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Mf Sea) Hit By Fire Fire hit the construction site; tarpaulins ae roofing materials | 3 Collegiate | Stored nearby. ™ -- tit rg 6 | Little damage was caused to and Vocational Institute OD|ihe structure of the building. Harmony rd. n., yesterday|puilding machinery was dam- evening. jaged in the blaze. The blaze, which was started | The new collegiate stands on by a construction salamander, the corner of Harmony and caused an estimated $1,500 | Adelaide ave. damage. Official _ opening Oshawa Fire Department, aap torelenange M who rushed five fire engines to! 'phe 38 room school will have the scene, took two hours t0/19 regular classrooms, 10 com- bring the blaze under control. mercial and shop rooms and A department spokesman said this morning that blame for nine full shops. Two gymnas- the fire had been put on a iums will be built as well as a chimney from a salamander in sloping floor auditorium. c The fire comes at a bad time) the north end of the building. The overheated pipe ignited Old Diaries, Ticket Stubs -- Could Help City History Miss Abbott stressed that it- ems would not be displayed with of the is planned slightly behind schedule. Do you have an old family diary in the basement? Old bills of sale maybe? Perhaps a tick-|out permission from the owner. et-stub to a band concert or a) 'Some of these old letters are turkey supper that your great/sometimes very personal and grandfather attended as a child.|sometimes very funny.. People If so, the Oshawa and Dist-|don't like having their dead rel-| rict Historical Society would be|atives laughed at in public. glad to hear from you. | "But this should not stop peo-| Every little scrap of inform-|Ple giving us information. In| ation helps in the long pains-| many cases all we would do is with work on the project lagging) 7 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1966 Whitby's third traffic fatality;outright in the two-car crash in less than three weeks|which occurred on Dundas st. occurred Saturday when a 19-)w., near Lynde's Creek. year-old mother of two died ae She became Whitby's second A ne cagaag cee aa traffic| t attic fatality for 1966. Mrs. Mary Eileen Lee, of 210; A second person in the car, Mary St., Oshawa, was killed) Gordon Donnelly, 20, of 637 Hit-Run Sequence Investigation On Oshawa city police are inves-)Hicks, 62 Montrave ave.; was |tigating three hit-and-run acci-|struck by - dents which occurred Saturday.|without stopping. Minor damage was caused in} Police have traced the driver all three two-car accidents. of the third hit-and-run vehicle. | The first vehicle struck was}, loutside 258 Mitchell ave., where) ilacerations and head injuries. | taking task of piecing together) make photostats so that we have |a record', | man in Columbus recent ly gave the society a vast coll- ection of old ticket-stubs. | They dated back to the mid-| idle and late 1800's. "They were! the history of the city. One of the society's major pro-| jects is the collection of city archives. VERY THIN i the mom-; ae ae - |concerts. It was amazing the| In preparing the city's history | apie to get from them" Miss | in complete detail, the society) spnnott explaindd. need everyone's help | "We were able to find out The society. is interested in| where people were meeting, who any old document. It could be|the speakers of the day were a newsy letter, describing a day-|names of organizations, and all long journey from Oshawa t0ikinds of things." | Bowmanville before the turn of} The Historical Society, with the century. | well over 150 members, was in- It is this kind of letter the so-/itially started to manage and/| clety is seeking. In these chatty | found the Henry House Museum} epistles all kinds of valuable tid-jat the Lakeshore. bits are revealed. | | However minor the informat-|200% VISITORS 3 i é | ful 1 fling| At that time the society had a Aadays srg or 8 ew major aims other that the "Our archives are very thin immediate problem of restoring at the moment", sald Miss Char- Henry House and readying it lotte Abbott, the society's cura- wr® eng' green nas ti tor. "We have only just begun 0 einer 20 000 pt "eg the task. It is going to be a long,| hove déured the buildin DEON? long time before we have cons-| Now tha shugeum bese steady plete detailed history of the city.| aneare fine: ak with the "No-one has ever written a f the city. release from immediate worry, complete history of the clt¥. ithe society has turned its inter- There have been par that est to other local matters. on the subject. but_n " 'The city archives are the first bg ge my are more project. The collection, which is) holes than we would like to ad-| mit in our archives. An awful) lot of work has yet to be done.|has been put into the work. PERMISSION FIRST | "We need the help of every-| one in preparing the city's his-| tory. If people run across an) old item in the basement or attic of their home we would) like to see it." Heart Attack Held Death Cause | \t hardy settlers. GM'S IMPETUS It grew and grew, however. But it wasn't until General Mo- itors moved here and began to growth in the city. "Although still very young it} is an interesting city historic-| lally", Miss Abbott said. | Whitby,.a much Callum 59, of Port Colborne,| Ont., died Sunday on the deck tha hi tne Cni- of its members are from the nearby town. There is talk at the moment,} of Whitby forming its own hist-| orical society so that it can con-| centrate on its own work = shin a snip cago River. He apparently died of;a heart attack. | McCallum died aboard the J. Medill Patterson a Chicago Tribune paper boat of which he was ship-keeper. no definite plans McCallum lived aboard the; The extension of museum fac-) ship with his wife Ada 55 dur-|ilities is something being borne ing the winter months. lin mind, £ moored or moorea i ni nnelnen BEST LITTLE Knights of Columbus Council 2671 awarded tro- phies Sunday to two out standing baseball players in the Little Big League. this year. Left Gary Mc- Cormack, 14, a member of ~~ nrhewea narigh team in the softball league, 'won a presentation for be- ing the best all-round per- former in the major division of the league. At right, Gar Armstrong, 10, on St. Ger- trude's team, accepted a tranhy for heine the tay vas = v grow that there was any rapid Oshawa Ski Club flocked t § club's for turkey suppers and band-/| m amount of information we were! ¢ TRUDGING UPHILL was the last thing four-year- old Neil Dench had in mind when he went tobobanning on the weekend. His dad, John Dench, 85 Churchill ave., took him to Oshawa Golf Club's snow - covered slopes and gave Neil free ice girls trying out new Christ- mas skies and sleds. Most children had to go it alone on the hills, freshly covered with about three inches of fresh snow. --Oshawa Times Photo tows up the grades. Here, Dad pauses for a breather while his happy son gets the best of the deal -- lazily sprawled on the toboggan. the mather-and-son combin- ation was probably only one of few on the slopes, dotted with countless boys: and Snow Mixed Blessing For Drivers, Skiers A sudden winter storm dump- kept in the greater part atied some three inches of snow Henry House, is still very young./on Oshawa and district Friday|kept the motorists on their toes Only two or three months work|and Saturday -- bringing chaos|over the weekend. ity streets and joy to local] Nor did the snow bring any|drivers. oc Oshawa, in the beginning, was|skiiers and tobogganers nothing but a creek and a few! wp. abundant snowfall gave|city works department sanding) Saturday thousands of city and district|and salting details. The work-| ings and later found their cars children an opportunity to tr out toboggans and skis given as) Christmas presents. | Hundreds of members of the © the Kirby} were out at conditions slopes where skiing first class Many of the city's youth head- older town/ed for the nearest hill or slope CHICAGO (AP)--Robert Mc-|than Oshawa, plays a big part|to catch up on winter sports. in the society's activities. Many|Quite a few used the slopes of Osh- awa Golf Club for skiing prac- the Oshawa Creek at the tice and tobogganing fun Packed snow-covered provided the that has everything," local byways. But the slippery white snow-| closer to reality today. | lflakes held no joy for many A packed meeting in the Em- streets ice for spontan- eous hockey games, while snow- Looking ahead the society has| mobiles, "the sport for the kidjta The accidents were attributed to the changed weather condi- tions in part and inability to by The sudden conditions city motorists. change in driving | |cope with these conditions of the; Many city motorists awoke and Sunday morn- ifun for the members yjers were kept busy clearing|would not start. As a result taxi Oshawa streets and spreading|companies and towing outfits de-icers. did a land office business. City police reported several} Weather forecasts indicate a proverty damage accidents to|continued cold spell -- but no automobiles over the weekend.!more snow for a while. GOOD MEETING REPORTED | When Chine Are Down 24Whi WhAEWD 44 Lake Vista Responds Neighborhood for some time may be a step|year will be planned. Publicity Director John De- |Hart sent out a newsletter last |week warning the BIG 'UNS player in the minor division. Both awards were presented by Louis Hughes (middle), commissioner of the league, and a Grand Knight for Council 2671. Presentations were made at the council's hall, Rond «et, w., during @ was in danger of folding unless members got out to the meet- ings. 'SAME FEW' He complained then that the |same few persons were left to |do everything. After last night's response Mr. DeHart said it has been prov- ed again "that the people of Lake Vista will stick together when the chips are down', He described the turnout as "an enthusiastic crowd'. The rest of the slate: William dEpworth, vice-president; Eve Eyman, treasurer; George Val- entine, secretary; trustees -- Thomas 'Kay and Gordon. Sher- lock. Membership co-chairmen--An- thony Zurawell, John Tracy and George Harris. Veteran Doctor Still Practises CLAREMONT (Staff) -- Peo- ple from all over the province gathered at the Community Hall Saturday to pay tribute to Dr. N. F. Tomlinson, 79,, who has been practising in Pickering Township for 47 years. The community and his many friends presented him with a swivel rocking chair as a token of their appreciation. The re- mainder of the donations will be used to equip a room at the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital. A native of Reach Township, Dr. Tomlinson taught school in his early days and following graduation served as. medical |officer of health for the town- |ship. It was during his term of \ office that an intensive immuni- zation program was put into operation, -- special ceremony for the novice baseball players. St. Gertrude's parish teams cleaned. up both minor and major division champion ships in the league this year. d Oshawa Timés Photo That new clubhouse Lake Vis-|erald ave. clubhouse Sunday saw|prate | Association|Bob Gibbs named president. He | 1967 patrolled|members have held as a dream|promised members a successful]. "Everything is beginning to association] a car owned by John H. Hood,| 1343 Mitchell, was struck by a \hit-and-run-car at 3.35 p.m. Ten minutes later another hit- jand-run driver struck a parked lvehicle at 587 Albert st. The |damaged auto is owned by Jam- les E. Cox, 81 Scugog st., Bow- | manville. Third collision of the day was jon Bond st. w., near the Osh- awa Creek at 9.30 p.m. An auto driven by Vincent Harry Pool Project 000 Centennial project will prob- ably be called 'not later than Feb. 1," says E. R. S. Me- Laughlin, project committee chairman. "Plans are being reviewed with the architect but we are not quite ready to call tenders," he said today. The project will include a 75- foot long swimming pool and a recreation centre plus health club and activity rooms adjoin- ing the Civic Auditorium. Last October, the project co- mmittee estimated that tenders would be called Jan. 1; a con- tract would be awarded one month later; and the building would be completed by June, 1967. Mr. McLaughlin said a $450,- 000 public subscription camp- aign--mainly through payroll deduction--is still expected to begin in April this year. The balance of the cost will be made up of a $180,000 Cent- ennial grant (split three ways |by the city, province and fed- jeral government) and $200,000 from the city for the recrea- tion centre '67 Planning 'Taking Shape Several city groups have out- lined proposed activities to cele- Canada's Centennial in |take shape,"' says Ald. Hayward Murdoch, chairman of council's Centennial. committee. He said he received a letter Saturday from a Scandinavian group in the city which. indi- cated the activities it is con- sidering. Ald. Murdoch said the Osh- awa and District Labor Council and the Folk Festival have also indicated they will each sponsor one week of events. He also noted that the Centennial cara- van will be in the city for one week. NEVER SAY DIE Stevenson's rd. n., Oshawa, was injured. He is in satisfactory condition at the Oshawa General Hospital suffering from facial) | Whitby Town Police have not! yet determined who was driving; the car. A passenger in the second car Jean Charles Huard, 27, of Queenscourt Apartments, Ajax, is also in satisfactory condition at the OGH..,He sus- tained head injuries. The driver of the second car was Louis Couture, 25, of Sim- coe st. s., Oshawa. He was | uninjured. Police said that the Couture 'Mother, 19, Dies Whitby Car Crash for 1966 occurred five days before Mrs. Lee's death. A truck-car collision at Hopkins and Dundas sts., resulted in the death of Laszlo Veres, 30, of Oshawa. } The county town had only one fatality during 1965. On Dee. 21, seven-year-old Christopher Hadwin, of Brock st. s., was killed when he ran_ between parked vehicles into the path of a moving car. Other fatalities in the district were recorded on Dec. 30, when a pedestrian, Mrs. Ina Marshall, died on King st. e., in Oshawa. Martin Beerli, of Scarborough was killed Jan. 5, a car which sped off| vehicle was west-bound at the| when the car in which he was |time of the collision. The other) |car was east-bound. | a passenger struck a truck on the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway Whitby's first traffic fatility'at Thickson's rd. SAY 3 CITY MEN Parkway Opponents Push For Re-Study Never say die. That phrase sums up the attitude of at least three 'Plans Progress| Tenders for Oshawa's $830,-| city men opposing construc- tion of Centennial Parkway in the Oshawa Creek valley. "Do you feel you are fight- ing a tosing battle?' The Times asked Dr. Brian Doherty, Frank Grindley and Robert Nicol, during an inter- view. Their answer: "No." "Tf I did, I wouldn't still be fighting," said Dr. Doherty, main spokesman for the group. The three men said they are now organizing a new citizen's group -- a central committee for civic responsi- bdility -- composed of repre- sentatives of smaller groups in the city which are con- cerned not just with the Parkway, but with city-wide traffic planning and all other aspects of Oshawa's develop- ment. An executive of the new committee has not yet been selected. The three men said the executive of the citizen's com- mittee for creek valley con- servation has agreed in prin- ciple to become one section of the new central committee. POLITICAL ACTION Mr. Nicol said the central committee will also have a political action section, which may endorse candidates at the December municipal elec- tion. committee will be to co-ordin- ate smaller groups in the city' said Mr. Nicol, and with a smile, he added: "A heavier hammer will hit city hall." Hopvever, the three men are still vitally concerned with traffic (and the Parkway in particular), as it relates to all aspects of the community. Many years ago, planning board prepared a master plan for the creek valley which in- cluded a "scenic" 30 mile-per- hour roadway. "'No one realized this pussy- cat would turn into a tiger," said Dr. Doherty, referring to the Damas and Smith Ltd., recommendation that a limit- ed access, 50 mph, four-lane divided highway be construct- ed in the valley. AWAITING REPORT City council _wh,ich has given no indication of halting the project, is awaiting the final Damas and Smith func- tional (detailed) planning re- port on the north portion of the route. The functional plan- ning report on the south por- tion was received by council one year ago. "Nick Damas is a very fine traffic authority," said Mr, Grindley, '"'but his terms of reference were limited to a study of traffic." The terms of reference, said the three men, should also have included a study of the impact the traffic recommen- dation would have on other aspects of the city -- recrea- tion, finances, residential areas and people. "In essence, all we want council] to do is authorize a re-study of city traffic by a firm with broader terms of reference,' said Mr. Nicol. Project Planning Ltd., Tor- onto, has been hired by the city to prepare a master plan of parks and Open space in the creek valley. The three men said Pro- ject Planners are community planning consultants with de- partments qualified to con- sider all aspects of a city, in- cluding traffic routing, They Suggest thé firm idéal to re-study city traffic and the impact of changes. "I'd back off if they came up with the same answer (a roadway in the valley)," said Dr. Doherty. Asked what would happen if Project Planners came up with a different answer, Dr. Doherty said council could then consider both possibili- ties and make a decision on which to accept. He also noted that subsidies are avail- able for re-studies, MAIN REASONS The three men said city traffic should be re-studied because: re-studies are recom- mended (before major con- struction is undertaken) by wanld ha WHLG ve W. Bidell, planning director, department of highways; -- there are apparent vari- ations in land use and popue lation density from that an- ticipated in the Damas and Smith report; -- traffic routings should be integrated with all other aspects of community plan- ning - - recreation; economics, preservation of zoned resi- dential areas; -- cost comparisons should be made. The question of getting a second qualified opinion on the location of Centennial Parkway was considered but turned down by planning board. Two board members, however, met with depart- ment of highways officials in Toronto. K. D, Crone, board chair- man reported on Nov. 10, that he was impressed with the way the planning department of the highways department operated. 'They took a lot of things inte account other than the movement of traffic." The board, later in Novem- ber, decided to advise council it concurred with the Damas and Smith interim report on the north section of the route and recommended that as much valley land as possible be acquired by the city and developed for park and resi- dential use. AY WD mA ALTERNATES STU The Damas and Smith re- port says a'number of altern- ative solutions to the valley route were "given serious consideration." The report says the comparative bene- fits of a ring road system as well as the probable costs and disruption in land use resulted in the ring road alternative being discarded. Mr. Damas, at a Septem- ber planning board meeting, gave three major reasons why a roadway west. of Stevenson rd., would not be a suitable alternative to the valley route - - the main reason being that it would not relieve con- gestion on the north-south streets in the Stevenson-Wil- son corridor. nion ane The end of the Christmas season was marked Satur- day by a traditional Polish ceremony at a dinner held by the General Sikorski Polish Veterans' Association Aunt and branch 21 of the Polish National Union. . The tradi- tional 'breaking of bread' is shown above with, left, Walter Mazur, branch 21 president; Rev. Anton Bagsik, pastor of St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church; Rev. Leon Celinski and Edward Zalewski, PVA president, as participants. The event also marked the BREAD BREAKING AT POLISH DINNER beginning of the Polish Millenium, the celebration by Poles around the world of a thousand years of Chris- tianity in: their mother country. Oshawa Times Phote