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" BOMB Wore iv diay bain, ey ey, WHITBY and DISTRICT In Ont. League Council Declines Power Of Veto Ll ¥Whithy council last night balk- on endorsing a resolution aim- at giving councils the power to € budgets of boards and foo Bigh," said Councillor Joh y ton. ELECTED TOO endorsation 3 n council, Jt was filed after a motion to it and an amendment to e it for further discussion both lost. trill pointed out that the publi school board is an elected resolution from are appointed by the council, the provincial government 'You can't put people in offic enact ation which would|and then tie their hands and sa; councils greater control over|they budgets of school boards, police commissions, library rds, parks boards, ete. yor Harry Jermyn, leading the wide.open discussion, said t he often felt the way the council must feel but he as also aware that the reason are so many boards is that single group, such as a coun- , could possibly consider all business of a municipality, "Counelllor John McAvoy said t if a councillor endorsed such tion he should be prepared te study the work of all those rds along with his duties as a neillor. He added that the e might be satisfactory for| es with a board of control of & city manager. SHOULD HAVE POWER tem which had been, in operatio for many years and has worke well," cut down," more economical." their budget. We have to pay oi have an advantage." lor McAvoy. public spending. they are being lavish," t he felt that counefl should|say it is too big without an in sponsible to the people and we should have the right to say no to a budget if we think it is Deputy - reeve Everett Quan- body and representatives on all the other commissions and boards can't spend for this and that," said Mayor Jermyn. "This resolution would change a sys- "I think council should have the right to tell a school board to said Councillor Woot- ton, "If we cofild, they would be "We can't do anything about they can sue us," he said. "They "If any councillor thinks these budgets are unrealistic, he should investigate them," said Council. "It's not fair to say these boards are not concerned with 1 don't think said Mayor Jermyn. 'We can't chal «Councillor Sidney Correll said lenge a quantity of money and Home League Has Work Period The United Church 4 W's held their regular monthly meeting last Saturday evening at the Church Hall. The eting was opened by Mr, and Mrs. Harman Siersma, presidents, minutes of the previous meeting were read by Mrs. John Davies. The treasurer's report was given by Mrs. Tom Farndale. Plans were discussed regard ing the touring by the group "Five Oaks" in the near future, The club purchased shuffleboard equipment to be used by any organization of the church, A panel of discussion followed regarding "Church Vows". Everyone gave his views on the vows Joining the Church, The final meeting of the Club will be held in June with a family picnic to be held at Geneva Park. gs c Hall, captain; Don Grant, Max Barker, Virginia Baughman, H. e y n d Games were played and re- freshments were served by the f WHITBY SPORTS SPOTLIGHT By WREN A. BLAIR r MID-WEEK MUSINGS . , . Hockey for the 1958-59 season drew to an unofficial close over the week-end with the conclusion of able to approve or disapprove vestigation of that board's oper- the Memorial Cup last Friday in Brandon, Man., and the OHA the budget issued by a board. |ations." "If the streets committee were +"We are the ones who are re-/ passed. Suggests Separate Boys From Girls "Don't you think that' sary in - education?" Mayor Harry Jermyn. "The sug- [gestion may have a lot of merit, however," he added. "A suggestion has been made that the .Whitby District High ool Board give some Hiought separating boys from girls in pi event they build another high school. The suggestion came, from Councillor Harry Inkpen, at| last night's meeting of Whitby them now," said Councillor Jack council. |MacAvoy, "they all dress alike." | Councillor Inkpen was speaking) "They all wear jeans and long| to a recommendation by the fi- hair now," said Councillor Woot-| nance committee Hat the Do tea. enlarge the presen school| «yy might simplify any prob- to accommodate any expected in; iy "discipline if they were crease in school population and separated," sald Mayor Jermyn. defer any decision on building a" "pic" is not a matter for ngw school until some time in|... + gaia Councillor Inkpen, the future. The board has re | whose suggestion had been met quested permission to BP or |With some chuckles. 'We may Jeg? for a new high school; 0 tg build a new school and - ih Shey had sated to build}; ould be considered then." WI would like to "After ight's dis 1 that some thought be given to would ink {ils nates would be separating on any agenda when a new school 3 the bovs from he girly is being discussed," sald Council i any new schools are built," lor McAvoy, to end the discus. sald Councillor Inkpen. a "Haven't you heard about the " There was no di on A A motion to support the resolu- commission, we could spend|tion and an amendment to table ,000 this year and pave alllit for further study were both streets in the town." he said.|defeated. A motion to file it was "It would be hard to separate|. Iithe Yankees, no less, Cleveland Junior "B" title up in Sarnia on Saturday . . . The Memorial Cup goes back west after a year's absence, by virtue of the Winnipeg Braves winning their series over Peterborough by 4 games to 1. |We chatted with several competent hockey men the past day or two who were. in. Winfipeg to see the series, All report the same thing, and that is, that west were much superior, Even more im- is that, the Braves did not use any of the three replace- | ments allowed them from the Flin Flon Bombers whom they eli- minated earlier. They did use three extra players from within their own I , which is really only the city of Winnipeg. They did not use the CAHA replacements allowed and still wen the series in five games . . . The Sarnia Legionnaires repeated their OHA Junior "B" title of a year ago by beating the Aurora Bears in the seventh and final game Saturday night . . . Just for the records we might mention the various amateur titles in Canada this past season . . , The Allan Cup for Senior "A" supremacy was of course won by the Whitby Dvmlops . , . The Memorial Cup by the Winnipeg Braves . . . The OHA Senior "B" title was won by Strathroy (coached by Mickey Roth) . . . The OHA Junior "B"| title by Sarnia . . . The OHA Intermediate "A" crown by Na- panee . . . The OHA Intermediate "B" title by Georgetown . . . the OHA Intermediate "C" title by Bracebrige . . . and we're not sure of this but we believe the OHA Junior *"C" by Newmarket, but we could be wrong on the latter . . . Again it was a rewarding hockey season on most fronts. Attendance picked up a little and the OHA reports less financial trouble than a year ago . . . Here at home the Whitby Dunlops officially broke up on Saturday afternoon with the photography session at Maple Gardens for the annual calendar. The boys take off for their various summer activities, although they will continue to see a great deal of each other in their social sessions, The big "Dunnie" | annual dance and raffle takes place later this month and it will| be a gala affair. It will be held as usual at Club Bayview in Whitby and tickets for both the dance and draw are now avail-| able from all members of the hockey and booster clubs . . . Major league baseball had a tumultuous week-end, ete., and Jo and behold even a double header win by Detroit over opened a larger gap in the Am- 6% games off marksmen i0ps toy Ju described | as "problem TV children" in a OTTAWA (CP)--One of every five children between the ages of 11 and 15 in Japan spends five hours or more watching television every day. This group of children, who are Grades five and six and in nior high school, aré report issued by the Japanese Embassy here covering results of a survey last September by a committee studfing effects of television, 4 The survey announced no con. clusions, but declared that as a result of watching television chil. | 80d senior high school students. SURPRISING RESULT But the most surprising thing in the report is that the Japanese school children generally have actually improved their grades. Children's reading habits also '(have been stimulated by televi- sion, the report said. According to the answers given in the survey, the "TV children" are reading more in newspapers and books. They are going to the movies less frequently, "The | | ii; i 8 $i; 3&8 3 fil Hi B® ia gt off ig Hi feb Eft § HL HH TZ i i ? : dy g MIDDLE EAST LONDON (Reuters) -- Glubb Pasha (Lt.-Gen, Sir John Bagot Glubb) believes that the "un- masking" of Russia's imperialist ambitions in the Middle East might afford Britain the oppor- tunity of regaining the friendship of the Arabs. In a new book entitled Britain and the Arabs, the one-time com- mander of the Arab Legion ex- plains he has no doubt that Rus- sia has little desire to bulld up inthe Arab Middle East another Red China, "an ally too strong submit to the dictation of Mos- cow." ! "A number of struggling little satellites, each looking to Moscow for orders, might well be more to Russian liking than Arab unity would be," he writes. 'Again, with the end of British control Unmasking Of Russia Urged IR main in the Middle East to pro- tect our own oil supplies is scarcely an inspiring slogan with! which to win friends," he de- clares. "Our new deal with the Arabs| should show more consideration for their side of the bargain, should be characterized by more vision, more imagination, more warmth and more friendliness. * "Moreover, Britain must re- alize that the spread of educa- tion and the mew ease of com- munications have made the mil- lions of the Middle East, Asia, and. Africa, a formidable power in world affairs, "Others have appreciated thi and have produced highly de- veloped techniques for the ma- nipulation of the opinions an th of these Brit and with the Arab Cmmunists' endeavoring to introduce Rus- sian imperialism, the nationalists should surely look to the West for support. "In 1915, Britain helped the Arabs against the Turkish em- pire. Soon, they may need her against Russian imperialism." BOOK COVERS 50 YEARS ain must make a real effort to overtake her rivals in this field." The book is a study of the re lations between Britain and the Arabs during the 50 years from 1908 to 1958. For 36 years of this half-cen-| tury, Glubb served in the Middle East--for 10 years in Iraq and| for 26 years in Jordan, There he Glubb expresses the belief that Britain's attitude in recent years) peared selfish and materialistic, "To admit that we wish to re: won the Arabic Pasha title. | In March, 1956, King Husseéin| with fights|in the Arab countries has ap- of Jordan dismissed him from command of the Arab Legion, a post hé had held for 17 years. erican League with Yankees dropping the pace. Milwaukee still hold a narrow lead in the National league . . Toronto Maple Leafs pulled to within one game of the International League lead by winning on the week-end . . . New York Rangers and Boston Bruins continue their overseas tockey tour, although e at games is far below that attained by amateur clubs birds and the bees?" asked Coun- {council's acceptance of the com- efor John Wooton. "They are there for an educa- | mittee's recommendation that the tion, not the birds and the bees," board be asked to enlarge the on the winter tours of Europe. We notice that Dunc Brodie picked up an assist for Boston in a game the other day . . . Four teams will play in the Senior Lacrosse circuit this summer; with five slated to go to the post in Junior. The Whitby Merchants are enter. ed in the Junior "A" series along with Peterborough, St, Cathar- ines, Brampt and Long Branch. The local club will likely play their first home game on Thursday, May 21, at the Whitby arena . . . We wish to extend a special vote of thanks for our invitation to the Bowmanville-Orono Combines Hockey club stag of last week. It was a most enjoyable evening, featured with outstanding , to help raise funds to defray ex from last season. in » | CouplesClub| _ WHITBY it. | |DAY-BY-DAY Hear Pane $5 and costs or two Home League held their regularigearhorough, Ont., appeared be- ly meeting. Mrs. theme was, "Ba Denying court. He was of, Iriver lows I en mailing 'an. Ulegal aft win. said Councillor Inkpen. present school. IS FINED $5 " ,.| Fined fhe Salvation Army Women's days in jail, Talbot Kirkwood, by charge of the devotional. \onday afternoon, riod with prayer. IS FINED $10 uring the business session,| Garfield Jessome, Oshawa angements were made per to be held at Whitby Arena before: Magistrate building fund. A work period afternoon. Jessome was con. followed when sewing and em-|victed of broidery was accomplished on brakes. articles for the fal] bassak Two -- of the world travelled Salvation . {my Bands, the Earlscourt| LAST CHARGE DROPPED the Scarborough, along with) MONTREAL Whitby . Brass, d Festival to be held at the Monday--wiping the- roster clea na, proceeds to go to the of charges laid after the March 2 striking "At the close of the meeting, | French-network CBC employees. s. Zwicker ant. Mrs. Stephens Charges against all 30 persons demonstration | building fund. {demonstration by eld after the were in charge of the refresh- ave been withdrawn, {hi In Archer fore Magistrate Crawford Guest, traffie convicted of for|was fined $10 and costs, or five coming Home League sup-/days in fail, when he appeared Crawford on May 21, proceeds to go to|Guest in traffic court, Monday having defective | Congratulations to all workers for a splendid job. Canada has contributed $15,500,000 for Colombo plan ald Ceylon. In this story, Rus Elman, former Cana- dian Press staff writer now touring the Commonwealth, reports on many of the Cana- dian - assisted projects and i t on the nation's life. | COURTING WITH DOUG Tennis Opening Slated For 24th By DOUG HIRD |neading? Good, the lines of com- Despite the heading, this col- munication have been establish- umn is not devoted to advice t0|ed the lovelorn. In this space every | (CP)--A charge and, will belof disturbing the peace against i attendane€ Bt' the May 30 Tris| Jean LeBel, 21, was dropped] [Catholic Women's League, being Monday or Tuesday we will: try to keep you informed of the hap- penings on the local tennis scene. Now you understand the column WHITBY PERSONALS 1] The monthly meeting' of the Tr} | | 'held this evening at St. Ber-| WHITBY BROC Phone MO 8-3618 : (EVENING SHOWS 7.8& 8:20 HOW PLAYIN Last . Complete Show 8:20 > ADULT ENTERTAINMENT [®) DE LUXE Ca Pte =] = - DON LEE : RICHARD MURRAY - EGAN - REMICK - OWENS - WHITMAN His chance for greatness meant disaster tothe ones. he loved! A Michael Balcon Production An Ealing Film At their inaugural meeting, the| members of the Whitby Tennis) Club elected the following execu- tive for the 1950 season: presi- dent, Ralph McKendry; vice-pres- ident, Doug Hird; secretary- treasurer, Sheila Entwistle; so- cial conveners, Gay Hemsley, Marg Ewart,' May = Conway, Pauline Hiller; tournaments, John Hird; junior instruction, Walter Bradley, John and Doug By RUSSELL ELMAN ada's Colombo plan contribution of $15,500,000 to Ceylon has made a visible impact on the island's changing pattern of life. Canadian aid has been used to survey the country's resources, develop fisheries and agriculture, modernize railways and harbors, build roads and power lines and expand educational facilities. Some 20 Canadian-assisted pro- jects are under way, planned or completed. They range from a 3.7%, aerial survey to a by the Photographic Survey Cor- poration of Toronto, is making an accurate inventory of the is- land's natural resources available to the Ceylon government for the first time, It has helped substitute science for luck in the planned economic development of the is- land. COVERS WIDE FIELD Since 1955 Canadian geologists, Ne oainl ag ists, geog- raphers, foresters and engineers 4,000 road-building scheme. The aerial survey, carried out COLOMBO, Ceylon (CP)--Can-| The open until July--almost two years r Colombo Plan Contribution To Ceylon $15,500,000 serious gap in Ceylon's technical | leducational facilities by emphasizing practical rather than theoretical studies, At first it will train 400 students in engineering and as potential foremen and supervisors in skilled trades. * This project highlights some of the difficulties faced by Colombo plan administrators in the area. mabidast not: scheduled to behind schedule. This delay is attributed to ris- ing costs, a cement shortage, labor troubles and the country's 1958 race riots. Some of the Cana- dian equipment for the scientific Causes Jonathan Stir have a Japanese vauaren vsuauy \JNIArio roiiicians Watch TV 5 Hours of high spending Donald Step Up Organizing but a better use of the province's resources." = = By JOSEPH MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer NEW YORK (CP)--Move over, McIntosh; make room for Jona. than. No hard feelings, but facts are facts, Telephones rang and type- writers clattered in Washington, New York and York, Pa., after a about two miles south of York, along what now is route U.S, 111, stands a fieldstone marker bear- ing a bronze plaque honoring an American apple, / "The monument was erected Aug. 1, 1920, by the Pennsyl- vasa Stat e Horticultural So- clety." § 3 Hy § it i Bat ie y. Toronto feature story said the U.S. LIKES McINTOSH Quigley sald the marker, Is on e site a nursery was rly in the 19th cen. Jonathan Jessup, whose ents produced a hardy McIntosh "apple was 'the only apple in the world to have a monument erected in its honor." The New York Times carried the story from The Canadian Press, and in Washington it was seen by congressman James M Quigley, keenly alert in the in terests of his constituents in York, Pa, "Almost 40 years ago the York Imperial apple had a monument dedicated in its honor," wrote Quigley in a subsequent letter ot The Times. "On the Susquehanna Trail operated po 4 by apple. "The experiment was a sue: cess, and soon the apple became locally known as 'Jonathan's fine winter,' so called because it kept s0 well," wrote Quigley. The monument to the McIntosh apple, which accounted for at least half of Canada's total apple crop last fall, is located at Spencerville, Ont., on the farm of [Enns 12 ashing . {Dr, Pember McIntosh, great- great-grandson of John Mclgtosh Polish Family 118 Brock St. 5, Whithy MO 8.3707 for whom the fruit was named. A museum stands nearby. Of course the McIntosh apple is well known in the United States Settles In as well as Canada, and is even grown in the Pennsylvania Jona- than country. Saskatchewan MOOSE * JAW, Sask, (CP)--A! Polish family is settling in this southwestern Saskatchewan city after leaving a farm only 20 miles from the Ri ad Communist relaxation of emigration regulations allowed Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Murza and their two sons, Richard, 12, = Stanley, 8, to come to Can- The family's arrival here ended a 23-year separation for Mrs. Murza and her sister, Mrs, Wil. liam Tabaka of Moose Jaw. In 1942 the German Gestapo killed the mother of the two sis. ters, In that purge, 130 of the STAFFORD BROS. Monumental Works 316 Dundas Fost MO. 8-3552 || him by 7:00 p.m, || CALLS ACCEPTED TIMES SUBSCRIBERS IN WHITBY . FOR MISSED PAPERS AND | " WHITBY'S FIN TAXI SERVICe BELL. TAXI | MO 8-311 If you have not received yous Times, phone your garrier ors I¢ you ere unable te contact PHONE BELL TAXI BETWEEN 7-7:30 P.M. ONLY village's 500 inh were killed. " Later during the war, the Rus- slang took the father and brother of Mrs. Murza to the USS.R. but they were permitted to cor. occasionally, Three sis- Moved to New Location ters still ve in Poland. An agency to bring the family to Canada. Later of The family's bookings to Can- laboratories and machine work. shops has become rusted and in| March tenders had not yet been called for power installations. This job will require ripping up| (the floors. | At the University of Ceylon near Kandy, Colombo plan aid built an agricultural research lab- oratory which has since formed the backbone of the university's expanding agriculture depart. ment. | AC d wood- At ada were cancelled several times but finally the Murzas left on the Batory, Poland's only direct steamship link with Canada, The Murza family lived on a 10-acre farm near Przemysl in the agricultural southéast corner GRIXTI FURNITURE from 121 Brock Street South to 215 DUNDAS ST. E. (across from new Post Office) of Poland. LONE RESIDENT HOKITIKA, N.Z, (CP) -- The town of Goldshorough has been declared officially dead with the losing of its long = overgrown working shop at 'Ceylon's first Junior technical school in Galle streets. At the height of a gold rush last century it had 3,500 in- helps meet a shortage of skilled craftsmen, but machinery was in store for two years because of delays in the school's opening. | {FLOUR-SALE FUNDS ! | Rupee counterpart funds, ob- habitants and nine hotels. Now its only resident is Joe Gambrassi, 70-year-old prospector who was born there, | | FIGHT LOCUSTS inard's school auditorium, will be Hird, The groundsman is to be jaddressed by a VON nurse. A waiter Bradley. display of summer jewellery and The official o gis "slated lingerie 'will be shown by Mrs. for May 24, but the courts are {ing survey. The team has photo- graphed the whole island, made maps, made a reconnaissance of have been engaged in the continu-| {tained from the sale of gifts off AMMAN (AP) -- Jordan is Canadian flour, was used to set fighting a locust plague that has up four co-operative training cen-| already infested more than 60,000 "jlon the occasion of Ricky's first Howes, Officer Cadet Fred Archibald |has successfully completed his that mich desired (year at the Royal Military Col- lege, Kingston, and will leave shortly for 16 weeks' summer training with the RCAF at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Birthday celebrations were held on Sunday in honor of Ricky, son of Mr, and Mrs. Gary Corner, [ birthday. Guests attending were: Mr. and Mrs. L. Anderson and daughter Carol, Mr. and Mrs. H. Corner, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Northeott, all of Peterborough, n y juniors with light privileges $6; . i Mr. 'Alfred Gilham, of Charles juvenile (under 12) $2. All char om Jiu tanbies fees are $1.00 less . His| stated figures. friends wish lim a complete re-| Membership is open to all in Witby and district. The courts Bond, of | are located on Brock street ur Bond, of Whitby, at the corner of Brock ; .|and Burns streets. That's just op- Mary street east. posite Centennial Park JUNIOR TENNIS Junior instruction should be getting under way within the next {end of May or the first of June. {Already we instructors are being d Mrs. Sid Jones, of St. hounded for a definite date. As Married "couples, $16; seniors (19 and over) $11; intermediates (16-18) $7; juniors (12-15) $5; Mr, and Mrs, Peter Bird, of Wel- lington |upon, the details will dppear in street. this column. river basins, conducted an air- borne geophysical survey and Ni¢feld studies In inaccessible jun- gle and began a classification of forests. Ceylonese have been trained to "lrun an air photographic lab- oratory and to staff the country's new air survey branch, which plans to remap the island. Gov- ernment departments now are using aerial photographs, mosaics and maps in search of , {mineral deposits, plaming power and irrigation schemes, locating new factories and building high ways and airports. . Largest Canadian Colombo plan project in Ceylon is a $2,700,000 experimental fisheries program. Canadian-manned trawlers were sent to boost the commercial fish {catch. A fish harbor and re. |frigeration plant were built and Ceylonese were instructed in {modern fishing methods. | Canada also is sharing in the $100,000,000 Gal Oya Valley scheme, Ceylon's first ge |pose development project. More [than $1,700,000 has been spent so far to build a transmission sys- tem bringing power to villages and new factories. (TECHNOLOGY PROJECT A $1,000,000 institute of pract- §, were recent guests of soon as a program is. decided ical technology, Ceylon's first, is pipe and used in dry areas with no 1 being completed at Katubedde, near Colombo. It will help fill a .|Canadian grant. tres for fishermen. Canadian flour also financed a $1,000,000 road- building project for villages in acres. Troops are helping in con- DAFFODIL LUNCHEON WHITBY UNITED CHURCH HALL » Friday, May 8, 1 p.m. MISS H. HOGG, Toronto Speaker Her Topic "Unusual Highlights of My World Travels" AUSPICES OF THE W.A.--TICKETS 1.50 trol 'work A ] isolat areas. Many nities for the first time now have access ta hospitals, schools and markets, 5 At Rogerson Gama, in the mountainous Nuwara Eliya dis- trict, villagers voluntarily did the unskilled jobs on a roads project to convert a footpath into a seven- mile road." More than 3,000 per- sons benefitted from this $4,000 scheme, done with money from a Canada has also provided a $2,000,000 gift of 10 diesel loco- motives, each named after a Canadian province, and ereosoted Douglas fir ties for Ceylon's ernment - owned railways. The diesels have éut fuel costs and reduced coal imports, slashed running times by 40 per cent and made possible for the first time fast daily service between Colombo and Jaffna in the north. In agriculture, Canadian aid is being used to apply and demon- strate to-date methods. sistance includes $340,000 for re- pair tools and machinery for workshops in. district agricultural stations. TO Compliments of Portable irrigation units, pump- ing well water through aluminum sprinklers, now are widel; regular rainfall. WHITBY DUNLOPS DODD & SOUTER Exclusive C.I.L. Dealer For Whitby JO7 BYRON STREET SOUTH--PAINT & WALLPAPER--MO 8.5231