Thursday, May 25, 1972, WHITBY FREE PRSS Can you identify these Whitby etructures?, Jim Quail, author of t h e weekly col- umn 'Birdseye View' and part time contributor to the Whitby Free Press for almost a year, has graduated with h o no u r s f r o m Centennial College, Scarborough. Mr. Quail, a long time Whitby resident, joined the editorial staff of t h e newspaper on a full time time basis Monday, May 22 and looks forward to working with the people of Whitby. WHITBY -HARRISON FUELS UMITED "T S . Pe - 211 Brock St. S. Ptone: 6683610 Re ac t ion to last week's 'Ildentify t h e H i s t o r i c Photographs' feature couldonly be described as spontaneous when approximately sixty attempts at nam ing the buildings in the pictures were made. Although free tickets to any pres- e n t a t i on at the Brock Theatre were given to the first eight callers cor- rectly identifying both structures, it was interesting to note that call1s con- tinued to come in long past the time a personcouldhave reasoned he or she woul d have been one of those first e i g h t. These persons cal led to ex- p r e s s their interest in local history and to request further publication of old local photographs. The answers to last week's photo- graphs were: "A"- The old music hall1 or opera house, Brock Street Whitby, and photograph "B" - the residence C£ W. Higgins, proprietor of the Vvnitby Chronicle. Peter Perry Award WHITBY - The Peter Perry Award for Whit- by's outstanding citizen, w ill1 be awarded this year at the off ic- ial openingof the County Town Carnival Aug. 3. The Whitby Chamber ofCom- merce is plan- ning a dinner and dance at Heydenshore Pavilion, at which the pres- entation of the award wiIl be made. The dinner will mark the first time since the carnival started in 1966 that there has been an off- iciai opening. The Peter Per- ry Award was in- s t i t u t ed by the late Judge J. E. Pritchard in 19- 55, and named after Peter Per- ry, who is con- sideredto be the founder of the town. The I ast winner of the Peter Perry Award was William Nurse in 1970. Fur ther details o n how persons ma y be nomina- tedfor the award will be issued soon by the Chamber of Com- mer ce. Those identifying this week's 'phot- ographsmustcall after 9 o'clock Fr- d ay morning. The first eight'callers will again receive free passes for any showingattheWhitby Brock Theatre. Ou r thanks to the Brock Theatre for making this feature possible for Whitby Free Press readers and - oh yes - to the Oshawa Times who iden- tified last week's photograph B for a Free Press reader. Planning Office to hold open house The Townof WhitbyPlanning Board, in conjunction with the Whitby Historical Association, is looking into the possibility of preserving some of the more historically significant build- ings in the county town. "Ilt's a very difficul t job, " explained Planning Director Dr. Mofeed Michael, "as we have no set policy to f o l low regarding historic properties owned by private owners. " "The Ontario Ladies' College will probably go along w i th our plans as w i I I the churches, however we are not yet certain how adaptable private buildings will fit our scheme. " For the moment says the planner, the W h itby Archives is preparing a list of buildings of historic interest. "The number of buildings, obvious- ly, will determine the treatment. For instance dealingwith 200 buildings will differ from dealing with only ten of them. I" The question of the town preserv- ing historic buildings will be brought up at the planning office Open House to be held this Frid ay between 7 and 9 p. m. an d Saturday between 9 and I 2 noon, when all projects, reports and plans will be pinned on the wall and discussed in everyday terms. "Pl anning i s a p u b lic participant thing, " says Dr. Michael, "you can't force something on people they don't want. I