WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, May 25, 1972, Page 1 The Whitby Free Press reported rec- ently that 90 students of French, German and Latin were rewarded wi th a cour tesy fI ight of Air Canada. This flight took place 1ast Saturday, and was a wonder- fu 1 experience again, because most of the students had never fI1own before. Bicycle Our photo shows the entire group from The flight- Ajax,UŽ<bridge and Whitby High Schools. route was explained by Captain Gibson, In front are two students holding tickets the pilot and the DC 9 was flown over- to any destination in Canada, courtesy T or onto, Georgian Bay, Lake Simcoe A i r C a n a da for extra good efforts in Whitby, Ajax and Uxbridge. Thank you spoken French and German. A i r Canada for this enlightening opp- ortunity for our students. I Thef ts The Whitby PoliceDepartment was kept busy 1last Saturday investigating the theft of five bicycles. Two bikes were stolen from Kent Street, two f r o m Green Street and the fifth b i k e was taken from Fair- view Street. Police have since re- c o v e r e d the two bikes stolen from the Green Street area. The r e s t of the hol iday weekend was considered to be la good weekend' by police. On Sunday the theft of $130 from St. Bernards s c h o o 1 was reported and police were also called to the Willsresidence at 56 Thickson Road North where $200 worth of lacrosse equipment was stolen from the breeze- way beside the house. On Saturday Mr. T. Molyneaux re- ported his collie dog had been pois- e n e d. It was suspected the dog had been given strychnine. Police also investigated an acci- dent in the Brooklin area Satur day evening when a car pulled into a gas station, struck another vehicle broad- side and then left the scene of the accident. The suspect was later captured north of Whitby. Brenda Johnson of Oshawa was t ak en t o Oshawa General Hospital af ter she felloff a go-cart at the Go - cart track in Whitby. She was released a few hours later. Mr. R . H Turner of 105 Craydon Road cal led police to report the theft of two speakers, a stereo tape player and some stereo tapes. Later, on Monday, Mr. R. L. Lew i s was taken for treatment of injuries he suffered after falling off a l1adder whil1e scrap- ing paint at his home. COUNCIL & THE FREE PRESS continued from page 8 KEN PARK: 401 CENTRE S: "You mus t writeup local news so that the people of the town can be informed otherwise, how would they know? I am concerned about themore irresponsible members of council. These persons must be re- r em oved from office, and ail of the people shoul d be able to know what they are doing by reading the local paper." MR. HOMER BOAKE, REYNOLDS S T: "As f a r asl1 '1m concerned you d o n t t p u t enough in the paper about council and you couldn't possibly." The Whitby Police Department is happy to report they had no record of ch i 1ldre n injured while playing with firecrackers. While the light- i n g of firecrackers is not banned In Whitby as it has been in many muni- cipalities, it is restricted to those 18 years of age or over and only during certain times of the year. PLUMBING DISCOUNT Reflect your personality by FIXTURES ASUPPLIES Ib FU UPLSstepping out in a suit f rom 70 Brock st. N. Whitby OTTENBRITE MEN S WEAR 20% DISCOUNT "EVERYTHING FOR THE DIRECT TO YOU WELL DRESSED MAN'" Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon-Fri 66-0 103 DUNDAS ST. W., WHITBY Sat a.m. t 5 nm. 6 m 6 1 %at e .11 W wpai MRS, ENGEL, HILLCRESTDR: "We have somany interesting things within the town itself. I like historical art- iclesverymuch. I would really like to see an article on the County Town Singers - they're great!" MRS. DENT CENTRE SOUTH: "I like the Whitby Free Press just as it i s. 1 especially like Ji m Quailandl1 generally look at his column first. I l ike reading about what- the council1 is doing. Those things are always good to k no w don't y ou think? If council can'tstandabit of criticism that's too bad." MRS. SILLEN, ELIZABETH CRESC: "Wereceive several papers including yours a t the house, but quite frankly I don't find time to read any of them. " MR. T. NORWOOD, WELLINGTON: "Just items of general interest." MR. PITT: 925 BYRON SOUTH: "What stories woul d Il ike to see in the ,Whi tby Free Press? I like it as it is. No, I don't think there's too much in about council. I like the paper very much an'd look forward to getting it." MRS. ERWIN VERCH 927 BYRON N: "Let's hear a littie more about social t h i n gs going on around town. I think you're going a bit too heavy on coun- cil news, but Ireally do enjoy the paper.I" E DI T OR 'S NOTE: Mayor Newman, Councillors Emm and White were un- able to be contacted at press time. PROCLAMATION Minor Baseball Day Town of Whitby TAKE NOTICE that b y resolution of the Council· o f t h e T o w n of whi tby saturday, May 27 th, 1972 has been proclaimed "Minor Basebail Day in and for the Town of Whitby. D. G.Newman, MAYOR, Town of Whitby. MM Ã