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Obe Oshane Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1962 -- PAGE 6 Sanitation Problems In Unorganized Areas Hon. Wilfrid Spooner has a massive task before him in his new: job as minister of municipal affairs. Both the department and the act under which it functions are in desperate need of revision, reorganization and strengthening. One of the difficulties he must overcome is the apparent reluctance of one branch of the department to maintain liaison with another branch, and of the department itself to fit its operations into the pattern of other departments. We have the curious situation, for example, of the Ontario Water Resources Commission working to reduce or prevent pollution, while the community planning branch of the municipal affairs department continues to sanction the build-up of unorganized areas by approving ad- ditional subdivisions--a build-up that inevitably produces severe problems of sanitation and pollution. This was pointed out at this week's annual meeting of District 6 of the Ontario Public Health Association at Sudbury. Incorporation of unorgan- ized townsites where sanitation prob- lems exist because of indiscriminate planning was urged by the meeting, which adopted a resolution urging government departments to make every effort to encourage such muni- cipalities to incorporate when they are of sufficient size and population. W. C. Boyd, chief sanitary inspector for the Porcupine health unit, noted there were three municipalities in this category in his area where the popu- lation has grown to about, 1,000. But, he said, "'these people just don't want to organize." They were reluctant be- cause they were not prepared to pay the taxes necessary under a corporate body. Tom Elliott, past. president of the Canadian Institute of Sanitary Inspectors, added: "It seems pointless to take the attitude that because an approach to a solution is difficult, the situation will solve itself." The solution lies with the Depart- ment of Municipal Affairs -- a revi- talized department, capable of doing some fresh and progressive thinking. Hunting Restrictions Several county councils in Southern Ontario, apparently under pressure from the lands and forests depart- ment, have set dates for brief deer seasons in their areas. But in most of those countries the hunters will have difficulty finding land that is not posted with no-trespassing and no-hunting signs. And little wonder. Most hunters may be paragons of courtesy, consideration and careful- ness, but enough of them are such trigger-happy vandals that fewer and fewer farmers and property owners are willing to permit any sort of hunt- ing on their land. It is in Southern Ontario, of course, that the problem of hunter-farmer relations is most acute. The area south and west of Lake Simcoe may represent only five per cent of the total area of the province, but it con- tains more than 75 per cent of the population. The Fish and Wildlife Review of the lands. and forests de- partment contributes the under- statement of the year when it says: "Concentration of hunters and com- petition for game contributes to un- desirable and sometimes unsafe hunt- ing practices. Good manners and sportsmanship are sometimes forgot- ten... If there is one irresponsible individual or vandal within the bounds of a township, his acts may be suffi- cient to cause the local council to en- deavor to protect its residents by passing bylaw restricting hunting or the discharge of firearms." A footnote to that observation could be the comments of an official of the department following the open- ing day of the waterfowl season in Luther Marsh, near Hespeier: "Lands and Forests officers were disappoint- ed at the poor quality or complete absence of sportmanship exhibited by @ very large number of hunters. Hunters argued over possession of birds, some engaged in early hunting and the shooting of non-game birds, most frequently leaving dead or crip- pled non-game species where they fell. The number of court actions arising out of the opening day has not yet been tabulated but will likely be between 30 and 40." \ Canada's Contribution Canada's contribution to Asian countries is documented in a report on the operations of the Colombo Plan just issued by the British government information office. It shows that from the start of the Plan more than a dozen years ago, the Canadian gov- ernment has allocated a total of $313.3 million for capital aid, $70 million in special grants and $2.8 million in loans for the purchase of wheat. In 1959 the annual allocation was increased from $35 million to $50 million, at which figure it now stands. The report unfortunately does not give a detailed accounting of the spending of the $313 million, but there is an impressive list of major projects. Most of the money has gone to India, which has received $171,662,- 000. Pakistan is next on the list, with expenditures totalling $113,976,000. The other countries have had appre- ciably smaller amounts -- $18,458,000. to Ceylon, for example, and $4,505,- 000 to Malaya, $406,000 to South Vietnam, $167,000 to Cambodia, $60,- She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The ,Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times ee 1871) and the itby Gazette ond icle (established 1863), is published daily and ey. Coe excepted). ot C Association, The Canadian p Py Audit P fet of Circulation and the Ontario Provincial Osilies Asso- ciation. The C Press is 1 fo the use for republication of all news p Merten vd the paper crdited to it or to The Associated or Reuters, ge also the local news wublished pe oe All rights of special despatches are also Otticest Thomson Bullding, 425 University. Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES aman. by roca Aber P Tourton = Shes Er ike rt | a lbrecanon on, sib iflen, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Bicckersex, Manchester Pontypool and Newcastle, not over 45¢ per Dt cg mail ae of piirebg © outside corr livery creas per year Other Provinces ond ga Countries 15.00 USA, ond 4 ¥ 000 to Napal and $55,000 to Sin- gapore. In India, Canada has contributed substantially to hydro-electric pro- jects, the cost of a nuclear research reactor and Cobalt therapy units. We have supplied 120 steam locomotives, copper and aluminum for industrial purposes ($10,815,000 worth) and diesel generating sets for rural areas. Included in the assistance given to Pakistan are three electric power stations costing $12.7 million and a power distribution line at $6.7 million. An aerial survey of the country was made by Canadians, while $1.8 million was spent on a large irrigation scheme. A cement plant cost $6.75 million. But.the largest item, at $36 million, has been the Warsak multi- purpose development, combining elec- tric and industrial projects. All these projects come under the heading of capital assistance, which does not include the technicai assis- tance given by hundreds of Cana- dians sent to Colombo Plan countries as specialists, or the hundreds of stu- dents who have come to Canada for education and training. -- Other Editors' Views DRUG PRICE INQUIRY (Brantford Expositor) If the government were genuinely concerned to get to the bottom of the drug price mystery, wouid it have allowed the unconscionable dawdling that has gone on for nearly five years, and would it have acted at this moment to impose further delay while Canadians, many of them ill, elderly and with small means, continue to face big bills for drugs they must have? Cannot Ottawa for once place people before politics, o ar, TIPPING THE SCALES REPORT FROM U.K. Language Without Tears His Dream By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times EONDON -- A new and very unusual type of attraction, both for Britishers and visitors from other countries, is being planned for a site on the river Thames on the outskirts of London. Its planner, Christopher Sparks, a 31-year-old former regular army officer visualizes a "small Europe" close to London, built and organized on similar lines to the famed "Disneyland" in the United States. He has form- ed a company known as Lin- quavision, Limited, through which he envisages the ordinary people of Britain acquiring a knowledge of foreign languages in an interesting and pleasant way. Ability to use other lan- guages, he argues, should not be the exclusive privilege of the "A" stream in the country's schools. Mr. Sparks plans to establish his "'small Europe" on an island or on a stretch of land on the Thames. It will, in the first in- stance, be divided into four na- tions, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. YOUR HEALTH Earring Trouble The main feature of the estab- lishment will be that all objects used or seen in Linqualand -- the name he has chosen for the project -- would be labelled in French in the French part. For instance, a cup would be label- led "la tasse". In the German section everything will named in German, and the same principle will apply in the Italian and Spanish sections. By this method the visitor, by. the end of his or her visit, would take home a smattering of a foreign language, and no Eng- lish would be spoken by the couriers and staff. They would speak only in the language of their section. Mr. Sparks has expressed the hope that the British public will be fired with enthusiasm for this unusual opportunity of learning another language. His "travel abroad at home" plan is designed on similar lines to California's Disneyland, and he hopes also that his scheme will draw the attention of gov- ernmmentss travel agents and business people. NOVEL PLANNING There are some other novel features to the plan. A trip to f Linqualand will start at West- » minster Pier or some other em- . barkation point on the Thames. May Be Allergy By JOSEPH G..MOLNER, M.D Dear Dr. Molner: I have worn earrings for a number of. years without difficulty. How- ever now the backs of my ears break out, water, then scab over. It is very irritating and while it will heal in a few days with a salve, the trouble repeats it- self as soon as I wear earrings again, Several friends have the same trouble--M.JS This is not at all unusual. Many people are--or belatedly become -- allergic to various metals, including those used for jewelry. You may be. sensitive to one metal and not to another. Some experimenting may show what you can and cannot wear. Nickel, chrome plating and some other metals cause much trouble; silver and gold may cause less. Another possible answer -- aside from not wearing jewelry --is to have it lacquered so the metal can't touvh you. I don't guarantee results, but some- times this. works. Dear Dr. Molner: Enclosed is an ad for a "'bunion bandage." At my age (56) 1 have had bun- ions as long as I can remember. Would this contrivance gradu- ally restore my big toe to nor- mal position?--D.K. I'd say perhaps the gadget could 'restore your. big toe to normal position" in another fifty years. It is futile to expect some pa- » tent gadget to correct, quickly, a trouble that has been develop- ing for decades. The best way to get relief is to go to'a spec- ijalist, accept his judgment as to what is and isn't possible at this stage of the bunion, and follow his advice. His reputation TODAY IN HISTORY By TH ECANADIAN PRESS Nov. 2, 1962... Lord Tweedsmuir was sworn in as Governor-Gen- eral of Canada 27 years ago today--in 1935--and held the post until his death in Mont- real in 1940. The "'literary viceroy" had been well- known previously as author John Buchan, 'writer of best- selling novels such as The Thirty-Nine Steps and nu- merous other works. 1950 -- Author and play- wright Bernard Shaw died at age 94. 1947 -- Sugar rationing in Canada, instituted during the Second World War, was ended. depends on the number of peo- ple for whom he can give real help. He may have to charge you as much for an examina- tion as you would spend for some gadget or other. You may have to go to him for a number of visits. He may (in the case of bun- ions) tell you to get special shoes, or. he may say foot sur- gery is the easiest and surest way to solve a problem that has been bothering you for years. But he wants to get results! And you want results. So go to (or have your regular doctor re- fer you to) an orthopedic spec- ialist or a podiatrist. For you, the cheapest advice will be the most skilled advice- Dear Dr. Molner: I recently read that wine is permitted with meals for diabetics. True or false?--P.P.M. True for some people, false for others. This depends on the severity of the case: In genral, diabetics should not drink aloc- holic bverages. If your doctor, knowing your particular case, permits a little wine, then you may use it. I would not drink any without his approval. If he says no, then he means no. There, visitors would board a specially-chartered boat which would carry them to the site of the "small Europe'. Couriers would help the passengers to capture a cross-Channel atmos- phere on the journey up the river. Disembarking at the entrance, the public would be escorted through the "customs bureau" of whichever country they had planned to visit, and from there to a central tower -- a five storey building housing four res- taurants, one of each of the four countries. From the tower, the public will descend to the country of their choosing by ski-lift or other methods, and once at their destination will be free to roam around the attractively laid-out sector with a decidedly conti- nental atmosphere. There will be an opportunity to buy the goods of each of the four coun- tries, and a motion picture the- atre in each part will show travelogues. Mr. Sparks, who along with his German-born wife Aline, formulated the idea, said: "Linquavision is trying to pub- licize and awaken the British public to the languages and cus- toms of other people. We must get out of our insular way of thinking and take more interest in other people's languages." BY-GONE DAYS 35 YEARS AGO A spectacular fire in the Alger Block on King street east, which originated in the Biltmore Cafe, a damage of close to $100,- F. W. Thompson Oshawa druggist, was the winner of a Pontiac car given away as the grand prize at the Knights of Pythias carnival. Plans for the construction of a subway on Simcoe street south were under preparation by CNR engineers. Commandant and Mrs. Os- borne were appointed to. take charge of the Oshawa Corps of the Salvation Army, to succeed Adjutant and Mrs, Barclay, who were transferred to Kingston. Building permits for the first 10 months of 1927 reached a total of $4,475,900. East Whitby Council asked the Water Commissioner for a "water service to Westmount and North Oshawa, Two African geese, rare speci- mens in North America, ar- rived at the bird sanctuary of J. L. Morden, near Bowman- ville. The Oshawa Red Cross So- ciety presented a Union Jack and standard to the Oshawa Branch 43, Canadian Legion. Mrs. F- W. Cowan, president of the Red Cross, made the pre- sentation. The yield of apples for the Oshawa - Whitby - Newcastle district was 32,150 barrels as od with 64,300 barrels. in Rugby was being organized in the Oshawa public schools under the direction of a teacher of each school. A barn and farmhouse on the farm of Frank Richardson, Columbus, were destroyed by fire with a loss of $30,000. Work was started on the erec- tion of 15 more houses in the north end of the city under the General Motors ,Housing Scheme. William Gummow was elect- ed captain of the Oshawa Col- legiate Institute rugby team for the 1927 season. The captains of the rugby teams since 1923 were Allan Williams, Howard Adair, Scott Hubbell and Mur- ray Johnston. could not be lack of money READERS' VIEWS Better Support Urged For Cultural Activity On On behalf of the only remain- ing "live" musical entertain- ment by professional artists in Oshawa, I would be grateful if you would publish this letter in your paper. The object of this letter is to draw attention to the lack of support given to cultural efforts in our city in the hope that people will come to its sup- port In this prosperous city it and I doubt that it is lack of people who enjoy good music and entertainment, I wonder if it has become a fad to go to Toronto to .be entertained ? Many Oshawa people seem to feel that they have to go to Toronto to hear top-ranking artists. If Oshawa people would spend half of what it costs to drive to Toronto and have dinner and attend what is sometimes an unsatisfactory performance at O'Keefe Centre, we could, in a matter of two or three years bring top artists to our own doorstep. The local Canadian Concert Association' has been sponsor- ing artists of high calibre for ll years, but the membership continues to decrease. During the past years, the Canadian Concert Associations in this area have brought art- ists such as John Vickers, who has been recently called the world's greatest tenor, Mau- reen Forrester who has been called the world's greatest con- tralto, James Milligan, Betty- Jean Hagen and Glenn Gould whose concerts and recordings are famous. From watching the downhill progress of several Oshawa cultural orgarizations it is evi- dent that several extremely fine cultural efforts have not re- be ceived the support that they deserved. The Oshawa Canadian Con- "she was a cert Association, which has brought so many fine artists here in the past, urgently needs the support of our peo- ple if it is to continue. Mem- berships can be purchased this week for a first-class and high- ly entertaining series. For in- stance, there "* pr eneeigy an excellent concert pianist in an all-Chopin program including the famous Polonaise, waltzes, mazurkas and nocturnes. In Heidelburg they rted that ed inter- preter of Chopin. In Beyreuth, a centre of great festivals, it was reported "Her recital should marked as an enrichment of the Bayreuth musical life!" These are true comments and not those. of publicity men. In the same series, there is Frederick Geoghegan, a bril- liant concert organist who suc- ceeds in making organ music exciting and not the dull affair that it often is. He is a talented humorist and many of his con- certs turn into hilarious affairs plus genuinely satisfying musi- cal performances. In addition to these, there is the Canadian Opera Company in Mozart's comic opera, "Cosi Fan Tutti" or "School for Lovers." All of the above for five dollars -- a rare entertainment bargain. The entire series for less than an evening in Toronto. Live concerts beat canned music. TV and movies are not a satisfactory substitute for the thrill of being in the actual presence of a fine performer. Live performances of great music are rewarding experi- ences. It is indeed regrettable that in a fine city such as Oshawa, a city of fine buildings, beau- tiful parks, good stores, good schools, good homes and pros- perity that the arts should find it difficult to survive. > WALLACE YOUNG. Oshawa. OTTAWA REPORT Capital Fearful Of Hard Winter By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The year 1962 will long be remembered sourly in central Canada as the year of the disappointing summer. And now, while I wrote this, there is as much snow on the ground as I have seen on several recent Christmas Days! : The last weekend of October brought this "unwelcome har- binger to our national capital. A sudden sharp drop in temper- ature dumped snow onto the ski slopes north of Ottawa on the Saturday, and the next day a thick white blanket fell over the city. "The snowfall was one of the largest Ottawa has ever known in October,"' I was told bythe weather-wise Mr. F, W. Baker, who operates the capital's old- est weather-recording office at the government's Central Ex- perimental Farm. "Since rec- ords were first kept in 1890, we have only known one heavier snowfall in October, and that was in 1933, when 8.5 inches heralded the toughest winter ever tabulated here." APPLE ORCHARDS LOST Old-timers in eastern Ontario still describe 1933-34 as the most destructive winter in' their memory, when farmers lost so many apple orchards after snow caught the apples on the trees. October snow is rare in Ot- tawa. There have only been measurable snowfalls in 20 per cent of the 72 winters since records were first kept, the in- formative Mr. Baker tells me So while the ski enthusiasts are rubbing their hands with glee--our capital boasts the ski club with the largest member- ship in the world--the students of meteorology recall 1933, and fear that»we may be facing a long rugged winter. While Ottawa had a disap- pointing summer, tourists re- turning from P.E.I. and the other Maritime provinces report that the weather was no help to the tourist industry there this year. But from the Prairies comes the good news of a bumper crop, so whatever the statistics there, they are irrele- vant in those happy circum- stances. Yet, despite the picture of a wet cold summer etched on Ot- tawans memories, the records kept at the airport here and those noted by Mr. Baker don't agree with common belief that 1962 was a significantly miser- able summer. But it was cer- tainly no sun-baked broiler. May and June were drier and sunnier than normal. But then, alas, when the tourist season began, the weather tapered off to give us a July and August even worse than in 1956, and quite unreliable as far as holi- day~-makers were concerned. Then the traditional Indian summer here fizzled out into a wet chilly season, when the leaves turned early, never lived up to the headlined scarlet glory we expect, and fell early. FLAMING JUNE, WET JULY In June, Ottawa enjoyed 263 hours of sunshine,' 15 hours above the normal. Then for the holiday season we dropped to 21 hours below normal in July for a total of 254 hours, and exact'y the same figure in August. June only saw six days with a meas- urable rainfall, but then we had umbrella weather, with 16 really wet days in July, and nine in August. The total rain- fall in those three months was an above-average 10.76 inches. "Its not the heat, its the hu- midity,"" complain those critics of Ottawa's summer who de- plore those rare but unforget- table summer days which give our capital such a. bad name. This year we had none. Only once did the mercury rise into the 90's: on July 8 it soared to 93, sandwiched between days when the maximum was 82 and 77. In contrast to this, most summers bring us several, days with temperatures up to or near 100. In June, our daily mean temperature was 64.4, in July it was 68.8 and in August 66.5, making it a below-normal sum- mer in heat. your photographic and reporting staff, who were at the camp on numerous occa. sions to report and photograph the various activities, Ealcovun'a! ae Cas imal 4 " Director. Yours truly, R. Summer Camp "tenant wa OPERATOR'S VIEW Dear Sir: Your recent comments about the "threat" development provincial parks and wilderness be areas have been distinctly un- fair to those who risk their money to provide tourists with decent accommodation and facilities, the resort operators. * An operator puts his life's savings into a motel or resort set-up, perhaps goes into debt heavily to improve his facili- ties, and then. along comes "big brother' government, clearing camp sites, digging wells, providing ano tables and offering all these services for.a few cents a. day. The private operator can't compete with this kind of cut-rate com. petition. What we are seeing is creep- ing Socialism outdoors. How would you like it if the govern- ment went into competition with you, using your own tax money to cut prices in your own busi- ness? The resort operator pays business and income taxes to enable his government to com- ptee with him and-maybe put him out of business. DISGUSTED OPERATOR. Lindsay : ELECTION VIEW Dear Sir: This is really a let- ter to the citizens of Oshawa, our city. There is soon to be an election, and what are we going to do about it ? Are we going to put the same Mayor, Council and Board of Education in again? They have raised our taxes and will likely do so again. What do they think the people of Oshawa are anyway, millionaires? As long as we have people governing our affairs who do not care how much they spend, especially the Board of Education, we can expect ever climbing taxes, when we have to pay for their big banquet, etc. So please, fellow citizens and tax payers, let's' get together and put someone in that cares for the ordinary person. We know they have to build schools, but do they have to be palaces? Some of the smartest men in our country went to the little red school house, in the coun try, without all the frills which are in our Oshawa schools. Let us hear what others think about our taxes. OSHAWA TAXPAYER Oshawa. HELP SOUGHT Dear Sir: I am a veteran in a TB hos- pital and taking a course in watch repairing. If any of your readers had any old clocks or watches that I could practice on, I would be very greatly pleased. JOE BENJAMIN Sana St. Joseph, St. Basile, N.B. QUEEN'S PARK Municipal Change Calls For Courage BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- In this day of great change, in government along with practically every- thing else, municipal govern- ment is very much in the trend, A system of local government which mostly goes back for a century or more has developed obvious weaknesses. Aside from secondary ques- tions, such as the moral obliga- tions of elected representatives, there are major matters such as the need for larger units of government--and the trend to the county system--the admin- istration of education costs and' Other key points which must be attended to. KEY MAN This period of change means that the minister of municipal affairs today is a man of great importance in the province. He must be the heart and spirit of the change- The government largely rests on his advice and the effective- ness and value of what is done largely rests with him. If he is a broad man with vision and courage broad and imaginative steps will be taken. If he happens to be a narrow or limited man the whole prov- ince can suffer.' GOOD MAN There can be reassurance that Hon, J.»S. Spooner is Ontario's new minister of municipal af- fairs. One can't say just how far Mr. Spooner's vision and cour- age extend. But one can say positively that he has them. He is not narrow. 'And as min- ister of lands and forests he has shown he is far from limited. JOB STARTED Mr. Spooner has a mammoth job in his new portfolio. He has one break in that the Hon. Fred Cass who immedi- ately preceded him was a good minister. Mr. Cass, in the portfolio a relatively short time, got the work " sgh geese igo Started. And. i @ good start. Mr- Spooner won't have to start out, as can happen in government, with his first big job to untangle the knots left by his predeces- sor. However he still has practi- cally the entire job to do. First of all he must build up a department. The department of municipal affairs today is critically short of bodies. He has to work out policy the key questions such as B og cation, the proper local govern- ment unit, regional planning and other issues. And quite probably he could land in the middle of a major . revision in the taxation struc- ture of all levels of government. HOW GOOD? Regarding Mr. Spooner one can say with certainty that he will do a good job. He is an able man, and has shown himself to be both intelli- ~ and -- e question is just how a job he will do. se Only time will show this, but one can say for now that On- tario would appear to be fortu- nate in its new minister of Mu- nicipal Affairs. jew, Used, Recondi Walzit & tizei OFFICE EQUIP. LTD. 9 KING E., OSHAWA 725-3506