PAGE 20, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1989 BrrookhinProfile News? Call Lorna Miller Phone 668-63691/ 1-694-1502 Wouldn't it be great to have two houses? One to will be held every Monday and/or Thursday starting actually live in and one dclean one for entertaining? You Feb. 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Spencer Centre bet your ippy it would! on Columbus Rd. west of Brooklin. This is a co-op This would, of course, entail the purchase of two group so, registration will cost only $1 per child. Come wardrobes, one for the live-in house culled from the and bring those little ones and participate in games, piles at rummage sales, and the other from the racks .,,. exercises and outings that will provide memories for at The Room where haute couture and haute prices are ASQ I SEE IT exercis and ou i. at will proinmorieo r de rgeu, fo th guet mnsio. &you and your child. Call 655-4966 for information. de rigeur, for the guest mansion. The same goes for furniture. The live-in house gets by Loa Miller-- furntiure endurance-tested by a bomb squad, the _-0-0 mansion, the flimsy elegant stuff straight out of a M The Brooklin Women's Institute met at the home of Town and Country Magazine. (I could handle all of Elsie Gilroy on Jan. 18. There was a good attendance. that.) tender ears of guests of the mansion. So, unless you The motto, 'When Agriculture Declines the Nation Soon You would also need two set of kids. One would be have a civilized male, don't expect much help on this Follows,' brought forth many comments. Roll call was the normal, active, fearless, slightly mouthy children one from the distaff side. 'A Canadian industry connected with agriculture' who, like my grandaughter, would feel free to ask, "Are This brings us to pets. Mutts for the live-in and Beekeeping and the making of candles from beeswax; you going to be nice today or are you going to be purebreds for the mansion - small purebreds. Siamese frozen foods; machinery amd mechanics and fertilizer 'grandmother from hell?' The other set would be 'TV cats only! They don't shed and are much too grand to were a few mentioned. Elsie Gilroy gave a humorous Children,' like the Beaver or any group of those be petted. They like living alone because they think reading from the.farmer's wives. Bessie Cosway gave a well-coiffed, well-scrubbed and shone, dream children they are above everyone and everything else. So, brief history of the Woman's Institute. Mrs. Levi who inhabit spotless, color-co-ordinated rooms and they're perfect for limited engagement runs. Just Arksey, first vice-president, chaired the meeting. speak only the lines given. remember they need love, too. So bring them over to Hostesses were Aleta Campbell and Vivian Eckel. The Now, knowing husbands as I do, they wouldn't the live-in at least once a week. next meeting will be held at Brooklin Community probably go along with this scheme. They like their Now, what's left? Just us. Could we keep up with Centre on Feb. 1 at 1:30 p.m. Family and consumer comfort and they just couldn't round up a pair of socks this charade? Who knows. But it would be fun to try, affairs convenor, Carrie Arksey, will speak. Motto will fast enough to switch houses in mid-program. Also, just once. be 'A dollar won't do as much for us now because we they would tend to forget which fidge had the real oo-0 don't do much for a dollar.' Roll call will be 'Name a food, and which had the food you pretend to live on. way to stretch a dollar.' Hostesses will be Bessie "Who the he.. eats anchovy paste and where the he..'s Marion Jackson and Cindy Cosway and Margaret Watson. Visitors welcome. Call the salami? is not a cry you would want greeting the Batty are opening a new "Tots and Moms" group. It Eileen Young, public relations officer, at 655-4812. First City to get $3 million ACCEPTING an Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Durham branch) Preservation Award from former Kingston mayor and current Heritage Canada governor Val Swain (left) on Saturday were Rev. Frank Lee and Chris Greaves of St. Thomas Anglican Church in Brooklin for their new parish hall, winner in the complementary new construction class. Swain was guest speaker at the first annual awards dinner and Greaves was co-chairman of the parish hall building pro- ject, which judges said complemented but did not overshadow the existing church, a heritage struc- ture originally designed by prominent 19th cen- tury architect Henry Langley. Free Press photo Gas bar would be a 'mistake', says resident Whitby council would be mak- ing a mistake if a gas bar addi- tion was allowed at the con- venience store on Hwy 7 in Myr- tle Station, according to a resi- dent. William Gibeault made his comments during.a public meet- ing on the rezonng application by Charles Hynes for the gas bar. "Somebody will be killed if you put a gas bar on that corner," Gibeault told planning commit- tee last week. He said the traffic on Hwy 7 is too fpst now and a gas bar would simpIt add to the problems. The property is now zoned local commercial which does not allow a gas bar. Further comments will be obtained and assessed before a planning committee recommen- dation is made. By Mike Johnston Durham Region must pay back more than $3-million to two com- panies who had planned to extend services to Brooklin, an Ontario Supreme Court has ruled. Mr. Justice M.A. Craig of the Ontario Supreme Court ruled that Durham must pay $3.1 mil- lion to First City Development Corp. Ltd. and Tamay Realty Co. Ltd. The decision was described as "disappointing" by Durham regional chairman Gary Her- rema. The two companies took the Re gon to court after the Region cashed a, letter of credit First City had deposited as a guaran- tee for developing Brooklin. First City had acquired 580 hectares (1,432 acres) of land. The proposal was initiated in 1974 with ·First City depositing the $2. 1-million letter of credit in 1981. Developing the land for part ASHBURN NEWS By Sonja Graham The guest speaker at the UCW meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 8 p.m., will be Patrica Kerr, doctor of humanities, known for her columns and university lectures. She will discuss color and how it affects the human body, and also colored stones (not jewelry) and their healing qualities. Al are invited to attend to learn more about the ancient science. Jim Stachow returned from Japan to spend the Christmas holidays with his family. He is learning the Japanese language as he pursues his business career. Wishing a speedy recovery to the father of Anna-Maria Schnei- der. Board to sponsor dance The Ashburn Centennial Com- munity Centre Board will spon- sor a Valentine's dance on Satur- day, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., at the Thunderbird Golf and Coun- try Club, Ashburn. There will be a disk jockey, residential and part industrial was to bring more than 10,000 people to Brooklin. But in 1982 the deal fell through when the Province would not allow part of the land to be rezoned to industrial from agricultural. First City then approached Durham for return of the letter of credit in 1983. The Region refused and instead cashed the letter which, with interest, is now worth $3,127,789. First City then intitiated a court action to reclaim the letter. "In my opinion, the conduct of the region was high-handed and oppressive," wrote Judge Craig in his judgment. "There was no legal or justifi- able basis upon which the region could be entitled to cash the letters of credit or retain the proceeds therefrom." "I'm disappointed. I thought we might have been able to use that money for sewers and water to Brooklin,"said Herrema. The Region has the money in reserve funds but the court also ruled the Region will have to pay court costs, which Herrema said would be about $400,000 While disappointed, both Her- rema and Whitby mayor Bob Attersley said they were glad the case is finally settled. "This will have no impact on Brooklin except that it may speed up development," said Herrema. Attersley said that every time a developer approached the Town about extencding services to Brooklin they were put on hold because of the court case. "We have had a lot of develo- pers make inquiries. This now makes room for something to happen," said Attersley. "When we signed (agreement) we were led to believe it was binding. The courts said it wasn't, said Attersley. The Region's solicitor, Shan Jain, would not comment on the decision. He will prepare a report on the decision for the special mayor's committee. It will then be up to regional council to decide if an appeal is warranted. buffet lunch and prizes. "he dance, for those 19 and over, is a fundraising event. Tickets, for $20 per cou ple, are available at the Ashburn General Store, or call 655-8779.