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"i'rrc' Girl guide ' ' post for - Mrs. Amos r3: Mrs. S.B. Whitney of 50 Ashton Cres. has been appointed central district commissioner. Mrs. Whit- ney is captain of the 1st Waterloo girl guide company. Mra.H.G. Amos ot ll Duh” St. N. has been appointed divi- sion training mpmsentative to the Conestoga am training committee. MrlAmos, who has just com- plated her term as commis- sioner of central district, has been in guiding for 33 years, nineof theminWaterloo. Mrs. J.E. Berner, commissioner for the Waterloo division of the girl guides made a presentation to Mrs. Amos at a recent meeting to mark the latter's years of ser- vice to the guide movement. WLU hosts economic seminar Tuienty thiee guides in the Waterloo division were success- ful in first class swimming train- ing. Leaders from this area will attend a craft day training semin- ar at Gait girl guide hall March 13. March 13. The next executive meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Bruce McCutchen, 145 Guelph St. , Bridge- The first university-wide meet- ing of the Economic Council of Canada in Ontario will be held this Friday in Waterloo alder the sponsorship of Waterloo Lutherian University. Economists from all over the province will take part In addition to Arthur J. R. Smith, chairman of the Econo- mic Council, Dr. Sylvia Ostry, a director, and council research members R. D. Fraser and Walt- er Hettich will attend. Academic speakers will in- clude Prof. Leo Bakony, chair- man of the department of econo mics, University of Victoria; Prof. David Stager, department of political economy, University of Toronto and Prof. John Mad- den from the department of eco- nomics, University of Guelph. $175 CHEQUE ~Jack Dunn textreme left» president of the K-W Motormen presents a $175 cheque to Bill White. president of the North Waterloo chapter of the Canadian Ar- thritis and Rheumatism Society. The Waterloo car club raised the money through a vol- unteer service for party-goers on New Years' Eve. Watching the presentation are Mot- ormen members Douglas Gerth and Douglas Daum, Discussing Legion convention plans are (left to right, peranld of Georgetown, provincial vice-president, Dong- seated) Douglas McDonald of. Brantford, provincial presi- Ins McLay, minimum and Allan Nicholson of ligand- dent, Len Dnnkle, Waterloo president, and Aid. Rudy " ville, district commander. More than 1,600 are expected to minek, chairman. Standing (left to right) are David Cap- attend theiive-day event in Waterloo. Preparations are moving into high gear for the 27th biennial convention of the Ontario Provin- cial Command of the Royal Cana- dian Legion to be held here May 30 to June 3. Waterloo Legion branch 530 will host this year's conven- tion. More than 1,600 delegates and their wives are expected to attend the five-day event last held in Cornwall in 1968. Attend- ance there was reported at I,500. Legion event to draw 1,600 vets, wives Convention chairman Ald. Rudy Kominek of 147 MAckay Cres., says arrangements to ac- commodate 1,600 persons have been made. In addition, there is a standby reserve of 200 beds. This year's convention is being billed as the largest and most important Legion conven- tion ever held in Ontario. It will mark the first time since 1959 that a provincial convention has been held in the Twin Cities. Kitchener was the host city that year. Mr. Kominek says registra- tion and billeting forms will be distributed shortly to all Legion branches, for which submission deadline is May 8. 13 agencies share in $85,000 walk proceeds The convention gets under- way May 30 with a parade from Waterloo Square. The official opening will be by W. Ross MacDonald, Ontario’s - lieuten- ant-govemor. Convention business sessions and banquet will take place at The funds raised by the 9,000 participatns in the Miles for Millions walk Oct. 5 are now as- sisting underprivileged people around the world. K-W Overseas Aid Inc.. which serves as a focus for the walk, has distributed $85,000 to 13 agencies. Personnel from local branches of the agencies do most of the work in organizing and staffing the annual walk. a survey of lost and orphaned children In Umahla and Aha and support nl thc Nung I'dm- Child rert's Hume» (hum, $131M} a teinhtle don» mpmvnl 1mm :zl Hm'.), ifrumrtn Mnhm? 'eh- x-m‘h F-mn-i m- '1 The agericies. the amounts and the projects are: Cénadian Save the Children Fund. $22350; projects in Niger- in. Emmanuel Hospital in Eket, Canadian _ University Service Overseas. $4.250. Volta Rwer project In Ghana. z'uumL‘v L‘TW} Hszux-‘ml‘m~ .; lids: Alt an YMCA World Sorvu-e- $4.25“ a new YMCA m Antigua Canadian Hunger Foundation $2.550. world food program - Care of Canada-Medico. $6.800: support of Canadian medical team in Suraharta, Indonesia ”In” HUG!" lrm lying "um:- DN'H NIH-Tn all in; mm {3103:‘(2'n Lind-"I I-tt ,Irtnors ticswit.rti m farm mtp."o'."rTV'titc www.mnrm , (NM Son unuir; Hi >\l H on Owen Lackenbauer, who boost- ed Oktoberfest into a highly successful, community festival and K-Ws major tourist attrac- tion, is handling publicity for the convention. the Glenbriar Curling Club, 262 Weber St. N. mics? 310,2oo;’ health pro- gram for children in India; educa- tion program in Dahomey. UNESCO Gift Coupon, $8,400; support of 100 village develop- ment prggyams in, fieylpn. _ _ Overseas Book Centre, $4,250; share in these projects: duplicator and supplies for 30 schools in St. Vincent. West Indies; provision of 100.000 books for the eastern state of Nigeria. formerly Biafra: provision of educational aids to schools in developing countries where Canadian teach- crs are serving, Foster Parents Plan. $850: emergency supplies to Peru and 108th parents program . YWCA World Service. $2.55" new hvcrtst,trial school. Mamba») [wind World LKN'I‘ACV $11 4trl will“! hm a. vtltpmt'rtt an inn}; KW ”\wr-‘r I» Iss', fr, 2"! ”'41 my. 5 Jul pmgwm tr, r,istrt {mum WWW Jul pr In In W II" John Hill. 13. son of Mr, and Mrs, J J, Hill of 157 Albert St, won the Waterloo County area one public speaking contest against pupils from 10 other schools at Centennial school last week. How to make a speech was the topic of the MacGregor school student. Top orator '.inie,Hs it” nt Hi'