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DISTAFF DIARY Summary of reports of meetings and activities of Oshawa women's organizations as compiled from reports submitted by their secrétaries. UKRAINIAN WOMEN (Barvinok Branch) jtee had given # speciai invita- A series of readings from|tion to Mr. Truman Tuzo to at- Taras Shevchenko's Kobsar|tend the father and son ban- highlighted the March meeting |quet. Mr. Tuzo, a Bermudan, of the Ukrainian 'Women's As- had been helpful when the sociation, Baryinok Branch, at|scouts had visited Bermuda, the home of Miss Ann Sabat.|both last year and on the pre- Mrs. Morley Parfinuk read the) vious trip, and he was now at- Beatitudes. tending school in Toronto. Mrs. John Dutchak, the pfes-| Mrs. Coombes announced ident, presided and announced that the fund-raising suggestion that Communion _ breakfast|put forward at the last meeting would be held on Saturday,|had been agreed to by the April 2, for all Sunday School! committee. = students. Mrs. George Fitches report- The convener, Mrs. Stephen|ed op the District Committee Gonta, distributed dance tick-|meeting held on February 24. ets for the annual spring frolic|She mentioned that a donation to be held Saturday, May 7 at|of $1.00 towards the cost of the St.. John's hall. Decorating | open house to. be held at the of- themes were discussed and/ficial opening of the Adminis- plans approved. Tickets mayjtration Building at be reserved at 725-9735. Samac had been asked for. An- Mrs. Steven Hercia advised |other important event was the that there was a new selection|Queen's Scout Ceremony to be of rummage accumulated and|held, April 30, at 8.30 p.m. at that there would be a sale on|McLaughlin Collegiate and Vo- Camp} Wednesday, March 30 at 1.30 at St. John's Hall. The congregational post-Eas- ter dinner will be held April 17,| following Holy Liturgy and will| _be convened by Mrs. Alex Stec 'aad Mrs. Walter Grigorenko. A card party will be held at the home of Mrs. Joseph Maga in the near future. Members will be contacted by telephone as to the date Miss Mary Sabat was a guest and assisted in serving the re- freshments. 8TH SCOUT GROUP AUX. The March meeting of the 8th Oshawa Scout Group Auxiliary | was held recently in the Scout Hall with Mrs Reginald Coombes presiding, and wel coming the special guest and speaker, Mrs. D. G. Harman Mrs. Coombes reported that an executive meeting had been held at the home of Mrs. Doug- las Bradley to discuss plans for the father and son banquet to be held on April 23 cational Institute. Twenty Queen Scouts would come from Oshawa and ten from Lakeland A long service award and thanks badge would be pre- sented to those members of the Auxiliaries with service of ten years and over. Mrs. Douglas Bradley thank- ed all members who assisted at the Scout Leaders Course at Camp Samac March 13. Mrs. D. G. Harman, Akela of the 11A Oshawa Cub Pack, ex- plained in some detail the new 5-star program for cubs. Shé said changes had become neces- sary to present a more chal- lenging program at the ten- year-old level. Much of the two-star pro- gram had been retained, espe- cially the outdoor activities More emphasis was put on par- ent interest and projects car- ried out at home. New chums previously had to pass two tests before they be- came invested but in the new program, investment was as Mrs. Reginald Coombes re-isoon as possible so that a boyiWomen, Unit quickly becomes a member of the Pack. A boy could work for all five stars at once and Mrs, Harman} explained that there was much more freedom of choice than before, She explained the mean- ing of the five stars which come in blue, black, green, red and} |ported that the Group commit- tawny and emphasized the fact |theme, as that the old and new programs +" ihad been dove-tailed. Any boy who was in«the course of tak-{PY jing the old two-star program would continue to' completion. The new issue of "The Way) to the Stars'? would: be avail-| lable soon. Samples of. work done under the new program |were passed to members. Mrs. |\Coombes thanked Mrs. Har- man. Mrs. Reginald Coombes re- minded the members of the) forthcoming 36th birthday party lof the Auxiliary and detailed) plans were made by the mem- bers. ; | Refreshments were served by Mrs. George Fitches' patrol. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR The regular meeting of Chap- ter No. 73, Order of the East- ern Star, was opened by the Worthy Matron, Wilma Taylor and Worthy Patron, George Taylor. Presentation of the flag was |made by the Marshal, Pearle} Davidson. The chaplain, Beat- | rice Duchemin, led the devo tional period A report on the sick members was given by Gladys Elliott Sympathy was extended to all who were bereaved of loved ones: | It was. agreed to donate a} sum of money to the arithritic fund. An invitation from OES was given and accepted to attend a fashion show and luncheon be- ing held at Markham. After the farewell was given by Edna Anderson, refresh ments were served hy Ellen} Curry and her committee in the form of a birthday party Visitors were from Whitby Port Perry, Markham, Bow- manville, and Peterborough ALBERT STREET UCW2 Albert Street United Chure 2, held its month- | THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, March 26, 1966 =| ly meeting recently with Mrs.|Catholic Women's League, held! Kenneth Mossey presiding in|recently. the absence of Mrs. John West-| In an effort to increase our lake. |membership, special envelopes Mrs. Stewart Tippett led the) will be sent out with the regu- devotional period with her |lar Sunday envelopes for the ; "My Bible and I."|month of April, ne and hictary of! The eniritual convener Mrs. | Trinidad was aptly presented |Terry O'Connor, suggested that| y Mrs, Meryin Morrison, |exposition of the Blessed Sacra-| During a short business meet-|ment might be resumed on the ing numerous events were dis-| first Friday of the month. It cussed such as the presentation|was decided that if enough in- of "Quick Tricks' which will|terest was shown by the parish-| be held in the church hall, Apriljioners, this would be done. | 7 at 2,00 p.m., admission price} At the April meeting, the) 50c. with refreshments -- and/election of officers for the 1966-' prizes. 67 term will take place. Those There were plans for a week-|in charge of the election will be end bus trip to see the tulips|Mrs. Roy Haber and Mrs. in bloom at Ottawa, May 14|James McKeever. and 15. A rummage sale will, A nearly new sale is to be be held by the UCW at the/held on Friday, April 29 at St. Union Hall, Bond street, April|Philip's Hall. Convener is Mrs. 15 at. 1.00 p.m. James McKeever. 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