eg ' Emergency Numbers Hospital 728-2211 Police 725-1183 Fire 725-6574 -- She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1965 ob < Second Section City and district features, social and classified advertis- ing. OSHAWA VETERANS' HIGHLIGHTS OF THE first TORONTO MAN DIES IN CRASH BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- One man was killed and an- other injured in .a two-car Wm. Boddy To Retire Oshawa Public Utilities Com- missioners will wind up_ their | | day of 1965 in Oshawa were the "Open House" held dur- ing the morning at the Ontario Regiment Armories, by the officers' and sergeants' messes; by Branch 43, Royal Canadian Legion; Unit 42, Canadian Corps Association and the Oshawa Naval Veter- Will Present Macken Play Harry Chapman, a director with the Oshawa Little Theatre, heard good news this week. the regiment, pouring a toast of punch for Lt.-Col. Warnica. Seated in the picture at right is Maurice Proctor, president of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch, with Ald. John Brady. Standing, from left, are Bill Evans, representing the 420 Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association; Alf. Brisebois, business manager ans' Association. In the pic- ture at left Lt.-Col. J. R. War- nica, commanding officers of the Ontario Regiment, is seen seated centre in the sergeants' mess. He is flanked, from left, by WO2 Joe Frendo-Cumbo, CD; WOl1 J. A. Newell, CD; Capt. J.' A. Sheriff, MC and WO2 R. D. Hodges, CD, presi- dent of the mess. The centre ORGANIZATIONS HOLD "OPEN HOUSE" ON NEW YEAR'S DAY City Council Holds Caucus Oshawa City. Council was to meet in caucus this morning to determine membership on stand- ing and special committees and representation on boards and commissions, four standing committees: nance, public works, The meeting was scheduled for 9 a.m., with probable secret ballot voting for seats on i- property | | | Industry BY J. P. WILLIAMS, Industrial Commissioner For the second consecutive year business and _ industrial development has sparked the greatest building boom in Osh- awa's history. The past 12 months has seen a record of over $28 million in building permits with com- Growth Setting Records or a 225 percent increase in @ five-year period. Banks in- creased from six to 18 in 10 years, and 4 Trust companies were added to the city. PROMOTE HARBOR During the past year a special effort has been made to pro- mote the assets of the Oshawa Harbor, and the Harbor Com- merce and industrial develop 'S are quite optimsitie year's work at a meeting Jan. 6 William Boddy, 27-year vet- eran will retire from the Com- mission after the meeting. Bruce Annand, Commission) manager, said the date for in-| angural meeting will probably be set when the Commission meets Jan. 6. Frank McCallum was elected earlier this month te the vacancy created by Mr. Boddy's retirement. The three other Commission| members returning for two more years are FE. F. Arm- strong, Roy Fleming and H. F.| 3:50 p.m. Baldwin. of the Legion and Ray Hobbs, Oshavw2 Fire Chief. --Oshawa Times Phot picture shows Major William C. Paynter, left, - recently named commanding officer of | Plan Week Of Prayer 'InQshawa | Denominational Differences | will be set aside next week dur- ing the annual Week of Prayer} jin Oshawa. | Special services, arranged by \the Oshawa Ministerial Associa- |tion will bring together Angli- cans, Baptists, Christian Re- formed, Christian and Mission- ary Alliance, Free Methodists, Latherans, Pentecostals, Pres- A play he directed recently for the Pix-Ax Players in Pick- ering Township Hall will be presented in Toronto for six days next week, starting Mon- |day. | The play is "Home is the Hero" by Walter Macken, an onto. Raymond Paret, 30, of Irish proféssot -- two members RR 1, Kendal, is in Bowman- |of the cast are Robert Steven- ville Memorial Hospital with json and David House of| a fractured leg and abrasions. | Oshawa. Ontario provincial police in| The play will be presented Bowmanville said both men junder sponsorship of Edward were alone in their cars at the |Mirvisch, owner-operator of the time. The accident occurred at |Royal Alexandra at a_ small irepertory theatre known as |The Poor Alex." ment accounting for about one- half of the total. Eight industries carried out expansions in excess of 925,000 square feet of new production space, while eight other indus- tries added new products to their lines. Three new manu- facturing. industries were es- tablished in Oshawa in the past year. Numerous new comuiner- cial busi were established including banks, trust com- panies, as well as several new retail and service establish- ments. about the possibility for in- creased traffic during the next shipping season. 1964 was a ree- ord year in handling traffic at the port. Special emphasis has been placed on expanding the image of our city, as it was found that there was a general lack of ap- preciation by the outside busi- ness world as to the stability and general make-up of Osh- awa. Through compilation of special reports and several newspaper tabloids, of national All this development has re- and sterasteee) cisculetion, the sulted in a substantial increase e! expansi fi has been oh- council been ste; u eo a our who tas. been es;-of in thea Te noth, result- ing in a considerable increase in Violet McNab of 749 Glencairn ion of mployment before."She was 'mayor in"1961")) nefit not only to Oshawa, but enquiries about Oshawa. street and Mary R. Backstrom lige -- for 8iX/to the entire area as well. In years }90-WU). this regard Oshawa would rate] fn the past ear ti | Mrs. Shaw has several years'|very high in comparison with Nofainie ton fee ppb cer] experience on the city Board Of|other cities in Ontario. how important it is for each one of 215 Toronto street were the of us to be sold on Oshawa, and drivers involved in an accident Thursday at the intersection of Richmond and Simcoe streets. head-on collision Thursday on Highway 35 about half a mile north of the Clarke-Manvers township line. : Dead is Arthur Blackburn, 42, of 134 Elviston drive, Tor- and traffic. 0s. Mayor Lyman Gifford will --~-|read his Inaugural Address at | |Monday's 11 a.m. council 'meet- $1565 Damage jing in the city hall council In 4 Acciden |chambers. The public is invited. | Monday night the new council gets down to business as mem- jbers tackle an agenda bearing Oshawa police investigated snatch agli one' referred 'by st four property-damage accidents y z zs during the New Year's holiday.| New members include Mrs. There were no injuries reported.|Mangaret. Shaw, Mrs. Sige Police said a car driven by Loneoaran se oa 'aes Harold Oley, 60, of 170 Park|Richar gel oF road south was in collision with|2#omas is the only one of a car. driven. by a_ juvenile 'Thursday night at the Oshawa Shopping Centre. Damage total- led $800. | i | AUTOMATION INCREASES pe NORWAY HOUSE, Man. (CP) How the First Comm The ber of teleph i gg a and direction to\this isolated community in- endeavors will be Ajcreased fivefold--to 87 from 17 central theme at all Christian|when automatic dialing went Gcience churches this Sunday.|into operation in the fall. The The subject of the Bible Lesson|community, on the northern tip is "God," and the Golden Text\of Lake Winnipeg 275 miles SEE BALLET A group of 37 Oshawa and district ballet students saw live ballet for the first time when they travelled to O'Keefe Centre to see the Nutcracker. The young students from Oshawa, Bowmanville and Newcastle at- CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Education and Mr, Donald sat) Within the past several years on the Separate School Board; --Oshawa's growth rate of 45|how well we, as citizens, sell our city. Oshawa was built by last term. |percent places it second in the | top 10 Ontario cities. In the past people, not by a single indi- DR, J. E. WATT tended a matinee performance, is from Deuteronomy (6:4):|north of Winnipeg, has no road "Hear O Israel: The Lord ourjor rail connection with the rest God is one Lord." of the province. Tax Collections During 64 Hit Total of $10,488,167 BY CLARENCE COX City Tax Collector During 1964 close to ten and one-half million dollars (namely $10,418,167.00 to-date) were col- lected from Realty and Business Current and Arrears taxes This is over one million dollars % more than during 1963 (Namely 7 $9,230,110.00) collections. $10,418, © 167.00 for 1964 collections repre- sents 100.09 per cent of the 1964 levy (of $10,408,836) collected from both current and prior years' arrears of taxes collec- tible during 1964. Total taxes outstanding to-date are $268,032 compared with $275,223. as of Dec. 3ist, 1963 even though the 1964 levy was over one million dollars more than 1963 levy. 97.9 per cent CURRENT TAXES PAID The net 1964 levy of $10,408,- 836 (after Court of Revision allowances of $28,981 were de- ducted) resulted in a total of} $10,192,119 collected, -- il | per cent of the current levy/,+e the result of unfortunate leaving a balance of $216,717 Tlcircumstances. Some of these 2.08 per cent of current levy | are previous and _ present tincollected to-date; In 1963, | -easonal unemployment, serious $9,044,248 was collected, being) <i-cness and accidents, widows 97.7 per cent of the 1963 current}, nq deaerted 'wives. 'Those tus: levy of $9,256,476. leaving @| ,avers owing taxes who have balance of $212,228. or 2.29 Per inot reported such unfortunate cent uncollected as of Dec. 31st,!cireumstances are adivsed to 1963. contact the Tax branch at City $1.5 per cent ARREARS PAID Out of a carry-over of 1963 and| INTERIM LEVY prior years' taxes as of Janu- ary Ist 1964. amounting to $275, 223. plus interest charged of $5,102. making a total of $280,325 less Court of Revision allow- ances of $2,962. resulting in a net collectible of $277,363., $226, 048. has been collected to-date. This is considerably more and higher percentage collected than during 1963 when out of $248,857. collectible there was only $185, 862. or 74.7 per cent collected. Outstanding arrears of prior years' as of the end of 1964 is $51,315. compared with $62,995 at the end of 1963. MUST PROCEED TO COLLECT The tax collector and his staff, must continue proceedings to collect outstanding taxes regard-|Gifford and all members of the less of the high percentages.|1964 council who have been so This is to provide working funds|sympathetic and understanding for the month of Jauary untillof our problems. CLARENCE COX the 1965 Interim tax monies start to come in February. Most of the outstanding taxes Tax Bill Colour Wards Divisions 4,5and6 70 to 135 Green 1,2and3 1 to 69 Red AFTER INTERIM 4,5.and6 70 to 135 Black 1,2and3 1to 69 Brown J Interim Billing and After In- terim Billing entails billing job which requires pro- cessing a total of approximately 45,000 tax bills in place of the one billing of approximately 22,000 tax bills, but the. savings to the taxpayer makes this plan adviseable. At this year's end, may I take this opportunity of sincerely thanking His Worship Mayor J under the direction of Miss, » recommendation 1965 REALTY TAX Demand F May 27th a double} Irenie Harvey. Sanitation Is Studied By DR. J. E. WATT, Supervisor Environmental Sanitation Oshawa Health Department Efforts were continued during 1964 to maintain a comprehen- sive program of sanitation throughout the City. With a staff of only three Inspectors plus the |Supervisor, however, this has |proved most difficult and var- jious aspects of the program did not receive the emphasis de- Hall immediately to avoid fur- ther proceedings. Such proceed- ings.as Bailiff Warrants, Divi- sion Court action with possibly garnishee could entail consider- able costs and embarrassment. Collection of rents from tenants of properties rented is also pro- vided to retire arrears of taxes.| SUCCESS WITH PLAN Over $75,000, savings after|spector is employed. extra costs of additional billing) An ideal situation requires a to the Oshawa Taxpayer during) monthly inspection of all types 1964 due to adoption of Alof eating establishments and for Interim-|food shops but this objective Tax Billing and discontinuance) proved impossible to meet. This of discounts surpassed estimated|can readily be understood con- savings. x sidering there are well over 350 Realty Tax collection percent-| such premises involved. Besides ages at all times periodically inspections,various swabs and during 1964 were higher than|<amples must also be collected. those in 1963. ; |Despite the work load per In- The success of this new plan) nector, however, the calibre of shows the general co-operative our food premises showed im- jacceptance by the Oshawa {ax-|) ovement over the year and ef- Pesto yt mortgagees, WhO Pay! fort. will be continued to assure taxes for homeowners. y Wing he watagen 7 ai 1965 Tax Instalment dates will soni heeds pdb al aie be 11 to 12 days later than ba ; those in 1964 and on Fridays|FoOD COULD whenever possible. The. reason) food control is, of course, only for the later dates suggested) one phase of a sanitation pro- gram and the attention of the are: Taxpayers convenience due to) staff must be directed to many monthly income cheques such as/other matters including barbers and hairdressers, schools, hous- Pays, Pensions, Allowances, ing, pest control, water, swim- Rents, etc., payable on Isto tad month are sometimes de- ming pools, water pollution, layed a few days. laundries, funeral parlours, gar- bage, heating of premises, milk and ice cream, soft drinks, septic tanks, etc. An average of 45 complaints are received each |month, all of which require in- vestigation and appropriate ac- Instalment Due Dates First Second Mailing Date an. 28th eb. 4th Feb. 12th Feb. 19th Third April 9th April 15th | tion. Fourth) In September an air pollution June 11th Sept. 10th| bylaw was passed by City Coun- une 3rd June 18th Sept. 17th! cil and the administration and | Also, I wish to thank our City enforcement of this bylaw is now an additional responsibility. for the Supervisor of Sanitation. The section is responsible also for investigations concerned Treasurer for his guidance and sympathetic understandings of our problems along with other City departmental officials and|with some of the communicable their staffs. diseases, especially rabies and The tax branch staff with the|Salmonellosis. Rabies repre- Assistant Tax Collector Mr,jsents an ever present hazard Wm. Morrison and Controls|since it is well established in Supervisor Mr. George Knowles|wild life in the area, Salmonella have my personal thanks forlinfections show a steady in- their co-operation, suggestions|crease and this disease repre- and willingness in assuming|sents a major challenge to more tax branch responsibili-|health personnel at every level ties, of government. | sired. The situation should im-} prove once a fourth Health In- B Damage was estimated at $365. Damage was estimated at $400 in an accident Thursday night at the intersection of King and Nassau streets. Police said the drivers were Gerald Frederick Ryan, 22, of 230 James street and Fernande Rompre, 30, . of 545 Tennyson avenue. Robert C, Smerage, 37, of 100 Oakes avenue was the driver in- volved in a hit-and-run collision at the intersection of King street east and Oshawa boulevard Friday. Constable Carl Davis of the Metropolitan Toronto police, who was in the vicinity at the time, said he saw a convertible |byterians, Salvation Army and | United Church people. | "Attention will be given to those things that make them all part of the world-wide Church of Jesus Christ," Rev. L. W. Herbert, Ministerial Association president told The Times. The services will be held in Knox Presbyterian Church, Sim- coe street north at 8 p.m., Mon- day through Friday. The services will be conduct- jed by the ministers of Knox Church, Byng Avenue Pente- costal Church, Northminster United, Christ Memorial Angli- two years almost 7,000 more Ss people have been added to our population. [RETAIL SALES UP Retail sales since 1958 have increased by 30 percent and in 1963 sales were up $8 million over 1962. In the top 10 Ontario cities its per capita retail sales are exceeded only by Metro London, During this same period Disposable Income climbed from $104 million to $133 million. Almost 90 percent of Osh- awa's homes are _ owner- occupied, which is one of the highest rates in Canada. The Canadian average is 66 percent. Quebec Saidiiin Get New Look MONTREAL Court justices will be wearing a new look in the new year: A splash of cardinal red in their robes. The purpose of this dash of color to the traditional black is to set judges apart from law- yers, since ordinary mortals-- the public and accused alike-- have had difficulty in telling one from the other in the corri- dors of the court. houses. can and the Salvation Army Cit- adel. The choirs of these church- es will lead in the services of pal Ws . CHARGE 2 DRIVERS | Speakers will be Rev. A. M.| Police Chief Herbert Flintoft| utler, Cedardale and South-\said today two persons were minster United Churches; Rey.|charged with drunk driving over speed away from the accident. | } | The new robes will have two panels of' cardinal red on the front. The lower part of the sleeves will have the same color. And, on the back, there will be a red rosette. BY JEAN FETTERLY McLaughlin Public Library The McLaughlin' Public Library hes recently celebrated both its anniversary and the centenary of library work in Oshawa. The story of the library during the century has been one of continuous growth. Since Col. R. S. McLaughlin presented us with our present beautiful building and book- mobile, the people of Oshawa have shown their appreciation by making full use of all the facilities, The book collection has increased to over 85,000 and the circulation to more than 400,000. The purchase of machines for charging out books and writing overdues has made it possible to cope with the growing pressure of work, Last February we loaned 42,527 books, the highest. circulation for one month in the history of the library. OTHER VIEWS In Oshawa the need for pro- féssional librarians has become | (CP)--Superior Next to the Metro com- munities of Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, and London, Oshawa is next in line in terms of bank- ing. Over $4% billion worth of cheques were cashed in 1963, vidual, and its promotional prog- ramme must follow the same course. We ask that in 1965 you con- tinue to sell Oshawa at every opportunity. Concord Project Gets Green Light PARIS (Reuters) -- The French newspaper France Soir says that the $780,000,000 Anglo- French supersonic airliner Con- cord project has been given the go-ahead by the British govern- ment. The British government asked the French for a review of the project several months ago, and there was speculation the plan was going to be scrapped, ment libraries, Under the government salary schedule most librarians expect to earn between $5,880 and 6,780 a year. There are a few special position also which go over eleven thou- sand. Salaries are still too low to obtain enough librarians. The starting salary for some of our university and public libraries is now $5,600. The Canadian Library Association suggests. a minimum starting salany of $5,200. CAREER IGNORED For many years the library profession has been ignored by men and many capable women because they have been un- aware of the exciting possibili- ties of a library career, The education of a professional li- brarian is comparable to that of a Collegiate teacher. A Bachelor of Arts degree is required with an additional year in University to obtain a Bachelor of Library Science degree. A library school on the prair- ies, either at Edmonton or Win- McLaughlin Library Story One Of Constant Growth proved when this has been ac- complished. REFERENCE WORK Our reference work has grown to such an extent that it will be necessary to appoint an addi- tional librarian as soon as possible. Students for miles outside the city make use of the reference department as well as our own Oshawa young people, Many university and collegiate stu- dents as well as Oshawa resi- dents come to us for assistance. All first year classes from the collegiates are invited to visit the library each year, BOYS' AND GIRLS' The death of Miss Boes, @ member of the staff since 1943, was a great loss to the child- Tren's department. Seventy classes from the public schools visited the library each month during 1964. Thus, the children of Oshawa are learning the use of the library which wiil be invaluable to them as students. They should always |N. F. Swackhammer, First Bap-|the New Year's holiday. Five) |Ongley, St. George's Anglican|ing drunk in a public place.| |Church and Rev. J. F. G. Mor-|There was a total of 16 arrests ris of St. Andrew's United/for various offences Thursday Mr, Herbert said the offering|---- Sart received at the services will| - provide funds for the Ministerial | L on Holds Association to continue its work) egl | |port of national interdenomina-| jtional endeavors such as the) jnadian Council of Churches and Celebration of New year the Religion-Labor Council of Day by the Oshawa Branch of me ee ee --|the form of the traditional Youth I jur ] |"open house" for the members J The large hall at the Legion As Car Rolls building was filled to overflow- | comrades gathered to exchange old Oshawa youth was seriously|seasonal greetings and enjoy the injured New Year's eve when ed by the branch. of control on Highway 401 near] President Maurice Proctor, here and rolled over in the : : the members and guests, and Frederick Thomas Ross of|extended to all the best wishes 254 Clarke street today was re- ea Gs I Heanial wartert prosperous New Year. fmt aie suffering! Among special guests noted | in/Albert Walker, MLA., Mayor Whitby said Ross was alone in "f pee ep yg nk his car. The accident occurred Lyman Gifford, Fire Chief Ray Ross was taken to Ajax and Pickering General Hospital and then removed to Toronto Gen- jtist Church; Canon F. G./persons were charged with be-| Church. land Friday. | jin the community and its sup-! 0 H )Canadian Bible Society, the Ca-) Canada. jthe Royal Canadian Legion took jof the branch and their guests. jing during the forenoon as old WHITBY (Staff) --A 17-year- refreshments and food provid- the car he was driving went out : with his chief officers, welcomed median. of the branch for a ha and ported still unconscious in Tor- sie Ontario provincial police |were Hon, Michael Starr, MP., about 11 p.m. eral Hospital. r APPOINTED QC d Manning F. Swartz, a well] known Oshawa barrister for many years, was one of the 107 Ontario barristers who was ap- pointed a Queen's Counsel this week, Vv |r 1€ Hobbs, Alderman John Brady, Alderman d Regiment, Association, Association, Association and the Royal Cana- mained to enjoy the lunch pro- in groups in the comfortable hall Cephas Gay, an epresentatives of the Ontario Naval Veterans Canadian Corps Polish Veterans ian Air Force Association. Many of the members re- ided by the branch, and to sit so desperate that it is now a very serious problem. A few years ago we had 'seven pro- fessional librarians. Last year we had six, but the death of Miss Boes has cut this down to five. Since we are so close to the thetropolitan area we must compete with Toronto libraries for staff. In Ottawa alone, there are 60 eminiscing over old wartime xperience., |librarians, 46 of them in govern- vacant positions for professional nipeg, and another for the Mari- times, preferably at Dalhousie University, are being con- sidered. Regional and rural libraries would solve many problems but there are not enough librarians available to organize them. Our Own Library Board has written the Department of Education that we are in favor of joining a regional set-up. Our reference feel at home in any library. With children's clubs, story hours, and film shows, the boys' and girls' department is also a busy place on Saturdays. MUSIC, FILMS The music and film depart- ments are also carrying on a thriving business. The members of the film council are indispen- sable to the library in caring services will be greatly im-jfor the machines.