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The Oshawa Times, 29 Sep 1961, p. 7

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Aldwinckle, Women's Editor Dial 723-3474 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, September 29, 1961 7| Delegates To Conventions Interesting highlights of the September meeting of the Osh- awa YWCA Board of Directors were the special reports on the| 21st YWCA National Conven- ticn, attended by four Oshawa delegates last June at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, and on the World YWCA Member- ship Conference held in Jamaica in August, to which Miss Grace Wilson of the local Association was a delegate, LOCAL DELEGATES The four Oshawa delegates to convention were Miss Vera Moyse, president, Miss Helen, | Pardon, Miss Marjory Honey and Mrs, J. Johnson. Miss Moyse described the convention with its theme 'Challenge and Commitment". Among the spe- cial speakers was the retiring president, Mrs. Ryrie Smith, who urged women to work to- ward obtaining recognition of the special needs of women and girls and that women should take more responsibility in the area of public affairs, The new- AND MRS. ALLAN MACKAY Mackay Family Honors Parents 'Report At YWCA Board Meeting summer, She was one of 22 Ca- nadians at the Conference, at which more than 20 countries were represented, including the West Indies, Ghana, Great Brit ain, Jordan, Korea, Malaya, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rica, Sierra Leone, Surnam, Canada and the United States. Miss Wilson described | sessions which were held at| University College of the West] {Indies. The special talks were under the chairmanship of the| Honorable Isabel Catto of Great Britain, world YWCA president. An outstanding speaker was the Honorable Phyllis Allfrey, | Federal Minister of Labor and| social affairs in Jamaica, who| spoke on 'Women of New Na-| tions"', and stressed that wom-| en can enhance their best quali- ties while playing a greater part as citizens, and empha-| sized that the YWCA is setting] a pattern on how best to com- bine Christianity with citizen- ship. At the meeting monthly re- the : [ | SOCIAL NOTICE ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm C. Barnett of Oshawa announce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Anne May, to Mr. Ronald Maitland Harnden, son of Mrs. Vernon Harnden of Haliburton and the late Mr. Harnden. The marriage will take place in Simcoe Street United Church, Oshawa, on Saturday, October 28, at 2 p.m. VETERAN MAURICE stars in Walt Disney's Cast- aways which begins filming in England this summer, was born in 1888. Maurice Chevalier, one of the, MAKE YOUR HOME ® More Beautiful ® More Valuable with UNIT STEPS A SMART MODERN ENTRANCE You Can Be Proud Off e LAST A LIFETIME o Built-in Safety Treed HAMBLY Concrete WEDDING PRINCIPALS St. | and Mrs. Kenneth White of Oshawa and the bridegroom | is the son of Mrs. William | Married recently George's Memorial Church were Mr. and Mrs. Allen in On Their Golden Wedding Day Mr. and Mrs. Allan Mackay, Oshawa boulevard north, were honored on their golden wed- ding anniversary at a reception held at the home of their daugh- family. | grandchildren, ter, Mrs. Christopher Mason, Finucane street, last Friday. Among the many friends who called to extend good wishes were Her Worship Mayor Chris- tine Thomas and Mr. T Thomas MPP. Congratulatory messages were received from in the parish church, Septem-| RESOLUTIONS Prime Minister John Diefen- baker and the Minister of La- bor, the Honorable Starr, also from Premier Les- lie M. Frost A telegram was received from their granddaughter, Mrs John Simpson and Mr. Simpson who were holidaying in Flori- popert Alec and John, Mrs. ! da. ; Pouring tea were daughters- {lived in Michael | and Mrs. Thomas Mackay and a granddaughter, Mrs. George Lawrence On Sunday 45 members of the including three great- assembled for a dinner party at the home of the honored pair and presented them with a money tree Mr. and Mrs. Mackay have Oshawa since 1928. They were born in Bridgeton, (ylasgow, Scotland and married ber 22, 1911, by the Reverend, T. Hislop. They decided to emi- grate to Canada and arrived in| Montreal, May 26, 1928, with their seven children and came directly to Oshawa. They have five sons and two daughters: Thomas, Allan Jr., Thomas Solomon (Violet) and Mrs. Christopher Mason (Jean) in-law, Mrs. Robert Mackaylall of Oshawa. ly elected president for the Ca- nadian YWCA is Mrs. M. N./ports were given by the follow- Vuchnick of Toronto ing committees: building and Of special interest was a pre- administration, Christian Em- sentation, "The World is My|phasis and membership, food Neighbor",. in which women service and residence, person- from Australia, Bolivia, Ceylon. nel, program and finance. Ghana, Japan and the United] Miss Donna Skuce, newly ap- States participated. Guest re-/pointed program assistant was presentatives from all over the welcomed to the meeting. The world attended the convention, nrogram report was of special emphasizing by their presence interest. Day camp in the fact that the national YWCA was very successful with 146 is part of a world movement. girls registered. Special men- ticn was made of Open House Among the many resolutions considered, some of the out- standing ones to be adopted were the ones which called for recognition of all YWCA's which have amalgamated, or may amalgamate in the future, with YMCA's, and also one calling for support of progressive nu- clear , disarmament in the worl During convention week the tember. A young adult regional conference will be held in the spring and plans are already in progress for this event. July | being held the last week in Sep- ~ lof Mrs. A. A. Bastedo of Pick- | length gown of lace over satin £ (with long sleeves delegates were entertained on| | "Halifax Day" at a luncheon [given by the City of Halifax, a reception given by Mrs. E. C. Plow, wife of the Lieutenant. | Governor of Nova Scotia at Double-Ring Ceremony Unites Martha Homes, N. Mepstead Government House, and at a dinner given by the Province of Northminster United Church cent. They all wore identicalingya Scotia was the scene of a wedding on|street length dress of American| : Saturday afternoon September Beauty pink silk organza over| JAMAICA REPORT 23, when Martha Jane Homes|taffeta designed with draped, Miss Grace Wilson was cho-| was united in marriage with! necklines and very full skirts. [sen by the National YWCA to| Norman Albert Mepstead. They wore white feathered pilljattend the World Membership! The bride is the daughter of box headdresses and Ww ris t|Conference ol ; Mr. and Mrs. George Homes| length white gloves and carried|-- and the bridegroom is the son white feathered cascades of Ms and Mrs. Albert Mepstead, bronze chrysanthemums. all of Oshawa. y desma} ™ The double ring ceremony Morag junior, ridesmiaid shoat| Pronze chrysanthemums. was performed by the Reverend > rdeni hite or On their return the rock of gardenia white salin|yiy reside in Oshawa. H. A. Mellow. Mr. J. R. Robert- : : a $ ith b t son played the wedding music jeay de sole bil Rog Bed Out of town guests ad ge ihe vridel pany dat to pink silk organza. She carried Mr. and Mrs. George Nicol, rang out. Mrs. J. .C. Rundle |? feathered cascade of white Oakville; Mr. and Mrs. Ed- was the soloist and sang the Made py anteimy. ward Waugh, Mr. and Mrs. Mellow - Robertson 'Wedding Mr. Raymon incent was ic ci li. id and "Those - Whom best man and the ushers were|J3mes Nicol, Mrs. Jessie Ni God Hath Joined Together, |Messrs. James Little and Wil col, Miss L. Bolter, Miss Ethel Jolter, Miss Lynda Bolter, Mr. | The reception was held in the and Mrs. Elwood Pearson, Mr. matching jacket and hat, brown |accessories and a corsage of couple were Given in marriage by her fa-|liam Wickens. ther, the 'bride wore a full length princess gown of gar- Picadilly Room of Hotel Gen-land Mrs. Vernon Whiteley all of denia white satin peau de soic/osha, where the bride's mother| Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Jack! fanning out into a train. The received wearing illusion blue | Kehoe and Mr. and Mrs. Ron: slim bodice featured a scal-|/lace over taffeta with a white|ald Bowman, Bowmanville; Mr. ! loped lace neckline and three-|velvet bow knot' bandeau hatlund Mrs. Mrs. William Watson, quarter length sleeves. A cry-|white accessories and a cor-|wjllowdale; Mr. and Mrs. W. stal crown held her finger tip|sage of pink roses. Assistingiyjomes, Niagara Falls; Mr. veil and she carried a cascade/was the bridegroom's mother|,nq Mrs. Ernest Abraham and of red roses and stephanotis. who chose a beige jacket dress|nricc Edie Abraham. Peterbor- Miss Julie Crossan was maid of Chantilly lace with a flow-| 5. oh, , of honor and the other attend- ered hat of matching silk velvet| >" ants were Mrs. Gordon McMil- and a corsage of talisman roses in Jamaica this' An active member of the UAW Auxiliary No. 27, Mrs. Clifford Pilkey has been ap- pointed a member of the On- tario Federation of Labor Women's Committee by the Oshawa and District Labor Council. --Oshawa Times' Photo TO HONOR DRIVERS TOKYO (AP)--Japan is going to decorate its five safest driv- ers each year with jewelled medals. Recipients' wives also will be cited for their part in making their spouses drive carefully. lan and Mrs. Raymond Vin-| For the honeymoon trip to r-- Pe -- - points east the bride travelled] a gold wool dress with| i ne Conveners Discuss old wool dress wi Festival of Gifts Over Luncheon At a meeting held at the Orono home of Mrs. L. W, Mec- Conkey, general convener of the Festival of Gifts, members of the Women's Auxiliary of the Oshawa General Hospital who are assisting her in this event, to be held in the hospital cafe teria in November, discussed plans over luncheon Once again an array of dolls of all nations, dressed by vari- ous ethnic groups, will be fea tured at the bazaar. Already promised are dolls in the na- tional costume of Holland, Hun-| gary, Germany, Poland, Latvia, the Ukraine, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. There will also be a Canadian doll and 'Miss Uni- verse' dressed in full bridal regalia. A beautiful rug, hand-hooked in a flower design by Mrs, V. H. Moultie, which Mrs. Moultie has donated to the festival, was| shown to the conveners, togeth- er with some fetching little foam rubber turtles containing toilet soap, which auxiliary members are making for the bazaar Present at the luncheon, which was served by Mrs. Mc Conkey and her co-convener, Mrs. W. W. Baldwin, were: Mrs. John Dancey, aprons;. Mrs Alex Ross, treasure-table; Mrs. Max Crozier, dolls; Mrs. lan Currie, baking; Mrs. D, Beath, floral arrangements; Mrs. J. W. Payne, knitted goods and novel- ties; Mrs. R. B. White, tea table; Mrs. J. R. Walker, pub- licity.: Also present were: Mrs R. W. Bassett, Mrs. A. W.| Armstrong, Mrs. J. G. McIntosh! and Mrs. C. R. 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Marry At Ajax in Holy Trinity Church, Ajax recently, the Reverend H. R {Perkins united in marriage {Miss Jo-Anne McMahon and |Mr. Stanley Roy Bastedo. The {bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McMahon of Ajax and the bridegroom is the son YOU... SATURDAY NIGHT 8:30 NOMINATIONS FOR MISS RED FEATHER THIS WEEK AT +e GET-TOGETHER CLUB SPOT PRIZES -- DANCING -- REFRESHMENTS 0.C.V.l. Auditorium--Dress, Casual ADMISSION: -- Members 40c Non-Members 60c ering. Given in marriage by her fa- ther, the bride wore a waltz and a net voke, embroidered with se- quins. A beaded coronet held her embroidered, waist-length veil and she carried red roses and white gladiolas. Miss Janice McMahon was her sister's maid of honor, wearing a full-skirted dress of {deep blue and carrying white carnations and pink gladioli. Mr. Allan Rayner was best man. A reception was held at the {Acres Restaurant, Receiving, {the bride's mother wore mauve \with a pink corsage and the bridegroom's mother, green and {white with a yellow corsage. As the couple left on a mo-| TWO MODERN STORES IN OSHAWA wisi 748 S38 (0 9 OOF 04 TONIGHT RETAILERS TO THRIFTY CANADIANS PANTIE PANORAMA! pr. 1 07 Wide assortment of styles some plain, some print, some lace- edged. Rayon. Selection includes white as well as a bevy of pretty pastels. Stock-up now at Big Sav- ings! and trims; BUY NOW! PAY LATER! ASK ABOUT ZELLER'S CONVENIENT "CHARGE-IT" PLANS TAKE UP TO 15 MONTHS TO PAY NO DOWN PAYMENT ZELLER'S LIMITED DOWNTOWN 21 SIMCOE ST. S. PHONE 723.2294 SHOPPING CENTRE STEVENSON'S RD. §. 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