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RECTOR IS INSTALLED AS CHAPLAIN Rev, F. G. Onlegy, the rec- tor of St. George's Anglican Church, Centre St., was in- stalled as chaplain of the 7th Oshawa Cub Pack, Scout Troop, and Rover Crew at the Sunday service. Left to right are Scout Scott Paynter, Rov- er Howard Davis, Harold Davis, group committee chair- man, who installed and pre- PICKERING PICKINGS By DONALD G, CROSSLEY PICKERING -- There Is a new movement to place the Pickering township assessment squabble in the hands of Queen's Park. ' Some 456 appeals against the 1962 assessment -- 95 per cent from farmers -- have been in the process mills at Brougham. Meanwhile, lawyer Harry A. Newman, QC, champions the theory that the assessment sys- tem needs review by the pro- vincial government, Says Mr. Newman: "TI have been appealing my assessments for 43 years. I am all for a united front with a group mak- ing representation to Queen's Park." He said he believes the law- sented a Chaplain Prayer Scarf ts Rev. F. G. Ongley, | --Oshawa Times Photo | Rival Prognosticators Predict Snowy Winter WASHINGTON -- The Weath- ér Bureau and The Old Farm- er's Almanac agree that the winter of 1962-63 may be a corker -- colder, snowier, and rainier than usual. Abe Weatherwise, the New England sage who prognosti- cates for Old Farmer's» one of several popular almanacs, sums it up: 'Even bees will freeze." | Weather predictions have been a feature of almanacs for hundreds of years, the National Geographic Society says. In the 16th century, numerous tracts forecast the weather a year in advance by drawing upon the latest intelligence from star- gazers. "SODAINE TUMULTES" Almanacs flourished as print- Ing spread. Editors found that sales soared when they spiced up their calendars and tables with predictions. They not only predicted the daily weather but Almanac editors faced occu- |pational hazards, however. {They could be burned at the stake as sorcerers if they were right too often, or lose their professional reputation if they were frequently wrong. Conse- quently, they wrapped up their calamitous portents in ambigu- ous language. | A 1580 almanac predicted: Sommer and Autumne sometyme encline unto sometyme unto moy- sture: so the winter shall be partlye rough and _partlye milde."" In other words, a nice day if it doesn't rain. Francois Rabelais, French satirist, mocked such forecasts by writing: This year the blind will see only a very little; the deaf will not hear very well; the dumb will not have much to say; the rich will fare rather better than the poor." } "The Shall driness, the such catastrophes as fires, fa-| mine, plague, and "sodaine) tumultes."' | The stars foretold a catastro-| public flood for February, 1524,| and scores of almanacs warned of a universal deluge. Thous- {on to a correct prediction. Sometimes, however, a crea- tive almanac editor ge n 1650, William Lilly who called himself Dr. Guglielmus Lillius, drew pictures of a crowded cemetery and a great city on ands of Europeans fied their homes and took refuge on hill- tops for the entire month. Rain- fall was normal, but the astrol-|seen the great plague and fires|setter who had ogers were not chastened. fire to decorate his almanac. Sixteen years later, loyal read- John Partridge, an English shoemaker who audaciously styled himself Physician to the King, filled his almanac with portentous prophecies, Annoyed by Partridge's pretensions, the acidulous Jonathan Swift pre- dicted that on March 29, 1708, ithe shoemaker-astrologer would die of a "raging fever." The I frightened Partridge took to his jbed two days before that date. |Eventually he got up and an- nounced that he was alive, only to find he had become a laugh- ing stock. Patrick Murphy's Weather Almanac for 1838 said flatly that January 20 would be the coldest day of the winter. It turned out to be the coldest day England had suffered in generations, and the 1837-38 sea- son was long known as Mur- phy's Winter. An unlikely forecast also made the reputation of The Old Farmer's Almanac. Abe Weatherwise predicted rain, snow, and hail for July.13, 1816, and it did rain, snow, and hail-- in that order. Actually, Abe couldn't claim all the credit. It turned out that a proofreader had over- ers declared that Lilly had fore- of London, looked the mischief of a type- inserted the forecast as a joke. | | | Defence Policy By Durham MP) By RUSSELL C. HONEY, MP) OTTAWA -- My election to) represent Durham in the 25th| Parliament. makes the year) the year 1962 one of the most| eventful of my life. | The problems facing Canada) today can be solved by the co-| operative effort of all Cana-| dians, | It is my belief, and this con-| viction has strengthened with| my service in Parliament, that such effort can be effective only if government gives the kind of Jeadership and action that will restore our sense of purpose and our strong faith in the future. Today there is too much doubt and indecision; not enough hope and confidence. I do not say these things in a par- tisan sense. They apply to all Canadian political parties. An example is national de- fence. We are spending hun- dreds of millions of dollars on weapons that will never be ef- fective in our defence. We are defaulting in our com- mittments to NATO and we are| disappointing and _ frustrating} our allies because we refuse to! make decisions on national de- fence policy. There will be honest differ- ences of opinion among Cana- dians as to whether or not our country should acquire nuclear Link Father Time ~ cry an To Mythology WASHINGTON -- Midnight Dec. 31 signalled in cartoonists' lore, the exit of a haggard old | chubby infant wearing a diaper) marked 1963. | The personifications of the) The New Year Babe may be|ing of the Rotary Club of Osh- New Year Babe and Fatherjas old as Father Time. An in-|@Wa included Bernie Holden Time, traditionally armed with|fant was paraded as a_ symbol a scythe and an hourgiass, are as familiar as those of Santa Claus. Yet these fitting symbols for the end of one cycle of liv- ing and the birth of another have roots in Greek mythology Father Time surv:ves as descendant of the Greek god Cronus, lord of the universe, the National Geographic Society says, Cronus' face was creased with the lines of inestimabie years, and he carried a long, curving blade. STRANGE APPETITE Like many of mythology's earthy gods, Cronus was not altogether without defects of ents lingers as a New Year| custom. The Roman word for good-luck gifts -- strenae--sur-} ; \vives in jour d'etrenne s,|day following the Christmas va- man and the appearance of a\France's popular expression for| cation. New Year's Day. SYMBOL OF REBIRTH of rebirth in pagan Greece's |festival of the nature god Diony- sus. The image of a baby also jwas featured in Greece's Eleu- jsinian Mysteries, the important religious rites that signified the annual decay and renewal of vegetation In more recent times, farm- ers of West Prussia staged the symbolic birth of a chi'd in har- vest fields. A German tolk song of the 14th century depicts the New Year Babe in its |form. DISTRICT SCHOOLS REOPEN THURSDAY Primary and _ secondary school children in Oshawa re- turn to their classrooms, Thurs- VISITORS AT ROTARY Visitors at the Monday meet- weapons. There will be honest differences of opinion among Canadians as to the tole' our should play, if any, in NATO. Because there will be such dif- ferences of opinion there is no} reason why decisions should not} be made. All Canadians will re- spect and observe decisions made by government on national! defence and other national prob-} lems. In 1963, I would personally welcome clear-cut statements of national defence policy, whether they may come from the Prime Minister or from the Leaders of} the Opposition parties. | In common with many Cana- dians, I may not personally; and Eric White, both members of the Rotary Club of Bowman-| ville. | TWO NEW MEMBERS | James Vessey and Edward| |Bouckley were welcomed Mon-| jday as the two newest m bers of the Rotary Club of Oshawa. | HOSPITAL REPORT | Following is the report of the Oshawa General for the week ending Dec. 29:) | Admissions 268; births -- male present) 34° female 19; discharges 241; meet the challenge newborn discharges -- male 26,} female 16; major surgery 46; minor surgery 95; eye, ear, nose and throat 22; treatments and examinations, 176; casts, 18. character. Having been warned) that one of his children would! depose him, Cronus coped with the problem by swallowing each at birth. His wife Rhea natural- ly wished to discourage the practice. She hid their son Zeus after his birth, and presented Cronus with a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes. The trick worked. Zeus lived to dethrone his father, settle on Mount Olympus, and rule as chief god of the Greek pantheoa. Later, Cronus' name was con- fused with the word Chronos, meaning '"'time."" But the hour- glass has found a permanent) place in the hand of the white-| haired gentleman with scythe. Ancient Romans identified) Saturn, their god of agriculture,| with Cronus. Like his Greek) counterpart, Saturn carried a scythe. Rome celebrated Saturnatia, a solstice ceremony of the year's turning, from December 17 to 23. In many ways, the festival resembled present-day New Year celebrations. All work stopped: Schools closed courts handed down no sen- tences, revelers gamboled in masquerade, and gifts of wax- en fruits, candles, and. dolis were exchanged. Even today, exchange of pres- EYE EXAMINATIONS PHONE 723-4191 by appointment F. R. BLACK, O.D. 136 SIMCOE ST. NORTH the|™ | = FEDERATION HEAD Miss Margaret A, Robinson of Forest Hill Collegiate Insti- | tute who was elected presi- dent of the 15,000-member Ontario Secondary Schoot Teachers' Federation for 1963, at the annual assembly in Hamilton Dec. 28. She suc- ceeds D. Glenn Kilmer, of Brantford. OLD COUNTRY SOCCER SCORES LONDON (Reuters) Re- sults of the only British soccer matches played Tuesday: SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division I Aberdeen 1 Dundee 6 Clyde 1 Patrick 2 Dundee U 2 Queen of § 1 Falkirk 3 Third Lanark 5 | Kilmarnock 2 St. Mirren 1 | Motherwell 3 Airdrieonians 0 {Rangers 4 Celtic 0 Division It Albion 9 Hamilton 2 Forfar 2 Arbroath 1 Queens Pk 2 Dumbarton 2 |Sons Tuesday when jished three houses at West Gor- |ton, Manchester. agree with the content of such) a statement but I will salute} the leader and the party who} jplaces some definite policy on/ AM; record. Stalemate Hit "YZ yers in the area will support such an organization, REEVE UNDER FIRE Many of the 400 farmers join- Reeve Rides Fence In Assessment Feud | ed an organization to fight the| assessment levied by Assess- ment Commissioner D. Goslin. Goslin is supported by Reeve Sherman Scott. Both have been under fire since assessments on every farm 'in the township increased 50, 100 or as much as 200 per cent this year, So angered are farmers that personal insults are hurled at township meetings over the tax- ation issue, Says Reeve Scott: "I said IT would support the township as- sessor until such time as (a) judge proved him wrong. As a result, I feel that a new system of assessment is necessary which will entail a change in the assessment setup." In less complicated language, he supports both the statu quo and change ih the system. Both Reeve Scott's fence-sit- ting policy and the inability to Se yea a di effectively bring» the taxation problem to the provincial gov- quently, to public attention,| have proved to be stumbling blocks to the farmers. There is no doubt that. most farmers cannot pay the h assessments, nor should they expected to. NEED OUTSIDE VIEW An outside judgment of the assessment system is important since there are two distinct fac- tions fighting the issue. 'The farmers don't want the heavy taxation, and the township claims it needs the dollars. At the same time, Pickeri farmers would be wise to cal upon economic advisors avail- able from. government, depart. ments and_ institutions, eir advice might help. solve the long-term problem of land values, assessment and repre- sentation, OBITUARIES ' i i i s after being in failing health for W. CLARENCE TOWN A prominent business man in Whitby for 34 years, William Clarence Town, 127 Perry street, died at the Oshawa General Hospital Tuesday, Jan. 1, Mr, Town, who was in his 78th year, suffered a heart attack in Whit- by shortly before he died, A son of the late Robert and Annie Town, the deceased was born at Port Perry: and receiv- ed his education at Seagrave. At the age of 21 he went to \Toronto to study the undertak-/ber's of the Oshawa Curling Club ing business with Craig and Sons. A year later he went to North Bay, where he worked for Fred Martin, and then to Seat- tle, Washington, for a year and a half before going to Brock- ville where he became associa- ted with George Quirmbach. Experience gained with these firms qualified him to start out in business for himself in Ath- ens: Ont., in 1920, Coming to Whitby in 1927, he purchased the premises at 126 Brock street south and opened a furniture and undertaking business. In 1954, with his sons, he opened the modern funeral chapel on Dundas street east. Mr. Town was a_ devoted member of All Saints' Anglican Church, Whitby and served as a warden of the church for sev- eral years. He was also a char- ter member of the Whitby Ro- tary Club; a member of Com- posite Lodge, No, 30, AF and a member of Keystone Chapter, No. 35, Royal Arch '1Saints' Anglican Church at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan, 4. Rev. Stan- s services. Interment will be in » Mount Lawn Cemetery. Whitby, for service in All ley Armstrong, rector of All Saints' Church, will conduct the The pallbearers will be his hree sons and three sons-in- aw, Patrick J; 'Neal, George Gouldburn and John Elliott. WILLIAM A, BRANTON William A. Branton, Clarke street, died early today in Oshawa General Hospital two years. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Branton, he was born Dec. 24, 1876, at Brooklin. He married the former Louise L. Hunking, May 17, 1905, in Osh- awa, Mr. Branton has been resident of Oshawa for 80 years. He was a General Motors employee for 40 years and retired from the (ae moulding department in 1951. The deceased was a member of King Street United Church jand a former member of the |board of stewards of the church and the Sons of England Lodge. | As a young man he was active in lawn bowling at the |Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club and |was one of the original mem- Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. Anthony Scott (Helen), Oshawa; a sister, Mrs. E, Wilson (Emma), Bracebridge and a granddaughter, Mrs, John L. Robertson (Ellen Louise Scott), Ottawa. Mr. Branton was predeceased by four brothers and a sister. The body is at the McIntosh- Anderson Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held in the chapel, Friday, Jan. 4, at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. L. W. Herbert, of King Street United Church. Interment will be in Mount Lawn Cemetery. FUNERAL OF GEORGE KULMALA The funeral service for George Kulmala, who died in the Oshawa Funeral Hospital, Saturday, Dec. 29, was held in jthe McIntosh-Anderson Funeral |Home, at 10.30 a.m. today. smith by trade. He was a mem- ber of Whitby Baptist Church. Besides his wife, «survivors are three daughters, Mrs, C: Pearce (Bernice) Toronto; Mrs. D. Holliday (Muriel) and Mrs. ernment's attention, and subse-| | THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, Jonvery2, 1968 3 Lance.Corpora! 'Lewis Charles Rundle, of the 14th Company, Royal Canadian Electrical. and Maintenance Engineers, is seen receiving the congratulations of Cap- tain II. C. Verral when he was presented with the Cana- dian Forces Decoration at Camp Borden. Shortly after OSHAWA SOLDIER GETS DECORATION the ceremony Lance Ci Rundle was prom ? ae tank of co 1 anid - move to the , the ROAC School: His are Mr. and Mrs, §.:€ Rundle, Nonquon - na awa, hae Photo --National' Defence, E. Rivett (Edna) of Whitby and a son Marvyn as well as 18 grandchildren and one great. grandchild. The remains are at the W..C, Town Funeral Chapel. Funeral service will be held in the chapel Thursday, Jan, 3, at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. J. Me. Leod of Whitby Baptist Church. Interment will be in 'Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin. The pallbearers will be six of the deceased grandsons, Arthur Holliday, Kenneth Linton, Mi- chael Ord, Jack Pearce, Ted Rivett and Marvyn Rivett. MRS, NORMAN T. MAGEE SR. The death occurred at the Oshawa General Hospital Mon- day, Dec, 31, of Viola, Lucretia Wolfe, beloved wife of Norman Magee Sr,, 818 Rowena street. The deceased, who was in her 66th year, had been in poor health for six months. A. daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. William Wolfe, the de- ceased was born June 15, 1897 at Confluence, Pennsylvania. A resident of Oshawa for more than 60 years, she was married here, Mrs. Magee was a member of the ladies' auxiliary of the Cana- dian Corps Association and also a member of the ladies auxil- beloved wife of Norman A. Rae, 40 Kenneth avenue. and Mrs, Alexander MeMillan, the deceased was born Jan, 27, 1893 at Ripley, Ont., and was married April Toronto. years, Mrs. Rae was' a mem- ber of King Street United Church. A daughter of the late Mr. 20,. 1919, A resident of Oshawa for 48 at Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William E. Mounce (Phyllis), of Oshawa. Also surviving are three sis- ters' Mrs. Annie McLeod, Van- couver; Mrs. Margaret Bottrill, East Tawas, Mrs. Sarah Thayer, and a granddaughter, Leslie Mounce, Michigan. and Scarboro The memorial service will be held at the Armstrong Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, followed by interment Mount Lawn Cemetery. | Rev. L. W. Herbert, minister, of King Street United Church, will con- duct the service. FUNERAL OF MRS. ARTHUR J, TOWNS A funeral service for Mrs. Arthur J. Towns, who died at the Oshawa General Hospital, iary of the union. at the Rob Leather Co. Besides her husband, Mrs. Magee is survived. by a daugh- ter» Mrs, Russell Young (June), Oshawa and four sons, Roy, br Leslie and Norman, tr. Also surviving are a brother, Harry Wolfe, Elmira, New Jer- sey; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The memorial service will be Jan. 3, Interment Mount Lawn Cemetery. Rev. John Porter, minister of Cedar- dale United Church, will con- duct the services. MRS, NORMAN A, RAE Following a short iliness the death occurred Monday, Dec. 31, at the Oshawa General Hos- pital of Alexandria McMillan, OSHAWA'S ORIGINAL ot Nu-Way, carpet and broad- loom has been a specialty for 18 yeors . . . with thousands of yards on display to: select from, PHONE 728-4681 -WAY RUG CO. LTD. 174 MARY ST. | Rev. E, 0, Aho, of Scarboro, jconducted the services. Inter- }ment was in Oshawa Union Ce- If our parliamentary system Masons; a member of the In-| metery. is to function effectively, we/| dependent Order of Odd Fellows; The pallbearers were Walter must have a majority govern-|for 54 years; a past patron of| Wirtanen, Eino Jalasjaa, Matti ment. My earnest hope for 1963)the Order of the Eastern Star| Palokoski, Ikkka Varpula, is that Canada will see some|and a member of the Whitby|Tahvo Loyska and Martti Kor-| ment and that such government Hospita]|Will take the kind of vigorous fo action Canadians wi order that our ill expect in country may of our times. | SPOONS PRESENTED Spoons were presented Mon- day to five members of the Ro- tary Club of Oshawa in recogni- tion of the celebration of their birthdays. Those honored were Howard Smith, Al, Hartshorn, W. E. Mann, Al; Reed and Ev- erett Lovell, GAS BLASTS HOUSES MANCHESTER: England (Reuters) -- A gas explosion killed a man and a woman and seriously injured four other per- it demol- TALLY-HO ROOM |party form a majority govern-|Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Town was married to the rmer Georgina Phillips at Brockville in 1914, She prede- ceased him in 1957. He was mar. ried at Whitby in 1959 to the former Beatrice Hopkins (Moore). Besides his wife he is _sur- vived by three daughters, Mrs. P. J. Neal (Anna), Whitby; {Mrs. G. Gouldburn (Mary), Whitby and Mrs. J. Elliott |(Isabell), Whitby; three sons,| John R., Harry F.C, and -George| A,, all of Whitby and three step! shildren, Mrs. E, Pogson, Earl|_ | pela. JOHN LOCKWOOD LINTON | John Lockwood Linton, 207 |Anderson street, Whitby, died Monday, Dec. 31, at Fairview |Lodge. He had been in failing health for several years, In his 7ist year, he was a son of the late Peter and Mary Lock wood and was born in Glen Major, Uxbridge Township. He married the former Myrtle H. Hopkins, Jan. 5, 1914 and has been a resident of Whitby for 28 years. | Mr. Lockwood was a black- | of Oshawa and Leslie of Whitby.) Also surviving are three bro- }thers, George, Toronto; Gordon: Tonawanda, New York and Har-| old, Willowbunch, Saskatchewan} jand 28 grandchildren. | Mr. Town will rest at thej W. C. Town Funeral Chapel, LIST SELL WITH OSHAWA'S TOP REALTOR | STOVE OIL |". PERRY DAY OR NIGHT 723-3443 | JOHN A. J. BOLAHOOD Ltd. REAL ESTATE -- INSURANCE A GOOD PLACE TO MEET AND RELAX HOTEL LANCASTER (All other English and Scot-| tish scheduled matches were] postponed because of bad weather.) Bossa-Nova The most exciting dance in our fifty yeor history. Be the first in your set to know. Learn the thrilling BOSSA- | NOVA at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio 11% SIMCOE ST. S$. braemor qa rde ns Stevenson Rd. N. -- Annopolis Ave. Cost in Tst- 15th 9.86 49.28 98.55 492.75 985.50 10,00 50.00 100.00 500.00 1,000.00 $ 49. 98. 493. 986. first instalment and in no 16th- 22nd 9.87 January 23rd- 31st 9.88 49.39 98.77 493.85 987.70 Ist- - 7th $ 9.89 49.43 98.86 494.30 988.60 14th 9.90 49.48 98.96 494.80 989.60 32 64 20 40 The discount allowed above is for the use of money from the periods shown to date of the 4 Ai CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF OSHAWA TAX PREPAYMENT RECEIPTS To be applied in payment of 1963 Taxes, may be purchased in multiples of $10.00 at the office of the City Treasurer at the following rates: Cost In February 18 Cost in March 16th- 31st 9.96 49.79 99.58 id 497.90 993.60 995.80 28th 9.92 49.58 99.15 495.75 991.50 g on the tex bill wey affects the « y entitling @ texpoyer te receive en allowance for poying additional instalinents with the first instalment. Purchose eerly and obtcin the maximum discount. Assistent Treasurer W. ELFORD, ---- TOMORROW, JAN, 3rd -- 1:30 to 4:30, 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. ot ST. GREGORY'S AUDITORIUM, SIMCOE ST. NORTH Regular blood donors ore urgently requested to attend with or without an appointment WE ARE DESPERATELY SHORT OF ALL NEGATIVE TYPE BLOOD We need 400 bottles of blood to replenish the blood that was used over the holidays. Dec. 28, was held Intosh-Anderson Fu Monday, Dec. 31." » * The service was contiucted by the Rev. W. J. °G of Christ Memorial, ican Church. Interment: was in Osh- awa Union Cemetery, °°: Pallbearers were Earl, "Art and Norm. Bryant, Wotten, J, Sharpe and Leon Nash, ~ . \ wee atthe: Me. pel bts PREMIUMS AS LOW: AS 25.00 PER YEAR © Budget Terms Availeble © Easy Monthly Paymerte' Limited 360 KING WEST PHONE 723-2268 @ Don Gitson & Reiph Sehetiela @ Reg Aker vied @ AMPLE FREE PARKING ©