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The Barrie Examiner Thursday March l7 l977 hat parade was held Tues day at party for senior citizens held at the Army Hats on parade at GetTogether club Navy and Air Force Hall The GetTogether Club was 200 get together at clubs meeting Life really does begin at 65 and more than 200 senior citizens proved it Tuesday afternoon at party at the Ar my Navy and Air Force Hall The GetTogether Club of Barrie welcomed guests from Thornton and Cookstown highlight of the afternoon was explaining of the United Senior Citizens Flag of Ontario The gold white and blue flag was designed by Les Cooke of Barrie Vera Gowan read planation The gold stands for our golden age as the saying goes life begins at 65 White means the ex for our secuirity for the re mainder of our lives in retire ment Blue means being true blue to the country The legend was also prepared by Les Cooke Mrs Gowan was commen tator for spoof fashion show put on by Lottie Bradley Kay Crowe Elsie Monteith Margaret Peacock Joe Cor mier Mrs Nellie Gaffney Cavell Long and Ken Kidman singsong was led by Harold Froud of Barrie ac companied by Wally Perkins The GetTogether Choir also sang some Irish songs Senior citizens talk about growing old Advice from senior citizen on growing old Stay active You cant af ford to sit around and get stiff says Jessie Arbour 71 The Examiner asked some senior citizens the good and bad points about growing oldin to days society Norah Bowles is 88 She has lived in Barrie 64 years and was widowed 27 years ago She lives alone and her main outings in volve her family and friends at the GetTogether Club She was one of many who came out to the party held Tuesday at the Army Navy and Air Force Hall Its wonderful being senior citizen she said Im looking forward to bright future Every day thank God for the sunshine and that Im able to get up she said It has taken her lifetime to learn the most important lesson of herlife Learn to be patient she said Shes seen harder life than she has now what with raising two children during the First World War while her husband served overseas This has allowed her to enjoy her later life she says She takes part in the letTogether bus trips euchre darts and she is member of the choir She is active in the Trinity Anglican Church Women and was presi dent of the Womens Institute when Barrie had one She was member of the Get Together club when it started five members in 1966 Today there are 180 members Vera Gowan 75 says You havent lived till youre 65 Were lot more comfortable than we were few years ago We can thank the government for that PEOPLE AND PLACES MINIBAZAAR minibazaar and bake sale will be held April by Grace United Church Women at Geor gian Mall garage sale and flea market will be held at thr church May 14 Eight women from Grade at tended the Simcoe Presbyterial annual meeting in Collingwood The devotional and program were conducted by Mrs ltay Mercer At the recent meeting Mrs Peter Verwey read poem and Mrs Richard Foxcroft led singsong Mrs Verwcy con ducted business and Mrs Godfrey read the financial report The next meeting of the UCW will be convened by Mrs Bruce Wice OUR MISTAKE In Saturdays Examiner the picture on front page was that of Angela Gibbcls and not Doris Konopka We had different childhood than young people to day have We made lot of our own fun And we still do Ken Kidman says he gets more pleasure out of life now than he used to retired sta tion engineer for General Elec tric he says he has lots of time to do things didnt have time for before Bill lreenacre 70 says although he cant run as fast as he used to hes busier now than when he was working Being senior citizen is part of life he said from us in Barrie complete the itJ 11 411 jg 7rv You will soon be receiving Questionnaire in the mail The Municipal Savings and Loan Corporation host From left to right are Grace Sparry from ooks The letTogether lub of Barrie explained the United Senior ititens of Ontario Club plans maple Visit The Barrie Boomerangs Camping Club will visit the Maple Sugar Bush at the end of March The annual Spring Fling will be held April 16 at the iiiView Plaza There will be some Barrie campers attending the provin c1al rally in leterborough May 2o to May 23 fathers Day campout will be scheduled for June 17 18 and 19m strawberry festival will be held June 30 July and luly at the Rainbow Valley Tamp grounds town Florence Proud of Bar rie and Harold Proud of Bar llag at party held at the Army Navy and Air Force llall From left are Margaret st tended from Peacock Present this ad at time olfree estimate Take minute It could stretch into vacation for two in Florida Please take minute and Questionnaire Youll not only help us with Then drop it off at one of our offices in Barrie before Friday March 18 1977 You dont need to include your name and our survey youll also have chance to spend one week at Pompano Beach Florida with friend at our expense address remain anonymous We want you to Plus free car your stay rental during This ad will save you l5° off the cost of March only Discount CALL TODAY NNISFIL NSULATION Your Questionnaire will be numbered It might be your Lucky Number When you drop it off at one of our two Barrie offices you automatically enter the contest No other entry qualifications required The draw will be made on Saturday March 19 1977 Make sure that you keep the other portion with the corresponding number in safe place NOTE If you do not receive Questionnaire please come to one of the above offices and request one And one more thing whenever youre in our area PLEASE drop in and have cup of coffee with us This is Municipals way of saying thank you for helping us with our survey IlruurIns throughout Central Untnrio till1 saving Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation themuniciiai 518s loan COPDDFEIUDFI Georgian Mnll Barrie 64 Dunlap St Downtown Barrie 60th anniversary celebrated Mr and Mrs Shelswell of 13 Francis St celebrated their 60th anniversary at Royal Victoria Hospital Mrs Shelswell slipped and fell eight months ago and has been in the hospital Well eat dinner in her room together for our anniversary Mr Shelswell said And after 60 years marriage he says Shes wonderful woman We ve had ourups and downs but hard work never hurt us bit The couple were married March 14 1917 in Souris Man They moved to Oro and started farming and lived in Cookstown before they moved to Barrie Cookstown and Barrie areas Examiner Photos rie More than 200 people at Thornton vicepresident May Ireenacre president Vera iowan secretary and 434 of insulating your attic with cellulose fibre for the month 4364899 439 BAYFIELD MALL as PRESENTS TRAILERAMA77 Come and see what is in store for you this year If you are interested in big or small luxury or economy trailers they are all here or BAYFIELD MALL PARTICIPATING DEALERS RUSS CHURCH MOBILE HOMES LTD LEISURECRAFT CAMPERS MALL HOURS OPEN BAYFIELD MALL VISIT WITH US AT SIMCOE COUNTYS LARGEST INDOOR SHOPPING MALL WITH CLIMATE CONTROLLED 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