ee These girls take their brooms * 'hos, ? Be, ee eS to school--but the only sweeping they do there is at a broom ball. They are students of Dr. §. J. Phillips publie * school on Simcoe street north and the broom-ball game is part of their gym class. The referee is teacher Swain Van Camp. ° ... OTHERS GO TO GROUND... No. This PUC employee is not being swallowed up by the earth. He is digging inside an excavation at the entrance to Beau Valley sub- division. The excavation will be used for the installation of a fire hydrant, --Oshawa Times Photos ...SOME GIVE THE CHOP Traffic was detoured around this huge maple tree on Park road north yesterday until city parks department employees made quick work of it with a chain saw. The tree was one of eight to get the chop along a one-block stretch on Park road. A department spokesman said the trees were dead. Others were just trimmed of dead branches. Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1138 Fire 725-6574 e Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1965 Second Section City and district social and classified features, advertise ~~ Don McGibbon, president of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (second from left), congratulates local of- ficials on its 1964 report and year's activities prior to last night's annual Osh- awa Chamber dinner meet- ing. Discussing the report are Jack Mann, secretary- treasurer; Mr. McGibbon, guest speaker, Russell Hum- phries, QC, president-elect Management, Union Should Join Hands, Says Pilkey ditorium, have been added to|business district, expansion of our stock of public buildings."|the Oshawa General Hospital, Ald. Pilkey said a score of|2,700 acres of residential subdi- churches of all denominations,| visions, $40,000,000 in industrial Management and trade unions have their problems, but. when both sides of the fence join - hands at the community level it is in the mutual interest of what is best for the city, Al- derman Clifford Pilkey, deputy mayor, told the annual meeting last night of the Oshawa Cham- ber of Commerce. : He said Oshawa has come long way in the last 15 years and is developing a form and shape worthy of its destiny. "Our population has increas- ed from 40,000 to 70,000; the city area has increased four- fold; 8,000 single family dwell- ing units and 2,500 apartment units have been added, "A city hall, library, police commission building, four apartment buildings for pension- ers, 42 low rental units, a home for the aged, fire halls, a sew- age disposal plant, municipal bus system, 13 public schools, seven separate schools, two col- legiates, two swimming pools and most recently, the Civic Au- the Oshawa Shopping Centre, a new Post Office, tne entire South Plant of General Motors, the new buildings in the central buildings and $15,000,000 in com- mercial developments all bear mute testimony to the expan- sion of this 15-year-period. Chamber Winds Up $916 In Black At Year End Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce income last year totalled over $27,000 it was made known at last night's annual meeting of the Chamber. The largest portion of this 'in- come -- $26,000 -- was collected through membership fees the remainder through dinners, group insurance commissions, sales of maps and lists and in- terest earned. Total expenditures for the year 1964 were $26,491 which was: divided into three cate- gories, Administrative work account- ed for $14,907. Membership which included salaries and af- filiations and publications, and advertising was $6,295, the in- formation centre cost $3,563 and the grant to the Canadian Auto- motive Museum was $1,724. The year ended with a sur- plus of $916. of the Oshawa Chamber; and Ken Crone, president of the local group. --Oshawa Times Photo GENERALS GET GRAND SUPPORT The Oshawa Generals have attracted 40,747 spec- tators to their first 14 hock- ey games at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium, an aver- age of 2,900 per game. Walter Branch chairman of the auditorium execu- tive committee, says ice rentals have been good and public skating well attend- ed. He also said the commit- tee hopes to have the public address system corrected in the near future. Woman Injored In Car Crash A two-car collision at the cor- ner of Gibbons and Bond streets, last night, sent one woman to hospital and caused $1,100 dam- age to the vehicles. Ruth Mina Solski, driver of one of the cars was treated at the Oshawa General Hospital for a bruised left shoulder and knee, The other driver, Carl A. Hospital MD Delay In Emergency Station Deemed 'Pathetic' Canadian National Railway's station in Oshawa was called "pathetic" yesterday at an Osh- awa Industrial Commission meeting. 2 The Commission decided to ask city council to ask CNR what future plans they have for the station on Simcoe street south. "The . station hasn't kept abreast of the development of this city," said James Williams, industrial commissioner, who noted that other smaller stations have been renovated consider- ably. "It's pathetic," said Maurice Hart, Commission chairman. "Is there any merit in stirring things up?" The Commission agreed there was merit and passed the mo- tion that city council ask the CNR what plans it has for the station. Mr. Williams said a new city sign to be located at the station will be completed in about one month. The Commission author- ized Mr. Williams to investigate and see whether it would be cheaper to lease the sign or buy it outright. Auditorium To Get 'Wrastlers' Lacrosse, wrestling and roller skating will probably be fea- tured at the Civic Auditorium this summer, Walter Branch, chairman of the auditorium executive com- mittee which met last night, said the committee hopes to finalize soon, arrangements to have the Green Gaels lacrosse team play at the auditorium. He said applications from several religious organizations have also been received for use of the auditorium this summer. On operations this year, Mr. Branch said '"'so far we are at least breaking even financial- Ritchie, was uninjured. ly." AT OSHAWA CHAMBER MEETING Chamber Prexy Warns Of 'Mess The president of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce warned is in last night that Canada aside the Ontario recommendations, ing public apathy Chamber's His major disregard- national plan and going will place an objection to the is the fact that it unprecedented serve a real need which is not and cannot be ef'ectively pro- vided by private 'acilities. CHAMBER OF NAMES NEW Oshawa lawye1, Russell Humphreys, QC, was named president of the community Chamber of Commerce last night at its annual meeting. He. suceeeds Kenneth Crone, Elected to the executive were Gilbert Murdoch, first vice-president; George Rob- erts, second vice-president and Gordon Garrison, third vice - president. George Rodgers was .eappointed treasurer and Sam Donnelly was reappointed chairman of finance. Named to the board of di- rectors for a two-year term were Graham Coulter, Ken- neth Jackson, Herb Mackie, William Paynter, Murray, Maidlow and Jim Vessey. Directors with one-year re- maining are Don Burns, Frank McLellan, Jim Mc- Cansh, Stan Lovell and Mr. Crone. COMMERCE PRESIDENT RUSSELL HUMPHREYS | « . » succeeds Ken Crone "Record" For City Oshawa experienced a record year in terms of industrial and commercial growth, says James Williams, industrial commis- sioner, "Local firms were the key to this development,"' he said in his annual report, adopted yes- terday by the Oshawa Industrial Commission. "There is evidence that commercial and industrial jexpansion will continue in 1965," Four manufacturing and serv- ice industries were established in the city last year and 10 in- dustrial plant expansions were undertaken with a total increase of 930,000 square feet, reported Mr. Williams. He said nine new retail stores and five new commercial busi- were established. Four! Growth In '64 retail stores and 11 commercial b were expanded "The growth of what we have is one of the most important forms of expansion," he told The Times after the meeting. Mr. Williams also reported that nine industrial properties, valued at $417,400 and totalling 87 acres, were sold last year. Forty-three commercial proper- ties, valued at $1,235,512 and totalling 313 acres were also sold, Mr. Williams said statistics on all developments are not readily available but that the city's assessment department says more than 190 businesses either relocated or expanded during the year. Members of the Oshawa In- dustrial Commission may sit quietly in the dark for 14 min- utes at the March 24 meeting -- for a good and entertaining reason. James Williams, industrial commissioner, told members yesterday about Toronto Town- danger of gettin ginto 'a rest mess" as far as pensions are concerned. "Business and job security will be threatned if the various welfare recommendations be- fore the nation are not sorted out now and put into proper perspective and oriority," Don- ald W. McGibbon told members of the Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce at their annual meeting last. night ; He said it looks as though the government is i brushing ahead with the federal pension plan Mr McGibbon said the pro- vincial chamber advocated the Ontario pension scheme which called for compulsory pension programs operating through es- tablished institutions. "All government operated public pension plans should be on a pay-as-you-go. basis," he said. 'The feiera] plan, in the short run, wi:' provide the greatest need to those who need it least.' fund of money -- with none of the normal restrict'ons -- at the disposal of the provincial gov- ernments. "It is possible that distribu- tion of such sums could be in- fluenced by political and re- gional pressures rather than by purely economic considera- tions." Mr. McGibbon said the On- tar'o Chamber is not opposed to extension of social services provided by the government if éuch measures are to He said the recent health ser- vices proposal is not the only big commitment Canada must face -- we have yet to find the best way to meet the rapidly expanding costs ot education; training and retraining of our labor force; hospitalization; old age pensions; research, -roads and housing. The Ontario Chamber presi- dent said the gr atest single test we face is the challenge of change. ee ship's 14-minute color industrial promotion film, "Land on the Move". The film is 'exceptionally good and has definite poten- tial," said Mr. Williams, who viewed the film last week. He said the film makers, West- minster Films, Toronto, have offered to show the township film to the Oshawa Commis- sion at no cost or obligation. Members of the. Commission authorized Mr. Williams to try and arrange a showing. Industrial Commission "In Dark" Over Movie suggested that the Public Utili- ties Commission and the Harbor Commission might also be in- terested in the film and_pos- sibly willing to share the cost if a film on Oshawa was pre- pared in the future. Representatives of the two groups 'will be invited to attend the showing. Mr. Williams said Toronto Township has had two films pro- duced and has sent film prints to firms overseas as well as. to firms in Canada and the: Unit- ed States. In other business, the Commis- sloi ion: --Authorized Mr. Williams to attend the annual industrial commissioner's conference -- in St. Louis in April. Mr. Williams said he would plan a complete prospecting trip in conjunction The industrial commissioner Re-Assessed awa General Hospital's emer- gency department on-call sys- doctor. chief-of-staff, assessment" of the 24-hour, this department. "We will be re-examining the system," he said. Wednesday. "'We will try to impi@ss on doc- tors on call their responsibility to the emergency department." William Depew, 17, a Grade 13 Bowmanville student, broke his arm during a_ basketball game in Whitby Jan. 22 and was brought to hospital by his coach, Robert Sheridan. Hospital records show the was released at 710 p.m., says James Hepburn, assistant hos- pital administrator. Mr. Hepburn told The Times during this time . x-rays were taken and hospita: authorities were awaiting the boy's mother because her consent was neces-| sary to have the broken bone set. He said there were three hurses on duty in emergency at the time. CONSENT NECESSARY Dr. McLean said yesterday consent is necessary to adminis- ter an anaesthetic to a minor. Was this the only cause of delay, or was a doctor avail- able, Dr. McLean was asked. "There was a delay, definite- ly," said Dr. McLean. "I don't know what the answer is. Per- haps the doctor on call should restrict his own practice that day. "In this particular case, the doctor had an office full of pa- tients." Last November Dr. H, Roy Rowsell, then chief-of-staff, pre- sented a five-point plan for the operation of the emergency de- partment, This pian was ac- cepted on a trial basis by the hospital's Board of Directors, Dr. McLean said yesterday this plan is still in operation as far as he knows. The first point in the plan po iti that hospital doctors on ergency duty wuuld be avail- able on a 24-hour basis and no Availability.of doctors in Osh- § tem will be. investigated fol- lowing the experience late last month of a boy with a broken arm who waited for two hours |without béing examined by a Dr. D. J. McLean, hospital promised a '"'re- volunteer staffing py doctors of boy arrived at 4.50 p.m. and|* °° Admits On-Call System To Be By Staff DR. D. J. McLEAN re-examine the system ity over emergency calls. While Dr. McLean pointed out it would be bad public relations to walk out on these patients, he also agreed that a bad condition of bad public relations was cre- ated at the emergency depart- ment with the boy waiting two hours for a doctor. THERE WAS DELAY "We have spoken to the doc- tor responsible," said Dr. Mc-. Lean, "There was delay, definitely. But these things are decided often on whether there is a life-and-death situation. "This doesn't excuse the delay, but we don't ignore any- one. Such a delay could occur o us yee A 3% night with a octor i@ emergen department. -- "If a patient is in severe pain, a nurse would make such an |assessment and telephone a doc- tor for permission to give aid." The fifth point in the plan: "Continuation of the practice of asking patients if they want their family doctor. However, the doctor on call or any doc- tor, will be summoned as in- dividual cases demand." (It was pointed out that these could include cases of extreme emergency and ar unavoidable delay on the part of a doctor in getting to hospical.) Mr. Sheridan, who drove the Depew boy to hospital, said: committments would take prior-' "His teeth were chattering and he was in a state of shock. with the conference. BOWMANVILLE -- A fox sus- pected to be suffering from rabies attacked a small dog on the verandah of a home at 14 Mill Lane on Monday. It also tried to bite the lady of the house, Mrs. Lee, when she came to her dog's rescue. Fortunately, she was too fast for it and had already closed the door when it came after her. The fox is still on the loose Fox Attacks Dog, Woman, Warning Issued To Tots as far as the Bowmanville Curl- ing Club. All school children were warn- ed to be careful if they saw the animal. The attacked dog will be in quarantine for some weeks. For- tunately, it has been inoculated for rabies. Near Newcastle, a farm Col- lie thought to be suffering from rabies, was shot by Provincial Police early Wednesday morn- although police chased it north ing and the head will be it for analysis. or