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J. H. ORMISTON Editor and Manager PHONE 703 WHITBY AND DISTRICT NEWS Ko An old landmark in Whitby is shortly to disappear under the rie of the wreckers. It is the old skating Arena on Gilbert Street known for a great many years as Burns Arena but owned and operated for the past two years by the Whitby Kinsmen | Club. The building will be replac- ed by a modern artificial ice been let by the Whitby Commun- ity Arena Board. Just how old the big wooden structure is, is | arena for which the contract has ANCIENT WHITBY LANDMARK TOSHORTLY DISAPPEAR not certain, but hockey games to be played in it were advertised 60 years ago in Whitby newspap- ers. If the old rafters could talk they could relate many tales of hard fought hockey battles, par- ticularly between old rivals, Work Begins Next Week On New High Schcol Work is expected to begin next week on the new Whitby District High School which is to be erected on Henry Street. The C. Crenna Construction Company, of Guelph, which has been given the contract for the construction of the 16-room school, is this week moving equip- ment to the lot and work is sche- duled to begin next week. The construction fitm started to bring in some equipment earlier in the month but this week will see most of the equipment arrive on the lot in Whitby. Work on the construction of the new school is to start early next week and a spokesman for the Whitby District High School Board states that it is planned to have the school com- pleted by July 1 of next year. The Guelph firm has promised Whitby and Oshawa. When the Kinsmen Club bought it two years 2fo it was on the verge of being cl labor donated by the members. osed. The club made many im- 1 It is thought that some of the timber may be of use for other purposes as it is in good shape. The old woeden girders apppar to have withstood well the assault of time. provements to it involving many hundreds of dollars, to say noth- ing of the many hours of free Burglars Surprised As Enter Whitby Store Surprised by two patrolmen early Monday morning, two unidentified men made good their escape from a breakin at Goldring's Store, Port Whitby. Sgt. Diamond and Cons- table Peter White, on their way to investigate the suspicious move- ments of two men in the vicinity the store, which also houses the ort Whitby Post Office, were foiled in their attempts to capture the men when they disappeared in a field west of the store. Chief Constable Charles Fletcher, of the Whitby Police Department, veports that a call was received at the station at 2:25 a.m. Monday, stating that two men were moving about the rear of Goldring's Store. . Diamond and Constable Whie, who were on patrol, sped immedi- gtely to the scene but indications are that a lookout was in the vicinity and warned the trespassers because they fled the store before the two officers eould reach them. The Sergeant and the Constable gave chase on foot as the two fled across Charles Street and into the | field west of Charles, but, hamper- ed by darkness, the two managed to elude them. | ENTERED BY WINDOW Returning to the store, the of-| ficers found that entry had been | gained by prying open a window | at the rear and entering by a door. A search by the officers and the | owners indicated that nothing had been taken, the burglars apparently being taken by surprise shortly after making entry. The matter is still under invest- igation. A-Shelters In WHITBY DAY BY DAY Accounts of social events and news items of local interest and names of visitors are ap- preciated. PHONE 703 Rev. Gordon Channon and family are holidaying at Juniper Island, Stoney Lake. Mr. A. C. McPherson, who has | been visiting his sister, Miss G. | McPherson, Brock Street South, for a week, has returned to his home in Toronto. Dr. D. R. Fletcher, superintend- | ent of the Ontario Hospital, Whitby, | who was taken ill shortly after his return from attending the annual | convention of the American Psy- chiatric Association in Los Angles, | is reported to be progressing fav- orably and is expected back at his desk before long. . A citizen who had long been a | resident in Whitby and active in church and municipal affairs, in| the person of L. W. Dudley, left Scott Twp. Withdraws Assessment Appeal Scott Township has withdrawn its ashamed," said Reeve Thaxter, appeal against the equalized as-|"to go back to Scott and tell the sessment of Ontario County.gFol- ratepayers that I allowed the lowing the June Session of the On- [county assessor to raise our as- | tario County Council, at which the | sessment by $50,000." | equalized assessment of the county | Reeve Duncan McIntyre, of Whit- | was struck, Scott Township an- | by, chairman of the assessment | nounced its intention to appeal the | committee, defended the stand that | equalized assessment on the ground had been taken by his committee that Scott's assessment was too |and stated that Scott Townhip had high. This matter would have shown a total decrease over the | come before His Honour Judge F. past four years of $68,450, the only J. MacRae had the appeal fiot been | municipality in the county show-| withdrawn by Scott. Notice that |ing such a decrease. "There has | the appeal was being withdrawn been no fair attempt made to keep | came last week. Now it is too late |up the standards in Scott," said | for any further appeals, hence the Reeve McIntyre. | equalized assessment adopteds by| The County Assessor, G. McLean | the County Council last month will | explained that in one visit to Scott | stand. {Township he had accompanied the | Scott Township's equalized as- local assessor on a tour of the | sessment in 1952 was $1,924,662. On | township and had found $23,500 in | returns filed at the end of the | new assessment. Added to this, he | year, the assessment dropped by said, was another occasion when $6,185 but the County Assessment he and the local assessor had | Committee saw fit to raise the found about $7,000 more in new | assessment by $50,000 rather than | assessment. He pointed out that | allow a decrease. This brought | this new assessment, if it were all | possible. When the to buy all available supplies for the project from local merchants and will use local labour wherever gchool is open- ed, it is planned to turn the pres- ent high school and annex over to the Whitby Public School Board which is presently handicapped by lack of space. Whitby Legion Bugle Band in Trenton Parade Marching smartly in new uni- forms in the drumhead service sponsored by the Canadian Legion at Trenton Sunday to mark the close of the centennial celebration in that industrial and RCAF centre, the bugle band of Whitby branch 112 of the-Canadian Legion made a great hit. Smart in their recently acquired. uniforms, and led by TH i James Wilde, the band was loudly cheered by the hundreds of people who lined the streets and the entrance to memorial park, where the drum- head service was held. The band went to Trenton by chartered Gar- ton bus, and several members of the Legion went with the bands- men. Health Engineer Inspects Disposal Plant E. 8S. Caverley, of the sanitary engineering department of the Pro- vincial Department of Health whose recommendations Pub lic Utility Commission has been carrying out with respect to re; and improvements to the sewage ies I pairs | R. L. ROBERTSON News Editor PHONE 703 Hands Across The Sea, Mayors Exchange Letters Greetings from across the ocean have come to Whitby from the Mayor of Whitby, England. Mayor Harry Jermyn, here, has received a letter from the Mayor of Whitby, Eng., in reply to a letter of greet- ing he had written to England on the occasion of the Coronation. On May 22, Mayor Jermyn sent greetings from himself and offic- ials and residents of Whitby to the Mayor and council and citizens of Whitby, England. Enclosed also with Mayor Jermyn's letter, was a brief history of the town of Whit- by and its prospects for the future. After the Coronation, the Mayor of Whitby, in Yorkshire, sent a reply to Mayor Jermyn's letter. Mayor Jermyn's letter to Eng- like to pass to your local newspap- er wr publication, ith 1 e would join with you oy. Resin; "GOD SAVE TE QUEE ", Yours sincerely, Harry W. Jermyn, Mayor The Council Offices, St. Hilda's Terrace, Whitby. 9th June, 1958, His Worship the Mayor of Whitby, Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Your Worship, I wish to express my grateful thanks for your letter of the 25th May, 1953, which you sent to me on the occasion of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth | II, together with a very brief his- | tory of your town. These documents | have been passed to the local news- land appears below, followed by the reply from Yorkshire. 22nd May, 1953. His Worship the Mayor of Whitby, Whitby, Yorkshire, England. Your Worship, On the great and historic oc- casion of the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, I am| happy to send you, the Members| of the Council, officials and people of Whitby, Yorkshire warm and sincere greetings in which my Council, officials and residents of the Town of Whitby, Ontario join with me. It is our hope and belief that the dark days through which Britain has passed will be but the portal by which, during, Her Majesty's reign, you will advance to hap- pier and greater days. I am sending you herewith a very brief history of Whitby, On- tario which I thought you might paper and published, and have created great interest in this town. I have been very pleased to ac- cept on behalf of the members of the Council, the officials, and the people of Whitby, Yorkshire, your warm and sincere greetings on this historic 'occasion, and am very happy to reciprocate by asking you to accept similarly, our sincere greetings and best wishes which I send to you, the members of your Council, the officials, and residents of your town. . The Coronation has already been marked by the conquest of Mount Everest, and we join with you in the hope and belief that Britain, together with Canada, will advance to greater and more prosperous days. Yours sincerely, J. G. Hartley, Chairman of the Whitby Urban District Council. Silver Town's Hammer Tale Is Debunked | COBALT (CP)--The legend of | how silver was discovered here in | 1930 was debunked Monday during | Cobalt's 50th anniversary celebra- tions. Modeste Larose, 81, brother of Fred Larose, who has been cred- ited with discovering silver by throwing a hammer at a fox and | missing the animal, said the tale | has persisted long enough. He said it was no accident that Fred, who died at Hull, Que., 12| years ago, discovered silver. He had been prospecting for it. He and Fred were working on » | the Timiskaming and Northern On- |tario Railway in the autumn of | Lake Ontario. 1903 when Fred made the find near ' panied by Mrs. Dulles. a smithy he had set up at the east end of Cobalt Lake. Modeste lived at Cobalt for 30 years. For the last 20 years he has lived at Kirkland Lake. About 5,000 visitors joined with residents Monday to watch a 1%- mile parade through the town. a - APTLY NAMED MASTERTON, N.Z. (CP) -- A street in this town is named Wal. ton's avenue after the great angler Izaak Walton. A resident struggling along the street during a torren- tial flood spied a movement in the water, - and with his bare hands caught a four-pound trout. DULLES WEEKEND WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP)--State Secretary Dulles arrived here by plane Wednesday to spend the July 4 week-end at his summer home on Main Duck Island in He was: accom- disposal plant, made a p inspection of the plant yesterday, | recently to make his home with his brother in Colborne. Mr. Dudley | served one term as mayor and was | Scott's 1953 equalized assessment the new assessment in the town-|and is expected to submit a report up to $1,968,477. | ship during the year, would total mmission shortly. ie more than ,000. On - pec in couneil for some years. He was IR EOE CL ior. spealkiiiy | trary, he a 350,000 local the Son | of the bio-filter which is now work- n 0 3 toa honored by the congregation of |, ren it was announced that Scott instead of showing an increase in |iNg Well since the stones were re- 3 hy PE | Township's equalized assessment |local assessment, had shown a de- | Placed, and new tile constructed. : : i {would be upped by $50,000 strong- | crease of more than $6,000. | There has been no pounding since Swedish Hills STOCKHOLM (CP)--Sweden is | Whitby Baptist Church before he Nature had already done some | left, for his long years of service. of the excavation work. In man; that time. A close check has been Qullaing 500 giant shelters under granite cliffs and mountains where her warships and aircraft will be stored and serviced safe from atomic attacks in any future stations and other essential military and civilian services. More than $40,000,000 worth of thete os shelters have already been uilt. After the first atom bomb fell on Japan, Sweden's military lead- ers made a secret inventory of all the country's cliffs and mountains strong enough and high enough to serve as "roofs" for underground shelters, proof against atomic at- tack. They wanted something big- ger and better than the under- Froud uw-boat pens built by the ans in France. cases, man had only to enlarge, ! elaborate and improve. | Because of this, the experts | estimated, the total cost of this | "operation fortress' could be kept | | down to $90,000,000. Of that total, | | about $32,000,000 is being spent on | "stores and workshops," $17,600,- | 000 on "hangars and ships tun-| nels," $13,600,000 on "battle posi- tions," $12,800,000 on "fuel stores," $0,000,000 on '"'enemy aircraft de- | tection units," $4,500,000 on "staff premises' and $500,000 on "shelt- | ers for diverse purposes." Above ground, are runways for aircraft landing for attention or taking off for operations. The air- craft are towed by jéeps through long tunnels to underground work- | shops. Alongside the workshops, are hangars where aircraft can be stored, safe from atomic and other forms of attack. Mrs. Charles E. Lintner and son | Douglas, .of 409 Perry Street, and | her sister, Mrs. Maud Nowe, of Winnipeg, left on Monday for a two-month visit to their brothers and sisters in Newfoundland. Miss Margaret Greig, in charge | of VON work here, whose home is at Grimsby is enjoying her annual vacation. Her place is being tak- en by Mrs. Everett. | TAX CUTS ~ CANBERRA (Reuters)--The act- ing prime minister Arthur Fadden, | also treasurer, told Australians to- | day they could look forward to | further tax cuts. He said the | country had a surplus of £13,100,- 000 (about $30,000,000) and des- | scribed the financial future as '"'a | pleasant prospect." | BIRTHS | | BROC _ This Theatre is WHITBY PHONE 6138 Air-Conditioned EVENING SHOWS 7 P.M. LAST COMPLETE SHOW 8.20 ROBERT MITCHUM pe THOMAS CORONATION NE ON THE SPOT... in the toughest spot on earth! JANE RUSSELL WILLIAM BENDIX ACAO GOMEZ * GLORIA GRAHAME I Surrender Deal - yICOMANCE ON THE © AIR WAVES... with 5 cosst-to-soaet dhe jockey hook-up! WS REEL Playing Thursday, Friday, Saturday This Week Evening Shows 7 - 9 p.m. Saturday included "MOULIN ROUGE" BRADLEY--In the Hospital, January Sth, 1953, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bradley (nee Rita Branton), a daughter, Patricia Ann, sister for Dennis. Whitby Classified Oshawa General NOTICE: Classified advertisements for this column must be in the Whitby office by 5 p.m. the doy preced- ing publication. | dusting. | proof. Cool in summer; warm in winter. Contractor, | 2563. | DON'T SIMMER THIS SUMMER. IN: | | sulate now with PAL-O-PAK. Do. it | WHITBY - | board LOST -- ONE HOLSTEIN COW AND calf. Please notify Frank Conlin. Phone 3-3062. (1576) WANTED TO RENT -- 3-ROOM apartment. Young business couple, no children, abstainers, by August 1. Phone 2626. (187¢) FOR SALE -- OUTBOARD MOTOR, 12 h.p. Elto, 1949, can be seen at 36 Tudor Street, Ajax. Phone 357W, Ajax. (157¢) FOR RENT -- TWO UNFURNISHED rooms, electric heater, all conveniences, 911 Centre North. (157a) LOST -- SET OF KEYS VICINITY OF Post Office. Reward. Finder kindly leave at Allin's Drug Store. (157b) FOR SALE -- 150 PULLETS, RHODE Island Reds and White Sussex Cross, 5 months old. Phone 67R32, Brooklin. (157¢) WANTED TO RENT --- APARTMENT or rooms, couple with small child, man is foreman of large construction com- pany, working in Whitby. Write box 224 Times-Gazette, Whitby. (187¢) CARETAKER WANTED-FOR BROOK- lin United Church for cleaning and For particulars apply Mrs. Ruby Sonle¥, phone 90W, Brooklin. 7) (157a FIRE ROCKWOOL ® INSULATION, Free estimates. Walter Ward, Insulation 204 Chestnut West, phone (Aug.21) Phone 2374. (Aug.2) yourself or have us do it. PAL-O-PAK MFG. CO., Ltd. GRAVEL FOR SALE -- HUGH'S HAUL. age Ltd. Phone Pickering 97r12, Gibson Pitt, 3% miles north Pickering Village, (Jiy1 ROOM OR ROOM AND for one gentleman. Available | ly objected. He claimed that such| Scott Township then entered an a treatment of Scott would be appeal but before it was. heard, "High handed and unfair." "I feel Scott Township withdrew. | kept of its operation since the plant of the Stokely Van Camp Company started up for the season, and | while some peas came through the the roving diplomat who has held | scores of war and post-war posts | abroad, including Canadian repre- sentative to the Organization for | European Economic Co-Operation. | Mr. Pierce, who once worked for the Montreal Gazette and The As- sociated Press in New York, suc- | ceeds Dr. E. H. Coleman, who now | retires from the diplomatic scene. | Dr. Coleman, 63, is a native of | Braeside, Ont. | Born at Montreal in 1901, Mr. | | Pierce attended McGill University | pointed Monday Canadd's new am- | and lectured at Dalhousie Univer- bassador to Brazil. sity later. He joined the external | Prime Minister St. Laurent an-' affairs department in 1944. | SALLY'S SALLIES Now Job For Roving Diplomat OTTAWA (CP) -- Sydney D. Pierce, one-time Montreal news- paper man who climbed the diplo- matic ladder to become Canadian minister in Washington, was ap- [ie roi the mew appointment for | | | "Now you kn owswyou're No. 1 on my HIT PARADE!" fi close co-operation with the Com- mission has installed a new filter at the plant. DEATHS FREDERICK POGSON A well known and very highly regarded citizen of Whitby for seventy years, in the person of Frederick Pogson, passed away yesterday at the Oshawa General Hospital at the ripe age of 88. [He had been in failing health for | a considerable length of time. The late Mr. Pogson was born in Lincolnshire, England, and came to Canada at an early age. In Whitby he was for years caretaker of high and public schools, and his employers always regarded him as a most faithful and efficient workman. He was a lover of flow- ers and always pointed with pride to his garden. The death of his wife, the former Elizabeth Mince, four years ago, severed happy matrimonial union of sixty years. The couple cele- brated their diamond wedding shortly before she passed away. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pogson were faithful members of All Saints' Anglican Church here for many years. The . deceased is resting at the W. C. Town and Sons, Funeral Home and service will be held on Wednesday afternoon at three o'- clock in All Saints' Church, Rev. Gordon Channon, the rector, will officiate. The body will be laid to rest in St. John's cemetery at Port Whitby. The deceased is survived by | several nieces and nephews. Farming and cattle breeding are the principal industries Syria, ancient Mediterranean re- public T REG BRYANT ELECTRIC Wiring & Repairs 213 BYRON ST. SOUTH TELEPHONE 628 LONDON (CP)--A piano-accord- ionist visited the zoo and proved that music, hath charms to soothe | the savage beast. Chimpanzees | beat time, sea lions stood with eyes closed in rapture, and a lion did a four-footed version of a quick- step. Whitby Paint an 135 BROCK ST. N. Electric Stripper -- W. C. Town & Sons FRIGIDAIRE WHITBY PHONE 410 AUTHORIZED DEALER average cost BUDGET PLAN AVAILABLE T. €. MYGLAND July 15th. Private' home. Apply evenings 701 Dund « WHITBY FIRST CLASS PAINTING, DECORATING, PAPERHANGING Badly chipped or too heavy layers of paint can be removed by Cedar-Line Your Closets with Cedarwall, d Wallpaper Co. PHONE 488 Scfe, ond no mess. $15.00 NOW -- FREE ESTIMATES S. F. RUTHERFORD irst day there have been none | since. 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