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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1931 4 Miles of R oad Added to Oshawa's Suburban R EXTENSIVE PROGRAM OF LAYING GAS MAINS HAS BEEN STARTED IN CITY Dntario Shore Gas. Com- pany Decides to Lay Mains on All Streets in| City Not Already Served With Gas POLICY ADOPTED TO HELP UNEMPLOYED Work Has Been Started on Streets in North End of the City, With Fifty Men Already Employed In a desire to help provide em- ployment for the workless men of Oshawa, the Ontario Shore Gas Company, Limited, has adopted a policy of laying gas mains On all strets in the city of Oshawa which are not already served with mains, irrespective of whether or not the residents of these streets have signed up as consumers, it was announced today by J. T. Mil- ner, vice-president and general manager of the company. Work + has already been started -in the north end of the city in accord- ance with this policy, the laying of mains on McLaughlin Boule- vard being already under way, and employment is at the present time being given to about fifty men, all of whom were secured through the local government em- ployment office, Other men will be secured as required by the pro- gress of the work, and these will also be engaged through the same agency, said Mr. Milner. It was at first intended to lay the gas main extensions in the city only as consumers signed up on the various streets, but, having in view the unemployment situa- tion in Oshawa, Mr. Milner com- municated with his principals in Chicago, and urged that the com- plete system be laid this summer and fall, in order that work might be provided. After some negoti- ation, this was agreed to, and a start has now been made on the VISION & COMFORT Eyesight Service ©. H. TUCK, Opt. D. Disney Block Phone 1516 WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED In childrens' cases. It seems path- etic to realize that a child is so help less in case of defective vision. School children, especially, should be submit- ted to an examination of their eyes. And any assistance in seeing they are found to need should at once be se cur work. The following is a list of the streets on which gas mains are to be laid by the company: Masson Street, from Greta St. to Ross' Road; Mary Street from Aberdeen Avenue; Launder Street from Mary Street to the east end; Connaught Street, from Mary St. to the east end; McLaughlin Boulevard, whole street; Carnegie Avenue, whole street; Hortop, Avenue, whole street; Christie Avenue, whole street; Somerville Avenue, whole stregt; Arlington Avenue, whole street; Simcoe St. North, from Greta Street to Ross' Road; Westmoreland Avenue, whole street; Buckingham Ave, whole street; Alexander Street, whole street; Alma Street, from Golf Street to west end; Golf St., whole street; Frederick Street, whole street; Grooms Avenue, whole street; Louisa Street from Golf Street to Grooms Avenue; Kingsdale Road, from Wood St. to Rosedale; Wood Street from Mary Street to west end; Leslie Street, from Wood Street to Rose- dale; Alice Street, from Oshawa Boulevard to Roxborough Street; Arthur Street from Yonge Street to east end; Rowe Street from Arthur Street to Glidden Avenue; Yonge Street, from Arthur Street to Glidden Avenue; Glidden Ave., from Ritson Road to Yonge St.; Clark Street, from Eulalie Ave. to Stacey Avenue; Drew Street, from Eulalie Avenue to Stacey Avenue; William Street, from Rit- son Road to Oshawa Boulevard; Albert Street, section near Bloor Street. The above is the list of streets included in the present program and provides for work, which, in addition to the extensions and improvements to the gas plant, will more than exceed the require- ments of the agreement with the city that the company must pend at least $100,000 in extensions and improvements within twelve months from the date of the agreement by which it acquired the local gas system, WOMAN IS FINED Marya Ostafichukx was found guilty on two counts this morn. ing in city police court. On each charge she was assessed $5 and costs. The charges on which the ac- cused was arraigned were for disturbing the peace and assault- ing Nastia Wasylyk. A further charge of having a quantity of liquor illegally on July 21, was held over until Wed- nesday, July 29 and the accused pleced-on her own hail of $50v. FIRE AT PARK The fire department were call- ed at 12.40 yesterday afternoon, to Rotary Park, where a vat con- taining pitch had caught on fire in some unknown manner, The firemen extinguised the fire with the use of foamite and pyrene. CONTRACTORS! We will consider tenders for back-filling gas line trench from Oshawa to Bowmanville. Tenders must be sub- mitted in writing to FOLWELL ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED 80 Athol Street East Oshawa Ice Cream with a difference " H There's special" about itt A certain flavor and tex: ture that can't be imi tated. Try Karn's ice cream next time. See if you don't agree it's grand. ~ Buy it in Brick ow Bulk at Narn"s ICE COLD DRINKS AND LUNCHES Karn's D Next P.O. ! rug S tore Phone 78 "THE WHITBY Advertising, subscriptions and Whitby Branch Office at Gazette and Chronick 23. After Business Hours--Phone 359. REPRESENTATIVE--JAMES H. ORMISTON DAILY TIMES news will be received at the City and District News Teleph MANY BATHERS AT PORT WHITBY THIS SUMMER Warm Weather Driving Many Citizens to the Waterfront Never in the history of the town, according to old residents, have there been so many bathers at Whitby lakesides as this summer, and? never has the water been so low. The long spell of hot weather has driven more citizens than ever to seek relief in the cooling waters, and every night he lakefront near the pumping station is a busy place. There is a refreshment booth in op- eration, and it is understood that a dressing station is contemplated for next year. Owing to low water, a number of ladders have been secured to en- able bathets to reach the doak con- veniently after they have cooled off, It is the opinion of many that there should be some life saving equip- ment placed at the dock, as acci- dents are always possible particular- ly during the very warm weather, Looking at the hundreds of peo- ple who are visiting the lakeshore in Whitb ythis year, one gets the impression that such could be done to improve the waterfront. There has been an agitation for years to have the marsh lands in the vicinity filled in so that a park can be made. A lakeside park with fine bathing facilities owned by the town would be a valuable asset to the citizens, North of the power house, on the property of the Public Utility Com- mission, with its fine lawn, never looked better, than it does today. It is an example of what can be done in the matter of lakefront im- provement, RURAL LEADERS MEET IN WHITBY UNITED CHURCH Conference Opens on Mon- day Next at the College To consider problems confronting many rural churches in Canada to- day, a conference of rural ministers and laymen of the United Church lege in Whitby on and continue for fgur da pected. The organizer of the conference is the Rev. Dr. Manson Doyle, of Toronto, and associated with him will be some very outstanding min- isters and lavmen of the church from various parts of Canada. A similar conference was 'held in Whitby last year and it is planned to make it an annual event. Because of changing conditions, the church finds itself facing many perplexing problems in the rural sections, The advent of the auto- mobile, for instance, has injured rural church attendance. The con- ference will discuss ways and means of solving these problems. FINE OF $1,000 IN BOOZE HAUL NOT YET PAID Man Found With a Cargo of Alcoho! Still in Gaol John Stratachuk, of Niagara Falls, who was discovered in Whitby last Thursday with a large cargo of al- cohol in his car, still languishes in the county gaol at Whitby unable to pay the fine of $1,000 and costs im- posed upon him by His' Worship Magistrate J. E. Willis in Friday's Police Court. The gaol term in lieu of the fine is three months, while accused is also liable to a further term if he refuses to tell where he got the alcohol found in his pos- sCssion Magistrate Willis had had some enquiries with regard to the pay- ment of the fine, but so far no money has been paid over. When it is, Police Court Clerk John R. Frost, will claim it for the city trea- sury, inasmuch as Chief Quantrill laid the information and the wet cargo was found in Whitby. It is considered very unlikely that the province will claim the money, but of course, there is no telling. It is learned that the accused has stated that if he was allowed to go to St. Catharines he could dig up the money to pay his fine and costs An officer in this event could be sent with him, The authorities of the law here are wondering if the accused owned the booze or if he was merely the agent of the man higher up. If the latter is the case, it is expected that before long the fine will be paid. It is believed that a alcohol came from the United States, or that it was of American origin, Bowmanville Daily Times Representative's Phone No. 53 FRONT STREET WON BALL GAME Defeated Business Men by Score of 24 to 14 Last Night With the Public School grounds free again for ball games the league schedule was continued last night, Front Street and Busi ness Men replaying their tied game of last week, As was ex- pected Front Street held on to first place in the league by de- feating "Goosey" Osborne's stal- warts by a score of 24 to 14. The score was indicative of the game, which was nothing to write home about, Business Men batted first and scored a run, Front Street getting three men out in their first frame with none getting on bases. Business Men added four in their next frame and held their lead when Front Street made only three but the third in- nings was disastrous for the Business Men. Front Street came home with ten in this frame, two of them homers. Gaining the leading Phil's gang held on to their lead until the end and were never in much fear of losing it. It certainly was not Goosey's fault that his team lost. He got little backing from them while himself, he pitched a pretty fair game although he crocked up towards the end and had to let Luxton try his hand at pitching. Smith for the Front Street was up to his usual style and had more -than' half a dozen strike outs to his credit. A check up of all pitchers in the league would probably * find Smith with the best average of the bunch with Osborne a close second. Hooper, James and Bates scored homers last night for the Front Street, the latter scoring twice. Half of these were not deserved but were on errors. For the Business Men Osborne scored the only home run, There is no game tonight but Goodyear will meet Public School in. their long delayed would not be a bad idea if these two teams set an example and started on time. They would be the first to do so this season. The teams last night were: Business Men Front Street Osborne P Smith Mutton c Hooper Richards 1b Jamieson Martyn bit) Hall Jackman 3b James Brough 58 Bates McKnight rf Candler Luxton cf Oke Jim Cully 1 Jack Culley Umpires, Colwell and Seymour, CIVIC HOLIDAY Monday, August 3, will be Civie 'Holiday in Bowmanville and Mayor Elliott is expected to make the formal announcement this week, Bowmanville has observed this holiday for many years. NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM A new flood flighting system has been installed at the Royal Theatre which greatly brightens the theatre front at night. Man- ager Tommy Ross has been mak- ing a great many changes in the past few weeks and the Royal is now one of the finest theatres in the district. SPECIAL MEETING DOUBTFUL It is doubtful whether Mayor M. J. Elliott will call a special meeting of council now to strike the tax rate as was intended. The regular meeting is a week from next Monday and the coun- cil will likely wait unmtil that time. COMING EVENTS 8 Cents per word each in. sertion. Minimum charge for each insertion, 85c. RASPBERRY SOCIAL, JULY 23, at the home of Mrs, A. R. Crouter, 500 King St. BE. by Grace Lutheran Ladies' Aid. ' : ; (18a) MADAME NEVADA, PALMIST, Ross Corners. Phone 2894. game tomorrow, night and it » (18b); TO AWARD CONTRACT At the regular meeting of the Public Utilities Commission to be held on Thursday evening of this week it is expected that the con- tract will be let for the electric wiring of the new building being erected on the corner of Metcalf and Simcoe Streets. Tenders for this work have been called for the time set for their receipt be- ing nagned as five o'clock on Thursday afternoon. ON $2,000 BAIL . William Anderson, Orley Av- enue, Toronto, who was arraign- ed on July 17 on a charge of fulse pretenses, with regard to a course of aviation instruction which was to be given to Joseph M. Stoughton, appeared in police court this morning and was plac- ed on bail for his appearance on Wednesday, August 12. Bail to the amount of $2,000 was supplied by Arthur Quesnel, Toronto, and the accused, ON CHURCH'S PROPERTY An examination of the title deeds and plans of the property owned and occupied by the First Baptist Church on King Street East led to the opinion that cer- tain parts of the curh and pave- ment have been placed by the city on the Church's property This matter is to be the subject of a conference between represen. tatives of the congregation and City Council in the near future. FRYING PAN FIRE The local fire department re- ceived a call this morning to the home of Mrs. W. R. Godfrey, 227 £t. Julien St. On investigation it was found that while Mrs. God- frey had been absent. from the home, the contents of a frying pan sitting on the stove, had been burned so badly that the house was filled with smoke, giv- ing the impression that a fire ex- isted. No damage was done and ithe firemen returned immediate- ly. CONSTRUCT NEW SIDEWALKS New sidewalks are being con- structed on the west side of Simcoe street north, just above Bend street. The City Engineer's Department have a large gang of men on this job which is being rushed in order to interfere with ths transaction of business in stores and offices as little as pos- sible. INTERESTING PROGRAM A most interesting program has been arranged for the annual con- vention of Fire Chiefs to be held this year in Shawinigan Falls, Que, Fire Chief W. R. Elliott will attend this convention, the datts selected co-inciding with his og vacation from duty in this city. Montreal, July 18, .-- (CP)-- Two prisoners nonchalantly step- ped off a patrol. wagon. here Thursday and escaped, despite the fuct that they were handcuffed together. To-night police squads were coming the city in the ef- fort to re-capture them. They were Arthur Armstrong, 16, and Robert Gage, 18, charged with having committed four armed hold-ups. The accused, with other pris- Prisoners Step From Patrol Wagon and Police Comb City oners and convicts who had com- pleted their sentences, were be- ing brought from the Montreal Jail to the court house in a"black maria" At St. Louis Square the wagon stopped to let off four oners, whose freedom was due. Ax the four stepped down from the wagon stopped to let off 4 pris- oners at the time, Armstrong and Cage followed them, The Guards shortly missed them and gave chase but without success. FOUR MILLION OPENT YEARLY ONN.5. SCHOOLS Halifax, N.S.--Under the lead- ership of Dr. H. F. Munro, Super- intendent of Education for Nova Scotia, there have been initiated a number of important changes and improvements in the educa- tional equipment of the province during the past five years. Previous to 1864, there had been a measure of educational equipment in the province, but the communities had been so poorly served that barely one- half of the children in the Atlan- tic province received any benefit whatever from the schools. But from the date of the passing of the Free Schools Act by the gov- ernment of Dr. Charles Tupper, in 1864, there has been a rapid increase both in.the number of schools in operation and in the total number of pupils enrolled. Perhaps one of the most nota- ble achievements of the present leader of the provincial educa- tional forces is the Nova Scotia Summer School, which has been held annually for the last five years in Halifax. While intended primarily for teachers holding the higher grades of scholarship, and for school inspectors and prinei« pals, its excellent curriculum and staff of prominent Maritime and Upper Canadian university pro- fessors, have attracted the atten- tion of many lay citizens who have taken advantage of its profession- al and cultural courses, The Sum- mer School is now a permanent part of the provineial educational system, and the increase in sttu- dents from 167 in 1927, to an en- rollment of over 500 this year, is taken as a striking testimony of the esteem in which it is held by leaders of education and citizens in general. At the present time there are 3,191 schools in operation attend- ed by 113,869 pupils and taught by 4,448 teachers. These figures testify to the tremendous growth which has taken place in the last 65 years in the educational facili- ties and pupil enrollment in the free schools of the province. But while there has been a threefold increase in the number of pupils, there has also been a correspond- ing increase in the cost of educa- tion per pupil. The figures for IN MEMORIAM KNIGHT---In loving memory of my dear son, Lieut. C. Knight, who was killed in a plane crash in Nicaragua, July 22nd, 1929. We little thought when leaving home He would no more return That he so soon in death would sleep, And leave us here to mourn, We do not know what pain he bore, We did not see him die, We only knew he passed away And never said good bye. The blow was great, the shock severe We little thought the end so near And only those who have lost can tell, i well, Ever remembered by . mother and family. '© ".q18s), The pain of parting without fare- 1894 show a cost per pupil in- struction of $4.60, by 1930 these figures had soared to $46.67, tes tifying to a tenfold increase in the cost of educating the average pub. lic school student of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is now spending on its public schools more than $4,000,000 annually, a figure that looms very large on the annual expense sheet of provincial gov ernment. With a population o1 scarcely more than half a million persons, thls provincial expendi- ture of public schools and special- ized educational institutions is one of the largest in the Dominion. It costs every man, woman and child in Nova Scoia $8 a year to maintain the educational equip- ment now in use, Roads From Columbus to Raglan, and From Town- ship Boundary West to Brooklin, Mentioned in Statement From Premier FRANK L. MASON GIVES HIS VIEWS Says Suburban Area Roads Commission Was Strong- ly Opposed to Taking Over Columbus-Raglan Stretch Official notification has now been received by the city authori- ties from Premier George S. Hen- ry to the effect that approximate- ly four miles of road has been added to the mileage already un- der the administration of the lo- cal Subarban Area Roads Commis- sion. The road in question consists of two stretches, one about two and a half miles north from Colum- bus to Raglan and the other about one and a half miles westward from the boundary of East and West Whitby to the highway at Brooklin. In his letter containing this in- formation Premier Henry states that the step approved of is taken with the advice of his engineers, and having in view that "there is not any proposal of any large ex- penditure" in connection with this added mileage, and concludes hig letter with the words, "I trust the city will not find itself over- burdened with the work of 2% Commission." F. IL. Masons View Ex-Mayor Frank Mason, Osh- awa's representative on the Sub- urban Area Roads Commission, commenting on the action of the Government, states that he "can see it is logical for the Commlis- sion to take over the shorter stretch to Brooklin'" as this stretch of county road, he ex- plained, is isolated from similar roads. It is about two and a half miles from any other county road in the district and its mainten- ance under county arrangements would be expensive owing to the cost of transporting necessary machinery and material for re- pair work. . : "As faras the stretch from Col- umbus to Raglan is concerned 1 have always opposed the Commis- sion being saddled with its main- tenance, and I cannot see either the need or the justice of it now," said Mr. Mason. The Commissioner expressed the opinion that it is quite impos- sible to keep a gravel road in good repair under modern trafiie conditions, stating that "in the PAGE THREE oads NOTICE RECEIVED FROM PREM. HENRY TELLING OF SECTIONS INVOLVED near future the time will arrive when we will have to put some sort of a pavement top on every road in the area." Commission Opposed "The whole matter has been hanging fire for about two years," said Mr. Mason. "When adding to the mileage of the Commission was first suggested the Commis sion passed a resolution against it, and following this a deputa- tion from the city of Oshawa ine terviewed Premier Henry, as Min. ister of Highways, on the matter, Mr. Henry promising his 'consid- eration' of our arguments. The matter has now come to its ulti- mate conclusion, apparently, and there does not appear to be any- thing we can do about it except accept the added responsibilitw and maintenance costs." Died DEATH OF CHARLES LOVE Whitby, July 22--Charles Love, well-known farmer, passed away last Friday at his home on the 12th Concession of Reach Town- ship, after an illness of only a few days duration. Deceased was born in Goderich, and was in his 64th year. He resided for the last fifteen years in Reach Township, and was one of the best-known farmers in that section of Ontario County. The funeral was held from his late residence on Sunday afternoon, and was largely ate tended by friends and neighbors of the late Mr. Love. Rev. Mr. Partridge, of the United Church, Greenbank, conducted the service, and interment was made in the Bethel Cemetery. Mr, Love is survived by his wife, eight sons and one daugh- ter, while five brothers and fous sisters also survive him, FUNERAL OF ALONZO YEO The funeral of the late Alonzo Yeo whose death occurred on Tuesday at the home of hi® daughter, Mrs. O. R. Moynes, Monk Street, will be held on Thursday, July 23rd, at 2.30 o'clock. The late Mr, Yeo is sure vived by three sons, W. H. Yeo, and R. J. Yeo, of Bowmanville, Thomas of Westmoreland Avenue, Oshawa, and one daughter, Mrs.: 0. R. Moynes of Oshawa, John H. 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