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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, August 11, 1959 "GOOD EVENING By JACK GEARIN WRANGLING DISTURBS SOME TRUSTEES Don't be too hard on 'school trustees. Some of them are super-sensitive to criticism, how= ever well founded, but let's be fair, Such behavior isn't exactly uniue in Ontario's trustee circles. The reason ? Education costs are mounting at a dizzy pace and the taxpayers are starting to groan out loud. _More than ever before taxpayers are casting anxious glanees at education budgets in an effort to cut out frills and unnecessary spending. Trustees are unaccustomed to such prying. In Toronto last spring some aldermen and councill- ors went after the board of education hammer and tongs because the board required $6,000,000 more than in the previous season. Some Oshawa trustees had a deep, hurt look (others bubbled over with anger) recently when a minority City Council group questioned the wisdom of building a $350,- 000 @dministration centre at this time. Perhaps the high humidity rate was to blame, but ong teriible-tempered trustee phoned this department on two consecutive nights to protest recent remarks in the "Good Evening" column on local education. With great indignation, he asked this question: "What legal right has Alderman Thomas to know whether we will have new drapes on the administration building? It's simply none of her business." Last week a second trustee announced he would re- lease no further statements to the press outside regular board meetings. He had been "deeply hurt" by criticisms of the board inside and outside of council. What right has Alderman Thomas to ask such ques- tions? Would the irate school trustee want her to join the hubber-stamp brigade in council? Has she no rights as an alderman and taxpayer ? Ratepayers, and councillors, have a right to know why the Gertrude Colpus School is too small one year aftér completion, why portable classrooms are necessary there. Ratepayers also have a right to know the details of the controversial rock garden at Donevan Collegiate-- the board never has come out with a break-down on the $38,500 expended for outdoor work, Attention today is focused on the school board--and on City Council--because of Oshav-a's fast-rising tax rate, which hit an increase of six mills last year, Tax bills for education are at an all-time high. Toronto paid a total of 42 percent last year on its tax bill for educa- tion while Oshawa's education bill last year constituted 39.8 percent of the entire bill, ~The supersensitivity of some trustees to criticism is understandable in view of ratepayers appalling indiffer- ence in the past; these trustees should realize, how- ever that the honeymoon is over and that people will be asking more questions in future. Professor R. W. B. Jackson, director of research at thé Ontario College of Education, expects school costs at least to double in the next 12 years. His prediction is based on the present birth rate--2% times what it was about 20 years ago, and on the longer time students stay at school. Sensitive trustees will have to harden themselves to-such criticisms, just as other duly elected public ser- vants, and be resigned to the fact that such abuses are octupational hazards to be expected in the normal course of events in trustee life. The practice of clamping down on the press -- as advocated last week by a veteran trustee--is an un- wise move fraught with danger, as some older board members can testify. These gentlemen were on the board in recent years when the press was barred from all meetings for several months, a sad era in the history of education here. They did .nothing to end this curb. The board finally did ease up on its press ban, after a fine display of mulish autocracy, thanks to the con- stant badgering of the Oshawa Times' editorials. History shows that such press bans are not foreign to the nature of certain Oshawa trustees, GEORGE L. ROBERTS AT WCOTP PARLEY George L. Roberts, OCVI principal, is in Washing- tony=D.C. at the 8th. annual meeting of the World Con- federation of the Teaching Profession. It has attracted 50@1eaders of teacher organizations from 74 countries. Theme of the convention is teaching mutual apprecia- tion of Eastern and Western cultural values + + . Larry Gough, director of public relations for GM of Canada, looking tanned and relaxed as he saunters along King St. after a two-week vacation . . . Best kept secret of the past two months locally was the visit of twn Rus- sian newsmen to the south plant of GM in June. The visitors were Sergei Pravdin and V. Vashedchenko, members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa. Vashedchenko has been Canadian correspondent for "Tass" for the past four years. Pravdin is Canadian correspondent for "Izvestia" Moscow morning paper. WHO SAYS THERE AIN'T CULTURE HERE ? Mr. Reginald Lancaster, amiable owner-operator of the King St. Hostelry that bears his name, is definite about one thing: Culture is not dead in Oshawa -- especially along King St. at such places as the Hotel Lancaster, There's a reason these days for Reggie's proud look. It's a 29-year-old French-Canadian organist from Mantreal named George Rene -- the latter's spirited renditions of everything from boogie woogie to the more staid classics is packing them in at the Lancaster. We haven't been fortunate enough to catch one of Rene's performances, but Mr, Lancaster assures us the young man has had a most unusual background. Rene was conductor of the Canadian Concert So- ciety Orchestra and the Hungarian Actors' Association Operatic Society in Toronto, He also studied with the Montreal Conservatory of Music and the Conservatoire de Paris in France. In England, he studied voice tuition under the famous Bengamino Gigli and conducting un- der Sir Thomas Beecham, As long as there is such spirited, but friendly, ri- valry between Mr. Lancaster, and his counterpart at the Hotel Genosha, Mr. H. A. Finer, to bring gifted or- ganists to Oshawa, the city certainly won't suffer cul- tureswise. Well done, gentlemen. BANDMASTER FRANCIS DRAWS PRAISE The following excerpts are from an article in a re- cent. issue of The Canadian Military Journal: "The Ontario Regiment Band has been fortunate in securing Mr. F. J. Francis. He served in the Royal Ar- tille¥y Band, Woolwich, England, for 10 years, gradua- ted' as a bandmaster from Kneller Hall, and was ap- pointed bandmaster to the 11th. Hussars, a colorful Cav- alry regiment. Mr. Francis is strictly a professional musician. he fonducts the Oshawa Symphony Orchestra, two jun- ioribands, and is choirmaster at St. John's Church, Whitby. While at Kneller Hall, he won certificates for composition, arranging and conducting. He received a medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians, old- est music society in England. He also holds diplomas from the Royal College of Music, Royal Acadg@ny of Music (London) and also the Durham University." IN THE TOP PICTURE, a | More than 50 boys attend this | c war party swoops down'on the invading camera man at the ust 10 and is located on the | s annual CRA-sponsored, day | Taunton Rd. W. near the air- camp being held this week. | port. The theme for this years | DAY CAMP FOR BOYS Cobourg COBOURG (Staff) -- Construc- tion of the D'Arcy street over- pass is still a bone of contention s of At a special meeting held Mon- day night to consider the report and recommendations of C. A. Meadows, consulting engineer, four councillors voted against ac cepting the report. Mayor J, D, Burnet cast the deciding vote in favor of acceptance, but the form in which the motion was put pre- vented any actual letting of con- tracts, The original estimated cost of the bridge was $400,000. The cost as submitted to council Monday night was $443,444, The cost to the town, instead of being $22,000 will be nearer $100,000. There are nine contracts in- volved: :No. 1, site preparation, roads and sidewalks: 2, pile col- umns; 3, water and sewers; 4, approach structures, pile column abutments, pile column caps; 5, prestressed concrete, plumbing, and drainage; 6, tubular guard railing, fencing, lighting stan- dards; 7, electrical work; 8, painting; 9, landscaping. FIRST TENDERS The first set of tenders re- Argues Overpass the Department share will be 60 per cent instead of 80 per cent, because the ap- proval was So that now, instead of the town's share being $22,000, mated cost to the town will be $30,115.52, OBITUARIES EARLE GOODES Funeral services for Earle Goodes, who died at Oshawa General Hospital, Friday, August 7, in his 5st. year, were held - at the Armstrong Funeral Home, August 10, at 1 pm. + Rev. M. Bury, of King St. United Church, officiated. Interment , Was i St. James Cemetery, Tor ronto, the esti-| Pall bearers were: Gordon' MacDonald, Joseph Mensink, Dr. T, H, Orton, Ross Mills, Les In addition, as Town Clerk J, [Eveniss and Paul i . Council of Highways' jven prior to 1957. B. Ewart pointed out at a pre- vious meeting, the town must provide monies for the purchase of expropriated properties, and other expenses which will bring the town's expenditure to around £67,800. Some councillors believe the overpass will cost the town $100,000. DISSATISFIED At the meeting held Monday night, Councillors Prosser, Per- fect and Thomas expressed their dissatisfaction with the manner in which tenders had been dealt with and found fault with the recommendations of Mr Meadows. Councillor Heenan said he was unhanpr about the proce- dure adopted by Mr. Meadows in dealing with contractors. Councillors Prosser and Thomas insisted that before anv contracts wera let, the council should be furnished with com- ceived were opened at the town| ..i. cts so that the taxpavers THOMAS CHRYK . Funeral mass for Thomas Chryk, who died in Oshawa Gen + eral Hospital Thursday August 6,* in his 77th year, was sung at St. George's Greek Catholic « Monday August 10 at 10 a.m., by" Rev. J. C. Interment * 4 were: William « Bodnar, Mike Lapchuk, Alec" Cheveluk, Philip Glowaski, Peter* Gulenchyn and Peter Krawchuk.« « Wrong Place For Fighting COBOURG (Staff) -- Tryon, 23, of 131 Bagot a and Russell Carter, RR 5, chose, the wrong place to settle thelr differences when they started to+ camp. It started Monday, Aug- | Man." "Prehistoric Cave The bottom picture hows supervised swimming in amp is | the creek which runs through the camp grounds. Supervisor hall, June 22. bv Mayor J. D.| Burnet and J. B, Ewart, town rlerk, with Town Engineer Clare Saunders, C. A. Meadows, con- ulting enaineer, and the project manager for C. A. Meadows and Associates, At a council meeting held the same day at 8 p.m, it was re | ported that a satisfactory num- | ber of tenders had not been re- 4 | ceived and it was recommended 7 |by the consulting engineer that | no announcement should be made 2 | at that time and that he should | invite further tenders for con- 2 | tracts one, two and six. At a council meeting held July 6, further tenders were received for contracts No, 1, 2, 5 and 6 and a single tender for the whole # |works by E. G. M. Cape. Tend- | ers for contracts No, 2, 5 and 6 # | were opened, but the tender for # | contract No, 1 was left unopened " | pending procurement of at least | one more tender. ; The opened tenders were then | turned over to Mr. Meadows for study. At a council meeting held July 20, tenders for contract No. 1 submitted by Beamish Construec- tion Co. and the J. H. Morgan Construction Co. were opened, The opened tenders were then given to the consulting engineer's | representative for study in their Toronto office. RECOMMENDS CONTRACTS | ceived was made by C. A. | Meadows and Associates and at | the council meeting Monday night | Mr. Meadows recommended con- |i | tracts be made as follows: | Contract No. 1, Beamish Con- 4 | struction, Toronto, $68,450; No. 2, {Franki of Canada, Toronto, $19, 950; No. 3. Cobourg Construction, Cobourg, $30,989.10; No. 4, H. J. Morgan Construction, Toronto, 1$69,300; No. 5, Wilson Concrete | Products, Belleville, $208,600; No |6, Leaside Iron and Ornamental, " |Leaside, $23,620; No. 7, Roxbor- lough Electric, Toronto, $6647; { |No, 8, V. J. Foxhall, Cobourg, $1100; No. 9, Green Lawn Land- scaping, Toronto, $286.40; steel pile shells to be purchased by the town, $14,111.50, and 5200 Ibs. reinforcing steel also to be pur- chased By the town, $390; total cost of the project, $443,444. Grant: Southwell, left, and Bri- an Allard, 11, at right, prepare | to give Richard Branton, 7, the 'old heave-ho" into the creek, CAPSULE NEWS Barrie Plea Supported | 118 lof council Monday endorsed a Bar-|the waters of the Indus River rie resolution which calls for pro-/system, ending a dispute which | plication. | year. SEVEN YEARS FOR PUSHER Pe r TORONTO (CP) -- Magistrate | ACCEPT 26-CENT RAISE W. F. B. Rogers Monday tongue] GRIMSBY (CP)--A majority lashed an admitted drug pusher of employees of Canadian West-| and backed up his statements inghouse Company's Grimsby with a seven-year penitentiary|plant voted Monday night to en- term. "You and your kind are|dorse a plan accepting a 26-cent! more ioathful than the mythical wage increase. The employees vampires . . . feeding on poor, are members of Local 548, United sick souls" he told George Electrical Workers (Ind.). Fisher, 30. ectrical Workers (Ind 'Research Station Does Bang-Up Job HARROW, Ont. (CP) n€ai this Windsor sees neatly gs are men with test im a Lions Used For Mink Food The, {motorist speeding along Highway|Harrow Research Station, a fed-|p00, This would leave $22,000 to town 20 miles south eral government agricultural re- tailored fields and rows or orderly-look- TORONTO (CP)--North York Pakistan have agreed to divide "8 buildings. But hidden away in the build- tubes has for 50 years been conduct- vincial and dominion legislation has been a major cause of ten. Seeking ways to reduce the nic-|ing investigations into crops rang- for all trucks weighing four tons|sion between the two countries otine content of Figavels or and more to have brakes with at|for 12 years. William Iliffe of the Prove the taste of tomatoes. least two separate means of ap-|World Bank said Monday that a| |treaty will be signed early next S The original estimate of $400,- 000 was to be distributed among the authorities involved, The De- partment of Transport Commis- sion from its level crossing fund was to contribute 60 per cent or $240,000. The CNR and CPR were to contribute $50,000 shared equally. The Department of Highways was to take care of 80 The men are scientists at the per cent of the remainder, $88,- be paid by the corporation of Co- search station known until April pourg, {this year as the Experimental] These proportionate sums will |Farm and Science Service Lab-|gtill be contributed except that oratory. The staff at the station| Examination of all tenders re-| fight outside the. local police; office on Third street Saturday, night. Paul Krakenburg would know just how much money was goiug to be spent on the overpass. There was argument and dis- cussion about the amount of the engineer's fees. which include a basic 5 per cent of the total cost. Councillor Perfect wanted to know why certain contractors had been recommended in preference to others. The ex- vlanations given by Mr, Meadows did not satisfy him, he said. Constable told Magistrate R. I, Moore in* police court Monday morning that, shortly before one o'clock he had, been typing out a police report in the office. Distracted by the com+ motion outside, he went to in, vestigate and found the two men, fighting, surrounded by a crowd blocking traffic, 4 He broke up the fight and threw the gladiators into the, Finally, = Councillor Prosser, | cooler. seconded by Councillor Thomas,| Monday morning they both moved that "We do not let any|pleaded guilty to creating a dis contracts at this meeting to give|turbance and were fined $15 each. us time to ¢ icate with the municipal board and to consult with the department of transport commission in an effort to get them to assume 80 per cent the cost." This was carried. COUNCIL SPLITS Councillor Lees then moved that the report of Mr. Meadows ¢ be accepted, and that he be em-| powered to draw up contracts as per the report. The motion was seconded by Deputy - Reeve Jones, but the council split on the vote. In favor were Mayor Burnet, Reeve Johnston, Deputy - Reeve Jones, Councillors Hogan and Lees; against, Councillors Pros, ser, Heenan, Thomas and Per- fect. It was made clear to Mr. Meadows that the motion did not authorize him to do more than draw wp the contracts. When he asked if he could at least get the signatures of the contractors, he was at first refused until Mavor Burnet pointed out that the contracts would require the council's ratification. Mr. Meadows expressed his opinion that contractors would refuse to sign unless they knew the town meant to follow through on the contracts, but the council would give him no assurance on Driver Fined ; For Speeding COBOURG (Staff) -- Moore here Monday, filling in for Ma. gistrate R, B, Baxter who is on vacation, Stuart McDougal, Belleville, through his counsel, John P, Funnell, Cobourg, pleaded guil- ty to a charge of was fined $25, Constable Paul Krakenberg told the magistrate that Mec. Dougal, during the early hours of July 29, had driven along Wil liam St. at 60 miles increasing speed to 85 he reached No. 2 Highway, going west, - Donald Sykes, 22, formerly of Cobourg now in » was fined $25 when he guilty to having liquor in a place other than his residence. John G. Taggart, employed as' a section hand by the CPR, pleaded guilty to being intoxica-* that point. tody by 52 io found ng on boulevard, Division Street, Sunday night. Albert E, Shearer, Campbells City Address | i=. rr Some Listed Wrong [oe A news story in The Oshawa ORGANIST Times Saturday, Aug. 8, erron- Nightly ot eously stated that a detective HOTEL LANCASTER went to the home of Charles Ladies and Escorts Room Bernard Andress, 216 Centre St. Mr. Andress lives at 276 Centre St. He was convicted, on a charge of selling liquor illegally, in Magistrate's court Friday. The Oshawa Times regrets any inconvenience this error may have caused the residents at 216 Centre St. ED WILSON SEZ: Beautiful seamist end walnut bedroom suite, Mr. end Mm, dresser, bookcase bed and ing from flue-cured tobacco to WEATHER FORECAST matching chest of drawers. Reg. 3249, special $188, plus @ free rta mattress. FURNITURE | musk-melons. | The station was opened in 1909 when the department of agricul- ture leased 25 acres of land to start tobacco research. Now oc- cupying 300 acres of land, it has {branched out into several fields, seeking means to improve the flavor and appearance of fruits and vegetables. BROADENED RESEARCH In 1923, forage crops, horticul- ture and cereal crops came in for specialized attention. It pi- TORONTO (CP)--Forecasts is- sued by the weather office at 11 am,: Synopsis: Pleasant sunny Sun Will Stay On Wednesday 20 CHURCH ST. See you tonight in the Starlite Timmins - Kapuskasing: Sunny AIR CONDITIONED today. Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers Wednesday. Not much ch in AIDED AGRICULTURE TORONTO (CP)--Colin Groff, closely connected with the Cana dian Federation of Agriculture and affiliated organizations for a number of years, died Monday. After a newspaper career in the West he joined the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in 1942 and became secretary of the CFA in 1944. He retired in 1955 PIONEER CAR MAKER MIAMI, Fla. (AP)--Charles E. Stutz, 76, designer of a pioneer sports car that helped put the roar in the roaring 20s, died Mon- day of cancer. He built and wid- ely raced the famed Stutz Bear- cat--more for business than ex: citement, he said afterward. FIND HIMMLER DIARIES HAMBURG, Germany (AP)-- Nazi security boss Heinrich Him mier"s diaries and files were found Monday on the bottom of an Austrian lake, the German newspaper Der Stern said, Him miler committed snicide after the British captured him. POPE IN ROME TOBACCO CLAIMS HEAVY * TILLSONBURG (CP) -- Esti- mates of damage caused by Mon- VANCOUVER (CP)--One of the sneered burley No. 1 tobacco, {most exciting money - making which represented 90 per cent of ventures on the British Columbia Ontario's burley production last weather will prevail across most of Ontario today. A few thunder- storms developed over southern Michigan today are expected to |day's hail storm to tobacco crops |in Oxford, Brant and Norfolk counties has risen to $800,000 Insurance adjusters said Monday night some 450 claims had been Tecelvey #0 fax. The meat comes from the giant BACK TAXES SUIT Stettler sea lions which breed on LOS ANGELES (AP)--Author/the jagged Scott Island, off the and playwright William Saroyan [northern tip of Vancouver Island has been sued for $19,426.68 the| Spar. ig of the organization | federal government claims helis Marvin Judd, 29, a former owes in back income taxes. The medical student, turned RCAF of- civil suit, filed Monday, said|ficer. The Treasure Island sailed Saroyan owes for the years 1952/for Scott Island early in the and 1957. {summer with Judd aboard q He thought of hunting sea lions DELUGE ON CORNWALL |when he saw the islands covered PLYMOUTH, England (AP)--|with them on flying exercises A two - hour thunderstorm, de-|with the RCAF. scribed by authorities as the| "My parents were mink ranch- most spectacular in living mem-|ops " he said, "and T knew right ory, flooded much of Devon and|away this would be a great Cornwall in southwest England source" of mink food." Monday. Water was three feet| deep in the main street of Par, Cormwall. There was no loss of ife. FACES MURDER CHARGE Judd killed the sea lions with .358-calibre soft-nose bullets. The dead beasts were skewered [through the neck with a line shot {from a harpoon gun and hauled ROME (AP)--Pope John left| the cool of his summer palace|land salesman Monday was ac- Monday and returned to swelter- cused of fatally shooting his ex- ing Rome. The city was crowded|wife a few hours after a judge with foreign tourists and almost/ordered him to pay her $50-a- abandoned by mid-August holiday he 3Burdered 33-year-old AGREE ON INDUS Doyon. who divorced LONDON (Reuters)--India and years ago |aboard AUGUSTA, Me. (AP)--A Port- weigh more than 1,000 MILAN vy Romans, pulling| week alimony. Vincent Doyon, 35, ning struck the Milan - Amster-|street. Whenever possible, these bury: Sunny today and Wednes- out of the city for the annual was scheduled for arraignment/dam E xpress Monday near streets will be partially opened to/day: Clouding over Wednesday in municipal court on a charge| Monza in northern Italy. The Ex- permit movement of local traffic. |afternoon with a few showers or Alice|pres him fwo| was held up for about 30 min. such as heavy rain,' may result ing. Not much change in emper utes. Some of the big bulls pounds. LIGHTNING HITS TRAIN Ttaly (Reuters)--Light- was damaged slightly and coast may finally be paying off year, for 14 Vancouver men Recently the seiner Treasure Island sailed into the harbor with a new cash crop from the sea-- fresh red meat spread into southwestern Ontario A i today and across the lower Great hone in Saves disease a Lakes regions Wednesday. Cloudy " 7 . i i thunder- lyears it developed the Harosoy skies with showers and |variety which was well received |storms are forecast for the north lin both Canada and the United country Wednesday. tes. | Regional forecasts valid until Other important discoveries at|midnight Wednesday: the station have been a high| Lake Erie, Windsor: Cloudy quality, e arly tomato, Harrow, | with a few sunny intervals today and a fusarium - wilt - resistant|and Wednesday. A few isolated melon, Harper Hybrid. Its work|showers or thunderstorms this with fruit has been concentrated afternoon and evening. A little mainly on peaches which have warmer, Winds light. doubled in acreage in southwest-| Lake - Huron, London: Sunny ein Opiate Since 1935. with a few cloudy intervals today. The station has also done re-|~ 3 doht with a search and testing in potatoes, | louding over late tonight with The station has played a lead- temperature. Winds light, Forecast Temperatures Low tonight High Wednesday FOUR SEASONS TRAVEL 2 bth AiR c RA.86201 -- Trenton ve St. Catharines .... Hamilton Muskoka .... Killaloe ... Earlton ... Sudbury .... North Bay .... Kapuskasing .. White River .. AIR-CONDITIONED DINING ROOM E5500 858 828 7383 SEB BRR ART SEEKS winter wheat, horticulture and | foW saat showers oF - little poultry. Its entomological inves. | Siorms is Bi Stet y. tigation has helped find the an.|Warmer. Ings ght, |[swer for such problems as the| Lake Ontario, Niagara, Georg- oriental fruit moth, a serious|ian Bay, Toronto, Hamilton: {peach pest. | Sunny today. Sunny Wednesday, ---- {clouding over in the afternoon CLOSED |with a few isolated showers or a : thunderstorms. A little warmer. The following streets will be | winds light closed for construction today: | Haliburton: Sunny with a few Nipigon street from Welland av-| , = "oo day and Wed: enue to Rossland road: west; |SOUCQY HilEIva's y Nipigon street, closed at Rogs- nesday. A few scattered afternoon land road west; Garden Court showers both days. Warmer. | Winds light. | nig : |closed at Nipigon street; Ritson {road from Bloor street to Conant| Kirkland Lake, North Bay, Sud- STREETS Extreme weather comfitions [thunderstorms beginning by even- THE FOOD PLAN THAT HAS PROVEN ITSELF STAN BRYNING OSHAWA REPRESENTATIVE 420 ELIZABETH RA 8.5358 Jele]o) CHAMBERS ::: 65 UNDERWRITERS RD, (0) GR BE: in" the closing of other streets. ature. Winds light a Ty