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PAGE 18, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1979, WHITBY FREE PRESS Prime min isters'portraits are removedfrom library Recently the portraits of the Prime Ministers of Canada were removed from the front of the Whitby Public Library and placed in storage. The decision to remove the portraits was made by the Library Board in March or April, after there had been some differing opinions ex- pressed as to whether they would remain on the building a member of the board said. The board member said that the controversy goes back a few years, and Raymond Moriyama, the architect who renovated the library in 1977-78 had recom- mended their removal. "There was a general con- M.B.M. t.. sensus that they had served their time," the board spoke- sman said. "There was a fair amount of pro and con on the subject." The portraits of the prime ministers fromtSir John A MacDonald to Pierre Trudeau, were painted as a Centennial project in 1967 by two high school students, Ruth Read and Rebecca Ryland. They were installed by the Town of Whitby when the building was the town's municipal office, but since the building was turned over to the library in 1974 there has been some discussion at the library board about whether they should remain. The library board has writ- ten to the town council asking for direction as to the dispostion of these pictures. May 13 to 19 was Police Week all across Canada when the police offices an6 buildings were open to the Public. The Whitby Division of the Durham Regional Police Force was almost abandon- ned as far as public interest was concerned. There was only one group that visited the Division office on Rossland Road. The group was mainly children who had shown some interest and wanted to go through the Whitby Divis- ion Police facilities'near the close of Police Week, staff Sargeant Morley Nicholson, said. Staff Sargeant Nicholson was a member of the Whitby Police Force before the formation of the Durham Regional Police Force in 1974 and he compared former Police Week visits by the- public with the present - The Friendly Professionals 131 BROCK ST.N. WHITBY 668-6111 Monday - Wednesday 9-6 .The matter has beenreferred fo the Operations Committee which has not yet made a decision on the matter. Police Week. He said during Police Week when the police office was downtown, on Dundas Street, in the former Municipal Building, now the Library, "it was visited reg- ularly by various groups. It It comes as rather a coin- cidence that the pictures were removed the same week that Pierre Trudeau was pleasant to see and know that so many people were interested in knowing what we were doing and how the police operate," he said. He thinks-that the lack of transportation to the Ros- sland Road location of the was removed from office, and had been* erected the year he joined the Govern- ment as Minister of Justice. present police office and building had a "great deal to do with the poor interest" shown by the public in the Police Week effort for Whitby. "It is really too bad," staff Sargeant Nicholson said. Road projects are to proceed soon The Town Council at its recent regular meeting authorized the acceptance of the low tender of Seal-Top Paving and Construction Ltd., for a number of road projects. The tender for $150,673.86 is for the construction of Hickory street from Dundas street south to Dunlop street and improvements to be made on Lupin Drive. The tender is subject to the approval of the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications and the Regio- L-- FOLLOW THE SUN! nal Municipality of Durham. When their approval is ýob- tained then the work will begin on the two streets. The Town of Whitby included in its 1979 Capital Budget an amount of $142,000 for the work. concert supports Han dim transit The Durham Regional Street Bands will present a truck-in called "Insanity 2" at Cedarstone Park, half a mile north of Greenbank on Highway 12, ail day and ail night* June 15 to 17. 'There will be -music by the rock group "Dodge", games trophies, etc. AIl proceeds will go to Oshawa Handi- Transit. Although this project is in excess of the budgëted amount, the savings from the projects tendered so far is adequate to cover the over-expenditure for this contract, the Treasurer's report states. The contract includes the construction of Hickory Street which is a new road- way from PDndas Street to Dunlop Street a distance of 250 metres more or less. It includes the installation of storm sewers, curb and gutter and the paving of the street. It also includes the installat ion of a watermain for the°Regional Munici- pality of Durham. The work to be done on Lupin Drive includes the. rernioval of the existing con- crete curb, the construction of new curb and gutter, the installation of additional catchbasins and the resur- facing of the roadway with asphalt for a distance of 640 metres more or less south of ')undas Street East. PARENTS Encourage your teenage son or daughter to be a Volunteer at our Day Camps this summer. human relations training job references Training provided to work with mentally retarded children. We need their help at Durham Centre for the Developmentally Handicapped, 668-7745, ext. 435 cali between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. WE'RE HEADING YOUR WAY Your Education Opens the Door To A Challenging Career As AN OFFICER IN THE CANADIAN FORCES We have openings in the following Officer Classifications: Pilot, Air Navigator, Maritime Surface and Sub-Surface. Applicants must be under 24 years of age, be medically fit and have a minimum of Grade 12 education in a 5 year or advanced program (Subjects - English, Mathematics, Science and Social Science.) Visit our Mobile Recruiting Unit Canada Manpower Centre OSHAWA, JUNE 6,13,20,27 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. r Poor public response to police week THIS WEEKS SPECIAL 668-6551 MANDERS T. ,. 305 _BROCK ST. N. -'W HITBY M.B.M.PHOTOGRAPHY FILM & PHOTO A PROCESSING .....and when you come home, leave your vacation films in our capable hands. They'll be ready before you know it, and then you can enjoy that vacation all over again! BON VOYAGE! Open til 8pm Thursdays & Fridays Saturday 10 - 5 ail our work, l B]oBENJAMIN processed through m LABORATORIES L. WE USE KODAK PAPER & STOCK A SELECTION OF FILMS & FLASHCUBES 1 MMBM% .,- 1 7 il