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HTH CER aye e THE OSHAWA DAILY TIME 'S, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1931 PAGE THREE [Oshawa Polled Heaviest Vote in Its History Yesterday Hundreds of Inquiries on | ~ Results of Civic Election » $ Were Answered Last Night Times' Office Was Bow * Place as Returns Were Assembled and Informa- tion Given by Telephone and Bulletins CANDIDATES SPEAK TO CROWD OF VOTERS . Improvised Platform in Times Building Used as Rostrum--Complete Re- turns Assembled Soon After Nine O'clock Oshawa takes its election returns seriously and one wonders how in- quisitive citizens would get along if they could not rely upon The Times to provide them with its annual complete service of municipal elec~ tion returns. As usual however the whole staff of the paper, from president to messenger boy, was on the job last night in order that the results might be disclosed to anxi- | ous ratepayers as soon as possible, | At exactly 7.26 p.m. the firs poll was heard from and others fol- lowed soon after. Already the tele- phone wires were buzzing with en- quiries and as the returns began to | roll in the telephone calls came in | increasing numbers, The telephone | operators will tell you that "35" | was a much wanted number last pight and as a matter of fact hun- | dreds of calls were answered by tne | girls in The Times' office. They came in as fast as the snow was falling outside ds all Oshawa sud- denly began to show interest in the election. By means of bulletins posted on the wall of the front office, a large erowd which gathered in The Times' building was kept in con- stant touch with the progress of the election as returns were flashed in from the various polls, With pos (Continued on Page ¢) RETURNS FLASHED O ON { SOREEN A large crowd at the New Mar- tin theatre last night was given a municipal 'election service, returns being flashed on the screen at the theatre as they were recelved. These figures were gathered at the committee rooms of Ernie Marks, the successful candidate for mayor. CLERK'S PHONE BUSY The office of city clerk F. E. Hare presented a busy scene last evening. Several of the candidates in the election' contest were pres- ent, together with other citizens. The clerk's phone was continually busy, and returns received from the Times office were given to an- xious electors. What with tele- phone calls, returning officers re- porting, and numerous enquiries from those present, the clerk and his assistant were busy people, Born PEEBLES--DBors on Jn, 2nd, 1931, to Mr, and Mrs, Everett 4 Peebles, (nee Alice Webster), 137 Colborne St. E., the sit of a daughter. (4a) FORESTALL--Born at 4.30 am, Jan, 1st, 1831, to Mr, and Mrs. E. Forestall, 634 Hortop Ave, f 'the gift of a son, (4a) In Memoriam UDD-In loving memory of our dear wife and mother, Mary Elizabeth Metcalfe, who depart- ed this lite Jan, 5th, 1929, 'wo years have passed since that sad day, od calded the one we loved away. «wall by we miss her still, orget her, no we never will, ugbond, daughters and son. Coming Events 8 Vents por word each in: sertion. Minimum charge ADAME NEVADA, PALMIST, Rose's Corners. Phone nu. c) OUND DANCING TONIGHT, New Snooker Dance Hall, ner Brock and Division. Melody .. Boys' Orchestra, (8b) . . . DESCRIBES WORK OF RECLAIMING WAYWARD BOYS Official of Victoria Industrial School Speaker at Rotary Club An interesting and instructive story of the work of reclaiming boy Ifte, as carried out at the Victoria Industrial School, Mimico, was un- folded to the members of the Osh- awa Rotary Club at their weekly luncheon yesterday by W. Ed, Stim- ers, of the staff of the school, who was the guest speaker for the day. Citing case after case of boys who had entered the school after being committee for criminal offences, and had later in life became good citizens. Mr, Btimers gave a con- vincing impression that the schoo! was dong a wonderfu. work, but he took the opportunty of stressing the value of the Boys' Training School at Bowmanville in stepping in' before the boys started a life of crime, thus doing a worth while work of prevention, Mr, Stimer's address was heard with splendid attention, and at the close the thanks of the club were ably ex- pressed by Ross McKinnon, who, by a strange coincidence, spent four of the early years of his life at the institution while his father was its superintendent, Before the address of the day, President Frank Johnston congratu- lated Ross McKinnon and A. V. Swall on their election by acclama- tion to the board of education, and also expressed the hope that, since two Rotarians were mayorally can- didates, it would be possible to con- gratulate a Rotarian on being may- or of the city for 1931. Introduced by Mac Soanes, chair- man of the boys' work committee of the club, Mr, Stimers prefaced his 'remarks by saying that he haa | been a laborer among boys for 13 years. ject, 'he said that boys wére sent to | the Victoria Industrial School after | all other efforts to keep them from crime had falled Thug it was re- markable that between 756 and 80 per cent of the hoys sent there made good in later life, Mr, Stimers gave an interesting review of the routine life of the school, describing the steps taken to give an academic education to the younger boys, and to train them all in useful trades and occupations, Such trades as tailoring, shoe-mak- ing, printing, carpentry, painting, farming, gardening, machine shop practice and plumbing were taught, "Wile Instruction was given in music, this having resulted in the organization of a splendid school choir and a bugle band. Citing cases of ndustrial school boys who had been successful in later life, the speaker stressed the big percentage of boys in this class, He pointed out that fewer. boys were being committed to the indus. trial school now, on account of the fact that many boys were being sent to Bowmanville, where they were headed off from embarking on a life of crime, and were put right before they had gone too far on the wrong track. Failures Admitted Mr. Stimers frankly admitted that there were failures, that some of the boys went back to crime after being paroled. 'But we take notice of these because we hear all about them," he said, "while we never hear of the many who make good. The idea of the school is that it is not a prison, but a place of reform- ation, where we try to remake the boys' lives. But in so many cases they seem to have been born with criminal tendencies, and were mar*ed for a lite of crime from the start." Plea for Sterilization In this connection, Mr, Stimers sald he was a strong advocate of sterilization of the sub-normal and mentally unfit, so that they could not reproduce their own kind. "The first step," he sald, "is to educate the public along the lines of being breeders of men of the highest type, as well as breeders of thor- oughbred horses and cattle," Mr, Stimers closed' his address with an appeal to the Rotarians to visit the school at Mimico at any time, so that they could see for themselves the splendid work that was being done there, of your confidence. To the Electors of CEDARDALE Kindly accept my thanks for the hearty support you gave me at the polls yesterday. I trust that my efforts in the interests of Cedardale during 1931 will be deserving J. B. Waterous Starting right into his sub- i; OSHAWA MAN GETS POST IN COBOURG Schofield Vv. in Named Chevrolet Representative in That Town Schofield V. Irwin, of 49 Quebec street, Oshawa, until recently Gen- eral Motors of Canada Ltd, factory representative for the Chevrolet line, has been appointed Chevrolet dealer for the town of Cobourg ac- cording to announcement made to- day by E. R. Birchard, manager of the Oshawa zone, Mr, Irwin will start in business in Cobourg in the very near future, All Chevrolet models, including trucks, will be handled by the new dealer who through his experience gained as factory representative has a thorough knowledge of the auto- mobile business and is particularly well qualified to explain to the buy- ing public the merits of the new Chevrolet models, He understands cars and Is well versed on all tech- nical points, having had practical as well as sales experience, Mr Irwin has been n the employ of General Motors of Canada for sev- eral years. It is the intention of Mr. Irwin to operate a modern garage in connec- tion with his sales agency and he will adhere to the policy found of great value by General Motors by having dealers employ eflicient mechanics who have not only done practical work but who have also been given a technical training in the (3 M.C, service school. In thi manner motorists of Cobourg and district will be assured of first clans | service and advice when in need of | repair work on their cars, Mr. Irwin ultimately plans o] move his family to Cobourg and he will no doubt prove a valuable ad- | dition to the progressive and pub- He-spirited business men of North- umberland county's thriving town. | ISTER-IN-LAW OF | FORMER MAYOR DIES Mr, T. B, Mitchell received a tele- gram, yesterday from Prince Albert Saskatchewan, advising him of the sudden death, in that city, of the wife of his brother Joseph, a for mer resident of Oshawa The late Mrs, Mitchell was a native of Sar nia, Ontario, and her remains will be taken there for burial Mr Joseph Mitehell has been in {ll health himself for a long time and is now in such a serious condition will not be able to return cast he present his wife's burial PLAN PR OGRAM In order to prepare a program u, activities for the season the execu tive of the Simcoe Street United Church Young People's League met at the home of the president, Don Holden, 167 Himcoe street north, last night. Practically every mem ber of the executive was able to at. tend and It is hoped to make this year one of the most successful in the history ofthe organization. CHRISTMAS EV v Tonight {8 Christmas eve and to- morrow is Christmas day for hun- dreds of the city's population who are of Slavic origin. The Slavie peoples including the Ukranians, follow a different calendar than we do and although on coming to Can- nda they generally adopt our cal- endar for business purposes, they still cling to the old calendar for the great religious observances. POOR MOTORING Motorists report that conditions on the highway last night were not of the best. The heavy fall of snow obscured vision and not a few driv. | ers were forced to make brief stop in order to clean the snow off the | windshields. However no serious accidents have been reported, [Heavy Vote Polled in Most District Municipalities Election Returns Indicates Election returns received by The Times from the various muni- cipalities in this district, show that in most cases a heavy vote was polled yesterday, The elec- tors seemed to take an unusual in- terest in the choosing of their ex. ecutive officers, and In several cases old members of the various councils went down to defeat, Aldred Is Reeve Scugog, Jan. 6.--Aldred was elected reeve of Scugog township yesterday, having a majority of 20 over his opponent, Russell Hood. Mr. Aldred sccured 105 votes, while Mr. Hood polled 85. The council, which was elected by acclamation includes Russell Carter, Frank Gerrow, George Hood and John Sweetman. Port Perry Returns Port Perry, Jan. 6. --In a fairly heavy vote yesterday, Merlin Let- cher headed the poll for she Port Perry Village Council with 328% votes. H. R. Archer took second place In the people's choice with 218 votes, while James McKee and R. J. Weir were also elected with 276 and 273 votes respectively. The defeated candidates are A, D. Peters, Norman Ewer and George Raines, In the =chool trustee race, Man- sel Ceorrow headed the poll with 256 vote W. J. Andersen had 214 votes an Ors Da 200, Mr T. Figarry wa efeuted, the elec | tors of Port Perry appard ly pie ferring to have l * village af CM fairs entrusted entirely to men. Result in Newcastle Newcastle, Jan. 6.--~Two mem- bers of the 1930 village council were returned to office by the electors of Newcastle yesterday, to- gether with two new men. J. E, W. Philp, a last year's councilman, headed the polls with 153 votes, while A. O. Parker, a new man, came second with 137. BE. C, Hoar, failed of re-election, receiving 105, while J. H. Jose, a new aspirant to municipal honors, had an even 100 supporters. The voting was only of falr proportions, as there was no contest for the reeveship. W, F. Rickard was elected Reeve by acclamation, Result in Newcastle, Jan. 6.-- man was elected reeve township in the elections with a plurality of 76 over ponent, Albert! Morton, reeve in 1930, Mr. Holman pollea 547 votes while Mr, Morton had 471. F. Lovekin was elected deputy-reeve with 526 votes, his opponent, L. A. Dent, polling 454. Councillors elected were C, A, Reid, with 758 votes; A. McKay with 619; and F. Couch with 511. W. J. Patton was defeated, polling 499 votes, only 12 behind the last elected me In the trustee for | George election for Brown's school, 8, 5. No Stephenson: was chosen to ihat 1Lddy, who retired after hold- ing t position for jo years. (Continued on page ¢ 6) ALDERMEN IN WARD 2--SOUTH- EAST THOMAS KNOX LOUIS HYMAN AL DERMEN IN WARD 3--NORTH-WEST ROBERT K GEORGE MORRIS ALDERMEN IN WARD 1_SOUTH-WF ST "FRED 0. KIRBY WILLIAM BODDY SAMUEL H. JACKSON ALDERMEN IN WARD 5--CEDAP~ ALE EDMUND JACKSON JOHN CAUNT POOR CHILDREN ARE ENTERTAINED Salvation Army Gives New Year's Supper to 150 Kiddi The New Year's supper given by the Salvation Army in their hall was thoroughly enjoyed and ap-' preciated by the 160 poor children who had been invited by ticket. The young "guests" gathered in good time and by the time of com- mencement, everything was in readiness. All available space was utilized in the Sunday School hall for the tables and all arrangements worked like "clock-work." A full course supper was served with soup, chicken and potatoes with green peas and for desert, Christ- mas pudding. Milk was given them to drink. Everything was served hot and in ample fashion. The boys and girls showed their appreciation in the way they par- took of the good things placed be- fore them, some coming after- wards and personally thanking for the good supper. One lad sald at the finish to those in charge, 'Gee, that was great." Much credit is due to Mr. Richards and to the Army ladies for their work and splendid arrangements. Ensign Dixon desires to thank all who contributed or helped. | MANY CHANGES IN OSHAWA COUNCIL | The changing scene in municipal affairs, or perhaps one might say the fickleness of public opinion, is fllugtrated by the fact that, of the sixteen men that sat around Osh- awa"s council board in 1929, only five will take the oath of office next Monday as members of the 1931 council. The rest have either retired voluntary or have been asked by the electors to step down from their office. Of these five, two are veterans who have survived many munici- pal campaigns, These are George Morris, only surviving member of the 1929 council in the north- west ward, and Edmund Jackson, only one of the 1929 aldermen from Cedardale who still holds of- fice. The North-east ward Ilike- wise has one lone representative of the 1929 council still in the council, this being Peter A. Mac- donald The south-east ward has been quite merciless, and not one of its 1929 aldermen is still on the coun- | fl, The south-west ward {is more bowever, and both S. H Jackson and William Boddy have survived the changes that two short years have wrought. tolerant, Largest Vote Ever Accord- ed a Mayor of Oshawa, Although His Plurality Was Lower Than That Given T. B. Mitchell in 1928 CEDARDALE HIGHEST WARD IN BALLOTING Cedardale Polls 55.2 Per Cent. Vote; South-west Ward, 49.3 Per Cent.; North-east Ward, 48 Per Cent.; South-east Ward, 47.8 Per Cent.; and North- west Ward, 45 Per Cent. The heaviest vote in the history of Oshawa wag that polled by the electors yesterday. It was also the heaviest percentage vote poll ed since Oshawa became a city, and probably exceeded the figure for nearly all of the preceding years when it was a town. The total vote was 5,442, which was about a fifty per cent poll. Every ward in the city showed a heavier vote than last year. vote Ernie mayor by the By virtue of this Marks was elected vote although not the largest plurality, cver given any mayor of Oshawa. His vote to- talled 2,749 and his plurality over hie nearest opponent. George Hart, was. 1,309 The nearest approach to this was the vote which T. B. Mitchell received in 1929, when he defeated D. A, J. Swanson with a | plurality of 1,573, receiving a vote of 2,514, This was the largest plurality ever given any candidate for mayor here, and was the larg- est vole for any mayoralty candi- i date up to that time. In 1927 R. ID. Preston defeated O. M. Alger to win his second term of office by a vote of 2,121 to 1,006, and in the previous year he defeated George Morris by a vote of 1,828 to 1,367 . In 1925 Herbert' Schell was elected Mayor defeating W. J. Trick 2,009 to 1.754. while in the previous year W. J. Trick was largest Fity Percent of Electors Exercised Their Franchise Almost Doubling 1930 Vote Emie Marks Given the! clected, the vote being Trick, 1, 634; John Stacey, 1,425; and R. Moffatt 1,122, - Last year when there was no mayoralty contest, a 27. per cent. vote was polled, 3,022 electors ex- ercising their franchise. In 1929, 3,455 electors voted, this being a 36 per cent. vote, In 1928, when there was no mayoralty contest, there was a 25 per cent. vote. Although the heaviest vote, nu- merically, was polled in the south- west ward ,Cedardale shone with the best percentage record, 65.2 per cent. of the elecfors in that ward exercising their franchise yesterday, 377 out of 683 voting. Cedardale was also in the lead last year, with a 38 per cent. poll. The south.west ward, which was third last year with 27 per cent. took second 'place this year with a 49.3 per cent. poll, 1002 elce- tors voting out of 2,031, The north-east ward, fourth last year, with 25 per cent., was third yes- terday ,with a 48 percent, vote. 1.- 531 ballots- being cast out of & possible vote of 2,160 . This was a remarkably heavy vote consider- ing the fact that there was no al- dermanic contest in this ward. The outh.east ward, second last year with 28% per cent., dropped to fourth in percentage although ft had the largest numerical vote, Here 1,662 electors voted out of 3,269, a percentage of 47.9. The north-east ward maintained its po- sition in last place. although the percentage vote rose from 23 last year, to 45 this year, 923 electors voting out of 2,055. The total vote cast was 5,395. The total vote possible at muniei- pal elections is 11,198, which would give a percentage vote yes- terday of 48.2. However, this to- tal possible vote includes both Part 1 and 2 of the voters' list and a large number of those on Part 2 are not eligible to vote for either mayor or Public Utilities Commissioners in the ward in which they are listed in this divi- gion . Tt can be said, thercfore. that about fifty per cent. of those eligible to vote on the mayoralty question yesterday, exercised their franchise £1350.000 DE FICIT Ottawa City of Ottawa The finished its municiapl year with aes ivi cit of $150,000, Mayor Allen said. To the citizen, and anxious to of office has you will not misplaced. Ir Ep EE Thanks! Citizens of Oshawa . . . HE Voters of Oshawa yesterday bestowed upon me the greatest honor that is possible for them to bestow upon any fellow while I am convey my sincerest appreciation, yet I am concerned about my ability to merit such an honor--Citizens of Oshawa, I thank you and sincerely hope that when my term expired that have reason to feel that your trust was Ernie Marks