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Jia ol aint eel a ine dene ___ ROTARIANS ENTERTAIN GOLDEN AGE CLUB @ |tients were residents of Durham per picture are three of those who attended--E. Brooks, left, C. Beck, right and I. Hughes, standing. Rotary President Charles Lancaster is seen right in the lower pic- ture, as he directed the gathering in a sing-song. Seat- ed are Mayor Christine Thom- as and Douglas Johns, super- intendent at Hillsdale Manor, who was chairman for the event: MEMBERS OF THE Osh- awa Golden Age Club were treated to a Christmas Party, at Hotel Genosha Tuesday night, sponsored by the Osh- awa Rotary Club. In the up- --Oshawa Times Photos US en URN hol la é P Mayor Thomas Speaks At Annual Gathering Members of the Golden Age|brought a lump to her throat, = gg oe 7 a ying .|she said. unfold, he said. That was the oe ~. Se "Your lives are mostly be-|value.of the individual. "The awa Rotary Club at a Christ-/ning you, but it is a nice feeling|individual took a long time to mas party Tuesday evening, injto know that you are remem-|mature," he said. the Piccadilly Room of Hotel|/pered by others. It is so nice to Genosha. see so many of mvy_friends|proud possessions of our land, After grace was said by. Rev.|here,"" the mayor said. were the outcome of this Dr. George Telford, who is an| She told the older. people she|individualism, he told the audi- honorary vice-president of thej)had heard there were quite a/ence. Golden Age Club, and the play-jnumber of dinners being pre-| Humanitarianism was also de- ing of "The Queen" by the/pared for them and that she|scended from Bethlehem, ~ and band of the O'Neill Collegiate)was sorry she\would be unable|was represented here by the and Vocational Institute, the|to be with them on those occa-!kind of work being done by gathering enjoyed a fine Christ-|sions. Douglas Johns, the chairman of mas dinner. Wishing them a happy Christ-|the Golden Age Group Commit- Charles Lancaster, president|™S, the mayor added that, for|tee of the Rotary Club. them, there were still lots of é Been Toe cicomed! things to do in 1962, which she|TRIBUTE PAID the guests and introduced the} oar} Thanking Dr. Telford at the speaker of the evening. i von bay ed year' alose of his address, Mr. Johns Worship Mayor Christine} : paid tribute to Harold McNeill, Thomas. VALUE OF INDIVIDUAL director of the Golden Age Mayor Thomas told the audi-| Addressing the -gathering|Club. ence she had shared dinner on\after the mayor, Dr. Telford) Following the speeches, Pres- the previous evening with the|said he could not think of alident Charles Lancaster led the crippled children who had also|lovelier greeting than "Happy|audience in singing Christmas been guests of the Rotary/|Christmas." When the Christ/carols, accompanied by the Club. Thinking of these chil-/Child was born in Bethlehem|OCVI Band under the direction dren who had to look forward/many presents came with the|of Student Director John Ander- to a lifetime of handicap had baby. The value of one of those son. Seek Permission Three Suffe Extend Residence Bruises In The Oshawa General Hospital|basic items required for each| Collision board's building committee will|room. The furnishings would be} mi*:e a formal request to the/similar in all respects to those| committee of adjustment to se-| purchased for the Burns In-| Three persons suffered minor cure a building permit to erect/ternes' residence, on the Alex-|injuries in the collision, Tuesday an addition to the Mclaughlin) andre street side of the hospi-|evening, between a car and a Hall Nurses' residence. |}tal and could be used in either] pick-up truck at the intersection Building Committee Chair-|f the nurses' residences at alof Wilson road and Eulalie man H. A. Washington told the|{uture date, if not required in|avenue. board Tuesday night that under pea rer gs eer ara' | Treated for a head injury at the present bylaw, only 33 per RD TENDERS [Oshawa Gengral Hospital, "and i AW =RS enw coverage is per- sonra g one agree furnishing|/ater released, was Rose Pearn, oh ..|the front lobby at a cost of| 310 Oshawa boulevard south, aut Mr. Washington said | $2,350.20 was accepted. A sec-| Oshawa. Minor injuries were hospital property coverage ond Eaton's tender, for furnish-| suffered by Paul Edward Smith, Would be $7.5 per cent. ling waiting areas, the : areas|18, Toronto and Stuart Isles, 22, A special committee was set|°PPosite the elevators in the|Toronto. ; up last month to investigate the|2&W wing, was also accepted.) Drivers of the vehicles erection of an addition to the| Lhe total cost of furnishing the|involved were Paul Edward present residence facilities for|five waiting areas is $2,628.50. | Smith, Toronto and George use next year. A cupboard and sink in the|Pearn, 69 Rosehill boulevard, solarium, on ward 2B1 and the|Oshawa. Total estimated da- RECOMMENDATIONS _.,_ {installation of an additionaljmage was $400. Other building committee|toilet on ward 2C were) The accident was investigated recommendations accepted by|approved. : : by Constable Clayton Smith of the board Tuesday night in-| The floor covering in the\ochawa Police Depart 5 " A < Department cluded: Sykes Wing corridor, the old), ° The purchase of two Ameri-hospital main entrance, will be), Te estimated damage in a can Steam Autoclaves, at alreplaced and the ceiling will be 'W° - Car collision on Simcoe cost of $3,426 each for the new! painted. street north, Tuesday evening, wing isolation departments, one| The committee will proceed| WS $475. The accident occured on the second floor and one on|with the completion of renova-|i" 8 heavy snowstorm and the sixth floor |tions and furnishings for the|Police reported the roads were The Lineraft tender for $4,801] administrator's and nursing)Very slippery at the time. be accepted for stainless steel! office. Drivers of the two cars were topped cabinets for the dietetic' There has been no definite Shirley Knox, 440 Bader avenue, laboratory date set for the new wing offi-Oshawa and Hormidas The Bateman house, at the|cial onening. however, it was Chevrette, of Pertfang. Con south-east corner: of the hosp:-| suggested last night that it stable B. Snowden investigated tal property be furnished with may be sometime next May. 'the accident. / cs 2. pata ee ee |77 FROM DARLINGTON Democracy and freedom, the r Pe ee ee 188 BABIES One hundred and rine fewer patients were admitted to Osh- awa General Hospital during November than were during the previous month, W. A. Holland, hospital superintendent, said Tuesday night. Mr. Holland told the hospital board at its D ber meeting Fewer Patients At The Hospital the month's daily average of pa- tients in residence. Outpatient services at Oshawa General Hospital in November totalled 1,550. Seven hundred and 47 outpatients were X- rayed, 713 visited the OGH emergency department and. 90 laboratory examinations were that admissions and births last month totalled 1,266 as com- pared to 1,397 the previous month, 188 BABIES BORN .. .. .. «- As of Oct. 31, 384 patients were still in residence at Osh- awa General Hospital. Adult and children admissions totalled 1,098 and 188 newborn babies were admitted to the nurseries, Mr. Holland said. Of the 1,288 admissions, 758 were from Oshawa, 132 from Whitby, 16 from East Whitby Township, 37 from Whitby Town- ship, 16 from Ajax and 20 from Pickering Township. : Other townships in Ontario County accounted for 23 Novem- ber admissions. Nineteen of these were from Reach Town- ship and the remaining four from Brock Township. Ninety-five patients from other counties in Ontario were admit- ted to Oshawa General Hospital last month. | Seventy-seven of these 95 pa- County and 67 of Durham Coun- ty's 77 patients admitted here last month were residents of} Darlington Township. One United States citizen was hospitalized here during Novem- ber. Of the 1,288 admitted, 20 were admitted to vrivate wards, 282 to semi private wards, 796 to public wards and 188 to the nurseries, During November, 1,271 per- sons were discharged from hos- pital, 24 patients died and two of the 190 births were stillbirths. The daily average of patients in residence !ast month was 377. Adult and children resident pa- daily average and newborns in residence in the nursery ac- counted for the remairiing 47 of |vious month. Outpatient admis- |1,550 from 1,691 in October. tients accounted for 330 of the) Operations performed in the main operating room in Novem- ber totalled 671 and operations performed and treatments ad- ministered in the emergency operating room totalled 883 for the month, Patient days during Novem- ber dropped slightly as com- pared with the previous month. In November, the patient day total was 11,314 as compared to 11,681 in October. The number of admissions in November was 1,288, as com- pared to 1,397 the previous month. Despite the slight drop in admissions last month, the number of admissions for the year to date stands at 15,219 as compared to 14,478 to the end of November last year. DAILY AVERAGE UP Daily averages in November increased very slightly to 377 as compared to 376.8 for the pre- sions last month dropped to However, outpatient admis- exceed that of last year. To the end of November this year, 18,- 511 outpatients have been admit- ted to Oshawa General Hospital as compared to 17,577 admitted for the same period last year. During the past month, 89.8 of the hospital's 419-bed capacity was occupied Medical and sur- gical beds were still prominent in the corridors last month with a 103.1 per cent occupancy, ob- stetrical beds were. 64.6 per cent occupied, paediatric beds, an- other area in which hall beds were prominent, were 106.3 per cent occupied and nursery bas- sinettes were 61.8 per cent occu- pied. The average stay number of |days last month itlcreased to eight as compared to 7.8 in October. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the followjng resi- dents of Oshawa ah@ district who are celebratjng their birthdays today: Gay McAlpine, 310 Albert street Phone 723-3474. 16 Veterans Retire AtGM General Motors of Canada, Limited, has announced the re- tirement of 16 of its veteran Oshawa plant employees. The men gave 515 years' service to the fi | $5,000 Gift To Hospital A $5,000 bequest from the estate of Frances B. Richard- son, of Whitby, has been re- ceived by the Oshawa General Hospital, Administrator W. A. |Holland told the hospital board | Tuesday night. Additional donations include $25 to the new wing building fund from the Beaton Dairy employees association, $50 from Nurse Hazel Van Dyke, for the purchase of a blood pressure cuff and anonymous, $100. In response to the OGH Christmas Appeal, the following donations were received: Donald H. Howe Real Estate, $15, for a play and feed table; Beneficial Finance Company, $5; J. Shoychet, $500; Vera Moyse, $200 and Young Ages 'The veterans, with the de- partment in which they worked and their years' of service, are. George B. Aitchison, body welding, south plant, 35 years; John J. Callaghan, reject, south plant chassis, 46 years; Joseph W. Childerhose, parts depart- ment, 38 years; Leo J. Connolly, paymaster's office, 42 years; James E. Craig, maintenance, 12 years; Leo H. Gray, body finish, south plant, 47 years; Stephen H. Heney, tool and die, north plant, 31 years; Dorothy E. Jamieson, cutting and sewing, ing, west plant, 25 years; John M. Lambe, maintenance, 33 years; Frederick G. May, sal- vage repair, 21 years; John W. McDonald, south plant trim and hardware, 36 years; Charles S. McNarney, west plant, 23 years; sions for the year to date still) . r AR en 4. PNT RAG HOS 5 ee PPG NALS LG OE The Oshawa Times SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1961 PAGE SEVENTEEN The Oshawa Police Associa- | tion sponsored a Christmas | Party for the children of POLICE ASSOCIATION MEMBE bg *. a" RS ENTERTAIN THEIR CHILDREN members of the police de- | ed, marking one of the best partment, The party, held at | parties held by the associa- Simcoe Hall, was well attend- | tion in recent years. Photo shows some of those who at- tended as they posed for the cameraman with Santa Claus. --Oshawa Times Photo $8,000 Cheque Is Presented To Hospital After sitting for the past two years as a member of the Oshawa General Hospital board of directors, Mrs. R. W. Bassett, retiring president of the Hospital Ladies Auxiliary, bid farewell to the board Tuesday night. At the close of Tuesday night's meeting, Mrs. Bassett turned over an. $8,000 cheque to board chairman T. L. Wilson, thus per- forming her last official duty as auxiliary president. In making the .presentation, Mrs. Bassett told the board the cheque was not just from the auxiliary executive, nor was it from the gift shop receipts alone, but was from every }member of the auxiliary who had in any way helped with the work being done by its mem- bership. Police Holding Valuable Items During the past few months the basement of the Oshawa Police Station has been piling up with an assortment of bi- cycles and wagons. Cheif Constable Herbert Flin- toff said Tuesday that many of these bicycles are quite valuable and should be claimed by their owners. Anyone who has lost any one of these articles is asked to come to the station to identify their property so that it may be returned to them. Marion A. Minaker, engineering, 40 years; Einer O. Nielson, south plant body tool, 20 years; Walter T. Fair, maintenance, RED LABEL LONDON (CP)--Tins of Rus- sian. salmon on sale in a West 32 years and Arthur D. Tamlin, Ltd., $30. stamping plant, 34 years. London store"carry a notice say- ing: "Guaranteed Red." Oshawa's four-man. Board of Assessors was temporarily in the dog house Monday. Board Chairman J. P. Coombe |}was reading a description of the j}house of Mrs. Phyllis Souch, 904 Parklane avenue, from the as- sessment card. He came to an eight foot by 10 foot structure and gave the assessed value -- $40. | "That's my dog house,' ex- ploded Mrs. Souch. "Ma'am," drawled Mr. Coombe, "'if there is a structure there, the (Assessment) act says we must assess it." "But it is just a little en- closure with a runway for the dogs," persisted Mrs. Souch. TERMED RIDICULOUS "Ridiculous!" agreed Ed Cline, a member of the three- man Court of Revision, before which the Board of «Assessors |must defend its assessments. "Are we going to start taxing people for having dogs?' won- \dered Mr. Cline. | Mr. Coombe repeated his as- sertion that all structures must be assessed because the act de- |mands it. "It will mean only 75 jor 80 cents on the tax bill," |guessed Mr. Coomhe | "I don't care if it only means |two cents," "It should be struck off." 1 member, W. S. Pogson, Chair- jman Louis S. Hyman, QC, ruled that the structure must be |assessed, ae lem is, when do we charging?" PICTURE DISPLAYED Less than one hour later Mr.! ---- ee argued Mr. cline. | same method," board chairman Supported by the third court|Coombe told the appellants. Dog House Causes Furore At Revision Court Session Coombe showed the court pic- tures taken by a city assess- ment department official after Mrs. Souch's case had been heard. The pictures showed the dog house and eanother structure, a shed in the rear yard, which Mr. Coombe pointed out to the court was the assessed struc- ture. Not the dog house. "The dog house was not assessed," explained Mr. Coombe. "It is a moveable structure, practically on skids. But we did assess the shed, as we must." Mrs. Souch was one of five Parklane avenue residents ap- pealing land assessments. The properties, all VLA lands in ap- proximately two acre parcels, were assessed in the following manner: The landowners were assessed for an ordinary (66 feet by 120 feet) sized lot at the regular, for this area, frontage base rate of $38 per foot. Then the re- mainder of the land was given an 85 per cent allowance from the acreage standard. Addition- al allowances were given for lack of pavement and sidewalks. SAME METHOD USED | | "All VLA lands in the entire icity have been assessed by the | Mr. Hyman pointed out that \if an important allowance had jbeen given by assessing on a frontage basis only an ordinary we cut this off, the prob-|Sized lot and not the entirej/to: A. S. Ross, Rossland road start|frontage of the lots, said to be|east; 144 feet. had been assessed on .the full) frontage your assessments! i ee a would be higher than now." So all these appeals were con- firmed. Herman Goldstein failed to get any further reductions on 10 Crerar avenue properties. He charged that an "unsightly em- bankment and retaining wall' was created at the rear of these properties by the construction of a secondary, railway diversion track, Mr. Coombe said no deprecia- tion was given on vacant lands. Mr. Hyman said "we presume" that as and when buildings are erected on the lots, allowances will be made. Mr. Coombe then pointed out that there was a three dollar difference in the per foot front- age rate for lots on the south side of the street. TWO REDUCTIONS Two reductions granted -to Florell Investments Ltd. almost cut the assessment on Harmony road south lands in half: one was for amended acreage be- cause of subdivision develop- ment; the second was given for 18 acres which were judged to be "landlocked". A non-use factor was invoked on a portion of Curran and Briggs,, Simcoe street south property, for a 50 per cent re- duction. The building assess- ments, also contested, were con- firmed. In hearings last night, allow-| ances were granted by the court | ' | Simcoe} A. §S. Shorten, |street south; R. Mosier, allow-|pzople on its payroll and will Agreed Mr. Coombe: "If youlance on Fox street lands; Pea-'bccume Oshawa's sec cock Lum er Ltd., Ritson road north. intendent of Oshawa General TAKE A TAXI Police Wont Tolerate Drivers Who Drink Alcohol and gasoline do not mix on the highway. They just make a bright flame on the funeral pyre! This modern day proverb may not be as famous as those of Confucius but with the advent of the holiday season it should certainly be more stronly im- printed in the minds of drivers than any other. To impress upon drivers the necessity for extra care and sobriety during ime Pe Lm eg holidays, Chief Constable Herbert Flintoff today issued jail sentence could have on you,| your driver's licence. P sed a re mage d ve oe pay inl taxi or a bus. uture, or the effect a heavy! 2 Do not fine (up to $500) could 'have! your digg ey 0 on your financial situation. slightly and keep the heater Rather than be faced with|turned down low. any of these embarrassments,| 3. As long as you have to Chief Flintoff has some sage|drive, stick to coffee and other advice. as far as ing| non-alcoholic stimulants. drivers are concrened. "It is} 4. Make sure all lights are up to the public to eliminate/working and keep your speed the drinking driver themselves.|down at night, when twice as If you must drink, take a taxi.|many accidents occur. It's cheaper than a hearse! If) 5, Roads are slip you must drive, make it coffeel*'|time of year, so: you feel Last year, during the Christ-|@ skid on, pump your mas holidays, statistics proved|brakes -- donot jam them. that citizens took the Chief's|Always drive into a skid -- {warning to heart. No one was|/never away from it. Firstly, Chief Flintoff warned|arrested in the city for either| 6. Slow down at intersections, that drinking drivers will not}drunk or impaired driving.|watch out for. pedestrians, es- be tolerated by his men during|There were 10 accidents which|Pecially children and elderly the holidays. "We are deter-|Tesulted in two minor injuries.| People. : mined to keep the roads safe| This year the record can be|, 7: D0 not be afraid to drive for motorists and pedestrians|bettered by eliminating ac-|¢low the speed limit when alike, he said. |cidents altogether. Ss an. yee os are bad. itd | More than 1,000 more people|, °: elieve in good ALL-OUT DRIVE | ini toward men -- prove it This year the department is| i . peed planning an all-out drive against were inj L on Canadian high driving habits. ; 4 Mahwaye in "I am confident Oshawa the drinking driver, and a driver does not necessarily have December 1960 than in Decem-| , . ber of the previous year. drivers will be sensible over the n : holiday period and on behalf of to be drunk or impaired to end|A FEW RULES the police department wish all his trip at the police station.| Chief Flintoff suggested the|@ Merry Christmas and urge The smell of alcoho! on his|following rules to keep this a everyone to stay alert, behind breath can lead him there. happy and safe Holiday season|the wheel and on foot, so that Chief Flintoff asks motorists/in and around Osha you will be alive to 'Think before you Drink'. Think of the repercussions a 1. If you plan to drink at/greet the New Year." the | PUC Will Study OGH Staff Announced Capital Program lay this solemn warning together with several hints to help pro- mote good driving habits. The Oshawa Public Utilities Commission Tuesday discussed the appeal by City Council to decrease the debenture program. The council approved a 20 per cent cut in the capital ex- penditure program for each of the next five years at a coun- cil meeting early this month. In looking for areas where a reduction in expenditures might be feasible, the commissioners| decided that the waterworks program offered most possibili- ties. However, to what extent a' cut could be applied could not be determined unless some more figures become available. "Tf we want to attempt to assist council we are going to need more figures," Commis- sioner William Boddy said. PRESSURE LOW A $500,000 program for extend- ing water mains was previously envisaged by the commission. General Manager George F. Shreve said that. in some areas water pressure is very low and that improvement is necessary. "We would hate to curtail something that is really very important," Commissioner Wil- liam Boddy said. Mayor Christine Thomas said that it would -be important to anticipate the need in the near future and suggested the com- mission contact the Planning Board to find out where the most rapid development could be expected. The manager was asked for a later report on the situation. QUESTIONS POSED The submission of the arrears report to the commission promp- ted some questions from the mayor to the manager. What would happen, Her Worship wanted to know, if somebody's hydro was cut off. Would he be out of heat also? «Mr. Shreve said that careful consideration is given to any situation. He said that the com- mission works closely with wel- fare organizations in this re- spect. He conceded that it was a difficulty problem. _"However, those who need cut- ting of, we don't hesitate to cut off," he said. The Commission decided to take advantage of an offer by the Castle Homes to allow them to install electrical equipment in a model home that is to be put up at Simcoe and Athol streets, The commission will install equipment and appliances at a cost of approximately $2000 for one year. The equipment will then remain available for sim- ilar purposes and will be the property of the commission. It was felt that this was an excellent opportunity to publi- cize the PUC service. OTHER BUSINESS The commission dealt with other matters as follows: --Was in favor of running a full bus service on Boxing Day to accommodate factory workers. --To have student's bus tickets distributed at the rate of two a day to those attending Schedule "M" classes for the unemploy- ed. Distribution would lie in the hands of School principals involved. --Decided to get group accident insurance for Commissioners super- Hospital, will no longer be known as hospital superinten- dent, but will now be known as hospital administrator, the hospital board decided Tuesday night. In addition to Mr. Holland's reclassification, the board voted to hire John Hepburn, of Belle- ville, as an administrative as- sistant, to fill the vacancy left by C. Kenneth Wright, who is leaving the hospital to accept the assistant administrator's position at the St. Catharines General Hospital. ACCOUNTANT PROMOTED Kenneth H. Paul, hospital ac- coutitant was promoted to hos- pital comptroller and F. G. Pearse, patients' accounts munager was reclassed as hospital purchasing agent. The promotion of Mr. Paul and the reclassification of Mr. Pearse has necessitated the hiring of two additional hospital ufficers, An accountant will be hired to assist Mr. Paul, who will now accept full financial responsibility for the operation of OGH. The board voted to hire a personnel officer to act.as a liaison officer between the board, management staff and workers, , POSITION ESSENTIAL Keith W. Ross, organized labor s voice on the board first suggested the hiring of a per- sonnel officer about two years agu. He said last night that the services of such an employee now are a must because with tue opening. of the new. wing the hospital will now have 1,000 Stanley E. Lovell presented an amended hospital organizational chart, depicting the responsibil- ity of various department heads.| and Manegement Staff The board unanimously|--Heard a report that the bus approved the suggested organi-|department had a net profit of zational chart. |$481 over November 1961, ond largest empioyer of labor. ~ Finance Committee Chairman