D evelopment[ sy meains more traffie on Cochrane St.1 Increased development north along Cochrane Street will increase the use of a proposed bridge joining this street with the Otter Creek subdivision, says a traffic operations manager for the Region of P- '.,am. - D. H. McMullen informed council's opera tions committee recently that initially the intersection of the new street (Bonacord 'Avenue) and Cochrane Street wiIl have a modest traffic volume, but as siubdivisions infill to the north, traffic will isicrease and lights wiIl eventually have to be installed ýat ,the~- intersection, he said. Mr. McMullen said the pro- posed intersection will be used by a lot of traffic because of the lack of a suitable contin- uous north-side subdivision connection to Dundas Street west of Cochrane. Also, lie said, traffic will use Burns, Annes and Cochrane Streets in coming from Highway 401, to avoid the intersection of Brock and Dundas Streets. Traffic from Victoria Streets will also use the most direct route, Henry Street, Dundas and Cochrane, said Mr. McMullen. A numnber of Cochrane Street residents are opposed to creating this new intersec- tion andi increasing traffic on Cochrane Street. The mnatter lias been referred to council's planning committee. Downtown area bylaw is dieferred The Whitby Central Business District Impi ove- ment Committee is asking council ta hold off passing a byiaw to make the downtown an improvement -area, until the matter can be further examined by the merchants. At a mneeting attended by 21 downtown business people Thursday, the comrmittee requested Councillors Bob Attersiey and Tom Edwards to ask council not*to proceed with a proposed byiaw at the present time. The comnmittee will con- sider revisions to the bylaw, the possibility of sending a questionaire to the businesses in the downtown, and rçduc- irlg the sîze cortemplatcd for the iniprovement area. CHEERING IN THE WINNER The race was on for the 1977 Boy inewood. Derby Championships. auditorium was packed Saturday for the1 Conimissioner Marcel Brunelle (Iett) and1 Commissioner John Ward (right) watch intently. Cheeing in the winners are (left Scouts' annual The library finals. District Deputy District the finish line to right in bard bats) Shawn Campbell, Robin- McLaren, Drew Davidson, Doug Ponnar, Bobby Chow,. and Tim 'Aim'a. One'lîttle fellow even manages to sneak a Iook atý the finish from under John Ward's chair, as the'excitement runs high. Free Press Photo bv Brian Winter Patient's death "most perplexing case" After two hours of delibera- tion, a coroner's jury ruled last Wednesday, that 23-year- old Harry La ine, a resident of the Durham Centre for the Developmnentally Handi- capped, drowned last July through "unknown means". Following two days of testimony, held on consecu- tive Wednesdays, the jury brought in the following six recommendations: « . There should be more co-ordination between the Durham Centre and the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital involving- combined search procedures and mock drills. - The Whitby Harbor marsh should be cleaned and maintained. «- Cliff edges should be sectioned off to reduce hazards to patients. - Ail police forces in the aréa should be informed when a patient is missing. -- Communication between the institutions and close relatives of the patients shouid be improved. -- Withiri budgetary limita- tions, accommodations and facilities for the mentaliy retarded shouid be inmproved. .Laine's body was discover- ed in the marsh near the yacht club on, JuIy 12, 1976, two days after he disappeured following -a. ininor scuffle with a WPliI patient. Testlmony at the first day of the inquest stated there were abrasions on the body caused after death. "The circumstances sur- rounding the death are con- fusing and disquieting", said Crown Attorney Bruce Affleck, "and we simnply do not know if a homicide took place". He assured the inquest that the case wiIl remain open and police will investigate any new leads that mnay be uncovered. Detective Edward Wilson of the Durham Regionai Police called it "the most perplexing case 1 have ever Council pays a trihute to the late Tom Norwood Members of the town counicil paid tribute to Tom Norwood, a longtime Whitby resident who died Monday, with a minute of silence at the regular council meeting this week. Councillor Tom Edwards spoke of Mr. Norwood's conriiutions to Whitby for the past 20 years in minor sports, the Whitby Duniops Hockey Club, and the Dr. Ruddy Hospital -dances. Mr. Norwood was deeply involved in many aspects of" community life in Whitby. He worked for Dunlop Canada Ltd., rising to the position of Vice President, and camne with Dunlop to Whitby in 1955. Ile retired about severi years ago, follow- i 1ng a heurt attack. Lately lie workcd for W. Franik Real Estate. Mr. Norwood wýs ani avid sports fan and uni of the chief supporters of t'he world champion Whitby Dunlops in the 1950Os. He also was on the town's arena board and involved in minor hockey and basebail. For nine years he had written the parody songs for the Dr. J. O. Ruddy Hospital's annual Blossomn Bail, and had just finished this year's songs, before he died at his residence In Oshawa Mond'ay at the age of 54. Mr. Norwood is survived by his wife, the former Vera Bayles, and daughter, ian of Ottawa, and one son Jo,î, of Preston. The funeral was held today fromi the W. C. Town Furieral Chapel at 2 p.nm. Thle- fainily requested contri- bu tions to the charity of your choice, if desired. investigated". No evidence linking a patient or staff mem- ber to Laine's death could be found, he said. Whitby Ehig1and mayor Visits Whitby will be honored next week by a semi-official visit by the mayor of Whitby, England, Eric Hutchison. Mayor Hutchison, his wife, and two friends, will be visit- ing Canada on a holiday fromn March 18 to 28, and will spend a few days in Whitby. Although plans for the visit are not definite yet, Mayor Jim Gartshore will be acting as host to Mayor Hutchison', and giving hlm a tour of the town. A small civic reception is also being planned. Council recently approved a proposai to twin with Wbitby England, and discus- sions, on this. subject- are expected to be held during the Whitby mayor's visit. In 1969 Whitby twinned with Longueuil, Quebec, and in 1975 with the city of Feldkirch in Austria. Whitby, England, is an ancient seaside town - in Yôrkshire, the town from which C4ptain James Cook mnade' his famed voyages aroun d the world in the I 8th century. A store from the Whitby bey, dating back to about 1100 AD was placed in Al Saints' Anglican Church in Whitby, Ontario ini 1939, thus providing a tangible link between the town towns1 Henry wins tournament Henry Street High School host of the OFSAA Girls' Volieyball tournamerit Friday and Saturday, won the tour- nament by defeating Wood- roffe School, of Ottawa, by scores of 26-14 and 15-8. In the semi-finals, Henry defeated Saunders, of London, 15-10 and 17-15. Eighteen teams from across Ontario competed in this pro- vincial tournament. Some teams were fromn as far away as Kapuskasing and Kenora. Members of the victorious Henry High team were -Nancy Winter (captain), Finona MacGregor, Leith Stirling, 1leide Waida, Theresa Dochuk, Alison McNeill, Cheryl MacLeod, Linda Dalby, Di4nna Dillion, Denise Harrison, Wendy Kotyluk, Marina Santora, and Chris Waida. Three years' probation for theft of town funds A former Whitby employee received a tionai discharge and years' probation iast after pleading guiity charge of theft of towni town condi- three week to a funds. iudge Joseph P-. Kelly ordered Dangucole Vadakojyte, 31, of 70j) Dunlop St.W. to iniake restitution of, $1 ,878 to the mniicipaiity,, ufter previotns testlm-ony had re- veldthat, licence revenues, were discovered missing by auditors between March".2 and Dec. 19, 1974. During that time Miss Vadakojyte was employed as deputy issue-r of licences, said Crown Attorney J. E. Howell. The court was told that therp was a shortage of $840 in marriage licence fuinds, $570 In buisiness licence recelpts and $468 in Iottery licence fees. ELCOME TO HITBY MAYOR 1-IUTCHISON