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Oshawa Times (1958-), 19 Sep 1962, p. 5

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bh WHITBY And DISTRICT [Society Plans GOVERNOR'S CONGRATULATIONS The new president of the Whitby Kinsman Club, Mr. Jim Gartshore, right, receives congratulations from Mr. Bob Luke, Kinsmen Governor of District 8. Mr. Luke was in town recently to install the of- ficers of the local club. (Photo by. Stannett) Chief Recommends More Traffic Signs problem of ~ unmarked BS de ha in Whitby was brought before Whitby town council in a letter from Police Chief George Rankine. He stat- ed that an accident has not occurred at all the intersec- tions mentioned but stop or yield signs should be placed on these corners as a preventive Before Entering Byron St. Centre St. North Beech St. Perry St. St. Lawrence St. Burns St. John St. East Green St. Bayview Ave. Dr. Two intersections at Clarence Dr. Burns St. St. John St. King St. Pitt St. King St. Trent St. Green St. St. John St. Green St. Peet St. Gilbert St. YIELD SIGNS Gilbert St. Centre St. North John St. Byron St. John St. Centre -St. St. John St. Byron St. Palmerston Centre. St. Palace St. Maple Sf. Ty lLiersettions i Beech St. Ontario St. Byron St. Chief Rankine also recom- mended that "No Parking" signs be placed on Byron street south between Gilbert and Dunlop on the east side of the street. The suggestion that lights be placed at the intersection of Mary street and Brock street north was also made to countil by Mr. Rankine. He said that this is a very congested. and busy intersection, and that there have been five accidents involving property damage and personal injury at this location. Taxi drivers should be li- censed so the police depart- ment can exercise proper con- trol over the type of persons driving cabs in the town he Ave. Burns St. Mrs. C. Barter Group Hostess Florence Davey Group held its first meeting of the season on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. C. Barter, Centre street, south. In the absence of president Mrs. F. Lawrence, Mrs. G. Stott was in the chair. The meeting opened with the Lord's Prayer and scripture reading was given by Miss Sheila Barter. All re- ports were read and adopted. During the business meeting arrangements were made for the October meeting which will be held on Monday, Oct. 15 in the form of a "Birthday Night" at the home of Mrs. McMinn, Byron street south. Tentative plans were made for a pot luck supper to be held in November. Definite arrange- ments will be made at a later date. The meeting closed with the Mizpah. The hostess served a delightful lunch and a social pend was enjoyed by all present. wrote "'as to our knowledge there have been occasions where persons have not too chaste character for driving taxi cabs in the town of Whitby." Had Money Stole Gas, Fined $50 An East Whitby Township youth, who admitted he had money to buy gasoline, was Tuesday fined $50 and costs when he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing gasoline in Whitby. Allan William Sytnyk, 18, of 191 Meadow road, East Whitby, appeared before Magis- trate Crawford Guest in Whitby police court. Cpl, Morley Nicholson, of the Whitby Police Department, told the court that on the ni; of Sept. 11, he had answe a complaint of a Craydon road resident and came upon three youths walking on the street. All three were taken in for question- ing; he said, and Sytnyk was charged after police recovered a five-gallon can filled with gaso- line, a rubber hose leading to a car parked ona lot near an apartment house on Craydon road. Sytnyk said that he really had no reason for stealing gasoline as he had money to buy it. Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck told the court that Sytnyk had a previous record of car theft. The stiff fine or alternative of 30 days in jail followed. The accused was given two weeks in which to pay. ADDITIONAL WHITBY NEWS ON PAGE 13 Receive Approval Of Official Plan The Official Plan Committee advised the Whitby Town Coun. cil at the Monday meeting to prepare the zoning bylaw to im- plement the new Official Plan. The new Official Plan was ap- proved by the Department of Municipal Affairs in Toronto. Two-Way Radio For Fire Truck Whitby's second fire truck will get two-way radio equipment next year. A request that $425 be in- cluded in the 1963 budget by Fire Chief Corner was approved at this week's council meeting. Mr. Corner féels that additional radio equipment would aid the efficiency of the fire depart. ment. Fined $75 For Disturbance A Whitby man, who told an arresting officer that it would be easy for him to strangle the officer has been fined $75 and costs or 10 days in jail for creating a disturbance in a public place by cursing and swearing. Aubrey John King, 28, of 1247 Dundas street east, pleaded guilty to the charge before Magistrate Crawford Guest in Whitby police court on Tuesday. PC Gary Winter, of the Whitby Police Department, said that he attended at the Whitby Community Arena on Sept. 11 following a complaint by arena manager Arthur Moore that a person had been using foul language. The officer said that he was told that King had followed a woman into the ladies' wash- room on two occasions and had been swearing at her. He said that he approached King to question him and King told him it was none of the officers "business. Then, he said, King asked for a ride uptown where his car was parked. PC Winter gave him a ride in the cruiser but the destination turned out to he the\ police station. On the way to the station, PC Witter told the court, King put hands over the seat near his neck and told the offi- cer that it would be easy to strangle him. "That was a crude and un- couth way to treat a_ lady," Magistrate Guest told King as he levied the fine. King was given 10 days to pay the fine. WHITBY DAY-BY-DAY FINED FOR INTOXICATION George Miller, 70, of Picker- ing Township, was fined $10 and costs or five. days in jail when he pleaded guilty before Magistrate Crawford Guest in Whitby police court to a charge of being intoxicated. Chief How- ard Nickling, of Pickering Vil- lage, said that he found Miller at the rear of the village post office on Sept. 16 and would have taken him home but could not find out from the accused where he lived. REMAND QUINTET Five Toronto deaf-mutes were remanded for one week on charges of causing bodily harm to Edward Pollard in Picker- ing Township on Sept. 8. They appeared . before Magistrate Guest in Whitby police court on Tuesday. Charged are Arnold Enman, 21, Raymond Louis Ramsay, 23, Robert Hardy, 22, Harry Bell, 25, and Norman Thompson, 21. Bail was set at $1,000 property or $500 cash. JAILED 14 DAYS Algie Harvey Colquhoun, 43, of Weston, was jailed 14 days by Magistrate Guest. when he was convicted of impaired driv- ing. It was Colquhoun's second |the. St. |sociation should be At the 'September meeting of John the Evangelist) Holy Name Society it was re- solved that arrangements be made for the formation of a >in Catholic Youth Associa-| After much discussion it was decided that the Association would be composed of young people who are permanently employed as well as of those in High School who are at least in Grade 11 and at least 17 years old. The proposed Asso- ciation is to provide social and recreational activities for this age-group. It was pointed out that there are already in existence Par- 'ish organizations for young Catholics below this age and grade. For boys there are the Squires and Senior Scouts; for girls, the Sodality and Girl Guides. it. was proposed further that the facilities of the Parish Hall be' made available to the new group. The members agreed that, while designed for the benefit of young peple of St. John's New Youth Group The motion was introduced by R. Robitaille and seconded by F .Canzy. A committee was formed to plan activities for the new Association. It is com- prised. of the following: J. Ottenbrite, L. Deschenes, -D. Newman, L. Allicock, J.. Wil- liams, F. Le Blanc and B. Hazelton. Included at the meeting was a report given by E. Pochuk on the success of the Nocturnal Adoration conducted on the First Friday of each month; talk on the Retreat movement by P. McCabe; and a discus- sion on the Liturgy led by N. Cormier. The chairman, M. Femia, urged the members present to attend the series of classes on the Catholic Church which was due to begin shortly in the Parish Meeting Room. In his closing address, Father Douglas remarked that it was for him a source of deep satis- faction to see such a large number of men in attendance at the meeting. Their -manifest tn a ee i ee Fire Chief Warns Danger To Children Concern for the safety of Whitby's children playing in the neglected vacant lots in town was expressed by Warren J. Mowat of the Whitby Fire Dept., |p at Whitby Council meeting this week. 5 Mr. Mowat said that grass fires that could be named miniature forest fires could occur in the thick uncut weeds and brush on these lots. He said a|that children are the cause of thost grass fires and because of the lack of judgment on the part of some of the younger children, the probability of serious injury or even death is great. Since Feb. 1 there have been 68 grass fires in Whitby on which the town fire department has spent 74 hours. A bylaw to enforce Mr Mow- at's request that the grass be cut at least two or three times a year is under consideration of the town council. interest, he said, in the activi- ties of the Holy Name Society must result in an increase of Parish, membership in the As- extended to those of neighboring parishes. | Blessings on themselves and ultimately on the whole com- munity. The meeting was end- ed with a prayer. WHITBY PERSONALS The kick-off of the social sea- son for Knights of Columbus Council No. 4895 was a most successful 'Harvest Dance" held last Saturday in St. John the Evangelist parish hall with Mr, Pat Lynch as chairman and Mr, Harry Baxter as co-chair. man. The hall was decorated with a harvest theme. The winners of the prizes were: Mr. and Mrs. Goodall, Mr. Sweet, Mrs. Berg- man, Mrs. M. O'Connor. Mrs. Pat Lynch. Door prize won by Mr. Louis Rousseau Jr., lucky draw by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Canzi, consolation prize won by home baking, Mrs. Alan Mac- Lean and Mrs. Eugene Quan- trill; ticket convener, Mrs. Ol- len-Bittle. Displays are by Mrs. Geoffrey Arnold, antiques, and Mrs. Frank Godden, early Cana- dian furniture. Mr. Karl Gerhardt is cele- brating his birthday today. Best Approve Meters SO A Bn ee ep ~ The Oshawa Times, Wednesday, September 19, 1962 § Fine Dance Operator Violating Lord's Day -- The operator of a Pickering, Township dance hall was Tues- day' fined $25 and costs for providing a _ performance to which an admission was charg- ed on a Sunday. Frank Hib- bert, operator of the Grand Valley Park, appeared before Magistrate Crawford Guest in Whitby Police Court. Similar charges of contra- vening the Lord's Day Act on June 3 and June 1 against Hibbert and his son Robert) were adjourned until Nov. 20 by His Worship. Crown Attor- ney Bruce Affleck told he court that defence counsel Gor- don Wetstein planned to appeal Tuesday's conviction, hence the long adjournment on the other two charges. PC John Found, of the Pick- ering Township Police Depart- ment, said that on Sunday, May 2, he had visited the Grand Valley Park and found from 250 to 300 persons inside, most of them dancing to music from| viding a record player. - He said that Hibbert first told him that the admission For Hall Lot The installation of parking meters on the parking lot at the corner of Green and Colborne streets was approved by the Whitby Town Council this week. Approximately 40 of the new meters are to be installed on the old town hall lot. The double - headed meters cost $143.44 each and are to be paid for over a period of five years using 50 per cent of the revenue collected from them. wishes are extended to Mr. Ger- hardt from his friends. Mr. and Mrs. G. Hendriks and children John and Jacqueline spent a week at a cottage at Sharbot Lake during their re- FREE Have your furnace cleaned free this summer and guaranteed trouble- free all winter, if you purchase "White Rose" a ied fuel oil from Western Oil DIAL 725-1212 cent vacation. Mr. and Mrs, Morgan O'Connor, Mrs. Lionel Flowers, Centre street south, is celebrating her birthday today, Best wishes are offered to Mrs. Flowers from her many friends. Miss Diane Goodman left re- cently for Waterloo, where she has accepted the position of Music Supervisor with the sep- arate school board of that city. Kirk, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Fleming is celebrating his sixth birthday today. His friends wish him many happy returns of the day. Doctor and Mré. Arved Ashby returned to their home in She- boygan, Wisconsin, after spend- ing a week with Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ward. Mrs. Mae Ashby re- turned to her home with them after spending the summer in Sheboygan with Doctor and Mrs. Ashby. St. Mark's United Church Women, Whitby, are holding an antique tea and home baking on Friday, Sept. 28 from 3 to 5 p.m, and 7 till 9 p.m. at the Assembly Hall. General con- vener is Mrs. Charles Hoag, assisted hy tea conveners Mrs. T. Brandon and Mrs. G. Juby; OBITUARY REEVES' ARTISTS SUPPLIES -- et-- DODD & sa, PAINT AND WALLPAPER STORE MO 8-5231 107 BYRON ST. S.--WHITBY | Family Monuments Individual &b Requirements STAFFORD BROS. MONUMENTS 318 DUNDAS EAST MO 8-3552 Created To pl ote dance pavilion was 75 ts per person but later ex- plained that admission to the park was 75 cents. In his own defence, Hibbert claimed that the 75-cent ad- ito the dance. These nights, he mission was paid at the park gates. The dance hall was open,type to all who entered the park, he said, and ail he did was supply the record machine. He said that only on nights Sunday performances |: included in the townships by- Ww, The conviction followed. when an orchestra was sup- plied did he charge admission said, were work nights. He also told the court that he employed men 'to keep things in line around the dance pavilion" on Sunday night dances. Defence counsel Wetstein was cut short by Magistrate Guest when he submitted that his interpretation of the Lord's Day excluded Sunday after- noon. : The township, in a referen- dum, last year approved the- atrical performances, moving pictures, drive-in theatres, con- certs and lectures be held on Sunday. Mr. Wetstein said that pro- the music might be in- terpreted as providing a con- cert. "Some feel modern music could be termed a concert," he said. ""The music was there and people just wanted to. get up and dance.' 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JAMES EDWIN KERR A native of Brooklin, Mr. James Edwir:-Kerr died at his home in Airdrie, Alberta, on Sept. 6 Mr. Kerr, who was in his 79th year, was born in Brooklin and moved west to the New Brigden district in 1910. He was a mem- ber of the Odd Fellows Lodge and the United Church in Air- drie. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mathilde Victoria Kerr, one daughter, Mrs. Francis Margaret Shaw of Airdrie, a brother, Mr, John Kerr of Transcona, Manitoba and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 10- Interment was in the Airdrie Cemetery. NEW METHOD LONDON (CP) -- Hovercraft may -soon be ferrying cars across the Thames. The Port of London Authority and unions| connected with river traffic have held talks, and stretches of the river have been mapped such conviction. He was charg- ed after PC James McDonald, of the Whitby Detachment of the OPP, observed his driving through Oshawa on Highway 401 on July 28. WHITBY "MADISON BROCK Evening Shows at 6.55 & 8.20 p.m. Last Complete Show 8.20 AVENUE" Storring DANA ANDREWS -- ELEANOR PARKER | STARTS AT 8.25 P.M. BATS BEWILDER COLEHILL, England (CP)-- Bats swooping from the belfry are disrupting services at an Anglican church in this Dorset village. The distraught vicar, appealing for advice, said "they completely ruin services by making us dart and duck to avoid them: It's all most dis- tracting and undignified." night. out as high-speed lanes. ¢ St. John Ambulance FIRST AiD COURSE Starting Monday, Sept., 24 AT : KING ST. PUBLIC SCHOOL AT 7:30 P.M. Any Whitby or district residents interested in this 8-week course in First Aid invited to enroll Monday Course sponsored by the Whitby Chamber of Commerce GORDON RICHARDS, President CHARLES STAFFORD, Chairman St. John Ambulance Courses WE MANUFACTURE PRECAST CONCRETE SEPTIC TANKS Approved for all municipal and township by-laws. 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