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\ 6 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Friday, November 8, 1858 Editorials The Dally Times-Gazefte te Ph F Limited - (Oshawa, Whitby), 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, Ontario d by Ti G -- Wearing Of Flanders Poppy Has Now Become Tradition On Saturday, the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion will hold its annual Poppy Day, when replicas of the blood- red Flanders poppy will be offered for sale on the streets of the city, and by canvassers calling at local homes. Ever gince the Canadian Legion was formed 28 years.ago, the observance of Poppy Day has become an integral part of the remembrance of that day on November 11, 1918, when the first world war came to a close. The holding of Poppy Day serves a triple purpose. In the first place, the poppies which are sold by the Canadian Legion all across Canada are made by dis- abled veterans who thus find employ- ment in the Vetcraft Shops of Canada. Here they are in a sheltered occupation, and since they are men who could not enter into the ordinary channels of em- ployment, because of disabilities, they are thus enabled to earn a livelihood at con- genial work which they can do. Secondly, the proceeds of Poppy Day, after the poppies have been paid for, are, in 'their entirety, placed in the Poppy Fund of the local branch of the Legion, They are used to provide immediate re- lief in cases of sickness and acute dis- tress for which no other help is avail able, to provide comforts for Oshawa vet- erans who are in need. The Legion feels that it has an obligation and responsi- bility to meet those needs through the Poppy Fund. Thirdly, it has become traditional, through many years of usage, for the citizens of Canada to wear a poppy at the season of Remembrance, as a tribute to the gallant youth of the country who sacrificed life itself in the defence and service of Canada and the Canadian way of life. It is indeed a small tribute to pay these unforgotten heroes, and, when com- bined with the more practical aspects of Poppy Day, it is a tradition which all of our people should honor. By 'all means, buy and wear a poppy for remembrance. TB Job Was Well Done Presentation to the Oshawa General Hospital, by the Kiwanis Club Tubercu- losis Committee, of a cheque for $4,000 for the purchase of special TB equipment for the new hospital wing was the final act in a story of a splendid job done by that organization in the interests of fighting tuberculosis in Oshawa and Ontario Coun- ty. This was the final balance of money left over from the Christmas Seal cam- paigns over a period of years, and follows a contribution of $5,000 from the same fund to the newly-organized South Ontar- io Tuberculosis Association. For a number of years, the project of TB prevention and rehabilitation has been one of the chief projects of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club. Through the use of funds raised in the annual Christmas seal cam- paigns, a splendid work has been done in locating and giving assistance to suffer- ers from tuberculosis in Oshawa and the surrounding countryside. The many chest X-ray clinics sponsored by the club have been of great value in combatting this dread disease, and through early diagno- sis making curative treatment possible. This work is now being turned over by the Kiwanis Club to the new body in order to provide a broader base for carrying on the constant battle to eradicate tubercul- osis. Wider county representation is pro- vided in the new organization to ensure that a greater field of need will be cover- ed. We are confident that all the possible activities to fight tuberculosis will be carried on effectively under the new re- gime, which will merit just as great sup- port as in the past for the Christmas seal campaign. The thanks of the community, how- ever, are due to the Kiwanis Club for hav- ing pioneered in this valuable field of pre- ventive work, and for the efficient way in which it has been carried on during the years for which the club has been respon- sible for it. It can truly be said that the job has been well done, with great benefit to the community, Church Campaign Successful The congregation of Northminster United Church is to be congratulated on the outstanding success of its campaign to raise funds and secure pledges to en- sure the completion of its new church edi- fice. Two weeks ago, this congregation started out on a campaign to secure pledges for $75,000 for this laudable pur- pose. At the end of that time, the reports indicated that its members had rallied splendidly to the support of those who were active workers in the project, and had contributed to the extent of $90,000 through a plan for systematic redemption of the pledges made. The congregation of Church is by no means one of the largest in the city. . It started from a very small beginning in a frame building on Simcoe Street North some 26 years ago. During the years since then, its growth has'been slow but steady, until it became evident Other Editors' Views The office pessimist says he would be quite willing to dispense with some of the necessities of life if someone would pro- vide a few of the luxuries. The Daily Times-Gazette = Published By TIMES-GAZETTE PUBLISHERS LIMITED 57 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa The Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) . combining The Oshawa Times( established 1871) and the Whitby & Chronicle ( 1863) 1s blished daily (Sundays and y y )e Member ot The Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association and the Ontario Provineial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- publication of all news despatches in the paper credited to $or Fhe 44 soel " d Pros oF and also the local ul erein, special desp also reserved. Hels of Behan 59 T. L. WILSON, Publisher and General Manager M. McINTYRE HOOD, Managing Editor Offices, 44 King Street West, Toron University Tower Building, Montreal, Boa" SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Perty $12.00. Elsowhers $15.00 per year. ' DAILY AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR OCTOBER 12,626 Ontario, 228 Northminster , that with the development of the north- ern end of the city, a new church home was a vital necessity. With no substan- tial background of wealthy people to bear the major share of the burden, the con- gregation has shown a spirit of self-sacri- fice in the interest of their new church home that has geen most commendable. The result of the campaign which has just closed is concrete evidence of their devo- tion to their church and their willingness to make sacrifices for it. When the new church at the corner of Simcoe Street North and Rossland Road is completed, it will be a handsome and practical church edifice. It will occupy a strategic position from which to serve an important and growing section of the community, And there it will stand as a monument to a congregation made up of just ordinary folks who deemed it a priv- ilege to share in the raising of a worthy tabernacle to God in their midst. Editorial Notes FALSE ECONOMY (Hamilton Spectator) We sometimes wonder how many dollars' worth of gas are burned each day by the people who drive around trying to save a penny by finding the parking meter with the most unexpired time on it. Bit Of Verse SMOKE IN THE SKY Smoke curled upward with scalloped edges destined for sky--yet paused to wrestle wind end mingle with the muted whisper of the willow. Bmoke trailed pointer-fingers through the sycamore--dispersed in fringes of poplars, In the ravels of reeds and meshed with the far gauze of the horizon. Mercedes Gardner. Bible Thoughts The world says "Seeing is believing;" God says, "Believing is seeing." "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Heb, 11:1.) Jesus saith . ., , "If thou wouldest believe, thou Bhouldest see , . , " (John 11:40) THE EAST GERMANY TREND WHAT THINK THAT 1 INTEND MAKES You Too, To FLEE TO THE AMERICAN ZONE , COMRADE ? OTTAWA REPORT Housing Research Boon To Builder By PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazette OTTAWA The building re- search division of the National Re- search Council has demonstrated that the era of economical con- struction is not past. It has just unveiled its new million dollar home, officially opened by Mr. C.D. Howe as minister supervising its activities, and has shown that an expensive-looking building can be built without an expensive-looking bill. The million cubic feet build- ing research centre cost about $1.17 per cubic feet. "The cost figure is noteworthy," says R. F. Legget, director of the division, "when the large amount of plumbing and electrical work in the building is considered. The di- vision has shown in its own build- ing something of the desirable eco- nomics which it is one of its func- tions to provide in buildings gen- erally throughout Canada." The building research divison was formed just six years ago, to fill three needs. Firstly to pro- vide a research service for .'the whole building industry of Can- ada; secondly to act as the re: search wing of the Central Mort- gage and Housing Corporation; and thirdly to provide the technical ser- vices needed in the administration of the national building code which lays down safety standards. YOUR QUERIES ANSWERED One of the most widely-used facilities of this government-run Better Building Bureau is its in- formation section, This handles hundreds of queries a year, from architects, builders, manufacturers of building materials, and above all from plain Johnny Canuck who is trying to fix something in his home." The information section will not act as a consulting service to re- place architects; nor will it ajudge between rival commercial products. But it can and will handle a variety of problems met with daily, such as why do dust patterns form on walls above heating register? And how Can I stop my basement floor shed- ding dust? "Why the hell do zinc hot water tanks sprink leaks and commit in- decencies all over my basement floor?" wrote one anguished home- owner faced with our common taser which comes around almost as frequently as general elections. The information section could supply the answer: Zinc is cor- roded, especially by a continuous supply of really hot water. Those annoying and expensive leaks are one of the many foster-children of our more comfortable and more easily run modern homes which grandfather never had to bother about. Throw away your thermo- statically-controlled hot water heat- er, let the water in the tank be just warmed most of the time, but the heater switched up to "high" first thing on washday morning, and the old zine tank won't spring a leak. Or if you can afford it, buy a copper tank and avoid base- ment indecencies for life," WILL COSTS FALL? Naturally a question which inter- ests every Canadian family is Will opise-building costs be re- duced? This is a question which the di- vision of building research can an- swer: "A 1 per cent reduction in mortgage rates would do more to reduce the cost of housing than anything we could achieve in 10 years." Home-owners think too much of the initial cost of their home, and too little of the running costs such as mortgage payments, taxes, re- pairs and replacements, says the research division. A cut in mort- gage rates from say 6 per cent to 5 per cent would be worth more to the average Canadian building his home than a free gift of all the lumber for his walls: But while we struggle along with present high costs, the research division will help us by turning some or all of its 50 college gradu- ate engineers onto solving prob- lems of dust, draughts, condensa- tion, snow load, leaking basements, fire hazard, leaking water tanks and all the other perennial prob- lems the post-war six-room Cana- dian home is heir to. LONDON LETTER Cleopatra's Needle Intriguing Monument FROM LONDON (ENG.) BUREAU OF THOMSON NEWSPAPERS LONDON --- Are there love let- ters under the obelisk, the ancient Egyptian monument presented to the British by Egypt after the de- feat of Napoleon's forces in 1809? The British Museum says no -- but officials are not surprised to have to squelch periodically such intriguing: rumours. Among the thousands of monu- ments and statues in the ancient city, the summer's coronation visi- tors must: have found this exotic foreign monument strangely differ- ent from the rest. Erected on the banks of the Thames, the obelisk casts a slim mysterious shadow into the' city's beautiful, practical workaday river. Commonly known as Cleopatra's Needle -- though it was originally erected in ancient Thebes in 1450 B.C., hundres of years before the famous lady's birth --- the monu- ment came to Britain as an ex- ression of gratitude. Because .of itches in connection with its trans- portation the needle was slow to reach English shores. It was fin- ally erected in 1878 after an event- ful journey during which it was dragged behind a ship in a speci- ally designed long cigar shaped container. Since this time it has been one of the features of the Thames riv- erscape. And although Londoners now find it as familiar as old Nel- son on his pillar in Trafalgar Square or the bad old Duke of York high on a spire off the Mall, the inscrutable obelisk still re- tains the fascination 'of the strange. And because of the sphinx-like spell it casts, many a myth grows up in its shadows. The colorful legend that love-letters are buried underneath it, authorities refute emphatically. They will admit, ™ MAC'S MUSINGS Tomorrow all our people Should buy a poppy That blood-red emblem Of the sacrifices made By those who fell In defence of all that Is worth living for, Who died that Canada Might live to be a Greater free nation. When we see the poppies Worn for remembrance, Our mind goes back to The days when inside the Vermoezele convent wall In far-away Flanders We saw the graves of Many fallen comrades Covered with the nodding Blood-red flowers, Which marked the places Where they had been laid Fresh from the bloody Craters of St. Eloi. 'Twas there that first We saw the poppies Blazing o'er the rubble Of the old convent, Behind whose broken walls We sought respite from The fiery heat of battle And their shining heads Incarnadined the drab, Shell-torn landscape. The poppies there told The story that from the Desolation wrought by war There could arise a Brighter, happier world, And that as these flowers Arose from devastation So could the spirit of man Arise above the dread fear Of war's alarms and give To all humnity the hope Of a world at peace. Tomorrow as we buy The blood-red poppy, Let us not forget Their eternal promise That from the ashes of The old, broken world Under God's providence There may yet arise The world we long to see. ICE BOX LAW IN FORCE WINDSOR, Ont. (CP)--The city's "ice box" law, under which it is an offence to leave an unattended ice box or similar container where it could endanger the lives of chil- dren, went into effect Wednesday. The law provides a minimum fine of $50 or six months in jail The by-law was proposed after two four-year-old boys died here Sept. 30 after being trapped inside an abandoned _ ice box. Pulp and paper exports alone have a value six times that of Canada's gold production. however, that there is a remote foundation for the rumour -- some- thing is buried under the obelisk. When the needle was erected on the embankment a miscellaneous collection of items in a tin box were buried, as is often the case when laying a foundation stone, immediately beneath its base. The collection included a miniature of Queen Victoria, a London map, newspapers, money, a British Railways Guide and, a British con- cession to romance, the "portraits of 12 pretty Englishwomen", * If you're in a spot financially right now, with expenses like fuel, clothes for the children, and plans for the holidays ahead, think this over. You can borrow $50 to $1000 promptly on your own signature at HFC. One-day service. Then take up to 24 months to repay on a plan that you select yourself. 4 IT'S BUSINESSLIKE! IT'S MODERN! OUSEHOLD FINANCE 25th year in Canada C. H. Brook, Manager 11% Simcoe St. South, second floor, phone Oshawa 5-1139 OSHAWA, ONT. IN DAYS GONE BY 35 'YEARS 'LO On November 8, 1918, the On- tario Reformer carried the head- lines "The War is Over ! ! !" The short message underneath read "The glad message was flashed over the wires at noon, "The war is over; Germans signed Armis- tice" Oshawa and all Canada is celebrating. Bells are ringing, fac- tory whistles blowing as we go to press." The mayor, the Medical Officer and the Citizens' Committee de- cided that schools, theatres and churches could be re-opened after the flu epidemic. Ontario County was the first county in Canada to fly the Vie- tory Loan Honor Flag for achiev- ing its objective. The final count of fatalities in Oshawa from "flu was 81. T. H. Everson advertised "hang- ing" Bellflower apples at $1.25 a barrel which purchasers had to pick for themselves. Hogg and Lytle ran the follow- ing as part of an advertisement, "The fire is now burning. We have two good chairs. We may not have much time to talk, but you are welcome. Come in and talk over your farm problems with us." The J. E. Beaton Grocery Store advertised Soldiers' Treats, Christ- mas boxes at $2 and $3, containing 28 articles. ' To show when its Victory Loan objective was reached, as district factory had a thermometer with the Kaiser's head and a cannon at the top. When the objective was reached the cannon exploded and blew off the Kaiser's head. Oshawa YMCA observed a week of prayer for the soldiers over- seas. Rev. J. S. I. Wilson was elected president of the Oshawa Minis- terial Association. QUEEN'S PARK Stir Over Naming Of New Speaker By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Times-Gazette TORONTO--Life can certainly turn handsprings. The Ottawa Journal, which makes no bones about being a Conservative newspaper, made a bit of a stir in Ottawa about Prime Minister St. Laurent publicly nam- ing a new Speaker before the House met. In theory the Speaker is elected by the House at large, as its first piece of business at a new session. In practice, however, this is cus- tomarily only a formality. CCF CRITICIZED The first time we heard this point figure in debate was in the Ontario House. CCF leader E. B. Jolliffe one opening day deliverd a lengthy criticism of the govern- ment for doing what Mr. St. Laur- ent has now done. Only the leader of the government at that time was, of course, Mr. Drew. And he is now on the other side of the -2218e jiegd opAH umes ay) his making any objection to Mr. St. Laurent's action. ON GAS... Consumers Gas Company, in its high - pressure advertising cam- naign to get its U.S. gas, has cited the wartime Hyde Park agre- ments. They were agreements be- iwen the U.S. and Canada to pool resources in the interests of de- fence. Consumers says the agreement were negotiated last year and everything is hunky-dory The U.S. presumably will be happy to hand over the gas. Union Gas made a deal with MOUNT CARMEL Pupils Hosts To Mothers MRS. WALTER SLUTE Correspondent MOUNT CARMEL -- Elsie Schie- derbauer of Toronto University spent the weekend with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scheider- bauer. The school - pupils entertained mothers to a Hallowe'en program on Friday, October 30. which they enjoyed very much. The afternoon was spent in games the children and mothers all received a treat of nuts and candies from the teach- er a lunch was served an a very pleasant afternoon brought to a close. Mr. and Mrs. T. Slute and Marie of Scugog was Tuexday evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W. Slute. Melborne Barriage of Belleville ... WITH A Texas Panhandle for a big quan- tity under the benign shelter of the old agreements, It was made in the best of good-neighborly circum- stances. But Union didn't get the gas. DEFENCE FIRST U.S. *'defence'" was more impor- tant than Union Gas of Canada when the FPC in Washington came to approve the deal. And it was some years before Union got any Consumers have their gas now. But will they still have it a few years from now? .The FPC cap cancel anything. INDIANS To get down to a more rational level: Some of the contacts the Indian affairs committe has had with the various tribes and bands have been heart-warming. earnest simplicity of the Indians has been an example to many members. And sometimes, of course, it also has provided its lighter moments. An example is a letter received by the secretary of the committee, It came from a certain chief in reply to a query asking if the tribe' had any representations. It read: "Received a letter month ago which is took time to consider. Half of them away working so we did the best we could. so about voting on provincial elections, favor 59, against 16, and favor in- tociate 41 against 34. and health favor 65 against 10 and welfare favor 69 against 16, and education favor 65 against 10. the voters is 5. , was a recent visitor with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Prest. A number of ladies from this community attended the bazaar held in Raglan hall on Wednesday afternoon. Robert Slute was the prize win- ner at the Hallowe'en party in Raglan Hall on Friday night, Oc- tober 30 in the 7 to 9 age roup. _ Mr. and Mrs. G. Strutt ol fo ily visited with Mr, and Mrs. Har- old Strutt of Oshawa and enjoyed television on Saturday evening. Sunday guests of Mr. and Rare: Prest were Mr. and Mrs. Wheeles and children. Columbus; Mrs. Ke- hoe and children, Mr. and Mrs, Ted Brown and Gary of Oshawa. BUS-TRUCK COLLIDE GUELPH (CP)--A bus carrying Erin district school children collided with a dump truck near here Wednesday. 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