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AO YI " Sea Cadet bugler Petty Officer Second Class Chris Hedley played The Last Post during Remembrance Day Services at Whit- by Cenotaph last Tuesday. -, A large crowd of Brooklin area residents was on hand at the Whitby Cenotaph last week as the Legions of Whitby and Brooklin jointly commemorated Remembrance Day Services to honour those who lost their lives during wartime. The service was kept short, owing to the heavy rain that started just prior to the 11 o'clock service. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 18, 1966 -- 19 every on ty Port Perry Star Company Limited PO Box 567, Brooklin. Ont. LOB 1CO Brooklin Profile Brooking and Area since 1983 ROXANNE REVELER News & Features Edie Phone 655 3637 or 9857383 eg ee Whitby turns over House to Cullen Gardens owner Whitby council has ended the saga of the controversial Lynde House Museum by turning ownership of the historic home over to Len Cullen, owner of Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village. In a six part motion, council agreed to the turn over in ownership providing Cullen contribute some $34,000 to the town, that he preserve the building at its present location and that the business use its own money to complete renovations and restoration work on the museum. Cullen will also be responsible for staffing the museum. For his part, Cullen has agreed to open an historic display in May 1988 which would reflect early pioneer family life in Whitby. Mayor Bob Attersley, along with Councillors Ross Batten, Joe Bugelli, Tom Edwards and Marcel Brunelle felt the changeover in ownership was a way for the town to preserve Lynde House and save the municipality an estimated $1 million to operate the facility over a five-year period, as well as the $260,000 it is claimed it will cost to renovate the building. Councillors Gerry Emm and Joe Drumm voted against the recom- mendation, stating ownership of the building should remain in town hands. Bill Oyagi, president of the Whit- by Historical Society was not at all pleased with council's decision and was critical of some members being "'deliberatley inaccurate" in their statements concerning Lynde House at the meeting. Lynde House, stated to be the se- cond oldest house in Whitby, was the home of pioneer Jabez Lynde. Built during the War 1812, it has stood on land at the corner of Dundas and D'Hillier Streets until it was transported to Cullen Gardens in June. The move was necessitated after the developer who owned the land on which it stood, Wittington In- vestments, told the town and the Historical Society, the home would have to beremoved from the site as they had sold the property. At that time, Len Cullen wrote a letter to council advising he would be willing to assume ownership of the building and make needed repairs and renovations to bring the home back to its 1800's appearance. Cullen indicated he would open the home to the public once renovated, and encourage school tours that bring some 10,000 children already to the gardens, particular- ly during the Christmas season. He also stated he would charge a "small entrance fee' to assist in off- setting his costs. Bugelli and Brunelle told their fellow council members Whitby Historical Society was not in- terested in operating Lynde House, rather that they wanted to persue a community museum. But Oyagi stated there was never any discussions concerning this with the Society. He said he and members of the society were quite prepared to discuss the operation of Lynde House and suggested the society could have arranged for grants from both the provincial and federal governments of offset the costs, Oyagi was also critical of the pro- posal by Cullen to operate the museum from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (the same hours as Cullen Gardens) stating that few, if any museums, particularily those staffed by volunteers, are open for that length of time. He suggested if the hours were cut down, operating expenses would in turn be considerably less. Speaking in support of the motion, Attersley stated the house would be preserved, and that was "the whole idea" of the recommendation. He also alluded it would be difficult for taxpayers, who had been hit hard by recent flooding, to rationalize the town spending $1 million over five years to operate the museum. "It makes sense not to be in a pos- tion to spend money like this," con- cluded the mayor. At Court of Appeal Brooklin youth beats bid for extended jail The Ontario Court of Appeal has turned down a plea to increase the ~ jail sentence of a Brooklin youth convicted of being criminally negligent in a traffic mishap. last year that sent five local residents to hospital. Charles Patrick Martin, 19, of Mit- chell Avenue, was found guilty of criminal negligence causing bodily harm last summer and was sentenc- ed to six months in jail, with a suspension of his drivers licence for three years, by Judge Richard Lovekin in Whitby District Court on July 11. But the crown appealed his sentencing, claiming it was too low a term to act as a deterrent to others. Prosecutor Doug Brown told members of the sentencing commit- tee a jail term of between 18 months and three years should be imposed in light of the seriousness of the accident. On the other hand, defence (Turn to page 21) Heavy truck traffic study should be underway soon A study of the heavy truck traffic passing through the Brooklin area should start soon now that the town of Whitby has selected a consultant to complete the report. At the last meeting of Council, members voted to accept a Public Works Department recommenda- tion that the firm of Read Voorhees and Associates Limited be ap- pointed for the heavy truck traffic study in the Town of Whitby. Earlier this year, the Works Department recommended that the Ministry of Transport and Com- munications (MTC) be requested to provide financial assistance for this traffic operations study. In this regard, it was necessary to hire an engineering consultant and the pro cedures to do so were outlined The Technical Co-ordinating Com mittee, comprised of members from MTC, the Region of Durham, and the Town of Whitby, set out the terms of reference for the study and also the names of the consultants to be invited to submit proposals. The three firms invited were Totten Sims Hubicki Associates, Marshall Macklin Monaghan Limited, and Read Voorhees and Associates. The Technical Co-ordinating Com- mittee interviewed the three firms and after a thorough discussion of the proposals, recommended Read Voorhees and Associates be retain- ed as the consultants. The deciding factor in the retaining of this firm was because of the accuracy of the information they would obtain. They proposed using video cameras to tape the actual truck movements through the study sta- tions and note the time and direction of travel. The normal means of recording vehicles is to read the licence plates and use that as the on- ly identifying marker to trace movements But it was felt in actual experience the licence plates of many trucks are almost totally obscured by dirt, bent out of shape, located underneath the frame, or the speed of travel makes it difficult to read. Those that cannot be read are not recorded and therefore are lost in the survey. Because the volume of trucks is not expected to be high, the Works Department felt any loss of vehicles could have a significant impact on the final results. They indicated with the use of video cameras, the entire truck is recorded in addition to the plate numbers, and so a visual match will be a permanent record of the actual vehicle movement and there will be no disputing what vehicles were used in finalizing the results of the study. In addition, this material will be useful in any future studies that may be undertaken to determine whether truck traffic can be diverted over to Thickson Road, thereby by-passing Brooklin's main (Turn to page 23)