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Oshawa Times (1958-), 8 Jan 1963, p. 9

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MEMBERS OF THE 1963- & Oshawa City Council are seen here at the inaugural meeting held Monday. morn- ing in the council chamber at city hall. Seated, from left, are Ald. Albert V, Walker, Ald. Walter R. Branch, His INDUSTRY BODY CUT Worship Mayor Lyman A. Gifford, Ald. R. Cecil Bint and Ald. John G. Brady. Standing, from left, are Ald. Commission Members Named By Council * Oshawa's 1l-man Industrial Commission was chopped to five members Monday night with city council's three readings of i bylaw to change its composi- on. Makeup will now be: three members of council, including the mayor; one member repre- senting the Chamber of Com- merce and one member repre- senting the Oshawa and District Labor Council. : In the 1963-64 council's first meeting last Saturday, the city fathers were in general agree- thent that the Commission @hould be planed down. FOUR NOMINATED Four councillors were nomin- ated for the two positions: Dyer, Dafoe, both of whom served the last two years, Attersley and Pilkey. Both Ald. Attersley and Dafoe declined to stand, leaving Mayor Lyman Gifford and Ald. Dyer and Pilkey as council represent- atives. ? Ald. Dyer was openly critical of the size of the Commission on more than one occasion last . His opinion was reinforced as suggestion in the Woods, Gordon report that the commis- gion have only three members: @ne each from city council, labor and management. At last Saturday's informal meeting, makeup of the com- mission was discussed with Ald. Albert Walker's motion (for a five-man commission on the basis described above) being carried on a 7 to 5 vote. Ald. Walter Branch suggest- ed in amendment that the five members be the mayor and one councillor, one representa- tive each from labor, the cham- ber and the harbor commission. Council turned this down. COMMISSION PERSONNEL Former members of the com- ery, realtor; Cliff Pilkey, labor council representative; Henry Baldwin, PUC_ representative; Ald. Dyer and Dafoe, council representatives and ex-Mayor Christine Thomas. Mayor's appointments ratified last night: Ald. Attersley to the McLaughlin Public Library Board and Traffic Advisory Board of Health; and Ald. Hay- ward Murdoch to the Children's Aid Society. COUN! POINTMENTS Other "appointments ratified by council last night: Labor Relations Committee-- Ald. Attersley, Murdoch and Tom Rundle. Emergency Measures Organ- ization -- (council representa tives) Ald. Attersley, chairman; and Ald. Cliff Pilkey, Hayward Murdoch, Cecil Bint and Mayor Lyman Gifford. McLaughlin Public Library Board -- Rev. Dr. George Tel- ford (three years). Planning Board -- E. F. Arm- strong (three years); Ald. Cliff Pilkey and John Dyer (one year). Board of Health -- Dr. H. B. James, Dr. W. G. McKay and Gilbert Murdoch (one year each). Children's Aid Society -- Ald. Gordon Attersley and Cephas Gay (one year). Traffic Advisory Council -- W. Franklin Taylor and Ald. John Brady (three years and one year, respectively). Hillsdale Manor Management -- (all for one year) Committee Ald. Albert Walker, Cecil Bint, John Brady, Norman Down and John Dyer. Victorian Order of Nurses -- Council; Ald. Dyer to the Local] Y&@T Committee -- Ald. Gordon Attersley (one year). Oshawa Industrial Commis- sion -- Ald. Cliff Pilkey and John Dyer (one year each). Oshawa and District Histor- fecal Society -- Ald. Gordon Attersley (one year). Court of Revision -- Ed. Cline. This appointment stands from to year until a successor is appointed. Mr. Cline had to withdraw part way through last year through sickness. Committee of Adjustment -- Frank McLellan and W. S. Pog- son (three years each). Oshawa Housing Company Limited -- Ald. Cephas Gay and Hayward Murdoch (one year). Central Lake Ontario Con- servation Authority -- Ald. Hay- ward Murdoch, Ross Bennett and Ralph Jones (one year each). Municipal Services Co-ordin- ating Committee -- Ald, Cecil Bint and City Engineer Fired Crome (one year each). Oshawa Civic Auditorium Executive Committee -- Ald. Albert Walker and Walter Branch. COMMITTEE ABOLISHED The Advisory Committee for Service Station Matters was abolished as were the following groups in connection with the change in the city administra- tion of parks and recreation: Board of Park Management, Union Cemetery Board of Gov- ernors (included here on the recommendation of the Woods, Gordon report), Community Me- morial Stadium Board, Chil- dren's Arena Commission, North Oshawa Community Cen- tre Board, Oshawa Recreation Ald. Tom Rundle (one year). Joint (City-County) Emergen- cy Measures -- Ald. Gordon Attersley, Cliff Pilkey, Hay- ward Murdoch, Cecil Bint and mission: Fred end Harbor Mayor Lyman Gifford (all one year). Oshawa Genera! Hospital -- Ald. Walter Branch (one year) Oshawa Fish and Wildlife BOARD SETS POLICY Auditoriums To Close Sundays School auditoriums im Oshawa will be closed on Sundays to any organization, effective immediately. This was the policy adopt- ed by the Oshawa Board of Education Monday night after a recommendation by a special committee that investigated the matter. SATURDAY HOURS SET The committee's report rec- ommended that '"'all second- ary school auditoriums be closed to any organization on Sunday and that any function on Saturday evening be termi- nated by 1130 pm." This policy was to become effective Jan. 1, 1963. (The committee discussed the matter Dec. 19, 1962.) The board accepted the rec- ommendations in spite of pro- tests by Trustee George K. Drynan, who, as one of the instigators of the investigation, @id not think the result was what was called for. He said the committee should have dis- cussed the matter and come up Jail Woman On Seven Charges A woman with a "sordid history" was jailed for an in- determinate period not exceed. img two months Monday on seven charges of false tences and one of fraud. Mrs. Ruth Dingman, 881 Meyers street, had pleaded guilty. Her counsel, Russell Murphy, told the court Mrs. Dingman had a "sordid history" concern- ing the offences. He said she was divorced from her husband and had a child only four weeks old. "She just seemed to go out on a sort of a rampage and all the offences were done in a short period of time," Mr. Murphy said. with information and views. In- stead the board had "a blue law" passed all of a sudde3, Mr, Drynan objected. NOT ON COMMITTEE Trustte John M. Greer, chairman of the committee, wanted to know why Mr. Dry- nan had not got himself appoint- ed to the committee. Mr. Drynan said he had never thought the committee would come up with anything but information. Chairman Robert H. Stroud said he had refrained from turning the matter over to the public relations committee (of which Mr. Drynan is chair- man) because he felt the com- mittee was having difficulties and "the road was a little stony." Instead, he said, he had ap- pointed a special committee with Mr, Greer as a "'broad- minded" chairman. "You sure got fooled," ob- served Trustee Drynan, his re- mark causing great hilarity from all present, including Mr. Greer. FIVE APPLICATIONS To Mr. Drynan's angument that the city has a deplorable lack of facilities for meetings, Trustee Greer answered that in the two years he had been on the boand there had been only five applications for the use of an auditorium on Sunday. Trustee Drynan insisted he wanted to see the whole thing up for a full-scale debate by the Pre-| board. The committee report also recommended that thir policy not be changed at any time except by notice of motion for consideration to be passed by a two-third majority. The report also urged that all requests for the use of school facilities be ministrator, after consultation with the public relations chair- jman and the principle in- jvolved, and referred to the |board only when necessary. processed by the business ad-| considered} Pass Grant For Housing By voting to contribute its share ($10,000), Oshawa City Council Monday night gave the green light to Oshawa Housing Company for construction of a 20 unit, all bachelor, pension- ers' housing project. The requesit came to council last month and was referred to the 1963 council. The city has donated the Westmount avenue site, valued at about $10,500, for the limited dividend project. City Solicitor E. G. McNeely told council Central Mortgage and Housing is supplying $109,- 000 with the provincial grant equalling the city's contribution. In their letter to council last month, Oshawa Housing de- soribed the pnoposed, bachelor- type units as "a continuing, ur- gent need'. FOUR UNITS ADDED It was originally planned as a 16-unit project; later, the Housing Company met with Central Mortgage and Housing officials, architects and con- tractors. Following a tour of other southern Ontario projects, OHC puwiled the price down while adding four more units. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating their birthdays today: Barbara Parker, 481 Ade- laide west. Phone 723-3474, - ical cal Thomas Rundle, Ald. Nor- Down, Ald. John Dyer, Ald. Gordon Attersley, Ald. Cephas B. Gay, Ald, A. Hayward Murdoch, Ald. Clifford Pilkey, Ald. Finley M. Dafoe and City Clerk L. Roy Barrand. : --Oshawa Times Photo Additions To Two Schools She Oshawa Canes To Display Training Of Dogs An opportunity for all dog owners and also anyone inter- ested in the welfare of dogs is to attend a very unusual, in- formative, educational and in- structive evening at Dr. F. J. Donevan Collegiate Institute Auditorium, Jan. 10, at 8 p.m. for "An Introduction to Obedi- ence" (learning to train your dog.) Two very special guests for the occasion will be Miss V. E. Meyers of Paragon Kennels (Reg'd), Milliken, and Walter Konradt, of Dundas. Miss Meyers was formerly associated with Tailteann Ken- nels (Reg'd) owned by the late Mrs. M. Eileen McEachren of Oshawa who was a great lover of dogs. She is a past president of the Ontario Obedience Asso- ciation and was an Official Obedience Representative of Ontario for the Canadian Ken- nel Club. A breeder of Man- chester Terriers, Miniature Poodles and Bouviers Des Flandres Miss Meyers will talk on the application of Obedience Training and Companion Dog *|work followed by a question and answer period. Mr. Konradt is a_ licensed Obedience Trial Judge for all obedience clases and tracking tests under Canadian Kennel Club and American Kennel Club rules, also Training Mas- ter of the Hamilton Police Force wh) are now using dogs in patrol and special work. He will be bringing with him his German Shepherd dog "Har- ras'"' who has earned his '"'Util- ity Dog" title and his "'Track- ing Title." Harras has been credited with finding a lost child and also helping to appre- hend a burglar. Harras will be putting on a demonstration of Advanced Obedience work, at- tack work and also some stunts. Several members of the Osh- awa Obedience Association and their dogs will give a demon- stration in the basic beginners' exercises that are taught at the training classes plus advanced work, Regular training classes are held at the United Steelworkers Hall, 115 Albert street, in Osh- awa. The next 10-week course will start Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. en- rolling both adults and special children's classes. Gets Concurrent Jail Sentence A man sentenced to one year in jail at Brechin last week, appeared in Oshawa Magis- trate's Court Monday and was given another sentence which will run concurrently. Joseph Albert O'Brien, RR 2, Uxbridge, pleaded guilty to two charges of auto theft, theft of money, uttering, forgery and false pretences. The court was told O'Brien appeared before Magistrate C. W. Guest in Brechin last week on similar charges and was jailed for a year, December Is All-Time High For GM Sales Record smashing sales of cars and trucks in December by General Motors of Canada ended the greatest selling year in the company's history. De- cember sales of 24,906 vehicles -- an all-time high for the last month of the year--represented a 61 per cent increase over December a year ago. Total sales in 1962 were 281,- 279 compared to 227,420 in 1961, an increase of 24 per cent. The 1962 total exceeded the previ- ous record year established in 1960 by 17 per cent. "The sales outlook for the months immediately ahead indi- cates no sign whatsoever of diminishing demand," said E. H. Walker, president and general manager. "Dealer in- ventories, generally speaking, are at an unusually low level and the number of unfilled orders remains high." Sales of GM's North Ameri- The recommendation came as the result of a report last fall when the need for additions to the schools was recognized. The respective architects who origin. 'ally designed the schools were approached to furnish cost esti- mates, The Adelaide McLaughlin Public School is situated on Stevenson road north, besidé the recently completed R. S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vo- cational Institute. The Dr. C. F. Cannon School is located in the south end of the city. Both schools are in areas where resi- dential development miay be ex- pected in the not-too-distant fu- ture. The approval of both the city council and the department of education are necessary before a start can be made with the construction program, The cost, revealed Building and Planning Committee Chair- man Harold B. Armstrong, would amount to approximately $14 per square foot. can type passenger cars jump- ed 33 per cent from their 1961 level. North American type truck 'sales, at their highest level since 1953, were up 20 per cent over 1961, Club Work Damage Is $675 In 3 Accidents Damage totalled $675 in three accidents overnight. There were 2 injuries. Constable James Powell esti- mated damage to a car driven by Peter Norris, 454 Gibbons street, at $250 after it was in- volved in a collision with a parked car, The other vehicle, owned by Leo Kryhul, 274 Malaga road, sustained $150 damage. The accident occurred on Simcoe street north. Two GM workers, leaving the plant on their way home from work early this morning, col- lided causing $125 damage to their cars. A car driven by George Reid, 441 Marion avenue, sustained $50 damage while the other ve- hicle, driven by W. F. Caldwell, 74 Lloyd street, received dam- age estimated at $75. A one-car accident on theline Townline road north, near house mumber 77 Tuesday night, caused $150 damage. The car was driven by Maureen Miner, Lot 35, Concession 2, Darlington Township. Two Drinking Drivers Jailed Two drunken drivers, who were given over - Christmas remands by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs, appeared in court Mon- day and got different sentences, Vincent Szemiot, 95 Fairbanks street, was jailed for 20 days; while Harry Bickle, 528 Col- borne street east, will spend seven days in jail. Both men, who pleaded guilty to the charges, were remanded by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs on Dec. 18 so they could spend Is Praised By Mayor Mayor Lyman A. Gifford, members of city council, heads of civic departments and the chairmen and members of various civic boards and com- missions were guests of the Ro- tary Club of Oshawa Monday at Hotel Genosha when the service club held its 33rd annual Civic' Day Luncheon. A warm welcome to_ the guests was extended by Presi- dent Fay Brooks who also voic- ed the appreciation of the club members to those who serve the community in various capa- eities. President Brooks com- mented that the future looks bright for Oshawa. In reply His Worship Mayor Lyman A, Gifford said he was sure that over the years the elected and appointed represen- tatives of the electors had en- joyed the Civic Day luncheons to full. He recalled he had attended his first such function in 1931, as a representative of East Whitby Township, when Dr. Stanley J. Phillips was presi- dent of the club. His Worship mentioned the club's interest and work with crippled children. He thanked the club for its work, comment- ing that he knew of no greater project in the community. Among those at the head table were: His Honor Judge Alex C. Hall, mayor in 1937; John A. Coleman, mayor in 1939; Mrs. Christine Thomas, mayor in 1961-62; Frank N. Mc- Callum, mayor in 1946-47-48; Norman Down, mayor in 1955; W. John Naylor, mayor in 1953, 54-55 and 57; T. D. Thomas, MLA for Oshawa Riding; Ald. Walter R. Branch and Crown SECOND SECTION Dr. Stanley J. Phillips, a member of the Oshawa Board of Education for many years, Monday night presented a plaque to the Dr. S. J. Phillips TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1963 Public School which will con- tain the names of the students of the school who are pro- moted to Grade 9 with honors. Dr. Phillips, left, is seen here PAGE NINE" PLAQUE TO HONOR TOP STUDENTS with Mrs. Malcolm Adams, president of the Dr. S. J, Phils. lips Home and School Associa- tion and Laurence T. Savery, principal of the school. a --Oshawa Times Photo Ex 'Research the key tools in administration|their conyictions and to try to -- civic or otherwise -- butjevoke public interest for and they are useless -- even dan- gerous -- without the personal integrity which alone can spell success, regardless of political color or creed," commented Hon. J. W. Spooner, Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs, in an address here Monday. The minister was addressing the 33rd Annual Civic Day Luncheon of the Rotary Club of Oshawa. He dealt with sev- eral phases of the life of a com- munity laying particular em- Phasis on the conflict of inter- est which sometimes arises when busi: men are elected Conflict Of Interest plained By Minister and education are|responsibility to stand up to|might wish to take advantage of a public trust for their own sympathy with their aims. The Hon. Mr. Spooner said that conflict of interest at the municipal level, and the type and extent of legislation neces- sary or desirable to deal with it, is a complex problem. Legis- lative provisions regarding this are found mainly in the Muni- cipal Set. \ Under Section 35 of the act any person who comes within a fairly extensive list of cate- gories is disqualified from be- ing elected to or vote on a mu- nicipal council, There -were, to civic office. He was intro- duced by Rotarian Leo Glover, chairman of the club's Civic Af- fairs Committee. The apprecia- tion of the large gathering was voiced by Rotarian Sydney T. Hopkins. RESPONSIBILITY IS KEY Concluding his remarks the Hon. Mr. Spooner said: 'We started out talking about the personal responsibility of the elected official and ended up with the personal responsibility of the electors. It would seem evident that the key word is "responsibility" -- where there is a sense of personal duty, in the minds and hearts of the people of a community, then we have little cause to worry as to the future of the community." apathy which has become ap- parent in civic affairs. He pointed to the fact that in the last civic elections in four sou- thern Ontario cities the vote had been smaller than in the pre- vious election. It seemed, he said, that more than 50 per cent of the people do not seem to care how they are governed or by whom. KEEP PUBLIC INFORMED The speaker deplored t heli emptions. The most however, certain sensible ex- ' recent amendment to the section pro- vides that a person who is a gain," the minister REQUIRED COURSE Regarding the criticism that the method of unseating muni- cipal representatives, who have been guilty of improper con- duct, is both time and expensive, the Hon. Mr, Spooner said a ratepayer or. elector goes before a fore him, stating the grounds of disqualification. The notice of motion is served and the pro- trolling inetrest in a company dealing with a municipality is disqualified. MUST DISCLOSE INTEREST Section 198A of the act puts a duty on a councillor to disclose any pecuniary interest, direct or i , in amy present or proposed contract or on any other matter con the municipality which he has and to refrain from taking part in any discussion or vote on the matter. A 1962 amendment to this section provides that fail- ure to disclose his interest will result in losing the exemptions from disqualification contained Section 35. "Government interference in local autonomy is not an end in itself to be undertaken light- ly and in a wholesale manner, but rather only to the extent that such legislation is requir- ed for the proper maintenance and operation of local govern- ment, Further, an exhaustive code of ethics, while not only unnecessary» might well create road signs for the few who director of or who has a con- cedure on the hearing before the judge is summary, Where the judge determines the coun- cillor has ben disqualified, the NOT DESIRABLE It was held that it is not sible or desirable for the ney general to take steps to seat councillors as it would terfere with the autonomy local governments. Local dents also know what is for them and it is their right and their duty to see that they do get good government. : Another safeguard is the pro- vision whereby a commission of enquiry can be set up to in vestigate the affairs of a muni- cipality. The minister can" also on his own initiative, at the quest of a council, or on' ri ceipt of a petition of 50 é tors, cause an audit of the fairs of the municipality to be made, If it is found the muni- cipal representatives have ai ed improperly, the electors institute ouster proceedings. " Elected representatives were urged to keep the people fully informed on what is happening and that their personal in- tegrity should be the measure of the truth contained in their statements. The speaker said Christmas with their families. Attorney W. Bruce Affleck. those who are elected have a Junior Chamber Exceeds Budget Each year, the Oshawa Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce sets a budget for committee spend- ing, ranging from $75 to $500. Committee chairmen gave re- \ports Monday night to the |membership on how close to the |budget they had stayed. Said Program Committee |Chairman Stu Taylor: "I've got la financial report -- and I don't \like it." "Our budget was $75," he jsaid: "So far, we've managed to spend $306.42." When the laughter had sub- sided, Mr. Taylor said $238.93 of this amount was used to finance a dance in September. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS MINISTERS CIVIC DAY SPEAKER A large group of Oshawa dignitaries were guests of the Rotary Club of Oshawa at its 33rd Annual Civic Day Luncheon in Hotel Genosha. The speaker was the Hon. James Wilfred Spooner, Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs. Caught by the camera at the luncheon, from left, are Ald. Walter R. Branch, a former president of the club and chairman of the city council finance commit- tee; Fay Brooks, president. of the club; The Hon. Mr. Spooner and Rotarian Leo Glover, chairman of the club's civic affairs committee. Oshawa Times Ph-'- Kingside Mrs. J. Grey was re-elected president of the Kingside Park Neighborhood Association at a recent meeting. The association is looking forward to a most successful year. Other officers include: Mrs. G. Lavender, first vice-presi- dent; Mrs, J. Kellerman, sec- ond vice-president; Mrs. R. Ferandez, secretary; Mrs. L. Ambrose, treasurer; Gordon Bell, sports chairman and Gary Banks, building fund chairman. Chosen to serve on the ways and means committee for 1963 were: Mrs, C, Rout, Mrs. D. French, Mrs. C, Dafoe, Ronald Shaw and Mrs, J, Kellerman. Telephone committee mem- bers are: Mrs, R. Mattis, Mrs. A. Richards, Mrs, D. French, Mrs, Bauma. Entertainment committee: Mrs, Lavender, Mrs, C. Spence, Mrs. C. Nizio, Mrs. A. Suds- bury. DRAW WINNERS The winners of the draw, made during the meeting, were: CLEAN SPILLED OIL The Oshawa Fire Depart- ment was called Tuesday to mop up fuel oil spillage from a truck on Ritson road south. The operation was swiftly com- pleted. Also handled by the De- partment were eight routine am. Names Officers Park Het wee es Gordon McCormack, 108 Ste venson road north; Mrs, Mar- garet Anderson, 25 Harmony road north and David Wilson, 374 Eulalie avenue. Mrs, Guy thanked the active members for their support in 1962 and asked for continued support in the year ahead, ~ She said a Christmas party held at ORC on Gibb street was a degided success. TEAM DOING WELL Mr. Bell reported the hockey team was doing very well so far in games it had played this year. The following boys are on the team this year: David Ander- son, Frank Ceisielski, Bas Bauma, Les Korely, Larry Mal- loy, Doug Mitchell, Robert Mit- chell, Ron Baliski, Richard Grinsky, John Johnston, Kelly Lavender, Clancy Lavender, Charles Rout, Robert Rout, Brian Smegal, Terry Spence, Rick Snow, Wayne Sudsbury and Bill Wodnisky. The night of cards held at the home of Mrs. Guy was success- ful but a larger party is hoped for on Jan. 19. Prize winners at the December party were: Mrs. Lavender, Mrs. D. Trot- ter, Mrs, H. Caiford, Mrs, K. Wilson, Everyone is invited to the E, E, Bathe Memorial Night and Past Presidents' Night Jan. bulance calls. 2.

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