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ashgrove community shower for brideelect s critchell why r whats the reasorl for the ramembrance park flag at half mast thats a question that callers have asked of the herald during the past two weeks without gaining satisfac tion wo just don t know the traditional sign of mourn ing is apparently a false alarm since the municipal office is also unable to xplaiiv the lowered standard teachers are students in summer winter course a happy was had on thursday evening oct is when the community held a shower for shirley critchell who is be- tats married early in november hostesses mrs bob ruddell mrs charles austin mrs fred nurse and miss edna fisher had decorated the room with pink and white bells crepe paper and white watering can and wishing well after a program of accordion numbers by dor- een fiaher readings by mrs john bellboddy mrs austhi conducted a couple of contests and qulnes- the bridetobe was asked to ait in a decorated chair on the platform to openher gifts she was assarted byher sister ijanie and her maid of honour mrs brian lewis after thatifc ing everyone and inviting them to visit her in her new home lunch was served to conclude aj pleasant evening the first meeting under the new executive of ashgrove hornby and bethel young peo ple s was held sanday evening in ashgrove united church with 42 attending the meeting opened with a hymn and roll call was who am i an invitation was rec eived from lowville young peo ple to then- halloween dance october 22nd rev keith haw kes played a record o the sub- ject who am it and a dll- cusslon followed lunch wasj served by tho ashgrove group for a large number of ge- orgetown high school teachers the summer holiday was spent in the classroom some teach ers are taking refresher us es while others are trying to improve their academic qualifi cations beginning teachers of acadj enuc subjects take an eight week course held by the dnt ario college of education they are mr j t mcdonald mr j lovelock mrs e finn and mrs m clark commercial and vocational teachers also take a course sponsored by oce they were miss j chishohn mrsa- phil lips some teachers took the second completing summer of their educational training they were mrs n williams hiss ki schuller mrs j kewley mrs d hah mr f corning mr t ramautarsingh and mr g emerson took ontario college of education courses in guidance mrs m btlsborrow took course in special education the following teachers took courses to increase their acad emic qualifications miss s chlsholm mr j redmond mrs m patterson mr n mc- phail mr cjt lewis mr g gemmell mrs l douglas mr j bellamy mrs v darae many teachers are taking courses this winter mrs darae mr g gemmell mr n macphail mr j redmond mr f corning mr j dunca mrs hardie instruced in second year german at the ontario college of education i mr p legge and mr d mc- innis were assisting student teachers in english and science respectively at the ontario college of education craft demonstration is successful riviera event list saturday the arts and orafis group of georgetown and district held their annual ex hibhfon and sale at the riviera norval this year the weather didnt cooperate as it has on past ocl casiona but an excellent crowd braved the steady downpour to attend the many crafts practised by dub members were on display and a number of guest artist were present to demonstrate worth special mention were the demonstration of suversmi thing and he display of splnnj ing wheels and day concretions also commanding special inter- 1 est was the demonstration by potter of his art an electrical potters wheel had been set jp by the artist and this attracted crowds to watch all day long leather work silver paint ings floral ceramics and weav ing were among the many ex hlblts that drew sperial interest coffee and donuts were ser ved in the morning and an afternoon tea was held from 130 in the afternoon georgetown public library effective from november 1st 1966 the cost of adult library cards will be increased from 10c to 25c each the library board regrets the necessity for thrs increase the first since 1898 there will be story telling times for children in the junior library starting n nov 1966 fridays 2 30pm for preschool children saturdays 2 3 p m for older children glfevadtkcm cloth end madetomeasure suit event choose from a wide aefecrion of fine qvarty fabrics the material of your choice will be e tailored by one of canecfas leading manufacturers values up to 130 now only 79 95 for a limited time only convenient credit terms available buy now and take advantage of this fantastic savins event 2 main st s georgetown open thursday and friday to 00 pm beef eoundi i tmtit c- prices effective oct 1 v11m save 24 ft it fruit cocktail 4 1 save 25 fh f ri beans- 4 w jellydessertsio 99 save i5 keloqgs rs pac rice krispies i 59 we reserve the right to umit quaniitaes new crop white flomoa grapefruit 10 69 produce of usa can lettuce can no 1 orade rfc eh j j ioa lucky shopper mia 1 marar 0 stanrns 1264 vtvmvvmmnvnnvvvmc chiquita s aft 4a bananas 229 free 24 peugeot station wagons last weeks winners mr a mcdowell mr a steele mr o mitchell mr j m laing toronto toronto wiuowdale barrie six day cycle is boon to high school program name missed i the name of a bridesmaid the georgetown herald hiss barbara thompson was i omitted from an account of tho thursday october ims thompson davies wedding in the october 6 herald page 2 georgetown high school stu dents are enjoying earlier school dismissal and at the same time spending more time on each subject in a new sys- tern called the six day cycle which was introduced here this the system was designed to overcome a number of prob lems which have bothered sec- ondary school administrator and here at least it appears to be successful the difference is that the new class schedule is now six day schedule that is it rel peats itself every six days while the old school schedule used to start every monday morning and end friday after noon the six day cycle for example starts monday morn ing and runs for six school days ending the following monday afternoon the schedule will then start over again tues day morning and run for the next six school days the main advantage of the six day cycle 1 that the peri ods are longer principal d f turner exphrraect last year each of these 33 minutes long there were 42 periods jammed into the ave day schedule now with- a six day schedule we are able to mak the peri ods 43 minutes tonf tins al lows the teacher more pane to get into the lessons and not be rushed to complete them no matter what the period i may be at least five minutes will be lost on the average to students preparing to move to their next class moving and settling in in the old system this left leas than half an hour i in which the teacher had to handle homework teach a new i lesson assign homework and 1 assist with the start of an as1 sigmnent longer lessons had to be rushed to be completed and shorter lessons occupied j the whole period some subjects notably science i geography shop and physical education simply could not be taught properly in the ahorteri periods dismissal has been moved up a half an hour from 3 40 to 3 10 pjn the cafeteria sched ule has also been changed in stead of two lunch periods from shortly before 12 noon to 1 o clock there are now three lunch periods from 11 45 to 140 avians gyro in the movies the sky over georgetown was the set of a movie scene last tuesday with avians gyro- plane having the leading role the movie was shot from an accompanying cessna 172 while the gyroplane piloted by grant davidson of guelph put on a spectacular demonstration the gyroplane took off from the georgetown plant and was photographed by two movie companies one shot by tdj advertising agency will be shown at the ontario pavilion of expo 67 as one of a series showing the scope of industry in ontario the other shot by the nat nal film board will be shown at the parte air show next year this film demonstra tes the variety of aircraft man- ujactured in canada someone wan nj motor accident every 3 mh utes all year long the georgetown lions club tn oanjunchon with high school students wi conduct a housetohouse blitz monday octomr ha 7 pja t rja please 5rve generously ii