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Pupils of West Public School are seen durjng a tour of The Oshawa Times plant, Wednesday afternoon | ers, , co WEST COURTICE PUPILS TO the children visited the various departments and showed a keen interest in all MAN IN THE STREET the are daily seen news- here, duction of paper. They Metric System Adoption Evokes Varied Opinions Ten residents of Oshawa were asked recently to voice their opinion on whether Canada should adopt the metric tem of weights and measures Four residents agreed that Canada should use the metric system. Five disagreed and one resident claimed that either system would be practical. Of the four affirmative opinions posted, all agreed that if the Canadian government should undertake such an_ operation, there would be, at least for a generation, a certain amount of confusion in adjusting to the change of systems. Also all four agreed that the metric was. basically a superior and easier system to use. However, on the side, only one resident, who disagreed that Canada _ should adopt the metric system, stated the British system was super- jor. Of the other four who dis- agreed, all seemed to think that the greatest cause for argument was not the composi- tion of the metric system itself, the confusion it would bring in trying to familiarize Canadian citizens with a radi- eal change of living. The following voiced opinions on the matter! MRS. WELDON HOWELL, 745 Stone street: 'Yes, I think that Canada should adopt the metric system. It is obvious for a while it would be compli- eated for Canadian citizens to negative s- work better adopt themselves to this meth- od, but run, the metric system dren learned this system right from the beginning a great deal of confusion would be avoided. It is a better system than the one we are using at present CLARENCE JONES, Buena Vista street "The thought of changing the pres- ent British system into the metric system is strictly for the birds. I believe the system we are using is better than the metric, and I am happy with it. If it did change, it would be really confusing for me."' MRS. RON GOSSMAN, 369 Athol street east: 'Yes, I would agree with changing the pres- ent system. I don't think ad- justing to the metric way will cause foo much confusion. I believe the metric system is more practical." DENTON GRANT, 111 Thom- as street: "I don't think a change is necessary. Our pres- ent system is satisfactory. Be- sides a great deal of confusion would reign should the change be made." PETER FRANCIS, 1011 Som- erville street: 'I believe things would be much simpler if either the metric or British system was adopted internationally, but I believe Canada should adjust to the European system as I believe it is more _practi- cal. After a generation or two of adjusting I think the metric Heavy Docket In Traffic Court Pleading guilty, in Oshawa Magistrate's Court Wednesday, to a charge of failing to yield the right of way, Milton T Fountain, 40, RR 1, Hampton, was fined $20 and costs by Magistrate Robert Dnieper. The charge was laid after an acci- dent at the intersectian of Athol street and Ritson road, Feb. 9 David J. Donald, 26, 612 Somerville avenue, was fined $50 and costs or 15 days in jail when he pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge. Donald was charged after he was in volved in a rear end collision on Gibb street, Feb. 10. Another careless charge, against John M Malette, 47, RR1, Tyrone, was withdrawn at the request of the Crown. Charged with careless driving Francis William Leveck, Port Perry, was remanded to Mar. 21 by Magistrate Dnieper. CHARGE DISMISSED A charge of failing to Id the right of way, against Jack Lealand Moffatt, 30, 467 Ritson road south, was also dismissed by His Worship. The charge was laid after an accident out- side a private driveway on Rit- son Road south, Feb. 17. The charge was dismissed after His Worship heard the testimony of a crown witness. Charles Willsher told the court he was unable to stop in time to avoid hitting Moffatt's car which had just backed out of a driveway. Magistrate Dnieper dismissed the charge on the grounds that the witness must have been travelling at an excessive speed when the accident occurred MUST TAKE TEST Seventy-year-old Herbert Hop kins was fined $20 and and ordered to take a driving test, when he was convicted of failing to yield the right of way He was charged after ear collision at the inte tion of Ritson road and Athol street Feb. 20.. James L Montcalm avenue, was convi ed in absentia, on a charge of driving vie cost a three on Hutchison 529 failing to come to a full stop and fined $40 and costs STUDENT ACQUITTED A Grade 10 high school stu- ent was acquitted when he pleaded not guilty to a careless driving charge Richard William Askew, 17, 298 Park road south, was charged after he was involved in a head-on collision with another car on Burk street, Feb. 17. Constable Clayton Smith told the court the travelled portion of the road was narrowed to 18 feet by snow banks on either side and that it was reduced to single line traffic at a point only a few feet from the point of impact, because of three parked cars. Paul Gibbons, the crown. wit- testified he saw the accused coming at him in the wrong lane after overtaking the parked cars. The accused was unable to move over into his own lane again because of slip- pery road conditions. '"'He slid right into me", he said. FINE TRUCK DRIVER Roy H, Powell, 25, of Scar- borough, a truck driver with three children, was fined $50 and costs when he was con- victed on a careless driving charge Constable Charles Hiltz testi- fied he found a 258 foot skid mark leading to the rear tires of Pewell's car when he. in- estigated a rear end collision about 100 feet north of the in- tersection of Simcoe street north and Robert street, Jan. 1 The accused told the court he aw a car turn out of Switzer drive and go north on Simcoe treet in the passing lane. He said he knew he could not avoid other car so he moved over ito the curb lane in an effort to the other car on As he moved over t other car moved over also, so he was unable to avoid the collision; he said. He admit- ted was driving around 50 mi per hour at the time allowed two weeks to ine ness, pass side ne the n he . He pay the f I. believe, in the long would I think if our chil-; 298 system would work very well In this case I think Britain and the United States should also change." MRS. JOHN GORMAN, 521 Simcoe street north: 'Ll have no particular choice in the mat- ter. I am quite satisfied with accepting either system." MRS. DONALD COOPER, 86 Rossland road_ east "I see no reason to change. What's wrong with the system we are using.?"' MRS. BERT EDWARDS, 383 Athol street east: "There is enough confusion in the world today, as it is. To think of add- ing to it by trying to change Canada into the metric system seems silly. I think we should stay just as we are under the present system." EVERETT HARMER, Cromwell avenue: 'The tem is satisfactory as it is in my opinion. To change it would mean a great deal of confu- sion."' JACK HOWARD, 480 Jarvis Street: 'Yes, I believe Canada should adopt the metric system. However, it would cost a great deal of money as well as being a big operation. I believe the metric system to be superior to our present one in Canada, at least in my profession as an engineer. The metric system is far easier to use but I think, for the most part, should the system change, a great major- ity of the population would not be affected." | Ballet Pupils Show Parents Exam Syllabus Ballet students from New- castle, Bowmanville and Osh- awa met recently at the Avalon Hall to demonstrate the exam ination syllabus for their par- ents and friends. Miss Joy Bury from. the Royal Academy, London, Eng- land, will be at the Harvey Dance Academy studio, Oshawa to examine on March 9 and 10 The ballet in education syl- labus has been drawn up for the once a week student. It aims at giving the child a basic vocabulary of steps, allowing her at the same time to make use of them in simple dances Dancing is closely related to music and drama so musical analysis, interpretation and mimed scenes are required in the grades. Ballet gives perfect carriage and graceful poise, develops the knowledge of and feeling for music; develops dramatic sense and imagination; calls for quick thinking and perfect co-ordina- tion Those taking part in the grades were: Carol Brown, Les- lyn Chamberlin, Louise Whit- ney, Beth Richardson, Darlene MacDonald, Jane Donald and Avelyn Lycette Primary grade .were: Susie Beamish, Shelley Kahn, Dalyce Christian, Sherry Davis, Lois Harrison, Kathy Ross, Jane Krantz, Nancy Yuill, Gail Beat- tie, Arlene Munroe, Karen Fisher, Dawn and Jan Flem- ing, Karin Strahl, Janice Rob- ertson, Gloria Rupert, Donna Dutchak, Kathy Janetos, Jane and Leeanne Forbes, Dianne Puck and Janice Hall. 510 Sys: FINANCIER TO SPEAK MONTREAL (CP) -- Marcel Faribault of Montreal, president of General Trust of Canada, will be principal speaker at a spe- cial session of the second Com- monwealth study conference in Montreal May 17, it was an- nounced Wednesday. Prince Philip, patron of the conference is. to preside at the Montreal session dealing with the bicul 'tural nature of Canada, UR OSHAWA TIMES PLANT Courtice , Accompanied by their teach- | facets contributing to the pro- | in the library studying past Quality Of Oshawa Milk Still High The statistics branch of the ture reports that 2,036,964 | pounds of the 2,367,033 pounds); of milk purchased by: the com- mercial dairies of the Oshawa| Zone last December was of) standard fluid and special fluid) quality. The dairies paid pro-| ducers in the district $112,592} for the milk. } The report stated 739,119) quarts of fluid milk were sold! during the month. This com-| pared with 714,525 quarts in) November of last year and! 755,572 quarts in December of the previous year. Sales of skim milk totalled |65,839 quarts. Sales in Novem- pad 1961, totalled 64,684 quarts jcompared with 65,595 quarts in \the previous December. | Buttermilk sales totalled 7,086 | quarts. This compared with 17,396 quarts in November and {8,669 quarts in the previous | December. | It was reported sales of choc- olate dairy drink totalled 24,060 quarts compared with 26,042) |quarts in November, 1961 and. 123,483 quarts in December,} 11960. The department said 29,048 iquarts of fluid cream were) sold last December. This com- pared with 26,769 quarts in No- vember and 27,173 quarts in the }previous December. [Legality Of imine. stn Stop Light |Questioned as a percentage of December sales. The figures for the Osh-| |awa Zone are: standard fluid, \36.7; partly skimmed milk, 72.3; total fluid, 44, skim milk, 38.4; buttermilk, 59.1; choc. olate dairy drink, 71.5; cereal When is a stop light legal and cream, 77.9; table cream, 12.8; when is it not? This problem! led to a 20-year-old Oshawa youth being remanded to March 21, in Magistrate's Court, Wed- nesday. Peter McLellan, 664 King) street east, was charged with whipping. cream, 45.2; total cream, 58.6 disobeying a traffic signal after his car slid- through a red light at the corner of Simcoe street and Adelaide avenue, Feb, 16, and struck a panel truck in the intersection. A 10-year-old boy, crossing the street at the time, sustained rib injuries in the ac- cident when one of the cars hit him Sgt. J. N. Smyth, acting for the Crown, contended that, though road conditions were bad at the time, the accused should have been prepared to stop at the lights under any conditions. He should have gov- erned his speed accordingly, he said. Gilbert L. Murdock, counsel for the accused, argued that the crown had failed to prove the bylaw regarding the traffic lights. The crown had produced no evidence that the signal had been properly erected. 'The court cannot take judicial notice of the bylaw,' he said. Mr. Murdock pointed out to the court that a municipality can only act through its bylaws and that the crown must estab- lish that the signal has been erected through the municipal- ity and authorized by the De- partment of Transport. Magistrate Robert Dnieper remanded the case for two weeks for further study. 4 ap issues of the Times. Oshawa Times Photo The Oshawa Zone Includes Oshawa, East Whitby Town- ship, part of Whitty Township, Ajax and part of Pickering Township. Society To -- Hold Dinner Final preparations are being made for the Annual Banquet of the Oshawa Horticultural ciety to be held on Saturday, March 10, in the banquet hall of Simcoe Street United Church. The first. banquet of the So- ciety was held in 1956, in the United Church. when M. Mc- Intyre Hood was president of the society. The banquet met with such favor that, that time, it was decided make it an annual event. On Saturday evening it is planned to especially honor the presidents of the society since its re-organization in 1931 The guest speaker of the eve- ning is Mrs. Thelma Boucher, of Kingston, who is a wild flow- er enthusiast and who has trav- elled extensively to gain more knowledge of wild flowers. Her talk will be illustrated with the use of slides which will show plant life which she has found . during her travels A short musical program fea turing the comedy team of the Mitchell Sisters, of Pickering, will add to the enjoyment of the evening. Some tickets are available and may be secured by getting in touch with the secretary of) at NAMED DIRECTOR | C, A, Bathie, of Port Perry, was elected a director of the Canadian Chiropractic Associa- tion at its annual convention in Toronto. W. O. Morgan, of Vancouver, was elected presi- dent ~ MO ici Bibi ccc abasadibeasiiebee: i: MRS. F. R. MacDONALD, | mately 1,000 stamps, dealing wild- ' displays some of the approxi- | life subjects, which she is for- | 16 Oshawa boulevard south, with conservation and She Oshawa Time Ontario Department of Agricul-| SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1962 PAGE ELEVEN ONTARIO HYDRO HONORS LONG records | Service Awards With individual ranging from 15 to over 40 years and an impressive com- bined total of over 330 years | of service to Hydro and the | people of Ontario, 18 mem- bers of municipal commis- sions were cited for Long by Ontario |.Hydro Chairman W. Ross | Strike this week. Presentation of framed certificates was made to all veterans who | were able to attend the 53rd annual meeting of the On- tario Municipal Electric Asso- | | | | | } | 1 | A encase SERVICE RECORDS ciation in Toronto. Eleven of | George Montgomery, Frank- the recipients along with Mr. | ford; Howard elfele, Strike (in the background) | Waterloo; H. 0. Hawke, Galt; are shown in this picture as | C. J. Halliday, Chesley; Clay- follows: Lloyd Davis, Iro-| ton B. Simpson, Merlin; quois; Bert Merson, Toronto; | Walter C. Spencer, Hensall; John L. Fetterley, Iroquois; | and H. F. Baldwin, Oshawa. Paul Ducharme, Tecumseh; --Ontario Hydro Photo Cancer Unit Reserve Judgment On Blitz Drive |p Plan Ready . assessments total The Ontario County Unit o the Canadian Cancer Society Wednesday night voted in favor of permitting its education and publicity committee. to arrange for a special public showing of usines Four Oshawa Shopping Sentre tenants whose business $444,000 lodg- ed appeals against a business tax on parking lot lands at a hearing before Ontario County Judge Alex C, Hall Wednesday. Claiming they have been in- a film on cancer. The 15-minute|correctly assessed for the pur- film is one of several especially|pose of determining their busi- made for theatre presentation. So far no date or place for Ltd., Fairwe the showing has been set. How- ever, it was suggested that a would -take place on Saturday morning in April. The annual Blitz Campaign, city Solicitor E. which is scheduled for April 30, appears very promising as the drive. A' large meeting of the local to finalize plans for the cam- meeting of the unit will take Lions' Centre, The Oshawa attend this place at the meeting and movie on cancer will be shown. of This will be the kick-off for the Store plus 50 per cent campaign. Three Bowmanville guests attended Wednesday's meeting. They included Harry Freeman, president of the Bowmanville branch of the society, Syer and Stanley Dunn, mem- bers. 4 AMBULANCE. CALLS Oshawa Fire Department re- ported a quiet day on Wednes-| So-|probable time for the showing was unit will take place on Mar. 27!vear re-assessment of to paign and on April 4, another ; Bowmanville COUNSEL SUBMISSION Bowmanville. | Loblaws, : committee wil] tax should be determined on a a'figure representing 50 per cent Bert | 24Ssessmen day. No fire alarms were turn- ed in during the day. The am- bulances answered four calls during the 24-hour period end- the society, Mrs. Chas. Silver.jing at 8.30 a.m., Thursday. sisted warding to Chicago for a dis- play sponsored by the Ameri- can Topical Association ness tax are: S. S. Kresge Co. ather Co. Ltd., T.} Eaton Co. Ltd. and Loblaw Groceterias Co. Ltd. | Judge Hall reserved decision| on all four appeals in order to have time to read cases quoted by two store solicitors and. by G. McNeely} who upheld the system of deter-| mining business _ assess-| banquet hall of Northminster|plans are being finalized for|ments used by J. P. Coombe and Associates. This firm completed a two- the en- tire city last September. Harvey C. Bain, solicitor for stated the business of a of the land the assessed value assessed value of the under it Coombe employee John Lett- ner assessed the Centre. He told the court how business) t (on which business | tax is figured) was determined | for all Shopping Centre tenants. | _ |The formula, as far as the Enters Man | Stamps In. | U.S. Display One of the features of the Chicago World Flower and Gar- den Show, sponsored by the Chicago Flower and Garden Show in association with the Chicago Horticultural Society) Mar. 24 to April 1 will be a mammoth display of stamps dealing with conservation and wildlife. The American Topical Asso-| ciation, which is sponsoring the display of stamps, invited a number of its members to par- ticipate in a topical exhibit show of stamps picturing flow- ers, birds, animals and fish. Of the 150 frames being dis- played, 21 are being supplied by Mrs. F. R. MacDonald, 16 Oshawa boulevard south, Osh- awa, who is a life, member of the American Topical Associa-| tion and of the biology unit of the association. Mrs. MacDonald's entry in the show consists of 189 pagés, comprising approximately 1,000 stamps from all parts of the world. Her exhibit, which took! hundreds of hours: to prepare, entailed the preparation and mounting of the stamps in plas- tic covers and the writing of the descriptive material. The subjects of the frames being forwarded to Chicago by Mrs. MacDonald include: John James Audubon; conservation- life line of a nation; Canadian Wildlife; United States Wildlife; | Whooping Cranes, Dwellers of Open and Coastal Waters; Ea- gles, Hawks and Kin; The En- chanting Bird World; Nature's| Garden; Floral Beauty From an Artist's Paint Brush; Where} Grow the Flowers; From the} Insect World; Wildlife in South| America; Falkland Island! Birds; Trees -- Their Role in| Life; Soil, Water, Range Con-| Jservation; Wildlife in Africa; | Renewable Resources; Inter- relationship, and The Antarctic } | ~--Oshawa Times Photo |and Sub-Antarctic. ' s Assessments land was concerned, was this:;ruling to the effect that a A) What per cent a store's|tenant must have exclusive assessed value is to the total/rights to a parking lot to be assessment of all buildings in'made to pay business tax on it. the centre, was figured out. The city solicitor argued that B) This percentage figure|the idea of "exclusive" was was divided into the total/not present in the section and assessed value of all OSC lands.|should not be read into it. He C) This figure was cut in said it was absurd to adopt the half. idea because by this reasoning Mr. Bain called this proce-janyone wishing to avoid busi- dure "unusual" (he later claim-|ness assessment could do sO ed the assessor had no author-|by establishing joint ownership. ity to use this method) and argued that Lettner, "has|PARKING LOT USE . opp taken the whole area of the|, Added Mr. McNeely: "'These . ; ;,itenants are using parking lot shopping centre as the basis ; | if it for business assessment instead|!4nd just as surely as hi were of taking the land beneath the)!" their leases. They have ac- sicve aa the hasta'! quired the right, under lease, to use all the land. "EXCLUSIVE USE" "They are, in fact, using all Mr. McNeely, quoting from aj parking lot lands in conjunction part of Section Nine of the|with their businesses." Assessment Act, said lands oc-| Mr. Bain admitted the pres- cupied or used in connectionjence of the parking lot en- with the business shall bejhanced a store's value but he assessed. Mr. Bain replied thatjargued that this was reflected "exclusive use'? was under-jin realty assessment and was stood and that no tenant has|'"'looked after" through taxes. exclusive rights to the parking) Lawyers for Eaton's and area at the Centre. Kresge's gave brief submis- Mr. McNeely noted that the|sions toward the end of the four- word "exclusive" was not con-/hour hearing (broken up by a tained in this section of thejlunch hour). Their arguments Act. But, Mr. Bain quoted anjlargely paralleled those in Mr. Ontario Supreme Court judge's!Bain's presentation. Regiment Band Plans Concert The band of the Ontario Regi-\'My Heart Ever Faithful", ment will present a Pop Con-|Bach. Soloist, Ross Metcalfe. cert at 8 p.m. this Saturday in| Tone Poem, 'Lorelei', Nes- the auditorium at the Oshawa|vadba. Missionary College, King street} March "Punchinello" Wil- east. The band will be conduct-|liam Rimmer. ed by Staff Sergeant J. R. Ent-| Selection, Shamrockland, R. whistle. S. Stoddon. A well balanced program of| Vocal Solos -- (a) "The Old marches, overtures and selec-/Refrain", Kreisler; (b)_ "The tions will make up the pro-|Garden Where The _ Praties gram. Included will be the/Grow" Liddle by Mr. Metcalfe. overtures, "Caliph of Gagdad")_ Selection, Divertimento", and "Napoleon"; the tone poem|Eric Ball. "Lorelei"; the selection "Diver-| Chorus, '"'And The Glory of timento" by Eric Ball and the the Lord", Handel. chorus from Handel's Messiah) Hay alg "Napoleon", Man- "And the Glory of the Lord"/"e! Dilton The soloist will be Ross Met-| Hymn Tune, "Deep Har- calfe, organist and choirmaster)™0nY", Broadhead. of Harmony United Church. His| Regimental March, John numbers will include '"Where'er Peel. You Walk", 'My Heart Ever! Faithful." "The Old Refrain" and 'The Garden Where the Praties Grow". His accompan- ist will be Reginald Geen, organist and choirmaster of Simcoe Street United Church.. Accidents Cause $1,555 Damage The master of ceremonies will| Damage was estimated at be Lieut, Ian McNab, public $1,555 in three accidents in the relations officer of the Ontario|city Wednesday. No one was Regiment and manager of the! reported injured special activities section of the A two-car collision at the in- General Motors Public Rela-'tersection of Adelaide avenue tions Department. and Park road resulted in $550 The program for the concert damage. Drivers of the cars in- follows: volved were Enos Gordon "O Canada". |Evans, 61, of Columbus and Prelude, "Richmond". {Reginald Malachowski, 25, 238 March, 'Black Dike', John|Kaiser crescent. A. Greenwood At 5 p.m. police investigated Overture, 'The of an accident on Ritson road Bagdad", Boieldieu. south outside house number 637, Serenade "Heykens" by It is believed that a tractor, Gordon Mackenzie. driven by Ricky Parry, 15, RR Vocal Solos -- (a) '"'Where'er|1, Oshawa, hit a pothole and Caliph Arr You Walk", Handel and (B)/swerved into a car which was trying to overtake it. The other vehicle was driven by William CELEBRATING |Wetzel, 18, 598 Front street, |Damage was estimated at $155, BIRTHDAYS |the majority of which was suf- ' |fered by the car. Congratulations and best | A rear end collision at the wishes to the following resi- [intersection of Ritson and Bloor dents of Oshawa and district}at midnight, caused an_esti- who are celebrating their |mated total $850 damage. Police birthdays today: report a car driven by Murray Robert Small, 89 Burk (Sanderson, 35, of Columbus, street; Joan Dalby, Cour- |Wwas struck from the rear as it tice: Mrs. Roy Dunn, Pres- (pulled away from the intersec- tonvale and Ricky Irving, |tion. The driver of the other 38 Kawartha avenue car involved' was James Ed- Phone 723-3474. mond Northcutt, 69, 384 Lake- front. y |