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Oshawa Times (1958-), 2 Jan 1962, p. 10

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top picture on left, (left to right), are T. D. Thomas, member of the Legislature for Oshawa riding; Lt.-Col. James R. Warnica, officer commanding of the Ontario Regiment; Labor Minister Michael Starr; Major William C. Paynter; F, D. Paynter of THE ANNUAL "AT HOME" of the officer commanding and the officers of the Ontario Regiment was held in the Officers' Mess at the Armor- ies New. Year's Day morning | with more than 200 guests, including many civic leaders and leaders of industry. . In | Williams; his father; and Lt.-Col. Morley C. Finley, former officer commanding of the regiment. In top pic- ture right, are Col. J. V. Lt.-Col, E. F, Bas- tedo, former OC of the regi- ment; RSM W. J. Milne; derman John Brady; John Kingston, Al- | Reid; and Gilbert Murdoch. Similar receptions were held at the Oshawa Naval Veter- } ans' Club; Branch 43, The | Royal Canadian Legion; and | Branch 42, The Canadian Corps Association. | --Oshawa Times Photo Recovery Of Economy Seen 'Stolen Car By Chairman Of Hydro By W. ROSS STRIKE Chairman, Ontario Hydro Faced with only a, moderate increase in electrical consump- tion in 1961, Ontario Hydro shed its traditiona) mantle of devot- ing most of its efforts to supply- ing power. To meet increasing competition from other forms of energy, the Commission and the municipal electrical utilities mounted a major sales effort designed to diversify loads. Hydro's experience during 1961 generaily paralleled the trend of the economy, which emerged from a period of re- cession early in the year and picked up markedly in the third and fourth quarters. WELL UNDERWAY Gains in power demands and revenues over the entire year, however, were slight compared with both 1960 and the long- term average. Preliminary fig- ures indicate demands were up, only 2.7 per cent compared with 3.4 per cent in 1960, Rev- enue increased by 3.5 per cent,| compared with 7.6 per cent in! the previous year. Undoubtedly, the general eco- nomic recovery is well under- way, but based on past business cycles it is likely to level off during 1962, If this holds true, then we expect electrical con- sumption during the coming year to increase by about 6.5 per cent equal to the long-term average. While this could be considered adequate in light of economic trends and the continuing pres- sure of competition, Ontario Hydro and the municipal sys- tems must continue to pare operating costs and introduce economies wherever possible to maintain rates at low levels. Peak demands -- which occur for short periods of the day or year -- are the loads which the Hydro systems must be desig- nated to meet. However, it is not economical] to add plant and equipment primarily to supply s. Demands must be Soted ore: a longer period of| leaving a reserve of 800,000 kilo- time. watts, or 136 per cent. This is Our objective, therefore, is to considered a satisfactory level encourage more diversified use ~ cys of electricity over the 24 hours thereby making the most eco- nomic and efficient use of avail- able capacity To accomplish this, it is necessarv to encour- age a steady growth in the sale and use of al' electrical equip- ment and appliances. A concerted promotional cam- meme ba | 3 3 ROSS STRIKE ly $2.8 billion. were for new generating facil- ities, and the balance for the transmission networks which across the province. To meet demand and ensure that sufficient reserve power available, we installed - 606,000 kilowatts of capacity during) 1961. This new generation came} from instajlations at Otter Northern Ontario, and at the Lakeview and Richard L. Hearn stations in the south. PEAK DEMANDS Entering the New Year, Hydro was operating 65 hydro - electric and three major thermal plants. Total resources stood at 6.7 mil lion kilowatts Peak demands Twenty-eight persons died in tvad aceidents in Canada dur- ing the New Year's holiday| weekend -- the exact number preaicted by the Canadian High-! wey Safety Council. A Canadian Press survey! shewed that at least 44 persons diea in all accidents during the 78-nour period which ended mid-| nignt Monday. This compares! 42 uccidental deaths during a similar period over the Christ- mas weekend. Ony Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island re- ported no accidental deaths. By far the heaviest toll was Omario, where 14 persons ; |'ost, their lives on the roads and| -- lower amperage! se, en in other accidents, Among) The 'objective of the sales hay td fg ag : rd ¢ ; 2 Siwho was killed by a pack of} campaign is to increase the ef-jstray dogs at Auden, = Lake re gl of ~ system, thus as-/Nipigon. Ontario also registered aoe it th g Butoan 2 gp a. urowning when a 16-year-old Sieur saerdrs" ile, eto thin ee whe ' » UU 2 skating on Lake Simcoe. } ary 2m curomery"Gurbc had ny rae dah i y sedate "jand two in other accidents, ee a the Ul lwhile Alberta reported four traf- elorts ' *' fic fatalities. In Saskatchewan Bat we must also think of the there were two road deaths and wider economic implications in-|(W° by fire. New Brunswick and volved-in the consumption oflac" ound}and each reported électric energy three accidental deaths, includ- Demand for electric power is 0 dit a : pound ny a pa Siprovince. There was only one ac- py the Roe yk indicators}cidental death in British Colum- of the provincial economy. On}pj, the one hand the demand sets) the scale of Hydro's expansion; |E}GHT DIE IN FIRES on the other, the Commission's operations and capital expendi-|deaths, eight in fires, two in| municipal utilities, in co-opera- tion with the manufacturers, distributors and dealers, is showing good results -- co-oper- ative appliance promotions undertaken during 1961 are hav ing the desired effect -- sales efforts of the last few months have increased the consumption of electricity by an estimated 22,000,000 kilowatt-hours. SALES PROGRAM During the year we continued sales programs in the industrial and commercial fields, and ac- celerated our home heating cam- paigns. The farm market was also encouraged to expand, with larger service entrance equip- ment being offered for the same tures make a_ significant con-|hunting mishaps, one by drown-| Mrs. Amy 'Tolyz, 69, struck by|Base. tribution to the level of eco-ling and five in other accidents. | nomic activity The figures do not include| In 1961, for example, Ontariojkrown suicides or industrial ac- Hydro's capital expenditures}cidents amounted tu $125,800,000. Total) Ontario fatalities: plant and! Barry Martin, to maintain adequate security of service. In order to meet peak growth -- estimated to be about 6.5 per cent in 1962 -- and to : maintain the necessary reserve, | * Ontario Hydro must place in ervice an additional 400,000 kilowatts of capacity next year Because of the length of time it takes to construct a new generating station -- three to four years -- Hydro must main- tain a sustained construction program, regardless of tempo- rary fluctuations in consumption. Progress in 1962 will see Canada's first nuclear-electric power station in operation with a capacity of 20,000 kilowatts. Other power sources coming She Oshawa Cimes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1962 PAGE NINE SECOND SECTION Treat Woman An Oshawa resident got his} For Shock 1962 Pontiac back New Years'| An Oshawa resident was treat- Day just a few hours after ited for smoke inhalation and was stolen. shock at Oshawa General Hos- At 4:15 a.m. Monday, Jack|Pital Monday, and later' re- Whittick, Stevenson road north, reported his car missing from N }outside a south Oshawa home. in the house yesterday Three hours later a reportia'm, and discovered a chester- from Pickering township police' field fire on the first floor: revealed the following: She collapsed, was given oxy- The car was spotted by Metro gen at the scene before being Toronto police travelling east on} removed to the hospital. | Is Recovered | | Miss Doreen Wolframe, 53 assau street, smelled smoke ae 401. They chased the Here, the driver abandoned Ford, Auto Union the car, jumped a fence and The Metro police went to the) TURONTO (CP) -- Ford of Ajax police department, looked|Canada and United Auto Work- car to the Ajax cloverleaf. llost his pursuers. Meet Again Today at some police photographs andlers (CLC) negotiators met again into service will be the second/went to the home of a suspect | tocay to try to narrow differ- 300,000 kilowatt unit at Lake- view G.S., west of Toronto, and who lived just half a block from/ences between them onsettling where the stolen car was left. @ new contract covering about Hold Inaugural For 62 Council Mayor Christine Thomas, ab-) about 10/S¢"t because of illness, caution-| of the Court of Revision, Messrs. ed the 1962 City Council today that onee of the questions of| prime concern should be fin- ance, In a prepared message that; was read at the 1962 inaugural services in Council Chambers by veputy Mayor Gordon Atters- ley, Her Worship gave a review vi ihe year's work by Council. Mayor Thomas was admitted to rrincess Margaret Hospital, Torvento, last Saturday for a eheck-up and will be released Friray, T. D. "Tommy" Thomas, her husband, an- nounced today. He said that she! |I believe to be desirable for a|been agreed by the majority of a 100,000 kilowatt .unit at Thun-| Qyestioned, and later charge fj 7,006 worers in the company's|was feeling '"'much better" and Also our thanks to the members the affect of temporarily re- |tarding progress. L, Hyman, QC, Ed. Cline and W. S. Pogson, for completing a) EXTENSION TO BUILDINGS very important phase of our re-| 'Once again I want to stress assessment, The assessment of|the urgent need for an addition land has greatly increased. This|to this City Hall. I think it has greater degreé of uniformity is|Council that we should place in more likely to be achieved on|a reserve account $75,000 for land than on buildings, While|this extension, but my plea is, for some there may be a slight|can we put off this urgent reduction in taxes, for others ajneed for three of four years? slight increase, yet all our rate-/ With a rapidly growing popula- payers will have the satisfac-|tion, with the possibility of an tion of knowing that, with the| increase in staff, (I need not re- application of this assessment|mind you of the hassle to find manual to al! properties, a com-|space for the Purchasing mon yardstick has been applied,/Agent), can we delay this ex- tension any longer? DEBENTURE DEBT | At the present time we have der Bay, Hydro's first major thermal-electric power station in Northwestern Ontario. Hydro's objective is to con- equipment, rose to approximate- tinue to provide a high standard|have saved time and money in of service as economically as The bulk of Ontario Hydro's|possible. Here are some of the|ation and maintenance, The in- expenditures during the year'steps taken to meet this chal-|creased use of Hydro's helicop- lenge: --Installation at Lakeview of ever-widening distribution and|{he most modern and efficient alone. equipment available, which not carry electricity to customers only reduced the overall cost of|the Commission's operating re- but and also lowers maintenance the station, operating costs. --Reflecting in part the con- jtinuing effort to further econo-|Four rural administrative areas mies, Hydro's borrowings during 1961 were limited to $100 million, the lowest amount since 1955.| Rapids and Red Rock Falls in/This was accomplished without/factor of major importance to curtailing vital expansion. --Increased use of the elec- tronic data processing system to reduce costs and increase ef- ficiency in many areas of oper- ation and administration. --Automation of generating and transformer stations, which jhas enabled Hydro to keep its operating staff at an almost rose to 5.9 million kilowatts;/constant figure since 1950 -- injcost, With continued a period when total resources have more than doubled. 98 Killed In Canada Weekend Road Accidents paign by Ontario Hydro and the) By THE CANADIAN PRESS jcar he was test-driving in Ot- Massey district, about 60 miles tawa smashed into a tree. Werner Fink, 25-year-old Tor onto truck driver, when his truck was in collision with a car in*west-end Toronto. Mrs. Doris Morgan, 53, and Ros: Maxwell, 15, both of North Bay, in a head-on collision near Nertu Bay. Rev. Campbell Bannerman Smi.h,- presideat of ths Pente- cos.a. Bible Coilezge at Peter- borough, in a three-car collision on .sighway 2 newr Napanee. James Arthur Burgman, 17, of Preston, killed by a shotgun biace in the back while hunting with two companions near Cr- anyeville. Gerald Johnson, o1 Indian River, when his car wert out of cuntrol on highway 7 outside Peve: borough. TWO DIE IN CRASH Mrs. Ross Jackson, 62, and Mrs Gertrude O'Brien, 64, both of Hespeler, in a iwo-car colli- sion at Preston. Mrs. Mary Piro, 35, when fire engulied her frame home jin S\. Cavharines. E:ymer Chaput, 59, of Cha- peau, Que., in a two-car col- lisien about 10 miles south of Bancroft. Mrs. Donald Currie, about 35, in « fire which destroyed her home in the Huron county vil- lage of Brussels. Derwyn Pidduck, 18, when his car smashed into a freight train| In all there were 28 traffic|at St. Catharines, near his home|juveniles and another 16 airmen Louil, Township. two cars on the Queen Elizabeth Hignway near her home at Vicerand Station, seven miles west oj St. Catharines Adolph Karau, 87, whea fire) 21, when the|destroyed @ farmbouse in the'one woman resisted. --New equipment and methods Ontario plants. _ Ford made a presentation to 'the committee on Friday and the union later replied. These suvmissions now are being dis- cussed, a Ford spokesman said today. 'They are narrowing down the issues," he said. Slow Recovery After London Snowstorm LONDON (Reuters) -- Lon- don, caught unprepared. by a record snowstorm three days the economy of Ontario. Hydro|ag0. was slowly recovering to- and the municipal utilities, with|day from the freezeup which the co-operation of electrical|/Stupped trains, slowed buses, |manufacturers and dealers, are|@.d put London airport out of meeting with success in the/action. | highly competitive energy mar-| Temperatures gradually rose ket of today. abyve freezing point at noon and Our responsibility is to meet|{t0zen snow and slush began to the power needs of all our/@Sappear from the main traffic customers at the lowest possible}Tutes. : co-| Subway and suburban railroad operation from all segments of|S¢tvices, paralyzed on the first the industry, we can face the|day of the "little blizzard," were future with confidence jnearly all running again today, ------$_$_--_---- although often well behind time, But at London airport, while foreign planes landed and took off again on snow-clear run ways, British European Airways cancelled 18 services to points in Europe in addition to nine already grounded, "We are finding it almost im-| with auto theft was Phillip Gib- |son, 18, of 9 Cedar street, Ajax ja great many aspects of oper- ter fleet saves some $1,000,000 a year on routine line patrols --Combining, in 1961, two of igions Niagara and West Central -- to improve efficiency of administration and operation. were combined into two, reduc- ing the total number to 97. Low-cost electric power is a | quickiy enough,"' an airline offi- west of Sudbury. | cial said. ? FALLS THROUGH ICE Brian Bartlett, 16, of Toronto, drowned after falling thvough the ice on Lake Simcoe, near | Keswick. George Guindon, 11, of Gren- vibe Bay, near Hawkesbury, | struck by car while walking to New Thought Need In Labor Relations MONTREAL (CP) -- N. R. Crump, president of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway Company. . ace Now Vear'e teve |Say8 "fresh, new thinking" will midnight mass New -- 8 Eve: be neaded' along 'the. "whole, Romeo Bellefeuille, 32,. Stur-/proad front of government-labor gcon Falls logger and father of} relations in 1962. sever, in a two-car smash near! Mr. Crump said in a year-end like to extend the thanks of this|gree of reserve, for with the statement that two of the major; Council to Mr. Eldon Kerr and possibility are| his staff for a job well done.| Sturgeon Falls. Charles Swayze, 56, Dunnville} problems facing the CPR are dairy farmer, apparently when|"'freight rates frozen by govern- struck on the head by a litter;|ment decree" and "fantastic carrier while cleaning his barn.;new wage demands from the Heimut Hatting, 33, of Tor-/Non-operating unions." : onto, in a two-car collision near| The non - operating unions Oakville. served notice on the railways earlier this month that they will jseek a 22-cent hourly wage in- i Riot Touched Off crease and strict limitation of expected to be back at her desk shortly. Aljderman Alice Reardon, only new member of the 1962 Council, jwas sworn in today prior to the inaugural service at which Rev Dr. George Telford officia- ted gave the Invocation of Prayer and a short address. |Mrs. Reardon replaced Alder- |man Walter Lane who accepted a new position in Oakville. Yoliowing is the prepared text as read by Mr. Attersley: | "We now enter the second! year of our term of office. When councils are elected for a two- year term, I believe the present formality could be dispensed with; that is, no inaugural meet- ing and no inaugural address, but, according to the Statutes of Ontario, the 11 a.m, inaugural must take piace. "Our chief concern for 1962 | | will be the question of finance, It is important, and most neces-| sary, for Civic Departments to} prepare their budgets 'at an| early date to enable Council members to examine carefully their financiai needs, having in mind the possibility of certain capital expenditures being fi- nanced out of current revenue. It is most essential that work undertaken in the coming year | will be of first importance. ASSESSMENT "The plan of re-assessment proposed by the Council two years ago has now been com-} pleted. This was a tremendous undertaking. The adoption of the! | possible to get aircraft de-frozen| Manual of assessment by the!ing on Farewell street to begin) our own administration. J. P, Coombe and Associates Ltd., applied to every property jin our City, has increased our assessment from 93 million dol- lars to 223 million dollars. The increase naturally caused some alarm with some of our rate- payers, but, with a commend- | able program of explanation and information, our assessors were, able to allay most of the fears of a large section of our rate- payers. It was a very heavy and jmillion dollars is a matter Of/yew of our present administra- responsible iob for our Assess- ment Department, and I would) "Our debenture debt of 18%/a notice of motion for a sur- Fre nar iss nog Hts, aston of ly man ' ae ager and the number of electe area ene cans cl representatives on Counell real yardstick of our debt ref enone: Bus proposal one : mains the same; that is our per bait ryeherey thought! "will . be pons ot yar . Per! piven to this matter. "Of the 41 Cities in the Provel ner oe cee the ince of Ontario, Oshawa's per ice egy vite ve i capita debt is $299.81. According With ne { cecningtiee ip to the statistical report of the ie DOrnR ee Si eee ae administrative staff, additional Department of Municipal Af-| 9; fairs for the year 1960, only 7 office space would be needed, cities were higher than Oshawa. The highest was Ottawa, with a per capita debt of $339.73, and the lowest, Stratford, with a per capita debt ot $132.99. "Therefore, with this financial picture before you, I need not stress the need for cautious spending in the coming year. HARBOR DEVELOPMENT the administration, some econ- omies could take place in some departments. This will be o |great concern to us all, but jabove all I want to stress the urgent need for an extension to our present building. "At the present time we are {in discussion with members of the Ontario County Council on "I regret to say nothing can|the need for an extension to the be said of the intentions of | Court House at Whitby. This is National Proprietary Corpora-|to be finalized during the com- tion for the proposed develop-|ing year. Undoubtedly, addi- ment in the south-east section of|tional accommodation is need- our Industria) Area, This is stilll/ed, but I want to say, what- under discussion with the Har-/ever the final agreement may bor Commissioners, but one|be between the County and the can predict. with certainty, if not| City, it will be a capital expend- proceeded with by National Pro-jiture which had not been con- priety, this development will be/sidered in our five-year capital undertaken by other interests./expenditure program, therefore. The, program of Harbor. De-|with the proposed reduction of velopment taking place in the|20 per cent in all departments south-east corner is a very large|for the coming year, I would project. It is contemplated it/not like us to commit ourselves will be completed some time/to rather heavy capital expendi- this year. With the proposed/tures outside our city when we underpass at the railway cross-|are considering reductions in early in the spring, I am sure development in this area is most} LOW RENTAL HOUSING likely to take place in the very; "I need not stress my dis- near future. appointment at the delay in our "The completion of the under-|low-rental housing project. It is pass will make the City-owned|four years: ago when I pro- industrial land much more at-|posed, with Council approval, tractive. This is a project our|to undertake this project. At Industrial Commissioner, Mr, K.|the beginning of the year 1961 C. Bath, has stressed for some|I was most hopeful a start months. would be made on this project. "While taking the long view If this had taken 'place, it we can look confidently to the|would have provided employ- development of this area, I)ment for those in the building think it should be with a de-|industry during the winter months. This did not take place, Britain but we have been given the of Great unless with the streamlining of Police Quick To Recover $800 Loot A Simcoe street south tailor shop and a King street east men's wear store were broken into in the early hours of Sun- day morning. Mote than $800 worth of pants and coats, stolen from Stephen Mandryk's south Oshawa store, were recovered by Toronto police the same day. Oshawa's police department broadcast a description of the thieves' car, which led directly to the arrest of three western Ontario youths in east Toronto. Charged with breaking, enter ing and possession of stolen goods are: Gay MacGregor, Gary George Davies and Ron- ald Drake, all of London, Ont. Cash and some coats taken from Dunn's Tailors, King east, were soon recovered by police. Picked up on the street near the store by Constables Ken Ostler and J. Reardon and charged with breaking, entering and possession of stolen goods were: Brian Luke, 20, Avenue street, and Ralph Harrison, 19, Lakeside avenue. GETS QC Attorney-General Kelso Rob- erts announced Tuesday the appointment of George Steven Boychyn of Oshawa as a Queen's Counsellor. Mr. Boy- chyn was born in Pickering Township and attended Dun- barton Public School before receiving his secondary edu- cation at Scarborough Col- legiate He reeceived his Bachelor of Arts degree from Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1946 and grad- uated from Osgoode Hall in 1949. Since graduation, he has been associated with the firm of Humphreys, Boychyn and Hillman of Oshawa, and lives in Whitby with his wife and two children. --Oshawa Times Photo Government that the plans have been approved and a start on this project should take place early in the spring of this year. For the past year addi- tional low-cost apartments for our Senior Citizens have been the concern of the Oshawa Housing Co. Ltd. I want to say progress has been made, plans have been approved, tenders have been received, but owing to the high cost of construc- tion, at the request of Central Mortgage and Housing, this program has to be reviewed with the purpose of reducing construction costs. The archi- tect has been advised of the objections of Central Mortgage and Housing and it is expected his plans will be revised. "TI believe we may enter into this second year of office with a degree of optimism. With the signing of the agreement be- tween General Motors and Local 222, the industrial picture is particularly, bright. Yet I am sure it is the fervent hope of all our people that the differences between the R. D. Werner Co. and the Steelworkers' Union, also between the Transporters and the Unions, may be re- solved amicably in the very near future, "May I extend to all our people my sincere wishes for 1962, and to my fellow Alder- men, let us resolve to admin- ister the affairs of our city in a spirit of co-operation and good fellowship. "May we receive divine guid- entéring Euromart it may have'assurance by the Provincial ance in all our deliberations." ithe railways'. power to lay off By Stolen Kisses employees in new contract nego- jtiations scheduled to begin this) RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Stolen kisses by New Year's Day rev- month. The last contract ex- jpired Sunday. ellers touched off a riot early} Monday in Reno's downtown! gambling district. . Police and firemen had U.S. Troop Removal mount attacks with tear ia Threat Reported and fire hoses on an estimated) LONDON (Reuters)--A Brit- {1,000 fun-seekers who turned' vi-|ish ne ws paper declares the jolent when two officers broke United States will threaten to up a teen-age kissing spree. withdraw troops from Europe By mid-day, 45 persons had| Unless the Common Market been arrested, a dozen of them) 28rees to let the U.S. export far more goods to Europe than it} imports. An article in the independent jright-wing Daily Express, en- were | titled Beware the Friendly Per- suader, accuses the United| States of attempting to break down Britain's independence in} trade by forcing her into the, Common Market. from nearby Stead Air Force More than 30 persons treated for minor injuries. The youths were surrounding cars and kissing their female occupants. Trouble started when KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS The Knights of Columbus organized a gala banquet and dance on Sunday night to welcome the advent of 1962, AND GUESTS CELEBRATE Nearly three hundred guests enjoyed an hilarious floor show followed by a turkey dinner and dancing from- The typical group seen above includes Mr. and Mrs. Allan Harper, Mrs. Joseph Soban- midnight into the small hours. | NEW YEAR'S ski and Mr. Mr. Sdbanskt and Mr. and Mrs, Gary Houper. --Oshawa Times Phote

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