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a -------------- PAGE FOUR THE DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1946 LATEST NEWS OF THE COUNTY TOWN OF WHITBY Business (Office, Miss G. Macpherson Phone 708, All Departments 86,460 Letters Mailed At Whitby Office In Christmas Period hg During the Christmas rush period from December 15 to the day before Christmas, a total of 86460 letters and cards were mailed at the Whit- by Post Office, acting post-mistress Ferne Nichols reported today, This is an increase of 1,000 or more over last year's high figure for the same period, The count for each day rose steadily from the middle of Decem- ber with 11,110 on December 17 and 14,240 on December 18 until a peak of 19,000 was reached on Thursday, December 19. The number then dropped to 10,670 on December 20 and declined to 2,680 the day before Christmas. A year ago the peak was reached on the same date when a total of 16,650 letters went through the can- celling machine, The numbers for the previous two days had been 13,- 500 and 11990 while the totals for December 20 and 21 were 14,870 and 10,530. While no count was kept of the number of parcels mailed, the heav- fest lot of incoming mail came on the Sunday night before Christmas when there were a total of 60 bags, of which 56 were filled with parcels. On normal days during the year, the usual number of bags is five or six, During the Christmas mailing period, sales of stamps at the Post Office amounted to $1,950. at Whitby News In Brief Accounts of social events and ° of visitors to and from the town are appreciated by this departments TELEPHONE 70) Mr. and Mrs. T. Anderson and family spent Christmas with their daughter, in Toronto, LA J Miss Hazel Worfolk spent Christ- mas with friends in Toronto, On- tario, . - oe Rev. Hugh Crozier and Mrs, Croz- ier, spent Christmas in London wath their daughter, + Pb Miss 'Betty Odlum, of Marathon, Ontario, spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L, Odlum, King Street. * 9 Mr, and Mrs. LeRoy Toll, daugh- ter Wendy and son Brian, spent Christmas with Mrs, Toll's parents, Mr. and Mrs, G. M, Goodfellow, Dundas sure. west. * P Mr, and Mrs, James Larkin and family, of Toronto, spent Christmas with Mrs, Larkin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. M, Smith, Brock street south, Mr, and Mis, ¢. hd McBride, of Brantford, Optario; Mr. and Mrs, G, E, McBride, of St Thomas, On- tariop. spent Christmas with their parents, Mr, and Mrs, W. E, Mec- Bride, 400 King Street, 0, A Mrs. George Every spent Christ- mas with her son, Mr. Frank Ev- ery and Mrs. Every, of Napanee. The many Whitby friends of Frank will be glad to know that he is now much improved from his recent ill- ness in Kingston Hospital, a The Holy Name Soclety, of St. John's R.C. Church will present an Operatta and Dance, in the Whitby Town Hall, on Monday evening, December 30th, at 8 o'clock, pre- sented by St, Gregory's Boys Choir, of Oshawa. Dancing from 10-12 o'clock, ob PP . Miss Lois Sleightholm, who has been on the teaching staff of Lind- say Public School for the past two years, has resigned and has accept- ed a position on the Oshawa Public School staff, and will commence her new duties after the Christmas holidays. She spent Christmas and the holiday week with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Sleight- holm, Byron Street south, Carlisle, Eng.--(CP)---Despite op- position from older councillors, the city council has restricted the chair- manship of prncipal committees to members under 70. Alloa, Scotland (CP) --New dock gates for Le Havre and Dieppe to replace those destroyed during the war, are being built here, 'Rural School Annuals Held Ratepayers In school sections throughout the township met Thursday to hear reports of the year's activities, to discuss plans for the coming year and to ap- point trustees. Reports at nearly a!l the schools showed higher enrolments than in previous years. At Brooklin, there was a discus- { lon as to the problem of the high cost of operating the continuation school and Reeve William Manning informed the meeting that this problem would probably be discuss- ed with the boards by the county council committee, Norman Alves, the trustee whose | term had expired, was re-elected | to the school board, and Douglas | Thompson was re-appointed secre- tary-treasurer, The other members of the board are W. 8. Croxall and Dr. Ww. W, Baldwin, It was reported that enrolment | in the public school was more than | £0, an increase of 10 or 15 over last year, while the number at the con- | tinuation school is 38 this year as compared with 30 a year ago. At School Section No, 1 an enrol- ment of approximately 30 was re- ported, an increase over previous years, Here John Dryden was named to the board, replacing B. DeHart, who had served for nine years, The other members are Ru- fus Bradley and Clarence Bur- roughs, A larger enrolment than ever be- fore was reported at 8.8. No. 4, there being 43 pupils attending the school, Harold Hamilton was named to the board, replacing El- mer Cook, who retired after a num- ber of years on the board. The | other members are J. F, Booth and | E. R. Heron and O, H. Downey was re-appointed auditor. Redecoration and other repairs to 8.8, No. 5 School were discussed at the meeting for that section, the work to be done in the spring, In | addition to redecorating the build- ing, it was decided to have the well celaned out, | Enrolment there is approximately | 25, which is larger than usual | Crawford Kerr, the member whose | term expired, was re-appointed to | the board, along with Charles Bell and Bert Guthrie, The major improvement at 8.8. | No. 6 during the year, was the in- stallation of indoor plumbing at | the school, where there are approx- | imately 17 pupils in attendance. | | Lloyd Stanley was named to the | 18.8, 6 board, replacing William | | Pairinder, While at 8.8. No. 1, | Norman Anderson, whose term was | expiring, was re-appointed. The | other members of the 8.8, 7 board |are Gordon Fisher and Walter Knight, | 1) oa 0 Church Brevities {| The Christmas anthems and or- | gan music of Christmas Sunday will | be repeated in the morning and evening services of the Baptist Church this Sunday. In the morn- ing the minister will take for his subject a phrase that many of us have used since Christmas Day-- [It's all over for another year". | While this is a perfectly natural reaction to the rush and bustle of the Christmas season it also implies a 'mood that is unhealthy for any- one of us to give in to. The evening service will feature (the presentation of the Christmas story in beautiful kodachrome pic- tures shown with a 35-mm, still projector. The service will open with a singsong of familiar hymns on the screen. Christmas music will be repeated and Mrs. Summers will play inspiring and familiar numbers on the organ. A special candlelight choral serv- ice will be held Sunday evening at the Whitby United Church, The congregation of St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Church will join in the service, Card of Thanks Mr. and Mrs, J, Lees, wish to thank Rev. F, and Mrs. Darnell for their lovely plant, also Capt, Wilson, of the Salvation Army for her box of groceries and neighbors and friends for their gifts and cards received on their 54th' wedding anniversary, on Christmas day. NOW PLAYING Two Shows at 7:00 and 9:00. Saturday Matinee at 1:30 ROSA and 'A WARNER Re-reledse = GENEVIEVE. TOBIN ALLYN JOSLYN + CLARENCE KOL® v AI3J4VYVS ONADIW with . | Eon COM THAT vERY SWELL pi CHARLIE RUGGLES NO ACCIDENTS IN WHITBY DESPITE SLEET Despite last night's sleet storm which brought the worst driving conditions of the winter so far, no accidents were reported in Whitby although several mishaps were reported along the highway between here and Toronto, Chief J, W, Elliott sald people had apparently realized the dan- ger of the situation and either didn't attempt to drive or were unusually cautious, This morning when the storm had subsided, snow shovels were at work throughout the town as residents cleared the caked snow from the sidewalks before thelr homes and places of business or endeavored to open their drive- ways sufficiently to drive to work, Before six o'clock the town snowplough was at work along with four men who were agsisting In clearing the intersections and 8" ovelling the stretches of side- walk in front of city property, Fred O'Dell, superintendent, sald the snowplough had been sent out last night but it had been fcund to be useless to work then | a8 the streets were filling In as rapidly as they could be cleared out, He sald also there was only one driver for«the snowplough and if he had worked during the night there would have been no one to carry on this morning. By 10 o'clock the main streets and many of the side streets had been cleared, The sanling crew was sent out when the sleet first started yes- terday afternoon but by las' night when the snow was drifting, sand would have been useless, While driving was difficult this morning, local garages did not re- port an undue number of calls for tow service, although some sald they were having "quite a few" and most feared they would Two Masons Honored As Officers On Festival The annual dinner and installa-' tion of officers, in celebration of the festival of St. John, was held in the Masonic Temple last evening, At 6:30 o'clock the banquet hall was filled to Capacity with members of Composite Lodge, AF, & AM. | Mason. and their friends, who enjoyed an ample banquet served by the Junior Warden, Jos, Shields and assistants, At this dinner, over which W. Bro. Wm, Davidson presided, a number of the oldest members of the Lodge were present, and received congratu- lations of their fellows. Later, in the lodge room, following the usual monthly business meet- ing, officers for the year 1047 were installed and invested by R. W, Bro. G. M. Goodfellow, assisted by a large number of past masters. Those who will occupy the chairs of Composite Lodge for the ensuing year are: Wor, Master -- F, 8, Mills; IPM, - Wm. Davidson; 8.W, A E, Patterson; JW. -- A, A, Archibald; Chaplain -- F, W, Marsh; Treas, -- W. M. Pringle; 8ec, -- W. G. Aug- ust: ; D, of C, -- Frank Wells; 8.D. -- J. W, Elliott: J.D, -- A, 8tin- son; 8.8, -- Westland Smith; J.8, -- A. Edwards; 1.G. -- W, Courtney; Org. -- R, Fenton; Tyler -- M, Slichter, When the Treasurer, W., Bro. Pringle, was being invested into his office, mention was made of the fact that 1947 will be the 34th con- secutive year in which he will have spved Composite 'Lodge in that oflice, have more as the day progressed, It being Saturday morning, it was thought that there were not as many people going to work as would be the case on any other week day, The majority of gar- ages were not open during the worst of the storm last night, Wings Trounce U.T.S. In Hectic Opener Here Whitby Red Wings made their 6 ronto club for the balance of the first appearance last night to win | game and gave Moore and Lintner 5-3 'over University of Schools, It was a rough and rugged game with Referee Heffering having three teeth loosened, Wil. liams performed the ha: trick to lead the local club, Despite bad weather and ley road conditions, the fans turned out in good spirits to see the lo- cal club and the last year's cham- plons showed they're going to be no pushover this year, McEwen ricked up his stick and played as if the play-offs had finished only a couple of nights ago, Play was fairly even through the first half of the first period until Lintner banged home the Wings' first goal on a pass from Joe McCloskey, Doll was given a tripping penalty but Whitby fail- ed to take advantage of the extra man, On one occasion when still shorthanded, the Toronto club missed a great scoring chance on a break-away only to have Mec- Ewen outguess them, In the second period, Whitby made it 3-0 when Willlams bag- ged his first goal, It was a long, low, hard shot that fooled goalie Mitchell all the way, Lang was given a five.minute penalty and while he was off, Lowe made it 3-0 for the local boys, Hectic Third Period In the third period, Dalby re- placed McEwen in the local twine and from then on, things started to pop, Williams made it 4-0 for his second goal, this being a long slow roller that Taylor now in goal, muffed, Sinclair followed with the U. T.S. Club's first tally, Lintner and Howard tangled in a wrest- ling match and when everything was over, Referee Larry Heffer- ing banished Bertram of the To- . Ly AJ Whitby Classified WANTED TO RENT----TWO OR THREE unfurnished rooms, near Alger Press Lithogiaphing plant. Anply 27 Warren Ave, awa or phone 2380, (Jan 4) WANTED-ROOM OR ROOM AND board, In private home, by young single man, with silage lor oar, | Josible. Apply Box 95, ea-Cazette, hitby, (Dec. 31) HOUSE FOR SALE-SEVEN ROOMS, 3- lece bath, good furnace, hardwood ownstalrs, Immediate possession, Ap- ly W. A, Lawson, Green street, Whit. y. (Dec.31) FOUR NEAT walt on tables, 1200 Byron Street WANTED---WANTED TO BUY, POUL- try, highest market prices pald, also feathers and horse hair, Apply N, Lemberg, Brock street south, Wntvy. Phone 644 or 992, Whitby, REAL ESTATE FOR SALE--NEW 3. room modern bungalow, 1022 Brock St. South, John Dennis, Town Line South, (111¢) WANTED TO BUY -- ALL KINDS OF Don. also Hod and oa Big ghest market prices. . Parker, 321 Brock St. NP Phone Seo. APARTMENT WANTED! Our newly appointed Whitby editor, (an ex-service man) is desirous of obtaining an apart- ment for his wife and self about January 1st. If anyone can help this desirable young couple get established in Whitby Wwe would very much eppreciate it. Please phone Times-Gazette office, 708, or G. M. Goodfellow, 838. tH EARING GIRLS TO APRY Club Bayview, uth, irnNn4 Toronto | major penalties, Just . to make matters worse, Heffring was nurs ing three loose teeth as a result of Bertram's wild outburst, After everything was over and things got off to a smooth run, Williams added his third goal of the game, Toronto made a game attempt in the dying minutes of the game to tie it up as Armstrong and Frost added tallies but couldn't beat Dalby for any more. In all | pain it was a real hard fought game. With the exception of the outburst in the early part of the game it was fairly clean, The Red Wings will play ano- ther game Monday night when they journey to Stouffville to play the nearest group finalists of last season, This should be a real bang-up game so come on out and support the hockey youth, As yet no definite date has been set Installed of St. John Two presentations of considerable local interest featured the meeting of Composite Lodge, AF. & AM, in the Masonic Temple last evening. The first was the presentation of a fifty-year medal, awarded by the fc Grand Lodge for having been fifty years a Mason, to Bro, Theodore King, who joined Compo- site Lodge, Whitby, in 1806, It was presented by W. Bro, W. J. H, Richardson, who had been a friend of Bro, King since boyhood, and who reminisced in a humorous mood while making the presenta- tion, 'This was followed in turn by the presentation to W, Bro, Richardson of a past master's jewel, the gift being presented by Bro. King on behalf of the Lodge. W. Bro. Rich- ardson has been a member since 1807, and was master in 1005, Both members received an ovation from those present, being offered hearty congratulations on their long and honorable membership. Lodge Master DR. F. 8, MILLS for the opening of league play but it is hoped it will be in the near future as the local lads are game to get into league competi- tion, i , Taylor; defence, How- ard, Lang: centre, Bark; wings, Sin. clair and McClelland; "subs, Frost, Vernon, Arrowsmith, Armstrong, Bertram, Calipbelli sub-goal, ' TBY -- goal, McEwen; defence, Lowe and Hooker; centre, Joe Of = key: wings, Williams and Tod Lint« ner; subs, L. and D, Yulll, MacDon- ald, Les Moore, Mitchell; sub-goal, First Period 1--Whitby, Lintern (MoCloskey) Penalty--Doll, Second Period 2---Whitby, Williams .. a 3---Whitby, Lowe 1, 12:0 Penalties -- Lowe, 2; Lang 5-min, Frost, Moore and Williams, Third Period 4--Whitby, U.T.8, y 13:00 Williams 5-U.T 8, Sinclair .,, 6--Whitby, 7-U.T8, Frost 8--U.T.8, Armstrong Penalties -- Lintner, 5-min, H major, Vernon, OPERETTA AND DANCE Auspices of Holy Name Society, St. John's R.C. Church, in WHITBY TOWN HALL MONDAY, DEC. 30th 8 P.M, Presented by St. Gregory's Boys Choir, Oshawa 'ADMISSION ADULTS--500 CHILDREN, 25¢ Celebrate New Year's Fie SKATING "ate TAYLOR'S ARENA WHITBY DECEMBER 31, 1946 AT 10:00 p.m. UNTIL? Hats -- Horns -- Novelties -- Special Prizes 'Featuring "MOONLIGHT SKATING" Gentlemen: 75c¢ Ladies': 50¢ Varied Program At Ajax Church Christmas Tree Joining in recitations, exercises and tableaux, all classes of the Ajax Community Church Sunday School combined to make their annual Christmas concert, on December 20, a real success. Every number on the program, which was under the supervision of W. E, Smalley, Sun- day School Superintendent, was greeted appreciatively by a packed church audience, Following the program, Santa Claus paid a visit and distributed gifts and packages of oranges, candy and nuts, In a tableau by Miss Wiles' class, entitled "The Light of the World," a portion of the Christmas story was read from the Scripture; then sev- eral members of the class came up the aisle of the church and present- ed Christ as the Light of the world, Light from the candles shone on a globe, held by another member of the class, An interesting International Ta- bleau, presented by Mrs. Whelan's class, portrayed the arrival! of repre- sentatives from many foreign lands including former enemy countries, Theme of the tableau was the re- sponsibility of the church to meet these people with the Gospel, Opening number on the program was "The Gifts of the Friendly Beasts," offered by the Junior Sun- day School. With background scen- ery representing the Babe in tne VARIED PROGRAM (Continued on Page 9) SEASON'S GREETINGS All the best in life to you and yours in '47, MRS. M. E. RYCROFT REPRESENTATIVE For AVON PRODUCTS Whitby, Ont, Town Hockey League Boys To Sign Up Next Tuesday n As plans are being made for a bang-up season of hockey for the young boys of Whitby, registration for participation in the Town League is scheduled for Tuesday next in the Council Chambers at 2 p.m, Registration will be for all boys who wish to play in any of the sec tions, which include Pee-Wees und- er 12 years of age, Bantams under 14, Midgets under 16 and Juveniles under 18, Recreation Director, Gordon McMahon, said also that the age limit for juveniles may be extended to include boys 18 years of age and so urged any boys over the legal age, but interested In playing, to register, It is expected there will be about four teams in each league and in addition to the Whitby entries, a team from Ajax is planning to take part in the Midget league and en- tries are also expected from Pick- ering and Kinsale, the former in the Bantam group, The Minor Hockey. executive will meet on Monday night to draw up the schedule and the opening games will be played next Friday night, RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED - IMMEDIATE 130 Brock St. N., Whitby Tel 107 NOTICE Please Take Note That My Studio Will Be Closed Until Jan. 15th HOTOGRAPHER "Listen In" -- To... "THE OLD RANCH HOUSE" An All-Request Program Every Saturday Night (8:00 to 8:15 p.m.) JVER ANTI CKDO.. 1240 Your Dial! Sponsored by 'STROWGER'S FURNITURE STORE 123 Brock St. N. Whitby NOMINATION MEETING TOWNSHIP of WHITBY Public notice is hereby given to the Electors of the Township of Whitby, that, in pursuance of the Statutes in such cases made and provided, | Phone 611 require the presence of the Electors of the Township of Whitby at the TOWNSHIP HALL, BROOKLIN on MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1946 12 O'CL at the hour of Trustees for the Hamlet of Brooklin. Nomination must be in writing and signed by two electors, That, in the event of a poll being required, votes will be taken on Monday, OCK NOON of that day, for the nomination of candidates for Reeve, Deputy Reeve, and Councillors of the Township of Whitby for the year 1947, and for Fire January 6th, 1947, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. and the follow- ing will be the places for holding the said elections in the different Polling Sub-Divisions, and the Deputy Returning Officers thereof, viz; Polling Sub-Division No. 1--Mrs, E. McGregor's Residence Mrs. H. Redshaw, D.R.O, R. Richardson, D.R.O. Polling Sub-Division No. 1A--Wm. Stonehouse's Residence Wm. Stonehouse, D.R.O, Polling Sub-Division No, 2--Brooklin House--C. Burroughs, D.R.0, Polling Sub-Division No. 3A--Township Hall--E. J. Dingman, D.R.0. Polling Sub-Division No. 3B--Township Hall--Arthur Boyes, D.R.O. Polling Sub-Division No. 4--Parrott's Shop, Ashburn Dated at Brooklin, Ont. this 21st day of December, 1946. Muay. 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