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> \ THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1940 PAGE THREE - OSHAWA'S DEBENTURE DEBT SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED IN 10 YEARS Mayor Anderson Tells Property Owner's Their Burdens to be Lightened "The City of Oshawa has a record which, I submit, cannot be surpass- ed or perhaps even equalled by any other city in Canada," said His Worship Mayor J. C. Anderson, in referring to the improvement in the city's financial. position during the past ten years. He was speaking be- fore a meeting of the Oshawa Prop- erty Owners' Association at Hotel Genosha Friday night. | His Worship pointed out that Oshawa's debenture debt on city property not directly , producing revenue had been reduced from $3,- 602,496.00 in the year 1931 to $1,- 229,415.00 in 1941. If revenue-pro- ducing properties such as the Hydro are included the city's gross indebt- edness has been reduced from $4,- 818,205.00 in 1931 to $1,845,818.00 in 1941. This is the equivalent of a re- duction from $209.46 per capita to $120.00 per capita in gross indebted- ness during the past ten years. Ano= ther encouraging feature of the city's financial position, especially to property owners, said His Wo! ship, is the fact that by the ye 1945, the local improvement ta which now constitutes a large por- tion of the total levy will be almost a thing of the past unless the city councils elected in the next few years embark on a program of capi- tal expenditures, "In 1941," His Worship said, "the local improvement tax will amount to $118,621.00 but unless there are large capital expenditures between now and 1945 the prospects are that this will be reduced to only $18,- 000.00 which will mean an annual saving of $100,000.00 to the taxpay- ers on this item alone." Barring capital expenditures for another five years the mayor said that the amount required for payments of principal and interest at the end of that time would be only $102,602.00 instead of the 1941 figure of $226,- 000.00. This saving of $124,000.00 annually would be equivalent to 5 mills on the general tax rate. Advocates Capital Reserve His Worship. further contended _that the 1941 Council should at least consider the advisability of setting up a capital reserve fund in times of comparative prosperity similar to a private business conéern. This fund, he suggested, should only be drawn upon after a decision of the electors and on the advice of the Municipal Board. By, so doing, any necessary capital expenditure such as the construction of an outfali sewage plant would not be a burden to the taxpayers. Predict Lower Tax Rate #I 'think I can safely predict in 1941 a reduction of 1% mills in the general tax rate, provided always that the Government rebate on re- lief and the one mill subsidy is con- tinued. I realize that there will be a necesity to increase in some de- partments the 1941 budget. For in- stance, we must spend more on the upkeep of our stréets and sidewalks. We must keep up our Police Force. We must provide our city with a Sanitary and Building Inspector but there should be no new demands for capital expenditures of any size in 1941." The Mayor was strong in his re- commendation that a conference be called of representatives of the municipalities and the Provincial Government to discuss the reallo- cation of the funds and finances for certain services that are not entire- ly local in nature. The refinancing of the Oshawa Housing Funds, said His Worship, was one of the first tasks assumed by the 1940 Council. The Council succeeded in refinancing the $160,~ 000.00 indebtedness at an average yield of only 3.97 believed to be the lowest rate ob- ment 5 percent. Bylaws C Mayor Anderson sald that when he entered the City Council in 1937 he was amazed fo find that the City By-Laws had not been con- solidated since 1908 when the late Dr. T."E. Kaiser was mayor. These with the development of the school in this county, and recently we have been requested to assist in the building and maintaining of roads leading to the airport." The cost of hard-surfacing' the road leading from Ross' Comers to the airport will be borne 25 'percent by Oshawa, 25 percent by the County, and 50 percent by the Proyince. It was es- timated that the City's share will umount to about $3,000 for the con- Canadian Legion Elects Officers for 1941 The annual election of officers of the Oshawa Branch of the Cana- dian Legion held last Thursday evening resulted as follows; Honor- ary presidents, Col. R. 8. McLaugh- lin and G. W. McLaughlin; imme- diate past president, Stanley Brooks; president, Wesley R. El- liott; vice-president, Percy Carter; second vice-president, William Evans; second-treasurer, O. 8. Hobbs; assistant secretary, Norman Hodgson; executive members, Chas. Wilcox, Ben Jacklin, William Reed, Thos. Dalby, Richard Eyres, Joseph wilson and J. Lovell; sergeant-at- arms, George Gibbs. GM. SALES CHIEF TREE PARTY GUEST Oshawa Guests at Christ- mas Fiesta in Toronto Toronto, Dec. 23--For 'the fourth onsecutive year, Reg. Beattie, president of Beattie Cadillac Olds- mobile Chevrolet, Ltd., entertained his employees and the members of their families at a Christmas tree party Friday night; All told, 330 were present. Among the guests 'rere John Johnson, general sales manager of General Motors; J. R. Birchard, assistant-general sales manager of Chevrolet and Oldsmo- bile; J. Umphrey, assistant-general sales manager of General Motors of Canada; Doug Crewes, sales prom- otion manager; S. Macpherson, re- presenting Motors Holdings, New York; and P. 'Patterson, Canadian manager of Cadillac Motors. Miss Ellen Fleming, presented Mrs. Beattie with a huge bunch of roses on behalf of the employees. Every member of the.staff receiv- ed a Christmas turkey; the wife of each, a box of chocolates; and a toy to each child. Mesdames Fowler, Hall, Hopper, Halsell, Hardy, Legassick, McNeil, and Raney, whose husbands are now on leave of absence from the firm, with His Majesty's forces, were each called to. the platform with their families. Charles Amo- deo, who has been with General Motors for;13 ye and with Mr Beattie for Shree, was pres- ent with Mrs. J odeo and their family of eight children, Marie 11, the eldest, and Charles, one year, the youngest. Sleighing not being the best, San- ta Claus arrived in a huge Cadillac car. struction of the hard surface and about $300.00 per year for upkeep. Number Of New Homes His Worship defended the Coun- cil's plan of selling city-owned lots for $50.00 providing that homes of specified value and quality were constructed. Although this plan has now been discontinued, during the past year 47 lots were sold under the plan and the homes to be built or already built will have a mini- mum assessed value of $132,000. Mayor Anderson claimed that these houses were all of high quality and a credit to the community and add- ed that the present acute housing situation in the City would have been worse had not these much- needed homes been constructed. Better Police Quarters Council's action in providing bet- ter quarters for the Police Depart- ment was pointed out as a much overdue change and it was claimed that the modest addition to the old police station will be paid for before many years from rents derived from offices housed in the new building but used by provincial officials. In addition to these offices suitable ac- commodation is now afforded Chief Friend and other police officials who lacked proper offices previous to the erection of the new wing. Mayor Anderson also drew atten- tion to the fact that this year's Po- lice Commission had been asked by the 1940 Council to submit a report on means of remedying the traffic problem in the City. After much consideration this report was made | and accepted by Council. As a re- sult three additional traffic lights will be installed at a total cost of about $1,500. His Worship asked the citizens to give the new traffic reg- ulations and lights a fair trial be- fore criticizing. = . Commendation for the Tax Col- lector's Department was justified by virtue of the tremendous reduc- tion in outstanding taxes said His Worship. Total City taxes outstand- ing at the end of 1933 were $647,- 962.00 ang this had been reduced to $314,000.00 at the end of the cur rent year. "If the affairs of the City of Oshawa are managed in 1941 as carefully as they have been in the past several years the new year will mark a step forward in city affairs, and there will be at the end of 1941 a possible further reduction in taxes. The 1940 Coun- cil has heen very sincere and has served the city well. It think it would be a fitting tribute to offer them an acclamation for another term," concluded the Mayor, | their old country addresses follow: | presented with a copy of the above picture. Their names, together with BOTTOM ROW, left to right -- Oshawa's War Guests Entertained by Rotary Club The six boys and five girls who came from the British Isles this | Scotland; Christine Cole, Shirley, Southampton. Eng. year as war guesis of Oshawa people, were entertained along with their | left to right--William Norris, 19 Altham Road, West Derby, Liverpool, | . iq (0 ; guardians at the Rotary Club luncheon today at noon, and each was Eng.; June Berwick, 46 Sandhill Oval, Alwoodley, Leeds, York, Eng.; Sa to MIDDLE ROW, | | Norman Briggs, 27 Ascot Gardens, Southall, Middlesex, Eng.; Isabel Bain- bridge, 6 Titlington Grove, Hebburn-on-Tyne, Durham, Eng.; George | | John Cole, 64 Lumsden Ave., Shirley, Southampton, Eng.; Ronald Norris, | Rennie, 2 Battlefield Ave., Langside, Glasgow 8.2, Scotland. BACK ROW | --Harry James, Chairman Rotary War Committee, J. C. Anderson, K.C,, | | 19 Altham Road, West Derby, Liverpool, Eng.; Audrey Briggs, 27 Ascott | Gardens, Southall, Middlesex, Eng.; Doris Aitchison, 60 White St., Glas- | gow, W.1, Scotland; Alistair Angus, 152 Arbroath Ave. Glasgow, S.W. 2, | Mayor of Oshawa; Maurice Hart, President Oshawa Rotary Club. --Photo by Campbell's Studio. 0M SALES REPORT Framed Photographs Are Rea aig 40s Units in U.S. "and Ganada During November General Motors Corporation re- ported No ber sales of GM. cars and trucks to United State on. sumers and dealers were the high- est for that month on record. Sales to US. dealers stood at 198,064, against 207,934 in October and 180,133 in November, 1939. BEST IN HISTORY Presented to Sales to US. consumers totalled 181,321 units, against 186,016 October and 162,881 a year ago. Total sales to dealers in the US and Canada plus overseas ments also reached a new high for any November at 217,406 units. This compared with 226,169 in October and 200,071 last year. sumers in the first 11 months ex- panded to 1652631 units from 1,- 208,753 in the comparable 1939 period. Sales to US. dealers in the first 11 months increased to 1,655,881 from 1,175,587 last year. Total sales to US. and Canadian dealers, plus overseas shipments, amounted to 1,801,732 units, against 1,335,139 in the like 1939 period. Barring an unlooked for slump during the current month, GM. sale for the last quarter of this year promise to reach a total in excess of 649,000 units, breaking the pre- vious quarterly sales record, and carrying 1940 volume to a new peak for any calendar year. The present quarterly record of 648749 was set in the June quarter, 1929, while the calendar year high was 1,928,781 in 1937. MAJOR BURWASH | OF ARCTIC DIES Authority on Far North Flew to Magnetic Pole in 1931 Cobourg, Dec. 23--Major Lachlin Taylor Burwash, who flew to the magnetic pole in 1931 and was one of Canada's foremcst authorities of the Arctic, died at his home outside Cobourg Saturday. He was 66. Major Burwash, "Lockie" to his friends, died from pneumonia which followed a heart attack two weeks ago, Major Burwash was connected with the Dominion Department of the Interior for some time, holding positions' as Inspector of Mines at Klondyke and Mining Engineer of Yukon Territories. He served as Secretary of the Ontario Depart- ment of Highways in 1920 and 1921. The north country was Major Burwash's "home grounds." The rest of the Dominion was "civiliza- tion" to him and he once said, "I can't stand civilization." He was one of the searchers for the ill-fated Franklin Expedition in 1928, and after months in the frozen north in 1929 and 1930 he found sufficient ces to map the route ship- | in | War Guests o€ Six Boys and Five Girls From Great Britain ) Guests of Rotary Club Today » - Paint Executive + The spirit of Christmas pervaded { the luncheon meeting of the Osh- | awa Rotary Club at the Genosha Hotel Saturday at noon, when the singing of Christmas Carols by the boy choristers of St. George's Church featured the musical pro- gram. A Christmas message was pre- sented by rotarian Rev. George Tel- ford of St. Andrew's church to the membership and guests which includ- ed the war guests from England. During the lurcieon hour framed Sales of cars and trucks to con- | photographs of the eleven children, | (six boys and five girls), were pre- | sented of the lost expedition, to each one of them with the best wishes of the club for a merry Christmas and a happy New | Year. The main dining room of the ho- tel, where the luncheon was held, was attractively decorated, as were the tables, and a menu of Christ- mas dishes was served. The war guests and their guard- ians in Oshawa include the follow- ing: Doris Aitchison, age 11, at the home of Mrs. J. Reid, 21 McLaugh- lin Boulevard, June Berwick, age 13, at the home of Mrs. E. F. Brettingham, 229 Eu- lalie Avenue. 4 Norman Briggs, age 13 and Au- drey Briggs, age 11, at the home of Mrs. Price, 82 Nassau Street. George Rennie, age 11, at the home of Mrs. A, Whitelaw, 210 Nas- sau Street. William Norris, age 12, Ronald Norris, age 8, at the home of Mrs. A. Keay, 286 Glidden Avenue. Alistair Angus, age 6, at the home of Mrs. McGarvie, 208 Dearborn Avenue, John Brian Cole, 'age 8, Christine Cole, age 4, at the home of Mr. L. Wakeford, 17 McLaughlin. Boule- vard. Isabel Bainbridge, age 13, at the home of Matt. -Gouldburn, 603 Hor- top Street. Youth of 17 Given 2 Years For Holdup Lindsay, Dec. 283 -- James Mc- Grath, 17-year-old farmhand ar- rested near here Dec. 3 after an all- day search by a posse of farmers, Friday, was sentenced to two years less one day determinate and two years indeterminate in Ontario Re- formatory, He was convicted of breaking and entering, attempted theft while armed and forgery of a former employer's driver's licence. Crown Attorney J. E. Anderson told the court how Rev. Harry But- ler, Baptist minister of a rural church near here, walked up to the youth, who he said was armed with a gun, and persuaded him to sur- render, Mr, Anderson said the youth had been cornered by the clergy- man and Joseph Patterson in a farmer'- field. . He :ald Mr. Butler disregarded McGr .th's warning not to come closer or, "I'll plug you." id D. A. Whittaker, who has been | elected president and managing di- | | rector of The Sherwin-Williams | Company of Canada Limited. He | was born and educated at Morris- | burg, Ontario, and has spent his en- tire business career with this com- pany, AVERT STRIAE IN GROCETERIAS Statement Is Issued By Official of Union Toronto, Dec. 23--The strike call- ed for ten o'clock Saturday morn- ing by employees of the Loblaw Grocerterias Limited was called off, Thomas MacLachlan, president of the Canadian Retail Employees' Unicn, announced Friday night. "J. PF. Marsh, Deputy Minister o Labor for Ontario, received a letter from R. G. Meech, secretary-treas- urer for Loblaw Grocerias Limited," Mr. MacLachian explained. "In his letter, Mr. Meech: wrote: 'I wish to confirm the information given to you over the telephone that our company had approved and put into effect the findings of the two arbitrators. on all matters submit- ted to them for arbirtation, pur- suant to the arrangements made with your department." "The union regards this letter as an official acceptance in writing by the company of the agreement con- cluded by the Arbitration Board," sald Mr, MacLachlan. "I received a letter from Mr. Meech, representing ,the Loblaw Groceterias Co, Ltd, in which he confirmeq a telephone conversation which we had earlier in the day and in which he said the company had approved ang made effective the terms which were laid down by the arbitrators," James F. Marsh, Dep- uty Minister of Labor, said last night. "Copies of this letter have been forwardeq to representatives of the union, A]] matters referred to the arbitrators, upon which they brought down a decision, have been YULF STORY TOLD IN SERMON, SONG Large Congregations at Oshawa Churches On Sunday The story of Christmas was elo- quently told ir sermon and song in Oshawa ch on Sunday, and large congregations were in attend- , ince, the favorable weather and the | spirit of the season, with its reliz- ious significance bringing ou! church-goers in large numbers. The choirs and their leaders put | orth snecial efforts to harmonize the cial music' with the themes of th ministers in the several churches, and appropriate addresses | were delivered from the pulpits. Chief among the musical pro= grams were those rendered Ly the of Andrew's, Simcoe Street, King Street, Northminster, Knox, and C vy Bantist. A pro- gram of the.m appeared in Fri- day's issue on a sugcial church page. 5 The messages of the various min: isters, in condensed form, will ap- | pear in The Times on Tuesday. | HER Winning Tickets G.M., { War Vets Club Draw | rches f choirs St Following are the numbers of the winning tickets of the General Motors War Veterans' Social Club Christmas Draw: | 111, 3564, 193, 1195, 4376, 4959 4602, | 5622, 1880 4773, 4338, 5906, 1035, 793, £632, 5475, 2065, 1060, 1524, 3235, 5156, 3638, 4772, 2281, 5060, 929, 125, 5089, 1974, 5506, 2060, 3741, 5166, 733, 1387, 435, 5985, 5118, 5407, 5693, 2528, 3305, 2025, 2839, 1320, 366, 1549, 4°48, 1864, 5428, 4780, 3077, 3875, 3005, 2340, 1059, 1423, 2840, 5656, 173, 5448, 2503, 1783, 3223, 1765, 1937, 4743, 3850, 1341, 1353, 4219, 204, 703, 5495, 4939. New York, Dec. 23.--Mrs. Lester Patrick, wife of the manager of the | New York Rangers' National Hock- | % ey League team, and her son, Mur- ray, left here Saturday by plane for Victoria, B.C., where Mrs. Patrick's sister was reported seriously ill. It was Mrs, Patrick's first flight. City's Financial Position Unequalled--Mayor & Lo | Provincial Billboard Appeal Asks Drivers to Exercise Care Calvary Baptist S.S. Contributes $50 To War Victims' Fund On Friday evening last the an- nual Christmas programme of Cal- vary Baptist Sunday School (main school) was held in the church au- ditorium. The programme was in the nature of a "White Gift" service. Over fif- ty dollars was contributed by the various classes as a contribution to the British War Victims Fund, to be sent to the Lord Mayor of Lon- don. There was a fine programme of recitations, dlalogues and musi- cal numbers, which was much ap- preciated by the audience of par- ents and friends. Mr. T, Collen, as- sistant superintendent, acted as chairman, and a brief address of welcome was given by the superin- tendent, Mr. E. Hurlbert, and also a Christmas greeting by the pastor, Rev. G. Wardell Priges were presented to the pu- pils receiving the highest percent- age during the year based on at- tendance, punctuality, bringing Bible and lesson study. Candy and oranges were also given to all the Sunday School pupils. Uxbridge Youths Hurt In Accident Markham, Dec. 23. --Lorne James, 22, of Uxbridge, suffered severe lac- erations over his right eye, and Basil Merrick, 28, also of Uxbridge, suffered scalp lacerations and an injured knee last night when the car, allegedly driven by Merrick, is e sideswiped another car and crashed into a third on the main street of Markham. After receiving first aid from Dr. Charles Houghton of Markham the two boys tere rushed to the Toron- to East General Hospitai, where it was _ found not as serious as first thought and they were allowed to go home after receiving further medical attention Chief George Jeans of Markham and Chief Ben Gayman of Union- ville are investigating. that their injuries were | Ld Attorney-General Makes Appeal to Driv- ers to Avoid Accidents Attorney - General Conant last night, on the eve of the holiday season, said the campaign to reduce traffic accidents embraced s instructions to law enforcement officers and a Provincial-wide bill= board appeal. On 463 boards, given to the gov- ernment as a contribution to the campaign, the following appeals will appear, over the signatures of the Attorney-General and W. H. Stringer, Commissioner of Provine cial Police: "Motorists: Save a Life and Help Your Country" ' and "Motorists: Drive Carefully "Today So You Can Drive Tomorrow." "I am confident there has been a | substantial decrease in the number {of traffic accidents and particularly [ fatal accidents and hit-and-run cases since November 1", said Mr, Conant. "I appeal to our citizens ! to keep up the good work, and by care and courtesy avoid traffic acci= | dents during the holiday season." Police orders state that when | there is evidence that the driver is | intoxicated, a charge should be | laid under Section 285, sub-section | 4, Criminal Code, and "disposed of | before any charge of reckless or | dangerous driving or any other | charge is dealt with." | They state, also: "Where at all | possible, accidents should be avoid- | ed by warning or by preventing any | person from driving when he is not lin a fit condition to do. Police of= | ficers should have information ime mediately available as to where | drivers for hire may be obtained." a | They rule also that cash rewards | will be paid to any perscn other {than a police officer who renders | material assistance in bringing any | hit-and-run driver to justice where [death or serious injury has resuited. Time Savers.. . . Wife Savers Money Savers KI GENERAL MADE IN « G-E Washer -- a gift that brings freedom from washday ries. Beautiful, models from G-E Ironer -- Saves one-third ironing + time -- Gives custom finish. Priced jrom ON CH Gifts of Freedom and Thrift Thrifty gifts--thoughtful gifts--gifts that save time and labour on the weekly wash and ironing -- that save money too as they cut the weekly bill to a minimum. Come in, see the G-E Washer and Ironer--A few dollars down will put either in your home for Christmas." WASHERS AND IRONERS \ { £ rl 7 ELECTRIC CANADA wors new RISTIAN ELECTRIC 38 SIMCOE ST. 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