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Whitby Free Press, 24 Sep 1980, p. 33

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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1980, PAGE 13 Town of Whitby recieves 1,OO( By S. GREENAWAY Free Press Staff Come spring of next year shaHl glow with the beauty of several parks ln Whitby 1,000 new tulips, imported ) tulip bu ail the way (rom Holland. Last Monday the town of Whitby received a gift of 1,000 tulip buibs (rom the City of Bloemendaal, Holland, 15 miles west of Amisterdam. According to a letter received before the arrivai of the bulbs, (rom the Bugomaster of Bloemen- daal, the bulbs were sent over as a special thanks to ail Canadians in regards to the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Holland during World War II on May 5 of this year. The bulbs, which will bloom into orange-red tulips, wilI be planted sometime this week in Rotary Park, Centenial Park, the cenitaff and at Town Hall. "In three-years these lbs from Hoiland thousand wxl be 5,000 or more, who knows," said Vic- tor Veninga, the town hall caretaker and a native Hollander. "Queen Juliana sent so many thousand bulbs to Ot- tawa and now look how many there are." Veninga said that the tulips wilbloom likely in the sprîng. "In Holland it is around Mardi and April when the plants bloom but here It will probably be some Urne ln May." He called up meniories of by gone war days when the Dutch would boil tullp bulbs and eat them during celebrations. Victo Veninga, caretaker at the town's municplbidnadWyeDeeudretro Parks and Recreation look over a shipment of 1000 tulip bulbs which arriveci early last week (rom Holland. The tulip bulbs were a gift to the town of Whitby as recognition of the part Canada played in that countries liberation during World War 11, 35 years ago. Roy MacCauley's FROM SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 11, 1980 YOU CAN GET A REBATE ON G. E. FRIDGES, RANGES, DISHWASHERS, DRYERS, AND MICROWAVES. S qp4 I1~ seres seu4ee (!Wd4qJdeda, 309 Brock St. S. Whltby Shopping Plaza Establlshed 1952 WI-ITBY 668-2081 "'OUR AIM IS TO SATUSFY" STORE LOCATION O C-TO B ER 2 Over $5,5000O in tax-free prizes. Including $20,O0OOOn bonus pruzes. 70 BONUS PRIZES* 10-M$l00,000 10- M$50000o 50- m$10000 The seven-digi t Bonus Draw ticket num ber gives you a chance ta reap one of 10- $100,O00, 10-$50, 000 or 50- $10,000 Bumper Bonus Prizes. If your Bonus Draw number corresponds exactly bo any of the 70 Bonus numbers drawn, you're a $10,000, $50,000 or a $100,000 winner! 30 GRAND* PRIZES 6-M $I0000l 24- $25,000 **Based on 6 million tickets issued. *No subsidiary prizes. The rgular six-digit ticket number gives you a chance to reap one of 6-$100,000 or 24-$25,000 Grand Prizes plus> *331,914 other prizes. That's $3 618,000 worth of tax-free prizes. Watch the Wintario Bumper Bonus Draw, live on TV at 9 p.m., Thursday, October 2. But don't for get ta get a ticket. Stili just $1. T% hihursday could be your lucky dlay! 683-19 m

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