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Mrs Muriel Leeper left founder of the Barrie branch of the Canadian Opera Guild was present at the Fourth Annual Birthday Luncheon held recently at the Holiday Inn John Fraser an opera student was guest soloist of the luncheon and Miss Connie Fisher of the Opera Department of the University of Toronto was the guest speaker Mrs Joyce Langford Barrie music instructor was the accompanist for Fisher Examiner Photo About 100 children belonging to Sunday School classes at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Steel Street helped raise money to pay for this snovvinobile so they can send it to mis sion in northern Alberta The machine will be used by Rev Clarence Jaycox missionary in Grouard Mission in northern Alberta where there are about 300 Cree Indians Examiner Photo DufferinSimcoe Liberal candidate Jim Wales receives some encouraging words from his daughter Mary Margaret nine who stayed with her father most of election night as votes came in Wales and his supporters met at the Royal Canadian Legion Ilall in Everett Wales lost by more than 6000 votes to Progressive Conservative incumbent George Mciague Most of Wales votes came from the northern rural areas of the riding Examiner Photo Saudi connection is assisting US efforts to hold the line on energy cost Increases says US presidential energy adviser James Schlessinger The Saudis are holding to their policy of allowing only Reports persist that Soviet leader Leonid Brezhncvs retire ment is imminent despite Kremlin denials that he is con sidering stepping down because of failing health Brezhnev has been first secretary of the ommunist party since I964 when Nikita Khrushchev was ousted longer tenure at the top of the Soviet heap than any leader except Josef Stalin moderate oil price in creases compared with the other producing nations AA he doctor says Sirius trouble can be serious By THOSTESON MD Dear Dr Thosteson saw my doctor last week about bad head cold and headache with it He is not commu nicative He looked me over and said my sinuses were act ing up Everybody has that he said you should be lucky you havent had it before That was it No medicine no nothing He did tell me could use wet heat and get some rest thought sinus trouble was serious matter Can you com ment on this Mrs LY Sinus trouble can be serious indeed especially if the sinuses become infected or if they get so they cannot drain Then troubles multiply But just about all of us have had or will have nodding ac quaintance with sinuses usually with severe cold You probably have had the problem before only no one ever told you it was sinuses acting up as your present doctor did The aching you felt was probably related to the blocking men tioned Heat is usually helpful and probably all you needed You dont give the conclusion of your story so cant say more Dear Dr Thosteson have bags under my eyes They look like little sacks am 52 and my mother 81 doesnt have them noticed that other older people dont either My doctor said could be allergic to some thing Is that true Mrs This is usually matter of herdity the kind of facial struc ture you are born with Your mother can represent skip ped generation In any event skin under the lower lids just above the check bone is thin and subject to sag ging especially if the contour of the checkbones is such as to encourage it In some cases there can be sort of hernia bulging of underlying fat out through the muscles Fluid of ten accumulates in the body overnight in available tissue folds and this is why some people have baggy eyes on aris ing An allergy can exaggerate this fluid production which may be what your doctor meant If its really bothersome you might consider plastic surgery to remove the bags Skin may shrink in some older folks accounting for less ening of the bag problem Dear Dr Thosteson Will you please tell me if vitamin pill and fluoride pill every other day can be harmful Mrs MG You probably have no need for either Vitamin is espe cially important for children while their bones are growing After bones have stopped grow ing the need for extra vitamin disappears dont know why you are tak ing fluoride pills Unless they are being prescribed for spe cific reason give them up The same with the vitamin which can be harmful in excess cess Chances are you get all of ei ther substance you need in your food Dear Dr Thosteson Will you please explain en cephalitis Mrs AK As briefly as can It is an acute inflammation of the brain or brain covering caused by one of several viruses About 22 have been identified It cdn be transmitted by in sect bite particularly of the mosquito and tick or it may be complication of some viral in fectionmeasles mumps mo nonucleosis etc It may occur as an isolated case or be wide spread in population Symptoms are fever head ache vomiting stiff neck and nerve changes tremor and twitching Most people re cover There is no way to fight off the virus which runs its course While recovery is usu ally complete there occasion ally can be effects as Park insons disease Dear Dr Thosteson Iiow long after hysterectomy is it safe to have intercourse with my husband Mrs Ii Usually three weeks is suf ficient time for the tissues to heal South squeezes out slam NORTH 7652 V874 OAIO2 +KJ3 WEST AQIOSH V652 086 4A1065 SOUTHID AAK83 VAKQJ109 oKQJ Both vulnerable West North East South 30 Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Opening lead By Oswald 8i James Jacoby North didnt raise spades in spite of holding four little cards in that suit He had already raised hearts with 43 33 distribution and wanted to show that his hand was balanced with its high cards all in the minor suits South gave up all thought of seven and just jumped to six hearts West opened trump and South was in fine slam If spades broke 32 he was home Was there any chance if they broke 41 South saw there was He drew trumps with three leads and led low spade Maybe the winner of that trick would try to cash the ace of clubs No such luck but the hand made anyway East simply led low club South ruffed ran off all his trumps and the three diamonds while making sure to win the last diamond in dummy Poor West was squeezed He had to chuck spade in order to hang on to the ace of clubs Ashthe as Pennsylvania reader asks if we can tell anything about the late Olive Avery Peterson Until her death in 1965 Olive was one of the leading bridge teachers and players with 12 national womens and mixed championships to her credit Even more important she was one of the nicest of the thousands of bridge players daily crossword ACROSS 40 Pillage Answer to Previous Puzzle 42 Rivet 15 Made home 43 One Sp Live 44 illbred person 11 Antiseptic liq 46 Overturns uid 49 Red round 13 Confederation vegetable 14 Highwalking 52 Least apparatus 53 Animal of the 15 Slipsole cat family 16 Feline 54 Piece of 17 Boar property 19 Sort 55 Office worker 20 Negative conjunction DOWN 22 Over there 23 Snaky letter Platter 18 Olympic 41 Bandleaders 24 Greek letter King of gods board abbr wand 26 Skunklike 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