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ey eee ar on aC _ Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 Fire 725-6574 r i a alice ek 'She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, CNTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1965 Second Section | City and district features, social and classified advertis- ing. Land Exchange Deemed * "Sneaky," was how Ald. Christine Thomas last night des- cribed a proposed city land ex- change with the Board of Edu- cation. "Until council meets and de- cides to purchase the Legion Hall and property there should not be any land deal motion be- fore council," said Ald. Thomas. The motion said the city '"'pro- poses to provide" to the Board of Education about 1.21 acres of land north of the E. A. Lovell public school by 1970 in ex- change for board iand on John street and at the rear of the school. The city acquired .22 acres of land on John street for street widening last year and will re- quire the westerly .99 acres of the school site for the proposed Creek Valley Parkway. The Legion Hall, on Centre street, and the Legion parking lot at the rear are situated on the 1.21 acres the city plans to exchange. The motion was approved by council with Ald. Thomas and Ald, Margaret Shaw opposing. Mayor Lyman Gifford asked Ald. Thomas to 'please don't misconstrue the facts. The city is not buying the Legion property tonight if the motion goes through". "I'm not misconstruing the facts," replied Ald. Thomas. "I'm not in favor of expro- priating the Legion property without meeting and talking with them," said Ald Shaw. "Let me assure you no one fs Sneaky tion bylaw,"' said Mayor Gifford. "We will sit down and talk with them," he said. them for years." "How much are we paying for the area we are acquiring from the Legion?" asked Ald. Thomas. "Tt hasn't been discussed," said the mayor. 'We are not committed to buying the pro- perty if they want a quarter of a million dollars. We will never], expropriate before I exhaust every effort in reaching a set- tlement." Roy Barrand, city clerk, said the city is not committed to ac- quiring the Legion property as the motion reads only that the city "proposes to provide' the land by 1970. Tee, Ald Thomas later noted that the Legion has approached coun- cil and asked if the city would be interested in buying their property. Details of the land exchange were approved in principle by council and the Board of Edu- ication at a counci] committee meeting. Fred Crome, city engineer, told council last night that the city must make a 'cash trans- action', not just a land trade, with the Board of Education be- fore grants can be received. Since the acreage is the same (1.21), Mr. Crome said he pre- sumed that the board would buy the city land at about the same cost that it would sell the school land to the city. SMASHED 50 TIMES Toll Bar Gets A Beating The toll bar gate at the Athol street east municipal parking lot is taking a heavy beating from laie night parkers. | During the last year or so the} yellow and black painted zate| has been shattered no less} than 50 times by escapee motor-| ists, "The trouble," City Council Traffic md that pointed out Clerk Peter drivers get: too impatient. "The parking lot attendant leaves ai 6.30. After that time motorists have to insert a quar- ter in the slot to get the toll gate to open. "Unfortunately many people tind themselves without the ne- cessary quarter to get out. Thus instead of finding the necessary change they just smash through the gate. "And every time they break it down it costs the taxpayer $12. away with it,"" Mr. Stephenson added. "But we have plans for increasing the lighting around the entrance. It is pretty dark there. With more light perhaps ter reading signs at the en- trance. the gates, however, the parking the city) still makes a handy profit. Gate We keep a stockpile of spare gates so that replacements can be made quickly." According to City Council fig- ures most motorists seem to get away with it too. During the last year there: have been only two or three court cases where City Counci! has got its money back in restitution orders. "Nine out of 10 motorists get Despite frequent damage to lot (the only one of its kind in OCCI Students To Get going to introduce an expropria-| F "They. know the city has been eyeing] » A portrait of 'Mr. Osh- awa," Col. R. S. McLaugh- lin now catches the eyes of everyone visiting Mayor Lyman Gifford in his city hall office. The gold-framed, "MR. OSHAWA" JOINS THE MAYOR lighted portrait, on the wall behind the mayor's desk, is a copy of the one in the Oshawa General Hospital. Mayor Gifford initiated proceedings to acquire a * portrait of Mr. McLaughlin 11 months ago. Council ap- proved an. expenditure of $194.60 for the portrait, frame and light. An auditorium in the propos- ed Harmony road _ secondary school wil] boost the average residentia] tax rate in the city by about 66 cents per year for 20 years, city council learned last night. Councii unanimously approv- ed the addition of the $150,000, 750-seat auditorium during a special one-hour meeting. Ap- proval was first given last week by counci!, meeting in commit- tee with members of the Board of Education. 66-Cent Tax Hike OK'd For School Ald. Hayward Murdoch told council that the auditorium cost, including interest, will be about $10,000 to $11,000 over a 20-year debenture period. | With about 18,000 residential taxpayers in the city, he said, the average tax rate will be increased by about 66 cents per} year for 20 years. "The amount, is not in my opinion scrious,"' said Ald. uk doch. H "The cost of the auditorium, | divided over 20 years, will be Education meeting He said the schools are keep- ing three sets of files on each student and there is a growing need for more staff. A request for a fifth secre- tary at McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute spark- Look At Business Life Some 60 students of Central Collegiate will be taking a good hard look at the rough and tumble of the city's business life on February 18. Officially the day is a holiday| for the secondary school pupils of the city's four collegiates. On this day the local Teacher's Federation holds its annual con- ference at Uxbridge. But the pupils at Central will be going out to work for the day, in a wide variety of pro- fessions and industries. Pupils were given a choice of where they wanted to spend the day. Many will be spending the The Oshawa _ Ukrainian Professional and Business- men's Association las! night presented scholarships to two university students, |work. | day under the supervision of| local schools where they will have the opportunity of meeting teachers and watching them at The list of jobs-for-the-day is long and varied, One student will be spending the day with a TV repair man. Another will be studying X-ray laboratory work. Local service stations have co-operated for those students interested in motor vehicle re- pair. Many of the girls will be making a trip to the Oshawa Hospital to watch and nursing techniques. study LUCKY Carolyn Baron and Dan Semenuk. Congratulating the pair is Zen. Salmers, chairman of the associa- ed a board inquiry by a three- man committee Trustees Lovell. Robert Stroud and T. D. Thomas | The committee will review the} system of clerical work in the| city's schools and bring in a report at the next board meet- ing - Request for the additional] secretary came {from George} Roberts, principal of MCVI. Mr. Lovell said he had stud- ied the secretary-hiring prac- tices of boards in St. Catha- rines, Niagara Fails and King- ston and could find no particu- lar pattern. 'I think the whole system re- quires revision,"' he said. "Too much time is being spent dupli- eating records and on routine paper work." He said there is a need for PAIR tion's fee scholarship commit- Looking on is Michael Jacula, guest speaker at the association's dinner meet- Schools "Snowed Under" With Paper Work: Lovell from city hall to our board," said Mr. Lovell. paper work being done in the city's secondary schools is re- quired by the Ontario depart- ment of education. people won't smash the gate! Ohhawa's secondary schoolsjthe board to work with princi-/awa "Chadburn" Air Cadet down so readily." lare "snowed under by paper|pals on methods of saving time.|Squadron, who recently com- There are plans too for bet-|work," Trustee Stanley Lovell] 'Computers could be used pleted a_ five-week course in said last night at a Board ofjright across city government flight drill and public speak- Mr. Roberts said all the He said International Busi- ness Machines are the answer "but their installation would cost up to $2 a student." New Teachers | To Be Sought Oshawa board of education will begin advertising for teach- ers of the 1965-66 school term, Feb, 24. School boards are not allowed to approach prospective em- ployees before a date specified by the Ontario department of education. The board also decided to en- gage an agent to secure in- formation regarding possible school sites to be purchased in the future. ing--Sgt. M. Trefford, Sgt. Alan Ed. Shephard -- were guests at the Oshawa Rotary Club meet- ing on Monday. night. tended to Bradley Brown of 351 Phillip Murray avenue, who is celebrating his birthday today. Collegiate and Vo~ational Insti- tute won first place in the solo competition of the folk music festival held Saturday at Co- bourg District High School West. izer for the United Auto Work- ers international union, returns to his Malton office today fol- lowing a stint of union duty in Oshawa. Mr. Smith was assign- ed to contract negotiations with Ontario Steel Proaucts Limited during November. weekend visit Oshawa Kelly who attended the annual meeting of the Quebec Soccer Association. Mr. Kelly is Presi- dent Association, CATION has received a letter from the Oshawa and District Arts Council expressing plea- sure over the board's decision to build an auditorium at an estimated cost Harmony road north. The coun- cil approached the board last summer about the possibilities of such an auditorium "'to serve all of Oshawa" as an alterna- tive to an arts theatre as Osh- awa's centennial project. a very insignificant amount," said Ald. Gordon Attersley, fi- nance committee chairman. The new school, due to open in September, 1966, will cost an estimated $3,150,000. and the city will have to issue $1,100,000 in debentures. The approval. motion intro- duced by Ald. Murdoch noted that "... the spirit with which approvai is given is that the auditorium will be for the use of the entire community." No one opposed the motion in a recorded vote. Ald. Norman Down, Ald John Brady and Ald. Cecil Bint were absent. HERE - THERE FOUR MEMBERS of the Osh- Day, Sgt. Ted Wiggan and Sgt. THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S So-; ciety of Courtice United Church will present Lynda Chancellors at a dance in Ma- and The ple Grove Hall this Saturday CONGRATULATIONS are ex- NANCY WILSON of O'Neill MALCOLM SMITH, an organ- JUST BACK from a_ rush to Montreal is lawyer Terence V. of the Ontario Soccer OSHAWA BOARD OF EDU- of $142,000 at he new secondary school on 1 ing. Mr. Jacula was recent- ly appointed a Justice of the Peace. t ic --Oshawa Times Photo /her injuries are not yet known. bury, 54 William street east, re- ceived possible fractures to both yesterday walked on Celina street. was Leonard G. Clarke, of 373 Celina street. Girl "Comfortable" After Car Accident Nine-year-old Marie Brad- egs when she was hit by a car afternoon as_ she The driver of the girl involved This morning the girl's condi- ion was described as '"'fairly -omfortable"'. The full extent of ahill's " 170 Men Wildcat One hundred and seventy = |workers at the Bathurst Con- tainers Ltd. Plant in Whitby +|walked out of the factory this '|morning in protest against a company refusal to discuss new short time working hours. "The strike is not official," --|Local President Lorne Beach '|told the Times late this morn- 'ling. "'As yet neither the local nor the International have given approval to the strike." The strike involves the entire factory siaff -- union members of Local 2-246 of the Internation- al Woodworkers of America. Non-union office staff employ- ees did not join the walk out. At noon today official picket lines had not been set up; but employees were stopping trucks entering the company entrance on Brock street south. A Bathurst Containers em- ployee said the company went over to short time working last Friday. The company was given two days under the union contract to begin negotiations after an official grievance had been entered with the man- agement, This morning the company had. still not met with .union negotiators, so employees left their jobs. Late this morning the com- pany plant manager was not available for comment. A spokesman for the Toronto headquarters of the Woodwork- ers declined to comment "at this stage." He did say, how- ever, that attempts to resolve the matter with the man- agement were underway. Firm 'Wipes' Up Contract OTTAWA (Special) -- An Osh- awa firm, Myers Cotton Prod- ucts Ltd., has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defence Production, it was an- nounced here by industry min- ister C. M. Drury. The contract, in the amount of $17,514, is for the supply of wiping rags. An Ajax firm, Dowty Equip- ment of Canada Ltd., has been awarded a $32,241 contract for aircraft wheel assemblies. The contracts are among 100 unclassified defence contracts for $10,000 or more awarded by the department during the latter half of December. Total value of the contracts is $5,698,393. HAMILTON LAD, 14 FACES 3 CHARGES Following Saturday's crash at Oshawa's Four Corners in which four peo- ple were injured and six cars damaged, a 14-year-old Hamilton boy will appear in Oshawa Juvenile Court. Oshawa Police said today that the boy has been charged with dangerous driving, failing to remain at. the scene of an acci- dent, and taking a car with- out the consent of its owner. No date has been set yet for the boy's appearance in Juvenile Court. Car Ablaze In Gas Pump Fire MYRTLE STATION (Staff) -- A car crashed into a gasoline pump at a service station here last night knocking it to the ground and setting the car and the pump on fire. Ontario Provincial Police in Whitby said the car was driven by David Philip Gainey of Brooklin. The service station is owned by Elmer A. Cook. Boy, 8, Struck Near School Bus AJAX (Staff) -- Stephen G. Gallagher, 8, of Woodlands road, Pickering Township, is reported in fair condition in Scarboro General Hospital this morning. The child was struck by an auto after alighting from a school bus Monday afternoon, on Highway 2, near the South West Pick- ering Fire Hall. Pickering Township police said the child alighted from the bus with two other children. Stephen attempted to cross the highway. at the rear of the bus; while the other children crossed Oshawa City Liberal As- sociation last night discuss- ed plans for its annual meeting March 29 when it will elect its own officers and eight directors to the Ontario Riding Federal Li- beral Association. Mrs. G. N. Varnum, president of the Oshawa Ladies' Liberal As- sociation, agreed to a joint meeting on that date at which time this organization will also elect its officers. Pictured at last night's meeting is Bruce Mackey, LIBERALS MEET left, president of the Ontario Riding Young Liberal Asso- ciation, who is an ex-offi- cio director of the federal riding association, and Ter- ence V. Kelly, president of the Oshawa Riding Liberal Association. A Liberal for- um is planned for Feb. 18 in Whitby which will be ad- dressed by Charles Temple- ton, former Toronto news- paper executive and defeat- ed candidate for the Ontario Liberal leadership. --Oshawa Times Photo Twenty-eight young lads, members of the Tucson (Ari- zona) Boys Chorus, were to leave Oshawa today for Albany, New York, and another stop on a 53-concert tour. Oshawa was the only Cana- dian city visited this year, The chorus performed before Chorus director and founder, last night. "They are always warm and receptive." The Chorus toured Ontario in a Seventh Day Adventist standing- room-only audience Saturday night. "We like Canadian audi- ences," said Eduardo Caso, 1954 and has visited selected! Chorus Departure Delayed By Illness cities in this province in other years. ; Their departure has been de- layed because Mr. Caso became ill with a heavy cold. A concert in Lowell, Massachusetts, was cancelled but will be re-sched- uled later this month. and in 1951 Europe and Australia. The boys will be away from home for three months, until and 16 years of age and will have private tutors when they get back. to help them catch up on their studies. Mr. Caso founded the Chorus in 1939. He began touring the United States Southwest in 1946, started national tours. He has taken groups to mid-April. They are between 10 Directorship" May Be Axed: Mayor Top Priority By Committee The vacant director of. opera- tion's position in the city will be given "top priority" by a special council committee, Mayor Lyman Gifford said last night. The mayor told The Times the committee, set up by coun- cil Feb, 1 to review the Woods, Gordon administration report, will meet as soon as Ald. Cecil Bint (on holidays) and Ald. a Brady (ill) return to coun- cil. Mayor Gifford said today that there 'definitely was" a possibility that the office. of Director of Operations would be discarded, "Personally, I would not care: to make any decision on the matter until we have' looked into it further, but there always is the possibility of such a move," the mayor said. Asked to elaborate he said: "I am not aware of the feel- ings of other committee mem- bers, or of individual members of. City Council, but some of them may have a change of heart about the need for such an office now that we have given it a trial for some 15 months. There is always that possibility. I think the commit- tee will give this matter top priority and then report to Council." Kevin Cahill, former director, resigned last month. The mayor said T. E. White, public works superintendent, now reports to Ald. Mrs. Alice Reardon, vice-chairman of the works committee (in the ab- sence of chairman Ald. Bint) or to the mayor. He said Patrick Kennedy, parks commissioner, reports to property committee chairman Ald. Hayward Mur- doch, and Fred Crome, city engineer, reports to Ald. Rear- don (in the absence of Ald. Bint). The special committee is com- posed of Mayor Gifford, acting mayor Ciiff Pilkay and the four standing committee chairmen, Ald. Gordon Attersley, finance; Ald. Brady, traffic; Ald. Bint and Ald, Murdoch. Mayor Gifford said the com- mittee wili make recommendas tions from time to time to coun- cil with "'top priority" given to the position of director of opera- tions. Pretty six - year - old Cathy Barnes prayed every night for two months that Smokey, her part-Siamese kitten, would come home. Her prayers were answered last weekend through a lost and found column advertisement in The Oshawa Times. Smokey, who will be a year old next month, is back home today with the Barnes family of 498 Adelaide avenue west, but only time will tell how many little Smokeys she brought with her. Three days before Cathy's at the front of the vehicle, birthday -- last Dec. 9 -- her father, Wilfred, let Smokey out for a romp. That was the last they saw of her. Cathy was heartbroken. With almost all hope gone of finding the kitten, Mrs. Barnes placed the advertisement with The Times last Friday. She re- ceived a call the next day from Mrs. Edward Willatts of Liberty street south, Bowman- ville, who said she had a cat answering Smokey's_ descrip- tion. Indentification was a simple Answer To Girl's Prayers Comes Back Out Of Limbo Smokey had suffered a split left ear in a neighborhood feline battle last November. Mrs. Willatts had taken care of the kitten for three weeks before her grandson, Ronald Masse, 12, of Courtice brought the advertisement to her atten- tion. It is believed "Smokey" had at least three temporary homes in Bowmanville during the last two months. How she arrived there is a mystery that the Barnes task, SMOKEY AND CATHY REUNITED © expect will never be solved. + + home after a long walk and three other homes