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Oshawa Times (1958-), 10 Jan 1963, p. 11

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nee am GEN ly Soran margenrney ae POR Mgt GG sate Ohe Oshawa Times 4 Real Estate SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1963 PAGE 'ELEVEN Oshawa real estate brokers . oe and salesmen were told they can look forward to is slowly acquiring the status of & profession. Spokesman was Bill Follows, xecutive secretary of the Caha- ¥, dian Association of Real Estate Brokers, addressing a meeting of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board in Hotel Genosha oo pp st et tg ln oa et ib ADELE LAN iene nectar arly <A ne ne OIA DA eprece " ERR Bright Years THE 1963 EXECUTIVE of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board was installed in office at a membership meet- ing at the Hotel Genosha Wed- ELECTED TOP SALESMAN of the year by the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board was Joe Maga. He is seen here as he receives the nesday night. Posing for the camera, sitting, from left, are Walter Frank, second vice- president; Sol D. Hyman, president; Carl Olsen, first tri from Lloyd Carson (left), Photo Co-op chairman. Mr. Maga was also the top salesman for December. The trophy was presented at a vice-president. Standing, from left, are Joe Maga, secretary; Don McQuay, past president; Hilda Ristow, treasurer, and" Bill Follows, executive secre- F | vice meeting of the ODREB at the Hotel Genosha Wednesday night. --Oshawa Times Photos lyear," tary of the Canadian Associa- tion of Real Estate Boards. Not present were Doug Wilson and Peter Kowal, directors. Ajax Ready For Appeal The Ajax-Pickering branch of :|the Ontario County Cancer So- 'leiety is well prepared for the | |cancer campaign this April, W. H, J. Thompson, chairman of the branch, said last night. "Just wait and watch this he told the society's monthly meeting. Chairman of the Women's Ser- Committee, Mrs. W. B. Syer, reported district cancer patients were grateful for gifts received at Christmas. The gifts were donated by the Soroptimist Club of Oshawa, Helping Hand Auxiliary, Sunshine Unit and Wednesday night. "We are the biggest business, the best business on earth," the speaker saiid. He said industry is looking forward: to greater sales. With an increase of the population of 50 per cent in the next 17 years the real estate business can ex- pect extremely bright years. He called it an optimistic vocation. The long-rang' real estate associations, he said should be making the vocation a professi Some headway had been made in this direction, he felt, and the real estate business could now be looked upon as a "quasi-profession"', Mr. Follows called for greater control on who enters the real estate business, more and bet- ter specialized education and the development of a strong code of ethics, "Real estate men should al- ways ask themselves, 'Am 1 serving the community?' " the speaker urged. He estimated 60 per cent of the nation's assets are in the form of real estate, and that 65 per cent of Canadian homes are owner-occupied homes. e objective of The Oshawa Public Utilities Commission held its inaugural meeting Wednesday afternoon when E. F. Armstrong was elected chairman. He suc- ceeds H. F. Baldwin. Mem- bers of the commission seat- ed, from left, are His Worship Mayor Lyman A. Gifford, E. F. , Chairman and H, F. Baldwin, vice-chairman. Standing, from left, are W. H. Gibbie, secretary - treasurer; J. B, Annand, general man- ager; Miss Joyce Power, sec- OSHAWA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IS ORGANIZED retary to the general mana- ger; William Boddy, commis- sioner and R. J. Fleming, com: r. --Oshawa Times Photo CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulations and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and district who are celebrating t heir birthdays today: Baden Pingle, Bowman- ville; Anna-May Muirhead, 240 Gibb street. Phone 723-3474, Good Will Unit of Simcoe Street United Church an? the Sunshine Group of Bowmanville. A euchre was decided on by the Georgina Township branch to raise funds for gifts to Prin- cess Margaret Hospital. Mrs. A. C. MacKenzie of Beaverton was commended for her report on a questionnaire circulated by division headquar- ters in Toronto. The meeting was chaired by Vice-Chairman Ken Smythe. Officers Installed By Real Estate Board A new executive was installed by the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board at a mem- bership . meeting at Hotel! Genosha Wednesday night. | Doing the honors was Bill) Follows, executive secretary of the Canadian Association of Real Estate Boards, who im- pressed upon the new directors the importance of their office. "The membership looks upon you as leaders in the real es.| executive meetings and eight general membership meetings, plus a number of other social events. EDUCATION PROGRAM He said there had been an active educational program with a Sale-o-rama_ held last June with registrations from Oshawa, Belleville, Barrie, Lindsay, Peterborough, Orillia and Toronto. Increased benefits for mem- tate business," he said. jbers have been achieved, FINANCES IMPROVED |said, with a PSI plan installed last May. The installation of officers) He mentioned donations to followed the report for 1962 of|outside organizations and indi- the outgoing president, Don|viduals, amounting to a total McQuay. He said the financial|of $400. This included $200 to position of the board has im-|the Oshawa General Hospital, proved over the past year, and/$100 to the Ottawa trip of the @ny emergencies arising could|Oshawa Safety Patrol, and a now be safely met. $100 scholarship to a Whitby| "Not that I think we will|high school student who had the! suffer any set-back,' he said,/highest academic standing in "because I can see this board|the board's area of influence. going in only one direction, and|. The Oshawa and District Real that is ahead." |Estate Board drea lies between Mr. McQuay, recalling some| Pickering and Newcastle and of the events of the past year,|extends as far north as Port) said there were a total of 15' Perry ! The board, Mr. McQuay said, has now a total of 128 active and associate members, | Paul Ristow, who was re- lelected director of Region No. 7 of the Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards, was honored by the members for the outstanding work he did in that capacity during the past two years. He was presented with a pair of field glasses. Members of the 1963 ex- ecutive are Sol. Hyman, presi- dent; Carl Olsen, first. vice- president; Walter Frank, sec- ond vice-president; Joe Maga, secretary; Hilda Ristow, trea- surer, and Doug Wilson and Peter Kowal, directors. The following appointments were announced: Doug Wilson will represent the board on the Oshawa Planning Board; Ralph Vickery was reappointed to the Oshawa Industrial Commission; Carl Olsen was appointed rep- resentative to. the Oshawa Builders' Association. Joe Maga received a trophy as top salesman of the year. FINED $50 Accused Admits Being Drunk Breaks Ankle In Collision Two collisions, almost 24 hours apart at the same intersection, caused an estimated $1,400 dam- age and sent one woman to hos- pital. Asks Action On Diamond A spokesman for the South- mead Park Neighborhood As- sociation claims his organiza- tion's appeals for a new base- ball diamond have fallen on deaf ears at the Oshawa Board of Parks Management for the past four years. Bill Foreman, representing the park at the Neighborhood Associations' Central Council Wednesday night, asked Recre- ation Director Wendell Brew- ster how to go about getting the diamond installed under the} Five-Room House Burns ROSENEATH -- A five-room modern house owned by Lyle Wijison at Curtis Point on Lake, five miles west of here, omg to the ground Tuesday: night. Mr. and Mrs. Willson were in Cobourg when the fire broke out about 10.30 p.m. The fire was first noticed by neighbor Frank Landon, who lives some 200 yards away. When he saw flames leaping from the building, Mr.' Landon calle Roseneath telephone op- erator Mrs. Eldon George, who in turn called the Harwood vol- unteer fire brigade. Harwood firemen were unable to save the Willson home, but poured water on nearby cot- tages to save them. Turner's Point is a summer resort with upwards of 50 cot- tages, many of them winterized. It is believed the fire started when the oil furnace malfunc- tioned. The bedroom where the flames were first seen was di- rectly above the furnace room. new city board's system. lanecsein theca i "T understand the parks board - had it on the budgete last year to build the diamond," he 3 ; said, "But we still didn't get wee ANGELES (AP) -- Dick it" 'owell left most of his estate, : oS jvalued at more than $1,000,000 He said his park had seven|to his widow and their two chil- teams all having to share the|dren. The bulk of his shares in same diamond, |Four-Star Television Company Mr. Brewster told him to|went to actress June Allyson, write a letter to the new city|the couple's son Richard, 12, council's Property, Parks,,andjand their adopted daughter, Recreation Comittee, outlining|Pamela, 14. Powell died of can- POWELL WAS MILLIONAIRE Honor Homemaker On Retirement Mrs. Ethel Horton, an Osh- awa Red Cross Homemaker or many years, was honored on the eve of her retirement at a social evening attended by the entire Homemaker staff, as well as members of the com- mittee. A presentation to Mrs. Horton on behalf of the local branch was made by the president, Fred Roberts, who paid trib- ute to Mrs. Horton's long and faithful service. Wearing a corsage, a gift of the committee, Mrs. Horton expressed gracious thanks, stat- ing that her years of service with the Homemakers' staff had been happy and memor- able, Homemakers who have com- pleted two.years' service and have attended the special course in Homemaking and Nutrition, as sponsored by the Ontario Division, Canadian Red Cross, Toronto, are eligible for Homemakers' Service Pins. Chairman Mrs. John Burns and Supervisor Mrs. Norman Hinds presented the following with these pins: Mrs. Ann Knox, Mrs. Vera Lowry and Mrs. Mil- dred McLean. Entertainment arranged by Mrs. Roy Perry climaxed an enjoyable evening. MIX-UP CONTEST PRIZE WINNERS The first prize winner of the fourth series in the Fix- the-Mix-Up Contest was Mrs. P. Osborne, 81 Oshawa boulevard north, Oshawa -- a man's wrist watch is her prize. The second prize -- a pair of binoculars -- was won by Myrtle Graham, 225 John- ston avenue, Oshawa . Entries for the grand prize a trip to Nassau for two, closes at 12 noon Jan. 11, 1963. 389 NEW HOMES Dollar value of building per- mits dropped for the fourth con- secutive year after a $1544 mil- lion high in 1958, With December permits valued at $391,871, the 1962 total value stands at $9,662,058--down more than a million dollars from 1961's $10,966,014, os? NEW ar vee' P i ermits a Ay; homes coe in 1962, up from the 317 taken out in 1961 and just two more than the 387 recorded in 1960. There were 205 multi-family unit permits issued last year and the combined dwelling units third of the 1822 permits issued all last year. Total dollar value of all these residential permits is $7,263,616; industrial and commercial per- las total is slightly less than one-|in 312, with industrial at $1,718,860. -- APARTMENT ADDITION S. Gujda, Cordova road, got a $30,000 permit for a six-unit apartment addition on Cordova road. Gay Co. Ltd., Bruce street, received a $15,000 per- mit for a Bruce street office addition. A $6000 ceived by Wilson Plastic Signs, Toronto. S. Jackson and Son Lid. got a $16,000 permit for a Ritson road north dual family dwell- sup) east. g. 25 HOME PERMITS There were 25 single family dwelling permits issued last month, Hogenboom Construction, RR sign permit was re- Building Permit Value $9,662,058 In 1962 at $16,000, $14,600, $14,000, $13,000 and $10,600. A. Schmidt and Son, RR 2, Oshawa, three units: one each at $11,000, $10,500 and $10,000; A. Potter and Son, Elizabeth street, three units: one at $11,000 and two at $10,000. 4 Cc. arrison _Ltd., : N 10,0 000; A.W. Banfie) B ox 502, Oshawa, two units: one at $13,000 and one at $10,009. P. Motolko, Don Is, On. tario, two units at $13,000 each; G. Lysyk, Chesterton avenue, $10,000; L. Wallis, Burk street, $11,000. illiam Roth, Westdale street, 000; E. Hansink, Fernhill Blvd., $12,000; P. Johansen Ltd., Law street, $17,000; Jess Hann and Son, Bessborough 1, Oshawa, five units: one each|street, $10,500. mit values added up to $2,378,- Appeal Damage the problem. cer Jan. 2 at the age of 58. | ' against McEacherm, A man, who admitted he was|Whitby Detachment, said Mc- drunk at the time of an acci- dent on Highway 401, eagerly helped police search for the} mystery driver, Oshawa Magis-) Eachern told police the car's driver, a man named McMul- len, lived on Major street, To- ronto. Mrs. Hilda Crouse, 379 Wel- land avenue, injured in a col- lision Wednesday morning. at Stevenson's road and- King street, is reported in satisfac- trate's Court was told Wednes-| The officer testified he, Mc-|tory condition at the Oshawa |Eachern and another policeman)General Hospital with a broken After three hours of search-| ing houses on Major street is) Toronto, Robert McEachern| was charged with public mis-| chief. The charge was dismiss- ed by Magistrate C. W. Guest when he came to court. A fur- drove to Toronto and, checked) Major street houses for McMul- len, and not finding him charg- ed McEachern with public mis- chief. Police said they then took McEachern to his own home in ankle and cuts. She was injured when the car she drove was involved in a col- lision with a car driven by Arthur Barge, 523 Woodcrest avenue. Damage to her vehicle |was estimated at $400 while Mr. ther charge of being intoxicated|Toronto where he changed his/ Barges car sustained $700 dam- to which! be pleaded guilty resulted in his being fined $50 and costs or] 30 days } The ern and another found tying on the roof of a car on Highway 401 after it had| crashed and landed upside) down on the median. | DENIED BEING DRIVER Police said both he and the) other passenger denied being) court was told McEach-|¥3y, | man were| 'on t know sir, I was drunk! Jack Rudniski, 544 Adelaide ave-| fy 1045) | clothes Asked if the accident had hap- pened because the car sudden- ly stopped dead on the high way, McEachern replied: 'I at the time." Constable: Shannon said the group went to Toronto with the intention of charging McMullen with careless driving and fail- ing to report an accident. "Isn't it true," Crown Attor- ney Bruce Affleck asked Mc- age. A crash at the same corner early this morning resulted in damage estimated at $300. The cars involved were driven by nue and Charles Foote, Beaufort street. "I woulkdn't like the thought of taking on two big policemen." "Perhaps you wouldn't like [the thought of assaulting any- the driver of the car and said|Eachern, "that when you got tojone," said Mr. Affleck. they didn't know where he hadjyour own home you took off gone. your shirt and offered to take Constable B..E. Shannon ofjon both policemen." the Ontario Provincial Police,|' 'No sir," replied McEachern,| . The court was told McEach- ern had been coavicted of sev- eral assault charges since the late forties. | Will 1963 make history as the year of the King street track removal? A visit to the KING STREET PLANS ON DRAWING BOARD through Oshawa's downtown shopping area on the city's main east-west street. At city hall, plans for the aew road are on the drawing board. Gerald Wingrove, left, is now Engineering Department at City Hall provides more en- couragement than a drive working on profile drawings of King street east, from Celina to Mary street. He is discussing a problem with Allan Stacey, right. --Oshawa Times Photo '|Stuart tartan and yachting jer- Case Judgment Terence V. Kelly, Oshawa barrister, said this morning he has been served with a notice of appeal arising from a judg- ment handed down by Mr. Jus- tice H. A. Aylen at Whitby on Dec, 28 in which an Oshawa couple were awarded $7,241.95 in a damage action. In the judgment Mr. and Mrs. William Herrington, 458 Adeline avenue, were awarded damages against Allan Thompson, 211 Stevenson road north. The case arose out of an accident on the Taunton road in which a motor vehicle owned by Mr. Herring- ton struck a cow owned by Mr. Thompson, His Lordship ruled thet a farmer's first duty when hear- ing of cattle being loose on the road is to warn motorists of po- tential danger, not to attempt to round up the animais. John D. Holding of the To- ronto firm of Borden, Elliott, Kelley and Palmer is_ solicitor for the defendant. Prince Philip Caught Minus Royal Pants NEW YORK (AP)--A paint- ing of Prince Philip without his royal pants has been bought by a New York couple whose tex- tile firm specializes style women's fashions. Mr, and Mrs. Michael Ring made the. purchase from Lon- don's Woodstock Gallery through an art connoisseur friend, Simon Vieyra, who lives in London. The modern painting was done by a young British artist, Barry Fantoni of London. It de- picts the husband of the Queen in white shorts and a white T-shirt, black socks and shoes and garters. Done much like a child's doll| cutouts, the picture also por- trays four of the prince's favor- ite outfits--naval officer's uni- form, polo players' outfit, royal in high sey and slacks. The price tag at the London Representatives of all the Osh- awa Neighborhood Park Asso- ciations are expected to attend the sixth annual presentation of the E, E. "Ted"? Bathe Memor- ial Award at the Oshawa Recre- ation Centre, 100 Gibb street, at 8 p.m. this Saturday. The award will be presented by Mrs. E. E. Bathe. The award is presented an- nually to an Oshawa neighbor- hood association for outstand- ing achievement in neighbor- hood and community recreation. The award is financed by the Central Council of Neighborhood Associations. Woodview Park won first place in 1961 with Sunnyside Need Groups For Program To Succeed Oshawa's new system of parks Management may not be able to function without the help of neighborhood park associations, Wendell Brewster, Director of Recreation said Wednesday night. He told the associations' Cen- tral council at the Recreation Hall on Gibb street that the new system would definitely be a help to the groups. "T'm convinced the city can't carry on without your support and function," he told the group. "Don't be afraid of the new structure," he warned. 'But there'll be growing pains at first." He said he had spoken to members of city council and they felt the new system would Honor Top Park Here Saturday Park in second place and King- side Park third. HONOR PAST PRESIDENTS Another feature of the eve- ning will be the presentation by Fred Ellegett of Past Presi- dents' Pins. Central Council pre- sented more than 100 pins in November of 1961 at the first annual Past Presidents' Honor Night to those who had served as president of the Oshawa Neighborhood Associations since their inception in 1946. The pins are presented as a token of thanks. Awards from 1961-62 are: W. Waite, Connaught Park; R, Shortt, Eastview Park; F. Carey, Harman Park; R. Was- sell, Harman Park; A. Glecoff, Kingside Park) H. Perry, Nipi-« gon Park; J. Cook, North Osh- awa Park; E. Moore, North Oshawa Park; A. Cox, Radio Park; J. Jackman, Rundle Park; A. J. Shortt, Southmead Park; B. Danford, Storie Park; W. Matthews, Thornton's Cor- ners Park; Mrs. L. Brown, Val- leyview Park and N. Boddy, Woodview Park. Chris Mason will preside for the presentations. Ald. John Brady, W. Brewster, director of recreation and Harry Millen, chairman of the Oshawa Parks Board, will speak briefly. C. Heard, chairman of the E. E. Bathe Committee, will also ad- dress the gathering. Members of the Memorial Award . Committee are: C. Heard, chairman; F. Ellegett, R. Germond, C. Grimbleby, W. Brewster and W. Ogden. Members of the Past Presi- dents' Award Committee are: F. Ellegett, J. Guy, A. Hucul and C, Mason. Following adjournment, re- freshments will be served. not be running smoothly for at least a year, "The new plan has no inten- tion of interfering with your groups, but there'll be an even greater need for Neighborhood Associations and stronger cen- tral councils," he said. Mr. Brewster offered to sit in on Neighborhood Parks Associa- Gallery: was £47 (about $140). Mrs. Ring said she did not know if this was the price Vieyra paid. tion meetings and help them understand the Woods - Gordon LOST WEIGHT, HUSBAND LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Red Buttons' wife says she and the comedian still love each other-- although she has just divorced him. Mrs. Helayne Buttons, 43, got the divorce and an $84,000 settlement Wednesday on grounds of extreme cruelty. She said the 43-year-old comedian's absences caused her to lose report under which the new city boards system was set up. weight. "I love Red," she said, "and he loves me."

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