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UKRAINIAN FLAG IS PRESENTED TO CITY Mayor Lyman A. Gifford edmires Ukrainian flag pre- sented to the city to be flown along with the Union Jack at city hall today, honoring Ukrainian Day, which marks the 45th anniversary of the in- dependence of the Ukraine. From left are Oksana Luka- Oshawa Monday night at Hote! Genosha the Oshawa Jaycees paid tribute to a former mem- ber who has made the name of Oshawa known throughout ithe world in Jaycee circles. Jaycee Senator Don Brown was given high tribute by Presi- dent Ball for his years of faith- ful service to the Junior Cham- ber Organization in Oshawa. President Ball outlined Mr. Brown's many achievements and contributions over the years. He pointed out that Don Brown was one of the founders of the first Chartered Jaycee Organization in Oshawa over 15 years ago and since that time has served as president of the Oshawa Club and as provincial vice - president. He became a Jaycee Senator in 1956, an "soxogg granted to very few mem- ers. MANY CONTRIBUTIONS During his long years with the Jaycee organization, Mr. Brown. contributed a great deal ; |to the civic life of Oshawa and to the Jaycee organization ;but his contributions did not stop when he became a Jaycee Sen- ator. Since that time: he has _ |served as an inspirational lead- Jaycees Honor Don Brown er to every new member who has joined the local unit. As chairman of the leader- ship training commission in Oshawa he saw his years of devotional and hard work ful- filled when in 1961 at Puerto Rico the Oshawa unit was awarded first prize in World Competition for Jaycee leader- ship training programs. This honor' was repeated in Hong Kong in 1962. "Don Brown, has left the Jay- cees this year, but his influence and leadership will help to guide this unit for many years to come," said President Ball. INCIDENTS RECALLED Mr. Brown spoke briefly and reminisced on the history of the Oshawa unit. His humorous anecdotes of past Jaycee activities and re- collections of past achieve- ments entertained all the pres- ent members as well as the many former members, and past presidents who turned out for "Don Brown _ Appreciation Night". Mr. Brown is still active in many community activities and two years ago served as presi- dent of the Oshawa Downtown Business Men's Association. seycz, Linda Dobroshinsky and Eugenia Nedozytko. --Oshaw:. Times Photo STREET LIGHTS Exploratory Meeting Suggested By Mayor Both the Oshawa and District Labor Council and the execu- tive of the Downtown Business- men's Association have criticiz- ed the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission for the latter's de- cision not to install King street lighting on faces of buildings. City council tabled the PUC report and sent both letters on to the commission. Mayor Ly- man Gifford suggested a meet- ing among the three groups would remove misunderstand- ings. The Labor Council suggested this lighting change be made at ae same time the whole street and the tracks re- Coe The DBA supports the idea. Tracxs removal is expect- ed in the Spring. Several reasons for turning down the proposal were given by the PUC, The main ones are given below just as they ap. ared on the council agenda onday night. FRONTS CONDEMNED One reason: the fronts of some of the buildings on King street where the lights would be placed "are condemned" and would not be suitable. The ODLC has asked the commission for addresses of buildings where this problem exists. In addition, the labor council said the PUC has dis- pensed with the matter "in a most unsatisfactory manner.' "Excessive cost" and the fact that "upper floors of some King street buildings have been con- demned" were scored as "weak and unreasonable excuses" by the DBA. "This implies the backward thinking of the PUC," claimed the DBA executive in its letter to council. The DBA is "vitally interest- ed" in new and modern light- ing, says the letter and sug- gests the initial cost could be recovered in savings in lower' power consumption of new mer- cury vapor of flourescent light- ing. PUC CITES REASONS Here are the PUC's main rea- sons as taken from the agenda: "At several locations build- ings are either set back too far or not high enough to accomo- date the lighting fixtures. In ad- dition, 10 standards will have to be available in any case for traffic lights: In all, a total of 18 of the 34 standards on King street would have to be left in place. Very little extra sidewalk COMMON MARKET Says Prejudices Will Continue "Tt is anyone's guess what. will happen when discussions are resumed in Brussels; but I assume the discussions will be kept alive. I feel that the Unit- ed Kingdom's hand has been strengthened by happenings in recent weeks and that President De Gaulle does not want to go on record as breaking up the negotiations." Such was the opinion express- ed by H. G. Kettle, director of public relations for Massey- Ferguson Limited, in an ad- dress at the Monday luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Oshawa. Mr. Kettle was speak- ing on "The Common Market'. SITUATION CONFUSED Stressing that the situation in Europe is now so confused that even U.K. officials are in the dark, the speaker commented that important things are now happening in political areas ra- ther than in the marketing as- pects of the European Econom- ic Community. The movement for a common market in Europe had its ori- gin 13 years ago with M. Monet, a French economist, who sought to boost the economy of his country, Later a steel and coal agreement was entered into by six countries which became known as the Inner Six. When this latter organization was formed the United Kingdom was invited to join but the in- vitation was declined by the labor government which was isolationist. After two years M. Monet was successful in the signing of the Treaty of Rome. As a result the prosperity of 170,000,000 people had improved to a re- markable degree and the pre- diction was made that by 1970 the output of the participating nations would surpass that of the United States. Attempts by the United King- dom to set up a loose free trade area failed in its attempt to dilute the impact of the European Economic Commun- ity. However, to Mr. Kettle! this move seemed one to gain time by a temporary expedient. It was not until August, 1961 that the United Kingdom took the historic step of applying for membership in the Inner Six. Although the United King- dom had been negotiating for an agricultural rearrangement, the British public had felt these talks were exploratory and temporary and that all sides of the matter would be considered later. Reluctance to join with the European coun- tries had been evident among the people of Britain; but~busi- nessmen and bankers felt.entry was desirable. Ox the other hand the United States had based all its poli- tical talks and economic policies on the basis that the United Kingdom would enter the com- mon market. SHOCK TREATMENT Mr. Kettle felt that the bomb- shell dropped by Mr. de Gaulle may have been meant as shock treatment to speed up the ne- gotiations; while on the other hand he may not want the Unit- ed Kingdom to join at any price even though some French man- ufacturers and farmers have closer ties with Britain. As a result of the latest crisis, the people of the United Kingdom may back Prime Minister Mac- millan to the full. The opinion was voiced by the speaker that Mr. de Gaulle was irritated by the fact that Prime Minister Macmillan, President Kennedy and Prime Minister Diefenbaker held a conference in the West Indies. which he felt he was entitled to attend. The major question mark to- day, it was stated, is the atti- tude West Germany will take as it is difficult to'know what Adenauer will do. Canada is in no position to say anything as she has no positive policy. However, the speaker confi- dently predicted that national prejudices will continue for space would result from the re- moval of the standards as the parking meters will be installed at approximately the same dis- tance from the curb. Conduits and wiring would have to be installed up the face of the building from the under- ground service ducts to the light. units. It would be very costly and cause considerable inconvenience to the occupants of buildings. to attempt to run these up inside. It is anticipated that the building owners would raise objections to the appear- ance of conduits and lighting units on the building fronts, particularly where the building is new or has recently been re. novated. "The merchants of the down- town area have spent a large sum of money to have perma- nent outlets installed in the standards for the supply of pow- er to the decorative berg] units. The convenient method of supporting and supplying power to the decorative units would be lost if the standards were removed. "The installation of the stan- dards in the first place was very costly. They are of the ornamental metal type and quite attractive in appearance. This type of standard is still being sold for present day in- stallations and can be adopted at any time for use with new forms of lighting units as they are developed, "Relatively few installations of street light units on building faces are being made. The ma- jority of the most. up to date installations in the larger cities of Canada and the United States are made with metal or con- crete standards."" Park Head Is Named Oshawa. City Council reached eastward Monday night for Osh- awa's first parks commissioner. Patrick J. Kennedy, 43, super- intendent of Presqu'ile Point Provincial Park for the last five years, will become a city em- ployee Feb, 4, at $7,000 a year. Married and the father of two children, Mr. Kennedy is a graduate of the Ontario Forest Rangers School. He has had ex- perience in building mainte- nance, purchase of equipment, park layout and staff manage- ment. From 1952 to 1957, Mr; Ken- nedy was zone forester in charge of reforestation and lands and forest management in Wellington and Halton counties. Insurance Agent Listing Revised BOWMANVILLE (Staff) Town council will bring its in- surance agent list up to date and every member of council will receive a copy. The request came from Coun- cillor Kenneth Hooper last night after it was learned that A. L. Hooey had asked by letter, to be added to the list of agents authorized to solicit insurance in the municipality and also participate in the distribution of the commission in connection with the town's insurance. Mr. Hooey advised council he cow holds a licence to sell all of general insurance. HON. ALLAN GROSSMAN To Address PC Dinner The speaker at the monthly dinner meeting of the City of Oshawa Progressive Conserya- tive Association, in the Picca- dilly Room of Hotel Genosha this Thursday night, will be the Hon. Allan Grossman, minister without portfolio in the Ontario cabinet. Mr. Grossman was appointed chief commissioner of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario in November, 1961. In addition he is vice-president of the Inter- national Institute of Metropoli- tan Toronto, a member of the boards of the new Mount Sinai Hospital, University __Settle- ment Recreation Centre, St. Alban's Boys' Club, Home Service Association, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and many others. Loses Licence For One Year A high-speed police chase through the streets of south Osh- awa netted a 19-year-old a 10- day jail sentence and a $200 fine Monday. Phillip Joha Patterson, 620 Olive avenue, also lost his li- cence for one year after he was convicted on charges of danger- ous driving and consuming as a minor. He pleaded guilty. Constable Ken Ostler told the court he chased a car through the south end early in the morn- ning of Dec. 21, "at speeds up to 80 mph'. He said at one point, the vehicle going through a field, went over a ditch and flew into the air off all four wheels. He identified Patterson as the Is Difficult To Be Specific Board States The Board of Education feels it can not be more specific in its estimates of capital expendi- tures over the next five years, than giving average amounts for each year. The building and planning committee was requested by the city to supply more complete in- formation of the capital expendi- tures for 1963-67, which data are required by the Ontario Muni- cipal Board. It was decided at the com- bined committee meeting Mon- day that a letter will go to the city stating that the board feels it can not be more specific. "We could mot know when or where we would build," said one of the trustees. The board's estimates submit- ted to the city called for $520,- 000 annually over the next five years for Public Schools, and $400,000 annually for secondary schools The city wants estimates on various projects, the letter to the board said. Estimates are required each year for the next five years. This entails adding one year to the estimates every year and leaving off the year just past. Labor Asks Delegate As Planner With the claim that Labor is a large and important group in the city, Oshawa and District Labor Council asked city council Monday night to consider ap- pointing a labor representative to the Planning Board. The ODLC request will be filed for consideration 'when and if" a further appointment is made. Planning Board will also get a copy This decision was suggested by Ald. John Dyer and accept- ed by council. "They want a member, not an observer," emphasized Ald. Dyer. "There are too many ob- servers now. It would be better if we had none. "They are jeopardizing the conduct of business in this city. Why would you sit there, if not for a_ special interest?" he asked. There are four observers ad- mitted to Board meetings: one each from the Board of Educa- tion, the Separate School Board, the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board and the Oshawa Builders Association. $ AMBULANCE CALLS The Oshawa Fire Department this morning reported it answer- ec eight ambulance calls Mon- day and overnight. There were no fire calls, the department car's driver. said. ZONING BYLAW Minor zoning amendments may be coming up for proper- ties in "older" parts of the city. In Oshawa City Council Mon- day night, seven aldermen voted to have. Planning Board re- examine a recommendation that no change be made in the four- foot sideyards now required in R1B areas. A homeowner has asked the board for permission to build a carport or canopy on his High- land avenue property. MINOR VARIATIONS Ald Finley Dafoe said coun- cil should permit carports to be built in the 'older' areas of the city even though the result was minor variations in the zoning bylaw. "People are being penalized because 'hey were in their Would Permit Minor Changes homes before the zoning bylaw," claimed Ald. Dafoe. "We will have to find some pro- tection for them." Ald Cliff Pilkey, one of two council members on the plan; ning board, said there were two possible dangers in decreasing the size of the sideyard: the fire hazard and the blocking of; a view from an adjacent house. WARNING VOICED Ald. John Dyer, couycil's other planning member, warned that it is impossible to draw up a zoning program to. fit all types of buildings. "From a planning angle it would be sheer folley to change regulations to support different ages of buildings in various parts of the city," he said; "it wouldn't be sound zoning to lessen restrictions." -- $330 Damage In Two Accidents Two minor accidents Monday caused an estimated $330 in property damage. No one was injured. Constable John Masiewich investigated an accident at 10.05 am. in which a tele- phone was sheared and.a guide wire along King street west was torn off. He found driver Fred O'Boyle of 259 Quebec street had done $100 in damage to his car. Damage to the telephone pole amd guide wire was. esti- mated at $150. A later collision on Gibbons street at Madison avenue caus- ed drivers a total of $80 property damage Claude Miron of 88 West- mount street had damage to his car estimated at $20. The second vehicle, owned by the Ontario Motor Sales of! Bond street west had estimated damages of $60. Flag Marks Freedom Day The Ukrainian flag was raised with the Union Jack at City Hall today, honoring the 45th an- aiversary of the proclamation of independence of the Ukrainian National Republic In Oshawa, 4,000 people of Ukrainian descent commemor- ate their day of liberation. Mayor Lyman Gifford declared Tuesday, Jan.'22 as Ukrainian Day. On that date in 1918, the Cen- tral Ruda, Ukraine's legitimate ruling body, issued the Declara- tion of Independence. It stated: "From this day forward the Ukrainian National Republic be- comes the independent, free, and sovereign state of the Ukrainian Republic" But two years later the Russian Com- munists overran the country. The anniversary of the declar- ation will be celebrated in a fit- ting and solemn manner in Osh- awa at a banquet Saturday night and a concert Sunday afternoon. Guest speaker at the banquet will be a Toronto law- yer, Stanley Frolick. The concert will be held at Dneipro Hall and will feature soprano soloist Sonja Sachno, poet Woldymyr Skoryskyj, and the St. John's Ukrainian Ortho- dox Church chorus, conducted by N. Olijnyk. She Oshawa Zines SECOND SECTION TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1963 City Drops Link With Federation Oshawa has dropped out of the Canadian Federaticn of Mayors and Municipalities. City council did not fight the finance committee's recom- mendation Monday night that the city not renew its member- ship in the Federation At $10 per thousand popula- tion, the city this year was billed $624, "TI am mot proud to say it but we are on an austerity program afd this seems like a good place to start," said Mayor Lyman Gifford. Finance chairman Ald. Wal- ter Branch said "we are taking a close look at all memberships. I think we should be more con- cerned with Ontario-based asso- ciations." The council later ap- proved 1963 membership in the Ontario Good Roads Assoc. at a cost of $50. Mayor Gifford hastened to say that the CFMM 'serves a good purpose, especially as a gather- er of statistics and purveyor of information. "T think we can get the same information which is made available to members but it may take us a little longer," he said. Requests from the Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves ($100) and the Ontario Munici- pal Association ($200) for mem- bership Fees were sent to the DON BROWN, (right), a former member of the Osh- awa Junior Chamber of Com- merce, is congratulated by President Fred Ball as he re- ceives the new "Don Brown Jaycee Award for Achieve- ment in Effective Speaking." Brown, a former president of the Oshawa Junior Chamber was responsible for the unit's winning for the past two years of the World Jaycee Leader- ship Training Trophy. Mem- PAGE NINE A | bers of the Oshawa me a @ special banquet and ciation night for him at Hotel Genosha Monday, He re from Jaycee activities year. --Oshawa Times Phot Council Will a Cost Per Classroom Is the price-per-classroom of Oshawa schools too high? Oshawa City Council is going to find out for itself what other Ontario municipalities are pay- ing in an attempt to find out if city taxpdyers are paying too much. "Oshawa taxpayers are pay- ing a tremendous amount of money for the!r schools,'"' claim- ed rookie Ald. Cliff Pilkey Mona- day night in urging council to obtain its own survey of com- parative costs. MAY DELAY DEBENTURE The survey may hold up ap- proval of a $221,000 debenture issue request from the board of education for two public school additions: --A four-room addition at Ade- laide McLaughlin school ($95,- 000). --four rooms and a_ general purpose room at Dr. C. F. Can- non school ($126,000). Mayor Lyman Gifford broke a 6-6 tie on a recorded vote to send the city on its search. Others who voted for the inde- pendent survey: Ald. Pilkey, Tom Rundle, Finley Dafoe, Ce- phas Gay, John Brady and 'Gor- don Attersley. Against: Aldermen Hayward Murdoch, Albert Walker, John Dyer, Cecil Bint, Norman Down and Walter Branch. "INDEPENDENT" FIGURES While it was believed that comparative buildings costs could easily be supplied by the board, Ald. Pilkey was insist- ent that the city get what he called "INDEPENDENT" fig- ures. From municipalities and the Ontario government. "If they have figures, why aren't they building cheaper schools?" he asked. "Maybe they have figures to support Blind Ask $100 Grant Blind persons in Oshawa benefit from such things as a library service, trained teach- ers and workers (both sighted and blind), and an employment board which helps obtain work for those who want it. D. D. Hatton, representing the Toronto office of the Cana. dian National Institute for the Blind, and himself "legally blind" (20 - 200 vision) told city council Monday night Braille books are mailed from Toronto postage free. He said trained, blind teach- ers are available through the CNIB, as well as sighted, train- ed workers for blind pre-school- ers. These are only a few of the services offered to the city's 42 "legally blind' persons said Mr. Hatton. He said there are an additional 67 blind in On. tario County, most in the over- 50 age range. Mr. Hatton spoke in support of the CNIB's annual request for a $100 grant; the request has been referred to the finance finance committee for study committee. their estimated building expen- ditures, "In some places, classrooms are being built for $17,000. Here, we are as high as $31,000 and school. additions are costing $25,000 per room. "I want figures from an independent source." FEAR OVERRIDING Agreeing hat the informa- tion was needed, Ald. Walker decried the method of obtain- ing it. "We are delving iato the board's business," he said. "We should not override them. Ald. Dyer agreed. He called it "meddling". He said the Board "thas figures available and we shouldn't expect our city officials to dig them out." Ald. Bint said if the city goes to the Department of Edu- cation for statistical help, "I hope they tell us it is none of our business." said Ald. Branch: "In all fairness to the Board we should ask them to get the figures." GILD THE MIND "It is more important to the minds of the to gild. tee baldieg, Sau always woininn tenons Added Ald, Attersiley: god shouldn't be rubber stamps. I've heard many people say we take the weak way out. Here is $31,000 for a general purpose room. What is a general pur pose room? They never had one when I went to school." ~ ABOLISH OLD ROUTINE: Ald. Pilkey pointed out that "we are elected to get facts and figures, We are not s ping on anybody's non persisted. He "Never mind hanging on | the old routine," he admo ed council, "Project yourselves. Step out in front. Never mind holding back." Noting that Mayor Gifford wants a meeting with ..the board to discuss debenture spending this year, Ald. Pilkey said the statistics would' be valuable. 'We have to have them to discuss costs But Ald. Dafoe disagreed: gently." Talking Book Library Cited The new tape talking book to be used by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind was described by David Hatton, field secretary for this district, at the recent meeting of the Oshawa Advisory Board of the CNIB. At present the CNIB library service is enjoyed by over 3,500 blind people in Canada, 1,500 of them living in Ontario. The Na tional Library in Toronto con- tains books in Braille and Moon type, as well as disc talk. ing book records; which in. clude works of fiction, history, biography, philosophy and others, read by professional readers. It is planned to re- place these disc records with tape recordings. While the cost of the conversion program, which will take two years to complete, will be very high, there are many advantages to be gained. The cost of the new tape talk. ing books will be much less, the tapes can be re-used when the demand for certain books has been met, it will be possible to produce the tape books much more quickly, they will be more .compact in size, and there will not be the risk of damage through exposure to heat, breakage in transit to the blind readers, scratching, and dirt, all of which were prob- lems with disc records. The tapes will be completely en- closed in a cassette, which will make jit unnecessary for the blind person using them to thread the tape on the recorder. EYE BANK Mr, Hatton also told about the Eye Bank of Canada, spon- sored by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the University of Toronto Depart- ment of Ophthalmology, where. by the eyes of a recently de ceased person can be used to provide material for corneal. transplants, so that a blind per. son can see. In order to use the eyes of a recently deceased person, they must be removed within a few hours of death, but they can be deep-frozen and kept for a@ period of time before being used. Pledge cards for anyone wishing to donate their eyes can be obtained from the chairman or secretary of the Oshawa Advisory Board of the CNIB. In his report, Mr. Hatton stated that there are 44 blind people living in the Oshawa area at present. One blind Osh awa child is now attending the Ontario School for the Blind in Brantford. Home teaching - in Home Economics is being given to one of our blind citizens, and the usual services are being pro- vided. The promotion of Mr, Donald Rawson, who has been assistant field secretary for this district, to a new position in St. Catharines, was announced, PLAN DISPLAY Rev. Dr. George Telford chairman of the Oshawa Advi. sory Board, presided. Special mention was made of the con- ference of the Ontario County Rehabilitation Council, to 'be held in Oshawa from Feb. 27: to Mar. 1. The CNIB will have a display at this conference 'of some of the services which it provides for rehabilitation «of the blind, and also of some'of the work done by the blind, In this regard, it. was pointed out that the CNIB does not sell the work of blind people from door to door, but only through retail outlets, nor does it spon sor the sale of magazines, tick, ets, or other items by doorto. door canvass.