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- ST p-- | i | { = OS ik This week's photograph comes to us courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Downey, both of-whom were former residents of this area for many years. It shows the J. Whiteford store on Baldwin Street taken in the early 1900s. The building itself is believed to have been built in the late 1800s and was purchased by John - Whiteford when he moved to Brooklin from Greenbank around 1900. Whiteford operated a shoemaker and shoe repair business there until his death in 1922. iu Ee |] After that it was rented out to other . shoemakers and was finally sold to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce who purchased it, along with the old Elliott store property to make way for their new building. Whitefords home and business stood on the section of the property that now serves as a parking lot for the bank. Shown in the photograph are John Whiteford and his wife Miriam, and to the . forefront their son Ernest and daughter Lottie (Rahme). ra i 2 FF i Bet IML et Be i I read an interesting article in one of the Toronto newspapers over the weekend. It was by Bill Clark and posed the headline question "Can our schools meet the fitness challenge?" The crazy thing was, (nat after reading said article, the answer to the quéstion is 1 don't know. There is a lot of interesting stuff within the confines of the article, but the ac- tual question in the headlines is not answered. From what I ascertained, however, I have a sneaking feeling the answer is probably no. But then another question -arises as to what is actually fit. What is fit for a young child might not be fit for a teenager or an old boot like myself. So what is fit? I enjoy watching those aerobic-type pro- grams on the telly. There is no way under the sun I would ever try fo bounce along with them. Not until the day comes that I decide to commit suicide, that is. But I do enjoy wat- ching them. I am always fascinated that these people can jump up and down, and round and about, pulling their bodies into those tortuous positions at the same time, and actually look as though they are enjoying themselves. And how on earth can they talk while they are do- "ing Tt? Five mites of that stuff did-tey-#t-- once and I did last for five minutes before I ~ collapsed on the floor in a giant heap), and I had trouble uttering a single word for at least - half an hour. I am convinced there are special farms hidden away somewhere, where they raise these ty pe of people. You notice I used the word "raise."" That's because I don't for one moment think these aerobic people are of the norm. Yes, there are little farms hidden in lit- tle towns all across Canada. They are top secret of course. That's why we have never seen or heard of them, But they are there. And it is there that mad scientists produce these un-naturally fit people. Either that or they are really only a myth. After all, have any of you ever seen these people up close? 1 mean in real life. Have you? I have only seen them on 'the telly. Bounce and jump ... ~ cool. ---- by ROXANNE REVELER . jump and hop ! .. to the left and take it up and two more .... one more .... They are basically the same. Maybe it's done with trick mirrors. Tere has tobea Himick "somewhere: And dake a 400k at the bodies on those babes. Have you ever seen bodies that look more unrealistic in your lives? Barbie dolls hot off the press, don't look as perfect as these young ladies do. I mean they have no bums at all. Their legs just keep going right up to their armpits. Now that just isn't natural. There has to be a bulge somewhere, so you call tell the difference between your waist and your hips. Not so with the aerobic ladies. Which again leads me to the belief they are manufactured somewhere. I tried to exercise once. I mean that kind of exercise. Years ago, and I mean years ago, I joined Vic Tanny's when it had a location in Oshawa. I was never in so much pain in all my life as I was after that first day. There should have been a warning in large red let- ters on the wall somewhere that read YOU WON'T FEEL IT TODAY BUT WAIT UNTIL ~"FOMORROW. That first day I felt simply you know how the spiel goes. great. I'hadn't touched my toes or stretched like that for years. It felt just great. The next morning was another story. I got my: first in- cling something was wrong when I tried to open my eyes and couldn't. The pain extend- ed to my eyelids. With assistance I made it to the tub where I remained, soaking in hot water for the rest of the day. In all, it took a "little over a week to totally recover. And did I return? Of course I did. After all I had spent all that money and I was going to get my monies worth. But the next time I played it I rolled around the floor for a few minutes and peddled those stupid, uncomfor- table bikes for a while to make it look good, and then headed straight for the sauna and the swimming pool. Now that's my kind of exercise. Reflections of a golden age by Mabei M. McCabe It Couldn't Be Any Worse | saw on the news that the Tonka Toy Company is s closing its operations in Canada and moving them to the U.S. This will put many - long-time employees out on the street. Some of them are older, and will find getting néw jobs almost impossible. | feel very sad because the Tonka trucks were a vital part of my youngsters growing years. I'm sure many of you have bought your share of them too. Just see- ing one of those toys brings back memories of little ones, playing at being grown up, and | can almost hear their voices again. It makes one wonder why these American-owned companies think so little about the ones who have been faithful in the work place, and in the buying market, that they say in essence, "You do not matter to us, just the profits count." This isnot the first time this has hap- pened. Remember The Canadian General Electric Company in Bar- rie? They closed putting over seven hundred and fifty workers on the breadline. There is another one in Barrie, that | know is just biding its time and then will pull the rug out from under the workers. I'm not mentioning the name, because | know some of the workers, and it could go bad for them if this comment was given to the upper echilon. So much of this kind of thing is going on that one wonders what our government is trying to prove by talks on free trade. The American protectionist policy is alive and well and sucking the financial blood from our country. Just take a look at what has happened in the lumber we will hit in steel and agriculture. | have no brief with any politician, but as a Canadian, | object strongly to being sold out to"the American giants. | am sorry to say | have been greatly disappointed at Mr. Mulroney's unflagging faith in Mr. Reagan. It does not seem to be well placed. - So many of the promises made have been broken. Now it is the Acid Rain deal that was agreed to by both. Three hundred and fifty million is a long way from five billion isn't it? | know politics is a touchy subject, but we really have to look at all those in office and reassess our priorities. Things have changed a great deal since | was a young woman, but the quality of leadership seems to have gone downhill fast. Sure, we had somie bad apples then, but at least they tried to give the im- pression of looking after the country. Now, we see more scandal and unrestrained spending than ever before in our history. For all that spending, we are getting much less than we did way back when. The newest Postal hike is just one example of the total ineptness of the ~'* trade ih hi many workers are on unemployment in that venue, past few governments: to look- after services to-the-people.-Do-you..... 1 suppose we could start a party of seniors who have had the practice of trying to live within their means, to send to Ottawa? It's worth a thought, isn't it? I'm thinking about it. Are you? | Letters Urges boycott on chocolate | | To The Editor: My family and I are planning to stop buying any Neilsons or Cad- bury products due to the disgusting way that employees are being mistreated in Neilsons acquisition of ----Cadburys--1 hope-that-others-wiil- take up the challenge to boycott these products and send a message to these companies that they can't play monopoly with peoples lives. "A major company should not be allowed to buy out its competitor and then close down the production facilities and throw peoplefout of work for the purpose of lessening - competition. This is being allowed to happen too often in too many marketplaces. Different levels of government are spending millions of dollars and great effort in debating whether or not stores should be allowed to stay open on Sundays. Many store owners have been visited by police and charged for offences under this ridiculous law. Yet a company like Neilsons-can buy its competitor, close down a production plant like the one in Whitby and put hundreds of people out on the streets with few questions asked. Where's the government? Where are the laws on serious mat- ters like this®> Where's the justiee? - "I imagine there are enough loopholes in the new competition act to cause little concern for major companies. Municipal, Provincial and Federal Politicians will all get on the bandwagon making claims of how they are going to save the Cad- burys Plant. Much of this posturing will be for the politician's own gain and will do little to Solve the pro- blems of the unemployed Cadburys workers. I urge people to boycott Neilsons and Cadburys products and 1 urge the various levels of government to get serious about saving jobs in- stead of promoting unemployment Sincerely, Bernie Merrett