| | "She Oshavon Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1965 -- PAGE 4 Kiwanis Camp At Kedron Hds Splendid Addition _ member's Pe Gpesann rss ey Nearing completion at the Osh- awa Kiwanis Club's camp for boys and girls at Kedron is a spacious and substantial new building. This, it-is expected, will be formally dedi- . «gated and opened on June 22. It "will then be put into service as a recfeation hall and arts and crafts « centre for the use of the boys and . girls who attend the Kiwanis camps '-during the summer months. This building is the result of a concentrated effort made by the of. the club, who have magnanimously made available the funds required for this building. They have, as was noted in this col- umn a few days ago, been assisted bya donation of $2000 from the Get-Together Club. The rest of the © money required, however, has come from the club members. This is the method and project they have adopted to mark the 50th anniver- sary of the organization of the first Kiwanis Club in 1915. The new building at Kiwanis will be a welcome addition to its facili- ties for providing healthy and hap- py holidays for Oshawa boys and girls during the summer months. It will permit full-scale programs to be be carried on in the event of un- favorablé er -- something which has been lacking at the camp up to the present. Since its inception in 1931, the Kiwanis Camp has been one of the great social welfare agencies of the city, through which thousands of boys and girls have been privileged to have a two weeks' camping holi- day under experienced leadership. As the need for providing free camp holidays for under-privileged chil- dren has diminished in these days of affluence, it has now been made possible to invite paid campers, lo- cal boys and girls, to enjoy the fac- ilities for part of the summer. This is in addition to the free camps pro- vided for the needy families. Ap- plications from. parents. interested in sending their children to this camp for two weeks wil! be wel- comed by the club, as there are still vacancies available. Losers On Sweepstakes Canadians who have' been exert- ing pressure on provincial and fed- earl governments for the introduc- tion of legislation to legalize sweep- stakes in this country might do well to give some study to what happened 'in the first sweepstakes venture sponsored by the American state of New Hampshire. This was the first state to establish a state- operated venture of this kind, and a report on its-operation is not very encouraging to those who would like to see similar activities inaug- urated in Canada. The \report on the sweepstakes show that it will produce 522 win- ners, who will share in the prizes distributed when the sweepstakes race is run on September 4 next. As opposed to that, however, there She Oshawa Zimes T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C, ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawe Times (established 1871) ond the hit Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays and Statutory helidays excepted). Members of Conadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ets Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureou ef Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadien Press is exclusively entitied to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it er te The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of specie! des patches ore also reserved Offices:_._ Thomson . Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Onterio; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal. P.O SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool, and Newcestle. not over 50c, per week. By mail in Province of Ontario outside carrier delivery area, $15.00 per yea. Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per year. US.A. and foreign $27.00 per yeor REMEMBER WHEN were 332,812 subscribers who did not hold a winning ticket. These 332,812 people were the individuals : who each paid $3.00 for a ticket on the sweepstakes race lottery. In re- turn, they will receive exactly noth- ing. This means that while one out of every 639 people who bought tickets will receive some return, as yet unknown, the other 638 will sim- ply have the privilege of providing the money from which the lone win- ner would be compensated. People who gamble on sweep- stakes and lotteries, of course, do so in the faint hope of receiving something for nothing, or, at least, much for little. But taking the sweepstakes picture as a whole, it represents a handful of winners against thousands of losers. And there is the further angle that, from a moral standpoint, all those who participate are actually losers. Judging from the New Hamp- shire experience, there is very little to commend the holding of govern- ment lotteries as a means of meet- ing social welfare expenditures. Other Editors' Views THE SMALL. PRINT (Insider's Newsletter) In Miami, a dissatisfied custom- er told the Better Business Bureau that he had demanded his money back from'a company that' had clearly advertised:. Your money re- turned if not entirely satisfactory." He got his reply: "Your money. is entirely satisfactory and we. there- fore decline to return it." . READERS WRITE... The. Editor, The Oshawa Times, CANADA FOR CANADIANS Sir: This is an appeal to all red blooded Canadians, 'including all who are tired of being term- ed English or French Cana- dians, all those born in this country, and all immigrants who have settled here and be- come citizens, and helped to » build up this country. To "h--' with both English and French culture, why not a Canadian Culture. This is a young country, let's make it a great country, a country any- one would be proud to live and die for. We can't do that by splitting into two or three languages, we must have an idealogy to work for. So let us elect a govern- ment of the people, for the peo- ple, by the people, a govern- ment that will embrace hon- esty, purity, integrity, the Fatherhood of God and the bro- therhood of man. Is there a Canadian with cour- age and conviction willing to form such a government and as- sume such a responsibility? We may have to look to a new party. All parties now in Ot- tawa seem to be vying for votes. We want a gbvernment that will make this country English from coast to coast, [ say English as it is considered the most prominent language in the world. We want a goy- ernment that will give orders not take them: a government that will inaugurate a uniform educational system from coast to coast, one that will be con- sistent, yet flexible. If what I read is authentic 'today's educa- tion will be obsolete in 10 years. We want a government that will bring out an immigration policy that will screen all appli- cations for. citizenship. In 20 years, we should have another 20 million people in this coun- try, what are we going to offer them? I was five and a half years in the army in the second world war' and three in the first. | was in every show after the Somme and I've thanked God many times for getting me out of that hell with a whole skin, so I say in memory of those who were not as fortunate, don't let us sell this country down the river. This appeal is to all Chris- tians, all church members, all religious organizations, all fra- ternal and service clubs, , all trade and labor unions, and -all *political and yough organiza- tions Sir John A. MacDonald knew what he was talking about when he said we needed a strong central government at Ottawa. Forget the traditions of the past and ideas of the good old days. We never had jf as good as right now, never were there such challenges and opportuni- ties, so profit by past mistakes and go forward to brighter fron- tiers, S. JACKSON Windsor, Ontario. Are Americans Humorless? (JAMESVILLE GAZETTE( Because of the protests of a few fragile sensibilities, Amer- ica has lost its Negro jokes, its Irish jokes, its Yiddish jokes, its German dialect jokes. The as- sumption always is that persons of various races wil] be offend- ed. It overlooks the fact that the stories are best told and most often told by those of the very nationalities where the offence is supposed to exist There is danger that this na- tion is -becoming fartoo thin skinned. Too many are ready to take offence where no offence is intended' and to downgrade the vital importance of humor. It is a sign of free men and a happy society, and if any individual, any group, any race can contri- bute to an occasional laugh, it is an importany contribution in- deed. * fk 7 7 | hig f MORE BRINCOMANSHIP General George Kitching Ends Meteoric Career By JOHN LeBLANC TORONTO (CP) -- When young George Kitching landed in Canada in mid-Depression fresh from a hitch in India with the British Army, he figured to put his experience to use cov- ering summer militia camp do- ings for a newspaper It didn't work well. Space rates were low and the summer proved drier than epected. At the end, the amateur corre- spondent's mess bills: out- weighed his clippings by about $300 He expects to do better in his net business venture. After 25 years of service with the Ca- nadian Army, he's retiring as a major-general and joining .a firm with a $20,000,000-a-year turnover as 'director of research and development Gen. Kitching, now. verging on 55 and with enough big army jobs in his career to do for a half<lozen men has ended it-as officer commanding Central Command (Ontario), a post he has held three: years. He re- tires June 14 The tall and personable gen- eral also is a man of enorm- ous friendliness, a trait not al- ways associated with the high brass, and he has served as an unofficial goodwill ambassador for the army in his various postings.. The Toronto. Men's Press Club warmed to him enough to make him an honor- ary member, bracketing him with just one other brass hat, Field Marshal Viscount Alexan- der In the beginning, he had trou- ble attaining the lowliest of commissions, a second lieuten- ancy in the Canadian Army, Though he got a military edu- cation at Sandhurst and had been an officer in the Glouces- ters seven years before com- ing to Canada, red tape appar- ently associated with the fact he was born in China fouled up his commissioning in the Royal Canadian Regiment when he en- listed 'at the outbreak of war. He was on the point of joining as a private when the commis- sion came through. M. McIntyre Hood 1916 Newspaper Carried No News Of War In these days of 1965, scarcely a day passes without newspaper headlines telling of wars, fight- ing and bloodshed in some part of the world, whether it be in Viet Nam, Santa Domingo or the Jordan Valley. These brush fire wars of the present era are considered important not be- cause of their size or the num- ber of troops involved, but be- cause of their possible escalation to a major war. Newspaper techniques, how- ever, seem to have changed a good deal since 1916. I have in front of me a copy of the On- tario Reformer, the predecessor of The Oshawa Times, dated August 2, 1916. At that time the first world war was at its most crucial stage, with a great battle: of -attrition raging along the valley of the River Somme in France, Hundreds of thou- sands of men were locked in deadly combat in that Wattle. and those of us who were there realized that on the outcome of it might depend the fate of the free world. NOT REPORTED In spite of the great signifi- cance of war events, however, this newspaper of August, 1916, does not contain a single line of war néws in its whole issue. Of course, the Ontario Reformer of ft day was a weekly néews- 4 paper, and there Was no Cana- dian Press wire service to it like that now received by the Times today. Yet we could not help being astonished that the editors of that time, in 1916, could not find any war news worthy of publication while that blood bath of the Somme was at if height. FEATURED STORY By contrast, one story that was featured was that 'of a famous golf match played on the Oshawa golf course in a tourna- ment held in aid of the Oshawa Red Cross Society. Taking part in it were Oshawa's famous golf- ing brothers, Tom'and Bob Hen- derson, the latter for some years on the staff of The Times. These two brothers had the distinction, in this match, of defeating George Lyons, eight times Ca- nadian champion and S. B. Gundy, another noted Toronto golfer; by two holes in a four- some. In mixed foursomes in the same tournament, Mrs. W.. F. Cowan 'and George §S. Lyons teamed up to defeat Miss E McLaughlin and FE. Root. As a ai result of the event, the Red Cross received a sum of $66.80. BEST IN CANADA In a report of a Red Cross Society meeting, the statement was made that 'Oshawa has best Red Cross Society in Can! E ada. It does more work and ciety talion sends out any. society in the Dominion for its size." An interesting comment the remark were men in the society were there ' than use". meeting it was reported that the Society had raised $1459.97 in a "French Flag Day" KNITTING SOCIETY for Another story told of the or- ganization of a 116th' Battalion Knitting Society, then being overseas, It set itself an objective of sending pairs of year for the Oshawa company of the Battalion was president and Mrs Jacobi used a knitting machine supplied by Lt.-Col. Sam Sharpe, * commanding officer of the bat- In this issue were two interest- ing lists of names, officers and men who had en- listed in Oshawa, and the other he honor from various churches and or- ganizations. men included the following well- known names: Smith, Captain Charlton Morphy, Canjain S. &. Jones, more supplies than ley was there they more for ornament Incidentally, at this that -where the battalion 3,000 socks overseas each Mrs. S. C. Potter August was treasurer. The so- one of the roll of enlistments The list of Oshawa . Captain R. B. CSM William Cooper, E. A. Eachman, RSM Captain J A. Captain J. Hind, Lieuts. Jacobi, Pratt and H. MOTOR. PLANT BUILDING Considerable space voted to the erection on Bond street of a large factory for the McLaughlin pany, Motors of Canada, and to plans another the company on William street The building permits had been issued in were valued at $85-600, was noted that this was greater than the total of $84,825 issued for the whole vear of 1915. There had been a severe elec- tric storm a day or two previous to this issue a big tree in front of the home of W. west wall of the.house. Mr standing house when the lightning flash came, and while he was stunned, had a from injury These evénts of years ago are read, and we find it especially interesting across, and women who are still citizens of Oshawa in spite of the pas- sage of so mny years, Garbutt, Captain A, H. E. Smith, Mor- R. C. Henry, A. W. H. Hyland. was de- Motor Car Com- forerunner of General large building for which July, 1916, and it It struck and split H. Piper on King street and burned a hole in the Piper was in the doorway of his miraculous escape nearly 50 interesting to when we 'come in them, names of men By 1943 he was commanding the llth Infantry Brigade in Italy, and in March, 1944--at a precocious 33 years --he was made acting major- general in command of the 4th Armored Division, then getting ready for the invasion of Eu- rope. REMAINED FRIENDS But the hitherto-untried 4th had hard luck trying to close the pocket on the fleeing Ger- mans in the hard fighting around Falaise, and among the casualties was Kitching's com- mand. The. army biography says he 'reverted to his sub- stantive rank" of brigadier; as he puts it more succinctly, he was "sacked." (He has stayed good friends with Lt.-Gen, Guy Simonds, the corps commander who demoted him.) Shelved generals don't usu- ally get back to the battlefield, but he was not left long cooling his heels in England. Lt.-Gen. Charles Foulkes, commanding the Ist Canadian Corps in Italy, brought him out as his chief of staff tater in.1944 and he served with distinction in. that post there and in northwest Europe for the rest of the war. He picked up decorations that in- cluded the CBE DSO and Dutch, American and Italian medals But it took him another 11 years to make it back to ma- jor-general the slow way,. and until then he held such diverse posts as vice quartermaster- general, director - general of army personnel, commandant of the Army Staff College at Kingston, Ont., commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade at Ed- monton and British Columbia area commander. GOT RANK BACK He became vice-chief of-the general staff with general's rank in 1956, and two years later became chairman of the Canadian joint staff in London. He was also Canadian repre- sentative at Supreme Head- quarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and military adviser to the Canadian NATO delega- tion in Paris, and in 1960 he a brigadier He transferred Oakville head- present com- Canada--in moved to Paris to the nearby quarters of his mand--largest' in 1962. MAC'S MUSINGS We note that an agricultural Official has recently made A statement which may not Be too popular in this Present age, but which Is nevertheless just as True today as it was In previous generations. The statement he made was 'Opportunity often goes Around in overalls and Disguised as hard work." Our forefathers who cleared The land of old Ontario And laid the foundations Of our splendid province Believed thoroughly in The doctrine that the road To success lay in hard work, And they did not spare Themselves in the effort To take advantage of the Opportunities which came To those who were not Afraid to work hard And for long hours. We often wonder if our People of the present day Have the same high regard For the value of hard work As did these forefathers, Or if they are carried Away by the modern trend Of doing less and less work, Seeking charter hours And giving preference to The kind of jobs which Do not involve hard work, Perhaps what the world Needs today to set it Back on an even economic Keel' and to avoid inflation, Is a return to the homely Virtues of hard work As they. were exemplified By past generations Of Canadian: pioneers. June. 12, 1965 'TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS June 12, 1965... . : The World Economic. Con- ference began in London 32 years ago today--in 1933-- in an attempt to solve the world - wide industrial and financial cojlapse. The con- ference wap a failure, largely owihg to President Roosevelt's /refusal of the European countries' pro- posal fo set up an unre- stricted international ex- change, system based on a fixed value for gold. The United States felt this would inhibit its own plans to raise prices and reach in- dustrial stability. 1903--The city of Niagara Falls was incorporated. 1963 -- Medgar Evers, a civil rights organizer in Jackson, Miss., was mur- dered. First: World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--German successes in the eastward advance to- wards Lemberg were an- nounced; the French offen- sive pressed forward near Souchez and Hebuterne. Second World War Twenty - five years ago_ today -- in 1940 --the last meeting between Churchill and Reynaud took. place as German forces. moved to- ward Paris on three sides; 1,500 casualties were suf- fered in Chungking in the worst air raid of the Sino- Japanese war. June 13: 1965. . Fifty years ago today--in 1915--Ist Canadian Division discarded its Ross_ rifles and was rearmed with the British Lee-Enfield, which had proved its superiority in the heavy fighting at Ypres. Second World War Twenty, - five years ago today--in 1940--French Pre- mier Reynaud sent a des- perate appeal to President Roosevelt for "clouds of air- planes," as 'Paris was de- clared an open city to save it from bombardment; the German battleship Scharn- horst was damaged by Brit- ish naval aircraft in Trond- heim Fjord; the British Parliament discussed' plans to evacuate children to the dominions, 4 FARM EXPORTS 'Canada's Sales To US. Continue To Decline By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON CP) -- Can- ada remains the best United States customer in the hemis- phere for farm products but her sales to the U.S. continue to de- cline. ry : This is the picture sketched in a U.S. Agriculture -depart- ment. appraisal of American farm exports to Western Hem- isphere countries and purchases from them. Next to Japan, Canada is the best world customer the U.S. has for farm produce and stead- ily-broadening demand has ab- sorbed much of a_ reduction caused by dwindling Latin American buying. The economic isolation of Cuba cut off the second-best U.S. customer in the hemis- phere. Special importance is at- tached to American farm ex- ports, which totalled a record $6,300-000,000 to all countries in 1964. This made a substantial contribution to the balance-of- payments problem and the U.S. hopes to increase sales to Can- ada and others. MONEY SCARCE Canada's economy looks good, says the report, and while the potential for increases in farm sales is greatest in Latin Amer- ica, money is scarce there. One ominous statistic is that while annual rate of increase in farm output in Canada has been nearly four per cent, it has been only .8 per cent in Latin Amer- rica Canadian production has gone up faster than_ population growth due to the revolution in North American' farm -- tech- niques, But in Latin America, the reverse is true--so that per capita food production declines at the rate of .8 per. cent an- nually. The U.S. exported $1,096,400,- 000 worth of farm products in the hemisphere in 1963, includ- ing nearly $600,000,000 to Can- ada. But this included goods shipped via the St. Lawrence Seaway for re-export valued at $167,000,000. GALLUP POLL Canadian purchases in. 1950-54 averaged $271,000,000 and have 'eceeded $400,000,000 since 1960, In 1963, Canada spent $168,000-- 000 on fruits and vegetables, $47,000,000 on cotton, $35,000,000 on meat--an_ item increasing since 1960-plus large amoynts for corn and soybeans. - SALES DECLINE In turn, Canadian sales of live cattle, mostly Western feeder classes, fell off badly to $35,- 000,000 in 1963, feeds and fod- ders totalled $14,000,000, pork and beef about $28,000,000 and fruitsabout $12,000,000. Average annual sales to the U.S. in the 190-54 period were $285,100,000, he report emphasizes, too, the disparity between Canada's wealth and general Latin Amer- ican poverty, aggravated by de- clines in world prices for staple exports Such as sugar and cof- fee. Canada's gold reserves in 1963 were $2,603,000,000 or just a Shade under the total for all Latin American countries. Canada's per capita income of $1,482 in U.S, dollars com- pares with the next highest hemispheric figure of $593 in oil -. rich Venezuela or the' weighted "Latin American aver- age of $255. The figures are based on the period 1961-62. Large amounts of U.S. tm- ports such as coffee, cocoa, bananas or other items are Fe- exported to Canada. POINTED PARAGRAPHS One great trouble with the ris- ing generation these days is that so many of them are uprising. Perhaps one of our troubles is that it took six days to create the world and we're trying to run it on a five-day week. No wonder money is called jack -- it sure lifts a load off a person's mind, -- Chatham News. TAXES TOO HIGH, GREAT COMPLAINT OF CANADIANS By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Over-a period of 20. years only one criticism of Gov- ernment is never changing -- excessive taxes. government extravagances, immigration policies were the top criticisms; weak and indecisive government; taxes, taxes, dals and dislike of the new Eighteen per cent of the people say In 1955, too big a majority and today it is too. many. scan- flag. they have no particular criticism of the Liberal Government. The question: "IF YOU WERE ASKED ENT LIBERAL GOVERNMENT IN TO CRITICIZE THE PRES- OTTAWA, WHAT WOULD YOUR MAIN CRITICISM BE?" Pet, Too indecisive, not doing anything concrete, not keep- ing promises Taxes too high, cost much, raised their Too many scandals, of living own salaries corruption 15 too high, seatve too Do not like new flag, the flag debate leadership, cannot hold handling of Old Age Poor Poor pensions, his party together .... age should be * lowered, larger amount for Canada Pension plan .... Too much arguing and bickering Not doing enough for Poor No criticism of Government No opinion .... YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO June 12, 1940 Major Rev. S. C. Jarrett was appointed chaplain of the On- tario Regiment. Charlie Matthews was the new leading batsman of the "Big Six' Senior Inter-City Baseball league. Major J. C. Anderson, KC, signed the log book of the 28 millionth Ford autontobile.. The historic vehicle passed through the city as part. of a Canadian tour. .40 YEARS AGO June 12, 1925 George W. McLaughlin was elected honorary president of the Oshawa Bible Society. J. D. Storie. presided at the graduation of the Class of 1925 Oshawa General Hospital School of Nursing. He and Mrs. R. S. McLaughlin presided over a din: ner tendered the graduates in Welsh's Parlors. Whitby Town Council in- creased the tax rate to 36 mills. POPULATION GROWS The UN estimates that the world's population, now 3,300,- 000,000- will double by the year 2000. Oshawa Winnipeg 'Montreal Windsor Edmonton Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., R.LA. Oshewe Whitby DELOITTE, PLENDER, HASKINS & SELLS with whom are now merged MONTEITH, RIEHL, WATERS & CO, Chartered Accountants Prince George Oshawa Shopping Centre Brock Building Hamilton Calgary Vancouver Burt R. Waters, C.A, 728-7527 668-4131 Toronto Regina * farmers handling of French situation «.......+.. LISTEN HERE: Gordon Sinclair ee "KEEP INFORMED..." Some people disagree with "Sinc", not many miss his twice daily assault on injustice, hypocrisy and anything -else that comes into the sites of his news blunderbuss. Like the best baseball umpire, Sinclair calls 'em as he sees 'em and if toes are trod on . . . well, that's life. The comment you hear most about Sinclair is "t can't afford to miss him be- cause | never know what he's going to do next." He's heard at 11:50 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. (as if you didn't know) -- and with his "'Let's Be Personal" at 11:45 a.m. and "Show Busi- ness" at 5:45 p.m. CFRB ©1010 ONTARIO'S FAMILY STATION ; liam a, nn