-- r iHighway contract awarded TORONTO -Trans- portation and Communi- cations Minister James Snow bas announced the award of a contract for Highway 401 in Toronto district. The contract is for grading and drainage on Highway 401 at Thickson Road, inter- change 68. This project is for the preliminary work on the Hlghway 401/Thickson Road Interchange. Due to the unstable nature of foundation conditions at this location, It is necessary to preload the approaches to allow for settlement of this fui. Work on the project is scheduled to begin in Septeznber, 1981 with completion set for late spring, 1982. The contract is awar- ded to Harnden and King Construction (On- tario) Limited of Cobourg, Ontario at a cost of $483,005. Photo club The Whitby Photo- graphic Club will start its season's activities on Monday, September 21. Registration will be in the auditorium of the Whitby Public Library, at 7 p.m. Meetings will be on alternate Mon- days at the same location. The prograni for the faîl session will inlude shooting sessions, f ield trips, workshops and lectures on landscape photography, portrait- ure, wedding photo- graphy, working with colour slides, and other topics. There will also be the regular slide and print clinics as well as circuits. The club is a member of the National Associa- tion For Photographic ,Art and takes part in a number of N.A.P.A. ac- tivities throughout the year. Membership fee is $12. For information M Br»k1 lin B Bylines By Roxanne Revelerj1 Hi there: Why is it the moment you find the swatter, ail the flues miraculously disappear. FASHION FLING A Fail Fashion Show, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion, Brocoklin Branch, will be held at the I.O.O.F. Hall on Bagot Street, on October 1, at 8 p.m. There will be door prizes and refreshments, and ail fashions Will corne from the Brooklin Village Shoppe. What a fantastic bargain at only $2 a ticket. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE The Women's Institute of Brooklin will hold their first meeting of thisfall season at the Community Centre at 2 p.m. on September 16. Ail are welcome. HORTICULTURAL NEWS The Brooklln Horticultural Society will be welcoming Mrs. Martha Veldhuis as their guest speaker on Wednesday, September 23 at 8 p. m. Mrs. Veldhuis is well known throughout Ontario and beyond for her expertise in cacti culture. She and her husband own and operate a cacti centre in Dundas, Ontario and exhibited an interesting collection this year at the C.N.E. A flower show featuring chrysanthemurns wilI also be on display for your participation and/or en- joyment. The meeting wilI be held in the Brooklîn United Church. Corne along and bring a friend. MEET THE PEOPLE Those of you who frequent the Brooklin Library are already aware that it is an amazing place, but I -wonder if you ail realize how special it is. The Brooklin Public Library bas been an institu- tion in town since 1851. At that tume it was strictly a lending library under the auspices of Jeramiah Frost, who was also clerk of the township. Records were not kept for many years, although the first minute books found in 1909 indicate the Board was comprised on men whose names are still heard around town today. The first permanent library was set up in the basement of the old Town Offices, with Mrs. A. Boyes as librarian. It remained here until 1961 when a modemn building, built specifically to house the library through a donation froni the estate of Mrs. Edna Burton, was constructed. Mrs. Boyes continued as librarian until her retire- ment in 1920. Her suc cessor, Mrs. Fay Nagy, headed up the library until September, 1973. Mrs. Barbara Goody was head librarian until June 1976 when Valerie Garland was appointed to the position. During 1968, Brooklin was amalgamated with the Town of Whitby, making us a branch of the Whitby Public Library. The library has done nothing but grow since the sixties. By 1971, it was apparent that there was not enough rooni for the 1,500 books on the main f ic'or which housed the aduit and juvenile section. It was, therefore, decided by the library board to renovate the basement and move the children's section FOR COMPLE PRICELIST WRITE: 9 Vlctory Avenue' Winchester Kentucky U.S.A. 40391 WIIITBY FREE PR downstairs. This was completed in April, 1971 and officially opened by former Mayor Des Newman on November 20,1971. 1 mentioned previously our library ib special. Membership is free; now that's special enough - but when you consider the junior section bas 4,125 fic- tion, 3,652 non-fiction, 831 paperbacks and over 70 records and tapes, it's even more special. The adult section bas 4,976 fiction, 8,174 non-fiction, 1,369 paperbacks, 72 prints, 44 manilla envelopes full of reference and informative material, and over 220 records and tapes it becomes most special. These figures do not even include their vast selection of magazines for adults and children. In 1970, the library had a marvelous innovation - Saturdlay Story Hour. Froni 10:30 to 11:30 every Saturday morning during the school year, children enter into a wonderland. There's stories, movies, arts and crafts, special occasion treats and parties. Their imaginations are allowed to roam free, but at the same tume they are learning. I have been con- stantly amazed over /the years at the inventive creations my two children have brought home. It is no wonder the library is so well run. The present staff has a combined total of over 40 years of library experience in serving our community. Mrs. Valerie Garland was born in Toronto and spent the first ten years of her life there. She has not particularly cared for the "city life" though, probably because her roots are quite rural. Her mother's people farmed at Stayner, and her father's at Burnt River. To this day her grandparents stil live on their land, and her father farms at Dunsford. Valerie was a graduate of Ajax High School, York University, and has a library arts degree from, Ryerson. Being a resident of Brooklin for the past 12 years, Valerie bas seen ail three of her children go through Meadowcrest and Anderson Sehools. The youngest two are still at Anderson. When she isn't indulging in her enjoyments of reading, music, and competitive sports, you can often see her bicycling around town. Valerie has been with the library for the past nine years, and much to our benefit has been head librarian for the past five. She says, "it's a great job and I love it". Her enthu- siastie attitude is catching . Mrs. Dorothy Lintjens was born and educated in Cambridge (formerly Gaît) and came to Brooklin in 1963. Her three children, Rick, Tim and Susan, attended Meadowcrest and Anderson C.V.I. 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She reads an average of three books a week plus ail her children's literature, so I think we mlght assume she loves books. I guess that is why she is, 50 good in her job. Ini her "spare" time she dabbles in han- dicraf ts and usually has two or three different CONTI)DON PU. 14 BROOKLIN HOME BAKERY &DELICATESSAN 61 BALDWIN ST. BROOKLIN 655-4951 REVOLUTIONARY NEW RECIPE Brooklln Malt Brown Bread and French Croissant Speclal lntroductory Of fer whlle quantities Iast. Corne in and have your hair shaped and Styled for a breezy and easy sumn- mer of no-hair- care worriesl Cmli for en appointmunt 1 d