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4 TRE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE, Monday, May 16, 1958 WHITBY and DISTRICT SAVE THE PARK MEETING Protest Meeting To Send - Committee To Meet Council «1 counell but, he added, 'we should have some ides where' we ant it." | nen Langford then called for Go Ho n favor of n os ] meling voted amos unanimous: on A civic sauaner Mr, Langlord BEY ii meeting, Ihdicating his ideas in the ites of £haosing # town hall site, He suggested that it would not be ri- | very long before the volunteer fire only one day's notice of the had appeared, all seats in the a Tosfigm were taken, many who attended having to stand, Mr, Qovrell turned the meeting over to , Langford, chairman of the P Board, he purpose and called for dis cussion from the floor, Harry Ink: asked what the Planning 's opinion was of building a hall in the town park, NOY "CONSULTED "The planning board," sald the of "feels badly that it was not even consulted regarding the choosing of a site for a new town hall: The least council could have done would have been ap roach the board and ask their opinion, Mr. Inkpen suggested that it was his opinion that the town park should be retained for the use of the children of the town In the years to Some. The town hall, he said, would "be unsightly and Took out of place" in the park, The time for volunteer firemen to pres to the fire hall if it were moved seven blocks south of the main in- tersection, might prove disastrous, He recommended that the hall be built on the site how occupled by the present town hall, Prank Correll stated that he ad- vocated leaving the town park in its present condition, if, for no other reason, to stand as an advertise. ment for the town, The park, he noted, is on a main north-south thoroughfare in the town and mo- torists would receive a better im- pression of the town by seeing this park, "To lose the park," he sald, ould be detrimental to, the Emery Burdge Suggests ested that the Jognt site, one south of main intersection, a the best site for a town hall, Police and firemen, he sald, could use Green Street and It would not cost any more to buy land there than any pl place, Slag in town: fott stated that it would be AA § the meeting to send a protest meeting to the brigade now in service here would have to be replaced 8_perma- nent fire Sopariment. 8 the town grows, said, the volunteers would a be able to take care of the town's protection as well as the fire marshal would demand, The new town hall, he suggested, should be built on the site now oe: cupied hy the bowling green and the tennis court, on the east side of Brock Street, opposite the town park: The bowlin green and ten. nis courts, he sald, should be moy- ed across the street to the south end of the town park: The ceno- taph, he sald, "should be taken moved to a more suitable site in the park and the entire park be converted into hotannical gardens, The new town hall, he said, would then overlook a ver atfractive square, The softball diamonds, he said, could be moved to a new park on Burns Street E, Miss Isobel Davey asked Mr, Langford why he thought the ceno- taph obscure, 'It could not be more central," she sald The present site, explained Mr, Langford, dees not do Whithy's centotaph justice, If it were locat- ed properly, he said, if would look mach better, The cenotaph is now situated one block east of the main intersection of the town on Dun das Street E. "he men who built it wanted it there,' replied Miss Davey, Another member of the audience suggested that a "plain building like the Public Ullities Commission bullding" would serve the purpose, without "all the paraphanelia' which had been su; ested, Mrs, Flo Lott observed that the Oshawa City Hall had been built on its present site to * 'clean ua messy Place' and no park had been rou URGES PRESENT SIT Chairman of Whitby Puc, Earl J, Bryant commented that if a new town hall were built on fie present site, the town could still use the services of the Whithy Volunteer Fire Brigade for many years to come, It would cost the ratepayers, _he sald; another four from its obscure place today" and |p mills a yesr (0 maintain 8 perma. t fire bri gy Ink] then introduced 8 motion, which was taken down by Mrs, Lott, who had by this been a ted secretary, me I'l deputation be sent to the council to Pyoice "this meeting's dissension to the move to build a new 47 hall in the town perk Mrs, D, Melntyns | suggested that further action vice to council be withheld ant) gouneil meets 1 deputation, Mr," Inkpen's motion carried, $id Correll offered an aliernaie suggestion that the lot immediate 1 south of the buckle fac on rock Street might be used for a town hall, Mrs, Meintyre arose ry to report that she had mi Suigestion to one of the council: fore n the matter and no action or discussion of her suggestion had been made, I am not in favor of seeing a council ride thin A through," said Mr, Langford, ' do not think that the lord. have been given 8 fair show either with | the town hall or the town ay Miss Davey: "I thought we came here to save the town park." EE R. Elliott; "I don't think it is right for us to eriticise the council and not 4H them any suggestions, 1 think they chose the town park site with the ratepayers in mind, They already own the land in the town park and would not have to buy new land," Hew: ever, he sald, somebody Is going to have fo be paid to tear the resent hall down, "I would not ake it down for lens than $5,000," iy ouncil," he sald, 'has been try- Ing to: do the proper thing. , The ony thing 1s ~ - they haven't," here was further discussion about the matter in which Town Clerk John R, Frost revealed that he oo 80" Estate was valued at From this fund left to the ple. some years ago, the new town hall will be bullt, Councillors have already been advised by an architect that a new town hall will cost about $200,000 and had hoped that sale of the present site would bring enough to finish the cost of the new building: Mr, Lang- ford estimated the value of the resent town-owned property, B80 eet foot hy 262 feet, at $18,000 to $30, He also commended council For doing the best they know ow. A committee of Sid Correll, Har. ry Inkpen Mrs, D, B, Melntyre, Oscar Moore and Earl J, Bryant was named to meet council, pos. sibly at a special meeting, Council meets tonight, Industrials Edge B-A's . 7-6 In Earlscourt Park By TED MUNNS Larry's Ae lost thelr second 9, one-run decision game last Satur. even at Earlscourt Park, to, when the Industrial Lum. ber team came out on the long end of a 7 to 6 score In a real see: saw battle, Gord Neal made his first start in two seasons, and was eat guns until he tired in Last year's winnin ot pitcher, Gord Brown relieved and was charged with the fy The B-A's took an early lead as scored one run in the first inning. Jack Bell reached base on an error and scored on a fly-ball, after mov ing 40 third on an infield. out, The lead was short-lived when the Toronto team came right back to score two, The first batter tri pled and scored on a fly-ball, Spler scored the second run when ny Ww ue further scoring un. pd elf laid down a Dost ul ao Be .came all the way around on two successive ov: erthrows, The first was by the third baseman and the second by the first baseman, WILSON HOMERS The home team pulled away to a five to two lead in the bottom of the inning on four hits and one error: Darves led off with a single and moved over to third on an at tempted sacrifice when the hall was thrown wildly past the second baseman, Bob Wilson the left fielder then cleared the bases when he clouted one over the right field fence, The next two batters sin gled and Brown came in to relieve and retired the side without any : | further damage, MAESON HITS FOURBAGGER he was tripled home after accept ing a free pass The B-A's got back into the game Was double ad moved to third on in the seventh when they scored two more runs, With one ous, Bid food walked and scored when left- Ider Bunney Maeson slugged a lowering | home run over the centre field The oon Jada wh gained the lead 8, hel fo by more i fe! dor rown opened w q single, Bell stole second and Donald grounded out, Geo Brabin then doubled in the tying and un. tying runs: Rennicks bore down and claimed he next batters on strikeouts to retire the side, SCORE WINNING RUNS The Lumber team then came right back to score two more runs in their 8th to win the game, Ak: ers reached base on an error to the shortstop and went to third on Darves' double, Both punners scor ed when the next batter, D, Spler, lined a single to right field, The B-A's next game will be at Earlscourt Park, Toronto, on Thursday evening of this week o 7.90, Dependable Caterers will be the opposition, LINE RCORE ARE Whitby ...... 100 010 230-6 ® & Indust, Lum: 200 030 0207 14, 4 WDHS Relay Team Wins Junior Event in Newmarket BRANT The Why Dutra dln School relay team was last Saturday in. vited to the Quaker Relays at Ple- lege, In Newmarket, This meet is an invitation meet in + La wie teams represent large cly schools, but, after Whit: by's outstanding showing in Ham- fiton on the previous Saturday, the local team was considered ime portant enough to be invited, Their first event was the Bobby Kerr Junior 440-yard relay, eac hoy sprinting 110 yards, From the starter's X Whithy held the lead _and e eae Baldwin, Glenn Brooks, Nell Wil. son and Bryan Gibson, in that or der, were able to gain valuable yards over their opponents and win the race in the time of 45.8 seconds, The other teams in this race were from Forest Hill, Hum- berside and Pickering, all of which are Class "A" schools, Bobby Kerr, after whom the race is nam- ed, was one of Canada's first track champions at the Olymples and set many records here in Canada. Whitby's other race was a 550 ard junior relay, something new or the boys, BHI Baldwin, Glenn of the four runners, Bill Brooks and Neil Wilson each ran WHITBY Phone 8-3618 EVENING SHOWS 7 P.M, LAST COMPLETE SHOW 8:20 SINATRA -- sears the aeen as 0 narling mad-dog killer! 110 yards and Bryan "Gibson ran 220 yards for the finish: As this race progressed, it was evident that the boys had found some tough competition in Melvern Colleglate's team, This large Toronto school managed to edge out Whitby in an exciting finish, The old meet record was beaten by several sec. onds so, although the bors lo lost they are evidently among the he UTS and Dundas were the other schools In this event, This 850-yard relay was named after John Loar: in the 1986 Olympics and set a record In the 1938 British Empire Games, He also won the Davies Trophy in 1938, Next Tuesday, the whole track and field team will participate at the Plckering High School, This will be the first step towards the The B, | aso the revenue from ing, a hurdler in the 30's who was | - iho edition of the Rotary |e PH Lf iy now # past, but citizens who oii sing Rel RB il w The pri progratiime, under rection Mrs, Vernon Rowe, ATCM,, was good in every way. In fact, some lo Of those who have al- tended in you oars post insist that was one o fhe There were ny end men, w "Ht was which the like Higrta of a type which never disappoints them. proceeds of both nights, vertising in the programme, wil od snp he Ht 7 Rotary Chip Members of the splendid, well: balanced ¢ Shorus were: W, Forves, J. McKone, A, Crawlor Crawiord, "Bon Gibson Bavid ah son, ade | ¥, Aro N, He DD mage, RB, Wilkinson, B. Goode. H, Goode, 8, Toll, A. Jones, G, Grobb, T, Scott, 8, Beaton, ¥, Palmer, H- Town, P, Bourne, C, Stafford, M, Slitcher, D, Wilson, N, Wilson, C, Rycroft, C, Masher, W, Porter, H H seox, L, Heimpel, W. Bamenter, V, Rowe, D, wi ar] T, Sims, Rammier, H, C 4. Munns, Armitage, D, Ke R, Collins, Interlocutor was Neil Murkar, and he did an excellent job, The of 1 oh' it | ada," which inel ceedingly popular Jeus 3 hand, nd, on the whole cit > inment | Mr, Rotary Minstrels Make Big Hit In Two Performances were Ottenbrite, Jack i Th iy Gor: iif, 'Bil MeGuire' and rid and Sgt i) I Fred to [7] work of ry Ci. and -- all I oy niributed it In any way, She | gramme wis onrried hine, aly Bi Doo-Daa; it rad pd Neigbo Coton four | » hi | Disitier' High "Sch bons, P. Archibald, N, Corbett, B ford and Bryan Gf Sandman, The Lit j horus, ker, solo by 'Bill Forbes 'and R. Gi the, end men; chorus, Muskrat Ramble, Down in Arkan- sas ~ solo, Yernop and Ro Doug W Williams; R, Wilkinson, D, Gibson L, Gibson, C, Stafford, L, Bourne; chorus, Open Up Your Heart; GM B, Goode, unns, end; chorus, This Old House, On Top of Old Bmoky; solo, I iy Ay \ 4 owe A, dard Rycroft; Maurice hier quartets; oe Buffalo Gals, idewslks of New York, Solo, G, jrmitage. H H, Hiscox, Cc, M Harry Town; end men; closing choruses, Count Your Taos ed | i Noah's Ark, Mister Tap, iy of Time in in the Old Town Tonigh egore the a em, Pree dent Bill Yorbes called show H. | divector Mrs, Rowe to the sta +| and presented her with lovely ven, thanking her for a good Job and one which for many years she had performed for the EARLY DAYS IN WHITBY What were election contests like in South Ontario riding in the very early years of Whitby: It would be interesting to know just at this ime when two ridings in the coun have so far placed six candi. MH in the field, with lively eon- tests in the offing, In his book "Reminiscences of & Raconteur," Col, George H. Ham, whose jamily had an early associa tion with Whitby, tells of what he described as 8 momentus election held in South "ontario in 1867, It was the first one held after the federation of Canada had been consummated, and Hon, George been Saunghiy rm and returned Oliver Mowat and other Reformers by sweeping maori: ties, In an olaption Ho Soars ars pre: viously Hon, T, N, awa, the Ol eral cans didate, had joined hands with Sir John M whose with Hon, George Brown had not been long-lived, and won, The elec: tion was to be a test one, and upon its result depended whether the new Canada should be under Lib- eral-Conservative or Reform rule. Col, Ham says tha hare yoy open Voug in those ays, ays' polling, | n| Sonceded, that ihe e 0 e poll on ey wi up continuously money were expend. be hoted here u hat wi 4 tion of the nightly have not thangod Sins, since then,) It was hid in many cases, says Col, Ham, to pay men to vote for their own party, "On the night of the first days' poll: ing," he writes, "'I was with Jim- my Cook, then of Robertson and Cook, of the Toronto Telegraph, The returns, as Mr, Brown fifured them out, gave him a majority of 11, with one poll to hear from, Complete yeturns, as Jim Cook got them, gave Brown a majorly of one: But while that was ractieally and even break, the Reformers were in great glee, and while they were celebrating the Liberal-Con- servatives got down to work and arranged for relays of teams to bring the distant voters the next day to the polls, At three o'clock the mext afternoon the Union Jack went up in front of Jake Bryan's Tary hotel - there were Grit and Tory hotels then « and at the close of the polls Gibbs had a majority of 60, Mr. Brown start: ed for his Toronto home on the following afternoon train, and BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL Undertaking Ww, €, TOWN, INERAL DIRECTOR and embalmer, Phone MO, 83410, Chiropractor DENNIS SOWERRY D.C, KX: RA ¥ All:Ontario School Championships in Orillia on May 28th, 141A Brock Nouth, Whitey. 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Costs you only SAY for 8 years' protection, Melntyre Hardware, Whithy, Phone MO. 83360 Ha JERSEYS WE HAVE SEVERAL Hood cows and heifers for sale, including & daughter of our Ton of Gold Certifi cate holder, Stonehaven Farm, RR, 1 | Whithy May 16 18 3, Mo, 8 0 FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR MAN'S | Phen FOR RENT « APARTMENT, LARGE living room, large bedroom, modern floors, Phone Whithy MO LR LLY Hae 88 | kitehen wih di area, hathreom, hardw WANTED T0 BUY = POULTRY, HIGH. ont prices: also feathers, new and old, io Jake Parker, 8-348, momnings or after 6. May ™ ON'T DELAY, PHONE oO 83046 Ave your hand or power mower worv feed now, If you are thinking ni A power or hand mower, hy +A Acs Lou order, We also have new and W loyoles and tricycles for all a Dealer, Gall Wilson's MO A3¥ iby FOR FAL - - "80D, D, PREAH "our, 100 A 0 yd, delivered, W, FOR SALE -» ICEROX, WOODEN, GOOD condition; 50 lbs, capacity, Phone MO & alse, 10644 LARGE ROOM FOR TWO GENTLE. men, or board, willing to share roam, single beds, Private home, MO, 82333, 1h Wanted i Qualified Secretary wages ond working conditions excellent employee benefits, WRIGHT ELECTRONICS WHITBY Phone: Whithy, MO, 8.2215 112¢ while at the Whithy station walked up and down the plat. form with a friend, A man named Jago, an employee of the saliway had a serious persona difference With the defeated can didate was in the waitin Jom, nd Mr, Brown passing iy would stick his head po and tauntingly shout, "You Mr, Brown, you got lig at last so taunted the Honorshle 0 and grabbed him by the la by of his coat, But t then the brain came in, frie; interfered, the conduetor outed "All aboard" and Brown was hurried to the coach, It was, of course, reported all over the county that Brown had assaulted the man and grievously | 1 d | Injured him, which wasn't true The country. gave Bir John A, Mac: donald 8 majority of only { many of us wondered what would have been the rosalt A Mr, Brown had carried South Ontario," Col, Ham goes on h vecord that there was a provincial election the same day when Dr, McGill, the Reform candidate, won by the handsome ma arity of 808, At the election in 1 Abraham Fare: well, as a ho] ht Reformer, de foated Dr, MeGill by 98 votes, and in 1675 N, W, Brown, a local man. ufacurer, and straight Conservat ive, beat Farewell by 83 voles and four r Yoan Maanter John bry Dryden, Re Brows by 200 voles, Bouth puiarle was ger: t oy BIT OFF EARS MONTREAL (CP)=Jan Lang 6 | lols, 82, ¥riday was sentenced to six months in Jail for biting both ear lobes off a 80-year-old man March 14, Langlois, charged with Notes Agreement With Movement Although wneble to attend the site of the present councillor and member of the school 0 BOOED, noted his agree. Wn 8 letter to Sid .Cofrell, one of fhe "Save the Mr, Beoeoroft in his Mig to Mr, Correll sta stated: am now considered an old of the town, having lived here for 37 years, 1 also spent two years on nouncil and 15 years on school b howd, 1 quite Jove | won of town J once its Prosent Dosition or on the at the repr with any oliitonss thet can secured, if necessary, be? TiN ived in Toronto for 95 years and I know what a conven it was to have the city hall within one block of the main f Pans, Count me in favor.' thy Plerdny Mr, Beecroft left for ery where he will under, overkl n Jor a cataract, rr oJ WHITBY DAY-BY-DAY Aceounis of social events anil news lems of local interest and names of visitors are ap. fhe hospital at he Toronto Eve Wass. B, Lal Mifflin, preciated, pL ea Present Bassett, Hicks «x Trophies To Mixed League 2 ii Mier # ye rank 1. Beecroft, allo ere BWA , #8 nis wat won , Yuill, B, Yuill, J, Anderson, J. it will he Trophy went more convenient for the large per: hy J Seniage of | of the town's people for 4 Shomdyie, . Br , B® A No, 1 fection fence | Buzzards, No, 2 dots, D, in, J, din, 1. Sabina, M. orden, J, Wels No, 3 section, i No. | Solon eturn home again \ator » Bogs Roa ning, i Jadot Wh Fyne vi with with he The many friends of Mrs, Bev: learn that she is doing nicely In the Oshawa General Hospital, ed today by Chief Constable and ersary. TT ------------------ -- WAS MAJOR HURLER YORK, Pa, (AP) ~~ Thomas E, eer in 1011 with Bt, erly McEwen will be pleased to Jackie Gleason Congratulations are being recely: Sues Mag azine Mrs: Charles Fletcher who are cele- | brating thelr 20th wedding anniy- comedian Jackie TORONTO yi: --] sir ty of Canadas, 1/ akon PAT a od Vrank Ray Rosk (Lefty) ay 66, one-time major lease, pitcher, died Friday at his about : A whic! 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