Ontario Community Newspapers

Whitby Free Press, 29 Jun 1972, p. 12

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Page 12, Thursday, June 29e 1972t WHITBY FREE PRESS HOUSE Hi storical Soc iety President Jack Mason r ef e rr ed to the officiai opening as a I11Qomfltous occasion"u. opENS!0 Lynde Hous 1e was the focal point of i n t e r e s t 1 ast Sunday when more than 2 00 pe opl1 e gathered at her doors to witness the officiai openinig of the Whitby Historicat Society's new museum there. The house, the most signîfi cant to be had in the town and a shawplace worthy of note in i t s heydey, is to be pains- ta kin gl1y r estored over the next few months. Dur ing the past few weeks, histori- cal1 s oc i e ty workers have been busy 1 a y in g carpet, hanging wvallipaper and placing artifacts. An appreciative crowd was on hand to tour Lynde House for the first time, an d to en joy a refreshing tea on the I awn. M a n y interested c i t i zens pored over the artifacts. Whitby-made piano is one of the cher- Descendants of the original Jabez Lynde ished things to be seen inside the new fam ily , Mnr. & Mrs. Frank Lynde of museum., Ashburn fl anked by their daughter, Mrs. Gar don J oh n son of Ashburn on the ~ ,left, and son, Bi 1 Lynde of Oshawva a R&à on the night. Or:e of thE' antique cars, a spit-ardi- pclish participant in the parade of oid t i m e autos whi ch 1ed the way to Lynde Hou se. BROOKLI N REPAIR SHOP 8 Roebuck St. NEW and USED Lawn Mowers and Bicycles( SOLD and REPAIRED /BASEBALL and LACRO, EQUIPMENT Lawn Mowers Sharpened Glass Cutting d REASONABLE RATES )SSEý WHI TBY SPIED'N CUSTON Wl SELI Hurst Crager Thrush Edelbrock Zoom Holley 112 *Sr ock St. North Whitby, fOua!. 66S-*5422

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