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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1977, PAGE 7 cal' PAVEMENT OPENING Two weeks ago this colunin described the officiai open- ing, of a railway in 1 856. This week we look at the officiai openling of the first paved highway through Whitby in 192 1, an event also of considerable importance in its day. On Sept. 29, 1921, F. C. Biggs, Ontarîo's Minister of llighways, opened nearly a mile of asphalt pavement on Brock and Dundas Streets in Whitby ùi an impressive cere- inony at thie Four'Corners. At ieast 10,000 people fromn Whitby, Oshawa, Pickering and the surrounding country carne to Whitby thiat day, aiong with fede rai and provincial re presenta tives and munîciapi officiais, fromn neighboring communities. The to\Vn \vas gaily decoratedl witli banners of weicomne, everything wvas free, and the prograiniiasted froin 2 p.ni. titi midnight. In the afternoon there was a parade. addresses by prom- mnent speakers.' and a banquet for more than i100 invitedl guests at the old town hall, wvhere more spechles werc nmade. In the evening there wvas u concert by the Witby Athletic Association Minstreis. comniunitv siningil( led by the 4Sth Highlander's Band. and dLancing on the newv pavement until after midnighit. Corridor ~ Capers Hist orig Whitby tiIRTFIDAY GREETINGS to Loni Majoros and M-nj. nreswoceertejoin t bîrthid-as on Noveinhber I 4th - I lappy Firtlhday t o botlî of yon - WESTMINISTER UNITED) CHURCI The bazaar was a great snccess. (ood work lad ies.- More tiewvs itenms are needed. Ille-ise cail 725-81)67 \Vithi coin- iinlity news. Because of t his colunin and thte Fiee Press,.NIrs. I larrineton oU Northview Avenue lias found a person lu look after lier home whlile she is away iin Florida. She is extremecly gratefuil for this columrn and the Free Press for hlping lier ont. - Enjoy your stay iin thc sunny southi while wce ail freete at home.- Wc have kept yoUr home fires buirn- ing. h-ave a good week. Ni. McEachcrn.- JOVIAL PARADISE The plan of subdivision for Jovial Paradise W-a1 show n at the Admiinistrative Commiiit tee mieeting- last \1oinday veni- ing. To put it miildlv, the residents \vere not overly cnt htî- siastic toward the reviseci plan. Vic Sheffield se igonl behiaif of the ratepayers associationi. \vas iogic;îl and ext rein- elv to the poin t. Residents, speaking on t heir ow%îi belialf, bad every, rigzht to be disappointed:. thev expectedi sonte- thing better. The plan, as presented. in no w:îy resembiced the August plan the developer sugLgeste(l to the peole The latest plan bias a reduction in density'.amio tiniting to less than 1 person per acre. It is otlierwise, ali-ost ident ical to the original plan the residents opposed. Even thie rec- onimenclation by the planning departnment, to the Adniini. committee, suggested only that the plan be recceived as in- formation. It almost appears that somne departînient is trying to stali this particular development. The people's comments frorn the first meeting were not seriously considered. t rather makes one wonder about the benefit of 'public input' meetings, if ail the inptut fromn the residents is to be ignored anyway. The residents purchased their property in good faith and have abided by the zoning bylaws. Sureiy they shouid have some say if the protective zoning bylaws are to be changed. The changes shouid not devaluate the prescrnt commnunity. Developnient is nec- essary, but lets have a littie better than was offered last Monday evening. There wiil be another meeting, early in December to again discuss Jovial Paradise. Developers MiE be patient with the Town only so long. This developer produced a plan in August that satisfied the residents. The delay and prob- lem area must lie somewhere else. FISHER- REFRIGERATION SERVICE Authozd AMAKA dealer fdst. la..k.sof fnui r.fvg.r *or mi emdIs.rs d iuIdIfIr. (Charles L. Jen kins. formier chaiî naîtof the Dr. J.- O. -Ruddv Genierail IHospitalI Botard and the lih Plan- ingi' Board . vs a ppoin tedc last" %veek to the (;jeneraui MoLtors central office as zia mle robe r of thle i ntlustry-guv- ero mint relations5St a fl. Nir. jenIlki11s \vil l e - coie (dire ct orof rsaci policy andi plann ing of gove in- Hospital wants expansion The Dr. J. O. Riidy Gencral HoIspitaI is looking towards expansion in the near future, but budget cuts proposed by the provincial govmrment may prevent that expansion. R. Alîna Hay, executive director of the Ontario Hos- pital Association recently pre- dicted that .budget culs could mean 4,000 employees of the province's hospîtals would Jose their jobs and patient charges could rise by $5 a day. Bill Nurse, chairman of the Dr. Ruddy l-lospitnl's Board of Governors says a study is underway to justify an expansion of the building. Ile said that the hospital has already made cutbacks in compliance with directives from the province in the last two years, and the hospital is making ail the savings it can. The 100-bcd hospital, opened in December 1969, cul back to 65 beds in the spring oU 1976 as a resuit of directives from the provincial goverment. DENTURE THERAPY CLUNIC 11 undas St. W. Whitby 668- 14 Loo king for a carefree, easy- to-manage hair- style you can do on your own? We Il cu tyour hair according to its type and natural tendency for best body and manageability. (',,il,,c tndaifnr-. luti- hair. 66-61 109 BYRON St. S. 668-6031 nomm nment 1relat ionis iin Detroit. Since 1 969, lie lias been secretarv-t rensurer of General Niotors ut'Czaada at Oshiawa. Mr. Jenikin's xvas born iin Prince Edward Island and came to GM at Oshawa in 1 940. After scrviiog iii the Second World War, Mr. Jenkins returncd to GM as admlinistrator of the customs and drawback departnient, and frorn 1964 ho 1967 he was assistant comptroller. For the next two years he was Secretary of General Motors of Canada. A Whitby resident, Mr. Jenkins has taken an active role in commiuntiy work, particularly with the planning board and the Dr. Ruddy Hospital. "le athletic association was in charge of the parade which was led by the 48th Highlanders Band, and included representatives of ail the town's organizations, riding on brightly decorate'd automobiles. Mayor Ernest Harper presided over the officiai cere- inonies and welcomed the distinguished guests, including officiais of the Warren Paving Cornpany, which had the con tract for the work. Albert Jackson, the town clerk, revicwed the history of the paving project and thanked the Minister of Hiighways for the governmient's consent to undertake the $100,000 expenditure ofipaving the màiijor connecting link highways (2 and I12) thro ugh down townl Whi tby. Beîing an oid-timie politician who hiad served 0o1 the towui couincil for mnany years, and was a former miayor, Mr. Jackson took the opportuinity of suggesting to the ministet- that paving was also requirecl on the governm-ent's road t() the Whitby Psychiiatric Hlospital. Mr . Biggs officially declared the pavcd road open at 4 p.in. iin the officiai ccremnony which took place oui a plat- for i in front of the post office at the Four Corners. île pointed onit that the provincial governmnent was pay- ing the miajority of the cost of the road work and explinied how flie province's "good roads policy" bi replaccd rnuddy roads itli solid paivemient, niuichl t the delighit of farniers and nierchants whii tsed these inihIiglhways. Whitby vns fthe first to\vn in the province to signl an agreenient \vith fthe governniient to c-peaein ftie linking nip o f high va y 2 as a good( coad project , siad Mr. Biggs, anti lie congra ttila ted thle town for its f oresiglît.- WillhimSmiithi, Meniner of' Parliamient for thie Whitlhy Area,. was aIl in lavor of' the p)rovince's good ronds legisla- tion ,but lie expressed reserva tions ai the opening ceremiony abotthow the debt froin these projects wonild 1)e retired. "If aýny I)i-o cani tell me hiow those billions ,ire t0 be C.L.Jenkins gets top G. M. positon in Detroit C. L. JENKINS We dm à £ rvkS msiu« d m emmudd oe iddeo Rpaire to Ail Mok« Freezers - flfrigarator -Air éonditionosm W#. Rnimp Automobile Air Conditionini 20 QUEEN STREET 8533 BROOK! -N. ONTARIO 5533 GUIDA & DIHO naural2iea !NSTITUTE 0F BEAUTy fui, healthyh SPECIALIZING IN PERMS, COLOURING, CUTTING & Computeerizsd Psrms INSULATION BAITS EASY TO HANDIE, WON'T ROT OR DEVELOP ODORS AVAl LABLE IN VARYJNG THICKNESSES TCOSUIT YDUR U tc SPECIAL.NEEDSlnSo MITCHELL BROTHE.RS Building Supplies Ltd. Brooklin, 655-4991 paid, 1 will give them mny farm", he declared. He said the debt would be left to those who followed in succeeding generations, but, this shouid be so, he told the crowd, for they too should heip bear the burden. W. E. N. Sinclair, MPP, a Whitby-born man who was later mayor of Oshawa and leader of the Ontario Liberal party, declared the pavement in Whitby was one of the biggest projects ever undertaken by the town, but he did not think the progress made on the highway between Tor'onto and Oshawa was ail that it should be. However, he telt that the good roads program was of great benefit to rural municipalities by improving business and bringing the town and country together. Mayor Harper acted as chairman of the big banquet -in- the town hall (where the fire hall now stands at Brock and Coiborne Streets). .The chief spea)ker of the evening, the Minister of High. ways, defended his good roads policy against the criticismi which prevailed at the time about its cost. île said he "stood toresquare to every wind (and most of it was wind) and much of the criticisni Ieveled at his department, when shuffled, was found to be only politics." "The sooner the people realize that money spent on gond roads is not an expenditure but an investment, thE sooner we start to get some," tie said. The evening closed with the open-air concert and street dancing, which broke up about midniight with the singing of the National Anthero and Auld Lang Syne. Iin 1921, l-lighway 2 had been assumed by the govern- ment as a provincial l-lighiway and by 1923 Higbway 12 as far as Lindsay was made a provincial bighway and more paving projects \were undertaken. mwmm-MmMý 1 Mmmn-ý 666-3621 0 1 , et>