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tilities Main Office Undergoes Renovation An amazing transformation|bert G. Duerr, Toronto, and the| So effective and efficient have has taken place inside the Osh- awa Public Utilities Commis- sion executive and administra- tive offices, The interior of this buading at the corner of Sim- coe and Metcalfe streets, has been completely modernized and presents a bright, attrac- tive appearance. The change is so remarkable that those customers or business callers who have not visited the utility's main vffice for more than a year are greatly sur- prised by the new and improved conditions. As one office em ployee stated, "'the «hole atmos- phere has changed so favorably that it is an entirely different place in which to work" Many compliments. have been paid to the Oshawa PUC on the modernizing of the interior of the building. This extensive re- modelling and redecorating job carried out during the past year was 'aimed at producing the maximum customer service and staff efficiency from the area available, also te present a more pleasing appearance for both customers and staff. ENLARGE SERVICE AREA In the renovating of the ground floor the custoniers" ser-/ vice area was enlarged and re- arranged. The counter length was modernized and doubled This was accomplished in part by removing the show window and display area and incorpor- ating the space saved in the general office rearrangement. The offices of the general man- ager and the assistant manager were relocated on the second floor. New and modern cashier en- closures were planned and built to the Oshawa PUC manage- ment's specifications and these enclosures were located more advantageously. Most of the par- titions, formerly in the interior of the business office, were re- moved and a general desk re- arrangement was completed to achieve a more orderly, effi cient, and spacious effect The architect who designed the interior changes was Her- Group Rids 'Many Needy The Oshawa Commitice of the Cancer, Polio and Tuber- culosis Fund of the Independ ent! Order of Odd Fellows, at its annual meeting elected officers for 1962. Those elected were Immediate Past President Bro. James Freeman; chair- man, Bro. Roy Weatherbee vice-chairman, Sister Eva Hast ings; recording secretary, Sister Victoria Mavce; treasurer, Sis- ter Nelda Thompson Ways and Means Committee, rBo. Gabriel La Victoire, chair- man; Bro. Wi'liam Payne, vice- chairman. Investigating Com mittee, Sisters Annie Shorten Annie MacDonald, Viola Keeler, Pearl Peacock. Elsie Keays and Bro. Baxter Property commit tee, Bro. Orville Magee, chair man; Bro. Sam Moss, vice chairman Bro. James Freeman, imme- diate past chairman, was elect- ed an honorary member in recognition of his valuable serv- ice to the committee. The committee was organized in 1947 and comprises repre- sentatives from the Rebekah and IOOF Lodges. The purpose of the committee is to relieve distress wherever found The work done by the com mittee is not publicized but dur ing the past year many cases were dealt with and hundreds of dollars spent. Cases are in vestigated and the findings of the investigating committee are brought to the meetings for con sideration At Christmas cheques ar sent to people whose Christmas ; would otherwise be dreary The committee recently sented a fine new flag pole and Glenholme School for Retarded Children. Fully equipped hospi- tal beds, folding wheelchairs, adjustable and straight crutches and other hospital bed equipment is loaned without charge whether the needy ver son be a member of the lodg or not. pre- pr ;Mis r > White 'ce seagate, main. contractor for the renova-) tion work was H. M. Brooks Ltd., Contractors, of Oshawa. ttractive new offices have been provided for the general manager and also for the assistant manager on the second floor. The engineering depart- ment on this floor obtained ad- ditional much-needed space by the elimination of unnecessary corridors. This provided better desk and equipment arrange- ments. The ladies' lounge was remodelled and given a modern decor treatment and now pro- vides more adequate facilities. To exemplify ne effectiveness of modern lighting, the ground floor customers' -service area was equipped with a fluorescent louvered type luminous ceiling which has great'y improved the lighting conditions in this sec- tion of the business office. Sus- pended fluorescent fixtures were installed throughout the balance of the ground floor and also throughout the second floor. An initial lighting level of 175 ft candles was obtained A light colored terraza floor was installed in the public area of. the office and a vinyl as-} bestos, light colored tile was) used for the balance of the of- fice floor, BUILDING ATTRACTIVE Although the executive and administration offices of Osh- awa PUC was built exactly 30 years ago, it is still an attrac- tive, modern looking building.| This certainly was due to the foresight and forward thinking of the architect the late C. C Stenhouse. When the office building was built in 1931, Mr. Stenhouse ac- curately predicted then: "the treatment of the exterior design is a restrained example of the modern trend in architecture, clearly indicated in the heavy corner pylons and front details, and yet not so intrusive as to mark. it a period design Fashions change in buildings as in all else and to go to the ex- treme of any style is to run the risk of appearing antiquated in an amazingly short time. Only time can determine whether the setting of a building is in true harmony, but where good pro- portion and harmony lines exist, they can never look out ¢ place,"' Duting the 30 years that have elapsed, the population of Osh- awa has risen from 25,000 to over 60,000 citizens. The num- ber of customers has increased from 6,500 electric power users and 5,300 water consumers to the present 19,500 electric users, 15,700 water users and 12,500 flat rate water heater users. In addition, Oshawa PUC has c- quired the operation of the local transportation system.. Besides this, the Oshawa commission continues to operate the Oshawa Rural Operating Area for On- tario Hydro and now is serving 4.700 electric customers and, 19,- 000 flat water heater users in as rate this area, May Extend Course Work possibility of people g longer training ses at the Five Oaks Christ- mas Workers Centre of the United, Church at Paris, Ont., was discussed at Albert Street United Church recently. Three special guests from the Five Oak n Paris, Dr. B. L Oat Ted Leightield and dec the ( conferer Me main i, were in church ? the. con Lided local commi made ements for conference centre a yes"-round training in church n a Christ of four who tion for work t work ause. It across Canada The local conference was held lay peo d for one centre * its main business office is taking '| DURING recent months the , {| interior of the Oshawa Pub- -? lie Utilities Building, Simcoe and Metcalfe streets, has undergone a complete modern- "4 ization and now presents a | bright, attractive appearance. In the picture at left General Manager George F. Shreve points out the new lighting been the direction and operation of the Oshawa Hydro service} over the 30 year period that the | average cost per kilowatt-hour | to Oshawa PUC customers has been drastically reduced from -- 2.6 cents per kwh to 0.84 cehts SECOND SECTION per kwh for domestic users and |" 3 a ae 2.8 cents per kwh to 1.19 cents per kwh for commercial tomers MANY ACHIEVEMENTS It was in January, 1930, that Oshawa became a member of the Ontario Hydro family of municipalities when the forma- tion of a PUC was approved by the ratepayers. Ever since those' The meeting of committees of days when Oshawa PUC took the Oshawa Board of Education over the local system from, On- for secondary school affairs was tario Hydro, the commission has!|held Monday night continued to build and maintain) The board re-erred a memo the distribution lines for the/from the department of educa- rural customers living beyond tion regarding new secondary the outskirts of Oshawa. school courses to the education Within the city limits, the policy committee for further dis- Oshawa municipal hydro system | eyssion has been steadily improving its) A request from Francis J. service to customers under the Francis of the OCVI staff to capable direction of its manage-| meet with representatives of the ment. It was one of the first}Canada Council and the depart- municipalities in Ontario t0|/ ment of external affairs regard- have a major underground dis-jing the proposed trip by the tribution system in the main|Qcyy band to Europe next year business section. This was built/was granted. G. L. Roberts, soon after the Second' World principal of the school, told the War. Oshawa also has the dis-\poard the arrangements had tinction of being one of the first)heen made by the Honorable communities in the prowince to Michael Starr. have an all-electric home built The property committee read and a great deal of attention)the annual report of the fire in-| has been focused on_ electric heating where there are NOW!ed specific reference to coverage several all-electric homes. on a replacement evaluation. A/ Oshawa PUC in its latest/motion was adopted to recom- move to improve and renovate -- bios : Local Man Tops Messer Artist In Blood Gifts surance inspector which contain- another forward step in keeping pace with the growth and de- velopment in one of Ontario's fastest growing cities. "This com- munity sometimes neferred to as the 'Motor City', is a bust- ling industrial centre and is the largest' municipality on the horth shore of the Seaway be- Galea ae tween Montreal and Toronto. HALIFAX (CP) -- Duke Niel- Like its customers, the com- Sen, double bass player with mission has great flaith in the, Don Messer and his Islanders, future of Oshawa and this latest; Will be among 317 Halifax-Dart- move to modernize and stream- Mouth blood donors who will be line the Commission's principal| Presented Red Cross scrolls by headquarters is further proof of Lieutenant - Governor E. C, that fact. Plow of Nova ,Scotia Wednes- - day The husky musician has made 106 blood donations, the by a present resident of Nova Scotia His Nova Scotia record is sur passed only by that of C.-A Tredwell who made 128 dona- tions before moving to. Oshawa. Mr. Tredwell still gives blood every time he visits Halifax. | Call Tenders Nurse School At Whitby Ontario Public Works Minister Ray Connell today called tenders} for a new school of nursing to be Incated on the grounds of the Ontario Hospital, Whitby. The school, whitch will be built; in a campus-liké. setting, will provide facilities for training student nurses for Ontario Hos- pitals. The sewen-storey, rein- forced concrete structure will! cost in the $1,200,000 range, Mr. Connell said. The ground floor will contain administration gnd instructional areas, while a_ six-storey - slab will rise to provide living-in accommodation for 156 students in single and double bedrooms. The main entrance leads into an attractive reception and wait- ing area featuring a wall of| natural marble. The instruction- al wing is designed. around a} landscaped inner courtyard, the} whole being linked to and form-| ing an extension of, the main building. In addition to regular) classrooms, there are demon-} stration rooms, a laboratory and a dietetics room. The bedrooms in a_ typical floor are designed around a core comprising. the washroom and locker facilitfes, stairwells, self- service elevator and student lounge with kitchenette. Bed- rooms contain built-in ward- robes, dresser and desk units. For off-duty hours, studenis will have two large outdoor bal- conies on the second floor and Pd most@®urth class operating engineers, under the auspices of the O-h- 2 Spacious gundeck on the roof. jawa Five Oaks Interpretation) The basement provides a large |Committee wnrich is comprised|recreation area, a kitchen with of the following executive: A light cooking facilities and a 'Crowle. of Oshawa Mrs .C |laundry eaginped with automatic Ive Bow ville. Mrs Go; "Yashers amd dryers. Assoriatr don Mefflin, of Whitby and Mrs. architects are Jackson, Ypes 'S, Penfound, of Courtice 'and Assocjates Oificials at the Oshawa Emergency Measures Head- | quarters watch two volunteer | ploiter they mark disaster areas of the map during a simulated nuclear attack Mon- | ¢ of any EMO HEADQUARTERS BUSY DURING SIM | day night. Seated are W. Brid- | account A Alex S. Auld, rural eredit supervisor. of office clerks and stenographers are seen at right enjoying a "break'"' period in the comfortable lounge located on the second floor. system in the customer serv- ice section of the building to OPUC Chairman Henry F. Baldwin. The centre picture shows the better and more efficient desk arrangement which provides more space in the business office. At centre, William Gibbie, standing, dis- --Ontario Hydro Photos cusses a business matter with Fhe Oshawa Cimes TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1961 ~ New Boilers At OCVI Operating mend to the board that it have all properties of the board ap- praised in 1962. BOILERS OPERATING The board authorized payment of an account from Harold R. Stark Plumbing, Heating and ingineeringy Limited for| $6,140.40 progress certificate on| OCVI boiler replacement, and! also the account of the consult- ing engineer who approved the contractor's account. Two change orders submitted by the consulting engineer, for work on these same boilers, con- sisting of installation of switches on motorized boiler feed valves and replacement ~- of existing steam valve lines to the girls' gymnasium, totalling some $342 in all were deferred. R. H. Lunney, school main- tenance superintendent, told the board that the boilers were now operating properly, after some improvisation had been done, and there was no longer any need for this expenditure. OFFER SCHOOL USE Mrs. C. C, Lee, chairman of the public relations committee, read a letter from the Apple Hill Ratepayets' Association re- questing permission to use one of the schools in the area for regular monthly meetings. A motion was carried to authorize HAPPY BIRTHDAY His many friends and ac- quaintances join with the peo- ple of Ontario Riding today in wishing Hon Michael Starr, federal minister of labor, many happy returns as he celebrates his birthday. Fled Scene Due To Fright An Magistrate who told F. S. Ebbs he fled the of an accident be- cause he was scared, was fined Mts. Lee to offer the associa- $50 had tion the use of Bloor street ; driver's school The matter of a letter from the National Union of Public Service Employees, Local 18, re- garding the creation of a class- ification in the board's agree- ment with the local to include Oshawa youth scene his for one year in Oshawa Magistrate's Court, Monday. David Arthur Hill, 16, 220 Court street, Oshawa, pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an acci- dent and also to driving without an operator's licence and costs and permit suspended was referred to a nance committee mendation to be special fi- for recom- submitted to next regular The accident, which occurred the board at its at the corner of Athol and meeting. Charles street, Oct. 27, caused The annual board dinner meet- 2" estimated $350 damage ing will be held at the OCVI; Hill was fined $10 and on Dee. 11, jon the second charge. costs SIMULATED ATTACK EMO In Full Swing Despite Siren Failure A simulated nuclear attack was launched against Canada Monday night, but the citizens of Oshawa waited in vain for the privilege of hearing their newly | installed alarm sirens, When the alarm 'came 'ovver the radio many an ear was cocked, but no sound tore through the dreary veil of fog hanging over the city, and the citizenry went on its way to movies and bingo games. Exercise Tocsin "B" started officially at 7 p.m. Monday when the alert signal was given over a nation-wide broadcast from Ottawa. This was the sign for Emergency Measures Organiz- ation personnel to speed to the posts assigned to them. The EMO staff of Ontario County manned its stations rapidly in spite of the failure of the alarm sirens, The failure was attributed by Lt.-Col F. S$. Wotton, EMO Co- ordinator for Ontario County, to some malfunction in the Bell Telephone system governing the sirens, This was confirmed by oC. of Bell Social Call Is Costly A former resident of Oshawa who came back to pay a social call on friends in the city will spend the next seven days in the county jail Herbert North, Crescent, Toronto, was found guilty Monday on a_ drunk driving charge in Oshawa Ma- gistrate's Court. His car 'was impounded for three months and his licence was six months, The accused, who was appre- hended by an _ off-duty . police constable, told the court he had only had two drinks and was very tired at the time. Constable B. Snowdon testified he chased the accused, after he had gone through three stop lights and a red light, blowing his horn in an effort to attract his attention. The accused's car was veering from side to side, the constable said. The accused also staggered badly when he got out of his car after the constable identified himself. The accused looked sfunned, he said. 35.Maxi-m gency Measures Organization | Committee; Ald. Hayward | Murdoch, chairman, join committee for Oshawa and OF ' tario County EMO and Fire | cut and D. Chestnut. Standing are from left: A Gerrow, Warden of Ontario County; Ald. Gordon Attersley, Chair- man of the City Council Emer- } |Peyah Chapter of Hadassah Dudley, plant wire chief| in Oshawa. This morning Ontario County EM suspended for he said that the failure was|more by intuition than by associated with some technical) scientific method they were difficulties. fairly correct, as became clear "We are investigating it,' he later when 'the: official data said, **but we have not yet fully;came through. Undisturbed by analyzed the difficulties." the struggles in the lower The sirens were reported|jechelons Ken Bath, operations working satisfactorily in Ajax/jofficer said: ' and Whitby _ | "The system is operating and Howe er, EMO. egret re- the answers are coming out.' ceived warnings by telephone}! or through the regular radio DANGER AREA broadcast. Soon the exercise) Some of the answers meant |was under way, while the citi-/!hat the area south of an im- zenry continued on its way to|@ginary east-west line through the winking lights of movie Myrtle was denoted as a "Y houses and the beckoning num- ae Re ee the npn eve of binges: sity of fallout. Persons in this At 'the > a ae Airport the /2%@@ would under real condit- joint headquarters for Ontario|!0"S have to stay under cover County is situated. It' has direct |for the next two days. After radio contact with EMO head-/that period they would be lauarters for the City of Oshawa|allowed to leave shelter only lin the city hall, and with EMO|for two hours per day, during headquarters for the remaining |the following twelve days. Per- part of Ontario County, situated|S0"S orth of the line through lin Whitby. The airport head-| Myrtle would have to stay under quarters is directed by "Zone|CoVet for two days and would 4" Headquarters at Camp be able to leave their shelter Borden for four hours a day during the | my 5 following five days. |CRUCIAL MOMENT While the citizens of Oshawa The crucial moment for the were on their way home from O came atitheatre and bingo halls it was 9.40 p.m. A message was re-)réveaied by Lt.-Col. Wotton that ceived that a theoretical hit was|theoretically no noteworthy da- reported in Toronto. With pre-}mage had oceurred in Oshawa. vailing westerly winds this)The EMO rescue teams were would pose an immediate threat standing by outside the radiation of radioactive fallout for the| danger zone ready to move into | county. The blast was to be/action when required. equivalent to five megatons of TNT, with a radio active cloud '. of 12 miles radius. While the citizenry was en- See Life joying its movies and bingos the EMO men grappled with the I s grim facts of disaster. The value of an exercise as TOCSIN be- mproving came immediately evident at ' the plotting table in the airport headquarters. -The manner in In India which the data of the blast should be represented on the; The promotion of better inter- maps became the subject of national relations, through an animated argument, Apparently| organization known as Friendly the contents of the crucial mes-| Relations with Overseas Stud- Sage was not quite correct and|ents, was praised at the Mon- this added to the confusion. The|day luncheon meeting of the men in charge did get the ex-)Rotary Club of Oshawa by Bri ercise TOCSIN was designed to/Seth, of India, who is taking give them. post graduate stidies in Metal- But in due time some con-/lurgy at the University of Tor- clusions were drawn. Perhaps| onto, ; He said considerable progress W A d is being made through the ¢en- arm Accuse tre at 45 Willcocks street where 3 700 students from overseas Avoid Stores countries meet, He asked the | service club to support the 'ap- A mother of five children was/ Peal for a new International fined $10 on each of four charges| Student House at the Univer- of stealing merchandise valued|sity of Toronto. at $34 from three stores in India, a country of more than Oshawa Shopping Centre andj 400,000,000 people is making one gowntown store, when she progress in developing industry pleadéd guilty, in Oshawa Ma-\and adopting automation gistrate's Court, Monday, Every corner of the cou try Doris Fay Swinson, 25, Queen|has new factor d ay street, Port Perry, was told to|;,4. wees, Same and hats 1. ctrene 3,{hydro plants. As a. result stay out of these stores in thousands * future by Magistrate F, S. Ebbs nousands of jobs have been as he passed sentence ba cc The accused's husband told), The speaker stressed that»In- the court his wife was in the @!a 1S a country with a. diver- advanced stages of pregnancy Sity of languages 'and social when the offence occurred. Ma-| Structures with an underlying jgistrate Ebbs gave the accused Unity of religion. The caste sys- 'one month to pay the fines tem, one of the problems of the peters ao past, has been abolished New interest is being taken in education' with the result that more and more students are travelling to other countries to advance their educational Community Chest Total $207,678 | Although the increase in dona- kanduntla jtions to the Greater Oshawa) *'@n¢aras. : Comniunity Chest has slowed! That the standard of living down to a degree the total still/!8 improving was indicated by continues to rise. It was an- the fact that the life span. of nounced Monday afternoon that, the people had risen from 22 to $207,678.58 hs been contributed.|43 years, Mr. Seth said. The list of donations, not pre- ee viously acknowledged, follows: Monteith, Monteith, Rich! and Co, Employees Ontario-Quebec Conference 0} Seven-Day Adventists Fined $50 For =® Leaving Scene 35.00, Michael Joseph Murdock, 17, 50.00'155 Garrard road, Oshawa, was >ooe fined $50 and costs or one month 125,00 in the county jail, when he 20.00' pleaded guilty, in Oshawa Ma- 47.o0\8istrate's Court Monday, to a $ 49.00 f 25.00 25.00 Prudentia] Insurance Co. of America Anonymous Dr, D. E T. M. Rundle (Barrister) Jas. MacDonald John Labatt Limited Kontinental Car Club Myers Cotton Products Lid Employees W. N. Affleck Smith ULATED ATTACK | 15.00/charge of failing~to remain at 2:00 |the scene of an accidnet. 25.00, The charge was laid after 10.00|Murdock, who was driving his _oog|ftiend's car at the time drove through a red light and struck 432.00/another car at the,intersection 50.o0/0f Bond and Church streets, Fs ae $207,678.58 Oct, 28. Mrs, E. A. Blake Acadian Cleaners Four Seasons Travel Lid Oshawa Cleaning Contractors McCordick's Pharmacy Judge A. C. Hall Central Collegige and Vocational InjRitute Canadian National Railway Employees Total to date Chief Ray Hobbs, seen using a-waikie-talkie unit to keep in rontact with all fire depart- ments in Ontario County --Oshawa Times Photo |