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/ / OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF OSHAWA ROTARY CLUB FOR 1953-54 CYRIL SCHOFIELD President-elect JOHN G. GEIKIE * Treasurer WALTER R. BRANCH Immediate Past President E. F. BASTEDO JAMES REID STANLEY LOVELL Secretary EDWARD G. STORIE Vice-President elect 5 | | DAVID LANDER DR. DOUGLAS LANGMAID { Royal Alexander theatre in Toron- RALPH SCHOFIELD DR. CLAUDE VIPOND ALEX NATHAN Local Member Debates Toronto Annexation Speaking on the Me tan Area Amalgamation Bill, in the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday, T. D. Thomas, MLA for Ontario Riding, made a valuable contribu- tion to the debate as well as bring- ing out the situation as regards the annexation of the Toronto dis- trict areas as compared with the annexation by the City of Oshawa of sections of East Whitby Town- ship several years ago. Mr. Thomas' remarks, as re- ported by the Legislature Hansard staff: Mr. T. D. Thomas (Ontario): Mr. Speaker, the Hon. Minister of Public Welfare (Mr. Goodfellow) when speaking on this Bill, said he wondered if it would not be pre- sumptuous on his part, as a boy from the country, to take any part in the debate on the legislation before us. . Speaker, I am sorry to haye to disagree with the Hon. Minister, but I believe it is the right -- yes the duty -- of every hon. member in this Assémbly to get on his feet and either support or oppose this Bill. The Hon. Prime Minister (Mr. Frost) has stated, when introduc- ing the Bill, that it was the most important piece of legislation to come before this House in 100 ears and that over one-quarter of The people of Ontario live in this proposed metropolitan area. This is quite true, and may I remind . members that the other three- quarters of the population of this Province live outside the metropol- itan area, yet contribute to the rev- enue of the Government. I want to say right now I do believe the hon. prime minister is genuinely sincere in his desire to work out a solution for this great problem for w. za, perhaps, past councils may have some responsi- bility. At the outset may I say I do believe that annexation or amal- gamation is the only solution. ASKS ABOUT COST Mr. Speaker, I dm interested in knowing what this legislation, if put into effect, is likely to cost the Province of Ontario. First we have the unconditional grants, which will mean an increase to the area of 1,117,000, on a per capita basis. There are seven municipal- ities, which, according to the re-| port of the Department of Muni- cipal Affairs for 1951, have popu- lations of less than 20,000. They are: Leaside (15,606); Mimico (11,- 503); New Toronto (11,072); Wes- ton (8,088); Forest Hill (16,374); Long pranch (8,520), and Swansea These municipalities are not get- ) ting paid the grant on the formula | ~ set out by the hon, prime minister | last week on a per capita basis, but it seems on the question of need for the extension of certain services, such as water mains and sewers, etc. Mr, Speaker, there are other * which are desperately in need of additional grants on that basis. The costs of the Assessment Board are also to be met by the Prov- ince, and, according to the esti- mate, it will be approximately $842,000 up to the 3rd of March, | 1954. Other councils have set up a | system of equalized assessments, | and I believe the only assistance | they have received is the 1,500! per year towards the salary of the County Assessor. The province is also to pay the expenses and .in- demnities of the metropolitan coun- cil up to the end of 1954. The Minister of Highways (Mr. Doucett) announced the grants for road construction and maintenance are to be increased from 33 1-3 per cent to 66 per cent. Grants on bridges and culverts are to be given up to 80 per cent. Mr. Speak- er, I realize that townships to come into this area are already receiv- ing grants on that basis, but this concession to Toronto will un- doubtedly mean a substantial amount, In addition, the Depart- ment of Highways is to take over and assume the maintenance of 42.82 miles of county roads. The Department of Education is also to 'give increased grants. These are items I am interested in. What are the estimates for these items? Perhaps when these questions are answered, we may find the Metro- politan Area is getting much more than the 4 per capita. The councils in the Metropolitan Area, Mr. Speaker, have responsi- bilities, and I am certainly not prepared to buy their support. When the two - year probationary perjpd is ended, what is likely to happen? Are these additional grants to be withdrawn? As I stai- ed previously, the hon. prime min- ister did say one-quarter of the population of Ontario is living in the Metropolitan Area. I am speak- ing for the three - quarters of the population living outside, who con- tribute to tie revenue of the Prov- ince and are vitally interested in the questions I have asked today. Hon. Mr. Frost: Mr. Speaker, that will all be discussed in de- tail on the Bill relating to uncon- ditional grants. I assur the hon. member for Ontario that is not a haphazard arrangement; it is bas- ed upon facts. Mr. Thomas (Ontario): He would like to have some estimates, but none have been given up to now. Hon. Mr. Frost: The Bill has only been introduced; it has not been up for debate. Mr. Thomas (Ontario): These are questions I think should be answered. Hon. Mr. Frost: Oh, yes. SEEK SYMPATHETIC HEARING Mr. Thomas (Ontario): It is very LOCAL MEMBER (Continued on Page 17) BIRTHDAYS Congratulations are extended to the following readers of The Times - Gazette who are cele- brating their birthdays today: Mrs. David Hope, Port Perry. x Beverly Ann Phillips. Osh- awa, Congratulations are also ex- tended to the following who are celebrating their birthdays tomorrow: Norval Willson, 425 Street. Mrs. A.-L. Pascoe, n. Mrs. Gordon Coppin, RR No. Mary Hamp- to! 1, Oshawa, REGIMENT ORDERS DAILY ORDERS PART I y LT-COL. A. G. COULTER Commanding ONTARIO. REGIMENT (11 ARM'D REG'T) Last Order No. 43 Dated 5 March '53 Daily Order, No. 44 Dated 12 March '53 UTIES Orderly Officer for the week, commencing 16 March '53: LT. A. V. LARWAY,. Next for duty: < LT. M. A. MAIDLOW./ Orderly Sergeant for the week commencing 16 March '53: SGT. FRY. Fire Piquet for the week, com- |: mencing 16 March 53: "HQ" Squadron. ROUTINE The regular weekly parade will |: be held at 2000 hours Monday 16 |: March '53. The dress for this pa- rade will be Battle Dress, Boots, Anklets, Web Belts and Berets. Personnel on the night shift will parade at 1300 hours Monday 16 March '53, and the dress will be the same as for parade on Mon- day night. TRAINING "A" and "B' Squadrons will train on the loading of the master gun and the investigation of the tank turrets on all tanks. WEEKEND TRAINING AT MEAFORD All perspnnel wishing to attend the Meafofd shoot on the 21 March '53 will turn their names into the SSM of their Squadron. The bus for Meaford will leave the armor- ies at 0630 hours, 21 March 53, on the return trip the bus will leave Meaford at 1700 hours 22 March '53. It is requested that this pa- rade be as strong as possible. J. R. WARNICA, Capt. and Adj't. for A. G. COULTER, Lt.-Col., Officer Commanding Ont. R. (11 Arm'd Reg't.). FAIR ENTRIES ARRIVE PETERBOROUGH (CP)--Entries for the seed division of the Central Ontario Spring Show March 17-20 started arriving here Friday. Fea- tures of the exhibition include lec- tures and discussions on farming, variety concert, square dance com- petition, lecture films, band con- cert and seed auction. ! chine shop. Local Soldier On His Way To Korea CFTSM., ROBERT BICKLE Craftsman Robert Bickle, 19, a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Brooks, 296 William Street East, a member of the 56th Transporta- tion Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, is among the members of a Canadian Army re- placement detachment now on its way to Korea. ' Prior to his enlistment in the RCEME in February, 1952, Robert worked in the machine shop at the DeLaval plant in Peterborough and in the stamping plant at the local plant of General Motors of Canada, Limited. After receiving his basic train] ing at Barriesfield Camp, Kingston, he transferred to the 202 Base Workshop at Montreal in Novem- ber, 1952. Early In January of this year he was posted to the 56th Transport Company at Camp Borden and ns a machinist for this company, working in a mobile ma- Annual F. V. SKINNER President NOTICE OSHAWA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Monday, March 16 -- 6:30 p.m. Blue Room -- Genosha Hotel BUFFET LUNCHEON - $1 PER PERSON THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle 7 WHITBY VOL. 12--No. 62 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1953 PAGE THREE Probation Period Fo Lions Plari Concert To Rid Sight Program The Oshawa Lions Club will sponsor a concert on April 24, at Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Lion Jack Motley an- nounced today. All proceeds will be used for sight conservation. Three top artists will be brought to an Oshawa audience. Ralph Roose, baritone, who appeared in all three operas presented by the Opera Festival Association at the to, will sing. Steve Staryk, a mem- ber of the CBC Symphony orches- tra violin section, and Arlene Nim- mons, who has appeared at the Art Gallery of Toronto weekly | concerts, will bring their talents to the high school stage, BOY SOPRANO Ralph Roose was well known as a boy soprano. He completed two years in Bachelor of Music at the University of Toronto and has been a member of the Opera School four years. Mr. Roose sang baritone roles with the CBC Light Opera Company for one year and soloed in the Gilbert and Sullivan series last season. Steve Staryk has studied in To- ronto and New York with the re- nowned Oscar Shumsky. He is the youngest member of the Toronto Philharmonic, and has been with! that orchestra for the past five years. Mr. Staryk recently appear- ed as soloist with the CBC Sym- phony over the Dominion Net- work. ' He was been described as a master violinist with - the artistic ability and skill of one with con- siderably more concert experience. WON SCHOLARSHIP Arfene Nimmons came to To- land P. G. Biy, ronto after winning the Hazel Ire- land Eaton Scholarship of the Roy- al Conservatory of Music of To- ronto, she held this scholarship for two successive years, the only student to have attained that high honor. While in Toronto, she has been studying with the distinguished mu- sician, Boris Roubakine, and last summer, she joined him and sev- eral other talented Canadian mu- sicians in a presentation of Cana- dian music in Lausanne, Switzer- land, Miss Nimmons has been heard in several CBC recitals from Vancou- ver and many chamber music con- certs at Hart House and Queen's University in Kingston. She is the youngest sister of the noted CBC composer, Phillip Nimmons. Watchman Press Changes Name Re-organization of the Canadian Watchman Press as the Kings- way Publishing Association was completed recently with the grant- | ing of new letters patent by the | office of the provincial secretary in Toronto, it was revealed today by Charles G. Maracle, secretaryy of the board and general manager. | Mr. Maracle has been connected with the organization in various capacities for over 33 years. Other | members of the board include, Wal- | ter A. Nelson, president and chair- man; G. Eric Jones, vice-president, manager of the book and periodical division. MUSIC AND DRAMA The guest artist at the second | concert this year of the Motor City | Choir on Monday night will be] Charles Jordan, baritone, whom | many will remember hearing on that Sunday night radio program with the Bell Singers. Mr. Jordan lives with his wife and three sons near Bowmanville, Before his present stint on that program the Canadian singer did commercial radio shows down in the States, where, because he had recently worked in a Quebec et-| ropolis, he was billed as Charles | Jordan of Montreal, required to speak with a French accent, and to style his songs for so-called "Cafe Society'. Now he finds that there are bet- ter opportunities than before for professional musicians in Canada, | though by no means enough work | to use all the available talent and | pay them what they're worth. On Monday night, he will sing two groups of songs, including Han- del's '"Hear Me, Ye Winds and | Waves', Tschaikowsky's 'To the! Forest" and Saint-Saens' "Danse Macabre", and a selection of. folk | songs. His accompanist will be | Reginald G. Geen, director of the | chorus. | Mr. Geen, incidentally, was re- cently honored with being asked to open the Stratford Music Festi- | val, the oldest such event in our | history of the arts, at which he | also adjudicated. He rémarks that the standard of musical perform- | ance in Canadian schools has im- proved out of all recognition in the years he has been adjudicating. He | finds it gratifying that there is such a strong and continuing inter- | est in choral music in Oshawa and | the surrounding area. Another Bowmanville musician, pianist Ray Dudley is in the news again. He will be playing a Rach- maninov piano concerto with Toron- to Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Sir Ernest MacMijllan, next Tuesday and Wednesday nights. A DRAMA Dress rehearsal in Toronto's | awa's entry in the Dominion Drama Festival (Ontario Section), the three-act comedy, "The Late Chris- topher Bean", by Sidney Howard. The play, directed by Ernest Win- | the r Traffic Squad 'WillBeScrapped If Unsatisfactory The Oshawa Police Commission yesterday evening deci- ded to put the new traffic squad on three months' probation. Mayor Jack Naylor, who said kaving a squad set up under t that he was not in favor of he original plan, agreed to let the division have three months' trial, and after that time, if it proves to be unsatisfactory, to scrap it. "Personally, 1 wasn't too sold on &---- 2 setting up the squad as it was tirst! suggested. I think that we can only | use the motorcycles at certain | times," the mayor said. "The point is," Cuici Constable Owen D. Friend asseried, "in the police business, you have to spe- cialize on traffic control." The chief then produced a docu- ment giving particulars on of -| fences by drivers, since January | 1. During the two months follow- | ing that date, 3,099 parking of- fences were settled, 238 were sum- moned to court, 130 persons failed to stop vehicles at stop streets and 196 speeders were fined. Alto - gether, there were 3,779 traffic violations and Oshawa police in- vestigated 209 traffic accidents. Mayor Naylor suggested that an additional police car. assigned to trafiic squad, might be the solution to the problem, as many times, it is impossible to put a motorcycle on the street. "There is a concentration of traf- fic at certain times," Judge F.J. MacRae said, '"'ahd if something isn't done, the conditions will be prevailing." Complaints, said the chief, were "rammed at us" all the time. Prevention of accidents, as the other commission members agreed, is the main thing to be concerned with, he added. TCO MANY ACCIDENTS "We have far too many acci- dents. Our accident problem is bad," he commented. "Wwhat is the alternative? Shail we leave things as they are?' asked chairman Judge MacRae. The Oshawa police force should have men capable of teaching the solution to traffic probléms, the {low drivers, ter, has had its up and downs with | chief stated. The only thing that production difficulties, but it's ex-| home and school clubs ask police- | pected that the local troupe will men is questions concerning traf- give their best -- and stand up| with the best -- when they go on| the Hart House boards for the | matinee a week from today. Many | Little Theatre members will be | in the audience applauding, and many will doubtless stay on for the evening performance of Noel Co- ward's "Blithe Spirit" by the Oak- ville group, to hear the comments of John Allen, festival adjudicator. Very nice tribute in a Toronto morning paper yesterday to Mr, Winter, and his efforts on behalf of drama in Oshawa . . . '"Christoph- er" termed a possible "dark horse' among the Ontario entries. Studio Group Notes . . Mrs. H. R. Schell is now directing the Thornton Wilder one - act play '"Happy Journey", which along with Barrie's "The Old Lady Shows her Medals", under the direction of Madeleine Tocley and Sacha Gui- try's "A Villa for Sale (Russell| Flutter, director) will see the foot- lights in Ritson School auditorium the evening of Wednesday, March 25. Our OLT scouts who saw the Trinity YPU productién of 'The Barretts of Wimpole Street', which finished a two-night run in Bow- manville Town Hall last night call- d it "a very creditable produc- tion, smartly dressed and for the most part well acted." Three stars to Bowmanville this week! ic B. NOTED ENGINEER DIES TORONTO (CP) -- D. Forbes Keith, 67, formerly of Toronto and a prominent electrical refrigera- tion engineer, died Tuesday at his home near Fort Pierce, Fla. Mr. Keith was graduated from the University of Toronto and later invented Keith's electrical refrig- erator, which went on the market Hart House this afternoon for Osh- in 1923. BUEH 12 KING ST. EAST LERS DIAL 3-3633 "The Home of Oshawa's Greatest Meat Values" THIS SEASON'S Meeting L. W. McCONKEY, Secretary-Manager VE fic. There are men who go out on the beat without any training, the chief said. Thoughts to civil defense at this stage of the meeting. Mayor Naylor pointed out that in case of an air raid there could be nothing done, because of the traffic situation. People, he said, do not realizé the seriousness of the present situation. Chief Friend asserted that the 4 2 i | legislature, a for immediately switched ' reigns at those locations. The trou- ble is, he said, was the fact that drivers coming in all directions to the double stop streeis, do nat now. who should be first to pro- ceed across the intersection. Drivers foliowing the one car that manages to get across, stop to al- who were ready to cross the street from either side, proceed -- thus slowing traffic to a crawl, SUGGESTS CONFERENCE The mayor then' suggested that the whole of the police department meet. He said ghat many problems could be solved, if members of the force voiced a few ideas concern- ing the traffic problem, Tired of debating and reaching no definite answer, Judge MacRae asserted that the chief had been blamed for not taking action, so something would have to be done immediately. The judge advised that a traffic squad be temporarily set up, and if it did not prove to be helping out the situation, it would be scrapped. But four new men, he said, are needed on the force, to fill in the positions left vacant by four men | -- a sergeant (Ernest Barker) and three constables, when they are permanently assigned to the traf- fic detail. Inspector Wilbert Dawn, who' {was present for the meeting, sug- gested that the motorcycles be us- ed in suburban districts of Oshawa, where they are most needed. Magistrate Frank Ebbs, the third member of the police com- mission, was not present. Legislature Plans Early Sezss'on End TORONTO '(CP)--The Ontario imine rorogat on t its stretch drive Moncay and ral n't Rittines will be held to 1 with three ma- jor issues of debate. They are the budget, hll 80 which will set up a metropolitan council in the \ "eater Toronto area to unify ess. .tial services and the denartmentaP estimates. It is understoc that Prem'er April 2, will ¢ last attempt at making prepara- tions for civil defense was "such a farce" that no one would have known what do. If a bomb should hit Toronto, he said, the roads leading into Oshawa would be swamped in present conditions. ONE-WAY STREETS two commission members and Chief Friend discussed one-way streets in Oshawa. To make them satisfactory; to avoid congestion point men should be to those areas, he saic. Incorporating one-way . the mayor said, is acceptable, but there would be no sense in chang- ing them back to two-way streets, assigned fused. Judge MacRae and Chief Friend promptly agreed on that point. Another problem, Chief Friend stated, was that because three in- tersections in Oshawa were made stop streets both ways, confusion Broadening the traffic topic, the ! and large numbers of accidents. | streets, | because drivers would become con- | {Frost intends to have several {night sittings on bill 80. He soic | earlier that the bill will require: {15 sittings. The first will be held Monday when the moke-up of the | metropolitan council and corpora-: |tion and the lenure of offze will' be debatzd. | About 300 diteren'. svnecies of oak trees have been catalogued by | experts. COMING EVENTS | RUMMAGE SALE, KING Church, Tuesday, March 17, 1:30 o'clock. (62b) | RUMMAGE SALE, THURSDAY, MARCH | 19, 6:30 - 7:30 -- St. John's Parish Hall, | corner Bloor and Simcoe, Business and | Professional Women's Club. | (Mar14,16,18) | THE PEARL GROUP IS SPONSORING | "a Crokinole Party, in the Albert Street - | United Church basement at 8 p.m., on |" March 17th. Admission 35c. (62a) 4 Amounts of $100.00 and Interest is payable half MEAT SPECIALS <<: MON. ONLY A BONELESS STEWING VEAL SHOULDER VEAL CHOPS CUBED VEAL LOIN VEAL CHOPS Ib. interest. - VICTORIA 437 GEORGE ST. HEAD OFFICE: ANNIS, JONES 18% KING ST. E. YOUR SAVINGS EARN When you leave them on deposit in a Victoria and Grey Guaranteed Investment Certificate for 5 years. coupdn or may be left to accumulate at compound PLEASE CALL OR WRITE FOR OUR DESCRIPTIVE FOLDER TRUST COMPANY LINDSAY, ONTARIO REPRESENTATIVES: % up may be left on deposit. <yearly by cheque or by and GREY PETERBOROUGH and CAMERON OSHAWA nh STREET *