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(Intended for last week) United Church Bethany Greeter for December is Mrs. Dianna Rowan, and ushers are Rosanne and Jonathon Rowan. Mr. Graham's sermon was based on the topic "The Drama of Emmanuel." Matt. 1:22 quotes from Isaiah - "His name shall be called Emman- uel," which means "God with us." It is a strange saying, but it is expressed many times throughout the Bible - God's desire is to have something more than angels and other heavenly creatures with Him. God wants people to love Him because they desire to share this love, not because they are expected, and thus the Bible enfolds like a three act play of Shakespeare. First God created the world and put man on it. God was with Adam and Eve, until by their sin, they separated from Him. After this. God spoke to many men. Later, under God's direction, men made the tabernacle, which contained the covenant. That was the visible presence of God. Then we find Solomon Building the temple. God was with Him but in an invisible way. The people would gather in the Temple, talk to God, but never saw Him. God was preparing once more to dwell with man and through the prophecies we learn of it. The first Christmas -Our Emmanuel was born. This time it was not an ark, but the Word was as made flesh - Jesus, a Saviour. He grew up and performed many mira- cles. Miracles were His credentials. He was God with us. Everytime He did some- thing unusual, He was giving a sign of who He was. Then Jesus disappeared - He was no longer visible to men. He could no longer be touched. Now Christ was invisible and because of this we are turning away from Him, but Emman- uel will return to destroy sins and restore the world of God. "Ye shall go out with joy and peace will be with you for ever. Sometimes we can be cyni- cal about Christmas time. It is easy to be sentimental with the manger, the star of Bethlehem, but if we really want to celebrate Christmas we have to go first to Calvary, and humble ourselves at the foot of the Cross before Him and then we can truly worship Him. Presbytery Report The Peterborough Presby- tery met on Nov. 8 at Northminster United Church over a delicious evening meal. Most divisions had previously assembled to discuss the business of the day. Rev. Wm. Wells spoke on Remembrance and cautioned the members to remember the right things, and not the wrong ones. Rev. R. Munro opened the session with the usual preli- minaries of attendance roll, salutations, regrets, introduc- tions, last minutes, etc. It was decided to have the Conference Audio Visual representative, Mrs. Vera Greer, at the next meeting with the idea to open an A.V. Library for the Presbytery, where each charge could come and borrow films. Rev. Dave Williamson was replaced by Rev. Margaret Errey and the new director of Edmunson House is Rev. W. Wells. Rev. Hudson and Clive Wilson are the supervising ministers for summer stu- BETHANY dents. A "task force on ministry" workshop will be held on Nov. 27th at Trinity United. Eighty representatives were at the Festival of Faith in Belleville and it was decided to sponsor a Festival of Faith at Elim Lodge on June 18, 1979 and try to have at least three persons of each pastoral charge attend. Some visitors from overseas are soon to arrive at Curve Lake. Rev. Winnifred Bridges was inducted at Millbrook United on Nov. 16. Rev. J. Henry Getz was appointed minister for the Western part of the Northern pastoral region. This was, according to Mrs. Nelly Michel, "A very interesting and hopefully a fruitful evening." Mr. Harry Preston passed away at Civic Hospital, Peter- borough on Monday, Dec. 4. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, Mabel Leach and twelve children, Mrs. Charles Adams (Winnifred) of Texas, Mrs. Harley Maddock (Mar- ion) of Germany, Mrs. Floyd Peters (Joan) of Odessa, Ralph, Charles, Clifford, Glenn, Meredith and Barry of Bethany, David and Kenneth of Pontypool and the late Mrs. Evelyn Anderson, also three sisters, Mrs. David McLean of Blackstock, Mrs. Mary Parks of London, Mrs. Alberta Neals of Bethany and two brothers Bernard of Peterborough and Percy of Lindsay and also the late Mrs. Pearl Neals. He is also survived by fifteen grand- children and two great grand- children. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Pearl Elgar in the passing of her husband, Percy. Those left to mourn his loss are sons, John and Emerson of Millbrook and daughters, Mrs. Max Kaye (Nettie) of Peterborough, Mrs;Keith Flynn (Maretta) of Brampton, Mrs. Donald Allen (Ruth) of Brantford. An article such as this makes one sad, especially when you know these lads could be stalwart citizens if they would give themselves a chance. "Two Bethany men were sentenced in provincial court after they pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an incident August 29 in which a stolen automobile was invol- ved in an accident following a high speed chase by the Ontario Police near Port Perry. Charles A. Lavelle, 20, pleaded guilty to charges of theft of goods over $2,000, dangerous driving, and failure to have a valid operator's licence. His brother, Russell, 17, pleaded guilty to posses- sion of stolen goods over $200. Third occupant of the veh- icle, Darrell Giles, 17, of Fowlers Corners had a charge of possession of stolen goods over $2,000 withdrawn by the crown. Court was told the 1972 model vehicle, stolen in Peter- borough either last August 28 or early August 29 was pursued by O.P.P. officers at speeds up to 190 km. per hour along Highway 7A in the Port Perry area. During the chase the car went out of control and rolled over. None of the occupants were injured in the crash, which demolished the vehicle, court was told. Judge George Inrig senten- ced Charles Lavelle to three months in jail on each of the dangerous driving and theft charges, with the sentences to run concurrently. In addition he placed Mr. Lavelle on two years probation and fined him $50 for not having had an operator's permit. Russell Lavelle was given a suspended sentence and plac- ed on two years' probation and ordered to perform 20 hours community service work." A bus of members from the six churches of the Cavan- Manvers Parish attended the Ordination to the Priesthood of David Wainwright, L.Th. by the Rt. Rev. Lewis S. Garns- worth, Bishop of Toronto at the Church of St. John the Baptist Norway on Wed., Dec. 6th. The Ordinands, David Wain- wright and Mary Elizabeth Kilbourn were presented by the Rev. D. W. Luck, Examin- ing Chaplain. The sermon was given by Rev. J. Jeremy Van-Lane, Rector fo the Church of St. John the Baptist, Norway, and he stated that being a clergyman was not all sunshine as they are expected to participate in many activi- ties, some pleasant and some not so favourable. A reception was held follow- ing the service. High lady for senior citi- zens' bowling was Gertie Clark with a score of 407 for two games, and runner-up was Irene MacDonald with 251 (Irene is eighty-seven years of age, and can certainly out- score many members in the younger category. Her abili- ties are unlimited as she plays shuffle-board, sews for ba- zaars (I think it was eighteen aprons she made this year), and she is active in U.C.W. work, as she takes care of the Cheer-boxes and attends to sending cards to the sick and bereaved in the senior citizens as well as being an all-round good citizen for the commun- ity). High man in bowling was Earl Parrot with a score of 33, and runner-up was George E. Clark with 327. Scores of over 200 for two games were: Jessie Ellicott 326, Muriel Parrott 309, George W. Clark 293, Mar- garet Wright 290, Tom McKel- lar 282, Ken Syer 261, Stanley Sharpe 260, Pete Borrow 259, Belle Smith 257, Leonard Driver 256, Ina Harkness 250, Charlie Smith 250, Alvin Mitchell 243, Annie Sharpe 240, Jean Mitchell 235, Viola Clarke 232, Mildred Syer 222, Florrie Driver 220, Mary Finney 219, Edith McKellar 214. Section Two The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, December 20, 1978 3 ELIZABETHVILLE Grandview Report By Lana Malcolm The first Grandview news- paper for this school year is fresh from the press! This is the November - December issue of the Grandview Ga- laxy. Included in this news- paper are accounts of field trips taken, an "opinion" page, the House League sports, interesting pages of jokes and -iddles, crossword puzzles and creative writings from imaginative people from the various classrooms. Hopefully this year the Grandview Galaxy will mat- erialize into a regular event, so we ask the public to please buy this excellent reading material for only ten cents. It was organized by Mr. Thur- ston and a chosen student reporter from each class- room. The Christmas concerts are coming soon! The primary program including the pupils from the Kindergarten clas- ses, the Yelverton classes, grades 1, 2 and 3, plus the grade 4 drama club, will be on Tues., Dec. 12th at 7:00 p.m. The Junior and Intermed- iate program are pupils from grades 4 to 8 and their Christmas concert participa- tion will be on Tues., Dec. 19th at 7:30 p.m. This Wed., Dec. 6th the grades 7 and 8 students from Grandview,went by bus to the Academy Theatre in Lindsay and saw the production by Paul Gaulin Mime Company, which is a theatrical art of ballet and dancing and is done by creating illusions, which was most interesting. On Friday, many teachers are having their pupils visit Manvers Arena for skating. Most of the rooms normally have physical education on this day, but by allowifñg those who are not participating in the Christmas program to have an afternoon of skating all pupils are involved in an activity of interest. The dismissal time on Dec. 22, the last school day before Christmas holidays, will be at the usual time. It is difficult trying to get variety in the news column, so would appreciate very much if you have any social items if you would phone 277-2107, or drop it in the post office. I appreciate the items from Grandview School given to me by Lana Malcolm, she is doing very well, but there must be participating events taking place at the Manvers Arena that subscribers would be interested in learning, so would you please report them. (Intended for last week) White gift services were held on Sunday. Mrs. M. Davies conducted the service. Elizabethville Sunday School attended and assisted with the service. The children had their gifts and placed them at the foot a nicely decorated Christmas tree. In the evening Elizabeth- ville had their pot luck dinner concert and Christmas tree. Mr. Alcock acted as M.C.. There were about 20 children taking part. They had recita- tions, Skits, etc., which were enjoyed. Mrs. M. McAllister, Mrs. Wheeler, and Mrs. B. Barton were the leaders assisted by Misses. B. Shep- pard and C. Alcock. Over 80 sat down for the dinner. A jolly Santa did his part too. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Ross Beatty had the W.I. for their December meeting. Mrs. B. Wheeler, president, presided. The roll call was "A Christmas custom of another country." The minutes were read and approved. We plan to foster another child. Our other girl has been taken off the list and our new one is Patricia Brown from Jamaica. Mrs. Clayton Elliott had the program and had our North Hope principal Mr. D. Kennedy speak to us on the new morality studies at the school. This study had Eldorado Prefers Hope Township Site In a closing statement to an area is still its first choice for environmental panel meeting a new refinery site. in Blind River, Ontario, A staff member for Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. Eldorado Nuclear told the indicated that the Port Hope hearing that Eldorado It's time for trees and Mistletoe For Santa and his sleigh, And time for making LOWREY Magic As we greet this Christmas day! been discussed at our area convention and some of us felt we should learn more about what this new course of study consisted of. Mrs. M. McAlli- ster brought a report of the district executive meeting that was held at Mr. and Mrs. R. Beatty's home last week. Mrs. H. Thickson had a report on the area convention. Lunch was served at the close. On Wednesday 13 ladies attended the achievement day for our needlecraft held at Maple Grove. We wish to thank Mrs. J. Barkwell and Mrs. W. Longyear for their time spent trying to teach us this craft. We did enjoy it. Mr. and Mrs. H. Quantrill had dinner on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Aird, Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. J. DeKoker, Sunderland spent Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. H. Thickson's. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. H. Muldrew recently were Mr. and Mrs. J. Morris; Mr. R. Avery and girls, Oshawa; Mrs. B. McIntosh and boys. Mr. and Mrs. O. Mercer spent Thursday in Toronto. Several families in the area attended the various Santa Claus parades during Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. D. Kippen had his parents on Sunday and all took in the Christmas concert. Sorry to hear that Mr. D. Morton was involved in another accident last week. believes the project would be environmentally safe wherever it is located. However, the panel was informed that theacompany leans towards a Port Hope site. The federal panel was told that Eldorado has serious concerns over the additional capital and operating costs which would be incurred if the plant were built at either the proposed Blind River site or the proposed Dill Township site near Sudbury. The Environmental Assessment and Review Panel will submit recommendations to the federal environment minister in January after considering information presented at the three hear- ings held during November and December. Citizens and organizations in the Blind River area told the panel that the community supports the proposed uranium refinery. Blind River was the third of three sites studied by the panel. The others were located at Hope township and the Sudbury area. Dhene, minimum uage mfs On January 1,1979 new Minimum Wage rates will go into effect. Here are the new rates: Effective *January 1,1979 General hourly rate $ 3.00 Learner. hourly rate 2.90 Construction and Guards at construction sites, hourly rate *Hourly rate for persons employed to serve liquor in licensed premises *Student, hourly rate Ambulance Drivers and Helpers, Weekly Rate Hunting or Fishing Guides less than 5 consecutive hours 5 or more hours whether or not consecutive *Room and Board The following maximum rates apply when room and board are included in calculating the minimum wage: Room, weekly Meals, each weekly Room and Meals, weekly, *no change frorn previous rate **the entire work week in which January 1 falls 3.25 2.50 2.15 144.00 15.00 30.00 11.00 1.15 24.00 35.00 You can get more information about the new Minimum Wage rates and the Employment Standards Act by writing or phoning: - Employment Standards Branch Ontario Ministry of Labour 400 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M7A 1T7 (416) 965-5251 Ontario Ministry of Labour Employment Standards Branch Hon. Robert G. Elgie, MD., Minister Fewer Parking Tickets in November Due to the construction on King Street, the number of tickets issued for parking offences during November was reduced considerably compared to the same time last year. According to a report by parking enforcement officer, Joanne Bromley, to the town's finance and administration committee last Monday, a total of 291 tickets were issued last month. During November, 1977, 605 tickets were given out. Total revenue from parking meters during November was also down from last year. This year, $1648.50 was grossed compared to $2,780.97 last year. NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of The Cor- poration of the Town of Newcastle proposes to pass a by-law changing the name of the highway in the Town of Newcastle named and described in the first and second columns following to the name appearing in the third column following, namely: Name of Highway Description of Name of which to Highway bechanged Scugog Street All of Scugog Spry Avenue North Street being the road allowance Iy- ing between Lots 12 and 13, Con- cession 1, shown on Hanning's Plan being part of the original road allowance lying north of the Base Line Road and south of the north limit of Spry Ave- nue, in the Town of Bowmanville, now in the Town of Newcastle. The Judge of the County Court of the Judicial District of Durham has approved of the foregoing notice and has appointed Friday, the 2nd day of February, 1979, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Court House, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario, as the day, hour and place for considering the proposed By-law 78-52 and for hearing those advocating and opposing the change. A copy of the proposed by-law stating the reason for change may be seen at the office of the Town Clerk, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario. DATED at Newcastle, this 17th day of November, 1978. Joseph M. Mcilroy, A.M.C:T. Clerk, Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario. , (5D