The Oshawa Times, 24 Apr 1961, p. 9

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OSHAWA B'NAI BRITH LODGE O The officers of the Oshawa B'Nai B'Rith Lodge, No. 1590, were installed at an impres- sive ceremony held in Hotel Genosha Sunday night. Shel- don Cohen, president of the Jewish Community of King- ston, conducted the ceremony. The new officers, front row, from left, are Allen Spring, treasurer; Al Rich, second vice-president; Lou Goldblatt, Ghd president; Amos Rubin, first vice-president; Harold Flor- ence, recording secretary. Back: row, from left: Peter Lebime, warden; Paul Pol- | FFICERS INSTALLED lock, chaplain; Harold Segal, trustee; A. Green, financial secretary and Joe Schwarz, trustee. --Oshawa Times Photo Plan Minor Lacrosse Loop Here The possibility of the forma: tion of a minor lacrosse league in Oshawa was discussed at a recent meeting held in the CRA Building. The meeting came about through the ifte®est of the Westmount Kiwanis Club. Various aspects of the organ- izing of a league were discuss- ed. Those present included re- presentatives from the West- mount Kiwanis Club, CRA, Neighborhood Associations, Whitby Minor Lacrosse Asso- ciation and private citizens. It was felt that an attempt] should be made to organize a league to offer the game to the boys of Oshawa. The league ' will operate from the Chil- dren's Arena, which has been offered free of charge for this summer. It was generally felt that for the first year the game should be offered to boys in the following age brackets --| d Novice, under 10; Pee Wee, un-| der 12; and Bantam under 14. A registration night will be held at the Children's Arena on Monday, May 1, at 6.30 p.m. where it is hoped the boys will get a chance to handle a la- crosse stick and be able to throw a ball around. This, of course, is subject to the floor dry enough for use, The floor and instruction will{w be under the supervision of Jim Bishop, formerly of Huntsville and now residing in Oshawa. Boys are asked to wear their running shoes on registration night. If preferred, registration forms may be picked up in advance from the CRA, Bola- hood's Sportshaven and Flynn's Sports and returned on regi- stration night. | The league will be operated on a city-wide basis, and any- one interested in coaching or assisting with the league are welcome. For further particu- lars on registration or about the league, contact Mr. Jim Ward at the CRA. 4-H Clubs | Are Growing W. MERLIN LETCHER Funeral service will be held in Port Perry United Church at 2.30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, for W. Merlin Letcher, died suddenly at Daytona Beach, Florida, last Wednes- day. Interment will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, bert. A former reeve of the village, Mr. Letcher is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie C. Mellow and. two daughters, Mrs. C. McNab (Norine), of | Uxbridge and Mrs. Allen Craw- ford (Neta), of Savannah, Geor- gia. » Perry, son of the late Mr. and Mrs: H. Letcher. After completing his education at the high school he took over a fur- niture and undertaking business which his father for many years had successfully operat- HIS CIVIC CAREER When in 1951 he was elected a member of the village coun- cil, Mr. Letcher entered upon a successful civic career which meant much to the village and the county of Ontario. After serving for two years he was elected reeve, which position he held for 13 consecutive years. During his term of office he was honored with the office of arden of the county. While warden, Mr. Letcher advocated and was successful in having chartered account- ants appointed as county audi- tors. He had long taken a keen interest in county finances. He advocated that a survey be made of the amount of insur- ance carried by the county on its buildings and equipment, with the result that under a three-year plan a larger cover- age with less cost to the county was instituted. The survey had revealed that the coverage was not sufficient. As reeve of Port Perry, he gave able leadership in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the village. OPERATED FACTORY Interested in industrial devel- opment, he started a shoe fac- tory in 1933, an industry which he operated until 1942 when ill- ness forced his retirement. For many years Mr. Letcher was a member of the business- men's association, now the chamber of commerce. During Mr. Letcher was born in Port | Village Reeve For Many Years who § Prince Al- § ~ | Excellent acoustics which favor i | orchestra. W. MERLIN LETCHER the second world war he was chairman of the successful Vic- tory Loan drives held in the vil- lage in conjunction with those throughout the Dominion. In church circles, Mr. Let- cher was a member for years of the official board of the Port Perry United Church, and held the office of treasurer. In fraternal circles he is a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 428, AF and AM. He is also a past grand of Warrinder Lodge No. 751 Port Perry, as well as a past district deputy grand master of Ontario District No. 41 IOOF. A PROMINENET BOWLER As already noted, lawn bowl- ing had long been Mr. Let- cher's hobby. He was a member of the Port Perry Lawn Bowl ing Club, the Granite Club in Toronto and the club at St. Petersburg, Florida. He was in 1954 elected president of the On- tario Provincial Lawn Bowling Association when British bowl ers toured Canada, and 'or |years he was active on the executive. He served as chairman of dis- trict No. 14 of the Association in 1949 and 1950, and in 1952 was a member of a Canadian Lawn bowling team which tour- ed Great Britain. In 1954 he went with a group of Ontario bowlers to play in California. The organization of 4-H clubs in Ontario County for 1961 is making good progress. All of the 14 4-H Agricultural Clubs have a good number of boys and girls already signed up. There is still room in these clubs for boys and girls who have not already applied. The 4-H clubs are sponsored by the Canada Department of Agriculture, the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture and a local agricultural organization The Council Hall, Camp Samac, was the scene Saturday evening of the annual Father and Son Banquet of the 1st Osh- awa Scout Group. or service club. The clubs are under the direction of H. L. Fair, agricultural representa-| tive; Alvin Blades, assistant] representative, Uxbridge, and| Ralph Gregg, extension special ist, Lindsay, assisted by a fine| group of public spirited men who are the 4-H club leaders. | The 4-H Clubs are for farm| boys and girls from 12 to 20 years of age The 4-H program is designed to give basic knowl edge in general farm practices involving livestock, grain, pota-| toes and farm tractor mainte-| nance | Any farm boys and girls who, are interested should get in| Those at the head table were Mrs. Frank Gravelle, president of the auxiliary; Alan Lamb, Cubmaster of "B" Pack Cubs; Rev. Frank Ward, pastor of Westmount United Chufch and chaplin of the group; Divisional Commissioner A. P. Dickson; Mrs. G. N. Varnum, president of the executive board of Scout Ladies' Auxiliaries for the Osh- awa District; Scoutmaster David Weldon; Roland Arnold, Cubmaster of "A" Pack; Scout Teddy Arnold; Cub Grant Arn- old; Scout William Crouter, and Richard Crouter, group com- mittee chairman. The toast to the Queen was| proposed by Scout Teddy Arn- touch with the department of{old. Thanks to the mothers for agriculture, Uxbridge, as soon|the preparation and serving of as possible. |the banquet was expressed by Opening Planned At Bathe Park Members of the Bathe Park Neighborhood Association, at their April meeting, held an open discussion of the arrange- ments for the opening day pro- gram. Some of the booths it is plan- ned to operate are money toss, baseball, dart board, and bingo as well as a pony ride for the children. Another meeting will be held at 2 pm. May 7 to fin- alize the plans. ' Stan Hicks, chairman of the draw committee, asked all the members to return their books of tickets at least one week be- fare the Stuart Hall. The reply was voiced by Mrs. Frank Gravelle on behalf of the auxiliary. A toast to the fathers was pro- posed by Scout Ian Brown. The reply was by Murray Mec- Pherson. Cub Leaders' Basic Training Course certificates were pre- sented by A. P. Dickson, divi- sion commissioner, to Roland Arnold, Keith Taggart, Mrs. Janice Towns, Miss Marion Maclnally and Alan Lamb. Two new assistant Scout- masters were introduced, Wil- liam Clement and Larry Jacula. Both of these men be- ing former Scouts and Cubs with the 1st Oshawa. Roland Arnold, Cubmaster, presented to the following Cubs badges earned recently: Tony Flontek, the athlete badge; Rob- ert 'Kirkpatrick, house orderly, col and artist badges ~ Scout Troop Is Host To Fathers George Gilroy, swimmer; Ste- ven Warne, collectors and team player; Robert Armitage, swimmers; Grant Arnold, ath- lete. The evening's entertainment was comprised of Scout dem- onstrations by Scouts William Crouter and William Gravelle, after which Mr. McPherson showed two films, the first "Quentico," a Provincial Park film, the second, a comedy, "Midsummer Mush," starring Charlie Chase. The evening closed with flag break by Scout Robert William- son, and the Cubs led by Ro- land Arnold, CM, singing their closing prayer Whitby Has Whitby, from Ash street east to the town limits, and including two subdivisions, was without power for 22 minutes Friday night when a car driven by Roy Griffiths, 24, of Lincoln street, Pickering, sheared off a hydro pole on the north side of Dundas street east at Cray- {don road. Damage to the pole and [transformer was estimated by the Whitby PUC to be $475. Police believe the Griffiths car was proceeding west on Dundas street, clipped a hydro pole, veered across Dundas, hit a mail storage box on the south shoulder and came to rest between two stop siggs at Craydon road. Griffiths was unhurt but' the car suffered an estimated $500 damage. About the same time, § car Pop Concert # \Inumbers will be of a much light- % | ture, driven by Nancy Allin, 2%, of| Planned By Orchestra Shorter musical compositions of a bright and lighter nature will feature the Pop Concert of Oshawa Symphony Orchestra on Saturday evening, May 6. This will be the last concert of the current season and will be held in the concert hall of the Oshawa Missionary College the size and instrumentation make this an ideal hall for the Mozart's Symphony No. 29 will be the main presentation of the orchestra but the other er and shorter nature. The Over- "La Dame Blanche", a colorful and tuneful composi- tion, will be included and the other numbers will be an- nounced later. An outstanding soloist is to be engaged. The orchestra members, all amateurs from every walk of life who enjoy playing good mu- sic, are practising faithfully ac- cording to Francis J. Francis, the conductor. It is hoped to de- velop the orchestra into one of the outstanding symphony orch- estras of smaller and medium size cities and the support of the music lovers of Oshawa is solicited. RTT ERNEST MAJURY To Address Meeting Of County CAS The speaker at the 68th an. nual meeting of Children's Aid Society of the County of Ontario and the City of Oshawa will be Ernest Majury, manager of the Family and Children's Services of Peel County. Mr. Majury has been working in the Child Welfare field for 10 years. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto in social science and has served as superintendent of the Chil- dren's Aid Societies in Niagara Falls and North Bay. | He was for seven years a supervisor for the Child Wel- fare Division of the Ontario Department of Public Welfare, supervising with others, the standards of service provided iby the 55 Children's Aid Soci- |eties in Ontario | For the past six years, he has {been manager of the Family {and Children's Services of Peel County, a pioneer agency in the providing of counselling services to families. Mr. Majury has recently been a delegate to the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth, and to the First Canadian Conference on chil dren. The annual meeting will be held in St. Andrew's United Church, 71 Simcoe street south, in Oshawa, on Thursday, April 27, at 8 p.m. Everyone is wel- come to attend. Gibbons, St., Oshawa, left the north edge of Dundas street and crashed into a large tree on the north shoulder. Miss Allin is in Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital with a possible fractured jaw and facial cuts. {Her car received an estimated {$750 damage. Police do not know if the two |accidents are linked. Corporal No Trace Is Found Missing Man WHITBY (Staff)--The Whitby Police Department is investi gating the possibility that a man drowned in Whitby Harbor Thursday evening. : Whitby police said Saturday, that Thursday evening they re- ceived a local call from Ken- neth Allen, 561 Shepperd ave- nue, Willowdale, to say that he believed his companion, Rus- sell Horner, 48, of 27 Michigan avenue, Willowdale, had fallen in the lake. At the harbor, police were told by Allen that he and Horner had launched a boat and were waiting for a pros- pective buyer to arrive. Allen said he went downtown for cof- fee. On his return he found no sign of Horner. He had dis- appeared, Allen said. Since it was getting dark there was no dragging Thurs- day. Skin-diver Wayne Willett, who works in this capacity for McMamara Construction, scour- ed under-water on Friday. Hor- ner has not been located. Sergeant Gerald Robinson of the Whitby Police Department said police have good reason to believe Horner is not in the| lake. Russell Horner is no stranger | to Whitby. Seven years ago he was president of Hosmbar| Motors, then in town. He is| now president of Markham Motomarine Ltd. Allen is em- ployed as secretary to this organization. Oshawa Girl -. Suffers Minor | Crash Injuries | BOWMANVILLE ( Staff)--An Oshawa girl, Patricia Williams, 17, of 118 Church street, was] treated for minor wrist and leg| injuries and released from Osh- awa General Hospital Sunday| afternoon, following a two-car| collsion on the Taunton road, near the Zion road. dhe Oshawa Ses OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1961 PAGE NINE SECOND SECTION A LARGE NUMBER of the members of Meadowbrook Co- operative Housing Limited at- tended a victory dinner Satur- Queen's Alumni Meet Thursday The Oshawa branch of the Queen's University Alumni As- sociation will hold its annual dinner meeting in Hotel Genosha at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27. The speaker will be Dr. Chris- topher Dean, assistant professor of English Language and Liter- ature, in the faculty of arts at Queen's University. A graduate of Leeds University, he is in- tensely interested in medieval studies, the history of the Eng- lish language and Anglo Saxon archaeology. | H. J. Hamilton, of Queen's University, will also attend to bring the members up to date on recent activities at Queen's. At this meeting the officers of | the association for the ensuing| year will be elected. | day night in St. Gregory's Auditorium. Among those at the. head table, from left, were Terry Kelly, Hon. Mi- chael Starr, federal minister of labor; Rt. Rev. Monsignor Paul M. Dwyer; 'James De Mille, president of the co-op; Rev. J. C. Lawlor and Nefl' Atkinson, past president of the " --Oshawa Times Photo Meadowbrook Co-op Holds Victory Rev. J. E. Lawlor, the founder of the co-op housing move- ment in Oshawa, was guest speaker Saturday night at the Victory Dinner held by mem- bers of the Meadowbrook Co- operative Ltd. in St. Gregory's Auditorium, Head table guests were -- Rt. Rev. Paul M. Dwyer, DD, VF; Hon. Michael Starr, Federal mipister of labor, and Mrs. Starr; Heber Down, Reeve of Whitby and Mrs. Down; Former Reeve W. Herron and Mrs. Her- ron; Terence V. Kelly and Mrs. Kelly; Neil Atkinson, charter Miss Williams was a pass ger in a car driven by Ronald Gordon Shaw, 16, of 467 Ritson road south, when it rolled over in a ditch after colliding with another car. She was thrown from the car when it rolled. The second car involved was driven by Floyd Lloyd, 33, of RR 2, Burketon. Police said af- ter the two vehicles collided, the Shaw car struck a ditch, then rolled over. Damage to the Lloyd vehicle| was estimated at approximately $150 and damage to the Shaw vehicle was estimated at approx- imately $125. | Benefit Dance Fine Success By BARBARA GREEN Romance is popular at Dr. F. J. Donevan Collegiate Insti- tute these days. With the ar- rival of spring, the birds and | | | bees have appeared on the scene, resulting in many cases of spring fever. | For this reason our smitten scholars waited with anticipa- tion for the Tom Chasczewski benefit dance held Friday night in the school. As usual this dance was a huge success. The end of the school year must be approaching since final exams are little more than a month away. Another pleasani sign was the distribution of next year's registration forms on Friday. Badminton doubles and sin- gles have begun and are pro- gressing with vigor. This is a very popular sport among our students. Teresa Aughney won the singles bout this week in the best two out of three games against Marg Gray. A mush ball game between Grades 12 and 13 was played in| the gym Friday noon. Until now| each team had won one game.! Naturally the tension was high| in the deciding game. It looked as if the score would] be tied 2 to 2 in the last few seconds of the game. However, Ron Bell of Grade 12, came through with a goal in a pen-| alty shot just as the whistle] blew. i Congratulations to the mush| ball champions of Grade 12. | Committee Will Study Retraining Mayor Christine Thomas will name and chair a committee of board of education, business, labor and women's organiza- tions' representatives who will decide specifically what retrain- ing-for-unemployed courses can be held in Oshawa to take ad- vantage of the "Schedule M" program. Then a formal request for aid must be made to the Ontario Minister of Education in Toron- to. The unanimous decision to form the committee was made Saturday morning as Mayor Thomas and Ald. Walter Lane met with board of education trustees, members of the advis- ory and vocational committee, city welfare and National Em- ployment Service representa- tives. SEVERAL TRAINING NES office manager J. Ma- her said several persons from Oshawa and district travel to Toronto for retraining under the Schedule M program. Under Schedule M, the NES selects persons for training, providing they want to take the training and they . meet the (varying) educational standards. Unemployment insurance benefits are paid these "stu- dents" for each training day. Those whose benefits are ex- hausted are paid a living allow- ance for each training day. Mayor Thomas reported there is no chance Oshawa will get a government financed trade school. The mayor and five trustees met last: Wednesday with Dr. C. W. Booth, deputy minister of education for Ontario. Dr. Booth said four trade schools are planned, one in each of the north, south, east province. Oshawa, he said, is too close o Toronto to be considered. But it is possible that a tech- nical school might be built here, said Mayor Thomas. The prob- lem: Who will finance it? THREE COURSES A technical school would of- fer three courses: 1. Full matriculation 2. Apprenticeship prepara- tion with some academic. 3. Straight training for jobs with no academic work of fered. : At the Toronto meeting was city trustee Dr. A. E. O'Neill t He said retraining programs should be kept separate from education. "We should not rush in and make committments of the whole education system to meet conditions which we hope are abnormal," he said. SCHOOES ADAPTABLE Trustee George Drynan said the schools can be adapted for retraining programs, "but first we must find out how many here need to be retrained". Ald. Walter Lané" suggested three 'courses be set up at OCVI immediately: welding, machine shop and business machines. "We should take a look at the schools private enterprise is setting up," he suggested. He 3 mentioned radio and diesel known Oshawa barrister, Who |schools and business colleges. has been re-elected - as a | "This is training to set them Bencher of the Law Society (un for jobs," said Ald. Lane. BENCHER RE-ELECTED T. Kelso Creighton, QC, weil {James Barter and Constable James Hookel investigated. of Upper Canada. "This is training for the times." president, and Mrs. Atkinson; and G. Goreski, building super- intendent, and Mrs. Goreski. Members of Meadowbrook Homebuilders are: Neil Atkin- son, Charter President; Jim De- Mille, VP; Alf. Minaret, Secre- tary; John McBean; Jim Mor- ris; Nich. Coady, bookeeper,; Alan Muir, manager; Tony Brearton, purchaser; Maurice Little; Guy Roach; Derrik Par- sons; Benoit Vienneau; - Sid Mummery; Vincent Desveaux; George McGuigan; Gil De- Pratto; Jos. Heurkens; Roy Horner; Wm. Holding; Wm. Birkett; Mient (Mike) Spoelstra; Dave Buckley; Ed. Sobanski, treasurer; Wm. Clarke; Albert Liebregts; Janus Kawalik; John Goodwin; John Hannah. FIFTH VICTORY Father Lawlor was formerly assistant pastor at St. Greg- ory's Church here, but is now pastor at St. Patrick's Church, Wildfield, Bolton, 5, Ontario. In his remarks Father Lawlor said: "We meet tonight in an at- mosphere of Victory for the fifth time in as many years, to cele- brate the outstanding success and the happy completion of an- other Housing Co-operative or- ganized in Oshawa. "And, like your predecessors you have embarrassed me by the warmth of your greetings, and your generosity in associat- ing me with your feelings on this great night of many happy memories. "But it is typical of the kind of people you are, that at a time when you might be ex- cused for any other thoughts than those of justifiable pride in your victorious accomplish- ments, you have not failed to ook back, and to look around you, with gratitude to those who wished you well, and sought to see you on to final success. "As we briefly recall the crowded history of Meadow- brook Homebuilders, I feel very much in the position of the 'little man who wasn't here'. "On that day in January, 1959, when you held your first Beginners Class in one of the rooms of this building, I had just come out of St. Michael's Hospital, and it was a good, so- bering lesson in humiliry to rea- lize that if a worthwhile work is meant to continue, it will do so with or without any human Driver Fined Sum Of $100 Donald N. Sonnenberg. 23, of Calgary, Alberta was fined $100 and costs or one month in jail, and had his driver's licence sus- pended for one year when he was convicted of careless driving. A charge of criminal negligence was withdrawn by the crown. ; Sonnenberg was the driver of the tractor section of a highway tractor trailer that skidded down Centre street and smashed into the CPR Station on Friday, March 3, 1961. The railroad station was damaged to the extent of ap- proximately $2000, and the truck he was driving was damaged to about $2,500. The 11,700 pound tractor was owned by the Milchen Transport Company, of Calgary. agent who may be interested in it. "They say of certain Rus. sians that after travelling in America, they return home as good technicians, but bad bel sheviks. I hoped of you, and of any other groups formed here, that I should never return to find you better builders, but poorer Co-operators, and my greatest satisfaction is that you remain- ed essentially faithful to the Truths and Principles that were handed down to you in those early weeks in 1959, by those who had gone this way ahead of you. "There was the day, back in 1956, after The Oshawa Times had carried a very graphic account of Sherwood Park's ac- tivities, that two ladies on the local bus were overheard dis- cussing this pilot project. One of them said to the other: "Did you read about those families who are building their own houses up on Wilson road -- and they seem to be very good houses, too?" Her companion said, "Yes, I read about it. Well, they should be good, at $30,000 apiece." SIX COMPANIES _ "By and large, your history in Meadowbrook Homebuilders has run fairly true to the pat. tern set by Sherwood Park, |Wyldwood Heights, Lawlor Homebuilders, St. Gregory's, and shortly now, Dwyer Heights and the first Orillia Homebuilders, will be added to your own proud name on the growing list, as the 'Saints keep marching in'. ; "I couldn't help but remem- |ber that day in the Fall of 1953 when I first discussed Co-oper- ative Housing with Monsignor Dwyer, and he gave his permis- sion for the organization of our first Oshawa Study Group. "I thought of the Young Peo- ple's meeting at which I asked Terry Kelly if he would sit in with Charlie O'Connell and the legal committee of Sherwood Park, to help us on the way to the first Incorporation. "There was the first time we had to seek out the help of Mi- chael Starr, and the gracious re- ception we had then, and have never failed to receive times without number from the devot- ed representative of Ontario Riding. "I remembered the time that Bob White and Bill Edwards first drove up to (3. Port Perry | D J Dr. Matt Dymond with the problems of subdivision. And as late as three weeks ago, he has still been processing our problems, and obtaining official considerations for us that some of the lai subdividers in the Province haven't the éourage to seek, in the face of ever-increas- ing restrictions, and tougher regulations in all our munici- palities. "It is on the shoulders of all these people who went before you, and on the basis of all these earlier events, that you people stand tonight. -- Truly, Mr. Chairman, this is a night of memories -- and thanks be to God! -- although our memor- ies are not all equally pleasant, they include so much that fills the heart, that they smother exultation, and convert pride to deep humility and vanity to prayers of gratitude. In every community across There is nothing so idiotic as some of our 'retirement plans'. We need every practiced hand, and every skilled mind: there is none of us that can afford to re- {lax on the shores of hesitation. { "In the next 20 years, the generation in which your chil. dren will be growing to matur. ity, our present population will probably be doubled. MEASURE TASK "At every dinner table set for four people today, there is at least an invisible 5th plate. By 1980, the land which has al- ways answered our increasing needs, will have to fill that plate, as well as the other four. "It will have to provide joists and rafters, flooring and roofing, and picture windows, for the now invisible fifth house. "This is the measure of the task cut out for us -- and the measure of the opportunity the future holds for men of vision, courage and daring. "And what is true of food and shelter, textiles and new cars is true of the need for schools, hos- pitals, homes for the indigent and the aged -- streets and highways, hydro installations, and all our essential social ser- vices. "Surely to God, your own ex- periences, limited though they have been, are still sufficient to convince you that if it je de- sirable to do these things, it is better to do them by co-opera- tive methods, than by social- to seek the understanding aid of ism." | Rev. W. A. McMillan, of the Erie Street Free Methodist Church, spoke to his congrega- tion Sunday nigh. on the recent mission visit to Egypt taken by his wife and himself. By fast plane the trip to Cairo from Malton took less than 24 hours. Though Egypt is consid- ered a desert country, both rain {and hail fell during the first day [of the visit. | The speaker was impressed with the antiquity and modern- ity that existed side by side. Transportation still uses donkeys and camels, but modern buses and diesel-powered trains are there too. Some women still hide their faces from men, but lovers also walk together or even ride a motor-bike together. Head loads for women are still common--a water-jar, a basket of vegetables, a bale of| hay--with sometimes a child on the shoulder as well. A man might be seen walking with a bed on his head or a boy riding a bicycle and balancing a tray of bread on his head. With few traffic regulations motorists drive by the horn and pedes- trians, though unconcerned al- ways seem to jump in time. Cairo, the capital, is a city of 3,000,000 people. Foreigners in Egypt were said Pastor Tells Of Visit To Egypt but customs officials, though plentiful, seemed poorly quali- fied for their jobs. Christians were noted-to be very warm- hearted and indifferent to the passing of time during 'a relig- ious service. They are generally poor and church buildings poorly furnished. Men and women sit on opposite sides of the church. The Free Methodist mission in Egypt was begun over 60 years ago by the former Holiness Movement Church. With some 80 congregations today scatter- ed along 800 miles from Alex- andria to Luxor, it ranks as one of the largest protestant mis- sions in the country. Cairo alone has 10 congregations, three hav- ing been begun during the last year. The pastor visited nu- merous congregations and spoke by interpreter to some. Mr. McMillan (along with his remarks last night) presented a fine selection of slides show- ing the pyramids, obelisks, tombs, mosques, mission build- ings, Nile boats and the famous Cairo museum. The trip was the result of an award from the denominational mission board for superior giv- ing last year in Mr. McMillan'$ former Ottawa Church, (Mission giving averaged $112 per mem- ber.) Mrs. McMillan before her to be strongly "welcomed by everyone, especially by children, marriage had spent som§ years in Egypt as a missionary.

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