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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1986, PAGE 9 Whitby native opens men9's wear business First store in Pearson Lanes Greg Heffering is bone again. The Witby native recently opened the doors of Gregory's Clothier and Haberdasher, on Mary St., as tbe first tenant in the new Pearson Lanes develop- ment. It's bis first business yen- ture in bis bometown after 23 years in the men's wear business. "I saw an opportunity bere, soI took it," Heffering, 40, says of bis decision to relocate after 12 years in Port Perry. His grandfather, James Hef- fering, wbo operated a shoe business in Toronto, owned Riverdale Farms in Whitby (next to Red, Wbg Orchard) where be bred racehorses. Greg's father, Larry Heffering, bad a gas station and then tbe Country Lane Golf Club on Con- cession 4, Whit5y. Greg Heffering started selling men's wear in Eaton's in Oshawa in 1963. In 1965, he moved to Eaton's in Toronto wbere be eventually worked in the buying office and catalogue department before it closed down in 1972. He then worked for various in- dependent men's wear stores in Toronto before deciding to go on his own. He chose Port Perry because it didn't bave a store for men's wear: "The area was ripe," he says. Heffering moved to Wbitby because of bigh expenses in Port Perreand after hearifig from Bill Little of Marketing &,Motivation Ltd, about bis Pearson Lanes development. "Tbings are going to happen here," believes Heffering, who adds that Whitby can provide the markethe is looking for. Witb Samuelsobn and Bencb- mark suits, Gant Dress shirts and Robicbaud ties among bis rich of- ferings in the middle to upper price range, Heffering is seeking the trade of the professional man. He says there have been no such specialty men's wear shops in the downtown area since Joe Ottenbrite closed the doors to bis store about two years ago. Heffering says be's neyer really considered another line of work. "T's always been my forte, I gues. So I stilk with it. I bappen to feel that tbis is what I'm good at dong. "And I like meeting people. It's a challenge." GREG HEFFERING prepares a display ln the new men 's wear store he has opened on Mary St. ini the new Pearson Lanes boutique development. Free downtown Parking in December- Downtown shoppers are going to get an early Christmas present from the Town of Wbitby,. The town's operations committee bas ap- proved a request from the Downtown Business ,timprovement .Area for. free parking at the on- street meters and parking lots bn down- town. The free parking period wll rua from Satfidday, Dec. 6 to Saturday, Dec. 27. Last year the town permitted free parking two, weeks before Christmas and a week afterwards. But this year the BIA informed the town that the week after Christ- mas is nôt as important Bazaar Nov. 15 The Brookln United Church Wôm~en wil bold Frosty's Frolic on Saturday, Nov. 15, il a.m. to% 3 p.x. The bazaar will inlude Frosty's Country Store, bakery, craft corner and Mrs. Frosty's lunch corner. as the weeks before. So the town bas given shoppers three weeks of free parkmg before . noted . that some non- Christmas. shoppers in downtown The town bas also have abused the present D ELEGANT This Sunday and every Sunday by popular demand. D'Elegant El Stravros ls presentlng Elegant Brunchs 14 DIFFERENT MOT& COLD MEATS, SALADS & CAVIAR 11:00 a.m. tili 3:00 p.m. as well asfo D'Elegant El Stravros MENU 557 King St. E., Oshawa 576-6999 by parking on the streets ail day. The town bas not corne up with a solution to that problem for tbis year, but for 1987 the town and the BIA will look into biring a Santa Claus wbo would feed expired meters. Wbitby council will vote on the recommen- dation 'next 'Monday nigbt. Whitby man to reeeive sentence Nov. 28 A Whitby man will be sentenced in 'Whitby, district court Nov. 28 on charges of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. David Joseph Camnes, 31, of Dufferin St. was acquitted on three charges of 'attempted murder but a district court jury found him guilty of' criminal negligence causing bodily harm, failing to, remain at the scene of an accident, dangerous driving and driving wlth more than the legal limit of alcohol in bis blood. The charges stem from an incident ¶hat bappened in March of 1985 when tbree Oshawa men said a car took repeated runs at them. The car bit one man, 45-year-old Gerry Gionet, who had to be treated for minor in- juries. The other two men were forced to bide un- der a tractor trailer te, escape tbe car's rePeated runs at tbem, the court beard. The car tben drove off and was, pursued by a taxi driver who bad wit- nessed tbe accident. The pursuit was later Jolned by two Durham Regional Police cars who eventually cor- nered tbe car bn a Parking lot in the nortb end of Oshawa., TYPESETTING ON LOCATION " DESKS a TABLES " FILING CABINETS ~ " ADDING MACHINES " TYPEWRITERS " CHAIRS " SAFES e KARDEX " CASH REGISTERS " ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS " STEEL LOCKERS a FANS " SHELVING e TIME BECORDERS " TRANSFER CASES ETC. " DUPLICATING bMACHINES DESK ~CHAIRS DESIGN COMPLETE PRINTING SERVICE 218 Harwood Ave. S., Ajax Shopping Plaza, Ajax Telephone 416-683-1968 and 416-683-1970. Il INSTANT PRINTIN 1