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EAE TT A AR ST PETALS i LE RA Oshawa Preshylerial United Church Women Hold Annual Meeting In St. Mark's United, Whithy Miss Millicent Luke, of Sim- coe Street United Church' was elected president of the Oshawa Presbyterial United Church Wo- men at the second annual meet- ing, held last week in St. Mark's United Church, Whitby, Other officers elected were: Mrs. L. F. Richardson, Whitby, past president; Mrs. Allan Down, Ebenezer, and Mrs. H. M. Kyte, Blackstock, vice pre- sidents; Mrs. Miles Chapman, Pickering, recording secretary; Mrs. Douglas Redpath, King St. Oshawa, corresponding secre- tary; Mrs, G. C. Pirie, King St., Oshawa; treasurer; Mrs. J. H. Breckenridge, Whitby, Christ- ian Citizenship and Social Ac- tion; Miss B. McLean, Green- wood, Co-operation with Christ- ian Education and Missionary Education; Mrs. M. E. Leask, Trinity, Bowmanyille, finance chairman; Mrs. Stephen Say- well, St. Stephen's, Oshawa, Leadership education develop- ment: chairman; Mrs. Lloyd Pegg, St, Andrew's, Oshawa, nominations chairman; Mrs. R. Quantrill, Whitby, community friendship and visiting secre-| tary; Mrs. J. Scott, Albert St., Oshawa, literature and commu- | nications secretary; Mrs. L! Mundy, Trinity, Bowmanville, assistant to Mrs. Scott; S. J. Lancaster, Mrs. W. C. Ives, Trinty, Bow- 'manville, stewardship and re- 'eruiting secretary; Mrs. J. Gray, Murs, | 865 and a budget of $30,465 be Newtonville, | accepted; that the six: delegates, press and publicity secretary; "ence United Church Women an- | manville, program secretary; Mrs. K. Werry, St. Paul's, Bow- Cadmus, supply and social as- sistance secretary; and Mrs, S. Gibbs, Albert Street, Oshawa, archivist. The meeting was planned and conducted by Mrs. L. F. Rich- ardson, retiring president. Mrs, H. T, Fallaise, president of the hostess organization gave words of welcome to the 819 women, representing 44 of the 58 churches in the presbyterial, Mrs. Richardson expressed her gratitude to the members of the retiring executive for taking up the challenge pre- sqnted at the inaugural meet- two years ago, to guide the new organization in unchartered waters toward the involvement of every woman of the church, in the total mission of the church, She paid tribute to those who had planned the Unit- ed Church Women and also to the members who had done the work of the past two years to assist in bringing that plan to fruition. Mrs. Miles Chapman present- ed recommendations from the executive as follows: that an al- location to Conference of $29,- to the Bay of Quinte Confer- nual meeting to be held March 23 to 25 at Queen Street United Church Kingston, be Mrs. Allan Down, Mrs. Carl Down, Mrs. Kenneth Farrow, Mrs. Philip Romeril, Mrs, H. M. Kyte and Mrs. David Duchemin . . . that nominations for Presbytery committees to be elected by Presbytery be as follows: Mrs. W. C. Ives, home missions, Mrs. J. H. Breckenridge, evangelism and social service, Mrs, L. Pegg, world missions, Miss B. Mec- Lean, Mrs. S, Saywell, Mrs. Al- lan Down, Christian education; Miss Millicent Luke, Mrs. M. E. Leask and Mrs. K, Werry, mis- sionary and maintenance; Mrs, L. F. Richardson and Mrs. H. M. Kyte manse. These motions were all passed. Twelve years ago, the Rev. Beverly Oaten began a retreat at a place near Paris Ontario for Chirstian people to go to, for quiet study and meditation. Into 'this dream of a lifetime, Mr. Oaten put all his life sav- ings. When the retreat was on a workable basis, the United Church took it over and called it Five Oaks, for the five cent- ral conferences. Over the years, hundreds of people have attend- ed sessions at Five Oaks for spiritual guidance, Bible study The good done and uplifting. at this retreat has been im- measurable. This year Rev, B. Oaten will be retiring from Five PORT PERRY STAR, THURS. FEB. 27th, 106411 Oaks and in view of this, the | Presbyterial UCW passed the | following motion: that dona- tions toward a gift, through a fund set up for the purpose by the board of -directors of Five Oaks, for the Rev. and Mrs. Oaten, be made by United Church Women's organizations or by the members, if they wish to do so, and these donations. be sent to the Presbyterial treasurer not later than April 1, 1964. The UCW Presbyterial treasurer is Mrs. G. C. Pirie, 171 Rossland Rd. W. Oshawa. Individuals wishing to make se- parate donations may send them to Mrs, W. C. Ives, 91 Liberty St. Bowmanville, who is the treasurer appointed by the Christian education committee of the Bay of Quinte Confer- ence. Mrs. J. H. Breckenridge, chairman of the finance com- mittee, presented her report and asked that the following per- sons be appointed as auditors{- for the next two years: Mr. Chester Robinson and Mr. H. Pincombe. The motion passed. It was announced that the School for Leaders would be held at Albert College, Belle- ville, July 21 to 24, The Rev. John Smith and members of his session led in -an inspiring communion service. After the noon meal, provided by members of the St. Mark's UCW, the afternoon session was opened by a worship service led by members of Ebeneezer UCW., Mrs. W. A. Weatherhead, president of the Bay of Quinte Conference brought greetings to the Presbyterial. The guest speakers for the day were the Rev. Duncan white in the morning, Mrs. Ryrie Smith in the afternoon and Dr. Claude Vipond in the evening, The accounts of these are under separate heads. Evening devotions were led by members of the Trinity United Church Women, Bow- manville. The Rev. E. S. Linstead, chairman of the Oshawa Pres- bytery presided over the elec- tion of officers, after the busi- nes of the day was concluded. - In her acceptance speech, Miss Millicent Luke, newly elected president, thanked those who had worked so diligently in the past two years and asked for the continued support of the membership during her tenure of office. UEC (GED ED (EE) GDS 4 ED) SR (ED Oe SELL and BUY THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED SECTION OF THE Port Perry Star PHONE: 985-7383 . M@ENERAL MOTORS VALVE " ~The new Buick Special has so much built-in value, you'll A hardly believe how little it costs! It looks lower, sleeker ~ on its new longer wheelbase. Its ride is softer, quieter. Its ast? yy, UNBEATABLE FOR PRESTIGE puts Buick quality in your hands for less ¥ 1 Buick Special Deluxe 2-door Coupe with Youll go for BUICK SPEGIAL TRIMIN SIZE \ | because it's Buick through and through EASY TO OWN an all-new \ 115-inch wheelbase 'braking is safer, smoother. Its performance is swifter, "silkier. 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