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OSHAWA CIRCUS PARADE IN 1912. Simcoe streets in 1912? Notice the horse-drawn wagons and carriages. The paving blocks on the street were laid in 1911. How many old-timers can remember this Oshawa pic- ture of a circus parade taken at the corner of Bond and Circus parades, as they are today, were a colorful inter- lude in the life of the com- munity in the old days -- judging from the above pic- ture, the elephants were about the same size as those fea- tured in later shows in and around Oshawa. --Thomas Bouckley Collection $10,000,000 Budget Is Seen (Continued from Page 18) park locations based on popula- cent. Construction is expected|tion studies and trends. The de- to start this spring. velopment of present park facil- --Council's Property Commit- ities and lakeshore and valley tee reported on the need for|/@nds was outlined additional space at City Hali|, The plan recognized the fol- and suggested three plans. In|!owing principles: 1) a good view of the OMB's request for|Plan of open space and parks revised debenture spending it helps create and maintain the will have to be determined what|Character of a city; 2) parks rojects have priotity in the/™@Y come in many sizes ea few years. |playlots and "tot" parks, neigh- --The city hired its first pur-|Dorhood, city, district and ath- chasing agent |letic fields. te --Construction was started on| 3) jJand acquisition should be a $500,000 berth at Oshawa Har-| Well in advance of need to avoid bor. lartificially high land prices; 4) --A mental health clinic was/Sites distributed so no child has opened in November; it is staff-|t0 Cross a major arterial street ed with both a psychiatrist and|!® @ Park; no park user should a psychologist. |have to walk more than one- --A new hearing testing pro-|half mile to a park ram was introduced by the| 5) school grounds should beji cal board of health jused to supplant park space but --Three new industries came|never accepted as a substitute; to Oshawa; at the same time,| local industries added 52,000)should be kept and maintained square feet to existing industry|for public use; 7) five acres of and spent $2,000,000 on new ma-|Park per thousand population -- chinery. |this means, said the report, proposed paving projects. Over 450 city employees will be affected changes in the contributory pen- sion and supplementary benefit schemes: 1) removal of the $300 (annual) |2) a raise in the maximum an- jnuity ceiling |$2,400; 3) overtime earnings not cent contribution by the em- ployee; 4) obligatory for males| 6) lakeshore and valley lands|to join after two years, but fe-| males may remain outside plan; 5) supplemental benefits limits raised 50 per cent, from $60 to $90 for the first 20 years serv- and bridge An evaluation of the bus serv- ice and its affect on street traf-|; fic will be made, as well as a survey of bus stops and transfer points, habits will be studied and fuutre parking central area of the city will be predicted. Parking spaces and requirements in the Pension Pian Amendments: by the following contributory ceiling; from $1,200 to ncluded in figuring the five per City Engineer 'good progress" was made in 1961. Bridges over both the CN and CP railways were com- pleted and the six span bridge over Highway 401, Bloor street and Champlain avenue was fin- ished. lice and from $2 to $3 for each additional year. Salary increases (averaging $250) for 23 city department heads and deputies were also approved. Stevenson Road: According to Fred Crome, Road surfacing was completed from Gibb street to the General Motors south plant Paving is expected to be completed this summer when the road will be Officially opened. This entire project has a price tag of about! $2,400,000. | Public Housing: Mayor Thomas in her 1962 inaugural address: "I need not stress my disappointment at the delay in our low rental housing project." Preliminary plans were ap- proved for the 42-unit project last July 8 when W. .W Scott, Director of Housing in the De- partment of Commerce and De- velopment, visited council. Sub- a the. past year continued to in- Aland equi 4\enjoy their leisure time. 4\ren's physical program is 4| operated. _ Algram for the younger folk, and 4\groups in judo classes, weight {\board, bowling and darts for CRA Can Boast Of Fine Record The Oshawa Recreation Com-' mittee, formerly known as the Oshawa and District Community Recreation Association, during crease its stride in its assistance to young and old in the Oshawa Area. The CRA, since 1946 has been providing organized time, space t in helping peopl Throughout the year, the Osh- awa Recreation Committee pro- vides a varied program which includes 16 different arts and craft groups along with a child- Such activities as hockey, basebell, softball, track and field events, tennis, archery, soccer and a swimming pro- lifting, table tennis, shuffle- adults are also included. A great way in which the ORC operates, is that much of the organization of the various groups is done by the persons| within the group itself Besides helping the ORC it provides an excellent basis for individual initiative and leadership, citizen- ship and character building. sequent delays were blamed in part on the slowness in getting viewed with the purpose of re- ducing costs." approval from both senior levels of government on:the many de- tails. DUE IN SPRING When promising reports came out of Ottawa late last year from Public Works Minister David Walker, Her Worship would say only, "'I want to see that first shovel go in the ground,"' Construction is now expected to start in the spring. (Road grades were recently approved which allows the city engineering department to begin designing essential services for the development.) On pensioners' and senior citi- zens' housing, the mayor had this to say: "Progress has been; made toward providing addi- tional low-cost apartments sim- ilar to Halliday Manor. Plans guidance. Because of the ORC, and of|children's Drama and Ballet. ry, and Woodworking, andjevents as sports shows, 'children the need in Oshawa, for pro-| In the course of the summer,|birthday days grammin, phasis, veloping numerous activities in|/special events is 'esigned tojchildren, and g with a cultural em-|special events were conducted|pirate days, the ORC has been de-jon the various playgrounds. The| greatly to the this direction. Activities of both'highlight the routine niayground!that of their pa - NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP In helping the ORC this way, it provides room for the organi- zation to reach wut and increase program of activities and the quality of it. One of the most significant contributions of the ORC, has been the creation and develop- ment of the Neighborhood As- sociation, which over the years has become a most important influence for the development and expansion of leisure time activities. & As the city has grown, new parks have been created, more neighborhood associations have come into being, and res ponsibility and program of the ORC has had to keer pace. Another area in which the ORC operates is that of provid- ing services for a large number of non-affiliated community groups, clubs and organizations. services that make many of their programs possible, and act as an enabling factor in the work and programming of these bodies. Through this service, the ORC feels that it is contributing to overall community development, outside the specific area of con- ducting a specifically required | program. Through the ORC, a large! number of citizens are given the opportunity to serve the com- munity, through recreation, by serving on the Board of Direc- tors and the various committees that comprise the administra- tive structure of the ORC The ORC is proud of its various leadership training pro-| grams. Because of the need for} trained leaders in al! aspects of recreational programming, the ORC conducts a number of specific training courses. Many instances could be cited of in-| dividuals who have come up through the ORC programming, have participated in ORC leader- ship training and have gone on to become adult leaders in their own right, and better serving| their community Citizenship training and) leadership development are! more vital than ever today, | and the ORC is proud of their) have been approved and ten- ders have been received. | "But owing to the high cost of construction, and at the request of Central Mortgage and Hous- ing, this program has to be re- contribution in this direction. | While the ORC is that of al straight recreation organization, and while no other pretence is| made to be, in any sense, a straight welfare agency, very) often the end result of the ph, --Population increased by|more than 200 acres will have 1,396 to 61,542. This annual in-|to be acquired by 1975 | crease was down slightly in| Fair Wage Policy: Contrac- comparison to those of recent|tors bidding on city construc- years. |tion projects must be in "'con- Now, some of the above in|tractual relationship" with the! more detail: |Building and Construction| Reassessment: Every piece of|ttades Council of Oshawa bee property, every building within|P2Y 4 minimum wage rate the city's boundaries has been examined, measured, described and assessed as J. P.. Coombe and Associates of Toronto fin- ished a two year reassessment program in September. Current land values and 1950 building replacement values were used in the reassessment. More than 18,000 file cards are now available to the city assess- ment staff with complete de- scriptions of the properties and any buildings on them. Mayor Thomas commended the firm for "'allaying the fears of a large section of our rate- payers" by holding a week-long Open House at which the re- condite methods of assessment} were explained to homeowners. This Open House was credited by Assessment Commissioner Eldon Kerr with cutting down "substantially" the number of appeals. There were over 500 appeals which took the Court of Revision 10 sittings to pro- cess. Parks Plan: This long-range Plan described types and pi of parks, and suggested future which may be set by the city personnel officer. The city is empowered to) withhold money from the con- tractor if these conditions are! not met. The contractor must | post minimum rates for! each work classification on the| job and he must use, where pos- | sible, "bona fide' Oshawa resi-| dents. j Traffic Survey: This $32,000) jstudy (75 per cent paid by the| |Department of Highways) wil! include an analysis of origin and| destination studies and sugges-| tions for improving existing ve-f |hicle routes and building new) jones. Bus routes and the park-| jing problem will also be studied. | _Purpose of the study as de-| fined by the consultants: To de- termine the best use of the pres- ent system and the required ex- pansion and improvement need-| ed to handle traffic over the next 20 years. To relieve present congestion in the downtown area; to pro- vide adequate parking facilities; to provide a major street sys-| tem to handle future traffic; to| determine a priority rating for} YOUR BATA BUY IS YOUR BEST BUY... WALK IN FASHION... 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