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| Misses 1, The Betters 9, Minis 8, ancy Fice 296, 260, Bird 163, 27, 319 E LEAGUE 43. BigP hed high trip- = wale we J ir ou Biglin 575 ae Te Lupel' 360 ts followed by CHE, PA % eps, 7, Chevell riehy Hdwe, 7, Un POLICE PROMOTE SAFETY THROUGH SCHOOL PATROLS, LECTURES 9s Ee 'ithe flood plains of the Oshawa _|the proper development of the + lond the range of this five - year 4 plan, similar recommendations _|will be made for the acquisi- _|the east and west sectors of the > city. ! The Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1967 Consideration should be given over the next five years to the aqusition of lands lying within creek valley, which is vital to city, says city planning director G. A. Wandless. Mr, Wandless made the state- ment in his five - year capital forecast on park land acquisi- tion submitted to city treasur- er Frank Markson, and present- ed last night to the planning board. Mr. Wandless said that bey- tion of further valley lands in COST | The estimated cost of park land acquisition over the five! year period from. 1968 to 1972 - ' {343.7 acres plus various small} individual properties - amounts} bs $1,251,000. | Planners On an annual basis the amounts are: 1968, $353,000, 33.7 acres; 1969, $240,000, 60 acres; 1970, $240,000 60 acres; 1971, $235,000, 61 acres; 1972, $183, 000, 129 acres plus remainder of the Barnhart property at the lakefront, The report says financial as- sistance may be _ available through subsidies and it recom- mended that two reserve ac- counts be established. One from monies paid by subdividers in lieu of land dedication and the second from the municipal budget. Funds from subdividers could be spent to provide parks in Creek Valley Land Favored For Parks = the areas from which the con- tributions are received. It was stated that park land acquisition is based on the standard of 10 acres per 1,000 population. As the city becomes more intensively urbanized, neighbor- hood playgrounds can only be obtained by taking advantage of a 5 per cent dedication of park lands which the subdivid- er provides. Community and city play- grounds would have to be pro- vided out of city funds. The board approved t h e fore- cast, which now goes to the parks and property committee for consideration. Planning Board Studies Complex Members of the planning board last night simply couldn't make up their minds about the jprecedent for future develop- ment of the city and was ex- ceptionally high, even for Metro Toronto. | ¢ be |$6,000,000 residential and com-| « i | t d S t The narrow 100-foot distance iw u y 1 eS mercial complex proposed for|hetween the two towers is also |the Bathe and McLellan prop-|an undesirable standard," said | erty, King and Queen Streets-- erage ey Be | F }except that it would be a most or a ery ilgeaag development for the city. the report, "'and it suggests a more satisfactory solution would be to set all the office accom- modation on two = three floors baits sii i 3 Sepa wean oa ee: Ss at es See : 2 AS BAD WEATHER INCREASES THE VALUE, IMPORTANCE OF CITY SCHOOL SAFETY PATROLS «++Mark Kashul Helps Younger Students Cross Busy Road To Ritson Road School jardtop >! CALLED AMONG FINEST IN CANADA Police Say Safety Patrol Saves Money, Lives In City By STUART BYCZYNSKI Of The Times Staff The Oshawa School Safety Patrol program is among the finest in Canada and is sav- ing Jives and taxpayer's mon- ey ta the amount of $75,000 a year, say Constables William Moring and Beverley Gra- ham of the city police safe- ty division. From a tiny office in the police department building, these two men co-ordinate the safety efforts of more than 1,000 safety patrollers and. 39 adult guards throughout Osh- awa, They also present lec- tures before elementary stu- dent groups 600 times each school year. The safety patrollers are students -- usually in Grades 6, 7 and 8 -- who stand at intersections near schools to regulate the flow of school children across the street. Constable Graham estimates that if there were no safety patrollers, about 100 inter- sections would have to be policed by adult guards, who make $750 a school year for the job. So the presence of the safety patrol represents a saving to taxpayers of about $75,000 a year. HAZARDOUS Many of the' intersections "One of 'cur biggest prob- lems," Moring says, "is the adults. Too many of them won't' pay any 'attention to the safety patroller. Just ima- gine -yourself standing there holding a crowd of kids back off the street," he continues, posing with arms out, 'when some adult simply brushes past you and goes across. *You're likely to think, 'What am I standing here for if it doesn't really mean any- thing?' ; "On the other hand, if you want to make' a safety pa- troller feel good, you just walk up and stand behind him until he lowers his arms. If an adult does that, all the kids will respect the safety patroller, and the safety pa- troller will feel 'he's doing something that's really im- portant.. Which it is," .Con- stable Moring said. 16 ACCIDENTS On the office walls hang flyers and posters designed to catch a child's eye, pro- moting safety. There is' a chart showing the statistics of. 16 accidents in Oshawa since this school year opened in which a child was at fault. The safety-patrol for each school is run' by a_ teacher who volunteers his or her own stream of pedestrians. It may be 10 or 15 minutes before he can get through -- pedes- trians have the right-of-way at stop signs or crosswalks." But if a safety patroller is on duty, he would only have to stop for a minute or two. LACK OF RESPECT "Another of our lems," Constable Graham says, "is lack of respect from:kids:who are older than the safety patroller. We try to get the oldest in each school, 'but sometimes, enough Grade 8 students in a school that goes up to Grade 8 won't volunteer. So we might have some in Grade 6. And .you can be sure that if a Grade 6 student tells a Grade 8 student to stop, he's going to keep right on going, and that lowers the safety patroller's image in the eyes of the other children." . Safety patrollers are not paid for their work. A jam- boree is held for them. every year, usually in April, with free food, but that is their only compensation other than what they can learn about safety' and civic action. Why do children volunteer for this job? "We set it up as a privil,, ege to be a safety patrol- prob- "Now anl:again," Mr. Kel- lington says, "a kid tries to skip across the street, but they 'generally don't have many problems." He points to the last line of the "Patrol Member's Pledge,'"' printed on the back of a_/Safety Patrol ID card, and says: "This is probably the rough- est part of the job." The line reads, "Strive to earn the re- spect of fellow-students."." The safety patrol is hi organized, sot each school are in charge patrolmen; a captain and an assistant captain in each school are in charge of every- one. The captain and assis- tant captain spend most of their time inspecting the work of the rest of the safety patrollers. The safety patrollers are both boys and girls. In some schools the. captain is a girl. GUIDELINES Safety patrollers are guided by the "Elmer Safety Rules." These are a set of safety guidelines appearing on a set of posters illustrated by Elmer, the Safety Elephant. The rules, particularly ap- propriate during safe driving week, are: --Where there are no side- walks, walk facing traffic; |department motion of recom- It looked a bit like a Christ- mas party at the planning board meeting last night with latest indoor game craze, push- ing the models around. First they tried this position and that with card reproduc- tions of the proposed $6,000,000 development on King-~ and Queen Streets, on a scale model of the city, Then they all had a go at selecting a site for the art gallery, Among /the trees, facing the creek™ right down between Lloyd Street and Calvary Bap- tist Church? No, that would be too far away they decided. There were no prizes, but in) gested it would be better to re- Finally it was decided that Motek Fischtein, president F. T. Developments, Ltd., Toronto, everybody crowded round the|Who proposes to build the com- plex, and Murray Jones, con- sultant for Oshawa's urban -re- newal scheme, should have an informal meeting to iron out ob- jections raised by Mr. Jones. Then the board will have a special meeting devoted just to this subject, because it was felt it is so important and as much data as possible is to be col- lected beforehand, including al- ternatives to the proposed ar- rangement of the two towers. REVERSE TOWERS covering most of the site, form- ing a podium on top of which the residential tower could be located -- in other words ver- tical separation of the uses rather than horizontal." Architects of the city hall ad- dition, Pentland, Baker and Pol- son, Toronto, said they felt the principal of the scheme was a good one but should be scaled down to an acceptable coverage in the downtown area. SINGLE TOWER In a written report they said they were in basic agreement with the Murray Jones' attitude, and also agreed that a single In brief, the consultants sug-|tower would be preferable. Development on this scale for the end they did conclude that) verse the position of the com-\the city should not be discour- mercial and residential towers|aged, said G. A. Wandless, plan- to provide better light control|ning director. the site already selected for the drop-in centre on Centre Street would have been ideal. Only|and better access to the apart- the drop-in centre got there| ment tower for residents. first. sites r It was also pointed out that|tial way of business Finally they: voted on tw0|the proposed density standards|ready had by holdings in director G. A. Wandless, on at the volving four properties with A for the apartments would set south-east corner of Centre and Bagot Streets, oe City Land total assessment of $30,000, |which scored only two votes, and another on the west side of, at all, on the grounds that it He said that Mr. Fischtein was a builder in a very substan- al- Expensive Food Company Reports 'Agents for Farmboy Foodyed to open a fruit and vege- was too far away from the city| Markets of Peterborough had| table market on the same scale been asked $150,000 for an acre|®5 ® Supermarket. of land at the north end section| 30-40 EMPLOYEES centre. All the players plumped for a site at the end of Bagot the agenda, and this, in the formal wording of a planning mendation, will go to board of control. Brakemen Dies After 'Tussle' A Canadian National Rail- way's brakeman died after Street, which wasn't even onjof Oshawa, it was stated last night at a city planning board meeting. Frank Smith, for the com- pany, said commercial proper- ty for this type of development was scarce, and although num- erous enquiries had been made around the city since June in co-operation with the city's bus- iness and industrial commis- sioner, James Williams, noth- ing suitable had been found. He said the company would; They would require a 300-foot frontage, with plenty of park- ing, occupying about 10,000 square feet and employing be- tween 30 and 40 people, "No other store in Oshawa can offer the kind of fresh fruit and farm produce throughout the year," he said. "If you can tell us where there is another piece of land I am sure we would be interested." Mr. Charles said the firm would be willing to spend about $100,000 for thee acres of land. covered by the safety patrol W ler,' says William Kelling- i 0 | jee ics co are Saati 'aakarbons fiegond time. Each safety patroller ton, vice-principal at the Rit- | --Look both ways before "tussling" with a passenger yd inate in a general Pou ae hog pon +o cially to very small children. donates 90 hours of his own son School, Mr. Kellington, you cross the street; about 11 p.m. last night some-|570PPIng : : the Canadian Pacific Railway ssion ""fany parents won't let time each school year. who is in charge of his ' where between Port Hope' and| They asked for rezoning of 8/1 2045 was zoned partial. induse rino! their younger children leave The safety patrol is a serv- school's safety patrol, adds: --Walk, don't run, when '\Oshawa, Bowmanville" OPP|block on which they held an) jor for school in the morning ice to motorists as well as "I pick youngsters I can rely YOU Cross the road; said today. option west of Hillside Ave- Ford . until they know the safety school children. If a car pulls on, and more or less let them --Keep out from © between The brakeman, Howard D. og pecg ae bing bl APPROVAL 241 -2534 patroller is out," said Con- stable Graham. Constables Moring and Gra- ham are men with an ability to see things from the child's point of view. up at a stop sign or pedes- trian crosswalk near a school at dismissal time and no safe- ty patroller is on duty, the driver is likely to find him- self stopped by an_ endless , run it themselves." A safety patroller receives, besides a badge, belt and identification card, a _certifi- cate, shoulder-bar and lapel pin upon graduation. parked cars; --Ride your bicycle safely. Obey all signs and signals; --Play games in a safe place away from traffic. -+-More Than 1,000 Youngsters Serve On School Safety Patrols yy BADGE, WHITE BAND IDENTIFY PATROLLER Judy Harper, 11, Grade 5, Ritson School POLICE URGE ADULTS AS WELL AS YOUNGSTERS TO OBEY SAFETY PATROLLERS (Oshawa Times Photos) Safe Driving Citation Set The city is still in the run- ning for a Certificate of Com- mendation. Governor - General Roland Michener is lending his assist- ance to Safe Driving Week in Canada and will present the cer- tificates to cities of over 40, 000 population which pass through the week from Dec, 1 to 7 without a single fatality. This year special emphasis is being placed on defensive driv- ing, the system which the Can- adian Highway. Safety Council is sponsoring in an effort to improve driving habits all year round. In the past Safe - Driving Week has proved to be a week of minimal highway accident fatalities and officials hope that this year the week will be a model for the rest of the year eland 1968. Canada's 1966 highway acci- dent toll reads like a battle report from Vietnam. There were 5,258 fatalities. and 160,656 injured in 1966 in Can- ada. During the past 12 years 45, 141 Canadians have been killed|that the Canadian government in auto accidents or slightly more than the number of Can-|child by refusing to widen the adians who died in combat in|grounds for taking his or her the Second World War. yearly|Great Roman Catholic Church, Pickering, Weston, Ontario, was taken to Oshawa General Hospital where he was pro- nounced dead on arrival. It is believed Mr. Pickering suffer- ed a heart attack but a post morten examination will be held at Oshawa General Hospi- tal today. Mr. Pickering has suffered previous _ heart troubles. A Toronto spokesman for! CNR said the death occurred) "after Mr. Pickering helped a} passenger to his seat." The} train was on an Ottawa to To-| ronto run. Abortion Law Petition Out A petition opposing the fed eral government's proposal to widen abortion laws is being circulated in some parts of the city. Mrs. Margaret Fraser, presi- dent of the St. Joseph's Catho- lic Parent-Teacher Association, says the Federation of CPTAs initiated the idea of the petition. | Mrs. Frank Anderson, 1063 Hortop St., said she received a regular bulletin from St. Jo- seph's CPTA which included an appeal to sign it, She said she would not, The petition, located in the rectory of St. Gregory the reads: "Your most immediate atten- tion is directed to a petition which will be sent to Ottawa Dec. 18. It is my honest desire when several residents opposed rezoning to industrial. Gordon Charles, who also ap- peared for Farmboy, said they were trying to work out some- thing on land zoned as com- mercial, but nobody was will- ing to sell. There were some properties available, but the prices: were fantastic. He said the company want- RETIREES INCREASE The board decided it would recommend approval of the re- zoning subject to the applicant obtaining sufficient land to ex- tend his holding down to and ine cluding the extension of Hillside Avenue from Stevenson Road West. The firm will also have to enter into a site plan agree- ment prohibiting entrance on to Stevenson Road South. May Merge A sudden flood of retirements from General Motors next year may force Local 222, United Auto Workers Union, to make one big occasion of three annual celebrations it has sponsored in the past. William Harding, the - local's, secretary - treasurer, says th¢ union is expecting a large nuny- ber of retirements for about three months after the UAW and GM sign new working agreements next year. As a result, the membership of the UAW's retirees club would be so big that the annual retirees banquet -- now in its second day at the union's Bond Street East hall -- may have to be combined with the annual summer picnic and the Christ- mas party. 500 PACK HALL continues to protect the unborn life through abortion." More than 500 people packed the hall yesterday for the first | halt of the two-day banquet. ae Harding Says Local 222 Three Events "I'm fearful that perhaps we are going to have to look for a new location for the banquet," Mr. Harding says. "We already do it over two days and it can- not be extended to three." By extending it to three, there would be too much pressure on the local's ladies auxiliary to meet preparation schedules. POOL EXPENSES Mr. Harding says one an- swer would be to pool the ex- penses of sponsoring the ban- quet, the Christmas party and the summer picnic into one big show -- possibly at Civic Audi- torium. "We don't want to do it. But if the club continues to grow there doesn't appear to be too much of an alternative." The retirees club now has about 1,050 members, some 800 jof whom live in Oshawa and area. ° Pe oe ee