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The Ottawa Citizen I CIVIL SERVICE ROUNDUP Th Loral Pit TUESDAY. AL'GVST 27. 1957 Pag Expert On Iinrsainiii" Closing Ottawa Beaches? The presence of large masse of algae in the Rideau and Ottawa Rivers, la the vicinity of public beaches, may result in all the swim-spots being closed down for the summer, Alph. Dulude, Commissioner of Public Recreation, said yesterday. Strathcona Park beach was closed down Monday and later Mr.

Dulude ordered the closing of Brantwood Beach and Brewer Park. The New Edinburgh pool is being watched carefully and all water in it is chlorinated. The heavy growth of algae, a water growth which forms a sort of is caused by the extremely low water-levels of this ,7 mf4 nsemmi. UNFIT FOR SWIMMING'9 Because of the lack of rain, low water and green moss floating around, "Dutchy'i Hole" la no longer a aafe place to awlm this year. Starting today there will be no more supervised swlm- J1 If i I'niii him ii i wmni i i i nil i iawlflflffiMiwiiiii NOT DOOMED HERE Four-Way Combined Battle To Save Ottawa Dutch Elms A PRESLEY DATE Elizabeth Laplante of 254 Hinchey Avenue was the one chosen to meet Elvis Presley at Vancouver Saturday.

She submitted the winning entry in a cross-Canada contest on "Why I Like Elvis Presley." Photo by Newton Now She's All Shook Up About Meeting Presley mlng. Bruce 323 Goulburn muck In the tackled It In 1945 but so far have not come up with anything more effective than spraying as a preventative and cutting down and burning to halt the spread. Co-Operation Needed Every disease that affects elm trees is not Dutch Elm disease, Mr. Keenan points out, but he urged private citizens to join federal and civic officials in reporting anything that looks suspicious. "It's better to Investigate 80 cases that don't turn out to be Dutch Elm disease, than to let one actual case go unreported and ruin perhaps hundreds of sound elm tfees," said Mr.

Dulude. Both Mr. Keenan and Mr. Dulude emipiiasized how important it is for private property owners to co-operate with the authorities; how lucky they are to have diseased trees cut down at no expense to themselves and thus save the thousands of trees that could be affected if the disease spreads unchecked. If you have an elm tree that you suspect may have the fungus infection, call the Civic Recreation and Parks Department, CE 2-2678, and report it Park officials will be there within an hour to take specimens of the tree, Mr.

Dulude promised. Results Known Quickly Mr. Keenan said that In Rogers and Michael Tyrell, both of Crescent, look disdainfully at the river. Photo by Newton Ontario the samples are sent to the Forest Biology Laboratory at Maple, in Quebec, to the Quebec lab. The results are known In very short order and if the tree is condemned, down it comes at once, followed by quick burning to destroy the fungus.

Hamilton, Mr. Dulude said, found 200 trees affected two years ago. They hesitated for a while but decided to mow them down. Hamilton now has the disease under control as a result of this seemingly action. Now only a few trees show any trace of the disease.

Ottawa, he believes, can do the job just as effectively If the public cooperates to the fullest degree. The city's first tree nursery, a 30-acre tract at Green Creek will be started in September, Mr. Dulude announced. Plans then call for a similar nursery somewhere in the Britannia area to serve the city's west end. Trial and error method had shown, Mr.

Dulude said, that nursery-grown trees from 12 to 14 feet high survive best, compared with-18-foot swamp grown trees bought from contractors. Mortality in this class runs from 60 to 80 percent, he said. Of 350 trees obtained from the FDC nursery, the city had not lost five, Mr. Dulude said. advent of the telephone, radio, the motorcar, the airplane, together with many other triumphs in scientific and engineering fields.

"Mankind advanced more In this time than perhaps in the previous 5,000 years," he said. But he regretted so much time and effort was expended in furthering "the terrible arts of war" rather than those of peace. But, he reminded, never in world history have so many people banded together for the outlawing of war, in an effort to end national differences at the council table rather than on a battle field. Rotary clubs of 102 countries, 905 clubs with a membership in excess of a half million, are banded together to promote international unde rstanding, goodwill and peace," he declared. Mr.

Armstrong, a past president of the Lachute, Quebec, Rotary Club, is visiting 51 clubs in Northern New York State, Eastern Ontario and Southern Quebec. i -w i tnjtoa Mills The government itself probably knows more about collective bargaining and wage structure than any of the civil service staff side organisations seeking bargaining and pay boosts on behalf of their membership. Certain government departments have for years been making a full-time study of these questions. This is not merely because they may, someday, be required to be well up on the subject of bargaining rights, but In fact to keep inquiring unions and the management side of manufacturing concerns posted on this labor innovation. Civil servants need have no fears that government examination of outside wages for comparison purposes is a superficial one.

Their studies are thorough, stupendously difficult and of monumental proportions. They are made for the purpose of supplying both the industries themselves and the labor unions with exact information as to wages and occupations and their comparisons In nearly all industries. Available To All The information so meticulously gathered is, of course, available to all branches of government. The Civil Service Commission, which supplies information for the classification of grades and salary Increases, sends teams of personnel into labor research, departments yearly to gather information for this difficult grading procedure. CSC representatives are Indeed usually to be found in the Economics and Research branch of the government oftener than that or nearly every time minor adjustments, apart from the regular Increases in salary, are made.

Lachlan MacKinnon chief of the wages analyses branch told us recently that Industry was being showered with so many government forms in order to supply Federal authorities with the Information It needs on Schools Apply Rotation Plan In Hull Area The time is coming when parents can relax a Hull Catholic School Board announced yesterday its schools will open September 3. Some parents however will only relax for half a day. Due to the increasing number of pupils in the district, board officials said they expect to apply the "rotation system" again this year. This system consists of solving the lack of room problem by splitting the classes into morning and afternoon groups. Last year 8,200 pupils were registered in Hull's 18 schools; more are expected this year.

Two schools under construction are not yet completed. Wrlghtvllle schools are expected to be the most affected by the rotation system. Flan New Schools Luclen i Levesque, secretary treasurer of the board said a school is planned for the Blsson project area. Another, the Cauvln College, Is planned for St Henri Street to replace the present Cauvin School on Laurent Street. Construction on the Cauvln school may start this fall, financing permitting.

Jean Paul Tremblay, president of the board said trustees will meet next week to discuss the situation. New Mexican Envoy A new official is to be added to the Mexican Embassy, according to His Excellency Dr. Manuel Maples-Arce, Mexican ambassador. Coming to Ottawa is the new consular official Fidel Gonzales. He is expected in Ottawa from Mexico City early in September.

V. wm. .1 A 1 a. right sway! I Government Collective summer and the lack of rain. Britannia Beach will be without supervision after today.

County Hospital Shelved A move that had gained strong impetus to establish another hospital to serve residents of Carle-ton County has been shelved for the presents "We decided that there were not enough people behind the venture and thought we would let the matter rest for a while," was the way Mrs. E. C. Hope, of North Gower, president of the Carleton County General Hospital Association put it Said Stuart Mulkins, Richmond bank manager, who is treasurer of the association: "Let us say the project is not dead just sleeping." The matter was revived in the wake of approval by Carleton County Council of a plan for the construction of a county Home for the Aged at a cost of The Ontario government will contribute half of the construction outlay of the 100-bed institution and later put up half of the net operating cost. A Pressing Need The views of authorities of Ottawa's three major hospitals is that there Is currently a pressing need for further hospital facilities in the county, particularly to serve the rural areas.

R. A. Bell, QC, recently-elected member of Parliament for Carleton, was chairman of a fact-finding committee set up In 1953 by a group of Carleton County residents who saw a need for a new hospital. For the next two years there was a wave of enthusiasm for the plan and funds were raised by staging concerts and other public attractions. But then the tempo of interest fell off and there has been little or no activ ity since Mr.

Bell submitted his report in 1955. Carleton County Council was never approached for its support of the project. Douglas R. Peart, superintendent of. the Ottawa Civic Hospital, says that current demands upon the facilities of this institution point up the part another hospital would play in relieving the Population Increase Looking ahead, continued Mr.

Peart, facilities must be expanded to keep pace with a population increase of about 15,000 annually in the National Capital area. He pointed out that the Ontario government's yardstick of adequate hospital space is "5.5 beds per 1,000 of population." This guide rule does not take into account space used for cancer, TB and pediatric patients. The present waiting list at the Civic is 1,126 and will Increase to about 2,000 in the winter months. The $3,200,000 extension to the east side of the hospital, expected to be completed early next year, will boost the number of beds by about 300 to 1.300 but in the words 'of Mr. Peart this "will not take care of i Lachlan MacKinnon wages, hours and working conditions as well as bargaining that some had to emDlov soec- ial staffs to handle nothing else but government business.

Amazingly enough the lnfornv ation is gathered by mail, the department using a unique form of "'airmaiiigram" which looks like a telegram in order to coax the information out of the various business establishments. "Their co-operation has been very fine," says Mr. MacKinnon, "which has meant that our mail system has been about 90 percent effective. In the case of delinquents whose main excuse has btn "too many government forms to fill out' members of our staffs have made personal visits particularly in the case of large industries where the. Information is vital to our services." Mr, MacKinnon was rather dubious as to the worth of a salaries research unit as suggested by staff side organizations and now under study.

If such groups, who complained of a six months lag by the government in producing outside wage figures for comparison purposes, wished to shorten this span through the re-Search unit, it could only mean bombarding outside Industry with additional government forms, He felt that the economic branch twice yearly quiz of industries and establishments wera Just about all they could bear. These were based upon questions concerning wages and working conditions. In addition the branch was establishing a new section on re- would cover research in all fields. Thorough coverage was presently given collective bargaining under J. Montague and wages" and working conditions under Mr, MacKinnon and J.

B. Lane respectively. The branch Itself, under the direction of W. R. Dymond, is divided into the divisions of Manpower and Labor Management.

At present it is working under difficulties since 11 of its top economists have been transferred to other departments or have left the service, in the past year. "We're called economists -to-distinguish us from statisticians a term which in the government is almost exclusively tha property of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics," explained -Mr. MacKinnon. 3 ENJOY DELICIOUS RED RIBBOH PRIME RIBS ROAST BEEF Wednesday Winner Feature the fl BANK AT SPARKS I ROTARIANS TOLD By Adrl Boudewyn Citizen Staff Writer A 17-year-old Elvis Presley fan will meet her idol in person at Vancouver this Saturday, as the winner of a country-wide Liberty Magazine Elvis Presley contest Elizabeth Laplante of 254 Hinchey Avenue, a young stenographer and typist, was the choice of thousands of entries received by Liberty on "Why I Like Elvis it took a year of eliminations to find the winner. A humorous side-note in connection with the choice is that and "Liz" isn't exactly too keen in revealing it at this time she is the president of the local Four Aces Fan Club.

She doesn't yet belong to the local Elvis Presley Fan Club. Sister Met Elvis Her younger and only sister, Jeannie, 16, was one of 10 chosen by a local radio station to meet Elvis Presley In person when the Memphis, boy was making hts hippy and colorful appearance at the Auditorium this spring. Both saw the show but that came quite naturally, Elizabeth envied her sister's opportunity of meeting him in person. The roles now have been reversed. The Vancouver outing came as quite a surprise to the former Im-maculata High School girl who had forgotten all about the con-tesl, until the phone rang Tuesday, last week.

demands In another five or 10 years." General Hospital officials say that they too would welcome an additional hospital in Carleton County. "This place is awfully overcrowded and when the hospital insurance scheme comes into being it will be worse," observed a hospital spokesman. The waiting list at the General now stands at 674. Same Situation Much the same situation exists at St. Louis de Montfort Hospital, on the city's eastern outskirts, where there Is a continual waiting list.

It is estimated that it costs $1,250,000 to erect a 100-bed hospital. The provincial government will contribute to the extent of $250,000 of this amount. The remainder must come through efforts of public-spirited Individuals, a municipal levy on all taxpayers, or a combination of both. Peace Is Man's Greatest Challenge In Our Time She wouldn't believe Liberty Editor Frank Rasky, but did when she found out that a Toronto telephone call would be too costly for a practical joke. Trip Outlined The call was confirmed this week when a letter arrived at the Laplante home, outlining the details of the trip.

The girl leaves by plane for Vancouver Friday morning at one o'clock, where she will be the guest of Presley's recording employers. The original plan of Liberty was to have its winner flown out to New York, but due to the hesvy movie schedule of the "side burns king" in Hollywood, plans had to be changed for a Vancouver trip where the entertainer is to appear this Saturday. About Elvis she says this, "He is an individual, and he outs his feelings the way he wants too." And if this is any indication of Elvis' future, his fans in Ot tawa according to this young boy like the slower type of Presley recording that has been released lately. "Betty" as she Is also called at home, writes stories as a hobby and enjoys commercial arts. Her mother, Mrs.

Josephine Laplante, is happy her daughter has received this opportunity to enjoy a holiday. "One thing is for sure," she smiled, "when that thing goes on (meaning the record player) nobody is supposed to talk In this house." EVENTS Today Central Canada Exhibition, Lans-downe Park, all day. Board of Control, Transportation Buiiding, 3 p.m. Wednesday Central Canada Exhibition, Lans-downe Park, all day. Ottawa-Hull Richelieu Club, Chateau Laurier, 12.15 p.m.

"New Teachers" training course, Connaught School, 9.15 a.m. City View Kiwanis Club, Green Valley Restaurant, 6.30 p.m. Commonwealth Youth Movement students arrive at Union Station, 6.30 p.m. Richmond Clinic The Carleton County TB clinic was held at Richmond yesterday and 556 persons were X-rayed. This compares with 235 who attended the clinic in 1954.

Today the clinic Is open at the North Gower town hall from 3 to 5 In the afternoon, and 7 to 10 o'clock in the evening. By Fred Inrlli Citizen Staff Wrlur Ottawa's beautiful elm trees are NOT doomed to destruction by the Dutch Elm Disease-thanks to a four-way co-operative campaign recently launched to save them from a beetle-carried fungus that threatened them with extinction. The Federal District Commission, civic authorities and private property owners have agreed to cut down elms Infected by the blight Already 46 of the Capital's estimated 12,000 elma have been cut down or condemned. 1 A Canadian monthly periodical tn a recent issue, dealt extensively with the Dutch Elm disease as It affects this country. The federal Department of Agriculture Is doing the scientific research on the disease and Its prevention, and the diagnosis of trees suspected of having the fungus.

Can Be Stamped Out Ottawa' Parks and Recreation Commissioner Alph Dulude la most optimistic and confident that the disease can be stamped out here in less than two years. "It's mainly a question of scientific diagnosis. Many of the trees could be saved," observed W. N. Keenan, chief of the federal forestry biology division.

The fungus Infection originated In China, was carried to Holland where it was dubbed the; Dutch Elm disease and spread to North America In 1930. It has been noted In areas from Quebec to Windsor, from Michigan to the Eastern United States. Federal farm scientists first Hectic Race For Winner Of Ex Auto It's just like the big auto-manufacturing firm wanted it. The Coiin McDougalls of 1378 Kay- view Avenue are a "two-car But they wound up the way magazine advertisement wanted them to after a hectic 23-minute battle with traffic, traffic lights and a monster "Ex" crowd. Mrs.

McDougall won the Monday car at the Central Canada Exhibition. They were at home when the winning ticket number (53267) was announced over the radio. They were listening. And they "moved just as fast as we The husband, Maj. Colin McDougall who Is attached to the public relations branch at army headquarters in Ottawa, started the 1953 model vehicle.

Out the door and Into the car: Then a race-agalnst time drive to the exhibition grounds. (They had to be there by 11.301. They arrived three minutes before the deadline. And today Mrs. McDougall collected the keys and drove off In her new car.

Keep it? "Well, we live, quite far away from the city," she said. "And although we already have a car (a 1933 model), I think well hold onto It" "Stores for Men" HENRY. Wellington at Holland Ridean at Sussex 1 KINSMEN NEWSPAPER BINGO No. 22 Today's Numbers: 1-24 52 The greatest challenge faced by humanity is the banishing of war, and the securing of ultimate world peace, Linton W. Armstrong, Rotary International Governor of District 704, told the Ottawa Rotary Club, yesterday.

Speaking on "The Challenge of Rotary," Mr. Armstrong said as long as there was a choice between peace and war, of knowledge against ignorance, of humanity as opposed to inhumanity, as long as there were crippled children or a juvenile delinquent, Rotary was faced by a challenge, and a reason for existence. History, he said, stressed the importance of war, idolized the warrior, the dictators, but forgot the great army of men and women who, by advancing the humanities, the arts and sciences, had raised men above the level of the beasts and a little higher toward the angels. Great Advances He mentioned the great advances made in the arts and sciences in the past 50 years, the rent a new car for your dream tjo from TilxieX for your ctiooI Sbar tbe cot with friend no i i rrtuviv man inn a hti new ear will be rewrred for joa ar Vacationing? XTeek -end -trip? Co Taos Canada's larget and only Cndinnaied "UNITED NATIONS'9 AT CIVIC HOSPITAL rent-a-car ystem! 125 stations eout to tout. VII ffff 199 Slater St.

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Second row, Matilda.