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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, June 1, 1972, Page 7 Mariluana Garden at Town Dump? j Can youl identify this Whitby il Firemen check for smouldering rafters in the roof of the Reid residence which suffered $20, 000fireandsmoke damage. GREASE FIRE DESTROYS KITCHFEN A f i r e s t a r ted by burning grease destroyed the kitchen and some adjoin- ing parts in the home of W. Reid, eighth concession and County Road 5A in Brooklin last Friday. The Whi tby Fire Department respon- dedquickly and had the fire out in min- u t e s, prevent ing i t from spreading. Damagefromfire, smoke and water was estimated at $20, 000 but there were no i n j u r i e s . Later on Friday, fire t r u ck s answered a call to extinguish burningwrecked cars at Robinson Auto Wreckers. On Saturday the trucks were called toputout a burning demc-lished building i n t h e M a c edonian Village, south of Brookl in. There w as also a call Sat- u r d a y to the Coach House Restaurant where a parked car suffered $75 dam- age from fire. PICKERING CAR CENTRE LTD. A.thorlzed Volkswagen Sales Service BASELINE RD. AJAX 942elUi 839qu5050 NOTICE CHANGE of OFFICE HOURS June to September From June I to September 1, 1972, the office at 128Brock Street South will be open from 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. , Mon- day through Friday. Accountsmaybepaidat any local bank. THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION of the TOWN of WHITBY Dr. J. McKinney Chairman H. C. Simpson Secretary/Manager An early morning mission at the town dump ended in a police charge for 28- year-old Francis George Barnard last Friday. As a result of certain infor- mat ion Whitby police had arrived at t h e sanitary land fil area to di scover Barnard w i th a shovel and a box con- t a i n i n g 3 I marijuana plants. He was subsequently ch a rged with possession for the purpose of cultivation. A r as h of break, enter and thefts also kept local police busy this week. Two o f the breaks were reported from apartment buildings, 605 Green Street and 1700Brock Street South, while: one occurred at 1 2 4 Brock Street S. Mrs. Oakl1 ey Pe ters, a resident of I 7 00 Brock South reported as a resul t the theft of two shares of some stock, part of a valued coin collection includ- inga rare 1874 quarter and some curr- ency. An attempted armed holdup took pl ace a t B e a u p re's Esso on Dundas Street Whitby. On Sunday mischievous children were blamed f or a fire in the railroad t i e s at t h e CPR tracks a t Cochrane S t r e e t and for burning rubbish at the rear of Hambly Block. Early Tuesday the fire department was called to rescue Dave Bezzand and Jake Heymans from the cold Lake Ont- ario waters after their canoe over- turned. Later, on Tuesday, firemen w e r e called to the Pineridge - Heber Down Conservation Area to look for Stuart James, 15, who had become sep- erated from his parents during an out- i ng. TheWhitbyFire Department was ai- so called to the Heber Down funeral when Mr. T. Bryan of Sunderland collapsed and died andMr. Elmo Powell col I apsed from a heart seizure. Both were taken to Oshawa General Hospital. Dated at Whitby this 1st day of June, 1972. D. G. Newman, MAYOR, Town of Whitby. REMEMBER DAD JUNE 18 GILLETTE TRAC Il RAZOR COMPLETE WITH 5 TRAC Il SHAVING CARTRIDGES IN PLASTIC TRAVEL CASE SUGG. LIST 2.95 COURTICE-AWN LD.A. PHARMACY 1 SHORTSI.D.A. PHARMACY 117 bOed St. K. .Z8 WMI5Y S Badwia St. 455-M3S ooxtu Heard's Taxi 668-3732 Radio Equipped & Direct .Une at Arnold's Market 115 Brock St. N. Fer Ywr Cea.ience.o 150 fERRY ST. WHITBY ONTARIO MINISTRY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES GENERAL CONTRACTORS Sealed Tenders wilI b e received until 3:00 p. m. LOCAL TIME on THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1972. for aWatermain Replacement, Ministry of Health Psychiatric Hospital, Whitby, Ontario. Tender D o c um e n t s m a y be obtained from the Ministry of Government Services Tenders Sec- t i on , 1 2th Floor, Ferguson Block, Parliament B u il1 d i n g s , Toronto, Ontario. Telephone No. 965-4751. A $7, 000. 0D Bid Bond, a 100% Performance Bond will be required as specified. F or further information regardîng this tender, p i e a s e call Mr. V. Hawkins, Ministry of Gov- ernment Services, Toronto, Ontario. Telephone No. 965-1152. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accep- ted. J. C. Thatcher Deputy Minister If you can identify the Whitby structure pictured above, call 668-6111 after 9 o' c I ock Friday morning. The first eight callers identifying the site will receive free passes for two to any presentation a t Whitby's n e w 1 y open ed downtown BROCK THEATRE. Night attendant John Wawrzk- ieweiz heard noises in the front office a n d check ing them out , encoun tered a hooded ma n with a revolver who dem- an de d the cash from the register. He w as told by Wawrzkieweiz that there w as no k ey available to open it. The would-be robber ran from the garage, and w as spotted by the night attendant at a s e r v ice station across the street whoflaggeddown a passing OPP cruis- The would-be thief, who was masked bya pillow case, was not apprehended. He w as otherwise described as male, wh i te, about 5'6" tall and wearing a brown jacket. PROCLAMATION Town of Whitby Take Notice that in recogn i tion of the 100 th A nn i vers ary of the birth of the author of "In FI an der's Fields", the Council of the Town of Whitby has procîaimed Sunday, June 1 1 th, 1972 as " Colonel John McRae Memorial Day " in and for the Town of Whi tby.