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| oy q | She Oshawa Fimes City Council Approves One-Way Traffic Plan SANTA TO ARRIVE BY HELICOPTER Santa Claus is coming to town ! Next Saturday morning, Nov. 23, the jolly old spirit of Christmas will arrive by helicopter at the Oshawa Shopping Centre. - Theusands of crildren are expected to be on hand to welcome Santa on the lower level parking lot on the east side of Eaton's store. Santa's helpers will also be on hand to give away Christmas candy to all the children. One informed source said the kiddies might even get close enough to Santa to make that spec- ial request. Santa will be at Eaton's SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1963 PAGE ELEVEN Director Is Honored Members of the Oshawa Chap- ter of the Society for the Pre- servation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, their wives and many friends attended a dinner and dance Saturday evening at the Grandview Golf and Coun- try Club. The occasion was an Appre- tiation Night for their chorus director, Eric Booth, who re- sides in Lindsay. A beautiful trilight lamp was presented to Eric and his wife Maxine by Master of Ceremonies Brad Mc- Innes. Mr. Booth gives freely of his Two Recorded Votes Preceded Decision One hundred minutes of de-jto carry one-way traffic wouldjmind" would not fail to review bate and two recorded votes,|be a small sum in comparison|the situation if it is found that one on a referral motion, pre-jto the possible assessment loss|the proposed one-ways are in- ceded Oshawa City Council's)caused by a degenerating down-|jurious to the downtown area, decision Monday night to stand/town area." " |s@id Ald. Albert Walker in re- firm on its year-old decision to) «The charge of haste is well|jecting Ald. Pilkey's plea for operate King and Bond streetsijaiq" continued Ald. Rundle.|@ Written guarantee, as a pair of one-way traffic) (In recounting the history of the| 'I'm not convinced that push- arteries, : traffic report earlier, Ald.jing Athol westward is the an- The city promsied not _to re-iBrady noted the technical co-|swer," he said. "And I would move meter parking "in thelordinating committee met in|be very surprised if we did get it downtown area" without provid-/February, 1961, to draw up|designated. ing off-street spaces on a tw0-|terms of reference.) for-one basis, SEEKS REFERRAL "Also, rush-hour routes are of "The DBA was once given|little use as long as buses are only three days notice on ajon the four corners four or five OSHAWA BUILDERS' ASSOCIA TION NAMES EXECUTIVE The 1964 executive of the Oshawa Builders' Association was elected at the monthly taleo, Bill Roth, president, William Tonno, first vice- president, Jerry Armstrong, meeting held at the Hotel Genosha. Shown above are, left, past-president Lou Pan- in the Oshawa Shopping Centre from Saturday through to Christmas. second vice-president and Doug Trivett, secretary-treas- | urer. --Oshawa Times Photo. Concurrent Board To Cite Noise Problem time and talents, travelling over 1200 miles every year to direct the Oshawa Chapter's 36- man chorus and to sing bari- tone as part of "The Sportsmen Quartet". Wives and guests were en- tertained by the Oshawa Chap- ter Chorus, "The Four-in- Accord", and "The Sportsmen'"', Special feature of the evening Ald. Tom Rundle, who car- ried the fight for the approxi- mately 50 King street business- men who crowded the council chamber, argued that cost ques- tions have not been "thorough- ly investigated' and moved a referral motion at 11.15 p.m.: "That the matter be sent back to the traffic committee, that the setting up of rush-hour meeting; the Chamber of Com-|times an hour, Five years ago merce was given no opportu-|I wrote that this city would nity to study the report and|have to go to one-way street pro- make recommendations, There|stams. I still favor this pro- was no attempt made to ap.|gram." proach the government on using Athol instead of King." parties aig Phin a tant SUBSIDIES AVAILABLE fic committee member: "We (King-Bond are now desig-|are being led down the garden nated "connecting links" by the|Path by some members who Department of Highways. This|should have known the score | | If a 10-storey apartment build- ing is to be erected adjacent to the O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, the Osh- awa Board of Education wants the owner to be aware of the |nuisance'"' value" of a schoo was an oustanding performance by "The Rhythm-Counts" from Toronto, one of the top 10 quartets in America, Committee for the highly suc- cessful evening was headed by William McNaul and consisted of Chairman, Bill McNaul, Kay and Fred Fox, Marilyn and Bob Elston, Barbara and Bob Lean and Bill Skinner. routes be examined, that the cost of converting Athol street to a one-way street from Queen to Farewell be investigated; and that the Downtown Busi- nessmen's Association be in- formed of proceedings." This motion was defeated 9 to 4, supported only by Ald. Rundle and Ald, Finley Dafoe, Norman Down and Cliff Pilkey. 9 TO 4 MARGIN The original motion re- af'irming council's "former de- cision'"' to develop the one-way pe per cent subsidies are/two years ago. avialable in construction costs,| 'This report is very com Without the same deignation|hensive with no bee pn the on Athol only lower subsidies|ments. Traffic experts and pro- would be available, pushing thelvincial officials have approved cost up.) our plans. We are justified in Ald Brady recalled that two|bringing in our recommenda- weeks after approval in princi-|tion." ple was given to the traffic} Ald. John Dyer emphasized report, which favored King and|that "we didn't need a $30,000 Bond as one-ways, council ap-|study to tell us to adopt one- plied to the Department of|way streets. There are plenty of pie. = eu aan records around to show us that. gnat je King - "IT opposed spendin one-way street systems (Nov.|for that report, But ware it a8 Liberal Arts College Seen Prime Need Here Oshawa, he continued, done better than some centres. Since 1952 Grade 9 enrolment has doubled while that of Grades 10 and 11 is two and a half times greater. OSHAWA KEY CENTRE Jail Terms Imposed jto neighboring tenants. has} | Members of the board de- Magistrate Frank S. Ebbs,\cided at a meeting Monday jtaken ill during Friday's session|night that a letter to this effect of the Oshawa Magistrate's|showld be presented tonight Court, made a brief appearance|(Tyesday) when the Oshawa on the bench, Monday. Planning Board reviews an ap- \. _ pred _ long enone 50 plication for an amendment to nan own sentence in j Fy Bi He. Kear eacuee Aine the zoning bylaw to permit con. A challenge, to ensure Osh-jary schools themselves changes awa students in the future pa laes slow in coming about. At ceive every opportunity to ad-|the university level also there vance their education, was|must be a speed up or they will issued by Dr. Robert W. B.|never be able to catch up. Jackson, director of educational) What makes education so im- research, University of Toronto, portant, Dr. Jackson continued, at the Monday meeting of thelis that the only sure road to Accused Blames 19, 1962), : 'Oshawa is in the centre of a is a Rotary Club of Oshawa. jadvancement cape Dr. Jackson expressed the|education. A strong back amd a hope that community leaders|weak mind were not needed as will do all in their power to im-/much as they were in pioneer press on young people the value/days due to the advances of of getting an education nowjautomation. Jobs open to the rather than leave school. It was|unskilled are declining in num- his hope also that there would] ber. {so the need will be taken care develop in the community an} It was pointed out that theljof within 10 years. The pres- even greater recognition of the|high school graduate earns|sures on the educational sys- value of education among par-'$36,000 more during his life-jtem will be heavy until 1970: ents and young people. |time than the unskilled student;/Then there will be a _ short It was also suggested by the|while the university graduate|breather following which the speaker that plans should be/earns $75,000 more ducing his|school population will again made without delay for thejlifetime than the high school! balloon. establishment of a college in| staduate. "I would suggest that plans rapidly developing area. This is a key centre. Sooner or later-- perhaps in 10 years but no more than 20 you will have to have in Oshawa or adjacent area a liberal arts college or juniversity. You must plan well Oshawa within the next 10 years would enable stu- dents to cOmiete their educa- tion and enable those now hold- Dr. Jackson warned that ajhe made at once for the estab- computor, given the proper in-|"#shment here of a community struction, can make many im-|College to include a retraining portant decisions. As a result|program so that those now hold- cases struction of the apartment. Homesickness eastbound - westbound program brought in, there wasn't a man month. He then returned home to rest allowing Magistrate Jer- myn to handle the remaining cases on the docket. Two of the cases heard by Magistrate Ebbs involved two Oshawa youths convicted on charges ranging from theft to breaking and entering with theft and possession of stolen goods. Fred Scott, 21, Burton road, drew a two-year suspended sen- tence and probation for . theft, breaking and entering and breaking and entering with theft. Angus Dixon, principal of OCVI, told the board that ten- ants in the existing apartment building have complained that outside recall bells are disturb- ing. He said one person com- plained that children were calts- ing a disturbance by using the school playfield on weekends. "Wherever a school operates, there are bound to be noises," said Trustee G. K. Drynan. He stressed that tenants should be made aware that, while the schoo] functioned, there would A young Nova Scotian, plead- ing that homesickness prompted a screaming fit in a city street early. this month, was given a suspended sentence in Oshawa Magistrate's court, Monday. Kenneth Warren, 16, of Elgin street east, pleaded guilty to causing a public disturbance on Albert street early on a Sunday morning. A police officer who investi- gated the incident said he found the boy struggling with three was approved by the same 9 to 4 margin, with the above-named four voting against it. When this vote count was announced, DBA president Dean Kelly claimed the group was "sold out" and he indicated aid will be sought from the Ontario Municipal Board. Fear of business losses if King is made a one-way street sent the DBA to council last April with a three page brief opposing the move and « peti- ton bearing more than 100 Ald. Finley Dafoe opposed! King as a one-way artery be- cause, he claimed, it would have a "deleterious effect on the business district and the businessmen in the heart of the city. "The heart is important; it should be given first considera- tion at all times in develop- ment matters." STATISTICS QUOTED Here, Ald. Brady quoted Unit-' ed States Chamber of Com- In sentencing him, Magistrate Ebbs said there had been no ap- always be noise. parent logical reason -for his} actions. "I think the company you were in might have had friends who were trying to calm him. He kept shouting that he wished to return to the East coast. names was submitted. (Last night a 150-signature petition was submitted.) Last week Stanley Lovell and Harry Finer did most of the merce statistics to show that "Buffalo, N.Y., businessmen feared one-way streets would hurt them; but now after a fair, trial, they have found it has there was no reason not adopt the scheme and in council who wasn't in awe of that $29,000,000 they told us we would have to spend over the next 20 years. There'li still be 4 traffic problem here in 1980." AUTHORITY QUOTED Ald. Brady quoted former Toronto Parking Authority boss Robert Bundy as saying no city in the world has solved the traffic problem, You can't set up lots for peak periods or you would have but lots, he "What are we running away from?" nothing downtown said. Ald. Dyer concluded that to "no ing jobs to further their educa- tion. jall middle management jobs are|ing jobs can improve their edu- | being threatened, cation. . "Unless you plan now, those ". -- ee : SEES ENROLMENT GROWTH - -aduating from high school will ou have only a few years We can lick these problems enter the ranks of unemployed @race to lay plans for such an|but only if we plan ahead. Alm e choi i aa sie institution. If you donot plan|large number of teenagers willl """ ee eo ee and look out for yourselves nolenter our schools in the next/Plam for anything you want. If . s | 'ou do not plan yor in f ar ; Ay plan you are in for one else will do it for you. Un-\few years. I foresee attend | rouble," SA Ti. Jackson: Warren, who admitted he'd been drinking before the shout- ing fit, was told by Magistrate Jermyn, to behave himself until he could save enough money to return home, valid reason why it can't be altered. I. have faith in the councils of the future that they would reconsider." Just before the voting, Ald. Dafoe asked a question: If one- way streets caused a change in shopping habits -- and the one- way system was later abandon ed or changed, how long would it take for the new habits to revert to the old, or would they? ; Shouts of "hear, hear' fro: the DBA members but no answered the question. Added Ald. Brady: "We arp moving on parking as fast as funds permit. Parking in th downtown area hasn't cost the businessmen one cent." : He reminded the DBA mem bers that "'no noe has shown th any community has lost mone as a result of the introduction of a one-way street system." ; (At the meeting with council in-committee last week, Stanle; Lovell claimed his firm ha closed a store in Peterboroug! because of the bad economi talking as the DBA met with council-in-committee for 90 min- utes. Purpose of that meeting, according to traffic chairman Ald. John Brady, was to "give them another chance to per- jsuade us to change our Impaired Driver" v=: at last week's commit- Is Fined $100 tee meeting that the city fa- thers approved the motion Laurier J o se e ph McKenna, Humber avenue, was convicted framed by Mayor Lyman Gif- ford which got. the official seal by Oshawa Magistrate's Court 'Monday, on a reduced charge of approval last night. KING STREET CRUX of impaired driving. McKenna, originally charged At both the meeting last April and last week, DRA members emphasized they are not against with being drunk in charge o! a motor vehicle, was fined $100 and costs or 10 days on the re- one-way street systems. They duced charge. In addition, his are against King street, the main east-west artery, being a driver's licence was suspended for a year, part of a one-way system, They: suggest Athol be made one-way eastbound and paired with a westbound Bond street. Magistrate Frank S. Ebbs said he based his conviction on evi- dence given by a doctor at an earlier hearing. Ald. Rundle stressed this last In other cases at Monday's some influence," he added. One of the conditions of Scott's probation is that he observe al actually helped business."" With the Department of Highways widening King street to four lanes from Stevenson road westward to Whitby, Ald. Walter Branch noted there will be "more traffic downtown' and he suggested "a further ap- proach be made on Athol." (This was as changing sides but Ald. Branch later voted for the original motion.) .. OPINIONS RESPECTED Ald. Norman Down remind- ed that the businessmen get their livelihood "on the main street. I respect their opinions and their right to do business," he said. "If they think it is not right, then I'm with them." He was applauded, as was Ald. Rundle. : "Two things are involved: traffic and economics," offered Ald, Pilkey, He advocated a "fair trial" of six to eight months for one-ways with a written guarantee that the DBA Industrial Arts -- curfew. He was told to be off) Teacher Named the streets by 11 o'clock at night. A recommendation that Wil- Keith Howard, 22, Conantiliam J. Hancox, teacher at street, sentenced with Scott, had|E. A. Lovell Public School, be what Magistrate Ebbs termed,|appointed to conduct the indus- "a bad record'. He drew two/triai arts class at Ridgeway Sen- six-month concurrent jail terms |ior Public School, was approved for theft and possession of stolen|by the Oshawa Board of Educa- goods. The sentence was made|tion Monday night. retroactive to the date of his} p, o, m. Elliott, superinten- arrest. |dent of public schools, made |the recommendation, stating Remand Youth |the industrial arts department. pital, Whitby, for psychiatric|tions in Mary street, College s - - irl. assault of a seven-year-old gir! teachers were accepted by the |Patricia Bilenduke; less you plan in this direction|ance in secondary school tripled secondary school graudates will| over that it is today. We can} enter the ranks of the un-jexpect a larger number to employed," Dr. Jackson com-|attend each year, Another prob- mented. jlem' will be summer jobs for| Speaking on the theme '"'Edu-|those attending school and the| cation -- The Need and Thelinability of the unskilled to} Challenge," Dr. Jackson saidj#ecure jobs when they leave) Ontario is facing its greatest|school," the speaker comment-| The new executive of the problem in secondary educa-/ed. |Oshawa Builders' Association tion. Unless the situation is| Since the end of the Second|was elected Monday. understood by parents, educa-/World War, the number _at- At the monthly meeting held tors and community leaders|tending elementary school hadjin the Piccadilly Room of the alike the problem will never be|More than tripled while the num-|Hotel Genosha the . four-man solved. Another problem which | ber attending secondary schoollexecutive was chosen. Bill Roth will become more apparent. in\had doubled. In the next 10|was elected president and in ac- the near future is trained staff|years, Dr. Jackson predicted,|cepting the post voiced appre- for the colleges and universi-|¢lementary school. enrolment ciation of the efforts of 'out- ties which will be needed. will be up more than 50 per|going president, Lou Pantaleo. Life outside the schools is\cent, secondary school: enrol-; The post of first vice-presi-| changing at a rate never before;ment will be doubled and uni- dent was won by William Tonno approached; but in the second-iversity enrolment will triple. | with Jerry Armstrong being ~\voted in as second vice-presi- Builders Name New Executive night and said: "They have come up with some alternatives Athol as an alternative; rush-hour routes with parking that the death of Allan Forbes, |who served with the board since Fé ' )1945, left a great vacancy in For Examination ; The board also approved Dr. A 17-year-old youth Wwas|pHiott's recommendations for remanded to the Ontario Hos-\appointments to teaching posi- examination, after pleading|1i}), Hillsdale and Dr. C. F. guilty in Oshawa magistrate's|cannon Schools, court Monday to the indecent Resignations of the following Vincent Noseworthy, alias) "@*ne ' Lee, 118 Church street, a ward|Doard: Public school teachers-- of the Children's Aid' Society,|Mrs. Eileen Burgess and Mrs. dent. Doug Trivett won election Convict Youths In Assault Case "You're not permitted to go round beating anybody up," said Magistrate Harry Jermyn, Mon- day, as he remanded two youths in custody to Nov. 25 for sen- tence, Russell Milburn, RR 1, Wiut- by and Clifford Godridge, Bond street west, Oshawa, were con- victed of assaulting Arpad Mar- ton, Patricia avenue. Mr. Marton told the court he was -talking with some friends at King and Victoria streets ne evening early in October when Godridge and Milburn shouted remarks at them from a car. PUNCHED IN FACE The car drove off but return- ed a few minutes later. God- ridge then got out, shouted "You Stole Cosmetics Woman Fined $25 Shoplifting cosmetics worth $1.22 brought a $25 fine Mon- day for Mrs. Caro] Marjorie Hart, Gliddon avenue, in Osh- awa. Magistrate's Court. The 20-year-old housewife and mother admitted to city police that she had stolen a stick of lipstick and a bottle of nail pol- ish from a Kresge store. Magistrate Harry Jermyn said in sentencing her that a jail term is customarily impos- ed for theft convictions, but in view of her domestic responsib- ities he would only fine her. to the secretary treasurer's position. Following the elections a gen- eral discussion on problems in the building industry was held. Mortgage problems in particu- lar were discussed and how they could be dealt with. is charged with contributing to secondary | schools -- Miss Helen M. Tam-jcourt session, remands were prohibited; increased off-street|Could come back and ask for juvenile delinquency. In remanding Noseworthy to the hospital for a 60-day observ- that the public, especially young children, be protected from this type of offence. plin. Members of the board also ation period, Magistrate H. W.|agreed to grant a two-year Jermyn said it was essential/leave of absence to Mr, and |Mrs, G. Banks, to teach, for the Department fence, of National De- granted to: Joseph McGillivary, Edith street; Margaret Jensen, Lyndeview drive, Whitby; Mar- tin Kozlar, King street east; James Gibson, Celina street; and Morris McFadden, Thickson road south. parking. "I feel we owe it to these businessmen to try some of these alternatives first." Ald. Rundle said the $600,000 cited by the traffic consultants as needed to put Athol in shape want a fight?" and punched) ---- Marton in the face. Marton said, he told Godridge to move on) and that he didn't wish to be involved in a street brawl, but the accused dealt him sey- eral further punches, then start- ed kicking him. The court was told that Mil-| burn also left the car at this) point, walked over to Marton, |said: '"'You want some more?" and struck him in the face. In court, Milburn denied chis Saying that he aimed a blow at Marton in self defence and pleaded this was necessary be- cause he has a skull weakness \resulting from bone surgery performed in the past, "It sounds as though there might be more than just a bone lacking in your head," comment-|! ed Magistrate Jermyn. OFFERS NO DEFENCE Godridge offered no defence. The police officer who arrived to break up the fracas said Godridge appeared reluctant to stop fighting. | When "told he was to be taken| to the police station, he sneered || at the officer and asked: "Do| % you think you're man enough to} take me in?" iF Magistrate Jermyn noted that) both Godridge aged 20 and Mil-| # burn 19, had previous records including convictions for as- saulting police constables. | Counter-charges of assault jlate against Marton were dis- missed. Commented Magistrate 4 | NV ih " Open for only a few weeks | traffic until Friday to permit |Jermyn: "A man is entitled to| the intersection of King and | of the relaying of the Oshawa protect himself in this country."| Mary stretts will be closed to Railway Co. line from King be ilaid to facilitate the move- Motors north plant: i\Lyman Gifford that all Road Work Is Approved Council approved the 1964 Roads and Bridges program Monday night after getting as- surance from Finance Chairman Ald. Walter Branch and Mayor the - |items will be examined at bud- #\planning study, get time -- and changes may be made then. More than 16,000 feet of pave- ment could be put down on eight city streets at an estimated cost of $1,036,200. However, the net estimated debenture require- ments add up to just $492,000. Granular base on four streets could hit $438,500, with deben- tures at $202,000. Pavement widening on Bloor street east and Park road south is esti- mated at $36,500 with $25,300 to effect generated by a one-way street.) : ' FIVE STOP SIGNS , Ald. Dyer criticized those whé felt council acted 'in haste? and those who say the econom> ics of using Athol street weren' examined. "'But what have they done over the last 20 years Put in five stop signs, that'¢ what. He called the right hand tu lane at King and Centre stree a "dummy." That stree (Church - Centre) he said, be southbound and there will no need for that turn lane, Chest Fund Over The Top The office of the Greater Osht awa Community Chest announces ed this morning that $262,927.77 was contributed during the 1968 campaign. This means chat thé objective has been exceeded by $1127. id This list of donations, not previously acknowledged, fol lows: a Dignem Snap-On Tools a change. Mayor Lyman Gifford agreed to a six months' trial. "Give it a fair trial," he pleaded. "If it is not successful. I'll be one of the first to go to the minister (of highways). But I don't know how we can stand up before him and ask that Athol be made a connecting link when we already have the 75 per cent for the King street improvements. 'Now we are up against some very forcible pressure, and some good arguments, to have Athol designated. I would pin an extra rose on the minister if he agreed. But the chaos would still be there on King between Queen and Stevenson road. APPEALS FOR SUPPORT Appealing 'or support, His Worship flayed "the 1962 coun- cil" -- all but himself and Alder- man Rundle and Pilkey. "Surely you know what you were doing when you went to the minister for connecting link designations. If you take westbound traffic off King street and put it on Bond street, what have you left but a one-way street? Be a man or a mouse Any council "in its right ' 2 be raised by debenture. The Valley Route functional for the route from Adelaide avenue to the north city limit, will cost an estimated $20,000. A $6,700 grant H\ireduces the city's debentured ~ OSHAWA RAILWAY RELAYING MARY STREET TRACKS street io Bond street. A new ment of freight cars over the roadbed and heavier rails will line to and from the General share to $13,300, Bridges on Harmony | road south ov the CPR tracks, and on John street at the Oshawa Creck, are estimated to cost) $357,000. With the grants at} $297,300, this leaves only $59,700) to be debentured. . | 10.09 Milburn Lath Plaster and Acoustics Lid. 1 Oshawa and Dis, Labor Council Mrs. Ina White |. M. Mackie Co. Ltd. Oshawa Eng. and Weld. Ltd. Ted Bathe Ages Ltd. (Shop Cen) ° 's CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their birthdays today: Sharon Shackleton, 344 Elmgrove Ave. and Pat Smith, 86 Kawartha Ave. Phone 723-3474. Young Reitman' T tastering ~ tl (Osh.) i A Industrial Di: Ltd. (Add Cherney's Cherney's Employees Can. Imp. Bank of Com Emp: (King and Simcoe) Herb Robinson Auto. Lid. Em: Osh. General Hospital Em: Totei to date #es 228 se sccseccs S¥eSSS. 3863