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Whitby Free Press, 23 Dec 1985, p. 13

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wIHITBY FREE PRESS, MONDAY.DECEMBER 23, 1985 PAGE 13 Driver photos start February Elsie and Roy Davies of Colborne St. in Whitby will be celebrating their 5oth wedding anniver- sary on Dec. 28. The couple moved to Whitby from England eight years ago to join their son Roy and his wife Beryl and granddaughters Susan and Karen. The couple will be celebrating the special event with their family. Reviewed by Edward Kaye Last minute Christmas books TORONTO - Ontario to renew their licenses Driver and Vehic Minister of Tran- every three years on licence offices, MT sportation and Com- their date of birth as munications Ed Fulton before,' said Fulton, Driver Examinatk recentiy confirmed that now, however, they Centres and select the province's photo wiIl have to core into a travel points and OP driver licensing system ministry'photo site' to will go into operation have their picture Feb. 3, 1986 with the taken" mailing out of renewals. These sites almost remote areas of no Drivers wll continue 400 of them ... include ail thern Ontaro. Frontdphoe 8 Christmas wrappiftg ideas treasure bunt! Place wrapping with less con- 5. For the person wi "ues inside wrapped ventional methods as do has everything, creat boxes scattered about the Japanese. Use cornucopia of Chris the house to lead the fabri wrappings (just mas cheer. Place recipient to the sur- as you would traditional assortment of smv prise. gift wrap) combined wrapped gifts ar with Christmas bows specialty foods in 2. Wrapping a tube of and ribbons decorated tissue-lined basket a tennis halls or a jar of with leaves and fresh decorate with ribbc nt1p s h<Cemes flowers. and bows. easierfficescinetif mo presevb uual easier to tackle if you use colorfully decorated gift bags or festive cylindrical containers. 3. A sprig of evergreen, bow or or- nament adds a touch of creativity. And or- naments such as Hallmark's "baby's fir- st" become cherished keepsakes for years to come. . 'C -- le on ,ed P re [or- ho a an al nd a nd ns Typevwrite r RENTALS I also SALES & SERVICE The Third Milenmium by B. Stableford and D. Lan- ford is available from Methuen. This is purported to be a history of tbe world froni 200-3000 AD, a prediction of what lies in wait for the planet earth over the next 1000 years. They try to deal in a serious way with what we can expect to happen, in- cluding an atomic war between Brazil and Argen- ina the destructive floods thatdestroy coastal cities, the emergence of the new forms of sex in the 28th century and the colonization of outer space. Dozens of colour and black and white illustrations. 230 pages. $19.95. Christians and Jews, the Eternal Bond by S. Rosenberg is published by Oxford University Press. Why has there been so great a gap between the two religions? Most Christians are unaware that Christianity inherited its basic traditions from Judaism and without this awareness Christians can know too little about Christianity. Jews need to have a greater understanding of their own religion to bet- ter survive in a world dominated by other religions. Rosenberg welcomes the new attempts at com- munications between Protestants and Catholics. 200 pages. $19.75. Medical Survival by W. Gifford Jones is available from Methuen. The author of the nationally syn- dicated column, the Doctor Game, be advises the reader on such questions as the importance of vitamins, the dangers of diagnostic X Rays, the sub- ject of death with dignity, preventive medicine athe effects of sports and exercise on your healti, fenüale surgery, heart disease and stroke, the ideal con- traceptive, pregnancy, phony cures for cancer and information on general surgery. 240 pages. $1495. The Planets, with contributions by top space scientists and science fiction writers, is available frorn Bantarn Books. The book offers the reader a view of our solar system as it nowbexist and as it may exist once we know more about the planets. Current advances of knowledge of the solar system is provided by scientists most knowledgeable about them. Each essay on a planet is followed by a story from one of the best known talents in science fiction writing. Photos and paintings are included. $29.95. Diaspora, An Inquiry into the Contemporary Jewish World by H. Sachar is published by Fit- zhenry and Whiteside. This is an account of the Jewish Third World, that is, outside of lsrael and North America. Sachar has drawn on his first hand knowledge and contacts around the world as well as a vast amount of source material to describe the realities of some thirty different Jewish com- munities. He deals with developments in France, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and eastern Europe. 540 pages. $40.50. Pictures from the Water Trade by J. Morley is available from Collins Publishing. The author, an Englishman, not only studied about the Japanese people, but lived among them, learning their language as well. The 'Water Trade' is the Japanese term for night clubs, bars and brothels and it is the water trade that gives him his real introduction into the life of the Japanese. It is there that he meets Marika, his girlfriend. The author gets to know the real Japan as few foreigners do. 260 pages. $22.95. 50th Anniversary 4. Try mixing traditional gift-

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