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THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE [JJ Tn Published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. Page 6 Tuesday, December 18, 1956 Horticultural Is Decidedly Many citizens of Oshawa will be decidedly interested in the proposals which are being considered for the creation of a horticultural park ad- joining the Simcoe street cloverleaf of Highway 401. As was reported in the news columns of The Times- Gazette, the proposals being consider- ed envisage a three-way partnership between the Ontario Department of Highways, the city of Cshawa, and the Oshawa Horticultural Society. Each of the three partners has an important part to play in making this dream of a beauty-spot at this en- trance to the city become a reality. The scheme now being considered is the outcome of a suggestion made in city council some time ago by alder- man Walter Lane. He threw out the suggestion of a horticultural park in the vicinity of the mew bridge over the Oshawa Creek at Louisa street. When the matter was referred to the planning board, the Simcoe street cloverleaf site was suggested. As the department of highways was involved, Park Plan Interesting its views were sought, and it imme- diately expressed keen interest, and indicated it was prepared to under- take a considerable part of the work involved, With such assistance forth- coming, there should be no barriers in the way of carrying out the project on a step-by-step basis. Actually, the proposal for a horti- cultural park at this location had its birth in the mind of Mrs. Thomas Fairbrother when she was president of the Oshawa Horticultural Society. At several directors' meetings, she put this forward as a project for the society to undertake. At that time, however, it was too large an undertak- ing for the society to finance, and no progress was made. She repeatedly urged that it be considered. So when a horticultural park was mooted her idea was again brought forward and presented to the planning board. If now seems as if if there is every likeli- hood that her vision and foresight will be rewarded as a result of the action now being taken. hl | 77 ilies MAC'S MEDITATIO Scotch And Soda Saves Reactor By M. McINTYRE HOOD We are always pleased to note some item of news indicat. ing that any old Oshawa boy has hit the headlines. The other day, we had handed to us a Canadian press despatch from Washington, with an interesting story about Dr. W. H. Stevens. son of Mr, and Mrs, A. H. Stevens, 640 Sim- coe street north. We have known Dr. Stevens, whom we then knew affectionately as "Bill", away back in the days of a little over 20 years ago, when he was one of the brilliant and live-wire stu- dents of the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. He was one of the gang of OCVI stu- dents who used to make a second home of "Coliegiate annex" as our home was known when we lived in the house which is now occupied by Dr. George Telford as the St. Andrew's Church Manse. In addition to being a brilliant student. he took an ac- tive part in the extra-mural students of the school, particular- ly in the dramatic and enter- tainment field. When he left the OCVI, Bill went to Queen's Uni- versity as a science student, and since then he has become one of Canada's top men in the field of atomic energy products. He is on the staff of the atomic energy plant at Chalk River, Ontario. The d hich lled whic! memories of Bill came from Washington, and told of an ad- dress which he gave at a meeting o American Nuclear So- ciety. The report said that a Ca- nadian atomic scientist reported how a 'new use for Scotch and soda" -- based on a home-made Christmas entertainment idea, helped s a puzzling repair job on Canada's atomic reactor at Chalk River. REACTOR BREAKDOWN Dr. Stevens jokingly used the Scotch and soda tag in describ- ing how alcohol, aleic acid and soda water proved to be a big help when a temporary mishap occurred on the Chalk River NRX reactor during the summer of 1955, necessitating a shutdown of several weeks duration. The three materials, he said, were used to flush some flake-like particles of plutonium-alloy fuel element out of the reactor cham- ber, The particles had gathered at the bottom when the fuel ele- ment, enclosed in one of about 200 tubes in the reaction chamber, became overheated. The fuel ele- the tube, spewed into the heavy water moderator in which the fuel tubes are immersed and Jptead around the bottom of 'the t s reactor was shut off im- mediately, but it was necessary to remove 'these flakes bef starting it up again. Otherwise, they might have contamina gas and water systems of : reactor with radioactivity and thus have created a hazard the workers. The scientists tried flus| the reactor ith water, and other methods without sue~ cess, OLD TRICK RECALLED a Then Dr. Stevens remem a trick he has employed to mal Christmas tree ornaments for children, using common _b. soda and acid (in the form vinegar) to make moth balls pop up and down in a glass of colored water. \ Adopting this formula, th scientists poured sticky aleic acid, diluted with 40 gallons of alcohol, on to the elusive flakes. Then they ran several thousand gallons of bubbly soda water into the bottom of the tank. The bub- bles adhered to the flakes 'be- cause of the oily acid and the flakes floated to the top-of the water. The whole business was then run off easily -- thanks to what Bill Stevens dubbed "Operation Soda Water". Dr. Stevens still has - many friends in Oshawa, and his old schoolmates of the OCVI, recalls ing many of his pranks while a lively student «there, will be interested to know of the part he is now playing in Canada's atomic research program for the peace ful use of atomic energy. OTTAWA REPORT ment meltéd through the side of Public Favors Restricting CBC PATRICK NICHOLSON inl dent to dians consider that private sta- tions should permitted to broadcast TV programs in those cities, in competition with the CBC. Even Liberals can muster only one person in five who sup- port this policy of CBC monopoly, And in B.C. a low of one person in 10 supports this monopoly, while the Prairies show a con vincing 73 per cent against it. Turning to the matter of setting up an independent regulatogy orresp The Daily Times-Gazette OTTAWA---The text books tell us that democracy is govern- ment by consent of the gover- ned." This of course marks the very obvious distinction from die- tatorship, The Fowler board, to supervise all broadcast. ing in Canada, in place of having the CBC continue its regulatory powers over its competitors, we find that Canadians favor this by a majority of over four to three. Mr. Fowler has. given the un- fortunate impression, during his opoly. And there is even more widespread alarm at the prospect that, by licence fee or otherwise, every Canadian family will have to pay $75 a year to pay for the cost of operating the CBC, while the private radio and TV stations operate without levying PATCH-WORK QUILT A SCOT'S AMERICAN LOG Christmas Seal Drive Short Through it, sufferers who have been With the near approach of Christ- cured of the disease, largely because of mas, time is running out for the commission and the federal Christmas Seal Campaign of the South Ontario and Oshawa Tuberculosis As- sociation. A progress report issued by the campaign committee a few days ago showed that up to that time $10,- 000 had been contributed by purchas- ers of Christmas seals. This means that over half of the objective of $21,- 000 still had to be raised. With Christmas Day only a week away it is hoped that all of those who have not sent in a contribution for their Christmas seals will realize the urgency of the situation. The work of the Tuberculosis Association in mak- ing possible early diagnosis of tuber- culosis by its mass X-ray surveys is of -wital importance to the health stand- Fos. of the city and county. Equally Hpworians are the rehabilitation fea- fures of the association's program. Christmas Has Not Changed Christmas has not changed. But people have changed with the onset of pur modern way of life. Science has made the turkey more plump and tender, the trees more green and the cranberries more red and lus- cious. Science has made the gifts more wonderful and the toys better and more durable. Science has brought the Christmas carol into every home. It has taken the drudgery from the housewife's duties. It has made it pos- sible for us to talk to loved ones in distant lands and places. No, Christ- mas has not changed. The change has been in us, The race against time has robbed us of the moments we once could spend considering the problems of one an- other. Organized chaos has sapped at our vitality, Death which daily walks our streets as we race along behind our 180 mechanical horses tends to make us hold human life very cheaply. The battle for wealth and power has tended to make each man his own god and the throne of Midas the one at which we kneel. Bible Thoughts If men did that we would need no other laws, no enforcement officers, no armies, and Christ's Kingdom would prevail on earth as in heaven. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. -- Mark 12:30. The Daily Times-Gazette T. lL. WILSON, Publisher aud General Manager. M. McINTYRE HOOD, Editor. The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby), com- pining The Oshawa Times (established 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (established 1863), is published daily (Sundays and statutory holidays ex- cepted) embers of Canadian Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation, and the Ontario Provineial Dailies Associa. tion. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news despatches (n the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local mews published therein. All rights of special despatches are also reserved. Offices: 41 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario; 229 University Tower Building, Montreal P.Q SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers tn Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickering, not over 30c per week. By -mail (In province of Ontario), outside carrier de livery areas, $12.00. Elsewhere $15.00 per year. DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR NOVEMBER 14,166 early diagnosis, are helped to regain a useful and self-supporting place in the community. The South Ontario and Oshawa Tu- berculosis Association has a heavy program ahead of it for 1957. It ine tends to conduct a mass industrial X- ray survey. To make this possible on the large scale necessary in this high- ly industrialized community will re- quire all the funds that can be raised by the sale of Christmas seals. With only a week to go until Christ- mas Day it is hoped that those who have not yet responded to the appeal will make sure to send in their con- tribution. Eradication of the dread dis- ease of tuberculosis is a cause in which all citizens should be glad to have a part, no matter how small or how large it might be. But Christas has not changed. The Christmas story is still the same if we have the ears to hear it and the heart to feel. Christmas, with its story of love and light, remains steadfast and shall remain one humble heart has the warmth and fellowship that had its birth on that Christmas Day so long ago. No, Christmas has not changed, though some of us seem to have for- gotten that the art of being kind is all that a sad world needs. Its story is still emblazoned in the sky for those who have the eyes to see and the heart to feel; for those who can wish the man next door a Merry Christmas secure in the knowledge that they have done their share in try- ing to make it so. Perhaps we need to change back to an observance of the kind of Christ- mas that the season was intended to be when the angels sang their message of peace and goodwill to a troubled world. 30 while Editorial Notes Smart people are those who do not worry, says a psychologist. And smarter ones are those who do not worry other people. "Home is where the heart is" a poet once remarked. Now it is where you find TV, rock'n' roll, and soft and oth- er drinks. There are a lot of weathy folks who merely profited by the mistakes of oth- ers, Other Editors' Views MUST CLEAN IT We read about the discovery a new drug which 'reduces anxiety' no sense of satisfaction. When something stinks the cure is not to throw scent on it, but to clean it. LESS HEART ATTACKS (Sherbrooke, Que. Record) In the good old days before medical science advanced with such great strides, there was less worry about the of with probably a good deal and wherefores of such things as heart Coinciden whys attack there were considerably less heart atlacks Thanksgiving Day In U.S. Expresses National Unity By WILFRED TAYLOR of The Edinburgh Scotsman WINSTON-SALEM, NO. Carol- ina -- It is quiet, very quiet this morning here in Winston-Salem, heart of the tobacco country. As we look out from our window on the fourth floor of the Robert E. Lee hotel over this pleasant southern town with its tree fringed streets hardly anything stirs, It is Thanksgiving Day and a national holiday. The voices of the tobacco auctioneers are still- ed and everyone is home or at church. It is turkey time down South and full hearts and dis- tended stomachs are the order of the day. When the Pilgrims sat down to feast in 1621 they laid places for about 54 tended to enter- tain a few of the local Redskin chiefs. But 90 warriors gate- crashed the meal and they kept on eating for three days display- ing an appetite which must have dismayed the lady Pilgrims. Everybody who can be is home today and the radio stations are full of good cheer and Christian charity. There is much to be thankful for here in this prosper- ous network of countries, For the United States is a collection of countries, just as the Bible is a library of books. Down here in the South you feel you are in a completely different country from Nebraska, or Illinois, or Color- ado. But here are countries out of which rancour and discord have gone. These countries have their patriotism but it is a patriotism born out of Union and the strength which Union gives. The war out of which the Union was born was fought and won long ago and any bitterness which still remains is academic and theoretical. We feel, on this great Ameri- can day of Festival, that we have much to be thankful for, as we told the editor of the local news- paper last night. We can echo the radio announcers who are saying '"'God Bless America". There are many things here to remind you that the hand of God rests on the United. States. When vou strip aside all the bigness, all the equipment, all the stereo- types, all the bountiful comforts and blessings, you find here an essential simplicity, a simplicity of outlook, a simplicity of heart which goes right back to the austere Pilgrims, Again and again we have heen touched by little acts kindness. by ges- tures of friendship, by a hospital- ity out of keeping with our de- of serts, as we have made our pil- grim way through this land of many countries. Most of the peo- ple we have met have not been important or influential Ameri- cans. They have been trainmen, these stately and majestic figures with the look of benevolent cdl- lege professors, elevator men, cab drivers, policemen. farmers, school teachers, businessmen, redcaps, and so on, ordinary, decent, kindly Americans who may never have seen that old lady down in the harbour in New York, of whom we wrote, but who know very well what she stands for. You can smell it in Times Square. And what a wonderful smell it must be to the brave Hungarians now b welcomed "POOR SIR ANTHONY Last night the elevifor man here in this fine hotel, an Irish- man, shook us by the hand and said "Poor Sir Anthony Eden. It's all been too much for him." "They can be mighty nice guys these Englishmen," said this Irishman, "but - thew sure can make mistakes." There is indeed good reason for the traveller from lands across the seas to feel grateful on this day when Ameri- cans thank God for all the good- ness and mercy He has shown them, Yesterday morning we left our big, fast train after a journey of 18 hours and changed to a smaller, slow train, We almost lost it for our Negro porter, com- pletely unable to understand a word we were saying, took our bags to the taxi rank at Ashville and was leaning happily against a pillar when we made it clear to him that we were going by train and not by cab. He was so ashamed the he refused to take a tip. The train consisted mainly of baggage cars. It started an hour late, and it stopped at every sta- tion. There was no dining car and. although we were running through the tobacco country, we couldn't get any cigarettes. The scenery was superb. For mile after mile we rolled and twisted through tree-clad mountains. with here and there an artificial geyser spouting into a pool. A little way out from Ashville the conductor collected orders for dinner which were wired ahead to Hickory. At Hickory a couple of Negro girls came ahoard and distributed cardboard boxes full of fried chicken, baked beans, rolls and * QUEEN'S PARK Snags Seen In Courthouse Plan Special Correspondent to The Daily Times-Gazette TORONTO--The government is getting ready to take over court- houses and administration of jus- tice buildings in the province. But just how soon it will do it is still a bit uncertain. The prevailing opinion is def- initely in favor of the move. But there is an obstacle in the adjustment that" will have to be with municipalities on _he from fines At present practically all these go to the municipalities. But if the court-house cost is taken away from them there will have to be a new plan A formula is now being worked on BOARD SPLIT? pects are good that one of * days soon the Ontario Labor ations Board will be split into two groups The present board is now sit ting almost full-time and still has trouble keeping up with all the cases before it The members, of course, are either prominent labor represents atives or business-men and nave ot responsibilities which are being sac An er ed of rificed on'd wuld tend to oard which take off the pressure. A further advantage would be that boards could go out into the province more. At present very few sittings are held outside Toronto. Yet in many cases, particularly where large numbers of witnésses are invol- ved it would be more sensible for the board to hold outside hear- ings. XMAS BRIGHTNESS We're all lit up this year. Not in our time. which now goes back quite a while, have the buildings been so elaborately dec- orated. There are lights right across the front of the main building, looking down University Ave., two huge trees, other Christmas syms- hels and search-lights playing on a It's quite a show and probably the most Christmasy thing in ail Toronto. : Down the avenue Hydro's build- ing also is lit up, of course. In fact it has been brilliantly lit at night for some time now in celebration of its anniversary year. (Though we noticed one night recently the lights were out perhaps a water shortage peak) All very gay, and brightens one up. cakes. For our 75 cents we also got a bottle of coke. We must now go out and have a look at old Salem and visit a college called Wake Forest which has been moved bodily here be- cause a tobacco multimillionaire wanted it here. He has backed up his whim, we were told, by a gift of a hundred million dollars. We must also see if we can get "MC'S_MUSINGS Only a week is left Before the arrival of The Christmas festival And it will be a busy Week of preparation For family reunions, For the Christmas feast Of traditional style. And for all the events Which go to make the Christmas season by far The happiest of the year, Folks who are scurrying Around the stores doing Their Christmas shopping Are in the midst of Frantic preparations To make others happy When gifts are opened On Christmas morning, Mothers of families Have for many weeks Been making preparations In their creation of Christmas cakes and Christmas puddings Which will grace the Festive board on that Most eventful day. These things are noticed But we seldom hear of People who are making Preparations for the Spiritual and religious Aspects of Christmas On which the foundations Of the festival are laid. People are too busy with Their other preparations To give much thought to The central theme of the Birth of the Savior of Mankind on that first Christmas morning. Yet all of Christmas Is bound up in that great Event nearly 2000 years ago, An event often forgotten In the merriment and joy Of the purely material Observance of Christmas. Washington Hears Universe Expands Slowly WASHINGTON (AP)--Tentative evidence was reported today that the universe may be expanding at a slower rate than has been thought. This challenge to the concept of many astronomers that the cos- mos will forever continue to bal- loon out into an undefined void is contained in the anual report of the Carnegie Institution of Wash- igton, a private research body. Studies made by astronomers at Carnegie's Mount Wilson and Pal- omar observatories in California suggest that the universe may be an "oscillating" thing--like a toy balloon repeatedly blown up, par- tially deflated, then blown up again, STARS IN RETREAT This tentative conclusion is based in part on studies of stars 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 (thou- sand billion billion) miles from the earth and racing outward at speeds exceeding 60,000 miles a second The Carnegie astronomers say their "still too crude" observa- tions, if confirmed, would mean that "the expansion (of the uni verse) will eventually stop, and contraction will set in." broadcasting government, would both do well to ponder that definition, and then CPCS: to study a recent Gallup Poll on WHAT POLL SHOWS Greatest disapproval or govern- ment policy is shown, by the re- cent Gallup poll, on the matter of the CBC monopoly of television broadcasting in our six largest study various problems of gov- gities, Vancouver, Winnipeg, ap- bnto, Montreal, Halifax and Ot- the subject of sight and sound broadcasting in Canada. The cabinet has evidently de- cided that it has neither the time nor the specialized knowledge to ernment. It has therefore pointed royal commissions to do this work for it in certain fields; tawa. any direct charge on their aud- Sixty-three per cent of Cana- sent of the public appearances as chairman of the radio tommission, that he /veers. towards convinced support of present government policy, at least as far as the regulatory is concerned. There is a considerable body of opinion here which feels that his commission; and the government, should care- fully note the disclosures of this Gallup poll, and then ponder on the phrase "government by con. governed." or- in due course, those commissions will publish their reports, and from that digest of the subject, the cabinet will po doubt derive its policy. LITTLE SUPPORT The main topics reviewed by the Fowler commission are these three paramount points: how is broadcasting to be regulated in Canada, what television facilities are to be available to residents of our large cities, and who is to pay for tele-audition and televis- ion programs. It is widely recognized that there is very little popular sup- port, even solid Liberal voters, for the present government pol- i2y on these three points. There is widespread demand that broad- casting should be regulated by a separate board of commissioners, and not--as at present--by the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion, There is very widespread demand that alternative TV pro- grams should be offered in our big cities, where at present the CBC «has awarded itself a mon- NEWS BRIEFS TROOPS RETURN HOME SOUTHAMPTON, Eng. (Reut- ers)--The first 2,000 British troops to return home from Port Said following the Anglo-French deci- sion to withdraw from Egypt reached Southampton during the night in the 12,500-ton transport ship Dilwara. TOLERANCE VS PROFIT ROME (Reuters)--Rome police haye been ordered to be '"reason- ably tolerant" with traffic offend- ers after a disclosure that last year they had fined 750,000 per- spns--nearly half the city's popu. lation. Italian police are author- ized to make "on the spot" fines of about 50 cents, and are allowed jo keep one third of all they col- ect. or den. SUBDUED IN TIME TRIPOLI (Reuters) -- A lioness escaped from a circus here, en- tered a house and stood behind a woman cooking at her stove. When the housewife saw the lion she fainted. The owner, following the animal threw it a piece of meat doped with opium. The lion EASY TO For bedroom or kitchen -- Playroom, workshop, den! <<E=RV IES ADDITIONAL. 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