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Heritage By MIKE JOHNSTON Free Press Staff The second promotional day for downtown Witby put on by the Downtown Business Improvemnent Area was just as good as tbe first. Heritage Day was a tremnendous success, according to BIA manager Georgina Phillips - so, successful that some merchants completely sold out of stock before thedaywas over. "We bad a super crowd out ail day and we're definiteiy going to do it again,"' said Pbillips. The highlight of the day was the contest to choose an officiai town crier for Witby. That bonour went to Fred Martin. Martin bas been a resident of.Whitby for 34 years. He is an bonorary member of tbe Whitby Figure Skating Club and the vice-cbairman of tbe eastern Ontario section of the Canadian Figure Skating Association. Martin was chosen for the honour alter out crying Victor Strickland and Peter Falconeri. "II tbink Fred wil represent the town well," said Pbiilips. And just to make it officiai, town council passed a by-laW on Monday nigbt proclaiming Whitby's offi crier. Besides th for a town represent Wh town criers fr4 tarlo Gulld criers beld a their own. Jin West. Linccl away the wiim Because of on Saturdi Labatt's Hot A was unable tc afternoon but to Ed Buffett, of the BIA, il people just curiosity - pE stayed downt toured the sbcl The only oti Daya' Martin as pointmnent of. the day icial town was the absence of ar- tist Walter Campbell. he contest But the BIA knew Cam- Scrier to pbeil wouid be unable to 'hitby, four make it and they om the On- scrambled to find of town another artist to fuIlbis tcontest of shoes. m Green of But wbat reaily stan- Dln camne ds out for Buffett is the rier. nuinber of people who f tbe wind came up to hlm during lay, the the festivities and men- Air Bailoon tioned bow the down- rise in the town is starting to taccording change. tpresident "And I'm of that im- tattracted pression as well. It bas out of cbanged a lot in just the eople wbo past year, "said Buffett. town and Withln the past two Ps. weeks the BIA bas been bher disap- approached by two WH1TBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1986. PAGE 13 big success FWhitby residents who was more than one day went very, very want to open a business event. It was a more well," said Buffett. in the downtown core, mature group and the Buffett pointed out as an 1example of how the "wTose ies rwen' d1wtos w 5 rown. HO USE WIVES Discovery Day," said SE I R Buffett, referring to the IK last promotional day GE SMEFEHAR ,S put on by the BIA.GETS MEF SHAR According to Buffett, AND EXERCISE PLUS the nature of the events EARN SOME EXTRA MON EV brought more con- sumners to the downtown as opposed to Discovery H ELP US DISTRI BUTE TH E Day when Shawn WHITBY FREE PRESS O'Sullivan seemed to draw more children. "We had a crowd just CALL SUSAN NAT as large and over-ali the 6854 r6861 people stayed downtown 6854 r6861 longer because there