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\/ A THE DAILY 14 MES-CGAZE IT 1. hy ° SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1740 BURTON--Entered into rest at the Oshawa General Hospital, on Satur- day, January 3rd, Thomas Henry Burton, Brooklin, aged 86 years, be- loved father of Edna, at home, Rest at the Murray Robinson Funeral Home for service in the United Church, .Brooklin, Ont., on Monday, January. 5th, at 2 p.m. Interment Groveside "Cemetery. In Memoriam LEACOCK--In fond and loving memory of a loving Brother and Uncle, Wil- liam (Matt) Leacock, killed in action, Italy, January 2, 1945. From our happy home and circle » God has taken one we loved; He is home away from sin and sorrow To a nobler rest above. » No one knows how much we miss him; None but aching hearts can tell, Lost 'on earth, but found in Heaven Jesus doeth all things well. --Ever loved and always remembered by "his loving sister Lizzie, hrother-in- Maw Jack Ashmore and family. NORTHEY--In loving memory of Percy Nortaey, who passed away January 3, 1941 --Ever Cards of Thanks I wish to express my sincere thanks to my many friends and all organiza- tions of Albert St. United Church, for their kindness during my illness, Sign- ed--Doreen McGee. 'remembered by wife and fame The family of the late Arnold A. Larmer wish to thank their friends and helghbors, for expressions of sym- pathy," acts of kindness and beautiful floral tributes extended to them in the loss of a dear husband, father and brother." They also wish to express their gratitude to the General Motors employeés and .his business associates; to Dr. Mills and the nurses of Oshawa . General Hospital for their attention and sympathy and Rev. J. V. McNeely for his comforting message. ®hituary MRS. JOHN WILLIAM LEIGH The death occurred Jn the Osh- awa General Hospital on Friday, January 2, as the result of carbon monoxide peisoning, of Mabel May Redburn, beloved wife of John Wil- liam Leigh of Thornton's Corners, in her 69th year. Mrs. Leigh was foufid unconscious in her home on Wednesday afternoon and was fe- moved to Hospital. Born on March 17, 1879, the de- ceased was married at Brighton and with" her husband had resided in Oshawa and vicinity for 30 years, after coming here from Teeswater. | Besides her husband, she leaves to | mourn her passing two daughters, Mrs. R. Rahme (Gladys) of Maple Grove and Miss Marion Leigh of Pivton. Also surviving are two sis- ters, "Miss Myrtle Redburn of Tees- water and Mrs. K. Hennigar of Vangouver, and four grandchildren. The funeral will be held from the Armstrong Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 5, followed by interment: in the Oshawa Union Cemetery. Rev. H. F. Yardley of Courtice will conduct the- services. MRS. R. HL. BROWN Actively engaged in church work until 'illness overtook her a few weeks' ago, Mrs. Richard Hamilton Brown, Orono, passed away yester- day 'at the Oshawa General Hos- pital. ) Born Mabel Edith Limbert in Lindsay on Decémber 29, 1883, the daughter of Esther Werry and Wil- liam Limbert, she spent some years in Newburgh before moving to Or- ono-in 1907. Two years later on August 28, she was married and re- sided in Orono to the time of her death at 64 years of age. Mrs. Brown was a member of Or- ono' United Church where she de- voted much of her time to the church organizations. She is survived by her husband at Orono, her son William Hamil- ton, teaching at the Ontario Agri- cultural College at Guelph; two sisters and two brothers: Mrs, Wil- liam Andrews (Zetha), Toronto; Mrs. Frank Thompson (Louise), Calgary; Dr. Milton Limbert, Par- ry Sound and Horace Limbert, Tor- onto. The deceased is resting at the Morris Funeral Chapel, Bowman- ville. The remains will be taken to Orono Uhited Church on Sunday when the funeral service will be conducted by Rev, A. E, Eustace at 1.30 p.m. Interment will be in Oro- no Cemetery. Outdoor Rinks (Continued from Page 1) practices are in progress. " Pee-Wee Leagu A motion unanimousty" passed by the meeting provides for a special "pee-wee" league (boys 12 and under) to be played each Saturday morning under the management ¢ f the neighborhood committee them- selves. Two days a week from four to six the school hockey teams will play their games at these rinks un- der the management of the teach- ers. Other skating and hockey periods will be under the supervision of the rink managers who will be appointed by C.R.A. Schedules and regulations are now being arranged and the rink manag- ers will be appointed as soon' as appleations have been received at the['C.R.A. office. of) age A ati a The meeting was also unanimous Jn @1ggesting that areas of the city « neighborhood' committees "hot been formed should be en- to organize as soon as pos- # The members of the C.R.A. am committee expressed a de- #0 work closely with these: Help will be ex- to any neighborhood wishing 1 such a committee by mem- of - the present committees or "C.R.A. e C.R.A. Program Committee ent enlarged to include repre- senfatives from the five neighbor- hootl- areas already organized. As new areas. become' organized they wilk also receive representation. 3 A EI CHINESE PILOTS COMING Qawa, Jan. 3--(OP)--The Ota watJournal said yesterday that a grojip. of about 15 polit instructors of fhe Chinese alr force is on its way 'to Canada to study operations of the Mesquito fighter-bombers §0ld"by Canada to China, Farmers- Market Local Grain Local selling prices for bran $47- $48 ton; shorts, $49-$50; baled hay, $20-$22 ton; straw, $18-§20 ton; pastry flour, $395 a bag; bread flour, $4.75 a bag. Dealers are pay- ing no set price. Wheat, $1.48 a bushel; oats, 85-20 cents; barley, $1.20.81.25; buckwheat, $1.25. Local Eggs Local Eggs: Grade A large 45, Grade A Medium 41; Grade A Pullet 39, Grade B 36, Grade C and Cracks 28, Produce Toronto, Jan. 3 (CP).--Produce prices in the spot market here to- day were reported as follows: Churning cream unchanged, No. 1 lb, 73¢c FOB, T7c delivered. Butter prints unchanged, first grade Tic, second grade 69c, third grade 67c. . Eggs: Light receipts with market advancing slightly; wholesale to retail, A large 48-50c, A medium 46- 48c, A pullet 44-45c, B. 41-43c C 33- 35¢; country shippers quoted graded eggs, cases free, A large 45':-46'4c, A medium 43'2-44%3c, A pullet 41- 41%c, B 38-39c, C 32-34c. Butter solids, market quiet, first grade 69-69%zc, second grade 66- 87%c. Livestock -- Toronto, Jan. 2 (CP).~A light run of some 3,200 head of cattle cleared at prices 25 to 50 cents a hundredweight higher here this week. Calves and hogs gained $i cwt. and 75 cents cwt. respectively while sheep and lambs were strong. Weighty steers sold at $14-$17 witli butcher steers from $12-$15.50. But- cher heifers brought $11.50-$14.75 with tops at $15. Butcher cows were $9-$1250 and canners sold downwards to $6 cwt. Bulls were from $8.50-$11.75 and fed yearlings $13.75-8$17. The few stockers offer- ed were cleared at $10.50-$12.50 cwt | Plain to medium quality milkers and springers were '$90-$140 each. Calves climbed $1 higher cwt. and closed at $19-820 for choice vealers with plain downwards to $11. Grass calves for slaughter were $9.50- $10.50. Hogs gained 75 cents Tuesday after a day of unsettled prices bringing Grade A up to $24 and Grade B to $23.60. Sows were $16- $16.50 dressed. Good ewe and wether lambs brought $17 cwt. With bucks at $16 and culls $11.13. Sheep were $5-$9.50 according to quality. Hogs Toronto, Jan. 3 (CP).--Hog prices established at Stratford, in market reporting this morning. Fruit Toronto, Jan. 3 (CP). --Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices were un- changed here today with the fol- Towing exception: Leaf lettuce, 3 doz., $7.50-$8. Price Boost (Continued from Page 1) seaboard; beef prices were boosted from $24.25 to $27.50 a 100 pounds for red brand; from $23.50 to $26.50 for blue brand and from $21.10 to $23.10 for medium. Beginning April 1, 1948, the con- tract price for cheese will increase by five cents to 30 cents a pound from the current rate of 25 cents. Spring prices for eggs will go up five cents a dozen from 42%; to 47% while fall prices, effective Sept. 1, will increase 3'2 cents from 50% to 54%. The price Increases announced for bacon, beef, eggs and cheese sold to Britain during 1948 gener- ally should go directly to the pro- ducers, government sources said to- day. There will be some differences, depending on local conditions, but the farmer will reap most of the benefit of the new price ranges as they become effective. "However," said a spokesman, "there is no reason why the mid- dleman should take much more than he does now." On hogs which are going up to $7 per 100 pounds, the farmer will get at least $6 of the increase. The $1 difference may go-to the packer depending on where the farmer has to hold the hog for several days because of local conditions. This also would apply to beef prices, which are advancing from $1.50 to $3.25 per 100 pounds ac- cording to grade. Much or most of the increase will go to the farmer. : The cheese factory is expected to pass on to milk producers most of the five-cent-a-pound increase in the cheese price while egg produc- ers will gain through the 3%:-to- five-cent increased announced for export eggs. Montreal, Jan, 3 (CP).--A live- stock official said last night that the increase in contract prices for Fork would result in an increase of possibly as much as 15 cents per pound on bacon and other pork cuts. The price of hogs on the two Mon- treal- livestock markets will rise 4from $24 to $28.50 hundredweight on Monday morning, he said. Although the price of beef was also lifted, the official pointed out that little effect would be felt on the retail market because beef pri- ces recently have been high, CHARGED WITH VAGRANCY L Arraigned in police court here to- day on charges of vagrancy, Ralph A, Crum, 322 Albert Street, and Wilfred 8. Wood, North were remanded to January "Magistrate Frank S. Eobs, FALSE ALARM * At 2.27 p.m. yesterday two trucks and the Fire Chief's car responded to a false alarm from the box at the Schofield Woollen Co. * Ltd. 7 by no sign of the person who had rung the alarm, were unsetiled with no quotations | ships from and whther the packer. Oshawa, | plan§ on Centre Street. There was | List Six Dead In Storm Areas Southern Ontario By The Canadian Press Two days after a new year's night blizzard which left six persons dead and caused thousands of dollars' property damage, Southern Ontario still is digging out from under the" heaviest snowfall so far this winter. Scores of repair crews continued today to restore hydro and tele- phone service as other workmen struggled to complete the job of clearing drifted highways and roads from Windsor to Kingston. Greatest property damage was in Windsor and nearby Essex County communities, the first to be hit by the storm. Full telephone service was. not expected to be restored in Windsor until the middle of next week. Damage in the Border City alone was estimated at $100,000. Traffic was snarled in cities and towns along the 360-mile storm front and hundreds of persons were stranded as automobiles lost the fight with drifting snow. Some highways still were blocked. Can- dles and lanterns were pressed into | service in many communities dur- ing the power failures. Winds which lashed' Lake On- tario's north shore swept a 50-year- old lighthouse and part of a pier into the water at Bronte, 15 miles northeast of Hamilton, The storm dead were Charles W. Bartholomew, 61, of Leaside, near Toronto; Mrs. Jean Drumogle, 170, of London; Mrs, Sadie Pugh, 65, of Toronto, and Prank Engeland, 58, of Hamilton, all of whom died of heart attacks as they pushed through deep snow; Andrew F. Smith, 78, who collapsed at Bramp- ton after supervising' snow-removal on a county road, and Herbert Mar= tin, 30, who died at Barrie as he was driven home in a snowplow after complaining of illness. while 'working on a road-sanding ma- chine, 4 Kedron ° Kedron, Dec. 31--far., and Mrs. Frank Thompson spent the week- end with Mrs. Marguerite Cross- man of Bowmanville, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hancock joined a family party at Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hancock's, Kingston Road, on Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs, John Hislop of Columbus were Christmas Eve Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hancock, Mrs~ Walter Kilburn and Mrs. Merwin Dickthson of Oshawa spent Friday with 'Mr. and Mrs, Frank Thompson, Mr. and Mrs, S. E. Werry and Anne visited Mr. and Mrs, R. J. Luke on Sunday. { CHEESE BOARD SALES | Brockville, Jan. 3 (CP).--Tue first cheese board sales here since 1932 | were held yegterday at the Bmock- | ville Co-operd¥ive Association, with | white and colored cheese selling at AB, n a anna At ane tims this city, a central point for Eastérn | Ontario's dairy industry, had the | largest cheese board in €anada. The temporary toard, established for the | winter months, will co-ordinate sales preparing radioactive isotopes from fission products & The great atomic "pile", shielded by hundreds of Yons of lead and concrete is sheltered in the Pile Building ¢ within the gates of the Chalk River plant shown in the background (upper left). At upper right, an operator | n y remote control is protected by a thick wall of lead ! bricks. Shown at lower left is a machine used for making the fine quartz threads upon which depends the delicate' action of the micro-balance -- an instrument which can weigh accurately as little as one ten- | millionth of a gram. The micro balance like some other instruments used, had to be invented and built by | the men of Chalk River. Because of the dangers involved, materials can be handled, and instruments used are' extremely only infinitesimal itive, an radio-active plex like the quantities of d ti very microscope (lower right) being used in microchemical work with a fission product. ~-National Film Board Photos by Chris Lund. | felopment which had meant some Candidates (Continued from Page 1) for a number of years. He then engaged in trucking and teaming and since 1940 ha# been in the con- tracting business. He resides in North Oshawa. William E. Noble William E. Noble has also been a member of East Whitby Council for the past four terms and has been chairman of waterworks, lighting fire protection for the past two years. During 1947, he was named president of the newly-formed East Whitby Welfare Association. He is an active member of the West- mount Recreation Asscciation and and executive member of the Osh- awa Community Chest. Employed at General Motors for the past five years, Mr. Noble has been active in labor activities and was first president of the Oshawa and District Labor Council. He was vice-president of the Labor Council in 1944 and 1945. He has lived in Westmount, since 1927. Howard L. Bowins A resident of East Whitby for the past 25 years, Howard L. Bowins is making his first attempt to enter the municipal administration field. An experienced mechanic, Mr, Bow- ins has been employed at General Motors almost continuously over a 17-year period. He has owned and operated threshing machinery for 12 years. He is in the process of starting a small confectionery busi- ness in the township. A man who has always made a success of his own business should certainly be equipped to handle the business of a township such as East Whitby, Mr, Bowin says. D. R. Brown Member of the North Oshawa Oshawa Businessmen's Association, D. R. Brown has lived in the town- ship all his life. In his capacity as proprietor of the Mercury Cab Co., he has travelled extensively over the full extent of the township. Still ~ young man, he has been em- ployed at General Motors for seven /years and for a year and a half he was a group steward of Local 222, U.AW.-CI10. Joseph W. Childerhose Active in the field of sports and sports organization in Westmount, Joseph Childerhose has also been active in pressing for improvements in township services. Introduction of the township mail delivery dur- ing the reeveship of John Ross can be attributed in good measure to his efforts, Mr. Childerhose says. A resident of East Whitby for 24 years, Mr, Childerhose has been em- ployed at General Motors for almost 25 years. He is a member of Local 222, U.A.W.-C.I.O. and held the post of shop. steward for one year. As mentor of an athletic club known as the A Westmount Rockets, Mr. Childerhose was responsible for training some 45 boys in lacrosse, solibali and hockey. Frank M. Crawford Prank M. Crawford, a resident of East Whitby for 22 years in all, has been a member of the board of | of the Delta and Lansdowne boards. trustees of North Oshawa School 8 for the past year. A veteran of both world wars, Mr, Crawford has work- ed at General Motors for 27 years and is a member of Local 222, U.AW.-C.1,0. He is a trustee of the East Whitby Welfare Association and during the past Community' Chest drive was a canvasser in his "district, Norman Down Norman Down. a well-known farmer in the Cedar Dale area, has spent nine years on the East Whitby Council. During this per- Tod, he was reeve for two terms, 1944 and 1945, and deputy-reeve for 1943 and 1942. As a member of the Ontario County Council, he was chairman of its agriculture committee for one term. Active in agricultural circles, Mr. Down has been a director of the South Ontario Agricultural Society for many years and presi- dent for the past five years. He is also vice-president of the Oshawa Milk 'Producers Association. Wilbur Down Making his first attempt in mu- nicipal politics, Wilbur Down says he is heartily interested in the welfare of all the township resi- dents. A lifelong resident of East Whitby, Mr. own has farmed continuously on the site where he was born--just south of Thorn- ton's Corners on the new high- way, Neil C. Fraser, K.C. Neil C. Fraser, K.C., was born at Uxbridge and has been a resi- dent of Ontario County #11 his life, He was graduated from Queen's University in 1925 in Honor Eng- lish and Economics and received his law degree from Osgoode Hall in 1928. He returned to Oshawa to practice law and in 1930 join- ed the firm with which he is still associated, Grierson, Creighton and Fraser. . At the outbreak of World War II, Mr. Fraser, on the seserve list of- the Ontario Regiment, rejoined the regiment and served with it for a little more than a year. Then he Was posted to the Judge Advo- cate General's Department where he served as legal officer for the 65th Armored Division for almost two years. Promoted to the rank of major, he was finally made principal legal officer for the 2nd Canadian Corps and served on the continent in this capacity. As an acting lieutenant-colonel, he' was placed in charge of the Canadian division of the war crimes investi- ation branch until he returned home in September, 1945. He was awarded an M.B.E. and mentioned in despatches for service on the continent. . >He is a director of the Oshawa Children's Aid Society and first vice-president of the Kiwanis Club. He is on the board of man- agement of St. Andrew's United Church. On lis return from over- seas he rented a house in the township and has since 'purchased it. He was named King's Counsel in 1945, Elmer J. Powell Elmer J. Powell. has bec a member of the East Whitby Coun- cil for the past two terms and in 1940 was a member of the Picker- | ing, for 8 number of years. He has been chairman of sidewalks on the ell has taken an active part in ag- A farmer all his life, Mr. Pow- two years. East Whitby Council for the past ricultural organizations. He is a director of the Oshawa Milk Pro- ducers' Association and of the South Ontario Agricultural Soci- ety, heading the dairy cattle sec- tion of the latter in 1947, He is secretary-treasurer of the South Ontario Federation of Agriculture and a director of both the South Ontario Plowman's Association and the Ontario County Holstein Breeders' Association, He has farmed near Columbus for the past seven years, John W. Powers An employee of General Motors for the past 18 years, John W. Powers has been aanember of Lo- cal 222, U.AW..C.1.O. since its inception. He has served on its bargaining committee, sub council and as chairman of the political action committee. . Mr. Powers, a residerit of Osh- awa and district for the past 32 years, is president of the Harmony Welfare: Association and during the 1947 Community Chest drive he was Harmony zone chairman, ' Roy Trimm A member of East Whitby Council for two terms in 1937 and 1938, Roy Trimm was a member of the township 'welfare board at that time. Following his term of office on council, Mr. Trimm was named a member of the Kast Whitby Board of Health, a post he held for two years. As a member of council, he was chairman of roads and bridges for one year and chairman of sidewalks and water- works, for his second term. = Mr. Trimm has lived in the township for 27 years; he is an employee of General Motors and a member of Local 222, U.A.W.-C. 1.0., For some years he was presi- dent of the Oshawa Gladiolius So- ciety, an organization which he helped to organize. He is a member L of the Canadian Gladiolus Society. During his term on council, Mr. Trimm says, he was instrumental in having land set aside for the present Westmount Park site. He 1s a director of the South Ontario Agricultural Society. Arthur Slyfield 3 Coming to the Oshawa district some 30 years ago, Arthur Sly- field settled first in Harmony and then moved to Oshawa. He attend- ed Oshawa High School,-and gra- duated from Peterborough Normal School and has taught school in Oshawa for the past 23 years. Mr. Slyfield has spent the last 16 years living on the sixth con- cession at Columbus." By birth and background, Mr. Slyfield says, he has an 'intimate understanding of the problems of the "dirt farmer." He was a member of the Oshawa Public Library Board for a 15- year period but this is his first entry into the actual political life of any municipality. HOUSEHOLD HINT A breadboard may be kept from skidding on a smooth table when Radioactive Isotopes Open New Horizons In Scientific Research/ Analyse Problems (Continued from Page 1) As chairman of watermains and fire protection, he had been most | directly responsible for the water- | mains installation program: a de- | 25,000 to 30,000 feet of watermains i for East Whitby in three years, | Councillor Noble declared. | Dealing with the drainage situa- | tion,-Councillor, Noble said employ- ment of an engineer was a necessity i for the township, The advice of a | competent engineer was needed in | order to develop a satisfactory pro- | gram of road repair and re-con- | struction in East Whitby, he said. "The township,' he said, "has grown as fast or faster than any comparable area in Central Ontario. { With that growth comes the need | for more services. | "In these times of rising costs, it's going to be a major feat to hold the tax line to where it ought to be." Edgar L. Glover Councillor E. L. Glover, Council- lor Noble's opponent for the deputy reeveship, said he considered the problem of under drainage a ques- | tion of first importance for the | township administration, | Road repair problems, which dot- | ted the township, would be dealt with first in 1948, he said. A slate of projects to be completed was hanging in the township office and they would receive immediate at- tention in 1948, Referring to a projected bus ser- vice for North Oshawa and Har- mony, Councillor Glover said the 1948 council would give support to future attempts in th's direction. Arthur Slyfield First of 11 candidates for council to speak, Arthur Slyfield stamped East Whitby as "a rural municipa- lity." Farmers had developed it and they had a "prior stake in it." Consequently, it was essential that the council have a fair representa- tion "of people who are interested 12 He problems of the tillers of the soil." Projects should be undertaken in the light of ability to pay," he ad- vised. Since he had lived for many years in a rural area of the township and at the same time had taught school in an urban sector for 23 years, he might be considered able to deal with the problems of "re- ciling the diverse aspirations of dirt farmers and °those who live in the urban sections which are actually extensions of Oshawa.' Joseph W. Childerhose Joseph W. Childerhose spoke out sharply against paying $8,000 as a fire protection rate to Oshawa. "It's time we moved toward getting a fire outfit of our own and. put some hydrants in." Mr, Childerhose said he was in favor of annexations on condition that "we can get a square deal from Oshawa." East Whitby had to have cheaper light and cheaper water, he declared. Why did township resi- dents have to pay a, $2 service charge for electricity, he asked. 'We're using as much light as anybody else. Why can't we have the same rate as Oshawa?" Mr. Childerhose supported the plan for division of the township into rural and urban areas so that moneys could be spent. "according to where the'taxes come from." Roy Trimm A former member of council in 1937 and 1938, Roy Trimm said he | realized conditions in the township ing Township Council, He was' al- | kneading dough _if'jar rubbers are | Had changed a great deal in ten 50 a trustee of 8.8. No. 1, Picker- glued to its under surface, | years, With 11 candidates in a field, it was obvious that more peo* JF ple were taking an interest in mun 5 icipal affairs. x : If the electors were: convinced that his experience in the muni= = cipal field would prove of benefit now, they should turn out an support hm, Mr. Trmm urged, I'll § do my best and see that the town- & ship gets the most out of every ° dollar we spend." Norman Down Norman Down, former reeve © the township and now a candid for council, said the "dirt fa ers" and the industrial worl should march "hand in handfw the township. It was hard tofyn- the line between them in 4 ship such as East Whitby, i Declaring he would gpocitie promises since think it fair to promise SPEC vors for any one individual © ment of the communit; said he had decided municipal field again bec the important decisions East Whitby in the next years, John W. Powers | John W, Powers, who said Re was running in order to "get the most for the taxpayer's dollar," pointed-out that Kast Whitby was in the midst of a period of "tre- mendols expansion." Taxpayers were willing to pay for better ser- vices and he was convinced they should get them. First of all, the township was suffering "acutely from growing pains," a condition which provoked problems that would not arise "in a static area." Secondly, he said, East Whitby was a divided area, much of the township consisting of good farm- ing country and the other sector on the fringe of the city a distinet- ly urban area with all the problems involved. "We have to deal equitably and fairly with both these portions." The revenues accruing from these areas had to be congidered and so did the varying conditions of life. Mr. Fraser assured the ratepayers that if elected he would make a comprehensive study of this dual" area in order to move toward solu- tions permitting East Whitby to develop "on a long-range basis." "I've got no axes to grind," re- marked Mr, Powers. "I won't be using my position on council as a stepping stone to something else." As a parting bit of advice to the ratepayers, Mr. Power urged them to "get out Monday and exercise your franchise." Howard L. Bowins Howard L. Bowins, a. veteran of 42 years of operating thrashing machinery, sald he had always made a success of his own business and hence felt he could deal with the problems posed by the business of a municipality such as East Whitby. Mistakes in policy had been made in the road repair work throughout the township, he said. This was particularly evident in gravelling operations, in which a good deal of the gravel unloaded on the roads had been shoved off into the ditches by the motor grader. Mr. Bowin pledged himself to getting a wig wag signal for the Park Road level crossing, a spot which he described as a "death trap." D. R. Brown x Pointing out that he was not promising to turn all the township roads "into pavement," D. R. Brown' said it was still possible to get good roads and a proper drainage system in East Whitby. "There have been very few cel lars in this neighborhood, College Hill or Westmount that haven't been filled with water at one point or another," Mr. Brown said adequate water facilities were necessary as a means of fire protection and he promised to exert every effort to make East Whitby "a safer and 'better" place to live in. If others were to be at tracted to the township, adequate services were a prime prerequistie, he said. Frank M. Crawford Charging that ratepayers had not been getting "just what we should" from . council in the last several years, Frank M. Crawford referred specifically to the lack of a side- walk through the North Oshawa district on the Oshawa-Port Perry road. The township eouncil, he sug- gested, should "force a showdown" with the county on the question; of obtaining a sidewalk far the area. Mr. Crawford said he wis-#ce- finitely opposed" to paying $8,000.to Oshawa for "what little protection we can get out of them." "Even if I'm not elected," he declared, "I'm going to hound council to organize our own fire brigade." As for annexation, Mr. Crawford said he was neither opposed to it nor in favor of it since he regarded it as a distant issue. "I don't see what the city can 0 ww offer North Oshawa, Westmount or * Harmony. Their present sewage dis- posal system is a rotten disgrace." The city would have to rectify its system before it could contem- plate annexation, he asserted. Neil C. Fraser, K.C. Neil C. Fraser, K.C., said he: had lived in Ontario County all his life with the exception of his university wears and the time spent on service overseas In the Canadian Army. After seeing "what a mess" had been ereated in other countries when people were unwilling to run for office or unwilling to participate in the responsibilities of govern- ment, he was determined not to shirk his responsibility, East Whitby--or rather its make- up--gave rise to "peculiar difficult- ies," Mr, Fraser pointed out. Elmer Powell Councillor - Elmer Pow position to that he had perience be- as chairman two years of council hind him. Speakin sidewalks for 194 Councillor 11 $id little could be accomp- lished because of ther almost com. plete lack of cement supplies. There was "a backlog" of road re- pair "work on 'the. council books, Councillor Powell said, and it should be "cleaned up" before any new projects were begun. Councillor Powell made a direct plea to the ratepayers to give ad- vice to the future council on prob- lems in certain areas where resi- dents were most familiar with the Involved. Co-operation Pproiigins between council members and on payers was. a constant aid to good administration, he told his audi. | ence. ¥ yf