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i ww be performing arts showcase transfusion of changes saves festival piants and flowers say make your selection early for christmas delivery fresh from our grebahouse we wire rowers rosedale floral 32 au0t street north hatton mane festival didnt die iaat week as some of the association members feared when the general meeting be gan thwto 1 it got a transfus ion of changes that wffl give it whole new lease on life next spring the festival will again be held in the same way however a committee wih be working on sweeping changes that will hkujr transform tile traditional competitive music festival into a showcase tor all the performing arts both competitive and non-competit- proclamation boxing day holiday under the authority of a besoftutmm p by council i am privileged to pradairm friday dec ember 26th 1969 boxing day on the town of georgetown a legal holiday during the holiday reason we urge you to exercise the tare and courtesy while tawing that wbi ensure a aaeny christmas and a happy near year for everyone 5205 mayor ive sfrcialmkttino the special nieeting of the north halted jftisic festival association was cabed follow ing thf distribution of detailed enesttonniires about the- festi val fate to all north halton achools parents representative and organizations which give donations and interested indiv iduals j the wellattended meeting was held in the robert little school staff ivom in acton at the last meeting of tho association in october those pj sent had agreed that despite a healthy bank balance the fes tival could not continue in its present form replies to the questionnaire from scho i ag reed but a majority of sponsor ing groups sent replies which indicated they would like the festival to continue in its pre sent form 14 opposed the problem has arisen with the disappearance in some s xrts of th itinerant music teacher a some sponsors re plied they would like to see these music specialists return ed rather than a consultant supervising the classroom tea cher several sponsors indicat ed the decision on change should be ide by the teachers and schools concerned there were 22 north halton schools and 20 other groups or individual which replied to the questionnaires the principals school reports showed 14 opposed to continu- fnrm one in favour with reser vations and four with no opin ion ctot i these schools had participated previously non-compbtitivft- yet in reply to the question asking if heir school would compete in aha next festival 8 schools said yes and js no the schools willing -topartici- pate had taken part m past years and represent abiout 3000 students rom these facts the inter ested members of the assoc iation devised the sch oe of continuing the festival tins year stressing the noncompeti tive concert following the usual competitive music classes to the evening concert schools which had not ma singers to compete could send entries ing the f- discussed were the inclusion of an art display orchestra rhythm band or gym team plot changes the new executive was lam- ed with vice president ray morrison moving up to presid ent past p ndent is james zehr ralph mckeown rejoined after sevtral years as vice pre sident returned to office were mrs glenda benton as secretary treasurer mrs j frost as tro phy convener and mrsts brun- elle and mrs k mcphail as as sistants to the trophy conven er when volunteers were sought to serve on the committee to plot future changes in the festival those who promptly indicated their willingness were jack re id ken trowbridge w d e smith mrs frost and mrs mcphail t y have the power to add to their number for advice in specific fields such as adding art or drama o the festival public support for the festival next spring d sses and places must be el nged due to the mechanics of accommodating numbers it was stressed any schools which wished could enter the compe tition mrs benton pointed out quite the qnestionnre efher than in its present a few respondents to principals had been in favor of competition b was in part the decisive replies in favor olta festival which prompted the group to wish to continue principal smith of acton especially mentioned the support of the general public garnered ovtr the yean mishmash principal trowiaidga of brookville h it was important to proceed in a familiar envir onment and not try to include too many changes at once which couu replace the usual competence at festivals vita a ijttl iwffll present at the meeting were principals teachers parent re presentatives and group repre sentatives with ken self sup erintendent of program for tile county ed thorndyke co-ordi- nator of creative arts for the county george houslander as sistant coordinator of creative arts and ken harrison north halton music consultant georgetown rep two representatives of geor getown schools were present al though georgetown schools wi thdrew from the festival some years ago mrs benton reported on very successful meeting held in november when the execu tive met with officials of the county d s lawless had said the association should decide it own future but promised offi cial support he had indicated transportation costs could be arranged he also felt parent should assist if they desired he saw no reason why the fes tival should suffer because there are no itinerant music teachers and that with the guidance of nsuhantsthe tea chers should be able to succeed cleared up the meeting cleared up that the festival is n disappearing because of the new county board she concluded jack reed expressed u nks to president jim zehr for a cap able job dunng a trying year and a half and mrs benton for a terrific job another general meeting wih be called as plans for the fes tival progress 11mih0um 25 year pins for two wi members tha w l christmas meeting was held at the home of mrs ted brown on tuesday evening with district president mrs john bird as a guest the mee ting conducted by president mrs frank brown was opened by staging we wish yon a merry christmas and a special prayer boll call was answered by na ming an outstanding w 1 ev ent in i960- a donation was voted toward tne hospital for sick children mrs gisby introduced mrs bird who spoke on public re lations during her comments she suggested a w l hall of fame- mrs gisby and mrs noble related soma highlights of w x activities of mrs ed- ward sanford and mrs frank brown and mrs bird pre sented their 25 year certificates and pins current events were read by mrs a w benton mrs frank brown read a weh p ex planation of the motto let the w l enrich our lives not wear us out mrs stringer read a christmas item mrs bird read a letter of appreciation from dr ethel chapman following her day at campbellvhle during the christmas treat lunch time mrs roughley play ed r piano solo chapel chim es the wms met at the home of mrs a w benton on thurs day evening with 10 attending president mrs mitchell presid ed and read scripture and mrs sanford led m prayer each lady read a poem or story fol lowing the christmas theme text word exalt and roll call were answered by a verse of scripture mrs bert benton accompanied herself when she sang a christmas carol the treasurer reported a good year financially mrs mitchell thanked all especially vice pre sident mrs roughley far their cooperation during the year omosrs tot 1960 were- re instated for tare coming year mrs roughley obliged whh her piano solo cfaapel chimes and the lords prayer closed the meeting the hostess served lunch afterwards mr and mrs a c patterson visited relatives at brantford a week ago sunday mr and mrs a chalkrln of thr oiorortown hirald thursday dbc lath 1m pag f richmond hoi visited mr and mrs d batten daring the weekend the sunday school teachers at llmehouse presbyterian church entertained the children at a christmas party on sunday mrs a benton eiowfef e a properly managed forest whi remain healthier produce more trees and have a much better chance of remaining a healthy forest than one in which cutting is 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