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WBB Serving the Lions service club In an executive capacity for the 188588 term ore front row left to right second vicepresident Ken lint vicepresident Walt secretary Ray Harlow president Vic past president Curl Hansen treasurer Ed back row senior director Vic is Lions leader for 85 Herald Special Georgetown Lions and Lioness held their annual combined meeting for Induction of officers for June Lion Vic and Lioness Louise were installed as dents of their respect clubs Lion Cub Texas Greer was also Inducted Into the club and officially welcomed Into Outgoing president Carl Hansen reviewed Lions accomplishments for the past year and made presentations to his vice presidents secretary treasurer and oil committee chairmen In recognition of their contribution and leader ship Georgetown Lions are very active in service projects Activities in service and fund raising have been extensive involving most of Ihe 56 members Some examp les are pledged to fur the dining and recreation facilities of the Bennett Health Care wing of Georgetown Memorial Hospital less than one year ago will be fully paid by year end 500 was presented the Lions Canine Vision Canada school in Oak This school a free service to blind persons wishing to become independent with the guidance of what is commonly known as a seeing eye dog Georgetown rcsi Peter Young senior director Jim tall twister Jim Levy third vicepresident Jim UN mister Tom Coulton Junior director Derek Junior director Steve Harlow and misting Dave Herald photo it a rare honor when Georgetown Lion member are elected to the post of District Governor but It happened again Dan Doyle centre will be serving this area In Here he Is Joined by two former District Governors also from Georgetown Fred right who served 197071 and Ron who served dents arc welcome to take advantage of tins service by contacting the Lions Club In October as part of our Lions World Service Day benches were installed on the hill on Main Street North as a rest area for senior In May a new section was officially opened in Ihe Georgetown Library containing large print books and cassette tapes for the sight and hearing impaired This was mill a led by a ft donation by the Lions who will continue to upgrade the section Count your garden by the flowers Never by the leaves that fall Count your days by golden hours Don remember clouds at all Count your nights by stars not shadows Count your years with smiles not tears Count your blessings not your roubles Count your age by friends not years Contributed by Una Wheel Low Income widows and widowers aged CO to should benefit from changes In the Old Age Security Act presented to Parliament by Health Welfare Minister in January of this year Thebill proposes that group become eligible to receive the Spouse Allowance regardless of when their spouse died The present provisions limit payment of he allowance to spouses and widowed spouses of Guaranteed Income Supplement pensioners only If approved by Parliament this expanded Spouses Allowance will become effective In September Theold couple in their living room one evening when the woman said Pa you better get your sweater and put it on The old man got out of his rocking chair ambled over to the closet got out his sweater put it on and sat down In his rocker again After a while he said to his wife me something will you Ma What is it Pa Am I cold or we going somewhere With the increasing rate of divorces and separations In our society many grandchildren arc deprived of he love and special relationship with grandparents Grandparents have begun to fight back and are organizing Into groups across the country One such group Grand Society has been recently formed in Toronto The Grand Society has following alms a support system for grandparents public ion mediation children Interests prevention through family education recognition of grand parents For more information telephone Cora Backer The telephone number given in the April column reapplying for Pension has been discontinued Now you must phone long distance from this area to Cooks lie SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday June 12 IMS Page revives lost wax method By DOROTHY Herald Special Deporting from their usual custom of after noon meetings the members of the Arts and Crafts of Georgetown held their regular meet in the evening In the banquet room of North Halton Golf and Country Club On this occasion bands and friends of the members were invited to hear the guest speaker Eric Knoespel founder of Artcast which is he oldest sculpture foundry in Canada Until the late sixties Canadian sculptors had to send their works of art to Europe or New York State to be cast in bronze Mr speech was accompanied by slides and very clearly demonstrated the process of bronze casting as It applies to art objects The method is called the lost wax method Ancient Egyptians and Chinese used the same method lo produce art objects but the process has been greatly improved In modern limes Usually an artist works a model in wax but If he uses some other material it has to be transferred to wax at This is done by making a rubber mould and converting the piece Much hand work Is involved as the wax model musl be very accurate In the wax room a ceramic shell is built around the model by dipping it in sand then shell Is dried and the wax melted out then fired in a furnace at two thousand degrees ready for casting Bronze Is an alloy 9095 percent copper and the balance silicone or tin The metal hardens almost Immediately and in half an hour the shell may be taken off All edges must bo smoothed then sand blasted At this point metal is dull and must be polished or a patina applied Mac Reynolds who sculptured a bust of the Queen worked during five sessions at Bucking ham Palace making his model first in soft clay and from that to plaster This sculpture was brought to and cost in bronzo It Is now located in Chariottetown and marked the occasion of the Queen visit to Canada last year Erics wife Slglinde has been a member of tho Arts and Crafts of Georgetown for IB years and Is herself a talented sculptor She has served on the executive for twelve years and Is at present treasurer and sates convenor BIG HOINOR The Ontario Chamber of Commerce presented the Georgetown Chamber with a presidents award for their efforts pulling together the BIG Business In Georgetown Celebration In June Here Tanas hands over the award to Georgetown president Dave Kentner Lions are kept busy each Monday night cleaning grading and packing used eye glasses which are distributed to third world countries by The World Medical Missionaries Thousands Of glasses are collected by Lions Clubs in Ontario and Quebec and forwar ded to the Georgetown Lions Club Lion becomes Govenor Herald Special Lion Dan Boyle of the Georgetown Lions Club was recently elected District Governor of Lions District A Lion Dan has been in for years Hels the third member of the ciub to bold this international office following Lions Fred Zorge and Ron Laccy As District Governor Lion Dan will be responsible for he administration guidance and liaison with Lions International of all membership and activities within District A 11 which clubs bounded by Creek and Mount in the west and and Ma I ton In the He Is also a member of the Governors Council which directs activities In Ontario Quebec Labrador and the French Islands of St Pierre and District Governor Dan will be attending the Lions International convention In Dallas Texas June 19 through He will be accompanied by past District Governors Fred Zorge Ron Laccy and Lion Earl Merrill as delegates from Georgetown All will be accompanied by their wives Lion Dan is married to Lioness Rita who Is currently completing her year as Lioness dcnl They reside at Heather Court and have a son and married daughter RUN THE LOWEST PRICED AD AROUND FOR YOUR GARAGE SALE A 1 COLUMN INCH ONE TIME AD IN THE the HERALD 17 WORDS MAX And when you bring your ad in to us and Pay this small 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