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She Oshawa Gunes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1965---PAGE 4 Time For Elimination Of Railway One of the problems to which the Oshawa city council should direct its attention is the danger to. the lives of its citizens created by the existence of three dangerous level crossings in the city. These are the railway crossings on Ritson road south, Park road south and Thorn- ton's road south. Not only do these carry a heavy volume of railway traffic, but they cut across thoroughfares on which automobile traffic is exceptionally heavy at certain times. of the day. Now that the Civic Auditorium on Thornton's road is now in operation, the rail- way crossing on that road will be- come just as much a traffic hazard as the other two mentioned. Oshawa has,now grown to have a population and a traffic density which makes it very hazardous to have these open railway crossings on main traffic arteries. Ritson road and Park road are recognized . as connecting link roads between Highway 401 and Highway No. 2. Thornton's road will in future be Crossings in the same category as traffic to and from the civic auditorium builds up. : haeiee the times when workers are going to'and from the General Motors south plant, the traffic on Ritson and Park roads reaches saturation point. Passing trains multiply the congestion. The danger of accidents increases as the volume of automobile traffic grows. The only cure for this is the elimination of these dangerous level crossings by the building of subways under the railway tracks, or, if engineers feel it more practical, bridges over the railways. This is something to which the city council should give its atten- tion, Financial assistance towards removing these level crossings can be secured from the railways and the grade crossing fund, to keep the city's share of the cost to a min- imum. There should be action in this direction now, because the longer the delay the greater will be the cost -- and the danger of acci- dents, Outdoor Art Exhibitions An idea put forward by Mayor Philip Givens of Toronto to hold gutdoor art exhibitions on Sunday afternoons on the civic square in front of that city's new city hall has been approved by the Toronto Parks and Recreation Committee. These exhibitions would be restricted to amateur artists, who would have the opportunity of displaying of .. their work for the benefit of the public. There is a great deal of merit in this proposal., It recalls the very fine exhibitions of art which are held annually at the Victoria En- bankment overlooking the Thames in London, England, and also on Piccadilly along the railings of Green Park. These exhibitions were not only a source of great encour- agement to young and aspiring ar- tists, but gave great pleasure to the public, and were attended by thousands of people daily. The proposed art exhibitions at Toronto's new civic square would, it can be assumed, follow the same pattern as these Exhibitions in London. We can think of no more appropriate use to which the square could be put than for such dis- plays of the art work of the young people of Toronto and the surround. ing district. The idea opens up wide possibilities for helping these young artists .to present to the public examples of the kind of work which is being developed in Toronto. With encouragement and support, these exhibitions in time might be- come just as successful and attrac- tive to the public as are their coun- terparts in old London. Clear Case For Court Prime Minister Pearson . has thrown a dispute between the fed- eral government and the provinces into the hands of the Supreme Court of Canada, which has been asked to give a decision as to who owns the offshore mineral rights along the coastlines of Canada. This is a matter of grave concern to all the Canadian provinces with the exception of Alberta and Saskat- chewan, which are landlocked and have no coastal rights to contest. All of the other eight provinces, how- ever, are concerned with this case, and they are not at all pleased with the federal government's decision to refer the case to the Supreme court for its ruling. These provinces would very much prefer to have the subject dealt with at a dominion-provincial con- ference, at which there could be a mutual agreement on, these off- shore mineral rights. At such a conference, however, political con- siderations would' weigh : very heavily in any agreement reached, A very fine point is at issue in this case, and it is much better that it should be adjudicated in the non- The Oshawa Sines T L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager t. J. 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They are concerned only about the mineral rights to the great amounts | of oil lying under the sea bed. Nova Scotia and British Columbia have therefore also begun to issue ex- ploration permits, which places oil companies in an impossible posi- tion of double licensing. Under these circumstances, the Supreme court is the right and pro- per place to have the case adjudi- cated and a decision given. To do otherwise would mean making it purely a political issue of a most contentious nature, Other Editors' Views BARBARISM (Hamilton Spectator) Recently we heard an elderly man reminisce about his early days in Africa and the shock of one culture meeting another. "Can you imagine," he said, "people so primitive that they love to eat the embro of birds and slices from the belly of certain animals? Then they grind up.grass seed and make it into a paste, burn it over a fire, then smear it with a greasy mess extracted from the mam- mary fluid of animals?" We shuddered at this barbarism. Then he went on, "What I've been describing is a breakfast of eggs and bacon with buttered toast." THE ULTIMATE TRIUMPH OF EVOLUTION CONTINENT ON THE MOVE Long-Range Research Is Planned For Arctic By JOHN E. BIRD OTTAWA (CP)--The lofty ice- capped island of Greenland in a geological sense may be mov- ing north past Ellesmere Island into the Canadian' Arctic at a rapid clip--about a centimetre a year. In an effort to confirm this theory, the Polar Continental Shelf Project of the department of mines and technical surveys has launched a long-range re- search project in co-operation with several other scientific bodies. The project -- expected to cover at least a 20-year period --will involve a series of pre- cise measurements in the sci- ences of geodesy, gravity, hy- drography and seismology. It represents another attempt to settle a two-century. argu- ment that the world's land mass oncé was a single conti- nent and that North aud South America have been sliding away from Europe and Africa for millions of years. Scientists have never been able to measure this suggested drift because of the 'great dis- tances separating these conii- nents. HoweYer, if there is such a thing as continental drift, Greenland at the time there was a single continent . must have been located beiween Scandinavia and northern Can- ada. On the assumption there is drift, Greenland should be slid- ing north past Ellesmere Island as North and South America and Europe and Africa continue to separate. The narrow chan- nel between the two islands of- fers scientists an opportunity to make precise measurements to test the theory of continental drift MADE SURVEY Dr. E. F. Roots, co-ordinator of the Polar Shelf Project,' said in an interview that the first objective of the new study is to determine the precise position of a number of points on Elles- mere Island in relation to the same number of positions on Greenland. Initial work on this phase was completed last summer by the Polar Shelf Project, the Geo- detic Survey of Canada, the transport department and the civil ehgineering department of the University. of New Bruns- wick. This consisted of a topograph- ical survey from 12 geodetic stations--six on Ellesmere Is- land and six on Greenland on either side of Robeson Channel. This channel separates the two islands near their most northerly extremities some 500 miles from the North Pole. It's about 18 miles wide and some 20 miles long, adjoining Ken- nedy Channel to the south and the Lincoln Sea to the north. Distances between the vari- ous geodetic stations were de- termined with geodimetres, in- struments which measure dis- tances with light waves. Use of this instrument was possible be- cause 'of the. narrow channel separating Ellesmere Island and Greenland. This information will be used during the next two years for establishing' permanent monu- ments or markers on the two is- lands. The monuments must be located on land which will not shift as a result of local geo- logical processes CHECK DISTANCES Once the permanent mortu- ments have been erected, the Geodetic Survey will use geo- dimeters to obtain the precise location of the monuments in relation to each other. These distances will be re-examined in Railway Travel Gains The revolution in travel, wrought by the invention of the airplane, is by now so. well accepted that it hardly bears discussion, Yet precisely in view of this, it is worth noting the begin- nings of what may be a counter-revolution, at least as far as Canada is concerned. In 1962, after 17 years of con- secutive decline, Canada's rail- roads began to show an_ in- crease in the number of pas- sengers carried. This reversal coincided with an ambitious passenger pro- motion program which the CNR put into effect in May, 1962. One cheering result has been annual increases in CNR pas- senger revenue. This year the jump will be 18 per cent--the highest since the Second World War. Almost a year and a half after the CNR promotion be- gan, the CPR established a sim- ilar program -- but with less successful results. CPR passenger revenue has dropped in the same period from a 1961 figure of $26,300,000 to $25,000,000 last year, It seems safe to assume that most of the passenger increase went to the CNR. Indeed, Cana- dian Pacific has been consistent- ly gloomy about the prospects for passenger service and has on more than one occasion forecast an end to rail passen- ger transportation. It is obvious that rail travel is not yet a dead issue in this country. Financial Times TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan, 14, 1965... British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D, Roosevell met at Casa- blanca, Morocco, 22 years ago today--in 1943--to draft plans for the furtherance of the Allies' war effort. Gen- erals Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle of France were also present. Plans were made for the invas- ion of Sicily and Presi- dent Roosevelt announced that "unconditional -- sur- render" would be demanded of the Axis powers. 1947--Canada was elected to the UN's. Economic and Social Council 1952--Nineteen men died in an underground gas ex- plosion in a Stellarton, N.S., mine, { First World. War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--French troops with- drew across the River Aisne east of Soissons, floods be- ing mainly _ responsible; Germans launched fierce at- tacks on Russian positions in East Poland; Swakop- - mund, chief port of German Southwest Africa, was oc- cupied by Union forces. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- Belgium ordered complete mobiliza- tion and The Netherlands ordered ail army leaves cancelled; Russian planes subjected Finland to the heaviest air raids of the war; eighteen Christian Front members in the U.S. were charged with plotting the overthrow of the U.S. government. 10 years and again in 20 years to determine whether Green- land is sliding past Ellesmere Island. Present plans also call for these measurements to be tied in with tidal studies to deter- mine whether the Greenland land mass is rising or falling as well as drifting. One way to do this would be to locate automatic tide gauges on the two islands in the Kob- eson Channel area to obtain precise sea levels. These meas- urements could be compared with levels to be obtained in 1976. Dr. Roots said other studies also indicate that Greenland js sliding past Ellesmere Island. A recent magnetic survey in this area showed abnormal var- jations in the earth's magnetic field. This may be caused by a mass of material below tha earth's crust which has a high temperature and is basically hon-magnetic. This suggests there might be a thinning or separation in the earth's crust between Green- laid and Ellesmere Is!and. Gravity readings also indicate that the material below Rob- eSon and Kennedy Channels has a density different from that un- der the islands. In addition, a study of earth- quake records shows no 2arth- quakes have originated in the two channels. There have been numerous earthquakes to the south in Baffin Bay and to the north in the Lincoln Sea. Earthquakes are created where there is resistance to the movement of crust or mantle material. Such resistance might not exist under the two chan- nels because the sliding move- ment of Greenland allows crust . and mantle material to adjust itself. MAC'S MUSINGS . As the sun rises higher And the days grow longer, And sometimes warmer, The feeling grows that In due time the dreary Record of winter will Have passed away and we Will be enjoying spring. Every year at this time That thought springs In the human breast, Because while winter May be welcomed in November and December By those who enjoy its Sports and recreation, To the average person It becomes very tiresome As the weeks wear on and The traditional chores of The winter season become More and more wearisome Yet each season has its Own proper place and we Doubt if many Canadians Would like to change the Order of the seasons, All of which bring Their good points And their disadvantages, But it is in keeping With all the vagaries of Human nature to wish At one season for the Conditions of another, So in the heat of summer We long for cool weather, And in winter's icy days We wish summer were here. But fortunately this Does not mean wishing For the unattainable Because in due course The seasons will change And we will be enjoying The kind of weather We wish we had now. --Jan. 14, 1965 OTTAWA REPORT Memories Pioneer Days By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--The City of «Prince Albert will celebrate its, 100th birthday next year-and when P.A. celebrates, it is a bang-up hospitable affair, and it would like all its family to come home for the party. I recently men- tioned the anniversary in this column, and asked former Prince Albertans to contact Bert Cowan, general manager '6° The Daily Herald of that city, who is active in the organ- ization of the centenary birth- day party. Many letters have already come in bringing names: Mrs. Helen Unyi (nee Basky) of Wel- land, Dr. W. A. Matheson of Fonthill, Mrs. Hazel' Rapin of Falconbridge, Mrs, Ben Well- wood of Victoria, Mrs. A. Koer- ber (I hope that is spelt cor- rectly?) of Preston, S. G. Lott of Sudbury, Mr. and Mrs, Al- bert Balfour of North Surrey, Mr. Dave Colgan of Lone Butte, Mr. and Mrs. C. May of New Westminster, and others. "It is only through the efforts of a few people like Bert Cowan that such.a program can get off the ground. I only hope some of his enthusiasm will rub off or others to help this project become a bang - up affair," writes S. G. Lott. YEAR OLDER THAN CANADA I hope enough enthusiasm will rub off to bring in. many more letters as interesting as that from Mrs. Wellwood, who "wrote in part: "T went to live in P.A, in 1913 with my husband Ben, who first went there from Winnipeg in 1907. He had great faith in the future of what at that time was known as The Western Prairie. Saskatoon was in its * infancy, but P.A. was an estab- lished centre--the Gateway to the Great North. Its location was strategic on the banks of the mighty Saskatchewan River ~--with possibility of abundant electric power. To the south and eastward, fertile farmland, QUEEN'S PARK Nursing Home Regulations By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- There has been some concern about nursing homes in the province, and some apparent confusion over who, if anybody, is responsible for con- trolling them. The control is yested in the local boards of health. And it's there because this is about the only practical place it could be. The confusion is present mainly because the provincial department of welfare sets out regulations for private nursing homes--and just has issued a tightened list. NOT ALL This department gets into the picture because it pays a major share of the cost of local wel- fare recipients who are placed in nursing homes. But this doesn't mean its reg- ulations apply to all homes. They only apply to those which take in welfare patients, And this is not by any means all of the 420 private nursing homes in the province. Of more than 7,000. residents in these homes less than 1,000 are welfare cases, YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO Jan, 14, 1950 The 1950 "Pop" concert sea- son. of the Oshawa Civic and Regimental Band was opened under the leadership of Lieut. J. M. Gayfer. A feature of the program was the use, for the first time, of the new chimes presented to the band by Col. R. S. McLaughlin and played by Bandmaster Chester Follest. Northminster United Church launched a campaign to raise $225,000 for erection of a new church on corner of Simcoe north and Arlington avenue. Jack Burch retired as presi- dent of Oshawa Branch 43, Ca- nadian Legion. Sid Brooks was elected to succeed him, 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 14, 1935 Ernie. Parsons, skip, H. C. Lander, R. R, Gay and H. Mori- son comprised a_ rink which reached the semi-finals for the R. S. McLaughlin Trophy in a bonspiel held at the Oshawa Curling. Club. ; A. H. Allin was appointed chairman of the Whitby Public Utilities Commission, The first cruiser built in Whit- by by the Canadian Boat Indus- tries Ltd., attracted much at- tention at the National Motor Show, Toronto, BIBLE "That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.' Deuteronomy 16:20. God's formula for real suc- cess is get right and do right. One is made possible through accepting Christ, the other through letting Christ - work through you. Of while the whispering of the mighty spruce and pine told cf what they could offer by way of a great lumber industry. This faith in Prince Alber"s possible future led my husband to invest quite heavily." Mrs. Wellwood related that her husband bought a tract of land north of the river; he formed a joint stock company to build the Empress Hotel; he encouraged the establishment of the creamery in which he held stock, and invested in the taun- dry; he launched extensive farming operations with grain, cattle and hogs in the Colliston and Kinistino areas; he an expedition to prospect the mineral wealth of Lac La Ronge. WAR! Then the first war broke out. As a member of the 29th Light Horse, Ben Wellwood at once volunteered for overseas serv- ice;, but General Kitchen, tne recruiting commander at Win- nipeg, told him: "Food will b2 one of the greatest contributions to the war effort--go back to farm at Kinistino." "The call had gone out-- War," wrote Mrs. Wellwood. 'And from far and near every able-bodied man came to P.A. Some of them on. homesteads simply turned loose their live- stock, locked their cabins, and walked the many miles to P.A." One day Ben. Wellwood burned more than 50 second mortgages unselfish thoughts today?) Such memories are indeed, as Mrs. Wellwood remarks, "pre- cious." There must be many more such memories of P.A.'s 99 years, memories of the mill days, of Queen Mary Public School and the Collegiate Insti- tute, of Pop Jorden's Business College, and of Princes who un- selfishly locked the cabin to answer the call to the colors, Please write your memories, your name and address and lo- cal interests, to Bert Cowan, all you from Prince Albert. The homes, of course, are pri- vate businesses. And they don't have to take anyone they don't want. And in most cases this means that they can't be forced to follow any set standards of care, The only practical standards that can be applied to them are that they be clean and sanitary and that they be safe against fire hazard. And only local boards of health have the background, the contact and the manpower to realistically enforce these. THE WOMEN Here are a few statistics: Of all the working women in Canada, nearly 40 per cent live in Ontario. There are 736,000 women workers in the province, and they make up 30 per' cent of the total labor force, : The age of the average work- ing woman is 37, and nearly a third are over. 45. Of them 59 out of 100 are mar- ried (surprise?), 33 are single, 6 are widowed, 1 is separated and 1 is divorced. These figures are taken from pamphlets put out by the women's bureau of the Ontario department of labor. The bureau has three pam- phlets: Women at Work, Who Are 'Ontario's Working Women? and How To Find the Job You Want. The bureau hasn't apparently given any thought to the male side of the working woman pic- ture. No pamphlets such as. How to Swallow TV Dinner While You're Fuming at the Mouth or Keep- ing Your Head with Baby While Ma's Getting One At The Saloon. PAPER MISSED? Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES OPINIONS OTHER DEMOCRATIC INEQUITY and ~ se by age such to the: ni la creating prob-. lems some fear threaten the very existence of the world or--- ganization. At the present time, the African states have 35 votes, and Africans; and Asians com--- ee ee a bined make up 60 v. out of total of 115 in the United Na-. tions General Assembly. Many of the new are. small or economically weak, contributing only a minute ; portion of the U.N. budget theoretically, it now that a two-third Assembly could be reco settle questions as im who should pay for ing, or the seating of ; ist China, by members: contrib- uting only five per cent of the budget. It is not likely, under these circumstances, that the United Nations would long remain workable, It is unthinkable that major powers would accept ma- jority decisions on such a basis, and although demands are again being heard for a weighted vote in the Assembly, based on a country's population and budget contribution, this seems impos- sible because any change in the UN charter would require ratifi- cation by two-thirs of the mem- bers. It would be a pity if the Unit- ed Nations were hamstrung by a "one-country-one-vote" system that was meant in the first place only to provide a basis for a fair and democratic expression of opinion for all members, re- gardless of size or wealth. (St, Thomas Times-Journal) UNDERSTANDABLE FEAR In World War II, an esti- mated 7.5 million servicemen of the Soviet Union were killed in action. That was the equivalent of one out of 22 of the 1940 pop- ulation. Of the other combatants only Germany suffered compar- able losses. Her 2,285,000 battle deaths were the equivalent of one in 25 of the 1940 population, By contrast, the 292,000 Ameri- can deaths were the equivalent of one in 450 of the 1940 popula- tion, Perhaps these figures go some slight distance toward explain- ing why the people of the Soviet Union still fear even a divided. Germany. --Louisville Times TOO FAR TOO SOON The Rev James R. Mutchmor has surpassed himself in his latest assault on the liquor in- terests. He is quoted as saying that "whenever liquor or beer is found in a car involved:in a highway accident, the quantity and the brand should be re- ported publicly." Such a practice could lead us a long way on the road from the sublime to the ridiculous, Why not a report, for instance, that would publicly expose the brand names Of the cars involv- ed in accidents? Or worse still, the religious affiliations of the drivers involv- ed in the accidents? -- Hamil ton Spectator, POINTED PARAGRAPHS The difference between Chris» tianity and Communism is largely that Christianity takes evil seriously -- Bryan Green, British evangelist. £28 feszee PS ea i Many a man gets drunk be- cause his friends do, as he couldn't stand them drunk if he were sober -- Woodstock Sen- tinel,. Review, Remember to leave a caf window at least partly open when driving in winter --for saftey's sake. RUBBER STAMPS Walmsley & Magill OFFICE EQUIP. LTD. 9 KING ST. E. OSHAWA 725-3506 cal condition and good eyesight. able. Ottawa, Ontario. SHIP'S PILOTS (SEASONAL) AREA: GREAT LAKES (Kingston Westward) Salary: Up to $1,425 per month An applicant must be a: Canadion citizen ond must have served os master on the Great Lakes while holding a certificate not lower than Master Steamship (Unlimited) Inland Waters; sotisfactory physi-+ Appointments may be made for service in the designated or un- designated waters as required with salaries up to $1425 per month. A list will be established from which future appointments in the Great Lakes oreo will be filled at the appropriate prevailing rate, Benefits include continuous employment during the navigation sea- son, reasonable travelling expenses in the course of duty, pension, sick and holiday leave; group hospital and surgical insurance avail- Apply by letter before January 25, T-SP-3, stating age, certificate held, and outline of experience te: Director of Adminstration & Personnel, Department of Transport, Those called to interview will be from farmer employers os to conduct and competency. 1965, quoting Competition required to present testimonials