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PXAGE 10, WEDNESDAY, IULY 14, 1982, WHITBY FREE PR.ESS One W,1eelk left 'il-,perry award night .Only a week remains to. purchase tickets^-for Wbtby's à annual Peter Perry Award banquet. Tickets'are available at $20 per person from the Wbitby Chamber of Commerce office in the Centennial Building, 416 Cocktails will be ser- was held at the, Earl of Centre Street South. ï ved at 6:.15 p.m., Durbam, but b as moved The presentation ,0f followed by dinner at 7 back to Heydensbore to the Peter Perry Award p.m. and dancing to tbe accommodate the in- for Whltby's out stand- music of Sammy and creased 'demand for ing citizen of 1981 w'ill be the Capris until 1 a.m..1 tickets. at 1 Heydenshore Last year tbe Peter Tbree finallsts- were Pavilion, July 22.ý Perry Award- banquet chosen by a panel of judges last week, from, the nominations sub- mitted by the citizens 0f Wbitby. SThe finalists are: Joyce Cox, Mandy Crawford and Marion Irwin.- One of these tbree will receive the Peter Perry Award on July,22. Il« 1 11 l Last year the Chamn- ber of Commerce decid- ed -to 1publicize .the names of the finalists, for. the Peter- Perry- Award 'to inc ease public interest in, the, presentation. Last, year's winner,, Bennùy LaHaye, received the award before a packed bouse. This year be'relinquisb- es the plaque to the nexi, winner and will -receive a k-eeper plaque from the chamber. The Peter Perry Award, niamed after the man considered to be tbe- founder of Whitby, was instituted following a speecb by tbe late Judge Jobn E. Prit- chard at Witby's cente- nmial celebrations. in 1955. Tbe-judgespoke.of the service rendered to Wbitby by Peter Perry and said there were stili many, Peter Perrys in Whitby.'- The.,Wbitby Chamber of Commerce, inspired by bis remarks, created the Peter Perry Award to be presented annually to Whitby's, outstanding citizen. 1The first presentation was- made to Donald A. Wilson in 1956.à IPeter, Perry (1792- 1851) came to Wbitby from Lënnox -and Ad- dington Counties in 1836, established 41Perry's, Corners" at Dundas and Brock Streets, and con- tributed considerably to the development of Wbitby over a period of 15 years. It is said that Whitby could bave be- come as important a business centre as Toronto, were it flot for bis sudden* deatb at tbe age of58 inl1851. Thnieves> take $r246 ve-hicle bad $18 wortb 0f tapes taken. ' Police believe tbat tbese tbefts - wbich oc- cured sometime after 10 p.m. Saturday - may be related to a recentrash of tbefts from- vehicles at tbe apartment com- plex. MARION IRWIN Marion frmp nominateéd 1A person involved in - many facets, of Wbitby activities for More than 15 years, Marlon'Irwin is one of tbe tbree final- ists for tbe Peter Perry Award of 19 81.ý A, resident of Wbitby nearly all her, life, sbe bas-- beený an active worker in numerous, community groups. A'member 0of Wbitby Arts Incorporated since it was founded, in 1967, sbe contributed to the early developmnent of tbis flourisbing organi- zation, wben it met at the Centennial Building. Sbe was instrumental in determiing the site for tbe Station Gallery and in co-ordinating the relocation of tbe old CNR railway station to thecorner of Henry and Victoria Streets in 1970. Her work for Wbitby Arts, bas included re- cruiting e membrs, organizing voluâteeris; raising funds and. pro- moting tbe gallery's purpose since its incep- tion. In 1966, Irwin joied tbe' Canadian Cancer Society as a volunteer canvasser, graduatinýg to area captain, then zone c »aptain,*and is now i b er fourtb yeair a~s campaign cbairman for Wbitby. ', Sbe is now thie 1981-82 president of tbe Soutb Durbam' Unit' of tbe Canadian, Cancer Society. 1As well as a driver for cancer patients,-sbe fbas organized- and parti- cipated in sucb cancer events as daffodil day and tbe'ladies' great ride for cancer. Sbe also acts as master of cere- monies for1 cancer even- ts. From 1976-to 1980, Ir- win served as a borne- maker and board mem- ber of tbe- Wbitby bran- cb of tbe Canadian Red 'Cross Society. Rer active involve- mentin bomne care supervision and teacb- ing resulted in improved bealtb care in the com- munity througb tbe de-, velopment of a bomne- maker's instruction manual, now used as a reference resource across Ontario.. For tbe past five years sbe bas served as a member of the phone committee for'the Red Cross blood donor clinics. From 1970 to. 1972, Ir- win 'served ;as a baby- sitter in the relief parent program for retarded cbildren. After serving on the Mayor's Task Force for tbe Disabled in 1981, she is currently a director on tbe. board of Particiý pation House for -the Hanclicapped ,in Durbam Region and is actively teacbing clients independent life skills. From 1970, to 1973, Ir- win taugbt Englisb to new Canadians. From 1978 to 1981, she acted as a resource person in tbe HIenry-,Street ,HIigb Scbool library.' For tbe past, six years, she bas served as-,an education- al tour guide for scbool cbildren visitinglRed, Wing Orchards and, tbe Station Gallery., For tbe past four years sbe bas boarded* Rotary excbange stu- dents in ber bome and bas cbaperoned stu- dents on educational outings, for tbe. past dozen years. Since 1959, Irwin bas ,guided and counselled troubled adolescents, teacbing interpersonal and life, skills in ber borne. Sbe regularly visits institutionalized senior citizens and.,serves as a foster .relative- for seniors witb no living relatives. An active member of the Whitby Baptist Cburcb, sbe isassistant organist and from 196o to 1964 served as a CGIT leader'. For the. past four years, lrwin bas can- vassed tbe downtown business area of whitby for the United Way and tbe Canadian Heart Fund. W~:I4 45 W~1 iloI