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Oshawa Times (1958-), 22 Jun 1965, p. 9

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The Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1965 en oa pec rataetia eee R FAREWELL concert honoring M. Mc- Intyre Hood, who will return soon to his native Scotland following his retirement from: The Oshawa Times. TUNING UP FO Bandshell Thursday. Bill Whitsitt, euphonium, Fred Pleasant, xylophone, and Al Cooper, trombone, will all be star performers at the Mr. Hood will also act as master of ceremonies at the concert. --Oshawa Times Photo The Ontario Regiment bandsmen shown above are tuning up for a special fare- well concert to be given by the band at the McLaughlin _. Oshawa Times Photo -- City Hall Space Shortage Pay Packet Cured For Just One Dollar Still Tops as well lighted as any street "| In Dominion the city. aie ; | The mayor also said he told) For the second month in suc- the Seard of education the city\cession Oshawa had the highest would keep the building in good|average weekly wage in the na- repair 'and that the board said|tion -- $116.70, during February. it would give the city four to| According to the Dominion to city hall. six months notice if it wants to|Bureau of Statistics the average use the building for anotfer|OShawa salary for January of Council also agreed that in the ; ais event personnel are found who! purpose. oi onthe . Noe tor Foure can re-establish the clinic, it is | understood that sufficient space [ary 1964 was $109.45. for those officials will be pro-| MP, Vipond Hilight) While the number of building vided. | permits issued in Canada dur- Ald. Margaret Shaw, councit's| Young Grits Meet Pop ee et wha hgh ite Pa 97 a % i representative of the board of Sar shies Gas Pees th health, opposed the motion. | Herb Gray, MP for Essex|the number of those registered She said the health depart-| West, will be the guest speaker/for work -- 2,475 in May '65 and ment would be a long way down| Wednesday at the first annual) 3,900 last year. | Simcoe st., and that especially| meeting of the Young Liberal) Car manufacture was up; 34,-| in the winter: it would be dark in| Association of Ontario Riding. |197 autos in May this year com- the early evenings and children} The election of officers for|pared with 28:375 last year; and move to the Simcoe st. building with the understanding that when suitable city hall accom- modation is available (the pro- posed addition) or unless other quarters are found, the depart- ment will automatically return A $1 a year solution was found last night for city hall's space shortage problem. Mayor Lyman Gifford told council Dr. C. C. Stewart, médi- cal officer of health, has agreed to move his health department to the board of education-owned, vacant, mental health unit build- ing at 179 Simcoe st. s. And, the mayor, after leaving the council meeting and talking to board trustees, came back with the news that the board would rent the building to the city for the nominal sum of $1 a year. After the meeting Mayor Gif- ford told The Times, the health department move would solve the space problem for the "'im- mediate future'. He also said The one-way street system is "working well', says Ald. John Brady, council's traf- fic committee chairman. "It's working much better than I' had hoped," he told The Times after last night's council meeting. Ald. Brady said he surveyed the system several times yesterday. "Oshawa is the Isst, major city in the province to insti- tute a one-way system," said the alderman. Robert Richardson, city traffic engineer, said he was "reasonably pleased' with the operation of the system. TO START OCT. 1 Increased general welfare payments in Oshawa will | start Oct. 1. | City council last night adopted a finance and assessment committee rec- | ommendation that the 15 | per cent increase,-author- | ized last month by the pro- | vincial government, start in | the city Oct. 1. | Ald. Gordon Attersley, fi- nance chairman, said the in- crease will amount to an additional $4,000 for three | months but that sufficient | money is available in the welfare department budget. Ald. Clifford Pilkey said he favored the increased payments but he said the province should pick up the entire additional cost. Ald. Christine Thomas sug- | gested the finance com- | mittee prepare a resolution, | to be sent to the government | | two city hall board rooms and a city-owned Queen st., house will not have to be converted would have a long trip. She also} 1965-66 will be a highlight of the/post office revenue show gains, said she felt other departments} meeting, which will be held at|$89,.425 May '64 and $10,452 this| could move outside city hall, in-| Adelaide House. Young Liberallyear, protesting the additional cost burden on munici- palities. into offices. Council, meeting in committee last week, agreed to make use of the house and the two board rooms. Council approved a motion to have the health department stead of the health department. | Association officials from 38 hae Mayor Gifford said a majority| ronto will be guests at the| of board of health members,| meeting. contacted by Dr. Stewart, had) no objection to the move pro-| nominated as Liberal candidate viding it was only temporary.| in Ontario riding, is also expect- And, he said, Simcoe st. isled to speak. Only One Bid Received | For Christine Addition extension to the existing -unit ' Christine cres., rental housing} The local drive was again tion for the construction of 18) development. under the direction of Kiwan- rental housing units on Lomond] In another letter, the corpora-\!ans and College Park Seventh-| st. | tion asked council if it had any|Day Adventists. -- i | The corporation, in a letter| specific location in mind for the} Women's service chairman} to council last night, said the| construction of 30 senior citi-/Mrs. W. B. Syer reported 1229 bid was over the estimate and|zen housing units in the city,|dtessings were made last month that it is carrying out negotia-| The letter was referred to the|and 564 were issued, drugs were tions in an effort to reduce the) parks, property and recreation|Supplied to two patients and) price. committee. {transportation was arranged "When these negotiations are} The corporation has been ask- for seven complete we will inform you! ed by council to provide 30 sen- The group agreed to set up a of the result," said the corpora-| ior citizen and 35 rental housing|booth at the Dominion Day Folk tion. units in the city in addition to Festival in Alexandra - Park The Lomond st., project is an|the 18-unit Lomond st., project.|@8ain this year. ; : | A committee of Mrs. Syer, Rural areas during the On-| tario County cancer campaign |were 'a tower of strength" hav- jing exceeded their quotas, said \Kenneth Smythe, Ontario unit| \president, at 'a recent society meeting. Toronto Firm Wins Contract A $290,723 structural steel con- tract for the new $3,000,000- secondary school on Harmony rd, was awarded to Toronto Iron Works Ltd., last night by the Oshawa Board of Education. The lowest of four tenders, it was originally set at $284,723 but a Toronto Iron spokesman said a mistake was made which would cost the company $15,000. The firm agreed to abide by the first bid and move the com- pletion date ahead from Janu- uary to October if the board! would agree to pay an extra! $6000. Only. one bid was received by the Ontario Housing Corpora- Lights, Gates The board agreed to sarel s . . | "since time vas imoorant",| Extensive Paving For Vista; said chairman Edward Bassett,| but if the contractor did not ust What We Wanted: Howell | Jus Vista Ratepayers are|to Emerald ave., will be paved For Thornton? meet the October deadline he would forfeit the extra $6000. The next lowest tender was| : ; from Frankel Structural Steel! much happier today. in 1967. Two flashing light signals, Ltd., at $293,050 with comple- City council last night ap-| Mrs. L. W. Howell: secretary| Short arm gates and bells are tion by Dec. 3. | proved a public works commit-|of the Lake Vista association,| "Commended by the Board of | tee recommendation proposing] said today association members| Transport Commissioners for street paving in the south-end| are pleased with the proposed! the Canadian National Rail- . subdivision during the next two! paving. ways' Thornton rd. s., crossing. i IC ory or | years, "It's exactly what we want-|. A letter to council from the ; | As proposed by the commit-| ed,"' she said. 'It remains to be} board last night asked for sub- | tee, Phillip Murray ave., from) carried out but we expect it will.) ™ssions from the city and the | - : Oxford st., to Park 'rd., and] And we appreciate council's co CNR regarding the 'automatic | opin ar Wecker dr., from Thomas st., to| operation. Members went out of, Protection | i Scugog ave., will be paved next| their way to accommodate us.) The letter was referred to the| | It's Chopin -- not Victory Y¢3": : Council's public works com- traffic and public safety com-| ! Park today.' . And, council will recommend! mittee along with Mayor Lyman) Mittee. ' a? e to the 1967 council that Phillip Gifford and Fred Crome, city Council two weeks ago approv- ao se last night approv-| Murray ave., trom Cedar st., to|engineer, discussed the pave-|@4 the CNR's request to con- parks, property and re-) Scugog ave.; Scugog ave., from|ment program with association) S'tucta-third track -across| creation committee recommen- dation that the patk name be changed and also that the name SA Rn IE AICO spe of the street leading to the park be named Chopin Court. The five-acre park is located north of the Macdonald-Cartier | Humane Society Plans Freeway, east of Montgomery . has "een beetan*®"." "Te Build Shelter Here years but was seeded in 1964. executive members at a meet- Thornton rd., to serve the Gen-| Phillip Murray to Wecker dr.;| "ling aki weet eral Motors south plant. and Oxford st-, from Stone st. " Water Resources Body 'Accused Of 'Buck Passing' Members of councl agreed to name the park after the famed|is proposing to construct and animals: rescue operate an animal shelter in On- Polish composer Chopin, pro-| nounced "show-pan". The name change came after countless hours of discussion in| council and at planning board meetings. The United Council of Polish The Ontario Humane Society| hold and dispose of impounded tario County. A letter outlining the proposal animals and pick up injured animals. He said the society would} was referred Jast night by coun- make available to finance the cil to the parks, property and operation, recreation committee all revenues. received from the shelter operation, fees In return for services, the) 294 any other revenues. The Ontario Water Resources Commission was accused by several members of city coun-} cil last night of "passing the| buck." | Ald. Clifford Pilkey, referring} to a commission letter on water} pollution control, said it ogee like the. commission wants to Organizations in the city in Jee a : Bobeecen eget cat eee forever tol'shift the responsibility for con- ; uary. asked that a street or park enter into an agreement with nace i ' hae gy Capital in-| trol to municipalities. id be renamed Polish Millenium. one or more municipalities in yee yp el is prepared to "We should send them a let-) or Polonia, in honor of Poland's the county and under the agree-) raise funds through its branches'|ter that they retain the re- {ment the municipalities would| Operations and, in fact, is pre-| sponsibility 1,000th year of Christianity in| 1966. | Dr tiauze Vino, reeeity UAL Areas Are Lauded. - For Cancer Campaigning -- Mrs. Fred Lloyd, Mrs. 0. D Friend and Mrs. J. L. Beaton |was appointed to consider a suc-our male aldermen were cessor to Mrs. Syer as_ unit} chairman. | The nominating committee: W. H. J. Thompson, Walter to battle fires at any level./get a quorum, to go right: on discussion be held on the sub- representa-|with meetings, regardless of the, ject of flood lights for North Famme and Lt. Col. M. C.| He said his department is still changing signal tim- ings. "Our main concern is with how motorists 'are making left turns onto the one-way streets and onto sidestreets from the one-way streets," he said, He said motorists should be making left turns into the adjacent lane and they should not be crossing over any lanes when making a left turn, Two letters, referring to the one-way system, were referred by council last 'WELFARE BoosT Gal Aldermen Swing High On New Aeriai Platform Alderman Alice Reardon had Oshawa at her feet yesterday-- when she was taken for a ride in a 90-foot high fire rescue tower, | The hydraulically operated Aero Chief .'schnorkel' stopped off to give a demonstration at city hall while en route to the Kingston Fire Department. The aerial platform can zoom to the 90-foot height on a two section boom. The platform is automatically self-levelling and can be used for rescue or fire| fighting work. Alderman Reardon was the} first volunteer to go "aloft when} the device was demonstrated before Mayor Lyman Gifford and several aldermen. "She sure has got the nerve," said the mayor as Alderman Rear- don entered the platform cage.) That's what woman." She was followed by Alder- /man Margaret Shaw who quip-| ped "that's the closest I'll ever) get to heaven." | Both aldermen said that the schnorkel gave a "really smooth ride,"' None of the present made the trip, prompted Mayor Lyman-- ford to chuckle at last nig council meeting: "T never knew male aldermen! so many chicken-hearted." (i LM, DE ll LL' night to the traffic com- mittee. : E. J. Clarke; manager of the Agnew - Surpass shoe store, protested in his let- ter the parking ban on one side of both King and Bond sts., and the removal of 80 parking meters, K. M. Hume, president of the Oshawa Clearing House, registered "deep concern" in his letter over the elimin- ation of parking*on Simcoe st., between King and Bond sts. and also the proposed removal of meters in cer- tain areas of King and Bond. SQPOILER DOVE Thomas Raises Questions © Over Bolahood Appointmen 'ONE WAY 'WORKING WE Ald. Christine Thomas asked last night if city council has appointed a $40,000 a year man", She was referring to council's action on June 7 appointing Lloyd Bolahood, real estate agent and consultant, on a $200 monthly retainer and a fee basis of $125 per day, to conduct appraisals and negotiations for properties being expropriated by the city. At council last night Ald. Thomas fired four questions at Ald. Hayward Murdoch, parks, property and recreation com- mittee chairman, who recom- mended the appointment. She wanted to know: --Which committee budget Mr. Bolahood's fees will come from?; --How long is his appoint- for "getting men down into the middle of fires." He said that the machines cost at least $80,000 and are custom made. The boom and platform are carried on a 30 foot long fire truck, which also carries axes, ladders and other fire fighting equipment. Before the boom is raised the base is braced by four outrigger type hydraulic jacks. : The boom also carries a two- way communications system, air lines for oxygen re-fuelling and spot light cables. When the truck is*tied up with a water pumping system a top capacity of 1,000 gallons per minute, at 100 pounds pressure, can be directed from the tower. Under given conditions water can be pumped for more than I call a_ plucky|200 feet from the platform. Sticky Summer For Aldermen A long, hot busy summer. which|. That, says Mayor Lyman Gif- Git-|ford, is what's facing members ht's/of city council. "I don't believe we've ever|be left for discussion at a com- of|had a heavier agenda," he said) mittee meeti sollast night, referring to 56 letters) jon the agenda. "And 10 more| finance committee, of which The machine swims a full 360|came in to the office today. degree radius and can be used A manufacturer's "It is my intention, if I can Findlay, the president and vice-| tive said that. it was also useful/holiday period," said the mayor. president, was elected to choose slate of officers to attend the| anadian Cancer Society's an- nual General Meeting in October. a C Schools Want | Airport Land Two city school boards are eyeing the Oshawa airport prop-| erty as possible school sites. Board of Education, in a let- ter to city council last night, asked to be advised if the air- port is to be sold. "The board is most desirous! of obtaining school sites in the| area of the airport and respect-| fully requests that it be inform-| ed. by council of any action be- ing taken, or to be taken in future, to dispose of any of the airport property," wrote the board, The letter was referred to the parks: property and recreation committee, Two weeks*ago the separate school board asked council to relinquish its lease of 0 acres of airport property as the board wants. to purchase the land! from the federal government-as a site for an elementary school and administration office. testing" the Shift in, responsi- bility, was approved by council. | The OWRC "strongly urged" in its letter that control by municipal ordinance be imple- mented and where this has not| yet been done, it is recommend- ed that a suitable sewer-use by-| law be enacted and enforced. A City of St. Catharines, reso-| lution that the provincial gov- ernment institute a program of .',, they have more] Subsidizing municipalities for a road. agree to pay to the society not|pared to work extremely hard! money and more facilities," he) Major portion of the cost of, more than $13,000 per annum. to make such.a combined opera- said. ; In April, council agreed not to) -T. I. Hughes, general manag-| tion successful," said Mr.| Vive 'init 'eld sable ted rename any park or street in) er of the society, said his or-| Hughes. | buck," said Mayor Lyman Gif-| honor of any specific segment at ; i ie ? ee past . sa | of the. pooulats Y Oshews ganization would purchase land All that is needed.to. guaran-| ford : © population of Oshawa in the southern part of the coun-/tee the success o* the proposal! Ald. Christine Thomas' mo- Ald. Hayward Murdoch lastity close to a highwav svstem jis the co-operation and support|tion that the letter-be referred night, said the United Council) would erect an animal shelter;|of a number of municipalities,"'}to the public works committee, had agreed to the name Chopin.| provide a staff and equipment;!he said. to draft a letter "strongly pro-! | providing the facilities required Mr. Hansink said for water pollution abatement,/jikg Oshawa. very was referred finance and assessment . com- mittee \ sewer use bylaw would segregate storm and sewers. last night that council adjourn! mittee. He said that situation Council approved a _ motion Sept. 7, unless special |meetings are required, Dunlop Hit = By Wildcat Canada Ltd. this morni wildcat "show of strength, tancy," said Chief Stanley Lepine. The walkout began 8 a.m: and was over a.m. | Mr. Lepine complained the| company was using workers not classified for the job to load trucks and management is us-; ing day workers to ship tires| at night. "This has never been done before," he added. German Marks To Come Here? Two German businessmen re- turned home yesterday after sounding out investment possi- bilities in Oshawa's boom. Marzell Widmaier and Kurt Kister, both of Wesel, West Ger- many, spent two weeks in the city surveying business and housing development sites around town. They were guided by their brother-in-law, Eric Hansink, an Oshawa 'builder. Mr. Hansink, an Oshawa resi- dent for the past. nine years, said the two visitors "are inter- - ested in property development. They could: bring hundreds of thousands of 'dollars into the city. "In Germany they operate stores, beauty parlors and beau- ty supplies businesses. In Osh- awa my brothers-in-law would branch out into apartment and shopping plaza development," e said Mr. Fiahsink currently has a multi-story apartment building under construction at Nonquon the' visitors, "they both much and Translating for "i]'c! . to council's!think 'the prospects for growth here are excellent. They antici- the investments would be made first from Germany anc nate Sanitary then both families would. settle lover here, "IT think the council is going to have to meet all the way |through Mayor Gifford, | WHITBY (Staff) -- Five) _ The ah to adjourn until} the right to ask questions at | i ers walk-| September feghares. snbhet a cake ofjalderman missing a meeting) She said, as did Ald. Mar- ng in a|from now until then, will not|garet Shaw, that she did not Unionjhave $10 deducted from his or| vote June 7 in favor of the the summer," said means that any idari jli-|ner annual $1,500 salary. ead Oe The motion also authorized) the matter should thave come to ithe treasurer to. pay accounts|council soon after during the summer on the ap-|being introduced at council. And, by 11.30/Proval of committee chairmen. |she said, Ald. Murdoch's ap- ment?; | --Who will he report to?; --How often will he report | and when will council be brought up to date on the number of properties being negotiated and | their cost?; | | Earlier in the meeting, coun- cil referred to the parks, prop- erty and recreation committee, a letter from Ralph H, Vickery, |a city real estate man, refer- ring to the' appointment. | Ald. Murdoch, last night, | said in view of the letter from Mr. Vickery going to his com- mittee, Ald. Thomas', questions should be asked when the let- ter is dealt with -- either at his committee meeting or at a spe- cial committee meeting. WON'T BACK DOWN | "I'm not going to back down," said Ald. Murdoch, "and I want | the press in attendance for a full report at the committee meeting." Ald. Thomas said because of | the amount of money involved the questions should be answer- ed immediately. She said a spe- | cial meeting might not be cali- ed for months. Ald. Norman Down, chairman of the committee-of-the-whole | part of last night's meeting, dur- ing which Ald. Thomas asked her questions, ruled that they Yi Ald. Richaffl Donald said the Ald. Thomas is a member: sev- eral weeks ago insisted that no Oshawa Park because the mat- | ter had been referred to its com- Four Questions Fired. Over '$40,000-Year' Man + we ee 4 ALD. THOMAS + + + four questions for Murdoch ... see 8 8 fee 8ee pointment motion was not intre- duced June.7 until near the end of the meeting, around 11.20 p.m, _When he introduced the mo- tion June 7, Ald. Murdoch said P. J, Kennedy, parks, property and recreation commissioner, who usually handles negotia- tions and appraisals, was swamped the two weeks pre- viously with almost 100 property appraisals and negotiations for road widenings. "IMPOSSIBLE JOB" Ald. Murdoch said June 7 that Mr. Kennedy had a "simply im- possible job'. He said the Bola- hood appointment was neces- sary to "assist the situation", At the same meeting, Ald. Murdoch, said Mr. Bolahood felt it would take about two months to get the job done; that the $200 retainer fee prevented any possible conflict of interest (Mr. Bolahood could not accept any none-city private job offers to negotiate with the city em any property expropriation); and that Mr. Bolahood would report to Mr. Kennedy who would re- port to the parks property com- mittee. ne Fred Crome, city engineer, at the -June 7 meeting, said the cost of appraisals and negotia- tions is included in the cost of the road . widening projects, which are subsidized by the | was the same as Mr. Vickery's letter, which was referred to a committee. Ald. Thomas said she was not referring to any letter and that} | as a member of council she had jany time. Bolahood appointment. She said in committee before, provincial government (75 per- cent on connecting links and 33 and one third percent on other roads). Mr. Vickery, in his letter last night, said there are several taxpayers in the city just as qualified for the job as Mr. Bolahood and he asked why the position was not advertised or offered to those qualified. He also asked who set the fee and said the $125 a day is 'quite a sufficient fee without a re- tainer"'. He also asked what de- termines a day's work. ae Stiti mame" INVESTMENT OF West German marks in Oshawa's booming economy is a possi- bility fgllowing a fact-finding missi@by two German busi- nessmen. Eric Hansink, left, points out details of building developments in the north- east section of the city to Steve Zurba, real estate agent, and his visiting brothersNn-law, Kurt Kister and Marzet\Widmaier. Both visitors toured- industrial and commercial districts in the city. They are shown against a backdrop of Mr. Hansink's multi - storey apartment. building on Non- quon rd. --Oshawa Times Photo "a

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