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Whitby Free Press, 16 Apr 1975, p. 8

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PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1976'. WIIITBY FREE PRESý r I V.) i Community Page Search f or Nuie at Whitby Library The first film in a six-part series entitled 'lnhe Search for the Nile" wiÎl be shown Tuesday in îhe Whitby Public Library's. program rooni, beginningy at 7:30. The film is called 'The Dream of the Wanderer." In this film "Richard Burton is asked by the Royal Geo- graphical Society to lead an expedition to find the source of the Nile. He is accom- panied by Richard Hanning Speke.. In Africa, David Livingstone sets out froni sou thern Africa to cross the Kalaharî Desert. The seatch for the Nle has begun." Jamnes Masoni narrates this most highly acclaimed dramn- atized reconstruction of one of the most spectacular quests of all tirne - the search for the Nule. It was filmed on location ini Africa and England. The series continues every Tuesday until May 27 with "Discovery and Betrayal", "The Secret Fountains", "The Great Debate", "Find Livingstone" and "Conquest and Death".- Brooklin: Children Ladies Adults Central Park: Children Ladies Adults Peel Park: Children Ladies Adults Willow Park: Children Ladies Adults Tuesdays 6:00 -7:30 p. Saturdays 10-.00 - 12:î0 noon Thursdays 9:-30 - 11:00 a.m. Tuesdays 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Tuesdays 6:00 -7:30 p.m. Saturdays 12:30 - 2:30 p.rn. Tuesdays 9:30 - 11: 00 a.m. Thursdays 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Tuesdays 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Fridays 6:00 - 9: 00 p.m. Wednesdays 6:00 - 7:30 p.mi. Saturdays 10:00 - 12:00 noon Mondays 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Fridays 9:30 - 11: 00 a.m. Wednesdays 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Thursdays 6:30 - 8:45 p.m. Mondays 6:00 - 7:30 pa. Wednesdays 9:30 -11:00 a.m. Mondays 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Ail childrens lessons (less than 18 years of age) are 30 minutes in length, for 8 classes at a cost of $5.00 for the sessions. Ail ladies and aduit lessons (over 18 years of age) are 45 minutes in length, for 8 classes at a cost of $1 2.00 for the sessions. There are a minimum numnber of tennis racquets available on boan during thc classes and baîls are included. Classes to commence week of May 5, 1975 weather permitting. Registration wil be held at the Whitby Municipal Building in the Council Chambers 405, Dundas Street West, Saturday April 19, 1975 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. imation ýplease phone the Whîtby Recreation Department 668-5803 nd 12 noon and'l1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. The voting is done the sanie way as the local elec- tions, s0 you see it 15 most necessary that Baha'i get to know each other as well as possible. Baha'is who are flot delegates attend the Conven- tion as observers and at the same time participate in vani- ous workshops. Thé mosi important one this year will be on education. Several of the. Whitby Baha'is plan t& attend. The 12-day Ridvan period is considered by the Baha'is On the evening of April 21, the members of the Baha'i community of Whitby wil mark the beginning of the 12-day Ridvan (pro- nounced Rizwan) period by electing the Spiritual Assemn- bly of the Baha'is of Whitby for 1975-76 or the year 132 of the Bah a'i Era. This election takes place every year on the sanie date. Baha'i election in unique in that there are no nominations and no electioneering. Every adùlIt (over 21 years) member of the coni- munity is eligible for election. The voting is preceded by prayers and meditatiori and the voters write nine namnes on blank ballots. Election is by pluràlity vote; that is, those wvho get the most votes (not necessarly a majority) become members of the local Spiritual Assembly. Baha'is vote for those whom they privately consider to have the necessary qualities for memnbership on the Assembly. This sanie procedure takes place in every community ail over the world where there are more than fine aduit Baha'is resi- dent. Later on, usually during ic 9th ro l2th days of the Ridvan period, the Baha'is ,every year hold a National Convention when delegates froni ail over Canada gather to elect thc National Spirit- ual Assembly. This year the National Convention will be held in Guelph. The delegate froni ihis area this year is Mrs. Helen Gardner of Osha- wa. spiritual' festival because it commemorates the timne the Prophet Founder of the Faith spent in the Gardens of Rid- van. (Paradise) of Baghdad. He was there waiting to be sent by his jaiors st ill. farther away froni .'the centre of Isamic civilization because of 'his upholding the teach- ings of the Bab. During th is t i ni e, Baha'u'llah revealed that He was the One the Bab had foretold would corne. Froni that tume on, His followers of Baha). At the end of the 12 days the Turkish govern- ment sent Mini to Constant- inople, then to Adrianople, and finally to the prison city of Akka, InIi srael, where he spent the rest of His days on earth. From'Akka, the teachin'gs of Baha'u'llah spread, first to Europe, and then to ail the countries of the world. To- day the Akka-Haifa district is, the spiritual centre of the ~Baha'i Faith and the seat of the Universal House of hlan e recle aai floesJsie ring tennis Recreation p.m. and Thursdays from Classes are to begin hold regis- 6:30 to 8:45 p.m.- week of May 5, weatherr 1ay from 1 Wilow Park's schedube has mitting. he council lessons for chldren on Mon- For more infonmati, municipal days froni 6 to 7:30 pan!.; phone the recreation depý ie second ladies on Wedne'Sdays IYorn ment at 668-5803 betwi ýnis bessons. 9:30 t 11I a.m,; arnd adults 9 a.m. and 12 noon or 1 p ren (under on Mondays from 7:30 to and 5 p.m.- entitles thc 9 p. eight 30- aduits and ýr eight 45- is restricted to facilitate ual instruc- department sbafls and ~e of charge cd for huge )wn's tennis sed for the In Brooklin, chfldren's1 lessons are on Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. andl Saturdays froni 10 to 12 noon; ladies 1on Thursdays from 9:30 to 1l a.m.; andl adults on Tues- days from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The schedule at Central Park has thc chibdrcn going on Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays froni 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; ladies on Tuesdays froni 9:30 to il a.m. and Thursdays froni i1:30 to 3 p.m.; and adults on Tuesdays froni 7:30 to 9 p.m. and Fridays from 6 to 9p.ni. At Peel Park, the children arc on Wednesdays froni 6 to 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays froni 10 to 12 noon; ladies on Mondays from 1:30 to 3 Ip.m. and Fridays froni 9:30 jto 1l a.m.; and aduits on Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9 the per-. on, art- een SkiIIed trades in big demand S p The Whitby1 Department will1 trations on Saturc to 4 p.m. in t chambers of the building for th annual spring tenr Cost for childi 18) is $5. This( youngsters to eitl youngsters to minute lesso ns. The fée for ladies is $12 for minute lcssons. The class sizei to eight peoplet intensive individu The recreation wil ban tennis some racquets fre s0 there is no nei investments. AIl of thec tc courts will be u: onity of placements were made in the following indus- tries: manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade, personal services and food services. Shortages of qualified clients were noted in the following occupations: ac- counitants, -draftsmen/women civil engineering technicians, child care workers, R:N.'s, R.N.A.'s, nurse aides, mach- inists, maintenance clcctric- ians, plant maintenance mechanics, business machine servicemen/wvomerl and mo- tor vehicle mechanics. .0-e Uof T Seminarý Colin Chow of Whitby was one of 35 top mathemnatics students across thc province who attended a seminar at thc University of Toronto on April 14. This was the seventeenth year that a seminar has been hcld for area leaders of the International Mathematics Contest for high school stu- dents. The seminar was spon- sorcd, by the Samuel Beatty Fund and pnizes for thc students were provided by IBM Canada Limitcd. 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'75 T'he number of clients registered for employment at thc Canada Manpower Centres in Oshawa and Ajax for the monthi of March totalled 7,516, of whom 4,026 were male and 3,490 were femnale. Registrations increased in the following occupations: managerial and administrative clerical, sales, service, mach- ining and related occupations, construction trades, truck driving, unskilled factory work and students. A total of 220 persons wcre placed in employmnent

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