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It was announced Thurs- day that the general con- tract for a major addition to the Du Pont of Canada finishes plant in Ajax has been awarded to Pigott Construction Company Lim- ited of Toronto. Work is New Ajax Hospital At 85 Per Cent Capacity AJAX -- The new Ajax and Pickering General Hospital, two months after its official opening, operates at 85 per cent of capacity, according to Administrator Kenneth Mac- Innis. He said the. $2,348,000, four- storey hospital has operated at 90 per cent capacity for short periods. Of the 92 beds avail- able, 70 are medical and sur- gical. There will be 127 beds available by May. "This is an extremely busy time of year for hospitals," said Mr. Macinnis. "There is a great deal of illness in Janu- ary and February, and hospi- tal facilities feel the increased wad." The former hospital, a 45-bed, frame-type bui averaged ding, 47 patients daily, but had to accommodate up to 65 on occa- sion. He said ideal conditions in the new hospital would be 80 to 85 per cen! occupancy. NEW DEPARTMENTS The new departments, includ- ing physiotherapy and labora- tory, assumed immediate im- tion. The physiotherapy depart- ment, under Mrs, _ Brenda Pemberton . Pigott, MCPA, MCSP, averages 20 treatments per day. The department is equipped with whirlpool baths, infra-red lamps, exercise equip- ment and electromassage urits. Mrs. Pemberton-Pigott hopes to see more use made of the new department by cerebral palsy patients. The department offers re-education exercises. Also, local doctors are ad- vising their patients to have physiotherapy treatment imme- diately foliowing removal of casts for broken bones. The work of this department increased to the point recently where an assistant, Mrs. Sharon Bartlett, was hired. FULL-TIME PHARMACIST The hospital also hired a full- time pharmacist, Daniel Mar- ouka, formerly of Kingston General Hospital. With a reg- istered pharmacist in charge of this department, better drug control is possible in the hospi- tal system. Mr. Marouka also handles purchasing of drugs. portance in the hospital func- With a new laboratory, more BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE Suspend Sentence For Pallet Theft AJAX (Staff) -- Two Toronto youths, who pleaded guilty two weeks ago to stealing over $1,000 of iron pallets from the Fledco plant at Ajax, were each given two year suspended sen- tences by Magistrate Harry Jermyn in Ajax Magistrate Court Thursday. Roderick William Taylor, 17 and Daniel G. Graham, 19, were placed in the custody of their fathers, who appeared in court, on their behalf and addressed Magistrate Harry Jermyn before sentence was passed. Mr. Taylor told the court he would attempt to send his son back to school if arrangements could be made. He said his son did not realize the value of the pallets he stole to sell for scrap iron. Roderick Taylor said he wanted a chance to prove he was worthy of the trouble his ag had gone to on his be- alf. Mr. Grahma said he would like to get his son into the Jar- vis Vocational School. Magis- trate Jermyn ruled the accused must live with their fathers dur- ing their probationary period and that they be in by 11 p.m. Neither of the accused had pre-! vious criminal records. Pleading guilty to impaired driving, Francis P. Doyle, 38, of Lot 12, Concession 7, Brock Township, was fined $100. OPP Constable Dave Onlock said he had followed a_ truck driven by the accused along Highway 7 and 12 on Jan. 11 at|a speeds between 65 and 70 mph. The accused had swerved across the centre line and onto the curb several times before he was stopped. Onlock said Doyle had stag- gered from his vehicle and smelled of alcohol when he was stopped. An alcohol influence test given to the accused an hour and a half later showed he was impaired by. alcohol. A 17-year-old Pickering Vil- lage yough, David H. Drew of Kingston Rd. W, was sentenced to two months in jail by Magis- trate Harry Jermyn when he appeared on a charge of failing to observe the conditions of his recognizance while on pro- bation. Drew was given a one year Suspended sentence Nov. 19 when he was found guilty of theft under $50 after stealing a yg in Pickering . Village on Sept. 3. On ae 19, while on pro- bation, he was convicted in Richmond Hill of taking a motor vehicle without permis- sion thus breaking the terms of his probation. Magistrate Jermyn said that in a report from the House of Concord, where the. accused was sent to serve his probationary period, Drew had made very little progress and had been most unco-operative. Failing to file sales tax re- turns cost an Ajax company $30, | Constable |that the accused had no money, Coupland Plastics Ltd. of Frank- com St. in Ajax was found guilty in absentia of having failed ty send returns in time for the months of September, Octo- ber and November of 1964. A minimum penalty of $10 on each charge was levied by Magistrate Jermyn when he discovered that the company had since made its peace with the Excise Act. Five Nova Scotia youths were remanded in custody for one week in order to obtain their records when they appeared on a charge of vagrancy. Pickering Township Constable William Kolebniak, in a state- ment to the court, said that he was summoned to the Highland Auto Body Shop at 6:05 p.m. on Feb. 17 when the owner in- formed the Police Station that five Nova Scotia youths wanted to sell their car for $65. Kolebniak found no change of clothes and the car contained a gasoline tank and a siphon hose which smelled of gasoline. The youths had no registration papers for the car or. Magistrate Jermyn decided that the most merciful thing to do at this time was to remand the accused in custody for one week so that their records could be checked. Apparently they had not eaten for three days. One of the youths was on pro- bation for an indefinite period, a sentence, which Crown Attor- ney Bruce Affleck said, was illegal. Charged with vagrancy were: Gordon De Young, 20, Terance Marriott, 17, Ralph J. Bellefon- taine, 18, Allan J. Macinnes, 18, all of Halifax and Vaughan Mac- Donald, 16, of Springfield. A Pickering Township youth, David Parliament was given a one year suspended sentence with probation when he came up for sentence after he had been found guilty of obstructing justice. David Parliament, of White's Rd., Pickering, had given the alias of Harold Turner to the Pickering Township Police when he was picked up on Feb. 6 on a charge of having liquor in a place other than his resi- cence, Magistrate Jermyn told the accused; "We expect everybody to take a responsibility in en- forcing the law." The magis- trate confined the accused to Ontario County during his pro- bation period and imposed an 11 p.m. curfew. The operator of the Woodland Restaurant on Highway 2 at Pickering, Arthur E. Trolloppe, was found guilty of failing to produce payroll records to the Unemployment Insurance Com- mission. Commission Inspector M. J '|Skalin said he had attempted to get the records from Mr. Trolloppe on several occasions ing and equipment will be which apparently was not paid) CONTRACT AWARDED FOR AJAX PLANT EXPANSION scheduled to be completed late this year. The. com- bined cost of the new build- about $5,000,000. Seen here is an 'architect's drawing of fhe new plant, hospital procedures are pos- sible than with the former system. Under Dr. I. Cass, the department offers faster diag- and a 60-pound machine. There is a large flatwork ironer,. The denartment has six employees. The nursing department has expanded from 52.in December, 1964, to 76 According to Mr. MacInnis, the nursing staff is largely responsible for the smooth change-over from old to new facilities. "The shake-down period last- ed about a week and a half," said Mr. MacInnis. "Now things are rupning smoothly, and you can hardly sense there has been a swift change to new systemS and facilities." NEW SYSTEM One impressive new system is central dictating for doctors, and record control. The hospi- tal has several telephones which allow doctors to record, into a central dictating system, their patient reports. The main floor department also has a three-position booth for doctors to record their work. It is located between the doctors' lounge and the records control room. Since the opening of the hos- pital in November, several groups have visited the build- ing. A delegation from the pro- posed York General Hospital, headed by the executive secre- tary, Brigadier C. H. Dew-|; hurst, OBE, stated it was im- pressed by the Ajax hospital's planning, architecture, equip- ment, furnishings and staff. According to a letter from Brigadier Dewhurst, "much of what we saw and discussed on the tour will assuredly af- fect our plans for York General Hospital " Mr. MacInnis pointed out that the fund-raising campaign 'for the new hospital continues and pledges are still being received. Local organizations continue to name the hospital as recipient of fund- -raising projects. EMPHASIZES THE HUMAN ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP)--The Art Gallery Association of New-) foundland wants local artists to} make more use of the human figure in their work: The asso- ciation has designated "aspects of daily life' as the theme for the annual spring exhibition to be held here in March and April. _Entries close March 16 16. SEEKS BAN END MONTREAL (CP)--The pub- lishers of Playboy magazine have made representations to both the federal and Quebec governments to end the ban on the magazine's open sale in Quebec. Sold in the other nine provinces on newsstands, the magazine has a circulation by mail jn Quebec. of 15,000 copies. without success. He had then sent a letter to the accused stating he would call on him to check the record at 9 a.m. on Jan. 18. Mr. Skalin said the accused had not been present to make his records available. Mr. Trolloppe stated that he had arrived at his restaurant at 10 a.m. because he had been given drugs by his doctor on the previous evening for a_ heart condition. Magistrate Harry Jermyn found the accused guilty, but under the conditions fined him a minimum $10. Magistrate Harry Jermyn said he felt $10 was an insuffi- cient fine for a person found with liquor in a place other than a residence and said that Ontario County Justices of the Peace would be instructed to increase the fine on this charge if accused persons. wished to pay out of court. John Murray, 24, of Toronto, was found guilty in absentia when Pickering Township Police Constable John Brown testified the accused had 11 bottles of beer in his car on Valley Farm Wade Heads Liberals In Durham Area PORT HOPE -- Harry Wade, of Newtonville, was elected president of the Durham Rid- nosis. Skin tissues are exam- Dur i ined in a pathology department,|ing Liberal Association at its and the department also has ajannual meeting here. Glen- histology 'technician, Mr, G.jholme Hughes, of Bowman- Rentrew. ville, the retiring president, Another new service, lJaun-jconducted the meeting. The dry cleaning, handles some|Lions Centre was filled to 6,009 pounds a week through aj Capacity. 350-pound washer - extractor] Russell ©. Honey, Durham Riding MP; told the gathering that in 1965 Canada has a buoyant economy, the lowest unemployment since 1956 and a heartening budgetary posi- tion. The report of the nominating committee, presented by E. R. Lovekin, resulted in the follow- ing officers being elected; first vice - president, Roger Kirk- patrick, Port Hope; second vice - president, William J. Bragg, RR 4, Bowmanville; third vice-president, John Rick- ard, Newcastle; fourth Vice- president, Neil Malcolm, Black- stock; secretary treasurer, E..R. Lovekin, Newcastle; pub- licity director, John Burns, Port Hope. The meeting unanimously Passed resolutions expressing confidence. and support of Prime Minister Lester B. Pear- son and of Andrew Thompson, the leader of the Liberal Party in the Ontario Legislature.« Mrs. Russell C. Honey on behalf of the executive of the Durham County Liberal Asso- ciation, presented a beautiful bouquet of red roses to Mrs. Hughes, wife of the associa- tion's president. for 1963 and 1964. i Frank Rickard of Newcastle, a former MP for Durham Rid- ing, spoke briefly, saying the riding is fortunate to have Mr. Honey as its represesentative in the Commons. If All 'Go' U.S. May Get 'Into Orbit' WASHINGTON (CP) -- ~ |Manned space flight by the United States may get back into orbit in mid-April if every- thing jells. So far it hasn't. The Gemini program of 12. launchings, de- signed as a blastoff pad for reaching the moon by 1970, has been running about 18 months behind schedule. space since Air Force Maj. Le- roy Gordon Cooper exceeded 34 hours aloft in May, 1963. But all that can change in April, when it is hoped to dis- patch the first U.S. double team for three orbits around the earth, The second of two unmanned shots, completing tests on the 6,900 - pound Gemini capsule, was completed successfully Jan. 19 after tribulations including ~|two hurricanes at Cape Ken- nedy, Fla., and a bolt of light- ning. PLAN 10 SHOTS The April launching would be the first of 10 manned space tests culminating in space so- journs of up to two weeks, plus the first man-manoeuvres out- side space capsules. The program also envisages rendezvous with satellite pods to be worked into solid contact with the main space vehicle. From this would flow guidance for the huge Apollo program to come, in which three-man moon crews will be launched by huge Saturn V rocket engines. With luck, Gemini could get off three manned flights in 1965. Manned shot No. 1--shot No. 3 in the program--could come April 19 or it could be a bit earlier. The two-man team is headed by Maj. Virgil I. (Gus) Crisson, one of the original as- tronauts. : There have been: 28 astro- nauts carefully selected and toughened for Gemini and their training stops the day before they take off. road on Jan. 9. Two teenagers in the car had not been drink- ing. The accused could have paid $19 out of court if he had wished to plead guilty to the charge earlier, Instead, Magistrate Jer- TREE WIDESPREAD Eastern hemloek grows from the Great Lakes region to the Maritimes, its distribution linked wiih the distribution of deer that seek the shade of|A myn levied a $25 fine. these trees, The U.S. hasn't had a man in|~~~ Breeders Review Year = -- Russell' Osborne, of tle, was ls at the annual Durham County meeting of the Eastern Breeders' Incorporated in the town half here recently. Mr. Osborne gave a very com- plete accounting of the progress made by Eastern Breeders dur- ing the past year, and spoke to the group on many of the im- portant aspects of the' business. In 1964 Mr. Osborne reported that over 125,000 first services weie performed by Eastern Breeders, and this figure repre- sents an increase of almost 1,000 cows over 1963. ACHIEVEMENTS CITED Dr. Max McLean, manager of Eastern Breeders, spoke briefly to the meeting, outlining some of the achievements of the or- ganization and speaking of the prospects for the future year. Dr. R. G, Smiley, the assis- tant manager, gave a complete repori,of the sires currently in service at Eastern Breeders, and accompanied his talk with the showing of slides of several of the sires. Milford Creighton, branch supervisor of the Port Hope of- fice, reviewed the past 12 months of work done out of that office," Charles Gracey, sales mana- ger of Eastern Breeders, spoke to the meeting on a topic en- titled, 'Farming With Your Head", While it is becoming more difficult to make a profit- able living on the farm, Mr. Gracey pointed out that many farmers could improve their in- come by applying known prin- ciples of livestock and crop pro- duction to their own farm oper- at'ons. OFFICERS ELECTED The following slate of officers were elected for the coming year: Diiector, Mr. Russell Os- borne, Newcastle, Ont.; Secre- tary, Mr. A. O. Dalrymple, Agri- cultural Representative, Bow- manville, Ontario; Voting Dele- gates, Wes Werry, Hampton; Francis Jose, Newcastle; Ross Stevens, Bowmanville; Russell Osborne, Newcastle; Mel Mc- Holm, Port Hope. Alternate Delegates, Wes Yellowlees, En- niskillen; Carlos Tamblyn, Orono; George Carson, Orono; Ben Brown, Bowmanville. Hol- stein County Representative, Te Mr. R. B. Brown, Bowmanville, | Ont. Plan Dedication Of New Industry AJAX -- Ajax will formally add another new industry Feb. 25. when Scripture Press: Founda- tion of Canada will hold a dedi- cation ceremony and open house at its office and warehouse, 61 Commercial avenue, Ajax, at 7:45 p.m. Among those taking part in the dedication will be Mayor Harry Smith of Ajax, Dr. Paul Smith, People's Church, Toronto who will be the featured speaker; Rev, Don Evans, Cal- vary Church, Toronto; Rev. Wil- liam Newell; Rev. Robert Lytle. Calvary Baptist Church, Osh- awa; A. J. Stewart, Evangelical Publishers, Toronto; Gordon Bish, Canadian Keswick and Tom Patience, Ontario Sunday School Association. Scripture Press Publications, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois, has for: 30 years produced and published Sunday School materials. Two years ago Scripture Press Foun- dation of Canada was _ incor; porated and has been serving the Canadian public since that time. To adequately provide for the expansion of its work it has moved the operation to Ajax where the office and warehouse are now housed in one building. Bodifines Plans Area Canvass PICKERING (Staff) -- The Pickering Township and Village Red Cross Society will canvass the township and village for funds during the first week of Red Cross Month of March, President Mrs. Daniel Jen- kins received permission from the Village and Township Coun- cils to declare the first week, March 1-6, Red Cross Week in the Township and Village. A pre-campaign tea will be held at the Red Cross Head- quarters at the old school north of the railroad tracks, on the Brock road, at 2 p.m., on Feb. we oe A one-day blitz is planned for the Bay Ridges area to be conducted on Mar. 1 and the entire campaign for funds is expected to be completed in one week, Council Sets Date For Reeve's Dinner HAMPTON (Staff) -- A ten- tative date, for the testimonial dinner for A. L. Blanchard, reeve of Darlington Township, has been set for May 7, it was decided at Thursday's council meeting. It is hoped that 250 people will be abie to attend the dinner which will be held in the Maple Grove Hall, Maple Grove. Mrs. Mary Budai, will be Darlington Township's delegate at the Ontario School Trustees and Ratepayer's Association Convention in Toronto'in May. A $25 membership fee was also approved. Decision BOWMANVILLE -- Bowman- ville Town Council, at its meet- ing this week, discussed the pro- vincial government proposal that the United Counties of Dur- ham and Northumberland and the Counties of Peterborough, Victoria and Haliburton jointly have one jail. No decision was made. Deput; Reeve Ross Stevens will present additional data at the March 1 council meeting. Further discus- sion is expected at that time. Reeve Sidney Little moved that council go on record as opposed to the joint jail and that a copy be sent to the United Counties Council in Cobourg. Councillor Ken Hooper seconded the motion but later withdrew his support. Opposition to the motion was voiced by Councillor G. Hughes. He said he was not sure of the adequacy of the present coun- ties jail in Cobourg. He felt bet- ter quarters would be provided by a new jail for those awaiting trial. Deputy Reeve Ross Stevens in also speaking against the mo- tion explained that while the amount of $38,000 has been quoted as having been spent on the Cobourg jail two years ago, that this quotation is mislead- ing. $27,000 SPENT "Only $27,000 of that total was spent on new construction, the balance was expended for main- tenance. Two years ago the De- partment of Justice advised that the women's section of the Co- bourg jail be eliminated be- cause it would be cheaper to transfer the few female prison- ers to a jail in an adjoining municipality. "Despite this, two years ago changes were made in the women's section, and a matron is kept on there all the time. The wife of Cobourg jail's gov- ernor has this job. She has On Proposed Jail Delayed friends in Cobour » and you would be surprised how much merchants there make through supplying the jail," Deputy Reeve Stevens said. THREE-YEAR PROGRAM He stated that the work on the Cobourg jail will not be fin. ished for three years, and that seven years from its completion more space will be needed. At that time a new jail would be needed in Cobourg, and there would not be any grants for it, the Deputy Reeve added. He suggested that the jail there might be sold to the Town of Cobourg for $27,000. "Also on the humane side the proposed central jail for the United Counties, Peterborough, Haliburton and Victoria Coun- ties would be much better. It would have proper facilities for rehabilitation training. It would have the new concept of prison life, and be a step in the right direction. "Also I am almost sure if we join with the neighboring three counties the central jail would be built in Millbrook, in Dur- a County," the deputy reeve said. Village Gets Lower Levy PORT HOPE -- The yearly debate as to how much New- castle should pay as its share of the Ganaraska Region Con- servation Authority municipal levy took more than an hour to decide the issue Wednesday. It resulted in 'the authority granting another reduction again for that town. The total 'evy of fhe. seven municiplaities within the author- ity was reduced from $7,500 to $7,249. Newcastle will pay $300 ee -- Members of the Pickering Township Parks and Recreation Committee, at a recent meeting, passed a reso-' lution to reimburse t Ives for the time and effort they}; will' contribute in the future. The resolution suggested that each member be paid $10 for each regular meeting he attends. Paid meetings will be limited to a maximum of 10 during the! a year. Robert Calaine, of Green|?# River, addressed the committee sion regarding the financial problem about their rink. He also en- quired about the formation of a recreation committee in the area, He was advised to submit the amount of money desired so it can be discussed when the com- mittee sets its budget at its next meeting. He was informed that if he had the names. of five people who would be will- ing to work on a committee at Green River, the parks and ane committee would help m. POPULATION GROWTH The world's total population at the time of Christ was about 250,000,000 compared with the present 3,500,000,000. instead of the approved levy of $551. The only other municipality assessed less than its share be- cause of objections in the past, is Port Hope This town's share according to population and as- sessment should be $3,820. It will be called on to pay $2,868. The Newcastle levy was low- ered despite objections from some members. F.R. BLAGK ©. v. 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