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3 Roy Fleming (left) re- ceives his instructors certifi- cate and the Royal Life Sav- ing Distinction Award from F. 0. Popham, president of sa i sl A li Pe atlyeray cage & > sa dae ek dem gh de Sin A emi i itl presentation of the swimming awards Tuesday night in the Council Hall at Camp Samac. --Oshawa Times Photo Oshawa District Council (right). Stanley Richardson (centre) District Executive Commissioner directed the CON COPE OO OIC One man opposed a sugges- tion at the Oshawa and Dis- trict Labor Council Tuesday night that delegates should familiarize themselves with the dangerous recommendations contained in the Gill Report on Unemployment Insurance. "Royal' Commissions are 'set up to beguile you to waste time discussing their reports," said delegate Jack Torbun, you are falling into the trap." 't. D. Thomas, MLA, agreed that often Royal Commissions are set up when th govern- ment wants to "get out of a tangle' but added that this par- ticular report would likely be accepted by government. "Labor will have to protest after the next government is elected," said Mr. Thomas. Local 222 President and mem- ber of the Canadian UAW Coun- cil, Malcolm Smith said that AT LABOR COUNCIL Tentative date for the New Demveratic Party nominating meeting to select a candidate for the upcoming federal elec- tion was hinted to be Feb. 22, "give or take a day." Ald. Clifford Pilkey, presi- dent of the Oshawa and District Labor Council, revealed at the ODLC meeting Tuesday that Miss Aileen Hall was wavering Top Swimmers Get Awards At Camp Samac Ceremony Swimmers who successfully completed their courses last summer were presented with awards last night in the Council Hall at Camp Samac. Preceding the presentation of awards a colored film on water safety was shown to the assembled group. Roy Fleming, assistant pool director last year, was honored as the sole recipient of the Royal Life Saving Distinction Award. He also merited an instruc- tor's certificate. Upon presenting the artificial respiration certificates, Stanley A. Richardson, District Execu- tive Commissioner said: "These young Canadians, who are young enough in years but old enough to realize the serv- ice they can do for others are those receiving their junior and senior certificates tonight." Also officiating at the cere- mony were Frederick O. Pop. ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATE FIRST BAR TO BRONZE Girls --Andrea Conway, Jane/ MEDALLION Howson, Jane McCullough, Girls Jacquiline Cooper, Carol Morrison, Pat Neal. Susan Fleming, Christine Me- Boys -- Hall Lockwood, Paul|Intyre, Ann Sinclair; boys -- MacDonald, Michael McQuee. |Murray Taylor, Robert Twaites INTERMEDIATE SECOND BAR TO BRONZE CERTIFICATE MEDALLION j re ia Dorotlhy Slater Girls -- Sharon Kent, Diana 5 . Kidd, Sharman Lott, Christine | AWARD OF MERIT ; Girls Jacquline Cooper, eeorony band Esse Mary | Anne Sinclair, Dorothy Slater; |boys -- Kenneth Bunner, Mur- a bi oc hese tecucstel ray Taylor, Robert Twaites. Boys -- Mark Burch, Eric|FIRST BAR TO AWARD Farncombe, Brian Houghton,|or MERIT Gordon Lewis, Danny St.| Janice Fulton, Audrey Merri- Andrews. thew, Mary Townsend. BRONZE MEDALLION JUNIOR ARTIFICIAL Girls Kathy Bateson, RESPIRATION AWARDS Michelle Calder, Bonnie Dale,| Girls--Andrea Conway, Jane Ella Dawson, Sheila Gifford,|Howson, Sharon Kent, Diana Lucille Gray, Cheryl Hudson, |Kidd, Sharman Lott, Jane Mc- Gail. Maddock, Jacqueline| Mather, Eileen Menard, Judy! Cullough, Pat Neal, Susan Neal, Mary Rupert, Yvonne Vander- toolen; boys -- Brian Houghton, ham, president of the Oshawa District Council and Harold Palmer, Property Committee rman. The award night was well at-|Darryl McCullough, Phil Mc. tended by parents and: members of the guiding and scouting movement in Oshawa. Follow- ing the awards the Ladies Aux. iliary provided refreshments, The following are those who won Royal Life Saving Society] Swimming Awards: BRONZE MEDALLION Raike, Barb Sawyer. Boys -- Bob Baker, Bill Bel- lingham, Danny Cann, Dennis Ewart, Bill Glover, David Hare, |Gordon Lewis, Paul Lockwood, Michael McQue, Paul MacDon- ald, Danny St. Andrews. SENIOR ARTIFICIAL Iiveen, Bruce MacGregor, Wil-|RESPIRATION AWARDS bert Merrithew, | Girls Jacquline Cooper, |Elta Dawson, Jan Fulton, Lu- cille Gray, Audrey Merrithew, Boys -- Hugh Popham, Peter|Anne Sinclair, Dorothy Slater, Richardson, John Rose, Peter|Mary Townsend; boys -- Ken- Rotenburgh, Ross Taylor, Brianjneth Bunner, Murray Taylor, Twaites, Mike Zimmerman. \Robert Twaites. | Rap PUC Chamber Membership Oshawa Public Utilities Com- mission was condemned by the} Oshawa and District Labor} Council Tuesday night for join-) ing the Oshawa Chamber of| Commerce. A_ letter will be sent to the PUC requesting that the membership be with- drawn. "It is unthinkable that a Pub-| lic Utility should spend the con- sumer's money to subsidize an organization so actively opposed to public enterprise, an organ- .wation more reactionary than any political party in Canada," said James Lownie, chairman of the ODLC public affairs com- mittee. Mr. Lownie said the PUC took out a $310 membership CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and beSt wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and dis- trict who are celebrating their birthday today: Mrs. Harry Vizzaccaro and. Lynn Vizzaccaro, 71 Harmony road south. Phone 723-3474. Pleads Guilty To Charge cos tr te ry Joseph James Childerhose of|the chocolate will be used "to 98 Grenfell street, Oshawa, | encourage safety patrol work.' pleaded guilty to an impaired) Qshawa Safety League Chair- driving charge in magistrate's)man George Martin will sit in court here Tuesday. He was/on future meetings of the Traf- fined $50 and costs or sevenjfic Advisory Board as an ob- days by Magistrate R.. B./server, the League decided Baxter Tuesday night. Police said the accused man's| The decision followed reading car was weaving on the high-| of written permission from the Fund-Raising Plan Asked Oshawa Safety League Tues- day night endorsed a Plan put forward by School Safety Of- ficer William Tane to have safe- ty patrol youngsters sell choco- lates to raise money for their activities. Ed McLaughlin, Etobicoke, a representative of the chocolate company the patrol will deal with explained to the league how his firm will personalize bumper sized chocolate bars and boxes. with the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. OSHAWA MAN PLACES In the tense moments be- fore the start of the Cana- dian Winter Rally, Martin Chenhaill, driver of car 109, a minimum penalt way. The crown asked for the|Board to allow a Safety League 'observer at their meetings. t% Vi, SECOND IN CAR RALLY - Martin's car tied for ee Corvair Monza by Wilson . Niblett Motors, Richmone Hill, chats with Nick Hall, GM Public Rela- sponsored tions, right. Martin's - wife, Elizabethy centre, on hand to wish 'him good luck. The wishes paid off when was on her decision not to let her name stand as NDP candidate for 'Ontario Riding. When asked if he thought the New Democratic Party would }form the next government, T..D. Thomas, MLA, replied: i"The NDP is always optim- istic." The ODL: will demand to know how the appointment of an executive secretary of the Community Chest was made. | Jim Lownie suggested the ap- pointment was "a little politi- cal," | Local 222 UAW President Malcolm Smiith unged ODLC delegates to carry the Coca- Cola Limited boycott to their plants. "If enoough people cor operate we can injure the com- pany enough that the Hamilton strike will be settled," he said. The Ontario Minister of Edu- ;cation will receive a letter from the ODLC asking that the sys- tem of selecting students' text books be investigated. Vice- president Tom Edwards said that 11 Grade 8 mathematics books are used in Ontario schools, 'The best book on each subject should be used in all schools in the, province," he} | Said. opposing the setting up of a | The ODLC went on record as | |Parking Authority in Oshawa, on grounds that it would be of no benefit to the city. The ODLC will consider send- ing strike donations in support of striking woodcutters in Kapuskasing. Keith Ross, secretary - treas- jurer of the ODLC, charged that |the Public Utilities Commsision gave the labor council the ""brush-off"? on the issue of | bracketing street lights to down- town store fronts. Ontario Federation of Labor | President Dave Archer outlined | the Medicare campaign for |ODLC delegates. He said Medi- care proposals must be univer- jsal in coverage, publicly ad- | ministered, allow free choice of }doctor and encourage group practice to be acceptable by labor, 'Suspend Term Of Accused | BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- William Arthur Porter of) Stone street, Oshawa, was | given a year's suspended sen-| tence in magistrate's court here Tuesday. He was charged with jattempting to steal gasoline last September. | Porter was also fined $10 and |costs or five days for driving a car without proper lights, Sept. 1/17. He pleaded guilty to the ' change. second Gill Report Is Criticized some Gill Report recommenda- tions were dangerous to labor and wiped out some of their hard-fought gains. "By familiarizing ourselves with the recommendations we can exert pressure and elimi- nate some of the most danger- ous proposals," said Mr. Smith, ODLC 'secretary - treasurer Keith Ross added that he feels the report of this particular Royal Commission will be re- viewed by government. Land Deal Is Proposed The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority pass a 1963 budget Tuesday that in- cludes $11,500 to buy land with. Indications are that the au- thority will go all-out this year to acquire a second piece of land, The property it owns now is in Darlington Township. Authority chairman J. Bennett told the members a parcel of land is under con- sideration at the present time. John G,. Goodwin, of Whitby Township, a new authority member, spoke emphatically in favor of more land acquisition. "I feel we must consider this now, or another year will be lost,"" he said. Land acquired by the 'author- ity is used for conservation purposes; such as erosion con- trol demonstration, wildlife hab. itat and pasture conservation. The authority's budget also in- cluded $2,000 for reforestration projects. This sum may be add- ed to the land acquisition mon- ies, if the authority so desires. Total capital expenditures will be $16,500. Levies from the participating municipalities will be roughtly the same as they were last year. A proposal to have a minimum levy of $50 was adopted. Levies are based on population. The figure for Oshawa would lie in the neighborhood of $3,600. Sign Pact : With Firm Local 2-242, International Woodworkers of America, re- cently signed a new contract with Bathurst Containers Lim- ited, Whitby. One feature in negotiations was the fact that for the first time the union. had joint negoti- ations for the plants in Hamil- ton, Montreal, St. Laurent and Whitby. During negotiations, the local was represented by President F. Vandenhoven. Locai issues were negotiated in each plant and concluded successfully. In the new agreement, the union realized considerable im- provements in its seniority and rate change clauses. In addi- tion, bereavement pay up to three days was granted for death in the immediate family. A general increase in wages of three per cent plus one cent, and an increase in shift prem- ium for the afternoon shift were also granted. Further increases were grant- ed in some classifications (in- cluding the skilled trades) of up to five cents per hour. The vaca- tion clause was changed to pro- vide for three weeks after 10 years of service. Mike Lee, a member of the local committee, said the union was satisfied with results of the negotiations, Other committee members were Gérard Van Grinsven- Clarence Sanders and Frank Vanderhoven,. CITY OF OSHAWA TRAFFIC TALLY Sat., Feb. 9, 1963 Number of accidents to date Number of injuries to date . Number of accidents Saturday ........ eee Fatalities nil Today is the 116th fatality- free day in the city. R.C. Honey In Ottawa OTTAWA -- Russell C, Honey Annual Liberal Council ing Dinner held at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa on Monday evening. The two-day meeting was at- tended by Liberal incumbents from across Canada and all Liberal policy making associa- tions. Mr. Honey, former Liberal member for Durham, was ac- companied by his wife, Anne. Guest speaker at the banquet was the Rt. Hon. Lester Pear- son, leader of the Liberal party. Mr. Honey will remain in Ottawa until Friday winding up his duties in preparation for the forthcoming election, The for- mer Durham MP will return to Port Hope on Saturday and begin an extensive tour of his constituency. It is expected that the feder-| place at the end of the gruelling rally which was sponsored by the British Em- pire Motor Club in Toronto. al nomination convention of. the! Durham Liberal Association will take place within the next two weeks, R,| was a head table guest at the} | Meet-| | LOGE OED LEHI ONE DERE LOE LOD ECE EMC NGM HE ME lao eats eae anes The Oshawa Simes SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1963 PAGE THIRTEEN In order to keep this city in a solvent condition, a cutback in jour capital expenditures will |have to be made somewhere, |Mayor Lyman Gifford said | Tuesday night. | Speaking before members of jhis own lodge, Lebanon Lodge, |AF and AM, His Worship point- |ed to Oshawa's debenture debt: |*well over $20,000,000 at the end lof 1962"'. | This debt, he told the Lodge "Civic Night' audience, mands payment of over $1,000,- 000 a year in carrying charges. "The mill rate for current ex- penditures has been rising for a number of years," said Mayor Gifford, "I feel that an honest effort must be made to hold the line this year, while realizing the demands on the public treasury are getting greater each year." Oshawa's per capita debt stood at $300.75 at the end of 1961, said the mayor; he empha- sized that in a survey of six cities with populations then close to that of Oshawa, this city has led them all from 1956 __jon. (The other cities: Kitchener, London, St, Catharines, Brant- ford and Sarnia.) . PREPARE BUDGETS "Several of our Boards and Commissions have already pre- pared, their, budgets and they have co-operated fully by either reducing their budgets or hold- ing the same rate as last year," said the mayor. "There is only one thing that helps a municipality out from year to year--increased assess- ment. We have a_ substantial one this year and this allows an increase in vairous budgets for 1963 tax purposes, if required." Municipal governments, said His Worship, are often pressed to undertake tasks which, in many instances, have no rela- tion to their capacity to pay. '"'We must bear in mind that all monies raised and spent for public. services belong to the people and that unduly heavy taxation not only burdens peo- ple, but impedes sound, bal- anced development for which we are striving.' He continued: "In the early days, local gov- ennments embraced little more than the administration of jus- tice, the maintenance and build- ing of roads, a small measure of sanitation and limited assis- tance for education. "Social services were then to a few destitute families. "Property tax then could readily provide all the revenue a: municipaility required. "Since the turn of the cen- tury, however, and. more par- ticularly in the last 20 or 30 years, there has been a terrific jexpansion of the functions and jexpenses of all levels of govern- |merit, due to changes in. our so- cial and economic outlook. "Municipalities have not been able to broaden their tax struc- ture, whereas the Provinces and the Dominion have been able to secure increased revenues. "The Province, and also, Pub- lic Opinion has forced new re- sponsibilities on the City, chief- ly in the field of health and welfare. I give you as one ex- ample of this, our own Mental City's Per Capita Debt Hits $300.7 Mayor Gifford . Urges Curb Health Unit. Moreover, much higher standards are now re- quired in such services as high- ways and education, and these| E% have to be financed from the tax on real estate, supplement- ed by grants from the Prov- ince. (These grants also come|? out of the pocket of the tax-|) payers.) CITY GOVERNMENT "The policing of our City is governed by the Police Act, and the City must provide the ad- ministration of justice at the lowest level, namely the Mag- istrate's Court, the Juvenile Court, and the Family Court. "The British North America Act places all municipalities in Canada under the jurisdiction of the Province. By its constitu- tion, the provinces have exclu- sive jurisdiction over property and civil rights, the administra- tion of justice, the establish- ment and maintenance of pris- ons, hospitals, mental institu- tions, charitable institutions, the pubile lands of the Province, education, etc, : "The provinces, however, have turned over to the munici- palities certain responsibilities and require them to perform certain functions. "All municipalities in Ontario are inconporated under the Mu- nicipal Act, and for the most part, derive their powers from it. "Because of the fact that in- dividual powers and functions vary greatly, there have been many additional statutes and amendments added. However, there still remains a certain vagueness in our authority or responsibility, and this, in itself, has created a situation which, in practice, appears to allow the municipalities to. proceed untill they are checked by the Prov- mee. "In many instances the Muni- cipal Act states that you may or must do certain things. General. ly speaking, the services' which the Province requires the City to perform are in connetcion with education and public wel- fare, the administration of jus- tice, roads and bridges, and police and fire protection. "Education is its largest single obligation. The Council has no control over this expendi- ture but must turn over to the literally unknown except for aid Peter 'Scotty' Dryburgh, who recently retired as care- taker of the E. A. Lovell Public School after serving in that post for 39 years, was honored recently by members of Local 18, National Union of Public Service Employees. Members of the union pre- sented the 80-year-old former UNION HONORS "SCOTTY" Board of Education employee, with a leather chair, in which: he is seated in picture, to! mark the occasion. Union of-- tary-treasurer, , --Oshawa Times Phote* Board of Education and the Sep- amount these Boards request for current expenditures, "The Province, while giving the City the power to issue de- bentures, has retained its super- vision over it. It requires that the Municipal Board approve the debenture issues. The statutes specify, for each type of undertaking, when the deben- tures are to be made payable, and limit the total debenture debt which the City may incur. "During the last two years, the Council has engaged con- sultants, to investigate and re- port on improvements, towards a better and more efficient civic administration, The result was that some 50 recommendations were presented to the 1962-1963 Couneils for their consideration. ADOPT SOME "Of this number, these two Councils have adopted some 34, In my opinion, the most impor- tant recommendation presented, is the appointment of what is to be known as a Director of Oper- ations, whose duty will be, if he is engaged, to take complete charge of our entire Board of Works, and also to co-ordinate all our departments, "That all-important. recom- mendation was dealt with by Council-in-Committee last week, and the consideration of the ap- pointment of such a man, will be presented at next Monday's Council bn "Every department in City Hall is affected by one or more of these recommendations, and it is the general feeling of Coun- : Cil that the adoption or rejec- MAYOR GIFFORD tion of these, willl be in the best interests of the City-at-large. "One of the most outstanding items in the Woods-Gordon Re- arate School Board, whatever| and : port is that many of our Boards Commissions should be dis- banded, such as the Parks Board, the Cemetery Board, the Arena Commission, the y i Comummit- tee, the Welfare Board, just to mention a few, The suggestion was to appoint a Parks, Prop- erty and Recreational Director, who would co-ordinate the ac- tivities of all these Boards, under his direction, and he would report to the Director of Operations, who in turn reports directly to Council, "As you no doubt are aware, the previous set up was to have members of the general pdblic sitting on these Boards, along with one or two of ohr Alder- men, and the feeling was that more efficient: operation could be had under the new set up. "Our new Director of Parks and Recreation has been ap- Pointed and has _ already assumed his duties. This gentle- man was, for a number of years, the Parks Superintendent at Presqu'ile Provincial Park. "I would like to mention a matter which is of paramount importance to the citizens of this City. As you ail know, in De- cember of last year, we lost our most efficient Treasurer, Broth- er Harold Tripp, and this posi+ meeting we accepted the appli- cation of Mr. Isaac Executive officers of the On- tario Regiment Association were installed to office during | a meeting of the association Tuesday night. Newly install- ed president C, Bould, second from right, is seen flanked by T. Gilbert, secretary; right, and R. Aselstine second from left, association vice-president. Seated at left is H. Davies, treasurer. Standing from left are committee chairmen, J. INSTALL EXECUTIVE OF ASSOCIATION Smart, R. Whitefield, J. Tay- lor, and J. Sullivan. At ex- treme right is L. Baker, serg- ho arg for the associa- on,