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Council In Swim, Not In Hot Water PAUL TISSINGTON © Of The Times Staff Oshawa city council will wade through as much work as water this summer. ; The mayor and 12 alderman swam through a heavy schedule during the first six months of this year. But, the bottom of the sea of work hasn't been touched. Mayor Lyman Gifford says he plans to. continue regular meetings during July -and August - - providing there are enough aldermen available - - even though council has - offi- cially adjourned for a summer recess. What the adjournment means, in effect, is that aldermen will not be docked $10. from their $1,500 annual remuneration, when they dive into a lake instead of a council debate. With most members of council averaging three night meetings a week on cily business, the first six- -onth session was bound to be productive. Much business which kept the city steaming ahead, high on the surface. But, the trip was some- times rough and council occasionally floundered on un- charted waters. ROCKED BOAT The resignation of Kevin Cahill, director of operations in January; the unresolved dis- pute as to whether the city should buy from General Print- ers Ltd; and the appointment in June of Lloyd Bolahood, a real estate consultant, on a monthly retainer of $200 and a $125. a day fee; were three subjects which rocked the coun- cil boat. And, with the heavy schedule, it was mot surprising to find tempers popping to the surface with more regularity as the session wore on. Under the surface a growing feeling among aldermen was detected that the council-com- mittee form of civic admini- stration should be abandoned. The ever growing mass of time consuming detail work, budgeting sufficient funds for land purchases), and alder- manic weariness after meeting after meeting, started many members of council thinking seriously about full-time may- or, board of control and city manager types of administra- tion. A special council committee - composed of Mayor Gifford, Ald. Clifford Pilkey (acting mayor) and the four standing committee chairmen, Ald. John Brady, Ald. Gordon. Attersley, Ald. Hayward Murdoch and Ald. Cecil Bint - - was estab- lished early in the year to study the Woods, Gordon administra- tion report, which had recom- mended among other things, the hiring of a director of opera- tions. Tife committee held , several meetings, closed to news media, and made no report to council, When a report will be made, and the scope of future reports, are unknown. Meanwhile, council] keeps swimming -- in work and in business was processed; And They're So Weary After Six-Month Grind Twelve regular and 11 special council meetings plus countless committee meetings, wearied members of council during the first six months of this year. Council officially received 400 letters; passed 125 bylaws; act- ed on more than 200 com- mittee recommendations; ap- proved several hundred mo- tions; and, as politicians usual- ly do, talked for endless hours. Stories generated by council meetings, if published all at once, would fill 10 Oshawa Times pages with solid type. Highlights during the sit- month session included: JANUARY Mayor Lyman Gifford, in his inaugural address, -aid coun- cil should re-examine the 1962 Woods, Gordon administration report to determine further im- provements in civic administra- tion. Among other things the mayor: recommended that council acquire the Legion prop- erty on Centre st.; lend a help- ing hand in the establishment of a regional planning board; said traffic is the most impor- tant problem in the city; and promised continued close atten- tion to the municipal debt to several mistakes (including not and' District Labor Council re- quest that it be discontinued. A special council committee, including the mayor and five aldermen, was established to to review the Woods, Gordon administration report. MARCH distributing "hate literature" could not be fired, the mayor told council, because he was water. Council learned Oshawa's overall debenture debt increase in 1965 was forecast at $3,367,000 to $28,296,000, including a total funded debt estimated at | $20,921,000. |MAY Underground * wiring, side- 'Kk Weare Of works employee ¥2/ks. road priming and other items were added to the city's subdivision agreement which requires subdividers to pre-pay not breaking the law. | Council agreed to' participate) in a regional planning board! with five neighboring municipal-| ities. Several aldermen said the) city should not be buying from General Printers Ltd., e International Typographical un- ion members are on strike. Members of. council discuss- ed and criticized Mr. Cahill's resignation statements at an open meeting. Council set the residential mill rate for 1965 at 41.10 mills --an incréase of 2.5 mills over 1964. The increase boosted the average residential taxpayers' bill by $20. Included in the bud- get was 5 mills for a Civic Property Development Reserve maintain a good credit rating for the most favorable -deben-} ture terms. Kevin Cahill, the city's $14,000 a year director of operations, resigned after 17 months and' criticized council for its lack of co-operation and mary cases of deliberate opposition. A swimming pool at the Civic Auditorium was chosen by coun- cil as Oshawa's Centennial pro- ject. FEBRUARY Ratepayer John DeHart told council he would ask the De- partment of Municipal Affairs to appoint a commission to in- quire into 'implied irregulari- ties" in the civic administration, resulting in Mr. Cahill's resig- nation. Municipal Affairs Min- ister Spooner said later an in- quiry was "not warranted." The poll tax, which yielded $11,500 in 1964, was returnéd by council despite an Oshawa Fund. APRIL Taunton rd. area parents agreed to try a new bus route schedule from their area to Sunset Heights school during a meeting with council, the board of education and the Public Utilities Commission. D. M. Alloway, executive vice- president of General Printers Ltd., and Thomas Thomson, president of the ITU local, wrote letters to council refer- ring to the question of whether the city should or should not buy from General Printers. The letters were placed on council's in-committee agenda. Council set its five-year capi- tal expenditure forecast budget at $15,869,000 with $5,480,000 set aside for 1964 including: civic administration buildings, $1 mil- lion; recreation building, $200,- 000; and public and secondary schools, $2,314,000. tatives from city and district organizations, promote higher education Oshawa and district. ing parking and traffic regula- tions to pave the way for the one-way street system on King pare plans for the development of additional civic administration buildings. Council also agreed the cost of the work. The addi- tion boosted 'the cost on an average 50-foot lot by more than $570. Ald. Richard Donald suggest- ed the city host a province-wide conference on municipal taxa- tion problems. The suggestion was referred to the finance committee. Council decided to fly only JUST A'SITTIN' AND A'LISTENIN' Jennifer Smith, 16, of Bessborough dr., patiently awaits the train which took her and 39 other grade nine students from Oshawa to Quebec for an exchange visit with French students. Little Joanne Young, 6, right, puts her ear to the rail to see if she could hear the train coming. Her sis- ter, Janet, 14, was among the McLaughlin and O'Neill Collegiate grade niners who Friday bid bon voy- age to Oshawa for two weeks. The exchange pro- program is sponsored by Visites Interprovincials' and the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. The Oshawa contingent was part of 600 students from On- tario who boarded the spe- cial train bound for Quebec. When they return to Osh- awa, the students will be accompanied by 40 French- speaking students who will be taken on a sight-seeing tour by the Jaycees. ---Oshawa Times Photos the red maple leaf flag and the United Nations flag on United Nations Day, on the city hall flag pole. JUNE A five-alderman committee was formed to pursue the loca- tion of a community college ,in Oshawa. Later a 13-member committee, including represen- formed to in was Bylaws were approved chang- and Bond sts. An architect was hired to pre- the and civic square to move the health department out of city hall to a board of education-owned house to make room for the expanding® engi- neering department. Ald. Christine Thomas ques- tioned the appointment of Lloyd Bolahood, a real estate consul- tant, on a monthly $200 retainer and a daily fee of $125. Her questions, directed at Ald. Hay- ward Murdoch, -were referred for discussion to Ald® Mur- doch's parks, property and rec- reation committee. was drowned in Lake Ontario Saturday just a few days be- fore meeting his new wife whom he married by proxy weeks ago. co Bramante, of Mackey ave., Toronto, was with a party 0 friends swimming from Lake- view Park. after being warned not to g0 swimming off area gwhere life guards were on duty. | cent Tommasone began shouting for him. to return. He ignored their requests and began- swim- ming further out. she began screaming as Bra-| mante began to swim out in water that reached to his shoul-| Man Drowns In Lake 'Due To Meet New Wife A 34-year-old Toronto man three Construction worker Frances; He drowned a few minutes in the cold water. Bramante walked into the ake half-a-mile from the roped Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Vin-) ders. She said she thought he was a poor swimmer. OVERCOME BY COLD. When Bramante began to re- turn to shore he was. apparent- ly overcome by the cold and waves which swept him out into deep water. Two unidentified swimmers tried to reach the drowning man but could not stand the cold water. The water temperature was about 50 degrees Saturday evening. His body was recovered an} hour and a half later by a pri-) vate boat cruising in the vicin-| ity. | Born in Italy, Bramante came) to Canada just nine months ago. Union and management nego- tiators buckled down today in contract bargaining sessions at two local industries and at the Oshawa Board of Education. A negotiating team from Local 222, United Auto Workers, met with representatives of Duplate of Canada Ltd., in the preliminary moves leading to a renewal of a contract for some (700) workers. Representatives from both company and union met at the Dupont of Canada Litd., plant in Whitby in exploratory con-' He was married by proxy just three weeks ago to Victoria Contract Negotiations For 2 Industries, Board tract negotiations. More 660 Dunlop empjoyees have been on strike at the plant since June 25. than Local 218, Canadian Union of Public Employees, which repre- sent janitors and other non- professional staff in Oshawa public schools, sent a bargaining team today to meet with repre- sentatives of the Board of Edu- cation. The local is negotiating for the renewal of a contract which expired Mar. 31. Hand Crushed;. Worker Taken: To Hospital An industrial accident: sent Mrs. Veronica Kitras to hospi- tal this morning suffering from a crushed hand, i She was rushed by civie ambulance to the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital after her, right hand was injured at Oshawa Engineering and Welding Co. Ltd., on Albert st. Mrs. Kitras, 27, of 576 Drew st., was later transferred 'to the Toronto East General Hospital for further treatment. OGH authorities said. that the in- juries were undetermined. Roland Daniel, company man- to release details Petracca. His new wife was)due to arrive in this country 'next week. Bramante's parents are Mich- jele and Concette Bramante. |Both are living in Italy. He has ja brother, Nicola, in Toronto. The body is resting at the Gerrow Funeral Chapel. It will be taken to the Roy Miller Fu- neral Home' in Toronto today. Funeral has been set for Wed- nesday with burial at Mount Peace Cemetery. Move From § Mrs. Tommasone said that George Robbins, left, chairman for '> -- Annual' Rose '10w sponsored by the Oshawa Horticultural Socie- ty Saturday night at E. A. Lovell school, holds the RED ROSE FOR A QUEEN Grand © cize exhibit at the Show for pretty Jac": Har- tin, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hartin of Port Perry, Ont., one of many visitors to. the show. The winning hloom a 'Chicago Peace" red rose, 'was sub- mitted by William Fulton of 119 Connaught st., Oshawa. Mr. Fulton, a 10-year mem- ber of the society, has won =~ several prizes over the years for his flowe~;, but Satur- day marked. i :e first time that te ever was awarded the grand prize for his achievements. Oshawa Times Photo ' |Joseph -- a teaching order of For RC Teaching Sisters Today marks a milestone in| the life of the Sisters of St. Roman Catholic Nuns based in Oshawa: since 1858. For 106 years in the city the nuns have lived in a convent at 171 Simcoe st. n. Today they move from the old building and will make a new home in the north end of the city. U.S. Houdaille Negotiates Loan Houdaille Industries Incorpor- ated in Buffalo, New York, has negotiated a $30,000,000 long term loan with The Prudential Insurance Company of America. . C, Saltarelli, HII, presi- dent, said the funds will be used "to further the corporation's in- ternal growth and acquisition programs"'. T. A.. Norton, general man- ager of Houdaille Industries Limited in Oshawa, said today company expansion planning is a "continuing thing'. He said he does not know whether any of the loan money will be used for local expansion. The company spent $3,000,000 last year here to increase. pro- duction facilities, part of it on) a 35,000 square foot plant ex-| pansion. Auto body stampings and) bumpers account for 95 per} cent of Houdaille's Sales, ac- cording to Mr. Norton. Music Under Stars | Returns To Park | Summer's Tuesday night con-| certs under the stars return to} Oshawa tomorrow night. | Bernard Tierney and his 13-| piece orchestra will be at the McLaughlin Bandshell at 8.30 with big band music, every- thing from jazz to Broadway musicals. Scots comedian Billy Meek is} special guest. These open-air concerts are| sponsored jointly by General) Motors of Canada Limited and} the Toronto Musicians Associa-| tion, through a grant from the} Radio and Transcription Fund, ' imcoe Street Wee do feel badly about mov- ing from our old, home," said Rev. Sister Concepta, the Mo- ther Superior, "but we have been forced out by the lack of room." The Mother guperior and the 13 teaching sisters will commute between Toronto and Oshawa until their new home is ready. The new convent will be built at Rossland and Stevenson rds., near the St. Joseph's Separate High School. Sister Concepta said that the order has grown rapily in num- bers during the past 25 years. "Back in those days there were COL. McLAUGH $150,000 YWCA A $150,000 gymnasium and assembly hall will be donat- ed to the YWCA by Col. R. S. McLaughlin, Ruth Hig- gins, executive direftor of the Y, announced today. The new building, to be attached to the craft shop at the Centre st. headquar- ters, will have a club activi- ties area with three folding doors that can be adjusted to make three small rooms two medium-sized or one large club room. The one - storey structure will measure 144 by 94 feet with three badminton courts markings superimposed on one basketball floor. Architects, Allward- Gouinlock of Toronto, have designed office space for the program director, assist- ant director and secretary and a stage for dramatic and musical performances. The Gay Co. Ltd., of Osh- awa, has been selected by the Y's board of directors to build this addition. Col. McLaughlin donated LIN DONATES GYMNASIUM Adelaide House, the original Y, in 1945. He will turn the first sod for the. new building July 14 at 3 p.m. It is expected the doors will be open early in 1968, said Miss Higgins. The new facilities will be used for various athletic, craft, leadership and social functions of the 1300-mem- bers of the YWCA. "We have no gymnasium space now -- only recreation space in the basement -- and we have to rent space for badminton," said Miss Higgins. ° She said the addition will be especially useful for the day-camp program for girls eight to 12 on rainy days. The new gym will also be used by young married women who belong to the Take-A-Break Club for exer- eises, bridge and dancing classes. Club activities, leader- ship programs are also available for girls 13 to 15 and in the Y-Teen group 15 to 18. about eight teaching sisters -- , declined of the accident today. 'I can't say anything until Department of Labor people visit. the fac- tory," he said. City Man Hurt In Auto Smash An Oshawa man was serious- ly injured Saturday afternoon when a car in which he was riding went out of control and snashed into a fire hydrant. James William Rogers, of -50 Arlington ave., was taken to hospital with ruptured spleen and internal injuries. Driver of the car was Thom- as Edward Brooks, Clark st. The car, according to police, hit a puddle, bounced over a bank, struck a school sign and came to rest against the fire hydrant. Grade 9-12 Results In Mail Wednesday "Promotion results of the city's four secondary schools for Grades nine through 12 will be in the mail Wednesday," Principal of O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Angus Dixon announced today. He said the office is chec! over all marks and dou! cases are now being rechecked, Grade 13 results will be avail- able about mid-August. now we have 14 and the con- vent just doesn't have enough room for all." The Sisters of St. Joseph, founded in France, was estab- lished in the United States in 1836. Some 20 years later they settled in Toronto and in 1858 set up house in Oshawa. The original convent, a small frame cottage, was in use for many years by the Sisters of] St. Joseph. It was moved to the rear of 137 Simcoe st. n. when the present building was con- structed. Fewer People On Welfare The downard slide in numbers of people in Oshawa receiving welfare assistance continues. H. G. Chesebrough, city wel- fare administrator, in his latest report, says 621 persons were on welfare during May this year compared with 676 persons in April this year and 651 in May, 1964. Of the May welfare recipients, 198 were employable compared with 238 employable in April this year and 244 employable in May, 1964, The number of persons on welfare during the first five months of this year with the] - number of persons employable in brackets: January, 884 (411); February, 849 (365); March, 790 (331); A pioneer member of Local 1500, United Steel- workers, Gordon Locke, was April, 676 (238); May, 621 (198). the first member of the VETERAN 'STEELIE' negotiated pension agree- ment from Ontario Malle- ble Iron Co. Ltd. He is shown above, «ight, as a RETIRES local to retire under a union- cheque and a certificate of appreciation are presented by Sydney Burgess, Local 1500 president. --Oshawa Times Photo