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Oshawa Times (1958-), 22 Sep 1965, p. 17

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Emergency Numbers Hospital 723-2211 Fire 725-6574 Police 725-1188 The Oshawa Simes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1965 Second Secti City and district features, and classified advertis- social ing. a a ~ on 2 > Sixty Per Cent Estimated Budget Sixty percent of Oshawa's es- timated budget has been spent or committed during the first 38 weeks of this year, says Frank Markson, city treasurer, In a report to council, Mr. Markson said of the $13,779,000 estimated budget, $8,292,000 has been spent or funds for expen- ditures committed, up to Sept. 10. This leaves $5,487,000 or 40 ee of the current estimated) us get available. Sixty-two percent, $2,850,000, of funds budgeted ($4,604,000) for education have been spent. Funds budgeted by council's four standing committees in- clude: Finance a assesdment budget, $5,721,000; spent, $3,044,- 000; available, 47 percent; Public works -- budget, $2,- 157,000; spent, $1,967,000; avail- able, 27 percent; Parks, property and recrea- tion -- budget, $474,000; spent, $314,000; available, 34 percent; PUBLIC SAFETY Traffic and public safety -- budget, $823,000; spent, $517,000, available, 37 percent. Mr. Markson and the treasury department have been making regular reports to council throughout the year on the bud- get situation. He told council it will be the) policy of the treasury depart- ment to acquaint council and department heads with the bud- etary position of the city every er weeks until the end of the . Treasury, said Mr, Mark- Spent detailed information to.acquaint them with the budgetary position of each account appropriation allocated to them by council. National Unity PM's Concern and his campaign manager, Ted Curl, were among Liberal can- didates who met yesterday in Ottawa with Prime Minister Pearson. candidate said today Mr. Pear- son stressed that the major issue of the forthcoming Nov. 8 jority government. Dr. Vipond said the Prime Minister referred to national unity, improved inter-provincial relations and medicare as the issues which would require a clear mandate from the voters. He said there was great en- thusiasm as the Liberal Party leader recorded the legislative measures passed during the 29 months of his leadership, referr-| ing to the Canada Pension plan, increased aid to students, a new tariff agreement with the Unit- ed States and the new Cana- dian flag. Dr. Vipond said Secretary of| State Guy Favreau predicted a} Liberal landslide in Quebec and| urged candidates in other prov-| inces to work harder, if possible, year. gon, will also supply depart- majority government. Become Better Managers, Consultant Tells Builders A management consultant warned Oshawa builders last that they will have to be tter business managers in the future or face elimination. by " eompetitors. Speaking at a meeting of Osh- awa and District Builders' Association, Ronald W. Garlick' of the firm of Deloitte, Plender, Haskins and Sells, said better] ing planning and forecasting busi- ness volume to budget oper- ations will be a must. He cited the Bramalea de- yelopment near Brampton as an example of persons with general business background successfully coming into the homebuilding operation. Mr. Garlick -challenged the eee > Se WILLIAM TONNO, left president of the Oshawa and District Builders' Associa- tion, shares a lighthearted moment with Ronald W. | | | | members of the association to| co-operate in planning and study the future market. Herman Kassinger, an ob- server of the city planning} board, reported a shortage of houses, but said many people! today cannot afford tthe down| payment or the monthly instal-| ments on single family dwell- x He said builders are leary to build because of the excessive cost of land. Mr. Kassinger said he would) like to see a member of the| association sit on planning} board "so we can present our! views officially." | "City council does not consult} with the builders often enough,"' he said. Garlick, a management ad--- visor, at last night's meet- ing of the association. But Mr. Garlick's address was no laughing matter as he ments, if requested; with more) Dr. and Mrs. Claude Vipond|# The Ontario riding Liberal|§ election is the need for a ma-| | | Two talented young ladies who will soon be delighting television viewers are Dana Olsen and Annette Lambros, both of Oshawa. Eight-year- old Dana, left, and Annette, | TALENTED MISSES TRAVEL TO BUFFALO On both programs the girls will tap dance and sing "Ballin' the Jack" -- but they do know other num- bers. Annette is the daugh- 6, presented their song and dance act Sunday on a pro- gram screened by Hamilton television station. They will appear on the Uncle Jerry show in Buffalo, New York. ter of Mr. and Mrs, T, H. Lambros, 822 Glen st., and Dana's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olsen, 118 Lauder rd. --Oshawa Times Photo G olden Hawks Not At Fault in order to produce a balanced, motorcycle club are not to | blame for the trouble on Apple Hill, club president Bill Rock- On Apple Hill, Prexy Says full view of the children of the street. "We are not to blame," presi- dent Bill Rockbrune said of his Golden Hawks. ' "The two clubs have nothing to do with each other. It is al- ways the same around here. When ever there is any motcr- The Oshawa "Golden Hawks" c brune told The Times this morn- ing. On Monday night 20 residents of Browning st., Shelley ave., and Chesterton ave., came be- lubhouse and land in Darling- ton Township. "I don't blame these residents fo®complaining. They have had fore City Council to ask assist- ance in curbing the activities of a motorcycle gang which has been using a house at 480 Brown-) ing st. In a petition to council the; residents blamed a motorcycle} gang known as the ""Phantom| Riders". This gang, they said, was formerly known as_ the} "Golden Hawks'. The gang, the petition went on, was throwing "'one wild party". There were wild drinking par-| Phantom Riders. I know for a) ties and a constant to and fro of noisy, high powered motor- cycles. TWO CLUBS The drinking parties, the resi- dents said, continually spread outside and the drunkenness and the immoral behaviour is in ourselves. We have our own warned members of the pit- falls that lie ahead if they are not prepared to meet the future. He told. city and district builders they must NEW EQUIPMENT $75,000 E. G. Storie, president of the Oshawa General Hospital board) of. governors, announced last night that a public statement regarding a proposed new wing for the hospital will be made "in the near future'. The hospital's executive and finance committees have been studying expansion require- ments and their report is ex- pected shortly. Mr. Storie said it is antici- pated a new wing would include enlargement of service depart- novation in the x-ray field, uses less power, x-rays can be taken in subdued light and will provide more efficiency in the produc- tion of films and less exposure to radiation, The board decided to present a resolution to the Ontario Hos- pital Association annual meeting asking free textbooks for a two- year course proposed for stu- dent nurses, Mrs. Jim McCansh, president of the Hospital Ladies' Auxil- ard Considers Hospital Expansion tal will be per this to h nd Bai students and = program at the hospi! continued. She said 27 of the girls involved in gram have gone on professions. Sharon Newman a Cory, two Grade 7 College Hill school, Mazar and Chrstine were commended by the for their $7.10 donation the last few weeks, earned selling candy and 3 Other hospital di were $25 from Stewart R. Alger and ha : Ze i iary, reported the candy striper $15 from J. A. Morphy. ments, additional departments and an increase in the b of beds. The board at its monthly meeting approved purchase of an image intensifier and video tape recorder for its x-ray rooms at a cost of $75,000. This new equipment is an in- Bounty Offered or Air Cadets Oshawa Air Cadets in 151 Chadburn Squadron resumed activities for the winter season recently with a meeting at Rotary Hall. New recruits for the cadets can join at the: Hall each Mon- day evening. They must be 14 years old or older, or 13 and in high school. Recruits will be pouring in as a $10 bounty is being offered to the cadet who brings in the greatest number of new boys. Activities so far have included a weekend of flying for some of the junior cadets. A field exer- cise and a fly-in breakfast to Buttonville, for seniors, are planned. If the Buttonville venture is a success the seniors may fly to) the air base at Trenton. Summer events included a session at an Ohio cadet camp for two cadets and promotions for several non - commissioned | ° The grand prize winner of |The Oshawa Times fix-the- | mixup contest is Jack Bour- guignon of 184 King st. w., Oshawa, it was announced to- day, Mr. Bourguignon said he will use the prize -- a trip to Nassau for two -- in the near future. He is single and | works at General Motors. | . Mr. Leith reports the con- test was a "'tremendous suc- cess" with thousands of en- tries over the five weeks that it ran. Each week all the correct answers to the fix-the-mixup contest went into a drum for the grand prize. 'During the first four weeks, prizes were awarded to several Times' readers. Council Mulls. Traffic Signs Council's traffic committee may have a report concerning signs on Fernhill blvd., by the next council meeting, Ald. John Brady said last night. He was replying to Ald. Chris- tine Thomas' question whether signs will be erected at the in- tersection of Fernhill and Madi- son ave. An Oshawa woman died fol- lowing a two-car crash at the intersection in July. A coroner's jury recommended that "yield'"' a lot to deal with, But none of it was caused by us. The Phan- tom Riders are to blame." Bill Rockbrune went on to say that as far as he knew the Rid- é ers were about 28 strong. cag pe blames "This is the number they 8 4 claim," he added, "but I have Our club has been cleaned|neyer seen more than five or up. It took a long time but we! gj, together at one time. did it. We are now trying to! «phe Hawks are now about 14 live down a bad reputation of a strong and it 4s pretty hard to couple of years back. get in. To be a member you "Back in the old days a bad) have to have a bike in running section of our club used tojorder. It has to be a big ma- cause a lot of trouble. | chine too, so the rider can keep "We kicked them all out in| ¥P with the rest of the boys. the end. It is most of these| guys who are now with the| M Si fact that the executive of the) ayor 1gns Phantom Riders is made up of} | ex-Golden Hawks. | A S lj "We should not be blamed for) 7 this," he went on. "We are en-| rmy cro thusiasts and we don't get) caught in any trouble. | WHITBY (Staff) -- A special "Most of the time we keep t¢'ceremony commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Salva- ition Army was held in front of the Whitby Municipal Office, Tuesday afternoon. An official greeting, on behalf of the com- munity, was extended to Army| dignitaries_.by Mayor Warren| Mowat. | On completion of a short serv- ice at the front of the office, the! distinguished visitors were es- corted to the mayor's office where they signed the guests' book. The mayor signed the Army's Centennial Scroll. Once the scroll has been completely filled out at the termination of the coast to coast tour, Mayor Mowat will receive a copy of the entire list of signatures suitably inscribed on a duplicate scroll. Representing the Salvation © |Army from numerous centres were officers and Salvationists. The cavalcade of eight to 10 cars were from Belleville, Ux- bridge, Oshawa and communi- ties where an Army Citadel is in operation. Heading the list of distinguish- ed guests were Brigadier W. Hawkes and his wife, Mrs. Brig- adier Hawkes, of Belleville. Other officers in the party were: Major Raymond Holmwood, of Belleville; Major William Les- lie. of Vancouver, and Capt. Bruce Robertson, of Bermuda. | Earlier in the afternoon the Army officers were guests of the Whitby Rotary Club where Major Leslie presented. an inter- esting address illustrated by colored slides. Open air evangelistic meet- ings were held during the after- noon and early evening in the downtown business section. Following the visit the caval-| cade will continue its tour, with | plans to visit between 35 and 40) major Canadian centres. Many Invited Ld To Plan For '67 | A "great many groups and) organizations"' will be invited to} 'a Centennial celebration organ-| jizational meeting at city hall) }Oct. 21, according to Ald. Hay-! jward Murdoch. | |. He said interested eitizens are} also invited to attend, | He said he hopes a committee will be formed at the Oct. 21) have better management tools--planning and budget- ing--in order to survive, {meeting to plan a complete pro- --Oshawa Times Photo |gram of activity for 1967. signs be erected at all neutral jintersections -- those' without \traffie control. New Arrivals 40 For Week Forty babies were born at the Oshawa General Hospital dur- ing the week ending Sept. 18. Three hundred and fifteen pati- ents were admitted and 303 discharged. Eighty major. operations and 92 minor operations were per- formed. There were 77 eye, ear and nose operations, as well as 287 treatments and examina- tions. Fifty casts were applied. The hospital reports 855 physiotherapy treatments and 627 physiotherapy visits. There were 154 occupation therapy cases and 19 speech therapy |treatments. Rector Of Queen's Special Speaker Leonard W. Brockington, CMG, QC, LL.D., Rector of Queen's University and known internationally as an outstanding speaker and journalist who will be the guest speaker at the Civic Reception held in honor of Governor - General Georges P. Vanier, DSO, MC, CD, on Friday. A new program of washing and group replacing street lights in the city has increased the light output substantially," says Lloyd Algar, assistant Pub- lic Utilities Commission man- ager. Oshawa's 4,000 street lights were washed (globes) and changed (bulbs) in July of this year by Mitchell Maintenance System of Canada Ltd. Light output was checked be- fore and after the maintenance firm washed and replaced the lights. City Light Output Up Substantially Mr. Algar said today in some cases the light output remained the same and in some cases the output was more than doubled. "In most cases the light out- put has increased substantial- ly," he said. Mitchell Maintenance System Ltd., will be back in the city in January to wash and replace incandescent lights. Stronger mercury vapor lights will be washed every year and bulbs replaced every three years, Commission officials also ex- pect the system will cut main- tenance costs by one-third. All-Time High Achieved | For Circulation By Library crease of 5,765 was noted in vol- ume for the three-month period beginning in June over 1964 fig- ures, Circulation of books by the McLaughlin Public Library hit an all time high for the sum- mer, Jean Fetterley, chief li- brarian, reported today. officers. Miss Fetterley said that an in- Both the reference and youth departments registered an in- creased demand for their facil- caano wows | Australian Travellers Stop Over On World Tour Two young Australians stop- ped off in Oshawa over the weekend during their tour around the world. Ron Christie, a butcher, and John Trivett, a designer, both aged 23, visited with fellow-Aus- tralian Ron Burrows at his Park rd. home. Both are travelling through Canada en route to California where they hope to spend eight weeks at the state's finest surf- ing. beaches. Ron and John have surfed in practically every coun- try in Europe and in England during their travels. After the California stint théy will try out at Honolulu for an- other month before sailing to New Zealand and _ eventually home to Melbourne, While in Oshawa they visited the General Motors of Canada Limited plants. ""We had no idea that Oshawa had such a great industry, we were fascinated," said Ron. The boys didn't attempt any surfing in Lake Ontario while they were her. "It looks as if your winter has started al- ready,"' Ron stated. They hope to be back home in February, almost a year after ities. A series of entertainments were planned for the children's department during the summer months and a rearrangement of the story room was also made. Circulation of books and peri- odicals at the Oshawa General Hospital also showed an in- crease of last year's figures. The film department showings registered an attendance of 4,222, almost 1,000 increase.over attendance records made. last year. The music department circu- lated 670 records last year dur- ing the three summer months compared to 809 this year. The mending department showed a slight increase in books bound and repaired. The circulation in bookmobile volumes also showed the 'gen- eral upswing in library. activity. All departments registered an increase in books available to they sailed for Europe. the public. Bob Bowman's daily col- umn in The Oshawa Times on the editorial page is considered a useful guide and reference to students of Canada's history. When he began writing - "Canada's Story" he was accepting a challenge from __ historians and educators that Cana- CANADA'S STORY FOR SCRAPBOOK dian history is dull. He was convinced that he could un- vover stories about Canada every day of the year. Readers~ of: his column will see he has.achieved what he set out to do. If these daily columns are clipped out and put in scrapbooks, readers will have stories about Can- Kens ada for every day of the year. Few people know Can- ada better than Bob Bow- man. He has covered the country from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, is an enthusiastic sportsman and' has been active in almost every type of game. --Oshawa Times Photo

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