:'ACE: TWO ·~ __ __.. ____________ TH_E_WH-:--_n_B_Y_C_A_ZE_l 1£ & CHRONICLE. THURSDAY, JULY 3'0, 1936 --~------~~- THE . EDITORIAL POINT OF VIEW The Whitby Gazette & Cbronide Oatario Couat:r'• IA•diaa W .. kly Publish~d e\·cry Thursday n\orn ·nl!: by Times Pub- . shing Company of Osht"'"· Limit~d; C. M. Mundy, President: A. R. Alloway, Vice-President; Gr;aydon ~1. Goodicllow, Oircctor. .\nywhcrt in Canada $1.50 a year in adv;ance; ~.00 • · 1 ye&r to subscribers in the United States o; other iorti..~tn countries. The d;ate to \,hlch the subscrip- tion is p&'d is indicated on the address label. J. H. OR~IISTON, Editor and 'Busine>s ~lanagtr T clcphone : Bell, 2J; Residence, 359. WHITBY, THURSDAY, JULY SO, 193& Street Fair Helpa Needy Citizen• t:itizens of Whitby and district should 1end their support to the very fine work ).>eing carried on by Whitby Rotary Club and W~itby branch of the Canadian Le- gion, particularly on behalf oL children ~tnd needy veterans, by attending the Street Fair at the Town Park on Wednes- day evening next, August 5th. It is not necessary, w& believe, to elabor- ate on the work being done by these or- ganizations, for we feel that the people are sufficiently .. informed. The Fair has be- come an annual event, it furnishes much good entertainment, and puts in circula- tion a lot of money for very worthy causes. No Wreath From Whitby at Yamy Wllat t. ¥trJ tina thin1 it would bave been bad the Town of Whitby, through it;-~ Council, followed the . example of many other municipalities in Canada in purchas- ing a wreath to be deposited at the base of Canada's National Memorial at Vimy Ridge, France, which was unveiled by Hil! Most Gracious Majesty the King on Sun- day. The coet of such a wreath would have been very l~ttle, and Whitby's four vete&- an.s of the Great War who went to Vim.i' would, we feel sure, have gladly have car- ried it with them and deposited it aii .:·-.-"'-.......:'Whitby's tribute to the thouaanda of ~v~ men who fell at .Yimy in one of the 'most i~portant engagementa of the war. It ~s also resrettable that no offici&\ recognition was made of the fact that four membera of the Canadian LeKion, men who did their bit for King and Country in war yeara, went from Whitby to Vimy for the unveiling of Canada's memorial. In other places local pilgrims were given a civic aend-off and were by resolution of Council in aome place& named official rep- resentatives of their respective municipali- tiu. When the train carrying Whitby's pillt'ims left ·the station not a member of Council waa on band to bid them bon voy- age. Perhaps it waa an oversight but it was a regrettable one, parti~ularly in a loyal town like Whitby which has alway:i ahown the deepeat respect for all who fought in the war. The King'• Speech at Vimy . "Around us here today there is peace 11.nd re-building of hope," said His Majesty King Edward the Eighth in his addres;; · Sunday afternoon as he unveiled Canada';s National Memorial at Vimy Ridge-a handsome monument erected by grateful Canadiant to the memory-. ol. the tboua- anda of brave men who periabed at Vimy wbicb to Canada ah&ll forever be a aacred ahrine. Peace and re-building of hope. Noble words these from a noble monarch-one who knows much from practical experi- ence what war means and a monarch with a wide vision of world affairs, with a a;reat heart of sympathy for not only the people of his mighty empire but of other lands as well. Full well doea Britain's King real- ize that peace founded on sure foundation-3 will be laating and will re-build the hoP'! of the people of the British Empire and of the world. Fitting indeed that auch noble words should be uttered at the base of a mem- orial a temple of new faith, to Canada's dead' and in a friendly country like France whoee .rreat and noble history is so close- ly linked with that of thousands of French- Canadian citizens. For a world tom with strife, nation riaina; against nation, faction against faction, and tear and unrest everywhere in evidence, it was a wonder· ful vision and great world ideal to which King Edward looked forward-a world at peace and hope rebuilt in human hearts. The timely worda of Ria Majesty will, we hope, be re-echoed with tangible resulb th,roughout the entire civilized world. Farmer• Should Guard Again1t Bam Fire1 usually at this time of the year there are numerous barn fires throughout tbe country, and Ontario County has not ea. I caped. 1'he recent epidemic of fires in the Township of Darlington should set fanners thinking, and impress upon them the need for the utmost care. Losses from now ou will be greater as barns are tilled up with the season's crops. It is always well to re- member that no matter bow much insur- ance a fanner may carry his losses an never fully covered, and these are timeii when any amount of loss would constitute a serious loss to any farmer. There are many contributory causes to _ barn fires and these have been set fortb on many occasions not only in this paper but by well known lOcal organi~tions like the Maple Leaf Mutual Farmers' Insur- ance Company w~icb carri~ many risks in this county. In many local organizations of this kind the farmers themselves are the stockholders so that when they have a fire they sustain a double loss. Raiaing Money For Churchea It was the privilege and pleasure of th~ writer during a recent vacation to meet the rector of one of the Anglican churehca in the town of Brockville, and to learn from him that for many yean hia chureh baa met all ita obliptiona without the aid of teu, bazaan, work l&lee &Dd the many • other schemes i-eaorted tO tOiiay' to make money for the church. We were interested in .learning that whenever funds are re- quired for any branch of the church work a simple announcement from the pulpit is all that is necessary. This does not mean that the social life of the congregation is dead, far from it, for the church has ita various organimtion~ who have specific duties to perform, but as already noted no special means to raise money as resorted to and no admission is charged to social gatheri.ngs. Under this system th,e church ·· .has1 Cf;;i~.on , for ovfJr fifty . yeara .. Perluips in these daya of financial st.reaa when money is hard to get for church Li well as other purposes it might seem im- poasible for any church to carry on with· out the usual round of activitiea &rr&JlPll for money making purposes, but th~ ehurch in Brockville has demonstrated that it can be done. No doubt its members realize that when they give throu1h their envelopes ~ch Sunday th• amount tbe;r should give they are not called upon to make up deficiencies or shortages throuah admi.uion fees _t~ numerous event., &Qd pR'hq¥ the womeu of the congregation realize too that systematic giving throuah regular channels obviates for them the necessity of baking, sewing, selling tickets and working their beads off as convenors or members o! this and that committee. U seems to us that when church people have a mind to give, realizing that for them it is an important spiritual 'duty, the money will come into the church treasury without the aid of superficial means • The Care of Single Tranai~nu The Federal Government through the Departmeot of Labor propoMa to tey out. the Eqiiah ayatem of~ campa for ainp UDeiD~Ofecl. IPea.., ·~ ont Wl_- ter. FoUowinc the cJoein1 ol. all relief camps in the country the minister inti· mated in a press interview that if the-e was any further necessity to help BiDilt unemployed men he would prefer the ~· lish system of training camps rather than relief camps for transient unemployed. The minister stated that he would exhaUit every alternative before he would conaent to re-open relief c.mps next winter. He figured that it would cost $12,000,000 to maintain the camps with¥ average popu- lation of 15,000. While in the past, mainly on account or relief camp operation, much has been aaid against the regimentation of transients, the plan &Uiie.sted by the minister of la· bor, and which is now being tried out in the Motn_ey Land with considerable suc- cess, offers many advantages. The prob- lem of the transient is well known to most municipalities like the 'l'own of Whitby lo- cated on .main lines of railways or provin- cial and county highways easy of acceu and where traffic is the heaviest. It would appear to us that the concentration ol these men in camps would not only relieve the mulucipalitiea of much trouble and U• .·. , • , , , J 1 '· , \, .. .._t, j • • .} ' ; , _;, ' !' • I ' I I • • o \ • • • pense which does not rightly belong to them but to the state, but would impro,·e their morals and also serve to teach them some worthwhile occupation-and, best of all, di~cipline, which most of them so sad!,:· lack. Hat• OH to the Taxpayer The rat~pay~rs of Whitby, according to reeent stAtements mad(! by the town trea!l~ urer, hlve· met in a fairly gratifying man- ner the first and second instalments of 1986 taxes, while many who are in ·arrears are making r(lal efforts to meet their ob- ligations. There is a loLof money yet to be collected both in current and outstand- ing arrears, and the Council is doing ita best to cope with this situation, but it is certAinly encouraging to note that th9 town's finAncial recovery is well on the way. 0 t-ommen'tin« upon 'the muclt dleeussed question of tax wllection~. the Gananoqu~ Reporter bas this timely comment wittt which we heartily agree, to make: "Some one should start- a movement -:.o build a monument to the average taxpay- er. He is the man who keeps the home fires burning and makes the wheels of govern- ment go round. He has gotten himself into the poeition of taxpayer by thrift, by spending le~s than he makes, by investing in the home town. To do it he has denied himaelf pleasures and lihcuries that the spendthrift had in plenty. In every com- munity he is abused and referred to slight- ingly on many occasions, but in good years and bad years he is the backbone \()f the · country and without him there"wotlld be no govemment and no relief. He carries the burden that others shirk, many times without complaint, which he ·would often be justified in voicing. He is deserving of a monument, a tall, endurinJ monument, for he, like Atlas of old, bears the world upon his shoulders." To which we add that it's high time that ~rome definite action was taken to shift a portion of this. heavy tax burden from the shoulders of Mr. Average TaxpAyer. And it's high time too to reduce the num- ber of people who are living off the pro- .. eeedl> of .taxes .An soft :'{v~np~ent j~s. We have pointed out time and again that although during the past ten years there baa been some increase in municipal taxa- tion the great offenders in this are the Federal and Provincial Governments who have taxed everything imaginable and through these various taxes have actually bonused the spendthrift and penalized the average man who is thrifty. Tallc of Training Campa Ottawa ia aaid to be con.templatinr the . - eatabliabment of traininr camps for job- less men. They have them in Europe where the training is all for military pur~· poses. There would, and with considerable justification, be objection to that parti- cular form of training on the European acale in Canada. Yet a measure of milit- ary training is not bad for any man. There is nothing harmful in a knowledge of how to walk, marth, manoeuvre or handle a gun, and there is considerable of value in training in orderly procedure, cleanliru•lls, physical development and dis- cipline. What the department has in mind, it is preaumed is, principally, ·training in some form that will enable young men to make themselves useful in the ordinary activit· ies of commerce and indusby. That in itself is much easier than providing them with the opportunity, afterwarde, of mak· ing themselves useful. It is there the bi!: problem is found. United For Peace On the French national holday,-Hasf... ille Day, the fourteenth of Ju\r,-Premier Macken;~ie King laid the conerstone of the· new French Legation 1 on fle cliffs of Capital Hill overlooking the Ottawa River. After alluding to the early settlement and development of Canada by lhe .l<'rench, particularly Samuel de Chanplain, the Prime Minister said: "We are assembled on a little bit of what is French 110il in the heart of Canada. Within a very few day~. thouaands of our fellow-Canadims will be gathered together (on Vimy Ridge in solemn memorial) in the prese1ce of the President of France, and of Hi1 Majesty the King, on a little bit of what is Cana. dian soil in the heart of France. ' "In those two events, each synbolic on &ll international scale, Canada ~ks to • • I • the nations of Europe today, She asks them to behold what a world may become which buri~s deep the feuds of past gen- erations and forg~ts for~ver its enmities ot race. "Not in arms against each other, to. serve their individual ends, but as com- rades in arms to preserve the liberties of mankind, have the descendants of the Fr~neh and British races of our earlier history found their common purpose alike in the new world and the old. Comrades th~y remain today, not in arms, but in pray~r. at the graves of their former com- rades they seek today to preserve not lib- erty, but peace." Here i!! Mr. King at his best; and when he is at his best he is very good. France and Britain for centuries regarded each othtt aa hereditary enemies. In th~=arreat· war they stood shoulder to shoulder for the liberties of Europe, and indeed of man- kina . . In his message, read at the unveiling of the Vimy Memorial last Sunday Mr. King said: "Canada asks that the nations of Europe strive to obliterate whatever makes for war and for death. "She appeals to them to unite in an ef- fort to bring into being a world at peace. "This is the trust which we, the living, received from those who suffered and died. It is a trust which we hold in common. "A world at peace," Canada believes, is the only memorial ·worthy of the valor and the sacrifice of all who gave their lives in the Great War." Don't Throw Butta Premier M. F. Hepburn, who recently returned from a trip through the mining and timber areas of Northern Ontario, where he saw at first hand some of tha waste and devastation caused by past and present fires, issued an earnest appeal to motorists "not to throw smoldering cigar- ette stubs out of the car windows while the grass is dry during the summer." In addition to the 150 different fire1 · burninii in the north in controlling whict-. some 6,000 men and all available fire-fight- ing equipment had', to be used, the Govei':n • ment was being deluged with appeals from all over Old Ontario for help to fight fires, and was unable to meet the demand. The Premier's request is timely, not only during the dry weather spell in the Sum- mer but at anytime. The careless disposal of cigar and cigarette stubs is always a fire menace, and without doubt the cause of a very large number of property fires. Not only are many fires caused by this careless habit but damage to carpets, fur- nitUl'e, and articles of wearin1 apparel could be mentioned without number. In this pre!lf!llt appeal by the Premier a word to the wiae should be sufficient. The Canoe Hazard !n the days of the primitive Indian the principle method of travel and transporta- tion ,!fas the canoe. In Southern Ontario at lea~t it has been replaced by the motor car and the truck as a means of travel; but it is st!P to be found in large number:S particularly il.' -~he vicinity of summer re- sorts. For those who ·'ieligbt in this t~ of craft there is no mOl" pleasant experience than to paddle gently d drift over the glistening expanse of so1u ~ · lake. Ontario offers a particularly fiM 'ppor- tunity for the USf! of the canoe, dot\ed as ft is by innumerable lakes . and streams. In the hands of an expert there is noth- ing more graceful than a canoe. In the hands of a novice it may be most uncer- tain in any body of water no matter ho\\' small. The canoe is so light in its construction that it is at the mercy of even the light· est wind. In the hands of an expert, who is fully conversant with the manner in which to meet each and every situation that may present itself the canoe is a saf~ craft. In the hands o! a novice it is dis~ tinctively dangerous. The number of drownings reporteJ every summer attest to the care that is necessary even on the part of those who are capable of hand- ling a canoe expertly. With the summer here those venturing into canoe!! ' should bear in mind the · fol- lo"'ing points to avoid disaster:- 1. If you can't swim, stay out of a canoe. 2. Never change places in the craft. 3. Never go out with only one paddle. Yon may lose it and find yourself at the mercy of the elements. ~'b.t 'K\nv~ llig . SAFE • DIRECT • EC LEAVE WHITBY Far TORONTO For OSHA WA aad ratermedlate peiab aad iatormecliato poinb A.M. P.M. P.M. Eaataa A.M. P.M. P.M. a S.SS JUt SAt a 7.4$ 1.45 11.45 a 1.Jt a JM d 1.41 Slaadud 1.55 a %.45 4 US . 7.. Z.4t 7.41 IUS 3.45 US I.Jt • 14t i 8.4t y;..,. l1.45 • 4.45 4 !1.45 JUt 1i 4.41 1.40 P.M. 5.45 IUS • 11.41 .. 10.30 c 1%.45 Jus a-.lail,. -~ S1111o a Hot lt-SWI, a Hol. onl,.. , e-S.t. eel,.. d-Sat., Saa.. a HoL only. ATTRACTIVE ROUND TRIP FARES Tor&nto, $1.11 Ball'alo, $Ut New Yorlr, $JUS TICKETS AND INFORMATION AT Mn. G. Drew, Dundu Street, Whitby, Phone 121 .WHITBY NONAGENARIAN HAS VIVID RECOLLECI'IONS OF VISIT BY ROYALTY William Wallace Reman- ben Visit of King Edward VII to Whitby HAS VISITED MANY INTERESTING PLACES sh1ters. Miss P'. Clark and Mra. TE>el. and J. R<>nrlcr. attended the Reader-Harris wedding. Mr~. J. A. Sweetman IR spend- in~: a few weeks with relatives In Whitby, The Women's A:;sociallon met't- lnJP:, which "'BR hPld la~t Tue~d11y -- I afternoon at the pnr~ona~e. w~s H• f the CoL Jam. Wal- "'l'll attended. RPv. and MrN. II a r, ea Jo'llndall, of Seagra\·e, and ReY. laee, Had Contrad for I and Mre. Bell, or Blackstock, were , • • pre~ent os lnTited guPst6. We Construction of Original were glad to have with us Mrs. Courthouse Willi;am Wallace, Whitby·s grand old man, who ccl~brales his 90th birthdav in the next two months, recalls ·the \·is it of the Prince of Wale!! !later KinK Edward Vllll to Whitby. \Vall;ace was a boy of 12 yeus and hi• father the late Col. james W;alla~c. was com- manding the guard of honor. "The Prince of Walu came by boat from Port Hope. He got off &nd inspected t!te guud and sta.·ed only a few hours. I formed up with the gu;ard. I y•as wuring the kilts of the Gr&nt cl&n, a black and green tart&n and silver buckle shoes. and I had a wooden sword. The prince inspected us all, includinR myself. It was a great d&:r for Whitby," slated Mr. Wallace. Mr. Wallace has led a tik that reads like a wlume ol Conrad'~ For onr 30 yean, he stated, be travelled acrosa Canada, the United ' 'Statca and Mexico. He was in Van- I,Ottver when that' city wu-. ~ called Coal Hubor. He taught school . in the Kooten;ay district when the transcontinental railw;ay had just been completed. "It was a kind of wanderlust. l -nted to see new faces so that whenever I got some money ahead I moved on." Mr. 'Vall&ce ;o lso travelled ex- tensively in Clllifornia and Mexico. Despite Mr. Wallace's long ab- sence {rom his birthplace, Whitby, he is distinctly a part of the history of the county town. His !;ather, Col J;ames \Vall;ace, was a contrac- tor and built, among .m;any of the fine old buildings in Whitby, the county coart house, which was opened with full }.{uonic honors t~nr 615 yean -.o. H~ ~ (fr- pnift4 and equipped the oM F~rst Rilles at tbe time ol the FeDJ&n Raids. SGUii06 61RLIS WED IN 111RONTO ·-Interesting Ceremony Con- ducted at Jarria Street Baptist Oturch Scuror. ,July U-& pretty weddln& was aolemolsed at seven o'clock TUesday eorenlnr: In Jarvis Slr&3t Baptlal. Cburcb, T.oronto. b}' RaY. T. T. Sblelda, when II& May Reader, da.uchter of Mr. and Mrs. Ollnr ·Reader, SeUIOlr Island, be- ca.me the' brtde bf Harold E. Bar- rie, Toronto. · P11lma were uaecl to decorate the church. Mr. Pt. .ny, orranl•t of the church. pla)'td the wf'd· ding march, and Miss Lucille Jarvia wall soloist. The bride was ~IYBn In marrla&e by her uncle. C. Seymour, and wore a &own of Ivory ulln, fuhloned on long lines with a all&hl train. low cowl neckline, and aleevea run to the elbow, and t11ht to the wal!t. nntehe« with a row of tiny but- tone. She wore a short tulle Yell arran ~ted at the head with a tu lie halo cauJ{ht with oran,:;e bloRsoms, and carried 1. bouquet of red r011es and lily-of-the-valley. Min Doris seymour, who acted as maid of honour, watl in blue lace .,.·tth a pink chltron velvet 1111.ah. and blue lace at.raw picture hat. trimmed with pink. She carried plnlt roses. Jack Scott wu best •man. and Chapman ,.·who Is nearing the cen- tury mark. her daughter, Mrs. Cllner, aud her dnughter, Della, of Toronto, who hn1·e & cottage on Six Mile Island; Mr. 11.nd Mrs. E. H. Gerrow, who are at their cott&g(., and h('r cnusln, !lfrs. w. Fryer, who I~ \·lsltlng her from Simcoe CouniJ', We llalp. Yn Help YameH LOANS -l5.0-&o_$.,t9.~0~....-- Lowwst , .... ,. c--. fw ""' type of ..me. e HOUSEHOLD LOANS To_.., cooop~ ........ ~ . e AUTO lOANS Toahovl•-'-•.-ried_..._ Ortly Bonower Signs 1! Mo~trfls ro RtrNY ---.. .... s..w lod ef Deaol--- • ·CENTRAL PINANCI COIPOIA110N ----Itt',_..._ ~-..St. w-. •.., . ..... ,.....,204 1-a.ONTO. ONT. omas .. -a.M. OtnAIIO cmn Speetaclee of ablorbln1 lnteceec will eutrOUnd you at the Eahl· bltloa of 1936 , •• Rudy Vallee'• creat abow and sponeored broadcarte will tftOICtnd aay. thln1 he hae evn attanpt'td ... EnJ&)aad'• famoua Kneller Hall, Band will dedicate the IOfleO\IIO ly Ulumlnatcd band · ibell ••• Interplanetary comm~tlOft of ZOO yean heace pomayed In tha epectacular pqant by 1500 charactcn • • • Startlinl lnDOo ••tlon• at Canada'• Premier Hone Show will enthrall you •• • Scorca of other attnctione the ushers were Wesley McArthur ALnlBD IIOOI:RII IlL WOOD A. BUOIIJII and G. Hartwell. FollowlnK the l'nollloo& a-.~,.._ cflremony a recejltlon Will held at .Hunt's, Bloor Street, where the brld&:a mother recelnd, Kowned In blue and white, with a corsa~~:e . /' Ia. U -.• -~ ~ of pink roses. The groom's moth- f.111t1JtJiaH ffl'lJiiJHIJl ~~r::~:~o~~~~uaJ:~~~~~:;:,:L~~: : EIH I BIll 0 N Coast, the bride tranlllnJC In a I . pink ensemble. On their return thf!ll' will Jive In Montre;\1, T D R o NT D .- Mr. and Mn. R. Reader. and · ~on. Owen, Mr. and Mra. C. Read- AUG Zl TO SEPT 12 liSI . er, Mr. and Mra. o. Reader, and • • " ...: