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1948, Ritson school south addi. tion; 1952, North Simcoe south ad- dition; 1953, College Hill, Coron- ation, Duke of Edinburgh and Woodcrest opened; 1954, Duke of Edinburgh addition and two | portables used at Bloor street east; 1955, Conant and Sunset Heights schools opened, addition to Woodcrest; 1956, additions to |North Simcoe, Coronation and Harmony; 1957 Cannon and Col- pus schools started; 1958, Ade- fide McLaughlin, Cannon and Colpus opened; additions to Sun- set Heights, College Hill and Rit- son with portables necessary at Colpus, Conant and Cedardale. The Board of Education in 1924 was made up of Mr. Thompson, approximate 125 persons includ-|S. J. Storie, C, N. Henry, Dr. ing public, secondary school, ad-|D. R. Cameron, Dr. D. S. Hoig, ministrative and maintenance|T. Stapleton, E, A Lovell, W P staff, Knight, W B, Natt, E. 5 ddle, " i Mrs. E, C, Myers, C. E. McTav- The current staff in the clas-| sifications mentioned totals 50(ish. C. M. Mundy, HA. Saup- There are 276 public school staff, gers, Rev. Ratper iy ' 5, Wo 98 secondary school and 129 em.| re" & +. We DIVAS, T4B THI SSHAWA TIMES, PROGRESS EDITION, Frdey, Pebruory 27, 1959 High School Ranks Show Sharp Rise Here system, including the three col- legiates, runs to approximately $12,000,000. Of this amount $10, 000,000 is tied up in buildings, $1,000,000 in contents of the buildings and $750,000 in land. The overall staff in 1924 would This is reflected in the fact an estimated 36 cents of every Osh- awa civic tax dollar last year A man, at 35 years of age, is considered to be in the prime of life. Based on a span of three score and 10, some people smile went for education. According to and call 35 middle-aged. whatever expansion confronts it, Oshawa, marking the 35th anni-|the city and its Board of Educa- versary of its incorporation as a|tion have to act in the most econ- city, is far from middle-aged. |omical and adequate way pos- Rather, like its public school *P'e: system, it ls a young, growing In 1924 the public school sys- ant with, at the v least, tem got along quite nicely on San will Bt Je voy $107,710 and of that amount| $71,000 went to teachier salaries. To single out-a particular out- " standing event in' the past 35| There were less than 100 teachers f nd salaries ranged between the years public school growth in ang. 3 a Oshawa would be difficult. An all.| Starting $800 and $1150 maximum. | ployed in the administration, cler- Today's board is made up of inclusive description could be GIVE POPULATION ical, maintenance and janitor [Armtrong, Warman 1. B B manifested in the word The student population was ap- staffs, [Brown, Mrs, M. Shaw, A. E growth"; a phenomenal Bo proximately 3500 in 1924. The The 1957 assessment for 1958/0 'Nefll, Mrs. A. Lee, G. A. Flet- which must surely confound the|cost of educating a public school|taxes for public school purposes|cher G, K, Drynan, W. C. Min- greatest of 1924 vintage optimists. [student was estimated at $69.00 in| was $72,731,465. Debentures paldiatt Ww, T, Werry, H. M. Sparkes, Last year alone three new pub-!1930. in 1958 totaled $404,079 [Rev. P. Coffee and J A. Yanch, lic schools and a collegiate were| Today, with 8218 pupils and 276) When Oshawa was incorporat- pat officially opened. As well, grow- glementary school teachers, the ed March 8, 1924, J. B. Thomp-| ing pains made necessary, imple- starting rate for a teacher is ap- son, chairman of the Board of mentation of three portable class- proximately $3000. Education said, 'The population REAL FOG | GLASGOW (CP) -- A Royal rooms and permanent additions to three schools. awa Board of Education dwarfs in the last five years this in- But it wasn't ever thus. Thirty-\the 1924 figure of $151,995 for Crease has been phenomenal." The 1958 budget for the Osh. has shown a steady increase and | Automobile Club radio-rescue ve- (hicle on its way to a crash in dense fog reported it was com. pletely lost. five years ago Oshawa had eight|hoth secondary and public school] An outline of the 35 years since public schools and one colleg-costs, * {that statement will indicate the | iate. Fresh topics of conversa: The greatest portion of 1958's truth of Mr. Thompson's apprais- CHURCH NEWS tion might well have been the|$2862,189 budget will go tolal and how very much it has| construction in 1923 of Centre meet the needs of public schools applied, particularly since 1948.|of England is Yo open a 24- hour | Street School, which is now E. A.|and leaves an unbelievable gap Following the Cedardale and information office serving the Lovell School and North Simcoe between 1958 and public school!South Simcoe additions in 1927|press, radio and television, it was School. and the Ritson addition in 1928,/decided by the Church Assembly, STARTED BUILDING follows: meeting at Westminster. In 1927 a two-room addition was completed at Cedardale school and four rooms were added to South Simcoe school Accommodations at Ritson School were increased by six| rooms in 1928 and the Oshawa public school system quietly em-| barked on a building famine which was to last 20 long years. | Significantly, in 1948, a south| addition was .added to Ritson) School and the giant that was (o| become the ever-growing public | school system of today stirred from its lengthy slumber. Schools have continued to be built at a rapid clip until today there are 20 public schools in use in Oshawa. Immediate plans call for erection of a mew 10-room| school at Harmony road north! and six-room additions to Ger-| trude Colpus and Dr. C. F. Can- non public schools. Also pos- sible is a four-room addition to Adelaide McLaughlin Schoo! which was opened last fall. The Board of Education also hopes to fill the needs of 'its growing administrative staff with the addition of an administra- tion building in the not too dis-| tant future, The board's present assets include six building lots which have been purchased with a weather-eye on Oshawa's many blossoming subdivisions. When you grow, however, it is not always possible to cut your| cloth to suit your needs. Situa- tions arise where it is not al. ways possin'e to predict growth| according to a set district and in the ead, more money must be spen! costs of $107,710 in 1924, Value of Oshawa's public school expansion resumed as | SERVICE -- QUALITY -- ECONOMY Famous in Oshawa and District For Over 39 Years ! 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