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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1946 'PAGE FOUR ~ LATEST NEWS OF THE COUNTY TOWN OF WHITBY : Whitby Editor, W. J. Duthie, Business Office, Miss G. Macpherson Phone 703, All Departments APPROVE ADDITIONAL $55,000 FOR NEW To Live In and Factories To Work In Now Under Way School Will Cost Almost $225,000 ¥ Council Is Told § Town Council last night approved an additional $65,000 'for the cost of the new Public School, after a deputation from the Board of Education had appeared before Council 'to explain that the school would cost that much more than 'the original estimate. The decisiong. was taken after considerable dis- cussion, some members of the Council feeling that the decision should be left over for next year's Council. At a meeting of the Board of .Education earlier in the day, the tender of Garnet Thotapson, local contractor, for $190,200, had been accepted by the Board, pending the approval of the Council, the Muni- cipal Board and the Ontario De- partment of Education. The Board's 'estimate of the total cost of the school, including architect's fees, land, equipment and construction was $225,000 and that is the sum 'that they are now authorized to spend, following the Council's fav- orable decision. Of this the De- partment of Education will pay one-half. w F. J. McIntyre and P, K. Draimin laf the Board of Education formed ithe deputation and Mr. McIntyre 'presented a brief setting forth the 'reasons why the Board feels that the school should be built now. 1(The brief is printed in full on 'these pages). The One Answer In answering questions put to 'him, Mr. McIntyre said, "The only sanswer that the Board of Education has for providing educational ad- 'vantages for our rising generation is the one we present tonight. I 'don't expect any downward trend dn building costs for some years to joome, and we think that this action 'would be a fitting climax to your Fy fs 4) granted p to spend $170,- use they, being fami- situation, should be ve further approval Ht g3 g : g bs E ; e no other design of schpol would be acceptable and be built for the amount pre- asked Coun- Peake. ot DeLuxe School not a deluxe school," re- , Draimin, "but it is sound in design." He pointed t cost of 48 cents per as less than the present t of ding in Toronin The phasized t they inspected many other schools bully recently in other centres in the province, and maintained that the new school would be no "archi- tectural freak, but rather the re- sult of careful study." ~ One of their points was that the auditorium would serve as a com- munity centre and thus fit into the town's recreational program. y Reeve Andrew Muir asked the actual loss if the school were not built. The answer was some '$12,000, for architect's fees and land. The deputation also said that the school would be built as soon as possible, and was scheduled for completion by next fall. * During Council's discussion of the request, Councillor Fred . Twist asked if anything would be gained Hit 2E : 28% : He ! it E £ 8 | by waiting { building the school. five years and then Cost Three Mills A Year Town Clerk told the Council that the cost of the school would be three mills per year for 15 years to the ratepayers, and pointed out that in 1950 debenture payments almost equal to these would be completed. Mr, Muir, after considerable figur- ing, told the Council that after the first year it would only be one-half mill more than was being paid now in schocl debentures. With the in- crease in assessment, and the fact that the new factories will pay school taxes, it might even be less, he said. The Council and the Board of Education were agreed that the ad- ditional accommodation for students is needed, and needed quickly. A suggestion that probable classrooms might be used received little sup- port. "Turning it down would serve no useful purpose," said Reeve J. E. Shields, who felt thet the Council was already committed to the build. ing of the school. ' Commented Councillor Fred Twist, "The people put us in here to act for them, and I am in favor of this new school" Councillors McNee and Dudley agreed with him, and the motion by Reeve Shields, to grant the extra $55,000 to the Board of Education, was approved by the Council. Interned Nazis Came To Canada Now A Citizen Seven men and one 'womah ap- peared in County Court yesterday afternoon, bent on becoming Cana- dian citizens. Five of them were successful applicants for naturaliza- tion papers and two took the oath of allegiance, before Judge D. B. Coleman. One of the men, on being ques- tioned as to why he left Germany, sald that he, being Jewish, had been imprisoned for 20 weeks by the 8.8. troops, and had later managed to escape from the country. He is now a farmer and would like to stay here. . All said that they were satisfied with the form of government in Canada, and all except one woman, that they were willing to bear arms in defence of their country. One man, a farmer who came originally from Paland while still of school age, asked by His Honor whether he had had any trouble with the police, replied politely, "Not yet sir." Joseph Bodnar and Joseph Zyg- mond took the oath of allegiance and Mrs. Jozefa Gardzinski, Wile liam Sraychuk, John Olinick, Wil- liam Hasiuk, Isidor Stein and Steve Barbaric applied for naturalization. DEADUNE or DANK CALLEIA + OSA MASSEN LOLA LANE + JEROME COWAN Produced by ADAM SCOT! * Bivacted by HAROLD CLUBMAN + Surosn Ply by CUFIORO OOUTS PLUS AN ADDED ATTRACTION with BROADWAY RHYTHM COMES TO A COUNTRY CLUB! CHOOL: Representative of most of the building now going on in Whitby are these two houses and factories. Building Here permits issued so far this year show that the $300,000 mark has already been passed in new construction, either for homes or for industrial buildings. Top left is to be the new home of the Natlie Knitt Company, at John and Ash Streets, one of the several new industries being established in Whitby. Top Tight is a picture taken fom the top of an Argo oil tank, of the hardwood flooring factory, boiler room and dry kiln started October 19 and now almost completed. still to be built is a 60 foot stack. The two houses below are both being built by servicemen, and are typical of houses going up in other sections of the town. On the left is Jack Kean's Ontario Street frame house and on the right is Maurice Slichter's new brick home on Dundas. One was in the army and the other in the R.C.A.F., and both have been doing a large part of the work on their new homes. Photo by M. G. Ruddy Award Contract For New School To G. E. Thompson The Board of Education voted unanimously yesterday to award the contract for the building of the new Public School on Cedar Street to Garnet Thompson, a local con- tractor, on his bid of $190,200, the lowest of the five received. The highest bid was al- , ° most $100,000 more, range of the tenders. Mr. Thompson who has been liv- ing in Whitby for the past five years, has had considerable experi- ence in contracting, having built smaller schools in Coboconk and Minden, bank buildings and other construction, and for some time during the war was employed as a superintendent on the building of the Alaska Highway. In their recommendation accept- ing this bid, the Board pointed out that.before the school could be built, the plans and expenditures have to be approved by the Town Council, the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Ontario Department of Educa- tion, Approved By Council Last night the Council approved the additional expenditure of $55,- 000, bringing their authorization for the new school up to $225,000. In March they had tod the Board to go ahead with plans to build a school to cost to cost not more than $170,000 but the lowest tender re- ceived was that of Mr. Thom y for $190,200, with the cost of land, showing the architect's fees and equipment all extra. The Board also pointed out that, since a local coatractor had the job, all subcontracting possible would be given locally and that the work done would be by local workmen, so that most of the money spent would remain in the town. Mr. Thompson agreed with this, saying that all plumbing, heating, paint- ing, electrical work, structural steel and roofing would be done by sub- contractors, as much of it as pos- sible locally. Lives On The Job 'The contractor will be living prac- tically on the job, as he was the former owner of most of the land on which the new school is to' be built, and is just finishing a house for himself in the same block. The magnitude of the contract is shown by the fact that bidders had to submit marked cheques for $7500 with their tenders and had to guar- antee to supply a bond for half the cost of the building to protect the Boat against default on the con- ract, Facts About School Are Outlined In Brief (The text of the brief presented to the Town Council by F. J. Mec- Intyre, chairman of the Whtiby Board of Education.) In March of this year a deputa- tion of the Board of Education ap- peared before you with a request that you support the unanimous findings of the Board of Education in the supplying of funds for the erection of a mew public school. I need not review our meeting of that time other than to say that it resulted in your offering of support and approval to the project to the extent of $170,000. which was given as an approximate cost based on advice that the school board had received. Since that time a site has been acquired and plans and speci- fications prepared and accepted by the board, and bids received in ac- cordance with these plans and these bids now indicate that our estimates were insufficient to cover the. pro- Ject, Our mission in appearing before you at this time is fo to re- view the whole question and to ask Jor your a hb of office of the present Council will shortly expire. 2. The Board of Education feel that the present Council having given approval to the building of a new Public School and due to their familiarity with the matter, that they give their further approval on the basis of the revised estimates that we present at this time. 3. Five tenders for the project were received at an average cost of $238,850. The lowest tender received was $190,200.and this bid being in strict accordance with all require- ments as to financial security to the Board of Education for the ful- filling of the contract, the Board of Education have recommended the acceptance of this tender pro- viding you give the necessary ap- proval for funds, and with the sanc- tion of the Dep't of Education and Dep't of Municipal Affairs, 4. On the basis of this tender we ask you to give approval to a total expenditure of $225,000.00 to be ap- plied as follows: | Construction as per plan & specification ....,.. Other Contingencles ..... Total $225,000.00 5. We would respectfully draw to your attention that the Board of Education is committed under con- tract to our architect to pay fees at an approximate cost of $7,600.00 should we now fail to proceed with this project. In addition to this, land to the value of $4,500.00 has also been purchased. The following reasons are ad- vanced as important in asking for immediate approval of our request. The urgent need for additional school accommodation. On the basis of present attend- ance overcrowding exists. There is no accommodation for the acceptance at school of children who have reached five years of age. On the basis of the present popu- lation of the town, the government grants will be more favorable, the present grant being 50 per cent of the cost of the school. Interest rates on Whitby deben- tures, in comparison with many years ago, show a very substantial saving in cost. The Department of Education 4,500.00 8,900.00 SCHOOL FACTS Continued on Page 5) Steal Army Blankets From Bunkhouse Thieves who may have been suf- fering from the intense cold of the week-end stole eight pair of army blankets from the Department of Highways bunkhouse beside the C.N.R, station. The blankets are the grey army issue and disappeared during the week-end, but were not reported missing untill yesterday. Any in- formation about them should be given to the local police. Births HEPWORTH--Pete and worth, of Dunbarton, (nee Sally Puckett), are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, on Sat- urday, November 30th, 1046, at East General Hospital, Toronto, Mother and baby are doing well, Card of Thanks Mr, Henry Wood and family, of Dunbarton, wish to extend their heartfelt thanks and appreclation for the acts of kindness, messages of sympathy, and beautiful floral of- ferings from their kind relatives, friends, and neighbors during thelr recent sad bereavement in the loss of a dear wife and loving mother, They especially thank Dr. Pearson for his kindness and Rev. H. O, Holley for his consoling words. Announcements BE SURE TO HEAR THE PUBLIC peaking Contest at the Temper- nge Convention, at_ Ki street hurch, Oshawa, on December 6th. he contest will be carried through by youthful speakers who have been trained by Mrs, Bell, of Oshawa. ON THURSDAY EVENING, DECEM- ber 5th, at 8 p.m, the Parish Guild of All Baints Church, will hold a social evening and sale of surplus articles left over from Bazaar, at the home of Mrs, Cardwell, Ontario Hospital, . THE YOUNG WOMEN'S GROUP, OF 8t, Andrew's Church will hold their! Councll | {i October | 4th from 3-8 o'clock. Dolls, Aprons, Novelties, Home Cooking and After- noon Tea. Come and do your Christ Sally Hep- Capacity Crowd Hears Oshawa Choir Perform The Motor €ity Choir, under the direction of Reginald Geen and assisted by Ronald Stewart, lyric tenor, enter- tained a capacity crowd at the Whitby United Church last night. The concert was sponsored by the local Rotary Club, and the proceeds will be used o to further their work for crippled children and local charities, The choir's treatment of the opening "God Save the King" was a revelation to listeners conditioned to the insipid bleat which has char- acterized the usual rendition of this noble hymn at public meetings dur- ing the past several years. For a first group of unaccompan- ied or a capella, numbers, Mr. Geen chose Silver's excellent arrangement of the always popular "Londonerry Air" for "Love's Benediction", the lilting '""Shall we Dance" by Stan- ford and "Love Leads to Battle" in Shaw's arrangement of the Bonon- cini theme. A finely sweet 'Virgin's Slumber Song" for women's voices intro- duced the second group of numbers by the choir, followed by the Aus- tralian Marching Song "Waltzing Matilda" and Jerome Kern's "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". - Sang Three Encores Ronald Stewart's splendid per- formance was a delight to the aud- ience, which demanded and received three encores at the end of his final group of songs. His sweet voice was especially suited to the lyric bal- lads of Kreisler and Schubert, bu? he also displayed versatility and range in the more robust composi- tions from Verdi and Mana Zucca. He was accompanied with delicacy and sympathy by Reginald Geen. Kelvin James, organist and Mrs. G. E. Fleming pianist supported the choir, and with their unobtrus- ive accompaniment accentuated the perfect harmony of the chorus. A. Archibald and Wm. Pringle voiced the appreciation of the aud- ience and the Rotary Club for the wonderful entertainment provided by the choir and the soloist. Use Plane In Crime Detection Sydney, Australia, Dec. 3. -- (C P)--The New South Wales Police Department is using an airplane to speed up its work in the 300000 square miles of state territory over which it has jurisdiction, Within a few years the department hopes to have a squadron of planes. The new police plane is used to fly detectives and dogs to the scene of crimes in country areas, to take | aerial photographs of districts where | crimes have occurred and to spot outbreaks of fire. It has a crew of three, all former members of the Royal Australian Alr Force, who work in shifts, and carries four detectives and a port- able selection of crime detection equipment. The plane is equipped with two- way radio which keeps it in touch with headquarters in Sydney and permits it to tune it to the police | FOR frequencies of the neighboring states of Queensland and Victoria. The speedy transport which the plane permits, enablees - police to reach a country area within hours of a call compared with days of car and train trovel. FOR STUDENT AID International Student 'Service have disclosed their budget for world student relief is set at $2,125,- | 000 for the urgent needs of 400,000 | students around the world. Nominations Next Monday For the first time in "the history of Whitby a second Nomination Meeting has been made necessary when the first meeting failed to fill the six seats on the Council. Town Clerk John R. Frost has set the date of this meeting for next Monday, December 9, at 7:30 pm. in the Town Hall. At the meeting nominations will be received for the two remaining seats on the Council, and if more than two men are nominated and qualify, the election will be held on the following Saturday, along with the vote on the three fixed assess- ment bylaws, Surprise at the result of the nominations, which saw new men winning acclamation to the three senior offices in the Council, ex- tended to members of Council themselves at last might's meeting. Reeve-elect Muir protested a motion to set over a decision to next year's Council, saying "There are only two of us left in next year's Council," and adding that he didn't know whether they had been left holding the bag or not. The time between nominations and elections is short but some doubt is expressed as to whether an election will be necessary for Council. The four members who were nominated on Friday, Kenneth Lee, Seymour Whitney, Harry Jer- myn and Emmett Oke, are in by acclamation and will not have to contest any election. Reveal Advanced Arsenic Antidote Toronto, Dec. 3--(CP)--Brit- ish Anti-Lev isite--or Bal--one of the top hush-hush develop- ments in chemical warfare was yesterday revealed as an antidote for the whole field of deadly ar- senical poisonings. The wartime discovery involves an entirely new principle in medicine, its diccov- erer Dr. R. A. Peters, professor of Bio-Chemistry at Oxfo.l Uni- versity told the University of Tor- onto Physiological Society, Whitby Classified ROOM AND BOARD--ROOM . AND Board, In private home, central. Gentlemen, Apply Box 39, Times- Gazette, Whitby. FOR SALE--LADIES' BICYCLE FOR sale practically new. Phone 862 Whitby. RENT -- SINGLE SHED room for gentleman, private home, central, Apply 212 Colborne street east, or phone 520 Whitby, {Dec 4) FOR RENT -- SIX-ROOMED. HOUSE for rent, between Whitby and Ajax, Mrs, L, Levine. Phone 779. (Dec.4) WANTED--WOMAN WANTS HOUSE- work three days a week, preteiably at at one place, 9-4 p.m, Phone Whitby 2177, (Dec.4) FOR SALE--~WOOD'S 3 H.P. MAGNETIC feed grinder, new condition. 8, Witzke Pickering Station Road South. 192¢) WANTED TO BUY - ALL KINDS OF Poultry, miso new and old feathers Highest market prices. Apply J. Parker, 321 Brock St. N. Pho 6. SIX MONTHS IS SENTENCE FOR RECEIVING Constantin Hunger, of Toronto, was sentenced to six months defl- nite and one year indefinite in County Court yesterday after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving stolen goods. A second charge of breaking and entering was withdrawn after sentence was passed on the first charge. The accused had elected jury trial at the preliminary hearing in early August after being arrested by Police Chief Jack Irvine of Picker- ing Township on the morning of July 26 and charged with breaking into the Cherrywood garage of Wesley Petty, and stealing two tires. Yesterday he agreed to sum- mary trial by the County Judge. The arrest had been made only after Garnet, Petty, son of the SIX MONTHS (Continued on Page 12) | Council Briefs With all members present the 1946 Town Council in their second last meeting: Proclaimed Boxing Day, Thurs. day, December 26, a public holiday. LR BR Saw no reason to change their classification of G. L. Keirstead's eight small houses as tourist cabins, and moved that he be notified of this decision. * bP Authorized the Town Solicitor to negotiate with property owners for the re-opening of Beech Street be- tween Buclid and Palace Streets, and for making the street 66 feet in width. * bP Authorized payment of $3,370 for equipment for the town's new fire » * B Asked the Town Solicitor to take action on the opening of Pine Street, closed as a war measure for the Ontario Lumber and Millwork Co. * % Discussed the annual question of who will shovel what. snow where, and decided that the streets super. intendent shoulg decide, Endorsed the Town lanning Board's resolution regarding the building of Integrated homes on Green Street (it called for eight houses on Green and St. John Streets, and for additional houses on neighboring property if available) and authorized the Town Solicitor to obtain additional land for veterans' homes at a price suit- able to the Integrated Housing ad- ministrators. SUGAR BEET SOURCE The modern sugar beet was evoly- ed from the white beet formerly grown as forage in Silesia. NOMINATION NOTICE is hereby given to the Munl- cipal Electors of the Town of Whitby in the County of Ontario, that in compliance with the Statutes in that behalf, I require the presence of the said Electors at tke in the said TOWN OF WHITBY at the hour of 7.30 BR on MONDAY THE oH OF DECEMBER, for the purpose of nominating fit and proper persons to two vacancies as Councillors for the Town of Whitby; of which all Electors are hereby required to take notice and govern themselves accordingly, and if a greater number of candidates than required to fill the sald offices, are nominated and make the required declarations, polls will be opened in the following places: Poll Sub-dlvision No. 1, Publie Library Basement, Polling Sub-division No. 2, Public Library Basement, Polling Sub-division No, 3, Separate School, Polling Sub-division No. 4, Dundas Bt. School, Polling Sub-division No. 5, Dundas St, School, Dundas St. E., Polling Sub-division No. 6, Council Chamber, Polling Sub-division No. 7, Counell Chamber, (Polling Sub-division No. 8, High 001, Polling Sub-division No. 9, High ool, Polling Sub-division No, 10, Brock St. chool, Polling Sub-division No. 11, Brock St. School, in the sald Town of Whitby on BATURDAY, 14th day of DECEMBER, and will be open from 10 o'clock a.m. until 7 p.m. and no longer. Given under my hand this 2nd day of December, 1946. Dated at Whitby 3rd day of Decem- ber, 1946, JOHN R. FROST, Returning OMcer RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED - IMMEDIATE BUTT RADIO & APPLIANCE 130 Brock St. N, Whitby Tel 707 BAZAAR Auspices of Ladies' Auxiliary Canadian Legion in -EGION HALL on Friday, December 6th - COMMENCING AT 2:30 pm. Aprons, Work, White Ele- nt me Cooking and Fane; A good chance to buy mas