The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Christmas Parcels For Overseas Handled & ° OSHAWA DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Tinies and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle 2 WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 271 OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER: 19, 1948 PAGE THREE S.R.0. Sign Out For Revision Court Session Monday At Brougham It was "standing room only," as Pickering Township Council sitting as a Court of Revision, hearings on eighty-four appeals against the 1949 assessment. the 84 cases listed, twenty- two personal appeals were heard on Monday. County Assessor Ralph Wilson was in attendance, along with township assessors Adam Spears and James Blackwell. The court was presided over by Reeve W. H. Westney. Harriet Jatiouk, owner of the former Liverpool Hotel, told the court that her assessment had been raised from $1,800 to $4,100, She states that the large brick build- ing was in bad state of repair and was only partly occupied. Assessor Blackwell said that he had recently re-assessed the prop- erty at $3,925. The court agreed on a further reduction of $300. Alex Lawson appealed against the assessment on his farm land. "What's the lowest assessed land in the township," asked deputy- reeve McEwen. "About $20 an acre," 'Wilson replied. "Mine's poorer than that,' Mr. Lawson. "He was granted a reduction of $500 on land and $25 on his house. Mary Newlands appealed an as- sessment of $1,030 on a 3-room cot- tage. It had been increased from $100, and no improvements made. "You must admit, you were un- der-assessed before," said Dr. Mc- Ewen. "Half your taxes are school taxes." The assessment was sus- tained. John W. Parkers assessment of $2,325 on dwelling and lot was sus- tained. % "I pay $84 taxes, and have no road, I am miles from a school and store, and no police protection," said Mr. Parker. "It's as much as I paid in Toronto, where I had all conveniences." William and: Carol Pearson, who own a 200 tract of land north of Claremont, appealed an assessment of $7,525. They said their taxes had shot up from $11.00 to $384.00. Much of the land was hilly and barren, and there was no road into it. A reduction of $1,350 was grant- ed, which included bushland ex- emption. J. H. Robinson, assessed for a lakefront property at $3,675, said his taxes had more than doubled, $62 to $174.00. . He claimed his property was bad- ly damaged hy ercsion, and a boat- house included in the ment, was now out in the lake. The $200 on the boathouse was stricken off. County Assessor Wilson told Mr. 'Robinson, that all properties dam- aged by lake erosion would be look- assessor said began: ed into and re-assessed accordingly. William Salt's taxes had gone up from $30 to $90.60 on a new assess- ment of $2,925. Assessor Blackwell commended the Salts for the fine property they had made up of one- time swamp land. _ "We do not want to penalize peo- ple for improving the area," said Mr. Wilson. Mr. Salt was granted $160 reduc- tion for location and an assessment Lon a tool shed of $79 was reduced to $28.75. H. J. Smith appealed an assess- ment of $2,550, including $250 for a swimming pool. ,The place was only used a cou- ple of months in the year, Mr. Smith contended. "What about this assessment on swimming pools," asked Dr. Mec- Ewen. "They're neither land nor buildings." Mr. Wilson stated that assess- ment was made on structures, "in, over, or under, affixed to land." "Most swimming pools are assess- ed at 75c a ft, this one at 25c a ft., as it is more or less a commun- ity affair," he continued. A summer cottage assessment of $900 was appealed by Robert Stew- art Assessor Blackwell told the court that the present condition of the place would make it unliveable an- other year, and recommended a re- duction of $350. Hector Tunnell told the court that he could only use his garage and part of his land part of the year because of floods. He appealed an assessment of $2,175. He was granted $125 reduction on a hen house where he claimed to have lost a number of chickens be- cause of flood conditions. "We fixed up a nice place, and now we're paying for it," said John Waddell, appealing an assessment of $3921. It was pointed out that his school tax was very high. He was granted $125 reduction on a hen house. Miss Violet Swan received a re- duction of $200 on her house and $150 on land. The land was reclas- sified as pasture, rather than gar- den land. John Balfour, $2,750 assessment, reduced by $775; Connie Brander, $1,275, reduced $275; S. W. Burt, $225 reduction and $600 addition; William Clark, $7,125, reduced $200; John Dales, reduced $800; Ben Dea- kin, $3,050, reduced $250; Jack George, $1,475, reduced $350; Perc Harland, $76 reduction; G. E. Herbert, $1,500, reduced $200; Da- vid Howe, reduced $700. Court resumed sitting on Tuesday to discuss a large number of ap- peals for which no personal repre- sentation was made. Pickering Man Is Uncrowned Turnip King If there's anything you want to know about turnips, particularly waxed turnips, James W. Boyd of Pickering is the man to ask. It will be an unusual day indeed when Mr. Boyd can't come up with the answers. Mr. Boyd, busily hustling about the Royal Winter Fair in the Coli- seum these days, is the uncrowned turnip king, but the lack of a co- ronation ceremony hasn't bothered him at all. He has taken the prizes and, for his own satisfaction, heard his turnips labelled the best in the world. / Not Spectacular Crop A turnip, of course, isn't the type of crop that attracts a great deal of attention like, for instance, wheat or oats, growers of which are an- nually crowned kings and world champions, But the turnip is dear to Mr. Boyd's heart and he wouldn't trade one of his.shiny waxed and vitamin-filled turnips for part of a western ranch covered with wheat. But just the same, he grows wheat and took some prizes with it at the Royal, too. Turnips, however, are his first love, and he has been fooling around with them for the past 17 years, growing as many as 80 different types in trial lets. When Quebec came out with a new variety known as the Laurentian, Mr. Boyd promp- tly planted six experimental rows and watched the Laurentian become the aristocrat of the turnip world, and the most popular among pro- ducers and consumers. Waxing Crop Again In the late 20's he started waxing, and kept it up until the war and labor shortages gummed things up. Now he's happily waxing his turnips again, noting that in the meantime the custom has grown throughout. Canada. . Waxing, says Mr. Boyd, is a great thing. It preserves the appearance and the content of the turnip. It booms sales and makes a lot of money all the way round in the Coming Events BAZAAR, AUSPICES V.AW.A. LAD Aux, Sat. Nov. 20 2.30, Union Nall, he N. Bailey work, apron, store an eous, booths, 'Wis) turnip business. Turnips, the king says, will produce up to 1,000 bush- els per acre. Mr. Boyd, the third generation of his family to farm the 100 'acres near Pickering, took second with his Dawson's Golden Chaff wheat at the Royal, as well as a couple of other wheat awards. He's also in- terested in mallard ducks. But turnips are his first love, Observe 110th Anniversary . At Ebenezer The morning services at Ebe- nezer United Church, Sunday, November 21, at 10:30 am. are arranged as a Thanksgiving ob- servance of the 110th Anniversary of the Ebenezer Society . and the 83rd year of the present brick church. The Board of Trustees of the church have issued a general invitation to the people of Dar- lington for the occasion. The guest minister will be Rev. E. D. Jones of Albert Street United Church, Oshawa. - In making a formal announce- ment of this Anniversary, the Church Board adds some early his- tory as follows: "Prior to the Ebe- nezer Society there were two other churches serving the spiritual needs of the community. Bethel was situ- ated less than a mile east of Cour- tice on the south side of the King- ston Road and Carmel just west of Courtice." These two early churches pro- vided church services for the pio- neers of the south west corner of Durham County and it is with the spirit of Christian virtues they held forth that the Anniversary planned for Sunday will be held. Accommodation has been made for parking the cars of the great num- ber expected at this notable event. A Church Auditorium, together with a series of class rooms and Sabbath School and Lecture Hall, all really attractively decorated and well equipped and furnished, provides efficient service to this community for the healthy culti- vation of a stimulating Church and Christian life, LACK OF RESPONSE Toronto, Nov. 19 -- (CP) --War- den K. L. Thompson of York IES County. said Thursday that Fed- Clal aul! adil LUMLCLLICWU "uy the lack of response to recruiting campaigns for the armed forces. pm, and 7-9 p.m. What to Do To-Night This is a Community Chest Assisted Service Leathercraft--Adults--Monday to Friday 2-4 p.m.; Tuesday to Friday 7-9 p.m. Children--Monday to Fri- day 4-5.30 p.m.; Saturday morning 9.30-11.30. Boys' Gym--Monday, Wednesday and Friday 4-530 p.m. Saturday morning 9.30-11.30. Girls' Gym ana Folk Dancing-- Tuesday and Thursday 4-5.15 p.m. Ladies' Gym--Friday evening 8-9. Men's Weight Lifting--Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7-9. Children Art--Saturday morning 9.30-11.30. V.eaving--Monday to Friday 2-4 Friday, Nov. 19--St. Andrew's So- ciety in Auditorium, 8.30; North West Neighbourhood Community Meeting, Club Lounge, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20--Community Square Dance--Auditorium, 8.30 p. m.; Harman Park Hosts, Music by Harold Godfrey. Gideon Work Is Outlined By Secretary At a dinner meeting held in the library of Adelaide House last night Mr. C. Roberts, field secretary of the Gideons, spoke to a group of Oshawa business and professional men on the work of the organiza- tion. Founded in 1899, the, Gideons is an association of Christian business men, banded together for Christian fellowship and service. Their chief ministry has been the distribution of the Holy Scriptures through which many thousands have ' dis- covered the Bible to be a living Book, providing comfort, guidance, strength and the way of salvation. A copy of the Gideon Bible may be found in almost every hotel room on the continent. Many more have been placed in hospitals and pris- ons. The present objective is to place a. New Testament each year in the hands of every Grade 5 pupil in the public schools of Canada and the United States. Earlier this year New Testaments were distributed to the Grade 5 pupils of the Oshawa, Whitby and Westmount schools. Bibles are now available for distribution in the new wing of the Oshawa General Hospital, and also to several of the rural schools in the district. Mr, Morley Wyman was appointed to direct this work and to act as the local representative until such time | 5! as a Gideon camp is formed in Oshawa. Lay Plans For Winter Sports At Storie Park At the monthly meeting of the College Hill" Neighborhood Associa- tion (Storie Park), held on Tues- day evening, Frank Henderson, Sports Convener, presented propos- ed plans for winter sports. There are to be two boys' hockey teams--Pee-Wees © and Bantams, and tentative plans for inter-park Midget teams were discussed. A committee was appointed to. get in touch with other parks to see-if they would sponsor a Midget team. Mr. Henderson stated that offi- cials to handle hockey games are difficult to obtain and suggested that a small donation be given to those who would act in this capac- ity at the scheduled games. All games are to be played on hockey cushions with probably three or four parks using one park for home games. Mrs. George Clarke gave a report on the Ladies' Auxiliary which showed a successful month with $39.30 being turned over to the As- sociation Treasurer. A donation was also heartily endorsed to be sent to the Kinsmen Club for the Sta- dium fund. Morris Reed's - resignation as convener of the program commit- tee was accepted and Cecil Durno, was elected to replace him. R. Bail- ie volunteered to paint the inside of the change house in the park and a number of members offered to assist him. Mrs. George Clark, president, sta- ted a New Year's Eve Dance will' be held in the C.R.A. building with the number of tickets being unlimited. After the close of the meeting N George' Clark, "Mrz. Douglas and Mrs. Cecil Durno served Clark Drama Broadcast Education Week Feature One of the features of the radio broadcasts in connection with education week is the radio acting of extracts from two of Shakespeare's plays this Above are shown Ernest Winter (right), English teacher at " kl. evening. ont O0.C.V.I, and Clive Aldwi They are doing excerpts from Julius Caesar and Richard II, the transcription which will be heard at 8.15 this evening. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo The School Needs Qualified This article, published under the auspices of the Oshawa Teachers' Council and prepared by E. G. Higgins, is the fifth in the series published this week by The Times-Gazette in. the interests of Education Week. Two of the best-sellers and thea- trical successes of recent years have been, "Life with Father", and "I Remember Momma". But some- time an ex-student, with"a flair for expression, is going to write a book called, "Through the Sixth Grade With Miss Jones", that will sur- pass either of them. Everyone who has attended school has had a "Miss Jones" in his life; a teacher who has made a .lasting impression for good on his mind, character, and personality. This is education as I understand it, and it is not to be found in the school building, the text-books, or other modern aids to education. However, at the present time there is an acute shortage of Miss Joneses. There are not enough qualified teachers of the calibre we need, to instruct with the educa- tion of our own and the Nation's children. This situation is as acute as the power shortage; and likely to last for a considerably longer time. When the lights go out we are made forcibly aware of the hydro shortage. But so long as someone minds the school, the consequences of the teacher shortage are diffi- cult to determine. The results. of ood teaching are long term re- sults and therefore are difficult to measure. When the lack becomes apparent it is already too late to do much for the particular group of children who suffered from it, because in most cases, they are no longer children. We have had the misfortune. to witness one such example and are now living at the time of .anodther. When Hitler came ; to power he wrote off older generations and concentrated : on the teaching of his ideology to the children in the schools and youth movements. Now the Allies are forced to concentrate their hopes for the future, in the education of a new generations of Germans, feeling that little can be done for the long term objective, with adults who grew up under Nazi education, if such it can - be called. { The world situation .for the past thirty years, the increasing difficul- ties in government, labor and in- dustry, plus .the growing complex- ities of modern living, have made us generally aware of the neces- sity of improving and extending our standards of education. As a re- sult of this recognition we want to do "something" about educa- tion. The result is. a long overdue boom .in. school building across the province. This is a tangible evi- dence of our effort to improve the educational system of. the com- munity in which we live. | But the factor of prime impor- tance in, our educatiol stem is in a much_more deplofable condi-- tion. ' There 'aren't enough- quali- fied teachers to go around. Nor :in spite of crowded universities, due:to the influx into other courses, are we .getting enough trained poten- tial teachers. In October 'of 1947 there were 589 unqualified people . minding school rooms in this province. That is, school boards in this. province were 'given permission to hire stu- dents from grades twelve and thir- teen in the collegiates 'to. mind schools. Included in the - figure quoted above. are 4 number Cf Jad. ures from the normal schools. It is--only fair -to state that it -was {in an address on the hydro short- Teachers either this or the closing of 589 ad- ditional class rooms. But with all due respect to many of these peo- ple, who are intelligent and hard- working, this mass baby-sitting is not 'education, Could such a condition occur in other professions, such as law or medicine? It did, but over a cen-' tury ago. At that time it was pos- sible to secure a certificate as a doc- tor or lawyer by serving an appren- ticeship of as little as six months under a recognized member of the profession. But ' these unqualified teachers have even less training than the other professions gave a century and more ago. Can we turn back the clock of professional training standards to before the time of Edgerton Ryerson in Ontario, in a decade when the tempo of living is faster than ever before, and ex- pect the end product of our edu- cational system to satisfactorily solve the problems of adult life? For the sake of our children we need many more well qualified teachers. We need teachers who are mature individuals who can give a child the wealth of under- standing, experience and direction which will help him or her.to de- velop interest, reliability, persev-. erance, high personal standards of character and achievement, a well- integrated personality, respect for the rights of others and some of the myriad of other things which compose a true education as oppos- ed to training. These are things which are not acquired from text- books or the other physical aids used in education today. There is a great lack of professionally train- ed teachers of character and ma- turity. It may be that this is the greatest of all the shortages we face. We need more Miss Joneses! Claims Politics Retards Hydro Orono, Nov. 18--E. B. Joliffe, Ontario CCF leader, continued his campaign of blame-laying tonight age delivered to the Durham Coun- ty CCF Association. ¢ "Rural electrification is going to be slowed down for years by the Drew-made (hydro) shortage, and that's one of the worst features of the disaster," he said. Charging political interference in the Ontario Hydro's work 'and "high-handed methods" by Progres- sive 'Conservative Leader Drew, he said that voting for Drew meant "keeping Ontario in the. dark in more ways than one." BUILDER DIES Windsor, Nov. 19 -- (CP) --John Sansburn, 88, a retired builder of the once popular © "sidewheglers" which plied the Detroit River, died Wednesday night. Kin Ladies Night Big Success More than 125 members and their wives were present at the annual Kinsman Club Ladies' Night in the Piccadilly . Room of the - Genosha Hotel last night. . At the start of the evening, every lady was pre- sented with a rose by her partner. A toast to the Association of Kinsmen was proposed by Ross Rowlands and a toast to the ladies, proposed by Herbert Chesebrough, was answered by Mrs. Ray Hobbs. Flowers were presented to the president's wife, Mrs. Phil Hollo- way, and to the president of the Kinette Club, Mrs. Lorne Irwin, by Jack Cook, past president of the Kinsman Club. ° . Sack Jackson had charge of. the entertainment which was supplied by Jack McLean and Helen Bruce. The evening concluded with danc- ing. Among out of town guests were Dr. and Mrs. Orville Crabbe of Toronto North, and Mr. and Mrs. John Berlett of Lindsay. Parents' Duties In Educational Work Stressed MRS. K. R. FLETCHER Correspondent Harmony, Nov. 19--"The ultimate aim of the teacher is to try to mold boys and girls, into better citizens, to equip them with the needs to meet the complexities of a demo- cratic life'--this and many other thoughts that held his listeners' at- tention was the theme around which Lloyd Smith, principal of Mary Street School, Oshawa, built the interesting and humorous talk which he gave in Harmony School last night. The occasion was a meeting held in observance of Edu- cation Week and proved highly in- structive and entertaining. Mr. Smith who last year was a member of 'the Provincial Execu- tive of the Men Teachers' Federa- tion, asserted that the moulding of character counted for more than academic training. "Each child is an individual character and as such he must be dealt with. He was no product of the assembly line, iden- tical to his fellow, but different in many ways. Mental and physical defects, environment and many things are factors contributing to his own particular needs. He needs a good teacher." Parents Can Help Parents could do a lot towards making their children ready for school. They could foster 'or create in, them the desire for education The battle was nearly won when that "was achieved--this desire to get on. Mr. Smith" called attention to the fact that the first year of a child's school life was the most im- portant and Grade 1 teachers the most important. . "Education Week serves as an op- "a 3 NORTH OSH. PAPER I Saturday, November 20 * Collection Will be. Made - . ~ North of Ross' Road WA SCOUTS DRIVE 197 Bags With 466 Sent Out least .as great as last year. Filled Parcel One Day Despite difficulties caused by the hydro cut-offs, Oshawa Postmaster N. J. Moran reported today that this year's Christmas mail for overseas had been sent out of the local office in good time. Although some centres have reported a decrease in the volume of overseas mail, Mr. Moran said the Post Office here had handled a total number of parcels at the .. King Street Post Office building is the elimination of the electric postal register, which has been cut off as much as four hours on some days. Although this mach- ine can be run by hand, this re- quires extra time and work on the part of the office staff, always over- strained in the Christmas season. 466 Parcels in Day Since last Monday was the dead- line for Overseas parcels, Mr. Mor- an reported that Saturday had been the heaviest day so far in the Par- cel Post department, with '466 par- cels, filling: 197 bags, going through the office in that one day alone. Mr. Moran told The Times-Gaz- ette that the total number of par- cels sent through the postage regis- ter from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15 this year is slightly down from last year's fig- ures, but that this is°accounted for by the cut-off:, which make it ne- cessary to handle some of the par- cels manually. In 1947 there were 4,458 parcels put through the regis- ter between Nov. 1 and 15, and this year there were 3,965 parcels han- The chief effect of the cut-offs até- dled through the machine alone. To avoid the last minute Christe mas rush which causes so many heada hes for the Post Office em- ployees, as well as delaying the mail. Mr. Moran warned that it is essential that mail be forwarded by the dates set by the Post Office De~ partment, in order to insure delive ery before Christmas Day. Don't Delay Mailing "If you don't want it to be open= ed before Christmas, label it 'Do not open'", he said. "Don't wait until Dec. 25 to mail it--give the postmen a break." Following are the dates set by the Post Office to assure delivery by Christmas: Before United States (especially parcels to allow for Cus- toms examination) British Columbia Alberta and Saskatchewan Dec. 15 Manitoba and Maritime Provinces Ontario and Quebec Local Delivery At Annual Oshawa C.N.LB. Board Reports Encouraging Meeting A successful year with much work accomplished was reported yester- day at the annual meeting of the Oshawa Advisory Board of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Officers elected were: Chairman, Rev. George Telford; vice-chair- man, Mrs. B. C. Colpus; secretary, Mrs. H. B. Armstrong; treasurer, N. S. McFadyen; welfare commit- tee convener, Mrs. A, J. Parkhill; prevention of blindness committee convener, Mrs. R. J. McConnell. In giving his report for the past year, Mr. McFadyen showed ex- penditures amounting to $2,617.50 against receipts of $2,251.18 for a deficit of $366.32. This deficit will be made up by the, head office in Toronto. The board approved a bud- get of $2,635 for the coming year and it was announced that there will be a grant of $2,500 from the Community Chest. In her welfare committee report, Mrs. Parkhill said that the list of blind folk in Oshawa was divided among six workers who conducted a successful survey. Fifty visits were made by these workers. It was also announced that a social 'club for the blind is in the process of organization and one meeting to discuss this matter has already been held. The next meet- ing will be held on November 25 at 8 pm., at the home of C. H. Ash- ton, Simcoe Street South. The field secretary, H. W. Henry, reported many visits made and much work done in connection with the blind. The meeting passed a resolution thanking newspapers, men's and Re-Elected Chairman REV. GEORGE TELFORD Minister of St. Andrew's United Church, who was re-elected chair- man of the Oshawa Advisory Board of the Canadian National Institute. for the Blind. women's service clubs, and other organizations and individuals for their sustained interest and help during the year. Another resolu= tion urged the local member of par- liament to support a move for in- creased benefits for the blind. portunity to review what has been accomplished during the year, but every week in the year is important in education." said Mr. Smith. "There is a shortage of teachers in Ontario. The challenge that teach- ing offers is great." Miss Mary Murdoch Miss Murdoch, the Town- ship Public Health Nurse, outlined her work which carried her into the homes as well as the schools. Immunization clinics opened short- ly after schools re-opened last Sep- tember, were well established and would carry on until sometime in January. Much work was done in connection with pre-natal care. Due thanks were expressed by Miss Murdoch to the East Whitby Wel- fare Association, who were largely responsible for the present set-up. Homemaking Service A comprehensive picture of what the Homemaker Service of the Osh- awa branch of the Canadian Red Cross had to offer to people in East Whitby Township, was given by Miss Doris Moore, The Homemaker Service originated in Toronto in 1923, and proved so successful that now it was one of the larger peace time programs. It provided a ser- vice of help when a mother became ill and cannot look after her fam- ily. A Homemaker looked after the family, and gave simple bedside care to the sick. In no instance did they assume the duties of a nurse. PARENTS' DUTIES (Continued on Page 2) Laying of Corner Stone of New Building of Calvary Baptist Church (Cor. John and Centre Sts.) Saturday Afternoon, Nov. 20 at 3 o'clock . The Public Is Cordially Invited /