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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1979, PAGE 19 Col AFTER FOUR FILM CLUB Registrations are being taken at the film desk of the Whitby Public Library for the After Four Film Club for children in Grade 3 and up. Films are shown at >4 p.m. in the auditorium on Wednes- days and are approximately 30 to 40 minutes in length. Films for January are: ja~n. 17, The Selfish Giant, Jan.24, Goliath and Morris the Midget Moose, and Jan. 31, The Cricket in Times Square. There will be a travel-film, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium, featuring Switzerland. WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP A workshop in painting in watercolor, will be condu cted by Harold Klunder at the Whitby Arts Station Gallery Jan. 27 and 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The first day will be for teen- agers and the second day for adults. Mr. Klunder who has a current exhibit at the Station will lead a one-day seminar for each group, designed to give exposure to -abstract design elements through the use of watércolor and col- lage. Participants are asked to bring a current magazine, milk cartons or other car- tons, various types of packa- ging, styrofoam, leaves, twigs, nuts and any other small scale household odds and ends., Also bring the paintingmaterialsbyou have, on hand and there will be various materials and pap- ers provided at the gallery. Please brimg your own lunch. Road closed through school yard The Council members concurred last week with the Staff recommendation that a by-law be prepared and passed "to stop-up and close the untraveled Gilbert Street road allowance." That forms a part of the King Street School playground. It is located between King and Henry Streets. The portion of Gilbert Street that forms the King Street School playground and has done so for a number of years contains 17,274 square feet. The property owners abutting this portion of Gilbert Streetthave been contacted by Town Officials and the indication the Officials received is that the property owners "are not prepared to purchase the property in the future. It was also pointed out that the Commissioner o Durham Region Public Works Department, W.A. Twelvetrees has advised the Town Officials that the "Region has no objection to the road closure." THEATRE PRODUCTION The Whitby Theatre Company will be presenting five performances of a comedy called "The Effects f Gamma Rays on Man-in- the-Moon Marigolds," at the end, of January and the beginning of February. Under the direction of Judith Edmondsôn, the play will be presented Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 in the Whitby Centennial Building theatre. A special show for senior citizens will be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30, while all other performances for the gene- ral public public begin at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are avail- able at Middleton's Book Store on Dundas Street, West.- "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds" by Paul Zindell deals with a harsher, yet somehow vulnerable side of hf e. On the peripheral of the plot a silent, semi-senile old lady intrudes daily on the fantasier of Beatrice Hunsdorfer. Renting space to this aged nuisance provides income for Beatrice and her two teenage daughters; Ruth, a self-centered unsure loud- mouth, and Mathilda, a quiet concerned student whose restricted world receives a ray of hope when, trough a science projeet at school, she is introduced to the miracle of the atom. But it is at Beatrice the dreamer that lifes disap- pointments -hit . hardest: For,, Beatrice, everything that has happened to her was "somebody elses" fault and she is incapable of realizing why! HOCKEY DANCE The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brooklin-Whitby Minor Hockey Association is hold- ing a dance on Jan. 27 from 8:30 D.m. to 1 a.m. at Heydenshore pavilion. Tickets can be obtained by calling Helen Ravary at 668- 2810 or Cathie Neely at 655- 3245. WINTER BLOOZ DANCE The West Lynde Community Association will be holding a "Winter Blooz Dance" at Heydenshore Cox is PUC chairman Former Town Councillor Gerry Cox, was elected chairman of the Whitby Public Utilities Commission last week, succeeding Albert Randal. Mr. Cox became a commissioner of the PUC in October 1976, following the death of George Brooks. Vice-Chairman of the PUC for 1979 is Dr. John McKinney. rnmg Pavillion Feb. 17 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are avail- able by callinrg Annette at 668-6610, Beryl at 668-7104, Margaret at 668-9691, Tony ,,..at 668.6130, Earl at 668-6047 or Colin at 668-7655. Music will be provided by a live band. STROKE ASSOCIATION The DurhanRegion Stroke Recovery Association will meet on Tuesday, January 30. At 7 p.m., at Extendicare, 82 Park Road, North, Oshawa. Guest speaker will be physiotherapist, Mrs. Pat Hedley, presenting an illus- trated talk on "Mobility and Fitness after a Stroke". The Stroke Recovery Association strives to help stroke survivors return to a full productive life, by means of encouragement, education, example and friendly contact. All inter- ested persons are urged to attend this meeting. For further information telephone 579-6361. ANNIVERSARY TEA Rowland and Hilda Bibeau will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Jan. 20. Friends are invited to attend a tea at St. Bernadette's Parish Centre in Ajax from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This wil be followed by a Mass at 5 p.m. During the evening there will be a dance in the hall for those friends wishing to join the family in this celebration ýROBBIE BURNS DANCE The Canadian Scottish Club is giving a Robbie Burns Dance Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. in the Regal Room at the Centennial Building. For more information, call 668'4134. CHILDREN'S CONCERT A children's concert by Raffi will be held at Eastdale Collegiate in Oshawa Jan. 27 at il a.m. and 1 p.m., for children aged two to eight. Tickets are available at Plum Hollow Books, Brock Street, South, Whitby. For further information, call 728-6233. CARD PARTY The Brooklin and District Progressive Conservativ7e Association will hold a Card Pirty at-the Oddfellows Hall, Bagot Street, Brooklin, Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. For tickets, cal Alice Whiting at 655-3860, Bill Grylls at 668-2190 or Betty Emm at 655-4809. TULIP TRAMPERS DANCE The Dutch Canadian Club in Whitby, the Tulip Trampers will hold a dance Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Fantasyland Park, south of Brooklin on Highway 12. Music will be provided by Busker and His Band and George Muller. Door prizes, Events dance prizes and refresh- ments will be featured.- Tickets are available at the door. ASTRONOMY SEMINAR The first- in a series of astronomy seminars will be held at Durham College, Oshawa, Jan. 20 starting at 9:30 a. m., featuring a lec- ture on the origin and evolu- of the solar system. From 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. there will be an astrono- micalfilm. From 10:45 a.m. to noon, the keynote speaker will be Dr. D.W. Strangway, chairman of the department of geology at the University of Toronto, and former head of the Geophysical branch of NASA's Johnson Space Craft Centre in Houston, Texas. Further information about his seminar may be obtained by calling Durham College at 576-0210. The public is welcome to attend. DIET COURSE A special course on diet, food and nutrition will be held at Kendalwood Road Seventh Day ,Adventist Church in January and February. Jan. 28, Feb. 4 and Feb. il from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. there wiIl be instruction in food preparation and nutirition and at 6 p.m. a meal for the family which the partici- pants prepared, will be served. Jan. 31, Feb. 7 and Feb. 14, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. there will bc a meal for the family and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. there will be nutrition in- will be speaking on their specific horticultural specialties. Visitors are welcome! WHITBY FABRICS CUSTOM DRAPES &SHEERS Âitterns Drèss Goods Excellent prices onl à ston made drapes. 21S Dundas St, E. e8-4821 James P. A. Prentice DISPENSING OPTICIAN 215 Dundas St., East Whitbyï Ont LiN 2H8 666-1646 Haskins+Slls Limfted Trustee in Bankruptcy F. Alan Lawson,CA, Vice-President Bell Canada Building, Oshawa Centre RO. Box 800, Oshawa, L1H 7N1 Telephone: (416)579-8202 HANDCRAFTS A SUPPUES YARNS NEEDLEPOINT STITCHERY, WÉAVING & MAC IAME 20% m-30% SAVINGS on -selected fashion yMns Sale starts Thursdav Jan. 18th FOR 9 DAYS ONLY Ends Saturday Jan. 27th. We have reduced prices on many of your favourite items BU Mu USINESS HOURS: on.-Sat. 9:30-5:30 110 BROCK ST. N., WHITBY j I PROFESSIONAL PAINTING & WALLPAPERING SERVICE FOR INFORMATION CALL 655-4351 lumuago- p- me , struction by a registered dietitian. For registration and fur- ther information, call 576- 4520. HORTICULTURAL MEETING The Brooklin Horticultural Society. will hold its first monthly meeting for 1979 on Wednesday, January 24. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. at the Brooklin United Church Hall. Following the theme of "Let's Have Fun Together" the first meeting will be a "share your secrets night". Memnbers of the Societ-