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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, March 16, 1972, Page 5 Town Could Have Continuing Sunmer-Long Theatre THE IURE OF Enthused and energetic plans, which have already aroused the interest of the Toronto news media, maybe the harbin- gerfor a summer-long, continuing, live theatre for the County Town. Mentioned by Mayor in inaugural address T The proposed indoor, outdoor t h eatre, first aliuded to by Mayor Des Newman in th i s year's inaugural ad- d r ess, would be governed by a Whitby group Board of Directors. To operate on a $50, 000 budget, of which $5, 000 is being asked of the mun- icipality for repairs to the Sir John A. Macdonald Theatre, the theatre woul d be s t a g e d b y a t a i ented group of young p e ople from York University who have p e r f ormed at the Annual County Town Carnival during the past two years. 40 live perfonnances In aI I , thi rty-one people, eight of w h o m w o ul1d be Whitby apprentices, will be involved in a presentation of 40 I i v e performances, comprising shows separately geared to attract adult and children audiences. The theatre, which will be in oper- a t i on 5 days a week, will embrace art appreciation and workshop classes for th ose who are presently invoived with the Town's Recreation Depar tment Drama classes. Application to "Opportunities for Youth" P e n d i ng approval on a request for grant from the Opportunities for Youth P r o g ram, the theatre is being organ- i zed by Al ain Goldfarb, who approached councilMonday night for a $5,000 rep- airs grant. C xtensive repairs Il T o do a professional job, we need p r o fessional surroundings, nlGoldfarb Police Chief William Pilkington dis- c I o sed that a reward has been offered after a recent shooting. He said to the Free Press, "The Board of Cômmiss- ionersofPolice for the Town of Whitby and the management of the Spruce Villa Hotel have authorized me to offer a re- ward in the amount of $300 for informat- ion leading to the arrest and conviction of the person, or persons responsible f or the discharging of a firearm which w o un d e d a young girl at 12:45 on the morning of the 5th of March. " The girl wounded in the shooting was I 7 -year-ol d, high school student, Ann Parish of Dufferin Street, Whitby. Mystery car light blue Pontiac MissParishwho is a student at Henry Street High School had entered the hotel CARPETS and FURNITURE CLEANED IN YOUR HOME Duraclean byBrant 40 Mc Lauyqhiin Bl v0 Oshawa 728-5626 * No messy soaking * No harsh scrubbing *Furnishings ready for use same day PHONE FOR FREE ESTIMATE explained to council on Monday. "Right no w the theatre is an empty shell, " he said, adding that the group, if succes- fui would fill the courthouse theatre. Inorder to put the theatre in opera- t I onal condi tion, Mr. Goldfarb and his board of governors, suggested reinfor- cing the stage flooring, increasing the sizeof existing dressing rooms and the areafor building scenery, which would double as storage area, and the instal- I a t i on of wiring to accommodate basic stage lighting between the balcony and stage. "I t would be folly on the part of the town to turn down the opportunity to have the Sir John A Macdonald Theatre used by know1 edgeable people, Il voiced an approving Tom Edwards. Hewas supported by Councillor Dr. K. C. Hobbs who expressed the opinion t h at the town wouId now get some good use out of the theatre. Counci 1llor Hobbs as commi ttee chairman, spearheaded the c e n t e n n i ai project which al tered the former judges' chamber to what is now the Sir John A Macdonald Theatre. Budget discussions On a motion put forward by Council- I or Robert Attersley, Mr. Goldfarb's request for towngrant was moved to the following evening's budget discussion. The only similar operation to the one beingproposed for the town, isOshawa's Little Theatre, said to be composed by Mr. Goldfarb of 30% Whitby residents. The threatre group, when in opera- tion, hopes to draw these Whitby peop- le back, and if successful, will split 5 0 % o f all profits with the Community Centre Board. only a few minutes previous to the shoot- i ng. As she was on her way out of the hotel, shestopped at the door to talk to some friends. A light blue or metallic b 1lue 1 965 or 66 P on tiac pulled up in front of the hotel and one of its occup- an t s fired two shots from what is bel- ieved to be a 410-bore shotgun. Mi ss Parish was struck in the head by shotgun pellets and a nearby plate glass door was shattered. She was taken to the Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital in Whitby where she was treated for head wounds. "ain act against the hotel" Police had earl ier stated the shooting "had no rhyme or reason 1. Police now th ink Miss Parish was an innocent by- s ta n d e r and Chief Pilkington stated, "Wefeel this was not an act against the girl but rather against the establishment of the Spruce Villa Hotel." Active Clothes For The * Lively Ones Adam & Eve • UNISEX FASHIONS WHITBY MAIL • ANTIQUES by Hlien ingram Dld t he advance 1n the design of kitchen tools toward the end of the last century lead to the em- anc i pation of women, or did the emancipation of women create the market that led to the design of better tool s ?. . . That question i s a little like the one about the chicken and egg - not likely to be resolved. How grandmother coped For those who are stimulated by such questions let us consi der for awhile, the number of food stuffs-that our grandmothers had to gather, clean, pick and preserve for their own use. We who only have to go to the supermarket to find what is need- ed, do not real i ze how our pre-packaged, pre-tes- t e d fo od has fréed us from the eternal drudgery t h a t k e pt women in the ki tchen, and servants of their familles for generations. Not evervone had a I adie's maid or a full staff of servants, but al- most everyone had a hired girl, untrained but wil- ling to learn, andwith this assistance most house- wives had to manage. Management involved the usual household clean- ing tasks that take place daily, plus child care, and gardening. If the family kept chickens, and many town familles did, care of those fell to the house- wife too. Nature's Bounty Apart from the vegetables that they grew, they al so took advantage of whatever bounty nature pro- vi ded, and this came usually in the form of wild herbs. The men, of course, hunted, but that pro- vided a welcome relief from the chores, and then they left the preparation of the meat to the women. Food p r e p a r ation then, end i ts p'-eservation w a s m p o r t antan d the eqiptmnent for doingthe- work was cumbersome and awkward to use. Cooking over the fire T h e i r o n cooking pots and brass preserving k e t t I e s that we r e g ard with such fondness now rnust have been very heavy indeed when they were filledwithcooking food. Can we even begin to lm- -agine whàt it must have been like to stir with a wooden spoon a stew in an Iron pot slung from the end of an Iron crane, over a roaring fire? How did t h ey k eep those iong skirts out of the emb- e r s ? Weil, if we c an imagine that, perhaps we can also imagine with what delight they must have welcomed the iron cookstove. Picking fruit Picking fruit was likely to be an all-day family excursion whereeveryone worked and the barrels and baskets of apples were carried home, there to be sorted and stored in various ways. Some were dried, others were packed in containers and stored in the root cel lar. Still1 others became applesauce, and the less perfect ones went into apple pies for immediate use. The advent of that homely Ii ttie tool, the ap p1 e p eeler, must have been received with great pleasure, because the use of one reduced the preparation time. They are still a very useful tool. foranyonewhoprepares apple pies in quantity for the freezer. Berry picking B e r r y p i c k ing was one of the more pleasant chores connected with food preservation, a sunny day and apicnic lunch carried along>added greatly ta the occasion, and enough berries could be pic- ked in aday to last the family for some time. There were at least two ways of preserving them, one of w h ich r equired a succession of sunny day s and c ons ta nt w atching by the cook. Until the weed contrai programmes destroyed them, berriles grew p r o f u s e iy everywhere in the province, and any am bitious persan could gather some, just for the pleasureof enjoying their wiId flavour and having an outing that was a del ightful depar tur e from dai ly r ou t in e. Blueberries, w4er e ta be had, usually f r om t he Indians who peddl ed them, and ai ways seemed ta have particularly sweet ones, although they coul d not be per sudaded to clivulge the location of the patch. rtnae2 /nom on WIT' MALL 723-5261 2 WK. SPRING SPECIAL. ON PERMS REG. SPEC. Mon., Tues, and Wed. $10.50 $8.50 For the Month $12.50 $10.50 of $15.00 $12.50 March $0. oo00 $1.00 Appointments are required We are open 6 days a week for your convenience REWARD OFFERED IN SHOOTING INCIDENT Mý"l F-awàmqwu