I live and I have a telephone. I will not be too busy to hear _ from them. "I took some unpopular sides while I was a member of the Board of Education. I was -al- ways the odd one in there. How- ever, if it was for the good of the children I was ready to go out on a limb and now -- if the situation demands it -- I intend| _ to do the same thing. "I feel the people must tell me what they want. It isn't al- ways what I think that counts." Mrs. Alice Reardon, an in- cumbent alderman dye to a resignation on council a year ago, won her first election. Auditorium Will Open Friday The new $1,300,000 Oshawa Civic Auditorium will be officially opened Friday 'night at 8 p.m. The opening ceremonies will include a dedication ceremony in which Rev. M. J. Darby, Rev. F. M. Swackhammer and Rabbi M. Kutner will officiate. Highlight of the evening will be the turning over of the keys to Mayor Lyman Gifford by Harry Gay, the building com- mittee chairman. The Band of the Ontario Regiment will per- form before and after the ceremony. : Contractor John Wilkinson and Architect Peter Allward will be introduced. : Chairman of the opening consecutive civic elections may have persuaded him to seek the mayoralty after this term. In an interview he said this could be a possibility but for Ald. Atters- ley, three-way races are taboo. | He said he would "continue to serve in the future as I have in the past, but I am only one of 13 on city council/ and it is no use saying what I intend to bring forward for the| next two years because I only have. one vote." Incumbent Alderman Cephas Gay, re-elected, said he hadn't gained much friendship from the downtown businessmen by supporting the one-way street system "but this is the only way to handle the traffic." He said the city should pro- }ceed with progress but at the same time '"'watch the purse strings." Mr. Gay said Oshawa has one of the highest per capita debt rate in Ontario and that he would investigate some way of lowering the mill rate. R. Cecil Bint, another incum- bent alderman, said that after }serving the city for the last 14 lyears, eight on council, he could only promise to do his best in| |the two years to come. | |. Alderman Hayward Murdoch, |who also received another two- jyear mandate, said he was |pleased with the opportunity to jagain be 'able to put a sincere jeffort into the various opera- jtions of the city's administra- | tion | Alderman Clifford Pilkey,! ONE-WAY TRAFFIC | |serve the people of Oshawa to |the best of my ability." | Richard Donald also gained a city council seat on his first jattempt. "I am surprised and pleased with my sixth place finish," he said. "I hope my performance on council during the next two years will warrant the tremend- ous support I received from so many people." | Alderman John Dyer was the jonly incumbent to suffer defeat in the aldermanic race. View- ing the board, he told col- leagues "I expected it.' DAFOE ON HAND Alderman Finley Dafoe, who did not seek election this year but instead endorsed six new faces for election, said he was happy to see some younger peo- ple elected to council. 'This is the generation that is faced with paying off the city's mountain- less debt." Alderman Watter Branch, also bowing out of civic politics after eight years on city council, watched results filter in to city hall with keen interest. He ad- mitted he missed the excitgment of running for civic office. Mr. Dafoe was the first spec- tator to reach city hall, He arrived at 7.10 p.m. The polls didn't close until 8 p.m. Edward Zalewski, who failed to be elected to council, was first aldermanic candidate to arrive at the fifth-floor council chambers to watch results go up on the board. He was there at 7.30 p.m. Separate School Race Extra Close Only 47 votes separated the |16th and 11th place finishers in ithe Oshawa Separate School Board election race Monday. Incumbent trustee Jack Law- jrence maintained a slim lead jover newcomer Dr. Nicholas |Ostafichuk after he pulled jahead with 100 of the 136, polls | reporting | Three newcamers were elect- led to the Board and seven of the eight incumbents were re- elected Trustee Ernest Marks and Trustee Frank Baron waged a battle for the two, top spots with Mr. Marks heading the polls by 139 votes. Anthony Meringer and Terry O'Connor, making their first election bids, placed third and fourth. Trustee Mrs. Winona Clarke finished fifth, Trustee Dr. George Sciuk placed sixth, Trustee Michael Rudka seventh, newcomer Ivan Wallace eighth and Trustee W. J. O'Neill, ninth Trustee Aicide Leclerc, who served on the Board for two months after filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Richard Donald, was defeated in his bid for re-election. ceremonies will be E. R. S. "Dick" McLaughlin, one of the prime onganiers of the cam-} paign to build the auditorium.| Mr. McLaughlin emphasied! today that the public are invited and, in keeping with the} tone of the campaign, there will be no reserved seats, he said. Unofficial standings compiled last night, follow: Marks, 1457; Baron, 1318; Meringer, 1258; O'Connor, 1226: Clarke, 1194; Sciuk, 1172; Rudka, 1122; Wal-| lace, 1046; O'Neill, 1042; Law-/ rence, 1021; Qstafichuk, 974; and Leclerc, 821. but filled a vacancy on the Dr. Ostafichuk was running as high as fourth when early re- turns were tabulated but as more polls reported he gradual-| (+ a11eq 6,960. ly slipped. With 75 polls reporting he was eighth and leading Lawrence, O'Neill, Wallace and Leclerc. After 100 polls had reported O'Neill was eighth, followed by Wallace, Lawrence, Ostafichuk and Leclerc. At this point only 32 votes separated O'Neill and Ostafichuk. The gap widened with 120 polls reporting. O'Neill was still eighth, followed by Wallace, Lawrence, Ostafichuk and Le- clerc. Fifty-two votes separated O'Neill and Ostafichuk. EDGES PAST After 130 polls reported, Mr. Wallace edged past Mr. O'Neill into eighth place and Mr. Law- rence held a 38-vote lead over Dr. Ostafichuk for the 10th and final seat. . Mr. Leclere trailed throughout most of the night while the first six positions remained fairly constant. Mr. Marks topped the 1962 Separate Schoo] Board poll with 1,603 votes, 146 more than he received last night. Mr, Baron was third in the 1962 election, Mr. Rudka fifth, Dr. Sciuk sixth, Mrs. Clarke eighth and Mr O'Neill 10th Mr. Lawrence was defeated two. years ago, finishing 11th, ran |12th to cop the last seat on city GEORGE KNOWLES, ac- count control supervisor, and Mrs. H. Hodgins, at computer, worked under direction of City Clerk Roy Barrand as_ re- sults poured in shortly after 8:30 p.m. at City Hail Mon- day. About 40 per cent of Osh- awa's 37,580 voters cast bal- jots Monday, Roy Barrand, city clerk and returning offi- cer told The Times last night. "The percentage is not good at all," he said. "It looks like apathy was the main reason why we didn't have a larger turnout." Mr. Barrand said he did not think the weather was a factor and said he had ex- pected the strike at General Motors would boost the per- centage, He said a mayoralty race might have increased the turnout by 10 per cent but this he said was still not a "good percentage". Official vote totals will not be known until later today. In 22 civic elections since 1939, only once has more than 40 per cent of the eligible voting populace voted in an election when the mayoralty was not at stake, This was in 1950 when four bylaws involving a civic expenditure of $855,000 were on the ballot, to bring out 40.35 per cent of the voters, The greatest tummout for TALLIES 6,742 VOTES IN HIS COMEBACK Dr. C. H. Vipond came back strong Monday to head the poll in the Board of Education race. All six incumbents were re- elected. Dr. Vipond served on the Board for six years before spending the last two -years in Malaya, working under the Colombo Plan. 392 votes, was T. D. Thomas, Children under 12 years old have a special chance today to win Christmas money in The Oshawa Times coloring contest -- and have lots of fun at the same time. There is an eight-page sec- tion for the tots to color and send in to The Times Color- CHILDREN CAN WIN MONEY IN TIMES COLOR CONTEST ing Editor, The Oshawa Times, Oshawa. All entries must be in by noon Saturday, December 19 and the three winners will be announced before Christ- mas. First prize will be $20, second $10 and third $5. former Oshawa riding member of the provincial parliament. Stanley Lovell, -a two-year trustee, finished third; E. A. Bassett, a four-year trustee placed fourth; Stephen Saywell, with 26 years on the Board, finished fifth. Sixth place went to four-year trustee Leonard Glover; trustee William Werry placed seventh; Robert Stroud, a former board chairman finished eighth; Trustee Annie Lee, with eight years on the Board was ninth and newcomer David Powless, Al. Gordon Attersley, a 12- year council veteran and poll leader in the last two civic elections,. headed the manic race again night with 7,101 votes. Mrs. Christine Thomas, wheeled the polls twice as an alderman preceding her term (1961-62), as mayor, was just 154 votes behind at the finish lafter a close fight most of the night. Mrs, Thomas led by 23 votes after 15 polls had reported at 9.30 p.m. lead. was holding steady at 31 Monday Mrs. Thomas was still in first place by 52 votes. But just after midnight Ald. Attersley jumped into an 88- |vote lead (5,887-5,799) and was jnever headed. Ald. Cliff Pilkey was a solid third all through vote-counting. His jump from 10th place last election was the best recorded by any alderman. He got 6,635 votes, Ald. John Brady repeated his fourth place finish of two years ago, followed by Ald. Hayward Murdoch, who moved up from seventh spot. Ald. Brady picked up 6,402 votes; Ald. Murdoch got 5,968 and now finds himself senior member (13 years) on council Board in October, 1963 when. a trustee resigned. The number of _ Separate School Board electors Monday GIVE STATEMENTS Four successful candidates to the Oshawa separate school board who watched results pour in at the city hall election head- quarters gave the following statements: Terry O'Connor: "I was ont spoken in my criticism of the board and pretty well had to carry it out and seek election. People can be sure they have a representative that is primarily interested in education." Anthony Meringer: "I wil work hard for the best interest of separate school education in Oshawa. I would like to see the level of education progress along with the times so we can pre- pare our children for future leaders." Dr. George Sciuk: 'I hope we can elevate the standards of the classrooms as well as we have brought down the population of the' classrooms to the level recommended by the depart- ment of education. One of the big moves last year was the acquisition of a_ supervising principal which I hope will lead to the unit system whereby a student can progress through the system according to his or her own abilities rather than 12-Year Vet. Tops Council alder- An hour later, her voted: 2,025-1,994, At midnight, ALD. ATTERSLEY with the retirement of Ald. Finley Dafoe. Sixth and' seventh spots were taken by Richard Donald and Mrs. Margaret Shaw, both successful on their first tries. Mr. Donald had 5,800 votes, Mrs. Shaw 5,578. Ald. Norman Down, with 5,117 votes, repeated his eighth place finish recorded in 1962. Moving up from 11th to ninth rung was Ald. Cephas Gay with 4,992 votes, Ald. Cecil Bint dropped one spot to 10th, with 4,753 votes. Ald. Alice Reardon finally made it on her own, grabbing 1lth spot with 4,494 votes. Mrs. Reardon has had 13th position to herself in the last two elec- tions. However, she has _ spent approximately two of the last four years on council, moving up to replace' ex-alderman Walter Lane and Albert, V. Walker. WAS 16TH Early in the returns, Mrs. Reardon was a distant 16th. She moved up to hold twelfth and last spot until the last returns pushed her ahead one. Newcomer Alex Shestowsky surprised many city hall ob- servers with his last place finish in his first try. He was in sixth position at one point. He finished 129 ahead of Douglas H. Wilson, who came close in his first try. Ald. John Dyer, the only alderman to lose his seat, finished 14th with 3,981 votes. Ernest Whiting, who finishel 16th and 20th in the last two elections, came 15th this time, just one vote ahéad of John DeHart (3,929-3,928). The last five in order: Jan Drygala, 3,711; Douglas -L. Gower, 2,885; George C. Martin, wait for the rest to reach a cer- tain level of learning." 2,775; Edward Zalewski, 2,533; in his first bid for public office, finished 10th. Unofficial vote totals com- piled last night, follow: Vipond, 6,742; Thomas, 6,350; Lovell, 5,655; Bassett, 5,170; Saywell, 4,899; Glover, 4,729; Werry, 4,516; Stroud, 4,183; Lee, 4,011; Powless, 3,753; Britten, 3,616; Stiles, 3,107; Tyndall, 3,000; Dionne, 2,847; and Vivash, Early returns shot Dr. Vipond and Mr. Thomas into the lead - a lead they never relinquished. HEAD '62 RACE Mr. Lovell, who headed the polls in the 1962 election, settled in third place shortly after the polls closed and stayed there the rest of the night. Mr. Powless and Mr. Britten battled for the 10th and last seat as early returns were tabulated but Mr. Powless tool the lead with 75 polls reporting and held on to edge Mr, Britten «| by 137 votes. Mrs. Elsie Stiles,. making her first bid for public office, trailed Mr.- Powless by 646 votes. Mrs. Annie Lee will be the only woman serving on the Board for the next two years. For the past six. years, Mrs. Margaret Shaw served on the Board but this year she was elected to city council Three of the four candidates endorsed. by the Oshawa and District Labor Council were elected. They were Mr. Thomas, Mr. Werry and Mr. Powless, Mr. Dionne, the fourth candidate endorsed, was de- feated. The total number of voters T. D. "Tommy" Thomas In Second Position In second position, trailing by eligible to cast ballots Monday was 31,320. Here are some comments by successful Board of Education candidates at City Hall Monday night: Mrs. C. C. Lee said she hopes for 'a keen interest on tip-top education for young people and a better feeling within the board. "There has to be a more harmonious atmosphere between the board of education and city council. Accomplishment de- pends on this." T. D. "Tommy" Thomas said he has been interested in edu- cation for the last 20 years. "One of the problems of school boards today is the in- creasing cost of education which is becoming most burdensome to the taxpayer," he said, "It is my contention that with a united effort of all school boards in Ontario and across Canada that some further assistance could be received from the fed- eral and provincial govern- ments. "Some may question federal participation 'in education be- cause of the British North America Act. While I recog- nize that under the act, educa- tion is the responsibility of the provincial government, I feel if the federal and provincial gov- emments can contribute to vo- cational trade schools and to universities, then it would only be fair to ask the federal government to contribute there- by relieving the burden of the municipal taxpayers," said Mr. Thomas. William T. Werry, who moved up from llth position in the last election two years ago to a comfortable seventh place this year, said he believes people are becoming '"'more 'able to separate the doers from the promisers."" He said that from an educa- tion point of view "this will be the best board that has repre- sented Oshawa for.a consider- able number of years." Mr. Werry said: 'I believe the people across Canada are becoming conscious of the im- portance of education." David Powless, try for a position on the board, gained the 10th and final seat. He said he was a "bit sur- prised' to be elected because he had been told it was "'par for the course" to miss out the first time. "But I pledge myself to the city to bring my election prom- ise true -- sound administration for your family and mine," he said. Michael Starr, Member of Parliament for Ontario Riding, and former minister of labor in the Diefenbaker regime, : ex- plained the functions of a cab- inet minister to students of Mc- Laughlin Collegiate Monday morning. Mr. Starr is the second Mem- ber of Parliament to address the Starr explained, has almost a strictly policy-forming function. The administration of legisla- tion is handled by the Deputy- Minister, a civil servant ard an expert in his field When an act is considered de- sirable, he said, the ¢abinet min- ister brings it before the cab- inet. He expresses his ideas on it and then the other members in turn express theirs. The cabinet decision then goes before the treasury board to de- cide its economic feasibility. After this, he said, a legislative committee and then a cabinet committee prepare it for the Rene Thiebaud, 1,669. mons. Starr Talks To Students tion the YWCA submission to the House of Com-|Will be initiated in a candlelight \ceremony. In the House, the cabinet min- ister must speak on the legisla- tion he is seeking, and answer questions on it. Cost estimates are given, he said, and, after a vote, it becomes a legislative act of parliament. Other duties of the cabinet minister include responsibility Civic Affairs Forum, which is|{0T government policy as @lhausen, National Supervisor, held monthly at the school. In|whole, Mr. Starr said, and the Prevention of Blindness and Eye November, Dr.- Pauline Jewett/responsibility to constituents of|/Service Department for the spoke on the role of the back-|the home riding. CNIB. a bencher. \onay' alka Sambi nda Miss Henhnighausen holds a The cabinet minister, Mr.|;umber of «speaking - en Tge/BA in Bio-Chemistry from Ran- Speaking €Ngage-/dolph-Macon College, Virginia. ments throughout the country, he concluded. ed by the leader of the party in power. Mr. Starr was chosen by Diefenbaker immediately after MEMBERSHIP NIGHT The Shoreline Chapter of the National Secretaries. Associa- will hold their annual Membership Night Dec. 15, at in Oshawa. Five new members to the association in his, first] § mount will haye as guest speak- er Thursday Miss Susan Hennig- ' gaged in basic eye research at Cabinet ministers are select-|the Wilmer Eye Institute of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, Friedenwald. the Conservative win in 1956. |tinued her research at the De- i partmegt of Opthalmology, Uni- versity of Toronto. She also de- veloped the Glaucoma Tonogra- phy Laboratory Tonometer Testing Station of the University of Toronto. ber of the Soroptimist Club of Toronto. In her capacity as,su- pervisor of Prevention Popular Vote About 40 PC any election during the past 25 years was in 1939 when 56.4 per cent of the 11,940 eligible voters chose Mayor Pg Carroll Anderson for Two years ago, when Mayor Lyman Gifford de- feated Mrs. T. D. Thomas for the mayoralty. 46.9 per cent of all. eligible voters cast ballots. Dr. Vipond Heads Poll In School Board Race E. F. ARMSTRONG chief engineer at sion. He said he would done the past 12 years." city: expands. FLEMING SECOND ber of the commission for the last nine years. nessman and former mayor, was elected with a total of 7,150 comment. The fourth and final seat was FRANK N. McCALLUM "try to carry on in the best interest of the city the same as I have Mr. Armstrong said the work involved on the commission be- comes more challenging as the Incumbent member, Roy Fleming, placed. second with 7,275 votes. He has been a mem- Frank McCallum, a city busi- votes. He was not available for ROY FLEMING E. F. Armstrong Is PUC Leader Edwin F. Armstrong, retired General Motors, polled 7,973 votes, the most of any civic candidate in yesterday's municipal election, to regain his seat on the Osh- awa Public Utilities Commis- won by incumbent, Henry Bald- win, who polled 6,518 votes. Mr, Baldwin was also unavailable for comment on his re-election to office. F. 0, Popham, the only other candidates for a PUC post, was defeated in his fourth try. He re- ceived 5,029 votes. The PUC race did not alter from the first 15 polling sta- tions whose results were re- ported, After the first 15 polls Arm- strong led with 389. Fleming was next with 382, McCallum, 336, Baldwin, 323 and Popham, 232. At 10 p.m. with 30 polls report- ed, Armstrong led the way with 959 followed by Fle: with 915, McCallum with 817, Baldwin with 731 and Pophan with 556. At 11.56 p.m. after 100 polls had been heard from, Arm- strong was still on tep with 5,005, Fleming was. next with 4,704, McCallum had 4,468, Bald- ote had 4,059 and Popham, H. F. BALDWIN To Speak At The Kiwanis Club of West- For several years she was en- Jonas con- under Dr. Later she and ran the Miss Hennighausen is a meme : \ Blindness across CNIB's activities Canada, she will be responsible Miss 5. Hennighausen Kiwanis. for the further and more thor- ough development of. eye bank programs. True Davidson To Be Speaker True Davidson, reeve of East York and crusader for feminine equality, is scheduled to speak to the AdminfStration and Man- agement Society's annual . La- dies' Night and Christmas Party Thursday at the Genosha Hotel. Disregarding politics for the evening, Miss 'Davidson will discuss "Ethics and Science Fiction". Miss Davidson has been on the East York Council for six re: and reeve for four of those. When she is not em- broiled in politics, she is a vol- uminous reader, art collector, play-goer and sports enthus- siast. RT NTO ae i. NE