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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 10, 197.6,,PAGE 7 r7 Briaii Winter's Historical W Whitby 1~ ~.1 THE LONDON flOUSE The stores ýictured above, on dhe east side of Brock Street South, are not as well documiented as the st.res in the previous two editions of this column, but they, like the I Corridor ~ Capers The Corridor Area Ratepayers Assoiationi held their Annual meeting and Election of Officers Iast Wednesday evening. The President for the last thiree years, John Buchanan, decided to step down this year. Congratulations John for your dedicated service to the Association. You have had three busy years working and lielping residents in the area, and representing their views to Council. The new executive is-as follows: Presideîît-- Ron McEachersi lst, 2îîd, anld 3rd vice - Pat Dooley, Vic Sheffield and Johni Pisani. Recording Secretary - Cathy iLîbeinville Correspondinig Secretary - Mary McEachern Treasurer - Edith MacLean Directors: -' Bill Sabyan, Glen Sîjortt, D)on Rogers, Doni Stewart, Mike BLurgess, Roy Weldosî, Lynn Majoros, Arthur Joyut and liunier Pelgrinîs. The next executive will hiave a great (leal of' work to do in the next year. Tie executive represenîs a cross section of the Corridor Area and are well equipped to grasp the conicerns of aIl residents witliin tlic area. The first execuitive meeting wili be hield oni Thursday evening at 125 Nort ' vivew Avenue at 8:00. The Comnîittee wilI be iîamed at tfis meetinig. Best of luck to ail the new nienîbers and a special thanks lu ail those wvho have so willingly served in thie past. Westiinister Anniversary -- Sunday November 14 (Farnily Sunday) - flhc Rev. James Seunerine and Family will be the special guests. Thîis is a very special service. Reception aand coffee followiug the service. The I I tb Oshawa Pack is still in need of a Scout Leader. A Cub Leader has been found. Volunteer your service to tîîis group before tlîecy are forced to disband. Caîl Rev. Mcllwaiîî. The Westnminster Uniited Clîurcb will be holding their tuirkey suipper on Novemnber 27. More details later. Sunday, November l4th - The Garrard Road Lacrosse Association will hold their annual mieeting at Westminster United Chutrchi at 2 p.nî. Saturday, November l3th - Brooklin Community Centre will be dlie settiug for the Gairrard Road Lacrosse Dance. Pot Luck Suipper, prizes and refreshî-nents. >Call Barb Kernooban at 728-3290 for tickets. That's it for this week. M. McEachern 725-8967. There's a bit of construction going on between tbe jug mlk, and-building supplies store s on Brock Street North. The irntend of the construction would appear ho be to erect barriers such that people shopping at the rnilk store will no longer be able to use what was forrnalîy a shared parking lot. This has been developing for some tîmne now, and this latest barrier will attempt ho do what a fence, already in place, hasn't been able ho achieve. This seems to me to be silliness of the first order. For years, patrons of the milk store have enjoyed the convenience of using this parking lot, even when the other store served by the lot was a major food chairs 9iipermarket. Surely the supermarket had mnore to licse by P.lowing the milk store customers to use the lot than a building supplies store does. This also means to me a case of cutting of the nose ho 17 spite the face. Most of the timie, people ýgo to the milk store, and then to the building store.- The miîlk store is the drawv, and the lumnber emnporium benet'its. This action slhould have a direc:t e ffec t on iliose of, us wh o live in thei west end o f town. This is the closest Bccker's store 10 L *is, and i f we are forced by lack of parking to stop going to the store, wve ill also stop gging to the building supplies store. that ca used this inconvenience. We hear a great deal about governmnent exiting 10 serve the needs ofthte people. If th at's the case, thlen 1 arn forced to draw the conclusion that we conînuters arecîlot peuple. My reason for com ing to this concluLsion lies in the hassle that GO train patIrons face in the morning and evening as they try to enter and leave the parking lot off Liverpool Rd. lu the mcerning, lineups to the eut r-sce of the Teepee drive-in are not uncommnon, and the problerns leaving in tlhe evening are such thiat it is not unusual to stili bc waiting as thec next train is pulling into the station. The problem could be resolved in a numnber of ways. TrriffTc lights could be installed. a Policeman could be BROTH ERS Building Supplies Ltd.. Brook lin. 655-4991 placed thiere to direct traftic, or a ramp leading from the p)arking lot to the 401 could be built. Resolution of the problemi, however, depends on recognition, and recognition on knowledge of the situation. Given the fact that this situation blas existed for at leasi eigbt rnoniths, one can only conclude that the bUreaucrats are basking in ignorance. llowcver, if' the servants of the people are out there listening, we suggcst that they take the timne to corne and hiave a look! Last Saturday, the Major Peewee Alistars of the B.W.M.- H.A. hield a bottle drive in West Lynde. They raised more Cont'd. on P. 6 Rudoîf Enns, D. C. e chiropractor, is pteased to announce the opening of his office. He will be practicing in associateship with William Siksay D.C. at 214 Dundas St. E., Whitby, Ont. Office Hours: Tues. 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Thurs. 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Fri. 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. For appointments please cali 668-1910 -~ y others, have'a story to tell. The three storey brick building at left, now occupied by Chainway, and the Sandwich King Restaurant, was built about 1878, following the great* fire of October 16, 1877, which destroyed ail stores iii the block frorn Dundas Street to Coîborne Street. The first occupant was a company called Hamilton and L-arrower, successors to FHamilton & Company, whose store was destroyed by fire. It is likely that Hamilton and Harrower occupied both stores and paid for, the' construction of the building, but they did not tast long. By the early 1800s the stores became the place of business of Andrew M. Ross, a tailor and dry goods mierchatit, whio wais a brother orf I-ugb and George Ross who kept the Ross Brothers dry goods sbiop inefitioned in thiis colunin two weeks ago. Mr. Ross, who was a mienber of the town cor,-.iciI for nîany years, and Mayor of Whitby frorn 1900 to 1902, namied bis store "The London f-louse". For nîany years a large sign proclimiing tliis naine was attacbied ho the top of the building., By the inid 1920s, Mr. Ross had died and the northi store which hle occupied becamne vacanit. I li is days of buisiness, Mr. Ross displayed the followiug slogan on bis buJIs: "Our Motto: Srnall Profits, Quick Sales". In I1927, Harry Vorvis opened a po.,l hall in the former Ross Store, and remnained there uintil 1935 wlhen lie nioved across the street. About five years ago lie retired fromn buisiness, but still lives in Whitby. li 1 937, Chiainway opened a store ini the building vacated by Mr. Vorvis, and lias been there ever sisîce, a total of nearly 40 years. It is une of the oldest rem:ining buisinesses in thie downtown. As nmentioned ini previous coluins, it was coniumon for nierchiants 10 operate sniall establisbmiients on tlic second $2.0020& tax .20.* For 2 Deys OnlY - Mon. & Tues. November l5th and l6th from 5 p.m. until il p.m. The Steak that made Ali Baba famous - the Ali Baba Special (Top Sirloin) - Reg. 5.95 Value ALI BABA SPECUAL. _ _ t 4I3 ..4tl~4 4LO STEAK FlOUSE HOURS: Mon. thru Thurs. -I12 noori to 12 mdî Fr1. & Sat. - 12 noon until 1- a-rn. Sunday - 12 noon until 10 p.m. 9113BROCK ST. N., WHITBY -TELEPHONE 668.9369 G5heç Is Umso: WS SI0U, Cmwsdg., Iuam. IlhM* tloor -of the downtown buildings. In the 1,880s, J. R. Pringle.had a tailor shop above Andrew Ross's store, and was succeeded in 1894 by James Henry. The early use of~ the south store of "The London House" is not known, but by the 1890s, W. J. Bu rns'had a shoe store there. He was sueceeded in 1899 by W. J. H. Richardson who kept a stationery store there for about 10 years. 1-e was succeeded by Reginald Leach, who kept a drug store. Further research is required to find out what stores occupied this shop until the Sandwich King opened in 1967. The two storey building at the right of the- picture above was buiit by Richard Bassett, another former mayor of Whitby, in, 1912. Mr. Bassett was mayor in 1924, and father of Mack Bassett who operates a jewellery store in Wlîitby today. The original building on this site was tbe only frame buildinîg in the block, consisting of two stores. Jacob Mclntyre, a tinsmitlî and hardware merchant had the north store from abo,'.~ 1880 util he moved across the street in 1911. Mr. Bassett bricked over the old wooden structure and inade it into three stores. fie kept the north store as a wool shop and the centre shop for baby clothes: and John Saunders, a shuemnaker, had the south store. The north store for many years afterwards was a men 's clothing store, operated by Harry T. Thompson, Roy. Fowler, Russ Reeves, and Clif Gartshore, father of Whitby's current mnayor, iim Gartsbore.. Furtber research is required to establish the changes of business in tý-àe centre and south stores, although the centre, store wasý a flower sbop in the 1960s, and at the samne time, Young Modemns clothing store was in the south shop. r. --