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Terrace Bay News, 12 Mar 1970, p. 4

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PI US TODAY FOR PICK-UP am) Deessarn} & DELIVERY sees) Sie! oe PHONE 824-2250 LADIES AUXILIARY MARCH MEETING REPORT Mrs. Marilyn Chisholm opened the regular meeting of the Community Church Ladies Auxiliary, with an inspirational poem. "rs. Donalda Broadhurst and Mrs. Leona Mercure tock part in the reading of the Scripture. President Mrs. Chisholm welcomed all the ladies to the meeting. Mrs. Coe read the minutes and Mrs. Farrow: gave the financial report. The auditors report was given, stating the books were correct in every detail. Various thank you notes were read by the sec LIBRARY NEWS In conjunction with the Librarian's course Tuesday, March 3rd, An Audio-Visual Workshop was held and opened to the public from 3 - 10 p.m. A group of some seventy people compris ed of Librarians, teachers, clergy, recreation and other interested groups filled the parish centre to capacity in Schreiber to hear of "Modern Trends and Operation in Audio-Visual Equipment, " Two representatives f ba os Library . i. rerrace ine Ree " jae Hotel, on April 15th. There will be a rummage sale in May and a Christmas Bazaar is slated for November 20th. Mrs. Chisholm offered to look into the possibility of having a guest speaker for the next meeting, to speak on Women and the Law. Lunch was served by Mrs. Lil Harris | SL the Cancer Unit: Mrs. Lil Harris, Mrs. D. Rafalant and Mrs. M. Hales . TERRACE BAY NEWS sR SPEEDY, SERVICE | &STOR Vgee a EET >» pt; FOR : UNITED VAN LINES FOR FREE ESTIMATES 824-2089 MARCH 12, 19 ONE MILE DAILY MAY BENEFIT MID-AGED MEN Can doctors put their male patients on a jogging regime and expect them to show significant*improve ment in heart work output and pulse rate? The Medical Post says that based on a preliminary study done by Dr. Bernard |. Lewis, they can. He is chief investigator of the coronary preventior program at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, near San _ 7 Francisco. 3 He studied 25 volunteers, with a mean (near the j average) age of 43, who jogged not more than ; 10 minutes a day for two months. § noted that most studies on the effect of jogging had been done on young athletes, military personnel or | men "with definite cardiovascular disease." He wanted to find out what this relatively mild 7 exercise would do to the conditioning of the average middle-aged male who in North America tends to be overworked, overstressed, overfed and underexers cised. ; Each volunteer selected, after medical examin- -- ation, was simply asked to map out a one-mile track somewhere near his home, preferably the nearest school track. Thirty-five were originally chosen for the two- month project. Ten threw in the towel within the first few weeks. % No attempt was made to control the" volunteer's eating, drinking or smoking habits. The only change in his ordin= ary living was the daily one-mile jog. Here are the details of the results: No significant weight change. A To eae ee ies Decrease 'in boa & eavce by a mean of 1.7 skinfold thickness showed a reduction of 21%. No significant changes in serum uric acid or cholesterol. A definite decrease in serum triglycerides. (Mean loss, 15%). Physical efficiency index showed an impressive 36% improvement. The work-output showed a mean improvement of 16%. wi Ser Stel AGE | : CALL Track time showed a mean reducation Please note that In ores -- It of 3 min. 28 sec. (28%). are available from the following mem Dan Imbeau bers of the Terrace Bay Branch of Schreiber hdd dec aaplannad aie Gs oe tad his kids spend watching TV: "I have a oe year old who knows only one word - shhh)

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