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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining 'The Oshewe Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA VOL. 84--NO. 302 WHITBY PAGE 3 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1955 SIMCOE STREET--"MAIN DRAG" CITY PLANNING FOR OSHAWA HOURIRGL FinanGE i) PR [PL rid , | Year Report Chief Lauds Motorists For Fine Yule Record Presented To Kiwanis At their final weekly meeting for this year, Tuesday noon, mem- | bers of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club | heard President Vern Walker give a report of his stewardship for | 1955. | AND TRAFFIC PROBLEM Street Plan Data Given This is the second of a series of articles dealing with deve- lopment of planning for the City of Oshawa and some of the problems which face the city's planning authorities.. The articles have been prepared with the assistance of planning board reports. The third in the series will appear tomorrow. By JIM REVITT Sound planning is based on thorough knowledge gained from research and analysis. s There must be space for living work, play and business. Normal cities grow soundly only the master street plan it is im- {portant to remember that the |plan jtself is not a single entity. It is closely intergrated with all |other plans from parks to indus- trial zoning. It is also worth remembering that the ties of Oshawa also hindered the construction of effective road sys- tems. Without early planning, most of the would-be arteries fiz- zled out whenever they ran into these irregularities. The master street plan has laid out a plan of city streets consider- ing the effect on transportation when. needs related to land-use, such as for traffic movement, between residential tween industrial areas and topographical irregulari-| the lake to the northern boundary,| about seven miles It poten-| tially provides a very satisfactory] means of carrving heavy leads be- high- way and heavy passenger traffic between industrial and residential areas. "It is highly possible that future] traffic may justify the building of! bridges over the two railways and a constructing of a cloverle2" at the intersection of Highway 401," says the proposed master street plan. | The width of this street will bel widened to 86 feet and as it is land adja- should not be consid-| cent to it Simcoe Street is the Main drag" of Oshawa and will probably re- main so for a long time. It runs from the lake to the city's north- ern limits and continues northward for another 13 miles to Port Perry. It has access to Highway 401 by means of a semi-cloverleaf. It in- tersects all ten of the primary east and west arteries. LAND USE PLAN It is planned that the presently attempted practice in land use should be continued as follows: 1. It is planned that the east side south of Wolfe Street should be used for industry, except for two relatively small sections of residences. The west The retiring president reviewed the club's activities over the past 12 months, relating the highlights of achievement attained and com- munity service rendered. Such outstanding projects annually car- ried out by Oshawa Kiwanians, including sponsorship of Junior Farmers section at Oshawa fair; support of minor softball and hockey teams; Key Club at the Ontario Training School: and oth- ers, together with the club's major project for boys and girls, the Kiwanis Camp, at Kedron, were among those mentioned. i Outstanding in the club's Ki- wanis International activity this past year was the sponsorship and formation of a new Kiwanis Club at Whitby. i KIWANIS HOUSE | A highlight of the club's money- raising activities was the building of the first 'Kiwanis house", which was planned, built and sold this past year, and from the profit realized, the club made a dona- tion of $2,000 to the Oshawa Hos- } pital building fund, a portion a THOMAS G. SHELTON « + « Permanent Settlement Is Goal 1 Out Of 15 Here Is New Canadian One out of every 15 persons we| their three - year pledge. The holding of the Kiwanis Kar-| nival, which prior to the loss of the Oshawa Arena in 1953, was {an annual fund - raising event for Oshawa Kiwanians, was another of the features of the club's 1955 activity { In reviewing the club's financial status, President Vern pointed out that thanks to the Karnival, along with the travel and .adventure lecture series and annual Radio Auction, the club's charity ac- pass count showed a sizeable profit, New Canadian ice work. | PROUD OF RECORD Kiwanian Vern stated |left the president's chair with Shelton explained, mingled feelings, just 'as when he Settled in Ontario. first took office. He was extreme-| The > 3 {ly proud of the club's record for| the Oshawa-Ajax-Toronto area. Canada and enough cash in [1955 and grateful to the support, Mr. Shelton's ofiice administersibank to buy a farm or small bus [and whole - hearted : co-operation|the territory east to { 1 he had received from the mem- nerth to Haluburton, and west to|into action. bers, for which he voiced his per-| the metropolitan limits of Toronto. sonal thanks. He also admitted] "New Canadians are drawn to miliar with local properties with 550,000 selves." "In fact, our settlement service on the streets these days is a becomes really effective only after according to Tho-la New Canadian has been in Can despite the large amount of mon-/mas G. Shelton, officer in charge ada for a year or two," Mr. Shel ey budgeted and spent on serv- cf Immigration Service at Oshawa. ton explained. "We like them fo More than 1,000,000 immigrants become thoroughly accustomed to| | have entered Canada since the end|the Canadian way of life before 4 ar 3 that he Of the second World War, Mr. venturing into business for them Seas markets" were a major factor : But when a New Canadian de majority of them populate cides he has enough experience in the Cobourg, ness, the settlement service goes | Says Publics Response Better Than Not only were there no arrests for drunk driving in Oshawa over |the Christmas weekend, but there' | were no arrests whatsoever on {Sunday, Dec. 25, and Monday, Dec. 26. Chief Herbert Flintoff was pleased to report that no one was detained in the police cells on Christmas Day. "It was a very good record" in the words of the chief, who re- leased statistics of the weekend today. He said the response of the public to the plea for extra care, especially in driving, was even better than the police de- artment dared hope. EW BOOKED A summary showed that two men had been booked for drunk- enness Friday night. On Satur- day, two people were charged ith disorderly conduct at a ance hall, one nfan was charged with intoxication and a motorist - Libbey FERRER Real Expected was booked for failing to remain a sa accident. aud - 'olice no necessary to make any arrests on Sunday Monday. There had been only Se arrest on Tuesday up until y and that case involved an out-ff- town man who was charged non-support. - There were 10 accidents in tHe period from Friday night unfil esday morning, but all were of a minor nature, said police. 4 persons were injured, but ol slightly. - Most of the collisions occ Friday night and -Saturday moegh- ing when streets were particular- ly slippery. In a public statement before the had appealed to citizens to take cxira care during the holidays nad he warned that police had orders [to crack down on traffic uy ! tors. « Nova Scotia Mines Do Well For 1955 By DON HOYT Canadian Press Staff Writer HALIFA (CP)--Mining, a life line of the Nova Scotia economy, wound up the year in better | shape than most observers ex- n | | Mines Minister Dauphinee in a year-end review reports a slight decrease in monetary value but forecasts a prosperous 1956 be- cause of improved markets for coal and progress in development of in-| dustrial mineral bodies. Total production for 1955 is val- |ued at $67,500,000, about $6,000,000 | below the 1954 figure. Mines officials blame the drop on the end of rock quarrying in the Canso strait area which sent $5,500,000 worth of stones to the strait bottom in 1954 to link the mainland and Cape Breton island. The causeway was completed last summer, The review says 'recent over- TLE EERE in keeping coal production near its annual average of 6,000,000 tons. { It says the sudden overseas de- mand '"'injected a note of optimism into the future outlook of the in- dustry' which amounts to 76 per cent of the province's mineral wealth and directly or indirectly affects the livelihood of 26 per cent of the population. : | The prediction of a bright future comes at the end of a year In | which officials of the Domi | Steel and Coal Corporation joined the provincial government in = ing to offset inroads of oil by | establishing new markets. » Poor demand forced closurs "pf | Dosco's No. 1-b pit in Glace Bay, one of the world's largest submar- ine mines, employing 725 men: New tunnels were bored in two pits to increase capacity and meehs anization plans were begun in what abor Minister Nunn described as "a most graphic and compelling faith in the industry." 4 Detroit Newspaper Strike Affects Retail Yule Sale Officers of the department, fa and] DETROIT (AP)--Christmas sea- Lg attract customers." For weekend started, Chief Flintoff, RS -- : 3 ---- NS these land uses are carefully de- movement ed d i adequately areas and that while he had taken over the ward each other through bonds of business trends, termin and services 3 s he: s of bi first attempt to|son retail sales in Detroit dropped|ison, the survey firm desc | president's task with concern for language, religion, and familiariiind out the type of farm or busi off as much as five to 15 per|Christmas, 1954, as a "good" one the responsibility involved, he had customs," he explained. ness required. |cent during December compared in sales. Nor [mh enjoyed his work so much and the BIG RESPONSIBILITY | This established, fhey consultito anticipated sales, a business| CAUSING CONCERN $ time had passed so quickly, that| The responsibility of the Immi- lists kept by the department. and| analysis firm reported Tuesday.| Charles E. Boyd, secretary-treas- he now regretted that it was fin- gration Service to New Canadians| contact real estate agents and bu-| Fairchild Publications said the|urer of the Retail Merchants Assb: ished. ; | continues long after passports are|siness brokers on behalf of the strike against the city's three ma-| ciation, said disposal of these §6° In his final official act, Presi-| stamped at ports of entry Mr. New Canadians. |jor newspapers, now in its fourth| called 'promotional items' follow dent Vern, on behalf of the club Skelton said. : | TRAINED OFFICERS | week, was mainly responsible for ing the Christmas sales was caus- members, made presentations to] If New Canadians wish to take| Settlement officers are trained to the lower sales volume. The firm/ing '"'much concern." 8 club pianist Matt Gouldburn, club) advantage of the Department of give advice and direction in many| conducts weekly business surveys| he newspaper strike, which bey treasurer Fred Moss and secre- Immigration's settlement service,|ways being familiar with existing|and reports its findings in trade|gan Dec. 1, has caused a *'genersl tary Ken Smyth, tangible evidence they can receive expert advice Government loans administered) papers. |air "of uncertainty" among the {of the sincere appreciations of all and help with establishment nrob through Federal and Provincial, 'The strike undoubtedly reduced |city's retailers, Boyd said. "It is the members for the work these lems for the rest of their lives agencies. ,sales in some stores on promo- hard for retailers to make plans here. They are in contact with local' tional items," Fairchild said, 'and other than on a day-to day basis' side south of Wolfe street should be for residential use and for Lakeview Park. 2.. From Wolfe Street to Col- borne street it is planned for commercial use on both sides, except for one block where it abuts Memorial Park on the west side. 3. On the east side, from Col- borne Street to a point in line with Russet street extended, it is planned as residential. On the west side, from Colborne to Switzer Drive, it is planned sources of employ-'ered for any use from which curb- provided. ment: movement to commercial side parking demands will result, Through lack of planning we areas; movement to inter-urban the plan states. waste resources and suffer un- traffic facilities such as highways, Stevenson Road runs from the necessarily from unwholesome liv- railways, harbour, airport and bus lake to just south of the airport in ing conditions. . | terminal. | the north except for an interrup-| To stop this happening with fu- KEY ARTERIES tion at Highway 401. It will be de- ture development, Oshawa's. new| The plan provides a sufficient veloped on the basis of handling planning board in 1946 began a) number of key arteries, each of a large flow of traffic from the number of important surveys to which will extend continuously| southern industrial area of the city give them the facts on which to/from one city boundary to anoth- It will be widened to 86 feet base planning. |er, with a minimum of curvatures,| "It seem inevitable that, in the A population density and dis-/level crossings, steep grades or future, a means of crossing over tribution map was prepared, a other factors slowing up traffic. jor under Highwzy 401 must be survey made of traffic routes and! It also provides a scheme into provided." i three members do each year. habits of motorists, another chow- ROAD EXPANSION ing the use of every block of ground in the city . Typical of the shocking revealed, was that 50 per cent of the city's traffic had to cross the Four Corners. A street plan was drawn up and adopted by coun- cil in an effort to make it.possible to clean up the street confusion by progressive stages NEW PLAN ' With annexation the size of the city was increased and a new master street plan had to be made. It was recently approved by council. The purpose of this amended plan is to ensure the preservation of "existing key rights-of-way, and to ensure that the development of traffic arteries will provide the needs of the fu- ture which future sub-division plans may be fitted. Surrounding town- ships may also use the plan to de- facts termine where Oshawa city streets along it will intersect their boundaries The plan will provide means of making travel on major streets more simple for the driver and encourage him to use the continu- ous, heavily paved adequately controlled streets This will leave the minor streets less confused for local traffic and much safer for pedestrians and children. Twenty-one city streets have been declared primary key arter- ies and will be developed as such Here is a sumary of what is in store for the north-south key ar- teries STREET DETAILS Thornton Road is now 66 feet Park Road is a v traffic route and the rp to the "plaza'" {ype of grouped retail outlets with ample off-street parking Big developments are in for Park Road. As it is too late to develop a separate level crossing over CPR on Park Road without great expense the traffic route will leave the highway cloverleaf at Grenfell street and be carried northward to Gibb Street, at which point it will be diverted easterly to join Park Road The portion of Park Road which is south of Bloor Street, will be 132 feet wide through the indus- trial area. It is planned that a wide pavement will be provided. A four lane pavement now exists on the portion which has been deve-| important store When examining the detail ofiwide and runs continuously from loped to date. | an restricts * as residential 4. On the east side from Russet street extended to ap- proximately 500 feet north of Taunton Road, it is planned as comercial On the West side from Swit- zer Drive to Russet Street is is planned commercial and from Russet to Taunton Road as in- dustrial. 5. On the east side, from about 500 feet north of Taunton Road to the northern city boun- dary, it is planned 2s residen- tial. The same applies on the west side, except for a small commercial section immediate- ly north of Oshawa Creek. It is also planned to widen this street in sections, but the street is too far developed to permit one blanket policy of widening to be applied over its entire length. eize Cook For Placing Bomb; Claims Mission To Halt Atoms PARIS (AP)--A pastry cook was seized Monday on suspicion of! placing a bomb in the Basilica of Sacre Coeur in Montmarte. He claimed he had a divine mission to halt atomic research. The cook is Daniel Havas, 45 Police said they found in his room three half-constructed bombs, sev- eral alarm clock movements, a small amount of black powder and a typewriter used for threatening letters He said he had sent a "warning"' to the Pope to be in Paris by Dec. 24 in order to excommunicate all scientists working on nuclear pro- jects, "The sovereign pontiff not hav- ing met my wishes," he quoted as saying, "1 wanted, substituting myself for him, sho! by to] "55.54 Defence | Was Unchanged days Minister OTTAWA (CP)---Federal spend- ing on arms in 1955 was virtually unchanged from 1954, though or- ders placed or future delivery de- clined, Production Minister Howe said Tuesday night. "At the same time, the striking increase in the Canadian gross na- tional product during the year has meant that the over-all impact of the defence" procurement program on the economy has been slightly reduced," he added in his year- end review Mr. Howe gave no figures, but his department's annual report published last spring showed fed-| eral expenditures on defence pro-| curement in 1954 dropped to $1. 009,000,000 from $1,207,000,000 in 1953 In 1954 the gross national prod-| y the world the dangers that!throne that the scientists are posing. . . For nine months and 24 days, God has entrusted me with carrying out his plans." The bomb placed in thes Sacre Coeur church Christmas Day did not go off, Priests were warned in time and firemen dismantled the timing device on the detonator The priests of Sacre Coeur, the Archbishop of Paris, and Paris police and fire departments all had received letters warning that the bomb had been placed in the fa- mous hilltop church. The cook's liking for writing let- ters led to his arrest. Police said he has been sending threatening) notes to a baker who formerly em-' was ployed him, to the British embassy; and to the Count of Paris. pre- tender to the non-existent French | uct--value of goods and services produced -- amounted to $24,000, - 000,000. This: year it is estimated to have risen to $26,400,000,000 Thus while the economy has ex- panded, a smaller proportion has gone into arms production, The annual report also showed in 1954 the value of orders placed for future delivery totalled $1,221,000,000, up from $818,836,000 in 1953. There was no official indi cation of how, much of a decline took place this year. WILL UNDERGO SURGERY CHICAGO (AP) John Fell Stevenson, 19, youngest son of Ad- lai E. Stevenson, will undergo sur-| gery next week for removal of his; right kneecap, which was shat- tered Wednesday in an automobile crash which killed two other boys. ' Dr. James K. Stack, bone spec- ialist treating young Stevenson at Passavant hospital, said Friday the youth is 'doing fine," and after the operation will be able | to pursue normal activities. ov ~ Michael Vansdrien, 25, and | his wife, Wilhelmina of 909 Glen road, Oshawa, were mem- bers of a sleighing party of 15 which crashed through the ice of Lake Ontario near Kingston, Sunday. No lives were lost, but Mr. and Mrs, Vansdrien lost money and clothing contained in their baggage. They were in tending to visit Mr. Vansdrien's TellsOfNew | Glut Program WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The United States Tuesday informed representatives of Canada, New Zealand, Denmark, Australia, Hol- land and Sweden of new steps to be taken in the American farm surplus disposal programme Observers noted that all coun- tries represented at a special con- ference in. the state department were large producers and export- ers of dairy products It "was understood that the CRASH THROUGH ICE United States, [ | | father at Kingston, leaving by | horse - drawn sleigh from Wolf | Island at about 4.15 p.m. Sun- | day to board the tugboat for the lake crossing. Fifteen min- utes later, they were in the icy water swimming for their lives. Mrs. Vansdrien, a poor swim- mer, was supported by her. hus- band until they reached safety. The horse drawing the sleigh was drowned. °* through Thorsten Kalijavi, he acting deputy under- secretary of state, gave them ad | Kalljavi, the acting deputy under- dairy disposals, primarily affect- ing butter and cheese. The United States already has sold some 10,000,000 pounds of surplus butter since last January | on a competitive bid basis to over-| buyers. New Zealand, in a| stiffly worded note to the state de- partment last week, accused Wash ington of "dumping its surplus produce on international markets, | seas 'costing New Zealand historic cus-| tomers." {building and adjacent nurses res-|its big glass doors. | idence for $1,500,000. Jack-pots. At the conclusion of his report, "The Immigration Service does municipal authorities, chambers of downtown stores were hurt a little/ because of the uncertainty ove: Kiwanian "Mac" Hood voiced the everything in its power to help commerce and boards of trade, and/ bit more because they. depended when the newspapers will resume deep appreciation of the members immigrants become good Canala.e well informed on to President Vern, not merely for|dians," his excellent review of the club's| 'We urge native-born Canadians to|their area. successful operations, in 1955 but assist them wherever possible." also for the outstanding leader-| First problem facing the Immi Canadians is the goal ship which President Vern has|gration Service when a New Cana|vice," Mr. Shelton reported given the Oshawa Kiwanis Club dian enters the country is to find| 'And this applies also to English in the past year; for his untiring him a job, but the responsibility speaking immigrants." efforts in assuring that 1955 would extends much further be a banner year in the history I of Kiwanis in Oshawa. "T SAW" "In a local chain store, I saw a little girl, barely tall en- ough to reach the counter, eat- ing grapés from the counter with a contended smile upon her face.' W. Murray, 73 Gladstone avenue, is being sent two guest tickets for the feature picture, "Quentin Durward" or any at- traction at the Regent Theatre during the next month for hav- ing sent this item to the "I settlement service offers and constructive help on a variety of subjects to New Canadians long after they draw their first pay cheques. Reds Heckle Mendes-France In First Campaign Speech By CARL HARTMAN PARIS (AP) -- Former premier| minutes at a time. But he pulled | Pierre Mendes-France tangled with|open his tie and collar and shouted | Communist hecklers Tuesday night/into the loudspeaker system that 3 . lin his first major campaign speech he and the Socialists allied with Saw" contest, Times-Gazette. here. He shouted them down to re- him wanted none of the Reds or ject their demands for a "popular their program. [front" alliance after the Jan. 2 He was particularly critical of clection of a new National Assem-|the Red demand that the French bly |quit Algeria, torn by nationalist Mendes-France leader of a left- Yiolence. Suck 2 Withdraval, ae ist "republican front" of Radicals| ya ccaore of the million - odd BN aality had invited all prenchmen living there. To Convert Old Hospital MONTREAL 5p ™ 1 debate the issues. Only the Com-| h iD}; e old munist party boss, Jacques Duclos, Montreal General Hospital building | showed pan backed sg cheering Man Leaps will be converted to a hospital section conspicuous among the 8, - for male sufferers of chronic dis- (ogg excited Parisians on hand to eases and a social centre for pear and heckle. To ety ST. THOMAS (CP)--A restau- rant manager was forced to leap ito safety from a second-storey window early Tuesday when fire women, Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger | i | Thousands of others milling] Archbishop of Montreal, said Mon-| ound outside made several at-| an. tempts to break into the crowded ina 1 id th t | TRYING FOR COMEBACK |raged through the Three Little ii inal Leger said the propery) fendes.France, thrown out of) PIA Pantry about two miles north I'Ordre Hospitalier de St. Jean, a|the premiership on a vote of coli damage. g ' eal. ay. Cardinal Leger recently nounced purchase of the hospital 1 meeting hall, and smashed one. of fori : fidence last February, is trying to Feligigus, order: She new, hos) ital, | tage a major political comeback] John - MacGaffen, 30, jumped 0 alle . eS-Bo) BS, | | : ie i from the window then ran into the is expected to hold some 600 pa- ii the general elections. His bitter restaurant' t und telepho tients, mainly elderly men. rival in his own Radical (moder- J37 00 0 50 a telephone ---- ARE ) party. i A ven | leq for ihe baloting five. monins|, Firemen from three depart PAUL DID IT | ahead of the constinational sched. | ments fought the blaze but, fatned MIAMI, Fla. (AP) -- Mrs. John |yle over the opposition of the ex. DY, & brisk morning wind and fed Kiefeker = Friday told her three|nremier and coveral other potent DY. tanks of cooking fuel in the children--John Jr., 4, Paul, 3, and prom or aad Seve er POIEN! rear, the flames levelled the frame Ruth 2--that they could help trim poilea' leacers. y | building within two hours. their small Christmas tree. John , Red hecklers shouting "popular Cause of the fire was not deter- Jr. promptly left the room. He front" and "unity" interrupted! mined. came back in a few minutes bran- dishing a pair of scissors and an-| nounced that he already had trimmed the tree by himself. He had. All the branches were nipped right off the trunk. | COMING EVENTS | TANNERY BINGO AT THE AVA- lon, Thursday. December 29,8 pm. § 302b DIAL wor wves 9-016 CURRAN & BRIGGS READY MIX LTD. ~-- Open Saturday Mornings ~-- NOW IS THE TIME to pour that Cellar Floor with Our HEATED CON- CRETE! KINSMEN BINGO -- TONIGHT, EL- don Avenue Hall, 8 o'clock, $150. in| prizes. 2 Jackpots 25 cents a card. 302a | BINGO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20th, St. George's hall Albert and Jackson Streets, 8 p.m. 7-340 jackpots. 302b TER NYT a Seay Mr. Shelton pointed out.|bustess opportunities available in specific on big advertising campaigns to! publication." , -- 'Permanent settlement for New of the ser Many requests are received from The Immigration Department's| the U.S, and Britain, Mr. Shelton advice |siad, Ffom persons interested in baying farms and businesses here, ind the settlement service makes very attempt to secure a fair d Mendes-France for as much as 10 Ls rr | HE DOESN'T TRUST SANTA | Having had a busy day wrap- i ping parcels for an orphans | | party sponsored by a local trade | union local in Philadelphia, Santa | Claus is ready to call it a day by | | curling up with a newspaper. But he had better not become too engrossed with the news as four-year-old Felix Cruse Is ready to make news himself. Fel- ix, on all fours, is intent on examining the parcels just to make sure his name is on one- of them. ¥ | [] { wo | T.V. ENT THIS Follow the simple rules in 217 Stacey Ave., Oshawa. "DAVY CROCKETT" Coloring Contest Picture No. 2 WEEK! Anniversary Edition -- Extra copies available at | Ed INS S! | Don't-Forget to Submit the . (Rhay aAE ERPRISES the T.V. Enterprises 3rd