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aici ir nee Area Govt May Alter Next Year nother Whopping Year The stage is being set in On- of a play which could end with major changes in the 115-year- old structure of local govern-|a If the curtain rises on the first act, municipalities will re- municipal affairs will approve a study of local governments. The second act will' be per- formed by the study commis- sioner. And, the third act -- changes, if any, in the structure all aspects of the functions jtario County for the first act|and responsibilities of the exist- ing local government, particu- larly intermunicipal relations ind problems; ment. FUTURE GROWTH --the anticipated future de- velopment of the area or other quest and the department of |changes which may require re- organization or revision of the existing system of local govern- ment in the area; --any other related matters affecting the local government structure within the area of the of local government -- will be or City Construction #2" =< | To help set the stage, the Cen- tral Ontario Joint Planning Board this month decided to study. Three documents were com- piled by planning consultant Murray Jones during the one and a half year study in the Ottawa - Carlton area. The draft a resolution (as a guide|first was a report on research for municipalities) asking the) findings and included 17 lengthy municipal affairs department to|chapters detailing such things approve a study. The board willjas the economy of the area, probably consider the resolution| physical and historical -setting, next month and may decide to|the many functions of local gov- send it to all munieipal-_coun-/ ernment and-- municipal needs cils in Ontario County and pos-|and resources, * More than $26,000,000 worth of| JUNE HIGH POINT land rd. w. The buildings will go, The single-family and semi- building permits have been} The high point in June was|up close to the new St. Josephjdetached home building con- issued by the city during 1965--|hit by the permit for a Steven-jhigh school. tinued during November, a making this the second straight/son rd. n, apartment building $2,606,894 TOTAL month when the largest permit year when building in Oshawa| which-totalled $1,492,000. A King} Permits issued in October|went to an addition to the water has topped thé $25,000,000 mark.|st. e. shopping centre alsojwere for an apartment build-|works plant on Ritson rd. s., for The spread _of construction| accounted for $400,000 "in thejing, single family homes, semi-/$421,000. Three apartment build- has been well balanced through-| month. : detached-homes~-and- duplexes: |ing permits were issued -- for out the year with permits issued; Other apartment buildings|The total for the month was/Austin crt., at $35,000 each. lfor single family homes, apart-/Permits in the month were: |$2,606,894 of which the 126-unit) Also issued during November|sjibly in Durham County. lment buildings, factories,| Bloor st. w., $50,000; and Chau-japartment building on Went-| was a $350,000 permit for/npED ASSURANCE FINAL REPORT | schools. and churches. |cer av., where three buildings|worth st., took a $800,000 slice. |a shopping centre on King st. W.| «rhe department (of munici- The second document was a | The year got off to a fast|at $35,000 apiece were planned. pal affairs) must be assured of nds te the heen ae |start with a $25,000 addition to| A $65,000 permit was issued {opal <Aasie abl ped tat a os ae a at vas , : for the LCBO ° building on " R. Cum- |St. Mark's Anglican Church on Sp H k study," says Dr. L. R. Cum | i ve, Als in| Stevenson rd. s., beside the r I I l ria 4 ' .|was the final report, including | Beurling ave, Also recorded in a e Oo ewor dear. Morey pote lat a8 recommendations to the prov- * Spoil Student? teams from other boys' clubs but the team's coaches hope for affiliation with the the Canadian Amateur Swimming 'Association: This would mean entries in pro- vincial swimming -- meets. Coach and assistant coach for the swimming team are Daniel Humphries and James Smart. Diving team coach is Judy Mudd. --Oshawa Times Photo the backstroke. Geoff Chese- brough, of Hortop st., John Lander and Duncan Vipond, both of Brookside dr., are caught by the camera during a diving session, above right. The club has some 45 mem- bers ranging in age from seven years to 18. Some 30 members are on the swim- ming team while the re- mainder concentrate on div- ing. Swimming and diving competitions are held with THERE'S NOTHING LIKE a swim on a cold. winter's day -- in the heated pool at the Simcoe Hall Boys' Club on Eulalie av. Shown above are members of the city competitive swim club as they take part in one of the twice-weekly workouts at the club. Alison Vipond of Brookside dr., Sally Roblin, of King st., Whitby, and Diane Brooks of Pinecrest av., all show fine style in Yule Babies 'Slow January was a $27,000 apart-|Oshawa Shopping Centre, dur- ! f Spooner. 'Regional studies are|'™°°- i > : i -uni tment ment building on Elgin Court. jing July. A 152-unit apar : An addition to McLaughlin| building on Simcoe n., took an- basically the result of local de- Mr. Jones says objectives in mands where there is a favor-|frmulating proposals for a new CVI accounted for a whopping| Other $912,000 permit. | $239,000 in February. A build-| General Motors of Canada) peg tat origin RL 5 sysiem ot act pereaaiat Stacy Anns Unique ing permit for $204,000 was| built a new truck plant during issued for the Sir Albert |n. during the same month, Love|the year on a $940,000 permit » School Wilson rd.|issued in the same month as rage: oe oS gestions well as $91,000 additions to their) | Division st. quarters. A book making the rounds this} Mr. Murphy emphasized the Christmas called Raggedy Ann} many variables one has to take} girl (Marcella) who on her first} homework amounts; the student day at school gets some home-|and his intellectual abilities; the jness to look at local reform." The first local government and Marcella tells the story of alinto account when discussing|study -- in the Ottawa-Carlton County area -- was completed this spring (end of act two) and --to make it more responsive to local and area-wide needs, with clear lines of responsibil- ity and accountability to the electorate; | DONEVAN ADDITION Other apartment permits work. | teacher and his ability to instill/presented to the province. No Everyone admitted it was a| slow day for babies. Even so,|shall be having some New Year|baby was born at 10.05 p.m. on Christmas Day. I think we, of Liberty st., Bowmanville. Her | Dr. F. J. Donevan CVI was|issued in July included one for Marcell's problem is to find| knowledge and interest his stu- changes (act three) have yet --to give the reorganized gov- another been made by the province. ernment adequate resources and |also earmarked for an addition/$234,000 and another for $732,000 lcosting an estimated $180,000./for two complexes on Mill st., Another church which received|totalling 161 units. an addition was St. Mary of the; A six-unit block on Brock e., People Roman Catholic Church| was issued a $40,000 permit and on Stevenson rd, n., with &@/another for $598,000 went for a $30,000 permit. |92-unit block on Oxford st. Bloor The separate schoo] board ap-|st. w. is the site of a new motor plied again in March for ajhotel which obtained a $650,000 $204,000 permit for a school to|building permit. be built on Pacific av. A $50,000| $20,000 PERMIT | permit for an apartment build-| The Robson Lang Leather the answer to the addition prob-| dents; the subject itself. ] lem: how much is one and one?| "I am a great believer in a} Three other studies are being She figures it out with the as-| systematic approach to home-|conducted: in the Niagara re- sistance of her dolls, work," he said. "The student] gion (Welland and Lincoln Coun- The book was copyrighted in| should keep a record of the work ties); Peel and Halton Counties; 1952 and a puzzling point is this:|he has prepared and reviewed,|and in the Lakehead area (in- why did the author give his) 'This allows him to budget his|cluding Port Arthur and Fort Grade 1 heroine homework? time and may show him where| William). _ Homework in the early ele-|he needs to concentrate time| Dr. Cumming says: "... we mentary grades is wunknown,|and effort on a particular syb-|must know the region, we must generally, Little is given even| ject in which he is pyeak. study it in depth before we can Christmas Day saw babies born| babies." The second, birth, to three area mothers. TWO BIRTHS |boy, was born at 11.42 p.m, to} Oshawa General Hospital --| At Bowmanville Memorial|Mrs. Tilley Posthumus, of Liber-| used to dealing with four or five, Hospital there were two Christ-|ty st., Bowmanville. births a day -- saw only one mas Day births. | Both mothers and babies were) Christmas . birth. The first, an 8 pound boy, was/reported in fine conditions this) A bouncing 5 pound 11 ounch/born to Mrs. Jeannette Hancock, | morning. girl was born to Mrs. John) Waldon, of 503 Monteith ave. by (oll born at oe Rubberworkers assure costs are equitably borne and its benefits equitably shared; --equip it with efficient ad- a under effective con' rol; --allow for genuine flexibility in its adaptation to future needs, decide on the boundaries of a 7 on Christmas morning. This| morning mother and child were) reported doing "just fine". | The new-born is to be called, Stacey Ann. | Ajax and Pickering General ing on Westmount and a $40,000/Co. Ltd., on Whiting av., was in the higher grades. Many stu-|;ImME LOSS dents have their first real con- | proposed area and the services complex on Stevenson rd. | were also issued. Sign Contract WHITBY (Staff) -- A Christ-| guarantee work to an employee jin the following month when a|Front st., for $70,000, lfactory addition was permit for an apartment-stores|issued a $20,000 permit for an N.jaddition to the plant. Another Building really got under way|tario Malleable Iron Co, Ltd., on to the On- achool. tact with homework in high CORRECTIVE HOMEWORK time "This is very important. Oth- erwise there could be a gradual time loss which means increased must be spent to catch which should be provided on a regional basis."" PROVINCE PAYS In each study so far, the mu- jnicipal affairs department has Garage Blaze Christmas Day Oshawa recorded only one Dr. C. M. Elliott, superinten-| UP." dent of public schools in Osh-| Then, how much homework is awa, says any homework given|enough in high school? in the lower grades (Grades 1} '"'Generally we suggest one to to 4) would be of the remedial|one and one-half hours. each type, and not really hamework/night in Grades 9 and 10," Mr. at all. | Murphy said. "Grades 11 and 12 Remedial work enables a stu-| call for Ss og - in Grade dent to catch up. Homework,|13 the sky's the limit. on the other hand, is extra work|STEPPED UP Langa Bag Bagi Bhs Piso which is intended to comple-| "Naturally, at exam time the|o¢ the Niagara study is $75,000). ment the normal in-school work-/amount of time spent on both] jmost identical terms of ref- load. jreviewing and preparation May| rence were established for the "Taking work home to finish) have to be stepped up consider-|rirct four studies. The commis- it is not the same thing as/ably." : , |sioners have been required to homework,"' Dr, Elliott points) Mr. Murphy said the condi-|ciuay and report on: out. "This would be termed com-|tions under which homework is --the structure, organization pletion of work rather than addi-| done are important, too. A stu-/anq methods of operation of all tional work." |dent should have his own room, municipalities and their local In Grades 5 to 8 "'a little' or at least a work-area which is! oards in the county, including homework may be givei, lejhis own where he Can organize ielam?" says, with much left to the in-|his wor the. separated. citten, dividual teachers. And what| And there should he no dis- they give may depend on' the|tractions, although Mr. Murphy class itseif, as well as the in-|said some students report they dividual pupils. can do well with background "A maximum of one hour|music from a radio. A happy spent on homework is all that|home atmosphere can be impor- would be expected from Grade|tant as well. 8's," Dr. Elliott said, "but if a} Miss Margaret Pellow, head |pupil gets behind in his work of the Guidance Department at jor shows need for extra work, | Central, adds that there are sev- then more might have to. be|eral reasons why some students assigned, lare not bothered by homework Hospital were rather disappoint-| mas gift for office employees of| with seniority when laid off due|whole raft of permits were) July also saw a permit issued iad 4 aude comalele er, set the terms of reference and the proposed method of pro- cedure. The province assumes the whole cost initially and upon completion, the local municipal- ities reimburse the province 50 serious fire over the Christmas weekend. : A garage at 225 Fourth ave., was destroyed by a blaze on Christmas Day. It is believed a cigarette butt may have caused the fire, Oshawa Fire Depart- ment reports, Damage to the garage, owned by Francis Pottery, has been put at well over $2,000. This fig- ure includes over $700 worth of property stored in the garage. On Christmas Eve the Fire Department attended an apart- ment blaze at 359 Wilson rd. s. A ham being cooked on the stove caught fire. The blaze was extinguished with no dam- age to the apartment. Old Man Winter pulled a fast trick on the weekend and gave | ed. They didn't record one) nuniop of Canada Limited was|to automation. lissued for single family homestfor another apartment building Christmas birth. |agreement between the company| Local 494 failed to re-nego-\as well as commercial andjon Nonquon rd., for $400,000 and "Plenty on the way", reported) 514 Vocal 494, United Rubber-|tiate a non-contributory pension|other structures. The Oshawala $60,000 warehouse on Bloor w. a hospital spokesman, "but none) yorkers, on a new, union con-|as the employees will now pay|Board of. Education headed the} Oshawa's home building con- | tract. | part of the costs of the pension}list again with permits for|tinued with slightly slackened i "| The contract covers some 73| plan. Union president Edward| $226,377 and $125,000 for schools|pace with a reduced output of Youn MP employees and will run for|Jarvis said that the payment|on Grandview s. and Ridgeway|permits in August. Top spot in three years, backdated to Nov. | would help meet increased costs) ay., respectively. the month was the permit for a 9. Both union and company offi-jof the plan. Other highlights-in April were|$233,000 motor hotel on Gibb st. cials have said that they are) PAY CHEQUE POOLED the permits for a $100,000 and) GM applied for another per- ar t + pleased with the latest agree-| Also negotiated was a partial|$150,000 and $75,000 apartment/mit for an addition in Septem- ment. jrescindment of a suspension of] buildings on Elgin st. and Mill|ber, eo for , ig i f the Ontario $14 RAISE |46 employees who attended a\st shipping building on Park rd. s. older seoy' Padhament at King-| Major clauses include the pro-| union meeting and got back to| The pace kept up in the fol-|The Oshawa Board of Education ston today for its 45th session! vision of wage raises ranging! work late Oct. 21. Some 24 em-| lowing month with many $20,000) reached _ the top during the was attended by the member|from $8.25 or $14 over the term|ployees' who walke dout injand $24,000 permits being issued|month with the $1,711,000 per- for Oshawa Riding, Alan P.|of the contract. The pay hikes) support of their co-workers were) for Oshawa homes. A King st. e.;mit for the new Eastdale school Hare. Will include those made on the) given a share of the negotiated! stare warranted a $40,000 per-|now rising on Harmony rd. n. Alan, a Laurel crt. resident, employee's anniversary date) benefits by the local. | mit while Kingsway College was| Adelaide House on Centre st. represents the constituency as a| with the company. The one-day pay cheque given/given a $150,000 permit for ajis the site ofa new gymnasium member.of..the parliament to-| Union negotiators won a closed|to the suspended workers was} school. for the YWCA for which a gether with 115 boys from all|shop and participation" In the)pooledand~sharedamong~ the|~~Elgin ~crt:~was--to--be~-the/$150,000-permit-went-out-in Sep- parts of Ontario. The parliament|company's job evaluation pro-|70 workers, averaging out at/scene of yet another apartment tember. Nonquon rd. was the is sponsored by the Ontario! gram. Job security clauses!$10 -apiece. building as a $35,000 building | site of yet another apartment Council of Christian Education. ES RU men cna =" permit res subnet. A pred borer for ome $500,000 outhful legislators, all in moth $735,000 permit was given|permit was autho : Ge 18 to feyearald group, are| NO ca ONE HURT an apartment complex on Ox-| Duplate Canada Ltd., began elected in a way similar to fed- : ford st., the largest permit of|an addition to the Howard st. éral members of Parliament. | R h Of R E qd | i ass a Se oe eth assing resolutions | e Christian and Missionary e § s St s 'oe eas eal with existing legis- | as €al- n ers | Alliance was granted a $105,000/teaching order of nuns, were lation. Also, the boys will try | for a church on Adelaide st. e.,/given a $350,000 permit for a to bring about action on legis-| : 4 during May. jchapel and residence on Ross-|NQ SURPRISE | assignments and others feel bur- Jation passed within his con- er YUICcKle orm | ae "I think there should be some| dened and almost suffocated. stituency. | | ro cago ibis in eprops cag icoie Ge Toronto General Hospital --| Y F A Y ths tary schools so the high school|the early grades w 4 . 8 where she is in critical condi- Two €als or rea ou layetets (of some homework} much in the way of homework," Lake-Limits | every night) would not be a sur-/She notes, "and then all of a |sudden find the going tough. Oshawa and district, and most|tion today -- after she alighted lof Ontario, a white Christmas. Service Only | See any city buses today? Not likely, unless you were plodding along Simcoe st., where the only bus in opera- tion will run until midnight. It is the city limits-lake bus, running hourly. Bus services on other routes) The area caught the brunt of a snow storm that climbed the continent from the Gulf of Mexico. t Three inches fell here and temperatures dipped to 10 de- grees both Saturday and Sun- day. A small freezing-rain storm that preceded the snowfall iced thé roads Saturday 'and resulted were cancelled for the day by/in a host of hear-end accidents creramm ani tiowes A Milk Store Robberies 2 Oshawa police report there were a series of rear-end acci- dents here yesterday. Ontario Provincial Police at Bowmanville reported several small accidents in the area over | the weekend, but no-one was injured and in Whitby and Ajax no accidents were reported. Weather forecast for today is prise." 1/10 holdups of late-closing Tor- TORONTO -- An 18-year-old Pickering youth, Harry Cavan, was sentenced here Thursday to two years less one day definite in reformatory for his part in meaux were the only two of the five youths involved in all hold- ups Warren Bruce Barton, 19, in- volved in nine, was given two years less one day indefinite while Roy Pineault, 16, involved onto stores. jin. six, received one year defi- Cavan and four other youths,/nite and 18 months indefinite in Harrison E. Murphy, princi-| 'NEVER LEARNED' pal of Central Collegiate here,| "In Grades 11 and 12 the work says homework should-include a|is more difficult, there is more systematic review of work al-|of it and suddenly they are be- ready covered, as well as the/hind. And preparation of assignments. "We don't want the stugpnt to concentrate on one to th often jnever learned to study." they have Lack of motivation, especial- x-|ly in boys, is another factor clusion of the other," Mr, Mur-| which can get in the way, of suc- phy said. "I'm no believer in| cess homework just for the sake of| school. all of Toronto, were arrested) reformatory. homework. in both homework and Knowing how to study and Roderic Lindsay, 19, who took part in three robberies, was sentenced to nine months in reformatory and one year in- definite. : "But some subjects, especial-| having, or cultivating, the abil-| 4 ly in the lower grades, can be/ity to concentrate on a subject taught with a minimum. of| may be the keys to getting more homework. For example, Grade/out of the time spent on home- 9 and 10 English." work, says Miss Pellow. the Public Utilities Commis-jand at least one bad mishap |mainly cloudy with snow-flurries|Nov. 20 for the holdups. | sion, observing the city's exten- | where damage was heavy,|with scattered snowfall tonight;| Stiffest sentence in the case sion of the Christmas holiday. (though no-one was hurt. |variable cloudiness and colder|went to Samuel Desormeaux, The Simcoe st. bus went into) Christmas Eve, a 69-year-old air will affect the area to-|19, who drew a three - year service at 9 a.m. 'Dunbarton woman was taken to! morrow. prison term. Cavan and Desor- YOUNG MAN ON WAY UP IN MILITIA: 'Ive Learned An Awful Lot In City Militia" port from. my troop by look- ing out for their interests and "going to bat" for them when necessary. This, coupled with ern Ontario. On graduation, he hopes to teach in the Oshawa secondary school system. JOINED IN '60 joined the Ontario-Regi- "Sure, I've learned an awful lot since, but I got my real basic training as a leader and insight into army life as a stu- dent, militiaman in the Ontario ing responsibilities fell on my shoulders -- well, that was an- other story." 'NOT JUST SHOUTING' "As a corporal--instructor, 1 army. After all, the regulars are full-time soldiers and they're doing their job all the time, "In the militia, you have many problems-to-coniend with excellent training and get regu- lar army rates of: pay for it." EDITOR'S NOTE: Recruiting for the 1966 On- Regiment." : This is what Lieutenant Bob Anderson, a troop leader in "A" Squadron had-to-say-in-support of the Ontario Regiment's Stu- dent Militia Training Program. Lieutenant Anderson is respon- sible for the training of crews and the maintenance of four ive Sherman tanks attach vétg his squadron. He is a Awane nhueiogl edurdtian o! jt. dent at the University of West- ment's Student Militia training program in June, 1960. On com- pletion of the course he under- went-a-junior- non-commissioned officer's course and consequent ly became a corporal instructor. "T sure got an introduction to what leadership was all about in a hurry', recalled Lieutenant A rson, a a trooper re- cruit, being a good leader meant Very Mila" Bow 4h o totlowing year, when a lot of the train- soon learned that there's a lot more you need to know than just being able to shout orders at people. You have to be able ~ to take orders and demonstrate to your men that you are a real leader. Initiative and drive are important, too. You can't ex- pect your men to be really en- thusiastic about training if you don't show a lot of enthusiasm yourself: "i found out that I really got co-operation and gup- of my ability, has helped me all the way aiong." Lieutenant Anderson was ap- pointed a provisional second tenant in October, 1962, with four other members of the 1960 Student Militia program. "My officer training mérely put the polish on what'I'd already learn- ed as & Corpora! in the regi- ment. It's much tougher:to be NCO ai im. the than in regular oi fieer the @ guud militia -- men have full-time jobs -- they go on night shifis, and so on. To be-a successful officer or non-commissioned officer, you must try to make the train- ing as interesting as possible so that your men really want to attend training." "T heartily recommend the Ontario Regiment's Student Mil- itia Training Program," said Rob. "Nowhere: that I-know of will a young man receive such tario* Regiment Student Militia Training Program gets under- 'way-early-this -week--The-Regi- ment's quotas must be filled by January 15, 1966. Interested young men should apply immed- iately for a place on this course. They may do so by applying in person to Regimental Headquar- ters, fhe Armoury, every day during Christmas Tuesday or Thursday evenings from 8 p.m. on, holidays or SANTA AND FRIEND There was all-the wonder staged at the UAW Hall on and awe of Christmas in Bond st., by Local 2028, the eyes of this little girl International Brotherhood of when she visited with Santa Electrical Workers. More shortly before he was sched- than 300 youngsters enjoyed uled to take off on his once- a movie, sing-songs, refresh- 2-year "chore. Santa "mot mcnts aad treats before St, some of his clients atthe Nick made 'his appearance, annual- Christings Party -- Times Photo ' « a