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1 1 x | So me FE oa EE ce pp ------ rm re = Ct opin » Grade 13 will be abolished. predicts Wells Grade 13 may become a thing of the past within the next few years, Education Minister Thomas Wells said last week. In speaking at the Progressive Conservative Policy Conference at York University here, Mr. Wells said the introduction of the allowed more students to earn enough course credits to obtain their secondary school Honours Graduation Diploma in less than five years. "I believe that Grade 13 as we know it today will change drastically, if not virtually disappear," said Mr. Wells. statistics showed that two-thirds of the students who obtained Grade 12 diplomas this year had more than the required 27 credits. In fact, 11,000 students accumulated 31 credits or more. "The effect of 'this trend on an isolated Grade 13 year until many more students are earning the 33 credits for the Honours diploma in four years," he said. The Education Minister predicted that by the end of this decade, Grade 13 will cease to exist, even without Government regulations to banish it from existence. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Sept. 5th, 1973 - 19 Greenba The weather has been discussed pro and con, fore and aft until there is little left to say except it sure is hot. There will be regular Sunday School and church nk News 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The evening unit of the U.C.W. is having a picnic style meeting at Ruby Beare's on Wed., Sept. 12 at 11 a.m. The ladies are asked to bring their own lunch and credit system in. 1972 has Ministry of Education is obvious. It won't be long services next OI1T-YOURSELF LLP Your Local Initiatives Program is even more elocal. -This year, $83 million is going to be invested in helping people help themselves in their community. If yours is a typical community, we Te putting the "local" into the Local Initiatives Program by setting up a Constituency Advisory Group, or by having L.LP. staff consult with already established groups. Sonow you help decide which projects will contribute most to everybody. On the Constituency Advisory Group will sit a good representation from the community, including people active in community affairs, people from local gov- ernment and social agencies, and L.LP. sponsors from last year, all suggested by yori, P. Your project could have up to $75 5,000 to work with, if your idea is a highly cre- ative and innovative one. To qualify for L.I.P. funds, your project must create not less than 15 man-months of em- ployment. Workers with the Skills required for your project must be available within your community. Project sponsors must hire all employees through Canada Manpower Centres. Deadline for applications is October 15th, 1973, though early submissions could result in projects starting as early as December 1st. In northern or isolated areas, projects could start as early as November 1st. Pro- jects may be funded for up to six months. There's Do-it-Yourself Business L.I.P,, too, for companies which want to provide facilities or services for their communities. Projects are not to be related to business operations, and must create additional jobs. All it takes is one good idea. Applications available now at your nearest Canada Manpower Centre. DO-IT-YOURSELF LIP GETA GOOD IDEA AND GET IT GROWING. § Manpower and Immigration Robert Andras, Minister Main-d'ceuvre et Immigration Robert Andras, ministre Sunday at bathing suit. In the 2: afternoon, Mrs. Marilyn © Wallace will give a 'craft "demonstration. © Mr. and Mrs. M. Turner of © Toronto were recent guests with Mrs. Myrtle thomas. Mrs. Aileen Robertson and . daughter Janice from - Cambridge spent a few days © with Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Clements last week. . Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Blakely and Miss Myrtle Blakely of Brooklin left on © Sunday on a Western trip. Many a child heaved a © sigh of relief on the last - school day in June with the © prospect of a glorious . holiday. Now after two © months of plenty of help in © the kitchen and garden do I + hear a sigh of relief from the © Mothers. The school buses + will be out bright and early = Tuesday morning. © Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Willis i: and family of Sarnia spent a week recently with Mr. and i: Mrs. Geo. Beare. The grand- children, Fred and Lynn's i: and the Wilbur boys have . been holidaying with the : Beares. Mr. and Mrs. J. Young : and friends of Cobourg were . recent guests of Mr. and : Mrs. Ron Young. © Mr. and Mrs. Ross Stager - of Waterloo and Misses © Evelyn and Nancy Spence of © Toronto spent the weekend . with their parents Mr. and . Mrs. W. Spence. We are sorry to hear Mr. Wm. : Dawson of Victoria Corners, Mrs. Spence's father, is a patient in Sunnybrooke Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Fair- man holidayed last week at Centennial Park. Mr. and Mrs. M. Ains- worth of Peterboro were recent visitors with her mother Mrs. Annie Guy. The Hall euchre parties are well attended and will continue to be held every two weeks. The winners last Friday were Ladies Mrs. Violet Luke, Mrs. Jean Somerville and Mrs. Cora Bacon.for the men Frank Taylor, John Somerville and Geo. Stewart. The door prizes went to Wm. Carnegie and Jessie Cook. Come out on September 14 for a fun evening. ic |] The annual Picnic get- toghether of Ontario County Conservatives will be held on Sunday, Sept. 9th at Fantasyland Park north of Whitby. This perennial event again promises to draw large groups of local residents from the areas covered by the provincial Ridings of Ontario South, Ontario and Oshawa and from the fede- ral Ridings of Oshawa- : Whitby and Ontario. Prominent local personal- ies and political figures will host the day's events which include the normal range of races, games, horseshoe pitching, oldtime fiddling, free corn roast, cider mill and a huge home- baked pie counter.