Manager happy with trial Charterways offers intra-townbuses th scssoth oprto. ioevrivr UL[Iue Charterways Company Limited's Whitby Transit trial is "going very good", according to manager Archie Groth. The company began ils extended intra-town service July 13 on an eight-week trial basis. At 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, the 20-seat Whitby Transit bus leaves the corner of Dundas and Byron Streets, covers the northwest corner of town to the Rossland Road court house and regional headquarters, returns downtown, travels the southwest portion of town including West Lynde, returns downtown, covers the south- east corner of town to Thickson Road, proceeds north to Rossland Road, loops back around to the K-Mart store, does the route in reverse and returns to Dundas and Byron to repeat the two-hour trip. The bus will stop for passengers ' Cost is 45 cents for adults, 25 cents for senior citizens and 25 cents for children under 54 inches in harterways and the Town are splitting the cost of the eight week service, estimated at $2,000. At the conclusion of the eight-week trial period, Charterways will subnit a report to the Town, outlining the success of the operation. Charterways and the Town will then decide if it is feasible to continue the service. Mr. Groth is optimistic. He would like to see 20 to 25 people using the service each day rather than the 12 to 15 who are taking advan- tage of it at present. However, Mr. Groh d oes admit "It's coming out better than I expected". "It's really looking good", he says. "I think the people are very preased with it". Mr. Groth added that, if it is economically feasible, the company will expand the service, both in size and frequency of the route. Lucy Colli, (centre) receives congratulations from her fellow contestants following her selection Thursday at Whitby's 1976 County Town Carnival Queen. Lucy proved that the number 13 is not always unlucky, for she was contestant number 13 out of 15 girls who entered the pageant. The Carnival Queen pageant was held before a capacity crowd at Heydenshore Pavilion, under the sponsorship of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112. (For story, see Page 8). Free Press Photo by Mike Burgess Second female recipient Motorbikes prohibited from parks N1otoriied bicycles will be banned from parks in Whitby, council decided on Monday. Council took the action after several of its members received numerous-complaints from irate residents who tried to make proper use of the parks only to be disturbed by the noises made by the motorized bikes and the antics of sone of their riders. Council will ask regional police to clamp down Brooklin study to begin A secondary plan study of Brooklin could begin in mid- August as a result of a resolution passed by Whitby Council on Monday. Council authorized a study of the financial and transportation implications of growth in Brooklin to begin at that time regardless of whether or not the necessary funding, approxi- mately $90,000, is received from the province's Ministry of Housing by then. The ministry has been promising for some time that the money would be forth- coning when regional council adopted the official plan and if the official plan designates Brooklin as a growth area. Council did and the plan does. Consolidated Building Cor- poration, which owns and plans to develop on a major portion of ]and in Brooklin, will put the money to get the study started with the hope of recovering the funds from the ministry or from other developers. The Town will employ al] the consultants and will be responsible for directing the study. Council decided to hire Donovan Pinker, the author of the Brooklin feasibility study, as one of the consultants. By BRIAN WINTER Staff Writer For the second time in the 21-year history of the Peter Perry Award, a woman has been named Whitby's citizen of the year. The 1975 winner of the Peter Perry Award is Mrs. Pat Wilcox, who has devoted 13 years of volunteer work to the Girl Guide movement in Whitby and district. In addition to her work with Guides, she has been a Sunday School teacher and superintendent, staff conven- er of the Dr. J. O. Ruddy Hospital gift shop, a director of the Whitby Faniily YMCA, and a canvasser for many community fund-raising drives. "lt's a pleasure rather than a chore", Mrs. Wilcox said about lier volunteer work as she was presented with the Peter Perry Award at a dinner hosted by the Chamber of Commerce at Heydenshore Pavilion Friday. Guiding has been some- thing of a family tradition for Mrs. Wilcox, Her mother was a Brownie and a Guide and she was also, during the Second World War in England. Today Mrs. Wilcox has two daughters following her in the organization. Mrs. Wilcox and her husband Tom came to Whitby from Don Mills in 1961, and in 1963 she began her work with the 'Guides. At that time she started out as a badge tester for Brownies. The following year Mrs. Wilcox became a Brown Owl (Brownie leader) with the Second Whitby pack at St. Mark's United Chprch, when the former leader left the I Pat Wilcox wins Peter Perry award community. By 1965 she had obtained a first aid certificate with St. John Ambulance, and attend- ed two Girl Guides of Canada weekend training camps as part of her training to get a Guide Camper's licence. Within a year Mrs. Wilcox had taken three Brownie packs on weekend camps and passed the test to qualify her to take girls in camping trips. She was the first Guide leader in Whitby to meet these qualifications. Continued Page 2 Whitby Towne Estates approved Whitby Council, on Monday, passed a by-law giving final approval for a subdivision · - which could increase the town's population by as much as 2,500 people. The purpose of the by-law is to zone property near the Whitby/Oshawa boundary, just south of Dundas Street East, to permit a mixed residential development oi 654 units known as Whitby Towne Estates. The development is boun- ed by Kendalwood Road on the east, Nichol Avenue on the north and Burns Street on the south. • Council approved the draft plan of subdivision on October 27 of 1975. Property standards. by-law passed Whitby Council, on Monday, passed the minimum property standards by-law and appointed an officer to enforce it. The by-law, a long time in the making, sets out standards for the maintenance & occupancy of property within the town. It prohibits occupancy or use of property which does not conform to the standards The by-law forces owners of substandard property to make repairs to bring the property up to standards. Owners who refuse to make repairs will have their properties levelled and may be punishable by fine. James Allen, already employed by the town as a building inspector, was appointed property standards offleer. LUCKY LUCY .a- LýE P,)R E S S .t 1