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PAGE FOUR » J THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1947 LATEST NEWS OF THE COUNTY TOWN OF WHITBY Business Office, Miss G. Macpherson; Wm. T. Williams, Editor. Phone 703, All Departments NEW SCHOOL IS NEEDED SAYS F. J. MCINTYRE Chairman Of Board Urges Ne w School Says Plan Feasible At a special joint session of the ' Whitby Town Council and the Board of Education held Thursday . evening in the Town Hall F. J. Mc- Intyre, chairman of the local Board , of "Education, delivered a factual . brief in which he outlined the rea- sons and recommendations of the ! Board for the construction of a new public school in Whitby. The school will cost an estimated $225,- 000 and had received the approval of the 1946 council. Mayor William Davidson called the special meeting as a means of acquainting the new members of the 1947 council with the work. done by the Board of Education the question during the last two years. When the proposition was recent- ly presented to the Ontario Muni- cipal Board they recommended that the question be put to a vote of the people as soon as possible. Although no official announcement has made in regard to a possible date for the vote it is believed that it will take place within the next two months, Mr. McIntyre's address to the meeting was as follows: Of Grave Importance It is my honour this evening to introduce to the Council of * the Town of Whitby, the members of the Whitby Board of Education. It is doubtful if the records of this municipality since its incorporation as a town in 1855 could show that a Board of Education in its entirety had voted to appear before our Town Council to discuss highly im- portant issues, but such is the case this evening and it is an indication of the grave importance that the . Board of Education attaches to the question. solution to the present condition of the Public School system of the . Town of Whitby and we shall en- deavour to offer you outstanding facts that are responsible for our : arriving at our present recommen- dations, and to further substantiate ' our claim that we are providing a "Jan t and fu- educational plant that will reader a maximum of efficient service to the community and to assure the sidered educational investment. ; Records show that the last addi- ~ tional public school accommodation provided for our town was in 1920 . when the King St. school was built and contained six classrooms, The population of the town at that time was 3212, Problem Since 1925 From the year 1025 until the pres- ent time your Board of Education has been faced with the problem of providing educational facilities for ~ a continually growing population with no sddiviual classrooms other , cipal reported to us that he had no possible accommodation to of the enrolement asking mission, It was found necessary to " seek accommodation apart from our own school premises. As you know we secured permission from the Library Board to open a classroom in the basement of the Public Lib- rary and it is one of the outstand- ing regrets of the Whitby Board of Education that we had nothing bet- ter to offer to our school children than an underground classroom in the business section of our Town furished with borrowed equipment, no playground and limited sanitary conveniences. This condition would exist in the town today were it not for the fact that the Department of Education through their local in- spector, Mr. Archibald, reported to our Board that under no condition would they allow a classroom to be operated under the existing condi- tions. We closed that room up and immediately commenced a careful study and survey that would pro- vide proper educational facilities fc our growing municipality. Qualifies Request I shall endeavour to outline the activity of the Board of Education in arriving at our present request for a néw school and to also qualify the request by submitting what we consider sound reasons for so doing. A special meeting of the Board been | was called on Sept. 6th, 1945, to discuss the serious overcrowding in our public schools. As a result of that meeting Mrs. Wells gave notice that at a subsequent meeting she would move that the question of building a new school be given con- sideration. On Sept. 27th a further special meeting appointed a com- mittee under the chairmanship of Mrs. Wells to survey the whole question of overcrowding and to procure professional advice if re- quired. At a meeting of October 10th, Mrs, Wells presented an in- terim report of the special com- mittee, The report was as follows: "Your committee met on October 2nd and decided to contact an architect who could give advice on the possibility of making an addi- tion to the King St. school. Upon enquiry Mr. J. B. Parkin was re- commended and accordingly at- were made for the com- mittee to meet Mr, Parkin. On dis- cussing with him the question of a complete survey of the entire public school system he stated that as far as he knew no firm of archi- tects in Canada had undertaken such a survey but that he knew was available in Cali- On January 2nd, 1946, a special meeting of the Board was called to consider the architects report. After considerable discussion it was de- cided that all members be given additional time to study the report and at a subsequent meeting it was decided to abandon the present Dundas St. school and erect an eight-room school on a site to be chosen later. On April 2nd, 1946, a special meeting was held for the purpose of discussing plans for the new school. The meeting instructed Mr. Parkin to prepare plans for an eight-room school with auditorium and named a special committee to interview the Council asking for their endorsement of an expenditure of $170,000. This committee had their first meeting with council and after careful consideration and dis- cussion were given the unanimous endorsation of the council to pro- ceed with the erection of the pro- posed new school. Tenders were called for and as you are aware they exceed our estimates. We again approached council for their approv- al to a new expenditure of $225,000. The council again gave this ap- proval. We then proceeded to receive the approval of the Municipal Board NEW SCHOOL (Continued on page 12) NOW PLAYING Two Shows at 7:00 and 9:00; Saturday Matinee at 1:30 PLUS AN ADDED ATTRACTION TERROR AND DREAD LURK HERE! DUNN - RYAN . RYAN Is 88 Tomorrow JAMES RISEBROUGH One of the older residents of Whit- by, who will celebrate his 88th birth- day tomorrow. He is one of the pioneers of the farming district be- tween Whitby and Uxbridge and helped with the building of the early corduroy roads through the district. He is a native of Uxbridge Village. Director Asks Refund From League The local recreational director, Gordon McMahon, has written a letter to the President of the Lake- shore Intermediate Basketball League and the President of the Ontario Amateur Basketball Asso ciation protesting the failure of the basketball team to appear for a league fixture with the Whit- by Spruce Villas on Thursday eve- ning. Mr. McMahon said that he was offered mo excuse by the Co- bourg team as to why they did not show up for the game. - In his letter to the officials Mr. McMahon said that because the Cobourg team failed to put in an appearance at the game, the Whitby team had lost money in spectator refunds and referee expenses to the total of $15. He asked the League to consider reimbursing the Whitby club for this amount. Although no official statement the Whitby team will be awarded a victory by default in the game which was slated to open the in- termediate schedule in Whitby. On Thursday night all 30 mem- bers of the band met on the street corner outside the Council Cham- bers at 6.45. After much time was wasted standing on the cold corner it was finally discovered that the chambers normally used to practice in were not available, In the midst of their bewilderment, Mr, Stiner offered the use of his modern gar- age. So each boy carried a chair and his instrument up to the gar- age and there spent the rest of the evening practicing for their May concert. During the practice a letter and donation of $2.00 was received from Mrs. C. Atkinson and was greatly appreciated by all, We wish to ex- the use of his establishment, It is hoped by all members of the band that there will be no more interruptions in the new year so that they may practice and de- velop into a band that the com- munity can be proud of. Don't forget the sleighriding party Monday night, be on hand at 7.15 sharp. We are glad to see Bob Clark has joined our band, he'll be a valu- able cornet player. Sandy McLeod is playing a solo at the Kinsmen's dinner on Feb. 18, Good luck Sandy. Every month now the boy who is making the most progress will be a guest of the Kins- men at their dinner meeting, Whitby Juniors Win in Orono champs, made in four straight wins in this year's race here last night, whipping Orono, 9-5. Referee Maur- ice Walsh of Toronto had a busy night, banishing 17 players in the rough tilt. Whitby's goals were shared by Tod Lintner with two goals and two assists, Leo Yuille with two goals, Joe McCloskey, two goals and Williams, Moore and 'Mitchell with one goal each. Carmen Cornish with two goals and an assist and Junior West with three goals and two assists were Orono's top snipers. WHITBY -- Soul, McEw! Lowe, MacDonald; centre, M s wings, Lintner, Williams; ternates, Moore, Hooker, Mitchell, D. Yuille, L. Yuille, Gates, Dalby. ) Orono-goal, Hooper; defence, Slin- toss, Patterson; centre, Rundell; wings, Cornish, West; alternates, Cox, Embley, en; defence, (cCloskey; Joll, McMullen, Hoar. Referee--Maurice Walsh, Whitby Red Wings Win Fourth In Row Edge Orphans 9-5 Whitby Red Wigs, Junior "C" To a at maui vie: TOW y the Orono Orphans by a 9-5 count. Although the game wag fairly close throughout, the Orono boys appar- ently had trouble getting organized in the first period. However, they came back strongly in the second and third frames and outscored the Whitby crew in the last period by two goals to one. . There was a total of eighteen pen- alties handed out to the teams in- cluding a major penalty to Lowe of the Red Wings, Whitby dominated the play -in the first period and scored four goals. L. Yuill bagged 2 quick ones, only 14 seconds apart. Lintner and McCloskey added singles before the period ended without a reply from the home club, Whitby were aw- arded penalties during the period for minor offenses but managed to weather the storm while short- handed. MoCloskey made it 5 to 0 before Cornish dented the twine for the Orphans on a pass from West who, by the way, figured in all 5 of the Orono goals. Mitchell added one more for the Wings only to have West get it back 25 seconds later. The goals came while Bill Lowe was sitting out his major penalty for drawing blood. Gates set up Moore for Whitby's seventh goal of the game. Orono came back strong and added one more before Wil- Orono Outscore the Wings Lowe. West bagged his third goal on a meat-passing play in front of the Whitby net, a-hard shot that has been received it is believed that goal) ) ae 2--Whitby, L. Yulll( Lowe) .. 5--Whitby, McCloskey (Lint- ner) seen TY 5:58 6--Orono, Cornish (West) ... 8:00 --TWhitby, Mitchell (D. Yuill) 8:40 8--Orono, Wi 9:08 EE RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED - IMMEDIATE 130 Brock St. N., Whitby Tel. 707 press our thanks to Mr. Stiner for |g waren: | | We Pay Eons Charges GORDON YOUNG LTD. TORONTO cosines aura] O.H.A. INTERMEDIATE "A" HOCKEY Peterboro H.C. 8. Whitby Legion eo AT TAYLOR'S ARENA WHITBY : Jan. 13, 1947 ADMISSION: 50c - 25¢ Week Of Prayer Services In Baptist Church : The concluding service in Whit- by's observance of the Universal Week of Prayer was held last evening in the Baptist Church. The Rev. H, G. Crozier, acting president of the Whitby Ministerial Associa- tion had charge of the service, as- sisted by L. J. Rich and W. A. Holliday. The Rev. A. G. Chan- nen gave the address, and the choir of the Baptist Church led in the singing. Stating in his address that if the series of services was to accomplish its purpose, those who attended must keep in mind the great cen- tral messages of the services, Mr. Channen outlined some of the essential truths of the Christian Faith, "Creeds are most important", he said, "For a man's real heart- beliefs control his conduct. As chart and compass are essential to the safe voyage of a ship, and as rules are essential to the playing of a game, so are the truths of our Faith essential to Christian living, witness and service." The arrangements made by the Ministerial Association for - the Week of Prayer were carried out almost as planned, despite the ill- ness of two or three of the mem- bers. At this last service the ap- preciation of all concerned was ex- pressed to the official Board of the Baptist Church for the use of their church building for the services during the week. Penalties--McCloskey, Lowe (ma- Jor), Lowe, Mitchell, Cox, Flintoff. 3rd Period 12--Orono, West .............. 3:56 13--Whitby, Lintner (Lowe) ..11:40 14--Orono, West ( t, Moore, Gates, Penalties--Flintof] Joli, Flintoff (2), Gates. Whithy News In Brief United Church will hold its first meeting of the year on Tuesday, January 14th, in the Sunday School Hall at 3 pm. A good attendance is hoped for, Visitors are cordially in- * PD The appointment of Dr, J. O. Ruddy, of Whitby, to the post of Caroner for the County of Ontario was announced in a recent edition of the Ontario Gazette. Dr. Ruddy, is known throughout the Whitby area. +* * On Tuesday, January 14th, the Parish Guild, of All Saint's Church will hold their business meeting and election of officers. At this meeting the ladies of the Guild will | tary. pack a box of canned goods, soap, and other useful articles, to be sent to All Saint's Church, Whitby, Eng- land for distribution among the neédy of that Parish. This meeting will be held at the Rectory. * b B 8t. Andrew's W.MS. will hold their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. J. E, Waterhouse, 215 Col- borne street east, on Tuesday, Janu- ary 14th, at 3 pm. It is hoped all members will be present, - PP : The Unity Club met in the S.O.E. Hall, on Wednesday evening when the annual banquet and election of officers was held. Reports of the various committees were received and showed a year of progress. The members are now working on ar- ticles of clothing, which, when com pleted will be sent overseas. The new officers are: Hon. President-- Mrs, A. Dewey; President--Mrs. Ted Plaskitt; First Vice President--Miss V. Whitelaw; 2nd Vice President-- Mrs. Fred James; Secretary--Mrs. Bert O'Dell; Treasurer--Mrs. Fred Thompson. A friendly game of cards brought a pleasant evening to a close. Cardiff, Wales (CP). -- Arthur Haywood, coal controller at Cardiff Docks, has been appointed coal ad- viser to Lord Killearn, special com- missioner for Southeast Asia. DONT MISS -- SUNDAY "Jim" MacCONNAGHY and the MELVIRS - 7 pm. BAPTIST CHURCH Need For Better Cows Stressed At Jersey Club Meet The Omtario and South Durham Jessey Breeders' anna and election of of- ficers last t in the Township Hall, Brooklin. The guest speaker / 3 fhe meeting was Colonel Bartley y , one of Canadas best-known breeders of Jersey cat- tle, and a director of the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club. The 1946 president, John Batty, presided over the short business meeting held prior to the election of officers, The 1947 officers of the Club elected last night included: Honor- ary President, John Batty; Presi- dent, Robert von Pilis; Vice-Presi- dent, Dr. Wilfred Sherwin; Secre- -Treasurer, F. M. Chapman; Directors: Mat Crawford, Frank Stenger, W. D. Thomson, George Todd, Howard Farndale, Mr. Batty told the gathering that the Club had just completed one of its most successful years. He said that many of the Club's exhibits at the various fairs had been awarded prizes and that the Club could well be proud of its 1946 showing. The secretary of the Jersey Club of Canada, James Bremner, ad- dressed the meeting and spoke on the recent successful fair held in Columbus, Ohio, by the American Jersey Breeders' Club, He said that the fair was a success, both Jrom, a financial standpoint and in- Douglas Thompson, a director of the Ontarto and South Durham Club held their (be Club, moved that the transfer fees increased from one dollar to one dollar and fifty cents because of the increased cost of maintaining an office in Toronto, He said that the expenses of the Club were higher during 1046 than ever be- fore and that in 1947 there was & good possibility that they would go even higher. He stressed the fact that the salaries paid to office help were steadily increasing and that this was the main reason be- hind the proposed increase in dues. Col. Bull, in his address, stated that during 1946, Ontario bred Jer- sey cattle were shipped to nine dif- ferent owLies, "However," he added, er to keep the t market it is v or the breeders in Ontario to improve their herds and see to it that their cattle are classified." He added that, by doing this, the market could be maintained but stressed the fact that unless this plan is followed the market will soon disappear. Colonel Bull stated that in re- cent weeks a request had been re- ceived from the United States and a foreign country to supply six tested and classified sires for the export market, He said that only two had been found that would meet the requirements and the daughters of these two bulls had not had a record of sufficient im- port to qualify them for the purpose. 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