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Fartfiieip +tin in. L'he Centeu.- •adia a "better place in which to
live.
Men, women, teenagers and
school children in !both the ur-
ban and rural areas were urged
to participate to the fullest -in
ele'brations stvacedetthroui;hout
the entire Centennial year.
,109e-Goderieh. birthday of Confederation
One of the 38 regional on- is a too great and important
eren:ees, designed by the On- event to celebrate in a-- few
:.'_-_.b�`ia�---�iert't�rina� _.__ Fi`an'ring;<aroiat---•h-ox•�••.-nor-•--even--•week:s..
Brand'+, Denartment•at' 'Pourisn! To our way of thinking, the
and "Information, to aid Muni- i e .1 'bx atione 'should last through
cip lities in planning centennial 'he !whole year;" s'ai4 Mr.
projects, the -. meeting was at- lireckie
tended by representat+hes From He went ori• "Let us involve
Goderieh, M11dnay, Eketer, Kin- :1e. w -omen !with their church
-cardine, - .&ay+fielj; Parkhill and and c pial ;group e their Wo -
'Blyth. :men's Inetit:.utes and the dozens
Repesentativea.- were .there i,of other argan�izations, where
from the Ladies" Auxiliary, the I.t'hey are active leaders.
Wumen's Instittie and the HOT- "Some of the. mast lasting
diicul+tural Society of Blyth, and ! an,1 important., contrilbution.s to
from Goderich. renreseretatives roar Cc ntenniaf will come from
from I.O•D•E., the Women's In -'the women, And bile workers,
stitete, the Horticultural Soci- the builders, tic assemblers, the
etv, the Art Club and The Can- nu.; enants and lie vast num-
Indian Legion .\uxiliary. Mayors, hers from rural Ontario who.
reeves;- councillors and alder- .:;''pply so many of our needs,
men attended. must be the opportunity
Panel discuh sions were fea- and encouragement to .particip-
pial of coaar£eclera'tiorl by Can.
-adians a a1+1 ages\ and from a'll
+allc 0£ life was urged by local"
anal visiting 42peakers at the
Re, lerral Centennial Planning
Coxrfererrce held Friday at the
Canadian Legion Hall, Branch
tuned, with- -s-'• ".r,�.i • - eo al --3J1 •a-t•i'
Communiity Programs Branch
of the Den'ir`-ruent el; Education,.
the Toerist Develnpinent Branch
of the Department of Tourism
and Innfor.matio.n, the regional ,
repre;entat cees of ,the Ontario'
Centennial Planning Branch
and a 'womens representative•.
"Let Orta. io's Centennial
Party be one ir, which everyone;
hal, 'a part and enters into the;
.festivities," advised Jack Brock- {
ie, director. Ontario Centennial
Planning Bran,:h. "From Ken-
ara-.to- I r-esectt-and-from- Wind--;
sor
- nd-
sor to Moosonee, let us all get
involved in Centennial. 'May ,
we begin projects and plans
which will grew and make Can -
recognizes that his .organization
(has a role in the celebration .of
Centennial, inay not know exact
-y what he should deo, let ihint
put a suggestion box - in his
-office or plant; let the tawnship„
clerk d:o the' same in his busy
office; let the supermarket Man-
ager ' do the .game; let us get
at4 many ,Centential ideas as
pc:,e il;'le; let every m'a i or we-
an an,ledii4.1tBse...ansAYenie.t414.
proctuca ygar of events with
so mu fun and enjoyment
t°hat people :'an, twenty and
ev: n fifty years hence, look
balk on 1967 and -say IW„hat an
o. c ::ion --what a glorious time
we had during the year!' '
"Let -the recorders write that
we used our imagination and
ell;hu.sia. m, and not only did
we celebrate our past impres-
sive 'history, but that we open-
ed the door to a second 100
y eats of progress and pro:per-
ity.
"May we begin projects' and
plane which will grow and make
Canada a better place in whicih
to live. -Many municipalities
Live by this tine, taken advant-
age of the contributions 'being
n'MCI'llV`�'t � • i � � � e •'d �
vincial Governments.
"Ontario is developing,a new
Ct etre of Science and •Technol-
o .:;' in the capital of the Prov-
ince as its Pr•avincial . Project.
Each province has a significant
project to eafnfnemarate Con-
federation.
"These are the big presents
four Can- la's party.
Local Efforts
• "The enthus:asm w°hieh you
put into your celebrations will
ensure their success.- The local
celebrations -c£---Can+fede ration's
100th birthday the events can
.stretch to the limits a£ your
imagination.
"Start then on January 1st,
1967, and continue through un-
til ,the night oaf December 31st.
July. 1st is, of course, one date,
we ,w•ill!be looking forward to
and lye will have many visitors
to celebrate with us.
"However, it 'migh't be worth
remembering that your neigh=
boring com.mun.;ies wi_. have
celebrations too and if you plan
to involve them in your eele-
brations early planning will be
necessary so that no one event
overshadows another in the
Name locality.
"There-is•ano andl person who.
would have the wisdom or the
knowledge to provide a fully
rounded program for every com-
munity's celebration.
'tProgramn ideas, and their de -1
velopmei t, must come from
11ocal levet w:t:i t' lose ti= iiil ,low co.mmun
the georxphy of the neighbor-
hood, the hi_'tory of the country-
side; and the character and n•a-
ture of the inleabitants.
Pageantry
"The pagean'iry of'. the past
will 'have an important place in
!in your celebrations, especially
for the boys and girls and your
people.
"The Ccn ' nnial birthday
lends itself to pageantry—the
clothes of the eaelyvp,eriod and
!the wagons, boats; implements
and machinery, the pioneers
too, -who built this community.
`•You tvi'1 want to recall and
portray thos early events
w'n',ch added to the character
of your community down
through the„years. A pageant
written on your miles tones o.f
progress aid presented by local
people could be one .of the
"That responsibility, rests
with you—the community lead-
ers in industry, farm federa-
tion, merchants associations,
service clubs, and in the Coun-
cils of o,ur towns, cities, town -
hips, and counties.
Suggestion Box •
"The modern manufacturer
finds hi; :suggestion box a
oui ce of inspiration !that rivals
his p:lannir_g departments, and
I caan remember that in my de-
partment store days, some great
deas tfor naw-_trencis.e mafrom
the teenagers and women who
• ;lopped, and not always from
the experts.
"The factory manager who
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Department can do only so
much -- the rest is up to the
people and the efilOrt they ex.
pend to inake visittors wet
come.
Mayor Frank Walkom of
Go;leri'c'h urged ° a�M citizens, in
his • own and surrounding anu{t-
icipal'itie. to get behind their
Centennial Planning Commit=,
tees and. enter. ,erdhu+s�iastilc-
- '.�a11 iritic_-loeal..aetjoiti , and..
celebrations in !order- to make
Canada's birthday party a re;
s'oundi.r'g sticcesi§.
Aidan . Slii�ller, Community
Program .r.,e,preseriltativ,•p Tfom
LQilclan,--spoke on the rose, the
Community Progra,rns Branch
of the Department of Educa-
tion can play in helping citi-
zens celebrate the Centennial.
To slate, approval has been
given' to more than 160 local
projects in Ontario.
In addition to these talks, a
slid presentation and two ex-
cellent films 'featured Centen-
nial ideas and com�muni'ty
beautifications.
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Int •� .�'•�. ��. •. h
, Jack Brockie, Centennial Planning Director,
'discusses possible celebration plans- .with
Mayor Frank Walleont ,arid town clerk
Sherman Blake on Friday.- Day -long dis-
cussionis were held on the role the God- E
erieh area will- play in Canada's birthday
celebrations.
Signal -Star P'ho'to
hie, ili�ghts of your local Cen•
tennia•1.
I "And looking back into .Ihis-
tory, what better time to col-
lect items of Canadians and his-
torical informa'ti-on - which—can-
be preserved so 'that future gen-
erations can ,understand and
know more, about their begin-
nings, in this great country?
"Let each of us in our. own
community- plan bigger win-
teatiuxre events, develop ,: spring.
fesdiv'als, Intake summertime fes-.
tivi�ties more important, and
let's have improved and expan-
ded trail :hire. sports events,
water shawl, let us have band
concerts, and impressive arts
and crafts' displays• and a host
of other e:•ents- which you 'will
want to continue as annual ev-
ents.
Projects
"There h i e wit be impressive
sive
mpres
church -services, .sc�hoo1 celebra-
tions, communitty projects, and
p a i=a.d c s.
"And everywhere — people
SIT getting into the "act". Peo-
ple working,, people planning
the and people playing. All this
we can do, in our awn
ities for Centennial!
row a phrase, y— a Centennial
of the people, for the people,
and 'by the people.
"And what shall our com-
munities look like, on Confed-
erarticrnt -birtlreloy?-----Buildings
and homes w!11 be neat and
clean, they will .rp'arkle;and im-
press. Flower 'beds should be
a dazzle of colour and let us
have flags and bunting. And in
the evenings, the coloured lig-
hts. which -we orAinarilii. reserve
for Christmas will glow again
during other seasons.
"May rhe call share our Cen-
tennial Cerebration and enjoy
the pleasure which comes from
achievement and the realiza'-7
tion of a jab well done. -
-"M • the mieds of everyone,
will be the constant thought
t'hat this we" do for Canada,
this we do fair our fellow Can-
adian, this we do” for history."
, "No real cantrilbuTron is ever
made 'toward' anything until
you, yourself, Itecome person-
ally involved," IVIrs. John Strin-
ger of Goderich, told the ladies.
"If the town's project is on
such a grant! scale that. you
c onT•seem to it in, fin• a pro,
jest of your own that you can
wh,oleheart,dGy embrace. Don't
strive for t;le inattainaible. • Be-
gin where you are. That . . ,
a little imaagination, and a lot
of enthusiaorn . . . these are
all you greed:
"Women worked beside their
men in pioneering this country.
Let them now work beside their
men, in 'celebralt'ing the re-
sults of their ancestor's endeav-,
ours." Mre.. Stringer is a mem-
ber of the iMapler Least; Chapter
of the I.O.D.E.
Tourism
Chris George, speaking on
the Ontario tourist • ind:ustry,
said the Ontario Economic -Co-
uncil estimates that 'one dollar
in every ten of every pay -Che-
que in this province is the re -
Kilt of tourist spending. The
De')artment of, Tourism and In-
formation is doing everything
in it'sotiv r. to promote nrlote 'arnd
en.cour.age the tourist industry,
and predicts that its promotion
will increase gond come to - its
highest point in 1967.
It urges that one of the mem-
bers of ,every Centennial Com-
mittee in Ontario b.e_seemeone
concerned with the to-uris't .at-
tractions in the, area, since the
rou.srse-a-mea-_
Far Future Bride
PETROLIA.-Miss Dorothy But-
ler. whose marriage to -Fred
Moss, Sarniti, take.s place April
17th in St. "Andrew's ¶Jnited
Church, R.R. 2, Petrolia, was
honored by her mother, Mns.
Arnold Butler, at a trousseau
tea on Saturday, April 10.
Guests were received by Mrs.
Butler, the bride -elect, and the
groom -elect's mother; Mrs`:John
'Moss. 'Little Miss Kathy Coop-
er, niece of thaebride=elect, was
in charge of the register.
The tea table, cowered 'with
a lace cloth, was centred with
an arrangement of •pink -arid
white carnations, snapdragons
-ancle.stalks flank-ed°-°.b:y- pink -
candles in silver holders. Mrs.
Earl Butler, 'Mrs. Velma Moore,
aunts of the- bride -elect, and
Mrs. Charles 'Mills and Mrs.
Norman. Min; aunts of ,the
graom-elect, poured tea. Serv-
ing ,in the tearoom were Joan
Maw, Linda Moore, Sharon Mc-
Lean, .INTar,ma Gi4iflith, Earlene
Butler, Patricia McKenna and
Barbara Moss. Showing the
trousseau and gffts were Shir-
ley Cooper, Marjorie Drope and
Kathryn Bruton.
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