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it Of Ward Five On This Year Homes and property in Ward Five--south of Bloor st.- will be reinspected during 1966 by' city's assessment department. Gerry Meredith, assessment commissioner, said today his staff will be looking for struc- tural changes in buildings--add- itions, recreation rooms and im- proved plumbing. Structural changes may in- crease property assessment but, Mr. Meredith added, such things as painting, decorating, land- scaping and the construction of asphalt driveways will not in- crease assessment. The assessment commission- er said properties in the other five wards in the city have al- most all been reinspected since the city-wide reassessment in 1961. He said if Ward Five is completely reinspected by the end of this year all six wards will have been completed in four years, as no on was carried out in 1962. "In 1967 we will start rein- spections all over again," said Mr. Meredith. NOT TOO BIG : Mr. Meredith said he doubt- ed that any large-scale changes in assessment for individual property owners would be imp- lemented as a result of reins- pection, Reinspections, he added, are in addition to the normal year- ly visit to every home in the city for new census figures You Could Be Reassessed But It's All In Training Ten city assessors next week| will complete the "practical | part" of a residential cost esti- mating training course. Gerry Meredith, assessment commissioner, said today his staff spent two weeks last year at a training course sponsored by the assessment branch of the department of municipal affairs. Next week, he said assessors will apply the new assessment manual of values, complied by the province, to about 50 new homes in the city. Three provin- cial officials will be in Oshawa conducting the training pro- gram. city's assessment is based on| § 1950 costs. Mr. Meredith said| if reassessment is undertaken in 1973 the city will probably switch to the more up to date manual. The assessment commissioner said taxes and assessment on homes checked next week will] not change -- that the checks are strictly part of the training) program. Owners of homes se-| lected for the field studies will| be contacted and their co-opera-| tion will be requested. FRED CROME Commissioner of Works " Rae This year the former engin- eae ceeis fee cont: eering department and works cial and industrial properties | department were amalgamated ;1964 having been a staff mem- ber of the City of Toronto build- jing department. This division is | responsible for processing appli- |eations for building and plumb- '65 Was Year Of Shuffle, Reorganization, Decision ;Bond between Wilson and King | at Riverside Drive. Bond st. w. was extended | westerly from Stevenson to con- into a department of public|ing permits and for the enforce-|nect with King at Waverly and The new manual bases assess-|will be held, possibly later this), 4.4. under the direction of a|ment of the Construction Safety|King st. w. was widened and ment on 1962 costs prhile the) year. $4,100 Weekly Paid Out Last Year For GM Ideas General Motors of Canada paid an average of $4100 a week in suggestion awards: to its employees during 1965 the company reported today, Total awards for the year of $213,500 set a new record. In the past five years GM has paid out 0890,000 in suggestion awards. During the past year GM adopted and paid for 4,57 sug- jsult a number of organizational | changes have taken place in the | department and further ones are | sereainleaes jwho has been with the depart- gestions. These resulted in ma-| WO'KS- terial savings, improved manu- facturing methods or safety pro-| cedures. Each of 35 GM people gg bgt aac Sagpead branch, each consisting of three ployees offered suggestions an divisions. sg tc Card possible| member of the staff "-- yee |has been appointed to head the under the GM suggestion plan} and permits branch| | design | is $6000. jwhich consists of the design has been divided into Name Change On Cards For Oshawa Sport Club mainly Oshawa and district res- idents. A change in name is in the cards for the Newcastle Sports- men's Club of Oshawa -- a local hunting and conservation outfit. Edward Powell, club presi- dent, said today that most mem- bers feel that the club's name ought to be changed -- although no new title has yet been de- cided upon. Mr. Powell said that the new- castle in the title recalls the origins of the club in Newcastle, Ont. Since the early days mem- bership has grown to include a. fA. Lh ud5, VUdar ILTell Fa] Sy de i pa | Charges Laid © A 19-year-old St. Catharines youth was taken into custody last night following a two mile police chase along Highway 2. Arrested was Garrett Van) Welt who was charged with theft of an auto and theft of gasoline. He was expected to} appear before Magistrate Harry | Jermyn at Pickering today. 1966 club executive include a winter feeding program to be local marsh. Supervisor Ed| control division responsible for | division, the subdivision control division and the building and plumbing inspection division. Jim Campbell P. Eng., for merly of the Ontario Housing Corporation has joined the staff! to head the design division: re-| sponsible for the design of all city services except those in subdivisions. Steven Shaffer, P. Eng., for- merly of the planning branch of the department of municipal af- fairs has joined the department to take charge of the subdivision Other plans prepared by the carried on for wildfowl at a Kroll will be aided in the pro-|the processing of subdivision gram by junior members of the| plans and the administration of club. jsubdivision and site plan agree-| The club will carry on with ments , | the conservation aspect of its} The building and plumbing in- program with the planting of|spection division is under the di- 3,500 trees in the Oshawa area.jrection of Gerald Bilous, Protection Act. |OPERATIONS BRANCH Viktor Silgailis, P. Eng., {member of the staff since 1962, charge of the construction divi- ision responsible for specifica- | inspection. William McBride, P. Eng., formerly town engineer of Whit- by, is in charge of the main- tenance division and responsible for all road and sewer main- tenance operations including winter control as well as gar- bage collection and disposal. The work of the traffic engin- eering division will be handled directly by Mr. Silgailis for the present. In addition to these and other changes in organization a thor- ough review is being made of systems and procedures in the department to. determine the need for changes to cope with the growing complexity of work resulting from the great expan- sion of the city. CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM Again this year another large undertaken in the city. Expenditures on construction This project will be financed|P, Eng., who took charge in and carried out by the sports- men. A hunter safety film produced by some of the hunters is avail- able. for public showing to any organization, according to Sportsman Jack Parker. He can be contacted for information at 725-6807. The film has been approved for public showing by the De- partment of Lands and Forests. Dr. J. B. Neilson Sanitary Sewers and Conn Watermains and Water Co' Road Pavings Granular Base Gutter Bridges and Culverts . Sidewalks os Miscellaneous Construction Total Sixty-five per cent of this} amount was. provided by sources other than from the 1965 costs Storm Sewers and Catch Basins ...scccsscsess Pickering Township Police | Gets Top Post were alerted after a man left a gasoline station at the corn-| LONDON, Ont. (CP) -- Dr. er of Harwood ave. and. High-|John B. Neilson, chairman of way 2 without paying for gas-|the Ontario Hospital Services oline pumped into the vehicle Commission, Friday was named he was driving. jto the top administrative post It was later discovered the | at the new teaching hospital to be built beside the University vehicle was stolen in St. Cath-| arines, 'of Western Ontario campus. Winter Works Subsidy .... Contribution from Grade Crossing Fund . eee Other Payments Paid from 1965 Taxes were as follows: CCHIONS ..creseeseee $ 335,000 729,000 mnections . 130,000 and Curb and Gutter 1,988,000 1,935,000 325,000 59,000 ee eseveseseveseesers 98,000 : $3,664,004 tax levy or by the issuance of debentures as indicated below: Department of Highways Subsidy ..cccccsssee $ 756,000 Payments by Subdividers (for service in new subdivisions) 1,125,000 73,000 99,000 317,000 382,000 .- seeecece To be debentured (Debentures to be repaid from succeeding years' t Total Again this year a major part of the road program consisted of 912,000 $3,664,000 work on King and Bond streets. The paving was completed on AXES) socccccscccces construction program has béen} \the city limit. This work . in- cluded the construction of a new jculvert at Warne Creek. Robert Richardson, P. Eng,, | has been appointed to head the| The east-west, one-way street | Opeiations branch which con-| system on Bond and King was! |ment since 1949, has been ap-|Sists of the construction division, | put into operation this year and| |pointed deputy commissioner of|the maintenance division and|the ease of movement of traffic] |the traffic engineering division.|work has been started on the} The work of the department; Murdoch Robertson, P. Eng.,| reconstruction of Church and} two/| presently of the Ontario Depart-| Centre streets and it is expect-| branches, the design and per-|ment of Highways will be join-jed to institute the north-south, mits branch and the operations /|ing the staff in January to take one-way system in 1966. New pavement has been con- |structed on the following John Hoddenbagh, P. Eng., aj tions, surveys, and construction | arterial streets: } Adelaide ave. e. -- Oshawa| | blvd. n., to Wilson rd. n.; Wil- | son rd. n, -- Adelaide ave. e., to 1200 feet n. of Adelaide ave.; ;Harmony rd. s. -- King st. e., to Bloor st. e.; Farewell st. -- 225.5 feet s. of S/L Raleigh ave. to 261.45 feet n. of N-L Raleigh ave.; John st, w. -- Centre st. to Park rd. s.; Park rd. s. -- 180 feet s; of S/L Wentworth st. to 1014 feet S. of S/L of Wentworth st. w.; Bond st. w. -- King st. w. to Stevenson rd. n.; King st., w. -- west limits of Oshawa to Stevenson rd. n.; Bond st. e. -- Wilson rd. n., to Riverside dr. (at King st. e.); Brock st. w. -- Church st. to Simcoe st. n.; Church st. -- Bond st. w. to Richmond st, w.; Phillip Mur- ray ave. -- Oxford st. to Cedar st.; Olive ave. -- Farewell st. |to east of Harmony rd.; Olive ave. -- west limit Plan 741 to west limit lot 48, plan 741; Gibb st. -- Montrave ave. to Grenfell st. The widened traffic: Bloor st. w. -- 150 feet west -of-Cromwell ave. to Park rd.s.; Elmgrove ave. -- Montrave ave. to Park rd. s.; Park rd. s. --| 365 feet south of John st. to 360) feet north of John. | The construction of a' new |grade separation on, Harmony rd., over the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed this year and opened to traffic. A large box. culvert with ap- proaches was constructed to carry Olive ave., over Harmony Creek and the road was opened to traffic this year. The city's storm sewer pro- gram was continued this year with the major project being the construction of a large 66-inch diameter outfall sewer on Park rd., from the Lake to Gaspe ave. following streets were| to handle increased) | EMPHASIS ON CHURCH Ukrainian Yule Celebrated Tomorrow | | | | | Regiment Armories, Simcoe | | | performing the installation cere- FUNDAMENTAL weapon training and knowledge of tanks will be studied in a student militia training pro- gram to get under way in February at the Ontario st.-n. Above, left, Sgt. D. F. Miller of the 8th Canadian Hussars, who is attached to the regiment, checks the mount and alignment of a \ NURSES BLOW Students of the Oshawa General Hospital School of Nursing are hard at work re- hearsing their roles for this year's edition of "Hospi-Tal- ent'. The annual variety show staged by the student nurses will be performed this year at St. Gregory's Auditorium, Jan. 27 and 28. "Remember When" is this year's theme. It will feature a number of skits, songs and dances popylar throughout the years fri the °20's to the "60's. UP STOW -- -FOR 1966. 'HOSPI-TALEN\, Froduciivi, Tor tay cesuive year, is hai Jim Sabyan. Scriptin . rection has been the sponsibility of Sally and Heather Sheldon. up is handled by becker. The show will fea numbers as "You M Been A Beautiful Bab: Jane Failes who, as § Temple, sings "The G Lollipop". There will be dancing g: with the Charleston ki off the two-hour show. Ohe . Gimes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1 .30-calibre machine gun that students will study. At right, Sgt. Miller is aboard a tank and inspects the hatch cover. There are 70 vacancies for this year's student militia program. Some 500 have graduated from the course since its start in 1956. --Oshawa Times Photos TRUCK STOLEN Two Ontario Provincial | Police cruisers were damaged | Tuesday night before a 14- year-old escapee from the Bowmanville Training School was recaptured near Kingston on the Macdonald - Cartier Freeway. Officers from four OPP de- | commissioner of works, As a re-| Act and the Trench Excavators' | reconstructed from Stevenson to| t@chments took part in the | chase after the boy who was | driving a half-ton pickup truck. Police fired warning shots as the boy drove through roadblocks at Belleville, Nap- anee and Kingston. One Nap- anee OPP cruiser was side- SIDESWIPED BY ESCAPEE, 14 OPP CRUISERS The Oshawa Chapter of the; Ontario Heart Foundation began) to gear itself Wednesday for the annual campaign and door to door canvass to be held next month. George C. Martin, publicity chairman and a director of the chapter, said today the group plans a canvass of all businesses and professional people. This will be followed by the city-wide blitz of private homes. "We hope to raise our share of cash to help the province- wide work of the Foundation," said Mr. Martin, "We in Osh- awa will be contributing along with millions of other Canadians as the campaign will be con- ducted in communities across swiped by the truck and a Kingston cruiser badly dam- aged when it finally stopped the runaway. Kingston OPP said that two private cars were forced off the road when the truck cross- ed the median, drove east on the west-bound lane before crossing back again into the east-bound lane. The Brighton OPP detach- ment was first to get word of the escaping boy. He filled the truck with gas at a servite station on the freeway east of Bowmanville and drove off without paying. WHITBY (Staff) -- A 41-year- jold Scarborough man died last inight when he was thrown out of an eastbound Volkswagen on the Macdonald - Cartier Freeway near Thickson road. Dead is Martin Beerli of 1759 Victoria Park ave. He was a passenger in the car driven by Patrick McLaughlin of Rentalla Court, Scarborough. Scarboro' Man, 41, Dies 'When Import Hits Truck the nation Feb, 21." Chapter - chairman Donald Dodds headed the organizational meeting which was. attended by Mr. Martin and directors Mrs. Ruth Bestwick, Mrs. Thelma Taylor and Mrs. Margaret Daw- son. Mr. Martin said that the Heart Foundation is not eligible for Greater Oshawa Community McLaughlin is in fair condition in Oshawa General Hospital pith possible internal injuries. Police said the car apparently HeartFun Gears For Campaign Chest grants. "Our benefits are felt directly in the city of Osh- awa as the money gathered helps to further research work in Toronto and other centres. "But the work done by these dedicated doctors and scientists helps to save and preserve lives in Oshawa." Mr. Martin said that the Heart Foundation needs support since heart disease causes more than 50 per cent of deaths each year in Canada. "Each year it takes the lives of more than 60,000 people, more than all other dis- eases combined." He said that heart disease is found in people of all ages "and 35 per cent of the deaths caused by heart ailments occur in those under 55 years of age'. According to Mr. Martin "the primary need is to finance in- creased research to investigate the control of coronary heart disease; techniques of cardia¢ surgeons and the devices by which their surgery is made possible; the flow of blood through the arteries; and the malformed heart in babies'. hit the left rear wheels of a transport in attempting to pass, then rolled over the median and into the westbound lane, strik- ing a car. OPP Const, R. F. Doan in- vestigated. Installed By Kiwanis Division 6B Lieuten- ant-Governor, Ben Raddell, of the Bay Ridges club, was instal- led in office by the °65 Lieut. Governor "Steve "Saywell, at the regular luncheon meeting of Oshawa Kiwanis, here at Hotel Genosha Tuesday. The new offic- ial commenced his duties by in- stalling the newly elected offices and directors, of the Oshawa Club. Prior to passiig on the Lieut- Governor lapel pin to his suc- cessor and in sequence, receiv- ing. his past -- L.G. pin, Lieut.- Governor "Steve' presented Oshawa Club president Bob Broadbent with a special award ribbon, recognizing the club's winner of top honors, in club rating in Division B, for the third-quarter of 1965. Lieutenant-Governor Ben Rad- dell, a past-secretary and past- president of the Dunbarton Club, who has since affiliated with the Bay Ridges Kiwanis Club, in monies, spoke briefly in each instance, charging the new officers and directors, with their appointed duties and re- minding the general member- New Kiwanis Governor Mosport For | Mosport Park, Canada's lead- ing motor racing circuit, has been bought for a figure in ex- cess of $160,000. Announcement of the pur- chase was made today by the Toronto based company of Can- track Publishing, owners of the Canada Track and Traffic magazine. In handout released this morn- ing Peter Lerch, owner of the company and one of the coun- try's leading sports car drivers, assured both race drivers and fans that motor racing will con- Saywell ship that they too have a res- ponsibility of co-operation, to each of their club officials. The 1966 club officers installed included immediate past-presi- dent Bob Broadbent; club presi- dent Fred Kitchn; Ist vice- president Don Moore; 2nd vice- president Al Cay; treasurer Don Publishing Firm Buys $160,000 for bids in early December last year. At that time debenture hold- ers reviewed five bids for the circuit, All five, including an initial bid from the Cantrack company, were turned down. In the successful bid, exist- ing debenture holders have been invited to participate in the re- organization of the circuit. Especially glad to hear the news of the buy was Dale Neil, one of Oshawa's most success¢ ful sedan car drivers. "This is wonderful news," he told The Times. 'Peter Lerch tinue at Mosport. "The race organizing sports| car clubs can now finalize their) plans for the forihcoming séa- son. being assured of our full co-operation," he said. "We will be helping by sup- plying full time management devoted to the development and growth of Mosport, a factor of vital concern to the various sponsors and the automotive industry who rely on the track for promotional purposes." The 2.5 mile circuit which stands on 500 acres of land just north of Bowmanville, has been Sullivan; secretary Art Berry and four new directors, Kiwan- ians Murray Maidlow, Ian Mc- Nab, Biii Gibbie and Wilf Pas- coe. Four. other directors, com- pleting their two-year term, this year, are Harold Armstrong, John Moore, Gord Riehl and "Ted" Wildgoose. Upon accepting the president's gavel, Fred Kitchen, called upon Archdeacon Harold Cleverdon to pronounce the invocation. Following the prayer, President Fred spoke briefly, thanking the members for the honor of serv- Ukrainian - Canadians cele- brate Christmas tomorrow -- according to the rules of the Julian calendar observed by members of the Eastern Rite churches, The calendar, computed by Julius Caesar, runs some two weeks behind the Gregorian cal- endar making Christmas Day fall tomorrow and New Year's Day Jan. 14 Rev. John Pereyma, pastor of George's Greek Catholic Church, estimated this week that there were more than 7,000 Ukrainians in Oshawa, which would make them the city's largest ethnic group The Ukrainians and the White Russians follow the Julian cal- endar. In addition to St. George's, Ukrainians here also worship at St. John's Ukrainian Greek Orthodox, St. Mary's Ukrainian Greek Orthodox, the Baptist -Ukrainian and the Ukrainian Presbyterian Churches. St. George's, St. John's and St. Mary's will all hold special Christmas eve services today as well ag services Friday, St The biggest difference be- tween a Ukrainian Christmas and a Canadian one is mainly the time difference. The cele- brations pretty well follow the same pattern of religious serv- ices, Christmas dinner and gift exchanges. As Christmas is regarded more of a feast day than a holi- day by the Ukrainians, much of their activity centres around the church. The Ukrainians have a beau- tiful tradition on Christmas Eve with their "Holy Supper' when the dinner table has hay spread over the cloth to remind them of the manger in Bethlehem. The supper is not started until the children announce the ar- rival of the first star in the east. Some Ukrainian families also observe the ancient tradition of serving 12 different dishes in the meal to honor the 12 Apostles of Christ. *'Kolach", a loaf of bread, is set out much as the Canadian Christmas cake would be Although Ukrainians put:more emphasis on Christmas Eve than they do on Christmas Day, they will hold a religious serv- ice at church on Friday. St. George's will hold Christmas Eve Mass today and also a Mass tomorrow morning -- Father Pereyma will also cele- brate Mass Christmas Day at the Ontario Hospital in Whitby. Ukrainians have integrated well into the life of the com- munity with the passage of years until they now hold posi- tions of responsibility in all phases of civic and business life. The Ukrainian Business Men's Club reflects their aggressive spirit and willingness to phay an active part in the life of the city St. George's Church was first organized in Oshawa in 1916 and is now the city's largest Ukrainian Church. St. John's was founded by Rev. A. Sarma- tuk in 1935 and the present church was built in 1950 -- many of its parishioners are White Russians -- with Rev. Rotyslaw Panczenko as pastor. St. Mary's was founded in 1914 and the existing church constructed in 1953. The Ukrain jan Presbyterian Church was founded by Rev. W. Kupchynski in 1913 and has had three loca- tions in Oshawa, Its address is 488 Simcoe st. s. The Baptist Ukrainian Church was first or- ganized here in 1940, The first Ukrainians to settle in Oshawa arrived here in 1902, but it wasn't until 1911 that they organized as a group. The most prominent member of Oshawa's Ukrainian com- munity is Michael Starr, MP, Ontario Riding, who is also the first Canadian of Ukrainian par- entage to ever hold a Federal cabinet post, that of Labor. Alderman Alex Shestowsky of the Oshawa City Council is an- other prominent member of the community. With the passage of time, the city's Ukrainians have gradually assumed a new role of importance in the day-to-day e of the city, in trade and commerce, in the professions and in the social life. They love the Canadian way of life, but they are justly proud of their old world culture, which point will be again illustrated this week with their observance of Christmas on the date set by the Julian calendar, OSHAWA KIWANIS CLUB officers and newly - elected directors for this year were installed in office, to com- mence gheir 1966 duties, at their weekly meeting, when ing in the chair and pledging his effort and that of his fellow- officers to the members, in re- turn for the work and co-oper- ation of the entire membership, with the objective of making 1966 another banner year in Oshawa Kiwanis Club. the subject of continual contro- versy ing has been done to improve the circuit or its facilities. since it went into re- ceivership"in 1962. Since that time little or noth- The circuit and land came up is just what the circuit needs. He has the capital, he is a motor racing driver himself and; also; he-is-a good business: man. bet 'With sound management the track can move ahead and im- prove its crowd facilities. They can build grandstands and gen- erally make the circuit more functional and more comfort- able for the public. F "The circuit has suffered bad- ly under the receivership. The public has got the impression that because the track is in trouble the sport is too. "Now they can see that a man is willing to sink a lot of money into the furtherance of the sport. This will give a great deal more confidence to those people who are thinking of in- vesting in the sport." Kiwanian Ben Radell, of Bay Ridges Club, this year's Lieutenant - Governor of Ki- wanis Division 6B, perform- ed the induction ceremonies. The 1966 officers are shown here, left to right (seated): 2nd vice-president. Al Cay; Lieut. Gov. "Ben" Raddell; Oshawa Club president Fred Kitchen and ist vice-presi- dent Don Moore; (standing) treasurer Don Sullivan; di- rectors Wilf Pascoe, Murray Maidlow, Ian McNab, Bill Gibbie and secretary Art Berty. Oshawa Times Phote ; f 1