FIRST PRIZE for the best kept house and lot in the Lake Vista Ratepayers' As- sociation house and garden competition held recently went to Mrs. Clayton Newn- ham. They are pictured re- ceiving their trophy from SECOND PRIZE winners in the best kept house and lot division of ise Lake Vista Ratepayers' Associa- George Porter, right, a member of the association's house and garden competi- tion committee. Shown receiving their tro- phy from Arthur Henwood, right, second vice-president of the association. tion house ard garden com- petition recently were Mr. and Mrs. John De Kock of 1420 Bala dr. They are Trophy for the best kept house and lot in the Lake Vista Ratepayers' Associa- tion house and garden com- petition went to Mr. and Mrs. K. Pakosta of 494 Lakeview ave. The presen- tation was made by Robert Nathan, left. Emergency Numbers Hospital 728-2211 Fire 725-6574 Police 725-1183 he Oshawa Fi OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1965 'Second Section City and district social and classified ing. features, advertis- 500 BLOOD DONORS NEEDED The Oshawa branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society will hold its monthly blood donor clinic Thursday in St. Gregory's auditorium from 1.30 to 4.30 p.m, and from 6 to 9 p.m. Robert Stroud, chairman of the clinic, said the goal for tomorrow's clinic is 500 bot- tles of blood. "We need it badly," win he ratte svn Furniture Plant Destroyed By Fire NEWCASTLE (Staff) -- Firethe whole place was ablaze in almost completely destroyed the,a matter of minutes. south plant factory of New-| By the time Newcastle Volun- castle's largest industry, Wood-| teer Fire Department arrived on land Products, early yesterday|the scene the fire had taken a evening. | firm. hold, Total damage has been set at} With no fire hydrants in the well over $50,000, and 40 local/south end of the town the Fire men have been thrown out of/ Department had to use their work until the business gan get, own water supply carried on the back into operation again. }department vehicle, Most of the men, The Times| The 500-galion supply quickly was told this morning, had only| ran. out. been working at the plant for| '"'We were just beginning to three days, having been taken| get the fire under control," said on for the Christmas rush. \fire spokesman Lawrence The blaze at the furniture; Gaines this morning. 'Then the making plant started soon after| water ran out." 6 p.m. when most of the work-| Orono and Bowmanville fire ers had left for the day. | departments were called in to It is believed to have started|.assist with the fire. - in the large spray booth where} "We had a real problem on highly inflammable paints andj our hands," Mr. Gaines went on. lacquers are applied to finished) 'With no water the blaze quick- products. |ly got going again and the roof A spark from a small motor) started to go up. ignited the fumes from the lac-| "To get water, Bowmanville quers and there was a flash fire.| fire department had to lay down According to witness reports,|the best part of half a mile of Sys One a o hose from the town's southern- most hydrant. HOSES FROM CREEK "Orono laid hoses down to a nearby creek. By the time this B-r-r They're | Talking Smow [rss sume th Vivi ice <| nothing about it." Mr. Gaines added there has been considerable discussion in the town for some time about the lack of fire hydrants south mmittee meeting. Monday night that council meet} to consider policy changes was| prompted by Ald. Christine! Thomas' question concerning! equipment. | She asked if there was equip- ment available which would pre- vent snowed-in driveways after! snow plows have ri. Sh sa'mant ceeet! 90 Hunter Gets The Bird persons find it difficult to clear} their driveways. | Ald, Bint, chairman of coun-| It is said that dog is man's cil's public works committee,|best friend. But, as two GM suggested the equipment ques-|workers found out Saturday, tion and other policies be dis-|they can be awful ornery on cussed at a council in commit-joccasions tee meeting, | Ron Frank, of Bowmanville, Ald. Thomas-noted that-board/and Lloyd Saunders, of Oshawa, of works employees last year|went shooting in the Millbrook were co-operative in sending|area. With justifiable pride they men, when available, to clearjtook with them a large Labrador driveways for elderly persons.|retriever But, she said, other property| With considerable skill one of Owners questioned why theirjthe pair brought down a duck driveways were not cleared. Thelat his first attempt. The bird, city has a policy of not clear-|unfortunatety, fell in a lake. ing driveways. "Go to it boy," shouted Lloyd Retriever Refuses Dip said. "Many people will likely be injured in accidents dur- ing the Thanksgiving week- end and the blood you give could save a life -- perhaps even yours," | TO ON NHLTLL of the Macdonald-Cartier Free- A six-member committee of board of education trustees and members of city council may be formed as a_result of a council- board discussion last night. Purposes of the special com- mittee would be to discuss mu- tual problems, improve c@-oper- ation' and speed the flow of in- formation between the two groups. Trustees and council mem- bers indicated interest in the idea, suggested by Ald. Richard Donald. But no action was taken last night to establish the com- mittee. Mayor Lyman Gifford also suggested the separate school board should be invited to have representatives on the commit- tee. Ald. Christine Thomas sug- gested-the three council mem- bers named to the committee could also meet independently with separate school board rep- resentatives. SAVE MONEY Ald. Donald said in Toronto board - councii committee way. "It is about time something | was done about it," he said. "If | we hadn't of run out of water jwe would have had the fire | under control much more quick- iy,"' | Mr, Cliff Mather, vice-presi- dent of the company, said that no accurate damage figure was yet available but it would prob- ably be well over the $50,000 mark. "As you can realize, this fire comes at a very difficult time. We are 'right in the middle of our Christmas rush. "Just last week we were ad- vertising for more workers. We took on 40 last Friday and now they are out Of a job until we can get things going again. "Some of the men will be taken on at our other plant here in the town centre. We will do our best to get things going again quickly." The plant manufactures occa- sional furniture and case goods. It has been established in New- castle for some 10 years. Asked about the hydrant situ- ation in the south end of the city he said: "We have been) meets regularly. He said the worried about' this for somelivg groups save thousands of time. Because of the lack of doiiars annually by arranging to hydrants we tiave been paying! nee OP aylar BY very high fire insurance. Per-/"2¥e the City's Tecreation co Dy ; ; use school facilities i 4 |partment rr ag -- be quring the summer and schools using adjacent city park land as playgrounds. Stanley Lovell, board finance committee chairman, suggested that when the city received the 5 per cent land dedication for public purposes from _ sub- dividers the bowid arrange to purchase two adjoining acres for a school site with the land dedicated by the 'subdivider uséd as a playground. ' a Saunders, But the Labrador re- fused to take the icy plunge. For the next 10 minutes the Ber wey csvitel "This will save us the ex- or we . i; eng h the ReHAEVer pense of buying four or five ste ela ta pd orb aed . acres of land for a playground," , B vacinity | sai . ve » sai lan dead duck. said Mr. Lovell, He said a p of this type is under consider- Finally, and in complete dis-jation at the Braemor Gardens gust, Lloyd Saunders strippedisuhdivision. down and swam out to get the | duck. REVIEW PROCEDURES « | "The luck of the game Ij Council's finance committee guess," he told The Times this|suggested in August that meet- morning. "That is the last timejings be held with the board to that dog goes hunting with us." discuss and review administra- BOARD RESERVES DECISION ""\'TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS | Council-Board Liaison Body ! The grants will be shared equally by the federal and | palities announced yesterday | totalling $302,570, The East Whitby project grant is $5,360. '. Bs rovincia 5, tive procedures and to facilitate| P A governments the gathering of information on old township hall at a total cost of $8,040. Amount of the to receive centennial grants is restoration of the 100-year- Striking steelworkers at Fit- tings Limited could go back to work next Monday. Lengthy bargaining sessions here Monday and yesterday re- sulted in the signing of a memo- randum of agreement last night. This agreement is now sub- ject to ratification by the 750 members of Local 1817. future capital projects so they| can be commenced as quickly as possible. Ald, Gordon /Attersley, coun-| cil's finance committee chair- man asked the board questions pertaining to co-operation in purchasing land, financing the Co-ordinate vg, City couneil's parks, property al it de pada and recreation committee will og be the co-ordinating committee Mr. Lovell said the board does} for Oshawa Centennial celebra- not feel there has been any de-| tions. lays caused by city depart-| Ald. Hayward Murdoch, chair- ments; that the board would be| man of the parks, property and glad to co-operate on land pur-|recreation committee, asked chases with the city and 'that|members of council last night if the board would "heartily en-/his eommittee should provide dorse" Ald. Attersley's sugges-| the leadership or whether a pri- tion that the board set up a re- vate citizens' committee should serve fund out of current rev- " sh : enues, like council's Civic Prop- ouncil, meeting in commit- tee, agreed that Ald. Mur- erty Reserve Fund, for thejgo%,¢ ; i Dlrchash bt chao! sites, doch's committee should pro: pee the leadership. They also LAND PURCHASES | Parks Committee Will 'Birthday' Ald. Murdoch sought council's views because of the Centennial celebration organizational meet- ing arranged for Oct, 21. At that time representatives of various groups and organizations in the city will be briefed on the type of activities that should be held during 1967. Ald. Murdoch and several other aldermen said each week of the year should have a dif- ferent activity or project, spon- sored by various groups and organizations, Council members felt the parks, property commit- tee should act as a co-ordinat- gave his committee power to { rivate citiz is 'ek Lavell. sail the hoard add private citizens to the com would also be interested in Ald. ing body for the various activi- ties. | mittee, Christine Thomas' suggestion| that the board work through the} . leity's proposed property pur-) Folk Festival chasing department in acquir-| ia aidan aig ing lands. Aid. Tiomas 5 a committee of department heads| is preparing a report on land purchasing and may recom-) mend a special department to! handle all real estate. Mr. Lovell alsdé urged that procedures be changed to speed up tentative council approval of building programs. Ald. Atters- ley said his committee would in- vestigate. Ald. Margaret Shaw asked if the time of tendering for school construction would }make any difference. Trustee T. D. Thomas noted that tenders call- ed in the spring for a school addition were about $30,000 high- er than tenders calléd one monih ago. Ald. Thomas sug- gested tentative approvals might be made earlier on school construction as the city treasur- er has advised there are good and bad times to borrow money. Oshawa's fifth annual Folk Festival, held last July 1, show- ed a small working capital, the Festival executive heard last night. Patrons, advisory committee members and the Festival exec- utive met for supper at the Club 401. Purpose of the meeting was to review the Dominion Day festi- val and to plan the annual gen- eral meeting. President Mrs. Jo Aldwinckle announced that Mrs. D. K. Stiles would replace M. MclIntyre Hood, now living in Scotland, on the advisory committee and in- troduced Mrs. Stirling Morison, the new recording secretany. Jan Drygala, general chair- man for Dominion Day, stressed Money, Members Told Makes the favorable image the festival is creating beyond Oshawa. It had been necessary to increase the sub-committees to 24 and most of the sub-committee chairmen had supplied written reports as a guide for future arrangements. During the general discussion the establishment of Dominion Day as a national holiday was strongly endorsed and the trend to the opening of stores and an alternative day for industrial workers was criticized. A nominating committee com- posed of Charles World, Jan Brandsma and Mrs. C. G. Step was appointed and the date of Strike At Fittings Nears End: Membership To Consider Terms TOWNSHIP HALL GRANT OKD FOR EAST WHITBY East Whitby Township was among 19 Ontario munici- Steelies May Return To Work Next Monday UAW Hall on Bond street. Terms of the agreement will not be made public until the union membership has had a chance to accpt or reject them. Fittings has been closed down since June 24 on what the com- pany:called a walkout and the union a lockout. The company A general ship meet- ing has been tentatively sched- uled for Friday morning in the prod malleable and cast iron pipe fittings and grey iron castings. CAMPAIGN HO ROUNDUP big political figures this after- noon -- and there is more to come tonight. Mitchell Sharp, Canada's min- ister of trade and commerce was here at noon today, met the party's riding candidate Dr. Claude Vipond and city and ds- trict Liberals and made a brief address at a Hotel Genosha lun- eon. Tonight Mr. Sharp will speak in Bowmanville at the Durham Riding nomination meeting where incumbent Russell C. Honey is expected to get the nod unopposed. ' T. C. "Tommy" Douglas, New Democratic Party national lead- er, held a 5 p.m. press confer- ence at Hotel Genosha with Oliver Hodges, NDP candidate here, prior to tonight's raiiy ai O'Neill Collegiate, Dr. Vipond was at Houdaille Industry Limited's plant gates this morning while Mr. Hodges was meeting workers at General Motors' south plant. On the Vipond itinerary was a bus-stop "tour" and some "main - streeting'" with Mr. Sharp. This morning Mr. Hodges at- tended a Whitby coffee party where he spoke on the problems Sharp, Douglas Visits Highlight Activities Oshawa played host to twolpractices which should be em- ployed in this. This afternoon he met with auto worker retirees at the UAW Hall before leaving for the Douglas press conference. Yesterday, the NDP candidate was in Uxbridge to open the party's committee rooms and last night he met with the execu- tive of the Oshawa and District Labor Council in the Steelwork- ers Hall. | Labor Council president Cliff |Pilkey ysaid today he will re- lcomme id complete support for |Mr. Hodges at next week's regu- \lar council meeting. The UAW Ladies' Auxiliary last night promised Mr. Hodges aid in the campaign. Following a brief talk here, he went to Whitby to pian area canvassing there. Michael Starr, Conservative candidate here who has held the riding for 18 years, was at the South Ontario Plowing Match this afternoon in Pickering Township. Tonight he is in Bay Ridges, canvassing with party workers. Next Monday, Mr. Starr will fly to Winnipeg for a speaking date. He will come right back as the plans for his western Canada tour have not yet been of food packaging and the fair) completed. Minimum standards housing: bylaws and urban renewal stud- the general meeting set for Nov. 2. ' ies will be discussed by city Housing, Urban Renewal Discussion Scheduled council, .nlanning and, health of- ficials with government repre- sentatives on Oct. 19. rn Homeowners Balk At 90-Cent Per Foot Improvement ; More than 60 Church, Centre mated at $503,148. 'The pro- act, all abutting property own---- witness, Fred Crome, city works throughout the city on all local and 'there was nothing in what He said the city is going to and John sts., property owners posed work includes ers would be charged 90 cents commissioner, said existing improvement pavement con- wa' said here to indicate Pee take one-half of.Simcoe st., and arterial at an, Ontario Municipal Board --A 35- ide. pavement & EE EEE ps LES pavements are from 37 to 45 -- struction. suggest there is anything in t is move it onto Centre st.; tear up CER Tuesday aS thee : -- wide. pavemen et oe HOniaae OVER She ee years;, that the pavements Mr. Crome said property work that would make the appli- pavement that is quite satisfac- ete crn NE PE Centre between Fairbanks and . 10 years. would require reconstruction. owners' share of the wotk on cation of the 90 cents per foot tory to residents; and that even to pay city's application to construct Athol; Solicitor John Greer repre-. consideration even. if the city Church from Richmond to Brock rate unfair if no one lived on the street the charges those directly affected will have residents will benefit from the street system proposed by Damas and Smith but_only local improvement plus their share through pavement, curb and gutter as local improvements, A. L. McCrae, board memberf reserved decision because on member cannot make a decision without approval of other OMB members. Mr. McCrae said aficr the three and one-half hour hearing he hoped to hand down a decision next week. Cost of the work was esti- A 35-foot wide pavement on Church between Richmond and Brock; --A 32-foot wide pavement on Church between Brock and 131.5 feet north of the north limit of Elgin ~And a 46-foot wide pavement on John between 'Centre 'and Simcoe Under the local improvement sented 63 property owners and solicitor George Drynan. repre- sented Consolidated Graphics, which owns properties on John and Centre sts. Two property owners, Dr. A. .C. Edwards, John st., and Mrs. E. J. Allin, 108 Church st., also opposed the city's application. Solicitor E. G. McNeely represented the city. Called by Mr. McNeely as a did not plan to make Church- Centre sts., one-way southbound, and thab the one-way system on Simcoe and Church - Centre was recommended in the 1961 Damas and Smith traffic plan- ning report as part of an' over- all street pattern. He said the 90 cent per foot frontage local improvement xate has been in force since 1963 represents 12.2 per cent of the total cost; 14 per cent on Church from Brock to Elgin; 15.8 per cent on Centre from. Athol to Fairbanks; and 6.5 per cent on John st., from Simcoe to Centre. NOT UNFAIR Mr. McNeely, in his lial argument, said there wa no serious argument that the pro- posed work should not be done 6 » "On the contrary, to treat the objectors on a different basis would be unfair to other tax- payers in the city," said Mr. Mc- Neely. - Mr. Drynan, in his closing argument, said the city has de- cided to completely alter the nature of Centre st., which he termed a quiet _ residential street, by making it a one-way arterial street, : city would presumably go ahead with the work. INSULT TO INJURY "The city is adding insult to injury by asking residents to pay local improvement charges for the new road to which they object," said Mr. Drynan. Mr. Greer, in his closing argument, said thousands of the general tax rate. "It is a double taxation on the Church - Centre st., property owners for something they don't need," said Mr. Greer. He said widening of Church st. will bring the street close to homes and will depreciate prop- erty values. Centre st. residents, he said, will be inconvenienced and bothered by the extra traf- fic, trucks, fumes and noise,