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N e w Atemporary halt has been called to the proposed Rossland Road Municipal Com- plex. The halt called by the Ontario Municipal Board, will mean any con- tract between the town and builder i s p en ding while the tovwn re-ad- vertises to dis- pense with a vote of the electors on the project. Changes in ad- vertised cost fig- ures are respon- sible for the sec- ond publication of the notice to dis- pense with a vote of the electors. The total sum of the cost of both buildings was re- duced by town council but the municipal building was increased by $156, 238. The re- duced overall fig- ure for both buil- dingswas reached b y a decrease of $156, 265. Building The municipal building, if ap- proved by OMB, wil cos t $653, 5 3 8 but the town will be abl e to off- set thisby sub- tracting $275, 000, the sum that will be charged the library board for taking over the present town hall. The estimated cost of the police building is $294, 235, and the total cost wh ich must be debentured to con- struct both build- ings is $672, 773. A I 1I etters of support or object- ion mustbe for- warded to Town Clerk William Wal lace, 405 Dun- das Street West within twenty-one days of today's date. The Ontario M u n i c ipal Board ma y or may not call a public hear- ing on the project. H WHITBY FREE PRESS 1.1.C. enzies (Voice of the County Town)Tnspoation foieVolue 2,BOX 206,. WHITBY, ONT. Whitbv MaIl Volume 2, FREE HOME SEE PAGE 4 Number 23 Thursday, June 8, 1972 DEUVERY LYNDE HOUSE DONATED BY LOBLAWS Loblaws has made a gift of the hist- orically significant Lynde House to the Whitby Historical Society. L y nde House on H i g hway # 2 just west of d'hillier Park, was first used f or township meetings as early as the year 1808, and it was on that property th a t the famed Queen's Plate was run in 1870. The local LIPgroup, Communi ty Con- science played a very instrumental role in the chain of events th a t led to the final turning over of the house by Lob- laws. "They really got the whole ball r ol ing, I said a spokesman for the historical society, R. Valleau. Although t h e key to Lynde house is t o b e turned over t o a group member Jack Mason, June 10, a formai key turning over ceremony may not be held until later on when the group has been settled in. TheWhitby Historical Society while it is a benefactor of the home, w11l also have the problem of moving the house, as the property on which it now sits ha s been turned over by Loblaws to a holding company. TheHistorical Society is not certain a t th i s date when the house has to be moved, but hopes to be able to open its new museum there this summer. They recently began a fund raising d r i v e to be able to cover theçcosts of the move w h e n E. P. Taylor ha s erous sum. necessary, to which already made a gen- Jim QUail heads off area MEN'S LIBERATION on Dundas Street. See 'Birdseye View', page 4 The Right to expression should prevail even in Whitby says an editorial on page 2. Best Homes homesof the week in our classified section. See page WERE YOU STUFFING Where, as Councillor Gerry Cox asked , were the people opposing the proposed municipal complex when coun- cil's in tentions were being advertised i n a notice to dispense with a vote of the electors in the local newspapers? Stuffing turkeys, hanging stockings, w r a p p i ng gifts and decorating trees.- a s i s the custom of thousands of Can- a d i a ns a c r o ss the Dominion, for the n o t i ce appeared in the former Whitby A r g o sy on December 24th, Chr i stmas Eve. If the objectors were too wrapped up inthejoysof Christmas eve, they could have read the notice in the same paper on December 31st, if that is, they OR OBJECTING ? w e r e n 1 t preparing for the proverbial New Year's Eve bash. If, on the other hand, they didn't catch t h e newspaper notice in the Ar- g o s y , t h e y could have, between last m i n u t e shopping trips, read it in the former Whitby WorldonDecember 23rd and again on December 30. The ad which ran in the Oshawa Times also appeared during the week between Christmas and New Year's. Do you know something we don't? (all 668-6111 Municipal Stalled