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Rasbued: Lurd a --- BROOKLIN NEWS For Coming Events -- News" Articles -- Advertising -- Church Activities Phone 655-4566 =X "Cuba As | Found lt ARTICLE 4 By Archie Campbell, Brooklin, Ont. As 1 said before we were to leave the following day at noon, that is the day after our arrival, but we found out that the load of pineapples we were to take back would not be ready until the next day, so this meant an- other day in Havana. I left early the next morning on a tour of Havana, this time to take a look at the schools, hospitals and fac- tories, and find out what I could about them. A quick survey of the school sys- tem solved by inquisitiveness here. I found out that all the teachers in Ha- vana plus every available person with a good education had left Havana for the country and the hills to teach the illiterate Cubans how to read and write. I found later that this was to go on for almost 7 months and in the meantime all the Havana ~ School children had a 7 month holiday. The University of Havana was a beehive of activity and classes were being held all day and into the night; |: a great number -of negros were evi- dent here also. I drove through the wealthy resi- dential section of Havana and to my surprise, I saw hundreds of Cuban youngsters in uniform in front of or in the beautiful Cuban homes, run- ning in value from $50,000 to $500,000. When I enquired what was going on I was informed that the homes had been confiscated by the government because the owners were either ex - Batista followers, anti Castro or had just left the country and that the houses were being used to house Cu- ban youth from the country who were being taught in the case of the girls "to be good housekeepers and mothers as well as being taught to read and nw pe and the boys a trade as well as \ basic education. . Each home was chaperoned by a Superior, a woman in the girl residence and a man in the _ boys residence. Both were very strict. Propaganda signs were 'everywhere. 'I noticed that while most of the beau- tiful homes were occupied by the youth, many housed technicians and these were usually, Checks, Russians, Foles and a few Red Chinese, and a very few by Cubans. Several were made over to house Iron Curtain Em- bassies with one exception and that was the home occupied by the Cana- dian Trade Commissioner. This was a beautiful place, owned by a Havana Undertaker; the home was valued at $100,000 and had a pool, beautiful garden, ete., I spent several pleasant days here as time went on and while the owner lived there along with the Trade Commissioner; the reason for this being that the owner' family was in Miami and he was just wait- ing for his exit visa. I next made a visit to a home where the people had just left the day be- fore for Miami; this visit was made along with a brother of the party that that had left; it was a beautiful Man- sion, valued about $260,000 and the brother was giving me a Cook's tour; we were standing in the living room when the front door suddenly sprang open and in came a young Cuban| 'the country. Brooklin, Ontario GENE DOPP Militiaman about 17 with a Sub-Ma- chine gun in his hands and he made straight for us, gesturing and talk- ing in Spanish. He was real mad and about that time I would have liked to have been somewhere elese. In any event my companion must have had the right answers because we finally were able to leave and our militiaman seemed to be much friendlier. But I can tell you I never tried to see an- other empty house. I drove from the residential section out toward the airport; as on my way in, after we first landed in Havana I had enquired about a Hospital I saw and I was in formed that it was a Hospital for the Insane. It was rain- ing and the roads were very slippery. I was to find out later that this was caused by oil leaking from the buses, trucks and cars. Russian Oil by the way is very thin, low viscosity, that ran through the motors on to the Roadways. When we arrived at the Hospital, we noticed many men working on the Roads and buildings in the grounds. The Landscaping was beautiful and everything was neat and 'clean. Numerous patients, the less violent were walking around; others were in beds in clean wards; attendants were everywhere; both patients and attend- ants were in clean outfits. A far distant cry, I wag to find out, from the same Hospital under Batistg, where the patients were seldom clean, had no shoes and slept on the floors. This was one small part of Castro's Government Reform that he could be well proud of. Another interesting sight a short distance from the Hospital was the prefabricating factory for the concrete homes that were being erected throughout Havana. The factory it- self looked like a plant without a roof; which it was, as the sections were formed, huge cranes ran along the top picking up the formed sections and loaded them on trucks for delivery to the home site. Several different models were evident; a first hand view of what Cuban workmen can do with cement; designs that I had never seen before, and had always thought would have been impossible. A short way down from the prefa- oricating plant was several other factories and warehouses making, as- bestos products, perfume pharmaceu- ticals, ete., and I was to find out later that each of these- was having diffi- culty producing volume since most of the expert technicians had been either Americans or Cubans who. had left|- A large implement warehouse was also there and hun- dreds of Iron Curtain tractors were evident, many in their original ship- ping boxes. We left here to return to our Hotel, -along-the route I decided I would like] to buy a short sleeved shirt. I was informed it was after 12 noon and that from 12 to 2 was Siesta time and! everything was closed. = Another good idea the Cubans have. (Next Article) -- "A 'Cuban Cock Fight and Trouble in the Hills. Hockey Boys Get Crests at ee ees Oddfellows Hall, April 27th The big night for the boys who --played hockey in the Brooklin Minor Hockey Association will take place on Friday, April 27 at 7.00 p.m. in the Oddfellows" Hall -- every boy who played hockey in this Association is invited to be present to receive his crest, and to enjoy an evening of en- tertainment which will be topped off with some sandwiches, cookies, pop and chocolate milk, the kind of food and drink every boy-likes, Jerry Colleran, : Vice-President of the Association, will be chairman of affair as Bud Wilson, the presi- dent, will be away on a vacation to New Orleans. Jerry announced that he and his committee is working on a program which may comprise a hockey picture of well known National Hockey League players, some musical pop or chocolate milk is supplied. numbers, a tumbling act, and sing- songs which will give the boys an op- portunity to show how good they are, but so far nothing has been finalized. Each team is requested to sit to- gether, so that they may come up as a unit for their crests, which will be presented to them by their coach. The crests have already arrived and they are something the boys can feel proud of when they wear them on their pull- overs or sweaters. Unfortunately the hall only holds | a limited number, and the committee regrets that there will only be room for one parent, either the father or the mother, but both parents will be asked to contribute to the success of supplying sandwiches and cookies for their 'boys. Committee will see that -& ALITNLE OF EVERYTHING The Old Timer says: "The fellow who's a 'good listener' is not only popular but he's liable to learn some- thing!" - _ How to Preserve a Husband "Be careful in your selection. not choose too young. preparation for domestic use. hot water. poor varieties nay be made sweet, tender, and good By garnishing them with patience, well sweetened with Wrap them in a mantle of charity. Keep warm with a steady fire of domestic devotion and serve with peaches and Thus prepared they will keep love and seasoned with kisses. cream, for years." ---- "The Common Law of Life" "The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, That stood out in the open plain And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king, But lived and died a scrubby thing. The man who never had to toil, Who never had to win his share, Of sun and sky and light and air Never became a manly man, But lived and died as he began. Good timber does not grow in ease, The stronger wind, the tougher trees, | The farther sky the greater length, The more the storm, the more the strength; By sun and cold, by rain and snows, In tree or man good timber grows, Where thickest stands the forest growth We find the patriarchs of both, And they hold converse with the stars Whose broken branches show the scars Of many winds and much of strife-- This is the common law of life." --X-- . The girl had evaded his persistent proposals of marriage with soft words intended to allay the hurt of her de- finite and inevitable refusal. Exas- perated, he turned upon her. "In plain English, will you marry me, or no?" "Hell no!" she replied. Teach me to obedient to the rules of the game. Teach me either to proffer or receive cheap praise. If 1 am called to suffer, let me be like a well bred beast, that goes away to suffer in silence. Teach me to neither cry for the moon, or cry over spilt milk. Teach me to win, if I may; if I may not, teach me to be a good loser. Do When once selected give your entire thoughts to Some insist on keeping them in a pickle, others are constantly getting them in This may make them sour, hard, and somewhat bitter; even , Short'§ "Pharmacy. BROOKLIN NEWS 1."Some of the pupils from Grade 6, Brooklin Senior School, with project they are sending to the May Thomp- son School in Bellflower, California,' 2. Judging paintings at the! U.S.A. Brooklin Art Guild, left to right: Ray © Hall, who judged the paintings of the of 4 - Lo ae fe 3s datrwienssiasitassndintismsiit intends ibid Svat tivie (Adi dir tide na IN PICTURES Guild, Mrs. C. McAughey, President, and Ralph Thompson, Instructor. 3. 'Some of the members of the Brooklin Art Guild. Brooklin Art Guild to Hold Exhibition of Painting on Apr. 30 The Brooklin Art Guild, which was inaugurated in 1954, held their annual judging on April 19th when Ray Hall, a member of the Ontario College of Art, and who conducts his own ad- | vertising agency in Oshawa, selected a representative number of paintings from among each member's work, for their exhibition which will be held at week of April 30th The public are invited to come in and view them. during the The Brooklin Art Guild membership varies from year to year--this year it comprises 12 active members with Ralph Thompson the instructor. Mrs. C. McAughey is the president, and Miss E. McKeown, the secretary-treas- urer--the other members are: Mus. "tion of colors so they would properly Hammer, Mrs. Kay, Mrs. Young, Mrs, Innis, Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Schloen, Mrs. Spratley, Mrs. Crosgrave, Mrs. Lock- ver and Mrs. Buldyke. The Guild, under Ralph Thompson, produced between forty and fifty paintings during the year. While making his selections from among the paintings for the exhibition, Mr. Hali gave some advice as to the selec- blend with one another, and the im- portance of bringing out texture, be it cloth, grass ete. He also touched on the importance of subject matter, composition and. technique. All the members present benefited by his grood advice. The Guild is always ready to welcome new members. - Brooklin Grade 3 : Learn English an It is easy to learn English and like it the way it is taught in Grade 6 at the Brooklin Senior School. Here is the way it all started: Miss Graham, Grade 6 teacher, saw an advertise- ment in a teacher's magazine, that a school in California, U.S.A. desired to get in touch with another school with the object in view of corresponding. She wrote the teacher there and. it] was not long before the 'Grade Sixers" had a flock of letters to reply to from the May Thompson School at Bellflower, California, U.S.A., which is located 36 miles from Hollywood. The 86 letters which arrived were an. swered without a bit of trouble--each in the class had at least one letter to answer--some had more, and of course each letter was scrutinized by Miss Graham, and any poor English was corrected. Thus lessons in English were taught in a practical way. One of the letters answered appears on this page. This, however, was not all. The children in Bellflower, about Canada. California, U.S.A. asked a number of questions. about Canada, so through a class ef- ford Grade 6 started a project to tell the American children some things It was in the form of Pupils ~~ Easy Way of pictures, clippings, drawings, etc. alloted to each of the following sub- jects: 1, Canada, as a whole, 2. The Province of Ontario, 3. History of Brooklin, 4. Brooklin Today, 5. Sports, specializing on Don Jackson (Our Neighbor), 6. Farming, 7. Maple Syrup, 8. General Motors, 9. School Activities, 10. Grade 6. was-of-sueh-a-size-that-it was neces- sary to send it by express. This was done on April 16th. } Now Grade 6 is waiting the return of a similar effort from their newly found friends, Maybe Miss Graham should receive some kind of Oscar for introducing such a novel way of teach- ing English, the painless way. ONE OF THE LETTERS ANSWERED Dear Pen-Pal: I am writing to you because I want you to be my Pen-Pal, and I want to 'learn more about your country. May Thompson School is one of the 18 schools in Bellflower. There are six grades and a kindergarten in our building with about 6500 pupils and 21 a huge scrapbook with an entire page | teachers. There are 36 in our class, The project | am 11% years old and my birthday is on June bth. How many are there in your class and vour school? There are five in my family. 1 Betas 44.0 THE PORT PERRY STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 26th, 1962--17 Regular Meeting #10--April 9, 1962. A Regular Meeting of the Council of the Township of Whitby was held in the 'Council Chambers, Brooklin on Monday, April 9th, 1962 at 1.30 p.m. with all members present. Deputations & Interviews Mr. Benedict L. Ogryzek, Solicitor for Waldemar Bonk was present re- garding license for Kart Track under By-law No. 1817. Mr. Ogryzek stated that all provi- sions of the By-law would be adhered to. That adequate fire fighting equip- ment would be obtained and a quali- fied operator for same. The equip- ment which they intend to use has already been approved by Chief Vick. Insurance would be specified in the By-law. arranged as First Aid equipment would be avail- able and a qualified person in atten- dance to administer first aid at all times when the track is in operation. Sanitary facilities would be arrang- ed to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health Dr. McKinney and the Inspector Mr. Carter. As to his client being a fit and proper person to be licensed, Mr. Ogryzek said that Mr. Bonk was a business man, operating a successful business and was entering the Kart Track enterprize not for profit but as an advertising medium. Mr. Bonk then stated that all Karts would be muffled to keep the problem to a minimum also to insure safe driving that driving instructions would be given and no one would be allowed on the track until they had ed the driving test. © Following discussion, Mr. Ogryzek and Mr. Bonk were advised that Coun- cil would discuss this question further and that a decision would be forward- ed to them. Mr. Fred Peckover was present re- garding insurance coverage for his tractor while working for the Twp.-- Warble Fly Spraying. This was discussed with Mr. Vick who assured Mr. Peckover that the Township coverage would be extended to include spraying. Mr. Geo. Vick, Mr. Bud Good and Mr. Archie Parrander were in atten- dance regarding hydrants in Myrtle Station. Mr. Vick stated that in 1962 he had correspondence with C.P.R. who were interested in fire protection and al- lowed them to use the tank for a water supply. Tank is now gone. The cost in 1962 for installing one hydrant with the Township digging the ditch and backfilling was $250.00 labour for pipe laying and $113.00 for materials, but had no idea of what price would be involved today. He recommended two hydrants, one on either side of #12 Highway. Mr. Good reported that he had be in touch with Mr. Stewart, Superin- tendent of C.P.R. and had found out that the source of supply, Mud Lake, was owned by the C.P.R. approximate area 6 acres, and felt that the pipe line could be taken over for a very noise pass reasonable figure. Councillor J. Dryden felt the next step was for the delegation to peti- tion the people of Myrtle to show that the majority of the people were in favour of this fire protection. Agreed. Dr. J. H. McKinney, Chairman of the Water Committee was present re- garding taxes on the tower and pump house, and requested a rebate of last year's taxes. The tax bill was sen! to Meadowerest and when Water Re- sources took over the system the bill was forwarded to them. Total a mount of taxes involved is $108.60. This item was covered by Resolu- tion #2. have a dog named Taffy and a ham- ster named Hammy. How many are | in your family and do you have any | pets? ' I am four feet five and one-half inches tall, I-weigh-about-80-pounds: I have dark hair and green eyes. I How old are you? Please describe yourself. Bellflower has a population of a- bot 53,000 and is a suburb of Los Angeles. We are 85 miles from Holly- wood and sometimes "movie stars" come here. About three weeks ago the "Three Stooges" were here. My hobbies are stamp-collecting and making model. cars. I like to play baseball, What are your hobbies and what do you like to play? Please answer me soon. Also, please send me a souvenir of Canada. If you will, I shall send you an interest- ing souvenir of the United States. Your Friend, Billy Anton. (Signed) --Mr.-Bill- Edwards was present and asked who's responsibility it was to keep the natural water course open that ran between Lots 9 & 10, Plan 691 and on down through the Subdi- vision." He stated that wood, paper -and general dberis was clogging it up and where the water came through under Rossland Road it emptied into a low section that measured 3 ft, in depth, but'the water was unable to get away as the land is so much lower there than tlie rest of the course. The portion of the water course on the road allowance and park is the main offender. 4 It was moved and seconded that this matter be referred ,to the Road Superintendent for investigation and report back to Council, Carried. Mr. H. Carter, Building Inspector was present regarding Lot 10, Plan 534. The owner wished to erect a garage which would encroach 2 ft, on the exterior yard requirements, This was discussed and covered by Resolution #4. (Recorded vote) and #6. Mr. Carter also mentioned that Mr. Napiorkowski of Richards Plumbing requested permidsion to change the' Whithy Township Council lattice work in his breezeway to glass so that this area could be used as an office or showroom. Garage.to re- main in its present form. Mr, Napi- orkowski was agreeable to signing a in effect that if business progressed, as he hoped it would, house and garage would be removed or operation discontinued. Mr. Carter was given permission to allow Richards Plumbing to go a- head with alterations on this basis. Correspondence 1. A letter from Mr. W. Church of the Church Bus Lines Ltd. Whitby, expressing appreciation of Council's support to their application for a run between Brooklin and Whitby and advising that they were refused, but with the right to re-apply which they intend to do. 5 vear agreement On motion letter filed. Carried. 2. From Foster Snowden, Secretary Treasurer, South Ontario Agricultural Society. Request for grant for Agri- cultural purposes for Oshawa Fair. Moved that this request be referred to the Budget Committee. Carried. 3. From the City of Oshawa. Notico under Section 30 of Zoning, amending By-law No. 4034. Moved that this item to a later date. 4. Letter of April Gth, T. K. Creighton, Solicitor, and copy of letter dated April 4th, 1962 from J.D. McKellar of Mason, Foulds, Arnup ete, Solicitor for Cassady re tax deed from the Twp. MeKellar advised that his client accept the four proposals men- Mr. Creighton's letter as long as a further payment of $100.00 is made to him which would to some extent cover his legal charges. Mr. Creighton's letter suggested that it would be advisable to end this matter by agreeing to these terms and making a payment of $100.00 to- wards the costs of the Robson Estate. It was moved that recommenda- tion of Mr. Creighton be accepted. Carried. 5. From Mr. W. Malischewski, let- of April 5th, 1962 complaining about the condition of the ditch on Ave, and asking that some action be taken to clear this matter up. It was moved that the Road Super- intendent make investigation of this complaint and report to Council. Carried. fi. A notice from the Ontario Good Association re 1962 School for Superintendents to be held in House: Theatre, University of Toronto, Monday and Tuesday, May Pith and 15th. This was discussed and covered by Resolution #1. 7. Letter of March 30th, 1962 from Bruce V. Mackey, Solicitor re Ennis Sale to Part of Lot 10, Concession 4, Township of Whithy, strip of land 10 ft. wide and running across the whole front- age of the parcel to be toBveged, be- ing 165 feet. This parcel of land was to be con- veyed to the Corporation of the Twp. of Whitby by deed, dated March 6th, 1956, being a deed from Kathryn Gen- dron, who had the right to convey this - land to the Township. Prior to the registration of the deed in 1959 a be deferred Agreed. 1962 from Cassady and Mr. will tioned in ter Torian Roads Road Hart Johnstone, covering a mortgage was registered in favour of Ennis on January 22nd, 1959. When the deed to the Township of Whitby was registered the consent of Ennis should have heen obtained to give the Township a clear-title-to-these lands. Mr. Drynan has suggested that En- nis give to his client a rebate of $165. due to the fact that they cannot give clear title to this piece of land. It therefore would follow that Ennis would sign off in favour of the Cor- poration of the Twp. of Whitby for the same sum "of 3165.00, being the valuation placed upon this land. Following discussion it was moved this be tabled for the next meeting for clarification, Carried: R. Letter of March 28th from the Hon. F. Cass, Minister of Municipal Affairs, ve Twp. of Whitby Proposed purchase of 1.7 acres of Black "B" registered Plan No. 725 under Sec- tion 28 (10) of the Planning Act. This was discussed and covered by Resolution #3. 9. A noticée from the Community Planning Association of Canada on Highways and Urban Transportation Conference to be held in the Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto April 12 and 13, 1962, Moved that the Chairman of the Fanning Board be informed of this Conference. Agreed. 10. Mr. R., Yarrow -- Dog Control Officer covering report from March 6th to April 8rd. Dogs picked up 9, dogs destroyed 7, days board 23 and dogs retrieved 2. Moved that this report be received and filed. I'rom (Continued on Page Eight) Ee