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She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1965 -- PAGE 4 Inquiry Into Resignation Although the city council, by a vote 7 to 3, has accepted the resig- nation of Kevin Cahill as the city's director of operations, the last has not been heard of this matter. It is now assured that the charges which were made by Mr. Cahill in his letter of resignation of "lack of co-operation, deliberate opposi- tion and that he wi i passed, ignored and (given sibility without authdrity" the subject of further invektiga- tion. Whether this investigation will take the form an inquiry ordered by the provincia] minister of municipal, affairs, of a full- scale discussion of Mr. Cahill's charges at a special open meeting of the city council, remains to be decided. The initiative in bringing about an inquiry has been taken by John E. DeHart, president of the Lake Vista Ratepayers' Association, who will present to the minister a peti- tion bearing 65 signatures, asking for a full investigation into "imp- lied irregularities in the civic ad- Cahill's Assured | ministration which resulted in the resignation of Kevin C. Cahill, director of operations." Under the municipal act, the minister of municipal affairs may recommend to the Lieut.-Governor- in-Council that such an inquiry be held if he receives a petition signed by 50 or more ratepayers. This legislation, however, is only per- missive. It says that the minister "may" recommend an inquiry, so that he may also, if in his judg- ment think it proper, reject the plea made in the petition. The undertaking given by Mayor Gifford, that if the minister rejects the petition, he would call an open council meeting to investigate Mr. Cahill's charges, does ensure that in any event the whole matter will be aired, in public, ag it should be. The actions and good faith of cer- tain aldermen have been challenged, and it is right that they should be given an opportunity to defend themselves. On the other hand, it is also right that the public should know all the ramifications behind Mr. Cahill's resignation. Churchill's Memorial The Churchill Memorial Fund scheme which has been launched by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, should receive a massive volume of support from the countries involved. While more time might have been devoted to studies on the type of project to be chosen as a member to the wartime states- man and leader, the scheme which has been adopted will, nevertheless, meet with a generous response. The plan to provide travelling fellow- ships for individuals of merit de- signated by the five participating countries permitting them to travel. live and work in one of the other countries in a chosen field of ac- tivity, does have some appeal to the tmagination. It has been noted that this scheme will not conflict with other educational and training ventures which are already in existence. These include the Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme, the Common- wealth Press Union fellowship plan and the activities of the Thomson Foundation, all of which carry on projects which could be considered as runnning parallel to the Church- ill Memorial Fellowships. But the Churchill Fund project is much broader in its scope, so far as the selection of those to benefit from it is concerned, as it is intended that the fellowships will be open to men and women in any walk of life. While the five countries named are joining in the Churchill Fund appeal each of them will operate independently of the others, and will have complete autonomy in the use of the money which is sub- scribed. : The Canadian government has been fortunate in securing the ser- vices of the Hon. George A. Drew, former Canadian High Commis- sioner in London, as chairman for the Canadian appeal. It is thus as- sured of splendid leadership which should be a guarantee that the Canadian people will rally behind this worthy project. Case Of Discrimination Ontario's Attorney - General, Arthur Wishart, has introduced in the Legislature a bill which seems to impose unfair discrimination against the used car sales industry of the province, and also leaves the inference that there is a measure of dishonesty in the operation of this important business. This legislation will enable a civil servant to order the immediate cessation of used car advertising which he believes to be false, mis- leading or deceptive. The official to be given these powers of censor- ship will be the director of used car dealers and salesmen, a new post recently created in the attorney- general's department to regulate the used car industry. Perhaps there is a need for some regula- tion of this industry, but it is going much too far to give this official She Oshawa Simes T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. 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By mail in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12.00 per year. Other Pr: and Cor Countries 15.00, U.S.A, end foreign 24.00, the power of censorship of the in- dustry's advertising. As a Liberal member of the Legislature asked when the bill was introduced, "Why censor used car sales advertisements and not those for toothpaste, breakfast foods or soap." One could add to that list many other items on which high- pressure advertising is used, espe- cially on television. To pick out the used car sales advertising for spe- cial control is a measure of gross discrimination to which those en- gaged in the industry have every right, to take strong exception, The civil servant who will ad- minister this new legislation will have authority to issue orders that the advertising be discontinued. Penalties are provided only if the orders are disobeyed. This raises an interesting point. Will his orders be issued to the advertisers, or to the newspapers, or radio or televi- sion stations issuing the adver- tising? So there is a good deal more involved in this than appears on the subject and the government needs to do some serious second: thinking before proceeding further with this bill. Other Editors' Views MAMMOTH AIRPLANE (Guelph Mercury) A new kind of mammoth air plane is in the works that could reduce the round trip fares to Europe to $100 by 1970. Plans for: the aircraft, which could be the world's biggest, call for it to carry 125 tons of cargo, or up to 700 soldiers anywhere in the world in a matter of houra, EDUCATION'S GRAND OLD MAN Dr. A. E. O'Neill Will Still Keep Up Interest By BRIAN STEWART Dr. A. E. O'Neill says from now on he will fight for what he considers the city's educa- tional needs as a private citi- zen, Stepping down from Osh- awa's Board of Education last December after 40 years of active service in the city's edu- cation, he said he believed the time had passed when he could achieve anything on It. "TI think I can, and with much less expenditure of time and nervous strain, do far more off the board," he said. Increasingly over the past few years Dr, O'Neill said he has found himself in a minority as he strove to keep education- al costs down. He became recognized as what might be called, the "'conservative wing" of the board, complaining in meeting after meeting about 'frills,' which he feels need- lessly adorn the city's schools, BOOM PERIOD MUST END "T always felt, and still do," he says, "that the board's bud- get can be cut down without damaging education. I'm con- vinced this boom period we're in now must end soon, and we're going to find ourselves loaded with a system I doubt we can maintain." Above all, he says, he'd like to see the system s.mplified, so the board could either spend less -- or get more for its money, "We are just not getting that value for our money," he said recently, "too much is being wasted away. A_ good basic education is, strangely enough, the cheapest kind of educa- tion." "Perhaps," he said, "educa- tion is being smothered under an excess of good things. Some of these excesses which are get- ting out of hand include posh buildings, ludicrously expensive classrooms, teaching aids, sec- retarial help, small classes, and more free time and administra- tion help." NO EASY ANSWERS Throughout his years on the board he decried what he con- sidered easy answers to the problems of education. "I think we've lost sight of the long-term needs in the im- mediate possibilities of imple- menting the many innovations in education," he. said. "I am disturbed by the tendency to want, and even demand every- thing, instead of selecting the thngs which are most impor- tant." "Improvement in -education must move like an army over a broad front. You can't. settle for narrow, immediate aims." Beyond the struggles on the board, even Dr. O'Neill's strongest opponents agree that he is both the "Grand Old Man," and pioneer of the city's modern educational system. Born in Lindsay, Ont., Dr. O'Neill attended his first school, a primitive one-room log. cabin in Boscotesking, where he and his sister found they were the eld students who spoke Eng- ish. "If nothing else," he .said, the school gave me an under- standing of what it is to be a member of a minority . . . and 1 never forgot it." He began his long teaching career in Haileybury in 1912, shortly after he finished public and collegiate education in Lindsay. He returned g year later to head the history de- partment at the Lindsay Col- legiate Institute. SERVED IN WAR His teaching was interrupted during the First World War, when he served in France as a trench mortar gunner. Wound- ed near Bourbon Wood, he re- turned to service to see the last Allied advance of the war. in Mons. Once home, his career ad- vanced until he was invited to Oshawa to become principal of the Oshawa Collegiate in 1926. The only collegiate in the city at that time, it had: vocational and commercial departments and a total enrolment of 669 students. In 1928, with a rising school population, the board of educa- tion decided to put an addition on the building and add com- posite schools for home eco- nomics and industrial work. The renovated school was officially opened in 1930 as the Oshawa Collegiate and Voca- tional Institue. Both Dr. O'Neill and the school were soon to be plagued by an old curse--over- crowding. Built for a maximum capa- city of 1,050, the students soon exceeded that as the depres- sion hit-Canada and building DR. A. E. further additions became im- possible. Emergenc6h measures were introduced in the form of the shift system, and the work strain became so awesome two vice - principal posts were created for morning and after- noon. HECTIC YEARS Dr. O'Neill's most hectic years were yet to come, how- ever. During the war the school's. technical staff was THE TIMES PERSONALITY OF WEEK snapped up by the armed serv: ices, While the qualified teach- ing staff fell in numbers, by 1945 the school population was nearly 600 above capacity. Pressure was not relieved until 1950, when Central Col- legiate and Vocational Institute was built and Harrison Murphy, who had served as_vice-princi- pal under Dr. O'Neill, became its principal. For one year Dr. O'Neill acted as co-ordinating principal between the two col- legiates. He retired in 1951. Eight years later the schoo! he had worked so hard on to keep going under enormous stress was Officialiy named the O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Insti- tute. In 1928, a group of senior school teachers in Oshawa in- corporated an investment com- pany and made Dr O'Neill the president. One of the first in- vestment trusts in Canada, it has developed into the All Can- ada Investment Company Limit- ed with a Dominion charter, Stating with $100,000 in capital, it has grown to over $1 million, with members from coast to coast, HEADED FEDERATION Also during his years as prin- cipal, he was elected president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation in 1942, and was one of the founders of the Federation's Constitution. Four years ago hie was given an honorary Doctorate of Law at Queen's University, for his service to education in Ontario. Today. Dr. O'Neill has his office and living quarters crowded with thousands of books, pamphlets and peri- odicals. His ijibrary, which has been accumulating for decades, has books ranging from ancient history to modern plays. "T try to read everything,"' he said, "even not-so-good books. to keep up with what people are thinking and doing " Most of his time is spent TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 5, 1965 ,-.. Queen Victoria instituted the British Empire's most illustrious wartime decora- tion for bravery, 109 years ago today -- in 1858. The medal, worn proudly by ser- vicemen from _ countries throughout the Common- wealth today, was named after her -- the Victoria Cross. A 1920--King's College boys' school at Windsor, N.S., was destroyed by fire. 1954--The most northerly group of islands in Canada ser named Queen Elizabeth First World War Fifty years ago today-- in 1915 -- British, French and Russian governments agreed to pool their finan- cial resources; on the West- ern Front, Allied troops gained ground in the Ar- gonne after counter-attacks; German batteries were si- lenced south of Arras. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 -- British-India Viceroy Lord Linlithgow and Mohandas Gandhi were un- able to reach agreement on war and domestic matters; the Canadian Pacific freighter; Beaverburn, was torpedoed off the Irish coast. OTTAWA REPORT Pioneer Life On Prairies « By PATRICK NICHOLSON . OTTAWA -- The plans for the centenary celebrations at Prince Albert, Sask., have at- tracted interest all over Can- ada, especially among former residents and visitors. Through my mention of these plans in this column, I have received let- ters from a number of Prince Albertans, one of whom is Mrs. Clara Wellwood, now of Vic- * toria, B.C. O'NEILL working for the Ali Canada In- vestment Limited, and the still- ness of his office is continually broken by the ringing of tele- phones as members phone Dr: O'Neill for advice. A large -part of his activities, however, is likely to remain in education for some time to come. Any conversation with Dr. O'Neill soon turns to the problems of education in a mod- ern age. "IT don't know where I'll have an audience," he said recently, "and I know the powers that be on the board have no inten- tion of giving me my day in court." WAS MISREPRESENTED He maintains he was often misrepresented, during his yeans.on the board, as being against school construction. "In truth," he says now, "I've always wanted good substantial buildings that will last for 50 years, and I've said so -- but do we need all these frills?" Years of fighting a losing battle on the board tended to make one pessimistic, he said recently. "Especially when you'd see people' who at one time agreed with you taking another course which is more advantageous to them,"' he said. "We're losing the group of people who are prepared to stand by their convictions and not give them up.' What Dr. O'Neill wants to do {s to remain an effective force in the city's education which he, smore than any man, _ helped build. "As a private citizen," he said, 'I can write, I can speak, and I can in some cases oppose what I think is detrimental to education. And I can also speak in favor of, and promote: what 1 feel is good for education." The pace, he says, is too fast in education, the experiments and innovations too expensive and immediate. It's an exciting age, he says, but in all human progress Qgne must pause on plateaus to allow the mind, body and soul to catch up with triumphs over physical environ- ment. "People tell me that it will correct itself," he said, "but it won't, you know." Whatever the course of Osh- awa's education in future, it has not heard the last of Dr. O'Neill. In a different way, he will say, he has just begun to fight. POINTED PARAGRAPHS There is nothing wrong with a man standing on his dignity, so long as he has something on which to fal) back. The pies that mother used to make are not nearly so attrac- tive now in these days of pack- aged cake mixes and pre-fabri- cated fillings. I was a miner once and I like to strike as much as the next man. But we've got to grow up and mature a little bit. -- W. A. Boyle, President, United Mine Workers. BIBLE Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto His people Israel, accotding to all that He promised: there hath not failed one word of all His good prom- ise, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant. --1, Kings 8:56. God be praised for His un- failing faithfulness to all those who trust in Him! Nobody today can give a first-hand description 'of life in the Gateway to the North when it was founded in 1866; but Mrs. Wellwood has just sent me a charming letter in reply to my questions about life in Kinistino, 12 miles outside Prince Albert, half a century ago. 'You ask what sort of a house we lived in, what were our /amusements, how did we. keep warm in winter and cool in summer, what did we eat? Are people really interested?" I think people would be in- 'terested by her replies. WOLVES AT THE DOOR "Our dog, Gyp, fretted about the coyotes. In the house, even- ings; Gyp was restless, he seemed to sense the proximity of the wolves--they would come near the barn, and Gyp would whine and scrateh at the door until he was let out. Then he'd dash to the barn and such a menacing bark he would give. Next we would hear him scratching at the door to be let in, as the wolves would chase him right to the house, This per- formance was almost nightly during winter, and was our only 'outside entertainment'. "Our farm house was 16 x 20, with one room downstairs and two up. The plumbing was out- side. It was» warm in winter, with a wood heater and the cookstove, but unbearably hot in summer. The furniture was just essentials, one large kitchen cabinet (for style). The well water was not fit for human consumption, altho' the animals drank it and survived. In summer water was brought QUEEN'S PARK in two large barrels from a well three-quarters of a mile away; in winter each day we put one or more huge blocks of clean snow into a galvanized tank near the cookstove to melt." Mrs. Wellwood had been a schoolteacher at Saskatoon. She met her husband-to-be at. the provincial music festival held in Prince Albert in 1912. Her great- est thrill was when she cleared a space on the frozen kitchen window, and looked out to see "It--my piano" sitting in state on an old stoneboat on the frozen surface of Water Hen Lake, having been brought by her kind husband from P.A., where they had previously lived on 19th Street West. "Neither of us liked that street, we were neither up nor down, and we didn't like having '0 look up to see the southern horizon," OATMEAL AND HERALD I like stories about pianos, so I enjoyed the voyage of the stoneboat and the long process of thawing the piano gently in the farm house which it seemed to fill. My favourite piano story was told me by "Klondike Mike" Mahoney, who lived in Ottawa up till his death; he just carried a piano on his back up the Chilcoot Pass during the Klondike gold boom. "At least once a week we went to the village of Kinistino to get our supplies,' Mrs. Well- wood continued: "Flour (I learned the hard way how to make bread), kerosene, tea, coffee, sugar (very limited dur- ing the war) and the mail, oh yes don't forget the oatmeal; one learned to do many things with oatmeal. The evening after the return to the farm was really cosy. After a hot supper, dishes washed, baby in bed, we got out the Prince Albert Herald and the letters. No telephone, no radio, no TV--just ourselves inside a comfortable room, with the wolves and the wind howling outside,"' No space for more--thank you Mrs. Wellwood, your letter was most interesting. Public Needs Information By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- A young fresh- man member made quite a re- markable speech here in the throne speech debate. Twenty-nine-year-old -Gaston Demers, who came into the House as the PC member for Nickel Belt only last year, sec- onded the adoption of the speech, And he devoted a great deal of his address to the problem today of communications. This showed quite a measure of courage and considerable en- lightenment. Mr. Demers would know that a deep and complicated subject such as this would not' win many listeners in the House. Also that even though it dealt with its own function, it prob- ably wouldn't rate much atten- tion in the press. Which proved to be the case on both counts. NEEDS DISCUSSION However the member appar- ently felt that despite this the question is so important it should be talked about. And in this he was quite right. One of the important basic problems in the structure of our system of government today is the weakness of communica- tions. This system is rooted to free- YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 5, 1945 Fred G. James of Whitby, made his 21st blood donation at the Oshawa Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic. Oshawa's curlers, skipped by Dr. A. Harding and Eddie Good- man won the Globe and Mail Trophy for the local club, which was the first time in several years. Other members of the rinks were Milton Gay, Bill Young, Ben Ward, R. McIntosh, . H, Baldwin and. R. Flintoff. Announcement was made that Major Neil C. Fraser and Gnr. Earl J. Wilson were recognized for gallant and distinguished service in the field with awards of Mentions in Despatches ap- proved by His Majesty the King. 35 YEARS AGO Feb. 5, 1930 Miss Elizabeth MacWilliams, superintendent of the Oshawa General Hospital, announced that crowded conditions had become a major problem at the hospital and a new wing was necessary. Oshawa's new Children's Shel- ter on Centre street was open- ed for inspection at the annual meeting of the Children's Aid Society, presided over by H. P. Schell. Chief of Police Owen D, Friend, in his annual report, snowed a decrease of 32 per- cent in crimes in Oshawa dur- ing 1029, dom of choice. This is the main characteristic in which it differs from other systems. The system obviously can only be strong only if the people have the'in- formation on which to make a good choice. And today they are not get- ting good information. There are a number of reasons for this, among them the volume and. complexity of government news today, the space available in the press and other media, and the specialized background required for comptent transmis- sion and interpretation of this news. The fact is, however, that the communication of informa- tion on public affairs is not good. That Mr. Demers has the in- telligence to recognize this and had the courage to speak about it. (He could well have been letting himself in for criticism in the press) is a strong mark in his favor. I won't try and cover all the points he made. And he didn't come up with any proposed sol- utions, THOUGHT IMPRESSES But there was one thought he left which made a strong im- pression on the writer. This was an observation that in the communications media today there was little place for the voice of the moderate man. The trend to sensationalism has been such that the voice of mod- eration is neither printed, heard nor read. ' In one succinct paragraph, Mr. Demers noted this means it is increasingly difficult "to be for something, yet not against what seems to be the opposite." In other words you have to be all for or all against. There is no moderation, no middle road. And yet we know that few things are all right or all wrong. This dapper young French- Canadian who got a good grounding in public affairs as clerk of his home town of Chelmsford is a man to watch. SEPARATE STATE The Isle of Man, off the west coast of England, surrendered its rights to Britain 200 years ago, but still has its own Parlia- ment. OTHER OPINIONS USEFUL PROBING That Ontario Liberals have become more conscious of the responsibilities of opposition is apparent in the questioning at- titude adopted by Vernon Sing- er, Liberal critic of the Attor- ney-General's Department. Mr. Singer has submitted a list of 25 questions to Attorney-General Arthur Wishart, who will have to come up with satisfactory answers. We see nothing sinister about all this, and there is no sugges- tion that there has been any wrong-doing on the part of the Attorney - General's Depart- ment. But the questions are rea- sonable and the Liberals -- and the public -- have a right to the answers, In asking them, the Liberals are simply doing a job expected of them as the official opposition party, There has been too little of this kind of enquiry in the past. --St, Thomas Times-Journal THE WEAK WAY The old cry, "I was mis quoted," is scorned by news- paper veterans as the last re- fuge of a cornered politician. Reporters err sometimes, course, as do the people whose speeches they cover, But actual instances of misquotation are comparatively few. They are much rarer than are the claims of public men that their deathless oratory has been misinterpreted. In most cases they are quite accurately re- ported, their grammatical er- rors corrected, their cliches de- leted, their bumbling repetitions condensed, all in the interest of clarity. On seeing their words in print, however, some politi- cians realize the folly of their utterances. They take the weak way out, They blame the re- porters, --Guelph Mercury NEW PRICE PROBLEM What the majority of Cana- dians are concerned about is the price of an automotive vehicle. It may be a shortsighted atti- tude but it is understandable if they aren't too interested in the agreement unless it results in lower prices. The agreement may, and in- deed should, ultimately have this effect. But, as Mr. Todg- ham explains, the pattern of the agreement itself does not imply this in the immediate future. Windsor Star MAC'S MUSINGS There is no excuse in These stirring days for Any individual to make Complaint of being in That pitiable condition Which we call boredom. When people are bored They usually blame some External circumstances Which weigh on their lives And create that feeling Which makes life miserable, But they do not look At themselves to find That the real reasons for Boredom come from within And not from without. There is so much in the Life of today to stir up Interest in every type Of individual mind and So much that all can do By way of service to Community and friends That we often wonder How people could ever Find their lives to be Dull and uninteresting. People become bored when They take no interest In what is going on In the busy world that Lies all around them, And which gives life So. many varied facets That even if some are dull There are plenty of others To reflect sparkle and light Into the human mind, One can never be bored So long as there are Causes to be served, People to be visited, Friends to be helped, And a whole great world Of absorbing interest To read about and study, So when people complain They suffer from boredom It is usually 'because . Their minds are stultified And very. much self-centred, PAPER MISSED? . Call 723-3783 to 7 p.m. Circulation Dept. OSHAWA TIMES 725-3581 We guarantee the quality workmanship of our own Service staff. Why don't you trust your oil furnace to their care? On call 24 hours a day. Radio-dispatch- ed for fast, dependable service. Phone 725-3581 anytime -- day or night Lud ie KING STREET WEST, OSHAWA We,