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Wednesday, Apri 11, 1984 '24 To be held next Tues day Free Press Staff Photo Brooklinfashion sho w These three young ladies - members of the Brooklln United Church Women - are seen here modelllng just some of the fashions they will present at their show next Tuesday nlght (Apr. 17) begInning at 8 p.m. ln the church's Christian Education Building. Eunice Stocks,, Alice Carnegie and Cathy Ferguson's apparreli was supplied by the Brooklln Village Shoppe, the fash ion show's sponsor.' Tickets are $3 each and include refreshments. Anyone interested in buying one is aske.d to cail either Doreen McCartney at 655-3053 or Ruth Cameron at 655-4928. Proceeds from the show wili be used to help fund the various community projects undertaken by the Brooklin U.C.W. Whitby's growth rate for the first'quarter of 1984 is more than double that experienced during the same period in 1983. According to the development figures issued by Mayor Bob At- tersley's -office 'last Friday, the town issued $4.57 million in building permits during March alone bringing the year- to-date's total to $10.98 million. The strongest development sector last month was in residen- tial building starts. Some 68 single famlly homes, with a value of $3.77 million, were begun last month. This is three more units than March, 1983. Since Jan. 1, 117 single. family homes and' 81< townhouses have been introduced to the local market. For the first quarter of last year a total of 85 units were constructed. Institutional building permits acc.ounted for' $513,000 worth of growth this quarter while the industrial -building per- mits were valued at $=2,000. '> The commercial sec-- tor building permits were valued at $68,000., However, Attersley said that this does not in- clude the development of the new Canadian Tire store on Glen Hill Dr. The mayor signed the site plan agreement last week allowing a building permit- valued at $1.125 million to be issued. During the first quar- ter of 1983, the town issued building permits with a total value 0f just over $5 million. - In a report to be sub- mitted today to Durham Regional Council, plan- ning commissioner Dr. Mofeed Michael notes that Whitby is accoun- ting for 48 per cent of the region's ,residential growth to date this year. This municipality is outpacing -all other A tte raley seven -Durha.m ,com- munitiesà. S The n ext faster growing mumicipality is Ajaxïrwhich accounts-forý 27 per cent of . the region's resîdential growth so far in 1984. In commenting on Oie figures,. Attersley was notably excitied. "I'm very pleased Whitby is just leaping aheéad," he. said. "And we haven't really star- ted yet, Whitby is going to boom in 1984." This growth, the mayoralso noted, will have a positive effect on next year's tax in- creases. While he declined to. committ himself, to any spe cific figures he does not ex- peet a high tax increase in 1985. Gunma holds up AMCU A lone -gunman held up the AMCU Credit Union on Dundas St. W. las 't Friday afternoon escaping with ap- proximately $1,600. According to a spokesman for Oie Durham Regional Police Force, a man en- tered the credit union at about 2:55 p.m. and gave one of the tellers on duty a note deman- ding money. The teller later told police the man had something that ap- peared to be a handgun. The suspect is described as being a white maie, 5-feet 7- inches in height ,weighing, about 165.' pounds between 23 and 25 years old. He was wearing a black jacket and blue jeans at the time of the frobbery. Police said the suspect fleed Oie building to a waiting car which was described as a 1974-75 red two-door Plymouth which was last seen west bound on Dundas St. W. The driver of Oie vehicle was also described as being a white maie between 24 and 25 years of age with straight brown hair that was receding at Oie front. The- investigation is continuing., 14, No. 15 Over last year.... W ib y s growth - rate ha's doubled