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r MRS. CLAUJS YMCA KIODS Canâahonors ýCaptaiîn Côookat Whitby, Enýgla'nd Whitby Ontario's twinning partner, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, has started a new' tinning with: Anchorage Alaska. The Whitby Gazette, in England, reported in October that representatives of the Mayor of Anchorage visited the Yorkshire town, and that a replica of Whitby's statue of Captain James Cook was recently erected in a park at Anchorage. Captain.Cook, who startedl his voyages 200 years ago from Whitby, England, ex- plored parts 'of -the Alaskan Coast. A slide show on Cap- tain Cook's- association with Alaska was held in the' Whitby Art Gallery at the time of the twinning. Also in October, bronze plaques from the people of Canada and lintishi Columnbia,, conimemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Capt. Cook were unveiled at the Cook Statue in W.hitby. Paul Martin, High Commn- issioner for Canada unvelled the plaque on behaif of the Canadian govemmrrent, and Lawrence Wallace unveiled the British Columbia plaque. He 'is Agent General for theý province. The flags of Canada and British'Columbia flew side- by-side with the white ensign at Whitby's sister town, dur- ing the special ceremony. .Mr. Martin, in a speech at the unveiling, said -that Cap- tain Cook helped chart the St. Lawreàéie River, the coast of Newfoundland and Can- ada's eastern seaboard, and bis maps were used for a also explored much of Can- ada's western shoreline, he said. The Canadian representa- tives visited the. Cook exhibit at the Whitby muùseum, and the famous navigator's house i Whitby, Engtand.-_ The Free Press is indebted to the Whitby.Gazette for its exchange of. newspapers, which provides us with the opportunity to report from tfime to time on the news of our twmn town i England. Ffre Causes $2,000 damage A fireplace fire -caused nîome of Emily B3enne tt at $2,000 damage to a home on 9:57 p.m. The fire depart- the west side of Highway 12, ment reports that heat from south. of the Ashburii Road the firepot *ignited a floor Nov. 25. joist below the fireplace. Whitby fire fighters Damage was confined to the responded to a eall. to the fireplace and floor area. Asku Con tdtell Ûs what you're tooking, for in a job.> Tel us what yoy. are today and what you want to be tomorrow. Ask'us if we Ica n offer oe$ortu nities and challenges to match your needà. No obligations on* either side. We'll be glad to'talk. And we may have just, what you're looking for. But you'll rever know until you ask. Visit Our Mobie Recruitlng Unit Canuda Manpower Contre OSHAWA Docembr 6,13,20 10:00 ce-me Som peplebelieve.that flint on the doorstep wîII keep Iightning from striking the house. 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