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- PROGRESS DIRECTORY H. W. Hoskin H. W. Hoskin started in the cement tile busi- ness over 11 years ago. He began with three men and has built his business up to include a summer staff of 18 and 10 in winter. In the beginning H. W. Hoskin Cement Tile was engaged in making cement well cribbing. Today the firm has eight trucks and four years ago bought a gravel pit at Bowmanville. Hoskins also supply loam and sand. A steady staff of eight is maintained. Five new machines were purchased during 1958 including three front-end loaders, a bulldozer and a small back-hoe. The company is located at 150 Harmony road south and Hoskin avenue, Originally it occupied a 40-acre site but now uses only four. (See Advertisement on Page 9A) I. Collis and Sons This firm was established by the late Isaac Collis in 1914 at 50-54 King street, west, the pres- ent location. The store was remodelled and en- larged in 1923 and the floor space doubled in 1930. The basement and upstairs sections were opened in 1931, making three retail floors. During this time, Mr. Isaac Collis was joined in business by his three sons Max, Sam and Ben. Max Collis op- erates the Oshawa business today while Ben Col- lis operates one of the larger department stores in Peterborough, Ont. (See Advertisement on Page 13B) Ideal Fish And Chips Ideal Fish and Chips run by three sisters, Misses Ray, Jean and Kathleen McQuaig, has proved to be one of the most successful and ex- panding specialized food businesses in Oshawa. The sisters started the business in 1942 and are still pushing ahead. Their first location was next to the old library building on Athol St. West. They are presently located in the McQuaig- Ire- land block, 17 Athol W. (See Advertisement on Page 20B) Ireland Studios Anyone wishing to have their photograph taken can be assured of the finest possible service at Ireland Studios. Mr. Ireland has received many merit awards from the Ontario Society of Photo- graphers, of which he is a director. He is con- stantly abreast of the latest methods and tech- nique in modern photography and attends at least one course a year. He has completely new and modern equipment and has the services of his wife, who is an able, experienced, photographic technician, for coloring and retouching, as well as four first rate photographers who assist at the many weddings which he photographs. (See Advertisement on Page 20B) Irvine Appliances POLICE BUILDINGS (left), AND CITY HALL CENTRE Mayor Reviews Year 'Also Future Plans By MAYOR LYMAN GIFFORD During this past year the build-| ing of homes has continued at a phenomenal raté within the| City of Oshawa, in fact, more| building permits were issued for| figure for the year 1958 was 54,-) The city is prepared to go along 912 as compared to 52,157 for the with the purchase of more indus- year 1957, showing an increase trial land and will co-operate of 2,755. |with any industry that proposes In order to have this residen-/to locate within our city by tial development, a municipality helping service these industrial 1 .|must be in a position to have in-|lands and, as the competition is Slagle fsmay dwellings ny - dustry within its territorial boun-| very keen within municipalities known to be issued in one year daries and while those, whose job) for new industrial plants, we here lin the history of this City and/it is to lure industry to Oshawa must carry our share of the load [that T am sure speaks for itself from outside centres have been|as taxpayers to see that the land [that the people living here and those from a distance possess great confidence in the future of lour City, We must anticipate that a great {many of these new homes are, of course, to be occupied by sons and daughters who were up and require a home of their own and, on the other hand, al goodly number come from other| areas within the country Wwho| have no doubt secured employ-| ment within our city and feel that | Oshawa will be their home for | many years to come. To prove! within this city, who have grown |two of our larger industrial firms|Limited and Local United Automobile Workers of economy of our city will | America for a three-year con-/more stabilized and the fear of | tract gives, not only the business the future will not be of too tions and expansions, namely the men, but the membership of this| much importance to one's future | union greater security and confi-|security. | working tremendously hard, I am is available and reasonably ser- confident that within a reasonable!viced at a very nominal cost to length of time there will be in-|the purchaser. dustries from other centres locat- Economically our city is in a ing here. very favorable financial position WILL GO ALONG land I am sure that the agree It is gratifying to know that/ ment that has been recently sign- born during this past year at least|ed by General Motors of Canada'try and get a two or three year | the|contract in order that the future 222 of have seen their way clear to ex- pand and have purchased prop- erty within the city for new loca- Pedlar People Limited and the Coulter Manufacuring Company, and I feel that when we are get- ting our local industries to ex- dence in themselves to go out| and purchase the necessities of upon our city at the present time life knowing that they possess this/for increased services and by ars progress|ordinator. However, I feel sure having seen it develop to what ft iy i Rody Ric out intolour present Council are giving|is today, I can only repeat, as I life on equal footing in educa-|serious consideration to this asihav- said on many an occasion, tion with those from other lands, [time goes along and no doubt|this community has done well as As our city grows, more munici-{there is a great possibility that|a village, a town and now a city pal services are required and the|they may come to the fore in the and I am sure that great things city is endeavoring to give these|not too distant future. |are in store for the populace of services and yet endeavor to keep| Having lived within the bounds|this community as the years go the tax rate down. On the other|of our present city a lifetime and!by. hand we must realize that the great majority of people today are enjoying a better income as the years go on but we must not loose sight of the fact that we have a number of citizens within our city whose income is very limited it being more on.a fixed basis in the form of pensions ete. and, of course, they are the age group between the years of 50 and 70 who are not liable for the old age pension and we must not lose sight of the fact that their interests must be taken into con- sideration when tax rates are being struck. DEVELOPS OSHAWA 1 believe that what has helped develop Oshawa to the stage it is today is that we have a large number of public spirited citizens who are prepared to offer them- selves for public service, not only in the elected class, but are pre-| pared to be appointed to various boards and commissions. Although our city is efficiently operating, there is always room for improvement and one must not stand still for if you do it is almost the next thing to taking a step back and I am still of the same opinion that our form of government has got to be improv- led and in order to get that im- | provement you must have a type of government that is either an| ladministrative form of govern- /ment made up of certain mem- Your Headquarters For . . . eo PETERBOROUGH BOATS © LARSON BOATS e EVINRUDE MOTORS © BOAT TRAILERS--GATOR © MARINE HARDWARE and ACCESSORIES STORAGE & MARI M SUPPLIES LTD. |bers of council and your depart- BROOKLIN PHONE 87 ok 'ment heads or one appointed in- OPEN EVENINGS AND WE - dividual who will carry out the Kf policies of Council no matter whe- AAAAAY bd AAS {ther he be called civic adminis- trator, city manager or city co- (Photo by Ireland) OSHAWA ON YOUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY AS A CITY For An Idea That Is SOLID Use Our . . . Buy In Quantity And Save MAYOR GIFFORD i be | FOOD PLAN FOR HOME FREEZERS Oshawa Fur and Cold Storage Lid. Great demands are being made| Irvine Appliances, 50 Bond St. E., deal ex- clusively in Frigidaire products. It has a complete 81 WILLIAM ST. WEST OSHAWA RA 3-3012 security for that three-year period that I mean number one would my statement, at least, and we at City Hall are be the educational costs and it look at statistics to see that the we only need to pand, then that in itself is suffic- line of electric ranges, refrigerators, laundry equip- ment, food freezers and built-in appliances. The firm is owned by Robert Irvine who was with the Frigidaire Company for 13 years. In his store, now, he also carries Admiral and Phillips Television and Hi-Fidelity equipment. Mr. Irvine opened in Oshawa in October of 1958. (See Advertisement on Page 16A) J ackson Supply Ltd. Jackson Supply Ltd., located in Oshawa for ten years, is now doing more than five times the business handled by the firm ir 1949. Ken Jack- son, President and general Manager of the comp- any moved his firm from Peterborough to Oshawa in 1949. At that time there were only four em- ployes. Now there are 18 employed by the comp- any. The company supplies wholesale parts to in- dustry and garages, with much of it's business in the automotive field. It can supply all major parts for popular makes of cars, including motor and transmission parts. With the increasing pace in the production of the automobile industry, Jack- son Supply Ltd., has had to stay abreast of the advances. The company's supp.y of stock is now five times as large at it was in 1949, a modern mach'ne shop has been installed, and three sales- men are continuously employed. (See Advertisement on Page 8B) Jamieson Drugs . Jamieson Drugs, 241 King St. E., specialize in their dispensary service. They employ three graduate druggists as well as two full time and two part time staff. Mr. Jamieson received his education in Oshawa and served his apprentice- ship at Jury and Lovell's. He opened the store November 7, 1947. (See Advertisement on Page 9B J. Foley Plumbing Co. J. Foley Plumbing company has been serving Oshawa for eight years. Their business has been built on speed and efficiency of service. At pres- ent the company has 27 employes in their service department and a fleet of six well equipped trucks with which to serve the city of Oshawa and the surrounding area east to Cobourg and west to Pickering. (See Advertisement on Page 19B) Jury And Lovell Jury and Lovell Ltd., Drug stores, owe their success to their emphasis an convenience and comfort for the customer. The store was founded in Bowmanville, 1907. The property for the King St. East store, in Oshawa, was purchased in 1911. The Simcoe St. S. branch was opened in 1921. Dur- ing the 1920's, the company bought up many drug stores throughout South Central Ontario. They also bought the Anglo Canadian Drug Co. The newest branch, in Whitby, was opened in 1956. The stores are now managed by Stanley and Everett Lovell, sons of the founders, J (See Advertisement on Page 4B) population has increased greatly within the last year as indicated by the fact that the population ient proof that they as industry feel that Oshawa is not too bad a place from which to operate their business. endeavoring through out new con- goes without saying that our chil- tracts with our various unions to dren must be educated in order MONTREAL -- A recent state- ment from the offices of James G. Kendrick, president of Zeller's| Limited and its subsidiaries, is| Zellers Plan | Big Expansion Thrifty Canadian", Zellers prices are at all times in the average income bracket, 1932 TO 1959 Under the leadership of the| late Walter P. Zeller, Zeller's Limited was founded in 1932 with a total of 12 stores. In the first | to the effect that the Zeller Com-| pany plans to carry on with the program of expansion inaugur- has reculted .in over 30% growth year of business the sales volume | in number of stores. |of the company was approximate- | | Zeller's 1959 expansion plans, by three million dollars. In the | proximately $2,000,000, will mark|1959, sales volume totalled 'close another forward step, with sever-|t0 $50,000,000. {al new stores to be added to the| : ® . will be Park-&-Shop units, lo-| {cated in some of Canada's most | 1 Oria modern and growing suburban established in downtown business| Recalled districts. Modernization and en- largement of existing stores is| i p blished in the Oshawa Tel Mr. Kendrick, elected president | P¥ a lee of Zeller's in July, 1958, is a man Srom on March 8, 1924 on the, tt occasion of Oshawa's iucorpora. | merchandising ability, who brings | ; " many years of experience, one] der the " heading "HOPES | thusiasm and keen foresight, to| BE: " Today is a day that citizens of | In remarking upon |heavy concentration in Shopping generations have been looking | [Centres from 1956 on, Mr. Ken.|fcrward to--the day when Osh- {to suburban living, with conse-| Oshawa enters in to that new |quent extension of shopping experience and relationship to- areas, is now well established. |92Y With a population of nearly | are but at the beginning of their| Villages long to become towns full-scale development as a sound 2nd towns long to become cities; | {factor in the general field of(the thing is so intensly human; |Mr. Kendrick's opinion Zeller's{s0 he can be one of the baseball |is especially well adapted to| Dine, then he catches another [serving the young and growing Vision and he longs to become {urban centres, [arena of business. Upon the subject of the com. - Cityhood means as much to a pany's overall development in re-| Community as manhood means that as a result of carefully plan-|!eS underlying are much the red merchandising policies tuned Same. I to ocnsumer demand, present-day| Much more is expected of a | thes price-limit type of store tojor a village but all are expect which they were most often com-ed to be alive {pared in earlier phases of the! A city takes upon itself trem- | 'The only merchandising limit- [pected to be a leader; always |ations which Zeller's sets for it-jout in the front in every line self." says Mr. Kendrick, "am of thought or action that human tomer wants." To be a first class city, im- Thus, with its wide and varied Plies industriai activities; mod- assortments of popular merchan- (ern educational institutions with ated in 1956, and which to date involving an appropriation of ap-|fiscal year ending January 31, present 67. Of these, a majority |areas. Other new stores will be| | also planned in several locations. | The following is an editorial | of outstanding administrative and | on as a city. The editorial is| the projected expansion. Zeller's Oshawa for several succeeding] \drick points out that the trend|@Wa would become a city. Due to this, Park-&-Shop stores 16.000 souls. {merchandise distribution; and in|a boy longs to become a youth, | communities concentrated in sub-'a man that he may enter the cent years, Mr. Kendrick states |t0 @ Browing boy and the princip- Zeller units are far from being|city. than are expected of a town {company's operations endous responsibilities. Tt is ex- {tho e dictated by what the cus-/beings are interested in. dise, Zeller stores have become qualified and efficient teachers: "Junior department stores" |church buildings that express in| vhere, with the exception of big-| their design the spiritual as well | ticket appliance and furniture'as the artistic sense of the peo items, the aver: family can/ple; homes that indicate com now purchase practically all its fort and happiness: parks and needs. In keeping with the com-/pavements and playgrounds and (Congizlidt itt 74s ~ SHAWA On Your 35th Anniversary We of ONTARIO STEEL PRODUCTS CO. Ltd. Are Also This Year Celebrating.... 95 YEARS of PROGRESS! In the year 1864, The Ontario Steel Products Co, Ltd. established their first factory near Gan- anoque, where they en- gaged in the manufacture of carriage springs and oxles. Since that time the com- pany has continued to ex- pand and eventually this expansion took shape in the erection of new fac- tories aot Chatham, Osh- awa and Milton. Today the Ontario Steel Products Company Limited pro- duces the bulk of chassis springs for the automo- tive industry of Canada. Its service to the motor- ing public and to the citizens of Oshawa and district has been great through its production of springs, bumpers and other essential parts used in the automotive industry. : The motto of the Ontario Steel Products Company Limited is to keep one step ahead of the times and as new and better manufacturing ways eppear they will be the FIRST to adopt them, HAROLD A. WASHINGTON Generai Manager Manufacturers of ® Hardware Trim, Steel Stampings ® Chromium Plating of 'Automotive Grills ® Bumpers, Extruded and Moulded Plastics ® Zinc Vie Casters ® Automotive Chassis Springs Oshawa ~ Ontario Steel Products Co. LIMITED Office and Plant: Ritson Road North, Oshawa--Head Office, Toronto. Plants at Chatham--Milton q |pany's slogan of "Retailers to public utilities [