PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1978, WFITBY, FREE PRESS Fashion show starts Block Parent Week Sept, 28 The week of Oct. j to 8 has been officiaily proclaimed as "Block Parent, Week" in Whitby, and there will be plenty of activities available to inform aduits and chiidren about the program and to recruit new members. The activities begin with a "Fashion Spotight", featur- ing fait fashions by several local merchants. This fait fashion show wili be held Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.mn. at the Whitby Senior Public School. Door prizes will be available. On Oct. 2 and 3, ail school contact committee memfbers of al area committees have been asked to go1 into the sehool and inform the chiidren of the program. They have their choice of whatever educational aid they wish to use. Some examples arepuppet shows, film strips, the film "What's a Block Parent", felt board, colouring sheets etc. School contact members will work along with the school principals on this Retail merchanLjts Plan forChristmas By JOHN ROBERTS E ven though summer is stili with us, Christmas is not far away. The Retail Merchan ts Association heid a, breakfast meeting on Thursday, September 21, to discuss pl ans' for a Christmas promotion, and if indications thus far are significant, it's going to be a crackerjaýck. The most important con- clusion reached at the meeting was that the merchants cannot run a major promotion them- selves. To this end, the president of a national Toronto-based promotion company was in attendance at the meeting to discuss a professional promotion whi ch would encompass as much of the retail market in Whitby as possible. The Christmas promotion for downtown Whitby will be launched on the Saturday of the Santa Claus parade in our town. A committee was appointed to look into the prospects of building a merchants' float to partici- pate in the parade. Follow- TIIE CORPORATION 0F THE! TOWN 0F WHITBY IROQUOIS PARK COMPLEX is accepting registrations weekdays 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. for their HOCKEY CLINIC Staring Friday, October 13, 1978 4: 00 p. m. - 5: 00 p. m. For further information please cati 668-7765 1THE CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY NOTICE A PUBLIC MEETING SPECIAL STUDY AREA 4o (A Secondary,-Plan Study) A public meeting of the Administrative Committee will be heid on Monday, October 2, 1978 at 7:30 p.m. in the Meeting Hall of the Whitby Municipal Building, 575 Rossiand Road East, Whitby. The purpose of. the meeting is to review thecoinments received to date on the secondary plan report for Speciai Study Area 4a, tabled by the Committee on Monday, June 5, 1978 with a vîew to making a recommendation to 'Council. If you have any inquiries please Planning Department, 575 Rossland Whitby, (668-580, Ext. 26). Councillor T. Edwards, Chairman Administrative Committee, Town of Whitby. contact the Whitby Road East, Level 7, Mr. K.J. Tunney, Director of Planning, Town of Whitby. ngthat, the three weeks leading up to Christmas will involve a number of events designed to encourage. the prospective shopper to patronize the retail trade in Whitby. There will be, for instance, a number of prizes given away each day for the, three-week* period. t is expected that all local churches will be contacted, and asked to participate in caroling downtown, accord- ing to a prearranged schedule, inserts will be put into the local newspapers advertising Christmas specials, and merchants will be asked to reduce in price a numnber of items which wil be directed to the Christmas trade. The promotion company is expected to submit a proposai by early this week outlining their plans for the event, as well as costs and suggestions for involving the maximum number of merchants in the town. Next meeting will be tomorrow, 7:30 a.m. at the Mapie Leaf Restaurant. Social Planning Coumdil Ineets on child care The Social Planning Council of Oshawa-Whitby will hold their October 3 meeting in Committee Room #1 in the Whitby Municipal Building. On the agenda wýill be a discussion of the future of the local' Parents Anonymous Chapter, and a review of the final report of the Canada Works Child Care itesearch Project. The recommendations arising from the Child Care committee, in response, to this report, wiil also occupy Board time. The meetings are open, -to interested citizens in Oshawa and Whitby. project. On Oct. 4, appointed committee memberswill be at the Safeway Plaza on Brock Street and the Miracle Food Mart on Francais Street to pass out free balloons to the children and information pamphlets to the aduits in the morning and af ternoon. On Oct. 5 an information booth will be set up at the Whitby Mall from 6 p.m. to 10 u.m. There will also be a HOWARD COWLING Howard Thomas Cowling, a resident of Faîrview Lodge, died, at the Lodge Sept. 14 at the age of 88. A son of the late William and Charlotte Cowling, he was born in Darlington Township and attended Hampton Public Sehool. Mr. Cowling worked for 20 years at the- Whitby Psychiatric Hospital before retiring in 1960. He was a member of St. mark's United Church, Whitby. Mr. Cowling was married Dec, 24, 1913 at Banda, Ontario to Florence Mildred Beatty, who died in 1965. He is survived by three sons, Stanley of Oshawa, Elgin of Peterborough and iucky draw free- to, ail children, with the wvinner's name being drawn at the end of the evening. Oct. 6, the booth and lucky draw will continue, and also at the Whitby Mail, winning tickets will be drawn for a raffle. First prize is a bed- spread and pillow shams and second prize an afgan. Ail these items were hhadmacie by Mrs. Kim Wells and donated to the Whitby Block Parents. ltae of WhitbV, and six daughters: Norma '(Mrs. Leslie Cochrane), Enfield; Dora (Mrs. Frank Lycett), Seagrave; Verna (Mrs. Harry McKeown), Whitby; Jean (Mrs. Elmer Lee), Enfield; Joyce (Mrs. Keith Hobden), Lindsay; and June (Mrs. William White), Whitby. He was predeceased by one daughter, Mrs. L Stephenson (Olga). Mr. Cowling is survived by 23 grandchiidren, 29 great grandchildren and one great- great grandchild. The funerai was held Sept. 16i at W.C. Town Funeral Cliapel, the service being conducted by Rev. John Smith of St. Mark's United Church. Interment followed in Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin. ~~jlusconveiter. I,1îFaiIs a new sason of shows on 19 chamoils. And fal Is the action season for basebali and football. Now is your bout terne f0 cible up. Check the six best reasons why cible tv is right for you, and phone for service today. 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