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She Oshawa Zines 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company. Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher F.C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1947 Fine Focus Provided For Festivities In City This weekend will be a much quieter one in Oshawa than the last one. For those who participated in the Centennial program organized by the Oshawa Folk Festival happy memories of Canada's birthday par- ty will abound. And, with them, is certain to come the realization of the civic service rendered by the organization in providing such a fine focus for festivities here. The arranging of such a full and wide scope of activities represented a gigantic task in organization. Months of detailed preparation would be required to stage the week-long program. It' also re- quired the enthusiasm and co-oper- ation of hundreds of Oshawa citi- zens who willingly donated their time and talent to make the festival possible. To the majority of these ample compensation will come in the satisfaction of having had a part in the most significant celebration ever staged in their country. The Folk Festival this year was predominantly a fun time. There was the opportunity for enjoyment as spectators or as_ participants. The choices ranged from listening to the barbershoppers to baking a sponge cake. With perhaps the no- table exception of the appearance of Douglas Crosley the entertainers throughout the week were recruit- ed from amateur ranks, In this re- spect the Folk Festival provides yet audiences before which youngsters can gain poise through perform- ance. It is unfortunate that so few found it possible to attend the Cros- ley show. The former Oshawan proved a personable young man pre- senting a highly professional per- formance not bothered at all by those rows and rows of empty seats, The Folk Festival organizers demonstrated similar disregard to less than might be expected atten- dance in presenting their programs, That more of us could have taken part than did takes nothing away from the Folk Festival. In many cases, those who stayed away were the losers. Certainly neither atten- dance nor weather can detract from the effort put forth by the Folk Festival Committee. Oshawa as a whole is indebted to these people for the enthusiasm, effort and imagination with which they staged Canada's birthday par- ty in the Motor City. Oshawa Highly Honored High honor came to Oshawa this week from Ottawa. On Wednesday Queen Elizabeth presented the new guidon to the Ontario Regiment. On Friday the announcement was made that Oshawa's leading citizen, Mr. "Sam", R. S. McLaughlin had been awarded the Companion of the Or- der of Canada. Both tributes are reason for pride in this city. Reports from Ottawa praise the showing made by the men of the Ontario Regiment, resplendent in their dress blue uniforms, as they paraded proudly on Parliament Hill before the Queen of Canada. The occasion was the presentation of a guidon replacing the regi- ment's First World War colors. The She Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontorio T. L. WILSON, Publisher 5. C. PRINCE, General Manager C, J. 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Ail rights of special des- patches are also reserved, 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontorio Nationol Advertising Offices: Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontorio; 40 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunborton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham, Burketon, Claremont, Manchester, Pontypool and Newcastle not over 55c per week, By mail in Province of Ontario putside corrier delivery oreo. $15.00 per yeor. Other provinces and Commonwealth Countries, $18.00 per year. U.S.A. ond foreign $27.00 per yeor. Ontario Regiment was one of six units to receive guidons or colors from Her Majesty. The regiment was the senior unit on parade with 101 years of service behind it. The new guidon bears the Regiment's battle honors of The Somme, Aras, Vimy, Hill 70, Ypres, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal Du Nord, Cambrai, Valen- ciennes, France and Flanders. Pursuit to Messina, Sicily, Colle d'Anchise, The Gully, Casa Berardi, Liri Valley, Aquino, Trasimene Line, Sanfatucchio, Arezzo, advance to Florence, Italy, Arnheim and north-west Europe. It is fitting that the national demonstration of recognition and respect for Mr. McLaughlin should come in the same week as the regi- ment is honored. Mr. McLaughlin's interest and concern for the advancement of the regiment has, over a great many years, made him its foremost friend and supporter. Yet, as Oshawa so well knows, it has been but one of many, many interests Mr. Mclaughlin has main- tained to the lasting benefit of this city and its citizens. The Companion of the Order of Canada citation notes especially his contribution to Canada as an indus- trial leader. In Oshawa we are priv- ileged to know him as a humanitar- jan and a thoughtful friend. It is in this manner Oshawa will wish Mr. Sam well on the occasion of his latest honor. Diefenbaker Plays 'Hill' Last Time? By JAMES NELSON OTTAWA (CP)--The curtait may be rung down yesterday on a great political drama in the life of the Canadian Parliament, but only the Jeading actor in- volved knows for sure. If events are played out as most pundits predict, this day could be John Diefenbaker's last in the Commons as party leader, But people who think they know the Conservative party chief well say it won't be the end of his political career. The Commons adjourns late today for a 2%-month summer recess. When it resumes, the Conservative party is likely to have a new leader, elected at its Sept. 6 convention in Toronto. Mr. Diefenbaker hasn't said whether he intends to step down orto re-contest the leadership himself. He won it handily in 1956 in a contest with Davie Fulton, later his justice minis+ ter, and Donald Fleming, his fi- nance minister. They now are well into the race to succeed him. MAY KEEP SEAT But Mr. Diefenbaker's friends say he has no intention of quit- ting his seat in the Commons. Precedents are on his side, with the late W. L. Mackenzie King remaining MP for Glengarry until 1949 after retiring as Lib- eral party leader and prime minister in 1948. A member of Parliament for 27 years, first for Lake Centre and then for Prince Albert in Saskatchewan, and party leader for nearly 11, Mr. Diefenbaker was prime minister for 5% years from June 21, 1957, to April 21, 1963. His talent for politics comes from a keen appreciation of hu- man nature founded on his prac- tice as a criminal defence Jaw- yer. His speaking ability con-es from his courtroom work, and his speaking style from his study of classical literature and the great orations of the past. Born near Toronto and raised in a settler's cabin near Saska- toon, he was a commissioned officer in the army in the First World War and studied law at the University of Saskatchewan. REMAINS LONE WOLF From his days as a_back- bencher in the Commons to the height of his powers, however, he has been a lone wolf in politics. Nobody has quite known for sure what his inten- tions will be from day to day. All they could be sure of is his uncanny knack of emerging from political in-fighting, in his party or in the Commons, as a man to be reckoned with, a superb practitioner of his art. Now 72, Mr. Dietenvaker came to Parliament in 1940, in the hey-day of Mackenzie King, and long before that was an ad- mirer of the Liberal prime min- ister's foxiness in the Commons and the country. Mr. Diefen- baker's father had been a sup- porter of the young Willy King. Mr. Diefenbaker then emerged as the rallying figure of a new brand of Prairie and young people's progressive con- servatism when Louis St. Lau- rent was Liberal prime minis- ter. He was a dynamic and. in- defatigable campaigner across the country while Uncle Louis ran things in board-room fash- jon from Parliament's East Block. Soon after he was elected party leader in December, 1956, and prime minister in June, 1957, Mr. Diefenbaker tangled bare-knuckles fashion. with dip- lomat Lester B. Pearson, a new boy then in political life. BIBLE "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard." Acts 4:20 The man who has met the Lord is bound to tell of the meeting. "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy." "WE'VE COME TO ASSIST YOU ACROSS THE STREET, SIR" LEADERSHIP BOULEVARD GOUVARD Des CHEers PourTiQues . ONTARIO COUNTY FLASHBACK Colorful Confab In Whitby (EDITOR'S NOTE; With the wide interest indicated in Centennial Edition reports from the past, a regular ser- ies of articles is planned by The Times recalling events of former years in Ontario County. The articles will be researched and written by veteran Times staffer Ford Lindsay. They will appear on the editorial page.) By FORD LINDSAY Of The Times Staff Many important gatherings have been held down through the years at the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby but perhaps none attracted a more colorful body of churchmen than the International Missionary Coun- cil Conference from July 4 to 18, 1947 One of the most cosmopolitan gatherings held in North Amer- ica up to that time, the con- ference attracted more than 100 delegates representing more than 40 countires. It was the first time the conference, which had been held in Jerusalem in 1928 and in Madras, India} in 1938 and in Edinburgh, Scotland, had been held in Canada. Bishop James Chamberlain Baker, Bishop of San Francisco, chaired the sessions at which prominent churchmen delivered addresses many of which were of a prophetic nature in view of what has occurred during the intervening years. Today there is much talk of ecumenism, For that reason it is notable that Bishop Baker, in his opening remarks, said; "It is especially appropriate for an ecumenical conference to meet in Canada for a great adventure in Christian unity is going for- ward in this land. We cannot escape, if we would, our present Red -Coated Cavalrymen Rode West From Dufferin By BOB BOWMAN In all Canadian history there was probably no more timely decision than to organize the North West Mounted Police and have them patrol the Prairies. Sir John A. Macdonald's gov- ernment created the police force in 1873, but a Liberal govern- ment under Alexander Macken- zie was in power when the red- coated calvarymen set out from Fort Dufferin, Man., on July 8, 1874. Strangely enough it was ex- actly two years later, July 8, 1876, that Sub-Inspector Cecil Denny heard startling news. Denny, who later became Sir Cecil and wrote The Law Marches West held a conference with Blackfoot chiefs who told him that Sitting Bull and the Sioux Indians in the U.S. wanted the Blackfeet to join them in wiping out American and Cana- dian settlers on both sides of the border. The American Sioux had al- ready won a battle at Little Big- horn and sent tobacco to the Blackfeet with an additional promise of horses, mules and captive white women if they would go on the warpath. The Blackfeet refused the offer, and then Sitting Bull sent them another message that he would wipe them out after he had defeated the Americans. Denny promised the Blackfoot chiefs' that the North West Mounted Police would protect them, It was a brave promise: 150 mounties against 4,000 bat- tle-hardened Sioux. SET UP CAMP 3 The Sioux began to arrive in December of that year, but they had been defeated by the U.S, Army. Sitting Bull joined them in May 1877 and set up a camp at Wood Mountain, southeast of the Cypress Hills. The Sioux felt that they had a right to look to Canada for protection. When they had fought for the British they had been promised that they would always be welcomed in the "Great Mother's Land." The Sioux were starved out of Canada in 1881 which was shabby treatment. However the tiny NWMP force was relieved to see them go. It had kept control of a highly- explosive situation for four years, OTHER JULY 8 EVENTS 1755--Admiral Boscawen cap- tured French ships Alcade and Lys and brought them to Hali- fax although war had not been declared. 1758--Canadians under Mont- calm defeated British at Ti- conderoga. 1832--Fire at Montreal made 10,000 people homeless. 1890--Construction began of railway between Calgary and mi QUEBEC EDITORS COMMENT PROGRAM OF COEXISTENCE Trudeau Criticized On Constitutional Issue This. is a selection of efi- terials on current topics, translated from the French- language press of Canada: Granby La Voix de l'Est-- Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fed- eral justice minister, reaf- firms his opposition to the writing of a new Canadian constitution. And this time he explains himself clearly. The reason for his opposition is the following: There is no con- sensus on constitutional ques- tions in Canada... . Provincial governments, for example, "use the constitu- tional question to turn the peoples' attention away from the complex problems facing them in the field of their own jurisdiction." The Estates General of French Canada, for their part, "are not rep- resentative and constitute a return to 200 years ago." Mr, Trudeau congratulates them for their initiative if they. are content with a deep probing of conscience, but he criticizes them for Jooking for a common denominator, that is, changes apt to assure the respect for the rights of French Canada. He says this responsibility belongs to the federal and provincial mem- bers, to those elected by the people... . ' But when these members, and this has particularly been the case with the federal members for the last few years, do not concern them- selves enough with the repre- sentations of.the public, the Public delegates to others the task of studying them and of exercising the necessary pres- sures to attain their objec- tives. This is what is happen- ing now, with the creation of the Estates General, a group which Mr. Trudeau is wrong to treat so wunceremon- fously. . . . Instead of denying the ex- istence of the constitutional problem, Mr. Trudeau should open his eyes wide. Like Que- bec, Ontario and the other Provinces are far from being satisfied with the constitution. Mr. Robarts is not a political puppet. The conference he is calling is destined to lead somewhere and without doubt much further than the minis- ter of justice thinks, It is the same with ihe parliamentary committee on the constitution and the Es- tates General of French Can- ada, These two bodies can eventually produce some very disagreeable surprises for Mr. Trudeau. .. . If, as he says, the federal members reflect at the high- est level the attitudes of the population, it is up to him not to justify the soundness of his opinions but to follow up the demands of the Canadian na- tion. Otherwise, he does .ot fill the mandate that has been given him. He betrays those who have confidence in him.-- Roland Gagne (June 30) Montreal-Matin--At the Ca- nadian pavilion at Expo 67, Queen Elizabeth gave an elo- quent speech which is, in short, a program of coexist- ence. Her words were not chosen by chance. Each one had a significance and roots which plunged far into history. Does she want that unitarianism which would make Canada 8 f country without a true iden- tity? No! She preaches diver- sity, the mutual respect of two nations which gives Can- ada its distinctive character. She does not minimize the role of French Canada. She magnifies it. She without doubt has understood that without it Canada would have been American long ago. . . . I imagine that the Queen wishes that Quebec be strong and that its culture not crum- ble from contact. with the other one, that it keep its originality and dynamism. For that is perhaps the surest way not to fall into anon- ymity, into greyness. It is perhaps good that Can- ada is restless and examines itself. It is a way of stimulat- ing itself, of giving itself ini- tiative, of preventing itself from foundering in the ruts of boredom and of not giving a damn. Quebec is not boring. It has life, it has griefs, it has hope. Its fight, in my opinion, is that of all Canada. Perhaps this can be understood once and for all.--Lucien Langlois @uly 4) 1896 -- Conservative govern- ment under Sir Charles Tupper resigned after election defeat. 1899--Tram strike caused riots in London, Ont. 1937--Imperial Airways flying boat Caledonia arrived at Mont- real from. Southampton, inaug- urating experimental phase of trans-Atlantic service. 1958 -- U.S, President Eisen- hower held deft dis i world environment. We must try to understand our world. We must remind ourselves, lest any lose heart, that our world is no more torn apart than the first century war, and our task is no more difficult." Bishop Wen Yuen Chen of the Methodist Church, Shanghai, China, also looked into the future when he told the dele- gates "It is not far fetched to say China is on the brink of national bankruptcy." Dr. Rajah M. Manikam, gen- eral secretary of the National Christian Council of India, was another whose assessment of the future was accurate when he said: 'The conflict in India is bound to be between the right and left wings, between the mid- dle class capitalists and com- munists with a revolutionary program. Christians must throw their weight one way or the other and cannot remain neutral." The ecumenical atmosphere of the conference was further borne out by the statement re- leased at the closing session. It said, in part, 'The task of world evangelism starts today from the vantage ground of a church which, as never before, is really world-wide. Where the pooling of resources will make advance more rapid, tradition must not be allowed to stand in the way. Where new tasks are to be undertaken, churches must be willing to consult together and to take or share responsibility." TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 8, 1967... British troops under Gen. Abercromby suffered a dis- astrous defeat at Ticon- deroga, at the south end of Lake Champlain, 209 years ago today--in 1758--from a French force under Gen. Montcalm. The fort of Ti- conderoga guarded the en- trance to Canada by way of the Richelieu Valley. Mont- calm's men repelled thrust after thrust by some of the best regiments of the Brit- ish army, inflicting some 1,900 casualties. The | fort was taken the next year by Ges. Amberst after the French withdrew to the northern end of the lake. 1852 -- Fire swept Mont- real killing 100 and destroy- ing three-quarters of the city. 1917---Tom Thomson, painter of Ontario north- land, was drowned. First World War Fifty years ago today---in _ 1917--the. Russian offensive in Galicia was extended; town of Jezupol and several villages occupied and. Bystritza River crossed by army commanded by Gen. Korniloff; German attack in four sectors on the Chemin des Dames re- pulsed by the French. in Ottawa. YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO, July 8, 1942 Irene Brayley, Whitby, has been chosen as Miss Ajax and will compete in Toronto at the Police Games at Exhibition Park. The contract for the dredging of the Osbawa Harbor has been awarded to the Russell Con- struction Co. of Toronto. The amount of their bid was $8,138.56. 40 YEARS AGO, July 8, 1927 Hon. Hugh Guthrie, present leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons will address the meeting of the South Ontario Liberal - Conservative Association on July 15. Work on the additions to the Cedardale and South Simcoe Schools will be started next week by W. J. Trick Co. Ltd. S d World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--the Russians checked the German break- through in the Voronezh re- gion; German battleship Admiral Von Tirpitz was seriously damaged by two torpedoes fired by a Rus- sian submarine in the Barents Sea; British air of- fensive against Axis armies at El Alamein continued. July 9, 1967... Khanikin and Ksar-i-shirin on the Persian border; Brit- ish naval airmen attacked the Turkish fleet off Con- stantinople. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--British mo- bile forces forced the Axis troops south of El Alamein to withdraw; Foreign Min- ister Sukru Saracoglu ap- pointed premier of Turkey; Germans advanced: to within 235 miles of Stalin- grad on the Volga. READERS WRITE... SOLOISTS WRITE Mr. Editor: Those who attended the open- ing ceremonies of the Oshawa Teenagers are realizing, criti- Folk Festival in the Civic Aud- cizing and doing. Teenagers itorium on Sunday evening may have ideals, a purpose and in- have wondered at the non - ap- dividualism. Honesty is a big pearance of the two featured Word. So is Reform. soloists, Elsie Drygala and Ross One point: Are you a part of Cotton, who were to perform this movement? Do you real- the solos from Handel's Mes- ize, criticize and most impor- siah, along with the combined tant of all -- do? Or do you church choirs. dwell in the small (but real) Being the two soloists in Percentage that, in a word, question, we feel that an ex- vegelates? Where are you at? planation is in order. As our Thank you, contribution to the Folk Festi- PAUL GRADY, val was not even worthy of 367 Rossland Rd. E., mention in any of the week's H Oshawa, papers, or anywhere in the very DONEVAN ORCHESTRA large and detailed centennial Mr. Editor: edition, we felt that our actual performances would never be _ Sometimes one is forced to missed either. We therefore con- Wonder where your reporters tacted the Folk Festival Com- Teceive their information. In mittee and informed them that 'W® separate articles regarding we would not take part in this 'he Oshawa Folk Festival All avait Nations concert, it is- stated We both feel that we have that music was supplied by the O'Neill 'Collegiate Orchestra. contributed largely to the cul- : ture of the city of Oshawa, and We appreciate the publicity, but let's give credit where to Ontario, as concert singers, F 8 credit is due. The Donevan teachers, and conductors, and ©! this insult was too pointed to Collegiate orchestra under the be ignored. direction of Mr, Reesor did a We realize that mistakes do fine job at this concert and the happen sometimes, but this mis- Credit should certainly be given take has happened many times "&™. before, and to the same people. It is inconceivable that this Who is to blame, we do not sort of error could eccur, In know, but we would suggest the first place, their mame, and that the "powers that be" at that of their director was prom- Oshawa Times, if they are in- inently displayed on the terested at all in art and cul- gram, and in the second place, ture, take the trouble to see their name was mentioned sev- that articles are accurate, and eral times by Mr. O'Reilly, the that the right people get the master of ceremonies. 1 might credit for what they do. also point out that of all the Oshawa has many fine young high schools in Oshawa, Done- artists, many of whom are un- van is the only one which has known owing to lack of pub- 4" orchestra, The rest of us licity, They depend on the local have bands. paper and the large organiia- tions to promote them, and we are sorry to say we do not see this happening in Oshawa. All the publicity goes to outsiders who are brought in, and who, in many cases, have inferior tal- ent to our own. In closing, may we say, how sorry we are if we have caused disappointment to the audience at the auditorium, but it was felt that a principle was involv- ed, and we had to do something about it. Elsie F. Drygala A.R.C.T., R, M.T. By the usual METHOD, an image is being projected--this time of youth, Sincerely, R. L. McCORD, Head of Music Dept., O'Neill CVI The Times apologizes for the error to which Mr. McCord refers. As he says great credit is due Mr. Reesor and his young musicians of Donevan Collegiate.) PENALTY QUESTIONED Mr, Falta sees sc ceskies reer) I have never written to your column before but I read some- thing in The Times which I could not but comment on. I F. Ross Cotton. CENTENNIAL BABIES Mr. Editor, I would like to point out a small fact that I'm sure the mothers of Oshawa would ap- preciate, and that is that we have received no recognition gly . ag mean yg BO an for our babies, born during the the Magistrate" there was a Centennial year. : man before the Magistrate in I understand that babies born Pickering who on March 10 had in other districts have received truck and killed a girl walking scrolls and spoons, so why along the road with a group of couldn't we get something sim- friends. This man was charged ilar? i with failing to remain and of My strong point of argument driving while his ability was is that buildings and plaques, jmpaired. etc., soon get forgotten but the a babies of 1967 are the living re- war Badge iy Jeg on, -- of this great Centennial paired charge he was given 30 ear. Imagine how proudly, in the pe dg nee gga a years to come, that a person~ under a different Magistrate a will recall how he or she "was man was convicted of impaired a Centennial Baby!" So couldn't griving and was given 40 days, we organize something? ha had konckia den a tela bug sincerely, phone pole 57 Wentworth St., A) MUORER Perhaps there were circum- Gauws. stances which were not reported in the paper, but it seems to me a person's life should be treated as if it were a little more valuable than a pole. get their idea of justice. Does it depend on the mood of the pre- siding Magistrate or on how he WHERE ARE YOU? Dear Under 25'ers: T have just read no less than four accounts of today's youth (of which I am a part) and the effects were thought provoking! Yours sincerely, Mrs. W. Winacott RR 3, Oshawa DELOITTE, PLENDER, HASKINS & SELLS with whom are now merged MONTEITH, RIEHL, WATERS & CO, ' Chartered Accountants Montreal Oshawe Toronto Hamilton Windsor Winnipeg Regina Calgary Edmonton Prince George Vancouver Associated Firms in United States of America, Great Britain and other Countries throughout the World. Och Osh Shenel Centre 728-7327 wonder where the Magistrates . Whitby Women's | Mrs. (left), & members, Saunders Whi Sec By IDOLA SIME of The Times § The Whitby Wom tute, organized June at a meeting of the South Ontario Count second oldest in the v It was founded fot after the first inst formed by Adelaide H Stoney Creek. This Whitby group observe anniversary. The first meeting ducted by Mrs. J. L. Whitby, with a partial tion being completed time later another m¢ held when the followi. were elected: Honor dent, Mrs, J. L, Smit president, Mrs. S. | Whitby; vice - presi Purvis, Columbus; Mrs. J. B. Mitchell secretary, Mrs. Willi: son, Whitby. Dr. J. J. Hare, p) the Ontario Ladies conducted. the secon of the Whitby group, 12, 1897, in the cour History Review Dressed in costun years ago, the pr Whitby Women's Inst Russell Saunders, an retary, Mrs. Earl V comed members ar attending the regula held at the home of dent, to commem foundation of the June 29, 1897. Mrs. Ward gave | ef the Whitby branc' beginning until th time, pointing to me many changes in tI years. She also repo! district annual held lin. A motto entitled spring sees a mill nings," prepared by Smith who was uni tend, was read by tary. A fitting poem motto. A letter received Harold King farm | habilitation of ex-pri discussed. A donati forwarded. LEW OPTIC. Estoblished for over oak -- NEAL BARBER SI! CLOSED | VACATI! JULY 10 T JULY 1!