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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1949 PAGE FOUR BUSINESS OFFICE G. MACPHERSON PHONE 703 ~ WHITBY AND DISTRICT NEWS EDITOR ROBERT CORBETT PHONE 703 Whitby 40 Years Ago Vividly Called By Local Historian Memories of Whitby 40 years ago are vivid in the mind of one of Whitby's prominent residents and he has kindly furnished the following article to The Times-Gazette. In this comparatively short space of time, the face of the town has changed, it is evident from his observations. His own words describe the town four decades ago. By 1909 the old Armstrong Hotely _ 'had been torn down and the pres- ; ent post office was being built on | jones the site at the corner of Brock| The average hotel rate was and Dundas Streets. The. post|$1.00 per day with meals included. and others just of old - Native Son's Memory Honored At Unveiling Service Yesterday office was on Brock Street North, were no tourist homes or cabins. In those days, ail grocery stores made delivery to homes. | You just Ordered what was want- ed and it was brought. down later lin the day. There were 90 pounds | of potatoes in a bag, three pounds of round steak for 25¢ and you could buy a front quarter of good beef for seven cents a pound. There was at that time, four old | hotels which had not been in use for some years. One was a mile (east of the four corners, on the corner where W. R. Emerson lives now, It was called -the "Royal Oak." At what was the old Whitby Junc- tion, the "Junction House" | and another was located south of the Port Whitby store and the] fourth down at the harbor. Still Going Strong is only one man still in ss today who was here 40 20 is R. H. Quinton, strong and he always 5 smile for everybody. Forty years ago there were just, three automobiles in town One | was a very big affair owned by | John Perrin who, at that time op- | erated the Royal Hotel. You could hear it coming a mile away. It | used gasoline and they had to go | to Toronto to get the gas. Another | car that looked like a buggy was | owned by 'trick on Perry | eet. It was steam 'car and] burned coal The third . was owned by a W. A. Fraser, Brock treet South. It is thought to have been a steam car that was fired | with wood. | In those days there stage coach lines, one called the Whithy and Oshawa stage. This was operated by Joseph Holden and made two round trips daily carrying parcels and passengers. The other was the Myrtle, Whitby land Oshawa stage, making one return trip daily to Toronto, car- rying money, express and passen- | gers. This line was operated by the CPR. and Fred Ashton was the | driver. In those "good | could buy a very good suit of] clothes for $9.00, work boots for T5c, overalls for $1.00 a pair. Hard coal was $5.50 delivered and nails | were plentiful at $3.00 a keg. just south of where the Brock | Theatre is now located. Two doors | south was the old Standard Bank. There were four hotels, the larg- est being the Hotel Windsor which took in most of the block south of the present post office. It operated by D. McKenzie. was also the Queen's Hotel on the corner of Colborne and Brock, op- | posite the town hall, and the Royal ahd the Whitby House. ; A liquor store was Kept by th lite Ned Armstrong, where you could buy a cheap whisky at 85c a quart and a better brand at $1.25. The beer in those days was sold in quart bottles or in kegs. There were no pints. and you threw away the bottle. y "The Old Chief" ~ The late William Newport oper- | ated a cartage and short haulage business in an old hotel building known as the Ontario House where Heard 'Brothers are now. Newport had a small bus and met all trains and carried mail. This was all done with horses. There were two policemen. Wil- liam Calverley, the chief, was a man everyone knew, He kept a harness shop a few doors west of Allin's Drug Store. started, someone would go and tell him and he would say: "Wait till I get my hat anq I will be with! you." The late John Patterson was night constable and he drove the ewport bus to the trains in the ytime. No one could ever figure dut when he slept! return. "There was boat service running ffom Cobtourg to Toronto on Wed- mesdays and Saturdays and the line. Running. alternately, were the Garden City and the Erindale. For 50c return fare you could leave Whitby at 830 am. and return at 5.30. Many Fences There were no paved streets in those days side of Perry Street. All other walks were of plank. Everybody had a fence in front of their pro- perty but no two alike; a big gate and a small one; some were picket was | There-| It was 10c a quart | When a fight | Bus fare was | the | boats called at all the towns along ! and the only bit of| cement sidewalk was on the east! There was | were two | . old days" Two Hospital Honored On Retirement Employees Two employees of the Ontario Hospital, Whitby, who recently re- tired were honored by a presenta- tion and social evening at the hos- pital last Friday. They are Arthur, H. Mitchell, 306 Colborne Street, who served as a chef and was 21' years and three months in government service, and William J. Nicholson, 404 Byron Street South, who has long been an attendant at the hospital here. ' Superintendent Dr. D. R. Flet- cher presided at the function which included a civil service dance the same evening. Mr. Mitchell has been in Whitby 18 years and worked at the Bow- manville school for three years. Be- fore that he was employed on lake boats. A fellow employee, Frank Hayes, read an address to Mr. Mitchell and Mrs. James Connor made him a presentation of smok- g supplies on behalf of his fel- w employees. Mrs. Mitchell was remembered with a beautiful bou- et of flowers. Dick Pryce read a letter of appre- giation to Mr, Nicholson and pre- - > sented him. with a wallet and sum | of money while Miss M. Commack | presented Mrs. Nicholson with a bouquet of flowers. At the close of the evening, re- | freshments were served. BENSON C. BEACH | pres mt | Ottawa, Feb. 28--(CP)-- Benson | C. Beach, 19, founder and president | of Beach Foundry Limited, died in| Hospital Sunday night. Twin bro- ther of Anson White Beach of To- ronto, Mr. Beach was born at Iro- quois, Ont, Previous to his manu- facturing career, he published a newspaper, the St. Lawrence News and did job printing at Iroquois. STARTS TUESDAY Niagara Falls, Ont., Feb. 28-- (CP) --An Ontario tourist conference starts here Tuesday, sponsored by the Ontario Travel and Publicity Department. Improvement in cater- ing and accommodation is high on the list of topics to be discussed. Shows at 7:00 and 9:00 Now comes the 7/8 of the FBI! Curio Bla MARK SATEEN A SAE © 4% BRL OFT PTRS TV SERRE Starring RICHARD STEVENS - WIDMARK Directed by WILLIAM KEIGHLEY : Produced by SAMUEL G. ENGEL 4 4 2 a £ PHONE } | 3) CENTURY. FOX took place yesterday with the unveiling and dedication of this beauti- ful plaque to the memory of Whitby's most celebrated native son, Vis- count Greenwood who recently passed away in England. Members of the local I.O.D.E. Chapter which is named for him, attended in a body. The plaque is grey with blue border and gold lettering and is placed under the memorial window which stands to the y of Sir Hamar's parents, Wording on the _Rlague is: "In Loving Memory of Hamar, Viscount Greenwood, P.C, K.C., LL.D. Born at Whitby, February 7, 1870. Died in England, September 10, 1948." Wording on the memorial window is: "To the Glory of God and in lov- ing memory of John Hamar Greenwood and Charlotte Churchill Hub- bard, his wife. This window is placed here by their children, Hamar, 1st Viscount Greenwood, Mary, Charlotte, William, Florence, Margery and Gladys." Whitby News In Brief Accounts of sacial events, any news item of local interest and names of visitors are appreciated" PHONE 703 MEET TOMORROW The W.M.S. of the United Church | will hold their regular meeting in | the Sunday School Hall, on Tues- | day. Mrs. A. Whittle's group will | have charge of the program, Mrs. Ross Hall will be the soloist. | LE NE | PARTY AT RINK | Beethoven Lodge of Brooklin is entertaining the Port Perry 1.O.OF. | Lodge at a skating party tomorrow night in Brooklin arena. Others | are invited to come along and join | chairman of the Whitby District High School Board. in the fun. * ok od | WILL COACH Omitted from the recent list of | the executive of the Whitby Ladies' Softball Club, was the name of Ken | MacDonald, who has taken on the | most important chore of coaching for next season. Coach last year was "Doc" McEwen who is now working in Sudbury. +o op FOR SCOUT WEEK A fine display in recognition of Scout Week is to be seen in the W. C. Town and Son furniture | camp, complete with fire and pup | tent. LS TO PROTECT INTERESTS | A meeting has "been called for | Friday night in the council cham- | bers at 8 p.m. for the purpose of | forming a permanent Whitby Rate- | payers' Association. At a previous meeting of residents who were | dealing with the "sewer tax" ques- | { | tion, it was agreed that such an organization would be desirable. | | Ld PRAISED IN FESTIVAL A member of Whitby Junior The- | atre Group, Patsy Earle, age seven, | who lives down at the Hospital, did | | very well last week in the Kiwanis | Music Festival in Toronto. In the | vocal class, girls under eight, she | placed third in a class of 14, and | her mark was 88. The adjudicator | praised her work. Accompanist was Miss Jean Ashby. i I TEACHERS MEET The regular meeting of Unit 4, of the Women Teachers' Federa- tion, was held Monday night, Feb. 21, in the Dundas Street School, Whitby. The large number of teachers in attendance were favor- ed by Mrs. Betty Welt, of Ajax, who sang, "Decication" and "Gal- way Bay." The business meeting was followed by a lovely lunch served by the Whitby hostesses. LR, ENTERTAIN AT DANCE The Athletic Association of the Ontario Ladies' 'College sponsored a dance last Friday evening at which the students entertained their friends. A buffet supper was served at seven o'clock in the din- ing hall which was beautifully decorated for the occasion. Some of the members of the Board of Directors and their wives were among the guests. FORMAL PROTEST Ottawa, Feb. 28--(CP)--A resolu- tion passed by the directors of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Asso- ciation, it was learned Sunday night, lodged formal protest against removal of the government's print- ing bureau from Ottawa to Hull. The resolution, which was adopted Sat- urday, was passed along informally to Prime Minister St. Laurent when he addressed the association Satur- day night. ONE KILLED Cambier, O., Feb. 28--(AP)--One student was killed jumping from a fire escape, another died of burns and 26 were injured Sunday as fire destroyed a dormitory at Kenyon College, Five students still were un- accounted for Sunday night and, officials told a school meeting, "probably no more than two of them were away from the campus for the week-end." STILL WAITING Toronto, Feb. 28--(CP) -- After waiting nearly a year to move inte their new home, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Smith and their five children will have to wait longer. Fire burned through. upstair rooms Sunday night and caused damage estimated al $700, The family was to have moved in today. ) Proficiency Winners at Brooklin HELEN HAMER Were presented with shields for academic proficiency at the Brooklin | BRUCE MACKEY Continuation School Commencement Friday night by Donald Wilson, Miss Hamer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Hamer, won the Vick trophy for proficiency in grade nine. Bruce Mackey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mackey, won | | the Bank of Commerce trophy for proficiency in grade 10. Fords Leading In Pee Wee Hockey, Schedule Continues Blessed with ice after a week of spring weather, the Pee Wee hockey schedule was able to go on Satur- | store window. The scene is arrang- | day morning to complete the first you ed to depict a typical Boy Scout y:nd, Howevver, the schedule will continue every Saturday morning as long as the ice lasts, Director of Recreation Gordon McMahon said today. ' Youngsters from Ajax, Pickering, Brooklin, Whitby and the district flocked to the rink Saturday'morn- ing to compete in their six-team league. In recent weeks, enthus- | iasm has been running high, Present standing shows that the | 'Fords' team is leading the stand- |ing with nine points; 'Town Liners' 18; 'Chevrolets' 4; 'Chryslers' 5; | 'Pickering Farms' 3; 'Anglo Petro- {leum' 1. On Saturday morning, Keith MacDonald refereed the three games and scoring was as follows: Pick. Farms, 2;* Anglo Pet, 2. Chryslers, 2; Fords, 2. Town Line, 4; Chevs, 3. For Collegians By EDNA KEIRSTEAD MONDAY -- In assembly, Prin- cipal Graham again reminded the students that exams are only two weeks distant. At a Hi-Lite meet- ing, the staff decided that June Hartman should take the photos this week. TUESDAY -- Oshawa Bantams defeated Whitby 44.to 15. It was Oshawa's game all the way. Mas- ters and Gummow each scored six |« baskets for O.C.V.I. MacDonald was high scorer for Whitby with eight points. Beckman, Campbell and Barnes got the other points for Whitby. WHITBY BANTAMS -- Camp- bell, Wilson, Scott, MacDonald, Ferguson, Donald, Beckman, Arch- ibald, West, Shear and Barnes. OSHAWA BANTAMS -- Masters, Gummow, McIntyre, Sutherland, Ormstead, Hart, Hyman, McMul- len and Kellar. ; WEDNESDAY -- The form pic- tures for the Hi-Lite were taken in the gym. Maebelle Rowley is making plans for the Easter Lit- erary Society program. Students with bright ideas are asked to get in touch with her. THURSDAY--Miss Burwash and Grade 13 went to Oshawa to see the movie, "Hamlet." Everyone enjoyed it tremendously. Grade III held a form party in Brougham this evening. Music 'was supplied by records and a good time was had by all. FRIDAY -- W.H.S. Juniors travs elled to Cobourg for the first game of the Lake Ontario Junior "B" championship. The score was 40 to 25 for Cobourg. With points to count, Whitby must win the next game by 16 points. Cobourg got the first basket within the first minute of play. Love scored the first basket for W.H.S. Hircock got six baskets for Cobourg. Other good shots from Cobourg were Martin, Lawless and Norton. Hir- cock was taken off the floor in the last quarter for five personal fouls. Levine and Broughton were the high scorers for Whitby with seven points each. Peterson got two baskets. Haire, Reed, Love and O'Connor gained Whitby's remain- ing points. Whitby lost the game on toss-ups. Cobourg had several systems for getting the ball at a toss-up and most of them worked. The second line seemed to have one play, pass to Love. However, with a lot of practice this week, we | hope to see Whitby win the cham- pionship. Sawdon, Peterson, Ward, Row- Childs, Reed, Love, Levine, Haire, | ley and Broughton. | Martin, Lawless, Norton, Spragge, Dillon, Fisher, Walton and Bowen. Whitby Scouts, Cubs Heard On CKDO Program part in the CKDO broadcast "Happy Windup" from the Osh- awa Salvation Army Citadel yes- terday. Theme of the program was baseq on Boy Scout and Cub work. : ; There was# an introduction of words of welcome by Mayor Wil- liam Davidson and the following youths took part under the direc- tion of their leaders: John Bate- man, Brian Gibson, Gordon Perry, Bruce Thomson, Michael Neal, Kennth Musselman, Maurice Hen- derson, Bob Peake, Bob Peterson, Stuarg Harrison. Busy Paper Mills Every 12 hours, Canadian mills produce $1,000,000 worth of pulp and paper. Whitby Classified LOST, IN WHITBY, CARDIGAN AND small strainer, shopping district. Find- er please phone Oshawa 4120R, reverse charges. (48a) FOR SALE--SEVEN PIGS, AVERAGE 125 pounds. Apply 999 Dundas Street East. (Feb, 28) NU-.BONE HAS IT! "COMFORT PLUS Style", whether combinette, corsette, brassiere or girdle. For free figure analysis, call Mrs. Mills at 3333-W, WHITBY JUNIORS -- O'Connor, | COBOURG JUNIORS--Hircock, | A number of Whitby people took | Parents Of Local Man Celebrate 68 Years Together Parents of . Cecil | brated their 68th wedding anniver- sary. They are residents of Has- tings. Although Mrs. Huycke is confined to her bed for the time being as the result of a recent fall she is extremely bright and cheer- ful. Mr. Huycke is in fine physical condition for a man who is 94 and has worked hard all his life. His wife is 92. Miss the Old Farm Theirs is a story of a bountiful and busy life on a fine farm that | they both miss a great deal. Since moving from their beloved Sunny | Brae 10 years ago to a small house in the village, they say they seem to feel confined. Mr. Huycke's peo- {ple were of United Empire Loyalist | stock from Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather settled in {Prince Edward County, He was a | large, strong man who was famed | for his feats of strength such as | bending horseshoes straight and | lifting an anvil by the horn with one hand. It is recalled in family annuals that he rowed a boatload of pork from Kingston to Toronto. Another time he rowed across Lake Ontario, sixty miles, to bring a fam- ily from the New York shore to the 'Canadian side. Mr. Huycke was born in Prince Edward County, son of Andrew Huycke and Mary Ann' Gibson, who with his five brothers cleared and settled Sunny Brae. When 26 he married Jane E. Berry who originally came from Millbrook. Her father, a wagon maker, and blacksmith uncle had a combined business there. The former moved to a farm at Oak Hills near Warkworth, They met at a social function in the village of Hastings. Once Owned Oxen On Sunny Brae farm, Mr, Huycke recalls once owning a team of oxen. However at an early age he became devoted to horses and took great pride in standard breed. To him they were the finest of animals, much better than Clydesdales which he also owned. - He raised sheep, had a large orchard and usually had a herd of 16 Holstein cows. Like all farm women of those days, Mrs. Huycke had a very busy time of it and admits that when pressed she could help out with the milking, although she did not like it. There was butter-making, pre- serving and cooking to be done while she raised three daughters and one son. They are Mrs, Watt of Winnipeg; Miss Mae Huycke, at home, and Mrs. LL. A. Gould of Stayner. Their son, Cecil, farms nea; hitby. HIGHWAY MONUMENT WORKS (Robt. Austin, Prop.) Tablets Phone 462 ta TT 4 het M Kingston Rd. W. 4 Whitby East End Motor Sales AUTOMOBILES Bought and Sold EASY CREDIT TERMS 'The best deal in a used car' 401 DUNDAS ST. EAST PHONE 2317 ROUSSEAU UPHOLSTERY "Where satisfaction is assured" 216 MARY ST. E., WHITBY PHONE 483 Representatives. for Canada's Best Known Furniture Manufacturers SKLAR @ PARAMONT GOLD MEDAL and featuring the famous MARSHALL MATTRESS and CUSHION Visit our showrooms today. STROWGER'S FURNITURE CO. LTD. Authorized dealers for Canadian General Electric "Appliances 123 BROCK 'ST. N. WHITBY Phone 611 Huycke, who | farms near Whitbby, recently cele- Brooklin M idgets Win First Playoft, 4-1 Brooklin, Feb. 28--Brooklin Mid- | gets upset Box Grove 4-1 on Sat- | urday as they won the first game of their two-out-of-three game playoff series for the Pickering Township League midget cham- pionship. The game was fast all the way but Brooklin had a little the edge of the play and were backed up in. grand style by young Jack Owen in goal. Owen had num- erous tricky shots on him but block- ed them all in stellar fashion. He had no chance on the one goal that eluded him as six players parked in front of the goal-crease and slapped at the puck. The next game which will prob- ably be in Brooklin next Saturday afternoon will see both teams bat- tling furiously. The Brooklin kids have gone a long way and deserve plenty of home-town spectator sup- port. After a scoreless first period which saw plenty of fast hockey but nei- ther team able to count, Brooklin opened up in the second period and | drove home three goals with only | the one answering tally from Box | Grove. Welsh lifted a long shof from the Box Grove blue-line which caught the goalie napping. Lloyd | Johnston assisted on this one which | came at the one minute mark. Box | Grove came back with a powerful drive and hemmed Brooklin in with a great display of pressure. Blake finally knocked in the tying goal from Thomas after that desperate | goal-mouth scramble with four | minutes of the period gone. | Brooklin was not going to allow' this however and came right back | to go ahead once again on a goal | by Ashbridge from Rogers and Woodcock less than a minute later. | Both teams tightened their defense after this flurry and neither team scored again until Wallace lifted a | long shot past Walker near the end | of the period. | Petch who received the only pen- | alties of the game was sent off for | boarding in this period. He also was | thumbed to the sinbin for slashing in the initial stanza. The third period saw Box Grove | try desperately to get back into the | game but unable to beat Own. Geer | scored 'the only goal of this frame when Rogers shot a long pass out to him when every Box Grove player | was inside the Brooklin line. Geer | carried the puck unmolested down | the ice and flipped it nonchalantly | past the hapless goalie. Owen was | the real standout for the Brooklin team with his wonderful work in goal. Hamilton and Rogers played good hockey on the Brooklin offen- |g" sive. | LINE-UP Box Grove--Goal, J. Walker; de- fence, Petch, Moses; centre, Forgie; wings, Brandon, Deffitt; alternates, Pagnello, Blake, Young, W. Haines, F. Haines, Thomas, Smith. , Brooklin--Goal, J. Owen; defence, Business Man EVERETT BRYANT Today announces the opening of his new garage, Brock Street Mo- tors, located at the corner of Brock South and St. Peter Streets. This newly-opened service station and garage will handle Imperial prod- ucts. Mr. Bryant is a youthful Whitty man with 15 years' expe- rience in the garage business, who | is 'well prepared and well equipped to serve motorists. He carries a full line of tires, lubricants, bat- teries and accessories. Married, Mr. Bryant has one daughter, Tess, age three. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. L. Johnston, J. Welch; centre, Ash- bridge; wings, Woodcock, Rogers; alternates, Geer, Wallace, Hamilton, Lovelock, Ashling ™ Johnston, T Lovelock. In Memoriam ST. PIERRE--in loving memory of a dear Sane and grandfather, Isadore urly" St. Pierre, wh Feb. 28, 1946. © passed away Loving and kind in all his ways, Upright and just to the end of his days, Sincere and m true in his 'heart and Beautiful memories he left behind. --Lovingly remembered by daughter, Bernice; son-in-law, Alf; grandchil- dren, Ingrid and Arleen. RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED -- IMMEDIATE BUTT RADIO PLIANCE 130 Brock St. N., Whitby, Tel. 707 WHITBY PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS Undertaking Ww. C. TOWN Funeral Director and Embalmer PHONE 410 WHITBY Murray A. Robinson AMBULANCE SERVICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR and FURNITURE DEALER Phone No. 24 Brooklin Taxis TERMINAL TAXI Day and Night Service PHONE 380 WHITBY Opposite Bus Station BELL TAXI WHITBY PHONE 364-465 « TAXI FRANK BOWMAN & SON DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE PHONE 333 WHITBY, ONT. 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