RI 'E, PR ý,,' Whitby teen-ager dies at party A 16-year-old Whitby youth was pronounced dead at the Dr. J. O. Ruddy Hos- pital early Sunday morning. after he had been found lying face down on a patio beside a home at 360 Fairview Drive where he was Xattending a party. Dead is Randolph Chris- toper Kameka, son of Lloyd and Dell a Karneka of Robmar Street, R. R. i WhPtbolice report about 62 teen-agers, mostly from Henry Street High School, had been attending a party at the hore where the boy was found. Inspector Gerry Oulette of the Durhan - Regional Police said it was a respectable party with no sign of drugs or alcohol. Inspector Oulette said that Kameka had told his friends he was goinr to walk a girl home a mile and a half and jog back to the house. He was fou J at 12:30 a.m. lying on the patio and an ambulance was called, but he was pronounced dead by Coroner Dr. D. W. Conley when he arrived at the Dr. J. O. Ruddy Hospital. A post mortem was conducted Sunday in Toronto. Dr. Conley said the autopsy revealed that Kameka died as a result of head in- juriés which caused him to vomit, and he then asphyx- iated. Marks on his face may have occurred as a result of of fall. Police believe he slipped on some wet grass near the house when he re- turned and his head hit the building. Police report there was no evidence of foul play, and no inquest is planned, said Dr. Conley. Randy Kameka was a student at Denis O'Connor High School, and his father is the owner of a shoe store in the Whitby Mall. The funeral was held at St. John the Evangelist Church Tuesday, followed by interment in Resurrection Cemetery. The dead youth 'is survived by his parents and two sisters, Kimberley and Annette, at home. Housing meeting Monday A public meeting will one medium density apart- be held in the meeting hall ment building consisting of in the municipal building 35 to 40 one and two-bed- Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. to obtain room rental apartments units. comments about a sub- The subdivision will f11 division to be built north of a narrow corridor north of Dundas Street between Dundas Street and east of Anderson Street and Thick the Hydro right-of-way. son Road. The plan under consid- A draft plan of subdi- erationfNov. 7 has been re- vision by Jovial învestments vised fromn a previous plan Limited (Paradise Acres) has submitted in May, to resolve been submitted to the plan- objections submitted by res- ning department, proposing idents of the area. construction of a pmapxingm The plan also calîs for o nt o maximum the connection of Crawforth of 180 units. Street to Elizabeth Crescent The proposal calls for and construc:tion of a north 94 single family lots, 23 semi-oth roadwa tooprie detached lots (46 units), and sout a to provide - direct access to Dundas street. BOYS BRIGADE IS ON THE MARCH With the help of a well-established Boys Brigade band from Toronto the latest Boys Brigade in Whitby got off to a fine start Sunday. The eight boys joining the Boys Brigade at the Whitby Baptists Church paraded up Brock Street be- hind the band, on their way to the church, under sunny Raptis Edith Summers, orga ist and director of music f the Whitby Baptist Chur for 31 years, was honored1 the members of her cong gation Friday for long a faithful service to the chur Edith Summers (centre) organist à nd director of music for the Whitby Baptist Chu for 31 years, cuts a cake made in her honor at a testimonial dinner Friday. At let Mrs. Summers are Church Trustee Len. Rich, Past Church Treasurer Marjorie Millard, a at rlght are Church Clerk Juia Thonus and one of Mrs. Summers',students, Eleai Pegorin. Free Press P skies. The Boys Brigade is a Christian youth group dedi- cated to Bible study, physical fitness and self discipline, This is the first Boys Brigade to form in Whitby in several years. Free Press Photo by Brian Winter I Church organi@st hi in- More than 100 people gave piano solos and the or gathered in the church audi- choir sang a special song of ch torium for a testimonial tribute to her, to the tune of by dinner called "A Summers Greensleeves. re- Night," with Rollie MacNeill Rev. John McLeod, a nd as chairman. former minister of the Baptist ch. Mr. MacNeill spoke of Church, who was unable to music being a very vital thing attend, presented greetings to to a church, and estimated Mrs. Summers on a tape re- that Mrs. Summers had played cording, and his son present- the organ for more than ed a gift. 3,000 services since she came Mrs. Summers graduat- to.Whitby in 1946. ed in piano and singing from He paid tribute to her the Hamilton Conservatory interest in youth .and "Won-, of Music and the Toronto derful influence on young Conservatory of Music. people," and to her gentiltiy, She was formerly organ- warmth and quiet manner. ist and music director of Many of the speakers Wentworth Street Baptist referred to her as a "gracious Church in Hamilton and Christian lady." organist at Zion Tabernacle Church Trustee Len in that city. Rich presented Mrs. Sumniers Mrs. Summers is a mem- with a stereo set, and Eleanor ber of the Ontario Registered Pegorin, one of Mrs. Sum- Music Teachers' Association, mers' music students gave her and has taught piano in a stereo table and record Whitby for 27 years. holder on behalf of her She was formerly a students and friends. piano and sight singing Church Clerk Julia teacher at the Hamilton Con- Thomas presented Mrs. Sum- servatory of Music and spent mers with a book, and Past six years as a resident music Church Treasurer Marjprie teacher in the 1920s at the irch Millard presented her with a Ontario Ladies' College in rt of bouqet of flowers. Whitby. ad Eleanor Pegorin and Mrs. Summers is not re- n Margaret Newton, both tiring, but will continue her noor agr Nwoummers, work with the Baptist Church Photo, mWitby. onored Special guests at the testimonial dinner were her son Bill Summers of Mississauga and her neice Margaret Roper of Hamilton. Downtown area seminars held Members of the Down- town Action Committee and town council are in Toronto this week for a two-day series of lectures and seminars on town improvement, spon- sored by the provincial government. Bob Catton, Chairman of the downtown committee and at least one other member are attending, along with a least four members of council. No meetings have been held by the downtown com- mittee recently, siùd Mr. Catton, because he was wait ing for the results of the Toronto seminar. The committee was re. organize in August, after a group of merchants objected to the creation of a down. town improvement area. The town council decided to scrap the proposed improve. ment bylaw after two read, ings and start again. "M