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photo by boy downs town chief in charge of blitz inspections in county fwe chikcmtuewis of georgetown was reelected to the executive of the halton county fire prevention bureau recently and he is shown in this group photo with other execu tive members seated in front are chairman harold coutson tvmton secretary peter campbell oakville and treasurer harry wilson oakville standing are the commit tee chairmen poster competition glenn stringer milton christmas promotion district chief george wright oakville blitz inspections chief lewis georgetown literature chief douglas wilson oakville and publicity chief a e clement milton jbrpecf ninety at meeting of zone service officers v ralph hawis sunday hebnnry 28th brucb 120 will be the host to standee oficer fcom zones b4 b5b8ndb7 thu wul be quite an ocasslon for the protestants romans share much says vatican observer thexhurch the world and you was tbe theme of the fourth annual meeting of hal ton piesbyterial united church women held at st pauls un lted church in milton begin ning with registration at 9 30 aoil delegates were welcomed by president mrs earl sover eign sirs frank taylor pre sident of ucw hamilton conf erence led a worship service end annual reports were accept tachrtrngantllocauoii of 25000 as received from con ference the proposed- budget for 1966 was accepted in the mount of 26118 mrs sovereign was presented with a ucw life membership by mrs keith macmillan behalf of the executive a gift from her own ucw at east plains united church was pre sented by mrs e m tntton prayers were offered by mrs byrnes fleuty for two faithful executive members who were rpitalized and unable to be present mrs rjl bonsteel and mrs pw hayward members were grieved the following day to hear of the death of mrs hayward who was to be instal led t the meeting as incoming president of hilton presbyter- sal united church women bey m jewitt parr chair- i bun of halton presbytery in stalled the new slate of officers l fist president mrs earl sov creign to serve temporarily as i president executive vice pres- x went mrs wd stainton oak nine vice president area 1 lbs gw homing burlington vice president area 3 mrs lin dsay cummins hilgrove vice president area 4 mrs ra mercure cooksville vke pres- tyident area 5 mrs c hawke 1 clarkson becording- secretary llrs boy coulter campbell- i tille treasurer mrs ub king waterdown committee chairmen i citizenship and social action mrs ejl flowers meadowvale k coop in christian education and missionary education mrs ee white cooksville fin ance mrs wj stainton oak ville leadership development earl sovereign burlington i kominations mrs ejt whit field cooksville portfolio secretaries are co- i tnmunity friendship and visit fog mrs ko foster milton literature and communications mrs gordon lapp port credit press and publicity miss myrt le blanshard burlington ass- l istant programme secretary mrs cc smith waterdown j stewardship and recruiting i shaw clarkson supply i and social assistance mrs e c tombs port credit archiv 1st mrs hb monaghan bur- iington speaker at the afternoon ses- i don was bev richard hn i davidson of fairlawn united i church toronto whose topic observer at the vatican coun i eu dr davidson was one of the canadian clergy who were sen to be among the official i observers at the recent sessions 1 of the vatican council invitat i less were sent to s3 non rom- i an separated brethren repres- i anting religious denominations i tkidugbout the world to obs- lcrve tbe historic meetings at tits vatican dr davidson who said be i went and returned as a good i protestant expected to be i observer and very critical was a colossal sight for e not raised in tbe roman tradition never before in i history had there been la lathering of 2300 bishops i afi resplendent in their eedesta- tjeal garb j learned more a tut church politics in three elect mrs ryder to head st andrews church ucw bishops grants months than ever before or since he said be listened to all tbe speeches read all tbe literature at his disposal and came away with a very different opinion of the roman catholic religion the tremendous significance of this vatican council which marked tbe end of tbe old church and the beginning of the new is the most important ev ntin hi iifp of the chiuxhui tbe last century dr davidson told tbe united church women that we share far more things with tbe roman church than those which separate us wc belong to the holy cath ohc or universal church be cause we are all baptized in the name of christ he said that some of the theologians were very liberal and others quite conservative in their thinking and that not only the high prie sts were in attendance but also many priests from small par ishes they discussed thought argued and voted with their pe ople back home in mind this was the first time tbe ro man church has immersed it self in matters of tbe world with the church taking an off icial stand on matters of war peace and culture birth cant rol was not openly discussed and the council remained dtvid ed on this point speaking of the new views and attitudes of tbe roman ca thobc church and the changing responsibilities of the pope and the spokesman for the church and chairman of the college of bishops dr davidson said that the pope could not nave come to new york for the unpreced ented visit to the united nat ions if his church did not agree with the aims and purposes of the un is scripture first in import ante with the roman church or tradition dr davidson said ihat dunn the v coun cil in the vast st peters cath edral the pope emphasized the primary importance of the sen ptures every morning before the conference tbe bible was car ned in read from and then laid in a prominent place so every one would know that everything being done during the sessions was in accordance with tbe bible in conclusion dr davidson stated the reformation that is changing the roman catholic church must also change and modernize the united anglican and all other churches so we will all become more catholic universal tbe reformation is just beginning i pray to god that it will continue and that we will try to understand them more fully just as they are try ing to learn more about the things we value so highly concluding the meeting was a communion service conducted by rev miriam collins john son assisted by lady elders ol halton presbyterlal the officers of st andrews ucw were installed by rev kelvin johnston at the group s initial meeting for 1966 mrs taverns ryder is the new pres ident other members of executive are vice president mrs eileen bradley secretary mrs b mai er treasurer mrs c wodhams membership chairman mrs flor ence stalling program chair man mrs helen anderson lit erature and publicity chairman mrs florence baker social con vener mrs doreen dotton bud letin editor mrs marjorte ack royd christian citizenship and education mrs k johnston the february meeting was very well attended to bear mrs peggy treahy past president of the north halton association for the mentally retarded she spoke on the workshop for re tarded adults and showed slides to illustrate how such a work shop can do much to aid those employed there to find their place in society mrs florence baker inlrodu ced the speaker mrs linda sterrit thanked mrs treahy refreshments were served by mrs dutton and her commit georgetowns county cost share is 533 in 7966 oakville will pay 43 83 per cent of halton county costs this year it was shown in the schedule of equalized assess ment approved at halton coun ty council last week next largest contributor is burlington with 3064 per cent georgetown 353 per centt es- quesing l57 per cent milton 37 per cent acton 252 per cent and nassagaweya 1 40 per cent the percentage of costs paid by a municipality are based on tbe ratio of their own ass essment to the total assessment of the county oakvilles assessment is 127 107897 burlington 114006 185 georgetown 16040175 esquesing 10368728 milton 8776630 acton 7313100 and nassagaweya 4345168 included in tbes amounts are in lieu of taxes paid by various government depart ments and agencies owning land in the municipalities chose officers for 4h limehouse girls club members of limehouse 4h club chose officers when they bold their first meeting at the home of mary lou brown- ele ven girls attended linda linbam is president tbeuna kirkwood vice presid ent marilyn kirkwood secreta ry mary lou brown treasurer margo ruddell telephone con vener and eleanor karn press reporter mrs tect brown is leader and vclma unham gave demonstra tions on measuring dry ingred ients the girls were given no tes on entertaining in the home and hostess reference files at last week s meeting on february 19th in lanebouse memorial halt the club combi ned with ballinafad and stiver- wood clubs when mrs ernest pearcft of rosedale floral of georgetown gave a demonstra tion on flower arrangements the guests will begin arriv ing at 830 ajo coffee and tout will be provided for those who had an early breakfast the meeting will be opened the branch president at 9 30 suntfemrade wc anderson district service officer will be the chairman guest speakers will be mr b thompson district adnrinistrtt or war veterans allowances mr m greer veterans land act jj ranney secretary ontario committee army bene volent fund ewer seaman out ario canteen fund and mr s j hope provincial service of ficer feeding ninety the meeting is expected to wind up about 400 p m there will be break for lunch at 12 oclock dave bowman has his kitchen team geared up to cater for approximately ninety pers ons comrade john elliott will be ready to answer any questions pertaining to the centennial fund at the general meeting on thursday feb 24th we are given to understand that john or one of his centennial fund committee will be in contact with every member during the campaign john along with membership chairman mac mclean hopes to contact veterans who are not members with tbe view of ex plaining to them the many ad vantages they could enjoy by becoming members of the leg comrade elliott will ht the near future be approaching members and seeking help in the big chore he was undertak en any volunteers see john or yours truly for any questions to be answered clean up still on the subject of legi on news comrade buster hale and a group of keen members cleaned up the auditorium floor and refinished it with two applications of floor finishing material on friday evening and saturday morning looks quite nice again buster hopes it will stay that way another group of members led by bud hiu assaulted tbe terrazzo floor downstairs the branch had three teams at brampton on saturday to take part in tbe lone cribbage tournament one team qualib ed to enter the district tourna queries accounts young draws praise of merry rookie county councillor dep uty reeve james young of georgetown was praised by vet eran reeve herb merry when he questioned the road accounts at halton county counc s fe bruary meeting the road accounts are pres ented only as numbered vouch ers with no explanations deputy reeve young stated that he was being asked to pass accounts when he dldnt know what the amounts represented reeve merry stated i sal here much longer than you be fore i had the courage to ask for an explanation the oakville reeve expl ined that the accounts were lengthy and were not listed individual ly but were at the clerk s desk in the council chamber for per usal he further explained that the roads committee checked every one thoroughly in conclusion reeve merry commended deputy reeve young for his interest after only one month on county coun al been bitten bythe travel bug yet this summer its harder than ever to put off that trip to europe you have the choice of a record number of 29 transatlantic jet flights from toronto every week jet direct to london by magni ficent boac rollsroyce 707 or air canada giant dos jet and it s cheaper too from april 1 new low transatlantic an fares come into effect example a 21 day economy excursion toronto zurich will cost you only s4i2 return a saving of nearly 2200 let the travel bug bite you see europe this summer but first see your travel agent nana msu mtways your local boac agent is barber henley 17 mill stfekt 772214 complete travel service at no extra cost to you ment which will take place at niagara falls march 1mb the team to qualify was led norm mcdonald and consists of comrades tuck stamp carter arnold lorosso grieve and leytoo oar ladies of the auxiliary had a very good attendance at their general meeting last thursday and from all reports had a very enjoyable evening after they had pot lock unch and session of gift swopping comrade flo schleicher perfor med two akju which the ladles found moat amusing four new members were init fated daring the evening mrs johnson simpson bsiley and oaku president lean lock burst is rooking forward to in itiating a further five new mem bers at tbe march meeting imperial chairmen the imperial section of branch 120 held their monthly meeting and appointed chair men for tbe year they are sick comrade matt mcdon ough entertainment tom gadd bingo alex taylor public relations ralph bawes a st patricks dance was al so planned which will tax place march 18th we feel that these legion notes are a very important part of our branch for they bring to all members tbe news activit ies and alms of branch 120 they also we hope give tbe pu blic who may be interested an insight to the branchs proj- eetmnd the community work that is dona by the legion aa a whole each week we and we have to dig dig dig for news we would appreciate any newt item pertainme to legion or the branch hf just a matter of picking up the phone page 1 curtailed somewhat bat we believe ia because of i age of space hi the j so pletse bear with us our best enjoying the bonusbenefits of these royal familybanking services cana see how this checklist can help 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