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Just after sunset. Shed basins dat inca A comet for Christmas by Paul Arculus Part 1 If you look in the morning sky just before daybreak, you will see what appears to be a new star in the south- east. Although its brightness is not quite sufficient to make it visible to the naked eye, it will soon dominate the sky. It isn' fastaratall. It is a 'new' comet. Its name is Khoutek (pronounced Ka-hoe-tek) and will, 'by January, become-the most spectacular sight in our sky this century. Kohoutek is named after its discoverer Dr. Lubos Kohoutek, a Czechoslova- kian born astronomer who now is a member of the staff at the Hamburg Astronomi- cal Observatory in Ger- many. He discovered the comet this year while look- ing over some photographs of the sky taken on the evening of March 7. He kept his discovery secret until he could confirm its existence more #£xactly. He took photographs every night and announced his discovery on March 17. At that time the comet was about 400 million miles from the earth and had a magnitude of 16. Only objects with a magnitude of 6 or less can be seen by the naked eye. However, as it comes closer to the sun and to the earth, it will become extremely bright. So bright in fact that its discoverer predicts that it will be ten times brighter than Halley's Comet which appeared in 1910 and will reappear in 1986. Kohoutek will be visible to the naked eye about an hour before sunrise by next week. By Christmas, appropri- ately, it-wil be the brightest and most dazzling object in the sky except for the moon. By January it will stretch - across one sixth of the sky It will Dear Friends: tradition. H5-3548 appear by then in the early evening sky and will appear as a ball with a huge vapour trail. The head is only 10 to 20 miles in diameter and is surrounded by a diminishing envelope of gases 10,000 to 25,000 miles in diameter. The tail, however, will be in excess of 10 million miles long. There is no danger of it - colliding with our planet in its present orbit. Its elliptical orbit brings it to within 75 million miles of the earth. 'Our-sun is nearly 93 million miles away. Kohoutek won't be around again for 75,000 years! For those interested in observing this significant event, Kohoutek can be pre- sently seen by telescope only in the early morning south- eastern sky. The importance of this comet has been heavily underlined by the fact that one of the most important assignments of the SKY LAB astronauts now in space will be two spacewalks outside their orbiting laboratory, one on Christmas day, to make important obserya- . sional view of the tions .of Kohoutek. . The Mariner 10 probe, now on its way to Venus and Mercury, will photograph Kohoutek from various positions, millions of 'miles in space as it wends its way through our universe. With observa- tions from Earth, SKY LAB. and Mariner 10, scientists will have a perfect 3 dimen- comet known as Kohoutek. During the weeks of Jan- uary 7 to 11 and January 14 to 18 an observation station will be set up ont-he roof of Port Perry High School. Various telescopes will be set up focusing on different aspects of the comet. The public is coridally invited to join in the observations. Anyone who has a telescope and would be willing to loan it to the school for that time is asked to contact the school office. The weeks of January 7 to 11 and 14 to 18 have been chosen because of the rela- tionship between Earth and PORT PERRY STAR-Wednesday, Dec. 5th, 1973-21 Greenbank and area news Next Sunday, Dec. 9, our White Gift Service, will be held with the Sunday School Children taking part. Then on "Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 8 p.m. the Christmas Concert will be held in the . Community Hall. A well attended Advent Gpod Neighbour Hour was held last Sunday evening in Wick Church and what a inspiring, way to enter the Christmas season. . We are pleased to report that Mrs. Roundell is home from the hospital and recou- perating nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Davidson of Kinmount visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Leask re- cently. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Beaton attended the Annual Christ- mas Dinner sponsored by W. Frank Real Estate, held in the Genosha Hotel on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Neil hunter and Tom have moved to their new home at the north of the Kohoutek. It is at this time .. village and Bob and Linda that Kohoutek will be at its highest level of visibility. More about Kohoutek next week. have moved from Epsom to the farm. Calling on her brother Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hunter Saturday, was Mr. News from Burketon area by Mrs. R.Davey Several from this district attended a U.C.W. meeting in Enniskillen United Church on Wednesday evening and enjoyed hearing Mrs. Redpath and Mrs. Rand from Oshawa as speakers. A social half hour and lovely lunch followed. Deepest sympathy is ex- tended to Mr. and M rs. Sam Grant and Mr. and Mrs. H. Grant, Oshawa in the passing of Mrs. Wm. Grant, Bambridge, Ireland. Mrs. S. Grant is the former Lois Davey. : Mrs. R. Davey spent two Christmas Let Laura Secord make your Christmas shopping easier for you. Your family, friends and business acquaintances will appreciate a gift of freshly-made Laura Secord Candies. Laura Secord's reputation for quality is world-wide. That's because Laura Secord uses only the finest foods available like fresh cream and eggs, real creamery butter and fresh, whole fruits. Here at home, so many people have been giving and receiving Laura Secord Candies at Christmas --- This year, let us help you select from the tempting variety of Candies in 2 Ib. to 5 Ib. boxes or the famous Laura Secord Miniatures - not forgetting the freshly-roasted Salted Nutmeats. \ . weeks visiting friends in Alberta and attended a 60th wedding anniversary where messages were read by Mrs. Helen Howe, ®* M.P., the Queen, Mr. Defienbaker and Mr. Trudeau. Best of all was one from Mr. Stanfield for 50th anniversary. Readers remark was the Conserva- tives are always 10 years behind time, that brought down the house of about 180 people, neighbours and friends who enjoyed a sumptuous turkey and ham dinner held in Buffalo Community. Mr. C. Cooper, Orono called it's become a Drop in soon for your Laura Secord selections, or if more convenient, phone or write for immediate attention. Cordially yours, PONT PERRYS 12104 SECOND STORE BRUTONS A DRUGS 985-251 on Mrs. W. Bryan on Friday. Mr. Howard Davey, Bow- manville was a visitor of Mrs. R. Davey during the week. Mr. Tom Trick is a patient in Port Perry Hospital. We all' wish him a speedy re- covery and trust he will soon be home again. Mrs. M. Brown and son, Port Perry called on Mrs. W. Bryan during the week. Mrs. C. Lavery, Toronto has been a patient in hospital for several weeks. She is now convelescing and is visiting with Mrs. E. Carnochan in the village. Mr. Ac. fF Stephen- son is under the doctors care. We hope he will soon be well again and enjoy good health. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Greer, Oshawa, were visitors of Mrs. W. Bryan during the week. Over fifty thousand cases of bronchitis and emphyse- ma were treated in hospital in 1970. Christmas Seals fight these and other respiratory - diseases. for 74 Season and Dance' -increase $63,000 Equestrian Club 150 X 60 Indoor Arena ® 20 Spacious Stalls ® Private and Class Lessons © Training of all Types ® Blacksmith on Premises Standing at Stud and Mrs. Sam Miliken. Mr. and Gough of Mrs. Cecil Simmans.of Oshawa spent - Saturday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Baird. Mr. and Mrs. visited with her father Mr. ©. Walter Baker who is ill in Sunnybrook Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mc- Millan of Orillia: called recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Armour McMillan. Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Dan McKean on Sunday was Mrs. Ann Wills of Oshawa, and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Trewleaven of Scarboro. Mr. and Mrs. Art Couves spent Saturday with Mr.a nd Mrs. Hugh Dobson and family in Magnetewan. Friends and relatives of Mr.a nd Mrs. Allan Danger- field held a baby shower for them at their home on Sunday. The Women's Institute sponsored a very successful Cooking School last Thursday. Aproximately 40 ladies learned more about pie making and other pastry products. 'The leaders were Mrs. Helen Parish and Mrs. Doe Bigglestone of Bethes- da-Reach W.I. and Mrs. Iva Len Jarvis | Inst. for Phoenix and Mrs. Waren Innes of Greenbank. These ladies are to be comple- merited on their work. ' " Any ladies of the Commun- ity interested in joining the the Christmas luncheon meeting, contact Mrs. Murray Lee. ' Miss Helen Lee of Whitby visited with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lee on Satur- day evening and then on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Glen Smith, boys and friends of Columbus visited with the Lee's. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dempsey, Carla and Clay, Mr. and Mrs. Reg Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Rodd Foster and Mr. and Mrs. Doug Foster spent the weekend in Sarnia where they attended the wedding of Miss Barbara Van der Veehen and Mr. Rick Foster. : "Mrs. Bruce Hancock and Jack and Mrs. Bill Dennis of Orono were dinner guests recently of Mr. and Mrs. Mel McGee. } Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wood- yard visited with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Waddell recently, also calling on the Waddells. was Mr. Jerry Barett of Colborne. Hopes to increase membership 50% Hoping to increase mem- bership by almost 50 percent in 1974, the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture last week passed the biggest budget ever for the coming year at the annual meeting in Oshawa. They approved expendi- tures of $820.128. Last year, they budgeted $653,000 but ended the year with a $13,000 deficit. This year, Gord Hill, pres- ident, told the 400 or more delegates to the annual convention of the OFA at Holiday Inn, it is hoped to individual membership from the cur- rent 18,000 to 26,000. This would increase revenues from that source to $570,000 from last year's $366,000. The association also hopes to receive $100,000 from county federations and from commodity ® Individual Feeding Program ® Lectures and Clinics "PROFANTIC" Classes begin November 30. Manager & Instructors - Bill and Shirlie Down Properties - Lloyd and Lily-Anne Gillett PHONE 852-6658 for information 4th Concession of Uxbridge - North of 47 Hwy. groups. Co-ops are expected to contribute $13,000 and CIAG grants will account for $24,000. The association's biggest single expenditure is $350,000 to man the 18 area offices. The general monthly meetings cost $121,000 and the operations of the general office in Toronto costs $77,000. Research will cost $37,000 and service to individual members is expected to cost the OFA $82,000. Grants to. other organizations total more than $75,000. By a show of hands, dele- gates indicated they wanted the new executive to consi- der raising the president's salary to about $20,000 per year, a decision made when it was discovered that some staff members in the OFA head offig€~pow get more money thin president Hill.