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PAGE 2, WHITBY FREE PRESS, -WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,1987 Former apiarist celebratès enur Durham Rd. N.s Green BNrae C4 For daily CY picking conditions cc -xphone: 655-4501 7th Cncesson or Kinsae r655-321 7 Broghm roklnýHOURS: No. 7 Hwy.< Whitb y 8a . rn 8p. rn. PICKING SUBJECTTO WEATHER & SUPPLIES BRING CONTAINERS MEASURED IN QUARTES (eg. 6 qt. basket) PLAYGROUND PRO VIDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12 YRS. OLD. Fairview Lodge resident Albert Walker will celebrate bis lOth bir- tbday Thursday, June 17-ï an event making Up part of the activities this week at the lodge to recognize Senior Citizens' Month. Walker was a longtime Whitby beekeeper until finally retiring at 95. 'He and. wife Ethel, wbo precteceased himn in 1969, had worked bard over the years to build Up the business. They shipped honey to England at one time and got permission to send a shipment to Princess Elizabeth, as a wedding present. They received many -prizes for their honey in the Royal Winter Fair and the CNE. Tbey had -as many as 300 hives at one time. Walker once taught bis trade at the Ontario Ladies College. His father, Alexander Walker, came to Canada from Aberdeen- sbire, Scotland in 1870. He married Sarah Jane Murray and they had tbree cbildren - Florence Edith (1889-1968), William Henry (1891- 1974) and Albert Alexander. His father died in 1920 and bis mother in 1942. Walker married Ethel Maud Wyman in 1917. She died in 1969 at 88. The Walkers were both active in the Presbyterian Cburch. In June of 1986 Walker donated a stained glass to thecburch in memory of: bis wife and bimself. Board ignores ro ads:o. Drumm,ý The Durham Board of Education is simply "stieking its bead in the sand" wben -it cornes to students crossing regicinal roads, says coun- cillor Joe Drumm . Drumm made the comment during a meeting with parents who want a crossing guard on Anderson St. for their children crossing the road to get to the Pringle Creek school. The public works department bas recommended not placing the guard since it would be difficult to stop four lanes of traffic. "If it is bazardous for the crossing guard, wbat about our cbildren? " asked John Visser. Visser, wbo lives on Stewart St. and is a Whitby ambulance driver, told the committee be is not looking for business,'? business cornes to me automatically. " But Drumm pointed -out that r--DR.R. W. CHAULK Iis pleased to announce that he will be participating in MTHE WHITBY URGENT CARE CLINIC* 1 OPERATING AT 127 PERRY STREET * During evenings and on weekends -- -Phone: 668-5872 Whitby is- caught between the scbool board, whicb has decided not to bus kids who lîve within 1.8 kilometers of a scbool, and the Region who will not place a ligbt at the corner of Manning Road and;, Anderson. The public works department says they would only put a guard oh Anderson if a ligbt was installed. "Have you approacbed the board and asked for bussing?" Drumm asked the parents. The reply was 'no.' "I can tell you the sehool board will say bussing is not tbeir.-' problem, affordable scbools are,"> said Drumm, adding the scbol board bas been looking at regional roads like they were normal roads. ,"And that is wrong! " be said. Besides Anderson, be used Thickson Rd. as an example. "I wouldn't put a dog on that road, " he said. SEE PAGE 3 < ELDORADO CHEESE , NOW AVAILABLE AT. STHE SC0TTSH BAK9SI10P 124 Athol St, Wh ltby WHAT'S THE SECRET to a long life? Well Albert Walker may not know for sure but smoking five cigars a day hasn't hurt him. The resident of Fair- view Lodge and former beekeeper turns 100 on Thur- sday.< Free Press photo Corne in and disco ver the A NEW A Hü"N BROUWER Grden Centre & Landscaping Corne and See Our Collection of live Ducks , Swans, Goslings and Deer at YOUR ONE STOP GARDEN CENTRE "'Where Quality Cornes First" bA THE GREATEST SELECTION 0F NURSERY STOCK, SHRUBS, TREES & - EVERGREENS IN THE DURHAM - REGION SPECIALS MAAWo AVE DmAXEmu Roses Now Reduced! Get One Ail Box Plants -t.7 BA' O neST VICTORIA ST W Moi prie e (A wide variety to choose from) Ptna.70ç9lOo Marigolds.0 MON.-FRI.: 8 toi SAIURDAV 8 Io 6 - uNDAY:1 I ,VEGETABLES 2 for J 66-54 a