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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont, Page 6 Tuesday, October 2, 1956 Canada'sHealthy Economy Is Reflected In Oshawa The economy of Canada has been maintained this year at a rate which is far in excess of even the most op- timistic of prophets. The employment situation, the gross national production of goods and services, and the expan- sion in construction activities have all contributed to the buoyancy of the economy of this country. As is natural, this unprecedented period of high level activity in all fields is being reflected in the prosperity which is prevalent in Oshawa today. Officials of the National Employ- ment Service in Oshawa have had very healthy reports from month to month this year on the employment situation in the community. When one considers that a year ago just now, the city was in the grip of a strike which proved to be a prolonged one, the position today is a very favorable one. With General Motors production lines again begin- ning to roll with the new models, indi- cations are that a season of high em- ployment lies ahead. Need For School One cannot help sympathizing with the problem which the Oshawa board of education is facing in providing suf- ficient accommodation for all the chil- dren seeking admission to the city's schools, In recent years, it has carried out an extensive building program. It might, with reason, have felt that it was taking care of the city's needs for some years ahead. In normal times, that would have proven correct. But these have not been normal years of growth, and so more schools and addi- tions will have to be built. 2 Apparently, the city couneil is not impressed with the urgency of the school accommodation situation to the same extent as the board of education. That was made apparent by some of the questions which were asked when the board requested approval for a de- benture issue for $260.00 to provide for a new school in the former Lake- view Gardens area. One alderman ask- ed what had happened that the Conant school was already overcrowded, when # was built only last year. All that has This is all part of the national pic. ture. Canadians this year have earned and spent more. The big investment program in Canadian plants, machinery and equipment has continued at the highest level in history. Oshawa has shared in this properity, and has at- tained the position of having the high- est average wage level in Canada. The barometer of economic growth in Canada, in which Oshawa is sharing, is now standing at a rate of about three billion dollars higher than in the first quarter of the year. For the whole of 1955, the gross national production was $26,800,000,000. If it continues to keep up with this trend, it will exceed $28 billion for 1956, this being the fi- gure forecast by the minister of fin ance in his budget for the present fis- cal year. There are strong indications that it will go much beyond that figure. With such a picture in evidence, it is difficult to talk convincingly about the dangers of inflation in such a high- ly productive economy as that of Can- ada, which Oshawa is enjoying. Accommodation happened is that the school population of Oshawa has increased far beyond reasonable expectations. The report of the school superintend- ent on the enrolment for the present term, and the conditions of crowding which prevail should have been suffi- cient to convince anyone of the urgent need for more school accommodation. In one school, two portable units are in use. Four schools are using basement rooms for classes. In six schools the au- ditorium is being used for shifts of classes, and even the visual aid and store rooms are being used in one school. Three schools are operating on a staggered shift basis. These are conditions which ean only be remedied by the provision of more accommodation, more class rooms. There is real urgency in the situation, because delay will only make the situa- tion worse than it is. In view of the time it takes to build schools, there should be no delay in making a start on the new accommodation that is so much needed. Independence For Gold Coast Once again, the British government is giving effect to its traditional policy of granting independence and self-gov- ernment to colonial territories which have proven themselves able to man- age their own affairs. The British Col- onial Secretary, Mr. Lennox-Boyd, had announced that the United Kingdom government will introduce into parlia- ment at the first available opportunity a Gold Coast Independence Bill. Sub- ject to parliamentary approval, which can be taken for granted, the Gold Coast will be accorded independence within the British Commonwealth on March 6, 1957. For some time, the British govern- ment has been leading up to this step. On May 11 of this year, it announced that if a general election were held in the Gold Coast, it would accept a mo- tion calling for independence within the Commonwealth passed by a reason- able majority by a newly-elected legis- lature. The U.K. government stated that it would then declare a firm date for the granting of self-government. In July of this year, a general elec- tion was held, and the Convention Peo- ple's Party, headed by Dr. Nkrumah, was returned to power with a malority, winning 72 seats out of the 104 in the new legislative assembly, The new assembly met on July 81, and at this session a motion was pass- ed by 72 votes to 0, the opposition members being absent, asking the Brit- - |. ™. a The Daily Times-Gazette T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager, M. McINTYRE HOOD, Editor. " The Dally Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whithy), som- bining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gagette and Chronicle (established 1863), Is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays e=- cepted), y Members of Canadian Dally Newspipers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Clroulation, and the Ontario Provincial Dailies Assoels- tion. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches in the paper credited to Ht or to The Associated Press or Reuters. and wsiso the loos! news published therein. AN rights of special despatches are also reserved. Offices: 44 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario; University Tower Bullding, Montreal P.Q. am SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by earriers tn Oshawa, Whi N thy, Brooklin, Perry, Ajax and Pickering, not over 30c per week. mall (in province of Ontario), outside carrier de Uvery areas, $1200. Elsewhere $1500 per year, DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR JUNE 14,150 ish government to secure enactment of the legislation which had been prom- ised. Now Britain is acting to fulfil the undertaking given on May 11. Since 1951, the Gold Coast has en- joyed an advanced form of constitution, and since 1954, it has had a large mea- sure of self government. Now it is go- ing the whole way, with the blessing and assistance of Britain. It will take the new name of "Ghana," which, in- cidentally, comes from an ancient Afri- can inland empire called Ghana or Ghanata, a large area in western and southern Sahara. Ghana is thought to have been founded in 300 A.D. and to have flourished until about 1100. Now the name is being brought back to the history books with the coming of the new self-governing nation. Editorial Notes The weather is so changeable that even the Indians cannot agree on what kind of Indian summer--if any--we are going to have. Truman has been asked to make two or three speeches weekly during the election campaign. Probably to take back all that he said about Stevenson at the Democratic convention. Overheard on Simcoe street "I guess I can get my fur coat out of storage now." Summer, with its holidays, is now over, Now we can look forward to Thanksgiving--and Christmas. Local flower shows have again de- monstrated that Oshawa is a place in which most citizens take great pride in their gardens. Bible Thoughts This is probably the earliest record of clair. audience and clairvoyance in recorded history. It was handed down by word of mouth, proba- bly before the alphabet was invented. Story tellers were the first historians, And then the Lord opened the eves of Balaam and he saw the angels of the Lord standing ia the way.--Numbers 22:21-3L ; MAC'S MEDITATIONS Conservation In "Good Old Days?" By M. McINTYRE HOOD .The annual hunting season will soon be upon us, and the Oshawa devotees of this type of fall sport activity are already thinking of their trips to the northern woods in search of the elusive deer. Around many a campfire, and in many a hunting cabin, in the long evenings, the hunters will be , The older members of these se parties will 'invariably, start g about the good ol days and bemoaning the present- fay depredation of game and . They will be telling of how today to go much farther afield from their city homes to find game and fish in as great abundance as it used to be in bygone days. And the usual comment is this, "If the fellows today guarded our fish and game as our forefathers did, we would have a lot more now.' As a matter of fact, this is just one more instance of jumping at erroneous conclusions. By dg ing into past records, it is foun: t our forefathers were not nearly as careful about ensuring the fu- ture sport of their descendants as we are today. COMMISSION OF 1892 Back in 1892, the Ontario gov- ernment appointed a fish ai ame commission to look into the ture. At that time, every butch- er -- or most of them -- sold venison, bear meat, wild ducks, wild geese, rabbits and other wild life. The limit was 50 Speckled trout in a day, and the could be five inches or more in length. A five-inch speckled trout is not much bigger than a sardine and is less than a year old. Today the limit is seven inches, and in fact, most of the fish planted in Ontario lakes and streams by the department of lands and forests today are seven inches or longer. There were no fish hatcheries in Ontario in the old days. To day, Ontario has 28 of them, and they rank with the most modern in the world, There were no game wardens The bag limit for ducks was 300 ducks in a season, and the government commission of siderably lessened." SALMON IN OSHAWA CREEK In the verv early days of Osh- awa settlement, salmon abound- ed in the waters around the mouth of the Oshawa Creek. It is recorded that one day in 'while Roger Conant, pioneer of that family, was paddling his canoe to where the Oshawa har- bor is ow, Ioeated, oe ima so thie pai raised his canoe out of the water, and they were so close 1892 actually found that this this districi number was not nearly enough for the "market" hunters of that time who supplied the stores with wild fowl to sell, DEER LIMIT FIVE The limit on deer at that time was five deer per hunter son. That did not help to deer hunting, but did allow many hunters to dispose of sur- plus venison by selling it to the res. The report of the 1892 commis- sion con meus: ate "The nt to which fishing is carried on in the closed season is alarming and the sure of fish in the markets of the larger towns and cities during the closed seasons is open and defiant, The 'report also had this to say: "The extent to which netting is carried on is also inconceivable, and the spawning grounds are stripped year after year until in many places where fish abounded formerly in large numbers there is no yield now at all, If a force the following state- ed fmprove were so plentiful in 1851, that men killed them clubs and pitehforks, women them with flannel and sellers bought and farms and built houses sale of salmon. Later, they wi taken by nets and spears, 100 Jften being caught the "good old days," and also in the Oshawa Creek mouth waters. So it is fairly obvious that our forefathers were mot nearly as much devoted to fish and game conservation as are the hunters and fishermen of today. OTTAWA REPORT Chess Club Has Been Dramatized By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazette OTTAWA -- Someone seems to have been trying to make a dra- matic association out of a chess club around here. A bunch of foreigners, who hap- pen to be employed at the Rus- sian Embassy here, joined the local chess club. That club meets from 8 p.m. to midnight, two nights a week, in a classroom at an Ottawa public school. There the Russians played a game, at which they are lemons, against fellow club members whose language only one of them can speak Out of this unpromising mater- al, a story has been woven in whole cloth, This alleges that a Russian master spy attempted to bribe a Canadian government of- ficial with $5,000, to betray secrets of our new hush-hush jet fighter plane. And all the while, RCMP officers of the counter-espionage branch, carefully disguised as chess enthusiasts, watched over the shoulders of master-spy and baby - faced dupe while vodka thickened the plot. Bah! AN UNLIKELY STORY If Russia sends her master-spy to waste his time in Canada, I'm a Dutchman. And if even a minor Russian spy wastes his time trying to bribe a very junior accountant clerk in Ottawa, to learn technical secrets of a plane being manufactured 300 miles away, then I'm a double Dutchman. However, if this story is true, then the Russians are not so smart as many people have feared. Apart from this very flimsy plot, which has brought an extrovert his moment of headlined fame, the story of the Russian chess players is a funny one. The civil service here has a ree- reational association for its mem- bers. This has many branches, such as a ski club, a sailing club, a chess club, a bridge club and others. Each individual club has a large measure of independence. The chess club, for example, not only canvasses for members among the civil service; it also of- fers membership to men and women outside the service. In the past year, its membership of about 120 men and women has ranged from the president of a big crown corporation to a very junior clerk, and has represented most depart. ments of government, such as fi- nance, rade and commerce, air force headquarters, the mounted police, etc. Its membership has also included about 30 per cent from private jobs, such as several civilian accountants, and em- ployees of a pulp and paper com- pany, including some new Cana- dians from behind the Irom Cur- tain. Its membership has also been offered to diplomats, so that BYGONE DAYS SLAVS SEEK ASYLUM VIENNA (Reuters) -- Fifty-one Hungarian and Yugoslavs attend- ing the international fall fair here last week did not return and asked for asylum, Austrian offi- clals said today. there have been 10 R two Indians, an Israel! and an Argen- tine in it this year. As the members sit down to play chess in the bleak and unclublike classroom, they are divided into 10 classes, according to their skill, There is class A; then class B, split into three sub-sections. Ditto classes C and D. Although chess is the game at which Russia often scoops the world championship, Ottawa's Russians are lousy. Most of them sre graded C or below. Some of them have fared no better at the bridge club. Sometimes the chess club has a guest night, when it is invited to meet at some place other than its unfriendly classroom--such as Russian Embassy. On these guest nights, team matches are often played. All employees of the Na- tional Research Council make up one team; all diplomatic mem- bers make up another team; and so on. From some newspapers we might draw the conclusion that the history of Ottawa's chess club has been just a non-stop contest, at anything but chess, between the team of Mounties and the team of Russian spies. But the dull truth is that it just isn't so. Outside the club, however, Rus- sian diplomat Gennadi Popov has behaved undiplomatically, and was asked by our government to pop off. He did. result has been a smear on the game of chess. Now I am wondering whether my five-year-old daughter, Vie- toria, a chess fan in her own right should be weaned from this tainted occupation. READERS' VIEWS Foster Parents' Plan In Aid Of War Victims The Editor, The Times-Gazette, Sir, When I said my name could be used for the article on the Foster Parents Plan, 1 as- sumed that it would be used merely as a name tied in with the plan, and not the other way around The Foster Parents Plan needs money and clothing for the chil- dren of all parts of the world who were victims, one way or another, of the wars that have torn away their homes, families and sometimes limbs. Such con- tributions as I have mentioned are always useful to them. The $15 monthly payment is only in the case of a donor wishing to adopt a child, Your article gives no clue to anyone interested in the plan. Families that are happy and healthy and wish to share their good fortune, childless couples and unmarried men and women who cannot, for some reason or another, adopt a child of their own and would love someone who cared for them personally -- all these have a need that is perhaps as great as that of the child they adopt. Sometimes the child in the plan stays with his or her parents but letters bring their warmth of feeling, and it is a great satisfac- tion to their foster parents. In my case, Hendrica.is virtually an orphan and there are hundreds more orphans, If you would like to feel closer kin to the child than if it is still with its parents, an office group, factory or a few neighbors or any group can also sponsor and adopt and love a child. The Foster Parent Plan people will send information willingly to any one who writes to them. Their address is, Plan for War Children, P.O. Box 65, Station B, Montreal, Quebec. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, --MRS. J. COOK, 104 Celina street, Oshawa, Sept. 30, 1956. QUEEN'S PARK Starts Crusade On Noisy Trucks By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazetle TORONTO--Art Child has an- other crusade! The Wentworth P.C., and former athlete, usually is batting away at something novel A few years ago he started on automobile safety belts. Then it was crime comics. And now its noisy trucks Arthur, in league friends in Hamilton, has a move underway promoting a new type truck muffler which it is claimed will cut down on noise. MAKES HEADWAY Like his other promotions this one makes sense; but not neces- sarily to the extremes at which he aims In his safety 'belt drive he wanted the province to make it compulsory for this equipment to be standard on all motor cars With the mufflers he undoubt- edly will have the same goal He hasn't reached it with the belts and it is most improbable be will with the mufflers, with some Nevertheless he does get some- where There are, . more people in the province using for instance, a lot belts today than a few and many, many more are familiar with safety years ago people that them A lot of the credit goes to the hue, cry and pressure of the Went- worth member. So it is to be expected that a year or so from now more and more trucks will be equipped with new mufflers. HO HUM Incidentally, Highways Minister James Allan let Arthur down on his anti-noise campaign When Mr, Allan landed in hos- pital in Hamilton, by chance he was put in a room which had been picked as an example for testing the effect of street noises on hos- pital patients, The room presumably was ex- ceptionally noisy. But this didn't disturb the minister He slept soundly throughout his Foster Parents . MAC'S MUSINGS Houses are box-like Objects that are used To fill up streets, but They do not become homes Until they are lived in And a bond of affection Links together in a unit Those who occupy them. When a strong bond Of affection exists Between family members And there is a true Spirit of harmony among Those who swell within Its walls, that a house Really becomes a home. Contrary to beliefs that Are often expressed, there Are many families which Can live in harmony, but These are the families About which we hear least, Because they find so much Pleasure in their harmony, That divorce courts, and Such things as night clubs And 90-mile an hour car Accidents hold little Attraction for them. a Families which find it Hard to live in harmony But would like to do Something about it should Indulge in a measure Of self-examination, To find out if all the Members of the family Are doing their part in Contributing to harmony. True harmony in a home Can come when it is Animated by a spirit of Co-operation, tolerance, And helping each other With the daily duties, And when the home is Blessed by a desire te Live according to Family plan of God. the through 20 YEARS AGO Lieut. - Col. R. B. Smith, well known local soldier and business man, was elected president of Oshawa's rugby football club, the famous "Blue Devils." John Coleman, a member of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club, was elect- ed representative of the local club to attend the convention of the Ontario - Quebec and Maritime rovinen being held at Quebec city. Rt. Rev. A. L. Bishop of the Arctic, ai the wmanville Rota members on his 9500 nile D.D. Yop his diocese the largest on the continent. In his address, the "Flying Bishop' told club mem- bers that the trip was made more than half by airplane, taking three months. The Bishop, who had been 27 years a resi- Clubs, DO YOU NEED A LOA UNTIL PAYDAY? $50 for 2 weeks costs only 47¢ Examples You Receive Cost for 2 Weeks Cost for 1 Month SO Ee BUS <5 $50 | 47 $100 94 $1.00 $2.00 dent of Bowmanville and an hon- orary member of the Rotary Club was introduced by George W. James and A. M. Hardy. Len El- liott, the president, expressed the club's thanks to Rev. Fleming, Members of the Thornton's Corners Sunday School re-elected Other Examples You Monthly Receive Payments $ 100 $7.78 $ 300 "$2335 $ 510.68 | $27.00 Roy Liek as superintendent; Everett Jackson, assistant super- intendent and Chester Robin as secretary-treasurer. The plant of the Metcalfe Foods Limited, Whitby"s newest indus- try, commenced operations and the first load of corn, wel about a ton was delivered by C. Wilson. Arizona Tree Called World's Oldest TUCSON, Ariz. (AP--A scien- tisé who counts tree rings said here today he has found a group of scrubby little pine trees in Cali- fornia that are the oldest living things in the world. Dr. Edmund Schulman, head of the tree-ring research laboratory at the University of Arizona, es- timates the age of three bristle cone pines 20 miles northeast of Bishop, Calif., at 4,000 years. Thus the little pine--it grows only 15 to 30 feet tall-has 5 rooted the giant sequoias of Cali- fornia as the world record holder for long life. The redwoods, which are belleved to be the world's ag est growing things, are about years old. $1000 $44.70. $1500 $67.05 plans te swit your budget. 50 to $5, without endorsers or bankable security. SUPERIOR FINANCE 17 Simcoe St. N. RA 5-6541 -- for example: OSHAWA OTTAWA ONY STS one war 90 seven, 7 wips -- COLONIAL COACH LINES Gray Coach Lines Terminel Open Fridey till 9 Pogson Bigg PO goo] Tel. RA 3-2241 Universal Drum Handling TRUCK fro - FAIRBANKS FASTEST AND EASIEST WAY TO HANDLE stay . ... ment in favor of new mufflers. NEW MACHINE One eventual effect of the new crusade probably will be a tight ening-up by municipalities on vio- and thereby removed himself as a number one argu- DETECTIVE DOGS NOT SO SMART PORTLAND, Ore. (AP--Po- lice were closing in on an auto- bile thief, when he ducked into brush here today. The police called for two of their German shepherd dogs. Each dog picked up a trail. They met. And they got into the doggondest fight. The thief got away. BARRELS AND DRUMS These trucks cre of oll-lubuiar steel welded construction. Rollers at tips make it easy to wheel truck wp close to load, raise the load over ramps and tum the loaded truck on the floor. Climb hook locks semi-automatically on cimost all types of steel, wood or paper barrels and drums. Available from any of the 16 Fairbanks. "Morse branches across Canada, In Toronto 137-167 Harbour Street Tel.: EM 8-8321 ey BARGAIX COACH and Yorente Ottawa .... Montreal lation of present noise-control re- quirements of motor vehicles. Regulation of these undoubtedly has become pretty loose through- out most of the province. Both trucks and sport cars have teens sessvennrrenne GOOD GOING TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16-17 Return Limit--7 Days RETURN FARES BETWEEN OSHAWA YOU SAVE . $1.38 $ .80 1.55 TORONTO $5.45 3 $7.35 pply betwee o Baggage allowance 150 Ibs. o Children under 5 travel free -- 5 ond under 12 half fare. been operating in many commun- ities as though there were no noise law at all covering them. A difficulty has been in secur- ing the evidence for enforcement. 11%2 King Street East But reportedly there is a ma- chine on the market that cam well measure noise sufficient] that prosecutions can be The aid. quieter province. combination of these and Art Child should make Ontario a Watch for Next Month's Bargain Coach Fares effective November 6 - 7 RA 3-2224