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norates the 60t? of Spanish field S 7h BANK n the Royal ARK OF EXCELLENCE ------_--_----- NE 668-3304 TOURISM TERMED "GOOD SIZE INDUSTRY" By JOHN LeBLANC Jr. Of The Times Staff | : eir most successful financial vas coined. With the spring thaw over, merciiants' fingers, doing a pre- liminary dance on the keys of business, are expected to ring a year-end sales result of ist funds. Although the Toronto - based Canadian Tourist Association says the figure is rough, there appears to be no doubting that visitors to Oshawa should be more abundant than ever be- fore. No-one can speculate how many outsiders will stop off sociation it could be anybody- business executives, salesmen, holidayers, convention - goers, friends, relatives of people just looking for a healthier climate. § The Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics doesn't break down fig- ures to show a _ spending-per- P visitor average. However, the association suggests travellers to or through Oshawa should spend about $10,000,000 on just} food and accommodation. By comparison, in 1961 the food - and - shelter expenditure was only about $5,610,000. SPENDING The predicted 15 to 20 mil- lion tourist dollars will be ex- pended in various ways. DBS. officials calculate that 31 per cent of the average vis- itor's dollar is spent on food and beverages; 16 per cent on transportation and nine per cent on entertainemnt. About 650 people were em- ployed in city tourist accom- modations and eating establish- ments in 1961. Today there are some 1,000. "That's a pretty good-size in- dustry," says Jack Mann, 33- Cash registers in the city are | yvarming up for what could be oncert since the word tourism | $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 in tour- % here, but according to the as- | generally profitable outlook pitch. The chamber hasn't a figure showing how many conventions there were last year, or any _ year for that matter. But. Mr. Mann says a sub-committee of the chamber has been formed this year to do a survey of visitors' accommodations for a f tabulation on how many dele- , gates arrive for conventions. ; ATTRACTIONS General Motors of Canada 4 Limited, drew more tourists last year than the historical Henty House Museum on the lakefront. Between 10,000 and 12,000 people toured the corporation's ' and truck assembly plants 'and about 8,000 people (most : coming in couples) made. trips to the city to pick up about 4,000 cars. The museum, boasting a how- the-past-was-lived exhibiiion, at- tracted 2,643 persons. But, with centennial focusing more inter- # est on the past, more city res- idents and tourists are expect- ed to visit the lakefront mus- eum. The €anadian Automotive |Museum on Simcoe Street South, {known far and wide in Ontario for its chronology of the auto- mobile's history, drew 16,000 year-old manager of the Osh- visitors in ut - a drop of awa Chamber of Commerce for! qo over 1965. But decline was the last two and one - half/pecause museum promotion was years. inot as great as usual. The at- HISTORY -+. On Display throws impetus behind any «++ Major Tourist Mr. Mann is not inclined to get carried away by a general Oshawa opinion that any. out- sider looking for a rest under Darlington _ Provincial into the area. About 150,000 per- sons visited the park 1963. after park says, and possibly in both respects. 16,000 VISITORS LAST YEAR In an interview, he said the|tendance drop has prompted aj} city is not tourist - oriented)new publicity drive and, in fact, like Peterborough, "'but we d0/negotiations overlook the fact that we have|with the department of high- many visitors in our commun-|ways in an attempt to erect i la "Museum" promotional sign His term for a tourist; '"'Any|in reach of drivers' eyes from the Macdonald - Cartier Free- ity." one away from home." Mann drawing card is the city's maze) of industry. Conventions Mr. says the main|way. account way The National Stud Farm, birth |place of some of North Amer- for ajica's finest thoroughbred horses, large part of the incoming num-|holds out another attraction to ber while salesmen keep ar-|passers by on the north - west- riving in streams because ajern outskirts. Centennial celebrations in the city are expected to at- tract' thousands of tourists this summer. Some of the major attrac- tions will be the: --Confederation Caravan at Alexandra' Park from Aug. 1 to Aug. 11; --Week-long Oshawa' Folk Festival starting June 25; --Air show May 10 featur- ing the Golden Centennairies Attractor In City Thirty - eight per cent of the 1966 park visitors were from the United States. Communities across Canada the sun will not do it here.|should be amle to benefit sub- His argument is that nearby/stantionally out of the internat- Parkjional pilgrimage to the core of brings thousands of holidayers|Canada's centennial observation Evpo '67 in Montreal. last] With the express vehicle route year, over 10,000 more than in|(Macdonald - Cartier) cutting |through the south end, Oshawa A large share have probably|has a better - than -,average ducked into Oshawa before or|chance of augmenting the tour- list influx. Prospective travellers: to Ex- Tourists Will Be Attracted By Centennial Celebrations aerobatic team of the Cana- dian Armed Forces; --Royal Canadian warship, the Kootenay, which will moor at the Oshawa Har- bor for inspection July 25 and 26; --Trooping of its new colors by the Ontario Regi- ment Sept. 24. Queen Eliza- beth will present the new colors during an Ottawa cere- mony in July. y Navy po from points across Canada 8 and south of the Canada-U.s. border are already asking the Chamber of Commerce for in- formation ..on the city. A lady from Ohio wrote the chamber saying she was head- ed for the world's fair "'by way of your community." She want- ed information on tourist sights and camping facilities. '"There isn't a day goes by that we don't get a letter from some- where asking for information on Oshawa," says Mr. Mann. PROMOTION The chamber is spending $6, 000 on promotion of Oshawa this year, majnly through correspon- dence, a Sooklet and a brochure. More than $2,000 has been spent of production of 7,500 cop- ies of the eight-page booklet and 10,000 prints of the brou- chure - all hot off the press. The brochure, an consise re- view of the city, is available at the Canadian government's 21 travel bureau offices abroad; at gasoline centres on the Mac- donald - Cartier, provincial bor- der points and U.S. - Canada border points in Ontario. United States. pected to take in Expo 67. | $925,000,000, compared with $650, }000,000 in 1965 and $730,000,000 \last year. Spending by overseas people will boost the expendi- ture to somewhere over the one billion dollar mark. Canadians are probably going to loosen their purse strings to the tune of about $2,000,000 on any number of trips, from bus- iness to honeymoons and cot- tage runs. Outside Canada, they will spend $924,000,000 the Can- adian Tourist Association esti- mates. DBS estimations are that 42, }000,000 people will come to Gan- jada - about 41,000,000 from the About one - third will be on vacation, or roughly 12,000,000 people. Some 6,000,000 are ex- | Americans should spend about EXPO EXPECTED TO BOOST BUSINESS 20,000,000 Tourist Dollars May Be Left In City This Year CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUBLISHES NEW BOOKLET ON CITY -+» Manager Jack Mann, Stenographer Sharon Myers Construction stopped today at Ontario Hydro's $528,000,000 Pickering power project as ap- proximately 640 workers went on. strike. The strike was called by the Allied Construction Council, representing 13 unions, after a breakdown of negotiations on a new contract. The previous agreement expired Sept. 30. "At present, there is no physical labor at the Picker- ing project," a Hydro spokes- man at Pickering told Thd Times. "All other staff, clerical, en- gineering, supervisory and On- tario Hydro employees are working,"' the spokesman said. 640 On Strike Power Project of a telegram from William Barnes, Ontario Hydro's direc- tor of labor relations, suggest- ing a 90-day postponement to allow a government - appointed fact-finding body to study the issue. A spokesman for Hydro from Toronto said pickets have been established at Pickering, Mada- waska River project, south of Renfrew, Aubrey Falls near Thessalon, Lakeview near To- ronto, Lambton near Sarnia, the R. L. Hearn station on To- ronto waterfront and Douglas Point nuclear station on Lake Huron near Kincardine. "It appears so far that all other unions are crossing pick- " IN 1867 COSTUME Startled train passengers turned for a second glance during the weekend as 71- year-old Mrs. Muriel Burns, 482 Gibbons St., travelled journey, which started Sat- urday morning in the city. She will spend the summer with her daughter at Gor- manville, Nova Scotia. --Oshawa Times Photo to Nova Scotia in 1867 cos- tume. As her centennial pro- ject, Mrs, Burns made an 1867 period dress and bon- net to wear on the 28-hour man. es indicate considerable num- but some production although no actual physical labor will be done, long that will be, can really say. "We have set up task forces to keep certain things in oper- ation and engineers and other such workers will have time no one + |to organize themselves better." The Pickering spokes man said Ontario's chief concilia- | |tion officer, W. H. Dickie, plans '|to meet today with the parties involved. The strike was called in spite "They will continue working, physical for as long as they can.. How et lines and reporting for work," the spokesman said. Bruce Annan, manager of Oshawa Public Utilities Com- mission, said the strike will have no effect on Oshawa Hydro. Rowland Hill, chairman of Allied Construction Council, said the strike arises from a demand by the council that the company accept conditions negotiated by local unions with the contractors in each locality. Wages are not tm issue, he said. The number of persons reg- istered for employment at Osh- awa Manpower Centre is high- er than that for the corres- ponding period last year, says a Manpower spokesman. At the end of April, there were 2834 male and 2747 fe- male workers without jobs com- pared with 1821 male and 1829 female unemployed at the end of April, 1966. The total num- ber of unemployed persons at the end of April is 5581, a sub- stantial increase over the 3, 650 figure at the same time last year. Employer's vacancies, in most occupations, have been quickly filled from a good. supply of local workers, said the spokes- Local manufacturing industri- bers of employees on layoff More Persons Seek Jobs At City Manpower Centre rapidly available for most oc- cupations, with jobs manily for increase |clerical, of several employees in the automotive, parts, machine shop, aluminum and glass-prod- uction industries. Several construction workers, both laborers and tradesmen, remain unemployed, but jobs are expected to become avail- able as work progresses on sev- eral large projects still in the initial stages of construction, said the Manpower spokesman. Spring weather conditions this year have accounted for an in- creased demand for experienc- ed farm workers and there are several vacancies in the. pro- fessional and technical field for engineers, draughtsmen, med- ical technicians and social work- ers. Female workers have been BOAT BUILDING FIRM EXPANDING BOWMANVILLE (Staff) -- Nassau Street Cruisers Lim- ited, of Stouffville, has pur- chased 16 acres of land near the east beach and _ within three months will commence the construction of a plant and marina. The firm, which has a con- tact with the Ontario De- partment of Lands and For- ests for the production of 69- foot cruisers, has purchased the south-west section of the Short Farm, The sale was handled, by Real Estate Limited of Bow- manville. Joe Barnoski of W. Frank Bye Oshawa Funes HAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1967 doors will remain open, Jack Mann, Chamber. of Commerce manager, said today. For the past several months, chamber and museum execu- Guardrail Spears Man In Accident BOWMANVILLE (Staff) --A 20-year-old Bowmanville man is in 'fair'? condition in hospi- tal today after a guardrail went through his stomach when a car in which he was riding went out of control. John Bentley, 20, of 42 Pros- pect Street, Bowmanville, with his brother Ronald, was pro- ceeding west of Bowmanville at 2.30 a.m., Saturday. The car struck a guardrail about 100 yards east of the overhead bridge: The guardrail split and went through the car's floorboards, impaling the youth in his stom- ach, and passing out of the car through the trunk. In order to remove the youth from the car, a local man had to saw the timber in two places. Mr. Bentley is reported in "fair" condition by an Oshawa General Hospital spokesman. His brother Ronald was not in- tives have been attempting to raise $125,000 in order to pick up an option on the Simcoe Street South property. "Although we still need $24,000," said Mr. Mann, "we will go ahead. "As far as the legal aspects of the purchase go and our deficit, these can apparently be worked out by our lawyers," said Mr, Mann. Many citizens have pledged loans to the museum ranging from $500 to $5,000. To date $101,000 has been pledged. "We feel optimistic about the $24,000 balance,' said Mr. Mann. "There are still many citizens we feel will loan us the Search Continues Would - Be Robber City police today are still looking for a would - be arm- ed robber, who fled 10 cents poorer Friday night from a 70- year - old woman at her Sim- coe Street South store. After purchasing a 10 cent bag of patoto chips the man pulled out a revolver and order- ed Mrs. Helen Young to open her cash register. She refused, called for a po- lice officer (who wasn't there) from the back of her store, and the man fled - leaving his. po- tato chips behind. d have not been able to yet." ity Auto Museum Will Remain Open Canadian Automotive Museum|money but for various reasons,paid during the past few years, One of the persons who has The people who loan money,/loaned $5,000 to the museum is at six per cent interest, will/Dr. J. E. Rundle, the owner of hold the first mortgage, based|the property. He extended the on a five-year period. museum's option of the property Total purchase price of the|/several times but set an April property is $150,000 with $25,000/30 deadline. NEW FACILITIES URGED Retraining Discussed At Conference In City The need for additional re- training facilities in the city was one of the topics discussed Saturday at a meeting of labor, management. and school offi- cials. District supervisor H. A, Con- stable of the Applied Arts and Technology Branch of the de- partment of education told his Eastdale Collegiate audience that at the present time 20,000 people in Ontario are being re- trained in the government re- training program and that the Oshawa retraining program had increased from 150 in 1961 to a present enrolment of 750. Mr. Constable said it. might 'be desirable in the future to have a specific building for the retraining of people in Oshawa. Meeting chairman T. D. Thomas said a building of this type was needed in Oshawa right now. Oshawa secondary schools superintendent G. L. Roberts winter by the public assumption that the schools were doing much less in adult education than they were actually doing, Mr. Roberts showed a folder which indicated the board offered over 100 different night courses during the winter. ; Dr. G. E. Willey, president of the new Ontario-Durham Come- munity College said the college would be open 24 hours a day if needed and said it would open for 250 students this fall, 600 next fall and 2,000 the following year. Oshawa board of education chairman S. E. Lovell asked the representatives. of labor and management to make more use of the schools in the city and requested their comments on whether another conference should be held. John Hanewich, supervisor of the Oshawa Manpower Centre said estimates of future sales and the effects of technological change were difficult things to said he had been impressed this gauge when retraining people, jured in the accident. service and domestic have accounted for the recalljemployees. | EQUIPMENT INSPECTED Thailand for a secondary school female stude' AT EASTDALE, PICKERING nts will also be Schools Impress Thailand Officials of prime importance to Thai- A Thailand school official in Oshawa Saturday said he was impressed with the quality and quantity of equipment used in technical and vocational in- struction at city and Pickering high schools. §. Sumitra, director - general of secondary schools in Thai- land, and three other officials, toured Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational Institute and the Pickering District High School. The International Bank of Reconstruction and Develop- ment has granted $5,000,000 to expansion program. "We plan to commence our program using about 20 schools throughout the country," said Mr. Sumitra. 'We will be mak- ing additions to the buildings by adding technical wings to these schools and. changing the academic program to that of a more vocational program. "Under these new programs male students attending the schools will be able to take a commercial business course or an industrial course. Similarly able to take a commercial bus- iness course or a home eco- nomics course," he said. "Generally our actual classes are considerably larger than what I have seen here in Can- ada, but then we don't have your facilities,' Mr. Sumitra said, The director general also said Thailand wants to include in the new program an agricul- tural course for students in rural areas attending rural sec- ondary schools, "Agriculture is land and the department feels that this must be encouraged," he said. "A group of our secondary methods in Alberta, for the past eight months," he said. "However they are now com- ing to Toronto to inspect some schools here before returning to Thailand in a few weeks to assist in the development of the expansion program." There are about 800 private and 460 government secondary schools in Thailand, OWEN HENDREN, tech- nical director of the East- dale Collegiate and Voca- tional Institute points out the various instruments used in the electronic shop to S. Sumitra, left, Thai- land's director - general of secondary education and Mrs. Puttani, also of the Thailand secondary schools department, together with H. Leeviraphan, second from right, from the Thai- land department of eco- Scala sit nomics and finance, in Washington, D.C., and Mr. Angsanant, right, from the Thailand Ministry of Finance. --Oshawa Times Photo