The Kingston Whig-Standard from Kingston, Ontario, Canada • 8

THE KINGSTON WHIG-STANDARD SATURDAY JANUARY 17 1970 PAGE EIGHT Hying high at Picton Various courses Plenty to do at Napanee NAPANEE Uecreation programs such as arts and crafts and ceramics are "another way to try to introduce cultural activities into the Recreation Director Deno Gettas said Friday courses of this kind are designed to bring out the creative and cultural talents of the he said O'Neill AIK AM) AIKS MEL F1LSON WALKED AWAY TIIKIK THICK After vehicle Hank through ice on way to Amherst Island Friday No ferry ice dangerous Amherst residents stranded again The people of Amherst Island are stranded today Mild weather late Friday melted ice in the North Channel between the island and the mainland and heavy ice conditions have forced the Amherst Islander to remain in dock today at the island Friday Mr and Mrs Mcl second course begins April 4 and runs until June 6 Cost is $5 a child A tentative dale of June 5 has been planned for a recital involving 76 students who enrolled Jale last year for tap-dancing baton and ballet lessons Wednesday nights at the town hall At $4 a month the program is sponsored by the recreation department and the local TB and association Besides the recreation department programs the Lennox and Addington County Board of Education is offering night school classes in art at N'DSS Oil painting and sketching arc included in the course A "thin line" has developed 'over the past few years between education and recreation said Mr Gettas Educationalists arc tending more and more to adopt the recrca-lionisl's philosophy he said No longer arc they teaching children just with the attitude that education is necessary before they can obtain a good joh he said "learning to cel along with others is a basic concept of education" Education now is preparing children to face life on their own in the future he said Hie recreation programs involve education he said but they are morn for personal satisfaction and fulfillment "If we can combine education and recreation in one cnnri-c we feel we're making a more valuable contribution to the he said At present ceramics classes are being taught lo adults each Thursday at Napanee District Secondary School "The course is being taught with two purposes in mind" said Mr Gettas "First to partially satisfy the creative needs of adults in the community and second to train instructors lo ensure continuing programs" The art of pottery and making and using various glazes on clay forms are included in ceramics About 15 adults arc involved in the program which lasts until March 19 A second course at the same $10 a person price will be offered from April 2 until June 4 The i I Ceramics Guild and the education youth and recreation branch are co-operating with Mr Gettas on the program Indian beading shell craft wood carving and the stuffing of toys with fur will all be included in the arts and crafts program to be offered for the younger set Registration began tiiis morning fur the course which runs until March 21 "The aun of the course is to have the children work in as many media as possible so (hat they will have a basic understanding of many forms of art and media texture" said Mr Gettas "It a well rounded program" Children have been divided into two age groups seven to nine ycars-olds and children 10 years of age and over A PICTON A new record for snowmobiling Jump in Picton wa ict Thuriday night when William (Billy) Harrington drove hi machine and himself four or five feet into the air for a 15-foot plus jump Billy who by his own admission has on occasion fallen off his machine managed to stay on for the jump much to the relief of everyone sitting inside the Prince Edward Yacht Club watching the exhibition If he hadn't the club would have most definitely had at least one new entrance at the side As it was the full speed jump from the frozen bay of Picton up over the four foot shoreline carried the 300 pound snowmobile 15 feel through the air to land approximately three feet from the side wall of the club But Billy managed to pull it around saving both himself the club and his machine Although he didn't suffer physical damage from the 45 mph leap towards the wild blue yonder heart and nerves could have done without the strain At any rale he politely refused an encore and accepted a reward of some liquid refreshment from snowmobile dealer John Cole for setting the new record Jamboree to help build scout camp PICTON The fund-raising kick-off for the 3rd Picton Cub and Scout pack's drive to raise $5000 for their own camp blasts oil with the bands tonight at Pictnn collegiate The 60-mcmbcr group is sponsoring a performance of the cross-country jamboree featuring the Cherry Valley Sweethearts the Branded Men the Post Family and six-year-old Kenny Post Special guest stars will be Morris Halverson and Liane Watkins Feature time is 8:30 pm and the members are hoping that attendance will give them a good start towards their goal Although the group have not purchased property for their camping area they are still and dealing" with a farmer in Sophiasburgh Township It is the plan of the pack once they have the land to construct a suitable camping area that they can not only use themselves but also rent out to other organizations at a minimal cost Group chairman Jack Pur-telle said the jamboree is just the start of the fund-raising drive and that other projects are planned by the couts and cubs in the future 3-' Aim Kilsun were caught in their truck near the mainland on an ice rake but escaped safely and the truck was finally removed after a Unit four hours of walling This morning according to Prove Vincent Aitken a number of residents of the island are stranded either on the island ur on tile mainland There is one general store on the island in Stella Imt Prove Aitken said some people just can't afford to stock up with many supplies and he doesn't know what a predicted drop in temperature to zero tonight will do tn provide safe passage over the ice lie said the tiling Hint really bothers the islanders is that there is no tug available to them as there is to the residents of Wolfe inland Peeve Aitken said lie was in touch with Kingston's MIA S1 Apps last night Mr Apps said this morning he called the minister of high-wavs George Com me last night and suggested the Wolfe Island tug should lie diverted to the Amherst island run Mr Apps said he thought the final solution to the Amherst island problems would have to be a better engine for their ferry The expected cost of a lug service for the is Theatre group appears at Gananoquc school is fewer accidents land is prohibitive lie said 'Die Amherst Inlander made its last trip across the channel Friday Normally it takes ahoid 13 minutes for a one- I way trip Friday it took about five hours for a return voy- 1 age Amherst Island Imvs went lo Napanee to play hockey last night and later in the evening the arena there was contacted to warn island residents of the dangers involved in getting home A num tier were forced to slay on the mainland Since the middle of the week about 30 i-dand high si'hiMil children who mul go to Napanee have been slaying there all night ami will continue to do so until the ferry can run again Peeve Aitken said last year the children have to take residence in Napanee for about 10 weeks Anuther problem presented by the stoppage of ferry service that thr fluid milk hiiMiicvs on the island is pul iiitu difficulties Usually a bulk truik is brought across to take away the produce hut now the milk must lie taken to tin- local cheese fartory Peeve Aitken is desperate He said tins morning it looks as though the present situation will have to continue until someone's life is lust Deseronto carnival DESEItONTO A program of1 events has been announced for lhp -Spirit of Winter '70 He- seronto's first winter carnival! which is lo run Feb 6 lo About 29 events arc included! the plans starting with a "Snow Queen" beauty contest the night before the carnival opens The winner will receive a $100 wardrobe and will take purl in llu carnival's opening and closing ceremonies Everything from an ice record hup a fishing derby snow shoe race "firemen challenge" broom hockey game and an elimination snowmobile race are included in the program Peters retiring iin-siili-m Innk over hi -decs from last fall's public and separate school programs Mrs Ernest Frink situiuI vice chiiirnmn of Frontenac Farm Safety Council Ii Jennings secretary treasurer and Mrs Ronald Frontenac county A busy safety council Wolfe Island and Cameron English Bit 1 Kingston were named directors al large with affiliated agricultural gnmps to appoint their representatives to the council al an var-Jy date Mrs Frink one of six local delegates lo Hie zone safely rally in Winchester last November reported on this rvrnl The retiring chairman Mrs Peters in reporting on llie a 's activities expressed pleasure in the fart that Frontenac sent the largest number of delegates to last fall's zone rally She paid tribute to the agricultural representative Jennings By REG WIIITTY District Correspondent Bruce Clow a well-known Jcrsy breeder in the county at Joyccvillc was elected chairman of Frontenac Farm Safety Council at the annual meeting Friday He succeeds Mrs Ronald Peters of Sunbu-ry who served for the past two years Mrs Ernest Frink of Wilton advanced from second to first vice-chaiman with John Posthumus of Wolfe Island new second vice chairman Jennings agricultural representative will continue as secretary treasurer Mrs Jake If i a of for his diligent interest in promoting all agricultural advances and faithfulness in providing transportation to out of the county events She noted the council in 11X19 had simnsored a safely rally in Glenlmrnir prnmiiteil safety consciousness among rural elementary school children through poster contests had displays at Kingston and Parham Fairs distributed antidote charts rescue breathing brochures and sent out information letters trlling how to avoid bring overcome with deadly silage gases Mrs Peters and Mrs Frink each gave safety talks and demonstrations lo Women's Institutes and church groups John Posthumus was select- rd offieial delegate to the On- tariu Farm Safety Conference in Guelph Feb 2 3 4 with Mrs Cameron English as alternate Project committee for the year will be Mrs Peters Mrs Frank Mr and Mrs Cameron English Mrs Fred Cliff Mrs Juke Hcikamp Herman Webb John Post humus and the incoming chair-iiinn Mr Clow At the first ni in i 1 1 meeting decision will lie made on safety highlights to promote in 1970 Nine members make up the company Seven arc actors and two are production staff The actors are Gaston Blais John Evan Angela Fusco Dun lo Gross Gegson Wink-fcld and Caroly Younger The production staff is made up of Tina Boden and David Sut-torthwaitc The group which has been in existence for seven years was originally known as the Crest Theatre Players but changed when the group was taken over by the St Lawrence Theatre and the department of education Short oxcerls from five plays Here given and the group did their own scenery changing and music Students from Grades 11 12 and 13 were entertained and after the plays were over the group conducted a 15 minute question period A play called "The Bald Soprano" received the most applause and a lot of the questions were based on that play The group members introduced themselves after the plays and also answered questions about their formal education and outlined ways to join a theatre group A Smith English teacher was in charge of making arrangements for the group to entertain LITTLE CHANGE Icelandic ponies average only 13 hands or 52 inches tall The breed nl rugged beasts has changed little since Norsemen brought the first ones to the island more than 1000 years ago When In Gananoque Stop at tha BOSTON CAFE KING STREET EAST Good Feed Prompt Service Reeienebly Priced We Specielite in Americen Feed end Delicieni Chinese Feed GANANOQL'E Senior high school students here wrre entertained Frida afternoon by the Theatre Hour Company The croup is located in Toronto and tours Ontario schools presenting excerpts from various plays With the co-operation of the Ontario department of education and the St Lawrence Theatre of Arts they are on a 20-wcck tour stopping al 130 schools and rntertaining a total audience of 7'iOtX) Gananoquc prayer week is planned GANANOQUE Ministerial association members here are sponsoring a week of prayer starting Sunday All nf Gananoque's denominations arc included in (his fourth annual week of prayer On Sunday night the first service will be held in the Presbyterian Church with Rev I Macl'herson of the Pcnccos-tal Church speaking Monday night Archdeacon Crecg-gan of ihc Anglican Church will he speaking in the Free Meth-i odist Church Tuesday night I Rev A MacFarlane of the Free Methodist Church will be Ispcaking in the Pcnccostal Church Rev Edward Shea of the Roman Catholic Church will he speaking Wednesday night al the United Church Thursday night Rev 11 Hunter of the Presbyterian Church will speak al the Roman Catholic Church Friday Rev Robert Belbin will be speaking at the Salvation Army Saturday night will be skipped and Sunday night Sgt Wayne Ellis nf the Salvation Army will lie speaking at the Anglican Church All the services are scheduled to start at 8 pm The week of prayer is being sponsored by the Gananoque Ministerial Association which is made up of all the clergymen in Gananoque PICTON Flu is striking citizens in Prince Edward left and right so much in fact that the Picton Gazette had to publish a single edition Wednesday instead of the usual two section paper Too many employees were absent because of the flu BELLEVILLE Maybe they're sweeping Ihc carpet under the carpet in Belleville anyway the question remains bought the carpet and where is An account from the fire department presented to city council listed $336 for a carpet City manager Reynolds said "We didn't buy a carpet cure we didn't buy a and is delving into the unusual expenditure PICTON Fur just might be coming the "in" thing for Plctonitea now that the owner of the Grey Room a fashionable haberdashery (tore George Fraser baa purchased a maxi-length fur rat complete with fur belt George calls Ms purchase "expression" and is trying to decide whether or not everybody would be too shocked IF he wore it to work LYNDHURST Influenza doesn't make exceptions Rev A Lock rector of the Anglican parish of Leeds Rear his wife and children have been ill with the All services were cancelled last weekend but the Locks are now much improved GANANOQUE One of these days "this building" Is going to "to buy Transport trucks negotiating the corner by The office to go np the alley come frightfully close to the comer of the building uich fanatic the man went into the restaurant slightly blcary-cycd recently and ordered a "chilled grease" sandwich "Toasted or plain?" the girl asked GANANOQUE Howard Bril deputy warden of the Kingston Penitentiary will diacuss penology al Monday's mrrling of the Canaaoqne Rotary Club LANDSDOWNE Rev Howard Fraser United Church Minister here had an attentive congregation last Sunday The subject of his sermon was "Go Go Christians" The term "Go-Go" refers lo something lively rhylhmatic and moving and Rev Mr Fraser likened this to the rhylhmatic movement of Christian life He emphasized the two kinds of "go" before "going out in the world as servants of Christ Christians must to church for worship inspiration and mutual encouragement This is how "go-go Christians" come lo have balance and harmony in their lives BELLEVILLE A Hay Bay farmer Carl Clayton of Sillsville says the farm animal population in Ontario creates a waste disposal proMem equivalent to the waste of 45 million people In fact he says a farm with 500 dairy cattle or lSM beef rattle would present a waste problem equal to that of a city of 19 MM people NAPANEE The Napanee Fire Department had a comparatively mild year during 1969 There were only two serious fires within the town one residential and one commercial They averaged slightly more than one recorded fire rail each week and handled a total of 32 unrecorded calls BELLEVILLE Frank Miller is the new governor of Hastings County jail lie succeeds Theriault The jail which accommodates 15 to 29 prisoners will be closed when the new regional jail is completed at Napanee IYNDIIURKT Amy Church who rrrrnlly nhsrrvrd her 92nd birthday was the happy recipient of a scroll presented on behalf of the government of Ontario Miss Church also received congratulatory messages from Tourism and Information Minister James Auld MLA for Leeds Desmond Code MP for Lends and Conservative leader Robert I Stanfield WESTPORT When Westport went "wet" Wednesday evening the chairman of the "Vole Yes" organization couldn't immediately join in the post-voting celebration Lea Hutchinson who ran the auccessful campaign for cocktail and dining room-loungci aa publisher of The Westport Mirror had to complete the front page of the tabloid weekly for publication Thursday lie had a heading "WETS WIN" already set "Of course" he admitted after the vole "I had another heading set just in case there was an upset" TWEED The Highlights of Hastings Tourist Region recently' published a map showing a series of snowmobile trails throughout the county They are available free of charge to snow scooter owners from George Ellsworth al Box 253 Trenton NAPANEE A Napanee man and the waitress in a local restaurant ought to get together A grilled cheese sand- AUCTION SALE AUCTION SALE OF FARM IMPLEMENTS Te he held et the term of Douglos Neddew en TUESDAY JANUARY 20 1:30 pm (Drive north through Elgin first turn right turn left et junction Wetch for posted signs) farm wagon hay racks 2 springtoolh cultivators manure spreader land roller 14-ft disc cultivator bale loader 3-bottom plow seed drill freight barrow water troughs wheelbarrow bogs Portland cement length new rape bags fertilizer bones twine 2000 bales hay 2-3 tons cob com ensilage and small tools Auctioneer: HAROLD ANDERSON.