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ESE Jd SE Shop In Oshawa and Help Build Up the Town The Ontario Reformer All the News While It Is News VOLUME 51--111 Published A awa, Ont, Cai Tuesday, ay and tarda OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1922 Yearly Subscription $3.00 Single Coplse 5 Cents TWELVE PAGES Ellis and Nesbitt | Out for Reeveship; ; Fight in Towndi | I | East Whitby to Witness First Contest for the Position in Several Years -- Present Reeve and Deputy Reeve Declare Themselves as Candidates OTHER FIGHTS ALSO ANTICIPATED For the first time in several years there will be a contest for the reeve- ship of the township of East Whitby, at the municipal elections, to be held on January 1. At the nomination meeting in Columbus Town Hall yes- terday afternoon, Reeve Ellins and Deputy Reeve J. A. Nesbitt were nominated for that office and both declared their intention of standing. Reeve Ellins [in declaring him- self, stated that he felt he should have another year as other reeves in the past had. Deputy Reeve Nes- bitt pointed out that the reason he had decided to be a candidate for the reeve's chair was that Reeve EI- lins had promised to remain only one year, and that he would retire when that period had expired. "If I prom- ised to drop after one year I would _ Bootleggers" Harvest The Christmas spirit has af- fected Christmas spirits. Sounds odd, but it has a real meaning, as some Oshawa would-be pur- chaserg have found to their sor- row for the explanation is that raised their prices for the holi- day trade, Liquor which had been sell- .ing at $7 a bottle is now be- 'NCILLOR W. ing sold at $14, according to - J. TRICK MAYOR JOHN STACEY YOUR NEXT MAYOR--PICK HIM OUT MOFFAT COUNCILLOR R. those who are "in the know," and the bootleggers state that the increased price i§ not les- sening their business to any noticeable extent, Ont would-be purchaser was heard to remark that there should be a law Li such profiteering, SINTAPAYS VEIT T0 SUNDAY SCHOOL the town's bootleggers have | f | NN NOMINATED MAYORALTY; Wéuld Appear To Be Favorite do so," Mr. Nesbitt said?" 'and L will expect Mr. Ellins to drop out or his word is not worth very much." There were three nominations for the office of deputy reeve, namely, F. E. French, Dr. A. A. Farewell and H. L. Pascoe. Councillor French previously announced that he would refuse to stand for any office in the council, which leaves only two can- didates, Councillor Dr. Farewell, while not declaring himself during Juniors at Ring St. Church! R NOMINATIONS Have Jglly Chrismas Entertainmen: Town's Governing Organizations About two hundred and seventy members. of the Junior Dipartment of King Street Methodist] Sunday The following is a complete list | School were the guests at gn enjoy- lof the names submitted at the non- | WO WILL STAND | New epily Re Reeveship Biggest Month in History of Company. 3,100 Employees in New Faces' May Appear on| Record Pay Cheque $367,000 Last Month Gen. Motors, Oshawa Oshawa Alone. Company Paid out $564,000 to 4,450 Workers in their Canadian Factories. A Christmas announcement made throught The Reformer to-day by Mr. R. 8, McLaughlin will bring pleasure to the busi- ness men of the community and the citizens in general. During the past month, the General Motors Company of Canada have paid out in cash to their workmen in Oshawa / | outside of Oshawa being lo- | cated at Walkerville and other points. | This sum of $564,000 is pana | direct by the General Motors | to their workmen, and does | not include any of their subsi- dairy companies or the concerns | doing business with them, These figures are of start | ling proportions and what they | mean to the people of Oshawa and other towns where the General Motors are located is | hard to estimate. The sum of | $367,000 distributed in Oshawa | the past month by this firm i | spells prosperity for the town. his address, following the meeting |,y1e Christinas entertainnent held | ination meeting held Friday, sven | alone, the smu of. $367,000. intimated that he would stand. ExX-|i, the schoolroom of the ps on | IDB. All nominated have silt nine This was divided among 3,100 reeve Pascoe stated that if he was|Thursday evening, | oalock this evening to qualify. workers inthis town, elected by acclamation he would ac- Supper was served at si o'clock | MAYOR Altogether the General Mo- cept but in the meantime would not | gd from then until the ¢ mence-| J. Stacey, J. W. Trick, R. Moffat,| tory Company of Canada paid say definitely that he would run if | ment of the program propergt eight, | 0. R. Burns, T. B, Mitchell, Thos. out $564,000 during the past a contest resulted. the nursery rhymes and sther in-| Hawkes, J. L. Whattam, J. T. Mor-| month to 4,450 employees, those Nominations teresting records were playd on the ris, W. L, Vickery. { 0 rere as ws: | phonograph. ! REEVE | Ros hominations Wer } 2s Inllows: Sharp at eight o'clock Saver J. Stacey, Thos. Hawkes, J. "DIRECT Deputy-reeve--F. E. French, Dr. tendent S. Gummow, acting #8 chair- | Hill," A, N. Ellis, R. D. Preston, J. L. Farewell, H. L. Pascoe: councillors | Man, opened. the program | by an-| Whattam, * T. "B. Mitchell, .J. T. ----F. E. French, George Reeson, Her- nouncing the first number ¢ Christ- | Morris. bert Reeson, Charles Lambert, I. T,|Mmas Carol sung by a chorw. This | 1st DEPUTY REEVE Ormiston, James McKenzie, Warren | Wa8 followed by a Welcomy recita-|' jy vy. pi, J. L. Whattam. Dearborn and Willijgm Dyer. Those tion by DorothyJames, Oth Yecita- 2nd DEPUTY REEVE tions were given - by Bert Martin, | mie N Namba. B who intend to J for Office myst Eileen Shwéron, Francis Epbinson | A. N. Ellis, N. A. Campbell, B, qualify elote Dine olgloe louie 'land Irene Winters, | Vickery, F. L. Mason, J. | 1. Presentati toD " Some criticism was directed at | Tne primary and beginnen give: rd DEPUTY REEVE ntation to Depart- Reeve Elling for certain 'transactions es sung the Christmas song|"Away, N. A. Campbell, W. B. Rowe, O. ing Member which had taken place during the in a Manger" and "Jolly Gfls and | R. Burns, R. D. Preston, O. M. year, but the discussion finally 're- Boys" following which Minni4 Baker | Alger, B. L. Vickery, J. L. Whattam, | : : ta sulted in an address on Hydro Rad-| 0 «Rock a Bye Land." | Albert Goyne, J. Stacey. A farewell supper was tendered lals and the electrification of the General choruses and oO site) « COUNCIL to Mr. J G. Althouse by the Board C.N.R. and Toronto and Eastern, bY | selections filled in a promineit and Ward No. 1, South West |of Directors of the Y.M C A. Thurs- Dr. Farewell, The doctor was of the opinion that it would be much better to electrify the old Canadian Stanley V. Young, A. W. C. Bradley. Ward No! 2, South East pleasing part of the program after which Mr. Bell gave an Unck® Wig-|R.D. Preston and H. gily chalk talk which deligh®d the Brown, | tv ¢27 evening. Mr Altoo.se has he a a member of ine wvoaid {er the past «nd a ha.f years. His Keen in- Northern from Orono to Oshawa in- | young people. \ N. 8. Baird, O. R. Burns, W. B, terest in the work of the institution stead of comstructing a new road Finally, after several missages Rowe, A. J. Graves and Arthur D&S been a great factor in bringing from Orono to Bowmanville and then | had been received announcirg that Germond. i t up to its present high standard ysing the T. and E. from there | pe was on his way, old Santa arriv-| Ward No, 3, North West of efficiency. He was chairman of through Oshawa. The doctor stated | ed with presents for the entire| D. Hubbell, O. M. Alger, A. N.|OVe of the most important depart- that $60,000,000 had been spent in | crowd, sending all the kiddies home | Ellis, Albert Goyne and C. Argel], ments of the Y.M.C. having charge the Chippewa development and that | jn happy mood. Ward No. 4, North East {of the Boys Work. He not only 180,000 horse power was being pro- A feature of the evening wis the, N. A. Campbell, Robert Smith, | Proved himself to be a capable direct- duced. The cost, he said, was $20 | presentation of a handsom§ ma- | Robert Brooks, J. T. Holden, 0. M.! ter but set an example to the boys for each horse power and that To- ronto and Hamilton were receiving for $18.50, which meant that resi- dents in other sections would have to pay more than their share in or- der to give the two cities cheap pow- hogany mantel clock to Mr. and Mrs. | Alger, Thomas Hawkes, T. Sheridan, S. Gummow in appreciation of their |G. H. Nyland, J. S. Stanton work in connection with the Sunday | George Bowden. er. > and and young men of how they should live and act. Mr. Althouse was one of the most regular attendants at School. The presentation was made | Ward No. 5 (formerly Cedar Dale) ! gymnasium classes and could always by Mr. Goodman, following! the ' (Clifford Henry, Charles H. Mat-| P¢ found among the boys or young reading of an address by Ret. Mr.| { hers, William Wilcox, Edward Jack-| Men in the different classes. Irwin. son, A. J. Graves, Henry Parsons, At six o'clock the directors sat Fred Haywdod, and H. V. Schell. Christmas Thi You have kindly requested me to write you a Christmas Reminiscence of Oshawa of by-gone days. Whet-/ her or not suitable, appropriate or fitting to the occasion, I will try and relate for your edification or amuse- ment, the very first incident of the kind that came to my mind, when prompted by your peculiar request. Some thirty years ago there ling- ered about The Four Corners of Oshawa several gentlemen of leis- ure. They were old and poor. In their prime they served the people of the town in' various capacities, and in their old age deserved a kindly consideration, and to be frank with the public, they took reasonably good care to secure that "consideration' on their own behalf, especially around the Christmas holidays. Prominent among this little clique of good natured seekers after friend- ly tokens was one, Frank Brandon, for many generations the only col- ored gentleman who claimed a com- *mon citizenship with Father -Jeff- cott, Mr. Hinds, or Dr. Kaiser of Oshawa. I might say in passing that today one fails to see a single survivor or successor to this pecul- jar group, and we feel inclined to ask whether this is not an indication that better conditions of society are plainly visible as we compare a ~. Christmas of today with one of thirty years ago. But to my story--it was a biting cold night and nearing six o'clock upon Christmas Eve. There was a long dark passage or hall leading to the door of the Thirty Club, over Burns' Boot Store = within, the ivory balls of the billiard tables were clicking, and around the tables there sat in merry mood a remarkable gathering of men whose names will long live in the memory of the peo- ple of Oshawa. Though it may seem sad to name them because nearly all 'of them have since crossed to the Great Beyond, yet this story would be no story at all unless one recalls down an elaborate supper prepared by Mr. Charles Lewis of the Y.M.C.A. ENTERTAINMENT HELD AT SCHOOL L.Y.M.CA. Bo oar ard Makes Albert Street Popils Enjoy] Excellent Christmas Program St. George's Hall, South Oshawa. | was filled to overflowing on Thurs- day night on the occasion of the Christmas entertainment given by the A'hert 3t. Public School chil- dren. Alter the opening chorus of '0 Canada." the chairman, Mr. Biek- ell, made reference in his remarks to Glen Lynch, who on a similar oc- casicn one year ago was a scholar at this school, and paid tribute to his | high qualities as a boy and as a scholar. | The concert was varied and show- ed a great deal of work by those in| charge. There were drills, exercises and dialogues rendered by all ages, ranging from an exercise by six| primary tots through to tableaux by the highest forms. In addition the | individual numbers were, recitation, | Nellie Lalonde; recitation, Mary Ro- | desky; recitation, Donald Thompson; | dance, Gladys McComb; lecture, Al- bert Walker; piano solo, Mirell Cul- | ley; recitation, Russell Sproule, re- citation, Doris Bellis; recitation, | Garnet Lalonde, and recitation, Alice Mason. - One item especially is wor thy of mention. a Folk Dance, **Com- ing Through the Ry=2"" by eight , cinldren. | Children Enjoy Entertainment entertainment and f the Christian Sun- | day School was held Thursday eve- A delightful program was given by the scholars including a musical contata entitled "The Christ- The annual | enjoying a fine | annual auspices of the Oshawa Fire Depart- | ment Thursday night was a brilliant | | everyone | eclipsed all previous events of this | nature. | George Roughley, | possible facility | efficient staff to enjoy a good holiday mas Secret." Mr. Roy BSnnett, from a shout of "murder" or "fire". Y - A | BOY or FprcanioN | staff, at the conclusion of which Mr. | ard No. 1, South West W. H. Hall, president of the Board, rty ears 80 | Mrs. E. ( nant Myers, Dr. D. R.|spoke of the splendid service render. Samaroo E. Lovell, Bert Gay and ed by Mr. Althouse during his term : . B. omgson. on the Board. Although congratu- te Sicumsiances 3nd the va Ward No. 2, South East {lating him on his important appoint- William Wg Alphonso Hinds, | 0: A J franson, Mrs. E. Conant ment as headmaster of the Univer- Father Jeflcott W. F. Cowan, James Myers, A J. Lovell, and J. B. sity of Toronto Schools, he stated Cowan, T H McMillan, Walter Thompson. | that his place would be hard to fill.! Coulth d, C. A. Jones, L. K. Mur- Wari §o. 3, North West Mr. C. M. Mundy then on behalf of ton. MD. Campbell, William Laugh | n, Zuther igell. E. Bradley, J. B. the Board presented Mr. Althouse vy M. tng G. H. Pellar Tompson, - Cameron and A. E. with a set of gold cuff links as a| h ; 1 ' ovell. | 3 » o Robt. Mackie and several oplers, warilo. 4, North East gall token of their appreciation of Who Mulike those Bemlioned aus: Thomas @gwkes, C. E. McTavish. Mr. G. L. Galley, General Secre- have been favored by Trovidencs IS mrs, E."Gfnt Myers and G. H. tary ofthe Y.M.CA. on behalf of 1922 this glorio Nyland. [the staff thanked Mr. Althouse for Christmas tree o It 'was a tranquil and quiet mom- Wan Sot formesly Coda: Dile)] his splendid service and for his Xing ning. 4 A . Li 8. | | out. jut passing away before MAL giapisio i savine sud Yop which be via 2 in an Riis confusion and alarm | WARE COMMISSION | Senin was brought to a close by | broke out in a mad rush for the yu Doe Pl L i L. Whattam, W. all joining hands and singing Auld | door, much as one might expect! all a . H. Ross. mR Syne. At this moment I was about to enter | the Club. : Calmly feeling my way throsgh | the hall, just as I approached the| door in the darkmess I encountefed 'a man. His clothes and the wool on his head indicated to me: our old friend "Frank". By some myster- ious intuition I divined the purp¢se 'of his presence, but in a prank of | horsepldy-.. I fell upon him, and shouted '"'bandit, robber, highwiy- man, hold-up." I kicked the d and bumped Frank up against it|in the best way possible so as not ito | hurt him. He cooed, and whispered to me, and tried to subdue me, hut to no avail, until the door opened from within and a dozen faces glamgd out at the struggle. I tugged my man in, sat him on a chair and de- manded ap explanation. Frank began "Gentlemen, ay fellow citizens, I-I-1 did not attatk the doctor. It is Christmas Eve aid I just came up to see my old frien You know it is Christmas. Eve a I-1I- just want to tell you that I a thirsty --now that's all." Frank hat was snatched from his head an instant and passed around, i erous New Year, returned it was well filled wit shillings, dimes and dollars a (Continued on Page 4) | - OT - Boma =~ = ? - 1 ol x or a Happy Yuletide Season e Reformer * wishes its readers in Oshawa and ict, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and e present owners of The Reformer only came shawa a few short months ago. they have made many kind friends, have re- (1 generous support from merchants and manu- ers, and feel that they are gradually making e for themselves in the community. \ py wish to express their appreciation of the v- ion and support extended to them by their s, their advertisers, the community at large 8 pecially to their loyal, and efficient staff. The ner extends its sineerest and best wishes to all During that : =| | superintendent of the Sunday School officiated as chairman. The audi- torium of the church was well filled with visitors and members of the Sunday School and the large audi- | ence immensely enjoyed the various numbers. Among those who took the lead- | ing parts in the contata were: Miss Huggins, Miss Hazel DeGuerre, Ar- thur Petre, Howard Hall, Miss Doro- Mayoralty Nominees Prove Backward In Entering Race Had Nose Broken Little Willie Dickson, whose home is at 296 Richmond Street, is confined to his home with a broken nose, following his being run down by a Mr. Van Patten, on Thursday noon. The little fellow was going home from school and was walk- ing along Ritson Road, when the accident occurredy It is alleged that the cyclist was us- | ing the sidewalk, the road be- ing bad at that point, where he struck the boy. i The cyclist took the boy to | his home and when a doctor |. was called, it was found that the nose was broken just between the eyes. The boy is doing nicely. | | FIRENEN'S BALL ~~ GRAND SUCCESS | Twenty-fifth Annual Ball At- tended by Unusually Large Crowd With the armories aglow with col- hundreds of flags ored lights and intermingled with streamers which gave the huge ball a pretty setting and more than two hundred couples program the 25th ball and supper under the success. The Town Hall also gaily decorated, was utilized for the even- | ¢ | meeting five minutes each. ing for those wishing to indulge in square dancing. he armories the nopular Adan- | ac orchestra discoursed the musical | program. and with the spacious hall fully occupied with dancers, an un- usually attractive scene was pre- sented. The music at both places Jere nothing to be desired and con- uted largely to the success of jo ball. ~ Special credit is due the firemen | who spent mugh time in making the preparations and it was granted by that the ball this year About 11.30 a splendid supper was served in one of the recreation rooms by the wives and daughters of the firemen. The gathering broke up in the early hours of the morn- ing. The committee in charge of the ball was composed of Fire Chief Cameron, Frank Hastings, Percy Goyne, Michal Jones, T. Roughley. Ray Hobbs, Alfred Baldwell and others. There will be no issue of The Re- former on Tuesday, Dec. 26th. Most of the staff will be away celebrating the holiday and will not return un- tii some time Tuesday. The Man- agement are desirous of giving every to their loyal and s0 have decided not to issue a pape: on Tuesday. [ Contest Is Certain But Only Councilior Trick Makes Definite Announcement-- Mayor Stacey and Coun- Cillor Moffat Still Remain Undecided MANY CANDIDATES FOR OTHER OFFICES it- Although nine names were sub! ted at ¥%t night's nomination m ing for the mayoralty race at the coming municipal election, only one man, Councillor W. J. Trick, definite- ly announced his candidature. That he will be opposed is a certainty, though. His opponent will be either Mayor J. Stacey or Councillor Ro- land Moffat. Both the latter men in their ad- dresses appeared reluctant to com- mit themselves, but are seriously considering the matter. Apparently neither man desires to enter a three- cornered fight and sparred for time so far as last evening's meeting was concerned, They will have to decido definitely by nine o'clock to-night when the time limit for qualifying expires. The names submitted at the nomi- nation meeting were as follows: J. Stacey, W. J. Trick, R, Moffat, 1. B. Mitchell, O.. R. Burns, Thos. Hawkes, J. L. Whattam, J. F. Morris and E. L. Vickery. The last six men- | tioned all definitely stated that they would not stand. Following the closirg of nomina- tions at eight thirty o'clock. Dr. F. L. Henry was called- upon to preside over the meeting. It was then de-- cided that those nominated for the mayoralty race would be allowed fifteen minutes each and other nomi- nees who wished to address the Mayor Stacey Mayor Stacey was first called upon, In opening he referred to his fif- teen years in the service of the town and of the work that had been ac- complished in that time and more particularly during the past four years which he has served as mayor. "During that time I have made a study of the town and its affairs. ¥ think today there arz few in the town of Oshawa any better versed in these things than myself. I have put personal affairs second to muni- cipal affairs and have given unstint- edly of my time. "In the last four years the town has nearly doubled in size and there have been big things undertaken. All these things have had to be care- fully planned and thought out. It has not been merely a matter of tcoming into council and moving and seconding them. Hours of consider- ation had to be spent heforehand. "Four years ago the northern end of the town was a qgnagmire, the southern end was a cesspool. , Only King and Simcoe Streets hdd any paving and the town was without a scavenger system of any sort." Mayor Stacey then cutlined what had been done to get the town an ef ficient system of sewers by first se- curing the passing of special legis- lation and then bringing in experts (Continued on page 6) Going Home For Christmas Enjoying as it does the reputa- tion of being a great industrial centre Oshawa has attracted many people from other towns and cities who are busily engaged here in helping to keep the wheels of in- dustry turning, With the approach of the holiday season hundreds of these citizens are letting their thoughts turn homeward. And judg- ing by the statements made by local railway officials this morning ap- proximately two 'thousand people employed in local factories and of- fices will leave Oshawa for all parts of the Dominion to spend Christmas at their homes. According-to Mr. Burns, C. P. R. agent, the exodus started on *Thurs- day with an increase in the number going out on Friday while it is ex- pected that today all trains leaving pe town will bear capacity loads of passengers. Judging by the transportation thy Hainer, Miss Kathleen Reid, Roy Petre and Miss Ruth Hodgkinson. The arrival of Santa Claus at the close of the entertainment created quite a sensation and the children | were made happy when they receiv- | ed candies and other gifts from the | tree. The entire program was | fine success. A Christmas aspect prevaded tne market this morning when one of the choicest displays of fowl ever seen in the market building was offered' for sale. Turkeys were a minus quantity, one farmer stating that they were scarcer this year than at any previous time. The price being asked for turkey is 55 cents and it «can be taken for granted that very few of this particular kind of fowl will decorate the tables this Christ- mas. 'The market prices this morn- ing were: chicken, 40 cents, duck, 35 and geese 38 cents, tickets sold, the people living in {Oshawa are representative of the whole Dominion. * Citizens have pur- chased tickets for points as far west as Vancouver and as far east as Halifax. Of course the majority of | travellers' homes are in Toronto and vicinity but trains ¢o Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London and other towns and cities will also have a generous quota travellers. The same conditions apply inso- far as the Canadian National rail- way is concerned. Local officials who were spoken to this morning are anticipating a record breaker. to Oshawa While there will be many" ( reds leaving Oshawa for their homes in distant parts of the Dominion, there are probably as many hundred old Oshawa boys scattered through- out the country who are eyen now being borne rapidly across coun- try that they may be at the cheery home fireside on Yuletide mors. Whick means that Oshawa will not be the lonely deserted place that some are predicting. Christmas Associations. Perhaps at no season of the year does the wanderer feel the urge to turn his face homeward shan at the Christmas season when the spirit of peace and goodwill to all mankind is manifest. Memories of bygone Christmas always inspire the the time when he sat on his mother's knee and heard the wonderful, ageold, story of the birth of the Christ child Then the half night vigil of the youngster as he waited for the anticipated visit of good St. Nicholas only to fall asleep fore the Dewhisieled old his appearance. - And then covery in the morning that not been overlooked. These and thousand and one memories which are associated with Christmas are what makes the lure to visit the home town one that is irresistible. §e [cme oo | SIMCOE ST. METHODIST CHURCH Sunday: Christmas Music, Even- ing Song Service, An- thems, Carols and Solos. (111-8) SKATING AT BRADLEY'S Rg eo and New Year's 'afternoon and evening. (110-9) s| THE LOCAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN will not hold their reguldr meet- ing until the last Tubrsday in. January, when it is hoped that a%l those col ng for the Institute for the Blind will be able to report. .. Nia ------_-- a i A