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Oshawa Times (1958-), 22 Dec 1964, p. 14

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© Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Police 725-1133 Fire 725-6574 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1964 She Oshawn Simes Second Section City and district features, social 'and classified advertis- CITY COUNCIL IN BRIEF Caucus for the 1965 council with four new faces is slated for January 2 at 9 a.m. This is the here the council itself mance, public works, property and traffic) and the several| boards and commissions which have council representation. Accounts of $3,977,364.17 were passed last night for the month Nov. 7 - Dec. 4. Overtime amounted to $13,166.17, accord- ing to Ald. Finley Dafoe, who wanted to know what the over- time deficit would be on this year's budget. City Treasurer Frank Markson said the net overtime dollar figure would be within the budget figure. Bylaws approved include; making King street east, from| Wilson road to a point 200 feet east of Riverside drive, one-way eastbound; rezoning a stretch of Ballard street from M1B to RIB because most lots have homes on them; authorization of con- struction of a box culvert to carry Olive avenue over Har- mony Creek; construction of several prohibited parking areas in the city. The park in the Cabot-Cartier avenue area will be named Glen Stewart: Park. Twin $13,000 offers will be made to £, H. Willson, 69 Queen street, and Mrs. Annie Kowaly- chuk, 73 Queen street, for their properties. Fred R. Briften has been ap- pointed to the Oshawa Retarded Children's Education Authority for a one-year term, Mr. Brit- ten, a former Board of Educa- tion trustee, ran 11th in the last election. T. D.. Thomas, who ran second in the same race, re- signed the seat on the Authority on winning the Board seat. Council endorsed an indoor} swimming pool as its centennial project. The motion read that council will determine the site ot "a later date". Council gave "tentative ap- proval" for the $150,000 six- elassroom addition to Ridgeway Senior public school. The. item is in the Board of Education's coe construction budget for committee its approval to go ahead with completion of both north and south parts of the sec- ond floor of "C" wing of the courthouse. The county has esti- mated that $50,000 of the needed $60,000 for completion is avail- able and the balanée will be shared by the county and the city. Half of the 6,600 square feet of office space to be made available will be required for magistrates' offices. The pro- §\council Monday night, Ald. John 2 |trators, don't necessarily mean a 4|good administration"'). F 4, |posals in the (1962) Damas and i | Smith traffic report. Urges Look At Cost D-S Report In his farewell speech to Dyer: --Called on council to re-eval- . Michael Starr, Ontario rid- ing's member of parliament, is home from the political . wars in Ottawa and looking ing forward to a pleasant rio eg with his wife and ly. "Never in my 12 years in Ottawa have I seen anything like the last session of Par- liament,"" Mr. Starr told the Times today. The session, which lasted a record 10 months, has been described by some newsmen as "the year of the flag' and a session that reached "new heights of emotionalism, sensational- ism, frustration and some- times utter boredom". Mr. Starr said the Oppo- sition, right from the first budget, was handed ammu- nition on a platter. ' Asked to comment on Leon Balcer's (leader of the Que- bec Conservatives in Parlia- ment) statements indicating he is considering leaving the Conservative party and sitt- ing as an independent, Mr. Starr said: House Session Unique -- Starr "Tm not looking for pubs licity, "These things are better settled in caucus," he said. Mr. Starr said he plans to remain in the until the new session of Parlia- ment begins Feb. 16. He said he had'no trips planned and that he would be busy with affairs in his constituency. uate the administrative ch instituted as a result of. the Woods, Gordon (1962) report. --Warned of approving large raises ("'Highty paid adminis- --Begged the city fathers not to let sentimentality overrule common sense. --Praised Mayor Lyman Gif-| ford as "the best administrator in»my time', (Eleven - years, from 1952 with the exception of the city's first two-year term in) --Suggested council take a/ 'good solid look" at the costs involved in carrying out pro- Ald. Dyer, who ran 14th in the recent election, said the testing time for 'drastic changes" made to the city's administra- : esi ha ond % _ . oe o eT ati oe . "Get tough" with drinking Sgt. Norman Smyth along to drive if they are drinking," drivers is the slogan circulat- with Police Chief Herbert said Chief Flintoff. "But if ing at the Oshawa Police De- Flintoff has instructed them to' they do not heed, then no partment. These are some of "get tough" with anyone who -- leniency will be shown. They the men the drinking driver uses~the city's streets in a will become victims of their may face. They are members drunken condition. "'We hum- own misfortune." -- of the police traffic squad and. bly appeal to all citizens not --Oshawa Times Photo Stiffer Fines, Too -- Brady '\the city's business -- they can Rush Hour Routes On Way, poll, ptt Rush hour routes are coming|--Stopping a vehicle in a pro- to Oshawa. So are stiffer|hibited area during any pro- traffic fines. |hibited time - $10. Traffic chairman, Ald. John|--Parking a vehicle in a pro- Brady told council Mondayjhibited area during any prohib- night rush hour routes arejited time - $5. being planned for heavy-traffic|--Obstructing a driveway or city areas. ilaneway - $5. Last night council approved|--All other parking 'offences - insertion of a clause in the city|$1 parking bylaws enabling police} Ald. Brady explained the $10. to tow vehicles from "no stop-jfine is aimed at the yet-to-be ane Ye peters bo ques whlle ng fine is for sign the $5 area ront of public build- These fines, recommended by} the Traffic Advisory Council} and endorsed by the traffic) committee, were last night) approved by council: y s "in fi ings, for example." He said the $10. fine is 'not out of line' across the province. Ald. Brady said both the police Iced And Snowy Roads chief and the engineering de- partment. endorsed a fine in- crease to provide a deterrent) and make the new regulations) more meaningful. | "This seems to be a money-} making business," suggested Ald. Robert Wilson. "The increase is meant definitely as a deterrent," re- plied Ald. Brady. "If people obey the law, we won't get any " The "Committee's report read that "the operation of rush hour! routes is feasible providing} there is a prohibition of stop- ping along such routes which) is strictly enforced. "The enforcement problem can be aided _ considerably |Canada. | tion is coming to a close. He suggested the 1965 council re- evaluate changes to determine "the fact and fiction" of change. Council should look closely to see where -- in the conduct of substantiate raises of $1,000 a year, said Ald. Dyer. He said later this was a general figure and was not meant to pertain to any individual. "If your business is not to de- |scend to the level of a three- \ring circus, then you must take a.good look before you allow reconsideration of decisions made -- because of new evi- dence. You should cease ex- tending an ear so readily," he | told council. | He said he was opposed to approval in principal of the traf- fic report (which would see the expenditure of $29,000,000, not all by the city, over the next 20 years) "and I still.am" be- cause he felt it was not studied sufficiently before approval was voiced, Besides praising Mayor Gif- ford, Ald. Dyer said the city hall staff, 'taken collectively", cannot be equalled by that of any city the same size in all Ald. Finley Dafoe, retiring] dean" of council with 17 years service dating from 1938,.bad.no farewell comments. Ald. Walter Branch, an eight- year man, also retiring, said he had found the work "most re- warding' and the co-operation he received "great". Ald. Robert Wilson, who moved onto council November 2 this year and was advised by by a stiff penalty for violators /his doctor against running for and by the right being given to/re-election, said he would never the Police Department to tow/forget the warm welcome his away vehicles." {council colleagues had given Aldermen Norman Down and/ him. Treacherous For Cars Finley Dafoe agreed the $10. fine was excessive. "I would vincial Treasury Board has fixed a rental of $3 per square ag it is estimated this will returit $10,700 a year. | Contractors on highway,! watermain and sewer work for the city will be required to pay "the current prevailing local union rates of pay". In rescind- ing the old fair wage schedule, council is acting on a request from the Building and Construc- 'tion Trades Council for revision of the clause, On work for which there is no such union rate, the prevailing Oshawa wage rate will be paid. Council will recommend to} the incoming council that allo- cation of money for sloping and sodding banks of the water- course adjacent to Kingside have to sell 15 bushels of oats jto get that,""said Ald. Down, a farmer. Ald. Cecil Bint 'suggested reducing $1. parking offences to 25 cents if the fine were paid within 30 minutes of issuance of the ticket; otherwise, double it, he said. He said this system is in use in Kingston and Brock- ville. Ald. Hayward Murdoch. said disruption. of traffic flow is |'Sdesperate"' on Simcoe street jnorth at O'Neill Collegiate dur- |; jing lunch hours when "well- imeaning parents stop to pick up their children. HAUL GARBAGE ton road west, and Howard continued to take heavy toll on|Hodgins, 291 Marland avenue. city motorists yesterday. There} Robert Rogers, 29 Russett) were many property damagejavenue, and John Reardon, 763 accidents. - Two people were|Olive avenue, were the drivers admitted to hospital jinvolved in a crash on. Ritson Carl Campbell, 73 Ontario} road south, in which property street, was admitted to hospital|damage amounted to'$30. | with hand injuries following an} -------- "Cae ea ae ee capac: Ice and snow patched roads} Park be discussed in the bud- get meetings. Area residents have protested dangerous con- ditions, especially to small chil- dren, pertaining to the water- course on the park's south boun- dary. The city will offer $1500 to DAY EARLIER Collecting five days gar- bage in four days this week and next is the aim of Osh- awa's public works depart- ment. servation following an. accident at the Oshawa Shopping Centre.| lided at Adelaide and Gibbonsjat the Oshawa plants of General streets. There was $400. dam-|Motors of Canada Ltd., follow- were Bruce Askey, RR 6, Belle-|Plants Monday ending a 21-day) ville, and Harry Szaikowski, 131/!0ns strike of the union against) accident at Bond and McMillan} drive. nd Mrs. G. Briggs, 18 Warren TO uc 10n Doris E. Bouckley, 600 Ridge-| Resumes way, and Mary W. Robinette, RR 1, Barry's Bay, were the} Production of 1965 model car age. ing a return to work by more Ritson road south was the|than 12,000 members of Local scene of a $275. damage two-|222, United Auto Workers. Huron 'street. Ther was a $385. crash on| "We had a pretty good day Marland avenue, in which the|Monday," a company spokes-| , But Thomas White, super- Mrs. E. Burch, 73 John street, in full se:tlement for a reduced! avenue, was admitted for ob- drivers of vehicles that col-|and trucks began again Monday car crash in which the drivers), The men: went back into the drivers were Neil Taylor, Taun- man said, "as 1,375 cars and| indent of public works, said trucks rolled off the assembly| today many people are not line." He stated that all em-| ¢0-operating, land area already expropriated.|@ Study for the city, have sug- | gested the city make no pay- No action will be taken on a|Ments to present underwriters} Rosehill boulevard resident's re.|Pending outcome of their re- quest for parking restrictions|P°r!. To Finance committee. on the street. R. T. Bryant also} suggested the city widen Ste Board of Education trustees venson road north in front of|want a meeting with council on schools to permit parents to/this resolution, recently approv- ployees are now back to work and that normal production has been resumed. Russell McNeil, Local 222 sec- retary-treasurer, .said today: "Things are pretty well back fo normal as far as the mem- bership is concerned." He stated that union officials are Advertisements notifying residents of the revised schedule appeared in Satur- day and Monday editions of The Times. Residents were asked to pul their garbage out one day earlier than usual, ex- stop to pick up children The| city did approve a recommen-| dation that the police enforce "no parking' regulations on Bond street in the area, and that a letter be sent to West- United Church asking observance of the '"'no parking' restriction and discretion when parking on Rosehi "so that boulevards d | The Parking Bylaw will be) amended to give two-hour park- ing on the west side of Central Park boulevard north, a dis- tance of 50 feet both north and south of Bond street. The John street roadway north of the traffic island east of Park road will be desig- nated one-way westbound and left turns will be prohibited cept those whose regular ed by them: 1) that the Board pick-up day was Monday. design the Harmony road school within the five-year budget-- without a special auditorium: 2) that the Board explore, with council, the building of an auditorium "in conjunction with" Harmony road secondary school; 3) that the Board meet with council for "exploratory" discussions on the type, apera- tion and financing of. auditor- ium. To Finance committee, still paying out strike benefits for the second week of the 21- day long strike. Branch 43, Legion Picks Its Executive The Public Utilities Commis sion wants council's opinion on extending watermains into lanes running northwards from Cedar Valley boulevard. The Commission has had one re- quest from the area. To Public Works. presidents and the committee of the Royal Cana-'ton, honorary officers; Arch- dian Legion, Branch 43 were|bishop H. D. Cleverdon, honor- elected Sunday at a special gen-|ary padre; Maurice Proctor, eral meeting. president; Art Cocker, treasur- Alex' Walker Jr., was elected| er; Rev. Alfred Woolcock, padre first vice-president and Albert!and Pete Stephenson, sergeant Turner Jr., was elected second!at arms. vice-president, Mr. Walker Jr. told members Elected to the executive com-|that 760 children attended the south, has made a claim for one| mittee. were James Anderson, | annual Christmas party. The Clifton Allin, Thornton road from this roadway onto Park road. Pension consultants William M. Mercer Limited, now doing sheep killed by dogs on his| Ray Andrews, Archie Antle, Jim}cost, he said, would be over farm. The $20 claim and an/Elrich, Nathan Hircock, Gordon! $1,300. $8.80 fee forthe livestock valuer|Jacobs, Len Mitchell, Bob Skel-| The Branch voted to send $125 have been submitted to council.}ton and Lawrence O'Neill to the Minor Hockey Association To Parks, Property and Rec Elected previously by accla-{o sponsor a team again this reatign committee. 'mation were; R. &. McLaugh-lyear. executive|McLaughlin and Kelly Creigh-| "It was a wonderful, if brief, | experience and I'm sorry I |could not run again," he said. | Appeal Case Is Dismissed The Court of Appeal at | Osgoode Hall has dismissed with jcosts an appeal by Joseph |Vautour against a judgment |by Judge A. C. Hall in Ontario County Eighth Division Court on |April 21, 1964. In his judgment, Judge Hall awarded the plaintiff $61.10 and costs in his action brought against Gastor Bernard to re- |cover $220.90 damages for meat jsold by the defendant to the | plaintiff. | The plaintiff claimed fraudu- jlent misrepresentation by the defendant as to the age of ani- mal, quality of the beef and by reasqn also of the beef so sold proving inedible. The meat was jamong the officers of the regi- Michael Boyle, 5, and Janet Miller, 7, had a jolly chat with Santa Claus during this a PRR yi SANTA VISITS K OF C KIDDIES' PARTY pre-Christmas party for chil- dren staged by' Oshawa St. Gregory's Council 2671, the i|personal Lyman Gifford. Closer Watch Asked On City Hall Mil 1959-60). ties Car mileage payments for city hall staff using their own cars are going up. And mileage totals will come under the scrutiny of Mayor The mayor Monday night "agreed with several city fathers that council has been lax on supervision and there has been abuse. "Nobody can put on 8,000 |miles a. year travelling around here on city busines," he said. "If he does, he doesn't have time to get any work: done." Some 60 employees put on " 172,000 miles in a yearly esti- mate gathered by Ald. Hay- ward Murdoch. .Names and mileages were not made public but Ald. Murdoch said there were two persons with estimates of 8,000 miles, one with 7,200 miles and two more with 7,000 miles. He said the jump from 10 Ficents a mile recommended in the 1955 Stevenson-Kellog re- '|port is "realistic" in view of -\the nine year period without - |--Construction Knights of Columbus. There were the usual fun and games, with gifts for all, --Oshawa Times Photo Regimental Pay Parade Officers turned. waiters for the men at the Ontario Regi- ment's annual Christmas din- ner and pay parade Monday night. About 140 officers and men were on hand. Lt.-Col, J. R. Warnica, commanding officer of the regiment, and Maj. W. C. Paynter, second in com- mand, "'carved" the meal, Sgt. Roger L. Scott was awarded the Lt.-Col. Pierson trophy for qualifying as the best rifle shot in the regiment this year. Lt.-Col.Roy A. Fells received an award for the best rifle shot } ment. Both men qualified with a_ 7.62 C1 semi-automatic rifle at the annual regimental class-| ifications. Sgt. D. T. Matthews was pre- sented the "Watenstik", a drill cane originally presented by} Lt.-Col. F. Stephen Wotton, a; former commanding officer of the regiment. : Regimental quartermas- ter sergeant Harry Turnér was presented with an engraved stein in recognition of 37 years continuous service with the regiment. Of those years he spent about 25 years as RQMS. The men won over the officers in both the "grudge" floor delivered Jan. 18, 1964. | | | | The first and second vice-)lin, honorary president; Ewart t | | OFFICERS SERVE THE DINNER AT THIS AFFAIR | THE ROLES OF PROCED- | URE AND RANK were re- | versed temporarily Monday | night at the Armories, as is traditionally the .case at the annual Barrack's Room dinner | and Pay Parade of the Ontario hockey and dart competitions. | UP SALARIES, SALARY RANGE FOR CITY SENIOR PERSONNEL City Council Monday' night approved 5° percent © 'in- creases in both salaries and salary ranges for senior personnel and department heads, Cost to the city next year: $17,362. Raises are effec- tive November 1 this year. Annual increments and overtime have not been in- cluded in considerations leading to these increases. Mayor Lyman Gifford promised a "'full review" early next year on salary scales. Historic Home Given Reprieve That old Robinson house at the foot of Simcoe street south got a second reprieve from city council Monday night. Said to have been a' sailor's tavern, the house was bought by the city with the idea of wreck- ing it "to clean up the area" near the lakefront. Demolition was _ delayed earlier this year when there was some chance restoration might be part of the city's centennial project The move was made to bring into force wage dif- ferentials between salaried personnel and union em- ployees, In last Thursday's com- . mittee meeting, Personnel Officer Daniel Fleming told council some maximums on the wage scale for union employees are higher than those of salaried employ- ees, He said some union mem- bers are making more than supervisory personnel. In council two weeks ago, council voted to go ahead and tear it down, Last night council applied the brakes and recommended to the 1965 council a two-month defer- ment on any action. Mayor Lyman Gifford inferred the delay was to give the Osh- awa and District Historical So- ciety time to raise money to buy it from the city Regiment. This time the offi- cers served the dinner to the men in the ranks. From the pictures above it would appear that both officers and NCO's were enjoying _ it. Lt.-Col. James R. Warnica, officer commanding (fourth from left) serves a helping of turkey be- fore an admiring audience, left to right, of RSM (WOT) James Newell; Capt. the Rev. R. A. Sharpe, Protestant pa- dre of the regiment; Major + jan increase. Here are the new rates: inspectors - car allowance 13 cents a mile plus 2 cents a mile to cover use as well as carrying instruments. --All others using their own cars on city business 13 cents a mile. To be eligible*for these rates, each department head will be reqtired to submit a list of authorized persons to the 'City Treasurer and these employees must submit proof of liability Rates are effective Jan. Ald. Cliff Pilkey emphasized a uniform way to check the accuracy of the submitted mile- age figures should be determined, Re-Zoning Approved City' Council Mongay night backed a planning board recommendation to re-zone un- registered land owned by de- velopers Jackson and Hazlett in the Surrey Drive area. The developers have informed council they will fight the re- zoning, probably before an one Municipal Board hear- ng. The unregistered land lies east of lots facing on Surrey Drive in the city's north-east sectid) and adjacent to a Sur- rey Drive-Dover street-Digby avenue subdivision which, the city says, "has been predomin- ately developed with single family housing." Both the land under develop- ment and the unregistered land are zoned R2B which allows multiple dwelling (up to 5- plexes) buildings. The city's proposal is to re- zone the unregistered land R1B, restricting development to single family dwellings. Area residents in _ single family homes came to council twice to protest the erection of . ' |triplexes. These residents told council they were told by real estate men that only single : |family homes would be built in |r. have written council the area. Lawyers Sam Jackson the for - {|property was bought "for the W. C, Paynter, second in com- mand; Major L. P. Tiggebers; express purpose of erecting multiple family dwellings." The letter says buyers of single family homes in the area must have been aware of the zoning, and that multiple fam- ily dwellings could be erected in the area "because there were already a great number of them there." Yule Service : To Be Served Postmaster W. E. Mann said today a minimum of service will be given Christmas Day by the Oshawa Post Office. All mails will be received and despatched as usual and special deliveries will be made. With these exceptions no service will be provided. : On Boxing Day, Dec. 26, full and Capt. (The Rev.) M. A. Beriault, Roman Catholic pa- | dre of the regiment. | --Oshawa Times Photo postal service will be given. One complete street letter box collection will be made on the lSunday schedule,

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