Oshawa Times (1958-), 31 Oct 1966, p. 5

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WHITBY DAY - BY - DAY Happy In Old Days, Too', Says Accordionist Near 102 WHITBY (Staff) -- If ever 're passing Fairview Lodge Whitby, and you hear the strains of 'Home Sweet Home" floating out, it will probably be Mrs. Frances Lucinda Jack- son playing her accordion -- pretty remarkable for 9 --wo- man who will be 102 on Nov. %. Mrs. Jackson, who has lived at the old people's resdence nearly 10 years, likes the good old melodies. She also likes jewellery and make-up, and is very particular about her ap- pearance. Enjoys a good joke with the staff, too. Violets Hold Hallowe'en Party Instead of its regular week- ly meeting Whitby Shrinking Vielate held a Hallowe'en party. All. members came in cos- tumes, A parade was held with three visitors judging. Prizes were won by: Flor- ence Edwards, a very attrac- tive Southern Belle; Beverley MacGillivray with her boy's Tyrol outfit and Evelyn Sprat- Low Calorie Tuesday evening 'Kathleen Rowe school was invaded by an army of strange bodies in the form of cats, horses, etc. The scene being enhanced by the entrance of sultry harem girls and striking Indian maid- ens. Accompanying these beauties were soldiers in uniforms, cir-| cus clowns and kings - of - the road hobos. This strange gathering was Home League be age | Salvation Army Wo- men's Home League in place of its regular meeting held a'Hallowe'en party at the Citadel. Lievtenant, Mrs. Eyre welcomed all present and a special welcome was extend- ed to. invited guests, the Ux- bridge Salvation Army Wom- en's Home League led by Cap- tain Lorraine Luxford who gave the devotional. 'Games Night' Whitby Conservative Associ- ation held a most success- ful 'Games Night" on Thurs- Charles| Born on a farm, she enjoy- ed this life and remembers lambing-time as a_ favorite event. One of a family of twelve, she has two children, eight grand.children,: and num erous great - great grandchil- ren. i Mrs. Jackson iived in Co |bourg and was an active mem- ber of Cobourg United Church, where she used to take Sunday School classes. Still pretty perky, she says of life today: "We have im- proved everything but in the good old days we were just as happy." . ely as Aunt Jemima. Ritual was performed. The leader, Eleanor Cougle was crowned "Queen" of ie Ween with a loss of 5% pounds. The winner of the draw was Clara Powell. A diet lunch was served pre- pared by Eleanor Cougle, Flo- rence Edwards and Irene Clark. Hallowe'en the successful annual Hallowe'- en party of Whitby Whittlers) TOPS Club. } Judging was done by Mrs.| Phyllis Hicks and Harry AD-| pleton (custodian of Kathleen) Rowe school), Prizes were presented, j A very unique Hallowe'en, table was well decorated by| Mrs. Winnie Brillinger. An ap- jetizing low calorie lunch was) | served, Holds Meeting | Social games were enjoyed | with Mrs, Alice Carr, Mrs. Reg. | ponnithorne and Mrs, Hazel \Parker in charge. The hall lwas gaily decorate din the Hallowe'en theme. | At the close of a pleasant evening lunch was served. At inext week's meeting members | will put the final touch for the |Nov. 5 tea and sale to be held 'at the Citadel, Proves Success | At the close of the evening|well to relieve water shortag-| lunch was served by members. The Association wish to thank | Millions of people through- out the world collect stamps. But how many can point to a stamp in their album and say, "That one depicts my great-grandfather?"' Ten - year - old Paul Sev- cik can. Paul, of 1008 Byron St. §., Whitby, is a descen- dant of Ottokar Sevcik, a famous Czechoslovakian vio- linist. A set of stamps was | issued in 1952 to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth « Whitby Boy Collects Stamps His family found out about the stamps just by chance, when a friend, Mrs. Ivan Hicks, of 917 Green St., Whit- by noticed them in a stamp catalogue. Paul, who has been col- lecting stamps since he was five, was especially keen to get that issue for the sake of his father, Frank Sev- cik, who left Czechoslovaki about 14 years ago. A California philatelist wit GREAT - GRANDFATHER'S PHOTO FOUND STAMP HONORS KIN Ottokar Sevcik (1852-1934) studied at the Prague Con- servatoire and later became chief violin professor there. He wrote a four volume text- book on violin methods which is still widely used in fact it is sold in an Oshawa music store owned by rela- tives of Paul. : nlikely to fol- But Paul i a low "eet. granstaten's footsteps; He likes music-- ut his favorite instruments and Paul is proud owner of whom Paul is in touch manag- are the guitar and drums, not all four. snteyetene eminem ed to get them for him, Se TT the violin. sna Port Perry Considers Drilling Third Water Well PORT PERRY (Staff) --Port Perry Town Council is consid- ering drilling a third water es experienced' there this sum- io Water Resources Commis- [sion while the Town owns the other well. Drilling for the new well is expected to take place § PICKERING (Staff) -- Work is expected to get under way this year on Pickering Town- ship's Centennial Park. The Municipal Park, to be located in a 7.8 acre wooded a mile north. of 8 expected to cost Cost of the land alone was $24,500 and the site including a small Dufferins Creek tribu- tary was purchased this sum- mer, Cost of park facilities includ- ing a baseball diamond, wash- rooms, benches, swings hori- zontal bars and entrace gates will bring the figure to the $37,566 mark. Federal and Provincial tax- es will pay $10,658 each while the municipality pays $12,000 and the Ontario Community remaining $4,250. AREA TOURED Before purchasing the park- land a committee of the Pick- ering Township Council toured the area and decided on the site because of its easy ac- cessability on the heavily trav- elled Brock Rd, The Park is expected to be completed for the Centennial Centres Act will provide the i Centennial Park Work Expected To Start Soon #=: pected to be on 'display by the time of Canada's birthday and the Museum Board is awalting a decision by the Townshi Council with. regard to the ol municipal building in 'Brough- m, ™--board has asked for all or part of the old structure for use as display area Days stor- age for the wealth histori- cal artifacts collected by the Board, an No one seems to know exact- ly how old the Brougham build- ing is: but people have en sed back as far as 1820. jor to becoming the Township mu- Celebrations next July 1. The second Centennial ject for Pickering Township is the acquisition of several old buildings and more land to expand their Rrousham Mus. eum into a pioneer village. The cost of the museum pro- ject is expected to' come to some $20,000, Buildings and artifacts pur- chased by the museum are ex- Pre- Extra Session Of Court Called PICKERING (Staff) -- Ma- gistrate Court is expected to be held for the first time in the new Pickering Municipal Building on Noy, 17, nicipal offices the building had many uses including a hotel where beer couid, ve purchased for 2 cents a pail. WINS JUNIOR TITLE VANCOUVER (CP) -- North Burnaby Legion bounced back from an early 1-0 deficit to de- feat Etobicoke 4-1 Saturday for! frm the Canadian youth soccer ort championship. Ger, Traffic violations which have been mounting in Pickering Township and Ajax necessitat- ed having two weekly Court dates for the two police depart- ments, Until now both Pickering Township and Ajax Police have held their courts on alternat- ing Thursdays at the Ajax Town Hall. On Nov. 17 Magistrate Court dealing with criminal code and liquor offences will be held at Ajax while traffic court for Pi- ckering Township will be at the new municipal building. The following Thursday will see traffic court in Ajax while Township criminal matters will be dealt with in the Township Municipal building. : Magistrate H. W. Jermyn will sit in the alternating criminal court each Thursday while a Justice of the Peace will hear traffic matters and minor of- fences within his jurisdiction. The reason for the extended Court services was the lengthy dockets and the extra time in- r volved in waiting for cases t@ \be heard by on-duty police of- |ficers, "You mean AIR CANADA flies to all these cities out west?" from a 300,000 gallon reservoir) | AIMS AT SPEED on a nearby hill. | Town Council advised citi- one Pikes ti gril pe | zens of the shortage when the/neer, has helped design a hyper- mer. Cost of the new well plusjnear the location of the well reservoir dropped to half its|/sonic jet aircraft which he so that|capacity. Sound trucks andithinks should reach 17,000 day evening at Whitby Royal Canadian Legion Hall. Doug Williams the president of Whit- by Conservative Association said few words and welcomed all present, thanking all te tending in such great number. General convener, Mrs. Tho-/ mas Henstock was assisted by| Mrs. Eugene Quantrill and Mrs.| Frank Sevcik. William Newman new candi- date for Ontario South, Balsam, | Mrs. Edith Bedell, president of Whitby Conservative Wom- en's Association and Mrs. D. Richardson drew lucky win- ner tickets. William Batten and Homer Boake assisted with games during the evening. Winners were: Mrs. Ted Sims Mrs. Jessie Arnold, Mrs. D. S. Platts; Mrs. Harold Quantrill, Pat Neal, Mrs. Norman Will- iams, Homer Boake, Mrs. Mal Femia and Mrs. N. E. Eddy. all who assisted and attended./pumping equipment is expect-/near te Oshawa Rd. | | Ajax Auxiliary land the other over two miles|sidents of the town located on To Hockey Meets \high land were left dry because AJAX (Staff) -- At the first) meeting of Ajax Ladies Aux- iliary Minor Hockey meeting) projects for the year were out-| lined. Tentative plans were made| for a homebake sale for the month of November, It was an-) V.| nounced by the president, Mrs. David Graham, that the yearly) sale of peanuts will be car-| ried on again this year. Pro-| ceeds from this sale are to assist all boys joining the| minor hockey club. | The next meeting will be ed to run to $90,000. The town presently gets wat-| er from two wells, one locat- ed four miles outside of town distance. Half of the town water sup- ply is controlled by the Ontar- jan 8 inch watermain from the existing water supply can be utilized. During the past summer re- of the drop in the water pres- sure, The Town is supplied | | Parking Regulations Drafted newspaper advertising was US-)m.p.h. His group claims to have ed to warn citizens about lawn|solved the problem of hyper- sprinklers draining the supply.|sonic flight and wants to have A number of small industries|its theory tested by U.S. firms. including a bottling plant and) meat packing establishments/ drain on the town's water. | Port Perry, on the shore of lake Scugog, investigated the possibility of using lake water several years ago but were warned that the lake water would be too warm in summer and that a necessary filtration plant would be too costly. | One-Stop DECORATING SHOP Wellpeper and Murels Draperies At Special Orono Police Parley ORONO (TC) -- The Oronojprepare the necessary by-law police trustees at a special meeting passed a number of jresolutions which lead the way to instituting parking regula- 'tions throughout the Village Orono. held Nov. 14 at the home of of Mrs. Gordon Ward, 37 Hills, The existing county parking| \7 p.m. with the exception of to govern parking on other streets in Orono. Under this bylaw paralle! parking will be established and the bylaw is to |govern parking from 7 a.m. to Sundays and Public holidays. CABBAGE STANDS UP LUTON, England (CP) -- A Bedfordshire municipal counci) is to plant ornamental cabbages in the town's decorative urns. Dahlias and geraniums were planted there first, but traffic fumes and industrial pollution dioom C.LL. Paints end Vernishes Jamin Moore Paints DODD & SOUTER DECOR CENTRE LTD, 107 Byron Set. $., Whithy PHONE 668-5862 Rd., Ajax. WHITBY CLUB CALENDAR MONDAY, OCT. 31 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2 bylaw for the business section) f the Main Street is to re- main as passed last December. This bylaw regulates diagonal parking on the east side of the road with parallel parking on The bylaw will establish two- hour parking on Church Street have killed them off. north from Park. Street to} Centre Street; on Centre Street) south side from Church to Main| Street, A thirty minute period CLERK'S NOTICE OF CAN BET Co-Op Credit Union banking night ist Whitby Scouts Whitby Baptist Church Explorers TUESDAY, NOV. 1 Whitby St.John Ambulance Salvation Army Prayer and Bible Study | Knights of Columbus Council/ | 4895 | |Almonds United Church | Women | the west side of the street. It\is to be established on the allows parking to a limit of|north side of Centre Street from} two hours, |Church to Main Street. A. 'No Further to this by-law the|Parking Area' will be estab- Trustees have requested the| lished along the north side of Counties to pass another by-|Cobbledick Street, Most other} law to regulate parking on the/areas to be governed under the! Whitby Shrinking Violets TOPS Benevolent Rebekah Lodge 132|remaining sections of the Coun-|bylaw will establish a three Club Whitby Whittlers TOPS Club Whitby Duplicate Bridge Club Red Cross Work Room Faith Baptist Church Pioneer Girls St. John the Evangelist CWL St. Mark's United Church Women general meeting Al-Anon Family Group WHITBY PERSONALS The Whitby Baptist Church "Mission Thankoffering meeting was held Friday at the church. The speaker was Miss Edna Down, a missionary from India, who showed pictures of her work. St. Andrew's Presbyterian 4th Whitby Brownies held a Hallow- we'en party at the church. Children played games and en- joyed sing songs. Brown Owl,| Tawny) Mrs. John Kingerlee; Owl, Mrs. Jack Goddard and Ranger Nancy Pollard were supervisers. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hare, Craydon Road, spent a few days visiting Mrs. Hare's sis- ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, George Kibler at Norwich. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harris spent a two-week vacation, in Ottawa. They were the guests of their daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James Ottenbrite. They also visited in Mattawa, North Bay and other points. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sevcik and their son, Paul, are attend- ing today "Open House" honr of Mrs; Annie Wilson, 257 Albert St., Oshawa on the oc- casion of her 80th birthday Mrs. Wilson is Paul's great grandmother. 1 Ajax Lionettes | Four Leaf Clover Parents' Teachers' Group THURSDAY, NOV. 3 Whitby Baptist Church Cubs Salvation Army Women's Home League | Faith Baptist Church WMS | FRIDAY, NOV. 4 Red Cross Senior Citizens Club) |Pentecostal Church Young | | People's Christ | |. Ambassadors | | dit. Union | c Cro: Co-op Cre night Salvation Army Timbral Brigade SATURDAY, NOV. 25 St. Mark's United Church 4 W's Couples Club Salvation Army Young People's Band SUNDAY, NOV. 6 | §$t. Mark's United Church Hi-C. Group | titties iiienitngmantisincsilicisii | OLD GUNS DO WELL | banking ty road through Orono. The/hour parking limit. trustees have requested that} Mr. Woodyard, inspecting parking be allowed for no more| Trustee, was given authority than three hours along the|to order the necessary parking County road. |signs to carry out the signing| A resolution of the Trusteesjof the streets. Authority was| also provides authority for the|also given to. advertise for a Trustees and their solicitor to!parking control officer. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY of the Whitby Centennial Celebrations Committee Applications in writing will be received by the undersigned, until 5:00.-P.M.,Wednesdoy, November 9th, for the position of Executive Secretary of the Whitby Centennial Celebrations Committee. Position will be for 6 to 8 months duration and full time employment will be preferred. Typing will be required and salary is open to negotiation. This position may be filled by either male or female applicant. Vernon MacCerl, lal Celehrnti: e 1 405 Dundes Street West, Whitby, Ontario. Whitby C FIRST POSTING OF VOTERS' LIST the Voters' List Act, and that persons entitled to vote in the And | hereby call upon all vot Box 160, Voters' List 1966, Township of Whitby, County of Gniario. Notice is hereby given that | have complied with Section 9 of | have posted up at my office at Brooklin on the 31st day of October, 1966, the list of all municipality of municipal elec- tions and thot such list remains there for inspection, ers to take immediate proceed- ings to have any omissions or errors corrected according to law, the last day for appeal being November 14th, 1966. Dated this 31st doy of October, 1966. Wm. H. WALLACE, A.M.C.T., Cle Township of Whitby, ' rk, Brooklin, Ontario. YOUR BOOTS - WEDO! WINNIPEG EDMONTON | REGINA (CP)-- A party of| jantique gun collectors took out | their black-powder, percussion- | cap muzzle-loaders when the jhunting season opened in Sas- |katchewan. The four men bag. | ged seven pheasants and 20) |Hungarian partridges. Now Playing -- One Complete WHITBY Program Each Evening at 7:30 SHES 80 PENSIVE... He haat fo pay for her with a gun! BROCK ded As Whitby Rifle Club | will meet in the gymnasium of Colbourn St. School IN WHITBY WED., NOV. 2ND 7:30 te 10:00 P.M, end each Wed \ 4 4, ' NY ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ' ¢ > y For small bore rifle shooting MEMBERS INVITED J Also 2nd Feature Attroction . . . Begins 7:30 "AGENT FOR H.A.R.M,." -- in Color With Merk Richmond end Cert Eemond i. have posted up at my offi day of October, 1966 the to vote in the municipality at municipal election and that such list remains the And | hereby call upon all voters to take immedi- ate proceedings to have corrected according to law, the last day for appeal being the 14th day of November, 1966. Dated this 31st day of October, 1966. WM. H, WALLACE, AMCT Clerx, Township of Whitby, Box 160, Brooklin, Ontario, GLERK'S NOTICE OF Ist POSTING OF VOTERS' ' LISTS VOTERS' LIST 1966, TOWNSHIP OF WHITBY, COUNTY OF ONTARIO. 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