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J. H. ORMISTON Editor and Manager PHONE 703 + WHITBY AND DISTRICT NEWS 4 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, August 18, 1953 4 WHITBY MISS, EIGHT MONTHS OLD Smiling prettily for the cam- eraman is Donna Louise Coch- rane of Whitby. Donna Louise, only eight months old, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Cochrane, Colborne Street, Whit- by. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Foster, of Whitby, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cochrane, of Orono. Funds Will Help Crofters Adjust FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (CP) --United States funds may provide a new way of life for the poor, roud "'crofters"" of Scotland's hlands and rocky islands--at a cost of $2 a head. For centuries, the crofters-- owners of small farms ranging from five to 30 acres--have man- aged to eke a precarious living from marginal land handed down through generations. And for cen- turies they have kept much to themselves, resenting interference and distrusting outsiders. But progress is catching up~with Scotland's 25,000 crofters. Thousands of young mén and women have been quitting the highlands for the cities. Rising liv- ing costs have forced more and more crofters to augment their Tneagie incomes by fishing, work- ing for periods as hired hands or on hydro-electric projects. They usually can feed them- selves fromtheirland,buttheir selves from their land, but their hand-weaving . and kindred crafts no longer can provide them with enough ready cash. Scottish authorities want the crofters to stay where they are, especially with every acre of land needed to produce food. This week, the British govern- ment announced that $50,000 in counterpart funds has been al- located for a project to teach the crofters modern agricultural methods. They will be invited to leave their homes--often single-roomed buildings with peat fires--for mod- ern study courses in the nearest cities. The courses will be speci- ally designed to adapt modern methods to the small farms. Schol- arships may be awarded to young crofters for further study in agri- cultural colleges. Scottish officials believe the crofters will welcome the project. The .highlanders and islanders are expected to be willing to do any- thing which will allow them to live with dignity as they always have done. Family Of In Ontario KINGSVILLE (CP) Vance Drennan, whose son was among 75 United States prisoners of war released by the Communists in Korea, said Monday night news of the 'release was 'sure good." The son, Pte. Richard D. Dren- nan, 21, was a prisoner more than two years. Born and educated here, he moved to the U.S. to work a few months before enlisting in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the 23rd regiment, U.S. 2nd divi- sion, Mr. Drennan said he and hig that their son had been reported miss in action. They received word Oct. 17, 1951, that he was a prisoner of war. A US. prisoner of war released in the exchange last Apnil got word to them that Pte. Drennan was in good shape mentally and physi- Grit Calls For Vote Recount NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. (CP)--William Mott, defeated Lib- eral candidate in the federal riding of New Westminster, announced Monday that he will make formal application for a recount. Mr. Mott was edged out by So- cial Crediter George Hahn in the Aug. 10 vote. 3 He said he will formally apply for a reoount to a county court judge after final official counting of ballots today by chief return- ing officer Albert Beatty. Mr. Beatty said inclusion of the { soldi v wife were notified May 16, 1951 | so ier vote gave Mr. Hahn a lead of 33 votes over hjs opponent. Mr. Mott picked up 219 service ballots compared with 110 for Mr. Hahn. cally. They have been receiving letters from their son every six or eight weeks. ! WHITBY DAY BY DAY Accounts of social events and 'news itéms of local interest and names of visitors are ap- preciated. PHONE 703 Meulemeester Hurls No-hitter In Playoft By DOUG MANTZ ° Hooch Meulemeester pitched a no-hitter last night as the Whitby Stokers defeated Leaside 8 to noth- Mrs. Charles Hyderman has re- turned home from Sault Ste. Marie, where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. William Plow- right. Mrs. E. R. Parliment and Miss Victoria Herring are visiting Mrs. E. R. Herron and Mrs. Q. Fraser. 9 Injured As Vehicles Meet Head-on LONDON, Ont. (CP)--Nine Sf. Thomas and London persons were hurt, some severely, in a head- on collision Monday night of two cars on No. 2 highway near Dela- ware, In one car were a St. Thomas couple and their four small chil- dren, including a small baby. All were admitted. to hospital. William Mathers, 46, of St. Thomas, suffered multiple frac- tures, including pelvis and leg; his wife; Katherine, a scalp lacera- tion} their 17-month-old baby, Mar garet, a broken leg; sons Richard, 7, and Donald, 5, scalp lacera tions, and David, 10, broken arm. Occupants of the other car, John Matrer, 20, and Joseph Kazmiar- czal, 28, both of London, suffered possible broken pelvis and arm, and undetermined injuries. At First They Didn't Succeed VANCOUVER (€P) -- Roderick Thurgood of Brantford, undaunted by a 400-foot plunge down a moun- tain gorge, said Monday he plans to make another attempt to break the small car record for the run between Ottawa and Vancouver. A crosscountry dash by Thur- good and Peter Haddon of Toronto ended abruptly last week when their small Morris car swerved off the Big Bend highway 60 miles north of Hope, B.C., and rolled down a steep mountain gorge. Thurgood suffered a broken jaw ing. Hooch sent 21 batters down on strikes while giving up only two walks. He pitched well through out the entire game and was as strong at the finish as he was at the beginning. This was the first game of the Highview Park and District Soft<] bal | League play-offs. The second game of the semi-finals will be played at the Town Park on Wed- nesday night. Doc McEwen singled to left for the Stokers in the top of the first inning. He advanced to second on Dick Sundin's sacrifice to Arends, the Leaside pitcher, and stole third. Knibb walked and stole -sec- ond. Jenneroux, catching for Lea- side, threw badly to Arends and before the ball could be recovered Doc had crossed the plate. Knibh scored when Taffy Mayne drove a single into right field. However, Martin Jordan and Al Welch struck: out leaving Taffy stranded. Leaside got 2 men on base in their half of the first inning. Les- lie walked and Jenneroux was safe when Al Welch baubled his grounder long enough for him to reach first. It was the only Stoker miscue of the ball game. Leaside's thirdbaseman, Johnston, lifted out to Jimmy Jordan in centre, to re- tire the side. The only other time a Leasider reached 1st base dur: ing the remainder of the game was when Johnston drew a walk in the seventh. ' The Stokers went down in order in the second, but Doc McEwen started the ball rolling again in the third. This time he tripled fo left. Dick Sundin popped out to the Johnston and in the process Doc got across the plate. Al Welch completed a circuit of the bases for the Stokers in the + fourth. He was safe on first as Arends booted his bunt. Al advans- ed to second when Jimmy Jordan laid down a sacrifice bunt. Bill Procunier singled to centre driv- ing home Al but Hooch Meulemees- ef struck out leaving Bill maréon- ed. No one crossed the plate in the fifth although two free passes were given up by Arends. Two more runs were tacked on by the Stokers in the sixth inning. Bill Procunier and Hooch Meule- meester walked and stole second and third. Doc McEwen singled to centre scoring both Bill and Hooch. Doc went to second on the play and moved to third on a passed ball. But he was stranded there as Dick Sundin popped up to Anett and Knibb went down swinging. The Stokers were held scoreless in the seventh despite the fact that Al Welch got to second on an er- ror. . Bill Procunier went all the way around to third for the Stokers in the eighth when Littkie dropped | his fly. Hooch Meulemeester ham- | mered out an infield hit to score Bill. Doc McEwen flied to centre- field moving Jim over to second and Knibb sacrificed him to third. Jimmy tried to steal home but was nailed as he slid into the plate. Martin Jordan beat out a bunt in the ninth inning. He advaced | to second on Al Welch's sacrifice to Arends, and moved to third on | a passed ball. Martin crossed the | plate with the eighth and final | Stoker run when Jimmy Jordan | flied to centre. | Doc McEwen topped the Stokers | in batting with three hits in five | trys including two RBIs. The whole Stoker team was on their toes out on the defence. Lucketta led the Leasiders. | RHE Leaside Inglis 000 000 000--0 0 5 Whitby Stokers 201 102 011-8 8 1 LEASIDE INGLIS -- Lucketta, ss; Leslie, rf; Arends, p; Jenner- oux, c; Johnston,. 3b; Littkie, If; Arvett, 2b; Thacker, 1b; Marsden, cf. WHITBY STOKERS --McEwen, ¢; Sundin, ss; Knibb, lb; Mayne, {rf; M. Jordan, 3b; Welch, 2b; J. | Jordan, cf; Procunier, If; Meule- | meester, p; J. Jordan, running for Meulemeester. Umpires: Reading, plate; Bun- ston, 'bases. y Nude Romany Dances In Italy To Please Gods By JAMES ™M, "vn ROME (AP) -- Want to see a gypsy girl, barefoot u all ¢ . up, dance by harvest moonlight to appease the ancient river gods? Hasten by all means to tiny Gonzaga, in the wheatlands of Lalys Po river valley. Be there and facial lacerations. His com- | Sep! panion escaped with a shaking up and slight scratches. Thurgood, driving at the time of the mishap, said the accident was caused by fatigue. 'The failure was a human one. There was nothing the matter with the car." The 24-year-old chartered sur- veyor, a member of the Toronto Sports Car Club, said he will try the trip again, probably next year. Gov't. Enters Newspaper ° Business © VICTORIA (CP)--The government will start pul news bulletin entitled "the B.C. government news," Premier W. A. C. Bennett said Monday. The bulletin will be sent free of charge to any organization or in- dividual who wishes to be placed on the mailing list. The first edi- tion will be published later this month. J The usual system of handling Piuviasial lishing a BROC WHITBY PHONE 618 This Theatre is Air-Conditioned EVENING SHOWS 7 P.M. NOW PLAYING LAST COMPLETE SHOW 8:20 He Led the Last Great OUTLAW RAIDS! IAN NIGHTS NEVER SAW YIGHTS LIKE : TH 11S STARTING MONDAY NEXT WEEK "HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN" De---- . press rel through the legisla- y|tive press gallery will not be changed. The premier said the bulletin will be a consolidation of several departmental bulletins now circu- lated and will include departments hitherto without news bulletins of their own. GIRL WAS BEST AUCKLAND, N.Z. (CP) -- Al though they do not carry. arms, girls as well as boys undergo mili- tary training at Northland College. Girls learn signalling, Red Cross training and marching. This year girls as well as boys Sngergo mili- tary training at Northland College. Girls learn signalling, Red Cross training and marching. This year the prize for the best non-commis. sioned officer went to Sgt. Judith Thorpe. Whitby Classified NOTICE: Classified advertisements for this column must be in the Whitby office by 5 p.m. the day preced- ing publication. ROCKWOOL INSULATION, FIR E- proof. Cool in summer; warm In winter. - Free estimates. Walter Ward, Insulation Contractor, 204 Chestout West, phone 2563, (Aug.21) WELLS DUG AND DEEPENED. SEP- tic tanks installed and cleaned. 'Phone 2961. Don Ferris, 639 Brock St. North, Whitby. (Sept12) ROOFING, SIDING, INSUL-BRIC, NEW and old at reasonable prices. All work guaranteed. J. R, Ward, Bresklin, 9334 ug: ROOM AND BOARD FOR 3 OR 4 gentlemen. Abstainers. Apply F. Curl, Starr Ave. (191b) But come without illusions. Many cynical modern day observers doubt it will happen this year, even though it's a tradition 500 years old. Gypsies have gone modern, too. When reporters and movie cam- eramen start showing up in the Village of Gonzaga next month, they'll find the sun-bronzed chil- dren of the highways looking down their noses at many of the old cus- toms. i Some in modern limousines, many in trucks, and families by the score in horse-drawn wagons already are crossing north Italy for the annual Gonzaga fair of the "Romany folk." They've entered northwest Italy from France and Spain in their annual trek. Others are filtering through from the mountain passes of the northeast, saying they are from Slovakia, Bohemia, Moravia, Transylvania, Hungary -- and as far as Armenia. Only they know how long their journey really was, or how they crossed forbidden borders. | The ceremony of the nude virgin dance dates back to the 14th cen- tury and--so the gypsies say--has taken place regularly ever since. Back in those days of knights and princes, the Duke of Mantova set aside a bit of land between the Po and Mincio rivers, near Gonzaga, and said gypsies could camp there as they would. They did. But along came a flood one year and many drowned. So since that time, according to their tradition, they have had the dance once each year by harvest moon to appease the river gods and let the Romany folk camp in peace. : It's supposed to happen here. Farmers have peeked a few times. They've seen the vast en- campment--horse and car cara- vans parked for hundreds of yards along the road. They've heard the singing and the twang of guitars by campfire. They've locked their children in, and ventured forth to swap horses cautiously, and trade for minor | goods. ; But none so far actually claims to have seen the moonlight dance. Only the gypsies say it really happens, every year. | This year's encampment opens | Sept. 7. It usually lasts a week-- or as long as good horse trading holds up. Ice Blown From Glacier Into Highball 'FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP)--This northernmost U.S. city, only 133 miles from the Arctic Circle, is suffering from an ice shortage. To fill the gap -and the city's tinkling highball glasses--ice is be- ing dynamited by the ton from an interior Alaska glacier and trucked 300 miles to the city. Harvesting the ancient ice is a dynamite and bulldozer: proposi- tion. W. D. Fitzgerald, the city's ice house tycoon, took a boiler to the scene to thaw holes in Worth- ington glacier. Dynamite blasts are set in the holes, a bulldozer scoops up the scattered chunks and Glasses they are sawed into blocks of from 30 to 500 pounds each for trucking. The sub-arctic ice problem be- gan devéloping back in April. Spring came early. The usual ice supply is cut from Frozen ponds outside the city. But on the 1,000 tons of ice cut from the ponds this yéar, only about 600 tons were salvaged by summer time. The short supply combined with an ex- ceptionally warm summer to empty the ice house. There's a premium on the long- haul, old-age ice. The price has jumped from the usual $2.30 to $3 per 100 pounds. Travel Ban Covers Quebec Forest Area QUEBEC (CP)--Henri Kieffer, chief of Quebec's fire protection service, announced Monday a for- est travel ban along more than 600 miles of the St. Lawrence river north shore. Mr. Kieffer said the ban, effec- tive between Montcalm; north of Montreal, and Saguenay has been ordered because a three - week drought throughout the area per- sists and forest fires are break- ing out in a number of districts. Apart from the major fire burn ing out of control north of Forest- ville, Mr. Kieffer said, most of the fire outbreaks are of a minor na- ture. FUMIGATION -- RELIEF FROM IN- sect pests. Work fi I. Guaran- teed for 1 year. Phone 734 after 6.30. (Aug. 21) HOUSES AND BUILDING Lots WANT: ed for clients, contact, W.,' McAuley, Realtor. Dial 804 Whitby, or 3-2512, Osh- awa. (1878? FOR SALE--3 BEDS AND SPRINGS. , (1922) Reasonable. Phone 2798, FOR SALE-TWO TIRES, USED (670 x 15); brass and irons and coal box; med- fum sized jacket heater; two pair lined drapes. Phone 2914, Whitby. (1922) LOT FOR SALE -- LLOT 80 FEET frontage, in choice residential digtrict in Whitby. Phone 636, Whi daze) c OF THANKS= | 07 Recoverable reserves of natural gas in Saskatchewan are estimated as high as 500 billion cubic feet. REG BRYANT ELECTRIC Wiring & Repairs 213 BYRON ST. SOUTH TELEPHONE 628 Skid Ends In Death Of 2 Men WATERTOWN, N.Y. (CP)--Wil- liam C. Babcock, 60, of Kingston, Ont., was killed Monday night in a three-car collision. Also killed in the crash was Dr. Herbert W. Taylor, 60, of Haver- ford, Pa. Four other persons were injured. Police said the Babcock car skidded during a rainstorm and the two other autos collided with WHITBY IN BYGONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Whitby Board of Trade made application to the Minister of Trade and Commerce 'at Ottawa to be granted a charter to be- come the Whitby Chamber of Commerce. The Rose Excelsior Mills at Pickering were razed by fire. Damage was estimated at 50,000. George Hart, W.-M. of Lebanon Lodge AF .and AM, presided at the banquet held in honor of the laying of the cornerstone of the new Masonic Temple. A. E. Henry, P.D.D.G.M. assisted with the ceremonies and Dr. T. E. Kaiser M.P. delivered a forceful address. Rev. Edward Turkington, for- mer Whitby minister, died at his home in Huntsville following a heart attack. Installations of sanitary conven- iences on Queen Street were con- demned and the inspector de- manded that the Board of Health take action. Statistics showed Oshawa to be the 13th city 'in Ontario according to taxable land. Credit was given Rev. A. M. Irwin, pastor of North Simcoe Street United Church (Northmin- | ster), as well as to Dr. C. W. Carr and Mrs. A, W. Bell for a successful street fair held on Greta Street. George Henley was named gen- eral chairman of the Rotary Street Fair. . The Rev. W. W. Maxwell, son of the Rev. F. J. Maxwell, pastor of St. Andréew's United Church, ac- cepted a call to Emperor's Gate Fresbyterian Church, London, Eng: and. There was a state of great ex citement over a pivposed airplane trip from Rockford, Illinois, to Sweden, via Greenland; 275 per- sons died in a flu epidemic in and around Edmonton; Prince George (Duke of Kent) arrived in Quebec, enroute for Vancouver; 258 British men who came to Can- ada to help in the harvest were overwhelmed by the extent and development of Canada. Have To Keep Up Production To Pace Growth GENEVA PARK, Ont. (CP) -- Canada will probably double her present population of 15,000,000 in the next 40 years, a Princeton Uni- versity expert said Monday night. F. W. Notestein, director of Princeton's office of population re- search, said at the Couchiching conference on international affairs that rapid growth in Canada, while almost certain to be good for the country, will entail some costs. If the population increases by two per cent a year, production of almost all goods and services will have to increase at the same rate merely to avoid a drop in income per person, he said. In Playoff ' BY TED MUNNS : The Merchants dropped a heart- breaker to the Lindsay squad by a 3-2 score, Rallys in the 6th and 8th innings fell 1 run short. Lefty Don Crawford pitched the first 7 giving up only five hits, walking and striking out 12 but his mates were guilty of 4 errors behing him costing them 2 runs. Gavas pitched the 8th allowing 1 hit and striking out the side. Lindsay were put down in order' in the first. The Merchants looked like they meant business when Jack Bell led off with a single, stole second and Turansky followed getting on base when the catcher missed a third strike and the bag with his throw. Bell moved to third on the play. MacDonald then hit into .a fielder's choice with Bell being nipped at the plate. Neal and Al. MacDonald went down fo retiré the side. With 1 out in the second DeBois hit a sinker to centre that Guye missed making a shoe-string catch and DeBois ended up on third, Jewell then popped up between the shortstop and 2nd baseman and when the two players went after it the ball hit their gloves and dropped to the ground with { DeBois scoring. Crawford struck |the next' two batters out. Whitby {went down in order. | Lindsay repeated their first in- ansky doubled with 2 out for Whit- by but was left stranded. Lindsay were put down in order again in the 4th. Whitby managed to get 2 men on base but failed rto score. Jewell opened with a two-bag- ger, the next two men struc kout R. L. ROBERTSON News Editor PHONE 703 A ro Merchants Drop First s To Lindsay and West reahced first on the shortstop's error with Jewell going to third. Lowrey fanned to wetire the side. Whitby were put down in order. - Lindsay managed 2 runs off 1 walk, 1 hit and two errors. With one out Neal doubled, moved to 3rd in an infield-out and' scored on Hanna's single. The visitors loaded the bases on a walk and two singles but failed to score in the 7th. With two out Bell walked and Turanky followed with his second , two-bagger but MacDonald went down short to first to end the threat, Gavos came on in the 8th and Strack out the side giving up only then pulled the 1st baseman off |1 hi The Merchants rallied again in + the 8th but lady luck turned her | head on them and it ended 1 run short. With 1 out Al MacDonald singled and Gord Hanna followed with a double. Copeland flied to centre with B. Ward, who ran for MacDonald, scoring after the catch. Guye singled with Hanna going to third. Gavas then came up and fanned to end the game. LINE SCORE Lindsay 010 002 00--3 6 4 Whitby 000 001 01--2 8 2 Lindsay: Lowrey, cf; Edger. 1b; Stewart, 3b; Menzies, ¢; DeBois, ss; Jewell, rf; Truax, 2b; Crom- pton, If; West, p; Wilson, ph. for {Crompton in 8th. ning stint going down 1, 2, 3. Tur-| Whitby: Bell, 3b; Turansky, ss; |K. MacDonald, 2b; Neal, If; Al MacDonald, rf; Hanna, ¢; Cope- land, 1b; Guye, cf; Crawford, p; Gavas, p in 8th; B. Ward run- ning for A. MacDonald in 8th. The next game. of the series will be Wed. night in Lindsay and back in Whitby on Friday evening. AUCKLAND, N.Z. (CP) -- New Zealand's dairy production for the season just ended was again a record. . Total butterfat processed by dairy factories was 471,256,000 pounds, an increase of 6% per cent over the record set last season, and 16 per cent above the aver- age for the last five seasons. roduction now has shown an unbroken increase for seven years, and total butterfat output each year now is about 100,000,000 pounds above that of the pre-war years. The season just ended was fa- vored with unusually good weather, but an important part of the in- improved feeding and man g Science Sends Up Cows Dairy Yield techniques. Farmers are giving close attention to great advances in grassland research and animal husbandry achieved by farm scien- tists here. Results of this work at the country's animal research insti- tutes are attracting world-wide: ta- tention and visiting specialists say that in many branches of dairying technique New Zealand has es- tablished a lead. Detailed results for the last sea- son show there was a further in- crease in the average butterfat con- tent of milk. Production per cow "at the pail" averaged 276 pounds of butterfat, an increase of 13 crease is officially attributed to|pounds or 5 per cent above the t | previous season's average. Vaccine-short REGINA (CP)--Saskatchewan's horses--all 300,000 of them--are threatened by an outbreak of sleeping sickness at a time when preventative vaccine supplies are almost nil. It is the most serious epidemic in 12 years. Suppliers of vaccine in Regina and Saskatoon have been swamped with orders. There is little hope of immediate supplies to meet the BIRTHS and Bruce Hisey (nee HISEY--Isabel Isabel Heron), are happy to announce the birth of a son, Douglas Bruce, on Thursday, August 13, 1953, at Parry Sound General Hospital. Mother and son doing well. CARD OF THANKS Mrs. Lorne Bradley wishes to thank all those who sent her cards, flowers and fruit during her stay in the Osh- awa General Hospital. Especially thank- king . the nurses of He hospital and Dr. dy and Dr. Lindsey. ADATRMr. and Mrs. William Adair (nee Vina Varo), wish to announce the birth of their daughter, on Aug- ugt 14, at Oshawa General Hospital. A sister for Billy. I ---------- . DEATHS CORDELIA MAY WILSON Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon for Mrs. Cordelia May Wilson, a former Whitby and Oshawa resident. Mrs. Wilson passed away Saturday in the Windsor Memorial Hospital. She was in her 68th year. Mrs. Wilson was born in East Whitby Township, the daughter of the late John and Louisa Bailey. On June 29th, 1904, she was mar- ried in Oshawa to F. E. Wilson and lived for a number of years in Whitby, Oshawa and Toronto. For the past 12 years, up until three months ago, she and her husband lived in Whitby. Three months ago they moved to Essex. The funeral was held this after- noon from the Town Funeral Home in Whitby with the Rev. Channen of Whitby officiating. Interment was at Union Ceme- tery. Pallbearers were Ronald Wil- son. Frank Leaming, Arthur Leaming, Vernon Wilson, William Stewart and Ross Trotter. Surviving are her husband, a daughter and son, Margery, now Mrs. A. F. McCullough, RR 3, Essex, Ont., and Ross, 52 Larch- mount Ave., Toronto. She is also survived by two grandchildren, it. Ronald and Kenneth Wilson. 135 BROCK ST. N. Badly chipped + Eb T C€. MYGLAND Cedarwall, average cost Whitby Paint and Wallpaper Co. WHITBY FIRST CLASS PAINTING, DECORATING, PAPERHANGING or too layers of paint can be removed by ectric peasy -- Safe, BUDGET PLAN AVAILABLE NOW---FREE Cedar-Line Your Closets with PHONE 488 , end no mess. ESTIMATES S. F. RUTHERFORD Sleeping sickness, officially termed equine encephalomylitis, was first noted among horses in Manitoba and North Dakota about a month ago, and gradually spread to the southeast corner of Sas- katchewan about two weeks ago. No official figures are available on the number of deaths or cases. While the disease has spread rap- idly throughout the province, most cases have been reported from the southern sector. The evterinary department of the University of Saskatchewan, only manufacturers . of the vaccine in Canada since the decline of the Prairie horse population, has been Sleepy Sickness Hits West overwhelmed with orders from Manitoba and Saskatchewan points. A Regina supplier had 500 orders for vaccine on hand Monday and was unable to fill them until new supplies arrived. Dr. J. S. Fulton, head of the Uni- versity of Saskatchewan virus lab- oratory, says a shortage of fer- tilized eggs is hampering produc- tion of the vaccine. It is produced from chick embryo after about 10 days' incubation. _ Humans are susceptible to sleep- ing sickness that strikes herses. Dr. Fulton said the disease may cause some human deaths before it subsides. No reports of persons being stricken have yet been re- ceived, but Dr. Fulton warned that extreme care should be exercised in handling sick horses. The worst epidemic of sleeping sickness in Saskatchewan was in 1938 when 15,000 horses died. There were other outbreaks in 1935, 1987 and 1941. Two new cases were reported in Manitoba during the week-end, boosting the total to 59, including 18 deaths. Hero's Wallet Stolen While Saving Woman GALETTA, Ont. (CP) -- Three persons escaped death near here Sunday when their car went out of control and plunged into the Mississippi river. Occupants of the car were Gor- don May, 21, of Ottawa, and Cecile Bond, 19, and her sister, Palma Bond, 21, both of Arnprior. None was injured. Galetta is 30 miles west of Ottawa. The car landed about 25 feet from shore in five feet of water, with only the upper part of the two back windows: above the sur- face. Miss Palma bond opened one of the rear windows of the car and climbed onto the roof. She assisted her sister to follow her. Rarold Rathburn, 41, stripped off his pants and dived into the river to assist May. When he put his pants back on he found his wallet, containing $22, had been stolen. May, who is unable to swim, and | The "River of Kings," written by the Indian poet Kalhana in 1148, has more than 3,500 verses. CEMENT FOR SALE Crenna Construction, New High School HENRY STREET, WHITBY W. C. Town & Sons FRIGIDAIRE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHITBY PHONE 410 ELECTRIC MOTORS Rewinding - Repairing Sales and Service PORT WHITBY ELECTRIC 1600 Brock Street South plumbing inspector for the basis. EXPERIENCE, IF Hall, Whitby. . WILLARD TOWN OF WHITBY APPLICATIONS \ Applications will be received until noon on Monday, August 24 for the part-time position of building and Applicants must state in writing -- AGE QUALIFICATIONS Applicant must provide a certificate of good health. 'Address application to the undersigned at the Chairman, Applications Committed; town of Whibty, on a fee ANY Town R. DODD, ii