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ents Press Financing DON, Ont. CP) -- Ouellette, president of rio Union of Students, > $0,000-member union ss for changes in uni- financing di * the election campaign. uellette said the Ontar- ature pays most of the » bill and it, rather rds of governors, have ultimate control ds. % one has to know where ey is going," she said ay in an _ interview. sislature can't question ures because it doesn't oudgets."" id OUS will distribute a t including enrolment ince figures to student at Ontario universities munity colleges. An Oli Furnace? CALL PERRY 723-3443 DAY OR NIGHT INITIATION DAY INTRODUCES : rr HIGH SCHOOL freshmen in Oshawa were initiated today, with the seniors holding the upper hand. Left, freshman Helen Turo- wec, 253 Mitchell Ave., and Josephine Zubkavich, 223 Huron St., pay homage to senior Liz Patterson, 324 Drew St., in Central Col- \ legiate Institute ceremony. Right, John Kerkvliet, 137 Simcoe St. N., was dragged to school by sister Pat, a grade 10 student at O'Neill FRESHMEN TO HIGH SCHOOL PRINT ASSESSMENTS... Oshawa's assessment de- partment has moved forward into the computer age. For the first time, the assessment roll for the city will be printed and balanced this month by electronic data processing, and on Sept. 28, 30,000 assessment notices pro- duced by this method will be mailed to all property owners and tertants. The entire staff of the de- partment has been busy pre- paring the 30,000 conversion sheets and 350,000 punch cards necessary for the big change- over. This information will be transferred to magnetic tape at the International Business Machines centre in Toronto. Now the initial conversion procédures have been com- pleted, what used to take about four weeks of laborious preparation with the use of addressograph, calculating and adding machines will be carried out in one simple printing and balancing opera- tion taking a few. hours. IMPORTANT STEP G. M. Meredith, assessment commissioner, said, "It marks a very important step for the department. It will improve efficiency and enable us to concentrate on our proper function of assessing. "Formerly, several of my ... STAFF KEPT BUSY staff were engaged on book- keeping duties instead of assessing."' He said the department of municipal affairs set up a program with IBM and of- fered a grant to all assess- ment departments to take ad- vantage of data processing. Mr. Meredith said that by 1968, not only the assessment rolls, assessment notices and field Sheets will be produced by ta processing, but also the%eyvoters list, population census, planning data and tax bills. The electronic "brain" also takes care of errors and these will be shown in an edit error list. Computer Helps City Hall © "All property owners should check carefully the statistical data, school support, public or separate and the amounts of assessment shown on the notices,"' he said. "Tenants should check the statistical data and _ school support, although they are not required to pay taxes. "The assessments shown on the notices were made in 1967 for 1968 taxes, and aH per- sons assessed may appeal to the court of revision. "The last day for appeal is Monday, Oct. 16, as shown on the notice, and must be in the hands of the assessment com- missioner by 5 p.m. that day." Marks, Boys Will Open Mayor Ernest Marks and) Beverley Boys, the 17-year-old Canadian diving gem _ from Pickering, will officially open Oshawa's main centennial pro- ject Sept. 22. Plans for the opening of the centennial poo! addition to the Thornton Road South Civic Au- ditorium include a_ perform. ance from Miss Boys, who will make the first dive into the pool. Terence V. Kelly, finance} chairman of the auditorium's| board of directors, told a meet-| ing of the board yesterday,| according to plans for the cere- mony, building committee) chairman Harry Gay will hand | the keys for the centennial| addition to Mayor Marks. | The mayor would then ask| Miss Boys, a medalist in Pari-| American and British Com- monwealth games, to make Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Antics at the vari- ous high schools included impromptu speeches by freshmen, sing songs and paying homage to senior students. Freshmen at the various schools were easily identified by the costumes they were required to wear. --Central photo by Smith, O'Neill photo by Oshawa Times Night School Classes Offer Varied Program It will be hard for anyone in Oshawa to find an excuse not to improve his education when the board of education starts its night school courses in late September and early October. The board is offering every- thing from de 4 classes for the semplered to advanced technical college subjects and arts subjects leading to a BA degree from Queen's Univer- sity in Kingston. In addition, there is a shift workers' course, which is run in two-week alternating sessions and on Saturdays. G. L. Roberts, superintendent of secondary schools in Osh- awa, said he expects more than last year's 2,300 will enrol in the regular night classes, and another 800 in the classes for the unemployed. He said the failure rate is quite low but the drop-out rate is extremely high -- particular- ly in the winter. Mr. Roberts said he has looked at the drop- out problem in England and the United States equally high in both countries. One exception is the 200 peo- ple who take the BA course be- ing offered at McLaughlin Col- legiate by Queen's. 'Once these people pay their money, they usually stay," Mr. Roberts said. FOUR SUBJECTS The four subjects offered by Queen's --, English, philosophy, sociology and psychology--cost $100 each. The subjects are changed each year so the night students will get a chance to} take all the subjects necessary for a BA This year, the advanced tech- nical evening courses are being taken over by Durham College, although they are still being offered at McLaughlin by the board of education. Also at Mc- Laughlin are certificate 'busi- ness courses offered by Ryer- son Polytechnical Institute. and it is! Thieves Get Highway Signs WHITBY (Staff) -- A case of highway robbery was reported to the Ontario Provincial Police at Whitby Thursday, but this theft was far less dramatic, although potentially just as dan- gerous, as the 18th century crime. At noon, the OPP was_in- formed that four flashing bar- ricades belonging to the De- partment of Highways had been stolen from Brock Road, north of Brougham The yellow, sawhorse-shaped barricades, valued at $45 each, are equipped with amber flash- ing beacons and batteries. Police consider the theft a dangerous act because it left the site of paving and construc- tion unmarked during the hours of darkness. The only use police can think of for the barricades would be as direction lights for a cot- tage dock. An adult traihing course, which teaches trades to the un- employed, is operated in East- dale and McLaughlin collegi- ates and in the Oshawa Re- training Centre. Mr. Roberts 9,864 males and 4,836 females, . said they would bree giee sagen were employed on August 31,|N' Ww I level of edu-| $y P cation as. they could be taught a trade. grade 4 up, \¢ to such a With the exception of Eng- lish for new Canadians, which is free, and the Ryerson and Durham courses, which are $30 and $25 respectively, all of the courses are $10. VARIOUS COURSES For that price, adults can take flower arranging, speed reading, workshop technology, blueprint reading or anyone of dozens of commercial, tech- nical or general © interest courses, This is in addition to the regular subjects which are needed to complete any of the high school grades. In all, there are more than 120 sub- jects available. Grade 13 is the only one in which night school students will be required to write the same examinations as the day students. People taking the courses need not start off at the same point they were at when they finished school. Mr. Roberts said maturity, studies at home, or additional learning in busi- ness are all taken into consider- ation and a person can be placed several grades ahead of where he left off. her dive. It is expected she will walk through some kind of Oshawa Employment Down | """ °"" Mr. Kelly said 'the opening! a | will be short but effective, and| Manpower Office Reports) xu". "0 Pp 25-member boy-girl choir on| hand, along with a local school| Employment in the Oshawa|placements in tobacco and|band. The ceremony's time is| area at the end of August was|other field - crop harvesting|set for 4 p.m. and is expected| | down 1,387 from corresponding] operations. to draw a large gathering of figures a month earlier, accord-| The ironworkers strike in the| civic and sports officials. ing to figures released by|province was reported to be| Following the opening, Oshawa Manpower manager,|slowing down work on major| centennial project will be de- J. W. A. Russell. construction projects, and fur-|clared "open house' for the The local office indicatea|ther cutbacks were expected] weekend of Sept. 23 and 24. It that 14,700 persons, including|if the dispute is not settled| would give the public a chance red. with, 16,413 on July Civic Pool | Record Entry List She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1967 For Durham Fair ORONO Staff) -- Durham Central Centennial Fair under way yesterday, with the| judging of domestic science entries, flower arrangements and exhibits entered by school children. 'We had a record number of entries this year," fair chair-| man William Slater said today. "With the fair's standing being raised to a 'B' category, it's go- ing to be a_ better-than-ever| year," he said. Most of the begin today. fair activities| A mammoth school parade gram. there During the afternoon, were centennial ama- teur competitions open to school, church, athletic and scout groups, as well as indi- vidual amateur talent. Fair-goers will have the op- portunity of meeting National Hockey League players at a special booth and enjoy the amusements at the midway. Other activities today include |the Holstein cattle show, the a rabbit show, fat Russell \calf show, and farm implement sheep show, Crome Claims Department Always Behind Eight-Ball "i's sce In trying to save the city money, | partment always seemed to Crome, commissioner of works, told board of control yester- day. Mr. Crome appeared in con- to look at what "they helped|nection with a request for per- ' build by making donations in a|manent replacement of a con- meet the contractors' prices. struction inspector, which the Wholesale and' retail trades|construction fund drive. 4,321 to 4,836, while male em-| Personnel. gBenerally experienced -a nor- Kelly Claim ployment dipped from 11,792 at Female help -was_ reported "According to the: étatistics,| mal flow of business, result- female employment during the| ing in vacancies listed by em- to be in fair d d in th B Fi the end of July to 9,864 oO be in fair Gemand in we t d ees 31. "é sad clerical, service, domestic andj ejec e Figures from a year earlier) S0me skilled occupations. | board rejected. "IT do not always agree with|of detailed work involved just Con./in building a Con. Margaret Shaw," "Either we done," he said. Mr. Crome said have any idea of the reduce the the public works de-| amount of work the city under- end|takes, or we are not going to the|up behind the eight ball, Fred|be concerned about how it is tenders sometimes reached the point where there was so much work|},, to be done the city could not displays. Today is also desig- got! will lead off the day's pro-jnated 4-H Club day. This evening, quarter-horse races begin at 6.30, followed by }a prize-winning cake auction, |the fat calf auction, and a come petition of old-time costumes, dating from 1867 to 1900. Miss Durham Central 1967 will be selected in the beauty queen competition tonight. | Saturday, the fair will reach its peak of activity, with the official opening at 1.30 p.m, Honey, MP for Dure ham, will open the fair. | At 1 p.m., harness horse rac- \ing with wagering privileges is |expected to draw an enthusias- \tic crowd. Several drivers will \compete for the Durham Cen- tral Stake, for an estimated cl the Guernsey regional \show, light and heavy horse jshows, beef and dairy cattle shows and a rabbit show. | Saturday evening, the Osh- awa barbershop chorus will \perform in the fair grounds. Fair activities wind up with a 'Come as you are' dance, to held at Orono town hall. More than 1,000 people are ex- ted to dance to the music of "I do not think many people|the Clare Nesbitt orchestra. sidewalk," Frank McCallum said, "but it] said. looks like there has been a big increase in your staff over the/the sake of it, we would not have a vacancy for an inspec- I had asked for a re- placement in the spring, there last 15 months. "T do sometimes question in| to, 1 }my mind whether the increase "If we were hiring just for month actually increased from| Ployers for sales clerks and show that 12,004 Oshawa area programmers ding 9,483 men and. 2,521 wo-| ants, men. MANY RETURN Mr. Russell said consider-/ ed some shortages of qualifie: able numbers of workers re-|persons in the following occu turned to work during August! pations: stationary engineers as automobile and allied in-| machinists, maintenance me dustries continued to recall em-| chanics, refrigerator mechan ployees. ers of iron, steel and sheet/ders, pipefitters, plasterers metal products generally re-| mechanical engineers, ported. regular production. al therapists, nurses, hairdress | mand. ture resulted in additional! and housekeepers. In the professional and tech-| «A Jot about nothing." is how|i# business has warranted the! would have been no question." t » Control Board Plans Meeting An informal lunch mee is to be held between boa: of control members and heads persons were employed, inclu-| ical field, engineers, account-|Robert Nicol, assistant cam-| increase in gta YORE Ee r s and S0/paign manager for M cial workers were in good de-/Starr in his Conservative Party ms The Manpower office report-| ; A = Pr Lg aj ete resignation of Dean Kelly | ous council: He said manufactur-|ics, automobile mechanics, wel- physic- | Increased activity in agricul-| ers, cooks, waitresses and| of city hall departments in the s afs | lib: f the YWCA. Union Certified) soning the meeting i report on this point to a previ-| to enable the board to formu- Since then, | : 4 the} | ate a policy for monthly dis- (campaign promotion manager. | \ojyme of work had increased By Labor Board cussions | pir. Kelly sent a telegram t0/ tremendously and details of this | Suggestion for the YWCA '|Mr. Starr (and stories to Tor-)youid be provided to the board; The Ontario Labor Relations| meeting came from Con. Frank jonto newspaper and radio sta-!on Monday. [Board has certified Local 793,|McCallum at yesterday's board tions) criticizing the lack of co-| tq 1963.64, there had been ajinternational Union of Operat-| of control. jordination and organization in| sreat surge of city activity andling Engineers to represent em-| 'Somebody might come up '|the Starr campaign. charges were then made of|ployees of E. G. M. Cape and| With an idea that could be just | Mr. Nicol denied the charges overstaffing. ICo (1956) Ltd in Oshawa and|the thing we want," he said. and said Mr. Starr "is bucking) «as a result, we tried tolthe townships of Brock, Reacn| . The board also decided to a pretty big machine ... we) carry on with the existing en-| (including Scugog), Whitby, adopt a suggestion of Con. Pe | on. | Michael Crome said his depart-| leadership bid, described today ment had presented a detailed Act Says Board Has Right To Make Appointments appointments made by the} board on control, they will prob- |nicipal Act, that is. FIREMEN HELP CONSTRUCT CONNAUGHT PARK CLUBHOUSE Instead of running to the rescue of a burning house, these members of the Osh- awa Fire Department and ether volunteers are build- r ing one. The firemen have spent about four working days on the building in Con- naught Park which. will be used as a clubhouse. Mem- A bers of the fire department . taking part in the commun- ity project are: Jack Peel- ing, Don' Marks, Murray Hamilton, Ted \ Hilkewich, <<; | Reading from {the Act at the board meeting yesterday, Con. Ralph Jones |proved the board has the right jto make appointments without | reference to council, and if it is |referred to them, it is only as a matter of courtesy. | The question was referred to |the city solicitor, H. J. Couch, so he could give them a "clear cut memorandum" said Mayor Ernest Marks. | Embarrassed members of the {board were told by purchasing jagent William Crompton that an | automotive stockman, whose ap- | pointment was authorized by the |board but referred back by council on Tuesday, actually | started workin the Ritson Road |depot on Monday. Mr. Crompton said the ap- jpouitment had been made on |the recommendation of the city's personnel consultants, Warnock Hersey Management Consultants Ltd., following a re- 'organization of the department. | "We have the right in law to |make these appointments," said Con. Jones, "and do not have to get authority from council." It was pointed out that some- |body might be urgently wanted {in a department and time would {be lost in obtaining sanction of | council. | The board's notice to council had been given in the form of a \report. Gary Hooper, Brian Shaw City clerk Roy Barrand said and Neal King. Several resi- jit might clarify dents of the area surround- | recommendations ing the park have donated their time as well. arate section to reports. i Next time city council mem-|ably get the book thrown at)used was_ self-appointed, Gils ball bers raise objections to staffjthem -- the weighty volume| 2dded that Mr. Kelly was asked|a re-organization report and in- ity hall. |volume which contains the Mu- section 206 of matters if J.C. | from the |board were printed in a sep- haven't got the money to hire| gineering staff," he said. "The|Fast Whitby, Scott, Uxbridge| Ralph Jones that when a po- |professionals like other candi-| work load crept up, records|ang Pickering in Ontario Coun.|licy has been decided upon, }dates."" He also praised the| were not kept properly and welty and the townships of Cart- the monthly meetings should |work of campaign manager! did only essential work. | wright, Manvers. Darlington|@ divided into two categories. Erik Nielsen, who, he said, had} "By 1965, just in doin the | iia aes <n niay | One for the department heads ; ; aes y > Jui g and Clarke in Durham County. A little time to organize activi-' most essential work, we had! ,.. Z 4 |to bring up anything they wish ties. still a backlog and our over-| Excepted from the order are! ig say in connection with their Mr. Nicol, who said the pro-| time bill rose to a very high those portions in Ontario Coun-| sections, and the other for the motion manager title Mr. "Kelly| amount. " *" ity included in an area within) hoard members to spend an and| "In that year, we presented|2. 2-mile radius of Toronto) hour or two in the departments to discuss problems. to organize demonstrations for| dicated the need for additional} Covered by the order are all SE think we should have a Mr. Starr and that he (Mr.!staff to control the workload, |employees engaged in the op-| long meeting with the depart- Nicol) will now handle this. "This report was accepted,|eration, repair and maintenance| ment heads to discuss running Also denied by Mr. Nicol was|and for the past 18 months we|of cranes, bulldozers, shovels] of their departments," he said, Mr. Kelly's claim that he was|have been gradually trying to) and similar equipment, except) 'and talk over problems which | unable to find a place to sleep|obtain the people we need to,non - working foremen and| they think | we might assist | in one of the Starr hotel rooms. | fill these positions. above. 'them with. & GROUND BROKEN FOR SHOPPING CENTRE BUILDING 55 departments on two stor- eys, is expected to be open in October, 1968. --Oshawa Times Photo of Canadian In- terurban Properties, and Alderman Bruce Mackey. The store, which will have Barrow, chairman champagne against the ; shovel of an earth digging of the board of Simpsons- crane. Onlookers included Sears, smashed a bottle of P, <A. Saunderson, vice- president 4 %