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PAGE 12, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1989 TAX RETURNS Income tax returns can be completed at no charge for seniors at the Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre. Caîl 668-1424 or 668-7919 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to arrange an appoint- ment. Seniors have to file a return to take advantage of the federal sales tax credit that has been increased to $70 this vear. PAlKINSON The Parkinson Foundation, Durham branch, will met on Monday, April 3, 7:30 p.m., at the Day Hospital of Oshawa General Hospital. Guest speaker will be Leeson Clifton who will discuss massage therapy, relaxa- tion, stress and self-heaing tech- niques. Al welcome. For more information call 668-6580. SPRING FLING St. Paul's school Spring Fling dance will be held at Holy Fam- ily Parish hall, 91 Ribblesdale Dr., on Saturday, April 8, 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Cost is $7.50 per erson. Pizza, cash bar, music by eG DJ. For tickets call Kathy at 723-5948, Marg at 571-3836 or Patricia at 430-3907. INFORMATIONNIGHT Women 18 and older who are interested in becoming Big Sis- ters are invited to attend an information evening at Settle- ment House, 387 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, on March 29, 6:45 p.m. For more imformation call the Big Sisters office at 436-0957. TAKE A BREAK 'Wednesday Take a Break' pro- vides free babysitting for babies aged tbreebmonths and younger by volunteers at Rose of Dur- ham, a support service for single mothers.43all Sue for reserva- tions at 432-3622. IEAD INJURY Matt Bowen, program director of the communty re-entry ser- vice New Medico in Cortland, N.Y., will discuss 'Teaching Life Skills' at a meeting of the head Injury Association of Durham at Pringle Creek .ublic schoolFon Tuesday, April1, 7:30 p.m. For more information call M. Connell at 668-8188. LITERARYEVENING A 'Literary Evening' spon- sored by the Congress o f Back Women and the Canadian Jamaican Club, will be held at the arts resource centre behind city hall, Oshawa, on Saturday, April 15. Story-telling and read- ings from Caribbean fiction, folk- lore and poetry. For more infor- mation call579-7149 or 579-4632 or 728-1114. HOMEBUILDERS Lido Delorio, president of the Ontario Home Builders' Associa- tion, will be guest speaker at the Homebuilders' dinner meeting on Tuesday, April 18, 6 p.m. For more information call 579-8080. SECRETARIESWEEK Secretaries' Week, sponsored by the Durham chapter of Profes- sional Secretaries International, will be held April 23-29. For more information -call Sharon at 576-0210 (ext. 492). lA FASHION SHOW Hen Street High School will fodaÏshion show at tbe school on Thursday, April 27, 9:30 a.m. r and 1:30 p.m., as a fundraiser for cancer researcb. For more infor- mation call 668-2731. BAKE SALE The Brooklin/Whitby Minor Hockey Auxiliary will hold a bake sale on Saturday morning, April i, at Iroquois Park arena. Donations are needed. THEOS The next meeting of THEOS (They Help Each Other Spiri- tuall ), a self-help group for peop e who have lost a spouse, will be held Sunday, April 9, 2 p.m., at St. 4ndrew's Presby- terian Church, Cochrane St., Whitby. For more information, call 668-2648. ENTERTA1idtSWA imED Entertainers are wanted for the Whitby Courthouse Theatre special gala fundraising evening Saturday, May 27. Those inter- ested in volunteering will be invited to a preliminary perfor- mance at the theatre April 15. For more information cal] 683- 9683. Comin g events I -" MATTHEW SKERRATT feeds the during Monday's warm tempera- geese off Brock St. S. in Port Whitby tures. Vince ohprecio-Free Press photo DENISE HOUSE Lawyer Gerraldine Waldman will be guest speaker at the fourth annual dinner held byÏ Denise House (Sedna Women s Shelter & Support Services Inc.) on Tuesday, April 18, starting at 6 p.m., at General W. Sikorsi Hall, '1551 Stevenson Rd. N., Oshawa. Waldman, a board member of the 'Supervised Access Programme,' formerly particpated in a group which set up guidelines and priorities for battered women within Ontario Housing. Tickets to the dinner, 'A Tribute to the Denise House 1989,' are $40 each. Call 434- 4562. FASHIONPARTY The Oshawa-Whitby-Newcas- tle United Way Fashion Party shopping spree will be held Mon- day, April 3, 5 to 9 p.m., at the Kinsmen community centre, 109 Colborne St., Oshawa. The fun- -draiser will feature a iariety of spring fashions. Tickets, for $3, are available at the St. John Ambulance office, 110 Ash St., Whitby. For more information call 668-3186. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Whitby/Oshawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will meet on Tuesday, April 4, 7 to 10 p.m., in the Witby Public Library auditorium. E. Barra- clough will discuss the history and development of Lakeshore Rd. between Whitby and Port Hope. Members should brng their family trees for the genea- logical workshop. For more infor- mation call Joyce Hilton at 668- 8177 or Bessie Gannon at 723- 7460. BLOOD DONOR CLINIC Whitby's spring blood donor clinic will be held on Tuesday, April 11, at the Legion hall on Byron St. S., 1 to 8 p.m. For more information call 668-6703. PHOTO CLUB The Whitby Photo Club will meet on Monday, April 3, 7 to 10 p.m., in the Whitby Public Libr- ary auditorium. Instructional to ic is 'Light' and "Print Clinic III will be presented. Submis- sions for 'Slide Clinic III,' will be accepted. For more information call 666-4467. FASION SHOW A fashion show, sponsored by Garbo's Boutique, will be held at Krebs Restaurant, Whitby, on Sunday, April 9, 12:30 p.m. Tick- ets are $17. All proceeds go to Fairview Lodge. For more infor- mation call 668-0053. JOHN HOWARD The John Howard Society of Durham Region will hold their annual meeting on April 18, 6 Sp.m.,at the Michael Starr build- ing, Oshawa. PREVENTIONWEEK Family Violence Prevention Week will be held April 3 to 10, with a number of activities plan- ned locally by the Violence Pre- vention Council of Durham Region. Activities are: April 4 (all day), family violence work- shop for educators; April 4 (6 pm.), opening of 'Protecting Kds Together,' conference on cbild sexual abuse: prevention and treatment; April 5 and 6 ( all day), conference; annual meeting of Children's Aid Society of Dur- ham Reoion: Anril 10 (all dav)' THIRD WORLD DEBT As a follow-up to a February presentation on debt effect in Ghana, the subject of an Out- reach Group discussion group evening on Tuesday, April 4, 7:30 .m., at All Saints Church parish all in Whitby will be "Perspec- tives on the Third World Debt." CANCER SOCIETY The Oshawa Unit of the Can- dian Cancer Society is presenting a Spring '89 Style show with fashions from Joyce Kennedy Fashion Shoppe in Oshawa. The show will be held at the Kinsmen Community Hall, 109 Colborne St. W., Oshawa, on April il beginning at 7 p.m.. The fashion show begins at 8 p.m.. Tickets are $20 per person which in- cludes refreshments and door prizes. For tickets call 725-0787 or 725-1166. AIRBORNEVETERANS Local and ex-members of all Commonwealth and Allied air- borne forces are invited to an informal meeting on Tuesday, April 4, 7:30 p.m., to discuss tbe donation of a ceremonial Air- borne 'Pegasus' flag to the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 112, Whitby. The f ag would be para- ded at various functions and would honor "Red Devils." The meeting will take place at tbe Branch 112 clubroom,a117 Byron St. S. If unable to attend call B. Greening at 668-5094. BIGBROTHERS The 20th annual meeting of the Big Brothers Association of Oshawa-Whitby will be held Thursday, March 30 at the Lviv Hall (St. George's Ukrainian Hall), 592 Albert St., Oshawa. Reception begins at 6:30 p.m. with dinner to follow at 7 p.m. The meeting will begin at 7:45 p.m. with service and Bowl for Millions awards to be presented at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $8 and can only be purchased in advance at the Big Brothers office, 44 William St. W. Cal] 579-2551 for more information. C Ç-~-q~~ ~i QUILT SHOW For the first time, St. Mark's United Church Women (UCW) of Whitby will make their annual uilt show a two-day event. The shlowwill be held on Friday April 14, from 2 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, April 15 10 a.m. to 4 p.m atSt. Marks, located at the corner of Colborne St. W. and Centre St. S. Admission is $3 and refreshments will be served. For information on showing quilts call Joyce Cox at 668-4056. EMPIRE LOYALISTS The Upper Canada branch of the United Empire Loyalists of Canada will meet in the audi- torium of the Whitby Public Libra on Thursday, April 27 at 7:3 .m. Guest speaker wili be Sam an Campwho will give anecdotes of famify history,from the Dutch colony of Manhattan Island, to the Van Camp farm near the Darlington nuclear station. For more information call Donald D. Fox at 576-3175. 10THANNIVERSARY The East Whitby Housing Co- operative on Ribblesdale Dr. will celebrate its 10th anniversary with an open house on Saturday, April 22, 1 to 4 p.m. at the co-op, and a dinner-dance, 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., at Holy Family Church (across the street from co-op). Former co-op members or those who know wherebouts of former members should call Chris Mer- lin at 668-0125 or Irene Carey at 668-2716 by April 1. STATION GALLERY Two exhibitions by a Sunder- land couple' - quilts by Judith rfinkl and sculpture by Viktor Tinki - continue at The Station Gallery until April 2. CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT, R.S.O. 1980, C. 337 AND IN THE MATTER OF LANDS AND PREMISES AT THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPAL ADDRESS IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO NOTICE OF PASSING OF BY-LAW TAKE NOTICE THAT THE Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby has passed By-law No. 2575-89 to designate the following property, as being of historical and/or architectural value or interest under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O.1980, c. 337. The Adams-BeckmanHouse 402 Byron Street South WHITBY, Ontario REASONS FOR DESIGNATION 0F 402 BYRON STREET SOUTH. WHITBY Historical This house was built around 1853 by Edwin Adams, a money broker. Other noted owners of the house were Seville Newton and Gunnar Beckman. Seville Newton, a newspaper editor and publisher, published both the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle in the early 1900's. Gunnar Beckman and his wife were the longest residing owners of the house, living there for 26 years. . Architectural The Adams-Beckman House is an example of Ontario vernacular cottage design. This simple structure with its symmetry of bays, forms part of the still present 1850's streetscape. Specific features of interest include the rectangular transom light above the door and the six panelled door which completes the ent rance. at the Town of Whitby this 15th day of March, Donald G. McKay Town Clerk The Corporation of the Town of Whitby 575 Rossland Road East WHITBY, Ontario LIN 2M8 PHONE: (416) 668-5803 I DATED 1989.