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. 6 THERE DAILY TEMBO-GASDETE, Tuesday, Ocicber 30, 1008 ditorials Whe Dally Times-Gasette (Oshawa, Whitby). = Simeoe by Times-6: Street South, Oshawa, Ontarie FINALLY NAILED HIM Community Chest Campaign Citizens Big Opportunity This wvening, at a dinner for can- vassers and campaign workers generously tendered by William A. Wecker, OBE, president and general manager of Gen- eral Motors of Canada, Limited, Oshawa's 19568 Community Chest Campaign will be formally launched. The weeks of organ- izing activity have reached a climax, and tomorrow the teams of canvassers will be starting on their important task .of raising a sum of $120,000 to keep 16 worthy social and welfare agencies oper- ating with undiminished zeal. The of- ficers and organizers have done their work well, and the success of the cam- paign now rests squarely on the shoulders of the citizens of Oshawa and the sur- rounding community. During the last two weeks, in this and other columns of The Times-Gazette, much space has been devoted to tell the story of the Community Chest and the sixteen organizations which participate in X. Stress has been placed on the fact that this effort represents sixteen came paigns in one, and that our citizens have presented to them an opportunity of mak- - ing sure that these agencies are able to carry on during 1954. Enough has been told to convince the people of Oshawa of the worthy nature of every one of the participating organizations. It can be said that Oshawa would be the poorer if any one of the sixteen had to give up its activities, "Give the United Way" is the slogan for the Red Feather drive which starts, officially, tomorrow morning and con- tinues until November 7. In that space of time, every citizen will have the oppor- tunity to contribute to the Community Chest, which means contributing to the wellbeing and the advancement of their community and all the people, young and old, who live in it. This presents a chal- lenge to every citizen. Let it not be said that they failed their city in this import- ant undertaking. Spreading The Vacation Period Speaking recently in Trenton, Travel Minister Louis P. Cecile, QC, appealed to industry and business to spread, if pos- sible, their summer close-downs over a wider period so as to give their employees 2 chance of getting into the resort or cottage of their ehoice, and at the same time give impétus to the tourist industry. "It is not economically sound," Mr. Ceeile said, "that resorts and tourist establishments should be turning away people for seven weeks of the summer season, barely breaking even for another weeks and losing money for the three weeks which make up our summer. The age-old habit of who eould afford a vacation in lote July or August, sim- 't do any more. That's because pecple, through law or trade eontracts, or from a general trend business, are now in receipt of vaca- tons with pay as compared #0 a few im : the pre-war years." "With the war years," he said, "an- other practice came into general use, shutting down the plant. Usually this was carried out, and still is, between mid-July to mid-August or from an even narrower period, with, its peak on Civic Holiday. The result of all this? Numbers of people have their applications turned down by resort operators who wished these same, applications were made for those six or seven weeks of the summer when things are too quiet." Hon. Mr. Cecile's suggestion is in line with one made more than a year ago, as a safety measure, to reduce the danger of traffic accidents and fatalities. To us it seemed, and still seems, the height of folly to pour a vast flood of holiday traffic into our highways in the brief periods of two August weeks or a few long-week-ends when that traffie by dint of a little intelligence, be spread more thinly over a longer period of time. Hotels For Ordinary Folk Needed Questioned at Vancouver with regard for that olty, Donald Gordon, chairman and president of the CNR, expressed doubt that there were enough customers there to pay for the high clase accommoda- tions expected of such an hotel. Mr. Gordon's answer suggests a point that is worth discussing. Railway hotel facilities--like dining car accommodation--are, traditionally, of the deluxe type, far better probably than even. many wealthy travellers would en- joy in their own. homes. The railways, im this respect, seem aiming to cater %o the expensive, high- olass tradd. Editorial Notes The most appropriate way of express- ing thanks for the good things of life is by contributing generously to the Com- munity Chest, The announcement that a flying san- cer has been built by the RCAF at Tren- ton would be much more interesting but for the added note that it has not yet left the ground. The Daily Times-Gazette (OSHAWA WHITBY) ' Daily Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) bining The Oshawa Times entabiisned. 1071) and the Whithy Gazette & Chronicle (ssiablished 1863) is published dally Member of The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association and the Ontario Provincial Dailies A ation and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The C Press {is 1 ly led to the use for re publication of all news despatches in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published All rights of special despatches are T. L. WILSON, Puhlisher and General Manager M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor PO EB coef hg SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by earriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin Port P Ajax and , not over 30c per week. By mail fin Proves of Ontario) oatside carrier delivery areas $12.00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR SEPTEMBER A Ontario, 209 But the travelling public is by ne means limited to millionaires and VIPs, travelling on fat expense accounts. There must be a fair share of people whose finances are inadequate to pay for deluxe service, and who would be satis- fied with a clean room, a reasonably com- fortable bed, and merely.as much as they oan eat, instead of two or three times as much. There would seem to be openings in various cities in the country for more hotels to cater to the class of people re- ferred to. Under present conditions many more of that class are travelling fhan formerly. Railways and other interests might do well to consider these eircum- stances. Bit Of Verse AN INDIAN FLUTE PLAYER Solemnly he sits Oross-legged on the ground, Playing his reed pipe. Strange and wonderful the musie From the simple home-made pive. Bee the colors of his garments, And the yellow of his turban, And the dust thick on his sandals, And the children playing round him As he sits, Heedless of the throng, Playing softly Tunes that were old oenturies ago. --Ruth Wilding, Other Editors' Views (Sault Ste. Marie Star) Tax payers foot some staggering bills for searches for lost private flyers, This seems to be an intolerable state of affairs, and a matter eminently suited for appropriate legislation, One simple way in which this could be accomplished would be to make more of the regulations eovere ing commercial airlines applicable to private fly- ing. As things stand at the moment, there is ape parently no way in which airfield officials can prevent a private plane from taking off in any weather for any destination. Bible Thoughts "And the Lord said unto Moses, *. . . Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go for- ward." " (Ex. 14:15.) David Livingstone's watchword: 'Anywhere, provided & be forwead." OTTAWA REPORT Prefabs May Solve High Home Costs By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Corres t to The Times. OTTAWA---A governmc: agency is consi buying a number of factory-built houses for its em- ployees living at outstations. The finished cost of one of these three-bedroom houses is estimated #0 be $3,000 less than the price currently being paid by this agency for conventionally - built frame houses offering comparable ac- commodation. This novel step suggests that the builders of conventional type homes have priced themselves out of the market; and when I say builders, I mean not only the building contractors but also the unionized labor in all the building ¥ of for some months been geplon ing the fact that for every workers in the average in- dustry who retire or die, there is only one young man apprenticing himself to a skilled trade. SKILL DIFFERENTIAL GONE The post-war system of across- the-board wage increases, which has so drastically slashed the en- ticement premium for skills, is held by labor leaders themselves to be the cause of the present acute and growing shortage of appren- ticed labor. The shortage of skilled workers has led to the ranks of the skilled need trades being adulterated by un- skilled bull workers. Were it not for th: volume of immigration of skilled workers from the Old World since the war, Canada would now be desperate for many industrial skills, such as aviation engineer- ing which has been made good from Britain, tile and plaster trades filled from Italy and so on. The North American automobile indus is already exceedingly w by the poor quality of its finished product today, which one American publication reports to contain an average of 20 avoid- able deficiencies when it leaves the plant--all attributable to shoddy workmanship. WHAT'S A CARBENTER? In the building industry, # is construction not unusual to find crews consisting largely of on-the- job trainees, while the finishing [ is performed by mere hammer men. In the Province of ebec, a current joke is the rid- : "What fs a carpenter?" And the answer: "A French-Canadian with a hammer in his hand." The joke of course is on fe_ homeless families which see even the minimum house now priced beyond their means, but this rid- dle fairly depicts the untrained and inexperienced labor now used on skilled work in all provinces. An official of Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation tells me that there no such thing as a low-priced home being built in Canada any longer. The minimum family home is estimated at al- most $10,000 or perhaps only $9,000 the b 1 type. A - vative estimate is that incompe- tent labor and consequently re- done work, coupled with the inei- dentally wasted materials, account for $1,500 of this price. The latest government statistics of taxation show that although 199 out of 772 construction companies reported losses in the latest year surveyed, these companies togeth- er averaged profits working out at $2,000 on a $10,000 house. FACTORY-BUILT BEST? The home building industry #o- day certainly endorses the old ad- age that fools build homes for wise men to live in. But an es- timated 700,000 Canadian families new homes today, and the factory-built home may be the an- swer to their prayer. It has three outstanding advantages: I is a standard product, each one as ex- cellent as the other; its definite cost is known before the order is commenced; and the finished house is as acceptable and durable as a conventional frame house but cheaper. The precut or prefabricated houses made by eight companies have already been approved for national housing mortgages. Three of these companies are in Van- couver, one in Toronto and one in Montreal, while the other three are invaders of this market, com from Britain, the States and Hol The omens indicate that Tomor- row's Communities will largely fa- vor this twentieth century home. MAPLE GROVE Mission Group Holds Meeting In Basement MAPLE GROVE -- The Wom- en's Missionary Auxiliary met in the basement of the church on Wednesday afternoon, ®ctober 7. The president, Mr.. S. Morton, opened the meeting with a 'and praer. Several items of busi- ness were dealt with. Mrs. A. Laird gave a reading on Christian Stew- ardship. The theme for the worship serv- ice was 'The Church -- A Unique Fellowship" and was led by Mrs. M. Munday, assisted by Mrs. A. Laird and Mrs. F. Swallow. The study program, 'New Ways for New Days", was very interesting and was led by Mrs. Howard Fol- & assisted by Mrs. H. Freeman, rs. R. R. Stevens and Mrs. Cecil Jeffery. The church was nicely decorated on Sunday, October 4, with flow- ers, fruit and vegetables for the Thanksgiving service. The Rev. L. Somerville gave a splendid Thanks- giving sermon and the choir sang an anthem. A large number from here at- tended the plowing. match at Co- bourg last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rook, To- ronto, were guests of Mrs. Frank Swallow. Mrs. Norman Burgess, Oshawa, is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vancamp. Miss Mildred Snowden spent the Thanksgivi weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Otis Pritchard at Mano- tick. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Munday and Donald were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Broome at Solina. Jack Munday, OCE, Toronto, spent the weekend with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Twist, at Salem. Elgin Greenham and Carlos Cry- derman competed in the World's Blowing Match at Cobourg. Carlos was fortunate in bringing back his share of prize money. He was chosen with Merril Brown, New- castle, as a team from Bowman- ville High School to compete. in the Inter-Secondary School Compe- tition. They came 8th in a class of 28 teams. Carlos came 9th in a class of 14 competitors. This com- munity extends congratulations to Carlos. James Murphy, Toronto, visited at Howard Cryderman's and at- tended the plowing match. Mr. and rs. Howard Wesley and family, Mrs. Duncan McRaye, Donald and Ina McRaye, Beaver- ton; Mrs. R. L. Worden, Bowman: ville, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Martin. EP J FAST TRAIN DERAILED BALTIMORE (CP)---A passenger train travelling 60 miles an hour lowed into a one-ton steel casting ying on the tracks Saturday night but only 12 of the 344 passengers were injured, none seriously. Only the engine of the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Arlington"' was over- turned aithough nine cars were derailed, MAC'S MUSINGS In spite of all the Turmoil and distrust Which are rampant today And which cause people To hold grave fears For future years, e cannot escape coming To the firm conclusion That the world is slowly But surely growing better. When we find nations of Freedom--loving people Uniting their forces and Pledging their resources To overcome evil and to Meet the challenge of Unholy, atheistic tyrants, That gives us assurance That the world has become Intolerant of dictators, And is thus growing better. And coming nearer home To our own country And our own community, When we find busy peop Giving freely of time, And sharing their money So that human grief, Suffering and misery Might be alleviated in Our modern communities, Surely that is a sign that Our people are finding That it is necessary To have a heart opea And an ear receptive To the needs of others. In our Community Chest We have the opportunity To do our share Right here in Oshawa To help make the world A better place for those Who live on our own Little segment of it, And if we can make Our own city better Surely we are hastening The coming of the better World we all desire. GREENBANK Couple Mark Their Golden Anniversary MRS. ROBERT LEASK Correspondent GREENBANK --- The home of Mr. and Mrs. William O'Neil was in the limelight on Wednesday eve- ning, October 14, when about 30 relatives were in attendance to celebrate their golden wedding an- niversary. The recognition came to them as a complete surprise when at 8.30 in the evening the relatives gather- ed in a body taking them unaware. Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil were both born in this community and have lived here all their lives. Those in attendance were from Stouffville, Newcastle, Oakwood, Oshawa and a brother of Mrs. O'Neil"s, James Michie, of Mani- Several congratulations were re- ceived by mail from the im- mediate community and telegrams from Prime Minister Louis St. Lau- rent, Premier Leslie Frost and his wife, Hon. Arthur Welsh, Michael Starr, MP, and Mrs. Kate Aitken. The evening was spent in playing cards after which a presentation of a platform-rocker chair was made. The address was read by the only grandchild, Maurice O'Neil of Newcastle, whose father died some years ago. After a very pleasant and happy evening, reshments were served. A three-storey wed- ding cake was a feature of the decorative scheme. FATHER LALLY FUNERAL TORONTO (CP)---The funeral of Rev. Thomas J. Lally, who died Tuesday after 25 years as director of the Martyrs' Shrine at Midland was held Saturday at St. Michael's Cathedral. James Cardinal McGui- gan, Roman Catholic archbishop of Toronto, in a brief eulogy re- ferred to Father Lally as a good priest and a zealous man. Burial was at the Jesuit Novitiate ceme- tery in Guelph. IN DAYS GONE BY 3 YEARS AGO Before the new warehouse at the harbor was completed, it was filled with 4,000 tons of flour. For economic reasons, the Board of Education announced that mo night school classes would be held for season. The Oshawa Arena officials an- nounced that there was a possibility that the arena would not be in operation for the winter due to : uncertainty of the hotkey situa- on. Following the sucess of the Male Voice Choir under the leadership of James Hurst, an effort was made to form a mixed choir. St. Andrews United Church held special services for three Sundays - with many outstanding sepakers to celebrate its 100th anniversary. W. . Jenkins was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion on the resignation * of James Holt from that office. 3 A. E. O'Neill, principal of OCVI was elected president of the On- tario Secondary Teachers Associa- " Mrs. Elizabeth Thales, Ontario Street, celebrated her Tyg "birth y y. o Dr. Grant Bird received the high : honor of being accepted into 9 Fellowship of the American Col- lege of Surgeons. QUEEN'S PARK Committee Report Should. Be Useful Reports can be dull stuff. And what duuer than a report on taxa- tion and the wrangled state of municipal affairs? Particularly one full of statistical charts. To you, Mr. Reader, the report of the committee on provincial municipal relations would be b- ably so much tasteless hash. It makes poor Teadity. But to us. . . and should be ditto to those in the municipal field . . . manna, wonderful manna. REAL Y Behind the tangled tables and sometimes Joidertus phrasing of the report the first promise of some answer to the complex dif- ficulties of the municipalities. report doesn't offer it. kt is only a "progress" report . . . A fact that hasn't been generally appreciated. But it does offer in- dications of genuine study and a basic approach. And this is something there has not been before. BASE it was Municipalities have been protest- ing their predicament for years. But the protests loud as they have been have been weak. Big smoke, no fire. They consistently have lacked any strong factual case or basic reasoning on what should be done and why. They lave stated something that everybody knows: That they are in a mess and short of money. Au they lave Shel lor 3 Janistance. u y haven' strongly. THE FACTS In their arguments there haven't appeared such things as the com- parative increase in revenues be- tween themselves and the prov- ince. Or even the propostion of municipal revenue which goes to service property and that which goes for welfare and other general public services. This report gives them. (Between 1930 and 1950 federal revenues in- creased 600 per cent, provincial 355.7 and municipalities only 175.2. Service to property varies from 50 per cent to 19 per cent of ex- | pantlitures. General services from 1 per cent to 52 per cent). GOOD JOB Opposition "leader Farquhar Ol- ° ver declared the report was "'am instrument of delay and procras- Hitdtion. this we can't go along with the Liberal leader. proc Bo has been slow. A more adaptable body, such as a commission, might - have been appointed to do its job. With nine members all having oth- + er obligations it isn't easy to have it corivened. It thus has taken twe years to get as far as it has. v But within this limitation it has done a good job and promises to : continue doing so. " WRONG AGAIN * In fairness we quite freely ad- mit this was a surprise. g The committee has done nothin, to encourage optimism. It's meet. ings have been held hole-in-cornet and behind closed doors. Its ine terim report last winter was withe out sound yemoning, One couldn't - be hopeful it would make much of a contribution. However, as is s often learned, one can be wrong. And in this case it is a pleasure . to admit it. CEDAR CREEK Wm. Steele Cracks Ribs In A Fall . A. KILPATRICK Correspondent CEDAR CREEK -- Wm Steele had the misfortune to erack some ribs in a fall last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Birket and family were Thursday evening visitors at the Spencer home. Mrs. Knud Wodskon of Hagers- ville spent Thursday evening and Friday with her cousins, the Kil. patricks. Miss Mary Wodskon, Osh- awa and Murray Bancroft of Mil- verton called for Mrs. Wodskow Friday afternoon. WIDELY MOURNED Several from the district attend- ed the funeral services for the late Robert Turner; on Friday after- noon, at the Chapel of A. L. Mec- Dermott, at Port Perry. Services were conducted by the Rev. Rob- ert Wylie and interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Crawford, George Dav- ey, Harold Kerry, Sinclair Robert- son, Lorne Thompson and George Riipasick. Flower bearers were, R. J. Harper, Bert Hutcheson, Wilf McK iniey and Albert Shunk. Mr. Turner was raised on the fourth concession and farmed there until he moved to Alberta with his brother, the late John Turner, and his sister, Miss Fannie Turner. He and his sister retired several ears ago and returned to Port Perry where they have lived with their sister, Mrs. Dave Wallace. Mr. Turner was in his 79th year and is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Duan, Mary, in Alberta, Mrs. Snel- grove, Charlotte, of Prince Albert, and Miss Fannie Turner and Mrs. Dave Wallace, Rachel of Port Perry. GIFTS PRESENTED The newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blain, were given a presenta- tion on Friday evening. Euchre was played for a while. The win- ners were: Mrs. Jean Craighhead and Wm. Blain and John Popo- wich tied for gents' high. John Pop- owich won the draw. After the card playing was over. Jim Wilson ask- ed the bride and groom to take their place on the platform and George Kilpatrick read an addrgss. Carol Larocque and Joan Wilson presented a General Electric tea ettle and a table lamp. The bride and groom thanked everyone for their gifts. Lunch was served flollowed by a dance. Music was supplied by Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Fitze of Oshawa. Callers were Harvey Rowe and Ralph Somerville, Gerald Stinson of Cadmus tap danced. PERSONALS Mrs. S. J. Porter of Toronto and Mrs. Nupatrick and George accom- panied Mr. and Mrs. Grant Kil- patrick of Oshawa to Madoc Satur day afternoon. They visited the irom ore development at Marmora. . Mr. and Mrs. John Greenwood - and children were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. George Parry at Sunderland. Miss Flossie Spencer and broth ers were Sunday afternoon visitors - of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Spencer and family at Geneva. Mr. and Mrs, Tyle Blanchard of - Los Angels, California, and Mr, - and Mrs. John Lawrie of Oshaw were Sunday afternoon visitors the Kilpatrick home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dennen - Harry Davis of Toronto : and Mrs. Wm. Blain were : iving dinner guests of Mr. and - rs. John Greenwood and family. Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Kilpatrick were Monday dinner guests of My. and Mrs. Wm. Steele. The School teacher, Mrs. Beok- man, is ill and the pupils are hav- : ing a few days holiday. Y.W.CA. KEEP-FIT CLASS: 'A rhythmie- al activity class of exercises for business girls and married ladies. . | Medicals required, 7.30 p.m. HANDICRAFTS: Leathercraft, feltcraft, glove-making, weaving, ete., 7.00-10.00 p.m. OSHAWA CHESS CLUB: 8.00 p.m WED. OCT. 31 NURSERY SCHOOL: For chil dren 4 and 5 years of age, 9.30 am, HANDICRAFTS: feltcraft, glove-making, etc., 2.00 - 5.00 p.m. a SLIM AND TRIM CLASS: Weight reducing and weight normalizi class for married ladies. Medicals required, 2.30 p.m. IOR LEADERS' CORPS: Leadership course for teenage girls, 415 p.m. BALLROOM DANCING CLASS: 9.00 p.m. HANDICRAFTS: feltcraft, glove-making, etc., 7.00 - 10.00 p.m. EARLY DAYS Quebec City in 1665, 57 years af ter its founding by Champlain, had a population of 550 and houses, \/ TSP) Viel 2 i J QV ert rps wt weaving, Leathercraft, weaving, at all fine shoe repmirevs The Investment Declers A iation of Canad THOMSON, KERNAGHAN & CO. (MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE) BOND and BROKERAGE OFFICE 16 KING ST. W., OSHAWA NOW OFFERING! -- SERIES "8" CANADA SAVINGS BONDS PAYING INTEREST 334% May Be Purchesed In Amounts From $50 to $5,000 For Information DIAL 5-1104 ERIC R. HENRY Resident Mgr. EI Leathercraft, | CA AS SA ¢