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TZA. THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, February 26, 1965 HISTORIC SOD-TURNING CEREMONY Friday, Feb. 28, 1964, was an eventful day in the lives of Oshawa ci . It was + the day the first sod. was turned for their new Civic Auditorium. Joseph Olesky, a clerk in the north General Motors plant, wielded the shovel, while his wife and members of the Auditorium committee watched. The Auditorium is now open, to the delight of thousands of citizens, who have watched with pride as the building has taken shape. "The power of this unified effort is nothing less than fantas- tic," said E. R, S. Me- Laughlin, chairman of the auditorium executive com- q AUDITORIUM mittee at the simple sod- turning ceremony. 'There is a real spirit here in Osh- awa, areal spirit of co- operation." --Oshawa Times Photo. KEY LINK IN CITY'S ONE-WAY STREET ARTERY This is the tie which provides one of the key links to Oshawa's major one-way street system. Westbound traffic on King street must take this one- way stretch of Bond street which lies immediately west of Riverdale drive. At the moment it is a two-lane roadway which was com- pleted Dec. 7. This year, curbs and gutters and an- other layer of pavement will be installed. It will be a three-lane roadway when completed. --Oshawa Times Photo NEW BANK ADDS BEAUTY TO DOWNTOWN SECTOR One of the newest banks in Oshawa belongs to the Bank of Montreal and is located at the corner of Sim- coe and Athol streets. Open- ed in May last year, the modern building is the fourth downtown building to The new shopping plaza at Wilson road and Olive avenue, Oshawa, was com- pleted in stages last year. he Canadian Imperial HOPPIN Bank of Commerce branch was opened Oct. 16. Stores in the plaza include Heidi's Modern Hair Styling, Food- master Red and White, Vic's be occupied by the B of M in the past' 45 years. A sec- ond bank is located at the Variety, Willis Gift Shop, and Arcade. Barber Shop. The plaza has 19 apartment units in its second storey. Oshawa Shopping Centre. It was opened in 1956. --Oshawa Times Photo PLAZA ON WILSON ROAD SOUTH The bisiness and residen- tial area nearby is -expand- ing rapidly. ' --Oshawa Times Photo. MAMMOTH CRANES LIFT STEEL SECTIONS I There are sections of Osh- awa today that look like a boom town, such as this scene at the new GM truck final assembly plant under Beautiful Camp Samac-- northeast of the City--was donated to the Oshawa Boy Scout Association in 1946 by ARE ey RN Rane Rae sepinse: Minch construction on Park road south. Mammoth cranes lift sections of structural steel into position at the plant. The new 850,000 square foot Col. R. S. McLaughlin. It is one of the most beautiful and well equipped camps of its kind on the North truck chassis plant is com- pletely closed in and the in- Stallation of conveyors underway. Parking lots and right-of-ways for railroad American continent today. It is used by Scouts, Guides, Brownies and Cubs in Osh- awa and district. It is also NTO PLACE sidings have been com- pleted. Pilot production is scheduled for June of this year. --GM Photo used by visiting members of the above groups from dis- tant points. --Oshawa Times Photo KING STREET SECTOR HAS A NEW LOOK Reconstruction of this por- tion of King street west be- tween Park road and Mac- Millan drive was opened for traffic Oct. 22. Although it is not shown in the picture, Midtown crescent, which leads to the new Shopping Plaza in the creek valley area, was constructed at the same time. This is part of the city's vast new road reconstruction program. --Oshawa Times Photo MORE SIGNS OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS WITHIN OSHAWA This 40,000 square - foot building was opened in 1964 by the Kingsway College in Oshawa (which is operated by the Seventh-Day Adven- tist Church.) It is a voca- tional building and houses a bindery and vocational woodwork plant Between 80 and 100 students are train- ed in chis building yearly. While working therein, they earn a portion of their school expenses, The students re- bind text books, periodicals and library books used in universities and libraries throughout On:ario, The wood plant produces chests of drawers, beds and book cases, which are shipped coast-to-coast. --Photo by Ireland a MOSCOW (AP)--The car business is in a the Soviet Union, but more more wives, ' mothers-in-law are using ernment cars for personal ness, EEE: 38 ey tj cars he found parked outside stores, markets and public baths in Moscow. ' Mock-Attack In Texas SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (AP)-- The mushroom cloud over Herr Hill, and the casuaity count was devastating. It was only a mock attack--but it set the scene for the U.S. Army's new hospital in a box. j The hospital--flown by, heli- copter or toted by truck--can be set up and ready for surgery in less than half an hour. And in the primitive, hurt world that must follow atomic attack, it is an impressive bit of civil- ization. The units would replace the old canvas field tents in 'which army doctors say some men died in war because the stresses of cold and heat added to the shock of their wounds. ROAD ENDS FOR WOMAN DRIVER OAKMERE, England (AP) Britain's most celebrated woman driver has, for a year at least, reached the end of the road. A magistrate slapped ihe year's ban on Miss Margaret Hunter, 66, Monday, after find- ing her guilty of colliding with a tree, Miss. Hunter blamed the ac-' cident on a mysterious "pro- pelling force" that took con- trol of her car. 2 On the witness stand, Miss Hunter said: "I just felt something from behind, "T'd like to know who is do- ing it and why. The police should find out." . Miss Hunter won interna- tional renown in 1962 when her driving instructor jumped from her car in a busy street yelling "this is suicide." She failed a series of tests for a licence but eventually got one by establishing resi- dence in Ireland, where no test was then needed. ; This licence magistrate confiscated, ite Miss Hun- ter's demand that the clerk of the court sh be arrested for theft. Net Earnings Of $16,571,837 TORONTO (CP) -- Breweries Lid. had net earn- ings of $16,571,837 in-the year ended Oct. 31, 1964, compared with $17,146,473 the previous year. Share earnings were 65 cents against 70 cents. Earnings were said to be down Major areas. a P. Taylor said anadian sales and were higher, but pinyin lems, work stoppages and de- layed opening of the Fort Worth plant unfavorably affected sales and earnings in the United States. : He said industry sales should increase by three to four per cent this year. Total assets at year-end were $338,256,748 against $318,650,758 in 1963. Working capital in- ores to $70,043,966 from $53,- Prices Mixed In Trading TORONTO (CP)--Prices were mixed in moderate tra on the Canadian bond market Wed- nesday. ~-- vet 2 cents. jay-to-day money, in supply, showed a loss of rt % per cent. Treasury bills were up, The 91-day bills rose 0.2 at 374 per cent; 182-day bills rose 9.1 at «* per cent, e provincial market was off %. The corporate market was unchanged with a weaker tone. ------------ LAWS AMENDED _ MONTREAL (CP) -- City rod y ge begun a camp: ere. to make jaywalking ag alties less severe but pon en le. They also plan to create an accident investigation Squad in an effort to save lives and improve traffic |; hash aw enforce-