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Whitby Free Press, 13 Aug 1986, p. 13

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Heritage Trail Tour goes September By MARION IRWIN At St. Thomas places.'1 Ten homes and five Anglican Church in Heritage buildings will be Brooklin visitors wilI be footprint featured on the Heritage able to vlew the inside of locationi Trail Tour being this quaint historical be wellj organized and presen- church as well as have footprint ted by the Durham the opportunity to pur- One of Family Y.M.C.A. and chase homebaked the ten the'-Baptist Leadership goodies provided by viewed Education Centre church members to 1876.1 <B.L.E.C.) on Saturday, raise funds for the new home of September 13. church school they hope Stuart Ri Tour organizers, San- to build. the resid dy Frise, representing In Ashburn, at what Whitby's the Y and Marion Irwin, used to be a typical one retired fi representing B.L.E.C., roomn school but is now a insurancq have attempted to blaze most appropriate com- thoughtt a trail in housing types munity centre, visitors possibly as they have occurred in will be able to see the earlier1 Whitby down through old slate blackboards property the years since the still intact as well as the Roblinsh 1840'9. As weii, they old pressed tin wails. a weil have created a heritage At the Station Gallery, predate village including a mix once a Grand Trunk house. of buildings that might Railway Station, built in Roblin h have been found in a 1903, tour participants the house traditional Ontario will view the results of and tres community. Tour par- turning a railway s0 wei lt ticipants wil be able to station into a smnail art home ani take part in activities in gallery. They wil also wil ha th a miii, a church, a ha able to enjoy the charm of school, a station, and a current exhibition in time. court building. At the which wil ha Don A honi Brooklln MiII, which Holman: RecentPrints. the villa, was built in 1848, owner Holman la a master on Duffs Jim Hughes wiIl give lithographer whose tually bE guided tours for those work bordera on the ai- home on interested in the mll's stract, and this show however, operation "then" and will feature his works for sure a "onow". Jirn, who waa hatween 1980 and 1986. the owni formerly in the At Whitby's Centen- Mrs. Ge: ecfucation business, nial Building which was that theii makes these tours ex- the former Ontario back to tremely interesting. County Court House, a 60's. Once Natural buflk fooda can lide show of Whtby's tangular ha purchased in the mil] hiatory and develop- this homE store which boasts ment will ha shown in dormer w double-layered natural the old court roomn, now Mr. Cox( pine floors, barrels from a littie theatre. Sldes of the house the old Brooklin Barrel the homes and buildings of the les Factory, and signs frous in the tour wiil ha shown tained in the mill, dating, back to make for eaaier waa desil several years. recognition of these Cox. The 13 The logo for the eTrail Tour is a it and each on the tour will marked with a isign. 4 the earliest of ihomes to, be dates back to This graclous fMr. and Mrs. îoblin was once lence of one of Smayors, a farmer, and an e agent. It la that there may have been an home on thia ïbecause the have cliscovered which could the exiating Mfr. and, Mrs. have furnished -e with antiques sures which suit the age of their nd tour visitors hriled with the )f this footprint ne just outside ige of Ashburn sRd. may ac- )e the earliest the tour. This, lai not known at thia time, but ,ers, Mr. and raId Cox, feel îr home dates the 1850's or ce a basic rec- Sfarm house te now boasts a window bult by on the front of ,. The pattern aded glass con- nthe window igned by Mra. Soutside of the WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1986 PAGE 13 Roblin-«Green -Lawle r home buit in -1876 house has been redone in blue-gray board and batten with a long verandah acrosa the front. Upon stepping in- aide the house, the viewer wil atep back in- to Victorian times, for the Cox livingroom la enchantingly done in black print wailpaper contraating vividly with the refinished light pine wainscotting and fur- niahed with sofas (one atill filed with hor- sehair), chairs and a pump organ, reminiscient of Vic- torian days, which stili works. This home wili give heart to those people wishing to redo a house. At the time of the tour it will not yet ha totally refinished s0 one SEE PG. 18 Seniors and children won't pay enjoyment. He was pleased that seniors and children would not have to psy, but thought $5 waa the moat the licen- ces should cost. Barring that he auggested there ahould ha two fee achedules: one for the big boat ownera with ail the expensive equipment, and another for the fisherman who juat had his rod and reel. Anthony Duncan, a Whitby resident who at 19 would have to pay for a licence, la in favor if the ministry does what they aay they will do, but his fishing buddy waan't 80 etqthusiastic. "I don't think it's a good idea," Rob Nelson, 14, said. "When I'm 18, MIh have to buy one and they may cost more by then ... 1 don't think it'a fair we should have to pay. The water and the fish belong to everybody. Buying a licence is Mie going to a fish market and buying fish. " "I've talked to a bunch of guya at the legion," Carnwith said. "Nobody seema down on the licen- ce, if the money goes back. " With a few reservationa it looks as though moat Whitby fishermen are hahind the licence. 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COME IN AND FILL OUT VOUR ENTRY FORM TODAYI WE MAY BE SMALL 13UT DATE 0F DRAW AUG. 30186 WE HAVE IT ALI NEWSUMMER HOURS: CLOSED MONDAY 110 DUNLOP ST., E, WHITBY US-HR.1- AAA.1221CLOSED SUNDAV m i î

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