Two hou By MARlON IRWIN The people of Whitby and visitors to the town will be in for a specl treat during the month of September when theyý will be provided wlthnol just one but two house tours for their pleasure. Members of the Durham-Famlly YMCA, the Baptist Leadership Education Centre, and the Durham Branch of the Architectural Con- servancy of Ontario are now buslly preparing for these events. Botii will have special touches to make thern just a little different from previous tours. In- fact, it is anticipated that they will be SO in- teresting for different reasons that people will want to enjoy both. Saturday, Sept. 13 will see the first of the two tours under way. This one sponsored and organized by the Durham Family Y and the Baptist Leadership Education Centre <B.L.E.C.) will offer at this stage of the, plan- ning eight houses and six historic buildings. Y representative, Sandy Frise, and the Education Centre's representative, Marion Irwin, say that there wll be something for everyone- featuring the old; tlhe old, but newly renovated; and the new. Sandy and Marion, along with Fraser Stewart, the Y's direc- tor, and Bll Chapman, principal of B.L.E.C., have secured houses or -buildings - represen- tative of almost every decade since 1840. These trace the types of 'building popular in each <particular decade thus illustrating Whitby's heritage "1then and now . -As well, the organizers have attem- pted.,to depict a com- munity scene with buildings from different wallcs'of community life - e.g. a church, a school, etc. Future articles wil detail more precisely the houses and buildings., to be viewed on this Heritage Tail tour. For an added touch, a: visit to the historie Cen- tennial Building, where the Y offices are located, will offer a 20 minute slide show of Whitby's history and development. .Visitors wm hi greeted by Whit- by's founder, Peter Perry, hiniself. A visit to the Baptist Leader- ship Education Centre on Taunton Rd. just y n kl h W}ITTBY FREE PRFSS WEDNESDÂY JULY 16 1986 PAGE 13 Lse tours planned for Sept while enjoylng the advance. tendlng must be at least shoes that are flot only ovte f each tour to surroundings 0f old Tickets for both tours 14 years of age. Ail par- comfortable for walking entice readers to pur- Whitby between the will be $10 per person ticipants in the tours but easy to remove too. chase tickets thus sup- hours of 7 and 9 p.m. ($7.50 for seniors for the will be requested, as is - This article Is the first porting three com- However, space in the Heritage Trail tour). usual, to remove their of several to foilow over munity organizations homes will dictate a These wil be avallable shoes for entry to the the summer. Sub- while at the same timne limlted number of early. in August at private homes. S0, it is sequent writeups will enjoying two lnterestlng tickets. So, these should various Whitby suggested that people give more details of the and fun September be nurchased weil in locations. -Chidren at- corne prepared with homes, buildings, and Saturdays. across from Cuilen Y Gardens, wii provide talks by and chats with people ,knowledgeable about antiques and in- rterlor decorating. A t quilt show and refresh- a ments will also hi en- joyed at the Centre. B A country flavour will hi added with homemade goodies hiing offered for sale at f St., Thomas Anglican Churcli in Brooklin and a the old one room Ash- 9 burn school, now a icommunlty centre. 1Proceeds from these 1sales will go (o special tproject funds for each -_building. If weather 1permits, several cars .and buggies from some t 0f the Zlecades will be on 1display In conjunction with the building or 1house of the same era. These will hi provided by Bfi Irwin fromn his 1collection. Ail in al there promises to be lots 1of interesting activities to hi enjoyed on Satur- day, Sept. 18 between the hours of 12 noon and 5 p.m. Purchasers of tickets for this tour will also receive a free pass (o Culen Gardens where they can, If they wish, enjoy the gardens as well as their dinner in beautiful surroundings. The foilowing Satur- day, Sept. 20, the Durham Branch of the Architectural Conser- vancy of Ontario will provide a second house tour which will offer a different siant from the *Durham Y-BLEC tour. Infact, this day will of- fer two separate tours - a daytime one and an evening version. During the day from 10 a.m. (o 4 p.m. the Peter Perry Sesquicentennial Tour will feature houses and buildings aiong Hwy. 12 from Whi(by to Port - Perry. This tour follows the route established by Peter Perry, acknowledged as the founder of Whi(by and Port Perry, as part of his scheme to build a north-south road for commerce hitween -Port Whitby and *Georgian Bay. Severai houses and other buildings will hi featured on this tour. Tickets for the evening tour will hi limited in number as this tour wii feature wine and cheese by can- dieliglit in seiected Whitby homes. Those participating in this fun tour will hi able to sip wine and nibble crackers and cheese FROM PG. 8 Says. SelIlng and dlspiaylng, at shows this wlnter wiII mean travelling to Montreal, Hamilton, St. Catharines, London, Ottawa, and possly Edmonton. (They afready have customers many miles north of Edmonton.) Last May, in competition wlth exhibitora fromn Canada and the U.S. (lie Bains won firat place at the Southi Ontario Orchid Society Show for their Vanda tricolor var suavis, as wefl as for dlsplay. Mal, a dfrector of the Southi On- tarlo Orchld Society whlch meets monthly at Edwards Gardens, and a director of the Canadian Orchld Journal, ls toylng with the idea of an orchld aoclety for the reglon. The study of orchids has been an educational experlence for the couple. "You just keep learnlng al the time," Joy ays. Linda Garrett, a customner who arrlved at il a.m. lasatm li ere at noon, learning and talklng about (his bewltchlng plant. "We've ail got orchiditis liere," Mai says, "and (here la no cure.'" Durham College receives grant Durham College will receive a special capital grant of $559,000 to renovate the Slmcoe Building at Its main Oshawa campus, Colleges and Univer- ities Minister Gregory Sorbara lias announced. The Slmcoe Building la used primarily for retrainlng programe at Durham. From the regular capital allocation of $14.9 million Durham wil receive $180,709. 0f the $14.9 million, $10.3 million la for new c apital projects and $4.6 million la directed to projects undertaken in previous years. "This la a new ap- proach ', Mr. Sorbara said. "The colleges set their own priorities for using thffle funds." In previous years ail capital projects ap- proved for funding were aelected by the Minstry of Colleges and Univer- sities. l'This new ap- proacli ahould result in improved utilization of capital funds in the coliege system ", he ad- ded. *EuopeÀan Women s H eaM Itbchblc. onL'ý Ii EXCWSIVELYý, FOR INFORMATION CALL. 1735 Bayty Street ' FURPIckening_ WOMEN 831-1105 (Jut Eastaf BmockRd) H Id.]THE CORPORATION 0F THETOWNOFWHITBY THE TOWN 0F WHITBY PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT ARE SPONSORING A WORKSHOP ON FUNDRAISING, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1986, WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 6:30-10:00 P.M. FOR MORE INFOR- MATION PLEASE CALL 668-7765. Orchid Haven thriving