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The Liberal, 19 Jun 1974, p. 28

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28 There Were two fatal motor accidents in the area last week. Killed were Marc Robi- taille, 21. of RR 3, Wood- bridge and Helen DeWitt, 65, of Whitchurch - Stouffville. Two Killed In Rare Mishaps Mr. Robitaille was killed when he collided with a northbound CP passenger train at a level crossing on Rutherford Road, west of Highway 27, June 16, about 7 pm. He was killed instantly. Mrs. DeWitt was killed when her own car ran over her. June 13. Charles Dickens’ immortal classic “Oliver Twist” was presented in dramatized form to capacity houses at Walter Scott School June 17, 18 and 19- by pupils of .Mrs. Shiela Ziedenberg’s grade 6 class. Proceeds from the event will go to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. One of the dramatic scenes as Oliver is punished was From The Police Blotter Police said that the woman collapsed after getting out of her car on Main Street in Whitchurch - Stouffville. The vehicle began moving back- ward in a circle and the front wheel passed over Mrs. DeWitt's body. A passerbyV stopped the car and the woman was taken to York County Hospital where she died about 35 minutes later. A husband and wife died within minutes of each other just after making a stop with their car on Highway 7, June 13, about 9:45 pm. Police said that Kathleen and William Smith. 60 and 65. respectively, of Lakefield, Ontario. were en route home from their son's place in Unionville when they pulled into a parking lot at the Bank of Commerce on High- way 7. Mrs. Smith suffered a heart attack and Mr. Smith got out of the car to assist her. only to suffer a heart attatck also. They were pronounced dead at Scarboro Centenary Hospital. A 12-year-old boy who told police he was out to scare a bully. has been arrested for being in possession of a weapon dangerous to the public. His father faces charges of having an unregistered fire- Police said the youth had been riding around Aurora on his bike. pointing the gun, a 9 milimetre. semi-automatic pistol at his friends and pulling the trigger. The gun had seven live shells in the magazine, but the youth was unable to get any live rounds into the chamber. The boy told police that he had done the same sort of thing before. Donald Huston, 53. of 21 Browning Crescent Aurora. faces the unregistered fire- arm charge. In Markham. police have arrested a juvenile for the THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, n.7qu 884-52" METRO WIDE DELIVERY safeway plaza, 330 yonge st. north, richmond hill. weddings 0 f1 corsages 0 p centrepieces dried arrangements fruit baskets dangerous use of a firearm, following the shooting of a nine-year-old boy with a pellet gun. Police said the boy, Robert Evans, 9, of Main Street North, was struck with a .177 calibre pellet, which doctors at Centenary Hospital in Scarboro, were later unable to remove. The marksman had been practising shooting in a ra- vine hear Joseph Street when the other boy came by. | 'Two men face charges of criminal negligence, follow- ing a race down Kipling Avenue in Woodbridge. June 11, which wound up in an accident. injuring two people. Police said the accident occurred when James McKee. 22, of Brampton, driver of one of the cars, lost control of his vehicle and smashed into a hydro pole. The car was completely wrecked and both McKee and his passenger, Nancy Collins, 17, of Woodbridge, were taken to York Finch Hospital with serious injuries. Oliver Twist At Walter Scott School Driver of the other car was Luis Diaz, 19. of Cambridge. Massachusetts. Two youths. who escaped from custody in Newmarket. June 13. had a short-lived freedom. Police arrested Fred Tel- lier. 18. of Newmarket and William Conrad, 18, of To- ronto, in a house in New- market. about four hours after they had pushed a police attendant out of the way while he was placing four prisoners in a police van. land fled. The two were handcuffed to each other at the time. Joyce Winn, operator of the Corner Store. Keele Street. Maple, told police a man robbed her of $55 to $65 at knife point. after buying $1 worth of goods, about 2.15 pm, June 11. Up the steet a little farther in Concord, thieves broke into the post office at 7700 Keele. and made off with $6,000 in stamps. The Pinecrest Speedway proved costly for two people last week. Barbara Littleford. Don Mills. had her purse stolen from under her feet, while sitting in the grandstand. June 15, between 10 and 10:30 pm. The purse, minus $30. was recovered later in the parking lot. That same evening. Michael Auld. Etobicoke. had two Ontario, Wednesday, June funerals plants tires removed from his car while it was sitting on the 19, 1914 captured by our camera above. Left to right are: Jennifer Straumann, Douglas Keith and Donna Legge (boys), Karen Mahon as the Artful Dodger, Lind Lord as Fagan, Donna Fraser as Nancy, Diane Close as Charlie, Anthony Davis as Oliver and Warren Coombs as Bill Sykes. Most unusual call for police was when they were asked to help bring in a lion, June 13 in Newmarket. Pinecrest parking 1th The animal, a seven-month. ISO-pound tame lion. belong- ing M. J. Staunton. RR 1, Ravenshoe, had escaped from his cage and was wandering around Newmarket. He was located about five hours late and members of the Humane Society subdued him with a couple of tran- quilizers the lion was then taken to the Society's shelter in Aurora for observation. (Photo by Ron Fawn) RICHMOND HEIGHTS CENTRE RICHMOND HILL 0 884-440] Open Thursday & Friday Evenings ’til 9 East End Addition Allencourt Plaza An upgrading of an exist- ing site plan agreement for an extension of the building at Allencourt Plaza was re~1 commended to council by Richmond Hill planning com- mittee June 12. The original agreement was for an addi- tion to the IGA end of the plaza, The amended agree- ment is to permit an addition at the other end of the plaza instead. It calls entire p2 menting buffer to planting intervals Road fro of a com It calls for repaving of the entire parking lot, supple- menting of the landscaping buffer to the west and north, planting of trees at 20 foot intervals along the Markham Road frontage and addition of a couple of planters. Also included is a concrete curb on the east side of the property Carrville Road Work To Cost $258,510 Reconstruction of Cari-ville Road between Yonge Street and Plaisance Avenue was approved by Richmond Hill Council at its June 10 meet- ing. On recommendation of Commissioner of Works Ber- nard Toporowski the contract was awarded to Warren Bitu- lithic Limited in the amount of $258,510.31. This was the lowest tender of seven re- ceived. the highest being $294,610.50. In addition to the contract price there will be the fees of Consulting Engineers Mar- shall. Macklin, Monaghan. Part of this cost will be paid by BAIF. The engineer's estimate of the cost of the project was $330,000. The successful tenderer is at present employed in sur- facing the parking lot at Hill- crest Mall, to the north of Carrville Road. 1‘s‘i V‘ \q \\ Vy VtVQ wt ,\ a WW” 9% W Reynolds Aluminum 25 Year Guarantee J. MIESKE ALUMINUM PRODUCTS EAVESTROUGH Estimates call 884-8945 FACIA Free FOR

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