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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesdoy, August 5, 1958 § fWHITBY and DISTRICT HAVE NARROW ESCAPE 4 Volunteers Escape Raging Fire In Brush than 100 colunfeers from the town|two of men set out with axes and and distiet turned out to try to cut down trees at the rear of the contro) the fire. i truck while the others used foam A defective fuel pump 'and a sudden change in the wind com- € bined on Sunday afternoon to put four members of the Uxbridge Fire Brigade in the centre of a raging brush fire near the town. Before the four could escape with their fire truck they had to cut a number of Christmas trees| PUMPER QUITS ton, 34, drove the Uxbridge pump- er, Elmer Bell, Walter Lyons and extinguishers to spray trees on the other sides of the stalled vehicle. In a t the fire r them but swept past in a matter of two or three minutes, leaving Uxbridge Fireman Harvey Ac- hed with three other firemen, Melvin Smith, south through the trees towards the fire, They were spraying the area with water and spray a foam extinguisher | around their vehicle. { the truck unscathed, having been thwarted by the extinguisher. The truck was later towed out from the tank on the truck when the engine suddenly quit. Just as the firemen discovered that the fuel pump on their truck had ceased to operate, they no- ticed that the wind had suddenly changed direction and the fire in A the half-mile width swath being| The fire burned a half-mile strip, Christmas trees which were about |,.¢ from one concession to the|more than 300 acres and 28,000 six or seven feet high. Inext headed straight for their trees, before it was extinguished. The Uxbridge Fire Brigade sent truck. | The four firemen escaped with- about 12 men to fight the fire and Knowing that they could not|out injury other than slight burns The fire occurred on the south side of the Reach Road, about two mile east of the town about 1:30 in the afternoon. It broke out on the farm of John Stevens and spread to another farm owned by John Lowes.Both pro- perties were planted out with of the field by a tractor. There firemen used a little of the water in their tank to cool the fuel pump and started the motor. By that time, the fire had reached the Reach Road, to the WALTER LYONS AND HARVEY ACTON north, and had burned itself out. mechanics to replace the bearing, said he has protested the incident to Transport Minister Hees and to district members of Parlia- ment, The waterway runs from Lake Ontario at Trenton northwest through the Trent Valley to Lake Simcoe. "FRIGIDAIRE "SHEER LOOK" BUTT RADIO AND APPLIANCE 1s Brock St. §. MO 8-3707 RORY Created To Individual Requirements BATTING RECORDS (Up to and including July 31, 1958) AB D T H Total Hits Average + 87 46 529 . 85 4 518 42 506 42 500 28 412 25 313 9 310 20 .286 18 277 3 JA11 Player B. Jordan . I. Mothersill G. Campbell 84 68 80 29 70 .. 65 27 Copies of The Oshawa-Whitby DAILY TIMES- GAZETTE Available at the following dealers in DOWNTOWN WHITBY ALLIN'S DRUGS ttt hk DD 4 ON OY J. Nicholson wSSaBRB8RR™ PITCHING RECORDS (Up to and Including July 31, 1958) IP Hits off Strikeouts Walks Won coo. 81-2/3 82 67 41 10 4-1/3 56 37 30 6 3 3 1 0 0 LEAGUE STANDINGS (Standings up to July 29, 1958) Player 1. Mothersill G. Campbell J. Nicholson ....... 3 Schedule End Br a ir ne Sf Et he vo iy Aad bh | 'BY THE WAY WIN McBRIDE TROPHY AT WHITBY BOWLING TOURNEY By TED MUNNS | Four of the regular lineup are| Winners of the McBride Tro- | evening was a team skipped by Mrs. W. E. McBride, donor of | Gibbs, vice-skip, Stan Phillips, The Whitty Ladies Softballibatting over the 500 mark with phy in the mixed trebles | Stan Phillips, of Oshawa. Shown | yoo 00 vow to vioht they | skip, and Mrs. McBride club are fast approaching then. jordan curently pulling out ; bowling tournament at the Whit- | above, are members of his | pay. ey Ps v the beginning of the play-downs. in A wO Ps ot e a oC team accepting the trophy from Robertson, Whitby Te team staried out fast, winning high Jversges id Xo Joos & i their first dozen games without PY A . BCEAO ho fr 2 Ta de One World Austrian Pact |Traffic Held Up four wins a inst one defeat.|against the Trenton entry, but I ir fea with the support of the people of Used Bs Guide (on Trent System i e welll © ould not be surprised to see an-| By LLYOD ROBERTSON (when it rolled. While he went to/holding the diagonal corners. Record ORILLIA (CP)--Traffic - was out in front of the league, having : ) ; hel One day last week atron at held up for 12 hours on a section as many points as the next two|other championship club come la-| During the past few weeks, this phone for help, Be ae A Ne ro i" He area) clubs combined. The club has|ter in the fall, but whatever hap-|corner has been airing a number bear to a tree and the animal one o* te digs : 8 He arse treaty for Austria and amend-|\.okend when a bearing burned not won their games on pitching|Pens I do know that the club willlof complaints by various groups climbed back in the truck. chanced to look out o. lhe ments of the same year to the|out in the motor of the marine] or batting alone but on a combi- Mot 80 down without putting up alapout a variety of problems. This| But, he explained, the two offi- 40 a" u dasse Austrian state constitution werelrailway at Big Chute. | More copies of The Times- nation of both real fight and your support willl week we will record, instead, cers need not be alarmed. The "Look, fellows, he shouted, tabled for the Commons' exter- | Isabel Mothersill represents have a great deal of influence onlay couple of newsy little items bear had few teeth and was very "The roof is falling in. | ganization employed only one me-|average day than the total num- i ¢ | : " i record was surpassed and two|,. i gue with 10 wins and one loss rec-| The followig are the batting and jot of persasion in the coffee shop.| To demonstrate, he walked up patrons rushed to the window to | guides for consideration of the fu-|and no one else was available to|in Oshawa. 4 rom | ni " | NSLEaLYy i |were threatened Monday as the ' | e ord followed closely by Gwen pitching records to date as welll quo gpg story concerns two of-|to the animal and gave it a joi 81 the youl vaich locked as Men's: and women's track and| 'Ure status of Lebanon. | make repairs. ord. of the OPP, who ride side by side| You guessed it. The friendly Commonwealth defeated Britain SMith, Who recently suggested Orillia Chamber of Commerce on night patrol of our highways in bear hauled off and gave the OLD COIN CORNER in a two-day dual meet. i Jusiviat-aivie fesualiy iid He which arranged for two Orillia the district. The story, by the|driver a friendly swat which | And our final little item also| The men, paced by South Af-| Fou je hs ic Las. slate, sac -- way, was not told to us by the landed him on his ear. |concerns a policeman, rica's Gert Potgieter and Aus-|the Austrian documents *'coul traiia's Herb Elliott, won 199-162. © 0 com plete precedents for eb : pc sdwards, of the Whitby|The Em pire women won 89%- seful for : f ale two Were Yip aw I Our next story is also an un |ES Rew Edwards, b he Puiihy 831%. P |Lebakon, ou useful for the study | truck, on its side in a ditch, Pull. [official version of a prank inc ani to an acquaintance with. For the third time in two of relevant Jae % ' : ing up in the cruiser, one officer Port Perry. lout asking a quick look at all the The whole idea of permanent listed world record for the 440-|neutrality for Lebanon, however, | and peered in to make sure some|a very popular chap and the fol-|chance that he will find a choice yard hurdles but his time of 50.4/ could be developed only if it is| driver was not pinned against the lowing may be one of the reasons. [collector's item. seconds was slower than his Yee bundantly logs iat 3 wouly bel real estate. He was investigating the disap-| Last Saturday night, PC Ed-|ord-smashing 49.7 in the Empire In accord With Fie Wishes of the He was somewhat amazed to pearance of a park bench recently wards was taking with a mem- | AMAZING PERFORMANCE Mr. Smith suggesien Git 8 STAFFORD BROS. bright green specks which were been dumped into the lake al and discovered, to his delight, that oi ; .o\g| [ype of Monroe Doctrine m g i i id fi It was Elliott, a 20- year -old|y,rked out for Lebanon, Under M tal Works undoubtedly eyes. the pier. His investigation also|said fireman was an amateur col- youth who has run the mile un-| € . { onumenta "Get back" he shouted to his turned up two suspects who ad-|lector of old coins, among which {the Monroe Doctrine the United 318 Dundas East friend. "It's a bull in there." mitted dumping the bench. {was a 1913 dime. who turned in the day's most| on woctern Hemisphere powers amazing performance. Befire 45,- eeiby bulls in the cabs of trucks Court: says our informant, Chief |great wealth rolling through his|o00 spectators at White City Sta- ib the State of North or South Fy eng \ rom © cabs of trucks nransics meted out punishment of head, suggested that the fireman dium, Elliott ran the third-fast- : i a' '0oli 00, : {his own. He took the two down | might just trade this worn out old Run for your life," he shouted. to the lake and supervised while|coin for a nice shiny new dime.|1:47.3 for an easy victory. Two hours later he turned up By this time, both officers had] We bet they wont do that again. the switch when in walked an|at a meet in Watford, about 20 decided that was enough horse-| As mentioned last week, the innocent bystander. miles from London, and won an-| play for one accident when along| contours of the roof of the new| "Hold it,' he shouted, 'that coin came a pedestrian, the driver of Church of St. John the Evangelist is probably worth a fortune." Pis. 30 14 13 13 the Port Perry Fire Brigade sent get their machine going again infon the legs of Acton and Lyons Ga end of their schedule and thus, "© "0 Lo. cog average. These by Bowling Greens on Saturday | are Stan Gibbs, lead, Belle wen ds i i i i (3 Re Bear Spotted In Car dule draws near they are well| Whitby and the team-spirit I OTTAWA (CP)--The 1955 state "sop ong waterway during the i. | dow and notice the new roof. A waterway official said the or- Gazette are purchased on the the winningest pitcher in the lea-| the out-come. which were uncovered through a fond of people Aad sure enough, about half the] LONDON (AP) -- One world nal affairs committee Monday as| panic put he was on holidays|ber of passenger cars registered Campbell with a six and one rec- a the league standings as of July gn... of the Whitby Detachment friendly swat. bg ro field teams representing the| External Affairs Minister] Kenneth Bath, manager of the : A | | t--not as / sal two men concerned. |FROM PORT PERRY | A very fine collector of coins is be pertinent-not as wholesale weeks, Potgieter suprassed the| leaped to the side of the truck| Police Chief Archie Menzies Is| change in his pocket on the odd games two weeks ago. {Lebanese people." | find himself looking into two when he discovered that it had ber of the Whitby Fire Brigade der four minutes seven times, by! ; ral EA des of States forbade interference by MO 8-3552 y | Aw, N The..other, not accustomed {0 Rather than haul the two off to ards est half mile ever recorded -- "It's a bear. they rescued the dunked bench. | The fireman was about to make other half mile race in 1:50.7. RE-UPHOLSTERING if f i | ie 1a Keith Gardner of Jamaica and factory ends, rebuilt like the overturned truck, it turned are drawing much comment, out to be. The new building is going to After some astute questioning, have a concrete roof built in the the driver explained that the of-|form of a hyperbolic paraboloid, The fireman decided he would keep it. PC Edwards later looked up his old coin book. The dime, in good ficer was correct. It was a bear. He was bringing that animal, a wrestling bear, along in the truck! ® . lowing at him, missed, and broke itc - er the car windshield wiih his fs, "He said nothing," Burnside re- condition, is worth $20. The innocent bystander is now a watched man, which is pretty hard to explain. The roof looks not unlike a large; handkerchief which is draped by ported, "and I couldn't hit back, Assaults as I had two broken fingers I got Motorist in an accident." Burnside said that the man| made no further move until they reached Lynd"s Creek bridge, when the hitch - hiker took an-| A hitch - hiker left a motorist with a black eye and a| Y - C broken car windshield Saturday | | night. [ear under control, and at the {Whitby cloverleaf, stopped the By CLIFF GORDON | Burnside said that he kept the | Tony's Lose won only once outside the city of Toronto and that was by Whitby Stokers. Several of the players with the Tony's team were with those same Stokers, On Friday night the locals will be at home to the same Sherrins team as the schedule fast draws ore Sullivan went the route for the] Don't forget the big one in Tor- Mike Agostini of Vancouver ran second and third behind Britain's Peter Radford in a photo finish 100-yard dash. i Later Agostini, Jimmy Omag-| bemi of Nigeria, Tom Robinson | and Gardner ran in that order to] win the 440 relay in 40.4 seconds. | Another world's third-best per-| formance was made in the two-| mile run when Peter Ciark of| England was timed in 8:37.6 as [§ Odd Chairs recovered in 24.75. | new: Hostess, 75 Occasional, 9.75; Cogswell, Corner Brock and Dundas Streets FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY WHITBY-OSHAWA DISTRICT MO 8-2344 T. ZAYETTE he won by nearly 100 yards from Gordon Pirie. | New Zealand's Murray Halberg | won the mile in 4:01.4 and Aus-| tralian girls dominated the wo- men's meet, They: won all of Monday's five events, THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION COURTICE PHARMACY 117 Brock Street North PALM SPORTING GOODS 130 Dundas Street West RIGLER'S STORE Corner Brock & Colborne OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY TENDERS FOR LAYING AND other swing. This time he con-| William Burnside, 23, of Whit-|car, telling the man "This is as On Sunday, Molly Hiscox, a slim British miss, smashed the world record for the 440 - yard run. Her time of 55.6 seconds clip-| ped seven-tenths of a second off the listed women's record of 56.3 | set by Nancy Boyle of Australia| in Sydney last year. ity [nected blacking Burnside's left eye. th Tony's journeyed up to Tor-|winners and was never better as|onto on Wednesday night when the by, arrived at Whitby Police sta-|far as I go. {onto for a Beaches league game he limited the locals to six well|pride of Ontario County will play tion Saturday night to report that| He said that the man got out Friday night, and were more scattered hits, Norm Bagnell went against Sherring at Kew Beach he had picked up a hitch - hiker of the car, and disappeared. than upset. They had expected tothe distance for the locals and|for the East General Hospital near Frenchman's Bay, while play the Sherrins team, the club/was charged with the loss. Al|trophy. The same two teams will driving home from Toronto on| LARGEST CONVENTION [they are deadlocked for top rung(Dewsbury was the big gun for be here on Friday night for an- Highway 401. Burnside said that] NEW YORK (AP)-The final | With. However when they arrived|the winners |other big game. So regardless of the man appeared to be about 20 session of the Jehovah's Wit./there they found Swiss Chalet! On Wednesday night there will who wins on Wednesday night the years old, and said that he was|nesses' eight - day international | Feady and chomping at the bit. |be no home game for the locals other fellow will be but for re- headed for Montreal. |assembly drew more than 250,000| The Chalet team were still as they will compete in the East|venge on Friday night . . . It H Burnside told police that he had [persons to Yankee Stadium and | chomping when the game was General Hospital tournament seems there was somewhat of a/Swiss Chalet turned up instead explained that he was going no the Polo Grounds Sunday. It was |OVer as they gained their first|against Sherrins. This is a sud-|mix up in the schedule for last| We understand there were! farther east than Whitby. Near|said to be the largest convention|Win of the season over the Osh-|den death affair with a beatiful night's game, Tony's figured not enough of the directors at| JOINTING WATER MAIN {they were to meet Sherrins, but|the games last night to rule on it | Ajax, he said, the man took algathering in this city's history. [awa team, via a 3-1 score. Allcup at stake. The cup has been| Sealed d to the Chai of the Public Utility officially . . . There was enough A er 8) Commission of the Town of Whitby, Whitby, Ontario, will around the other night however to A S g R tt [rule out the 20 win that the locals | be received until 4 p.m, EDS.T, on Tuesday, August 12th, A ident F {chalked up against Swiss Chalet, | 1958, for the construction of a Feeder Main, consistir 7 of CAESAREA Civic holiday, son of Atlantic City Swims in the, § ; 3 ; hs : : % | as both pitchers pitched from the | approximately 10,900 feet of 14-inch diameter water pne. wrong box . . . Oh well, they wili | Plans and specifications with blank Form of Tender may be weekend spelled success for the; U.8.4,, was an easy Winger in the FOR ss ro of MISSED PAPERS have 0 replay 3 ata Sater date § obtained aot the office of the Public Utility Commission or at will affect the standings . . .! i "Nie + and makes for more good bail in the office of Gore & Storrie Limited, Consulting Engineers, this area. | 1130 Bay Street, Toronto, on pay of a dep by q in the amount of $15.00, Such deposit will be refunded on the return in good condition of the said plans and specifica~ Lake Scugog Regatta Assqiation, || 2di€ ol yim. She wes 2 tions within two weeks from the closing date of tenders, as the three - day regatta was .|ogest competitor when she held without mishap. | reached the finish line. The water On Saturday morning, the re- ag choppy for this swim held on gatta opened with a gala chil- Monday, the final day of the| dren's parade, féaturing decorat. regatta. | Phone MO 8-31 { | If you have not received your "BELL TAXI All calls must be placed between 7 and 7:30 p.m. Streets JURY & LOVELL PHARMACY 317 Breck St. S. SHORTY'S CIGAR STORE 106 Dundas Street East THE TUCK SHOP 159 Brock Street North Or at any of these dealers in Whitby and Area. ALMOND'S GROCERY Almonds BENNETT'S GROCERY 832 Brock Street North GORMER GROCERY Port Whitby DAVIS SUPERTEST No. 2 Highway West of Whitby GOLDRING'S GROCERY Port Whitby 4d 1d, a The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted, Gore & Storrie Limited, Albert Randall, Consulting Engineers, Chairman, Each tender must be accompanied by a marked cheque in an amount equal to 5 per cent of the total sui, ed bicycles, tricycles and even| Other featured events of the] wagons. The track and field day were canoe races, and row-| sports got under way in the after-boat races, for both children, and | noon, and many athletes demon-/men and women. A lifesaving| strated their skills in racing, crew, under the direction of] jumping, and even nail driving|Bruce Colwell, official life guard,| contests. The events were open to|was on hand during the day to| all residents of Lake Scugog. |make sure no casualties occur-| BOAT RACES THRILL prec. foaius tied he : + te | Following the day's events, the A gigantic parade of boats and| int trophits. Were prasonted H. C. Simpson, July 31st, 1958 Secretary-Manager. | I water skiers paraded across the| waterfront to open the boat races on Sunday afternoon. speed boats driven by youngsters about 12 years old were an at-| traction in itself, and the more experienced drivers with more powerful motors streaked across the cou-se. One of the most ex-| citing races of the day was the free-for-all which barred no en-| tries. Over 20 boats participated in this race. The races, under the direction of Tom Cross, Presi- dent of the Lake Scugog Regatta Association and Len Proutt, Pub-f lic' Address operator, and Bill Dysart, starter, were run very, along with the trophies and prizes competitions This was the 26th official year the Regatta has been in opera- tion. During those past years, the Regatta Association has survived a "depression", and a war, and is still continuing to supply the| residents of Lake Scugog with] one of the best regattas in this district. There was sion to watch the regatta. The only way the Association received money for prizes was through do- nations from local merchants and contributions. The officials of the no admis-| Utility for the swimming and rowing | v ¥ of OSHAWA LAD WINS LSRA TROPHY Reproduce 75 Copies in 1 duplicating job in the office, scho club or business, Sales Letters, Menus, Report Mi Papers, Annnounce- ments, Advertising, Cards. Ask for @ Demon- stration, COPY REX Spirit Duplicator Minute EASY BUDGET TERMS The "Copyrex" is designed to perform any ol, church, Ideal for: Bulletins, Maps, sic, "Exam gs NORTH END GROCERY Brock N. For HOME DFIIVERY by Carrier Boy PHONE Or Call at our office: 111 DUNDAS ST, W. KING E. RA 3-3333 Winning the ISRA Trophy at the weekend Lake Scugog re- gatta at Caesarea was Craig Russell, 12, of Oshawa. He'is | the son of Mr, and Mrs, George Russell, 707 Bessborough | hp motor. Shown above, the boy Drive. It was his third year of | receives the Lake Scugog Re- racing in the regatta. He came gatta Association Trophy from gatta. Tom Cross. ; . first in the class of bovs 15 and om Cross, president of the ds : : sociation. under in utility boats with a 7% | Robertson, Whitby smoothly, and not one boat over- Lake Scugog Regatta Association turned during the day's events, are optimistically looking for- ward to another successful year SWIMMING RACES next year, and held a meeting Diane Ferguson, 17-year-old last night to elect next year's sister of the famed Muriel Fergu- officers. MO 8-3703 WHITBY WALMSLEY & MAGI! L Office Equipment Ltd. 2 s