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a E00 AS a Bs EE THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Published by 'Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont, Page 6 Saturday, July 20, 1957 Plenty Of Good Land Still Available In New Ontario The encroachment of industrial and residential building into rich agricul tural areas has caused a great deal of concern in recent years. Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, Ontario minister of agri- culture, recently said he deplored this, and urged that this destruction of farm lands be stopped by some means. But neither he nor anyone else has come forward with any ideas as to how it can be stopped. In our private en- terprise system, it is not possible to stop a farmer from selling his land for industrial or residential purposes when he feels he.has made a good bar- gain. The taking over of farm land when urban committees find it necessary to expand is one of the means whereby progress is made. It is not possible to halt that march of progress with the development which is still going on all Ontario. As a matter of fact, there should ove) not be too much worry about towns and cities in old Ontario encroaching on farm lands. Ontario still has abun- dant resources of excellent land for farming purposes in the vast clay belts of Northern Ontario. A survey made some vears ago showed that in these clay belts there are some 16 million acres of land suitable for farm- ing and as yet hardly touched. There is more land available in them than there is now under cultivation in the whole of old Ontario. There is a great challenge to the government, and to the pioneer spirit of young farm people in these untilled millions of acres in the north. Gener: ous government assistance is needed in clearing and breaking the land, and in the provision of community serv- ices in order to attract settlers to the north. But if these were forthcoming, there would be no need to worry about encroachment on farm land in Old On- tario. Cue To Another Election I'he resounding government victory in the recent deferred federal election in Wellington South is being regarded as a cue for Prime Minister Diefen- baker to call another general election future. Progressive Con- servative headquarters in Ottawa looks on this success as a good omen for an early appeal to the people. There can be no doubt that there are good grounds for this feeling. It is quite possible, indeed likely, that if a general election were held this fall or in the early spring of 1958, Mr. Dief- enbaker stands every chance of being returned with a clear majority in the House of Commons. It is hardly likely, however, that $here will be an election this fall. Par- Hament has been summoned to meet on October 14, and while the session may not be a lengthy one, it precludes the possibility of Mr. Diefenbaker ask- ing for the dissolution of the House of Commons and the calling of a new elec- mon. It ean be taken for granted that he will not be placed in the position of n the near being forced to call an election. While the Progressive Conservatives may be quite keen for another vote of the peo- ple, none of the other parties is in the same position. They have no desire to expedite the election through the me- dium of defeating the government in a House of Commons vote. In fact we incline to the view that the Liberals will do their part in keeping Mr. Dief- enbaker in office during this first ses- sion, and will be careful to avoid chal- lenging the government in a vote in which they might be supported by the other opposition parties. There is throughout the country, however, a strong feeling that the pres- ent indecisive situation is not satisfac- tory. Coupled with this is a desire to give Mr. Diefenbaker a fair chance to show what he can do as head of the government. Ii is because of these feel- ings that another election might con- ceivably give him a secure majority, and that is probably behind the think- ing of the party members who are keen to have another election as soon as possible. Armed Forces As A Career The increases in pay announced for the armed forces of Canada, particu- larly in the trades pay allowed for special skills indicates an effort to persuade young Canadians to make a career of service in the various branch- es of the Major General Pearkes, minister of national defence, said as much in making the announce- ment of the higher pay schedules. In h q «ft forces. he said: tect nature of the service today rlined by emphasis now placed upon cians and tradesmen. The present ment of the pay and allowance of all keeping with the wages and current in the profes- To retain in the forces atement is In 1 industry in Canada trained men whose services ncreasingly important, an n trades pay has been granted in in basic competent are becoming increase addition to increases A scrutiny of the new rates of pay Editorial Notes Jonathan ard David, Damon and Pythias are recorded as being closer they weren't as close as a bus stop is to a mud puddle pay. brothers. But than on a rainy day. The Daily Times-Gazette Publisher and Gensral Manager age toy), . eom } and the 863), is doys ex- Newspopers Publishers Audit Bureau of cial Bailies Associa exclusively entitled to the es in the Press or lished therein al despatches are also reserved treet West £ 660 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Whitby, vered a Oshawa, Ajax, D outside carrier 3 E per veor DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR JUNE 14,948 indicates that a young man with ambi- tion and a capacity for acquiring spe- cial skills, can make a satisfying career in the armed forces. In addition to that, he has the opportunity of learn- ing and becoming skilled in trades which should stand him in good stead when he reaches the age of retirement from service. The new wage scales are such as to give a decided impetus to recruiting in the armed services. This has been lagging badly in the last two or three years, probably because there has been no scarcity of employment for young men. Now, however, the pay and allow- ances, coupled with the provision of all clothing, food and lodging, should make the armed forces an attractive field for young men. Certainly it offers opportunities equal to those in most fields of employment Bits Of Verse BLOSSOM LIGHT I stood roofed over in a house Made of blossom-heavy boughs; There through the incomparable light Bees moved in rafters stipped white. It was their fragnant music room, And for a moment, too, my home. Five-pointed, every flower wore Petals patterned in a star fell to the Blossom ground From galax bees had found €2¢ that If b I react hour in flower, The stars may I break and fall below 0 leave a circle print of snow William Vincent Bible Thoughts I'here was no Luke 2:7 THere chants trading betw oom for them in ti was no room for a caravan of en the East and the Had the inn mer Med iterranean keeper known he would have made room but judged Jo eph and Mary by their humble ance and evident rt The had Sumer and thi by Abraham before the tion or a tribe pov arrival « the Christ certainly been foretold by the seers of hope doubtless was brought Hebrews were a na 1\ lA / TH \ / MAYBE IF THE OTTAWA fAGPOLE SITTER COMES DOWN 17 WiLL SET A GooD v irises dem " MORE FLAGPOLE SITTERS GALLUP POLL OF CANADA R.C's Swing National Vote For Religion In Schools By CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION Althogh the question of teach- ing religion in Canadian public schools is an old and much de- bated one, public reaction to the issue has remained strikingly static over the past 13 years The issue, dealt with in various ways by various provinces, as to whether religious education should be exclusively the concern of the churches, or is properly a fune- tion of secular institutions like public schools, was asked of Ca- nadians in June of 1944 and July of 1957 in this form: "DO YOU THINK THAT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD OFF- ER A COURSE IN RELIGION, OR DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD LEAVE THIS SUBJECT TO THE CHURCHES?" The stability of public reaction U.K. OPINION is shown by comparing the results published in 1944 with attitudes today 1944 Schools should give course Should leave to churches 2 Today 80% Qualified or undecided 9 8 The major factor in Canadian attitudes resulting in majority ap- proval of religious education is the strong vote of the Roman Ca- tholic segment. All other major faiths show a majority disapprov- ing: Roman Catholic Anglican United 66% Favor school course Oppose Qualified, undecided People who go to church on Sunday, are, as a group, much more strongly in favor of school courses in religion than non-goers. Evidence for .this is the fact that of those interviewed who had at- tended a divine service on the day Other 44% 39% 41% 50 54 b1 6 7 8 100% 100% 100% preceding the interview, 60% felt religious training should be part of a school curriculum, compared with a national average (church goers and non-goers combined) of only 50% World Copyright Reserved Tighter Credit Seen Home-Building Barrier By ""ONLOOKER" Thomson Newspapers London, England Bureau Britain's Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Peter Thorneycroft -- a nicely hard-sounding name for anyone looking after money has embarked on a crusade of speech- making over here sure to cast gloom. He is talking of Britain's financial position and the con- tinued need for restraint Then, to underline the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Britain still have quite a few months' hard labor in front of them, he has made announcement that there will be no budget this fall Not that a budget around that time is usual. Usually it is deliv- ered around each April. But in re- cent years a second budget has sometimes been introduced, and there has been some talk this year of the possibility of a "'sec- ord edition"--especially in view of the fact that the April budget this vear pleased only a small, comparatively well-paid percent- age of Britons Thorneycroft, who looks some thing like America's Adlai Steven- son -- but who has yet to impress, as Stevenson has over here, with his intellectual powers thus damped enthusiasm for more tax relief which the average Briton has allowed to grow within him in recent months But the credit squeeze, warns the Chancellor, must go on. Bank loans, which became looser a cou ple of months back, have been screwed tighter again TWO WAYS The squeeze hits the man here n two main through credit buving term through house purchase The re strictions on credit terms he has accepted. But youn pies who are embarking on purchase are finding the tougt the working ways those goin Ii one had to describe .a "typ ca British house, the sort the majority of house-owne one would say that would be a semi con ir now rooms three a bathroom couple of 14 by 12 fe¢ of varying s et, and a sm It ( t around i am if vou Nowada if you want to buy a house which was built before the war when building standards over here were much hi than they are now the I would have to find at $1600 of that And that 'ime to scr: ble is that ated" MISE ove \ of new may get a one-bedroomed nfu nished apartment if they are luc PY ky. Usually, though, they get a shed flat or live with in-laws and you know what that can mean Once the kids start coming along, their chances of getting a two-bedroomed apartment, unfur- rished, are slim. Then they must embark on house purchase. Even if the wife were to go out to work that $1600 takes years of getting together from average British pay packets. ALLY FOR DIEFENBAKER I uncovered an ally for Mr, Diefenbaker early this week when I went along to the Olympia ex- hibition hall in London to have a look at the first International Plastics Exhibition ever held here Since 1939 the British plastics in- dustry has grown to third place in the Western world. Today it pro- duces 300,000 tons of the stuff a year Diefenbaker"s ally was Britain's President of the Board of Trade, Sir David Eccles, who said that Britain had been inspired by the Canadian Prime Minister's desire fo increase Anglo-Canadian trade. He urged the plastics manufac- turers to turn to Canada for mar- kets. But'it seemed strange that among those who heard him give that advice he was opening the exhibition at the time -- were a roup of French and German ex- h'bitors. Also in the hall a posse of Russians ! DESERTION For a flew days this week ected my normal beat to go «mewhere most Britons go to vhen they first go abroad. 1 went weross to France, touring around the north-west corner of the coun- try, 1 found Brittany sometimes Celtic as Ireland, In fact, at town I stopped at the hat their patron nt an Irishman who came er. in a stone boat During June, July and Septem + British make up over 60 cent. of the holiday population did not see a single Canadian though 1 that quite a { must ited, as I did mall museum dedicated to ies Cartier in the little port the explorer's birth ne small ch claimed suspect have v Malo y in Pari and ind iz climatically eakin Most transatlantic ac could be found there--most from Americans 'doing' Paris vo days en a round-Europe It is still, for my money ut the best city for the tourist cent ver go there around year While 1 was 1ad its hottest night Unashamedly, I ad : about half of Paris and bistros during the may have heat-waves but they arrange them MAC'S MUSINGS Earl Bertrand Russell, The British philosopher To whom people listen With great respect, says That man must abolish War or be destroyed, Because any major war Must inevitably become A nuclear war, and such A war would become an Immeasurable catastrophe, Our modern age is faced With the task, either Of solving this problem Or of witnessing the Destruction of all those Finest achievements for Which the very highest Of human intellect, courage And resourcefulness have Labored during centuries These were the words Of Earl Russell and we Are sure they will find An echo in the minds of All of our readers, who Will agree with him that Mankind must find the Right solution to this Problem of preventing war If it is to escape from Its ultimate destruction. There must be other ways Of settling the disputes That arise between nations Than that of going to war, And it is a challenge To our leaders of today To find these ways, and Make sure that they are Made effective in order That the catastrophe Of a nuclear war can be Averted for all time, Yacht Explodes Author, Friends Swim Ashore QUEBEC (CP) An explosion started a fire Thursday night on a 42-foot yacht owned by author Roger Lemelin, 38, forcing the owner and two guests to swim to hore. None was seriously injured Maurice Leroux, 32, and Jean- Paul Fugere, 36, both with CBC- I'V in Montreal were the others board the yacht The vessel had just taken 'on gas near the Quebec-Levis ferry dock on the St. Lawrence River Mr. Lemelin said he allowed the vacht to drift downstream away from the wharf and the explosion occurred immediately after he en gaged the starter The boat then caught fire. The men grabbed .life preservers and headed for shore. Mr. Lemelin said the men suf fered only slight burns from the blast 'T've lost my wdded A pilot boat brought the burn ng vacht to the dock where the flames were put out. Mr, Lemelin said damage is heavy Mr. Lemelin is the creator of the Plouffe Family radio and tele- vision series. moustache," he HISTORY OF OSHAWA - No. 85 Early Municipal Government Leads Up To Incorporation By M. McINTYRE HOOD The development of organized municipal government in Upper Canada was a slow process, and this was reflected in the .nanner in which the local affairs of Osh- awa and the surrounding district handled in the years of early settlement, In these years, Osh- awa was simply a collection of scattered homes in the black ash forests which covered the dis- trict. It had no separate entity as a Imunisipality and was part of the township of Whitby in the Home District." 'That township then embraced the area covered by the present township of Whit- by, East Whitby township, the city of Oshawa and the town bf Whitby. For a time it was ad- ministered jointly with the town- ship of Pickering. The first effort to bring some form of municipal government into being in what is now Ontario is found in the Ontario Parish and Town Officers Act, which was passed by the legislature in 1798. This act provided for an annual meeting in a town or par- ish to appoint local officers, These meetings had no powers to make laws. The officers appointed at them were responsible to the leg- islature and to the. courts of the province The old township of Whitby was first surveyed in 1791, when only part of the township was com- pleted. The survey was finished and the townshin laid out in 1795. The earliest record. in exis- tence of any township matters is that of an old township giving the "marks of cattle sheep, and hogs belonging to the inhabitants of Pickering and Whitby." FIRST MUNICIPAL RECORD The first recorded minutes of any town or parish meeting bear the date of May 7, 1803. The exact record of this meeting reads as follows "A record of a meeting for choosing the town officers and other regulators for the townships of Pickering and Whitby, held at the house of Samuel Munger in Pickering, May 7, 1803. The offi- cers appointed were "Ebenezer Ransom, town clerk; John Majors and Eleazir Lockwood, assessors; Anthony Rummerfield and Adam phens, town wardens; David Stephens, collector; Samuel Mun- ger, Matthew Dewiliger, John Mec- Gahan, William Peck, David Crawford, pathmasters; David Lloyd and Abraham Townsend, fence - viewers; Silas Marvin, pound keeper." It can be noted that the dis- trict which is now the city of Oshawa was included in the area covered by these officials, as some of those chosen were resi- Ste- dents of the lakefront of what is Home district, which included now Oshawa. Eleazir Lockwood, Skea's Corners. He replied that for instance had settled on the before a post office could be es- land which is now embraced in tablished it would be necessary Lakeview Park. for the people of the neighborhood The old reccrds are somewhat to decide upon a name for it. hazy as to further municipal After a heated controversy, which growth for some years, but in has already been recorded in this the year 1811 Pickering was sepa- series, the name "Oshawa" was rated from Whitby township, and chosen, in 1842. It was then that held its own separate township the history of Oshawa, as such fasting to Sect its of Hoers. began. : y township remain ntact, however, until the year 1857, BALDWIN ACT PASSED when it' was divided into two In the next few years, growth townships, the eastern portion be- in Oshawa was steady, and the ing named East Whitby, and the need for some form of organiza- western section retaining the tion for municipal government name of Whitby jownship. Osh- Was felt. This was a state com- awa, at that time, was a village MOD to many Ontario communi- within the township of East Whit- ties at that time, and it created by, but with its own municipal 2 problem which brought atten- officers. tioh gd Bction from the provin- 0 cial legislature, In 1849, the Bald- GREW IN TWO PARTS win Act was passed. This was the The Oshawa area remained as charter of municipal institutions simply a part of Whitby Town- in Upper Canada and Ontario. It ship for a period of over 50 provided for the establishment of years. It began to grow as two villages and towns, and set forth separate hamlets. There was the the duties and responsibilities of settlement along the lake shore, those elected to village and town- which marked the beginning of councils. In this act, provision habitation in the district. And in was made for the incorporation the early years of the 19th cen- of six villages. The second in the tury, after the Kingston road had list was the village of Oshawa, been built, there was the settle- the first village to be incorporat- ment in the vicinity of King ed in what was later to become and Simcoe streets. These grew Ontario County. It was at that up quite, separately, but were time still included within the linked together by the road, which boundaries of York County. is now Simcoe street, leading With the incorporation of Osh- down to the harbor. So far as mu- awa as a village, its boundaries nicipal government is concerned, were for the first time specifical- these two sections remained sepa- ly defined. It was organized as a rate until the year 1923, when the village of approximately 2400 southern settlement, then named acres, bounded on the south by Cedar Dale, was annexed. the Base Line, or Bloor street, EARLY BOUNDARIES on thé west by Park road, on the In due course. the settlement port by Rossland road, formerly around the Four Corners became own simp fh Joss 8 Toad, aud known as Shen's Corners, taking named after the first settler in its name from the store of Ed- the district, Benjamin Wilson, ward Skea, which stood on the TNA southeast 'corner of King and FIRST COUNCIL MEETING Simcoe streets. It had no munici- Incorporation of the village of pal organization of its own, and Oshawa became effective in Jan- no actually defined boundaries. uary, 1850, when the first village But the limits of the settlement council was elected. It consisted about the year 1825 were fairly of T. N. Gibbs, who was elected well marked. The boundaries as reeve; John B. Warren and were the Oshawa Creek on the Silas Robert Moscrip as council- west, a line about where Louisa lors. At its first meeting, the vil- street now is to the north, lage council elected officers for Mary and Albert streets on the the new municipality. William C. east and near the present Ash McMaster was appointed as the street 'and Lloyd street to the first municipal clerk of Oshawa. south. There was little or no Peter Deyman was named asses- habitation south of that point to sor, Francis Kellar as tax col- the lakeshore settlement. lector and Henry Pedlar as The first steps which led to the poundkeeper. transformation of Skea's Corners, Thus Oshawa came into being then a growing community, to the as an organized municipality, village of Oshawa came about with a population of approximate- the vear 1842. There was no post ly 3000 people, but a municipality office in Oshawa at that time. with great potentialities for Edward Skea took the initiative growth, potentialities which have in petitioning the legislature for n fully realized in the years the establishment of a post office. that have passed since 1850. John Hilliard Cameron was the [Next Saturday -- Oshawa's member of the Legislature for the Municipal Development.) BYGONE DAYS Oil Slick Gone When Planes Arrive 50 YEARS AGO The town council held a spe- cial meeting to pass a bylaw authorizing the laying of grano- lithic sidewalks at a cost of $4666.41, of which the town would pay 40 per cent and the balance to be collected by frontage tax. Tenders were received from Sim- coe Paving Co., W. J. Trick and Wm. Stacey. Stacey's bid of 14% cents per square foot was ac- cepted. Councilman Gibson sponsored a bylaw appointing John Lander, Wm. Bain, Wm. Lauchland and A. Hindes as fence viewers. The Port Hope Methodists held an excursion to Oshawa and the Oshawa Methodists turned out in large numbers to make the visi- tors welcome. Rev. H. B. Lewis assisted in the days program of sports and among the various games was a tug of war with P. H. Punshon, A. McLean, H. T. Carswell, A. Lambert, J. P, Pur- dy, B. Harris, R. S. McLaughlin, A. J. Stalter, Geo. Johnson, R. J. Mackie, G. Miller and T. B. Mit- chell on Oshawa's line-up. The new officers of Solina Di- vision No, 40, Sons of Temper- ance for the year 1907 were John Baker, Miss Nora Werry, Norman D'OR, Que. (CP)--An oil- Reynolds, Miss Lena Taylor, R. inl Don 3 a lake 231 miles G. Scott, 8. E. Werry, Miss Edith portheast of here in the general Vice, Wm. Spry, Miss Mona Vice, area where a photo-survey plane anished 15 days ago with four Miss Edna Taylor, Cecil Pascos, ;CV 010.3 had disappeared by Miss Hilda Westlake and Mrs. 8. the time an RCAF search plane Shortridge. reached the spot Thursday. Engineer Bowden was greatly The slick was spotted W day on Lake Mesgouey by the commended for the clean and ew of one of the air force Da- tidy condition of the town streets yoias that have covered the north- which had not looked so well kept wast Quebec area since July 8 for at this season for years. a trace of the Toronto-owned Kent- A Ci a lane. The Presbyterian Sunday ing Aviation Campeny J School held their annual picnie at The search continued Thursday the lake and the Simcoe Street Methodists held their's at Pros- pect Park. BILLS APPROVED : BONN (Reuters) -- The West David Clarke, the well known German Bundesrat (upper house) butcher at Courtice, took a two today unanimously approved rati- month vacation to Scotland to fication bills for the six-nation Eu visit his brother. ropean common market and Eu- a . ratom atomic pool treaties. The new officers of Phoenix Approval by the French Na- Lodge No. 22, JOOF Oshawa, in- tional Assembly earlier this month stalled by M. A. James, District paved the way for ratification by Deputy Grand Master, Bowman- the other nations--West German; ville, were Thos. Knox, W. H. Italy, Belgium, The Netherlan Yeo, Wm. Thompson, R. David- and Luxembourg. son, W. Warner, John Gibson, The common market will be es- Percy Arnold, George Glover, tablished in 15 years by gradual Wm. Goodchilds, A. Snudden, abolition of trade barriers be- George Allen, Chas. Forrester, A. tween the member countries. The Proctor, Robert Knox and Thos. atomic commumity will co-ordin- Northey. * ate atomic development, under- ca take joint research and be the le- FOR BETTER HEALTH gal owner of nuclear fuels in the area. What Is A Placebo In Present-Day Therapy By "HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD There is an old saying which states that "All that glitters is not gold." So, too, all that is given a patient by a doctor is not neces- sarily medicine 1 ame referring to placebos, of course, the value of which, in certain cases, cannot be disputed. However, ethics of administering placebos in clinical medicine have teen argued for more years than I can remember, and I am no Johnny-come-lately in this field NO MEDICAL VALUE defined, placebos are in iections. tablets or liquids given a patient despite the fact they have no medical value, A "pure" saline solution is an no pharmacologic ct vhatever An adulterated contain some medi but not enough to affect ase of the person to whom Simply placebo--3 example ha y doe This have no value at all Th does n¢ mean placebos On the con trary, they do y are invalu- able .in_ checking the effects of 1ew drug by servir inert preparations for control groups #REQUENTLY HELPFUL believe it or not, they very helpful in In fact, most pa- tients will react at least occasion- ally when placebos » given in- stead of actual medication been many instan- ts have been giv. and have re 1 or some their ill Iso report However frequently are treat.ng disease have improvement 1 exireme weak ken given jjust a "blank"" preparation. HYDRO WORKER KILLED TILLSONBURG (CP) -- Robert W. Thomson, 46, of London died in hospital Thursday a few hours after an accident in an Ontario Hydro substation here. He was re. ported to have been thrown 18 feet iz : to the ground after coming in con- Neither sex nor intelligence ap- tact with a live wire while working pears to have anything to do with 4p a transformer. a patient's reaction, REPORTED IMPROVEMENT One study of 1,082 potients dis- closed that about one-third of them were decidedly improved after placebo therapy. Conditions helped by administration of these non-drug drugs included head- aches, tension, wound pain and even the common cold One place where placebos ap- pear to be used to some extent is in aiding persons with incur- able diseases. Giving thern some- thang even though the doctor knows nothing can cure their dis- case--helps allay their fears The fact that a patient is being aided by placebo therapy does not mean the doctor should stop seek- ng some medication that might be of more physical nelp GUESTION AND ANSWER Mrs. FF H.: Does the physical health of the mother. have any- thing to do with whether the baby will be a boy or girl? Answer: The physical health of the mother does not determ.ne the sex. of a baby. SUBSCRIBERS TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA FOR MISSED PAPERS AND OSHAWA'S FINEST TAXI SERVICE PHONE UNITED TAXI RA 5-3541 If you have not received your Times-Gazxette phone your car- rier boy first. If you are unable to contact him by 7:00 p.m. TELEPHONE UNITED TAXI Calls accepted between 7 - 7:30 p.m. only. Monteith, Monteith, Richl & Co. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Dial RA 5-3527 135 SIMCOE ST. N. J. Waldo Monteith, A. Brock Monteith, M.P., FCA B. Comm., C.A. Gordon W. Riehl, C.A, Res. Partner -- RA 5-4478 Robert F. 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