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She Oshawa Times SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1959 PAGE THIRTEEN City Refuses T Alter Buffer Zone with a record of 98 charges since 197°, He came out with 100. Accused Has Long Record nto magistrate's court, Monday, Ebbs sen- Two Applications For Rezoning Andy Hazlitt, of Downs Realty when the buffer zone ADELAIDE STREET EXTENSION ALMOST READY FOR BLACK TOPPING street. into Simcoe street from Ade- laide street will use a separate lane, Another link in the Oshawa arterial street system is near- | ing completion as the W. B. Bennett Paving Co, puts the | finishing touches to the bate | for Adelaide street, between Simcoe and Mary streets. This | will carry eastbound traffic view, looking east from Simcoe | from Simcoe street and south- street, shows the lane which | bound traffic from Adelaide Traffic turning north Magistrate F. S. tenced him to three months in jail for being drunk in a public place and fined him $10 or 10 days on a begging charge. The two terms are to run concurrent. The accused was arrested after a series of complaints that he was stopping pedestrians on Sim- coe street north, Oct. 2, and ask- ing for money. He was drunk at the time. --~--Oshawa Times Photo FIVE-YEAR PLAN Street Construction Reasons Explained Only a small part of the Osh-|others are not, Ald. Bran chjroad. This will include an over- awa taxpayer's dollar is u road maintenance and control. In| of heavy traffic is taken into sed for|commented that the expectation|pass over the CPR, the two serv- |ice 'roads; Highway 401 and the 1959 only 5.6 cents of each dollar consideration. The availability of [CNR tracks. This project has re-!| Magistrate Ebbs said: "We can't tolerate this on our streets." Co., came before Oshawa City Council Monday night with an ap- plication for re-zoning of a 10- acre tract on the east side of Wilson road norh. "As it is now," said Hazlitt, "the land is frozen. I can't sell it; I.can't build on it; I can't even grow tomatoes on it." The planning board was oppos- ing Hazlitt, saying that there should be no change in the buffer zoning at this time, pending the development of a specific policy dealing with the opening of buf- fer areas. TIME IS RIPE Hazlitt said that he was left with a balance of 10 acres in the buffer zone, He felt that the time was ripe now to develop it. "It's the planning board's job to change zoning if required," he said. "Well, I think now's the time. The land is not agricultural; it's resi- dential. Both sewers and a school are nearby. Sure, breaking into the buffer zone will create a should be breached. | "I agree 100 per cent with the planning board," said Mayor Gifford. "Although I supported Ald. Branch's motion," said Ald. Bas- tedo, "I think Hazlitt was right in many things. We're going to get into the buffer zone but we want orderly encroachment. Any other approach would be chaotic." Council voted 7-4 against Haz- litt's application for a change in the buffer zoning. SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES Sam Jackson's application for the re-zoning of land on the west side of Harmony road north was almost identical, Jackson's land in question was also located in the buffer zone. Jackson has a subdivision underway right across the road with all services ready to jump across the road. There is already a school built in the buffer zone. (The city has no control over where the board of education builds its schools.) The planning board was oppos- ing this change for the same rea- sons it opposed Hazlitt's attempts. precedent, but the first zoning by-| NO change at the present time. A | is allotfed to road maintenance funds is also a factor. It was ex- and 2.1 cents to snow and ice plained that a priority list is pre- control and street cleaning, Ald.!pared on the advice of the traffic Walter R. Branch, chairman of advisory board and the planning the board of works, told mem-|board. All submissions must re- bers' of the Rotary Club of Osh-|ceive the approval of council. awa at their meeting Monday in| It was because of the need for Hotel Genosha. |funnelling heavy traffic that Ade- Arranged by the club's voca-|laide street and Mary street, tional service committee, the pro-|from King to Athol, were con- gram took the form of a panel | structed this year. discussion dealing with street] construction in Oshawa. Dr. FIVE-YEAR PLAN ceived the approval of the muni- cipal board. METHODS EXPLAINED Modern pavement onstruction methods were explained by W. B. Bennett who said that streets de- signed to carry heavy traffic re-| quire a heavier and thicker base than those in purely residential areas. He said also that the local area is blessed with an ample supply > C. M. Elliott, chairman of the committee, introduced Ald. E. F. Bastedo, who acted as moderator and the members of the panel -- City Clerk Barrand explained that to provide for the financing of major projects, city council in 1957 approved of the setting up of a five-year plan for work and of gravel for road base construc-| tion. However, the supply ol gravel in Ontario is dwindling at |an amazing rate and it is esti- 3 mated that within 10 years gravel] Ernie Turney, left, a mem- oid: cently after 19 years with the Ald. Branch, W. B, Bennett, City Clerk L. R. Barrand and the issuance of debentures to company and was presented with a sum.of money on behalf ber of General Motors truck will be non-existent in this area s repair department, retired re- and limestone will have fo be |cover the cost. Last year, he said the city was able to secure a rate of 5.5 per cent on money while last week it : pm from cost 6.3 per cent 'and. the deben- end to end were Simcoe street| ures Soi af a a ea and sirect. After the war 36| Te cy * 0% of per miles of the 81 miles of streets : E were paved; while today 54 miles| oF emetdons Jrowth of Osh of a tal of 157 miles of streets |; 1 sossible o cz out capital are 'paver, expenditures without careful 10,000 FOR PAVING planning. In 1945 the city's de- hi yedr, he said, the road benture debt was $734,000 while program requires an expenditure at the end of 1958 it amounted to of $510,000 for paving construc-| $4,000,000. Between one and two tion, $180,000 for bridges, $250- | million dollars is debentured each 000 for other roed construc-|vear and while the situation is tion, or a total of $940,000. The not dangerous it calls for care- 1059 budget for road maintenance (ful planning and watching by is $465,700 and $156,300 for snow civic officials. Joa ice control and street clean- yrygr BE APPROVED Dg. | Mr. Barrand also said that One of the Tasos me. tax-levery debenture issue must re-| payer 1s not calied upon pay | cei p 1 of the Ontari a larger share of the cost is that |umicipel yy and the "bond on most items of road construc-ihouses. Accurate planning went tion and maintenance a payment|a long way to maintain the city's] Norman C. Millman -- all mem- bers of the club. i! expla 0 on the priority list for construc. VETERAN TRUCK LINE WORKER HONORED of his fellow workers by Fore- man Harry Taylor. (GM Photo) imported from the United States. Mr, Millman, a past chairman the Oshawa Planning Board, A ined how roads are- placed Bus Committee Report Adopted As of Jan. 1, 1960, the City of with the CNR concerning a pur- Oshawa will be sole owner of a/chase price so the figure of | bus system which the public util-| $20,000 should be acceptable to ities commission will operate. [the railway. Assets on the Foster| City council Monday nightireport's inventory include buses, 4 gq att unanimously voted to adopt the garage facilities and maintenance on a A frequently. |°"S somuuiiiee's report, (ist aciniien s i 'recommendations were these:| Following are a few quotes k¥eryiing ua be Rept in Dal. lihas city council offer the amount [from the bus ORE re- ' qa + 3 rt and. as a result a great deal of o 2m J the on or the port PUC 1 work was done this year in the: = 5.02 shown on 116 Anventorvl ie ay 3t lis meeting on th west section oF the city |in the Foster report, exclusive Oct. 1, 1959, formally accepted hor! 5. 5 ~V- |of "tires, with payment to be|the operation of the bus system. The opening of arterial streets| deli th sols. ] a . was designed to speed the flow | Made on delivery of the assets. The commission favors a five- tion. The city's major street plan is designed to include all primary and secondary streets with their priority being determined by eity| council on the advice of the board of works, traffic advisory board and the city engineer's depart- ment. WATCH TRAFFIC TRENDS A close watch is maintained A | It was decided that application |ye 3 vi 3 of traffic to and from the indus-| Vas i PI |year lease with an option for trial and commercial area in the centre of the city as well as from «of one-third of the city's share is| credit, the mew industrial area in the| received from the provincial gov-| When the five-year plan was|southerly part of Oshawa. The| ernment, |drawn up city council calted|planning board endeavors tol In reply to a question as to upon the public utilities commis-|assess the needs of industrial, :l why some streets are paved and 'sion and the board of education will be made to the CNR for a|five more years and the privilege] {lease of the property on Hill-lof cancelling the lease on one- |eroft street used in the operation|year's notice, and in any year of the Oshawa bus service on during the second five years." the basis approved by the com-|. "The CNR now has a contract mittee in this report at a rental with Firestone Tire and Rubber of $835 per month. |{Co. for the supply and mainte- Application will also be made nance of all tires on a mileage for a private act to enable the basis. The present cost to the le ommerc al and residential | MEASURING MISTA KE f a City of Oshawa to purchase and system' is between $400 and $500 be to the south section Where |e public utilities commission to per month. The bus committee , serviceable land is avail- iL rear 3/operate the bus system. |and the PUC favor the contract TV Pact Russell D. Humphreys, QC appeared before Oshawa City Council Monday night to speak to council on television rights in the Brookside Acres subdivision. William Lock, owner of a tele- vison company, had negotiated an agreement with the city on communal TV in the subdivision. Mr. Humphreys was explaining that the agreement was not Just an agreement between the TV company and the city but a pact between the subdividers and the home buyers. Mr. Humphreys was objecting to a clause in the agreement which stated that the communal TV facilities could be dismantled and taken down without any rea- son whatsoever on the city's part, and with only three months' notice. Mr. Humphreys contended that this clause would frighten off po- tential users of the service. . "This is in the nature of a pub- lic utility," said the lawyer. law was a precedent too." Hazlitt's pleas fell on deaf ears as Ald. Walter Branch rose to make a motion "to concur with the recommendation of the plan- ning board -- no breach as yet. Ald. E. G. Bastedo seconded the motion. Ald John Brady sald that he change now would create a prece- |dent which would be impossible {to control. Aldermen Branch and Bastedo again presented and seconded the motion that council concur in the planning board's recommenda- tions. Ald. Norman Down said that he could not see any. reason not to go into this area at this time, felt that the time was fast ap- when it was adjacent to a ser- viced area and a school in its midst. "Different spots in the buffer zone will be more ready than others," he said. "This one seems to be ready." "A man referred to as the fa- Seek Change ther of planning," said Ald. A. V. Walker, "said that the planning of the buffer zone can be con- trolled and regulated, 'when the time is right'. Why not now?" Said Ald. Dafoe: "If we are going to have control, we must have a policy." AH. S. T. Hopkins thought that {the planning board was forcing _:|people to build on less desirable "sites than now available. "We want to know where; we'll say when," he said. i OPINIONS MAY DIFFER | "Who is to tell us when the [time is ripe?" asked Ald. A. H. Murdoch. "The planning board can have its own opinion and we can have ours. I feel that this thing is ready for action." Walker: "A definite policy in NAMES CHAIRMAN 8. R. Alger, chairman of the Debated Hopkins: "Planning Board should tell us where; we'll say when." Thomas: "Policy won't satisfy every one. Follow the services; they are there. There's no cost te ihe city and the city can bene- L" The mayor called for a vote. Council voted five to five with Ald. Cecil Bint out of the room. "'Something's wrong here," said the mayor. 'Perhaps. I'm what's wrong," said Ald. Finley Dafoe. "I didn't vote. I think the time is right, but I support the planning board's policy. E: 4 "I'm going to call a vote once more and please everyone vote," exhorted the mayor. This time the vote was 6-5 to uphold the planning board's opin. ion that the buffer zone should not be breached at this time. Ald. Bastedo, Branch, Dafoe, Attersley, Hopkins and Marks voted to concur with the planning board's opinions. Aldermen Murdoch, Walker, Brady, Down and Thomas voted against, Gas Dealers Ask Longer Open Hours The Oshawa Gasoline Opera- tors' Association, represented by Russell D. Humphreys, QC, ap- pealed to Oshawa city council Monday night for an amendment +/to Bylaw 2868, which would al- low approximately 20 per cent of the gasoline operators to stay open each night until 9 p.m. Through a petition, signed by some 75-80 percent of the opera- tors in the Oshawa area, it was made known that the majority of gas station operators are in favor of this bylaw amendment. Permits could be obtained from the chief of police, explained Mr. Humphreys, with a schedule drawn up by the operators them- selves and given to the police. Thev would take turns staying open late at nights. Mayor Lyman A. Gifford ob- jected to the police being expect- ed to check on this situation. But Mr. Humphreys said that, with a schedule in the hands of the chief of police, it would not be difficult to keep track of who should be open and when. He the near future? In my opinion the time for opening the buffer zone is right now! People should have the right to live where they choese. Brady: "Policy long overdue. Greater Oshawa Community Chests's Special Names Com- mittee. Mr. Alger will' be ap- pealing to out of town business men who have interests in Osh- awa on behalf of the Commun- emphasized that the operators {themselves are most anxious to co-operate with the authorities. The matter was referred to the property committee as this committee controls licensing. ity Chest. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Chest Donations Aid Youth Groups Council Supports Appeal By Board Oshawa City Council voted aly "But he bought the property| most unanimously Monday night| with the understanding that evy- to support an appeal by the erything would- be all right," planning board to the Ontario|said Mrs. Thomas. "It's a hard- Municipal Board against a de-|ship for him, and I'll say this cision previously handed down|too, that he payed too much for by the Committee of Adjustment.|the building. It may only be two (Committee of Adjustment was|feet but I feel that council] formed to deal with: minor in- should uphold the committee of | fractions of the zoning bylaws). |adjustment's decision. ! Ald, Christine Thomas stood] "And the delay is also my alone as the remainder of coun-\concern," continued Mrs. Tho- cil backed the planning board on|mas. "This man has been denied its policy of enforcing a seven.|the right to make a living." foot setback on Simcoe street south for the purpose of some|7® PER CENT OBSERVANCE | G. A. Wandless, planning di-| day widening this road, | p Centre of the controversy was rector, told the council that more Vincent Coscarella, a wavy-|than 70 per cent of the build- haired Italian, whose wife must/in8s on Simcoe south observed act as interpreter for him. |the setback rule. One exception,| IN GOOD FAITH {he said, was owned by a man| | Presented able. For that reason north an south, and east and west arterial streets had been laid out. | to produce similar plans for their| capital expenditures. Each proj- ect put forward by civic bodies must be approved by the muni- cipal board. A®otal of $13,500,000 is covered by the five-year plan. Continuing Mr. Barrand said that this year certain urgent de-| velopments required immediate] attention. The decision of the de-| partment of highways fo close| access to Highway 401 from Ste-! phenson road made it essential for a big project on Stephenson Gold Medal To Skater Oshawa skater Don Jackson| was presented with a gold medal] The mayor had earlier met Cloud Chasers Hold Free Flight Championship The Oshawa Cloud Chasers] began a busy week on Sunday, Oct. 4, by staging the club's first annual free flight 'championship contest. This 'event, held in the fields| near Kedron, Ritson Rd. N., con-| sisted of model airplanes which| were built from original club de-| signs or model kits purchased| locally, and tested the ability of the builder to produce a model which was stable: and dependable for long flights in windy weather. The contest was run on a three- flight total time to determine the winners. The winning entry was Bill Patton using an .020 gas powered method. If council concurs in this opinion, the present contract could be taken over by the PUC. If council does not concur, it would be obliged to purchase the value of the remaining mileage of the tires at a cost of $5,322.00. "It is tentatively agreed that an area of the building . . . con- taining work shop, store room, |garage, offices, etc. . , . be leased {from the CNR at a rental of $835 per month. The rental will in- clude heat and light. Property taxes will be paid by the CNR. "The CNR suggests the PUC honor the CNR bus tickets up to Jan. 10, 1960, and has agreed to redeem them at a rate of four for fifty cents. The committee is of the opinion that notices should be placed in the local paper in- forming the public that CNR tickets will be honored up to Jan. 10 only, Your committee has sug- gested to the PUC that considera- tion should be given to having bus tickets printed before the end of 1959." "The subdivider will provide. the service and charge a nominal fee for the communal TV outlets. "All Mr. Lock is asking for is the right to cross roads under- ground with his equipment. He is paying for these rights. The city is fully protected." "All we are asking for," con- tinued Mr. Humphreys, "is your consent to revise the agreement and in the event of a breach, the chance to remedy the situa- tion. If differences arise, then take the differences to arbitra- tion. I'm asking for an arbitra- tion clause." Ald. E. G. Bastedo, on what he termed a completely reasonable request, recommended that the question go to hoard of works, Ald. Christine Thomas seconded the motion. Danny Finds Secret Entry OTTAWA (CP) -- Daniel Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating birth- days today: Napcy Malloy, 435 King street east; Danny Clarke, 153 Elgin street east; Gordon Pearson, 787 Grierson street; Hank Westerink, 164 King street east, Bowmanville; Debbie Lou Taylor, 340 Buena Vista street. The first five persons to in- form The Oshawa Times of their birthdays each day will receive double tickets to The Regent Theatre, good for a four-week period following the showing of South Pacific. However, the free list has beern suspended during the engagement of South Pacific from Oct. 8 to Oct. 21, The current attraction is 'The World, The Flesh and The | Devil." Reports on birthdays will be received only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. A crew of Sea Rangers from Oshawa won the cutter race in Toronto sponsored by the Navy League of Canada, at their an- nual field day and regatta on Sept. 26. Vice Admiral E. R. Maingate, OBE, RCN (Retd.), in present: ing the trophy congratulated the Oshawa team on their appear- ance and dignity. The Sea Rangers whose ages range from 15 to 21 had prac- tised two and sometimes three times a week on the lake to win that race from the crews of girls from Toronto and Oakville who cocpeted against them. In Oshawa there are more than 1200 girls who belong to the Sea Rangers, Girl Guides and Brownies. Not so long ago they were divided into nine units, now there are 42, each one is bigger, and the movement is growing all the time, There are supposed to be 24 Brownies to a pack but the num- bers get up to 58 in a pack. "The little girls are so keen that we hate to turn them away and the packs just get bigger is used from Monday afternoon when school is over until Satur. day night, year in and year out. For years it has been too small for all the Guides, Brownies and Sea Rangers in Oshawa. School rooms, rooms in churches and in Simcoe Hall have to be used when most of Oshawa's Guides and Brownies get together and they have to be paid for. It is for these expenses that the Girl Guides in Oshawa ask each vear for a small share in the Greater Oshawa Community Chest. All the Guide Commissioners and leaders give their time vol- untarily and Guide companies and Brownie packs work for all their own expenses. Club Selling Cakes To . - -. {who had agreed to the city that/from the city at a council meet-igpiffer with a flight time of al- Projectionists I ! {ing Monday night. 9 iye Indent octén and bigger," Mrs. R. E, Wilson, Coscarella, said Mrs. Thomas, |=" goo! bought the property in faith, secure in the knowledge that he could put a barber shop on the front of his house. He had measured his seven feet from the sidewalk, not knowing that the city property line was locat- ed four feet inside the sidewalk. The, Committee of Adjustment voted to ket Coscarella have only a five-foot setback, as he argu- ed the extra two feet would make all the difference to his barber shop. Mayor Lyman A. Gifford quo- ted a long list of businesses which had located on Simcoe south since 1951 when the plan- ning board had first made it known that a seven-foot setback would be needed. These business- es, continued the mayor, volun- tarily observed the seven-foot setback when they were asked. These were in the days before in the event of the road widen- dling program, he would, at his own expense, tear down the front of his building in order to com- ply with the setback ruling. Ald. Finley Dafoe opined that the setback should be observed so that the road widening job could be done with a minimum of difficulty and at a minimum of cost. "If we don't vote to appeal the adjustment committee's decision, said the mayor, it will be a con- crete example of us breaking our own bylaw, Christine Thomas' impassioned appeal only a few minutes before had no effect as 11 aldermen voted to support the planning board's appeal against the com- mittee of adjustment's decision which was favorable to Vincen' Coscarella, whose only mistake had been in measuring from the sidewalk and thinking that was . Imost six minutes. The runner-up Ald. John Brady, chairman of was Bob Gordon with a seven-| jhe competitive sports commit-it ot tow.line glider and third | ee, gave He Tiedallion to Jack | place went to Jim 'McArthur| So saying, "this is the medaliyging 3 rocket powered model. awa presents to champions." = Another entry, Ross Dean, lost| Jackson won the North Ameri-ipis model after his second official ean singles and Canadian Mens'|fjght The model just kept going {Senior skating championship this yp until it was lost from sicht. past Season. . [This model should be somewhere pnd Sanked Souel Jo between Wilson road and Hamn- or iy hoe ee ton, north of Highway 401, so if . : Pre-lanyone finds this model please|| oral 8 for Non Your paves{ ive Flynn's Sporting Goods a| this month to begin getting back| p, into condition. displays of models built by club Panama Guards Fight Rioters PANAMA (APJ--Nationa} guardsmen opened fire Monday {might on demonstrators who oc- |cupied Panama's legislative pal- ace after a 50-mile hunger march from Colon demanding unemploy- m a ent relief and a minimum wage Ww. Three of the demonstrators {were injured, one seriously. The During the wegk there will belerowd ) y stoned the guardsmen the hen they tried to clear George Jackson, father of the members in various stores baildi d S building, and the troo n skater, oa fhe Souscl that 2 throughout the city, publicizing fire, 8 Pa: opened etlori, extending over the first annual club demonstra-| About 200 demonstrators who years, was responsible in some tion at Lakeview Park om ol Bi the. palace finally were OTTAWA (CP) -- Daniel O'Connel, 57, Monday drew a three-month jail term for his 30th conviction for entering the Domi fathers tery here, but nobody knows how he did it. Instead of breaking a window or sliding down a eoal chute, as he did the first 27 times, police say he has used a new mode of entry the last three times and only Dannv knows what it is. A brother found him early Sunday morning near the pan- try of the Empress Avenue monastery with four pounds of butter under his arm. Police found no sign of forced entry. Dust was un- disturbed on the coal. chute; Taking Course The monthly course to train projectionists in the operation of 16 milllimeter projectors, spon- sored by the Oshawa Film Coun- cil begins today at 7 p.m. Those persons who complete the three evening course will then be al- lowed to use the Film Council private functions. At the regular meeting of the Oshawa Film Council, held Oct. 1, reports of the annual meeting projectors for various club and| the division commissioner for Girl Guides says. that guid- "We feel so stron ing is fulfilling iremendous purpose and that this eity should be proud fo have so many of its girls busy so usefully," Mrs. Wilson said. 3 The proficiency badges that the girls work for as cooks, chil- dren's nurses, first aid workers, homemakers, needlewomen and even in astronomy not only be- come interests for them but have led to careers. : Guides and Brownies in Osh- awa have just planted 3300 gold- o Hed poration ol Fin Com len tulip. bulbs that they raised iv, the money for around churches, given, |schools and in the city's parks. Oshawa delegates to the meet- The bulbs were specially import degree for his boy's success. [day 0 § rhe |day, Oct. 11, starting at 1 p.m. _ "Oshawa has been wonderful,(Here you may see many differ- including the Oshawa Skating|ent events and models Club where Don got his start," members said Mr.. Jackson. can bring back an Olympic med-| throughout who have won with|t Ontarlo. |driven out by tear gas. The National Guard reported flown by the situation under control early oflay, but the troops continued to "I hope helthese models in large contests|guard government buildings and the zoning bylaws, he reminded council, the property line. + - al, for the city and for himself." |hopes to see you there. none of it was on' Danny. "I suppose he knows every in and out of that building as well as most of the fathers," commented Magistrate Glenn E. Strike. The Siu other key points about the capi- tal, ing, held in Peterborough Sept. ed from Holland to celebrate the 26, were: Charles Dowton, sec-|50th anniversary of guilding in retary-treasurer of the Oshawa Canada next spring. Film Council and past president| Altogether three quarters of a of the Federation; Mrs. Dowton, million bulbs will be planted by Jean Fetterly and Mrs, Ralph Guides across Canada. Scott, of the McLaughlin Library. | Guide House on Simcoe street r ¥ Assist Work The Oshawa Civitan Club has started work on its major fund raising activity -- that_ of selling Christmas cakes. The club's pringipal use of the profits made from the cake sales is to bring some Yuletide cheer to Oshawa retarded children in the form of expert instructors and clinics. Other projects include a Cycle Road-eo and safety clinics for the youngsters. The club got its season under- way with a barbeque and get to- gether with wives and girl friends at the home of Steve Marian. The first business meeting was held Sept. 23 at Hotel Genosha. The following committee chaire men were named: ways and means, Gord Dowling; programs, Bill Witham; projects, Royce Whittaker; membership, im McDonald; publicity, Ted Middle- mass; editor of the Civitan Sign Post, Elmer Williams.