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MEMBER OF 1924 OSHAWA CITY COUNCIL centre row -- Alderman O. M. Alger, R. C. Henry, Geo. Hart, J. L. Whattam, R. D. Preston, T. J. Sheridan, A, J. Graves; front row -- Alderman John Hare, city clerk; W. C. Smith, bers of the Oshawa City Coun- | city engineer; Alderman 0. R. cil of 1924 -- the year Oshawa | Burns; P. A. Blackburn, city became a city. Shown, back | treasurer; Alderman H. P. row, left to right, are F. E. | Schell; Alderman E. Jackson; Here is a close up of mem- School Populace As Education Costs Rise A high school education could| facilities. This led to another ad-|was earmarked for high schoo be termed the span which bridges [dition and the completion of needs the gap between the island of OCVI, as it is known today, in Secondary school 1957 assess elementary learning and the firm 1930. ment for 1958 taxes was $78,492, mainland of a university edu-| Petparalory to a pletng 275. cation. OCV] the original high schoo § . 'For many, through economic building on Simcoe street no ENROLMENT GROWS necessity, a high school diploma was razed. A west wing was High school enrolment in Osh hias proven the key to rich and erected to accommodate the ad- awa grew from 600 in 1926 to 900 day 25 teachers instruct 600 stu- worthwhile futures. ministration suite, board room, |in 1930! By 1942 over 1100 stu Whatever category Oshawa lady and men teachers' room high school students fall into, library and study room and com- whether a university education is mercial department. possible or not, the vision and The wing which gave the school energy of many civic-minded citi- its ~ collegiate and vocational corded in 1946 at 1513, This cor 1936 and over 1425 in 1940. was the present principal, H. E. TOWS as Murphy, a veteran member of < |dents were registered and the "number jumped to cver 1200 in | factory. | Stacey, E. L. Vickery, Mayor .W J. Trick, Alderman G. T. Morris; Alderman D. F. John- ston. Alderman H. Edgar Brad- ley is missing from the pic- ture. [19, 1950. Head of the new school the OCVI staff. |STOPS CONGESTION OCCI was proposed originally |as a means of alleviating conges- tion at OCVI where post-war | crowding made staggered classes necessary. Classes with 35 pupils . were common and up to 55 not . uncommon during this period. OCCI on Simcoe street south was built at a cost of $536,227. When it opened in 1950 its 390 students required 18 teachers. To- CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (AP) ond highly successful test flight missile blazed over the pre A Titan ICBM, the powerhouse of (in a row, informed sources saidlscribed course in minutes, wind-lwas learned. Old Fires ; Recalled ? Early Oshawa had several dis- astrous fires as illustrated by this article published in the Oshawa Daily Telegraph on Saturday, March 8, 1924, the day Oshawa became a city. The story was carried under this heading: - "Between 1894 and 1899 Oshawa ed by Two Disastrous TITAN TEST SUCCESSFUL | U.S. missfles, has logged lis sec-| Wednezday. The bullet - shaped|ing up | | The greatest fire disaster that befell Oshawa before that was | ! | _ [the destruction of the Ontario I 1 Malleable Works on Dec. 12, 1894. And five years later the town was visited by the most disas- trous conflagration that has ever overtaken it. The fire took place in the kilns of the McLaughlin carriage | | Both fires occurred in the early morning and both were of un- known origin. In the Malleable iron case the plant and building were valued at $123,000 and the insurance was $27,000. The Mec- Laughlin carriage factory loss was thought to exceed $100,000 with between $70,000 and $80,000 insurance. Workmen in the annealing room of the Malleable plant dis- covered the fire, and before the town fire brigade arrived on the scene the entire northwest wall of the factory had burned to the ground. There was a strong east- erly gale at the time, and this | forced the flames along the roof, dry as tinder from the \annealing | svens. Any attempt to Save the buildings was useless a the brigade directed their efforts to the pattern room, the office and the outbuildings. | THE McLAUGHLIN FIRE | The fire in the McLaughlin Carriage Factory five years later started in one of the dry kilns in the midst of very inflammable material. Although the firemen were on hand before the fire had | made much headway, yet at no | time could the brigade success. | fully cope with the flames. Soon | the: entire structure was a mass of flames from one end to the other, Three hours after the alarm was sounded what had heen the largest and most well equipped establishment of fits kind in Canada, covering 120,000 square feet of floor space, was reduced to ashes. The proprietor of the plant at the time was R. McLaughlin, his Jraditional Quality Since 1886 ents. Central has a library, office, art room, general shop, home The peak enrolment was re- €conomics room, science room, .| cafeteria, staff rooms, audio- zens over the past 35 years has status faces Mary street and sur-|trasted with a wartime dip to|visual room, clinic, music room provided an excéllent secondary [rounds the boys' gymnasium in|1000 in 1944 when army recruit school system for their use. It has been possible to get a industrial arts shops, home eco- older high school students. high school education in Oshawa nomics department, the sec- the former Centre Street school rooms and showers the second collegiate, was used as a high school. This vast improvement pro- central Collegiate Institute, open . By 1910 enrolment made neces. gram was completed and led in 1950 Oshawa had 1275 sec 2 rie facilities and a high| May 7, 1930, by Sir Joseph| ondary school students. 1 was erected on the site of | Flavelle, Bart, LLD. It was to OCVI has been fort i @shawa Collegiate and Vocational |serve as Oshawa's only collegiate VI has been fortunate in at Institute on Simcoe s'reet north.) until 1950. The 1910 building served] There were 14 teachers and ap- through 1923 when increased proximately 500 students attend- vth led to the erection of the ing high school in Oshawa in 1924, ion of OCVI as it is known | Now OCVI has 53 teachers, a today. ' principal and 1027 students. «Coincidental with Oshawa's in- @rporation as a city in 1924, the SC eentre block of the current OCVI| Ba opened. It included 12 new assrooms, three science rooms d a combination gymnasium auditorium and cost $300.000 FURTHER EXPANSION % A need for firther expansion a secondary school teacher in OCVI was realized in 1928 and was Oshawa was $4200 and a good since 1956 @oupled with a desire to provide portion of the overall Board of Oshawa's greater technical particularly evidenced in the cal school has known. Total hool purposes in the 1924 bud-|as expenditures co-ordinating principal of were represented by {$2000 - $2400. The cost of educat-|principal from was $150 a year. The present In 1958 the starting salary for Roberts, is in his 2%th year a second ) fous b The 1948 enrolment was 1365 since 1843. At that time a part of ondary gym and girls' dressing ang 1949 enrolment, 1265. When collegiates, Dr. F, J. Oshawa! Collegiate Institute, was opened ing a collegiate student in 1930 OCVI staff member for 31 years principal, G. L. .'and 14 standard classrooms in the form of a "'U". It houses the ing and defence projects drew addition to a combination gym- 4 60 railway workers went on nasium-auditorium. The newest of Oshawa's three Donevan -|last fall. The $1,250,000 structure -'has 450 students and 25 teachers |and is ex to reach its 850 _istudent capacity within three |tracting conscientious and consis- Years. tent-type men to its staff. This is N. A. Sisco is Donevan princi- - pal. The school has an ultra-mod- ibre of the three principals the ern gymnasium-auditcrium, * home economic rooms, two i The first, A. E. O'Neill served trial art rooms, four laboral for high/from 1926 to 1950 and continued | commercial suite with pi ¢ office, cafeteria, business get amounted to $44,205. Salaries OCVI and OCCI in 1951 before | chines room, typing and Look $36.400 of retiring, He was succeeded by keeping rooms and 20 standard this total with -a range between the late M. F. Kirkland who was [classrooms 1950-56 and an| The total secondary school en |Folment in Oshawa as it passes its 35th anniversary is 2083 and t/103 teachers are required to meet and has been principal students instructional needs. Looking to the future, tentative : collegiate, plans call for a fourth collegiate instruction Education budget of $2,862,189 OCCI, was officially opened Dec.'to be built for 1961. Mrs. H. Roelsch Owner of Helen's Fashion Stores in Toronto and Oshawa... 0. The City of Oshawa 35th Anniversary HELEN ROETSCH "As Oshawa Progresses « + +» 50 shall we Progress". 42 King St. W. OSHAWA HELEN'S Fashion 8-5641 sons, G. W. and R. S. McLaugh- {lin, who had made for them- selves an enviable reputation the | world over as the makers of first | class fashionable carriage manu-| facturers. | FELT BROS. JEWELLERS [| ww ON sie | ® DIAMONDS ® WATCHES ® SILVERWARE MEXICO CITY (AP)--Mexico's| ! 12 SIMCOE STREET SOUTH strike Wednesday, paralyzing the | country's 14.000 miles of railroad | network. The government promptly termed their action ill | egal and ordered them back to] work by noon today. in the ocean some 250-300 miles. from the launching site, it % | i : i t : ROOKS LTD. CONGRATULATIONS OSHAWA ON YOUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY During the past years'H, M. Brooks have contributed much to the growth and prestige of Oshawa , . . in the many new industrial and public buildings constructed by this outstand- ing firm of builders. H. M. Brooks regard as priceless, the confidence of those whom they have served and confidently looked forward to meet the construction needs of still a greater Oshawa. H. M. BROOKS LTD. General Contractors 240 ROLSON ST., OSHAWA PHONE RA 5-3033