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It woo be until after the manufacturers of greeting hope for the sagging Industry THE HER Wednesday Pagan Card Sales down in town Volunteers manning school resource centres season when tba full of the costal strike on tba local site of Cards la known Estimates by the major cards exceed million In losses If the strike drags on past Christmas but with the weekend announcement of the settlement be Stores were among the first the chain to feel the effects of the strike as customers Ignored the stacks stacks of holiday cards Even Smith of strike has served to remove the thoughts of has watched 13 years of Christmas mailing greetings for many card sales dear the shelves but the recent Zta Alpha compare pioneer women with specially reduced prices on the seasonal Items failed to attract customers to the product that by this time last year would have been reduced to one- quarter of the volume presently on the shelves of local stores One downtown merchant simply described the si tun ton as grim The cards moving at all explained Mr Kim owner of the store People are not Interested In them was the unanimous opinion of many of the retail outlets throughout Georgetown Even the sale of birthday anniversary and other special occasion cards are down considerably One merchant explained that those kinds of cards can be given In person while the greetings Implied in a Chrlstmaa card are usually to renew an old acquaintance Items usually sent by mall as gifts such as calendars have also felt the effects of the month long strike This Is one of the biggest years yet for variety and qunllty of calen dars and the newness of the Industry win make It difficult to properly evaluate the loss of revenue incurred by the ab sence of mall service With most of the month of December yet to come it la possible that the sale of cards may catch up but the limited time left for European and other overseas delivery may still result in the loss of millions to card sellers and manufacturers Stores In town are stocked with a variety of styles and prices for the holiday season and with thestrlke just ending the selection Is at Its best for those still wanting to wish others Season Greetings Groups which raise funds through Christmas card sales are also suffering along with the manufacturers War Amputees address labels and Christmas Seals are Just two of the many organizations that will take a sigh of relief when the mall strike ends There a time when no one volu for anything but now inks to modern technology people now have time for other things and that includes volunteering Nineteen Georgetown women decided to further their volunteer efforts with more background Information Into the area they chose to occupy their spare time school work Under the direction of teacher Gary Bateman and librarian Harriet Mitchell the group was taught the basics of audio visual equipment the schools of Georgetown In both classroom and library functions The weekly sessions were divided Into two groups lassroom and library with specialized training programs for each of the interested volunteers The library session taught the use of project audio players and the filing and carding system used In both school and public libraries The volunteers can now classify card and shelve books as well as participate In the Teaching Is not the goal of the group but education Is and while the volunteers only spend a few hours a week In the school their absence would have a definite effect on the classroom or library that have learned to function with the aid of an adult volunteer Teacher Gary described the adult volunteer as the greatest resource a school can have The ability of person and the wealth of community Information cannot be replaced at any price I enjoyable sessions of the groups as volunteers were given the opportunity to make different kinds of borders and lor classroom an BECOMING AQUALIFIED VOLUNTEER la MltcheUattheflnalsesaionof week Irene MacLean with instructor Harriet volunteer training session todays attnebomeof Helen Hutchinson the Zeta Alpha chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held their meeting Ruby Gar ton presented a programme This Is My Country A movie was shown on fwrfip landfomu after which loUowed a on Canada A baby shower was liven for Joan Vincent alining the programme On October IS Susan hostessed the rituals for the new pledges Jean Ryan Jacqueline VendltU and Krystyne A social evening followed At the of Karen on November 11 presented a programme Of House and Home A movie on pioneer women was shown and com pari sons were made on women a life then and now Zeta Alpha enjoyed a mixed social rt to the music of the i9Ma on November IB Jim and June Campbell as having the best costumes Pat and Grant to raise money for the chapter Pat So per box lunch received the highest bid On November IB there a meeting with chapters In Brampton Ma Margaret Black a lawyer spoke on the legal rights of women after which she answered some very releupt questions operation teacher assisting class library periods to aid the methods and library Junior students In locating procedures In a seven week books for projects course held at Georgetown a George Kennedy Public One volunteer expressed the School that this course gave Last Wednesday waa the her a chance to catch up with final class for the volunteers her children In the new who would like the methods of learning and being board to set up a second a volunteer provided a program of activities to deal ferent atmosphere for teacher with the subjects that they parent discussions The new have learned but in more methods of education using detail tape recordings and film can Each of the IS ladles who be put Into a proper per graduated last week are spectlve by the parents of the already parent volunteers In children Ballinafad news celebrate the 44th The classroom volunteer Instructed In managing small groups to assist the teacher In the Identification of learning problems of the students In remedial Math and English classes The adult or parent volunteers are also taught to assist the teacher In marking and grading tost Evaluation of these marks In terms of problem areas was also one of the aspects taught in the weekly sessions Display techniques for bulletin boards was one of the Mrs Linda 0 Connor by her grand mother Mrs Smith to a miscellaneous shower for Miss Burt It was held on Friday night at the farm home of Mrs Ken Graham near Many of the members were present as well as a number of friends Mr and Mrs Lloyd Marshall were guests of honour a party given by their family at the home of Mr and Mrs John Polo They were celebrating their wedding an friends were present Progressive euchre was en joyed after which guests were served a delicious buffet The couple received a number of gifts including a pair of matching pictures for their new home Many more years of happiness were wished for Lola and Slim Mr and Mrs Wilfred Burt and their daughter Lorraine were among many attended the annual banquet and dance at the Echo Riding Club on Saturday night It held at the Erin Legion Hall The Legion Ladles catered for the banquet and some lively music was supplied by The Gypsies for the dance Mr and Mrs Ernest McEnery received an exciting phone call from the west last week to say they were rand parents again Their son Billy and his wife Cheryl are the proud parents of a baby girl Congratulations Mr and Mrs Floyd Shortfall and daughter spent Sunday with the Grant Wright family where they met their relatives from Clifford They enjoyed a family get together as It is their custom to celebrate Christmas early Winners of Lions Club draw The winners of the Lions Club draw on November Mitchell of were Evelyn Hunter K S fl Tom Erobrey Ronald and Dick Grace of Toronto PREPARING FOR SNOW crosscountry skiing Hanna and her husband Illustrates at the crosscountry ski Ernest both certified crosscountry ski In workshop held by the Georgetown and will Instruct the ski course which District the proper positions for January of ibtb Now that weve got some snow Registrations ore n being ski lessons Community Park Georgetown and District Area Lessons will be held from Ernest and Hanna Lata Wednesday January through certified crosscountry ski to the from to instructors will conduct the with all the lessons course Classes begin on conducted at the Ccdarvale Saturday January Community Park which will be fcromlloym to3m floodlight for the evening Re first lesson will be held at taken at the office located St Andrew United Church from Monday to Friday BINGO ROYAL CANADIAN Mill St Wed Dec 3rd EARLY BIROS SPECIAL GAMES JACKPOT ST Numbers Free card on admission Charge Early Regular Proceeds to Retarded children Georgetown Memorial Hospital and Minor Sports Edward H DC Wayne F Singleton DC DRS OF CHIROPRACTIC EAST BRAMPTON Telephone HOUR SERVICE CLINIC PARKING Announcement- SCHROEDER CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC NORHflNC Doctor of intl C a i of tht atari ot CI a ocatzd at 101 an 1 full of foi houi 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