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At 9 p.m., a fire broke out in the ceiling of the home of John Richard at 790 Gordon St. The one-station fire burned a hole in the ceiling around a light receptacle but caused only $25 damage. Joe Vig, at 803 Gordon St., was not as fortunate. At 10.20 p.m. a two station alarm was registered. The fire broke out in an up- stairs east end bedroom closet and was caused by children playing with matches. Damage was estimated at $2,200 for the building and $300 to the contents in this blaze. The Salvation Army gave the six children and two adults shelter in a hotel last night and provided them with cloth- ing. Story Aids Tax Scheme Since publicity was given to the tax credit scheme for elder- ly homeowners in November, 60 applications had been received, says Clarence Cox, tax collector. At that time only three had ap- plied. "That's fine," he said, "but we would like to see more and maybe some are still hanging back because they don't like the idea of a lien being placed on their homes. "They should not really worry about this because ft certainly is no disgrace, and amounts to only a small charge against the total value of their homes. "Perhaps it should be made clear that no means test is in- volved, and it is not designed just for the needy. "It is an interest free advance by the provincial government which could be a real boon to them right now." He said that some of the homeowners had taken the credits to improve their homes, while others had used the money for investment. This meant they were getting interest on money which in the normal course of events they were getting interest on money which in the normal course of events they would have had to pay to the city. Under the scheme, home- owners of 65 or over can apply for deferment or repayment of their annual tax each year up to $150, or one-half the total amount they pay, whichever is the smaller amount. A property owner under 65 can claim if his wife is of the Stipulated age, or vice versa. Decision Due On Hydro Rate Oshawa residents will have to wait until after the next meeting of the city's Public Utilities Commission to see whether the price of hydro is going to rise. Last week Ontario Hydro raised its prices six per cent and Toronto municipalities will Pass on the rise to the con- Sumer when it becomes effec- tive Jan. 1, At present, the PUC is working on costing to see whether the increase must be Passed on. A decision will be Sun- day morning a fire broke out in the home of Mrs. Ann Gorin at 445 Athol St. E. The two station alarm fire caused $1,000 names on council in the Town roster of the new town's coun- ones equally well known in their own areas. Samuel Hollingsworth, former provincial Liberal candidate in Ontario riding, topped the north ward poll with 586 votes and joining him as the second rep- resentative for the ward is the "grand old man" of township politics, Heber Down, 78, who is a former Ontario County war- den and was reeve of the old Whitby Township. Mr. Down at- tracted 545 votes in his own "stronghold". Third in the north ward poll was Eric Branton with 345 and fourth Rene Thiebaud with 138. The election for two council- lors in the centre ward was a predictable victory for Coun. Oct. 17 election. He polled 677 votes, WHITBY (Staff) -- The big of Whitby will be back on the} ward's second seat on the coun- cil, along with one or two new/had been beaten by Carl Mantz, CANDIDATES ANXIOUSLY WATCH VOTE RESULTS «+» Reeve George Brooks, Harold Slichter Both Lost Down, Hollingsworth Win In North Ward Coun. Vernon MacCarl re- ceived 510 votes to get him the cil, At first it was thought he making his first bid for elec- tion. This was found to be an error in the figures and the for- mer Whitby publisher had to be content with 465 votes and no place on the council. Trailing Mr. Mantz by 35 votes came Coun, Mrs, Eileen Moore who has served as chair- man of the town's sanitation Thomas Edwards, NDP candi- date for Ontario South, in the committee and on the swim- ming pool board. She was the only councillor to fail in a re- election bid. Former reeve of the town- ship, John Goodwin, came back in fighting form to win one of the two east ward council seats. He polled 658 votes com- pared to nearest rival Robert White's 507 topping off one of The man who built up North- minster United Church from "little more than a hut" an- nounced his retirement Sun- day. Dr. Harry Mellow will leave the church next June 30. He sums up his 20 years of work at the church as "'a won- derful time' and pays tribute to the help' he has received in building it up to its present beauty. After his ordination, which will be 40 years ago on June 3, 1968, at Smith's Falls, he took his first charge at Manilla awa. From there he went to Ivanhoe where his two years' service coincided with the depths of the Depression. "The people were poor and they knew they were. We learned some things there." He had '"'six wonderful years" looking out over the lake while working in Gore's Landing and later, after a nine - year spell at Leaside, he came to Osh- awa where he will have serv- ed 19 years when he retires. But Oshawa residents will not have to say goodbye to him next June for he and his wife, Elizabeth, will continue to live at 691 Jasmine Cresc., during his retirement years. Dr. Mellow, 69, has held al- most every office available in the United Church and has served as chairman of the Osh- awa Presbytery and chairman of the Bay of Quinte of Quinte the Bay of Quinte United Church Conference in 1956-57. He has served on_ three church boards and commissions taken at the commission's next meeting. { including the long - Pig! plan- ning commission, the Temper- 'a United Church Minister Will Retire Next Spring _ some 30 miles north of Osh- , DR. HARRY MELLOW + + . 20 Years In City ance policy program commis- sion and the Christian mar- riage and home commission. Al- so among his work has been Service on the evangelism and social service and Christian ed- ucation boards, Perhaps the greatest honor which he has won was an hon- orary Doctor of Divinity degree from Queen's University. He was educated at Victoria Uni- versity and Emmanuel lege in Toronto. His first wife., Lauretta Clarke, died in early 1966 after more than 30 years of marriage and Dr. Mellow married Eliza- Col-jtion to the Robarts' government & Hanna Elected Reeve First Vote, New Town Ghe Oshawa Times OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, ng WHITBY (Staff) -- About 30 per cent of the eligible vot- ers in the town and about 40 per cent of eligible township voters cast ballots Saturday in the first election for the new town of Whitby. Serving the new town for the next two years will be: MAYOR: Desmond New- man (by acclamation). REEVE: Gordon Hanna. DEPUTY REEVE: Robert Attersley (by acclamation). PUBLIC UTILITIES COM- MISSION: Earl J. Bryant, 'ntmnnuaurnnttnennss tnt Waves Threatening Home Sandbags Soak Up Water PICKERING (Staff) -- Five hundred sandbags are soaking up water from Lake Ontario which is treatening to wash away the home of a Pickering Beach resident. A construction firm arrived at the home today to take over where four fire departments and several police departments left off. The house is insure against damages caused in last night's storm. Tom Adams, 2993 Dr., Pickering Beach, called Pickering Police last night after huge waves tore down a 59-foot wooden wall and swept away the front lawn of his win- erized cottage. STOP TIP The sandbags are soaking up the water to keep the house from tipping over, said Mr. Adams. "T thought a wall like that could hold anything off,' he said. Lakecrest the election's toughest battles. In third place was Gerald Schroor with 322 votes to his credit closely followed by Mrs. Beverley McCloskey with 298. Andrew Demmer won 263 votes. The west ward saw no con- test, the candidates, Hugh O'Connell and Dr. Kenneth Hobbs, winning by acclamation. In the north ward for. the board of education, Hugh Ormiston topped the poll with 713 votes and his companion representative on the board will be Russell J, Batten who gar- nered 640. Candidate Russell Lunney who had appealed to voters not to vote for him received 179 votes. Mr. Lunney made this move after realizing that his employment with a _ county school board would probably be affected by the proposed amal- gamation with the Whitby board. One of the wards which had been predicted as a close fight proved to be just that. This was in the west ward for the board of education where the victors were businessman Rich- ard Matthews with 384 votes and Godfrey Schilling with 285 supporters. "Put Ed in education" -- Ed- ward McLeish's slogan won 264 votes for the Courtice secondary school vice-principal but it was not enough to put him on the board for the first time. Nor did Mrs. Gladys Hamer's three and a half years' experi- ence of school board work win any more than the 236 votes, which put her botiom of the ward's poll. Faring much better was the only other woman running for t'e board. Mrs. Joan Reed top- ped the centre ward poll with 751 votes. She was 100 votes clear of her nearest rival, law- yer Norman Edmondson who was more than 300 votes ahead of bottom-of-the-poll man John Brown, making his tempt to get on the board. In the east ward the winner came a surprise candidate. The Rev. Reynold Herman James only decided to become inations when friends suggested it to him. He found himself elected and only 73 votes be- hind the winner. "T'm quite delighted," Mr. James last night. paigned around and I felt quite confident I would be elected but I was conscious of the fact that four of the candidates had to be defeated." He said one of the main rea- sons for his seeking the nomina- tion originally was his opposi- said plan for a county education board. Other vote totals in the east 331; John Howard 212; Hotze Pel 208 and Joseph McQuade That is about five per cent the job in hand. Normally, office has 122 full - timers and part - timers during the off- peak months. and 24, the city handled some 2,200,000 pieces through its franking machine. of December is something like a candidate on the day of nom-/6,000,000 to 7,000,000 pieces of mail, day. for apartment building address- es to include the number of the "I cam-|apartment and streets to include the direction, to speed delivery. Numbers of rural routes must also be. visible. is expected there will be the normal Boxing Day delivery. post office three years ago peo- ple are reminded that all mail for the area should now be. ad- dressed RR2, RR3 or RR6, Bow- manville and mail for Preston- ward were, Mrs. Carol Thwaites|ville Rd., now be addressed RR4, awa or Bowmanville RR3 or Water seeped into the porch of the house which is 35 feet fi It also swept away most of the soil on rom Lake Ontario. both sides of the house. past one and one half years. NOT ALARMED alarmed" because they have become accustomed to the rough lake water. Two months ago, the wall was washed away and water crept up to the house but "the waves last night were worse than ever." Christmas Help Hired annual Christmas battle, have their regular part - time cope with the rush and some firms are hiring extra help. The post office will start its master, helpers and 80 male helpers. more than last year to match the annual expansion rate of the between Dec. 1 Last year, post office And that is only mail going into the office for delivery, either in|' first at-|the city or out of town, and does not include mail franked by the 175 offices and business- was George Lofthouse with 475/es who meter their own mail. votes and in to second place|Biggest day was Dec. 15 when it handled 274,000 pieces. The total for the whole month including 2,000 parcels a Mr. Mann stresses the need In both Whitby and Oshawa it With the closure of Courtice Bowmanville should Osh- 102, beth Pascoe last summer. 4 The Adams and their five|offs, children have been living per-|250 members during the weck- manently in the house for the Mr. Adams said the waves, which are still very high, were between eight to 10 feet high I J last night. He said members of|the way the engineering depart- the household were not "'really;ment is handling the proposed The post office is ready to) call up its "reserves" for the| ® And all over the city stores} ; helpers working more hours to| : extra help this week and post- TT nist 30-40 PER CENT VOTED Albert Randall, James Ross and Robert Cawker. COUNCIL: North ward: Samuel Hollingsworth, Heber Down. West ward: Hugh o'Connell, Dr. Kenneth Hobbs (by acclamation), Centre ward: Thomas Ed- wards, Vernon MacCarl. East ward: John Goodwin, Robert White. BOARD OF EDUCATION: North ward: Hugh Ormiston, Russell Batten. West ward: Richard Matthews, Godfrey MMM "There isn't any front lawn," said Mr. Adams. on sand bags. house unless damaged the furnace." "We're sitting|Police I don't think|from the department . of high- there is serious damage to the|/ways in Toronto. About 40 vol- the water hasjunteer firefighters ed the distressed family. 1967 Tu LT} Schilling. Centre ward: Nor- man Edmondson, Mrs. Joan Reed. East ward: Reynold Herman James, George Loft- house. SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD: North ward: Patri- cia Ferren (acclamation), West ward: Morgan O'Con- nor, Richard Sandrelli (ac- |I saw emerging over the last clamation). Centre. ward: |two days of campaigning." Mrs. Molly Hughes, Hamish | Mayor Desmond Munro, Kenneth MacDonald |who won re - election by ac- (acclamation). East ward: |clamation, said Francis Moloney, Gerald "I think it has been z ' Cole (acclamation), interesting election and'I think imo {the new council will very great responsibility th to secured Unrest in Local 250 of the Can- adian Union of Public Employ- ees- outside workers of city hall - which has been seething in the background for some time has been brought to a head by the proposed layoff of 25 members of the public works department. A meeting of the full mem- bership and the executive has been called for today at the Steelworkers Hall in Albert Street. Ronald Gooding, chairman of the grievance committee, said he made the recommendation to the executive for the meet- ing to discuss the proposed lay- He contacted most of the end to ensure their attendance. "Tt will be an emergency meeting," he said, "because jwe feel our members are getting a raw deal. "T am not too happy about layoffs. UNDERSTAFFED "I believe we are understaf- fed at the present moment, and although we have agreed to the transfer of several employees to a separate department, this I believe is under - staffing us again. "After working 14 years at the city yard I do not think they can justify their position," the said. "We have questioned this in the past and we have been given nothing but futile Proposed Layoffs Topic At Special Union Session B | arguments. I would like to say to think we are just members taxpayers and we believe we should have a voice in this."|c He said that the local had action. At a council meeting week chairman of. the public works department, Ald. Bruce Mackey, works program would be trans- ferred to the parks department. possibility of absorbing the re- mainder on other city work, AJAX CHAMBER PLANS MEETING AJAX (Staff) -- The Cham- ber of Commerce here will hold its annual general meet- ing and election of officers tomorrow. William J. Norris, president, will preside during the elec- tion at the Carousel Inn, |d A buffet dinner will be serv- meeting with dancing to fol- low. Tickets can be obtained from the secrerary, Mrs, |;+ Richard Richards. HEBER DOWN .. North Ward VERNON MacCARL eo « « Centre Ward that although city hall seems|Whitby", had served five years as dep- of a local union we are alsojuty reeve, the last year as reeve|day afternoon. He said his fae and who had been, on county He was/following his defeat but he was also chairman of the countyjinterested in keeping active in sub - divisi George Brooks Defeated Tense, Exciting Battle WHITBY (Staff) -- In a sur- prise victory Saturday, Gordon Hanna, deputy Reeve in Whit- by Township and chairman of the town - township amalgama- tion committee, became reeve for the new Town of Whitby. In a tense and exciting bat- tle he upset town reeve George Brooks by 254 votes. "I had solid support in the township and there's no doubt that this is what elected me," Mr. Hanna told The Times yes- terday. "But, cause, being the first council of the poli- cies it creates will set the pat- tern of programs for many years e new municipality, come, CONCEDE. Mr. Brooks walked on to the platform at election headquart- Whitby Ontario Provincialjers in the Anderson Street Col- the sandbags|legiate just before 11 p.m. Sat- urday to concede victory. pleasure to also assist-|serve the town of Whitby for the last eight years and I have ~~ |loved what I've done," said Mr. "Many of the things jare going to live on with you. om can look at the buildings around you... the Centennial (building. "J hate to bow out 'but that's I'll be around and I'll be watching. My love and my heart will always be in the Town of said Mr. Brooks, who|The Times his father had left "It's been my rooks. ouncil for six years. never been involved in strike/health committee. Mr. Hanna, although obviously last| njeased with his victory, would|but he's certainly enjoyed run- make no immediate comment said that 10 of the|on election night. In an inter- men it was proposed to lay off|view with The Times yesterday owing to changes in the winter|ne said he saw the election as|fought election. He thinks they "probably a strong indication ofjhave elected a good man and T also had good sup- port in the town itself which Newman, |; have a -|the contest for the reeveship, never a certainty. With nine subdivisions in, mainly in the town, Mr. Brooks led Mr. Hanna by 358 votes to 260. And then the race became closer, With 14 results in it was Brooks 767 to Hanna's 736 and just 18 minutes later the change- over came as Hanna went ahead 1,085 to Brooks' 1,052, Then the gap began to widen as the more northerly areas sent in their returns. Six minutes later Mr. Hanna was another 10 votes ahead at 9:50 p.m, the score was Hanna 1,297 to Brooks' 1,215 with 33 results in. In less than an hour after that it was all over with Hanna hav- jing chalked up 2,102 votes to Brooks' 1,848. DIFFICULT Commenting on the result of Mayor Newman said: "It's al- ways difficult when two capable people run against each other because only one can win, "T have worked closely with both of these men and I respect them both. I see that the elec- tion will give Mr. Hanna an op- portunity of serving the new municipality. "But I'm sure that. Mr, Brooks will lose no tim: in making a similar, meaningful contribution in some other area of service." Asked whether the result had surprised him, Mayor Newman said: 'I really had tried not to pre-form any judgement on this. I felt it was something which had to be allowed to go the way the electors wanted it.'"" NO PLANS Last night Gerry Brooks told for a Miami conference Sun- | ther had not yet made plans the town. "Naturally he's disappointed ning and he's very happy that he was allowed to serve the town so long as he has. "He thought it was a well- he intends to help Gordon Hanna He said talks would go on\the acceptance of the new town in any way he can." with the union regarding the|by the people. ; dba : "T would like to congratulate my opponent, He was a very worthy opponent and somebody had to lose." Mr, Hanna, who is well-known in the township having lived in the area since 1938 took all but three polling subdivisions in the Sport, Movies Win Approval WHITBY (Staff) -- Sunday township area which over-all had|movies and sports have been returned a poll of just over 41/approved for the new Town of per cent. Some estimates by of- ficials put it as high as 50 per cent. The over-all percentage in|tion was carried out simultane- ee itself was only 30 perjously Saturday with the elec: cent, Whitby. The vote for their introduc. tions for offices in the aew Yet even in one township sub-|town. ivision, in the north ward at Ajax. the Meadowcrest Public School, The vote for Sunday movies produced 2,913 Yes votes and the percentage was as low as a ed at 7 p.m. followed by the /17. TNEs No. Vos The vote for Sunday sports, But it was Mr. Hanna's six/conducted in the township area self whic the pundits. Even as the votes came in the|day sports battle for the reeveship was'approved in an earlier yote. ee SAM HOLLINGSWORTH «+ North Ward 4 THOMAS EDWARDS , @ee tre Ward JOHN GOODWIN ° East Ward £ HUGH 0O'CONNELL o«« West Ward n in the town areal only, surprised most Of/support for the move with 1,204 brought overwhelming Yes votes to 568 No votes, Sun- in the town was f ROBERT, WHITE -. + East Ward DR. KENNETH HOBBS eo oe West Ward