Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 13, 1988, p. 15

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Institute helps disabled annual meeting of the Nona Womens Institute was held at the home of Gtsele April at The public relations officer reported a very busy year In Everyone has a Job to do and all offices and committees are filled for the coming year After the opening exercises presi dent Norlne Van Leeuwen dealt with the business of the meeting A che que for 30 la being donated to the Georgetown Fall Pair Board again this year A report of the spring board meeting stated that District Womens Institute has Installed washrooms to accommodate wheelchairs in the Georgetown hospital There is an orientation day at the agricultural museum in Milton May from earn to A Achievement night is planned at Church April IB at p featuring a fashion show All Womens Institute members are welcome There will be a farm safety im at the Illton The to eligible students this year amount of each District Annual is to be held May at St Davids Presbyterian Church in CampbeUville An added feature this year Is two SO- minute workshops for each member atten ding A committee Is arranging a District Day for later in the year A workshop for secretaries Is being held June in the agriculture room Milton A discussion on how to approach the post office issue followed and a course of action was agreed upon The collection tonight the price of a loaf of bread to go to the Federated Womens Institute Canada to help educate a Third World student at the Coady Institute Our guest this evening was Mrs Treveranus the District Womens Institute president who in stalled the new slate of officers and spoke briefly on current affairs A bountiful market basket was offered for sale and its contents of spring flowers and freshly baked goodies made a very enjoyable and profitable auction Marie Murray was auctioneer and the ladles went home lalden down with their pur The next meeting la at the home of Alleen Nixon May at p m Phyllis McMaster is the guest speaker SECTION Wcdaesday April U Page Founding meeting for family coalition A meeting has been scheduled for Thursday May 12 at to establish a riding association for the Family Coalition Party The meeting will be held at the Cedar Springs Motel on Highway bet ween Acton and Georgetown The has been formed just 13 Cancer volunteer believes teaching key to prevention Legion Lines All four one election and by August i Ted the celebrity found himself surrounded by politics celebrities during the of the Year Dinner April at the Georgetown Lions Hall The lop was honored for being a Seen with him ire Mayor Ross Miller Regional Chalnnsn Peter MPP Walt Elliot and MP John McDennld Herald photo EDITORS NOTE This Is the se cond of four articles about Cancer Society volunteers in Halloa Hills April Is Cancer Month and the local unit will be canvassing for funds during the remainder of the month Once a teacher always a teacher Sybil of Georgetown uses skills she picked up as a teacher to instruct elementary school children about health Mrs Ewing works as a volunteer for the Cancer Society assisting with education In elementary schools In February Mrs Ewing went to area public schools to give Grade students a presentation about the perils of smoking The retired teacher feds that Grade 5 students are a good target for the smoking series As children get older they are more vulnerable to peer pressure and are tempted to smoke she said They look for ways to appear older and more mature In past years female smokers have been on the Increase Mrs Ew- The children are aware of the dangers of smoking the volunteer said When she starts at talking and asking questions the hands go up What the Cancer Society stresses Chicken forget the Nor val United Church chicken barbe May at Com munlty School For ticket call or Ad mission for advance tickets is for adults and for children At the door the price is 17 and respectively in Brampton Brampton Musical Society presents one of everyones favorite musicals Mame April 21 and Lester Pearson Theatre 150 Central Park Drive Brampton Tickets and seniors and students For tickets and lion call 7934600 Immunizations The Regional Health Departments immunization clinic tor Georgetown is held the second Tuesday of each month from 3 30 at 93 Main Street th For an appointment call the health office In Hills at Loses control April at 3 OS a 1963 blue Chrysler driven by a 23yearold Brampton woman was on Guelph Street going east bound The Chryslers right wheels ran Into Eve on the right side of the road control and slid off the road way GEORGETOWN SPA FITNESS CENTRE In Its presentation are the dangers sidestream smoke Mrs Ewing has been encouraging children to stand up Tor their right to clean air She stresses It Is just as dangerous to smoke as to be In a room with smokers and breath In chemicals from secondhand smoke At the end of the presentation students determine they are not go ing to smoke are going to find fresh air if they are In a room of smokers and are going to find polite ways of telling people to please butt out Mrs said In the late spring Mrs and her entourage of three to four volunteers visit Grade 2 students and present them with a puppet show on health The narrator Celly who Is dressed as a human cell and her quartet of puppets teach the children about smoking and health A medieval castle sets the stage for a play about smoking which in volves a fire breathing dragon princess prince and fair maiden The puppets then assist In teaching good health rules to the primary students For example the princess will rise up with a Band Aid across her forehead Mrs said will ask the princess what happened The princess replies she bumped her head to which Celly will turn to the audience and ask the boys and girls what the princess should do Through Interaction with the children the puppets problems are solved and the rules taught Mrs Ewing said The more you get from them the better she said Then you know they are thinking The Georgetown woman became involved with the Celly show three years ago when a friend of hers phoned her up and asked her if she would do It I am a teacher and it was something I could feel com with doing she said I believe In preventative medicine She has been Involved with the smoking presentation for two years The Georgetown woman gradually moved east teaching In Burlington and Hamilton for anda half years before she married Bom and raised In Hamilton Mrs and family moved to Georgetown years ago Being involved with volunteer work Is not new to the teacher Rais ing two boys led her Into roles as a Beaver and Cub leader as well as of the Maple Nursery What does the enjoy most about working with the children I get a feeling of accomplishment when It is all done she said Especially when the kids have been receptive CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Phone 4168770109 Honors and Awards night held April 9 In the Branch Auditorium saw the Initio tion of eight new members Long service were presented to Steve Clayton years and Harry Bottoms years A Certificate of Merit was presented to Marg Clarke for her extensive service to the Branch and Ladles Auxiliary Entertainment for the evening was by Daniel Bruce and a buffet supper was prepared and served by the Ladles Auxiliary under the supervision of Convenor Marg Clarke FRIDAY NIGHT EUCHRE Ladles 1st Peg Lewis 2nd Marilyn Warberton Men 1st Charles Shep- AFTERNOON MEAT DRAW Lucky winners were Marg Jake Al Telford Colin Gibson Denny Wright Dennis McCartney Dave Hannah T Thlbeault Betty McLean J Hillier D The winner of the roast this week was Bruce Collins Legion ladies Herald Special As you know by now we are celebrating our diamond as an Auxiliary to Branch 120 and to the community this year To start out this memorahle don of years we are holding a supper dance April from 30 loll midnight Tickets for this occasion are available through your president Flo Carswell at We would like to see a big turnout for this evening so do come out and invite your friends to help us celebrate You have a winner In darts this past Saturday The team Thompson Snarron Mlddleton Jean Reid and Lottie Bottoms came In third and will be going on to provin do at Cochrane Congratulations ladles There will be a meeting of the Plymouth group In the lounge at April 13 Lily Maybanks called to let me know she had been to General Hospital for her check up and they gave her a clean bill of health for the next six months and she did not need her pacemaker changed Sorry to hear Doris Chamber in Is In hospital dont know what the branch will do without her so get well Doris ASAP Your sick con venor Mae tells me Aleda Battered women topic for guest lecturer By BENTON Herald Special The Womens Institute held its annual meeting at the Hall April A delicious pot luck lunch was enjoyed by eight members two husbands and five visitors Year end reports showed a very successful year for this small group Plans were made for the spring and summer euchres which began April 7 and will continue every two weeks The next meeting will be held at the school on May 10 when Bannockburn W I and will jointly host Silver- Wood and I s Rev Craig Cribar from Acton will address the group on Battered Women and Womens Place This is a fine presentation and will be held at the Limehouse School All in terested ladies are welcome to at tend Officers for 19B889 are President Benton 1st Vice Agnea 2nd Vice Jean Kirkwood Sec Jean Anderson Asst Sec Betty Program Coor dinator Jean Anderson PRO da Benton Resolutions Jean Curator Benton District Director Jean Anderson Alternate Mary Booth Branch Directors Lorenc Sandford and Pearl Brown The first euchre of the season had six tables in play Winners on white cards were 1st Christine Robertson 2nd Garfield McGllvray Lone Hands Dave Williamson Winners on cards were 1st Jean Cunn- ighara 2nd Eva and won Lone Hands The next euchre will be April at 8 Thursday was a busy day In Limehouse POWER held its meeting at the school Reports were given on the door canvass being conducted in Acton and Georgetown It is discouraging to the group to find that there are still many people in Halton Hills who are not aware of the fact that there Is the possibility of a landfill or garbage dump being located in the Aggregate Quarry on the Fourth the Third Line 11 this should be approved The next meeting will be at the school April 28 when Dr Wilson Eady from Consultants In Brampton who la a Wildlife expert will address the group The meeting begins at m Plans were finalised for the fundraising dance being held at the Acton Legion April at m There will be tickets at the door It is hoped that a large number of people will attend or if you cant at tend perhaps send a donation along to help this proposal Donations may be mailed toPOWERPO Box 274 Acton L7J2M4 Limehouse Village residents are happy to hear Mike and Delia have reached an agreement with Canada Post and will te retaining postal services at the store when they take over possession on May Concerned citizens packed Memorial Hall March a when 2 feared they might lose the post flee Now that the Cadwalladers have reached an agreement and will have the post office it is that these same concerned citizens and everyone else will show their ap preciation and support the Cad by using their store and purchaslnK their postal needs there xsSftS Christian school holds open house Discover the difference at the Georgetown District Christian School on Trafalgar Road north of Maple Avenue There will be an open house April a at the school from 3pm and in the evening at Christian schools emphasize a close connection between home and school and you dont have to be part of any type of ethnic group The Bible serves as the basis for every subject during school in struction and students are taught how to live In service to God ac cording to Christian Schools Inter national election day the received votes averaging in those ridings per cent of the vote cast In Brampton South our nearest riding where an candidate ran Don Best received votes or per The has a platform based on the Institution of the family It is a coalition of those who realize that the old parties no longer defend the foundational philosophy for an ac ceptable society The Is an On tario provincial party only at time The agenda for the meeting in dudes a presentation of policy by an Invited gi a brief question period nominations for the executive Billions of the new North ding Association a brief presentation of the nominees and ballots when necessary a short address from the new President The executive positions which need to be filled are The President a Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer a Secretary a Vice- President for PR and Publicity a VicePresident for Policy a Vice- President for Membership and a VicePresident for The meeting is open to the public memberships applications will be accepted at the meeting Nomina tions for any of the executive posi tions will be accepted up to the day of the meeting and at the meeting from the floor Nominations may be entered in advance by calling Vic at 9809 Bike rodeo The Optimist Club will boat a Bike Safety Rodeo at Memorial Arena on Saturday April 21 The Rodeo Is scheduled to run from am to noon and children up to the age of 13 are welcome to take part AFTER FIVE THINGS TO DO PLACES TO Kid GEORGETOWN CUSTOM CAR SOUND

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