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| 35:5 2800 ¢ 10 EXCEED F The Onkario Reformer All the News Whale It Is News S-- VOLUME 51--No. 16 Tuesday, Thursday and faturday Published at Oshawa, Ont,, Canada OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1922 Yearly Supseripiton $3.00 Single Coples 5 Cents EIGHT PAGES SAY URBAN SCHOOLS UNFAIRLY TREATED REGARDING GRANTS Whitby Deputation Waits On Board of Education To Explain Situation FIGURES ARE CONVINCING 'Rural Schools Get Much Larger Grants--Ask Co-operation Claiming that scandalous and rid- iculous irregularities at present ex- ist in the matter of public school grants in urban and rural centres, and asking co-operation in having these brought to the attention of the Minister of Education, a deputa- tion_ from Whitby Public School Board waited on the Board of Edu- cation last night. The deputation comprised Dr. H. Bascom and Dr, C F. McGillivray. Urban Schools Suffer Addressing the Board Dr. Bas- com pointed out that last year the provincial government raised for public and separate school purposes nearly $2,000.000. Urban centres with over 2,000 population repre- sented 60 per cent, of the population and paid 60 per cent. of the taxes. but of the amount raised got only a little less than $200,000, the going to the rural school sections. The urban centres, Dr. Bascom de- clared, had heen asleep for years, and it had been put over them with both hands and both feet. Gives Striking Figures Pr. McGillivray gave the Board some interesting figures with a view to showing how the rural sections got large grants for few teachers Md for school improvements, while urban centres with large teaching staffs and erecting from time to time modern schools, got practically nothing. The Town of Whithy, for instance, with 11 teachers, got only $371.96 last year, and Oshawa, with 42 teachers, got only $1,181.96. In Port Perry, however, where there is a rural school because the village has a population less than 2,000. the government gives grant of $1,120 for five teachers, which is double that received in Whithy for double the staff and almost as much as Osh- awa with almost 10 times the staff. In Cedar Dale a school with five teachers got $1,380; Brooklin, three teachers, $449; Claremont, two teachers, $255; Pickering, three teachers, and the worst of all, the Unica school, west of Whithy, $305 for one teahcer. Dr. MeGillivray stated that he was told by Inspector Hutchinson that Port Perry this year was to get $1,640 for five teachers. The figures quoted were furnished | by the inspector. The rural schools got the advan- tage over the urban schools in spe- cial grants, Dr. McGillivray stated further. They were allowed grants for schcol improvements, including buildings and equipment. "In Osh- awa you have been building mew gehools but not a cent do you get for that. but only a grant on your at- tendanes," the doctor declared. as he pointed out that while in rural gebools like Port Perry they were al- lowed $40 on the sala with a first class certificate, all Osh- awa could get was $12 on a first class and §6 on a second class certi- ficate. In other words, it cost Port Perry $1,100 to get a $1,500 teach- (Continued on page 6) Arbor Day Was _ rest | y of a teacher | WLLIAM GALE last week assumed his duties Bandmaster of the Regimont- land, Who as al WITH ARCHITECT S. B. Coon & Sons Send In Bill For $5,000 For Old Plans | An old ghost, in tne form of a oi for over $5,000 from 8S. B. Coon and | Sons, Toronto, for architects' fees in | connection with the proposed 16 } room school of a year ago, has again | made its unwelcome appearance be- i fore the Board ol Education. It {reared its head the regular meet- {ing last night, as it has on many | occasions. and was doubly unwel- come this time in view of the oroj:ct now on foot to erect two new schools, the other {iplans %or the 16-room structure having long since heen re- legated to the scrap heap, The statement submitted archite showing their standing with the Board at the pre- sent time, claims $4,284 for work done on the complete plans for the 16-room school; $492 for interest and $400 for alterations to plans on order of the Board, The architeets in their letter offered to accept $1,000 in full settiement of their account, if angaged architects and snper visor for the proposed two new schools, one of eight and the other of twelve rooms. Trustee Drew when the statement was 1 i. remarked that it'was rather | an unf ite tangle that the Board | had got into, and one that could not | rightfully be laid at the door of any | one committee of (he Board. He | was anxious that some sort of a| settlement should,/be made with the | arehitects, the Board either re- employing them or making some offer of settlement. Trustee Chappell | moved that a special committee com prising the chairmen of all stapding | committees, be appointed to e Lt a | settlement and report to the Board. | The sooner the Board got rid of these | people the better. The bill itself | an outrage, Trustee Chappell state Las the architeet were charging | percentage a completed work { stead of tentative plans. Trustee Chappell's motion carried Those present at the meeting were Chairman Henry. Trustees Drew, Myers, Knight, Nott, Cornwall, Bench, Storie, Chappell, Thompson, Hoig, Smith and Brown. There was only a bare quorum when the meet- {ing opened POLL TAX BEING | by the financial as on in | | | tory to undertaking Observed At The ' COLLECTED BY CHIEF | Simcoe School , Chief of Police Friend, has a diffi- cult task on his hands at the present Wm. Gale Assumes Duties as Leader of Regimental Band William Gale, a widely experienc- ed musician, is the new bandmaster of the Regiment hand, and commences ed his duties lasl week. The Regi- ment band has always been an ef- ficient organization, and it is Mr. Gale's desire that it should remain such, and if possible be improved. To this end the new leader invites the co-operation of townspeople gen: erally, More players are needed, particulariy for the reed section, and any young men, musicially inclined, who would like to learn to, play such instruments, are invited to get in touch with Mr. Gale, In addition to the regular practices Monday night, practices of reed instruments will he held Wednesday night, and brass in- struments Friday night, The new bandmaster was for 25 years a member of the famous Leins- ter Regimental band, of Cork, Ire- land, and hefore leaving the Emerald Isle was handmaster of the 4th Bat- | talion staff. Since coming to Canada | he was for a time a member of the | Anglo-Canadian band at Huntsville, and has since been in orchestra work in Toronto. He also studied at Line Kneller Hall Military Music | School in London, England. Mr. 8. Trew, who has heen leader !of the band for many years recent- | ly retired from the position, | | Beautiful Plumed Orioles and Finches Here from South To the nature lover the return of; the migatory birds is not only a sign of spring, but it a also a pleasure to see old friends returning! to summer haunts. First there were the robins, then the meadow larks, | is and over the week-end the vanguard |? of the oriole family arrived, a few | Baltimore orioles being seen on Sun-| day. | This will be pleasant news for lov- ers of bird life, the Baltimore | Oriole is a beautiful bird to look up- om it has a sweet song, and sirable to have around also hecause of its insectivorous habits. A few days previously. the first goldfinches of the scason were re-| ported to have arrived. They seem |' to be looking up old haunts prepara- nesting opera as tions. 1 | Street Cleaning | Machinery Seen by Committee EE E------ | Reeve Geo. Morris, Chairman | J. Trick of the Board of Works, a Town Enginder W. C. Smith visited | a number of cities last week-end to | | Ww. nd | 100k over some street cleaning and!' 4 evening, a pre sentation was made to street flushing machinery, which might be suitable for Oshawa's needs, They first went to Woodstock but strange to y notwithstanding the fact that such machines are made there, the city had none in use, They went next to Windsor, where some L! machines were seen in action, and! Oshawa. Catharines and | of the a r was called on to present him with later they visited St. were taken in tow by the engineer- ing department there and given a demonstration, What impressions 1he committee got will not be known until a report is made at the next.| meeting of the Council. Young People Bid Farewell To Mr. and Mrs. Mcleod) A pleasant gathering of young people, consisting largely of the young Women's Missionary Societies of the various churches, assembled in the Sunday School audftorium of the | | | cost | Vo 4 I'he letter carriers declare they re- | ceived during the war only $2.85 a | excess of claim. is de-|at $740 and have a maximum salary | establish it. | service here claim that they had no their cheques were not awaxe of any change in the 'government pn | i President Winona who is | where he will reside in future, Club since its organization and the members deeply regret his | vou have decided to seek your fortune On Friday afternoon Arbor Day was . observed at Simcoe Street school. Some of the older boys and girls raked and cleaned the front lawn while others, assisted by teach- ers and members of the Home and School Club, planted the flower beds at the south. amused themselves playing games. Through the kindness of the teachers and members of the Home and School Club the children were each given an ice cream cone. The children enjoyed the work and play and the grounds are improved in appearance. I ---- Butchers Deliver "Meat By Mail The rural mail, a boon to country dwellers and- city folk alike, has been put to many uses since its inauguration, and, apparently, the end is not yet, From The Reformer's . correspondent at Bethesda comes the following showing how His Majesty's mails are serving as minature butcher #2 chops: "Mr. Wannan, of Orono, in addition to Mr. R. J. Hodgson, of the west and store, at Tyrone, is calling on farmers of this vicinity with an up-to- date motor truck filled with | The smaller children! men who are clegible to pay a poll | hear Rev. Duncan McLeod and tax. It is estimated there are about | Mcleod, deliver addresses on four hundred men in Oshawa who|work in Formesa. This was con-| should contribute the sum of $5 an- | sidered the last opportunity the | nually in this manner. young people would have of listen- | Chief Friend commenced their collect- number have already ¢omplied with [to the foreign field this coming fall. the law. In many cases notices have | The visit of Mr. and Mrs. McLeod | been mailed and in some instances | has been much enjoyed by both young | prompt response has heen made. rand old and their departure will be | Last year it was necessary to issue |regretted. The young people who | | summons in order to collect a few of | heard them speak last evening were | the taxes but the collecting has just | deeply interested as they wold of | got under way for this year and it | their work and the opportunities | may not be necessary to fepeat that! which were open to missionaries who i system. | felt it their duty to go to that coun- { try. The curios which they exhibit- ed came in for considerable attention and gave the young people a clearer idea of what might be found there The addresses were greatly ap- preciated. FAIR HAIR OR DARK London Times: Somehow or other, though as a positive statement it may be contradicted by a hundred | particular cases, we still think that | the work which has been most typically English in the world has been done by the fair-haired type, whether it is the work of the Lop- ion laborer, whose speech is still largely that of Essex. or the faghion- ably-attired youth in Bond street, who when he is out of Bond street with a handful of men very much like him in pigmentation is perhaps [HOSPITAL SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES | wile Sunday next will be observed as | Hospital Sunday in Oshawa, in com- memoration of the anniversary of the | birth of Florence Nightingale. The annual collection in all churches will be taken up for the hospital, and on | Friday of this week the Hospital | Auxiliary will hold a rummage sale in the Town Hall. The Auxiliary have paid in a very few months $9, 500 on the new wing addition to the | nurse's residence, erected at a cos! | of nearly $14,000, and they are anx- [ious to pay the balance as quickly as possible. A KITTEN OMELETTE time trying to locate men and young Presbyterian Church last evening t0| of your home for our meetings and Mrs. | soci ing to accounts of the experiences of | our ling the tax on May 1st and quite a these missionaries before they return! value it not for its intrinsic worth, POSTIES MUCH DISPLEASED AT BONUS REMOVAL Was Cut Off By Civil Service Commission Without Warn- ing Being Given HOPE FOR READJUSTMENT Claim Present Wage Insufficient To Enable Man To Support Famliy Expressions of discontent among the postal service employees, which are general throughout the Domin- ion, over the discontinuance of the cost of living honus, are in accord with the opinions expressed by local mail carriers, who are Junder the Civil Service Commission. The dis- satisfaction around post offices gen- erally is iner sing, according to in- formation received yesterday, The bonus was cut off on April 1st, and their pay envelopes received on April Ith contained amoums varying from $15 to $25 less than previously. Had' their salaries been advanced | during the war in keeping with they of living the retirement of the bonus might have heen considered justified, the employees claim, - but during the war they received no per- manent incereasg, and it was not until 1918, when the situation became de- sperate, that the honus was put on. "Well, boy, don't yd The daily drink of milk for mal- Public School, inaugurated hy Red Cross Society on Mareh has already proved its value, accord- ing to a report tabled at the Board of Education meeting last by Miss M. E. Sieling. malnourished children Street School day, while other governments em- ployees were drawing salaries far in that amount. Nine letter carriers have heen fected hy the cut in Oshawa and there being only one single man, on the staff, they are not receiving a suf- ficient salary to live on, the carriers Married and single men now receive the same salary. The bonus to married letter carriers who start at the have been for now over six weeks, and in one erage of half a pound, 19° Arve Underweight, nurse's report stated The that weigh all children in the schools. It was found that 19 per cent. of all the children are 10 per cent, underweight, these being mal- nourished. latter in fixed at $1260, has been $315, while single men have received $187. There are hopes that the cessation of the bonus has been only tempor- iry and that the government will re- Employees in the postal each school shows King Simcoe Street, the Street, 18 per per cent. ; 15 per cent. ; Albert Street in for received of 1st Mary Street, 17 lowest. 23 per cent, ; and Centre cent. the cut and until they were they notice April members of the Board expressed the hope that the milk service might Club Presented On Severance of Ties At a social gathering of members | the Winona Sporting Club last | Hospital Auxiliary | Nets $760 On Play, The Ladies' Auxiliary of Oshawa! Hospital will realize about $760 as | its share of the proceeds, of the play, "Jack's Wife." put on by Theodore H. Bird and local talent in Oshawa, Whitby and Bowmanville, last week. | The members of the Auxiliary are] very grateful to all members of the | caste, and all who in any way help- ed to make the show a success, FIRST GRANT FOR SUPERVISED PLAY The first grant toward the es- tablishment of supervised play in Oshawa public sehools was made by the Board of Education last evening, when at the suggestion of the super- vising principal. the sum of sixty dollars was voted to provide nets, ele. for the volley-ball, basket-ball, This amount the principal announced is to be augmented by a eollection taken up among the teachers and pupils of the schools. of Mr. this Frank Manuel, week for Utica Mr. the heir president, leaving Manuel has been president of leaving During the business part meeting Miss llilda- Vickery n of Goldsmith's works while Harmer read the following volume or. WwW 1ddress: Dear Frank: We have learned with regret that in other fields, which makes it neces- ary for you to be absent from a number of our meetings and social functions, but it is our sincere de- ire that you always remain a mem- er of our Club, You have very capably and faith- | fully, as President of our Club, ful filled your numerous duties during {the year of our inauguration. | You have been kind enough, on | several occasions, to allow us the use bh: i social gatherings, a kindness which, we assure you, will not be forggtten by any member of our Club. We ask you, therefore, to accept this gift as a very small token of appreciation and friendship. COMING EVENTS THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY WILL hold a rummage Sale in the Town Hall on May 12th. 13-tf A PAGEANT IN PRESBYTERIAN Church, Thursday evening, May 18. Fuller particulars later. 16-b THE LAST DANCE OF THE SEA- son will take place in Engel"s Hall Friday night, May 12. Come and have a real good time. 16-b RESERVE THURSDAY MAY 18 for the miscellaneous concert giv- sen under the auspices of the King St. Choir, Herbert D. Teneer, Dir- ector. 16-4 OPENING DANCE ' BARNHART'S Beach Pavilion, Tuesday, May 9. Dancing every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Adanac Orchestra. 15-h ALBERT ST. HOME AND SCHOOL Club rieets Wednesday, May 10th, at 4 o'clock. Program and reports of convention will be read. Re- freshments.. Everybody Weleoifie.. 154 NEXT SUNDAY, MAY 14 WILL BE observed as Hospital Sunday in all the churches in Oshawa. This date i in commemoration of Florence Nightingale's dirihday and during but for the kind thoughts and good wishes which accompany it. We wish you the greatest success in vour new work and hope that many of our social gatherings, in the future, will be favored by your pre-! sence. RETA M. VOKES, Vice-President. LIDA P. MAHONEY, Secretary. Mr. Manuel in a few words thank- ed the members for their apprecia- tion of his efforts and expressed re- gret at having to sever his connec- tion with the Club. The remainder of the evening was Sovate to music and games, the gatheri breaking up about 12.30-0'clock. PHYSICIANS DECLARE DOES HEAL. Music as a powerful healing agency for physical as well as mental mala- dies was one of the principal topics of discussion at the annual meeting of the Tri-State Medical Association at Memphis recently. Approximately 250 physicians and surgeons from Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee heard this subject discussed. The physicians were enthusiastic in boost- ing music ©s a healer and classed MUSIC month each child has gained an av-| it | had been made possible with the do- nation of €eales by the Red Cross to! public | . , | treatment. The per centage of the | larged : : i | pediculosis ar Street with the highest, 25 per cent; |! as nd | | | i Commenting on the report several | want to kiss th' bride?" Yonahey in the Cleveland Plaindealer, CHILDREN OF ALBERT ST. SCHOOL; FAVOR EXTENDING THE SERVICE| be extended to other schools, par- nourished children of Albert Street | ticularly King Street, where the high- the | est number of malnourished children 24th, | is shown, 92 last per cent, month out of of 348. attendance It | was suggested that the Red Cross be evening | Twenty-five | Albert | receiving a | glass of milk each morning at recess | asked to extend the service. Miss Stiling asked the Board to provide milk for four children attend- ing the auxiliary class in the library building, as the teacher had under- taken 'to see that they got a hot lunch at noon. The Board decided to grant the request. The report of the scaool showed a total of 713 children in three schools inspected during April, Of the dfferent defects found, carious teeth was as usual in the majority, although the number is lessening since the establishment of free dental Next in line came en- tonsils, defective breathing, skin disease. School Dental Report, The report of the school dentists, Drs. Phillips and Tucker, show that during April a total of 96 pupils were treated «for various teeth ail- ments. The report was received and filed. PRESENT SHIELD 10 ROTARY CLUB Toronto Rotarians Visit Oshawa --Awarded for Large Attend- ance at Convention Members of Toronto Rotary Club, gver 40 strong, invaded Oshawa yves- terday and attended the weekly luncheon of the local club at noon in Welsh's parlors. The object of the visit of the Toronto Rotarians was to present to Oshawa Rotary Club the silver trophy donated by the fourth district of the Inturnation- al Association of Rotary Clubs for sending the highest percentage of its members to the district" convention in Rochester in March. The trophy was first presented to the Toronto club at Rochester, but the Rotarians of the Queen city discovered that if was awarded to them by mistake when Oshawa's representation at the nurse OF CANDIDATES 70 WRITE ON EXAMS FROM HIGH SCHOOL In Addition 41 Pupils' Will Try For Commercial Diploma GRADUATES IN DEMAND Cadet Drill Receiving Special At- tention at Present Prepara- tory to Inspection In his monthly report to the Board of Education last night, Principal Althouse of the High School noted that there will be 26 candidates in Jun@® writing on the Lower School Departmental Examination, Of these 9 are writing the full examination | and the others are writing on four papers, On the Middle 8chool (Junior Matriculation) Examination, 50 pupils will write, taking from four to twelve papers each. 15 candidates will write on the Upper School (Honour Matriculation) Examin- ation. These are taking courses in- volving from five to sixteen pagers. There will be 41 candidates for the Commercial Graduation Diploma. In all of the examination forms the teachers of the various subjects are putting on extra classes to assist those who are backward in those sub- jects. Still In Demand | The Principals report stated that there are at present 274 pupils on the | rol, 214 from the town, 46 from | Ontario county, and 14 from other | counties. One pupil entered during April, and .14 left school. Of these 09 were placed in positions, 2 moved i from town and 3 were taken out be- {cause of illness. "It will be seen," says the Principal, *'that the local factories and offices are as usual mak- ing great demands upon the High School for trained boys and girls, This drain is heaviest on the Com- mercial Department, and in this De- partment the pupils who would have graduated in June, but have left to accept positions are being ocarried along in the evening classes so that they may qualify for the Commercial sraduation Diploma." The average daily attendance for the month was 93 per cent. of the total enrolment. Cadet Drill Cadet Drill is receiving special at- {tention at present. Rifle-shooting competitions for the medals present- ed by Mr. Ferguson are in progress, and bi-weekly drills are held to pre- pare for the annual Inspection of the local corps, which takes place on May 22nd. Dr. Barker spoke to fthe High School pupils in the assembly hall on May 4th. His address was the best practical talk on "Success in Life" which has been delivered at the High School this year. This concluded a series of Vocational Guidance address- es which have an important place on the year's program of work. During the month the Commercial Typing classes secured 41 awards, including one Gold Medal for speed on the Remington Typewriter, 4 Silver Medals and one Silver Bar for speed on the Underwood Typewriter. This brings the total number of awards for the school year, thus far, to 108. CAR STOLEN AND RECOVERED SUNDAY While attending the morning ser- vice in the Presbyterian Church in Columbus on Sunday, Mr. Wallace the week throughout Canada, ef- Scott had his motor car stolen from the shed. On coming out of church he discovered his loss and notified the Oshawa police. Chief Friend im- mediately telephoned to Toronto, giving a description of the car and the number, and about five o'clock in the afternoon received word from the police department in Toronto that the auto had been found but that the man in charge of it made his escape by jumping from the seat, entering a house and getting away by means of another entrance. The car will be brought home this week. convention was reckoned from the standpoint of numbers and mileage. The luncheon yesterday was there- fore doubly enjoyable and the attend- ance a record. The trophy was hand- ed over by the president of the To- ronto Club and accepted by Presid- ent F. J. Bailes on the local club's | behalf. There were some fine ad- | dresses, the speakers including the well known Rev. W. A. Cameron, of Bloor Street Baptist Church, Toron- to, and enthusiastic Rotarian. After the luncheon, some of the Torontoians visited the local golf links, some the factories and other places. . . Anniversary Service Fifty-second anniversary services were held in the Baptist Church on Sunday, Rev. J. L. Harton, the pas- tor, preaching an anniversary ser- mon at the evening service. He pointed out to the congregation that there ar= decoration days of various kinds, curpnation days and anniver- sary days. The speaker said the women folk have decoratibn days, which he said was housecleaning time. Men too had anniversary days, and in illus- tration of this the speaker referred to Lord Nelson, on the eve of the great maval battle saying that he would have honor in life or in death. 80, too, the Christian church had its | | | | That in King Street Public School, where there are, ac- cording to the last school re- port, 348 pupils enrolled, there is mot a copy of the Holy Bible, except what the teachers in- dividually might purchase was the information given the Board of Education last night it, in certain circumstances, as almost forts are being made to raise mon- choice meats. Competition is special occasions such as Christmas, the life of trade, so we ought to be well supplied. Mr. T. W. Cawker, of Bowmanville, also ey for Hospital work. 16-c THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY WILL hold a rummage sale in the Town the safest man to be with in a real-|as effective as drugs. ly tight place in any quarter of the globe. True, this may not be de- Ottawa Journal: A kitten born up near Wiarton, Ont., had nine paws, eight legs, three mouths, but only NO CAR FOR A MINISTER offers to send meat by mail, free of cost of delivery." It is another instance of how the rural mén is seeking to the city. monstrable as'a scientific fact cap- able of no yariation; and it may be actually bdd taste, in these days of conflicting suspectibilities, even to put jt forward tentatively as a thepfy; fut it is a taste that is one head, stomach and body. The cat, adds the despatch, is dead. That we already had inferred, having assumed that originally there were several cats and that they had had a | head-on collision with a cement mix- London Answers: Clergyman-- I've brought back the second-hand car 1 bought from you last week. It is too obstreperous. Dealer-- What's wrong? Can't you run it? Hall on Friday, May 12. sold at this sale. good bargains. Sale at 2 p.m. | er--resuiting in a sort of omelette. | shown by our poster artists. > "Not if I remaig a minister." Parcels will be called forif you will tele- phone 81 or 3. "There are two very good brass bird cages to be Also many other 16-5 just closed, and he told of the splen- did results which had been achieved. i A saxophone is like a grizzly bear, it's all right if you leave it alene.