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i. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith 40th Wedding Ànniversary On February 17th, 1938, Catherine (Kit) Stone became the bride of Frank Smith. In honour of their 40th anniversary their six children held a party on Saturday, February l8th, 1978. Flowers and gifts were received at the gathering and also gifts from their thirteen grandchildren. Cards were received from relatives and friends. The three tier cake was decorated with ruby coloured roses, made by Joan Mairs. BETHANY Mr. and Mrs. Reg Palmer of Peterborough were dinner guests of Reg's mother, Mrs. Ina Palmer. St. Paul's Anglican Ted Hodgkinson, a lay reader for St. Paul's chose 1 John 3:14 as his text, and said John answers an important question, "How do I know I really love God?" Whether we love Him is whether we love our brothers. Consider God as a beacon, as a moth we're attracted to a light, and in the light we notice and are aware of things such as greed, pride, hate, etc. and we see ourselves as we've never seen ourselves before. Cain saw that he wasn't just right, but God spoke to him and showed him his fault was in jealousy of his brother, and that he was not perfect in God's standards. By moving toward the light or toward God's desires for us we first consider our relationship with others - do we love our brothers? Love must be stead- fast - a inarriage soon falls apart if couples take each other for granted - there must be total committment. Jesus committed His life for us. He loved the beggars, the prosti- tutes, the disciples and He loves us. Some people we are naturally attracted to, but it's a challenge for us to love others who do not necessarily appeal to us, but we must be ready to accept everyone despite their unattractiveness to us. John says love is when we sacrifice some of our time for others, by trying to help someone in need. Pray to God to forgive our shortcomings, and learn to love and help our followmen. Remember Abou Ben Adem when his name was not in God's list, he said, "Put me down as one who loves his fellowmen." Roads, except the main highways, are still covered with ice. Cars at Rango's garage prove that several accidents have occurred. Tony Tax, who is apprenticing at Rango's, had the mis- fortune to fracture a bone in his knee. United Church Please continue to save your newspapers. The Project Committee will still be collect- ing them for sale during 1978. The proceeds will be used to help meet the expenses of the Pastoral Charge. The World Day of Prayer Service will be held in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Bethany, on March 3 at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is invited. Rev. Wm. Well of Northminister Church, Peterborough will be guest speaker. Mr. W.J. Graham, minister of United Church chose "The Way of Salvation" as his text. He said, Imagine if we went for a walk and got lost in the storm, what would we need in trying to find the right way, the safe path. Life is like that. Many times we get lost, many ways are unknown, many things we don't know. How many paths do we follow before getting on the right one? We do need to know the right one says God. In the churches we some- times get confused too, so let's examine the paths and see if we can find the right way of salvation. One way we think is salvation by works. There are plenty of good Christians teaching and good literature is available and salvation by works is popular. Another way is partly by works and partly by grace. We have to look up, not look around us. Jesus said, "I am the Way." Believe in God - beliefs are convictions and we receive these convictions from the scriptures He has left us. Many say the Bible is not interesting, it's too difficult to understand, but this is not the real reason, because when we open the Holy Bible it is as if God is looking at us and we do not like what He sees. We don't want to bend our knees to Him, we want to depend on our own thinking. We need to get on "the way to salvation" - do we look to God for that salvation? Are we on the right path? Againour weekly labours end, And we the Sabbath's call attend; Improve our souls the sacred rest And seek to be forever blest. This day let our devotions rise To heaven, a grateful sacrifice; And God that peace divine bestow, Which none but they who feel it know. In holy duties let the day, In holy pleasures, pass away; How sweet the Sabbath thus to to spend In hope of that which ne'er shall end. A.C.W. The A.C.W. of St. Paul's Anglican met at the beautiful new home of Noel and Marion Wood. Marion gave us a tour of her home, which displayed attractive designing in many ways, as the work in the building was designed and built entirely by the Wood's family in a beautiful hill-side setting. Gloria Johnston had the opening exercises on Praise to God and she referred to a quote from Paul Harvey "Thank God for the choir who are "sinning" together", and she wondered how many of us are sinning instead of singing praises. She read a suitable poem "Drop a pebble in the water." Final arrangements were made for the World Day of Prayer at St. Paul's on March 3 at 2:00 pâm. Mrs. Ina Palmer was elected to be the greeter. Plans for the catering to the Kinsmen group on March 30 will be considered at the next meeting at the home of Loraine Smith's. Quilt blocks will be put together at a meeting on March 17 at Vera Smith's. Used clothing can be brought to the March 20th meeting to be sent to the Downtown Church Workers Association at 135 Adelaide St. East in Toronto. The Pakistan embroidery will be displayed on April 1, at the Peterborough Square. "Women Alive" Conference will be held for one day, March 25, in Peterborough and another three day confer- ence at Waterloo in May. These are leadership meetings. Thank offering boxes for mission work were distributed A letter of appreciation was received from Charles Reynolds and a subscription to the booklet newsletter was paid for Rev. Chatterton to receive. Marion served a most delicious lunch. Several folks from the district have made a great escape to warmer parts in the south, Florida, California, Texas, Hawaii and Arizona. Happy holidaying! Belated birthday greetings to Mrs. Lila Kerr, who celebrated her 92nd birthday on Wednesday, February 22. We are pleased to see Lila in such a good health. Mrs. Daisy Moulton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jakeman of Bethany, aoneared on Redden's Cable T.V., Campbellford, on February 2. Mrs. Moulton is the council's newest member and she said during her five minute time she'd tell the Campbellford folk "a little bit about herself as many don't yet know who Daisy Moulton is." We wish Daisy good luck in her appointment as council- lor. Sympathy is extended to Rev. Keith Adams, wife Barbara and girls in the death of Keith's father. Rev. Adams was the Anglican minister of St. Paul's, Bethany, for a number of years and was an active member in the community. Exerpts from Manvers Council Minutes: Lawrence Staples was given a building permit to build on part of Township lot no. 13 in the 9th concession. The Community Centre and Arena Committee were given permission to use the Town- ship hall chairs for an event in the Community Centre in February. A letter was to be written to the Agriculture Tourist and Reforestration Committee of Victoria County Council, indicating that Manvers Township will have their Road Superintendent be on the look out for weeds in the Township and will co-operate with the County Weed Inspector. The Township-will also attempt to exercise greater control on the weeds on the Township roads. A lengthy discussion was held regarding drainage. A new park levy fee is to be imposed on each lot in a mobile home trailer park being established and this is to be inserted in the Trailer Park Agreements. The Fire Chief Ross Neals presented a report which will e dealt with at a later date. The Pontypool Fire Depart- ment, the Pontypool Park Board and the Council will meet at the Pontypool Fire Hall, on April loth for the purpose of reviewing the Pontypool Fire Hall and exploring the possibilities of extending the existing fire hall in order to make additional space. STOP BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR A SCHOOL BUS Vincent Massey Parents' About 17 persons attended the February 21 meeting of the Vincent Massey Parent Advisory Committee in Bow- manville. Stan Green, principal at Vincent Massey, opened the session with a brief review of last meeting's minutes. He also ~reviewed part of a book entitled "Pi J1, Formative Years." The first three chapters of this large docu- ment produced by the Minis- try of Education were ex- plained by Mr. Green. The series will be continued at the next meeting. Lynn Linton told the group that two workshops she attended during a recent professional development day were extremely interesting and informative. Mrs. Linton was the parent representative for Vincent Massey during a professional development day sponsored by the Teachers Federation. Mrs. Glenna Bayliss gave us an up-date on the school collection of Dominion Store tapes. Although she has had a small response, she intimated that it takes a lot of shopping to build up an equity. Mrs. Sue Silver could not attend the meeting but sent word that so far she has not had too much success in compiling data on the Creative Playground. Mr. Green mentioned that he bas heard of a Courtice school which has chosen plans from Durham College and with parent contribution of materials and labour is ready to build a playground this spring. Mr. Green feels we should explore every aspect of building a playground of this nature and possibly schedule ours for the spring of 1979. During the open discussion the subject of Child Molesting was raised. All present expressed a concern to hear more on this matter and Mr. Green has promised to include this item on the next agenda. The Committee will meet again on Tuesday, April 11, 1978 at 7:30 p.m. Region Ups Rent The Durham Region expects to make $293,932 this year as a landlord renting space to the Province of Ontario. At a council session in Whitby last Wednesday, Durham agreed to charge the province $7.50 per square foot for facilities such as office and courtroom space at the regional headquarters build- ing located on Rossland Rd. East. A Eh I