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PRS RET |Q 'THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, October 1, 1963 By JACK GEARIN MUNICIPAL POLITICS IS BIG BUSINESS Some Oshawa taxpayers still take enough interest in munici- q 3 In Columbia Project -- By ARCH MacKENZIE OTTAWA (CP) -- From the B.C. governments, informants said. pal politics to belong to a ratepayers' association, to attend meetings of such groups, but not too many. There was a reminder of this last Sunday night when two such groups held get-togethers, the Lake Vista Ratepayers' Association (with an attendance of 65) and the Glen, Stewart Ratepayers' Association. (with an attendance of 38 in the Mall Restaurant, Oshawa Shopping Centre). Apathy and indifference towards municipal politics is not exclusively a disease peculiar to this community, but it is a costly affliction in terms of tax dollars and cents, The citizens of a municipality usually get the type of government they deserve, no better, no worse. These facts should be kept in mind, once again, as concerted efforts are being made to restore the Ward system of municipal govern- ment in Oshawa so that a more even representation of muni- cipal districts would result on City Council instead of the | current hodge-podge representation which allows thickly-pop- | ulated areas to be without a voice, although some aldermen will deny this. This is especially so of areas like Lake Vista and Apple Hill where many grave problems await solution; regardless of how conscientious an alderman is, it is difficult for him these days to keep an alert eye on the growing over-all municipal picture; as a result, he too often lends a sympathetic ear to problems with which he is better acquainted, especially prob- lems nearer to home, while ignoring others. Already the anti-Ward system pressure is mounting in some circles, but the people have a right to decide for them- selves what is right in the way of municipal government. Why should one municipal area such as the northeast -- have seven Council representatives and another, equally as large have none? ' LITTLE NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE The Terrance V. Kelly who led the Oshawa Vikings (so spectacularly) to victory last Saturday against Peterborough, 17-6, is the same man of that name associated with the Civic Auditorium committee. At 32, he must be known as 'The grand old man of Oshawa's Rugger world." . . . The Board of Education has requested the City to issue debentures for $537,000 to build and equip the proposed addition to OCCI. MORE NOTES FROM THE HUSTINGS: Albert. V. Walker, MPP for Oshawa riding, turned up at Sunday night's meeting of the Lake Vista Ratepayers' Associa- tion (where prizes were awarded for beautiful homes, etc.) It was his maiden appearance publicly since the big , vote. In the after-election excitement, Walker didn't get nearly as much credit as some of those around him for the PC victory, which was unfair. He personally campaigned long and. hard. He attended 31 coffee parties across the riding, spent 12 days to personally call on hundreds of outside-Oshawa homes. He walked miles door-to-door and visited more than 800 homes all told while averaging a lhe Sek day. This is the time to call attention to such ites while the campaign is still fresh in the minds of the voters. He will leave today with Mrs. Walker for a well-deserved five-day holiday in New York State. FOSTER HOME CARE PLAN ENDORSED Remember those protest last June when it was announced that the City was ready to proceed with the new $480,000 annex for Oshawa's Hillsdale Manor? There were some who said that the annex was not urgently needed at this time, including Alderman Norman Down who frequently fights for lost causes behind closed doors at meetings of the five-man Management Committee of Hillsdale Manor -- (Aldermen Brady, Bint, Walker, Dyer). Mr. Down felt that this was the time when the City should be looking for ways to curb municipal spending. Here was a perfect opportunity; why didn't the committee delay the annex and have some senior citizens placed in private homes -- under a plan known as the Foster Home Care Program -- as was being done successfully in other Ontario communities. Mr. Down didn't get much support, especially from Chair- man Cecil Bint, but there were some encouraging words on behalf of the FHC program at the 44th Annual Convention of the Ontario Association of Homes for the Aged in Windsor this month by D. H. Rapelje, superintendent, Sunset Haven Welland County Home for Senior Citizens. In part, Mr. Rapelje said more emphasis today must be placed on providing services '"'to allow and assist sen'or cili- zens to remain more independent when health and circumst- ances permit". He said Ontario's Homes for the Aged were never intended to meet all the needs and requirements of older citizens -- legislation introducing the Special Home Care Program became effective July 1, 1955, thereby making available one more way of caring for senior citizens. - The intent is to provide suitable accommodation for elderly persons in private residences. The persons so accommodated may live independent and normal lives in a private home in lieu of being accommodatied in Homes for the Aged elsewhere. Mr. Raelje continued: A Foster Home differs from a baording home in the number of people accepted (which is a maximum of six in any one home) as well as the service they offer, The Foster Home in a real sense offers a "home" rather than merely a place to eat and sleep, Foster Homes can be the best way to combat isolation and loneliness for the older person who has no one with whom to live, who is not happy alone and who does-not need bed care or considerable help in dressing, eating or leisure time activities. It is important that only well ambuiatory resi- dents be placed as it must be remembered that these are only boarding homes, not nursing homes and are not prepared or | qualified to administer any type of nursing or medical care. Welland County today has 80 such senior residents without this program Sunset Haven would have required 80 more beds at an approximate cost of $500,000. "We have found acceptance and reaction to the program heart warming," he added "and feel strongly that it is a necessary part of an overa!! program for senior citizens. nadian municipalities Brantford was one of 35 Ca- given Guelph Mayor | such a designation by the fed-| under the proposed federal! |scheme, Brantford was able to jlure a prospective manufacturer away from Guelph, Didn't Go Well GUELPH (CP)--The mayor {Sunny with cloudy periods to- s . j@ral government, With the pos-| 4 ys eeting 'sibility of special tax incentives 115 to 20. Mayor K, R. Hymmen_ of\ Windsor FREIGHT DERAILED IN MANITOBA Trucks haul grain from the of a CNR freight train that bert Plains, Man. early Sun- but: nobody was hurt. smouldering ruins of a section went off the tracks at Gil- day. Tank cars caught fire, (CP Wirephoto) $100 Million Personal Income Tax Rise To Pay Pension Hike OTTAWA (CP)--A_ $100,000,-\the night so that. the pension!Pian for contributory, portable/from contributions from other 000 rise in personal income/bill could be introduced. Debate|pensions. The increase would|provinces. taxes is the price tag on thejon the resolution continues to-|have been financed from con-| The Commons got no indica proposed $10-a-month increase day. tributions into the new plan tion of how soon the govern- this month in old age pensions. Mr, Pickersgill urged fast ac-| This schedule was chaged/ment will. be proceeding with The House. of Commons gotition to ensure that the $10/following the Sept. 9-10. confer-|legislation on the 'Canada Pen- jthat néws from the government'raise would be in the October\ence with the provinces at/sion Plan. |Monday as it returned to busi-!nension cheques issued late this Which Quebec said it will be; Prime Minister Pearson said ness 'ollowing the two-monthimonth, Former Conservative|oPerating "its own provincial|that will depend on decisions |summer recess. health minister J. Waldo Mon-|P€#sion plan and doesn't want/taken by the provinces. con- First item on the agenda, as 'teith said the government re-|the new federal plan. pried ga tne vigger sade expected, /was a government quest--"to help them out of ya Srp | . which has legislation on the |measure to provide an immedi- their oredicatseiitls ai "be- gia pete a the Coi- books for its own pension plan ate jump to $75 from $65 in the/yond comprehension." mons it was evident that the|. Miss LaMarsh said the gov-| juniversal old age pension' paid The government's original in- $10 boost in the universal old prament: sincerely hopes | lto every g / } he Canada Pen: p ill to everyone. aged 70 and over. tention, be'ore the Commons' age pension had to be separated : icf ae hen : ag) willl A preliminary resolu- "ess ' . ofonos : e introduced before too long."'| 2 pre y summer recess, had been to|from. the proposed contributory) 'pye pensions debate produced| jtion spelled out .the financing 'ink the start of the $10 pension|Canada Pension Plan. Other- ome partisan. heat iia Cow Bybee ar. boost effective next|increase with the inauguration'wise residents of a province carcatioe canke |Jan, 1 to four per cent from of its proposed Canada Pension'outside that plan would benefit) a federal government's standpoint one more major obstacle to the much-delayed Coluiabia River project has been hurdled by the re-election of Social Credit in British Columbia. Informants here said today that problems still remaining are the price of Canadian power in the United States and the formation of a U.S. power- handling agency, U.S. price proposals are de- scribed as within shooting dis- tance of being able to pay for construction of the three stor- age dams on the Canadian side of the international river. This method of financing the dam construction is an essential part of Premier Bennett's policy of developing both the Columbia and Peace Rivers for power simultaneously. Prime Minister Pearson. indi- cated in the Commons Monday that reappraisal of the treaty) signed with the U.S. in 1961--| lalthough not yet ratified by) details remain to be settled, He , ANTED SWITCH The: New Democrats and the Conservatives stood for a funda- mental' shift in the arrange- ments so that Canada's slice of the power would be retained by B.C. rather than sold. The New Democrats also backed the so - called Me- ratify, He also said one other matter remains unsettled be- twecn B.C, and the U.S. pos The treaty and the protocol ~ i will come before the house of commons externa: affairs com: «« mittee before any ratification" { procedure in Tarliament, the «= government has promised. 4 al Naughton plan ---fathered by G:1, A,-G. L. McNaughton -- that would have shifted the en- tire storage-dam sequence to boost power-producing capacity along the Canadian section of the turbulent river, Mr. Pearson told David Pugh REDS BUY COTTON LONDON (AP) -- Communist. ;, China has purchased more than _. 70,000 bales of cotton , from. Uganda this year for about $8,- 400,000, reports a spokesman -- for the Standard Bank in Lon- \. (PC -- Okanagan - Boundary) Monaay that only one or two don. The sale represents about -- one - fifth of Uganda's cotton production this year. hedged on whether they might rate as important--or whether the Liberal pledge of "adjust- me ts and clarifications" in the treaty with the U.S. are major. | LOW AIR FARES *° BRITAIN I"; himself thought they were, he said. These changes will be pack- |Canada --is nearly complete. | All that was needed was a Social Credit victory--or a Lib- eral party balance of power |with a minority Social Credit) government--to ensure a Clean- n by the federal, U.S. and NEED AN }OIL FURNACE . . 1 cuPERRY DAY OR NIGHT 723-3443 |) OSHAWA'S BIGGEST REAL ESTATE MOVE! John A. J. Bolahood Ltd. and Lloyd Realty (Oshawa) Ltd. NOW Bolahood Brothers Limited 101 Simcoe N. 728-3123 "0 4 EUROPE! WE OFFER | 3 WEEKS OVERSEAS |. AT SAVINGS UP TO $150 VIA TCA, BOAC, KLM and oll scheduled Airlines. These Excursions Available Through: HOWARD | TRAVEL BUREAU if AJAX SHOPPING PLAZA H| Phone 668-3161 or 942-6690 ee , : | |three per cent in the persona!/-- bas -| Opposition Leader Diefenba-| lincome tax levy earmarked for - ae awecmen conversion if |the pension fund. The ceiling on f ; Faas ra | jthe amount, payable by any in- Pearson Denying [call last July for an immediate |dividual would be raised to $120 jpension boost. lfrom $90, so that the maximum Mr. Monteith said the govern-| linerease for any taxpayer ania had boobed and was) vad tet ever," Pressure By Ba Re aE Health Minister LaMarsh said Sue the cost-of the $10 increase for : ; : [ A oe 2 | 960,000 pensioners will be $116, OTTAWA (CP)-- Prime Min-\net this morning we have all) However Miss LaMarsh, who} 000.000 in a full year. ister Pearson categorically de- been discussing it and agreed|made numerous _politically-fia- @ <3. Benson oe Kingst nied Monday night that therejhow valuable it, was to have|vored speeches about pensions saices, tvgasay othe Ingston, i; any basis of fact in reports|this unique kind of meeting.|during the Ontario provincial] cate wah gay oasentd to F"that Liberal MPs are demand-, 'We thought it was a most|election campaign, limited her! sae ee, ge gs ing he. shift Finance Minister|productive and helpful meeting}Commons speech mainly to a ma e extra tax take a {Gordon and Health Minister La-|and that it will strengthen the|plain-facts outline of the situa- $100,000,000 in a full year and!" Hes l-0@ relationship. between thei tios dicted that the old age pen: Marsh to other posts. }6-0d relationship between e tion, pees : oie fund--already ge PD A statement from Mr, Pear-|cabinet and the ministers. Mr. Knowles,, NDP member/ Pep sip dian Me ran ne 8 son's office about the reports) "That doesn't look as if any-\'or Winnipeg North Centre, : shai om the last pension in"! said: body's head is going to fall be-|praised her self-restraint. crease 19 months ago--would be "".7' pave already denied, and|tause)of this meeting." But he urged her to "get the) ad the black by 1965. I deny how categorically that) Repgrters later suggested that, chip off her Shoulder as to WELCOME INCREASE there is any basis of fact injhis statement nefther confirmed|where the 'opposition lies to a/ Opposition parties welcoined these reports." nor dénied the reports and Mr.|proper pension plan." The op-| |the pension increase, though The reference to a. previous Peargon's office issued the new! position came from outside Par- jthere were Conservative jibes denial arose as a result of a|Statement. __ 'lament, -- oe jthat the government had done comment made by Mr. Pearson| | |"a flip-flop" from its earlier de-|after a morning cabinet session. ° e [cision against providing an im- At that time, he said it did not| Ont T10 Liberals mediate raise. ' look as if anybody's head was @ | There was some criticism of| going to fall because of a week- the tax increase, however. New|end caucus meeting of Liberal % Democratic spokesman Stanley| MPs. urvey amage |Knowles suggested that most of Reports that the two minis- \the tax load should be carriedjter, were under heavy fire |by corporations. Gilles Gregoire|<yrang from the weekend cau-. TORONTO (CP) -- Liberal)23 in the enlarged, 108 - seat (Creditiste -- Lapoint) accused|oy. conference at which infor-/members of the Ontario legisla-|House from 24 in the old, 98- the government of hitting low mants said the cabinet was/|ture will meet Wednesday to|seat chamber. income groups the hardest. given "brutal". criticism byjassess the daniage done the) pis misfortunes were com- Lg Commons had ii hg Liberal backbenchers. |party by oe berg provincial pounded by death and serious rules to permit immediate de- ie election and choose an interim); . ilv || bate on the pension resolution The reports were drawn (2 House leader in Bleck ot fallen mee? in ~ soe a But the Conservatives balked) Mr. Pearson's attention as he party chief John Wintermeyer. His wife Helen's mother, Mrs. at a request by State Secretary left a cabinet session. Mr. Wintermeyer, who an-\2: 3: Delaney of Boston, died | Pickersgill, government House, "The Liberal caucus had a nounced his resignation as On- weg ig Mr.Wintermeyer| leader, to approve the resolu-|most useful and valuable ses-|tario Liberal leader following i 1 attend the page in Bos- tion before the House rose for'sion," he remarked. "In cabi-\his personal defeat in Waterloo|'0" and gral Bd Toronto in| Re erees mens eereninesn oniernpenmre "3 sae North riding, called the caucus | me for Wednes ay meeting. : of depleted party ranks. He re-| His father, _millionaire in- WEATHER FORECAST |mains titular head of the party|vestor Alfred C. Wintermeyer, | until a full Liberal convention 73, was taken to hospital in ' elects a successor. |Kitchener three hours before ® : Farquhar Oliver, member of the polls closed last Wednesday on inue arm the legislature for Grey South] fr emereency. Pureeky | ON. 8) since 1962 and a former party | Perforated ulcer. He had been) leader is a likely choice as in(confined to a wheelchair since For Wednesda mea gta PEER nota autores 50 |terim House leader pending the} Z yy ft ef lelection of a new party chief.| Hospital authorities in Kitch- Mr. Sliver, 59 ,resigned to make/ener described the elder Win- Mr . Wintermeyer's|termeyer's condition Monday way for las good. election as leader in 1958. Mr. Wintermeyer, 46, saw his} Among Liberals mentioned as political ambitions wrecked|possible leadership contenders, | |Wednesday when he lost his own|the name of federal Health and legislature seat and watched) Welfare Minister Judy LaMarsh| his party's strength reduced to'cropped up during the weekend. FATHER AND SON HAVE COMMON PROBLEM Forecasts issued by the Tor-)St. Thomas ...... onto weather office at 5 a.m.:|London ...... Synopsis: Southwesterly winds Kitchener ....... are bringing. a warming trend|Mount Forest ..... to Ontario which will continue Wingham .. into Wednesday in the south.|/Hamilton ., |The weather will be mainly|St. Catharines ..... jsunny in most areas both to-/Toronto iday and Wednesday. | Peterborough | Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, Trenton Niagara, Lake Huron, Lake On- Killaloe tario, Georgian Bay, Halibur-/Muskoka . ton, Windsor, London, Hamilton, North Bay Toronto: Sunny with cloudy pe- Sudbury lriods and continuing warm/|Earlton .... m |=" |Wednesday, Winds southwest 10/Sault Ste. Marie .. ito 20 Kapuskasing ..... White River ...... Moosonee Timmins ...,..+.. | Algoma, Timagami, North Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie: |Cloudy periods tonight and Wed. jnesday. Winds southwest to jwesterly 15 to 20. j White River, Cochrane: Forty years separate them, yet they have a common Your Original problem. CARPET CENTRE ay. and Wednesday. Warmer) oday. Winds southwest to west Father is old, still healthy, but too old to hold down a job. His son, young, ambitious, married with a family, has a good job, is paying for a home. When the son dies suddenly, his family unprovided for, his father can't help. He just gets by on his Forecast temperatures: Low tonight High-Wednesday| 50 73 | of Guelph says an Ottawa meet- ing between Industry Minister C. M. Drury and a delegation from seven nearby communi- ties Saturday did not go well. minister, stating that the prox- imity of other cities should be| considered before areas are Mayor R. W. Smith said the/designated as distressed. All minister accused the civic rep-jthe municipalities represented! resentatives of being hostile toji the delegation are 50 miles federal assistance for munici-jur less from Brantford, | palities in need of relief. Mayor Hymmen said munici- The representatives fro mjpalities should make represen- Guelph, Preston, Hespeler,|tations about their economic Galt, Fergus, Waterloo andj|state before being soncsidered Kitchene: went to see the min-jfor designation, and asked ei- i rin an attempt to have mu-|ther that Brantford be removed nicipalities near Brantford des- ladded to it. Kitchener read.a brief to the§ Over 50 Rolls of Carpet on Display m7) Select from the targest 7 display east of Toronto, Old-Age Security plus what he can make from odd jobs here and there. SHORGAS HEATING & APPLIANCES Industrial and Commercial The established, reliable Gas Deeler in your area. 31 CELINA ST. (Corner of Athol) 728-9441. Their common problem 'is money! In one case. to provide an income to bring up a growing family---- in the other to provide happy retirement in old age. N-1-R-C LICENSED CARPET CLEANING 728-468 | NU-WAY RUG. CO. LTD. Expert Uphoistering 174 Mary Street Only permanent personal life policies and health insurance can cover both problems at' once --the hazards of dying too soon or living too long. That's why you and your wife should talk over your needs with a trained representative of The Excelsior Life Insurance Company, the Company helping Canadians help themselves to peace of mind, from the list or the others! ignated as distressed areas. ~*~ | sg WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY CHEST =. MEANS TO YOU! SCOUTING IN THE COMMUNITY Scouting has grown in half a century from a group consisting of less than one hundred to over two thousand five hundred boys. Oshawa has been generous in its support of Scouting and in return Oshawa Scouting has contributed to the life of the community. There are 30 Scout Groups in the City comprising of over 73 units, Cubs, Scouts, Sea Scout, Rovers and all but two Groups ore church sponsored,, The remaining two are community sponsored. The value of any youth Movement is judged by its progress and accomplishments - and in addition its Aims and Principles. The community record of the Scout Movement in Oshawa speaks for itself. In all modesty it can be said that Oshawa Scouting has progressed in its fifty year history and its Aims, Princip- les and Practices are sound. It is the aim of the Boy Scouts of Can- ada to develop good citizenship among boys by forming their character; training them in habits of observation, obedience and self- reliance; inculcating loyalty and thoughtfulness for others; teaching them services useful to themselves; promoting their physical, mental and spiritual Mr. F. O. Popham development. The principles and practices of the Boy Scouts of Canada are based on the Promises and Laws voluntarily subscribed to by each individual desiring membership. The Wolf Cub Promise is:-- "! promise to do my best To do my duty to day"'. The Law is:-- though worded differently. The motto of the Cub is 'Do Your Best" -- a Scout is and a Rover 'Service'. The slogan of the Boy Scouts of Canada is 'Do a good turn daily" These then are the Principles and Practices that Oshawa Scouting maintains and, in summary, it adds up to a force of "good" for any community The aims of the Boy Scouts clearly state; Observation, Self-Reliance, as important in the training of a First Class Scout and this can best be accom- plished by the means of an excellent camping programme. Oshawa Scouting enjoys the facilities of Camp Samac, its own scout Camp named after the Patron of Oshawa Scouting Col. R. S. McLaughlin. It is recorded that of the 127,000 scouts who have passed through Scouting in Oshawa nearly 100,000 have trained or camped at Camp Samac. In addition to this nearly three times that. many have enjoyed the pleasure of the memorial Camp Samac McLaughlin Pool, many have learned the fine arts of self preservation in the Red Cross and Royal Life Water Safety programme; all have enjoyed the pleasure of swimming in a beautiful Olympic standard pool. At Camp Samac the opportunities have been available to learn the skills of camp life, camp cooking pioneering with ropes and spars, tracking, nature lore and wildlife in general. Scouting has a wide scope and a programme to suit the taste of every red blooded Canadian boy. As the years passed by and Oshawa Scouting grew to its present magnitude it was realized by the Executive Committee of Scouting in the community that an opportunity must be given to the senior and the Queen, And to do a good turn to somebody every- 'The Cub gives in to the Old Wolf The Cub does not give in to himself'. The Promise and Law of a Scout and a Rover in principle is the same a ! re eo & o~ B ' Cd > re a e sc sf "Be Prepared" was an excellent site fo there was need for a camp site where map and compass were a necessity for survival and so it came about that in 1954 Camp Samac (Adventure Base) Haliburton, Ontario, was purchsed with the co-opertion of Col. R.S. McLaugh- lin. Here each year between 350' and 615 senior Oshawa Scouts put into practice the skills they have been taught all winter at the Group H.Q. This then is Scout supported by 250 leaders who in turn are supported by another 1,000 adults in Group Committees, Exectttive members. This community se it takes over $26,000 o it in operation but. Scouting is from Sea to Sea and our community is second to none. GREATER OSHAWA COMMUNITY CHEST HAROLD E. PIERSON, Pres. 11 ONTARIO STREET scout to experience a more rugged type of camp life. Camp Samac Oshawa r training and Cubbing, conferences and courses but ing in the Community, a membership of 2627 boys Ladies' Auxiliaries, Council members, Board and rvice could not be made possible without finance and f Greater Oshawa Community Chest monies to keep ROBERT J. BRANCH, Executive Secretary oe 728-0203 --