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Me Donald% F AMI L Y RESTAURANTS LWHITBY & OSHAWAÀ Vol. 4, No.1 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13th, 1974 1.0 CENTS 9b Bu ried Up to 1 *,à R' p...' . John Phillip Welker, 34, on the "cradie-stretcher" be- guided by the firefighters' in a cave-in for forty min- - ht yM of Newmarket is the person ing lifted by the crane and ropes. Mr. Welker was buried utes. See story on right. -Poob i Man Wm. Piolki ngton New Pres*ident Humane Socilety - Ontario County branch o .; ~~~>".q.~ - the Ontario Humane Society'. Miss Muriel Sissons, past * ~. president for six years, off- jr -' iciall>' handed over the pres- i dency last Thursday. The directors for 1974 4 ~ ~ are Wlliam Pilkington, 1'res.; Miss Muriel Sissons, Past Pres.; Mrs. Edith Bedell, John N Everett, Mrs. Leona Forte>', Mrs. Eleanor Gaskin, Mrs. May Howard, Miss Greta Ho- witt, Dr. Clayton MacKay, Mrs. Marion O'Brien, Mrs. Diana Pilkington, Arthur Ro- bertson, and Harold Rowley. William Pilkington, form- Also suggested were: Miss er hity ýolie Cief îs Tawni Nixon and Mrs. Fran the new oresident of the Terry. t- q INSIDE READERS WRITE......... PAGE 2 SPRING GARDENING..PAGE 3 WOMEN'S PAGE .......... PAGE 4 BIRD'S EYE VIFW ........ PAGE 6 SPORTS..................... PAGESI10&1I GIRL OF THE WEEK..PAGE 13 TODAY'S HEALTH ....... PAGE 16 Thieves Break In And Steal Stereo McKay's Radio and TV, 1331 Brock St. S., Whitby, was broken into early last Frida>' morning. Apparently two youths kicked in the window valued at $ 100 and stole a stereo valued at $75. Carnival Committee Meeting Planned The second meeting of the 1974 County Town Car- nival Committee is slated for March l4th, 7:30 p.m., at the Centennial Building. Ail those representing par- ticipating organizations have been asked to attend. The First Whitby Streaker Uncovered Whitby encountered its first 'streaker' last Friday afternoon at Henry' Street High School. Reports say that a mask- ed 15-year-old grade 9 stu- dent took off his clothes in a secluded section of the school, but returned only to fmnd them missing.. confiscated b>' Jim Robb, sehool principal. The embarrassed streaker apparently locked himself in a janitor's closet until he was able to borrow a pair of exercise pants and retrieve his clothes from the princi- pal's office. Word is he might be temp- orarily suspended. See Poge 4 CIRCLE TAXI 128 BROCK ST. N. WHITBY, ONT. 6611M6666 24 HRS. Chest 1. 1 John Phillip Welker, 34, 4 f 204 Hodgson Street, New- -~market, was buried up to his chest for about 40 minutes I ast Wednesday afternoon. qMr. Welker, a construct- ion worker at the Bell Tele- phone construction site on Brock St. South, was work- ng on the installation of"IT' beami supports in the base- ment when the ledge' lie was standing on gave out, and the earth behind him ço-. llapsed. He was pushied agai- nst one of the steel beams with the riîd litcrally bury- ing him. The pressure caused by the weight of the dirt press- ing against him was cauisin"g hini extremne pain su a %doc- tor administered a shot of Smorphine. Six Whitby firefighters and a construction crcw dug with thecir hands for about forty minutes before he cou- Id be freed and hoisted out on a crane operated stretcher. There was apparently -no shoring at ail around the ex- cavation which Fîre Chief Ed Croucli poînted out contra- venes the Construction Safe- ty Act. Mr. Welker received miul- tiple injuries but was deser- ke Burgess ibed as in "good condition." 1 0 Fashions Fouturèd, m Bïm