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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1940 PAGE THREE One-Day Os hawa Fair May Feature School Exhibits OPERATING SURPLUS THIS YEAR ENABLES SOCIETY TO CUT INDEBTEDNESS $1,000 County Agricultural Repre- sentative's Proposal for School Exhibit Tentative- ly Approved TOP PRIZE WINNER GETS $64 IN CASH Thorough Revision of Rules and Regulations to Be Carried Out; Banquet for Junior Farmers Discussion of a plan to hold the South Ontario. Agricultural So- clety's fair in Oshawa for only one day in 1941, instead of two days as in Septémber past and hereto- fore, featured a recent meeting of the board of directors held in the Genosha Hotel under the chair- manship of E. W. Webber, associa- tion president. Favor School Exhibits With encouraging financial re- ports brought in by Hugh Hall, treasurer, and fair committee chairman generally, move to have Ontario County's schools stage ex- hibits at the 1941 Oshawa Fair was given tentative approval when the matter was introduced by A. E. Ennis, Ontario Department of Ag- riculture representative for this county. Proposals outlined by Mr. Ennis were endorsed by R. B. Faith, secretary and Industrial Commis- sioner of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, who told how splendid- ly some 18 or 20 Durham County schools had prepared exhibits for the recent Orono Fair. The directors decided to make a thorough revision of the rules and regulations governing the South Ontario Agricultural Society. A committee was named to carry this work out and meet at the call of the chairman prior to the annual meeting of the society which will be' held sometime in January. - Operating Surplus $1400 Treasurer's report showed an operating surplus in the year end- ing Oct. 31, 1940, of $1450, This nables immediate payment of 1,000 on principal sum of note payable to the Society's bank. A 1 er $400 will be paid when the Ontario Government grant comes hrough. With prize money increased 10 per cent this year, all winners have been paid save the Junior Farmer inners who will be presented with heir awards at the banquet of the Kiwanis Club, at which they will guests as. in former years, on Monday, Nov. 18, at the Genosha Hotel. Exhibits of Ontario County Jun- or Farmers is largely sponsored by he Oshawa Kiwanis Club, of which .-M. Souch is president. Exhibits at the recent Oshawa air by Ontario County Junior rmers were of outstanding value d attracted wide interest. It is hoped to extend the effort in 1941. Another special success of the re- pent fair was in the interest arous- pd by field crop competitions in Ervan Oats and No-Barb Barley. Those favoring a one-day session pf the annual Oshawa Fair urged at number and quality of exhibits would be greatly improved by the proposed change. i 5 The Oshawa Fair falls in a busy peason for farmers. Expense and rouble of caring for livestock ex- ibited, .and fair-to-home trans- portation for two nights bars some xhibitors, it was felt, However, if a change from a two- Hay to a one-day fair is made, it rill be done only after the whole atter is very thoroughly consider- Resolution of condolence was pdonied by ths Board of directors #h respect to the recent death of W. A. M~Necly, Brooklin. Mrs. Jeelv bos been. a member of the Ont~rinr Agricultural Society card of D'rectors for some years. Som2 43 Ontarin Csunty Junior 3emers ehibited at the recent g2arre. Fir and all of them, with H® fair diractorats and officials, iB» ovests of the Oshawat¢Ki- Panis Clvh ot the banruet in honor "a 4h young egriculturalists on ar 18 > keen this year, secretary Faith re- ports, Top Prize Winner Top money for the 1940 competi- tion was won by Alfred Bagg of Edgeley. His total of prizes was $64. Alfred Ayre of Hampton came second with $47; and Archie Muir and Son of Courtice took third place with a total of $42. William Beatty of Peterborough County won $41; C. W. Fryfogle of Wingham took $38; T. Baker and Son of Hampton won $35.95, and Lew Richardson of Ashburn, west of Brooklin, gained $34 in prizes for exhibits. Minor money prizes were won by a large number of other competitors. Move to have county school ex- Libits at the 1941 Oshawa Fair, as outlined by A. E. Ennis, agricultur- al representative, is based on the fact that school fairs have been abandoned due to the war and may not be revived for some years to come, Mr. Ennis believes that featuring school exhibits at the South On- tario Fair will attract wide interest and keep school district interest up to a high mark of keenness for older pupils at least until school fairs are resumed. PATRIOTIC SHOW ON NOVEMBER 12 FOR WAR EFFORT Outstanding Program by itby Talent on Tues- day Evening Next WHITBY, Ontario, November 6 --Plans are. completed for the grand patriotie concert to be held in the Town Hall, Whitby, on Tues- day evening of next week, Novem- ber 12th, under the auspices of the Publicity and Morale Committee of the Whitby War Effort Organuiza- tion, The programme is one of the finest presentations to be made by local talent for miany years and is being prepared. The musical: part of the pro- gramme will be under the direction of Mrs. Vernon Rowe, and the con- cluding part of the programme will be a grand patriotic pageant under the direction of Mrs. P. N, Spratt with over 150 local people taki part. There will also be a comedy' and one-act farce, entitled 'Utter Relaxation", in which six local peo- ple under the direction of Lellig: McFarlane will take part. During the evening there will be .the pre- sentation of the War Saviggs Ger- tificate to John Spratt, a yof Whitby's War Effort SI Be Brave! Be Bright! Be ,British!, which has taken the town 7} storm and has won high praise in the daily press of Oggpada. There will be a minimum speech making. The concert is g staged with the idea of "dra izing our war etfort and keeping Mp the patriotic morale in war time. The Publicity and Finance Com- mittees held a meeting last night to iron out the final details. Re- hearsals have been going on for three weeks. Needless to say, all proceeds will go into the treasury of the War Ef- fort Committee. -- AUTO INJURIES CAUSE DEATH Smiths Falls, Nov. 6--Injured in an automobile accident on the Jas- per Road on the night of Oct. 26, Alfred Ranger, 73, of Brockville, died in Chambers Memorial Hospi- tal here yesterday. An inquest was opened yesterday afternoon under Coroner Dr H. A. Whitcomb, but was adjourned to Nov. 19. Ranger was a passenger in a car operated by William Dundas, also of Brockville. The machine over- turned while en route to Smiths Falls, apparently when the driver pulled out to pass a horse-drawn vehicle, Dundas was in hospital for a brief period, put was able to return to his home in Brockville last week. Exhibition competition was' very * * WHITBY GOUNCE, DEMANDS GHECK ON RADIO STATIC Interference Continues -- Council Writes Board of Transport Whitby, Ontario, November 6.-- Although a complaint was lodged several weeks ago by the Whitby Public Utility Commission with the Board of Transport Commissioners at Ottawa regarding radio interfer= ence in the Town of Whitby, no action has yet been taken it was revealed gt the Town Council meet- ing on Monday evening. Further- more, Deputy-Reeve Frank Thread- gold said that he had written re- garding the same matter and had received no reply. The Board of Transport, it was shown, had replied to Mr. Pringle's letter referring the matter to the District Supervisor at Toronto. This, however, was two weeks ago and as yet no action has been taken and the interference which occurs at night and described as a noise like a buzz-saw still continues with numerous . complaints being lodged. Superintendent Herbert L. Prin- gle of the Public Utility Commis- sion in his letter to the Board of Transport Commissioners, pointed out that a complete examination had been made of all the Commis- sion's electric lines in the town and that no trouble had been found which would in anv way in- terfere with radio reception. The Council instructed ihe Clerk to write to the Transport Commis- sioners at Ottawa demanding im- mediate action and pointed out that the citizens of Whitby were not disposed to pay their radio license fees if they were not to be permitted to enjoy radio reception without interference. POPPY AY ON SATURDAY NEXT Canvas for Whitby Branch Canadian Legion WHITBY, Ontario, November 6 --Poppy Day will be held in Whitby on Saturday November 9th. The Viscount Greenwood Chapter of the | TOD.E, under the leadership of the Regent, Mrs. D. B. Coleman, has again undertaken the canvass of the town and the direction of the whole work in the district. Miss M. Ruddy is the canvass convener and has a%- sembled an able band of captains and workers to cover the town com- pletely. The need of the unfortunate ex- service man of the Great War is still present with us and a generous response is asked for to meet this need. The privileges of the Fund have been extended to the needy ex-service men of the present war and while no great need exists at the moment it is certain that it will increase. Mr. W. P. Ashton is in charge of the supplies and wreath orders and has set up headquarters in the bond room of the post office, The store owned by Mr. H. Neal has been loaned for a display of wreaths and poppy emblems. All material used for the Poppy: Day and Remem- .brance Day observance are made by disabled ex-service men in Vetcraft Shops of Empire materials. The money received is used to help needy veterans at home and to provide services whereby their pension rights may be protected and their cases pressed. BOMBS DAMAGE 125 CHURCHES London, Nov. 6.--The Archdeacon of London, Ven. E. N. Sharpe, yes~ terday revealed that 123 churches in his archdeaconry had been dam- aged by German air attacks, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported last night. The archdeaconry Included the City and east end of London. i ---- TH UASDAY SPECIALS AT CHOICE QUALITY GUND STEAK wii LAMB STEW CUTS BEEF HEARTS FRESH MADE PORK HEARTS PORK LIVER BROS LIMITED BUEHLER! SAUSAGE MEAT 1h. SHOULDER 1b. 18- SHOULDER - 23 LAMB FRONTS 1b. 15- ARNE EGEER wie p-- Remember [ Where Whitby Will On Monday I.LO.D.E. to Make Annual are in grave danger, and for which Before this shrine of remembrance on Dundas Street East on Mon- day morning of next week, Remembrance Day, will assemble citizens in all walks of life to recall the sacrifices made by the men from Whitby and the Empire in the last war, in defense of the principles which today today many thousands of men and women are now prepared to give their lives, Remembrance Day Service At Whitby Town Hall and Cenotaph Sunday Afternoon Commanding Officer of On-| tario County Civil Guards | to Give Address at Sun- day Meeting MILITARY UNITS, LEGION IN PAR Also Members of Civi Bodies -- Mayor Row Issues a Proclamation for Cenotaph Service Mon- day Whitby, Ontario, November 6-- With thoughts in mind of the men who twenty-five years ago gave their lives for king and country, and of those who are fighting today in a new war for the preservation of British ideals and the rights of weaker nations, citizens of Whithy will mark Remembrance Day in a patriotic, reverent manner. Plans for that day, which are now complete, call for a public service in the Town Hall at 3.30 p.m. Sun- day, November 10th and the com- memoration at the Cenotaph on Monday, November 11th, at 11 am., when the wreaths will be laid and the silence observed. The par- ade will form up at the Town Park | at 2.30 pm. on Sunday and march to the Town Hall after circling the block to pay respects at the Ceno- taph. The service will be conducted by the Whitby Ministerial Association and the chairman will be the presi- dent of the Association, Rev. Hugh Crozier. The preacher will be Major the Reverend E. E. Pugsley, minister of the United Church at Canning- ton, and Commanding Officer of the Ontario County Civil Guard. It was announced on Tuesday that the entire Second Battalion Ontario Regiment will join in the service, along with veterans of the last war. This Remembrance Day service is engaged in a broadening conflict in defense of the principles and ideals for which much blood was shed twenty-five years ago. This usually solemn ceremony has a still deeper meaning this year as all realize that what was then won and held must be preserved. This Remembrance Day service, it is pointed out, has a deeper signifi- cance this year coming as it does at a time when the Empire and her allies are engaged in a broadening conflict in defense of the principles and ideals for which so much blood was shed a quarter of a century ago. Issues Proclamation Under authority of the Town Council, Mayor Fred T. Rowe has issued a proclamation, which ap- pears elsewhere in this issue, calling upon the citizens to mark Remem- brance Day and to close their places of business on Monday, November 11, for a brief period while the ser- vice 18 being held at the Cenotaph. Support of Poppy Day 1s also urged. Tenders Resignation As President of Whitby Chamber Whitby, Ontario, November 6 --President of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce for the Past year, Francis J. McIntyre, has forwarded his resignation to Secretary S. W. Keown. Mr. Mc- Intyre gave as his reason, when interviewed by the Gazette and Chronicle, as lack of support. Several times within the past few months, he has called an executive meeting to deal with matters of vital importance to the town, with not enough members on hand to hold a meejing. Last Thursday evening not'@ne member turned up to a me g called tn discuss a quegdon of vital interest to Wh@by. "If the members were notifigd in addition to the no- tice 'prominently displayed in the paper, and did not turn up, then J feel that I have not their Fuppett and there is nothing left for me but to resign," Mr. Mcintyre declared, pointing .out that he had devoted a great deal of time to the work of the Chamber, and was no longer prepared to continue, WHITBY STUDENTS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS Take First and Third Awards, Second to Ux- bridge Boy Whitby, Ontario, November 6.-- The Carter Scholarship awards have just been announced by the Department of Education. These are County scholarships and are awarded to the candidates who ob- tain highest standing on not more than 10 papers of the Upper School examinations, In Ontario County this year the first scholarship, value $100 cash, was won by Miss Flmah Green of the. Whithy- High School; the sec- ond, value $60, went to Arnold Stearman of Uxbridge High School; Sn he third, value $40 went to e Sherwin, ] 2 h es of the Whitby Hig For the past three years the first Carter Scholarships for Ontario County have heen won by pupils from Whitby High: School. In 1938 Graham Macdougall was first, the second going to the Oshawa Colle- giate and the third to Uxbridge. In 1939 Gwen Thompson was first, the second again going to Oshawa ang the third to Uxbridge tuts t-------- THAT'S AN IDEA Long --(CP)...a newspaper cor- respondent has suggested the bar- rage balloons in Britain pe made to pay for themselveg by carrying ad- vertising replacing the -perfal ad- vertising of pre-war days, WHITBY COUNCIL DEBATES FFFECT NEW APARTHENTS District Residents Declare They Will Appeal Assessments WHITBY, Ontario, November 6 --The Town of Whitby stands to lose considerable money in tax revenues as the result of the estab- lishment or the location of an apartment house recently, in the fine - residential district on Byron Street North, between Dundas and John Streets, This was revealed at the Council meeting on Monday evening, when it was intimated that several members had been ap- proached complaining of the loca- tion of the apartment house in question which gives accommoda- on to three families, with threats hat they would ask for a reduc- tion in their assessmerits on the ground that their properties had depreciated in value The three- family nouse is the old Smith pro- perty, recently purchased and ex- tensively gltered py Mr. J. Ward. The chief complaint lodged with the Councillors appeared to | that in the house in question there was but one furnace and that the other two apartments had to be heated by stoves, which increased the danger of fire and increased the volume of smoke, zlso that in the absence of a driveway, people visiting the house were driving their cars up on the lawn During the discussion it was re- vealed that no building permit had | been taken out by Mr. Ward for | the alterations to this building nor | for the alterations made some | time ago to the Brock apartments | on Brock Street South, and this was considered by the Council to be a rather serious situation in view of the town building by-law. Mr. Ward's contention, it was stated, was that he had a permit from his insurance company grant- ing him certain privileges, but that he was not aware that he was re- quired to take out a buildine per mit with the Town Engineer. The building by-law, incidental- ly, requires not only a bui'ding per- mit to be taken out but that plans of all buildings and alterations must be submitted to the engineer | for his approval, and this includes | plumbing. It was pointed out that Mr Ward had lived, before coming to Whit- by. in municipalities where build | ing permits were not required and | that it might easily be that he was | not acquainted with the building regulations in Whitby, although fit | was suggested by one Councillor that a man of Mr. Ward's age and business ability should have known that a permit was required. The question of the conversion of private residences into apart- ment houses presents a serious problem for the town in view of. the possibility of the depreciation in adjoining property values. It was pointed out that in recent years, right in the same locality where Mr, Ward's n:west apart- ment house has been located, there ---- © | dian * INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY STILL ON PROGRESS ACROSS CANADA 'The pronounced expansion in in- dustrial activity, which began last Spring, continued throughout the Summer and is still in progress, according to the current Monthly Review of The Bank of Nova Scotia. Indeed, says the Review, "the first year of the war witnessed the largest absolute increase in in- dustrial employment and produc- | tion which has been recorded in Canadian statistics within the span of twelve months." The Review points out that the greatest increases in activity have occurred in the metal-working and machinery industries, chemicals, and certain branches of the textile trades, and it adds that employ- ment in these industries showed gains ranging from 21 per cent in electrical apparatus to 324 per cent in shipbuilding during the first year of the war. The outlook for this section of Canadian industry' is generally for capacity produc- tion and extensive plant expansion, | for it is in this field that war orders have been concentrated. ! War orders have been placed at a Jaa increasing rate, and by the end of September the total value of | defence contracts awarded by the Dominion Government was $525 | millions--$390 millions on Cana- account and about $135 millions on British account, Of the grand total, some $450 millions ap- pear to have been placed within Canada. In addition capital com- | mitments, almost entirely for arms | and munitions plants, amounted to | $235 millions, and on completion | this capital programme will involve | | a production of well over $800 mil- | lions per annum. The construction industry has | also been stimulated by war orders. | As a result of the capital expansion | programme, contracts for industrial purposes have been four times as | large this year as a year earlier and | were even greater than the high | figures for the corresponding { months of 1928 and 1929. In addi- | tion, there has been a large amount | of. defence building--air fields | traf z schools, barracks, ete. The | resu has -been that, though high- | | way construction has been con- | siderably reduced and residential building slightly lower, the total value of construction contracts was | nearly $250 millions in the first | nine months of the year as com- pared with about $150 millions in the corresponding peri6d of 1939. | The Review adds that the basic export industries have also exper- fenced a marked increase in opera- tions, particularly in the forestry branches. Exports (excluding gold) amounted to $313 millions during the third quarter of the year, up $80 millions from the corresponding quarter of 1939. The forest indus- | of tries alone account for half of this sharp rise and the addition of the figures for bacon and cheese ex- plains two-thirds of the gain in the export figures, Added to the direct stimulus of war contracts and rising exports has been the cumulative influence of increasing industries and most of the sizeable gain in the furni- ture industry are attributable to the growing demands of individual consumers. As an indication of the higher level of individual expendi- tures, the official index of retail sales averaged 13 per cent higher in the first eight months of 1040 than the year before. In summary, the Review states that the business picture is one of substantial and widespread expan- sion. "In addition to building up our war output and to enlarging our export production, we have ex- panded our peacetime output, and the majority of Canadians are bet ter off than before the war." If we could go on indefinitely in- creasing our production at the rate of the last twelve months. we should have very little to worry about in the economic sphere. But such is not the case. The first 20 per cent increase in industrial ac- tivity has proven relatively easy. The second 20 per cent increase will be more difficult. The reason is that we have utilized a great deal of the idle plant capacity and much of the reserve of idle and only part- lv-occupied lahcur which so faeill- tated the expansion of the past vear. While this does not mean that | we shall soon reach the peak of our production, it does suggest that the rate of expansion in our total production may well become less rapid during the course of this se- cond year of the war. We must have a rapidly mounting produc- tion of arms and munitions, Of course, we should also like to have a steadily improving standard of living. But the two cannot go hand in hand indefinitely. One must give place to the other. The latter part of the Review is | devoted to a more detailed survey conditions in the five main economic areas of the Dominion. In Ontario and Quebec, the out- standing development has been the pronounced increase in manufac- turing activity, particularly in the heavy lines. In the Maritime Pro. vinces and in British Columbia, the high level of operations in the forest industries has been the lead- ing source of strength in the busi- ness picture. In the Prairies, of course, the enormous wheat crop dominates the scene and, while the difficulties of marketing are cur- tailing the usual Fall increase in business, farm income during the latter part of the crop-year will certainly be greater than usual. are several houses which have been turned into duplex and apart- ments, no fewer than five being mentioned. Just what - authority, if any, the town has, to prevent private property owners 'rom making apartment houses of their dwell- ings, will have to be determined, it |. was decided by the Town Solicitor to whom the matter was referred. In the meantime, it was revealed that Mr. Ward has been given to understand no further alterations to property are to be made until he receives from tha building in- specter a permit to proceed. It was even suggested that action against him for violation of the building by-law should be taken. but noth- ing definite along this Mne was We Give a PRICE LIST 1 hese prices do not include cas- ing. 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