Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa Edition), 1 Nov 1957, p. 3

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CHEQUES FROM EATON COMPANY BOOST COMMUNITY CHEST The Greater Oshawa Com- | Eaton Co. Ltd., and the em- munity Chest Fund was boosted by § Thursday afternoon when cheques from the T. Here Hugh F. Gorrie (left), manager - of the Eaton store, presents a cheque for $1000, At right Mrs. J. Authors pre- ling to Canada this week after a sents a cheque for $800 repre- senting the' canvass of store employes. {|IRCAF's 30 Air THE DALY TIMELGAZETTL, Pidey, November % 9009 Set Qualifications For Rental Housin To Return From U.K. LANGAR, England -- Return- two - year tour of overseas duty yi the RCAF is Corporal David i Powell road, em- on maintenance duties 137 Transport Flight at the Material Base here, located 11 miles from his- toric Nottingham on the edge of the famous Sherwood Forest. Charged with the responsibility keeping the four Canadian fighter wings on the continent supplied with the thousands of individual items stored at this huge "warehouse", RCAF Station Laiygae is the only Common- wealth base in the United King- dom, 1. Govan will report next to RCAF Station Goose Bay, Labra- ~Times-Gazette Photo b dor. Fewer Plumbing Permits Issued During September Classes for journeymen plumb- approved 25 alterations, 81 new, Dr. Watt visited 22 dairies in Septemb 1957, At these visits ers have been started by City Plumbing Inspector Henry Chap- overs to city sewers and one new man, They have proven helpful house on a septic tank, A Y Lorne houses on city sewers, 16 ch 4 105 samples were taken, includ. ing 58 milk samples, 16 cream les, 27 ch te drin to the men engaged In the plumb-| City § y ing trade. Slaght made 56 inshevtions and plaints in Sep- Pp k sam- ples and four ice cream samples. Included were 20 milk Examinations for journeymen investigated 23 plumbers were held on Sept. 13/tember, "1957. and 14. All three applicants fail.) He made a total of 55 restau- ed to attain the i tan. rant inspections and took 76 bac- 8d do attain the required stan- fo ological samples. Of the sam- |ples, 60 turned out good, one fair This is thegreport for Septem- pes, ber, 1957, subiitted to the board "i CgPON: Lo oy five enh by Inspector Chap- hotbls, and eight ba r shops. y 39 WATER SA ES Mr. Chapman reported that he had issued 99 plumbing permits Li ; Slaght ook 3 water san In September, 1957. In Septem-|P'®® an ik 2nd. 108 'cream and 10 drink | taken from dispensing devices in eat- ing establishments, DAIRY INSPECTIONS On visits to raw milk and dairy farms, 113 samples were taken. Laboratory results showed 95.5 per cent of the samples with a resazurin grade of No. 1, Standard bacteriological plate counts showed 35 of the samples h mt Meet Here In A conference of public health officers, Ontario district No, 2, will be held in Oshawa on Thurs- day and Friday, Feb. 13 and 14, 1988, Approximately 80 delegates are expected. Senior health officers of eight Ontario counties will attend the conference. Dr. J. E, Watt, Osh- awa's food inspector, is chair- man of the conference. | A meeting of the conference {executive committee was held Wednesday night, District No. 2 includes the counties of Ontario, Peel, York, Durham, Northumberland, Vic- toria, Peterborough and Hali- burton, Ontario is divided into Public Health Officers "|samples, One house was con- ber, 1956, 126 permits were is-\4o neq' He also inspected one septic tank and made 16 plumb- ng inspections, | Dr. J. E. Watt, city food in- |spector, reported that X.ray ex- aminations of food handlers In had sued. Total plumbing permits is- sued so far in 1957 are 766. LIST INSPECTIONS In September, 1957, Mr. Chap- nan issued one septic tank per- tions, 69 final inspections, and He inspected four septic| tanks, made 139 primary inspec-|Seven food s land inspected. wih a count of 10,000 or less. Only one sample had a plate count of more than 200,000 seven districts, RELATED PROBLEMS Dr, Watt visited 52 farms and| Each district comprises an | inspected 24 Haughter houses inarea with mutual health prob- |September, 1957. He inspected 72|lems and related situations. Med- Natad Oshawa been comp hops were visi ited | 38 of beef, 25 of|jcal officers of health, public veal and one of health veterinarians, dentists, meat pl pork, eight of sheep. nurses,' supervisors and sanitary NEW METHOD Two Local Schools Use Slides To Teach Reading inspectors are invited to the con- ference. Oshawa delegates will be Dr. Cameron C. Stewart, MOH; Miss Gertrude H. Tucker, Reg. N,, supervisor of public health nurs- ing; Lorne Slaght, city sanitary inspector; and Dossivly Dr, H. B, James, chairman of the board health, The Oshawa city council rep- of February nealth will also be invited to attend the convention. CONFERENCE PROGRAM The program of fhe conference {includes a general . session on | Thursday, Feb. 13, 1958, at 9 a.m. City hall council chambers |will be the headquarters of the conference. At the first session represen- |tatives of the Ontario depart- {ment of health will attend. They will bring new department poli- cies to the attention of delegates. In the afternoon of the same day, delegates will assemble in various city hall board rooms for sectional discussions. Lead- ers for each section were elected previously. They will prepare a program for discussion and work. The sectional meetings will be continued on Friday, Feb, 14, 1958, morning, A general session vii Friday afternoon will con- clude the conference. Pp ting dis- cussions, may be brought before the generrl session for endorse- ment. If approved, they will be brought to the attention of the provincial authorities, An official program will be distributed to delegates, No tours or entertainment are plan- ned, The conference will include one or possibly two luncheons. Most delegated will not stay in Oshawa overnight, but return to resentative on the board of their respective counties, on the mat . . . ment was being conducted in a|Glenn McCracken, principal of Govan, 32, son of Mr. and | pirths = Births In Births in Oshawa during Aug- ust, 1957, outnumbered deaths by 120 to 26. During the same period three infant deaths and three stfll- were recorded. A total of 35 marriages were performed in August, 1957. This brings the number of marriages for first eight months of 1957 in Oshawa to 317. Miss Gertrude H. Tucker, Reg. N., supervisor of public health Busing. reported to the board of health that 2079 nursing visits had been made during the third quarter of 1957, In the same period 533 visits were made to infants, Of these, 344 visits were to infants under one month of age. Total attendance at the four child health centres, Legion Hall, Woodcrest School, Duke of Edin- burgh School and Conant School, was 226 IMMUNIZATION CLINICS The immunization program brought vaccination of 14 children with triple antigens (diptheria, whooping cough and tetanus toxoid) and two children with toxoid. dren received recall doses of tri- ple antigens and one of smallpox vaccine. The nursing staff made 897 visits to pre-school children and 91 visits to school children. Twenty visits were made to adults and 25 visits to pre-natal cases. The number of visits to tuberculosis cases was 26 and five trips were made to contacts of tuberculosis victims. During "the third quarter of 1957, 127 visits were made to Sep-|scarlet fever were reported August Total 120 Here nth pared with 15 during the same period in 1956. In 54 cases the affected had re- ceived wh ng cough v while 13 had received no im- munization. 91 MEASLES CASES Among communicable diseases, measles ranked first with 91 cases, followed by whoopi cough with 67, chickenpox with 40, German Measles an with 28 each. Only three cases of Miss Tucker reported that five new cases of tuberculosis were detected, Three new cases moved into Oshawa. Of the affected, six were admitted to sanatoria. Two cases were discharged from sanitoria in July, August and September and four cases received tuberculosis aftercare. Two deaths from tuberculosis were reported. Five chest clinics were held, all attended by a clinician. A total of 111 persons were X-rayed and 167 appointments made. cases of acute communicable dis- tuberculin tests were made. By ROGER STONEBANKS Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON (CP) -- World televi- sion comes of age this November when the BBC celebrates the 21st anniversary of its TV service. A trial run from Radiolympia in London in August, 1936, the public's first opportunity to watch television, was seen by 100,000 visitors. In the following Novem- ber the first television service of the BBC -- and the world--began. It was a short program, con- sisting of formal speeches, two variety turns and a news film TV Celebrates 21st Birthday parade the next day. When normal service was re- sumed the BBC concentrated on increasing its audience and length of transmission time. SPECIAL PROGRAMS It now has a potential audience of 48,000,000 and a daily trans- mission of almost eight hours. Its ustage nightly audience is 4, The: world of the singlr mercial burst on Britons with the opening of a second TV mumps. No chosen beca of the vi une etry | The Proponent tractor, Miller Construction Co., Ltd., to make excellent progress already received more than 70 applications for accommodation. Although those who have already applied need not do so again, Fur- ther applications will be received Mr. Chesebrough after Nov, 18. Each application will be tabu- lated. Members of the welfare staff will conduct a careful in- vestigation of the merits of each application, Later they will be considered on their merits by the board of directors of the com- pany, and those to live in the » FTAA Halliday Manor Honors Of Scheme ions one person will be permitted to use the bed sitting room apartments while two per- will 'be allowed housing units will be selected. early T. D. Thomas, MLA for Osh. awa riding is in Cornwall today with a party made of mem- construction progress has been made since their last inspection, Prime Minister Leslie M. Forst progress made to date on all phases of network covering part of Eng- the work.. Up to Octol oon. Members Of Legislature Tour St. Lawrence Seaway ¢|land, the Independent Television At the time there were only about 300 private television sets, Authority. Last August comet. The regular programs which jand, followed were modest, with an in New ear ere all an elementary school cur- Castle, Pennsylvania, Last iately | demonstrations were given teachers from The cat sat the little dog has a white tail -- first grade class. those catchy lit" sentences were The children's momenta probably among the first your iousity of strangers im mind ever manufactured. |dissolvec when the white screen|ic groups of crete poured on the Ontario sec-| ; tion of the powerhouse Jancd the 75 per cent mark with 772,000 Jaycees Considering There were the cornerstones on 'as rolled down and the projector which your vocabulary was built. | flashed on a series of gaily col- Today educators have different ored pictures under which were| ideas on how a child should learn words describing them. i to read and use the words it is| They did not teli any racey| taught. |a venture story of giants, knights uratively, cats still sit onjor witches--just pictures of al mats and little dogs have white baby carriage and a little boy| tails in first grade classrooms, and girl dressing up in their| but methods of tewching ~ thor-|parents clothes. | , ough understanding of the words| In .the carriage was a "baby" | in such simple sentences are be- that suddenly leaped out from un-| ing streamlined in many Canad-|/der the coverlet and turned out| fan schools, including Oshawa. |o be a cat wearing a bonnet, | One of these new methods is| The words were obviously cho-| being tried at the Duke of Edin- sen with the idea of enabling burgl. and Conant schools where|the teacher to use them {- frame lantern projector slides are used a number of progressive ques-| in darkened rooms for Grade tions about the characters. One reading classes, | For instance * girl in mom's Some educators may scoff thi: shoes was the "big mother" and it is education with a gimmick,|the boy was "big father," bring- but many others believe it is an ing into use the word "big." Then idea which will step up a chiid's emerged the word little which, reading progress at a speed|the teacher pointed out, was op-| which would have been declared posite to big. impossible a few years ago. | In a mock adventurous tone, EXCITE INTEREST she Litroduced other words in the A color slide is Jroiccted on tollines telling more detail of the a screen or blarkboard showing|little girl and boy playin a picture which is calculated .0|'house." The children answe! excite the classs interest. To|her questions almost 100 per cent the children it's like the movies| correctly. --and although the characters in! DISTINGUISHING WORDS the picture do not move they are| Other things (hey learned were often represented as performing| distinguishing words which a, 5 actions which a child can asso- with the same first letters--a big ciate with itself, step forward to a child of six -- In the Conant school a Times- and how tc put emotion into the Gazette reporter, along with a story they were reading. member of the education board, The Feading-by-lauterh idea is sat In while the reading experi-|American and was pioneered by COMING EVENTS BINGO BINGO CORONATION ORANGE TEMPLE Park Association, SATURDAY, NOV. 2 8 p.m. Harmon Fridoy, November 1, 8 p.m, St. Johns Hall, corner Bloor | and Simcoe. 20 games $6, 20 regular games, share the wealth, 4 $40 jockpots to go, 1 $150 special to go, | 255b Monster BINGO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 $300 IN PRIZES 20 Games and Share the Wealth SAINT GREGORY AUDITORIUM SIMCOE STREET NORTH Admission 50 Cents over North America, including Cansdians, One party consisted of Mrs, Ma- deline Kelly, Oshawa's primar, supervisor along with the assist- ant snpervisor ard two teachers. In another group were re sentatives from Pickering which has also taken up the esperiment. When the Oshawa contingent arrived home it was decided to test the ides over a period in two. schools and compare the progress against the results of traditional methods, oo0D PROGRESS i e program is progressing well, but Br C. M il lic scheols' superintendent, said he was not prepared to give his opinion of the method until the comparisons were made. But McCracken, the Pennsyl- vania principal tells of glowing achievement made by the system at New Castle, He says: "To us, the results of this ex- perimental program seem just as obvious as they are Staring Among the several hundred chil- dren who have J iticipated in it, the high level of achievement has been consistent and it has far surpassed any known results heretofore accomplished. "Moreover, the children, as well as their teacher: and par- ents, have been delighted with it, But most significant and certain- ly most revealing fact to em- Shie from this program les in data which shows clearly that there has been no reading fail- ure," continued Mr. McCracken, Regardless of mental ability and readiness for 1eading, every child participating in is pro. five-year period has learned oi Jead and gr. know he as e experience." But Dr Elliott says: "We are not in any way counting on this method as being a cure-all for reading difficulties. We, are, however, hopeful of some inter- esting results." | | i liott, pub-! A special committee of the Oshawa Junior Chamber of Com- Te merce met Thursday night to study the possibilities of con- ducting a pre - election forum or forums in the city. A spokesman for the organiza- tion explained that over - all pur- | poses behind the pr d project Pre-Election Forum cast their ballots. La:t year only slightly more than one-third of the voters turned up at the polls. If the committee favors the proposed scheme, the forum would be conducted some time in late November. Municipal elec- tions: will be held this year on monday, Dec. 2 in Oshawa. lis concerned with "getting out the vote." It is hoped that through a for- um, greater interest in the muni- cipal election will be stiumlated {and more eligible voters will Those serving on the commit- tee include: John Hart, chair- man; Pat Monaghan, Grant Locke, Norman Ashworth, Wil- liam Millington and Edward Zin. kiewich, Laying Plans For Education Week In City Big plans will soon be under- way for organizing Oshawa's Education Week in 1958. It is hoped that next year the program, which is designed to show the public what is hep done to educate children, will be an outstanding success. Groups interested in helping invited to attend a meeting Nov. 13 at the E, A. Lovell School by Frank LeVay, chairman of last year's committee. Mr. LeVay, who is principal of St. Christopher's School, says there was a great deal of "public lethargy" towards the occasion early this year although much had been achieved. and put it over in a really big way," he added Some of the features of the 1958 On Friday and Saturday of this week the Oshawa and District Bible Club teachers and workers are holding their annual confer- ence in Calvary Baptist Church, The Bible Club work in the com- munity is being carried on under | the able leadership of Rev. Cecil Nelson. # The object of the movement is to reach the boys and girls with the Gospel. In the district 34 classes are held weekly in 24 schools. In Oshawa 27 Bible Clubs meet each week, In this manner more than 1050 boys and girls ze being taught the word of God. The first session will be held at 7.30 p.m. today. Two outstand. ing speakers will be taking part. Miss F. Stone, assistant field rep. resentatives of the Bible Club wor Bible Club Workers Hold Annual Conference Here pel to boys and girls. She will also give a sample Bible Club period. Rev. James Hutchinson, better known ag "Uncle Jim" will also speak and show pictures of the work In Switzerland. On Saturday the conference {will commence at 10 a.m. with a |devotional message from Rev. A. G. Mitchell, pastor of Gibbon Street Baptist Church, Miss Stone will also give some methods of Bible teaching. 'At 11.45 am, Rev. A. M. Hill, of Toronto, founder and director of "Jewels for Jesus" Mission will be the speaker. Lunch will be served at 12.30 p.m. During the afternoon Miss Stone and Mr. Hill will be the speakers, There will be special music at all conference sessions. The conference will be of sp- Oct. 18,19,Nov.1,2,15,16,29,30 successfully in teaching the Gos-|children's work, with the organization have been|Ci "Next year we intend to try * | strep throat. !wducation Week will probably be essay and poster competitions and "open house" at many of the schools. "We are going to strive to let the public know what is being done in the community for the advancement of Education," add- ed Mr. LeVay. "If more groups work with us in the planning we should be able to make the event provoke a lot of interest among the people." Groups expected to participate include the Education Board, Separate School Board, Home School Council, Men and Teachers' = Federation, | | | Women bh hour each afternoon and evening except Sunday. Experiments were made in drama, ballet and opera, but outside broadcasts scored the biggest success. STOPPED BY WAR Within months, equipment was available for televising the Coro- nation procession of King George Vi from a point at Hyde Park corner. It was estimated that 10,000 viewers picked up the pro- gram in places as far apart as Ipswich and Brighton. In July, 1938, a twin coaxial cable was laid between London and Birmingham. Plans for the Newcastle and Manchester areas were being considered when tele- vision closed down two days be- fore the outbreak of the Second World War. A Mickey Mouse cartoon was the last program Britons saw for almost seven years. BBC Television reopened on Despite protests by the oppon- ents of commercial TV that Brit ons would not tolerate advertis- ing on their screens, the com- mercial programs are said to at- tract more 'viewers than the BBC. To mark its 21st birthday, BBC television has planned a series of special programs, including a survey of changing fashions, a re- view of great sporting events of the last 21 years and a written tary Malcolm Mug- geridge of the 1930s. DISMISS CHARGE STRATFORD (CP) -- A speed ing charge against William Pin dred, 44, was formally dismissed Thursday by magistrate A. Cook after Pindred presented a certificate showing the speedom- eter on his car was accurate, Subsequently the court was told that the speedometer on a police cruiser which followed Pindred's car had been checked and found June 7, 1946, a date specially to be incorrect. Canada More By FORBES RHUDE dian Press Busi Editor of C ce, the Par- ent Teachers' Association from| St. Gregory's and St. Chris-| topher's schools. Will Undergo 'Minor Surgery Constable John (Red) McDer- mid, the policeman in charge of school safety patrols, will be go- ing into hospital for minor sur: gery, next week. "Red" has already been off his wea for several weeks this year, due to a combination of flu and During his ab- sence, safety patrol work has been carried on by Constable John Massiewich, who Is also well - versed in the operation of safety patrols. Genuine free trade between Canada and Britain is far more than just a matter of abolishing tariffs, says the November issue of Industry, publication of the Canadian Manufacturers' Asso- ciation. Discussing the suggestion of Peter Thorneycroft, British chan- cellor of the exchequer, that tar- iffs on trade between the two Free Trade Between U.K., Than Tariffs replacement of an equally im- pressive portion of Canada's im- ports from the output of Cana- dian factories." ; Industry says that, explosive as Mr, Thorneycroft's suggestion was, it generated more heat than light and that, as usual in such cases, the heat was immediate and itense. RUINOUS FOR CANADA "Those whose interests would wither on the vine if free trade b a fact declared flatly countries be eli ad- ually, the publication adds: "Under present conditions such action would be a simple unre- quited gift to Britian of a por- tion of our standard of living. "If the proposal has any advan- tages for Canada they are at present obscured by the impene- trable barriers of currency re- striction and quotas. They can only emerge from the realm of pure conjectures when these lat- ter barriers are d tled." that it would be ruinous for Can- ada, that it would be a one-way advantage for Britain, and that it would be unfair competition. "And then there were those who did not face British competition but realized 'that they could not help but suffer indirectly. They did not cry havoc as loudly, but there were far from gleeful. "Again, there was the school of 'it could be useful, but . . .," not to mention the unthinking, the Industry says Prime Minister Diefenbaker's suggestion for help- ing Britain's trade by diverting a "Townsend, Girl Deny Romance | AREQUIPA, Peru (AP)--Group Capt. Peter Townsend and Miss Universe, seeing a lot of each other lately, denied Wednesday there is any romance. "There's nothing to what you are imagining," 18 - year - old Gladys Zender of Peru told re- porters. 'Peter is a nice gentle- sizable portion of American im- ports to U.K, sources of supply has, if workable, much to com- mend it, but adds that there are at least two points which shine through the fog. "First is that, if wider tariff preferences are to create the wider diversionary channel, they must be accomplished by raising the barriers against the non-U.K. sources. Further reductions in the present level of preferential tariffs might well prove ruinous to the Canadian industries con- man and a very kind and good friend." 3 { Townsend said there is nothing| but friendship between them. He | Movement, 'will give suggestions lal intrest to all Sunday school keeps running into Miss Zender|ond-rate. {as to methods which can be used|teachers and those interested inlon his automobile tour of South|lution for Canada is a national {policy which would result in the!free trade area.' " ca. cerned. "The second is that the object- ec ically illiterate, who hap- pily opined that the plan would result in lower prices to the con- sumer, but completely ignored the dull side of the coin. "Too, there were those who, be- cause of their fear that Canadian over-dependence on the United States as supplier and customer can prove disastrous to our dream of further industrial ex- pansion, argued that our trading target should be increased im- perial preference, even if we suf- fered dislocations in a variety of our industries in the next quar- ter of a century. "Last, but not least, there were those who figured Thorneycroft's suggestion was pure politics: that he could, in all truth, tell the| ive in itself is no better than sec- The infinitely better so- British electorate: 'Canada has rejected my idea. We have no choice but to join the European F.|\a Injured Boy os. Is Making Progress The mother of an 11-year-old Oshawa boy, who suffered a criti- £34 PL g s¥EE 5 gs cal head injury three weeks ago in a car accident, said today she is encouraged by reports of her Jo's progress in a Toronto hospi- The y oun g boy, Jeffrey Lott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lott, 959 Mohawk street, was involved in an accident with a car as he crossed an Oshawa intersection. Doctors at Oshawa General Hos- pital sent Jeffrey by ambulance to Sick Children's Hospital in To- ronto after first providing emer- gency treatment here, Officials at Toronto report the lad is improving. He has recover- ed partial consciousness and is able to eat. His mother said Jef- frey could take a few "stumbling steps" when she visited him in Toronto this week and she added that he is also able to see. The mother also said that the boy's physician is pleased with the rapid rate of physical recov- ery her boy has made since the accident several weeks ago. REPRESENTATIVE NORTH AMERICAN FASHION LTD. MANY HOUSEWIVES LEFT STRANDED It's true. Every day 8% mil- lion husbands in one car fami- lies go off to work leaving the woman of the house without ready transportation. You don't need a car at home to sell the furniture you want to turn into cash. A Classified ad brings buyers to you. To place your ad call RA 3-3492, DIES IN TRACTOR MISHAP STOUFFVILLE, Ont. (CP)-- James Painter, 38, was killed Thursday and two other men in- jured when an automobile crashed into the back of a farm tractor three miles west of here. Painter was riding on a tractor driven by Gerald Mann, 32, who MRS. K. SELES Graduate of the Walter Thorn ton Modeling School, Toronto, is now selling the latest style and highest quality made to measure or stock dresses, suits, cocktail dresses, sport clothes; and children's wear in Oshawa | ond district , , , Have Mrs Seles come to your home and ive you professional advice. ou can be much more attrac- tive with the right clothes. CALL 5-3673 1309 KING ST. E. suffered head injuries. COURT OF REVISION 1957 ASSESSMENT ROLL CITY OF OSHAWA NOTICE is hereby meetings of the Court of Revision, to hear App 9 he 1957 A 3 will be held in the Council Chambers, 5th Floor, City Hall, 50 Centre Street, at 7:30 oglock P.M. on the following ° tes : { POLLING SUBDIVISIONS 1 to 71 INCLUSIVE NOVEMBER 12th, 1957 POLLING SUBDIVISIONS 72 to 858 INCLUSIVE NOVEMBER 15th, 1957 L. R. BARRAND, City Clerk. given that 1 inst #

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