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~-------- MAC'S MEANDERINGS / Rebuilding Of City dhe Oshavoa Sines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ont. Tuesday, November 10, 1959 Ont thing which has impressed me is the number of people who understand and speak English, although with varying degrees. of competency, In every store 1 have visited, in the two hotels, there was no langlage all, The help seembed to sense fhat 1. was Suglich speaking, and rea t language. For this, 1 was told, the fact that the Canadians were in long during the war and ¢ + Page 4 Scenic Route Favored In Voters Decision & & down the centre, electric street car tracks on each side of it, and broad motorways beside them to to carry automotive traffic, MASSIVE SHOPPING CENTRE The pride and joy of the Rot- terdam business The people of Southern Ontario may not have been paying too much attention to the constitutional amendments before the voters of New York State in last week's elections but eventually they will be mighty pleased that their American cousins decided in favor of Amendment No. 2. This had to do with the contro- versial proposal for a new super high- way between New York City and Que- bec province, to be known as the "North- way." Because the route of the proposed new artery cuts through a section of the Adirondack forest preserve, the amend- ment was hotly debated and presented the unique picture of well-known con- servationists being divided on the ques- tion. Among the more notable oppo- nents of the scheme was The New York Times. Natural history groups backed the stand of the Times. They could see no more reason, they argued, for a new artery running through a narrow valley, reaching an altitude of 1,300 feet in an area of heavy snows, when an alternate route some 400 or 600 feet lower was available. That alternate route has been an eyesore for years, proponents of the Northway repiled. They branded it as a thoroughly un-scenic route cluttered with billboards, pizza parlors, snake pits and neon signs. Laws which will govern the North- way . will forbid such obstructions through the entire length of the new route. The Northway will be a safe, scenic highway roughly paralleling the existing route and it will provide mag- nificent views of the great forests and attractive natural surroundings of North- ern New York. It will not only be an enjoyable drive, but will be easily accessible as a new and delightful area for hikers, campers and vacationists. Helping to get the Northway en- dorsed was the support of former New York governors Lehman, Dewey and Harriman and the present governor, Nelson Rockefeller. To get back to the interest Ontario people should have in the Northway, it simply means that the new link be- tween New York City snd Quebec province will create a highway loop with unsurpassed attractions for vaca- tionists. The Northway will hit Quebec a short distance from Montreal. On- tario's super-highway 401 is extending from Windsor to the Quebec border, and a main link to Montreal. The North- way will also connect with the New York State Thruway providing people with an accessible loop route for auto- mobile holiday travel over super high- ways in both countries. The link through the Adirondacks will provide close-up viewing and appreciation of some of the finest natural scenery on the continent. Accident's Background Newspaper reports of accidents are apt to contain familiar words and phrases. Among these are "suddenly," "without warning," "unpredictably." In this connection the Ontario Safety League points out that an accident, though it seems to come like a bolt from the blue, is in most cases the result of a long period of preparation and rehearsal. It has been estimated that every industrial accident arising from an unsafe act, is preceeded on the average by 30 similar unsafe acts that were uneventful. The man who pays the penalty of carelessness at the work bench "gets away with it" about 300 times before he gets hurt. Whether the same 1-to-30 proportion of hits to misses applies to automobile accidents is not known, But probably the relationship is similar, Certainly the principle is inescapable--an unsafe act inevitably leads to harm if it is repeated often enough. The vast majority of motorists who end up in hospital, or paying the "deductible" end of the repair bill, are skilful drivers. They are skilful enough to drive for a lifetime without a scratch or a bump, if they gave their best at all times. But they don't give their best, Frequently they take chances, recog- nizing the risks but believing them to be slight. In other words, they rely on luck as well as skill to keep them intact. i The man who habitually passes on a hill, or ignores Stop signs or a swinging wig-wag, rapidly uses up his "free" chances in the gamble. One day he will have to pay. And perhaps his son, whom he taught to drive in the same fashion, will get a similar bill. Unsafe acts lead eventually to near- misses, which lead eventually to acci- dents, The good driver tries his utmost to keep off any part of this broad based ladder to disaster. Retirement Activity A hint as to one of the reasons why women as a whole live longer than men has: been dropped In an article in a recent issue of the Bell Telephone Company's house organ, The Blue Bell. 'Your wife doesn't retire when you de," it states pointedly, "She keeps on working and has many things to do to keep her active." Although we read and hear of many people who die before their time be- cause they are overactive, the opposite is so often the case with people who retire. Unless something is planned for such a time, the active breadwinner finds himself brought to an abrupt halt and there is a tendency to drift into inactivity rather than face up to the situation. This is a matter which is causing increasing concern to those who have the care of older people to consider. And this stems from the fact that with the advance of medical science and the improvement of our already high stand- oping a population which has more and ard of living, we in Canada are devel- more of the older age bracket among it, dhe Osharon Times 7. L. WILSON, €. GWYN KINSEY. Editor The Oshawa [imes combin The Oshowa Times (established 1871) ond the hitby Gazette ond Chronicle (established 1863), 8 published daily (Sundays end statutory holidays excepted) s of C Daily N + Publishers Association, The Conodion Press, Audit Bureou of Circulgtion ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Asso- ciation. The Conodion Press is exclusively entirled to the use for republication of all news derpatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters and aiso the local news published therein. All rights of special despatches ore also reserved. Offices 44 King Street West 640 Cathcart Street Montreol P SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa Whitby, Asa, Pickering, Bowmanville Brooklin Port Perry, Prince Maple Grove, Hompton Frenchman's Bey, oungon, Hyrone Cunbarton, Enniskillen, Leskard. Broughom Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Fairport each Greenwood. Kinsale, Raglan. Blackstock, Manchester Cobourg, Port Hope Pontypool ond Newcastle not over 4 per week, By mail (in province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery orecs 12.00: elsewhere 1500 per yeor Average Daily Net Paid Publisher's Statement as of March 31, 1959 16,260 Q Toronto. Ontario; Those who retire and who plan for it in advance can enjoy the last few years of their life to a great degree, We have known people in this category, and in every case they continue to have a forward look and, unless illness inter= venes, have an active part in church and home and community affairs. In fact, it is this activity that often pre- vents the onset of a serious or debili- tating illness. This is the way the article in the Blue Bell puts it: "Your happiness on retirement depends entirely on yourself and no one can change it for you. Cire cumstances will have to be taken into consideration, but your planning should be done now." The article points out that the change from a very active life to one of relax- ation is going to take time for adjust ment, and it can be a dangerous period, with a tendency to become lazy until one has lost all ambition. On the other hand, planned recrea- tion can take many forms, from hobbies to community affairs. The recreation you attempt after your retirement should be done with care, and should be freed of the responsibilities that so often even leisure-time activities carry with them at times, "Hobbies are going to play a great part in your happiness and health. What have you for hobbies? Of course, you should have more than one hobby and there is nothing more interesting than some community project---getting out and meeting people, doing something which will be very much appreciated by others--will give you something to think about. Do not wait till you are bored and your wife is bored with you hanging around the house." In this way, the person who retires from business or professional life has an opportunity to be healthy, happy and helpful. And he is likely to live longer than if he had allowed himself to go to seed. Bible Thoughts This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased--Mathew 3:17. Perfect compliance with God's will always produces His approbation. MH Wy! OTTAWA REPORT Army Rotations At Enormous Cost By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--Our army is in the midst of its regular yearly $3,- 000,000 travel splurge for officers and men and their wives and children. Six transatlantic liners have been especially chartered, and 14 airliner round - trips booked for this purpose, while commercial sailings and RCAF aircraft are also utilized. This enormous shuttle service fsequivalent to transferring across the Atlantic a whole com- munity the size of Charlottetown or Pembroke or Nanaimo. It arises frcm the routine replace- ment of part of the army brigade under NATO command. This force totals 5.500 of all ranks, which we maintain in Germany half has been replaced each au- tumn. Including wives and child- ren, our military community on the East-West frontier in Ger- many exceeds 13,000 souls. THROUGH QUEBEC The flow of returning warriors and outgoing units and assorted camp followers is now pouring through Quebec City, on the Ca- nadian Pacific steamship Em- press of France, on the foreign ships Arkadia and Italia, and on the Cunarders Saxonia, Ivernia and Carinthia. Typical of the pas- senger lists on these temporary treopships, the Carinthia recently sailed with 112 soldiers and 471 wives and children aboard. The extravagance of this huge army of dependents in Germany is aggravated for the Canadian taxpayer by the fringe require- ments. For example, 680 family homes have newly been made available for this year's arrivals; schools have had to be built, and staffed with Canadian teachers; five churches had to be con- structed. In contrast, another of our fron- tiers, the Arctic DEW - line, is manned by men only, with no dependents being transported to live there; and the tour of duty there lasts 18 months. Again in contrast to the army's costly two - year rotation, the RCAF has always sent married men to Germany for four years, and single men for three years, thus cutting its transportation bill to about half the army rate. In a praiseworthy effort to re- duce this huge travel cost, the Diefenbaker government has just extended the term of service for army units in Germany to three years. This will mean that hence- forth only 3,700 soldiers plus about 5,000 dependents will have to be ferried across the Atlantic each year--like moving the pop- ulation of Kamloops. SHOULD STUDY COSTS The taxpayer might well ask what help our 5,500 soldiers would be on that frontier, should Rus- sia's 170 divisions march against the Western Allies. The answer is that, although militarily neg- ligible, our army brigade there is a valued token of good faith to our allies. But the obvious humanitarian reason for sending wives and children to Germany seems to be outweighed by a military consid- eration. What would happen if fighting should break out? Would cur froops mobility and tenacity be improved by their worry about the safety of their dependents? Or would there be wholesale de- sertions, while soldiers load fami- lies into little German cars and head westward towards sa'ety? Obviously; the presence of women and children on our fron- tier shows that war is no longer expected. So surely there is now no valid reason for perpetuating our destructively expensive, and probably ineffective, contribution to the allied military shield in Europe, which 10 years ago was certainly an urgent need. Circumstances have changed, and are changing still. The thought is growing here that this calls for a statesmanlike survey of our military programme. But within the broader picture, and despite the commonsense savings already achieved by our econom- ical Defence Minister George Pearkes, an accountant's micro- scope should be turned on the thousand little extravagances in our defence forces, which should never have been permitted in lush times and are intolerable in the present time of a budget deficit. QUEEN'S PARK CCF Over The Years Both Good And Bad By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--Donald MacDonald seems to think newspaper writers lie awake nights trying to devise means of harpooning the CCF. Recently at the Political Action Committee of the Ontario Fed- eration of Labor he spoke of the "tons of printer's ink" being spilled by editorial writers to "magnify the doubts and deepen the confusion" regarding CCF - labor promotion of a new party. Well, we guess we have to talk about that one, WE SLOPPED An extraordinary amount of printer's ink has been "spilled" over the CCF, And some of it has been slopped around by this writer. Much of the ink has been erit- ical of the party. What has prompted this in other newspapermen we can't say for sure . . . though not without ideas. But we can speak on our own reasons, and hereby will. GOOD FORCE This writer's experience with the CCF now goes back more than 15 years. In that span he many times has noted good things it has done and admitted that our political health has been better for some of the positions it has taken and pro- moted. It has said things that needed saying and to which the older parties had closed doors and minds--closed to the extent that they wouldn't listen to their mem- bers who wanted to talk about them, the pl Recognizing that it has been good, the party also has been bad for political health--and perhaps, in the desire one has not to be unfair, we have not written enough about this. One direction it has been bad is in its concept of "democracy." It has shown no real d knowledge of democratic princi- e, The root and strength of Brit- ish democracy is respect for the rights of the minority and the in- dividual. The CCF, on its actions, would Zubstitute for this "majority rule." LAZY TOO: - Administratively it also has in- dicated it would be weak. It is always head-over-heels in favor of anything that uses force tam marketing, closed shops ete. And such "force" is weak and lazy administration. It"is taking the quick way out, and ducking the thought and work necessary to evolve proper solutions which don't violate our system and our principles. That, Mr. Don MacD., is prin- cipally why any ink has been slopped in your direction, WON'T CHANGE Our old parties admittedly are far from perfect, They can be nearly as indiffer- ent to the things we have be- lieved and built on as you can. But still the principles are rooted in them. They have been ilt on them and there are some their ranks that still know BY-GONE DAYS 20 YEARS AGO Oshawa's relief lists were re. duced by 1051 persons in a period of two weeks to a total of 2107. Joseph R. Patterson, principal of Cedardale school, was elected president of Oshawa and West Durham Teachers' Institute. Oshawa Daily Times leased the former St. Andrew's United Church manse to be used for offices. David J. Tran, of Pickering, lost his year's crop and all his live- stock, wien his barn was de- stroyed by fire. Lt.-Col. G. R. Pearkes, former commander of the Ontario Regi- ment 11€th Battalion, was appoint- ed to command the Second Cana- dian Infantry Brigade of the ac- tive force. L. M. Souch was elected presi- dent of Ushawa Kiwanis Club for the 1940 season. W. J. Cairns, president of the provincial Boy Scouts Associa- tion, was guest speaker at the an- nual meetiag of the Oshawa Boy Scouts, which elected N. H. Dane jel as president. C. M. Mundy was presented with a Boy Scout gold "Thank You" badge by Mr. Cairns for his outstanding work for the scout movement in Osh- awa. Over 90 cases of chickenpox were reported by the Oshawa Board of Health. Century-old grist mill on King street west on the proverty of McLaughlin Coal and Suppli-s, Ltd.,, was demolished and the material used to construct a barn on the 70-acre farm of George Ansley, Rossland road west. Oshawa Red Cross Society open- ed a drive for funds for its war activities, with an objective of )! A one:storey factory for the manufacture of fancy glassware to provide employment for 100 persons, was built on a 13-acre site south of Skinners' Ltd., on Simcoe street south. Jack McGibbon, city bank tell- er, won cecond place among 250 graduates and 35 honor graduates of the associate banking course conducted by Queen's University. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM "Thinking prolongs life," says a physician. There must be some other reasca or reasons, though, why women live longer than men. "The Siriono Indians of Brazil have never owned property or worn clothes, and they think of nothing but foed" says an ex- plorer. 1t is a great wonder they haven't become extinct. "The only way you can get along with a sizable number of €eP folks," sid Old Sorehead. "is to leave them strictly alone," "For exchenge: Engagement and wedding rings for shotgun." --Classified ad. You had better divorce him, lady. Shooting him would be cheaper, but it might lead to complications. It's almost time for you to begin putting off your Christmas shopping. "Adnlte are deteriorated ba- bies," says Antnropologist Ashley Montague. Of course; that's why the world's io the fix it's in -- as if you didn't know, them, Eventually, it is to. be hoped, they will get back to full use of them. With you, there has to be grave doubt, One fears govern- ment would be arbitrary. As a citizen we will always bow to a.decision of the "people." Sometimes this means mistakes, but eventually they are corrected. 1But with you, we believe we would be bowing to decisions of you and a half a dozen like you. And not being based on any- thing sound, we don't think those decisions would be either good or would be corrected by you when they turned out bad. " E UNDER OCCUPATION During the five years of Ger- man occupation, of courze, only etsijgrary measures could be essen'ial retail business, Lack of materials, and the shipment of workers to Germany for slave camp labor, prevented anything being done on the permanent plans. . But once the war was over, the plan came into action, It is not yet complete. There are still some large areas of waste land surrounded by hoard- ings, There an: some huge build- ings still under construction. But the city centre has be21 re stored, with wide streets, broad ks and stores and office buildings, built in square block style, and covering great areas. As 1 travelled around Rotter- dam, I could appreciate the wis- dom of its planners. Everything has been planned for easy move- ment and control of traffic, for public safety, and for creating places of business which would provide comfort and conveaience for the public and the most wnhelesome working conditions possible for staffs. NOTHING LIKE IT Nowhere have I ever seen any thing lik: the majesty of the business and office buildings in the centre of New Rotterdam, The Rotterdamsche Bank, the largest bank building in ihe whole of Europe, stands nine storeys high and covers the aica of what would normally be about three city blocks. Down by the docks, there is a new whole:alers' building, a massive structure also several blocks in extent, The shops along the main busiress thoroughfare have great glass fronts, ris to a unifrom height and are built on a square plan. This is the widest street in Rotterdam, with a boulevard ¥ Hr % i | Hii bombardment have given way to communal gardens and play- the city, where I had a lovely room, beautifully furnished, with an outlook over a beautiful park, plus an excellent breakfast, for the equivalent of $3.75 a day. The second was the Rijin Hotel, is very largely responsible. EXPLAINS EDUCATION OTTAWA (CP) -- A, R. C. MILD-COOL ' EVEN BURNING CIGARETTE TOBACCO IN THR CONVENIENT PACKAGE PSegeeiel Prive HOW YOUR LIVER BILE HELPS BREAK DOWN FATS IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT undigested fatty solids, Your golden liver bile helps break down these fats . . . for easier and more com digestion. tively. At the same time, it ee al ee a to break down fats in your digestive tract. 5 When php laxative, achy, nervous a take Carter's Little Liver Pills. the road fo poverty can be paved with "good intentions"! Most people periodically resolve to put part of each pay cheque away for their old age or the proverbial rainy day --but far too few ever leave their savings infact to accumulate, It's only too easy to dip into "savings" .or some passing fancy instead of saying NO. A successful businessman once said: "Ever since I was twenty I've put around 10%, of my net income into life insurance--and them I've been able to spend all the rest really enjoying life!" Every young man--and career woman, t00- should consider having lots of permanent personal life insurance, including long-term endowment plans, many of which, later on, show an increase in value each year of more than that year's premium! 4% EXCELSIOR LIFE Juwssss Cogray 70 years of service to Canadians J. A. NICHOLSON, Branch Manager Osh Shoppi Phone: RA 5-4758 Centre, Osh a, Ont.