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|. tt tet etiurat ath cuhrtie » Lo rt eh Th he Ce 2 CS Ton | oth oth ah. hn #4 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, Mey § THT § 'Gas Prices Decrease Toward West Canada By JIM PEACOCK | N.B, Motor Transport Association Canadian Press Staff Writer | N.S. 43 and seven distributors of diesel Go West young man if you're P.E.L [trucks and engines opposed the seeking lower prices for gaso- Nfld. 41 diesel fuel increase in a brief line--and don't let those tax in-' For seven of Canada's 100 the legislature which said creases fool you. provinces,-the gasoline and mo. Such a tax is designed to bur. Despite gasoline-tax boosts in tive fuel taxes are the lead. den highway transportation and each of the four pester prov: ing revenue producer, exclud- retard its progress. inces this year, the cost at the ing federal-provincial tax-rentall ysp p A SE S pump remains lower there then| payments. Usk TOR oA the triking anywhere es Sanna -- In B.C, the five - per - cent industries in Prince Edward Is- Ce rey by The Cana. sales tax produces more. On-land and Quebec noted with [200A DULY tario gets more from its cor- some satisfaction that the tax Onris Hynds, Miss Hobby Show at an exhibition of spare- | strokes fish mounted by de- yr FURRY, FINNEY PHONEY is adorned with red fox fur and fox teeth. --(CP Wirephoto) time handicraft in Toronto, partment store employee. Fish | dian Press shows. And in Van- couver you'll find the lowest prices in. the country. | Two Atlantic provinces--New {Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where pump prices now y {among the highest in Canada-- |also boosted gasoline taxes this |year as six provincial govern- ments moved to collect more than $30,000,000 in additional revenue from road users during the 1961-62 fiscal year. | Altogether, the motorist and trucker will contribute more [than $425,000,000 to provincial coffers during the year through [taxation on gasoline and mo- tive diesel fuel. Tax on the lat- Iter was increased, too, in the six provinces that boosted the gasoline levy. BOOST PARTLY OFFSET British Columbia's gasoline tax jumped three cents a gallon but thanks to a decrease of one cent a gallon in wholesale rates | charged by major refiners in the Vancouver area, the pump {poration tax collections and] Newfoundland obtains more] through its social security as-|complaining, so long as the sessment. But the gas and| money collected is spent on im- (diesel taxes top liquor takes in provements to the network of every province. | Quebec Agads,» said Camille n WCCO Archambault, assistant to the WHERE MONEY SOKS where President of the Quebec Truck- the entire tax is earmarked for|INg Association. at highway construction and main. |, Some industry spokesmen in % . ; Ontario, however, raised objec tenance, and in Newfoundland, Tion to th t diesel = fuel where the two - cent increase hon ore present cuesel, » que last year was designated for| ts "ai {roads to isolated communities,| "We don't like any tax," said ack Hollands, group engineer Ii intaid is the money not placed into , {general revenues. b {for Canadian Motorways (On- As the tax boosls were ap- tario) trucking firm, 'but we plied across the country this|feel strongly about the differen- year, governments generally|tial tax on diesel oil. It's a tax said the move was being taken|0n Progress and technical de- to make road users pay a velopment. reater portion of road building] When the provincial treasur- re i costs. Blers tote up the take for 1961-62, Nearly every province covers|in the six provinces where taxes) lits highways spending from gen-| Were boosted, they expect to eral revenues and in many find this picture, the increase| cases the expenditure is welll over the previous year in brack- above the amount taken inlets: : i British Columbia $29,000,000 is the same on gasoline and on motive diesel fuel. "We're not | through gasoline and diesel 1($8:000,000); Alberta $34,320,000 taxes and car licensing. 4 The gasoline tax boosts| ($9,350,000); Saskatchewan $25, ($4,500,000); Manitoba brought little opposition in most 450,000 of the provinces, but the B.C.|$20,725,000 ($5,000,000); Nova Automobile Association raised Scotia $19,000,000 ($3,000,000); price for regular gasoline went up only two cents to 38.9. That's a penny below the nor- mal prices in southern Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, two, cents below Quebec and Mani- Montreal Harbor looks migh- | land on the Dutch liner Ryn- ty deep to these moppets ar- | dam. Left to right are Berry riving from their native Hol- | Verheyde, two, and his sisters NEW WORLD IN SIGHT Nelly, four, and Beity, five. They and their parents will live in Regina. ~(CP Wirephoto) toba, four below New Bruns \{ wick, five below the Lakehead, storm over the three-cent/New Brunswick $15,200,000 (83,- st-in the province. It circu-|000.000). ci Twister Tosses WHITBY And DISTRICT nine below Nova Scotia and lated petitions against the in.| Prince Edward Island WHITE Prince Edward Island, and 11 crease and obtained 46,000 sig-|pects $2,700,000 of its $19,000.000 lower than Newfoundland natures, but to no avail. The|budget will come from gasoline These comparisons do w is and diesel fuel taxes. Ontario, Sal: gasoune / . , ve {ake into account independent|2 vital necessity in every-day|Quebec and Newfoundland ha operators who often undercut/living, not a luxury, and|not made firm estimates for rs t laimed the increase places al1961-62 fiscal year revenues, but KANSAS CITY (AP)--"Where over a railroad, over a grove of| the major companies bY 8 cot i BE ase acts based on previous years fig- are we? What ha ppened? trees 50 feet high, and dumped ot two, o e v ; i s PHee persis using their cars to earn|ures, the taxes likely will pro-| ere's our car? There's sup-|it upside down in a drainage wars that brea out tom 11 their livelihood duce $170,000,000 in Ontario,|Posed to be another girl with|ditch 300 feet from the highway. | to time in larger urban ce frog; more than $100,000,000 in Que-|US. The girls couldn't recall] Premium grades are aboul|y;cpNcES UP TOO NEWSPRINT 4Y2-1b. pkg. approximately 630 sheets for -- $1.00 Also Available in 9-b. pkgs. 0 not | association said gasoline no 'Sportman's Flower League Snoans | New Addition azed and dishevelled, two whether they had jumped from The Whitby Ladies' Flower League held its first annual banquet on Thursday, April 25, gt the I00F Hall After grace and the toast to lithe Queen, the president, Rose bf Peleshok, introduced the guests mt the head table which includ- pd: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mec- i Cullough, Mrs. Clara Watts and if Mr. Doug Rowden. Lovely cor- s were presented the dies at the head table. After dinner Wilda Law thank- i§ ed the ladies of The Unity] | | to F irst Banquet "The growth of Whitby war- Audrey Parish, Jean Palmer, rants another store of this Reta Bradley, Ruby Knapp, type," said Ed Droy, proprietor Rose Peleshok, Pearl Richard-'of Sportsman's Corner at 105 son, Randy Bryant, Jean Parise, Byron street south, in Whitby. presented by Kaye Chowen Mr. Droy recently expanded The ten high average -- Millie his sport store and increased his Pegg. Ann Mikicel, Marg. Pas- floorspace to over {twice ils coe, Lil Connor, Audrey Shar- original size Although the men, Florence Kalar, Tiny stores are still separated they Sorichitti, Rose Peleshok, Wilda may be connected in the future. Law and Pauline Howe. The new addition will house Point money was presented to general hardware and will spe- each team. cialize in a garden-supplies sec- Officers of the 1961-62 season tion. There will also be a gar- are: President, Rose Peleshok; den-rental service. vice - president, Lil Connor; five cents a gallon higher. And at rural points, the rates mayi gq; be anywhere from two to 13 cents a gallon higher than those in urban areas, depending upon| distance from refining centres... mercial For instance, in Smithers, in central B.C road miles from the Vancouver the north - about 500 refineries, regular gasoline sells for 52 cents, 13 higher than inj insing their taxes in line with Vancouver. QUEBEC DIESEL LOWEST The range is common ac the country. Toronto pays 'in the Lakehead 44.7,|try for regular, ross 39.9 bec and more than $6,000,000 in| D British Columbia truckers Newfoundland. girl dn't protest the diesel fuel tax/----- - increase with the same vigor, .- % raising greater objection hg Too Wet For Navy Parade increase made a year-earlier in OTTAWA transport licence rain and a threat of thunder-| showers forced cancellation of a found them railroad tracks Sunday after-| es. {jured by the twister and com-| In Alberta and Saskatchewan| increases were accepted generally as merely a move Mo. Daniele Gilstead, 17, Pat Wil- kins, 16, and Mary Ann Day, 16, | most other provinces " 400 - man naval parade Sunday |, " (20d driving back tol In Manitoba, a trucking in-| panion funnels in a 95-mile path, (CP) -- Overnight |from Basehor, Kan., to Carrll-Ge rls from Leavenworth, Kan.,[the car or had been thrown anxiously queried two men who|{from it," said Robert H. Geb-| stumbling along hart, one of the rescuers. The men took the girls to aj noon in the wake of a tornado. house. Then they found Miss! | At least 12 persons were in-|Day 150 feet from the car. "The girl was rolled up in a I, face down and moaning." bhart said. "She had severe facial lacerations." f The three girls were taken to| a Leavenworth hospital. al IDEAL FOR TYPING, PADS, CARBON COPIES INNER OFFICE MEMOS, ETC. On Sale ot . . . WHITBY OFFICE & CIRCULATION DEPT. Oshawa Times | which was fo have highlighted yon onomh Kan, from Wy- dustry spokesman said the die-| : , fl Of i "|capital observances of Battle of | C | sel fuel 3% could ut the indus'| f1antic Sunday. Janos CY when aj yery Serious. . | Defence Minister Harkness| "All of . suddon it got. bad WHITBY CLEANERS LTD. i Mr. Droy, his wife Hilda and| "3°00 e remote spots such as(Would add a cent a mile fo] : i | Kapuskasing, Ont., 51.9. hauling costs and the increase BI2CeQ 8 Wreath » the National and 1 put on the brakes but the BC Alberta, Saskatchewan. could not be passed along tol io 2 ing in lost at sea car didn't stop," Miss Gilstead| itohs : swick and consumers because railway avn) 2 roham ine said. "It just kept on going." imouto fla rates are iow onan non val, ad, merchant ape : diesel fuel tax. But the end|create serious competition for| i Roi Ragen Bah navy | HURLED OVER TREES I rice of diesel fuel across the truckers if they raise rates. | reas. a vy It The girls couldn't remember Po presents something of a| The New Brunswick Truckers Vel€rans Lig? Ror Ye Oi. |What happened after that, but ae et f that of Association said the increases Cmdr. John J. | state trooper Robert Cooper fig- diferent picture; }YOI8 [there will cost the trucker about|tawa, a retired officer. jured it this way: Bale 33 cents a gallon, 90 cents a day in operating] a The tornado hurled the car Re 1 is the| i t willl YOUNG BLOOD including a 13-cent tax, is the|costs and this paymen a lowest pump price. have to be recovered through| More than 80,000,000 of Latin/ if Club for a delicious turkey din- A. i i. 150 I cousorur . | DODD & SOUTER a | PAINT and Kt WALLPAPER STORE DELIVERY 107 BYRON ST. 5, WHITBY M0 8-2345|] MO 8-5231 C.I.L. Paint Dealer Your MODERN FUR STORAGE Bi ner and presented them with a Secretary, Millie Pegg: treas-|his partner, Douglas Winstan-| box of candy. re Au Mikice! executive, ley, opened their Sportsman's Ep uby napp, arg. Pascoe, |Corner in October 1958. They i] The McCullough Trophy given Marion Brooks, Gwen Brear. had to expand because of in| {for high pinfall was presented = A N anked : s| v Frank. McCallough, Oth Ann Myers thanked the ex-|creasing stock and customers'| AY he gh. er'lecutive for a very successful requests for a wider range of ora Matejak. {distribution of prizes the bowl-|since they were added to the embers of the team are Pearl pew lea gue and they were pre-|goods. | ichardson, Edna Bedard, Marg|sented with gifts by Clare Watts, | Mr. Droy said tropical fish Audrey Sherman presented ers and i , i ; : . | guests were entertain-| Sportsman's Corner in March of the Tulips with second prize --|ag by six pupils from the Marg. "5. ! ascoe, Joyce Wainwright and Following the banquet and had proved a big attraction | "apt. Tiny Sorichitte, Pauline Howe, Shirley Gerhardt, Pam cot, Gwen Brear, Kaye howen. Sire Watts presented the ies with third prize -- Capt. Jean Parise, Clara| Tiny Sorichitti presented the olets with fourth prize--Capt. ivian Fisher, Jean Palmer, eta Bradley, Betty Beckley, illie Pegg, Doris Woodman Winners of the Consolation Il off were the Asters. Prizes ere presented by Betty Mad. en to Capt. Florence Kalar, 4! Connor, Ruby Knapp, Wynn ilkinson, Dot Brown and Betty ise. lara Watts presented the m Poms with second prize-- pt. Ann Mikicel, Marion ooks, Wanda Tizzard, May ott, Fran Townsend, Dianne angen. ,¥ Knapp presented the 245 with third prize -- Capt. udrey Parish, Audrey Shar Stratford, Millie , Jean Millar, Ev. Cour- Audrey Parish presented e Roses with fourth prize -- apt. Ann Vallant, Frances Hul-| rt, Betty Madden, Dorinne lhortread, Dot Sorichitti, Maize double was pre Marion Brooks to . Tiny Sori- | High single game was pre- nied by Marg. Pascoe to the ilies -- Capt. Randy Bryant Individual prizes were won hy illie Pegg, high average, 205 arz. Pascoe, 2nd high aver {Be 150; presented by Randy vant igh double flat, Ann Mikicel, high double with handicap, v Knapp, 494; high single , Florence Kalar, 290; high ple with handicap, Wilda 304, presented by Ann lant. tendance prizes were award-| 11 bowlers -- Ann Mikicel, ion Brooks, Ann Vallant,| Connelly School of Dancing,| Margo Wilson, Bobby Kaye| TELESCOPIC SIGHTS Duncan, Beth McEachrean,| Telescopes have accounted for Janie Hallet, Linda Thorley about 100,000,000,000 stars in the and Crystal Peleshok earth's galaxy, the Milky Way. HENRY ST. HIGH SCHOOL | Ajax Bandsmen | Play For School | By JOAN CALDER working hard to perfect their Band music blared over 8ymnastic display. Onlookers Henry Street High gymnasium Will not see the "Man on the Irecently to entertain both stu. Flying Trapeze," but the "Man dents and teachers of the on the Flying Trampoline." The | school. trampoline has a magnetic at- aad as traction to agile people who are LBL Shish Stpool Bad able to do spins and turns in the 3 ir. In fact, it has an attraction us an enjoyable three-quarter ar ; : i hour performance, Excerpts jor anyone who likes the sensa- from Oklahoma and South Paci- ying. ; fic were played exceptionally] The Science Club has been well and the audience appre. 40ing experiments at noon-hours ciated some modern music. {for the Open Houses Demonstra- . __ (tion e rotten egg smell from The theme from Gunsmoke, : with the clip-clop of the horse in he Waking of lydfogen sulphide the background was a good se- :} : Hone : lection for our cowboy £2 that the guests at Onen House wil sit glued: to the television set pot be subjected to this smell. whenever they hear the bang of Scause the fumes are ; nol 3 sit.gun. Ajax High tow has p! easing to the nose, the sci- fte own march and it sounds mA Ice teacher has become a fresh pressive for a high school. toll fiend. The fresh air removes irave its OWr. march the smell but sometimes freezes : . the poor girls without sweaters _ Apparatus Club members are| pasehall enthusiasts have WARE taken advantage of the fine VANISHED RACE weather we are having and the Carib and Arawak Indians, in. form teams have started play habitants of Trinidad and To. InZ short games, at noonhours bago when Columbus discovered Hem 1498, now are - Juniors Shoot ; Well In Final Indoor Meet The junior members of Whitby ---- |Rifle Club closed the indoor SEARCH FOR ELEMENTS One of the 102 chemical ele- ments known to man, einstein:| ium is named after the late! Albert Einstein, Evenin BROCK WHITBY ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Feature Starts at 7 & 9:25 shooting season Wednesday with some excellent scores. George Loyst scored 100 on a Dominion |Marksman target, with runner- {up Stephen Small scoring 99. (Mr. Loyst won the Match Nurs- {ery Trophy for winter shooting. (Joan. Mitchell placed second in| | this event. | Summer club meetings, (all outdoors), will be held Tuesday g Shows at 7 & 9 p.m. inoons. A big turnout of club] members is anticipated this| week to help get the outdoor) ragge in shape, and organize the [su mer program | Shooting for the Harry Thomp son Cup will end next week. So Greenfield leads in i. Highest | increased charges to the con- America's total population of] evenings and Saturday after-|quet by saying grace. This fol- far, Cec. Gr ers 74, Buckinghams 66, Win.! fins event, with Stan Landymore/chesters 51, Winstons 51, Black| This ended another successful Cats 28, Kools 37, _- of bowling. l [price is in Ontario at 44 fol-| lowed by Nova Scotia at 43 and su B.C. at 42. ; B.C, Manitoba and New| Brunswick each raised gasoline taxes three cents while Alberta, |} Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia f 'boosted them two cents. On-| [tario's last increase was (WoO | cents in 1957; Quebec's was two] | cents in 1950; P.E.L three cents; lin 1957, and Newfoundland two cents last, year. Here's the gasoline picture in| brief across the country, using| |price figures for major urban| centres: mer. {201,000,000 are children under| In Nova Scotia, the Maritime/the age of 15. Prem. 43.9 44.9 44.9 45.9 4.9 45.9 Tax. Reg. 13 38.9 12 39.9 39.9 40.9 39.9 40.9 439 479 B.C. Alta. Sask. Man. Ont. Que. N.B. N.S. PEL 47 Nfld. 50 DIESEL TOPS IN N.S. Nova Scotia boosted the tax on motive diesel fuel by 10 cents to 27 cents a gallon. New Brunswick was next with an] "°° eight-cent increase, followed by Manitoba with six, Saskat- chewan five, B.C. three and Alberta two. Ontario decreased its tax by 1% cents in 1958; Quebec's last boost was two cents in 1950; P.E.lL's three] cents in 1957, and Newfound-| land's two cents last July. Present tax and average prices for motive diesel fuel | B NEW STUDENT CENTRE This is the new student cen- | glass doors, kitchens and After Fight Murder Charge Against Sailor PORT COLBORNE (CP)-A 23 - year - old Montreal seaman | was charged with murder Satur- day after the body of James Reece, 29, of Port Arthur was recovered from Port Colborne harbor Friday night. ! Police laid the charge against Dennis Joseph McElligott after they learned Reece had fallen| or was pushed into the water| during a fight with another man. | Both mén were crew mem- bers of the tug James Whelan tied up here for boiler repairs. McElligott iz to be arraigned in Port Colborne court Tuesday. 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