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A Growing Newsparer in a Growing City } mm Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1952 Cloudy and Mild. Some Rain Today and on. IVOL. 11--NO. 147 i 2 i "Peace on Earth, Goodwill 1 The world would be a poorer i dls without the spirit and. 'the HE OSHAWA TIMES sincerely wishes all its readers and friends a very Merry Christmas. This is the one great sea- son of the year at which all hearts are opened. The magic spell the Babe of Bethlehem has wrought upon the world finds its expression in the hearts and lives of people everywhere. There is greater opportunity this year than usual of making human hearts happier with a word of cheer and a Chrisimas re- membrance. Let's lighten the load for someone else. sentiment of Christmas. Just as the } coming of Him whose birth- day is being observed at this season was the greatest gift ever be- stowed upon the world, so in these days the people of Oshawa are thinking of the gifts they can bestow on their loved ones and their friends. As we approach the 1932. Christmas season, let us think of the real significance of the day, and do our part to make it in all truth a day of "Peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men." GRIT IIS BHI SII SII © FBI CIBC MIH Be SII © BHO Iie OY HI B33 HIB CHIME HIN HHI SHIH IIH FINE HHOIFHLIIME WANT SINCLAIR TO RUN FOR MAYO Hundreds of Veterans' Children at Christmas Party ARMORIES WAS SCENE OF COLORFUL FUNCTION | BY CANADIAN LEGION Annual Christmas Enter- | tainment for Children of | Veterans, Held Last Night, Was a Great Suc- cess GIFTS PRESENTED TO EVERY CHILD Clowns, Comic Policemen | and Costumed Characters | Joined With Santa Claus in Making . Happy The Oshawa Armories was the i of a happy gathering last ent as hundreds of children, smembers of the families of war veterans, assembled at the an- nual Christmas Party of the Osh- awa Branch of the Canadian Le- gion. The children had a won- derful time romping around the ermories in marches, parades and games, their pleasure find- Ing its culmination with the ap- pearance of Santa Claus, who 'mingled with the happy Young- sters and then prego ited every. ghild with a gift. Iundreds of "parents joined the children in the party, which was in every way a splendid success, and sur- passed the first Christmas party for the Legion, of a year ago, that respect. Splendid Music The feature of the ; in the early part of the cvening was the music provided by an orchestra of 5 and girls un- der the leadership of L. M. Richer, This orchestra provided sprightly tunes for the marches and parades of the children, and also for the Santa Claus parade. Members of the Legion ary, 'in fantastic costumes, vided an amusing kazoo band, while clowns, comic policemen, and others in costume gave a real air of festivity to the occa- sion. The Legion members their hands full in seeing that all the childrom selves, but entered whole-heart- edly into the spirit of the occa- | (Continued on page 9) Times' 'Classified Ads. Get Results. Children | in | ram | Auxili- | pro- | had | enjoyed them- | 1People on Relief | Are Grateful to | | Yesterday afternoon and this { morning The Times and the re- | lief office were was deluged with telephone calls and letters, ex- | pressing heartfelt gratitude to | R. 8. McLaughlin for having pro- vided a Christmas turkey to all families: on relief, and to the Public Welfare Board all relief families. It would impossible to print even a frac- | tion of the letters received, but the following is a which was received by C. cox, relief administrator, "Dear Sir, I wish to express our thanks to Mr. McLaughlin, the members of the welfare board and yourself for the splei did Christmas gift of a turkey and candies and fruit, for which my wife and I are deeply grate- ful. "Kindly convey our thanks to hte above, and [I sincerely hope you will all have as joyous a Christmas as you have made pos- sible for the recipients of your generous gifts." Messages like the above came from hundreds of people, and showed the great which is felt by the families Lh i ceiving these gifts to Mr. VN | Laughlin and the welfare bears | Christrias Meseuse From Government "Canada emerg- the Ottawa, Dec. 24. -- is meeting the economis encies of peace as she et tragic trials of war, with her | citizens standing shoulder to shoulder in unity, co-operation and comradeship." In a hearifeit Christmas mas- ge of courage, faith and hope, to all Canadian citizens, Right Hon. Gieorge Perley, Acting Prime Minister, voiced this senti- | ment last night, From the Dominion | ment the message was the Acting Prime Minister and wartime High Commissioner in { London, through the Canadian | Presa, Goveirn- issued by . REPORT OF SALVAG E DEPARTMENT SHOWS SPLENDID WORK IS DONE he executive of the Relief Salvage department this morning submitted to The Times a splen- "2. did report of the activities it has ried on during the brief period of jits existence to date. The en- i 3in supplies, and the response to | ivghe canvass has beenctaoimrwy the canvass was excellent. 'Iwo hundred and thirty appiicarions for help 'have heen investigated and the salvage department iias - been able to fill or partly fill the needs of 150 families. The men in the department havo repaired and delivered 44 stoves and fifty beds, and have also had stove re- pair men go around to many homes and done necessary work. In one case of eviction, the ap- plicant having been living in un- furnished #oms the department had to gupply the necessities for home furnishing, This yas ac- complished in four hours® An- other case with very !ittls eloth- ing and entirely without Zurni- city hag now been canvassed | vage corps was able to supply the rest, its quota being three beds and mattresges, cook stove, heater, stove pipes, five chairs, cooking utensils, table and dishes, This was truly a zood job well done, and would have been impossible without the zup- port of the citizens of Oshawa. The report, in this connection, says: "It is' your giving which has enabled us to get and give, and while we have been able to do much, we are not- half-way through the job yet. So we ask you to continue to give us your support. Telephone to No. 1496W and tell us ¢o pick up that old stove, or bed or "What Havé You" and when ous Jan- uary canvass is under way, not forget the qld paper you ha lying around thé home. it important for us, as paper sales is our only means of revenue, which is used to pay for trans- portation, repairs, etc. We have helped many and we hop» tc help ture was attended to promptly. .\ request to the welfare haar® brought the clothing, and the jg al- | ten whom our success depends, nore, So to them and to you we wish a Merry Christmas," R.S. McLaughlin | for the | | box of Christmas Cheer sent io | e | typical one | J. Wil- appreciation ! do ! # Suu 3 PROVIDE TOYS FOR BVER 600 CHILDREN | Work of Distribution Was | Carried Out Last Night | by Willing Workers 606 last for children night In Christmas eiforts the Boy the rs of the Deparimant h 1 iere still remains a ic ¢ for about 200 more O ldics who otherwise wc overlooked by Santa Cin 8 year. About 150 families receive: these present: Jast night," th number oi in eath tam ily avers nd it is ex- pected tii er of fam ilies sunp with ts this vear from the outs Toyshop will ex- ceed the 200 mark. A New Plan Distribution this yedr is being made under a different plan fron that which prevailed in previous years in which the Seo ["iremen have underiak work. This year, wit ited supply of toy | names of all fémili of city relief were obtained. from the Public Welfare Board, a slip being made out for each AY 200 picked out at random. The 200 families sclected were a!l sent | cards instructing them to call for | the toys at the headqiiarters of the fire department last night. As the rezult of this aetion the (Continued on page 2) DISTRIBUTION OF TURKEYS OVER | Service Club | . Completed Tremendous Task at Noon Today Toys for over were handed out preparation through the Scouts and City Fire of mein ml n similar only a lfm- ivailable, the in reeeipt A | 1] band of hard | j rested after several days | hard and painstaking work, last of the turkeys being donated | | by R. ilies on relief being delivered {about noon today, The task of | Tistinz and tabulating over 1500 (families, classifying them as to | size, and arranging for the dis- | tribution of turkeys to all their | "homes, was a tremendous one, land the committee, composed of D. G. L. Bird, Dr. W. H. Gifford, | Wallace Clark, Russell Storks | and E. Cay, with Ernie Parsons |as' chairman, is deserving of | hearty thanks for the splendid | work accomplished. This is par- | ticularly true of Mr. Parsons, | who personally supervised the | distribution, and has worked [like a trojan for the last few | days in seeing that all the tur- i keys were delivered to the right place. So far as is known, not a single family on relief was miss- ed, and the same is true of the families of pensioners on depart- mental relief and men receiving war veterans' allowance, = Now the job is over, and the men who | did it can enjoy their own Christ- mas season more intensely know- ing that their labors have help- ed to make many families happy. LEE BE BE EE AE BE OE BEE * NO PAPER MONDAY On accuont of Monday being observed as a public = holiday for Christmas, * there "will be no issue of * The Times. The nomina- * tions in the Oshawa muni. * cipal election, however, will be posted in the window of the door of The Times office as soon as possible after the nomi- nations are completed. 4m " LU " * » LJ ® * Ld PIE a a i EOE AE EE EE \ ts and | Members | working ser- | vice club members this afternoon | of | the ! 1 8. McLaughlin to the fam- | Celebrate Diamond Wedding Annioefeary MR. AND MRS. JOHN STEPHENSON Highly respected Colvsnbus couple, who are today being honored by their family, neighbors and friends: on Diamond Wedding Anniversary. the occasion of their '| Columbus Couple Celebrating | Diamond Wedding Anniversary | STEPHENSON--PLATTEN: | On December 24, 1872, at the home of the bride's parents, Seu- Island, Sarah Anne, daugh- ter of Mr. and. Mrs. Samuel Plat- ten to John Stephenson, .son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stephenson of Oshawa, Rev. A. Clarke of the Bible Christian Church. officiat- ing. In 1872 the friends and neizh- bers of the bride and groom gath- ered to wish Mr. and Mrs. Ste- phenson a Merry Christmas and a long married life." To-day the friends #&nd neighbors of the bride afd groom of sixty years are gathering at their home In Columbmg. to honor them on: the occasion of their Diamond wed- ding anniversary and to again { wish them a Merry Christmas and | many more years of happiness | togethr. | Mr. Stephenson was Oshawa on September 17, 1851, while Mrs. Stephenson was born {in Port Perry 77 years ago. on | October 15. After their marriage 'Z Log born in Seuzog Island for twenty years. They moved to Myr tle and later in 1895 to Pickers ing, where they resided for thir ty-five years. Their long and hap} py life has heen spent farmin® until 1030 when they retired and moved to Columbus, are at present residing. They were falthful members of the Methodist Cliurch aud now attend they lived on Mr. Stephenson is a staunch Lib- eral and an active member of the .LO.O.F. Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson are enjoying ood health. They had ten children, of which seven are now living. The chil- drem ave: Ada, Mrs. Henry Wil- son, of Columbus; ~ Mary, Mrs. Charles Hafras, of Orodo; n- nah, Mrs. George Thurman (dee- eased); Nora, Mrs. Randal Elli, cott, of Oshawa; Asa (deceased); James, farmer at Samuel, painter and deéorator in Oshawa; Thomas and Ernest of Stephenson Brothers' Seyvice Ga- rage, Oshawa; George (deceased). OLD OSHAWA VETERAN CELEBRATES HIS HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY TOBAY James Daniop, a resident Oshawa for the last half century, whose home is on Gladstone Av- enue, ix to-day "celehrating his | 100th birthday having heen born {in Ramsey township, near | monte, on December. 2, 1832, Mrs. Dunlop, hie wife, who is herself nearing the century mark being only two short years young- { er than her husband, has already | prepared a Christmas cake and plum pudding with her own | hands, while friend¢ have pre- sented this happy eouple with a birthday cake so that there will be no lack of good things during the celebratici. Mr. Dunlop, who enjoys exeel- lent health netwithstanding his advanced age, and who enjoys nothing better than a chat about old times when he was serving as | a soldier in the forces of Queen | Victoria, was up and around the house as usual this morning and entering fully into the - cance of the occasion, Fenian Raid Veteran This grand old soldier is a vet- eran of the Fenian Raids, during which he served with the 42nd. Battalion, his most tregsured pos- session being the silver medal hearing the inscription, "Pte. J. Dunlop, 42nd. Battalion, 1870." of | Al- | Dunlop saw further Riel Rebellion Great War hxoke tout in 1914, he again joffered his servicdg as a soldier in spite. of his great age, 82, being greatly | disappeinted wher the military authorities told him he was 100 old. ' A Mr. Dunlop's father wag a Dub- iin man, while hig mother hailed from Glasgow, while he' himself wag the youngest of eight "sons, while of four sisters, the one younger than he is, is thought to be still living although not: dn touch with her hrother. Married Sixty Ye"yg Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop were mar- ried sixty years azo, following which they lived in Napanee, from where they moved 10 Oshawa nearly fiity years az twenty years Mr. Dunlop acted as a special constable in this trict, In spite Later on Mr. | service in: the | while when the 0. of her own advanced { years Mrs. Dunlep does all her { own work in the home, her main care being the comfort of her cen- tenarian husband, and this aged couple to-day were the recipients of many vieitors who called to of- fer conzr lations ond take part in the q celebration marking the eventful birthday. Million Turkeys, $200,000 in Candy Shipped Overseas Ottawa, Dec. 24,--Canada's contribution to the Christmas galety of other'mations included: More than 1,000,000 turkeys. Candy valued at $200,000. Dolls, toys and sports goods valued at about $48,000, Those figures were given in a : review published by the Jepariment of Trade and Com- merce dealing with Christmas trade exports from Canada. Bright spots noted in the re- view included the marked Iim- provement in the iron and steel industry, the decrense in com- rerelal failures, and the stead- ily mounting volume of Empire trade, where they" the United Church at Columbus. Claremont; Kor nearly dis- | HENRY OUTLINED NEW MORATORIUM LAW PROPBSALY Legislation | Retroactive to Jan. 1, 1933, To Protect Home-Owners ¥ Toronto, Dec. 24.--The Ontatlo Government's Christmas box #0 home-ownerg and home-purchas- ers who are being forced io give upstheir homes because of mort- gare foreclosures or similar pro- cocglings is 'contained. in a - de- ¢laration by Premier Henry late vesterday, Mortgage-holders are advised to withhold any further. action, and are virtually warned that further legislative changes giving protection. to purchasers and owners will not only be en- acted in the next session of the Legislature, but will be made re- roactive 'to Jan. 1, 1933. The decision of the Gospro- ent follows the hearing of ev- eral deputations which have voic- ed, in no uncertain terms, ithe manner in. which their equities were being éaten up when inter- eft charges could not he met or taxes paid 'because 'of unemploy- ment in the homey' First Legislatfon in 1932 The changes proposed will be made in the legjelation enacted last 'gession under ithe Mprtgag- ¥Cdutinued on page 8) EFFECT OF PACTS CLEARLY VISIBLE Canad¥'s" \pvember Trade Swings Strongly; To- ward d ppirg Ottawa, e, 2. em A summary. of Canada's for November, issued clearly sho they effe new Canadi&n-United trade agreement execu Qttawa Confgrence. ;. The new tariff changes. wére not effective, until * Ok, 13, Iso that November ie the pst fall' month for hich retiirns are avallalle sing they begdme op eratife, Although 3 \atiadiah from all countries decreased by 39.000,000, "those from: the United Kin 1 {increased by more than $4,000,000, and. no doubt this tgehd will. b# aecen- tuated as time goes on, especi- ally if sterling recovers. Canada's November Imports from. the, United States dropped by more than $7,000,000, com- pared with November of last year. official imports terday, qf 'the ingdom at. the Holiday Service at Post Office Monday, Desember 26, being observed ag a public holiday, the following service will be given at the Oshawa Post Office: Lobby will he open from 8 a.m. to 6 pn. m. The general delivery, regis- tration and postage stamp wick- ets will be open from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. The money order and savings bank departments will be closed all day. There wili be a letter carrier delivery on Mon- day morning in the residential district of the city. There will bo no rural mail carrier deliv ery. There will he fort hox collection about 5 p.m. and the mails will be despatched as usual. nnn "Drink," said the Irish preach- er, "is the greatest curse of the country, It makes ye «quarrel with yer neighbours. Tt mekns ye imports | SOUTH SIMCOE PRESBYTERIANS CHRISTMAS TREE First ©* Annual Sunday School Event Was Com- plete Success The children of South Simeo Presbyterian Sunday School af- 'tended in large numbers for the annual Christmag treat, A pro- gram of songs, recitations, dances, and dialogues supplied by the scholars of the school was given, with, T. Langtree, super- intendent" of the Sunday Ncnool as chairman. The concert opened with J. Dixon at the organ, with the singing of "0 Canada." 'Then that beautiful carol "Holy Night" followed by 'Jingle Bells." The chairman spoke briefly hoping that every parent would be satis- fied with the good work that had been carried on by the elders of the school during the year and hoped that in the future, as dur- ing the past they would still live as Christians and live nearer to the King of Kings. The following took part in the program: song, Ester Waite; re- citation, Helen Bolton; dance, Derothy Klein; dialogue, Martha Bolton and Hannah Macharuck in. "Bage". Then came Mr. Miles with his piano aécorafan ahd of which he was applauded time after time. . Trio song, Es- ter and' Alice Waite and Helen Bolton;"dance, Jennie Waysaluk: recitations. by Douglas and Ken- neth Langtree, also Billy Miles: dialogue by the Junior Girls, all of which wag highly applauded, The feature of the night was the arrival of Santa Claus. On hig 'arrival, with the assistancz of Mrs. Langtree and Mrs. Ling each boy, and girl received their beautiful presents along with a large bag of candies and nuts, all of which they thoroughly appre- ojated. The children who had attended the Sunday School regu- larly were also. presented with silver badges and the 8.E,0.R. Boys" Club received Tlockey sticks. A most, Andnwet ta able evening was spent by the children and their parents ology with their friends who packed the school to capacity, 'What'll you have?" asked: the waiter. "I'm not predicting," repiled the weary citizen. "I'm going to order a cup of strong coffee with | fresh cream and a steak done rare. Then I'm going to eat what you bring me and say no more. RESOLUTION PASSED BY FATHERS' ASSOCN. ASKING HIM TO STAND IF. W. Watkinson Stresses Need of Erecting Quali- fied and Trained Men to Municipal Offices for Year 1933. HEATED DEBATES FEATURE MEETING Arthur Cook Criticizes Re- lief Administration, But Member of the Welfare Board Makes Plea for Co-operation of Those on Relief The Fathers' Association, which together with the Mothers Associ- ation has recently developed inte. a most active body of the citizens of Oshawa, at a crowded meeting last ight unanimously adopted a reso- lution & pporting W, E, N, Sinclair,| K.C, M.L A, as mayor of Oshawa, during 1933, "and offering him the endorsation of the association if he would become a candidate for the mayoralty, The question of the approaching clection was' dealt with at some length- by F. W. Watkinson, wha again stressed the necessity for ob taining men with executive abilit to transact the city's business dur ing these times of financial stress Several Interruptions + Mr. Watkinson was subjected td several interruptions during his ad dress, and at one time it appeared very much as if blows would b exchanged between the speaker an the father of Ald, Ed. Clark, owing to criticisms of this alderman voic ed by the speaker, Members of the Labour Defenc League were also responsible fol several interruptions, but were no permitted to address the meeting b the chairman, Arthur Cook, whos ruling in this regard was upheld b) the membership of the associatior Trained Men Needed Mr. Watkinson, who advosatel that the association support W, H N. Sinclair and his associated non inees on election day, although again criticised the executive abi ity of Mayor Thomas Hawke stated "I do not think there is member of this association posse stig the mental training whid would fit him to take charge of tH city's business next year." He again expressed the opinig that the social structure upon whidl existing governments have beg built "is sliding out of the picturs but emphasized the fact thay "tl is not going to end either to-day to-morrow, and T am convinc that we should give these nomi (Contiued on page 2) Times' Classified Ads. Get Resul Harpell Convicted of Criminal Libel; T.B. Macaulay Vindicate Montreal, Dec. 24. -- Vindica- tion of his good name was won today by Thomas B. Macaulay} president of the Sun Life of Can- ada. a8 a jury under Chief Jus- tice R. A. E. Greenshields, found James J, Harpell guilty of de- famatory 'libel. The trial occu- pied five days and arose out of articles attacking Mr. Macaulay and the Sun Life published in Harpell's magazine, passages in a book called "Indus- try, Commerce and Finance." Sentence was reserved by the chief Justice until Tuesday with the consent of the Crown to per- mit Mr. Harpell to retain his lib- erty on bail over Christmas. Cal- shoot at yer landlord. And it makes ye misg him." ixte Cormier, defence counsel, + announcd he intended to appeal, "the Jour | nal df Commerce," and out of: but the court ruled it had power to grant bail pending & peal but could continue the fg mer bail if the sentence was served. Throughout the whole trial: white-haired financier sat in courtroom and followed proce ings closely. When the verd 1 was announced nfs friends | relatives gathered around h ] 'with their congratulations. Much of the internal organise tion of the Sun Life and Wang 1 its investments were reviewed 4 the course of the trial. Mr. J q 'caulay himself was called to witness box for the defence questioned about his dealigy with Samuel Insull and his sh in a syn. icate organized by | | (Continued on page §) 1