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i | i 4 § BROOKLIN UNITED CHURCH NEWS Hillbilly couple 'crowned' The Oshawa Presbytery held its dinner meeting on Nov. 18th in Brooklin United Church. Widows and widowers of deceased ministers were their special guests for the evening. The speaker was the Presi- dent of the Bay of Quinte Con- ference, Rev. Edward Bentley. On Friday evening, Nov. 21, a very successful dance sponsored by the Sociables was held in the C.E. Building. The assembled "hillbillies" danced to the music of Mountain Country and a good time was reported by all: Prize winners for the best costume were Carolyn and Bill Grylls as a hunter and his dog. The topic of Rev. Lacey's sermon on Sun. Nov. 23 was "The King Of Love."" Margaret Lacey sang a very lovely solo "Jesus The Very Thought of Thee." On Sun. Nov. 30th, the first Sun- day of Advent, the theme was Peace. The first candle of the Ad- vent wreath was lit by Gloria and Troy Jackson. The Senior Choir sang the most appropriate anthem '"The King Shall Come When Morn- ing Dawns."' The sermon title was "The Coming of the Lord." The various units of the U.C.W. held their Christmas meetings on Tues. Dec. 2. As always they were well attended ., as their fine inspira- tional messages and their fun pro- grammes are great springboards in- to the busy season by giving the members and their guests a good base to remember what Christmas really means. Next Sunday is Bible Sunday, and will also be a baptismal service. The Sunday School children are getting excited about their Christmas plans. The White Gift ll I -- -------- -- -- = SS K ' } 4 This 30" wide linen closet contains 4 deep wire ventilated shelves | =a47°= Call for FREE IN-HOME CONSULTATION service will be held on Dec. 14 and their Christmas Party will be on Dec. 20th. The Durham Shoestring Players will be performing. May the light send from God shine in the darkness to show us the way of salvation. LIBRARY NEWS Get your letters to Santa kids Hey Kids...Santa's Mailbox has arrived at the library. Drop your let- ter to Mrs. Claus & Santa off at the library's special delivery service to the North Pole. Santa has promised you'll get an answer back right away. Please be sure to put your last name & address on your letter nice and clear so Santa won't miss you!! Thanks for coming to the special Magic Show in Ashburn kids. Glad you had a great time! Don't forget to make us a snowflake to enter the "If Snowflakes Fell In Colours" Contest! Why not stop and relax with a good book from your "library" dur- ing all the hustle and bustle of this holiday season? Look forward to seeing you at your library! 2 tier-- 3' shoe rack deli -- ow wie & JF EEE eas | Sarah Chislett has achieved one of the highest honours available in the Guiding move- "ment, the All-Round Cord. She was presented with the cord, and a lovely bouquet of flowers by Guide Leaders Barbara Bachmeier (left) in her last official function with 1st Brooklin Guides, and Maureen Jackson at last week's special meeting in Brooklin United Church Hall. At age 12, the Columbus Road resident is a student at Meadowcrest Public School and plans to con- tinue in the Guiding movement by moving one step up to Pathfinders. Equity bill could cost the region plenty have to conduct a thorough study in- to pay equity and develop measures _ to deal with the pay equity question. Durham presently has no criteria for pay equity, but Stevens indicated he has included funds in the preliminary 1987 budget for funds to initiate the study. Under the legislation, employers would have to determine the value of work by comparing jobs done by women in a predominantly female About 8 feet of hanging shelves for upper and lower storage of garments S592 (SPACE AGE SHELVING) 80 Thickson Rd. 8. [Thickson Place at Hwy. 2] WHITBY -- -- 430-1636 OPEN TIL 9:00 P.M. Thursday & Friday From page 18 job classification (with 60 percent or more women) and with work done in predominently male jobs (70 per- cent or more men). The evaluation is to be based on skills, respon- sibilities, effort and working conditions. If the men in comparable jobs are paid more, the women's wages will have to be raised to match them. Although Stevens admits he has no idea at this point, how much such } . 4 ; Hk : 4 i j # , 7 4 Pky " £ a move would cost the region, he said based on the experience of Manitoba and the federal govern- ment, pay equity at the regional level could cost some $2 million. Durham's payroll is presently $40 million to cover just over 2,000 peo- ple in jobs ranging from clerical to construction, to housekeeping work. Many women are now employed in traditional roles and as such are paid at a lower rate than men. { i { § i a Be H § EE 5 BF i : ' & -- » » . The Book Fair at Meadowcrest Public School held last week was an immense success and offered best selling books and games to students and parent§ at competitive prices. To top things off, the school was given a percentage of the sales which enabled them to add to their own library. The success of the event was due in part to the assistance of students such as Stacey Pettigrew, shown here with a new load ready to be distributed to the display tables.