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She Oshawa Times | Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1965--PAGE 4 Education Costs Cause Higher Whitby Tax Rate "The taxpayers of the town of Whitby received a severe shock when the town council approved a residential tax rate for 1965 of 81 mills, an increase of 8.2 mills over the 1964 rate. Since this will mean an increase of $8.20 for every $1000 of assessment, or $41 on assess- ments of $5000, its effects will be felt when this year's tax bills have to be paid. The increase in the Whitby tax rate emphasizes the drain being made on the resources of the prop- erty taxpayers by the rapidly grow- ing costs of education. Of the in- crease of 8.2 mills, the requirements of the Whitby District High School Board accounted for 3.3 mills, An- other 2.6 mills were added by the increased needs of the Whitby Public School Board, making a total increase of 5.5 mills attributable to the educational needs of the town. The county rate was increased by 2.9 mills. The Whitby town council, however, managed to make some economies, and was able to decrease its general rate by 0.6 mills on the dollar. It can therefore escape any blame for the abnormal increase in the tax rate as a whole, The key increase in educational costs, it should be made clear, is the direct result of the rapid expansion of the population in Whitby in re- cent years. That can be attributed to the coming to the town of sub- stantial new industries. It is there- fore the result of progress. Education, however, is one. field of public expenditure in which there is no place for skimping, while at the same time there must be due regard for economical administra- tion. The growth in the number of pupils means more accommodation, more teachers;.and more supplies and equipment for the schools. So while all of this has meant a sub- stantially higher tax burden, it has been made necessary by services which should have the united sup- port of the taxpayers, who as a rule are well sold on the need for the best possible education for their children. Friend Of Oshawa Dies The death in Toronto of Donald G. Henshaw, director of company public relations for the MacLaren Advertising Company, and one of Canada's pioneer radio broadcast- ers, will be regretted by many in Oshawa who have had close asso- ciations with him in the past. Donald Henshaw was no stranger to this city. His unique talents as a dynamic public speaker were used on many occasions for the support of worthy causes of a charitable nature in Oshawa. He was called upon more than once to be the key speaker at the launching of Osh- awa's Community Chest campaigns. When the Oshawa General Hospital launched an appeal for one million dollars in 1954 for a large hospital extension, it was the inspired ora- tory of Donald Henshaw, at the eampaign-launching dinner, which gent that drive off to a splendid start which ensured its ultimate success. In all of his contacts with Osh- awa, he came here in the role of a man giving his services freely and voluntarily in charitable causes which were dear to his heart, and made a direct appeal to his gen- erous nature. The Oshawa citizens who were charged with the respon- sibility for the direction and man- agement of these efforts will re- member with gratitude his read- iness to come to their assistance through the use of his undoubted talents as a speaker who could arouse enthusiasm for the projects which were involved. There were many facets to Donald Hendshaw's public services, parti- cularly in wartime work on behalf of Victory Loan broadcasts and in the production of propaganda films for Canada and Australia. While born in the United States, he be- came a naturalized Canadian in 1940, and throughout his life in this country set a fine example as a publie-spririted and devoted citizen of his adopted -country. Unhealthy Atmosphere Because of the events leading up to the Dorion inquiry, and the na- ture of the evidence presented at its sessions, a most unhealthy at- mosphere has developed in political circles in the nation's capital. The air has been filled with rumors, innuendos and suspicions, and there is a feeling that everyone is wait- in in anticipation of the next piece of scandal to be unearthed. That this type of atmosphere prevails around Parliament Hill is vouched for by John Munro, par- liamentary secretary to the minis- try of health. Speaking in Toronto, he said that vicious, unsubstan- tiated rumors about cabinet minis- ters are swirling in Ottawa, making it a distasteful place in which to live. In his speech he said; "All members are sick of this unhealthy activity of members going around trying to get some- thing on other members. You can- She Oshawa Times T. L, WILSON, Publisher R. C, ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY. Editor The Oshawo Times combining The Oshawa Times lestablished 1871) and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays end Stotutory holidays excepted) Members. of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ery Association. The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Cntario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entified to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, and also the local news published therein. All rights of special des- patches are also reserved. Gffices:_ Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. _ SUBSCRIPTION. RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajox, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Tounton, tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskilten, Orono, Leskerd, Brougham, Burketon, Cloremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blockstock, Monchester Pontypoot and Newcastle not over SOc per week. By mail in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivety areas 12.00 per year, Other G Countries 15.00, USA, end foreign 24.00, not help but wonder whose reputa- tion will be on the block next. It is disturbing to see MP's running around their offices, looking through carbons of letters they have written to others in Ottawa to see whether they have made interference that might be used against them. Innu- endos are being spread without proof." An atmosphere of this kind can- not be a good thing for the political life of the country. Smearing state- ments made with no proof behind them, and for which the person making them cannot be called to account because of parliamentary privilege, are despicable, especially when their is no direct charge or accusation, but merely a sly sug- gestion that something may have. been wrong, Opposition members may feel that they are justified in trying to destroy the image of the govern- ment, but to do so by utilizing un- substantiated rumors and sugges- tions is neither gentlemanly, honest, nor jusifiable. Other Editors' Views LORD'S DAY ACT (Kingston Whig-Standard) The Lord's Day Act is a bad law because it is unenforceable, In fact, it is difficult to think of one valid reason why the Act, as such, is necessary at all. It probably acted as a safeguard against the exploit- ation of labor during the early nine- teen hundreds when it was enacted, but it is now' out.of date, if not downright farcical. Such exploit- ation is precluded by adequate labor legislation and by the trades union . movement itself, NDP ENTRY WHITER THAN WHITE aul, TY | ar quesec a oCcREO }. VERSION oF MR. CLEAN OTTAWA WINTER CARNIVAL TRULL FAMILY STORY Family Tree Compilation Reveals Pioneer History ARTICLE NO. 1 Miss Edra McKnight, a great- great-granddaughter of one of one of the original settlers of Darlington township, east of Oshawa, John W. Trull, has rendered a great service to those who are interested in the early history of Oshawa and the surrounding district by compil- ing and publishing the complete family tree of her pioneer an- cestor. The amount of research involved in compiling this record has been tremendous, yet she undertook it with pains- taking love.. Miss McKnight, who is a registered nurse em- ployed at the Belleville General Hospital, went to great pains to trace missing members of fam- ilies descended from Mr. Trull, and to place them in the proper branches of the family tree, It must have been a monu- mental task. : Miss McKnight has done more than simply trace the family tree. She has compiled within the same volume the historical background of John W. Trull, and the story of the family's migration from the United States to the Oshawa area, and from there she has gone on to trace the growth of, the family after settlement in Darlington, PRESENTED TO SOCIETY Because of all this, it is fitting that a copy of the Family Tree of John W. Trull should appear in the archives of the Oshawa and District Historical Society, in a room in the Henry House Museum, This has been made possible by the generosity of Donald Burns, of Burns' Shoe Store of Oshawa, a sixth gen- eration descendant of John W. 'Trull, who the other day pre- sented a copy of Miss Mce- Knight's book to Miss Rose Hawkes, chairman of _ the Archives Committee of the His- torical Society. It will be a valu- able addition to the. society's archives, and will doubtless be- come an object of interest to many visitors to the museum in the future. PROGENITOR OF FAMILY John W. Trull, the original pioneer, was born on the Isle of Wight, in 1746. He was pressed into service in the British navy at the age of 13, on a man-of- war named "'Irando", For sev- eral years he served on a ship which was engaged in the slave trade in Africa. Later he settled in the American Colonies, and at the period of the outbreak of the American Revolutionary war, he was at Tewsbury, Mass:, 20 miles northwest of Boston. He was awakened by a mes- senger at 2 a.m. on April 19, 1775, and in accordance with a pre-arranged signal, he fired the shot that warned Dracut, across the Merrimack river. . Through- out the revolutionary war, he served with the British militia. It was while engagéd in mili- tary service that John W. Trull met the family of Dr, Casey, who had a daughter named Lydia, It seems they fell in love at first sight, and it is told that they eloped and were married in 1782, when Lydia was 17 years old. Four children were born to them in the United States, Eunice and Susan, who were twins, and Elizabeth and Sarah, MIGRATION TO CANADA At the end of the Revolution- ary War, many families who had settled in the Colonies, and remained true to the British connection, were persecuted by the triumphant revolutionaries for their loyalty, There was a general confiscation :of their possessions and they were driv- en to seek a home elsewhere, Thousands of the loyalists, in- cluding some of the best edu- cated and wealthiest, left the country and fled to Canada. These people were induced to come to Canada by the land bounty, a proclamation issued by Col. John Graves Simcoe, then Lieutenant - Governor of Canada, that all males of the age of 18 years who settled in the country should be entitled to 200 acres of land. JOINED ROGER CONANT About this time, John W. Trull became acquainted with Roger Conant, who made his first visit to Darlington township in 1788, and then returned to the United States to recruit some other settlers, Filled with a desire to live peaceably under the British flag, John Trull joined forces TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS March 13, 1965... Eileen Vollick of Hamil- ton. Ont., took her final tests under the eye of a Ca- nadian government air in- spector 37 years ago today --in 1928--and became the first Canadian woman to receive a private pilot's li- cence. It was also only the 77th licence issued. Miss Vollick was the tirst woman ever to pilot a ski-equipped airplane, a Curtiss Jenny biplane. 1775--The first the American Revolution was shed at Westminster, Vermont. 1953--The U.S.S.R. vetoed a 'JN Security Council rec- ommendation to appoint Lester B. Pearson of Can- ada as secretary - general succeeding Trygve Lie of Norway. First: World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915--the Battle of Neuve Chapelle ended, and British troops consolidated their positions after capturing practically all trenches in and about the French. vil- lage; French troops cap- tured Vauquois, a strategic Argonne position Second Worid War Twenty-live years aga to blood of day--in 1940 -- Finland and Russia signed a peace treaty giving the Soviets the Karelian isthmus to- gether with paris of north and northeast Finland; 100,- 000 Finns begen to flee from areas ceded to Rus- sia; Baron Mannerheim of Finland claimed 200,000 Russians and 15,000 Finns had been killed in the 105- day war. March 14, 1965... First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- the last German cruiser left at sea, the Dresden, was sunk near Juan Fernandez off the Chilean coast by the Brit- ish cruisers Kent and Glas- gow; a German drive on Warsaw was halted about one mile from the town of Przasnysz, Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940--Germany was reported to have obtained a Russian promise to keep hands off Romania; Norwe- gian Foreign M-nister Koht said Norway and Sweden refused an lith-hour Anglo- French request for passage of Allied troops to Finland because of fears that Ger- many would in with Roger Conant and John Burk, and with them and their families came to Ontario. The records show that' John W. Trull, with his family, ar- rived at Port Darlington, now Bowmanville, and located on their land near Barber's Creek, between what are now Oshawa and Bowmanville. It is said that the relatives of John W. Trull's wife, Lydia Casey, migrated to Canada and landed at Adolphustown, in the county of Lennox and settled in Napanee, Ontario. In W. S. Her- rington's 'History of Lennox County', Willet and William Casey were mentioned § as among the United Empire Loy- alists who came to Adolphus. town by way of Lake Cham- plain. They were born in Rhode Island, where their father was killed during the war. It is not known, however, whether their father was the Dr, Casey whose daughter married John W, Trull, but the family connection was believed to-be close. STORY OF JOURNEY Miss McKnight, in her book, tells the story of the journey from the United States to Dar- lington township, part of it be- ing recorded in the words writ- ten by the old pioneers. They left their old home in the Sus- quehannah River area of New York state, on Sept. 1, 1794 and travelled by way of the Mohawk Valley to Oswego. Their families and household effects were placed on board a large open, rough boat, known as an open batteau. In it, they coasted along the south shores of Lake Ontario, running into bays and inlets to avoid stress of weather, and for the purpose of cooking their meals. Nightly they camp- ed overnight in these sheltered bays. (Next Saturday the story of the settlement of the Trull fam- ily at Barber's Creek, in Dar- lington township, as told by 'the pioneers themselves, will be continued.) MAC'S MUSINGS One has only to visit Oshawa's General Hospital With all its wards filled With suffering patients To realize and give thanks For the blessings of good Health and immunity from Accident that those of us Outside of hospital walls Are privileged to enjoy. The wonderful care which Is given to patients in The hospital 'by doctors, Nurses and other staff Members does wonders to Ease their suffering, And it is gratifying to Know that such services Afe there when needed. But how blessed are we Who enjoy good health, And do not require the Care of hospital staffs, Yet we are all too prone To take this for granted And to realize how much We should be thankful That we can live normally And go about business And vocations every day, Oshawa is fortunate in Having so splendid a Hospital to care for its Sick and injured people, For it is even more Fortunate in that for Most of the time the Great majority of its Citizens afte enjoying Abundant good health, Even if they do not Always appreciate it. REMEMBER WHEN - Horticultura Organized 3 By M. McINTYRE HOOD This evening, in Northminster United Church, the Oshawa Hor- ticultural'Society will be holding a banquet in honor of the 34th anniversary of its organization, It will be a noteworthy occasion, made all the more outstanding because of the presence of many of those who since the inception of the society in its present form in 1931, have been prominent as presidents and as officers of the society, were in attendance. These individuals, who had guid- ed the society down through over three decades to its pres- ent active status, could feel a real pride in the size of the at- tendance at the banquet, and the enthusiasm of its membership. There is some interesting his- tory behind the Oshawa Horti- cultural Society, The organiza- tion which was formed in 1931 and has had an unbroken his- fory since then, was not, how- ever, Oshawa's first horticul- tural society. It is understood that such a society was formed in Oshawa in 1909 or 1910, but the earliest written records which are still available are those for the year 1912, VARIED SUCCESS In the year 1912 had 133 members. But in the next year, membership had dropped to 25. In 1921, it had a massive revival, and enlisted #75 members, But in 1922, al- though there were 202 members enrolled for that year, there was such a lack of interest that only six people attended the annual meeting, which was adjourned for lack/of a quorum, There was another revival in 1925, when the society had 325 members, But again, success was short-lived, because by 1927 the membership dropped to 20, and the Society was again dis- banded NEW SOCIETY FORMED There was no further activity until a completely new horticul- tural society was formed on February 16, 1931. On that oc- casion, close to 100 persons met in the library of the Masonic Temple. John Clark, secretary of the Ontario Horticultural As- sociation for many years, Lionel Godson, director of that associa- tion and E. F. Collins, superin- tendent of the Toronto parks system. were the speakers; and Mr. Collins presented an inter- esting display of slides on horti- culture At this mieeting, it cided to irganize the Oshawa Horticultural Society, and a nominating committee was ap- pointed to draw up a list of prospective officers. The record shows the nominating commit- fee to have been as follows: F. T.Lamble, Robert Brooks, Chris Vann, M. McIntyre Hood, Ross McKinnon, Mrs. J. Young, Mrs. C. King and Mrs..G. D. Conant. y FIRST OFFICERS The first general meeting of the new society was held in the Hote] Genosha on February 23, 1931, with 150 people present, of whom 94 paid their membership fees. J Lockie Wilson, super- intendent of the Ontario Horti- cultural Society Branch, was the guest speaker. The following were elected to serve as the so- ciety's first officers: President. W. Gordon Bunker; Ist vice-president, A. L. Bouck- ley; 2nd vice-president, George Hart; treasurer, R. S. Morphy; secretary, Mrs. E. J. Bowman; directors, W. I, Alchin, . Robert Brooks, John Sargent, Chris Vann, Mrs. G. D. Conant, J. S, Kyle, F. T, Lamble, Mrs, J. C. Yourg, Thomas Wragg and Ross McKinnon. The society conducted a vigor- GALLUP POLL the society was de- 1 Society 4 Years Ago ous membership campaign, and for 1931 rolled un a member- ship of 389, the largest it has ever enrolled, But while mem- bership has fluctuated, it has gone on steadily since then, do- ing splendid work in the interest of civic beautification, The membership varied from year to year Its lowest point was 109 members in 1940. Since then, it has grown steadily, with the 1964 membership the second highes: on record, only slightly below that of 1931: But numbers of membership are not vital, The interest and activity of members and the work done are what count. In 1931, with 389 members, the so- ciety expended $522.50 on its civic projects, and ended the year with a balance of $19.24, In 1955, with 234 members, it ex- pended $1,816.03 on civic proj- ects, flower show prize lists, year book and other expenses and had'a balance of $137 at the end of the year, PAST PRESIDENTS It is expected that many of the past presidents of the so- ciety who are still living will be in attendance at the dinner. The list gf these, starting with -1931, is as follows: 1931, W. G. Bunker; 1922, 1933, 1934, A..L. Bouckley; 1935, FT. Lamble; 1936, 1937, William Alchin; 1938, 1939, M. Coakwell; 1940, 1941, S. Gales; 1942, 1943, R. H. Bran- ton; 1944, 1945 and 1949, F. 0. Kirby; 1946, 1947, Mrs. L. Guy 1948, A, Carson and H, C, Hainer; 1950, 1951 and 1952, Archie Whitmee; 1953, 1954, Mrs, T. C, Fairbrother; 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958 (to May 1), M. McIntyre Hood; 1958, Percy Carter, (deceased October, 1958) balance 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961, Lloyd Johnston; 1962, Archie Whitmee; 1963, 1964, William Frost; 1965, D. MacMillan. The most loyal and long-serving of- ficer, however, is the efficient secretary, Mrs. C, R. 'Silver, who has held that office since January, 1941. ? In these past 34 years, the Oshawa Horticultural Society has done a great work in inspir- ing interest in home. surround- ings and civic beautification. Its projets have been many, Civic eyesores have been transferred into heauty spots. And today, 34 years old, it is strong and vigor- ous, still carrying on the splen- did work it was organized to do, and with an ever-growing mem- bership which is devoted to its purposes and which welcomes anyone who is interested in the creation of a city beautiful, YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO March 13, 1940 Douglas Storie was elected president of the Oshawa Junior Chamber of Commerce. James H. Ormiston was elect- ed chairman of the Whitby Pub- lic Library Board for a third term. Captain Neil Fraser was ap- pointed election official in charge of Ontario Regiment yot- ing in the federal election, 40 YEARS AGO March 13, 1925 The United Churches of Osh- awa formed a city Mission and Church Extension Board. Frank L. Mason _ proposed organization of an Oshawa Chamber of Commerce to sup- plement the Board of Trade. Mrs. B. C. Colpus was elected president of the Centre Street Home and School Cli@, CANADIANS DOUBTFUL ON RUSSIAN LEADERS BY THE CANADIAN INSTIT UTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) the events in Russia that ousted Nikita Khrushchev from his the events in Russia that ouste top post in the Presidium. Just more than three-in-ter d Nikita Khrushchev from tis n do not know how this will affect relations between Russia and the West. Almost four-in ten say Mr. Khrushchey's leav ence. e-taking will make no differ- Twelve per cent feel relations between the Soviet Union and the West will be easier while 17%. say more difficult. The question: "AS YOU MAY BREZHNEV HAVE TAKE KNOW, MR. KOSYGIN AND MR, N OVER FROM MR KHRUSHCHEV. DO YOU THINK THIS WILL MAKE RELATIONS BETWEEN R EASIER, MORE DIFFICUL' ANY DIFFERENCE?" TOTAL Easier 12% More difficult 17 No difference 38 Don't know 33 USSIA AND THE WEST T, OR WON'T IT MAKE 21-29 30-39 40-49-50 & years years years over 9% 12% 1% 13% 20 20 17 13 35 38 37 40 36 30 35 34 100% 100% -- 100% 100% 100% RICH ISLAND The {sland of Nauru, eight- Square miles in area in -the South Sea, is one huge chunk of phosphate rock, one ,of the world's major sources of the fertilizer, - RECORD PLAYER REPAIRS @ ALL MAKES e FREE Pick-up and Delivery Call 723-3867 READERS WRITE... The Editor, The Oshawa Times, WHITBY HOSPITAL PROBLEMS Dear Sir, On behalf of the 850 odd em- Ployees at the Ontario Hospital in Whitby 1 say this: We have many employees on our staff who are veterans of the second world war, who were born in Canada. They fought hard over- seas for four and five years for the preservation of democs racy and freedom of speech, regardless of race, creed or color, With this in mind, the following statements are truth and facts: Psychiatry and those working in psychiatry are in a field of their own. There are not, in industry or any other type of work, employees with whom we can be compared, The psychiatrists and the psychiatric nurses and aides work together as a team, pool- ing their knowledge and obser- vations in the best interests of each and every patient en- trusted to their care. We never forget that our patients are human beings. They could be your or my mother, father, sis- ter, brother, daughter or son. The gratifying part of our work is this: the patients whose problems we help resolve and who return to their loved ones and society are the nicest peo- ple. I can honestly say, some of the most loyal and true friends that I haye today are persons who have been in hos- pital, who have been cured of their illness or breakdown, and returned to their loved ones and home. Some, three weeks ago, Mr. Young, MPP, visited our hos- pital. I can assure you that Mr. Young did not come for the purpose of gathering votes for his party. In the past two years, other MPPs have had the same privil- ege of visiting our hospital and hearing our problems, Because Mr. Young was in- terested enough to visit our hospital and hear our problems, which he honestly will attempt to resolve, we have been be- rated. We would like to know, are we living in a democratic prov- ince? What do you think? JOHN HARKNESS, (On behalf of over 800 employees at Whitby.) OTHER OPINIONS UN IN DANGER Adjournment of the United Nations General Assembly: leav- ing unreso ved the thorny prob- lem of voting rights for states delinquent in payment of finan- cial obligations preserved the form of collective action with- out the spirit. Some cynics suggest that the setting up of a committee to work out some way to re- inject the spirit is a gesture to relieve the two major powers of responsibility for wrecking this second attempt at supra-nation- al world organization. If this suspicion is well grounded then a special re- sponsibility rests on the repre- sentatives of the middle and small powers to see that new life is injected into the United Nations. The London weekly . New Statesman, commented that: "there now arises the disturb- ing suspicion that in the last resort the super powers are more in collusion than colli- sion over the future of the United Nations. If neither is able to manipulate it satisfac- torily, they may both leave it to fester. and wither." --Winnipeg Tribume POINTED PARAGRAPHS Workers aged 45 or over made up about 32 per cent of the Ca- nadian labor force at the last census, A judge has held a coffee cup is not a deadly weapon, but it is still best to preserve the peace at mealtime. BIBLE "For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." 'Acts 20:27. The whole gospel belongs to the whole world; and it is our God given task and privilege to preach it and live it. COSENS & MARTIN Insurance 67 King St. E., Oshawa All line of "728-7515 Ins: ce Res." 725-2802 or 725-7413 RESIDENT OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE i Monteith, Riehl, Waters & Go. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., R.I.A. TELEPHONE BROCK BUILDING WHITBY 728-7527 668-4131 ee " PARTNERS Burt R. Waters, CiA, $2 ADMIRAL ROAD AJAX 942-0890