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Friday Is Day For Loyers fr p l Io 'e t e .....children don't know origin of Valentine Most young children don't know the origin of St. Val- en tines Day and why we cele- brate it. Only two elementary school students ini the six classes we surveyed put forth an answer. One boy thought ive cele- brated Valentines Day in memory of a Greek God called Cupid. One girl thought thai the infarnous St. Valentine's Day Massacre ini Chicago was the reason for the celebration. *Actuallv, tizere were twvo St. Valentines bot/z of w/ziom were be/zeaded in Rome bv t/he Emperor Clauidius Ildur- ing ihe Christian purges in the third century. Qne was a priest who wvas buried ini Flaminican lt/ai' where a church was erected in his honor a hundred years later. The other was a bishop of Terni who was later buried in Terni. Some tha t the? Valentini identity throughi Sscholars con tend ýre was only oneSt. !e and that his true has been obscured time by legend. a ae .cards and flowers popular Roses are red, Violets are b lue, 1 couldn't do anything, If it weren't for you. In many ways this child- ren 's rhymecurrently making the' rounds in area public schools, captures the spirit of St. Valentines Day. February 14. On Friday, many people in Whitby and in other com- munities throughou t the world will ex change gifts, cards and flowers in celebra- tion of St. Valentines Day Traditionally a trne in which loyers express their feelings for each, other, St Valentines Day has in recent years been accussed of over commercialization an] shal- lowness. However for manjv people in the Whiîby-Brooklin area the traditional concept still rings true, and it seems that the mosi' popular items to ex- change are flowers and cards. Vie gîving of jewelry and' smnall item gifts does uzot seem to be as popular as exchanging flowers and cards as. none of the stores in the Whitby-Brooklin area report any increase ini sales of these items. Most people, it seems, wait until the lasi minute to pur- chase their flowers and cards and ai least one proprietor, Mr. K. Rennie of Rennies Floral and Gift Shop in Brooklin reportedl having to hire extra help on Valen fines Day afiernoon in order to deal with the rush. Mr. Ren- nie said that most of the laie shoppers were men. The most enîhusiastic par- ticipants in the Valen fines Day festivities are children ranging in age from five to 11 who, give cards to- friends, classmates, teachers, parents, and relatives. I the older age groups this becomes re- stricted to boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives. SeRG KENNEL.S I? 1Žihere They Get Tender Lovîng Care % M 3>30ARD0INOG PUPPIES TRAINING HWY - 12, BROOKLIN', ONT. LOB iCO (416) 655-4721 25 & 50 lb. bags 25 lb. from $5.75 ~ pick up 50 lb. from $10.05,- fv ddivery The celebration of St. Valentine 's Day as a tîme for loyers f0 exchange gifts, how- ever, dates back to the pagan Roman festival of Lupercalia. I'ring the festival, held on February 1S, boys Wouild draw the names of girls from a love urn. T'his custom ivas firsi in- troduced t0 England by the Romans and was carried on afier t/zey left. Jn order to adapt the practice to Christ- ianizy, the church changed the date f0 February 14, which miany believed to be the day birds began their mating, and named it Si. Valentine 's Day. T/se firsi printed Valentine cards appeared around the l6th Century buî these were few and expensive. If wasn't unil the middle of the l9th century wiîh the introduc- tion of the penny postage and the use of Lithographs and woodcuts that large scale exchanging of cards became popular. WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1975. PAGE 3 I NOTICE I TO RESIDENTS 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY NOTICE 0F APPLICATION TO THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD by the Corporation of the Town of Wh itby for approval of a By-Iaw to regulate Iand use passed pursuant to Section 35 of The Planning Act. TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corpor- ation of the Town of Whitby intends to apply to The Ontario Municipal Board pursuant to the provisions of Section 35 of The Planning Act for approval of By-law No. 166-74 read a f irst, second and third time and finàîly passed on the 23rd day of December, A.D.,,1974., A copy of the By-Iaw is f urnished herewith. A note giving an explanation of the purpose and effect of the By-law and 'stating the lands affected thereby is also furnished herewith. Any person interested may, within fourteen r(14) days after the date of this notice, send by registered mail or deliver to the CIl'erk of the Town of Whitby notice of his objection to approval of the said By-Iaw together with a statement of the grounds of such objection. Any person wishing to support the application for approval of the' By-law may within fourteen (14) days after the date of this notice, send by registered mail or deliver to the Cîerk of the Town of Whîtby notice of his support of approval to the said By-law together-.with a request for notice of any Hearing that may be heîd giving also the name and address to which such notice should be given. The Ontario Municipal Board may approve of the said By-law but before doing s0 it may appoint a time and place when any objection to the By-law will be considered. Notice of any hearing that may be held wiIl be given only to persons who have f iled an objection or a notice of support and who have Ieft with or delivered to the Clerk undersigned the address to which Notice of Hearing is to be sent. The last date for f iîing objections wilI be the 26th day of February, 1975. Dated at the Town of Whitby this l2th day of February 1975. Wm. H. Wallace, A.M.C.T., CL ER K 405 Dundas Street West, WH ITBY, Ontario THE CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY BY-LAW NO. 166-74 BEING A BV-LAW TO AMEND ZONING BY-LAW NO. 2585 WH E REAS the Corporation of the Town of Whitby deemps it advisable to amend By-law No. 2585. NOW THEREFORE, be it enacted and it is hereby enacted as a By-Iaw of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby by the Council thereof AS FOLLOWS: 1.That Section 6, Subsection 2585 is hereby amended foîlowing paragraph thereto: 7, of By-law No. by adding the (d) Subsection (a) of Section 6 (7) shaîl not appîy to plans of subdivision registered on or after June 1, 1974. 2. This By-Iaw shaîl corne into force on the date it is passed by the Council of the Town of Whitby subject to the approval of The Ontario Municipal Board. BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 23RD DAY 0F DECEMBER, A.D., 1974. Wm. H. Wallace CLERK D. G. Newman MAYOR EXPLANATORY NOTE PURPOSE AND EFFECT 0F BY-LAW-NUMBER 166-74 The purpose an-d effect of By-law Number 166-74 is to aîîow for residential developnmnt on public road allowances of less than 66 feet on plans of subdivision registered on or after Jung 1. 1974. 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