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Community Tour of Molsons has been dropped The trip to Molson Is can celled as there arc not enough on the list to make the trip worthwhile t realize the night Is the worst possible night of our busy week but as I said it was Motions decision not mine I do not know If I will bother with another date I wilt be away for the Andres Wine trip and If there is not enough Interest in April I will leave word to cancel It also Sign and pay If you wish logo Leave at 11 am It relates that Roy Wlggans H Allan Sr and R Brand ford are in Georgetown hospital Happy to Sam Gisby and Barry Clarke are home Please lake time out to visit or send a card lo our members and friends that arc confined Prea Harold Norm Ward Pat Chamberlain Den ny Wright Tut Harrison and Bob will be going to Legion Lines By Roma Ttmpson Woodstock April 19 and for our Spring District Conven lion Our pipe band will go up April for the parade follow the meeting A big big night ahead for all members and their wives and Auxiliary members and their husbands April 12 It is Honor and Awards Night and Mem night Please remem this Is primarily for above mentioned members BUT if you have a guest that could be an ordinary member of our branch they would be more than welcome This Is a popu evening and with our many club hosts ping pong tournament By JANET HODGE The club will host their annual ping pong ment April l2ntlhcCommun Ity Centre starting at a Please register early In order to make the draws There will be a Junior class 11 IS and Seniors IT and over Trophies will be awarded for winners In the singles and doubles competition Plana are well underway for the Victoria Day celebrations to be held May starting with a parade from the Hollywood Tavern parking lot starting at 3pm sharp Anyone Interest ed in entering floats bicycles tricycles tractors etc please chairwoman for the parade Janet Hodge All ball players from last year and new ones also please report for parade with your ball sweaters on Lois Fendley will soon be issuing tickets for sale to help support our many tics that we run at the Com Centre Anyone wishing to enter the Krazy Bed Race in the parade please contact Jamie Cunningham for fur details The Ranch will again be with us this year a very popular activity with the young ones being able to ride the gentle ponies The play with nine tables March with ladies high going to 1st Ethel 2nd Lorene Sanford Mens high Ernie Mil 2nd Marie Murray The lone hand prize went to Mrs McGilvray The lucky door prize was donated by Webb Greenhouses which was a beautiful plant won by Vivian Shaw The next euchre will be this Thursday tomorrow starting Lunch will be served after the game CLERGY COMMENT Are you an Easter Christian MITCHELL Pastor Maple Avenue Baptist Church have met hundreds of people who would claim to be Christian and who would like to think that lipping their hats to God or displaying them and attending Church at Easter is sufficient evidence that they are Christians The proof of this statement will be revealed In the soaring attendances that moot Churches will experience this weekend Easter weekend and the fashion display that often accompanies such attendances Easter Christians Such actions are the antithesis of what being a Christian Is all about Let us look at the Christian s text book the Bible and note how it defines and describes a Christian The Word Christians is used only three times In Scripture Acts 11 211 IS and I Peter 16 The first main term used In the New Testament or followers of Christ was believers an appropriate designation John3 Did you know that there were believers before there were Christians Acts They were called disciples learners followers who were nicknamed Christians They were ALL YEAR disciples read it in Acts 11 not Just Easter Christians Not only Is a Christian an all year believer in public worship he or she is an unashamed witness for Christ In private Acts I doubt If an Easter Christian even mentions Christ name the remainder of the year and certainly does not exhort people to believe In Christ And what about Buffering for Christ which Is the simple meaning of the third and final reference to Christian found in I Peter 16 Would Easter Christians be identified among those prepared to count for Christ in ways that coat If this biblical description raises a question as to you really being a Christian am I advocating staying home and unbelief Certainly not But why not at this Easier time ask yourself two questions Question What la a Christian He or she is one who has acknowledged their sin and short coming Romans 3 has repented of that sin before a Holy God has received Gods forgiveness through the Calvary Sacrifice of the Savior has become a believer ongoing disciple learner follower and is worthy of the nickname Christian because of an ongoing relationship in fellowship witness and discipleship II Corinthians S 17 Question What is Easter It is the time when Christians celebrate the greatest evidence of God s love for sinful man and a world Calvary and rejoice in Gods sufficient provision for the salvation of every individual For God so loved the world you and me that He gave His only begotten Son at Calvary that whosoever you and me relationship In Him shall not perish but have you and me everlasting life John 16 Come to Christ this Easter then you will want to fellowship witness pay the price of and be worthy of the nickname Christian The Lord Jesus lives today to be your Savior Hallelujah Don t be Just an Christian members of ihe initiation team and other members who will be attending It will certainly be a full house No DJ down stairs on that Saturday as Cory will be upstairs entertain lng A buffet wilt be available later on in the evening 50year service pin please sign your name on list provided on board in club room We will be having our Pro vincial Service Officer visit our branch Tuesday April and if you would like an interview with Gene please call to either Lloyd Boyd or Buster Hale and they will be more than pleased to help you This Is all in the strictest of confidence of course Our general meeting was last week and with only members present It was hard ly worth the effort attend The meeting lasted about a half hour I don say too much at these general meetings as I have an opportunity to have my say at executive meetings and 1 leave the general meet for other members to have their say lo agree or disagree etc What is the problem folks Is your executive doing such a fine Job of running your branch that you feel there is no need loshow any Interest I think need something to stir our interest again as wc did when wc were planning our Lounge We need something lo get us all together planning deciding discussing and do ing Wearcgettingloocompla we re In a nil we need lo get going again lis even hard logct a good evening out arranged for the members With members auxl Nary members and opened up to alt our friends have six names on the Molson trip All chairmen gave their re ports last Thursday and most had very little to say although Norm Ward canteen chair man said our chief steward back lo work after convalescing after on operation I heartily agree as we did miss Ivan Reynolds very much I think Its alio great seeing Dons Chamber lain occasionally behind the bar The March of Dimes Red Cross and North Con tact Centre sent us letters of thanks for our recent dona by the execu tive and passed on the floor were for the alettes ball club for Jackets for our Senior Curling Team curl In Halifax April 13 to IS Also the branch will pay the per diem for Harold for the week he goes to Halifax for the senior cur ling as his way was paid by curler Harvc Chappel gave Harold his ticket and will be flying to Halifax from Tarn pa Florida to curl Sick chairman Denny Wrighl gave a further report on our members who are sick and he said that Ed Shor thill was up and about and looking very well Mike McGlU was pleased to have been in the branch for a short visit per haps someone will think to take him down again in the near future and please take time out to chat with him while he Is Ir the branch Jimmy Murphy doing very well Maggie is a little belter Roy Haley went to the a last Thursday Rene Martin was in for tests Auxiliary member Gwencth Thompson has had an opera and send along our very best wishes to you my dear I understand thai of all the euchre players we have in the branch thai on two teams went lo last Satur day to play II unfortunate that that there was so little Interest in such a fine after noon Perhaps if more had gone we woUd have had a larger percentage go on to the next round and who knows we may have won and brought the tournament back lo Branch 120 Don t forget the Ladies Auxiliary have twodates plan ned for everyone s enjoyment Friday Apnl 11 Jitney Bingo and Saturday April 19 Spring Sale with arts and crafts galore Ham to Sorry that Nellie Bell and I will be missing so much fun hut we arc off lo Florida to have fun of our own for the next three weeks So long THE HERALD Wednesday Afrit 1 1M Page 17 EASTER EGG ART Natalie left Instructs Carolyn Dlachok in the fine art egg painting at Ihi Georgetown in SI Andrew Anglican Church Mt Struk held a class Friday which drew a mixture of experienced and novice egg painters Egg painting one of the many activities that highlight Die Falter season Herald photo by Richard Awards were presented to the Ballinafad cubs By WINIFRED MIT1I Herald correspondent It was awards night recently for the 1st Cubs Those receiving badges were Kevin Llllie who was awarded the House Orderly badge Tristan Dennis Pennie Dan Colton and Ashley Bird won the following badges the House Orderly the Skier Badge and the Team Player award Michael Collins was the Team Player Badge Shawn McCutchcon re ceived the Black Star award There were also lw6 new boys Invested March 17 The third euchre and pro bably the last one for this season was sponsored by the W I on Thursday March at the Community Centre There were 11 tables In play The president of I Mrs welcomed the players thanked them for coming The prizes were won by 1st for Indies Mrs Margaret Davidson 2nd Mrs Ruth Lin ham High score for the men were 1st Tom Given 2nd Lion el Watson Mrs McLean Mrs draad Mrs Buckrell and Mrs Given were responsible for the lunch served Mr and Mrs Dennis West recently returned home from an enjoyable holiday in muda The day before Mrs West was to leave to board he plane she slipped on the ice and broke her arm However although a bit inconvenient at times did not let that take away the pleasure of a wonder ful eight days spent In the sun Sorry to hear the news that Marathon euchre a successful night By MRS A W BENTON Herald correspondent The first marathon euchre was held in Me mortal Hall March though the crowd was no I large all enjoyed Ihe evening which ended with lunch Mrs George Burt and Ian McDonald won lone hands prize First were won by Mrs Miller and Clifford McDonald Mrs J Cnchton donated one of her chocolate ducks which was quickly raf and was won by Mrs FJ Next euchre In the scries will be held 10 at 8 p By MRS HANNAH It has been quite awhile since we reported on Scouting activities In LI me house so we are going to attempt to catch up now we celebrated Baden Powell birthday when the Beavers Cubs Scouts and Leaders attended the annual church parade In Georgetown The same weekend the Cubs had hike through area Ihcy covered before between the Third and Fourth Lines One of things learn ed was how to find a good spot to build a shelter in winter At the beginning of March Wally Clark David and Gary Foster attended the annual District Resource Workshop for second year Cubs They enjoyed finding out about stamps airport activities pets taxidermy physical fit rock climbing coins and other collections Cable TV was there for a demonstration as well Gary Foster and Greg Lane represented at the Regional Hub Kar Rally held In Milton They did well though they dldn win any prizes Some Cubs have re cently earned some badges house orderly Greg Lane skier Jason Medland toy ma Ernie green star Jason Sharpies tawny star Greg Tail and Gary Foster The Group Committee has held two meelings the Feb ruary one at the home of the Hannahs on the Sixth Line where people were present and the March one at the Sharpie home on he Fourth Line when only five people were present because of the weather Because of these meetings plans arc going a head for Ihe bike craft sale with the Local Association in the Father and Son banquet in May the raffle of a quilt made by Ihe Beaver mothers and ideas or raising money to help the Scouts who will be attending the Canadian Scout Jamboree in Alberta In the infant son of Mr and Mrs Bob Pinker ton has been quite seriously 111 The baby look ill while the family were taking a holiday during the school break visiting with his parents at Plnkerton near Owen Sound Wc hope to hear good news soon of baby recovery so that the family may return lo their home here Palm Sunday was observed at the church with special music and meditation The junior choir although not all the members were presen I did exceptionally well with their anthem After hearing an amusing little story from the minister the children retired to their Sunday School classes Mr Stiles had a short but inspiring message followed by the sac of Holy Communion Next Sunday there will be special music for Easter Lola Marshall Is a patient in the Georgetown hospital She Is undergoing a series of tests Her family and friends sin hope that the reports are favorable and that she can return home soon with a daily improvement In health April Is Daffodil month and again wc arc reminded that the Canadian Cancer Society arc asking for our support with financial assistance for the work In their three fold pro gram to battle with the The I will as usual be canvassing the area in the community ON THE HOMEFRONT Drugs are alive and well By SUSAN Herald columnist First came the guilt then the anger at this kid The guilt was the hardest to bear I kept asking myself What did I do that was so wrong I fell sick You watch a brighteyed kid with everything still before him turnlntoanapatbeticxomble who will not even wash his hair These comments came from two mothers who had discovered thev each had a teenager on drugs The first is hopeful now that the 4year long uphill battle is finally won She credits much of the success to the youth bureau without whom she does not believe she could have survived the ordeal The second Is sure she is losing I Just get tired of fighting You check his and smell his breath you go through his possessions praying you won t find anything You worry when he out then listen to him vomiting half the night when he home He s been picked up for car theft break and enter vandalism I m tired of It all Having received some encouraging mall and phone calls in response to my original column on the problem of drugs in the schools I became aware of my own lack of knowledge on the subject Why do the kids do if What are hey taking How much Is this garbage coaling them financially physically and emotionally VERY BRIEF I presumed very brief acquaintanceship with a detective who works Ihe drug squad and took a crash course on the world of drugs Any parent who is complacently sitting back and saying Drugs are out they re into booze now is wrong Drugs are alive and well Anything you want can be obtained with lit tie difficulty They use the stuff to drop out turn off their problems slip out of their heads It can be a sociable occasion amongst a group of friends or an antisocial vegetating of the mind As the detective stated however If they have to retreat from the relatively minor hassles they face at their age what are they going to do as adults They are not learning the necessity of problem solving at an age when they be The variety of drugs available la startling and far too lengthy to list here Speed is back and a drop of LSD can be had for Dilaudld a prescription drug so strong It is only used for In hospital patients la readily available Dcmoral Nova his DH Angel dust known as is on the increase This chemical was originally used as an animal tranquilizer by veterinarians For or you can paralyse your and become totally disassociated from your body As Ihe detective informed me I have no idea how you would respond under the influence of a duster of only know you would become a totally different person than the one Billing before me now According lo my source the police consider Marl the most dangerous drug because of society extremely lax attitude toward it as a safe drug There Is no such thing Brain damage perceptual impairment and loss of short term memory are only a few of the now known effects GROWN UP In The City magazine a recent article on Marijuana and Its derivatives hash and hash oil stated there are an estimated 100 marijuana users In Toronto alone The or the 60s have grown up to be the dopeusing lawyers doctors workers housewives and teachers of the 80s Frankly if 1 thought I was being defended In a courtroom or ready lo be operated on by a lawyer or doctor whose brain cells are back logged with THC the active Ingredient in marijuana think might just be a little worried this fact however has contributed greatly to the young people belief that this is an O socially acceptable activity Parents must faceup to the fact that their children are surrounded by from the age of lOorll To pretend It does not exist Is to possibly allow your child to selfdestruct As one of the mothers summed up the problem The kids ore so secretive they learn all the tricks It takes a long lime sometimes before you even known they re into It They change clothes at a friends house or even in the car so you can t smell It on Mouthwash eyedrops you name It they do it You have two or three kids how is a parent supposed to be able to keep up with it The Importers and distributers of this garbage who see only the huge profits and are Impervious to the human misery they cause do not only take your money They rob you of your mind and your intellect You ve only got one life surely there are better ways of living it than as a cabbage Special programs are planned for CWL week celebrations By JACQUELINE Guest speakers and special masses are among plans pre pared thus far for Catholic Women League CWL Week April to At p m April George town Gcraldlnc Barnes and Father Dermot Doran of the Holy Ghost Order will discuss and show slides concerning the Third World at a general meet ing open to all A special mass for the Un born follows the next morning Father Doran will be Inter viewing prospective candi dates for the Volunteers Inter national Christian Service which operates throughout the Third World through lay mis Former George towner DeClercq is among those serving twoyear stints filling in where needed in a variety of fields Pierre Wood opened Ihe CWL s recent meeting with a prayer followed by Anne reading of One Irishman Strange Diet Re ports were given on the World Day of Prayer and a regional meeting In Blnbrook CWL donations went Holy Cross School for crash mats Halton ProLlfe 100 Holy Cross fund Street Haven 100 and the Volunteer In tcr national Christian Service Donations are required In bedding blankets and lamps for one of refugee families sponsored by Holy Cross parish A linen shower will be held for the family at the CWL Pot Luck supper In May Guest speaker for the meet was David McKee newly hired for Ihe Halton Hills Community Legal Aid Clinic in George town Mr McKee ex plained recent changes In he Family Law Reform Act and answered questions about the downtown George own clinic MISSIONARY IS GUEST Colleton second from right of the Interna Christian Service a missionary movement designed to assist Third World countries was guest speaker at a Communion Brunch held March Holy Cross Shown with Father Colleton who recently completed a successful in the parish are members of the sponsoring Colombian Squire from left Dave Walker Joe Domingo and Andrew along Illustrating his talk with slide Father Colleton Informed some ISO guests about vocations within the volunteer Christian service Herald