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STUDENT DON FRASER ((RIGHT) WITH CHIEF INSTRUCTOR SYD COWLE . .. 55 Received Private Licences In 1965 TOWER CONTROLS AIRCRAFT e+. Provides Wind Direction For Fiyers ADMINISTRATION OFFICE RECENTLY RENOVATED -»-syd Cowley (Centre), George Slocombe (right) DAY-NIGHT OPERATING FACILITIES Airport Serves Region By ROBERT McDOUGALL paved runways -- one 3,500 feet|opened in June of that year as Of The Times Staff long -- and two others equipped|No. 20 Elementary Flying Flying as a means of trav bee! Lagu for night operating, | school. : ling licences and wings. for business or pleasure has in-|/S%¢ 'ie Manager. ; After the war it was leased) sme giving club ; creased greatly in popularity in|, There are also a pair ofito the Ontario County Flying or eee recent years. eon Pgs ag ° be yg club, then in 1947 it was leased wh 1 reg based = ~ Last Sunday at the Oshawa|©On'ain two football fields in|by the city from the Crown for|@rport and 60 are privately municipal seotiltard the empha-| 'heir combined area of 70,000\$] a year. The city has oper-|Owned," he said. sis was on pleasure as an esti-/*Ware feet. saiq|*'°4 it since that date. | J..V. Aviation, Ltd., who also mated 375 aircraft from all over| due. Geers onl met have| And it is responsible for|use the airport facilities have the province winged their way|~* SE eact ek vel ' ihe maintenance work at the air-|five aircraft which they use for here for the annual fly-in break-|®" 2!rPort in a sire {|Port .which includes repairing|their flying school and other fast. rong sector of the region at/ runways and removing snow," |Commercial enterprises. Air travel will undoubtedly |S "me. says the airport manager. - | They include: three Piper F ith i "Within a 25-mile radius of la ' continue to grow with improve-| ' é Mr. Slocombe says visiting|Colts, a Piper Cherakee and a ments in planes and ground|'"e airport there are over 500 : said Mr. nts industries," he said, 'and this|@ircraft are charged a landing|Cessna Sky Hawk, age ng | |number will 'without doubt. in-|fee when they use the airfield. Slocombe. _ The 485-acre Oshawa T™uni-| ase substantially during the|Last year, he said, 1760 air-| Six of the flying club's nine cipal airport is situated geogra-| ov 1. decades." jcraft made visits to it of which| aircraft are Cessna 150's -- two Phically to serve the needs of| a 400 were the large commercial|of which were recently pur- the eastern sector of Metropoli-| PILOT TRAINING type |chased -- one a Cessna Sky tan Toronto and region, | from) Constructed by the Federal) "wn, biggest aircraft to land| Hawk and two are Champion Scarborough to Cobourg,' says}government in 1941 for the} ot Oshawa was a twin-engine|Tri-travellers referred common- George Slocombe, airport man- training of pilots under the | 6.46 which weighed an Sa ly as Tri-champs. trains Pun tee seo Boys mated 50,000 pounds," said the} Club members, 400 in all, en- . airport manager. |joy airport facilities for danc- : A former second World War|ins, a canteen and a modern four-engine flying fortress is|lounge overlooking the tarmac stored in the airport hangar|and runways, the secretary during the winter and is used|Manager said. during the summer months by| Other business at the airport its owners, Kenting Aviation | includes Ron Poulter's Flying Ltd., for aerial surveys. |Service and Aviation Supply. "General Motors make exten-|Custom work is done on some sive use of the airport to im-|aircraft and there is a sheet port and export cargo and per-|metal shop available. sonnel," said Mr. ecircce neal The three buildings located at and they would be considered|the airport are used and occu- our top customer." |pied by EMO, the Oshawa rec- FLYING CLUB jreation department (temporar- Also secretary manager ofjily) and the RCAF Association the Oshawa Flying Club, Mr.'420 Wing Slocombe said, last year 55 stu- dents received their private fly- AIRPORT HANGERS ALWAYS BUSY --- Situated On 485 Acres Of Land ager. Its facilities include three REPAIRS, CUSTOM WORK AVAILABLEFOR ALL TYPES OF AIRCRAFT -++ Airplanes Are Checked Thoroughly For Faults . -.. Apprentice Art Wherry (right) --Oshawa Times Photos By Joe Serge Oshawa Simes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1966 Careless Driving | Conviction Cost $200 Or 30 Days A 19-year-old Montreal youth) "We will not tolerate this kind was sentenced to 30 days jail/of wild maniac driving," he said. ion a charge of careless driving} Acting Crown Attorney Rus when he appeared in Oshawaj|sell Murphy said; Magistrate's Court Friday. "This type of driving is of in- Roderick MacLeod . pleaded|creasing concern to the people guilty to driving his. motorcycle|of Oshawa, There have been along Harmony Rd. N., at/two deaths in the past week." speeds of up to 95 mph. MacLeod was refused time' to Police testified he forced two|pay the fine. "We have been oncoming cars to pull off the|lenient enough with you al- road before he was finally | ready," said the magistrate. stopped. MacLeod was originally charged with dangerous driv- ing, but this was reduced at the accused's request. Magistrate C. W.. Guest lev- ied a $200 fine with the alterna- tive of 30 days in jail. Men Sentenced To Reformatory WHITBY (Staff) -- Reforma- | tory sentences were handed out here yesterday to two district men for stealing money from Versafood Service Ltd. Roy Andrews, 38, of RR3, Bowmanville, was sentenced to four months in the Ontario Re- formatory. He was convicted earlier by a jury in Ontario County court of theft of more than $50. Wayne Moore, 23, of Ajax was sentenced to two months in reformatory. The jury convict- ed him of theft of less than $°0 from the same firm. Both were routemen for the Versafood company and servic- ed coffee, milk and soft - drink machines in the chassis plant of General Motors of Canada Ltd., Oshawa. They were convicted of tak- ing money from the cash- box- es of these machines. NURSING DIRECTOR Miss Edith F. Bell, M.A., will begin duties as direc- tor of nursing at Oshawa General Hospital Monday, The appointment was an- nounced by William A. Hol- land, hospital administrator. Miss Bell is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nurs- ing and Master of Science in Nursing Administration. St. John Ambulance Group Plans Annual Inspection The Ontario - Durham Corps,|saving the life of a 7-year-old \St. John Ambulance brigade,|boy at Lake Simcoe. Mr. Bise comprising the Ajax, Oshawa,|ser administered mouth-to - General Motors and Whitby di-)mouth resuscitation to revive visions, will hold its annual in-| Dr, Ralph Kimmerly, course spection Sunday at 4 p.m. in/surgeon, will receive his ware the Armories on Simcoe St. N.|rant. Dr. George Jaciw will re- Provincial commissioner Brig.|ceive a vote of thanks, as will Eric Snow, O.B.E., 0.S.T.S.,|Jack and Harry Towns, Whit- E.D., will review the brigades|by. Mildred Koss, Oshawa, will with area commissioner C. §S./receive her divisional officer Simmons. The brigades consist) warrant. of senior ambulance and nurs-) Following the ceremony there ing as well as cadet divisions.|wiji be a reception. John Bisser, Whitby, will re-| A dinner had been planned ceive a meritorious award for/for June 27 but was postponed until the fall when the main speaker could not be in attend- ance, Food Fest Motorcycle Rider Injured In Crash , A motorcycle rider was in- jured last evening when his cycle collided with a car at the intersection of Charles and iterset At Festival John Minko, 173 Lakeview) 'The city's Italian, Polish and Park Ave., suffered a fracture/[krainian communities are pre- right leg, ankle lacerations and/paring a food fest for Friday's a cut on his head when the/ annual Oshawa Folk Festival at motorcycle he was riding collid-|the Civic Auditorium. ed with the car driven by Doug- Orest Salmers, producer of las J. Powers, 76 King St. W. Mr. Minko was taken to the|'ie festival, said today that pizza, perogy and holobche, na- Oshawa General Hospital. tional foods of these people's homelands, will be the order of AWARD DUE the day starting at 12.30 p.m. An award is being presented] He said bus service will be- to the city's best student safety|gin at 12.30 p.m. from Bond patrolman Tuesday. and Simcoe streets and contin- There are 856 such safety pa-|ye with half-hour service to the trols in Oshawa whose job is/auditorium until 11.30 p.m. to see 15,000 students get to|- Mayor Lyman Gifford will school safely every day. open the annual event at 12.30 'The award is beng made atip.m. on the Dominion Day holi- Vincent Massey School, Harm-|day. The Bowmanville Legion ony Rd. N. at 8 p.m. Glee Club will also be on hand. WALKER SAYS Pension Bill Confirms Principle Of Negotiatioh Albert V. Walker, MPP forjarrangements, particularly Oshawa, says the bill introduc-jthose outside the government's ed by the provincial govern-|jurisdiction. ment yesterday that will allow) "q feel the proposal will prove municipalities to "stack" or in-|satisfactory to the various mu- tegrate their pension plans with|nicipal unions," he said. the Canada Pension Plan "should be well received' by municipal employees across On- tario"'. He said the bill, announced by Municipal Affairs Minister Wilfred Spooner, confirms on inci i egotiation jeer pl sone gg say ed that as of Monday, the in- municipality. tersection at Gibb and Centtre Mr. Walker said the present Sts., will be closed for two basic Ontario Municipal Em-|Weeks. ployees Retirement System will} A traffic department spokes- remain as constituted and will}man said today the read closure be integrated with the Canadian|is necessary to permit recon- Pension Pian. struction and widening of Cen- But he added that "stacking'|tre St. or integration will remain a| The work on the intersection matter for negotiation between|has been delayed, he said, to the municipality and its em-|permit the completion of con- ployees in the private munici-|struction at the John and Cen- pal pension plan area outside|tre st. intersection. the plan they now have. As of Saturday, June 25, Mr. Walker said he was happy|John. st. will be open, he add- there will be interferencejed, and vehicles can use it as with the present pension planijan alternative rqute. City Intersection Closed To Traffic Motorists were today advise