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Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley holding an acetylene torch prepares to eut te ceremonial ribbon by using an'acetylene torch at Big Ben's Collision Centre Grand Opening. From left: Jim Witty, Councillor of Ajax; Ben Wilnblad, owner; Mayor Bob Attersley; Ross Batten, Councillor of Whitby; Joe Dickson, Councilor of Max; and Gerry Emm, Councillor of Wbitby. Free Press Staff Photo BigBe'sGrand Opening. "We meet the nicest people by accident" is Ben Wiinblad' motto. The words are even printed on his business- cards! Understandably, he 18 the owner of Big Ben's Colliion Centre located on-Hwy. No. 12, R.Rý. 2, Whitby, which had its Grand Opening on Dec. 9. Friends, relatives, business associates, and Town officiais received a warm welcome at the ribbon cutting ceremony that included light lunch and refreshments. 1313 Maiwoo Noth W.u *"d nsrth & ftyIielqomwuth, Scarboro 553 Markham iNd. (bds South of Lawrence) 431-445 Let the pro- fession ais at ComputerLanc show you the ad *Àn- . tages of a COMPAQ Portable ComputerCDMT -the lightweight computer with the heavyweight memoxy It features a ful nine-inch diagonal 80 colum.in screen, an IBM-style keyboard, and zuns most major business or prof essional software wrîtten for the IBM Personal Computer. BM' is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation COMPAQ"' is a trademark of COMPAQ Computer Corporartion c 1983. OShawa 140 Simcoe St. South (Jubl South of John) CAL ..DA gFO. .MIT.* - ËIubnlqi WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14, 1983, PAGE 3 Prlne trees stolen A couple of Grinches pald a visit to Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village on Dec. 10 at 4:15 p.m. In an area near Cochrane St., unknown per- sons were seen cutting down two live evergreen trees and stufflng thein into the trunk of an automnobile which sped away. The stolen pines are valued at -$100 and police are continuing the investigation. FREE DRAW Ev*ery week until Christmas at each of our three stores WNFIFTY CONSTITUTION SILVER DOLLARS *Come inudoant of -Our stores ~ ,, I '@Compare Our Iow puices *FiII in à Iucky draw form 0#0 purchas. eccéury * BUY'ONE GEl UNE FREE SALE CONTINUIES THE WALLPAPERCENTRE