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ats. Plastic , (but you ludes 'high jew mirror, ular - steel ng butter- na saddle supports, e, chrome ) guard. tly. Down sail cloth th lining. 96511 MONEY, PERSONNEL KEY PROBLEMS Wider After-Hours Use Of Schools Planned Oshawa educators and city officials have found money and personnel to be two rather large problems thwarting their at- tempts to duplicate the after hours use of school facilities as practised in Flint, Michigan. The difference between Flint and Oshawa is C. S. Mott, a stockholder in General Motors who has bestowed a foundation of several million dollars upon the Flint board of education. The Flint people have used a large portion of this to keep schools open to the public in the evenings and on Saturday.s. G. L. Roberts. superintendent of secondary schools, and §. E. first to be interested in making the maximum use of schools but disagree on the importance of money to the project. Mr. Roberts says money is a major factor in any Oshawa scheme. PERSONNEL "The key item," according to Mr. Lovell, "is personnel. We have the bricks and mortar but we need someone to translate them into action. If we just open, the schools might have vandalism or plain nothing." Presently, members of the board of education and council's parks and recreation committee are compiling the information to arrange a meeting between the school board and the parks and recreation committee to start ironing out some of the problems. TRIAL BASIS If all goes well, he said, Osh- g@wa residents could expect at least one high school to remain open on an experimental basis during the summer. The answer to the personnel problem, as Mr. Lovell sees it, is "'a community or area direc- tor" who knows what is going on and what groups are in need of the school's facilities. In addition to the money needed to keep schools open ex- TRUSTEES STUDY MICHIGAN PLAN be.overcome -- parking space for cars. 'We are desperate for parking space. The neighbors often complain about cars being parked in front of their homes and if the schools are open more often there will be more cars looking for spots and more complaints," he said. NIGHT CLASSES Neither Mr. Lovell nor Mr. Roberts considers the present situation/in the high schools to be far from that of Flint. Most of the schools are open for night classes either four or five nights a week. It only remains to open them on weekends and during and home economics equipment is used for the night courses, but most of the time it sits idle. School libraries and gym- nasiums head the list of facili- ties which should be activated, but the classrooms will be made available simply as meeting places for clubs and organiza- tions. Total usage of the schools started in Flint about 1935 and the Oshawa board of education has been watching their sys- tem, on and off for the last 20 years. Asked if the board is aiming at opening the schools to the public at any specific time Mr. Lovell, chairman of the Oshawa Board of Education, were the they have gathered on trips to Flint. Mr. Lovell is attempting tra hours, e another problem which must Mr. Roberts sees Some of the summer. the industrial arts Lovell replied, "we hope to have them open as soon as possible." Justice Cost WHITBY (Staff) sumption by the province of th cost of day. The City of Oshawa will sav approximately $170,000 plus th costs of magistrate's -- The as- the administration of justice will result in a net sav-|are shared ing to the County of Ontario of| about $157,000 approximately $562,000, William! The annual Manning, county clerk, said to-) ments on the county building approximately $100,000 a year. The cost of court reporters and! crown attorney's fees, which by Oshawa, total e }amount to $173,000 of which 70 per cent of $112,00 is charge- able to the administration of e le courts,| justice. The operation of the| i juvenile and family courts and| county jail costs about $245,000! inquests. The new regulations | per year of which about $112,000) | are effective Jan. 1. Mr. Manning said he had just/ received notification from th attorney general's department that the province would assume|mately 20 the cost of the operation of the| become the jail, the county judge and his staff, and the cost of debentures on the court house and the cost of the oper-| of the county registry court house at Whitby, operation of the county costs of court crown attorneys, part reporters of ation office. The notice from the attorney general's department said this is only the first phase in the assumption by the province o the full cost of the administra- tion of justice. Certain other phases of this work are cover- ed by provincial legislation and to be} figure |ings which will be taken over enabling bill will have passed before a_ final can be arrived at. Mr. Manning said mainte-/are the county nance of the court house costs jis shared with Oshawa. ie) per cent of the cost of the oper- ation of the jail and approxi- jail employees will civil servants, They, will take with them all their seniority, sick leave and vaca- tion credits. Their medical and/ group insurance benefits' will be} improved over what they have been receiving. The county registry office | costs approximately $25,000 a year to operate. It however, has revenue of between $60,000 and $75,000 per year of which Oshawa's share is about f} $30,000. Mr, Manning said also that provincial officials will visit to} the county to carry on negotia-| tions regarding the county's| equity in certain of the build-| {by the province. Among these jail and the county registry office. Ross Criticizes Council For Ice Rental Increase A labor official last criticized city council night for forced children in Oshawa's minor hockey league to dig into their pockets. Keith Ross, secretary-trea- eurer of the Oshawa and District Labor Council, said fol- lowing an ODLC meeting last night that the children are help- ing to pay for ice time because of increased rates. He said he does not know if it has resulted in a participa- tion drop in the Oshawa Minor in- creasing hourly ice-time fees in two city-owned arenas that has Hockey Association winter pro- gram. Mr. Ross told the ODLC meet- ing earlier that the association debenture pay' | The province will assume 100) , 1 When a motorist drives down|joperation of an Oshawa main street and sees a two-storey house rolling along in front of him, he gets a good idea of what the housing short- age in southern Ontario is all about. Last o,\ \ SEVERAL HOUSES WERE MOVED RECENTLY ... Homes were expropriated for widening of Ritson Road Co-operation Vital For Moving Houses year about six homes were relocated in Oshawa but before this year ends the num- ber will probably be doubled. ment, police, Bell ing. Then the city must approve the location of the house. A 50- year-old home will not be per- <0 mitted to move into a new sub-|" division. The increased cost of homes jis the major factor growth of the hoi aha Ah had made its winter schedul up and arranged sponsoring and "then they found they were faced with increased rates." He says the increase (from $7) to $10 an hour at the Children's Arena) was a '"'disservice" to Oshawa and as the OMHA had already arranged its financing -- "you couldn't expect them to} j@ponsorshiip." The North Oshawa Arena rate |?! | was also hiked. interested |turn around and ask for more| COMPLICATIONS in the use moving ner is more preserving his abode if he knows he cannot afford a new one. And profes- sionals are more likely to pur- chase a house slated for demol-|either raise wires for the house| hundred dollars. ition if they know there will be|to move under or cut and lower a lineup of buyers as soon as it is relocated. | Aside from the obvious com- 'i Christmas Fire Dangers Outlined By Christmas is traditionally a time of joy and festivity but at no other time of year does the threat of fire, which can turn a family gathering into. a family tragedy, appear as likely in the average home. City Fire Chief Ernest Stacey says there are a number of precautions which should be taken to prevent such a disaster. He said the most hazardous item in the home during the Christmas season is the family Christmas tree. Chief Stacey has noted in past years, from driving around Osh- awa, that many: of the trees which are thrown out after Christmas "are definitely a fire hazard and must have been so for some time. I've seen them put out when there is nothing left but the outline of the branches." FRESH TREE He says the most important item in tree safety: is purchas- F ire F ighters Near Objective The fire department's cam- paign to raise money for mus- cular dystrophy is nearing its goal of $10,000. 'Treasurer Gerry Skochko says more than $6,000 has been raised by the canvassing effort alone. This is believed to be the best that has ever been done in the canvassing. department, according to Mr. Skochko. Ap- proximately , $3,000 was raised by the fire department hockey game and another game next year is a possibility. He said he was confident that the goal would either be reach- ed or surpassed, "It looks like it's going to go over the top if that dance goes over well." A dance is planned for next Sat- urday on Scugog Island. lications of lifting a house onto} ja truck, without either one col- , there is a complicated City Chief jing a fresh tree which is still |green and has flexible rather |than brittle needles. | | also an important factor in keeping the Christmas tree safe. Chief Stacey says a good sized pail filled with sand, or gravel, and water makes a good base. |The placing of the tree is also important. The tree should be kept away from doorways and from heat sources. With the number of fireplaces being installed in Canadian homes Chief Stacey says these lire a possible source of danger lif not screened or properly jScreened He said _ fireplaces jtend to throw sparks and with jthe presence of wrapping paper land gifts a fire could easily start. SAFE FUSES A must as far as the Chief is|¢ concerned is the need for 15 amp fuses in the electrical sys- tem. He said that this is the Break-Ins Reported found. ash. and cupboards raided when entry was gained by kicking in the west basement door where a_ footprint A number of articles} were stolen although the value of the property is not known. Between 6:30 p.m. p.m. the home of Ivan Wallace, 529 Addison Ct., was entered by forcing the rear patio door. Drawers opened, ransacked and the con- tents strewn all over the floor. Missing is an electric carving knife worth $14, a man's jewel box worth $5, a lady's engage- ment ring worth $175 and $55 in was| were Police also report another five complaints about the theft of Christmas decorations. only safe fuse to use and any- thing greater will allow wiring |systems to overheat to a dan- |gerous extent. | Chief Stacey says it is vital to turn off indoor tree lights when bedtime comes or when one is going out. On the other hand, the chief says that outdoor lights should be left on for their security value (when one goes out). The television set is a little known source of danger when placed close to a Christmas tree. The chief said some tele-} vision sets give off a consider- able amount of heat and' can either dry a tree out or set it aflame. The chief says if a tree is bought fresh, kept in water, and away from all heat sources "It can be just as fresh when thrown out as whén put up."' He agreed with the Ontario Safety League view that a week is a safe period to leave a tree up in the house, \ Kingsway Choir Members of Oshawa Kiwanis Club enjoyed a special treat at their weekly luncheon meeting Tuesday when the day's pro- gram was provided by the choir of Kingsway College, under the direction of Ralph Copeland, a of music for the col- lege. Mr. Copeland said the Kings- Ceylon, vocal Wendy solo by youthful way College choir enjoyed inter- national membership, including along with a majority of Cana- dians, several of United States citizenship plus representation from Germany, Philippines and Hong Kong. The special tribution along with .the violin medley presented by Leung, were two of the high- lights of the brief concert, the con- Thorne, Philip procedure of moving through the streets. To get a permit from the city engineering department the co- | A solid base for the tree is| City police are investigating) two break-ins which occurred} and 7:45) INTERFERENCE minimum _ interference electricity service. For smal two men and a with| house the fire depart-|many as three trucks are used. Telephone,|Fees here can range up PUC and, if highways are to be|about $700. used, the department of trans- port, must be secured in writ-|/move its lines. The police send|hall and a small cottage-sized out an escort to re-direct traffic] structure, are both of wartime and the fire department must) vintage and whoever gets them know where the house will be/will have to take them away or route/ break them up for their value in they can take a around it to get to a fire. FROM RITSON ROAD NORTH TO PALACE STREET The Bell Telephone must also| a | , % jand District Dhe Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1967 Twenty-five city hall laborers involved in the latest row at city hall should never have had their jobs threatened because of a change in the city's winter works program, union officials charged last night. "We were so understaffed (in the public works department) we could not afford a layoff," one official said at an Oshawa Labor Council meeting, while another added: "If the city is so hard up why don't we give them all Santa Claus suits and put them on the corner." In a wrangle that started at city hall earlier this month all 25 laborers, members of Local 250, Canadian Union of Public oe 4 tt | é 4| Two Halls e At Airport | To Be Sold to} Two buildings and a small| heating plant structure at Osh- awa Airport are up for sale. The buildings, lumber -- both are frame build-| Council voted last night to press Most of the house moving in| ings, Oshawa is done by a Lindsay! George Slocombe, manager of moving. The cost ]/Usually upwards But the moving permit is a the wires. For taller homes asireal bargain at only $5. PRAISED BY H. J. Brennen, assisstant manager of the Chamber of Commerce, who guides groups of school children through Oshawa's Canadian Automo- tive Museum, gets some funny mail. "Dear Mr. X,""' begins one letter from a youngster who had toured the museum. 'I would like to thank you for letting us tour your museum, I enjoyed it very much." last night. | . "Dear Sir," another reads The home of Mrs. Florence| in part, "the grade four Page at 600 Wychwood St. was| thanks you for the wonder tour you took us through ... your friends, the grade fours." "Dear Guider,'" another be- | gins, "we enjoyed the 'hole' | tour."' Still another said, "I think it is the best museum in the world." One girl had a_ unique "WONDER TOUR" OF MUSEUM YOUNGSTERS clincher, She said: 'Thank- you for letting us see the museum, I love the cars. That was my second time I was there. P.S.: I'm a_ bad writer," One boy wrote, prior to | coming, 'Dear Sir, I want to see all the older cars. My friend says there's a gangster car there with bullet holes all over it. I'd like to see that too, for sure!" Mr. Brennen often gets | credit for ownership "of the museum. 'Dear Mr. Bren- nan,"' one youth writes, "You are a very kind mau for let- ting us see your old cars. I had a wonderful time at your nice museum." Almost 1,200 pupils from grade four classes visited the Automotive museum last month. The special tours for grade four pupils are almost complete. | Residents of Hillsdale Manor, \Oshawa, will as in previous years; be entertained by various groups during the Christmas as 2 . season. Visits Kiwanis Bed-care and special care residents were visited last night by the Kedron Brownies, led by Mrs. Newell and _ distributed gifts made by the Brownies. The Oshawa Kinsmen Club will hold is annual Christmas party tonight with entertain- ment and gifts for all. The ments. Dec. 16 in the afternoon, the Oshawa Salvation Army will visit and distribute gifts. In the evening the Simcoe Street Pen- tecostal Church choir will play special Christmas music in the auditorium. St. Gregory's will tour young people carols. The Oshawa Community Rec- reational Association has ac- ye oe Many Activities Arranged For Hillsdale Manor Folk Kinettes will assist with refresh-! the entire building} Dec. 17 and will sing Christmas} {commodation for 45 residents for a bus tour next Monday to view the Oshawa lights and dec- orations. Afterwards, they are invited for refreshments at the Kinsmen hall. Christmas movies will be shown by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43, Dec, 19. The Oshawa Rotary Club will) |sponsor the Golden Age Christ-| mas party to be held at the! Hotel Genosha on Dec. 20. Forthe residents remaining at the manor, an_ at-home Christmas party has been ar- ranged for residents and staff members. Two days before Christmas Miss Judy Warren, who wanted to do something for elderly people, offered to sing folk songs, accompanied on the | guitar. To celebrate the new year Dec. 27 in the evening the Kins- men Club will hold a New |Years' party with all the trim- ming, party hats, balloons and The PUC must approve the/firm but there is one local|the Oshawa Flying Club, which it ri route to be taken so there is|Company which does a little/has leased the buildings from|Tesearch foundation authorities|«cheer pots." is|the Crown for the past several|a@bout the possibility and will} of $1,000.|years, said they are being sold|also ask Oshawa's social plan-| houses they send out a crew of| ther services, aside from the| because they are "beyond eco-|ning council, already working lift truck to|PUC, can add up to. several! nomical repair' and are no |longer of use to the club. | | Bids for the buildings will be; }aecepted by the Crown Assets. | Disposal Corporation, Macken- zie Building, Toronto, until Dec. 18. Persons wishing to inspect} the buildings may contact Mr. | Slocombe at the Oshawa Flying Club. | eiabdiaiialancneabiamiaes t Change Favored On Purchasing Board of control will recom- mend to city council that the purchasing agent be given au- thority to buy without tender, non - capital purchases for amounts up to $2,500. Mayor Ernest Marks said this in a statement issued after an hour long closed session with| two representatives of Warnock Hersey, Ltd., consultants to the Markson. He added that for capital items, such as cars, the limit would stay at $1,000. Mayor Marks said the board would not go along with a sug- gestion to William Crompton, city purchasing agent, who has also submitted a report, recom- mending purchases without ten- der for amounts up to $5,000. However he said that both re- ports would have to be consid- ered in greater depth before the board makes final recom- mendations. On co - operative purchasing it was agreed that this should be extended and that the pur- chasing department should de- velop the system further. Skull Injured In Car Mishap A two-year-old boy is report- ed in good condition at Toronto Hospital for Sick Children to- day after an Oshawa accident yesterday. Thomas O'Malley's skull was fractured when a_ reversing car knocked him down, but a hospital spokesman said he was now conscious and alert. The boy, of 122 Loringdale Dr., was near a driveway on his street when a car driven by Robert Garry Booth, 28 of 695 Florian Ct., backed out. The right rear wheel of the car struck him and he was taken to Oshawa General Hos- serpentines. 4 «8 2 wm oR AR eK pital before transfer to Toronto later. ee Oe te ere ae eee ee a recreation city, and city treasurer, Frank; Employees, were threatened with a layoff by the works de- partment. Then, jobs for 10 workers were found in the parks depart- ment -- but until Monday it appeared as though the other 15 were to face a layoff by early January. MAINTENANCE Local. 250 official, slammed Mayor Ernest Marks and Con. Frank McCallum for their ver- bal retaliations Monday over a union refusal to allow laborers (if laid off) to do snow removal for straight-time pay on days the union classifies for over- time. The snow removal work had been suggested as a part-time pay cure for the 15 left-over laborers who before Monday night still appeared bound for a Jan. 2 layoff. The mayor had said he was "disappointed in the union's at- titude on having men called in to help on snow clearance" and earlier in the day Con. McCal- Labor Criticizes Layoff Proposals Mr. Gooding said he took the comments as a "direct personal insult to our union." = He said if the union had al- lowed the men to work it would have constituted a "violation of our own contract."' Mr. Anderson also charged that city hall officials had skirted a seniority measure in selecting the 25 laborers whe were expected to be laid off. "What's the use of having seniority (length of time in em- ployment) in our contract if they are going to lay off the older men." He said some of the men selected for layoff had worked with city hall for 10 lum said he was "surprised." years. Kerr Company Employees Win 31-Cent Following one of the shortest negotiations on record an agree- Hour Boost jcrease which brings the aver- age basic wage up to $2.61 per Melvin Anderson, Local 250's| ment calling for a 31 cent per|hour, there will be a cost of president, told the ODLC meet-| hour wage increase was ratified living index allowance. This is ing that city council's public|last night by workers of H. E.| based on a seven-cent increase works committee didn't nance program by $35,000 in 1968. "This work was not created. |It has always been there,"' Mr.| Anderson charged. "So why did city hall not tioned. Mr. Anderson charged the same situation arises every year and "'they blame it on the winter works program." Ald. Alice Reardon told the works program." Kerr Industries. Twenty-two between Kerr and Local 222 }UAW started two weeks ago with an agreement being reach- led at the third meeting Dec. 8. Douglas Sutton, Local 222 | service representative, at- | tributed the quick settlement to Negotiations have men put on it?" he ques-| "bargaining in good faith be-| jtween management and' the {union. We are pleased with both Kerr management and the | settlement". | A spokesman for Kerr Indus- | tries said, 'Our previous agree- |meeting that in the time Lyman|ment was the first -- it took | |Gifford was mayor when a lay-| about 10 months. This one was|from $50 per week for 13 weeks joff threat cropped up "the men|just a renewal so it was much/|to $60 for 26 weeks, a company- |were rehired under the winter|easier. The wages are in line|paid Blue Cross drug plan, and |for the index at its 150.7 level |"'create" work for the other 15) men are employed at the plant.|and a one cent per hour in- | |Monday when it decided to call on council to step up a mainte-; management jerease for each .6 rise in the index. The new contract becomes effective Jan. 4, 1968 with addi- tional eight-cent per hour ine creases being instituted in Jan, 4, 1969 and Jan. 4, 1970. The contract is for three years. Other benefits which em- ployees will receive include twe extra paid statutory holidays, increased vacation pay based on number of hours plus the hourly rate rather than the percentage of the annual income, increased sickness and accident benefits with similar industries in the|a night shift premium increase She also denied a report that| area." she indignantly walked out of a board of control meeting Mon-| | SALVATION ARMY Donations Come Slowly iday afternoon during a discus \sion of the layoff settlement, |\SNOW REMOVAL For Addiction Ronald Gooding, another) Centre Sought from seven cents to 10 cents In addition to the 31-cent in-iper hour. | For Christmas Welfare The call for Christmas we Oshawa and District Labor|fare help is bigger than ever, says an Oshawa Salvation Army for action to get Oshawa an spokesman. addiction research centre. | The council intends to write/ ey has come in from the Army's lon the idea, and city council to} ys" help speed things up. The ODLC action is based on has been very much said Envoy John Simpson "It depends on how much we get how much we give. The ]-; pots" is asked to send a dona- tion to Box 535, Oshawa and jhe will receive a receipt for jincome tax purposes. So far "not very much'"' mon-| WHITBY ARMY At Whitby, the Salvation |Army will be helpfmg to dis- They have been out for the|tribute Christmas hampers in last few days but the weather} conjunction with the town's wel- against|fare organizations. And at the county jail the prisoners will get festive cheer in the form of two Christ- the chance of getting more con-rneed this year is greater than|mas trees, Christmas cake and centrated research on _ local alcoholism problems. TELEPHONE PIONEERS More than 100 persons gath- ered for a meeting Dec. 1 in Port Perry for the annual "Christmas Get-Together' of the Oshawa - Newmarket Club of the Champlain Council of the Telephone Pioneers of America. A turkey dinner was served at St. John's Presby- terian Church. A gift was pre- sented to Miss Eva Parr, of Blackstock, the oldest life member of the Oshawa-New- market Club. Telephone Pio- neers of America is a club for persons who have worked for any telephone company for 21 years, and _ has __ branches throughout Canada and the US. -__.._._ |ity to contribute to the "'cheer fever before," he added. | Main recipients of the Army's help are the old people in Hills- dale Manor and Fairview Lodge who receive little gifts along with hospital patients. The Army also helps out families where the finances have been overtaken by heavy debts and unless help is forthcoming from the Army they face a bleak holiday. Othe help goes out to famil- ies of people in prison who may get the opportunity to make a holiday visit. | Part of the increase this year has been due to unemployment, says Envoy Simpson, and many people coming from the Mari- times because they believe "the Streets of Oshawa are paved with ,gold." Anyone who has no opportun- f . i . CALL FOR SALVATION ARMY HELP BIGGER THAN EVER ice cream. | Already $175 has been gath- ered to pay for all these pro- jjects and the team of collec. tors will be out again this Thursday, Friday, Saturday af- ternoon and evening. They are looking for help in the shape of toys for the Christ- mas hampers and these should be delivered to 505 Athol St., in Whitby or call 668-3556 if you want your contribution col- lected. The Army War Cry Christ- mas edition has been distrib- uted in Brooklin, and until Christmas members will go from door to door in Whitby three or four nights a week distributing while Christmas music is played. Proceeds from this endeavor are used for evan- gelical work in Whitby and surrounding districts. .+-Envoy John Simpson Thanks Mrs. Maynard Nelson f +o 8 0.8.4 _ Y a Ue