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The Oshawa District Sodbusters' Club played host to their city cou- sins, the members of the Oshawa Rotary Club, at a dinner and so- cial eve in Varcoe's Dance Hall, Kingston Road East. The good fellowship, which has always marked the gatherings of these groups was again exemplified in the est degree. 5 Following an a g, hot J ner served by the ladies of Albert Street United Church a splendid program was presented under the chairmanship of E. C. Warne, pres- ident of the Sodbusters. The high- light of the evening was a short address by Dr. Trevor Lloyd Jones rincipal of the Ontario Veterinary College. Guelph, which pointed out of the seriousness of the out- "IF X PLUS I EQUALS..." H James Henderson, one of the y instructors under the Home + Teaching Program, which is un- # der the over-all supervision of § Inspector T. R. McEwen, keeps f a watchful eye on 16-year-old 3 Joan Thexton, who is catching up on her English and mathe- matics lessons this way, in the hopes of going into Grade X at Central Collegiate next fall. She is the oldest of some half-dozen Oshawa scholars working at home under this program. 'Home Teaching By E. BROCK BRACE Two weeks ago The Times-Gaz- ' M ty . 1] . . %ette ran a story about a six-year- © fold girl who was getting her . schooling at home through the Board of Education's home teach- program. is time the girl is ten years ler, her name is Joan Thexton, sand she lives at 109 Athol Street. +8he will be going into Grade 10 at *OCVI next September,but in the 'meantime she is receiving coach- sing in mathematics and English Jfrom James Henderson, who teach- ses regularly at Centre Street «school. {YEAR IN HOSPITAL , Joan, a slender auburn-haired &irl with a pleasant alert expres- «sion, was in hospital from Febru- ot A 12, 1952, until February 7, #1953, a year -- give or take a few 'days. She was able to do some «studying during that time, +hadn't really gotten down to it 'seriously until last March, when Mr. Henderson started these twice- ,a-week lesson sessions. + "If the perimeter of a square 'equals X . .. "and so the Algebra FOR EXPERT REPAIR SERVICE Call } 5 King St. W.' Dial 3-3425 but | pn? Helps Children lesson proceeds, for Joan hopes to take the Commercial course when she starts back at regular school again, One of her hobbies before she was taken ill was figure skating, and she was preity good at it, admits her father, George Thexton, who works in the parts and service department at General Motors. Her mother also has an interest in the Oshawa Skating Club, and spent several evenings looking after the box-office for the wonderful Ice Frolics last week. Several of the family were down to see the show, and thrilled at the smooth per- formance put on by many of Joan's former skating mates. "What is the next interger above 23?" asks Mr. Henderson, at one of these solo algebra classes. "Twenty-four," replied Joan. 'What's the next interger above "on, "No, Joan, try again. If the next integer above 23 is 23 plus one, "Oh, yes, it would be n plus 1," says Joan triumphantly. Asked about other hobbies she might have, the home student de- clares she can help her mother around the house a bit, and knits and reads the rest of the time. She is obliged to rest for awhile in the afternoon, but likes to get out for a walk when the weather is fine. Homework, as distinguish- ed from the actual lessons with Mr. Henderson, takes up quite a por- tion of her time, and she hopes she will be well up with her class- mates on the eagerly anticipated day when she goes back to CCI in the fall and gets into the teen-age swing again, COMING EVENTS OLIVET TO CALVARY--SACRED -CAN- tata by J. Centre St. . Choir, Good Friday evening, 8 p.m. Silver collection. (75d) BINGO -- OSHAWA YOUTH CLUB, 414 King West, Thursday 2, $200 in cash and prizes. Everyone a free gift. Come and bring your friends. (754) break of foot and mouth disease {in Saskatchewan last year. Those at the head table included Warden Heber Down of Ontario County, . Stanley F. Everson, Ro- tary District Governor: T. C. Glas- pell, Rev. S.C. H. Atkinson, Walter R. Branch, president of the sery- ice club; His Worship Mayor W. J. Naylor, Don Smith of Raglan and Reeve R. W. Nichols of Darlington Contributing to the musical pro- am were Rev, he Atkinto 5 n, iss Amy Sargean . an rs. Ed Holland, Sam Hewitt and Don Lang and his partner. Nathan Hir- ock led in a spirited sing song. Dr. Jones, who illustrated his address with a color movie show- Sodbusters Hosts To Rotarians ing the measures taken to control foot and mouth disease in the Unit- ed States and Mexico, stated the cause of the outbreak in Saska- chewan might never be known but it was significant that an immi- grant had left an infected area in rmany approximately 17 days before the outbreak was discover- ed in Canada. Canadian farmers din- | could rest assured, he said, that all possible steps are being taken to prevent a recurrence. T. G NO CHANCES It was emphasized that vaccina- tion is not acceptable as a pre- ventive measure in Canada ag it would mean that valuable markets would be cut off. On the other hand the only feasible control me- thod is to quarantine the animals affected: take steps to identify the tple of disease; kill and bury deep- ly all affected animals and then wait. a period of 3 days before placing susceptible animals in the area as a test. This latter pro- cedure must be repeated until no trace of the disease can be found. Dr. Jones said that in the Sas- katchewan outbreak 1,343 cattle, 97 sheep, 290 swine, one goat, 2, 142 poultry were killed and buried. In all there were 29 infected prem- ises and 13 suspected premises. The speaker was introduced by Mr. Glaspell while Mr. Warne ex- pressed the appreciation of the gathering. Don Smith thanked the ladies for the meal and President Branch thanked the Sodbusters for their hospitality. . Today is All Fools Day, as many a reader has doubtless found out, to his sorrow or mirth. Mother remembers, with a grimace, the epsom salts mixed in the break- fast sugar; Dad recalls, with a strangled grunt, the crumbled rubber bands someone put in his tobacco pouch, which didn't at all enhance his mid-morning pipe; .and the kid brother squirms at the recollection of his clothes tied in knots and the carton full of water poised delicately over the bathroom door. April 1 once celebrated the vernal equinox which began on March 25, the old New Year's Day and ended today. In India, the feast of Huli on March 31 is observed by sending friends on fruitless and foolish errands. The day has been observed as a general spring festival in Great Britain from way back, and only early in the 18th century did it begin to be celebrated as All Fools Day. In Scotland it was com- memorated with 'hunting the gowk," or cuckoo, and the butt of the feast day jokes was called April's gowk. In France he is "le poisson d'avril,"'--April fish, No one seems to know the actual origin of the festival, which is not, however, celebrated as a holiday in Canada. As. Poor Robin's Almanac has it: The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fool's Day; But why the people call it so Nor I, nor they themselves, do know. But that still doesn't prevent us from having fun at our neighbor's expense, or getting a perverse delight from being scored on our- selves. An old' April's foolish gambit we remember playing in our early teens was to call up a local person whose name is that of a well-known table condiment, viz: "Hello, is this Mrs. Pepper?" "Yes." «Well, this is Mr. Salt. Shake!" We would kill ourselves laughing, Wasn't it Mark Twain who had Huckleberry Finn and some of his pals hide behind a fence, holding a string the other end of which was tied around a well-stuffed wallet Watch Your Step Today It's All Fools Day Fy left lying in seeming carelessness on the sidewalk? When some foolish mortal, with an avaricious gleam in his eye, bent to retrieve the wallet, it was quickly jerked through a hole in the fence, whence Same the sound of muffled laugh- er, Either the same immortal prank- sters or their spiritual descendants evolved the one about leaving an old hat lying on the sidewalk. Now it takes a person with a very strong mind and a tremendous sense of his own dignity not to kick an old hat which is lying in his path. The nub of this joke is that a brick lies waiting beneath the battered tile. Any more bright deas? Post Office Service On Good Frida Postmaster Norman J. Moran has announced there will be no letter carrier, parcel post of rural mail delivery on Good Friday, April 3. However, special deliver- ies will be made usual and all despatched as on an ordinary day. The public lobby in the King Street Post Office will be open from 8 am. to 6 pm. but wicket service for the transacting of all kinds of postal business, except money order and savings bank business, will be given only be- tween 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Only one collection will be made from the street letter boxes, that being at the regular afternoon The River Severn, flowing 220 miles, is the longest river in Brit. BIRTHDAYS Congratulations are extended to Mrs. John A. Wilson of Lon- don, Ontario, formerly of Wil- liam Street East, Oshawa, who is 79 years old today. THE DAILY TIMES-GAZE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gasette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 12--No. 77 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1953 PAGE THREE shawa Airport Growing Busier Present Watches For Long Service Sixty-five employees became charter members in a 25-Year Club of Duplate Canada Limited and associated companies at a dinner in Toronto last Saturday night. The club members include personnel of the companies' head office in To- ronto and staff members of plants in Oshawa, Georgetown, Guelph and Windsor. Each of the charter members was presented with an engraved watch, a company pin and a framed certi- ficate of service. They were con- gratulated by Col. W. E. Phillips, another charter member and presi- dent of Duplate, Fiberglas Canada Limited and Smith and Stone, The group was entertained at a reception and dinner at the Royal York Hotel, followed by an even- ing at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. Of the 66 members of the new club, 31 are employees of Duplate Limited in Oshawa and one is an employee of Fiberglas Canada Limited here. Members of the club who are or were previously employed in Osh- awa are as follows: Clarence M. Spencer, (Windsor); Jean M. Boaprey, (Toronto); Char- les Kofmel, Fiberglas, (Guelph); Stanley H. Myket, (Windsor); F. A. Blake, (Fiberglas); Edwin E. Hoare, Anthony Konapacki, John O. Seme- nuk, Nicholas Mazur, William L. Short, Stephen Klemchuk, Henry A. Anthony, ilfred L. Anthony, Malcolm M. Gray, Elmer S. Fergu- son, Michael Fodor, Charles H. Fogal, Widmer G. Miller, Sydney L. Daley, Harold J. Bickle, (To- ronto); Lloyd W. Currell, (To- ronto) ( E. Sybil Langmaid, (To- ronto); Sadie W. Wannamaker, Dennis Houlthan, James B. Pater- son, William H. Cockerton, Harry E. Sager, M. Elizabeth Marks, Robert A. Williams, W. J. Ross Bennett, Willlam James, Thomas P, Leveque, Maurice D. Gray, John Reid, Frank Stevens, Frederick 8. Tureski, George F. W. Parkin, William M. Clough, Bert Marden. Making Plans For Summer CRA Program With spring almost upon us and the summer season on its way, the staff down at CRA is busily engag- ed in laying plans for a full-scale summer program. The object of this planning i to Provide as rich a_recreational experience as pos- sible for all age groups this sum- mer, Naturally this can only be ac- complished with com nt staff, planning and supervising this pro- gram. High school students and others with leadership qualifica- tions, and an interest in people are reminded that CRA is now looking for playground and sports supervis- ors, and swimming pool staff for the 1953 season. : Application forms are available at CRA and must be returned by Wednesd: -, April 15, and, as in the past, appiicants will be required to undergo training periods before being posted to a playground. REPORT TO THE PEOPLE OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL For the week ending March 28, 953: Admissions: 178, Births: Male, 26; Female, 17. Operations: Major, 49; Minor, 51; Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, 15. Fractures, 11. Treatments in Emergency, 30. 600 Planes From Distance Arrive More than 5,000 aircraft arrivals: and departures were logged at Oshawa airport last year. Six hundred of the flights were visiting aircraft and 100 of them were from the United States. A report, of a look at '"'things to come," has been submitted to city council on the airport's 1952 operation by George Slocombe, airport manag- er. "Each year we see greater jus- tification of the foresight of coun- cil in leasing the airport from the Department of Transport. There is no doubt of its growing impor- tance as the years go by. We have one of the best airports in Ontario and can be justly proud of it." Those words were written by Mr. Slocombe before last week's of- ficial announcement that the feder- al government will designate Osh- awa as a port of entry for cus- toms and immigration provided suitable accommodation for a cus- toms officer is provided. VALUABLE ASSET Presenting the report to coun- cil this week Ald. Hayward Mur- doch said the airport, in view of the latest development was destin- ed to become one of Oshawa's most valuable assets. _ "There is no doubt that it is go- ing to be a big thing for the city," added Mayor Jack Naylor. Some indication of how big it will be was given in Mr. Slocombe's statistical report. He summed 19- 52 up as one of the busiest and most successful years since the a rt was leased. e number of visiting flyers had increased 'to 500 and there would no doubt be more US visit which is in the shape ® ors when immediate clearance through customs could be given at the airport. Through co-operation between city council, Field Aviation Co. Ltd., and the Ontario County Fly- ing Club, a number of airport buildings were painted and the appearance of the 'drome was im- roved. RTERED FLIGHTS UP The year saw an increase in the number of flights chartered by General Motors to bring in sup. plies for their local plants. Most of .the shipments originated in the US and some of them arrived afe ter dark and were guided in by lantern strips. : "If for no other reason the aire port is of considerable value to Oshawa in helping to get much needed supplies in quickly," ecom- | mented Mr. Slocombe. Also touching down on the run- ways in increasing numbers were aircraft carrying company exec- utives who wished to visit their plants in Oshawa, Peterborough and Port Union. Sportsmen and . fishermen brought in their own lanes to set out for nearby vaca- on Lp NO MAJOR REPAIRS No major repairs at the airport are foreseen by Mr. Slocombe for 1953. Some minor repairs were needed and a duplicate water tank should, it was recommended, 600 PLANES (Continued on Page 8) MEASURED AND REGULARLY 85¢ FOOT 598 KING ST. EAST v SPECIAL SPRING SALE ON ALL-METAL VENETIAN BLINDS Custom Made . . . Any Color . . . Any Size Steel or Aluminum Call Us Today for FREE Estimate! 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