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Page I WEEKEND EXTRA Friday January JO 1M1 SATELLITE LIBRARY INTO 2nd WEEK Joined Norman Elian librarian J Boll Friday to drop off ionic books and honor the opening or Ihe Georgetown library Main Street Satellite branch located to the rear of the The library will be open from Ham nery Friday of the or more if the demand or the service The satellite branch la especially allractlve Id senior who may rind It difficult o Ret to library a lemporarj quarters In the Gntlphtiew Square on Street while library theatre centre fn un corn I rue lion Boost council salaries Monda Mayor tells us we get what we pay for IN THE CHURCHES A question of religious freedom Herald Column A recent newt story from Toronto Indicates we may have some problems arising from the placing of crucifixes In publicly funded Institutions of various types The Ontario Human Rights Commission has been asked to look Into the mutter and It seems the use of any religious symbol could bo enough to raise the Ire of certain citizens who have nothing better to do with their time than look for some new way to gel their name In the newspapers It comes down to the fact that if you work In a public place one funded by the public through lanes even badge or one from Street television show would contravene the human rights code Many evangelical Christian wear the or Other tape pins such as the sign of the fish the oldest symbol known to Christianity How about the Good Samaritan Did he have to remove all evidence of his creed before helping the victim Did the victim complain ho being made look at a mode of dress that made him somewhat offended What of the orthodox Jew with beard and side curls Must a person remove the crow from around their neck when working with or for the public la this just another sign of Untunes evidence of the Imminent return of sun Christ as predicted in the Scripture Yet we put up with and not complain about the scurrilous language of some of these same people we offend Books Fool Fanatic by Jean Walker A compilation of the letters of the great missionary CT This book Is full of humor and the urgency Of its author If Ion It both thrills and entertains which is no mean task in Christian literature way of writing was an Indication of his humble spirit eg on writing of his near death I ve had two excursions to the river since I last wrote My sands may run out Sometimes my heart refuses to go more than beats a minute arid goes as low as Another time raced at for hours Ills work day was an amazement Here Is my day a m rise and have my quiet time and translate am 7am Bible leaching for elders 9am work 10 hi breakfast m work 13pm lunch Councillors passed a at Monday gen committee meeting giving themselves a raise for 1961 and setting up a mechanism to automatically raise their sala ries each year Mayor Pete ing lie SCO in IB81 as up from SIS for the past four years Councillors salaries would rise from MO As one councillor put It it repres ents about 111 each week be fore taxes Mayor Pomeroy said he in mated the motion to raise SPREADING THE WORD The local unit of the HUb Cancer Society busy manning a nonsmoking Information booth In both and latl and Friday night The booths featured brochures and posters recognizing lait week as week fn Canada Pictured are from left to right Joan Vincent the localcaneerunlUeducatlondlvUlon Chris Bridge chairman of the adult education committee and vice Ha I too HlH Cancer Society president Claudetle Emllh salaries and set up a system for raising Ihem annually He agreed that it hardly a popular topic politically but reminded councillors tax payers only get what they pay It a Tour years since the last raise and it seemed better to raise it a small amount now than let it go Tor another year or two then set off a real uproar because a big raise was necessary to catch up with inflation he said Coun the mayor and pointed out that the days of doing council work as a hobby or public service after a day work arc passed There are now several council including himself who are Pretty well full lime council lors If they do the work full time they should receive full time pay for It he said In future salaries will be ad lusted Jan I each year beginning in 1963 by the lesser of the percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index go verning all Items age Increase of individual ave rage weekly wages and index and the percentage adjustment arrived at by com paring the annual Job rate salaries of seven own emplo yee occupations These occupations arc labo rer facility maintenance ope rator secretary building Ins pector town engineer public works foreman and heavy equipment operator The figu res will be based on December to talis ties Ca CLERGY COMMENT Imagine yourself disabled mill VIMLNT Mounlalnvlew a Church How do you view these people What Is your attitude towards I Invite you this week to join me In self discovery by means of this short Find an undisturbed place and set aside a few minutes sit back and relax Take a few moments to loosen muscles becoming progressively aware of your sense of well being room Over In a corner is a large door Examine its size cons true 1 1 on which reads The Disabled Open the door and now the disabled In the adjoining room Move about and what you see and hear Don t interrupt J observe noticing anything that seems particularly la draw your interest 4 Pick out an individual moat interesting to you and sec if you con begin to relate in some way Don rush Get a clear picture of this disabled person in your mind Begin to ask some questions Listen attentively for the answers Ask what the disabled person wants Make a mental note Ask what the person needs Again ask why Again make a mental note Imagine yourself becoming this disabled person Be the disabled person Identify with your image What does the world look like noW How do you experience your environment What would your life belike if you remained this disabled person Now Howdoyoufeelabout ihls sit bled Soy goodbye to this person and note again your feel ngs Allow yourself back into the here and now Why not describe or write about the most important aspects of this If you have Joined me in serious fashion In this exercise youwlllhavediscovered attitudes that reside deep within you They may be expressed in feelings of compassion regret or sympathy to name a few These feelings and attitudes reflect your understanding of human and the value you on life We often think of the disabled person as weak or impoverished not being normal Vet In Corinthians 12 Paul writes of his own experience Gods grace is sufficient for me God s power is made perfect In my weakness Haul was not able to live physically from position of strength Ik asked Tor a miracle to relieve him of his weakness hut his Infirmity was not dispelled Instead he discovered within his weakness an underlying strength and power that caused him to be a very unique and Influential Christian in tht early church We with disabled have weaknesses This docs not mean that God by his grace cannot be within each of our lives and living thai we are helplessly impoverished and powerless God and his strength and life are discovered In exceedingly new and rich ways through our weaknesses How Is it for you Can you begin to discover grace and power God In the seemingly wounded and weak of this world reading and writing work 307 pro real 30 meeting supper pm asrnucnfor we claim to love Several of our local churches are very active with fellowship groups often meeting for special activities Last weekend saw good use of the favorable weather by Maple Avenue Baptist Families Some persons turned up for a wide variety of winter activities Including skiing hiking and even hockey at the home of Mr and Mrs Art Loveless of Activities of this nature can only draw families closer The Georgetown Missionary Alliance Church also had A correction to last week column Rev and Mrs Mitchell arc not staying In the mission field as it seemed to read they are Just visiting Quito St Georges Anglican Church Women held Ihclr monthly meeting and election of officers for 1961 Jan The outgoing president Betty Johnston thanked all for their cooperation during her term of office and was presented with a very nice Hanging plate In appreciation The newly elected slate of officers consists of President Edith Collier VicePresident Lil Bell Secretary Joanna Alchln Treasurer Jan Wlckens Programme Convenor June Dean Lunch Convenor Madeline Pries Card Convenor Lil Bell phoning committee Mildred Herbert Val Caruso Betty St George a raise money by catering for weddings and banquets Their main missionary work Is helping Ihe sisters of the Solomon Islands but they re also sponsoring a novice at which takes three years although the group Is not committed for the full time RICHS SERVICE CENTRE LTD Hwy 7 East of Acton 2940 Decision due on kinder entr Waiting for Bette The board of on won rescind its policy on early admission to kinder until the minister of education has had another chance to let board phase out the policy gradually It has been the policy of the board and of the boards of the area municipalities before the Halton board was formed to admit children to kindergarten provided they were five years old by Feb 21 of the school However the policy of the ministry of education has always been to have a cutoff date of Dec The ministry informed Ihe board recently that as of the 198182 school year the ministry would no longer provide per diem grant to those students admitted early The board contacted the ministry to request an on of one year to allow the board tophaseoutitspojicy or alternatively a meeting with the minister Dr Being a never say die type I want to defer this until we have one last chance to argue our case trustee Noel Cooper said The board approved the decision lo defer rescinding the early admission policy Lime- house priest loses appeal The Supreme Court of Cana da has dismissed an a lion by priest Denis Scallcn seeking leave to appeal his conviction on fraud charges Mr Scallenhatbcenserving a six month sentence since the conviction was upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal In October He was sentenced at the end of a long and sensatio nal trial in July 197B during which he claimed to be a Roman Catholic pries l Three judges of the Supreme Court of Canada heard the application Wednesday for leave to appeal Jan Had the application been granted the full nine judges would have heard Iht appeal However the application was dismissed Mr Scallen operated what he called a convent known as he Benedictines of Mary Immaculate on Ihe outskirts of the village of where two teenage nuns spent 30 months During his rial Mr Scallen was found guilty of defrauding the par enta of Ihe two girls of and an Oafcville man of ISO In donations to the retreat Mr Scallen was also charg with one fount of rape and two counts of Indecent assault He Is alleged have ordered the two girls to strip before him In penance for sin Halton Crown Attorney James says he doubts whether the crows will proceed on the other charges although he la awaiting official notification the results of the application to appeal before making his decision I think gar view It Is extremely we would proceed on other matter he Out concern all along has been the innocent parties LADIES NATURALIZER AND OTHER BRAND NAME SHOES MUST REDUCE INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE I OFF OUR REG LOW PRICES STEPRITE SHOES YOUR SHOE STORE WHERE FASHION COMFORT GO Downtown Georgetown 39 Main St 8771263 REDUCTIONS ON ALL WINTER STOCK 25 50 70 OFF REG PRICES tellers Cage Ladles Fashion Place In Downtown Georgetown to OH Bank