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Newspaper in a Growing City a Daily Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer Times y "All The News While It Is News" 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES . OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 30,1931 5 TOO INDEPENDENT impressive Event Was Held At O.C. and VI. Last Night 130. STUDENTS ATTEND BANQUET AND DANCE FOR GRADUATION CLASS First Annual Event of Its Kind Held in Collegiate Cafeteria Proves Com- plete Success--E. J, Mc- Girr Was Toastmaster CLASS ADDRESSED BY W. H. MOORE, M.P. Be Careful in Years of Prosperity, Noted Econ- * omist Advises--Principal Urges Loyalty to School "Traditions -- Dance Fol- lows Banquet One of the most impressive and inspiring events in a student's life, a Graduation Banquet and Dance, was enjoyed and appreciated yester- day evening, by about one hundred and thirty young men and women of this city, when the Oshawa Col- legiate and Vocational Institute held its First Annual "Graduation Classes' entertainment. Never in the history of the Osh- awa High School, Collegiate Instit- ute or Collegiate and Vocation In- stitute, has such an inspiring gath- ering been held. Time dims the memory-pictures of school-day life but those young men and young women who participated in the great event last night, will rémem- ber their Graduation Banquet when other ies of their school days have ' faded "into pW, oore, liament' for the riding of South On- tario, was the chief speaker of the ¢ , and the svonderfal thrilling ssage which he gave was a fit- ting 'climax to one of the most mm- portant events in 'the. history of those students present, J. McGirr, Toastmaster The pupils of the Fourth and Fifth - Matriculation forms and Third and Fourth Commercial forms gathered at the School at 6.30 p.m. and proceeded to the Cafeteria, where the Banquet was held. The members of the Staff and Dr. F. J. Donevan, chairman of the Board of Education, and the other guests, occupied the head table. After hav- ing done full justice to a delightful repast, served from the Cafeteria kitchens, under the supervision of Miss. Lidkea, E. J. McGirr, Toast- + took over -his duties and af- few fitting remarks, called for t to "The King." Toast To The School Miss Dorothy Gallagher proposed the toast to "The School", as fol- lows: " .. Chairman, Visitors, Mem- bers of the Staff and Fellow Gradu- ates--It is my duty and honor to- night to propose a toast to our school. We think a great deal of it now, but we are told that we will think a great deal more of it after we have been away. When we came here, three, four or five years ago, as the case may be, we found every- thing. very str new hers, new subjects, and new companions. Now, .at least some of us have grown up and we are rcady for another change -- a far greater change. Some of us are ready to go to college. Some of us will go to. teacher-training schools and oth- ers of us will begin a business life. © (Continued on page 4) MINING ENGINEER IS FOUND DEAD Body of Harry Harcourt, Toronto, Discovered in Garage ' . (Canadian Press D Toronto, May 30.--Harry BE. Harcourt, mining engineer, pro- minetly identified with the Jack- son Manion mine, was found dead this morning in the garage in the rear of his home on St. Clair Ave, Death was aue to a revolver bul- let in his head. The tragic dis- covery was made by Mrs. Harcourt Shortly after the shooting. Har- «ourt was 42 years of age. <he body was lying at the side of the motor car with a revolver near the outstretched hand. The bullet entered 'the head through thé right ear. Lower 'Lakes--Moderate winds, cloudy and cool tonight unday, probably a few. 1A ) Member of Fedeial Par- | TORTAX PAYNENT {to Mr. Reddin, expressing the hope HONORED ENUMERATORS TO COMMENCE WORK HERE ON MONDAY Co-operation of Citizens Asked in Difficult Task E. 'W. Webber, of Columbus, Census Commissioner for this electoral riding, speaking to. The Times this morning stated that everything is in readiness for the enumerators to commence their work in Oshawa first thing on Monday morning. With fifty-four enumerators in the district under Mr. Webber's supervision, 18 will handle the city when it is expected that the task of obtaining all the informa- tion asked for on the census forms ¥. J. REDDIN Secretary-treasurer of the Osh- awa Industrial Foundations Itd.,, and a director of the Chamber of Commerce, who at a luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce Directors, yester- day, was presented with a beautiful tea on behalf of the Industrial Foundations, in honor of his approaching marriage. TIME EXTENDED First Instalment Can BE Paid Up to June 15 With- out Penalty, Finance Committee Decides At a meeting of the finance committee of the city council held last night, the committee decided to extend the time limit for pay- ment of the first instalment of taxcs to June 15. The date orig- inally fixed was June 1, but in order to accommodate those who might find it difficult to meet their payments by that cate, fit was decided to allow two more weeks for payment wit.out pen- alty. Official announcement to this effect is being made in Tle Times today. In conversation . with The Times this morning, Peter Black- burn, the city treasurer, said he anticipated that the June pay- ment of taxes would be quite sub- stantial, and would enable him to clear oft the indebtedness to the bank, incurred by the neces- sity of borrowing for current ex- penditures sifice the beginning of the year. This necessity for bor- rowing, he pointed out, cost the city a considerable amount of money in interest charges, and he was hopeful that the tax pay- ments on the first instalment 'would 'be sufficient to repay the bank and cut down the interest. PRESENTED WITH WEDDING GIFT F. J. Reddin Honored by In- dustrial Foundations Limited Prior to the business mecting and luncheon of the Board of Directors of the Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce held in the Genosha Hotel at noon on Friday, G. W. McLaughlin, acting in his capacity as President of Industrial' Foundations Lithited, performed a pleasing ceremony in making a presetitation to F. J. Red- din whose marriage takes place next week. =. The presentation took the form of a: handsome mahogany tea wag- on, -Mr, McLaughlin extending the felicitations of Industrial Founda~ tions Limited to the recipient who has served this organization as sec- retary-treasurer since its formation. Other directors, both of the In- dustrial Foundations and also of the Chamber of 'Commerce, joined Mr. McLaughlin in'offering good wishes that the coming change in his state of life would in no way affect the relations which have 'existed he- tween Mr, Reddin® and the other will be completed in about two weeks. The enumerators will commence as early, aid cease work as late as they please on each day their remuneration being entirely governed by the amount of information they gather. The Commission asked that the citizens of Oshawa do all in their power to assist the enumerators in their ardous task. "So long as people upon whom the enumera- tors call answer all the questions to the best of their ability - the work will be completed very fast," sald Mr. Webber, "but if house- holders and citizens start to ask questions tehmselves then delays will arise. "I would ask for co-operation from citizens generally who, in answering up to them, are abso- lutely protected by law as regards the secrecy of the information given. The epumerators are sub- ject to a heavy penalty if they divulge any of the information gb- tained in the carrying out of their duties so that no person need hes- itate in giving his or her answers" said Mr, Webber, BLIND INSTITUTE DOES GREAT WORK FOR SIGHTLESS Canvass To Be Held in Osh- awa in' Aid of Worthy Cause The average man on the street, if he stors to think at all, has some sort of a hazy impression that the Canadian National Insti- tute fer the Blind is an organiza- tion which teaches the blind how to weave baskets, and do simple woodwork, existing for the pur- pose of collecting monies by sub- scription in aid of the blind, "All very nice," he thinks to himself, "and if I think of it, I may help them the next time they appeal for funds." \ : : Such an idea of the activities of the Institute is very far re- moved from a tf e statement of ut the annual report of this 'nion wide or- ganization wi) .ickly prove. Some of the .uany departments operated by the Institute, in ad- dition to institutional work as more generally recognized, are as follows: --Library and Pub- lishing, with a catalogue listing 12,000 volumes and over 2,000 pleces of music; Placement De- partment, with employment being found for 78 blind persons dur- ing the year ending March 1930; Social Service Department, and perhaps one of the most import- ant, a Prevention Program. The Institute works on the as- sumption that the short-sighted child of today may be the Llind child of tomorrow unless every care is taken to jealously saf-- guard the tended sight. "Sight Saving Classes have been estab- lished 1 many centres of Can- ada through the co-operation of educational authorities and it is by this means, through adequate preventive measures and treat- ment, that many, useful citizens of tomorrow will be available to serve: this Dominion who other- wise might have heen less use- ful owing to total blindness. 'In the work of the Institute it may be well said that its rep- resentatives bring 'hope and life to people who. otherwise must sink into the 'slough of despond and give up in despair. i Passengers Take To * Boats as Steamer Wrecked on Coast "San Francisco, May 30--Wireless reports from the coastwise steamer Hatvard which went onto rocks 130 miles notth west of here, early to- day, said all Her 400 passefigers had been put 'out in lifeboats, but that boats had been ordered not to land members of the Board. because of the danger of yocks. , 'mental bands and the effect that restablishments throughout the AT GRADUATION CLASS BANQUET W. H. MOORE, M.P., LEFT AND A. E. O'NEILL, RIGHT Who were speakers at the first annual banquet and dance of the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute, held at the school last night. Mr. Moore who is a noted economist, gave some timely advice to the graduating students while Mr. O'Neill, the principal, counselled loyalty to the high traditions of the school, District Signal Champions Honored By Regimental Officers at Fine Banquet High Praise for Signal Sec- tion of Regiment Which Came Second in Domin- ion Contest--Replicas of Trophy Presented to Indi- vidual Members of Sec tion At the banquet tendered to the Signalling Section of the On- rio Regiment in the Non-com- fssioned Officers' Mess at the Armouries on Friday evening by the officers of the regiment, sin- cere tribute was paid to Major Stroud's section in appreciation of the honour that it has brought to the battalion in winning the district signal trophy of M.D, 2, and being placed second in the Dominion of Canada in the com- petition sponsored by the. Cana- dian Infantry Association. The chairman of the evening, Major R. B. Smith, second-in- command of the regiment, to- gether with Lt.-Colonel Frank These Signallers Won Championship The members of the Signall- ing Section of the Ontario Reg- iment, winners of the champion- ship in Military District No. 2 REQUEST GONGI FOR FINDINGS IN INVESTIGATION Ratepayers' Council Claim Aldermen Inefficient in Engineer's Dept. Inquiry A complete report of its finding and its investigation into the oper- ation of the department of W. C, Smith, former city engineer, will be requested from the city: council by the Central Council of Ward Rate- payers' Associations, The council was the object of considerable criti- cism by the representatives of the various ward ratepayers' associa- tions at the Central Council meeting | last night and several expressed the {opinion that it had handled the question in a clumsy and inefficient manner, A motion, asking the council for information, was moved by Mr. Ste- wart and seconded by Thos, King. It was carried almost unanimously. The motion was originally put as an amendment 'to an amendment, but as its terms seemed to meet the situation better than the original motion and the amendment, both of these were withdrawn voluntarily by their movers and seconders. The amendment to the amendment then automatically became the motion and it was adopted unanimosuly. After receiving the necessary in- formation from the council, the cen- tral council will then consider whet- her it will be necessary to demand a judicial inquiry into the whole af- fair, it was intimated last night. Referring to the action of the city in making up to the city clerk and the present acting engineer, that portion of their salaries which was formerly paid by the public utilities ission, it was suggested by a and second in the D Wide competitions, are as fol- lows: Major A. M. Stroud, in command. Sergt. H. H. Price, Sergt, 0. O. Hamilton, Cpl. R. J. Clary. Signallers E. C. Sal- mon, T. F. McKeigue, K. H_ Et- cher, C. G. McDougall, W. R. Murray, J. R. Sweet, R. L. Foote, N. R. Oke, R. J. Don- abie, G. Makarchuk, A. D. Hele, N. W. Zendrowski, K, Whiley, J. H. Donabie, H. H. Fry, W. Drake, H, Glanville. Chappell and each of the speak- ers stressed the fact that the suc- cess attained was only made pos_ sible by the enthusiastic co-op- eration, hard work, and faith- ful attendance on parade of every individual member of the signal-/ (Continued on page 3) To Form Stretcher Bearer Section in Regiment: Unit to Have Strength of From 21 to 25 N.C.0.'s and Men, Major R. B. Smith Announces -- To Compete for Trophies The Stretcher Bearer Section to be formed as a section of the Ontario Regiment, according to announcement made by Major R. B. Smith, is being organized in accordance with the latest am- endments to the authorized es- tablishments for infantry units fesued by the Department of Na- tional Defence. *This section will strength of from twenty to twen- ty-five non-commissioned' officers and men under the command of a medical officer, who will also perform. the duties of Regimen- tal M.O. have a The section will be trained in MFirst Aid" es outlined in train- ing Manuals for the Canadian 'Army' Medical Corps and will compete with other military, air force, and naval organizations of a similar nature for the St. John's Ambulance Association of Canada trophies offered annually to the most efficient first aid unit in each military district and in the Dominion as a whole. Prior to the Great War, all regimental bands were fully trained as stretcher bearers and in first 'aid, this practice being still carried on in many units and in the units of the Canadian Permanent Force, During the war, however, the value of regi- music had on the morale of the fighting forces, came to be gen- erally recognized so that later British Empire called for bands to be kept. intact for service as near to the actual fighting line as possible, and 'the organization of stretcher bearer sections, un- der medical officers, to replace the band personnel in the evacu- ation of wount from the field. It is 'understood that a most efficient and enthusiastic officer, ASSISTANT TO BISHOP WANTED Oshawa, but more particularly Bowmanville and Durham County, are interested in a pro- posal to provide the Archdea- conry of Peterboro, now part of the large Diocese of Toronto, with a Bishop Suffragran (a bishop subject to his metropoli- tan), to live and work in that section of the diocese lying east of Toronto. A resolution re- questing that such action be taken, was recently submitted by laymen of the Anglican Church to the Archdeaconty of Peterboro'. The Archdeaconry endorsed it heartily and it is ex- pected to be one of the chief matters for discussion at the meeting of the Anglican Synod in Toronto, next week. The memorial, which is bein~ forwarded to the Synod, is ex- pected to reopen the question of an assistant for Rt. Rev. Dr, Sweeney, Lord Bishop of Tor- onto, At the present time Bis- hop Lucas, arden of the Church Army, gives help when necessary, but there is a large group in the Synod who believe that the Lord Bishop of Toron- to should have an officially re- cognized assistant for the whole diocese, not just the section east of Toronto, The Archdeaconry of Peter- boro' comprises Durham, North- umberland, Victoria, Haliburton. and Peterboro' and the opinion 'has often been expressed that on account of the size of the Toronto diocese and its large population, one bishop is hardly able to give the archdeaconry the episcopal attention it deser- ves. fully qualified and experienced in the practice of surgery, has al- ready been named to take charge of this section in the local bat- talion and that some official or- der will be issued authorizing his appointment in the near future. c representative of the South-East Ward Association that the council should reduce the salaries of the of- fice staff. Several members were in favor of decreases but no de- finite action was taken on this mat- ter. Discuss Picnic For a few minutes discussion turned toward the proposed picnic to be held under the auspices of the Central Council this summer, and in which all ward associations of the city are supposed to participate. "I would suggest that the picnic be not held until August," A. Doug- las of the North-East Ward Asso- ciation commented, "as our asso- ciation is holding a membership drive and hopes to have many more members by that time. President Dan. Douglas, who is acting as chairman of the special picnic committee, pointed out that the co-operation of every associa- tion would be needed if the picnic were to be a success. "We need finances too," he said. "We don't want this thing to be a op." Fifteen representatives of the various associations were present at last night's meeting, including the president, D. Douglas, vice-presi- dent, E Bathe and secretary, F. W. Watkinson. FIRE DAMAGES BLOOR ST. BAKERY W. Boyke, Maple Leaf Co, Proprietor, Aroused by Firemen--$425 Dam- age Done Fire, believed by the fire chief, to have heen caused by defective wiring, did damage estimated at $425 to the premises of the Maple Leat Bakery, 183 Bloor street east, at an early hour this morn- ing. The fire alarm was tele- poned to the fire hall at 3.11 a. m., by John Bright, who lives in an adjoining house, and on ar- riving at the scene the firemen found a merry blaze in progress in the bread storage room, .ad- joining the bakeshop. The bread storage room was badly damaged, the roof being practically des- troyed, but the bakeshop itself was only slightly and W. Boyko, the proprietor, expeets to be able to resume business in a day or two---as soon as he can clean up the debris caused by the fire. The night's baking of bread, which was ready for dis- tribution this morning, was des- troyed by fire, smoke and water. Mr. Boyko, the proprietor, whose home is immediately in front of the bakery, informed The Times that he knew nothing of the fire until he was awaken- ed by the firemen after their ar- rival.on the scene. the bakeshop and gone to bed shortly after one o'clock, while the baker and his helper, after finishing the night's batch of bread, had left between 2.30 and 2.45 in the morning. At that {Continued on page 3), He had left RATEPAYERS' COUNCIL CRITICIZES EDUCATION AN HERE JUNE 8TH PAUL RADER Distinguished evangelist and Christian leader, who will give three addresses in Oshawa Monday, June 8th. TWO DROWNED INSUDDEN STORM Fire Rangers Meet Death Near Kamiscotia Lake Timmins, May 30.--Two On- tario fire rangers, Frank Cook of Timmins and Tony Fortier of Schumacher, were drowned Thursday afternoon while cross- ing Half-Moon Lake in a canoe. The scene' of the occurrence is about one mile north of Kamis- cotia Lake, and twenty miles northwest of Timmine, The rangers, with Billy Le- claire and Mike O'Urudy, also rangers, had been engaged in cut_ ting out a portage, and were on their way back to camp. About halfway across the lake they were all caught in a sudden thunderstorm, with a violent wind and heavy rain. GAR GIVEN AWAY INLEGION DRAW REMAINS HERE Prize Winner From Mich- igan Turns Coach in for Cash The. Chevrolet Coach, given away by the. Convention Club of the Canadian Legion, in connec- tion with the prize draw held for the purpose of raising funds for the big Legion convention to pe held here in August, is not leav- ing Oshawa. Arthur Heavens, of Drayton Plains, Michigan, U.S.A. who won the car with lucky ticket number 3243, has turned the new coach over to the Ontario Motor Sales, the company from which it was purchased, he informed The Times today. Mr. Heavens came all the way from Michigan to Oshawa for the purpose of claiming his prize, but as he pointed out today, it would be inconvenient to take the car across the border on ac- count of the high American tariff and "red tape" which would be involved. "I received a substantial sum in cash from the Ontario Motor Sales for turning in the car," he said, There may have been some dis- appointment on the part of Osh- awa people that the prize did not go to an Oshawa man, but Mr. Heavens said, he wished it to be known that Oshawa was his home town and that he had lived here for a number of years. "I enlisted in the Armorjes here," he said, "and I bought the lucky ticket from Mr.Holloway of Golf street, who was a chum of mine overseas, It certainly was a surprise when I learned that I had won the car and I appreciate the promptness with which I was notified." Be + BOARD OF DP.U.C. Several Members Contend That They Are to the City Council as the "Tail Which Wags the Dog" WOULD HAVE THEM UNDER COUNCIL Next Election to Show Whether Board and P. U.C. Are Subject to Vot- ers" Will, Ward Repre- sentative Suggests . Charges that the board of educa- tion and the public utilities com- Igission were to the city council as the "tail which wagged the dog" were made at the meeting of the Central Council of Ward Ritepay- ers' Associations, in the city coun« cil chamber, last night. "These bodies are too independ- ent," one member said. "they (the board of education and utilities commission) will find out that the ratepayers have some say when the next clection comes around." "I've heard aldermen say that the biggest bogey-men to the city coun- cil were the board and the P.U.C." another observed. "In the old country," Edward Clarke, president of the South-West Ward Association stated," the coun- cil of the carporation is supreme. It controls all expenditures and all public utilities, even the school boards are under ifs supervision. I think that the same system should prevail here." No one came to the defence of Ontario's municipal system but it was quite evident that not all were of the opinion that Canadian insti- tutions should be substituted by those of England, he motion to adjourn concluded the discussion, a -------- PENSION REFUSED VETERAN MISSING Disappointment Over Re- jection Keenly Felt, Says Havelock Woman Peterboro, May 30. -- One month ago Daniel Alfred Shorter left his home in Havelock, where he has resided for fifteen years to go to the mill of William Cor- nil and have a whiffle-tree made to replace the one which had been broken the day before. Since then nothing has been heard of his whereabouts, Mr. Shorter, who is 60 years of age, is & vet eran of the Great War, having en- listed in the Ninety-third Battal- ion on Jan. 7, 1916. He served with the army overseas with dis- tinction, He was discharged on April 10, 1919, from the Twen- ty-first Canadian Infantry, For a number of years before the war Mr. Shorter had made his home with Mr. and Mrs, Al- bert Keene, and was regarded as a member of the family. Re- cently he made application for a pension on account of disabil- ity due to his services overseas. He was called before the Pension Board and examined, and on his return he stated that he had been examined by five doctors and they had assured him he was en- titled to a pension, A few days later he received a letter from Ottawa saying that his claim had been rejected, and that he would not receive the pension, as he had expected. Mrs. Keene said that he was greatly disappointed at the turn of af- fairs, and apparently this had preyed on his mind. CAR OF KINGSTO EDITOR IN DITCH W. Rupert Davies and Wife Take Train After Accident Near Harmony While driving from their home in Kingston to Toronto late ves- terday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs, W. Rupert Davies had the mis- fortune to skid into the ditch about half a mile east of Har. mony. While they escaped in- jury their car was rather badly damaged and théy had to con- tinue. their journey by train. The accident occurred during the heavy rainstorm yesterday after- noon when the pavement was very slippery and driving was difficult. Mr. Davies is tht Editor of the Kingston Whig-Standard.