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| abel | REE, permet: Ahe work done in 1883 by Nellie Thompson who had received this scrapbook as'a Christ- \ artistic mas gift are: Mrs. Alfred Vaughan (left) owner of the book, discovered by chance, and Mrs, Alex Ingram, who with a group of Whitby women are at- tempting to form a Whitby Historical Society. --Oshawa Times Photo J p telegram to E. H. been informed the Canada-U.S. more workers. George Burt, Canadian direc union, said Frid Homes decorated for Cen- tennial, like Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hanna's at 821 Mary St. N.. are becoming more common in the city and dis- trict. Mrs. Hanna, who de- signed the decoration before tor of the United Auto Workers' [ployment to a very ; ladditional Burt Seeks Meeting With GM President } A top UAW official says in a{ "Have been that General their present The telegram says the|unemployment in the minds of! changes will result in unem-|GM workers". substantial} Mr. Burt said there is a fear| Motors number of workers. By IDOLA SIMPSON of The Times Staff In 1883. a Whitby girl n Nellie Thompson received Christmas gift, covered scrap book. of a woman. Glued to the pages are ing cards, cards of the late Victorian pressed pansies beauty - loving amed asa a blue cloth- for many years for the insight it has given them into ,the life young visit- gifts and Christmas era, and many, many pictures of little children and animals. The album contains a certifi- cate from the Ontario School of Arts and three fine examples of her artistic ability. One of these This book is now in posses- is a drawing of a building be- sion of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred lieved to be a school in Whitby, Vaughan, 923 Byron St. N., Whitby who discovered it at an TEACHER auction sale. There is @ small yellow clip- They have treasured the book ping from a newspaper an- nouncing that Miss Thompson had been hired to teach at SS No. 1 Enniskillen and Clinton in 1893. Was it her first job? Is that why she kept the clipping? It will probably never be known, but it is known that she loved poetry. There were many pings of cheerful poetry: Through an article which ap- peared in The Times regarding clip. 1867 U 1967 the efforts made by Mrs. Alex Ingram and several others to form a Whitby Historical So- ciety, Mrs, Vaughan contacted Mrs. Ingram and invited her to see theif treasure. WHITBY GIRL'S 1883 SCRAPBOOK TREASURED It would be interesting to know if there is anyone whose parents might have gone to school to Miss Thompson. In- formation would be gratefully received by. Mrs. Ingram at 668-8683, COUNTY BOOK Another item of interest is a book written by J. E, Farewell, LLB, KC, entitled "County of Ontario". In the preface of his book he said: "The writer regrets that he had not more space at his dis- posal and trusts that imperfect as these notes are, they will and means to give their atten- tion to the important matter of collecting materials for a county history and that' steps will speedily be taken to estab- lish a county Historical Society to continue the work'. "Over half a century has passed since those words were written," says Mrs. Ingram. "Let us not wait another half century before doing something to preserve the history of the town of Whitby." An "open meeting" is being held Feb: 28 at 8 p.m. at the new Whitby centennial centre at which time a Whitby His- torical Society will be formed. She Oshawa Simes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY . 25, 1967 AJAX (Staff) -- A June elec- tion and victory for . Ontario South candidate Alban Ward was predicted by Ontario Lib- eral Leader Robert Nixon at aj Liberal nomination convention here Friday night. At the convention, Mr. Ward, | a 38-year-old Bay Ridges vice- |principal defeated Hugh O'Con- nell, a Whitby lawyer, to run in |the new constituency. | Mr. Nixon told the audience of over 300 that Ontario must implement a program to relieve local taxpayers of more of the cost of education. "We can't wait any longer," said Mr. Nixon, "we face a very real crisis in financing educa- tion in this province." The Liberal leader said the infored by Abe;The message calls for a meet- Walker,|Taylor, president of Local 222, president and general manager|UAW, of General Motors, that he has a further extensive changes production free trade auto pact is to cause facilities again due to ithe oper- unemployment for GM/Jation of the pact... ing "without. delay" between Mr. Walker and union officials because of "'our failure to ob- tain definite information from you or your government which would relieve appret i of |present inequitable system, under which property owners must pay most of the costs, is the root cause of much of On- tario's problems. "In some areas we housing crisis have a because local councils cannot develop nous-| ing projects because they can| not afford to build the schools} needed,"' he said. "High prop-} jerty taxes have forced some \farmers off the land: they have} jmade life more difficult - for! |many old age pensioners who jwant to live in their homes. Certainly this onerous system has led to great differences| among areas of the province in educational opportunity." TAXATION Mr. Nixon reminded the audi- ence that the Smith Committee on taxation had been appoint- ed in 1962. "Since then we have not heard a peep from them," he said. The Liberal leader said the report, when it finally arrives, may be useful in reforming other areas of provincial and municipal taxation. "When it comes to raising funds for education we know the problem and we know the June Election, Win - Predicted By Nixon government cannot hide behind the skirts of the taxation com- | mittee any longer."' "There is nothing except gov- jernment lethargy to prevent us \from taking action on 'educa- tion now,' said Robert Nixon. Mr. Nixon said that coupled with the reform in the financing of education must be close jexamination of school building costs. "Other countries have tackled this problem," he said. 'They build more flexible and cheap- er schools than we do because they have examined the cost of construction. Ontario's in this field have been puny, and that's giving it the benefit of the doubt." The Liberal leader said he was concerned with the rights of the individual and said that | jthe Conservative Government} has trampled on these sighs for the past 23 years. solution,"' said Mr. Nixon. "The of layoffs in Oshawa, St, Cath-| arines, Windsor and other GM '67 HOME DECORATION it was erected, used Christ- mas lights and a spotlight to highlight a set of three flags denoting Canada and _ its 100th =birthday. The door will remain decorated until after July 1. --Oshawa Times Photo ,inot recalled -- production centres. About 9,000 workers were laid off in Osh- awa last Thursday an are not expected to be recalled to work by GM until next Thursday. More than. 2,600. hourly-rated employees were laid off -- and last year in| Oshawa. Mr. Taylor said in an inter-! view yesterday (about the time]! Mr. Walker received the tele- gram the Acadian and Chevy II cars will be moved in NI duction from Oshawa to the United States for the 1968 model year. He could not estimate how many workers would be! dislocated by the change. GM has not issued any def-} mjinite statement ge the} future of the two model Rules Same says Drury OTTAWA (Special) -- The} Canada - United States' auto} pact appears to be interpreted 'differently. by the Canadian auto manufacturers, Michael Starr, MP for Ontario, said Friday. He questioned Industry Min- ister C. M. Drury about the matter in the Commons. this week and Mr. Drury said that all car makers had to abide by| the same rules, regulations and| order in council. Outside the House, Mr. Starr noted that while General Motors had laid off a large number of workers in Oshawa, Ford and Chrysler were appar- ently maintaining their employ- 'ment and even increasing it. | "The government says that, joverall employment in the in-| dustry has risen. If this is the case, why is it that only GM in Oshawa has been feeling the pinch and other companies are employing more people if they jare all interpreting the fact in jthe same way?" Mr. Starr lasked. | He said that some of the GM slack in Oshawa had been pick- ed up by the new plant at Ste. |Therese, Quebec, but this plant }only employed around 1,700 jpeople, far fewer than the num- ber laid off in Oshawa. {police that he |before reaching his car was ap- Historical articles are espe- cially interesting during Can- ada's Centennial year. As part of the Centennial observance here, The Times | proposes' to publish in regu- | lar and special Centennial | editions, historical articles submitted by non-profit clubs, associations and societies in Oshawa, Whitby and district. GROUP HISTORY ARTICLES - WELCOMED BY THE TIMES | Club secretaries or public relations chairmen are in- vited by The Times to write articles containing 300 to 400 words on the history of their organization. They should Bp phasize, .if possible, any Cen- tennial aspect of the group's history. The articles should be sent to The Times librarian, Mrs. R. Pleau. GM, Government Asked To Rebuild Benefit Fund OTTAWA -- General Motors or the federal government should rebuild a workers' bene- fit fund that has been slashed down to 40 per cent in value and may be empty by later this year, a union official says in a telegram to Labor Minister John Nicholson. Gordon Lambert, chairman of the national Canadian GM intra corporation council, says in a Friday telegram that the Sup- plementary Unemployment Be- nefits plan is so low it may not be sufficient to help thous- ands of Canadian GM auto wor- kers through this year's mod- el change - over period. City Resident Beaten, Robbed: An Oshawa man was beaten by* three men and robbed of $110 early Friday morning in the parking lot of a local hotel. Robert Raymond Martin, 39, lof 296 Cadillac Ave. S., told left hotel and proached by a youthful person who held out his hand. When Mr. Martin protested a fight en- sured during which two other men intervened and the three punched and kicked him, knock-|. ing him unconscious, he told police. When he recovered the men were gone and his wallet was rippped out of a rear trouser pocket. Model change - over is when the corporation shuts down pro- duction to prepare for manufac- turing of newer model cars and trucks. The telegram protests against workers having to draw on their SUB fund instead of the government - instituted' fund-- Transitional Assistance Bene- fits. A laid off Canadian auto worker can receive TAB only when he has finished drawing his maximum benefits share under SUB. Labor Minister Nicholson sai id| in the Commons yesterday the| government is still studying| possible changes in the reg tions relating to TAB. He was replying to ral Lewis (NDP York South) wh referred to the ican, | The telegram says: "The SUB plan has been depleted down o 40 per cent'? and the union is concerned about whether there will be "sufficient funds to take care of this year's mod- el change - over . . . of which the plan was meant for when negotiated 12 years ago." | The message says GM work- i' ers are being robbed and ex- ploited by the SUB plan because it substitutes for TAB 'We object to your office allowing Canadian citizens to be robbed of monies belonging to them A union official in Oshawa said today the fund has gone down below the $5,000,000 mark from a once - healthy $11,000,- 000 condition before GM started layoffs last year. | Workers' |select more than 100 committee- eral government," he * oe "can restore freedom of ac- tion." Asked after the meeting if he| expected the Liberals to form| he opposition in the next Leg-| islets Mr. Nixon said |didn't care who formed the op- position against his gov- ernment. Union Vote Interrupted | A biennial union election has | General Motors of Canada. vote is being held to men and alternates within the Oshawa division of the corpora- tion. But an unknown number of workers did not get the chance to cast ballots before being laid off. The GM slowdown, brought on by a strike in Mansfield, Ohio is not affecting voting. in the truck production division, or parts and service departments, About 3,000 men in those fields of work are remaining on the job during the layoff. The election started about two weeks ago and is expected to extend into the. middle of March. L 000 Attend Follets Show Close to 2,000 people attend- ed a performance of Les Feux Follets at the Oshawa Audit- orium Friday night. efforts cause others who have the time LIBERAL LEADER NIXON, ALBAN WARD «+. "Education Tax Burden Must Be Eased" 'Ward Outlines Campaign; 'Leave Of Absence From Job AJAX (Staff) -- Ontario South| He said he would fight hard The Liberal candidate sugges- siberal candidate Alban Ward/jfor legislation that would pro-|jted that immediate legislation 's ays he will take a leave of;tect the public interest Juring|was needed to revamp teacher labsence from his teaching po-jlabor - management disputes. programs and to adjust cure sition and campaign four nights|He explained that he was op-jriculum and teaching techniques a week and Saturday until the|posed to ex-partee injunctions|to accomodate modern educa- next election is over. Mr. Ward, vice - principal of|bargaining. As a teacher he the Sir John A. Macdonald pub-|said he was opposed to the|Mr. but would approve arbitrary|tional needs. At the nomination convention Ward was nominated by lic school in Bay Ridges, was|stand taken by the Quebec tea-|Pickering Township Prfincipal elected Liberal |the provincial riding at a nom-! ination convention ste ler s Senior school last/enable all then Ward is President of|dards, Ibeen partially interrupted by|the Liberal party of Ontario|crippling tax structure. the layoff Thursday of about|South and stated in his platform! Mr. 9,000 car production workers at|speech me by, that: The .Local 222, United Auto|and something you can candidate Mr. for|chers in their recent dispute. Ward said he Ward said he was inj|Pickering Township Elizabeth Phin. Dr. Claude Vi- wouldjpond received a large applause held at the/press for legislation that would/when he seconded the nomina- parts of Ontario to|tion. |maintain high educational stan- by revising the existing/ted by former Whitby Town- Hugh O'Connell was nomina- ship Reeve John Dryden and laywer, "A promise is favor of legislation to provide|/William Comerie seconded his jsomething you can hold me to/direct grants to townships with|nomination. judge 'serious |venue, imbalance between in- those who promise no-|dustrial and residential tax re-!Intyre was returning officer in thing usually give nothing". Whitby attorney Duncan' Mac- Ithe elegtion. Auditorium manager William Kurel said today some people} left after two or three numb- ers only to return shortly after | with their children. The company recieved five jcurlain calls from the audience and were called back for two enchores after their two hour performance. The costmes and lighting of the production, spon- sored by the Oshawa Kiwanis? Club, were described as "fan- tastic". The company is part of the Canadian Festival travelling ac- ross the country during Centen- nial year. "Les Feux Follets", will perform at EXPO '67 for two months during the summer. GOSSIP FROM ENGLAND In February, 1867, Sir about ms less diplomatic ac- eres tivities. The Feb. 13 issue of the Osh- awa Vindicator John A. MacDonald was in England hammering out the final details } of confederation, an issue which gadabout, there also were in- troduced many gossipy tidbits carried in Canadian News column an item riage. Meanwhile, inces. its there was domestic turbulence, on speculation of the possibility of the Prime Minister's mar- "The gossips persist in as- he had partici- pated in another marriage -- one between the Canadian prny- It proved to be a satis. factory union, but then as now nevertheless some The Canadian carried, in additi sipy, and speci the Canadian B merce, is about in Toronto. Abou limited to $1,000, paper reports that a new bank, ital was subscribed that week, says the paper. The capital was News column on to such gos- ulative items, One item ank of .Com- to be started t $150,000 cap- commented: newspaper i ,000, of which f $400,000 had to be subscribed before opening for business. worker who walked his sister had lawyer to sue every newspaper in the country which harshly of him. The Vindicator there is a bright prospect for IN 1867 NEWSPAPER Sir John Involved In Two Types Of Marriage ms tells of a Montreal into the Anot prompt ) was Closely followed in Canada. serting that the Honorable John news of tragedies, -politics, busi- local gas works, and not being area. Newspapers here reported A. Macdonald intends matri- ness and. other matters of gen- familiar with the operation, "The many events and details sur- mony before returning to Can- eral interest. turned on a cock which expell- Ton @ rounding Sir John A's activities ada," reports the newspaper. An Ottawa dispatch said that ed gas so quickly that before 'raised in England, especially those Indeed, in the latter part of the Duke of Buckingham may he could escape he was killed. concerned with confederation. 1867, Sir. John A. did marry be Canada's next Governor- MURDER However, Sir John A., being Susan Agnes Bernard, whom he General. A Rev. Mr. Babin who was somewhat of an imbiber and had met in England. In the same issue, the news- tried in Ottawa for murdering boys, instructed his spoke making "As nearly every There n Canada did so, lawyers everywhere." sue a challenge to those in the and breadth that we thought it might be well to challenge the Province' to beat. all over six weighing respectively 219, 220, 224, 220, 217, and 199 pounds, 1,300 pounds." to indic: accepted, her interesting matter ed this newspaper to is- re is a family near : Mil northwest of Toronto) on clay land' of length There are six feet high, an aggregate weight of tyn was no further report ate if the challenge was bear as its Mr. and Mrs. out front yard. A Bowmanville family is promoting Eskimo centennial Albert Mar- of RR 6 Bowmanville have erected a ice igloo and carved a polar of snow Here, on top of the igloo, is Mrs. Lee-Anne Sedman, culture project. snow and igloo was built, school on their children and . Eski- mos have been trampling : IGLOO NEAR BOWMANVILLE SPOTLIGHTS ESKIMO 219 Cordova Rd., Oshawa, who is the daugh- ter of Mr, and Mrs. Martyn. The Martyns have travelled extensively to visit Eskimo villages and learn the cul- ture of the people. Since this madly around the Martyns' front yard to look over the replica of the kind of home you find in the cold north, Mrs, Martyn says the Eski- mos now use the igloo most- , ly as a bivouac means on hunting excursions. =--Oshawa Times Photo