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-~ - ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THUBSDAY, D.hECEIMBER l6th, 19)65 'RNO WEE-'KLY TIMES (Auhoxzedas Second Casmail, 1Posf Office DeLpaiment, Eeablizhed in 1938 by R A. Forrester Roy C. Forrester - EclItor and Manager Published every Thursday at the offIce cd publicatioe Main Street, Phone 109, urono, OntLario, Poor T'axpayer With much fanfare, Defence Minister Paul Hellyer recently announced that bis department bas been success- ful in reducing the strength of the armed forces to 110,000. This move represents a cutback of about 10,000 in military personnel, and an annual administrative $100,000,- 000 to Canadian taxpayers. Ib was carried out in line with the Government's policiîes of inbegrating the three services- Savings bo taxpayers are always welcomne But Mr. Hellyer's announcement when studied alongside -reports of spending in some of the other government departments and agencies, actually doesn't give the taxpayers much to re- ,Joice about.------ Even as Mr. Hellyer was proudly proclaiming what had been accomplished in the Defence Departmént, the Dominion Bureau if Statistics released figcures which show that the taxpayer isn't going to be mnuch better off- In the' two years that 10,000 were lopped off the mlitary payroll,, almnost 7,000 were added to the staffs of the other govern- ment branches. In -April, 1963, jusb after the Liberals took office, there were about. 350,000 employees in federal depart- ments, branches and agencies. At present - two and ofte- haîf years laber - this figure bas soared bo over 357,000. Savings realized bhrough the being spent just as quickly- and fields The baxpayer just can't win. defence cutback are more so - in other Announce Winners 0f I .O.O.F. Turkey ra The Orono Oddfellow's Service Club held their turkey draw on Wednesday night of this week. In alI, twvelve turkeys were dispersed -Ithroughout the area as a resuit of the annual lucky draw. Total re- ceipts froni the draw amounted to over three hundred dollars. Winners of turkeys were as fol- Iows: W. Morley, Newcastle, Bessie Shackleton, Salem; Evelyn Ger-, row, Leskard; Joanne Mitchell, Bowmnvile;Robert Muir, Cour- tice; Larry Ellis, Bowmanville; George Vail, Oshawa; Roy Vernon,« Kendal; Cindy Waite, Cobourg; and C. Martin, Leskard. Turkeys will be ýavailable fromn Mr. Gordon Watson, Orono, on Tuesday, December 22nd. FALL FAIR MAY FOLD Fromn a report in the Port Hlope Guide it is understood that the fate of the Port Hope annual fal fair was bo be decided on Wed- nesday night of this week The continuance of the fair was to be discussed at the Society's annual meeting wýhich was held last nighb ILack of interest appears the main reason: being advanced for closing dowa the fair, if such ac- tion was takeni last night. Unit No. 3 The Chris;tmas meeting of Unit 3 was held on Tuesday, November 7th in the church auditorium -POWER TOOLS - BLACK& DECKER 1/4" Drilis:,-... $12,98 3/8" -Dril ... $19,88 GREEN UNE POWER TOOLS Electrîc Sa.nde r 1/4". Drill .'.. $19,88 Sander .... $26,88 GE HAIR DRYERS, priced........... $15,99 GE STEAM IRiONS, priced......... $14,99, GE PORTABLE MIXERS, priced ..... $14,99 ELECTRIC ýCAN OPENER.......... $14,95 GE FLOOR POLISHERS......... ---. $27,88 10 TRAINSISTOR PORT, RADIOS ..... $19,95 CCM FIGURE SKATES........... $9,98 up CCM HOCKEY SKATES.....,..... $9,49 up Westinghouse Cordless Electrie Knife . $29,95 3/8" Dril. Jig Saw $24,88 $26e88 XMS ALCO LRG APLANE ýT RE HOURS: Open Weekdays Týili 9.00 p.m, - Closed Cbristmas Eve at 6:00 and Store wilI re- main Closed, billTuesday, December 28th. which was beautifully decorated for the occasion. Due to the ab- sence of Mrs. Sherwin,, the leader, Mrs. Drummond was in the chair. She welcomed members of Unit 2 Who were guests of the meeting. Mrs. Drummond spoke of the ac- cident to Mrs. Sherwin, Mrs. E. R. Rainey and Mrs W. Miller and asked that they mighb be remem- bered in our prayers. Several Christmas carols were sung with Miss Peggy Hancock at the piano. A quartet was sung by Mrs. Drummond, Mrs. Irwin, Mrs. Quinton and Mrs. Cochrane. The Devotional was taken by Mrs. Drummond assisted by MIrs. Rob- inson, Mrs. Quinton and Mrs. Cochrane. The theme was %Let us watch our Master, grow." Mrs. Drummiond sang a solo, "And There were Shepherds" which brought a Christmas mes- sage enjoye d by all. Mrs. Drun-] mond also took the Bible Study. Mrs. Tamblyn, leader of Unit 2 thanked Unit 3 for the invitation to join with them at thieir Christ- mas meeting and spoke of how ýmuch they had enjoyed thle pro- gram. Mrs. Drummond thanked ail Who had helped wibh the meeting and gave a special thanks to Miýss Peggy Hlancock and Mrs. Quinton Whio were guests. RECORD PLAYERS, priced ..... $25;95 opoNO. ONT. LOCAL MEWMBER ADDRESSESý ETOBIZCOKEý KIWANIS CLUB The need for positive attitudei towardsi aging was emp)has-*ed in an address by, Mr. Alex Carrut 'ers, M.P.P. to the Etobicoke K wanis Club on Monday. No longer should our attitudeý to aging be directed merely te- wards its limitations, the Chair- man of the Select Committee on Aging stated, but rather to its potentials. The . knowledge, experience an&r skills of Senior Citizens, he said, should be recognized as among our greatest resources, and dir- ected through organized pro- grammes to play a useful role ja our communities. -Commnenting on the excellent programmes for Senior Citizens- sponsored by Kiwanis Clubs throughout the province, Mr. Car- ruthers, outlined several program- mes that are beling conducted by varions voluntary groups, and which are particularly adaptable. for implementation by Kiwanis Cbs and other organization.- I providing social services. The speaker included among the.se, Htome' Care Programmes; Meàls- on Wheels for shut-ins; the sponï-- soring of Senior Cibizens' Clubs, f Continued page 7) Delicious refreshments 'Werte served by members of Group Z 'and 3 andi a social'ime enjoyed, PRONU 16U Thle ÏS tore will remain open c ach day until 9 p.m. except Saturday un-til Christmas "WvHERtE VARIETY PREVAILS"I PHONE ORIONO 122 LET OUR XMAS CATALOGý-UE BMYOUk GUIDE CHRISTMAS FOR ALL, Shop At STUTT'S Pharmacy