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panels were needed in an area almost inaccessible by conventional means of. con- veyance and it took the heli- copter pilot three days to finish the lifting job. The new truck plant, located im- Plant engineers at GM of Canada called on this heli- copter to lift bulky 800 Ib. oven panels to the second floor of its new truck final chassis plant now under construction in Oshawa. The HELICOPTER TO THE RESCUE IN GM OPERATION mediately south of GM's Body Plant on Park road, is part of the $120,000,000 ex- pansion program underway by GM_ of Canada. The Truck Plant, which has a total floor space of 960,000 square feet will be com- pletely closed in within a - few days. Pilot production will get underway by Aug- ust, 1965. --GM Photo Realtor Bemoans Rural Slum Areas HAMILTON (CP) --Realtors|tion of Real Estate Boards, Mr. "can and should' participate| Willoughby said: fully in aiding the economic} "It is shocking to find that progress of slow-growth areas,|right here in Canada, the rich- Bert E. Willoughby of Toronto,|est nation in the world, there president of the 14,000-memberjare 2,000,000 Canadians hope- Canadian Association of Realjlessly wallowing in conditions of Estate Boards, said today. extreme poverty. A half-million Addressing the annual con-|families are barely existing on vention of the Ontario Associa-lincomes of less.than $2,000 a year as a result of the colossal arrogance of our economic plan- ners."" By "'losing sight" that plan- ning is for people, Canadian planners "have created the worst imaginable rural slums stretching all the way from St. John's, Nfld., to Prince Rupert; B.C." "We must start now to de- centralize industry and its de- pendents," he said, "If we don't, our small cities and towns and the pleasant ameni- ties of rural living will be ruined forever." Lower interest rates for Na- tional Housing Act mortgages and economic aid to depressed areas may be offered by the federal government as an alter- native to over-all income tax re- ductions, he said. . Prefabrication will '"'com- pletely overturn' the house building business in the future, he added. Prefabricated con- struction now has captured 15 per cent of the annual produc- tion of single family houses compared with six per cent a few years ago. "Within 10 years half of the new houses built in Canada will Oshawa Municipal Airport is, located in the north-west sec- tion of the city, and is operated by the city on lease from the Federal government. One of the: best-maintained municipal airports in Canada, it has three paved runways, two 2,600 feet long and one 3,500 feet, adequate for the operation of large twin-engine aircraft. Con- structed in 1941 by the Federal Government for the Royal Canadian Air Force, it was the sité of No, 20 Elementary Fly- ing Training School for the training of student pilots under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Sec- ond World War. Several buildings, including two hangars, erected during the war years, are still in use. Registration of visiting aircraft increased during 1964 with over 4,500 arrivals and departures; 800 of these operations were by large aircraft. To be added to this total are the operations of Oshawa Municipal Rirport Has Three Paved Runways more than 70 locally based air- craft. Engaged in g_opera- tions locally are the Oshawa Flying Club, Ron Poulter Fly- ing Service and J-V Flying Serv- ice; also Aviation Supplies, Brownell Aircraft Maintenan: and Custom Metal Co. Also' oc- eupying buildings at the are the Emergency Organization, the Ontario Regi- ment, and No. 420 Wing, RCAF Association. CUSTOMS PORT The Airport was designated a customs port of entry in 1953, making it possible for visitors or freight to be flown direct to Oshawa from airports in the U vantage, as witnessed by the in- creased trans-border traffic each year of both pérsonnel and freight for local industry. TAX COLLECTION Tax collection in the past 10 years in Oshawa has averaged better than 97.5 per cent. TOM HUZAR GEORGE KOORNNEEF 187 King St. East be prefabricated," he said. Paul Ristow vr. REALTOR CREATING SATISFYING REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS FOR OVER. THIRTEEN YEARS THROUGH CURRENT MARKET KNOWLEDGE AND OLD FASHIONED RELIABILITY Airport) roth Measures) si oi ® THE OSHAWA TIMES, Pridey, Februcry 26,1968 33A Club Opened Sept. 1945 The year 1964 saw the com- pletion of 19 years of successful operation of the Oshawa Flying Club. Many changes and im- provements in flying equipment have taken place since its offi- cial. opening on September. 15, ce!1945, when it began operation The Breakfast Fly-In was held in June, when more than 1,000 visitors arrived at the airport in 300 aircraft for breakfast with the members of the club. APPROVED CLUB ness and ure. Last year mark. Club ted 31 new private bing pilots, start The Since 1945 logged more The Flying Club is approved by the Federal Government to train anyone over 16 years of age for either a private or a commercial licence. Sewerw wr) HA Mn REPRESENTED BY EARL SALTER VERN MORTON Financial Trade Building Oshawa ANOTHER PROPERTY MANAGED BY h Geatt ¥ {TRVESTHENT; MANAGEMENT ond area residents. Every day more and more people from nearby towns are making o trip to the centre for all their fomily needs. How far is the Oshawa Shopping Centre from you? . » « TOTO: ccscees 38 Beaverton ...... 52 Cobourg ........ 38 Lindsay ..... ios Peterborough .... 57 Port Hope ...... 30 Port Perry ...... 21 Richmond Hill ... 40 Markham ...... ': ae Dione... a... 18 AJEK cccccwocee. 9 IDEALLY LOCATEDFORYOUR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE The Oshawa Shopping Centre, with its vost 53 acre location hos become a shopping paradise for Oshawa KING ST. W. miles miles miles miles miles miles miles miles miles miles miles THICKSON ROAD WHITBY SIDE oshawa shopping centre STEVENSON ROAD "tom * SOCIAL SERVICE IN ACTION Cae 1s ee Ran eeeettiy te Dane ot Coe ls of men and women and In 1964 Sun Life' to its ' Policyholders, old and new, bought more Sun Life insurance than ever before, Sun Life % SALES--$1,369,222,000 (up $185,496,000, or 16% from 1963) Highlights ETAL Live DAANCa In eee een Bae in 1964 ikon doliars roms 1960s inchudes $6,101 062000 te Gray LAM temenaseay & ASSETS AT DECEMBER Sist--$2,833,517,000 (up $185,051,000 from 1968) Inne ore ih mati at $56 90000. Sun Life is people people. Sun Life salesmen are specially trained in of te Sekinersmacmeigaie een n | SL aay 'These are among the reasons why Sun Life is Canada's largest life insurance irom oxy of company, faa cons , W. ROGER WOLFE, Unit Manager Oshawa Shopping Centre, Oshawa, Ontario Telephone: 725-4563 G. ARNOLD, T. FARQUHARSON, M. KRUGER, G. NESBITT, G. ROBINSON, K. 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