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J. H. ORMISTON Editor and Manager PHONE 703 ICT NEWS 4 THE DAIL YTIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, January 6, 1953 : ; a ARMY RADIATION EXPERTS TEST CHALK RIVER PLANT These ghost - like apparitions | which have been glimpsed re- | cently roaming over the sprawl- | ing acreas of the Chalk River atomic energy plant, are part of radiation detection experts. Using delicate instruments, they probe the location of radioactivity after which samples are tested for in- tensity. Their survey shows only a small amount of radioactivity present at the plant, The purpose of the unit is to detect radio ac- tive contaminatipn from atomic bombs and missiles should Cana- | dian soldiers in he field ever be i | subjected to an atomic attack. { It has no counterpart in either the British or U.S. armed forces. Shown from left are: Sgt, G. E. Green, Regina; Spr. T. B. Gor- man, .alifax, and Cpl. F. D. MacKenzie, Kentville, N.S. Central Press Canadian. WANT LIQUOR STORE To Discuss Application At Next Council Meeting Echoes of five years ago resounded in Whitby Town® Council Chamber last night as Reeve D. B. McIntyre rose to DAY BY DAY Accounts of social eve ano news items of local interest and names of visitors are apprecia- ted. PHONE 103 William McBain of - Brooklin is still a patient in Oshawa General! Hospital but making good progress, | his friends are glad to know, The mothers apd children of the | Baby Band of the Whitby United Church will meet Thursday after- noon, January 8, at 3.30. START SKATING TONIGHT Better late than never, That is the view taken by the Whitby Kins- men Club as they announced yes- yerday that the first skating of the season at the arena will take place tonight. It has been a hard job, owing to the lack of cold weather | which generally prevails at this | time of the year, to get a nice sur- face, but the ice is not too bad now and colder weather is hoped for. . \ NEW PONTIAC IS HERE The show rooms of the Whitby Motors on Dundas Street East will be the mecca for motorists and others this week. The occasion is the showing of the new 1953 Pon- tiac, which went on display today. For the convenience of the people ! of the town and district, the show rooms will be open every evening of this week, with members of the staff on hand to explain all de- tails of this famous GMC product. New Beach Advocated | McIntyre pictured the ratepayers | of Whitby struggling to buy the| equest it made [clothes and necessities of life for | argue strongly that council should renew a r {their children attending public | By Reeve A suggestion of interest has been made by Reeve Duncan McIntyre ON SCHOOL BOARD J. C. Magee, who will repre- | sent the Separate School Board this year on the Whitby District High School Board. His re-ap- pointment was made at the an- nual meeting of the school rate- payers, - BROOKLIN NEWS MRS. M. A. DYER Correspondent { BROOKLIN -- There has been | a change in the date and the meet- | ing place of the Sewihg Course sponsored by the Brooklin Wom- en's Institute. The course will be held in the Sunday-School room of | Brooklin United Church onWed nes- | day and Thursday of this week | from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. | Perhaps some of you have dress- | es you have bought or made which | you do not enjoy wearing because | they need some slight adjustment. If you bring in the dress to this class suggestions for alterations 'BEACH POLLUTED from a population of 2,000 at should be allowed to continue, action at once, the reeve said the lake, Reeve D. B. McIntyre of town council yesterday. This is a matter on which the town should force the Ontario Department of Health to take [finance committee, f . In past years, the same de. | council to keep the mill rate down. | partment. has been most insistent that Whitby instal its ert McNee said: "I am not too own sewage treatment plant and even now is insisting that further substantial expenditures be made on it. It is a "shame and a disgrace" that the raw sewage ® the Ontario Hospital here, year after year, to flow into said at the opening meeting I have known about this condition! for many years, just to make sure {of my ground today, I went down | | there this morning. In the old dis- | posal plant, windows out, the odor | is awful. Apparently there is a little chloride of lime added. The | largest articles which come down | the sewers are removed but that does not prevent kitchen and toilet refuse from finding its way un- touched intp the lake. Going down to the beach, I found human feces lying along the shore. Even in this Lawyer Says 0f Canadians HAMILTON (CP) Malcolm Robb, Belleville lawyer, accused Canadian business men Monday | night of failing as citizens of a democracy. '""As 'a citizen of a democracy, the Canadian business man is a total and complete failure," Mr. Robb said in an address prepared cold weather, the stench was bad." Reeve McIntyre said: 'Although Councillor Mrs.. D. H. Holliday added that she also had recently inspected the situation there and intends to make a report to coun- cil later. Mrs. Holliday also said that the sewage system of the Town of Whitby should be extended. "I cannot see how the town can grow avithout an adequate sewage system," she said. '"Also our own disposal plant should be fixed up this year. Deputy-Reeve Ken Lee said he I would like council this year to buy ROBT. CORBETT News Editor PHONE 703 Reeve Presses Queen's Park To Clean Up Mess At Lake (new seats for the town hall be- | cause the old wired-up benches are {uncomfortable and unsightly. He. supported a suggestion that parks J be improved and enldrged. In his fifth year on council, Oscar Moore is chairman of the Always a realist, Councillor Rob- * optimistic that we will have enough "money to do everything that is be- {ing sifggested here today." On the | Swimming Pool, Mr. McNee said it will be a worthwhile asset to the town, when completed. Councillor Everett Quantrill, who " §§ is sitting under the Mayor's eye He warned (first was when Quantrill was a pupil and Jermyn a school teach- er), park improvement, New councillors Willard Dodd and Donald Bryant also spoke briefly. Rev. R. J. Scott opened ~ the session with prayer and read- ing from the 33rd Psalm. Previous- ly, council members subscribed to their oath of office, administered iby Clerk J. R. Frost. ' Total Failures, |(.I.'s Stationed Near also backed suggestions of ' Historic Battlefields : WASHINGTON -- Three great, Poitiers is France's picturesque | battlefields of history lie within! and timeless "city of all the ages." easy sightseeing range of Ameri- |The pagan Pictavi who founded it | can soldiers assigned to head- |left strange stone dolmens to mark | quarters of the European Base | their occupancy. ] {Command at Poitiers in Western | Romans, naming the town Limo- { France, {num in the wake of Julius Caesar's | At Vouille noa far from the an- Gallic conquests, built an amphi- : cient town, Clovis not only de- theater that held 52,000 people. feated the forces of Alaric II, king Shortsightedly, city fathers who in j of the Arian Visigoths, but person- 1852 expanded Poitiers, destroyed will be given as this is the object | for the Advertising and Sales Club ally slew Alaric. The victory, in remains of this arena, more mag-_ of this course. Anyone in the com- |0of Hamilton. munity wishing to take advantage| He said if Canadian business of this course is requested to phone men gave Canada's problems one- Mrs. Arthur Elliott at 74W for par- | tenth of the time they devote to ticulars. {service clubs "and all the other at that time to the Liquor Control Board that a liquor store | A.D. 507, enabled Clovis to add the nificent than that of Nimes. | Visigoth kingdom to his Frankish | 'Some fifty steeples and clock... Empire, according to the National | towers reach to the skies from , Geographic Society. | abbeys, churches and convents at- testing the importance of Poitiers The second cooking school spon- | escapist activities," problems of | PEFEATED THE MOORS 'as a i rN the ; sored by the Brooklin Women's!trade and international relations| In the first quarter of the 8th cy joiian ages. In Poitiers" is, Institute will be held in the Whitby | would not have brought the Cana-|centyry, Mohammedan conquerors c.... oldest Christian monument, ~ Township Hall, Brooklin, on Thurs- | dian people 'so close to disaster." | of Spain marched slowly but in-| po Baptistere Saint-Jean, where day and Friday evening at 8 p.m.| 'He said government tariffs, fail-|eX0rably against Gaul. Another '€ | schools while private tuition fees who would like to see the town be established in Whitby. (Previously the Control Board did | Ee paid for gudenis a) the college | obtain contra] of the sirip of beach : PET . . . (and he said he - | betwe the: ha Mudie not accede to Whitby's request.) The question, always a poli- ling the' college in any 'Way. Par. beiween Hon Toor, Drea wats tical hot potato, was left over for further consideration at ticularly so because of the lack of [pose of developing it as a park : {revenue which the town experi-|and for use as a swimming beach. | the next regular meeting. Mr. McIntyre argued that the ences from this tax-exempt educa- [At present the ares Is pars of the pending liquor vote in Ajax will carry. in favor, and that tional institution. |Ontario Hospital property. A pop-| Whitby will find itself in between two municipalities with At this point Mayor Jermyn rul- (ular swimming spot in former! |ed the reeve out of order. | years, last summer it was closed from the 4th to the 7th centuries . liquor stores. His chief arguments were: there will be a further loss of re- | (1) &- Mayor Jermyn: "I don't think the municipal council is the place | Councillor Moore doubted that | |the right people would read such! an advertisement. | A motion was made to insert a | tail trade to Whitby when and if for this matter to initiate. I doubt |pgif-page ad. at $16. Council split | Ajax obtains liquor outlets; (2) | even if there is no store in Ajax, | the Chamber of Commerce would | be well advised to support the ap-| An amendment by Councillor Os- | prime means by which Whitby is plication for a store here; (3) no greater quantity of liquor will be sold if a store were established here, indeed many Oshawa people who do not like being seen entering their local store would come to Whitby to shop. To Mayor Jermyn, the reeve said: "You say you want to pro- vide services for the people; you say you want industry, yet.here we sit in the middle and dc nothing on a thing like this." that it is in order." Councillor Robert McNee second- ed Mr. Mclntyre's motion. car Moore and Deputy-reeve Lee was that council think the mat- ter over until next meeting. Car-| ried. On another mattér, Mr. Mcin- tyre loudly voiced his disapproval. It was proposed that the Town of Whitby - take an advertisement in the Ontario Ladies' College year book. Mrs. D. H. Holliday suggest- ed that the town take a small ad- vertisement -- a page at $30. Pulling out all the stops, Reeve Name Tru stees Of Separate School The annual meetifg of the rate- payers of the Separate School was held in St. Bernard's school hall on December 30th. The financial statement was pre- sented, noting that during the year much progress had been made. The attendance at St. Bernard's is at an all time high and indica- tions are that provision will have to be made in the early future for a extra class room. All the rooms in the school are filled and the new wing built two yegys ago is entirely in use. . The following trustees will con- stitute the Board for 1953: Rev. D. V. Hickey, James Smythe, ' John Kahn, M. Quensille, F. O'Con- nor, William Steffler, P. Wilson and William Hurley. C. McGee was re-appointed as the Separate School Board repres- entative on the Whitby District Area High School Board. Appoin- tees to other Boards are: Mrs. F. Correll and John Larkin, to the Public Library Board. A resolution was unanimously passed by the meeting expressing regret at the absence of Father Hickey due to the unfortunate ac-| cident which has necessitated his | hospitalization at 8t. Michael's Hospital. Toronto. {44 on the question but the Mayor | |voted in favor, carrying it. His| | Worship noted that the OLC is the | known abroad. | . On recommendation of Fire Chief Bruce Corner, council turned down an application from A. Pelletier to operate Marlow's Bowling Alley. It is a basement business. Asked for a ruling, the Ontario Deputy Fire | Marshall refused to come to Whitby to make an inspection saying he would leave it in the hands of local authorities. He said that the alley was inspected by him some years | ago and at that time he was satis- | fied. No structural changes have been made in the interim. Mayor Jermyn favored granting the licence saying: "It is foolish to refuse it. We haven't a leg to stand on." Mrs. Holliday seconded a motion | of the reeve to refuse the licence. Reeve McIntyre pointed out that "there are 15 families living in partments above it." Whitby Classified NOTICE: Classified advertisements for this Trenton Gets New TV Industry TORONTO (CP) A United States television-parts industry will be established at Trenton, the On- tario planning department announ- ces, Essex Electronics of New Jer- sey will produce electronic equip- ment in a new one-storey factory expected to employ 100 persons. must be in the Whitby office by 5 p.m. the day preced- ing publication. INSULATE YOUR HOUSE NOW FOR | winter with PAL-O-PAK loose fill. Cheaper and better. Free estimates. Made in Whitby. Phone 2374, Whitby. (Jan22) MINERAL WOOL HOME INSULA- tion. Blowing method batts, etc. Any- where within 50 miles. Free estimates. Weatherproof Home Insulation, 204 Chest. nut West, Phone 2563. (Jan19) i WHITBY WOODWORKING, SASH, DOORS, | frames. Reasonable prices. Satisfaction | Buaranteed, Phone Whitby 2754, 310 | Chestnut Street East. (Jan17) NOW PLAYING .. BROCK 0% C7 COME ON/set ost in JAUGATER 2 Evening Shows at 7 p.m. st Complete Show 8:20 p.m a FOR RENT -- 3-ROOM APARTMENT. Young couple preferred. Phone 2981. (40) FOR RENT--2 ROOMS, SELF-CONTAIN- | ed. hot water, partly furnished, if desired new house. 513 Perry Street. (4b) AND BOARD FOR 2 GENTLE (4b) men. Phone 2757. APARTMENT TO RENT AT 408 BYRON St. South, Whitby. Suitable for one or two persons. Private bath, electric stove a refrigerator. Apply to B. Whitfield, Cranfield Road, Toronto 13, Ont, FOR SALE--BROADCLOTH SHIRT SALE, broken sizes and some slightly soiled from the Christmas rush. Whites, pastels and stripes. Sizes 14 to 17. Regular $4.00 | shirts clearing at $2.79, two for $5.50. Mercantile Dept. Store, Whitby. 36 3¢) (Jan?) FOR SALE--SPACE HEATER, 202 BY. ron Street North, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (4a QUEBEC condition. | (4a) WANTED -- SMALL-SIZED heater, second hand, in good Phone 2957. RU wanting to make some extra spending money if we need reliable, energetic newspaper carriers "if Whitby nd | received minor head injuries and | shock. His condition was reported off to the public. | "If it were turned over to the town, it could still be used by the hospital and by the general public," said Mr. Mcintyre. 'As! far as I can see, this land is not | being used by anyone for any purpose and is not suitable for | any other use." Even if it were not converted | into a park, the beach is usually | sandy in spots; the depth of the! water is not as perilous 'as At Whitby harbor and once in the | water there, the swimmer finds! there is a fine sand bottom. In spite of the serious pollution of this beach area at certain times of year, it has been a popular swimming and picnic spot. Committees Of Council The following standing . com- mittees of Whitby Town Council have been named for this year. The Mayor, Reeve and Deputy- Reeve are members of all com- mittees. In the following list, the first-named is chairinan. Finance--Oscar Moore, Robert | McNee, Willard Dodd. Fire and Police--Donald Bryant, hye. D. Holliday, Everett Quant- rill. ; Town Property--Quantrill, Bry- ant, Holliday. Streets--McNee,: Moore, Dodd. Applications -- Dodd, Quentrill, Moore, Welfare--Holliday, McNee, Bry- ant b Persons Hurt Near Toronto TORONTO (CP)--S8ix persons were injured in a head-on auto crash Monday night on the Queen Elizabeth Way in suburban Lake- view. © Taken to hospital were Mr. and Mrs. Allen Church of Hamilton, and their two daughters, Sandra, 9, and Sheila, 13, occupants of one car, Charles Wener, Toronto, and Benjamin Gasee of Brantford, oc- cupants of the other car. Mr. Church suffered head injur- ies, his wife shock and cuts. Sandra Sheila a fractured leg. Mr. Gasee was suffering from loss of blood from face cuts and as serious. Mr. Wener received | There will be the 'cooking demon- strations that are instructive and there will be a number of prizes given each evening. The Brooklin Home and School Association will hold its annual Court Whist Party at Brooklin School on Tuesday, January 20. Glenna Skirrow of Toronto was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Mat-| thew Agar for the New Year's holi- day. spent New Year's-Day as the guest of Mrs, A. I. McBrien, Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Aldred for New Year's ure of industrial management, par-| Frankish emperor, Charles Martel ticularly in taking the initiative in|---_ The Hammer" -- be profit-sharing schemes and infla- | f2Matical hordes of Abd-ar-Rahman | tion menace Canada's future. |at Moussais-la-Bataille after the | the devout were baptized by im-. © | mersion in a tank that is still well; preserved. : Poitiers today is a main stop Miss Edith Cochrane of Toronto | Profit-sharing he described as Moor Sa passed through Boilers | free enterprise intelligently ap- and Was sdvancing upon We sa- plied. He said employers should consider profit-sharing techniques "if you are concerned. with your survival through trade with your fellow countries of the free world." BEATTIE WINS RECOUNT ~ 8ST. THOMAS, Ont. (CP)--Gain- | ing a three-vote final margin, Gor- | don Beattie Monday was officially | | phet, {it ended for included his sisters, Mrs. W. K. | declared 1953 reeve of the village | | cred city of Tours. Taking place in 732, just 100 years after the death of the Pro- it was a crushing military defeat. Coupled with recall of the Moorish soldiery to deal with Ber- ber revolts back home in Africa, all time the Arab threat to Europe. England won three major vic- tories in her Hundred Years War with France. The second of these on the Paris-Bordeaux railroad. | It is chief city of the department |of Vienne as well as the seat of | the Bishop of Poitiers, and holds ia university founded in 1432 and la famed artillery school. Its more {than 40,000 inhabitants besides | trading in farm produce and, wines, | engage in one of the more curiou {of French industries: the manu- - |facuture of useful . articles from. | goose and swan skins. . Ramsay and Mrs. J. Morrish of | Toronto, also a friend, Miss M. | Wilkins of Baysville. | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hill enjoyed | a family reunion during the holi- | day season when Mr. and Mrs. | Walter Bryant and family of Little | Britain; Mr. and Mrs. Lynde of Ashburn; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Appleton and family of Kinsale; Mr, and Mrs. Theo Knight and infant of Paincourt visited with them, Polly McGibbon of Toronto was a weekend guest at the homie of | {Mr. and Mrs, Alex Blair, Sr. {[ Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Dalby and | |two daughters of North Oshawa | were visitors with her parents, Mr. | land Mrs. Alex. Blair, Saturday. | | Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Stanton were | hosts to their friends from Brook- lin, Myrtle, Kinsale, Columbus land Ashburn for an evening of | | cards and fun recently. | A happy family dinner reunion party was held on New Year's Day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Stanton when they had the pleasure of entertaining his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stan- ton, of Brooklin; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moon of Raglan; Murray Luke; Mrs. Clara Luke and Mr. McKeri- hen of Prince Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Reesor of Oshawa were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Parkins for New Year's Day. Fred Hay of Long Branch spent a few days visiting with his moth- er, Mrs. Van Horne, here. The annual Library meeting will be held in the Library at the Whit- by Township Hall on Saturday, January 17, at 7.30 Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Dr. G. Grant is receiving con- gratulations these days, Dr. and Mrs. Grant are the proud parents of a son, Ian, born New Year's | Eve. | YOUR STEADY SERVANTS are | Times - Gazette classified ads! They're at your command when- | face cuts and head injuries. ever you need 'em! Phone 3-2233. | v Sealed tenders, clearly mar received by the undersigned 1953, for 1. the Municipal Act. , 3 vehicles. ' 3. Non-owned vehicle insu the county engineer. . TIMES-GAZETTE OFFICE : 0st 8) COUNTY OF ONTARIO Insurance Tenders Municipel liability insurance under Automobile insurance on county road department Detailed information may be obtained at the office of Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ked os to contents, will be until 5 p.m., JANUARY 7th, section 480 of rance. R. E. SIMS, "= County "Engineer; Whitby, Ontario Ralph | - of West Lorne, defeating Mrs. Vera Reid on a recount by a total of 227 to 224 votes. A tie vote was announced on the night of the vil- lage's municipal election and a re- check gave Mr. Beattie a one-vote margin. A Mrs. Reid. LONDON (CP)--Visitors to Lon- don Zoo who wear sock suspenders recount was asked by was at Poitiers in 1356. Edward | the Black Prince, marching, | CARDS OF THANKS laden with loot from Bordeaux to- | h | ward the heart of France, was | brought to bay just outside the the town by the forces of French King John, King John threw away a numeri- cal advantage in costly frontal attacks. He was captured, with his 14-year-old son Philip, and the late Frank Fallon. ends a Hr and their re- | The family of wish to thank their relatives, nefghbours for their acts of sympathy shown to them du cent sad bereavement. have been warned to avoid the Poitiers became an English pos- elephant enclosure. Dicksi, a 2l5- session for the second time in W.C. TOWN & SONS FRIGIDAIRE ton elephant, has developed the | its history. habit of hitching up the trouser- "CITY OF ALL AGES" ends of male visitors, gripping a . suspender and snapping it back on| Atop its plateau at the junction | "of the Clain and Boivre rivers, | the leg. Authorized Decler for WHITBY PHONE. 410 [0 TO THE PEOPLE OF WHITBY AND DISTRICT: A Most Cordial Invitation Is Extended To You To View The New 1953 Pontiac AT OUR SHOWROOMS 107 DUNDAS ST. EAST WHITBY This Fine Car Is Now On Display ey ORD CRI ORD CRI CA CAI CRD CHI CHI CRI CI 009 ORI ORI CAI CRITI CHI CII CIS 7 For Your Convenience We Will Be Open 2 H Every Night This Week | £90 000 04 640 0443 6°03 60 A 6D EAI RD 043 RD BAD NAD 603 A 603 $43 4 640 ~ WHITBY MOTORS LIMITED DEALERS IN PONTIAC, BUICK and GMC TRUCKS )