Vol. 7, No. 25 Wednesday, June 22, 1977 Accident victim is dead Frances Murphy, a nurse at the Dr. J. 0. Ruddy Gèneral Hospital, died at the hospital where she worked, Thursday; as a result of injuries she received in an accident the previous Monday. Mrs. Murphy, a 41-year- old mother of three, suffered head injuries when her car was hit broadside by a south- bound auto at the intersec- tion of the base line and the Whitby-Ajax town line as she was returning home fromi her shift as a night supervisor at the hospital. A 14-year-old juvenile was driv/ing the second car which was stolen police said. The youth has been charged under the Juvenile Dilinquents Act vith careless driving, dangerous driving, and theft over S200 involving an auto. Mrs. Murphy, survived' by her husband, Kevin J. Murphy, and three sons, Sean, Michael and Steven. The funeral %vas held Monday from W. C. Town Funeral Chapel, followed by internment in Resurrection Cemetery, Whitby. The funeral service was held at St. Bernadette's Church, Ajax. Townhouses are reduced Residents of the Bradley Farm Subdivision have won their point with the town council to reduce the number of town houses in a develop- ment which will be built on the east side of the existing subdivision. Last week council approv- ed a plan for 17 town houses, 42 link houses, 38 semis and 42 single family homes. The original proposal had called for 45 town houses, and nearly 200 Bradley Farm residents had signed a petition asking council to reduce that number. They said they felt the townhouses would adversely affect the value of their homes, and expressed con- cern about the density of the new development. Some confusion developed at a recent council meeting when the residents, the developer and some council members had agreed to a plan with 17 town houses, but a conflicting plan appeared in the council agenda. The developer, Pontiac Properties Cochrane Limited, plans to provide housing for 559 people in thià develop- ment, west of Garden Street and north of the CPR tracks. Councilvoted unanimously in favor of the plan presented last week. DUNKøP PUBLISHER PLUNGES Free Press publisher and owner Mike Burgess certainly wasn't smiling as he went under, bat, shirt, trousers and al...but he tels us it was Afor a worthy cause, fund- raising by the Whitby Jaycees for the development of D'Hillier Park. The 'Dunking Booth' event took place Sunday at the park as part of a Park Fun Day organized by the Jaycees complete with karate demonstrations, 'gold' hunt, pony rides, and food booth. Incidentally, according to Mike he wouldn't have been dunked if a helpful (?) Jaycee hadn't gone behind the booth and pulled the trigger a few times. Mike says the other fellow was jealous because Mike and his wife Marj won the 'Best Dressed' prize at the Jaycees '50s Dance the night before (Mike wore a white sports coat, pink carnation etc.). Free Press Photo by Marj Burgess Information booth downtown A new experiment in pro- motion and public relations for the Town of Whitby was launched this week by the Chamber of Commerce in the form of an information booth at the Four Corners. The booth, which formerly was located at the Iroquois Park arena was donated by the town, and set up by volunteer labor from Chamber members, outside the Bank of Commerce. Evelyn Spaks, a Whitby university student has been hired by the Chamber through a provincial student employ- ment grant to staff the booth till the end of August. Here she will have provin- cial tourist information, regional information, pamph- lets from the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Author- ity and the Great Pine Ridge Tourist Council, and informa- tion on Whitby supplied by the Chamber. County Town Carnival programs will be avallable at the information booth when they are issued about the beginning of July, and the booth will be an outlet for tickets to Puck's Canadian Travelling Circus, one of the major features of this year's County Town Carnival. This circus is being sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Hours for the information booth are Monday to Thurs- day 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A bench provided by Wintario will be set up beside the booth, and entertainment such as rock music groups will be provided through the summer at the information booth,says Chamber President Gord Hanna. Mr. Hanna says he would like to have an artist draw caricatures of the downtown merchants to acquaint people with their names and businesses. The whole theme for the information booth is "Whitby Merchants Welcome You", said Mr. Hanna, who intends the booth to be a major promotion for down- town Whitbv. Cash stolen A quantity of cash, liquor and cigarettes was stolen froni the Moore Park Restaturant on Highway 12 Friday night. Police report that there are no suspects in the case yet. A Whitby youth was charged June 14 with danger- ous driving after a high speed chase by police which ended at the intersection of Centre and Dunlop Streets. The youth abandoned the vehicle, which was abandon- cd in a ditch at the inter- section, police said. Police report $150 worth of danage was incurred at Whitby Senior Public School on Junc 14, when. a 48" x 50" window was broken by unknown means. Robert Hedges, Brooklin Legion president dies Robert Francis (Bob) He retired from the army Hedges, President of the with the rank of Captain in Brooklin Legion, died 1964, after 25 years of suddenly at his home June service, and was employed 14 at the age of 60. in the civil service until 1974 Mr. Hedges had been when he came to Brooklin actively working on Legion from Montreal. At one time business, and had attended he was security officer the Brooklin Spring Fair only director for the Department a few days before his death. of National Defence. He was born May 17, 1917 Since his arrival in at Hamilton, and as a boy, Brooklin he took an active lived at St. lyacinthe and role in the work of Royal Sherbrooke, Quebec. Canadian Legion Branch 152. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1938, and and was elected president i joind te Cnadan rmy 1976. Fie was re-electedi on joined the Canadian Arniy May i15 this year, and vice- prior to World War Two. residentthoby aron il fi11 He participated with the presenn Canadians in the Dieppe land- out hiseges is survived by ing in 1942, and was taken his wife, the former Renate prisoner by the Germans. He Bial, whom he married in was a prisoner of War for 32 1960, one son John, and two months until he was freed by daughters, Crystal and Karen. the American Army near the The Brooklin Legion hed end of the war. Themorool seion St. After the war Mr. Hedges aTmemorial service in St. joined the Canadian Intell-,Thomas Anglican Church gence Corps where he served June 15, which was followed as a Warrent Officer during by a private cremation the occupation of Germany. service. Ontario Municipal Board ove rrules the ratepayers A two-day Ontario Munici- pal Board hearing last week, overruled objections by the Corridor Area Ratepayers Association, and approved two town bylaws which will allow a housing development in the area of Manning Road and Hazelwood Drive. The OMB's two represen- tatives gave the go-ahead to the town to pass bylaws which will provide for 129 single family homes with varying frontages from 50 to 80 feet and lot areas from 5,000 to 15,000 square feet. Tse OMB representatives said the bylaws conform with the town's official plan and told the ratepayers that if the official plan were to be inter- preted the way they see it, development in Whitby would be stifled for a number of years. The ratepayers contended that lots should be 10,000 square feet minimum. Planning Director Kevin Tunney said the OMB decision willhave a bearing on other subdivisions in the area to which the .ratepayers association has objected. Hearing dates have yet to be set for all except the Whitby Towne Estates sub- division, which is scheduled for Aug. 8. Pat Dooley, president of the ratepayers association, and one of his neighbours, John Bolton, gave evidence for the ratepayers association. Contrary to the opinion of the ratepayers, the two OMB chairmen said the type of development proposed in the subdivision under discus- sion would maintain and improve the quality of the residential area. "Bunker" is bulldozed In the interests of safety, a bit of hisiory was plowed under at Camp X last week. Aftér. some discussion in council over whether to pre- serve or demolish an old concrete baserment of a gener- ating station, the decision was made to destroy it. A large tracked diesel back-hoe was used, to knock in the walls of what had been described by some as a "communications bunker". The town liad purchased some dynamite to blow up the installation, but the decision was made to not use t h dynamite. Caip X caie iitothe news this month after a picture appeared in the Free Press of Scouts planting trees on the site of the old spy camp. People who had work- ed at the camp during the Second World War phoned the town hall to warn of live ammunition buried on the siteA thorough search was made by the Ontario Regi- menit and Durham Regional Police, but nothing was found. Couacillor Bob Attersley, however, expressed concern aibout the old "bunker" and said il vas dangerous because soleole could fall into a hole 10 10ft deep. 16Pal ges Vj, , à ;,ýz kli iE) il