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SECTION A THEIitKALD June IS IMUt Reviewing the troops The Georgetown Legion Squadron of Ihe I ana his entourage examined the cadets who Mood ram rod dlan Air were all and polish for the An straight during proceedings the June at the Georgetown Memorial lion cadet were presented with awards Herald photo Arena Reviewing officer Brig Gen Toggarl and Norval church celebrates 150th By REV ANGUS Herald Special NORVAL Norval Presbyterian Church celebrated its on the weekend of June and The congregation welcomed bach many old friends to a banquet on Saturday night and to morning and evening services on Sunday On Saturday evening the banquet began with a presentation by John McDermid MP of a letter of con from the Prime Minister to the congregation The letter was received on behalf of Nor vol church by Mr Jamie Ingham the Clerk of Session Following the presentation a delicious turkey dinner was served The banquet was catered by Nor sister congregation Presbyterian Church After dinner there was entertain men l A quartet with John son tenor Angus Sutherland lead Rob Mllllken ban lone and Bob bass sang three songs Music was also provided by Wayne and Ruth former members the congregation and by Mr Bill Barclay whose songs reminded many Presbyterians of their Scot roots Bill was accompanied by the church organist Mrs Marilyn Interspersed with the music were reminiscences or former ministers the Rev Friends visit By KAY WILSON Herald Special Bill and Beta of Norval have been enter family friends from Holland Stien and van der Carcl and van and Ben and In eke Schradcr all attended the wed ding on May of Debbie Decnik to Ron of Mil vert on In Knox Presbyter ion Church Listowel They have also been taking in the tourist highlights of Ontario New arrival NORVAL Congratulations to Barry and Sharon on the birth of their daughter Alanna Christine on May 18 the Georgetown hospital A sister for Stephanie and seventh grandchild for John and Jean and ninth grandchild for Gramma Kate Returns home Irene BR Norval has relumed from a twoweek trip to Ireland Irene remarked she met a tot of people while she toured the try as well as beautiful Gal away Bay She took advantage of the bed and breakfast accommodation and said A woman can travel Reception held A reception for family and friends was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Ormie Carter on June in honor of Angela and Gregory Hams They are to be married in St Paul Anglican Church Wingham on June Angela is the daughter of Mrs of and Greg Is the son of Mr and Mrs Joe Harris Of Georgetown Joe Is a former school principal at Norvo and his wife Marie Laird was bom and raised in Norval Angela and Greg met at Sir Wilfrid they graduated together In Marketing Honours Angela Is General Motors Corp and Greg Courier news Royal the Rev Ian MncPherson and the Rev Howard Smith Catherine Newman also spoke on behalf of her mother Mrs Janet who was unable to be present due to a fall On Sunday morning about 300 joined in worship and gave thanks to God for his goodness and love The Rev Royal minister of the congregation from 1351 1960 preached the sermon on the theme of lee bused on a reading from the book of Leviticus He was assisted by the present minister the Rev Angus Sutherland who also led in the celebration of Communion The soloist was Mrs Gale of Kingston Ontario who is a sister of Angus Sutherland The choir led by Marilyn sang by Smith The service began In a blackout caused by power outage in and the piano was used for the open hymn During the an presentation was made to the congregation by Walter Elliot MPP As he handed the letter of congratulations from the premier to Jamie Cunningham the lights came on provoking laughter and comments about the men Is of being Liberal Preaching at the evening service which was attended by about 175 was the Rev Ian Macpherson minister of the congregation from He spoke Gods coll to be faithful and to yield to the Holy Spirit so that growth may take place He was assisted b Rev Howard Smith minister from 19701975 and Ihe on vice was again led by the Rev Angus Sulherlond The voices of the choir and Ihc soloist Mrs Gale expressed the joy and praise of the congregation their love for the Lord Jesus Christ As part of the celebration a sou en r communion token was struck Communion tokens were first Issued In churches in Scotland to prevent abuses of the Lord Sup per Scottish immigrants brought the trappings of their faith to Canada many tokens mode of lead brass or pewter were made for churches m this country During the ministries of Patrick Gray 1B461B50 and Joseph Alexander 18j2 tokens were used at Nor for admission to Holy The souvenir token features the burning bush symbol of the tenon Church and names with the dates 18331988 The reverse quotes two verses commonly used in the Communion service Do this in remembrance of Me Corinthians and Come unto Me and 1 will give you rest Matthew 11 Anyone in teres led In obtaining one of these souvenir tokens is Invited to call the church office at 8BS7 Special gold plated tokens were presented to the past ministers and to the committee that planned the weekend events Special thanks to Gertrude till Ada Duff Wilmo John Henderson Hyatt McClure SamMcClurc and Bob Davis Ma StroolSuulh Downtown Below is professional help anc advice you re looking for in your wedding plans These advertisers will provide the experience and expertise to help you with a successful wedding day Now Is The Time or Your Wedding Invitations See Our Selection From Sunset fairer Scc TONE UP FIRM TAN SUM DOWN We ll help you look your best for your SPECIAL DAY UNITS GEORGETOWN id Hoot Significant jump in cases reported Health unit releases disease stats By BRIAN MicLEOD Ilerild Staff Communicable diseases reported to Hal Ion health unit last year were up significantly over Reports of Infectious diseases of all forms Including Enteric diseases transmitted via the fecal oral route rabies sexually transmitted diseases Including AIDS and non sexually transmitted diseases such as chicken pox and meningitis are on the rise according to Hal ton Medical Officer of Health Graham Polled However cautioned that a significant portion or the In crease In reportable diseases Is due to increased reporting practices by physicians and health nurses throughout the Region rather than an increase in the number of actual Cases of reported rabies In Halton were up from In 1986 to last year Foxes are by far the most com rabies carrying animals with rabid foxes reporledln Bui the most significant Increase In rabies occurred In Hills where cases were reported last year compared to only three the previous year attributed that to the animal migration from neighboring historically been high Rabies appears to be moving west across the province affecting Peel Wellington Duiferln Guelph and The Region will set up a computer monitoring system to keep an eye on occurrences next year he said against Nine have died from AIDS Nine people have died of AIDS Acquired immune Deficiency Syndrome since 1965 according to Halton a Medical Officer of Health Graham Pollelt said there have been 11 cases reported In the Region In the last three years but only two victims of the disease ore still living Provincial law states that all diagnosed cases of AIDS must be reported to the MOH cannot reveal the Identity or the whereabouts of the AIDS victims due to strict con fldentiallty maintained about anyone diagnosed with the disease The number of cases recorded in each year Is on a very slow rise Two cases were reported in 198S four cases in 1986 and five more were diagnosed last year II was reported In December of last year that 11 cases had been diagnosed but that only eight ple had died of the disease In all cases were reported in Ontario last year and 101 of them have died Since the province began keep ing records of AIDS in there have been reported cases and Metro Toronto reports about percent of them Those same figures show that reports only 1 7 per cent of the AIDS cases reported in On Halton plans to spend almost educating the public about AIDS this year Tne Ontario government will pay or the entire program More than cases of other types of sexually transmitted diseases have also been reported in Halton Region In Genital chlamydia was the most common of those with too females and males reporting the disease last year There were cases of gonorrhea reported with of those cases reported In males There were cases of genital herpes reported In Halton wllh of the cases reported In males Four cases or syphilis all in males and two cases of penlciltlanase producing gonorrhea were reported in last year Chlamydia Infections In females aged 1524 represents per cent of the total injections in last year said Dr Those numbers are concerning because the infection often causes pelvic Inflammatory disease In women under years old he said Undetected and untreated the In may lead to ectopic pregnancy and infertility he odd The Increase in the number of gonorrhea eases reflects cial and national trends he said The number of gonorrheal tion in women aged 15 to 24 represents per cent of all the cases reported in Halton last year Gonorrhea can also lead to Infer and ectopic pregnancy he said A different strain of the disease producing neisseria gonorrhea a strain which Is resis tant to penicillin is increasing In Ontario and two yean ago It represented per cent of all reported cases of gonorrhea The key to controlling the spread of sexually communicable disease Is education saidDr There is a definite need to keep the public informed on how to pre vent the spread of these diseases rabies Is still costing the Region money Last year people were given rabies vaccination costing more than That up from people which cost only the previous year There were reported cases of Enteric diseases last with salmonellosis Campylobacter and giardiasis by far the most common There were IB cases each of salmonella food poisoning cam pylobacter and 17 cases of giardiasis In Hills last year There were three cases of and two cases of brucellosis reported last year in Halton Hills The Increase in giardiasis In north Milton and Hills together experienced an Increase of nine cases was due primarily to outbreaks in two day care centres and in long term care facilities in Burlington and Halton Hills last year There was a massive increase in reported eases of chicken pox from to last year but again that Is due to better reporting said Dr There was also one case of whoop ing cough and two cases of Influenza reported in Hills last year There is currently no vaccine in use In Canada for chicken pox prevention said Dr But numbers Indicate an overall decline in the 1960s and since the mid 1970s the number of coses has been relatively stable he said The actual number of cases for all of Ontario Is less than one third of the projected amount cases per loo he said There were eight cases men ingitis reported last year all In the southern part of 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