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Port Perry Star (1907-), 17 Nov 1955, p. 10

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kar ot has "given by the 8-THE PORT PERRY STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1968 given a scholarship of $950 and is en- od I H C R test which. Mrs. Alan Martyn won, | | ™eseencan ses Sr rr te p-------- Womeii's Institute orvention Report "UCC Scugog News Our treasurer reported on our turkey | THEATRE low vac sau] : ; supper and we were glad to know that LAKEVIEW The regular monthly meeting of the past fifty years and asked his listen- Following the business session Miss : i . PORT PERRY . WI. was held in the Parish Hall he | vast "sre we any better Christians? |¥thel Chapman, author, and Editor of adv Head F t Ra ho net last We cleared well ager jan. LX : Two Shows Nightly -- 7 asd pm. Thursday afternoon, November 10th.! Aye we living richer lives? Are wef{llome and Country, gave a very in- ay. evening o me of Mr.) moved to have all our future : . "i and Mrs, Alan Carter, with 17 mem- Brunton chaired the. meeting and led in a brief memorial service. After she read the poem, "In Flanders Field", a two minute silence was ob- served, Mrs. Stan' Ploughman, leader of the Junior Homemakers, requested the In- stitute sponsor this group. * Her re- quest 'was granted Kladly. It was de- cided that a doll should be bought for the Hospital Bazaar,, Mrs, Bryant's offer to dress the doll was accepted. Mrs, W. Stone was in charge of the programme. Readings were given by Mrs. Dusty and by Mrs. Stone. Mrs. Bryunt, delegate, gave her re- port on the fifty-third Convention of the central area held in Toronto, Nov. 24, 1955, - "The morning session was taken up with registration and later a question period by the de egates, answers being chairman and members ol the board. study of the Hand Mrs. McPhatter President, claiming much time would be saved if this A much wider Book was urged by IW. 1.0. vitlnable were done, The afternoon session opened with assembly singing followed by a mem- orial service to Mrs. N. White, Brook- lin, past chairman, Mayor Nathan Phillips gave an ad- dress of welcome to the delegates and commended them on their work and improving rural living conditions and better citizens?" Following the Banquet," the guest speaker was Rev. R, Jones, B.A, M.A, B.S.T., social service worker and traveller, His topic was "Rearing Children of Good Will" He stressed, hold fast to your signature, it is what makes You,--You, and carried his idea into hold; fast to your Canadian signature. It is not that everybody is doing a thing, but is it_good,. or is it bad. Mr. Graham -of the Dept. of Agri- culture followed Mr. Jones and an- nounced that Miss Helen McKercher would. succecd Mrs. Ewen (Anna Lewis) as Director of the Women's Institute Branch and Home Economics Service, The following reports were brought in: 1. Agriculture and Canad.an Indus- tries, by Mrs. Ackroyd, Brampton, 2. Historical Research, by Mrs. Bay- croft, Gormley. 3. Community Activities and Public Relations, by Mrs, Foster, Creemore, 4. Citizenship and Education, by Murs. Francy, Gormley.' 5. Home Economics, by Mann, Havelock, These reports were mimeographed and copies distributed for study." Mrs. H. Smeltzer covered the bhal- ance of the convention and stressed the importance of the work being done by the Women's Institute, Mrs. H. spiring address on: Putting Culture into Agriculture, She defined -culture as education, refinement. and the good life of the mind and spirit. She compared the training of the mind with the cultiva- tion 'and tilling of a field. It is good for a child totlive in the country and store up memories of morning mist, flocks of birds, cattle in the stall at night and the wonders of the Heavens and of Nature, remembering the words of St. Paul: Whatsoever things are Good, whatsoever things are Pure, think on these things. 'She suggested writing the National Art Gallery and. securing copies of good pictures and pinning them up in the home, putting the words of a song over the sink and singing it until the family join in, She stressed that the bers present. Our local governments were discussed, Next week uor meet- ing will be held at the home of Mr. and Mus, Stuart Rodman. Mr and Mrs. Don Gerrow visited at the. home of Mr. and 'Mrs, R, McCrae at Ajax last Saturday, : Mrs. A. Ashbridge and Mr. Donald Ashbridge were guests at the home of last" Sunday, - r. and Mrs; S. Rodwhn attended a i Fi celebration in honour of Mrs. A. Ashton last Sunday. Thirty- one members of the family were._to- gether at the home of Mr, and Mrs. W. Bragg at Providence. ~ Mr. and Mrs, Eastwood and Miss Helen Eastwood of Whitby were Sun- day guests at the home of Mr. and Institute responsibility .is to inspire, Are we more rushed and bewildered | 'to-day than when life was lived on a; more. modest scale? In closing she told Peter Marshall's % sermon on, "The Keeper of the Springs aid felt that the women to- day are the keeper of the springs in the matter of the good life. The evening session wag given over to the Film Board. Films were shown of Saskatchewan and of a Dutch fam-! ily.in New Brunswick making Pottery; Mrs, T. Redman, Grace United Church W.A., held their Novenier meeting at the church with an attendance of 26 adults, - The pre- sident Mrs. Glenn Hood called the | meeting to order and the hymn 'O} Master Let me Walk with Thee' was sung, followed by the Lord's prayer in 'unison. The scripture found in John 14, was read by Mrs. Alf, Pren- tice. Minutes were read and adopted. Mrs. Russell Pogue took up the offer- ing. Mrs. Neil Lamont led in a con- Mr, and Mrs, C. Harrison in Toronto meetings in the Sunday 'School room in the basement, : Roll call for December will be the time and date of our wedding anniver- saries. A supper is being planned for. Nov,-80 with group 4 in charge. Our lovely quilt was drawn for and the lucky winner was Mr, Bob. Martyn of 'Thornhill, Ont. Lucky ticket. was sold by Mrs. Evelyn Maynard. $76.00 was made with this project. Mrs, Neil Lamont then donated to the birthday shoe. Mrs. Alan Martyn showed a film on 'Cancer' and this subject was used for a film discussion period. A hymn 'Fairest Lord Jesus' was sung and the benediction repeat. ed in unison. Lunch was served, Everyone is reminded to be at the bus terminal at 6.45 p.m. sharp for the trip to Ice Capades, Toronto. Congratulations to Miss Sondra James on her scholarship for high grades in her probation period at Oshawa School of Nursing. "lI had an odd dream last night, my dear," Mr. Smith reinarked at break- fast. "I thought I saw another man running off with you." "Really 2" rejoined Mrs. Smith, wand what did you say to him?" "I asked him what he was running for." v "ARIZONA SHEEP DOG" _ That Set the Continent. Afire "| "DAVY CROCKET, KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER" Special Added Disney Feature id THURSDAY-FRI-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17-18-19 WALT ISNEY'S GREAT TECHNICOLOR HFT MONDAY-TUES.-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21.22.23 Jane Russell and Jeff Chandler In the Gripping New Technicolor Drama "FOXFIRE" SHORT PICTURES. "FRU ALAD LAYER CAKE" GERROW' S BAKERY " Phone 32W "COFFEE ROLL" 0 00000 OO Birthday Cakes are our Specialty ICED AND DECORATED FOR ORDERS : ! SATURDAY SPECIALS 4 a [| ntm-- (Fs ; ; also a history of the Stratford Festi- "G. M. GERROW ' iv community service. He wished the| They do things in a big way. They |val with scenes from Richard III, -- 7 LL A IVE Institute every success. hold their convention in the biggest : Norm Garriock, CBC farm commen. | Hotel in the British mpire (Royal[ The convention closed with a panel ! Fah) tator spoke briefly -on 33 years in| York). discussion on culture in charge . of IT SREAT T0 COME HOME 0 i A agriculture. He gave a detailed out-| Their organization now circles the | Mrs. Ewen, Guelph, assisted by two . SO liné of all the work required to put on | globe, } staff members from 0.A.C. and a re- | : ] | : EEE program on T.V. telling his listeners] They have the blessing and the sup- | Presentative from the Dept. of Edu- fil #*=that it added up to seventeen people. | port of 'the Government (Dept. of caffon, ge 4 Each worked with a union, so the dif- Agriculture). But old laurels are not nt : "Guelph, things that are not so good, ng Bo, ficulty arose who will, or won't work, with whom? and when? Miss Dean, of Sydney, Australia, brought Greetings from down under. Miss Dean told about life on an Au- stralin ranch before leaving to come to Toronto to study Radio and T.V. Miss Dean was followed by Madame Saunders of Jamaica thus giving an international flavor to the Convention. Madame Saunders in her work with the Federation of Women of Jamaica, told of her efforts in educating rural women' in_'Homemaking,. Health, and Sanitation, closing her address with, "As an Woman! I Have Much to Do." The following day we had two speakers who gave us much. food for thought. At the morning session, Rev. W. A. Young, Chaplain at 0.A.C., traced the good, as well as c¢nough, they are on the march. She divided her report into two see- tions: Business and Inspirational. "This is a year of finishing up pro- Jects, the equipping of three villages in Ceylon at a cost of $1310 each. A tractor delivered to the widows of Greece and at their request a trail- er was added. A photo of these being operated in Greece was shown.| } It was suggested that this year the branches take .a rest from these pro- jects and stress their own community work and set their sights on increasing their membership. Each branch will bring before? its members the need for a National Of- fice at Ottawa and vote on: should cach member give one dollar towards this. Ontario has 45,000 members. Canada has 90,000. A student from Jamaica has. been ---------- Hilltop Herald By Barry Fletcher Thursday, Nov. 10, 1956 a comme- moration service was held in Port Perry High School auditorium in hon- our of those who gave their lives in the service of their country, After a prayer was given Floyd James read the honour roll and Gary Tummonds played the "Last Post" .as the flag was lowered. Then two minutes silence was observed by the entire student group. Then "Reveille" was played for the raising of the flag. 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