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RTMENT OF HIGHWAYS READY TO MEET ANY EMERGENCY -- THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, December 27, 1965 5 __DEPE Few Disease Cases Reported In Counties embalming room must be easily maintained in a sanitary man- BERR ERIN 2 COBOURG -- Seventy - one cases of communicable disease The total number of students enrolled in elementary and TONS OF SAND AND SALT STOCKPILED ~ Area Crews Really SAND-SPREADING TRUCKS AT THE READY AROUND THE CLOCK = For Bad W " Highway 2 open to traffic. ee i 4; : chilis THIS IS SIGN TO WATCH FOR Two More Areas Producers To! Maple Syrup . Join Scheme WHITBY (Staff).-- Two addi- tional municipalities have mov- ed into the ( o County As- sessment field t ing the total number of coun munities to 11. communities still oy proposed county of fixing assess The new cor ed for county asse Meet Jan. 5 are seven ty will be held in the Town Hall, sed to the| Uxbridge, Jan. 7, > system] P-m. This meeting has been called 0, ities approy sment at the| resentative for Ontario County, December session of the Ontario| to consider the formation of a| Some of the features to be| TORONTO (CP)--Texaco re- l week, | Ontario County Milk Committee, ngton an representing all milk producers I in the county. The decision to rcon-|call such a meeting was taken ard to| at a recent meeting held in the the Agricultural office when dairy ige;|leaders of the various groups sr-| met to discuss the proposal. 1 The county committee. when :/elected will represent all milk nd! producers within the county in- cluding fluid milk shippers, con- centrated milk shippers and cheese milk producers. County Milk Committee' have already been elected in several. coun- ties in the province George McLaughlin, chairman _,0f the Ontario Milk Marketing County Council, held an county ass towns of Ajax villages of ing, Port Pe and the to Reach, Brock. Lions Hold L Day Planned | | | | |Syrup producers and others in- An important meeting for alljvolved in the product are invited | -assessed com-; Milk producers in Ontario Coun- jto attend "Maple Syrup Day" |Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1966. The day is scheduled to begin at dy H. L. Fair, Agricultural Rep-/10:00 a.m. and conclude by 4 p.m. |discussed are -potential of the industry, practices and prob- lems of maple syrup producers, jnew equipment, tree selection, |grading, labelling, transporta- jtion, storage, marketing, and various pane! discussions. Taking part in the program jare R. E. Goodin of the Ontario Food Council, W. E. Steele, WHITBY (Staff) -- Twenty-,have to keep Highways, 40]//and! eight miles of highway may not|2 open from Ritson rd. much, but|awa keeping it clear of snow and ice|ing Township," Thom: | @ patrolman with the seem like very is another thing. There are 30 men on a 24-| hour call basis, working out of| used by the department depends the Whitby Department of High- | upon the weather. TWO SALT TYPES ways yard, and it is their job Osh- Liverpool rd. in/\ Picker- How much salt and sand is | | er 75 pounds of salt to ever: sand," Mr. Walsh said. y ton of Walsh, | Weather and road reports are | H, said.| another factor in snow removal | operations. "Daily weather reports are | sent to us from Toronto, and in| return we have to send road reports -- five or six a day-- BOWMANVILLE -- Maple : s lat the Provincial Building, 329| Refin 1966 at 1.30/Kent Street West, Lindsay, on to keep 14 miles of Highway of "On an average shift, in a) Highway 401 and 14 miles of|snow storm, we may use up to| | 3,500 tons of sand and 1,800 tons "We have six sander trucks,|of salt. We use two different five snow ploughs and a grader|types of salt on the highways, in this yard, and with these we|the rock salt and the fine salt Woman's Condition Critical Following Highway Accident AJAX (Staff) -- Mrs. Bertha \Jolly, 69, of Pine Ridge rd., Dunbarton, is in critical condi- tion in Toronto General Hospital as the result of an accident at the intersection of Highway 2 and Fairport rd, last Friday night. General Hospital and was trans- ferred to the Toronto hospital Sunday afternoon when her con- dition became worse. Police said Mrs. Jolly alight- ed from an eastbound bus, ran to the rear of the vehicle and attempted to cross the road be- hind the bus. She ran into the Pickering Township Police|side of a car driven by Dennis jsaid Mrs. Jolly suffered head/Ayler, 69 Burcher rd., Ajax, who jand internal injuries. She was|was proceeding east on High- taken to the Ajax and Pickering|way 2. | ecaraeeae: oi ery Workers Set To Vote On Contract last month. It provides for wage increases of 35 cents an hour applied progressively over the two-year contract period and in- cludes job security arrange- ments. The new contract will finery workers. at nearby Port Credit and in Montreal will vote Tuesday on a contract agree- ment reached Thursday between the company and negotiators for jthe Oil, Chemical and Atomic/run from the expiry date of the | Workers International Union/old one. \(CLC). Wages now range from ap- The agreement in principle| proximately $2 an hour to $3.26. |Mark Cressman, and Paul Ren- |nick of Ontario Department of |Lands and Forests: and B. L. McCorquodale and Len Reid of jOntario Department. of Agri-| |culture. Representatives of man- jufacturing companies and sev- jeral. producers will also be taking part. Lunch will he available at the fore a 4 p.m. strike deadline. Agreement has also been reached between the union and British Petroleum Oil Co. plants in Bronte, Ont., 20 miles south- west of here and in Montreal It was not immediately known when the BP workers would vote. was reached just one hour be- Under the agreement, compa- nies will be required to give six months' notice of technological changes to a joint union-man- agement committee and sever- ance pay equal to one week's wages for every year of service to a total of 26 weeks. Meanwhile about 400 workers j|have been on strike at the Brit- back." | How long does a man have| to work during a snow storm? "Usually just his regular eight hours, but occasionally he will be required to work a couple of hours overtime." | How do some 6f the other areas compare to Whitby? "Brooklin on an average shift uses 4,000 tons of: sand and the SIGN CHANGED | tons,"? Mr. Walsh said. | Greenbank area uses 6,000) "There has been a change in the sign on the back of the snow ploughs and sanders this. year. Gone are the old signs that say either pass right or pass left. We are now using a simple 'Snow Plough' sign. The others were confusing the motorists at cloverleafs and _ intercharges causing accidents, but we still have the flashing blue light." So when using the highways this winter, and you see a flash- ing blue light, beware, and use caution, it is a Department of Highways snow removal were reported to the Northum- berland and Durham Health Unit during November. Of these 38 were chickenpox and 15 mumps. Cases of German measles, red measles, scarlet fever and infectious hepatitus were also reported. : Seventy five persons re- ceived free chest x-rays at the four chest clinics. Two. new cases of tuberculosis were re- ported, One of these was active. Two persons were admitted to sanitaria following diagnosis at a chest clinic. At 37 immunization clinics held at the health unit offices and in schools, 42 children com- pleted the initial series of Quad vaccine and 39 received a re- inforcing dose. Four hundred d fifty-six persons received a! ee pg | school children. reinforcing dose of Triad, 60 received a booster dose of tetanus and 55 had tetanus boos- ter. There were 201 primary smallpox vaccinations and 280 revaccinations, Eight hundred PARIS BID FAILS PARIS (Reuters) -- Paris abandoned plans Thursday night to bid for the 1972 Olym- pic Games. Following an un- successful bid by a council support. Montreal, Munich and Moscow plans to bid for the 1972 Summer Olympics. FINNS LIKE SWEDEN A total of 155,000 foreign workers, nearly half of them from Finland, were registered in Sweden in 1965. thapis mixed with the sand--| and seventy-one Heaf tésts were|® |given in secondary schools. |delegation to enlist government} secondary schools in Northum- berland - Durham Counties this year is 23,899 out of a total population of 84,010. In the month of November, nurses spent 36 hours of their working time in school work. -This in- cludes health inspections, vision tests and counselling of students, and conferences with teachers. For each nurse this means a little over a quarter of her time. Time spent in clinics was 373 hours, Clinic time is counted from child health conferences and immunization clinics, chest clinic work and also the time used for immunization clinics in schools. This school clinic time is in addition to the time of 636 hours spent in schools, Home visiting time, 758 hours, 1s also partly used in connection with ner and adequately equipped, Ten such inspections were made and one approval withheld, Sixteen semi-annual reports on pasteurization plants were sub- mitted to The Officer-In-charge of Food Control in the Provin- cial Department of Health. All such inspections are to deter- mine the conformity with Regs ulation 53 under The Public Health Act. In preparation for win house construction, 64 lots were approved for private pater sap- plies and sewage disposal, and 149 inspections of private sewere age installations were made MEAT INSPECTION Of 998 animals inspected by a veterinarian during the month, 12 were condemned; in addition 12 portions were condemned. "a, AUDIOMETRY Of the 740 audiometer tests completed during November, 50 were on children repeating their rade in school. This is the third | year this group have-been done |} as a special survey. This month, 12 percent of this group indi- |eated defective hearing; § had been recognized previously and |1 was a new defect. The remainder of the 20 audio- grams completed for the month indicated 4 new defects, 3 re- OUR LONG YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE PLANNING AND HANDLING OF ESTATES CAN BE OF REAL VALUE TO YOU. tests of previous defects now normal and seven previous de- fects still present. ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION Funeral parlours are inspected annually and reported on a Certificate of Approval by the medical officer of health. The WHITBY One-Stop DECORATING SHOP @ Wollpaper and Murels @ Custom Draperies @ Broadioom @ C.L.L. Paints and Varnishes @ Flo-Glaze Colorizer Paints DODD & SOUTER DECOR CENTRE LTD. 107 Byron St. $., Whitby PHONE 668-5862 machine in operation. TOWN OF WHITBY Notice Re Unapproved Appliances 1. Im Ontario, it is illegal to buy, sell or install an appliance which uses a petroleum fuel if it is not approved by Department of Energy and Resources Management. , Petroleum fuel burning appliances approved for us In Ont- ario bear a label: (a) of the Canadion Gas Association (CGA) or (b) of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) or (c) of the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada (ULC) or (d) issued by the Minister of this Department. . The majority of unapproved appliances are sold over the counter by hardware and similar stores. Such appliances include portable kerosene and fuel oil heaters, propane heaters, etc. Signed: L. H. Inkpen, Chairman, Fire and Community Services Committee. Our guarantee: 4 Board, will be present as well m + as other representatives who ' will be prepared to present the .| proposal for County Committees. It is ith) Milk that Marketing Board h committeés may be estab- ied eventually in all parts of | f| the Province as a means o -|direct contact between the On tario Milk Marketing Board and ir suit-| the local producers. y the uh Sareea nee key dinner mings During the able music wa Anderson Hi club, consi chan, Co! Warman. Re vided the r ing. AID COSTS MUCH vernment more than $9,000 a vear WHITBY PERSONALS Christian fellowship Group also| mond Balson, 700 Green st., wa' ls for Fair- hoped by the Ontario eeting. Durh Group Meets BOWMANVILLE -- J. A. Mac- donald, ivestock Specialist, from the Western Ontario Ag- lricultural School and Experi- jmental Farm at Ridgetown, Each Peace Corps volunteer|Will be the guest speaker Jan. | plosion ripped through an overseas costs the United States|> at the Durham County Soil| apartment block in the Mont- and Crop Improvement Annual Meeting in Orono, Mr. Donald is well qualified to dis- lcuss the subject, "The Storage jand Utilization of }Crop." | The meetings will be from 10 a.m. -- 3:30 p.m. in the Odd | Fellows Hall in Orono and those am Crop Mac-| March, has been awarded the! the Corn! Terms of the agreement are | ish American Oil Co. refinery at |based on a formula reached with|Clarkson, Ont. New talks are jrefineries in British Columbia!scheduled-for-Wednesday. 'Police Sergeant Wins Empire Gallantry Medal | OTTAWA (CP)--A police ag |geant who riskéd his life in a | daring rescue after a gas ex- about to fall. Lavallee threw himself on Mrs. Jones to pro- tect her and a constable who was holding the mattress of the bed upright tossed it on top of the sergeant. After the roof section col- lapsed, other policemen re- turned to the spot and pulled the sergeant from under the mattress. He emerged holding jreal suburb of Lasalle last| |British Empire Medal for Gal-| | lantry. | Award of the medal by the Queen was announced Saturday] Mrs. Jones. Both were taken to jin. the Canada Gazette. hospital suffering shock. Sergeant Roger Lavallee, 32, s sang Christmas ca Mrs. Frederic Balson, Courtice. Christm al view Lodge residents interested in-a number of at-| Was one of the first at the Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bunnett,|tractive door prizes should plan|scene after a March 1 blast London, Ont., were Christmas |to be on hand by '10:15 a.m. to|smashed four buildings and For their December mecting ¢8¥ guests at the home of Mr. |be eligible for the door prizes,| killed 28 persons Fee see and Mrs. Alfred Tripp, 715 Dun-|Lunch will be provided in the| He and_ several companions lop st. w. jform of sandwiches, do-nuts andjentered the basement of oné : coffee. building and found an injured Holiday guests at the home of Harvey Wright, Soil and Field|girl. A few yards away they r. and Mrs. F. G. Underwood, Crop Specialist from the On-|qocated her mother, Mrs. 511 Centre st., s., were their tario Department of Agriculture,| Thomas Jones, covered by a daughter and son-in-law, Mr.|Lindsay, will be speaking during|bed and pinned down by jand Mrs. Norman Briggs, and |the morning program while Mr.| cement blocks that had tumbled |sons, Frankie and Barry, of MacDonald will be the after-|on to her legs. é pen Rosemere, Que. noon speaker. Mr. Wright will| The sergeant was trying to parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merven | Bia, | E McConnell, Brock st, n. Merle,, Chris, daughter of Mr. andg|0@ Giscussing plot work: in the| free the 30 - year - old woman prior to her arrival in Whitby,|Mrs. Mal Femia, 331 Dovedale |#7¢4 4nd those Wao have rat Boas agnor Rieger ppl pond spent a few days in Montreal, |dr., celebrated her 14th birth.|Present in past years will find] burning section of roof was this week. members of the Women's Chris- tian Temperance 1 the home of President, Mrs.| Harold Quantrill, where they ad-|M dressed cards to shut-ins. Miss Merle McConnell, student at Kingston University, is spend- ing the holiday season with her WEBSTER Lumber & Supply 701 Brock St, N., Whitby PH: 668-4451 See us todoy for .. . Alum- inum Doors and Windows, In- sulation, Weather Stripping, In fact -- Everything to Win- terize your Home, ~ : the guest of. Miss Anne David-|day Christmas Day. both the morning and afternoon | son |programs both worthwhile. : Dinner guests Christmas day| An invitation is extended to Highland Creek Girl Guides|at the home of Mr. and Mrs.|all farmers in Durham County accompanied by their Captain,| Vernon Williams, 310 Byron st.,|to be present. The meeting will Mrs. Brown, sang Christmas/n., were: Mr.and Mrs. Gerald|start promptly at 10 a.m. and carols in the corridors at Fair-| Harbon, Whitby and Mrs. Verna |also conclude at 3:30 p.m. We WHITBY BROCK -- One Complete Program Each -- Evening -- Starting At 7:30 view Lodge and made-ad Gay, Oshawa: tion of fruit Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams, at 805 Byron st. n., had as their Mr. Christmas dinner guests Mr. 1, and Mrs. Al Trommels and ed children, Scarborough; Mr. and Hamp-/| Mrs. Casper Oerlenans and chil: larold Coltins} tren; -Pickeripg---Mr.and Mrs, Hugh Ashby, | Joseph Verhaegh and daughter, | Patty, Whitby. Christm: the home of and Mrs. H Whitby were Ashby..and ton, Mr, and, and family Whitby. Holiday guests at th Mr: and 7eral Dundas ents, .Mr Hagersyili J RR Mr. a I on_D M and ayne, of thday wishes are extended| 61 to Albert Willems on the occa- sion of his birthday today Mrs st nome roll 9 r pa and Vernon Moore, are celebrating . ¢ M we. 4 ate \ the home of her son and d at Temata east, 4a pniversary | augh- | today, ' £ would suggest that anyone com- ing for only the afternoon plan| to be on hand at 1:15 p.m. Door prizes will include special lots! jof grain corn for seed and two] fire extinguishers presented| through the courtesy of the) |Durham County Farm Safety Coufeil. . REDS SIGN AUSSIE | ADELAIDE (Reuters)--Neil | Page, a 21-year-old Australian baseball pitcher, has signed a contract with. Cincinnati Reds of the National. League. Page is the first Australian ever: to sign .a contract with club, a US. j SSS Soy SONGS AND SORCERY! TECHNICOLOR Baylae et 8:00 P.M. 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