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A201 cial and economic life in awa is reflected in the ana of assessments for the 1968 r returned by assessment commissioner G. H. Meredith. . One of the most intriguing questions posed by the st tics -- is it the Pill? -- arises from the decline in birth figures compared with ofher {n years. : Total in the under 3 group of 6,887 is given a minus 63 rating WEAPONS CONFI Detective Sergeant John Powell of the city police looks over some of the weapons which have been confiscated recently in the Oshawa area. The lever ac- tion Winchester rifle was stolen from an Oshawa "BIRTH RATE The changing pattern of so- mn or ue mm lysis "The pill idea w Commissioner for atis- drop," 2,919 IN rate CREASE Overall total for 1966, mH A MNONEN iE sporting goods store by youths who later smashed its stock. It is a gold plated Centennial collector's item. The vicious looking motor- cycle chains have been re- moved from gang members. Sergeant Powell pointed out DRO as oj ne Osh- of cue to last year's figure e pil as put for- tax ward," said Mr. Meredith with a smile, "by the assessment 1 Water] whose statistics show a prom In all other age grou crease is shown pm the total Population figure of 80,475. is an increase of 2,919 above the rare figures is. given below. TAX REVENUE Mr. Meredith said the approx- taxation revenue from imate vit mn fama vat Total taxable assessment for 1968 is $309,667,880, plus $3,000,- 000 estimated 12 month supple- mentary for the 1968 tax year, giving a total of $312,667,880, which excludes the exemption figure of $34,170,510. The 1966 bod assessment was $300,000,- PS BUT OSH A breakdown of the age group cent. The same applies to the popu- lation increase, which is rated at 3.76 per cent, the percentage AWA this year's assessment would be $16,000,000. As in previous years since 1961, the year of re-assessment, there has been an annual per- centage increase, but this item of 4.088 per cent is the lowest since 1962. The total percentage increase since 1961 is 40.2 per Aetna teeetevte ret ate tn es neR m m i fn lation, basically because money was freer.' Residential the year showed an increase of 457 over 1966, giving a total of per cent. but it goes in cy CONSTRUCTION "1965° was something of a boom year be TD increase since 1961 being 30.76 "There is a steady growth, Meredith. "'The assessment fig- ure is down because of the limited amount of construction in all fields -- residential, com- mercial and industrial. amount of construction, with a corresponding increase in popu- cles;" said Mr. 18,383. Of cluding 14 cause of the years 2,000. uvnhrtensnotnstcne ahead. move ahead, largest -- the $266,000,000 nu-lout any time because the union|€quipment all the time, but we clear power station at Pickering { -- is still dragging. All three are faced with the/|for that reason could not push constructor's nightmare -- con-|too far in advance and just had tinuing wet weather. Cec Williams, clerk of works|tion. Just the same I think we for Oshawa City hall addition,|will be all right now." la said the project was probably about five working days behind, -|but by Dec. 1 they hoped to be settlement of has enabled two large construc- tion projects in the area tojmuch about the job. work on "We were going real until this rain slowed us down a|Cement Ltd. "They could have been pulled Pickering Power Plant Still Behind Schedule Although : thejon it were not the same onesjmanager, "although we have steel workers' strike on Sept. 10|who were contracted to put it/not taken the full in, and they did not know as|yet, because |time to get on target. "We are starting to receive was striking at random. We/are about two months behind. always had this facing us and|Effects of the strike hit us from July 15 to September, have picked up a to pace ourselves to the situa-|@mount of time by going ahead The bulletin was same at Bowmanville where/|th Cape E. M. G. Co., Toronto, are Mary's|it with other work such as instal- tion of sewers and e steel work was finished. "So much depends now on the building a two million barrel|Weather and the economics of good|cement works for St. Original completion date for S were single family dwellings in- 989 owner occupied homes, which is up on the 1966 total of 14,615. Age groupings: Under three 6,887, four , Six and seven years 3,827, eight and nine years 3,543, mmeqpnne omnes mone construction for years 5, 513, 60 69 1,912, this amount, 17,067 ing had years 1,913, five Confidence Expressed, Reach Goal Significant increases in con- tributions from a number of large Oshawa industries have Oshawa Community Chest con- fidence they will reach their goal of $385,000 when the cam- paign closes at the end of this month. but we certain i 50 on, much the|Which would normally wait until to affect us in June, and while we got steel the people workingisaid Grant Parkinson, project bbit,"" he said. "'The strike began|IN HIGH GEAR the project was June 1968. Terence Kelly, campaign jchairman, said today "early re- turns are extremely encourag- staff back|ing and with a big push in the it takes a little|last two weeks I feel confident |we will reach our goal', Edward Cline, president of the chest attributes the early success to a new approach to the chest this year. Mr. Cline, Robert Wilson, and Mr. Kelly, have been meeting with work- ers, with the help of manage- ment, on their jobs. The three shifts of Houdaille workers were spoken to within a 24-hour period and they increased dona- tions from $4,498 last year to $5,480 this year. Similar sessions have been conducted with department heads at city hall, school teach- PASSES 80,000 MARK 10 to 13 years 6,537, 14 years 1,478, 15 years 1,327, 16 to 19 COMPUTER The assessment roll this year was produced by computer and Mr. Meredith said data process- to produce the report in quick order -- "probably the earliest we have reported after Oct. 1 given executives of the Greater = a) since I came here in 1953." He said the process has sim- plified procedure and made it more efficient and the new style assessment notices had been praised by some of the larger property owners. He has received 271 property and business appeals and 150 appeals against school support. These will probably be heard during the first two weeks of November. 149, 20 to 59 years 40,- to 64 years 2,221, 65 to over 70 years 3,168. enabled his department immer tn 'i OER City Industry Reports Increases In Contributions To Chest Drive She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1967 someone & dl "We're back in high gear",| Don WHITBY (Staff) -- Approval en.-by Ontario. County ition of its Connell, ommenda Ambulance Plan Backed By County Reeve Clifford Laycox, Pick-|with the iron workers and the ering Township, said his coun-|Hydro. cil had voted against the pro-|/PICKET LINE his area was well health com-/posal as White, spokesman for Ontario hydro at Pickering, said things remained much the same. t hi "Although Toronto Local 721 Bre 4 came to an agreement with the Toronto construction asso- tl ciation," he said. "I don't think another part of the group have, and, in addition to this, there has to be discussions on our par- ticular problems associated workers ers in both the public and sep- arate systems, \|Alger Press Ltd. Tony's Re- Services, the teachers Seventh-day Adventist College, he executive of Oshawa Shop- union groups, ping Centre and the Downtown | Merchants Association. At these sessions the chest answered mittee that the county enter/served by the' McEachnie Am-/tled, and pipe into an agreement with the de-jbulance at Pickering. He said/46 have a picket line here. "This is not in any way set-|SP&"t fitters from Local/INCREASES Other with fn. Maracle k questions pertinent to the campaign and explained the work of the.agen- cies and how the money is at the = that some of the chains have had the edges honed to razor sharpness to in- crease the effect of a blow. A 1914 Iron Cross attached to one of the chains can be seen near the sergeant's left hand. --Oshawa Times Photo East Whitby Program For Senior Citizens rx tue! Jewish People Celebrate | Thanksgiving Holiday "Jews pray for rain during .|the holiday season to demon- . eS ee strate God is the provider of all material needs,"' said Rabbi Jeffrey Bienenfeld. They alsojreport back. recite blessings over a branch of a palm tree, citron, myrtle branch and a willow branch to demonstrate unity and co-oper- ation among people despite dif-|dale Manor. committee formed to assist points which would need ap- EAST WHITBY -- Township council last night, with the as- sistance of Boy Scouts of Can- ada, entertained senior citizens of the township -- those who were born in the last century-- and former members of council and their wives. The Centennial program was held at Camp Samac, About 200 guests toured the camp, the most extensive in- stallation in the township. Be- ginning with the new Scout headquarters, they were con- ducted on a tour by council members anl a group of Scouts. The tour included Beaver Lodge, the newly dedicated| Harry Rigg Memorial Chapel, Beaver Meadow, the north cabins, the swimming pool, and finally Shebandowan Council Hall, C. H. World, immediate past president of the Boy Scouts, Scout Commissioner Joseph Fry: and Reeve John Howden spoke briefly. Appeal Cancelled Stanley Richardson eral Vanier, Drumhead services, Camporees and camps. Mr. boys have camped at Samac. ada's birthday. HISTORY Al Evans, chairman of the township and introduced past trolled its affairs Executive Commis sioner|and evening. showed| children there was a tree plant- slides with a commentary onjing day and a presentation of events at the camp, visits by|Centennial medals, arranged by the donor, Mr. R. S. McLaugh-|Mr. Douglas Clarke. lin, and the late Governor Gen-| pe aTURED EVENT A ional The featured event was the 1 international! dedication of the restored town Richardson said}),5)) 70,000 people use the double|pands, 'parades, flags, fireworks Olympic-sized swimming pool in!ang a barbeque under the di- a season, and since 1941, 129,000| ction of Mr. Richardson. Mr. Richardson also arranged for _James Young showed a Na-lthe August concert by the Mil- tional Film Board film on Can-| youkee Band presented on the grounds of the township hall. The guests enjoyed a visit township Centennial committee, with old friends over a candle} reviewed the history of thejlit buffet lunch. East Whitby's reeves and councillors who con-jevents for Centennial Year will in earlier|close, as it began, with a re- days. He mentioned the two en-|ception at the township hall and during Centennial projects that|a watchlight service on New have been completed -- the/Year's Eve. throughout the county, It was agreed the county would contribute 25 cents per capita per annum toward the cost of the service. The prov- ince will pay a 50 per cent sub- sidy. It is estimated the service will come into effect Jan. 1. It is estimated the service will cost $22,149. The cost to the municipalities in the southern section of the county is: Ajax, $2,309; Whitby, $3,765.25; Pick- ering Village, $477; Port Perry, $655.75; East Whitby, $786.75; Pickering Township, Whitby Township, Scugog, $109.25 and Reach, $851. Reeve George Brooks, Whit- by, said the ambulance service at Beaverton is about to fold up. On the other hand East Whitby is receiving good serv- ice from Oshawa. $6,889.50; $1,931.25; partment of health for emer-jhe hoped Ajax, Pickering Vil- gency ambulance servicej/lage and Pickering Township/wide, could get together to aid the/th being discussed with vari firm. Laycox's views saying the am- with half the amount set forth|in in the schedule of amounts. a county-wide service was given by Deputy Reeve Robert Atters- we good recommendation as it "Hydro, being provincial/creased contributions are has varying g a lot of excavating." Mr. White said 300 men were working on the project, includ- Support for the proposal for|ing supervisors, against the nor- al complement of 800. : Make-up time is allowed in ley, Whitby, who said it was a the early stages of the contract, ' 5 which is in four stages. He said would provide equal service forltne reactor was scheduled to the whole county and Reeve H. "go critical" early in 1970 and it S. Polak, Ajax, who said that) yas not te this ri sl te peorinve is aero we | to say whether the target would P i. Sse es be reached. problems the cost will be paid by the ratepayers. He said all munici- palities should co-operate as the north would reap more benefits. On a recorded vote the plan was approved by 31 to 12. Moving Day have reached $8,986 to date this year compared to $1,414 last year, the separate school board has swelled 500 per cent to $1,139 and Samuel Esposito, of Tony's Refreshment Services has reported $1,304 in pledges compared with $310 last year. Mr. Kelly said the story of in- creased donations for the chest is evident throughout the city. Byron Edmondson, GM man- ager of personnel services and director of community chest, said total figures at GM will not be available until close to the end of the month but he is encouraged by the spot total that shows 1,863 salaried em- ployees have contributed $51,000 with one-third still to be heard from. Last year salaried em Alger Press up to $1,159 from roughout, and these things are/$603 with only' 50 B cen of hourly rated workers canvassed] Reeve Ross Murison, Pick-|!ocals, but as yet, there is nojthus far, city hall employees ering Village, agreed with Mr.|efinite answer. 'We are continuing to do a bulance firm would be happy|limited amount of work, includ- Keiller MacKay To Speak At Inter-Faith Service A mass inter - faith service|Oshawa Centennial Co-ordinat- Sunday at Oshawa Civic Aud-|ing committee. itorium will pay tribute to the ie ag bigger and ag i ete choirmaster a' E eorge's Deets. PUNs oe Anglican Church, will conduct say 'clergymen who are parti, mass choir, comprised of cipating in the "Service of Wor-|members of church choirs. ship". _t. The "Service of Worship" has More than 30 churches, rep-;been prepared by the Canadian resenting 15 faiths, will attend/Councf of Churches and has the mass thanksgiving servicejbeen widely used fh Canada for at 7:30 p.m |inter-faith services. Hon. J. Keiller MacKay, form-| A national prayer, commem- er Lt.Gov. of Ontario, will be) orating Canada's centennial and in June, Continental Youth) The Jewish "Feast of the Tab- ernacles"', complete with/giving for the spiritual and material gifts from God, be- gan last night and will end Fri- day, Oct. 27. The holiday, "The Feast of the Sukkos" as it is also cal- led, in addition commemorates the 40-year travels of Israelites| ferences. before entering Israel. The peo- ple built '"'sukkor" as protec- tion against the desert nights.jchat Torah, celebrated|law), ending and starting anew theirja cycle of the reading of The |Five Books of Moses. Scrolls|as important as the building it- of the Law will be placed around the inside of the synogogue and/to the day will be spent in cele- Yesterday program of/the festival by meals in booths. The holiday of Sukkos lasts for nine days, with special ser- vices at the Beth Zion Congre- gation. Jews eating bration. The final day of the holiday season is the festival of Shem- (rejoicing of the|provals. Mr. Pentland said furnishing|type theft for the new building were just tion by July 1, Crompton, small Pinpointed sre' Mr. Cline is happy with the} His worship, early report but warned that|Marks and Mrs last year the chest only reach-|hold a private luncheon for ed its goal when some people! Some departments should be moving into the city hall addi- 1968, William purchasing told board of control today. Mr. Crompton and architect, William Pentland, called in for discussions on the furnishing of the new city hall. The board asked Mr. Crompton to obtain all the information and Mr. Crompton said his depart- ment had been responsible for furnishing the Civic Auditorium and 100-bed addition for Hills- He suggested a self, He said it would be possible accommodate members of the public if loose seating were used. ployees totalled $42,0 G a gent, were re-canvassed. of directors will continue to en- ae oe jeare everyone gives their fair|ium. Officiating in the three-part\add to the "impressiveness" of service are: Rt. Rev. Monsign-\the occasion. or Paul Dwyer, St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic church; Rabbi Jeffrey Bienenfeld, Beth them over the top. 00. "Members of the chest board|a I after the service in the auditor-| share," Mr. Kelly said. The chest is counting on an average contribution of 40 cents| per worker per week to put service Mayor Marks CLOTHES RECOVERED ; WHITBY (Staff) -- Provincial Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a) police have succeeded should bejcovering all or nearly all of|Ministry and Zion Congregation; Rev. jezenko Rostyslaw; in re-| representative of the Mayor on certain/$3,500 worth of clothes stolen|Marks about 150jhicle involved in the theft was } recovered after being "smashed/flags. The service is being spo lsored by the city through the up" in a chase. from Marshall's Men's Store in| Me atl Brooklin. gp ge tag grabjing the service wi Te iron McLaughlin Collegiate and after midnight and a wide as- sortment of shirts, pants, suits) and jackets were taken. A ve-jorated with flowers and provin- lcial, centennial and Canadian) A colleetion will be taken shortly| ceeds going towards | The auditorium will be restoration of the Old Town Hall with an added new wing for municipal offices, done under the leadership of past reeve Neil Smith and planning chair- man Walter Beath, and the pub- lication of a history of the town- ship entitled "East Whitby Mo- saic", written by Mrs. Elsie 'Cleverdon, and a detailed pion- eer map which provides a The appeal of Bernard Guin don, national leader of the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club, has been cancelled. Gilbert Murdoch, Guindon's lawyer, informed The Times that Guindon had instructed his wife to tell the law firm to can- cel the appeal. Guindon had been convicted of assaulting an Oshawa police officer and was sentenced to three months. He will serve, the sentence in in the Ontario County Jail in guided tour. Copies of the book and map are still available at the township office, and from Mrs. Charles Robson or Mr. Murray Johnston. Mr. Evans also recalled the special observances of Centen- nial year in the township, be- ginning with the reception and ecumenical service on New Year's Eve. In February there' was a large display of treas- ured antiques and documents in the Columbus Hall, with movies Whitby. and sleighrides in the afternoon ELECTION SUMMATION POPULAR VOTE SURPRISE Ernest} will} Mr.| Pan- St. John's Oshawa Ernest dur-} pro-| ed men's hostel in the city. dec- n-| | NDP Should Be Happy; Tories Worried By DON O'HEARN Special To The Times The NDP should be happy, the Liberals should be semi- content, and the Conservatives should be down - right worried. That's a summation of the election, The NDP'ers did even better than realists in the party had expected. Their down-to-earth professionals weren't looking for more than 16 seats. The Liberals had expected 30 or more seats, and at least came close to their hopes. The PC's were talking of bet- ter than 70 seats, but really expecting more. NDP BONANZA None of the three parties ex- pected the popular vote to turn out the way it did. The PC's were prepared for some drop, but not the seven point loss from 49 per cent in 1963 to 42 per cent that occur- red. The Liberals hadn't expected to improve much. They really didn't feel ready for this election. But they had expected to keep about their 35 per cent of 1963, and instead they dropped 3 per cent. While the NDP, though anti- cipating a substantial gain hadn't really hoped for the bonanza it received from 15.5 per cent to 26 per cent. The NDP'ers, of course, did have their disappointments. Al- though they had some success there, they didn't make the in- roads in the north they really expected. It appears as though they will have four, and possibly five, northern members. They once had five, in the forties, and they didn't become the official oppos- ition. This was their ardent de- sire, though there is doubt if they realistically expected it. But aside from this they have every reason to congratulate themselves. PC TROUBLE The Liberals aren't in bad shape. Though they do have to do some soul searching, par- ticularly as to how they can crack the cities, and win some co-operation from labor. But the PC's one would say, could be in real trouble. They are now at their lowest point since entering office in 1943, both in popular support and relative number of seats. ( They lost two cabinet min- isters, the first members of an administration to be defeated since George Drew was beaten in High Park in 1948. Their campaign left the impression of a lethargic effort and lethar- gic party. They have been use ing the same political formulas now for 24 years. As of today they should be looking for new ones. guest speaker at the hour-long|approved by all denominations in Canada, will be available in the inside cover of the pro» gram "Service of Worship". City clergymen have been en- MacKay before the service and|couraging parishioners to attend a reception for city clergymen| the nd their wives will be held|)Dwyer, chairman of the com- Sunday. service. Father mittee for the service, said a greater number of people will Tourney Set, Bridge Buffs bridge tourna- and con- A three-day ment starts Friday tinues Saturday and Sunday at Vocational Institute. The tournament is being spon- sored by the Oshawa and Dis- trict Tournament Bridge Asso- ciation. More than 1,000 per- sons attended the first tourna. ment in 1965 and last year at- tendance climbed to 1,200 people. The general public, wishing to play, mist attend in pairs. The Association has five meme ber clubs: Brooklin, Whitby, Oshawa Golf Club, General Motors and Oshawa. Contests for life masters and novices will be held. MAN INJURED John Raymond Wereski, 20, of 313 Olive Ave., was treated and released from Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital this morning fol- lowing an accident in which he received wrist and knee injur- ies. His vehicle collided with a car owned by Motor City Cab and driyen by John Hamilton Hood, 50, of 288 Courcellette Ave., at the intersection of Bond and Prince Streets, causing $550 in property damage.