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The Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1965--PAGE 4 Little Theatre Effort Merits Strong Support tion, and have given the public of Oshawa some outstanding perform- First organized in 1928, the Osh- awa Little Theatre Guild has, dur- ing the years in which it has been in active operation, made a great con- tribution to the cultural life of the city. Forced to suspend operations during the depression years and the period of the second world war, the Little Theatre was revived in 1948, and since then it has grown in strength and importance as an out- let for the dramatic talents of a dedicated group of young people. Those active in the Little Theatre belong to a new generation as com- pared with those who founded the first organization 37 years ago, but they are just as zealous in their determination to give Oshawa an amateur theatrical group of high standing as were their predecessors. Thanks to -an enthusiastic execu- tive, and capable directors, they ' have from year to year maintained high standards of theatrical produc- Pressures From Quebec the elementary schools of the pro- It is significant that a great deal of the discussion on the opening day of the Ontario Educationa] Associa- tion convention was devoted to bilin- gual teaching in the schools of On- tario. One of the speakers who stressed the necessity of bilingu- alism in Ontario was Noel Bennet- Alder, an official of the Ontario department of education. He gave his audience the impression that an announcement would soon be made that teaching of French would be compulsory in Grades 7 and 8 of She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J, MeCONECHY. Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowe Times (established OA and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is Published daily d = tory holidays 'Publish Oaily ere Association. 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Next week, under the direction of talented the Theatre will be presenting an old- comedy will provide interested citizens with some excellent entertainment. } of those taking part in it have per- formed in previous Little Theatre productions, and have proved their roles Harry Chapman, a well-qualified director, fashioned musical worth in difficult stage their play "Fashions' dramatic formance. This effort merits whole-hearted support of the theatre-minded citi- zens of Oshawa. vince. This question of bilingualism is at the root of many of the differ- ences which have arisen the people of Quebec and those of Canada. provinces in who do rights of other are many not with the elementary schools. We do not agree, the minority under the British Act. ', to be staged at the McLaughlin Library Auditor- ium, they are entering a field of the art rather different from the usual type of amateur produc- tions. But with the years of exper- ience behind the players, the public can expect another satisfying per- find French-Cana- dians to make bilingualism pulsory in their own province, but they do object to the implications that the same should apply to the other provinces where the French- Canadians form a smal! minority. The view has for some years been expressed in this column that more attention should be devoted in On- tario to the teaching of French in The reasoning behind that opinion is that it is of practical benefit to Ontario people, particularly in business, the profes- sions and the civil service to speak and understand birth languages. however, it should become a matter of com- pulsion for the non-French citizens of Ontario to learn that language. The pressures which are being used by French-Canadian leaders towards that end are outside the scope of rights granted them North America READERS WRITE... The Editor, The Oshawa Times. Re: The Future and Our Boys Dear Sir: With summer: ac- tivities just around the corner, we had better get prepared for good excuses not to join the neighborhood park association. Many organizations push the children into the headlines to appeal to our soft hearts. Obviously, there seems to be something wrong with our grown ups. Why don't they ad- mit they missed something be- cause of the depression and the war time, Tell your family about it and they will admire you for your strength and ini- tiative during this period, Tell them you could not finish sec- ondary school because of these pressures, but do not try to teach other children things of what you think you missed dur- ing childhood. If individuals are aiming to impress and to in- struct, they should undergo a course in the particular field, get a certificate and organized clubs will welcome: them as in- structors The children of today have a promising future ahead. They have to prepare themselves for it by developing talent, imagin- ation, intelligence and physical strength We are fortunate enough to have these fine organizations and facilities as boy scouts with Camp Samac, and the Simcoe Hall Boys' Club, (However I never agree with pictures taken of the activities of the indoor swimming pool, with instructors shown in white shirt and tie -- what a paradox example.) I am sure, the boys attending such organizations will get the most profit out of their lives. Boys with a good standing in membership are spread around the city. Those with a reason- able age, the necessary initia- tive should take a hint and give a little support to starting in- terest groups around park facil- ities. Boys guided by boys, with practice and self-criticism, can only lead to progress Their young leader is also the organizer and in no time, with the right spirit, there will be competition among those boys They are not influenced from a company, not from Mr. X, but try hard to reach a certain goal Give them material and tools and advise. They might plant a few trees (build an outdoor house), build goals, benches and tables. The older folks might walk there and watch the spirit of our future generation. Par ents too, will become proud of their boys I gladly will give prizes and awards for the three best group leaders of Oshawa every year They also will get a wall plaque as an ever asting memory for their spirit, honesty and good faith ROSS ZIMMERMAN 583 Farewell Street, Oshawa BIBLE "Seek ve the Lord while He may be found, cal! ye upon Him while He is near.' Isaiah 55:6 The man, who expects to make it to Heaven, must do something about it while he is on earth 'My spirit will not always strive with man.' But without faith it is im possible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligent ly seek him.' Hebrews 11:6 The man who truly walks by faith will not run the ris! of being embarrassed. "Have faith in God PIAR KINS By WILLIAM NEVILLE MONTREAL (CP) While charges against some of their Ottawa representatives have dominated the headlines, Que- bec's federal Liberals are work- ing behind the scenes on & "new look' organization de- signed to eliminate the kind of problems now plaguing them The operation involves, basi cally, a quiet purge of old guard organizers and replace ment by a new breed of party workers in the first purely fed- eral organization the Liberals have ever had in Quebec The new organization, out growth of a demand made last vear by the provincially-oriented Quebec Liberal Federation for a separate federal! body, will have its forma ] their fruition this fall at a founding constitutional con- vention Federal party officials hope by then to have enlisted 12,000 members--one for each poll in Quebec's 75 federal. ridings They say organization and en- listment are under way in two- thirds of the ridings with some of them already reporting a membership of 1,000 Despite the QLF's demand for separation--a demand that at least implied many provincial Liberals were not committed to the federal party--officials say a large number of QLF° mem- bers have joined the federal ranks "It was small group dent Francois wanted separate organizations for purely political reasons," said a federal party spokesman "We were confident that, at the riding level, most of the best really a. reiatively led by QLF Presi- Aquin, who WE WILL REMEMBER THEM -- By M. McIntyre Hood Scene Of First War Gas Attack Revisited By M. McINTYRE HOOD his week two aircraft from the Canadian Air Division Head- quarters at Metz, France, flew over the battlefield at St, Julien, near Ypres, in Belgium, where, exactly 50 years ago, the first Canadian division of the first world war Stood firmly and courageously when the Ger mans launched the first gas at tack in the history of war. These planes carried 20 boxes of man- made poppies, which were scat- tered over the magnificent Ca- nadian war memorial which stands looking over the St Julien area where 'the battle was fought Probably there are in Oshawa today only a handful of the men who were in that historic Second Battle of Ypres, which made the name of Canada ring around the world as symbolic of the ulti- mate in human courage and en- durance. These few will have vivid memories. of those des- perate days in the Ypres salient. This weekend, under the aus- pices of the Canadian, Veterans' Association of the United King- dom, and the Friends of St. George's Memorial Church, Yores, there is taking place a pilgrimage back to the old battlefields of the Salient, and the men who fell there will be remembered at a memorial ser- vice in St. George's Church, fol- lowed by a parade to the Menin Gate war memorial, where the "Last Post' is sounded nightly by Belgian trumpeters DIFFERENT TODAY For the past six years, whie I was stationed in London and & member of the CVAUK, I took part im these pilgrimages back to the areas where we fough and were billeted in the first world war. struggles around the Ypres salient. Each year, along with two of three busloads of Canadian war veterans, I went back to Ypres, Dickesbusch Passchendaele, St. Elo', Vermo zeele, Locre, Hill 60, Sanctuary Wood, and other places where the honored dead of Canada lie buried, and where there are memorials in their honor Ypres is different today from what.it was in the destructive days of war. Those who were there in those days will remem ber that it was reduced to great piles of debris, with not a build- ing left standing. Its great Cloth Hall, a gem of architecture, was reduced to a pile of rubble, as were its cathedral, town hall and court house, facing the Grand Place. In these days we used to duck around the piled- up bricks and stone to take shelter from flying bullets and shell splinters REBUILT AS BEFORE In Ypres today, one finds a modern town but with an ancient appearance. 'All of the fine buildings, including those [ have mentioned, have been re- stored just as they were in the days before war came in Aug ust, 1914. The scene around the Grand Place is strikingly like what it was before the horrors of war came to the town. The buildings there have heen re- built exactly as they were. It is impressive to look at pictures of Ypres' square taken in 1912 and 1913. and to see how n spite of the four years of war's devastation which passed over it, the town today looks exactly as it did then T. JULIEN strewn among the tree stumps, At St. Julien, where Canadians faced the first waves of gas, the scene today is one of pastoral beauty, where n 1915, the whole landscape was scarred by trench-lines and torn up into deep, water-filled shell-holes The transformation is so com- plete that one hardly be lieve that this is the same ter rain as. we knew in wartime, In the midst of it is the great Cana- dian memorial, surrounded by its setting of Canadian pyr amid- al cedars Oshawa veterans of the 1914- 1918 war may recall the morass through which they had to fight up the hillside to Passchendaele where the mud was so deep that if a man stepped off the duck- board paths he was liable to be drowned in slimy mud, and horses just disappeared into the mire Today, we drive schendaele over a highway, which runs. through fertile fields bearing their lush crops of grain and hay. It is a pleasant scene. The only re- minders are the cemeteries one sees along the lM@ghway, and nestling in the trees on the hill- side. Tynecot cemetery, with 13,000 graves, and with a wall on which are engraved the names of 33.000 Commonwealth soldiers whose bodies were never recovered, is one of the most impressive of these TRENCHES PRESERVED At Hill 60 and at Sanctuary Wood, known to many Oshawa eterans, sections of the old trench lines have been pre erved' just as they were back 1916, with pieces of the equip- ment and impedimenta of war can up to Pas- fine paved still seen there amidst the new tree growth which-covers the area At St. Eloi, where men of the 2nd Canadian division fought so bitterly in the spring of 1916, the craters where so many of them died are now pleasant farm ponds, filled to the brim with water, and with ducks swim- ming on the surface In memory, | am today back in Belgium with the annual pil grimage of the Canadian War Veterans now living in Britain 1 am tramping over the old battlefields, looking down from the top of Kenne! Hill, gazing out on the waters of Zillebeke Lake, now a summer resort. It is a place of great peace and beauty today, such as it never appeared to be 50 years ago And tomorrow evening, in thought, | will again be stand ing at the Menin Gate in silence as the poignant notes of the 'Last Post' ring out, as they have done every evening since 1928.-except during the time of the German occupation of Ypres in the second world war. | will he thinking of the thousands of Canadians whe lie in. graves there, and of the seven thou- sand whose names are on the Menin Gate heroes with no known grave And again. as so often in the years of remem- brance, we will. be joining in Laurence Binyon's famous words 'They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them Nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun And in the morning We will remember them." A FIGHT WITH NO TRUCE Quebec Liberals Build Purely Federal Party workers would join with u "We've taken the best of these and added to them a large num- ber of new people, particularly younger ones, to give us a much better organization." SHIFTS AT TOP The most noticeable change, however, has taken place at the top The 1962 and 1963 federal elec tion campaigns in the province were run by five men. They have been replaced by a 100- man executive council, average age of which is 38. Its provincial president is Andre Dube, a 41- year-old New Carlisle lawyer who has been in the forefront of the new Liberal movement at the provincial level Five special committees have been set up under the council to deal with such questions as organization, finances and pol- icy. Both the Young Liberals and women's organizations also have been given direct access to the top body At the grass roots, the prov- GALLUP POLL been divided into 17 each covering five or six federal constituencies, These in turn have been broken down into individual riding and then polling-station groupings "Workers right down to this level will have a say in how the party is operated,' a party official said. 'This has never happened before in Quebec, In fact, we believe our organization will be more democratic even than the provincial one.' ince has region Party sources say that, while the organization has yet to hold even a constitutional convention, it is "almost ready" for a gen- eral election. In fact, as far as their own province is concerned, Quebec Liberal strategists say they would like nothing better than a June vote "If we had an election now and won 70 seats or so the new setup would be secure. Our only fear is that if for some reason an election is called later and we don't do as well, the old guard just might try a come- back." CHANGED THINKING ON PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITY THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC (World Copyri OPINION ght Reserved) There is a marked change of thinking in Canada as to whether or in a jail sentence not a parent should pay either in a fine or if a child under 18 years breaks the law Back in 1949, the public split closely on the matter. To Gay by a very large majority (72%) they distapprove of the idea that parents should take responsibility for their chil- dren's offences under the law The question: "TO REDUCE BEEN SUGG D THAT BREAKS THE LAW, ONE IVENILE DELINQUENCY IT HAS IF A CHILD UNDER 18 OF THE PARENTS MUST PAY THE FINE AND/OR SERVE THE CHILD'S JAIL SENTENCE PROVE OF SUCH A PLAN Here's the national contra Approve Disapprove No Opinion 100%, WOULD YOU APPROVE OR DISAP. IN YOUR COMMUNITY?" st of opinion then, and now 1949 TODAY 46% 22% 43 72 11 6 100%, Men are more likely to object to this idea than women, as the next table shows Approve Disapprove No Opinion 100% MEN WOMEN 19%, 24%, 75 69 6 7 100%, TODAY IN HISTORY py THE CANADIAN PRESS April 24, 1965 . The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the first Canadian unit in action in the First World War, bore the brunt of the Chinese Communist spring offensive in Korea 14 years ago to night--in 1951. After Korean troops had withdrawn 20 miles under slight pressure, 2nd Battalion PPCLI heid their positions through a night of hand-to-hand fight- ing, for which they were later awarded a United States. presidential citation, the first ever awarded to non-Americans 1704--First publication of the Boston News Letter, the first regular newspaper in North America 1856-----Henri Philippe Pe tain, French chief of state at Vichy, was born First World War Fifty vears ago today 1915--the ist Canadian D vision was attacked with gas in the Second Battle of Ypres; after the survivors hard fighting retreated to- wards the town, narrowing the British salient around Zomebeke; the division suf- fered casualties of 188 offi- cers and 5,849 other ranks, but had ended German hopes of a break-through Second World War Twenty-five years ago. to- da in 1940 air raids against German airfields in Norway and Denmark con tinued, and a German air attack against the naval depot at Scapa Flow was repulsed April 25, 1965 . . . First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 =- the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Gaba Tepeh as the Dardanelles offensive opened; King George V con- gratulated Governor Gen eral the Duke. of Connaught Canadian gallant at Ypres the day be on. the stand" fore GOODWILL CRUSADE Stormont MPP Voices Viewpoint Of Ontario By GWYN KINSEY Special to The Oshawa Times TORONTO -- When Fernand Guindon, MPP for Stormont, re- turns from a European trip late in May, he will start a heavy schedule of public appearances in Quebec, "T'll be looking for chances to speak, to clubs, on the radio and on TV," he says frankly. "Several speaking dates are lined up now."' His theme: Relations between French-speaking and English- speaking Canadians and be- tween Ontario and Quebec It will not be a new venture for Mr. Guindon, by any means He has made dozens of speeches on the same theme, some in English in various parts of On- tario, and some in French in Quebec, MORE THAN PERSONAL He regards it as a personal crusade in understanding. If. it were simply that, it would be laudable but perhaps not parti- cularly significant, But Mr. Guindon is obviously the man tapped by Premier John Rob- arts as the government's un- official 'minister without port- folio for French-Canadian atf- fairs." The Guindon speeches, fitted into the context of Premier Robarts' pronouncements and announced policies, fill in the details of a coherent Ontarto approach to the great Confed- eration debate CANADA AN ENTITY The fundamental hypothesis has been stated by Mr. Rob- arts: "If Canada is a nation, then it is more than a group of provinces joined together for particular purposes It is an entity that transcends the parts." On this basis, the Ontario gov- ernment prefers to use its con- siderable influence to try to shape federal-provincial pro- grams to its views rather than to 'opt out" and go its own way YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO April 24, 1940 Oshawa Generals defeated the Kenora team in Winnipeg for their third win in four games of the 1939-40 Memorial Cup series, Kighty-one per cent of GMC workers casting ballots, voted that strike action be taken, Alex C. Hall suggested the licensing of pin-machine own- ers instead of operators, with a fee of $2,500 40 YEARS AGO April 24, 1925 Rev, J. H. Bain, pastor of Simcoe Street United Church, accepted a call to Oakville. Major Frank Chappell suc- ceeded Col. H. §. Cameron as commanding officer of the On- tario Regiment A' Women's Musical Club was organized in the city with Mrs Ww. A. Hare named as presi- dent, and Mrs, E, J retary. MAC'S MUSINGS In the twilight of life We can well imagine that Older people become lonely As they look around them And see so many vacant Places in the circle Of acquaintances and Old friends with whom They used to associate In their earlier years Bale, sec- The hand of time moves on Inexorably removing from Our midst many of those Whom we knew well, and Whose friendship was of The Canada pension plan is the outstanding example. "We need a strong national government but we also want re- strictions upon that govern- ment,' but the provinces "by themselves. cannot command a central focus point, only the fed- eral government can assume this role,"' His argument progresses; The dialogue "currently taking place in confederation" is limited be- cause the federal government has vacated its responsibilities and does not offer leadership By default, the strong provincial leaders have to make up for Ottawa's weakness And On- tario must make its views known because Quebec looks to Ontario 'as the most powerful force in English-speaking Can- ada DIFFERENT CONFEDERATION The federal government, says Guindon, "should examine Con- federation not under the pre- tence that Quebec will secede, but that Quebec will remain, al- though it will be within a Con- federation somewhat different from that which we realize now,"' Guindon pours scorn on the vagueness of the federal atti- tude towards the "associate stale' proposition put forward by an influential group of Que- bec politicians and _ opinion- makers, He sees the B and B Commission as an_ interesting acaderhic exercise but little more, because it cannot keep up with the ebb and flow of opinion and events. The first report of the Commission, for example, was useful only as a historical document or reference paper, because the Quebec '"'revolu- tion" had already taken-a new turn following the Queen's visit to Quebec ROYAL VISIT'S RESULT The royal visit, Guindon theo- rizes, caused a major change-- "gone is the simple theory that French Canada can go it alone . and gone, I believe, is the possibility of the Quebec gov- ernment surrendering to the ex- tremists."' The reasons: Frénchepeakins Canadians inside and outside Quebec were shocked by the "shoddy treatment given the royal visit by separatists. . The fluid and flexible state of mind Quebec found itself in at the time of the royal visit served as a turning point... . A sur- prised and angered Quebec pop- ulation awakened the morning after the royal visit to absorb the damage done by the ex- tremists to Quebec's own inte- grity and hospitality, As a re- sult, the revolution took a new direction, It came in the form of 'associate state'. . Now the forces of the intellectual community turned full attention on this aspect of the revolution. They argued that if Quebec was not to drift apart from Canada, then it must be considered at least different from the rest of Canada. It must have not so much new privileges, but new rights in a revised Confedera- tion. So we see entering into the scene 'psychological separa- tism'." This, he says, is by far the most dangerous threat yet to Confederation, because it is pop- ular and has added to English- Canada's confusion, And here is Ontario's role, ON HOT SEAT "What is now clearly emerg: ing', he says, "'is the pheno menon that the eyes of Canada have been shifted from Quebec to Ontario for the final decision between the 'associate state' or a workable Confederation with Quebec evenutally rejoining the other provinces and the federal government in implementing truly national programs, both economic and social "English Canada looks to On- tario for leadership and guid- ance, Quebec looks to Ontario for an attitude or reflection of English Canada. Ontario is on the hot seat. But Ontario is also providing the leadership which is expected from it." Such a quality that it Stirs up precious memories Just to think of those Who are with ys no more. 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