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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Wednesday, June 30th, 1971, Page 3 THIS WEEK LAST WEEK Council Turns Homeowner Out and Million Says Dollar Deve loper Re-eve accuses "How many more can we put in this saturated area? l, Reeve Tom Edwards challenged council in a second bid a- gainst the controversial automotive ser- vice centre approved in principle along wi th the $6 million development pro- posed by Consolidated Building Corp- oration last week. Mr. Edwards, basing his argument against the centre "on the existing ser- vice stations struggling in an already saturatederea, asked council how these s t a t i on s were expected to keep thei r h e ad s above economic water. "There are fifty stations in the area now", he reminded council. 'lit is a sad duty to sit in your chair and have to say no to the man coming to council asking permission to exten'd thebuildingofhis home, Mr. Mayor, he Ye s to the addressed Mr. Newman, ci ting the rec- cent case of a resident who vvas turned down by the town because of a septic tank. "We turn a guy out of his home and say sure to the $6 million developer", he bes e t fellow councillors in-an ap- peal to have them rescind their motion of last week. The motion to rescind was lost in a 7 to 3 vote. t Plans Underway for International World Plowing Match At the regul ar meeting of the Ontario County Council a letter was received by the council from the Ontario County Agricultural representative. In his let- terH. Ivan Bell, Professional Agricul- turalist stated that he had been named secretary and acting treasurer of the Steering Committee preparing for the International and World Plowing Mat- ches. Russell Morrisonof R. R. # 2, Beav- erton was elected Chairman of the steer- ing committee during the meeting held in Uxbridge in June. At that time the committees named by the Ontario County Council and the North and South Ontar io Plowmen's Associations met in the Dep- artment of Agriculture and Food Board Room and establ ished a "Steering Com- mittee to begin planning for the Inter- national and World Plowing Matches to be held in Ontario County in 1975. The Ontario County Council1 has des- ignated $1, 000 for the Match. Some of the funds will be used for promotional purposes and the Steering Commi.ttee " is planning to start some promotion this year". Anyone wishing to contact the secre- tary may do so by telephone or letter: H. Ivan BelI, P. Ag. , Agricultural Rep- resentative, Ontario County, Box 309, Uxbridge, Ontario. The office telephone number is 852-3132. The last time the International and World Plowing Match was held in Ontario County was in 1956 on the Heber Down Farm in Brooklin. The event attracted thousands of peop- le to the area which was blessed with fine weather during the International and World Plowing Match Week. County Town Carniva Girls aged 16 to 19 in- clusive, who reside in Whitby are being invited again this year to run for County Town Carn- ival Queen. "Poise and personal- ity will be given great consideration,I" said John Mcivor, chairman of the carnival queen contest which is spon- sored by Branch 112 of the Royal Canadian Leg- ion. "This is not meant to be a beauty contest, " he said, "but rather to pick aqueenwho is symbolic of the girls of Whitby. " "Ilt's a fun thing to give the giris an opportunity to participate in the car- nival, "he added. "In the words of the contestants, it is a lot of fun. " Posters and entry forms are available in many places of business in the town, and entry forms are to be mailed to Mr. Mcivor at the LegionHall, Byron St. South. Judging takes place July 28at8-p. m. , fol- lowed July 30 by pres- entations and a dance at 9 p. m. Last year there were 1 1 entries and nine finalists. Although the judging is scheduled to take place inthe Legion Hall, Mr. Mcivor is looking for lar- ger accomodation. "Last year we were rather overcrowded " hesaid, whennearly300 persons turned out for theevent, leaving many s tanding outs ide and look- ing through the windows. When Mayor Desmond Newman arrived,he cou Id not get in the front door and had to be es- corted through the back way, " he said. "The responses have far exceeded our expect- ations each year and we are hoping for a bigger carnival queen contest in this our sixty year," said Mr. McIvor. The r a i n gauge at the sewage treatment plant in- dicated that 3. 2 in- c h e s of rain fell during Sunday ni g h t 's 1lightning storm. Se w e r backups in 117 or 8 homes on Donevan Cresc. 2 or 3 in the Brock an d Front Street area, and I or 2 in isolated occuran- ces were brought to the attention of council in an en- gineer's report. As a resul1 t of the storm, said to be the worst in memory by Whitby f a rmers, bridges on. sideroad 18/19 on Concession 7 were washed out, the Brock Street pumping station struck by 1lightning resul ting in a blow out in electrical panels-and a flood in the station. Wh i tby firemen were up all night because of the sev- ere storm. Fire Chief Ed- w ard Crouch re- ported that a boit of 1 i ghtning en- tered the com- m un i c ation room of the fire station about 11:30 p. m. If the rods hadn't bbeen grounded, peoplein the room would have been injured, or worse , he said • 'y- - v - *- h d*g ol t si et. Renault says "conifort is our thing, nake it yours" and Renault delivers! 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