PAGE 22, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1979, WHITBY FREE PR] Coming Events YEAR OF CHILD FILM PRESENTATION The Whitby Block Parents will be offering an Interna- tional Year of the Child film presentation on Professional Development Day, May 2 at the Whitby-Public Library. There will be two showings, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 2:20 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Films are suggested for ages up to il years old. School will present its annual music festival, "Spring Melody '79" at 8 p.m. April 26 and 27. Once again the Junior and Select choirs will be joined by some of the school's soloists and the Senior Orchestra. This year for the first time, the school will introduce the Junior Orchestra drawn from the first year music classes. ANDERSON OPEN SPRING MELODY '79 HOUSE Dennis O'Connor High Whitby residents are ESS invited to attend an Open House at Anderson Collegiate from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. tonight. Displays and demonstations will be offered by the art, business, English, family studies, geography, history, library, mathematics, moderns, music, physical education and health, science, student services and technical departments. TOY MAKING CONTEST The Whitby Historical Society is celebrating the International Year of the Child by holding a toy mak- ing contest to continue until June. Completed toys may be handed in at the Lynde House Museum any weekend from May 21 to June 16. Categories include class projects, or a toy made with the help of a grandma or a grandpa, made by children up to 16 years old. Types of exhibits could include stuffed, moveable, pull, floating or flying toys. Acceptable materials include wood, cloth, paper, tin, clay, yarn nails, natural materials or leather. No plastic will be accepted. The historical society requests that prize-winning exhibits be left on display at the Lynde House during the months of July and August. TRIP TO ELORA The Whitby Historical Society is planning a trip to Elora May 26. Highlights of the trip will include a visit to the Wellington County Museum and George Park. Lunéh will be served at the Old Mill Restaurant. For further information, contact Kay Daigle at 668-2249 and Kay Hutchings at 668-3460. OLC OPEN HOUSE The public is invited to attend an Open House at the Inl s: 2. s- Pr C- s N $2,400 DOWN - Master bedroom with large walk-in closet, 4th bedroom on lower level, good value at$46,800. OPEN HOUSE this Sunday 1.5 p.m. 225 Rosedale Dr. Whitby. 225 BROCK ST. N., WHITBY 668-6171 BARB ANYON Tony Klompmaker, Manager of W. Frank Real Estate Limited, Whitby is pleased to announce the appointment of BARB ANYON to the staff. Barb invites all her friends and associates to call her either at the office 668.6171 or her resi. dence 655-4057. Ontario Ladies' College May 16 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This historic building will be open for tours, and the students will be showing off the work they have done during the past school year. CHURCH AUCTION The Couples Club of St. Mark's United Church will be holding its annual spring auction on the church grounds May 26. To arrange for pickup of articles or to receive further information, call Milton and Elaine Rainey at 668-3762 or the church office at 668-3091 in the morning. CONCERT The residents of the Wind- sor Place Senior citizens' apartments, 315 Colborne Street West, will hold their first annual concert at the apartments, April 26 at 8 p.m. Admission is free and there will be refreshments. Featured acts include the Marg Connelly Dancers, Fred Brooks' group, Mrs. Mae Phair at the piano; singers Walter Pattimore, Dave Harvey and Rose and Bill Condie; and Les Dupuis and his senior citizens' group from Oshawa. NATURE WALKS The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority is offering two nature walks in its conservation areas in Whitby in April and May. May 13, there will be a spring wildflower walk in the Heber Down Conservation Area, starting at 9:30 a.m. All hikes will leave from and return to the CLOCA office at 1650 Dundas Street East, opposite the Whitby Mall. All hikes will go "rain or shine", so dress accordingly. Henry High is off to Waterloo Senior students and some of their teachers from Henry Street High School will be visiting the University of Waterloo on Thursday, April 26. The students will spendthe day learning about compu- ters. They will attend lec- tures during the morning and in the afternoon will use one of the multi-million dollar computers on the UW campus to find their own solutions to problems. Those with sufficient knowledge may spend the entire day working with computers. Consultants will be available to assist them. Students with no previous computer science experi- ence will receive lecWres on problem solving and actual use of the computer using a FORTRAN-like language called TUTOR. Instruction in FORTRAN and APL lan- guages will be available to those students having some computer background. UW has been offering these "computer science days" to high school students for more than 14 years. Last year, 9,000 students from 210 high schools in Ontario visited the UW campus. UW feels it is important to inform young people that computers since increas- ingly, society is looking to the computing profession to solve its information-- processing problems. Waterloo also permits high school students who have completed grade 12 and who have a working knowledge of FORTRAN to enrol in one of its courses (carrying one- half credit towards a mathematics degree). Students wishing to partici- pate in this course must have the consent of their high school mathematics teacher and their princioal.