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Whitby Free Press, 26 May 1976, p. 8

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PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS MikeBi Mike Burgess, President of MBM Publishing and Photo- graphy Inc., publishers of the Whitby Free Press, was unanirnously elected as Pres- ident of the Ontario County Branch of the Ontario Humane Society Thursday. urgess Mr. Burgess succeeds Pilkington who served president of the branch the past two years. Pilkington resigned at annual meeting earlier year and until last week president's office was vaca elected humane societypresident Bill as for Mr. the this the ant. Mr. Burgess is a resident of Whitby and has lived in the area for 12 years. He has been a member of the Ontario County Branch's board of directors for two years. He is also a director of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce and Vice-President of the Whitby Jaycees. "I hope to get more input from this area at the provincial level", says Mr. Burgess. "Some of the things I plan on doing are looking at the future of the organzation locally, establishing the direc- tion for the local branch to follow, and establishing a long range plan of action which hopefully will accomplish some of the things we have failed to do in the past", he says. "The past l6cal involve- nient has been sornewhat restricted because of the setup of the provincial organization and we hope to get more input from this area at the provincial level". Call us before May 28th and we will switch all the dial phones in your home to fast, easy, push button Touch- Tone, FREE for 14 days The $2.15 rnanthly charge which provides Touch- Tone on al] the phones in your home* doesn't start until after the 14 day FREE trial, when you decide to keep Touch-Tone. That's not ail. You don't pay the standard $11 00 installation charge or any charge for colour -even if you decide to continue with Touch-Tone service. And more! If after the free Touch-Tone trial you decide not to keep it, call us and we'll restore your original service - also at no charge. But remember, you must call us wîthin the 14 days. Touch-Tone service is available to you if your number starts with 668. This offer is for residence customers only and does not apply to multi- party lines. *This offer covers all the telephones on one line only. Take advantage of this offer now. To order call sN 576-9101. MIKE BURGESS Mr. Burgess plans to cal a directors' meeting in thepear future to get input fron he -board members and ôthåi interested people to start planning the program for the 1976-77 year. "I would like to thank Bill Pilkington for the excellent job he has done as president over the last couple of years, and I'm sorry to see him leave the area because his absence will be a loss to the local branch", said Mr. Burgess. This week he will be nominated at the annual general meeting of the Ontario Humane Society for a seat on the board of directors of the provincial organization. Jaycee car rally June 27 1h e Wfutby Jaycees will be holding their first annual June Junk-it, a "fun type car rally", June 27, starting at Iroquois Park and finishing at Fantasyland Park on Highway 12. The rally will be about 68 miles and two hours in duration. Registration will be at 10 a.m., briefing at 10:30 a.m. and the first car leaves at 11:01 a.m. The rally will be followed by a family picnic organized by the Whitby Jaycettes. Anyone may enter this novice car rally, with the entry fee per car including admission for two adults to the park. For further information and pre-registration, call Mike Burgess at 668-6111. Liberals meet at Kingston James Farquhar, President of the Durhan West Liberal Association, will attend the party's 'organizational work- shop in Kingston on May 29. Representatives from 31 provincial ridings, three districts and 12 Young Liberal organizations in eastern Ontario will be con- sidering how to organize regional* policy workshops, expected to take place early next fall. Under the party's provin- cial leader, Stuart Smith, major policy workshops will be held across the province before November. It is expected that local riding associations will hold preli- minary policy sessions before September 15. Regîinal vice-president Tom Troughton expects 75 to attend the May 29 workshop.

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