Between You and Me By RUTII COLES The growth of the human is stilli high in adventure, in many ways the highest ad- venture on earth. Norman Cousins. This week was one of adventure and exploration for us and, of course, Sam, our tiny dog. He must be one of the best travellers in the country, ever ready to adjust to any circumstances. So, once again, we have been in Elora and our minds became over-active; we had so much to see and many questions to ask. Always before we have been sightseers or guests, dinner or luncheon guests of a friend of mine and her husband. A friendship which goes back 60 years or more and now that they have bought a heritage house in this village we spend most of our visiting hours exploring or talking about this old fascinating house. This time, we were there for reasons other than a social visit. Another friend of ours has bought a heritage house too, just a beautiful, wonderful house built in 1837! Tiny and compact but cosy and delightful even though it is empty at the moment and greatly in need of repair. This friend who once lived in Whitby had to sell her house here because of poor health but now fully recovered she is in for the greatest adventure of her life. A creative person she is in for weeks of hard labour and sadly the spending of money to bring things up to par. My husband went over the house with a fine-tooth comb and the only conclusion we could come to was that 145 years ago they knew how to build houses. Everything is there to make this into a jewel of a house even to those wonderful old windows with the odd bubble and distortion in the glass. The house bas been designated as a heritage property with a plaque by the front door which by the way is bordered by wonderful old ruby glass. All the wood inside is probably pine but covered with white paint, something which hopefully will be rec- tified in time. Much to our delight the old house next door is one of the homes occupied by St. John's School, a private school for boys, in this case the junior cam- pus. A few blocks away is St. Margaret's School for girls. Both schools are day schools and the children are bussed in from a 25 mile radius of Elora which includes Galt and Guelph, to name a couple of cities. What a,joy and how it brings back memories of the past to see boys in grey slacks and in this case blue shirts and navy blue school sweaters or blazers. Courteous and well spoken these boys and the girls of St. Margaret's are a welcome sight in any part of the village. Due to lack of time I was unable to see the head master of St. John's School or the head mistress of St. Margaret's but this will be a priority on our next visit. I have often asked. and wondered why our area cannot support a boys' school. There is a trernen- dous demand in the province for private schools which is not being met. When I say area I mean Whitby, but students could be drawn from the region. At a later date I will write about this in WHITBY.FREE PRES greater depth. Whitby wants to attract tourists and we spent hours thinking about this during our visit. This vil- lage of 3,000 people had two million visitors last year with three million expected this season. Over a hundred miles from our town it draws people, many by bus, from Michigan and other states. On- tario residents come from far and near even in poor weather. What draws them? of course, there is the gorge and I hear wonderful camping grounds close to the water. In the village we see the odd person looking at the water but in that part of the village and on that one street where the tourists congregate there is something else. I have written often about hand-made signs and lamps for Whitby. This to me seems to be a drawing card and in the morning before ten when the shops are not open you can see people, mny people, taking pictures of the street from every angle; this, of course, goes on all day but later in the day there can be obstacles such as cars which don't add to the picture. At Christmas time a new season begins around November 15 and they tell us the decorations are beautiful, tubs of trees with lights and so on, quite in keeping with the village street. Are there any lessons to be learned? No doubt. I have seen such places in the states and their popu- larity equals that of Elora. Elora has the gorge, a drawing card with all its massive rock and this is where television commer- cials are sometimes made for chewing gum; when you see people leaping frdm the rock high above the water this is where it is at! We even took pictures of the sight, as many tourists do. We lack the gorge but there are other attractions. In time, our harbor will-be a come on and at the present time we have Cullen Gardens which draws people from far and near. Imagination and creative minds could be used and can you dare think what the results would be? I like to think of Whitby as the old County Town and this more than anything could be the attraction. Let's keep as many of our old buildings as is feasi- bly possible and build from there. Consumer day brings government reps Information Oshawa's fourth annual consumer awareness day will be held on Saturday, Oc- tober 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Oshawa Shopping Centre. Consumers will have an opportunity to talk with representatives from Consumer and Corporate Affairs Cana- da, the Ministry of Health - Ambulance Services, Oshawa & Dis- trict Credit Counselling, Durham Regional Health Unit, Ontario March of Dimes, O.H.I.P., Addiction Re- search Foundation, Cus- toms & Excise, Canada Post and, of course, In- formation Oshawa. 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