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PAGE 16, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS Town' s à h'istorie pastis evident in Lynde Museum The town of Whitby is a fast-changing community to- day, but residents can stili seeî something of its historic past in the Lynde House Mu- seum on Highway 2 at Lynde Creek. The museum, which is op- erated by theý Whitby Hist- orical Society, is featuring a number of special exhibits this suînmer consisting of a number of relics obtained within the last year and neyer previously displayed. The historical society bas been able ta acquire a num- ber of items directly related to the Lynde famnily which owned the property whclire the museurn stands frorn 18- 04 4to 1895. Last summier the muiseum obtained a sofa, chest t)f drawers and three chairs,' do- nated by Mrs.,Louise Petch of Toronto. Mrs. Petch's fa- ther was robert lynde, a g-r- andson of Jabez Lynde who built the Lynde House about tbe time of the War of 18 12.* Another Lynde famîly re- lic is an oil painting on vel- vet of a parrot, painted by Mary Maria Lynde, a sister of Robert Lynde and daugh- ter of Sylvester Lynde. Mary Maria Lynde was born at Whitby in 1843, att- ended Jesus and Mary Con- vent in Montrael and the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, became totally bi- lingual in English and Frencli. The paintings were recent- ly donated by ber gnanddau- ghteri Nina Saunders. The Lynde painting hangs in an upstairs roomi furnished with a numiber of antique pieces which were obtained for the museumn within the last year. 0f particular interest is a set of six sr-nall -chairs, two large chairs, an ottoman and a settee, made in New York and brought ta Whiitby by John Ibmi Perry, the son of Whitby'§-founder,Pe ter Perry. John Hanm Perry owned a "1castle" where the swinining pool is located in Kinsînen Park, and ptirchased the fur- niture, expccting to entertain the Prince of Wales wvhen lie visited Canada ln 1860. AI- though the prince stopped at Whitby. lie was unable to vis- ,it Berry's Castie because of a tight schedule. In addition to the Perry furniture, there are two dlo- cks and a pettipoint orna- mient tray, which may or, may not have corne from the castie. Ail this furniture was wl- lied ta the Whitby Historical Society from the estate of Edna Green, of Greenwood last fali. On the walls of the up- stairs room are two needie- point l'ire screens in frames, depicting scenes from the Bible. These fire screens were given ta. Black Creek Pion- eer Village by Harold Burk, of Espanola, and are loancd to the Whitby rnuseurn for six mionths. Another piece of furniture in the room is a melodeon organ mianufactured in Whit- by by Mudge and Yarwood Manufacturing Company, wh icli was located on the east side of ")rock Street, south TOWN 0F WHITBY NOTICE 0F PUBLIC MEETING A meeting will be held by the Administrative Commiiittee on ThursdaÎy. Julv I15,I1976 at 7:30 pm in the Council Chambers, Municipal Building. 405 Duindas Street West Whitby, Ontario. The purpose of this meeting will be ta consider the following application toanaiend the Officiai Plan of the Town of Whitby. Natimrt- f th> pplynainn Trowbridge Developments Limited have made application ta the Region of Durhiam to amend the Official Plan of the Town of Whitby. This application lias been referred 'o the Town of Whitby for consideration. The applicant is requesting that the Official Plan be amended from Openi Space to permit a residential development of 31 two acre festate type' lots on the property out- lined on the sketch below; and will be presenting the proposaI to the public at the above scheduled meeting. Ail material relating to these applications is on file, and is open to public inspection at the Planning Department, 14 Church Street, Brooklin~, Ontario. Telephone: (416) 655-3346. Wm. Hl. Wallace, A.M.C.T., C.M.C. CLERK 1m ammomu à mm-u ANDERSON ST GARRARD RD. PI C/r> 0F O$/-IAWA of Ontario Street, A label inside the melod- eon bears the date Feb 23, 1875. The organ companiy was founded in Whitby in 18-1 73 and ceased operations in 1880. This melodeon organ made ofi rosewood, with a cast iran bellows framne, is the museum's latest acquis- ition. It was purchased from an antique store in Barrie in June, and was formerly in a house in Orillia. Other new a.;quisitions in- clude two deck chairs from the early 1900s, donated by Jack Read, of Oshawa form- erly of Whitby. It is believed that they were used on the Argyle, a passenger steamer whichi ran out of Whitby, Bowmanville and Oshawa in the I 890s and early 1900s. S An unusual itemi is a sha- dow box made by Mrs.-,ý IlI. Balsdon (formerly Annie E. Reeson) more ilian I100 years ago. Inside it is a wre- ati nmade h' hand of goose feathers, died and curled. It. was donated by Lois Pogue and Mahel MlacCarl. Also in the saine roorn, adjacen t 10 the roomn with tlhe Perry furniture, is a Que- bec heater donated by Tony (Carter. MIr. Carter also pro- vided a rug and ceiling mnou- lding for the Perry roui. A nuniber of' pieces of futrniture on the ground fluor were obtained at aan auction sale in June ai 1the Gordon I larris farin. on Hligliway 2, west of Red Wing Orchards. These consist of' an eng- raving of Grasm-ere Lake in England before 1860, in a framne decorated with leaves made of leather, a wooden blanket chest with a secret compartment, a small util- ity table and a drap leaf table. Nearby, in the main hall, is a collection of Indîan art- ifacts loaned by Ern Cormack. Last faîl the miuseum oh- tained a numiber of fragments of 1I00-year-old tomb stones from the aid Beacroft prap- erty on Mary Street. It app- ears that they were remnants from an old marble factory and had been used as patio stones for many years. They. still bear dates ýand 'inscrip- tions fromi the 1 850sanid60s. Flakig echside of 'the entrance ta the Lynide House are large mIll stones, placed there last summer. Théteto, stones were found in Pringle Creek on the Sobczak farmn near Watson Street, and were part, of the e quipment' of the Nash brewery which'operat- ed at Port Whitby in, the 18- 40s. They'were donated'ta tm-e museum by Raomas and Mary Sobczak., The Lynde House Mus- eûm is the. home of- many other artifacts from Whitby's past, 'and with the acquisit- ions of the past y1ear, - is: becoming a ýshowplace for the history of 'the towl. The museum is open Fni- days, Saturdays,.-Sundays, e& holidays from lpm ta 6pm. If the museum is closed and anyone wants ta see the ex- hibits, they can caîl Roy Smith' at 668-4563, Florence Heard at 668-4300, or Anne Klien at 668-2389. CHERISHED CHAIRS Lynde House Museum Curator Roy Smith stands besîde some of the chairs which once adorned Perry's Castie in the I860s. Behind Mr. Smith is an antique clock, and a fire screen depicting a scene from the Biblé. Mr. Smith remembers when Penry's Castle stood ini what is now Kinsmen Park. The building was demolished' about 1920. Free Press Photo EarI Pascoe, a director -in the Whitby Historical Society, tries bis hand at playing, an 1875 melodeon organ manufactured by the Mudge and Yarwood Co. in Whitby in 1875. The melodeon is the latest aquisition by the Lynde House mu seum,- purchaseI from an antique store in Barrie i June. Free Press Photo.