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SBA THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, February 26, 1965 ss System Now Lists 3,623 Pupils '| The Oshawa Separate School Fan continued to grow at a pid rate in the year 1964. En- iment at the beginning of 1964 was 3,623 pupils. These pupils ére accommodated in 10 Fehon Twenty new classrooms "which were opened the previous September were all fully occu- pied. By the end of 1964 the orig ys had crept up to 4,003 the new John F. Kennedy eight-room school which had been opened Sept. 1, on Conant street, was also completely filled with students. The board has just been suc- cessful in keeping abreast with the increases, by opening a total of 25 newly constructed class- rooms between Sept. 1, 1964 and Sept. 1, 1965. There is only one classroom in the entire system that is not in regular use at the present time, including five portables and one class room in St. Gregory's auditorium. It was, therefore, very necessary that the board proceed in 1964 with a major building program gear- ed for completion in the sum- mer of 1965. This undertaking involved the purchase of the ne- cessary sites, the data informa- tion required in order to deter- mine the size and location of the schools, the actual planning of the schools, through the drawing board stage to completion. The result was that the pro- gram set up in 1964 for comple- tion in 1965 has been initiated to cover the largest expansion and building program in the history of the Oshawa Separate School Board, for any one year. It was felt that the building program of 1963 would not be equalled for some time. However, the rapid increase in the population of the City of Oshawa has ne- cessitated an even larger pro- gram for 1965. Actually, the planning of the buildings has been completed, in the case of the St. Thomas Aquinas School which will be built on Pacific avenue and the Sir Albert Love School which will be built on Wilson road north. The contract have been let for the building of these schools. The third school in the area of Waverly street is on the planning boards and is also slated for comple- tion for Sept. 1, 1965. With the opening of the new Catholic High School at Ross- land road and Stevenson road north, the rooms now occupied by the students of Grades 9, 10 and 11 will be vacated and will be available for elementary school children in the area of St. Joseph's School. The Board initiated definite school boundaries during 1964 and as a result have been able to regulate the enrolment per classroom to a much greater degree than in the past. In most schools, the average per class- room enrolment is under the re- commended 35 per classroom. It is anticipated that with the open- ing of the three new schools in September that there will be a levelling effect in the other classrooms. Of course, it will be necessary to re-define cer- tain boundaries and set up new boundaries for the next school term. The Sir Albert Love School and the St. Thomas Aquinas School both have in- cluded in the building, an all- purpose room. This is the first time that this has been pro- vided for in the building of new schools by the Oshawa Separate School Board. BIG PROGRAM The board carried out a very extensive program in regard to the improvement of school grounds and play areas. This program will be continued dur- ing 1965 to the limit of the board's financial ability. The board have given much study and thought to increasing the number of Auxiliary classes in the system, setting up class- room library arrangements in each school, the possibility of _ establishing senior schools and also, increasing the physical training program in all schools. We look forward to a very ac- tive and progressive year in 1965 where we will see the culmina- tion of the 1964's planning. The continued expansion of the school system in Oshawa is certainly anticipated as the City continues to grow and expand at a rapid pace. It is, therefore, very necessary that the board plan for the future, particularly in the purchase of sites and the early planning stages for the actual building of the school, so that when the classrooms are required, they will be ready. By Sept. 1, 1965, we will have constructed a total of 59 new classrooms within a two-year period and most of these class- rooms will be occupied. I believe that the expansion in the future will not be so rapid, due to the fact that we have had to build extensively to catch up on a certain amount of back-log in the building program DIGGING UP SEXTON LONDON (CP) -- Sexton Blake, Victorian detective of boys' magazines and books since 1893, was a favorite with schoolboys in the pre -. James Bond era. The detective, who remained 40 years old through- out his published life until the stories were dropped in 1963; may appear again, Publishers recently acquired the rights, and now hope to appeal to an adult market. 'DEPEND ON GM Approximately 80 manufactur- ing wholesale and' retail con- cerns in the area depend on Genera! Motors for at least part of their sales, The Swedish ship "Isolde" --an ocean-going car carrier --loads a direct shipment of 223 passenger cars at Osh- awa Harbor bound for Stockholm, Sweden. This shipment was the first from the Oshawa Harbor since A GM SHIPMENT BOUND FOR STOCKHOLM,, 1960 and marked an innova- tion as GM's. exports are SWEDEN usually loaded at seaboard. --GM Photo Ranger's Steed Out To Pasture DETROIT (AP)--Remember Silver, the great; white horse the legendary Lone Ranger rode to fame on the imaginary plain of radio? He's 28 years old now and roams the pastures of a farm at ntearby Oxford owned by Brace Beemer, long the radio voice of the Lone Ranger. _ Beemer and his son, J. D. ~~ eee ee Beemer, 38, remembered by television watchers as Cowboy Colt, are training horses to com- pete during the thoroughbred racing season which opens April J. D. said that until recently he and his father had concen- trated on show and saddle horses but now have switched over to thoroughbreds. oe ee er ee a ee iitdiindih o.com eect a ae Iran Abandons Public Hanging TEHERAN (Reuters) -- Iran has bandoned one of its tradi- tional customs -- 'public hang- ings. By a special decree, the gov- inal code to ban public hangings throughout the country. No longer will the gallows be erected in Tehran's main square for al] to watch the pro- ceedings. Capital punishment in future will be meted out at dawn within prison walls, away from the public eye. ernment has revised the crim- "We realized that thorough- bred breeding would grow big here," he said. 'There's every- thing in Michigan to raise the best horses anywhere, so we de- cided to go into the business. Dad takes care of the breeding 'end of the business while I look after the training." CAR PRODUCTION More than 300,000 new cars aod truck, are produced by Genera! Motors each year in Oshawa PIGEON 'BOMBS' SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Dock workers here today disclosed they are getting extra pay be- cause of pigeon dirt. A. special allowance of Sixpence (about seven cents) was awarded Mon- day to dock workers at Glebe Island who com- PENNIES FROM... plained they were being "bombed"' by pigeons in a wharf shed. "Some people may think this is funny, but it is not amusing to have a_ clean shirt splashed with bird dirt," a dock worker union spokesman said. "The stain won't out."" he added. wash MODERNIZE (our OFFICE JAMES O'MALLEY CONSTRUCTION LTD. 254 CEDAR VALLEY DR. PHONE 723-7122 FRANKLIN'S of OSHAWA WHERE CAN WHAT IS "THE LOOK"? "The Look' is whatever happens to be accepted 'as the current fashion trend . . . whether it be a silhouette, a fabric or a new colour, Mony monufacturers, wholesalers and retailers use this theme to promote the season's best fashions! YOU FIND IT? 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