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PLANNERS SEEKING ANSWERS TO REGION'S FUTURE CED TRAL ONTARIO JOINT PLANNING AREA (SHADED), . «+ equal in size -- not population -- to Metro Toronto SIX MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATE Study Program Speeds SSINGTON ed at the front of the regional) --determine a suitable "form" OF ie tenes Staff planning "book"'. |tor the future development of ' 4 | The pages have been turned|the area; Regional planning is a little quickly since Mr. McAdams was| and present general and ike xeafing & Door. }1| hired by the fledgling board last| specific proposals suitable for "You cant read a wry ae October. But, there are a lot of| adoption as an official plan, pf hori mg vec Scot | pages. The Planning Act, a slim but -- a ae eine E crall The scope and procedures for| powerful document, states what ot, aan Pl Board, |@ comprehensive planning study|the duties of a planning board ee ae oe nen ' documented|/are -- both whal it shall do '" § sading| Of the region were i I at Roe o oe aides, nel by Mr. McAdams and approved | and what it may do. The Act , | by the board in January. Ob-|recognizes the three - part na oe gl tag wk jectives of the program are to:|ture of the planning process: Mr. McAdams, his five - mem-| --assemble factual data on the} Research -- the gathering and ber staff and the 15 . member|planning area; interpretation of factual data; appointed board representing} analyze the nature of Goals -- the determination of Oshawa, Whitby, Bowmanville) area's growth and developme the needs and desires of the and the townships of Darlington,| --establish the needs and de-! region; Whitby and East Whitby, start-|sires of the area; the} aS DIRK DeBOER, PLANNING TECHNICIAN +++ maps, drawings essential ingredients GERRY CAMERON, ASSISTANT PLANNER --. director, assistant worked at Queen's Park Plan -- the formation of al PLANNING DIRECTOR WILLIAM McADAMS +. "home" is a 245-square mile "castle" Ahead even the oldest area oldtimer to comprehend but, the six par- ticipating municipalities cover a 245 - square mile land mass equal in size to Metropolitan To- ronto. ;program of "plan" for the re- | gion, | Mr. McAdams and the board jhave turned many pages of the iresearch chapter. The region has been divided into three ma |jor sectors and 16 planning di Although there are other sim- | tric to facilitate the gathering/ilarities (location in southern of statistics and detailed study.|Ontario) the tremendous popu- Three research documents --j|!ation difference rules out la historical background report,| further meaningful comparisons. a detailed populatior study and| Metro's 1.8 million population |a detailed school study -- are|(2 million including the Metro |due to be completed in June. fringe area -- forecasted to | "These documents will be av-|hit the 3 million mark by 1980) | ailable to all interested persons,| dwarfs the 120,000 Oshawa re- agencies and groups when com-|gion population built-up during pleted," says Mr, McAdams, 2!the past 150 years. planner for 14 years. | 'We should not let the land "It's important to make every-|mass and location similarities one aware of what is happen-jlead us to emulate the -- form ing in our area so they will/of local government, physical understand it better and takejand social environmental and a more active interest in the|way of life -- decisions and planning of their community." | conclusions which have been ar- ' savs Mr. Me- 13. DOCUMENTS bbe dig in Metro," says Mr. Mc The base work has also start-| "We should be very wary of ed on documents concerning] saying: 'It has worked in Metro parks and recreation, transpor-!je{ ys do it too.' tation and physical features. In] "surely there is a marked all, 13 general fields of study| difference between a cosmopoli- were outlined in the regionalltan metropolis of 2 mill- studies program approved by|ion people and a city - centred the board. ' region of 120,000" he adds, "IT would hope that by next; year we will be in a position) POPULATION TO DOUBLE to discuss official plan proposals} Based on - preliminary re- (what to include in the plan),"|search, Mr. McAdams forecasts said the 40 - year - old director.|a doubling of the Oshawa regi- "Policies and procedures will,|ons population in the next 20 however, be established as we/to 25 years, go along." "Three questions arise from Ultimately the board will ap-|this startling fact," he says. prove an official pian and rec-| ---What kind of growth will it ommend its adoption to area|be? councils. Not everyone is likely} --Where will it go? to agree with everything con-| --What kind of environment tained in the plan if the exper-|do we want to create for the jence of other regions is any|next generation, a repeat of the criterion, Since joint planning|past or something new? boards were permitted 20 years| Some of the answers to those ago, not one official plan has|questions will eventually be been adopted by every muni-|found on the last page of the cipality in any pianning area.|Central Ontario Joint Planning It's probably a bit difficult for|Board's "book"'. RETARY KAREN BARNES «+ not likely to get lost & CLERK GARY CROMBIE CHECKS BOOKS «++ board budget $61,000 -- 50 cents per capita -- Oshawa Times Photos By Bruce Jones Osharon Times OSHAWA, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1966 88 Queen Scouts | iTo Receive Scrolls Oshawa District Council, Boy Scouts of Canada will host this Saturday's Queen's Scout recog- nition ceremony at McLaughlin § Collegiate Institute. Col, R. 8. McLaughlin, patron of the Oshawa council, will present the Queen's Scouts with their certificates. It is anticipated that 700 guests will attend to witness 88 Queen's Scouts from the Lake- land Region receive their parchments. The Lakeland Region extends as far north as Gravenhurst and west to include Richmond Hill and Aurora but not Metro- politan Toronto, _. Keynote speaker at the cere- mony will be General Sir Neil Ritchie, who has had a long and distinguished career, In 1914 Gen. Ritchie, who is also a Scotsman, joined the Black Watch and served with that regiment beg a whole of the First World War in} France, Mesopotamia and the | Black, Watch regiment is sta Middle East. Boag For service during these cam-| ¥rom 1947 - 1949 Gen. Ritchie |was commander-in-chief far il ga lata the last land forces and prior to Before the Second World War,|his retirement he commanded Gen. Ritchie was assistant com-|the British Army Staff in the mandant of the Senior Officers'| United States and was a mem- School in England but at the end|Der of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of 1939 he became chief of staff|im Washington. to the late Lord Alanbrooke| General Ritchie was created then commanding the 2nd Brit-|@ Knight of the British Empire ish Corps. jin 1945, Knight Commander of During the war he command-|the Bath in 1948 and in 1951 be- ed the 51st Highland and 52nd|came Knight Grand Cross of Lowland divisions and also the|the British Empire. 8th Army in North Africa and} He came to Canada in 1952 the 12th Corps in North West|and now lives in Balsam On Europe. : tario, near Oshawa. Following armistice he as-| At present he is chairman and med the appointment of Com-| president of the Mercantile and der-in-chief and Governor of| Reinsurance Company of Cane burgh Castle where thelada. SIR NEIL RITCHIE steadily increased since the first|ing assistance will decline. of the year "but they should) He said the increase during H, G, Chesebrough, city welfare/caysed by seasonal unemploy- administrator. ment insurance benefits runnin; ceived pvelfare assistance; 723)nersons; and 'more than the in February; 774 in March;)ysual number of separations". further increase in April, \that the number of persons re- However, once the construc) ceiving supplementary aid has 04 in February to 103 in March, He said he expects the number sioners are unable to live on St 0 Kin $75 per month. In addition to ore n g in supplementary aid for shel- Week-long picketing at the/ter, drugs and other continuing has ended. Employees at the|Means test. company's Rexdaic warehouse} He said the Canada Assist- tract. the House of Commons, will The contract guarantees a 42)help pensioners when approved, benefits over a three-year per- iod. The 150 employees, repre- national Brotherhood of Team- STARTS SUNDAY sters, ratified the agreement| Be sure to set your clocks The local staged information- | tonight. al pickets at Steinberg stores | Daylight saving time in this awa during the strike. | ada starts at 12.01 a.m, Sun- Art Weller, manager of the| day morning. union circulated pamphlets in| night will be regained when the local General Motors of! Standart time becomes effect= "T hope people realize that; CNR timetables change to the strike in Rexdale is settled} the new time except in areas here cut down on our business,) while CPR remains. on stan- and-we-would-like the public to} dard time. at any of our stores." | on local time. First Gas Attack It was nearing dusk, Frenchjcalled "without much food or the roadside and deadly chlor-| "Of the 1,000 of us who attack- ine gas stifled the advance of|ed there were only 150 left when This was the dramatic scene, ,"This was the first gas attack painted by Charlie Wilcox of 57)0f the war," Charlie said, "and his attack with the 2nd Cana-|Pon by the Germans." dian Battalion against German|. War was declared Aug. 4, Mert ox enlisted with the 34th regi+ gas, 51 years ago. cox en : "We were called up to replace ment here in Oshawa. i i soy ejto the Grand Trunk station as ig 'ara by this dull it was called in those days and ile " ; Col. R, B, Smith, who is the -- Be pr. "had|honorary chairman of the On- i ir trenches d let the/committee, was commanding A ee oe officer of the 34th when the regi- wear so on the advice of one/8nd was escorted by cruisers of our officers, who was a chem-|@"d_ destroyers to England. a ; h ver|England's Salisbury Plain," with urine and held them over) sid Mr. Wilcox, "then. left said "but our lungs felt as if|France.' they were tufning into water,""| "We marched to Lange Mark leted then up to Armentiers and When they reached the battle/the front line." only to give way to a barrage/plied with reinforcements from of artillery and rifle fire.. the 116th Battalion which just three or four days," he re-lanniversary. C Welfare assistance totals have|is confident the number recelv> drop dramatically in May," says|the first four months has been In January 698 persons re-/out; fewer jobs for unskille and the administrator expects a) yy, Chesebrough also noted season begins Mr. Chesebrough) soared from 92 in January and * Pickets Leave | will continue to increase as pen the $75 pension, $20 per month Steinberg's store on King st, e.|¢xPenses is available through @ and bakery have reached a aga} Plan legislation, pending in cent hourly increase and other sented by Local 419, Inter- DAYLIGHT TIME late Thursday. | and watches ahead one hour in Toronto, Hamillon and Osh-) area and across most of Cane Oshawa store, said that the) The lost hour of sleep to. Canada Ltd., plants. | ive Oct.-30 at 12.01 a.m, now," he said, "the picketing) where standard time prevails" know that there 1s no dispute| Airline schedules are based Veteran Recalls colonial troops were choking by| water." Canadian troops. we withdrew," he said. Hillcroft street as he recalled{it was considered as a new wea- forces during the first use of|1914 and 10 days later Mr. Wil- the routed French Colonials,"} "Six days later we marched yellowish colored gas that hung/!eft, for England," he said. released the gas from cylinders|tario Regiment's __ centennial "We had no gas masks to/ment boarded the '"'Cassandra" ist, we soaked our handkerchiefs} "We trained for a while on "This seemed to: help," he British Soil for St. Mazier, near' Ypres where we were bil- WITHOUT WATER line the gas began to dissipate} The 2nd battalion was sup- "We were in the trenches forjrecently celebrated their 50th