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WhOte No, 51.86
108th Year
Accident Series
Seaforth Area Youth
Is Drowning Victim
A further accident series'this
week resulted in the death of
three area people and injury to
others.
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Drowning , •
Jeen Wynja, - seventeen-year-
pld son of Mr.' and Mrs. Gerrit
Wynji, of Tuckersmith Town-
ship, RR 4, Seaforth, drowned
Saturday. et 'Willow Lake, near
Doors: ' •
. The youth was attending a
church gathering at the.. lake,
located in Waterloo Township
Firemen used a resusitator ih
an attempt to revive him but
without success. It" was report-
ed to be the, first drowning at
the lake in nearly twenty years.
Jeen was one of eight children -
of Mr. and Mrs.: Wynja. Besides
his parents, he is survived by
his ,brothers; Gerben,: Allen and
Martin and sisters Gerda, Elessie
Hilda and Cornelia, all at home.
Funeral serviees, conducted
by Rev. Harmer" Heeg, were held
from the R. S. Box funeral..
home, Seaforth, on • Tuesday.
Burial was in Egmondville cem-
etery. •
Pallbearers were: Nilke • Nag -
Suggests
Wate
Tanker
. Representatives ;af area rur-
al municipalities met with the.
protection to persons committee
of Seaforth Council, Tuesday
night to discuss provision of a
water tank truck ° to assist in
fighting rural fires.
the meeting agreed that the
tank truck . basically was to
serve rural areas. It would be
administered by Seaforth who
"'operates - the rural fire truck
as a result of a sharing arrange-
ment in existence . between the
municipalities for a number. of
years, .
A five -man committee repre-
sentative of the municipalities
and Seaforth was named to in-
vestigate availability and cost
of suitable equipment. The com-
mittee is headed by Dr. J. C.
MacLennan of Seaforth and in-
cluded Cleve Coombs, Tucker-
•sinith, Reeve 'Ken Stewart, Mc-
Killop, • •Cliff Miller, Hibbert,
with Hullett to be named. It is
to• report by mid-August.
el, John Breeze; John Wier;
Art Snell;, John Kleinhaar, ,and
Douwe' Wilts. Flowerbeares
were; Fred Zeman, Henry Neen-
el, Kornelis Van Derwier, Kor-
nelis Bergsma.
`� • Falls In Barn
Tuesday an accident on. the
farm of • Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Arts, RIR 4, Seaforth, sent Mar-
garet Arts, 4, to Victoria Hos-
pital, London, with a head in-
jury,
She had been playing with
the other Arts children when
she fell down a stairway 'into
the stable in the barn. It is
thought she grabbed a board
which 'broke her fall. She was
knocked unconcious momentar-
ily and was rushed to hospital. -
She was reported in fair con-
dition.
°-•Two Car Crash
Monday, Mrs. Clifford Marks,
57, of RR 4, Brussels, was kil-
led in a two --car crash, 21e
miles south of Belgrave•on con -
'cession &, Morris. Township.
Wingham Provincial Police
said Mrs. Marks' car and, one
driven be Paul McDonald, 17,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mc-
Donald of Brusselscollided
healon. McDonald was taken to
hospital suffering chest and
arm injuries and shock. A. pas-
senger in the Marks' car, Vicki
Willis, 15, of Royal Oaks, Mich-
igan, Mrs. Marks' granddaugh-
ter, received a fractured leg
and • minor injuries. Bath were
taken to Wfngham District Hos-
pital. Both cars were demelish-
ed,
Mrs. Marla was the former
Mabel Althea Carter. Besides.
her husband , she is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Ronald Wil-
lis•of Royal Oaks.
Falls From Tractor
A Fullarton township man,
Fred Schutt, 79, was killed Mon-
day when he•,fell from a trac-
tor- and was run over by the
hay wagon that was hitched be-
hind the tractor, '
Apparently he was riding on
the tractor driven by his son,
George, 35, of RR 3, Mitchell,
on the tenth sideroad of Fuller-
ton Township when he, fell oft,
He is survived by his wife,
the former Emma Stabke; dau-
ghters, Margaret, Mrs. George
Smale, RR 2, Dublin; Mary, Mrs.
George McRae, Stratford; sons,
George, RR 3, Mitchell; 'Wil-
liam, Sebringville; Fred, Han-
over; brother, William, London;
and sister, Mrs..Elizabeth West,
Stratford.
Families Gather
For Annual Reunions
KRUSE REUNION
The annual Kruse reunion was
held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs, William C. Brown, Eg-
mondville when 45 members
were present:
Several games end contests
were played. Races: preschool
girls, Cindy Filiott, Mary, 'Mar-
garet Brown; preschool boys,
Rayendnd Brown; boys' 6-8, Tim-
othy Elliott; girls 8-10, Dianne
Oldfield, Nancy O'Shea; boys
8-10, Bill Brown, Bill O'Shea;
boys, 10-12, Bill Brown; girls
12-16, Sheila Dietz, Gail Brown;
boys, 12-16, John Radio, Brian
Oldfield; balloon relay, Mrs.
Ray Nott's team; •rnan with. most
pennies,, James Brown,, Sr.; lady
with most articles' In Nurse,
Mrs. Ed. Brown;, guessing
game, Mr. Eylmer James; young-
est girl present, Dawna James;
youngest boy, Raymond Brewn;
oldest lady present, Mrs. Wm.
Oldfield; oldest man :present,
Earl Elliott.
McGAVIN REUNION
The annual McGavin reunion
was held at the Lions Park, Sea -
forth, July -23rd, with 43 in at-
tendance.
The afternoon was spent with
sports of various kinds includ-
ing ganfes and races, under the
direction of. Bruce and Audrey
McLean. A bountiful buffet stip--
per was enjoyed by all, after
a -few words of welcome by the
president, Bert Dennis. The
minptes were -read and the fol-
lowing officers eleoted for 1968.
President, Wm. Turnbull; see.,
Mrs. Wm. Turnbull; sports com-
mittee, Mr. and Mrs. James
Fritz; lttnch committee;. Mrs.
Bruce McLean and Mrs,. Neil
McGavin. Special prizes were
given as follows: centennial
couple, ))1r. and Mrs. ' John
Turnbull; oldest Period Present,
,Fred McGnvin; youngest person
present, Cathy McGavin; couple
.married the longest, Mr. and
Mrs. Tam, Leib; family with the
most members-p"re$ent, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Lee/fling.
It ' leaf deelded tylohl the
reuriion at the same place the
third Sunday in July, 1968.
Friends and relatives were
preseht'from Windsor, Goderich,
St - Thomas, Brussels, Seaforth
and Walton.
Thomson Reunion
The annual 29th Thomson re,
union was held last Wednesday
at Clarence Priestap's farm, RR
3, Mitchell, with 46 attending
The sports were held under the
direction of Alex and Hannah
Miller and Gwen O'Rourke.
They were as follows: races,
5 and under, boys and girls,
Gail O'Rourke, Laurie Pepper;
7 and under boys and girls,
Brenda Pepper; 9 and under,
girls, Vicki O'Rourke; 9 and un-
der boys, Brian Miller; 12 and
under girls, Mary Thomson;
girls kick the slipper., Mary
Thomson, boys, Brian Miller,
ladies, , Olive • Bfritton, men's,
John Thomson; men's walking
relay, Bert Thomson:; milk bot-
tle relay, Brian Miller's team;
ladies' guessing pantry game,
Mary Parsons; oldest person
present,` Robert Thomsen bf
Kippen; youngest person. was
Bert, Jr,, son of Mr. and Mrs:
Bert Vorstenboseh of RR 2,
Mitchell; .couple with, anniver-
sary closest to picnic was Cec'
and Joyce Pepper; guessing
weight of calces, Elizabeth Al-
exander. After a candy scram-
ble for the children, supper'was
served.
"The table was adorned with
a lovely centennial cake made
by Pearl Priestap of Mitchell.
The supper was in charge of
Norm end Mable Stanlake and
Herb and Olive Britton. e
Election of officers for 1968
are as follows: president, Cecil
Peppier; vice-president, Norman
Stanlake; sec.-treas.' Joyce Pep-
per; ° sports eommittee, Eliza-
beth and Albert Alexander and
Sohn afid MaryThomson; lunch
committee, Elmore and Flor-
ence. Keyes and Elizabeth' Pep
per,
Mabel ° • Stanlake. and' drive
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SEAFQRTHT�A
oN10o,, THUR.SDI : JULY 2t, 1967 -_-. 10 PACES-'
Kinburn,Landmark Burns
An earlymorning fire, Sunday completely destroyed the century old Kinburn General
Store. The' store was owned by Earlan Osborn who hada purchased it 'only a .year ago. He
was away at the time fire broke out and arrived home to discover the blaze. Firemen fought'
a losing battle which was made more difficult by the age and nature of construction of the
building. Fire Chief John F. Scott of Seaforth who directed the fight against the flames
said shortage of water contributed to the,probleni. Loss was estimated at over $25,000.
Tuckers-mjfh Tax Payers
Face. Mill Rate Increase
Tuckersmith ratepayers will
i
at a r
Apart
encreas
mills.
The
up three
1,3.5 to
HurorrA
mill
Ther
pay increased taxes this -year
as.a r
esult of rates established
scent meeting of council.
from education levies the
e will total' nearly four
general township rate is
mil% from 11 to' 14
mills for residential and from
16 for commercial and
County rate is :increased
.9s to' 18.2, '
e are increases ranging'
up to
3.9 mills in all but .two
-Guy lembarde
To.,.. Play Here
• The- world ramous Guy .Lom-
bardo orchestra will play in
Seaforth on September 18. Ar-
rangements for .the appearance
were, completed this week by
the. Centenn}al committee.
Present plans ball for the
orchestra to play in the Arena.
Committees' are being set tip to
handle various aspects of the
visit and to ensure that every-
thing works smoothly during
what is expected will be a sell
out performance.
Details of the engagement will
be announced shortly. In the
meantime arrangements to
meet expected demands for
tickets are being worked out
Committee
Sponsors
Auction
As Labor Day approaches,
committees working on plans
for the Seaforth Centennial cel-
ebration on September 4 are
moving into high gear. %
While a number of different
organizations are involved in
the day's program main active
y - n ,the moment is centred
on efforts to provide funds to
underwrite Costs connected
with the Centennial parade.
Faced with the Cost of several
bands which are lined up and
with the assurance of at least
thirty floats, the parade com-
mittee established by the Chani-
ber of Commerce is sponsbring'
a white elephtlnt• sale in the
Arena 1+'riday night in order to
raise funds.'
Already the sale . cothniittee
headed by W. R. Smith acid Ec{
Taylor have been promised a
host of articles which wfll• 'be
auctioned.
"There are major items of
furniture as well as clothing
and appliances," Mr. Smith said
Wednesday and added "it looks
as though the sale will lie the
Waft eVent of the Year.'
;•sehoel
change
School
'levies. , , There, is.. a
in the rate for Huron
Area 'No. 1, the new
Break4n •
At Hensall
Sometime late Sunday night
or early Monday morning thieves
broke into-Drysdale's Hardware
on the main street of Hensel
and carried off between, two
and three hundred dollars
.worth of goods. .
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The thieves broke in the
front door, ransacked the office
and broke two tills from which
they took about 40 dollars: Sev-
eral radios and tape recorders
were carried off. -
Theburglary was discovered
the next morning by a truck
driver from Brucefield. Exeter
OPP investigated.
area, school • in Stanley, which
-came into operation earlier this
year. The rate here continues
at 11.8 and 13 mills.
As a• result of changes in last
year's rate, Clinton Separate
School levy has been reduced
to 4 mills, down 17 mills which
reflects a correcting adjustment.
The resulting saving, however,
will not be widespread, since
there is, only one ratepayer in
the township taxed for this par-
ticular school.
Other schools for which in-
creased rates were approved in-
clude Seaforth Separate, up one
mill to 14.5 and 16 mills; CRC -
SS Hay, Hensalland ,2urich, now
20 mills froth 17 la's.t year; Cen-
tral Huron, up 2.2 to 20.2 and
22 mills; South Huron, up 3.9
and 4.3 mills respectively to 18.9
and 20,8 mills; and Seaforth
District HS; 17.8 and 19.6—from
15 and 17 mills.
The rates will apply on a tot-
al township assessment of $2,-
969,710.
Tuckersmith Will
M�ie - Meeting Site
Breaking a practise followed
for many years Tuckersmith
'ouncil no longer will hold
meetings in Seaforth.
Council at 'a recent special
meeting agreed to hold future
meetings in Stanley Township
at the new Huron Area No, 1
School. An announcement to
this affect was Made this week.
Until the present decision,
meetings were held in Seaforth
Town Hall and. Tuckersmith
paid $10 a month for the ac-
commodation,
Reeve Elgin Thompson said
Wednesday that money didn't
enter into the decision.
"The board offered_ us the
school free, but that wasn't the
reason. We thought in fairness
to the people at the other end
of the township we should meet
there for a change. " He added
meetings had been held in Sea -
forth for a long time .and coun-
cil felt the new location would
be as convenient to most rate-
payers.
The move came as a surprise,
to Seaforth officials. Seaforth
Clerk E. - Williams said as far
as he knew the town had not
been advised that Tuckersmith
wpuld no longer require tlfe
town hall accommodation.
Begin Next Week
LOSS
Mitinkht Fire s estro.
Landmark at Kinburn
Singie opietx : C.cv?
$.5M a X rel A IMI
Smouldering rubble is all
that remains of the combination
general store and home of Ear-
lan Osborn of Kinburn-after fire
destroyed the building early
Sunday morning. Seaforth Fire
Chief 'John , F. Scott .estimated
the loss in excess of $25,000.00.
The fire that. destroyed the
long time •Kinburn Iandmark is
•thought to have started some-
time after 11:30 p.m. Saturday
night. Mr. Osborn had been
away, visiting his wife who had
been a patient in the Seaforth
Community Hospital since the
previous Tuesday. (She return-
ed home Monday). His sister
Diane had remained home to
babysit his three-year-olcl daugh-
ter Melody. Another daughter;
Leona, eight, months, was stay-
ing with her grandmother;: Mrs,
Howard Osborn of •Monkton.
When he returned home he
decided to take Melody for a
drive. It was when he returned
after the drive that he discov-
ered the fire.
"We got home about 12:10
or 12:15," he said, "and I -dis-
covered the- fire. I looked iri a
window and it seemed to be
in the stairway coming up from
the basement where there was
a lot of wiring. -
Seaforth firemen answered
the alarm and later Blyth bri-
gade was called„ Road and
bridge construction on roads
leading from Seaforth to Kin -
burn slowed up firemen in their
run.
Mi. Osborn credited the fire
departments with a good try.
"They had the fire out" he
said, "until they ran out of
.water." Fire •Chief Scptt agreed
there was: a water problem. "It
was under control but we ran
out of water." he said.
When the water supply was
Review
Hydro
Rates .
Increasing costs of power has
resulted in a review of the Sea -
forth hydro rate structure ac-
cording to R. J. Boussey, PUC
manager.
A new formula under whirl'
the PUC is' billed by Ontario
Hydro -has had the effect of in"
creasing the wholesale cost here
by 3.66% last year. and by
nearly 0 per cent the pnevious
year, he said,
The local commission foll.avr-
ing a study of the matter has
agreed to seek approval 'of the
Ontario HEPC on the feasibility
of adjusting the present rate
to a general purpose rate.
The general, purpose tate is
designed to equalize revenue
from the different classes of
customers, so that one group
is not being subsidized by an-
other group, Mr. Boussey said.
Under the proposal hydro users.
will be divided into two groups
only, commercial and domestic.
This means that existing power,
commercial and small commer-
cial customers will be grouped
under one "general purpose"
commercial rate,
While some rates Will have
to be adjusted . upwards under
a general purpose structure, for
most of the hydro customers no
drastic changes are expected
The general.purpose type of
rate structure is in use in Strat-
ford and Mitchel. Its acceptance
by utilities in other centres is
establishing a trend across the
Province.
Set August Swim
Classes for the August swim-
ming instruction at the Lions
Pool have been drawn up. Those
who have completed the July
course and wish to take the
August classes must register be-
fore the beginning of classes
on August 1st.
Instructors for the August
course will be Robert Cosford,
Mike Stinnissen, - Peter Stinnis-
sen and Ruth Gorwill.
August classes are: •
Beginners—» �#;'�5 to TWOS
Danny Lee Dale; Ronald
Stott; Donna Gridzak• Kathy
Coombs; Debbie Gridzak; Cathy
McCue; Santee McCue -- In-
structor,- Robert Cosford.
Heather Wallace; Weds Grid-
zak; Paul Cr1dzak; Peter Simp-
son; Perry Brotnne; 'Murray
Bennewies; David Moggach —
Instructor, Mike Stinnissen.
Caroline ttouhg; Graeme
Young; Colin Young; Alistair
Young; Donald Bennewies; John
Westerveld; Richard Wallace,—
Instructor, Ruth Gorwill.
Juniors -- 9:35 to 10:05
Judy Maybe; Sheryl Benne-
wies; Ardythe Powley; Betty
MacDonald; Lynn MacDonald;
Guy Stroop; Kevin Henderson;
Althea Stannah; Eddie Burns;
,C3ordort Carnochan; Joey Mc-
Lean rInstructor, Peter Stitt.
els en, '
Begrnners --- 10:10 to 10:40
Linda Miller; Brian Miller;
Joanne Ross; Keith Butson; Hel-
en Smale; Linda Drager; Sheila
Drager; Stephen Chattier; arty
Lane —; Ifnstritetor, BOW Cos -
Classes.
.ford.
Jane Ross; Jeffreys Butson;
Marian Smale; Murray Drager;
Charles Stewart; Joanne Cronin;
Jackie, Cronin; James Watson;
Jimmy McClinchey — Instruc-
tor, Mike Stinnissen.
Janice 'Marie Schenck; lent
Sehenck; John Primeau; Joanne
Primeau; Sheila Hiusser; Tracy
Baker; Jade Baker;,, Elizabeth
Davidson — Instructor, Ruth
Gorwill.
Juniors — '10:10 to 10:40
Rose Marie Kelly; Ellen
Stewart; Ras Butson; Tommy
Goettler; Peuiine Goettler;
Pat;Row1-and; Brian Lane; Kar-
en Davidson; Robert Hius'ser;
Beth Broome --- Instructor, Pet-
er Stinnissen,.
Baoinners 1045 to I1s15,
'Patricia , afepheeree Itenny
exhausted firemen had to stand
by and 'watch helplessly as the
building went down. Most of
the immediate neighbors were
away' at the time. Large maple
trees that surrounded several
nearby homes- were credited
with deflecting the heat thus
saving them from 'a similar
fate.
• The Osborns- had purchased
the store and home only a year
ago on July 2. The fire destroy-
ed all their store •Stolt except
some which was kept in a gar-
age across the road. AMI the
family, belongings also were
lost in the fire except for some
of young Leona's clothing which
was at her grandmother's. Mr:
Osborn's sister Diane who was
working at the store also lost
some clothing. Total loss was
estimated in the neighborhood
of $30,000 The Osborns have
not decided yet ,whether to re-
build or mot..
Thefamily will not go home-
less. At present they are stay-
ing at the ' home o'f Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Buchanan, a half
mile from the fire scene; Mr.
Osborn owns another house in
the area which he. hed 001)84
for resale but now he says lie
family will likely occupy the
house ,themselves.
Tuesday morning the ruills:
were still smouldering as hydro
repairmen worked to replace .a
burnedout transformer and el-
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Chief's Car
Is Stolen
While - Fire Chief John F.
Sc was busy directing fire
e g operations at Kinburn
Sunday Morning someone stole'. -
his car;
The car, parked near his John
Street apartment, was recover-
ed Sunday afternoon. in the
parking lot of a •track firm at
Clinton by Police Chief Gordon
Hulley.
Chief Scott -said when he re-
turned from the fire about 5
a.m. he didn't notice the car..
Was missing, The loss was not
discovered until -later Sunday.
Seaforth Merchants
Display Antiques
Seaforth Merchants have eion-
tributed 'to the Centennial . at-
mosphere by arranging display'
windows to recall early days in
the area,
SiIl's Hardware features an
interesting' display of curios
from early years in Seaforth:
There is a 1914' Old Boy'S Re-
union hat and another hat worn
by an early Seaforth bandsman.
Several early catalogues are on
display. There are early skates,
the type that had to, be mounted
to .`hoes for use. A megaphone
used to start, early horse races
can also be seen in the window
ricles. '
I3AyID B..HAASE
who graduated 'from the Royal
Military College, Kingston. He
received a B.Sc., and was- com-
missioned a 2nd -Lieutenant.
He is theson of Mr, and Mrs,
-Glenn Haase of 141 Albion St.,
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.. and for-
merly of Seaforth and Win-
throp.
and, there is a spotlight from
the 1928 Seaforth fire truck.
The old and new in batliroonn
fixtures -are featured in .the win-
dow of Frank Kling Ltd. The
window also shows lectures of
the Fathers of. Confederation.
Crick's Bakery has a display
of baking utensils from an ear-
lier period.'1'he display includes: '
everything from .rolling pins, a+''-
flour sifters. ,
Keating's Drug Store display-
ed the coat -of arms of all the
provinces, a 100 years of medi
cine display and a 95 year old
prescription book.
'Phillip's. Fruit Store had a
wide ranging display of every-.
thing from a commode chair to
moustache cups: There were cur-
ling irons, an 1880 musket, and
an 1880 rifle,' a Colt six shooter, ,
old pictures,•of Seaforth, a rug
ringer, iron' pots and pans, heat-
ing irons, and a gramophone,
to name just "a few'of the art-
icles. •
Promote
Seaforth
Native
Robert D. MacLennan, Hub-
bard Park Dr., Montpelier, ,Ver-
mont, has been promoted by the
directors of National Life Insur-
ance Company of Vermont'from
associate actuary to actuary. -
' He joined National Life as an
acturial assistant in 1954 •after
receiving a bachelor of arts de
gree in mathematics from the
University' of Toronto. He was
one of the youngest actuaries in
the country .when hebecame a
Fellow of the Society of Actuar-
ies in 1960 at the age of 27,'In,
the 'same year he was elected a
company officer with the title
of assistant actuary. Two years
ago he was advanced to associate
actuary.
He l5 the son of Dr. and Mrs.
John C. MacLennan,' Seaforth.
'Mr. MacLennan and his wife,
who was Miss Janet E. Clinton
of Sudbury, have two sons, Mark
ten years old• and Ian, eight,
At Lio:ns Pool
Menheere; Sandra Menheere
Sandra Staffen; Linda Dorssers;
Diane Nigh; Brian Nigh •--- In-
structor, Robert Cosford.
Wayne Fredin; David Staffen;
Siobhan Kennedy;:' Steven Bloc -
keel; Mary Blockeel;' Antoine -
Blacked; Cindy Dorssers; Deb-
bie Dorssers — Instructor, Mike
Stinnissen,
.Joey Jansen; Wayne Nigh;
Debbie Dupee; Steven Saliows:
Brian Lee; Joey Czerwinski;.
Jo -Ann Czerwinski; Carol Ann
Staffen — instructor, Ruth Gor-
will:
Intermediates -w- 10:4S to 11:15
Terry Fredin Mary Margaret'
telly; Cathy Stewart; Darlene
Dale;+ Anne,.,, Soper; Barbera
Brady; Judy Staffen; /Cathy
Mayba; Cathy McLean; Luanne
,Itoy' acid; • Colleen . rllowland;
Kenny Doig — Instructor, Peter
Stinnissen.
Beginners — 11:20 to 11:50
Debra Brodie; Sharon Brodie;
Julia Armstrong; Susan Beuer-
man; Ricky Hulley; Marilyn
Guichelaar — Instructor„ Ro-
bert Cosford.
David Brodie; Carla Brodie;
Ray Dallas; Steven Dallas; Ro-
bert Wilson; Brian Wilson; Ran-
dy Wilson — Instructor, Mike
Stinnissen,
David Hulley; Elaine Hopper;
Linda Guichelaar; Ne*ton Dal-
ton; Ivan Bridge; Laurie Bridge;
Dentis Dalton — Instructor,
Ruth G.orwitl.
, Seniors - = 11220 to l hSO
Mary 'Margaret Rowland; Kar-
en Fredin;; Penny Hti11ey; Mar.
lene'Tarnbull; Mali yrs Intl st,—
Inlsttitetei, Peterur-