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WRenaissanceBal] Friday Heydenshore Pavillion wili bc transformed into a Renaissance ballroom Friday as Whitby Arts Incorporated holds its First Annual Grande Ball. Preparations have been under way for months for what promises to be the social event of the year for Whitby. Tickets at $50 a couple were sold out weeks 'ago, and a host of dignitaries from the arts are expected to attend as special guests. The hall will be decorated with hanging tapestries and drai5ed curtains, and a Renais- sance style archway will be erected as the entrance. A speial feature of the ball will be a series of six living portraits . from the Renaissance nodelled by local residents with soliloquies provided by Arnold Edinr- borough, a well known personality in the arts. Mr. Edinborough is a for- mer editor and publisher of Saturday Night, and is presently president and chief executive officer of the Council for Business and the Arts in Canada. le is a well-known writer for such publications as the Financial Post and ' The Canadian Churchman, and is editor of Performing Arts In Canada magazine. Mr. Edin- borough is a member of the execitive committees of the boards of governors of the Stratford Festival, Massey Hall, Canadian Opera Guild, and the Elliot Lake Centre. Such famous works as the Mona Lisa, by Leonardo Da Vinci, and Judith, by Boticcelli, will be depicted within an eight-by-eight foot gold picture frame. Three hundred people are expected to attend the Renaissance Ball, which is modelled after the Chelsea Arts Bail in England. A seven-piece orchestra will provide music for dancing, and at midnight there will be a Renaissance-style feast, featuring champagne and suckling pig. Sixteen serving wenches in authentic costumes will be serving drinks at the tables, and many of the guests will also be in Renaissançe costumes. A flower girl will be pro- viding long stenmed roses and nosegays for the ladies. The Renaissance Ball is being co-ordinated by Joy cil's representative to Whitby Arts, as a fund-raising project to provide money for operating the Station gallery and refurnishing an old CNR box car as a print making studio. Members of Mrs. Thomp- son's committee who are responsible for arranging the ball are Peers Davidson, Nigel Schilling, Marj Burgess, Harry Thompson, Judith Edmond- son, Anne Syme, Mandy Crawford, Bill Pope, and Joe Drumm. The ball begins at 9 p.rn. and continues through 1 a.m. Harry Thompson and Peers Davidson are busy with last-minute preparations for the Whitby Arts Renaissance Ball to be held at Heydenshore Pavillion Friday night. Placing stones on a portion of the wall for the entrance to the Renaissance ballroom is only one of the many duties of these members of a 10-person committee which has been working for months to get ready for the ball. Tickets are all sold out and more than 300 people are expected to attend. Free Press Photo by Brian Winter PR I4 Vol. 5. No. 44. Wednesday, November 12, 1975 Ten Cents INSIDE MORE CONSERVATION IN TOWN .. PAGE 3 TRIBUTE TO DES ............................ PAGE 4 KALNINS ON..................PAGE 5 BROOKLIN'BYLINES ......................PAGE 6 HISTORICAL WHITBY...........PAGE 7 WARRIORS BATTLING FOR FIRST PAGE 8 MEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE........PAGE 9 FIRE DEP'T PREPARING ENTRY ....PAGE 10 LIONS GOING TO EUROPE........PAGE 16 Plan adopted A rare and highly-prized honor was awarded former Councillor Gerry Emm looks on. Councillor Emm presented Mayor Des Newman last Wednesday as he received the Mr. Newman with the scroll on behalf of the town council. Freedom of the Town of Whitby at a testimonial dinner (For story and more pictures, see page 11.) given by the town. Mr. Newman holds aloft the framed scroll which represents -the Freedom of the Town, while Free Press Photo by Mike Burgess Input wanted on Brooklin growth Area residents are invited urban development. jected population potential in tionsnips of the proposec to an open house on future the area recommended for urban development with th development for L9rooklin at The study, to be completed urban development; prelimi- existing and anticipated pro the Planning Department in by November 30, will include nary engineering investigations vincial an'd regional planning Brooklin from 2 to 10 p.m. the following items: The including indentifications of strategies; the terms of refer Thursday. examination of the potential the types and costs of munici- ence for indepth planning an bf id- i dupI in i i td for the de- Public imput is invited to help Donovan F. Pinker Con- sultants Limited which iscur- rently undertaking a planning study of ihe Brooklin area in regard Io possihle future for growth; define the areas recommended for urban devel- opment in the Brooklin area including specific reference to the lands presently owned by the, Ontario Housing Corpora- tion; lie evaluation and pro- pal services to epov ui the frecommended urban de- vel pment area and ' the method of financing such ser- vices; recommgidations as to when such urbaiPdevelopment should be implemented; rela- d ig r- d c- engineering stuu yu m u velopment of the area; an overview of the agricultural land situation in the area, and the effect of noise from the proposed Pickering airport. by BLAKE PURDY Staff Writer Despite opposition forum two of the Town's senior staff members, Whitby Coun- cil adopted the most recent revised plan for the Mark- borough Properties Limited Langmaid Meadows subdiý division proposed for the 175-acre area bordered by Thickson Road, Garrard Road, Dundas Street and Rossland Road on Monday. The revised plan of subdi- vision which council adopted was presented to the adminis- trative committee on October 20. It includes drastic changes from the plan presented in August which met with the approval of the Town's plan- ning department. In short, the adopted plan has the effect of substantially reducing the proposed population in the subdivision by decreasing, if not totally deleting, the various types of medium den- sity housing units and increas- ing the number of single family units which represent the housing type with the lowest possible density. The October plan, adopted on Monday, met with unani- mous approval fiom the Cor- ridor Area Ratepayers Associr ation at a recent asscLiation meeting. The association has, since the plan for the subdi- vision was introduced some time ago, been fighting for reduction of the proposal population. However, the October plan offended Planning Director Keith Birch and Director of Development / Treasurer Forbes McEwen. The two brought forth reports harshly condemming the revision. In short, they said that the October plan does not comply with the Town's official pl an and that an amendment to the official plan would have to be made in order for the most recent submission to comply with the official plan. The two expressed opposition to this action niainly because the most recent plan is not economically feasible, the chief reason being that it calls for mostly low density units, such as singles, there- fore putting then out of the reach of the average income earner in Whitby. John Buchanan, President ëf the Corridor Area Rate- payers Association, disagreed with Mr. Birch and Mr. McEwen, saying that the October plan does indeed comply with the Town's of- ficial plan. He added that there is little difference in price between single family units and townhouse units, of which there -were several in the August plan approved by the planning department. Mr. McEwen submitted a report to council, saying that if the August plan, containing 237 townhouse units, was a- dopted, the Town might be eligible for a grant of $237,000 under a new program recently announced by the federal government which makes a grant of $1,000 per unit avail- able to municipalities which approve medium density hous- ing . units which meet the Assisted Home Ownership Program. Since all of the townhouse units have been deloted in the adopted Octo- ber plan, the Town is not eligible for the grant