CIRCLE TAXI 128 BROCK ST. N. WHITBY, ONT. 668-6666 24 HRS. (Voice of the County Town.) I -i Vol. 3, No. 47 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1973 The members of the Brooklin Legion held their Remembr- ance Day ceremonies last su'nday despite pouring rain. War veterans assembled in front of the Brooklin Memorial Ar- who served and perished in past wars. ena to pay tribute to and lay wreaths in memory of those Free Press Photo. New Library To open Soon On January 7, 1974 Whi- tby's new library will finally open on the lower level of the Municipal Building. The present library, which now stands on the corner of Byron and Dundas St. W., has served the community since 1913. At the time of its opening, the old library contained a "reading room each for.both men and wom- an, also for children, a ref- erence room and a room containing the eight book stacks. Each stack (would) ,hold about 700 books, or a total for the eight stacks of 5,000 volumes." (Gazette and Chronicle, May 7, 1914) In 1972 the same Whitby library contained some 35, 000 volumes, exclusive of other media and without ex- pansion. The new library, however, does not provide an utopian answer. There will be a Karl Schaaf was r as president of the Chamber of Comm Monday night- To be serving hi term of office, Mr of George Hamers1 mbing and heating turned as presideni shortage of book space, whi- ch will continue until the library encompasses the wh- ole of the Municipal build- ing. Despite this, the new lib- rary will provide other need- ed features. There will be a substantial increase in the working facilities for the lib- rary staff, who are presently working in very cramped qu- arters. There will also be a workshop area, which will allow the library to expand its programming. In the future, the juvenile depart- ment hopes to hold a pre- school story hour twice-a- week in. conjunction with a program for mothers. Add- itional programs for older children and programs for adults also hope to be fea- tured. A three-week loan instead of a two-week system will als- o be established in the new library. There will be a chan- ge in the library hours both in the children's and adults' departments. The new hours as of Jan. 7, 1974 will be 9:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Mon- day to Friday, and 9:30 - 5:30 on Saturday for both children and adults. The new library will con- tinue to add to its already established collection of rec- ords, films, cassettes, pictures, prints and other media. In its endeavour to serve the Whitby area, the library will continue to offer a shut- in service for the aged and sick; a varied collection of large print books will also be accessible to those who need them; an inter-library loan system is available for patrons requesting a particular book which is not in our stock; there is a branch library in Brooklin to serve the patrons in that area; and a story hour for children every Saturday VONDA T. KOTYNSKI morning from 10:30 - 11:30 is featured by the Juvenile department. In preparation for the mo- ve, the present library will close on December 17th. It is hoped that a week or two previous to the closing date, as many patrons as possible will check out all their Christ- mas reading material - the more books you take, the more you will aid the library staff in moving. These books will not be due until the new library opens. It is certain that the Whi- tby Library which has played such an integral part ii' the community in the past, will continue to do so in its new home in the Municipal build- ing. WHITBY CHAMBER ELECTS EXECUTIVE Chamber of acclamation. 1974 are: Fred Brown, past John Briggs e-elected The Monday night annual president; Karl Schaaf, pres- Tony Lapen Whitby meeting at the Whitby Mail ident; Jim Caiger, first vice- house, Rog erce on Restaurant saw a large turn- president. Gord Hanna, sec- Rycroft, Te out of local businessmen to ond vice-president;John Man- Smith, Lois s second elect the directors of the uel, treasurer; and Dorothy cox, Brian Schaaf Chamber for 1974 but all Hepburn, secretary. Wiuter and Ltd. plu- the executive went into of- e Directors are: Rich- was re- fice by acclamation, t of the The new executive for- ard Andrews, Russ Battep, Bob Collins, ina, George Loft- er Pye, Charles ed Sims, Frank Wells, Alan Wil- Winter, William Jack Woodward. Whitby's P Tops An increase of 961 peo- ple last year brought Whitby's total population to 25,247 reported Town Treasurer F. N. McEwen. But lie said that because the census is taken in June of each year by the provincial assessment department, and the greatest number of homes are completed in the last Showing their objection to the election of the Region- al Administrator seven Osh- awa Councillors walked out of a meeting putting an end to it. They returned half-an-hour later, after reaching a com- promise in the hallway of the County Building. )opulation 25000 par? ofthe year, the annual census does not reflect the full year's growth. Mr. McEwen also said that the town is still not allowed to include the population of provincial institutions such as the Whitby Psychiatric hospital in the population figures used to calculate gov- ernment grants. Apparently the Oshawa representatives felt that the other councillors were bloc voting to elect their choices from the present County per- sonnel instead of considering the qualifications of other applicants. Mayor Jim Pot- ticary (Oshawa)said "we don't bloc vote at all - we think". ,. j ,, ~ ~ ~ 4k {~~ ~ *j ~L i j j j j*,. I *I * ~ C4 1*A whitby 10 CENTS REPS WALK GUT LATE NEWS BULLETIN A fire at Heydensore Pavilion Wednesday morning caused an estimated $3, 000. 00 damages to, the, roof struc- ture of the Pavillon. The Whitby Fire Department responded to the call at 12:08 a.m. Wednesday morning with four trucks and fourteen men and had the fire under control iintwenty minutes. -Chief Crouch said that apparently a motor in one of the furnaces seized up and ignited nearby combustible materials. Sources say that it is hoped the damagewill be repaired in time for activities -scheduled- for the, pavilion this week-eiid. a F AMI L RESTAURANTS J WHITBY & OSHAWA