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2 «THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, July 29, 1964 GOOD EVENING -- By JACKGEARIN -- MORE CENTRALIZATION BIG EDUCATION NEED "One of the daily hazards for the newspaper columnist is his constant exposure to the unexpected. There are the orthodox assaults from groups like disgruntled elected representatives, advocates of one-way traffic, Centennial pool' supporters, Goldwater philosophers ete.; but. the greatest danger of all is the sudden rear- guard attack from a source believed to be sympathetic, if not downright friendly. Last Monday's letter-to-the editor ('Cost of School"'), had a pungent, frees winging style that seemed familiar -- frankly, as we read it, we thought it was the work of Chairman George K. Drynan, QC, of the Board of Educa- tion (an old pen pal with whom this department has publicly exchanged views for many months), but we were wrong. The author was Wil- liam Lowther, Education re- porter for this newspaper who, slowly but surely, is emerging from the wings as the stout-hearted champion of the Board's controversial spending policy. Mr. Lowther's letter was significant, raised questions that could easily become key issues in the next municipal elec- tion -- one of them is the cost-per-classroom of some city schools. ALDERMAN DAFOE QUESTIONS COULD BECOME KEY ISSUES To get back to the letter -- modestly described by the author as "'the full story" of the Board's Grandview School expenditure of $315,000 for 10 classrooms, or $31,500 per room. Mr. Lowther justfies the $315,000 expenditure as a far- sighted plan that will allow for the addition of 10 more class- rooms -- he says it also includes such things as a gym- natorium, architect's fees, desks, chairs, other furnishings and books (?), but there is nothing unusual about including such items in the cost-per-room; indeed, it is pretty well standard procedure. When the Board wrote the City in 1962 requesting that $300,000 debenture for the controversial Hils- dale School, the Board's.leter stipulated that this amount was for "cost of construction and equipping" the school. Mr. Lowther's letter leaves the taxpayer completely in the dark on another important point, if a fair appraisal of the Grandview price of $315,000 is to be permitted -- does this JOBLESS RESIDENTS BOARD HOMES, L | EA VE TOWN 'Canada Protesting Curbs On Cyprus Troop Moves MINING BOOM -- PART 3 Quest For Secondary Industry Near Futile By KEN SMITH Canadian Press Business Editor TIMMINS, Ont. (CP)--North- ern Ontario mining commu- hiities have learned a sad but simple lesson from their efforts over the years to attract sec- ondary industry. "Why," asks municipal coun- cillor Frank Rainford of Kirk- land Lake, "should anyone ex- pect an industry to settle here when it can establish in Toronto or Hamilton? "We have only limited re- sources and limited population. And it always comes back to supplies and markets--always back to those two damn stum- bling blocks.' Similarly realistic comments come from officials. at Tim- mins, Elliot Lake and other Northern Ontario mining towns. They need the secondary in- dustry to bring some diversifica- tion to their economies, since such centres as Timmins, Kirk- land Lake, Cobalt and Elliot Lake exist almost solely be- cause of the rich minerals ly- ing in the surrounding granite. WANT TAX BREAK When those ore-bodies near} depletion -- as in many cases they have -- or the market for the mineral collapses, the towns face the future with only faith in themselves, hope for new mines and charity from the government. Mr, Rainford, a member of Kirkland Lake's three-man in- dustrial commission which op- erates on an annual budget of $2,500, says other Northern On- tario centres have spent as much as $125,000 in five years without adding $10 to their as- sessment rolls. There is a constant cry for tax concessions for new indus- try, but many question whether tax grants could be made big enough to compensate for the cost of having to ship products 400 or more miles to the south- ern markets, As a result, municipal pro- gress, is measured differently in southern Ontario than in |much of the north. But for many of the north's mining camps, it's a question of how successful you are in slow- ing down the decline. Before the $1,000,000,000 base- metal strike near here this spring, for example, many Tin- mins officials would have con- sidered it progress if only 500 wage-earners had to quit the town to look for work during the next few years, Similarly, Kirkland Lake would feel itself ahead of the game if, under present circum- stances, population--now 17,000 other two or three years. That doesn't mean, however, that local businessmen or offi- cials are running scared. "There's been no down-in-the- mouth attitude around here," says Jim Wyatt, president of the Timmins Chamber of Com- merce. "Businessmen have been in- vesting money in the town right along. Someone coming back to Timmins after 10 years would hardly recognize the main Street, it's been modernized s0 \much," att has to be taken as a pro- fessional booster for his town, but the evidence bears him out. GOLD MINES TO CLOSE " There are several new stores, others have been refurbished. As a Chamber man, Mr. Wy-. --remained above 16,000 in an- | NO DESPAIR OR DOUBT |All ate well-stocked with goods ranging from normal essentials' to high-priced luxury imports. Housing and other building are, and has been, steadily climb- ing. "That kind .of thing wouldn't jhappen if people didn't have |faith in the future of the town," |Mr. Wyatt argues, "And that all dates from before our big cop- per and zinc strike." | Even Kirkland Lake, 'which |will lose two of its five gold mines likely within a year and jhas a third working only at sal- vage operations, insists its fu- ture is not dismal. Ann Shipley, reeve of the area for 10 years and Liberal MP for four, says that despite mine Cambodia Says Vietnam Sprays Deadly Poisons PHNOM PENH: (Reuters)-- The Cambodian government charged Tuesday that South Vietnamese have LONG REEF Australia's Great Barrier Reef stretches for 1,250 miles, and measures 12 to 150 miles in width, Allergies? Backaches ? dropped a deadly poisonous yel- low powder over a large num- ber of villages in the Andaung- Pich region of Cambodia. A government communique said that so far 76 persons have died from poisoning and many domestic animals have been killed, Or Do You Just Went To Sisep Cc bly? Ask About PERMA. FOAM Mattresses 1% off Reteil Price. Cell RAMA DISTRIBUTORS 725-8762 Your Satisfaction In the south, with its burgeon.| closings in hen oe yates | 7 Pe what it and indicated|help from the UN as.such, |ing markets spreading around) /ave © Pikes S\calle is barbaric aggres-| lAffairs Minister Martin said|that while an easing of tensions| "If this had not been done | the ake Ontario ces Tarot baie es bene 'al oR A RB one lruesday Canada is making|might lead to a change in the|there would have been no UN) Sauget by the paren 0 by Pa "g -- as known hss mr lcheition paeeues "at Gade |strong protests against any re-inature of the UN force on theiforce in Cy p fuss seg ton wel ivnees S eoueiante oad by an atte to disappear. And what|bodia." lstrictions by the government of|island, there would continue to|know now, if there had been hed ete i ri opulation dF datiaha HAN a noe S iner'| | Cyprus on the movement of Ca-|be a need for some UN furces|UN force in Cyprus we might) Pr a id nal Inadian and other United Na-jon a police basis for manyjhave had war," Mr. Martin | Is Our Aim All Cars Carry Our GUARANTEE KELLY DISNEY USED CARS Ltd. price include the cost of the land and, if so, what was the cost? Mr. Lowther may not know it, but the Board, in announc- ing the Hilisdale School cost at $300,000, failed to mention that this amount didn't include the cost of the land (believed to be $10,000). Such details are important, if the public is to get "the full story," which Mr. Lowther has failed to tell. By JAMES NELSON settlement of,share of the cost without any OTTAWA (CP) External Cyprus issues {prospects of. a ONE-THIRD OF COUNCIL WAS MISSING Mr. Lowther is right on two points -- building costs are soaring about 4 per cent annually, and the Department of Education has not changed the $20,000 grant ceiling per class- room since 1953; but this is no justification for the $31,500 Grandview figure, difference of which must be paid by the tax- payer. , This column never suggested, even faintly, that the Depart- ment had advised boards to base building expenditures on this $20,000 figure, as alleged. The letter states that the Board passed the Grandview item unanimously, hut were all trustees present?; he says the recent school expenditures of $3,954,000, including Grandview, were opposed by only two aldermen. Why did he not state that one-third of City Council was absent when the vote was taken (Aldermen Dyer, Gay, Reardon and Down)? This measure would have passed regardless, but Mr. Lowther attempts te create the impression that there was near-solidarity in the Council's ranks, which is not so. Does Mr. Lowther know that the Oshawa Board of Education saved $10,200 on the Hillsdale School alone by changing the roof design over the playroom? Does he know that the cost of this same school was chopped by $37,000. in 1962 after it had reached the staggering total (for a 10-class- room school) of $337,000 -- thus the cost-per-classroom was $30,000, without the cost of the land. Mr. Lowther's spirited defence of expenditures on Grandview School may be re- assuring to the Board's majority, but it will do little to appease the overburdened taxpayers, already alarmed about the Board's spending. The Board isn't all wrong, building custs are rising and architects are constantly trying to design mon- uments to their own memory, but the Board could cut, cut, cut far more than it does, if it really wanted to, as the Hills- dale School case so aptly proves. WARNING OF SISCOE IS RECALLED What then are some of the real issues ? Is one not the fact that Oshawa's funded and unfunded debt could hit an estimated $24,256,000 by the end of the year, a 16.3 per cent increase, or $3,401,000 over 1963? The City's population increase has demanded more school services, but not as much as the debenture hike would indi- cate. Norman Siscoe, assistant superintendent of the Ontario Department of Education, ruffled some fur in the world of Education last April when he blasted extravagances in school buildings and warned that educationists must in- sist on reasonable economies in building new schools. He Said part of the costs pres- sure came from architects who in their desire to incor- porate the 'best and most modern equipment some- times produced buildings that were "exorbitantly ex- cessive in cost' He said: "We must educate our staffs to the necessity of making compromises, teach them here is a. balance to be achiever." Perhaps the Globe and Mail summarized the situation best this week editorially when it said (in referring to the newly-established division. of school planning and building research created by the Province): "Nor should the department overlook the possibility of achieving substantial economies, through the new division, by fostering greater standardization in school design. Losal boards often decry this suggestion, arguing that differences in building lots and other factors prevent widespread use of standard building designs, But common sense cottinues to in- sist the some useful economies could be achieved if local pride and autonomy were not so strong. "With the rapid increase in the cost of education -and the rising share of costs being born by the province, it is clear that there will have to be more' centralized control." ' NORMAN SISCOE tions troops on the island. However, he told the Com-| mons, the UN had no confirm-| ation that this is to be the pol-| licy of the .government headed by Archbishop Makarios. Pro-| |gress towards resolving Greek- |Turkish tensions on the island) may be at hand. months to come. This was reflected in the Commons where Mr. Martin said there are discussions about Cyprus going on "elsewhere" than in Nicosia, Athens and Is- tanbul. REFERS TO COST added. Mr. Churchill asked whether the cost to Canada of the Cy- prus operation is about $2,000,- 000 a month. "I think the total cost of Can- ada's participation including Native Survives Months Drifting In Open Boat the airlift, would be around PAGO PAGO, Samoa (AP)--| m3 | seeds, But ifnally this food ran $2,500,000 for the year," the) , 39 vear-old Tahitian survived| out, Replying to Opposition Leader} B te | Dietcabeke®, Mr. Martin said)(PC -- Winnipeg South Centre), lerally withdrawing Canadia |troops from the UN force. He also described a newspa- jper headline saying Ottawa jhopes the Canadian troops won't |be needed after this autumn as \bearing no relationship to the lreport it headed. Mr. Diefenbaker referred to a lreport that Archbishop Makar- lios-had said in Athens that Cy- |prus will refuse to allow UN troops freedom of movement. WHAT'S INTENTION? "Is it the intention now of the government Canadian jasked. There would be no wihdrawal by Canada acting alone, Mr Martin said. "Whatever deci chiwers to' seutherh and. east sion is taken will be one that Tea Ontacio; Farther to. the will be taken by the United Na- north iles are oredaminatels tions." cloudy and showers are falling Mr. Martin added that Arch-|in northern regions of the prov- ibishop Makarios apparently|ince. Cool weather will continue |made the statement before the/Thursday but except: for the [Cypriot president met Tuesday/north country considerable sun- Official forecasts he|5:30 a.m.: Synopsis: Cooler air is spreading rapidly south ward jacross Ontario this morning, contingent?" Replying to Gordon Churchill|minister added. : | H. W. Herridge (NDP--Koot-| there is no intention -of unilat-|Mr. Martin said the UN opera-|enay West) couldnt' believe the| nition in Cyprus was the first in|statement, and Mr. Martin said which Canada has borne its|that was "the net cost." _ WEATHER FORECAST Sunny, Cooler ' Less Muggy issued by knots and diminishing tonight to to withdraw the|the Toronto weather office at|15 knots, a few thunderstorms|Tepa was taken to the Samoan |155 days adrift boat. |weeks before his small, dis abled outboard motorboat was| casks, | washed up on a remote Samoan ;beach July 6. |Faioho, about 40. across more than 1,400 miles of the Pacific) fashioned from the scissors and Ocean in an open, flat-bottom) wood strips torn from the boat. | The man who died was Natua They caught fish with a spear Trying to eat fish raw sick- Demanihi Tepa told Samoanjened them. They tried drying 'authorities that his companion in the lonely ordeal died two [strips of the fish and found it more palatable. *| Rains replenished their water | Tepa said he weighed 230 | pounds at the start of the five |months of drifting on the empty jocean spaces. He was down to Natives of Tau Island, 70/160 pounds when a providential miles east of Pago Pago in/current finally steered his boat American Samoa, found Tepa/to the Tay beach. unconscious beside the boat. He said Faioho always was After recovering his strength|@ lean and small man. Samoan authorities reported jthis morning, then gradual/capital, Pago Pago, and there|Christian pastors in Samoa and \clearing. | Forecast Temperatures Windsor St. Wingham Hamilton Thomas.. London ... Kitchener .... Mount Forest.. St. Catharines....,. 'lbringing showers or thunder-|Low tonight, High Thursday told authorities his story in Tahitian and pidgin English. | Tepa and Faioho started Feb. |2 from their home on the small Tahitian isle of Maupiti on a short run to Bora Bora. The outboard motor broke jdown. All efforts to fix it with \their only tools, a screw driver jand scissors, failed, '| The two Tahitians had no |Tahiti confirmed that Tepa has jbeen missing from Maupiti since Feb. 2. | Tepa is waiting arrangements jfor his return to his farm on Maupiti. COSENS & MARTIN Insurance 67 King St. E., Oshawa with Prime Minister Papan- |dreou of Greece. Outside the Commons, top-) level government spokesmen} said they were buoyed u Indian Beauty Changes Title After Dispute -- OTTAWA (CP) -- Mohawk)winds light increasing this|)Dawson ..... sees mode! Kahn-Tineta Horn has} {changed her title from Indian} princess to Miss Indian Canada) | to avoid any quarrel at the Na-| |tional Indian _ Council meeting} starting today at Garden City,| | Ont | Miss Horn, here in connection) jwith an August fashion show,| | told reporters: "While recent allegations) | against me are completely false and the recent study of the con- stitution of the council makes| it clear that my discharge was illegal, it is my intention to} avoid any quarrel or discussion) at the coming meeting of the) council in order to protect the| interests of Indian welfare." | Miss Horn recently had her| jtitle of Indian princess taken} jaway by members of the coun- cil, She said she has resumed her modelling career in order} jto raise money for Indian wel-| \fare projects. INCOME RISES |Bay, Sudbury: Cloudy with a shine can be expected. 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