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is iles abs on his food sar it reached > said, "and it ip in the nine- - water replen- ionth and food e every three s day is long. about 4 a.m. 9 p.m. When ghtning storms nmon stays up bed at all when I might miss a $ with cash INANCE LIMITED 723.3487 ticker, | ition ES W167, seni HOME NEE Two Oshawa boys found a five-legged frog which they are willing to give to anyone who can provide it with a good home. The frog's present residence is a one-quart can, in which DED FOR FIVE - LEGGED FROG he -barely has room to stretch his legs. The boys, Michael Solski, 7, and Alis- tair Mitchell, 9, found the frog in a pond at Bowman- ville. Mrs. Al Solski, 1362 Oxford St., said it is un- usual to find a deformed frog, since the parents nor- mally eat them when they are born. All three of the frog's rear legs are well formed and it uses them all when jumping and swim- ming. ! Only Small Industries Attracted Shaw Says Only little '"'peanutty" indus- try had been attracted to Osh- awa, Con. Margaret Shaw said at a board of control meeting yesterday. "You could count the num- ber who have come in on your fingers," she added. And, to business and indus- trial development director J. P. Williams, she said: 'Former industrial commissioners have gone out of this city with their heads bowed." Mr. Williams was addressing the board on the availability of industrial land if a proposed spur line was built from the harbor. "Do we need further indus- trial land?" asked Con. Shaw. "What we need is a package deal to offer these people where services are available with the land. "It seems to be the case that industry is sitting as close as it we must| position regarding the land over take pg 9g ase Larne the spur line would pass. "1 know for a fact that these} Returning later to the meet- firms would rather pay $10,000|)ing with William Gillberry, har- \for an acre with services rather|bor manager, Mr. Couch said | than $500 without." janother possibility would be to | Con. Frank McCallum said /let the harbor commission take \the city had been so far behind|over the land for the spur as the times there had been nojpart of the harbor development, advanced planning. Phd have ayin peg scarce pia | Mr. Gillberry said that when ---- ee' the transit shed was completed, |LOOK AHEAD | and other improvements had Mr. Williams said what the/taken place, there would be a city had to do right now was| tremendous increase in value of look ahead and plan for future|the land and harbor facilities. development. "It might take| following the meeting, Con. years,"' he said. Robert Nicol said the proposed He told board members he | spur line would be about a mile had recently been to a meeting |long, linking the harbor with \in the United States and learn-|the main Oshawa rail facilities ed it was the custom to put/having direct access to Toronto services on land, although it)/and Montreal. : : was not expected to be sold for} He said Canadian National 15 years. {Railways would build the spur City solicitor H. J. Couch said|line and the city would take \he would investigate the legal!over running responsibility islation. f |John Visser, chairman of the The beach at Lakeview Park could become another Sunny- or Coney Island, Con. Frank McCallum said at a board of control meeting yesterday. Members of the board had been to the park to look at two Caravan Ends Stay In District WHITBY (Staff) -- Confeder- ation Caravan moved out of the district today, following a five-day stay in Whitby which attracted almost twice the num- ber of Whitby residents. and were debating ability of purchase. Ernest Marks, mn nL Yesterday's 4,778 visitors, | -----_____ brought the five day total to! 27,495. "George Moir, caravan man- ager, was particularly pleased ,with the response in. Whitby," caravan committee, morning. "In 11 days, Oshawa drew 38,000, while we drew 10,000 eS me said this OSHAWA BEACH ANOTH properties along the lakefront offered for sale to city hall, On the suggestion of Mayor the members instructed parks, property and mt nce recreation commissioner, P. J. Kennedy, to have the beach area around the Barnhard pav- flion cleaned up and to report back to the board. Con Robert Nicol said pur- chase of the property would be ns HE the advis- ming and vino q TT LL a good investment for the city at the moment. "Not everybody has a cot- tage to go to at weekends", he pointed out, make a good area for swim- "It is the only beach be- ER CONEY ISLAND? tween bring "and this would The other recreation." iel tu ed out Con. properly developed, it a) here and Toronto," point- McCallum." If could people into the city." board also instructed property officer P. G. McDan- submit his estimate of the properties' value. smi mr trike By Iron Workers Halt Civic Project City Hall Construction Four Weeks Behind Goal he Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1967 in only five days and almost] doubled our population." During its stay in Whitby,| the caravan attracted its 500,-) 000th visitor, 17-year-old Pat! Carswell, a student at Henry Street High School in Whitby, who received a crest and gold} ve pin. | | The caravan left early this) morning for a four day stay Angry city aldermen at Lindsay. From there, it will night attacked Donald Brown while parents toured the eight trailers. It was the first centre} ,, in which such a service was given. What is this firm?" "We've never heard of it.' They de- last Mr. Visser said he was grate- nightly at the caravan. Whitby Brass Band entertain- ed during closing night. Caribbean Scouts Here Thirty Caribbean boy scouts arrived in the city today for a two-week visit t o complete an which started last summer. The eighth Oshawa Boy Scout troop visited Bermuda paft of their stay. ae * Before visiting Camp Sam- ac's adventure base in the Hali- burton area Sunday, the scouts will attend a church service and dinner at Christ Church. The scouts will tour Oshawa McLaughlin Wednesday. Oshawa-Bermuda exchange trip |manded he be brought back to ful to the boy scouts who look-| pet to substantiate the) ed after the guest book and|°?8!ses. : performers who entertained) One of the most emphatic jwas Ald, Ernie Whiting. | "The engineers in the last couple of weeks have been! 'given an awful black eye,"' he said, "Il know if I worked for |this department, my morale |would be very low right now. | | "We are saying we do not! |trust the people who work in| \the engineers' department; | that they are skiting on the! overtime. Whoever makes this| type of accusation must be pre-| pared to back it up." the board of control into the He demanded an enquiry by| Aldermen Critical rtime Charges Con. McCallum said the fact)asked Mr Brown if the amount go on to smaller centres in! esentati f a fi f ee ores vee ee ee oat i id: l n in| representative of a firm of per-|.. " i _|gineers was "padding," said: northern Ontario. }sonnel consultants, who, Sided sla el Gs It hiheed unfor "Any controller has the right During its stay here, St.!Monday, made critical refer-|tunate it was reported," helt, ack questions, but perhaps John Ambulance Corps' nursing/ences te city engineers and| agreed "The board has!/the meeting should not have| cadets looked after 86 babies/their overtime earnings. already asked one member|been reported. Mr. Brown must "Who is this guy?" they said.|Who made a subsequent state-|come back and substantiate his |ment tc substantiate it. Steps|charges. We discussed it to- jare being taken for an investi-|day." gation but we cannot report! Ald. Murdoch said he would anything further at this Particu-|oppose any further appoint- lar stage." |ments untli there RIGHT TO ASK planation of the charges made by Con, Nicol, who on Monday| Mr. Brown. Crompton Recommends Purchase Without Tender Purchasing agent William,;had a staff of 11, and spent Crompton told board of control $2,000,000 for city hall. yesterday he estimated city hall could save his year's salary if 7 it adopted a new method of gets purchasing without tender. The board was considering a report on purchasing by War- hall Was an ex- had been a_ gradual of other small sections departments, and he now asked that purchasing should be separated from the treasurer's department and re-| various city departments, their/nock Hersey Management Con- port direct to the board. The $2,465,000 civic square; construction project is about |four weeks behind schedule in jan 18-month building program, | {a construction official said to-| day. | | James Murphy, construction| | superintendent at the downtown |site, said work may dwindle to |a crawl by next week if a legal strike by iron workers in On- tario does not end. In his mobile field office, Mr.| Murphy said only about six) iparpeniets and 14 laborers are at work and they might have to Ibe laid-off next week. | He said the size of the con-| Struction force is already well below par -- there should be between 80 to 100 men on the job to keep up with the con- |struction schedule. |WAGE DEMAND |. The iron workers' strike af-| \fecting the civic complex is| jcentred around a contract 4e-| mand for an hourly wage in- jcrease of $1.27 over a two-year jperiod. About 40 major steel- |producing firms in the prov- jince have flatly rejected the |Proposal -- which some 165 other smaller contractors have agreed to. A two-year contract be- \tween the iron workers' union and steel companies ran out|Self manufactured some 20 tons at the end of April. contracted Gilbert Steel Ltd. alton, Ont., Milne and Nicholls have sub- to supply re- inforcing rods -- ia Gilbert is among the approximate 40 major steel firms holding out on the wage demand. STEEL NEEDED Indicating how badly the complex is being affected, the construction superintendent said "everything we do has re- inforcement in it." He added, "we can't get the steel at all. We haven't had any shipments from any Toronto steel com- Panies."" Asked if one of the approxi- mate 165 companies agreeable to the union demand could take the job over from Gilbert, Mr, Murphy said the job was too big for a small contractor to handle. Most of the 4,000 iron work- ers striking for extra money in the province are still at work~ with the consenting compan- ies. "If the strike continues next week the project will pretty well come to a halt,"' he said, adding he wants to keep it go- ing 'the best we can." He said he was going to try and maintain the work crew at the site but "if the worst comes to worst, we'll have to lay off." With no steel arriving at the site, Milne and Nicholls has it- of reinforcing rods and_ sent them along. */WORK STOPS Yesterday, Mr. Murphy's troubles were broadened when an iron workers' union business last year and will play host to the caribbean scouts. The vis- itors will be billeted at Camp Samac for the first week and in fj private homes for the second|board was going to make such Tuesday, and meet Col. R. S.) staffing, working conditions and|sultants Ltd., personnel ad- overtime. "The whole kit ca-|visers to city hall, and recom- Early CNE Visit, "The heads of departments agent turned up at the site and + i i might not see eye-to-eye with Hy complained about general a : Loeeeeys pte ame sub-\the purchasing agent, who Bay Ridges Boys laborers doing work with the Con. Robert Nicol said the}! He an gi er Sager : should be free to make his own : steel rods. The result has been Seis ciacitiaienidciel ~|recommendations," said Mz]. .Some of the first people to) that even work with the rods nik Sad eagariiy su, ati : ql with mot ' to engineering department' but ri departments of city hall. Crompton. should be free i to do this without outside pres- . sures". that figure the formal tender pagan . sa ent, Jack F , International Iron Workers Council members had been cola = re had 0 be gone Board members are to con-|day were two Bay Ridges boys/Union, said in an interview to- called to a special meeting to| we . ould arrive at better sider the two reports, and in-|who waited all week to enter./day he ordered a halt on work endorse construction contracts Pcs v »|vited Mr. Crompton to make}. Timothy Giroux, 15, and/with the rods because it wasn't |prices by seeking quotations, and tenders. |he said. '"This would allow us to They were also asked to aP-| negotiate with suppliers, and, in jprove employment of a junior) most cases, you would derive a! another report on co-operative|brother Joseph, 13, began/being done by iron workers. purchasing, which the board of/camping in front of the exhibi-| The grounds for the com- education and the hospital were |tion grounds last Monday night./plex. have been excavated and which would avoid special leg- | roast will be held in_ their honor Wednesday evening at Camp Samac,. The scouts will visit Niagara Falls, Thursday, and have a free day Friday to explore the Oshawa area. The boys will also visit the National Stud Farm. department, MURDOCH OPPOSED Ald. Gilbert Murdoch said he was opposed to any further hir- ing, in view of recent news- paper reports of overstaffing and excessive overtime in city ------|hall departments, until there 'ae . |had been a review of staffing by Three In Hospital |board of control or some other | body Following Crash led by Ald. John DeHart. Opposition was also express- PICKERING (Staff) -- A two-; "The engineering department car collision on Altona Road, at/has been under tremendous Highway 2, in Pickering Town-|criticism," he said. 'Perhaps ship Thursday night sent three/a lot of it uninformed, and I persons to Scarborough General |agree that until such time as Hospital with what police des-|we can sort things out, and cribed as 'minor injuries'. | find out where we are going, it Police were unable to release|should be referred back to {the names of the injured, which|poard of control" lincluded the driver and a pass-| After Con. Frank McCallum lenger of one car and a passen-| said the appointment was made 'ger of the second car. on June 29, deputy commission- Two Oshawa youths set- ting off for Picton Island by Sail boat got off to a poor Start yesterday when their Vessel capsized and took in ' WET START FOR YOUNG OSHAWA SAILORS a foot of water while it was and his brother Michael, 16, still tied up. Within half an a gy cei: gd in hour, the 11-foot Sea Snark the boat before reaching was bailed out and the their cottage on Picton Island. Just three weeks a boys, George Vick, 18,. left, er of works Robert Richardson told council the draftsman would be involved in the preparation of plans for many things, but mainly construction projects. "The department has been criticized for the amount of overtime, but the overtime has been extremely heavy because the workload is extremely heavy," he said. Staff was needed at this time so tenders for 1968 projects could be prepared at an early date. Ald. Murdoch later withdrew his objection, and council ap- proved the appointment, "I think it is a very unfor- tunate thing that a city de- partment should be criticized in the press without any substan- tiation,' said Ald. William Paynter. "I have never heard of this firm. Who are they?" Con. Ralph Jones said that Mr. Brown was a BA and a member of the firm of War- nock Hersey Management Con- sultants Ltd., personnel ad- visers to city fall. They had been working on these matters for Oshawa since 1965, and had tions in city hall. WHAT QUALIFICATIONS "What qualifications has this man got for saying the things he has said here?" de ded been hired to evaluate all posi-| A public campfire and corn|draftsman in the public Works) hetter pricing schedule." | concerned with. "We are all very much im- pressed with your submis- sions," said Mayor Marks. | | Tenders were no assurance of |the lowest prices by any means, |Mr. Crompton continued. In |some cases they might mean higher prices. Publication of figures meant they were often inflated because suppliers sometimes went to contractors afterwards with complaints. |SAVE SALARY "If we do away with tenders entirely, I could save my sal- ary in one year," declared Mr, Crompton, "apart from the say- ing in time." | He said he did not believe | there was anything in the stat- jutes which said municipalities must go through tender proce- dure. It was taken up some years ago in order to safeguard taxpayers' money. "In my opin- ion, we should now raise our sights'." Asking for his buying limit to be raised, he said it was too low and hampered operations. In Kitchener and the Township of Toronto it was $5,000, and in London, $3,500. | Asked what he meant by |value analysis, Mr. Crompton said an example would be where an article which could be bought for $400 could be made in the council workshops for $200. DEPARTMENT GROWS Detailing the growth of his department. Mr. Crompton said when he joined city hall in 1962 jno provision had even been made for a secretary. He now City Traffic Re - Routed North and south bound traf- fic between Rossland Road and William Street will be re- routed via Rossland Road East, Mary Street and William Street due to the reconstruction and widening of Simcoe Street North. Traffic to the Oshawa Gen- jeral. Hospital will be re-routed | via Mary Street, Adelaide Ave- | nue and Golf Street and east on Alma Street to the hospital. This route is marked with hos- pital advisory signs. Ald. DeHart. Ald. Alice Reardon said it was her understanding that con- fidential matters of this nature should be discussed in camera. "T suggest we do nothing else until we have a full meeting of council on this matter," she said 'I would like to know if this man can back up his state- ments." ago, the craft broke in two when the boys' father, Mas- ter Vick, was out sailing. The boat has since been repaired with fiberglas --Oshawa Times Phote PRIZE WINNER T. C. Glaspell and Son Lid., RR Oshawa, won first and fifth prize in the braid or coarse wool class of the wool show at Award for the outstand- ing student militiaman of the high school undergradu- the Canadian National Exhibi-| te summer course was tion yesterday. The company's} presented to Trooper lan fleece entry was made Grand| Jackson last night at champion of the 1967 wool! Oshawa Armouries. Lt.-Col. | show. L. P. Tiggelers, CD, who : Two Toronto boys began their vigil Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Giroux took Ernest|their sons a hot meal every/some foundation walls building footings are all that have been completed though Murphy says, '"'we should have come pleted by now." TOP STUDENT SOLDIER HONORED inspected the 79 who grad- uated from the six-week course, presented the award. The graduates are qualified as trained militia- men part two. Also re- ceiving awards as outstand- ing members of their troop, were Trooper Mathew Obal of number one troop and Trooper Paul Patte of num- ber two troop. The passing out ceremony consisted of drill demonstrations, pa- rades, inspection and a march past. --Oshawa Times Photo hein: