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' W V hit Correspondent Mnored with a I ard SYDENHAM TAN L i I? , 1 people know that they are appreciated learned that the organization gave the No one has been more dedicated to before, and not after, they pass away. rural community a continuing sense of his beat - the rural and agricultural _ V Mr . Whitty's newspaper career le- identity. community _ than Sydenham-based- gan in 1948 when he answered an ad in "The one-room schools, the post Whig-Standard correspondent Reg The Whig-Standard tor a Sydenhain ' oiiices and churches began to close," Whitty. Amfthis fall his 42 years of ser- : correspondent. As an organizer for a _Mr. Whitty said. "The disappearing vice to that community was recognized United Church youth rally, Mr, Whitty . community names such as Moscow and by three rural-based organizations. _ _ Je/g/tC' dehangtfdt :53 RR] 3, Yarker, The Women’s Institute in three ---i-i.Bt, " an '.' esp, u ep ace names comes presented him with. an honor.. 'Jft'g."retained by the W0men's Insti. ary membership' and an award of merit «,‘va‘vvjt . ' . in October for the 33 years of coverage oz“ Chi?“ V . . The honorary membership and the that he has given to the rural women's l ‘2‘ o .*» award ot merit pres,entation caught the organization Then Branch 496 of the “3‘ Eis7.teras:T,ijii:liférji?ii? 22H modest, shy reporter by surprise. Nor- . . . . . WY 'git AW:,? y,,«, mally Mr. Whitty IS focusing the spot- Royal Canadian Legion in Sydenham 1-:,;;-,;:_:;:.«.::;agtyihggtw as" a 'Cri1s?i"iiji?riii,i'e'sejj.sistii.'u' li F - . . . A. >+- . 'T:. gvv. ight on other people in his column, presented him With another honorary ,w RP,% “"4 which he started w iti . 1962 ' life membership. And in the latest ' ' w “the Wome .’ 11l1l1 i '. . , award, Mr. Whitty was named a Good- t l - _:"il';i'i'j:C's'"';'a"ir& ' 'ii'riisSMEit= itiii?iiciljs'i1if: n's r.1s l ll e S gearing fellow by the Athena Lodge, Princes's _ _ YLE up for its 100th anniversary in 1997, Elizabeth Rebekahs at tiiiriowsmtth, C 'ia-ai"'"-","-"-;.)---'------ HARRY KILFO “I? 2'hrgr"ld",'ht a; Marta“; another rural women's organization." ' . . was one. or r. y:. e m mar _ . . 1 50 years in rural reporting - a goal. Senior executive members ‘0! the decided to write about the rally, 'and it that he is determined to achieve. Women s institute believe that Mr. was printed by then-district editor Longevity was not on his mind Whitty 15 the first man ever presented Ihsorge Bryant. , ; V when he accepted the position of rural withayte mt8nbership. _ _ ' ' M r . W h i t t y ' s t l o w o f correspondent in 1948. He remains the "Reg Whitty has done more to pro- correspondence, still written in long- last surviving working member oi this mote the image of the Women’s Instr. " hand, has only been interrupted thrice newspaper's rural correspondents - a _ tu t e th a n m a ny, of its w o m e n in 42 years. The first time was when his group of part-time writers hiredto re- - members," said Marion Wannamaker, mother, the late Florence WhittyMied port community events. 1 a publicist with the Lennox.and in 1972. _ , E His agricultural background as a l Addington District Women's Institute. And the second time was his honey- dairy farmer and egg producer has The woman who promoted the idea tor/ moon when he married Wilma Nugent, always been an asset in reporting rural the award. Fredde Clarke, the are8, in 1974. _ , ', _ news. He operated an egg route tor 20 president for Frontenac, Lennox and _ Mr. Whitty covered his first Worm customersin Kingston for 25 years. Addington and Leeds counties, said en's Institute meeting. in 1957 in Har- Mr. Whitty retired trom active that she feels strongly about letting rowsmith. He said that he quickly farming in the late 1960's. mwt’ww‘msfle’t Wka‘ttt”‘*§wrvmwmmV3“ «WV sow?«¢‘n ': ryse,ij'rr',,r': tB' to ';r'lft"g'rjit,t,5fe' ', w‘“ gag» It ';itit(i(ig, ' ‘5 "iijijflii); its,': "" ”W T “n SMWikxi"grs'k'%aaiW: are: Riot' is . 'l,,'. "ll BM' . Whitty: honorary member