Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 15, 1978, p. 5

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Wednesday February IS ma Page Nerval district news By DOROTHY McLEAN Herat arm tut Unit of Norval United Church met at the home of Van on Wednesday evening February lit with Mrs Laid aw presiding During the business plans for the annual meeting to be held at Grace United Church Brampton on March 1st and catering to a Quarterly meeting of the In May were discussed It was decided ta have a Bake Sale at Zcller a In Georgetown on Saturday April with the assistance of Unit I and to have a Joint meeting with Unit on April 12th It was decided to donate of the overall funds to the North Contact Centre to the Bursary Fund of the and to the Fred Victor Missions Toronto in place of making sand As a special project for Lent pop can savings bonks were distributed for savings towards Let us help the hungry help themselves Ella Laid aw group was in charge of the evening and Ella gave the devotional on the theme Love by singing What a Friend We Have In Jesus and Jean Dun op read the story of how St Valentine originated Fifteen answered the roll call How you met your husband Van showed very intresunn slides on their trip to England and Scotland after which a Valentine lunch was served It was reported during the meeting that a donation of towels face cloths tooth paste tooth brushes shoe Laces soap etc was made For Fred Victor Mission In response to the roll coll at the Peel Presbyterlal Quarterly meeting held at St Bartholomew Church Brampton on January from both Units of Ihe There were fl of players who enjoyed Euchre Night held the School Commun Centre on Thursday evening February Ladles High prize was won by Nellie Lane and the 2nd High by Pearl Burt Mens High was won by Doug Mac J High rjy Whitney Preston was winner of a way draw for the prize for the most lone hands The next Euchre NlgHt will be held on Thursday evening February Larry tlraasard Fire Prevention Officer for the Kills Fire Department spoke about fire safety in the home at the regular monthly of the Women Institute held at the home of Marie Murray en Thursday evening February Part of Mr Brassard s Job Is to inspect buildings before and after construction He gave an interesting talk on fire safety and recommended the use of smoke detectors In every There are two kinds of detectors electrical and battery operated The electric ones do not work when the hydro is off Mr Brassard advised than when purchasing a smoke detector be sure that it has the approval sticker stamped on it as there ore several kinds that do not meet the fire department standard A good smoke detector can be purchased for the price of about He also recommended that home have a fire ex and the people know how to use it If you have o take time to read the in on the fire ex on how lo use it vol liable time is lost when every minute counts A discussion followed The speaker was thanked by Kathy Chester and presented a gift Jean May presided for the nutting in absence of the president and Jean was in charge of the program being Safity convenor The roll coll A practice 1 use in my home was answered by present Correspondence was dealt with and a letter from Mrs Diamond President of the Federated W I was read Fees gone up o a member The lunch committee for the evening were Ina Terrv Doris with Kath Chester assisting Ina and the hostess In serving and a social time was enjoyed United Church Sunday School enjoyed a tobogganing party on Sunday morning February 12th On Russell hill back of the church in place of the usual study classes then attended the church worship service after which parents and Sunday School pupils went to McDonald In Georgetown for lunch The Sunday School also enjoyed skating party at School recently Some preferred to swim but most chose the skating About returned to the church for hot dogs and pop and a social Norval United Church Teen Choir provided the music at a special World Development service held In Grace United Church Brampton on Sunday evening February The guest speaker was Gong olio Arroyo of Chile First Norval Scouts and Cubs arc asking for your operation in their newspaper collections for recycling They will pick up the papers on the third Saturday of every month in the and Terra area For this month that will be this Saturday Feb IB your papers at the end of your by a m Next Wednesday evening Feb will be the annual Parents Scout and Cub Banquet Focus on living 4H Club The first and second meeting of the Club called Focus on Living was held at the home of Mrs on Feb The election of officers were made The requirements for the club were discussed to the members followed by a discussion on Pointers of Emotional Health At the second meeting the club name was chosen The name was The Leisure Lovers A club trip was discussed The members worked on their sample piece of quilling which could be made Into a pin cushion If they wanted to Refreshments were served at the end of both meetings rnno units MIS EMERGENCY COURSE Forchuk direct r if the Red Tin first tlcnl iht corgi town lied Cross in irmrgcncy at the Hid office Mn the for planning before the emergen i She slid Ited Cross can provide shelter food and family members find each other if they lid bee mi rated Wl needle work exhibit Tom Johnson led i member of Ihe I em The visit was part Georgetown board exchange im between members who welcomed Tonus and and linn of the Fernando Llosa directors from Lima Y welcomes visitors from Lima Peru Y Members of the Georgetown welcomed Huaman and of the Lima Peru branch of Ihe to Georgetown last week The visit was part of a program between the two branches Georgetown members Tom Johnson and Bruce Duff had visited Peru earlier The Georgetown Y Is involved in a program with the Lima to aid communities in Canadians will give Peruvians what know and what you have but we will not be passive receivers Mr Llosa said In this part nershlp there won be givers and receivers but partners A lot of Third World countries have been denied the capacity to give of themselves The project Is an education for development project to go Into the communities and without paternalistic attitudes to research their problems Mr said He said the problem with some develop ment program has been the attitudes of the people working on the programs Some of them come in and decide they know what the problems are and how they should be cor reeled With he noted ihe aim is to work with members of the to discover the problems and together arrive at a solu The program is action oriented not academic Mr said The object of the program is to help the people become aware of their We re not going into the community is people who know everything about their The Georgetown has started lis part in the program by cash donation which will be used as part of the purchase of a van The Cunadian International Development has made a match grant lo of money required But the program has been going Georgetown member Bruce Duff said been sitting waiting for us to turn the key Actually I Utile em to reach into my pocket and pull out a cheque but without the money this project can t work Tom Johnson said The project has been working for about a year but with limited resources Mr said that with where the Y has development people arc benefitted directly or In directly A person have the right to call him developed if person around him who I developed The same could be By Mrs Wilson The Needlepoint for Beginners summary day was held at United Church on Feb attendance The course was sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of agriculture and food home economics branch with a final enrollment of 217 ladies who exhibited their samples and the work were working Nine I Branches were represented as well as independent groups and it is hoped more church groups or related groups will take part in future courses The program opened with a welcome from our new home economist Nancy Schmidt Roy Booth injured Roy Booth was released from hospital in Georgetown Friday following a car accident last week Mr wont be to go to work in the store for another week and he can lift for a while He was to be the Niagira Commission veiling of the Draft PI in Tuesday and ton ght Horticultural Society meeting he is lo talk on It hasnt lne escarpment The chairman for the was Mrs Linda 0 Connor The guest speaker In Mrs J Bird was Mrs of the Guild who had as her helper Mrs Joan Barber also of the Guild Mrs showed slides of the work of members of the guild and told of the projects In imbroldcry the members had undertaken as a group and They showed what you take needle in hands and start to stitch A discussion followed by question period was very enthusiastically taken part In by the ladies The craft specialist Mies Ircrc was Introduced and told of the work at the training school and how pleased she was with the leaders work and were then presented with their Leaders Badges Mrs Schmidt then reported that the Leaders project for next year would be Bread Quilts or Contemporary tailoring There will be a choice of Food Forums also short courses of your choice Any ladies of the district are Invited to join a group for these projects if they have to prop up Mr Booth was taken to Oak ville Memorial for treatment following an accident last Tuesday morning while he was to the regional community and social services committee meeting in Burlington Mrs Booth says her husband was In shock and bis left side was paralysed when he was taken to the hospital after he was blown into a cement truck herself he was passing as both vehicles entered a ramp on the Queen Elizabeth Way near Bronte He was transferred to Georgetown hospital later the day ft Cost go Little lb Save A Professional Colour Portrait only CI our on scon is Select I and up compared 1975 prices our now Your your money lly roil No obligation to buy additional portraits Iting per subioct St lor add groups or indiv duals in I ho mo Parsons must bo accompanied by or guard on Feb- Tuos 21 Wad 23 Frl 24 Dolly Sat Georgetown Maiket 7 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