Historical Society stals Lynde House Vol. 15, No. 49 Wednesday, December 4, 1985 40 Pages w wU By JAN DODGE Free Press Staff To move or not to move * is still the question for Lynde House. In spite of plans to vote on the matter last week, Whitby Historical Society members at the Nov. 26 meeting voted 26-24 in favor of tabling the motion to vote on the proposed move to Cullen Gardens. New information from the Ministry of Citizen- ship and Culture, in- troduced by Rod Angevaare, president of the Architectural Con- servancy of Ontario, followed by a suggestion from Des Newman, former Whitby mayor, led the way for Doug Anderson's tabling motion. The vote on the move was put off until the executive of the society can report on negotiations with the ministry, with Wit- tington Investments (owners of the property on which Lynde House is now located) and the town. Angevaare introduced a letter he had from Jean Simonton, a con- servation officer with the Ministry of Citizen- ship and Culture. He pointed out the Com- munity Facilities Im- provement Program, from which the society "could be eligible for 50 percent of the costs related to the acquisition of the land, restoration of the building, and work un- dertaken to bring the building up to MCC standards for com- munity museums." Angevaare said the ministry would be a possibility for assistan- ce to enable the society to keep Lynde House on its original site. He and fellow mem- bers of the conservancy have, since the question to move arose in August, attempted to persuade the society that a move would not be in the best interests of Lynde House and that it would lose historical significance. Newman asked mem- bers to look at the wor- ding of the ministry let- ter carefully. He noted the statement from the letter that the ministry "could" be approached for funds was only "part of a promise." The let- ter, Newman said, was "a little bit of smoke and mirrors." He said the society needs to pursue the mat- ter at a higher level of government - at least the deputy minister - to see what the ministry's position is. Without the ministry position and a proper feasibility study he said there wasn't enough in- formation to vote. Newman suggested a small committee should approach the town for assistance in meeting with the ministry to ask for help in getting a feasibility study which would then show how much it would cost to stay on site and how much it would cost to move. Throughout the con- troversy over the move, SEE PG. 2 Council sworn in 5-year term Whitby's new council was sworn in Monday with ·a fair measure of parlimentary solemnity and a gGJd dose of Irish wit. For the first part, town administrator Bill Wallace gravely read the oath of office to the mayor and each mem- ber of council. Unlike years previous, when the council has recited the oath in unison, Wallace opted to read the oath to each mem- ber individually - in recognition, he ex- plained, of the impor- tance of the inaugural ceremony. Following the swearing-in were speeches by Attersley and his council who seized the occasion to expound on such diverse subjects as the hum- bling nature of elec- tions, the dubious ser- vice to democracy of SEE PG. 38 DR2MA is off Santa Claus Parade Saturday The big week is finally here and holiday revellers both young and old won't want to miss the Whitby Jaycees' Santa Claus Parade this weekend. The parade kicks * off at Cochrane and Dundas, Saturday morning at 10 a.m. sharp and will proceed to the four corners and then run south to Burns St. W. to the Whitby Tourist Information building. According to Parade Committee Chairman Bob Stanley it promises to be quite a spectacle wlth six bands, four majorette groups and floats representing most of the service clubs as well as private and commercial entries. The parade's Grand-Marshall will be olympic gold medalist Anne Ottenbrite and following the parade alwards will be presented for best overall entry, best service club and best commercial float as well as best band and best majorette group. Old St. Nick himself was in town last week con- ferring with Bob Stanley on some of the last minute details. Although it was a closely guarded secret, young Pamela Olley found out about San- ta's visit and popped by with a few suggestions for her Christmas Iist. Free Press Staff Photo If communication and aggressive, innovative. thinking is the stuff that is going to propeil Durham Region into the first rank of the nation's manufacturing sector, the people behind the Durham Region Manufacturers Associa- tion are showing all the vital signs - in spades. "The sky's the limit," said Whitby's Marketing and Economic Development Officer, Jeanette Babington last week. Mrs. Babington, one of 15 like-minded mem- bers of the newly for- med association's executive, was speculating on the region's manufacturing prospects if DRMA lives up to its ambitious mandate of uniting manufacturers and related services into a co-operative network whose primary aim will be to promote Durham manufacturing first. "We want to establish a stronger family of manufacturers than anywhere else in On- tario ... It's impossible to fail when you have such dynamic and professional and technical expertise in- volved. We've got the giants of the industry behind us," said Mrs. Babington. "Our first speaker is SEl PG. 38