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She Oshann Simes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited - 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1964---PAGE 4 | Stimulating Interest In Government Affairs One of the usual complaints about the affairs of government in Can- ada is that too few of the people at large take an actiye interest in politics at all levels. Interest reaches its lowest point in the municipal field, is somewhat greater in pro- vincial politics, and reaches its high point -- although it could be much higher -- in the affairs of the federal government. There is one hopeful sign in Osh- awa that as many of the present- day teenagers reach the age of exercising the franchise, they will know a great deal more about how «the country is run than their parents do. The innovation by James B. Palmer, history and economics teacher at the McLaugh- lin Collegiate and Vocational Insti- tute of having the pupils of that achool addressed by four prominent politicians, of different parties, shows an imaginative approach to this general problem. Starting mext week, once a month the students will be ad- dressed by Dr. Pauline Jewett, Liberal M.P. for Northumberland; Hon. Michael Starr, Conservative M.P. for Ontario Riding; M. J. Caldwell, former leader of the CCF party, and Senator Jeam Francois Pouliot, who will give the French- Canadian viewpoint, Not only will these well-known politicians ad- dress the students, but they will also devote 30 minutes to answer- ing questions from the audience. It is not likely that any of these speakers will speak from a purely partisan political standpoint, of try to win young converts for their own parties. It would be unfortu- nate if they did, by giving the stu- dents the inside story of how gov- ernment and parliament work in Canada, without extolling the vir- tues of their own parties alone, they can render a great service to these young people who will be the voters of tomorrow. And the result might well be greater interest in the country's government when they reach adult age. Plea From Arctic Circle From an island outpost up in the Arctic Circle comes a story which should stir the hearts and the gen- erosity of people living in South- ern Ontario. It is a story of two school teachers, a man and his wife, teaching at an Eskimo Schoo] on Broughton Island, 100 miles inside the Arctic Circle, in the North- West Territory. This couple have 15 crildren at- tending their schodl and living in a hostel. They wanted to include fresh green vegetables in the chil- dren's'diet. They had a greenhouse to grow these vegetables, but owing to the nature of the country, no soil in which to grow them. They struck on a happy solution to their problem. They wrote a newsy circular letter to a large number of friends, relatives and even mere acquintances living in southern Ontario. And in it was a request that they send north to Broughton Island, to this little school, "five pounds of good, rich garden soil, in a plastic bag to preserve the moisture." There has been no, report as to the result of this appeal for some of southern Ontario's rich soil in which to grow vegetables up in the Arctic. But if we know anything of the generous nature of old On- tario's citizens, we are quite sure they are likely to receive enough soil, not-only to make their green- house flourish, but enable them to lay out a substantial garden as well, Tax Imperils Experiment There is one area of Canadian in- dustry and commerce which. has good reason to feel aggrieved at the 15 per cent import tax on manu- factured goods imposed by the British government. This is the timber industry, and particularly that section of it represented by the British Columbia Lumber Dealers' Association. Some months ago, this associa- tion, in a co-operative venture launched along with the Canadian department of trade and commerce and the British ministry of housing, started to build demonstration houses, made of Canadian lumber, in two places in England and one in Scotland. These houses were in- tended to demonstrate that homes built with Canadian lumber would be ideal for Britain's climate, and would cost less than the standard types: of homes now being built there. The other. day, the first of these demonstration houses was officially opened at Abbots Langley in Hert- fordshire, England. It aroused keen interest, and the Canadian lumber interests seemed to have got their foot in the door in Britain's home- She Ostyarwa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R, C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J, McCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) ond the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle. established 1863) is published daily Sundays and Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian y Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou « of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Agsociction, The Caonadion Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the poper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des patches are also reserved. ffices:; Thomson Building, 425 University Avanue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Me@treal, P.Q. UBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Mople Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskerd, Brougham Cloremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kir Blockstock Manchester, Pontypool a stle mot over SOc per week. By mail | e of Ontorio) outside apn delivery vival zs Lenk yaar, wo Previ Commonwea countries 00, Usa tne foreign 24.00, rketon, building program. Unfortunately, on that same day, the British gov- ernment announced its 15 per cent import tax. Canadian government and industry officials were incensed at this new tax, which has upset all the calculations of the cost of these Canadian type homes, and dealt a heavy blow at the experi- mental program. Now the best that they can hope for is that this extra tax will be removed-in-the not too distant future, so that the time and money spent on this demonstration will not be entirely lost. Other Editors' Views LET'S JUST CALL If A DAY ". (Calgary Herald) Of course, when everyone's basic needs are met by kindly, paternalis- tie government, who needs to worry "or try hard any more? What better way to sap: human initiative than to assure everyone their doctors' bills will be paid, their old age re- quirements will be met and what- ever other needs which arise along the journey through life will be _taken care of by someone else if they grow weary along the way? NOT NEEDED HERE (Edmonton Journal) A new Danish political party wants to housewife to be entitled legally to a portion of her husband's salary. In this country it would hardly be necessary to give legal recognition to solidly - entrenched common practice. Bible Thought Study to shew. thyself aproved unto God, a workman that. needeth not to be ashamed. -- II, Timothy 2:15; = Christian faith clear understanding and intelligent ac- tion. " demands HIS CAN BE THE HANDS OF DEATH 46TH REUNION 116th Battalion Veterans Recall Glorious History By M. McINTYRE HOOD On Friday evening of this week, a gallant company of wartime heroes will assemble in the Genosha Hotel. They will be veterans of "Ontario County's Own" -- the 116th: Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force of the First World War. It is expected that about 135 of them will be present at the 6th annual reunion dinner held by the former members of this bat- talion, These are survivors of over 5,000 officers and other ranks who.served with the Bat- talion in the first world war, going into its first engagement in the battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, and finishing its war career in the neighborhood of Mons on November. 11, 1918. The fierce fighting in which the 116th Battalion took part in France and Belgium is indicated by the fact that it left 474 of its members dead on the field of battle. The decorations won by officers and men of the regi- ment included one Victoria Cross, won by its commanding officer, Lt.-Col. G. R. Pearkes in the battle of Passchendaele, seven Distinguished Service Orders, 26 Military Crosses, 27 Distingiished Conduct Medals, 102 Military Medals and sey Meritorious Service Medals, COUNTY BATTALION . The 116th Battalion was, at its inception, entirely an Ontario County unit. It had four com- panies, Th were "A" Com- pany, raised at Uxbridge and commanded by Major H. P: Cooke; "'B" Company, raised at Beaverton and comm ded by Major F. H. Moody; "C" Com- pany, raised at Whitby, and commanded by Major G. W.-P. Every and '"'D" Company, the Oshawa Comp-ny. This com- pany was commanded by Major A. F. Hinds, one-time magis- trate of Oshawa, with Captain A. W. Pratt as second in com- mand, and Lieutenants Morley TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov. 4, 1964... The Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the Brit- ish Houses of Parliament. . and kill King James I failed, 359 years ago today --in 1605. A number of Roman Catholics planned to destroy the seat of British government and the legis- lators in protest against re- pressive measures instituted against their faith at Parlia- ment's opening on Noy. 5. But the day before, Guy Fawkes was 'found in the cellars with 36 barrels of gunpowder which he planned to ignite. The inci- dent is commemorated in Britain still with bonfires and fireworks annually, on Nov. 5. 1932--A workshop at the St. Vincent .de Paul peni- tentiary in Montreal was burned during a prison riot, 1952 -- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected 34th president of the U.S. First: World War Fifty years ago today--in 1914--King George V and Queen Many accompanied by Lord Kitchener inspected the First Canadian Contin- gent; Genman raider Karls- ruhe was sunk in the At- lantic by an internal ex- . plosion; German armies re- treated in the Yser region of Belgium but they re- pelléd attacks south of Ver- dun; Russians invaded Ar- 'MAJ,-GEN, G. R. PEARKES VC, DSO, MC, ; Croix de Guerre Jacobi, Harry Hyland, Clifford Henry and Max Soanes as the platoon commanders. The Battalion was mobilized as a complete unit at Beaverton on May 12, 1916, under the com- mand of Col. Sam _ Sharpe. Major R. S. Smith was second in command; Major Carson Me- Cormick, junior major; Captain A. W. McConnell, adjutant; Cap- 'tain James Moore, MD, medical officer; Captain Norman Fair- head, quartermaster and Lieu- tenant Charles Cowan as trans- port officer. Colors were presented to the regiment, embroidered by patri- otic women of the county, These were tater--to--be--staeked --on Wolfe's Monument in Westmin- ster Abbey, and to be carried with pride through Belgium after victory had restored peace. INTO ACTION After completing its training in Canada and in England the battalion arrived in France on February 11, 1917. There it be- came a unit of the Third Cana- dian Division, and: fought with that division through all its battles until the war ended-on November 11, 1918, on the morn- ing of which day the Third Divi- sion liberated the city of Mons in Belgium from German occu- pation, Lt.-Col, §. §. Sharpe continued to command the Battalion throughout 1917, and led it in the attack on Vimy Ridge, On December 29, 1917, he left the battalion at Lens, and it was with great sadness that the men of the unit learned soon after of his death. VICTORIA CROSS AWARD Lt.-Col. George R. Pearkes took over the command of the regiment from Col. Sharpe, His career in the army was a re- markable one. Enlisting as a private, he became a sergeant on the field in 1915 and in 1916 was commissioned as a lieuten- ant. He had been transferred to the 116th Battalion from. the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles in No- vember, 1917, as major and sec- ond-in-command, His war serv- ,ice record is an amazing one, On one day he was wounded four times and on-another day twice, but carried on which ac- counts for his galaxy of decora- tions, His decorations were: The Victoria Oross, won at Passchendaele; the DSO at the battle of Amiens; the Military _ Cross at Maple Copse; the Mons Star of 1914-1915, and the French Croix de Guerre. RETURN HOME The Battalion retuned home to Canada on March 29 1919, led by Lt.-Col, Pearkes, with Major A. W. Pratt, DSO, as its second- in-command. Major Alf. Hinds was also one of the officers re- turning home with the battalion. About 80 men of the battalion who lived in the Oshawa dis- trict were received at a victor- ious welcome at the Oshawa Armories on April 4, Each member of the party was pre- sented with a box of cigarettes and a card bearing the coat of anms of the county, the names of the 10 notable battles in which the regiment took part, with. the words "Well Done" in bold relief The battles engraved on the list of honors were Avion, Vimy, Lens, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Arras, Cambrai, 'Valen- ciennes and Mons. In a brief address at the re- ception, _ Lt.-Col. Pearkes in OTTAWA REPORT British Life Reflects More Affluent Society By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--"Let's hear about the smell, the feel, the look, the expression of the Old' Country, please," asks a reader writing to comment on my recent col- umns from England. "Is there anything new in Yorkshire pud- ding or. Welsh 'rabbit'? What all happened when you walked up and down High Street, U.K.2" I arrived in the U.K. in a glorious late summer which the records show was the sunniest and driest September since the year of King George V's coro- nation, 1911. The unbroken stretch of its-good-to-be-alive days reminded me of another exhilarating September 24 years ago, when the unclouded blue sky was streaked with the vapor trails .of Spitfires and flecked with red explosions and puffing parachutes as so few defended so many. The Englishman's pride and joy is still his garden, be it ever so tiny, and the visitor is at once impressed by the flora} kaleidoscope of the little gar- dens in front of the massed homes of London's suburbia: roses, dahlias, hydrangea and 'mums still in lush bloom when early frosts had already. black- ened the last geraniums of Ottawa's summer. LAND FULLY USED South-east England becomes a fully bdilt - up and car- crowded area. The green pas- tures and the large gardens are increasingly "in-filled'" by the imvressive building boom. The country's prosperity and full employment are reflected in the universal garage with every home. North American central heating is no longer considered sissy, but. electric blankets are widely used. The English kitchen is acquiring our North American look, neat, practical and liveable, with breakfast nook and all our elec- tric gadgets. One common new bedroom comfort I noted is the $60 elec- tri¢ clock with electric kettle and teapot, all nestling on a tray. The clock can be set to switch on the kettle, and then vem 'a sleeper with its alarm jus en the boiling water bubbles over onto the _ tea- leaves--not tea-bag--ii the pot. Everyone who wants to work can get a job, except in the QUEEN'S PARK ar northeast and in Clydeside. High Street is crowded with shoppers, with plenty of money to spend from the fattest-ever pay packets. The shops are well © stocked with high-quality Brit- ish products and with imports so plentiful they threaten the national economy. ! But prices have risen sharply in recent years, in some cases higher than here. Popular. cig- arettes are 70 or 75 cents per packet of 20; petrol is the same price; whisky and gin both $6.50 a bottle, but palatable for- eign wines abundant at $1 or $1.25 a bottle. Fresh sea fish is excellent and. cheap, so are fresh fruits and vegetables. SIGNS OF WEALTH The most eloquent change I noticed is the habit of -the newly-affluent Londoner to eat out in the large number of small restaurants -- often Ital- ian, French, Indian or Chinese --which serye excellent meals for around $1.25, of helpings more realistic than our gargan- tuan and wasteful size. That national institution the pub has had a face lift, and serves in greater comfort not just "ta cut off the joint and two veg" but a more sophisti- cated meal such as roast phea- sant, Dover sole, or grouse pie, perhaps preceded by potted shrimps or Scotch broth, and followed by soft roes on toast, stewed plums or bjackberries and cream. This meal is often accompanied by gin or im- ported wine rather than beer, as wealth upgrades the drink- ing taste. More cars than ever before clutter the weekend roads bum- per to bumper, But London's frustrating traffic jams have largely been eliminated by one- way streets and new fly-overs. Suburban roads hum with mo- tor - scooters,, carrying .young people clad in the bisexual uni- form of blué jeans, black lea- ther jacket, and 'crash helmet below which hang' shoulder- length locks. Boy or girl? Its often hard to tell. 'I dont like the long hair fashion, but we adopt it be- cause the girls like it," one teen-age boy told. me. Britain's best buy? A foam- ing pint tankard of "'bitter':at 16 cents, with company, dart -- and conversation thrown n. Varyine Plans+- On Medical Care part, said: "I take this last Op: . portunity of passing a word of thanks to the men for what they have done for me, Col. Sharpe raised this battalion, and no finer or braver soldier ever crossed the seas, Never did I see a finer esprit de corp than has existed in the 116th Bat- talion, I believe it was unequal- led in the Canadian Corps. The men have been proud of -the county. they represented." BANQUET SPEAKE The guest speaker at the 46th reunion dinner of ths Battalion on Friday evening will be V'. H. (Herb) Cook, an Oshawa boy who enlisted in. the Oshawa Company, and did a long period of service in, the firing line, After hard treitth work, he was transferred to thd Quartermas- ter's department, and became the regimental bufcher. In his after tHe war career, he attained-a high position-with the F. W. Woolworth company, being executive vice-president of vithat international company when he retired two years ago. The numbers at the banquet may be few, in relation to the 5,000 officers and men who pass- ed through the ranks of the bat- talion, but the old esprit de corps which Col. Pearkes praised will still be there, and Friday will provide a grand eve- ning of recalling old comrades and old memories by those who still remember when _ they served with "Ontario County's Own". BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Noy, 4, 1939 "Senior Warden's 'Night'? an annual occasion at Cedar Lodge, No, 270 AF and AM, was ob- served at the Masonic Temple. Rt. Wor. Bro. H. J. Toms, Past District Deputy Grand Master, of Newcastle, acted as Worshipful Master. Jack McGibbon, Oshawa bank teller, won second place over a field of 250 graduates and 35 honor graduates of the Associ- ate's Banking Courses conduct- ed Queen's University in Dominion banking examinations. by Oshawa relief list dropped 1,051. persons in two weeks to reach a new 1939 low of 2,107 on Oct. 30. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 4, 1924 Robbers retu?ned by mail $11,200 of bonds stolen from the safe of the Hogg and Lytle office in Port Perry. J. F. Tamblyn received an address and presentation on re- tiring from his position as post- master of Oshawa A G. Storie' was appointed to the YMCA Board of Direc- tors. By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The local press came out with dire predictions the other day on medical in- surance. It predicted that the Hagey committee intended to recom- mend a voluntary scheme of in- surance based on private car- riers. This would be in conflict with the recommendations of .the federal Hall report which pro- posed a national compulsory program run by government. One presumably was to read from this that Ontario was get- ting ready to fight plan. FIELD LIMITED? But this is not so. The 14 member Hagey com- mittee was appointed by Pre- mier Robarts a year -ago--to study the model medical insur- ance legislation which had 'been introduced in the begislature. This legislation covered a vol- untary medical insurance pro- gram which would be carried by private companies. Though the committee's field of study was not absolutely confined to this bill, it cer- tainly is more or less limited to it, So that presumably it will be making recommendations based on, the bill, though per- _haps with modifications, it will, in other words, be recommending on a voluntary, private plan. It could do othervise. Conceivably, it could come out and say: "Your plan is no good, Mr. Robarts. We think Mr. Justice Hall has a better approach," But it would be almost volutionary if it did so. Normally you have to expect it will advocate a program re- along the lines of the Robarts~ plan. PLAN DATED? This, however, doesn't in any sense automatically mean that Ontario will be fighting Hall recommendations, whatever program Ottawa duces out of them. The Robarts plan and the Hagey committee both pre- ate the Hall report, The report, with its broad re- commendations put a com- pletely different face on the whole medical insurance pic- ture, and dated the Robarts plan , It meant principally that the main question became whether we should have public insur- ance, and how much of It, , TOURISM'S REWARDS BELFAST (CP) -- The value of the Northern Ireland tourist trade now is estimated at about £16,000,000 a year. Last figures, in 1962, showed the annual tour. ist traffic as being worth less than £13,000,000, the Hall ' Consideration of the rela- tively very minor Robarts plan in relation to it, became 6e- condary. Mr. Robarts, it is true, could stick 'pig-headedly -by his plan. But he has already indicated he doesn't intend to do so. He has said he isn't "wed- ded" to his plan, and will con- sider anything that Ottawa may bring forward. At the very least it is not yet time to cry alarm. MAC'S MUSINGS Great advances in, human Welfare can be achieved By those who are willing to See both sides of any Question, and find the Answers to pressing problems In a spirit of compromise And of true co-operation, It is encouraging when we Find men who can resolve Their differences by sitting Down around a common table And finally reaching decisions That satisfy. all views. We always feel alanmed When we hear the call of *'No retreat'? sounded by Men who see only one side Of any question and who To the bitter end insist They must hav: their own way Regardless of who suffers. That is not the way of Good public service, not The way of. goodwill by Which progress is made With important business, Demagogues can rave and rant And shout their slogans of "'No surrender," but in the Long run those who live on In places of authority Are those who can when The occasion demands it, . Show a spirit of compromise. Readers': Write . RED BARN MANAGER RESENTS PUBLICITY The Editor, The Oshawa Times, Sir, Over a period of the last five years,. an average of about 1500 people per week have pat- ronized the Red Barn, This means that in one year, up to 78,000 people have attended, These are average, hard-work- ing people, the same ones as you will meet every day at the theatre, in a restaurant, or at your favorite supermarket. For anyone, whether he be magistrate, columnist, or aver- age citizen to imply publicly that a place of business is not properly operated, because they oceasionally have someone make trouble, is not only unfair to the business, but also fo the . thousands of good patrons.: If vandals smash school win- dows, that_does not mean that the school staff was lax or that the students were also vandals. If a few hooligans show up at a park and damage the property, or write on the washroom walls, that does not. mean that the parks obard was not doing its job, or that the average boys who use the park to play ball, are to be classed with them, When one bad apple gets in a barrel, that does not mean that the whole barrelful is bad. You merely get rid of the bad apple. That is exactly what we do here at the Red Barn. We: hire two off-duty police officers, in uniforms, at all dances. These officers are free to patrol. the hall, whenever they. wish. We also have three floor men, including myself. Anyone inclined to be trouble- some is quickly given a refund and removed from the prem- ises, The police department, who are always on hand, and have first hand experience, have never complained? or made the slightest suggestion that management was lax in any way. On the contrary, they have told us on' many occa- sions that we co-operate with them as well as, or better than, any other public place in Osh- awa. We do not allow jeans, leath- er jackets or girls in slacks at any dance. We do not sell in- toxicating beverages of any kind or encourage their con- sumption, in any way. We do not run Sunday dances, al- though we have been approach- ed many times, by various groups, and offered a high rent- al for that purpose. But we do have a huge, free parking lot, almost a city block square. The trouble we recent- ly encountered, which received a good deal of publicity and remarks from the magistrate, which I fee] were very unfair, was out in the' parking lot. All that was involved was two men fighting over a woman. ° ' The police, myself and two assistants went outside, quickly stopped it, made them get into their cars and get off our prop- erty; as well as telling them, not to return to future dances. Thev left at once, and the inel- dents which later landed them in court took place at one of their homes, over two miles away from the Red Barn. It seems that if a person causes trouble in a public place, he, himself, is to blame, if that place is.a shopping plaza, or a city-owned property, but if the place is our parking Jot, the Red Barn management, apparently, is at fault. Last summer, when the CBC network brought' the Tommy Hunter show to the Red Barn for a series: of coast-to-coast broadcasts, The Times column- ist, who seems to like to take digs at us, covered a few shows, The place was always jammed, with well over 1000 people in attendance. At that time, he remarked to me personally how orderly and well-behaved the people were for such a large crowd. --H. W. REDDICK, 78 Connaught 'street, Oshawa, Ontario. FUTURE PREDICTION LONDON (CP) -- Christopher Cockerall, inventor of Britain's hovercraft, said in an address to the Engineering Industries Association that the hovercraft of the future may run on tracks at speeds of 300 miles an hour. They could eventually provide faster transportation from city to city than aircraft, he said. PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 | to 7 p.m. Circulation' Dept. OSHAWA TIMES estgey voll % : st Now Renting 1-2-3 Bedroom SUITES @ PENTHOUSES Complete with Indoor Parking @ Rental Informetion by appointment only, 723-1712 728-2911 The Ultimate in Luxury Living G@ORGIAN mansions 9194 PARK ROAD NORTHs OSHAWA