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CIRCLE TAXI 128, BROCK ST. N. WHITBY, ONT. 663-6666 24 11R5. Vol'. 3, No. 48 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1973 Ibis blazing inferno was the view travelers on D'Hiler and Cochrane streets although compietely gutted was for- the buili St. had when they looked east last Saturdayafternoon. The tunately deserted. Whitby Fire Fighters put out an carier Burgess. Holiday Faim House on Rossiand Road between D'Hillier tire at- this locatiofi but received this cati too late to save 44 '44 The Chief Administrative Offîcer of the new region will be Bill Manning the pie- sent administrator of Ontario. Mr. Manning will earn (af- ter Jan. 1) $32,000. a year out over Frank Maison (fin. ance commissioner and trea- surer of Oshawa) and John Kruger (administrator for Me- tro Toronto) at a recent regional council meeting. the Central Ontario Joint Planning Board, won out ov- er Whitby planning director Dr. Mofeed Michael as the new regional conimissiofler of planning and development. FinuJohns. HiliIdle Mai- nor administrator, was ap- pointed regional social ser- vices commissioner. Bob Richardson (comm. issioner of planning and dev- elopment for Oshawa) won out over Bill Twelvettees (co- unty engineer) for the job of commissioner of public wor- ks. J. Gartley from the in- istry of Treasury, Econom- ics, and Intergovernmental Affairs was appointed--as the regional finance commission- er. These departmental coi- missioners will start at an annual salary of $29,O00O0 each. ini his new job that ne won illIiI , i rcturui L> JUè US1,ILIIaMLi Drug Problom Threatens Whitby : The town of Whitby could be headed for a serious drug problem. Tbis was the sentiment expounded by Whitby Police Detective Anthony Wozniak at a recent Whitby Lions Club banquet meeting. The detective, guest speaker for the occasion, stressed the need for constant vigilance on the part of everyone, particularly parents of public school children. Detective Wozniak said he was greatly concerned about the threat to the children who were not aware of the dangers involved with drug addiction. The guest speaker said parents were not ta king the danger in a serious enough manner. On many occasions, parents were shocked to know the police had come to investigate or search their homes. In too many instances the police find marijuana plants growing in the basement of homes. Tue plant resembie an ordinary tomato plant, the detectîve explained. "It doesn't have tomatoes growing on it however and it's pretty deadly", he said. "Parents just can't accept the fact their children could be growing "grass"~, he said. -Tihe leaves and flowers are used for smoking. Dark greenish in color something like parsley, the plants were described as looking very harmiess. Detective Wozniak said the. plant however has a distinct odour and snells very much like burning leaves. "That smell wilJ go right through ail other smoke or odours," he stated. nhe 'grass' plant can be dried and brewed as tea or even baked in cookies. "If your youngster suddenly decides to be a horticultrist and grow plants or, takes to drinking tea - baking cookies or such like, you better take a long look at the kid," Wozniak said. "Chancesý are he or she bas taken Up the 'grass' habit". The guest speaker said 'grass' provides a sort of pleasure for the person indulging but, it can also lead to temporary loss of mind and other sîde effects "mostly it creates a very unpredictable person," he saîd. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 er of_ Uiarterways and Skin- ner School Bus Lines, in a letter to Whitby council an- nounced uîs intention to op- erate a Christmas Special Bus mun between- Whitby and Oshawa. This special.service would be of a temporary nature beginning December 5, and running Wednesday through Saturday of each week until the end of December. Thebus run starts inOsh- awa at .10:45 a.m.,arriving in Wlitby at 11 a.m. and leaves at 11:30 a.m. for Oshiawa. This service would contin- 8:45 p.m. with one hour of between,2:45 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. for the driver to eat lunch. Routing of this bus in Whitby. would be extended to include'some of the res- idential areas including Hen- ry St. to Dunlop St. to Annis St. to Cochrane St. and right oWY Walnut- St. to Centre St. and then to, Brock St Mr. Whitfield also point- ed, out that this special bus service would provide one haif hour service for Whitby during peak Christmas-shop- pigperio F AMI LY R ESTAURANTS LWHIT13Y & OSHAWA,À i