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7 = a SD v Only 99 \e FLAMES, SMOKE SOAR FROM DANCE ..- "Never Any Hope Of Saving It," Says Fire Chief --Oshawa Times Photo By Bruce Jones sabia HALL, JUST OUTSIDE CITY Tender Orening Set City Hall Addition The deadline for tenders on the new civic square develop- ment has been extended to Fri- day. 'Deadline for construction cost A city hall official said this morning that board of control will open tenders at a Friday meeting. Construction will include a bids on the city hall project|two - storey tower building to originally had been set for to-|the north of the present civic day. structure and designs for the Two Fathers Seek Action On Regent Drive Sidewalk Two disgruntled' fathers ap- peared before a meeting of two city council committees last night seeking civic action against a traffic hazard school children face every day on Regent Drive. John Fallaise, 130 Keewatin St. N., and Douglas Carmichael, 901 Regent Dr., told the public works and traffic committees that children have to compete with buses and cars on their way to school. Both fathers were reiterating a request that a sidewalk be constructed on the north side of Regent Drive between Harmony Road North and Keewatin Street. Mr, Carmichael, a father of three children who attend Vin- cent Massey Public School, says the children also compete with the snow in winter. Mr. Fallaise has two children attending Vincent Massey and one teen-ager at Eastdale Col- legiate, both on Harmony Road North. He told the committees the hazard might be reduced by restricting parking on Regent Drive and re - routing buses along King Street to Harmony Road, "Are we going to give children the same chance as a cow?" Mr. Carmichael asked commit- tee members. Earlier this year the public works committee and city coun- cil decided not to construct a sidewalk because of the oppos- ing petition and a low traffic count. In April 1966, a petition was submitted to city hall requesting a sidewalk on the north side, It followed a sidewalk request by the city's board of education. The same month, city council told concerned residents a side- walk would be considered this year. In June 1966, another petition came along -- this time from people on the north side of Regent Drive who opposed con- struction of a sidewalk. In view of objections by Mr. Fallaise and Mr. Carmichael, the committees. decided last night to call Oshawa police traf- fic safety officer William Moor- ing in on the matter. He will be asked to attend a June 12 meet- ing of the committees, Ald. John DeHart, a member of the traffic committee, said the officer is strongly in favor of a sidewalk. tower have left room for ele- vation as high as nine floors in the future. It would be link- ed to the existing building by another two - storey office structure. One other feature would be a freestanding council chamber linked at the second - floor level with the present buildi SWIMMING POOL OPENS JUNE 16 The Municipal swimming pool on Centre Street will be opened to the public, June 16. A spokesman for the Osh- awa Recreation Commission says employees of the parks department are working on maintenance of the pool and that it should be opened on the appointed date. "We have lots of life-guards this year for a change," the Tendering opened in April, PARKING FUNDS Last night, it was decided at a joint meeting of city coun- cil's traffic and public works committees that $44,000 be trans- ferred to the off - street park- ing reserve fund to cover the cost of replacing a parking area that will be lost as a_ result of the civic square develop- ment. The parking lot, with 22 spac- es, is located on the north-west corner of Centre Street and Athol Street West. Before a motion was carried to transplant the money to the reserve fund, Con. Ralph Jones argued that making the trans- fer of the $44,000 estimated market value on the parking lot, would add more cost to the civic square project. He said the move was a ges- ture of poor bookkeeping. He said underground parking in the civic complex would take care of the loss of the other parking area. : CANADIANS LEFT MARK WORTHING, England (CP)-- Nearly 50 home-made Molotov cocktail gasoline bombs, thought to have been made by Canadian troops during the Second World War, were dug up in a Sussex garden. They were blown up by bomb - dis- posal technicians. spokesman said. '"There is a total of 26 instructors and guards who will run a com- plete swimming program for the summer. " The only thing that would prevent the pool from being open June 16 would be weath- er or some unforseeable ma- jor repair," the spokesman said: The junior pool on Centre Street will not be opened until June 30, and Summerset swimming pool, at the end of Switzer Drive in the north end of the city, will be open- ed on June 30. Sign Bylaw Not Changed The traffic and public works} committees of city council -de- cided last night to stick with a current city sign bylaw. If city council goes along with the decision, the downtown Hotel Genosha will have lost a bid for permission to put elaborate identification signing on a planned marquee construction. The committees had jointly considered amending the bylaw to permit signing on marquees lreported missing following a burton or Lake Simcoe area LOSS SET AT $25,000 CAUSE BEING CHECKED Flames Whip Through Dance Hall A dance hall on Highway 2, just outside eastern city limits burned to the ground yesterday afternoon and despite prompt reply to an alarm, the manville volunteer fire depart- ment said there was never any hope of saving the building. Bowmanville department ar- rived on the scene about minutes after the 3 p.m. alarm but as Fire Chief Tom said, "there was question of saving { Bow- ing. 10 ficials feel that this be somewhat low. Lyle Firemen poured about 60,000 gallons of water on the build- Loss to building and contents estimated by Joseph Drapak, owner of the building, is set at $25,000 but fire department of- Chief Lyle is now checking never it" any reason there." figure may into the cause of the fire. The chief indicated that the layout of the building was the it burned so fast and eliminated any chance of put- ting out the blaze. "There's. so much space in it," he said. "It's all open in Oshawa fire department was also called to the scene in a backup capacity and protected a nearby house. to a fi a mile eastern use of The within mained pouring 7 p.m. Firemen hooked up their lines re hydrant about a half away; just inside the city limits, but found the distance necessitated" the a tank truck as they could not muster enough pres- sure from the hydrant. blaze had died down an hour but firemen re- at the scene and kept on water until about Iwo City Men) @he Oshawa Times Fail To Two Oshawa men have been fishing trip to either the Hali- Sunday. The two men, Cecil Pearn, 37, of 751 Ritson Rd. S. and Hugh Gorin, 40 of 445 Athol St. E., were expected back Sunday night. The two men, both of whom work for the city's pub- lic works department, left Sun- day morning but told no one of their exact destination. Mr. Pearn is a road foreman while Mr. Gorin drives a truck. Oshawa police believe the men were fishing, in a green canoe, on either Lake Simcoe or Lake Opeongo in the Hali burton area. One search plane from the Oshawa Flying Club is in the| area and police are trying to|men's whereabouts are request- get another from the depart-'ed to contact Oshawa police. Return | ment of lands and forests. Three friends of the men are in the Oshawa plane. One is familiar with the Haliburton area and thinks he _ knows where the men usually fish. The Toronto International Airport weather bureau report- ed. winds of 15 to 20 mph in Haliburton on Sunday and up to 30 mph at Lake Simcoe. This would make canoeing dan- gerous on larger lakes. On Sunday morning there was a little ice on Haliburton lakes, Mrs. Pearn last saw her hus- band at 6 a.m. Sunday morn- ing. She told The Times both men were strong swimmers but she did not know if they wore life jackets. Anyone with knowledge of the Parking Problems To Be Discussed The Downtown Businessmen's Association will be given an op- portunity to air views on park- ing problems in the business section of the city. At a meeting of city council's traffic committee last night, a meeting was tentatively set for June 13 or 14 _ between association and the committee. The hearing would be at city hall and one main issue will involve a planning board re- quest of the traffic committee the} Other. matters on the order paper would be: --talks on the feasibility of a levy against "nearby" prop- erty owners to support parking facilities; --financing of a parking gar-| ge; --time limits on parking in municipal lots; --review of the operation of © OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1967 |From Fish Trip County Opposing Delay In Merger WHITBY (Staff) -- Any at-|at the amalgamation tempts by Oshawa to delay am- | scheduled for July 10. algamation of Whitby and Whit- by Township should be fought, Ajax Reeve Henry Polak urged yesterday at an Ontario County council meeting. The reeve said the solicitor hired by the town and town- ship to guide them through ama- Igamation should do everything in his power to fight delays and should protect the interests of the county. He said Oshawa is interested in the rich corridor land be- tween the town and the town- ship for future development and that it might try and delay amalgamation "until it can muster its own forces." The council heard a_ report from the town and township that D. R. Steele, of the firm of McMasters, Steele, Willoughby, McKinnon and MacKenzie had been hired to represent tham Co - ordinator Has New Post W .G. Fawcett, co-ordinator for the last. two years of the adult retraining centre in the city has been appointed a dis- trict supervisor under the On- parking meters to 9 p.m.; to investigate the possibility of establishing a parking authority in Oshawa. --discussion of the affect of changing one-half hour parking meters to one-hour limits. The role of the real estate broker in a community, as the link between man and _ land, was the topic of an address to Oshawa Kiwanis Club members Tuesday by W. J. Richardson, director of education for the Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards. Officers of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board, along with some members, were among the guests at the meeting and heard the speaker pay tribute to their board for having inaugurated the "Civic Night Dinner'. "The city and district board was the first to hold such an event and today it is one of the annual highlights of the activ- ities of most of Ontario's. 46 boards," said Mr. Richardson. "The real estate practitioner today is mot merely a sales- man," he said. "He has the unique privilege and responsi- bility for determining wide- spread ownership and proper use of land. He is the link be- tween man and land. SPECIAL EDUCATION "In the past few years, he has gained recognition for perform- ing a service which requires special knowledge and training, in advising in the negotiations between owner and purchaser. "When there was no op- portunity for specialized train- ing, it was felt no special edu- cation was needed to be a real estate salesman. Today this need is widely recognized and there is a demand for educa- tion in the field of real estate, for hotels and theatres only. - a demand for courses in real Realtor's Role Described Link Between Man, Land estate, from all over the prov- ince." Mr. Richardson said in the next year, the education de- partment of the Ontario Asso- ciation of Real Estate Boards, plans spending $15,000 on its own educational program. He also added that today courses are available in some Canadian colleges, specifically mention- ing York University. The Ontario Association also has an elementary course, which is a requisite for any ap- plicant seeking a license to con- duct a real estate business. "The image of the real estate broker is becoming established in a new light and his contribu- tion to the community is being recognized more and more,"| said Mr. Richardson. | The improved status and qualifications of a real estate man will benefit the people most of all, and so benefit the city, because a city is not bricks and mortar, a city is made up of people. What the realtor does for the people and his city will be a major contri- bution to the future growth of his own community." SPEED MAINTAINED City council's public works committee Tuesday decided against recommending a reduc- tion in the speed limit on Gibb Street. Residents in the area of Gibb Street and Nassau Street made a _ request earlier this year for a crosswalk or adult crossing guard at the intersec- tion. They indicated there was a high number of speeders on Gibb -- where the speed limit now is 30 miles per hour. tario department of education's retraining program. Fifty-three-year-old Mr. Faw- cett, of Oakville, expects to Jeave his Oshawa post by June 16 Under the new position, he will work out of the depart- ment's applied arts and _ tech- nology branch in Toronto and area (not yet known) where he would work with retraining pro- gram co-ordinators. be responsible for a retraining a hearing, | Council approved the hiring | of the lawyer, and ammended the report to read that the law- yer seek to protect the town and township from the loss of any proposed amalgamat- ed lands to any separate muni- cipalities. SPLIT FEARED Reeve Clifford Laycox, Pick- ering Township, discussing the proposed amalgamation, said the town and Township could have a situation arise in which the rural north, after amalga- mation, finds it has nothing in common with the urban south. He said if this feeling inten- sifies, there could be a move- ment to have the north and south split. He pointed out that this was a problem that has been 'affecting Pickering. Deputy Reeve Robert Atters- ley of Whitby, said: 'we hope to learn from the mistakes of Pickering and other municipal- ities and conquer the problem with better planning." PUC, Union Conclude Talks On New Two-Year Contract Oshawa Public Utilities has concluded negotiations for a new two year agreement on wages and benefits with Local 2028, I.B.E.W., effective Feb. 1, 1967 to Jan. 31, 1969. The major changes brougiit about by negotiations included a general wage increase of 10 per cent in 1967 and six and one half per cent in 1968. New rates for a number of the classi- crease in Commission's share of the medical and_ hospital plan premiums from 60 per cent to 66 and two thirds per cent. "Other improvements include payment of wages while on jury duty, use of sick leave credits to augment payment while on Workmen's Compensation, aad improvement in premium rates for statutory holidays for trans- fications are as follows: Linemen -- 1967; $3.55 and for 1968, $3.78. Meter reader-- 1967, $2.92; 1968, $3.11. Pipe- fitter -- 1967, $3.12; 1968 $3.32 and truck driver "A" -- 1967, $2.94; 1968, $3.15. portation department employ- ees. "The union granted some con- cessions in certain areas of the agreement including: Discontin- payment of chauffers' licenses, elimination of day off for stand- The PUC issued the following|by duty on a statutory holiday, statement today: reduction in bus drivers' report "Certain classifications were|time allowance and, in the in- given additional increases bring them more in line with local wage rates. Mechanics were given increases of 37 cents nd 21 cents to give a rate of $3.06 in 1967 and $3.27 in 1968. Coach operators increases a ted to 30 cents and 20 First Cleaning For Old Church A 100-year-old church in Osh- awa is getting its first cleaning. Simcoe Street United Church, celebrating its 100th birthday this year, is being sandblasted by a city firm and the $6,500 job is expected to be finished this week, Rev. John Moffat of Simcoe United said the church is having the organ rebuilt for $45,000 by a Burlington firm and it will be ready by July 1. A choir loft also will be built but tenders have not been issued yet for the contract. NOT GREEDY FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Governor Edward T. Breathitt announced Kentucky would not enter this year's international frog-jumping contest in Califor- nia, saying: '"'Kentucky already has the fastest horses, the finest country hams, and the doggon- dest politics of any state, and we would be exceedingly greedy to step in and claim the jump- ingest frogs." cents resulting in a 1967 rate of $2.84 and a 1968 rate of $3.04.' Permanent laborers received an increase of 28 cents and 17 cents producing rates of $2.60 and $2.77 in 1967 and 1968 respec- tively. "Vacation schedules were im- proved to provide for three weeks vacation -after seven years' service (formerly 10) and four weeks after 15 years' (for- merly 20). "Improvements in sick bene- fits included an extended health benefit program with drug pay- ment plan, removal of maxim- um limitation on accumulation of sick leave time, and an. in- College Services Topic For Meeting Officials of the Ontario-Dur- ham College of Applied Arts and Technology are scheduled to meet with city council's pub- lic works committee Monday to discuss means of financing es- sential services. The works committee called the meeting last night and set the time at 7.30 p.m. at city hall. The meeting may be open | | to} terest of reducing travel- ling time, it was agreed that, under certain circumstances, crews will take lunch hour per- iods at outlying Commission service centres." Traffic Light Bid Rejected Two city council committees switched off a bid last night to have traffic signals instal- led at the intersection of Cedar and Wentworth. Streets. Requests for a traffic control system had come from the Osh- awa Safety League and Lake Vista Ratepayers' Association but were rejected after a rec- ommendation by Fred Crome, city commissioner of works. The commissioner's report to the traffic and public works committees, meeting at city hall, showed a low rate of 10 accidents at the intersection from 1964 to 1966, and none to date this year. The report said six might have been avoided if traffic lights were installed, but a control system on the corner would in- crease traffic delay by six per cent. FALLACY FOUND For 150 years after its dis- covery Tasmania was thought to be just a southern extension to the press. of Australia. SEVEN COURSES DESCRIBED AT HOME, SCHOOL MEETING College President Outlines Courses, Fees Dr. Gordon Willey, president of the Ontario - Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology, revealed last night the course structure and fee schedule of the new college. The school is scheduled to open in September. Dr. Willey was guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Oshawa Home and School Asso- ciation. The seven courses, as out- lined by Dr. Willey, will be: --A three - year engineering technology course. The first year will be common and sec- ond year will be divided into a number of specialties; --Mechanical drafting, two years; --Electronics, two years; --A one - year upgrading course for young adults who do not have enough education to enter the other courses; --A general business course, two years; --A business administration course, three years; --A business secretarial course, two years. NOT TOO FUSSY Dr. Willey said the college is "not going to be too fussy about entrance requirements". Most courses require Grade 12 grad- uation. "We will try to do something for everyone who wants to en- roll." People are too prone to em- { phasize the letters after a per- son's name, he said. "The most valuable thing is to keep learning. If you stop you will become obsolete in a short time." FEES Fees are $100 per year for two year courses and $200 per year for three year courses. When discussing the technical trades course he said students will learn to do something well -- 'you are not educated un- less you can do something well. This will help clear up alcohol- ism, delinquency and this LSD stuff." Dr. Willey was appointed president of the school at the start of this year. For the past 12 years he has been in charge of sales and research at Union Carbide Canada Ltd. in To- ronto. MAIN FEATURE The main feature of the new college, according to Dr. Wil- ley, will be its close associa- tion with industry. "We want to know where jobs aré and who is going to supply them. If there are no jobs we won't Start a course." He says he hopes that indus- try will co-operate in allowing some students to go to school for three, months and then work for three months. This is done at Waterloo University. Dr. Willey noted 'the Mari- times had turned out a number of important people. Their edu- cational system turned out "'top men" but no "middle manage- ment" men to uphold the econ- omy and the standard of living. The community college, he said, will fill this role. Dr. Willey agreed "culture and academic subjects do good but the guts of the thing is that we have to make sure this country, and in particular this community, is competitive." Looking to the future, Dr. Willey sees 250 students attend- ing the school this fall and 600 next fall. These students will be housed in 16 portables. In the fall of 1969, when per- manent structures are come pleted, enrolment will reach 1,500. Dr. . Willey. sees this doubling to 3,000 the next year, MRS. RICHARD DONALD, DR. WILLEY, MRS. CARL CRE iy AMER e « e New Community College Discussed