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8 gar DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, February 21, 1097 Brockville Recorder Closes Shop | lof William Lyon Mackenzie and | the Reform movement in the fight against The Family Compact. In| Deny Charge | 1823 the newspaper was bought by Of P atronag | William Buell, brother of the ad | Hi t i a- | torial writer. He boosted circu TORONTO (CP)--A charge of patronage levelled {tion to 300 from 100 Jud five) JORO | i iti .' politica ears later found his political ac Boba Panag ey ho brought quick denial by the gi tivity had borne fruit; he was siegted u- ernment in the Ontario legislature. to the legislature. Mr. Buell fought for more ed Mr. MacDonald said 14 of the cational facilities and removal of| BROCKVILLE (CP) -- Ontar- the postage stamp from newspa- government's political favorites in io's oldest weekly newspa) Brockville Recorder, will r, The pers before he sold his paper in the civil service received special pe to|1849 to David Wylie, a Scot who bonuses from the government's press for the last time Friday, a had been parliamentary reporter|Superannuation Fund under a sec- victim of rising costs and dwindl-!for the Montreal Herald, Canada's circulation. Ition of the Public Service Act de- oldest newspaper. | signed to provide extra compensa- e Recorder, published by the] Under Wylie The Recorder con- tion to lands and forests pilots who daily Brockville Recorder and|tinued, to support the Reform retired early. Times, is 136 years old, a news- movement and in 1873 gave birth) Not a single pilot benefitted paper which has swallowed up or|to its daily counterpart, now The from the section since it was 'outlasted seven rivals during its Recorder and Times. history. It has about 300 readers, ! !passed several years ago, he said. Mr. Wylie was a notable figure Fourteen other civil servants had not|in Canadian journalism of his received special compensation all- {many more than when it was .es- period. He was the first president ow ances while other civil servants =- tablished in 1821 by an itinerant of The Canadian Press Associa- ' printer as a four-page sheet de-|tion, formed in 1859 as the fore, voted to championing democratic runner of today's Canadian Daily] government against the influence Newspaper of the governing group in Upper|tion. Canada, Compact. Circulation was once 3,000, made Senator George P. Graham who up mostly of former Brockville was minister of defence and min- residents A places. They gradually died |who left the service got back only what they had paid into the Super- annuation Fund plus three per cent interest. Provincial Secretary Dunbar said he did not know of any politi- cal patronage but he promised to give Mr. MacDonald an explana- tion when he obtained the names ister of railways and canals in the ; mes Laurier administration before his pf dhe 14 referred to by the CCF Publishers Associa- known as the Family] In 1893 The Recorder and its partner were bought by the late] living in far away (pop. 23,500) duflt up the longest traffic-fatality-free run recorded in Canada by a city with more than 20,000 population. It extended its mark to 1,047 days until Aug. |getary req ts of ances. t uiremen families receiving the allow. Welfare Minister Cecile said the present flat rate would be re- Cities Have 3 elity, yield-right-of-way signs at blind corners and three signs on the city's outskirts to remind visi- | tors of the fatality-free record. Safey patrols operate in all ele- Wheat Sale . ov-| {placed by a system of allowances, tied to the actual expenses of; ! mothers and third dependents. The aew approach would" allow more | equitable distribution. | Present monthly allowance for a mother and one child is $50. | | TRAINING COSTS + Amendments to the Training !Schools Act would permit a judge! to order a parent to refund to the! Fine Records On Safety By JIM PEACOCK Canadian Press Staff Writer Perhaps it is by accident that Prince Albert hasn't had a traffic 8, 1956, when a child was killed. Oakville, Ont., has the best rec- ord with 1,930 fatality free days, but its population is only 10,000. How does a city the size of Medicine Hat or Prince Albert run up such a record? Bruce Hogel of the Medicine Hat News, which has promoted the traffic safety mark for some time, illustrates with a story of a To Poland Seen Likely __OTTAWA (CF)--Trade Minister | Howe says he is hopeful that cur- {rent negotiations will result in the ale of a "considerable quantity' mentary schools and have the| power to enforce fines up to 25| cents on teachers and students for | any disobedience of their orders | or minor infractions of the law. | Two police patrol cars average | 150 miles a day driving through the city, warning motorists and pedestrians not to take chances. PRINCE ALBERT STORY municipality the cost of mainte-|fatality in 836 days. In Medicine nance and education of a youngs-|Hat it is claimed that public con- ter committed under the act to a sciousness of traffic safety is re- school. Maintenance now can be sponsible for 832 consecutive days |ordered by separate court action.|without a fatal traffic accident. . Private bills given second read-| Whatever the reason, these two {2 included one Wiiich Would unite, Western Canada cities of more McMaster University an amil-/ than 20,000 population point with | ton College and make it a non-|pride fo hop! ee, Jest taken by all in the southeast- denominational institution. Mc- which have recently become a SpARNEL i EPO TE Master University has been ad-|point of good-natured controversy. SPARKED BY REPORTER ministered by the Baptist Conven- "National record," claims the | Medicine Hat's rise to its pres. {tion since 1887. Medicine Hat News in a daily | nt safety stature was started un- Also given second reading was a front-page box that displays the| A3Sumingly an December, Lig bill which would change the name jatest consecutive-day mark and When 8 Teparier rom Tue News: |of Carleton College in Ottawa to the population figure of. 20.621 searching files for a Christmas - Carleton University. "Fie," says the Prince Albert New: Year's if - You = drink = Harold F. Fishleigh (PC--Tor- gerald, pointing to the Saskatche- dows. - drive sioky found that the onto Woodbine) came up with the wan city's mark and its "popula. | 13st traffic fatality in the city pe- most startling suggestions of theljon of 20,172 [curred Nov. 12. 1954, day during throne speech debate. | The argument appears to have After the holiday "season, the Disturbed because he could not|zrisen since recent federal census|nesPaper decided to extend its arisen s =. | safety campaign to a year-around use his new outboard motor last; i : : year on account of the water level | fiBUres showed Prince Albert's | pags. The campaign caught on teacher who paid a 25-cent fine for taking a short cut across a road. He had been spotted by an 11 - year - old member of his school's safety patrol. Mr, Hogle says this minor inci- dent exemplifies the safey inter- In Prince Albert, the last fatal- | ity occurred Nov, 8, 1954. Since, that day, says Colin McConechy of the Prince Albert Herald, the city has built its record more by good luck than by good manage- ment, No planned, over-all attack was waged until recently when The Ilerald began' giving the safety record more publicity. Police car- ried on periodic war on speeders, the Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored a safety-check lane for automobiles and an annual roadeo for teen-age drivers, and the city purchased a speed trap. Today, with attention focused on the city's record by the rivalry| with, Medicine Hat the Jaycees plan to erect a sign in city hall park to remind citizens of the| daily traffic record. The city is being asked to declare a free -| government of Canadian wheat to Poland. ! But Polish officials said Wednes- | day Poland will be seeking "long- erm" credit from .the Canadian in negotiations for vurchase of the wheat, Commons quest'oning Wednes- cay bv Hazen Argue (CCF--Assin- iboia) disclosed that a t five years, for example, instead of one, The Poles may find an advan- tage in their Canadian negotia. tions in the fact that more exten- sive credit terms are being of- tered by the Americans, The United States. in negotia- {tions with another Polish delega- tion reported to be in Washington, appears to be prepared to sell seme Communist countries wheat under the so - called American piveaway program Under this some countries have peen able to get as long as 40 vears to pay back credit. COMPLICATED HOUSE Knole House, the residence of Lord Sackville in Kent, England, [is said to have a different room for every day of the year. Polish delegation is in _Oftawa| negotiating for more Canadian wheat, | Mr. Argue asked Mr. Howe whether United States wheat sales w Poland might affect Canadian | oegotiations. Mr. Howe said he| vould not say whether the U.S.! action would affect Canada's trade position but that he was hopeful | talks with the Poles would result in sale of a 'considerable quan- tity" of Canadian wheat to them. | Poland last year bought about 13,000.000 bushels of low - grade SALLY'S SALLIES population at 20,172. : Medicine Hat claimed to be the | IMane®ately, 0 oo only city in Canada with a popula-| __. +" "' "& "al! safety mark. tion of more than 20,000 to have | ceived a safey flag and plaque Meanwhile, bo I tive fatality = free from the Canadian Safety Coun-| 10 SUrbas such a consecutive y cil to mark two consecutive years| "8 X Pass Tun going. ithout a traffic death. jmar. Canadian wheat under a one-year) |eovernment loan covering 85 per, cent of the purchase price. Cana-| cian officials said the Communist | government is paying loan instal-| ments on schedule. i |"HORT OF DOLLARS JUICY APPLE | But Polish authorities said that The famous "Snow apple" was this year Poland is extremely developed by Charles Hammett .bort of dollars. They want to buy Snow of the federal agriculture a lot of Canadian wheat but need| department, who died in 1931. |a loan extending over a period of! Brockville was a town of 500 senate appointment. | «only 10 years old when The Rec- order first appeared on January 16, 1821, printed on a hand press imported from the United States by printer Chauncey Beach. Little is known of him: he wasn't a writer, because the paper's first editorial was written by Andrew Norton Buell, son of Brockville's founder and then a law student in Toronto. Senator Graham who TOUCHED T OFF | near his cottage being a foot lower | rh ie Send weekly and daily] Ammendment to the Public| than usual, he asked Hydro Min- Brockville Times in 1918, giving Service Act touched off the de-/ister Connell to 'put on the The Recorder its peak circula-|bate. Second reading was given to| gloves 'and declare war on the tion. a bill hich Would set at Six per United Slates for rareasing the s granddaughter, Mrs. F. B. cent the salary contribution by diversion of Lake Michigan water : Ww Mh is today's publisher of permanent civil servants to the through the Chicago canal. Acually, Niagara Falls, Ont. Last year, 14 city businessmen both the daily and the weekly. Superannuation Fund. Some now He wanted the government to : y | formed the Medicine Hat Safety Her husband is a grandson of W. pay only four per cent. sponsor an air lift from Detroit, ment should finance a string of Council. The council's recommen- F. (Billy) Maclean, conservative A bill given first reading would, Cleveland, Buffalo and Toronto to hotels and motels in Northern dations have brought stop lights at politican and proprietor of the old base provincial assistance to moth- ski areas in Central Ontario. Mr: Ontario to promote the wonders of downtown intersections, blinker parking day, in honor of the cities are aim- e Niagara Falls lights on major highways into the The Recorder was a supporter Toronto World. ers and their dependents on bud- 0SHAWA CENTRE ) 7 Gotuuoilior PRE-SEASON SPECIAL GIRLS' ALL-WEATHER COATS IN COLORFUL PLAIDS Size 4 to 6x 6-66 ® Of finely woven impregnated cotton ® Wind and shower resistant ® Smart single breasted style ® A gay selection of colorful plaids Sorry, no phone, C.0.D. or mail orders ALL SALES FINAL OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE, King St. at Stevenson's Rd. | Fishleigh also thought the govern- the North. e Free parking for over 3,000 cars. ® Shop in comfort. 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