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The Oshawa Times, 15 Oct 1960, p. 9

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The Ontario Foundry United Steelworkers America, held the sixteenth an- nual meeting at Hotel Genosha Friday where the new officer of the executive ell, NEW EXECUTIVE OF ONTARIO FOUNDRY COUNCIL The new officials of the council ( Thomas), Blanding, left to right, | Hamilton) were chosen as follows: Seated, | are: John Rope (Hamilton), Fr Anna left to right: John Dowling, sec. | nest Bnooks (Galt), W, G wil il retary - treasurer (Hamilton) | kins Frank Curry Gi and Ken Levak, president (8f, | (Renfrew) dack Woods Couns of next council w» (Oshawa tober at and were elected INDUSTRIAL OSHAWA Pedlar People Link With Past EDITOR'S NOTE: ing Is another in the series articles dealing dustrial development of Osh awn By RON DEVANEY In 1840, 1 ish and Lower A year linked with Skea's Corner the official name His He was He pr name along the road The Bond of the Union Hall street OPENED HARDWARE STORE Pedlar dec find a ready market in th community wtore at the south-east corner Bond and Simcoe gh tier walk throu home He' began and pans in Shortly after tributed throughout pide by large, horse-drawn vans In 1661, Pedlar began the sheet ing poured from the factory to Jord ted his famous Parliament sponsible government later i name was to become a_nsmith by ahly (now Toronto mudd named after an American survey Pedlar United began the manufacture of sheet metal ceilings, ideal for large buildings and public institutions Ornamental motifs to decorate building exteriors were also being developed about this time, They proved very popular In 1892, an old stable on the north-east corner of Metcalf and Simeoe was converted into mall stamping plant for the pro {duction of metal roofing, siding and ceilings of "§g thi Melntyre build HOshawa In Follow of in with the Durham submit Report to the Brit advocating re a for Upper Canada man - whe Ire arrived ocahl History about Hood's from WHS Necessary lo almost every year Oshawa Avs Oshawa became yime. it in 1842 additions Henry Pedlar.| pod, this slogan appeared: Ped trade Ia the Largest Sheet Metal al York| Factory in the British Empire Lage! Ry 1012, the plant had sprawl Coach) ad across the entire city block hounded hy Simeoe, John, Met calf and Centre streets, (In 1011 family settled onl ihe pedlar Metal Roofing Co on the present site| incorporated and hecame known | Auto Workers'| gs The Pedlar People Lid.) GEIKIE | On the death of George Pedlar in 1018, his son-in-law, Walter R Gelkie, was made general man ager of the company. He hecame president in 1916, guided the ex pansion of the works until his re tirement in 1950, He died in 1954 From 1012 to 1920, husiness ex panded, new products were horn and the walls of the block-long building bulged, Galvanized steel shingles, silo covers, culverts |eorrugated iron siding and roof wa landed and took the rutted Asa Danforth or Newspaper 1s carrier hein Oshawa | To m ational 03 y, which is I'he | conjunction with | papet ( ir | Oca WALTER R ah prompine today ilesmanst in erved I'ime the Canadian culation. Managers Friday would fron a of hort his ded hardware presented of meri eredit ( the New He opened tion honored ree of ' era a a from Just fields making tool pot the rear of the store these were di the country au all 1 mee be alt for of vip, | vith ind hi pre directors ting held next their ery ach Bl Ace hy entations Port Hope Men The the Oe. of courtesy ice and hoy was artificate Carrier! the cam were 100 PC VOTE Donevan Pupils Name Executive J. Don voted Every student at Dr. ¥ evan Collegiate Institute Friday to council, The resulted in the election of Myron Mech as president of the 1960-61 student council Other members are; vice . president, Barbara {Holmes; secretary, Carolyn |Werry; treasurer, Carol Holmes land Robert Grace con |vener | "We will elect tudent 100 per cent turnout a new of the executive social Fuperiment on a slightly differe nt student council this year," said the Principal, Norman Sisco, "We will abandon the two-party stem and stu Idents are elected on their own imerits, not as representatives of {one particular party "Party strife was bitter last year and carried on right through the year," said the principal, "Suggestions were not voled: on for their merit. Students were voting the straight party ticket OUTSTANDING "CARRIERS BOYS HONORED Kinsey, Osh from left Oshawa ille and Oshawa hy ( Time 0 editor Robert Baker Leddy, Boman Maleolmson made awa Aare Mike Robert Photo Oshawa Time Auto Valuation Change Reaction TORONTO (CP) J, J, Hast ings, president of the 600,000 Canadian Automobile tant to win and risk losing #2 friend [ think many students feel parties aren't really important, They want to forget the party and put things on ap individus] ha In this way, no one who is elected will represent apy parth ewlar faction," Mr, Bisco said the student body will vole in May to assess the success of this method as against the former two-party method They will be allowed to return to the two-party system if they wish J Dh 80 The newly elected executive, plus association and school club heads, will form the central stu. dent council, The central group, plus the form represenlatives, will he the student policy-making group at Dr, ¥, J. Donevan Col- legiate Institute this year, Small Child | Oshawa Times Photo (Some students were even relue. = 1 Ki Il By Stove A two-year-old Blackstock child was killed Friday when a stove in the backyard of his home fell on him Richard John Lawrence playing by himself for a few minutes around noon when his mother, Mrs, John Lawrence, went to look for him, She sew) the two-burner electric rangetie {was overturned and the hoy pin ned beneath il The dead child has a week-old brother, Timmy Robert The coroner, Dr, J M Arthur, pronounced the child} dead as soon as he arrived, He| blamed asphyxiation as the cause {of death The child's father was away In Oshawa where he works on the! General Motors assembly line The funeral will be Monday at| 2 p.m, at the Armstrong Funeral | Home It will he conducted hy Rev, Philip Romeril of Black stock Burial will be be in Mount Lawn Cemetery CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating birth days this weekend Those who celebrate today are; Kenneth W. Farrow, 631 Christie avenue Eddie Macko, 473 Ritson road south; Larry Bryant, 250 Mitchell avenue; Penny Yourkevich, 465 Cunningham; Mrs, Dons ald Moss, § Quebec Bireet Apt, 1; Kenny Wilson, 508 Montrave; Johanne Parkhill, was A SECOND SECTION She Oshatwn Fimes TT OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, © NINE # EXECUTIVE of Donevan Colleg- Student Council Friday night: The those elected to announced at the THE NEW the Dr, FV, J late Institute was elecied names of office were annual election night dance in the school auditorium, The new executive will be; seated, My- ron Mech, president; standing, left to right; Carolyn Werry, secretary; Bob Grace, social convener; and Carol treasurer, Absent when pie. ture was taken: Barbara Holmes, the council vice-presir | dent, ~-Oshaws Times Pholo Holmes, Wages And Prices Are Explained By Speaker The facts show that high the United wages, when accompanied by! from Japan high productivity, aetually mean low wage costs, If prices are too CAST IRON IMPORTS high not because of high| "Of $36 198 imports of cers wage 5, but rather it is initain cast iron products (pipes spite of low unit wage costs, Theland fittings, valves, hot water low-wage countries are usually|furnaces and radiators), for high-cost countries hecause of 1950, 70.4 per cent came from low productivity {the U.S. 21.9 per cent from the If competition from the low: United Kingdom, and only 1.8 vage countries, such as Japan, per cent from Japan 5 as serious as alleged by our| "Also, If our higher wage rates employers, why are most of our|put Canada at a serious trading imports from the US, the high disadvantage with Japan, as our est-wage country? {employers allege, how is it pose "Of the $2,670,521 value of im-|sible for Canada to sell much ports of rough iron castings in more to Japan than Japan sells 1069, 07.6 per cent were from the|to Canada? In 1050 Japan was United States, 1.6 per cent from|Canada's third heat customer, after the US, and UX ! "Total exports of Canadian produce to Japan were $139.9 mile lon, but our Imports for cone sumption were only $102.0 mile More than 200 delegates, from all across Ontario, attended the 16th annual Ontario Foundry Con ference of The United Steelwork ers of America, at the Hotel Gen osha, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Two of were the Kingdom, and none the subjects discussed "Influence of Wage In creases on Price Increases," and "The Relation Between Wage and Foreign Competition Data on these subjects, present ed to the conference, had' been prepared by Harry Walsglass, as sistant research director in the Canadian office of the United Steelworkers of America WAGES AND PRICES Regarding wages and sald; "Of course, prices, but the production is prices, he wages do affect price per unit of| influenced hy the To Stand Trial member Association unit rather than metal business in a small way | rkets and hoost sales . ] supply mark Friday night ex-| 974 Chevrolet street; Clinton |wage cost per (Hon, Japan ranked fifth among with the manufacture of kitchen| utensils, He was still at the Bond. Simcoe location, In 1872, Henry Pedlar died, His 20-year-old son, George, took over, continuing the development! of several new lines, Twenty years later, the Pedlars, mainly George and his son, George Jr., WAR al EDWIN €, GUILLET Researcher |. To Address Local Group District Historical held in the Audi McLaughlin Publie Oct. 18, at 8.30 Oshawa and Society will be torium of the Library Tuesday pm The speaker will be Edwin ( Guillet, research historian of the Department of Public Records and Archives of the Province of Ontario and compiler of many books on Ontario's history Over a period of 24 years and through 18 large volumes, start ing with Early Life in Upper Canada (1833) and ending with Pioneer Inns and Taverns (1937) Cobourg-horn Edwin Guillet has gathered data from out-of-print books, original etters, documents and pletures, assembling it in volume form for students of On tario's history. His most recent book, The Valles the Trent was sponsored hy Premier I. M Frost, supported hy a grant from the province and published hy the Champlain Society, It forms a very detailed and lustrative link with the early On tario Mr. Guillet will collection of historical mater for the Ontario Archives. He will give some of the highlights from the collection of illustrations he has made, and talk about experi ences he has had in various parts of the Province of 'Ontario He the first of several cellent speakers " 1860-1981 pro ava and D elety wh members of of peak an h is Xx secured for the Ww the {schedule | production' created hy automation With the final move to nil Two Port Hope south in 1020. a tradition Was mittted for trial by judge born: that the firm should bring jury, Friday, when the out at least one new product a|,..ved before Magistrate C year Guest on charges of theft, pos Metal ceilings and wall panels of 'stolen goods and were old stuff, A metal garage enter and theft, Ball wa was developed (the horseless car at 83.000 each riage had to have a home! rool a. ed, said one historian, with *¢lus H A e Lake, iY oa Ra Spanish tile which drew ad op Ab Wal ance! eighhor a ) y glances In any neighbo 4 Paci aven about Aug charged with of a slolen fi HOPATA olen] LH com and up Ww men were Port stealing ald McElroy, of 27 ue, Oshawa, on or He Bay ing miring hood." Perhaps a Pedlar metal garage sign of status in the Osh. awa of the 1020's In their new location, the Ped. motorcycle lar People hecame known as the|charge of largest plant of its kind in Indus motorcycle try devoted to the exclusive man | also laid ufacture of metal-built products, | John A The company hegan to supply |! Port Hope, parts and accessories for auto ly with Lake mobiles, A new stamping depart-| motoreyele ment was set up; car hodies, fen.| Phadden, 25 ders, mufflers, gasoline tanks and onto They radiator shells were turned out jointly with Other new products of the|lire-arms from period: steel hins and shelving, | Museum, These display stands, lockers, harn and|three separate stahle equipment low pistol « With the passing of the depres: muskel Aug, 3 sion, there was an increasing de: cap and ball pistol mand for construction materials, and a shotgun, Aug In 1039 a new wing was built] Rainbridge 'and Lake were also for war production, The plant charged jointly with break, enter went on a 24hour production and theft at the Henry House War supplies included: Museum, "June 19. At this time cartridge cases, radar cab: ahout 15 guns were. stolen from tin helmets, munition shel-/the museum, Curator Leon Kon orowski 5 Leslie avenue Mr, Hood: "New Oshawa the court techniques and skills developed exhibits iy ooutt under pressure of war were ravalves 4 available to ald the company in san and ball revolver. a 38 call the jump ahead to peacetime! po "Sinith and Wesson. four rifles, two pistols, two bayonets Today, the company and a hunting knife, Sargeant of 300 employees and is planning] poe iives William. Jordan told further expansion the court there was no informa Problems Of [sss sua Automation | Bainbridge was charged with stealing motoreyele from There are many experts on a IR % TN was also Was a possession Allg POSSE paris A Ing Aug was of LR joint of a Bainbridge, 27 was charged in the theft from Allen Mc Byron avenue, Toy were charged possessing tolen the Henry House were listed in charges, as fo Aug. 1 revolver musket also two twa a a Li} shells ns p of Summed up told Introduced as were; a pepper-hox has over a automation, but there are no ex perts on the solution to problems delegates] to the 16th annual Ontario Foun: | dry Conference were told Thurs day A. 8 - of the na of the Tirrell, director In dustrial Engineering at tional office (Toronto) United Steelworkers of Amer ica, warned that unions must have contractual, le. mutual, agreements with management n order that workers idled hy advances in automation may he ahsorbed in other jobs where their skills will he utilized In a booming industry, auto mation is no problem," he said But surplus labor is created hy a combination of recession and automation" The speaker noted that auto mation is "several thousand| years old in theory," and that t 1s accepted hy arganized labor today In fact" sak ¢ ke id My Tirrell aspects of Whe The award ¢ contrac HN \ for build tt certain It take king labor ome fron const ing, at 300 King street west, | et an office foundry." | geant 05 July 25 Saguenay He was GG. Lowe Oshawa, also charged with stolen parts from the den motoreyele, possessing stolen Lowe moloreyele, : | possessing stolen goods Henry House Port Hope Police Chief Charles W. Graham told how the pair were arrested in Port Hope, Bar Detectives Jordan sald Port Hope Police tion them with hreak, enter and David essed concern treet, ! POSSESSING federal government plan MePhad:| TA1se import valuations on he! 18 sh and Kuropean cars new valuations may cause a crease In retall prices ported care over Brit mall of Im of went to the to que regard to the theft at Henry House Leslie E, Pope, a Port Hope antique dealer, told the eourt he purchashed four of the stolen items from the two accused. He ald he paid them $20 for the pepper-box revolver and the flint lock pistol Two days later", he said hought two rifles from them for $25. He ald couple of days later that Sargeant Jordan came to his store with a search war rant | Sargeant Jordan told the court how also searched Lake's home, to find a loaded pistol under the mattress of a hed, a shotgun and musket in the clos:| et and another pistol under the! matire he Station he It wa a he Initial Layoffs DINNER SPEAKER By Quaker Oats Hon. William MeAdam Nickle, of Kingston Ontario PETERBOROUGH (CP) The, Minister of Planning and De Quaker Oats Company of Canada| velopment, who will be the Limited laid off 25 employees| speaker at the joint dinner Friday in the first step towards| meeting of the Society of Cost ending the manufacture of flour] Accountants and the Lake and feed at the plant here land Hranch of the National The frm announced last June Office Management Associa that 150 of the 500 employees willl tion at Hotel Genosha next be laid off between Sept. 1 and! Tuesday night His subject the end of this year, Further lay.) will he "Ontario in the '60's" offs will be made in. the first] The public are welcome to hall of 1061 attend I en 1961, Seen here | drawing of the 0 mg which will contain a medical pharmdey which now located at 107 Simcoe % an archi to he known as Ned At ANNOU the Build The comple ton date bas been set for July | | Oshawa ng ha heen wed 1 | t | ¥ \¢ reported to effective] in| Henning 17 Duke street; Rowmanville; Mr Joseph Jackson 743 Margaret street; Jim Stevens, 726 Osh. awa Blvd, north; Mrs, Jose phine Goreski, 35 Byng ave enue; Danny Carelte, 1105 King street east and Mrs, G, Suppelsa, 12056 Cedar street, hose who celebrate on Sunday are: Margaret Jane Newell, 211 Servern street; Sandra Mozie, 308 Elizabeth street; Mrs, Gordon Burnett, 110 Nassau street; Mrs, Robe ert Moffatt, 182 Montrave; Mrs, James Goodes, 09 Pat. ricia avenue; Mrs, Leona Williamson, 377 Beuna Vista; Bob Cameron, 2256 Hibbert The first five persons to ins form The Oshawa Times of their birthdays each day will receive double tickets to The Regent Theatre good for a four-week period, The current per hour, And costs, such as salary costs, cap which also more {the countries from which we had [imported in 1080, following the (U8 an dUK,, Venezuela and (West Germany, In that order, Thus, Canadian products, gener ally, have heen able to compete in the Japanese domestic market to a much greater extent than Ja. panese goods, generally. have heen able to eompete in C anadian | markets Not Just in 1950, but for [many years before and since the war Japan has had to work hard to sell the few products in which it had some competitive advantage, in prder to pay for its [purchases In Canada," Historic Church To by the wage rate there are other material costs ital costs, and profits influence prices perhaps than wages. Thus, the volume of production 1s relevant to the amount of wages paid, In order to determine the wage cost per unit of production, It is not how ; § much the worker gets, per hour 5 | or per week, bul rather how i o much he produces for what he gets, that has a bearing on costs and prices," Regarding wages competition, he said "At the bargaining tables and in the press, our Union has fre quently confronted arguments ad vanced by employers in the iron castings industry, and other in dustries, that they are suffering| from foreign competition of low wage countries, Japan usually | gels special mention, One popu: and foreign REV, R, B, MILROY Moral Law attraction is "The Bellboy", Group Hears Fine Talk Oshawa and District Aquarium Society held its meeting at the [CRA last Thursday, This was a change of date which it is hoped will he permanent, being the [first Thursday in each month | The speaker was Brian Pars kin, of Newcastle, one of the so clety members, who spoke Pearl Gouramis. My conducted the fish auction, election of good fish was soon] sold out, also plants, foods, | The fish show was judged by | II, Paterson and Norman Ushers (wood. The fish of the month was|. leichlid (Jack Dempsey, A nice as CONTRACT A AWARDED FOR OSHAWA MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING which Cripps building Waly street south, The was designed by and Associates, Toronto archi tects, will alse contain 20 suites which will be rented ex» {ond {end with a pair of Sunset Platies on Second was Roy Wilson with Red Parkin! Velvet Swords ele, (prizes were won by Jim Crogler [Visitor's prizes were won by Mrs Fives| Larry Rogers, of Bowmanville, | and dentists lar theme is that we are being priced out of world market by union demands for higher wages These arguments are rarely ever, supported hy ne facts Celebrate Believed to be the oldest church in Oshawa, historic Cene tre Street United Church will obs serve its 120th anniversary Sune day, Oct, 16, with special serve lees both morning and night, The church was founded Ootos ber, 1831, and the present, builds Ing was dedicated in September, 1875, From 1831 to 1028 it was known as the "Oshawa Christian Oshawa Ministerial Associa. (Church, It was received into tion the United Church of Canada The goal of all education is to/O0t 4, 1020, and dts name was equip people for life and living, Changed to Centre Street United This is the prime function com. Chureh mitted to our schools, All allied] In the factors in our culture must give "Peaker all possible help to the schools| Minister, Rev, A, F, Cowan, now 'lin their work, The best life can/® Owen Sound, The choir will only he lived In an environment | "V6 special music and the where moral law and values ave|{!0% soloist will be Miss Norma the goals to which all else 1a] owen In the evening the min. be ister, Rev, Warren G, Dickson, [ The: cturcios of our lad will speak and special musle al a urctes of oy 5 are will be rendered by the organist WISHan and choir of Port Perry United and Hebrew concepts of moral Chureh worth, They must then be on the! In July this vear the auditors side of our schools ium was completely redecorated It Is for this reason that we along with the entrance, choir are all striving for the success|Moom and ld vestry, New cam of Church and School Week, Let net was laid in the aisles and in the children have the best these the back and before the altar two allies can contribute to their| The men of the church painted [lives the ehurch kitchen, the memors IBY law ial chapel and the minister's entitled study so the old church is looks divine law they are entitled to,'™# Sple and span for its births teaching in those things which d8Y celebrations on Sunday, countless generations have found| TWO Years ago the church pur irreplaceable hased a new organ-console and Appropriate are the words of|*" entire new chancel front way Mosca n Deuteronomy 4; 8, 6: Constructed and many memorial | Be hold, have taught you stats Bills such as a new lectern, new utes ly Judgments, even as the Pulpit, new sedalia, how drapes, i my God commanded me, [S10 Vere dedicated. The church's | | Basis For (ood Living EDITOR'S NOTE: Follows ing 1s the last in a series of articles dealing with Church and School Week, The article Is written by Rev, R, B Milroy, president of the Townsend his favor. he took first mouth, ete) As Don had the only entry ite Portalegrenes prize The first place in th open egg layer class was also taken hy Don Townsend with a pair of Rosy Barbs, Roy Wilson took see with a large catfish Open live hearers fivat Don Towns morning the guest hy is a former well-known Door The Mrs was won Oshawa aquarium Wilson, of Dunean Syer and Don Townsend K. Webster, Oshawa, and all to our children an education, Ry are that ye should do so in the land high, Steeple ls one of the land. whether ye go to possess it Keep A an ® We Bini 1 Osh RY by therefore and do them; for this tad Be ne Spay, oot Is your wisdom and your under | , a Sih ii theh |standing in the sight of nati ries hyo | whi h hat hear all these stal:[wa Baha, jntes, and say, surely this great N wk [nation 5 8 wise and understand The Shreh aa 5 uung mai {ing people t en's University On behalf of the Oshawa and agi A Bt Suen Bingo) District Ministerial Association, 1 student missionary n Cloan wish Chureh and School Week Sask Centre Street Church 0 y success. May all thelhas VOuNE man \eparing for hes faithfully ® th {he lay ministry, Donald Whit dren entrusted to them, and d all parents obey Him who sai The clerk of session is: Mansell | "Suffer the little children Gerrow and the recording ste. 'come unto 'me.' ward is Bert Terwjllegar, the annivers with Mrs, president the sary of medical doctors chy The new building will be completely sound-proof ed, fireproofed and air-condi tioned, clusivel | elusively 0 1 LY)

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