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"SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1950 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE FIVE *WHITBY NEWS Editorial Comment | Where Your Taxes Go With the tax notices sent out to all ratepayers this week went a budget of estimates upon which the tax rate is based. If ratepayers will take the trouble to examine this document carefully they will discover that the bulk of the money that flows into the civic treasury is pledged, in other words, it is practically spent, before it is collected. They will find that while Council are often charged with being extrav- agant, they actually have very little money to be extrava- gant with. After all ordinary obligations of the corporation are met, there is very little left for what might be termed extras. Let us look at the budget of estimates covering receipts and expenditures so that we may get some idea just where the tax money goes. We all know, of course, where it comes from. It is interesting to note that of the total estimated rev- enue of $223,000, the sum of $162,459 is already pledged. Here are some of the items: Interest and principal on the debenture debt, $62,000; the uncontrollable, so far as the town is concerned, county levy of $24,000; payable to the P. U. C. for hydrant rentals, $4,000; street lights, $6,500; public library, $3,700, and the second largest item, $59,459 for education. When all these are provided for, plus some smaller items, there is left $70,541. Deduct $11,000 for sal- aries and the remainder is $58,641. Out of this amount the Council must maintain streets and sidewalks, the fire de- partment, provide for garbage collection, police protection, insurance on buildings and equipment, heating the town hall, provide for grants of approximately $1,900, including $500 to the Chamber of Commerce and $1,000 to the V.O.N,, and other major and minor expenditures which form part of the general cost of civic government. With increasing demands for this and that civic serv- ice, for grants and what have you, the Council's task to keep expenditures down and stretch the amount remaining after all pledged money has been taken care of, is, to say the least no sinecure. In keeping the tax rate of 1950 the same as last year, the general feeling is that the Council has done a good job. It may be, as Mayor Jermyn told the Ratepayers' Association meeting on Thursday night, that with the present rate the Council may not be able to "break even". Every effort will no doubt be made, however, to keep within the budget. The Council does well to issue a statement to the tax- payers showing there their money goes. They have a right to this information, and we feel that there will be less criticism from a well informed and understanding electorate. ®| WHITBY ELECTRIC Earl "Jake" Bryant INSTALLATIONS, FIXTURES WATER HEATERS, FARMS Phone 650 Whitby LOAN REPAID St. John's, Nfld., April 1 (CP)-- The United Kingdom has repaid the $9,000,000 loaned here free of interest by Newfoundland during the Second World War, Premier Smallwood said Friday. STROWGER'S FURNITURE CO. LTD. Authorized dealers for Canadian General Electric * Appliances 123 BROCK ST. N. WHITBY Phone 611 RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED -- IMMEDIATE BUTT RADIO & APPLIANCE 130 Brock St. N. Whit"sy Tel. 707 [ on + BURNERS Famous Fess, also the new Gordon Oil Burner, equipped with the fuel oil saving device, the "Schell Head". Guaranteed to save 25% fuel oil consumption. Financed if desired. For Particulars Kyrle Southwell PHONE 908 WH Shingl « Siding - Blowing and Batts, FREE ESTIMATES PHONE WHITBY 2563 WORK GUARANTEED. Complete check-up. Wringer grease and gear ofl Wringer rolls in stock. Special price on complete overhauls. 139 Brock St. N. Whitby, Tel. 0 GORGEOUS MINK SCARVES ~--RANCH PRICES-- f ® BEAUTIFUL SILVER BLUE ® STANDARD DARK . Call in and See Them at . . . C. BOTTOMLEY'S MINK RANCH The House of Good Furs at Ranch Prices Just South of Brock St. School Port Whitby : | NEW SERVICE CLEANERS (OSHAWA) ET Whitby District For Pickup and Delivery... CALL TUCK SHOP Phone 541 THERE OUGHT TO BBE A LAW By Al Fagaly and Harry Shorten A veavy oe 15 ENoven To BREA UP AN EVENNG WHEN WORMWOOD HAS TO TAKE OUT HIS WIFE = BUT ITS HARDLY RAINING AT ALL, AND INE BEEN AW, WHY RISK GOIN' OUT IN THIS SLOPPY WEATHER C'MON BACK AND COOK UPA MEAL! WE'LL STEP OUT SOME But our on A GOLF COURSE AWTHING LESS yA -! NOTICEABLE Sketch Club Exhibit This afternoon and evening the public will have an opportunity to see the first annual exhibition of work by the Whitby Sketch Club. It is on view in the auditorium of the Public Library. This is a demonstration of the work done by an art class which, this past season, has been jointly sponsored by the Whitby District High School Board and by the members of the Sketch Club them- selves. The instructor was Aba Bayefsky of Toronto, noted Cana- dian war artist. An interesting feature of the ex- hibition is that all of the 32 works on display are projects which have been assigned to the class by Mr. Bayefsky during the course. Fol- lowing are the titles on display and the names of the artists: Post Office, Still Life, Design -- Mrs. G. L. McDougall. Still Life, Hockey Scene, Whitby Scene--Mrs. H. Bracey. Still Life, Street Scene, --Mary Metcalfe. Cafe (Chalk), Figure Study, Still Life, Street Scene--John Mowat. Hockey (Sat. Morning), Post Of- fice, Windows--Kenneth Platt. Still Life (Wash), Street Scene, Still Life (Oil), Hockey Scene -- John Agg. Stiff Life, (Wash), Allin's Drug Store, Still Life (Oil), Hockey Scene--Hazel Worfolk. Still Life, Hockey Scene--Mildred Price. Hockey Scene--Mrs. Randall. Still Life--Mrs. McMillan, Still Life--Kenneth Platt. Still Life, Street Scene, Still Life (Wash) --Shirley Foster. Local scenes predominate. Some excellent sketching and color work have been done using scenes at the Post Office corners in Whitby. On one occasion, the class visited the rink to make sketches of a hockey game, then returned to the craft room to complete the picture. All this may not be great art but it represents excellent teaching and illustrates what can be learned by young amateurs in a short time. A few of the pictures are simply made of subjects readily available in the work room. B.-A. Provides Largest Market For Producers British American Oil now pro- vides the largest market to inde- pendent producers for Canadian- produced crude, Robert E. Kepko, Vice-President states. In a quarterly letter to share- holders, Mr. Kepko said that the strongest encouragement and in- centive to a crude oil producer to continue his search for and pro- duction of oil is the assurance that a market will be provided for the oil he finds and produces. Similar- ly, if the Canadian oil producing industry is to continue to grow and prosper, a market must be supplied for the crude oil produc- ed by the numerous independent producers now exploring for and producing oil in Canada. One hundred per cent. of the crude processed by B-A's Calgary and Moose Jaw Refineries is Al- berta-produced crude oil, Approxi- mately 90% (in excess of 11,000 barrels per day) of the crude pur- chased by Britisn American is pur- chased from more than 50 Alberta crude producers. To assure a more dependable and economic means of transporting its crude supply, British American plans to construct a pipe line from the Redwater oil field to Edmon- ton, Alberta, where B-A's new re- finery will be completed early in 1951, SALES REGISTER Wednesday, April 5, auction sale of household furniture, the property of John Huff, Pickering Beach Rd., 1st farm south of Base Line. All of the household effects will be sold. In case of bad weather the sale will be held inside. Sale at 1:30. Wm. Maw, jAuctioneer. (M29-A1) STARTS to work LOWEST PRICES 12 tablets. ... 386 24 tablets . .. 29¢ 100 tablets ...79¢. On Today In Library Give Details Of Pickering Village Water System Details of the location and size of water mains proposed to be laid in the village of Pickering, is an- nounced as follows in an official notice to ratepayers of the town- ship. Estimated total cost of the system is $103,430. 8 in. supply main from Windsor Ave. and Queen St. at Ajax via right-of-way road between lots 10 and 11, and along Kingston Rd. to East limit of Pickering Village, 7,800 feet. 8 in. Supply Main Kingston Road E., Boundary to West Boundary, 5,530 feet. 6 in. Feeder Main road between Twp, lots 16, 17, King, Rd., to 2,300 feet south, 2,300 feet. 6 in. Feeder Main, Eliz. St., King. Rd. to north boundary, 1,050 feet. 4 in. Distribution, Iran St., King. Road to 200 feet north, 230 feet. 4 in, Distribution, Lola St. King. Rd. to 200 feet north, 230 feet. 6 in Feeder, 2 con. Church St, | to 1,000 feet west, 1,000 feet, 6 in. Feeder, William St. King. Rd, to 1,800 feet north, 1,815 feet. 4 in. Distribution, Jones Avenue, Wm. St, to George St. 800 feet. 4 in. Distribution, George §St., King. Rd., to Jones Ave. 400 feet. 6 in, Feeder, Church St, King. Rd. to 2,150 feet south, 2,150 feet. 6 in. Feeder, Lincoln St. Church St. to East End, 1,050 feet. 6 in, Feeder, Henderson Church St., to Christina Street, 300 feet 4 in. Distribution, Christina Hen- derson to South End, 880 feet. 4. in. Distribution at south end Christina St. Church to Christina Street, 390 feet. CHANGE OF STYLE London, April 1 (AP)--The Royal Navy knocked its epaulettes into a cocked hat Friday and then threw the hat away. Which is to say that the Navy has consigned to limbo such ceremonial accessories as full dress, epaulettes, cocked hats and frock coats. Ask Dump Duty Be Restored On British Autos Ottawa -- Pressure is being ap- plied from many quarters to have the government re-impose dump duties on British goods entering Canada. With this contentious subject ignored in the budget speech, & deputation of leading motor man- ufacturers approached the govern- ment "the morning after" to ask relief. They pointed to the 5,749 UK. cars which entered Canada in January; projected this into an annual inflow of close to 70,000 units in 1950, if the same rate pre- vailed throughout the year. As yet, there is no indication that the government is prepared to change its present policy. But the question is continually under review. In some quarters it is argued that the removal of automatic aump legislation from certain UK items is discriminatory and should be changed; that if imports are to be facilitated they should be treat- ea openly through adjustment of the tariff, rather than by special corcession, Not All Makes Affected Goods now exempted from dump duty include: linoleum and oil- cloth, confectionery, sanitary earth- enware, sporting equipment, motor vehicles, cocoa butter, corn and chocolate preparations in powder form, lawn mowers white portland cement, soda ash, window glass, Some, but not all, makes of UK. automobiles would be affect- ed if 'dump duty legislation were again made applicable, Ofhe large maker is belleved to be selling his cars in Canada at a price which is comparable to UX. fair market value, but others are below. In his budget speech, Mr, Ab- bott said the principle importers should follow was that of "supply- ing goods which we need and like, at prices. which are competitive with supplies from our own pro- ducers or from other countries." He noted that the government "bad taken special measures" to help surmount transitional diffi- culties, but "we cannot continue these indefinitely, nor should we convert temporary devices into per- manent policies." --(The Financial Post). CROSSWORD - - - By Eugene Sheffer EEE 7 18 [9 |0 2 a 45 48 ry 50 % HORIZONTAL 39. printers 1. genus of measures grasses 40. genus of 6. Oriental moths weights 42. wine vessel 11. bushy shrub 43. marbles 12. authoritative 45. English decrees painter stem 47. occupant milk curdler 48. builds prevarication 49. slight germs depressions 114. (15. 16. 17. Al 6. late 7. god of war 8. eagle 9. generic name of Indian tribe 10. masculine name (var.) 11. lost color 13. 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The publishers have chosen a propitious time to put on the market a popular edition of Audu- bon's Birds of America. The wind has lost its icy edge, and where the dirty snow has drained away from the flower bed, spikes of yellowish green are spearing the muddy soil. And the birds are coming back. Week by week the chorus of early- morning chirping and twittering grows. Robins have been reported, and an excited boy says he has seen a killdeer. Spring is close at hand, and its return rekindles in man the love of nature unspoiled. Bird lovers will welcome this handy sized book containing 288 full page, four- color plates from the paintings of John James Audubon, probably the greatest of American naturalists, and undoubtedly the greatest of all bird painters. Ludlow Griscom, chairman of the board of the National Audubon Society, has written an enjoyable introduction discussing Audubon and how his fame and renown have increased since his death nearly a century ago. Born of a wealthy French family, Audubon was sent to North America when about 17 years of age to take charge of a property near Phila- delphia. In his boyhood he had developed a talent for drawing and a love of the outdoors which moti- vated his whole life. He dreamed of publishing a series of paintings of every North American bird. Sup- porting himself by painting, portrai- ture and teaching he solicited sub- scriptions in the principal eastern cities, going back and forth to Edinburgh, London and Paris, most of the time leading a hand to mouth existence. In 1831 he made his famous ex- pedition to the Florida Keys, the next year going to Labrador, then travelling through the southern states to the independent republic of Texas, always seeking out wild- erness areas. In between trips he wrote the volumes of the text, and the whole works was completed in 1938 at a cost of about $100,000. The project had taken about 25 years. Unlike earlier crude efforts Audu- bon's paintings were life sized por- traits in natural attitudes, in a na- tural habitat. The passage of time has rendered some of the things Audubon discovered of ever- increasing interest and historical value. He foretold the inevitable disappearance of the wilderness, and remarked on the rapid decrease of various birds in his own life- time. There were no game laws worthy of the name in the whole country, and they could not be en- forced in unsettled regions. Even robins and blackbirds were regard- ed as game, while the poor gather- ed gulls' and terns' eggs for food. The game supply of the continent was decimited beyond recovery, roughly speaking only about ten per cent of it surviving into mod- ern times. Audubon has left ac- counts of many rare and vanished birds. His name has become indelibly associated with the popuuar move- ment to protect and preserve Amer- ican birds. Some seventy years ago orthinologists began to agitate for restrictive legislation. The Audubon Society is an outgrowth of original bird protection societies whose efforts have been rewarded by the gradual increase in over one hundred species. The present work is designed to bring a selection of 'Audubon's paintings within the reach of. all, so that everyone, even high school students, can get a glimpse of his decorative artistry and genius. SON OF THE HAWK By Thomas H. Raddall, published by the John C, Winston Co. Lim- ited, Toronto. The incomparable versatility of the writing art of Thomas H. Raddall, and his great capacity for research as a preamble to his writ- ing, are well portrayed in his last historical novel, "Son of the Hawk." In it he takes a further period in the history of his home province of Nova Scotia, and despite the tu- multous period which it under- went during the American Revolu- tionary War. This adventurous tale is woven around the escapades of David Strarg, known as the "Son of the Hawk" because of his similarity and resemblance to his father, Matt Strang, who was known as "The Hawk." His father was one of the heroes of the French and Indian wars of Nova Scotia, and the son took just as active, if perhaps not so glorious a part, in the struggle which resulted in Nova Scotia re- maining part of Canada and stay- ing out of the union which brought into being the United States of America. The changing loyalties of Nova Sco- tia leaders, the inepitude of those who wished to make that province one of the states of the new Re- public, the heartbreak which came to those who favored the Union when they were let down very bad- ly by those who were their self- proclaimed leaders, all form part of a story which is part truth and part fiction, and which records for posterity the struggle of the loyal British settlers to remain under the crown. Romance is secondary to the thrilling incidents of war which make the book a great story of ad- venture, of hand to hand struggles for the capture of Fort Cumber- land, of sheer audacity in the cap- ture of a British supply ship, and of the final relization that, so far as Nova Scotia was concerned, the revolutionists were fighting a los- ing cause. Thomas H. Raddall has the fac- ulty of making his characters really live, and David Strang is one of the finest he has yet created in that respect. 'He has added to his stature as a writer of historical fic- tion in his latest book. GHOSTS RETURNING By Harwood Steele, Published by the Ryerson Press, Toronto. It is a long time since we have had a real honest-to-goodness story about the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. It is also a long time since Lt.-Col. Harwood Steele, an origin- al "son of the force" dipped into his store of memories of the Mounties to give the reading pub- lic another taste of the adventur- ous lives of the men of that force during the pioneer days of the west, Based partly on factual records of the RCMP, and partly a fice tional presentation, his "Ghosts Returning" is a thrilling story of the force which held an almost legendary power over the "Indian tribes and the early settlers of Western Canada. Behind this book is the story of co-operation between the RCMP. in Canada and the forces of law in adjoining parts of the United States in tracking down lawless elements in that region. It is told with authenticity and au- thority. Involving the murder of an R.C.M.P. constable and the kidnap- ping of the niece of the command= ant of an R.CM.P. post, there is enough of the fictional quality to build up the truth of the story ine to a very readable book. The exe ploits of the fictional constable, John Mayne, create a character of a heroic type, and his final winning of the kidnapped girl, to rescue whom he risks life more than once, make it excellent reading. This return of Harwood Steele with a story of the Mounties is very welcome, Surely he has many more of them stored away in his mind and in his record books to add still further to the bibliography of the force which did so much in the building up of Western Canada. E. GRACE COOMBS, ARTIST By Lorne Pierce, published by the Ryerson Press, Toronto, The career and creed of an out standing Canadian artist is set forth in "E. Grace Coombs, Arte ist" by Lorne Pierce (Ryerson), edi= tor of The Ryerson Press. Miss Coombs, whose work has been pub- lished in reproduction more than that of any other Canadian artist, is probably best known as a painter of 'flowers. But even a casual glance through the book will correct that impres- sion. For in 66 illustrations in both color and half tone there is land- scape, sculpture and abstract de~ sign as well. An artist and a teacher of art for 30 years, Miss Coombs, now on the staff of the Ontario College of Art, is in private life the wife of Rev. J. 8S. Lawson, librarian of Emmanuel College, Toronto. He prepared for the book a partial list of his wife's paintings and of the principal exhibitions where her work has been hung. Dr. Pierce's monograph on the artist is largely a record of her career rather than an analytical study of her work and character. He includes, however, some of Miss Coombs' statements about art, all of them provocative, all of them un- derlining her belief that "art is not a pleasant compartment of life." This book is a valuable contribu- tion to the history of Canadian art, for in the artist's lifetime details of her life and work have been record- ed. 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