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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1976, PAGE 19 'r mm " BEAUTY PAGEANT The second annual Miss Durham Region Beauty Pageant will be lield on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in the Sheridan Mall in Pickering. Thirteen contestants, - a record for the pageant, will be vying for the crown and an opportunity to go on an represent this region in the Miss Canada Pageant to be televised by the CTV network on November 15. Tickets at $5 per couple, are available from Info Place in Sheridan Mall or the News Advertiser office at 130 Commercial Avenue in Ajax. GARAGE SALE The Whitby Rotary Club is holding an arena garage sale on the site of the old Whitby arena, Ontario and Green Streets, Saturday, October 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds will go to community service work. HISTORICAL SOCIETY LUNCHEON A luncheon will be served by the Whitby Historical Society Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Legion Hall on Byron Street South. ICE SKATING Public ice skating has begun at Iroquois Park Arena, the Whitby Recreation Department announced recently. Sessions are Friday even- ings from 8 to 9:50 for people 13 years and over, Saturday mornings from 10:10 to 11:40 for children 12 and under and Sunday afternoons from 1 to 2:40 for all age groups. Cost is 50 cents for people 12 and under and 75 cents for people 13 and over. HUMANE SOCIETY TAG DAY The Ontario County branch of the Ontario Humane Society will hold its annual tag day on Saturday, October 16. The tag day, previously scheduled for last Saturday, had to be postponed because of various technical problems, according to branchPresident Mike Burgess. Mr. Burgess hopes that the 1976 tag day will be as successful as those in past years. Funds raised during the tag day will be put toward general use. Anyone who is interested in canvassing on the tag day should call Mr. Burgess at 668-6111. _ 0 NIGHTL_ aY ETRAIMN Show Boat 5 piece band KRI e Six students who will be walking in Denis O'Connor High School's Docathon tomorrow rest up for the big event. From left to right are Todd Sandrelli, who has sponsorships totalling $6.45 per mile; Sheila Mulcahy, S10.50; Richard Wiggers, $9; Janice Villeneuve, $7.75; Randy Kameka, $6.75; and Yolanda Van Grootel, $9.50. All but Yolanda are Grade 10 students while she is in Grade .11 Free Press Photo Oshawa Fair at Brooklin? Whitby Council, on Monday night, heard a proposal by the* South Ontario Agricultural-Society for a year-round multiple-use exhibition and recreation complex on a 87-acre parcel of land southeast of Brooklin. The Durham Region Place would serve as a new location for the South Ontario Agricul- tural Society Fair, which was held in Oshawa's Alexandra Park for over 60 years before forced out for several reasons. However, according to society chairman - William Reid, "The title, scope and, intent of the proposal em- braces a development concept much broader than that of an agricultural fair". The proposal calls for a permanent muti-use exhibi- tion complex which could accomodate all types of indoor sports, exhibitions, conven- tions, banquets, shows, the performing arts, organized meetings and club gatherings. The society plans build- ings for livestock and horses for the agricultural fair. The buildings would be used year Exhihit opens Sunday William Poole, director of the Grimsby Art Gallery will officially open an exhibition of original prints by Ontario College of Arts students Sunday at the Whitby Arts Station. The opening reception for the exhibition,entitled Gallery 9, will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The exhibit will be on view fromSaturday to Oct. 24. This exhibition represents the various printmaking techniques including silk THE FINEST VARIETY SHOW screen, etching, woodcuts and lithography. The prints were executed by students working in the college's print studio under the direction of Fred Hagen, head of the Ontario College of Art's printmaking division. Mr. Poole originated the annual exhibition in 1975 in co-operation with Mr. Hagen. Portfolios of al] the prints will be on hand at the station for anyone who wishes to buy any of the prints on exhibition. IN BANDS round for the promotion and sale of agricultural equipment and services. . * In addition, bleachers and playing fields would be required for outdoor rodeos, track and field and team sports. Also envisaged are areas for active use, such as an amusement park, and passive use, sucli as picnic areas. Council's staff committee .will attenpt to iron out the wrinkles with the society before reporting to council on the feasibility of the plan in one month. GERGA MOO HOT- October is art month at the Whitby Publit Library, with films on art, an exhibi- tion of paintings by a Whitby artist, and a large selection of art books available to the public. William Smith who was a business associate of Group of Seven artist Frank Carmichael, and was taught by two other mernbers of the group, will exhibit his paintingsiii the library through- out October. In 1935 he and a number of other commercial artists form- ed the Commercial Artists Guild of Toronto. Mr. Smith has a studio in the basement of his home on Newman Crescent in Whitby where he paints Ontario scenes. The library's Tuesday film nights will be devoted to the arts, featuring Canadian wildlife artist Glen Loates and illustrator Norman Rockwell on October 5; the Group of Seven, Lismer and Varley, October 12; French artists Rouseau, Moiet, Cezanne and the Dutch artist VanGogh, October 19; and King Tut's treasurers, paint- ings and drawings by John Gould, and Montreal artist Pierre L'Amare October 26. Preschool story hours begin October 12 and 14 and will continue for 10 weeks. A mother's group is associated with this program. YMCA programs on antiques begin October 4, and a pro- gram on crochet began September 23. f it' s entertainment Art month at library THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY "PROCLAMATION" WHEREAS humanitarian and economic con- siderations imperatively demand that improved f ire prevention measures be undertaken to prevent the economic waste and tragic loss of life as a result of f ires in order that the nation's prosperity may be maintained; AND WHEREAS it is desirable that the atten- tion of the public be directed to the extend and underlying causes of the preventable loss of life and property by fire, and to'the best and most practicable means for its control, and that a specific period of the year be set apart and properly designated for the dissemination of such information; NOW THEREFORE, TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Town of Whitby does hereby proclaim and designate the week commencing Sunday, the 3rd day of October and ending on Saturday, the 9th day of October, 1976 as "FIRE PREVErJTION WEEK" J.C. 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