WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20,1977, PAGE 5 been removed but I tigured it was probably water running down from the pipes in the house. Still, it bothered me and so 1 quickly moved to get the tap back together even though il was still hours until the time when they even said the water would be turned back on again. Everything went back together without a problem and I went back to the bedroom to change for work. On the way by the bathroom I forgot about the water being off as I stopped in to give rny hands a quick wash. I did and as I was drying them on the towel I realized to my horror that the water was indeed now back on and I must have put my main shutoff tap back together just seconds befre the water came on. I felt faint all the way to work. It didn't help when I noticed a story in the Globe about flash floods soinewhere. And then there always would have been the problem of trying to explain to the P.U.C. how my tap happened to be disassembled whenifthe water came on, not to mention having to ask the fire department for the loan of some water pumps. This, week the house doesn't shake but my nerves sure do. If you stop to think about it there could be worse places to live than riglit on the San Andreas Fault. Living there for long enough you gradually accept the fact that some day three shelves full of dishes might be reduced to one shelf full on the bottom of the cupboard and your two storey house might wind up as one storey. But, there could be worse places to live, like next to a road which is being completely torn up for sewers. When the first tremor hit one recent morning I thought maybe it was just my water bed settling. Then I could hear a glass start to rattle on the dresser and except for the familiar surroundings I began to suspect I wasn't at home. After assuring myself that I was indeed in my own little domicile I jumped out of bed - well maybe not a jump, let's say I slid out quicker than I usually do. The slide was helped my an even stronger surge of tremors. On my way past the kitchen I could hear a veritable symphony of sounds of everything rattling and jingling and it was only when I got out the front door and saw the great machinery that I realized the sewers had been put in the roadway and equipment were now replacing the dirt with sand andusing rolling and compacting equipment with vibrators to pack the new sand down around the just-installed pipes. At times the whole house appeared ready to move not to mention how nerve wracking it was to put a cup on the kitchen counter while reading the paper and a couple of minutes go to pick it up again only to discover it has vibrated clear across the counter and was on the verge of falling off onto the floor. No matter how you look at it there just isn't anything nice you can say about the atmosphere created by sewers and roadwork going on in the neighbourhood. The noise, dust, truck traffic, horns of the food wagon and early morning start-up are all things destined to make you want to stop lounging around the house and quickly get to work. But the other morning all this mess appeared to have a small advantage. A construction worker came to the front door and informed me they would be shutting off the water shortly until after lunch for repair work and adding of new pipes and if I needed water please get it as soon as possible. I was about to depart for work anyway so it didn't mean much to me except when I went to brush my teeth.th'ere was no water. I hadn't moved quickly enough. However the tap yielded a last few drips and as I stood there watching them fall out of the tap I suddenly remembered my main water line shutoff tap and how for years when I wanted to shut the water off in the house to change a tap washer the main line shutoff tap would never quite shut the water off completely and was always stiff to turn. "Perhaps it needs a new washer and some lubrication", I thought and what better opportunity to do it than now ail the water was shutoff in the neighbourhood. I checked another tap to assure myself the water was really off and went to work. The shutoff tap was buried in junk so it took a while to clean out around it. Then it took more time to find a wrench that would fit eventually but I did and within a couple of minutes I had the tap apart. As I pulled the innards out for inspection I had a sickening feeling about what would happen if the workers up the street were to suddenly now turn the water back on. The vision into the future was so disastrous I didn't even want to think about the eventuallity. The washer looked okay so I cleaned it up and got some oil for the shaft and eventually got it working much better. I noticed water running out of the hole where the parts had COOPER'S PLACE LEASE EXPIRES JULY 30TH EVERYTHING MUST GO Books, Fixtures, China Cabinets, Rugs, Coins, Jewellry, Antiques, and much more. No reasonable offer will be refused. Tennis racquets reg. $12.98 now $ 4.98 reg. now Socks $1.25 a pair .25 t a pair Thank you for your support over the past year. Cooper's Place 103 Brock St. S. 668-1856 Open 10 - 5 Set 101 6 In house on Taunton Road Church school will open in September A new church school wil a house on i be opened by the Fundamen- a school to tal Baptist Church in Whitby, students fror starting in September. Grade 12. The church recently pur- chased a two-acre tract of The Fund land on Taunton Road, half a School is the mile east of Thickson Road, Pastor Bob and will spend the remainder started his c of the summer rennovatang two years a Busy sburgars ir Several breakins occurred in Whitby during the past week. One hundred and ninety five dollars in cash was taken from the home of Robert L. Simpson, 929 Donovan Crescent, on July I1, police said. The house was unlocked and unattended at the time of the theft, according to police. Ene property into accommodate 60 m Kinderarten to amental Christian latest project for Kirkland, who hurch in Whitby go. Already 40 town A silver tea set, valued at $280, was stolen from the basement storage area of the home of Muriel F. MacKay, 425 Dundas Street East on July 11, police reported. Police said that $2000 worth of items were stolen from the residence of Donald Stevens of Cedarbrook Trail, Brooklin, on July 12. Clinie attendance down Attendance at last Wednes- day's Red Cross blood donor clinic was down a bit because of industrial holidays and bad weather, but a reasonably good showing was made, reports chairman Mrs. Joyce Cox. Mrs.Coxsaid 274donations were received at the Legion Hall, about average for July but considerably less than last year's record total of 361. A second blood donor clinic will be held at Cottage Seven at the Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital on July 21 from noon to 5 p.m. Directions to the location will be clearly marked on the hospital grounds. Donors must be between the ages of 18 and 65 and weigh more than 110 pounds. No medication should be taken for at least 24 hours before giving blood. Local boxer seeks title Paul Humphreys, 15, of 204 Craydon Road, will be competing for the Canadian Boxing Championship at Prince Edward Island, July 29 to 31. Paul will be competing in the Junior category for ages 15 and 16, 90 to 95 pounds. A member of the Whitby Boxing Club. Paul already has a considerable number oi championships to his credit. In August 1976, he won a silver medat in the Ontario Championships in Sudbury, for 90 to 95 pounds. In North Bay in February 1977, he . won a gold medal in boxing at the Ontario Winter Garmes. children are enrolled. Mr. Kirkland operated a school for elementary school age children in 1976-77, and in two years his church congre- gation has grown from six people to 306. Mr. Kirkland intends in the future to purchase land adjacent to the school for the erection of a permanent church building. Currently he rents space in a local school for his Sunday services. The new school to open in the fall will contain two classrooms--"one for those learning to read and the other tor those reading to learn", says Mr. Kirkland. The students will learn the traditional arts and science subjects, he says, but the curriculum is based on Bible Scripture and "God's point of view". Five teachers will be hired for the school, says Mr. Kirkland. Tuition is $500 for the first child and a declining amount for subse- quent children for the same family. Mr. Kirkland may be con- tacted at 668-4218 for further information on his Funda- mental Christian School. Askus about you Come and tell us what you're looking for in a job. Tell us what you are today and what you want to be tomorrow. Ask us if we can offer opportunities and challenges to match your needs. Noobligations on either side. We'll be glad to talk. And we may have just what you're looking for. But you'il never know until you ask. Visit our Mobile Recruiting Unit Canada Manpower Centre OSHAWA WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 27, 1977 10:00 a.rn. - 3:00 p.m. THE -eC-.,CANADIAN ARMED FORCES. Give us adue! Are you listed incorrectly in the phone book? If so, please tell us now! We are getting ready to print the new book. 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