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6-oro o WeeklyTiînles, Weclnesdlay, ayN1i" 99 Brooklin house tour celebrates l5Oth anniversary June l4th, Eight houses, two church- es and a 149 year-old brick- mill will be featured on a house tour to mark Broolin's l5Oth anniversary, Saturday, June l4th. The buildings will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are on sale for $10 each at the -Lafontaine Trading Post, Olde Silver Timble, Judy's.Flowers, Nail Works and Body Works, and the Planning Department in the Municipal Building in Whitby; and Brooklin Pharmacy, Marigold Travel, Brooklin Bakery and Delicatessen, Wee Treasures and the Tribute - Sorbara Sales Office in Brooklin. Tickets are also available at the Ocala Winery, The Original Haugen's Chicken & Rib Barbeque and Luke's Country Store in Port Perry: and Vera's Sewing Emporium in Pickering Village. The house tour is spon- sored by the Whitby Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Comimittee,(LACAC) to mark the l5Oth anniver- sary of the naming -of Brooklin in 1847, when a post office was opened in the village. Brooklin's two oldest churches, Brooklin United and St. Thomas' Anglican, will be open from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. only, because of weddings in the afteno on. Tea will be served. at the United Church and light refreshments at the Anglican Church during the miomiing. Visitors are invited to attend noonday prayers at 12 p.m. at St.« Thomas' Church. At 2 p.m. the pubic Is" inivited to attend the plaque unveiling ceremony at Maple Shade Farm, the Dryden homestead, at 360 Columibus- Road, east of Thicksoni Road. This house, home of John- Dryden, founider of the Royal Winter Fair, was designated by the Town of Whitby under the Ontario Heritage Act ear- lier this year. The Whitby LACAC is in charge of unveil- ing an historical plaque to be placed on the 162 year-old, house. The main roomi of the Renascent Centre, 90 Coîston Ave., will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Th is imansion, the largest home in Brooklin -,as built in 1859/60 by Stephen Mead Thomas, a wealthy Brooklin merchant and founder of Groveside Cemetery. Visitors are invlted to enjoy the grounds and gar- dens throughout the day. The 'Brooklin Mill on Cassels Road East, bufit in 1848 1$ included on the tour. One of the few remaining brick mIlîs in Ontario, it was in operation until 1992 and is. now a'hardware store. The date "1848" can be seen under the eaves at the west end of the building. A house at,57 Cassels Road East, bullt in 1850, was purchased in 1927, by Adelaide McLaughlin, wife of General Motors Chairman R.S. McLaughlin, as a retire- ment home for her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morbray. The Brooklin United Church parsonage, built in 1879, will be part of the house tour. Located behind the church, this Victorian brick home has a verandah dating from 1922. The gardens at 15 Princess Street, the formrer house of Canadian historian Donald Creighton, will be open for the tour. The house, dating from 1877, was owned by the Creighton faniily for 34 years and is now owned by a pro- fessional gardener, Craig Stubbs, Other houses on the tour include a workman's cottage at 46 Cassels Road East, dat- mng fromi the 1860's; a house at 105 Coîston Avenue which contains a marble fireplace, and a former home of Dr. John Moore, a prominent Brooklin physician. Many of the homes have been restored and additions added in the 1980's. The Dr. Moore house is owned by an interior designer. Participants oni the Brooklin Hlouse Tour are invited Ito see the Dryden Baptist Cemetery, da ting from the 1840's, on Columbus -Road, east of Maple Shade Farm. The cemetery was founded by Israel Marsh, father of the second -wife of James Dryden, the first owner of Maple Shiade Farmn. For further information please contact John Taylor or Lesley Burchmrore, Town of Whitby Planning Department, 668-5803. Newcastle & District Chamber of Commerce news release You've heard the platformis on a federal level, now corne out and hear what your local candidates in the upcomning federal election have to say.- The Newcastle BIA and the Newcastle and District Chamber of Commerce are holding an aIl candidates meeting Monday, May 26, at the Newcastle Community Hall. .Concerned resîdents are urged to corne out listen to your candidates' platforms. An open question period where residents can ask gen- eral questions to the panel will be held after the candi- dates speeches. Modlerator for the evening will be Newcastle Chamber of Commerce President Troy Young. The meeting starts prompt- ly at 7:00 p.m. and will end at 9:00 p.m.. Please plan on attending and show your federal candi- dates that Newcastle matters! For more information, feel free to contact Troy Young at 983-6103. MM BowmiflvlIe Museum News 1857 NEW_ýPER Thanks to d)jlr newly relùr- bished Archive room I've been findmng many "lost treasures". One of these is an 1857 Canadian Statesman news- paper. Previlously I'd thought the oldest Canadian Statesman we had was October 1867. The 1857 Statesman is dated January 8thand was donated ini 1965 by the James, Famlly. So what was Bowmnanville like 140, years ago. When this paper was printed it was stili a year before Bowmanville becaine a town and twenty three years before Moses A. James brought the-paper. It was owned and edited by John Climie, and its banner proud- ly reads "Devoted To Politics, Art, Science, Agriculture, Literature, Temperance and Education: The Expediency 0f Principle In Opposition To The Principle 0f Expediency." A quick look at thlis paper reveals many interesting facts. The Statesman was published every Thursday morning, and cost 10 shillings a year if paid in advance. A By-law was passed by the Village Council regarding butchers at the public market (today's loca- tion is behind the Bank of Montreal along Temperance Street, but back then it was behind our Town Hall). Among the various require- ments is, that the Village Council had the right to inspect meat and destroy it if it was talnted, A Mrs. John Beverly Robinson, of Toronto, with others, camne to Bowrnanville to give two concerts to help defray the costs of building St. John's Anglican Church, on Temperance Street. The different Protestant denomi- nations were commended for holding j oint Union Prayer Meeting, and a special Indian concert was being held upstairs in the Town Hall. One small article read: "INDECENT! VERY!!" We have been informed that one of our townsmen, on New Years Day, was grossly insulted by the Oshawa Fireman throwing water on them from the engine. Surely they did not know that the ladies belonged to Bowmanville. WÎil our con- temporary of Oshawa see to this matter". Among the many initerest- ing ads are several looking for stray cows, the> opening of the Recycle This, Newspaper Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple scierosis in the world. Muliple Scierosis Society of canada 1 -8 0 0-2 68 - 758 2 Aima Hotel (NW corner of Temperance and 'Church Streets), and a notice from Dr. Brent, who will treat patients wvith the miraculous effects of the science of Hydropathy. Besides the water cure he also specialized in Elecro- Chemical Baths. These are useful to extraction of mer- cury, lead, lodine, and other poisons from the body, and presentlng the n na metalllc or oxidized form to the eye. Those wishing a water cure could see Dr. Brent at "Widow Smith's", while those wanting an elecro-chemical bath could visit him at his office in the house of Wm. Hounseil, Merchant Tallor, King Street. Ymur credit rating is ypur history Using credit wisely is your best defence against having your credit requests refused. A poor report due to bad cred- it stays on your file for a num- ber of years and there is no magiýc solution for turnlng a poor report into a good report. Tlps for maintaining a good credit report: * always pay your bills promptly " try to pay off debts quick- lY " know what you can afford to repay * read and understand the ternis before slgnlng For assistance in dealing wlth your personal finances, caîl the Credit Counselling Service of Durhamn Region at (905) 579-1951 to schedule a free financlal assessment. IFASHIO0N S40IW An Evening of Fun at ORONO UNITED CHURCH FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1997 De, serPs aCoffee *. 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