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BON UU NR an tN The Oshawa Times Published. by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1964--PAGE 4 Shopping Habit Changes Beneficial To Oshawa One of the most striking changes which we have noted in Oshawa over the years since the end of the second world war has been the change in the shopping patterns of Oshawa's citizens. This is especially noticeable during the pre-Christmas shopping season. And this has come about because of the expansion in Oshawa, of the facilities which the public enjoy for doing all their shopping within their own com- munity, thus eliminating the neces- sity of going to Toronto for regular shopping sprees. This is a development which is highly important in the economic life of Oshawa. It has been brought about. by the enterprising and ini- tiative of the merchants, old and new who now serve the Community. With its shopping centres and areas, and its downtown group of aggressive and- enterprising mer- chants, Oshawa has become much more self-sufficient to meet the needs of the public than it was in the pre-war days. Many of our older citizens will remember the days when the chief complaint of Oshawa's business community was that, from a shop- ping standpoint, Oshawa was re- garded as an adjunct to Toronto. To go to Toronto on special shop- ping trips was. considered the smart thing to do. There may still be some citizens of Oshawa who make a practice of doing major buying in Toronto, but the great mass of the citizens now find that the stocks and. services, in the local stores, whether down- town or in the shopping centres, are quite adequate and varied enough to meet all their needs, For this, the citizens have to thank merchants .who seized the oppor- tunities of serving well a rapidly- growing community, who kept their premises up-to-date, and in many cases, came to Oshawa _ because they believed it was a city with a future. This is a good thing for Oshawa and its people. It keeps Oshawa money circulating in Oshawa. It. enables more .and more Oshawa people to obtain employment in the Oshawa community retail stores. And it has shown to Oshawa citi- zens that they can obtain just as good value for their money, and sometimes better, by shopping in their own city rather than going to Toronto for their Christmas spending, or any of their spending, for that matter, Remembered For Smiles For nearly 30 years before her retirement in February, 1958, Miss Madge Durno was the checking clerk who always had a cheerful amile as she attended the custom- ers in the Oshawa supermarket in which she worked. Miss Durno passed away on Saturday after a year's illness. Perhaps it is un- unusual to dedicate an editorial tribute to one of the rank-and-file. workers of the city, but she always stood out as a retail store employee who made countless friends in Osh- awa by her cheery smile, happy disposition and her kindly words of greeting to all with whom she came in contact, When she retired from the Lob- law store in which she had worked from 1929 to-1958, she was greatly missed by the customers who loved her for her constant good nature, and unfailing high spirits. It was typical of her that no matter how rushed she was, no matter what the conditions, she never became flustered and always put custom- ers at their ease. In February, 1958, when she retired, tribute was paid to her in this column. Now that she has passed away, this extract from that editorial is very timely: "There is a moral behind all this. Miss Durno was a typical example of how a store clerk can make friends for her employers by un- failing courtesy, cheerfulness and a spirit of friendliness, These were her. outstanding characteristics. We commend them to all others who are engaged in meeting the public in our retail establishments." Now Miss Durno has gone. She will be missed by all who knew her. May her soul rest in peace. Kenya Changes System Kenya, one of the African colonial territories granted independence by Britain in recent years, has aban- doned the two-party system on which its original constitution was based. Three months ago, Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta gave notice that this system was to be abolished. Members of the official opposition party, however, acted before Kenyatta's decrees became effective, by crossing the floor of the legislature and abolishing, the opposition. Kenya has thus joined the other African states which, on becoming independent, abandoned the two-party system, and set up single-party systems of govern- ment, It may be that in its anxiety to give the former African colonies a democratic system based on the British pattern, on achieving their independence, the British govern- The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Monager C. J. MeCONECHY., 'Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and. Statutory holidays excepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- 'ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadon Press is- exclusively entitled to the use of republichtion of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or. Reuters, ond also the local news published therein. All rights of speciol des matches are also reserved Building, 425 University 640 Cathcart Street, Thomson "Mfices: ' Ontario; 4a, aToronto, a, P. SCRIPTION RATES carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, nville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince 'ove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Tyrorie, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, wughom, Burketon, Claremont, , Kinsale, Ragion, Blackstock, ! and Newcostie not over it in Province of .Ontorio) reas 12.00 per year. Other wealth Countries 15.00, ment was moving too quickly for the African mind. Coming out' of a condition in which tribal rule was the order of government, and in which the word of the chief of the tribe was law, it was not possible for these countries to jump imme- diate into-all the democratic pro- cesses which are now common in Britain. Actually, these newly-developed African nations, politically speak- ing, are at least a few centuries behind Britain in ways of govern- ment. They have to start in at the point at which British parliamen- tary institutions started 500 to 600 ago. In that context, their transition to successful self-govern- ment might be more happily car- ried 'out without a sagging opposi+ tion battling a new government trying. to find its way along the road to self-government. In due course of time, a demo- cratic pattern suitable to the Afri- can way of life will emerge, and the African peoples will set up ssystems which will suit their own conditions, So they should be al- lowed to take their own time to develop these, just as Britain took centuries to reach its present sta- tus of two or three-party systems as the best basis for democracy. Other Editors' Views FRESH AIR NEEDED (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) If more backbenchers would vote and speak according. to the dictates of their consciences and not accord- ing to the dictates of party whips, how much fresher the air would be in the hoary halls of Parliament, years sani gassed ecco etch IOS Mey Acie NI Ng. A Ep RONEN SARE yn iE tA RRS AS RI CONC om BRITISH CLOTHING AUTHORITIES ARE UNHAPPY ABOUT NEW PRIME MINISTER ~ HAROLD WILSON'S CLOTHES ---- News REPORT FROM LONDON AS TE HE DIDNT HAVE ra hy \ Cc» QUEBEC VIEWPOINT CLOTHES AND THE MAN No Sense Of Urgency On Constitution Review This is a selection of edi- torials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada. Sherbrooke la Tribune --, Premier Lesage has told the Empire and Canadian clubs in Toronto that Quebec is de- fermined to satisfy all its basic needs and, as part of the same process. bring about a revamping of the British North America Act... . Mr. Lesage took advantage of his trip to Toronto to offer a pair of choices, ... . Either Quebec should be given a par- ticular constitutional 'place in line with its aspirations or the autonomy of the . provinces should be increased for those provinces wishing it so that they can meet the responsi-+ bilities they very much want to undertake in their internal sphere, of action. No doubt all Canadians are inclined to favor a revision of the Canadian constitution. Quebec already has launched a study of this subject through its legislative com- mittee on the constitution. But it also is necessary to think in terms of all the ele- ments that make up the Cana- dian nation meeting sooner or later around the same table to launch a study of sug- gested reforms. There seems to be no sense of urgency about calling such an '"'es- tates general'? before 1967, And it is in view of this Eng- lish - Canadian apathy that Premier Lesage wanted to re- fresh the memories of his fellow - Canadians. For. one day it will be necessary to come to grips with his opin- ions, his contentions, and the choices he outlines. (Nov. 19) Montreal Le Devoir -- The second volume of the report of Quebec's Parent royal commission on education, just made public, is a document of historic significance. . . . Two words sum up the spirit of the second Parent re- port: Democracy, efficiency. The commissioners want a system that will. give every child an equal opportunity to obtain intejlectual training worthy of his talents. To this end they have conceived an academic structure whose sections join harmoniously and none is a dead end where a student can become stuck without a hope of getting out. The end has come for private systems, for the schools run by this or that person, for the fiefs held by certain privi- leged people, for the doubtful diplomas handed out without sufficient control. From now on we will know where each school stands. The passage- ways between various types of schools will be more num- erous and more supple. The system will also be de- mocratic in the sense that the ultimate holder of responsibi- ity from now on will be pub- lic authority rather than the private institution... . . One could list. a_ series of practical inconveniences which will result from the new system. But let us think about the student. From now en he will know where he is going. He will not have to wonder whether his diploma will be. accepted or not, whethef the school in which he is enrolled is good or bad The report constitutes a re- markable effort at adapting education to the requirements of galloping academic growth, to a more demanding public opinion and to a world outside, from which we can- not differentiate ourselves in the extreme, The document will justly be considered as the real Great Charter of education in Que- bec for the next generation.-- Claude Ryan. (Nov. 21) Quebec Le Soleil -- State Secretary Maurice Lamon- tagne has again referred to . . . the imbalance between material and cultural devel- opment in this country. He also has deplored the fact that our two principal cul- tures have become isolated from one another, which helps to explain current ten- sions. The fact is that our mater- ial and cultural development is closely tied to our geogra- phical situation. It is incon- testable that Canada's close- ness to the biggest economic power of our time has been one of the major factors in Canadian prosperity. . . . But it would be a pity if we were passive in receiving the cultural system, enriched by contacts .with foreign coun- tries but not exclusively American, North America is tending to develop along uni- form lines. That' perhaps is inevitable in economic and military matters. In the. cul- tural domain, however, there must be an inclination to cre- ate a salutary diversity be- tween Canada and the United States, For this purpose, Canadians must exploit their own re- gional and cultural diversi- ties. This is not to say they should make these a perpetual source of division, because that would have the opposite effect by dividing the nation and thus hastening its ab- sorption by the United States. One. of the strongest and most striking diversities in Canada is the French culture of a large number of the peo- ple, While the language factor tends to bring about the as- similation of Anglo-Canadian compatriots to take advan- tage of their country's French culture. They should not only accept it but seek every means to strengthen it and spread it if Canadians are to maintain their particular identity in the face of the Americans. And the - Anglo- Canadians should maintain that identity (Nov. 19) NEED QUIET FOR STUDY (From Yharlottetown Guardian) Now fat school sessions have resumed and the children have returned to their educational chores, it is worth remember- ing that. education is a co operative venture, and that suit- able environment for home work is as necessary to a young student as any other part of the process. A table or desk, a good light, and; above all, quiet, are essential. We are reminded of this by an article in an exchange which points out that a child - can study neither against the com- petition of the television pro- gram that father is watching nor the telephone conversation that mother is conducting close to his ear. He cannot study if a shouted conversation is being carried on from room to room TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Dec. 1, 1964... President Franklin D, Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Russia's. Jos- eph Stalin 'concluded - their meeting at Tehran, Iran, 21 years ago today--in 1943. At the meeting the three war leaders reached agreement on. the scope and timing of future operations in the Sec- ond World War against the German armies. The Allied leaders also planned for a postwar organization which would exist to allow all na- tions to join "a world fam- ily of democratic nations." 1869--The vast Hudson's Bay Company territories were officially transferred to the Canadian govern- ment, 1958--A school fire in Chi- cago claimed the lives of 89 children and three nuns. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 19]4--a German battleship and: cruiser were sunk' by Allies in the Baltic; Allied armies on the Western Front sovth of Lille and in the Argonne gained terri- tory in fighting. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1939--a new Fin- nish government was formed and the Finns re- ported successful defence against Russian invaders; Soviet planes bombed the Finnish capital; Helsinki; a Canadian fighting squadron was formed from Canadi- ans already in the RAF-in Britain. by other members of the fam- ily; he cannot study if younger children are playing around in his study area or if father's power tools are producing noise and flickering lights. These are cited merely as ex- amples, Each household has its own distractions, and it is the parents' responsibility to see that they are minimized. Going to school is a serious business; so is the preparatory work that has to be done at home, if the pupil is to maintain his interest and keep abreast of his studies. The parents' attitude in this re- gard can influence a_ child's whole future. spelling all the difference between success or failure. POINTED . PARAGRAPHS Being a two-car family can be really dangerous if the sec- ond car is being driven by a reckless, speeding teenager. Outstanding among gross under-estimates a woman's estimate of time when she says: "Tf be ready in a minute', is You're not so young any more, {f you can remember the days when all automobiles had run- ning boards and no self-starters. Amongst the big changes that are taking place in Britain it is reassuring to find Gracie Fields back in Canada for another fare- well tour. Young people today find it difficult to' believe that years azo people would not buy or do anything they could not afford.' * scandal READERS WRITE... ON WARD SYSTEM VOTE The Eitor, The Oshawa Times. Sir: I read the Oshawa Times re- rt of the Oshawa and District vabor Council's brief on the ward system of local govern- ment and it left me much sur- prised and not a little con- fused. One expects something better from a dedicated Labor group. From all the data given, much of it irrelevant, only one fact stood out -- the fact that the ODLC was against the ward system. The reason why was not so clear. "While still mulling it over I read your letter of the 16th., Nov. in which you "agree wholeheartedly with the reasons set forth in the brief." What reasons? I have read and 1e- read the brief but found only value allusions. Not one_in- stance is given to prove bad management or skulduggery under the ward system; not one iota of evidence to prove our present city-wide vote gives better administrators. In fact, in the tail-end of the brief itself itself is the frank admission that "The only tangible evidence we have before us to make any kind of honest appraisal of the situation is in the early and late thirties."' So, let's try for an honest appraisal, Let's keep this admission in mind and not al- low ourselves to be confused or influenced by all the facts and figures which, it is tacitly ad- mitted, have little or nothing to do with the subject of the plebiscite. But perhaps we should stress one fact the date. We are not in the thirties now -- it is 1964, It is said that most ratepay- ers know the aldermen in Osh- awa. Do they? One may get to know their names from news- paper. items; one may. recog- nize them now and then from press photographs; one may have been to city hall on occa- sion and have seen them in the flesh; but is that knowing them? There was a recent deputation to city hall by thirty home- owners from a little residential street off Park road, south of the CNR tracks. They were op- posing an application by an- other resident who sought re- zoning for the purpose of turn- ing a bit of residential land into a parking lot. The Council voted 5-5 (there were two absentees) and the Mayor made his casting vote against the thirty families who wished to keep their little street free of commercial en- croachment, It was observed that of the six votes cast against the thirty home-owners, two were made by farmers and one by an incumbent alderman who had already used the proposed parking lot. There's a moral here somewhere, but apart from that -- did these thirty taxpay- ers know their aldermen? Manifest in the ODLC brief for the civic status quo is a fear of what are termed ward- heelers and aldermen who 1n- dulgé in analogical back-scratch- ing. Are we, then, to believe our present system immune to such specimens? Is the ghost road forgotten? Remember the brave, unequivocal editorial in the Times-Gazette at this time: "Unquestionably, there is a nigger in the wood-pile,"' and the suggestion of a legislature investigation? Remember the abortive investigations and the miserable volte-face editorial that followed some verbal whitewash about a tempest in a teapot? Remember the opinion of our most respected alderman, Mr. Finlay Dafoe, that the whole affair stinks -- or words to that effect? Then one felt ashamed for Oshawa, its administration and its press. But the point is that this conniving and = skul- duggery which hit the headlines and is now local history was not the work of ward - heelers or back-scratchers. It was con- ceived and nurtured by some of those elected by our city-wide vote -- the voting system we have right now. Among the many facts mar- shalled by the ODLC_ are sta- tistics of Oshawa's growth. One cannot dispute these, but the in- ference that they are born of the present system of adminis- tration is misleading and not true. Percentage figures are given. of retail sales, home ownership, cheques cashed and personal income; all listed as though brought about by virtue of City Hall. Nonsense! One might just as well credit city hall with the growing popula- tion, as if the 70,000 of us had been conceived by bylaw or had been: begotten or incubated by the planning department. The basic fact of Oshawa's growth is that Oshawa is part-of'a vast and prosperous industrial em- pire -- the General Motors Cor- poration. While the GM grows, Oshawa will grow; if the GM flops, Oshawa will flop; and no matter who or how we elect the city hall -- as the "Motors"' go, SO go we. Let's get out facts in perspec- tive. Let's try to get at the truth of things. Let's recognize the fact that all taxpayers are not satisfied with city hall and some think a' change to the ward system would bring im- provement. They may be wrong; they may be right. We learn there are 52 cities in Ontario; 18 elect by general vote, 14 by the ward system Can anyone prove better administration by the 18, or worse administration by. the 14? So far nobody has brought forth any tangible proof one way or the other. Obviously, we have something to think about, But let's think about it ourselves and not let any group, pressure 0° otherwise, do our thinking for us. We should mark our baliot-paper to register our own convictions for what we or OTTAWA REPORT Britain: Supplies Needed Doctors By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--So many doctors have emigrated to Canada as refugees from the British na- tional health service that we can truly thank the British wel- fare state for the high standard of our national health today. Without those refugees swell- ing the insufficient n rs of Canadian - trained doctors, we would be suffering a tragic and deplorable shortage of doctors today. ec} Canada is not training enough physicians to maintain our pre- sent level of medical care, we were warned recently by Dr. J.F. McCreary, who is head of the medical school at the Un- iversity of British Columbia. Plenty' of suitable students ap- ply for admission to Canada's medical schools, but a reported 60 per cent of these applicants are refused through lack of space. But fortunately, in Canada as in all other developed coun- tries. the humanitarian task of the doctor is aided and short- ened invaluably by the develop- ment of "instant medicines" during the past quarter - cen- tury. LOW DRUG BILLS Some vivid figures have just emerged from a_ survey of family expenditure in Britain, carried out by the ministry of Labor. These show the very low total cost of drugs, and underline the cheapness of tnis mid-20th century break-through which saves lives, shortens ill- ness and reduces pain. This survey shows that the average expenditure on drugs per Briton is 1.75 cents per day. This is almost exactly the same as the average daily expendi- ture on pets and pet foods. It is less than the 2.5 cents spent on candy, and the 4.5 cents spent on cakes and cookies, It is peanuts beside the 14 cents. spent on cigarettes and the 6.25 cents spent on beer by _ the average Briton every day. It is small change compared to the 15 cents which a Briton spends on his car and the 5.25 cénts of bus fares each day. BY-GONE DAYS. 20 YEARS AGO December 1, 1944 M. C, Walford presented @ framed cititation to George J. Alpin, Oshawa telephone werke er, commending him for his skill and resourcefulness which resulted in the saving of a life. Oshawa Navy Auxiliary Com- mittee, under the direction of Mrs. J. H. Valleau, convener, sent Christmas boxes to 250 Oshawa boys and girls in naval service. Dr. Rex E. Cox was elected president of the Oshawa Kins- men Club for 1945. Wilfred Snell and J. Russell Reeve were elected vice-presidents. 35 YEARS AGO December 1, 1929 J. C. Fowlds, well-known bow!- er, left for Australia and New Zealand as a member of the Canadian bowling team. Hotel Genosha was officially opened to the public at a Junch- eon attended by civic and other officials, Leon Osier was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club for the year 1930. BIBLE THOUGHT Righteousness exalteth a na- tion: but sin is a reproach to any people.--Prov. 14:35. May Almighty God grant our nation the grace to spurn sin and follow after that righteous- ness which alone can exalt a nation! ourselves believe, not be a mere rubber stamp to any social fac- tion or editorial writer. Yours Sincerely, PAT SULLIVAN. 218 Cordova road, Oshawa Seven of every 10 prescrip- tions used today could not have been written by doctors in 1939; these new drugs have been created during the past quar- ter-century. SAVE MONEY, LIVES As a direct result of this ad- vance in medical treatment, the life expectancy of a man has risen by nine years, and of a woman by 11 years. At the same time, the incidence of certain illnesses has been sharply reduced. The deaths of children from pneumonia, for example, have fallen from 3,561 in 1937 to 546 in 1962. These also are figures for Britain, but ours are not very dissimilar. By shortening illness, drugs also save us money. A typical patient suffering from pneu- monia in U.S, in 1927 was kept in hospital for five weeks. The cost, including doctors and nurses, was $358--equivalent to $659 in 1964 dollars. Today most cases of pneu- monia can be treated at home, thanks to drugs costing up to $25, and the patient is cured within two weeks. Is that drug bill high, in view of the benefits it yields? The same story can be re- peated in. the case of many other illnesses. Modern medi- cines and vaccines have pro- vided the doctor with his most effective treatment and even prevention of such former scourges as tuberculosis, polio- myelitis, diphtheria, mastoid infections, puerperal sepsis and others, Diphtheria, for example killed 2,720 children in Britain in 1938; the figure a quarter- century later was two deaths, Yet drugs are sometimes cri- tized as being costly. Is 1.75 cents a day a high price for your good health, and perhaps even your life? MAC'S MUSINGS Nothing annoys us more Than to hear someone Who should know better Make disparaging remarks About the newspaper which Serves their community, And acts as a force for' Building. that community, Those who are scornful Of their local newspaper Uusually have no reason For this attitude other Than their own mistaken Ideas that it is clever And smart to poke fun At it whether or not this Ridicule is deserved, True, all newspapers at Times make mistakes, for The frail human element Is never infallible, But apart from little slips And typographical errors, The newspaper which serves Its community faithfully And promotes its interests At every opportunity Is a city's best asset. Every citizen should take A personal interest in The local newspaper Because it is serving them By creating a high sense Of community spirit and Interest in civie affairs, And in encouraging all Movements that function For civic betterment. 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