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Oriental dress was an Sunday afternoon. Modelling Mrs. Angus Loucks and Mrs. Modelling oreintal dress Janice Gatchell and Cathy Hopper, intersting part of the show on above are Mrs. Pat Irwin, Thelma Gilbank. are Mrs. Wayne Bailey, The above students at the (top row) were first of eight Van Doleweerd, Collette Calls telephone increase Incredible 7 Another feature at the Mission Festival on Sunday afternoon were these homemakers homemakers from Quebec, Kim Christmas Seals being mailed Durham Region's 1979 Christmas Seal Campaign gets underway on Tuesday, October 30th, with its annual volunteer "Filling Blitz". Over 60 volunteers will converge converge on Northminster bnited Church, Oshawa, to assemble and pack 100,000 Christmas Seal appeal letters. letters. ' , Durham Region Lung Association^ Association^ is supported en($- irely by Christmas Sëal contributions. The local organization organization supports research into such lung crippling Kirby Public School were presented with certificates tr >r their achievement^ in the :'ent Harrier competitions. 'The girls team from Kirby teams and are (M to right) Kareylee Van Hamburg, Sue Cochrane, Michelle Henry, • Pamela Black, Stephanie Isert.'Lesfey Barraball, Jacki Copping and Jackie Vandol- werde. diseases as' asthma, emphysema, emphysema, chronic bronchitis and asbestosis. It also provides à wide variety of free local programs, programs, incliiding Family Asthma Asthma Courses, Better Breathing Breathing Courses for adults with chronic chest disease, Summer Summer Camp for asthmatic children and Cold Weather Protection Masks. In speaking with Mrs. Elizabeth Currie, vice- president of the Orono Telephone Telephone Ratepayer's Association, Association, she termed the proposed proposed increase as 'incredible'. She said that although the Ratepayer's Association had not met during the summer months there was an effort at this time to have individual customers write the Ontario Telephone Commission opposing opposing the increase She expects the executive will be called to meet in the very near future and there is a possibility of organizing a door ' to door campaign in opposition to the rate increases. increases. As to telephone service in the Orono exchange she said it had improved following the , June meeting with the Commission Commission and the Telephone Company but felt that it was again slipping. As to a meeting that was to follow the June meeting Mrs. Currie did not know what had happened. It was proposed in June that Community would seek information from Bell as an Extended Service area and that with this information a meeting would be held with the Ratenavers. Communitv Webb, Kim Parry. The Kirby boy's teams was the first place winner of the entire county in the Harrier competition. They are (left'to Mereweather, John Cowan, Jason Carleton, Gary Er- - hardt, Chris Richards, Ernie ,Cochrane, Robbie Haynes, Trevor Kortekaas. and the Commission. To this time no such meeting has been held; Gregary Schramek of Community Community said it was up to the Ontario Telephone Commission Commission to call the meeting. Mrs. Currie did not' know whosp responsibility, it was to call the meeting. In speaking on Monday with Mi*. Schofield of the Commission Commission 'he said he had no knowledge of the meeting have just joined the Commission. Commission. He. did State that a survey had been conducted in the Inverary > exchange as to Extended Area Services with Kingston and that as a ruling of the Commission Extended Area Services would not be granted. He said the study showed there was no need for tile service as too few would benefit at the cost of others. Erin and Hillsbough are still under study by the Commission. Gregory Schramek of Community Community Telephone said that even if Community agreed to Extended Area. Service for an exchange it still required the approval of the Commission and also the approval of Bell Canada and these approvals are riaf always the easiest to come' by. (Continued from page 1) TO FAMILY MOVES TO ORONO Although it was difficult to piece the story together it appears that the family first went to Malaysia where th'éy spent a day before going to a refugee camp, Sungaiwalang, in Indonesia. This camp had some'two thousand'refugees, and the family spent about three months in the camp before going to Singapore by boat. Van Khiem said the family were able to keep together. Coming to Orono the family 'left by plane from, Singapore, flying to an Arab, country, Scotland# Montreal ,and finally finally Toronto. Although arrangements have not been made it is expected that th,e father arid three sons will take employment employment at either Plydesign or Curvply and thé remainder of the family will attend schools ' in the area. New chairman Community Care Mrs. Joan Higginson of Bowmanville has been appointed appointed chairman of Durham Regioh Community Care, replacing replacing Rev. Robert Zimmerman Zimmerman of Ajax-Pickering. Mrs. Higginson, a graduate of the family studies programme programme at the University of Guelph, is past chairman of Newcastle Community Care, one of the local Community Care offices in the Region. Since moving to Bowmanville in 1968, Mrs. Higginson has been involved on a voluntary basis in many organizations inlcuding Meals on Wheels, Newcastle Social Planning Council, Big Brothers Association, Association, as wçll as the Social Planning Advisory Group of Durham Region arid the District Health Council of Durham Region. Community Care now has about 860 volunteers and Mrs. Higginson notes that "our volunteers receive a great deal of satisfaction in helping others, and this is one of our real y strengths". Although Mrs. Higginson is pleased with the enormous growth of Community Care, she does See challenges ahead. "Community "Community Care will have to work hard at maintaining the enthusiasm and energy that has characterized this project as orir existence becomes increasingly taken for granted granted and the number of clients continues to grow." ( Continued from page 8) MISSION FESTIVAL throughout the world. The children of the Church School played out on the stage the wood cutters of Quebec, the fishermen of Nova Scotia, the farmers of the prairies and events relating to the .teaching of the church. Following the Sunday 'School presentation a tour of 1 the various displays including ' a MacDonald's farm was enjoyed by the capacity crowd as well as the serving of a light lunch. . It was quite apparent that a lot of work had been exercised exercised in the preparations for the activities of Mission Festival in Orono over the past week-end.