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ky % Ploweis Are Them Of Kin Addresses It was a flowery meeting last night that bloomed in the Gen- osha Hotel Blue Room. The Kins- men Club "rose" to greet two sented with birthday roses and a g picture entitled 'What's Behind a Rose," was shown. On the other hand, regular busi- ness was discussed, with Vice- President Hank Reed chairman for the meeting. It was a very enter- taining evening for all, One of the first things on the agenda was the presentation of roses. Ray Hobbs,. Russ Reeves, Jim - Crawford and Dick Donald maintained the evening's reputa- tion by inserting. rose stems in buttagholes. Off the general trend of thought, but intangibly constructive was the Kinsmen bingo report, next on the list. For charitable purposes, the club had a net balance of $266.51. The project "was considered suc- cessful by members, including Bill Colby who read the report. BIG TELEGRAPH BUSINESS After that, Barney Marsh intro- duced Harvey Hall, the first guest speaker. It was interesting to note that 15,000 people sent flowers by " telegraph last year. Rods are not cluttered either, because Mr. Hal stated that 'anyone could send a bouquet of flowers to Mr. Stalin if they wished. If the thought came to Yiglrted minds, flowers could have been put in Hitler's office vases, when he reigned supreme in Germany, according to the speaker. Another palpitating figure $50,- 000,000 was the amount of money spent on telegraphing flowers last year. - ; "It's a smart thing for a man remember his wife's birthday, 6 why tell the world how old she st speakers who talked about "= few club members were is?" was tiie tement submitted by Mr, Hall. | The flower business is a progres- sive business, he said. "Any business that can make children remember mother on Mother's Day and father on Fath- er"s Day, as well as Easter's mo- tives, by buying flowers, shows it is a progressive thing." Mr. Hall went to some length to comment on traffic conditions in Ontario and their relation to Kins- men work. Having known two young persons who were killed in traffic accidents, he illuminated the feasibility of the Kinsmen's giv- ing a helping hand to alleviate the situation. : Following the motion picture, which gave the life history of the rose, Kin Ron Wilson was given a glass vase on behalf of the club, for his unrewarded efforts in pro- motion of the Sunday night flood re- lief concert. DISCUSS CARNIVAL Joe Victor mentioned that money raised by the car raffle, now in progress, would be transferred to the account covering the amount to be given the city for full or nearly full payment for an ambul- ance, ' "Kinsmen Carnival Capers' will be held at the armories April 17-18. This is another fund-raising project 1 sponsored by the club. Paul Koenderman, a Hollander, an expert on tulips, gave a short history of flowers in Holland. One of the interesting things in the life of a Dutch flower is its sale. An electrically governed auction ma- chine makes flower sales in Hol- land efficiently handled and saves considerable time. Many flowers were wasted, Mr. Koenderman stated, shortly after 1900 because of a small market. But business has picked up since, he added, because of the recent inventions and people's greater lik- ing for flowers. Pickering Estimates Increased By $100,000 shi. _urposes show Ii with county and secondaky schools making up the big incredse. County purposes will r p_an additional $22,854.00 and the Sper tion of Pick g High School will cost an additional $24,194.40. Police for the front of the township increase approximately $10,000. The total estimated budget for 1953 is $491,390.86, an estimated increade of $101,805.25 over the 1952 figure. These figures are less the grants to be received from the Provincial government which in the case of roads is fifty percent and for secondary education 65 per cent. Ontario County's levy against Pickering has been steadily in- creasing and the introduction this year of a debenture for the new County Home for the Aged added considerable. Pickering's share of the new high school debenture is $1,385.44. It was also revealed that Ajax will | which is within the Pickering High {| School Area has asked for a sec- ond High School and the local Board has okayed a proposal for a half million dollar school. The cost of transporting students from Ajax to the present new high school is a Substantial figure. Pupil Rescues Playmate From Pond Miss Donna Johnson, heroic daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jack Jenson of the 7th concession of Uxbridge, aided in the rescue of her playmate, Miss Donna Carlin, when the latter plunged through the ice on a located at the of Pine Grove school. @:- two 13-year-old pub lic hool students were playing on the large pond some distance from the school building during the lunch period along with a number of other pupils when the 126 © sud- denly cracked and Carlin plunged into the cold water.. The other children rushed from. the pond to safety but Donna Johnson, unmindful of her own precarious situation, crawled on her hands knees toward her playmate, Just when the rescue seemed cer- tain the ice splintered and both girls were marooned in "the shoul- der-high water. By this time the SD Sls had Togained thelr e al e girls were pulled to safety. pe The teacher, Mrs. Victor Symes, drove Donna Carlin home but Don- bth Scout Gfoup . Plans Banquet ELMA FARROW Corresvondent NORTH OSHAWA -- The 6th Osh- awa Group Committee met at the home of Aylmer Ward with' chair- man David Hutcheon presiding. Plans were made - for the Father and Son banquet to be held on Saturday, April 11, at Camp Sam- ac. The Scouts will hold a paper drive on Friday, March 13, in the whole north area. Mrs. David Hutcheon and Mrs. Glenford. Taylor were present at the meeting to represent the Scout Mothers. The next meeting will be held Thursday, April 2. at the home of Melvin Hodgson. Ray Faith 1s resting comfortably in Oshawa General Hospital after suffering from a brain hemorr- hage recently. Mr. and Mrs. Berwin Adam, Wayne and Marilyn; were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Beecroft at Nestleton on Sunday. The neighbors and friends of Al- bert Bramley extend their sympa- thy to him and his family at his time of bereavement. na Johnson remained at school for the rest of the day. It was the first time this winter that the students had skated on the pond. AW z 7/ wit Ventilated _"OOLVENT © AWNINGS @ PORCH ROOFS ® PATIO ROOFS: ALL-ALUMINUM Koolvent Awnings keep rot, rust, sag, tear, or bum, » Cor FREE estimate, detalles Coll OSHAWA i ~ WARIS YAU IY. VA © DOORWAY COVERINGS cooled comfort end indirect light. Designed for oll-season service, they won MAIL COUPON TODAY TO KOOLVENT SALES AND SERVICE Please send dotalis and ostimpte on KoolVent Awnings out the sun and rain . . . provide alee ~ give me Free, 9-4632 ; 8 city sates KOOL VENT seavice 49 ALBERT STREET, OSHAWA » 4 . besveveumdim H Macdonald New President Of Red Cross Hayden Macdonald was elected president of the Oshawa Brahch of the Canadian Red Cross Society at its annual meeting held at Adelaide House last evening. : The other officers are as fol- lows: Honorary president, Colonel R. 8S. McLaughlin; honorary vice- presidents, Mrs. F. W. Cowan, Mr W. A. Wecker, Mayor W. J. Nay- lor; first-vicepresident, Mr, R. F. Aker; second vice-president, Mr. A. H. Murdoch; third vice-presi- dent, Mr. J. W. Powers; recording secretary, Mrs. N. C. Milliman; cor- responding secretary, Mrs. C. C. Murty; treasurer, Mr. A. S. Hill; auditor, Mr. W. V. Sleeman. The Executive Committee is made ap as follows: the president, three vice-presidents, two secre- taries, the treasurer and Mrs. C. S. Lee, Mrs. T. K. Creighton, Mrs. A. W. Smith, Mrs. F. J. Rundle, Mrs. J. Burns, Mrs. N. Hinds, Mrs. A. J. Parkhill, Mrs. H. Luke, Mrs. Roger Crook, Mrs. G. H. Robinson, Mrs. J. J. Fleming, Mrs. E. A. Mounce, Mrs. A. P. Fulton, Mrs: G. Finley, Dr. 8. G. Werry, E. J. Weir, A. V. Black and W. R. Branch. Advisory Board: T. K. Creighton, J. Geikie, E. F. Bastedo, T. R. Prest and M. P. Johnston. Committees: convenor Women's Work, Mrs. C. S. Lee; convener of welfare, Mrs. T. K. Creighton; assistant convener welfare, Mrs. A. W. Smith; convener sick room equipment, Mrs. F. J. Rundle; as- sistant convener sick room equip- ment, Mrs. J, J. Burns; secretary blood donor service, Mrs. Norman Hinds; convener homemakers, Mrs. A. J. Parkhill; convener of sew- ing, Mrs. H. Luke; convener of knitting, Mrs. Roger Crook; con- vener of publicity, Mrs, J. J. Flem- ing, convener of hospital visiting, Mrs, E. A. Mounce, Mrs. A, P. Ful- ton, Mrs. G. Finley. Chairman Disaster Committee, Mr. R. F. Aker; chairman blood donor committee, Mr. R. F. Aker; chairman water safety and swim- ming, Mr. E. J. Weir; chairman first 'aid, Mr. Paul Kennedy; con- vener food service Blood Donor Clinic, Mrs. J. L. Beaton; assist- ant convener food service Blood Donor Clinic, Mrs. A. M. Germond. Appeals To Council On Dismissal James Griffin, operator of the Pickering Township gravel crusher for four years, appeared before township council week to ap- peal for a reason why he had been discharged. Griffin attempted to sharply question 'Road Supt. Roy Ward who had discharged him, but council barred any arguing: and heard each man's story privately. Griffin charged that the road {boss had fired him for personal levauce but was interrupted by eeve Geo. Todd, Road Supt. Ward told council that the discharged man was unsatisfactory on the job. The stories of the two men sharp- ly conflicted. Councillor Michell attempted to have the matter tabled but Coun- cillors Newman and Lawson block- ed this move and in the vote which followed, Deputy-Reeve Balsdon voted not to hear the matter. "This is ticklish business," com- mented Reeve Todd. Councillor Newman proceeded to be the: chief questioner of Mr. Griffin and Mr. Ward. With the exeeption of Councillor Newman who did not commit himself, the council expressed the - view that the road supt, should be supported in his action. Deputy - Reeve Balsdon stated that he didn't think the council should enter the picture since the road supt. did the hiring and firing of men in the road department. Fine Response To Work Of Film Council The Ontario and York Counties' Film Council met at the home of John Ashton, Pickering, on Febru- ary 17. Representatives from Port Perry, Frenchman's Bay, Audley, Claremont and Greenwood were present. It was announced that two more screens of a more conyenient size had been purchased. Clare Keevil was asked to purchase a suitable typewriter. The renting of comic was discussed and a rule -{| made that groups must order these independently and not through the film council.' Mr. Keevil asked that someone take over the Claremont ¥Him Li- bi for a few weeks in March. reported that a favorable ba ce was available and four new members had joined since January, The grant.of $25 from Pickering Township was ac- knowledged with thanks. ] Mr. Welsh presented a fine re- port of the council activities. Many new members were enrolled and great interest was being shown. An invitation was extended by Ernie. Sulman' for the council and film club to visit Port Perry on June 17. The next meeting will be held at the home bf Mrs. Welsh, Clare- mont, on March 11 while the next executive meeting will be held on March 17. The battle of Bannockburn in which the Scottish King Robert Bruce defeated the English occur- red in 1314. BIRTHDAYS Congratulations are to the following rea 'of The Times - Gazette whb are cele. -brating their birthdays today: Maurice G. Hart, 653 King Street East. Dr. W. J. Langmaid, RR No. 2, Oshawa. Fay Oatway, 110 Frederick Street. Patricia Duquette, 125 Agnes Street, and Richard Jenkins, nded 140 Rossland Road East, who is 87 years of age. TANK TRACKS Attention all members of the Ontario Regiment! Remember Gun nery Courses start next Monday night so better be on hand. All menibers interested are re- minded that the shoot at Meaford is scheduled for March 21 and 22. As many members as possible are urged to attend this event. Right here we would-like to con- vey the sincere thanks of the On- tario regiment tg/the management of the Regent Theatre for their kind invitation last Monday night + |for the member of the regiment to viw the film "Canadians in Korea." were priviledged to -see it and was very educational. 4 This week we again feature "Who's Who in The Ontario Regi- ment! , . . Introducing ' CAPT. AND ADJT. JAMES WARNICA Captain Warnica was born in Callendar, Ontario and later mov- ed to Oshawa where he attended and graduated from the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. In 1941 he joined the Royal Cana- dian Air Force and after complet- ing his training poceeded overseas in 1944 as Navigator-Bomber. Arriving overseas he was attach- ed to an RAF coastal squadron which was based in Northern Scot- land and operated over the North Sea. At the cessation of hostilities he was returned to Canada and in 1948 joined the Ontario Regiment. In 1952 Captain Warnica was ap- pointed Adjutant of the regiment which position he occupies at the present: time. In civilian life he is employed at Duplate (Canada) Ltd., Oshawa, where he holds the position of La- boratory Technician. Captain Warnica i§ married and resides at 234 Arthu} Street, Osh- awa. Next Monday nig! he officer's mess will play hosts to the ser- geants and warrant officers of the regiment on the occasion of St. David's Day. Notice to all members of the Regiment. The Regimental Dance scheduled for Saturday, March 21 has been cancelled due fo the shoot at Meaford. Watch for the new date. ° Remember the biggest event of the year is coming up on Corona- tion Day, and it's up to every member of the regiment to make a creditable showing on the part the regiment has _to play in this forthcoming celebration. Let's show the citizens of Oshawa and Ontario County that the Ontario Regiment is one of the finest units in the dominion. We have just had a reminder that the Ontario Regiment Asso- ciation St. Patrick's Dance will take place on Friday, March 13 at the UAW Hall, Dancing nine until one. Tickets now on sale at the sergeant's mess or from any member of the association. Local Drivers Discourteous? Yesterday, It was discovered that Toronto citizens are more willing to stop cars in traffic and in general, acknowledge ambu- lance sirens than people of Osh- awa. A transfer ease from the Oshawa General' Hospital was driven to Toronto by Alex Boyd, accompanied by a nurse and three other persons, including a Times- Gazette reporter, When the ambulance headed south on Simcoe Street, with the siren sounding at intervals, motor- ists in Oshawa proceeded in a most normal fashion. They did nét turn to the side of the road upon hear- ing the siren. During trip through the city, the. speedometer of the ambulance did not touch an indi- cated speed of over 30 miles per hour.. In Toronto though, streetcars, buses, cars and even bicycles pul- led to the right side of the road before the approaching ambulance. Police waved the vehicle through red lights. Even more interesting, Gars pro- ceeding in the opposite direction of the ambulance swerved to their right side, allowing the big car to drive on the left side of the road, something unusual in Oshawa. A United States Navy radio-c - munications station near Seattle i planned to have power of 1,000,000 watts. This was enjoyed by all those who ¥ Canute'. the operation name took me back d THE DAILY TIMES-GAZE' OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 12--No. 55 PAGE THREE OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1953 Unselfishness Is Red Cross Appeal Oshawa Youth Aids Flood Repair Work This first hand report of the disastrous flooding of Canvey Island has been received by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Aldwinckle from their son, Clive, who is serving with the Royal Air Force in Eng- land. '"The Air Force was immediately called in to help in the flooded areas and 60 of us were .ent to Canvey Island on 'Operation King (My first impression of to '1066 and All That', remember- ing the phrase . . . 'Hence the saying arose -- "Go paddle your own Canute"). . "We were shipped by troop car- riers to RAF Hornchurch which became a dispatching depot. After a few hours there we moved to the high and dry headquarters on Canvey itself. The Army had taken over two rooms of a- pub. called the 'Red Cow' and this was the official name for HQ during the operation. FILLED SAND BAGS '"At the 'Cow' we were given our orders and moved by truck to a point 'near the sea wall. Then after a mile march along the wall we came to a gaping great hole and we knew straight away that this was our job from now on. This was about 6.00 o'clock at night and for the next 12 hours there was noth: to do except fill sandbags with mud and build up the broken down wall with them. "However, we did it. I expended more energy that night than I ever dreamed I had. There was a bit- terly cold wind blowing across the island and after a few hours of handling wet, soggy mudbags we were all frozen, and the thought of the tide coming up at 4 am. was the only thing that kept us working. We were stuck in a hole and we didn't want to get washed out to sea. "All night long a battery of search lights were beamed on our breach from about a mile and a half away. Others were 'played' on low-flying- clouds and the reflec- tion gave us light from above. By six the next morning we were ead. ONLY CHIMNEYS SHOWING "The 'next morning on our way back to Hornchurch we got our view of the place, and it was in- describable. Some houses with just the chimneys poking above the water, others with water swirling chest high in the doorways and out of the windows were floating chairs, small tables, kiddies' toys and clothes. "In one road under about 20 feet of water people in small boats clustered round a pumping raft while a diver went down into the houses all along the avenue looking for bodies of relatives of those floating on top. ; HEART-BREAKING SIGHT 'Families all accounted for ask- ed for family treasures or keep- sakes to be found and brought up. It was a heart - breaking sight all round." Those who remember Clive in the OCVI Drama Club will be in- terested to learn that his interest in acting is undiminished and he is to appear shortly in a play, 'Poison Pen", in which he is play- ing a character part of a village grocer in Dorset. To this end he has been acquiring a Dorsetshire dialect, --'Aaarrrr, Oi Knoows, Oi sez", Festival Of Films To Open Tonight The Oshawa Film Council will present . its second annual Film Festival in Ritson Road School auditorium this evening, Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening. For the benefit of the community, the film council will show 25 short pictures during the three presenta- tions. The larger portions of the programs will feature color films on educational topics, while other excellent movies on foreign sub- fesis will be show in black and white. Ten pictures will be shown this evening. "Coral Wonderland," in color, isyan outstanding film show- ing coral growths of the island reef and will bring to the screen the tiny fish and underwater crea- tures of the Barrier Reef. Along with this 30-minute picture, "Aals- meer," showing the great floral floats in Amsterdam will bring 20 minutes of colorful enjoyment. Other pictures to be shown this evening are: "Crocodile Hunters," "Citizen of Singapore," "Crafts- manship in Clay," "In on the Beam," "Here are the Glaciers," "Persian Story," 'This is the Challenge" and by popular re- quest, "Trooping the Color." Saturday afternoon also presents an interesting array of pictures. "Beautiful New Zealand." How the rural people of America are en- couraged by the service and ad- vice of the Extension Department of the University of Winsconsin, to paint and to exhibit at the Rural RArt Show, sponsored afmually by the couty, will be seen in "Crea- tive Art in Rurdl America." With those two informative pro- dfictions, "Stalking Royal Moose," 'Curacao,' 'India -- Pakistan and the Union of India," 'Canterbury is a Uundred" and "American Square Dance", will be brought to the afternoon audience. And on Saturday evening, a pic- ture depiciting life among Poly- nesian people of the Cook Islands, showing 'their habits, handicrafts, customs and beautiful rhythmic dancing, will be shown. "Royal Scotland," "Corroboree' (concern: ing ballet, "A Man and His Dog," "New Zealand Flax", 'Tulip Time in Holland," "Tomorrow's Offi- cers', "Farmers of India". and "Royal Scotland" should prove to be particularly entertaining. Prayer Theme Of Lenten Service Panel The fourth in a series of five Lenten services was held last night at Northminster United Church, Kenneth W. Farrow conducted the service and J. C. B. MacMillan led the singing. The soloist was Rich- ard Moses who sang the beautiful bass selection 'When I survey the Wondrous Cross', and was accom- panied at the organ by Miss Mary McRae. Rev. H. A. Mellow, assisted by Rev. R. J. Scott of Whitby, dis- cussed the subject of "Prayer". Mr. Mellow said in part "The word 'prayer' is inclined to suggest a praying attitude when people ask for things. It should be a channel of communication with God. God has high purposes for us and He intends to use those of us who keep in communication with Him. The personality of God was imprinted on Jesus because the Christ chose to do what was God's will for him." He continued saying "God put in man thé sense of the need of Himself and those of humanity 0 do not understand the meaning of that craving try to satisfy it in other ways such as drinking, gamb- 134 ADELAIDE TORONTC 5T. EAST NTARIC ALRITE LE DAY | DRY DIDI LA YIN CIT YOCTV] 1:1 d ling and a mad pleasure-seeking. While God has put in man this sense of need, He has never ceased to pursue man for Himself. As in the story of the prodigal son, when man sets out on the road to God, He meets him on the way." Mr. Mellow stated that many think prayer fo be a magic formula whereby we wrest from God what we want. When we beseech God, we are doing what is not necessary, We do not need to think that God is not riffing the affairs of the world £00 well and we must tell Him how to do it. The problem is never with God, it is with us. He continued, saying 'Prayer is an occasion of meditation when we reflected on God. There is some- thing sublime comes into our life when we think on God. A prayer is not complete until we have search- ed ourselves. It is all very well to ask God to search our life but it is not enough until we have done it ourselves in the light of God's pur- ity. Prayer is an occasion of sacri- fice of self to God's will and of dedication to that will. When ask- ing for forgiveness we should re- member that God is not alienating Himself from us, it is we who have in our lives that which alienates us from Him, God is only waiting for the chance to use His purpose to make of man the glorious crea- turé he was meant to be." . the facet that it so unselfishly ing of the Oshawa Branch of was introduced by A. S. Hill. WIDE VIEWPOINT L The person needing assistance might be in another town, another province, or he might be a suf- ferer in another land, he said. If each branch of the Red Cross look- ed only after its own local needs-- if each branch conducted its cam- paign with an idea of collecting only what it foresaw might be ne- cessary for the ensuing year--had only a limited perspective---where would Winnipeg have been in 1950 at-the time of its great flood which caused so much suffering? The Canadian Red Cross came to the assistance of the flood vic- tims in Winnipeg to the amount of $493.26 in straight cash outlays and supplies and yet the whole of Manitoba only collected $356,800.in the Red Cross campaign that year, he added. i In the same year there were horrible fires at Cabano and Rim- ouski in Quebec. Both these towns of .several thousand people were almost completely devastated. Without the generosity of the mil- lions of Red Cross donors else- where no real help could have been given them, and yet, he said, the Red Cross in budgeting for its an- nual requirements never took in- to consideration the possiblity of a national or an international disas- ter. When things happened like that it just 'pitched in" and help- ed and worried about the money later. . HELPED UNITED The year 1951 s the dreadful floods in Kansas and Missouri when the Missouri river went on the rampage. Again the Canadian Red Cross responded -- this time to the help of a sister country, and with the experience gained in the Winnipeg flood, and supplies on hand were most welcome and gratefully received by even such a powerful and resourceful nation as the United States. In turn the United States Red Cross helped in a magnificent fashion at the Win- nipeg disaster which paid off part of the debt. Just last year the Canadian Red Cross had a full scale relief organ- ization set up and operating on the very day of the fire at St. Urbain, Quebec, which left over 350 people homeless and destroyed the whole centre of the town. The Relief Or- ganization was in the town feed- ing and clothing the refugees, and it was a significant fact that the report on the fire itself only just made the deadline for the after- noon editions of the newspapers. 'There was no other organization trained and equipped to render im- mediate assistance at the time of thesé disasters except the Red Cross, he continued. AIDED FLOOD VI Most recently -- and speaking of the efficiency and speed with which the Red Cross could operate --there had been the floods which had caused so much suffering and misery in England, the Nether- lands and Belgium: The British felt they could handle their own requirements but the Dutch could not. Over one sixth of the land was under water. The Canadian' Red Cross im- mediately upon learning of this disaster sent 250 cases of clothing, bedding and other relief supplies which had been cached at the headquarters of the Society locat- ed in Geneva, Switzerland. Anoth- er 40 cases were hurriedly packed and assembled here in Canada and flown to a central' location. ® As soon as the cases were ready they were taken to Malton Airport, loaded at 3.30 p.m. on a given day and distributed in Holland the next ay. Mr. Stearns read, from a copy of Hansard, speeches made" by leaders of all parties comipliment- inig the Prime Minister on his im- mediate action in handing the re- sponsibility of the European Flood Relief to the Canadian Red Cross Society. WOMEN PRAISED Mr. Stearns paid tribute to the work being carried on by the wom- en's division in the Branch work- rooms across Canada stating that if it were not for the work carried out in the branch workrogms there could never have heen the stock ATES pile available in Geneva, and the CASH ON YOUR OWN i SIGNATURE When bills pile up, get $50 to $1000 fast at Household Finance! Loans made without bankable security. Repayment plans to fit your income. Up to 24 months to repay. Phone or stop in today for fast, friendly, dependable servicel 25th YEAR IN CANADA HOUSEHOLD FINANCE C. H. Broek, Manager 11%2 Simcoe St. South, Osh d floor, ph OSHAWA, ONT. Is Always Ready Meet Emergency "Tp me the most appealing aspect to Red Cross work is looks after the other fellow," declared Marshall Stearns who addressed the annual meet- the Canadian Red Cross held at Adelaide House last evening. Mr. Stearns, who. is presi- dent-elect of the Toronto Branch of the Canadian Red Cross, er , | costant stream of supplies still be- | ing sent would have dwindled to a mere trickle. Among the supplies which have been shipped* and readied under the recently formed - "Canadian National Flood Relief Committee" were 3000 army blank- ets, 1000 mattresses, 5000 pillows, 5000 oilskins, 50 outboard motors, 3000 thermos jugs, 82 cases of cloth- ing, 2820 bed shets, 5335 pillow cases, 12,000 pairs of hip waders, 4603 pairs of heavy work boots, 3300 pairs of assorted men's, wom- en's and children's shoes, 150 bush coats, 250 dozen pairs men's socks. + Last year women's work shi ments from all across Canada went to the United Kingdom, Aus- tria, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Lebanon, Switzerland, Yu- goslavia and Korea. "What finer ambassador could this country have than the Red Cross perform- ing these concrete visible acts of assistance for the benefit of so many people in so many lands?' the speaker remarked. ) BLOOD DONOR PROGRAM Speaking of the Canadian 'Red Cross blood ¢onor program Mr, Stearns stated that the troops in Korea were -being constantly sup- plied with plasma from the Red Cross program and additional plas- ma was being stored for use ile villian Defence. The blood serv- ce was inaugurated in 1947. Since that time 450,000 Canadians in nine provinces had received Red Cross whole blood. More than 40,000 civil= ians, aside from the armed forces, had received plasma. Mr. Stearns squelched two rum- ors that had been cireulated about the Red Cross from time to time. One was the cost of the National Division and Branch building in Toronto which was said to be the last word in luxury. Over a period of years certain sums had been left to the Red Cross for building purposes. In addition certain pro- perties had been left for the use of the Red Cross. From these sources this new building had been built without any drain on cam- paign funds. WORKING GIRLS Another criticism had been level- led at "The Corps" hinting that ibe members were social butter es, All the members of 'The Corps" were working girls volun- tarily > giving of their time and paying for their own uniforms which cost about $100 each. The only thing the Red Cross gave them was two pins, one to be worn on their beret and another to be worn on the blouse at the neck. . In closing Mr. Stearns ,stated that the Canadian Red Cross So- ciety. needed every penny of its 1953 objective of $5,300,600. To ate tain that Ontario must raise $2,- 100,300 of this figure. "The cam- paign is now under way and if you want to do your part in come bating the forces of evil that threaten our very .cxistence, if you want to aid in the great humani- tarian services performed by the Red Cross, if you want to brighten the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves, then I say give to the Red Cross, work, for the Red' Cross and thereby assidt the cause of mercy which never ends." *1.00 DOWN Small Weekly Payments Buys a New B. F. GOODRICH - SERVICE STATION 792 SIMCOE ST. S. DIAL 5-5311 Harry Dove, Mgr. TRY OUR SPEEDY CAR WASH $1.25