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Oshawa Times (1958-), 11 Aug 1967, p. 7

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League exhibitions day. The Rifles, for only 49 yards half, recovered in sompleting 10 of 25 [1 yards and rush along the ground. 'cm ont et PRs OGRAM po ey ee ram LOR **s** Starts at Dusk Th Te ee ee --9:35 . have to be replaced every three! "WEATHER Oshawa beach lifeguard Richard Mooney keeps his eye on water despite ab- COOL, BUT STILL ON JOB sence of swimmers and By 5 other attractions. Cool weather recently has kept swimmers to a minimum. yesterday afternoon, Mooney had the beach to himself. --Oshawa Times Photo o'clock Police Motorcyclists Wear Modern Helmets A controversy which arose recently in Toronto over the polo-type motorcycle helmets being worn by Metropolitan To- ronto police is unlikely to be repeated in Oshawa. The Oshawa police motor- cycle division has only one of the polo-type helmets, and it's kept around for sentimental reasons. The president of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Association has condemned the helmet as being unsafe and "inadequate". Inspector Norman Smyth of the Oshawa traffic police says his force has 18 modern motor- cycle helmets, of a make which he feels puts it among the "best on the market'. The helmets cost $35 each, compared with $14 for ,the polo helmets, but Inspector Smyth feels they are more economical in the long run because they to the skull of the wearer. Itjadvantage of feeling that you has a removable inner harness] have better protection. which can be sanitized, or even| One aesthetic advantage of replaced for only $4.00. ithe helmet is its appearance. The helmet is shaped so that;The men spoken to indicated it protects the temples and the|they felt they looked better in base of the skull, the two most/the new helmet. vulnerable points of the human! One officer said that with the head. old helmet his head got hot, Other advantages of the hel-| sweaty, and itchy. The new hel- met are a snap-off visor, which| met with its airspace has ended acts as a sunshade; a protective|this problem, and ended his chin-cup, which won't snap off}dandruff as well. accidentally; a space to enable} The helmets are purchased air to circulate about the head|from an American company between the helmet and the | that specializes in protective harness; and the psychological | headgear. | Inspector Smyth wouldn't POLISH CELEBRATION °""™ the Toronto polo hel- | mets, but he did say those of 'Soldiers' Day", a Polish re-|the Oshawa force "are far bet- membrance day, will be cele-|ter". brated Sunday on the new pic-) When asked whether all On- nic grounds at the General W. tario motorcyclists should be Sikorski, Polish Veterans' Asso-| required to wear helmets like ciation on Stevenson Road/the police, Inspector Smyth re- can last indefinitely and don't years like the old helmet. The new helmet is of a type) which is constructed to absorb energy rather than transfer it North and Taunton Road, and|plied in the negative. He said not on Saturday as reported|"the wise motorcyclist will earlier this week. jwear one for his own protec- The national celebration will tion. I don't think the govern- be observed with a church sery-| ment should legislate it. It's just ice at 11.30 a.m., an ppen Se same as a guy wearing dinner and sports activities for|shoes. I don't see the, govern- Witnesses At Baptismal About 80 Jehovah's Witnesses today were totally immersed in the Carousel Inn's swimming pool during a baptismal cere- mony. The Witnesses are holding one of their three annual Cana- dian conventions in Oshawa for four days, ending Sunday night. The baptism is a once-in-a- lifetime event which can be done at any age. Most of the adults participating, about 40 were women, spend up to two years preparing themselves spiritually for the ceremony. Only one man, an 80-year-old osteopath, was unable to make the plunge. Since he uses an electric heart pacer it was thought the cold water might prove harmful. His baptism was delayed until later in the day, when a portable heated baptismal bath was prepared. Last night, 4,050 turned out for a series of seminars and ministry instruction at Civic Auditorium. The large number of people surprised Witness offi- cials, who are now predicting attendance well over 5,000 for the closing on Sunday. This morning's highlight was a@ speech by A. W. Mac- Namara, office supervisor of the Witnesses' Toronto head- quarters. He talked on the posi- tion of woman as a Jehovah's Witness minister. children. |ment legislating that.' os Following a stormy council session Tuesday night, when allegations of overstaffing in city hall departments were made, Con. Margaret Shaw re- turned to the attack at yester- day's board of control meeting. At the Tuesday meeting, Rob- ert Richardson, deputy commis- sioner of works, said he would not let Oldrich Vyskocil, recent- ly appointed systems and pro- 'CITY HALL OVERSTAFFIN "Since that story appeared in the paper, I have been tele- phoned by all sections of the community, from those in high places to ordinary residents, who read Mr. Richardson's re- marks," Con. Shaw said. 'They want to know whether the board is running the city or the offi- cers. "This is what happened last year, and this was in evidence rennin Mr. Vyskocil be appointed im- mediately to this job." The board decided to consult city treasurer Frank Markson and Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Markson said there should be a reasonable transition period be- fore Mr. Vyskocil took up 'his new duties. He was being oriented towards them, but also had to assist works department budgeting matum and he was not in a position to do so. There was an understanding with the treasurer's department that, while carrying on in the works department, Mr. Vyskocil was also helping the treasurer and the transfer would be gradual. He would like to get a re- placement for him, a budget kocil transferring his duties as soon as he could. At the moment, 80 to 90 per cent of his time was given to the public works department, but it was hoped that this balance would soon be com- pletely reversed. Mr. Markson said he was going to work on the transfer of duties until he saw it going the way he wanted it to go. G HASSLE CONTINUES cedures officer, partment until had been found. leave his de- a replacement ments. "T am asking for support that set in some of our city hall depart- and so on. Mr. Richardson said he cer- tainly was not is control officer, as soon as pos- sible and there would be a training period with Mr. suing any ulti- a. vaentneneaAN planatio: Vys- further The board accepted the ex- n and decided to take no action in the matter. Consultations With Specialists OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRI She Oshawa Times DAY, AUGUST 11, 1967 Three Three factories opening at th Park on Farewell Avenue. | In each case, expansion of| business made the new instal-| lations necessary. Fabricated Metals and Stampings Ltd., is opening the largest of the new plants -- 30,000 square feet under cover| and 30,000 square feet outside; storage space. new seams," said a spokesman. The company, of 249 Toronto Ave., will move into the new | Expo Having Travel agents in Oshawa and area are agreed that Expo '67 is having very little effect on their business. Four agents contacted all 'On Overseas Firms Expand, | Move To City Park are|fabricating and welding capa-; French St., he said. 'Also there| e city's Industrial|city at Toronto Ave, and em-|are certain new fields and lines ploy about 60 people. "We are certainly expanding} and have been steadily over| the years,' said the spokes-| man. "All the new plant won't be in use immediately but we are looking ahead to future development." GROWTH FACTOR The growth factor was also "We came to the point where|emphasized by Harry Snowden, | ment arrives. More of this is we were just bursting at the) president of Snowden Industrial! ¢-heduled company's|Rubber and Plastics Ltd., 365/196g by which time the staff |French St., another of the firms] wil' he increased by 25 per to move to the park. "We were growing to the) Little Effect Bookings overseas trips have not been affected by Expo."' The only effect John Griggs, |manager of Meadows Travel Service, Oshawa, noticed was a |decline in trips to the west and we want to get into. We sim- ply have no place here to put additional equipment and machines." The firm's new 22,000 square foot plant, to which it will move on Sept. 1 'just about doubles the size of our present factory," added Mr. Snowden. Staff will be added as addi- tional machinery and equip- for installation in cent, factory in about three weeks|point where we did not have| THIRD PLANT time. It will double the present| adequate facilities or space at) Third of the new plants is a 5,000-square foot factory for Ziebarts Rustproofing of Osh- awa, at present using the old| | |Nagy body shop off Stevenson! d. Roai | Earl Currie, president and| Bert Dale, vice-president, hold a franchise from Ziebarts Auto Truck Rust Proofing of Toronto |}to operate the system. They |will move in on Aug. 19. "We only started on May 15 and because the volume of business has increased," said Mr. Dale. | | SCOTT PETERS - + « at convention Actor Directs Bible Dramas Actor Scott Peters, Van Nuys, Before City Negotiations Start First Contract Renewal Board of control is to confer | Covers Clerical Workers "T just do the best job for the with labor relation specialists|city and obtain an equitable before deciding if its members tions for city hall employees. | The decision followed an hour- personne! officer David Murray on the merits and demerits of elected representatives deing present during negotiations, as| well as department heads and| union leaders. It was the board's first regular scheduled} policy discussion. At one stage of the discussion, Con. Margaret Shaw, who was in favor of board members being present, exclaimed: 'Oh, you men are always picking on me.| There should be another woman on the board." This followed background comment from Mayor Ernest Marks, Con. Robert Nicol and Con. Ralph Jones, who inter- jected now and again, "You're going too far Margaret," or "Be fair" or 'We can't do that." Mr. Murray said the first negotiations for renewal of ex- isting contracts in respect of city hall staff would come up in October for Local 251, covering clerical workers. The contract for the Hillsdale Manor workers and the fire- fighters expired at the end of the year, and that for workers California, is adding a profes- sional touch to three amateur "Bible dramas" being present- ed at the Jehovah's Witnesses' convention at Civic Auditorium. variety show at Expo °67 have to expand already|appeared in television shows including 'Gomer Pyle" |the Bible dramas. Mr. Peters, who has done a and and "Big Valley', will be directing|/negotiating committees wrong," declared Con, Shaw. 'I in Local 250 in March. He said length of negotiations in each case depended on the amount of contention. after a few meetings. ,| "COMPOSITION WRONG" "The composition of is al settlement of the contracé" he | should sit in on union negotia-| added. He said he thought board members had so much work to long debate and discussion with do they would not wish to be involved in the day-to-day, hurly-burly of union negotiae tions. Con, Jones said perhaps a board member should be on a negotiating committee, but nut a member of the negotiating team. They could report back to the board. Mr. Marks said he understood Ajax hired a firm of labor con- sultants to advise it, and they received a fee of one per cent for every $100,000 involved. Oute side negotiators might arrive at a fairer contract than if it were done internally. NO SET PATTERN There was no set pattern throughout Ontario, but in some cases, consultants were hired at the beginning. Several depart- ments, including the board of education and the hospital, did this. Ten hospitals were getting good results with their negotia- tions, but there, it was a case of professionals dealing with pro- fessionals. Mr. Murray said the develop- ment was relatively unknown in industry, only when an impasse was reached, but he sug- gested in a small organization such as the city hall, any con- Some|sultant should be in at the agreements had been resolved|peginning. Mr. Marks said he did not think board of control was com- these! petent to negotiate in such mate j{ters. "We have too many friends were pleased with business and|an increase in the number to the none complained of Expo taking | east. PLANT ADDITION This Saturday will also see} AS ONE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS EMERGES F --- About 80 Attending Four-Day Convention Were Baptized This Morning away any of their overseas bookings. General Motors layoffs and the threat of a strike are hurt- ing business more than Expo 67, according to G. H. Haag- mans ,vice-president of Four Seasons Travel, Oshawa. "GM employees are saving their money when they might have spent it on a trip," he said. "On the whole, business is good. We are nearly doubling every year, so it is impossible to determine exactly what effect Expo is having. Some of my colleagues across the country, however, have complained Expo is hurting their overseas busi- ness." Harry Donald, owner of Don- ald Travel Service, Whitby, said, "We have more overseas busi- ness than in any other year. Expo has not detracted from this."" The owner of Howard Travel Bureau in Ajax, Ernie Howard, said, "There are more people travelling this year. People com- ing from overseas to see Expo and visit friends have helped business when purchasing re- turn tickets. I have noticed air- "There is a general increase jin travel,"' he said, 'But this is the usual yearly increase which we expect. European bookings have increased, but have no re- lation to Expo."' Mr. Griggs agreed the num- ber of trips from the west had declined. Only One Tender For City Work For the first time this year, only one tender has been re- ceived at city hall for a con- tract advertised by the works department. Opened by the board of con- trol yesterday, it was in the sum of $205,620.50, submitted by W. B. Bennett, Paving and Materials Ltd., Oshawa, for construction of curbs and pave- ments in an improvement area. Con. Robert Nicol. suggested it was because contractors were too busy at the moment to take on any more work. Deputy commissioner of works Robert Richardson will report back to the board on} line travel is increasing, and Monday regarding the tender. | janother advance in Oshawa's industria} growth when' Major Pool Equipment Corporation (Canada) Ltd., open an addi- tional 10,000 square feet of fac- tory space on Raleigh Avenue, adjoining its present premises on. Drake Street. They have taken over the old Myers Products Oshawa Ltd., plant and will now have four acres of productive space on a site close to the park. The company is the largest package pool firm in the Brit- ish Empire, says president and general manager, David Henry. They send _ pre-fabricated swimming pools to Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Britain and Australia as well as to all parts of Canada. They commenced operations in. Oshawa with 1,000 square feet of space and the growth will continue said Mr. Henry. Additions for the future are already planned for the new) building. | Ontario riding MP Michael Starr will perform a_ ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday to mark the opening of the new factory. ROM POOL, ANOTHER IS SUBMERGED industrial d illustrate the application Mr. Peters said. Jehovah's Witnesses fee] that although there has been great technological advancement over the centuries since the last words of the Bible were pen- ned, the human needs for hon- esty, truthfulness and kindness, have not changed. Mr. Peters is using a new theatrical technique in the ramas. The voice and move- ments of the actors are syn- chronized to a_ pre-recorded tape. Commenting on the ability of the amateur cast in using this technique, Mr. Peters said, "I am amazed at their proficiency, especially since they're all non- professionals."' Mr. Peters was attracted to this convention, there are three in Canada this year, because he has a cousin, Ted Sikorski, from Stouffville, who will also be attending. Mr. Sikorski is di- recting the cafeteria services for the Witnesses. Mr. Peters, and his wife Susan, are interested in devot- ing their life to full-time mis- sionary work. Mr. Peters in- tends to support this career fi- nancially by doing TV and radio commercials. The first Bible drama will be presented tonight and two to- Accommodation Big Obstacle Establishing a food training course in Oshawa is "'essential" but Dr. J. E. Watt, superinten- dent of environmental sanita- tion, says his hands are tied. Dr. Watt said the principal obstacle in re - establishing the course for food handlers is finding accommodation. The board of health operated tne course about four years ago from city hall but Dr. Watt said that building is "pretty crowded too." He said he would like to see the course made compulsory, in the city, even though health and sanitary standards of Osh- awa's food establishments are} above average. | "Legally, I don't think we can make it compulsory at a locai level," said Dr. Watt. The board of health is expect- ed to be relocated in the proposed new west wing of ')sh- awa General Hospital, but a campaign for the hospital addi- tion will not be started until next spring. Bible principles in our day," morrow. Lrepory of livestock valuer Glen "The dramas are designed to} feel it is the elected people who|in the union,' observed Con, of| should get in and do something.| Nicol. We shouldn't have one group of| The board decided to have a employees judging other em-| meeting on Sept. 18 with Thomas ployees. Greer, QC, a lawyer who has "You are taking morejbeen involved in local labor autonomy away from the elected|talks, some with General people. You, yourselves, the|Motors, and _ representatives heads of departments, are in ajfrom two labor consultant ore union, and there is not a tighter| ganizations, Central Ontario Ine union in Oshawa than when the/ dustrial Relations Institute, Tore city heads get together and takejonto, and Ferguson, Monte a stand. It is like asking my|gomery, Cassels and Mitchell, brother to be my judge." also of Toronto. Mr. Murray said he divorced| It will then consider if mem- his function as department head|bers should be present during when he sat in on negotiations.'union negotiations. 1,500 Dogs Running Loose City Clerk Tells Board people ,who just thumbed their noses at him. Replying to Con. Robert Nicol, Mr. Barrand said to completely control the loose dogs running around in contravention of the bylaw would require about 10 men and a number of trucks. Afterwards, Mr. Barrand said many owners seemed to release were about 1,500 dogs running : : bi ©| their dogs after the dog depart- loose in the city at any one} ment an cloaet: time out of an estimated canine) "Time after time, I hear of population of 5,000. pies }eases where they are on the The board was considering a} joose after hours," he said, : "and. I get the end result." Glaspell, in respect of 12 tur-] He said his department was keys killed on Aug. 3 by dogs on) continually sending out letters the farm of Frank Hoag, at|to owners about their animals, Rossland Road West. The tur-| and that often this had the de- keys were valued at $33.60. sired effect. Questioned by Mayor Ernest| The board recommended pay- Marks, Mr. Barrand said the| ment of the $33.60 and a fee of city had passed a bylaw under) $9 for Mr. Glaspell. the Dog Tax and Cattle Sheep and Poultry Protection Act pro-| és viding for compensation of $2.80} 1 S ff apiece to poultry owners whose! Gir U1. ers animals were killed by dogs. He added that only that morn- ing he had received a report of Burns, Cuts another 15 or 18 chickens killed} by dogs. | Some dog owners in Oshawa, including business men, are thumbing their noses at the dog control officer. Roy Barrand, city clerk ,said this at the board of control meeting yesterday. He said that generally there An eight-year-old Oshawa girl \the dogs had burrowed under turkeys had been well protected by wire and well cared for, and the wire. Some of the dogs were also capable of jumping over high fences. | The dog control officer was doing everything he could but MAILBOXES RECOVERED WHITBY (Staff) -- All of the mailboxes which were reported stolen Thursday morning in Ux- bridge Township have been re- covered by the Whitby detach- ment of the Ontario Provincial Police. The mailboxes were dis- covered lying in ditches in the area, and are being held by Whitby OPP waiting for the "We hope to establish the course but we can't until we are relocated," said Dr. Watt. owners to claim them In each case, the chickens and|is in Oshawa General Hospital recovering from rope burns, cuts, and possible internal in- juries following an unusual acci- dent on Ritson Road, Thursday evening. Beth Lewins, RR 2, Oshawa, tied one end of a nylon rope to a mailbox at Ritson Road and the fifth concession of East Whitby Township, and the other end around her waist. She then proceeded to cross the road. A small Japanese motorcycle, driven by Bruce Dale, 16, of Lot 4, Con. 4, East Whitby Town- ship, struck the rope, dragging the little girl onto the road. A spokesman for the Whitby detachment of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police said that if it had been a car which hit the rope, the child's injuries could have been far more severe .

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