Surprise Party Honors Bertha Watson at Woodside School
Surprises marked a Woodside School gathering to honor Miss Bertha Watson a Halton Junior Farmers member who won the provincial debating championship and was a finalist in public speaking The event included euchre and games with presentations from Mrs Ko McKeown and Miss Doris Thompson plus gifts a lunch and a Rotary Club TV prize drawing for Doris Thompson and a set of cuff links for John Black.
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Woodside
Bertha Watson
Erin
Halton
Miss Watson
Farmen
Doris Thompson
Watson
John Black
Lack of Education Ties to Unemployment National survey links schooling level to joblessness
The National Employment Service and National Employment Committee report a 1965 country wide survey of 246160 unplaced applicants showing 70 of 100 job seekers had Grade 8 or less education while 30 had Grade 9 or higher. Unemployment rates run higher among poorly educated, with about five and a half percent versus under three percent for better educated workers.
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National Employment Service
N.F. S
National Employment Committee
N.es
Erneta
St Alban's Guild Meets in Parish Hall
St Alban's Guild held an Apnt meeting in the Parish Hall with Mrs Heeley presiding. Lo Higgins read no scripture, then the Guild prayer. E Taylor gave the secretary's report and Mo Townsend the treasurer's. Final wedding and dinner arrangements, bank opening completed. Jo Jones moved to buy 24 serving spoons. prize for the lucky chair won by J Jones. meeting closed with Mizpah benediction.
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St. Alban’s Guild
Mrs. Heeley
Lo Higgins
E Taylor
Mo Townsend
Tlee
Jo Jones
M = Denny
J Jones
Jehovah's Witnesses Protest Arrests in USSR Letter
A Watch Tower Society letter to Premier Bulganin condemns Soviet arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses. Dojerman of Georgetown congregation notes repeated failures to register the religious group and mass detentions to labor camps in Siberia.
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Feveet
Ishain
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Jehovahs Witnesses
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Ussr
Dojerman
Georgetown
News Mendiezman
Jehovah's Witnesses
Soviet Union
Oakville Police Seek New Building and Expanded Force
Oakville police chief urges council to approve a new police building with court facilities, larger cells, and offices for magistrate and crown attorney. He also asks for three additional constables to reach ten in all ranks, plus a motorcycle for traffic violations and a photo-mapping lab.
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Oakville
Terethrer
Councilen
Oakville Galice
Chael W L. Brown
Trafficvagsin
Oakville Police
al- Seed Hooks
Waffie
Simple Tasks Hard For 11 000 Kiddies
A battered rag doll and a child's world highlight the urge for independence and play for 11 000 crippled children in Ontario. The piece argues every child’s right to walk and talk despite handicaps and the challenges they face in finding a world of their own for competitive play and idea exchange.
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Ontario
Society for Crippled Children Aids Needy Kids Province Wide
The Society for Crippled Children helps injured and disabled youths across the province. A band of 20 orthopedists and nurses travel by land canoes and bush aircraft to locate and treat afflicted children, offering hope and opportunities where once there was despair.
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Society For
Societus Band
Ravelling Orthopedia
Sultania
Georgetown Council Sets 1957 Tax Rates After Audit Report
The Georgetown council met in special sessions to hear H A Lever of Lever and Hoskins present the auditor's report. Residential and farm rate set at 50 mills, commercial at 53 mills, with total debt expected to exceed two million dollars by year end 1967. Staff pay raises include two cents per hour for works staff, $100 for water meter readers, and $150 for a police office assistant.
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Georgetown Council
H. A. Lever
Lever and Hoskins
Toronto
Hiss
Lever
Tthe
Gayfield McGilvrey
Works Department
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