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8 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, March 26, 1958 ditorials The Dally Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whiiby), by TH 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, Ontario 5» Limited. Important Step Foward ' For Airport at Oshawa Announcement by federal authorities at Ottawa that the Oshawa airport is to be given the status of a customs airport can have far reaching and beneficial conse- quence for this city. The decision marks the culmination of a long battle which has been waged by Oshawa interests to have the airport made a customs port of entry. That the battle has at last been won is a recogni- tion not only of the importance of the city but also of the excellence of the equipment and facilities of its airport. This new status will mean a great deal ' to Oshawa industries, and to individuals as rest of the way by other means of trans- portation. This opens up great possibilities for the more intensive use of Oshawa's airport facilities. One can even visualize the time when, by extension of the present runways which can be done within the present air- port property, Oshawa may become a place of call for Trans-Canada Air Lines planes. In fact, it has often been suggested that the Oshawa airport should be made an alterna- tive landing field to Malton at times when that airport is enshrouded in fog, as often happens at times when the atmosphere is perfectly clear at Oshawa. In every way, the new status of the air- port is worth while from a civic standpoint. PORTRAITS ARE WE IN LOVE? Are you in love with me, or is . . . With happiness for two? ... «+. Or is it really mutual , . der if you dream of me . . joy in life .. . 0... . And I am so sincere . . ever it may be . .. with me? . When I am far away . .. Depends upon today . . One simple question, dear . . . The other answer is your own .. Are you uncertain, darling, or . .. . My heart in love with you? I won- Or if your every . I can provide the answer I love you and I cherish you What- Are you in love Copyright, 1953, Field Enterpnses, inc. All Rights Reserved. IN DAYS GONE BY 30 YEARS AGO A. L. "Mike" Bouckley an- nounced to the Oshawa Reformer that only 800 motor licenses had been issued due to the lateness of winter, He stated that there were about 1,100 vehicles in the vicinity. The Parks Commission met with the South Ontario Agricultural Society and the Amateur Athletic Association to discuss the erection of a proposed new grandstand in Alexandra Park. Robert G, Hodgson of Raglan sold a pair of silver foxes he had raised for $1200 to an Oregon man, Garage owners on Simcoe and King Streets were greatly dis- turbed by the edict of council that Fire Brigade to get rid of the "dead wood." The weather was reported to ave been the coldest in March ince 1844, having been three de- grees below zero. Mrs. R. 8. McLaughlin was re- elected president of the Home and School Club Council at the annual meeting. - Others elected were Miss E. M. Holmes, first vice. president; Miss M. Squires, sec- ond vice-president; Miss G. Argall, secretary and Mrs, A. Hartman, treasurer, One local bakery reported having orders for 800 dozen hot cross buns. It was estimated that the combined bakeries would sell around 20,000 buns for Good Friday. ... By JAMES J]. METCAUFE MAC'S MUSINGS We would like to commend The group of citizens Who have promoted the Canadian Concert Association In Oshawa and have been Responsible for bringing To our city a splendid Succession of Canadian Musical artists for the Enjoyment of those of Our citizens who like And appreciate good music, It has often been said That Canadian musicians Find little appreciation In their own country And have to travel south Before their talents are Given the recognition They rightfully deserve. Because of this, the Efforts of our citizens Who form this association, And who have sponsored The fine concerts given In the past two seasons Are to be commended, and They are fully deserving Of whole-hearted support From local music lovers In the work they are doing To help Canadians find A market for their talent Within their own country, This support can best be Given by the tangible Method of subscribing to Another series of concerts To be given next season By Canadian artists of GREENWOOD Mrs. Allan Short Hostess to W.A. GREENWOOD -- The Evening Women's Association met at the home of Mrs. Allan Short on Thurs- day evening of last week. The Worship Service with the theme "a working Christian", was led by Mrs. Herb Middleton. After the business session a social hour with a dainty lunch, served by the hostess, was enjoyed. The April meeting is to be at the home of Mrs. W. E, Trimble with Mrs. Glynn Eastwood taking the worship service. Mr. Strapp, a studeg$ from Em- manuel College, took "the church service on Sunday, Next day Mr. Reid will be back to take the Palm Sunday services. Miss Jean Pascoe spent the weekend with Miss Sheila Pegg in Toronto. Miss A. Gibson of Whitby visited Mrs. F. W. Gibson on Sunday af- ternoon. The Farm Forum group held its final meeting at the home of Wm. and Mrs. Lawson on Monday eve- ning. This was, social night and took the form of a euchre party. Dr. and Mrs. FS. Mills of Whit- by were guests ef Ross and Mrs, Disney on Sunday evening. Percy and Mrs. Clarke visited the latter's sister and brother in Trenton on Sunday. The sympathy of the commun- ity is extended to A. Morden who was called to Hamilton on Thurs- day owing to the death of his mother, Mrs. Roy Hill was in Kitchener one day last week, Wm. and Mrs, Pegg took some of the High School students, who were in the school play, to Toron- to on Saturday evening when the Pickering group again won out in the contests. Congratulations to the teachers and students of the Pickering B trict High School and to the students who were in the play. The Pearson family moved to Pickering and the Maxwell family are moving into the Lawson cot- Tage vocated by Pearsons. e Young People's Union met at the home of William Brown on Sunday evening with David Pegg as leader for an interesting pro- gram on "Immigration". FORMER COLLEGE BURSAR TORONTO (CP)--Elliot Grassett Strathy, 66, former secretary and bursar of Trinity College, died Wednesday night a few hours after suffering a stroke. A native of Barrie, he was appointed secre- jar, and bursar of the institution 937 after spending many years in the business field. well. It means that materials and supplies can be brought to this city from the United States or other countries direct by air, and passed through customs at the airport. It also means that persons wishing to fly di- rect to Oshawa from points outside the coun- try can be cleared at the local airport, in- stead of having to leave their planes at Malton or some other place and travel the The highest calibre, and 80 serving the two-fold Purpose of giving Oshawa The best in musical Entertainment, and at the Same time encouraging These Canadian artists To stay in their own land, ALMONDS gasoline pumps situated at the curbs of these streets must be removed. While it is predicated on suitable accommo- dation for a customs official being estab- lished at the airport, there can be no doubt that the city council will act quickly to provide this accommodation so that direct express and passenger flights from other countries to Oshawa can be started without delay. The Inter-Church Hockey League members were given a banquet in King Street Methodist Church. Rev. A. M. Irwin was guest speaker. [a Vine 14 SIMCOE N. - oem Broa. H. BATES, Proprietor Councillor Whitney demanded that Whitby Council re-organize the QUEEN'S PARK Conversion Cost Double Local Ban on Tourist Cabins It is sometimes difficult to follow the re- goning of civic bodies on matters on which we feel that there is little room for differ- . ences of opinion, For instance, the city coun- : cil has decided against a request made by a citizen for permission to build three addi- | tional tourist cabins on a tourist camp pro- ¢ perty on King Street West. Added to this , is the statement that the planning Board * will draw up a recommendation that in fu- . ture no tourist cabins be allowed to be built : within the city limits. The reason given for this prohibition was . that there was a danger that these cabins . might be used as all-the-year-round resi- ¢ dences by local people. That does not need to : happen at all. It is quite within the power i of the city council to enact by-laws which : would prevent this happening. And that ' could be done without placing the city in i the position of having no tourist cabin ac- ; commodation, such as many tourists prefer, within its boundaries. It might also be asked what the council proposes to do about the tourist motels and cabins which now exist within the city limits. The fact is that there are thousands of motorists who prefer to stay at tourist cabins while on a tour of the province. They do not mind going a mile or two off the bea- ten paths in order to find them. In fact, from experience 'we would say that they prefer to find them away from the heavily- travelled highways, where sleep is liable to be disturbed by the roaring of passing trucks. If Oshawa has no tourist cabins, then this city will be completely by-passed by tourists who might otherwise be desir- ous of staying here, and while here patron- izing some of our loeal stores. The decision of the council, plus recommendation that is coming from the planning board, is tanta- mount to hanging out a sign at the city limits with the legend, "No tourists wanted here." 'Election Issue Challenge Accepted Prime Mister St. Laurent has flung back at opposition charges of waste and in- i efficiency by the Government with the pro- Jnise of submitting these charges to the electors "within the next few months." In throwing down the glove, or should we say horseshoe?, Mr. St. Laurent has also named the election issue. All in all it could be an interesting campaign. The decision to fight the election on the "grounds of waste and inefficiency in the Government administration will certainly please the opposition members who have been itching for an all-out fight on the Cur- rie Report and all of its ramifications. great Liberal majority on the Government side of the House has been used successfully on many occasions to block attempts of the opposition to bring out the details they wanted shown in the light of day. Now they will have their opportunity to trumpet their charges on the hustings. Editorial Notes "Roses in every garden" The is the slogan of the Oshawa Horticultural Society now that the rose is Oshawa's civic flower. Fixing of bingo games is being charged in Ottawa. Which goes to prove that almost any form of gambling is subject. to fixing. 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By mall and England, Their leader's decision certainly pleased the government members for reports state the announcement by Mr. St. Laurent was made amid cheers of the government side. Liberal members, some of whom appeared to be a bit worried during the debate on the Currie Report, will welcome the opportunity to have the electorate decide on the charges of waste and inefficiency and have the thing done with once and for all. Most important of all, the voter is being given his democratic right to decide for himself whether his government has handled the affairs of his country in an efficient way. On his side is the responsibility to make himself informed of what his represen- tatives have done, to weigh the charges made by the opposition and to reach a de- cision. Having reached that decision it is his duty to make it known by casting his ballot. A decision without casting a vote is worth- less. A Bit Of Verse PRIMITIVE This field remains untouched by plow Today as centuries ago. Along the creek then--just as now - Each spring was heralded by glow Of flowers on leafless redbud trees, By willows fringed with yellow green, By blucts and anemones Enameling banks of the ravine. The cottonwood that towers tall Again next autumn will let go Its whispering leaves and feel them fall Onto the waiting grass below. And there a golden mass they'll lie Against the sumac's scarlet spray, And prairie dogs will scamper by And lizards slither on their way. -- Margaret Elliott. Bible Thought - "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ," (II Tim. 2:3). A Warrior's Prayer-- "Help me, good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou de- servest; to give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to'heed the wound; to toil and not to seek for rest.. to labour and not to ask for any reward, save that of knowing that I do Thy will." --In The Secret Place, Quintin and Joyce Carr. The Original Estimates DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent To The Times-Gazette TORONTO--Figures given out on the Hydro conversion contract were amazing and startling. Instead of $200 million, as an- nounced in 1948 by then Premier Drew at the start of the contract, it looks as though the price of conversion may now run over $400 million, Hydro officials won't haz- ard an official guess. But they also don't deny this figure. This seems to be terrible cal- culation, to say the least. Even gespine the increase in costs since 1948, to be out one hundred per cent in an estimate in a period of five years isn't exactly high- class figuring. STUNG AGAIN Undoubtedly a great deal more will be heard about this. Until the next election at least it prom- ises to be a pet topic of the oppo- sition. And once again, as with the Hope report and the liquor system, Premier Frost is caught with a hot potato that he didn't even put on the fire. FAULT ELSEWHERE The conversion project was one of Premier Drew's ideas, and as with most of his administrative acts this means it was pretty well his personal baby. Even Mr. Drew, however, can't be given a full blast. In a deal such of, this he was at the mercy of the engineers. Before undertake ing a project of the size of con- version there had to be exhaustive engineering surveys on potential cost. They set the estimates . , . and the political pink faces. The crux of the mistake was that the engineers estimated for a recession and instead the econ- omy kept on bouncing higher and higher. Labor costs and materials in- creased greatly. And there were two other factors: population which has had a phenomenal growth, and the general prosper- ity, which has meant the public has been using more electrical appliances . . . and more to converted in the change-over. (The original estimate on the last was 2.7 appliances per family. The figure today is better than 4.) OTHERS TOO How much blame can rightly be placed for this? Economic forecasting is like playing the horses. It's always a gamble, There are too many un- known quantities. There are people who in the light of today will say that the forecasting behind conversion was stupid. The engineers concerned certainly appear to have made a horrible stab. And Mr. Drew un- doubtedly has some share of the blame. While in office he was in- clined to take a dim view of future piosperity. His explanation of the arathon and Terrace Bay pulp contracts, for instance, was that they were to bolster the economy. Still, a lot of other people were doing the same thing in the early postwar years. In any event the loser--for what- ever loss there is--will be Mr. Frost, and he didn't even have the chance of laying the bet. OTTAWA REPORT Income Tax Deductions For Municipal Officials By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent for The Times-Gazeite OTTAWA--An amendment to the income tax laws puts members of municipal governments in the same position as members of the federal and provincial parliaments with respect to their occupational expenses. Every mayor, reeve, alderman and councillor will now be able to deduct up to one-third of his municipal salary from his taxable income, if this is classed as an gXpense allowance when paid to yi Finance Minister Abbott's good-looking and able patliament ary assistant, Jean ("Johnny') Lesage from Quebec, had ex- plained that the $6,000 per year reeve of Burnaby may now enjoy $2,000 of this tax free. "May I say that it will be most difficult to get a good man to come from Burnaby to this House of Com- mons. They will all be running for the reeveship." ALBERTA'S EXAMPLE Mines Minister George Prudham is -no "Caesar's wife", and the Social Credit demand for his resig- nation was based upon a praise- worthy principle. Mr. Prudham, who is incidentally the only businessman in a cabinet filled Bray with lawyers (Mr. C. D. Howe having properly di- vorced himself from his business interests), has a building supply company in Edmonton. This Prudham company nego- tiated privately to buy a disused railway station from the Canadian National Railway, which is a Crown company under government control. The principle at stake is that no politician in a position to influence government dealings should have a financial interest in any enterprise doing business with the government; unless this busi- ness is by fully open and com- petitive negotiation. If the disused station had been advertised for sale or put up to public auction, there would have been no possibility that Mr, Prud- ham exercised improper influence as a cabinet minister for his priv- ate financial advantage. But as the station was sold by Private treaty 19 Ewes Mother 38 Progeny MRS. LOYAL POGUE Correspondent ALMONDS -- Mr. and Mrs. Clar- ence Colley of Toronto were week- end guests of Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Harris and enjoyed the birthday party very much. The Home and School members enjoyed a euchre party, on Wed- nesday evening last, at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Atkinson. Some eight tables were set up at which 32 guests played. Dainty re- freshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Harris were at home to some 25 guests on Sat- urday evening at a birthday partv in honor of Elmer's birthday. A lovely dinner was enjoyed and var- ious games were enjoyed. Something to talk about the fine flock of Suffolk ewes numbering 30 in all, seen grazing on green pas- tures on the farm of Loyal Pogue, third concession, Whitby, last year, are now in production with 19 ewes yielding 38 young lambs, with two sets of triplets, many twins and the d single one. The majority are pure black in color. The Women's Association are holding a special Easter meeting on Tuesday, MaSch 31, at the church, at 2 p.m. Mrs. H. T, Fal- laise of Whitby will be guest speak- er. All ladies of the neighborhood are specially invited. A short de- votional period will precede the speaker. Plan to attend. Light re- freshments will be served. BONELESS ROUND STEAK ROASTS ALL STEAKS... T-BONE SIRLOIN WING, ROUND PORTERHOUSE ALL ROASTS BLADE CHUCK SHORT RIB BONELESS POT ROAST (BLADE BONE REMOVED) 45- CUT SHORT -- WELL-TRIMMED CHEF ROAST 1s, 99° ® FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY eo LEAN HAMBURG 3 LBS. 98 Slovaks Record Opposition To Reds PORT COLBORNE (CP)--The supreme assembly of the Canadian Slovak Benefit Society, holding its annual meeting, recorded its op- position to Communism and its stand "on the side of our demo- cratic form of government here in Canada.' The assembly represents 43 adult branches and 29 youth centres across Canada. Members attending Joseph Ustupsky, Sarnia; Andrew Replar and Michael Martan, Tim- mins FRESH PORK YOUNG VEAL At Competitive SMOKED MEATS Prices PHONE ORDERS EARLY! FREE DELIVERY DIAL 3-4611 Know the Pate with no other possible pu having an opportunity oy "bid at the same time, the heavily burd- ened taxpayer may always wonder whether Mr. Prudham got a bar- gain at his expense. ECHO OF KING SCANDALS The minister, who seems to be either more stupid than apparent or more naive than credible, sug- gested in parliament that observ- ance of this principle would pre- vent a businessman - politician from shipping freight over the government-owned railway. There is no comparison as freighting is not a private deal. Nobody accuses men in our public life of being crooked and slipper; but those who voluntarily accept public positions of trust should so arrange their affairs that they are, like Caesar's wife, above suspicion. Mr. Mackenzie King's regime witnessed some Lib- eral scandals so shocking that strict observance of this principle of propriety is fully indicated. IN ARMY CONTINGENT SARNIA (CP)--A Sarnia man, RQMS Robert C. Scott, has been selected to accompany the Cana- dian contingent representing the Canadian Army at the Coronation June 2, it was disclosed Wednes- day. A member of the 31st Field Regiment RCA (reserve), he will be one of the 604 officers and men from active and reserve units across Canada to make the trip. The In Dealers A iation of Cenad THOMSON, KERNAGHAN & CO. (MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE) BOND and BROKERAGE OFFICE 16 KING ST. W., OSHAWA For Information DIAL 5-1104 ERIC R. HENRY Resident Mgr. GNVELS VIMY dn Memorial Ceremony This year saw the passing of a beloved . the accession and subsequent abdication of his son, Edward Viil..: and the ascent to the throne of George VI. This was also the year when German forces reoccupied the Rhineland in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles. . : and when here at home the City of Vancouver and the C.P.R. celebrated their Golden Jubilee year. The Year--1936. The date--Sunday, July 26. monarch, King George V.. > Hin sheer" b