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WHITBY NEWS Letter Rouses Grant Question In County of the most controversial ty | tion are we gi Counell for the past year stole into the lime! on Thursday. It was the cols day of a briei session of the County Council called to wo yr county tax rate for 1954. The sub; hospital grants. » Last year, after a special com- to study capital grants to hospitals had spent days in con- and bad brought in a number of recommendations which were turned down, the county council made some grants. Grants igtalling 20 ih were Made to rry Hosp! grants totalling $25,000 were made to the new Pic- -Ajax hospital; and a grant ,000 wa: made to the Orillia ital hospital board ry; discontinued the 50 cents 'daily surcharge to patients county of Simcoe. A letter from the Soldiers' Memorial in Orillia, assuring the cll that the s! e w r be pc Bore from Coun- ty douched off the most / matter was brought up in the sécond report of the finance ttee wherein it was noted that ByJaw No. 1771 had been in January authorising a grant of $20,000 to the Orillia Hos- pital provi assurance was re- ceived - that surcharge would be discontinued. The report noted that a letter had from the hospital's board of gov- stating that this would be discontinued and the committee recommended that the $20,000 now be sent to Orillia. BAIN Reeve Morley Bain, of Scott , observed that the ten- county levy be one mill greater than year. or think we could cut down this hospital grant by $5,000." This observation brought Whit- 's Reeve Duncan Mcintyre to feet. "We have gone into this matter most thorou " he said. "When you consider the amount Port | it he again," Reeve Down asked, 'where are we going to get? What posi- to place our- selves in, if, after mi grants to Ajax and Port Perry, we quib- ble over the grant to Orillia? We would be remiss in our duty if we did not vote this money to the hos- "Don't feel SOITY for us," said Deputy-reeve Patrick Duffy, of Mara Township, "we felt that this grant was jus a te bait to get us to help you with the hospitals in the south." Deputy-reeve Duffy stated that he had first supported the hospital grants but stated that d been aware that the grants were going to raise the county tax rate he would not have supported them. CAN'T AFFORD GRANT Reeve Bain stated that the ma- jor part of Ontario o County was de- voted to agricul Lately, he said, farm costs we, climbed by three to five percent. Farm pro- firts, he said, were down by about ould | 20 percent. A vote on whether fhe 'ON RESEARCH Dr. Nicholas Panse| South Africa, appoin! visiting professorship school of ial Work under the Cassidy Memorial Research fund of the University of Toronto, will be, a study of Canadian so- cial welfare work on july 1. In general terms, the fund is devot- ed to a study of how to get the most for the welfare dollar spent in Canada. Township of Scott would supp hospital construction had be en turned down a year ago, he said, since the people felt that they could not afford to make grants to hospitals yet the County Council had brought the grants through anyway. He said that he could see reason in making grants to hospi- tals inside the county but he could not see making a grant of $20,000 to a hospital outside the county. Reeve Rae Ferfguson, of the town of Uxbidge, pointed out that the matter before council was not the amount of a grant or whether Unity Major World Problem "The elimination of the cancer of prejudice, the education of the in- dividual, and the unity of mankind are the major problems facing hu- manity in its search for security," stated Craig Weaver of Toronto, last night in the Council Chambers, a grant would be made at all since | Whitby $his Bag been settled by the Janu- by-law. The council was now rR ter from the Orillia ernors, he said. Reeve Cyril Morley, of the vil- lage of Pickering, stated that he agreed with Reeve Down that the council, after paying the grants to the "Ajex-Pickering hospital and the Port Perry hospital would now be unfair if it were to refuse the grant to Orillia. Reeve Bain won- dered where the figure of $20,000 had been found in the Soldiers' Memorial Hospital grant. Reeve propor- | Morley stated that considerable study had been given the matter of capital grants to hospitals and the | this figure appeared to be the most suitable. "What about the industrial as- sessment in the south of the coun- ty?" asked Reeve Bain- "What are industries kicking in Reeve Duncan Mcintyre report- ed that the chy of Oshawa had made a grant of $850,000 to the Oshawa General Hospital. It had been ascertained, he said, that 25 percent of the patients at the Osh- awa hospital came from the Coun- of Ontario and on this basis, Couy should have made a a more than $200,000 to the Oshawa hospital. Instead, said, a grant of $90,000 had been clause dealing with the com- munication and final of from Tr Te inal to Orillia was put to the council by Warden Garnet Wilson, of Can- and carried. BOWMANVILLE AND DISTRICT Hendry, 20 Jane Street, Phone 881 Bowmanville B Midgets Sustain First Defeat saw the lo £0 dows 30 & to 1 defeat in that So souigh the Unionville: crew had knocked Whitby out St the league with a' sound it was believd that 1 stand up well on the out of town am mentor Jack McNulty stat- . |ed that although a five goal lead to knock down, the Bow- bo ku is still packing plenty of punch and mean to make up the icit and then some when the Unionville team travels to Bow- the. seco tomorrow is man afternoon for second of the goals to count To Hold Course In n Leadership -- A meeting to 'discuss ou for a leadership course for recreation supervisors |W was held in Port Hope yesterday, ith Recreation f Reporting on the proceedings of the session, Bowmanville Director Don Shay stated 'that the group discussed year's course and possible ifications for the cur- rent season. Some discussion was held on the actual worth of these courses to the s isors that attended, and ! Mr. stated that his group of five ground workers benefited greatly from the work done at the camp and vastly improved the qual ty of the playground super- on. Hockey Goalie Suffers Injury BOWMANVILLE -- The Brown's Tihs ace goal keeper, Bill Luxton, injured in yesterday morn- ing' s contest with the Raiders when a deflected shot caught him above the left eye and opened a nasty three stitch wound. The mishap occurred ten minutes before the end of the final period and the Raiders, who were ahead in the scoring at that time, went on to take the contest with a score of 12 to 8. Bill was hastily patched up at the hospital and was back to Bowmanville High School with- out so much as a lost period. AUSTERE TOAST IPSWICH, England (CP)--Some 100 Welshmen in this Suffolk town will drink a toast in water on St. David's Day, March '1 -- their patron saint lived an austere life. ROOM AND BOARD IT's A PITY I DIDN'T START PAINTING EARLIER IN LIFE. BUT STILL, «MY PAINTING IN THE EXHIBITION GRANDMA MOSES WAS ADVANCED IN YEARS WHEN HER BRILLIANT PAINTING CAREER BEGAN! he |- Mr. Weaver, who is a divisional manager of the Confederation Life Insurance Company, spoke on the subject of Economic Security. He traced history through various phases of clans, tribes, guilds to national security, with its present system of pensions and insurance schemes; he stated that the pres- ent aims of government were to level out periods of booms and sub- sequent depressions, Had the money expended in the last war been used on constructive rathert han defensive and destruc- tive measures, every home in Can- ada would have been free of debt, all past war debts would have been paid, and hospitals and other humanitarian services enlarged Zmenp fends to world unity and ination of wars, he men- tioned the Brotherhood Movement and the World 'Federation Move- ment with close to 100,000 members in America. Among the religious movements with the same aim was the Baha'i World Faith. This meeting marked the 4th in the series of bi-weekly discussion oups entitled "More Effective iving"', sponsored by the Baha'i mmunities of Oshawa and Pick- ering in consultation with the Cana- dian Mental Health Association. Times Reporter Praises Troops A ONOON LPSA ial cor- ndent The , Just ha Cy Jost itary forces in Europe, says today that both army and air force units have reached a high standard of operational efficiency. "It is in its quali its quantity that the tribution to the North Atlantic Raiders Down Imps By 12 to 8 BOWMANVILLE -- went down before the hig Raiders in the Midget-Juvenile tilt yesterday morning to the tune of 12 to 8. For the losers the Fairey and Terry team, now candidates for the original gold dust twins accounted for six of the eight goals, Derry. notch three and a trio for Fairey. Hughes and marked the two remaining. For the Raiders it was Lane with. four tallies, Lunn with four also and two apiece for Cole and Kennett. Next match in the series will be Paved next Tuesday morn- ing at SIMCOE HALL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 BASKETBALL PRATICE, 5.30 to 7 BXbaanTon, 1 to 9 p.m. ELITE CLUB 8%] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 SPEECH CORRECTION CLASS for EHlldren, 9 to 12 noon. PIANO LSSO: NS, 9 to 1 (MONDINGER AGcopioy PC: He MGOE HALL MINOR BASKET ball League -- 9 a.m. Fire hters vs Bolahood's; 10 a.m. Simcoe Hall Jr, Grads vs CKLB: 11 am. Police Association vs St. John Cadets. BASKETBALL BROADCAST -- CKLB, 9.30 a.m. CO! TO ADCAST --- CKLB, 10.05 a JUNIOR CADET CORPS, 10.30 to 12 n INDUSTRIAL Basketball League, Lower BADMINTON, 3.15 to 5.15 PE BASKETBALL GAME -- 7 ps. Jaycee Whites vs Jaycee Blues. C.R.A. FRIDAY Adult -- Strength and Health Club, 7-9 p.m. Teen- -Age Dance, 8 3 yan. SATURD a, 9-12 noon. Woodshop, Stren; and Health Club, 9.30-11.30 a.m. Children's: Art Class, 10-12 noon. Neighbourhood Assoc, Square Dance Instruction, 8-9 p.m. Neighbourhood Assoc. S quare Dance. Hosts -- Radio Pi Park. YWCA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Oshawa Chess Club, 8 p.m. Y-Teen Dance -- open te all Severs Recreation office 0] teenagers, 8 p.m. AJAX & DISTRICT NEWS John Mills, Representative -- Phone Ajox 426 Program Ready For Hospital Opening the| lotion of the hospital in a brief] | Board Chairman, T. A. Gibson| § we describe the planning and com- address. Premier L. M. Frost will cut the ribbon and declare the hospital offic open. The official party and invited ests will be served refreshments by y members of the Hospital Ladies uxiliary. The hospital and nurses' resi- dence will remain open for the remainder of the day, so that those unable to attend the opening ceremonies will have an opportun- atory iy to see the completed hospital, ts furnishings and equipment. MISS BERNICE LEE Goes To Liberia As Missionary AJAX -- (Times-Gazette Staff Reporter) -- Miss Bernice Lee, Ret N, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. William' Lee, Pic kering Beach Road will sail from New York on March 15 en route to Liberia, West Africa. Miss Lee will spend five years in Liberia as medical missionary with the Worldwide Evangelistic Crusade. Miss Lee is a graduate of Osh- awa General Hospital and London Bible Institute and served eight Use Of Library Shows Increase Ajax -- (Times Gazette Staff Reporter) -- The Ajax Library Advisory Committee's monthly re- port shows a decided increase in th adult and juvenile members and a large increase in the num- ber of books circulated. New adult members, 30; juven- ile 25; total adult 646; 'juvenile 945; grand total 1591; circulation, adults, 958 books; juvenile 1467; total 2427. > hour attendance average "rhe committee wishes to ack- nowledge donations of books from Mrs. Read and Mrs. Cassan. George Smith and Ernest Henry have accepted their appointments to the Library Advisory Committee to fill the vacancies. Both these men are excellent citizens and will a big asset to the committee. months at missionary headquarters Beamsville, Ontario. She will s; 4) the next three weeks in Was ton, Penn., purchasing clothing od other necessities that will be re- yuired for her long stay in Li- Ha BLIND BOOKIE Blind Frank Spanguolo is shown in Glendale, Calif., where he was released on $1,000 bond after being ordered to trial on Feb. 23 on charges of bookmak- ing. He wa$ said to have used the stylus for braille "writing" in 'making book. Central Press Canadian. 15% Of Civil Servants Leave TORONTO (CP)--A 15 per cent turnover through resignations among Ontario civil servants oc- curred in 'ge 1952-53 fiscal year, the report of the civil service com- mission shows. The report, by commissioner C.J. Foster, was tabled in the legisla- ture Thursday. The number of civil servants was 17,540 and the number of resigna- tions 2,567. Mr. Foster noted that the resignation rate among tem- porary employees was 35 per cent --1,722--while among permanent workers it was 6.7 per cent--845. A Srp of young people and friends held a miscellaneous show- er at Miss Lee's home this week. All her many friends and neigh- bours wish Miss Lee good health and happiness and God's Blessing in her chosen work. 'Gunless' Scotland Yard Marks First 125 Years WASHINGTON -- It is a firm be- lief at Scotland Yard, London's pol- ice headquarters, that a policeman should not carry a gun. Neither uniformed ""P.C.'s" (pol- ice constables) nor inspectors of the C.I.D. -- the Yard's Criminal Jovestigation Department -- norm- armed with more than short mel. Guns, they feel, would say provoke o criminals into Seo land Yard men have Just walk- ed in and captured the 8. Their law prod 5B record probusly has Xe. Plesk long up of gray stone s alon, fhe Thames Embank i rie] tf poli De rd most famous ce National Geographic Society says. "THIEF TAREE Act Sectiand Ry aioe hy Now is usually forgotten, Old Scotland Yard was in where in Saxon times the kings of Scotland when they came to pay enty Fielding, enry Fiel appointed London's first paid police magistrate, organized up of helpers. The until 1829, however, was Scotland g | Yard's force created under Sir Robert Peel. This year marks the Yard's 125th anniversary. So well known has its work become that an administra- tive reorganization recently made news even in the United States. Peel's men were first dubbed en more familiar- e nickname "cop- or "cop" is said to derive rom copper buttons worn Peel's force. Today a "copper's mark" in England means a stool pigeon, or ce informer. otland Yark is nothing more or less than the headquarters of the Mi itan Police in London, Tech cally its jurisdiction covers the square miles of great- er London, minus one square mile in the middle protected by the City of London Police, the Lord Mayor's men. If serious crime occurs elsewhere in England, however, the local con- stable can call for help from Seo. land Yard. A "Flying Squad" is always ready. If such assistance is requested w! thin 24 hours, it's free; otherwise the local government has to foot the bill DIAL 999 By simply dialing 999, Londoners can be connected directly to Scot- land Yard's Information Room. Within three minutes, on the aver- age, a 'Sweeney' -- radio patrol car -- will be at the scene. The Map Room keeps track not only of the location of every lice car, some disguised as de- ivery trucks, taxis, or private cars, but also where all major crimes took place over the preceding six months. Along Scotland Yard's passages with coal-burning fireplaces and the famous 'Black Museum" hold memories of Britain's worst crim- inals. Jack the Ri Riper. wife-slaying Dr. Crippen, "Charing Banks To Enter Mortgage Field oy ge i he eH Graham Towers of tl Canada predicted tod. a ent of chartered banks in gage Jending field wal not reduce money available for lending to business and industry. He told the Commons banking committee that, at the outset, banks likely will invest "modestly" in mortgates, but that their re- sources will keep growing GREAT BALLERINA | Anna Pavlova entered the state- endowed Russian Imperial Ballet | school- at the 'age of 10. Cross Trunk Murderer" are only a few. Around the museum's walls hang death masks of men executed for their crimes. Scotland Yard's total force of approximately 16,000 men, includ- ing about 1,400 C.ID. detectives, closely matches the New York Pol- ice Department Its Its backbone is the Jiguified "PC", or His uniform remains much the Same as it was in Sir Robert Peel's The main change is his dis- pros ive rounded helmet, It took the lace of an earlier and even taller aver hat. Scotland Yard's cable address is Sy Handeutte, London". But like ffs are cations 2 the men from the oon, Years ago, one insp ctor sum- ew | marized Scotland Yard's idea with a framed slogan he Do over his desk. It read "Softly, Softly, Cathchee Monkee". Hollanders Like Canadian Art THE HAGUE (AP)--Relatives of the 85,000. Dutch people who emi- grated to Canada since the Second World War can see where some of their kith and kin live through an exhibition of Canadian landscapes and paintings opened here Wednes- ay. The exhibition--the Seagram col. lection of 50 paintings--was opened at the municipal museum. Grants May Be Put On Tax Bill TORONTO (CP)--Ontario muni- cipal tax payers next year may find on their tax bills information ahout the amount by which their municipality benefits from provin- cial grants. An amendment to the Municipal Act to make such notification pos- sible was introduced in the legis- lature Thursday by Municipal Af- fairs Minister Dunbar. HUGE ANIMAL The hippopotamus, now found only in Africa is almost the size of an elephant, '| their 'Our Lady of yas PawY YIMES-GAZETTE, Friday, February 10, 1008 9 MINISTERS GET AROUND By GEORGE W. CORNELL NEW YORK JAP) Clistismity| ko is i tansporied tod ay in so us usual packages. It | of has. » ty get around. le several sparsely populated areas, ters have en to planes to tend their flocks. Such the case for Congregationalist Rev. Harold W. Heckman, who serves a_3,285-square'mile area in Powder River pr vi Mont. un ianity has also moved to ai ianity to get close to - 2 Sap Roman Catholics have the Airways" chapel at Boston's airport and chapels at New York's LaGuardia Idlewild fields. wi sharp contrast are the pastors make their rounds on horse- bor --or even donkey. Regular transport for Rev. Kenneth J. Por-|e ray, at Community Church at the Grand Canyon, is a grey mule. He needs it to visit his an parish- ioners at the bottom of the canyon: MOTORIST NOT FORGOTTEN Then, there's the rise of the By Many Means Gospel Preached riven religious service -- to abreast of the restless, auto- nobile-infatuated masses. te) Mass., started the idea 0] ur years ago with a "drive-in" where the whole family. including pets, could pull in service. Dthers ne = There have been similar tions, like the Rocky Mount, N. Cy " business group which romoted a Suadside chapel" on way 301 or use by motorists BUSINESS FALLS IN LINE Hundreds of factories and busi- ness establishments have ina rated regular devotional pe: For instance, Gold's department store, Lincoln, Neb., and the Dal- las Morning News start each day with group prayer. Out of such soil has grown wide movement for '{haustrial Sngelism. " A pioneer in this field" is Presbyterian pastor An- thony Monteiro of Newark, N. J., who has sparked a growing pro- ram to put worship into work and Christ 's treachings into labor-man- agement relations. Only Cadi Can Hear Some Cases TORONTO (CP) --.A bill that would give juvenile and family court judges the power to hear parents' maintenance cases was iitroduced in the legislature Thurs. ay. It was introduced by Attorney- General Porter and is a general revision of the Parents' Mainten- ance. Act. Only magistrates now are allowed to hear such cases. MAO MISSES MEETINGS LONDON (AP)--The red China radio said Thursday night that chairman Mao Tze-tung was absent from recent important meetings in Peiping because he is on vacation. It was the first time in nearly four years that he has not attended these party sessions. There have been persistent rumors that Mao, 68, has been seriously ill. SOVIET ENVOY MUM VIENNA (AP) -- Alexander J. Bogomolov, newly appointed Soviet ambassador to Rome, refused to tell reporters Thursday night whether he was aboard a Czech railway car damaged by an explos- ion Tuesday. Austrian security au- thorities reported the parlor car of a Czechoslovakia Railways train exploded a mile before it reached the Austrian frontier station u Hohenau. One person was inj IKE THANKS NEHRU PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP)-- President Eisenhower today praised, India's custodial forces for their handling of the exchange of prisoners-of-war in Korea. 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