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= Ee Be SULTrame NN DeaNRWROFed foram & THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, December 8, 1955 at COUNTY REBUILDS WATSON ST. BRIDGE Work is' more than half over | on the new bridge, spanning the | creek on Watson St. The bridge will be 40 feet long, when com- | pleted, and 34 feet from side to side. It is to be constructed of concrete and steel, and will have steel panel rails, inter- spersed with concrete posts. In the above picture, the eight steel base girders can be seen, with the concrete forms. Each of the girders weighs 3,600 pounds. A representative of Far- rell Construction, Ltd., who are | building the bridge, said that it will probably be completed with- in three weeks. He added that the bridge should have been completed already, but that work was held up by a shortage of construction steel. --Robertson, Whitby CWL Make Plans For Christmas The CWL held their regular monthly meeting last Monday night. The meeting opened with prayers. Mrs. L. Ruest presided; minutes were read by Mrs. O. St. WHITBY DAY-BY-DAY DUPLICATE BRIDGE With ten tables playing the fol- lowing are the top scores: | North and South: Mr. and Mrs. Winter, 144; Mrs. Stiner and Mrs. Pierre in the absence of Mrs. pop, "12715: Mr. Miller and Mr. Flannigan; many important busi-| Heron, 125%: Mr. and Mrs. Bow- ness questions were discussed. |man, 123; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, | Plans were made for the com-| 116%. { Whitby Building Nears 4 Million { Building permits {issued In Whitby this year already total al- most four million dollars. Permits totalling $246,800.00 were issued during November, bringing the total for 11 months up to | $3,850,454.00. During November, the permits issued were, seyen dwellings, WHITBY and DISTRICT Two Pickering ywushig men, Raymond Hatton, 30, and William Arthur Newth, 28, have been com- mitted for trial before a judge on a joint charge of breaking and en-| tering and theft, alleged to have occurred in Ajax. A preliminary, hearing was held this week in Whitby before Magistrate F. S. Ebbs. The two, tool and die makers in an Oshawa plant, are charged with breaking and entering the Stark Electronic plant in Ajax on the morning of October 18th. Both elected trial before.a judge with- out jury. They are scheduled to appear for trial on March 8th, Ontario Hydro Security Guard] Donald Powell Powell told the Court that about 3 a.m. October 18th, he and a brother officer had heen hidden on the Base-Line, near Harwood Ave., when they had observed a car stop near the intersection. A man got out, he eaid, and was later joined by the| driver of another vehicle which) parked nearby. The two men, hel said, then walked west along the| Base-Line and returned about one hour later. | As they returned, he said, he Commit Pickering Twp. Men On Breaking, Entering Chief Constable Howard Traves, of the Ajax Police Department, stated that he had returned to the Stark plant with the two accused and found a pile of equipment, 15 pieces of electric-testing equip- ment, piled up outside a window of the plant. SHE Charles Mitchell, manager of the Stark plant, stated that the equipment, which had been brought into court, was museum pieces which had been in the pak plant. He valued it at about FURTHER CHARGE Hatton was also committed for trial on a further charge of hav-| ing in his possession goods known| to be stolen, the property of Pye Radio, valued at $940. Chief Traves told the cour} that following his investigation into the Stark affair, he had asked Hatton if he owned a television set, home at Pickering Beach, he said, and found a television set, a mantel radio, a combination radio- record player, and a carton con- taining 36 new oil cans. Mrs. King, stock of | ily. They further learned that with He had searched Hatton's| iy Santa Finds A Family In Need Of Aid This Christmas Santa Claus really did come to|Joan Dubs, was also advised of BUTT RADIO RCA Victor @@ TELEVISION 118 Brock St. S. Whithy MO 8-3707 W. C. Town & Sons FRIGIDAIRE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHITBY MO 8.3410 Whitby on Saturday for one fam-| their plight and she has visited the ily here. Santa turned out to be Nome to offer what assistance |she can. a Mr. X who gave away a half ton| Other public-spirited citizens of coal, donated by Sawdon Broth- have since come to the family's ers Fuels, Whitby. aid to do what they can to cheer Officials of. the Whitby Chamber|the family in what, for them, ap- of Commerce, who ganized the pears to be a particularly sad parade. tet foung Fy. ' tha ob Christmas. coal ha en handed out to prob-| Apy other Whitby citizens who ably one of the most deserving might wish to assist the family, families in the town of Whithy. may contact the. Whitby office of The coal went to a mother of five, The Times-Gazette to have their children, whose father is present! Hes AE ll or 34 donations channelled to the family. home for Christmas with his fam- the breadwinner unable to work, the family has been having an ex- ceptionally difficult. time in mak-| ing ends meet, a particularly try- ing situation for a young family with one member very seriously YOUR SUPPORT 1 WAS APPRECIATED Best Wishes for Elected Council On learning this, the Salvation Army, ever ready to grant assist-| ance, stepped into the breach to offer further aiq to the family. The Whitby VON Nurse, Miss Pye Radio, identified a portable and his brother officer stepped| radio, which the Chief said had out on the road and stopped them. been found in Hatton's car, as He had stopped Newth, he said,! being one brought from England and Newth had explained that he|in 1958 and never sold. She noted was coming home from work. The|that the serial number was miss- iwo accused, he continued, had|ing on 'the television set but way was estimated at 67400 LESS NORWAY FRUIT The total 1955 fruit crop in Nor- tons E. B. KILLENS against 95,600 tons in 1954. COMPANY LIMITED VIGOR OIL BROCK ST., N., WHITBY Most Reasonable Prices on: "© GASOLINE e MOTOR OIL o TIRES (Drive In and ask for Benny) OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAYS Stove Oil Available in Small Quantities then been taken to the Ajax Po-| stated that the set was similar to lice Department for questioning. | sets Jrodaced in Pye. Part of the On the way there, he said, Newth| serial number, she said, was miss- had stated that they had broken|ing on the radio-record player. into the Stark building, stole some| Massey-Harris Foreman Duff Somjpmett and piled it outside told the, court that his firm main- the building to pick it up later. | tained a warehouse in Ajax. | Security Guard Arthur Cheners| Therein, he said, was a carton] stated that he had also observed|containing 36 oil cans and identi. | the two men walking along the|fied the carton of cans in court] Bage-Line and recounted stopping as being similar to the carton them and taking them to the!which his firm stocked. Such car- Ajax tons, he said, are not retailed. I Police Department. Pianist, Baritone Open RATEPAYERS OF WHITBY TOWNSHIP VOTE SID LOCKYER COUNCILLOR FOR '56 For Transportation, Phone 180 Brooklin Concert Series In Whitby | (CONTRIBUTED) Walter Ball proved himself a) | i and| conscieatious ' and attentive ac | Warren Mould, pianist, | James Whicher, baritone, opened|companist. the Canadian Concert Series at| Ontario Ladies' College on Friday evening. Warren Mould has been known| by many in this area and it was with great expectations we await-| ed his appearance. This Jou i man displays marvellous technical| evident that he has already at-|facility both in quiet passage work| tained a high degree of mastery| and in the more scintillating! over tone production and phrasing. bravura style. He made the bril-| He took much care over his enun-|liant Rakoczy March, arranged by ciation so that the words were al-' Franz Liszt, the enflaming work ways clear His first number, tak-|it actually was intended to be and en from the Messiah, d| left his e spellbound. We somewhat stilted at the opening, would choose the Harmonius but at the words, "He is like a re-| Blacksmith Variations of Freder- finer's fire", the passion and in-|ick Handel as his best example of| tensity were there in balance. His clarity in phrasing and of con- | best songs of the evening were|trast in dynamics. It was in the James Whicher was a new musi-| | cal figure among us, but it was) TOWN OF WHITBY APPLICATIONS will be ived until noon on Tuesday, December 13th, for the position of building and plumbing inspector for the Town of Whitby gn a fee basis. Applicants must state in writing: Age Education Annlicat ( Experience Applicants must pass a medical examination. Adda applications to the undersigned at the Town Office, hitby. : WILLARD R. DODD, Chairman, Applications Committee. doubtlessly those by Wolf, espe- less technicaly difficult sections| cially the "Nun lass uns frieden where the mood was suave and schliessen'". After the concert the feeling almost ev t that *EORGOT TO TELL YOU, BOSS-- FAUCETS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE TRICKY SINCE I TRIED, TO OVERHAUL OUR PLUMBING LAST WEEK We Sell! We Installl We Service! We Guarentee! Always Call This PLUMBING CONTRACTOR WHITBY AUTOMATIC HEATING LIMITED 149 BROCK NORTH Phone MO 8-3652 we were interested to learn that| we observed a lazy pedal disturb. Mr. Whicher had a great fondness|ed the clarity of the melodic line| for the songs of Hugo Wolf; his|and obscured the phrases. This singing confirmed it. As for the| was particularly evident in the it was the last group|first part of the Ballade in A flat which contained such songs as|by Chopin, but, strangely enough, "The Vagabond" and "I will give|it did not intrude itself as much my love an apple' (the latter sung in the same master's Nocturne in | WANTED TO PURCHASE, HOUSE OR i | bungalow 6 or more rooms, bathroom, The regular monthly meeting of cellar, oll-furnace, garage.Good locality the St. Andrew's Presbyterian essential. Contact Gladys Newell Picker. Church WA was held on Tuesday|in# 8. John Square Broker. de night in the Sunday School. Elec- tion of officers took place. Re-jEOR BENT MODERN 4 ECOM ARART: ment, immediate possession, Apply 231 freshments were served by Mrs.|pajace Street, Whitby. 280¢ Ceorge Balmer and Mrs. John McMinn. | {ly. Apply 300 Walnut Street, Whitby. The Afternoon Guild of All Phone MO 84157 after § p.m. m1 FOR RENT -- GARAGE, $5 MONTH- unaccompanied) by Vaughan-Wil-|D flat." Mr. Mould, however, plays liams, and, of course, the ever-| with confidenpe and consider- popular "Shortnin' Bread", that able verve; it is easy/ to under- most delighted them. We believe stand the success he has had in Mr. Whicher will have much suc-/ his Town Hall reictals in New cess in the future. | York. « WHAT COUNCIL DID WILL DRAW AGREEMENT ship remarked that it was indeed Three years of negotiations now|sad to note that this would be the| appear to be coming to a success- last report over the hand of the ful conclusion with Messrs. S.|late Frank Threadgold, who pass- Strowger and Carmen Hartford,|ed away last week. as they presented their plan for| Deputy-reeve Stan Martin moved subdivision on High Street. At this|that a letter of sympathy should week's meeting of council, mem- be sent to Mrs. Threadgold, the; Saints' Anglican Church will have read YY | RUSSELL WILDE, ELECTRICAL CON- their nomination meeting at the | cting, ow Homes, waler Healers, Ti Parish Hall on Tuesday, Decem-| bi tal ber the 13th. Whitby Centenniall suo pina bles 3 specialty. Phone film will be shown for the Guild members. |FOR RENT -- THREE ROOM UNFUR- Inished apartment Fridge and stove . Mi United Church di will hold |jiied, Private entrance and bath, Phone eir monthly meeting at the Mo 8.2776. church at 2.30 p.m: December, the 13th. Members are requested| OR SALE -- 8 ROOM FRAME HOUSE 284¢ bers decided to call for an agree-|ietter to include Council's appre- ment with the two men for terms ciation of the late Mr. Thread- of installing street, sewer and!gold's work. The motion was un- YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED ,TO ELECT REEVE | WHITBY TOWNSHIP For Transportation Dec. 10, Ph. Brooklin 218) water. The town will pay half|animously carried. t the cost of the street and he| NEW MEMBER cost of the sewer along Dundas h Street to High Street. The sub. During the Council meeting, dividers will pay for the remaining| Mayor Harry Jermyn noted that half of the street and for the/Mr. Jack McAvoy was present, water installation and the sewer In the public gallery. His Worship on High Street. remarked that he was glad to see the newly-elected councillor tak- TUNNEL DISCUSSION ing such an interest in Coumecil, A committee of Mayor Harry right from the start. Mr. McAvoy, Jermyn, Reeve Ken Lee, Deputy- who has been elected to Council reeve Stan Martin and Councillor|for the first time, polled the sec- Bill Hurley will investigate a ond highest number of votes, last Planni Board tion that| Monday. Mary Street be extended to An- The next! East and West: Mr. and Mrs. $85,400,000 Three apartment ng gi the | MacLeod, 131%: Mrs. Richardson houses, $150,000.00. One addition meeting will be ry ! oth instead of the regular date. | and Mrs. Odlum, 131; Mrs. Watts to a dwelling, $10,000.00. Four sin- All members please take notice and Mrs. Macdougall, 129; Mrs. gle garages, $1,400.00. oft he change. Pictures of the Kennedy and Mrs. Pringle, 114; Whitby Centennial will be shown Mrs. and Miss Bovay, 113'5. c to the members. ' od | DIRECTORS' MEETING LASSIFIED Mrs. Hurley, convener of edu-| pirectors of the Whitby Cham-| cation, gave a report on the Cru-/ per of Commerce will tonight hold| ADVERTISING sade against indecent literature,!n meeting to which directors for| mentioning that the two volun-|ihe coming year will be invited. WANTED To BUY -- MELODIAN OR teers who paid a visit to the news: The meeting is scheduled to be Reed Organ. Must be in good condition. stand were very well received and held in the town offices at 8 p.m. |Price reasonable. Phone MO. 8-2790 Whit- promised all eo-operation. omy, The ¥ ie . i after 6. one store, she said, did not show e Young Women's Group wi much co-operation in the absence have a supper meeting in the Bs Sore tig Bin Pg To. of its owner. Brodhy School of the St. Andrew's|907 King Street. 286¢ Arrangements were made for Eresbyterian Church at 6.30 p.m. - = - the children's Christies party and on Monday, the 12th, | dining SALE ar NE FIECE IAN: Christmas boxes for shut-ins. | The St. Andrew's Presbyterian condition. Phone MO. 8.3271. 286d spiritual bouquet was requested . | for his Eminence, Cardinal James| CRUECh WE, POC 8 S00 VERE ILADY ARQUIRES WORK ott wens McGuigan. The CWL ladies have! Coming Friday E ory art, lh a . ph made plans to cater for the Ro-| oop , A tarians' lunch in January. The ™ BOARDERS WANTED -- TWO GENTLE- members closed with prayers and| The WMS will meet at 3 p.m. on Crectous West © re one room. 30 a social hour followed. Tuesday, the 13th, at the St. An-| : | grew: a esbytarian Church's| APARTMENT TO RENT-FOUR SoM unday 00%, tran re IT a artme t ¢ PERSONALS : a Ae puis The Faith Baptist WMS will hold | yvaiiabie December. C. Watson, 312 Gil. | their regular monthly meeting on|pert East. di . ag Mrs. Phillip Burkart is now ati pecember the 8th at 8 p.m. at the home after a stay at the General| church. Hospital in awa. er many friends are wishing her a speedy recovery. The many friends of Mr. Phillip Armstrong are sorry to learn that he is in Oshawa General Hospital. Mrs. A. McCarthy, after spend- ing some time in Oshawa General Hospital, is now back at home and feeling much better. Mr.. C. P. Barnfather, from Winnipeg, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Lee for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Pogue en- tertained last Sunday at their home at a Christmas dinner par- I. vests ete ry Mrs. Walter MacCarl from Whitby: Mr. "{on 5 acres of land in Pickering Town and Mrs. Ralph MacCarl and chil- lo Dring Gonations for the Christ-| 7 2 T° price. $8,000. $3,000. Down, dren, Kent and Jimmy; Mr. and Pp oe | Phone Pickering 99J13. Reverse charges, Mrs. Richard MacCarl;: Mr. and] The CP and T fund committee : 2 Mrs. Neil MacCarl and their son, will hold their regular monthly ORDERS TAKEN NOW. CHOICE Scott, from Toronto. | meeting in the Rehekah Lodge| Scotch Ping Chilstmias Trees, AR sjzes. " » a est. one Mrs. G. M. Goodfellow and her| 2}! on December the 12th. |8-4204, Free delivery. id Dec. 19 daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Toll, of To- ANNOUNCEMENT ronto, visited Sunday at the home of Mrs. C. Q. Frazer and Mrs.| E. 8S. Herron of Trent St. | ENGAGEMENT Mr, and Mrs. Lorne Tran, Almonds, wish "to announce the engagement of B A Mee Rolland ar tre Howard Put: Ton or Dh. razeau, 33, of Mont Rolland, Que. (line to Lloy , Mr. » i an rs. Lloyd Stire of Oshawa. --Montreal 8 aspirin bandit--Tues-| 20 Fe will take place at sy Luth- day was sentenced to 10 years in|eran Church, Oshawa, on Saturday, De. penitentiary for three drug-store|cember 31, 1955 at 7 p.m. 286a robberies that netted him less than| eee $150. Brazeau was dubbed 'thel AUSTRALIAN ORE 2spirin bandit' after he asked for| liner. 0 aspirins each time before holding tralia in 1954 included 2,800,000 up the drug stores. tons of iron ore. BANDIT SENTENCED MONTREAL (CP) WHITBY | BROCK = | now PLAYING EVENING SHOWS 7 & 9 P.M. SATURDAY MAT. 1:30 P.M. 0 % Zs h7 pA oh The giants ~~ dashin the biggest I+ The | Mineral production in South Aus-| WANTED TO BUY---POULTRY, est Prices; Also feathers, new and old. Phone Jake Parker, MO 8-348 mornings jor after Dec 11 | rome INSULATION, BLOWING |Method. Free Estimates -- SEPTIC |TANKS CLEANED THE SANITARY |WAY. Waiter Ward, Whitby. Phone MO | 8-2563, Jan, 11 HIGH- APARTMENT FOR RENT --- DOWN- town Whitby, For information Phone | MO 8-3706 from 9 to 6 p.m. 284C CUSTOM CHAIN SAWING. APPLY L. Atkinson, Phone MO 8-2174, 46" chain and un" FOR SALE -- EIGHT PIECE DINING | Room Suite. Good condition. Phone MO 8-2513. 284C FOR SALE -- BARN TIMBERS, STOVE and furnace wood. Phone MO 8-2174, Lorne Atkinson. 284C FOR RENT -- THREE ROOM APART- ment, 415 Byron North, 285 FOR RENT -- THREE ROOM APART- ment. Built-in cupboards, venetian blinds, tile bathroom. Apply 400 Dundas West. 285h CHRISTMAS TREES FOR SALE, BY St. John's Men's Club, on sale at Silver Grill, 1628 Brock South. Free delivery. Dee. 23 derson Street. Another peition had heen made sometime ago that a tunnel and sidewalk be installed on Dundas Street from Garden to Anderson Street. Mayor Jermyn suggested that the Mary Street extension might cost more than $65,000. Some suggested that a school might be built in the An- derson Street area and thus avoid the necessity of sending children along Dundas Street to the school. REQUEST SEWER Council received a letter from Whitby Welding Works, request- ing a sewer along Palmerston Avenue. Councillor Scott moved that the request be referred to the Public Utilities Commission, for their approval. F. THREADGOLD Building permits totalling $246,- 800 were presented to council, for the month of November. His Wor- STREETS REPORT Councillor Alex Scott, Chairman |of the Streets Committee, made | |two recommendations, in his re- |port, He reported that the com- mittee had unanimously recom- mended that the town purchase a snow plow, the cost of which would be in the region of $12,170. The second recommendation made by the Streets Committee was that proposed safety-walks, on the south side of Dundas St. East, be built as soon as possible. TO RECOGNIZE TEAMS Council members have decided to vote $750 to be used to provide a dinner and suitable gifts to two| VOTE NORMAN J. ANDERSON for a santa says, give... Slippers are the ides! Christmas gift for Mother, Father, Sister or Brother. See our wide selection, WOMEN'S SLIPPERS Habitant, Oomphies, Packard, Foomtreads. From 1.19 to 5.95 MEN'S SLIPPERS Habitant, Packard, Wolcotts, Foamtreads. From 1.98 to 7.95 CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS Large assortment in all the well-known brands. From 1.19 to 3.95 SEE OUR LARGE SELECTION OF LUGGAGE GIFTS COLLIN'S SHOE STORE Brock St. S. WHITBY Phone MO 8-3476 X-RAY FITTING REEVE Whithy Township Many years experience in Township Affairs, Remember Election Day, Saturday, Dec. 10th ball teams which this year) brought provincial honors to the town. It was suggested that the town supply each player with a) jacket. Councillor Bill Hurley will arrange the affair, tentatively set for a January date, Youths Guilty To Present Zo Whitby Council will seek an Council Seeks Amendment ning By-Law | Street to be used as commercial. Meee tsb ot | "CHRISTMAS GIFT APPLES Shipped by express, prepaid to any reil point in Canada end U.S.A, RED /ING FANCY McINTOSH 1/2-Bushel Carlon - - - 3.00 (Plus Express Charges) I-Bushel Carion - - - 5.60 spectacle 0f Gun Robbery amendment to the zoning by-law But the property which the lum- which will permit council to decide| ber firm wishes to use will also to what, present agriculture lands) include one acre of property now| (Plus Express Charges) of them all! GARY COOPER-LRNCKSTER VERK CRUZ! ssarscont A WARGLD HECHT J coon wy DENISE DARGEL: CESAR ROMERO. Te" TICOLOR Also: "Kids Will Be Kids" - "Bowling Boom' « "Back Alley Uproar" BRADFORD (CP)--Two youths a 67-year-old farmer at nearby Cookstown. Ralph Titterson, 22, of Cookstown, 38 miles north of Tor- onto and John Breeden, 19, of Newton Robinson were remanded until next week for sentence. Police said while one man waited iu a car, a second entered the home of William Bell with a shot- gun. Wearing a manded money from Bell. The man took $11 before breaking the |farmer's left arm, cutting his fore- head and bruising his right arm. mask he de- may be changed as they cease to be used for agricultural purposes. for the same purposes as single residence zones and a few other purposes not including commercial or industrial purposes, unless they are directly connected with agri- culture. The matter of altering the by- law came up as council reqeived an application to grant a building permit to a retail lumber firm to locate on Dundas Street E. The site chosen by the firm is just east of the CPR rail line. The zoning by-law allows a strip 165 zoned as agricultural. Council members first consider- | this week were convicted of armed| The present by-law stipulates that ed granting permission for the! irobbery in the Nov. 18 beating of| agricultural lands may be used firm to build on the property| without altering the by-law. Later| council members decided that fu- ture development of the present agriculture land may be hamper-| ed if the zoning by-law prevented! such uses, Deputy-reeve Stan Martin and Councillor Stuart Roblin intro-| duced a motion that the town! council ask the solicitor to frame, an amendment to the existing zon-| ing by-law to permit council to decide what agriculture lands may | feet wide on each side of Dundas be re-zoned to. The motion carried, A An Ideal Christmas Gift Each apple carefully selected and packed in an individual cell, so that no apple touches another. This new, modern type package is a guarantee to safe ivel in prime i Coloured, shred || layer of apples lends an h of Chri enclosed if desired ALSO STANDARD GRADES WHOLESALE OR RETAIL Order Early to Avoid Disappointment a.m.--5:00 p.m.Daily Except Sunday © PHONE MO. 8-3311 RED WING ORCHARD HIGHWAY NO. 2 -- 2 MILES WEST OF WHITBY Your own #3 ' BEAUTIFULLY WRAPPED FOR CHRISTMAS ALLIN'S DRUG STORE Corner Drug Store -- Whitby Phone MO 8-3726