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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, February 16, 1977 Section Two E Edcatin wih Terry Hawkins Most peopie who possess an Studies. Other people wilI of the features and pitfalis of Ontario grade 12 graduation have their grade 12 diploma on this type of education. dîploma obtained that cip- the basis of having completed In my opinion, one should loma by a ttending day classes part of their education in decide to take their education in an Ontario Secondary Secondary School day classes by Correspondence courses, Sehool. In to-day's terminol-- and having completed it by only after following a step by ogy they gained 27 credits taking night schooi. These step analysis of their personal beyond grade 8 and filled the people wili have had to be situation. Before signing Up necessary requirements in careful that their night schooi for a Correspondence course respect to Areas of, Study, courses were taken at a be sure that you have ex- Canadian Studies and English Secondary School and were amined the possibiiity of clearly noted as credit attending day school. Most - ~ courses. persons taking Correspond- 1R A- eil ence courses are aduits and SA third group of graduates often they figure that day Anligurg 9tb W will also have probably corn- school is not to be considered. pleted a number of their t is something which most 116 KiqS . Hwy. No. 2 cusswie noldi certainly should be considered K 7!it Secondary School day classes beas itsoenpsbl Bowma~ivilIebut will have finished their ee napr iebss <~6)62-550education by means of Cor- Most important it's easier to respondence courses. Because learn if' one has a regular -WILL BUY SINGLE Corresporpdence courses schedule and ateacher to help PI ECES. OR COM- affect so m ny people and are you iearn. If, however, that is P LET E CONTENTS the only reasonable method flot a procedure that can be -APPRAISALS AND for sorne people to complete worked at this time, then AUCTION SERVICE their diploma requirements, I consider night school. It's have decided to look at some harder than going to day ____________________________________________ classes because it's an extra 4%à# Doo% s ffl on top of the regular work al Two m more good reasons adults do, and as a resuit the for noit drinkindm,%g: rahr exhausting experience. Also, because the demand for * - *academic courses at night school is usually'small, it's always hard to find a good selecýtion of courses from Our experience shows that ab- which to choose. There are stainers have fewer car accide nts, many courses offereSi at night fewer home tires. So we can -Osbornle & Shank schooî but very few provide afford to insure for Iess. Insurance Ltdcy . the student with a credit t you eý a non-corinker, can yo 108 Liberty.N toward his or her diploma. affod nL tblootynt St.aiN.s'So we corne to the final inafford oro loo nomesanrs 623-2527 method of studying for the inuac o our homran grade 12 diploma. The Corres- vourcarpondence method - home study via the mail. The features are that you can 6 enroîl at any time, graduate at any time, go as fast as you H&R 1110cRlwite, r ve the summer or for that h as seventleen matter, study ail year. o studies if your time is in short ~ ~xTk~T supply due to other commit- I~(.71A ments and you can fit yu studies into any scheduie of 5-~I~v-Ihoidays, shift work and other you s ouldobligations. The pitf ails of Correspondence education are let them prepare your equally as great. You have no teacher handy, so if you don't understand something you in o e a rerurn,. have to puzzle it out or write to your Correspondence course teacher and wait up to two or Reason Number Fou rteen: hewek for the answer. schedule it's very easy to put H & R Block people are human and once off doîng your lessons, with in a great while they may make an error. the resuit one can easily get But if that error means you have to pay behind and drop out., Because your correspondence course, additional tax, you pay only the tax. teacher has no other method H & R Block pays any interest and penalty. of teaching you, lie has to give Thystand behind their work. you a lot of written assign- Th m ments - far more than one would ever get in day classes H&R LO Kor night school. The final 5ëfflumpitfali is choosing the riglit THE NCOE TA PEPLECorrespondence school. If a THE NCOE TA PEPLEperson wants to'obtain an Ontario Secondary School 14A DIVISION ST. BOWMANVILLE Graduation Diploma, which is Just below King the formal name for a grade 12 Mon.to Fi. -9 am. t 6 p m.diploma in Ontario, then the Monto Fn. - 9 a.m. to 6 p. m. only Correspondence school PaHOda E -9 am. 0 1p.m that can give credits for this N PONMENT6_NÉC454 Rpurpose is the Correspondence NO APOINMENTNÉCESARYBranch of the Ontario Minis- tY of Education. If one enrolsý Durhom East Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society's AnnquaI Meeting of The Durham East Branch of Bowmanville Senior Public the Canadian Red Cross 'School. Attended first aid Society held its, annual meet- meeting in Toronto. Course ing at 8 p.m. at their rooms at started in Library for Guides. 28 Division St,,, Bowmanville Gave lecture to Newcastle 4H on Thursday, Jan. 13, 1977. club. Loan cuphoard: Elaine There was a 'good turnout Barber, Total No. Loaned for considering the weather. Pre- the year was 106. These were sident Pat Griffin presided wheelchairs 21, crutches 37 and opened the meeting by prs., beds 1 and medical reading the Red Cross prayer articles 27. We were given a and aIl repeated the Lord's walker, a cane and an Prayer. The R.V.P. Mrs. exercise bicycle. The Bow- Sheila Puterbough of Ux- manville Kinettes generously bridge hadô phoned her regrets gave us the money to purchase a' not being able to attend and 4 -adjustable canes -and a the commissioner of' the wheelchair. Women's work: Ontario Divi sion Mr. B.L. Minnie Evers, a -total of 1,096 Brooks had sent his regrets articles were made locally earlier. The minutes of the and sent to Toronto. These November meeting were read were slings, layettes, dresses, by the acting secretary Hilda pants, shorts, shirts, swea- Henning and declared ap- ters, afghans and rugs. Four proved. Ail détails from any, sales were held during the old business were settled. year raising a total of $997.25 The minutes of the 1975 for international relief. Items annual meeting field in Janu- were kept on hand for local ary 1976 were read. These disaster needs. My thanks t'O were signed and approved. the il ladies who keep the The treasurer, Pat Millison rooms open and ail who helped gave the following report: at the sales. Also 13,624 swabs Bank balance as of December were done. 31, 1976, $855.17. Total expen- Emergency services, home- ses for the brandi for the year makers, volunteer services: $4,369.12.. She moved the Kay Forsey, I feel we have adoption of her report, it was had a very.busy year and a seconded by Jean Brownlee profitable ;,one under the and carrîed. Each chairman leadership of Pat Griffin. We then presented their reports. have taken on new assign- First Aid: Had Luxton, Intro- ments and for the most part ductory Course at Hampton they've gone weil. Pat and I for Guides (33 passed) 'and 3 attended the annual dinner passed emergency first aid. meeting of Oshawa Branch. I Spoke at Clarke High School to want now to say a special Board of Education about thank you to the 22 ladies who Emergency First Aid for bus canvassed the area from drivers. Ran Course at Kirby Martin Rd. to Oshawa Line School where 26 received and from Base Line to standard certificate. Gave Taunton Rd. t was a lot of instruction in Artificial Res- work but worth the effort. I piration to over 100 chidren attended ail but one of the taking water safety course. homemaker meetings and we Introductory course given at have a nice group working in this area. Also most social in this scnooi, theni the credits planning council meetings gained will be acceptable representing the brandi, 18 toward an officiai diploma, people were assisted after the cou rses are totally free, fires.' Bedding, clothing and the textbooks are supplied groceries were supplied. Fur- free, (except of grade 13) and niture and utensils were also, educational counselling ser- collected on their behaîf. vices are available. There are Attended the 56th Ontario 60,000 residents of Ontario annual convention aîong with enroiled in these Ontario others from the branch in Ministry of Education Corres- Oshawa and found it profit- pondence courses now and able. Awards were presented thousands more enroîl each at the open house in March year. and awards for this year will Correspondence courses are bie presented later. Services hard work but Ithey are a good for seniors: Jean'Browniee, I way for rnany people to catch wudlk h eir oko up on their educationi. If you tint i tlere is anything they are thiniking of getting an n-.e4 or any way they need Onitariù grade 12 diplomna, ieipI will bc my best to assist whether by returning to day la anyway I can. Water, school, taking nigitcOurses, safety: Lorna Caverly, a very or by taking Ontario Ministry good year. Water sports of Education Correspondence. should advance very quickly courses, then .1 think that ycu in this area when the propdsed will find next week's discus- indoor pool at Bowmanviile sion interesting. I will be High Sciool is bui],t. Pools1 looking at the mature student were in operation during July regulations and explaining and August at Orono with 418 how they can save an aduit up enrolied, 'Newcastle witi 164 to two years of full time study. and Bowmanville with 614 in There may flot be a royal road Red Cross classes. There was to learnîng but tiere certainiy also a winter programme at are some short cuts -if 'one iS Pine Ridge- School., The trying to catch up. branch -supplied ail badges, test sheets and pamphlets Roughley, an increase la donors amounted to 16 per cent for the August and November çinics. There was some disappointment from some groups, namely the higli sciools and the subdivisions. We are fortunate to have fine local donors and great loyaity from the Dutci community. I would like to thank ail the commîttee members, volun- teers and service groups wio make thils lood donor service, work. There were five clinics wîth 1379 units collected. Public Relations: Pat Griffîn, witi the ielp of many we were able to keep Red Cross and the activities of this branci before fie public's eye. The brandi window was cianged and the area newspapers were kept informed of ail activities plus sent ail material available. I ce-rtaýh in-ttak tel were seconded by Kay Forsey and carried. President Pat Griffin tien gave her report for the year as follows: "May, I once again * B take tuis opportunity of saying tiank you in allowing me to, * - serve as your President for the past year. No one can begin to count the time involved in this task, and as a volunteer should not. 1 have completely enjoyed myseif and have continued to learn." The highliglit of the 'year ____________________ has to be the change of name Jon.',13 from Bowmanville and Dis- trict to Durham East, thus helping us to keep in tune with modern a'nd, progressing times. We received our new chapter at our awards niglit in Marci which was well attend- ed. Water safety is doing well as is First Aid. Services for seniors keeps going. Our blood donor clinics were well attend- ed and tuis is due to, our liard working chairman and uis committee. Our campaign went well and was once again better than the previous year. For this we thaak ourrevenue ciairman and bis commitfee. The Loan Cupboard lias been kept active as bas our Emergency Services. Our Women's work programme lias done very well and tfiru the craft sales lias, sent a considerable amount to On- tario Division. We had booths at the community fair in Mardi, fie Darlington Bazaar in June,) tie side walk sale in July, the Biackstock Fair in August and then held ou- own sale bere in November and December. The Ontario Annual meeting was ield in Oshawa in May And we were able to send many representatives. I attended aill*campaign committee meetings and ail blood donor recruitment committee meetings. I worked fully all blood donor clinics and continued to take my turn manning the rooms on Friday af ternoons. I attended ail but one of tie meetings of the Presidents of the Durham Region. I made several visits to receive donations for the Red Cross and for Guatemala relief. My husband and I were pleased to host the December meeting in the form of a social evening at our home. I would be remiss if I did not take note of the bard work done by our treasurer who stepped into the office under very trying circumstances. My sincere appreciation to everyone for their continuing support in ail our efforts and especially to my husband witi wiom all this would not be, possible. This report was movedby Joan Santo mer-o,- seconded -by- Kay Forsey and approved by ail. All offices were tien de-, clared vacant and the chair was turned over to Kay Forsey as chairman of the nominating committee wo presented the Siate of Officers Feb. 16 WED.ýl for 1977. This was accepted as read. President Pat Griffin re- sumed her chair and thanked ail for returning her to this position.' Several ideas of plans for the future were discussed and then the meeting adjourned. As the weather was consider- ably worse by this time refreshments were not served so that everyone could get home sooner OBITUARIES WILLIAM JOHN MAJOR At Toronto, Thursday, Feb- ruary 3, 1977, William John Major, beloved husband of Ruth Grigg, brother of George, Eleanor, and the late Elizabeth, Uncle, of Eleanor Hearn and Heather Cochrane. The funeral service was held on Saturday, February 5, at the Turner and Porter Yorke Chapel, at 2 p.m., officiated by Dr. R. Webster of Eastminster United Church. Interment was at Riverside Cemetery Monday, February 7, 1977, MRS. WINNIFRED) SPENCER Mrs. Winnifred Spencer passed away in Civic Hospital, Peterborough on Saturday, January 29th, 1977 following a lingering illness. She was 93 years of age. She was born in Cavan Township, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jown Lowes. Following her marriage to Otto Spencer, she moved to a farm on the outskirts of Bethany. On retîrement they -moved to the village. Her husband predeceased her some years ago. Until lier health failed she was a very active memnber of the community. She was a faithful member of The United Church, a past President of the W.M.S. and W.A., a teacher in the Sunday School for many years. She had also been a former President of the Bethany Women's Institute. She is survived by one brother Donald Lowes of, Peterboroughi and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service was heid from The Comstock Funeral Chapel in Peterbor- ough, with Rev. Gordon Ficko officiating. Interment will be at a later date in Yelverton United Church Cemetery. Ever put anything on the rear window ledge of your car when you're driving'l Well, don't do it, warns the Indust- rial -Accýidenit Prevention As- sociation. Check to be sure you don't keep objects on the rear window ledge. Lt couid ob- struct your view, and if you have to stop suddenly, the, object could hit the heads of> the passengers. Ju Feb.<17 THURS., Ç DECISION, Ottawa,,February 8, 1977 Following a Public Hearing commencing September 8, 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, the Canadian Radjo-television and Tele-communications Commission announces the following decision effective forthwith. Decision CRTC 77-62 OSHAWA, WHITBY AND BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO - 760281200 - 760386300 Canadian Cablesystems (Ontario) Limited, carrying on business under the name of Pine Ridge Cabie TV. Applications to amend its cable television broadcasting licence for Oshawa, Whitby and Bowmanville, Ontario as follows: FEES: Installation fee (basic andaug- mented channel service) Installation fee <augmented chan- nel service insta lied separateîy-) Monthly fee Present Proposed Maximum Maximum Fees Fees $ 9.95 $15.00 $ 5.00 $ 5.00 1(no change) $ 5.50 $ 6.00 The above are maximum f ees, however, the applicant has special fees for additionaî outlets and these are detailed in the application. Augmented Channel Service - f0 add the reception of WOKR-TV channel 13, Rochester, New York. Decision: A PPROVED The Commission APPROVES the proposai increase in installation fee from $9.95 to $15.00 and an increase in the monthly subscriber fe«,from $5.50 to a maximum of $6.00. The Commission considers that the applicant has satisfied the criteria set out in ifs September 18, 1974 Public Announcement regarding subscriber fee increases. Further, the licensee has demonstrated that the proposed fee complies, with the guidelines of the -Anti-Inflation Board. The Commission will expecf the Iicensee to participafe more acfively in the production ' f community programming by providing the community channel with additional and sufficientîy decentralized human and financial resources f0 serve its subscribers adequafely. The application f0 add the reception and distribution of WOKR-TV Rochester, New York on fhe augmented channel service is APPROVED. At the public hearing and pursuant fo Decision CRTC 76-536, the licensee proposed to change the distribution of CH EX-TV Peterborough, Ontario from channel 12 f0 channel 4 and WKBW-TV Buffalo, New York from channel 7 tochannel 12. The Commission APPROVES these changes. Guy Lefebvre Secretary General *~Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission B Feb. 18 FR1. KING and STEVENSON RD. Mon., Tues. and Sat. - 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.ml. Wed., Thurs. and. Fri. - 9:.30 a.M. . 9 p.M. Free Parking for ovor 4,000 Cars 1Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes SUpEàALK SALE Feb. 19 SAT. Four days of great' values and variety. You're sure t 1o find the quality and price for al vour fqmily needs, ail in the mail and ail on sale. lt's a box car sale, loaded with merchandise for the thrifty yet fashion conscious shopper. Corme early and bring the family. oshawa centre r