Wednesday, July 28th, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS WHIT BY T WIN W ELCOM ES LONGUEUIL THIS YEAR'S LONGUEUIL DELEGATION LARGEST EVER ! About 70 adults and 50 minor hockey and b a s e ball pl ayers from Longueuil, Quebec vvill attend the Vhitby County Town Carnival, July 31 to August 2nd, as part of the twinning activities es- tablished between the two communities in 1969. The largest delegation from Long- u eui I , since twinning began two years ago, will arrive at the Thornton Road CNRstation at 2:43 p. m. , July30, where the visitors will be met by the town coun- cil and members of the public. TownClerk William Wallace said he hoped those associatedwith the twinning in the past and those who hope to be in the future will take part in the welcome. At 4: 3 0 p . m . an officiai reception will be held in the Centennial Building to renew the twinning vows and welcome the guests from Longueuil. Officials O s h a wa-Whitby IP Ed 3roadbent, Ontario R-iding MP Norman Cafik, Ont- a r i o South MPP W illiam Newman and Ontario County Warderi John Williams have been invited to attend, along with members of the Streamline Royal Rovers Trailfer Club who are spending the week- end in Whitby for the carnival. Tickets for the reception are $2. 50 per person, available in advance from Mr. Wallace at the Municipal Suilding, 405 Dundas Street W est. At 6:30 p. m. the Longueuil visi tors wi1 I be taken by bus to Heydenshore Park for the Kiwanis Club open air barbeque and dance. At 10 a. m. Saturday July 31, they will attend the County Town Parade at the municipal building. Members of the Longueuil council are expected to ride in the parade. At 10 a.m. Saturday, the Longueuil and Whitby swim clubs will take part in a swim meet at the Centennial Pool in theOshavvaCivic Auditorium, arranged by Recreation Director Gerry Gelette. At 7 p.m. a Mass will be held at St. John the Evangel i s t Roman Catholic Church where Mayor Desmond Newman and an official from Longueuil will read the scriptures. A visit to the Whitby Yacht Club follows at 10:15 p. m. The members of the minor baseball and hockey teams who are expected to arr ive by bus at 9:30 p. m. Fr i day w ill bebilletted in Whitby homes throughout the visit and take part in games with Whitby teams on Saturday. At3p.m. a minor baseball gamewill beheld in Peel Park followedby a hockey tournament starting at 6 p. m. between teamsfromVhitby, Longueuil, Lindsay, Ajax, Scarborough, Cobourg, Oshawa andAurora. The hockey tournament, at theWhitby arena, will continue Sunday at 1 p. m. Sunday, Aug. I the Longueuil guests w il 1 attend the R o t a r y Club Pancake Breakfast at Heydenshore Park at 9:15 a.m. followed at noon by a buffet banquet at Heydenshore Pavilion where the clos- ing tw inn i ng ceremonies and gift ex- changes will be held. Tickets for the buffet are available fromMr. Wallaceat $3 per person. Ail persons interested in attending the re- ception and buffet should notify the town by July 23. At 5:49 p.m. the Longueuil guests wilI leave for home by train from the Thornton Road station, arriving in Montreal five hours later. Uniike previous years when the pro- gramwas geared to a very tight sched- ule, the activities at the carnival will bemoreflexibleandon a person to per- son basis. During their visit the people of Lon- gueuil will have time to take part in the various carnival a c t i v i t i e s going on throughout the weekend. Two local groups from Longueuil-- theFrench Canadian Club and the Ass- ociation of French Canadian- Women-- will be coming to Whitby for the first time as part of the exchange. WE DELIVER Whitby-Longueuil Only Association of its kind in Canada "The association between Whitby and Longueuil is the only one of its kind in Canada which functions on a regular basis, " said Reeve Tom Edwards who is Whitby's twinning committee chair- man. "Finances will not permit two-way visitsthisyear and residents of Whitby will not visit Longueuil until 1972, " he said. "For this reason a charge has been levied for those who would like to take part in the r e cep t i on and final 1uncheon. In this way it is hoped to strengthen our national ties wi'thout un- due financial burden on the taxpayers of Whitby. " "The success failure of this att- empt to bridge the gap of communications and cul ture between French and Engl ish speaking Canada lies not in the formal arrangements but in the ordinary citi zen who can support this venture or reject it, " said Reeve Edwards. "The federal government is spending enormous sums of money to remind us how precarious is the cohesion of our national structure. The residents of Wh i £iby and surrounding area should real ize that they are hosting people who suppor ted national unity and Federal ism whilst fanatics in their midst took the law into their own hands and harsh un- comprom i sing legislation was intro- duced to counteract them. I "It b e h o o v es us therefore as res- i de n t s of English speaking Canada to make it' evident to our visitors that we are at one with them in preserving and maintaining national unity. " Heard's Taxi 668-3732 Radio Equipped & Direct Line at Arnold's Market 115 Brock St. N. Fe Year .Convenience 150 PERRY ST. WHITBY IROQUOIS PARK Canada's Largest Sports and Recreation Complex TheMayor and members of Council of the Town of Whitby extend a public invitation to view the conceptual plans and artist's sketches of Iroquois Park. Saturday, July 3lst, Sunday, August Ist, and Monday, August 2nd, 1971. 2:00 p. m. 7:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. Whitby Fire Hall, Brock and Colborne Streets CITY CALL FOR THE 'Little Blue Wagon' Perhaps you are the mother of one of our pretty Carnival Queen Girls, or maybeyou'djust like an extra copy or two of the Free Press to send to an old family friend who no longer re- sides in Whitby. Whatever your rea- son, just dial 723-0178 and the "little blue wagon"l will bring you your extra copies of the Whitby Free Press no charge. Best SPARERIBS in Whitby Town Corner 668a8807 204 BROCK ST. S. WHITBY ýAEr" m Page 14Z,