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Cn atl se dian far aS nc a ee | | Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 Fire 725-6574 PEERING oy # ged 5p VX Spansion BE u a Le a ag a } She Oshawa Zines OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY, 7, 1965 Second Section City and district features, social and classified advertis- |THE CHANGING FACE OF OSHAWA IN DOWNTOWN AREA OSHAWA'S new John Street opened gan August 14 and the cost is an estimated $177,200. The handsome new bridge consists of five spans. It is 324 feet long and has an over-all width of 60 feet and a road width of 48 feet. A five-foot wide side- walk runs on e@ach side. The cost of the bridge was shared between the Department of Highways subsidies, a City share of current revenue and $75,000 from the Dominion stores, which will have a parking lot leading to John street on the west side of the bridge, Top picture shows the bridge from the south -- bot- tom picture provides an east- erly view across the top of the new structure. "Book Tells "Dos" - "Don'ts" |Choir, Band For School Board Trustees A booklet of Dos and Don'ts is to new Trustees of Education SERVED PUC FOR 27 YEARS The "dean" of the Public Utilities Commission retired last night. William Boddy, first elect- ed to the Commission in 1937, ended 27 years service as the 1963-64 Commission held its final meeting. Several times elected chairman of the Commis- sion, Mr. Boddy also served as a city alderman for four years. He did not seek re- election at last month's mu- nicpal election. Born in Darlington Town- ship, Mr. Boddy was em- ployed by the Robson Lea- ther Company before retiring several years ago. "IT -have no plans to return to public life," said Mr. Boddy today "my health is not too good and | intend to take it easy for a while. Frank McCallum, a for- mer Oshawa mayor, was elected to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Boddy's re- tirement. in at the inaugural meeting to-| night at 5 p.m. | Among the cardinal Don'ts! listed are: Don't interfere with the day- by-day details of school admin- istration and supervision. Don't use your board mem- bership to obtain business or political advancement for your- self and your friends, Don't show favoritism to rela- tives or. friends. Don't make promises and commitments before the ques- tions are fully discussed in board meetings. Don't join a clique to control board action. Don't favor the school near your home or the school in which you have a greater per- sonal interest. Don't jet animosity to a teach- er or another Trustee affect your decision .at-a board meet- ing. Don't be niggardly with your staff. The teacher is the most important single factor in the children's education, teachers have no difficulty in getting positions in other areas. Don't interfere with the pri- vate lives of teachers unless you are certain their actions ad- versely affect their "work in school, ~ Don't discuss teachers outside of meetings of the school board. Don't visit schools except on invitation Having advised the new trus- tees how to keep out of trouble, the booklet describes. ways to succeed on the board in its list of Dos: Do remember that the admin- istration of education is one of the most important functions of all government, Heard News While Down Miami Way | Manning F. Swartz, an Osh-| had a. pleasantipartnership with his son, Ron- surprise New Year's Day injald L., who graduated from the |University of Toronto, The Uni- He learned that he had beenjversity of Toronto Law School appointed a Queen's Counsel. |and Osgoode Hall before joining "The first indication that Ijhis father. awa lawyer, Miami, Florida. had of it," he-said today in Oshawa 'was when I receivedi|dren, Howard, who is in_ his congratulatory telegrams from)junior year in Hillsdale College the Honorable Michael Starrjin Michigan and Audrey who is and Albert V. Walker. It was'in Grade 12 at McLaughlin. quite a thrill." He was the only Oshawa law- yer to be so honored in this year's list. Mr. Swartz and his family were in Miami on a brief holi- y. Mr. Swartz, a lifelong resident of Oshawa, graduated from Os- goode Hall in 1932, and set up his practice in Oshawa in the) same year. |He also won the Seniors cham- |pionship at Whitevale Golf Club, jnear Brougham, in 1964, He also Of His QC At the present time he is in Mr. Swartz has two other chil- A five-pin bowler, he won five Canadian championships, plays bridge. Mr. Swartz is vice-president of the Ontario County Law As- sociation, a member of the Odd- fellows and of the B'Nai B'Rith. He is married to the former Sybil Shumacker of Toronto, Good| with your staff. Do and protect school officials in the performance of their duties. | Do remember that your re-| sponsibility is not to run the schools, but to see that they are run well, Do try to interpret to the school staff the attitudes, wishes and needs of the people and to the people, the needs, problems and progress of the schools. Do give .all school officials authority in keeping with their responsibilities, Refer, as far as possible, all complaints to the appropriate administrative offi- cer, Do everything you can to establish a good, friendly work-| ing relationship with your staff.| Do be careful to get the com-| plete story before making a de- cision in cases of criticism of the teaching or administrative staff. | Do support your administra-| tors, principals and teachers whenever possible, It builds up staff morale. Be frank, and fair | Three Juveniles To Be Charged Police will charge three ju- veniles aged 10 to 12 in con- nection with the destruction of a snow fénce at Dr. Cannon School yesterday, Chief Herbert Flintoff said today. The three boys, according to} the incident report, were ap- proached near the fence in the midst of a snow fight. They told the officers they had lain on the wood-and-wire barrier, and had broken some of the slats. About 20 slats were broken, and parts of the fence were pulled away from the stakes. Damage. was about $25, but the boys claimed they had not been responsible for all of it. MANNING SWARTZ tion and arbitration of " To Perform. Christian Renewal, a subject becoming increasingly prom- inent in the thinking of both clergy and laity of many branches of the Christian Church today, will be the theme of the sermon given by the Rev, J. F. G, Morris in Knox Pres- byterian Church Friday evening. This will be the final service sponsored by the Oshawa Minis- terial Association during the current Week of Prayer. Major Fred Lewis of the Salvation Army, vice-president of the Min- isterial Association, will con- duct the service, while the Choir and Band of the Salvation Army Citadel will provide special music, Mr. Morris, who became min- ister of St, Andrew's United Church last June, previously served as an assistant at Tim- othy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto, with special responsi- bilities in the field of Adult Christian Education. The Oshawa Ministerial Asso- ciation is grateful for the sup- port given to the services by the people of Oshawa. It is their hope and prayer that the serv- ices hae proven helpful to all ices have proven helpful to all who have attended and that the spirit of Christian goodwill amongst people of all branches of the Church in this city has|" NDP To Hear Alan Borovoy A. Alan Borovoy, director of the Ontario Labor Committee for Human Rights, will address| } a meeting of the Oshawa and District Women's Committee of the New Democratic Party Sunday night in the Hotel Genosha, The Committee for Human Rights is an organization spon- sored by the Labor movement as a public service to fight racial and religious discrimina- tion. Borovoy also acts as coun- sel for the Ethical Education Association in its fight against religious instruction in Public Schools. He has been active in.concilia- labor disputes, is-a member of the Ontario Committee of Indian- Eskimo Association, and former| provincial candidate for the} New Democratic Party. A controversial figure in pro- Siappeared as a guest on the tele- ' [to vincial legal circles, he has been the subject of several magazine and newspaper articles, and has On Tax Plan Oshawa Ald. Cephas Gay has found an ally in Toronto's Mayor Philip Givens, In his ina day, Mayor Givens suggested a seven year tax exemption on private home renovations to a maximum of $5000. Four ee ago Ald, ef pro- posed a (assessment). ex- emption -- with no time limit --' for emergency repairs and al- terations, Council took no action at that necessitate a change in the As- sessment Act and that the Act was under review anyway. "He kind of went overboard, didn't he, but it sounds ail right," said Ald. Gay last night. "That's about one-third of a new home." Ald. Gay revealed he has been considering bringing in his motion again soon, "Maybe I'll go part way along with Mayor Givens," he said, "IT might just up the dollar figure a little and put a time period in there," Assessment Gerry Meredith is®f too enthus- iastic about the idea. He quoted a hypothetical ex- ample last night of a man who builds a $1000 recreation room. Going by Oshawa's assessment methods and mill rate, he sug- gested the additional tax would be in the neighborhood of an additional $20 a year. He pointed out it would take 50 years of paying the additional $20 for the man to equal what he was willing to lay out (the $1000) for the improvements. Mr. Meredith said unfair situ- ations could develop from Mayor Fivens' proposed $5000 exemp- tion. "How about the -man. who spends $6000 on renovations?" he asked. "Does he get an exemption? Where do you draw the line?" He also suggested that a man could build .a new home, then wait for some time before "fin- ishing" it and claim an exemp- tion under the guise of renova- tions, Pondered ~ The Ukrainian Catholic Com- munity Christmas celebration to- day may be one of the last ob- served on Jan. 7. Rev, J. C. Pereyma, of the St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church, said that the ehurch, in general, would likely coincide their Christmas celebrations with the rest of the Christian world on Dec. 25 within a decade. The changeover, he explained, will be brought about by the adoption of the Gregorian calen- dar. At present, the Church proper adheres to the old Julian calendar, which does not take into account the extra quarter- day each year. | When the Gregorian calendar was adopted, 13 full days had been accumulated to account for the discrepancy in Christ- mas days Rev. Pereyma added, that the customs of.the Ukrainian Christ- mas would still be observed on the new date, The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Rev. Rostyslan Pane- zenko, pastor of St. John's Orth- odox Church said, has given no thought to changing the date for Christmas. "We have celebrated Christ- mas according to the Julian calendar, since the Ukraine was converted to Christianity in 988 AD," he concluded. | MAN INJURED Oscar Huard, 516 Palace street, Whitby, suffered a bro- |ken arm in an accident at the |Lake Ontario Steel Company this week. | He was taken to Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital, where he received al address Mon- - time, claiming the move would)' Commissioner| Gerry Meridith, Oshawa's assessor, said in his year- end statement that he and his staff would undertake a reinspection of homes and sere in Wards Four and He explained today that "reinspection" was not the same as "'reassessment"': ELDON KERR Ends Long City Service Givens Gives cry SEEKS STRUCTURAL CHANGES : Gay Support Re-Inspection Plan Due "We will only be looking for structural changes -- additions, recreation rooms, improved plumbing." He said the reinspection, which has been completed in the other four wards of the city, was a perpetual process, one recommended a he city's consultants, J. P, Coombes Construction of Oshawa's new $221,850 bus garage is "ahead of schedule," says H. F. Bald- win, Public Utilities Commis- sioner. "It's coming right along," he told fellow-Commissioners at a meeting last night. The build- ing is due to be completed by mid-March. Mr. Baldwin said the con- tractor hopes to start work on the roof next week providing the weatherman co-operates, The 25,000 square foot build- ing at the northeast corner. of Farewell street and Raleigh avenue in the city's industrial park will house repair and paint and Associates when the Re- assessment Equalization aw was undertaken in he changes the individual home-owner or property-holder would be implemented as a result of the reinspection. shops, an office area and will store up to 36 buses. The November bus depart- ment report presented at the meeting showed a net loss of $1,249.33 compared with a net loss of $1,177.94 during Novem- ber 1963. The total loss for the first 11 months of 1964 was $34,866.46 compared with a net loss dur- ing the first 11 months of 1963 of $48,620.77. "December is going to throw a curve at us," R. B. Smith, bus superintendent, told the Commission. He said the strike by the United Auto Workers The rein: however, will be a thorough one in the wards concerned, and every home and property will be gone over carefully. This Mr. Meredith said, contrast- ed to the normal yearly visit to every home in the city dor the new census figures. Bus Revenue Dips During December union against General Motors hurt passenger revenue and added that two old buses, re- placed by three new diesel buses, would be written off the 'books at a loss, Mr. Smith said he sold the two old buses for $150 and "I feel kind of glad I got that much out of them." Mayor Lyman Gifford asked if it would be possible to use city buses to transport the Osh- awa Generals hockey team but Mr. Smith said it would be dif- ficult to get a charter licence and that city buses are not suit- able for charter work. Eldon Kerr has not only watched Oshawa grow during the past 55 years he has charted its growth. He retired at the end of De- cember after 35 years with the city's assessment department, the last 18 years as assessment commissioner. Mr. Kerr started in the as- sessment department in 1929 when the city's population was less than 30,000 and recalled in an interview today that Osh- awa's growth has been "pretty steady", "The city appears to be grow- ing at an even faster rate and I expect this pattern will con- tinue, "The assessment office was located in the north-east corner of Memorial Park .on Simcoe South when I started and there were only three men on_ the staff," he said. 'Now there are 11 or 12." "When I first started we used to write the entire assessment roll by hand but that job is now done by machine," recalled Mr. Kerr. '"'Sometimes we work- ed until the early hours of the morning and by the time we submitted to The Times, the paper. photographers submit ciated with advertising. The baby-picture pages. THE TIMES APOLOGIZES, AIM WAS PUBLIC SERVICE In an endeavor to complete publication of baby pictures pages was presented in Wednesday night's edition. Last week, it was noted in The Times that growth in the city was such that the newspaper could no longer keep pace in its project of featuring baby pictures regularly in the To avoid disappointing parents who had had portrait photographs of their youngsters, decision: was made to publish those pictures on file at the end of the year on special pages. The program was under- taken as a public service, not for monetary gain. Today The Times has learned that some parents object to the pictures of their children appearing on pages asso- for any inconvenience caused parents and any embarrass- ment to the photographer, Robert Aldsworth. Presentation on the pictures submitted to end of 1964 will continue as originally planned, as a public service to Times readers, Advertising will not be carried on future first of a series of special Times regrets and apologizes May Buy Legion Hall Mayor Gifford's proposal in his inaugural address that city council buy the Royal Canadian Legion Hall on Centre street comes at a time when Branch 43. is seriously considering re- locating. The Legion has purchased a site on Simcoe street south but building plans have not been announced. The present Legion hall was built in 1933. The cornerstone was laid by Col. R. S. McLa lin Oct. 14 of that year "in honor of the men who served and suffered in the Great War, 1914-1918", In a cavity bhind the stone in a receptacle were placed a number of relics, records, a list went home our eyes were blurr- ed from studying figures." Born in Bethany, about 20 miles west of Oshawa, Mr. Kerr was employed at General Mo- tors before joining the city, He retired as assessment commis- sioner last June but stayed on the job part-time. Gerry Meredith, who replaced Mr. Kerr as assessment com- missioner, said the assessment department and. city council are planning a retirement din- ner for Mr. Kerr later this month, "T"ve enjoyed my work with the city but I'm not really sorry to leave,"' said Mr. Kerr, who is now 61. "After 35 years I think its time to get away from it all." Heart Group To Hold Meet The Oshawa Chapter of the Ontario Heart Foundation will meet Friday evening to hear guest - speaker A, E, Barron, vice-president of the Foundation, and to discuss plans for a city- wide "'blitz" next month, The dinner meeting for the canvassers and executive, will |treatment and was released. be instructed by Mr. Barron Car Th Oshawa Police and OPP Bow- and charged three area youths in connection with car thefts. Det, Sgt. Ken Young said this morning that Maurice Ranger, 16, of 930 Crocus crescent, Whit- by, along with Gerald Williams of 130 Church street, Oshawa, and Robert Lloyd, 20, of Lake- shore-road, will be remanded on a total of eight counts today. He said that the trio had been stopped by Constable Ken Laton of the OPP on Highway 2 near Bowmanville and turned over to 'Youths Face eft Sgt. Peter White and Constable Stan Hodgson. They were found near one of two cars stolen in Oshawa yes- terday. Ranger, the detective said, has been charged with of officers of the Oshawa branch and its auxiliary, names of the building committee, those who donated their labor, a_photo- graph of Mr, McLaughlin and copies of The Oshawa Daily Times. Also a souvenir booklet commemorating the Ontario Provincial convention of the le- gion held in Oshawa in 1931 and a collection of coins and stamps of the era, Two city departments have been moved from city hall to new quarters -- the Welfare Department is at the northwest corner of King street and Mac- Millan drive and the Industrial Commission at 29% Simcoe street south, Mayor Gifford did not say which department he was sug- gesting be moved from the city hall if council decides to offer to purchase the legion hall. three thefts including two on Jan. 6. Williams has three charges, and Lloyd, one. Autos stolen from Herb Rob- inson Automotive Supply, on Richmond street and Doreen A. McCormack of Ajax on McMil- lan drive Wednesday were both recovered. ° College Hill School Entered College Hill School on Laval avenue was broken into last night, and a small magnet was stolen from the science lab, po- lice said this morning. his incident report, said he traced the footprints of a "12 or 18-year-old boy" to a large auditorium window about 6 p.m. The window, he said had been smashed by a stone, and the building entered. 'Subsequent inspection with Principal Howard Brown and the caretaker of the buil with films and a speech. Constable Carman Whyte, in showed no other damage, a OPEN HOUSE MCVI TONIGHT McLaughlin Collegiate principal George Roberts said today he is anticipating that more than 800 parents would be at the school to- night for open house. All teachers of the 1,130 students would be in their home rooms, he said, to dis- cuss progress and problems with parerits, Central Collegiate will hold their open house for parents tie ree 9 students only to- no other theft. Stephen Saywell, lieutenant- vision show, 'Front Page Chal- lenge." Mrs n, will chair the meeting. Ilene Coutts, of Hamp-| governor of Kiwanis Division 6-B, officiated this week at the installation of the 1965 of- | ficers and directors of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club in the Hotel Genosha. They are, left to right, (seated): Immediate Past-president Frank Taylor; first vice-president, Fred Kit- chen; club president, Robert Broadbent; second vice-presi- dent, Don Moore, and Mr. Saywell;. back row, left to right, treasurer Don Sullivan; club directors, Gordon Riehl, William Marchand, Lloyd Metcalf, Lorne Savery, . M. Reed, Jack Moore, Ted Wild- goose and secretary, Arthur NEW OFFICERS, DIRECTORS OF THE OSHAWA KIWANIS CLUB Berry. Mr. Taylor was pre- sented with an engraved cop- per plaque on his retirement as president. : Oshawa Times Photo