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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. South, Oshawa, Ont, Page é Saturday, February 25, 1956 Britain Suffering Because Of Over-Full It seems somewhat paradoxical to realize that Britain is facing a very difficult economic situation because of the fact that its people are too fully "employed. Yet that is exactly the state- nient that was made recently by A. W, "Tuke, chairman of Barclay's Bank, of ~London, England. He told the govern- -ment flatly that they would find no "remedy for inflation so long as there ~was over-full employment. During the "greater part of 1955, he pointed out, ~every unemployed man had at least two jobs from which to choose. Here are some of the comments this "banking authority had to make on the British situation: "Not only is it bad for employees when it ~-ig too easy to change jobs, but it is also bad for employers when there is not en- ~ough incentive to keep down costs, when order books are too long and when they can sell all that they produce at almost any price. This over-full employment is, I GUEST EDITORIAL Employment believe, at the root of the whole trouble. In addition to public expenditures, there is this vast mass of cash paid out weekly, swollen with overtime money, which causes prices to continue to rise when they might otherwise have fallen." While the elimination of unemploy- ment, according to Mr. Tuke, was a feather in the government's cap, from an economic point of view, it was un- healthy. This is a rather strange doctrine to preach. While it may be sound from the standpoint of the academic econo- mist, it is not likely to meet with much favor from the average man in the street. In a country which was less dependent on exports than is Britain, it might be a good thing. But the chief trouble, from the British viewpoint, is that the over-employed Britishers are buying in huge quantities goods which the government would like to see ex- ported into dollar areas of the world. Making Life More Liveable By REV. WM. J. NEWELL We are living in one of the most wonderful ages of the world, if looked at from a materialistic standpoint. Men turning to scientific pursuits must handle those things that pertain exclusively to matter, to things that can be seen and heard, touched and tasted. The result of such preoccupa- tions is the snuffing out, as it were, of spiritual thoughts, or, a turning away from spiritual values. Materialistic sontentment oftem makes for spiritual indifference. A statement by Rudolf Eucker, one of Europe's outstanding philosophers said, "The more human thought and effort were eoncentrated upon joint tasks of an outward and visible char- acter, the more unimportant became all that took place in the soul of the in- dividual, the more his condition be- came a matter of indifference..." Locally, thousands have demanded "more security" by strike. The hourly rate has been increased; seniority has been wisely econsidered; fringe fits ete., have, in the words of some, "made life more liveable." The repre- hana oehe~ more unimportant the soul of the in- dividual." History can be repeated in Oshawa --=a materialistic zenith -- --a spirit- ual indifference. May our city not be- come a body (management, employees, citizens) of "rich fools." The Bible, in the Gospel of St. Luke, has declared, "a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he pos- sesseth." Man's life does not consist of an ac- cumulation of tangibles or fringe bene- fits. An annual wage will not secure the soul for eternity. Nor will multipli- ed millions by increased sales provide eternal satisfaction. What is life? What makes our life more liveable? What will give content- ment in the office of management, in the Union Hall on the line, in the home or in every day life? The Bible has stated, "He that hath the Son hath lift." The more abundant life is offer- ed to man, as a free gift of God, in Christ. Here in Christ is security for the never dying part of man. A Christ centered community and home; a life into which Jesus Christ has come makes life more liveable. YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY IS SHORTENED "SAFETY" ISLAND BECAUSE You STEP FROM THE INTO MOVING TRAFFIC GALLUP POLL OF CANADA Public Opinion Deadlocked On Immigration Policies By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Are there too many immigrants coming into Canada? Is the cur- rent national policy a good one, or not, in the minds of average citi- zens? Canadians meet in a deadlock of public opinion in answering those questions. For every one who thinks the situation is fine-there's someone to find fault with it. Na- tonally, 40 per cent are satisfied, and 41 per cent are not. The rest don't know what they think. Unemployment across the coun- try is the main criticism among those who are ashaply about cur- rent immigration policies. Others feel that too many have come to the provinces, already. There is considerable criticism on the screening methods. Two questions were to the blic by the Canadian Institute of Public inion which has been Sharting Canadian attitudes to- wards immigration for 15 years. "From what you have heard or read, do you feel satisfied or dis- satisfied with the way Canada is handling immigration into this country?" The record shows that only in the Maritime provinces are there NATIONAL . Maritimes . Quebec Prairies and BC Those who were dissatisfied with current immigration policies could give clear-cut reasons for their int of view, Main reasons went ike this: Per Cent Because of unemployment situa- tion here 1 Ege ds gi be yd etter Immigrants should come from certain countries only 3 Too mi causing crimes 1 Canada should have more immi- gration 1 Too many Roman Catholics som- in ng Miscellaneous 5 more people who are pleased with current policies than those who are not. Critics are in the majority, throughout the other provinces, among men and women who have an opinion to give. Satisfied Not Satisfied No Opinion 41% 19% 36 18 41 19 -- 20 48 » No reason givem (Some gave more than one rea- son) Among the miscellaneous rea- sons given were these. "Canada is a free country, and we don't want 6 immigrants to disturb our peace." "Canada is over-sold by the litera- ture it distributes to would-be im- migrants." Too many immigrants re being admitted who are Sop HISTORY OF OSHAWA--17 How Water, Roads Aided In Progress of Oshawa By M. McINTYRE HOOD Settlement in the early days of the Oshawa district always follow- ed the means of transportation. The first settlers arrived on the lakefront and made their homes there. In 1793, Governor Simcoe planned and began to build, pri- marily for military purposes, the road between "Muddy York" and Kingston. Now known as the K'ngston Road, it was long known oy the people of the district as the Old York Road. The portion of it which runs through Oshawa is now King Street. To carry troops, it was ordered to be built "two rods wide", for horses as well as foot passengers, and to be built at a safe distance from the lake snore. When the road was built, there was, as we have told in previous articles, an Influx of settlers who built their homes along the high- way. Much later, settlement took place on the secondary roads runn- ing north and south from the King- ttcn Road. In 1796, Asa Danforth, an American, obtained a contract to lay out and build Governor Sim- coe's system of secondary roads through the district. Then people came on foot, on horseback, or in wagons, often drawn by oxen, to penetrate the forests on these primitive types of roads, and to extend the settlement, NONQUON ROAD As related in our last article, these roads spread northward from Oshawa and Whitby. Some years later, a road which is still impor- tant to Oshawa, was built. It was known as the Nonquon Road, with the shortest distance and easiest grades between Lake Ontario and Lake Scugog. It followed, fairly closely, the route of the old In- dian trail through the forests be- tween Oshawa and Port Perry, at one time, a great deal of freight passed over that road: Port Perry became a great lumbering centre, and one of the earliest steamboats in the district ran from there to Lindsay. Timber sawn at Port Perry was also taken to Lindsay by scows on the waters of the Nonquon River which flow into Lake Scugog and the Trent Valley. The carriage of mail enters largely into the history of these early times and the transportation problenie of the early settlers. We ave already recorded how Wil- liam Annis carried the mail from York to Skea's Corners, (mow Oshawa) in the opening years of the last century when the first post office n the dstrct was opened in the Warrent store at Hamar's Corners in 1828, the mail was carried by stage coaches which ran daily between Kingston York, and were operated by a Mr, Weller of Cobourg. What more 44 appropriate name could be found than that of Weller, when one re- members the Tony Weller of stage- coach fame, father of Sam Wel- ler, who colored the narrative of "Pickwick Papers," written by Charles Dickens during the middle years of the last century. The stage coaches of those days cost from 60 to 80 pounds ($300 to $400) each, and the horses from 13 to 20 pounds ($65 to $100). Ow- ing to the prevailing muddy roads, for Oshawa was originally swampy Area of cedar and bla ash forest, the coaches had to lighter in weight, and the heavier, than was usual. coaches seated 18 le. bricks were provided for cold feet on winter journeys, up to as late as 1930, an old stagecoach Oshawa. Today it would be re; - ed as a valuable museum e. Coming back to the carriage of mail, a man named Donald Cam- eron obtained the consent of the Postmaster General in 1827 to have mail carried between the Hamar's Corners, post office on the King- ston road and Beaverton, The firs postman in the district, therefore, was the appointee, Kenneth Camp- bell, who made the trip every two weeks- He received a subscrip- tion taken up at the time the ject was started, and also what- ever the settlers cared to give him for the letters he brought them. MAIL TO MANILLA In 1840, the mail was carried to Manilla by William Thomas, wuo made the 35 mile trip rom Ha- mar's Corners in a day's time. He used to boast that he could al- ways get home safely after patron- izing every one of the 30 stopping- places for liquor along the route. The only time he deviated from this schedule, it is recorded, was when he took a month off to cele- brate the fall of Sebastopol and the sud of the Crimean war, late in 1855. Mall was not carried by train until 1853, before that, in a coach plying along the road, with stops at Oshawa and Hamar's Corners, the driver, Joseph Holden, of York, would deliver letters at five cents each. This service was quicker than by the regular mail route, and Holden never last a letter. He was said to have done so well that he eventually purchased a fine farm on the Kingston Road. MAIL IN OSHA Up to 1842, the irkabitants of what was then known as the In- dian Village of '"'Skea's Corners" had all their mall addressed to Ha- mar's Corners. In that year, application was made for a post office at 'Skeas". The au- thorities suggested that first some proper name should be adopted for the district. coe Streets, where Burns' 8 h o of Store is now located. The whar at the lake, two and a half miles distant, was then known as "Sy denham Harbor", in compliment 1¢ Canada. Tom 1898 to. 104 al of ada from 1839 to 184] at that time, the hamlet of 'Skea', Corners" a houses, two hotels and three gener stores. sociated with it. In 1826, Hayden, who with J. B. and Wil liam W sto; to the bottom, but he succeeded reaching shore in an exhaust condition. The water route served as a 1814. An American boy living on the Canadian side wil his parents and could not solve the problem of divided allegiance, gouged a boat from a pine log and made his way to the United Joseph Moore, another Ameri- can-born resident of the district] near the harbor, unable to take sides either for the country of his birth or the land of his adoption, simply put himself and his family in a sloop, and visited up and down the shore until the trouble was over. PEPGRTANCE or Nagam Some cone por- tance of the Jiatet | yoded b Hes early days ma om an article in "The Albion" a journ- al published in New York at that time. On June 3 YS, fousidering the deplorable of Canadian farmers, it said this was due to two main causes, the want of an easy means of transportation and the need of a certain and profit- able market. The only solution offered was for the Cana farmer "to re- duce the quantity of land" under plow, or for the Canadian govern- ment to improve navigation on the St. Lawrence, a project which the Albion' might " From 1837 on, it had been called the roads after, the proprietor of the general store, Edward Skea, 0, in pastuersh} with a man named acDonald, did business in an es- tablishment situated on the brow of the hill, at the present corner of King and Simcoe Streets, where a hotel known as the Oshawa House was also located. Later, he moved to a building, chequered in black on the - made Oshawa what it the and white squares, mous "Four Corners", on the three words, river" should ha transportation by the ( Next week -- southwest corner of King and Sim- Oshawa's Harbor). FOR BETTER HEALTH ai munists." "We have h peop to feed in our own country." "Th work for too little money." "We should not have any lowering eof 1 our living standards." World Copyright Reserved TAS MENT QUEEN'S PARK MAC'S MUSINGS It looks as if Oshawa's Dry Skin Is Common Camnlaint In Wintar WAAL AAAEA & EA VV ARAGWA By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD Dry skin is a common winter complaint. practice for many of wus, t he "iin. also lead to dryness of ALKALINE SOAPS Tax rate is this year Going to take a jump Because of the increased Demands being made by Varlous civic bodies which Too frequent use of alkaline soaps and detergents can be @ contributing factor, too. This is &s- pecially true of homemakers whose daily chores require great use of sentatives for management have also defended and fought for the security of the company. Not only is this due to the rela- tive low humidity, but also to the fact that your circulation is some- what slowed by the cold. CCF Leader Is With the Lord as constant compan- ion and Saviour we will live only with eternity's values in view. Oshawa has ---- 0 E . farmers and Perhaps we have arrived at the point referred to by Eucker, ", . . the taken much time to consider bread but "man cannot live by bread alone." Company's Progress Impressive | Impressive progress by a mut'ual fire insurance company which was started in a small way by a group of is now a multi-million dollar concern was revealed at the an- nual meeting of the Maple Leaf Far- mers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company at Columbus the other day. This com- pany was started 61 years ago, with its headquarters in the little village of Columbus. During all the years of its existence, the head office has remain- ed there, in spite of the fact that it is now a big business concern. Indication of the progress which this eompany organized for mutual self-help is contained in the announce- rent that it now proposes to erect a new modern, up-to-date office building, which will be located opposite the township hall in Columbus. In its initial days, the company was made up of farmers of the district The Daily Times-Gazette T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General M . M. McINTYRE HOOD Editor fapaen The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa Whitby), com. bring The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), 1s sublished daily (Sundays and statutory holidays ex- cepted) Members of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Cir- culation, and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches tn the paper credit. ed to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights. of special despatches are also reserved Offices: 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario; 229 University Tower Building, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax, and Pickering, not over 30c per week. By mail (in province of Ontario), outside carrier der livery areas, $12.00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR JANUARY 12,850 north of Oshawa. Through the years, the scope of its operations has expand- ed tremendously. Its business now eov- ers southern Ontario from Highway No. 11, as far east as Port Hope, and from the shore of Lake Ontario to Gravenhurst in Northern Ontario. Much of this growth can be attributed to the influence and direction of three men who have played a large part in the company's history. These men are the Hon. William Smith, MP., who was its president for a long period of years; his son, Lt.-Col. R. B. Smith, who has continued in a noteworthy way the leadership given by his father, and the late Paul G. Purves, of Columbus, who was for a period of 30 years secretary of the company. The Maple Leaf Farmers Mutual is very much a home-county 'organiza- tion for the farmers of this district. They have come to regard it as their own. And they have good reason to feel a large measure of pride in the success which it has attained. Other Editors' Views NOT A SOURCE OF INCOME (Toronto Telegram) Finances of "gentlemen" farmers some- times challenge the wisdom of the Income Tax Appeal Board, but at least one basic principle has been laid down. "It now appears to be ac- cepted," the Canadian Tax Journal reports, "that a farm which consistently produces noth- ing but losses is not a source of income Bible Thoughts Those who imagine youth is a time to sow wild oats will be very sorry when they have to reap the evil crop. Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth.--Ece. 12:L Exasperating Ayo The Times-Gazette TORONTO -- Donald MaeDonald is exasperating. At one moment the CCF leader acts like a child--or it seems that way. Then he will come up with a parliamentary display which in- vites fond admiration. One of the latter instances was cn the Mining Act amendment the other day. The amendment replaces the mining court with a commissioner. The details won't be discussed here. The long-term importance of the debate was that the CCF leader put on a performance that even grudging members of the govern- mest side had to admit was able. TOOK ALL He stood up to the whole govern- ment benches, took everything they had to give, rode through a storm of heckling, and in the end made them give way to the extent they admitted they had reversed them- selves. Perhaps it wasn't as good as this sounds. In other parliaments it might have ranked as a routine perform- ance. But here it was exeeptional--aad welcome. REDUCES TOO Most welcome because it is a long time since this house has had a persistent critic who would hold on to his point and keep driving at Lionel Shapiro Wins it gd ernment diversion tactios. . Frost is a master di- verter so the result has beem a dnll house. Mr. MacDonald has given notice he won't be diverted (at one point he told Mr. Frost to sit down-- and you should have seen the pre- nier's face!!). And this promises to be the best fting that has happened around here for a long time. It also should have its benefits on some government hat sizes, Complacency can breed cerebral obesity. Mine Minister Phil Kelly wants to make a movie. Wants to make it badly, it seems. According to the report he took the matter up with the treasury board. And it told him if he was so keen on movies to pay his six bits at the door and watch them like everyone else. Of course that is no way to treat an Irishman. So P.T. is trying blarney. He has called a meeting of the big moguls in the mining industry. And he is going to tell them what a wonderful thing it would be to have a movie of the industry. Then he is going back to the board and tell it that all the big guns want the movie! At least that's the way the script reads now. One catch, however, is that we hear some of the moguls are a bit mulish about being called to Toronto to talk about movies, They don't consider themselves bit play- ers. High Fiction Award For Novel TORONTO (CP)--Lionel Shapiro, Montreal-born newspaper man and novelist, today was named winner of the Governor-General's Award for fiction for 1955. The winning book. is "The Sixth of June," his third novel. Two former winners repeat in the list of five announced by R. D. Hilton Smith, chairman of the awards board. OTHER WNNERS The medal for academic non-fic- tion goes to Prof. Donald Creighton of Toronto for "The Old Chieftain" the second volume of his biography of Sir John A. Macdonald. The first volume, "The Young Politi- ian," won the same award in 1953. N. J. Berrill of Montreal wins in the creative non-fiction category 'with *"Man"s Emerging Mind." His 'Sex and the Nature of Things" was judged best in the same class three years ago, The award in poetry goes to Wilfred Watson, a teacher of Cana- dian and American literature at University of Alberta, Edmonton, for "Friday's Child." Kerry Wood, free-lance writer of Red Deer, Alta, wins the award for books written for juveniles with "The Map-Maker." _ Lionel Shapiro, born in Montreal in 1908, worked for the Montreal Gazette after graduating from Me- Gill. After a time as correspond- ent in New York, Washington and Hollywood, he went overseas as a war correspondent. He had planned "The Sixth of June" ever since vy landings. It was pre- ceded by 'The Sealed Verdict" and "Torch For a Dark Journey," a play, and several television dra- Are financed from taxes For more money for 1956. not a happy thin % XK: ar to ne A To pay higher taxes at Any level of government But in today's soclety We usually find that, Many of those who Frequent and prolonged bathing ia hot water, a common winter BYGONE DAYS Most loudly about taxes Are the same people who Demand more civic services. It is a sober fact That civic expenditures And the tax rate rise Because the people of the Community make demands Upon the city council and The other public bodies For all kinds of services In their own localities. They seem to forget that All the services for which They clamor so loudly Add to the city budget And are responsible For tax rate increases Which they dislike so muck, We are sure our council, And that of any other Municipality, would be Glad to recelve petitions Asking them not to spend Any more money this year For sewers, sidewalks And petitions, but instead To cut down civic spending On their behalf, but we Are quite sure that Will never happen. mas. Background of the story is England in the blitz and the D- Day invasion, a selting familiar to Mr. Shapiro who reported combat in the Sicilian, Italian and western European campalgns. 4 YEARS AGO R. M. Holtby, president of the executive committee of the south Ontario Reform Association, open- cd the best meeting held by the association in 25 years. The fol- lowing were elected to office: Wm. Purvis, W. V. Sparks, T. Craig, W. B. Pringle, W. E. N Sinclair, Gordon Conant, M. How- ard Annis and Joseph Mitchell. The yearly meeting for nomina- tions of Pathmasters, Fence Viewers and Pound keepers took Jace, electing to office Edwin orden, Chairman and H. Bal- son, secretary. W. E. Courtice was in charge of the meeting. Henry Phair of Courtice pur- chased the Braund Homestead. Horse meat was reported as selling for half a cent a pound. The Young People's Guild of the Presbyterian Church, Whitby, played host to the Oshawa Guild under the direction of Roy J. Becker. Jack Phillips, formerly of Osh- awa, and now an office employee of the McLaughlin Carriage Com- pany, Winnipeg, called on old friends while travelling home, naving spent a three months va- cation in his native England. with only one payment 17 SIMCOE ST. N. 100 MANY BILLS? You can borrow $50 to $5000 without endorsers or bankable security to pay all your bills. This gives you a fresh start month -- in easy instalments. 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