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Saturday, will be a puppet | with the puppets. From left | Mosier, 11 and Karen Mosier, of the Story Hour, at the Mec- | Saeae Seen here are some of are Sharon Statham, 12; Mar- | Barbara garet Bryant, 11; Laughlin Public Library this | the children who will attend TWO-YEAR PROGRAM Assessment Equa Requires Careful lization Study 12, --Oshawa Times Photo Puppet Show At Library Story Hour t through endeared the we repeated, the ages, Oshawa is undergoing a two- all the 15,000 individual properties|from taxation, no buildings are known tairy tales "Hansel and year equalization of assessment|in the city (vacant ones too) to program in which every part of measure, type, classify and value, the city is being subjected to alinside and out, "so that we can minute study. properly place in the right class." | Holding the microscope on the| A land value map of the entire eity is J. P. Coombe and Asso-|citv will be plotted, over a year's| ciates Ltd., municipal consultants, time, and the city will be divided | the only privately-owned companv |into five or six rental zones, from doing this type of work in Can-|the most desirable residential] ada from "Every |Gretel" and "Three Billy structure and every vacant lot|Goats Gruff" will take on ani- will be assessed when we are fin-|/mated form ished," he repeated. UNDERSTAFFED Mr. Coombe commented that|ihe hoys' and girls' the Oshawa assessment i Boe e is g "They | ment was under-staffed. for Oshawa chil- |dren Saturday morning. | A puppet show will replace the |regular 10.30 a.m. story hour in division of the McLaughlin Public Library this week under the direction of down to least desirable. This will Just can't cope with the increase (pig Wallace, boys' and girls' Foresee Keen Election East Whitby Townshi Wilfred Pascoe Is Elected Reeve East Whitby ratepayers paved the way Thursday night for an in- teresting municipal election, when they nominated six candi- dates for three council seats, and five candidates for three school board seats. Wilfred Pascoe, absent from council for a year, will return as reeve in 1960. Neil Smith will be deputy reeve. Neither of these positions are being contested. Seeking council seats are the retiring reeve, Walter Beath, Wwil- liam Gordon, Robert Flett, Gor- don Corner, Walter Holliday and James Stark. Nominees standing for election to the school board are: Warden Greenley, Robert Patte, Howard Farndale, Leonard Slute and Douglas Coulson. INTEREST COMMENDED Addressing the meeting, Walter Beath praiced the ratepayers, praised Ontario county, of which he is warden and roasted the press. Mr. Beath noted that in his experience, he had never seen such a large attendance at a nom- ination meeting in East Whitby Township. He commended the gathering on its interest in muni- cipal affairs. The reeve spoke of the exten- sive road improvement being done in the townships, much of WILFRED PASCOE need a vault, as at present there 1s no safe place to keep town- ship records," he said. He reported that the township has an agreement with the City of Oshawa whereby for an an- nual fee of $400, the township may dispose garbage in the city The Oshawa Times SECOND SECTION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1959 PAGE NINE which, he said, is underwritten by the province. He said that a million - dollar development road from Manchester to Goodwood has already been started, under dump. A voice at the back of the hall suggested "Why dor't we pay Oshawa $200, and use $200 for government sponsorship, using county labor and equipment. Next year, he said, the county plans to undertake extensive work in improvement of bridges. "There are 170 county bridges," he said, "and 105 of them are not 100 per cent satisfactory." He went on to speak of the excellent work being carried out by the staff of Fairview Lodge county home. He noted that 11 of the 150 patients there are from keys so that we can get in after] hours. to dump garbage." FIRE PROTECTION Councillor Robert Flett report- Mr. Coombe is a former super-|help to make assessment rolls|in department work," he said.|)p arian. visor of assessment for the prov- more accurate. | "This city is expanding very! Ging from the Saturday After- ince of Ontario. | Mr. Coombe called 'on citizens|rapidly. After the annexation of noon Book Club will act out the "It's not a re-assessment," em-|to co-operate with his staff. "'An|East Whitby in 1951, the popula-|cio "of Hansel and Gretel, a phasized Mr. Coombe, '"'they're assessment based on what we tion totalled 40,727. The figure for! story of two children who get lost done every year. Statutes demand find on the outside only is not | September, 1959 was 57,965, an n=l. the -wuods and various other it." |accurate," he said. "We cannot Frease of 36,968, or 41 per cent, | difficulties. The puppets for the assess properly from information|in_ eight years. hy i f 4 COMPLETE RECORD |obtained by an external examina.| Mr. Coombe termed Oshawa a Totes Dy Goats Gu will he At the end of the program. in tion. Our entire opinion may Progressive city, "in the middle) = be 00 3 Sh FG TL Tor 1961, Oshawa will have a com- change after inside inspection. of the most densely populated three wavwaid goals Who are plete assessment record of every| "For instance)' he continued, |area in Canada, sure to reap the hased by a mythical 'hillside troll building and property in the 21.8|*we can't | p . A MACDONALD BUST PRESENTED TO MUSEUM ed that fire DroiSetion cost the| ping his lifetime one of the | 1891. After Dr. Kaiser's death, the society's museum in the township $3000 this oan SOM most prized possessions of the | his wife gave the bust to T. | Henry House near Lakeview pared with only $2000 last year.| 1,4, np; 'Tnomag E. Kaiser, of | Kelso Creighton, Of Park. The society is anxious The township, he explained, buys) ochawa, was a bust of Sir | seen at right presenting it to | that a suitable pedestal be sev fire protection from Oshawa. John A, MacDonald, who was | Mrs. G. D. Conani, p.csia... | cured. "Oshawa has us over a bar-| prime minister of Canada from | of the Oshawa and District His- rel," he said. "We can't get fire| 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to | torical Society, for placing in protection any cheaper anywhere --Oshawa Times Photo BIE and added that | guess the type of heat- | benefits someday of the seaway." x A square mile area of the city. |ing, plumbing or floors without r= Music from Greig's Peer Ghent Purpose of the equalization of seeing them." | assessment is to provide a uni-| | form taxation scale for taxpayers| NEED CO-OPERATION | and to bring property and building] "It's in the interest of all tax- values up to a more realistic|Payers to give us co-operation in value today. |the inspection of their properties." | Expected result of this equaliz-| Each one of Coombe's staff has ing process and the attendant tax|an identity card with the signa- scale is every taxpaver paying his|ture of the assessor and the seal | fair share of taxes, in proper of the city. | ratio to his fellow citizen. Mr. Coombe said that the de-| partment of Municipal Affairs as- VNIFORM Jax STRUCTURE sessment manual, which he help- Shek 3 Saza ono Bases. ed write, was being used as a guide by his company, "The pro-| sends men dollar in Stet Sitges eo "But it will result in a uniform fax structure which means that spot check our methods. Grants may be predicted on the reports of the men checking our work." FIVE CLASSIFICATIONS Five different classifications will be recorded on the assess- there Will be a more equitable distribution of tax payments by Oshawa taxpayers. [] The new assessment will be based on 1950 reproduction cost Church Are Elected The first part of on Wednesday, next year, Deacons appointed for a two- man, W Reimer, H, Seeley and vear term of office: V. Henkel- C. Sharrard. D ment rolls: residential, - cial, exempt, industrial and large industrial. Each is recorded on a colored card, each class having of structures. Present assessment figures are based on 1938 values, "completely unrealistic to the dol- coigre, E. Johnston, quist and E. Moore. iicers Of the annual meeting for the election of offi- was held in Calvary Baptist) Suite will be played in accompani- ment to the billy goat story. Miss Wallace feels that the part when Peer Ghent, dealing with various woodland ogres, is particularly fairy tale. The puppets of - Hansel and Gretel were made by students at OCCI while properties for the Three Billy Goats Gruff were made by an OCVI art class. This is the first time that Hansel and Gretel will be put on in the McLaughlin Library. suitable to the troll in the above|Lod East Whitby, when the Oshawa home for sen- ior citizens is completed next|if they weren't here fighting fires year, there will be more room [they would in all probability be for county residents in Fairview (in the fire hall " | A ratepayer suggested that the township buy a fire truck. "Gar- vard road bought one for $8000. They built their station with vol- untary labor," he said, referring to a volunteer station in Whitby Township. CONTROL COST CUT Councillor Fleit had a glimmer else. What they get here is gravy. ge. : The reeve then levelled his sights on the Fourth Estate. PRESS CRITICIZED "Last month," he complained, "there was a banquet held in my honor, as warden of the county. Following the banquet, the mayor of Oshawa, who spoke at the t, was given three- to Nov. 25. 'The following men were appoint- ed to fill the various offices for appointed for a one year term of office -- H. Gas- S. Lager- 3 [eral inches of space were devoted i |lyet it was later reported by a of good news for the ratepayers. He told the meeting that warble- fly control, due to improved methods, had cost less this year than had been anticipated, show- ing a $59.87 surplus. Councillor Walter Holiday re- porting for the health and wel- fare committee, said that $492 has been paid in relief, this year, and $1147.60 to the Ontario Coun- ty Health Unit. He gave a brief column front-page coverage. Sev- to the guest speaker. As far as the press was concerned, I did not even say 'thank you'." "At that meeting, Mayor Gif- ford suggested a Metro system for Oshawa and the surrounding district. I took no stand on this, correspondent that apparently East Whitby council was in ac- cord with Mayor Gifford -- this Four Autos OSHAWA NATIVE Are Entered The Oshawa Police Department reported a rash of car break-ins during the night. None of the cars was stolen. In each case the cars, which were all late models, were park- ed either in front of the owner's home or in his driveway. All cars had their contents rifled or|Ottawa. stolen. A dapper man with fresh Ronald Froants, 233 Oshawa cheeks and snowy hair -- ideally Hospital Oshawa born, Roy Pennington, retired recently as the chief phar- macist of the Civic Hospital in car had been broken into some-|pennington describes his profes- time prior to 10.15 a.m. Thursday. sion as a highly-skilled and ex- He reported that his wallet €on- | poting science. taining $40 and a car ig He had his first taste of it as valued at $120 had been stolen. |, appretice to the late T. B. Edward Bward, 527 Coleridge|prijchell in Oshawa. Mr. Pen- street, reported his car had been |; ton was at school in Oshawa broken into sometime between boulevard north, discovered his|gyited to a white coat -- Mr. ed Pharmacist At Retires sented itself "and I that to the retail end." LOVER OF FLOWERS Displaying the orderliness so important to pharmacy, he look out recently over the back garden of his comfortable Find- lay avenue home in Ottawa. "I almost hate to cover the flower beds," he said. "They look so untidy until the gnow comes." He and his charming wife managed a start in life most preferred lar of today," claimed Coombe. "The city will be able to present : be tes and Clearer Suge ie: residential, commercial and in- and financial institutions dustrial Sasasgments are: loca- " 4 |tion, rental value, use, sales and Wa Be Assessment aeans| cost. Some 35 calculations are re- fes, and easier debenturing "for|duired on each residential build- : i » : ; many more on commer- the city. Besides, it's more equit- oa] and industrial buildings. able to all concerned." | : | Mr. Coombe explained that al- VISIT ALL PROPERTIES {though some structures, such as Mr. Coombe's staff will visit!churches and schools, are exempt RED CROSS and his sister, Mrs. Henry Bald- 12 p.m. Thursday and o am. yin 641 Masson Street, and this morning. He said the con-|, on. "014 'friends are still resi- tents of the car had been rifled dents of this city but that nothing had been taken. | por by POST 35 YEARS George Smythe, of 631 Shake-|™, "gy + time ago he left thel speare avenue, also said his carlo. "po otal in Ottawa after had been broken ino but nothing | 2 Youis os 'the. Hospital's top] had een takem. of 494 Byron |dispenser of pain killers. His re- tirement signals the end of an street, said his car radio valued A at $125 had been stolen after the era ug the pharmacy depart- ment. car was broken into. He said the : | break .in occurred sometime be-| Mr. Pennington started with tween 12.20 a.m. and 12.15 p.m. the institution the day it was Thursday. born, in 1924. And his first job was the transfer of drugs from the old St. Lukes and Rideau General Hospitals, The following eight men were appointed to the church council 0. Allen, Chas. Hooper, E. Jack- son, W. Lane, W. Powers, E. Stacey, L. Trick and E. Hurl- bert. Ushers were appointed as fol- lows: O. Allen, D. Churchill, T. Collen, G. Delaney, E, Galloway, H. Grant, S. Green, J. Hooper Jr., G. Hurren, R. Jeffrey, A. Johnston, F. Lesage, A. Mertz and F. Perkins, Five stewards were appointed: R. Cook, Cecil Hopper, M. Ken- nedy, W Poulter and W. Tonkin. The auditors appointed were: G. Ferguson, S. Hooper and S. explanation of the function of the health unit. Roy Brown, speaking for the Iligh School Board, reported that since 1954, high school costs to the township have doubled every two years He pointed out that in 1954, the cost was $11,890, and that in 1958 it was $41,917. "If this trend continues," he said, "by 1960, high school education costs will be around $80,000." Of this, he said, the township would have to pay $24,000. "We are as near to being a dummy board as possible," he said. "We cannot control the cost. We can only its own distinctive color. Main points considered in the council had not been ap- proached." As a final shot, he complained [that the last meeting of council had no press coverage. "I have a, high regard for the press," he said, "and hope this meeting is covered." ROADS HOT TOPIC Deputy Reeve Neil Smith, with a number of assists from - the chairman, Township Clerk George Farncombe, weathered a barrage of heavy heckling. Mr. Smith read in part, the printed - statement on the opera- tion of the roads committee young couples of today would envy, They bought their home before they were married, moved in after the wedding and have liv- ed there ever since. Mrs. Pennington proudly dis- plays the sugar bowl that is one of the few remaining pieces of the china tea set put out by Do- minion United Church in 1876. "My parents went there," she recalls, "and we kept up the tra- dition." Mr. Pennington declined to discuss his wartime career until his better 'half had pushed him DON IVERSON Will Provide Johnson. and the envelope secre- tary was G. Ranstead. Cod Liver Oil The Oshawa Red Cross Society, for an all out effort for the De- at its monthly meeting Thursday cember blood clinic to try and night, agreed to a request from make up Oshawa's quota, which the Oshawa Board of Health|fell behind as a result of the to supply 30,000 capsules of cod|November clinic. liver oil to the board for use in| An extra 125 pints of blood will its welfare program. be required to make up for the Society officials said they will poor turnout in November but purchase the capsules from pres-|even so Oshawa will still be short ent funds. [on its quota for the year accord- A letter was sent from the so-/ing to spokesmen. | ciety to the City Council asking] This means that the clinic is that they be granted permission|shooting for 380 blood donors for to set vd a canteen, visitors serv-/this month's clinic which will be ice and shopping centre in the held in St. Gregory's auditorium new Hillsdale Manor senior citi- Thursday, Dec. 3, from 1:30 p.m. zens home. to 4 p.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to This would give the same type!9 p.m. of service that the society pres- The society will give a Christ- ently operates in the Fairview mas party for residents of the Lodge in Whitby. Fairview Lodge, Whitby, Friday Officials of the society called Dec. 11. There will be presents Naturalists {for i Plan Meeting Duplicate and Mrs. J. Kitchen, 77% points; | group took Mrs, H. Washington and Mrs, H. the CRA (james, 71% points; Mrs. J. Mac. man, Bill Neal, for next Mon- southernmost tip of Ontario, and| , ne high scores for games see these pictures in the StOTY | wadsworth and Mrs. M. Clarke. held by members of the club toy. Bind, 59 points. building. Lean and Mrs. H. Webster, 71 day's meeting of the Oshawa "Color of Life", which follows|Played by members of the Osh- Toom of the McLaughlin Publicigy'y;inte: "Mrs. C. Hall and Mrs. | concentrate on particular phases| On Nov. 11 the bird w . Two attractive films have been Bridge Club Naturalists' Club. They are "Point Pelee", depicting bird, 3 i~/awa Duplicate Bridge Club, at| She growth of a tree in dramatic|s.1aide House, Tuesday night | Library on Monday night at eight ir' Cruwys, 76% points; Mrs. F o'clock. |3. Rundle and Mrs. W. Karn, 64| of nature lore. The second gath-| ering of the botany discussed winter feeding lems and plans for secured by the program chair- High Sc plant and animal life of that : ; were: The club invites the public to North and South -- Mrs. E. Several workshops have been|pts.: Mrs. E. Stewart and Mrs. | place Wednesday at acthers Christmas bird censu§ prob annual S. Sheridan, 62 points. The lucky draw was won by Mrs. M. R. Clarke. : the CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating birthdays today: Judy Rahme, 379 Anna- polis avenue; Dirk Garlichs', 22 Oshawa boulevard south; Donald Halcomb, 585 Wilson road north; Jerry Barber, 259 Baldwin avenue; Richie Daw- son, 633 Grierson; Neil Devitt, 24 Ritson road south; John Maguire, 1510 Evangeline drive; Susan Cory, 355 Lake- shore; Suzanne Parkin, 106 LaSalle avenue; Mrs. Helen McLeod, Courtice; Shawn Es- sex, 65 Second avenue; Gor- don Myles, 325 Saguenav av- enue; Heather Rolls, 216 Divi- sion street; Janet Konarow- ski, 1310 Simcoe street south; Mrs. Fred Smith, 21 Elgin street east; Donald Nikiforuk, 137 Bloor street east. The first five persons to inform The Oshawa Times of their birthdays each day will receive double tickets to The Regent Theatre, good for a four-week period. The cur- rent attraction is "Yellow- stone Kelly". Reports on birthdays will be received only between the hours of 8 am. and 10 a.m. Ontario Man Dies Of Car Injuries WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP)--A - year - old Ontario man died| in-|Sales East and West -- Mrs. R. Drew juries suffered In a car accident sclicitors. 10 miles| early today in hospital of Nov. 5 off Route 15, north of Williamsport. b mer Mrs ilton, was killed in the crash. 5 Accorded Acclamation By Legion Don Iverson was elected presi- dent of Branch 43, Canadian Le- gion, for 1960 Thursday night. He was formerly first vice-president. Officers elected by acclama- tion, besides Mr. Iverson, were: Frank Grant, treasurer; Arch- deacon H. D. Cleverdon, padre; B. Law, sergeant-at-arms; Mor- ris Proctor, second vice-presi- take the bill and pay it." He said that the board turned down a proposal to bring the north end of the township under the jurisdicticn of the Ontario County High School Board, which includes Uxbridge and Port Perry High Schools. "We thought that would be too costly," he 'said. "They will be doing a lot of building soon." Fraud Charge Is Withdrawn which, with the financial state- ment for the year, was distribut- ed among the ratepayers. He asked for questions. He got them. Someone noticed in the state- ment that the roads superinten- dent was the only salaried town- ship employee to receive holiday pay and wanted to know why. ON SALARIED STAFF After a couple of attempts to answer, Mr. Smith tossed the ball to the chairman, who said that the superintendent had been paid hourly until this year, when he was placed on the salaried staff. "Part of that is for last year," dent. Dec. 10 elections will decide who is first vice-president for the coming year. Harry Brown and Herb Bathe have been nominat- ed Eleven members are standing for nine positions on the executive committee: Cameron Oke, Herb Bathe, Harold Powless, Nat Hir- cock, Bert Robinson, Al Elliott, Walter Devenish, Bob Skelton, Luke White, Alf Worrell and Sid Hobbs. Man Sentenced In Fraud Scheme TORONTO (CP -- Thomas J. Hart, 45, was sentenced Thurs- day to one year definite and three months indefinite for de- frauding the public through a vet- eran's children welfare fund. | Judge J. Ambrose Shea ac- quitted Hart's partner, James R. Cooke, 38, because he was 'not sufficiently involved in the cam- paign to know exactly what was going on." The two partners employed six in Hareco telephone Reginald W. Lent, secretary- treasurer for an Army, Navy and He was John Cleary of Peter-|Air Force club, testified that the ) driver of 'the car which unit employed Hareco to raise/OFFICE SPACE SHORT points; Mrs. E. Dixon and Mrs. plunged over a 30-foot embank Christmas party funds. The firm| received 75 per ceni The clvh' Annie Lister. 72, of Ham-|25 per cent totalled $62.12 for a 'two-month campaign. he said. "The pay is based on a year from July 1 to June 30, while this report is based on a calendar year." Another ratepayer asked: "Are township trucks supposed to be based here, or at the drivers' homes?" Mr. Smith said that at meal times, and some other times, the trucks might be at the drivers' homes. "I've seen them there all hours P "» .|charge. of We 8 ye B Oe oe + After examining Huffman's record and finding he had a wife lake long coties Dreals i. those and four children, Magistrate F. 25 minutes. It's high time some- S. Ebbs gave him a year sus- 4 3 »»|pended sentence on two other body found out what's going on." | oy arco of false pretences. SIGNS REQUIRED ausiner ange "can sou 500 New Type Store Is Opened Here township driver /from spraying weeds near your farm if you ask Oshawa's first "ex-toggery" moved here a month ago. It's him?" a member of the audi- ence asked. Mr. Smith replied that if the farm was properly posted, it should not be sprayed with weed-|1o0ateq on Richmond street east. killer. The store acts as intermediary "Then # why is it," the rate- between a buyer and seller of payer demanded, 'that when I!second-hand clothes. It works this did that and told him not to/way: spray, he said 'the heck with| If you want to sell a suit you |you' and went on spraying?" bring it to the store, cleaned, "That's the fault of the roads|pressed and ready to wear, and boss," Mr. Smith said. tell the store owner how much you want for the suit. He then adds a percentage of the cost Councillor Gordon Corner re-|to the price and if he sells the {ported that council is becoming|suit, mails you a ch-~u~ for the {Increasingly aware of the short. agreed price, minus his *"com- age of office space. "We also!mission", A fraud charge against Donald Huffman, 41, of 1228 Valley Dr., was withdrawn by the complain- ant in Oshawa magistrate's court, Thursday, because the ac- cused paid for the bad cheque with a post dated cheque. The complainant was Peter Proskin, 31 Elgin St. E. He said the accused made restitution with a cheque dated Nov. 27. So he wanted to withdraw the Church To Honor Press A special service to honor the communications industry of the nation will be observed in all Seventh-day Adventist churches in the city this Saturday as part of the denomination's nation-wide observance of Communications) Day. | Special plans have been made to mark the event this weekend at the Oshawa Missicnary College Adventist Church, Pastor Victor Collins disclosed today. A repre- sentative of the editorial staff of The Oshawa Times will repre- sent the communications media of the community a: this service. The purpose of this special day in the church calendar which is being innaugurated this Saturday is twofold. According to Darren L. Michael, executive secretary of the church's department of public affairs, the observance is designed to pay tribute to the contribution the newspapers, radio, television and mass media make to the life of the commu- nity. Emphasis will also be given to the denomination's growing Then the fledgling hospital's only chemist, his staff now num- bers another six pharmacists and one assistant, a clerk and four porters, MANY CHANGES "The whole picture of phar- macy has changed radically," said Mr. Pennington. '"Sulpha drugs and antibiotics evolution- ized the profession." He speaks of the old days, when a druggist painsakingly prepared every prescription him- self, with a tinge of regret. "But we can dispense so much faster now, what with the spec- ialized drug houses, that the changes are well worth it." As a youngster in Oshawa, Mr. Pennington grabbed his opportu- nities where they came. He was headed for an office career in the old McLaughlin plant where they manufactured buggies, carriages and wagons before GM took over, until the day the late Mr. Mitchell offer- ed him a job. "That decided me," he remem- bers. "I wasn't keen about office work anyway." Then the opportunity for a ca- reer in hospital pharmacy pre- into it. ON HOSPITAL SHIP | Then he disclosed he spent more than 18 months of the First World War on a trans-Atlantic hospital ship, dispensing drugs to wounded soXliers under the most taxing conditions. But his professional years have mostly been spent behind the scenes--in the white bowels of the Civic, dispensing more prescriptions than he cares to count. . To the layman and the patient, it's -a shadowy, little known world. But it is a world that will sorely miss Roy Pennington. 'Snow Brings '9 Accidents | The first snowfall of the year {in this area took its toll in prop- lerty damage, since midnight | Thursday. Three traffic accidents in Osh awa were attributed to the snow, and six accidents on surrounding |highways resulted from the slip- public relations and community service efforts. | "Far too often the church {finds it easier to criticize and condemn the organs of communi- cations than to speak out in de- fence of the valid efforts that are made by our newspapers and radio - televisions institutions in ferms of better information and understanding," Mr. Michael de- ciared. RAT ATTACKS CHILD | MONTREAL (CP) -- An 18- month-old boy was treated in hos- pital Thursday after being sav- agely bitten on the face and hand by a rat while he slept in a crib beside his parents' bed. Richard GM AWARDED TWO CONTRACTS OTTAWA (Special) Gen- eral Motors of Canada Limit- ed, Oshawa, has been award- ed two separate contracts by the department of defence production totalling $26,000. One contract of $15,715 is for the maufacture of motor vehicles and the other, of $20,280, for the manufacture of trucks. The GM contract was one of some 80 unclassified con- tracts of $10,000 or more awarded by the defence pro- duction department and de- fence construction Limited |Cantwell was allowed to go home later with his parents, Mr. and mrs, Gerald Cantwell. He had| three bites on his right hand and| three over his right eye. | during the first half of Nov- ember. Total value of all of the contracts was about $3,500,- 000. pery surface. Three of these acei- dents investigated by the Whitby Detachment OPP, occurred at the intersection of the Brock road and Highway 7, at Brougham. One accident involved a school bus. No injuries were reported. The Department of Highways in Whitby reports that all snow plows were in action by 4.40 a.m. today. Sanders were out earlier, and all highways have been sand- ed. However, OPP officials report that driving is still not good on most highwavs, In Oshawa, four sanders and salters have been operating since 4 a.m. with a crew of eight men. All paved streets have been sand- ed, and all dirt roads salted. The City Works Department still has two sanders in reserve. No snow removal equipment has been used yet by the city, although the hand-wielded snow- shovel has been in evidence, as businessmen and other citizens shovelled off their walks for the first time this winter,