The Smn Pit Been to the show lately? Better still have you been to the drive-in lately? A lot of people still think of the drive- ins as the sin pits of olden days. Maybe because I've been dabbling in my second childhood I still think of the drive-in as being a fun place. When I was much younger (we won't discuss dates) the drive-in was the high on the list of making out spots. How- ever those were also the days when a car cost a lot more than most teenagers could afford so those lucky enough to have cars usually possessed what would now be classed as a junker. A car had to have certain accessories to be classified as a junker. One of the hottest items was a whole string of those little balls that hang down on threads from the rear window. You also had to have baby moon hub- caps, an oogah horn, an exhaust cutout, a spotlight, a whip antenna or dual rear antennae and a girl's scarf hanging from the rear view mirror. Junkers also had to have lots of chrome under the hood - in places where it was really needed like the rocker covers, the fan blade, the generator housing, the air cleaner and the headbolts. As for the bumpers, what the heck, if a little chrôme was missing you just dabbed it up with silver paint. It was much more important to have the chrome under the hood than to have it on the bumpers or grille. Of course a radio with a rear speaker controlled by a fader switch was very necessary for making out in a junker. Because all these goodies cost a lot of hard earned bucks there was little money left over to do anything about the massive amounts of rust on the body of the car. Not only were good tires or 'rubber' beyond the reach of teens but a spare tire was just too expensive. Besides it was always a good excuse for getting stuck out somewhere with your favourite sweetie. Gasoline cost too much money so rides were short and thus the drive-in. By taking a girl to the drive-in you had the advantage of supposedly allowing her to see the latest picture she had been begging you to see and you also had a chance to be alone with her. That is of course unless you had a lot of friends who insisted on coming with you be- cause they didn't own a car. I remember one night at the Oshawa drive-in when most of my gang wanted to see a cer- tain picture and we wound up going in my panel truck. There were ten of us and we took lawn chairs and once in- side the drive-in I parked the truck backwards into a good spot and we ail piled out. Because I provided the 'wheels' I was able to set'up a chair for my girl and myself in the back of the truck and gaze out the rear doors at the screen while the others had to brave the dew and the stares of some pretty bewildered movie goers while they all set up their lawn chairs in a cluster around one allotted speaker. The drive-in used to have a guy who went around mak- TOWN OF WHITBY 1975 INTER IM TAX NOTICE FIRST INSTALLMENT The first installment of taxes for 1975 is due and payable February 14, 1975. If payment is not received by the due date, penalty at the rate of 1% per month will be charged on the overdue balance. Taxes may be paid at any Whitby bank without bank collection charge or at the Municipal Office, 405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario. R.A. CLARINGBOLD, Deputy Treasurer, Town of Whitby. ing sure the action in the cars wasn't hotter than the action on the screen and when he got to our group he sure did a double take. He figured discretion was the better part of taking on ten people so he just shocok his head and walked on. Another night at the drive-in that stands out fondly in my mind was the night I asked a young lady over for supper about a year ago. Well as things turned out the sup- per was ready just about the tine we were supposed to be going to the drive-in. Since I had gone to a lot of trouble to cook the spareribs, baked potatoes and hot rolls and all the trimmings we were faced with either staying home and eating or putting the whole works in the oven to keep warm until we got back. .Neither choice was the ideal solu- tion so in a flash of inspiration I grabbed some tinfoil, an ice bucket, napkins and beverages and we took thewhole meal to the drive-in with us. We got there just in time.to catch the cartoon which I hate to miss and while they were showing the previews of upcoming attractions I laid out the spread. The-meal was hot, fantastic and the picture was great. We spent over an hour dining and viewing and in fact it worked out so well I would consider doing it again. But the highlight of the evening was the look on the face of the man in the next car when he casually gazed our way and dropped his mouth open as he realized we were delightfully munching on spareribs as we watched the picture. The shame of all this is that there are no drive-ins open right now. Modern cars are much better built when it comes to keeping in the heat from a drive-in supplied heater but 1 guess the patrons aren't plentiful enough to warrant keeping the drive-ins open all winter so we drive-in buffs will have to wait till Spring. Worst of all it's really cramping my style. Now I'm forced to resort to that old line....."My place or yours". Knowing my place they almost always choose theirs! Pay Increase Durham separate school board trustees voted them- selves a 33 per cent pay in- crease last week. The trustees will now receive annual honorariums of $2,400, exactly $600 more than the previous $1,800.- This hike is the maximum increase allowed under the the new education act which came into effect on January Shane Coburn, chairman of the school board received a 50 per cent pay boost and is now receiving $3,600 a year. However, the Durham Board of Education declined to take full advantage of the new education act. Trustees are currently earning $250 a year, far be- low the $400 maximum al- lowed. Dunlop Fire Minor A fire early I-riday morn- ing caused an estimated $150 damages to a machine at the Dunlop plant in Whitby. A Banbury machine, which - converts rubber, caught fire at 1:47 a.m. By the time the Whitby Fire Department arrived at the scene, plant employees had the blaze under control with a fire extinguisher. DR. J. 0. RUDDY GENERAL HOSPITAL WOMEN'S AUXILARY MEMBERSHIP TEA will be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Wednesday, February 19, 1975, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. 209 Cochrane Street, Whitby EVERYONEWELCOME by AWARD WINI A FREE HAIRSTYLE (for mon or women) WINNING Hairstylist - Tony Scang. of Tony's Hairstyling LAST WEEK'S WINNER Mrs. Helen Watt 1028 McCullough Drive Whitby, Ont. The Whitby Free Press in co-operation with Tony's Hairstyling, Blair Park Plaza is giving away a FREE hairstyle to the first person phoning the FREE PRESS after 2 p.m. Thursday whose last three digits of their telephone number matches one of the sequences found -hidden throughout thîi issue, it the last three numbers of your telephone number match one of the lucky numbers hidden throughout this issue, ca4I the FREE PRESS at 668-6111 after 2 p.m. Thursday. If you're the FIRST caller you'Il win the Free Press bairstvle of the weekl WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1975, PAGE 9 NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD by the Corporation of the Town of Whitby for approval of a By-law to regulate land use passed pursuant to Section 35 of the Planning Act. TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corpor- ation of the Town of Whitby intends to apply to The Ontario Municipal Board pursuant to the provisions of Section 35 of The Planning Act for approval of By-law No. 144-74 read a first, second and third time and finally passed on the 12th day of November, A.D., 1974. A. copy of 'the By-law is furnished herewith. A note giving an explanation of the purpose and effect of the By-law and stating the lands affected thereby is also furnished herewith. Any person interested may, within fourteen (14) days after the date of this notice, send by reg- istered mail or deliver to the Clerk of the Town of Whitby notice of his objection to approval of the said By-law together with a statement of the grounds of such objection. Any person wishing to support the application for approval of the By-Iaw may within fourteen (14) days after the date of this notice, send by registered mail or deliver to the Clerk of the Town of Whitby notice of his support of approval to the said By-law together with a request for notice of any Hearing that may be held giving also the name and address to which such notice should be given. The Ontario Municipal Board may approve of the said By-law but before doing so it may appoint a time and place when any objection to the By-law will be considered. Notice of any hearing that may be held will be given only to persons who have filed an objection or a notice of support and who have left with or delivered to the Clerk undersigned the address to which Notice of Hearing is to be sent. The last date for filing objections will be the 26th day of February 1975. Dated at the Town of Whitby this 12th day of February 1975. Wm. H. Wallace, AM.C.T., CLERK 405 Dundas Street West, WHITBY, Ontario THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBN BY-LAW NO. 144-74 BEING A BY-LAW TO AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 2585 WHEREAS, the Municipal Council of the Corpora- tion of the Town of Whitby deems it advisable to amend By-law Number 2585, as amended. NOW THEREFORE, be it enacted and, it is hereby enacted as a By-law of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby by the Council thereof as follows: 1. That Section 12 (1) (a) of By-law No. 2585, as amended, is hereby further amended by deleting therefrom the following: "a detached single-family dwelling house"; "a semi-detached dwelling house"; and "a duplex dwelling house" BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 12TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D., 1974. Wm. H. Wallace CLERK Gerald S. Emm ACTING MAYOR EXPLANATORY NOTE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF BY-LAW NUMBER 144-74 The purpose and effect of By-law Number 144-74 is to eliminate the future development of detached single-family dwelling houses, semi-detached dwelling houses and duplex dwelling houses within the Town of Whitby in ail R5 (Residential) Zones. Ail material filed concerning this application is on file and open for public inspection in the Planning Department, located at the Brooklin Offices, 14 Church Street, Brooklin, Ontario. Telephqne: (416) 655-3346 1