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a ¥ " ai { VOLUME 50, No. 116 id v o Reformer } All the News While It Is News Published Tuesda™, N ws -- - ; OSHAWA, ONTARIQ, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1922 m---- early Subseripiion 8, Yeladie Copiers Cots EIGHT PAGES Councillors Optimistic 3 as to Oshawa's Future; Banner Y Mayor Stacey Entertains Colleagues and Officials te Annual Banquet Fol- lowing Monday Night's 'Meeting -- Activity in|] Municipal Affairs Urged HOPE RUMORS OF DISCORD ARE FALSE Deputy Reeve Mason Voices pposition to Annexation pe Cedar Dale and West- mount Now and Favors Abolition of Ward System for Council Following the time honored cus- tom, Mayor John Stacey after the inangural meeting of the new Town Council last night tendered to his colleagues, town officials, and some of last year's Council, an oyster supper at Welsh's parlors, The fe» ture of the annual gathering v: the flow of 'oratory indulged in b practically all present, and, incident ally, some very fine addresses wer delivered. There was a splendic spirit of optimism and good. fellow: ship manifest, and if the hopes ent- ertained by many of the speaker: for the mew Council are realized, Oshawa in 1922 can look for gocd municipal government, sound and important legislation and a banner year in the town's municipal his- tory. The annexation of Cedar Dale and Westmount, an independent audit of the town's books by government auditors and the inauguration of a better syste mof bookkeeping and accounting were two of the import- ant matters touched on during the evening, while several references were made to the peed for mere school accommodation and economy in eivic expenditure in every depari- ment. As on many previous similar oc- casions, the genial Percy Punshon was chairman and toastmaster, and carried out his duties as few can in the town of Oshawa. Mr. Punshon also played the role of musician, presiding the ry song sheet. oh et address Mr. Punshon lated the host," His Worship Mayor: Stacey, and members of the Cousicil on their election. Ho paid them a fine compliment when he stated that they were the heralds of good times ahead for Oshawa and that the town could look forward to a year of progress and honest, clean and businesslike administra- tion. There were about 40 seated around the festive board. Wants Year of Activity Mayor Stacey, as host of the even- ing, gave the first and one of the briefest addresses of the evening. He was delighted with the people's choice of represemtatives for 1922. He was pleased to see so many good business men around him, and he as going to leave the business to His Wership intimated that heard that there was likely some quarrelling with him year at the Council Board. He for all comers; he liked at him, and he assured colicagues that they could not quarrel with him. Life was too short to Quarrel. The Mayor emphasized that this year would have to be one Continued on page 4) « INDIGENT PATIENT HAD MUCH MONEY Supposedly Destitute Man Leaves Cobowg Home for Montreal An indigent patient and a stranger Cobourg, who was committed . to Home for the Aged and Superintendent stating his intention of . and at the same 3 i is § § ; i ie x ® i i - LL i e ar Exp 4 Water G. D. CONANT Elected Chairman of the Board' of Water Commissioners for 1922, yi STATUTORY SESSION OF TOWN COUNGIL HELD MONDAY AM. Striking Committee Which Named for the Year The municipal machinery for enacting 1922 legislation was put in motion at the statutory meeling of the new Town Council Monday morning, with the adoption of a report of the striking committee, comprising Reeve Morris, Deputy Reeves Hill and Mason ahd Coun- cillors Brown and Hawkes, paming the year's standing committees. The report was sprepared by the eom- mittee in half an hour, and a few : on the market committee on the ground that he had not now, and never had, any use for the institu tion. The new committees are as follows, the first mentioned leing the chairman in eich case Board of Works--W. J. Trick. A |W. Brown, F. L. Mason, J. V. Hill, Geo. Morris. Finance--Geo. Morris, F. L. Mas jon, R. Moffatt, John Stanton, 0. R Burns. Fire and Water--J. V Hawkes, O. R. Hall, 0. M. Alger, Geo. Morris. i { Town Property--Thos. Havkes. {W. J. Trick, 0. M. Alger, D. # John- ston, D. A. Hubbell. i Railway--R. Moffatt. D. A. bell, F. L. Mason, O. M. Alget Stanton. ! Manufacturers--O. 1. Burn Moffatt, W. J. Trick, D. F. J W. B. Rowe. Market--O. R. Hall. A. W. Robt. Preston, D. A. Hubbell, Hil. Sanitary and Relief---A.W. ; moments later was adopted, with one i FE Gus. me, Serpobgmitn ub- J. R wo, re ¥ ton, Thos. Hawkes Licenses and - Prioting---D, Johuston, Robt. Préston, O.R. J. Stanton, W. B. Rowe. Court of Revision---R. Mofiath W. J. Trick. J. V. Hill, ¥. L. Mason, Mayor Stacey. Would Limit Positions Before the striking committee re- tired to work on their rn , Coun. Robt. Preston introduced a resvlu- tion, for which there was #9: sec- onder, that no one councillor be ap- pointed on all important commit' ees, on the ground that were enough councillors to go And. | Reeve Morris objected to the re- solution on the ground that the com- |mittee should be allowed to own judgment, consulanhe ification of each councillor for the respective committees. The com- mittee would put men in where they could best serve the town. So far as he was concerned he would see F. rus, Mayer Stacey stated that. the de- sire of the committee no doubt was pi . Conia | Hill, Thos wa. | 0. R. Hall, W. B. Rowe, Robt. fres-| Community Rink The * community open air rink on Bagot stfeet is to be officially opened, weather per- mitting, next Saturday after- noon, The opening of -this com- munity centre: was postponed from Saturday, December 31, because of mild weather, On Saturday afternoon next mem- bers of the Rotary Club, the Pown Council] and citizens will meet at Welsh's at 1,46 o'clock and parade to the rink forthe formal opening. { It was stated by Councillor |! Burns, in informing the Town Council of this last night, that already 2,000 children have patronized the rink, an average of 264 a day. "1 thought there were that many there to-night," laughed Mayor Stacey, WATER COMMISSION HAS A NEW HEAD Mr, G. D. Conant is Chosen-- F. L. Mason's Resignation Accepted ---- } 6G. D. Conant is the chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners for 1922. The election wag made at the first meeting of the Commission for the year held Monday afternoon, at which there were present in ad- dition to Mr. Conant the new Com- missioner, J. C. Fowlds, W. H. Hall and Mayor Stacey. The Commission accepted the resignation of Mr. F. L. Mason, wie is now second deputy-reeve, and sent- @ resolution on to the Town Council asking that a man be ap- pointed in Mr. Mason's place. with Mr, Mason's resigndgion and elect a chairman, and no other bus- iness was done. For the first time in many years Mr. J. L. Whattam was pi by his ab . He has served on the Commission for nine years. The new chairman is an ex-Mayor and ome who has also served on the Commissibn for some time. HATOR QUTLIN WORK 70 TOWN COUNCIL Mayor Stacey presented as .the first order of busimess at last night's Council meeting his inaug- ural address. After reviewing the business of last year, which had not been finished, and which had to be carried on by the present Council, His Worship set forth some of the {things which he believed ought to be 0. done this year. A change in the muaicipal method of bookkeeping was the first thing to which he referred. Other ques- tions mentioned were better school accommodation, a GT.R. Simcoe street subway; harbor improve- ments; a radial line to Toronto: a sewage disposal plant, and an incin- erator to take care of the garbage. His address, in full, is as follows: "Gentlemen of the Council: "First, I wish to express to you my delight in seeing such a good re- presentative body of business men sitting at the Council board. Many years have passed since such an in- terest has been showm in our mumi- The meeting was called to deal) FINANCE GOM. TO CONSIDER REQUEST FOR SCHOOL FUNDS for $200,000 Again Before Council TOWN IS TO PAY NURSE Move is Made to Re-organize the Town's Engineering The Town Council gof away to a | |good start last night at its opening | {business eotipg. It put through considerable important business with despatch, @djourning at 9.30 o'clock. The communication from the Board of Education, requesting that =1$200,000 be provided with which to erect a new 16-room echool on the Centre street gife, which was refer- red by last year's Council to its suc- cessor, was read. It was referred without discussion, to the Finance Committee. The same disposition was made of a Board of Education request that $2,000 be placed to their credit on this year's account, The clerk's statutory declaration, .giving the results of the two money by-laws voted on January 2, was read and filed. Report on Conference Mr. C. J. Wilcox, superintendent of the loeal branch of the Ontario Government Employment Bureau, forwarded a comprehensive report to the Coumeil of & recent conference which Mayor Stacey and be attend- ed in Toronto when municipal rep- resentatives ' conferred with the Drury Government re aid to the un- employed, a summary of which meeting was given in last Satur- day's Reformer. Councillor Brown presented the report of the Sanitary and Relief Committee, which recommended the engagement of Miss D. Cross on the Board of Health nursing staff, at a salary of $1,500 a year. The report was adopted, Councillor Brown ex- plaining that Mrs. F. W. Cowan paid the salary for the first year of Miss Cross. He was highly pleased with the work the nurses were doing. He also spoke warmly of the public- spiritedness of Mrs. Cowan. > Councillor: Trigk presented his irst report as chairman of the Board «f Works. The report, which was ¥ , recommended: "That Engineer McDonald be in- Messrs. Gord, fxaamith, & Gorrie 10 {ascertain what 'their charges would be to aet ms comsuiting engineers in connection with the imstallation of sanitary sewer in Westmount and Base Line. "That the clerk arrange a confer- ence between the Board of Works and Beard of Water Commissioners with a view of reorganizing %e en- gineering staff of the town." Following Councillor Hawkes' pointing out that dificulty was ex- perienced in heating the town hall because of defective plumbing, a resolution was introduced by Coun- cillor Alger. ded by C illor Hawkes, referring the complaint to the Town Property Committee, with power to act. School Heating Coungillor Rowe contended that it was jupt as mecessary the children in the portable schools to be properly cared for with sufficient heat as it was for the town hall to be Jginisly heated. He didn't think Board of od doing what it should in this com- nection and woulda't be doing it as long as they mused portable schools. Councillor Hawkes replied that the Board of Education bad taken the up, and he felt they were y alive to the situation. | i) £ i i ? : i | { i ; f J ) 3 it a g gif : RE fa: HE g § Board of Education's Application [=-- ik Council Fills Vacancies On Ee Various Municipal Boards Former Reeve E, L, Vickery is the new member of the Board of Water Commissioners, replacing Mr. F. L. Mason, who is this year serving the ratepayers as second deputy reeve, appointment was made by the Town Council last night, following Mr. Vickery's receipt of advices from the Water Commission that Mr. Mason had resigned. Members of other municipal hodies were re-appointed as fol- lows: Stalter. H. A. Ross. New Water Commissioner E. L. VICKERY Former Reeve who was last might appointed successor to F. L. Mason on the Water Commission. In the bathroom of his home, 1312 King street west, over a business block, Lincoln Fowke, a well known ife-long resident of Oshawa, com- mitted suicide by hanging on Satur- day. Finding the bathroom locked for an unusual length of time, Mr. Jas. Stephenson, with whom he re- sided, forced an omntrance, and was horrified to find the lifeless body of his friend. Coroner Dr. Rundle was notified, and alter an investiga- tion into all circumstances sur- rounding the case, decided that an inquest was unnecessary. The body was removed to Lake's undertaking parlors and later to the residence of his brother, F. L. Fowke, King street east. For over a year the late Linfu Fowke had not been in good health. some months ago suffering a stroke. Of recent weeks he seemed to be worried, probably, in the opinion of the coroner, on account of his con- tinued ill-health, despondency oaus- ing a temporary derangement of the mind, during which the rash act was committed. The coromer. im his in- vestigation, found evidence that the ect had been premeditated. The news «of his untimely end came as a severe hock to this many friends. The deceased was born _im the Harmony section of East Whitby and had lived in Oshawa practically all his life. For many years he car- tied on business in partnership with his brother, F. L. Fowke. in the store on King street west, until re- cently known as "The Hub." For some time,, however, he had lived retired, although a familiar' figure jon the streets and taking an interest in local affairs. His failing strength and ill-health caused him much worry and recently it was apparent to his friends that he was more dis- turbed than usual. He was around on Friday in comversation with his friends. On Saturday merning he was also around for some time, look- ing over his building. He was last seen about 19.390 o'clock. The surviving relatives are two brothers, F. L. Fowke. of Oshawa, -M.P. (Liberal) for South Ont- ; Evereit, of Toronto, a former t here: and two sisters, Mrs. ADr.) Farewell, of Harmony, and (Miss Fowke, Division street, Oshawa. The fumeral took place on Mon- day afternoon from the mesidence of F. L. Fowke, to the Union cemetery. C. BR. de Pencier. The pallbearers ming, Jas. Bishop, sr., Jas. Steph- enson, Acthur Drew and F.E. Luke. FOR MEN ONLY Day" po v were Messrs. D. Dineen, John Cum- Speedo--What do you consider the Peppo--Oh, 1 should say the first she's 18.--"Topics of the Board of HéaMh--Messrs. T. H. The service was in charge of Rev. COME TO THE WHIST DRIVE High School Board, for 1922-3-4--Dr, D, 8. Hoig. Public Library Board, for 1022-1 Park Commission, for 1922-3-4-- 1--Dr. D. 8. Hoig. Messrs, W. A. Coad and A, J Everson, John Gibson and JOHN WGREGOR AGAIN APPOINTED ASSESSOR OF TP. Three School Attendance Officers Are Appointed at Inaugural Meeting It was the intention of the East Whithy Township Council to ecall for tenders for the position of as- sessor in the Township for the year 1922, but after considerable discus- sion at the inaugural session of the new Couneil held yesterday at Col- umbus, John McGregor was re- appointed at a reduced salary of $300, a decrease of $25, under that of last year. Mr. McGregor who was present at the meeting was informed that the reason for calling for tend- ers was due to the Council being the victim of some criticism, it being alleged that they bad their "pets." However, Mr. MeGregor pointéd out that if the appointment were held over till the following meeting, 0- ever received the position would be late in commencing his duties. In former years ho had always had a 'Ilarge amount of the work completed by the middle -of February. The work had to be finished by May, he stated, and unless an carly start was made this could not be accom- plished. Coun. Ormiston thougit that if a mew man were appointed, it would take some time before he became acenstomed to the work, and (Continued on page 3) | COMING EVENTS "READING CHARACTER AT Sight" --Free lecture by C. Morris, Character Analyst. Engle's Hall. Sat. Jan. 14th. 8. p.m. 116-a. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE G.W.V.A. Football Club will be held in the G.W.V.A. Hall, Tues- day, January 10th, at 8 p. wm. BUSINESS MEETING MARY ST. Home and Schoel Club, Tuesday evening, January 190. Mothers requested to attend. 116-a MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR- self. Lecture in Engel's Assembly Hall, Monday night, by C. Moons, Character Analyst. AT S. 0. E. Hal! on Thursday, Jan. 12, 8 o'clock sharp. Good prizes. Refreshments. Tickets 25 cents. All welcome. 116-2 BIG DANCE ADANAC G-PIECE orchestra, in Eagel"s Assembly Hall, Wednesday night. Come along and enjoy yourself om the best floor in town. 116-a ATHOL "STREET MISSION. AN- onther Alliance Convention, Sun- day, January 22nd to 24th. Revs. R. W. Rofle and Oswald J. Smith, principal speakers. 116-H SIMCOE STREET METHODIST Church, Union Services during the week, conducted by Rev. Duncan Macleod, of Formosa." Song serv- ice at 7.46 10 8 « THERE WILL BE A CONGREGA- tional reunion i George's vommencing at 8 o'clock, members and adherents 4 . George's Church, on the occasion school BOX SOCIAL OX WEDNESDAY, January 11, at: 8 p.m. in the K. ronto, will he down for stallation of the new officers. Prizes given for the two best de- corated boxes. 118-2 SERIES OF SQUARE DANCES will be held in the Town Hall oe Council To Request Government To Issue Commission To Enquire nto Oshawa's Financial Affairs b 1 New Civic Body Desires to Have Thorough Stock- taking of Town's Re- sources and a Simple System of Bookkeeping Installed NQ INSINUATIONS AGAINST OFFICIALS Councillor Moffatt Intro- duces Resolution Which Was Passed With None Voting Nay -- Mayor Thinks Action Somewhat Premature Municipal candidates' frequently expressed desire to have the town's hooks audited and an up-to-date ac- counting system introduced, is to he realized forthwith, Council last night, by a practically unanimons vote, adopted a resolution introduc- ed by Councillors Moffatt and Hun- bell asking the Lieutenant-Governor- in-Council to "issue a commission to i" inquire into the financial affairs of the corporation and any matter con- nected therewith." It is necessary In forwarding th application to have one-third of t! members of Council sign the peti- |tien. Following the adoption of tho | motion members attached their sig- nature to the petition, so that it 'will go forward without delay. Mem- (bers of the Council, including the {mover of the resolution, Councillor | Moffatt, were quick to disclaim an intention of casting any reflection on Town Clerk and Treasurer F. E. Hare or previous councils. The de- sire was merely to bave a general stock-taking, so that the town's fin- ancial condition could be clearly set forth. The resolution provided: "And wherea# this Council feels that an inquiry into the financial af- faire of the Corporation of the Town of Oshawa is advisable in view of the following: '41. That the town has grown enor- mously within the last few years and iFequires a mew starting point. . 42. That the system of bookkeep- ing and auditiing employed by the town is not proper or sufficient for the town at its present size. "3. That funds raised for partic- ular purposes on the sale of deben- tures and otherwise may not have been used for the purposes for whic! they were raised. "4. That there are alleged to have been some shortages in the town's 'finapees, the amount and extent of which appear to be unknown. "Now, theéyefore, be it resolved that the Honorable The Lieutenant- Governor in Council be requested to issue a Commission to enquire into the financial affairs of this corpor- ation, the system of bookkeeping and auditing employed, the appli- cation of moneys raised on the sale of debentures or for particular pur- poses, and generally as to the fin- ances, assets and liabilities of the town, and to recommend a proper and sufficient system of bookkeeping and auditing for the town, and to prepare a statement of the finanges of the said town, showing all its asgets and liabilities, equipment, ma- terials and stores properly inventer- ied and appraised in as elementary a form as possible, with the partic- ular object in view that the same can be readily understood aud apprecipt- ed by amy ordinary citizen." (Continued on page 8.) POLIGE ARREST TWO BURGLARS Caught After Entering Mes. C. F. Farewell's Garage at Harmony About three o'clock this morning, : two burglars entered the garage of Mrs. C. F. Farewell, at Harmony, ar | Bullied 115-0] %,