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Oshawa Times (1958-), 15 Feb 1963, p. 9

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he Oshawa Times: PAGE NINE - SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1963 Urge Civic Board Practice Econom Financial Position Outlined By Council In 1962 the city's total deben- ture debt amounted to Lease 534, not including an es' amount of $1,397,000 for Public Works, for construction com- pleted in 1962. Of this total, Mr. Wandless revealed, $6,851,400 went to school purposes, $3,247,- 499 to the PUC and the balance to general expenditures and local improvements, Mr. Drynan indicated he was disturbed by the figure repre- senting the per capita debt. He suggested it was misleading in that it gives the impression that this is the amount every man, Ice Carnival Is Enjoyed By Pupils Sunset Heights Public School held its annual ice carnival re- cently at the North Oshawa Arena. A large attendance of parents and children enjoyed a most successful evening. The teaching staff, assisted by the parents, was in charge of the races with the following re- sults: Kindergarten Boys -- John Campbell, Mark Warren and Patty Wilson. Kindeergarten Girls--Barbara| OSHAWA FRENCH CANADIAN CLUB INSTALLS NEW EXECUTIVE Officers for the ensuing and received its charter in can assemble and hold social Lo IA ir ye B PB scteo a Rha, | ate, year were recently installed 1058, now has » membership gatherings. Members of the Donisn' 6° vsiers Poulin, Jean-Paul Belanger, guide: by the Oshawa French "ana- of 300 mep. The club plans to new executive seated, from treasurer. Standing, from left Armand Paquette director dian Club. The organization, build a parish hall where left, are Joseph Fournier, are Laurent Lantergue, direc- and Raymond Goulet, direc- which was organized in 1955 members of. the congregation vice-president; Leo Marseau, Director Of Net Cost Of Welfare Big Crowd Probation Tower Here Last Year Sees Three Coming Here ry i cn te nue School Plays $3,400 from 1961, is shared by The ponytail and dungarees tor of probation services, De- director; director; Oshawa's debenture debt has been rising and will continue rising until 1966, those entrusted with i the tax dollar were told at city hall Thursday night. | The figures put before the trustees of the Board of Educa- tion and Commissioners of the Oshawa Public Utilities _Com- mission, in the council cham- bers on invitation by the city council, revealed that by 1966 one-third of Oshawa's debenture payments will be to pay inter- est. to play the game with us," he said, A comparison with other mu- nicipalities revealed Oshawa's. per capita debt, at $300, is high- er than cities such as Kitchener, St. Catharines, Brantford, and Sarnia. But G. A, Wandless, planning director, pointed out there are other cities and towns well exceeding Oshawa's per capita debt, among which are Ajax and Whitby, with $310. and $307, respectively. The highest per capita debt is in Oakville, with $524, followed by Ottawa, with $361, he said. son has been self-supporting for one year. In the case of a resident from another province or country, the Province of: Ontario pays the Net cost of welfare in Oshawa last year was $229,856.81, ac- cording to the Welfare Depart- ment's annual report. i set went cultural Thursday of the Attorney the iy wed sectemna ln night at Centra) Collegiati Insti- ent "s ;: General, will be the banquet aker on Wednesday, Feb. 27, ut the Rehabilitation Confer- ence being held at the Genosha Hotel, Oshawa, Feb. 27 March 1, Rev. Dr. George Tel- ford, conference chairman, said ee in the United Kingdom in 1914 Daniel Coughlan came to Canada with his parents when he was nine years old and settled in Welland, Ontario. In 1928 he returned to England where he joined the Royal Navy for training as a midshipman on the Training Ship H.M.S. Conway. On completion of this, he entered the British Merchant Marine Service and during the next three years sailed to In- dia, the Orient and Australia. After getting his third mate's ticket, he returned to Canada where. he attended Trinity Col- lege, University of Toronto, and studied for the Anglican Minis- try in which he was ordained in 1938. .| Municipality 20 per cent. combatant, rather served.in the Gunnery. fucihconee Branches until was medically discharged 1045. postgraduate stud-|¢; ten ot toe etree of Social Work, : where he remained until 1951, serving as probation officer and later as deputy judge. In 1952 the Ontario Govern- ment created the post of Direc- tor of Probation Services and Mr. Coughlan became its first incumbent. The banquet will be chaired by George Fletcher, a mem- ber of the Ontario County Re- habilitation Council and chair- man, Crippled Children's Com- mittee, Oshawa Rotary Club. Mr. will be introduc- ed by Harold McNeill, Simcoe Hall, Oshawa, probation offic- er, Juvenile and Family Court. Earlier. in the afternoon of the same day three papers will be given on different phases of rehabilitation: (1) -- Rehabilitation of Sub- normal Intelligence Groups, by r, M. O. L. Barrie, Superin- tendent, Ontario Hospital, (2) -- Rehabilitation of the Mentally lll by Dr. J. D. Grif- fin, Toronto, executive director of the Canadian Mental Heailth Association. (3) -- Rehabilitation of the Young Offender by Brother Roger Philip of St. John's Training School, Windsor. These papers will be follow- ed by group discussions co-or- dinated by Harold McNeill. Apartment Is Ransacked Thieves entered a Gibb street apartment Thursday, ransack- ed drawers and made off with a mantel] radio set while the ten- ant was out. Earlier, James Statham, 213 Zeperied $0 police that he bad to police t chased a man from his apart- ment after the man had at- tempted entry. Statham said the man knock- ed on his door then opened it and e inside. Seeing Statham in bed, he fled to his car and drove away. Statham gave chase but lost the man's car in heavy traf- fic. Sought is an Italian or Maltese, about five foot, six inches tall, of stocky build. Police said Mrs. Claire Lowe's apartment at 345 Gibb street was entered while she was out. They said Mrs. Lowe report- ed drawers ransacked, a televi- sion set was damaged and the lo stolen. About three weeks ago, Mrs. had a mink coat stolen from her apartment. She chang- ed the lock after the theft, she told police. March costs, at $24,492.94, and tute. Three one-act plays, under to ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS Provincial legislation in 1956 authorized municipalities to pro- vide additional assistance to re- cipients of Old Age Security, Old Age Assistance, Blind Persons' Allowances, Mothers' Allow. jances and Disabled Persons' Allowances. Writes Mr. Chesebrough: "The maximum amount of sup- plementary aid authorized to assist excess shelter costs and continuing drug costs is $20 per month. The cost is steadily in- creaing as the result of in- creased drug costs." Other items in the report cover: a) court appearaces; b) chargebacks; c) post-san al- lowance; d) nursing care; e) homemaker and nurses' serv- ices; f) juveniles in training schools; g) children's aid; h) indigent hospitalization costs. 227 COURT CASES Court appearances -- There were 227 family court cases over last year, involving 69 court appearances. 'Local and outside CAS cases involved 35 additional appearances, _ Says the report: "A considerable portion of the time of the Welfare Adminis. trator-or the Deputy is spent in attending Family Court. When a woman applies for assistance as the result of desertion, a charge must be laid in Family Court in order to qualify. Other cases include paternity Suits, children's aid wardship cases and charges of failure to obey a court order. The amount of time spent in court averages almost a full day per week." Chargebacks totalled $49,992. 01 last year, $46,253.10 being charged to municipalities, Explains the report: "Under the General Welfare Assistance Act, a person does not establish residence in a municipality until they have re- sided there for twelve consec- utive months without public as- sistance. If an application for welfare is received during the first twelve months the cost of assist- ance is charged to the respon- sible municipality until the per- Church Official Is Transferred Pastor Henry D. Henriksen, president of the Seventh-day Ad- ventist Church in Ontario and Quebec, has accepted a new church adm'nistretive position it was announced today. Pastor William J. Bothe, pres- ident of the Adventist work in Canada, in making this an- nouncement stated that Mr. Henriksen would be joining the legal department of the church's Northern California Division, with headquarters in Oakland. Mr. Henriksen's new responsi- bilities will deal with legal mat- ters pertaining to some 20,000 Adventists in 97 churches lo- cated in that area. BORN IN DENMARK The 62-year-old cleric was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he received all of his ele- mentary and secondary educa- tion. After completing his first year at the University of Copen- hagen he came to the United States and attended the church's theological seminary at Hutchin- son, Minnesota, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in religion. His ministry for the church began in the Province of Alberta in 1928, being ordained in 1931 as a gospel minister. For the past 35 years Mr. Henriksen has held various posts of responsi- bility for the church in every province of western Canada. He has directed home mission and Sabbath school work in British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskat- chewan on the provincial basis, and later on the National level for all of Canada. Before coming to Oshawa in 1959 to head the church's work! It. is expected that Pastor and in Ontario and Quebec, Pastor/Mrs. H. D. Henriksen will be Henriksen was president of the|moving to California sometime February, at $24,201.12, were the 'highest monthly totals last year. In 1961, with the annual cost up $27,500 over last year, the nigh-cost months were August and April. March of last year saw 1,017 Persons on welfare in Oshawa. January (963), February (1,003) and April (959) were other high months. In 1961, August (1,044) and June (986) showed the highest totals. TOTAL COST DOWN In his annual report, Welfare Administrator H. G. Chese- brough notes the decrease in total costs last year: "General welfare assistance, Since 1958 has abolished the distinction which existed be- tween unemployable persons and employable jobless persons. "Under this new division' of financial responsibility, the Do- minion Government pays 50 per cent of the cost, the Ontario Government 30 per cent and the "During 1962, welfare costs reflected the economic improve- ment with a substantial de- crease in costs." Administration costs in 1962 totalled $50,805.44, down about 000 from 1961. Included in these costs aré salaries, car Operation expenses, new equip- ment, printing and conventions. There is no direct grant from senior governments for this cat- egory, notes Mr. Chesebrough. Non-shareable costs last year Were $10,601.39, up about $1,300. Says Mr. Chesebrough: "A number of welfare expenses re- ceive no subsidy whatsoever. Items in this category include medicines, bedding, indigent fu- nerals, moving and ambulance costs." DRUG COST GROWING "The largest single item in this category is drugs, the cost of which is continually increas- ing," he notes, While _non-shareable costs Stood at $10,691.39, supplement- PASTOR H. D. HENRIKSEN cChewan Conferences of the church. ACTIVE IN CHURCH Besides directing Adventist work in this area, Mr. Henrik- sen is chairman of the church's 168-bed North. York Branson Hospital in Willowdale. He is vice-chairman of the Oshawa Missionary College, and is a board member of the Canadian Union College, Lacombe, Al- berta; of the Kingsway Publish- ing House and Maracle Press, both of Oshawa. Mrs. Henriksen is the former Evelyn Knoll of Calgary, Al- berta. assistance granted for twelve months from the date the appli- cant arrived in the Municipal- ity." TB COSTS UP Post-san allowance is granted to discharged sanatorium pa- tients who lived in Oshawa at the time of their admission to hospital. Cost last year was $948, com- pared to $941 im 1961. This cost is shared by the province (80 per cent) and the. city and, says the report, "is administered with the close co-operation of the Medical Officer of Health." Nursing Home costs were up sharply last year, compared the capable direction of Miss Muriel Sissons, were perform- ed by the Drama Club in the 13th Central Presents. annual presentation of The choir, complete with the piano accompaniment of Bar- bara Harolak, sang Fair Style and Gandy Dancers' rected by Ted Clark. Ball di- A brass ensemble from the senior band, -directed by E. A. Winkler, rendered selections of Nature's Praise of God, Humor- esque and Latinette. The plays were comedies and drew applause from a packed auditorium. *Op-O-Me-Thumb (Cockney for a_ serious in 1962, up 1961 costs of $1135.34. cludes payments month. NURSING SERVICES vices costs totalled first category, Says the report: receive sufficient and care. welfare recipients and Cross Homemakers TRAINING SCHOOLS to 1961 Shareable and _ non- shareable costs totalled $4582.31 more than $3400 over The report notes that the pro- vince shares (80-20) this cost with municipalites, The cost in- toward the cost of indigent patients in Nur- sing homes -- up to $100 per Homemaker and nurses ser- $10,947.50 last year, all but $947 in the "The services of a home- maker may be used in families where the mother is ill, hospi- talized or convalescent and un- able to carry out the full responsibility of the home. The ill, elderly or infirm may help from part-time homemaking services to enable them to carry on quite comfortably, maintaining adequate standard of nutrition The majority of persons seek- ing this help are not necessarily if /em- ployed at least a portion of the cost is paid towards the service The province shares the cost of the service 50-50 with the mun- icipality and in Oshawa the ser- vice is provided by the Red the and Victorian Order of Nurses. The Nursing Service partici-| pation started on July 1, 1961."! Juveniles in Training Schools: Quoting from the report -- "Under the Training Schools Act, a Magistrate or Judge of a Family Court may commit a an hop of my thumb), comedy by Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce, was played in a Soho, London, laundry. It told the tale of a mousey young girl played by Saralyn Gutsole who relieved the mono- tony of a drab life through the medium of dreams, carrying them to the extent where they got a little out of hand. Youthful players smoothly rolled their tongues around dif- ficult cockney phrases with pro- fessional ease. Featured in the cast was Leita Smith, Betty Poloz, Carol Stezik, Valentina Sidorow and William Huzar. ONE-ACT COMEDY Kitten in the Elm Tree, a comedy im one act by E. P. Conkle was performed with equal skill. The background was a fire station, a family din- Jones, Heather Cook and Jane Brinning. ' Boys, 6 and 7 -- Billie Heard, David Kimmerly, and Alan Pierce. Girls, 6 and 7 --Debbie Ban- field, Jo Ellen McGillis and Jan Hodges. Boys, 8 and $--James Bind, Bradley Jackson and David Harris. PLEA FOR ECONOMY ed on aill elected bodies to tight- en their belts and join the coun- cil in cutting as much of the capital expenditure as possible. He said the council did not want to be the only body to make cuts, as in past years. Mayor Lyman A. Gifford call- "We hope, expect and ask you Girls, 8 and 9 -- Georgia Thorburn, Elizabeth Laughlin and Janet Crawford. Boys, 10 and 11 -- John How- ard, Stephen Bird and Blake Salmers, Girls, 10 and 11 -- Barbara Kimmerly, Janet Tisdale and Patsy Neal. Boys, 12 and 18 -- Bob How- ard, John Janetos, and Graham Monroe. Girls, 12 and 13 -- Susan Neal, Valerie Locke and Pat Desaul- niers. Boys, 14 and over -- Earl Newman, Bill Mulville and Brian Cranfield. Adults, Women --Linda Pat- terson, Marjorie Horne and Mrs. Jean Warren, Adults, Men -- Keith New- man, Ben Salmers and Peter Graper. The skating party was con- vened by Mrs Robert Schoenan assisted by Mrs. Stanley Jack- son and Mrs. A. J, Achma- towicz. Rink supervision was under the able hand of Cecil gaa a@ member of the staff. ing room and a teleph ex- change -- all in a small hill- billy town. Hilarious comedy follows when wires get crossed and handsome firechief (George Bolotenko) mistakes the girl' of his dreams (Sandra Hughes) for another. Others in the cast are Mike Karas, Martin Leger, Susan Jackman and Frances. Krugar. Assistant director is Sharon | Jackson. If you want to learn how not to capture and keep a husband, better make it a point to at- tend a lecture on the subject by Miss Georgina Quackenbush (Leita Smith), with the help of her demonstrators, Marshall |McConkey, Sabina Berkis, Brian Williams, Kathleen Mc- Rae, Richard Doyle and Doris Chromej, instruction 'in the art Local Banker Is Transferred The transfer of J. W. Greig, accountant at the King and Sim- coe branch of the Canadian Im- perial Bank of Commerce . to the post of manager of the Kingston road and McCowan branch in Toronto has been an- nounced, J. Bumister, an assistant ac- countant, has been named to fill Mr. Greig's post at the Osh- awa branch. P. J, Buchanan, assistant accountant at Niagara Falls, will be assistant accoun- tant at the King and Simcoe branch here. Officers At Harman Park Are Named hood Association held its elec- tion of officers for 1963 recent- ly at the park club house. Wes Ogden conducted the nomina- tions and installed the new offi- cers. president, turned the chair over to the new president, Jack Rukaruk, The other new offi- cers are as follows: Vice-presi- dent, Robert Lewis; Mrs, Sallie Plume; Mrs. June Morris;, social con- vener, Mrs. Eleanor Rukaruk; sick convener, Mrs. Hill; Montpetit; Gerry Godfrey; central council representatives, Mr. and Mrs. A. Carey. p. The Harman Park Neighbor- Mrs. Louise Kornic, the pas secretary, 1966 TURNING POINT Replying to questions by Ald, C. G, Pilkey and Trustee George K, Drynan, Mr. Wandless said the turning point will be 1966, In that year, he explained, pay- ment will catch up with the amount debentured that year and stop the increase of the city's debt. However, it was pointed out, this will be the case only if the city sticks with its present five-year capital deben- ture plan and issues no further debentures than those called for by the plan, Mayor Gifford said that the council may pare the expendi- tures of the other civic bodies if it has to..He suggested the PUC 'and the board might even have to get along "on a tem- porary basis", if things. come to the worst. He suggested the board may have to consider the shift system, and the use of Portable schools. Trustee Drynan, chairman of the Board of Education, said after the meeting that certain- ly, at the present time, the the foreseeable future, treasurer, Claire sports chairman, Reg building chairman, There will be no dances in the club house or any other activities for a few weeks as the inside of the club house is be ing renovated. However, it is hoped to be in full swing very Shortly. The park opening is Sone for sometime in early une. The ladies' auxiliary also held its election of members which was conducted by Jack Rukaruk, The new officers are as follows: president, Mrs. Dor-|have to be installed, He said een Lewis; vice-president, Mrs. Louise Kornic; secretary, Mrs. Elsie Foster; Pearl Montpetit. treasurer, Mrs. The next monthly meeting will be held on March 10 at 2|non-callable, and can not be re- action," he commented. FINANCIAL INSIGHT board sees no such danger in "T am sure a proper civic and board administration will pre- vent the necessity of any such woman and child in this city owes. He unged that it be point- ed out that 52 per cent of the tax revenue is derived from commercial and industrial levies. Ald. Walter R. Branch, chair- man of the city's finance com- mittee, who chaired the meet- ing, said that expressing the per capita debt in the way it was presented, is the way it is done by the Department of Municipal Affairs. Music Lovers Looking To Comic Opera A brilliant highlight: of Osh- awa's musical season will be the visit. of the Canadian Opera . Com on Friday, March 1. Outstanding Canadian artists will present Mozart's opera, "Cosi Fan Tutte", (Women are like that) in the new auditorium at the R. S. McLaughlin Col- legiate and Vocational Institute. This comic opera contains some of Mozart's most delight- ful music and the performance in English ensures that the audi- The aldermen, trustees and commissioners were confronted with a number of graphs, pre- pared by the city hail staff, giv- ing a detailed insight in the city's financial position. Among other things it was re- vealed that the city's population has almost doubled in the past 12 years. Taxable assessment rose from $34,254,055 in. 1950 to $222,632,790 in 1962. The tax levy was $1,366,740 in 1950 and 'rose to $8,783,941 in 1962. Mr. Wandless explained some of the reasons for the city's debt. Annexation, he said, is al- ways a heavy burden on a city because new services and roads also the fact that interest rates have gone up place the city in a disadvantageous position. J. Elford, acting: city treasurer, pointed out the debentures are m. in the park club house. ence will be able to follow the amusing plot. The cast includes Alexander Gray, Phil Stark, Peter Van Ginkel, Elsie Saw- chuk, Arlene Meadows and Kathryn Newman. The production will be staged by the well known opera ex- pert, Herman Geiger-Torel, with assistant stage director, Andrew MacMillan. Musical director and pianist will be Dr. George Brough and the costumes are designed by Suzamne Mess, who did 'such a splendid job in cos- tuming last year's production. of "La Boheme". The Oshawa audience, who attended "La Boheme" last year, were most enthusiastic about the standard of that pro- duction and-"'Women Are Like That" promises to be equally good and funny as well. The production will be sponsored by the Oshawa branch of the Cana- . issued on better terms. dian Concert Association. is ably given in Central Pre- sent's third and final play by Conrad Seiler. boy or girl under the age of 16 to a Training School in Ontario. |t "The municipality in which the child has residence, as de- termined by this Act, is re- quired to pay 90 cents per day There is still time to see Cen- ral Presents, Its final night is tonight. The curtain rises at 8 p.m. sharp. Tickets may be ob- tained at the door. towards maintenance costs while the child is a resident in the Training School." Cost to Oshawa during 1962 was $4,124.63, up from $2,703.22 recorded in 1961, Children's Aid Societies: Per diem rate costs for local and "outside" CAS cases totalled $54,223.23 in 1962. Net cost in 1961 was $46,834.91. The report says, "a munici- pality is responsible for the per diem raté of wards of Children's Aid Societies who are found by CITY OF OSHAWA TRAFFIC TALLY Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1963 Number of accidents to date epee Number of injuries to Number of accidents Monday .. Fatalities ...cccceoee ail Today is the 119th fatality- free day in the city. 32 mil a Family Court to have resi- dence in (Oshawa)."' INDIGENT COSTS Net cost of indigent hosp'tal- izations to Oshawa last year was $3,316.42. Gross cost was $8,155.65, plus $6,400.70 for On- tario Hospital Insurance pay- School Aid Plan Extended OTTAWA (CP)--Labor Minis- $14,556.35. tients' partial payment out of the "The Welfare "This, © combined greatly reduced Alberta and Manitoba - Saskat-learly in March. Cost to the City." ments for a combined cost of The difference was made up by a provincial grant and pa- Quoting from the report: "The municipality is respon- sible for the hospital charges of an indigent who has been a resi- dent of the city for three months six months mediately prior to admission. Department also covers a good percentage Of its cases with Ontario Hospi- tal Insurance and endeavors to recover hospital charges wher- ever possible from cases that are accepted as indigent. with grant from the Province, has the hospital im- ter Starr announced Thursday a six-month extension in the 'temporary program _ under which the federal government pays 75 per cent of the cost of new and expanded vocational and technical schools. The 75-per-cent federal con- of constructicn carried out be- tribution will apply to that part|§ SANA fore Oct. 1 on approved projects for which cantracts have been awarded before April 1 of this ear. The federal - provincial pro- gram was due to revert to a 50-50 cost-sharing basis om April 1 of this year after exactly two years of increased federal aid. Provincial education minis- ters asked for a four-year ex- tension of the 75-ner-cent fed- eral contribution in a meeting with Mr. Starr here Jan. 21. al One of the many interesting pieces of equipment in use at the Oshawa General Hospital MACHINE COUNTS B SA electronic machine used for the. counting of red and white is the Coulter Counter, an blood cells automatically. The SS machine 'can count up to 50,- 000 cells in 15 seconds. Seen operating the machine 4s John LOOD CELLS AUTOMATICALLY Barker, senior technician in the haematology department, --Oshawa Times Photo

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