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=] The ®Oshauva Daily Times 1he Oshawa Daily Retormer VOL. 3--NO. 34 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1928 Section 7--Pages 85.100 ' BRAAALALLS SL PPTTPPTTY | Past Presidents Oshawa Rotary Club OSHAWA ROTARY CLUB HAS SPLENDID SERVICE RECORD Work For Crippled Children, Red Cross Cottage and Rotary Park Among Chief Activities--Preparing Now For Annual Street Fair, 'Bigger and Better" profound influence in the shaping of public opinion throughout R "rotons International has a number of high aims that are of the civilized world, and thus have their effect on the making of modern history, But what has most impressed Oshawa people in the local Rotary Club is consistency in service to the things which make a better and happier city, In line with that spirit of staying with a job until it is done, plans are now being formulated for Rotary's Big 1928 Street Fair, Again, as last year, the objective will be a carnival of fun for everybody and several thousand more dollars for Rotary Park Playground for Oshawa Children. The Rotarians are more than likely to reach and pass their 1928 objee- tive at that coming fair which will he even better staged than the one held this past year when something like $10,000 net was turned over to the Playground Fund. The Rotary Park Playground or gentre with many 'happy features "land until well on to the close of 1927. Purchased by J. D. Storie and the deeds given to the Club in trust for Oshawa's childhood, the original grant was later en- larged by purchase made out of Club funds. Even during the past winter slides for. the children pro- vided safe and healthful outdoor sport for the little folk. This year, with its lawn devel- oped and splendid equipment in- stalled, the Park has been a mecca for children of all ages. A tem- porary swimming pool was ar- ranged through building a tem- porary dam. That feature has been a daily delight to hundreds of children during this warm sum- mer. Now the scheme is to build a permanent swimming pool and on: large enough to take care of hun- dreds at one time. This year only 25 could use the pool at one time. General Motors donated the dpuilding formerly used as a Con- vention Hall to = Oshawa Rotary Club, and that building is now being moved to Rotary Park to form a club house for the city's childhood and as a community centrew ith many happy features which will be announced in due course. To further illustrate the Rotary Club's efforts in community wel- fare work reference must be made to the fresh air cottage at Lake- view Park which is operated by the Red Cross Society. Through the thoughtfulness of Rotarians, Wmces. arid dG G. D. CONANT President of Oshawa Rotary Club city who have the opportunity of spending two weeks in clean, whole- some environment under the best of supervision. In addition to pro- viding funds for the erection of this building, Rotarians them- selves played a considerable part in its construction, doing much of the work voluntarily. This cottage will be a lasting example of what the Rotary Club has done and is doing to make the world brighter for the children, which is the chief field of activity of the organiza- tion. tary men are representative of every walk of life in the city, Ad- Facilities for Great Air Port Far-Reaching Significance of Project Now Under Con- sideration HE publication elsewhere 1 of a descriptive article and illustrative maps showing for the first time the complete scheme of an airport to serve Oshawa makes clear that this city possesses the na- tural conditions for the great- est airport in the world. More than three thousand acres are available for this purpose: In. cluding the realization of Camp Borden on the lakefront at Whitby, the second great area north of it to the Kingston Road, and paralleled by the Canadian Pacific, affords com- plete provision for a commercial flight field to serve Oshawa and its greatest industry,--General Motors. ' The announcemer.t by the Canadian Pacific of entering the field of com- mercial flying may lead to utilizing this same area for Toronto and On- tario generally. Quite within the bounds of probability is the landing on this field by the Canadian Pacific of aircraft carrying the passengers and express for Oshawa and Toron- to, The facilities for handling the hydro or flying boat type of airplane at Whitby harbor would enable this biggest transportation concern on carth to land a flying boat from Halifax or Rimouski, or eventually from London, at this Oshawa air- port, for it is the world-wide busi- ness now originating in the "Motor City of Canada" that so may best be handled. Not to be lost sight of is the dirigible service going into op- eration next month between London, the centre of Empire and Canada with at present a base only at Mont- real. It is inconceivable that success in this form of air transport to Montreal will not result in extension to Toronto. That means absolutely the utilization of the more than a mile square for such a craft to ma- noeuvre is found in perfection on this Oshawa airport area, because it is known that an equally large tract free from surroundings prohibitively dangerous cannot be found any near- er to Toronto than Sir Samuel Hoare discovered east of Whitby harbor, Our metropolitan contemporary, The Toronto Evening Telegram, last week in a two-page descriptive ar- ticle illustrated with photographs taken during a seven-hundred mile trip, rendered its community a valu- able service in respect to airports and their needed physical requirements, Possibly the most important inform- ation this enterprise provides is that one of the great cities visited--De- troit, Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo, have included, in their otherwise ad- mirable airports, what is given in perfection for Oshawa, namely a protected sheet of water in Whitby Bay providing runways of any length desired and all fronting on the open waters of Lake Ontario, This charc- ter of the lay-out that can serve Osh- awa may turn into reputable chan- nels the ability to make the harbor at Whitby any day in winter. Now it is notorious as the rum-runners' hav- en of refuge for just that natural ad- vantage. Take it all in all, Oshawa well may felicitate herself on the certainty of aviation requirements being met su fully and completely within less distance from her centre then is found necessary in any other known city throughout the world, Quite as important in its effects on further growth of Oshawa as the aviation advantages thus assured us is the co-incident benefit of the lake- shore boulevard from Toronto east- wards to Whitby and Oshawa. There is not the slightest doubt but that advance towards realizing the Camp Borden re-location on this wonder- fully equipped site at Whitby will bring into the realm of immediate action the provision of a second highway from Toronto to Whitby and Oshawa, With aiwide pavement and the speed limit lifted, Toronto with its nearly hundred thousand cars thus can have a safe place to use them. No further adventure by the Proyince to stimulate American tour- ists coming into this pleasure ground of the continent--the Kawartha and Muskoka Lakes--thau such a wide highway from Toronto eastwards to the highway leading into it from Whitby, can be conceived. My son, remember you have to work. Whether you handle the pick or wheel-barrow or a set of books, digging ditches or editing a news- paper, ringing an auction bell or writing funny things, you must work, Don't be afraid of killing yourself by overworking on the sunny side of thirty, Men die sometimes but it is because they quit at nine p.m. and | don't go home until two a.m. It's the intervals that kill, my son. The work gives you appetite for your meals; it lends solidity to your slumber; it gives yqu a perfect appreciation oi a holiday. There are young men who do not work, but the country is not proud of them. It does not even know their names; it only speaks of them as old So-and-So's boys, No- body likes them; the great, busy world doesn't know they are. here. So find out what you want to be and do. Take off your coat and make dust in the world. The busier you are, the less harm you are apt to get into, the sweeter will be your sleep, the brighter your holidays, and the better satisfied the whole world -Bob Burdette, will be with you. Community Spirit Has Been Frequently Demonstrated in Oshawa BeoibeibedboioieddeidedV SPPPPTTTrYY g PROGRESS IS WATCHWORD FOR SOUTH ONTARIO FAIR Increased Prizes Expected To Stimulate Interest In All Classes of Exhibits--Fair Dates Set For September 11, 12 and 13 The South Ontario Agricultural Society Fair date has been set for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, September 11, 12 and 13th inclusive. "Bigger and Better" is the slogan of the Directorate this year, and Progress will be the watchword characterizing the fine exhibition to take place on those dates. To use the Ydentical words of the president of the Society, J. S. Kyle, "The Agricultural community in the neighborhod of Oshawa never had a better chance to show their wares or take larger prizes home and the liberality of the prizes offered should create greater interest among the exhibitors, Besides the excellent entertainment features at the Fair the usual splen- did competitions which are so keenly contested in the many classes pro- vided, will this year be swelled to meet the demands of the Directorate, This body announces that every side of the whole three day program has necessarily been enlarged, a fact which will make Oshawa's Fair this year an outstanding event, and long to be remembered. Agricultural Center Ontario, being highly an agricul- tural center, a center also where the breeds of the stock are of the high- est standard, is given its opportunity of displaying the same to hundreds of outsiders as well as to our own inhabitants, Friendly competition 1s the great means by which the stand- ard of the stock 1s upheld, and not only this but other redeeming rea- sons as well, tend to point out thst showing in the Oshawa Fair has its decided advantages. The 'committees chosen by the di- rectorate tn supervise each section of the stock and cattle entries are especially adapted for their work in that they are well-known throughout the country as critics and judges of their particular classes. A prize list, complete in every detail is in the hands of the publishers, the minute following of which will save the ex- 'hibitors much trouble and possible disappointment, Livestock Exhibits The cattle exhibits this year are expected to surpass all other years, both in quality and quantity. This section of the Fair always attracts considerable attention. Several spe- cial features in reagrd to the cattle displays have been added to the agen- da by the Directorate which will greatly improve the showing. An an- nouncement has been made that a Grand Parade of all the prize win- ning horse and cattle classes in front of the Grand Stand is to be a feature of Thursday, September 13. This parade will be handled in a'man- ner similar to the great Scotch and English shows. All prize winning horses and cattle must enter this parade in order to be entitled to the prize money which is offered, and no prize money will be p:'d by the secretary unless the winner is report- ed as having participated in the pa- rade. This parade is the big attrac- tion of the last day of the Fair and a full Grand Stand will be on hand to witness it, A good .list of Trials of Speed will be arranged for the second and third days of the Fair. Large pur- ses will be offered for competition in these events, and it is announced that the track for these races is to be put into splendid shape, A Baby show, carried on under ri- gid restrictions, in the big tent at three o'clock on the Thursday after- noon is certain to attract wide at- tention. A prize of $8 for the best baby, with two other prizes have been arranged, entries to be made on the day of the Fair to the judge, Dr. Rundle, A Fair would not be a Fair unless the Midway was present, and this year, the attractions booked for the Fair dates includes four first-class rides, and the famous Royal Cana- dians Show, which will provide en- tertainment during the day as well as at night. These shows are noted for their cleanliness in presentation, and no doubt will merit the patron- age which they des:rve. Vaudeville Acts On Wednesday and Thursday af- ternoons and evenings therc will be free acts of vaudeville in front of the Grand Stand. Seven big acts are scheduled to take place. In addition to this there will be two splendid displays of fireworks on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Special at- tention has been given to the choice of frce attractions. Extra money has been expended in order to provide a program that will surpass any of the previous shows of this nature, A band will be in attendance every af- * J. 8. KYLE Pre ident South Ontario cultural Society Agri. ternoon and evening, and is none other than the Ontario Regimental Band which will also play for all performances. This splendid musical organization is one of the best mili» tary bands in the Province and al- ways presents a pleasing program, In Alexandra Park, Oshawa has a splendid and picturesque location for a Fall Fair. No further information is necessary to tell citizens of this city and district in what fine environ- ment the Fair operates, but this year the Directorate are looking forward to record attendance every day of the Fair, and the enthusiasm which has always been shown in this an- nual has increased tremendously, Officials of the South Ontario Ag- ricultural Society Fair for the season of 1928 are: W. Grierson, Esq., Oshawa; G. B. Mothersill, Esq., Osh- awa; Job White, Esq., Brooklin; W. E. N. Sinclair, M.P.P,, Oshawa; W, H. Stainton, Esq., Oshawa: Dr. T, E, Kaiser, M.P.,, Oshawa; J. E. Disney, Oshawa; D. M, Tod, Oshawa; Innis Major RR, B, E, Trull, Osh- Grant, Brooklin; Smith, Columbus; T. awa. President--J. 8. Kyle, Oshawa; First Vice-President--OQOscar Downey, Myrtle Station; Second Vice-Presi= dent--F. T. Rowe, Whitby, Ont.; (Continued on Page 87) mirers of the Rotary membership principle declare that a club rep- resents, in cross section, the lead- ership of a city, Not all the lead- ers by any means, but samples of leadership in every branch of a community's industrial, business, and civic life, Thus, for that rcas- on, Rotary represents community influence. The influence it actually wields, however, is through ser- vice. Rotarians' motto "He profits most who serves best" is believed and practiced by the men who wear the cogged wheel. Oshawa Rotary was organized in 1920, receiving Charter No. 680 from international executive, Twenty-five Oshawa citizens form- ed the charter roll, Membership this year totals 70. From the start, local Rotary hag interested itself in the problems of childhood, both of the under- privileged groups and of young- sters whose very circumstances as children of wealthy or well-oft people, surrounded by comfort and many luxuries, often breed troubles peculiar to themselves. That is to say, Rotary is inter- ested in the future men of its city. No finer work was ever at- tempted or carried 'through to suc- cess than the club's initial efforts in behalf of crippled and sick children in this eity. The charter roll, soon increased, took upon itself to see that no crippled child in Oshawa should remain that way if medical science or surgical skill could remedy the condition. In their years of effort in this direction, and the work continues with unabated interest despite its outgrowth in the estab- ground, scores of children that otherwise would have grown up, probably, to be more or less hope- less cripples have either been cured or are now well on the way to that happy condition, Large sums of money are ex- pended annually on treatment for these children, and in the purchase of special devices needed to straighten or strengthen little limbs and bodies. Those few who make Rotary at large a butt of pseudo-intellectual sneers might remember that this God-inspired service of "making the crooked straight" has always had its fringe of wunregenerate lishment of Oshawa's first play-| 9 g sar both "Bab: oi¥agce MEE Rw LE Tale y % pel 4 2 en ENE « REE | FB Ed