As Saturdays go it was better than mest. Like ail of them, it came after Friday, a day when most of us have to drag our bodies out of bed the last ime for the week s0 consequently 1 was looking forward to sleeping-in on Saturday morning. Fate would not have iL so. 1 had an appointment on Saturday. 1 found a compromise and baîf siept-in. That is wliat happens when you promise yourself you wiIl sleep-in only tilI 8:30 or so and wind up being wide awake at 7 and spending the next hour and a baîf trying to get back te sleep but not being able to because yotu're afraid of sleeping-mn past 8:30, like to noon. 1 think 1 made it to about 8: 10 and finally admitted defeat and forced uny feet to bit the floor. The rest of the body reln.ctanitly foliowed. 1 was startled Mien 1 looked out the wmndow - there was sunishine and people about. I was sure iL must still be the middfle of the niight. While eating wliat you might refer te only in the poîitest cf' terms as breakfast, I tbought about the things that needed doing around the bouse. It was so depressing 1 almost went backto ed.But I had to get the work donc because rny afternoon and evening was committed - as depressing astlie that needed doing was, the thoughts of having to go to a wedding in the afternoon was even worse. Weddings sadden me. Tliey also mean I have to get dressed up in my 'Sunday finest on a Saturday. So, I went about my Saturday chores and eventuaily it came tirme to get shaved, showered and cleaned up and dressed up for the wedding. I should have known there miglit be a hitch or two, things had been going wrong as usual ail day anyway. I dallieci in the shower, took my âime shaving and trimmed my beard and, of course, ran myseif short of timie. Frantically reaiizing I'd better move it, I madly grabbed for clothes in the closet and, after whipping on a shirt, turned to the mirror to make a final adjustment in my tie. The tie was poking out ail around the collar and the knot completely covered the coliar points. 1 had put on an old style shirt with narrow coliar. Getting even more frantic, 1 whipped off the shirt and grabbed another. Got that problem solved and then lost a sock. Stupid things always run off when you need them. At last! Completely dressed in clothes that reasonably rnatcbed. As 1 put on my topcoat, I looked around for my camera. It too liad developed.legs. After some Iooking 1 found it and realized it was loaded with the wrong kind of f'ilmr. Timie was getting sliorter and 1 felt like getting loaded. I restrained rny desire and loaded the camera instead and after doing se hooked up the flashi and tried it. Nothing! The flash would hum but not flash. So wlbat else is new! lt's Saturday, l'in late for a wedding and l've got a flash unit trying eut for the barber shiop quarte t. Thiere wasn't even enough ime to stop irt a store for batterics se I bombed iL straighit fou the cburch. Thiank heavens ircle miakers work on Saturday because 1 made it and settled down in a pew with the rest of thie Free Press 'B FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1976, PAGE 5 staff iooking on. As weddings go, it was very nice. 1 was impressed at how clean and well decorated the churcli was especialiy consid- ering it is the oidest, church in Whitby. It seemed fitting. This was an historic w'edding taking place in an historic churcli. Finaily, a flurry of activity and music announced the .arrivai. of the bride and, with a broad smiie, she walked up the aisle holding onto the arm -of lier father. Within seconds the historical walk was over and the service began. Although 1 know the service almost word for word, one part impressed me that day. It was the part about taking each other in sickness and in health, in richness and poorness and s0 on. That part impressed me becaus 'e I knew deep down that these' two wouid indeed do as was asked of them. and no divorce Iawyer would dlaim a fee from tliem. They were, 1 fée, in love and dedicated very mucli to each other. It was refreshingiy touching. Anyway, the wedctmg went off weli an 'd the reception was very relaxed and informai. Everybody seemed to enjoy themseives, particularly the bride and groom, which is Most unusual, and the food was really great! As master of ceremonies, i had to make a few announcements which I managed to work in between food and drink. Yes, as Saturdays go, l'11 remember'tlat particular one as- being most enjoyable for the latter part of the day. What was that??? Wbo got married??? Why was it so historie?? Weil, it was historic because it was the marriage of our very own local historian, archivist, television bost and star ace reporter on the Free Press. It was Brian Winter. Congratulations Brian and bride, Pat! May your life together neyer see a "-30.." siug. GLASGOW WAREHOUSE Continuing the stouy et the stores on die east sie of Brock Street, soutli of Duindas, wve look at Ulic fourthi store cf Watson's Block, now occupied by MacCarl Hardware. j~In i1880 tbe store started but as a grocery store eperatcd by R. H. Jameson, wbo aIse sold %vines and lîqtuors. Thiere werc no Ontario Governmnent liqiuor stores thcn. I-ke many Ibolr & o W.A.O. Se/b j., C.a. OfficesC. 171 King Street East, Oshawa 22 Walton Street. Port Hope . Roberts, c.a. I 9th century nmerchanis, Mr. Jarneson gave bis store the pretentious name of the "Italian Warehouse", probably because a number of his goods were imported from Italy. Ile was succeeded in 1 886 by W. J. Gibson, who renarned the establishmnent "T'he Whitby China Tea Store". Hie, in turn, was succeeded in the early 1900s by another grocer named John Waterhouse. From 1914 to 1918, W. M. Pringle operated a hardware store on the prernises, and it lias been a hardware store ever since. There wvere no plumbeus as a separate profession in those days, so Mu. Pringle acted as a plumber and tinsmith as weil as a hardware nmerchant. From 1918 to 1926 the hardware store was operated by Fred Maundreil, who was succeeded from 1926 to 1940 by W. A. Holliday. In 1940, Walter MacCarl, who worked for Mu. Maundrell in tfli 920s, purchiased the store, and it is still operated by bis son Railph today. The final store nientioned last week was Lewis Allin's book store, rnow occupied by the Craft Workshop. From 1878 until the înid 1920s the Allin famnily operated a book and stationery store hiere. Froin the I1940s to the 1 970s it was a ment market, operated by Mus. Kit Sheppard, and later a Mu. Fletcher. The building south of the Cuaf't Woukshop, %vhich contains twvo stores, was buillt in I1880 for R. and J. Campbell, leaing meuchan ts of the town. Tiev called it "'['le Glatsglo\v Waehouse". and the original sîgnboard of 1 880 cati still be seen at the top of' the building. R. and J. C'ampbell opera ted the nouth shop as a grocery store.and the south shop as a clothing and dry goods store fuom 1 880 until tlîev sold ou t ini 1892. Thev chauged 10( per cen t on overdue accounts. and 1like niany mierchan ts of- the day they would uften bill a charte red acco un tants B. K. Aadge t, c. a. R. W Bo/er, c.a. C.W Marlowe, c. a. Telephones 579-5531 885.233~ customer quartérly. In 1892 Mat thias W. Collins purchased the north store from R. and J. Campbell, and moved his shoe making and repair business in. The Collins shoe store, the oldest bfami1y business irn Whitby is stili operating from this store today. Collins Shoes was established before the 1872 founding date which appears on the store, by Matthew B. Collins. Matthias W. Collins, a nephew, turned the business over to his son Russell B. Collins in 1 932, and the business is carried on today by Russell Collins' son Bob. For a number of years after R. and J. Campbell sold their business, the south store, now occcupied by Stripe Discount, was a furniture store. The first furniture dealer on the premises was E. J. Jolinston, who occupied the store from 1900 to 1904. He was succeeded by James Nicholson and Cephas Seldon, who continued in business until 1936. In those days, furniture dealers doubled as undertakers, for -with a cabinetmaker's skill, a furniture dealer could build caskets. Nicholson & Seldon's bis advertised "Undeutaking in ail its Departments". In I1936, Robert Phair took over the furniture dealership, and lie was succeeded by Alvin Marlow. In the 1950s, and 1950s, Breslin's ladies' wear liad a store in this location. Stuipe Discount moved into the store in 1966. In 1965, the merchants co-operated in a program, to, paint ail the stores mentioned in this and last week's colunins, two shades of grey, for the old brick was getting dingy. Originally, Watson's Block was of red brick with yellow trim, and the Glasgow Warehouse was dark brown brick. (mnore Brock Street stores next week) ------------ ................ ............. ..... ....... ......... ... . ........... .... .. ..... ................ ............ ........... ............ .............. ..................... ......... ...... ...... . .................... ........... . ... . ................. ............ MIL ........... . ... ........................... ...................... ........ ....... .. ....... ... ............................ ................ ..... ........... ........ .... ............. . ........... ...................... ................. IM ... ................ ------ .. ..... 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