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Oshawa Times (1958-), 15 Sep 1966, p. 13

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Beer To Flow 'For 7-10 Days During About ones ket with 8 1 pe of the y Brewers' retail store open poy ao last night and peace- 2 fully attempted to block frus- crossing The picket dele: at the Ritson Rd. S. beer outlet represented some of the 32 clerks, drivers and warehouse workers who walked off their _jobs yesterday between Ajax and Cobourg. They joined about 150 members of the Inter- national Union of United Brew- 'ery workers, Local 326, who sta; a wildeat strike Monday in Toronto protesting hiring pol- icy of the Brewers' Warehous- ing Co, Ltd, Union and company officials _ are meeting in Toronto today in an attempt to reach a settle- ment in the dispute, which threattns to cut off the beer supply in Oshawa in a week to 10 days. Ww. (OUSE There are provisions in a three-year contract (that ex- pires at the end of 1967) for employment of temporary help as well as the advancement of that help to regular employ- ment when a position becomes available. But the company re- . quires certain standards (not in the contract) to be met be- fore a temporary employee can Man Jumps Before Train Wrecks Auto BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- John A. Cameron, 73, of 161 Mill St., Oshawa, had a narrow escape from death Wednesday afternoon when he jumped from his stalled auto moments before Strike be. elevated to full-time work| and this the union is objecting to. Hotel draft rooms and liquor lounges are expecied io keep peer rlowing in tne city despite the fact that the Ritson Rd. §, yb ge only o of three wa to remain open, The store (which houses the only beer warehouse in Osh- awa) is being operated by eight supervisory members of the company, Hotels are hiring ve- hicles to pick up their own beer, Roy W. Reid, area manager of nine stores between Ajax and Cobourg, said today. Mr. Reid said he hoped to keep two stores open in Oshawa but last night it "just got oper- ationally impossible' and 60| © the Midtown Plaza outlet, just off King St. W., closed down about 5:45 p.m. last night. Four supervisory staff mem- bers who kept the Midtown out- let open most .of the day were transferred to the Ritson store where... "we were running out of stock from the warehouse downstairs that had to be| | brought up with nobody to do it." Mr, Reid said beer enthusi-| | asts were buying as much as five times what they usually get on a Wednesday. The Ritson store remained open until 10 p.m, It resumed business today. The only other outlet open be- tween Ajax and Cobourg is at! ; Cobourg -- being manned by| ™ three supervisory: employees.| © That store services hotels in} | Colborne, Cobourg and Port) The area manager said hotels| in. Oshawa normally scheduled) § for delivery last night (some| | get deliveries times weekly) arranged to have their draft and bottled beer picked up. Single 'outlets in Whitby, Ajax, Bowmanville, Port Hope and Port Perry have been shut Hope. } i & two or three) lA Oshawa's Circle Squares know how to raise money DANCE FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S SCHOOL caller for about 100 people as well as guest callers Wil mr, president of the four- OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1966 bail A motion expressing dis- appointment at the one year delay in the start of the medi- care program was approved last night by the executive of the Oshawa Liberal Associa- tion. "We would like to see the cabinet reconsider the matter with a view to re-establishing the 1967 date," said William Selby, president of the associa- tion, "Of course, we don't know all of the background for the gov- ernment's decision, but we do feel that it should reconsider," said Mr. Selby. "We want to see them put medicare into effect on the specified date," he said. "They may be afraid that they will not, get total support from all of the provinces be- cause they are not ready for it, but we don't feel that this is a reason to postpone it, either," he said. "We are sending our motion to the cabinet," he said, Bullet Fired Nicks Driver BOWMANVILLE -- Nicked by a bullet fired at his trans- port truck as it rolled along the Macdonald - Cartier Freeway, near here Wednesday, George (Joe) Watts, 39, of Perth, a At Truck On Neck about an inch in diameter where it hit the windshield and one %ths of an inch in diameter where it went out through the metal wall of the cab. Police who examined it later said the angle indicated the shot was year-old club, said the first driver for Taggart Services Wentworth Planning implications con- cerning the Canadian National Railways proposed $2.5 million passenger and freight complex in the southwest of the city were revealed last night at a planning board meeting. a After hearing the implica- tions board members agreed that since the closing of Thorn- ton Rd. was Leng | considered as essential, that the future ex- tension of Wentworth St. be established as a must, In addition they were unani- mous that a new north + south route should be considered. William Power, deputy plan- ning director, told the board his department believes Went- worth St. is definitely required. He said it would provide a link between the harbor and the industrial lands to the west and even beyond the west city limits, The extension of Wentworth St., he added, would permit the movement of workers east and west, into and out of the industrial land, If Garrard Rd, (one possible north-south route) is impracti- Plans Spur Road Link Talks Liberals Oppose Medicare Delay Extension ~ Required, Say Planners tles contained in a Damas- Smith, Traffic and Engineering consultants, report on the area involved, The 'proposals are: --a road be constructed west, erly from Bloor St., east of Stevenson Rd. and following the north limit of the CNR tracks depending on future Macdonald-Cartier Freeway ex- pansion. --a north-south road west of Thornton be provided as Thorn- ton will have to be. closed if the CNR yards are constructed. (This will follow the Garrard Rd. extension to a point north of the CPR tracks, then swing north easterly and then north mid-way between Garrard and Thornton Rd., having a 130-foot right-of-way.) --Wentworth St. be extended westerly from Park Rd. into the township. (If Wentworth is extended from Park Rd. westerly it will have to cut through property owned by General Motors now being used as a parking lot.) The proposed CNR yard will be discussed at a regional plan it was demolished by a freight é train y down and Mr, Reid says that) "and have fun too, At a bene- liam Robinson and Jack dance of the season was a |Limited, drove to Trenton/fired from close to the high-|cal because of its location ning board meeting tonight. Bowmanville police said to- day Mr. Cameron was proceed- ing south on Scugog St, and f= on the north side of the CPR crossing when he saw the warning lights operating. See- ing no train he started across the tracks but the car stalled on the tracks. Percy Hunt, of Toronto, the engineer operating the train, said the train was slowing to up @ car on a nearby sid- ig and was moving about 20 saw the stalled car he star sound the diesel horn .in short laste. Police said the 'Cameron ve-| hicle was a total wreck. providing beer buyers do not fit dance at Simcoe Hall Hooker of Brooklin, Robert rush the Ritson Rd, store for supplies it should remain open for possibly a week and slightly more -- should the wildcat con- tinue, last night, square dancers raised more than $100 for the crippled children's fund. Member William Murray served as the these swinging school building Oshawa. Jaffery, president of the Peterborough and Lindsay clubs. and James Allen of Western folks square danced from 8 p.m, to 11 p.m. Alf Plum- 'tolawa General Hospital. Wednes- Whitby i Motorist Hurt In Accident WHITBY (Staff) -- Norman Hutchinson, 701 Dundas St. W., Moh Uthithe wae ¢aban én ¢ha MMe! day night after the vehicle he was driving sheered off a tele- phone pole at the intersection of Brock and Victoria Sts. Jobs For Laid - Off Men Kim Of Manpower Team The Ontario Government is taking steps to minimize the effects of the current layoff of employees at General Motors. The departments of labor,) education, economic and de- velopment, all working with the Crew Sails National Employment Service, sent a team of manpower Officials to a meeting at the UAW Hall, on Bond St., today, A government spokesman said a major. function of the officials will be to co-ordinate the various provincial training and educational programs available in Oshawa and dis- trict. A joint statement by the three departments says the workers should have no diffi- To Success An ll-member crew Toronto last weekend during an/| annual regatta that drew. 380) Sea Rangers from around On-| tario. jculty in finding other jobs | demic upgrading from grade|posed offer is at all fair to The newly expanded facilities! e from of the Oshawa Adult Training Oshawa sailed to success at/Centre, will be to provide both|'S-@ definite police for fencing) man day and evening training, services. | Workers will be Offered aca-| two property owners over the Hassle vatestete A hassle between trustees of the separate school board and financial responsibility of fenc- ing a school, confirmed the con- bers last night that a definite policy should be set regarding the matter of fencing. The board was three neighboring property owners until last night, It had intended to erect 500 feet of chain-link fencing on the east side of Elmridge at St. Fran- cis school but now it has post- poned the project. Finance committee chairman Michael Rudka said as_ the fencing is not in the budget, it should be considered' next year and the school's neighbors noti- fied that the fence will not be and money budgeted for it," said trustee Ivan Wallace, Erecting a chain-like fence very generous] owners. "The height of the fence, either six feet or eight feet party|did not alter the overall ex- penditure considerably, as the installation cost ($603) is a set rate,' said Mr, Rudka, He said the "give away" deal might be|(not included in the budget), should not be relayed to the already burdened contingency "seemed offer," said Mr. trustee Frank Baron said he didn't victions of some board mem-jshould benefit from a_ better fence if he is not prepared to pay for it. Trustee Mrs. intending to|Said -- th split the cost 50-50 with the|'forced" to pay because it had put up other school fences with- out requesting financial support'fund. Winona Clark Requests by ilt janother bois night by the Oshawa Separate] "T am going to oppose and|School Board continue to oppose until there Only Jack Lawrence, chair- board, jagainst granting permission for pent : jseven pupils wishing to attend sa, ag capanae Le Con: i don't see that tie pro-|6ther schools for shorter walk-/VeMenuy socatea On the ~bulld=| ing distances, convenience or|ing's roof and that all space| gi wpDERGARTEN } attired will Sept, 21, at Tennis Club. Rudka, and other Transfers Approved For Seven Students students to be jtransferred from one school to/the two success and he was pleased where he received treatment. way. with the turnout of people from outside the city, The official opening of the club be held Wednesday, the Oshawa from their neighboring land-|killed me." to offer design suggestions for intended elementary approved last/schools in Oshawa, A pavillion architecture with|one morning a. week for the iflexible: partitioning walls also|Celebration of mass by the serviceable as blackboards was|Pupils of voted| What he offered to trustees, Mr,|School as requested by Rev. Saccoccio said the heating and|Roland Sarschargin, cooling facilities could be con- The Bowmanville detachment of the OPP declined comment on the incident this morning. Mr, Watts was driving the last truck in a seven-truck con- voy carrying merchandise from Toronto to the Kingston and Perth areas. As they neared Bowmanville, he said: "I saw a flash at the same time the cab exploded, I felt something running down my neck and I noticed my neck was bleeding." "1 had inst leaned over to fai moved, Lie siivi The bullet had made a hole Recreation At Schools Permission was granted by the separate school board last night to allow the Oshawa recreation department to use the facilities of two separate schools. Faced with insufficient quar- ters to house its clubs and organizations, the department sought to rent the gymnasiums and multi-purpose rooms of Sir Albert Love and St, Thomas Aquinas schools. ' The gymnasium of St. Thom- as Aquinas will also be used Corpus. Christi's OMI, .of St. Mary's of the People| Mr. Watts overtook the next truck in the convoy and the driver, Lawrence Hudson of Lyndhurst, helped him control the bleeding. Then he drove on to a hospital in Trenton where his wound was bandaged before he continued to Kingston. with respect to future CNR yard expansion, Thickson Rd, may be considered, board mem- bers heard, é The road could be developed as a major artery with controll- ed access and sufficient right- of-way width to provide traffic Asked whether he en. him, Mr. .Watts,. © I think hé meant business." ; ie er rene Yi Mrs WHS cam ae didrive again untll "th thing is cleared up." The transport firm which em- ploys Watts, has been embroil- thought the shot was intended to fright- truck] township-and.link- up. with driver for 10 years, said; 'No, carrying capacity, If this occurs, Gibb St, should be projected westerly into the Thickson, said Mr, Power. Proposed routes west of bers agreed, The deputy planning director ed in a contract dispute with|S@id the effect the CNR yards the International Brotherhood| Will have on industrial lands in of Teamsters and has been the object of several acts of appar- ent sabotage in the past month. the.area should be most advan- tageous to Oshawa. Ownership by the CNR of sub- stantial acreage, he said, Five of the firm's trucks have should prove beneficial be. been burned and the company suspended night runs for about two weeks after rocks fell on several of the firm's vehicles from highway overpasses, cause: --the industrial development offices of the CNR will be add- ed to the city's industrial com- mission to dispose of lands not Church. in required for yard purposes. --potential industrialists will deal with one owner. --the yard facility is an add- ed attraction to industrial de- velopment, Mr. Power told the members it is essential that the new CNR station be located within the Oshawa city limits for the con- venience of citizens using the present service and the com- muter service which may be added in the future. Another implication mention- ed was that the potential diver- sification of industry derived from this -development--will- be beneficial to city. Robrt Richardson, deputy Project plans of the 50-acre rail complex were released re- cently. They include: a brand-new, ultra-modern station on Thornton Rd. §. te cover the CNR's expanding pas- senger service to the city. --the demolition of the exist- ing CNR station on Simcoe St. §, and the sale of the land. a freight classification with eight miles of track which will speed shipments to local industries and be. capable .of | city limits will ultimately de-|handling some 3,000,000 tons of pend an Whitoy Township deci-|itieght a year, civics aud cSgignat Plalains) ---- board recommendations, m omplex for 'xpansion plan to keep pac. waa the city's in dustrial growth. Mr. Power suggested to board members that a cost-benefit analysis of the project, based on the potential development that could result, should be pursued further. Planner Resigning William Power, deputy plane ning director for the city, an+ nounced his resignation last night at a planning board meet- ing. Mr. Power, who was recently promoted to his present posi- tion, says he has accepted a position with the Regional Plan- ning Commission at State Col- lege, Pennsylvania. : He told board members he will be returning to university part-time to take courses ta -- his knowledge of plan- ning. In cutter racing competition,/seven to grade 12, inclusive,|me," said Ralph E. McCullough|financial reasons |was carefully utilized. the §.R.S. Crusader crew beat/with both technical and com-|who owns the land east of Elm- The cost of such a building) Kindergarten classes with commissioner' of works, told) The deputy planning director nine other crews to retain the|mercial options idue Inspector ¥. W. Humphrey,/ne said would be about $1,000.|more than 30 pupils will be planning board members 'the|has been employed by the city . : ' as. jhes the department of education's} . int lasses and if . ' White Oaks S..B, Poce Memo-| Skill upgrading programs will He said if he built a wood advisor. to the board, said that) , Michael wee ot maple reaches ceutt meaeal Lamy ye orton ee rial Trophy captured last year|aiso be available in fields such , : Finance chairman 7 j rat ; type fence between the proper-|neither the French or English z ; i form- by city rangers, as__welding, machine shop.|ties and shared the cost with|school systems like the ne of|Rudka, said he interpreted this 61, three classes will be ® Hold City - Owned Land, Says Planning Board . ve s , , ed and a third teacher em- focal rangers 'computed wilhpower seeing eerste endlanther nelehbor, only half offtransterring a pupil after elmished, He, sald. the, board] PSPS , r sew: ne 'ing Ww wahnag dutatd ,\furnished, He si os . 25 crews in canoeing, sailing,| : the $1 per foot, fencing would/nas begun the first term. But] vanted two rooms of hat Trustee Dr, George Scuik City planning board recom-|tennial Parkway via this un. mended last night to the parks,/open section of Porter St. property and recreation' com-|. --future development of ,Gen- CONSTRUCTION Harald Jensen has been elected president for the 1966-1967 season of the Osh- awa and District Construc- tion Exchange. Vice-presi- dent is Douglas McLellan and John Belko is imme- diate past president. Direc- tors are: 0. Love, C. Hew- son, N. R. Ridgely, J. Stew- Other courses incluc . he shilitw ) life-line, drill, _tent-pitching, | mercial rey eon | busi. ge ha M toner trustees voted almost unana-/amount of money. Mr, Rudka/$@d children in. kindergarten first-aid, navigation and tug-of-|ness machines will be inaugur- Chairman Jack Lawrence mously to grant permission. pointed out that two: buildings| Te "no longer being baby sat war -- finishing second for thejated if they are required|™Mentioned a similar farm-wire| Enrollment in elementarylof identical design would save|0Ut taught something." hi fence north of the property the/schools did not meet expecta-|construction costs as such a Dorothy Beveridge Proficiency |locally. _ | Workers interested in train-|D0ard had part. in which he tions and trustee Dr. George/plan offers a five per cent cut HIT AND RUN said is now down Sciuk suggested the pace ofjrate The local crew will be com-/ing and upgrading programs A suspect in a minor hit-and- peting this Saturday at theloffered by the department of| Frank Shine, business admin-jnew school construction be re-| The first step in the con-jrun accident, which occurred HMCS York Sea cadet regattajeducation, or the employment|istrator, said the fence which|duced and St, Francis students|struction of the schools, that/at Brooklin at $:15 a.m. today for the Dufferin Division Tro-|service, were given guidance|was partly torn down by child-/be given accommodation in ajof a topographical survey willjis appearing in Magistrate's phy (also for cutter The Crusader crew won the competition last year ' the meetings, held at 3 p.m. and 7.30 p.m, racing).|and enrollment qualifications at|/ren outside the school, "is one|portable classroom. of those fences that isn't very But good," the' board's William Saccoccio, was on hand architect, |Athabaska Rd. be done on the two sites at/court at Ajax today, the Whitby and Rosslandidetachment of the OPP said and Stevenson's Rd. today. art, D. W. Milburn, William Goulding and R, A, McCoy. FIVE ACCIDENTAL DEATHS IN FIVE YEARS... ... SAYS HEALTH MINISTER DYMOND Critics Use Hospital To Illustrate Horror Stories The second article in two-part.sreies about Health Minister M. B. Dymond and Falls hos- the Smiths pital written by The Tim Queen's Park correspondent, follows: By GWYN KINSEY TORONTO -- Critics. of Ontario government's he department generally use Smiths Falls hospital mentally retarded children treated, to illustrate their ror stories A patient drowns, or wanders away during the winter dies of exposure. Tragic deaths, with modern treat indeed, but ment to prepare youngsters life as productive individual a normal community must be some wisks," where But there calculated a So says Health Mini Matthew B. Dymond. 'In five years been five of these ac es" deaths at Smiths goes on. "Every such tragic, But how many communities of population do not have the one accidental déath a year" alth the SOME CROWDING Smiths Falis are crowded and too unde hor- for proper there have Falls," he ing around 2,500 supervision and ster Dr taining staff. 'Now ccidental profoundly death is normal tents, at least prepared to take Smiths Falls, and is 190 r-staffed population was treatment, say the critics. "There are 845 ward and Smiths Falls, working shifts," Dr. Dymond for of these about 500 do r great deal of It's not a bad ratio, don't pretend it's ideal. s in a im a time of high employment, "There are 2,300 patients, and supervision It shortage of professional a world-wide problem, course, You can build a hos- staff at PAY SCALES in three replies, the treatment not need pay is simply not but we We are is increasing the difficulty of ob- there is some over- crowding in the dormitory hold- retarded but we're doing some- thing about that. The former Sanitarium at Kingston is being they'll moved in the next few weeks Others are being moved to the Lakehead. The Smiths reduced by about 100 patients last year." What about the charge that centres under-staffed because of poor pital in a year, but it takes 13 years after high school to make a psychiatrist. And there has been a great upsurge in con- cern about mental health ail over the world 'It's not so much a matter of money. Our nurses are paid just as well as they are in general hospitals. Our at- tendants' pay is comparable to that of general hospital order- lies, indeed a little better now Our housekeeping staff is paid better on average than in other hospitals, And we are at least competitive on professional staff "And speaking of staff, let me say that our people are dedicated. It's not the easiest yor.in the world. They're deo! ing \with patients who are often\| extremely difficult. The patients can no longer cope. \ and we have difficulty coping they're criticized. It's not I am criticized; but my people, who have a free hand. We give counsel, but nobody lays down for them what to do. In many, skills, When expert opinion is needed, they come to my staff MOVED TOO FAST The slights, real or imagined, lion, directed staff obviously if anything, we have moved © fast," can put up buildings, but we must have the people to man resent it deeply when ment them guidance and cases, the patients . get one. better care than they would at Just "W We have people with them. Since 1959 this govern- has been committed to a policy of building smaller in- stitutions. in 1950, is a large one. But there's © still about the merits of the large institution Smiths © Falls, built some argument versus the smaller Anyhow, we're committed. look at the budgets. e've accomplished more "The professional staff is ex- in mental health in the past seven years than i. any previ- ous 20-year period. In the 1960 budget there was just under $40 million for mental health. For 1966-67, mental health ac- count professional rankled Yes, tried to his he suggested. "We Ss for more than $92 mil- or about 40 per cent of our total budget of $262 million if anything we may have to move too fast And that's Dr. Dymond, tell ing at least part of his side ef the story. owned land between Oxford and Glen Sts. to Michael Zy- gocki, a city contractor. Reasons for the recommen- dations were that: --there are no east-west streets between Wentworth and Malaga, a distance of 2,400 feet. i --high density development now underway in this area may mittee that it not sell city-jeral Motors between Park Rd. and Oxford St, may,..require the extension of Porter St. between Glen St. (Centennial Parkway) and Oxford St. The planning board also noted that on Aug, 15, the. public works committee recommended to the parks, property and rec. reation committee that they are in favor of holding this property to provide an addi- tional east-west artery in this require direct. access to Cen-'vicinity. crowned an active 33rd-degree and Accepted Scottish Rite: for the degree in Canada. E. J. McFarlane of Port Arthur. Mr, Wilson is past - grand junior warden for Ontario of the Grand Lodge of Canada. He Canada: eral There are only $3 holders of/years, Mr. is also @ member ef the On-|Richard E. Logan of Orone, City Man Receives Degree Held By Only 33 Masons T. L. Wilson of Oshawa wasjtario board of the Masoni¢ Foundation and grand orator of Mason Wednesday by the Su-/the Toronto Lodge of Perfec~ preme Council of the Ancient/tion. An honorary inspector gen- 33 degrees for several Wilson is a past ; master of the Lebanon Lodge Also receiving the degree was|AF and AM in Oshawa Those elected to honorary memberships include Harry L. Gay of Courtice and '

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