Spur une tracks g on e...........e. The Town of Whitby is in the process of purchasing the C.N.R. Spur Line that runs from Victoria Street North to the C.P.R. main line. This property contains 15 acres and has various possible municipal uses, says Treasurer and Director of Development Forbes McEwen. The municipality is conveying to the C.N.R. a small parcel of excess holdings on the south side of Victoria Street adjacent to Superior Propane, as well as paying $750,000.00 for the property in question, he said last week. 'The municipal- ity is confident that the resale of excess lands not required by this purchase will reimburse the munici- pality for this investment.' It is anticipated that the railway tracks will be removed by the C.N.R. in November and possession will be otained at the end of November. The spur line contains 4 1/2 acres north of Mary Street, and it is the intention of the municipality in conjunction with two other reasonably large property owners 'to extend Pine Street from Mary Street to Chestnut Street, and develop the front- age for residential purposes. The construction of new homes in this particular area will complement the neigh- bourhood improvement area being put forward by the town, said Mr. McEwen.· The purchase also contains approximately 3 acres of commercially zoned land on the soùth side of Dundas Street and north of Dunlop. Much of this land is leased to private commercial inter- ests on a very short-term basis and will be offered for sale by the municipality. The parcel also allows the'muni- cipality the opportunity of extending Hickory Street south for two blocks. It is expected that if Hickory Street is constructed in this location that it will reduce left hand turning that pre- sently occurs at Green and Athol Street. The property also contains from 5 to 6 residential lots between Dunlop à nd St. John Streets, and it would be the intention of the munidipality to market these as soon as possible. The value of this property in this area has really been improved by the enclosure of Ash Creek south of Colborne Street, said Mr. McEwen. The spur line also includes tw0 acres of land along the east side of Peel Street Park, and it is the intention of the municipality to add this acreage to this park. The removal of the tracks in this particular area will comple- ment the Ontario Ladies Col- lege Subdivision. It is antici- pated that the ties from the spur line will be used to assist in the construction of Whitby Harbour, Mr. McEwen reported. Eleition forums starttonight at Brooklin Four election candidates' forums are scheduled during the next week, as the Nov. 13 municipal election fast approaches. The first forum will be held tonight ,at 8 p.m. at the Brooklin Community Centre for the regional candidates and candidates for the North Ward. This forum is sponsored by the Brooklin Business Assoc- iation. The second all-candidates' forum will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Whitby Public Library for regional candidates and candidates for the Centre and West Wards. Following the speeches there will be a question period and coffee will be Also on Thursday there will be an all-candidates' forum for the Durham Board of Education school trustee candidates of Whitby and Ajax at 8 p.m. at Harwood Secondary School in Ajax. This meeting is sponsored by the Teachers' Action Committee, a joint commi- ttee of three local teachers' associations. . On Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. there will be an all-candi- dates' forum for regional and school board candidates at Dr. Robert Thornton Public School. This forum is sponsored by the Corridor Area Rate- payers' Association. Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. there will be an all-candidates' forum for prospective school trustees at Meadowcrest Four sisters are inan animated discussion about the plight of senior citizens will be Nov. 7 at.7:30 p.m. From leit to right are their brother, in 'The Prisoner of Second Avenue,' a production Jean Henderson, Barbara Farrow; Carole MacNeil and Joan by the Whitby Theatre Company at the'Centennial Building Rundle. For further details, see 'Coming Events.' Nov. 8 to 11. Curtain Time is8 p.m., and a special free show for F. A. CuddyisDoctorofthe ar Dr. F.A. -Cuddy, Whitby's longest-practising physician, became the first recipient of the Ontario County Medical Society's 'Doctor of the Year' award last Wednes- day. The presentation was made to Dr. Cuddy at a dinner at the Chalet Restaur- ant by Dr. Joan Atkinson, a member of the Association. Dr. Cuddy has practised in Whitby for 46 years. For the past 10 years he has been an anaesthetist at the Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital in Whitby and the Ajax-Pickering Hos- pîtal, and prior to that time, he served at the Oshawa General Hos'pital. Dr. Cuddy was born at Amburstburg, on the Detroit River, in the County of Essex, and spent his boyhood in that county. He graduated in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1930 and in September 1932 he came to Whitby where he has remained ever since. For a period of about 20 years, Dr. Cuddy was Medi- cal Officer of Health and Ontario County Jail Surgeon, and was coroner for Whitby and later Ontario County from 1944 to 1970. From 1941 to 1945 he was a part-time physician for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax, and after the Second World War became an anaesthetist as well as continuing a private prac- Whitby Dunlops Senior A hockey team, and was one of the fans who went to Oslo, Norway in 1958 to see the team win the World Amateur Hockey Championship. The Ontario County Medi- cal Association's 'Doctor of the Year' award is intended to be presented on an annual basiÉ, and Dr. Cuddy received a small plaque to keep, in addition to the shield to be presented every year. His daughter, Dr. Ann Cuddy, of Peterborough, was present at the ceremony where her father becam.e the first recipient of the award. Legion remembers Nov. 11 A church parade and the annual ceremony at the cenotaph are planned' as the activities of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112 for Remembrznce Day this year. On Nov. 5 there will be a Legion parade to All Saints' Anglican Church for the il a.m. service to be conducted by Rev. J.A. Roney. The parade will proceed from the Letion Hall via Byron, Mary and Centre Streets to the Church, starting at 10:40 a.m. The Legion members will march back to the hall at 13:20 p.M. On Nov. il a parade will proceed from the Legion Hall tothe Cenotaph at 10:3 a.m. and at 11 a.m. a service will be held at the cenotaph. The public is invited to attend the Cenotaph service of remembrance on Nov. 11. E PýRESS ÂÃ