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Terrace Bay News, 12 May 1976, p. 7

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MAY 12, 1976 TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE 7 BIBLE SOCIETY: Cont'd To date the whole Bible has been published in 261 languages, The New Testament 635 lan- guages, and one or more books of the Bible in . 1577 languages. At present between 500 and 600 Projects of translation or revision are underway in the world, 358 of which are in languages that have never had any Scripture at all as yet. The Canadian Bible Society is at present the 4th largest contributing Bikle Society. Only 16 of the 57 national societies are con- tributors, the others from the economically depressed areas of the world need help to meet their national projects. lion dollars is given by the Canadian Bible Society over and above our National Program to help the others meet their needs. Here in Canada we provide the Scriptures free of charge to the registered Blind in Braille, Record, or Cassette Tape. A Braille Bible costs over $100. to produce and a lit- tle less than $50.00 on record, and betwe- en $50.00 and $100.00 on tape. We provide the Scripture free of charge to the armed services for prison use as well as to many new Canadian citizens. We provide short, at- tractively designed Scripture selections free of charge for responsible free dis- tribution. Samples of these are gladly pro- vided to anyone who writes to our Northern Ontario District Of- fice, 847 Main St. W., North Bay, Ont. P1B 2Vv8. For the Churches use we provide the Scriptures as econom- ically as possible for use on the Parish level. We ask for the pra- . yer and financial help of thousands of Cana- dians to make all of this possible. All gifts are acknowledged 'with a receipt. Some one mil=- Thunder Bay (Alpine) « « « 577-6426 Terrace Bay . . 825-3286 Red lake « ¢ ¢ o 727-2858 Marathon, « « « 229-1213 Fort Frances . . 27U-7721 RESERVATION CENTRE (807)577-6U26 TELEX: 073-U360 OR CALL YOUR TRAVEL AGENT Take the family fora weekend holiday at Thunder Bay's indoor summer resort. Just $10° per person, per night (for double occupancy) Our giant Solarium contains balmy warmth (no matter what the weather), a huge swimming pool, a whirlpool, a sauna, sun lamps and lots of reclining and recre- ation space--all surrounded by lush tropi- cal vegetation and sheltered by a see- through sun roof. 'This special family rate for a luxur- ious bedroom with 2 double beds applies to Friday, Saturday and Sunday, nights only; to get it you must reserve 24 hours in advance. There's no charge for children "Rates are subject to 7% provincial sales tax; are valid until December 26, 1976. 14 years and under in same room with parents. If~a cot is required for children, regardless of age, there's a charge of $6. Free parking is available. Reserve now by calling your loca CP Hotels Reserve-A-Room Service, or your travel agent, or call direct (807) 577-8481. CP Hotels [4 RED BAK INN 555 West Arthur St., Thunder Bay

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