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VI Wednesday, August .31, 1977 16 Pa@ El> les Strong, association. exists between towns in England and Canada Whibyviit boots 'our 0e twinnmg FIFTY GOLDEN YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baker of 502 Green Street celebrated including Fred, an inspector with the Durham Regional their 5th wedding anniversary Saturday. Fred and Caroline Police, participated in the celebrations. Baker were rnarried August 27, 1927 in Toronto, and have Free Press Photo by Robin Lyon been Whitby residents for many years. Their four sons, Bro oklin's Stan Cockerton is Rookie of the Year Stan Cockerton, the high scoring freshman of the Brooklin Redmen lias been voted Rookie of the Year in the Ontario Lacrosse Associa- tion Major Series. FHe was voted that honour by aIl of thec teamns in the O.L.A. senior ioop. Each team was permitted one vote but flot permitted to vote for one of their own players. Cockerton received three first place votes of the possible four. Mike Bryson of. Six Nations and Dave Moran of Owen Sound North -Stars each received single flrst place votes. Bryson had two seconds and Moran one. Bob Burke of Brampton Excelsiors received a second and one third place vote. Cockerton led the Major League in goals scored with 56 and finlshed in fourth place In the league scorlng He was also chosen the Most Valuable Player in the Junior A league in 1976 and in 1975. Last year he was second in the individual scormng race in the O.L.A. Junior A, league as well as being secon~d in goals scored In that loop. By BRIAN WINTER Staff Writer There is real potential to (lcvelop a close reLationship between Whitby Ontario and Whitby, Yorkshire, EngLand, since our two towns were olficially twimned in Nlarch this year. As the first semi-official visitors to Wlitby Enigland since the twiuniing was pro- claimied, mny wife Pat and 1 were gîven what aiouuited to a Royal reception in Jubilce year and saw places and pecople the average tourist wotild flot get to sec. Ouir gracious and energetic hosts were Ernie and Elleni I Iutclunsou and larry and Irene llest, \vh() visited our \Vhitby in Nmardi. At that tiine, Mr. I lutchinson was nayor of Whitby England, and pro- claiuied the twinning vowys with our Mayor Jini Gart- shore. Mr. H-utchinsoil was succeeded as inayor by Charies 'Linford in May, by a vote of the counicil, for in Whtby, England the mayor is not elected by the people, but by the counicil. Both Mr. Hlutchinson and Mr. Best are mnembers of the Whitby town couincil. While in Wlitby, we stayed at Newbiggin Grange, the home of I larry and Irene Best, at Aislaby, a smnall place outside Whitby. The homie's location provided a magnifi- cent viewv of a deep valley and rolling green hilîs shroud- ed in înist. Not far away at a village called Sneaton, Harry Best owns a pub called the Wilson Arms, a 600-year-old country inn which is a popular gather- ing spot for local residents. We made several visits to the Wilson Arms and were impressed, by the homney, relaxed atmnosphiere of the place, with its many treasures and mnernentos mounted on the wall. It would well do for Canadians to experience the pleasures of an English pub. Ernie and Ellen Hutchin- son acted as our guides and took us to all the interesting places to see. It was Regatta weekend in Whîtby when we were there, and this afforded some activities of special interesi. The only co-operationwe did not receive was from the weather, which was dull and rainy throughout our visit. Saturday, August 13, we were taken to the town hall, a l9th century yellow brick building where we met Mayor Charles Linford and his wife. 7 Nos 35 ol. ed to have been i the scoIfor àoImetIie,'p0J*ce The "Wonib41 yas 'tound when repairs werê being tthe Wsruooii* and'could, have workedif 'the ýhad been dynamité, police said'. rnayor. in the council chambers- we saw many tokens of association between the two Whitbys. There was a certificate fromi the Whitby Dunlops ofl their World h-ockey Championship tour in 1958, a plaque fromn our town to honor the visit of the HMS Whitby ayear later, and a pen and holder from Branchi 112 of the Royal Canadian Legion. The Whitby branch of the British Legion ternporarily uises the town hall as its hea dquarters. Marion McCormack, the town clerk and mayor's secretary, took somne group 1hotographs to commemiorate the visit, and we signed the guest book. 1 had an- opportunity to e xami ne a file from the rnayor's office- on Whitby Ontario which dates back to 1942 whien soldiers from our Whitby were introduced to the hospitality club in' Whitby England when they were on leave. Letters from James Wilde, who still resides in our town, were among those in the file. Other items include d lette rs from Mayor Harry Jermyn at the time of the Queen's coronation and whien the Whitby Dunlops were visiting Europe. A number of letters document an attempt to twin the two towns in 1957--an attenpt that failed to genera te sufficient interest. The remainder of the file contains letters of introduction of residents of our town who were planning to visit Whitby England. Ernie Hutchinson told me he was pleased that twinning has at last cominenced between our two towns and he would like to see student exchanges arranged. He feels there is real potential to make the most of the association between Whitby England and its counterparts in Canada and New Zealand. After our visit to the town hall we went to the Spa Pavilion and theatre, a red brick recreation centre built in 1 887 on the seaside overlookîng Whitby harbor. We were introduced to Capt. Dennis Cooper OBE, entertaiinents manager and publicity officer for Whitby, who was very busy preparing for the regatta, a counterpart to our County Town Carnival. I met the secretary of the 1regatta and gave her a copy of the Free Press County Town Mé, m m