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Ohe Oshawa Times 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited T. L. Wilson, Publisher E. C. Prince, Associate Publisher OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1967 One Courtroom Status A Disgrace For Oshawa courts each week a sitting of di also included' on the Oshawa has one courtroom in the police station. It must accommodate two criminal courts and three courts, two week. Every roster. that if Monday's criminal court ex- tends into the afternoon the family court must seek accommodation elsewhere. On T court occupies tne court traffic cour more than The dem osde . sometimes sion cour overloaded traffic juvenile and family second t is and for space is so acute the family room and faced with 200 cases in one sitting moves to a room measuring eight by In 1962 the facil 10 feet ities of the court room were overtaxed when less than 8.000 charges were laid. the same faci the hand! charges and the total ing of more than again this year. Last week the a concerned observer Last year lities had to cope with 18,000 has spiralled ef of pol ice as of the inade- quacy of court facilities commented in The Times that the present court room "can't possibly. handle the number of cases which are supposed to be heard". He told of persons charged and witnesses sVNing in the hall and on the stairs dutside the court. The situation described here is known to members of council and the board of control..The short comings and lack of accommodation for the proper 'administration of justice in Oshawa has in fact been a growing problem since the pre- sent court facilities were opened, As far as the present civic administra- tion is concerned, it has been "seek- ing facts" since at least last Jul Last week, despite Mayor Mark's concern that the new police station and court facilities was an urgent item, the investigation carried out by the board of control was referred to the parks and property committee for study. Perhaps concern for the proper accommodation for the administra- tion of justice does not constitute a popular cause for the present civic government. Yet it is so basic to our society that it seems in danger of being taken for granted. This would be a grave fallacy. It has been said that it is not sufficient that be done but justice must also appear to have been done. It is the justice latter require- ment that is Jacking in Oshawa to- day. The gross overcrowding, the inconvenience, the overlapping of court and police facilities, all jeopar- dize the ential respect in the community. fo® the administration of justice. For.a 80,000, the one- courtroon sa disgrace. Quite apart from the consideration of a new police station, the provision of a new and adequate court accom- modation priority attention for immediate and decisive action by civic government, rates Whitby 'Over The Top The announcement, at -Monday's meeting of town council, that the Whitby United Appeal campaign had gone over £ sion a resurgence of civic pride only among members of the appeal the top should occa- not executive but also among all citizens of the community. The words praise voiced by Mayor of Desmond Newman and members of council were well deserved. Similar appeals in the past have met with the success not alwa hoped for. This year, however, Chairman R. E. Sims, Campaign Chairman Willian sé and a host other ¢ citizens i mont ing the drive and left no stone unturned in their ffor y promote s ess, F.ver he life of. the town was : indreds:' of willing workers played a part. The att ment of the o5 obiective assures that the work of OTTAWA REPORT ef ent the nine participating erganizations will proceed as planned so Whitby will be a better place for all citizens in which to live. At the same time the campaign showed the willing- ness of people with widely varied interests to 'work together. That they realized their responsibilities was fully demonstrated. plan for received greater ac- industrial workers The payroll deduction contributions ceptance from than at y.in the past. That resi- dents were fully behind the drive was noice ed n\ the fact that the house-to-house canvass realized 500 compe with the $600 col- That the United Appeal organiza. tion is not content to rest on its laurels is indicated by the announce. ment, following an executive meet- ing last week, that plans are already under way for next year. It ned to aim for rey only from the present from the. enlarged n which will come into being when the town and Whitby Township amalgamate on Jan. 1 next. is plan- itation not town but 1unicipality Other Editors' Views COMMON ORIGIN egarding Vietnam, many of Disy the current con flicts have a common ap petween pvement, The well America's knows that But he does arrive he probabl someday it Hie-eome, that when the day be dead or too old to enjoy it. The same is true of the inhabitants of the poor continents. (Manchester Guardian Weekly) QUEEN'S PARK Efficiency, Economy Stressed hy DON O'HEARN TORONTO \ combined fconomy and efficiency pro- gram is underway here. This is partly hecause in view of inflation all governments today are looking at their opera- tions But it is mainly because Charles MacNaughton is the provincial treasurer Mr. MacNaughton has been Treasurer now for about a year His appointment was somewhat of a surprise. Though he had been a very good Minister of Highways he had no great financial back- ground, and neither 'was he a lawyer. But as it is now turning out he did have one strong qualifica- tion for the position: a wealth of good, plain common sense. DIGGING IN ; This didn't show up at first. In fact it is only now becoming evident There is. good reason for this The Treasurer's office encom- passes every aspect of govern- ment activity This is; a big mouth-full. One not to be Qigested overnight But after 12 months Mr MacNa n apparently has swallowed it He knows the "intricacies" of the vast machinery represented here. He also knows many of its weaknesses. And he is digging in to correct them SHARP TURN-DOWNS There have been some public indications of this Announcements Such as a pro- ral purchas- 'eorgani+ gram to set up cer ing, and then ar is own department nt probabiy zation of | But more import € elopments one hears the re ne sury Board government spending) js word that a sharp look is being taken at requests for additional employees, -- for 'studies', and for border-line projects such as promotion pro: grams by departments \ sharp look, and sometimes a tough turn-down This 'is a most reassuring de- velopment. and. should serve both the puny and the govern ment well The machinery of government here has grown so sharply in re- cent years that it has become slip-shod This may hage been inevita- ble. The demands have been great. But:it is time someone took a pruning knife to it nd Mr. MacNaughton, it appears, 1S doing this YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO, Novy. 14, 1947 The price of chocolate bars has been increased to eight cents due to the increase in the price of cocoa beans The new PUC garage on Met- calfe St. will be officially opened today 35 YEARS AGO, Noy, 14, 1932 An auction sale of the con- tents of Bishop Bethune College will be held in the near future. The price of round steak was 2 Ibs. for 25c and sirloin steak lhe Ib. at the A and P store this weekend, BIBLE "Re strong. a e people of the jand, the Lord, and work: for I am with you." .-- Haggai 2:4 The busine of God requires 'ritual wor- and hard work. With this yromised to identify him- challenged the upt it. "If. God whe-can be against the spoken word world to be for as us HIGHEST POINT The highest point in Ontario is 9,120 feet. near Alva, 50 miles north of Sault Ste..Marie come BAcK ! e 'We FoRGOT. Me ioral WE BRA i= TRYING TO CALL BACK ANOTHER MODEL FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS Hold Of Greek Junta Firm prepaganda communist conspiracies against the state, conspiracies ready to power. By PHILIP DEANE Foreign Affairs Analyst Tye junta of colonels which took over power in Greece last April is consolidating its hold despite pressure by Nato's Eu- ropean members. The Common Market has suspended its loans to Greece, so have the other joint western European eco- nomic organisms, Only Wash- ington has brought no pressure to bear, except for a token re- duction in military aid amount- ing to no more than ten percent of usual U.S. assistance Washington did receive, unof- ficially, Mr. Pavlos Vardinovan- nis, a former cabinet minister who' managed to escape and American officials admit they are alarmed by some of the things happening in Athens which he stressed but which the CIA has garnered through its own agents also King Constantine's position seems more precarious today than ever. e younger mem- bers of the junta are-not royal; ists at all, If an) thing , they are what Nasser and Co. were when they overthrew the King of EFevpt--a group of men with the power of the gun and a brudge nst the system they over- threw, a system in which they felt they had no chance of pro- motion because _ preferment went to others with social and political standing (which would not explain-why the members of the junta have such poor war records compared with the Roy- alist officers they sent into obli- gatory retirement.) KING COOPERATES Young King Constantine tries to conciliate his country's new masters. Last month he made a speech lauding the officer corps for abstaining from politics, this is the year when the officer corps overthrew parliamentary government. But unless he co-operates, the King could find himself without a throne and in that case. Washington fears the junta may turn completely Nas- serite, determined to indulge in the old game of playing Amer- ica against Russia. In this, the Americans seem in agreement with Mr. Vardi- noyannis whd foresees extreme- ly dangerous developments if the colonels stay long in power. And there is some tendency in the U.S. now to say that Democ- racy in Greece may have been sick, -but-that- what she needed was a-ecure not a beheading. There is still the problem of how to overthrow the junta. Tourism has not grown as pred- icted. 'The junta has increased the military budget substan- tially but seems confident that by Patrick Nicholson Jecquirity Beans, A Perilous Present A -- If a gives e er neck! ace of shir t with red spots, ch f f those pretty be beans, before ity , Bre ' Jecquirits the becklace away sons . The Jecquirity bean grows in the Caribbean Islands. Its bright red "eye"' set in the mid- die of its shi black. surface makes it very attractive; it is used no to. make neck- laces, DU 0 as the e on éma nd for similar dec- n the Senate by he sen- ator from Newfoundland "Beads oisonous beans--Jec which ere high f chewed or Swallowed have been found at airport shops and other novelty shops," he warned the Upper thousandth part: by weight of are poisonous if consumed. House lead oxide, and household paints Other substances may be He time introduc- with a flashpoint of less than 40 brought under the provisions of ing on behz zovernment deg rees Fahrenheit--and these this new act as and when re- Bil 22: 'An act to prohibit are included in Part I and total- quired, Senator Carter quoted the sale and advertisi ng of haz- ly banned the case of a_ shipment of ardous substances. Senator Carter described imported blankets which be- This bill contains two sched- other substances which are came contaminated by accident ules: Part I lists hazardous sub- equally dangerous. but which when a_ pesticide leaked on stances which may not be ad- ar vertised or sold, and the enormous r > development e discovery of Said useful and perhaps indispen- If sable in our daily life "In 1964 there were 720 report- vesti ed poisoning attributable hold . bleachin an additional 217 reported cases nge attributable hold drain and pipe cleaner," he cases in Canada 0 a common house- preparation and viron to a common house- He being analysis of the child's home en- them in transit. Nobody knew of the accident unti! a doctor in- gated the cause of a child hospitalized. twite, and ment disclosed the contam- inated blanket. referred also to plastic coated iceballs for cooling drinks which originated in Hong many new substances which are There were several different Kong and were found to.contain finding the way. onto the mar- fluids involved. St substances contaminated water ket. Some of these are not I! henceforth be permitted for Henceforth: Bill S-22 will en- sentia uc as Jecquiri ale only subject to the regula- able the government to take ac- beans, toys covered with a paint tions, which wyll prescribe large tion to protect the consumer s contains more 'than one- and obvious vurcings that they @gainst these daily hazards. a 4 if it gets into economic trouble it can threaten to ask for Rus- sian aid and thus get dollars. Meanwhile, in certain tradi-. take tionally right wing regions of which the Greece which remember with seems horror the communist guerrilla propaganda war of the nineteen forties, the junta seems to be enjoying some support, the fruit among other things .of past. official scary years. Edwards Colorful Editor 'Eyeopener telegrams and cables from nota- bles who were not Of Calgary By BOB BOWMAN As a Centennial feature a committee of distinguished cit zens named 25 Canadians whose achievements have stood out above all others since Confeder- ation. Among those not chosen was Bob Edwards, who died on Novy. 14, 1922. If he were not one of the g st Canadians since present. One of come from gret exce one of the most colorful. His your newspaper "The Calgary Eve- of Peter Opener" (publication dates un- stand high certain) was eager'y sought not nent only all across Canada, other parts of the world ing Actually Edwards made Peter McGonigle publisher of the non- existent 'Midnapore Gazette a more colorful character than the CPR's stocks himself. McGonigle was not stead of down, only an editor, but a bootlegger and a horsethief. Stories about Bob Edwards and McGonigle are legion, but one of the best was in October, jn the E Stoney 1906, when the Eye-Opener re- their editors ported that a banquet had been jt was given to McGonigle in Calgary Strathcona to celebrate his release from he read the stories newspapers, yer in Calgary to sue Bob Ed- prison after serving\a term for horse-stealing. Mayor Emerson, according to the story, read wards for knowing the story had enough sense to delay ing action long enough for. Lord Strathcona to forget about it. Although Bob Edwards Canadians laughing, progressive thinker ahead of his time. He fought i rights, and ownership of natural TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov. 14, 1967... resources, President John F. Kenne- began dy and Gen. Park Chung soil, trees, Hee, head of the South Ko- among rean Military government, pital insurance, issued-a Communique at the sions, vote for end of @ meeling at the White House six years ago today--in 1961, The commu- nique said the United States would continue to provide South Korea with economic aid and that it would send to disprove have not reached the point of fi- guring this out, seems well set to rule for many COULDN'T GO London, En dingly unable to attend the } banquet in Calg: Confederation he certainly was me, my sym honoréd McGonig confiscators but in ago, I myself came near achiev- distinction formed some dexterous ing with the Bank of Montreal's funds. In consequence, however, the House of Lords Mountain When correspondents of Lon- don newspapers read the story ve-Opener \ in England where also published. thinking the first to advocate hos- form of the Senate. THEN AND NOW Phones By Pairs Used Here In 1879 By FORD LINDSAY of The Times Staff While Canadians are reputed to be among the largest users of telephones in the world there fs reason to believe that Osh- awa can lay claim to being one of the most rapidly expanding areas served by the Bell Tele- phone Co. In 1881 there were only 25 subscribers *compared with the 38,542 who were re- ceiving the service at the end of August of this year. Records show it is almost certain demonstrations of the new "talking wires" were held here in 1879 or even earlier. There were probably two or three pairs of telephones here before the first Bell exchange was opened. It was customary, at that time, to rent phones in pairs as without a connection to another instrument or an ex- change one phone would not work. Early in 1881 this area was canvassed by L. B. MacFar- lane, who later became presi- * dent of the Bell Telephone Co., and about 25 subscribers were secured, The first local ex- change' was supervised by A. T. Smith who, in later years recalled he came here with R. Freeman in December, 1880, to open exchanges. Their first stop was in Whitby but they later visited Bowmanville, Oshawa, Port...Hape,_Cobourg,-- Trenton. and Brockville. This means the Oshawa exchange' was opened between December, 1880 and March, 1881. Oshawa's first telephone agent was James F. Willox, who owned a bookstore on Sim- coe St. It is likely the first switchboard was located in his store, although records show it was later located on Simcoe St. where the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is now located. In those days the exchange was open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on week days and between 2 and 4 p.m. on Sundays and holidays The first list of subscribers was published in a_= quaint, pocket-sized directory which contained the names and ad- dresses of practically all Bell users in Ontario. At that time only 31 phones were in use here. It is of interest to note that only one was in a resi- dence -- the others being in business premises. The telephone network de- veloped slowly at first and in 1887 the directory total of 46 phones in Oshawa-- a gain of only 15 in three years. The leaders of the Bell Sys- tem built wisely and in 1885 completed the construction of service between Montreal and Toronto. This did not mean, however, that subscribers in Oshawa could talk to business associates in either centre as when the Bell Co. came into being in 1880 commercial phones had a range of only 20 miles for satisfactory trans- mission and it was some years before copper wire replaced the galvanized iron variety to enable conversations to be car- ried on between centres 50 miles apart. On the retirement of Mr. Willox in 1900, he was suc- ceeded by Wesley W. Shaw who was also in charge of the Bow- manville exchange. H. N. Dig- nem replaced Mr. Shaw and he was followed in 1905 by L. N. Swinyard. By 1910 there were 400 tele- phones here and 500 a year later. F. F. Brittain was named manager in 1910 and a" year later was succeeded by Arthur W. Pratt. Oshawa recorded its 1,000th telephone in 1917 and five years Jater had 2,000. The 1920's were years of great growth locally as 3,000 phones were in service in 1924, 4,000 in 1927 and 5,000 in 1928. Harry M. Black succeeded Mr. Pratt as manager in 1923, In turn hé was followed by Joseph Cross, Thomas Traynor, Andrew A. Gillespie' and the present district manager, John W: Lowry, who came to. Osh- awa in January, 1953. The development of the va- cuum tube telephone repeater in 1915 enabled the human voice to be transmitted across the continent. Twenty-two re- peater stations, of which Osh- awa was one, were set up across Canada. Today. the Osh- awa exchange serves as a re- peater station for 'service be- tween Toronto and Montreal as well as for the line which serves Northern Ontario Dail service was introduced in Oshawa in 1951. This was followed by the enlargement of the area which local subscrib- ers could dial without charge to include Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Brooklin, Bowmanville and Hampton. Direct Distance Dialing was introduced in October, 1966, which enables local subscribers to call many Canadian and showed a United States cities. U.S. Immigration Ceiling To Alienate Latin America WASHINGTON (CP) -- The U.S. Congress appears: commit- ted to a step with racial over- tones likely to worsen relations with Latin America. As Pyesident Johnson was re- cently demonstrating his special feeling for Mexico by a warm welcome for visiting President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, congressional powers were mov- ing to impose an immigration ceiling of 120,000 workers a year on the Western Hemisphere. Mexico traditionally has been a major supplier of U.S. emi- grants Canadian reservations about the principle involved were ex- pressed officially when the ceil- ing concept was made public in 1965. In fact, Canada through retention of persons who other- wise would go to the U.S., may benefit from the U.S. restric- tion The ceiling will take effect July 1 next unless there is a change of heart. It was pro- vided for in the 1965 revision of the U.S. immigration act. This eliminated the racial-quota sys- tem which encouraged migrants from Europe, put the emphasis on skilled immigrants and, for the first time, proposed a ceil- ing for Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America, Workers threatenmy American jobs are refused entry. : : migration revisions. OR fev se erchlaige armed forces to aid South Korea in the event of a Communist attack. 1665--The London Gazette first appeared. 1935--Roosevelt declared the Philippines a free com- monwealth. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1917--Italians made a stand and. checked Austro-Ger- mans on the Piave River; the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway was cut by British forces in Palestine; British destroy- ers and a monitor were sunk in the Mediterranean, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1942--British 8th Army reached Gazala, 40 miles west of Tobruk, in pursuit of Axis fore the Australians continued a steady advan toward Buna, New Capt, ' Eddie. Ripkenbacker, fa- mous Unite States pilot, lost on an army mission in the South Pacific since Oct, 21, was rescued from the sea by a navy flying fat, tre Pat. 10-31 Be 15 The ceiling was sponsored by southern congressmen who pri- vately acknowledged they fear an immigrant flood due to a hemisphere population explo- sion. But the state department, aware of the keen sensitivities in Latin America about the "co- lossus of the North," had hoped the limit might be delayed or removed before it took effect. A 15-member special commis- sion was established to study the impact. Twelve of the 15-- five from the Senate, five from the House of Representatives and five appointed by the presi- dent--opposed the ceiling. They wanted at least another year to obtain more informa- tion, But they knuckled under te pressures generated by Everett Dirksen, Republican minority leader in the Senate, who has considerable leverage because he staunchly supports President Johnson's war policy in Viet- nam. Dirksen has insisted the 120,- 000-worker limit is a pledge from 1965--the price for Dirk- sen's agreement to back the im- While the House of Representatives has unanimously voted for postpon- ing the ceiling a year, the Sen+ ate won't, ae 1 IT HAPPENED IN CANADA ALGOR FEATURES ~ Lovina, ont. 'A FRIENDLY MonsrER THE BEST-KNOWN 'CHARACTER' in KELOWNA 0G60P0G0 + LONG BEFORE WHITE MEN ARRIVED IN THE AREA, THE INDIANS WORSHIPPED OGOPOGO AND THE SToRY HAS PERSISTED: IN ONE TWO YEAR PERIOD, 21 SOBER AND REPUTABLE CITIZENS SPOTTED HIM /N OKANAGAN LAKE. HE 18 REPORTED T0 BE ABOUT ZO FEET LONG, WITHA SERPENT-LIKE BODY AND A HEAD LIKE A HORSE ok Gaafr °° ON MANITOULIN /SLAND ~ BELIEVED By INDIANS To BE INHABITED BY A SPIRIT THAT REVEALED HE FUTURE To THE YOUNG BRAVES THAT FASTED AND SLEPT on ITS SUMMIT WHITBY U! ee. From L Whitby Exceeds WHITBY (Staff) -- Deep grat-| the ification was voiced by Mayor)pe Desmond Newman and. mem.- the bers of town council Monday an night that the Whitby Appeal!ho had exceeded its objective by by $531. The target total wasich $38,225. sel R. E. Sims, chairman of the, ' appeal, told council the cam- thé paign had attained its objec- Co tive for the first time in three the years. He thanked council for|em its support, saying the commit-| em tee in charge had been grati-| Li fied and encouraged by the re-' pe: sults. One pleasing feature, he ST said, had been the response by " every section of the community, the and the house-to-house canvass ou had been a tremendous morale a builder. Mr. Sims praised the the campaign chairman's dedica- tes tion, saying he had lost 12 do pounds during the campaign. the William §S, Nurse, campaign bu chairman, said almost all the|be committees had exceeded their) ca quota in achieving the $38,756" total. He said there was a real as: need for social services in the .an community, and it was grati-|eré ng to know the campaign tio had raised more money than had been asked for, as it would Br permit the participating orga-|by nizat ions to carry on their work. |sal He said industrial firms and of TOWN COUNCIL BR Three Group Consider Par WHITBY (Staff) -- A meeting;cre of the members of the Cham-|eld ber of Commerce, retail mer-'$li chants' association and town council will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday to consider plans eo; for a Santa Claus parade St A letter from the Kinsmen|Da Club, outlining two alternatives |ed regarding the cottage the club ca leases at Heydenshore Park, was referred to the town prop- erty committee for a recom- ed mendation. The club suggested it would ye like to be reimbursed for the tr $3,000 it has spent on the build- ing, or if the town is not going to take over the park, the club ve would like to remove all } hi interior partitions. The club also to enter into nego eouncil to sell its park and) og swimming pool to the -munici-! ey pality, It said if the-town- buys'. the park, the club will put the proceeds into more recreational). facilities. at EXPERT ADVICE heh The desirability of retaining al expert advice on electronic daia|*° processing so tax program can be set up was referred to the chairman of finance and the ¢4 treasurer for a recommenda-\*" tion. A letter from residents of the; Johnson and Stewart Streets! area, asking action be taken to Ss clean up several lots, was re- ferred to next Tuesday night's] 'e committee meeting. jth Council moved to proclaim ra and publicize the period from of Dec. 1 to 7 as Safe' Drivingia Week. of A bylaw to provide for a tax/00 pu ceeeatiae WIN NIGHT ... @ Chauffeur-Driven @ Free Spending M Every Time you Ride With Mer Chance to Win... "A Night Or NEXT DRAW ON } MERCURY TAX Winner of October 10th Dro 1190 Northridge «bee '