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"WHO'S WHO" MASQUERADE LAUNCHES FOLK FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES She Oshawa Cimes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1967 Highway 2 Through City First Provincial Roadway -- By GERRY SOROKA of The Times Staff It wasn't long ago in the long © history of roads that Highway ~ 2 was nothing more than an imaginary line drawn along a mat of treetops and dipping into bogs and swamp stretching from Kingston to Toronto. If Highway 2, as it is now known, had taken a route slight- ly to the north, the communities -- Oshawa, Port Hope, Whitby, Pickering Village, to name a few -- now fed by this road, # |would have a different charac- { ter. ke Before Governor Simcoe gave a contract to Asa Danforth to build a road from Kingston to 3. York, there was only a water system, connected by trails around rapids, joining Upper and Lower Canada. The road served to open for settlement, the land north of Lake Ontario. Now it is part of the Golden Horseshoe, Canada's most prosperous region. Settlement of Upper Canada began in the 1780's with the in-| First World War, King St. flux of the United Empire} Oshawa, which formed part Loyalists. However, only the oc-| of Highway 2, presented casional and hardy settler ven-| difficulties for travel par- tured beyond the populated} ticularly in the spring and areas, around York and what is now southwest Ontario. | They found Indian trails and portage paths, nothing more. Governor Simcoe then initia- ted an aggressive policy of road construction. He conceived two main routes, Yonge Street, stretching north from York to Lake Simcoe and a road from the port town of Dundas to Kingston. } Asa Danforth was an Ameri- tect cc ct Gras, which was held in a cabaret-like atmosphere in- cluding bunny girls, a bar and buffet. Papas, Gillian Hunt, Mrs. Henry Chapman and Henry Chapman. More than 200 people attended the Mardi winning costumes at the Oshawa Folk Festival dance are, left to right, Peter FOUR OF the prize-win- staged at the Kinsmen Cen- ners are pictured at a Mardi tre from 9 p.m. last night Gras - masquerade dance until 1 a.m. today. Wearing fall and after heavy rain- storms. The street was gra- Z velled but unpaved and was often a muddy morase which aroused the ire of merchants and citizens SHORTEN BEFORE the alike. This view, looking east from the intersection of Simcoe Street, shows some of the mud and pools of water through which horse- drawn vehicles moved. middle were to be cut smooth; And as the 19th century wore|indifferent attitude (of munici- and even with the ground. The/on, more people moved into the| palities), the road system numerous bridges and cause-|area along the Kingston high- throughout th pie ila Sa ways required on the route|way, therefore increasing use|" %OUSMOUt tne Province was a were to be 16 and one-half feet|of the road, jhodge-podge of roadbeds rang- wide and "high enough not to| With heavier traffic and on|in& from bad, to horrible, to be washed away". linsistence of the public, it was disastrous. Under the new sys- By December of 1799 the road/steadily improved. Highway of-|tem every move, every step, was opened between York and/|ficials implemented the latest|WaS Planned far in advance of Smiths Creek (Port Hope). jmethods of construction and|actual construction and as a re- IMPASSABLE jmaintenance until a uniform |sult unprecedented progress TO JUDGES at the Osh- awa Folk Festival Mardi Gras last night the pictur- esque apparel above was prize winning. The festival celebration of Canada's centennial was held at the Kinsmen Centre and here, ss left to right, are: Mrs. Ross Gibson, Mrs. D. R. Smart, C. D. Woods, Mrs. J. A. Black and Mrs. J. M. Black. Mrs. Jo Aldwinckle, chair- man of the Oshawa Folk Festival, said today the suc- cess of the Mardi Gras was unquestionable. It was joint- ly produced by Ald. John DeHart and the festival's executive. Oshawa Times Photos One Charge Dismisse Non-Capital Murder A charge of non-capital mur- der against Terrence Siblock, 20, of 136 Colborne St. E., was dismissed Friday for lack of evidence. Jack Oliffe, 28, of 232 Oshawa Blvd. S., and Edgar Rice, 23, of Peterborough were also charged with non-capital murder in the Dec. 18 death of Arnold Bilitz, 33, of Kitchener. The preliminary hearing which opened before Magistrate Harry Jermyn in Oshawa Mag- istrate's Court was adjourned to Tuesday after evidence was presented by the Crown. Before witnesses were called, spectators were cleared from the court. Only witnesses and relatives of the accused were allowed to remain. Among those expelled was a group of youths. Bilitz, a member of a Kitch- ener motorcycle club, died in Kitchener - Waterloo Hospital nine days after a fight in Osh- awa. Dr. W. J. Armstrong, a Kitchener pathologist, testified Bilitz died of toxemia (poison- ing) caused by waste tissue leaking from a tear in his bowel and coming into contact with the liver, spleen and kidneys. | Dr. Anton Pizans said he lexamined Bilitz when he was admitted to hospital Dec. 18. Bilitz had 'a hangover'? and possible stomach injuries, he testified. After assistant Crown Attor- ney Edward Howell called wit- nesses, Ryan Paquette, defence counsel for Rice and Olliffe said he would present evidence Tues- day in Whitby Magistrate's Court. Mr. Howell said, after the hearing, the accused will ap- pear Monday before a Grand Jury at Supreme Court sessions in Whitby. Mrs. Linda Ann Farrow, 23, of Kitchener testified at the hear- ing that she had come to Osh- awa with Bilitz and others. They had stayed at 136 Col- borne St. E. in Oshawa, where two members of the Oshawa Chapter of Satans Choice Motor- cycle Club lived, she said. Witness testified there had been a fight in which Bilitz was involved, Questioned by Siblock's law- yer, Russell Humphreys, Mrs. Farrow testified that in the scuffle, Siblock was the "'peace- maker" and tried to get Bilitz out of the house. Following witness's testimony, the Crown said there was in- sufficient evidence to commit Siblock for trial. He was dis- missed from custody. d Jury Retums Guilty Verdict WHITBY (Staff) Gerald Campbell, 27, of Toronta was convicted of rape yesterday by an all-male jury in Omtario Supreme Court. Campbell was remanded in custody to next Friday for sent-| encing. The jury returned its werdict in eight hours after the tvvo-day trial before Justice Grant. Crown Attorney Bruce \ffleck said a 27-year-old Bay 'Ridges woman was forced into an auto by a knife-wielding man after getting off a bus at Fairport Beach Road in Pickering Town- ship, early Oct. 28. She called police afteir being driven home by the attacker. Campbell was arrested Oct. 30 by Pickering Township Con- stable Ray Hobbs. Const. Hobbs testified he found a four-inch hunting knife in Campbeil's car. Defense counsel was William G. Munphy of Toronto. IN 1867 NEWSPAPER BARGAINS DESCRIBED | Ads Indicate Way Of Life William Dow Michael's was clearing out the balance of his winter stock to prepare for Spring purchases, in 1867. There were some "'startling bargains, cheap goods and a choice sel- ection of groceries will be sold very low." At Murdoch Brothers you could '"'call and see those beau- tiful china tea sets and their splendid stock of crockery and glassware". Additional sto ck, perhaps not complementary, were trout, whitefish, Labrador herrings salt and plaster. These were some of the mer- chants' advertisements carried in the Jan. 30 edition of the Oshawa Vindicator and a glance at these pages gives some idea of life in Oshawa at that time. The merchants were that sturdy stock who provided a growing community with the necessities and occasional lux- uries of life. LOCAL GOSSIP The advertising columns also provided little tidbuts of infor- mation which often were the basis of local gossip. "Please to notice that J.W. Fowke has removed to Laing's old Stand, corner of King and Simcoe Streets, where he will keep constantly on hand a large stock of dry goods, groceries, crockery and hardware, boots and shoes," announced one ad- vertisement. 4 It was evident! from reading earlier editions and future is- sues that a certain W.H. Gibbs had difficulty obtaining and keeping a cook. Several edi- tions ran an advertisement for such a person, offering liberal wages but requiring good re- commendations. William Labitzky, on Jan. 30, was still conducting his violin classes "as usual in Pringles Hotel" at 50 cents a lesson. There were bankruptcy sales, too. Edwards and Hodder ad- vertised a "great sale of dry goods. . . .never before offered to the public." Another notice that consist- ently appeared was a protest- ation by William Farewell that: he was the 'sole owner of the Threshing Machine, supposed (by some) to be owned by Fare- well and Hinton. I forbid any person indebted for work done thereby, to pay any one but A.K. Farewell, as I hereby authorize him to collect the same." And so it goes for about tw pages in the newspaper - notices of change. of address, salesi, healing compounds for sale, re- peating rifles and guns, life in- surance, money to lend, he'p wanted, births and deaths. There were also advertise- ments for professional services offered C.N. Vars was a dentist on "teeth inserted on all the latest principals of the art, as cheap as the cheapest and as geod as the best filled with gold and silver. and teeth extracted without pain by pro- ducing local anaesthesia." LOSES TITLE ACCRA GHANA (AP)--Johnny O'Brien of Scotland won the British Empire featherweight title Friday night by stopping defending champion Floyd Robertson of Ghana in the 13th of a scheduled 15-rounder. Each weighed 126. Robertson had held the title since 1960. SIGN NEW PLAYER TORONTO (CP) -- Alvin 0. (Butch) Walterscheid, 23, of West Texas State University was signed Friday by Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Walterscheid, six - foot - one - inch and 230 pounds, was recruited by the Argos as a defensive end and linebacker. He was an early cut last year from Washington Red- skins of the National League. can well-known for road con- struction. The contract given to him in 1798 to blaze an eastern route would cost $90 a mile, it was estimated. The task was one of tremen- dous proportion, but in three years the road was done. It would have taken longer, but a policy dealing with roads and|Was made", However, difficulties in con- | Whereas a few years before struction were such and usage so limited that the road speed- ily reverted to a wild and im- passable state, except where villagers and farmers kept it roads were difficult to maintain because they were poorly trav- elled, now highway officials found heavier traffic was vir- tually destroying them. open for their own use. route stretch from Kingston to Tren-|/Road. This highway, somewhat And recognizing the need for greatly progressively improved highways the government every year added miles and fixed up In the winter of 1816-17, the was named Kingston 1867 0 1967 ton was partially settled by|repaired, followed fairly closely|highways was attained when the existing roads. Loyalists and the local roads|the road built by Danforth; in Department of Highways was were only improved and joined.|some places r It was the rest of the road, the more difficult portion, with which Danforth's name became associated and now two major streets in Toronto bear his name. The contract specified the road was to be 33 feet wide, of which 16 and one-half feet in the HOPES HIGH... "We hail our dear land Canada Our land from sea to sea We sing this song of Canada The homeland of the free. As brothers marching hand in hand Still louder we will sing The praises of our noble land Where freedom reigns as king."' Thus opens the first verse of an Oshawa man's composi- tion that he hopes will be come Canada's national an- them. A long shot maybe. But William G. Scott, a 72-year- old pensioner of Wilson Road North, thinks he can do it. The familiar '"O Canada'"' he calls a mournful dirge. "It's not a marching song," he told The Times, "and it doesn't express anything of the traditions of this great country. From a nucleus of eight well- it followed the|founded in 1917. known main routes -- Dundas lakeshore more closely. FIRST HIGHWAY Street, The Governor's Road, Although the government con- Kingston Road became the|The Longwoods Road, The centrated 'most of its meagre|first provincial highway and|Kingston Road, The Danforth resources on these two trunk|had an official distance of 38.7|Road, Yonge Street, The Talbot routes, there eventually grew a\miles confined to the counties|Road and the road around the clamor for additional routes andjof Ontario and Durham. head of Lake Ontario to Ni- improvement of trails leading to} A publication by the depart-jagara, there has developed an more isolated settlements than|ment of highways says that atlexcellent road system of over those on these highways. that time, "as a result of this|85,000 miles. _..FOR APPROVAL His inspiration for 'Canada The Free", as he calls his anthem came from the poetry of the revered Scottish poet Robert Burns. "It was an_ inspirational flash," he said. "I had all the words written in 10 minutes or so. The music took much longer. But I think the finish- ed work is good." Mr. Scott has contributed his copyright work to Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, John Diefenbaker, T. C. Douglas and others. "As far as I know," he said, "'it is the only alterna- tive to "O Canada" contri- buted. I have had it done in French too. As yet I haven't heard of any com- petition." Mr. Scott will be playing his taped anthem to members of city council next week. 'I am going to take it to Ottawa," he said. "I~ want to get a delegation going from the city council. If they will not go then I shall go on my own. I can't afford it but I shall go; even if I have to eat beans to do it." Mr. Scott was born in Hamilton. As a boy, however, He grew up in Glasgow, Scot- land. He did not come back to this country until after the First World War. "* T had an orchestra over there for a time and I also had one in this country. I was a teacher of music at the Royal Conservatory in Tor- onto." Here in Oshawa the music' to "Canada The Free" was arranged and put together by the Oshawa Symphony Or- chestra. The choir used for the tapings was the General Motors male: voices. Meanwhile, in Ottawa, the City Man Composes Anthem anthem issue has not, as yet, reached the simmering stage. An arficle from Canadian Press points out that. the lyrics of O Canada are under copywight until 1976. A resolution to make O Canada the national anthem and God Save the Queen the Royal Anthem has been on Commons order paper since Jan. 9. The next step will be to set up a parliamentary committee to study the musi¢e and different English and French version. Prime Minister Pearson has suggested that the English lyrics, which contain the words "'stand on guard" five times in the verse, could be improved. However, Auguste Cho- quette, L-Lotbiniere has suge gested in the Commons that the music of O Canada alone be adopted as the anthem in Centennial Year. 05-FOOT Charred ruins are all that remain today of a Whitby Centennial celebration. A crowd of enthusiastic town a ad HIGH PILE OF citizens rallied in a clearing off Hopkins Street near Whitby's dump at 8 p.m. last night for an immense git & TREES FUEL FOR WHITBY bonfire. Christmas trees, stacked about 25 feet in the air, were the fuel for the centennial blaze. On the ex- treme left, above, is Jim Gartshore, vice-chairman of Whitby's centennial commit- tee, getting a light for the hockey-stick match he used BLAZE to ignite the fire. Also get+ ting a light is Mrs. Bare bara Carter, executive sec- retary on the committee. --Oshawa Times Photo