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Oshawa Times (1958-), 22 May 1963, p. 13

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Steve Melnichuk, chairman of the Local 222, UAW, elec- tion committee, announced this morning that due to the number of members who cast their ballots and the large number of candidates it may 'be three weeks before the results of the election are known, Eight thousand and twenty-four members ca st their ballots, To date about a quarter of the ballots have been counted. There is also the possibility that run-offs will be necessary in some in- stances. Seen here with some of the ballots, from left, are the members of the election | Mrs, - Lucille Smith, Miss and Mr. committee Nickelchok, Bill Rose De Lucia Melnichuk. --Oshawa Times Photo Municipal Board May Set Walk Cost Ratio Ontario Municipal Board offi- cials may be the ones who set the cost - sharing ratio for new sidewalks proposed for both sides of King street from Mc- Millan drive to Mary street. With city council stopped from constructing the sidewalks (for two years) under Section 12 of the Local Improvement Act (the "'initiative plan"), the city fathers moved Monday night to do the work under Sec- tion Eight of the same act. The bylaw covering the work under Section 12 was rescinded and the new motion passed with the necessary two- thirds vote Monday night at a special, 50-minute council-in- committee meeting following the regular council meeting. CHANGE RATIFIED Then the city fathers reverted 6 council and 'ratified ie! change. The change became neon when a petition opposing the. sidewalks was filed with City Clerk Roy Barrand Mon- day afternoon, the official dead- line, Reason as given at a down- town property owners' meeting last Thursday night: full side- walk costs, estimated at $86,000, were to be levied against own- ers. New sidewalk policy, adopted by the city just last February, says petitioned-for sidewalks and reconstructed sidewalks will be constructed under Sec. 12 of the act and the owners will be assessed the entire cost. Where new sidewalks are built for "purposes. of traffic," costs are to be levied on a 50-50 basis and the work undertaken) under. provisions of Sec. 8. There was some doubt raised last night as to whether the city has a definitive policy for reconstructed sidewalks con- structed under Sec. 8.) 55 SIGN PETITION Thirty-seven of the 55 down- town property owners have signed the petition, reported City Engineer Fred Crome. Sec, 13 of the act says a peti- tion representing a majority of thefof intention to'apply for OMB to be specialy assessed, pre- vents a council from doing the work on the initiative plan "for a period of two years after the presentation of the petition." With the engineering report unchanged (just put forward under a new section of the act), costs are still to be levied 100 per cent against the owners. However, Mayor Lyman Gif- ford said last night the ratio of cost apportionment. is "s til]! negotiable,"' While right-of petition to op- pose work undertaken on the initiative plan is recognized in Sec. 12 of the act, owners do NOT have a right of petition under Sec. 8. TWO PUBLICATIONS Under Sec. 8, only Ontario Municipal Board approval is needed and city. council's notice! approval must be published "once a week for two weeks." However, Subsection Three of . 8 says, '"'any owner may, within 21 .days after the first publication of such notice, -file with the Board objection to the work being undertaken." In that case, a board hear- ing would be called and the board would arbitrarily set the cost-sharing ratio. Said one alderman last night in committee: "'Let's take the tracks up, put asphalt down and to hell with it." Added another: "The own- ers are short - sighted. They are always screaming for im- provements .but when the im- provements cost money, they don't want any part of it. "They say 'let the pedestrians they walk on it.' But when they| are asked to contribute money jto enlarge parking facilities they say THEIR customers are paying for parking by using the meters. You can't have it both ways." CITY PAYING $180,000 Pointed out a third alder- man: 'Some people think the work is being done under Sec. 8 so allows for an objection, | cost of the new lights, the city is paying $180,000 of the $486,000 for downtown improvements. "The province is paying $160,- 000 while owners are contribut- ing $146,000." On costs per lineal foot of sidewalk per year, Mr. Crome told council the Bond street (done last year) rate is $3.20) while King street is estimated at $3.90. ('I don't blame him,"| said one alderman). "We hope the bids are low- er,"' said Mr, Crome. He at- tributed part of the estimated increase to alowances for extra difficulties a contractor will be faced with in laying sidewalks on King street. OBJECTION FILED Downtown property owners have also filed an objection against the new pavement. This which could result in a hear- ing. However, this objection was filed after the 21-day deadline. Owners are objecting to grants being deducted from the city's share rather than the total cost. According to city officials, Ontario Department of High- ways grants and the Canadian National Railways payment ($16,000 for lifting the rails and repairing the roadbed) will be used to defray the city's share of the expenses. The city is paying for 28 feet of pavement; abutting owners, on both sides, are paying for seven feet of the 42-foot wide road. | At last Thursday's meeting, Russell D. Humphreys, QC, pay for the:sidewalk because|¥ho 'represents the property owners' group, quoted Sec. 21 of| |the Local Improvement Act which says, "where a munici- pality receives a contribution in cash 'to be applied toward the cost of any work, the amount of the contribution shall be de- ducted from the TOTAL cost." | Mr. Crome replied that the! ulates that subsidies will apply| city is paying nothing for those improvements. Adding in the! only on expenditures which are paid for from the general rate. the owners who, in turn, repre- sent at least one-half of the Hospital value of the lots that are liable} Take First Step 1654 Patients To Plebiscite Oshawa city council took the first step toward setting up the machinery for a liquor plebis- cite Monday night. Council will apply to On- tario's Chief Electoral Officer for permission to use the pro- vincial voter's list (expected some time this fall) in a liquor vote. The vote was 8 to 3, with Al- dermen Hayward Murdoch, Norman Down and John Dyer opposed. Ald. Gordon Attersley was absent. Mayor Lyman Gifford empha- sized that the motion carried no hint of the time the vote might be held or what ques- tions might appear on a bal- lot. Ald. Walter Branch, mover of the motion, described the move as "economic", and "giving the voter his democratic right to express his views on further outlets," Stressed Ald. Branch: 'We can save the taxpayer several thousand dollars this way. If a 10,000 name petition (about 25 per cent of the eligible vot- ers) were obtained, it would | Members of the Oshawa Gen- }eral Hospital Board, at their |Tuesday meeting, learned that there were 1654 admissions dur. jing April. This compared with 1708 in March. To date this year there have been 6624 admis- sions compared with 5580 for the same period of last year. The number of patient days during April totalled 15,644 com- pared with 16,781 in March. There was a daily average of patients in the hospital of 521.4 compared with 541.4 in April. In addition 1636 out patients were treated. , The average bed occupancy during the month was 85.4 per cent. The average for the vari- ous departments were: medical and surgical 89.7; obstetrical, $2.6; paedaetric, 75.8; bassin- ettes, 73.6 and chronic, 95. The average number of days stay in hospital for chronic cases was 28.1 while for other departments the figure was 9.3. The board learned 1614 pa- tients were discharged during) the month. There were 37) deaths in hospital. Of the patients admitted in April 1003 were from Oshawa jand of these 19 were chronic missions from other county municipalities were: East Whit- by, 13; Whitby Township, 53; Ajax, 18; Pickering Township, 38; Uxbridge Township, 2; Reach Township, 16. There were 67 admissions from Durham County. Of these 58 were from Darlington Township. by Township, 53; Ajax, 18; Pic. kering Township, 38; Uxbridge Township, 2; Reach Township, 16. There were 67 admissions from Durham County. Of these 58 were from Darlington Town- ship. Fourteen of the patients were placed in private wards, 722 in semi-private wards, and 663 in public wards. During April 783 out-patients| had x-rays. Seventy-nine lab tests were made and 946 re- ceived treatment in the emerg- ency department There were 991 oprations in the main operating room and 1041 operations and treatments were given in the emergency department. It was also reported there were 164 in-patients in the Physiotherapy department. |There were 1407 treatments in} this department and 1139 in. patient visits---- The Physiotherapy department Highway Improvement Act stip-| 4|man; "|Deputy Grand Master of BUDGIE HITCHES RIDE ON TRAIN Anyone can: ride the rods these days -- even budgie birds. When CNR Trainman Douglas Young made his rounds of Thursday's 10.45 a.m. headed for Belleville, he. saw a_ strange non- paying passenger. perched on the back of a seat. It was a friendly green bud- gie bird. It apparently boarded the train at the Oshawa station. The bird was permitted to continue on its journey free gratis and is now boarding at the home of the trainman in Belleville, Sam Mundrey, Oshawa agent operator, says any- one in Oshawa and district who has lost a budgie may obtain information on_ this bird by contacting him at the CNR station -- 723-4512. RECEIVES DEGREE Glenn Pascoe, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Pascoe, 91 Gladstone avenue, who grad- uated last Friday, at Queen's University with an honor de- gree in Bachelor of Science. He has accepted a position on the Waterloo Collegiate Insti- ing in September. TO TAG AUTOS Visitors to the Oshawa Gen. e | Admits jeral Hospital were issued aj | warning by the board at. its meeting Tuesday night that {cars parked in the emergency, |driveway in front of the hospi.-| jtal will be tagged with parking \tickets. Board members feel |the circular driveway should be left clear at all times for am. bulances bringing . emergency patients to the hospital. | | AUDITORIUM. D HON, MICHAEL STARR, MP for Ontario Riding and | His Honor Judge Alex C. cost a tremendous amount of/cases. There were 172 admis.|also had 175 out-patients, gave! Hall are two of the patrons time and money to check it for|sions from Whitby and two of|1575 treatments to the patients) for the building fund appeal 'these were chronie cases. Ad-'and made 895 out-patient visils.| being launched this weekend authenticity." tute staff and will begin teach- here to stay." Thirty-five years ago, at the time when the Masonic Temple on Centre street was being completed, a group of masons in Oshawa formed a new ma- sonic lodge and called it Tem- ple Lodge. On Tuesday night, May 21, the 35th anniversary of the event took place with the cut- ting of a cake by the master of the lodge, James A. Barron as- sisted by C. R. McIntosh who was the first master following the formation of the lodge. Four of the original charter members were present and were head table guests at the banquet hour -- Norman W. Purdy, C, Roy McIntosh, J. Norval Willson, E. F. Farrow. Mr. McIntosh, in referring to the formative years, paid trib- ute to the founding members but said that the real credit belonged to the officers who fol- lowed and developed the lodge to the healthy institution that it is today. The officers in 1027-28 were: Master, C, R. McIntosh; SW, C. C, Stenhouse; JW, C, F. Can- non; Chaplain, H. M. Black! secretary, W. O. Wilson; treas- urer, R. S. Morphy; SD, L. F. McLaughlin; JD, R. H. Dey- IG, W. E. Gillott; Ss, C. T, Barnes; JS, M. E. Hart- ley; D of C, D. A. Valleau; Di- rector of Music, L, Unitt and Tyler, A. E. Henry, The Grand Master of the |Grand Lodge of Canada in the |Province of Ontario who grant- }ed permission for the estab- lishment of the lodge was the |Hon, John S. Martyn and the the M. | District at that time was G. | Goodfellow of Whitby. \-- Aisle aT elas! AA Ae | Charter Members At Anniversary A toast to Grand Lodge was Proposed by G. R. Crawford and this was replied to by W. J. Carnegie, Port Perry, District Deputy Grand Master who was making his official visit to Tem- ple Lodge. A toast to the visitors was by R. Gulliver and proposed was replied to by H. Duvall, Orono, and Rev, Claude C, Gil- bert, 'District Chaplain, On- tario District, of Grace Church, Scugog Island. A toast was proposed to the charter membets of Temple! Lodge and was: replied to by R. C. McIntosh, J, Norval Will- son, E. F. Farrow and Norman Purdy. Those seated at the head table: V.W. Bro. C. R. MclIn- tosh, V.W. Bro. J. N. Willson, W.Bro, S. Lane, W. Bro. A. Learmouth, W. Bro. B. J. Stred- wick, Rt. W.. Bro. W. J. Car- negie, District Deputy Grand Master; W. Bro. J. A. Barron, Master Temple Lodge; W. Bro. F, Cooper, W. Bro. B. Smith, W. Bro. C. C. Gilbert, District Chaplain Ontario District, Rt. Wor, Bro. T. L, Wilson, Grand Junior Warden; Bro, N. Purdy, W. Bro. E, F. Farrow, W. Bro. W. Guthrie and W. Bro. H. Duval. The officers of 1963 are: W.M. James A, Barron; IPM, J. W. Cornish; SW, G. R. Crawford; JW, A. E, Bathe; Chaplain, B. J. Stredwick; treasurer, I, E. Irwin; secretary, 0. D, Friend; Assistant Secretary; S, J. Simp- son; D of C, T. J. Grosart; SD, G. A. Barron; JD, I. Har- rell; IG, R, E, Wallis; SS, G. Martin; JS, R. Gulliver and Tyler, T. H. Campbell, Long Range Plan Asked | Three resolutions have been jadopted by the Oshawa Gen- jeral Hospital medical staff for the board to consider regarding the emergency area of the hos. pital. A letter from Dr. B. G. Doherty, chairman of the 'spe- cial emergency area committee and chief of the medical staff, outlining the suggestions was) road to the hoard 7¢ jte mant! "9 Tuesday night by H. M. Smith,) jchairman oi the house commit- | tee. The medical staff recommend- ed that the area under consider- ation be considered for present and future reference as, "Emer- gency Treatment Area'; that the present system of medical attendance remain unchanged; and that consideration be given to long range physical expansion of facilities and possibly minor modifications in the present ar- rangement to expedite both pa- tient care and efficiency of per- sonnel. The letter stated, 'this com- mittee has had no formal situa- tions presented to it where the medical attention to patients Emergency Department in which the handling of the case Mr. Doherty's letter went on to say, "as chairman of this committee it is encouraging to note the interest of the board as a group and particularly the house committee. We look for- ward to further meetings to jointly consider modification with the interest of medical care to the community as a | whole and to the hospital patient as our guiding objective." Board Discusses Television Tower Members of the Oshawa Gen- jeral Hospital Board discussed the possibility of installing a television'tower at the hospital at their meeting Tuesday night, |but came to no decision. William A. Holland, hospital administrator, stated that there are about 25 television sets in the hospital at all times. He ex-| : °/ plained that the majority of hos-| : pitals have installed towers on a lease basis. Television sets in the hospital must be equipped with an under-pillow speaker, Dr. H, R. Rowsell, represent- ing the medical staff, comment- ed, "'we recognize television is LOCAL 222 VOTE SEE-SAW BATTLE A tght see-saw battle" is under way for the position of president of Local 222, UAW-CLC, This is the early picture of election results with a 25 per cent count completed, reported Steve "Melnichuk, committee. He added that chairman of the election it is still too early to pre- dict the outcome of the Malcolm Smith-Abe Taylor contest, For position of financial secretary - treasurer, Russ McNeil has the lead over Nelson Wilson, while it ap- pears "certain" that there will be a run-off for first vice - president between Doug Sutton and Jack Meagher. For second vice- president, Ted O'Connor is running ahead of Hugh Armstrong, Beverley Gib- son commands a "fair lead" over Jack Saunders for position of recording secretary. A total of 39 election workers, including the Seven-man elected commit- tee, expect to complete counting in three weeks: Chairman Melnichuk said the "counting shop" will be closed Friday so that 'elec- _tion workers can return to the plant in order to qualify for payment of the Vic- toria Day holiday. tries will be removd. "very " 4 LAW DEGREE The degree of Bachelor of Civil Law was conferred upon Anthony Edward Laskowsky, son of Mr. and Mrs, Michael Laskowsky, 793 Ritson Rd. S., New Exer- at the University of Brunswick Encaenial | cises held in Fredericton on Thursday, May 16. Anthony received his early education at Cederdale and South Sim- coe Public Schools and is a graduate of OCCI. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts De- gree from the University of 'New Brunswick. Last summer, he travelled and studied in Poland under a World Univer- sity Service of Canada scholar- ship. Mr. Laskowsky will be articled with the law firm of Z. T. Salmers, BA. RIVE PATRONS for the Oshawa Civic Audi- torium, Comments Mr, Starr: ASSEMBLE AT 9 A.M. All organizations participating in the Civic Auditorium Parade |Saturday, will start lining up in |Alexandra Park at 9 a.m. En- trants will 'use the east gate to the park, on Simcoe street "Oshawa needs an arena and auditorium. The city has been |the parade' as they go through] appointed secretary for the en-| will conduct a forum as usual, isuing year. without one for 10 years." |the gate, north. They will be given num- bers indicating their position in FV POT PE. FOP TG She Oshawa Times OU ihtek den ee A OF eG ¥ 'e ty sy Pay ten SECOND SECTION WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1963 PAGE THIRTEEN Don Jackson, right, former world singles figure skating champion, is one of the strong proponents of the appeal for funds being made for the pro- STRONG BACKER OF AUDITORI posed civic auditorium. He is seen here with Terry Kelly placing a sticker on his auto- mobile in preparation for the parade this Saturday which UM CAMPAIGN will open the building fund appeal. Don's support of the appeal was signified Tuesday by his donation of $1,000 to the fund, --Oshawa Times Photo City Council backed up its traffic committee Monday night and turned down a Chamber of Commerce request to .consider establishment of a Parking Au- thority. "T know I'm beating my hand against a stone wall," said Mayor Lyman Gifford as he opposed his council, 'but why?" Speaking on his committee's report, traffic vice-chairman Gordon Attersley warned that a Parking Authority "would have the right to debenture for off- street parking." He reminded council that 'the method we now follow (buying enue) is the most economical. A parking authority means a manager and he has to be paid a salary"'. NO DEBTS Ald. Attersley said no debts had been run up by council "up to now' and 391 spaces on eight lots have been developed since 1953. "With increasing revenus,"' he predicted, "we will be able to develop more lots per year in the future." Countered His Worship: "It doesn't look like you need the lots with parking meter rev- revenue very badly when you Donald Jackson, former World Figure Skating Champion and now a star with the Shipstad and Johnston Ice Follies, is giv- ing $1,000 to the Oshawa Civic Auditorium Building Fund. He says he feels he owes something to this community, even though most of his training was done outside the city be. cause of iack of proper facilities. The 23-year-old skatisg star gave up his planned holiday to Portugal to participate in the Civic Auditorium parade this Saturday. He will also attend the canvassers' dinner next Monday. "This. is a tremendous boost for our campaign," said Board Head | Re-Elected Thomas L. Wilson, publisher of The Oshawa Times, was re- elected chairman of the Oshawa General Hospital board at its monthly meeting Tuesday night. Mr. Wilson had expressed his desire to retire from the presi- dency but the report of the nom- inating committe, which met in April, was adopted by the board. Other members re-elected are: E. G. Storie, vice-presi- dent; G. B. Miles, treasurer; H. M. Smith, chairman of the House Committee; S. F. Ever- son, vice-chairman, House Com. mittee; S, E. Lovell, chairman, Finance Committee; G. B. Miles, vice-chairman, Finance Committee; H. A. Washington, chairman, Property Committee; and E. G. Storie, vice-chairman, Property Committee. Members of the House Com- mittee are: Mrs. H.'B, James, T. D. Thomas, MPP, Mrs. A. W. Armstrong, Ernest Marks, QC, Dr. H. R. Rowsell, Keith |Ross and W. R. Branch. | Finance Committee members: T. K. Creighton, QC, T. M. Moore, QC, William Davidson, Walter R. Branch, Ernest Marks, QC, S. F, Everson and |H. E. Pierson. | Property Committee: J. H. |Beaton, J, G. Brady, G. B. Miles, Keith Ross, H. M. Smith, Walter Hiliday and Dr, D. J. McLean. Publicity Committee: T. L. Marks, QC, vice-chairman; John G. Brady, Keith Ross, and T. D. Thomas, MPP. W. A, Hol- Skater Donates. $1,000 To Drive Terence V. Kelly, chairman of the building fund committee. "When people like this show they are behind the project, it gives a person the feeling that what we are striving dir is that much more worthwhile." Donald is on vacation from the Ice Follies which open again next month in San Francisco. In an interview yesterday, he recalled how he used to skate in the old Oshawa Arena while a member of the Oshawa Skating Club. But, when it burned down, he was forced to practice else- where, and went to Whitby, Bowmanville and Peterborough. "But the travelling was wear- ing me out," he gaid, "so I went to Ottawa and skated for the Minto Skating Club there for three years," Then he changed coaches and went to New York City where he trained for three winters. He switched coaches again, working with Sheldon Galbraith, who coached Barbara Ann Scott of Olympic fame, While train- ing with Mr. Galbraith, he skated for the Toronto Cricket appointment council voted to keep the hgurs ing intersections will proved: King west and Centre- Church streets; King and Sim- coe; King east and Mary street; Simcoe street; William east and Mary street north; and Simcoe'north Council Turns Down Parking Authority Bid vote to close the meters at 6 p.m." "Mayor Gifford voiced his dis- recently when of meter operation the same. THREE AMENDMENTS When the question came up in committee, three amend- ments were broached, debated and defeated. None of the alder- men could agree on a combina- tion of hours. Two suggested ex- tensions were each defeated by a single vote, Other traffic recommenda- tions adopted last night: Colborne street will become one-way eastbound, from Sim- coe street to Division street; and Brock street will. become one- way westbound, from Division to Simcoe, Two hour parking will be allowed on the south side of Colborne street, between Sincoe and Division; there will be no parking on the north side of the street, Traffic Chairman John Brady foresaw the ,conversion of more downtown 'streets into one-way arteries in the near future, "Oshawa has one of the heaviest car per capita counts in Canada," he said, "yet we are one of the last cities to adopt one-way streets." $8,000 TO RESERVE Set. aside in a reserve fund will be $8,000 for the purchase of a '"'centrally-controlled traffic signal system.' This is an esti- mated one-third of the total cost. Traffic lights will be installed at the folowing intersections: ; Boor west and Park road south; Bond east and-Park road north; Adelaide east and Ritson road north; Adelaide west and Stevenson road north; and Cen- tre and Gibb streets. Existing lights at the follow- im- north and William COS ae ere Skating and Curling Club. and Rossland road. Don recalls he was unable to skate for the Qshawa Skating Club when he: captured the world title, becduse he was too old to skate in the Children's Arena here. The age limit is 18. Interesting young people in a clean healthy sport cannot help but combat juvenile delinquency says Don. Last year, he spent an aver- age of 10 hours a day practicing in arenas across the country. Bridge Club High Scores Following are the winners and high scores of the 'games play- ed by the Oshawa, Brooklin and Fernhill Duplicate Bridge Clubs: OSHAWA GM Duplicate Bridge Scores The following are the high scores of the May 16-session of the General Motors Duplicate Bridge Club: North-South -- Mrs. M. Clarke and J. Miller, 84%; S. Sheridan S. Sheridan and J. Patterson, 72; Mr. and Mrs. R. Morris, 6414; J, Cole and R. Niglis, 5614. East-West -- Mrs. G. Fair. hart and Mrs. R. Barrand, 82; Mrs. W. A. Neil and Mrs, Kewin 81; Mrs. Smyth and Mrs. Love, 734%; Mr. and Mrs. W. Baker, 71; Miss G. Wilson and Miss D. Reddoch, 6714. The next bridge night will be held on Thursday, May 23, at the General Motors Recreation land, hospital administrator was} Hall (north-east corner of the South Plant). Mrs. M. Clarke from 7.15 0 7.30 p.m, 5 i 7%; .|F and A. Vaillancourt, 7744; Mrs Daniel, '4: Mrs, and Mrs. R, Drew, 43%; Mrs. R. Heron and J. 4 FERNHILL Mrs. G. A. Rundle and Mrs, E. Culp, 69; J. Patterson and J. Miller, 63; Mrs. M. R. Clarke and W. Cox, 62%; Mrs. E, Wadsworth and Mrs. W. Med- land, 55%; J. Coles and R. Niglis, 53; Mrs. J. Timmins and Mrs. R. Drew, 52%. BROOKLIN Mrs. J. Timmins and Mrs. M. R. Clarke, 56; J. Brady and J. Miller, 494; Mrs. G. A. Rundle and Mrs. R. Morris, 49%; Mrs. J. Rundle and Mrs, N., S. Sheridan Patterson, 214. Mr. and Mrs. R. Morris, 76; Dr, Ferrier and P. Versluis, 714%; Jim Brady and M. Swartz, 6814; Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, 65; Mrs. Wm. Heron, 64; Mrs. E. Med- land and Mrs. E. Stewart and C. Keith and J. Coles, 60; Mr. and Mrs. J. Patterson, 59. E. Wadsworth and. Mrs. Next week will be the club open pairs tournament for the Nelson Award.

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