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$0 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, January 19, 1954 NOW HAS CITY HALL OFFICE MAYOR W. JOHN NAYLOR, of Oshawa, will find himself in jon of a beautiful and well-equipped office in the new municipal administration build- ing. As mayor, he will take an important part in the opening eeremony on Thursday afternoon. Prince Edward Island Has Many Historic Visitors to Prince Edward Island are sometimes confused when their neighbors in the next cottage tell them proudly that "We saw Glamis Castle and Anne Hatha- way's Cottage today and had a de- lightful swim in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the way back," says a CNR release. Even in this day of supersonic speed and jet propulsion such an accomplishment is impossible. But the neighbors in this case wer e telling the plain truth -- they did see Glamis Castle and Anne Hath- away's Cottage, also Stoke Poges Church, the Manor House and an old English pub. These people were just back from Col. E. S. Johnstone's farm Prince Edward Island, where the farmer - soldier has built minia- tures of all these famous Old Country buildings. TRUE TO FORM id The castle, church and cottage are exact replicas of the original. The castle and church are built in stone and the cottage has a thatch® ed roof -- just like the original. They are all built to scale and sit proudly in Col. Johnstone's garden which in itself is worth the 35- mile drive from Charlottetown or the shorter run from the north shore resort areas. Everyone is welcome at the colonel's farm and, despite the fact he takes time to accompany guests around the premises, there is no charge for the visit. The garden and its miniature castles are a labor of move with Col. Johnstone, a vet- eran of two world wars, who runs a big farm on the side. The colonel began his work on this unique island garden shortly after World War II. He has kept Burlington, in Churchyard". All the buildings are Replicas latest creation is the English pub which is large enough to be used as a registration room for the|! rsons who |i eigh -- the' Bicturssijuie name by which the | growing number of yearly go to Wi ohnstone farm is known, There will be a registration desk and a chair or two in the pub -- but none of the product for which its name- sakes England are famous. STOKE POGES After visiting onds to cross the yard in back of the farm home over to a large shade tree under which sits Stoke Poges Church immortalized Grey's "Elegy in a Country not any higher than the shoulder of a 12-year-old boy. But the win- dows, doors and other accessories are all there in perfect detail. Col. Johnstone even has the miniatures wired for electricity and they pre- sent a panorama of light in the evenings. 5 There is also an interesting sun- dial, a bird bath and a Wishing well in the colonial's garden. money thrown into the wishin, well Tv hopeful visitors is turne in to the colonel's favorite fund-- the Red Cross. P.E.I. STONES Stones used in the castles are gathered on the nearby shores of Prince Edward Island. Every time the colonel and his family go to the beach they are on the lookout for suitable stones to carry back in the trunk of the car. The best of these is found at Darnley, a small community near Malpeque-- the place from where the famous Malpeque oysters come. CHURCH 3 Glamis Castle, it|: takes the visitor only a few sec-|' BUILT NEW MEMBERS OF CITY TREASURER'S STAFF IN NEW OFFICES Members of the City Treasur or's Staff are here pictured to- gether. The public will not have direct contact with this de- partment, which is located on the second floor of the new mun- icipal building. Left to right, Emily Spencer, Myrtle Patter- son, Madge Lindsay, Harold Tripp, city treasurer, Goyne and Edith Gunn. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Orpha Denied At London, Paris, Swiss Air Seeks By JOHN MYERS BERNE (Reuters) -- Swissair, Switserland's semi-private national afr company, fighting to expand its services in the face of foreign com- petition, is urging the Swiss gov- ernment fo exert pressure on for- eign countries which refuse it land- 1 yights airline says that Britajn and France, in particular, have shown hostility to Swissair plans by re- fusing valuable transit rights at don and Paris. - These rights, which most foreign eompanies enjoy in Switzerland, enable a company to make an in- termediate stop to collect passen- gers. On long-distance flights, fares collected at intermediate stops are sometimes the only way of making a service pay. While British European Airways and British Overseas Airways hold transit rights at Geneva and Zur- ich for a wide variety of destina- tions, Swissair has so far been re- fused transit rights at London for its service to New York. At pre-| sent, Swissair is limited to less! Landing Rights profitable British transit rights at| Manchester and Prestwick Scot- land, and Irish rights at Shannon. Swissair has failed to obtain transit rights in Paris for its New York line or for a service to Lon- don and Air France has made it clear that it would rather give up its transit rights in Switzerland than allow Swissair transit rights in Paris. DENIED ROME Italy has so far refused Swissair transit rights in Rome, where sev- eral other foreign companies hold them. Spain, Portugal and Belgium are other countries which have so far refused Swissair demands. In co-operation with the Scandin-| § avian company, S. A. S., Swissair is opening a weekly South Atlantic service next April. This will link Switzerland with Rio de Janeiro only--Brazil hgving refused transit rights at Sao Paolo for a projected continuation of the line to Buenos Aires. Argentina in any case re- fused Swissair the right to land at Buenos Aires. HISTORIC CITY HALL PICTURE Above is a historic picture of the old city hall at the corner of Simcoe and Richmond Streets, taken some 30 years ago when the tower was set on fire by a N WAFS E FL AN bolt of lightning. Older residents of Oshawa will recall this inci- dent. City Engineer Fred Crome, pictured above, is shown at his desk in the spacious engineer's department in the new municipal CITY ENGINEER AT NEW DESK administration building, where his staff now has ample room for its many important duties. -- Times-Gazette Staff Photo. FRANK BATHE Well-known Oshawa building contractors, who were the gen- eral contractors for the new Osh- awa municipal administration CITY HALL FRANK MCLELLAN _ building, thus adding another to the long Hist of Inporiam strus. ures in the c built by the firm of Bathe and McLellan. In addition to the miniature buildings, the colonel has one of the finest flower gardens in the province set in the spaci lawns the mainland by the Abegweit, a large modern carferry operated by the Canadian National Railways. around his buildings, and Wood- leigh rates high on the list of tour- ist aljractions in Prince Edward Island. The island is linked with COAL OUTPUT Canadian coal production de- creased nearly 2,000,000 tons to 15,- 760,000 in 1953. PICKERING BEACH School Board Is Installed MRS. MARIE MANNING , Correspondent PICKERING BEACH -- The new school board for S.S. No. 1, Picker- ing (Pickering Beach) was form- ly installed in the school house. The new trustees are C. Hemen- , F. Routley and Mrs. Marie Manning... / Mr. Hemenway was elected chairman for the new board, Mr. Routley will handle the finances and Mrs. Manning is the secretary. Succeeding meetings of this new board will held on the second Tuesday of every month. Special or. emergency meetings may be caled from time to time on the uest of two or more of the board and notices of such meetings will be posted in three or more public places at least six days in advance of such meetings. The school board meetings are open to the public and residents of school Section No. 1, Pickering, are cordially invited to attend any or all of them. The Home and School meeting held on Thursday last turned out to be something less than a fizzle. We say less, because although the attendance was startlingly low, the time ordinarily spent in business and entertainment was by-passed in favor of a "family" discussion on future meetings. The low attend- ance was attributed largely to a y the extrem ¥ weather. The next regular npn) will be in the form of a Valegti patty in the school and pron to be quite an exciting events about this in a later column. =# The teen-agers had*a very en able time at their regula mee! last Friday night when they down their hair" to take part i social evening, Bible Basel with an electrically controlled iature diamond was the high of the evening. Andre Beaug team were' the victors. uieg using the various te e baseball game was exciting. Winners were Bren Margaret Collins. Shame off boys! ¥ A tasty lunch was served gil ing all the fun and was wollig consumed down to the last d of cocoa and the last forlorn sg wich. 2. The Sunday afternoon servite the church was well attended spite of the drop in temperaty ev. E, C. Corbett of Whitby. bal his message on Luke 9:51 to which concludes with the ve "No man, having put his han the plough and looking back; is for the Kingdom of God." 1 passage encompasses the meaning of following Jesus. * must give ourselves complet wholly to Him, and all the of things, home, friends and far will be taken care of, becaus that implicit faith in Him," 4 Mr. Corbett. ) The picturesque town hall of Hague, capital of The Netherla was built in 1565. 1025 Simcoe N. | ---- Heartiest . . . anpations . To The CITY OF OSHA on the Official Opening of the New . AND " CITY HALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF OSHAWA MAY WELL POINT WITH PRIDE TO THIS FINE CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT. THIS NEW STRUCTURE STANDS AS A MONUMENT TO THE COMMUNITY'S PROGRESS. We Are Proud To Have Been Awarded The Painting Contract for This Civic Structure NEWTON H. EDGAR SON Decorators Dial 3-7351 ~Times-Gazette Photo. OX, | Darlington Dial 5-3943 CITY of OSHAWA on the O Vinyl Tile Flooring Installed Throughout By Flooring Division H. J. GASCOI Blvd. to Of GNE Oshawa - Whitby the PENING of the NEW CITY HALL C= ougnatntalions! & Best Wishes : Built-Up Roofing And Sheet Metal Work By ROOFING & SHEET METAL 1427 Dundas St. E. Dial 743 JIW 1rd