PAGE 10, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1982, WHITBY FREE PRESS ýBusinessmust have civie pride, too CONT'D FROM PG. 6 town flower was an ex- cellent way to help pro- mote civic pride. "Private enterprise plays - a significant role," McEwen told his audience adding that tre will provide the whole community bene- such things as the new business community fits." tourist information cen- with the opportun!tyto McEwen also toid bis tre provide the means to tell the tourists about audience that Whitby tell visitors to the town our points of interest," has great potential for of the things to be found he said. growth especially in the here. "When you make a Port Whitby area. "The information cen- visitor feel weicome, the The redevelopment of the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital he said will provide the opportunity for the completion of sanitary sewers in the area, a project which will provide even more developrnent of the area. Access to the GO system will make the proposal of Kesmark Holdings and its part- ners a more than viable project. Kesmark plans to develop the harbor area into a residential and marine recreational and commercial area that will boost Port Whitby's population by 8,000 people. "This bas to be the most exciting project for the municipality," McEwen said. With the planned growth and the firm foundations already set "Whitby has a golden opportunity to create pride in our com- munity,' he concluded. Bridge The following are the results of last week's play at the Whitby Curling Duplicate Bridge Club as reported by Mrs. Harvey Winter. North and South: Art Conrad and Harold Smuck, 59½; Mrs. John Frost and Mrs. P.N. Spratt, 53; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wilson, 44; and, Mrs. A.W. Armstrong and Mrs. W.C. Ristow, 421/. East and West: Perry Laurence and AI Leslie, 46/p; Mr. and Mrs. Har- vey Winter, 44; Mrs. Art Conrad and Mrs. Harold Smuck, 41½; and, Miss Georgie Bovay and Mrs. George Steffler, 41. ouncl Column Submitted by members of WHITBY TOWN COUNCIL By COUNCILLOR JOE DRUMM East Ward Chairman, Administrative Committee This year so far has been a busy one for me and a great deal of my time has been taken up with the problem in our new subdivision. Problems became almost monumental with the collapse of Coventry Homes. The problems of partly finished homes, half a subdivision without sodding, grading, side- walks, and curbs, was suddenly cast upon us. Living in such conditions is hard to imagine. But this past week the light has appeared at the end of the tunnel. By August 9 phase. one of the subdivision will be completed and the very-patient people will be able to let their children play on the lawns. In the D'Angelo subdivision east of K-Mart the town has called in the letter of credit - which means that if the outside services are not started to be put in place within ten days the town will complete them. In Blue Grass Meadows east of Thickson, we gave the developer 24 hours to start cleaning up. Mark- borough Properties responded well and that subdi- vision is looking good just now. Because of the failure of one builder to complete the grading and sodding in a reasonable time we had to put the arm on the developer. It looks at this point in time (June 16) that Markborough Properties will finish the job. Because of one builder, Blue Grass Meadows has had a great deal of adverse publicity. Hopefully now the problems of Blde Grass will for the most part be behind us. Kings Gate subdivision has also had its problems but Joe Bugelli would appear to have that one in hand. But all of these problems bring into focus a num- ber of questions. Should we allow so much develop- ment at one time? Just how good is a letter of credit in poor economic times? A letter of credit does not have a specific date on which one can draw on it, but talks in terms of proceeding with the work in an or- derly fashion. Council must now look at the archi- tectural control committee and any change they make in house lotting must be approved by our engineering staff. Allowing the developer to sell lots that are miles apart and thus having building over whole subdivision, gives the subdivision the -appearance of having no end to it and causes lots to be left in a mess all over the place. Hopefully council will have learned a lesson and people buying homes will-pay less heed to what color the bathroom tiles are and more attention to the guy they are buying the house from. WHS holding dlock draw By DOUG ANDERSON The Whitby Historical Society is once again holding an antique clock draw to raise money for its operations. The clock is a Victor- ian gingerbread manu- factured by the Ansonia Clock Company of New York in the late 1800's. It has been fully re- stored and is guaran- teed for one year by Earl Pascoe of Whitby who is an active mem- ber of both the Canadian and the National Clock and Watch Collectors Associations. The restoration of an antique clock inCludes stripping and refinish- ing the case; dis- assemnbly and ultrasonic cleaning of the move- ment; repair or replace- ment of worn parts; reassembly, lubrication and adjustment. Pascoe says that everything on this clock is original ex- cept the face and the decal on the door. The clock which has an eight-day movement with a half-hour strike is on display at the Whitby Museum (Lynde House) which is oepn from1 to 5 p.m., -Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The retail value of the clock would be $300 to $350 ac- cording to Pascoe. The draw is to be held at the Whitby Museum on Monday, August 2 (Civic Holiday) at 3 p.m. Tickets can be ob- tained for $1 from any member of the Whitby Historical Society or at the museum. They will also be for sale at a number of Whitby shop- ping malls this Friday evening, June 25. Proceeds from the draw will help support the activities of the historical society, most important of which are the Whitby Archives (located in the Centenn- ial Building on Centre Street South) and the museum. EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Anderson is the presi- dent of the Whitby Historical Society. 'Y' playc amp There will be a play- camp for children ages 2 to 5 years offered by the Durham Region Y.M.C.A., during the months of July and August. The playcamp will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 at Florence M. Heard Public School in Whitby, and in the afternoon, playcamp will be held at Christ Church on Mary Street in Oshawa, from 1to3p.m. This afternoon play- camp will be an in- tegrated camp with some children from Maplewoods Centre. Playcamp will feature organized outdoor acti- vities such as painting, creative crafts, imag- inary play, songs, stories, games, along with juice and a snack. Emphasis will be aimed at providing op- portunities for learning experiences which are important to the pre- schooler in a supervised setting. The Y's staff is train- ed in Early Childhood Education, and shows great understanding for each and every pre- schooler in the camp. There will be four sessions of two weeks each, beginning July 5 For further information on playcamp, please call the Y.M.C.A. office, 668-868. W~;I44a