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Whltby Free Pros., Wect"sdy, Juno 28, 1M0 ag A look at the tabs Under the heading of stuf you wouldn't know if you did not make an emergency trip to the supermarket for a kilo of raisins and 'subsequently find yourself standing in lime behind the faxnily with a three-cart order and you have nothing to do but look at supermarket tabloids.. So the followings bits from The Sun (one of The Globe family of fine newspapers): Man, 71, weds 12.year-old girl Not only that, she's pregnant.i But not by hixn. He'slher grandfather. Go figure. Man attends own funeral Sounds like fun. Only this one came from a 79-year-old who thought hie should be around ta hear those nie things people say about people right after they've gone and can't hear. Climber's terri fying encounter witl& the Abominable Snowman And if you're convinced by the incredible photographs accompanying this story, you likely get most of your information from The Sun and tabloid TV shows. And you're likely happier than those who don't. In the same issue (June 20), you'1l find a host of heart-warming, gossipy, incredible and duinb stories. Examples: A 20-year-old single mother in New Jersey who found $1,000 in cash on the street and turned it in ta police. That deserves the 72-point bold gothic caps headline on page 6. You've heard about the runners from Kenya and other African countries who have taken over America's distance running scene? (For the love of running, and also for huge cash prizes.) Now, African frogs threaten ta invade the fainous annual Calaveras County Jumping Frog contest. African super frogs, measuring up ta 37 inches, weigh an average of eight pounds and can leap nine metres (30 feet) in a single bound. Mark Twain would fill 'em with lead.. Mustang Sally: a 78-year-old Florida woman who restores old Ford Mustangs. The grade school in Alabama starts a course in etiquette. The stockbroker who quits his job ta make up to $2,000 a week panhandling. And the 31-year-old English man who didn't know his 15-year-old daughter was pregnant until she made hlm a grandfather. Let's skip ahead a week ta, the June 27 edition: WD-40 BANISHES ARTHRITIS PAIN My aches vanished -- a miracle! Climbing stairs no problem. At last! I can knot my own tie. Amazing -- now I ean now open jars. (You have ta read it ta believe it.) 600 lb wife sits on husband and kilîs him During a wrestling match that was part of their love routine, this woman sits on her 140-pound hubbie for a haîf an hour, mesmerized by a TV documentary on wombats. "I had hlm pinned and told hlm ta yell 'Uncle,' but he was always very stubborn.' "I thought he was just refusing to give up -1 didn't know he was deadY» SATAN WAS OUR PILO0T Satan hiniself taok over the controls of German airplane, sending the plane ita dives, sudden course changes which sent dinner trays and luggage flying. Tlhe pilot said he felt a surge of tremendous heat coming from the horned and hooved creature at the controls of his plane. The captain burned hls hands when. he fmnally grabbed the controls. (Kind of sounds like the Bob Rae-Mike Harris stary. Maybe - .~ - s k ~ , - r. v WH1TBY'8 CENTENNIAL QUEEN, JULY 1, 1955 Seated in the yard of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church are Mrs. David Wilson (1863-1957), Whitby's Centennial Queen, and Rev. David Marshall of St. Andrew's Church. Mrs. Wilson was the oldest native-born resident of Whitby when the town cele- brated its Centennial of Incorporation 40 years ago.pht 10 YEARS AGO From the Wesdy June 26 1985 edition of the W nYFREE ÏkRESS' " Town Council has rejected the Decom medical waste transfer station because of public protests. " Whitby donated $1,000 to the Barrie Tornado Relief Fund, following the disaster of May 31. " More than 200 local athietes were honoured by the Town Council for their achievements in the past year. " E.A. Fairman Public School principal Dwight Swerdfeger has retired after 38 years of teaching. 35 YEARS AGO From the Thursday.June 23, 1960 edition of the w Il F.FAY NEWS " A bus service to all sections of Whitby is under study. " The Separate School Board will hire a crossing guatd for the Cochrane-Annes crossing at Dundas Street. " The annual conférence of the Towns and Villages Section of the Ontario Municipal Association was held in Whitby last weekend. " The road jog at Henry and Euclid Streets on Dundas Street west may be eliminated when the new Town Hall is completed. 80 YEARS AGO Prom the Thursday, June 24, 1915 edition of the WHITY 1 AZETE AND CHRONICLE " William Stone Sr., thought by some to have murdered his son at Whitby Junction Station last December, han committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train. 9 "Strong boy of 14 years, accustomed to farm work good with team and capable of taking a manys place, wants situation. Only those wlio can give hlm a good home and treat hlm ýkindly needa tely. *Dr. McNeely of Brooklin bns urchased a new Ford automobile. *Youngladies and Boy Scouts have sold buttons at 10 cents each to purchase socks for Witby's soldiers in Europe. Three buttons will fund one pair of socks. 7r%-1it- oe 1 Pubgow lqmmpr w qluww ý 0 7 A