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Oshawa Times (1958-), 21 Jun 1967, p. 11

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A. i y trimmed off. iat the ENTIRE . This is the inter. There's + shank portion 16 PORTABLES WILL Wenccantsee HOUSE AN EXPECTED 250 STUDENTS THIS FALL .e- Permanent Building Scheduled For Completion In 1969 LOCAL INDUSTRY NEEDS... ... SURVEYED BY COLLEGE Practical Courses To Be Offered By JAMES COUPER of The Times Staff Dr. Gordon E. Willey is building a college. Not with his hands, of course, but with his mind. The Ontario-Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology which is now being construct- ed on 75 acres of land at Sim- coe Street North and Fifth Con- cession is only a shallow re- ley, its president (principal), sees for the future. Physically the college will consist of 16 portables for: the 250 students expected this fall. Dr. Willey anticipates the school will have 3,000 students by 1970. A start has been made on nearly all of the portables al- though most are merely wood- en skeletons. Dr. Willey ex- pects a start will be made on them all by July 1 and they flection of the college Dr. Wil- Further Talks Set On Hospital Wing Hospital authorities in Osh- awa will meet this week with Toronto consultants to assure their plans for a proposed $11,400,000 annex which will in- corporate all the latest fea- tures within the means of the hospital budget. The proposed addition will provide for a new, enlarged school of nursing, quarters for the board of health, an addi- Former Regiment Commander Dies The commanding officer of the Ontario Regiment (Tank), when it returned from over- seas in 1945, Brigadier Robert L. Purves, DSO, CD, died yes- terday at Newmarket. Brig. Purves was well known in the Oshawa area by many of the men who served with the regi- ment. He is survived by his wife, Alfreda' and a daughter, Mrs. Mariyn Schoell, of Montreal. The funeral service will be held at 1.30 p.m., June 23, at the Thompson Funeral Home, Aurora. tional 136 beds and larger laun- dry facilities. "The latest sketch plans are substantially similar to the old ones except some departments have been rearranged quite a bit," said Ian Mitchell, assis- tant hospital: administrator. will be erected by Aug. 1. So far he is on schedule and main- tains the school will be ready for opening by Sept. 11. But it isn't the physical sur- roundings which concern Dr. Willey. After viewing several downtown sites he is quite happy with the portables. EMPHASIS Even when the permanent building is built in 1969 all he wants is "a functional building} with enough space and equip- ment to let us teach'. Dr. Wil- ley is putting the emphasis on "courses and teachers who will use the most modern equip- ment and pedagogical tech- niques". Dr. Willey enters education directly from industry, having worked for Ontario Research Foundation, Norman Slater Co., Algoma Steel and Union Carbide. Dr. Willey does not try to hide the fact that his experi- ence in industry is affecting his choice of courses for the new college. INCREASES Out-patient use of the x-ray, lab, and emergency depart- ments is considerably up for the first five months of 1967 as compared to the same time a year ago," said Mr. Mitchell. The x-ray department is up 20 per cent, lab, 32 per cent and emergency, 13 per cent. "This is probably happening in every Ontario hospital,'"' said Mr. Mitchell. "There is.a grow- ing trend to increase the use of these departments." In-patients using the operat- ing rooms is also up seven per cent for the first five months of 1967 as compared to the first five months of 1966. Emergen- cy operations have also in- creased 14 per cent. "Staffing the operating room is difficult but particularly in the summer when there is a growing list of people requiring surgical attention," said Mr. Mitchell. | "It is only logical that I start off with what I know most about," he said in a recent in- terview. He does not expect courses in the 'applied arts' part of the "college of applied arts and technology" to start for at least another two years. PRACTICAL COURSE Like himself, the courses Dr.) Willey has planned are prac- tical. He promises no courses will be started unless he is cer- tain there will be jobs for every student who graduates. A survey of the needs of local industries has "been started and should be completed before opening. | Dr. Willey wants the courses to be practical in other ways, too. He believes 'transferring knowledge from a full head to) an empty one is no good". As an example of how he will avoid this he said, "'we will teach metallurgical stu- - STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL THEME FOR DINNER The strawberries were delicious last night at a "strawberry festival" din- ner at the Masonic Temple honoring more.than 20 past district deputits of Ontario District and the incum- bent, Wilfred E. Baker. Special guest was Donald Gunn (right), Toronto, Dep- uty Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada for Ontario, who will succeed James Allan as Grand Master next month. He is tasting strawberries with Garnett Tubb, Master of Lebanon Lodge and host for the evening. --Oshawa Times Photo | dents the history of metals and|is that the job of. the college is not just medieval history". -- |to "give people the skills to do "Students studying English}something excellently". will be expected to read edi-| Dr. Willey believes, "If you torials and articles: in trade/can't do something well you magazines rather than novels."'|aren't educated". Dr. Willey, of course, does} Unique courses which Dr. not have a completely free| Willey feels might be valuable aa I in ' h stiggevd ho aga to people in this area are nu- m e€. He must an-|clear plannin i swer directly to a board of gov- otetin pre ceccadss ernors. i j To complement the courses But Dr. Willey is not dis-|which are set up Dr. Willey satisfied with his relationship|has hired his staff of about 16 with the board. "It is a bi- i i lateral deal," he said, "with -- ply inated eee communication flowing both Lister Robinson, chairman of ways. We discuss everything|the technical division, was dis- before making decisions." A ; . covered teaching high school. When the permanent school! te is an aeronautical engineer is built in 1969 Dr. Willey will brought to Canada by A. V ~~ --- President Dr. Willey EMPHASIS WILL BE ON COURSES, TEACHERS Surveys Construction start implementing the ideas which he has been developing for several years. He would like to make use of closed circuit television for teaching. His plans call for a videotape library of the best teachers and experts in every field delivering their best lec- tures. These would be shown Roe Company, but when it. fold- ed he went into teaching. business consultants. Other teachers include a tech- nologist in electronics who has been with the Marconi Com- to large groups of students. After the filming the students pany for seven years, a me- chanical engineer from the air- She Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1967 The assistant chairman of business, Fred Haywood, comes directly from a firm of 9 Accidents Decrease \the hospital has been delaying the pro-|tario Secondary School Gradu- ject," said Reeve Brooks. ation Diploma or Grade 13 The Whitby General Hospital|Honor Diploma may enter. would break into smaller sen ein os wogat AE eo gen aI inar groups who, under the di- specialist in computers, and/| rection of a senior student, ; would discuss the lecture. two men from marketing. Dr. Willey wants the school With such an emphasis on to be open day and night alljbusiness and industry the ac- year round, so the facilities will/cusation that Ontario-Durham be available to people who want/|College will be a feeding to learn. ground for the giant appetite "Tt doesn't make good eco- of, General Motors is unavoid- nomic sense that a business|®ble. should have equipment and not} Dr. Willey does not make put it to its maximum use,"}desk pounding speeches deny- he said. jing this but he does not admit The theory on which much of|it either. Instead he answers, the teaching will be based|"What we want to do is make Government GM is a large part of this com- munity and if we provide skill for GM we are helping the com- munity as a whole. It is best to keep GM healthy but .it s s s Criticized inautes" wales be ealthy"'. COURSES SET The courses which have been set up so far are: E | Engineering Tech rand | On Hospital WHITBY (Staff) -- ioe John Robarts will be asked by . Ontario County council to ~- hie exert pressure on the Ontario) "EC janice Hospital Insurance Commission | Yeats); to speed up final approval for Electronics (two years); the Whitby Hospital. Business adminis tration Whitby Reeve George Brooks| (three years); brought up the general hospi-| General business (two tal issue Tuesday and accused | Years); : | the provincial government of} Business Secretarial dragging its feet. He also criti-| years). Also included is a one-year upgrading course to prepare He said the hospital building|unqualified students for en- program was ready to proceed.|trance into one of the two-year "We have the money and it's) courses. : commission Students with a Grade 12 On-) cized the hospital insurance commission for its lethargy. that} Students over 19 years may be admitted if they have obtained standing in the writing of a special entrance qualification examination. Fees will be $100 per year for the one and two year courses and $200 per year for the three- year courses. Merry Makers Concert Guests About 20 members of the Golden Age Merry Makers band will perform at the On- tario Regiment Band's second open air concert Thursday at the McLaughlin Bandshell in as|Memorial Park. Director Captain George Quick has jncluded some nos-} talgic tunes*in the band's pro- gram such as: "Loves -Old Sweet Song"; "Annie Laurie'; tario (federal) Riding Progress-|'""Danny Boy"; "Killarney" and ive Conservative Association isja melody of 'Gay Ninety" being held June 23 in the Royal|waltzes. : Canadian Legion Hall, Ux-| The audience will be encour- bridge, to elect delegates to the|aged to sing along to "Daisy, September leadership conven-|/Daisy", '"'O What a Surprise," tion. Michael Starr will be the|"Meet Me in Dream Land" and speaker, \"After the Ball is Over." question came up under by- laws when the County grant in aid of the hospital for $1,053,000 was slated to receive its third reading for the third month. The grant bylaw is awaiting the final approval from the hospital insurance commission. PC Delegates To Be Elected Delegates who will represent Oshawa Riding at the Progress-| ive Conservative . leadership convention in Toronto this Sep- tember will be chosen Thurs- day at 8 p.m. at the Genosha Hotel. Five regular delegates well as five alternates will be chosen to attend the convention Sept. 8 - 10 at Maple Leaf Gar- dens. A general meeting of the On- WILL SET WORLD RECORD WHITBY (Staff) - The world's largest corrugated steel plate arch bridge will be constructed on County Road 4 in Whitby Township. County Engineer William Twelvetrees advised county council Tuesday the design of the bridge needs only On- tario Department of Highways approval before construction proceeds. The bridge was originally designed as a. 40-foot span concrete barrel arch but provisions was made in the tender to allow bids based on alternate steel . structure design. Armco Drainage and Metal Products submitted a price of $114,870 for the construc- tion of a steel plate structure; while the lowest price on a concrete structure received was $129,809. The bridge will be built 40 feet above the creek bed at Lot 28, Concession 3-4. The engineer also reported that arrangements have been made with Whitby and Pick- ering Townships to detour traffic on the County Road while the Squires and Pardon bridges are under construct- ion this summer. rave 1000 At School Fun Fair Boost Centennial Project (two| More than 1,000 people at-| fish pond for one or more of the| there were 391 property damage A.|500 prizes. Most games cost) .cigents. tended a fun fair at- E. Lovell public school last night| that was held to raise money for the school's centennial pro- ject. The school went well over its financial target for two glass cabinets that will feature 1867 and 1967 items. Teachers and pupils mingled at concession and game booths last night in centennial cos- tumes for the fair that was organized by teachers last Easter. "Tye never seen children work so keenly for anything," said Mrs. Dagmar Marschke, a men.ber of the teachers' work committee. The school staff and pupils attended Mon- day classes in 1867 costumes to generate enthusiasm for the fair and children spattered posters throughout the school to advertise the event. On the upper and lower ter- races of Lovell school on Cen- tre Street, there were games for everyone from a 'Smarty Shoot" stand to bingo. Teach- ers and children participated in 'a fashion show of modern and | century old costumes, "About 500 bags of popcorn made and bagged in the school, were sold in about 20 minutes of the fair's opening," said Mrs. Marschke. 'There . were hundreds of balloons all over," she said. School children square danced to music provided by the school, they entered three-| legged races, wheelbarrow rac- es and tried their luck at the WHITBY TOWNSHIP BRIDGE | 100 Fewer Mishaps Noted During Five-Month Period There has been an across the; board drop in Oshawa traffic accidents for the first five months of 1967 as compared with the same period last year. Although the comparison of statistics revealed an encourag- ing trend, Inspector Nor man Smyth of the traffic division of the city police department said it was not a big enough drop to be accounted for by any one factor. Only one person has been killed on Oshawa's streets this year compared with two for the first five months of 1966. By mid - August. of last year six persons had died in traffic accidents. Personal injury accidents from January to May are down from 131 to 102, The number of persons injured in these acci- dents is down from 181 to 137. There have been only 333 pro- perty damage accidents for the five cents. The home economics class and parents of E. A. Lovell pupils sponsored a bake sale. Other games were: a penny toss, horseshoes, cards and baseball. Pupils featured a cen- tennial ride in an old-fashioned covered wagon. Merchants in first five months of this year. |For the same period last year The total number of accidents on city streets up to the end of May was down by well over 100 to 765 from 884. Although February was the month with the most accidents thus far this year with 194, |March was by far the worst month for injuries. There were the school area donated about|no fewer than 26 personal in- 25 door prizes and the grade |jury accidents in March involv- six pupils set up a fortune-tell-) ing 38 persons. This can be at ing tent. Credit Union Wins Action WHITBY (Staff) -- 'I don't think he would have signed) when he was sober, but he} must be held responsible for} what he has done," said Judge least partly attributed to the bad jweather at that time of year, |police said, Inspector Smyth said in spite jo the drop in accidents this year there has been no drop in the number of traffic charg- es laid. He suggests that the number of charges laid thus far this year is probably up from those of last year. He said one factor in the decline in accidents may be the fact that police "are bear ing down a little more on traf- fic offences.;; He added that the fact that the courts are being a little less lenient may be an- other reason. He said these may be factors causing drivers to be "more cautious, not taking so much for granted." Inspector Smyth said he was disturbed about the number of minor accidents taking place at shopping plazas in Oshawa. The Oshawa Shopping Centre is the worst location in Oshawa for traffic accidents with no less than 25 having occurred there this year. He said they are minor ac- cidents which are not necessary and which "waste everybody's time." He called them the re- sult of carelessness and inat- tention. One of Inspector Smyth's "pet peeves" concerns the number of people who "haven't got the decency" to report accidents or to stop and check for damage. |He said, 'Its your duty to stop, 'get out, and check for damage." He added that he did not believe drivers who claim that they did not realize they were involved in an accident, "even a light bump and you know it. | Traffic-Safety Record ' Tops Cities If statistics mean anything In Grouping ulation is only 13,000 greater A. C. Hall in County Court/Qshawa drivers are either more|than that of Oshawa, the city Tuesday as he awarded) $1,581.35 to the Auto Workers} (Oshawa) Credit Union Limited) in an action brought against) Robert 0. Langton, 32. The defendant said that in July, 1965, he was invited to have a drink with a_ friend After some liquor had been consumed, Langton was asked to help get the other man's car back. Langton said he thought he was to drive the car home. Instead he went to the credit union and borrowed more than} $1,000 for James L. McLean to get his car back. Langton said he was _ intoxi- cated at the time and did not remember signing the note. | 1 careful or Jess accident prone than those of other Ontario cit- ies. level which is between two and jot Kitchener has an accident |three times greater than that With a population of 78,000)of Oshawa. Kitchener had a tot- |Oshawa is placed in the same]al of 823 accidents during the category for safety comparis-|first three months of this year ons as Kitchener, Sault Marie, St. Catharines and Sud- bury. Ste.|as compared with only 294 for Oshawa Four persons have died in In the first three months of|Kitchener traffic accidents com- 1967 Oshawa had the least num-| pared with only one in Oshawa. ber of accidents, fatalities, and property damage accidents of the five cities in the survey. Kitchener has experienced a {rather high number of person- jal injury accidents with 175 Oshawa came second only tojinvolving 239: injuries. Oshawa Sault Ste. Marie in having the|is relatively safe with only 68 lowest number of personal in-| personal injury accidents: in- jury accidents and. persons in-|volving 94 injured persons dure jured. ing the game three month pere Despite the fact that its pop-jiod. ¢

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