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3 i s ° \ + omioNs DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PACE FEATURES The Daily Times-Gazette _ORHAWA -- WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE & CHRONICLE (Established 1863) The Times-Gazette is a member of The Canadian Press, en Daily Newspapers Association, the Amer. lah A 04 ican Newspaper P the Ontario Provincial Batiies Association and the Audit Bureau of lations. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled Lrg y publication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Ass iated Press ot Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches herein are also reserved. A. R. ALLOWAY, President and Publisher. T. L. WILSON, Vice-President and Managing Director. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES livered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port iy Fiiid and Pickering, 30c per week. By mail out- side carrier delivery areas anywhere in Canada and England, $7.00 per year; U.S. $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. DAILY AVERAGE CIRCULATION for NOVEMBER 11,225 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1951 Civic Duty to Vote Monday will be another election day. It will be the occasion -on which the people of Oshawa will be afforded the privilege of electing their mayor, aldermen, school trus- tees and utilities commissioners for the year 1952. It is the opportunity that comes once a year for the electors of the city to decide by their votes who shall carry on the city's business on their behalf. In the recent provincial election, over 70 per cent of the voters of Oshawa went to the polls and cast their ballots. There should be just as heavy a vote on Monday. The muni- cipal election places a more direct responsi- bility on the people of Oshawa than did the provincial voting. The size of the financial load our homes will have to bear, and the question of whether our, civic revenues will be disbursed in the most effective manner possible will hinge to a large extent on the calibre of those who are elected to municipal 'office for the next year. * We have previously referred to the privi- lege of voting in the civic elections. But we would like to emphasize that Monday will be the day on which those who have the future of Oshawa at heart may exercise their right to pick those whom they feel would be most capable of wisely administering muni- cipal, educational and utilities affairs. Those who fail to exercise their franchise should bear in mind that any subsequent criticism by them of how the business of these three bodies is handled would be in poor taste. + With Oshawa expanding in the way that it is now doing, bigger problems are being placed on the shoulders of the civic adminis- trators than ever before in the history of the municipality. They are problems, how- ever, which are the responsibility of every citizen. And the one way in which that re- sponsibility can be discharged is by exercis- ing the democratic right to go to the polls on Monday and vote for the candidates of each individual's choice. Encouraging Response The Junior Chamber of Commerce and Local 222, UAW-CIO, have every reason to be satisfied by the response which was made to their effort to arouse interest in the Oshawa municipal elections. The attendance of citizens at the two "town hall" meetings sponsored by these organizations was a very encouraging sign that the electors of Osh- awa are taking a very keen interest in this year's election. It was very much worth- while for the candidates who spoke at these meetings to have the opportunity of address- ing large capacity crowds on both occasions. It is also very encouraging to find two organizations of widely different character with different aims and purposes, taking sufficient interest in the public affairs of the city to make such meetings possible. The two groups, one composed of young business and professional men, and the other rep-- resenting organized labor in the community, | are at ong in their desire to see Oshawa have good civic government. There is no better way in which that can be done than by arous- ing the electorate to a sense of responsibility, and that has been achieved to a marked degree in the present municipal election. The attendance at the two meetings was in marked contrast to the handful of people who attended the Junior Chamber's town hall meeting a year ago. If that can be taken as an index of election interest, then we can look for a substantially increased vote in Monday's election. Motorists to Blame Another increase in insurance rates for automobiles in the Province of Ontario is announced. These increases vary in such a way as to throw interesting light for the reasons why they are necessary. a the case of pleasure cars which are driven regularly . A an or occasionally by pérsons under 25 years of age, the increase is 15.4 per cent. In the case of cars driven chiefly for business, in- crease in the rate of 7.3 per cent. For pleasure cars driven by persons over 25 years of age, the increase in rates is only 0.8 per cent. : Automobile insurance companies are not in business for their health, or for the fun of being in business. They have to fix their rates high enough to pay all the claims made against them and leave a margin of profit for their shareholders. In order to do this, and still be fair to those groups of drivers with the lowest accident record, the varia-. tions in rates is made. Last year's record showed that drivers under 25 years of age were involved in 38 per cent more accidents than those over that age, hence the higher cost of insurance when drivers are in that group. When complaints are made about mount- ing automobile insurance rates, it should be remembered that these are fixed by the motorisés themselves. They depend on two things, the frequency of accidents, and the gize of the claims against the companies. With regard to the second factor, it is noted that accident claims have increased very much in size in recent years, on account of higher costs of cars, of hospitalization, of compensation awards. In connection with the frequency of accidents as a factor in in- surance rates, however, the remedy lies in the hands of motorists. If by the exercise of greater care and caution, they can, make a substantial reduction in the frequency and seriousness of accidents, then insurance rates can be reduced accordingly. If insur- ance rates remain high, it is solely because motorists have not been sufficiently exercis- ed over them to take extra precautions against accident. Editorial Notes Alderman Lamport won a decisive victory over Hiram McCallum in the Toronto mayor- alty contest, which shows that Toronto hasn't gone completely Tory, despite the pro- vincial election results. + + * Canada and the United States have widen- ed reciprocal tax exemptions for profession- al entertainers. Apart from the hockey play- ers," most of whom are Canadians, this will be a rather one-sided arrangement. + * LJ Red Hungary has abolished rationing of bread, flour, sugar, butter and milk. Just another Red trick to get ahead of Britain. +» % * : We take a bow to the Port Arthur News- Chronicle. It says the reason people stay away from election meetings is that they are so fullyaand accurately reported in the press. + + + Perhaps one reason why the armies of Russia and her satellites are growing by leaps and bounds is that they do not have to 'consult any parliament on defence expendi- tures. + + + A psychologist asserts that the time will come when girls will take the initiative in making proposals of marriage. Where can he have been living for the last quarter of a century ? ® Other Editors' Views o WHY WE FIGHT IN KOREA (Winnipeg Free Press) While we may grumble about the cost of our present resistance to aggression in Korea and the defence program, it must never be forgotten that | the whole purpose is to prevent a world war. There | is good reason to believe that we will succeed. If so, | present burdens are nothing compared to the sacri- fices in blood and treasure we will. have avoided. But if not we will have placed ourselves in a position to be assured of victory. We will not be caught wholly unprepared, without means o° defending ourselves, as in 1914 and 1939, : '® A Bit of Verse o "MAN IN HIS RIGHT PLACE" Ascending the realm of mystery and might We have but to choose a single night Millions of stars on their errands glide The moon looks on with formal pride. Great peace and unity everywhere For man's inability fo wander there He would have altered and greatly suppressed * Exchange this unity for wild unrest. The moon for day, the sun for night! Total darkness replace the light! Tax the stars to twingle at night The moon to strike--if it shone too bright Cut the routine--discard many stars-- Stake all the claims on the planet Mars! The Creator knew man's attitude-- Hence left him in--green solitude! : --PEARL M. SBALE ® A Bible Thought e "In this world there is no security, there is only oppertunity." -- General Douglas MacArthur. "For here we have no continuing city, but we | seek one to come." (Heb. 13:14.) 7 INSIDE QUEEN'S PARK Future Liberal Leader? Toronto--Wonder if Toronto put a future leader of the Liberal party in office the other day when it elected Alan Lamport as mo oi. Mr. Lamport, though he didn't run, was mentioned prominenuy as a possible candidate before last year's leadership convention. He did run in the '47 convention and made a poor showing. But, never- theless, it was expected last year that if he had entered the contest he would have been near the top of the ballot. He was inferested but decided against. First, he wanted to beat Mayor McCallum out in Toronto. He lost out by a very slight margin last year and this time he made it handily. From what we know of the new mayor we are pretty sure that the next time the Liberals are loo..uy for a leader he will be in the field. He probably will stay with the Toronto job for a few years, but after that he will be looking for broader horizons. Mr. Lamport although 'a very successful insurance man in pri- vate life is also an out and out politician. He has it in his blood. He was a Liberal member in the Legislature from 1937 to 1943 when still quite young and has had close contact with politics since his early days. He won't be content with just the mayoralty. He will be looking I for bigger fields. And the Liberal leadership is: a natural. It would be iuteresung to see him in the job. He has many quali- fications. : First of all, imagination -- the quality which is 'becoming more and more essential in a politician (lack of it was probably the princi- ple reason for Mr. McCallum's defeat). Then he has the capacity for taking advice, angther quality one finds in most successful modern politicians. Above this he has undoubted courage, and, some- thing much missed in today's 9poli- tics, considerable color. At least - he has shown these qualities so far. In his term as mayor, of course, will come the proof of the pudding. One other, asset in his favor is that he has the opposition of all Toronto papers. This is becoming one of the big factors a politician can have behind him today, it seesm. And still another quality. is that, until now at least, he hasn't shown signs of that great political blight | 'big head". He is still a very hu- man being. And he also has shown a, sensitive hand for the public pulse, at least in Toronto. These may be the qualities which the Liberals eventually find they need in a leader. At least it seems worthwhile keeping the new Soronie mayor in the back of one's ead. e Readers Views RELIGION AND HORSEMEAT The Editor, The Times-Gazette: Sir: Having eaten horsemeat I know that it is fit to eat, even though I would not have it in my home. The fact that the horse is one of man's best friends Is the only reason that I would not have the meat on my table. As far as religion is concerned, if anyone would read the tenth chapter of Acts or the fourth chapter of First Timothy, I think they could set | their minds at ease in this respect. ROY EMBURY, 639 Howard St., Oshawa. CHRISTMAS TREE THEFTS The Editor, The Times-Gazette, Sir: For many years the Govern- | ment has advised farmers and! small landowners to plant pine and | spruce trees, and various deciduous | trees in their woodlots, on poor soil, | or swampy places according to the type of land on which each will thrive best. | Our country is fast losing its fore ests by fires, and cutting, and the government is trying to replace some of this loss. The expense to | Canada is considerable, and natur- | ally is included in our taxes. They appealed to the people with land to help re-forest by private planting of trees supplied by their Govern- mental Nurseries. It takes the farmers' precious time in spring to get these trees | from the re-forestration or railway | stations, and extra time and te-| dious work to plant the pines son | suitable soil, which is often rocky | or near gravel deposits, and to clear | spaces for spruce along rampant weeds, dogwood or willow bushes. We are advised that, for a few years, a spacer-around each small tree should be kept clear of grass and weeds, to allow the roots a bet- ter chance to spread. After about six or seven years a planter can | look at his rows of evergreens with | a feeling of pride and satisfaction. | But, unfortunately, others have been watching their growth up to this size also. | Christmas comes! The best trees | go! | Small hatchets in the hands 'of | youngsters, who either live in or | near the neighborhood, soon undo | the work of years, and waste the | money that has been spent on the | government's project of re-forest- ing. Last year the writer had an in-+ 1 tact plot of such trees--until about | a week before Christmas. Enquiries | after the loss was -discovered, re- | vealed that local boys and girls were | seen taking the trees, Further en- quiries brought forth the informa- RADIANT CONTROL TOASTER All you do is drop in the bread. Bread lowers itself avte- matically --no levers to push. Toast raises itself silently with- out popping or banging. And what toast--every slice alike from first to last. Come - in and see it. $46.75 Hivt-CornisH ELECTRIC LTD. 50 PRINCE STREET PHONE 3-2248 | tion that their parents had sent [them out with the order that they ["get a good Christmas tree." That | meant a pine, a spruce or a hem- | lock -- no cedars wanted! | Most people drive along the side | | roads during the summer, just for | | pleasure driving. Surely as they | | travel thus they have noticed that , these three kinds of trees do not | [grow wild along the roads as they | | used to do decades ago. Therefore, they are giving their children the go ahead sign to enter wood lots, and steal. Do they not realize that | they are encouraging their own | children along the road which leads | to juvenile delinquency, and the ev- |er watchful eye of the Police? The | children know- they are stealing, |and they know too, that they have | the approval of at least one of their parents. In my own case, all these children who took these trees are sent to a Sunday School each | week. | To the local Organization inter- | ested in Conservation I would: like | to suggest that a radio announcer be pald to warn the public against this destruction; the message to be | started about two weeks before | Christmas. \ Maybe Santa Claus, in his many | broadcasts, could send messages to | his listeners, to the efiect that he would rather bring gifts to a tree f} that had been honestly purchased, ! rather. than to one that had bees | stolen. I thank you for the valued space | in your paper, not only for my- | | Mac's Musings It would be interesting To know how many of the People who read these Daily musings of ours Stay at home on Monday, And neglect to go to the Polls to vote in our Municipal election. It would be interesting To an even greater extent To know the reasons why They stayed at home when It is their duty as Citizens of Oshawa to Cast their ballots and Help to elect those who Will govern the city During the year 1952. Those vho always vote When election days come Can ignore these words, But we would like those Who habitually neglect To cast their ballots, To reason out in their Own minds why they do not Carry out this primary Duty of citizenship In the community in which They make their homes. We have an idea that many Of you would find it hard To give good reasons for Not going to vote Monday, « Other than those of sheer Laziness or indifference, And we know you would resent Very much the imputation That you are eithér lazy Or indifferent to your Own welfare, because the City's welfare is yours. So when on Tuesday we Report . that thousands Failed to record their Votes the previous day, Will these thousands include You and you, and you and you? JOLSON WIDOW ELOPES Las Vegas, Nev. (AP) -- Al Jol- | son's widow, Erle, eloped yester- day with Norman Krasna, Holly- wood producer. In Hollywood, friends said the couple had known each other only a few days. Mrs. Jolson, 27, the former Erle Gal- braith, was granted . $1 million from Jolson's $3,236,777 estate. self, but for many others whom I know, who have suffered much more than I have. JUST ONE OF MANY. Oshawa, . Dec. 17, 1951. Monteith ¥ nlsilh CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Gordon W: Riehl. CA. Resident Partner 37 KING ST EAST Dial 35-4662 DAITC NI By James J. Metcalfe Three And Twenty Years Boren spouse, I-thank you for + + « The three and twenty years derly ++. In all my smiles plans and dreams . . . That you _have. shared so ten and tears . 2 . That you have made come true . . . I thank you for the dng for your faith in everything ... My heart has tried to . . . For patience and encouragement . . sympathy . . . And for the inspiration, . . I thank you for our happy home . been to me . . Your help and love . . . That you have a warm and friendly touch . . . And for our charming children whom . . . We love so very much . . . May God forever bless you and . . . As long'as I may live . . . I promise you my deepest love . . . And all that I can give. -- Copyrighi, 1951, Field Enterprises, Ine. All Rights Neverved ® 40 Years Ago . Town Council debated a pro- posal to return to the ward sys- tem of electing aldermen, but no action was taken. One of the big social events of the season was the annual supper and ball of employees of the Mec- Laughlin - Carriage - and Motor Company. Tickets for the combined event were $1.00 per couple, The Oshawa Children's Aid So- ciety sponsored the production of the musical comedy *"Ungalee" by a local company. Rev. A. PF. Barr of 'All Saints Church, Whitby, was presented with a handsome gold Swiss watch by the congregation on his re- tirement. The CPR announced a start will be made immediately on its new line running through Oshawa, Helps Fill Cupboard By Hunting, Trapping Hall's Landing, Ont. (CP) Mrs. George McCluskey and her family are beating the cost of liv- {ing by trapping and hunting. When city life became "too ex- ° pensive" five years ago, the family moved to this district 20 miles north of Peterboro, and Mrs. Mc- Cluskey spends most of the time helping her husband hunt various kinds of animals. Recently she went to Peterboro with 11 racoon pelts, the first results of her hunting, and all bag- ged within three nights. Finding a good market, she dis- covered, is more difficult than hunting the animals in the first place. She finally sold her first catch in at $1 a pelt. Want to buy, sell or trade? A Classified Ad, the deal is made. TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT British Columbia © © Alberta and Saskatchewan Newfoundland . . . Manitoba and Maritime Provinces Ontario and Quebec . . NATIONAL © Capes PACK CAREFULLY ADDRESS . 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AND THEREAFTER AS QUICKLY AS RESULTS BECOME AVAILABLE This Service Will Be Broadcast From The News-Room of The Times-Gazette Candidates will be interviewed on the air at approximately 10.00 p.m., by which time results of the voting for Mayor, City Council, Board of Education and the Public Utilities Commission should be known. : Fo PRU cop igre waded ode wes bp CS