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The Osha Times Published 'by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. Poge 4 Thursday, December 4, 1958 Need More Inducements For Agricultural Work The eminence of Durham county as an agricultural area is undisputed. Re- sults obtained in recent major fairs prove that assertion, and the achieve- ments of the county's junior farmers provide assurance that the splendid farming tradition will be maintained. A good deal of the credit for such achievement must of necessity go to the county agricultural representative, and to his predecessor, the late beloved E. H. Sommers, one of the original band of "ag reps" who dedicated themselves selflessly to the task of fostering On- tario's farmlands. There are few of the originals left, and this poses a ques- tion: what 'is being done about the pro- vision of adequate replacements in the province's ag-rep service? The department of agriculture has the problem of finding young men to act as assistants to the county repre- sentatives. Many counties, such as the developing area of Durham, have more work than one man can handle, Graduates of the Ontario Agricultur- al College at Guelph seldom have any difficulty lining up jobs in industries allied to agriculture--at much better pay and often with prospects than are offer ed as inducements to join the provincial agricultural service. To enter the ser- vice, then, is a sort of dedication, an eagerness to serve the cause of agricul- ture at the grass-roots level, and a wil- lingness to work long hours at a diffi- cult job, Anyone who has driven coun- try roads in the winter and early spring can testify to at least one of the diffi- culties, The department of agriculture should not put too much strain on that dedica- tion. To sustain the ag-rep service it should and must offer better induce- ments, Durham, for example, should have an assistant ag-rep. Many of the younger farmers there have been giv- ing invaluable leadership in such pro- jects as 4-H clubs, but there is still a big job of extension work to be done, An assistant would not only help to get this done but would get the experi- ence to fit him to carry on the noble ag-rep tradition, It Really Does Snow Newcomers to Oshawa soon hear one of the city's favorite sayings: "We're in a pocket here, and we never get much snow--less than Toronto." Generally a brief explanation follows, something to do with the ridges to the north, the bluffs to the west, the prevailing winds and so on, Last winter the saying held consider- able truth, The city itself did not have much of a snowfall, while surrounding areas were snowbound for hours, days and even weeks, There were huge drifts along the ridges, and just to the east roads were blocked for days. Osh- awa itself had no more than 48 hours of really bad driving weather. The trouble is, however, that a say-. Ing such as this can express at best only a general truth. There are cxeep- tions which are all too readily forgot- ten while we snuggle down in a warm bed of complacency wrapped in a blanket of of "what pens." This winter is starting out to be one of the exceptions. Last Friday's storm caught everyone off-guard, and there is considerable excuse for the slow re- action of provincial and municipal road crews to the sudden challenge of a heavy snowfall. "They, like most of the rest of us, must have been in a state of shock. That was last week, however, Since then some snow has fallen in each 24 hours. It has joined what has already been hastily pushed to the sides of the roads and streets, If it continues, and if nothing more is done about it than has been done, there may be single- lane traffic only by Christmas Day--if there is any traffic at all. But seriously speaking, it's time that the people who direct snow clearance got over their shock at the sudden ap- generally hap- pearance of winter. Bankers Issue Warnings On Tuesday, A. C. Ashforth, president of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, was talking to the bank's annual meeting on the same theme. He suggested that the Two leading Canadian bankers this week drew attention to the threat of renewed inflation, On Monday, Gordon Bell, president of the Bank of Montreal, told the bank's annual meeting that "inflation is ev- erybody's business" and called for im- mediate action "to stop this treadmill of inflation, for it is a race in which one must run to keep even and a race nobody wins." He pointed to the danger of govern-_ ment over-spending once the need for stimulus is past--spending programs tend to "take root" and are not easily stopped. Although there has been a rise in national output this year, Canadians have not been producing more than last year, Mr. Ball noted that the personal jhcome, after taxes, of the average Ca- nadian, although 10 per cent higher in dollars, will purchase very little more than it did two years ago. "It is particularly important at pres-. ent," he declared, "that the government: should make it clear, in action a: well as word, that the safeguarding of the in- tegrity of the dollor will take a promi- nent place in its policies." Bible Thought The wicked shall fail by their own wickedness.--Proverbs 11:5. Cunning plans usually trap the trap- per at last, It is good neither to eat flesh, nor $0 drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, -- Romans 14:21, We must go to extreme lengths to help and encourage the weak. Fhe Osharon Times T. LL WILSON, Publisher end General Menager. €. GWYN KINSEY, Editor. The Oshawa. Times, combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ard Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sun- days and statutory holidays excepted). Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation end the Ontario Dailies Association, The Canadian Press is exclusively ene titled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All. rights of special despatches dre also reserved . Offices 44 King Street West, #40 Cathcart St, Montreal, PQ. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Alex, Pcikering, Bowmanville, Brooklin Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard; Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Fairport Beach, Greenwood, Kinsale, Rag- fan, Blackstock, Manchester, Cobourg, Port Hope, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 40c per week. By mail (in province of Ontario) -outside carriers' delivery areas, 12.00; elsewhere 15.00 per year AVERAGE DAILY NET PAID 16,166 Provincial Toronto, Ontarle; solution to the problem of inflation would require the co-operation of all segments of the community -- govern- ments, business, labor, agriculture and investors. But 'the first and foremost requirement is decisive action by the government. There is not much sense in appealing to business, labor and others to hold the line against inflation if the policies of the government are creating inflationary pressures which make hold- ing the line difficult or impossible." In summing up, Mr. Ashforth suggest- ed that perhaps a Royal Commission should be instituted to study the prob- lems of full employment and inflation and monetary and fiscal problems, in- cluding the taxation structure, Bankers are not notorious for popping off at the least excuse. They are more inclined to be cautious. When bankers do speak in such forthright fashion, it is wise to give careful thought to what they have to say, Other Editor's Views CHURCHILL SHIPPING (Regina Leader-Post) Wheat shipments from Churchill have climbed steadily in the last 13 shipping seasons. Each year, a new record was set, cli- maxed this year with the shipment of approximately 13,500,000 bushels of wheat overseas and 9,500 tons of feed oats and screenings to Montreal. This new total is about 3,000,000 above last year's shipments and more than six times th. wheat exports of 2,- 928,936 bushels via the Hudson Bay route in 1946. COMPULSORY CAR INSURANCE (Ottawa Citizen) The Ontario government says it will use various forms of pressure during the next two years to remove uninsur- ed drivers from the highways, A more straight-forward method of the desired end it would seem would be to intro~ duce legislation making it compulsory for drivers to take out insurance. -- a method now used in New York State and elsewhere. TRIED THOSE WHO DO (Trish Digest) A 'well known district justice was sitting in the lounge of a hotel on a hot day drinking a steaming cup of coffee. A close friend arrived and said, "Why don't you drink something cooling? Have you ever tried chilled gin and tonic?" "No," said the justice, "but I've tried 8 Jot of fellows whe have." J Zw Flite L Woman Whips Vicar, Syntax CHELMSFORD, England (CP) A stubborn Essex housewife has routed the combined forces of Latin syntax and the vicar of her parish. At her insistence, the in. scription on her sister's tomb- stone will read "Rest in Peace." The vicary Rev. R. A. D. Heath, had refused to permit the use of the offending words in his church- yard on the grounds that they were a perverted translation of the Latin "Requiescat in pace," which means '"May he (or she) rest in peace." "It turns a prayer into a com- mand," the vicar explained, add- ing that he would permit the cor- rect translation, the abbreviation "R.LP." or the original Latin, The housewife, Mrs. Lily Cox, appealed to a consistory court of the diocese of Chelmsford, where the vicar defended his decision on the grounds that the English translation changed the mood of the Latip verb from the subjunc- tive to the imperative. BYGONE DAYS 30. YEARS AGO The General Motors "Blue Devils" won the group title in the ORFU by defeating a Lon- don team by 11 to 6 score. Scott Hubbell was the hero of the game. The Oshawa Citizens' Band, or- ganized three months previous. ly, gave a fine concert in the Regent Theatre. R. Fountain was the bandmaster and G: W. Mec- Laughlin was chairman. Mrs, Alex Colville of Bowmanville, SHOWING OFF HIS 1970 MODEL OTTAWA REPORT Canadian Meals For Her Majesty By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA----What is a typical Canadian meal? This unanswerable question is one of the incidental worries af- flicting the planners of Queen Elizabeth's visit to Canada next summer. Arrangements are being made to supply a Canadian cook aboard the royal yacht Britannia, on which the Queen and Prince Philip will travel up the St. Lawrence River and along the new St. Lawrence Seaway. His function will be to provide our royal visitors with food typical of our country. But what food? That is a ques- tion which, over past years, has plagued many more people. and many more important people than one sea cook, Tourism officials are always urging our caterers to serve, to our millions of U.S. visitors, real Canadian food, rather than poor imitations of what they get better at home. The restaurant industry, with good cause, anxiously de- votes most of its convention time to pondering the problem of im- proving our second-rate catering establishments which have made us a pation of stay-at-homes. On the average, they cannot match European restaurants for imagin- ation and they barely excel Asian restaurants in cleanliness. COSMOPOLITAN VERDICT Alan Jarvis, the director of our national gallery in Ottawa, re- cently described Canadian food as "tasting like Kleenex." Ot- tawans normally don't eat Kleenex, but that is the sort of flashy and meaningless remark which gastronomically matches some of the flashy and meaning- less painters' daubs being bought with your tax money for our na- tional gallery. And these, I as- sure you, certainly do not cost like Kleenex. However, Mr. Jarvis Is correct in suggesting that our various food processors do an unmatched job in reducing to soggy taste- lessness the really excellent raw material produced by our farm- ers and fishermen, second to none in the world. But to return to that problem of the Queen's sample of typical Canadian cookery. Suggestions would be welcome as to the ideal Canadian dish, but the typical Canadian dish is un- doubtedly fried in deep fat, pref- erably often used before and hence odorous of 57 varieties; the finished product is liberally topped with tomato catsup. Mr. John E. Coles, president of the Canadian Restaurant Associ- ation, recently deplored here that there is no true Canadian dish. HIGH QUALITY FOODS It is too bad that our cooks are less successful than our farmers. For Canada enjoys the best wheat in the world, excellent beef, magnificent cheese, fine poultry products, and as wide a choice of abundant sea food as one could wish. Only In the field of fruits and vegetables do we PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Propaganda is more effective among the educated than the ignorant," says a psychologist. No doubt. The mountaineer spoke a little - known truth when he told a' patent - medicine sales- man, "You can't fool me . . . I'm ignoramt." It is difficult to believe that statement by an anthropologist that the human skull is becoming thinner, as there have been no indications that light penetrates it more easily. Watching a girl cheer leader in action makes one realize that the various parts of the human ana- tomy are wonderfully and strong- ly attached to one another. "Cops Find Dead Man In Chase" , . . Headline. He was probably one of those aggressive go-getters who hadn't been dead long enough to come to a full stop. isted the band with three vo- cal numbers. William Henry Wigg, well- known Oshawa citizen, died at his home on Elgin street, in his 88th year. He was born in Osh- awa and lived here all his life. Alderman A. R. Alloway intro- duced a motion to city council which was seconded by Alder- man C. Harman, to ask the So- cial Service Council of Ontario regarding procedure for estab. lishing a juvenile court. C. N. Henrv was eleci.d chair- man, T. W. Joyce treasurer, and George Hamilton, secretary of the Christmas Cheer Fund. Gordon D. Conant presided at the Inter-City Banquet to cele- brate the opening of Rotary Hall. A. R. White, one of Oshawa's oldest citizens, celebrated his 95th birthday. H. A. Brown, vice-president and general manager of GMC, officially presented to the Rotary Club the former General Motors Auditorivm, to become the Ro- tary Hall to be used for commu- nity purposes. Two of Oshawa's men's cloth- ing stores advertised the latest fashion in men's wear to be col- ored hat bands and marrow ties. READERS' VIEWS lag slightly, and that b cli- mate curtails the range and sea- son of those products. What we really lack in our foodstuffs is service. by the middle-men. Our butchers so of- ten sell meat when it is still breathing, instead of hanging it for four weeks to obtain that marshmallow tenderness so well- known in Kansas. Our packers freeze the salt and the firmness out of our Atlantic and Pacific fish. And while im- ported varieties of cheese with a tang fetch a dollar a pound in Canada, our magnificent pre- mium domestic cheddar is mur- dered and mushed. Some provinces tend to look down on Quebec as being back- ward. If they only knew. Quebce is our most advanced province in appreciating the fine points "of iiving, and there alone in Canada is it fully recognised that cook- ing is an art which calls for aining, imagination and pa- tience. That is why the problem of typical Canadian fopd is bother- ing our planners here. Unless someone comes up with some good Canadian recipes, we will no doubt bid goodbye to our queenly visitor, after six weeks among us, as over-weight and under-nourished as the best of us. FOR BETTER HEALTH Are You an Executive? Here's Picture of One HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, Portrait of an executive: Physically, the executive is a big man. He is slightly taller than the average man and he weighs a little more, too. In fact, he is a little overweight. INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR Mentally, he has superior ca- pacity. He has good judgment, is creative and can express him- self with ease apd 'directness. He has a strong "self-discipline of his mental powers. Years of experience have taught him how to handle ten. sion. Given the choice of com- pleting his day's work or play- ing, he will finish his work. He likes work; he likes being an executive, HOW HE RELAXES Yet he knows the value of re- laxing, and he knows how to re- lax. He drinks, considering it an excellent way of relaxing; he plays golf; he fishes occasional- ly does a little gardening, watches television, attends the theatre goes night clubbing and often reads a good deal. But probably his most out standing trait is his lackadaisi- cal attitude abopt his own health! His indifference and ig- ngrance about the diseases in- herent within his particular por- tion of the population amounts to a tragic scorn. And the chances are that he does have. some unsuspected dis MD. ease. Statistics compiled ant More Opinions Given On Arena For Oshawa Dear Sir: I would like to express my views on the arena problem in North Oshawa. There have been many good comments on the wonderful ice surface which so many people, young and adults, enjoy in Sunday skating and also the evenings when there was skating last winter. Several ex- pressed the opinion it would be a good place for an arena. There is ample parking space, only seven to 10 minutes' drive in a car, and also there are buses, with lots. of street lighting at night. Po hear some people you would think it was away out in the sticks, not in this good city in which we have so many won- derful people. If each family could afford $1, see 'what a wonderful arena we would have and be proud to own. If the council would only take a couple of Sundays and rome out to see what the folks are working so hard to make to give young and old good skating . . N. Oshawa A MOTHER DEAR Sir: The question of a new arena for Oshawa has been raised in your column. Much has been said about it in the past year. It would be a mistake if the imoression was created that everyone or even nearly everyone in the city approves the idea of a new arena if it involves expense to the icipality. I for one am examination of executives indicate that from 35 to 50 per cent of them have some unsuspected illness. About one out of every two of these unusually intelligent businessmen suffers an ailment which he refuses to recognize until it may be too late. The usual executive diseases are those of metabolism such as low thyroid state, elevations of blood cholesterol, and of course -- obesity. Most common unsuspected diseases among both male and female executives according to frequency are: Hypothyroidism, hpyertension, arteriosclerotic heart disease, hypercholesterolemia, diverticu- losis of the colon, arthritis of all types, hernia, polychthemia and anemia. OTHER TROUBLES Next come herniated disc, cholelthiasis, diaphragmatic her- Lia, goiter, prosiratitis, hyperu- ricemia, rheumatic heart dis- ease, congenital anomaly of the venous system, diabetes, bursi- tis, polyp of the stomach or col- on, gastritis, and away down on the list--duodenal ulcer. QUESTION AND ANSWER I.LB.A.: 1 would like to know the symptoms, effects and the prognostication of multiple mus- sular artophy, Is # possible for very definitely opposed to the use of tax money for such a pur- pose. If a new arena is to be built in Oshawa, it should be paid for by the people who want it, in other words, strictly by public sub- scription. An arena would presumably provide some public skating. This would be a service for a minor- ity. Much of the arena"s time would be taken up by hockey, a spectator sport. People who want to watch hockey games can even now indulge themselves to the fullest. Our close neighbor, Whit- by, has a championship team. In brief, an arena is no. necessary to the welfare of Oshawa. Oshawa DISSIDENT VOTING RIGHTS Dear Sir: Your recent editorial on voting stated that each right has a nega- one with this disease to live his normal span of life even though an invalid? Answer: Multiple muscular at. rophy is a disease which causes wasting of the muscles with "weakness and loss of function. It may last for years and there is at present no known cure. Ordnarily the life expectancy of such a case would be expected to be shortens zr tive aspect -- the right to vote carries with it a right not to vote. Your argument is wrong as well as dangerous. It is this nega- tive thinking that is a danger to our democracy today, because it is a convenient way of avoiding obligations. As you yourself said in the edi- torial, the right to vote carries with it an obligation or duty, The citizen therefore not only has a right to vote but has a duty to do so. There is no duty not to vote in a democracy such as ours, whatever the situation might Be in a totalitarian country. No anal- ogy can be drawn between voting in a democracy and in a dictator- ship, because their political cli- mates are entirely different. Ajax D. T. MARTIN Dear Sir: 1 was pleased to see someone take a crack at that slogan, "Vote As You Like, But Vote." It is shaky grammar and shaky think- ing. People should not be pushed or herded to the polls. It must be a voluntary act as well as a thoughtful act. The results of recent municipal elections indicate that large num- bers of citizens do not give a hoot about their vote. All right, why not take it away from them? Why not a revision of the fran- chise, so that people who do not use it lose it for a stated period? A qualified voter who did not vote in a municipal election could he declared ineligible to vote in the next municipal election, and the same thing could be done with provincial and federal election, It might startle some people into a realization of the importance of a vote. Port Hope JOHN BOLLEN QUEEN'S PARK Code Effective As Its Policing By DON O'HEARN 8 te The TORONTO--There is probably much still to be heard on safety of natural gas. As an outcome of the coroner's inquiry in Ottawa the govern- men' has taken certain steps. One of them is to a the code of the American Standards Association for distribution and transmission lines. ; It also has brought down the Canadian code for appliances and houses installations, and is re- quiring a survey of all old lines in the province. NOT ORGANIZED The effectiveness of the adop- tion of the two codes will depend on certain factors. Most .pertinent among them will 'be the approach to 2nforce- ment, Any code is only as effective as its policing. 1t is too early to form any good judgment on how good a job will be done on this, There was not much reassur- ance from the first announce- n.ent, At: this time the government and the fuel board certainly were not organized on the approach they intenced to take. They could not, in fact, say what the mechanics' of policing vould be. There must be allowances for this, of course. The gas situation was so tumultuous in the preced: in~ weeks, and so many demands were being placed on both the Trade Area Seen Best ForCanada, U.S. ROCHESTER, N. Y. (CP)-- North America's best economie interests lie in gradual establish- ment of 2 North Atlantic free trade area, Liberal Leader Pear- son said Tuesday night. Mr. Pearson said most Cana- dians would be reluctant to ac- cept free trade with the United States, or North American eco- nomic interd they believe it would mean United States domination of Can- ada. However, Canada recognized that the great need today is for an expanding and diversified ex- port trade. "So we wish to recreate the North Atlantic triangle on a broader basis and with a more formal arrangement than that which existed in the past," he overnment and the board that did not have too much free time to work out details. But if this is not corrected $001 there could be a loss of pub, lic confidence. And once the Opposition goes to work on the government policy at the session there could be even more. A logical first question it will ask is why the present action was not taken a year ago. PREVIOUS INCIDENTS There was at least one im- portant incident of gas p in the Toronto area as long be- fore the Ottawa explosion as that. And there was no apparent government action at the time to make sure precautions were taken for the future. Also most likely to be ques- tioned by the opposition is the policy of leaving too much re. sponsibility in the hands of the companies. Final responsibility is to be left with them. This, in ftself, won't bring too much criticism, but if there is an apparent inten- tion to pass the buck it will be. One of a series of TILDEN TIPS THR-R-R-IFTY 8 con ride for the price of one... gos, ofl, insurance incloded with a 45 King Street East RA 53 [= BE SURE THE STOCKINGS ARE FILLED / MAIL EARLY for CHRISTMAS Your mall will arrive at distant points in Canada and the United States in good time for Christ if you observe the mailing dates in the Post Office leaflet which has been delivered to your home. X Make certain you have the correct postal addresses and please write or print clearly and in ink. Your gifts will arrive safely when packed in sturdy cartons, wrapped in strong paper and tied with stout cord. XK Parcels and cards should have address and return address, too, printed on the outside. Include address ond return address inside parcel as well. X Fer your own convenience, have pargels weighed at A your neighbourhood post office. 4 For local delivery, mail your cards and parcels on or before DECEMBER 17th. CANAD POST OFFICE Oshawa's Biggest TOY DISPLAY OVER 1 MILLION TOYS And Your Dollar Buys More ALL THE NEW TOYS YOU'VE SEEN ON TV TOY CORNER STORES 30 SIMCOE ST. SOUTH, {Across From the Post Office) OPEN NIGHTLY 'TIL 10 P.M.