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kuuuuumuuuuwwmuuuuwuuuuuuwuuuwwwy:mumsrmumumwwuuwwuuwwwwwwwwwwumunassuming:wwwwuwmuwwwwwwuwmuuuwuuuwfl 7mmmuumnumummuumuun“nunuunmmmmmmw mmmmmum\mmmmmmImu“mummmuunuuumlm The residential lots each have a frontage of 60 feet and both are 149 feet in depth. They were purchas- ed (as well as the Dunlop property fronting on Duf- ferin Street) as a school site by the Richmond Hill Roman Catholic School Board some years ago. With a county system being introduced five years ago, the property was found to be no longer needed for this purpose and the present board dc~ cided to offer it for sale. Catenaro will be paying $62,000 for the two lots. The board ratified this decision at itsOecember 4 meeting. Mario Catenaro of Rich- mond Hill was the success- ful tenderer for the two lots on Bedford Park Aw» nue offered for sale last month by the York County Roman Catholic School Board. Tenders ranged from $10,000 to $31,000 per lot, according to the board’s Administrator Per- cy Laframboise. Two Lots Bring $62,000 He had many friends and acquaintances in this area and was much involved in community affairs while a local resident. Their later home on Church Lane. Cran- berry House, was constructed of lSO-year-old Quebec Pine and was a Qanadian show- place opened once a year for charity. His second wife was the former Mrs. Jean Drew of Thornhill who died about nine years ago. They resided more than 10 years in Thorn- hill before moving to Sterling Forest New York, where Watson-Watt was associated with several companies as a scientific advisor to an ency- clopedia publisher at Santa Barbara. California. where they also maintained a home. A world famous former resident of John Street and Church Lane in Thomhill died Wednesday of last week. He was Sir Robert Watson- Watt, 81, inventor of radar, the device credited more than any other for Allied success in World War II. Inventor Of Radar Resided Over IO Years In Thornhill Sir Robert Watson-Watts Dies KNIGHTED IN 1942 Watson-Watts was knighted Born in Brechin, Scotland, he was considered one of the greatest scientific brains of World War 11. Many col- leagues gave him credit for inventing the foremost wea- pon in the Battle of Britain. IN BUSINESS HERE The son of an impoverished Scottish carpenter, he dis- covered radar while working on the idea of a death ray in 1934. He died after a lengthy illness in a nursing home at Invemess, Scotland. in 1942 by King George VI for the invention of radar. In 1946 he received the Medal For Honor from the United States government, the highest U.S. award for a non-citizen civilian, Sir Rob- ert once received a speeding ticket when caught in a radar trap on Highway 401 near Port Hope while on the way with his wife to be guest speaker at Queen’s Univers- ity. He casually mentioned the incident during his speech. a new story picked up by every news service in the world. After the war he settled In 1952 he was advisor on northern radar defense for the Canadian Defense Re- search Board. Just before World War [I he risked Nazi arrest by going to Germany as a spy to test British suspi- here, establishing scientific companies in Montreal and business interests in Toronto. He was married three times. After the death of Jean Drew in 1964 he returned to Brit- ain where he married Air Chief Commandant Dame Katherine Forbes in 1966. Local Groups or Organizations wishing to request a grant for 1974 from the Richmond Hill Parks and Recreation Committee can get the necessary Grant Forms from: Mr. A. White Administrator Parks and Recreations 56 Yonge Street North Richmond Hill, Ontario N 0 T | C E TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL Funeral service for Sir Robert was held at Craig- Venain Hospital in Inverness with a later service to be at Holy Trinity Church in Pitt- lochry where he is to be buried. The Royal Air Force was to hold a memorial serv- ice in London. cions that Hitler was devel- oping a radar net of his own He is survived here by two step-children, Mrs. Douglas Reburn of Willowdale and journalist Tony Drew of Newmarket. . The Town’s Administrative Offices and Works Yard will be open for business on Saturday, December 15th, 1973 to 12 o’clock noon and will close on Friday, December let, 1973 at 5 pm. and open on Thursday morning, December 27th, 1973 at the usual time. Holiday Hours TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, iscover Sna Free booklet with complete course details and other information: call 884-9901 This January, discover Seneca College's King Campus. . . and explore Ih'e underwater world through part-time courses starting January 8. Register now in basic skin and scuba diving, seminars in photography. marine biology, hydrarcheology. commercial diving and salvage techniques. UNDERWATER WORLD OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY DUHIRIN \Hllll NORIH RR! ||N(.(||V ()NIARIU W‘V‘lll 3 Dec. 13, 1973