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Oshawa Times (1958-), 5 Mar 1963, p. 9

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STARR OPENS OSHAWA PC COMMITTEE ROOM er, and Les Evans, office man- ha federal election April 8. Mich- ael Starr, second from left, the PC nominee is seen as he opened the doors of the Osh- awa committee rooms early The Progressive Conserva- tive Party for Oshawa Riding officially opened the cam- paign headquarters for their < candidate in the forthcoming Tuesday morning. Also in the picture are, from left, Robert J. Nicol, campaign manager; Mrs. Kate Peters, office work- er; Donald Dodds, party work- WANT NO FRILLS ager at the Starr headquar- ters. --Oshawa Times Photo. District of Oshawa,'told memwers of the Rotary Club of Oshawa at bi reel : trict attended. One hundred members Club Praised For Work On Conference Governor E. G. Storie, 1 and their wives from the committee, from the Oshawa club, who planned the event included: Ken Crone, chairman; Al. Reed, Stanley Lovell, Sam Donnelly, William Alger, Charles World, Richard Debenture Request Returned To Board recommendation that council approve the request. Those who voted for approval: Finance Chairman Walter Hours after Lyman A. Gifford defeated Mayor Christine Thomas early last December, class- "for a few years until we can|Hayward Murdoch. efford permanent additions". This was just one plank in the mayor-elect's "austerity" orm. ; Last night, Mayor Gifford backed up Ald. Cliff Pilkey who was instrumental in having the Board of Education's $221,000 debenture request go back to the Board for what he called "reappraisal". absent. pose room 4osting $126,000) public schools. FRILLS e "We want adequate schools, assured Ald. Pilkey, "but with- out frills. We don't need monu- for withholding approval." STATISTICS QUOTED Branch, Ald. John Dyer and Public Works Chairman Cecil Bint was The finance committee's recommendation read, '$221,000 for additions to Adelaide Mc- Laughlin (four rooms costing $95,000) and Dr. C. F, Cannon (four rooms and a general pur- The report read, " ... pro- vided for in the estimates and there appears to be no reason "I wouldn't say they put in for more than they need. wouldn't say it is deiiberate, but it is human nature. ONLY A FORERUNNER "This is only the forerunner," the mayor warned. "I hope we don't have to send their current budget estimates back to them." Ald. Branch pointed out that the figures were only estimates but they included school furnish- ings. He told council the gen- eral purpose room at Dr. Can- non school was needed for Home and School meetings. Ald. Finley Dafoe suggested adding a few feet to foundation forms and using heightened basements for general purpose rooms. PAY FOR COOKIES ON DELIVERY Oshawa Girl Guides and Brownies will be out in full force during the week. of Mar. 8-16 in their annual cookie drive. Mrs, J. K. Glover, cookie convener for the week, has asked that no money be paid to the girls until the cookies are delivered. A recent wave of petty swindling by young girls in the Toronto area has caused some concern and the Osh- awa movement would like to avoid a similar outbreak here. Place an order of cookies but wait until they are de- livered before you pay for' them. Driver Jailed For Seven Days Fairthorne, John W. Lowry, Charles Lancaster, S. T. Hop- boom _-- Bennett and Lloyd agill. The attendance trophy was won by the Cooksville - Dixie Club; while Robert Day, of the Toronto Club, was elected dis- trict governor for the 1963-64 Rotary year. Appeal For Caretaker Is Denied A grievance of four school caretakers against the Oshawa Board of Education over an ap- pointment was denied by an ar- bitration board, with dissention of the union's board nominee. The decision was made public Monday. The arbitration hearing was held Jan. 31 under the chair- manship of Judge J. C. Ander- Ohe Oshawa Gunes SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1963 PAGE NINE ments to anyone and we don't schools. i i But Ald. Pilkey thought he had a reason for withholding approval. He quoted statistics and an architect's report on an addition to a Kathleen Rowe school addition in Whitby at $16,000 per classroom. The architect said concise planning and elimination of wasteful areas were the reasons for the $16,000 per room figure. Other comparisons listed by' than|Ald. Pilkey: Bayview Heights, Bay. Ridges -- an eight room addition on a 22-room school, $21,000 per classroom. Pickering High School addi- tion: $16,500 per classroom; Re- deemer Separate School, $16,000 per classroom. more we retir H ed to this year's cap- tures to be deben- :790,000. But Oshawa only $1,470,436 this year, according to the mayor. The recorded vote was 9 to 3 for Ald. Pilkey's referral mo- tion, which preceded (and ne- gated) the finance committee's i re '. schools," said His Worship, "give them one; if they want the board), give them $140,000. "Tf the board wants two $280,000 (a previous estimate of "We will have to do what is necessary until we are over the financial hump," he _ philoso- phized. Ald. Branch listed $1,397,000 as capital expenditures carried over from 1961 and 1962. He add- ed $112,000 which he said was committed for bus payments and the $221,000 for the Board of Education, for a total of $1,730,000, This leaves $250,264 over what will be retired, said ~ Ald. Branch. Ald. Albert Walker objected to the debate on school classroom costs 'before the planned meet- ing" for that topic. "We should hold up until we -hear the board's arguments on their per- classroom costs. Here, Ald. Pilkey put his re- ferral motion, cutting off debate and forcing the vote. Nelson Francis Hicks, who pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk im charge of a car, was Monday jailed for seven days. The court was told he was fol- lowed by a citizen who noticed Hicks' car swerving as he drove along. Police found him hanging on the wheel of his car after he had parked it in his driveway. "My nerves are shot," Hicks told the court, but denied it hap- pened because he drank. Urge Donors To Attend To Study Rocks In The District refs Baral aga on the sedimentary rocks underly- ing the Oshawa district will be undertaken by the Consumers' Gas Company during the com- found. Pany's project engineer, told) Mr. members of the Rotary Club of Oshawa, at their Monday lunch- eon, rock structures in the dis- trict will be studied by univer- sity students to ascertain the rock strata is suit- able for the location of under- ground storage of natural gas. the cost of natural gas. It was explained the company must secure mineral and sur- face rights from all owners of lands. This is to protect the company and land owners in the even: valuable minerals are Wallace stressed that such underground storage is not dangerous and does not consti- tute a nuisance to surrounding areas. Underground storage, he said, will help to bring down The speaker emphasized that the growing industrial potential of Ontario makes it essential Election Pay Is Boosted Deputy returning officers, poll clerks and persons owning places where election polls are held, will all get raises with the next civic election. DRO's will get $22, poll clerks will get $15 and polling rentals will be set at $20, it was de- cided Monday night as council backed a Property department recommendation. Old rates: DRC's, $15; PC's, $10 and polls, $15. election more than we are now aying. Cost of this increase: $1,972 an| Blood Clinic Red Cross officials are op- timistic that Thursday's Clinic will reach its objective and help to enlarge the Blood Bank bal- ance. As was indicated in yes- terday's report the balance at last month's clinic was such that a special trip was made to take the afternoon's donations to the hospital for immediate pro- cessing and release. Surely this month the clinic will have a re- cord number of donors to see that the bank is put back to an operating efficiency. Volunteer workers are put- ting in a strenuous week's ac- tivity in an effort to reach an objective of at least a minimum quota of 400 pints. This can only be achieved with the sup- |port of the general donating citi- zen and your support is urgent- ly solicited. son of Belleville. The board of education nominee was Horace Krever, Toronto lawyer. Nom- inee for Local 18.of the Na- tional Union of Public Service Employees was Keith W. Ross, secretary-treasurer of the Osh- awa and District Labor Council. The grievors claimed the board of education had promot- ed to chief custodian of a colleg- iate institute a man svho had only equal or less ability than the grievors, and had less sen- iority. | They claimed violation of their collective agreement with the board of education, which States that "all things being equal, seniority in the service of the board will be the basis of promotion, lay-off and re- hiring." In its award, dated Feb. 23, the arbitration board denied the grievance on the that the board of education is en- titled to rely on the recommen- dation of its superintendent, who, in the board's opinion, did -arefully consider and weigh the applications, letters of refer- ence and qualifications of each of the grievors, The arbitration board also concluded that 'the qualifica- tions of the successful appli- cant were higher than those of any of the grievors." In his dissenting report, Mr. Ross said he felt the decision 0 the superintendent was arbi- trary as it was based on a pre- judiced opinion because of his close association with the suc- cessful applicant. Rule Hotel concrete for the foundation of is a view of the project lo- "OSHAWA BOYS' CLUB IS TAKING SHAPE Despite the cold weather in the Oshawa Boys' Ciub has cated in Eastview Park. The is being carried out by H, M. recent weeks the pouring of been progressing. Seen heré general contract for the work Brooks Limited. , --Oshawa Times Photo Seek Delay Walk Policy Taxes are up around $400 and sidewalk costs are, going to go up, too. How high can you go? This is ridiculous, claimed John DeHart Monday night. Mr. DeHart; president of the Lake Vista Ratepayers Associa- tion, was asking council to de- fer implementation of a new sidewalk cost policy for a year. "All those who petitioned last year should have the work done at.the same rate as last year," argued Mr. DeHart. This was homeowner, 75 per cent and city, 25 per cent. The new policy, slated to go into effect on 1963 construction programs: 1) needed sidewalks, or be paid for on a 50-50 cost split city. 2) be whol owner, The city's Public Works com- mittee will study the request. Any change would affect side- walks on Stone, Trent and Marion streets, and Riverside drive south. Petitioners living on these Streets wrote that "it is unfair not only to us but to all who pet- ttioned for sidewalks in 1962, to be constructed in 1963." Ban Hospital Drive Parking Oshawa City Council. Monday night approved the drawing up of a bylaw to prohibit parking on the semi-circular drive at Oshawa General Hospital, Hospital officials have tried "every method" to keep motor- ists from parking on the drive leading to the emergency en- cording to Ald. John Brady. "We are setting a precedent," this. Other places the privilege too." will those in the "public interest'? would between the homeowner and the ioned sidewalks would paid for by the home- trance -- with little success, ac- warned Ald. John Dyer. "The day will come when we will rue|Street to Church street. want Ald. Walter Branch, the city's A downtown King street mall, one-way. Athol and Bond streets with angle parking downtown, two - way Simcoe splitting the planned mall into two blocks -- these were pro- posals city council sent to the city's planning board and traf- fic committee Monday night. Born in the February meeting of the executive directors of the Oshawa Businessmen's Associa- tion, the plans visualize King street, from Church to Mary, as wide open, flowered and treed, with fountains and a colored asphalt floor. SEEKS DELAY Dean Kelly, president of the for a "lengthy digging up 0! merce, Labor Council and The Oshawa Businessmen's Associa- tion. "We feel there is no need for a lengthy major digging up of King street as.this matter could be expedited by covering the existing sidewalks and roadway with colored asphalt of archi- tectural design for the pedes- trian walking area only. We will support our thinking on this matter with an engineer's re- port 'and detailed drawings to the Traffic Committee." OTHER RESOLUTIONS The other resolutions: That Athol street be made a one-way street east starting a a point immediately east of the King street bridge passing through the city owned non- metered parking lot to its pres- ent limits east of Wilson road and be extended to Farewell and other points east as soon as possible to link up with King street. Angle parking be allow- ed southside from Centre street to Mary street only. Athol street to be widened from Mary Association, asked that plans That Simcoe street remain two-way traffic at all times and that only during the period from 5 until 6 p.m. no parking and no stopping be allowed in the congested areas only. Smith Damas Traffic Report shows King street a one-way street, a virtual speedway with the traffic signals timed in the downtown area to speeds from 22 mph to 28 mph. We object strenuously to this as a hazard to pedestrian safety and also point out as there is only one traffic light between Ma street and Church street, it will be virtually impossible for PROBLEM ANALYSIS' above made recommendations in ing, in their survey Section 1, Page 2 of Summary and Recommendations lems has been k based on the peak hour which ments to satisfy this demand are recommended .in this re- Section No. 5.5 we quote: "It must be remembered that the conditions shown occur between the hours of 5.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. and during these times much of the travel is composed of home-to-work trips originat- ing in the southern industrial areas, the central business dis- trict and the Oshawa Shopping Centre, and terminating in the residential areas predominately in the norythern part of the stu- dy area." ROUGH ROUTE SIGNS ecause this condition occurs only during the peak time from 5 until 6 p.m. Friday and the resultant traffic is moving most- autos or pedestrians to cross King street, except at the Four f Corners. King street be suspended until fall and final consultation is made with the Traffic Advisory Council, Planning Board, Traf- fic Engineer, Chamber of Com- Continues the report: The are conjunction with Damas and Smith Report word- which we quote. "Analysis of the prob- undertaken occurs between 5-00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. on Friday in the City of Oshawa and street require- ly to the north-east sections of Submit Mall Project To Planning Board the city to their homes, it is our belief that it is not necessary that this traffic pass through the downtown business area and further conges' it, and that it be so direc at the south GM plant areas to make full use of existing facilities such as Wentworth street, Bloor street E., Ritson road, Wilson road and most important the fuller: use of Stephenson road to Rossland road and thus east. This may be done by large, illuminated above - tersections showing through traf- fic routes and clear' with arrows the lanes to "Busi- ness Section Wentworth street in ranpaey z OS bene main artery, yet n fully used because it is not con- nected to any main artery past Ritson road. It is recommended that eWntworth street. be ex? tended immediately to Fare- well and as soon as possible to Harmony road over existing vacant land which is low-cost. The $3,000,000 Stephenson road artery was not opened at the time of the Smith - Damas Survey in 1961; the report states "The forthcoming open- ing of Stephenson road will pro- vide considerable relief for a number of years." To utilize this to'the best advantages, we recommend that Bond street be opened to Floyd street, which connects to Stephenson road sd that through traffic on Bond one-way. street will not be ham- strung by a double traffic tie- up at the corner of Park roaa which has no traffic controls and a further tie-up at the cor- ner of King and Park road. Until such time as all exist- ing facilities are used to their fullest degree we 'are in opposi- tion to any further new spend- ing of city funds unnecessarily on the purchase of occupied homes to be demolished, addi- tional properties and expensive traffic control systems at this time. highway - TY)signs or billboards at main in- Liquor Stores Approved By representative on the Hospital Board, said he thought there was authority in the Ontario Municipal Act to prohibit park- Among Property Chairman Albert Walker's reasons for hik- ing the salaries: At the federal election there The clinic has been scheduled for Thursday in the St. Greg- ory's Auditorium on Simcoe Award Contract that all possible energy sources be available. At present the province receives its natural New Company Did Not Serve gas through a 2,200-mile pipe- line from Alberta. Signs Pact With Union After several months of nego- tiations, M. B. Bennett Con- struction Limited, Oshawa, a re- cently formed company, signed a contract with a council of trade unions, Monday morning. The council is made up of members of Piece rw of Opera' neers, 793; Geeatioes, Local Union No. 230 and Laborers, Local 597. "This is a red letter day in -President the club. |. He said that December and January are the peak demand periods. The provision of under- Pround storage would make it possible to pump gas through the pipeline ahead of the peak Periods and ensure peak effici- ency On a year-round basis. Storage close to the centres which consume large quanti- ties of natural gas are essential. The speaker was introduced by Rotarian Charles World, dis- trict manager of the company. Fay Brooks voiced appreciation of the service is one simple ballot, whereas .in the city we have at least four different groups seeking elec- tion with a great deal of extra counting involved. A federal election staff gives out the same ballot to every- one, whereas at the municipal election care must be taken to watch for the public school, sep- arate school and ME voters. The DRO and poll clerk will spend some time during the day Prior to the election becoming acquainted with their duties, and the city clerk estimates they will spend anywhere from fourteen to eighteen hours on the election. the city of Oshawa," bags baa Beckstead, secretary - sur- er of Local 597 and Minor Fires Are Quelled The Oshawa Fire Department first company of its type in Osh- awa and district to sign a union ." "We this company will be doing majority of work in the Oshawa area," he said. Under the terms of the con- tract, employees will receive prevailing union rates and con- ditions as well as full union security and various other bene- Mr. Beckstead said, there will be an effort made on behalf of the council to organize other es of the same type Besides two minor fires over the week- bulance calls and washed down @ pool of gasoline on Simcoe street. worth and Simcoe at 2.25 a.m. Sunday. A pool of the fuel had covered the side of the road. fhe Oshawa area. Mr. Beckstead, the council is headed by Herb Ing-|5@ L | ham, chairman of the council of Minor car fire at Simcoe and trade unions and William Lioyd,|Gibb streets; 5 p.m. Saturday. l representative from There' was little damage in 'eamsters Tocal 230. leither case, east, was quickly put out on Saturday. Also handled was a reported Monday it handled end, answered 12 routine am- The department was called to wash down the gas at Went. A small rubbish pile blaze at the Cherneys store, King street Boy Sentenced, Killed Father BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)--A 14- year-old boy accused of shoot- ing his father to death because he objected to the boy's ro- mance with a 16-year-old girl was sentenced Monday to the New Hampton State Training School for Boys. Family Court Judge Raymond Niemer found James Collins of suburban Grand: Island a juve- nile delinquent. - The state training school is an institution for care and treat- ment of emotionally disturbed Children. : Niemer said the yough would! remain at New Hampton until| jhis 18th birthday and would be} junder the jurisdiction of the! family court until he is 21. | Street North. The Clinic will be open from 1,30 to 4 p.m. and again from 6 to 9 p.m. A call to 723-2933 will provide a time saving appointment and facili- tate the transportation of volun- teer donors to the clinic. The actual giving of blood takes approximately half an hour and is carefully supervis- ed by trained personnel who make sure that each donor can give without impairing his own health in any way. The clinic needs your help. Won't you call on Thursday? Work Condition Bylaw Changed Three clauses in an old Osh- awa bylaw were dropped Mon- day night. All were concerned with who may work in a city job. During the "Hungry Thir- des," as Ald, Finley Dafoe de- scribed the era, if a husband or wife had*a job -- anywhere -- the mate would not be allowed to work for the city. Both these clauses were de- leted from the 1940 Consolidated Bylaw. three persons in a closer re- lati hip than d cousi shall be in the employ of the city at the same time (blood, half-blood and adoption relation- ships included). A fourth clause forbidding city employees to hold additional Part time jobs, was retained. The third clause dropped: "no ojaj Local Minors A charge of permitting per- sons under 21 on premises where liquor is sold against the Cadil- lac Hotel, Simcoe street south, was dismissed by Magistrate C. W. Guest. Calling evidence "very danger- ous on which to register a con- viction," Magistrate Guest said his decision was based on a matter of credibility, He said: "There's a doubt in my mind as to whether these boys were on the premises or not, and the waiters say they were not." Former Cadillac waiter, Vic- tor Whitely, who now works in Toronto and who was identi- fied by two of the boys involy- ed as the man who served them, said he saw no minors in the hotel Oct. 19. The hotel was charged after a fatal accident in Oshawa that night in which a 19-year-old youth was killed. The driver of the car, Raymond Ross Es- in' on private property, later verified this. City Solicitor E. G. McNeely Uxbridge Assess Driver $100 And Costs licence was under suspension. ed guilty, licence was suspended 'in 1958 until such time as he paid off a 1962 but he did not notify the Department of Highways. Constable Charles Hiltz told in an accident at Gibb and vestigation revealed his licence was under suspension. sery, who was. convicted of dangerous driving, told police he and his passengers had been drinking at the hotel. Only Crown witness who said he saw minors on hotel prem- ises, was William Babich. He claimed he saw Essery sitting in the Cadillac Hotel, Men's room as he went in for a drink Oct. 19, Under cross-examination by Defence Counsel: Russell D. Humphreys, QC, he admitted having been suspended from using the hotel for playing a CITY OF OSHAWA TRAFFIC TALLY Saturday and Sunday Feb. 23 and 24, 1963 Accidents to date .. Injuries to date ....... Weekend accidents ... Persons injured ....... 3 Fatalities nil Today marks the 127th and 128th fatality-free days in the city. 154 36 6 mouth organ. Failing to notify of his finan- cial responsibility earned a man a $100 and costs fine or 10 days Monday for driving while his Bernard J. Traviss, who piead- told the court his judgment he incurred. He said the judgment was paid off in the court Traviss was involved Nassau streets, recently and in- UXBRIDGE (Staff) -- A total of 89.9 percent of the Uxbridge electorate turned down. cocktail lounges and liquor with meals during Monday's liquor plebis- cite. Liquor stores gained the ne- cessary 60 percent of more votes of approval. Results released: by Returning Officer Rae Ferguson today showed. ; Liquor with meals--Yes--564; No--653 for 40 percent. Cocktail Lounges--Yes--546; No--656 for 40 percent. Liquor Stores--Yes--799;, No-- 454 for 63.7 percent. Uxbridge has a population of 2290 and the last liquor vote was held in 1957. The town has been dry since 1917, Condemn Smoking, Proposal Urges ROGHESTER, .N.Y. (AP)-- Thé-New York State' Medical So- ciety will be asked at its an- nual meeting in New York City in May to condemn smoking as a major cause of lung cancer. A resolution drafted by the so- ciety's cancer committee will cite "overwhelming" evidence associating lung cancer with smoking, Dr. Charles Sherman, cancer committee chairman and an assistant professor at the University of Rochester, said Monday. To Trap H. C. Blakley's $225 tender for trapping muskrat in the Sec- ond Marsh will be accepted by council -- provided it is shown that a second tender submitted by Roy Anger, RR 4, Bowman- ville, was not opened after its receipt and before all tenders were examined and compared by the Oshawa Fish and Wild- life Committee. The proviso, approved 7 to 5 by council Monday night, was framed by Ald. John Dyer who expressed concern at the allega- tions contained in Mr. Anger's letter of complaint to council. COMMITTEE BIASED "T feel the .. . committee is biased," wrote Mr. Anger. "I gave a letter and tender to Mr Gorin (J. E. Gorin, secretary- treasurer of the Wildlife Com- mittee) on Feb. 6, "He opened and read the ten- der, gave me my cheque back and said he was extending (the tender dateline) to Feb. 8. "He may or may not have informed Blakley," continued Mr, Anger, "but it seems kind of funny. I submitted $200; Blakley $225, "I thought the committee thought it would look fimnny if they awarded the Marsh to me, an outsider from Darlington Towship." SHEDS NO LIGHT | Council's the Wildlife Committee, Ald. Gordon Attersley, was unable to representative on Muskrats shed any light on the matter. He told council he was not at the opening of the tenders be- cause he was not notified, "We will get this type of let- ter all year long," predicted Ald. Attersley, "I'm satisfied." "T"m not," retorted Ald. Dyer. "Ald, Attersley: "I met with the committee a week ago Sat- urday to review tenders after complaints." : Will Study Liquor Vote Are you in favor of the sale of liquor under a dining lounge licence for consumption with meals on licensed premises? Are you in favor of the sale of liquor under a lounge licence for consumption on licensed |premises? A plebiscite on these two liquor questions will be discuss- ed in committee, counell decid- ed Monday night. The request to meet in com- mittee came from Ald. Walter Branch, He wants to know 1, the cost; 2. what voter's list could be used; 3. under what ward system such a plebiscite would be conducted. The 380 signature petition supporting a plebiscite was sub- mitted by William Allen, Col- borne street east,

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