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NAPKIN HOLDER for Christmas is admired by Barbara Edmundson and daughter Joanne who is six They were among the many shoppers at the Trinity Activity Group bazaar Saturday BIG STUFFED animal delights David Andrews 2i years at the Trinity Activity Group bazaar Saturday in the United church His grandma bought fit for him TAG bazaar brings crowd A large croud enjoyed the Trinily Activity Group bazaar in the United church Saturday afternoon Marl one Steckley bazaar convener Dorothy tea convener and Betty Bowman bake sale convener McGilllvray is pres ident of the group The vestibule and base ment of the church were both packed with shoppers Christmas decorations knitting crafts baked goods white elephants plants and fresh cut flowers were all for sale There was a special corner where children could pick out gifts at especially reasonable prices The Acton Free Press Wednesday Nov 15 9 SATISFIED shopper is Aimee Kamminga two at the Trinity Activity Group bazaar Saturday SOME OF THE crafts for sale at Trinity Activity Group bazaar included paintings by Jean Johnston hooking by Mary felt crafts by Gwen Johnson as well as Christmas stockings and puppets made by other members of the group Volunteer clerk Karen Steckley shows some of her stock Thieves take hub caps l inch slotted mag huh caps wore reported In Police is stolen Inst wick i heft is reported I while owned hv in It It parked it the Distress centre five years old today such atcomnw it Hit torn sure someone living moil is for Homeless women centre Hie an ill right THE TELEPHONE ROOM at North Halton Contact Centre is manned by a volunteer There are about 60 volunteers who have manned the phone continuously since the centre opened five years ago It was five years ago today lied Cross the of Wednesday that North and the regional public health came from Hills Contact Centre in unit Members of these from the provincial Georgetown took its first call groups felt a concern for the government and the balance Since that time the centre has numbers of lonely distressed from churches service clubs logged in impressive number people they came in contact and private donation with and decided that an The centre was originally The single telephone has anonymous service was opened as a suicide proven been manned continuously a needed lion and distress line but it of hours a fact The growth in the number has been only since 1377 thai which give the CO volunteers a of calls the contact centre separate statistics have been source of pride receives reflects the growth Up to the end of 1977 the of contact centres in general for Homeless and children dot the problem of men mil with now hi re to go he added time the used to have i youth home for host who for one reason or another had left home said used to go into homes hut there homes The wen then to go either ikvillc or in mil in Toronto a situ which often put mor stress on them when they prifi rred to stay in this ire noted that if the ritt of ills continues mot her phone need to installed lhat would mean me in two volunteers Hi noted loo hit the wiuld like to hive dropin It would not iffer counselling but would provide information or just hum in contact or lonely people A drop centre would people who don feel comfortable on the tele phone is confident ihty ami so in trie volunteers Ineiseswherc required the eenln will like the first inn mil telephone number to in to in ipproprnle such is for llisl line Urn that llu s ire qui I is for follow up calls ire mixed t It is hitter we follow up in the Hurt but I won cnbv ltic living alone ill right expressed some surprise it how few people knew of ihe inform ispeet of the centres work where there are over 1 headings for information the lust three students have worked cm piling in I updating tin files The form and Milton but from Ilrampton Hamilton ami Toronto I jerton believes these long distanet calls art from people who I through to distress centres in own communities lor tie 11 who finds i distressed person on the line seeking some there s nothing to do but down a list of distress Ires makes the connection because the phone is llu centre trims volun leers in spring fall there ore vulun tiers undergoing which is three hours night six nights About IK Mr of the volunteers are are tiughl not it to sav but not to mi rued to be thin gooel like Die all Is 177 HALTON HILLS COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINIC Our Clinic can possibly help you sort out your problems We are available at 97 MAIN STREET SOUTH GEORGETOWN Wed and 15pm Tues and Thurs 5 8 by appointment Were also available at THE Y BUILDING MILL STREET EAST ACTON Thursday p m Call Us At 8775256 or 8532400 Contact Centres FAMILY uses the In I- to bit ik down the kinds of ills In 1J fm percent of the were ibogt nutters three per tint for Alcohol drills iiKous lo per Informilion per i mil tit ssul three per for inform ill ibout centre is fur both mil volunlt in i few speenlc centre logged 16 calls kept on suicide related In 1977 there were calls but up until the end of October In 1973 there were Indicative of the growing distress lines which were this year there have been acceptance of the contact members of the Ontario When the Association of Telephone Distress Centres In 1978 were calls logged this year lo Canada November About a after forming At the rate founded it anticipated a lot of calls from lonely tressed people tgerton said But the biggest surprise was the number of calls I so they expected going Lou man of the centre said in an interview Monday we won be far off calls for the year The centre averages about calls a month been the centre was approached by from young people than they the provincial government to actually get They re be an official information saying they want someone lo centre a fact which most talk lo Were still getting people in the community calls but not the number we don realize said expected per cent of Its calls One of the biggest frustra are from people seeking lions the centre volunteers Egerlon recalled that with information There is a get is from people calling calls the first month and half relatively larpe library of with nowhere upend the in service We thought we information on subjects night We can tell them to were doing fantastic We ranging from housing day keep walking streets come a long way since we care pollution and senior We can put people up on opened activities and services to temporary basis with the The centre was founded birth control abortion Cross or the Salvation Army through the efforts of the safety single parents but it is limited to local Georgetown and District associations and mental motels or hotels and if their Ministerial Association health rooms are booked up we re Georgetown chapter of the The centres budget out of luck WALLPAPER SUPER MARKET Toiontos Largest Selection Of In Stock At Savings Up To GIGANTIC WALLPAPER CLEARANCE Volvo Regular Up To single SALE PRICED from 2 single Vinyls Regular Up To Si roll SALE PRICED from S2 99 double 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