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ORS PAGE FOUR THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1948 LATEST NEWS OF THE COUNTY TOWN OF WHITBY 'Business Office, Miss G. Macpherson; Wm. T. Williams, Edicor. Phone 703, All Departments Conduct T.B. Re-check Clinic In Whitby, 35 Are Asked Officials and technicians of the @©ntario Department of Health were in "Whitby 'yesterday conducting a tuberculosis recheck clinic. About 35 Whitby citizens were asked to at- tend because pulmonary tuberculo- 81s was a possibility or because of defects in the X-ray. film taken at the initial clinic check held here early in December. The recheck clinic, which was held in the public library, was in operation yesterday morning and afternoon and was under the di- rection of Dr. McLelland, Toronto, an official of the Provincial Health Department. Gordon McMahon, who acted as chairman of the T.B. survey in 'Whitby, said today that results of the X-rays taken at the clinic last month indicated that Whitby citi- zens were comparatively free from T.B. or any indication of the dis- ease. "About half of the 35 people asked to return for a recheck yes- terday were requested to do so be- To Attend cause of simple defects in the first film which necessitated the taking of a second X-ray," he said. Confidential reports have been mailed to all citizens suffering from any type of disease or illness dis- cernible on the X-ray film taken last month. Included in such: cases were persons suffering from an en- larged heart or similar heart or lung trouble. "If a citizen who had an X-ray taken last month hasn't heard from their physician or the Department of Health to date they can take it for granted that the X-ray plate didn't give any indication of pul- monary tuberculosis or other se- rious chest trouble," said Mr. Mc- Mahon, It is expected that a complete report of the number of question- able cases or number of negative plates will be released by the De- partment .of Health later this month. When this happens, a re- port will be furnished through' the local press. Highways, Whitby Streets In Slippery Condition -- Police Issue Caution Roads throughout South Ontario County and streets in the Town of Whitby presented a problem to mo- torists this morning as a result of the snowfall last night. Police and highway men reported the thor- oughfares as "very heavy" and in most cases quite slippery. At a late hour last night Whitby police department oficers reported "all quiet" but stated that they were advising motorists to take 'it easy because Whitby streets were in a particularly dangerous condi. tion. Provincial police officers reported that the highways were in good shape although they were beginning to get heavy late last night. Pro- vincial and County sanding crews were on the job and prospects were that snow plows might be called out if the inlications were that the snow was to continue throughout the night. No definite information could be gathered from: the northern section of Ontario County but it was be- lieved they were experiencing the same conditions as existed in and around Whitby. Proof that the highways were In a slippery condition was offered by the fact that several cars slid into the boulevard section between the north and south paved portions of the new highway in the vicinity of Whitby last night. No damage was done to the vehicles but in at least two cases it required the services of a tow truck to free the stalled ve- hicles. Radio warnings issued last night warned motorists that highways were slippery and that visibility was poor at the height of the storm. Aborigines Get Five-Point Quiz Sydney, Australia, (CP). -- A test questionnaire that might well cause many white men and women to balk, or at least commit per- jury has been drawn up for West Australian aborigines. The West Australian govern- ment is granting full citizenship rights to the aborigines providing they can answer under oath before a magistrate that they live a life strictly conforming to the follow- ing standards: 1. Are you of industrious ha- bits. and of good behavior end reputation ? 2. Have you for the past two years adopted the manner and habits of civilized life? 3. Are you reasonably capable of managing your own affairs? Are full rights of citizen- ship desirable for you and are they likely to be conducive to your welfare ? 5. Are you able to speak and understand the English language? Sixty-three natives have ans- wered to the satisfaction of the magistrates and have been granted ful] citizenship rights under an act introduced in 1944. News of the act is spreading among the area's 25,000 aborigines, and more apply to take advantage of it every day. Times.Gazette classified ads pay --Why not try one today. Announcements PLAN TO ATTEND A TEA AND BAKE Sale, sponsored by Senior Branch of the W.A. of All Saints' Church, to be held at the home of Mrs, George Hewis, 715 Centre street south, on Wednesday, January 14th, at 3 p.m. DUSTBANE SWEEPING COMPOUND » ABSORBS « GERM-LADEN DUST! ...7/ RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED -- IMMEDIATE BUTT RADIO & APPLIANCE 130 Brock St. N., Whithy, Tel. 707 NOW PLAYING Two Shows at 7.00 and 9.00--Saturday Matinee at 1.30 JOHN GAIL WAYNE : RUSSELL Ars farmers' Boys' Band To Play At Home > Games The bandmaster of the Whitby Kinsmen Boys' Band, Cam March~ ant, said today that the band will play at all the home games of the Whitby ' Red Wing Junior "B" hockey club 'nis year. The band was in attendance at the first home game of the club on Wednesday evening and were given a rousing reception by the crowd in attend- ance. Following the lead taken by the Legion hockey club which engaged the Legion trumpet band for their first home game, the juniors have also seen the possible benefit of having a band in attendance. believed: the idea to be a good one. "It not only gives the youngsters a chance to play in public more often than would ordinarily be the case, it also tends to pep up the hockey crowd and put them in a most receptive mood. On Wednesday evening the band played a number of marches prior to the start of the game and also during the intermission period. The crowd enjoyed thé show very much and many remarked that it might possibly be a means of attracting larger gates to the games. The next home game of the jun- iors will be on next' Wednesday evening and if at all possible Cam Marchant hopes to have a more varied program of music with which to entertain those in attendance. De Valera Girds For Challenge Of Republican Party By PATRICK QUINN Dublin (Reuters). -- After 15 years in power Eamon De Valera, 65-year-old Eire premier faces the most stubborn struggle of his career in general elections due early next year. Leading challenger to his rule is a brilliant barrister 22 years his junior, Sean MacBride, head of the new Republican party, 'which in recent by-elections wrested two seats from De Valera's Fianna Fail ry by large majorities. It was this by-election reverse which decided De Valera to go to the country for a new mandate. Like De Valera, MacBride is a romantic figure by Irish standards, with all the attributes of political leadership. Son of a rebel, cold, austere, yet likable, a teetotaller and a good s speajeer, he is a former chief of staff of the Irish Repub- lican army. His father fought with Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts--now South African pre- mier--in the South African war, in the Irish brigade, and was exe- cuted later by the 'British for his prominent part in the Easter Ris- ing of 1916, His wife is the daughter of a rebel. The policy of the Republican party has never been clearly defined. MacBride's main argument is that De Valera and his party have been in power too long, ha ve qone too little for the country and have outlived their usefulness. a3 ha rs here Tegard his eight-point "baljc policy" vaguely worded and sey any Ar could use it without 'changing a punctuation mark, Belief .is that MacBride has strong Socialist leanings. In the coming elections Labor and the Republicans will co-operate and are expected: to secure seats for one party or the other, in a num- ber of constituencies. Fine Gail, official opposition party of the right, has he re- covering some lost ground in by- elections, Some independents and candidates will join "in the onslaught against De Valera's group and are expected to gain some seats. De Valera and his Fianna Fail party are not underestimating the challenge. Frank Aiken, minister of finance, said recently the party was "stretching its muscles and rousing itself for the most vibrant election in its 21 years of life." Grave, scholarly, sphinx-like, De Valera, who has spent half his life in active military and political campaigning is determined to rouse his followers to a supreme effort. Thrifty, a teetotaller and mnon- smoker, De Valera, severe in de- meanor and dress, the premier was destined for the priesthood. Instead he became a teacher of mathe- matics before he took up the poli- tical struggle. Even his most bitter opponents never question his personal integrity. : eth em is whether, grea; pro -- re's system of propor- tional representation, there will not emerge from the elections a parliament with three groups of approximately equal strength but each unable to form a government against the opposition of the other two. FOR WARMER HOMES Storm sashes cut fuel con- sumption of fuel for heating up to 30 per cent, tests show. ALDSWORTH CLEANERS DAILY PICKUP DELIVERY SERVICE MURIEL'S SHOP REPAIRS @ + 105 COLBORNE ST. W._ PHONE 2243 * Cam Marchant said today that he | Smiling Helen Jane : HELEN JANE ROUTLEY daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Routley, of Ashburn,.and granddaughter of Mr. John Hamill and the late Mrs. Hamill, of Manilla, and of the late Mr, and Mrs. James Routley, of Ashburn, Whitby News In Brief Accounts of - social events and of visitors to and from the town are appreciated by this department TELEPHONE yo3 Whitby's grand old couple, Mr. and Mrs, James Dalby, are quite ill at their home, Kent street. . + Bh * The Senior Branch of All Saints' Church W.A, are holding a tea and bake sale on Wednesday afternoon, January 14, at 3 p.m., at the home of Mrs. George Hewis, 715 Centre street south, * * Billie Baird, son of Mrs. Charles Baird, who has been in Oshawa General Hospital where he recently underwent an operation for appen- dicitis, 1s improving nicely and is expeoted to return to his home in > 4p * Mrs. A. Johnston who has been a few lays. «| living in the Salvation Army apart. ment has gone to Osrawa to stay with her daughter, Mrs. Wilson '| Mrs. Baird will move to the apart- Bruce Corner Named Captain Fire Brigade The annual meeting of the Whit- by Volunteer Fire Brigade was held in the Fire Hall last night and as a result several of the key positions on the force changed hands. The meeting was presided over by Fire Chief William Heard. ° Bruce Corner was elected to the post of fire captain succeeding James' Mowat in that position, In addition Bud Brenning was named to the post of 1st Lieutenant is place of George Brown and Bill Steffler was appointed 2nd lieuten- ant replacing Pete Johnson in that position. George Bown was named driver in place of Pete Johnson. In an interview with Fire Chief Willlam Heard yesterday morning it was learned that the department had had a very successful year with the number of fires slightly lower than last year. Chief Heard stated that the high- light of the department's year was the availability of the new booster pump truck which was purchased just before the end of 1946. He at- tributed the small amount of dam- age done locally by fires as being the direct result of the valuable work done by this piece.of equip- ment. "It was a worthwhile pur- chase" he said. Chief Heard did not hesitate to credit his men with being one of the most efficient departments ever to operate in Whitby. "I have a splendid group of men under me" he said "and I am convinced that regardless of the work which they are called upon to do they will" do the best possible job under the circumstances." Probably the two most difficult fires to fight during the year were those which occurred in the Marlow Bowling Alley and at Pickering Farms. In the first instance the smoke problem proved to be ex- tremely difficult and in the second instance the distance from a fire hydrant was the main difficulty. As a result of the Bowling Alley fire the Town Council ordered the purchase of a new smoke mask for the department and it is said that with the new equipment a man could descend under water for an hour and suffer no ill effects. "I believe this piece of equipment will be one of the greatest boons to the department's work in the future" he said. Chief Heard also acclaimed Lou Northam, Brigade Secretary, for the work he has done during the past year. "The position of secretary en- tails a great deal of work" he said "but Mr. Northam has done a par- ticularly fine job and through his efforts the department has been secretarily perfect during the past year." "Firefighting is not the easiest job in the world" he said "but if there is anything that the members of the brigade appreciate more than ment vacated by Mrs. J:hnston, Paintings Housed In Old Log Cabin Cowichan Bay, B.C. (CP).-- John Spears' art Salley which has attracted considerable atten- tion in this Vancouver Island town, 35 miles north of Victoria, is a squared-log.cabin built in the year of Confederation. The pictures, all water colors of Vancouver Island scenes, pumber about 200, were painted by Spears in leisure moments between jobs on his farm. Spears, now 74, came to his grandfather's log cabin from ewcastle- id Tyne, England, at the age of 1 On the backs of some such labels as first prize amateur, Vancouver Exhibition 1920; second prize amateur Victoria 1923, and second prize professional Van- couver 1929. "Summer visitors often come up to look them over," he said, "and I sell about half a dozen a year. But I won't be painting any more now; that's all past history." Spears won fame in quite a dif- ferent field 20 years ago--minia~ ture penmanship. He wrote 'the alphabet on pinheads' and the Lord's Prayer in a two-inch pencil line, again "for a hobby." Three exhibits of his work, in- cluding a stcard with 12,600 words pencilled on it without use of magnifying glass, are now in the SM dsonian nstitute in Wash- ington, D 'Used & write a little for publication, too" he said, "but the man who had the real touch for that profession is the man who kept the store and taught school at the next farm section. You know him--Robert Service, "Down in the south of France now, I hear. That's not for me; 1 like the outdoors, the kind of outdoors we have here in Cowi- chan Bay. Whitby Classified anything else it is the brief notes of thanks that are received from persons who have had the mis- fortune to experience a, fire on their property. We received several such notes during the past year and each one of them was appre- ciated by the members of the bri- gade." COFFEES FOR EXTRA FLAVOR \ MH38 004, Nol watwit novee IS NOT JUST 'GOOD' COFFEE... It's the World's Favorite . . . bought and enjoyed by more people than any other cow , brand of coffee in the world at any price! * CONTAINS CHOICE LATIN-AMERICAN J BLENDED BY EXPERTS FOR FINER FLAVOR MAXWELL i RADIANT ROASTED FOR FULLER FLAVOR "MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE Grood to the Laot Drop! ELL A Product of General Foods FOR SALE -- STOVE AND OTHER household furniture, Salvation Army, Apartment 4 (downstairs). FOR SALE--SINGLE BED, SPRING mattress, kitchen aaluet. 2 wash stands, cupboard other articles. Apply 139 Raglan thi Whitby, Phone 902. WANTED--TWO OR UNFUR- nished jlonsenceping rooms or flat, by Provincial Police fficer, couple and one child, urgently required. Phone 2325 Whit! by. (Jan.10) FOR BSALE_MOUTON FUR COAT, size 16, excellent condition. Priced for quick sale. Phone 845 Whit tby. WANTED--WANTED TO BUY SEVERAL Pigs weighing from 75-100 lbs. each. J. Luke, R.R. 1, Whitby. Phone 2469 Whithg. FOR SALE-'37 CHEV. SEDAN, HEAT- er," gabardine slip covers, excellent con- dition inside and out. Phone 986 Whit- by, after 6 p.m. (Jan. 10) FOR SALE--LADY'S WHITE FIGURE skates, size 5152, good condition, sharp- ened once since new, priced for quick sale, $5.00. See Arena Manager, any night. FLOORING, ROOFING, WALL TILES, trees and shrubs, Phone Whitby 2551, Port Hope 91 914J, (Jan10y WANTED--WANTED TO BUY, POUL- try, highest market prices paid, Al50 feathers d horse hair. Apply Lemberg, Brock Street South, Hithy. Phone or 992, ~Whitb; by. ROOM AND BOARD -- ROOM AND board for four, share rooms. Apply 1616 Dufferin street, Port Whitby, Phone 991. FOR SALE -BALED HAY FOR SALE. Apply R. J. McQuay. Telephone 834, Whitby. (Jan.9) FOR SALE--WALNUT DINING-ROOM suite, table, chairs, buffet and china cabinet. Priced for quick sale. Also electric rangette, cook Stove and other articles. Phone 747 Whitby. FANTED TO BUY-ALL KINDS OF new and old teathers. ad rom Avni J. Parker, Phone 486. TRY THIS FOR LUNCH Oxford Brand PORK and BEANS 2 for 35¢ Phone 583--Free Delivery Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. SOUTH END GROCETERIA Brock Street South -- Whitby (formerly Shields) Tortured By SINUS PAIN Yau: can 0 gt Quick yelie} Gisteest wi oxs HOM pelt Vicker 8 of where misery 1, VATRO-NOL br~ Library Board To Ask Council For $1,000 Budget Increase Whitby Building Given 'New Look' By Alterations A portion of the building on Dun- das street west, recently purchased by Gordon Osborne and which houses the Empire Life Insurance Company. Lynn Shop and offices of D, J. Cuddy, has undergone a re- novation job and has been given the "new look." Mr. Osborne has renovated the rear of the second storey and David Cuddy, Whitby barrister, has moved his office and his secretarial staff into the new premises. From now on the insurance company will oc- cupy the complete ground floor of the east side of the building and extensive renovation and redecorat- ing work has been carried on here Gordon Hawes was engaged to do the carpentry work in connection with the renovation project and C. Daly was engaged to do the paint- g. Mr. Osborne has stated that he is finished with the present proj- ect but had plans formulated for the reconditioning of the remainder of the building. Vital Statistics Show Decline From 1946 Qfficial figures released by the town clerk's office' today indicated that the vital statistics for the year 1947 indicated a drop in each of the three departments, births, mar- riages and deaths, as compared with the 1946 figures for the Town of Whitby. A complete check of figures for the year indicatéd that there were 194 deaths in 1947 as compared with 209 in 1946; five births in 1947 as compared with six in 1946; 57 mar- riages in 1947 as compared with 674 in the -previous, 12-month period. It is pointed out by the town office that although down slightly from the previous year, the totals were on the average similar to the totals arrived at during the past few years. Grand Coulee Dam is 500 feet thick at the base, George W. Humphries was again named to the post of chairman of the Board of the Whitby Public Library at the inaugural meeting held in the library board room on Tuesday evening. Mr. Humphries held the post last year and his elec tion was unanimous. In addition t§ naming the chairs man the members of the board ore ganized the committees which will function during the ensuing year. On the respactive committees are the following: Property: G. W. Humphries, chairman; Howard Gbode, Mayor William Davidson, C. A. Bryans. Book: Mrs. Theodore McGillie vray, chairman; Mrs. E. Bowman, Miss C. Burwash, Miss J. Stewart and Miss K. Barton. Mrs, Harry Bracey was again ene gaged as librarian for ghe follow= ing year. Moe It was pointed out to the meme bers that Mr. Bryan is ill and cone fined to the Oshawa General Hose pital and that it would be neces< sary to appoint another member to take his place on the property com- mittee. The only actual business conduct ed at the inaugural meeting was to adopt the budget for the ensuing year and it was decided to ask the Town Council for a grant of $3,500, an iscrease over last year's grant of $1,000. The request for the increase keeps Whitby in line with other centres in the vicinity and in the province which have asked for ine creases in their operating budgets for the coming year. At a recent meeting in Toronlo it was pointed out that reading was in second place in the matter of . hobbies indulged in by Canadians both young and old. At the same time it was pointed out that a sum of money falling far short of actual requirements was the usual amount granted to public library boards. It is believed that the general trend of increased budgets will bring the quality of reading mate- rial available in public libraries un to a standard never before equ l= led. The move by the local Torey board in asking for more money is believed to be the result of these observations made by experienced librarians and interested citizens who have studied the Canadian situation in regard to publicly-own- ed libraries and have suggested that the greatest need of the li- braries at the present time was larger grants from the respective governing councils. All ts to be pre | ONTARIO COUNTY COUNCIL The January Session of the Ontario County Council will be held at the Council Chambers, Court House, Whitby, On- tario on Tuesday, January 20th, 1948 at 2.00 p.m. ted to the Council should be 41 forwarded to the undersigned, properly certified, at least three days before the g of the C il County Council sessions are open to the public. Dated at Whitby, this 7th day of January, A.D. 1948. W. G. MANNING, County Clerk, Whitby, Ontario. ELEC WITH OVER | 9 CUBIC FT. OF SPACE REFRIGERATORS TRIG IMMEDIATE DELIVERY STROWGER'S FURNITURE COMPANY LIMITED 123 'BROCK N. WHITBY PHONE 611