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™, ~ SPECIAL Starting next year public school pupils with an , intelli- gence quotient of 130 or higher may have an opportunity to spend one-half of each school day as a group doing advanc- ed studies and projects. The new program for gifted children was introduced to the Oshawa Board of Education last night by Miss Donna Dodge, supervisor of special education. She said the special classes would start with children in grade 5 and they would follow it through to grade 7, with the new grade 5 class joining the Program each year. The stu- dents would take the basic sub- jects with a regular class in PROGRAM PROPOSED FO the morning and in the after- noon would receive specialized instruction. ADVANCEMENT Miss Dodge said the students would advance at the regular rate of one grade per year. These children would already have participated in the accel- eration classes and skipped a year in their first four grades. Children with an IQ of 120 or more are considered for the acceleration classes, she said. There are 48 children from three north Oshawa and one east Oshawa schools who could make up two classes, Miss Dodge said. She said she hoped nen vee grt to start two classes with max- imum enrolment of 25 by mid- January however the trustees felt there were too many prob- lems to be worked out in such a short time. Dr. C. M. Elliott, superin- tendent of public schools said, "T would need a room, a gpec- falized teacher and _ special nn nny ate R GIFTED PUBLIC S equipment. At present I wouldn't know where to put them. I would not be discour- - if we started in Septem- er. INVESTMENT He supported the project say- ing, "Anything we do here is an investment that will really pay off - really pay off." How- ever, he said, classes for gifted children produce the danger of snobbery'- "not so much among the children but among the par- ents." Trustee R. H. Stroud said, "I'm for it in principle. Some- thing should certainly be done but I'm not certain how it CHOOL PUPILS should be done. I'm not con- vinced of the advantages of the half days." Trustee S. G. Saywell sai "every student in the city shoul have a chance to attend. If not I'm against it." © The board voted to support the principle of an enriched program for the gifted child. two delegations which attended in full force at meeting, had to hang on for|five elderly women, part of the hours at only to hear finally that their LL en vn ET Minor Hockey Delegations Hear Lower Rates Defeated he Oshawa Fimes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1967 Board Secretary Hired Council Debates Late Over Drop-In Centre The scattered remnants -of|favor of the recommendation to increase the rates. It was just at midnight that last council} inst night's meeting, |Tiginal delegation objecting to {the erection of a drop-in centre : jon John and Centre Streets, causes were lost. }heard the fate of their cam- And this e Despite Some Protests 3.8.2.0 so. 55 voiceless and sat quietly at the|Callum, who heads the special |back of the council chamber|Committee in charge of the pro- while council meandered|ject, refuted charges made by STAMP COLLECTION ? HOLDS ATTENTION Board of control nearly lost its proposed new secretary be- men at last functions. It would be difficult to hire somebody to do a job without any guide lines, said Ald. Gor- of control hire Murray W. Milne as secre- $9,513 came up for discussion. "I am of the opinion that the board should get together and formulate some sort of policy bylaw and then hire this man to operate under that bylaw," he said. "It is also my thinking that the city clerk has been doing this job and I wonder if it is a full time job or not," he added. "If not perhaps he should be placed in the city clerk's de- partment." Ald. Bruce Mackey said he thought the board was acting prematurely hiring a secretary before they knew what their clerk) had on many occasions|formed about the board's work- complained of over work which/load if they sat in at meetings, through the agenda. |Ald. John DeHart | that the fore he is hired following un- certainty expressed by alder- night's council meeting regarding the board's|should report direct to don Attersley, when the board recommendation to tary, at a starting salary of and submit it to council for a was interfering with his normal duties. He was also in agree- ment that the new secretary the board. Later when Ald. Attersley re- ferred to a report of July 1966 regarding the board's function, Con. Jones said angrily, '"'Why didn't you bring it up before?" and Ald. Attersley said he was waiting for it to be raised. "It is not my job," he added. When he continued to press the matter Con. Jones said, in exasperation, "O.K. we didn't get it. You know that. Let's for- get it. We are trying to find out what our functions are and will come back with a bylaw.' said Con. Shaw, and Con. Nicol! complained that the council's attitude was "grossly unfair'. "All our businesses have aut-| fered through being on the board," he added. "The work-| load is quite heavy." The board had only been transacting city business for 11 months, pointed out Con, Mc- Callum. "The city clerk thought he could handle it, but six months ago he found he could not and asked for help. "There will be plenty of work for the new secretary," he con- tinued. "'He will not only help board of control but some of the Aldermen would be better in- other members of council as well."' $2699,000 BID APPROVED FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL A base bid from the Mitchell Construction Com- jmajority of people at Friday's tatives from minor hockey, SPecial ee did not favor groups in the city, who origi-| ae iledopiai ' a nally protested the proposed| "The place is for senior citi- hikes in ice time at Chil-/Z¢ns and they have the right dren's Arena, heard Ald, Ern-|0 Say something about it. est Whiting, a member of the|Many, many questions remain recreation committee, tell coun-|Unanswered." cil the Children's Arena and| "It is not true," declared the North Oshawa Arena had|Con. McCallum. 'They all had cost $200,000 in deficits over the|a chance to say how they felt last five or six years. on Friday. Both sides spoke for "We are not making a profit and against, and it was decided or breaking even," he said, "It|® continue with the proposal," has never been mentioned that|2"d Mayor Ernest Marks said we are going to replace the|that Leo Karnath, principal roof this year, that one of the|SPOkesman for the objectors, main walls needs repairing and|"@d made it plain he was not the entire place has to be re-\9Pposed to the drop-in centre painted, We are only trying to|>Ut only the site. recover our costs, and we will] Con. McCallum, he said, had still lose in the neighborhood of|done a great deal of work on $15,000 to $20,000 a year." the project and had borne the The position at Children's|*titicisms with gentlemanly Arena was stark and striking,|Tenity. said committee chairman, Ald.| "You cannot please every- Charles Mcllveen, producing a|body," he added. About half a dozen represen- In their bid, the Mitchell company said if it could start graph showing the rise in| Earlier the former delegates wages over the years. "If youjhad heard council pass a are going to peg rates back,jrecommen dation from the you will have to do it with|board of control imposing re- Members of Simcoe Hall clubs attended the regular night. William Affleck dis- 12, group leader R. M. re goi pany, for the building of the . i ann P : : : 8 8 ' , Hiulk and Susan air Ree Don, malar deems 0 es special vocational school on Without any unnecessary de- |wages as well." strictions on delegations wish- Settlement House and Sim- meeting of the Oshawa plays his collection to Pam bairn, 10. cocaine aaa een eke: Gibb Street, of $2,895,000 was lays, it could complete the Suggestions by other alder-jing to speak to council, limiting coe Hall Boys' Club stamp Stamp Collectors Club last Fairbairn, 12, Nicki Ivanoff, --Oshawa Times Photo tary Ald. Norman Downs ex- City Staff Concerned Over Fireman's Fine claimed, "I think we are get- 'MOOSE' OWNER COMES FORWARD The "moose" that turned out to be a horse has been ting way out of line, hiring a secretary to a secretary." APPROVAL Council finally approved the recommendation to hire Mr. Milne after an angry exchange approved by board of educa- tion trustees last night. The final price, including piling at about $41,000, should come to $2,932,000, board architect, Frank Nicol said. This is $32,000 above the esti- mate made by the board. Mr. Nicol said the price in- work in 52 weeks. Sub-contract work will be done by two Oshawa firms, Eastern Electric and Sharp Electric. Mr. Nicol said piling work on the site should be com- pleted within 11 days. men that minor hockey rates|their time to ten minutes with could be kept at the old figurejone spokesman. They will also this year, pending a review,jhave to appear first before were lost on a recorded vote in!committees. Aldermen Trade Charges P between Ald. Attersley and Con.| cludes elaborate instruction Pag Piegy -- a st . . claimed by an Oshawa man. |Jones and interjections from] kitchens at $55,000, $12,400 for of eight bids with, one from 0 P ki C f 3 BES : Wesley DeLarge, 557 Phil- |Con. Margaret Shaw, Con.| stage lighting, a football field W. A. McDougal being dis- n ar. ing, on. usion Concern was felt among sen-| Council also agreed then that) was Still in the process of inves-| jp Murray Ave., reported |Frank McCallum and Con. Rob-| and track, treatment of Warne qualified since it was com- for city hall staff when council]in future, the driver of an/tigation. yesterday that hunters in Al- |ert Nicol. A Creek, and lockers. pleted incorrectly. Angry charges and counter-| "If there is a confused man approved a recommendation on Ald. Bruce Mackey, who] gonquin Park claimed they | Con. Jones said the board had emergency vehicle charged charges were bandied between|in this chamber it is Ald. De- after such an incident should Ald. Ernest Whiting and Ald./Hart," declared Ald. Whiting Nov. 6 that fire captain Leo Smith be reimbursed by the requested the city solicitor to get in touch with the boards in raised the subject, said there c saw a moose _ wandering had been certain misunder- around their camp last week. Retired Oshawa Couple city for a $40.50 fine imposed|be represented by counsel atistandings. 'I do not think] But, it turned out to be a |various other cities and ascer- John DeHart at last night'sjangrily. "There are at least on him for ee three i oe, he ef "sch | this council should condone} black horse. rob nace Potideni oF gong gine council meeting over the pro-|three committees dealing with ligore 75 September, When we ae ay ie i breaches of a provincial sta-| Today, it was reported that 2 eee a bes . Md jected parking garage this matter, and I have no doubt fire car he was driving was in-|said city treasurer Frank/tyte," he said. "Council should Ae ae hoped to draw up a draft bylaw t J parking garage. | er, 1 make it eae clear chat its the Ronse Jeowaed by Clone in the near future. 1 n olin " CCl en Council finally approved ajthe planning board will be in- volved in a collision with an-|Markson asked him for infor- other vehicle. {mation on the matter, and he Non-Profit_Organization, Neal, Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, who had been hunt- ing in the park the past two weeks. A fellow hunter said Mr. Neal--went hunting with --his horse, and returned with three deer and a bear -- but with- volved before very much longer. The traffic committee is doing a good job, said Ald. DeHart and phase one of the report ot be coming out in Decem- er. He said Mr. Milne was a capable man who had been sec- retary to quite a number of municipal organizations and the board felt quite certain he would have a basic knowledge of what he would be required to do as secretary to the board intentions are in the matter." Aldermen were surprised to hear from Con. Ralph Jones that when emergency vehicles were involved--in---such----inci- dents they were not covered by collision insurance, and the city A retired Oshawa business-jyears, he managed the business) ™0tion of Ald. DeHart to cir- man and his wife were killed|single-handed, until it was|Culate a report from the traffic yesterday in a car accident in|bought out in 1959 by its present}committee giving the up-to-date Greensburgh, Pa., en route tojowner, Carl Fleischmann. Mr.|position regarding the project to a-vacation--in- Florida. Donevan acted in' an advisory|board of control, aldermen and Dead is Frederick James|capacity for the firm for sev-|the news media. Donevan, 72, and Mary Amber|¢ral years. "I don't want Ald. Whiting to| PURCHASES LTD. 3-5278 Theatre Spokesman Says A spokesman for the Oshawa Little Theatre said today state- ments made by business man- ager Richard Erman in a Times article yesterday should be clarified. Rex Williams, immediate past president of the Little Theatre, said, "some misunderstanding appears to have occured", Mr. Williams said the theatre is strictly a non - profit - mak- ing organization and all reven- ues from plays are used to fi- nance existing and future pro- ductions and to offset whatever capital costs are incurred dur- ing the course of each season. Another Investigation Call for yet another firm of consultants to investigate yet another city hall department was made by Ald. Gilbert Mur- doch at last night's council! meeting. His motion that a manage- ment consultant firm be hired to carry out a management audit of the personnel depart- ment was approved. He said he was making the motion in view of recent criti- cisms concerning the hiring of outside negotiators for union contracts. "I have felt for some time that this department should be in a position to perform the necessary functions in this field," he said. He wants the board of con- trol to investigate among .con- sultant firms and make a rec- ommendation to council with terms of reference. "They should ascertain the nature and extent of the func- tions presently being perform- ed by the personnel depart- ment," he said, "and see what improvements, if any, could be achieved." Mr. Erman was quoted yes- terday as saying the theatre "made a little profit' from its recent play "A Rattle of a Simple. Man". He also was quoted in the article as saying: "We have always covered ex- penses and whatever profit we had to bear the cost. out his horse which got away of control. In one case, it has amounted to between two and three thou- sand dollars, and $1,200 for a recent police car incident. The fire vehicle concerned had cost the city $800. "Board of control should have this item in their charge," said Ald. William Paynter. "We wouldn't dare,"' replied from him. Mr. Neal will pick up his horse this week at the Village of Lake St. where it is being held. Peter Campaign Board It was also felt he should re- port directly to the board and not the city clerk, as he (the Work Under Study make is nobody's business." "The aims of the Oshawa Little Theatre are to bring to Oshawa and to encourage the) increased acceptance of live theatre in Oshawa," said Mr.) Williams. continuing Couch's Con. Jones, board's powers. fi Council decided to await Mr. report before taking further action. referring to the controversy over the "Insofar as students' accep- tance of live theatre is concern- ed, the OLT student member- ship is at the highest point in our history. Considerable inter- est exists among students, and we look for even greater ac- tive participation from this|mendation most important group in the fu-|$150 cost of a dinner for visiting Ottawa firemen and their wives ture," said Mr. Williams. Mr. Erman said yesterday ap- proximately 100 students bought season tickets for the theatre this fall. He---said more_teen- agers would have attended "The Rattle of a Simple Man" "'if;was sorry Dec. 1, in muscular council. they were not in the middle of|services and general purpose| committee, fire department matters, Christmas examinations'. Mr. Erman also said some plays produced by the OLT "are not|the board suitable for young audiences". City To Pay Cost Firemen's Dinner A board of control recom- was approved last night by city tion by handling the request. Road. that the city pay the Dec. 1 conjunction with the} The new if council's social which deals with had usurped its func- For Church Members of Kingsview United|licitor to prepare a report in- Church will launch a campaign Dec. 3 to raise $375,000 in the next three years to build a new church on Adelaide and Wilson Approximately $125,000 is ex- pected to be pledged donations and in the next two years, says Alan Thompson, publicity chair- man for the campaign. This year's campaign ends raised this church, which is dystrophy. campaign,|under construction now, will re- place the former church which was destroyed by fire several Mayor Ernest Marks said he|¥ears ago. One thousand church mem-) bers or adherents will be asked for donations, said Mr. Thomp- felt}son. About 100 volunteers will canvass regular parishioners in the 10-day blitz. through year Board of control yesterday re- quested H. J. Couch, city so- corporating the areas of con- trol that belong exclusively to the board. Using the Sudbury and Tor- onto boards of control as ex- ample, it was pointed out that a number of areas such as la- bor negotiations and personnel problems are not clearly de- fined in the case of Oshawa as under the jurisdiction of board of control. The board asked that Mr. Couch's report, which will be ibmitted to city- il, out- line the specific board of con- trol duties as well as_clarify- ing a "number of grey areas" contained in the Municipal Act. come to grips with this prob- we are still feeling our way," said Mayor Ernest Marks. "Tam not apologizing for thejof heated basements attract year that it has taken us to|dozens of cold and hungry cats. lem, it is a matter in which/be living in relative comfort on Donevan, 64, of 365 King St. E. Mrs. J. Clinton Fetterly, 80 Roxborough St., in Oshawa, sister of. Mrs. Donevan, was notified today of the two deaths. The Donevans are sur- Wvived by three children, Mrs. J. R. Cranston (Ann) of Burl- ington; Dr. Richard Donevan of Montreal, and Dr. David Donevan of St. Catharines. Details of the accident are not known. The couple were to visit their son in St. Catharines before going to Florida, says Carl F. Fleischmann of Done- van and Fleischmann, Ontario Land Surveyors and Engineers. The late Mr. Donevan pur- chased the Whitby firm from M. M. Gibson in 1925 and moved it to Oshawa where, be- tween 1927 - 1929, he formed a partnership with C. T. Smith. A new partnership began in 1929 with George Richards, which lasted until 1956 when Mr. Richards died. For three FIGHT OFF CATS LONDON (CP) -- The British Museum is fighting off an inva- sion of stray cats. The 80 acres As many as 150 are believed to Olympics | Discussed Two letters regarding the possible participation of Osh- awa in the 1976 Olympic Games if Toronto is named as the host city were considered by city council last night. One from Con. Allan Lamport of Toronto, said the city was making a bid for the Games and he had been designated as chairman of the steering com- mittee. He said since the an- nouncement in the papers, many letters had been receiv- ed from individuals and sports| personnel in Oshawa offering) their services and facilities in the city. He invited Mayor Ern- est Marks to attend the inaug- ural meeting in Toronto Nov. 21, but as the mayor has a prior commitment. Con. Marg-| aret Shaw volunteered to at- tend. The other letter, from Mrs A. J. Cowman, 19 Aberdeen St., suggesting that Oshawa act as host for some of the events, was referred to the social ser- the mice they catch, most evad- ing efforts to capture them. vice and general purpose com- mittee. CITY IN VANGUARD DISPOSAL PROBLEM think I am a confused man any Ralph Jones pointed out that more,"' declared Ald. DeHart. |the bylaw had nothing. to do Council had before it bylaw| With the construction of the 163 authorizing the purchase or|Patking garage and only acquisition of properties for con-|authorized the council to raise struction of the garage, which|Money by debentures for pur- had two readings on Sept. 5 but chase of properties before con- was tabled on Nov. 6 on the mo-|Struction could begin. tion of Ald. Whiting, who said he} "We have purchased a num- did not understand what was)ber already and we wish to be going on. in-a position to do so when one others become available or PASSED : |when we reach accord with the The bylaw was lifted from the| people who own them." table and passed in spite of Ald.| What if the land were bou Te ; 4 ght col ye gig Sola ee P° and it was decided not to build eet the garage, asked Ald. Whiting. Reading from a report " The It page doubtful that ss Oshawa Times dated Nov. | . DeHart, vice-chairman of the es Prtiag ng = pasved traffic committee, drew atten- was he possibility. "Tn _prine tion to Ald. Whiting's statement) |. nid 4 build that there seemed to be half Aisa pg decided to bul dozen committees running) ',, A : : ' around in circles on the project|. "Don't tell me you have no and that he had been unable to|intention of building it," said get information on the reports| Ald. Norman Down. "It would after telephoning city hall. '"He/not make sense." seems to be very confused,"|- "I am with you," replied Con. said Ald. DeHart. \Jones, City Approves Financing For Park Land Acquisition and we could use the money somewhere else," said Ald. Alice Reardon, while Ald. Nor- man Down was of the opinion that it took a lot of nerve to City council last night ap- proved a recommendation from board of control to finance the city's portion of the cost of the Air Pollution Bylaw In Effect Six Years Oshawa was in the vanguard of Ontario cities to implement an effective bylaw to control air pollution, Dr. C. C. Stewart said at a board of control meet- ing yesterday. Dr. Stewart, whose medical health department was under review by the board, said work on the air pollution bylaw be- gan six years ago in Oshawa and it is now in effect. He mentioned the provincial government is expected to take control of air pollution enforce- ment in two or three years' time, and Oshawa, because of its early work in the field, will receive priority from the gov- "ernment. One of the problems his de- partment is trying to solve at the present time is the effec- tive disposal of construction materials. Because of certain city bylaws, builders cannot burn or dump waste materials within the city boundaries and are often forced to truck waste out of the city at great ex- pense. ANOTHER AREA Food inspection and control is another area under the jurisdic- tion of Dr. Stewart's depart- ment. Oshawa's consolidated food bylaw, according to Dr, Stewart, is one of the best in the province, and combined with the co-operation of the city's restaurant owners, peo- ple should have no fear about eating in Oshawa. Discussing his department's move to the planned addition to the Oshawa General Hospital, Dr. 'Stewart said the province would pay two-thirds of con- struction costs, and' pay for all the equipment, while the city would add the land and one- third cost of construction. He said the problem at the moment is for his staff of 28 to hold out in the present cramped quarters in the old board of education building. Mayor Ernest Marks, posing an hypothetical question, asked Dr. Stewart what he would do if his budget was increased $100,000 this year. Dr. Stewart said he would like to co-ordi- nate all public health and vol- untary health services in one building, so that an even better service to the public could be provided, three aldermen had expressed opposition to the meve. The property will be pur- chased by the Central Lake On- tario Conservation Authority for park and conservation purposes at a total cost of $109,000. Grants will take care of $54,500 of the purchase price and Oshawa's contribution will total $51,775. The remaining cost will be shared by other municipalities in the area "It is outside thé city limits 6 tb Little Buckaroo ranch over|stand up and ask for the three years at an approximate money. : cost. of $17,100 a year, after) "We need a lot of things much more urgently," he said. | Ald. John DeHart said the 'money could be spent beautify- ing the valley area. Chairman of the parks and property committee, Ald. Charles Mcliveen, said the area would make an absolutely beau- tiful park 'We must look to the fu- ture,' he added. "If we ex- pand and want this land in 10 'years time it would cost us 'very much more."