Longue ui twinn tngstatsFrida Oh Friday aflernoon p.ni. at tlie municipal ta bus wihl take the there wil be an ecumenical Whitby's twinning pro- current tensions in Canada about 60 residents of building. At this trne there Longueuil visitors on a tour clurch service aI AIl Saints' grain witli Longueuil began would be eased. The con- W1H C a eaiîrmaionoî * ~L ~ ý L,11 .." A rl..,h r1cup 1 i O9 nd is ronsidered ference is studying this Whitby's twin city Long- uieuil Quebec will arrive aI the Thornton Road CNR station to participate in the ninth annual twinning cere- monies belween the two communfities. Afler checking in at the Holiday Inn in Oshawa, the Longueuil visitors will pro- ceed to a reception aI 5:30 the twinning vows, and an exchange of token gifîs between the social, cultural and service groups of Longueutil and Whitby. At 7:30 p.m. Friday there will be a dinner, dancing and entertainment aI the Carrelto Tavern. Saturday at 11:30 a.rn. the C.N. Tower. In the evening there will be a steak barbeque and hay ride at Fantasyland Park. At 9:30 p.m. a bus will take the participants to the Whitby Yacht CIlub for a dance and other social activities. on Sunday-at 10 a.m. by a tour of Whitby and a visit to the Whitby Arts Station Gallery. A bruncli and civie reception will take place at the municipal building at 12:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, the visi tors will return to Longueuil. E7 E to be one of the most successful in the country. At a recent National Unity Conference at York University in' Toronto, Longueuil's Mayor Marcel Robidas suggested that if twinning was taken up by additional municipalities, There is still an opportun- ity for Whitby citizens to participate in the twinning events Saturday evening and Sunday. Anyone wishing to take part is asked to confirm their attendance by calling Town Administrator Bill Wallace at 668-5803. MARCIING THROUGH WHITBY Free Press Photo by Robin Lyon I (More County Town Carnival P.hotos on Pages 4 and 9) The Whitby Fiee Press will have an oppoîtunity to stîengtlen its association with the Whitby Gazette, of Whitby England, when Community Editor Brian Winteî and lis wife Pal visil Whitby in August, and a trans-Atlantic phone cal will be set up between the town newspaper offices. Mr. Winteî will be in Whilby England from Aug. 1 2 te I15, and wlll vIsit Bill Siater, editor of the Whitby Gazette. While in Whtby, Mi. Winter will be the guesl of Councillor Henry Best wlo paid a visit to Whitby, Ontario in March. He wil also be renewing lis acquaintance witl Ernest Hutdhinson, former Mayor of Whilby England, who along witli Mi. and Mis. Best visiled lere in March. Mr. Hutchinson was mayor of Whitby England until May when he was succeeded byýCharles Linford.. The visit of MUyor Hutchinson and Councillor Best 10 Whitby Ontario resulted in tlie establishment of a twinning between the two Whitbys, one an ancient seaport on the Yorkshire coast, and the other a port in ils own right on tle shore of Lake Ontario. The Whitby Gazette and the Whitby Fiee Press have had associaled since Augusl 1975, when Fiee Press Columnist Jim Quail paid a visit to Mi. Slatei and wîole onie of bis Bird's Eye View columns in the Whitby Gazette office. At the same time lie wrote a column for tlie Gazette, and tlie Wlitby Free Press Logo was printed in the Whitby Gazette. The logo represents the Viking slips of ancien t limes which sailed along the Yorkshire coust. il was de§igned by Frank Hird-Rutler, of Victoria B.C., father of Free Press owner Marje Burgess. Mi. Quail wrote thec of his columnls fromî Whitby Englanci, which appeared in the Free Press on Aug. 13, 20 and 27, 1975. In March 1977,- Free Press Publisher Mike Burgess presented Mayor Hutchinson with a plaque froin the Free Press staff, and since that time, the Free Press and the Whitby Gazette have been exclianging copies of- their respective papers. ' On Aug. 8 at10la.nm. our timce, and 3 p.n. Britisli tinme, Mi. Siatei and Mr. lttechînson i ilt niakeia dir-ect hug. 12 f dial phone call from the Whitby Gazette office to Mi. Burgess at the Free Pre ss. The cali was arranged by Peter Ramsden, public relations officer of the Britishi Post Office in Middlesboro, England, to publicize the new direct dial phone system whicli las 7 been inaugurated in England. The British s1lC of tlie acîoss-tlie-ocean ca1 I will be televised iii Enigland, says Mr. Ranisdei., Free Press editor to visit Whithy England