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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Wednesday, March 31, 1054 Cliffside Plaza Splendid New Shopping A Panoramic view of the splendid new Cliffside Plaza Shopping Centre on the Kingston Road at Stop 14, Scar- on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. On borough, which is having its official opening celebration these pages will be found details of the elahcrate pro- gram of entertainment and of free gifts which has been arranged as part of the opening ceremonies. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo Continuous Entertainment At Opening Of Cliffside Plaza Eentertainment for old and young, free gifts, the giving away of a Ford Mainline Tudor Sedan and a McClary Refrigerator, music and singing, will all form features of the official and formal opening of the Cliffside Plaza Shopping Centre on the Kingston Road, at Stop 14, Scarborough on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. On Thursday, the open- ing ceremonies will start at 9 am. and will continue until 10 pa .; Friday's program will be m 9 am. to 9 pm, and on Saturday from 9 am. to 6 pm, with the whole Rrogram taking the form of a Gala Easter Open House Pa There will be a band in attend- ance on all three days, oh on Fri- fay evening from 7 to 8 p.m., the voice East York Male Choir Entertainment acts on all three days will include the sen- sational wire feature, "The Slide for Life," which will be present- ed at 2.30 and 7.30 p.m. on Thurs- day; 240, 7.30 and 10 p.m. on Friday and 10.30 am. and 230 p.m. on Saturday. There will be a slack-wire act, Grant Webb and his performing horse, clowns in action on the parking area and in the stores, and the famous Dr. Ballard Canadian Animal Zoo, open the whole day. MANY FREE GIFTS Topping the list of free gifts is provision for free bowling on the Cliffside Alleys from 9 am. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. The Merry-go-Round will be in full operation for the children, and there will be free balloons, free Life-Savers, free Baby Bunting Nuts. On Thursday, from 6 to 9 p.m,. will sing. free shopsey hot hogs and! cokes will be given away. Models, dressed as Easter Bunnies, will be on hand distributing the free merchandise to all who attend the opening celebration. Saturday will see a special Easter Party staged, with special attractions on the program. TO PROTECT PUBLIC For the protection of the public, arrangements have been made for extra attendants, special police, and members of the St. John Ambulance Association to be on hand throughout the entire three days of the celebration. Plans have been made to take care of thousands of visitors for this Gala Easter Open House Party of- Cliffside Party. Parking space is available for thousands of cars, and patrons will be able |to take full advantage of the one- | stop shopping facilities provided in this 15-store shopping centre. {road from the new shopping centre, | although its appearance has been STILL HALFWAY Plaza's Location Known To Pioneers --Still A point of pertinent interest in Scarboro today is Stop 14 with its m th new shopping centre has its official opening on April 1, with a three-day celebra- tion on Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday. This will be the mecca for thousands of citizens of Scarboro and for a wide area east and west. This is not the first time his lo- cation has been a centre of much interest. Let us turn back the pages of time 50 years ago. The centre of interest was then also Stop 14 where the famous Half Way House was located. This building ,is still there across the changed and it now houses sever- al busi CHAMPIONS CANADA IN ENGLAND Canadian Soldiers Paid Well, Save Well . By JACK BRAYLEY Gonadian Press Blaff Writer OREA (CP)--AS the world's best-paid soldiers anadians might pa a bunch of free wheel- She ers bu ad, a sur- umber o men of the 25th ade' Bg chunks of the rota' they receive twice a i A of em get us fo Send eredited let it up so they'll have a nice Tove" take Bothe,' said Mercer Bussex, on Tt they officer ro, ac- their fore ae Japan, and then for entertainment and for a hovping SES J for ud or 8 hoy said the UARDS account now d by a private amounts to more than $1,000. Up to the rank of corporal the men are allowed only $20 a pay. This is to remove the temptation to gamble or steal be- cause there is no place in the Canadian area to spend money, ex- cept in the canteens and the brigade gift shops. "If they want any extra $0 buy gifts all they have to do is get a chit signed by their eommanding Plaza Parking [s No Problem There's no need to worry about where to put your car when you shop at Cliffside Plaza. You can forget all your unpleasant ex- periences with downtown shopping. At Cliffside you have down- town shopping conveniences right in your neighborhood -- without downtown shopping headaches. A big, roomy parking lot -- sufficient to handle more than 1,000 cars -- is an integral part of the Plaza, situated right in front of the stores so that you can reach your car quickly either to drive off or to deposit your parcels between store nee (officer and ah 8, give them what- | tring ever they need Various paymasters are present at the central Naafi gift shop on certain days and the men can just assign part of their for their purchases. This does away with the necessity of carry- ng la rge sums of money. gervice Jrovided by the pay- master owers-by-wire. The Canadian "i just has to give the paymaster the address and the message and his flowers are de- livered and paid for through his paybook. Richmond Warden Kingston "Pen" KINGSTON (CP) -- V. 8 J. Richmond, 49, deputy warden of Collins Bay penitentiary, has been appointed warden of the Collins Bay institution, the Kingston Whig- Standard was told today by Maj.- Gen. Robert Gibson of Ottawa, commissioner of penitentiaries. He succeeds Warden H. Cleeton, presently on retiring leave. Warden Richmond, born in Wilt- shire county, England, came to Canada at the age of 18 in 1923. He joined the staff of Kingston nitentiary as a guard in 1926. e went to Collins Bay in 1949 as deputy warden. Gen. Gibson also said that D. M. McLean, chief keeper of the Brit- ish Columbia Penitentiary, has been named deputy warden of Col- lins Bay. » Civil Defence College Opens At Amprior ARNPRIOR (CP)--Canade's new Civil Defence College here was opened officially Monday. The college is expected to grad- uate annually some 2,000 trained civil defence workers who will carry on training in the provinces. The opening address was given by Health Minister Martin, the minister responsible for civil de- fence, and Revenue Minister Mc, Cann officially opened the school, Built on the site of an old RCAF field, the college has a "rescue set" comprising demolished build- ings to provide realistic training | for rescue workers. Other 'rubble heaps" are being built for rescue training. In the old days it had a huge vernadh which spread from side to side. A chat with 83-year-old Hugh Cavanaugh, father of John Cavanaugh, formerly of Scarboro Police Department, revealed that the old Half-way-house has a col- orful history. It was the most famous road house in the whole Province of Ontario and farmers came for miles to use it as an over-night stopping place not only for them- selves but for their teams of horses. In those days all goods were drawn by horses and the farmers would stop with their loads of hay and other farm goods and| while they refreshed themselves Mr. Cavanaugh would look . after their horses. halfway--Plaza's Locationtended to Stop 14 citizens would leave their bicycles at the half way house and, then take the street car to Tofbnto. those days and its guests were most stated he did not receive any wages for his services but his tips never netted him less than $25 per week when other workers were receiving $6 per week. He worked long hours however, was his duty to open the house in the morning and also act as host- ler and bar tender. Knott tells u days of the fore Mr. Cavanaugh worked there, the owners would leave a jug of whiskey and a glass on the bar for farmers coming in late at night and it was so much for one glass and if they had two, they left twice as much money on the counter There was no fear of hold-up men at that time and the house never worried about customers not pay- ing for their drinks. whiskey was used up there would be sufficient money on the counter in the morning to pay for it. years go by Scarborough Town- ship is full of colorfu This fact is now being recognized |N.B and a movement is afoot to pre- pare a history book, so that future generations may have a record of what has happened in the past, and the many interesting changes ship will not 'be. lost. With tomorrow's side Plaza, at vestments Ltd. It was the 'Royal York" of generous. Mr, Cavanaugh in Canada. pal Investments' because it St. IN OTHER CITIES company also Former Township Clerk Ed. that in the very early | ouse, and this was be<| The ter, industrial plants and, shopping centres -- a which the company Whatever [earning wide repute. Time moves swifty, but as the|gina, Moose Jaw, history. Regarded by its builders as a pilot project from which much will be learned about central shopping blocks, Cliffside Plaza is describ- ed as one of the largest and finest It will be a companion to even|Mmake money, larger and more diversified Princi-| ments advises prospective ten - centres afoot for Eglinton and Bayview | and Victoria Park and Eglinton in | Toronto. Still others are planned | for Dundas and Bloor, and Yonge | and Steele's Corners. plans centres for Ottawa, one for Hamil- | ton Mountain, one each for Bur- lington, Kitchener and Guelph. The operations of Principal In- |ent on certain elemental vestments, founded some 30 years | ago, are truly national in charac- and include business blocks, of is currently | Principal has either built re - cently or is building in Vancouver, Victoria, Lethbridge, Calgary, Re- Dauphin, {awa, Toronto, Belleville, Peterbor- | ough, Kingston and Saint John, As might be expected, such a program is not chartered and ex- that have taken place in the town- opening of Cliff- ecuted without careful considera- Stop 14, Kingston Road, Scarborough, another impor- tant addition will be made to the great and varied network of prop- erties developed by Principal In- tion. According to D. E. Bennett, an officer of the company, the chief prerequisites are an expert grasp of commercial tendencies and a {full knowledge of merchandising { values. These appreciations are con - scientiously applied in selecting building sites and in accepting merchants as tenants. "We want to make sure you ' Principal Invest - already | ants. V1" "Their success is our success, | their failure is our failure," is the way D. E. Bennett puts it. Long-term percentage leases] make for closer co-operation be-|h tween tenant and landlord. (way TO SUCCESS Mr. Bennett is emphatic that] suburban shopping centres have distinct 'advantages, but that the success of the centres is depend- condi- two | tions. These are -- that they be locat- ed in reasonably good districts, that there be adequate parking fa- | cilities, that merchandise be prop- erly displayed and that the mer- chants be reputable. Cliffside Plaza with its accom- imodation for automobiles is an |example of how Principal Invest | ments is coming to grips with mod- {ern parking problems in relation | to concentrated merchandising | plants. course, field in Osh-, vision for adequate parking facili- -- |ties must be given topmost con- {sideration in the planning of any large shopping centre. D. E. Bennett sets out that pro-| Cliffside Plaza Is Project Of Principal Investments, Ltd. PARKING PROBLEMS "Parking has become a terrific problem in the past five or six years," he said. "You can't have people dr...ng around in circles trying to find a' place to park. It puts them on edge too much. And I think cars are here to stay," he added. But Principal Investments has other interests in Toronto aside from shopping centres and their attendant parking problems. The recently-completed conver sion of old Alexandra Palace on University ave. from a fashionable apartment hotel to a modern office | building was a Principal Invest- | ments job. | At present under construction * the company is an office build- | ne at York and Richmond sts. { THE ARCADE NEXT . Next spring, The Arcade on | Yonge st., one of Toronto's most {famous landmarks, will be demol- ished to make way for a hotel. Perhaps Principal's outstanding local accomplishment was the phy- sical transforming of much Bloor st. between Bay st. and Yonge st. from a run-o'-the-mine to a high-class shopping area. Perhaps more than anything else it reflects the Bennett broth- ers' understanding of commercial | real estate potential and values. GERMAN MISSION CAPETOWN (CP)--South- Africa is regarded in Western German | as the best country for investment, seid R. H. Piehler, arriving with |other German trade representa- {tives on a visit here. The mission seeks to expand trade between Jest Germany and South Africa. An extra team was also kept for the stage coach from Dun- barton to Toronto to change horses, Just exacflv how old this place is could not be determined but Mr. Cavanaugh worked there 57 years ago. One of the first owners was Ned Sanderson who ran the place for 10 years. He sold it to John Hull who operated it for one year. Walter Shambrock had it for three years and then it was brought by Charlie Crew. The property Is still owned by the Crew family. It was also the centre of much social activity. In the winter time four-house sleighing parties would come from Toronto and other sur- rounding places and the huge ball- room would ring with merriment. In the summer time, as well as horse-drawn carriages and other vehicles, there would be hundreds of bicycles parked outside. The house was famous for its food which brought hundreds of people to its doors. They would travel for miles and then stop at the Half Way House for tea or dinner. It] was nothing unusual for the house | to 2, ve 100 guests for dinner. n the street car were ex- CLIFFSIDE PLAZA As An Opening Special We Offer a 10% REDUCTION ON ALL OUR REGULARPRICED MERCHANDISE « . . Cordially Invite You to Visit YOUR ONE-STOP SHOPPING CENTRE KINGSTON RD. AT STOP 14 LUCKY, LUCKY, LUCKY YOU... 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