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Oshawa Times (1958-), 8 Jul 1966, p. 9

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McLaughlin | Re - elected As Chairman E. R. S. McLaughlin was re- elected chairman of the Oshawa Civic Auditorium board of di- rectors yesterday. He has held the post since its inception. The reappointment. came when Wendell Brewster moved acclamations for all the direc- tors and Alderman Christine Thomas later moved that the executive be re-elected, Mr. McLaughlin in his annual "meeting report said congratula- tions should be extended to the board of management and its chairman, Walter Branch, for a fine example of administra- tion. He also lauded Bill Kurelo and his staff. SET RECORDS BURT, MAZEY The two guest speakers at the 20th annual picnic of Local 222, UAW-CLC in Lakeview Park next Saturday will be George Burt, Canadian director of the UAW, aid Bimii Mazey, secre- tary - treasurer, International UAW. Platform guests and speakers willl include: Abe Taylor, Presi- dent, Local 222; Mrs. Viola Pilkey, President, Ladies' Aux- iliary No. 27; Mayor Lyman Gifford, Michael Starr, MP; Albert Walker, Provincial MP and Russell McNeil, Secretary- Treasurer, Local 222, "Burt "and" Mazey shared the ~ same honor at the 1964 Local 222_ picnic. u Burt, now 63, is the son of a Toronto carpenter contractor. He worked in Oshawa for sev- eral years as a plumber dur- ing the 1930's. He later went to work with GM as a torch solder- er in the body department. He took an active part in the organ- ization of the Congress of Indus- trial Organization following the 1937 GM strike. He was. also treasurer of Locai 2277 for more than two years, In 1939, he was elected to his present post. He has been re-elected .at every international convention since. From a membership which had dropped to to only a few hun- dred in 1939, the UAW in Can- ada today has more than 65,000 members, which makes it one of Canada's largest unions. Emil Mazey, 53, was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, but_his family moved to Detroit when he was two -- he has spent most of -his life there. He played -a major role in organizing unions in many U.S. companies. In 1936, he became the interfiation- al representative of UAW. He enlisted in the U.S. army and served in the Philippines. He DUE AT PICNIC was stationed on the island of Iwo Jima when he was elected to the International executive board of the UAW in 1946. The_nicnics started 20 vears ago, a spokesman said. There were only about 3,000 people attending. it was a fairly regular in- crease up until 1950, then GM put.-on louble shift and feed- er plants wé anized, Since that time, the increase has been rapid. The picnic has always been held at Lakeview Park. Due to the vast amount of traffic._expected .this..Saturday,--- the temporary bridge, across the Oshawa Creek, will be open to southbound traffic only, be+ tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. All of the vehicles leaving the Lakeview area during these hours will have to use Henry St. and Lakeview..Dr. to Valley Dr. and then north to Thomas St. He said records of attendance as EE LE EEE a CEE EEG TLL OUNCE abil are being set at the Civic Audi- torium and the operating profit to date is better than it was a year ago at this time. Mr. McLaughlin reported that pledges have been honored '"'to | a very high degree" and the building now has been com- pletely paid for. Regarding the current cam- paign to build a swimming pool and recreation complex at the auditorium as the city's cen- tennial project, he said "the fund-raising campaign for the centennial project was pat- terned from the original drive for the Civic Auditorium." He said the "kick-off" parade was an unqualified success as was the canvassers' dinner at the auditorium. "We have had excellent co- operation from all people and groups in the operation of the campaign and returns to date show our target well in sight." WONDERFUL JOB He commended Byron Ed- mondson and his staff at Gen- eral Motors of Canada Ltd. "for the wonderful job they have done in canvassing all the workers in their, plant." Mr. McLaughlin said that CONGRAT ULATIONS were in order for E. R. S. McLaughlin, centre, follow- ing the annual meeting of agement of the Civic Audi- shake to Mr. McLaughlin while Walter Branch, chair- man of the board of man- agement of the CivicAudi- torium, looks on. 'The cam- paign fund drive for the torium board of directors where he was re-elected chairman of the board. Harry Gay, chairman of the building committee, offers his congratulatory hand- Auditorium's Centennial project will conclude Aug. 15, City Treasurer Frank Markson said at the meet- ing. --Oshawa Times Photo although Terence Kelly, finance chairman, could not be at the meeting "because he is enjoy- COULD BE JULY 12 -- GIFFORD ing a well-earned vacation in England -- I know he is with us in spirit." Two RCN Ships To Visit Harbor Oshawa's waterfront will have two naval. vessels this weekend, The HMCS Porte St. Jean, and HMCS Porte St. Louis, will arrive in the harbor at 4:30 p.m. today and remain until late Sunday or early Monday, Visitors will be welcomed aboard the vessels on Satur- day and Sunday afternoon, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The offi- cers have requested that chil- dren be accompanied by adults, The two RCN training ves- sels, on an operational visit, will have five officers and 30 men aboard each ship. A tinal decision on the pro- posed Centennial Parkway may be reached at a council-in-com- mittee meeting Tuesday night, July 12. Mayor Lyman Gifford said to- day council will meet in com- mittee in an attempt to reach a decision on the parkway and make a recommendation to the regular council. "Normally council-in-commit- tee meetings are open to the |public," the mayor said, "but|pear on the regular council the decision as to whether or|agenda. not they remain that way de- "The reason for this is that pends on council. | | He said he as mayor couldn't|Some of the aldermen may |stop anyone from coming to the|change their views before an council-in-committee. meetings. jissue is finalized im regular "We don't have closed meet-| council," Mayor Gifford said. ings," he said, "and anyone can} Council recently settled one come to them." aspect of the controversial The press attend these meet-|parkway issue when they vetoed jings but'are prohibited from re-|a plebiscite asked for in a peti- |porting any discussions or re-|tion signed by some 10,000 city commendations until they ap-jresidents. Lodges Parade Dr. Doherty Group Firm InFenelonFalls Qn $6,000,000 Estimate Loyal Orange Lodges from the! Whitby, Oshawa and Bowman- 1 ville districts will take part in|tennial Parkway brief sub- the parade commemorating the|mitted to council by Dr. 276th anniversary of the Battle) Brian Doherty remain adamant of the Boyne this Saturday at/today in their opinions. . Fenelon Falls. In a prepared statement is- The Oshawa lodges hold their}|sued to The Oshawa Times annual church parade to Knox! today the committee headed by Presbyterian Church recently, |Doherty, Frank Grindley and Clifford Moffatt, district chair-| Robert Nicol stated man for the celebration, esti-| "Our committee stands firm mates between 5,000 and 6,000;on the estimated cost of $6 persons will gather for the "Or-| million per mile for construc- ,ange Walk". jtion of the Oshawa Centeanial The five lodges of the Fene-|Parkway. We do this because lon Falls district, Cambray,jour figures are based upon Burnt River, Coboconk, and/fact and not fiction.' Fenelon Falls will play host to} "We take as an example the the visiting lodges. Harold Fow-|Don Valley Expressway which ler, Oakwood is the district mas-|cost $5 million per mile with ter. jno expropriations involved as Roy Jones will be in charge|it was all parkland. We refer of the parade which wil move|you to a report by Mr. John off from Lakeshore Park at 1.30 Aitken of the Toronto Telegram p.m. Following the "walk" ad-dated Feb. 23 of this 'year, dresses will be delivered at the "Who is right and who is park by County Master Nelson wrong on the figure of Supporters of a recent Cen- public works department. before completely reading Dr | "This is the same committee |Doherty's brief. | who only six months ago esti-| "Doctor Doherty clearly mated the bridge over the Osh- | points out in his brief and sup- awa creek at the lake to cost!/norts by clearly _ illustrated only $100,000 but which actually graphs that the noraml 33 per cost $180,000 cent subsidy applys, but his "This was an 80 percentibrief also points out very error made by this authority|Strongly that the information that so vehemently criticized| generally circulated that . sub- Dr. Doherty's figures in last|Sidy in excess of 33 percent has jnight's Times. no foundation in fact | "We stand firm on our capa-| : From the last report of the 4 i oh.| Public Works committee as is- | Clty estimates, A fourtane high isued in last night's Oshawa ey Oe ee Oe en ae °r'Times when talking about this | Six thousand per hour capacity.| . : lw. ; s son ta the Tor,| Subsidy they say it can only be | We again refer you to the Tor expected. jonto Telegram article of Feb. "We can only state again that 23 of this year which makes . ae oe lreference of this very point in|tHe council | should give cha |relation to the Don Valley Park-| People of this city a chance to| | way hee vote upon this issue. For this} hin x is an issue which if allowed to| The longest stretch of €X-|99 ahead will affect the pocket pressway will receive no par-|hook of every homeowner in jticular subsidy or assistance./Qshawa with the net result | Davies; the Rev. J. B. Har-million per mile estimated in|least," the department of pub-| council may give us an express-| rison, reeve of Fenelon Falls; Doctor Doherty's brief." His | the Rev. Ellis Snelgrove, Cam-brief is based upon fact as! bray, who will be the gueststated above and not speaker, William Scott; MP and guess estimates of $3 million | Glen Hodgson, MPP. per mile as stated by the city! lic work's states, |way but funds will have to) "It is unfortunate that the/directed away from the very! the traffic and public safety) education, sanitation, and pro- committee should be critical| tection, D-S Report Zero Hour Looms Challenged On Parkway Plan By DeHart John DeHart, publicity chair- man for the Oshawa Creek Valley Conservation commit- tee, said today all interested cit- izens should be invited to attend Tuesday _night's cil will discuss the final Damas and Smith, consultant engineers, report. As far ast pressway is con Hart that it will cgét considerably more that what was indicated in the Damas-Smith report. ~"Por example, the land which will be expropriated to con- struct the Centennial Parkway will cost thousands of dollars more than what it was antici- pated for by the city's assess- ment department," the publicity chairman said, "This alone, as I've indicated, the cost of the expressway consider- would certainly increase ably," he said. Mr. DeHart went on to point. out that the Canadian -National Railways are building a $2% million complex at Thornton's Road, "It has been indicated by cer- tain parties that this will en- hance industry in the area and therefore meting the proposed location of the parkway out- moded," he said. "The next logical move city council must completely reassess posed expressway," cluded. Mary Street he con- 'Land Bought $6|This is misleading to say the|tayes will be unbearable. This} Four parcels of land with a total value of $5,670 were pur- chased by the city this week upon public works departmert and/necessary and vital projects of|for the proposed widening of Mary St. Council agreed to a settle- ment of $1,790 for property own- ed by F. S. Ebbs, 391 Mary St. and another parcel at 342 Mary St., owned by Earl W. Gillard for $580. Identical sums were agreed upon for the purchase of prop- erty at 387 and 395 Mary St. M. J. Gallinger, 387 Mary, Council-in- committee meeting when coun- cost of the ex- rned, Mr. De- said he wpuld have to agree with Dr. Brian Doherty | that make is to the pro- OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1966 The Oshawa Times 81 PC ToGo Deadline Set For Aug. 15 Only $87,000 remains to be donated or pledged in the $1,000,000 campaign to build Centennial pool and recreation complex at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium, City Treasurer Frank Markson reported yes- terday. He told the annual board of directors meeting at city hall that to date $923,000 has been pledged or donated. "If we could nail that final 8% per cent before Terry Kelly gets back, we would have an' Irish smile a mile-and-half wide when he steps off that plane," said Mr. Markson. DEADLINE SET Robert Wilson said je has been 'instructed to write Mr. Kelly twice weekly to keep him informed as to progress made. Mr. Markson said the cam- paign should be cleaned up no later than Aug. 15 because ap- proval from the Ontario Muni-| cipal Board has to be received| before the contractor can start construction, Permits Slump To Standstill On Apartments Apartment building construc. tion in Oshawa hit rock bottom jthis month as the issuing of no | building permits indicated, Since the beginning of the year the construction of multi- ple family dwellings in the city jhas skidded to a halt with a | total of only 44 units built. But June was a big month for other types of construction as permits totalling $3,525,886 were issued. The largest this year, Additions to General Motors' south plants accounted for $2,445,819 of the total, the Le- gion hall, $356,278 and a new school at Marigold St., $236,250. Only 24 permits were issued for the construction of single family dwellings, the 'jowest number in Jung for the past four years. Last-year's Junal figure was 36; 1964-75 and 1963- rB Commercial construction - for |the month was also down from |previous years as permits valued at $12,800 were issued. In June 1965 the total figure was $445,590; 1964 -- $28,690 and 1963 -- $25,253. LARGE CROWD The Band of the Ontario. Regi- ment presented its weekly Sum- mer series concert in Memorial | Centennial Pool Plan Needs Only $87,000 we Kenneth Holmes, 6, and sister Linda, 5, watch their daddy Harold of 190 Athabaska St. as he donates blood Thursday at « the Red Cross Clinic in St. Gregory's auditorium on Simcoe St. N. Diane Deeth, Toronto, left, is a volunteer with the Canadian - Red Cross, Chairman Robert Stroud of the Oshawa DAD HELPS BLOOD DONOR CLINIC branch of the Red Cross Blood Donor Service said today that 372 bottles were donated in six hours at' the Thursday clinic. --Oshawa Times Photo PLAN LIQUOR VOTE Ratepayers of Mara Town- ship, one of the northerly On-} tario County municipalities, will vote Sept. 7 on whether to Amendment By Opposition permit cocktail bars and 'li- Fails In Legislature Hownship, The two questions} TORONTO (Special) -- Albert) bargaining in the fringe benefit will receive $1,650 for land ex-|Park Thursday night before propriated by the city and A. H.|more than 1,200 spectators, It Gallinger and H, M. Gallinger|was the largest crowd in two will be paid the same amount] years, The Scottish Dancers, a for property at 395 Mary St. |group of Oshawa girls between Widening of the street to|9 and 15, received solid ap- three lanes is expected to start|plause on the program -as did WATCH NEW ONE - WAY An Oshawa motorist is caught unaware in the new one-way southbound traffic system on Centre street until he notices the above sign. Brock, Church and Centre streets were affect- ed by the new one - way this year, the Caledonia Pipe Band. were narrowly defeated in 1961. STREETS, MR. MOTORIST edict starting July 5. Sim- will. be permitted. The coe remains two-way for above motorist reversed the present time and ve- course quickly on noting hicular traffic southbound the sign. Oshawa Times Photo ? Landfill Study Slated Of Wentworth East Areas A study of a landfill program|during the study of the above in low-lying areas in the vicin-jarea. ity of Wentworth. St. E. will bel City contracts in the future undertaken by the Oshawa in-|will be amended to include dustrial commission. alternate prices for -- disposal Council this week approvedjof excavation at an approved that funds be provided in the|site provided by the contractor 1967 estimates to obtain a topo-|or -- in the Wentworth area. graphical map of the area,| Clean material obtained from bounded by Bloor St., Farewelllexcavations will be disposed in St., Lake Ontario and the east/the Wentworth St. area if it in- city limit. volves no extra cost to the city. It also agreed to provide|Funds. will be available if the $1,000 for staff costs incurredicostg are reasonable, eouncill extra cost ta the decided. Provision of funds from the Industrial Reserve account was approved to pay the cost of fill- ing this area -- subject to the approval of the Industrial Com- mission -- or alternately from the parks, property and recrea- tion committee. All current 1966 road contracts will be checked to determine the possibility of obtaining clean material for this area at no ait. + Walker, » Oshawa's Progressive| area as far as municipal em- Conservative MPP, voted with) ployees are concerned," Mr. the opposition on a Municipal] Walker told The Times Thurs- Act amendment before the On- tario Legislature this week. Before the house was a bill amending several sections of the Municipal Act. An opposi- tion amendment was presented, to eliminate Section 377, under which no municipality is per- mitted to pay more than 50 per cent fringe benefits to muni- cipal employees. It was de- feated. When a vote on the opposi- tion amendment was\ called, Mr. Walker voted with the op- position in favor of elimination of this particular 'section of thc Municipal Act. ~ "I have previously spoker out in support of elimination o this section of the Act, because it completely stvifies eallective day. "The Oshawa city council passed a resolution last year urging removal of this section of the act," he continued. "I feel the elected municipal offi- cials are completely responsi- ble for their own employees and the justifiable rights of collec- tive bargaining should not be governed by any section of the Municipal Act. "The responsibility for bar- gaining in the municipal field should be between the elected municipal officials and their omployees, "Unfortunately the elimina. / ion amendment' was lost, but I vill continue to press for elimin- ation of this discriminatory sece tion." \

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