CHRONICLE OFFICE Today l'n still worderinig whiat hiappened te suininer. Only once or twice 1 had the urge lu Uiiid a swiiniing pool or hiead for the weods. Meost cf the limie I was weaFiilg niy >This brick building, located north of the Royal Hotel, had an interesting history, having served as a newspaper offrice, a pant factory, a-rmovie tlieatre and a food processing plant. It was buit in the summi-er of 1862 as the office of the Whitby Chronicle, a newspaper founded in January 1857 by an Irish Catholic named William Henry Higgins. Mr. Higgins and two brothers nanied 'Aeyerhoffer started the Whitby Chironicle, with Mr. 1-iggins as editor and often its only reporter for 26 years, until he sold out to J. S. Rober tson in 1883 and moved to Toron to. A Liberal, Mr. Higgins was a strong supporter of' Oliver Mowat in his first election, in Ontario South riding in 1858. Mr. Mowat went on to becomne Premier and later Lieu te na nt-Governor of Ontario, and rewarded Mr. Higgins after his retirernent in 1 883 by making hlm' an immigration agent in Ireland for two years. and an inspector of division couirts in Toronto. i r. lliggins was also a personal friend of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the fathers of Conifederatien, and invited 1dm to Whitby to make speeches ai thc Mechanics' Institu te. Mr. l-liggins was born iin Linierick, lreland in 1836 and died a t Toronto in 19)10, ai thec age of 74. 1The lower floor was the printing and comipositor's room and the editor's office wvas on the second floor. The presses for printing the newspapcr and l'or an exiensive job printing business werc located at Uhe rcar of the building on the first floor. Next totehie ditor's office on the second old winter jacket or even a sweater, I tiuk the scientists aire righit when tlîey say wc're in flor another ice age. This imeans tiiat the 'cooiing-ot*" process lias aircady started. Froni uow oni, torget hloitlot anid sticky suinmers. The words "hieat wavc" cani be slîelved anid the eld pro'ierb "it wasîî t the lrecît, bul, the h umidity" appeairs te be aise sonîewhiat euîdated. I Iowever, i hiave a miaster plan te retrieve mîy lest summuiier: onie futiitilled xeek ini Acapulco, Mexico, siîeuld do the trick. If' the temipera.ttires ini Mexico are stiliin iithe lehigli e igit ies, l'il hkcli îe ha ppy. (»te %veek et su niiiie-Wviio's tecourplain'? AI' it tw(ve years age. irine Mînister Trudeau said tli-:ri the at iunr'1f l:ri inlh bec n Iicked . 1,-i ethFe r \vei' plfF v" a ii: Stop \verrying fel las! Fverytlîirg is Y' FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM BER 15, 1976, PAGE 5* floor, was what is generally called the **m'orgue", the bound ffles cf the back issues cf the newspaper.. Building the newspaper office was financed by John Ham Perry, the, son cf Peter Perry, at a cost cf about $1 ,600. Thomas Deverill, a local contracter, drew up the plans and constructed the office. On March 6, 1872, the Chronicle offiêe had a narrow escape. A flire broke out in the Royal Hotel, next door, and the north wall of the brick hotel collapsed against the wall cf the Chronicle office, smashing the windows and destroying a quantity cf type. Despite the fire, the Chronicle did not miss its publishing deadline. Some time in the late 1 880s or early i1890s, the Chronicle moved to another building, and the old office becamne a pant factory, operated by Tom Jackson, a brother cf one cf Whitby's noted political figures, Albert Jackson. The pant Uactory ceased operations in 1910 and Bain Perrin, the owner cf th(, Royal 1-otel opened W,ýhitby's second moyie theatre in the old Chronicle office. It was known as the Royal Theatre, where Whitby residents saw their first sulent movies, and recruiting meetings were field during the Firs. World War. The Royal Theatre had several owners until it was purchased in 193Î4 by John Strathy and William Goodman. lu 1938, Mr. Strathy and Mr. Goodman built the present Brock Theatre, and the old Royal Theatre became a factory for frozen food lockers. Until a few years ago, ut was the home cf Nutriproduet.s, a food processing firm. alriglît. The nation's economy is in good shiape". This week, NDP leader Bu Broadbent produced these statistics: the consumer price index Iias risen by 6.8 per cent (mnainly because cf relatively stable food prices); but wlien food is removed frcm the price index, the other compouerîts rose by 9.2 per cent lasi. year; the housing prices rose 11I .1 per cent; and cil, gas, and electricity rose by a whopping 19 per cent. Inflation licked? Somebody should ask ouFrFilme Minister what lie is talking about. lIas lie couipletely lest touch witlî today's economnie realii es? Moreover, why bottier with goverruments at ail? Thiese institutions have been created for a single purpose - serve tiîemseivcs. People are only important and very much îîeeded Mien electieri tinie comes arcuind. I'm getting more and miore concerned about an internai ache. It's been with me for the past two mionths and lately it's developed into agonizîng pain. 1 feel it most morning andl evening as 1 drive throughthe rural side roqd1; of North Whitby. The sight of cattie and cornfields soothes and comforts --but the p.-in cornes back. The source of my problemn has been diagnosed. V've got DAVIDSDN, SMITH AND CRAVEN CHARTEMED ACCOUNTANTS 110 GREEN STREET WHITBY, ONTARIO LiN 4C8 TELEPHONE (416) 668-7788 DOUGLAS A. DAVIDSON, C.A. PARTNER H. HOWARD SMITH, CA. PARTNER KENNETH R. CRAVEN, C.A. 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I1-ovw' many of' Ls du rinj. ýhe Spi îng of' thîs yea r. after ii griielîing Xin ter, looked îorwvard te îLe hbnrsting of' ne'v growt -b - onlly te be met hby menseoa rairts'> "4ewv it seenms, Spring is hiere! Se. in the laitoft the year, 1Ihe-ar iiore and mlore Of mv f'ends andi assocîi'tcs say 'We*r, Geing Tefo The (etg' That's like a knitc higstuck in nmy side. 1 don 't have a cottage. Lit-e todav k ,s,,)denîianinig that its C55Cfl ual l'or se miany cof Lus et aliges te geo h:ck, as it were. to ninrcQ. We need Io feel ttie set'tness oet ear>h i (der ifzet (miaîîy.dectors szý,y 1are tceet is bicýt ). We need t,)fcliihe sweil of ater be'1wath :i beo: '. (ýirryig cis ai; a quiet lake. We need te see bea"ers sw.iniliiiirg across likes arnd watch thenm building Ilieir skilifully engi neered homes. Me need te watch fisli uii11)iig îiorning anid evei.hng. We need  à MORIGAGES 1 m 1 'r E 0 1sf & 2nd Arrangodi Bought and Soid aI Prime Rtes cou Peter Kode 668-1 556 A-munsUS NVESTMENTS Ltd. 149 Irock St. N.. WhIl by H'eads 1 Up! Summer«'s Il Sum mer slump? lt's time to climb out. We have the boosters. Shape-up specials. Conditioner. Color. Cut. Look cool as l a breeze. LACONI lere 'ESSA BEAUTY LOUNGE 119 Greçsi St. 668,9262 te sec gatherings o>f wild ducks and watch the thrashing of thecir' webbied [cet before they, finally f!ap their wings and take off in a mighit-; cleud cf spectacular colour. We need te hiear the crackle of a lakesicle fire, the sizzle of burning \vood and the spitting of toasted imarshîvu1iows. C'ity aches and pains soon vanishi in the morning dew of' thle greai. outdoors. Business problems meit away after a few% days and nighits in the serenity cf the wilderness. The murniur cf rustling leaves and gentie îYening breezes is a prescriptie9n unav.aHable aI any drugstore. i'vc been a sufferer of caicf the wild since 1 was a boy and I've feund ut a condition which affects people from ail wal"s of lhUe, froiniail backgrounds and countries. There is a cure for t but it's not permanent. So many cf uis are caughit up with day-to-day affairs that we pay little heed te it. But the time has corne when 1 must do some- tlîing about it. i feel like Buck, the dog in Jack London's classic novel "Cali 0f The Wild". Buck's ear caught the howl cf a companion in the w'derniess. Ile stopped, istened, then turned ,nd ran back t wards the sound. 1 mulst get rid of this pain and I inusi returu to nature becaise it's Fali. It seems as if it's Spring and the Win- tei has just past. Perhaps you feel ihe same way some- tir.tes toc. F~Newhouses,. Hilts Chortered Accouritants 1 187 King St. E. J. C. Newhauses C.A. Oshawa, Ont. G. A. 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