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Oshawa Times (1958-), 29 Nov 1967, p. 5

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RE THE days when tical pros think ser- » next Federal elec- it is constantly a ' and preparedness word if they are te realizes this better )P's William "Bill" 1 honored member 1 his party's circles ovincial election. tenure of office a paid, full-time anizer) will termin- ' Dec. 31; but, be- , there is some 1m- nished party busi- to wind up. wants to do is to party's Oshawa- ral riding associa- sed plan of attack t election ("NDP in Ottawa think it ther next Spring or ys). cutives proudly re- uncompleted docu- umpsty's Blueprint n the Oshawa-Whit- Riding"'. FULLY realizes trict has failed to deral NDP or CCF > the late 1940's ' Williams won a put he has amply point -- he knows anize for victory, to minute detail. " is his pet word, and time - con- 'ization of the type off so handsomely ey. the NDP to quick- poll captains for | poll in the new will recruit help- pamphlets, litera- wants section or- hey are the real he says, "because onsible for blocks individual ones). the association to esent membership quickly appoint a Federal election yur from Oshawa, hitby). minars and social so planned. -old graduate of iversity (in Politi- does not want the lose what he calls nomentum", e party has at "good" potential 1 from the dis- not seem to think dges, the dignified farmer and trade or, would be the -bearer here, first job at NDP juarters will be a fund-raising .tour e will be to raise ally, but we will ore than that, of uid). iM WAR RCENT OPINION 3% feel they is all about. here than in ). nem wer sre fight- s respondents, m, to explain six-in-ten said re 16% who hese answers from critical rialism or "to ho said 'yes'? hting for interests, 9 ace 5 9 2 . 6aid, "I have never forgotten had been working on plans to coming year, a mission study of ~Japan and panorama of the 'Mrs. Leith Jones were tea -AMALGAMATION MAIN TOPIC 'North BROOKLIN (Staff) -- Amal- gamation was the key topic last night as 17 candidates for the Dec. 9 Town of Whitby elections Spoke to an audience of about 70 at the community center here. None of the candidates had a bad word to say about) _ amalgamation. The "meet the candidates" session, sponsored by the Cham- ber of Commerce, allowed the politicians four minutes each to| ™ speak. The talks were followed! - by a question period of which the audience did not always make use. ; First of the two candidates -for reeve to speak was Gordon Hanna. "I cannot tell you the name Brooklin will last forever," he said. 'But, today, it will prob- ably be best to keep the name of Brooklin alive. The name may gradually die out -- the 'new people of Brooklin may want to be known as the town of Whitby." He alluded to Quebec, saying, "They made a mistake 100/h years ago when they let Que- have its own language and culture."' Mr. Hanna said he wanted the|™ent you need." | new town to be a blending of the farm and the town. 'The 10 acre lot development is wrong," -he said. Present reeve George Brooks the lessons I learned on the h farm in Seaforth. I don't claim to be a farmer, but I understand their problems." Mr, Brooks said experience was needed to understand the job of being a reeve. He said he develop a marina in Whitby --/|# Ward Voters Hear Candidates RENE THIEBAUD «.. "arena dump" e said. land and will develop it into an industrial park tain it will bring in the assess-| "We have Cito an| --we are cer-! Heber Down was the first of| the four candidates for North| Ward councillor to speak. "It has been a busy year for amalgamation. But it is a long way ahead of. annexation. I lave given a lot of thought to it -- industry is coming -- you all know what lower taxes," he said, that means -- Mr. Down added, "I'm not too fussy about them taking away the name Brooklin. Highways 7| ind 12 still lead here. Toronto) "this can become the great|Still has Rosedale and Willow-| harbor it was at the beginning of the century." "Industrial development is/|a the key to the whole problem," dale." Sam Hollingsworth said he greed development of a new municipality must be looked at would try to avoid high capital costs, and would give the farm- ERIC BRANTON +++ more like home as a whole, but each must look,of it but said his eight years' after his own particular ward. "The key word is gradually-- f SAM HOLLINGSWORTH ... key word gradually anyone expecting mushrooming|°f the four candidates will growth is going to be dis- appointed," he said. Mr. Hollingsworth said he land as the population. moved north. "TI live in the East Ward but am running in North Ward be- cause it is more like home to me," Eric Branton said. "I was raised here and know most of arena a garbage dump was elected. The fourth candidate to speak, all this has been done without Rene Thiebaud, called the town|Costing the taxpayer a cent. is| 'The arena is not perfect," he| drinking and fighting every Sat- continued, "but it is a place} board of education, Hugh Ormis- ers the benefit of selling theirjurday night," he said. '"'Every| where people gather -- we don't|tor and Russell Batton agreed year something should be done|screen the people to keep the arena in shape." He said there are 250 children who want to play hockey and/|office, -said, "I "dump."' "There MEET CANDIDATES SESSION HEBER DOWN +. . step forward "In the past two years, tne experience on board of educa-|arena has had new dressing tion would be a big help. Two;rooms with new cement floors, be|a new ice machine, repairs and new paint, and new lighting -- the people here. |since the old one was next to a/ance." 'Amalgamation is an improve-| cemetery. ment -- a step forward -- but When the eight candidates for|spoke are: Jacob Bryant, Rob- we must guard against dis-| PUC had their chance to speak, |ert W. Cawker, Beverly J. couragement. Nothing comes|James Brady, who spent two|Davis, Joseph Drumm, Albert quickly." years on council as chairman of] Randall, and Harold R. Slichter. Mr. Branton said council will be faced with a busy time ahead the arena, took the opportunity to defend the arena. _ WHITBY / AJAX PERSONALS St. Mark's United Church Women Unit 8 leader, Mrs. R. preciation of Mrs. Bruce Merlin, Mrs. Neil Green, Mr. and Mrs. A. Smith opened the meeting| James with a reading entitled 'In ap-jand Mrs. Grandmother." |and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilson, Mrs. Ida Simpson took the de-|Qshawa. Mr. and Mr. Ajax, Stewart, Whitby, Cyril Merlin, A buffet lunch was votional period. Her theme was|served by the hostess. "What plans have you Made." Plans were made to assist with Mrs. James McCarroll pre- the United Church Senior citi-|sided at an executive meeting of zens luncheon of Dec. 7. Next|S t. John the Evangelist CWL Unit meeting of Dec. 14 will be|and announced that a contribu- in the form of a pot luck lunch-|tion will be sent to Family Plan" to support a fam- eon at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. K. Mc- Kelvie gave as her topic "How| il the Church came to Us," telling the history of the church through the ages to the present day. Mrs. Smith discussed brief-|the Ontario Hospital, : Fairview Lodge, county jail, Brownies and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The Christmas Pascoe and/ get-together will be held Dec. 5 at the amber room, St. John's ly the study program for the es. h Pickering Pound Peelers : TOPS Club meeting and social "Save a ly residing in India. There will be communication between the family and the CWL league. Christmas gifts will be given to Whitby, all with a buffet supper and ntertainment. All laides of the arish are invited to attend. They are asked to bring their evening was held at the home of| 447 place setting. Donald Loscombe, 39 Georgina Ave., Pickering. Dawn McCombe who TOPS level was presented with At the regular meeting of St. reached the/ andrew's Presbyterian Women, group 2, final plans were made a gift. Also honored was Jenny/for the annual Christmas Stewart "Queen" of the month. bazaar, Dec. 2, at the Sunday An invitation to attend Whitby). 199) hall, at 2:00 p.m. Ar- rangements were made for the Dec. 1 meeting. Groups 2 and 4 will be responsible for the dinner, at 6:30 p.m. Following the meet- ing, selves making paper flowers to Whittlers meeting Nov. 28 was accepted. A diet lunch was served by the hostess. The success of the recently held bizarre bazaar was dis- cussed at the Whitby General Hospital Women's Association b meeting and members are an- ticipating another bazaar for the next year. Members will), not meet in December, the next meeting will be held in Janu-/s ary and the new meeting place Mr. and Mrs. Bonar Hervine, visitors at the home of Mr. and terian Church, with Rev. W. J. 4 ceremonies for the evening. In will be the centennial building.| charge of Mrs. George Stott, Mrs. Charles Barter and Mrs. C. R. Pickard. River Hebert, Nova Scotia, are Community singing was led by r bs Victor Agnew, with J. R. Rob- Mrs. Donald Irvine, 526 Kent ertson at the piano, Taking part St. Association dinner members busied them- e sold at the bazaar. St. Andrew's Night was held t Whitby St. Andrew's Presby- . McClure acting as master of the program were A member of the audience, George Andrew, R R1, Ashburn, in the program were Neil Mc- Rae, piper, William Clarke, fid- dier, accompanied by Douglas Smith, on the guitar; the jun- ior choir, under the leadership of Mrs. Joseph Baxter, which joined with the intermediate choir for Scottish melodies. Miss Anne Gowans and the Misses Louise and Donalda Mc- Donald performed with Scottish dances. Carman Sarles, princi- pal of Kathleen Rowe School, entertained with his puppet, Harry Lauder. The Second Time Around singers, led by Miss Sheila Smith, performed several selections. The evening ended with community singing. Mrs. Donald Butts, president of Group 3 Presbyterian Women, thanked all who participated and attended. Light refresh- ments .were served. -- About required 90 WHITBY RESIDENTS | IN TELEVISION EPISODE WHITBY (Staff) 50 Whitby residents will be under the bright lights Thurs- day and Friday as the Can- adian Broadcasting Corpora- tion films parts of a "Quen- tin Dergens, MP" episode at the centennial centre. A small Ontario town court room setting was for the episode, about two In- dians, one accused of killing the other. And the theatre in the centennial building was formerly such a court room. Since Tuesday, a crew of set directors, carpenters and inte been returni: Mr. and Mrs, Fred A ee ee uit president of the Whitby Gen- eral Hospital Women's As- sociation was contracted and the 41 persons needed as extras" for the audience were found, in addition to the 10 men and two women in the jury. "It might be the beginning of something big to have the Whitby . Centennial Centre publicized through the tele- vision media,' said Centre chairman Ronald Hawkins. "It will help to make known the facilities available." The CBC also selected Whit- by because it was close to and infant son Andrew, of Marblehead, Mass., spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. to its form. The judge's bench had been stored in the basement. Richard Matthews, Toronto and because the front main ent ing. country are tough and we don't have to have this kind of treat- ment." utes. and stairway is the right setting for film- like in the just people of Whitby. We As one of three men seeking! the two board of education posi-| tions, Russell Lunney, ignored the four-minute speech limit) ell saying, 'turn that thing off|fident of winning, é wha st a 8 std | McPherson, went on for another ten min-|S€ven years experience as juty-reeve, admits, "But I've got He said, "'I believe in equality|aS good a chance as any of the of of education and equality of op- other candidates. Clifford Laycox, sales repre- curtail residential development! currently|and vigorously promote indus-| the --I do every morning" portunity in education. Whether! they believe it or not the rural/sentative, |serving as reeve, . "Special education or speech never confident until the last Same time seek further provin- people have not had this." Four Different Views On Pickering Election ;added some excitement to the|four candidates for reeve of | questioning period when he said, |"The point of the amalgamation is that we must not feel the citi- zens of Brooklin have to be mollycoddled Saturday's election with differ-|was for 'provincial authoritie: ent-degfees of enthusiasm. "Certainly I'm confident I'll the) win," declared Sherman Scott, former Ontario County warden and township reeve, who oper- ates a building supply business. 4 "A candidate has to be confi-|basis. dent to get involved in the first} place." justice. from the township." H would like to see local polic " Mrs, Jean tion, that he would attempt t a housewife with) Verhaul the dep-|Ministration. tial ratio. "I think we shoul who is says, "I'm{trial development, and at correction -- we are entitled to)poll is counted and I've got ajcial aid." his," he said. Mr. Lunney said schools were majority." "I'm never confident," not open enough and were not John Williams, former Ward 3 its equal share of taxes," used enough. He said we are councillor, spending money "to fix dump up" (the centre) and there are schools with auditoriums and of the time." The other two candidates for people should have the educa- tion to get for themselves a high standard of living. We have | 1,500 students in our _high| | schools -- it has doubled in 'seven years." THREE CHOIRS KEDRON (TC) -- The three choirs will present the can- tata "The King in the Stable') at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 10. The jguest artists will be Fred |Denshem, Miss Barbara Tay- jlor and Richard Moses. The| jcantata will be directed by) |Grant Hunter. VICTORIA and GREY | INVESTMENT FUND Composed of com- mon stocks for growth potential. Experienced man- agement keeps the portfolio under con- stant supervision. Arthur Archibald, 513 Centre St. S. Ajax Majorette Corps di a ANCIENT INDUSTRY Jones, and Nicole Malcolm. A was/float, d y represented by 22 girls, ranging|Carl Koppins of Ajax, jin ages from 10 to 14 years, in| the Bowmanville Santa Claus/young majorettes twirling and|show that some paper was pro- d and parade. They were led by Lynn'waving to the crowd. repre- sented the HMS Ajax, with duced as far back as 1492. VICTORIA "© GREY TRUST 'he facture of paper in Great Britain was not firmly es- tablished until 1678, but records 308 DUNDAS ST. WHITBY eee Mr. and Mrs. Francis Stub-| bert, 216 Rosedale Dr., recently celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary. Guests in the eve- ning were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Humphreys, Mr. and Created To : (AOR) Individual b Requirements STAFFORD BROS. MONUMENTS 668-3552 318 DUNDAS EAST | | ae EXPLOFIEF! a Superbly tailored English Venetian and Courier Cloth SUITS and SPORT SUITS vy MICHAELS/STERN 89° i 99:5 See them now. MERCANTILE DEPT. STORE WHITBY PLAZA "TWP Years. of Civ RE-ELECT.. EARL (JAKE) BRYANT Whitby Public Utilities DEC. 9th le Experience. -- | "MILK'S THE GREATEST" Things getting too much to cope with? That's when a tall, cool- ease of milk is the greatest! Milk does more than refresh you. ilk helps give you that GET- UP- AND-GO ie whatever lies ahead. And for pure food value, it's sti most economical buys. Enjoy milk every day habit to get into. THE ONTARIO MILK MARKETING BOARD -- it's a healthy to tackle one of your oN this|reception has community |couraging."' 0 8YM-/hard along the campaign trail, nasiums which can be used. Welsneaking at -- public have public and school libraries doing which are side by side. Schools making are used less than 25 per cent phone. mailed, and signs and _ posters erected. | TOP priorities a shelter exemption. | "but I will say the} been very en-| All the candidates said the would be on hand at the All four have been pounding ship municipal meetings, lection night, except Mr. Wi door-to-door work heavy use of the tele- at 900 Krosno Blvd. Pamphlets have been! : er LARGEST CENTRE SPOT to take over administration of qualified himself by adding he forces retained, but the court} system handled on a provincial Mr. Williams said, after stat- jing the industrial - residential "No, I wouldn't say I'm con-|'atio required immediate atten- Mr. Scott had a suggestion to fer on ,the industrial-residen- town- is building on |Brock Road and Highway 2, on| and, ams, who will be at his home London is the largest centre| for furniture manufacturing, but| THE OSHAWA TIMES, '§ Wednesday, November 29, 1967 Poles Stolen In Township - PICKERING (Staff) -- The|He went on to say one way of reducing the burden of taxes on Pickering Township are facing|Pickering Township residents|) WHITBY (Staff) -- Some- Sione's going to enjoy a couple of giant Christmas logs this year -- two hydro poles have been stolen, Whitby Ontario Provincial * Police said today the poles, one 40 feet long and worth $50, and the other 30 feet long and worth $29, have just disappeared. They were being stored by 9|Ontario Hydro on Lot 29 of the Xd township's ad-|fourth Concession of Whitby | Township. The OPP say a trailer must have been used to take them' 4 away for there are no signs or drag marks on the ground, The theft of Christmas deco- jrations has also begun once jagain, Deputy Chief Gerald |Robinson of the. Whitby police said thieves stole two colored a Mrs. McPherson stated firm-|floodlights from the front lawn Says\ly that, "industry should pay!of William Davidson, 227 Coch rane St., sometime after 1 p.m., y| Sunday. One-Stop DECORATING ' SHOP Wallpaper and Murals Custom Draperies C.I.L. Points and Varnishes : : | : Asked what would occupy top| High Wycome is an important Scre who ¢ome|the schools were open spot in their lists of priorities if|centre for domestic furniture. in. | Schools are open but people elected, three of the four said|- James Ross, seeking PUC|don't come and ask," Mr. 'ars: , : | | E , jthey felt the area's most press-| } advocate - a) Ormistor said. He added, ing problem was the tax situ- NEED FUEL OIL? don't have anywhere to play. standby emergency unit which|"There is no concern over ation resulti from overload He also said a new municipal| will be available 24 hdurs a day. amalgamation -- everything iSling of eadeauiat Pan in CALL led,/It is costly it is i -|s vi A po needed, |It is costly but it is good insur ne eee and it will continu proportion to diaaisinl" da: PERRY Other candidates for PUC who} Mr. Batton said, "Young veropment, 4 723-3443 Mr. Laycox listed among his) DAY. 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