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Sea, THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle VOL. 9--No. 113 OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1950 WHITBY PAGE THREE Must Be (This is the first of a series of articles which explain to the citi- gens of Oshawa exactly what hap- pens when the City Council has to face the financing of an extensive program of public works, as is the case this year, The writer of these articles acknowledges with thanks the assistance of City Engineer Wes Dempsey, City Treasurer Harold Tripp, in connection with the tech- nical information contained in these articles.) By PAT MURPHY The City of Oshawa Is committed this year to a program of public works, the cost of which may run into several millions of dollars. Principal among these are the erec- tion of a new sewage treatment building on a site in what is known as the Second Marsh east of the south end of the city and the con- struction of three new public build- ings, a city hall, a police station and a fire hall. In addition a new sec- ondary school on the west side of Simcoe Street South will soon be ready for occupancy. How, now, will these be paid for? When a city decides to buy a pub- lic work and it does just that when it embarks upon such a program, it has the same two choices as the private individual when it comes time to pay. It may pay out of money on hand or it may borrow. The individual, in order to pay out of current revenue will probably use his pay-cheque.. The municipality derives revenue from annual gen- eral taxes, and if there is mot enough money, it is faced with the same alternative as the individual -- it must borrow. Limits on Taxes The amount of capital construc- tion which can be provided for out of general taxes is ordinarily very limited. It is common practice to set a mill rate which barely provides essential 'municipal services. To finance any substantial amount of capital construction out of current revenue would mean either a huge increase in the mill rate or a drastic curtailment of services which are generally regarded as indispensable. Considerations other than the in- sufficiency of tax funds which result in most: capital work being done on borrowed funds are that the useful lifetime of . practically all street improvements exceeds 15 years and such utilities as sewers may have a lifetime of 40 to 50 years, It is ar- gued that inasmuch as these ser- vices will benefit future property owners they should be required to bear some of the cost. No Reserve Fund "The obvious weakness of this ar- gument is that it provides a deter- rent to a pay-as-you-go policy for financing public works which would, of 'course, be better and more eco- nomical. A further and perhaps more serious obstacle is that muni- cipal corporations never seem, under a system of borrowing, to get around to the establishment of a reserve fund for public works. During the last war when many municipalities took advantage of the fact that wages were high and most people had plénty of money and built up a healthy reserve which they. now are using to finance a good many of their public works, It is only natural, however, for muni- cipal administrators to lower taxes whenever possible and usually mill rates were decreased in the post- war: . This resulted in reserves being wiped out and municipalities forced back into the debenture sys- tem of financing. . Reserye Not Favored The Ontario government and more particularly the Municipal Board, which exercises stringent control "of all municipal: financing, does not-always look with favor on the reserve capital $yScem, It feels, and haps not without reason, that 4+ council might save and impose a high rate in order to amass a reserve only to see it wiped out by its spendthrift successor. The power of the city to, borrow money is restricted by a formidable mass of provincial legislation. 'The practical effect of this Is that all borrowing must be approved of by the ratepayers unless the money is being 'used for a class of work which comes under the Local Im- provement Act or is for work ord- ered by the Provincial Department of Health. 'No Vote on Sewage Plant The reason, for Saale, 3 was ot necessary to e a vote on the by-law to raise the $1,000,000- odd which will be required for the new sewage treatment plant which is being contemplated for Oshawa is that the city council was able to e consent of the ri Department of Health to the issu- ing of 'a mandatory order -- an order 'requiring the municipality to go ahead wii the work without the ratepayers' consent. Taking a municipal vote is a slow and costly ure and it is, therefore, common practice in most Ontario cities to finance as local improvements all classes of public works which can possibly be con- Coming Events RUMMAGE SALE -- SIMCOE ST. United Church, Tuesday, May 16, 2 o'tlock: ; (113a) RUMMAGE SALE, KING STREET Chureh basement, 2 o'clock, Tues- (112b) Huge Works Program Planned This Year; Paid For strued as coming under the Local Improvement Act. Local Improvement 'Act The Local Improvement Act which was passed in 1927 following repeal of the original act provides the municipality with the power to charge certain classes of public works to the property owners who benefit by the work. The Act which is a flexible instrument for the financing, covers a wide range of public works including road im- provements such as grading and gravelling, sidewalks, curbs and gut- ters, sewers, watermains, retaining walls, boulevard improv. its and Jaycees Send Folders To The U.S.A. Oshawa's Junior Chamber of Commerce Tourist Committee, in an effort to bring tourist trade to this city, is sending hundreds of letters to the United States Junior Cham- bers along with a book on Oshawa advising them that Oshawa has many fine tourist homes, cabins, motels and hotels in which to stay. The Oshawa tourist bureau is con- sidered one of the best stocked bur- eaus in the province. Ernie Whiting, chairman of the information com- mittee, announced the bureau will be open around the middle of June. To operate the bureau this year it will take nearly $700 most of which is being supplied by the Chamber. However, the tourist ittee is considering charging a even the acquiring and improving of a public park Such construction programs as that for the new high school or the new municipal buildings come out- side the 'specifications of the Act and therefore the by-law must be submitted to the ratepayers. 3 19th Armoured Workshop, R.C.EM.E., News Notes By S/Sgt. McIntyre Unit Phone - 5127 The Unit is proud to have our column headed' by our new Corps Badge and we are anxiously await- ing the receipt of the first ship- ment of Badges even if it. means spending a few' moments polishing them before each parade. Regardless of the outcome of our challenge match with the Ontari Regt., on Tuesday night, the Rill Club deserves honourable mention for their showing in their first competition shoot. In addition to the tension experienced at their frist competition, the RCEME boys had other reasons for possibly not coming up to their season's aver- ages. When the Ontario Regt. 'eam entered the Rifle Range, they not only carried their rifles, but each member had a round leather case draped from his shoulder. Imme- diately we were sure that we were about to compete against some se- cret weapon. We curiously watched as they set up. tripods and mounted the equipment which had been car- ried in the leather case. Only our silence kept our ignorance a secret and soon we realis>d that each contestant was going to have a telescope through whiceh he could immediately see the results of nis efforts. Having made this discovery afforded a short-lived relief when one of our top marksman gazed through the telescope and declared he could see nothing but a resem- blance of a full moon. The rest of our team felt sure this marksman was experiencing a temporary black- out until the gadget was properly focused. Undoubtedly, our Range Officer, Lieut, F. O. Popham, felt the burden fo this tension on his team and in fairness to him, indi- vidual scores will not be shown. We did take a good beating as the fol- lowing scores, out of a possible to- tal of 400, will indicate: Ont. Regt. "A" Team R.CEM.E. "A" Team ..... Ont. Regt. "B" Team RCEME. "B" Team .... Another challenge is scheduled for Tuesday, 16 May. A short route march is scheduled for Thursday evening, when the Unit will have the opportunity of marching with the band. A good turnout is expected as each parade, since moving to our new accommo- dation, has shown an increase in the number on parade. Due tu the fact that the 24th of May will be a full working day for most members fo the Unit, the Re- covery Scheme scheduled for that day, is now to be held on Sunday, 21 May, 50. AUTOS DAMAGED Autos driven by S.. A. Polking- hom, RR." 1, Scarboro Junction, and Jack Perry, 54 Rossland Road, Oshawa, were involved in a colli- sion at the Ajax cloverleaf at 6:25 p.m. yesterday.. Both vehicles suf- fered damage but no one was in- jured. . Provincial Constable Nelson Crozier investigated. Ls COMPLETES COURSE C, J. Lee, 13 King Street East, Oshawa, was a member of the graduating class in electronics at the Ryerson Institute oi Technology day, May 16. in Toronto on Friday last. registration fee again this year to help cover the cost. The bureau will have two. full time clerks this year whose job it will be to give as much help as possible to American visitors. Some requests have already been received by the Committee from Americans who plan to vacation in this district and the requests have been answered. The bureau stands ready nqt just to give information but to act as a friend to the many Americans who will visit Canada this year. It stands ready to give first aid as was the case last year when the bureau sent four cases of food poisoning to hospital. Mem- bers of the Junior Chamber of Com- merce hopes that many Oshawa cit- JUNIOR CHAMBER (Continued on page 2) Six Aircraft From Oshawa At Rochester Six aircraft from Oshawa made up part of the huge 126 plane armada of Canadian planes which descended on Rochester for the week-end. All types of aircraft were at the meet from points as far east as Montreal and as far west as Brantford and Kitchener. Although the local pilots ran into some poor. weather between Buffalo and Rochester, where there was some rain and heavy smog, they made the trip without too much trouble. One aircraft from King- ston was reported forced down out of gas while another landed to wait for the weather to clear up. Sev- eral frcm Montreal also landed at Watertown, N.Y., to let the weather clear before resuming their jour- ney. All managed to complete the journey. A bronze plaque commemorating the event was presented to the Rochester pilots association by Sam Bernardo of Brantford, past presi- dent of the Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Pilots from Oshawa were Don Fish, Ross Bishop, Jack Charlton, Gene Wales, Bob Stuart, Bill Van- Allen, Bill Dixon, Don Hambly and instructor E. A. "Jim" Waters They flew Aeroncas, a Cornell, a Cessna 170 and a Cub Cruiser. Seven Children Are Baptised At Northminster With people having to stand, the Mother's Day Service was conducted for a more-than-capacity congrega- tion at Northminster United Church yesterday. The service was conducted by Miss Betty Carkeek, who has spent the last year at the United Church training school which is affiliated with Emmanuel College of Toronto. Miss Carkeek leaves on Tuesday to spend the summer on a mission field at Neidpath, Sask. The subject chosen by the pastor, Rev. H. A. Mellow, was the "Han- nah Today". Befitting for a Mother's Day serv- ice, was the Sacrament of Baptisin which was conducted for the re- spective parents of seven children. Babies baptized were: Marjorie Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Glover; Melody Lucille, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Reid; Susan Gail, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hicks; John Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffrey; Dorothy Joy, daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. C. Vipond; Cathy Jean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Keeler; 'and Rinus Harold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hawk- shaw. In the 'evening, the service was conducted by the Woman's Associa- tion. At the door, greeting the people on entry, were members of the different groups. Ushers were Mrs. Stan Carkeek, and Mrs. Caroll Phillips. The service was conducted by Mrs. E. 8. Dafoe, president of the W.A, who was assisted by Mrs. H, O. Perry. Special music was provided by a choir made up of members of the W.A. with Miss Marion Wannop as guest soloist. The speaker, Mrs. Clayton Lee, gave an interesting talk on different phases of the. work of the W.A' under the heading "Advance in Service." The W.A. service on Mother's Day has become an annual event and is one of the outstanding services in the church life at Northminster. Werner Company Executives at Opening of New Plant | R. D. Werner Company officials from the United States companies attended the "open house" held by the company on Friday afternoon to mark the opening of their new plant on Simcoe Street South. R. D. Werner, President, New York; H. S. Werner, Vice-President, Long Island City, N.Y.;; left to right are: rront row L. L. Werner, Treasurer, Greensville, Pa.; back row; leit to right, G. R. Whipman, Secretary and Managing Director of the Canadian company; Ald. William Duncan, who, as chairman of the Industrial Committee of; the City Council, had much to do with the negotiations which brought the R. D. Werner Co. plant to Oshawa A group of those attending the R. D. Werner Company "open house" on Friday, watching the huge extruder in operation. Left to right, Sam Sklar, Sklar Furniture Company; Graham Coulter, Coulter Manufacturing L. Werner, Treasurer, Ontario Riding; Mayor Michael Starr; G. R. Whipman, Secretary and Managing Director, R. Company (Canada) Limited. Don Brooks is operating the controls of the extruder.--Times-Gozette Staff Photo. Company; L. St ps Callan R. D. Werner Company (Canada) f | his counsel, told the police officer Above, right, is Daniel Lombard, president of the Lombard Corporation of Youngstown, Ohio, which built the extruder for the Werner Company plant and also designed the layout of the plant on Simcoe Street South. With him, left, is L. L. Werner, of Greensville, Pa., treasurer of the | Werner Company. ~--Times-Gazette Staff Photo, Driver of Immobilized Auto Is Held Guilty Drunk Driving Charge Judge D. B. Coleman of Whitby, in a written judgment handed down last week, dismissed with costs the appeal of Isaac Williamson who in November of last year was convicted on a charge of drunk driving. Evidence presented at the hear- ing before the magistrate was that Williamson was found drunk 'by Pickering Township Police, slump- ed over the wheel of his auto which was mired in deep snow in a ditch on the Altona Road. The ignition key was turned on but the motor was not running. A. W. S. Greer, K.C., counsel for the appellant, argued that an auto- mobile which cannot move under its own .power is not a motor ve- hicle. Judge Coleman, however, held that the 1947 amendment of the Criminal Code places an absolute prohibition upon a man who is found in the driver's seat of a car wheth- er the car be immobilized or not. The text of Judge Coleman's judg- ment, which is of more than pass- ing interest, is as follows:-- The accused was charged that on the 30th day of November, 1949, at the Township of Pickering, in the County of Ontario, he did unlaw- a motor vehicle while intoxicated (on the Altona Road) contrary to fully have the care and control of Section 285 (4) of the Criminal Code. The evidence disclosed that the Chief of Police of Pickering Town- ship at 8.10 p.m. November 30, 1949, found the accused helplessly drunk, seated behind the wheel of a motor car and slumped over it. . The motor was not running but the key was in the ignition and turned on. The car was headed south, in the east ditch of the Altona Road (which runs north and south) and there were tire marks leading almost straight across the roadway from the west and then 30 feet in the ditch to the car. There was no evidence of any mechanical trouble with the car but it was unable to move under its own power because of the snow into which it had been driven. While on the way to police court the following morning, the --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Army And Air Cadets Hold Annual Church Parade Hear Inspiring Address At Holy Trinity Church Yesterday morning the streets of Oshawa resounded to the tramp of martial feet as members of the local 'units of the Sea, Army and Air Cadets lican Church for Divine Servi paraded to Holy Trinity Ang- ce. Each unit, representative of its branch of Canadian Armed Forces, presented a very smart display as the blue of the Navy, the khaki of the Army and blue of the Air Force intermingled for worship of the Divine Chief of Command Youth and Air Cadet Week. & on th: opening day of Empire Rev, E. H. McLellan, rector of ad Cyclist Hurt In Collision With Auto us sx tion 4. term E | Holy' Trinity Church, mentioned that it was his privilege to welcome two groups to the service, the mothers, who were honored on this day and the Cadets, who were learning the purpose of their lives in not only learning the practical jbut also trust mn God, on Whom {ali of us were wont to forget the | blessings that He bestowed upon us Referring to his text, Jeremiah 17, Mr. McLellan said that today the people of the world had to be like the story of Jeremiah, the king's cup bearer, who gained the right to rebuild the walls of Jeru= salem which in earlier years, due tc political connivings had been destroyed and the Jews taken to other countries as slaves. But Jere- miah in his work of re-building found that jealous persons who did rot want Jerusalem once again es- Cltablished and as a result had to aim his workers so that they would be able to protect themselves. These ancient people being like unto our- celves in the respect that we must protect that which we have worked for. This being Rogation Sunday,' or plainly, asking Sunday, when asked for God's blessing on the seed | { Limited; T. D. Thomas, M.L.A., for D. Werner accused, who was accompanied by that someone else had driven the | car into the ditch but no evidence of any kind was given at trial to | substantiate this statement. It was strongly urged before me by counsel for the accused that in| view. of the decision of Orde, J. A. | in Rex v. Higgins, 50 C.C.C. 381 | and of Arsenault, J., in Rex V. Young, 71 'C.C.C. 340, I should hold that the vehicle, being immobilized in the snow, was a vehicle that could not be set in motion and that | in view of the above-mentioned de- cisions I should find the accused | not guilty of the offence charged. In the Higgins case the car which the accused was charged with driv- ing while intoxicated had been so damaged in an accident that it could not be operated and the ac- cused became vas asi] after the | accident and was assisting in. the fowing of the car out of the ditch when the police arrived. In the Young case the accused was seated behind 'the car wheel intoxicated and the evidence was that he had not driven it but had only attempt- led to start it and that, owing to some mechanical defect, it would not start. The learned Judge found the car could not, at the time of and immediately before 'the arrest, move under its own power. This case differs from the two cases cited in that there was no evidence that there was any me- chanical defect that prevented the car being operated, but that it was immobilized solely because it had been driven into deep snow, and the tire marks indicated that it had been driven in a most erratic man- ner, crossing the road from west to east almost at right angles before landing in the east ditch. I would point out further that since the above decisions sub-sec- tion 4 of Section 285 of the Crim- inal Code was amended in 1947 (II Geo. VI, c. 55, 5. 10) as follows: "Provided that any person who while intoxicated or under the influence of any narcotic occu- pies the seat ordinarily occupied by a person driving a motor vehicle, shall be deemed to have the care or control of the said motor vehicle unless the said person establishes that he did not enter or mount the said vehicle for the purpose of set- ting it in motion." I accept the argument advanced by the Crown that this amendment places an absolute prohibition on an intoxicated person occupying the seat ordinarily occupied by the driver unless that person satisfies the court that he did not enter the vehicle for the purpose of setting DRUNK DRIVING Graduates Of Queen's Will Dine Thursday Thursday night of this week will be a memorable occasion for the graduates of Queen's University in the Oshawa district. The alumni association of the district is hold- ing its annual dinner at Adelaide House when Dr. 'W. E. McNeill, vice principal emeritus, will be the guest. speaker. Dr, McNeill is well known as an eloquent sneaker. At one time head of the English Department of the university and for many years reg- istrar and treasurer, he will speak on the subject "The King's Eng- lish". It is anticipated that between 60 and 70 graduates of the university with their wives or husbands will attend the banquet. A considerable number have already signified their intention of attending. Those who have not already contacted mem- bers of the association executive here should communicate with Mrs. A. D. Cornett, 350 Arthur Street, telephone 815J as soon as possible if it is their intention to attend. te be planted as we do in the fa! | when we thank God for abundant harvests from the land and sea. That we could not take God's bless- ings without taking value of that received maternal devotion and sa- crifice of mothers being a token to men in every age. Mr. McLellan referred to Paul Buck's book the Good Earth on the cover of which is to be found Chin- ese symbols when translated, are the words Anéther Earth, A story of simple peasants who cherished their land, we by nature retaining that instinct, to protect that which is held dear. Ours not only defending, but also building our country, The true object of military character is not only maintain but to build a peaceful world and the goal for all men whéther military or nct being that of peace. As we are fortunate in Canada in more blessings than we need, making it possible for us to share with others that which we have in abundance. Units taking part were Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, Drake Caps, 11th Armoured Regiment, Royal Canadian Army Cadets; No. 151 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Ca- dets, who were headed by the Army Cadet trumpet Band under Sgt. C. Follest. Officer Commanding tha parade was Lt, H. A, Maynard, R.CS.C. PROVINCIAL MAKE-UP The province of Saskatchewan | has eight cities, 83 towns, 400 vil- | lages and 303 rural municipalities. Annual Masonic Church Service Attended By Many Members of Craft Over three hundred members of the Masonic lodges of Ontario Dis. trict, attended the special Mason- 1 ic service at King Street United | Church last evening. The service | was conducted by the minister of the church, Rev. Ernest J. Rob- ertson, B.A, B.D, and Right Wor- thy Brother William Davidson, District Deputy Grand Master, of Whitby, read the Scripture. Solc- ist at the service was John R. Frost of Composite Lodge, Whit- by, who sang "The Holy City". Subject of the minister's address was "As a Wise Master Builder" To be a good builder in life, he stated, man must have faith in God, build from good materials and put good workmanship into his building. "In every: age and everywhere, man has been a builder," Mr. Rob- crtson stated. "Man's greatest building is his own life, his great- est monument is his own charac- ter. Paul calls our lives a temple and each of us a master builder. The Masonic order was founded to implant good building principles into life." A permanent foundation is as necessary in life as it is in the construction of a building, Mr. Robertson pointed out. Jesus told the story of the men who built houses, one on rock and the other on sand, to exemplify the neces- sity of a firm fourdation. One of the "sand" foundations that men are building their lives on today is money, Mr. Robertson continued With money, many men falsely be- lieve that they can do anything without God, he said. "Men must be willing to obey the laws of God and have faith in God if they expect to have a 'rock' foundation.. Then and only then, can God take the helm of their lives and keep them straight," declared the minister, The material values within us determine whether or not our bodiss are templés. One of the es- sentials is honesty. Graft and de- (Continued on page 2) ceit are undermining people's lives : today, Mr. Robertson said. There is too much veneer and substitu-- tion of inferior materials in our ives. "Churches and organizations such as, the Masonic Order should take it upon themselves to chamse pion the cause of honesty," de- clared Mr. Robertson. "It is a quality in our lives which can not be ignored." Qualities of good workmanship are righteousness, honesty and truthfulness, A man must be hone est before men and before God. A fidelity to detail is a necessity for cven if the eyes of other men can not see the tiny flaws in a man's own character, the eye of God can, Mr, Robertson said that men today think too much of the lime= light and forget the little things that are also important. During the service, the church choir, under the direction of the ciganist, W. Young, sang the anthem, "The Lord Is Exalted." New Hearing Device Has No Receiver Button In Ear Chicago, lll.--Deafened people are hailing a new device that gives them clear hearing without making them wear a receiver but- ton in the ear. They now enjoy songs, sermons, friendly compan- ionship and business success with no self-conscious feeling' that peo- ple are looking at any button hanging on their ear. 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