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OSHAWA'S TEEN - AGE COUNCIL... Downtown Redevelopment Su ' A downtown city block should be redeveloped, members of Oshawa's teen-age council de- éided yesterday. The teen council unanimously passed a motion by Robert Bul- ler to tear down the buildings in the block bounded by Prince, ... BACK BUS, PARKING COMPLEX The council made recom- mendations to the public works department that a section of Bond Street should be curbed and Hortop Avenue should be extended to Churchill Drive. A motion by Ald. John Krantz to install parking signs on Olive pported OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1967 She Oshawa Times GM Stands Firm Church, Bond and King Streets 7 Avenue received much debate j # r) and have a city - private but came down to the question | financed bus terminal, parking of safety and was passed on | lot and plaza complex de- that basis. | veloped. "We feel that it's a hazard to Ald. Buller said city officials told him the estimated cost of the land and buildings is $650,- 000 of which the city owns $207,- 000. An estimate of the demo- lition work was given as $25,000. Among other motions consid- ered by the teen council and subsequently passed were: --curbing on the north side of Bond Street from Simcoe to Prince Street; --extension of Hortop Street from Switzer Street to Churchill Drive; --installation of "no parking" signs along north and south sides of Olive Avenue; --and scholarships for Grade 13 students. CRITICISM The second day of sitting of|pared". ANDY DeJONG .e « » Donevan Student |Bentley, put it: "today's agendajcame LINDA PAULOCIK . + + Catholic High from . members them- has been very poorly brought|selves. forth and very poorly pre- Con. Robert Nicol pointed out after sitting through much of the session, "they shouldn't be traffic," said Ald. Krantz. A second part to this plan was also discussed to allow for a parking Jot to accommodate the cars now parking on the section of street where the signs are to be erected. This was tabled however for today's agenda so more infor- mation could be obtained. SCHOLARSHIP Ald. Marg Kennedy received a favorable vote on her scholar- ship motion which would pro- vide a cash award for the top five students from each high |school in the city. | dents receiving $300 scholar- ships and it was suggested by Ald. Kennedy that local DEANA PRITCHARD Central Student Con. Nicol, after the meeting, This would involve 30 stu-|said he thought the city should|work. encourage the teen council. He also said he could fore- | | DOROTHY VIPOND + . + O'Neill Student the terminal point for the year's Today's agenda includes all motions tabled for today plus Provincial government offi- cials failed in what appeared |to be a last-ditch attempt yes- terday to persuade General Motors in Oshawa to imple-| ment on-the-job training. | Ata department of education and labor representatives, GM offi-| cials reiterated its stand that there is no apparent need for GM involvement in the gov- ernment's inplant education scheme. Arrangements for the meet-| ing were made through the department of labor and Albert Walker, MPP, after GM had earlier rejected a proposal to} introduce retraining through the many education, union and pol- itical officials, including Mr. Walker, who said today that yesterday's attempt to change GM's policy was sparked by a March 20 meeting in Toronto. "I requested and was grant- closed meeting with led a meeting with Hon. Dalton Bales, minister of labor: Thom- as Eberlee, deputy - minister of labor, and R. M. Warren, direc- tor of manpower services, de- partment of labor.' DIRECT APPROACH He said he requested a direct approach be niade to GM for a meeting. with government offi- cials_ concerned with training programs. "My idea in this regard was ey men when needed and they do not feel there is any need for a government program of jon-the-job training to be im- jplemented,"" he said. The com- pany agreed to co-operate with the local manpower centre in providing as much notice as possible regarding future pose jSible layoffs." PETITIONS In the last two weeks the union has had petitions signed by about 1,500 GM _ hourly. rate workers in support of on- the-job training. The petitions were reported to have been de- livered to Mr. Walker, who |was to have presented them to |the labor minister. the teen council did not proceed| Teen Mayor Murray Nichol-|criticized too much . . . they've|businessmen might be ap-|see the possibility of conducting /rescheduled motions, plus high-|yse of corporation equipment, |that every effort be made to| Mr. Spencer said today it as council members would haye|son backed up this statement|got a good starting point that|/proached with an alternative|a "'teen council" on a year-|way signs for Oshawa, fire seek the co-operation of the/#PPears GM feels it is the liked. by saying members "were vot-|could develop into a year-round|idea of using taxes to supply|round basis with the meetings|service for Darlington town-/PROPOSAL jcompany regarding retraining|S°vernment's responsibility to As one teen alderman, Russel ing on opinion'. Most criticism|thing". Residence Proposed the funds. lin the council chambers being|ship, and harbor cleanup. | For Retarded Youth Plans are being made for ajand District Association for Re-| re-|tarded Children is trying to raise tarded children in Oshawa but/funds for an eight-resident cot- a smal! hospital school would be|tage where children could be community residence for She said a hospital school The Oshawa centennial co- ordinating committee is -ne- gotiating with a gas com- help parents of retarded chil-; pany to install the city's first dren, Miss Jones said a hospital! centennial torch at city hall. school is also definitely needed. The torch would be lighted between 6 p.m. and 12 p.m. FIRST CENTENNIAL TORCH Grants Key MAY BURN AT CITY HALL pense." said P. J. Kennedy, centennial committee | sentative of the parks, prop- erty and recreation depart- ment. Mr. Kennedy said the com- mittee's gas bill for the re- | awa For Future Ivan Wallace, chairman of a special committee of the Osh- Separate school board studying the take-over of Grades nine and 10 of Oshawa Catholic The proposal for implementa-/ tion of Program 4, the depart-| ment of labor retraining scheme, was initiated by a three-man committee made up of members of Local 222, UAW, and headed by union com- mitteeman, Robert Spencer. The committee was formed last year in the face of a com- ing automated paint process at GM, acrylic lacquer system, which Mr. Spencer says will replace the old enamel spray painting system entirely by 1969 and possibly result in a layoff of 100 workers or more. programs and the impact of future plans on the overall need for such programs," said Mr. Walker. Mr. Warren led the govern- ment delegation to the meet- ing, granted by E. H. Walker, president and General Mana- ger of GM. It lasted about one and one-half hours. Mr. Walker said in a pre- pared statement today that a number of problems were dis- cussed, He was not at the meet- ing, but was informed of the outcome last night. "Basically the company re- re-train people. "Let me state this. It sure is someone's re- sponsibility and I aim to see this retraining program work if I have to raise trouble all over - the lot." He said he intends to "haunt" government and com- pany officials as long a nec- essary, "We will put the pressure directly on the government and General Motors through a new committee at the union hall." Mr. Spencer was referring to a committee Local 222 formed of more value, says Miss Ann|left for short periods of time|would mean that the retarded| to keep costs down. The 15- maining portion of centen- {high school, said today the this week to launch into a deep- Jones, director of the Glen-/when parents are, for various|child could be close to its} inch flame can burn at a nial year would not exceed |board will probably be prepared| He says if plant workers can|iterated a previous stand that|er effort to study and promote holme Workshop for the re-|reasons, unable to care for|family; the child, would not be| minimum of $1 for the six $500. Ito operate Grades 1 "| get retraining then even if GM\they are able to retrain their retraining. tarded. removed from familiar sur-| hours. The cone-shape flame will perate Grades 11-13 in five|\as forced to layoff, affected a years if provincial grants are obtained. gs: Consumers' Gas is prepar- ed to construct the torch make the connection and inst- workers would have a better chance of getting jobs outside the corporation. be located at the east end of the civic building immedi- ately beneath the city hall them. Although the residence wouldir and children would not be tucked away and forgc}- ten as they sometimes are We- Miss Jones says the Oshawa a ne ene en -- Workshop Helps Retarded Says Glenholme Director Many city residents are not even aware of the existence of the Glenholme Workshop, let alone the purpose for which it was designed, says director Miss Ann Jones. The Glenholme Workshop is a small workshop which has been especially designed and equipped to employ a number of the community's less severe- ly retarded, said Miss Jones. The workshop has three di- rectors, Mrs. Mary Yeo, Miss Sharon Hester and Miss Jones. The directors help the employ- ees and supervise their work. The work done at the shop is that of a small printshop. Some of the workers are cap- able of outside employment but if they were so employed, said Miss Jones, they would require constant supervision and re- peated instructions every time a job was to be done, no mat- ter how often the same thing had been done before. Miss Jones said most employers are not prepared to offer this sort of supervision, therefore the workers are more happily and profitably employed at Glen- holme. Some of the workers have come to the workshop from Glenholme School for Retard- ed Children, a few directly from their own _ sheltered homes, one from an Ontario Hospital, the others from the homes of relatives or from pub- lic school Opportunity Classes. All of the workers are 18 or older and many of them have not received training of any sort, said Miss Jones. One young woman at the workshop had, as a child been sent to public school, where she went as far as grade 4 after which she was removed from school to receive no fur- ther education or training of any sort. Miss Jones said this girl is now working well under the supervision at Glenholme. A young man at the work- shop can and does operate a tractor but as this is seasonal labor he is given steady em- ployment at the Glenholme Workshop, said Miss Jones. There are others, said the di- rector, who could also be train- ed to a certain extent for out- side work. The workshop is sponsored by the Oshawa and _ District Association for Retarded Chil- dren, donations and by the funds which the workshop it- self earns, said Miss Jones. The workshop earns money from printing sub-contracts, small packing jobs, folding of brochures and by renting the basement hall. The hall can be rented, said Miss Jones, for small recep- tions and dinners as well as for card parties. When the hall is rented for such things the employees could be called on to print invitations, tickets or handbills as they also do this sort of printing job, Miss Jones said. When the hall is rented for dinners or receptions the cater- ing can be done in part by the Association of Happy Workers. Miss Jones said the Happy Workers are the mothers of re- tarded children and volunteers interested in the association and their work. The employees at the work- shop are, said Miss Jones, given an incentive pay. It is necessary occastionally to penalize the workers through this pay, said Miss Jones. The workers take pride in earning their salary and by taking part of it from them for some wrong they have done usually straigh- tens them out, said Miss Jones. cause of the distance of existing schools. children are now Smiths Falls and Orillia but occasionally the retarded are placed in where they receive no training and very little of the attention they need if they are well be- not available and the commun- new aldermen have contributed to a decision by council's traf- fic and public works commit- tees to meet separately. meeting jointly but now will meet together only on matters of mutual concern. reached this week after both committees met for over four hours only items on the public works committee agenda. veteran council time was new aldermen had to ask a lot of questions while learning) about the operation. missioner, said the committees could meet separately but an- other secretary would be need- ed to keep minutes, A secretary would be a city hall member and would have to be paid overtime, said the works commissioner. the The schools to which these sent are in Ontario Hospitals haved, said Miss Jones. The Oshawa Social Planning| 'Council plans for the building of a small had made tentative hospital school but grants were ity has not been brought to a full awareness of the need for such a hospital school, said Miss Gertrude Tucker of the public all a time switch at its ex- Outdoor Metering "Extending our system to in- clude Grades nine and 10 will The committee's clock. retraining Tax Rate In Increases By | BOWMANVILLE -- Public school supporters, as a result of the 1967 town mill rate struck this week, face an in- crease of 6,89 mills over last year; while separate school supporters will pay 7.38 mills more. health department. Committees Separating and' many Heavy agendas Both committees have been The decision to split was and mainly discussed Ald. Alice Reardon, the only member on either committee, said much consumed because Fred Crome, city works com- union The increased rate means |that owners with property as- sessed at $3,100 will pay $21.30 more this year than last. How- be a one and one-half year suggestion was endorsed by s operation," said Mr. Wallace, A oved B PI IC Bowmanville A committee of bishops in) SWEEPSTAKES ppr Vy Ontario have r ted that the | provincial government extend Oshawa Publie Utilities Com-,readings or check readings. missioners last night approved ithe installation of Six Holdi " |metering for electric and water|quired and no more return read- Lucky Ticket \services for all new structures|ing cards as well as no more jin the city. check readings on the return | : ; i Bruce Annand, PUC general|jreading cards, nd yp rs 'ne pat fae pee Manager, told the commission| A further advantage of the Ajax are holding sweepstakes the use of outdoor meters would|°utdoor metering would be the tickets that could change their|Mean meter readers could read|¢limination of estimating bills : about 50 per cent more instru-|Where it was not possible to get if rs. 5 \ : -- yiod pdb oo Bay haa{ments in a day. jinto the house for readings. their tickets drawn in the Irish} He said linemen or under-| ANNUAL REPORT Sweepstakes based on the run-|ground technicians would not be; In. other business the PUC ning of the Lincolnshire Handi-jrequired to cut. off services approved the 1966 annual report | Mr. Annand added that no outdoor|more meter keys would be re- grants to Grades 11 to 13 in Catholic high schools. In the present grant system, only classes up to Grade 10 in sep- arate schools, are eligible. "There is a general feeling that Roman Catholic high schools should have always had these grants," said the trustee. He said he personally felt the separate school board would be ready to handle the upper high school grades in five years if grants were made to the bvard. "We have more of a chance 6.89 Mills eral rate, 48.44 mills; high | school, 33.67 mills; public} school, 25.98 mills and count,y 5.01. This year's rates for separate school supporters are: residen- tial - general 42.11, high school 30.30, separate school 31.05, county 15.01, a total of 118.47 mills, Commercial # general 48.44, high school $3.67, sep- arate school 34.05, county 15.01, a total of 131.17 mills. now of receiving the grants than A 4 cap April 6. ' when working while at the/and authorized the city solicitor Any one of the six stand to/same time the meters would/tg prepare a debenture bylaw for r tialj we had about 30 years ago," he|Win $150,000 if the horse their|cost 90 cents less than indoor/for debenture projects totalling id, ever, the special $12 charge for garbage is now included in the rate. | Public school supporters will pay 110.80 mills compared with 103.91 mills in 1966 on residen- mills compared with 114.26 mills a year ago, Separate school supporters will be CLASSICS COME TOP TUNBRIDGE WELLS, Eng- land (CP)--Mozart topped the pops among teen-agers at a grammar school in this Sussex community. A poll among the students found Wolfgang _Aima- : the whole};; ' tial property. The rate on com-|904,501. Totals: public schoollannie at once" tickets drawn, along with the mercial property will be 123.11/$9,169,901, separate school putcleging ro og Soe horses' names and nom-de- $248,905, high school $9,417,996. $221,722.30, and farm: public school $6,355,-|said. "The higher percentage of| ticket was drawn on runs first; |types. $850,000 for 1967. 130, separate school $186,580,|Roman Catholics in Ontario will|$60,000 if second and $30,000 if} Advantages to the customer; Approved also was commis- high school $6,513,495. Com-/have an effect on politicians who|third. All are guaranteed at/would be that there would. belsioners' attendance at a special mercial and business: public/must supply the people's de-|/e@St $1,300 just for being/no problem in gaining entrance|home heating course demonstra- school $2,814,771, separate|mand," said Mr. Wallace. drawn. to houses and no call backs/tion and display at the Georgian Following is a list of the -local| would be necessary for final|Motor Motel on April 13. Bus Deficit Continues Two- Month Loss $12,870 Total revenue in 1966 was ree ported as $496,174--$29,106 more than in 1965. Of this, passenger fares and (tickets and cash) in- creased $23,586; advertising $2,284 and miscellaneous items | $3,235. Expenses for 1966 totalled | $592,358 -- $77,730 over the cost |of the previous year's operation. Operating costs were shown as $423,830 -- an increase of $48,- 666; administration and general school $61,515, high school, $2,-| "we can't take plumes: Shady Night, NKR 49198, Dia- mond Cutter, Oshawa; NKR 50545, Suryo, Oshawa; Kim, NKR 50476, William Langdon, Oshawa; Farandole, NHJ 54366, Teresa, Oshawa; Lucky Biscuit PXQ 51212, Rocky Go Louis, Port Perry; Promontory, NKR 49545, Cindy, Ajax. A total of 53 horses are elig- ible for the running, but on the average only about half go off. The horses' draw results will be disclosed by Monday. to run upper grades with pro- vided grants,' he said. Driver Treated After Accident An Oshawa woman was sent to hospital Wednesday following a two-car collision at the corner of Simcoe Street North and Robert Street. In hospital with a whiplash injury is Ethel Jean Brennan of 1221 Simcoe St. N., driver of the first car in the rear-end colli- sion. She is described by a spokesman at Oshawa General Total estimates required dur- ing 1967 amount to $1,622,065. assessed 118.47 mills on resi-| Amounts to be levied: general dential property, an increase of 7.38 mills. On their commercial property they will be assessed 131.17 mills, an increase of 9.48 mills. The breakdown of the levy on public school supporters is: general rate, 42.11 mills; high school rate, 30.30 mills; public school rate, 23.28 mills and county rate, 15.01 mills. The commercial levy will be: gen- purposes $414,913, county pur- poses $141,377.98, public school separate school $7,888.64, high school $295,210.10. Centennial | Fund Backed By Council City buses are continuing to operate at a loss. Reports from the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission meeting last night show buses this year operated at a $5,196 loss in Janaury and $7,675 in February. Last year the deficit was $96,184 for city bus transporta- tion -- an average of $8,015 per} month. For the first two months of EYES READ TICKETS LONDON (CP)--The London subway's electric - eye ticket scanners began operation in Chairman A. H. Murdoch told) members of the Oshawa cen- tennial co-ordinating committee last night that despite other bud. slashes made by board deus led the y ters' but the next two places went to Herman's Hermits and the Mon- kees. Don Allison, chairman of Kiwanis radio auction, right, and Jack Phinn, vice- ! chairman, discuss plans for next Wednesday's radio auction. Proceeds from the CENTENNIAL RUG DONATED FOR KIWANIS AUCTION auction go to the Kiwanis Boys Camp at Kedron. A Centennial rug inspected by the Kiwanians is one of an expected 500 donations from local merchants and_busi- ness concerns, of control, the committee's $20,- 000 request was granted in full. A break-down of the grant | shows the Oshawa Folk Festi- val, the decorations committee | and the committee's contin- | gency fund will receive $5,000 each. The remaining $5,000 is to be spent on secretarial help and public assistance. The Oshawa Choral: Society, attending Expo '67 this sum- mer, will receive $500 of the grant and the Salvation Army will receive $300 but the com mittee made it clear last night that there would not be addi- tional funds for the public. Asphalt sidewalks in Hills and Dales, Oshawa's _ centennial park, will cost $12,600 and water for the park is estimated to cost about $1,350. These, but not light provision, were made by the city. City Schools Given Decals All things being equal -- the Oshawa centennial co-ordinat- ing committee will give car stickers to all high schools and not just McLaughlin and Done- van Collegiate. Approached by Oshawa,s teen- age council recently, chairman A. H. Murdoch "'had to agree" that all city schools should re- ceive the centennial decals to! raise money for school projects. McLaughlin and Donevan Col- legiates were granted 5,000 each by the committee to raise mon- ey to send their school bands to Expo 67 this ssummer. Each of the remaining schools will re- --Oshawa Times Photo ceive 2,000 decals. Hospital as being in satisfactory condition. Driver of the other car, who was not injured, was Victor Major Porteous of 153 Taunton d. E. experimentally at some exit gates, strips on paper tickets from coin machines. Fares in London vary with distance travelled. March, replacing ticket-takers They read magnetic 1967 revenue totalled $85,498 while expenses for the period were $98,370. In 1966 revenue for the first two months of that year was $79,506 and expenses were $95,103. expenses $52,291 -- up $7,088; cost of PUC premises $45,568 -- up $26,213 and capital charges $70,674 -- up $16,694. The bus system deficit for 1965 was $47,559. Beabidaancoc nae MRS. CECIL STEP, (holding centennial book- let), representative of the Oshawa UNICEF branch to the centennial co-ordinating committee, shows guests last night what Oshawa is doing for centennial. Al events are listed in the On- tario centennial calendar. The six guests represent- ing four city organizations contributed a total of $690 to the Hills and Dales cen- tennial park, Mrs. George Lee, left front row, repre- sents 'The Pleasant Mon- day Afternoon Club; Mrs. Cecil Elliott of the Eastern Star Chapter; Al Robinson, left back row, and J. R. McCasko, second from left, donated for the Internation- al Brotherhood of Electrical workers; Mrs. Albert @ ae EEO. and MeMillan from the Haley, Do: Oshawa Horticultural So- ciety. The "Sewing Club" of Oshawa also contributed for a park bench in Hills and Dales. --Oshawa Times: Photo Eastern Star;