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he Oshawa Zimes Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1965--PAGE 4 Historic Homes Should Be Saved For Posterity About two years ago, the most historic house in Oshawa, the home built in 1811 by pioneer Roger Conant in the south end of the city, and which earned some fame during the war of 1812, was ruthlessly destroyed by being burned to the ground by the Oshawa fire depart- ment. That was a regrettable act. It is in danger of being duplicated, however, at Niagara-on-the-Lake. In that community there is a house built in 1799 by the Comte de Puisaye when he came to Canada from France. It was spared when American invaders in 1813 put Newark, now Niagara-on-the-Lake, to the flames. Now it is scheduled for an ignominious end by being used for a volunteer exercise by the firemen of Niagara-on-the-Lake. As is natural, the Niagara His- torical Society is making every effort to save this old historic house from destruction. It is appealing to the Niagara Park Commission and to the Ontario government to save it from. the flames, and have it preserved as a historical monu- ment. This commission has prev- jously saved historic houses from destruction, and has had them restored for museum purposes. It is fortunate that there are bodies which are deeply interested in preserving the historic places of the past. That is why the Oshawa Historical Society is now engaged in an effort to preserve and restore the Robinson House at the Oshawa Lakefront, so that it may be saved from demolition by authorities with little regard for history and tradi- tion, The Niagara-on-the-Lake incident stresses once more the value of what is being done by historical societies and associations in pre- serving the worth-while relics of the pioneer days. In this respect, the Oshawa Historical Society should be given strong public sup- port in its effort to preserve the former Robinson House which was a harbor Jandmark over 100 years ago. Tragic Fate Of Over 45s There is something tragic about the proposal made by George Hees that the National! Employment Service should establish an odd-job section to tackle the problem of finding employment for people over the age of 45. How tragic this suggestion is can =be sensed from his explanation of his proposal. For women, he sug- gests that they can be usefully put "to work on "the 101 different kinds of odd jobs that need to be done around every home." He mentioned practical nursing, baby-sitting, 'mending and altering as illustra- "tions of these jobs. For men, the prospect he holds out is just as bleak. He says the She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. C. ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY. Editor ja Times comb! The Oshawe Times Gazette and The Oshew 'established T871) ond the hitby Sirenicle established 1863) 's published daily 'ts eantion to eon ar of atcanen ot rh news despatched in the paper credited to it er to The Associated Press or Reuters, and alse the toca! published york yg rights of special des news patches ere also rese Offic Building, 425 University ices: Thomson Avenue, ores 640 Cathcert Street, Montreal, P SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville Brookiin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpeel, Taunton, Tyrone Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskard, Brougham Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Gree: , Kinsale, Ragian, Blackstock, Manchester. Pontypooi end Newcastle not over 50c per week. By mail in Province of Ontario) outside orate delivery orecs (12.09 per year. Other Countries 15.00 Ontario; U. S.A. and xg or 24.00. average home is in frequent need of handymen to tackle minor prob- lems of carpentry and plumbing, and other types of household chores. These odd-time jobs are not be- ing proposed by Mr. Hees for men who have retired at 65 and merely want occasional employment to eke out their pensions and occupy their time. They are being proposed for a group of an age when they would normally be at the height of their powers, in the prime of life and usefulness -- the age of 45 years. Does Mr. Hees suggest that when men at that age become unem- ployed, often through no fault of their own, they are ready to be placed on the scrap-heap of in- dustry, and to be left as odd-job workers for the 20 or more years until they qualify for an old age security pension? That a suggestion of this kind should be considered seriously, and even commended in some quarters, is an admission that our modern industrial society has quite failed to master the problem of ensuring employment to able-bodied and capable men once they have passed the early age of 45. The vast major- ity of men, and women, too, at that age, are fully capable of giving a full day of rewarding work for a day's pay. They are far too young to be placed on the industrial scrap- heap and have their activities limited to the odd-job categories. RE ADERS ' WHITBY TOWN CLERK John Frost Has Served Community For 40 Years WAHiTE... OSHAWA'S TAX STATISTICS The Eaiter, The Oshawa Times. Sir: It makes us proud to see Oshawa grow, though this is a natural structure and is assembled like a machine with many many wheels. It hardly fulfills its original distinction by failing of one small part of it We have a normal growing sit- uation in our city. Industry and business expands. Apartment buildings and bungalows seem to grow like mushrooms, It would be. very interesting to know if this is not a preferred situation. Yet in the latest re- port on taxes it was stated that the percentage of additional population is higher than the percentage of the tax-rise. Well, if this is going to be compared we better discourage people from moving to ~- Oshawa! Whitby has -repeatediy shown appreciation of the new Steel company, which takes tax. bur- den away from the public. How shout Oshawa? There seems to be lack of control and statistics during the fiscal year. It just does not add up to make the houseowners believe it costs only 5.5 cents a day more on taxes. Do not forget the -80 cents (at least) a day, we pay already. If the city hall starts the penny business then we would like to know their. daily income. We are not in enter- prise business. If we would fig- ure out all our obligations on expenses plus regular and irreg- ular household spending; then everyone has to have a pay cheque like we have as em- ployees at General Motors. That might be the basic work- ing structure of our representa- tives of the City of Oshawa I recommend for the city council to start a periodic cor- respondence with other cities which are leading in the field of economy! They might learn something. We gladly would show our appreciation if we all get the treatment we deserve. We, the people of Oshawa, are responsible if our city is to stay the way it is or if it is to grow So please, city hall, show your response toward the taxable $6,000 income group with the hope that our prosperous City has not houseowners with less less income than that! A houseowner at 8 attractive road HOSS A. ZIMMERMAN 585 Farewell street, Oshawa. MAC'S MUSINGS Forty-eight years ago Today, the Canadian Corps Of the first world war, Fighting for the first Time as a@ united corps of The soldiers of Canada Stormed the heights of Vimy Ridge and won one Of the greatest battles In that war's history. very The survivors of those Who stormed that ridge on That Easter morning of The year 1917 are growing Fewer with every year, But on this day they are Sure to be thinking back To that cold morning of Snow and sleet which fell As they went on to attack: The German lines on that Bastion of the front. As we think back to that Historic day of which Canadians can be proud We think most of all of Our comrades who fel! in The assault on the ridge, But whose deaths proved A spur to the others To go on to victory. Vimy Ridge today, as we Have seen it on our Visits in recent years, Is very different from By BRIAN McCALL of The Oshawa Times Staff Forty years ago Whitby was a sleepy little farm community of 2,500 persons who spent their spare time at strawberry soci- ables and dances. The year was 1923 when a young immi- grant from England, John Frost, arrived on the scene. The peo- ple in town welcomed him, and within several months he start- ed a job that would prove to be his: lifetime career. Mr. Frost, known to his friends as "Frosty", has served this now booming community in the office of town clerk for 42 years. BORN IN LIVERPOOL He was born in Liverpool, England, to Scottish parents in 1901. His father, a master baker, died when he was 10, and in 1917, a the age of 16, he found himself in an army recruiting centre. "T told the sergeant I was 18, and within a couple of months I was on the line in France," he said. When the war ended in 1918 he decided the army was not for him, but it was not until 1921 that he sought his release. After shedding the khaki he worked in a Liverpool Depart- ment store, where he rose from the basement stock room to the administration office *He wasn't happy with his lot in the store and, disillusioned with the labor picture in Eng- land, he decided to make the step that would change his life. The fresh, young country. call- ed Canada appealed to his sense of adventure, and shortly after. he said farewell to England When he arrived in 1923 the first faint rumblings of things to come were apparent, and he landed his first job -- bolting together the rails on the now defunct Toronto and Eastern Railway The line was to provide elec- tric railway service between Oshawa and Toronto, and con- struction was commenced at the eastern end. "T was working on the rail- way for several months, until the railway ran out of money and I found myself out of a job.' Work was hard to find in a small community, and he struck out for Buffalo, where he work- ed for several weeks before re- turning HALF-BROTHER'S ASSISTANT His half brother held the post of town clerk, and for almost two years he worked for the town with no wages, as his bro- ther's assistant In the fall of 1925 the town council hired him as assistant town clerk and voted that he be paid the magnificent salary of $15 per week. He did his job well, and in May of 1926, short- ly after his brother's retire- ment he was -appointed town clerk, and paid $100 per month. "We didn't have too much to worry about in those days and looking after the town dogs was one of the jobs of my depart- ment." He shared a desk with his staff -- one girl, and the clerk's department' shared a_ small room with the town's only po- lice constable The town's boundaries were the same when Mr. Frost took office as they are now In 1934 he bought a Model "A"' What it was in 1917, But it will ever remain A lasting memorial to the Valor of the Canadians Who climbed it to victory And made the name of Canada ring around the Whole of the free world --April 9, 1965 GOOD EVENING By Jack Gearin Local 222 Vote Is Just Around The Corner Speaking of elections There's a big one upcoming in Oshawa That will be the vote next May for the top 10 executive posts of Local 222, UAW-CLC (and for 16 delegates to the Canadian UAW Council) There are no local elections of greater importance, not ex- cluding the municipal, and for a simple reason. The aforementioned 10 ,execu- . tives will control the destiny of 222" (largest UAW local in Canada, whose 17,300 members pay in more than $80,000 month- ly in dues three-fifths of which goes to the International UAW). The political world of the UAW is .a rough and ready place where tension frequently runs high, where issues are bit- terly contested; yet elections are conducted on a high demo- cratic basis and the' turnout is usually high (an all-time high vote of 7,363 turned out in 1963). Elections (like horse races) are unpredictable, as was the case in 1963; yet there is no in- dication as yet that President Albert Victor 'Abe' Taylor and his Democratic Right Wing Group will be toppled from wer The DRW's hold seven of the 10 executive seats, Their 1963 victory represented a politica upset of magnitude inasmuch as the then 36-year-old Taylor (a south plant employee in Paint, Too bad, too, because the ex- It's all a matter of economics, Trim and ee) was a evangelist (ex-newspaper and rd lack pd et ie es aah tees comparative unknown is city of 70, nas only three Taylor's opponent for the advertising executive and pres- dog pound employees (one of presidency was Malcolm Smith, ent vice-president of the Ontario whom is for regular _ office a revered and veteran trade Liberal party) is a word-spell- duty), As Mr. Murdoch points unionist with deep roots in the binder who could put on quite out with logic: "'How.can three local, as one of the original a show out and around the men 'pick off' several. thousand founders in the tumultuous days hustings dogs in a few days? Nabbing all of 1937; not only was Smith the first full-time president, he had held the presidency longer than anyone -- 74 years -- and was seeking his third two-year term. Smith represented the Unity Group. He appeared to be un- tention He set the record straight at eral election. these dogs takes time, but we'll London. He said he had no in- do our best." of seeking the party Such assurances do little to nomination in any of five con- calm the tempest; for instance, stituencies where he had been one citizen complained this asked to run in the next Fed- week: 'The trouble with Osh- awa is thal the dogs have taken beatable but he was edged out over -- they're in control. Why in a close race for the presi- GONE TO THE DOGS? it isn't safe to walk on some dency, 3,829 to 3,534. Smith said Alderman Hayward Murdoch, streets without football pads. recently that he wouldn't seek the leadership this term, if ever a kindly man who owns a little brown dachshund, is perturbed. Can't somebody at City Hall do something about it?" again -- he is now a UAW It's because of the city's dog City Hall says 2,188 dog li- organizer affiliated with George situation (like Viet Nam, it's de- cences were sold in 1964, but Burt's Toronto office. By the teriorating fast) any casual stroller knows full way, Russel McNeil! will again As a canine-lover, as chair- well that this total doesn't begin be a candidate for the position man of the City's parks, prop- to represent the full canine pop- of secretary-treasurer: like Mr. erty and recreation committee, ulation. The 'great majority" Smith he is a veteran trade he's deeply concerned. There's of dogs picked up don't have li- unionist and twice served as the another reason his phone cences, according to a pound of- local's president rang constantly this week with ficial who also stated that most calls from irate citizens and he of the canines apprehended NO TEMPLETON was subjected to other verbal were of "the larger variety" At least one thing has heen abuses ("Even a director of If the City wants to apprehend settled operations couldn't take too stray dogs' quicker it must Remember Charles B much of this sort of thing," Spend more money and thus Templeton, the glamorous and quipped one- City Hall em- add to the pound's 1964 deficit highly articulate Liberal? ployee) ($15,000 - $17,000) He won't be coming this way Mr. Murdoch has been un Don't phone Mr. Murdoch, as a Federal candidate in On- justly pilloried because hun who recently disposed. of. his tario riding next election (as dreds of dogs ran at large after golden Labrador Retriever be- party -big-wigs hinted, not too the 'April. 1 October 1 tie-up cause he didn't think the city subtly), bylaw became effective, was the place for euch dogs. TOWN CLERK Ford, and for the next 20 years he was a familiar sight around town in his old machine. "I paid $300 for it, and it ran for 100,000 miles without any trouble', he says. "And on top of that I sold it for $55, and that works out to about $12 a year." MARRIED IN 1936 Of 1936, he says, the year off well"' On New Year's Day he mar- ried a local girl, Marjorie Baker, The couple have two daugh- ters, Catherine and Margaret, who teach school in Scarboro. The town grew slowly in his first 20 years of office, and, the "T. started THE TIMES PERSONALITY OF WEEK dark days of the depréssion left many families with nowhere to turn but to the town Experiencing difficulty in col- lecting the taxes from the hard- hit town, he "applied a bit of psychology" in the tax depart- ment. He hired a man to circu- late the town and plead with those who had not paid. Being a small,town, it was not long before a visit by the tax collector became a topic for dis- cussion at tea parties and. it quickly became a' save-face measure to pay the taxes The job of town clerk in the thirties was not nearly as exact- ing as the same position today. The total town budget was onl? $100,000 compared to millions to- day, and the less there is to spend the easier the job of spending becomes. START OF GROWTH Industry started to locate in the late fifties and what was once a small comunity became a booming town of 16,000 with an assessment of millions.. In 1960 a large modern municipal building was erected. The man who started with a staff of one, found himself the head of a multi - department office, giving employment to 64 people. He has served the long- est of any of the four clerks in the town's history. Looking back over the years he can recall many small inci- dents of humor. "At one time, when Ed Bow- man was mayor, he gave me my first cigar. He said 'Here 'Frosty' have a cigar," and I made the mistake of smoking it I passed through the half way meeting, out council JOHN FROST and they had to carry me home ---- I don't smoke any- more." "We had a big snow storm in 1927, and-the police chief went to see an old lady about. shovelling her walk. "She ask- ed him who put the snow there, and he replied that he guessed the Lord did. '" Well the next time you see the Lord,' .she_ replied, 'tell Him to remove it'."' VIEWS FOR FUTURE His views for the future of the municipality are founded on years of experience. He fore- sees a union with Oshawa as an "inevitable event'? by which the town will prosper On the current issue of annex-, ation with Whitby Township he says the town would be the financial loser. Annexation with the township is the only alterna- tive to forming a metropolitan area with Oshawa, he said. "But, if the town does annex the township to form a city of Whitby, the cost to the town would be tremendous," he said. "The cost of providing services to the Garrard road area alone would run to millions "By uniting with Oshawa the town would experience' many benefits, such as the high priced technical help we cannot afford now." In 10 years, he says, the town will boom with industry and new growth, and the whole area will prosper. As reasons for his prophesy he gives: the new: steel mill; the new atomic hydro develop- ment at Fairport: accessability to good transportation of all types: and the availability of one of the largest markets in Canada. COMMUNITY SERVICE Mr. Frost has been closely connected with community af- fairs for many years and was a member of the Rotary Club for 20 years. He is a past master of Com- posite Lodge, AF and AM, No 30, and has been an elder at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church since 1935. The municipal offices of the town of Whitby run smoothly thanks to the experience of a lifetime provided by John Frost. , BIBLE "That I may know Him, and | the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of His suffer- ings being made conformable unto His death." Philippians 3:10 The greatest desire of every Christian ought to be to know Christ and make Him known. A lot of people have met him but don't know Him. TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS April 9, 1965... Confederate General Rob- ert E. Lee surrendered to U.S. General Ulysses S Grant one hundred years ago today--in 1865--at Ap- pomattox Court House, and the American Civil War was over. The industry and econ- omy of the South had been virtually destroyed. The war cost the North about $11,- 500,000,000 (including pen- sions and 'interest on war loans) and the South about $3,500,000,000. Though they were never counted prop- erly, about half a million men died in battle, and thou- sands more in prison camps. 1682--The Cavalier de La- Salle discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed. Louisiana for France 1959 -- The names of the first seven U.S. astronauts in Project Mercury were announced. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- the French secured the village of Les Eparges after weeks of battle; the Austrian armies retreated before the Russian advance; and Italy moved troops to the Austrian frontier Second World War Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940 -- the German occupation of all Denmark and the port cities of Nor- way was completed within 24 hours; Vikdun Quisling's group announced itself . as the government of Norway: and fierce isolated battles took place throughout the North Sea. OTTAWA REPORT Dangers Are Seen In Animal Drugs OTTAWA--When Dr. P. B. Rynard, Conservative MP from Orillia, asked the minister of agriculture if he had heard re- ports of severe illness among animals caused by a drug called stilbestrol, he fired the first shot in what may develop into our most far-reaching enquiry involving artificially 'im- proved" foods. Harry Hays ad- mitted that he was not aware of such illness; but I quickly learned that several MPs are better informed than the min- ister in his field. Stilbestrol is a synthetic pre- paration simulating an oestro- genic hormone. Drugs of this type are prescribed for women as contraceptives, and to alle- viate menopause ailments. They induce sterility, but are also suspected of causing certain forms of cancer. Diethylstilbe- strol, to give it its chemical name, is widely used as a fat- tening additive to animal feeds. It dulls the sexual impulse of animals so treated, and makes their flesh retain extra fluid, thus increasing the content of water and other liquids in the body, while its residue lodges in the fat. Stilbestrol is given to steers, by means of a pellet fired into the neck from a pistol}. There it lodges just beneath the skin and dissolves over a period of six to nine months. A pellet, costing 80 cents, may add as much as 100 pounds to the steer's weight, thus increasing its price by up to $22 when it is slaughtered. I have several times men- tioned the dangers being cre- ated for mankind through the uncontrolled use of powerful chemicals by ignorant laymen. Pesticides and insecticides are known to be poisoning our na- tural environment; here is an- other example. QUEEN'S PARK Serious Problems In Beckett Report By DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- Now the ques- tion is how can it be done. The Beckett select committee here has completely endorsed regional government. The basis would be to set up county governments, including cities, that would have the major responsibilities in the municipal field except for edu- cation. Local governments would then not be much more than "boroughs." With all the other expression there has been in favor of this, including endorsement here from Premier Robarts down, the only remaining questions ' would seem to be when and how it will be brought about. And the "how" is the impor- tant consideration. To date; practically all of the thinking has been on the pros and cons of regional develop- ment itself. Very little, if any, thought has been given to the mechanics of bringing it about. And this will not be a simple problem. MEANS REORGANIZE It means reorganizing an en- tire structure of government which takes in hundreds of mu- nicipalities, thousands of em- ployees, hundreds of local de- partments, and the installing of new ways and methods. YEARS AGO 20 YEARS AGO April 9, 1945 Stewart J. Storie, secretary- treasurer and Fred T. Storie, vice-president and plant mana- ger, retired from Fittings, Limited, after 40 years' service. A fund-raising campaign was launched to complete the build- ing of Christ Church ,;on Mary street. Premier George A. Drew of Ontario was guest speaker at the Oshawa Rotary Club. 35 YEARS AGO April 9, 1930 J. C. Fowlds, member of a Canadian bowling team, return- ed from a tour of Australia and New Zealand. Lorne Ardiel of Oshawa was elected president, and Brainard Carlyle a director of the Cana- dian Power Boat Association. The lake level at Oshawa was 23 inches higher than the aver- age level for the past 70 years. ACTION! ACTION! ACTION! More Houses Are Sold Daily Through Meas) MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE Consult « member of the OSHAWA & DISTRICT REAL ESTATE BOARD Conservative MP for Grey North, is perhaps Percy Noble, Canada's leading breeder of high grade mink; he has suf- fered a disaster involving ines+ timable damage to his prize herd. He suspects that stilbes- trol got into his herd's diet, as happened in the U.S. three years ago. It causes a break- down in the urinary tract, es- pecially of males, in as short a time as three weeks. At least it makes them sterile; at worst it kills them. Percy Noble has spent over a quarter of a century in building up his herd, which now numbers 3,500 mink--about 2,250 "dark" or black, while the balance are mutations of various colors--in the normal ratio of one male to four females. Some of his males he bought for as much as $1,500 each; he has others he would not sell for that price. The female minks breed in March, giving birth to three or four kits in late April or early May. The pelts of these' can be sold at their prime nine months later, fetching up to $50 each. Last December Percy Noble sold his crop for some $125,000. Within the past three weeks, his herd has been stricken. At least 125 have died already; he estimates that 96 per cent of the survivors are sterile, HUMANS HARMED ALSO? How did stilbestrol get inte mink feed? If it kills mink, what effect might it be having on humans who eat stilbestrol- fattened animals? By govern- ment regulation, its use in poul- try-raising has been prohibited since four years ago. Should its use be permitted in any ani- mals, merely to enable water to be sold to the consumer at the price of flesh? It won't be done by tossing a coin. Metropolitan Toronto, for in- stance, has been undergoing a somewhat similar reorganizing for more than 10 years. And it is still only partly shaken down, At this stage it is almost im- possible to even try and fore- see what most of the difficul- ties will be. They will arise as the study and the debate of the report continues. But there are certain basic questions which obviously will have to be answered, One of these is "will the changes be put through by force or on a voluntary basis?" "Will the initiative be left to the existing municipalities, or what voice will they be given?" (The Metropolitan Toronto re- organization was ordered.) Another is '"'should it be put through all at one time, or piece-meal?" For instance, should it start out with some services, such as planning and police, put on a regional basis with others added gradually? This would seem to be the practical approach; but if it is adopted, what services should be first in line? Then what about elections? Should there be direct repre- sentation (as the Beckett com- mittee recommends)? Or should the municipalities in the region send their own representatives (as- has been the system in Metro to date)? These are only a few of the fundamental - problems. From them hundreds of details grow out. Obviously it is a transition that won't be worked out quickly, but when it is it will mark the most important de- velopment in municipal govern- ment in history. AT THE \ HEART OF EVERYTHING 383 West 57th St., New York City COtumbus §-6100 JOSEPH A. STINGO, General Manager ety tard anne we