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» |\Col "Sam" | She Oshawa Tine OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1966 - | Sod - Turning Starts Centennial Project Characteristic of his life and in phase two of this wonderful work, Col. R. S. McLaughlin|celebration -- the start of work asked yesterday igo! no one/on the centennial project. make his job any softer. The mayor told guests he | The 95-year-old Oshawa phil'/hoped phase three of the audi- }anthropist, who was celebrating |torium complex would be con- a ey site he a por tp sidered in the future. plated spade into the ground at) He described it as an outdoor the Civic Auditorium to launch the city's Centennial project. recreational field with a grand- Cc, "Sam", as he is affec- tionately called, had eae apes soft 0) : = wo gd er te city where | ---- are in the 'A crowd of over 180 civic dig-|oresround. he said. nitaries and friends witnessed; Green Gaels, The Oshawa + te tog sr -- ye" Generals, Miss Dianne ' Shaw ly began construction 0! the $1,010,000 centennial swim. (200 Mise Tamela Miler were ming pool and recreational com-|® *°W of the names he men- plex to be completed next sum- tioned mer. : "The need for recreational Coming to Oshawa over 90/facilities has never been as years ago with his family, Col. | great as it is today; that is the McLaughlin said he was never|trend of the times and it must too busy to do what he could for|be accommodated," he told his beloved city. | guests. | Mayor Gifford said he real- a pe io in Oshawa," he ized these projects cost money told guests, "and I do what I but at the same time they were can for its welfare." not being asked for al at once. He said he was raised on| Before Col. McLaughlin join- ge oe _ ag Hime to ed his guests for a small birth- a lily-pad and live ' They talk about our young day party in the civic auditor- people today, he said, but they jum banquet room he was pre- are no different now than they|sented with a silver spade, to ae were. oe ay jremember the occasion by "Boys and girls. must have Worry Gay, chairman of the o 3 y, ¢ facilities so they can grow. up auditorium building committee. strong and healthy," he said. "] hope our fair city will en-| In the banquet room, Col. Me- joy the facilities that are being|Laughlin was honored with a put up here," he added. |birthday cake and a song wish- PHASE THREE ing him a happy perteaay: Mayor Lyman Gifford . who|~ cr halt at omame citer: Labor Plans Great Lakes | Water Talks | Great Lakes water pollution} jwill be discussed at a confer- jence to be held in Oshawa Oct. 18, sponsored jointly by Local 222, UAW and the Oshawa and |District Labor. Council. | | .The conference will be held} jat the UAW. Hall on Bond. St.} Experts from the U.S, and Can- ada are scheduled to attend. "The condition of the Great Taken and ite tributaries ic a most - serious one," Lioyd/ Clarke, chairman of the United Action for Clear Water Con-| ference, says in a letter to dele-| gates. "The UAW feels that people| from all walks of life must be 'informed of the increasing dan-| ger if the major problems are jnot corrected." | "In this effort we are trying | to gain public support in order) to establish a program to pre-| vent further contamination and} pollution and correct the pres-| ent condition." number of people. "The day has arrived in the assisted Col. McLaughlin during the ceremony. ert Wilson and Terence Kelly (standing) also look at the spade. Mr. Wilson lin following the Centennial sod turning ceremony. Mayor Lyman Gifford, Rob- DAUGHTER IRENE. in- epects the silver spade presented to Col. McLaugh- } | | Five Girls Laughlin; and Rev, John centennial addition express Seek Title Porter, who dedicated the delight following the after- noon sod turning ceremony. DANCE, PARADE, DINNER SCHEDULED FOR VETERANS More than 100 veterans, St., and down Church and { | | | | E. R. 8. McLAUGHLIN, ehairman of the Civic Audi- ------ 2 GM Plant Additions Boost City Building ject building committee chairman; Col. R. S. Me- torium board of directors; Harry Gay, centennial pro- | Oshawa's representative in) the Miss Canada contest will) jbe chosen Saturday. | | Preliminaries of the Miss |Oshawa Pageant were held) ast Saturday with five pretty| |girls selected as finalists. The girls are: Susan Mar-) lowe, 18; Barbara Monaghan,}| since that chief steward. second studies 'physical tatives members of the Ontario Regi- Centre Sts., to John St., and |18; Jackie Petterson, 19; Jane} ment Association, will parade the cenotaph in Memorial |Skalin, 19. and Martha Frank-) to the cenotaph in Memorial Park. furter, 19 | ' : "4 par ES Ales ie a ial il .| Park Saturday afternoon, Following a ceremony at | As well as the opportunity to Building additions to the Gen-| Lanet Propertie Ltd. of Tor-| Stan's Sharpening and Rent The parade. a dance, a din- the cenotaph the parade will |enter the Miss Canada contest eral Motors north and southonto was issued an $800,000\als received a $50,000 permit) | AB ed . Roxie sar rz NY ybed a1 ai, ; te > ; Be 14 t {| ner and a church service are travel up Simcoe St., to the |the winner will receive prizes plants boosted building permit) permit to construct a 108 unit) for an addition to a store a all part of the association's armories where Major -Gen- lyalued up to $1,500 values during August by almost|/apartment building at 1,140/223 King St. W. | Aloe haters agi Phin atmacer , Ae , eae : 'amily dwell: .| three-day reunion. Guest of eral Worthington will take the | Judging begins at 7 p.m. and| $3,000,000. Mary St. Another permit valued Single family dwelling per honor will be Maior G ve 1 : > * The total value of permits\at $45,000 was issued to con-| mits numbered 16 and the same} onor will be Major Genersi salute. _ {will be held at the Jubilee e wt ' ' R ; cite Ps e's Hae ods ;| F. F. Worthington, colonel The dance at the armories [Pavilion in Lakeview Park. issued during the month was/struct a six-unit structure on|number was issued for semi-| . : , . . $5,243,298. In July the totall Wayne Ave detached houses commandant of the Royal tonight is open to the public. | 4 dance - yScmigteastue By ne "4 e aN si oi ad Canadian Armored Corps. Major General Worthington | value was $619, Two permits were issued for There were 13 permits issuec a has are ab vate aeie Jat th , or the construction of a school and/for garages and 79 permits, eaving the armories at 3 will be guest speaker at the The August increase boosts : on 79% say | p.m., the parade will travel dinner Saturday. evening at | the total value of permits for)# School addition. |worth $26,725 for repairs | on Richmond St. to Church th ries. | 1e ewal this year to $14,198,503. The crippled children's school| residential buildings. Industrial] 0? cimone st. eat ne armories. The GM additions accounted|20d treatment centre will be ee $6,600 and com-| ? | N ; i Bi : . . for $2,940,854 of the August|located at 760 Bloor St. E., was) mercia $5,520. | T : | oan gus" issued a permit valued at $34,-/-"--CSS----SC*=*#e" rus stoke 0 e | Need Will Remain se (000 and a $218,087 permit was; | A GM spokesman said today) i...ed for an addition to O'Neill) US. Man Elected . For Urban Renewal) ' the $2,400,854 additions to the\-chegiate and Vocational In-| 0 1re lar | | After 26 years with the On- chassis and body plants are) oi. 10 iT | FORT WILLIAM (CP) -- The|tario 'Regiment, Arnott C. extension of paint facilities to/' | £0 Du Pont Post |' something's finally being Present of an Ottawa construc-| «Tasty Davies is retiring as accommodate 1968 passenger COMMERCIAL its : : la gees ing's _ finally being tion company said Thursday. the) chief steward. ear production The geest commercial) MONTREAL (CP)--Edgar H.| valk My re 9 -- "ie {way suburbs now are built Can-| Mr. Davies joined the regi The. $540,000 addition on Rit-\building to be constructed is a/Bleckwell, of Bridgeport, |™* B ef St yertrude's School}ada will always have urban re-lment in 1940 from which he son Rd., he added, is an ex-|$200,000 Dental Medical Centre|Conn has been elected execu-| fond st. . 5 newal lretired 'as tension of the radiator plant. 'at 172 King St. FE. bore vice-president of du Pont of | At a special meeting Wednes-| «we need Jong - term thinking|in 1959 and Seigeieadindassbaians onl i _ --.--|Canada Ltd., Robert G. Beck,} " . jpresident and chief executive of-|\School Board, members voted) we must leave open spaces i Pl CNR Offi ial ficer announced today junanimously to hire a school|order that a community may 4 anners - 1Cl S | The rage ala been vatent/ guard for: the crogaing. ithings,"" William 'Teron said|Welsh Guard in the First World eek dar phe ecame presi-| "This follows complaints by|during a panel discussion at the|War, I came to Canada and ® s ® ae agen Boeke {parents that.Bond St. traffic is/!4th annual Ontario Housing}worked as a merchant seaman Mr. Bleckwell has been vice-| |Conference lor three years," 1 1Scuss ew a 10n Ipresident and assistant general-|too heavy to allow a student to) P =H. Bisay, @ iévies =. : |manager of Remington Arms/man the crosswalk. | cere me. te BERGY, COPULY ine k 5 ; iCo. Inc., a subsidiary of E. L.| 4 lmanaging director of the On-| "I went to work for GM in Officials of the Canadian Na- -the report in thela.'p, oy je Ne win tin : Meanwhile the board will put |tario Housing Corp., said the/1927 and was there for 35 year tional Railways will meet with|regional program con-|°U £ont de Nemours and Wo. _|in a request for a policeman to|magnitude of required urban|before retiring," he said members of the Central Ontario /cernins features" of guard the crossing, business | rene and public housing is| "In 1941, I joined the Royal Joint Planning Board next week|the area TUMOR SUSPECTED administrator Frank Shine told |terrifying. iCanadian Armored Corps and to discuss the re-location of the} --a proposed comprehensive} AUSTIN, Tex. (AP)--A panel|members. , | In the next $4 years, Mr,|Served for two years," he said. Oshawa station study of the planning area be-jof experts said Thursday that | | naa si 4. 'ill b eto. et: Davies has served under The proposed CNR marshal-jtween the lakesore and theja highly-malignant brain tumor mA Rate: Pen. Nemes Sere ° ine different commanders dur- ling yards and the proposed | Macdonald + Cartier Freeway; |conceivably sparked Charles J. REMANDED jreplace in Canada and assem-ling his service with the On- closing of Thornton Rd., will al- - @ proposed constitution for|Whitman's Aug. 1 murder out-| An Oshawa woman, Mrs.|ble the same housing stock that] tarios. to be discussed the board. lburst. The 32-man task force|Diane Scholes of 400 Grenfell/has been assembled in this coun-| "I was there when Lt. C The meeting on Thursday,! The 1 member regional|also said Whitman took pep pills|St., was grantea a temand to/try in the last 300 years." IR. B. Smith was the com-! will be the first meeting since|board is composed of represen-|to keep up in his studies but|Sept. 28 when she appeared in) ~ on > eee mander," he said | the board's summer adjourn from Oshawa, Whitby,|they found no evidence he was|Lindsay court Wednesday. She FIRE BURNS CASH After 26 years with the regi-/ ment Bowmanville, and the townships |under the influence of stimulat-|is facing six charges laid as aj if 4 c ment and 35 years with GM Other matters listed on thejof Whitby, East Whitby an djing drugs Aug. 1 when he killed|result of a fatal accident in the} Forest fires in Ontario caused)Tafty" has decided to take} agenda fox discussion include; 'Darlingtos, 16 an@é wounded 30 others, }Lindsay area July 20. $364,000 damage in 1965 it easy. | * A . 'Need Recreation Facilities ll follow the judging.'and last night's vote was. calli-| 26 Years With Regiment an active member § ) -- time, | of the Oshawa Separate|qowntown and in the suburbs./has occupied the position of 4 "After a varied career as a @ said Mr. Says Boys, Gir stand to accommodate a large -- WITH A HEARTY heave, i fal R_ & Melanghlin offi. cially latinched construc- tion of the elty's $1,010,000 the Civic Avditorium. Centennial project -- a rec. reation building addition to --Oshawa 'Times Photes Steel Men Reject alleable Offer Steelworkers (327>in all) lastjed to consider the six - page|the cost - of - living clause, night voted 98 per cent in favor| proposed contract which steel-| which would enable them 'te of rejecting a three-year con-| workers thought was "worth/bargain for additional money tract offered by Malleable Iron} considering" at the time. lover the period of a new:con- Co, Ltd What they turned down was|tract. The company did not of- The ' striking members of|a 31 and one half cent pay|fer this, : Local 1500, United Steelwork-|increase over the next three) The _ steelworkers' contract ers of America, voted 322 to five to continue on strike. One ballot was spoiled. Russell Wilson, manager the plant which has been struck) - since June 15, said today Malle-|benefits to workers and pay 50| jobs since the strike be; able plans nothing "immediate"|Per cent of the cost of picking) roughly 550 men. ; in the way. of getting back to/4UP new ones. Other strikers have taken*@ the bargaining table. me -- temporary jobs or are colle he thought the contract looked) range ling strike benefits of $15 week- good and was disappointed with} But Mr. Ripley . said today| iy tor a single man and $20 for the steeiworkers' decision i ffered an "'infer-i3 married . | aie jior bargain" over benefits be-| WELFARE, WAGES jcause it wants to switch from} President of the Local, Lewis|PSI to an i ' : oak: te. hhipley, aid today that thelplan, "Tn. rm g Faster First Pay: Urged By Trustees biggest wall between the union|want to buy cheaper welfare.| TORONTO (CP) -- Uneme- and company has been built} He said the men alsp wait) over a disagreement concern- ployed persons taking the: proye ince's Program 5 ing welfare benefits, a cost-of- living clause and wages. } A week ago yesterday the | ' . company and union ended more Praca gs 4 9 Bas jfirst pay, Toronto school truse tees agreed Thursday night in than seven hours of negotiat- ing over the bargaining table pate Five steelworkers' union of-| aot ... ng yan af = ficials will be going to Atlantic) " City Sept. 19 for the. week-long), "+ W, Fair, co-ordinator 'of United Steelworkers of Amer-)Toronto's program, said at the ica International convention, |Board of Education, meeting About 3,000 delegates are e tthat attendance figures are pected to attend the bi-annual|Counted every two weeks. They levent. go to the department the next The Oshawa' contingent will| Wednesday and pay is distrib- linclude International represen-|Uted a week later. ltatives Keith Ross and Grant) Board chairman Barry Lowes \Taylor, and executive mem-|said Queen's Park had free ibers of Local 1817 Bill Blasz-|quently been asked to do some- ¢zak and Lorne Heard. A fifth|thing but "'it's like the donkey jofficial from LASCO will also!you have to hit on the head te be going. get its attention." | years that would bring work-|ran out April 30 and since the. ers up to a low of $2.32 an/strike started June 15 the com- |hour. The company also offer-|pany has been unable to pro- of|ed to pay the total expense of|/duce. Some 38 men have quit keeping up all current welfare|the union after landing other gan with } | | | INFERIOR Steelworkers At Convention d Retires; 'Ruto, Truck Production Shifting Into High Gear Production at General Motors|turning to work. The feedér s gradually increasing and is/plants were closed because of expected to be in full swing/the railv strike. f\ within a matter of weeks. 7 "We are not being slowed 6,000 AT WORK Sidown because of the McKinnon; To date, approximately 6,000 Industries plant closing," a GM/hourly rated employees have spokesman said today. been called back to GM. "The feeder plants start back; "'The others will be return> |to work about two weeks be-jing as production gradually the jfore we do and our main sup-|creases," the spokesman said. Iplier, McKinnon, 'built up a} "Production began only about good bank of materials," the|a week ago and we are not plan on doing any-|spokesman said. quite in full swing," he said. The spokesman also said he! 'All of the cars that are |ynderstands the McKinnon em-jscheduled for production have Iployees are at the point of re-'been started," he said, "TAFFY" DAVIES "Y don't thing now except keep as active as possible in the regiment," said Mr. Davies.