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he general member- iated one point -- and controversey, s, is a healthy thing ty," he said. "We be in politics if we iscussion unpleasant. I think Mrs, Clarke many of her argu- » is also a hard the party. As a di- e association, Mrs. have every oppor- king for the things ; in. I am confident ll make' a real con- our cause." eely said that the rty riding recently | for stronger trade sentation within Lib- He recalled that the sponsored seminars ' Hall on subjects of labor, with unionists 1, He said this trend e. NNEELY -- was city m 1954 to 1965 when into a law partner- Ernest Marks, QC ' of Oshawa). fident that the Lib- win Oshawa-Whitby 'al in the next elec- ded: » potential here is Those pessimists ecord. For instance, Vipond, our candi- federal race, Nov. is defeated in Osh- y Michael Starr by to 10,071. There was rence of 689 votes. lust be one of the » candidates in all beat. n anyone seriously t the Liberal party il contender in the | can rack up 10,071 'deral election? Such simply not realistic. srals are not in bad Did you notice that party members ran up in the municipal t December? What rmen Bruce V. i Gilbert Murdoch Ralph Jones? Does like a party that is talent? T LIBERAL winner incial level here ~ er Ontario riding -- fe Gordon Conant, nier of Ontario and ered name in party in 1937 with 9,794 t L. Bird, Conserva- second with 7,759; afoe, CCF, third with «. G. Forest, Social- th with 70). irs. Clarke can help ll of that. AY IN STORY ANADIAN PRESS 7 cocee iy at the Nuern- 22 years ago to- 45--indicated that had tried in 1939 le Hitler to post- in Europe, but r had maintained ight moment had e Treaty of Con- » was signed. ritain declared Finland, Hungary nia. | World War ars ago today--in French freighter nc loaded with jed with the Bel- ship Imo in Hali- r with an explo- wrecked the north » city, killing 1,600 The blast, which dows in Truro 50 y, also injured 6,- ,000 homeless and 5,000,000 worth of lamage. d World War ive years ago to- 42--Allied planes railways at Sfax e, Tunisia, POU MU UA Aes EGIONS.1N CALM VERY STRANGE ; OBJECTS i THE IFIED MANY TIMES; TER ARE REFLECT. GARREN LANDS C086: AIMING ': ON ABPRLACHING VED TO BE A y, POLAR BEARS WHICH TURNED = meeting ATTENDANCE CAL LED TERRIBLE MEET WHITBY CANDIDATES _ Centre, West Ward Candidates Speak * WHITBY (Staff) -- The new "Town of Whitby may be an exciting project but electing its first "governors" does not ap- pear to interest residents. At least that's the way it d to the didates who gathered before a handful of ; People last night for the third : and last "Meet the Candidates" Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. About . 30 persons attended. The elec- tion will be on Saturday. "This is the worst yet," said one councillor. 'It's terrible." And Mayor Desmond New- man, opening the meeting in the. Henry Street High School, said: "It would have been very -fine if there had been twice the attendance, "No election in the Town of Whitby will be more important » than the-ene we face. I would : acceptable percentage of those » amalgamation and thirdly the ~be disappointed if the turn-out for the election is less than an eligible' to vote," added the mayor, who retains his office by acclamation. REEVE "I think amalgamation will be successful and there are three reasons why it will be," said township deputy-reeve Gor- don Hanna, a candidate for reeve. | The first reason was the de- tailed study done in the last two years; second the councils were dedicated tp carrying out people were dedicated to amal- gamation. Stressing the need for indus- try in the new town, Mr. Hanna said they must be in a position to. give interested firms all the' details they needed about the price of the land, availability of services and other factors vital to any deci- sion to move into the area. "It's very important that the municipality give the informa- CARL MANTZ oe» New Face VERNON MacCARL . + More Industry tion that they require with con-| not been pushed and the scheme|it had been leased to the town of Whitby for $1 a year and had He said the township must| *All the way along he had|!ater become the town's cen- fidence." \fell through. EILEEN MOORE «+. Serve People have representation in the new/been watching the plans and tennial project. town since it would be making} pow he would like to be there up a very large part of it.|when they came into Stressing his chairmanship of} said, the amalgamation committee! which gave him full knowledge of the workings of amalgama-} tion, he said there must be} someone on the new council) +499 | who knew as_ much about | credit. ¢ | amalgamation as the mayor--| He said that long before should anything happen to him.|@™Malgamation they had_real- Town Reeve George Brooks|ized the need for attracting in- who spent five years as deputy|dustry and had gone and reeve and the last year as| bought up land, hired an engi- reeve defended his record, He|neering company and got hold has been on the county council|°f a real @state organization to for six years. |market it. He said he had been trying) He highlighted three points in longer than anyone to bring|his career of which he was industry to Whitby, and he re-|"proud."" The first was his called a major firm which had|"saving" of the old county shown interest but the annexa-|court house which seemed like- tion of the land required hadjly to be sold. On his suggestion for a grant would like next two years when amalga- mation comes into effect," he said. SCHOOL BOARD Four candidates are two seats in the west 'ward. "Put Ed in education' -- that He was also chairman of the effect, he|county health committee and lhe pointed out improvements in Paying tribute to Mayor New. the health song for ee man, he said the amalgamation| i" Schools -- they could now |him -- to him went the "prime| ing officers. And the third was his fight for the hospital which had lasted over one and a half years. "T have worked hard for my| to serve for was the slogan of a first-time} the seeking WHITBY PUPI A group of pupils from the Kathleen Rowe public school in Whitby, who tour- ed The Oshawa Times Tues- day, stop to watch veteran page a Now". Mr. Lindsay also re- ports Whitby town council staffer Ford Lindsay dig through old newspaper files LS TOUR OSHAWA TIMES BUILDING departments, the composing room and the press room to for information for his meetings for The Times. gain an insight into the twice - a - week editorial Forty pupils toured the edi- operation of a modern daily column 'Then and torial, business, circulation newspaper. rhood, a contemporary | drama WHITBY /AJAX PERSONALS | ciclo' cx. rene ee Down At the All Saints Anglican le bg i Baal ape) performer, has been signed Shurch Eveni i i Pe 8 : The Broth-| Church Evening Guild meeting Petry. Head table. guests. in- for a feature role in The Broth-| presided by Mrs. William Mc- Knight plans were made for the annual "Games Night' held Jan. 22 at the parish hall. In charge of refreshments will! be Mrs. Alex Scott and Mrs. Ralph Stratford. Mrs. Horace Hiscox is prizes convener, Mrs. Harry Town convener for servers and Mrs. John Everett will be in charge of card tables. | Tickets can be obtained from) ticket convener, Mrs. Edward | Ryzek or from any member Of! ot Ajax St. the guild. During the social hour, members played cards} and Christmas _ refreshments) were served by -Mrs. Thomas Tompkins and Mrs. H. D. Hill. Vimy Ridge LOBA 639 mee ing was chaired by Sister Viol | Rints, Worthy Matron assisted} by Sister Lillian Kirk deputy mistress. Devotional exercises were conducted by chaplain Sister Lila Wilde. Sisters Dolly Anderson and Evelyn Weeks gave the lecture. Arrangements | were made for the Chfistmas| party of Dec. 18 when a dinner | will be served at 8 p.m. Mem-| bers will exchange gifts. Lunch | was served by Sisters Dolly An-| derson and Lillian Kirk. | Whitby Lions Club celebrated its eighth annual charter night with a dinner and dance. Pres- ent were Rotary Club and Legion presidents with repre- sentatives from other service clubs: Lions Clubs, Ajax, Osh- NEED FUEL OIL? CALL PERRY 723-3443 DAY OR NIGHT to be|Desmond Newman, Whitby and ie et THOMAS EDWARDS +. Finance Fears runner for the board of educa- tion, Edward McLeish.. 'In lowing my name to go forward for nomination I felt that the school board needs an educa- would not be a fact without|Set dental treatment from visit-| cipal." boards. Richard Matthews said his experience as a businessman| best of her ability as she had was essential to the board con-/d0ne as chairman of the sani- sidering the large amount of|tation committee, and on the Coun. Mrs. Eileen Moore said was John Brown, who lives in the west ward. He would make no promises but asked to be judged by his ac- tions rather than his words. He would put 100 per cent effort into the board if he was elected. COUNCIL Four candidates are seeking two seats in the centre ward. Thomas Edwards voiced fears over finances for the fu- ture if the town got into more debt: "Already in this year we have increased our capital ex- penditures $882,000 despite the fact that our assessment has not by four per cent as was anticipated but by a lowly one and a half per cent. Next year we face a five-year forecast in 1968 of $1,055,000 plus $1,000,000 for hydro purchase plus expen- diture on the industrial park, "But method of halting this outlay we shall face the prospect of a debenture debt of jover $8,000,00 1 | gerously closg allcent of the" mu }Coun, Edwards. "T have always worked to get tor. I have been a teacher for|"@W_ industry to the town and 31 years and am working out-| Shall continue to do so,"' prom- from $704,000 unless we find the cipal,"' view on the new board as it|{0r redevelopment of downtown moved into "a new era." Mr,| Whitby "which would be of|men to carry water and the pos- \Schilling who has been a trus-|8"¢at benefit to the shoppers|Sesion of. firemen tee since 1964, said he agreed|°f Whitby. town and I'm proud of it and I/with the mayor's opposition to the planned abolition of school/she had no - platform said he increased something which is dan- 25 per said for the WHITBY (Staff) -- At least four members of the Ontario County Council will be in the field when the election of the warden is held Jan. 16 at the inaugural meeting of the 1968 council. ' The session will convene at 2 p.m. with many former wardens as spectators. Reeve George Brooks of Whitby has announced he will be in the field if elected in the Dec. 9 election here. Mr. Brooks was eliminated on the FOUR MAY BE IN RUNNING ONTARIO COUNTY WARDEN fourth ballot last January when Reeve Charles Healy of Mara Township was elected warden, Another strong contender. will be Reeve Ross A. Mfyf- son of Pickering Village, who lost out to Reeve Healy in last January's vote by the slim mar. of one vote. It is reported both Reeve John Dancey of Brock Town- ship and Reeve Edward Oy- ler of Reach Township may also be in the 'contest. THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, December 6, 1967 Weather Blamed, Car, Truck Crash PICKERING (Staff) -- A sedan and a half-ton pickup truck collided in fog at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday on Brock Road, just north of the fifth conces- sion in Pickering Township re- sulting in heavy property dam- age but only slight personal in- juries. 1 os " ttc More Security With Ajax Parad AJAX (Staff) -- For the Santa Claus first parade in Ajax, San- parade in a fire truck. Starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, the parade will go through the Ajax shopping centre and will terminate at Santa's house on the Ajax Plaza, where from now on he will receive visits from his friends. A band will take part in the parade and the Lions Club is pumper used years ago by fire- Ben Savers will also be part of the parade Santa's helpers will. distribute |candy and balloons. Sponsoring election except that she intend-| he parade are the Lions Club, |the taxpayer's money which|SWimming pool board. jthe board handled. He had and chairman for two. | The rapid change in concept jand jtees of experience, for 34 years. and had three children going through Whitby | schools. \for two seats in the | ward. Mrs. appointed that more _ people She advocated more help for a'ibeen a trustee for six years|senior citizens and "plenty of 1 G @) R D re) N @) S B @) R N E | REAL ESTATE BROKER |Gladys Hamer. She had been|Said he had Noting that he was the only || new man standing in the ward i Three candidates are running| lection : attended | centre | more council meetings in the 1966-67 session than any. coun- || Joan Reed was. dis- cillor--in his capacity in the newspaper business. parks and amusements." Carl Mantz recalled his long | structure of the school fight to get a hospital in the || |board was going to need trus-/fown despite years of opposi- said Mrs.|%on from those in office and || achieved more jij} |cillor than had many who were. | A CHANGE OF ADDRESS linvolved in school boaiJ work | When he was not a town coun- |) he said he ed to serve the people to the| the Kinsmen Club and the mer- chants - section of the Chamber of Commerce. Ajax r were not taking an interest in| municipal government, as abel surveyed the hall. She said she looked forward to "an interest- ing and challenging time in our history" if she was elected to the school board. 'This year, more than ever, experi- smooth operation of the board." The new board would be handling finances three times as big as the old one, said Norman Edmondson, and this would bring problems of} "gigantic proportions." Here} experience would be essential. | He said that education was| "the most vital reward'? which} we had received from our forebears and it was a job re- quiring the "'greatest degree of ence will be necessary for the) One-Stop DECORATING SHOP @ Wallpaper and Murals @ Custom Draperies @ Broadloom @ C.LL. Paints and Varnishes @ Benjamin Moore Paints DODD & SOUTER DECOR CENTRE LTD, PHONE 668-5862 107 Byron St. S., Whitby ) responsibility" to pass it on to} the younger generation. | A first-timer for school board (A Created To Individual Requirements STAFFORD BROS. LTD. MONUMENTS 668-3552 318 DUNDAS EAST erating his 50th anniversary as/ cluded Michael Starr, MP, Wil- liam Newman, MPP, May orl |Magistrate Harry Jermyn.| VOTE Guest speaker for the evening) jwas Tris Coffin, a past inter-| national director. Following the} presentation of awards and per-| fect attendance pins, the local {Lions and their guests enjoyed | lan evening of dancing. | | Public Utilities Commission '| 16 Years Experience With | There are still openings in the ladies keep fit classes to be stat Andrew's school! every Wednesday from 7:30) p.m, until 10 p.m. This is a 15-| week course. For further in-} formation contact Gordon Brad-| ley at 942-3740. Johns - Manville Recreational | Vote For and Re-Elect James DAVIS || ROSS 23 Years of continuous service on your... Public Utilities Commission The Ontario Hydro | Association will hold its Christ- mas party Friday at the Ajax community centre, an orchestra will provide the dancing music. VICTORIA .,. GREY TRUST 263rd Consecutive Common Stock Dividend WILL SERVE WHITBY = WELL Notice is hereby given that a quarterly dividend of fourteen and one-half cents (14¥2c) per share er 15th, 1967 to shareholders i Ses on and af of record December By Order of the Bord. R. G. Thomas, Q.C., Lindsay, November 23, 1967. Secretary. RE-ELECT.. EARL (JAKE) BRYANT Whitby Public Utilities DEC. 9th - , : | ; Bring Your Family and Friends To The Festive CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE Spruce Villa Hotel IN WHITBY Let them enjoy the fam= ous French Buffet . . « Featuring Holiday Cook- ed Turkey, succulent Roost Beef, Carefully prepared Canadian Pork ond Delicious § Oc0eon Fresh Lobster, Monday, Christmas Day DECEMBER 25th Two Sittings 4 P.M. end 6 P.M. For Your Reservations Call 668-3386. Make Dinner at Thi Spruce a Unique Chrisi mas Gift For Your Loved Ones and Friends. ~~ Diners Club and Ameri- con Express Cards Ac- cepted, Spruce Villa Hotel 668-3386 WHITBY SMe Res. 668-2675 MEET THEM IN ALLEYS to Santa Plans _sieFniE, England (CP) | A Methodist minister has been appointed unpaid chaplain) jof a chain of Yorkshire tenpin| |bowling clubs. Rev. Maurice} | Perry, 28, believes he can meet} people at bowling alleys who} ; inormall do not ta will leave his reindeers be-| churches. t: ajhind and will be leading the\- attend] FALSE TEETH At Any Time Don't live in fear of and more comfort, just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. asa " gen bi teeth 5 es eating easier. lo pasty, gooey, taste. Helps check "denture breath". Dentures that fit are essential to; health. See your dentist regularly Get FASTEETH at all drug coun' | lside the town in the Courtice|ised Coun. Vernon MacCarl. sponsoring Santa's workshop : loat. The K . ) 7 |secondary school as vice prin-| He did not like the new ward ne a Kinsmen Club float system very much but said the a vas gong distribution off Godfrey Schilling stressed the 2¢W council would have to try|~""Simas 81 ts. : : need to retain his layman's|@24 make it work. He called) An old Model T Ford fire Vote for ELECT HAROLD R. SLICHTER. FOR YOUR PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Experience X SLICHTER, HAROLD DECEMBER 9th Whitby Sales Representative Nick Van Den Broek Announces ... As of Dec. Ist, 1967 Our New Address Is 597 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA Re OSHAWA SALES REPRESENTATIVES Clare Shank s. 728-5157 Andy Keys Res, 728-0196 Our Office Number EG 728-5157 LISTINGS INVITED: HOMES, FARMS, LOTS & BUSINESS A Smaller Office for Personalized Service DM Mp) a, ee ey. MD ee ee ee ee ee ee eat x \ inne he's attended every important council meeting in t y great many meetings of the Schdol Board, Planning Board, PUC. @ he knows Whitby and its situation\ thoroughly. (He's been an editor and publisher here since 1955.) : @ he's demonstrated his willingness to Work fora better ay quietly, honestly and at his own expense -- ask anyone wh, knows im. i i i la @ he gets results note his role in the St. John Ambu Hostal: YMCA, Yacht Club, Whitby Harbor Developry lent Board. @ mature, well-informed judgment, { @ new ideas to promote Whitby's economy. Vote CARL MANTZ i oe ep oe, COUNCIL! lost 11 years and @ CARL MANTZ of course! e, Whitby General { For the NEW Whitby Council @ CENTRE WARD @ Citizens Committee to Elect Carl Mantz re | He