HERBERT L. PRINGLE, Whitby Public Utilities Com- mission engineer for the past 27 years, retired this week. On Thursday the entire staff of the PUC was present at a retirement ceremony in which Mr. Pringle was pre- sented with a gold watch. In addition the engineer was presented with a gift from the PUC employees and a leather Retiring PUC Engineer handbag for Mrs. Pringle. | | presentation, are front row, | left to right, Oscar Moore, | PUC chairman; Mr. Pringle | and James Ross, PUC com- | missioner. Back ,row, left to Pictured above, following the | on are Albert PUC commissioner; Mayor | Stanley Martin, Earl J. | Bryant, PUC Commissioner } and Harry Simpson, PUC manager. --Oshawa Times | right, Randall, Photo LONDON (CP) -- Europe's boom appeared to be flattening Lout as the nations struggling for the economic integration of the old continent headed into the new year. The pace of expansion flagged in most of the burgeoning »ix- nation European Economic Com- munity as 1961 drew to a close. Britain continued to grapple with the problem of jolting its economy out of stagnation. This followed the government's deci- sion last July to slam the brakes on the nation's biggest post-war spending spree. France and Italy proved the exceptions to the general trend in the western half of the contin ent. In both countries expansion tinued at a healthy pace. The lull, paradoxically, ha | |not altered the look of prosper- i \ity visible in most cities. Em- | |ployment, incomes, expenditures : |and personal consumption are at i|peak levels in practically all ; countries, .|SEES NEW GROWTH é 1 ! eas Economists conclude that be-jin private consumption within cause of this, the slackening pace in some of the Continental expansion. The executive commission of the community formed by France, Germany, Italy and the WHITBY And DISTRICT Honored By Commission | Presentations were made tojalso said "He will be remem- retiring Public Utilities Com-|bered when the rest of us are mission Engineer Herbert L./forgotten." : : Pringle on Thursday when he| After the Commission's pres- retired after 27 years servicejentations were made by Com-| with the Commission. Mr.|missioner James Ross and the] Pringle received a gold watch|PUC. employees' presentation} and a leather handbag for Mrs.;made Mr. Pringle expressed) Pringle from the Commissionjhis thanks and said without the| and a transistor radio from the\help of the employees he could} Kinsmen Plan | $25 Per Plate Service Dinner By CLIFF GORDON The Kinsmen Club of Whitby PUC employees. Commissioner said that Mr. served, the PUC, Oscar Moore Pringle had} the town of Whitby and the citizens faithfully,and the association had been a} and well, Mr. Pringle had ful-| filled a childhood ambition of becoming an engineer, Mr.| Moore said, and has regarded) the PUC office as something ofjCommission and in turn gave) a second home. The Pringle/his engineering instruments to) Grocery Store which belonged) to the retiring engineer's fa- ther was on the site now oc-| cupied by the PUC offices. | Mayor Stanley Martin said not have done very much, Mr.| Pringle went on to say that it had been a pleasure and 2 honor to work with the PUC very pleasant one Mr. Pringle' was also given the desk and chair that he has used in his years with the the PUC saying that he no long- er had a use for them. When asked how he would spend his "retirement Mr. Pringle said that he would go that Mr. Pringle has been con-jon with the family insurance nected with the town as iongjagency having done all his as he could remember and has|travelling when he was a young given good service. The Mayor man. Four In Running For Ont. A four-way battle looms this year for Ontario County's top office, that of Warden. The war- en for the 1962 council will be elected at county council's in- augural meeting on Jan. 16, at 2 p.in. in the county building at Wiutby. Unofficially, four reeves are in the running: John McCrorie, of Beaverton, Earl Dowswell, of Uxpndge Township, Sherman Scott, of Pickering Township, and Patrick Sheehan, of the town of Ajax. If all four are nominated and an eiection is necessary, the new warden will be elected by open bailot. Each member of the council is asked by County Clerk William Manning, who will pre- side over this. election, for whom he casts his vote. Each ONA Club Holds Annual Election By MRS. OLGA HILL BLACKSTOCK The De- cember meeting of the ONA Club at the home of Mrs. Jean Warden member will rise and announce his favored candidate. The vote continues until one candidate emerges with a clear majority. Beaverton village has not been represented by. the county war- den since 1944, when the late Dr ©. J. Devine was elected warden. The last warden from Uxbridge Township was John Rae who was elected in 1946, Pickering Township's last war- den was William Westney, elect- ed 'n 1949. "jax, one of the newest municipalities in the county, has never been given the honor of being the home of the. warden. The late John Mills, the town's first reeve, contested the seat unsuccessfully a few years ago. Mr. Sheehan, last year deputy- reeve, moved up to the reeve's chair at the last election and at the tast meeting of county coun- cil set it be known that he would seek the warden's office. {n the coming days, the candi- dates for this office will be doing their campaigning, if any, among the reeves and deputy- reeve of the county. Unlike can- didates in any other election, they will be pretty sure before held its final meeting of 1961 at} |the Spruce Villa on Tuesday N/night, President Jack Robertson |was in the chair. | The meeting was short and to} the point, with mostly com-| jmittee reports being read and |not too much in the line of new) |business. the biggest report came from} |Kin Bob Taylor who is chairing) |tle big $25 per plate dinner} |which the Kinsmen club plans \for Feb, 14 to be held at the St. jJonn s Hall. The Kinsmen Club) which is very active in service| % |work has this as a way of mak-| ing money for their many char-| itable causes. There will be a} tremendous prize for the lucky ticket holder. Anyone interested ine attending can contact Mr.! Tayior or any member of the| Kisysmen Club, .including your: truly. | tin Max Hampson reported on} to: pass along a big vote of thanks to the gent who wore the] big whiskers and the wonderful} |merchants who donated gifts for the party, So on behalf of the| Kinsmen Club of Whitby we would like to wish everyone in Whitby and surrounding district a bright and prosperous New Year. WHITBY the Christmas party and wished|?* of production and exports con-) s/Pected to be up by at least six {per cent for 1961 over 1960. Dur- {ing the two previous years, the lyear-to-year rate of growth was Benelux countries feels the re- duction in the tempo of expan- sion is "attributable only to a very small extent to a slower growth of demand." "Nonetheless tendencies in this direction made themselves felt in particular branches--of more or less importance accord- ing to country," the commission said in its latest study. "Physical limitations were by far the most important factor in this hesitant advance: the more acute shortages of man- power and the full use already being made of available capac- ity in certain member coun- tries." PRODUCTION UP Despite the slowdown, produc- tion in the six nations is ex- roughly eight per cent. The Continental countries are looking to improved economic conditions in the United States and Canada and to an increase the community to maintain over-all demand for their pro-| countries may be only ajducts during the coming year. {fit state to join the Common breather before another round of| The expansion of production 'n West Germany and The Nether- lands will be handicapped by la- bor shortages and by the fact that practically all factories are operating at near-capacity. In France, Italy and Belgium production and exports contin- ue to grow, although the expan- sion in Belgium was described as only on a "modest scale." The current trends on the eco- nomic scene have been accom- panied by a general increase in the money people have spent. Rising wages and shorter work weeks were the rule, rather than the exception, on the Continent. European Expansion Pace Begins To Lag This is a sharp contrast to developments in Britain. Last|By MRS. ARTHUR ELLIOTT July Chancellor of the Exche-) quer Selwyn Lloyd launched an} austerity drive to deal with the} nation's economic crisis. This Christmas Pageant, presented by pupils and officers of the Sun- day School. program included an attempt to enforce a wage freeze and the imposition of sales taxes to re- duce consumption at home. The aim broadly was to make British exports more competi-/ tive in world markets and to provide a greater inducement to seek markets for goods abroad. The National Institute of Eco- nomic and Social Research, an independent study group, said in its latest report the July mea- sures were followed by a halt to the increase in the gross na- tional product. TREND CONTINUES The provisional trade figures for November showed exports still did not expand appreciably. Industrial production dipped and unemployment and vacancy fig- ures show that the demand for | labor. has been falling since» May. The current conditions have prompted some observers to question whether Britain is in a Market. "No one would want to give a quick reply," said one econo- mist writing in the National Provincial Bank Review. | "For if this country cannot hope to live with its Continental neighbors without hiding behind a protective blast wall, it will be equally unable to maintain its standard of living and its position in the world without the} tivity, was presented in seven jparts: The Prophecy, The An- nunciation, The Magnificant, The | Journey Visit to the Children, The Visit of the Wise Men. jdays was as follows: Hillier. 'Gail Stevenson, {son and Joyce Dennis. Teddy Hunter. angel of annunciation, Anne Goodwin. Ralph jland, Jim Prouse and Douglas \Batty. Little Shepherds -- Billy |Medland and Benny Acton. THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, December 29, 1961 §& Brooklin Pageant Has Seven Scenes BROOKLIN -- The Christian Education Hall of Brooklin Unit- ed Church was the scene of the The pageant, called the Na- to Bethlehem, The Message to the Shepherds, The The cast of characters attired in colorful costumes of Biblical 8. J. Angel Choir -- Sharon Walls, Linda Steven- The narrator, Rev, Heralds --Dick Agar and The Prohpets -- Ray Hodson, Principal characters -- Mary, ianne Crawford; Joseph, Milner; Elizabeth (Mary's sister), Gail Agar. The Shepherds -- John Med- The children -- pupils of John Men -- David Stanley, Alexan- der Alves and Alex. Blair; Herod, Ralph Thompson. Soloists -- Mrs. Kenneth Hollie day and Heather Ann Cooper; pianist, Mrs. Albert Cooper. The CGIT Choir of Brooklin United Church, directed by Mrs. Kenneth Holliday, presented the musical numbers, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen; 0 Come Em- manuel; In the Bleak Mid- Winter; O Little Town of Bethle- hem; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Come, All Ye Faith. ful; Silent Night, Holy Night. During the portrayal of The Annunciation, Mrs. Albert Coop- er played as a piano solo the beautiful aria Ave Maria. During the scene, The Mes- sage to the Shepherds, a vocal solo, The Lord's My Shepherd, was sung by Mrs. Kenneth Holli- lay; a solo, Infani Holy, was sung by Heather Ann Cooper. At the conclusion of the page- ant, the Angel Choir and CGIT Choristers sang the carol O Come, All Ye Faithfm., The service closed with Silent Night. Holy Night and during the singing the the last stanza, the church lights were dimmed and a blue spotlight from the gallery circled around Mary, Joseph and the Babe in the manger. |Medland's class. Three Wise Duplicate Bridge Awards Presented proposed merger with Europe. "If we are not strong enough for one road we are going to be too feeble for the other; what needs to be done to ensure suc- cess is the same in both cases," By MRS. ARTHUR ELLIOTT PBROOKLIN -- The annual Christmas party of Brooklin Dupitcate Bridge Club was held By A. R. HUBBARD BURKETON -- A sale of used clothing and other articles will Thursday, January 4 at 8 p.m. The United Church Women's inaugural service will be held in Enniskillen Church on Sun- day, January 7. The Christmas school concert was held on Monday evening, December 18 with a full house. Santa Claus arrived with pres- ents and candy. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Smith and family spent Christmas with relatives in Smiths Falls. Mrs. Greta Bailey is spending Christmas with relatives in Toronto. Enniskillen Plans on Wednesday evening, Decem- ber 20 in the Township Hall. Mrs Walter Waddell was the winner of the turkey draw. Mrs M. R. Clarke, and William Cox, Oshawa, were the winners 115; Growth Of UCW be held in the church hall on I Mrs. B. Breck has returned home to spend Christmas with Dr. .and Mrs. W. G. Breck and family, Kingston. Mrs. Jean Abrams spent Christmas with her daughter in Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. William Walker and Mary Lou, Montreal, are spending Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. H. Woodward and) family. | Our Christmas services were fairly well attended in the | of the open pair championship gauie with a score of 175% Patterson Trophy. points and were awarded the Mr. Cox also won the club ing the highest score over a five week period. The remainder of the evening was spent in a series of games with winners as follows: North and South -- A. W. Bishop; D, W. Unger, 128%; Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Holliday, 122; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Heron, Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Jackson, 111. East and West -- Mrs. M. R, Clarke, William Cox, 147; Mrs. S Sheridan, Mrs. R. Drew, 132; John Miller, Ted Herop, 115; Mr. and Mrs. John Good- championship trophy for gain- win, 113. Youngsters Show Seasonal By MRS. OLGA HILL BLACKSTOCK -- The United morning. Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Turnbull and family are spending Christ- mas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Eric Simpson and family, Willowdale, Church decorated in keeping with the season, was filled for both Christmas services on Sun- day. In the morning the choir sang the anthem, Star of the Night, and Rev. Romeril chose Maple Grove H-S This Christmas picture of Mark Francis, 14 month-old- son of Mr, and Mrs. Frank Kapuscinski of Whitby, re flects that Santa was good to the boy. Mark's grandparents - SANTA WAS GOOD Award P By MRS. HARRY FREEMAN MAPLE GROVE -- Mrs. L. H. Coates, Brantford, Mrs. Dan Coates and son Byron, Port Credit were callers on their cousins Mrs. L. C. Snowden, and Bob and Mr. and Mrs. H. G. are Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kapuscinski of Whitby and Mr Clayton Wallace of Camp- bellford. --Photo by Ireland Studio DAY-BY-DAY SCHOOL OPENING Whitby parents of school age} children will know for sure| when the Christmas and New| |Year holidays are over. Wednesday, Jan. 3, the dren will be back at school when Whitby's High and Public Schools begin their spring term. From then, mothers will have a children-free week-day until the Easter vacation INAUGURAL MEETING Whitby council will hold its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 2, at 11 a.m. At this time, Mayor Stanley Martin will de- On chil | UNITED NATIONS (CP) -- |Bombs, bonds and food were |Canada's main interests at the 16th United Nations General As- sembly which will resume ses- sions Jan. 15 after a Christmas recess Canada was a moving force in getting through the assembly | peri liver his inaugural address and| year food program for utilizing other members of council will|the surplus supplies of fortu- speak briefly. In the evening, at| nate Canada's Major 's Interests a resolution aiming at an ex- mental $100,000,000 three. countnes to aid those McLaughlin recently was in the|J2". 16 just how they will rate.|8 o'clock, council meets again| With hungry populations. form of a Christmas party.| There were 22 members pres-/ ent. The nominating committee presented the slate of officers for 1962 as follows: President, Mrs. Ruby Van Camp; secre-| tary, Mrs. Joan Graham; treas-dian companies will be exhibit-| jing at the London Boat Show in| Mr ; Mrs. Elaine Bailey acted as|January. Products will range|Bride, of St. Thomas, and Mr.| Santa Claus for the exchange of|/from aluminum car-top dinghies|and Mrs. C. H. McBride and} urer, Mrs. Dolly Lee. | ' gifts. A 1eeve who pledges support for a candidate during the campaign would have to renege publicly if ne changed his mind. CANADIAN EXHIBITS LONDON (CP)--Twenty Cana- to four-berth cabin cruisers. BROCK Evenings Shows 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. Covent Scot eng METROCOLOR THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF for the first busines | 1962. S meeting of WHITBY PERSONALS and Mrs. | G, c son Robert, of Peterborough, jspent Christmas with their mother, Mrs. W. E. McBride, |of High street Mrs. A. C. Worthington, of 141 Perry street, Whitby, is re- | covering in the Oshawa General | Hospital following surgery. Her. many friends wish her a speedy |recovery. Holiday guests at the home of |Mr. Cecil Bradley were Staff |Sgt. George and Mrs. Bradley, j ||Linda and Gary, of Barrie, Mr. jand Mrs. Howard Bradley' and Susan, of Bowmanville, Mr. \Eric Bradley, Mrs. Irene 'Was- nick, Mr. Ed. Wasnick and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Norton, of Hamilton, Miss Sharon Brad- ley, of Kingston, Mr. William Bradley, of Belleville, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Moore, Bev and | Shirley, of Whitby. ARAB SETTLEMENTS JERUSALEM (AP) -- The | _Canada also took the initia- tive in supporting a resolution for global study of radiation }with the idea of producing radioactive data like weather | reports. This, in the spirit of the reso- lution, would be achieved by jcollecting information through jthe facilities of the World Me- teorological Organization ~ and publishing it |lapse of the UN was perhaps |the most serious problem fac- jing the 16th assembly and Can- ada co-sponsored a_ resolution providing for a $200,000,000 bond issue as proposed by Acting Secretary-General U Thant. |KEEP UN GOING The bonds are to be bought by governments and other non- private groups as a temporary |measure to keep the world or- | ganization going despite the re- |fusal of the Soviet bloc and some other countries to pay |their assessments for peace- keeping operations. External Affairs Minister |Howard Green said at the out- |set of the session in mid-Sep- tember that the main issue fac ing the world body from the |Canadian point of view was | disarmament | The United States and the Soviet Union finally reached agreement in bilateral conversa- tions on a disarmament nego- Freeman. Heartiest congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Stevens, who on Wednesday, Dec. 27, celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stevens, and Debbie, and Charles are At UN with Mr. and Mrs. Hendsbee. and other members of the fam- ily: spent Christmas: with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Gilbank and family, Orono. Weston, were visitors with her parents, Mr. iS} as the subject for his sermon He Is Here. In the evening a carol serv- ice was held at which the Nestleton Junior Choir sang two lovely carols. Mrs, Phyllis Sin- clair sang a solo. The Primary department of Blackstock Sunday School sang two Christmas songs. The Hi-C sang a carol and the Senior Choir sang the anthem, Nazareth. These were inter- spersed by scripture passages and short stories by the pastor and congregational singing of carols. There was also a good attend- ance at Sunday School following the morning service when gifts were distributed to Junior mem- bers. There was also a splendid at- tendance at the morning service ennants and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Proulx, Oshawa, Mr. and Mrs. Hurbet Proulx, Oakwood, Mr. and Mrs. John Proulx, Oshawa Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davidson, and Mrs. Allin nowden. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Castle. and} Pageant morning. The decorations forme ed a nice setting for the serve ices. Canon Ashmore preached a fine sermon on The Birth of Jesus. In the afternoon, the congre- gation was larger when an ine a pageant was present- ed. This commenced with the Christmas Story presented by Shepherds, Wise Men, Joseph, Mary and the Babe, and led on to means by which we may bring our gifts to Jesus today. In this part, a member of the Boys' League, the Girls' Aux. iliary, Girl Guides, Brownies, Scouts, Cubs and two members of the Junior Choir told of ways of rendering help and kindness at home and to neighbors. This service was followed by distribution of gifts from the tree to Sunday School pupils. CHECK TOURING SANTIAGO, Chile (AP)--Con- gress is considering a bill to im- pose a tax on each trip abroad, to- discourage Chilean tourists Canada also remains a mem- ber of an East-West committee designed to investigate the peaceful uses of outer space. This also was described as an important Canadian project al- though the measure of agree- ment between the two major powers in space -- the United boys, Peterborough were Boxin spending vital foreign exchange. spending a few days in Nassau. The Home and School Asso- ciation meeting and Christmas Party was held on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Mrs. Coles won the at- tendance pennant for the west school. Mr. Lewis' room won the pennant for the East School. The program consisted of Mrs. Snowden and Bob. Oshawa and Mr. Blin St. *s church Sunda; Day visitors with Mrs. L. C. Be A Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Plummer, Port Hope, Mr. Gordon Plum- mer, Sarnia; Miss Mayne, To- ronto; Mr. and. Mrs. Owe Nicholas, Bowmanville; Mrs. Glenneth Clark, and family, | Oliver Hold-| Moffatt's room of Grades 1 and 2 sang two Christmas songs ac- companied by their teacher. Miss Blakely's room put on a play called The Indian's Version of Christmas. Mrs. Coles' room States and the Soviet Union-- was only formal. AGAINST H-TESTS Canada took a leading part jin getting through an almost-| junanimous resolution pleading sented a play entitled Fur with the Soviet Union not to PA atiga ~~ The danger of financial col-| | plode the most powerful H-| | bomb yet known. But the Krem-| jlin went ahead with its plans | anyway. The Soviet Union's main com- |Plaint against Canada in this as jin other sessions was that it jsided with the North Atlantic | Treaty Organization, of which |Canada is a member. But in this session Canada bolted NATO and joined in an overwhelmingly successful vote --along with three Scandinavian NATO countries--on a_ ballot urging the formation of a "non- nuclear club." The aciton had political im- portance in Canada where the question of acceptance of United States nuclear weapons under NATO auspices has not been finally decided. FAVORED THANT Canada, as a country with a contingent in the UN Congo Force and in the Emergency Force in the Middle East, sat in the UN councils on these af- Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ewing and son David, Seven Islands, Que- bec, are visiting with her par- ents Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Snow- den and other members of the Mrs. Wm. Laird as organist. stock, Dartmouth, N.S., were) Christmas guests with Mr, and| Mrs, Stephen Jeffery. A good congregation attended Sunday evening to. enjoy the Candle Light service which was |presented by the choir and con-| ducted by Mr. Doug Chute with! Several Christmas ane were rendered by the choir with Mrs. Ted Hoar, Mrs. C. Russel and Mrs, T. Dickson as soloists. family. Mrs. 'Rob Jarvie recently visit- ed her sister, Mrs. C. Burgess, Peterborough. Mr. and Mrs. Henry De Mille \1867. ALASKA STATION . Haines in southeast Alaska be- gan as a fur trading post in USED 5 1.97 KATES Plus Your Exchange SPORTSMAN' CORNER 103-105 BYRON ST.SOUTH -- WHITBY and Craig and Pamelo, Oshawa, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hall, and/ Mary, Rexdale, Mr. and .Mrs.| Tom McSpadden, Toronto and Miss M. Leiper, Rexdale, spent Christmas day with Mr. and) Mrs. T. McGuirk. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Langille, issue of Red China's member- ship in the UN for another year--after the first formal de- bate on this subject. 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