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Oshawa Times (1958-), 25 Oct 1966, p. 9

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N Se ee ee! She Oshawa Eines OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1966 ¢ Angry Oshawa housewives will begin plcketing super. markets here Thursday and will continue until the food rots on the shelves, a housewife' pro- testing high prices, said today. Mra, Harald Bouckley, organ ixer of the protest, who de scribes herself as a mother tired of buying 'hamburger and wieners, said today she hopes she and her supporters start & spontaneous demonstration WHICH WHI Spreag Ww al sores Food Stores Face Pickets "the food vote on the shelves of the ae Mrs, jouckley of She sald the picket lines will then be extended Friday tc downtown Loblaws and from there to Powers, Steinberg's and Dominion stores, A and P, Aen U_gUeN, LoviEW menage in the city and continue untill said he had no comment other Ald, Gonion B, Attersley, chairman of council's finance municipal election, However, the li-year alder man and former mayoralty candidate declined to say which position he will run for added that he would probably not announce it until nomina tion night, In 1951 He } Ald, Attersiey made 7 Finance Chairman Seeks Re-election committee, said today he will © seek reelection in the Dec, § © Ronlea street said ahe expects about 100 women to thrn out. Thurs day at the Lowblaw store in the Oshawa Shopping Centre, Jack Adams remembers the slag heaps of Wales, In 1020, the mines near Aberfan claimed many. lives and injured many men, Wales was a good place to leave, in 1020, Mr, Adama, 7l, came to Oshawa in that year after working in the coal pits for 19 years, fivat tru the valley roads to the jieries when he was. 14, For nine years, he worked in the Aberfan pits where more than 200 children and adults were killed last week- end by a sliding mountain of slag. i probably helped build ~~ A PLACE TO LEAVE that tip," he said today, The tip, coal waste from the mines, was built into a moun: tain over the years by sue ceeding generations of miners, A yrmraretion of children was wiped out Friday when the great, waste heap, loosened by heavy: rains and disguised by a curtain of fog slipped into the village and crushed a school and several homes, "TL had many narrow ¢s capes in the mine," Mr, Adams told The Times, "But the village ople . didn't consider the tibe as dangerous, They were eye a) sores in the green | side, but they weren't of as being dangerous," Mr. Adams stretched 'out his arm, : "See these black marks," he said pointing to scores of dark pits under the skin, "That's conl, there's like that all over my ' He came to Canada and is now retired after 90 years: with General Motors, He sa he still is fond of Wales aa will visit there this Christ mas. : "It's a beautiful countrys side, except for those slag heaps," than having "no objection' to the protest, The women leading the Psa teat expect several hundred housewives to rally behind them, Mrs, Bouckley said, The past few days, the women have been hand print. ing theit own protest signa, Some of the signs will state in strong terms that prices are too h tH and stores are depriv. ing children of "good, nourish: acd 36 oa " 1v¥u, SHS ser, Mars Rouckley criticized re. cent comments by the presi, dent of the Oshawa branch of ithe Canadian Consumers Asso-|t ciation, t Mrs, H, L. Haisell saidif women should not blame supermarkets but their own shopping habits for larger gro- cery bills, Mrs, Bouckley --_dismissedf Mis, iHalgeil's statement as air comment by a "rich" who hasn't experienced frustration of many housewives! in preparing daily menus, jary members might join theif picket lines, Local 223, ers, criticized the government person|ing the/ance benefits, vn Th " WW a ue vt Taylor Criticizes TAB Plan Delay Albert lor, inited Auto Work: oday for dragging its feet on he transitional assistance bene- its scheme (TAB), He said that none of some 4,100 General Motors of Can: ada auto workers in Oshawa have received a TAB bene. it and that in fact some mar jed in many cases) are liv. on unemployment insur. His comment came in the }wake of an Ottawa announce: Ts, Bouckley said the pro-|ment yesterday that the gov: testers have received support/ernment hopes "in a matter of from the United Auto Workers| days" Women's Auxiliary and auxil:|TAB, one way or the other, to make a decision on 'or workers laid off in the auto | industry The announcement came president ofattempting to see what can be done about tax concessions. to help diversify Industry tn Oshy awa where the lay off situation ia crucial, He said the current law authorising such conces: sions in particular areas can: not be applied here, City coun cll has requested comparable benefits as a substitute, Mr, Taylor sald today there are only 108 workers in Can: Union officials charged today that plant workers at General Motors of Canada Lid, here ada who have received TAB benefits since the plan's incor poration sometime after a June, 1065 meeting between Local 998 and Industry minister Drury in Ottawa, That meeting was to discuss rumors of the benefit: scheme (in view of the auto pact im- pact) and adds the government has not made much headway since, rm : UAW Meeting Company On Overtime Complaint the union leader on a basis of more than wiual overtime, Mr, Taylor, Frank James, administrative assistant for the GM section of the Solidarity House in Detroit, Richard Courtney, UAW international representative in Ontario, and Local 222's top negotiating com> mittee met with the company officials Mr, Taylor also charged this morning that the com has gone as far as han fore- men jobs that union members normally would do, are being subjected to, "excess overtime' while about 3$,100 men are laid off hia first bid for a council seat but was unsuccessful, However a year later he was elected and | | served on council until 1058 R That year he unsuccessfully contested the mayoralty. In Tose he was again elected to council and has served since then, He headed the polls in the last election, Ald, Attersley says he ts primarily interested in efficient council administration and likes to see the work progress as rapidly as possible He has been chairman or vice-chairman of practically Five - year+ old Viola Lebreton, daughter of Mr and Mrs, Mathias Lebreton of 305 Fairlawn, Mrs. Anne Murison of Whitby and host day show in Oshawa yester- day to promote the World Exhibition in Montreal Oshawa Times Photo eas «=Mary-Ev Searson of Toronto view the Canadian pavilion of displays of Cara van '8? which held a one jfrom Labor Minister Nicholson | Control Board ;who told New Democratic |Leader T, ©, Douglas that he ' ; Will meet early next week with Election Race jthe representatives of the Uni} qe complaint was one of a ted Auto Workers and the autolaumber that a Iman United makers, Mr, Taylor sald helAuto Workers union delegation ttracts aw Would attend that meeting, for/was reported to have mate at jwhich ne specific day has been & meeting with GM_ officials Ald, Margaret Shaw said to. | disclosed, that convened at 10 a.m, day she will seek election Deo Apparently, the union group} Before the meeting, Albert § to the city's first board of|the government will confront/Taylor, president of Local 222, contre, jon the TAB issue -- an offshot/UAW, said that GM is working Mrs, Shaw had said moyve(Of the controversial Canada-/"many divisions of the plant" than a month ago she would/U.8, auto pact -- will be the[em===-- seek reelection but did not/Canadian UAW Council, a body specify then for which office, |of top union officials, Mr, Douglas asked Mr, ALD, ATTERSLEY » « « Year Veteran Expo Auto-Caravan Prompts. Enthusiasm flutteved|World Exhibition," said Walter Bestwick of 89 Blue Expo '67 in the wind yes! os. an auto-caravan rolled into Osh- awa to the World .Ex- hibition in Montreal next year, Shoppers and passera - stopped. What seemed to be of rela- tively ttle interest on the sur face soon prompted enthusias- tle responséa Tike: "T have to go to Expe be cause there is so much to see and learn from it," sald James Wight of 642 Shakespeare St. A train of seven cars, dis- playing miniature replicas of the Ontario and Canadian pa- vilions in Montreal, an Expo site plan, a World Festival pro- gram of entertainment, a pass-|¢ port sales car, and a vehicle with audio visual slide ap paratus, stepped at the Oshawa) Shopping Centre parking lot, | The Ontario pavilion impressed visitors "It's really something," said | '"°*s attracted to the site plan where two French - Canadian informa: bY ition officers © out of the grounds. Lawrence River, named in 161) by the explorer Champlain after Helene, is the site of the ex: hibition, tion will be shared in the follow ing proportions: 50 per cent by FESTIVAL PROGRAM the Government of Canada h per Quebec and 12.5 per cent by the represented in one for oe one for Quebec, | series of "mammoth spectact- jone for the western provinces) jars" modell snd one for the Atlantic prov other people live. That's why we've been planning this for sm, time," said R, A, Nixon of 4b Fairbank Si, One man viewing the slides sald the Franch pavilion is especially striking with its ultra-modern architecture, Bruce Barrett, 8? Thomas St., sald it will be "fabulous" to see the amount of pro yress being made in the wo "We're going to 'se every: thing, We're curious like most jpeople," said Mrs, Alice Gray jof Whitby Sunset Dr. Visitors to the Caravan were jained the lay- 1, » acte Expo Tie Sainte-Helene in the St, de wife Samuel his The net cost of the Exhibi- coal Dag The World Festival is Expo's Province OF cultural program featuring the : world's leading operas, ballets, ay of Montreal theatre companies, orchestras, Canada's 10 provinces will be/popular singers, comedians, four pavilions; jathletes, film festivals and a cent by the Automobiles are prohibited on the Expo grounds but there are a number of transport systems sometimes irritated elected re tain Issues' although they 'know every council! committee and has served on several special committees including the |i: brary board and the Children's Ald Society. Ald, Attersley says he is sentatives who weigh the cal pros and cone, on. cer: what is right, Ald, Cephas Gay said today he will be "right in there' for the Dee. § civic election Ald, Gay will attempt to add two more years to his 14 anda fraction year record as an alderman on city council He said council will have to face all projects, especially con- struction items, with its ability to pay for them, Our first consideration will be the ability to pay for these projects, We can't stop progress ~~ but we'll have to pay-as-we A native of Oshawa, Mr, Attersley, S4, has attended pub Hic and high school here, He has been employed at General Motors for 4 years and at pres» ent works in the parts procure: ment office, planning the pur chase of. replacement parts for Cadillac cars, Gay "Right In There" For Alderman's Seat "I'm going to run again and for whatever position the peo. pe want me to run for," she a said, for controller Ald, Shaw said, "austerity has gone out the win. dow with the present council". Rh, qe by Ppa seeeaee lor a t money policy in oa to keep the rising civic debt down, "If the same council is re- elected again, the mill rate will jump seven or 1@ mille in the budget,"' Ald. Shaw fore. cast. Vice-chairman of the board of education when she first ran for council in 1944, Mrs, Shaw finished seventh in a field of 21 aldermanic candidates | New Building |For Township BROOKLIN (Staff) -- Whitby) Township Council's meeting! Monday was definitely one for! jthe record books, It was its) poe meeting in its brand new ;council chamber, the agenda/ r i te Nicholson if paymenta will be made mandatory on the manu: facturers, He replied he could: In saneuacing ber candidacy |f't say before policy' ig decided, Industry minister C. M Drury said in reply to Michael Starr (PC - Ontario ri ) that the federal government is Traffic Clinic May Save Life A few hours of your time could save a life -- perhaps your Safety League. own, says the Oshawa The "few hours' te which hey refer are the hours they nvite you to spend at the traf. le clinic sponsored by the League and administered by the Oshawa policé department, A two-hour clinic will be held tonight at 7.90 p.m. in the court oom of the Oshawa police sta: Ton Man Satisfactory e@ government Ivan Wallace, separate achool the board's management and site committee, said today he will seek re-election in the ' 5 election, An Ontarie land surveyor since receiving his secondary scheol education in Oshawa, Mr, Wallace, 91, running for re-election because he is interested in the school board and wishes "to offer more service to the board," "As an incumbent, it is eas jer to be reelected, It wae a tight draw at my election," said trustee Wallace. He said he is especially in: terested in working on the finance committee as "It is the most important part of the educational scheme as far as a trustee is concerned," "T plan te undertake the first jplanned purchase of land for ifuture schools, Buying land in jadvance saves the board a con: isiderable amount of money,"'/ isaid Mr, Wallace Separate School Trustee . Will Seek Second Term _ board trustee and chairman of © IVAN WALLACE «+s mance Important Mrs. Walter Bestwick, 89 Sun-/SPECTAGULAR e set Dr. in Oshawa | ete 'tacular thing, A¥allable to visitors jgo-along," he said, "What I'd like to see most at Pectacwar MINg. The free mass transit sys.| 'It wouldn't be any advan Expo are the Ontario and Ca-| Ve Want to see what the rest of tem, Expo Express, will 'link/tage to jump into the big money ; nadian pavilions," said Albert|the world is doing and how|the major areas of the exhibi./bracket (board of control), . ae | Stinson of 226 Central Park) tion. It is expected to moveithere's money being spent Blvd, §. | . 30,000 passengers an hour there that could be spent in Ontario's pavilion is a multi- Shopping Centre There will be other transport/other places," Ald, Gay said pyramidic structure of vinyl) : systems with charge such as - added ge ---- and fibreglass costing the prov-) . | the minirail system designated|pald to councl in e pas ince eben $5,000,000" . | Ex nsion Likely to carry 2,500 Pavey pas-jyears has been sufficient to en Covering 50,000 square feet) .. a " sengers an hour courage civiowminded citizens and standing 115 feet high, the, Ca" Interurban Prop-|" Phe Montreal harbor alse has/to run for council, However, he) pavilion centres' on a 3id-seat erties. Limgted ts expected to) several hundred spaces for boat(felt the salary increase for the! theatre. announce cethe-eng Of the) docking Imayor's office was justified be- Dominating the southern end Ye'? details of a giant expan- One visitor to the Expo cara.;cause of the demands placed of man-made [le Notre-Dame/*O program at Oshawa ShOP*\ van. yesterday said she is notion the position t will be Canada's $21,000,000 pa-| Ping Centre, the group's largést/interested in going to Expo, Mr, Gay, who is the father of municipal election that year, vilion. High above the area. will °P®* malt in a string of 32) "Tp, not that I'm not patri.(1? children, started his mumici.! In.1058 he was re-elected and be a huge inverted nvramia--/across Canada otic or disinterested, ['ve ree@t/pal career in 1846 when he was/served on council until he was the major building of the ex-| Mra. M, M. Martin, the/everything I can about it but/appointed in the latter part of!again defeated at the polls in hibit called Katimavik (Eski-;Centre's administrator for the/I would rather go to Yellow-/the year to fill the vacancy cre- | 1957. For the next four years mo) or "The Meeting Place", | last five years, said today CIPListone Park for my twe-week/ated by the resignation of Ald. Ald, Gay placed Hth in the PAR Bane Se jis making plans to add a second! vacation, These things don't ap-| James Haxton aldermanic race and in 1961 MONENT Uae Gepartiient--stere,--ay---2e4 ne l_wovld rather hal Ip 1847 his bid for a seat on/was again re-elected to council, Expo '6? is gathering mo-|movie theatre. an automobilejout of the country next year,"|council was unsuccessful but inf Since tien" he" hae been re mentum now that people arejcentre and: possibly a second|said Mrs, Jack Howard of 480/1948 he was voted in to office, elected two times, 1942 and becoming -- interested in the supermarket Jarvis St Ald. Gay continued serving on| 1964 . * | The trustee, defending long-jice as a trustee of the separate Following Mishap term holders of trusteeships,/schoo! board, Mr. Wallace has jsaid older members on the/five years of experience with John Henry Robinson, 22, of beard tend to temper the flam:| parent . teacher associates and com:|RR 3, Bowmanville, is reported/boyant ideas of youngerifounded the St, Francis' school ments thai he was sure the/today in satisfactory condition | trustees PTA of which he is vice-predi- sure the better working surjat Oshawa General Hospital.) "Equally important, younger) dent roundings provided for the)following injuries he received/members on the doard help to} Trustee Wallace is alse ae council and staff would lead to) when his ear left the road onjintroduce new ideas," said Mr,jmember of the Knights @f Col more modern and more efficient) Simcoe street south, near Rit!) Wallace, umbus and director of the John ladministration, leon road, early Sunday, Apart from his two-year sery-'Howard Society in Oshawa, }was one of the shortest ever, ; and the meeting ended at 8:43 iPM, ~ a record time. This seemed to bear Reeve John Dryden's out ALD, CEPHAS GAY «+s Pay » As» We + Ge council until 1934 when he was) defeated, placing 18th ia the! MA.2e0t nae) ta mea CONSERVATIONISTS INSPECT DEVIL'S DEN _ Out Of The Bush May Come A Park By GERRY SOROKA, the Central Lake Ontario Con west of Brooklin and south of position, It cannet step in bok. Of The Times Staff The car deor slammed, crush- ing the stillness, \ crow lifted itself from a shadowed branch of an elm and flew toward a dot in the hori- ron The. sky autumn-cald day for woods. Yet the group that met in the gravel pit near the creek arrived for more serious busi- ness. Following a stroll through a Sacre forest of spruce, pop- lar and pencil-straight red cedar trees, the dozen or more persons present would negoti ate for hard cash The property Heber Down, éarmen, slighty was clear and it. was an ideal an adventure in the belonged to a TSyearold a servation . Authority, They were there on his land Saturday te get a good look at what they were buying, The authority wants 7S acres of un spoiled creek land for the use of posterity Mr Down recognizes the need for recreation areas to be saved from the factory and the ploy, However, Mr, Down knows that if he sells the TS. acres through which the pleasant creek rushes, he will have an- other 173 acres without water Se Mr. Down told the av thority they can :have. the. 75 acres, but on the condition they promise to buy the additional 173 The property in question has been designated as Devil's Den, Mt comprises 250 acres south Highway 7 ty and declare any firm posi. Much of the tract is good agricultural land; most of it is wooded, Considered by the au- thority ideal for a conservation 'area, the land offers a natural setting for picnic and casual sports areas and nature trails. The choicest of the total acre- age in dispute holds the creek This 78 acres is all the author ity needs or wants The rest of the acreage 175 acres ~-- is mostly woods and scrub -- broken here and there by grassed clearings Mr. Down says él the area ts good fer conservation and the authority agrees, but does n't need it all Meanwhile, Mr. Down offers the 73 acres if a commitment is made on the other section, The CLOGA te m &@ sensitive tt is forced te consider Mr. Down's sugges. ton carefully tions... And, without exception, all the members on the authority, sympathize with Mr. Down, They all want to do the right thing . The right thing will cast the authority $110,000. This purchase figure is based an one of Mr. Down's terms, He offers the first parcel at $300 an acre and the other 175 at $30@ per. Members of the aujhority pr vately say that, even on those terms, they would be getting a goed deal They want that creek-bettemed land and, fol lowing a meeting Friday' with Mr. Down, the authority may de just a signature away from wetting & HEBER DOWN (centre) exchanges light banter with members of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority as they pause daring & jaunt through Mr. Down's land. Members of the authority tramped through several acres of land considered by the authority suitable for a pars. Cet te neds are: John Dryden, reeve of Whithy Township tea Hughes, Bowmanville rep resentative; Gordon Garner, Bast Whithy Township rep yesentative; Min, Dewai Walter Reath previncial government representative; and Hayward Murdoch, chairman of the authority, Oshawa Times Paets

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