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PAGE 16, WEDN ESDAY, AUGUST 4. 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS Winners at Oshawa Kiwanis Music Festival Music is afamily affairfor the singing Roneys 3RIAN WINTER a duet. Their brother Paul, man aI this camp. Staff Writer 17, did ual comipete Paul, Mary and David have is something for a individually, but was in tire been siuging in tire All Saints' ffair for Rev. Jack family singing group. Churàb choir for several years ,f AIl Saints' Anglican Mary and David were and botb Paul and David iris wife and three -among 13 prize wiuners at bave atteuded tire Toronto the festivalt who sainp at the Diocesan Choir Scirool at ctdliuren. 1In a scene reminiscent of the Trapp family in The Sound of Music, the Roneys entered the farnily singing category at the Oshawa Kiwanis Music Festival last April, and took first prize with a comie Devon folk song called Widdecurnbe Fair. Their entry was sucli a crowd pleaser that they were asked 10 perforrn lu the Festival of Stars ai Eastdale Collegiate, following the music festival, and lu September, they wilI be per- forming ai the McLaughlin Public Library for the Oshawa Historical Society. Accordîng to Mrs. Roney, the faînily's sudden success in singing as a roup is "sort of a flash in the pan", and there 'are no definite plans to continue as a singing grouý. It requires ail our energy t0 get flive people together", says Mr. Roney. ",Who becomes the director is a good question". In addition to mnakiug their debut as a family singing group this year, the Roneys have put thecir singing talents to good Lise îndividually. Thirteen-year.old David wvon tïour first prizes andonue second prize at the Oshawa Kiwauis Music Festival for solos. and duels and 15-year- old Mary won a first prize for a solo and second prize foi Junior Rose Bowl Festival iu St. George's Anglican Church in Oshawa. Many Whitby residents will rernember seeing Mary play the guitar and sing folk songs at the Whitby Theatre Company's spring musical revue ini April and at the Countv Town Carnival Talet Showcase. She has also performied with the theatre cornpany's youth group at a show called "Skitzophrenia", and in a show during senior citizens' week. In Grade seven and eighl, while atteuding Whitby Senior Public School, Mary learned how to play the guitar from David Swadliug, one of the teachers, now musical director at West Lynde Public School. When she graduatJd! fromn Grade eight, ber parents bought her a guitar. Since that lime she bias performed lu a folk singiug group at AIl Saints' Churcb. but did nol start appearing lu talent shows tli this year. Mary sings coutemiporary folk songs and acconipanies herselt' on tbe guitar. At tbe Talent Showvcase, she sanu a duiel ith Auna Davis, of Bay Rîdges, and lias alsu suug lu trios. Sînce 1973, she bas aîtended the luron Choir Camnp at Tyrconuell. Ont. on, Lake Erie. This year bier brother Paul is a mnaintenance Trinity College in Port Hope. AIl have studied piano,. Paul having completed the Grade Se',en muisicexam with honors. Recently Mary and David gave up the piano to take further voice training. It was Mary and David's niusic teacher, Mrs. Mary Easdeu, of Oshawa, whio suggested the Roneys should enter the Kiwanis Music Festival as a family group, because there hiad been few entries in tliat category in past years. They competed against threc other famnilies, two from Oshawa and one from Bay Ridges. So far, says Mrs. Roney, Widdecuinbe Fair is the only song the farnily eau sing as a group, but they intend to learu another one before thieir September performance lu Oshawa. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rouey have a miusical background. Mrs. Roney has sung iiu choirs sinice shie wai12 velrs oId, and plays the clarilet and piano. Mi. Rouiey wvas a mieinher of the Kinsmien Boys' Clîir lu Saskatoon,las a child, zanid enltered a nuniber of* imsic :cstivals. As far s lischefu1ture. is concerned, Paul is continiflg \with bis pîiano traiuing and uîay takc pipe organ tessons. iand NMary would like tu contîiue lier folk singing performances. WIN EVEN MORE AT Whitby Community Bingo in 2 jackpots ($500 ecc in 50 numbers or less) PLUS 20 Regular Games 2 Early Birds 5 Late Games A TOTAL PURSE 0F $1 ,675 UP FOR GRABE Every Mondczy Night Early Bird games start.cit 7:15p.m. air conditioned HEYDENSHORE PAVILIO?4 (corner Water St. and Dunlop Dr., Whîtby) Four of the f ive members of the Roney family show off their trophies they won for singing at the Oshawa Kiwanis Music Festival earlier this year. From Ieft to right are Mary, who has performed as a folk singer in local talent shows; Mrs. Fran Roney; Jack Roney; and David, who took four f irst ýprizes for solos and duets at the music *7esti- val. Paul, the other niember of this singing family, was not present for the picture, as lie was attending the Huron Choir Camp. Fe rs ht Bill Newman says: "Shoppers should demand Ontario-grown products" Resideuts of Ontario can hielp tbe Ontario farnier hy buyiug humne grown produc ts ln prefereuce tu îmipoitis wvberever Possible. says Agriculture Minister William Uzwnîan. Speaking aI the Rotary Club of Toronto July 2-3, Mr. Newma n said that he considered it is abou!tlimie for the consumer to becomie personally iuvolved lu the foudlands question. Ile suggested that shoppers should demiand from- their stores a readily available supply of Ontario-growIi products. "A few years ago iu our province we hiad a very successful 'Buy Ontario' campaigu for nur secondary manufactured products. We could do the same witlh food", lie said. "We have- some good wines lu Ontario and they're geting better every year", said Mr. Newman. "Hlow many of you drink Ontario- made wines with your meal?" It's not enough to say the rich Niagara fruit lands miust be preserved", said Mr. Newman. "Tbere's a prîce tag attached". "Shoppers shoul d be willing to pay a couple of pennies more for a can of fruit growu in Niagara I instead of buying a cheaper eau imported from some country where labor costs are lower than ours and the whole standard of living is lower than ours", hie said. "We must be aware that if enougli of us opt for the short-terni saviug of a couple of pennies, another fanmer may give up and seli his land. And that mighit mean one orchard less that our bidren and our children's children eau count on". Mr. Newman said Ontario consumers may have ta pay a few pennies more for home- grown produce, but poiuted Fout that Ontario-produced food is stili a bargain. The average family in Ontario speuds only about 19 per cent of ils income on food, while in Japan and said Mr. Newman. lu the Soviet Union it's 53 per cent and iu much of Asi'i, 80 per cent, lie added. Mr. Newman pointed out thal farmiers make up only flive per cent of Outario's population but they.keep the remnaining95 percent supplied businessman 10 keep bis operation going lu a notoriously uupredictable line of work. Last year, Ontario' farmers bad 10 pay as much as 80 per cent more* for seeds and almost 30 per cent more Îor fertili7,er, said Mr. Newman, uhile thet actual amount 0f ~vitlî higb quality foo i n uth-e farmer's pockel because they are "amazingly dropped by 2.7 per cent in productive and efficient". 1975. "The individual farmer Mr. Newman, besides bas increased bis produclivity urgiug Ontario residents 10 100O per cent lu the last 10 buy produce grown lu this years wbile other sectors in province, outlined the status our economy have increased of farming in the province output per- person 50 per today, and disagreed wilh the cent", he said. " &scaremongers", who are Mr. Newman pointed out, predicting. world food however that the Ontario shortages. Opposes bylaw Emm sayslo coveragfe too high in Whitby Towne Estates By BLAKE PURDY Road 'on thre east, Mechol Staff Writer Avenue on the north and Houses on small lots are Burns Street ou thre soutb. not necessarily less expensive Despite the fact Ihat than bouses on large lots, counicil approved the draft says Whitby Councillor plan of subdivision in Gerry Emmn. October of 1975 after many Councillor Emm made the meetings- held t0 solicit statement during counicil's public iuput, Councillor most recent meeting at which Emm refused 10 support the final approval was given 10 a by-law. 654-unit subdivision near the He said he objected 10 Whitby/Oshawa boundary the density which ire felt is just south off Dundas Street 100 higir because he is not East. convinced that homes on Final approval was given small lots are much less ln thre form of a by-law expensive than homes on allowing the zouing of tire large lots. property 10 permit a rnixed "Approving tris is allow- resideutial developitient of ing another Bradley Farm", single family detached dwel- said Councillor Emm. "If 1 lin gs, single family link could see real savings 10 the ,wellings, single family semi- homeowner 1 could support detached dwellings and single il but 1 can't". tamily town bouse dwellings "I have had problemrs wiîh (street and group town Ibis subdivision for a long hou se s). l ime", he said. The subdivision, known as When il camne lime ta Whitby Towne Estates, when vote on the by-1.aw Councillor complete, could provide Emmn was the only personi to bousing and services sucli as oppose il. Mayor Jnn schools, parks, commercial Garîshore, Councillor Bob areas and institutional Carson, Councillor Tom faciities for as many as Edwards, Councillor Ken 2,800 people in the area l-obbs and Councillor Joy bounded by Kendalwaod Thompwon voted in support. By B Music faniily a Roney ol Churcli, $.19000 00