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| 3 iE CANDIDATES FOR MISS RED FEATHER IN OSHAWA Flintoff; back row, left to right --Dianne Hubbell, Bonnie Long, Donna McGahey and Louise Thomson. The winner and two runners - up will be the reci- pients of gifts and flowers. Miss This Saturday night T. L. | torium to crown this year's Wilson, chairman of the Great- | Miss Red Feather. Last Satur- day six nominees were chosen by the club executive. They are: front row, left to right-- Nancy Minett and Marlene er Oshawa Community Chest, will attend the Get - together Club dance at the OCVI audi- | Red Feather will also be asked to attend banquets and other | fund raising activities during the chest campaign which opens next week. --Times-Gazette Photo Service Clubs Ban Raffles ee] The Inter Service Club Council,|club memberships, have no de-| knows iille about the practice sire to associate themselves with of medicine gave some advice Somposed of she presidents and an undertaking which has been today that may help a great many secretaries of all the service|joqjareq illegal. {Canadian motorists keep their clubs in Oshawa yesterday] The council trusts that all or-|blood pressure in check during agreed to abide by the law gov- ganizations within the city will the coming winfer months erning raffles and other games of reach a similar decision so there]! EF. Armstrong, chief engin- chance. The service clubs will re- will be no raffles. draws or bingo eer for General Motors of Canada, frain from participating in ven- games held which have not been had some tips to offer on winter tures not approved by law en- approved by the law. driving, forcement officials. It ig assumed. too, that officials| Few things are more annoying It was stressed that while this will treat each and every illegal |¢, tno motorist than failure of his decision will no doubt result in| undertaking on the same basis S0|.ar to start in the morning, a e necessity of reducing the/that the sale of tickets within oplem that plagues thousands scope of charitable work being Oshawa will be uniformly sup-|oe canadian motorists during done by the various clubs, due to pressed regardless of source and . ..." ar. Armstrong said, lack of funds, the business and [that games of chance, not legal- WINTER DRIVING TIPS professional men, comprising the ized, will not be held. For the average motorist, here is Mr. Armstrong's advice for GM Engineer Winter Drivin Provides g Hints teries and generators for Chev- bas and Pontiacs for better {performance in severe winter { weather. Mr. Armstrong urged motorists to have the heater, windshield wipers, defrosters, ignition and electrical systems of their cars checked before winter arrives. He also advised anti-freeze installa- tions and a careful check of all radiator and heater connections. WORD OF WARNING The GM chief engineer had a word of warning for the thous- ands of Canadans who received driving licences for the first time during the spring and summer of 1956 "I might warn them that they @ Local Tax Collections § Pass $4,000,000 Mark Oshawa has a population of 50,-/federal government figure ma : i 2 g | The city has always relied on |retail merchants will not get the census was taken. Fo . ion figures are above ours and {0.000 figure. {Commissioner Kerr said that) | retail In any case, Oshawa will like- leity's figure because of the GM| of their property. trike s city assessors feel that the {because their figures place the sors during the last two months| But the over-50,000 rule may assessment reduction. had left town until the strike was tario government, and endorsed assessment if the over-50,000 rule suggested that the high census| This resolution calls for the city to assess businesses at "25|took its: census in a short period retail merchants 35 per cent of 50,000 mark is reached. said the city gathers its popula-/the city is. | TORONTO (CP) Highways to Belleville Tuesday to check on reported that there had been The investigation was into work Although latest Dominion Bur-, One reason for the 841 differ- tion data over a nine - month eau of Statistics figures claim ence between the city and the ponied. ses oWN Fic » 136 as of June 1 this year, city he due to the time that the iy business assessment reduction] iT Jeures anyway, the oh {bu | : : . (offered cities after they reach the When ie Sy Sossssment in : [po sued. SSeSSIEDL| sometimes below. This year, they | Instead, the sity a sessed many General Motors of Canada hapPen to be above. |standing business rate -- 30 per Workers were not counted in the; "yo "elisa" for the reduced reent of the real assessed value|® business assessment next year, i . a City assessment officials said He said 20 of the city's 96 sub-|population will go over the 50,000 {they will not make the reduction|divisions were rovered by. asses-\mark by their figures then. {population at 49,295, and thus|of the strike (January - Febru- pe changed by that time, if a |makes Oshawa ineligible for the ary) when many GM workers resolution now before the On- City retail merchants would get|over. by a recent municipal conven- a 5 per cent reduction in business| One assessment official also tion. is made law. was invoked. # figure might be due to the fact assessment act to be changed to The assessment act allows the|that the Dominion government permit municipalities to assess per cent of the real assessed/of time this spring when the their real property assessment |value of the property when the population was high. The official no matter what the population of . | Firm To Correct | [Minister Allan said Wednesday that investigating engineers sent allegations of faulty construction work on Highway 401 in that area "some minor irregularities con- trary to regulations." carried out by the H. J. McFar- land Construction Co, "The construction company had {been notified early in October of |these, had corrected some of {them and is going to correct the balance," Mr. Allan said. 'WANT ADS READY TO PLAY SANTA 'Nobody Shoots at Santa Claus" This quip, referring to the Democratic Administration, was made by Al Smith, speak- ing on behalf of Franklin D. | Roosevelt during the 1936 | | 95.9 Per Cent of 1956 Taxes Have Been Paid four previous years, when For the first time in history, the City of Osh has collected more than $4,000,000 in business and property taxes in a single year. ' This mark was set by October 10, the due date of the fifth and final tax instalment for 1956. A report issued by City Treas- urer H. E. Tripp showed that the city jopped the $4,000,000 mark by $174.54, oh $4,234,773 COLLECTED This current levy collection \does not include the collection of tax arrears this year. By October 10, $60,219 in back taxes were collected, to bring the total amount collected this year to Disregarding the collection of per- ge of collections ranged iy 95.90 per cent to 96.11 per cent. The collection of $60,219 in tax arrears was 76.13 per cent of the the $79,104 back taxes figure out- standing on January 1 of this year, This percentage figure is also in line with the previous four years, when anywhere from 74.00 per cent to 81.34 per cent of tax arrears was collected. unpaid. In addition to $18,885 in arrears from previous years, this leaves $211,755 unpaid altogether. Tax income in 1956 is also $524 528 more than tax income in 1955. Last year's total $3,710,245. fro; y back taxes, the city has coll 95.59 per cent of this year's cur- rent levy. This figure is ia line with the City} m business and property taxes has jumped aroyed $50,000 each year since 1 Distinguished Soldier Canadian Club Speaker Lt.-Col. Graham Coulter has an- d the d speal for The Ontario County Canadian Club meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 's Lieut. Gen. Guy Simonds, CB, CBE, DSO. The topic of the ad iress will be "Some Reflections n_ Canadian Defence Problems' Gen. Simonds is well known to Jshawa and district veterans as 'ommander of the Second Cana lian Corps in Northwest Europe and later, as commander of the First Canadian Army. Regarded as one of the mos! brilliant soldiers Canada has pro- duced, Gen. Simonds has had a listinguished army career. He was educated at Ashbury College and Royal Military College. Al the latter he was awarded the Sword of Honor and the Gover- nor - General's Medal. Following Royal Military College he attend- ed Staff College and the Imperial Defence College in England. After the war he was appointed chief instructor of the Imperial Defence College in the United Kingdom, following which, in 1949, he was brought back to Canada| to assume command of the Na-| tional Defence College in King-| LT.-GEN. GUY SIMONDS mand as a public speaker and texts of his addresses have ap- peared in the press all across vresidential campaign. Want Ads are ready to play "Santa'" anytime. They raise ston. Gen. Simonds was appoint- Canada. The Canadian Club of ed Chief of Staff in 1951 and re-|Ontario County is indeed fortunate tired in 1955. |in securing Gen. Simonds as its will have to face an entirely new better cold winter starting: (1) ) and dangerous experience in |Use an engine-block heater and] "I urge| District Teachers Plan Conference At Lindsay school | CI, Ottawa, and S. G. B. Robin: your car winterized. (4) Use 5W |conditons, tests have shown that Over 400 secondary teachers will meet at Lindsay| Collegiate Institute on October 25) to i ate the first al ed-| ucation conference of District 9,} OSSTF. The day will be spent] working in subject groups on| specimic problems related to the various fields of Secondary Ed- ucation. , District, 9 includes the following Secondary Schools, the staffs of which all will be attending: Blackstock, Bowmanville, Camp- ed- eral education problems. | From the Ontario College of Ed-|Kapuskasing, Ontario, testing the battery heater if sub-zero temper- winter driving," he said. | atures are frequently experienced. them to take the greatest caution (2) Have the specific gravity of|in handling their vehicles in such the battery checked occasionally. conditions." If below 1.240 have it charged.| While no rule has been arrived [(3) Get a full tune-up and have at to cover safe speeds under all son, secretary of the OSSTF, will or 10W oil. (5) Keep the gas tank the control which exists at 50 address special Bessions on gen- full to avoid condensaton. miles an hour under the ideal ! Cold weather testing of new highway conditons cannot be The department of education is/models is carried out each year maintained at over 15 miles an sending two speakers from the py GM engineers. Last winter a hour on ice, or 30 miles an hour| physical education branch, Erie GM engineering crew spent three on packed snow, Mr. Armstrong | Runacres and Miss Ella Sexton. weeks in below-zero weather at |said. The "feel" of the road under cation two speakers will address |carburetion and electrical system (ice or snow conditions, which he the mathematics and home eco-ion GM models. Some of their|stressed as very Important, can nomics seetions being W. B. Mec- | findings produced manufacturing (be gained by deliberately slip- Lean, head of the mathematics changes in the vehicles to give ping the wheel, at a slow speed ay, City of Oshawa's 1957 un- in- department at UTS and Miss better low-temperature preform-|on a traffic-free highway, Mr. that exera cash for Christmas or any other occasion. Dial RA 3-3492 to place your profitable Want Ad today ! Increase In Provincial Grant Seen conditional grant will be BIG FLARES LIKE THIS | will light up the Bowmanville area from 20 locations just be- fore dawn some time within the next two weeks, signalling start of natural gas service in Oshawa, Bowmanville, Whitby. | | Simonds has been A off all the propane air gas in the distribution mains to allow natural gas to enter ° the system. There will be 20 burn- ers in Bowmanville, 20 in Whitby two days later and 40 in Oshawa the morning con- version begins there. bellford, Cobourg, Colbourne, Fen-| Ruth Dean of the department of ance by Oshawa-byilt cars. elon Falls, Haliburton, Kinmount, home economics. One benefit received by motor- Lakefield, Lindsay, Millbrook,| Kingston C.I. is sending Mr. V. ists from these experiments was Norwood, Omemee, Orono, Osh-|garshaw, head of its commercial a switch to higher-capacity bat- | Armstrong said. A few such at- tempts tend to give the driver the feel of both the road and his vehicle, he added. awa, Peterboro, Pickering, Port department, to address the com-| Hope, Ajax and Whitby mercial teachers Four Oshawa secondary school! paneorth Tech, Toronto, will teachers will lead in panel dis- pono. the conference with its cussions. Miss Dorothy M. Van principal, Col. H. B. Dean, OBE, Luven will chair the an group BA, B.PAED. ° and E. H. Winter will be one of idance: section will: be the two chairmen of the English wpe ernie! of 1 om group. J. W. Judge will chairig, oo "min Cr, Hills Carter, MA, the matnematics group and Miss p pawn J. H. Beaton presented a re- Sialys Eamoudson Will: chair tie The whole conference is ex- port, at the monthly meeting of {ling g " y the finest ever org- the Osh General Hospital Outstanding guest speakers who pected to be {the Oshawa el sp! will iene: 3 a in the anized by tle Saw Inelibers Board, showing the list of con- general sessions include the fon. and Wil mark 2 mj estone feiitlons, totalling More than orable Leslie M. Frost, premier y 5,000, receiv: since e las of Ontario, who will be guest| Students in the schools of the hoard meeting. speaker at the evening banquet. area will be given a holiday an. pasion expressed the J. B. Callan, BA, president of while their teachers are attend- gratitude of the board for the the OSSTF, vice-principal of Glebe 'ing the conference. __|interest shown by the citizens at oT 5 large for their continuing support {during the expansion of the hos- | pital and its facilities | Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Co., Whitby General Printers Jet In Oven Turned On Reo a Limited | 8. Moss, caretaker of the 100F |H. Arnold, Pickering Hall, King St. W., has drawn at-| J. G. Geikie $2000 . 1000 .. 400 . 2000 100 500 Aid For Hospital # ° A. G. Storie C. E. McLaughlin K. T. Keller, Detroit Anonymous Si Brooklin Canada Block Co. Dr. J. E.. Rundle . ; Women's Hospital Auxiliary Yolles Furniture Co., Toronto Pedlar People . Model Shoe Store . Less Ontario Sheet Products Co. Jos. King, Whitby T. Eaton Co. Ltd. Curran 2nd Briggs E. L. McLean, Highland Creek . Anglo-Canadian Drug Co. T.mK. Creighton ........... Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Toronto Re, | tention to certain inaccuracies in {the story of the gas explosion at the hall on Monday night, which | appeared in yesterday's issue of The Times-Gazette. Lost Mountaineer Sought Near Vancouver He explains that he was called] NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. [to the kitchen when members of (CP) Search party officials | Sunshine Rebekah Lodge were un- pinned their hopes early today on |able to secure hot water. On in- | bed-ridden Scots immigrant in {vestigation he found that thelthe race to find a hiking compan- {jacket heater was not working. jon missing since Sunday on the |He was unable. to remedy this misty slopes of nearby Mount | situation and then found that the Seymour, waler pressure in the building The hunt for 24-year-old Alex {was not at its proper level. Paterson and for the body of a Mr. Moss then turned his atten- third hiker will be greatly sim- ition to the gas stove and found plified if sRobert Duncan, 23, can {there was no proper flame. Helleave his hospital bed here and = i 4 {turned on the burners on top and help direct the search, officials TAKES COMMAND then off. Further Investigation said. : 5 Wl § d that the jet in the oven oi Major John Rolls who recent- showe v) Ye is! ly took command of the Ux. the stove was turned on. He bridge Squadron of the 11th Ar- unable to explain how this hap- COMING EVENTS mored (Ontario) Regiment. L pened. Sle. Mr 3 hat eh resident of Oshawa, Major Rolls was while Mr. Moss rym SO Teiery of i) Maple front of the oven that the explo-| RUMMAGE AND HOMEBAKE SALE, Leaf Farmers' Mutual Fire In- [sion took place. It threw a piece Snel] EY Delober surance Co. which has its head [of metal which struck him on the Group WA. office at Columbus. leg Oct 30 Whitby United Church 7 Hard Labor, Reduction In Rank For Misbehaving Marine Hero PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP)--Alto a superior non-commissioned U.S. marine hero who held blaz- officer i" / Police said the ing-hot machine: uns 10 Jha. of Laughlin was arrested last March ber 1s. f fter going to the home of his... RR a" ; ve ry special © artial | ; g : RUMMAGE SALE, ST. gonvieled by special courpmariial commanding officer, Maj. Henry parish Hall, Friday, Oct ere 1 Ls ohlin was A. Checklou, and threatening the Oshawa Auxilfary goat A ford Foy LURE IR a officer with an automatic shotgun " » was reported to have labor. reduction to private and a e if TopOT ; Fh $120 fine ninkimg McLaughlin pleaded guilty DENMARK CHURCH HARMAN ° PARK ASSOCIATION drunkenness and unauthorized ab-! The leading 'religion in Den- bingo: fday. October il pm Min sence and was found. guilty of dis- mark is the Lutheran, established 'coe. 20 games, $5 and $6; five $40 jack yespect to a superior officer and'there in 1536, |pots. 243 \ » HOLY TRINITY TURKEY DINNER Saturdar, October 20, 4 - 7 p.m. Adults $1.50, children 75 cents. Corner Court and _iarry 11, 12, 13, ,15, 18, 17, 18, 19. BINGO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18] 8 p.m. St. George's Hall, Albert and Jack- $10. Six $40 jackpots 242b son. Games $6 RUMMAGE SALE, ST. ANDREW's 28-year-old Mc- Church, 1 o'clock sharp, Friday, Octo 243a GEORGE'S 243a GROUP Friday, 243a RUMMAGE SALE, LENORE been igimcoe Street United Church, October 19, 1.30 pm to Police Seeking Hit, Run Truck City police are looking for a truck this morning, that swiped a car on Park Road South yesterday, but failed to stop at the scene of the accident. Carter Hicks, 29, 383 Nassau street, reported to police that he was driving north on Park road, when the truck started to pass his car. He said that in passing, the truck hit the left side of his car, {and kept on going. Damage to the car included the left front fender, the grill and bumper which was estimated at All Politicians In Jordan Tum Against West AMMAN, Jordan (Reuters) -- Whatever the outcome of Jordan's parliamentary elections next Sun- day, Britain appears likely to face powerful demands for the re- peal of the Anglo-Jordan treaty. The 30-year pact, which came into effect in 1948, permits Brit- ain to maintain army and air 19. 1.30, 7th force bases in the Arab territory. | All parties and candidates, judging by their election manifes- tos and speeches, are united on two things--bitter hatred of Israel and opposition to "Western imper- ialism.' Political quarters here forecast the election will result in a swing to the left, with the National So- J summer) amounted to $115,127.50. 25 | to be given. 500 census-taking occurs once every side- | reased by around $10,000 over {this year's grant, City Treasurer i. Tripp said yesterday. The city treasurer made this estimate in the light of recently |released Dominion Bureau of | Statistics figures that give Osh- awa a population of 50,136 as of {June 1. The provincial government de- termines the amount of the yearly grant on the basis of $2.50 for each person in the muncipality. At $2.50 per head, the city would receive $125,340 in 1957 on the basis of the 1956 population figure. The 1956 grant (paid last First step is to purge or burn | Photo By Toronto Telegram Gas Changeover Job Starts Soon Fuel bill savings up to and propane air to natural gas use exceeding $60 a year are in pros- | Better, more efficent operation sll of appliances is anticipated as a pect for larger volume users of result of the change-over. propane air gas, according to the . Consumers' Gas Co., when nat-| Cost of the conversion work ural gas arrives in the Oshawa, | Will be borne by The Consumers Whitby, Bowmanville area in Gas Co. about two weeks. The new rates PURGING OF MAINS ; ; will become effective when ap-| First step in conversion will be , ' st t 2 x fk Yeely 261 the Whole Somat pliance conversion has been com- | the purging of the ince deducts inmates of. Institu- Pio: Probably early in Nov. | burning off the propane air gas ine . ember, {to allow entry of natural gas. done rom he nal, PORUaL% CoNVERSION PROGRAM [Thi wil iake place in he cany v The change-over to natural gas Morning. with purge burners lo- ; nion Will begin in Bowmanville with-|cated on the streets. Ip Years when ne Dominion in the next two weeks. The con-| There will be 20 purge burners . : n version of appliances from pro-|or flares used in the Bowman- pane air gas to natural gas use ville district, about the same will take two days in Bowman- number in Whitby and about 40 ville. {in Oshawa. In Whitby, where conversion| Next step following purging is will start immediately after the what is called the "Make Safe" oe |Bowmanville conversion is com-|round, in which conversion ex- pleted, the job will take one full |perts must visit the premises of day. every gas user in the district be- Conversion date for Oshawa Ing changed over. will be announced later. Here| It is essential for safety that the work will continue through the conversion men be able to three days. |enter all premises when the It is estimated that the 1200| 'Make Safe" round begins at domestic, commercial and in-|7 a.m. so they can shut off or dustrial gas users in Oshawa, temporarily adjust all gas ap- Whitby, Bowmanville have a total | Pliances before actual conver- of about 1600 appliances, all of |Sion. which must be converted from| Immediately all appliances are Mr. Tripp said the city would census ; government uses the - populatio tigures supplied by the assess- | ment department to arrive at the {amount of the grant. Dominion | five years. mains --| retirement, Gen. in great de-! Since his speaker for this, its second meet- ing of the year. "made safe" actual conversion work will begin. Because Datura gas nas ause a ! siderably more nek value "(by volume) than propane air gas, all appliances must be adjusted to jcut down the intake of gas by | about one-half, Also, natural gas burns with more air, so air shutters on ap- pliances must be re-adjusted. The conversion work in Osh- awa, Bowmanville, Whitby will {be done by Consumers' Gas Com- | pany's own employees, all | throughly trained and expert in |the work. About 140 men will be engaged | in the work. Each man will carry | |an identificaton card which he (will show on request. | ADEQUATE WARNING | All gas users will be given ade- |quate warning or notice of the| day and time of conversion in| each of the three centres con- cerned. Letters and folders will be delivered to homes and factories, | with complete information and | instructions on appliange use| during conversion. | | | carrying natural gas to the dis- tribution system centre in Oshawa is completed and is joi The nat gas to be turned in to Oshawa, Whitby, Bowman- ville this month comes from Texas and L s Gas Company has a con- tract with hos seed. Pipe Lines Limited and will use West- ern Canadian gas when the all- Canada line reaches this area. HARE OPTICAL G. T. BAKER OPTOMETRIST 8 Bond Street East HOURS: 9:00 o.m. - 6 p.m. Closed Wednesdays EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE RA 3-4811 The 12-inch transmission line MITION M 208 CHESTNUT TED MITTON Announce The Opening NEW BUSINESS -- A -- Industrial Drives and Maintenance Electrical Repairs and Motor Rewinding V Belts and Pulleys Bearings ' ACHINERY ST.E., WHITBY TOM MITTON | TAKE NOTICE THAT: 1. 1} streets between the points mentioned: | NAME OF STREET FROM TO ! Grierson Street Cedar Street South Limit Lot 206 Plan 653 Darcy Street Emerald Avenue Oxford Street i J. M. DELORME who has been appointed to the posi | tion of Manager -- Manufacturers' | Sales of the Dominion Rubber Com pany's Tire Division, Kitchener {Ont. He replaces J. D. Ferguson, |who. was recently promoted to As sistant Sales Manager, Dominion Tires. A graduate of McMaster! University, Mr. Delorme joined the Company nineteen years ago, and |has had wide experience with auto motive manufacturing and sales activities of the Division estimated annual rate per foot frontage is 16.5¢. 3. 4, work being undertaken, (Arab Social making the cialists and Baath Resurrection) party biggest gains But these quarters think it un- likely that -any single bloc will gain a clear majority and be able objection to the work will be considered. DATED ot Oshawa this 11th day of October, 1956. Hast Limit, Plan 491 Oxford Street Monteith Avenue size 8" 8" 8" and intends to specially-assess a port of the cost upon the land abutting directly on the work, The estimated cost of the work is $10,291.22. The special assessment is to be paid in fifteen equal annual instalments and the L. Ci LOCAL: IMPROVEMENT NOTICE The Council of The Corporation of the City of Oshawa intends to construct, as local improvements, sanitary sewers in the following ESTIMATED COST TOTAL $1,493.86 7,003.70 1,793.66 Per Lineel FOOT $5.24 5.40 5 All special assessments which would be charged upon agricultural lands in respect of these sewers are to be deferred for such length of time as such lands remain agricultural and are to be imposed and collected only if such lands cease to be agricultural. Application will be made by the Corporation to The Ontario Municipal Board for its approval of the undertaking of the said werk, and any owner may, within twenty-one doys after the first publication of this notice, file with the Board his objection to the seid The said Board may approve of the said work being undertaken but before doing so it may appoint a time ond place when any R. BARRAND, Clerk, ty of Oshawa. (to form a government.