During 1974, the Whitby Fire Department responded to 593 calis, according to the department's annual report. Of this total, 129 were check calls, or upon investiga- tion, there were no fires. Ten more were classified as need- less alarms. Building fires resulted in 116 calls; grass and brush fires, 109; assist and mutial aid, 104; vehicle -fires, 57; rubbish fires, 43; rescue mis- sions, 15; and unclassified calls, 10. The department was not called to any dump fires or drownings. Rescues, drownings and unclassified calls were the ont Iy type of alarms which saw decreases from 1973 to 1974. Although 1974's calls were up by 146 over the pre- vious year's, the fire loss in dollars decreased by $20,959. The department, named tops in the..country for the population category of 10,000 to 25,000 people, al- so reported that there was no loss of life due to fire or smoke inhalation in '74. However, eight firefighters were injured on the job and required medical attention. At present, the depart- ment employs 74 people, including 47 part time fire- fighters. Last year, nine full time firefighters, two part-time firefighters and one full time dispatcher were hired while six part time firefighters re- tired because of health and business commitments. According to the report the department inspected 1,263 existing homes and 95 farms and exarnined 123 building plans. Speeches, demonstrations and. film presentations during 1974 had 374 people partici- pating. In addition, 517 citizens visited the fire sta- tion during fire prevention week. The Fire Prevention auto- mobile took part in eight events during the year in Oshawa, Bowmanville, Ux- bridge, Porit Perry and Whitby. The department also of- fered courses in fire preven- tion to the town's citizens. 160 children enrolled in the Junior Fire Department Pro- gram and 78 adults graduated from the adult category of the program.' The department is already embarking on a training pro- gORErteb5mrtAE gram tor the public. . They hope to sponsor a first aid education program in co-operation with St. John's Ambulance. The course would be avail- able to citizens of Whitby who are connected with.the responsibility of working with children in any capacity. Council's operation com- mittee will look . into the matter of first aid training for all municipal employees. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1975 Macs Get I New Coach The Whitby Senior 'A' McDonalds have appointed a new coach in the hopes of improving the club's play. Dave Nicholishen, 33, will take over the post vacated by Jim Cherry one week ago. The Oshawa native will begin his role as player-coach tomorrow night when Whit- by hosts the Brantford Forresters. The 6ft.2in., 197 pound centre began the season on the roster of the Barrie Flyers. However, his hockey back- ground began long before that. Nicholishen played minor hockey in Oshawa before joining the Whitby Juniqr 'C' squad. He then moved on to Building Permits -$17 M. Building permits for con- struction valued at a total of $17,299,398 were issued in Whitby during 1974. The bulk (232) of the 377 building permits issued were for residential work which valued $6,932,988. .Residen- tial-agricultural construction totalled $995,415 on 45 permits. A total of 34 permits were secured for commercial pur- poses with the work valued at $4,082,505. The 21 industrial projects undertaken in the town cost $3,635,150. Only 20 permits were issued for agricultural work valued at $74,340. Institutional construction resulted from the issuance of three permits and cost $964,000. Only one permit was issued for recreational pro- jects valuing $615,000. Niagara Falls where he played Major Junior 'A' with the Flyers, under Hap Emns. As a junior, Nicholishen also played .for the Whidy Dunlop senior team in1958 when the Dunnies won the world title. However, he did not travel overseas with the team for the chan'pionship. He has been in senior hockey for 11 years, starting with Barrie and then moving to Orillia. He played for-thE 1969-70 Terriers when they were Allan Cup Finalists. Nicholishen went on to Oakville until the team folded midway through 72- 73 season. He closed out the year with Brantford before returning to Barrie in an off- season trade two summers ago. He played on die Allan Cup winning Flyers last year. Nicholishen has turned down offers to play profes- sional hockey in order to pursue his business interests and play-senior hockey. Nicholishen, his wife Ann and their two sons, Warren and Adam reside in Port Per- ry where he works with Bogue Plastics. Joe Piccininni, trainer for the Provincial Junior 'A' Markham Waxers, received the mayor's medal from Des Newman on Sunday for saving the life of goaltender Kim Crouch of Whitby. Crouch, a member of the Waxers, had his throat slashed by a skate in a game on January 5. As the son of- Whitby Fire Chief Ed Crouch, lay on the ice, Piccinmini, assisted by trainer Bob Ariss and Waxer defenceman Steve Harrison ap- plied pressure to the wound to stem the flow of blòod. Whitby council held its inaugural meeting for 1975 Saturday morning. The meeting Was attended by about 70 people. Pictured from left to right are: Councillors: Jim Gart- shore, Gerry Emm, Tom Edwards; Father Harrington; Mayor Des Newman; Clerk Bill Wallace; Councillors: John Goodwin, Joy Thompson, and Don Lovelock. Free Press Photo Picciniani was honored prior to the Provincial Junior 'A' contest on Sunday between Markham and Whitby Knob Hill Farms. From left to right are Councillor John Goodwin, trainer Bob Ariss, Councillor Joy Thompson, Councillor Don Love- lock behind Thompson, Joe Piccininni, Des Newman, Councillor Jim Gartshore behind Newman and Vince Plati, president of the Hillers. The Hillers are in the background. Whitby council held a ceremonious first meeting of the year Saturday. Each councillor took turns speak- ing, some predicting gloom and some optimism. Councillor Tom Edwards, the first speaker, wasn't optimistic about 1975. He felt the economic picture is bad and probably going to become worse. He also said that cutbacks and delays would be likely. Councillor Gerry Emm on the other hand was more optimistic. He felt that although "these are difficult times.....we will get through them". He said that council will have to watch spending very carefully. He also said that small businesses "the backbone of the community' seem to be getting forgotter and suggested the possibility of land reserving for smal: businesses. councillor Joy Thompso compared Whitby's growtl to "a woman getting a fac lift". She pointed out th; "regardless of what you do you will not change her per sonality". She said she didn' want to see Whitby change and wound up saying tha everybody should leave some thing in life....."if I can g< out of this world leaving jus one large greenhouse, I wil be happy" Mr. Turkey Delicatessen - Party Plates 159 Brock Street North Whitby 668-5270 Vol. 5 No. 2 Ali Sliced Salamis $1.99 lb 10 CENTS MAYOR'S MEDAL AWARDED Predictions 1