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The editor was pieased to receive a card from Robert Noble who is holidaying in St. ~Petersburg, Florida. Mrs. Shirley Biekie and daughter, Mrs. Diane Higgins, ileft yesterday for a week's vacation in Miami, Florida, .where they will be staying with Mrs. Bickle's daughter, Kathy Bickle, who is nursing there. Winners of Lion's N.H.L. Hockey draw tickets in March were Morrissey, H.B. Magee, O. Williams, A. Chambers, W. Harrington and B. Saunders. for Oshawa General games in March, K. Holmes, Steve Wood, Steve Burns, M. Emke, M. Ewart, W. O'Connor. 1General Motors of Canada is encouraging its employeesin Quebec and Ontario to allow their high school children to particîpate in an exchange programn early this summer. Ontario students would travel to Quebec June 22nd with Quebec students visiting Ontario on June 29th. Trans- portation costs willbe paid by each province, with the hosts expected to cover the cost of the student in their homes. Interested parties should contact G.M. Supervisors with deadline for applying April 7th.' 1 May we use this means of informing ail former students of the Napanee and District Secondary School, or as it was once known the Napanee Collegiate Institute, that a reunion of ail former students is being held on Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20, 1978. If names and addresses are forwarded to "Reunion, Napanee and District Second- ary School, Box 3020, Napanee, Ontario K7R 3M7." A program with ail details will be sent. The Robert McLaughlin Gallery cordially invites you to attend the opening recep- tion for the exhibition of Carol Fraser, Paintings and Drawings 1967-77, on Wednes- day, March lst at 8 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur IJooper returned on Friday from a very pleasant holidaying in Aruba. Among the seven recipients of the, Queen's Jubilee medal in victoria-Hialiburton County. Byron Hyland of Omemee was one of tbem. Born and raised near Nestieton, he left Cart- wrigbt in 1933 and has resided in Omemee since 1940. He is a past President of Omemee Senior Citizens, Pres. of Omeemee Progressive Con- servative Association, an active member of the Orange Order for 55 years and retired from the Millbrook Cor- rectional Centre in 1970. The Peterborough-North- umberland and Newcastle Roman Catholic separate school board has decided to name its new school, to be built in the Waverley Gardens subdivision on Rhonda Street, Bowmanville, the St. Stephen's School. Mr. and Mrs. John Depew, recently returned from a most enjoyable holiday in Aruba. Don't forget to spend an evening this week at one of U.T.B.U. performances.- Al reports state it is a very (Temperance at Queen) ARCHDEACON TOM GRACIE Rector 8:00 a.m. -HOLY COMMUN ION ll:Oo.m -H LYCOMMUNION (S.S. and Nursery during1:0am Service) MIN IST E R Rev. N. E. Schamnerhorn, B.A., M.Div. ORGANIST: Mr. D. Deweil SUN DAY, MARCH th, 1978 11:00 a.m. Sermon No. 8 on the Lord's Prayer "For Thine is the Kingdom" Sr. Sunday School -9:45 pan. (9 years and over) Jr. Sunday School - 11:00 a.m. Nursery Care during service Nursery - Modem ,"PIay and Learn" Nursery for pre-school chilIdren every Sunday. Uaý.mi. - Junior and Infermediate Classes il 1a.m. Beginners, 3 yrs.; Kindergarten, 4 - yrs.; Primary, 6 -7 -8 yrs. lia.mn.-WORSHIP SERVICE Rev. Arthur Amacher wiII conduct service Mis message wiII be "Redeemning Faith" Sp.eci il music by the Choir Excerpts from Handel's Messiah Nursery Care Provided A Warm Welcome for Everyone WorlId Day of Prayer, March 3rd at 2 pm. in St'. John's Anglican Church Pentecostal Church 75 Liberty St. Se Sunday, March 5th 9.55 a. m. lSunday School1 11 i0:00 a. m. Communilon Service 7: 00 p. m. A service with special1 Gospel music with Hysey Family Singers iteresf p/ion. 623-3303 interesting and funny play, and well presented. Between February 27 and April 8, CHOO Country will be giving away 180l albums - courtesy of RCA Records of Canada - in our "Feature Artist of tbe Week Contest." Keep listening for your chance to win! The Bowmanville Figure Skating Carnival is slated for April and will celebrate its 25tb anniversary of tbe Club. Anyone interested in belping in any way sbould contact any member. A very special commitment bas been made by members of our community, Mr. and Mrs. George Beebee of Bowman- ville, Ontario have joined Foster Parents Plan of Canada. They bave "adopted" Degeng aged seventeen years of Bali. Mr. and Mrs. Beebee's montbly contribution of $19.00 brings belp not only to the Foster Child, but every mem- ber of tbe family. More tban 1,200 farmers from across Ontario overflow- ed two ballrooms of tbe <Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Wednesday, February 22 to support demands that tbe National Food Strategy Conference pay more attention to the needs of Canadian food producers. Terry Jones, Parliamentary Assistant to the Honourable Margaret Bircb, responsible for the Ontario Youtb Secre- tariat, recently announced that the Provincial Govern- ment bas allocated $16.1 million for tbe operation of its special summer employment initiative, Ontario Experience '78. Tbrougb this year's pro- gram, more than 13,500 unique job oppoýrtunities bave been createdfor Ontario's youtb. "In response to the needs of tbe many young people wbo will be looking, for employ- ment this summer, we have expanded this year's program from 63 components in 1977 to 78 in 1978," Mr. Jones said. The governiment bas issued a bookiet "a guide to the Ontaio Government's special -sunrner e-mployrne-t pro- gram including an application form wb'icb can. be obtained by writing Ontario Experience '78 Queen's Park. Cornie ten Boom, a Dutcb Christian witb an almost inexplicable faitb in God, a faith which belped carry ber tbrougb tortures few persons could withstand, bas known moments of great discourage- ment. The World Wide Pictures film, "The Hiding Place" whicb is based on her experiences belping Jews flee Nazi capture until her arrest and subsequent imprisonment at Ravensbruck, the greatest discouragement was experi- enced in tbat women's exter- mination camp. "The Hiding Place" opens- Marcb 8tb at Cobourg's, Park Theatre. A Message. Flrom The ins'eilAssociation7j By John Peters Today we stand on the threshold of a new month - March - dedicated to Mars, the Roman god of war. But what, you ask, do the church and the Roman god of war have to do with each other? Very early, recogniz- ing t h military and imperialistie impulses Of Phuman nature, the church picked up1 on the martal theme and ap- r Greed Toistoi told the story of the young man who inherited bis father's farm. He was ne sooner in possession of this land, than he began te want more. One morning, a high-ranking. aristocrat came te hlm. He told him he could have ail the land he could walk around in one day, with one condi- tion, he must be back where he started at sundewn. The yeung man looked eagerly over the fields in the distance. Without waiting to say a word to bis wife or children, he started out across the fields. He had planned to walk a piece of land six miles square. When he came to the six mile mark, he decided to make it nine, then twelve, then fifteen! This meant a sixty mile walk te cever ail four sides. By neen he had cover- ed two sides. He was stili going strong, se lie did not stop for lunch. He had to ever the ground. A littie later he met an eld man drinking plied it to our evangeiis-- tic thrust as we "went into ail the world to Sreach the gospl". we ave even aote a marching son in the words of "Onward Christian Soldiers" in which we proclaim the church to be "like a mighty army. What Kind of Army? But when we look at the church in our day, the question that re- peatedly surfaces in our at a spring, but in bis censuming greed for more, he refused theý cup which the old man effered hlm, and rushed on. As the afternoen passed, bis pace became laboured. He forced himself en, dragging one leaden feet after anether. Finally, lie appreadli- ed the finish line, just as the sun began te touch the horizon. He must finish. Summoning ahl bis energy for one last effort he S'taggered across the uine. He had dene it. The land new belonge d te hlm. Those were bis hast thoughts. He fell dead en the greund ie lad coveted so much. His final reward was a piece ef ground six feet long and twe feet* wide,' eneugli for one grave. 1Though this stery was written ever a century ago,, its', message' is timeless. Even today, people equate personal wealth, popularity and possessions witb success. Tley mortgage ail their time, interest and energy te dlaim it fer tlemselves. It is a mind is, "What kind of an army is this?" Martin Bell, in his book The Way of the Wolf, describes the fellowship of believers as. a "rag- tag littie army" with only you and me as soldiers, an irregular drum beat and everyone out of step. That's one way to look at God's 2th century army. It's easy to see the apparent dis- false value! Happiness eludes them, 'fer happiness cannet, be beugît or possessed. It cernes with the satis- faction of being "rightV. with God and "riglit" with our fellowman. It is in the giving and not the taking. Jesus spoke te the same issue, wlen he teld the parable of the rich man whe tore dewn bis barns te build bigger, then bigger., "But Ged said te hlm, 'Foel! This nigît your seul is required of yeu; and the things you have prepared, whese will they be?" (Luke 12:16) "'Life is not a geblet te be drained, but a measure te be filled."1 6 _ organization, the com- petition, between bat- talions (denomina- tions), and the way it aiways seems to be one step behind the world iinstead of leading the way. To all outward appearances the army is inadequate, pitiful and lost. To quote Martin Bell, "if God were more sensible he'd take his little army and shape them. up. " Compassionate However, it is also possible to'view God's army as one not intend- ed to, be ruled by rigid discipline and military precision. Rather, God's armny is one filled with compassion, moving slowly enough that we ail have a chance to join in and be part. It is an army where, when one little soldier decides to romp in a field chasing after a butterfly, -God will stop the whole march of eternity to go and bring the wanderer back. That is a different kind of army from the miii- tary machines of world conquest that we've wit- nessed over the ages. Slow It is true that God's army often moves with the speed of a snail. Yet, as slow and uneven as is the pace that this army keeps, its ste ps are deliberate and pur- posive. And while we may not be able to see to the head of the line, we trust that the general knows. where he is taking us. And we are assured that he will flot leave us behind -in the ruthless rush of a forced march, for he means to take every last one of his tiny soldiers.with him. God won't g o on without us and, that's why the march takes so long. So it is that the church moves like ýa might, ponderous army, tread- ing where the saints have trod' outlasting other worki powers ana carrying'on long after they have perished. We're part of that army, you and 1, God's littie rag-tag army with uneven drum beat and everyone out o f step. And the march goes on . Join us in Observing World Day of Frayer. .. ..Friday, March Srd at 2 p. M. at St. John's Ch-urch in Bowmanville.I This year~s theme is "Community Spirît in Moder-n Living." Three community summer schools are planned in the Northumberland and New- castle area this year if enrolîment is bigh enough to Ce lebrates 9Oth Birthday We have received a nice letter to share in our pages from Mrs. Della Hughes of Osbawa. In it she tells of the 9th birtbday celebrations of Mrs. Howard Willoughby who lived for many years at Island Grove. Among the guests at the party celebrated in Marwood Park Restaurant was Mr. Neil Shortreed, who was bank manager of the Commerce in Keswick for many years until he transfer- red in 1941. The late Howard Willoughby and bis wife kept a hotel in Island Grove and in summer used to hold dances for cottagers complete with a Toronto orchestra. Tbey beld card parties and square dances in the off season and Annie Willoughby was the lady who gave a helping hand wherever she could when THE BAHA'I FAITH The springtime of God is at hand. The time has corne for a Il mankind ta be united, when ail races shall be loyal ta one-another and ail religious and racial bias pass away. It 15 the day in which the oneness of humankind shahl uplift its standard and flIood the world with its light. Therefore, we suppli. cate God, asking that Rie dispel the gloomy ciouds and uproot imita- tions in order that the nations embrace each aCher and that the spiritual brotherhood of man wiil illuminate the world. For further information R.0. Box 36, of "The Book Miii", Temperance St. S. there was trouble or sickness. The Reverend Fletcher once said to ber, "I don't see you in church too often, but if there's sickness you're always the first person I see" he took ber hands in bis and added "there must be more than one kind of religion, God Bless You. " Howard Willoughby was an assessor for 25 years and worked as a strong politician in the area for a number of years. The Loyal Orange Lodge began the local Chapter in the Willoughby Hotel and shortly afterwards Annie got busy and organized the ladies L.O.B.A. Both lQdges beld their meetings in the hotel until Belbaven Community Hall was built a couple of years later and meetings transferred there. Mrs. Wllougbby received a plaque commemorating ber 9th birthday from Prime Minister Trudeau, Governor General Mr. and Mrs. Jules Leger and Premier William Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes have been close friends of Mrs. Willoughby for 30 years and tbey were tbrilled witb tbe honours afforded so loved a lady on ber 9tb birtbday. ,PO77rh7e, Tý 1d warrant operating them. The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education has approved the use of at least two summer schools forý both students in credit make- up courses and aduits inter-, ested in academic, recrea- tional and vocational courses. A third community summer school will also offer classes if interest is shown by students and residents within the jurisdiction, Director, of Education Frank Thom told the board last Thursday. "It's a case of numbers", Mr. Thom noted, adding that enrolîment will need to reach a suffîcient level before the third school will open. Bowmanville trustee Bob Burke said that a French programn which the board operated in a local school last summer had no trouble drawing enrolîment. If a third summer school is required to meet the interest in registration, Mr. Burke urged the board to consider Bowmanv ille as a location for the classes. In the past the programn bas almost been self supporting and is expected -to cost an estimated $5,000 this year, the Director of Education said. Salaries for teaching and administration would amount to $1,850 for principals, $12 per hour for staff, $4 per hour for teaching assistants and $4.25 per hour for secretaries. Bus service will also operate in the areas around the schools cbosen by the board. A $10 registration fee to cover costs of the programn will be cbarged for each class when they open on July 4 for a six week period. Peter-, epoeka T"hree Sehools May Operate This -Summer TELEPHONE 623-6555 JOHN MANUEL., C.G.A. Income Tax and Related Accounting Services 67 King St. East - Suite 2 Bowmanville, Ontario LiC 1N4 1