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Whitby Free Press. Wednesday, September 8. 1993. Page 7 I BiFlSwa Lost This is a true story. Only my identity bas been changed to save me embarrassment. It's about a faniily-loving poodie named Holly; an incredible journey; hosts of belpful, earnest folk who showed they care; and a happy ending. It starts with a trip te the local neighbourhood pet store te buy flea spray. "Corne on, Holly." With a whistle, the man beckons the dog who bounds, passengers and ail, into the car. Five minutes te the plaza. Without a tbougbt, the man leaves the car unlocked with the window open. Five minutes in the pet store turn into ten. Fleas, it seems, are complex creatures. Another customer tells of The Fleas From HelI. Embedded three years in the carpet, the creatures return te life te nibble the cat and ber husband down te the wishbone. He can believe it: "I've sprayed three times, this wil be four. Wish me luck." Fifty some dollars later, the clerk does. As he o pens bis car door, two concerned women approacb, flustered. "Your dog," tbey say, "your dog. Is tbat your car?" "Yes.» 'Tour do g jumped out the window. He was running ail over, Iooking for you. We tried te catcb bim but be just ran." Holly is a cockapoo, wbicb sounds like sbe sbould be a parrot. In reality, she is a cross between a poodie and a cocker spaniel. «Whicb way?" The women point in different directions. "We cbased ber across King Street. But sbe crossed back. Then headed .." Four lanes of traffic on a busy Saturday. The man runs west one lon g block. No sign. He returns, walks once around tbe plaza. "I think be went up by Townline." That from another motorist in a van. "Thanks.» But no one at the mini plaza bas seen a thing. Gone. Here's a dog who weeks before bad ridden a thousand miles te Prince Edward Island, a tbousand miles back. Now; blocks from home, she's gone. Vainly, he hopes she bas beaten him home. No luck. The rest of the household swings inte action. For an hour and a haîf, tbey drive the neighbour- ing subdivisions, asking walkers , joggers, lgardeners, anyone. No one bas seen a lie black poodle with a re dharness. Then the phone: police, the tewn of Clarabell; the Humane Society. A quick bite te, eat. Then back in the car, slowly cruising more subdivisions. Dark ends the search. "Somebody'll have taken ber in. We'll put ads in papers." He hopes the others will believe this. An eight-year-old girl prints signs on the computer. Mac's Milk, Becker's, Rave ail promise te ask the manager's permission te post it. (They ail do.) While be is trying te post signs, be walks again around the plaza, around nearby schoolyards and playground. No dog. A friend calis, says she had seen the dog in Zeller's, bad tried te catch it. Could she help? .Near midnight, Ieash in hand, he heads out on foot. Up streets. Down streets. Around schoolyards. He clicks the leash and whistles. Street after street after street after street. An hour later be walks up one last street, ending in a park a mile from home. Construction equipment blocks the entrance. Itfs a big, dark world in which te look for a small, black dog. He whistles. A reply turns out to be a bulldozer with a Ieaky radiator. In the park, the moonlight casts shadows. Hedges on e-ither sida hunker down. dark and g-loomy. Noises i/YaQF MW#& .' 7'htYlabio.. BROOKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL, C. 1910 This brick school was built in 1880 on the north side of Winchester Road, opposite the present site of the arena. It was condemned and demolished in 1923. At left can be seen a tombstone from the old Methodist Episcopal graveyard behind the school. Whltby Archives photo 10 YEARtS AGO from the Wednesday, September 7, 1983 ecition of the WIilTBY FREE PRtESS " Chinch bugs are destroying many lawns in Whitby. " The Whitby Hlistorical Society will seli calendars in 1984 with historic pictures of the Towni to mark Ontario's Bicentennial. " The winners of the Charaber of Commerce Marigold Contest are Barry Allum, residential; W.C. Town Funeral Chapel, commercial; Croven Ltd., industrial; and Whitby Municipal Building, institutional. 35 YEARS AGO from the Thursday, September 4, 1958 edition of the WHITBY WEEIKLY NEWS " DuPont has announced it will build a factory to employ 50 people at Whitby. *Agriculturalist Harold Hare of Whitby will represent the United Nations in a projeet to improve farms in Brazil. " Construction has begun on a curling rink on Brock Street, north of the CPR tracks, to be completed in November. " The Whitby Rotary Club is holding a 'Mile of Coins' fundraising drive for community projects. 80 YEARS AGO from the Thursday, September 4, 1913 edition of the WIL[TBY C'AZEITE AND CIIRONICLE " A new water main is being built on Brock Street to the CPR water tank. "* Lawyer Lyman T. Barclay, a Whitby resident for many years, has set up his practice ini Edmnonton, Aberta. " A display of products from the hospital farm is exhibited at the Canadian National Exhibition. " Sixty t-elephones were disconnected when lightning hit a cable box near the blanket factory on Brock Street North. w, 1