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IITA eA MENSA ---- - at" "i is A 'TIRING YEAR... +A AALS AY Lv LLkUis U = an 1A Sa tee Managing a $14 million cbr- poration for 74,194 shareholders -is not an easy task -- as any one of the 13 members of Osh- awa's city council will readily declare. But, if the past 12 months have been tiring for the "direc- tors," the coming year may well be a nightmare. Mayor Lyman Gifford says the council work load this year was about normal... 'but we were a little Slower getting the work done . . . it bogged down on the committee system. "Maybe our system of com- mittee work is not as efficient as when the system was first established," he adds, The mayor was touching on a subject which is sure to be studied and discussed in greater depth during 1966 -- the admin- istrative structure at city hall. Undoubtedly, the existing council - committee system, the city manager form of adminis- tration, board of control admin- . istrations and the position of full-timé mayor, will be prime topics. Several other major subjects will consume much of council's time next year. These include: --civic square development and downtown redevelopment; --Centennial Parkway; --contract negotiations with civic unions; --and, as always, cpaital and current budgets. During 1965 councillors attend- ed 23 regular meetings, 16 spe- cial meetings and countless council - in - committee, stand- ing committee and special com- mittee meetings. It has been estimated that Mayor Gifford, who will be starting his seventh year as mayor in January -- the longest serving mayor in the city's his- tory -- averages 40 hours a week on city business. Most aldermen attend three or four meetings a week, most of them at night -- as their wives or husbands are only too . aware. And in addition, the mayor and aldermen spent many hours at public receptions and func- tions and talking, more often listening, to the problems and complaints of Oshawa citizens-- the shareholders. TWO LETTERS A DAY Council passed more than 200 bylaws, acted on more than 400 recommendations made by the four standing committees and received an average of almost two lettert~each day from citi- zens. Roy Barrand, city clerk, says council held a "normal'"' num- ber of meetings, which were shorter in terms of hours than in previous years. The long. est, in July, started at 7.30. p.m. and ended just before 1 a.m. Although the internal work load was heavier this year, re- flecting the city's growth, Mr. Bartand says meetings were speeded up with the introduction of new procedures. A compre- hensive agenda book, prepared by the clerk's department, has helped in this regard. _ "Council is accomplishing more in less time," says Mr. Barrand. a ec Me FALE iH AHERN Nests tes ee Ohe Oshawa Sines OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1965 Never Dull At Council, NATIVITY PACEANT AT RIDGEWAY The wonder and joy of Christmas came to Ridge- way Public School. Wednes- day when the school drama club presented a Nativity pageant. Two teachers at Homes Bustin' Out Here are, left, Dennis Czosnek, 12, who played the part of Joseph; Jim Shortt, 15, who played King Herod; and 12- year-old Jackie Hamilton who took the part of Mary. the school who helped direct the production are shown above with some of the play- ers, left, Robert Kerr, and right, Kathy McRae. In cos- tume ready to go on stage The youngsters are in grades seven and eight at the school. Music for the direction of teacher T. S. Park. Are Bigger, Better: Tonno | | S., suffered only bruises last | Oshawa has been bustin' out all over during 1965 with home building and commercial con- struction reaching near-record levels. The population boom in the} city has given developers and) construction companies the im- petus to build both single-family units and multi-unit apartment buildings in the city. There has almost been a 100 reent increase in apartment uilding development during the past year over 1964 figures. The trend continued even dur- ing December, a month when construction normally - slows down. j 'BRANCH OUT LATER' | Cliff dwellers in the city appear to be narrowing down to two main groups, according| to William Tonno, president of! the Oshawa Home _ Builders Association. 'We find that it is the young-marrieds who take an) apartment, then they branch out and take a home when the kids come along. "Then people with teen-age children, or older couples, join the trend to apartment living. We notice this especially with) retired couples who havé up all the chores of keeping a house." Mr, trend noted is Tonno nowadays 'that ; towards larger apartments and roomier) Houdaille will have Friday, Sat- homes. 'It isn't so long ago|urday and Sunday (New Year's|days when the since apartment builders kept|Day) and return to work Mon-|meant the bricklayer, for exam lemployable clear of three-bedroom apart- ments, they couldn't rent them, now they are the first to go," he said. He said that home buyers are also on the lookout for larger homes, "There is a trend to four and five bedroo. homes, and this in turn means that more and more split-level or Xmas and are then off until the/should pickup again being following Tuesday, It's the same/spring. As long as people de- system at New Year's except|mand homes "Land costs are so high that}that they have to return the fol-jin Oshawa we will be two-storey homes are built. it is economical to build - the! two-storey homes. More rooms than normal in a bungalow/home-buyer of today knows his| means more lot space, and that|product and how to shop around is just too expensive." \for it," said Mr. Tonno. Besides the demand for big-| Custom home building in the| ger homes people also want bet-/city is also showing an increase| ter ones. "Now we find thatlas people become more style-} people know exactly what/conscious. 'Colonial and ranch-! should go into a home by way style homes are on the increase| jand there is also a\.market-for| Fittings Men pss in meres building in the city this year has shown at least a 20 percent PEDESTRIAN was Laurence J. hit, the police report cated. HIT BY CAR A 19 - year - old city girl, | Susan Reed, 90 Harmony rd, of materials and finish, The| Might when struck by a car as she crossed an intersection | crosswalk at Bond st. and Simcoe st, n. Police say driver of the car Henderson, | 19, 27 Chippawa dr., Cedar Valley, and that the accident happened when the car tyrn- onto Bond st. w. Miss Reed was walking south on Simcoe st. and was in the middle of the crosswalk when indi- Mr. Tonno said that home- Get Four Days increase over last year's fig- Fittings Limited will enjoy a four-day Christmas |acheme which guarantees a $500 weekend, plant personnel man-|ponus for the purchaser. of a ager Walter Branch said today.|winter-built home. In a plant holiday survey in Tuesday's Times it was report- T ed Fittings workers would re-|). 14: ; . turn to work Monday, the 27th. pages Pye pr ot phen 4 Mr. Branch said workers will! 19 percent increase. get the same holiday period --|must be happy with the way "We have been informed that oronto winter-works home Ss. ures, Part of the building is "i 2 employees |ing Bessie eee pe Welfare Bill 'Up Slightly | | being separated at Christmas--|ed her recently. Their house welfare number of persons on! e last month increased | lightly over the number in Oc- The People} tober The glitter and color of Christmas lighting on Osh- | awa homes will be seen next week by city senior citizens on a specially arranged bus tour, The Oshawa Recreation Committee, in co-operation with the Woodview Neighbor- hood Association, will present its annual Christmas lights tour for the oldsters Dec. 28. Yule Picture Brigh Now Family Has Home An Oshawa woman and her three young children -- faced] yesterday pith the prospect of} will be together, H. G. Chesebrough, city wel- fare administrator, said the family has found a new home. today | Tuesday. RT MR ee sector of the city and run south. One of the halting points will 'be on Grandview av., | The fifth floor chamber at where the golden-agets can |city hall was often a lively place get a panoramic view of Osh- | when council was is session dur- awa, Christmas lights and all. jing 1965. The ORC asks that all At practically ever meeting homeowners co - operate by |at least one issue caused a stir turning on their outdoor jor an argument and occasion- Christmas lights during the |ally, a shouting match. An al- two-hour tour. }derman's criticism at the in- augural meeting in January, of the way in which an acting mayor was appointed, was an omen of what would follow. The resignation of Bevin Ca- hill, the city's director of oper- ations sparked some heated and lengthy debates in the early part of the year. Ther was a squabble over the |appointment of Lloyd Bolahood as city real estate appraiser; the threat of some Lake Vista residents to picket city hall un-| Three buses of the Public Utilities Commission will tour the city . carrying oldsters from the Woodview group, Hillsdale Manor, and the Gol- den Age Club of Simcoe Hall. Hostesses will be on each bus during the tour to look after the needs of their pas- sengers. The tour will begin at 7 p.m. at the north-east res A MUNA dren, ages one, two and three, was unsuccessful as no one moved into the house today. seemed willing to rent to any- | The woman's husband desert- one with small children. less more pavement was con- Two of the children: were/structed in their area. was re-possessed. The womanplaced with the Children's Aid jand her children were evicted Society and the mother and her | STRUCK PLANT A search for rentaloldest child were able to stay }accommodation by the womanwith the children's grand-| | and by the welfare depattment mother. The strike at General Print- ers Ltd., the purchase of furni- ture from a firm which submit- ted a higher tender than did ral Motors, Duplate, Manufacturing and Houdaille GM will have the largest work season for workers in the con- 19,000 | struction em- |really given| Ployees, as only a skeleton staff right now," said Mr. Tonno, force on holiday, some salaried and hourty-rated will be maintained in plants. Most plants will have a three-;men we do have at work are|totalied the}day.weekent! at New Year's.|sure of a job through the winter/159 in October and months: H : GM, Duplate, Coulter's day, Jan, 3 Fittings, because of contract|months. But in spite of the im- Friday |Proved conditions we still loose language, will work (Dec. 31) but will be off Satur- Te- day, Sunday and Monday, turning Jan. 4. the Friday morning lowing Monday. LIEUT. ROBT. ANDER- SON is a commissioned offi- cer in the Ontario Regi- ment and has acted as a Troop Officer on several Student Militia courses. A second-year physical educa- tion student at the Univer- sity of Western Ontario, Bob is employed on full army duty throughout the summer months and on weekends the rest of the years'Here he lectures to a Friday, Saturday (Christmas) | the houses are going up here," Sunday and Monday -- as Gen-!said Mr. Tonno. e Coulter tion business will continue, pre- Wi ° City Hall employees will work|dicts Mr. Tonno. '"'There might t t e before|be a slight slow-down but we! 1 n . imen H. G. Chesebrough, city wel-| | fare administrator, in a report) TOOK HOUSE | jtoday, said 655 persons received| He said after a. story of the| welfare assistance in November|woman's plight appeared in) a guaranteed job| compared with 633 on welfare in| Wednesday's Oshawa Times, he| 1 th October. The gross cost also in-jreceived a number of good) industry. "We are|creased last month to $33,000|offers of accommodation. The short on all tradesmen| compared to $29,120 in October.| woman took the first house The number of employable] offered. Several other callers ersons on welfare last month|said they could provide a tem-| 148 compared with|porary home lover Christmas. 1984, 725 per-| {'People were The winter works scheme has also meant Turkey And "as business is so good. All the | n, the traditional 'barrack respon- In--November, very "This im chan OnaEE Ot winter | including 273. persons listed as} Mr. Chesebrough.said the ae" year-old woman and her chil- ple, was out of a job for five jed \lots of men to industry in the Oshawa area." Boom times for the construc- in the; *" Some 70 young men of Osh-,as crewmen and instructors," awa and district can '"'earn as/said Colonel Paynter. 'Already ready they learn" the fundamentals of}many of these excellent young and apartments served Up At Armory Some 160 members of the On- for the family tario Regiment were accorded| and be honored to serve those room dinner' Tuesday evening at the ; sane Oshawa Armories. To the sound ge from the| sons received welfare assistance|sive to thé sttry," he said: tof toitied airs' played ye the regiment band, the officers serv-| the men roast turkey and | ant Colonel W. C. Paynter, com- 'all the trimmings, the meal fol-| manding officer, presented a ci- lowing the unit's Christmas pay|tation of Earn As You Le@Orn'?" cision of the officers|caretaker at the regiment's ote serving the men Christmas din- iner dates back 150 years, when|sented an award to Trooper S. |Wellington's victorious soldiers|J. Dupcezak, as the Outstanding were granted the honor after de-/Trooper. feating the French at Waterloo. 3 Wellington ordered the officers|made a presentation for the Out-|Made by council: of all the regiments taking part|standing Junior Non-Commissio in the battle to '"'set the fatted|ed Officer to Corporal R. R.jed as a "'realistic" budget was calf smoking hot on the bar-|Ricard. General Printers and the labor | council's request that the city! jestablish a policy not to buy| \from strike bound companies, jail generated many lively dis- cussions, : Council had arguments about which flags should fly at city racks tables, pass round the ale/halj- about vibrations; about a | |"secret-six"" committee; about |who have served me so well," |winking by some ntcsecgoa ' jabout convention expenses; an be a tribute to the prowess of | about tying up dogs all year jthe..common. fighting man. lround. Following the meal, Lieuten-| -- Trimmings But, it wasn't just a year jof controversy. A mountain of work faced council at the start of the year. Twelve months later, council's "flag'" was on port training wing. He also pre-| oP ae hog Pato ag pi its place service to Albert |George Fowler, for 20 years {mountain will take |next month. Regimental Ser- : Many major decisions were jgeant Major James Newell --What ene alderman describ- set in March, It cost the aver- Years Mood Set Early nativity play was under the | OLDSTERS TO GET SCENIC RIDE Meetings Often Sparked By Hot Debate, Argument age taxpayer an extra $20 in taxes but it also meant that essential services could be pro- vided. POOL PROJECT --Oshawa's Centennial proj- ect, a swimming pool and re- creation centre at the Civic Au- ditorium site was approved. --The Central Ontario Joint Planning Board was formed by Oshawa and its five neighbor- ing municipalities, --An architect was hired for an addition to city hall and al- though council has not made a final decision on the project, it has indicated approval of not just an addition but a long- range civic square scheme. --Co-operative purchasing with the school boards was ini- tiated. -gh committee to pursue the location of a community college in the city was setup by coun- cil. The committee, was enlarg- ed by the addition of interested citizens and is still at work. SIX CROSSOVERS --Pedestrian crossovers were constructed at six locations and the east - west one-way street sy@tem started. --Administration changes were approved. Dropped was the position of. director of oper- ations and established were the positions of works commission- er and.deputy works commis- isioner. Also formed, was an exe ecutive committee (since nick+ named the "secret-six' to re- commend policy to council. --The first steps toward pass- ing a minimum housing stan- dard bylaw were taken. --A landscape architect was hired to prepare a master plan of parks and open space in the creek valley. --A co-ordinating committee, composed of aldermen and school board members, was formed. to provide them," he said. _____|soldiering next year as mem-|men are doing these jobs in the bers of the Ontario Regiment's|Ontario Regiment today and Student Militia Training Pro-| will continue to do so in the fu- gram. /ture."" Lt. Paynter,| Prerequisites for the program commanind officer, announced|are that candidates be high recently that the regiment's|school students of good stand- quvia of high school students|ing between the:ages of 16 and the number of weeks that and 19; of good health and back- they would be employed had ground and have parents' con- been increased over previous|sent to serve in the Ontario years. "This is due to the con-| Regiment during the duration of tinuing success of the Student|the course and after. Com- Colonel W. C. the excellent young men we|cruits will be given a medical, have managed to obtain for pre-|documented and started on a vioys courses," Colonel Payn-' general military training course ter said. jin drill, weapons, first aid and a Colonel Paynter added thatjhost of other basic subjects. the Ontario Regiment could now|During the late winter and offer 80 days pay to high school |spring, these subjects will be youngsters at regular army|taught on weekends. As soon as rates of pay. This would be mad|school is finished for summer during the regiment's late win-/yacation, the student militiamen ter'and spring training period will train full-time at the regi- and throughout the summer. Va-| ment's facilities in Oshawa and cancies are limited he said and|Raglan. The young soldier will applications for the 1966 course|be paid regular army rates of| have to be made before Jan. 15.|pay all the way. The Ontario Regiment was' Colonel Paynter stressed that) one of the first Militia units to|the most important aspect of the s institute the Student Militia/1966 course was early enrol- Training Program.-Since its be-|ment. He suggested that pros- ginning in 1955, thousands of} pective candidates enroll during} high school students have un-/|the Christmas vacation by com-| dergone complete courses injing to the Armories throughout military training. With new,|the day. To speed documenta- vounger age limits for officers |tion, high school principals in and non-commissioned officers|Oshawa and Whitby have been| now in effect in Canada's mil-| provided with blank parent con-| Student Militia class on the tia, units will be relying heav-|sent forms that the candidate} Steriing sub-machine -- gun. iy on their. student. militiamen| should hav signed prior to enlist- Much of his university edu- !to fill the vacancies. ment. Applicants may apply at cation has been financed by "These young men are the/the Ontario Regiment Head- Army service and he plans janswer to our particular need|quarters, Oshawa Armoury, 51 to teach high school after |for young, fit officers and non-|Simcoe-st. n. any time between| graduation. commissioned officera as well! and § p.m. ! Hillsdale Public School students played Santa Claus y this year -- a little early to mental health patients being rehabilitated through the facilities available at Oshawa's White Cross gr wi z t F director at the centre. Hillsdale School children re- cently. performed the play "Cinderella" for the Osh- awa and Ontario County Mental Health Association. Later, they raised the EARLY SANTA Centre on Simcoe st, s,. Students Terri Garrison, 12, and Bruce Blight, 11, repre- sent the Grade 7 class at the school and here present . a projection (movie) screen to Miss B. Bassingthwaite, money for the screen and decided to make the dona- tion to the centre, to the delight of their teacher, Larry Piurko (shown here) who is a volunteer centre worker,