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SECTION THE HERALD Wednesday April l8S tents musical Plans or the Rotary Presents show at the John Elliott Theatre in Georgetown ore progressing pretty well on schedule Pesters are around the town tickets can now be pur chased and members of Rotary arc building and painting scenery Proceeds from Rotary a annual night are dedicated this year to two excellent causes wilt already haw read about the plans to fund the project but Rotary Is not forgetting one of its favorite programs with this show Much of the profit from Rotary Presents will go towards funding the annual Senior Ci Ultra Dinner Rotary has been providing this din for well over 30 years now and year the number of dinners served as well as the cost of pro viding the dinner grows and grows Held each year at the end of October or very early in November the Rotary Cub of Georgetown hosts an evening of dinner and entertainment for up to Georgetown and area senior citizens The generation of funds to con inue this function on an annual basis is one of the reasons why the Rotary Club presents on evening of theatre at the John Elliott Theatre This years fundraiser will be held on Friday May 13 at a p with two performances on Saturday May at land By Increasing the number of per formances to three this year the Rotary Club is hoping that the d will be augmented by ly attendance since the show will be Mi fu ages from nine to Previous articles have on the major component of entertainment which is presentation of he Broadway musical a Good Man Charlie Brown featuring Joe Cascone as Charlie Brown Larry Westlake as Snoopy and Georgetown resident Maureen However the program will also feature a selection of songs from Broadway musicals sung by Joe Gomes and Paula pew ac at the piano by Jan Stapleton Joe Gomes is a Brampton rest dent who has considerable theatre experience In his area both In com munily theatre as well as in the pro fessional ranks Many Georgetown theatre- goers will remember his compelling portrayal or the Master of Ceremonies in the Brampton Musical Society production of Cabaret a role which won him a coveted award as Best Ac tor In a musical In 1965 Mr Gomes has also won the Best Supporting Actor award In the Brampton Drama Festival His per formance as El In The Fan ticks for Gemini Dinner Theatre Productions received wide acclaim This segment of Rotary presents will Include selections from such hit Broadway musicals as Camel My Fair Lady Oklahoma and The Phantom of the Opera Tickets for this presentation can be purchased from any member of the Rotary Club of Georgetown Ox bow Books on Main Street Georgetown or by mail by calling to reserve seats Mens dinner club started A senior mens dinner club has been operating for the past six months and Is gaining membership as the months go by Starting with in attendance the number is up to over gen ll The club is the Idea of Irwin No ble who thought Ihe retirees of town should meet In a social way over a luncheon and get to know one another belter Ladles of various churches and the golf club nave catered the lun ches and a speaker Is generally or ranged There is no membership fee and the club Is open to all senior men In the community The cost of the luncheon is moderate end If you would like Join this group which meets the se cond Thursday of the month call or 8773407 April 14 Is the next get together at Holy Cross Hall DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC TRENTON DT CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE 8772359 Cancer Society kickoff Dr Peter Scholefleld It rtsokMl by April at the North Hilton Cancer Society unit country Club Dr president Eleanor dearth and Joan talked about the inroads the campaign for rollde lighting cancer over lait the Central District The decade Speakers buoyant at kickoff event for cancer society Canadian Cancer Society sup- filled the banquet hall at the Golf and Country Club April for the annual kickoff breakfast Those In attendance were given many reasond to feel by he remarks of the guest speakers The campaign chairman for the Centra Counties District said the Halton Hills unit raised per capita for cancer needs lost year That the third highest rate of 119 other districts in Ontario said Chairman Joan Glbb Regional Chairman Peter reminded people that 1968 Georgetown Citizen of the Year Ted Gorth is the treasurer of the unit and a valued member of the cancer society team Unit President Eleanor Scarth told the supporters about a Strawberries and Symphony festival to be held June IB at the Dominion Seed House All the proceeds will go towards the Canadian Cancer Socie ty She said people can exhibit at the event and that vans and signs are re quired by the unit for transporting band members and publicity Organizer of an antique car show Nell Young talked to the crowd about the 300 lined up for the June 19 event at Park in Georgetown Former mayor Bill smith was In a positivethinking mood when he ask cd the Cancer Society District office to let the goal for the Georgetown area be doubled to Lost year the Hills unit set as a target but actually raised Mr Smith Is Ihe organizer the annual fund raising golf tournament at North Golf and Coun try Club which benefits the Cancer Society The keynote speaker was Peter Scholefleld who Is the ex ecutlve director of the National Cancer Institute He talked about the advances research has made in to the disease In his presentation Cancer research past present and future People can help ward off cancer by doing a number of things he said If everyone slopped smoking cancer could be cut by about 30 per cent Avoid excessive radiation and don t get sunburnt he cautioned Women should have a regular pap test and everyone should strive to eat well balanced diet Dr said Joan offered some positive statistics at the breakfast to en courage campaign workers and sup porters Today per cent of breast cancer Is curable she said and thousands of people are given renewed hope as the survival rate in creases There are those in the audience who can now say they know someone who had cancer and they ve made it she said OUR HOUSING CRISIS Obituary resident had fruit stand By KAY WILSON Herald Special NORVAL Lifetime resident of Norval Eleanor Judy Bur ton passed away suddenly at her home April She Is the daughter of the late Charlie and Florence Burton and loved sister of Flossie Mrs Herbert Kinsley of Brampton Buck Burton of Norval and predeceased by Tom Burton She Is also survived by nine nieces and nephews Judy in her year was born and raised at the comer of Winston Churchill and Roads used to call It Judy looked forward to visiting people while she operated a fruit and vegetable stand from early spring inflate fall The many floral arrangements were a last goodwill gesture by SPECIAL PRICE friends and neighbors who Judy hod remembered with flowers when they were sick or hospitalized The funeral service was from the J Jones and Son Funeral Home In Georgetown April at 30 m Rev Rick doled Interment was in Cemetery The Pallbearers were Roy Claude McLaughlin Garnet Laldlaw Qui to John maid and Rick Martin Main Street Souin Downtown Georgetown 4 15 exp 5 24exp 8 36 exp II FREE Double Prints or Double Size with this coupon If you prefer il prints you only more CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS color enlargements for M low a per picture Including film developing Only at Sootera GEORGETOWN SOCCER CLUB LATE REGISTRATION Saturday April 1688 10am12 noon ZELLERS STORE Violence causes homeless family Is third In series of rive articles focussing on the need tor emergency shelter and affordable boosing In North Ilalton The cases presented are true esses but be names have been changed The tides have been prepared by the North Halton Housing Committee of the Social Planning Council The Halloa Social Planning Council Is a profit Involved In research planning and communi ty development activities In North For more Information call Ellin Eaitman at or Herald Special Recently on a fiercely cold mid winter evening a young woman in the latter stages of pregnancy and her two children arrived at the door of Ilalton Women Place In Milton The light shining from the front porch bore promise of warmth safety and shelter to the children whoso fingers and faces were pinch with cold and the mother whose voice quavered with fear and anxie ty This was a homeless family and the situation was one of domestic violence A hot cup of tea re assurance and questioning el heartrending story of cruelty and re jection Her name was Sally She was years old small son was aged and her daughter was Hers was an ill prepared marriage contracted to escape a father who drank to excess and terrorized his family Lack of experience and a low self image found her ironically courting the same character defects in her in tended husband Although older by a few years he proved totally and their married life was dog gcd by financial insecurity and in stability Her husband employ was sporadic but early pregnancy lack or education 2nd few work skills kept Sally reliant on someone who was unreliable Violence erupted early In the mar Increasing In severity and in tensity combined a dally bar rage of verbal abuse Sally felt her world closing In Her husbands suspicious nature and controlling separated from her husband and the courts have granted her custody of the children Sally main concern Is for the emotional well being of her children She wants desperately to break the cycle of violence that has served to undermine her own and her children happiness and with an agency Sally la final ly taking the first tentative steps toward gaining the esteem and strength necessary to provide her fairty with a responsible stable and nurtu environment In which they may hopefully reach their full potential life will not be easy for Sally she will join the legion of single parent families primarily headed by women who struggle to exist on a subsistence far below any recognlz poverty level The Inadequate supply of subsidized means that for many women like Sally or sharing ccommoda- others will fie a necessity As Sallys stay at Halton Womens Place can rarely extend past Ibe six week period she may have a move to another shelter until the can find suitable accommodation Despite the fact that Sail roots are firmly embedded in her family may have to be torn away from all that Is familiar to them If our community la to respond adequately to the housing needs women like Sally we need to that more housing options are available We need to promote the type of growth In the housing In dustry that will see more low cost and affordable housing come available In our community In the last in this series we look at what measures are necessary to im prove the housing situation and what we in the community can do to help with the acute problem Celebrates 80th birthday NOKVAL Congratulations and best wishes to Elsie Grim wood formerly of who celebrated her birthday at her Richmond Street home in Bramp ton Daughter Janice and husband George Johnston welcomed over guests and Elsies granddaughters Kathleen and Amanda assisted In serving lunch Also scrying were Ina Shepherd and Molly Gordon Pouring tea were Ethel Haines and Anne Brownjohn Elsie opened a hair dressing parlor In back in the 30s for 1015 years as well as delivering the mall for three years Later she moved to Milton and con tinued with her hair for seven years Following this she moved to Brampton and opened Grimwood Jeweller on Main Street where she operated a suc cessful business for yean Former friend and neighbors to Milton Georgetown and Nor- aspect had gradually turned her friends away She felt increasingly lonely frightened and worst of all completely isolated Sally became regular visitor to the out patients emergency department of her local hospital for a variety of injuries ranging from a concussion and broken wrist to the emotional and physical trauma of being thrown down the basement steps while struggling up with a basketful of laundry This time he threatened to break her neck and cripple her for life She was pregnant at the time She feared for the life and safety of herself and her unborn child The police were notified her husband was charged with assault and subsequently Incarcerated for a period of time Although pregnant Sally hat Notice of Meeting PROPOSED ACTON QUARRY LANDFILL STUDY GROUP The Study Group formed by Logic Inc to examine the proposal by Reclamation Systems Inc RSI of Milton to develop a solid waste landfill In the Acton Quarry will hold its introductory meeting on Date Thursday April Time p Location Royal Canadian Legion Branch 1 1 5 Wright Avenue Acton Ontario Meetings are open to public observation Questions comments and requests for further In formation should be directed to LawnGaiden LAWN GARDEN FERTILIZERS GARDEN TOOLS TRUE TEMPER QARDENA EARLY BIRD SALE 25 Peat Mews Hanging Baskets Handmade Flowers Trsllls Plants Pots Lawn Ornaments Lawn Chairs Hoses Lawn Seed Pine Bark Bird Feeders Houses EAGLE ENTERPRISES 8779779 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