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THE OSHAWA TIMES, PROGRESS EDITION, Friday, February 27, 1959 17A distribute to parentteacher ns Wonnacot, Belleville: D, H, Wig during 1959 soclations and other community ston, Timmins; Carl Class, Jt. ot Val " groups, which features Hamil-|Strathroy; F. A. Hoffman, ) Valley Drive -- A further|ton's school and pre-school eye Guelph and Don Adey, Fort Wil section of this importent north-|examination program. +n south artery has been opened this Other officers: D. R. Pric year between Thomas St. and Rit-|, erally ot son Rd, providing a d ac: ' "| cess to Lakeview Park, Hamllton, vice. . (g) Park Rd, -- now improved with 33' pavement between Bloor St, and Louisa St. and a granular sf enjoy the evening oa over the CNR will be completed The Oshawa Planning Board PROGRESS DIRECTORY WA) Smith Sports + Smith sports started as pottery manufactur- ers in 1925, in it's present location on King St. W., but did not convert to a sports store until after the second world war. They are specialists .in marine equipment, such as boats, motors, and marine supplies and brass. They also handle fish- ing tackle and gear. No ball lines are carried by the firm. The store is owned by Fred Smith and ymanaged by Art Jones. There are four other § people employed as well, , (See Advertisement on Page 14B) Stafford Brothers $ Charlie and Ernie Stafford, owners of Stafford { Bros, Monumental Works in Whitby, are carrying 'on a family tradition that has lasted four genera- { tions. : The brothers have been in business since 1946 » at their Dundas street east location. They open- Ted business after the war when Charlie returned . from service in the Canadian Army. 2 » In addition to having the most modern equip- ment available for their respective business, they ! do sandblasting work for a number of industries. ! Car fender repairing is another feature of their bus- * iness, v Their main work is monuments. They receive ! granite from Quebec, Sweden, Finland and many , European countries. : (See Advertisement on Page 6) Tip Top Tailors Ltd. Tip Top Tailors Ltd. established its Oshawa «branch Oct. 23, 1953. ! Since that time the company's lines have been : well-received in the community, The store was re- # modelled last year to make more room for stock. % In order to make available greater floor space , at its 2814 Simcoe street south location, the man- ¢ agement decreased office space. New fixtures have ' been added and new store front window back- ! grounds designed. ; . : 1 Tip Top Tailors Ltd. vast chain of Canadian i outlets is celebrating its 50th anniversary of serv- + ice to the Canadian public this year. ; (See Advertisement on Page 15B) Tozer Electric Co. r Tozer Electric Limited, 56 Prince St. reports © that 1958 has seen the 14th straight year of ex- { cellent business the firm has enjoyed since it's * inception in 1945. "Business has more than doubl- ed since 1955", reports president Ted Tozer. Spec- ializing in home electrical repairs and featuring a deferred payment plan, the company have ex- panded their operations greatly in the last few years. At the present they are the leading Osh- awa dealers in Electro-Heat, the revolutionary new system which permits home owners to heat their residences by means of electricity without recourse to coal or oil. Tozer Electric Limited was formed in 1945. The company moved to the Prince St. location, which it presently occupies, early in 1957. has this year been conducting a series of surveys connected with a comprehensive Parks Study so that adequate parkland will be planned for and allocated as the city develops; we already. know that Oshawa at present has in: sufficient 'park acreage, only 3.2 acres per 1000 persons, but the study is taking into consideration/base between Louisa St. and not only the amount of park re-|Annpolis Ave. quired, but the type of park and| Public School Plan: It is inter- the distribution of parkland, [esting to mote that this plan when As the study progresses there developed in 1956 called for 10 ad- will be meetings with recreation [ditional school sites which will be al clubs and public meetings, so|required to serve the when | . [that the final parks plan will ex-|we reach a population of $0,000 press not only the thinking of the people. Eight of the 10 sites have planning board but also the needs now been acquired by the Board | and wishes of the citizens of Osh-/of Education and three new awa. schools have been erected, IMPLEMENTATION OF PLANS aoa a: he dol are orm a The Planning Board is respon ing board to Fiysical reality onlgiple for the design of subdivi- the ground. It is Interesting to|gions with arrangements for | note Joie examples of this trans: nd roads, also the Teliabilitation s certain areas, and the best lo Major Street Plan -- (a) Louisa i St. has been developed as a ction of Commerce and Industry as well as housing; other duties major artery between Stevenson are the overall program of school road and Simcoe St. Almost all giies the location and architec: the land has been acquired toiyre' of public buildings, and link Louisa &nd Alice streets, church sites. thereby providing a cross « town| The job of the Planning Board | artery which by-passes the cen-lis to guide growth in the city tral commerclal district, while never losing sight of this (b) Mary street -- The prop- objective -- to put human values (by Mary airest -- The pro RUBBER STAMPS erly as been ul 0 Cit f Osh- duce Mary St. SOUthErly from nn 'no pane ie CY mean COUNTER SALES BOOKS Kl St. to Athol St. The First piace for people to live. 7 . {Pace tor peop - ""Oshawa's Most Modern Printers" De re uy ets. duniol| 8! to provide for this exten. RA 8-5431 have been acquired for the widen. o Wd, ER amin or oll Cet President LANSDOWNE SHOPPING CENTRE ith Centre St. (@ Wentworth St. -- now com:| HAMILTON (CP)-B, I. Tick- CONGRATULATIONS TO THE Park Rd. to Ritson Rd. In the dent of the Optometrical Associ: CITY or OSHAWA ON ITS near future it is anticipated that ation of Ontario Wednesday at well St, Ithree-day midwinter conference. The group saw a film it will 1d q pr SALES TO CHINA bert Thomson, LONDON (CP) -- British ex. president; F, T. Hipkins, Ridge [ports to China oared by 120 per town, treasurer, Orville Wycoff, cent last year compared with Toronto, administrative director.|1957, The 1938 value was £28 Councillors included G. Spence !700,000, = WICK PRINTING LTD. LITHOGRAPHERS "CREATORS OF finer PRINTING" COMPLETE RANGE OF CALENDARS Everything in Job Printing . . . WEDDING INVITATIONS LETTERHEADS ® BUSINESS CARDS ADVERTISING LEAFLETS OFFICE STATIONERY AND EQUIPMENT OTHER MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES . 'GENERAL MOTORS BIG SPENDER Model June Akrey points to | Oshawa area last year, The | Wages boosted GM spending in the bumper of cutaway Chevro- | $111,849,000 shown on card rep- | Oshawa area last year to more let to indicate ome of many | resents GM spending in Osh- | than $160,000,000 -- more than parts for which General Motors | awa, Ajax and Whitby on | a third of total spending in Can- of Canada spent money in the | goods, services and taxes. | ada by General Motors. Town Planning Big Municipal Function Planning is a comparatively nicipal boundaries, and the city ment, The Conunittee was set up| new feature on the Osaka or town should be regarded not gram minor relie} fom jhe > scene. Until 1947 when legislation Ana a , |strictions of the Zoning Bylaw in setting up the city planning board {5 in i a gg entity '| those cases applicants would | was enacted, this key to the com- | : : __|otherwise undergo undue hard: munity's orderly physical growth The Oshawa Regional Planning| ship, and where the granting of | was used only intermittently. Asocigtion heings Jofistier 8lect, relief would not suunict with the " | 5 4 "S| public interest, The administra There Wis sume plasming ot, the Planning Boards of Osh-tion of applications is the respon subdivisions back in the % awa, Whitby, Bowmanville, Dar- Y " hawa became a + Y's 1 2ar-isibility of the Planning Staff, and even before Oshawa lington Township, Whitby Town-/gver 100 licatl h mM oily, but It peered out. [ship and East Whithy Township: eee Seen rion sce ict Today, planning is one of the so that problems common to alll first Rosy BL gh 21st May, 1050 most vital municipal functions. may be discussed; thus the dupli-| bars \ X Without it, the city would sprawl, |cation of services or the creation] PARKS STUDY would tread on the toes of itsiof incompatible land uses near| One of the most pressing prob. neighbors, would attract neither! municipal boundaries within the(lems in Oshawa, as in most in industry nor resident. [region may be avoided. |dustrial towns is that of providing City planning director Gordon! Throughout 1058 the Oshawa adequate space for parks and A. Wandless gives this pt of Regional Planning = Association|recreation; the problem is par planning and recapitulates some hag accomplished much in the|ticularly urgent because park of the progress made in Oshawa: overall planning of the Regional/space, once sacrificed to build. u The Sime In wish we live Is &|erea. Perhaps the biggestling, is lost for all time. me of challenge, for in hiev t this year was 'on 9 0 . 25 years the population of Can- April 22, when the Central Lake Mpg dhe "ivautage oi pe ada is expected to double, while(Ontario = Conservation ~Authority|pened in the 19th century In both the trend is towards a greater|ywas established by the Minister| Europe and the U.S.A. when the and greater concentration of pop of Planning and Development -- necessity of providing parks was. ulation in existing metropolitan|this was the direct result of the forgotten ph ing Paks was| areas of Canada, one of the larg: (initiative of and the ground Work ney technological processes and! est of which is the Metropolitan laid by the Oshawa Regional newly discovered sources of Toronto area, Due to Oshawa's' Planning Association. ower brought the building boom | close proximity to Toronto and| p . bu cing boo its direct linkage by Provincial ZONING PROTECTS |of the industrial revolution, when Highway and rail, the City of PROPERTY VALUES [towns were built with so tiught Oshawa may be expected to re-[ The Oshawa Zoning Bylaw res| OF the Joopie. 0 iki Td ve in ceive the offshoots of the explo: |celved the approval of the On.| ner TORTS th FEEEL TASC ERC sive development of this Metro: tario Municipal Board on Febru-|rs PATHS --IHSSISRC HH ustrial polis. |ary 3, 1958, and inevitably the| owns where man lost all contact . with nature. Fortunately men of We must beware that this ex- Planning Board has had to spend | io "0ole' sometimes. able to (Se) Church street -- Properties | Optometrists {vide for elimination of the jog (SIMCOE ST. N. pleted, with 44' pavement, from tin of Toronto was elected presi: this street will be opened to Fare-'the close of the association's 35th ANNIVERSARY (e) Ritson Rd, -- A new bridge' SHAWA PURE OF CENT Cr ses yo (See Advertisement on Page 2B) ards Dry Goods Store One of the many original features of Wards Dry Goods Store is it's policy of sharing the pro- fits with it's employees. Founded 29 years ago by J. C. Ward and Mr. W. A, Dewland on King St. W. Wards has risen to the position of one of the most outstanding dry goods stores in the country. They are now situated at the corner of Simcoe ® E FEIT PEs Evie PS Crs Sef SE Feed Cb de ho es Ee ot EE FLERE EE EE and Athol streets. The firm is noted throughout the nation for their modern thinking in regard to dry goods merchandising and the meticulous attention they pay to such matters as quality of material, service and customer satisfaction. The current store manager is Mr. L. H. Rolson, The store is jointly owned by Mr. Rolson, Mr. Ward and Don Brown, who is the manager of the de- corating department. (See Advertisement on Page 9B Wick Printing Ltd. Wick Printing Ltd. do all types of general job printing. They are located at the Lansdowne Shop- ping centre, on Simcoe St. N., opposite Camp Samac. This firm started as Wick Bros. Printing in Brooklin, 1956. They moved to Oshawa in 1857. Originally Donald and Marshall Wick ran the business. Early in 1958 Marshall sold his share. It is presently owned by Donald Wick, Gordon Mac- millan and Richard Dunlop. (See Advertisement on Page 17A) W. L. Houston W. L. Houston, brake specialists, have been at their present location, 67 King street west, for the past 16 years, under the ownership of Walter Houston. The firm deals in body repairs to auto- mobiles, bumping, and bonded brakes. They have a trained staff of four mechanics to give their cus- tomers quick, satisfactory service. (See Advertisement on Page 18B) Woodlyn Beauty Lounge The Woodlyn Beauty Lounge is Oshawa's newest and most completely equipped beauty salon. The owner, Grace Ann Wood, uh a trained staff of six. There is one coloring technician, three hairdressers and one hair stylist who specializes in changing the trend of a customers hair to suit her face. In addition to her extensive hairdressing equipment, Mrs, Wood has an extensive list of reducing aids in her modern reducing salon under © the supervision of a trained, experienced, reducing " - expert. (See Advertisement on Page 18B) : Woods Transport PENT EEN» J Woods Transport, Mary street, Whitby, has been serving Whitby and district for more than 37 years. The firm was started by Frank Woods in 1922 as a milk run and operated between Pickering and Toronto. During the 30's it became a PCV Class 'A' line and operated nine trucks between Oshawa and Toronto. . Since buying the business Lloyd Collacutt has increased the size of the fleet to 45 trucks. He em- ploys about 30 drivers and an office staff of four persons. His trucks serve most major industries in Osh- awa, Whitby and the surrounding area. The firm has a despatch office in Toronto to provide more efficent service for their customers. (See Advertisement on Page 6) pected growth may, without care- ful planning, be a detriment to the city; for, if we allow unplan: ned growth, mixed land uses, and wasteful suburban sprawl we will build for ourselves a city of ugli- ness and mediocrity. In an era when material well being is at its peak we must consider human values as well as property values. THE OSHAWA REGIONAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION To be successful the planner of today must extend his thinking and planning beyond his own mu- a good deal of time on adminis tration" of the new bylaw, This has been most worthwhile, since ihe Zoning Bylaw is proving e a useful tool for properly uti "Nand and 4 g . 5 preserve the area for Jeing lan reas within the sity (park: this park, now In the centre make the greatest possible +" Now york 'is Central Park contribution to employment op- now part of the ve soul and portunities and the health, com- character of that i ity fort, Sonvenicnce and living, AG. Oshawa tp Bit the m s itizens. $ S| VS a Snitiet of 'Our citizens leisure time of our citizens in- THE COMMITTEE creases through shorter working OF ADJUSTMENT hours, it is imperative that open On March 3, 1958, council ap C space be preserved, not only for pointed a Committee of Adjust-iparks of the playground type, bal make themselves heard, as in New York when George Olm. stead stirred the people of that city to acquire a large piece of FRANK McCAMMOND OWNER We Spell Progress W-H-0-L-E-S-A-L-E YES . . . WHOLESALE PRICES EVERY DAY At OSHAWA DISCOUNT HOUSE "QOshawa's Original Discount House" CITY 290 ALBERT Congratulations to the ® 35 YEARS OF PROGRESS ° Oshawa Discount House | UNITED STEELWORKERS of AMERICA C.L.C. 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