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RACE FOUR THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1947 LATEST NEWS OF THE COUNTY TOWN OF WHITBY Business Office, Miss G. Macpherson; Wm. T. Williams, Editor. Phone,703, All Departments ONTARIO COUNTY TAX RATE IS SET AT 9.445 MILLS Special Rate For Education Is Set At 2.46 Mills The week long June session of the Ontario County Council was con= cluded last night following a day of committee reports, by-laws and the settling of many loose ends of unfinished business. The highlight of yesterday's session was the Fine ance Committee report in which the County rate for the year was || set at 9.445 mills plus a special rate for education amounting to 246 mills. © -* The Finance report was presented to Council. by Reeve William G. Manning, of Whitby Township, dur- ing which he pointed out that there were slight increases in the general and road rates but that the County Home rate had dropped slightly. The breakdown of the County rate as presented to Council was as fol- lows: General 'Rate --4.83 mills, County Roads -- 4.5 mills, County Home--.125 and Special Education rate--2.46. The first report of the Special Committee on Assessment was pre- sented to Council by Reeve Man- ning in which he informed members that the schedule for equalized assessment was drawing near com- pletion and that the committee recommended that the new sched- ule be used as a basis for County Assessment in 1948, The report stated that the special committee had made an extensive tour of all townships in the County and had found that the East Whit-' by Township rural areas were! assessed "too low", and in the Vil- lage of Brooklin the property is | assessed too high although the building assessment was in line, The report also recommended that in future years Brooklin receive an obsolescence of 15 per cent instead of the curren{ 10 per cent. Land values in Rama Township, located in the northern section of the County were reported 'very | low" by the committee in compari- son with equal properties in sur- rounding townships. The report concluded saying that it waé the opinion of the special committee that the difficult job of equalization was progressing "very favourably" and that the new equalized , assessments would be ready for use in 1948. The Consultative Committee of Education, appointed by the County Council earlier in the year to in- vestigate the feasability of enlarg- ing high school areas. throughout the County, delivered their first re- ort. ; Be report outlined the ground- work and meetings which the com- mittee had undertaken throughout the County during the Spring and reported that the question was taken under advisement by many localities. The one glaring item the Committee noticed during their meetings was the fact that many County residents believed that they paid no tax for secondary school education. The report pointed out that it was explained that all municipalities paid ' a secondary school tax and that it was included in the County rate. The Committee pointed out that the only Ontario County area that COUNTY: TAX RATE (Continued on Page 5) RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED --- IMMEDIATE BUTT RADIO & APPLIANC 130 Brock St. N.. Whitby Tel. 707 Daily Pickup and Delivery Service CLEANIT SERVICE Phone Whitby 707 & A Whitby News In Brief Accounts of social events and of visitors to and from the town are appreciated by this department quite ill, is now improving nicely. + b Mrs. J. Guy hag been at the bed- side of her father, Mr. 8. Roberts, Columbus, who has been quite ill for sceme time. * * » Mrs. Richard Hall has returned to her home after spending several weeks visiting with her son in Windsor and her son and daugh- ter at Richmond Hill, Ont. *> *P Mrs. H. Beamish, Mrs. Fred Oliver and Mr. and Mrs, J. Ottenbrite, are among those from Whitby, who are attending the Marian Congress at Ottawa. * + PF Miss Margaret Gill, Port Whitby, left this week for a three-month visit with friends in Homee}, Lou- isiana, U.S.A. * * P Mr. R. Davis, of Bigger, Sask. is spending a few days in town with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Elms, Brock Street South. La Mrs. W. Hall, who has been con- fined to her bed and under the dactor's care, for several weeks, is now improving, her many friends | will be pleased fo learn. La Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Tripp and son; and Mr. and Mrs, H. Tripp and daughter, were week-end visit- ors at the home of their mother, in Lind=ay. : ob The Woman's Asscciation met at | the church on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Bowcott gave a very interest- ing paper on Missions. The usual business hour followed. Plans were made for a tea to be held early in July. * be Mr. K. Pascoe, Jr. is progressing nicely with his new service station and store combined and will soon be ready to open for business. We trust that he will meet with success in his new venture. L I The Sunday School Anniversary will be 'held on Sunday, June 22, at 230 pm. There will be a special program and special music. Mrs. F. Darnell will be the guest speaker. A drama, "Farmerette", will be pre- sented on Monday evening in the church by Eldad Y.P.S. a » We are glad to see Miss Carol Lee able to be out again after being confined to her home for several weeks, the result of an injury caused by an accident while play- ing ball at school. The injury, caused her many hours of pain and suffering. ° J * + Mr. and Mrs. 8imon Grawbard- ger, of Golden Valley, near North Bay, spent the week-end at the home of Miss Kempthorne and packed up their furniture to ship out to Golden Valley. While here they called on many friends in 'the vicinity. In Memoriam CARSON--In loving memory of Errol CaTS00. who passed away June 21st, 1046. They say time heals all sorrows And helps us to forget, : But time so far has only proved, How much we miss him yet. God gave us strength to fight it, And courage to bear the blow, Your memory is our dearest treasure, In our hearts you will live foerver. Sadly missed by wife and family, Olive, Kenneth and Eileen, NCW PLAYING : Two Shows at 7:00 ard 9:00; Saturday Matinee at 1:30 7 Gary Cooper | IN AN ADVENTURE WITHOUT PARALLEL CLOAK Ine soDAGGER Gladys Gill Wedded To Oshawa Man 8t. John's Church, Port Whitby, was the setting for the wedding of Gladys Isobel Gill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gill to Leonard Francis Crawford, Oshawa. Rev. D. B. Langford officiated at the ser- vice which was held last Saturday afternoon. Mr. Robin Nicholson was at the organ and a solo was sung by Robert Wagstaff, Given in marriage by her father, the bride was gowned in light blue crepe. with white accessories and she carried a nosegay of red roses. She was attended by her sister, Miss Margaret Gill who wore a gown of grey crepe with fuschia accessories she carried a nosegay of sweet peas. The groomsman was Gordon Crawford, brother of the groom, and the ushers were Stanley Brown and Stanley Free, both of Oshawa. Owing to the inclement weather the reception following the cere- mony was held in the Sunday School Hall with the bride' mother receiving in grey silk with pink accessories and wearing a corsage of carnations and MHly-of-the val- ley. The groom's mother assisted in blue crepe with navy accessories and wearing a corsage of carna- tions and lily-of-the-valley. Also assisting in the reception was the grocan's grandmother. Following the reception the cou- ple left on a motor trip to Northern Ontario. The bride chose a travel- ling costume of lime . green suit, gold topcoat, brown accessories and wearing @ corsage of carnations and and lily-6f-the-valley: What's The § By NEIL MacCARL Last night's game with New- castle got ®ff to a dismal start as it drizzled for the first half-hour, and the game had to be halted for about 15 minutes, and it had a dis- mal ending as a managerial boner stopped a two-run rally with the bases loaded. Trailing 4-1 going into the last of the seventh, Whitby scored a pair of runs and filled the bases to assume a very threatening position, since there was only 1 out. With Bob Smyth going to the plate, the natural thing was to tell him to hit the ball as hard and as far as he could. If he got a hit, then two runs would score and Whitby would win the game. If he hit a fly ball to the outfield, then the runner could score from third to tie the game, and they would still have a chance to win, since there would be only two out. But Coach Jimmy McCarroll, who was deeply moved by Newecastle's squeeze bunt earlier in the same inning, tried to imitate the same play with disastrous re- sults. Winter8 came tearing home like a jackrabbit late for a funeral, and scored easily as Middleton dropped 'a perfect bunt when New- castle tried the play But when Whitby tried it, Smyth fouled the first pitch, and Graham, wise to the play, purposely made his second pitch too" high for a bunt and Har den was an easy putout at the plate. * + 2 The win for Newcastle was their first of the season, and it marks the second game that Hodgson has pitched when he has allowed only two earned runs, and still lost. Hodgson was in top form last night. He allowed only three hits, one of which was a squeeze bunt, and he walked only three batters. In addition he sent a dozen batters down on strikes, in- cluding three in the third inning. Graham pitched a good game for the winners, but it took errorless playing by his mates to. bring him ' through, as he was in trouble several times. His ourves and change of pace pitches helped him to strike out 10 men, but he walk- ed eight, and gave up six hits. a Following last nights game, the members of the Whitby team elect ed third baseman Les Reed as team captain. --Ken Macdonald maintain- ed his torrid .500 average and his slugging reputation, as he collected two doubles in four times at bat.-- Bob Smyth made his first appear- ance in a Whitby uniform, going into the game in the fifth inning to replace Lintner, and he drew a walk and struck out in two trips to the plate--Some of the Whitby players had the name of the mer- chants who sponsored them on their uniforms last night, and the whole team will do so in future games. > bb The diamond was in fine shape for last night's game, after being freshly bulldozed and rolled. In addition, Don Gaine sprayed the infields at both ends of the park , with. 2-4-D weed killer, and promises that the playing sur- faces .will be free of weeds for 4 : on Page 8) ° 3 Married Last Saturday Pictured following their wedding in Whitby on Saturday, June 14, are Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Slichter,® both of Whitby. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Wood and the late Mr. Norman Wood, and the groom is the son of Mrs. Slichter and the late Edmund Slichter of Toronto. Following the ceremony the couple left on a motor trip to the United States and on their return will reside in Whitby. --Photo by Hornsby Studio Union Cemetery Staff Decoration Employees of the Union Ceme- tery were busy putting on the fin- ishing touches yesterday in rrepar- ation for the annual 1.0.0.F. Dec- oration Day service tomorrow. Fav- oured by good weather all week long, and in srite of he work nec- essary for five funerals 'this week, the seven-man staff has the 28 acres of grass freshly cut, and clip- ped around the trees and tomb- stones, and the many visitors to the cemetery tomorrow will find that it has never looked better. "This is the last year that we will | be able to manage in the summer with a seven-man staff," Arthur J. Pierson, who manages the ceme- tery for the City of Oshawa, said in commenting on the growth of the cemetery. "When I first started to work here in November, 1809, there were just another man and myself to do the work, and now there are seven. We have added three more acres of new ground this year, and | we will add four more nex{ year so! that the cemetery will then occupy | 35 acres, and we will need further Qelp. During the war, the staff was cut to two men, with Mr, Pier- son, and his helper, Richard Mac- Carl, forced to do the work as best they could. - Mr. Pierson stated that there are 28 acres of grass in the cemetery that are cut on the average of once a week, and it takes about six days to complete the cutting operations, using 2 power mowers and 7 hand mowers. In addition, the ~ grass must be clipoed around the stones every cther week. During the con- tinuous raing in the early spring, the work was held back because the men could not work in the rain, but they are all caught up now, he said. Besides the work in connection with the grass, there are always sunken graves to be filled in, and they use about 150 loads of dirt a ALMOND'S SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY will be held on . SUNDAY, JUNE 22nd AT 2:30 P.M.' Special Music with Mrs. F. Darnell as Guest Speaker. MONDAY NIGHT, JUNE 23, at 8 pm, Eldad Y.P. will present a drama "The Farm- eretie". Everyone Welcome Proceeds equally divided between Sunday School and Brooklin War Memorial, WANTED BOY or GIRL for a ; DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE "CARRIER ROUTE in the East end of Whitby Secure your application form from the Whitby Office 1 or Phone the Circulation Department Preparing For Large Day Event | year in addition to the excess dirt' | from new. graves, and trees and | shrubs to be trimmed and cared for. | This evring it was necessary to re- | move about a dozen trees that had died during the winter. "There has been a 'Decoration { Day' ever since I can remember," It used to be held as a joint service by: all the lodges, with a big parade along the highway to the cemetery accome panied by bands, but this was dis- continued about 15 to 20 years ago. Ncw the service is under the direc- tion of the 1.0.0.F. Lodge. Sport Calendar Today |" Whitby Men's Bowling * Club | Dcubles Tournamerit fof the Fare- { 'well Trophy, Club greens, 1:45 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 23 Juveni'e Baseball | Oshawa Rexalls at Whitby Ro- | tary-- (first home game). | Junior Softball | Shorty's Tigers at Oshawa - Fit- | tings. | Grand Re-Opening DANCING Taylor's Arena, Whitby -on Scturday, June 21 ADMISSION 35¢ Y) See us for full details ' Local winners will be el- igible to compete "for $10,000 in cash prizes through the Newspaper National Snapshot Awards. Stop in for Kodak :] Verichrome Film, and get off to a good start. PHOTOGRAPHER BROCK ST. S. WHITBY New By-Laws Passed By County Several by-laws were passed by the Ontario County Council during yesterday's concluding sitting of the June, Session. The following by- laws were among the most import ant: A by-law to borrow a sum of money from the Bank of Commerce to be used to pay Ontario County accounts until funds are available from County taxes. A by-law to equalize the assess- ment throughout the County for the year 1948. The by-law included a statement that the County was will- ing to abide Jy the ruling of a County Court judge in the event of an appeal. against any specific assessment under the new scheme. A by-law to limit the speed of vehicles over bridges in the County to 20 miles an hour. It recommend- ed the placing of warning signs at each approach of a bridge so lim- ited. A by-law to allow the County to take over all bridges in the County with a span of less than thirty feet if in the opinion of a qualified engineer the bridge sheéuld be re- constructed to have a span of thirty feet or more. I.O.D.E. Branch 'Holds Regular Monthly Meeting The regular monui, meeting oli the Whitby Branch of the I.O.D.E. was held last week and it was an- nounced that plans are now com- plete for the annual summer tea sponsored by the group, this year being held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph King,' Freep St, on Tuesday afternoon, June 24. ' Mrs. Murdock wiil be in charge of the tea arranbements with Mrs, Stur- gess and Mrs, Curtis in charge of entertainment. A. novel attraction at this year's tea will be a .series of dances on the lawn presented by the Whitby Mcdern Players (Jun- ior.) . It' was announced that the food shower recently held by the branch was very successful and the food thus gathered will immediately be shipped to Britain. It is hoped that the permission of the Town Council will be obtain- ed for the annual "mile of money" drive sponsored by the local I.0.D. E. It is expected that the event will be held early in Septemter with the object being to provide focd for Britain and clothing for needy children. Whitby Classified WANTED TO RENT--YOUNG BUSI- ness couple desire furnished bed-sitting room immediately. Box 36, Times- Gazette. (145c¢) FOR SALE--TEAM OF HORSES, APPLY King Bros. Co., Whitby. Phone 752. (June24) WANTED--RELIABLE WOMAN WOULD like housework five days a week. Pre- ferably at one place. Phone 2177, Whit- by. (Evenings). LOST--WILL THE. LADY WHO WAS seen picking up a Dominion of Canada $7.50 Bond coupon in Dominion Bank, on Tuesday, June 17th, please mail to P.O. Box 653, to avoid further trouble. FOR SALE--'38 FORD CAR, DELUX Model. Phone 814, Whitby. FOR SALE--TWO BROOD SOWS, FAR- rowing next month. Phone Loyal Pogue, 814 Whitby, or write RR. 1, Whitby. FOR SALE--REGISTERED BOAR, ONE year old; also 300 five' weeks old mixed hyrbid chicks. cheap for quick sale. Apply 1399 Dundas street east, Whitby. > . (June24) HELP WANTED--HIGH SCHOOL BOY for . Service Station work. Apply J. Berle B.A, Service Station, Whitby. FOR SALE_LARGE ICE-BOX, HOLDS 200 lbs, Apply 400 Dundas street west, Whitby. BAND x 5 NOTES by BILL BRADLEY The Kinsmen"s Boys' Band will be United Churciy. The evening is scheduled to get under way at 7 Pp. m. All boys and their parents are tendered a cordial welcome. At Thursday night's band practice several new pieces were gone over by the boys and it is expected that more will be added to the reper- toir in the near future. The purpose of the new music is ¢ bring the band into the scope of more advanc- ed musicianship and to stress less the type of music confined to the junior class. Band Master Marchant is plan- ning a series of studies to enlarge the musical knowledge of members of the band. The series will cover notation, .interprepation, rhythm ard what can be expected from the Jious instruments of the band. All members of the band are be- ing supplied with lists for camp re- quirements. If.you have not obtain- ed yours see Kenny Corner. Pictures of the band and the var- ious sections of it, have been taken from time to time as the band made public appearances. Copies are avail- able. Contact Carl Mantz, Sandwiches for the social on Mon- day evening are being supplied by the cornet nad drum sections. Cakes and ccokies by all other members of the band. An effort will be made on Mon- day night to give a complete pic- ture of what the band is endeavor- ing to accomplish and how the boys are progressing. Plans are being completed for the camp outing at Cobourg starting the fifth of July. A number of the boys will proceed to Cobourg in the morning of the 5th to arrange the final details for the stay. They will be under the direction of Cam Mar- chant. The main group of boys will leave immediately after dinner on the same day. To ensure that every- thing is well taken care of, the boys kits will be deposited at the Town Hall at 8.30 a. m. on Saturday the 5th. They will be taken to Cobourg by truck with Cam Marchant's ad- vance squadron. LAND OF ISLES New Zealand comprises two large and several smaller islands with a total area of 103,415 square miles. A hosts to their parents here Monday : at a Social to be held at Whitby ' Hodgson's Three Hitter Wasted N ewcastle Wins 4-3 Whitby Intermediates suffered their first setback on their home di"mond last night, as they bowed | to Newcastle 4-3, in & Lakeshore league game. strong rally in the last of the sev; enth inning to score two runs, ang: they left the bases loaded as the final out was made. Doug Hodgson pitched a brilliant three hit game for the losing Whitby team, and Whitby staged a ! he fanned a dozen batters, but his | mates allowed two unearned runs, | and they, cost him _the game. Gra- ham, on the mound for Newcastle kept six Whitby hits well scattered, | and he fanned 10 'men, but he lack. ed Hodgson's control, and walked eigh', and was constantly in trouble. © It was drizzling steadily as the game began, and play had to be stopped for about 15 minutes when the drizzle turned to a downpour. The game was a pitcher's battle all the way, arid neither side was able to score until the fourth inning. Elliott started things off for New- castle when he drew the first walk off Hodgson, Middleton sacrificed him to second, and he scored as Reed booted Sprout's grounder. Whitby promptly evened the score with a single tally, Macdonald hit a lor ; drive to right field that went for a ground rule double, to open the inning, Harden struck out, but Yuill singled to centre field to cash the run and tie the game, Gates ------------------ ---- Ld drew a walk to keep the rally going, | but Lintner fanned, and Hodgson grounded out to end the inning. Newcastle added single runs again | in the fifth, sixth and seventh. Graham's roller went through both | Rae and Lintner to open the fifth" and he went to second as a result, of the misplays. Hodgson forced Gray to ground out, and he struck i Winters out for the third straight time, but Elliot hit a grounder to EWCASTLE WINS (Continued on Page 5) FOR HIRE NEW CEMENT MIXER, BARROWS AND OPERATOR 5 YDS. PER HOUR Harry W. Jermyn WHITBY, ONT. FOR SALE POSSESSION JULY 1ST WHITBY Brick dwelling, 6 rooms, all conveniences. Well located in good residential area, Inspec- tion by appointment only. Must have good cash pay- ment. Apply BOWMAN & ROWE WHITBY Get the BEST in - and = 124. Athol St. S. VULCANIZING RECAPPING NEW and USED TIRES V E R N SERVICE Phone 866 we Pickup and Deliver! . FOR SALE--WHITE BABY PRAM, AL- so baby swing, good condition. Apply 218 Kent street Whitby. FOR SALE--A GOOD YOUNG DURHAM cow, second calf, due in two weeks. Apply A. Goralczyk, Dundas street east, (Ross Hill), Whitby. (June 21) WANTED--WANTED TO BUY. POUL- try, highest market prices paid, also feathers and horse halr. Apply N. Lemberg, Brock street south, hitby. Phone 644 or 992, Whitby. PLOWING--FOR SPRING PLOWING, scooping and cultivating, phone Paul Puirko, 2238 Whitby, or apply 910 King St. S., Whitby. (June2l) WANTED TO BUY--ALL KINDS OF Poultry, also new and old feathers. Highest market prices. Apply J. Parker. 821 Brock St: N. Phone 486. FOR SALE---MIXED SLAB WOOD. NO extra charge to Oshawa, Brooklin er Ajax, Brunton Lumber Co., Ltd., by 'Phone 352, Whitby $8,500 Full 2 storey home in good condition. Occupancy in 30 days. Seven rooms, including 3 bedrooms. Good heating egystem, Private drive. Frame garage. Low taxes. Can be seen only by ap- pointment. ' Phone 4400 chofield INSURANCE . <Ageny 6 SIMCOE ST. N. -- OSHAWA (145a) SALES REGISTER SATURDAY, JUNE 28th--Auction sale of Household Furniture, the property of Mrs, Constance Bradley, 500 Walnut street, Whitby. All of the household effects will be sold including, living- room, dining-room, bedroom and kit- chen furniture, odd tables, garden tools, etc. No reserve. Al o'clock sharp, Willlam Maw, Auctioneer. 2 >) 7 ale at one | CUTTINGS .... PRESTC-LOGS Fuel Wood HARDWOOD BODY WOOD ...... $18.00 per Cord » (Cut to 12" Lengths) MIXED SLABWOOD CUTTINGS .. $13.00 per Cord (Cut ie 12" Lengths) : SOFTWOOD MILL CUTTINGS .... $7.00 per Cord DRY. HARUWOOD FLOORING 25 per bag seve y Bag) 10c Each--$22.00 per Ton (Pressed Sawdust Logs for Fireplaces) DELIVERED TO--Whitby, Oshawa, Pickering, Aiax, Brooklin, Bowmanville, Hampton, Enniskillen, Taunton, Burketon The Brunton Lumber Co. Limited WHITBY, ONTARIO Telephone, Whitby a --