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[ome Hunting Often Ends 's Doorstep At Authori GERRY SOROKA ts ral and talked nt ) pe arg Bs Oshawa Housing Au- j for a few mo- #3 Be hook. man. in desperate home for his fam- 's been on our wait- s terribly ; ," she' said. She paused and with a slight smile added: "He threatened to cut my throat." Mrs. K. E. Middlemass is manager for the housing au- with many characters since becoming manager when the authority was created, in No- vember, 1962. "One man was going to knock my block off," she said NEED GREAT "Their need is so great. Some of them have Jarge families and have to live in unfortunate conditions _be- cause rents are too high." Her job is room for hundreds of all families -- who are now liv- inadequate quarters. of them are good Sot api, ta 5 y e excellent care of the houses they rent." MRS. E. A. MIDDLE- MASS takes time out from her duties as manager of the Oshawa Housing Au- roving bomes Tor handed - families of 5 4 The houses are located in four city areas: Applewood Acres, the newest with 32 units; Carleton' Court, 23 units; Lomond Street, 18 units; and Christine Crescent with 23 units opened-in No- vember, 1962. Twelve'. units scheduled for completion around Christmas will be near Carleton Court. NOT WELFARE Mrs. Middlemass empha- sized one point, 'This is not welfare hous- ing. Occupants must pay rent. Persons who live in these houses work and sup- port: their families:"" Rental rates depend on the size of the family and unit. In Christine Crescent--three- bedroom, semi - detached houses -- the lowest rent is $37.50 and the highest is $125 a-month. Nobody. without a family ean rent these homes and those whose. children have grown up must move within a reasonable time. To be accepted, tenants must have school-age. chil- dren in most cases. Couples without children must get ac- commodation elsewhere. However, the authority does allow 10 per cent of its units to be rented to welfare re- old - fashioned problem -- caring for baby while keep- ing dinner from burning. Mr. Doe was laid off from thority to chat with Danny and Angeline Moulaison who take advantage of a mild afternoon to play in Mrs. XN waiting list of cipients and to fatherless ass said the applicants now stands at about 50 and is growing. People already living in the homes are likely to stay a long while. She said that only two or three vacancies occur each year. The applicants are not ac- cepted necessarily on the basis of seniority on the list. It depends on the néed of a particular applicant. PRIORITIZES For instance: A man with eight children, earning $380 a month, would probably get priority over the man earn- ing $300 a month but with only four children. To get a home from the authority, applicants must have lived in Oshawa at least one year. They must be sereened by the manager be- fore the application 4s ac- cepted. Some considerations made before acceptance are: pres- ent housing conditions; per- centage of income currently paid for house rental; num- ber of children; whether or not the family is facing evic- tion from present quarters; and if the family is separated betause of lack of suitable accommodation. The manager often visits General Motors and now is studying under the Man- power Retraining program. They have four children and their backyard at 553 Lo- mond St. In the background the city sprawls beneath the cover of a light mist. the applicants' homes. She bi oe "upon her obser- vation of overcrowding, house disrepair, kitchen, bathroom . and laundry facilities, heat- ing, 'availability of natural lighting and ventilation, prox- imity of children's play area,. distance from employment and other conditions such as undesirable nei gh borhood, harmful or unpleasant at- mosphere and noise. Family problems, alcohol- ism, health, financial obliga- tions, and housekeeping are all considered. Mrs. Middiemass poinis to a need for more subsidized og RE She contends that not oniy does the authority often bring together a family that is forced to live apart but it can act as a curb to spiral- ing rents in a community. A $25 security deposit is required before a family can move in as some safeguard against damage. HEADACHES Mrs. Middiemass's duty --after selection tenants is rent collection, "It's a real headache some- times," she says. She says, however, that the tenants realize the homes are good and the rent is fair. Most pay on time, she said, but if they don't she has to evict. are eligible for subsidized housing. The baby is Wendy, 1. The other chil- dren are Randy, 4, Nancy, 3, and David, 5. Lomond Street and Chris- tine Crescent are on a wide knoll rising above the city which affords residents s SUBSIDIZED HOMES are not second-rate houses. This photograph illustrates the quality of the homes lo- cated on a housing complex comprising four streets. They are Christine Cres- cent, Normany Street, Nevis Street and Lomond Street. Most of the houses ~|Airport Study Will Indicate _ Future Moves |Senior Citizens Club Name Chosen The Senior Citizens Drop-in questionnaire sent to personsjestablished and 220 indicating OTTAWA (Special) - Oshawa city council will probably re- ceive recommendations from the federal department of trans- port concerning its projected purchase of the 497 - acre air- port site next week. A spokesman for the depart- ment here said Friday that a feasibility study, requested by 'the. city, had been for- 'warded to the department's Re- gional office in Toronto Thurs- day. D.G. Stone, the regional superintendent, is expected to make the report's conclusions available to the city within a few days. Labor Council Forum Monday All 64 municipal candidates have been invited to attend the second major election forum in the city at the Steelworkers Hall on Monday. Sponsored by the Oshawa Dis- trict Labor Council, the forum will start at 7 p.m. Three candidates are seeking election as mayor; seven are running for four board of con- trol seats. 24 are contesting 12 aldermanic seats, 14 are in the race for 10 board of education seats, 11 are contesting 10 sep- arate school board seats and five are in the running for four seats on the Public Utilities Commission. On Sunday the aldermanic candidates have been invited to a Lake Vista Ratepayers' As- sociation forum at St. Phillips church. Candidates for mayor and 'board of control have been in- vited to a Lake Vista Rate- payers' Association forum Wed- nesday and all council candi- dates have been invited to the Kinsmen election forum Thurs- day. |the fine view in all directions. John Moulaison has four children -- a typical fam- fly which rents from the authority. The Ottawa spokesman point- ed out that the report was con- fidential and Mr. Stone would not be turning over the com- plete report but only the con- clusions and comments. These will include the de- partment's assessment of whe- ther Oshawa requires or will require in the future an expan- ed airport facility and the department's recommendation as to the first priorities for any program of expansion. CASH DEAL Once the city has _ studied these recommendations, it will when have to decide whether to complete the sale for a projected price of $56,000. Ear- lier this week city council sug- gested that it would pay for {the property over a five year period. But the department spokesman said that as far as the federal government is con- cerned, it deals only on a cash basis and would give the city a clear deed on payment of the full amount in a lump sum. However, the city may de- cide for internal financing pur- poses to meet the full cost with a debenture issue over five years. The spokesman said the $56,- 000 price was a special one de- signed to recover the cost ot the property to the govern- ment when DOT originally ac- quired it. If Oshawa was to buy the airport as an ordinary bus-- iness transaction, including the cost of all the buildings and improvements, the price would be much higher. But under the government's policy of assisting small air- ports, a city must first own the land and then it could ap- ply, to the government for contain two units with three bedrooms. Some of them have four bedrooms. The majority of the families are employed and pay rents as high as $125 a month, Mrs. Middiemass, Housing Au- thority manager, says she has few complaints over how the homes and yards he Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1966 Centre Committee chose a name Friday for the proposed centre. It will be known, following ap-|ing they would use it if it was|spouses. would use proval by city council, as the Oshawa Senior Citizens Club. over 60 years old. Of the 4,000 mailed, 980 were returned with 697 persons say- The proposed centre will be! ' located near Rotary . Park, bounded by Gibb, Centre and John Streets. An architect, now preparing plans, has estimated the cost of the building at $75,000. The committe selected the name after reviewing about 150 suggestions by senior citizens. A sampling of suggestions: Young at Heart Club; Senior Citizens Centre; The Bide-A- Wee Club; the Mellow Years Club; V.1.P. (Vitally Interested People); Felicity Club; Senior Citizens' Leisure Centre; This is Livin' Club; I Refuse To Get Old Club; Oshawa Club; 0-So- Homish; Senior Cheerio Club; Do Drop-In Club; Gathering of the Clan; U. R. Weleme Club; Citosha Club (Citizens of Osh- awa); Lonely Hearts Centre; Final Retreat; Duck In. The committee also received a summary of results of a HITS, KILLS BOY An 8 - year - old boy died in Oshawa hospital Friday fol- lowing a tree - swinging ac- cident in Darlington Town- ship. A Bowmanville provincial police spokesman said today Scott. Buchanan of RR 4 Oshawa, was struck by a branch of a tree that broke while a child was swinging on a rope attached to the branch. Six children were playing in the area near Osh- awa. The boy was taken to Osh- | awa General Hospital but died of a skull fracture 40 minutes after he was ad-- mitted. He is survived _ by his mother Mrs. Shirley Bu- chanan and a brother Ed-- ward, 9. Meals-On Wheels Plan Launched By Red Cross The Oshawa branch of ° the Canadian Red Cross has ap- proved a project that will serve to prepare their own meals. "Meals - On - Wheels, an established scheme of other On- grants for such improvements|senior citizens who are unable|tario branches, begins in, Osh- as runway extension, parking area, on. Under this assistance policy which was announced by Trans- port Minister J.W. Pickersgill in March 1965, the DOT has a fund of $1 million annually for this purpose. BEST CLAIMS Although many applications are received, only the best claims receive the aid, the de- partment points out. These im- provements do not call for any financial outlay by the city. "We have not received a firm request from the city to buy the airport as yet, although they have indicated agreement in principle on a deal in order that we could go ahead with _ feasibility study. "The spokesman said. '""They wiii now have to decide if they want to spend $56,000 because the cost of the improvements that might be approved for Oshawa could conceivably run something less than this amount." Rules Broken o In Fatality Disregard of safety rules by two train crews was a_con- tributing factor in the death of a 39-year-old CNR brakeman, a coroner's jury has ruled. Jeremiah Moher of Belleville was crushed June 25 by a box- car derailed when two freights collided just east of the city. The mishap occurred on the main westbound CNR Montreal- Toronto line when a westbound four-car freight, en route to Oshawa, and a 95-car Toronto- bound freight crashed. Gerald Bretherick, the Belle- ville dispatcher, said at an in- quest Thursday, at no time was permission given for the To- ronto freight to back up. Another contributing factor in Moher's death, the jury ruled, was the departure of the Osh- awa-bound train from Cobourg without notification of the dis- patcher. more lighting, and so EDUCATION MEETING The Oshawa board of ed-- ucation will meet Monday at 8:30 p.m. at the administration loffice on Rossland Road West. |welfare 'Men's Hostel Meeting Topic briefly Reports on family counselling|Mrs. Etta Mounce, secretary of|day in front of the Canadian service, men's hostel, informa- tion service and alcoholism will awa, Tuesday. "One, hot full - course meal will be delivered at noon of each day by Red Cross vol- unteers from the kitchen at St. Gregory's euditorium,"" said the Red Cross branch. Aside from the nutritious ben- they would not use it, Some 518 persons who were married and a and 70 and 394 were over 70. One of the questi asked how far the person walk from a vehicle, Eighty-one said they could walk 10 Oyards, 80 persons, 200 yards, 433 persons 300 yards and 86 could walk over 300 yards. shuffleboard, games, lawn bowling and read- ing. The majority favored card games and similar activities; a close second was reading and workshop activities followed. When asked if they favored noon meals at a low price, 474 indicated they did and 208 said they were unnecessary. Rooms for special occasions such as club meeting, and wed dings were favored 437 to 161. They were further asked for any additional suggestions. They included: --transportation for those who need it; --language classes; --special store where pension- ers could purchase food to suit facilities for movies and films; alee during monthiy one-lane bowling alley. Union Firm Hired By Canadian Corps Pickets paraded Fri- Corps Association building on Richmond Street West,. protest- be presented Tuesday at an Osh-|ifits of the plan, the Red Cross|ing that the Corps had hired awa Social Planning Counciljhopes the program will allow:|a non - union firm to do work meeting at St. Gregory's aud-|"a person to be dischargedjinside. itorium. from hospital earlier; to allow Carpenters' Local 397 dem- "The council is a yoluntaty|a. person to undergo neededjonstrated as employees of a association of citizens, organi-|medical treatment at home and|non-union firm began laying a zations and agencies engaged/to allow senior citizens to main-|plywood sub - floor and tiles. in or concerned with studying|tgin their independence for as and meeting social welfare, 1 as advisable". health and recreational needs of the city for the purpose of/|light, disposable materials and|gaining committee, George Patterson, president of the association and a mem- meals -are packaged injber of the steelworkers' bar-- said the promoting an effective well-|packed in heat - retaining con-|Corps did not know it had hired balanced overall program." spokesman. Four top students who at- tended Bowmanville High School last year were hon- ored Friday night, along with several other students who attended commence- ment exercises at the school, Melvin Wilson, an outstanding student, now at- stending university, was an 'ents' homes. honor gradu winner of the Louis\W. Dip- pell Memorial Scholarship, as well as second prize win- ner in the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company schol- arship awards, and the Har- old Loengsworth Memorial Scholarship. He is chatting with Anne Weéfry, left, an community |tainers. Once loaded into cars,ja non - union firm, He said said a/the meals are carried to recip-|a union firm will completa, thé 'work. 3 honor graduate, and winner : of the Goodyear Scholar- © ship; Corinne Elliott, honor graduate, first prize wine ner in Biology; and Jenni- fer Purdy, right, honor graduate, and winner of the Hoskin prize, awarded for the highest standing in Grade 13 English. --Oshawa Times Photo(