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| Bhe Oshawa Fimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario ¢ T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1965 -- PAGE 4 Alderman Says Apathy Is Enemy Of Democracy to members of the 'Lake Vista Ratepayers' Associa- tion, Alderman Gordon Attersley gave them a warning which is timely and which needs to be heed- ed by all the citizens of Oshawa. As a matter of fact, his message is probably needed more by people living in other sections of the city that by those in the Lake Vista area. In that district there is at least a lively sense of civic responsi- bility. Ald. Attersley's words are worth quoting here. He said: "If Oshawa residents continue to be listless, unconcerned and adopt a 'let George do it' attitude, then we can be sure a Russian leader's state- ment that our grandchildren will all be Communists will come true... . Apathy is the greatest enemy of dem- ocracy. The best way to create in- terest in municipal affairs is for each citizen to have a knowledge of the history of the city and the purpose, rights and duties of the city council." Ald. Attersley also urged that more citizens should attend city council meetings, as this would tend to develop a better-informed elec- torate, We agree whole-heartedly with what this alderman had to say re- garding the dangers of apathy and indifference to our democratic sys- tem of government, not only in Osh- awa, but at all levels of govern- ment, For years this column has endeavored to arouse public in- terest in civic affairs in Oshawa, but the bulk of our citizens have ears and hear not, have eyes and see not, There are difficulties in the way of Oshawa people acquiring an ex- tensive knowledge of the city's his- tory, since there is not in existence any connected written history of the community. There is, however, room in the city for more rate- payers' association groups like that at Lake Vista, in which civic affairs can be discussed and studied, Reducing School Cost ..One of the most constructive pieces of news to come out of the Ontario Department of Education for a long time is the announce- ment that a new permanent division of school planning and building re- search has been established. Its duties will include carrying out vital research to determine the kind of school facilities needed, and to produce radical changes in the de- signing of schools. Behind this move is the convic- tion of William Davis, minister of education, that the schools now be- ing built in Ontario are costing too much money. That is partly due to the increasing cost of land, and partly to the type of designs being produced by architects. Mr. Davis said: "We must be prepared to accept amaller sites and provide more com- pact buildings. In some cases, this may mean multi-storey school struc- tures and in other cases it may mean 0 penser of a larger number of inter- or spaces." If Mr. Davis can accomplish what is inherent in the creation of the new school planning division, it could be the means of saving the taxpayers of Ontario a great deal of money. It should be possible to produce, as is done in Britain, stan- dard plans for schools, drawn up with an eye to economy as well as utility. Such plans, made available to boards of education, could cut down considerably the cost of school building. So it is to be hoped that the plan is more than a promise, but becomes a reality. From Oshawa experience, there is little hope of reducing school-build- ing costs so long as the designing and planning is left to architects in private practice. They have little interest in keeping down costs, since their fees depend on the actual cost of the school. The provision of ac- ceptable, standard plans by the new division of the department would be a step in the right direction, Bilingual Education In a speech delivered in Quebec City, Premier John Robarts made a reasoned approach to the need for moderation in viewpoint and mutual understanding between the French and English-speaking people of Canada. Mr. Robarts, touching on the question of bilingualism, pointed out that this was something that could not be achieved overnight. He said it might become a reality in our grand-children's time. This remark stresses the magni- tude of the problem of making Can- ada a truly bilingual country, which is one of the goals of the French- Canadians. Quebec, by starting edu- cation in both English and French at an early stage in the elemen- tary schools, has made more pro- gress towards that goal than any other province. It is going to be much more difficult to introduce bilingual education in the other pro- vinces to the extent that it is prac- tised in Quebec. It cannot be done simply by issuing regulations that it shall be so. One of the delaying factors in She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY, Editor The Oshawa Times conmining The Oshowo Times established 1871) ond the itby Gazette ond {Sironicle eteutioned 1863) is published daily y and alse . All rights of special des venue, Torenta, Ontario; 640 Great Street, A tario; t treet, Montreal, P.O. : SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, ' Exar, Coen Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, ple Grove, 's le Liverpool, Tounton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Drono,. Leskerd, Broughom, Burketon, Claremont, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Menchester, Pontypool! ond Newcestle not over SOc per Seek. 6 mail in iy ty ot Create outside carriers areas 12.00 per year. _ Provinces . ond Commonwealth. Countries 15.00, USA. end foreign 24.00, extending the teaching of French in Ontario and the other English- speaking provinces is the lack of qualified teachers to make the sub- ject universal in elementary school grades. That could be overcome in time if there was the will on the part of educational authorities to tackle the problem. There might be much merit in an interchange of teachers between Quebec and the other provinces for bilingual teach- ing. It is at least well worth an effort on the part of the provinces out- side Quebec to extend the effective teaching of French at an early ele- mentary school level. It can be done, And it will be to the benefit of the people of the other provinces to have a knowledge of both lan- guages, since the time is almost here, and is surely coming, when bilingualism will be an_ essential qualification for positions in the Canadian government service. Other Editors' Views U.K. CULTURE (The Times, London) There is some truth in the sug- gestion that standards cannot be imposed, only discovered; and the existing state of anarchy in cui- tural as in moral relations does lend topical point to such ap- proaches. Mass 'communication and popular entertainment do unden- iably represent a most important factor: in the environment with which teachers have to cope. Is the home today more important? Taking the nation as a whole it cannot be said with certainty that it is. A full stable of Trojan horses has got into the home even when it is not a broken one, MEETS PEOPLE, MAKES FRIENDS Pickering Township Reeve Looks For Bright Future BY EISA STORRY It's as plain as the silver plate on Clifford William Lay- cox' gavel that he is enamored of his job as Reeve of Picker- ing Township. Last month, as he began the second year of his two-year term, he sold a flour- ishing variety store and greet- ing ecard business in the Rex- dale Shopping Plaza in Etobi- coke, so that he might devote full time to being a $3,000-a- year head of the municipality, This elegant gavel, with the shiny silver plate, provided a respite in the routine proceed- ings of the inaugural meeting of January 6, 1964, That was when Mr. Laycox, occupying the Reeve's chair for the first time, accepted it from his pret- ty 13-year-old daughter, Leslie, who accompanied her gift with a brave little speech of her own composition; The inscription on the gavel reads: "To Daddy, from Mom and the Kids, on his Inaugural". Reeve Laycox, looking 10 years younger than his'51 years, would give one the impression of frailty, were it not for the vigor of movement of his lean and wiry frame. Thin, almost to the point of emaciation, height five feet, 10 inches, here is a slight figure in a trim business suit, wearing modish vest, some- times scarlet, sometimes tan, He is on the go from morning until late at night; presiding over a session of council; at- tending six meetings in a day; turning his charm on a pros- pective industrialist who pon- ders the feasibility of settling in the township; soothing a dis- gruntled member of the town- ship staff; exerting his venom on a fellow 'councillor, seeking to slacken high expenditures, thereby, in the Reeve's opinion, limiting the rapid progress of Ontario County's largest town- ship, which is so swiftly taking on the urban appearance of Metropolitan Toronto, When in the vicinity of the Reeve's office, I sometimes hear him call: "Scoop!" (Because I cover the Pickering Township council mectings, this is the misnomer he reserves for me). I go in. The dark-complexion- ed man, thin line of moustache matching his receding thick, black hair, leans forward over the neatly-stacked letters, by- laws, minutes and memos on his desk. His brown, green- flecked eyes smile directly through dark - rimmed glasses, as he confides a spicy item that might, or might not, come up at the next council meeting; or he reveals, sotto voce, one of his as-yet unannounced appoint- ments, such as a coveted place on the County Road Committee; or he tells, confidentially, his conclusive views on some cur- rent township matter. This aura of charm that per- meates Reeve Laycox' personal- ity is sometimes lost on his fel- low councillors, particularly on his chief combatant, the color- ful Deputy Reeve, Mrs. Jean McPherson, whose soft Tennes- see drawl belies the sharpness with which she chides him when his actions are not to her lik- ing. The quick rapping of the now well-worn gavel doesn't phase her. "Mr. Reeve, I am speaking," she majestically declares. "Don't you rap that gavel at me." Mr. Laycox' rise innocently, "Oh," he says demurely, 'I really thought you were finish- ed." dark eyebrows Undaunted, the only woman on the seven-member council continues, fixing the Reeve with the gleam in her alert, blue eyes, until she has thoroughly. completed her discourse, Mr. Laycox' association with sports led to his interest in mu- nicipal politics. In 1929 he played with the Canadian Juvenile Foot- ball Champions. He spent about one year in the Ontario Hockey League, played baseball, and seven years ago was instigator of the West Rouge Hockey As- sociation, and its first president, He still takes an active part in the West Rouge Recreation As- sociation, which developed from this original West Rouge Hockey Club, And he's Past Vice-Com- modore of the West Rouge Canoe Club. Five years ago some of his recreation - minded friends in West Rouge suggested that he run for Pickering Township Council, and with his usual REEVE CLIFFORD W, LAYCOX aplomb, he agreed. He won his first campaign for a seat on council in 1959 by nearly trip- ling the number of votes accord- ed his opponent, Miss Violet Swan. He tried again in 1960, and won by 148 votes over can- didate Reg Bozak. While he sat on council in 1961, a bylaw was passed to provide for a two- year term for councillors, rath er than one, At the December, 1961, election Mr. Laycox met defeat Running for deputy reeve against two other contest- ants, he lost to Mrs. McPherson, the present Deputy Reeve, who gained 1,717 votes to his 1,414, The third candidate, Harry Boyes, trailed with 668 votes. Mr. Laycox. came back THE TIMES PERSONALITY OF WEEK In the 1963 election, this time as Reeve, by a majority of 420 votes, / defeating J, Sherman Scott,' who had served for 10 years on council, seven of them as Reeve. In 1964 the new Reeve faced a township burgeoning in the south with urban development, brovght on by the onset of Bay Ridges, a_ subdivision which, when completed, will contain nearly 3,000 'homes, some apartments, and perhaps 15,000 people, with the undisturbed rural area lying to the north, He found himself head of a township with too much residen- tial development, resulting in high education costs, and not enough industrial development to offset it. So it was with elation that Reeve Laycox welcomed the an- nouncement last year by the Hydro - Electric Power Com- mission that. a $266 million nu- clear plant would be establish- ed in the township. He learned with undisguised amazement how the dread atom, now safely harnessed for peaceful pur- poses, with its two-unit system, would supply 500,000 kilowatts of electric power, enough to ser- vice 10 cities the size of Osh awa. With his talent for sales- manship, he has since helped to induce several other indus- tries to settle in the township, and is confident that more will follow. The reputation Pickering Township Council has for per- sonal bickering and backbiting TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb, 26, 1965, . The second French Re- public was proclaimed 117 years ago--in 1848--from the steps of the Paris city hall, after crowds stormed the capital protesting gov- ernmental inadequacy that began with the failure of potato and grain crops two years earlier, King Louis Philippe, then 74, had abdi- cated two days. before in favor of his 10 - year - old grandson, but -- revolution- aries. ignored the mon- archy's claims and set up their own republic. But it had a life of only three years, before. the Second Empire came into being. 1815 -- Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba to which he had been exiled the year before 186 -- Frederick William 4 Cody--better known as Buf- falo Bill--was born in Iowa. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- the Germans used liquid fire for the first time in warfare on the Western Front; strong attacks were made by the' French near Beausejour in the Cham- pagne sector; South African forces advanced in German Southwest Africa. Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day -- in 1940 -- the British war office announced that most of northern Scotland was a 'forbidden zone" to most persons except perma- nent residents; German Planes over Paris were driven off; Finnish and Rus- sian patrols battled in the Petsamo aréa, and Finnish planes were seen in battle in the Arctic for the first time, displeases Reeve Layvox, al- though he acknowledges there can be plenty of humor in a session of council. "Sometimes I need a_ little giggle all to myself," he says, "but when the debate becomes bitter, I'm determined to dis- regard it, for it wouldn't do to take that bitterness home with me," Home is a_ three-bedroom, split-level ranch bungalow at 333 Friendship avenue, West Rouge, where Helen, the Reeve's attractive, dark-haired wife, a small woman, as poised in stretch slims as in evening gown, divides her time between looking after their four lively, red-haired children, and being first lady of Pickering Town- ship. One might come upon her assisting Leslie, who has de- cided to become a great lady - doctor, with her current school treatise on cancer, while at the same time keeping three-year- old Tammy's hands out of the cookie-jar, or telling 11-year-old Rondi where her temporarily lost skates might be. Once. the Reeve came home fo find his son, 10-year-old Scott, entertaining a group of his young friends at dinner. As his father talked and joked with the boys, Scott edged up to his mother and whispered: "That's my Golden Boy." Clifford Laycox likes to talk about his children. He enjoys talking about his family connec- tions, too, and lingers proudly on his ancestor, John Williams, who. came to American on the Mayflower in 1620. The direct descendants of Williams settled on a tract of land near Meaford, and farmed there for three gen- erations. Great-grandfather Bry- an brought the name Laycock to the family, but through mis- pronunciation and eventually an error in the telephone directory, which was never cor- rected it became '"Laycox"', Clifford was born in Meaford on September 20, 1913. But when he was only three weeks old his parents moved to the city of Toronto, His father, Stanley, be- came building superintendent of the Toronto Telegram, and held that job until he retired in his 60th year. Clifford was educated at King Edward and Clinton Street Public Schools, Harbord and Riverdale Collegiates, fol- lowed by two years in the East- ern High School of Commerce, all in Toronto. His career took him through seven years as manager of a Seiberling Tire dealership, four years in the Royal Canadian Army, and into the business of buying and selling greeting cards. Bight years ago he moved with his wife and family to the then-new subdivision, West Rouge, in Pickering Town- ship, When he became Reeve he admitted that the greeting card business lost its appeal for him. He now feels that he has found his niche in municipal politics. - It is because of the people he's met, the friends he's made, that Clifford Laycox likes his pres- ent job, He is criticized among his friends and enemies for . being a heavy spender; for supporting the causes which he feels bring progress and distinction to the township. His answer to this criticism is that although spend- ing has to be reasonably con- trolled within the limits of the township budgets, that there is no future for a municipality that stands still, while development advances at a great pace all around it He fought relentlessly in a divided countik{ot a new pro- posed municipal building to re- place the 100-year-old former tavern in Brougham, where township business is now con- OTTAWA REPORT Ie nt oe ae 'Outlook Grim In Parliament By PATRICK NICHOLSON House of and-again--and seemingly up to its old tricks too, Com: uncurbed by a very t Speaker, the members cele- brated their reunion by an opening - day talk marathon which irresponsibly gave trivia priority over the nation's busi- ness, There is confusion and un- certainty as to the course through 1965, with an appreci- able but fortunately diminish- ing der ape that we have ahead of us more campaign chaos rather than the parlia- mentary processes, The only consistent line of thought among MPs is that an election under present circum stances would bring no benefit to the nation, nor to the two large parties, There is no doubt that Cana- dians' faith in the Pearson ad- ministration has been savagely tarnished by the questioned conduct of certain MPs--all Liberals, mostly French-Cana- dians, and some within the Cabinet--or of their aides; a sad decline from its confident boast of "Sixty Days of De- cision."" 'Through imposing the long investigational delays, the prime minister begins to look like the first champion who has leaned against the ropes whilst delivering upper-cuts to his own jaw. TORIES TATTERED At the same time, the "'fam- fly discussions" at the "family meetings" of the Conservative party have eroded even more the diminished national confid- ence in its present status, The moves by which John Diefen- baker seeks to maintain his slipping grip on the leadership are not enhancing his respect, It would be a great pity if that once admired leader, already assuted of immortality as a statue in an honored niche in Canada's Hall of Fame, should do anything to sully that statue, QUEEN'S PARK To the smaller parties, their foes' troubles are pure joy. The New Democrats talk confidently of increasing their vote at an election held soon. They are certainly correct, but 1 doubt if this would increase their re- presentation in the House to the 75 seats which some have sug: -- Yet they might well louble their present 18 seats, largely through gains in Ontario and Saskatchewan. The Social Credit party would poy make gains in Alberta and B.C,, and Real Caouette's Creditistes would make smaller gains in Quebec, IS HOUSE OF MINORITIES This: adds up to a post-elec- tion picture of another minority Liberal government, with the Grits bolstered in office by the New Democrats--at a policy price which makes some here shudder, Meanwhile, we hear specula- tion that Jean Lesage is to be brought from Quebec back to Ottawa, to succeed Mike Pear- son as Liberal leader, Premier Lesage's presence here could improve the image of the Que- bec wing of the Cabinet, but observers doubt if either big party would pick a Quebec leader until the rest of Canada has shaken off the anti-Quebec backlash, sorely aggravated by the burning of the new flag in Quebec and by the Balcer movement sometimes misread as a solely Quebec plot. Other talk suggests that Mr, Pearson will promote into his cabinet Gordon Robertson, a brilliant career civil servant now secretary to the cabinet. The cabinet is already top- heavy with ex-bureaucrats, and this step would be an appalling snub to the present Liberal back-benchers. If the prime minister wants to stiffen his cabinet from outside Parlia- ment, perhaps he should con- sider George McClellan, com- missioner of the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police, Vacationists Bill Is Killed By DON O'HEARN TORONTO--The battle of the farmers versus the city people didn't advance very far in the ' issue of Torbolton Township. It will be recalled the council of the rural township has been taken over by cottage owners who live in Ottawa, And they wanted a private bill approved which would authorize a polling booth in Ottawa for the next municipal election, They got nowhere 'at all with the application. The members on the private bills committee made it clear immediaicly they would have none of this. And the bill. was quickly knocked out. And the hearing left you won- dering if there ever could be a solution to the problem of the opposed interests of rural resi- YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO February 26; 1945 Cyril Schofield was named campaign manager for Oshawa Win - the - War and Community Fund, Oshawa Generals qualified for the play-off series of the Junior "A" OHA championship. Twelve- Oshawa band mem- bers took 11 of the A7 major band music awards dt the Ki- wanis Music Festival in Toronto 35 YEARS AGO February 26, 1930 Twice a day mail delivery was extended to the north end of the city and to Cedardale, Commissioner Hay of the Eastern Canada Salvation Army and Mrs, Hay paid an official visit to the Oshawa Citadel. David Haverson received a presentation on retiring after 44 years' service as foreman at the General Motors plant, ducted. He gives full support to the sewer and water systems that are now beginning to thread their ways through the south part of the township. He wants an indoor arena for Pickering; more baseball dia- monds; skating rinks, "We just don't have enough recreational facilities in Picker+ ing Township," he said, "Metro Toronto pays $3 or $4 million for recreation, | think we should govern ourselves along these lines," Whether or not the ratepayers of Pickering Township think, like young Scott, of Clifford Lay- cox as their "Golden Boy", re- mains to be seen, for he defin- itely proposes to run in the next elettion in December of this year fora second two-year term as Reeve. F, R. BLACKo. v. OPTOMETRIST 136 Simcoe St, North PHONE 723-4191 dents and cottage owners in vacation areas. There is no question that it is not right to have the councils weighted completely in favor of one group or the other, NEEDS DIFFER Not only do they usually not like each other very much, but their needs are quite different. The rural people are inter. ested in good township roads and schools. The cottagers really only want feeder roads and a mini- mum of services. They couldn't care less about schools. Thus in Torbolton the real fuss apparently started when the then rural council decided to re-zone the cottage areas. It was going to zone them so that cot.ages couldn't be winter- ized, from the viewpoint if they were winterized they could be lived in ail year and the town- ship would have to educate more children. Both groups undoubtedly should have a voice and consid- eration on council. In many cases the cottagers far out-number and out-assess the permanent residents, Thus, aga'n, in Torbolton they have 80 per cent of the voters and nearly 70 per cent of the assessment, They are providing the big share of the taxes and should have a say in the way they are spent and raised. And yet the interest of the permanent residents is much stronger and they also should have a strong say. But how do you achieve this? COULD TAKE OVER In most areas if the cottage people turned out in sufficient numbers they would take over the whole council, And if they don't turn out the rural people take over, Putting a polling booth outside the area really contributes noth- ing reaily worthwhile. It only mens the part-time residents can take control, Most significantly even city member® on the committee, and most of them stayed away, voted against the bill. Some said they were sympa- thetic to it, but couldn't see it was an answer, And you ask if there ever can be one, a fair one, casita canes. it temeiaaddiahs ean WOMEN WISER If rural church fowl suppers were ever run on the same cold, calculating, economic standards as are modern chain store oper- ations today, they would have been abandoned years ago. Do you know that between stuffing turkeys, etc., the day before, then waiting on the tables, cooke ing or washing dishes on the day of the fowl supper, women put in as much as 20 hours of work? At one dollar an hour, this would amount to §20, Add to this the maximum donation of pies,..cakes, etc., and you have another $15. This makes a total of $35 donated indirectly by one woman. But just ask an of these women to make a@ cas donation of $10, instead of the $35 otherwise and they would indignantly feel they were being robbed, Strange, isn't it? . parently women just love to it their own way, Try and get men to do anything like this, As one keen observer said, women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. --Goderich Signal-Star DESERTED WIVES Who are the people on relief? The Winnipeg department of welfare has made its first sta- tistical analysis based on the rolls on Dec. 31, 1963. At that time there were 1,267 who were considered employable, and 1,867 unemployable, The study dispels some mis- conceptions, Not all are poorly educated with large families nor do many get involved in drunk charges. The employables on relief are of an age roughly equal to the distribution of the general population. The "unemployables" are dif- ferent. A remarkable number-- 510--are deserted wives, An- other 679 are incapable of work- ing, the largest group being single women. These include those certified hy doctors at be- ing physically or mentally unfit to work, and those with such emotional problems or attitudes that they cannot work, --Winnipeg Tribune BIBLE "And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consent- ing unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him." Acts 22:20, The work of Christ is ham- pered by too many willing to stand by instead of stand up. Real victory never comes to the neutral, MAC'S MUSINGS Brotherhood Week has been Well observed in Oshawa With a number of special Gatherings held at which The noble principles of Brotherhood, fellowship And goodwill between all Races and creeds have Been highly extolled. It Is good that there Should be this interest In the cause of world Brotherhood, but it is Rather ironical that it Should be the subject Of a spate of oratory And newspaper articles For this one week out Of the 52 in the year. If this interest in Brotherhood is as real, And as deeply-rooted As it has appeared to be During. this special week, Then it should not be Necessary to devote one Week of the year to All the propaganda that Is being devoted to it. Brotherhood is somethin 'That should be practis In a practical, tangible During the whole year, By the attitudes we hold Towards our fellowmen Of all creeds and races, Nationalities and color, And by deeds, not words. 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