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PAGE 30, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1987 First Peter Perry award winner dies at age 95 DONALD ALEXANDER WILSON The first winner of the Peter Perry Award as Whitby's oustan- 'ding citizen of 1955, Donald Alexan- der Wilson died at the Whitby General Hospital on March 30, 1987. He lived at 401 Fairview Drive, Whitby. A son of the late David Wilson and Harriet Jane Pringle, he was born at Whitby on June 23, 1891 and was Whitby's second oldest native resident at the time of his death. In his youth he was a member of the Whitby Junior hockey team f·om 1908 to 1910, which won the Ontario championship in 1909. In later years he was an avidgolfer. Mr. Wilson was first employed as a clerk in A.T. Lawler's grocery store at Whitby and from 1910 to 1927 was in the rubber and logging business in Nicaragua, rising to the position of general manager of a mahogany lumber company. He returned to Whitby in 1927 where he became a partner with the late William Davidson in Whit- by Motors Ltd. He retired in 1963. Mr. Wilson was a school trustee for more than 25 years, becoming chairman of the Whitby Board of Education in 1935. He was the first chairman of the Whitby District High School Board in the early 1950's and chairman of the building committee for the Whitby District High School (now Henry Street High School) when it was built in 1953-54 and enlarged in 1957. He was also a longterm board member of Trafalgar Castle School, serving as secretary- treasurer. Mr. Wilson was a charter mem- ber of the Whitby Rotary Club in 1933 and president of the club in 1940-41. In 1976 he was named a Paul Harris Fellow, the highest honor in Rotary. He was a founding member of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce in 1928 and was for nearly 40 years a member of the Session and an elder of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Chur- ch. He'was a past president of the Whitby Boy Scout Association and a member of the Scouts' Provincial Council in the 1950s. Mr. Wilson was one of the prime movers in the construction of the Whitby Community Arena in 1953- 54, raising funds for its construction and serving as secretary-treasurer of the Whitby Community Arena Board. He was also a director of the Whitby Dunlops Hockey Club and went to Oslo, Norway with the team in 1958 when the "Dunnies" won the world hockey championship. Besides being the first Peter Perry Award Winner, he was awarded an Ontario Bicentennial Medal in 1984. Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife, the former Madge Dorsey, whom he married in 1932; two sons, Donald J. and his wife Marjorie, and Neil D. and his wife Marlene, both of Toronto, and six gran- dchildren. His body lay in rest at the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel. Rev. W.J.S. McClure conducted the funeral service on April 2 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Interment will be later at Union Cemetery, Oshawa. Contributions can be made to the charity of one's choice. HERMINA COELEN Hermina Coelen of 108 Annes St., Whitby, died on March 21, 1987 at Oshawa General Hospital. She was in her 71st year. She was born on March 20, 1917, at Treebeek, Limburg, Holland, and married Gerardus Coelen on March 25, 1936. She lived in Whitby for 35 years. She is survived by daughters Wilhelmina, Alida and Peggy and son Hilbertus and grandchildren Rhonda, Randy, Chris and Michael. The funeral was held March 23. AGINA DELANGE Agina deLange, formerly of Whitby, died at Midland on Satur- day, April11, 1987 in her 83rd year. Mrs. deLange (nee Stuutt) was the beloved wife, for 58 years, of Henrick deLange. She was a for- mer resident of Holland. She was the mother of Harry of Midland and the late Jan. Remem- bered by Heather, Brenda and seven grandchildren. She lay in rest at the Nichols Funeral Home, Midland. The funeral service was held Wed- nesday, April 15, followed by cremation and interment in Lakeview Cemetery in Midland. Memorial donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society of the Diabetes Association. Student is semi-finalist for scholarship The fashion designing talents of Anderson CVI student Dorothy Leung have earned her the honor of qualifying as one of the 10 semi- finalists in the Hamil Textiles Ltd. scholarship contest. "I kind of expected to get into the semi-finals because I put a lot of effort into my work, but I was sceptical about winning the.finals because the competition was tough." The Canada-wide competition, advertised in 'Teen Generation' magazine, was open to students in their final year of high school. Each entrant submitted three design sketches under the headings of 'daywear', 'casualwear' and 'eveningwear'. The two winners received scholarships for the Ryerson School of Fashion in Toronto. Leung has been interested in art since her childhood, but her recent venture in designing clothes has been prompted by the ad- dition of a fashion design/illustration class to the Anderson curriculum. Her designs are her own creations, but she admits that her in- spirations come from such celebrated designers as Coco Chanel, Perry Ellis, Calvin Klein, and her favourite, Alfred Sung. "He's a Canadian," she says of Sung. "It's hard for Canadians to make it in the business. I admire his designs because they're clean- cut, and tailored, and very perfected. These are the qualities I'd like people to recognize in my designs." Leung is hoping for a career in the fashion industry, and has ap- plied at York, Toronto and Western universities for a degree in fine arts. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY CONTRACT W87-54 SALE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT Offers to purchase will be recieved by Mrs. Gall Gosleigh, Purchasing Agent until 2:00 p.m., Wendesday, May 6, 1987 for the sale of a residential building lot on Green Street, Whitby, Ontario. Offer to purchase forms are available at the Town of WhItby Treasury Department, 575 Rossland Road East, Whtby, Ontario. Telephone (416) 668-5803, extension 236. Highest or any offer to purchase not necessarily accepted. MRS. GAIL GOSLEIGH, PURCHASING AGENT