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LITTLE THEATRE STARS AT LAST NIGHT'S OPENING NIGHT Rex Williams, Marilyn Hall and Ray Langridge Pleasure Of His Company BEFORE CURTAIN UP, TIME FOR A CHAT Terry Mann and Rodger McLennan take a breather ye DNR f TAL a AA WATER SUPP Oxford st. residents got a J. Bruce Annand, PUC gen- jar Pog when a eral manager, said that the supplies to the area were cu . ie off for more than eight hours. trouble began when a pipe cutting machine broke down A Public Utilities Commis- sion work crew fouled up the around noon, Repairs on the works on a water valve re- $1,000 gadget were immedi- pair job cutting off the water ately begun by the PUC for more than the planned workers five hours. The pipe-cutter was used to | | WHITBY (Staff) -- A heated|clerk-treasurer, said the grant | LY C aT UT splice an 18-inch main which carries water from Lake On- tario to an uptown water pumping station. On its way north it supplies homes and apartment buildings in the Oxford st. district. Water was cut off at 7 a.m., as originally planned, and re- stored shortly after 4 p.m tnt $100 Fire Grant Irks Area Reeve share of county administration fire grant debate was ignited|to the volunteer firemen has | operating costs and that it was here Wednesday by Pickering| been made for many years. He| about time something was done Township Reeve Clifford Lay-|said the county buildings are|fo ease the financial burden. cox during an Ontario County|not taxed by the town for fire|,_. ; sie council session protection. Phe grant to fire- ph hn goal see sai The reeve opposed a' $109,men, he added, is made in ap-| g! y & ; | iati i ill 'or anything smaller or larger council grant to Whitby volun-|Preciation for their willingness thet ecietne tidore CoUbrl ahd te +5 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1966 The future education of 97 Scugog Island children hangs in the balance following yester- day's meeting of the Ontario County Council. The trouble lies with the small island's three inadequate one- room schools. The Department of Education has ordered their closure and recommended the children be switched to the Port Perry school system. Yesterday Council refused to make a decision on the matter and, instead, deferred the mat- ter until the June sitting of County Council. HOT WORDS | The decision brought hot! words from Reeve Harvey West-} cott of Thorah Township. He pointed out that the Port Perry School board was plan- ning a two-room addition to its school. If the school was to} jaccept the Island children six) jnew classrooms would be| jneeded. |. A County Council decision in |June this year would come too \late for the necessary additions to be made to the school. | | The referral, he said, threw| ja "monkey wrench" into the! |school's plans for construction. | Relief Given | By Committee Three applications for relief from the city's zoning bylaw were allowed last night by the committee of adjustment. Jerry Bosancich for 114B Northridge st., was granted per- mission to build a house with insufficient sideyard. Walter Slomiany for 295 Ritson rd. s., was granted permission to con- vert a vacant variety stere into a retail paint and wallpaper store. Georgian Motor Hotel, Thornton rd. s., and Champlain ave., was granted permission to erect two signs having an} area greater than that per- mitted by a city bylaw. An application by P. Vugts, His comments were received with cheers and applause from his supporters. "You will have to approve this recommendation anyway," he said. "I don't know why you are putting it over until June." Under the Department of Education Act, area school in- spector P. F, Wiseman stated, the County Council has until July this year to make the changeover. IMPROVEMENT NEEDED Insp. Wiseman went on to explain the merits of the move, pointing out the need for an improvement in the education of the Island's children. He explained that with mod-| ern educational facilities it would be better to combine the Island's children with those of nearby Port Perry. Reeve Westcott, who moved that the recommendation be accepted, told the council that a joint meeting had been held between the school boards of Reach Township, Village of Port Perry and the Township of Scugog. At that meeting it had been mutually agreed that the three Island's schools should be aban- doned and the children moved to Port Perry. PROVIDE SPACE Port Perry Schoo] Board had jindicated 'that they would pro- | vide the space for the heavy in- flux of new pupils. Reeve J. J. Gibson, of Port Perry, demanded to know who decided where the Scugog chil- dren should go, "We didn't ask for these stu- dents,"' he said. Reeve John W. Noble of Threat Posed | sland Pupils Brock Township said he was loath to order any municipality to pay additional school costs and felt the Scugog Township Council should have been approached. Reeve John Dryden seconded Noble's comments adding: "I'm not prepared to support any mandatory order just because the Provincial Government hands it out, He added that Scugog Island {was geographically cut off from Surrounding areas. A special provision, he said, should be made by the Department of Education for areas such as |Scugog. Deputy Reeve I. Boyd of Port {Perry said the village school board would be going ahead with its plans for a two-room addition. A June decision on the Scu- gog children, he warned, would come too late for any further additions to the school for the September opening. Two Children Struck By Car BOWMANVILLE -- Two chil- dren, on their way to Brown's School, between Newcastle and Newtonville, were struck by an automobile this morning. Both were removed to Bowmanville Memorial Hospital. No details of the accident are available. Constable George Evans of the Bowmanville OPP detachment is investigating. The accident occurred on (Highway 2. WHITBY (Staff) -- A request |from the Children's Aid So- ciety for an extra $15,000 in its Children's Rid Request Sparks Reeve's Attack \to do this then there is no need to have municipal or county councils. Let them run the coun- 1966 budget was approved by|try if they want to,"' he added, Little Theatre's Pleasure It was opening night last night; Lighting is in the hands of| The all important direction is for the cast and production|Jim Sabyan and Chris Barber, i po gg og a of a Little The-|sound, Ted Farrow and cos-|D'Arcy Smi who has been) om en tumes, Marion Fisher andjwith the Oshawa Little Theatre| teer firemen -- the only fire|to fight any fires at the county grant made by the council --| buildings. and promised that next year Reeve Laycox said his town- Pickering Township would apply ship's fire, department is the} He said he could see no Tea- for a $1,000 grant. jlargest in the county; has the|son for the grant, especially Cc il red 100 | argest area to protect; and|since an application to county page a, ah jdoes not receive a grant from | council for assistance from the Ontario County Council yester-| Reeve Dryden said that since Township. Reeve John Devden | (omors represented the peo : th s le we should have the right te sideyard was refused by the)... into the provincial govern- vocide how, why and vue committee. pr v Two land sale consents were|™ pee Dead id it |taxpayers' money would be approved. Mrs. Mary Bress was|,, *®eve Dryden sai WAS | spent. 107 Brock st. e., to build a not justified in m estima- } '4 |frame garage with insufficient tion,"' said Reeve Laycox. the The performance was well-known play, "'The Pleasure of His Company", by Samuel Taylor. | ity of |Weeks and Phyllis Weeks. the|Gwen O'Regan. Make up was the responsibil- Fred Bryant, Cheryl It will continue at the Ridge- way Senior Public School to- night, Friday night and. Satur- day night. A packed house at Ridgeway) last night gave the opening per-| formance a fine send-off. | Seven people feature in the cast. In order of appearance) they are Steve Marian Jr., Rex! Williams, Marilyn Hall, Judith Edmondson, Terry Mann, Ray Langridge -and- Rodger McLeh- nan Producer is Art More. Assis- tant, to the director, Gail Bur- rows, stage manager, Richard Erman, prompter Susan Seaver » Regt. Honor Talk At County WhHiisY (Stall) --The On-| tario County Council, at its Wed-} nesday session was asked to recognize the centennial of the! Ontario Regiment which will be celebrated this year. Reeve Ross Murison, of Pick- ering Village, suggested the reg- iment be offered the freedom of the county at an appropriate time with due ceremony and that the council give consider- ation to a birthday grant. He said this would assist the regi-| ment to properly observe its anniversary. Reeve Murison presented a brief recording the close associ- ation between the regiment and the county since the formation of the unit. Gould Hits EMO But Budget OK d WHITBY (Staff) Ontario County Warden Wilfrid Gould led a surprise attack here Wed- 'nesday on the Emergency Mea- sures Organization budget However, county council turn- ed back the attack and approv- ed the budget on a 28-10 vote Warden Gould questioned the value of having the EMO pre- pare 200 booklets on its activi- ties. He said few persons, if anyone, would bother to read the material $600 INCREASE The debate started during the Eg é fs Teper wy Vie Spe cial committee on matters. Cost of stationary, printing and production of a "civil emergency plan" in the budget has increased $600 to $900 over last year The total budget amounts to $32,940 -- up $540 over the pre- vious year. The municipal share of the budget, $3,794, is split 50-50 by the county and Oshawa The balance is paid by the province. Also disputed by council mem- bers was a $1,000 item for the rental of a computer which will be used in a survey of facili ties -- buildings, trucks, station wagons, stretchers and other equipment required in an emer- emergency gency. EYES TURNED TO OSHAWA Ontario Driving Test Concept Started Here 4 plan to introduce a yvolunta driver-education plan in could_.indirectly_evol from an "ideal" test that wor transport taro ed here a Say The turned de to jartment's eyes Oshawa we success of a refresher cour in driving taken by 78 polic ment. Length hours--is B.G it of the what course--fo Major Walt As commissioner for highw safety in the province, Maj Reynolds said the department Department of Transport On- yesterday after hearing of the substantial wet men of the city's police depart- Raynolds liked best about was going ahead with it originally based on a Safety Council program t cago that--is t-hour ry : 'CUT IT BACK' official "But we. want to cut to four hours," missioner He said the Ontario scheme motion in about re wheels could se two ing with the Ontario League and the Ontario Motor League for the last six ur er in drafting the idea The Ontario Motor has been giving instruc 140 high schoo here since early this ye some or p said the The department has been work- program that entails a two-hour grant with only Reeve Laycox, Pickering Village Reeve Ross Murrison and Ajax Deputy- Reeve John Hall opposing. 'MANY YEARS' William Manning, county jsince 1949. | "The Pleasure of His Com- jpany" is. his first' major pro- duction for the company. jthe county. He said: volunteer} firemen in the township: are jpaid $5 for the first hour and $3.50 per hour for the balance of the time they fight fires. | The reeve said Pickering Township is bearing the lion's| Pickering Crippled Children's Association was ignored. The reeve said he mailed the appli- cation to council for his wife} who is secretary of the associa- tion. He said no answer has been received. New Schools ( Side By Side? Committee of Adjustment last Reeve John Dryden of Whitby | night cleared the way for a land Township said the EMO was/|transaction between the Oshawa a minor department and that|Separate School Board and the |, the administration office should -- adie epee han ! im , 5 3 ' ' 1e Catholic board was given|Ontario County ssociation for} be responsible for renting oo consent to sell a parcel of 9.1|Children with Learning Disabil-| puter equipment it/ acres of land, located east and|ities was told last night. | would be able to make more/north of the easterly limit of} 'he speaker was Mrs. Martha} lasting use of the equipment,|Glover's road. a Norton, a teacher of perceptual-| 'I would hope," quipped oe ia rete ite Seeks coat apped children at For- we " : e, dD SS administrator est Hill in Toronto. | Reeve Dryden, that the EMO for the Separate board said to- hiietatiensa" ole explained, will be wiped out some day."\day, adding that the two boards!was a sign to be watched for. Whitby Deputy-Reeve George|have agreed on a selling price.|Phe child, in nearly all cases, Brooks said the computer was|The figure was not disclosed.|would be a veritable whirlpool necessary. He said the station-| The 9.1 acre parcel is part of! of activity } ary purchases were in order. i 5 rea-purel d-by-t it Was this kind of child that the county is to go along with|Separate School board last/needed special schooling -- the EMO. The word "'if", question-;month, said) Mr. Shine, who|kind of individual attention that ed by Pickering Township Reeve|added that after the transac-|her own class gave. | Clifford Laycox, drew a fur-jtion the balance of the land will; In Toronto, she explained, her ther explanation from Deputy-|be used as the site of a separate|class consisted of six boys, Reeve Brooks. i school. ranging in age from six to 10. ae Mr. Shine said the board of| Her job was to readjust them) HOW FAR f education wants the 9.1 acres|so that they could bé. put back! "It isn't so much 'if' butifor school construction also. |into normal school channels. how far the county is prepared) 'The adjustment committee! The class, she added, worked to go and how much it is pre-| wasted little time in approving |with great success. Already this |pared to do," he said. the move year two of her class had gone Opposing the entire emergen-| The separate school board|back to normal schooling and cy matters committee report|was also granted a zoning vari-|se was confident that the rest were; Warden Gould, Reeve|ance over insufficient frontage} would be returned by the end of Dryden, Reeve Laycox, Deputy-'at the future site of St. Mich-|the year | Reeve Mrs. Jean McPherson, |ael's School behind Civic Audi-/ Mrs. Norton stressed the im-| Deputy-Reeve I. Boyd, Reeve|torium. That school project is|portance of recognizing a} Harry Wescott, Deputy-Reeve|to get started any time and béjchild's inner problems. The! Robert Nesbitt, Reeve Johnj|completed in time for the 1966-jsooner they could be spotted | Dancey and Deputy - Reeve|67 school term, which: begins|the sooner they could be put} John Doble. next September. jright 'Watch F 4 continually disobedient hild may well be perceptually | handicapped, a meeting of the | because | or Disobedience Child, Parents Warned: Twenty per cent of children today, she said, suffered from some form of perceptual handi-| cap Unless these children were helped, she said, they would eventually become school drop- outs Mrs. Norton went on to ex- plain some of the methods used in teaching the perceptually handicapped. The setting, she said, was all important Beige wails with no de- tail, and opaque windows were recommended. The idea was to cut the dis- tractions down to the absolute minimum. The teacher should be care- ful in her dress too; and avoid the use of nail polish or cos- tume jewellery. It was this type of thing that would take the child's mind off studies. Exercises should play a big part in classroom instruction. Regular exercise would im- prove the child's co-ordination and help in the difficult road to readjustment. The meeting, which was at- tended by over 200 people was held at St. Gregory's Auditor- ium. irar, This should be neu-|, given permission to sell a 73 by| 110 foot parcel of land at the| southwest corner of Seneca ave., and Main st.; and Leslie Han- cock was given permission to |sell a 50 by 230 foot parcel of land at 39 Eastlawn st. An application by Peter Ritzie to sell a 56 by 125 foot parcel of Jand immediately |north of 454 Wilson rd. n., was {refused by the committee. Consents are required for the sale, long term lease and mort- gage of land under subdivision control. Must Plan Well, Teachers Told | The role of the school prin- cipal was S. S. Suro's topic at a Professional Development course held at the T. R. Mc- Ewen Senior School on Tues- day. In his address he stressed that of the administrator. He suggested that twice as much time must be spent on the improvement of instruction as on administration duties. "Planning is the first step," he said, 'in order to plan, how- ever, one must have goals or aims which may be emergency or long range." Mr. Sauro stated that a prin- cipal must have confidence in his staff to do a professional job, but that ultimately the principal must bear the respon- sibility for all decisions made. He was emphatic in stating that all steps of administration must lead towards the goals set down by the principal, Board of Education, department of edu- cation and inspectors. § plan-- National in Chi- Ong class a week, for 13 weeks, 'and, that is only one student's time- involvement, But-~-the cation program may not be free, but neither was the one offered to the police force here, though the League' fs non profit organization $5 HOUR Right V Ontario Safety League official, private firms in Ontario offer driver- training courses at a cost of $5 an hour, but the department is seeking to level the figure off to a flat $10 fee for the entire proposed course Chief Walter Johnston point- He also responsibl s League,;; using --a mobile-trailer with car simula- tors for road testing indoors, shortened that course down four hours and offered it to the city police force When the League's '"'drivo" trainer instructor, Arnold Gib- son, drove here from Toronto and told Chief Walter Johnston of the short refresher course, he jumped at it -- he made the program compulsory for police ed out a few more advantages officers. It ran between Jan. 24 I think. it has a lot of merit last Friday, with officers because it would be decided aging out between 85 and to those drivers who 86 percent in their marks. are becoming involved in acci- The government's driver-edu- dents." a course. it back com tend to _m to Asked now Sz an of the be in months. voluntary But we Safety Chief Jc weeks "drivers t 70 and 75 their refle League tions to Students ar ina and a ave advantage transport be compelled Says the government doesn't in- would cover said: "We're not quite sure yet are instruction to improye the com- mon driver.' the program would be good for traffic safety rules "Railroads, added that "people e for accidents should to take such a But Major. Reynolds In the ake it compulsory if the government the cost of the prog plan, Major Reynolds in favor of any prog yhnston also thought that etween the ages up who want to xes and memory of test of nold air lines, and companies now do it, If they do it, why isn't a car driver tested the same way?" asked the chief. ment took has been undertaken by 40 Anticipation by fact, for the last two days, course the police depart- city bus drivers, That ram winds up today. Major Reynolds says that the government's proposition is to have extend their. driving - training the OFL and the OML rams in the province, but using subject material for study the department is drawing Major Rey s is that a large number of Ontario's 3,000,000 motorists will jump at the chance for such a course, once offered. time the municipalities let the province know where the cor- porations stand." He said the country was still democratic "but is becoming less so every lay". 'RAISED TAXES' "The provincial government," he said, "recently raised the taxes and now they are telling us what we have to pay for child welfare, roads, emergency things. If they want to continue [PROVE CONTRAVENTION Clerk-treasurer William Mane ning explained that the Chil- jdren's aid budget was provid. jed for in provincial legislation jand that if county councillors wanted to stall the budget they would have to prove the society was contravening the Act. This year's request was for $67,079; last year's budget was $52,662. FIFTH PLACE GAL Judy Kewin, a grade 10 Donevan Collegiate student, placed fifth among 18 com- petitors from across Can- ada in the Canadian figure skating championships at Peterborough. She skated her way into the champion- ships by placing third, after an almost flawless free skating performance, dur- ing the Central Ontario Sec- tional championships in To- ronto. Judy, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kewin, 401 Athol st. e., is training under the direction of Marg and Bruce Hyland of : the Upper Canada Skating Clab, Agincourt. Judy -won the Oshawa Skating Club inter- mediate trophy in 1962, 1963 and 1964,