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She Oshawa Fimes 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L, Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1963 -- PAGE 6 Church Sees Marriage As Serious Business By REV. F. G. ONGLEY Rector, St. George's Memorial Church The season of marriages will soon be upon us. Many young couples of our community are and will be calling the clergy asking to be mar- ried on such and such a date. Why a church wedding? Are they asking only for a pretty and conventional setting or are they desirous for something deeper, more wonderful than they hardly dream possible? Marriage isa legal ceremony and for those who wish only this, civil marriage before a magistrate is available in our province. For this we are grateful that neither the Church nor people seeking marriage need compromise their integrity in going through meaningless forms. When a young couple wish a Church setting it must be for something far greater than social custom or "the" right setting. Thus when a young couple tele- phones and asks "We want to be married at your church, what do f é we do?", if they are unknown, they must be challenged, "Why this church? Why any church?" The clergy generally take marriage as deadly serious business. They must, because each marriage represents a large investment of time in terms of counselling, rehearsal, the wed- ding and often the reception. More important it is because we want . young people to come to terms with what marriage is in all its possibil- ities, in all its demands, If young people find themselves challenged when they ask to be married, it is not because the clergy are not interested. It is only be- cause we are deeply interested in them and their future together. If we lay down conditions for their being married "in my church", it is only that they might have the op- portunity to enter into the fullness of a marriage truly blessed of God. Youth Hostel Proposal A splendid project has been rec- ommended by the Royal Canadian Legion's Centennial Committee as the organization's major contribu- tion to Canada's 100th birthday cel- ebration in 1967. It is that the Legion build a youth hostel and conference centre in Ottawa, and that provincial commands and branches construct or assist in the construction of local youth hostels, This proposal fits nicely into the Legion's ambitious program for the support and encouragement of youthful physical fitness. The Leg- ion, for example, has done and is doing more to revive nation-wide interest in track and field than any other group in the country; its program has included the bringing to Canada of the outstanding coach in Britain - who is, indeed, one of the outstanding coaches in the world. The Youth Hostel movement has three aims: To raise the standard of physical fitness; to foster a greater love of the countryside; to promote unity, both national and internat- ional, by the mingling of young people of different background and education. It has had a 50-year history of growth in Europe, and has made steady progress on this continent since the establishment of the first youth hostel near Cal- gary in 1933. The hostels provide simple, over-night accommodation for hikers and bicyclists. The Legion committee has come up with an excellent idea. Place Of Education (Editor's note: The following editorial by Stewart Lavell of the Woodstock Sentinel-Review, was selected as "the best individual newspaper article, editorial or re- view" by the judges of this year's Education writing Awards compet- ition, conducted by the Canadian Education Week Committee.) Although many of the young people concerned will not agree, today is one of the most important days in the lives of those who have returned to school for another year or have launched out for the first time. For it has been demonstrated be- yond dispute that education plays an increasingly important part in the lives of those who live in the world today and that those who make the most of it stand a better chance of receiving greater benefits and providing more service than at any time in history. It is somewhat significant that school begins each year after a holiday which, since its inception, has honored people who work. In school, as in later life, work is one of the main keys to success and per- sonal satisfaction, just as indiffer- ence and idleness are the keys to failure and unhappiness. Hence it is one of the main jobs of the school to provide that moti- She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Pubtisher Cc. 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USA. and foreign 24.00. shoe vation which will be the guiding star to a student in everything he or she does. That is where the task and attitude of the school teacher becomes as important as that of the pupil--perhaps even more so. It may well be that the encourage- ment and guidance a teacher gives, together with his attitude to a sub- ject, is of even greater value than the information he imparts. As a member of the profession with some insight stated many years ago: "a teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops." Formal education does not end with the pupil - teacher relation- ship. More than ever these days there is a need for parental cooper- ation on a greater scale so that the motivation required by a pupil will be given stimulus and continued di- rection during out-of-school hours, All the best. facilities in the world can mean little if there is not, in addition to good teaching, the active interest of the parent to make it effective. For years the government of this province has sought to find a formula which will provide our young people with the best pos- sible educationavailable. This year there is being introduced a new three - pronged study program which will enable each high schvol student to choose the type of study best suited to his potential, One is an arts and science course; a second business and commerce course; and a third is one for ap- plied science, technology and trades, All will give opportunities to go to institutions of higher learning if there is such a desire. .. Is it any wonder that enrolment in all our schools continues to ex- pand? Even discounting the fact that much of this is the result of a high birthrate during and immed. iately after World War II, we trust it is also a recognition by parents, teachers and students alike of the great and growing value of educa- tion in the world today. DIEFENBAKER GUARANTBED MADE -IN- CANADA OUTFIT LE "ESA SARA GANADIAN MEN AIRE PAYING MORE ATTENTION Te WHAT They WEAR, --SAYS Tis CUSTOM TAILORS Ano DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION as TWo-PANTS SUIT . Ate TAKe YauR Pick / e 3 PEARSON OLD FASHIONED Keep our SUIT e socreod READERS' VIEWS SCHOOL CRISIS Dear Sir: For some weeks a group of us who are parents oi public school children have been giving a lot of thought to education as it applies to our own area and the public school system in Osh- awa, As parents we are alarm- ed to hear aiid read all the ir- responsible nonsense said and printed- about education, par- ticularly by people who coyld not possibly have taken the trouble to learn the true facts, Although we are signing our names to this letter for your purposes, we would like to have it signed as '"'Public Schoo] Par- ents" because this subject is far more important than any in- dividual or group. The Thursday, March 7, news- paper was the last straw in the recent history of dangerous fool- ing around with public school education in Oshawa. Petty poli- tics, newspaper sensationalism, half. truths, seems to be all the public is given, and we are en- titled to far more on such an im- portant subject. In a single issue of your paper one article reports a responsible executive, speaking to the Ki- wanis Club, - who certainly knows what he is talking about, paying tribute to trustees all over Ontario who work very hard without pay giving a most efficient administration. In an- other story we learn that the Separate School Board has a great need for nineteen new classrooms, and everyone, in- cluding we public school par- ents, certainly wish them well. Is there any editorial comment of the important speech to Ki- wanis? No. Is there any opinion expressed that will help the Sep- arate School Board with their problem or explain it? No. In- stead your columnist ignores anything constructive, as usual, and adds ancther to a long list of attacks on the Public Scnool Board. While few people agree with everything the Board of Educa- tion does, or with the ideas of some of its individual members, we wonder how the majority of them can possibly stay there and work under a constant bar- rage of destructive criticism levelled at them by the Times for months and years now, aided by a vociferous minority of bo.h the Board's and Council's cheap publicity seekers. We just don't believe the Board can be wrong that often. In fact it's about time the scandal tumed on the mongers. It is almost as if there is a method in this madness, but we don't know what. Frankly we are all angry right through, and we have some questions io ask these tormentors ; that should keep them busy in their own yards instead of going on com- mitting vandalism on the school system. Those who have signed this letter, along with many other parents from our school district, went as a delegation to tie Board of Education last month. We had a legitimate cequest. We were complimented for our presentation. Not one member of the School Board said he or she did not agree with the needs we outlined, but ... The long and short of it is that it appears the majority of the Board agreed with us that physical education is important; that there should be a suitable as- sembly room for all students; that new teaching methods with visual aids and television under special circumstances were de- sirable; that you fill these needs for a gymnasium, assembly Toom, screen room and spare time playroom in bad weather with what is called a "general Purpesé room". They are also a great assistance in speeding up much needed safety education and many other emergency needs. Six or eight schools now have these rooms. We think all the schools should be planned to include them. The truth seems to be that the majority of the Board are afraid to stand up for their con- victions because they fear criti- cism from the Council, the Press and parents of other schools not yet fortunate enough to have adequate facilities. We think this is an unfair implica- tion and the Board should have more faith in the basic good will of parents in Oshawa. There are two additions (Adelaide Mc- Laughlin and Dr. Cannen Schools) now under considera- tion in Oshawa and everyone knows that this is the best time to add the "general purpose room" at lowest cost. As yet we. have no answer from the Board, but it appears they are going to let Gearin and the Council decide it for them, This of course is just one illustration reflecting the sad state of educa- tion in Oshawa. Will anyone suggest that if the parents of Oshawa school chil- dren know all the facts they would be unwilling to pay just a little extra to do what is needed to help our children to achieve the best body, mind and spirit through education? Remember we still spend far more on cos- metics than we do on education in Canada, and twice as much on such things as cigarets and alcohol. Any parent should be ashamed to face his children, or his neighbors, if he is unwilling to make this small sacrifice for such an important cause. Isn't it ridiculous to say we cannot do it when ten per cent of what we pay for cosmetics, cigarets and liquor would give us the finest schools in the world? Even more important is our respect for education itself, and we cannot view the present situ- ation except in anger. and shame. We believe too that with any real public support the Board would give us the best in education, but we really wonder if they have the courage to stand up for what they believe is good for. education or if they just stand for what they guess the Council will give them with- out kicking too hard. Sure we pay a lot of taxes, but we wont' sell our kids short for anybody, and we think the other parents in Oshawa would pay the price for good educa- tion and good facilities in the public schools if they knew all the real facts as should be re- ported by any responsible news- paper instead of the half truths and hearsay which appears in Mr. Gearin's column. We wonder how long public school ratepayers in Oshawa are gong to stand for a columnist who is not a public school. sup- porter deciding for them just what they will and wvhat they will not have in the way of school accommodation for their children, Frankly we are' sick of having the :deas on public school education apparently dic- tated by a columnist who uses the only paper in town to inform public school supporters what to do about their schools, The pres- ent local politicians who Lave been picked for this campaign seem to be the Mayor and n20- phite Alderman Clifford Pilkey. Last week these two held a Board of Education meeting in the, City Hall. Are the majority of the par- ents of this city going to swal- low the unsupported charges of an ambitious young alderman who spends most of his time on the business of the Board of Education for which he was not elected, instead of on the City Council where there is plenty of work to do? Mr. Pilkey makes a small test of six or seven schools covering far less than one per cent of the total school building program and becomes an authority on building cosis overnight. We wonder if Mr. Pilkey took the trouble to find out vhether the other Boards he praises so highly had "Union Working Provisions" in all ccn- tracts as does the Oshawa Board. He didn't and they don't! We hope that in the conduct of the Council's affairs, Mr. Pilkey takes the trouble of obtaining all of the facts and makes true comparisons before making public statements, We carnot help but feel that Lyman Gifford has either been careless or ill advised. A ma- jority of us voted for Lyman Gifford who said, after his de- TION COSTUMES feat two years ago, that he was "going home to listen to the grass grow'. The only idea he seems to have come back with is that education is for the birds. Mr. Gifford was elected to "Get Oshawa Going Again', accord- ing to his campaign material, Does that mean scaring new in- dustry away by joining the "run down Oshawa"' gang with cries of highest per capita debt and all the rest? 'This per capita debt will be- repaid in large part by the biggest and most suc- cessful company in the world. Why aren't we told what our 'n- dividual share of this debt is' How does our share compare with the majority of other tax- payers? How about comparing us with the cities that are grow- ing as fast as we are? The rec- ord is really not that bad. The truth of the matter is that the present financial condition in which this city finds itself is due to the incompetence and lack of foresight on the part of past councils who had the oppor- tunity to progressively build ;he city on a sound financial struc- ture. Are our children to suffer on account of these past follies? Let us not forget that some of the aldermen responsible ior this folly still sit in the Couneil Chamber, It is time to stop the procrastination and 'passing the buck" for the sake of political expediency and face up to our problems now. We have taken the trouble to find out how much of the tax dollar we spend on education in Oshawa compared with most other communities. The figures show that the cost in Oshawa is among the lowest in municipal- ities representing the majority of school children in the whole province. So what's all this talk about high education cost n Oshawa? Is it a smoke screen to hide the waste in the Coun- cil's own back yard? Let's go back, Mr. Mayor and Alder- man, to the Conncil's b.ciness and leave the School Board :o0 do what they are elected to do. We might suggest that the School Board stop being proud of what they haven't done and bring us up to the best stand- ards, We'll pay for it. And here's another serious point. Are you going to tell pros- pective new industries that our modern and progressive wity is planning to build portable in- stead of schools and put their school children on shifts? You might as well hang an "Out of businéss" sign on the door of the Industrial Commission. Our investigation shows that the morale of teachers is at a new low in Oshawa principally because of the attitude toward education of most of our elected officials. This is actually on the record, and unless something is done, and soon, good teachers will go on leaving and new ones will not care to apply here. Lei's not kid ourselves -- this has 'al- ready started. One of the fastest ways in which to lose our teach- ers is to put them out in the shanties they call portables. To sum up, we think :heve is a real crisis in education in this City and we want our elected representatives to stop fooling around and do something about it quick. Our local Press saould constructively support education and stop their present policy of destructive criticism, PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS Oshawa Editor's Note: This letter car- ried six signatures. COMMUNIST LINE Dear Sir: The dominant issue at this election time, is our national Security, not coloring books, Never in our 'istory has Can ada been in greater danger. We are following the Commu- nist Party line when we haggle about ammunition for our de- fence forces, be it nuclear or Sling shots. We are following the Communist line when we theoretically call out "Canada Si Yankee No." We have only to refer to an advertisement in your paper, during the Cuban crisis, in- serted by the National Execu- tive Committee, Communist Party of Canada, Oshawa Club, * UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Change In Assessments Stirs General Protest By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Britain's rating system, on which local rates, or municipal taxes as they are more commonly known in Can- ada, are based, is under attack from all- sides, with demands that the whole chenged. This stems from a re- valuation of all properties now in effect for the first time, the result of which has been a severe shock to the ratepayers in most municipalities, In the revaluation, rental values, or assessments, again to use the Canadian term, have been increased on an average about threefold. This in itself was not considered alarming, as the general feeling was that the higher assessments would bring correspondingly low tax rates, so that the taxpayers would Pay roughly the same amount, LARGE INCREASES Things have not worked out that way, however. In nearly every municipality, while the tax rate has gone down sub- stantially, there has been a sub- stantial increase when com- pared with the former amount of actual 'axes to be paid. Heavy expenditure increases by local councils and county 'coun- cils have made it impossible for the higher assessments to be reflected in lower taxes, In Parliament, members of all political parties are attack- ing the rate system which is being held responsible for the increases in taxes. A moticn by 70 Conservative back-benchers calls for a full inquiry to be held into possible new methods of raising revenue for the munici- Palities. It also calls for the fi- nancing of education to be transferred to the government 'and the load removed from the property taxpayers. In other quarters, a local income tax to take the burdens off property is being suggested, 5 It all sounds very reminiscent system be- of similar arguments which have been going on for some years in Canadian provinces, with municipal taxpayers ask- ing that senior governments take over the cost of some of the services. incl educa- 'tion, now paid for largely by the municipal taxpayers, It is considered very unlikely that Sir Keith Joseph, minister of housing and local govern- ment will agree to the holding of a public inquiry, but the pro- tests have been so widespread and cut across party political lines to such an extent that some remedial action is not un- likely. DEFENCE CONTROL What I referred to in an ar- ticle about three or four months ago as Earl Mountbatten's plan for unifying the three defence services is to become an accom- plished fact. Peter Thorneycroft, in a defence debate in the House of Commons, made it known that the three separate service departments of the Ad- miralty, War Office and the Air Ministry will shortly disappear. They will be co-ordinated within a new, unified Ministry of De- fence, to which the three serv- ices will be responsible. Junior ministers, bearing the title of minister of state, will be wm charge of the three services, but they will be subordinate to and responsible to the defence minister. While this new system does not go so far as complete in- tegration of the three fighting services, it is a big step forward towards more effective control of defence expenditures, and will put an end to the integra- tion of defence policy being hampered by the tendency of the three services to consider it solely from their own points of view. There will be no change in the present method of direct- ing defence policy. This is done through the defence committee of the cabinet, presided over by the prime minister himself, and ultimately through the cabinet. READERS' VIEWS (CONTINUED) Box 442 for confirmation of the above observation. : That advertisement strongly attacked President Kennedy with phrases like "act of war', "brutal violation of the rights of nations," "unsubstantiated charges,' 'Yankee Imperial- ism" and "Big Stick." Further quote: "Canadian public opin- fon is against nuclear weapons on Canadian territory." Since when does the Communist Party speak for Canadians? The Canadian Communist Party is strongly against de- fence weapons on Canadian soil, not because of any loyalty to our country but because it is their dedicated task to keep Canada defenceless and to sepa- rate us in every way possible from the United States. ' Quote the ad: '"Proclaim the right to all countries to live in peace without interference in their affairs." Such flagrant garbage, when one recalls Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Po- land and others, not to mention Hungary where the Communist trained yout! fought and died for their freedom in 1956! Let us continue the Commu- nist line. Sever our relations with NATO, send the Yankees packin', drat 'em, and settle down like the ostrich, Cuba 's reportedly a well - established Satellite of Moscow. Next. step in burying the hated capitalistic U.S.A. is to move in on Can- ada. The world is still round and from the north, Russian planes; along our coasts the Russian 'fishing fleets' -- Rus- sian submarines quietly slide sinto Vancouver harbor and glide up the St. Lawrence; Russian embassies, Consuls; and our own loyal Canadian Reds would move to their assigned tasks. Presto! The take-over could be accomplish- ed without firing a shot. Do I hear yelps of 'fantastic,' "ridiculous"? I also hear that jolly peasant, Nikita, chuck- ling. He knows it can be done because they are experts in "liberating" countries. We may not like it but our only hope of survival as a nation is strong alliance with the United States, if they will have us. I would rather have the Yankee imper- falists control us economical than Moscow ideology force upon wu EVALYNE BRANCH Oshawa THANKS Dear Sir: I wish to convey the sincere appreciation of the local branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association for your very generous and accu- rate coverage of our events during the past year. RUTH SKINNER Secretary Oshawa One significant feature of this announcement was the manner in which it was received in the House of Commons. It was wel- pean by raged opposition spokesmen, who expressed the view that it was something that was long overdue. j The service branches and the new minisry of defence will all be housed in one building as soon as it can be erected. This would leave vacant the splen- did new. Air Ministry buildin, on Whitehall, the Admiralty an War Office building, but it is likely to be some time before he new defence bui! can be erected and occupi BLOW TO MAUDLING The wage restraint policy of Chancellor Reginald Maud. ling, a policy which he inherit. ed from Selwyn Lloyd, has been dealt a heavy blow by the elec. trical trades industry. This pol. icy sought to restrain wage in- creases to a rate of two and a half per cent, and to hold the line tightly against any reduc- tion in the hours of work per week. The aim, of course, was to keep down production costs so as to make British indus- try fully competitive in export markets. The Electrical Trades Union and the National Federated Electrical Association, the em- ployers' body, have, however, administered a decided snub to Mr, Maudling. They have reach- ed a new agreement by which the 60,000 workers in the elec- trical contracting industry will have their work week reduced from 42 to 40 hours next year, and over the next three years they will receive wage in. creases annually to amount to a total of seven dollars a week. The agreement also gives the electrical workers the indus. try's first ever non-contributory sick scheme, Coming on top of new 40-hour week agreements made in the Scottish plumbing and building industries, this agreement has caused Mr. Maudling grave concern, because of the influ. ence it will have on negotia- tions now -due for the ship. -- and engineering indus. tries. There is really nothing which Mr. Maudling can do to inter. fere in a freely-negotiated set» tlement of this kind. He has, however, referred it, along with the Scottish agreements, to the National Incomes Commission for study and consideration. But as that body has not been recognized by the trade unions, who refuse to take part in it, nothing very comforting to the chancellor is likely to come from this study. BROADLOOM, DRAPES, TILE, PAINT AND WALLPAPER 135 SIMCOE ST. NORTH @ RESIDENT PARTNERS Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., R.LA, Burt R. Waters, C.A. Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., R.1.A. Robert W. Lightfoot, C.A. 4ontieth, Monteith, Riehl & Co. Chartered Accountants @ TELEPHONE: PARTNERS: Hon. J. W. Monteith, F.C.A., M.P. A. Brock Monteith, 8, Comm., C.A. George £. Trethway, C.A. Burt R. Waters, C.A, OSHAWA, ONTARIO Oshawa-Bowmanville 728-7527 Ajex 942-0890 Whitby 668-4131 DISPOSAL SALE The entire stock of paint and paint supplies of the late Mrs. Park paint store 55 Bruce St. will be sold to close the estate. \ : \ Sale Starts Monday, March 18th