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Daily Times-Gazette, 10 Sep 1946, p. 3

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™ URGES PARENTS 10 CO-OPERATE WITH TEACHERS Rev. Dr. A. D. Cornett moral training and to encourag teachers in thelr work of turning out Christian citizens worthy of Canada, The need for religious instruction in the public schools is shown by moral conditions today not being as as they ought to be, declared , ett, The crimes reported in the press are evidence of this, large number of young men in late 'teens apd early 20's who are committed to penal institutions shows, he continued, that these should have goi moral Need Moral Training Education without moral training be a menace, the speaker as- , and gave Germany and Ja tury, especially, was the country for post-graduate s students from other countries, pan, he said, has a higher degree of literacy than Canada, s been linked up with moral trainihg, The Jew~ ish people, especially, have always united these two, Jesus, the speak~ er reminded his congregation, was "a Jew, - Raising the question often asked, why religious instruction should be given in the public school when it should be given in the home, the church and Sunday school, Dr, Core nett pointed out that moral in- struction should be given in home and church but children often miss this, In any case, the one hour a week speat in Sunday School is in adequate, he maintained, The in- struction received in the home and church must be supplemented by the school, The danger of religious instruc tion being divorced from eve eryday life, work and play, may be prevented if such teaching given in the school, Many people who are now adults do not carry thelr religion ovet into their daily life, the speaker declared and pressed the opinion that moral in struction given in the public schools might prevent this kind of situa. on, The danger which some people #00, Rtatewontecl of the Church, is far. as far as Ontario is concerned today, sald Dr. Cornett, Must Supplement School Training From his experience in Oshawa sufficient unless supplement~ od by the teacher and parents, ° In religion taught or caught? It is possible, he said, to learn much about the Bible without catching spirit, Joy, power, inspiration a can be brought into one's te © one period a week, Dr, Cornett declared, Giving religious instruction is one of the most im- portant privileges a teacher has and "the speaker expressed the hope that the day will come when teachers feel this, We In Ontario are behind Eng- Jand and Scotland in the matter of giving religious instruction in the schools and it will be a long time _before we catch up, he said, Mean while, we should be patient~ about this and co-operate with and en- courge the teachers in their work, NEW NURSE NAMED TOV.ON. STAFF Misg Fern Gilroy Replaces Miss Ruth Sheppard, Now In Sudbury Miss Fern Gilroy, Reg. N., and a Bay Dt A 08] , has been appo! to the Staff of the local vo. » it Was an- nounced at the Board meeting held yesterday evening, 'Miss Gilroy com! her duties on August 27 and is replacing Miss Ruth , who left on August 31 for ury staff, the president, W, E. N. Sinclair, The secretary, Mrs, Harold Sproule, read the minutes of the previous meeting and the correspondence, Miss Edith Hill, nurse in charge of the V.ON,, submitted the follow- ing report: new cases in June, 46; in July 43, and in August, 38; total for summer, 127. The number of cases carried during the summer-- in June, 112; in July, 106 and in August, 94; total, 312, The number of visits made: In June, 420; in ul , and in August, 334; total, 1163. Miss Hill reported that the ore ganization had entered a float in the Rotary parade last June and been successful In winning the prize for its class, Miss Hill ex- pressed her thanks for the new car which had been purchased for the tion last July, r, A; F, McKay, MO H,, report ed that the city health record was excellent and that the number of communicable diseases was low. SENT CONGRATULATIONS "The Oshawa Rotary Club sent a Jetter of congratulations and a uquet of flowers to Col. R. 8. Mc~ : FIRE DESTROYS Wolf Cu TOWNSHIP HOME McPhee Family Was Away -- Cause of Fire is Unknown A dwelling converted from a shed on RR. 3, Oshawa, was totally de- stroyed by lire at 827 pm. tember 7, Owned by D. Kowalski, 283 Verdun Road, and tenanted by Andrew McPhee, his wife and two children, the WAS unoccu= when p red. 1 unknown, dy te dedi way ulty in reaching the scene because work men had been laying cement, Mr, MoPhee, the. last person in the house before the fire, left at 5.40. After learning that their home had been des! , the family moved in with Andrew's ®rother, Jim McPhee, on Valencia Road. * Two Fined $10 For Vagrancy / "There are a lot of young punks roaming the streets at all hours of the night that must be made to un= derstand that law and order will be kept," declared Chief Constable Owen D, Friend in police court yes- terday morning during the trial of Robert Taylor, 137 Colborne Street East, and Robert McClelland, 330 French Street, who were appearing on charges of vagrancy. The two accused youths had pleaded guilty Saturday morning and were remanded. until Monday for sentence, Yesterday Magistrate F. 8, Ebbs granted thelr requests to change their pleas to not gullty, After hearing evidence both were convicted and sentenced to a $10 fine and costs or 10 days in jall, "I am warning you both that your next conviction here will bring an automatic jall sentence," warn ed His Worship, °* Constable Stainton, Constable Taylor and Police Cadet Sutherland all testified that the two accused had been found loitering on King Street early Friday morning, and had been warned to go home, After several warnings they were picked up at 340 am, and booked at the police station on charges of va grancy, Taylor told the court he had tak en his girl friend home and re- turned down town for something to eat, Mclellan sald he was on his way home but had decided to ac- company Taylor, Both admitted they were unemployed, but McClel- land sald he worked on lake hoats until three weeks ago and expect- ed another call soon, Each of the accused admitted a police record, "We have had trouble from these men before," stataed Chief Friend. "More trouble was probably 'pre- vented when they 'were arrested Friday morning." TWO CHIMNEY FIRES Two chimney fires yesterday morning brought firemen out within an hour, the first coming at 10:15 from the home of Robert Moase, 322 Jarvis treet, the other from B. Clarke, 163 Nassau Street, a short time later, No damage was report- ed from either blaze, BROADCAST SERVICE It 1s announced that the pro- gram of Missionary Night of the Genera] Council of the United Church of Canada will be broad cast between 9.30 and 10 pou. on Thursday of this week, The broad- cast will be carried by CJBC, Tor onto, The newly elected moder ator will also broadcast between Laughlin on Sunday which was his 75th birthday, 330 and 3 pm, on Sunday next. Following the formal openi Wolf Cubs presented a display of Scout Craft in front of the Council Hall, Wa bs Demonstrate wy VAM War Dance wispy a id Pi a for Empire CY Chief Scout ng of Camp Samac by Lord Rowallan, last Thursday morning, district Scouts and @ The Wolf Cubsfare here shown presenting their War Dance with a section of the large crowd gathered in a hollow square in the back ground, The artificial lake, which forms one of the attractive features of the éamp ground, in the back- ground. =Photo by Campbell's Studio Seek Industrial Peace Through PublicOpinion Harry Newman, K.C., Sees Existing Conditions Not Only Hurting Canada But Discouraging Influx of World Capital A plea for service clubs to give ip §in educating public opinion along lines which will bring t industrial peace before it is too late" was volced by Harry New= man, KO, of Toronto and Dun- barton in an address at the lunch- eon meeting of the Oshawa Rotary Club in Hotel Genosha yesterday. A close student of Canadian af- fairs, . the speaker toured the Bri- tish Isles and the continent last year, He was introduced to the Club by George Hart while the thanks of the gathering was voiced by President W, H, Karn, The text of Mr, Newman's ad- dress, in part, is as follows: "The world seems slowly but une avoldably beginning to view mane kind ag intended by the Oreator himself, to be a family, and not in- dividuals, striving to extinguish one another for selfish ends, Public Opinion Needed "The strength of the peace, now long overdue, and now being settl- ed in Paris, does not nd solely on the ted Nations, but on the strength ol Jub opinion anid free support behind each member gove ernment, and in passing it seems only proper to refer to the {final ¢hapter in this the greatest of all conflicts in history; as having drive en home to us all, especially we in Canada, how thankful we should be to Almighty 'God for our survival, as we hardly know what sacrifice is, as unless our boys had been willing to fight and die for great ideals, in- cluding love. of untry, ideals would have long since vanished, and the world would now be a huge stye of materialism, "It seems fitting that this great Service Organization, and others having many similar ideals, such as the Kiwanis, Lions, Kinsmen, ete, of which you and I are proud to be members, were reborn in the midst of the horrors of what we all thought was the Great War, which make this old world of ours safe for democracy at least during our generation and that of our children, We were all wrong, "With the remarkable growth of Service Clubs in our country and in the United States, likewise has grown our power for good, and eve en more important, our responsibil. ity to the whole civilized world, and more particularly to that portion Shereot in which your club func ons, "What must we do, not tomorrow, but today, in the midst of the great- est tragedy, which has engulfed, what we have heretofore seen fit to call 'Modern Civilization, "We must not--we cannot blame man or nation, nor even groups of world powers, for this the greatest of world upheavals, We must blame our individual selves, no mat ter how amall, in breating a world atmosphere, in which those people who were not of us, felt we were against them, We Canadians, our friends in the United States, and the British Commonwealth of Na- tions, both in and outside the West« ern Hemisphere, controlled what was most essential for world ad vancement, Did we endeavour to share these God given resources with the rest of mankind, or did we endeavour to exploit these na tural resources for our own selfish ends? Did we in this great North American Continent of ours, show any marked inclination to even share these vast resowrves with the rest of m , or did we rather endeavour, with a great measure of success, to control these vast treas- ures, which the Lord has given to us in trust for the benefit of man~ kind, for the chosen few? Now Opportunities For Service "No matter how great the world suffering and confusion may be, the ages have taught us that new priunities are created to serve all the people, The persecution and suffering in this war both in Burope and Asia has equalled, if not exceeded all that we that occurred in the early centur- fes, but as then, so shall it again be, that out of destruction and death, shall come new faith and a fixed determination to conquer all ev "We of the United Nations, re- gardless of the flag under which we carry on, must come to understand each other better, and cease to be Sivided by international boundary es, "We Canadians and our Ameri. can Cousins south of us, have learn= ed how to live together between the Great Pacific in the West and the PUBLIC OPINION (Continued on Page 13) Firemen Put Out Coal Pile Fire A blaze caused by apantaneous combustion in Bathe and MoLel- lan's coal yard at 81 King Street West kept firemen busy nearly two hours Saturday afternon after the alarm was sent in at 3:18 pm, The firemen's activities were confined mainly to moving the coal and soaking it with water, The damage has not been estimated as yet. Another alarm Saturday at 9:37 .m, came from Barwell's Meat Riarket, Celina Street, where gas had been left on under a melting vat, The cellar was filled with smoke but no other damage was ave read |p Narrow Escape for Pickering Father And Daughter Rouge Hill, Sept, 0~When his oar wag thrown into the path of a Gray Coach bus, following a ¢ol- lision with a truck, John MoDoug~ all, 32, of RR, 3, Pickering and his three-year-old : daughter, Anne, Yre injured on Highway No. 2 yes- ay, MoDougall was treated by Dr, Os- car Lewin for head and back in. juries and the little girl for head and leg injuries . It appears that McDougall was attempting to make a lefthand turn at Rouge Hill when his auto was struck by a truck driven by Harry Cook of Peterboro, sald Provincial Constable Gilbert Robertson, Me Dougall's car was thrown by the impact into the path of an east. ound Gray Coach Lines bus, Struck by the bus the auto was tossed from the road into the south ditch where it landed on its side, The injured man and his daughe ter were removed from the badly damaged car by the bus driver, Erne. est Donaldson, of Lawrence Ave, Toronto, They were taken home after recelving medical aid, "Pleces of the car flew in every direction after the bus hit it," sald Constable Robertson, who investi. gated, "It's a miracle that the man and the little girl escaped with thelr lives! No charges were laid, NEW ROSTER ISSUED Members of the Oshawa Rotary Club this week received copies of the new club roster, The booklat has the Rotary emblem in gold on a red background and is quite ate tractive, Rotarian 8, Hopkins, sec- retary. of the club, was yesterday commended by President W. H, Karn on the appearance and gen eral arrangement of the roster, Qo CORINTHIAN LODGE NO. 61 Meets Every Thursday 8 pom. 814 King St. West This Week: General Business Nomination and Election of Officers hm ---- reported, 4 RCAF, VETERANS! ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORGE Young Men 18-25 with junior matric or technical or clerical equivalent, Full consideration, Free medical, dental, clothing service adequate pay, holidays, pension, travel, A MOBILE RECRUITING UNIT Y will be in OSHAWA At the National Employment Service Office 13TH and 14TH SEPTEMBER LEARN A SKILLED TRADE IN THE PERMANENT R.C.AF. DELAY REQUEST LOWER INSURANCE City Council at its meeting last Jn voted against asking for a change in the city's key insurance rate until such time as the new fire hall is in use and the has been properly organized, The suggestion that application be made for a reduced rate came from the Schofield Insurance Agen cy, It was suggested that the pres- ent rate was not ag favorable to the new fire hall would suggest, Fire Chief W, R. Elliott ®asked that action be deferred until after the hall is in operation and or- cation is made the fire underwriters were at liberty to visit the city and make an unannounced test, "It might well result in our being caught with ow pants down," he ganized, He sald that once (8 by THEE TIMES-GAZETTS " @ Tueslpy, September 10, 1946 8 ~ Audience Pays Tribute. D. C, Haverson and George Walsh Voice Eulogies at Band Concert on Sunday Afternoon -- Albert Hir- cock of Cobourg Is Guest Soloist A large and appreciative audience braved the threat of rain Sunday afternoon to attend the concert at the McLaughlin Band Shell given by the Oshawa Regimental and Civic Band as a» memorial program in trie bute to the memory of the late James Albert Thoms, who passed away lest week, Mr, Thoms had been a member of the band for fif~ ty years, Loved His Music "Albert Thoms loved his music snd endeared himself to us all, not alone by his ying but by his lovely disposition, comradeship and advice to younger musicians," de- clared George Walsh, master of ceremonies for the concert, "His fifty years as a bandsman is an enviable record and leaves be- hind an inspiration to others and a peiten of service that may well Ip to make the world a happier place," the speaker added, David ©, Haverson also eulogized the late Mr, Thoms as a man who "loved friendship", and pointed out his long service on behalf of fraters nal organizations as well as his work as a bandsman, He recalled that Mr, Thoms had been a friend of the late Robert McLaughlin and had worked in the old McLaughlin Oarriage Works, But most of all, the speaker said, he remembered Albert Thoms for his great capacity for friendship, Near the close of the program Mr. Walsh pointed out that Sunday was the birthday of Col. R., 8 Mec- Laughlin, the donor of the magnifie cent band shell to the city, and on behalf of the band he wanted to take the opportunity to wish the colonel many happy returns of the day, The announcement received warm and prolonged applause, Well Balanced Program The concert was & well balanced program combining stirring mare ches, the hymn "The Lord Is My Shepherd", a tuneful selection from "Lilac Time" based on the life of Franz Shubert and containing some of the lovely melodies from his tale ented pen, a trombone solo, the "Trumpeter", played by Jack Lee, and the fine bass voloe of the guest soloist, Albert A, Hircock, of Co- bourg. Song leader of the Cobourg Ki wanis Club, Mr, Hircock displayed a pleasing versatility in his faulte less rendition of four numbers, "Beautiful Garden of Prayer" by Fillmore, "Perfect Day" by Oarrie Jacobs Bond, "Asleep in the Deep" trie, and "Stars in the Sum- ably acoom plano by David Jenkins, organist and choir master of Xnox Presbyterian Church, Mr, Walsh announced that the commented, Of James Albert Thoms: p on ursday night, extended & take eight o'clock sharp, and cordial invitation to all to attend, ., PRINCIPAL WINS OAKE / Principal A, EB, O'Neill of the Oshawa Co) té and Vi Institute was ed by the awa Rolary Club yesterday when he was presented with the Presi dent's Cake in recognition of the. Jue sehOlamm record of & nume pupils, presentation was made by Rotarian Dr, 8, J, Phillips, a member of the Board of Education, ' PLAN GOLF TOURNAMENT Members of the Oshawa Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs will play an ine ter=club golf tournament at the Oshawa Golf Club tomorrow afters noon [im sillin g prelly " "I haven't any million but I'm sitting pretty just the same. "Business cycles and the stock market hold no fears for me. My estate wo n't have to be carved up either to meet succession duties, I haven't a single financial worry. "What I've done is to adopt the 'security London sented to me. everythin I put asi rogram' idea which a ife representative pre- nder this plan, is definitely arranged. e a few hundred dollars each year to guarantee the thou. sands later on. I'll be able to retire happily; but if I don't live to retirement there'll be money to pay off the mortgage, clean up m affairs, educate the children an rovide my wife with a monthly ncome as long as she lives. "What's more, this arrangement enables us to really enjoy life as we travel along. "Now that I've found the key to successful living, I'msitting pretty." Ask a London Life to draw A ii Jor you and your Insurance Company ead Office -London, Canada District Offices -- Alger Bldg., 14!2 King St. E., Oshawa

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