PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS ~jwhnby Voice of the County Town 5ERVING OVER 28,000 READERS Publislied cvery Wedncsday Mike Burgess, rbyTI NI .1.M. Pbihn and PhoogahyIc. The Free Press Building publher-aflagflg d1to Brock Street North, ~ssistant Editor - Blake Purdy -' Community Editor -- Brian Winter Contributing Editor - Jim Quail Production Manager - Mariç Burgess Ã"isla'AverlsngManager - Robin Lyon Classified Ad Manager - M arlene B yrom. Circulation Manager - Sharon Lyon Box 206, Whitby. Miailinq Permit No. 2941 Phone 668-61 11: Toronto Line 282-1004 Give them a brake The Optimist Club of Whitby will sponscr its first annual Bike Safety Week from May 2 to 9, as part of ils many services to the yourig people of our community. Bike Safety Week lias been set aside by the Optirnists to stress intelligent co-existence of mnotorists and children on our £îtreets ai-d highways. Children in our elemientary sehools will learn the tenets of bicycle safety throuigh practical demonstra tions and skill tests. We join Mayor Jin Gartshiore in urging ail motorists and cyclisîs 10 cooperate with the Optimisîs' effort to mnake Whitby the safest comimunfity for cyclists in Canada. Keep ain eye out for those colourful posters remind- ing you to "Give Tbemn A Brake". But more important, keep an eye out for the cyclists on Whitby's streets. Thanks hockey of f ic jais The Brooklin-Whitby Minor Hockey Association awards banquets last week officially marked the end of the hockey season. The as sociation's top tearns and players rcceived the lioni's sha--e of the glory witli the rest of the praise heaped upon those behind the scenes 'Who do aIl the work which makes it possible for the youngsters to participate in this country's favourite sport. Minor hockey just could flot exist without the people behind the scenes. So, on behaîf of ahl the youngsters Who play the sport, we would like to send out a big Thank You 10 the executive, the coaches, the managers, the referees, the time- keepers, the rink rats, the ladies auxiliary, the sponsors, the trophy donors, the par.ents and anyone who we have left off this list, not necessarily in tha t order, for the many hours which they devote to minor hockey s0 that the youngsters of this community will have something to do during the long and cold winters. A special Thank Yoti must go out 10 association vice-president and publicity chairman Steve Doug Allan: It' s c EI)ITOR'S NOTE: Fol- lowving is the lirst iii a t\vo-part series on nmen who bave lived and worked in Wbiitb)v for over 30 years. by BLAKE PURDY Staff Writer Doug Allan, a resident of Whitby for 51 of his 56 years, doesn't bave a bad word for the town. Then again, 1mw can be? î-le bias worked not only in but also for the town t:ýr 30 years. After a four-year stint in the army, sorne of whîclî lie served as corporal with the Irish Regiment, Doug, in 1946, returned to Wbitby and bis wife of six years, Eileen. That year he landed a job with the town's public works department, doing "a little bit of everytbîng"'. So did everyone else. Witli only one truckZ for garbage collection, street cleaning and snoxv removal tbey bad to. le recalîs tbat tbe snow renioval system wasn't as efficient as it is today as tbe crew, shovels in band, wotild jump off the truck to do the work. The truck's only pups was to get the crew to and from the work. Tbat improved soiewlîat in 1949 when thc lown acquired a grader. _ npreffI Doug's job also irnproved sornewliat a year later wlien lie was promoted to lead band over t le sanitary engineers, known as garbage- mii back tîen. He lias lield tlîe poFition ever since, driviîig one of two sanitatioti trucks the town owii5. During tbat tirne, because of growth, tbe public works departnîent lias rnoved frorn tbe old town hall where tbe lire hall is now to tlîe Mary Street PUC site to its present location on1 Victoria Street. It wilI soon niove to a new depot on Taun ton Road East. In addition to watcbing tlîe public works departm-ent grow, Doug lias also seen tbe towîî grow. In 30 years, the population bas niultiplied almost ten-fold fromn 3,000 when "nîost of Whitby was farmland" the present 27,000 thanks in very si-naîl part to the Allans wbo have two cbildren, Wayne, 29, and Judy, 26, botb îroarried and working out of town. Speaking of the town as a home, Doug says "It's flot bad the way it is now", but adds, witb a lîint of resignation in bis voice, "lt's going to grow more"~. 'lt's a pretty good town", says Doug. I ike it here". So mucli so that lie plans on living in Wlitby the resi of bis life. K good Hlis love for the town can be borne out by bis ronimun- ity involvenient. The Toronto native lias been a member of tbe Royal Canadian Legion since 1 946. During that period, bie was a mnember of tie Kinsmlen Club from 1947 to 1953, a volutiteer fire-j fighiter frorn 195-3 to 1967 and a coach in the minor baseball association for eighit years wben it was operated I by tbe legion. Speaking of tbe town as an employer, Doug says- "They've treated us pretty go od". An example of that trealment was illustrated recérntly when Mayor Jirn Gartsbore, on behaîf of the town, presented Doug with a plaque and a set of cuff- links for '30 years service. Despite this "pretty good'" treatment, Doug, when hie is asked if hie looks forward to bis retiremnent, in 1 984, replies, "Danîn rigbt!". 1 984! Did sorneone say 1984! The town m-ay flot. know it but Dotîg plans for - an early retirernent '-i 1983 - whichi, ini a funny sort of way, indicates how rnuch lie loves the town as a home and as an enployer.L- Because lie rarely misses a day of working for the town, lie lias a yegir of sick leave conling to hlmi. town u~. -~ I y1 q m