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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PACE FIVE | « SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1947 i £9 & i Ont. Orange Order Celebrates Today Glorious Twelfth By The Canadian Press Orangemen throughout Ontario, in the traditional celebration of the defeat of the Irish Catholics in the reign of William III, walked today to the music of the fife and drum. If you ask them, they will probably tell you they are celebrating the Battle of the Boyne but history re- Swim Classes At Ajax Progressing Extremely Well H. M. PIPER Correspondent Ajax, July 11.--The swimming classes which are being con- ducted by the local branch of the Canadian Red Cross are com- ing alone fine. Many of the boys and girls taking to the water like ducks; some are, of course, more timid. Some 60 to 65 children are on hand each evening to be trans- ported to Lynbrook Park where the classes are being held. There is just one thing, the boys and girls are requested to come dressed simply 'In clothing that is easily exchanged counts the battle was staged one-- July 1, 1690. July 12 commemorates the Battle of Aughrim. In Toronto, Orange officials--the name is derived from William of Orange whose troops administered beatings to the French-supported Celts--expect to see 12,000 bedecked marchers. They will parade from Queen's Park to the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition grounds. Visitors from Chicago and Detroit will add to the ranks. : Another 12,000 Another 12,000 to the fife tune "Cock o' the North" will parade at Port Hope where contingents from the surrounding districts will gath- er. A special train from Peter- borough will collect delegates at Lindsay and other points to bring an estimated 1,500 to the celebra- tions. ; St. Thomas will play host to 10,000 from Western Ontario and at St. Catharines, Cochrane, Belleville and rgus, mass demonstrations will be held. Thomas Murphy pro- vincial grand master will be chief speaker at the Fergus celebration. Special Trains At Milverton, a quiet Perth county village of 1,500, lodge mem- bers will come from all directions to total an estimated 15,000. Special trains will bring the visitors who will parade and listen to a full pro- gram of speech-making. North Bay Orangemen will gather at South River with more than half- a dozen lodges represented. At St. Catharines, the Glorious Twelfth will be celebrated when an estimated 3,500 men women and children, members of Orange lodges throughout Southwestern Ontario and adjacent New York state, gather here for the annual rally. A special train today will bring to swimming suit or trunks and back again after the lesson is over. Each person to put his or her own cloth- ing in a neat pile so there will be no confusion in finding one's own clothing when it is time to get ready for home, drum corps will parade from the | "y 'opy Mrs. J. M. Dixon and station to Montebello Park, the Master Donald Dixon of Kirkfield, visited Mr. and Mrs. D. R. McRae of York Street last week. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Grenke, Ceraldine ond Denton spent a day in Milton recently visiting with Mr, Grenke's sister and family. Mr. and Mrs. William Bain of Deep River, formerly of Ajax, spent Sunday with the McRae's of York Street. , Mr. Stephenson, Mr. A. Stephen- son and Miss Alice Stephenson of Bowmanville, called on Mr. and Mrs. D. R. McRae, York Street recently. Mrs, Whitten, Toronto, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. 8. Whitton. Mr. McGinnis of Guelph was the week-end guest of his brother, Mr. C. McGinnis and family. Visiting Mrs. Shearer, York Street for a week were here sister and sister-in-law from Kenora. Miss Jean Foster of Concord, Ont., is the guest of her aunt Mrs. A. Gemmell of Edward Street. Birthday parties have been the order of the day at the Gemmell's, Edward Street. Roddy, who has achieved his fifth birthday on the 30th of June, had a grand party, as did Bruce who was seven on July 5, having his lovely party on Mon- day, July 7. The Schell and Gemmell families report a wonderful time at the pic. nic held at Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brooke's lovely new home in Har- mony on Sunday, July 6. Best wishes to Gloria "Chickie" Garland who celebrated her sixth birthday with a party at her aunt's home on Edward Street on Monday, July 7. : Mr. Bill Chalmers who has re- cently arrived in Canada from near Glasgow, Scotland, is the guest of his fiance Miss Joyce Schell of Ed- 'ward Street. Mrs. L. Lewis of 6 Ontario Street, has her mother Mrs. Hanna of Brockville and her sisters Margaret and Helen visiting her at the pre- sent time. Mrs. 8, Watchorn and children of Ontario Street are spending the holidays at Panther Lake, near Syracuse, N.Y. Mrs. Robert Upton, Ontario Street is visiting her husband's mother in Wellingtor, Ont. Mrs. J. McCreadie and Bonnie of Ontario Street is spending the summer at Sydney, N.S. Mr. Mc- Creadie being employed at Gerald- ton during the holidays. Mrs. S. Sandercock is visiting in Cobourg this week. Mr. D. Kemp spent Wednesday in Preston, Ontario. Mrs. H. Jackson and Joyce of Fort William visited with Mr. and Mrs. A. Freed of Ortario Street this week, 3 Mrs. E. Smythe, Linda and Bob- bie are spending a holiday at their cottage at Bala, Ont. Miss Armande Boisvert. Toronto, is the guest of her mother Mrs. Bruce, Edward Street this week. It is with regret we note this chopping . down of the beautiful trees on University Drive. Shade trees are rather scarce in our 'vil- lage until those which have been planted grow to a shade tree size. CHARITABLE WRENS Wrens frequently build nests that are never occupied. HUGE SUN SPOTS Sun spot range from 500 to 50,080 miles in diameter. Big Families By STUART UNDERHILL Canadian Press Staff Writer Paris, July 12.--(CP)--The man with the big family gets the breaks in France. Handsome monthly allowances, tax concessions and heavy reduc- tions in his bill for transportation and gas and. electricity are handed to him with the government's com- pliments. Whether it's due to this policy or the fact that young couples are catching up after years of separa- tion during the war, the birthrate is soaring, and from .the look of things will. show no immediate de- crease, . Births Up In 1946 living births amounted to 835,000 compared with 612,000 in 1938. Marriages in 1946 numbered 515,000 against 275,000 in 1938. Frenchmen joke that if you want Get Break Financially In France a big enough family you don't have to work because of government be nefits. 'This may be inaccurate, but certainly the more children, the bigger the bonus. Allowances are calculated on a basic figure which varies according to each -Department, or province. In Paris, for example, it's 5,650 francs ($49). Graduated Scale If father and mother work, they'll get nothing for their first child, but will receive 20 per cent of the allowance monthly if they have two children, 50 per cent if they have three and 80 per cent for our, If mother stays home and fath- er's salary is the only income, they receive an additional 20 per cent of of the first child, if it's under five, up to 50 per cent for three childe ren or. more, focal point for Orangemen during the day. The main parade wil march through' the city early in the afternoon after which a public rally will be held in the park with B. Honsberger of Jordan, grand lec- turer of the Ontario Lodge, as chairman. At St. Thomas nine thousand Orangemen from six Southern On- tario counties as well as from De- troit and Port Huron in Michigan, with gather. Following a parade to Pinafore Park there will be program of sports and speechmaking. Fred C. Cook of Brantford will be chief speaker. Would Block Shack Towns Victoria (CP).--To prevent "shack towns" springing up on the fringes of some interior cities, British Col- umbia has ratified regulations to set up a control area in unorganized territory surrounding Vernon and Kelowna, B.C, in the Okanagan fruit-growing area. The regulations will not take ef- fect until after public hearings have been held in the two cities. In. spectors in these centres will en. force the regulations, with the right of appeal to boards consisting of a government agent, a city council member and three land-owners. t Jhis Week We were faced with a problem. A money problem. This, of course, is a tale of woe that is by no means new and affects 100 per cent of us 99 | per cent of the time. The figures we quote may be slightly high but we STATEMENT OF POLICY by handling GENERAL MOTORS DEALERS ] doubt this sincerely. In any event, those of us that don't have any money i problems are probably burdened with troubles infinitely worse, so in this | respect we'll string along with grief over legal lettuce. And what makes the problem tough is not that we're suffering from a scarcity of the stuff but that through the good graces of Finance Minister Abbott we find we are overloaded, CHEVROLET . PONTIAC . OLDSMOBILE . BUICK . CADILLAC CHEVROLET and GMC TRUCKS + * + Anybody can worry about not having sufficient funds. This is not a problem, it is a routine. Any dope can sit down and try to figure where his next meal is coming from but then there's the landlord, Hydro, laundry, corner store, newspaper carrier boy, A La Mode Dress Shoppee, and maybe even the doctor. LJ LJ J But what is worrying us and no doubt countless of thousands of others this week, is what we're going to do with the extra smootth we had tossed at us as a result of Mr. Abbott's new tax scale. Still, there ars many who must wait until July 15 to reap this great benefit and come to an understanding all round as to what is going to happen to it. How- ever, all of us must face the momentous decision sooner or later and we are thankful we are not of the school which likes to dodge responsibility Any solution we arrive at may, we hope, act as a guide, an indicator per- haps, which will aid others in the same boat to find a sensible manner in which to expend this new-found wealth. L 2 * 2 Now don't get the idea we intend to figurg this out all by our- selves. After all there's a matter of seventy cents at stake. Not too much, you say. Agreed. It's only equal to about thirty-five cents by pre-war standards. Albeit, we are looking to the future. And if things keep on at.the present rate it will be worth maybe seventeen cents come next happy-New-Year. This means we must cut estimates to the bone if the budget is to balance or come anyway near. To this end we weren't nuts enough to go to a banker, economist or some such. No siree, we went to the guy who really knows how to pinch a penny. Da Woikin' Man. And in the course of our research we found several solutions. : Shortly after the war concluded, and because it was of timely importance, we -- your General Motors dealers -- issued a statement outlining our business policy. In the interests of our customers and the community as a whole, we have decided that this policy should now be reaffirmed. Tiwes SRR RSTS It will be our continuing purpose, therefore, in all our dealings with you to adhere to the following principles: j appraisal and a fair valuation to purchasers who have cars or trucks to trade. *We will give purchasers the benefit of those accessories which are available, but delivery of a new car or truck will not be conditional upon the acceptance of accessories other than those desired. * We will charge only the established prices for parts and accessories, and not more than equitable prices for all types of services. When requested we will gladly provide the customer with advance estimates. *We will abide firmly by delivered prices on all New Cars and Trucks, as recommended by the manufacturer. * We will do our best, having the responsibility of being the sole distributors in this area of new General Motors Passenger Cars and Trucks, to allocate them as fairly as possible with proper regard for orders placed with us and dependent upon the availability of models. *We will ask only reasonable prices for all. Used Cars and Trucks--based on an equitable resale valuation. * * - True, we drew some blanks and this was to be expected. Also, there were guys who benefited through Mr. Abbott's generosity to a much greater extent .han did we. And some of their views were so radical, what with getting almost a buck-and-a-half extra, that it was indeed impossible to get much sense from them. Too many grandiose ideas. Funny how the necessary goes to some people's heads. Others had the right idea. For instance, a chap on the night trick told us he intended - to stack away one simoleon each pay and invest it in baby chicks next year. "In three years," he said, "Ill have a chicken ranch." Did you stack away the first tissue? we asked. "No," he replied, "Im not starting i ht *We will, at all times, strive to be considerate of our customers' needs--and to serve with efficiency, satisfaction and courtesy * + * You see? Right there, if we don't learn exactly how to spread it around at least we learn how not to, which is progress. Another gee's wife has him hepped on the proposition that a fur coat is a distinct necessity and he has already started saving on this principle. We, wished him luck and hope the styles would be to her taste in 1957. Still another had very high-minded ideals and intended to donate his to the Great Northwestern Woodpeckers' Association, an organization' dedicated to the extermination of the sandpaper bug which is starving the woodpeckers to death. We understand that after the woodpecker taps a hole in the tree, the sandpaper bug smooths off the rough edges of the hole, making it impossible for the grub inside to get te the surface. He keeps slipping back. Thus, the woodpecker is de- prived of his lunch. We understand this chap's sentiment and only hope the menace is overcome. + L 3 + To this point we had not made what you may term real progress and were beginning to wonder if maybe we might wih the hi ot the problem without outside help, after all. For we can't very well give these *We will make allowances based on proper no Ld Donald Motor Sales, Whitby, Ont. people all the information they apparently need so that everything may > Li be weighed carefully before offering opinion. It's like telling the doctor you've got one pain in the stomach and expecting him to give you the eter Mills Motor Sales 265 King St. W. Ontario Motor Sales, 86 King St. E. PIRSA bi FL OER SS 4 BORER LAR EGRAE wo? cure for five others you've been hiding. muddle through alone. venty cents soon enough. Nope. Guess we'll have to No doubt we'll find a way to get rid of the se-