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IS THE HERALD Wednesday January mi Community Three churches hold Christmas Eve services By KAY WILSON Nervals three churches each held Christmas Eve services Rev Ride Buggies conducted the pm service at St Pauls Anglican Church Organists Frank Howard and Doug played for the carols Readers of the lessons were Fred Dobbin Elaine Robinson Bert rand Chuck Kalil Ormte Carter Charlie Cooper and Eleanor Mur phy- Ron Fiddler and Susan Perrin accompanied on their guitars for the carol Go Tell it on the Moun tain and Michelle Tellier played an organ solo What Child is This The Sacrament of Holy Communion was served Rev Walter con ducted the pm service at Norval United The First Novell opened the service followed by the opening prayer A trumpet solo was played by Cathy Paul It Came upon a Midnight Clear was followed by the Scripture readings from Luke verses 2638 read by Carol Reid Norma Tripp and Ken Mc- Cormack Away in a Manger was sung by David Robinson and his cousins Greg and Neil Lyons The second reading of scrip tures from Luke verses 120 were read by George Smith Carol Anne Roberts and Marie Carney A solo by Glenn Laidlaw The Birthday of a King was a beautiful ending to the readings Silent Night was sung by the congregation followed by all repeating the Apostles Creed Passing the Peace was for members to move around and greet each other The Prayer of Consecration was followed by Communion served by the elders The singing of Silent Night finalized a love ly Christmas Eve Service Simplicity was the watchword for the Christmas celebrations of and Union Presbyterian Churches conducted by Rev Mary Campbell The Christmas Eve service was simply the tell ing of the birth ofJesus in song and scripture and the enactment of the great events by the children complete with striped bathrobes and tinseled angel heads The young adults of the congregations ascended the great pulpit and read the familiar nar ratives of the hope that came at Christmas The choirs excelled themselves in angelic tones of harmony com plete with quartet and a lone solo voice in the dark singing the plaintive call 0 Come 0 Come Emmanuel The high point of the service was a simple act of the fighting 61 candles held by each of the congregation and lit by the elders The light was taken from the- Christ Candle the final candle of the advent wreath Afid in the glow of just the candles the old familiar Silent Night was sung and for many the rush and hustle of getting ready was over and in the quiet we experience the peace of Christmas The members of both con gregations were given beads made from olive wood brought back from Bethlehem The were given so that once the seasons decorations are all and Christinas seems very far away the bead will re mind us that as real as this little piece of wood is Bethlehem is And as real as Bethlehem is is Gods love for us all We offer a prayer for peace in and may God Bless us everyone Christmas carols Norval Community Association led village children as they went Christmas caroling on Dec 20 They were greeted by many village residents as they sang at the door step of homes and received a warm welcome Back at Norval School they enjoyed hot chocolate and cookies and a visit from Santa Christmas Eve dinner George and Kathy Gastle of Norval entertained the Carter family on Christmas Eve to a hot turkey dinner at pm Includ ed were Kathys parents Ormie and Joan Carter her sister Con nie and friend Brad Thompson her brother David and his wife Ellen Carter as well as seven grandchildren and family friend Joy Laird Christmas visits Mrs Violet Ainsworth RR2 Georgetown spent four days prior to Christmas at the home of her son Floyd and his wife Jean at Thomasburg Ont and for the Christmas week visited with her daughter Viola and her Tom of Wllson- villeOnL Get well wishes Get well wishes to Margaret Clarkson of Georgetown who is a patient in Peel Memorial Hospital Brampton Visit to Japan Gertrude ShortiU of Georgetown and her daughter Mary Martin of Milton left on Nov 23 for two weeks in Kyoto Japan The highlight of the trip was a visit to Gertrudes son John McGees twentyfirst year in Japan Around SO friends of Johns were invited to his country home with in three different parties for the Tea Ceremony The visitors also spent two days on the Japan Seacoast and ex perienced staying at a Japanese Inn Here your meals are served in your room and you sleep on futons prepared beds on floor Beautiful fall weather with col ored leaves were enjoyable and shrubs bloont all winter in this Pacific area Family gettogether Fred and Gertrude of Georgetown took the train to Ot tawa to their son Ross Shortill and his wife Mary Lou and fami ly where they celebrated Christmas on Friday Dec 28 The Mclntyre family of Acton motored up for the family party Imperial Bank aids the needy University Womens Club had busy and exciting 1990 During the month of December the CIBC at Guelph and Moun- in Georgetown collected donations for the Halton Hills Food Bank and customers receiv ed calendars in return The branch delivered a large box of canned goods and donated a total of to aid the cause of the needy Partners in Safety The Halton Regional Police service with the cooperation of McDonalds Restaurants have initiated a program called Part ners for Safety which will en courage and reward children throughout Region who practice good safety When a child is seen by a police officer to demonstrate traffic safety rules or other safe con duct on the street the child will be rewarded with a coupon which is redeemable at any McDonalds Restaurant in Halton Region for a large order of f rench fries This program was initiated by No District Georgetown Safe ty Officer Constable Ken Hannah who was interested in seeing children receive something im mediately positive for safe con duct rather than the typical negative approach if you dont practice your safety rules something bad could happen Const Hannah approached McDonalds Restaurants to recruit their participation McDonalds responded en thusiastically by designing and supplying coupons complete with the police crest redeemable for a large order of fries and valid for an entire year until Dec 31 Pictured above PC Ken Hannah and Halton Region Police Chief Harding nave the Hamtrarglar In custody complete with coupons to Joint police and McDonalds Restaurants program on safety Photo rabmltted By MARY JANE Herald Special The Georgetown Club of University Women had a very busy and exciting 1991 is shaping up to be an equally fun and involved year On the local level the Clubs first meeting of will be Tuesday January 1991 at the Georgetown High School Cafetorium pm The public is cordially invited to at tend Our speaker will be Detec tive Jackie Gordon of Halton Regional Police addressing the subject of Drug Awareness How drugs get into this country how they get to the users and some solutions Will be discussed Other activities of the Club in clude our Super Sunday Concert Series for children ages 310 years Tickets for the remaining two concerts are still available for The January per formance is Join Hands a show and March presents Morgans Journey a one man clown act There are two shows each Sunday performed at the John Elliott Theatre Times are 130 and 330 pm Tickets can be purchased at Pen- rdesworth and Georgetown Vara and Craft or by calling 8775373 or The Georgetown Club is also sponsoring the Oakville Sym phony in An Evening of Russian Music at the John Elliott Theatre Saturday January 19 1991 Internationally renowned film and Broadway star Kate will narrate Prokofievs Peter and the Wolf Also joining the Oakville Symphony will be pianist Arthur acclaim ed as Canadas most brilliant piano virtuoso He will perform Concerto No 2 Tickets each are available at Hallmark Cards and Youngs Pharmacy Refreshments will be served following the performance The University Womens Club annual Book Sale will be held once again on April 20 1991 at Knox Church Over in scholarships were awarded to local high school students pursu ing a variety of postsecondary school education All proceeds from the Book Sale go to the Clubs Award Fund to be distributed the following year to our local students The public is urged to start collecting their us ed books and to watch for adver tisements in the upcoming mon ths for book drop off points Last but not least on a national level the Canadian Federation of University Worrten awards 26000 per year in fellowships to graduate students across the country A new Fellowship was established in memory of the fourteen slain students in Quebec Donations are being solicited from Club members and the public from coast to coast Anyone wishing more informa tion on any of the Clubs activities or is interested in joining the University Womens Club please call Rebecca at or Nancy at MORE program of Ontario has waiting list for transplants More than patients in On tario are waiting for transplants according to statistics released today by the MORE Program of Ontario MORE the Multiple Organ Retrieval and Exchange pro gram manages the provincial computer system which allocates organs that have been donated The statistics covering the first nine months of 1990 indicate that there are patients waiting for kidney donations for liver 21 for heart 18 for lung and for a heartlung transplant for a total of 566 During the first threequarters of the year there were transplant procedures carried out in Ontario including kidney 124 liver heart 29 lung and four heartlung transplants according to the statistics by MORE Cheryl MORE ex ecutive director explains that when a potential donor is iden tified the provincial computer system is able to quickly locate a suitable recipient Physicians determine which patients will benefit from a transplant before their names are added to the MORE provincial transplant list Although transplants are now a proven and lifesaving medical treatment there are still people who die Waiting for a transplant simply because there are not enough donors In a survey con ducted by the Ministry of Health more than per cent of those asked said they would donate the organs of a loved one Yet only per cent said they had signed the organ donor portion of their rivers licenses Ms said Ms urged those who signed their licences to talk about their wishes with their families Hospitals will not retrieve organs over the objections of the next of kin We have talked to many families of organ donors and have found that one of the fun damental benefits of organ dona tion is how it helps families in their grieving process They shared with us how it helped them deal with their loved ones death by knowing that they gave life and hope to other families saysMsRosel AH Ontario hospitals are now required to have bylaws pro viding for policies and ceduresfororgandonations MORE is a nonprofit organiza tion funded by the Ministry of Health As well as managing the provincial computer system MORE provides 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