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pe gs, 5.4 Ve Gahan, bi RIA 5 Th 'Hairdressers Up Standards Oshawa hairdressers are tak-| ing their trade more seriously rT 1 or | ng to a sp them at city council Monday. This, he said, is because the training is becoming more ex- tensive -- 1200 hours currently compared with 300 hours a few years ago. Speaking for the Oshawa Hair- a A Nan wg St, : 3 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, April 21, 1959 §- Mayor, Alderme n Get Salary Boosts FourCouncilMembers Oppose Own Increase jr| Oshawa aldermen voted them- Ald. Bastedo was jumed by Al- selves a $300 a year pay hike Mon- dermen 8. T. Hopkins, Christine Thomas and Ernest Marks, QC, day night over the objections of |finance committee chaifman Ald, |E. F. Bastedo, QC, and three lother aldermen who called for in The nine other cil out-voted them. The finance committee chair- |for city council, he was also in- {sulted because he believed good . aldermen were already serving. He could br agreé with the as voting against the proposal. Pp seemed to have objective. a bers of coun- ¥ no dressers' Association, he asked economy. ) the city to consider enacting a; But they voted unanimously on bylaw aimed at raising their a $1000 increase for Mayor Ly- standards and methods of oper- man A. Gifford. ation. | This brings aldermen's salar- A draft bylaw submitted bY jes yp to $1200 and the mayor's the association will be studied. |, $5000. nOe-third of their sajar- ies are to be tax-exempt. man said he felt municipal ser- vice was a "straight" service to [the public without remuneration being called for. In any case, $900 or $1200 was Inadequate for the service rendered. LOOKING FOR ECONOMIES . TIME INCREASED ap Bii fn idgn IE . i | my was lo asl wi | Mayor Gifford, moving for the|iii pehooves us to raise our own| posed the increase in the pig |aldermen's increases, said City| o)ariac There is no need for it |salary. councils were havik » ork don't think remuneration has| Supporting the motion, Ald. harder each year oy ee Ut any bearing on the type of people!F. M. Dafoe said he believed down on the number o eg ngs attracted to serve on the coun- more recognition should be given but the amount of time spent|.;. 'po gaiq the mayor for the work he put in had increased. | Ald. Bastedo observed therefor the city. He said statistics of the hours were other boards and commit-| "We have never had a mayor ey put in for the city were tees performing public 'service who has spent so 'much time on staggering". {without any salaries. [city business as Mayor Gifford," | Ald. Hopkins said that if the he said. "Even $5000 a year doegy,; |$1200 was supposed to be remun-|n't begin to repay him. He is. {eration for services rendered, he here most of the day and prac- was insulted. If it was i ded tically every night of the week to encourage better candidates as well." City To Study geverdl construction wil be x | feature Canadian limestone fac- infor concrete walls an i 1 riz frames and brick with hollow ag to SOL A Jolzvatal concrete block backing above | PANES, g ath grading. Exterior finish will | ing. DED FO Ang which will be erected at the CONTRACT IS AWAR The minister of prilic works, | Tcrcnto for construction of a Hon, Howard Wine', has an. | now building for the Unemploy- | northwest corner of Simcoe and nounced that a contract for | ment Insurance Commission in | Fairbanks Sts, It will measure Oshawa. Shown here is an | 98 feet by 69 feet and consist of $181,668 has been awarded to | Dravo Construction Limited of architect's drawing of the build- | a basement and two floors, The | | Property Reassessmeni CRA Starts Two Plebiscites Course In get For June 8 | Will Take Two Years (Leadership | su. isu om mono sso such widely separated issues as mission would have to take it The alderman observed the re- felt safer to provide a "cushion'| The first of two leadershi {the future of its bus system and over," he Said. assessment was not proposed to| should land and property values .0ining Courses begins iors up| In that case, the CNR would be assessments are likely to be in-|raise more taxes, but to make drop within the next few years. | night at the CRA building for | on whether to make an annual] creased while marked inequal- assessments more equitable, In reply to a question by Ald. | 4056 chosen for summer employ-|P $5000 grant to the Oshawa Sym-|asked to carry on until something hony Orchextra. lelse was arranged. COUNCIL FILES ities In residential assessments He said it was anticipated the A. V. Walker concerning the ef-| at the local parks QC, said he| are likely to be ironed out as a industrial assessments would fect of reassessments in 'other mw. oo nce is an annual session | City council agreed Monday to| Ald. E. F. Bastedo, {the holding of the double plebis- hoped the public would be in- result. Ichange little. The biggest change cities, Ald, Bastedo said BSSESS-| and the first lasts for five nights, |Cite: PROTEST LET { ER This was the picture put before| would be seen in commercial as- ments were tripled in value fol- Some of the subjects that they! Before municipal electors will City council Monday turned formed that council supported the| proposed agreement. city council Monday night by Ald.|sessments which would provide|lowing a recent survey in Sault i) 4 ' [be the single choice of granting a E. F. Bastedo, QC, finance com-|the greatest gain for the city. Ste. Marie. . ley. Hiseuss are, playgron 4 Sate 10-year franchise to Jardine DAFOE OPPOSED & deaf ear to the Oshawa mittee chairman. [Farm assessments should be| Ald. J. G. Brady wondered fl scheduling of programs, group|James Dickson, a Windsor busi- The suggested $5000 grant to| Lo ti. Sov) oC eiation, which Only one alderman, R. Cecil|lower. council could "substantiate" an|gic.iscions and a number of sub. nessman, who is willing to take has protested the construction jects of th of another hotel in downtown All property in Oshawa is to be reassessed. Commercial property vigorously opposed by Ald. F. M. Dafoe. the symphony orchestra was Bint, voted against the reassess-| Ald. Gordon Attersley, a mem-|increase in assessments, particu- e problems they are Over the CNR bus franchise in {July on a city-subsidized basis. ment, which is to be carried out/ber of the finance committee, larly of commercial properties, likely to face. There will be 36 chosen for the |If the result of the vote is nega- by an outside firm at a cost not supported his chairman's view|when downtown merchants were, exceeding $100,000 over the next that a reassessment would be a claiming sections of central Osh- question of 'coming back to more awa were "'blighted". two years. 2h a ni realistic values. MANY INEQUALITIES He thought assessments of old- The last reassessment in Osh-lor properties would increase, awa was Li 1937. Since then, said hose of newer properties de- Al. Bastedo, changing Iocan, crease. including the city's expansion an . " consequential alterations in prop-|TO PROVIDE "CUSHION erty values, had resulted in many| Asked by Ald. Walter Branch {nequities in assessments. on what year values would "Current nts don't be- d, Ald. Bastedo said he gin to reflect the value of the land believed the period 1952 - 1936 on which the property sits," he would possibly be taken as a said. |basis. This was because it was Deplore Number Of Gas Stations The matter was referred to the board of works for a report. Ald. A. V. Walker, traffic committee chairman: "The situation is becoming ridiculous. A service station is al- ready gong up a stone's throw from King street and Rosehill boulevard, The time is fast ap- proaching when we should have some direct control over them. At e t we are having a very difficult time controlling traffic in relation to service stations." Ald. Christine Thomas com. plained of the traffic situation at the King street -- Rosehill boule- vard junction. She thought the traffic committee should consid- er the applications. Oshawa again heard Monday might the perennial complaint -- there are getting to be too many gervice stations in the city. City council was considering an Imperial Oil Limit- ed for permission to two service stations -- at Sim- coe street north and Switzer drive and at King street west and Rosehill boulevard. TV Rerials |. Ald. Bastedo: "It might have {the happy effect of them makin |better use of their land." | Ald. Christine Thomas asked if council could commit future coun- cils to the expenditure of a por- tion of the $100,000 costs involved. |Ald. Bastedo replied council had power if the reassessment were authorized by bylaw. Ald. Thomas: 'Bylaws can be rescindgd." POLICY DEFENDED Ald. Bastedo said using an out- side firm was no reflection on the + partment. If the city were to do it, more staff would be required become staff which would re- dundant when the job was fin- playground staff, five on the Cen. tive, the city will take steps to tral staff and nine on the swim. apply for a commission to run the ming pool staff. |service. 8 During the last week of June, SEES CONFUSION {all the new staff will be taken {to a camp which takes in the south-eastern zone from Ajax to | Belleville. At this camp they will | |Ald. A, V. Walker, traffic com- brush up on all their previous {training for their summer voca- [tion mittee chairman, said adding oth- { er questions to the ballot would D river Ge ts confuse the issue. be. Council is taking advantage of the plebiscite to raise the ques- tion of the grant to the symphony orchestra. Dealing with the bus question, "There are too many organiza- tions riding on the backs of the city when they should be stand- ing on their own feet," he said. "They should not come here ask- ing for grants." Ald. Walker wondered if con- ducting a plebiscite on the ques- tion would not set a for, other organizations to follow. Ald. S. T. Hopkins, vice-chair- Oshawa. Aldermen agreed to receive and file the protest letter which noted a report that Wilmington Develop- ments Limited plan to open an hotel at 35 King street east. The objection is on the grounds that there are al- ready four hotels ih the im- man of the f said it was felt the orchestra had grown to the point where it should have some municipal support. "Everyone knows the orches- tra can't support itself. Oshawa needs some cultural activities we encourage them," he "If the proposed agreement Six M onths tween the city and Mr. Dickson is turned down, we would be Ross M. Keeler, RR 2, Black-| water, was sentenced to six| under the impressions that Osh- in jail on a third charge| but praise for City Assessment Commissioner W. E. Kerr and his assistant Ralph Found. Mayor Lyman A. Gifford "heartily endorsed" the proposal. '"Twenty-five years is a long pi between assessments," he said, awa doesn't want a °® privately- of drunk driving, by Magistrate F. 8. Ebbs, Monday. The magistrate also prohibited Keeler from driving anywhere in Canada for three years. eeler was given an additional 10° days, concurrent with the | i other sentence, on a conviction of| "The paint industry, through driving while disqualified. {research and development is Passing sentence, Magistrate making available products that Lift Licence 3 Months Magistrate F. 8. Ebbs Monday reduced a drunk driving charge against Joseph Seneca, 78 Harris avenue, to that of impaired driv- Approved Ald. S. T. Hopkins, although A weary city council . shortly agreeing 'there were too many after midnight Monday night service stations, wanted to know gave its yawning uncontested as- what authority Oshawa Planning sent to the erection of communal | Board -- which was suggested as/awa police department told the equal to any in the world. television aerials in Oshawa. [the proper agency to handle the The issue had been a delicate| ing. Seneca was fined $100 and |costs, and had his licence sus- |pended for three months. Ebbs said: "You have a lgAg re- are providing better living cord involving drinking awd driv-|through chemistry," comments ing." Tan Vessie, works manager of the Ajax plant of Dupont Canada, Limited, in an Sildress 2 Te | meeting of the Rotary Club of Trent, Muskoka {Oshawa Monday at Hotel Gen- . osha. The speaker, who spoke on Link Suggested om New Look in Industrial OTTAWA (CP)--Gordon Aiken Finishes," was Introduced by (PC--Parry Sound-Muskoka) has| Rotarian Gilbert Murdoch. The suggested in the Commons link- appreciation of the members and ing of the old Trent Canal Sys- their guests was voiced by Presi- tem in Central Ontario with the dent James Skinner. Muskoka Lakes. He said that! Speaking of the important place | Constable Tom Homes of Osh- court that he had arrested Seneca applications -- had to refuse/March 7. He testificd that the tem, linking Trenton on Lake On-|$131,000,000 compared with $83. would create a boating routé held by paint in the life of the community, Mr. Vessie com- Mr. Aiken said the Trent sys- mented that sales in 1957 totalled Paint Important In Modern Living pastel shades. Fluorescent pig- ments, used for aircraft to pre- vent the collision of high-speed jet planes had also been developed. Modern products, Mr. Vessie sald, were more flexible in appli- cation, more durable and more colorful than at any time in the industry's history. It was pointed out that the first finishes for auotmobiles required lengthy drying periods. In the early 1930's baked Is were diate vicinity of the proposed site. More Firms In Project. The Lakeland Chapter of Nat- jonal Office Management Asso- ciation has enlisted the help of five more firms in the "work ex- perience" program scheduled for, April 22 and May. 6. These firms are Dunlop Rubber Co., Whitby; Bank of Nova Sco- tia. The Imperial Bank of Cana- da, The Bank of Montreal and The Royal Bank of Canada, all in Oshawa. There is now a total of 16 firms participating in this program to give prospective graduates from business courses some practical experience in office work. NOMA tries to assist educators whenever possible. It works in conjunction with OCVI and Osh- cl first introduced. Modern auto- mobile paints combined ease of color mixing with high gloss which required little polishing and rubbing. BLACK STANDS THIRD Of interest to many of the audi- ence was the statement that while black last year was the third most popular auto paint color, awa Business College, in this "work experience' program. Executive Of Canadian Club by Eugene Henry, who headed a delegation of the Downtown awa Merch of the city, said as important and urgent as plan- ning in the suburbs. abandoned by industry in the downtown area as 'blighted' and omic use of land adding a bur- den to taxpayers. found in "mere tinkering" with improvements, but in "massive overall redevelopment," he said. paratively little in taxes, Mr. Henry said. Rebuilding them would be one of the most essen-|price to $500 an acre. tial tasks ahead of the city. He believed obsolete industrial buildings could be replaced by low-rental apartment built on|3S it may appear," she remark. existing services, providing a new|ed market for downtown businesses. TRACKS REMOVAL a could also include removal of the CNR tracks, long the bane of Athol street parking lot cost well" motor traffic in the centre of the over $60,000, she said. well city. He also suggested that had Renewal Plan Mr, Henry believed an urban: | study would prove an "attractive document" to General . Motors of 'Canada whose plant« occupies large blocks of central: Oshawa. ; A step which could lead to the a's The suggestion was put forward Osh- 0 He said the municipality could bl Mr. Henry, was just Ms. Jlosty said 1 thoualy, more business institutions, such, as banks, chain stores, would be. attracted to a re-vam dowp-" town area. ~ on He referred to obsolete sections aimed they constituted unecon- The remedy was not to be Downtown areas cost the city lot in services but yielded com- $2000 city had accordingly reduced its "Getting help is not so simple: io Were property owners in down: n awa prepared to sell their land to the government 'at' TI ble price? a; Two buildings acquired for the thonahi 1 h Mr. Henry said he did not think" renewal scheme been approved |initial problems encountered by them if the land on which they accused had been driving very tario with Georgian Bay, already 000,000 in 1949. In 1957 43,000,000 were to be built was commercial-|slowly, and that he had pullediis used extensively by tourists. gallons of paint were produced. {him over to the roadside to find|It took boats into the heart of This, it was held, was an indica- two or three years ago, the ac-|the low-rental housing committee' quisition of properties required|should prevent an investigation for the Athol street west parking of an urban renewal scheme. matter for months ever since the| Brookside Acres test case result | ed in the Ontario Municipal|ly zoned. it represented only 13 per cent of the total production. In 1960 it is Is Appointed Board ruling that communal aer- He was told council at one time out why. Ontario. tion of consumer faith in the pro- ommerci (had resolved it should study alll fale LI Aetproted = ie nereial service station construction ple] dent | cations. 8 Jssiiena ) Bo ig wider. the Mayor Lyman A. Gifford's con- y i _|¢lusion: "The oll companies a po {he must have some confidence in the aerials was rejected later. Re.(economic future of the city. submitted Monday after careful! The officer said that a part |bottle of liquor was found under |a seat in the accused's car, and [that a full bottle of liquor and a |case of beer was found in the trunk of the vehicle. The officer said that at this time, in his opinion, Seneca was It would be "comparatively tective properties of the product. leasy and quite feasible" to link MORE COLORFUL PIGMENTS {the waterway with the Muskoka Research in recent years had |Lakes, opening up many more! resulted in new more colorful and {miles of lakes and rivers. There color - fast pigments being de- was an easy route through the veloped which had contributed to {Morrison lakes. the glamor of the metallic and expected the trend will. be to darker colors. Commenting on the future of the industry, Mr. Vessie said that primary target is the develop- ment of a 100 per cent solids paint which will mean a cut in the quantity required. Only one coat vetting, the recommendation was approved without discussion. Among the conditions under which communal aerials would be allowed in commercial and resi- dential districts are: They must not be over 100 feet high; all cable between the tow- er and buildings must be under- ground; they must be perpetual. ly maintained by agreement with the city. COMING EVENTS EUCHRE -- Wednesday April 22, 8 p.m. at Storie Pack in ald of Cerebral Palsy School, 50 cents admission. a BINGO at the Union Hall Wednesday, April 22 at 8 o'clock. 20 games $6 and #8. Six $40 jackpots. Share the Wealth, POLISH Society of Oshav meeting of all members will be hel 93 cated that the loss was due partly) intoxicated. Dr. A. E. King told the court that he examined the accused later, and that he was not pre- pared to say on the basis of the examinations, that the man was intoxicated. He added, however, that a blood test taken from Sen- eca showed 1.8 parts per thousand alcohol in his blood. More Revenue 1} Won't Prevent CNR Deficit OTTAWA (CP)-- A sharp rise| in operating revenues this year will not he enough to keep Cana-| {dian National Railways out of the! jred. The publicly-owned line is | predicting a 1959 deficit of $34, 400,000. | Last year the CNR had a $51,- 600,000 deficit, its second in a row, some $22,000,000 higher than| in 1957 and the highest since 1938, |@ depression year. It was indi- by George K. Drynaa, testified that he had visited a friend vious to his arrest and had two pints of beer and two drinks of liquor. Magistrate Ebbs said, passing t on the reduced charge, that he had "no hesitancy in re- ducing the charge, on Dr. King's evidence." {to a $44,000,000 drop in freight revenue. Debate Revives Nicholson Case | OTTAWA (CP)--The Commons budget debate, ranging over head of the RCMP, "which is in Seneca, who was represented many fields, has produced a call fact a semi - military force, is for a parliamentary inquiry into {the resignation last month of RCMP Commissioner L. H. Nich- olson. "We are definitely remiss in our duty if we do not explore to the utmost the reasons for such a resignation," Leon Crestohl (L--Montreal Cartier) said Mon- day in proposing the inquiry. The comgnissioner resigned over the government's refusal to| Did Mr, Crestohl think that the right in his decision to publicly, with his superiors?" TIME RUNS OUT Before Mr. Crestohl could make a full reply, his time--limited to 40 minutes for private members--ran out. In suggesting an inquiry into Commissioner Nicholson's resign- ation, Mr. Crestohl said the pub- lic wants to know whether there were political overtones or inter- ference in the resignation. at 219 Olive Avenue on May 32, 1959, at 2 pm, OSHAWA and district Society for Pre. vention of Cruelty to Animals annual the reduced deficit would result gene ting, . CRA Gibb Street, 8 p.m. Filme.| [rom revenues rising to $736,500, Everyone welcome. 925/000 from $704,947,000 last year. be = |The net operating revenue after KINSMEN BINGO [Fama vou be 357000. $728,700,000 would be $27,800,000. Tuesday, Apr. 21st | With adjustments for taxes and {other expenses and for non-rail JUBILEE PAVILION FREE ADMISSION |{income, the CNR would have $19, {400,000 available for meeting EXTRA BUSES Jackpot No. 5556 (The railway's 1959 budget, tab- led in the Commons Monday, said {fixed charges such as debt in. terest. This year those charges will run to $53,800,000. FREIGHT TOLL HIGHER The CNR budget did not spec- ify the source of its rising oper ating revenues, but most of them would come from freight tolls. The tolls this year are ex- pected to bring the rail be- tween $580,000,000 a » ,000,- , an increase from year's $560,268,000. oo) SOCIAL EVENING ST. JOHN'S HALL Corner of Bloor ond Simcoe. Bingo will be played for prizes. Lunch served. Every. welcome, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 AT 8 PM. Accused Given Doubt Benefit Robert Costello, #18, a high school student from West Hill, was freed on charges of theft, and breaking, entering and theft, by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs," Mon- y. Costello was placed on suspend- ed sentence when coavicted on a jcharge of possessing stolen goods. Costello was appearing Judgment. He was tried in March on the three charges, which arose from a theft Feb. 7 in Pickering {township. Dismissing the two charges, Magistrate Ebbs said that the {testimony of the Crown witness eft a doubt in a ing, and that was the benfit ge {expected that the government would have at once and of its own {quire into the background of this for authority with power to establish comply with the Newfoundlana government's request to send 50 RCMP reinforcements to help police a loggers strike on the is- lai i of the hal sud- denness of this event," Mr. Cres- He suggested that the govern- ment ensure that the former commissioner, who quit within a year of his retirement on full pension, does not suffer because {of his "courageous" action in re. will be required and it will re- duce the hazard of fire and tok- ty. Way Opened Two Schools lot coul d have been affected with) The finance committee and' 3 At the annual meeting Monday night of the Canadian Club of and planning board were instructed Ontario County, Thomas A. Gib- son was named president for the 1959-60 season. Mr. Gibson suc- ceeds David Morgan in the presi- dent's chair. The meeting was held in the Piccadilly room of the Hotel Genosha and Knowles was guest speaker. Other bers of the e are: hon. president, Col. R. S. McLaughlin; hon. vice-presidents, Mrs. Gordon D, Conant and T. in Kelso Creighton, QC; past presi- dent, G. David Morgan; first vice-president, Dr. C. H. Vipond; second vice-president, John Dan- ; honorary treasurer, J. Mc- ; honorary secretary, Miss Mildred Price; directors: Lieut. Col. A. G. Coulter, H. 0. Perry, S. R. Alger, Miss Jennie Pringle, Small Child Suffers Cuts ' James Fox, aged three, of 164 Celina street, was treated to report on the suggestions. Lucky You . .. IT'S A BIG ONE! Neil C. Fraser, QC, Norman H. Daniel, Mrs. Sheila Morley, Alex S. Ross, Gwyn Kinsey, Brig. J. G. Spr and Miss Charlotte Abbott. I I Did You Know That you con buy Deltox Rugs. for cottage, 6' x 9'. Clearing for Bly 9.95 each. Also in la sizes? NU-WAY RUG end CARP! SALES, 174 Mary -- RA 5-0433. signing on a matter of principle. OTHER BUDGET TOPICS As the eight-day debate wound through its sixth day, Hagen Ar- gue, CCF House Leader, pro- |posed a $2,000,000,000 capital ex-| {pansion fund to.be administered by a new federal department of planning and development. James Ormiston (PC -- Mel- ville) suggested a federal depart- ment of education. He sald it tohl said at another point, "I had volition set up a probe to in- {vital matter." ISSUE EVADED The government was the only such an inquiry. Yet to his sur- ' $7.98; prise, government had all- owed. of this event to lapse into the back- ground." At one point in Mr, Crestohl's peech, James Speakman (PC-- Wetaskiwin) interjected to sug- gest that the commissioner's re- would not take control of educa- tion away from the provinces but would help the provinces in every way possible. 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