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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29,1976, PAGE l SJULY I_________________ Pat Wilcox iis second woman to win the Peter Perry Award For the second time in the 2 1-year history of the Peter Perry Award, a « woman has been named Whitby's citizen of the year. The 1975 winner of the i'eter Perry Award is Mrs. Pat Wilcox,, who has j1evoted 13 years of volunteer work to the Girl Guide movement in Whitby and district. In addition to her work with Guides, she has been a Sunday School'teacher and superintendent, staff conven- er of the Dr. J. O. Ruddy Hospital gift shop, a director of the Whitby Famnily YMCA, and a canvasser for many community fund-raising drives. "lt's a pleasure rather than a chore", Mrs., Wilcox said about hier volunteer work as shie was preseflted with the Peter, Perry Award at a dinner hosted by the Chamiber of Commerce at Heydenshiore Pavilion Friday. Guiding has been some- thiing* ot a tamily tradition for Mrs. Wilcox. Her mother was a Brownie and a Guide and she was also, uurîng the Second World War in England. Today Mrs. Wilcox has two daughters* following her in the organization. Mrs. Wilcox and her husband Tom came to Whitby from Don Milîs in 1961, and in 1963 she began her work with the Guides. At that time she started out as a badge tester for Brownies. The following year Mrs. ieturns downtown, travels the southwest portion of town including West Lynde, returns downtown, covers the south- east corner of town fo Thickson Road, proceeds north to Rossland Road, loops back around to the K-Mart store, does the' route in reverse and returns to Dundas and Byron to repeat the two-hour trip. The bus wIl stop for passengers - Cost is 45 cen ts fo r adults, 25 cents for senior citizens and 25 cents for chîldren under 54 inches in height. Wilcox becarne a Brown Owl (Brownie leader) with the Second Whitby pack at St. Mark's United Cliurch, when the former leader lel't the commnllfitV. Minimum standards bylaw passed Whitby Council, on Monday, passed the minimum property standards by-la% and appointed an officer ito enforce it. The by-law, a long time in the making, sets out standards for the maintenance & occupancy of property within the town. it prohibits occupancy or use of property which does not conforni to the standards The hy-law forces owners of substandard property to make repairs -to bring the property up to standards. Owners who refuse to make repairs will have their properties levelled and mnay be punishiable by fine. lamnes Allen, already employed by the town as a building inspector, was appointed property standards officer Lucy'Cou is cit Althouigh 13 is uistally regarded as an unlucky numnber,. it proved iucky for 16-ycar-old Lucy Colli, of 504 Coîborne Street West, Thursday night. Lucy's number in the County Town Carnival Queen contest was 1 3, and she was the girl chosen by trnival queen the judges to be Miss County Town Carnival for 1976. A student at Denis O'Connor High School, and a Whitby resident ail her life, Lucy wîll be going into grade 12 in the fail. She likes sports, especially tennis, and wants to become a surgeon. Charterways Company Limited's Whitby Transit trial is "going very good", according to manager Archie IGroth: The company began its extended intra-town service ,July 13 on an eight-week ? trial basis. At 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 pa. .and_4 p.rn. Tuesday th,'rough Saturday, the 20-seat Whitby Transit bus leaves the corner of Dundas and. Byron Streets, covers the northwest corner of town to the Rossland Road court house and regional headquarters, Region passes officiai platn Regional council passed the region's tirst -otficial plan iast week, almost two-and-a-half years after fGâv'ulation of the plan began. The. official plan is a document which wffl guide the region on planning matters until the year 2000., Tfhe plan, a land use document, was passe-d by a final vote of 23-3, with Whitby's representatives to regional council in support. IAUGUSTI 1 Brooklin host to big fire fighters' convention A tircd but happy crcw of Whitby fire fighters rested up last weck after what cveryone considered to be a highly successful Ontario Fîre Fighiters Association con - vention in Brooklin during Carnival wcckcnd. convention, which the Whlitby Fire 1)cpartment had been planning for more than a year. About 280 canmpsites were set Uip on the Brooklin fair groulnds, and the Brooklin Arenu vas the centre of aci ivit jes for the %vcckend. very efficientiy, andexpressed his thanks to the na.ny Whitby and Brooklin residents who took tirne out to parti- cipate in the convention. The Brooklin arena wvas fiiled to capacity for the Fire l'leputy Chief Ronfllawkins Deputy Chief lfawkins i ers t5I jaiiun it.'j.ia t estinates that ,ibmit 500 fire said the l)urlian Regionai people had to be turned away figiters fromi 50 to 60 Police handclld the ira ffic anîd at thc door, hie said.. cormntites took liQirt in the Brooklin secondary plan study ',undertaken to forecast growth The iong-awaited secon- will consider the financial employmcnt base required -ar 1panS- QyO-r OK 1 '.,r fr;inçrirtatgofl jînnlca- and identify what cormier- begins this wvcek. Whitby Council, on Monday, signed an agreement with Donovan Pinker of Toronto retaining him as the field manager for the study, expected to take approxi- matey one year to complete. First phase of the study tions that growth of Brookiin would have on the village, thc town and thc region. The first phase should be finished in October.* The second phase, if carried out, would determine the best ways of using the land, establish the type of and recreational facilities are necessary. The third phase would involve the legal documenta- tionof the resuits for the acceptance hy the town, the iegiofl and the proS!mce as arnendiments to the town and regional officiai plan. Merchants discuss rejuvenation of downtown Approxinately 25 people - merchants and professionals - who do business in the down- town core of Whitby met on Monday to discuss rejuvena- Construction is cxpected to begin this faliori a 35- million, six-storey, I 20-room restaurant and motor hotel on Thickson Road South The project is being under- taken by three Toronto-based companies " Alpha Formîng Corporation Limi ted, Bayside Investnient Corporation tion of the area. Those in atteiîdance at the meeting heard Linda Russell. President of thc Whlbv Downowvn Business, and C ouneil reduces lot coverage As a resuit of-hearing rate- payer objections and -aftcr receiving adv4re frotn town solicitors,Whitby Council has reduced the lot coverage in the Whitby Townc Estates subdivision. The subdivision, w ithT approximnatcly 600 bous- ing units, is pianned for proper{y near Uthe Vliiti y/ Oshiawa bLoudary just s-ouili of Dundas Sticet East. ,Inited a nd Rosswood Properties Limited u s a joint venture under thelienme o>f Greater hitby Propcrt ies. The hotel wilI be bot on property once destined as the site of a Howard iohnson's 1-otel before the developer ran out of rnoney during con- struction overtwo years ago. Professional Association, out- line a proposai for revitaliz- ing the arca. M rs. Russell described the Bisiness Improvemnent District Plan, oneý of a nurnber of govmrment assist- cd programs recornmendcd by the province as a result of a 1975 study. According to Mrs. Russell, under the plan 'cvery business- person both pays for and receives the benefits of the work of a co-operative association". Designation of an area as a Business Improvemnent District is a mnany-step pro- ce ss, according to Mrs. Russell. In short, the designation is obtained if people repre- senting less than one-third of, the area's business assessrnent have objected and if town counicil and the Ontario Municipal Board give their approval. OPERATIONS CENTRE OPENED Lary Windover (right) of Totten Sims Hubieki Associares, turns over the keys of Whitby's new operations centre to Public Works Director Dick Kuwahara Friday. At left, Mayor Jim Gartshore watches the cereIrIony. The operations centre, to be uued by the works and recreation departments, is situated on a 4S-acre site on Taunton-Road east of lIighway 12. Thse opening ceremonies took place at 4 p.m. Friday, followed by an apen bouse for thse pubic until 8 p.m. Free lrPnss Phojto Charterwavs starts trial in-towfl bus system Motor hotel to rise again Tis, Îý 'I' 7ý Î'B E l'