The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Barnages stili unknown...., Lyde BOuse filre By NMK JOHNSTON Free Pess Staff Mter more than 15 years of bickerlng and feudlng ove ownershlp of Lynde House, a chap- ter of thsory came to alostlntheclseonao lire' oo Sand soon hdate atiqus a caebuse satral umoke a maucge pThette fire edl flgtr, le onficer andvolters, oilyr children, pitched ln to remove antiques from the building. "There was no panic but there was a certain sense of urgeny," sald Whltby %torical Society president, Bull Oyagi, as he surveyed the damage the fire caume Monday after- noon. The closet, were the fire started, la now black- but the flames did not go throughthe. roof of the 154's room where clothes, .belon"n to the Lynde family, were stored. "This shows bow well thlshbouse was built. The flames dldn't go througb," said Oyagi polnting to the roof. "If tais bad been a bouse built todaylt wouldbhave gone up. "The damage was caused mostly by smoke outslde the room," be sald. The bouse, which now lies empty except for two piano's whlch could flot hi moved, is hi hi moved from its foun- dation and transported hi Cullen Gardens. The move Is expected to commence the weekend of August il. An officiai of the town conffrmed that the move wlll go abead as scheduled. *The fire "probably doesn't mean anytblng hi the move but it could have implications wlth the restoration," said acting administrator AI Clarlngbold. Oyagi sald the Mlnlstry of Citizenshp and Culture wIll send an expert on renovation to corne and look at the bouse wlthln a few days. Oyagi said he bas notblng but praise for the way ffre figbters and the police bandled the situation, but be gave special credit to cbildren who helped carry antiques to vans hi hi transported for shirage. "H1undreds of aduits were ined up watchng the fire and It was tbe klds wbo belped move the antiques," be said. Oyagi and officiais of the society wlll now hi spendlng the next few days takting inventory of the artifacta hi deter- mine wbat was actually destroyediln the fire. "«A lot of the stuff hi in people's bouses,.,and garages and they wlIl bave to stay there until things are resoived," be saici. .He aiso wanted to thank Pioneer Interior and. Brougbton Towlng SEE PG. 3 Jiro Nicholas dlsplays bis sign. It reads 'Lan- dscaping by Costain'. F m tf ht Developer has .residents Vol. 16, No. 30 w Wednesday, July 30, 1986 24 Page@ hoppin ByMIKEJOHNSTON FrÎee Psu Staff Caveat Emphir, or let ie buyer beware, bas taken a new meanlng for many Wbltby familles who bave pur- cbasedý new homes i the Costain's Fafllngbrook develop- ment. "My firut heatlng bil, for the ffrst 90 days I llved imy new bouse was $50," said Chester Senior, wbo complained that many parts of bis bouse were not, in- sulated when he. moved-' i. Senior, along wlth bis neighbours are up In arms over the con- ditions of their homes In the new Whitby sub- division. "Ail we want is wbat we paid for," said Senior, pointig out deficiencies In bis home which Include tilng in the kitcbenpullng away from the walis and a mantie in front of bis fireplace which is bowed. Senior and bis neigbbours wbo bave persistently informed Costai about problems witb their bouses live on Hemingford Place. Wben be and bis family moved hIhi their new home in December of last year, Senior said coffee cupo, coke cans, cigarette butta and "'ail sorts of debris" were lef t lyig around the bouse. .g miad Hia biggest compl about bis new bon the bricks used hi it.- plaint me la build He sald Costain flred the brlcklayers who orlgfnly built bis bouse and after Costain saw the wor. ashPt decided hi rebrick up hi, the fist level. "But 'tbey used di- ferent coloured bricks," he said. He said bis bouse i now two dif- ferent colours and wlth thechlmney needlng hi, hi rebuilt, Senior sald the bricks that wlll h used are again a' di- ferlent colour. 1"Tbat wll make my b ouse- three different colours," bhe said pointig to wbere the bricklayers bave at- tempted hi triangle pat- ch the dlfferent coloured bricks. "I bad a represen- tative of Costain out to show hlm the brick and we argued for an bour about the colours. He said they were the same colour. Then 'I bad friends over and the fir- st thlng they ask me is wby my bricks are dif- ferent colours,"1 said Senior shakijng bis bead. "I ordered a coloured batbtub for my bouse," recalis John Johnston. "One day I was here and there was a bathtub waiting hi go in. Wben I Iooked at lt, it was white. 1Iinformed SEE PG. 2 Cr Tir ed?0 It wasn't the best of days to have to be running a had to contend with a stubborn engine which kept saiiing regatta, as Peter Kent knew only too well. stalling out while he was attempting to ferry our in- The young saior and member of the Whitby Yacht trepid reporter out to the race. When the motor Club was taxllng supplies and messages and mem- failed for the last time our intrepid reporter kept bers of the media out to the site of the Ontario his feet dry while young Peter jumped in to pull the Women's Single and Double-Headed Sailing Cham- boat ashore. pionships off Whitby Harbour Saturday. Along With Free Press Staff Photo the threatening weather and his many tasks, Peter Oncea reglonal progranm Durham Police tc a prev< crime. Last w cbarged JanetvillE failure failure tb cident, di insurance Hîgbway fences fo and run accidenti in Marci Oshawa. The ac occuredi Olive at a 'ime Stoppers wins again again the new on March 27, caused Crime Shippers $4,000 damage to the h as belped victim's car and left one Reglonal of is passengers wlth lay charges i back injuries. îusly unsolved After more than two monthasbad passed and week the force investigahirs still bad an , R.R.2, no leadai the case, le man wltb Crime Stoppers profiled to remain, tae case i the local i report an ac- media during tae week Living witb no beginning June 23, The :e and other story appeared in the r affic Act of- June 25 issue of the !ollowing a bit Whitby Free Press. motor vebicle Last week, as a resuit wbicb occured of a tip received by i of tais year in police, Randy Walter Douglas Cobel, 33, of ccident, wbich R.R.2, Janetvllle was at Celina and charged In the crime. about:30 a.m. 'SEEPG.12