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W-HITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1978, PAGE 7 DAVID T. CAMPBELL The students 4nd cptirches of the Town of Whitby are still benefitting today froi the generosity of an old Whitby boy who was so fond of his home town that he left varlous organizati 'ons in the town an estate worth more than haif a million dollars. His name was David T. Campbell, a veterinary and later insurance agent in Chicago, who died on Nov. 15, 1956 at the age of 81. The Campbell family was very prominent in Whitby in the latter part of the l9th century. Two brothers, James and Robert Campbell owned one of the largest dry goods and grocery businesses in the town from the 1850s to the 1880s. They started out in a store on Brock Street North which burned in 1864,- and moved to several other locations in the downtown area. In 1880 they buit the "Glasgow Warehouse," on Brock Street South, the building now occupied by Judy's Flowers and Ottenbrites Men's Wear. In 1892 the Campbells sold the building, and this is likely the time they went to Chicago. Hello Again! On Friday July 28 at 8 p.m. in the Brooklin Memorial Park, we are in store for some Celebrity Sof tball - The Brooklin and District Kinsmen versus the CKLB Athletic Supporters. This night is for the whole family, and refreshments are available. There is no charge, but there will be a collection for Cystic Fibrosis. Such people as Argo Sunshine Girls, Sandy Hawley, Rebels Drum and Bugle Corps and hopefully other sports celebrities will be in attendance. Corne out and root your team on, and may the best team win. This Friday, July 14 is Circus day! Hope everyone is ready for it! <Wednesday July 26 at 7 p.m. a film geared to those 10 to 15 years of age will be shown at the library. The film is entitled, AUt Must Be'LoveCause I'Feel So Dumb.' Sounds quite interesting. The Durham Region Y.M.C.A. and the Wbitby Recreation Department are together sponsoring a program in Brooklin, a t Meadowcrest Sehool. It is a new summer program for pre-school children. -A special membership enables the child to attend on whatever days are convenient. The club will operate on a daily basis from Monday to Friday and rnemberships will be available twice through summer months. The pre-scbool program, for 3 to 5 year-olds, will operate from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. every week day morning. The program involves, imaginery play, painting, creative crafts, music etc., followed by juice anc a snack, story time and organized outside physical activities. The Green Pepper Club, for those 6 to 10 years of age will be held from 1: 15 to 3:15 every weekday afternoon. The first hour will involve outdoor and indoor sports activities, including organized games, basic gymnastics, floor hockey, track and field, and basebail, to name a few. During the second hour the children will participate in creative craft activities. Cont'd on P. 8 BE AUTI FU L cuts, perms, sets, ,,iveryt ime! ~Ad bounce, curi and direction to straight hair with a permanent or eut your hair in one of the new gSometric styles& LA COINTESSA 13AUTY LOUNGE 19 Green St., Whitby, 668-9262 James Campbell, who married 'a daughter of James Tweedie, a Scottish settler on the third concession of Whitby Township, lived in a large brick house on the north west corner of Dundas and Perry Streets where the Shoprite store now stands. The bouse was later the home of Judge Theodore McGillivray. He had a tamily of six boys, James, Robert, John, David, Kenneth and William. James became a physician, Robert a veterinary surgeon, John a lawyer, and David and insurance agent. The early history of the Campbell family and the reason for their move to Chicago are not well known, but it is said that David T. Campbell at one tine kept a farm where the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital is now located. The move to Chicago. which likely occurred after the closing of the family dry goods and grocery business in 1892, was probably an example of the economics of the time. Lt began about 1873 when a severe economic depression developed in Canadar The Town of Whitby stopped growing, and business opportunities became scarce. At this time, Chicago, anù the'State of Illinois were booming areas of opportunity and a number of, Whitby citizens in the 1870s and 1880s lef t their hov~e town te> seek their fortune in Chicago. This state of the economy might have affected the Campbells in the same way. David T. Campbell, in bis years ink Chicago, became a millionaire, investing a considera ble amount 0of noney in real estate and the soy bean indu.-try. His wife, Dorothy died in 1949 and left several bequests to the town of Whitby, Whitby Board of Education, St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, and Composite Lodge AF and AM. The Campbells had no children, and Yvhen David Campbell mae his will, he left his entire estate to organizations in the Town of Whitby because of his "fond recollections" of his youth here. The Masonic Lodge was the chie! benefactor of the estate, which was estîmated to be worth haîf a million dollars after death and succession duties were paid. Thirty per cent of the estate went to the lodge, of which Mr. Campbell had been a member in bis youth. Mr. Campbell remembered the struggle boys had in his day to gain a proper education, and he directed that the interest from his bequest to the lodge, be used to providc post-secondary education for Whitby boys who might not be able to afford a university education. Since Mr. Campbell's death in 1956, many students have benefitted frorn bis generosity. Mr. Campbell, in bis will. also left money to a number of Whitby cburches--12½ 2per cent of his estate to the Presbyter- ian Church, five per cent to the United Church, 2½ 2per cent to St. John's and AIl Saints' Anglican Churches, and 2 per cent to the Baptist Church. The Board of'Education received 71/2 per cent of the estate, to be held in trust and the interest used for th promotion of athletics in the schools of Whitby. A numbeir of organizationç such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army in Chicago recived bequests from the CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY' CONTRACT W78-17 SALE 0F RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT TJendors will be received by the undersigned until 2:00 p.,Friday, July 21, 1978, for the sale of a residential building lot on Anderson Street in Whitby. TIender forms are available from the Town of Whitby T1'Iasury Department, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Offtario. Telephone 668-5803, extension 37. llighest 'or any tender not necessarily accepted. R.A. CLARINGBOLD, Deputy Treasurer and Purchasing Agent, Town of Whitby. BESI WISHES TO ROBERT HALL MOTORS AUTO SALES & SERVICE 1/2 Ml. SOUTH 0F MANCHESTER, HWY. 12 FROM UN builing, UTOrnELSROTNEu aOU Campbell estate, but only one individual received any money. He was a nephew who received $16,500. Lt is a rare occasion when a man of great wealth leaves so much money to the town of bis birth because of his loyalty to 1lhi.1 town, and it was suggested at the time that Mr. Campbell liould receive the Peter Perry Award as Whitby's outstanding citizen. He did not receive the award, however, probably vecause he was ncit a en.iZen of Whitbv at the-*,inie he died. H-owever, a lastiiig tribute to David-CampbelI was made by t he Masons, who were the largest beneficiaries of bis estate. :hortly- af ter Mr. Campbell's death, th uîpst Lde ~u only Masonic Lodge in Whitby since 1852 found it was ,ting to 'o large, and a new lodge should be formed., The new lodge, inaugurated on Jan. 18, 1962, was named the l)vid T. Campbell Lodge in honor of the former Mason who had rcmembered his home town and entrusted Composite Lodge with using his money to assist students of Whitby get a better education. Ron Agg, who still resides in Whitby was named the new lodge's first Worshipful Master. At the inauguration of the David T. Campbell Lodge, William D)avidson a prominent Whitby Mason,,past district deputy of Ontario-District and a past Master of Composite Lodge, paid a Irîhute to Mr. Campbell. "In instituting the David T. CAmpbell Lodge, we pay a -Ilowing tribute to a great citizen - ra ao -wovle .je Canadian way of. life," said Mr. Davidson. 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