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WHITBY Volurne Number 2 26 FREE PRESS (Voicb of the County Town) Box 206. WHITBY, ONT. Thursday, June'29, 1972 FREE fHOME DELIVIERY IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY!e O u r Pic t or al study below demon- s t ra tes just some of t he past year's happe ni1ngs during the Whitby Free Press first year of service in the County Town. In the top left photo, Ralph McAdam stands waist deep in water in the base- m e nt of hi1s home on Bell1 Drive. Mr. McAdam was one of hundreds of Whitby peoplewho suffered damages in a freak r a 1nstorm, which 1 e ft in its ýwake an e s ti1ma ted $600,O00in damagesîlast August. The twvo centre photos depict a typ- ical1 victor Ian window display at Mrs. AIllen's Bookstore Whitby 1904 and the R os s Brother s, now the Golden Gate Restaurant. Both these photos were to be used as guide samples in' reconstruc- t Jn g the downtown action committeets now abandoned restoration scheme, which would have restored the downtown core ta the romantic 1880 era. The abandoned scheme has been re- placed with a redevelopment approach t o be discussed at a m e e t ing at Town Hall on July 5th. Everyone will recognizeWhitby's Municipal Building a t the bottom of the p ag e. This particular photo has been tied iwlth our birthday edi tion because Continues on Editorial page Edit b n i $.O.#.'.#~,8~ê ~ ê* f.e *4 h I Aà*éÀ AX~A~&~h~44~é A , i 4 4 4 4 4 44$4 44444444 ~~' ~ ~ ~ 0 t()th <jy; » 4 ~ ~ ¶ 4 h ~ ~ Anniversary 0 lpecial