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BADMINTON NEWS Due to preparations for the Annual Christmas Party, the badminton hall will be closed on Sunday, December 16, 1951. In a recent social tournament held at Marathon, the local club placed 3rd. Scores for the dry were Merathon 11, Schreiber 10, Terrace Bay 9, and White River 0. At a short meeting immediately following the tournament, it was decided by the N.S.B.L. to admit White River into the League, Schedule of play is as follows: Sat. Eve. Jan, 12/52 - White River home tour- nement at Marathon, * " Feb, 9/52 - Schreiber home tourna- ment at Terrece Bay, " Aft. Mar, 22/52 - Marathom home tourna- ment at Marathon, " Eve. Apr. 12/52 - Terrace Bay home tour- nament at Terrace Bry, Apr. 25-26/52 - Two dey open tournament at Marathon, The League has been revised so that each club may enter only one contestrnt or team in ench of the five events. No individual player taking part in more than one event, All mombers of the local club are eligible to try out for the tenn. For those people who are interested in playing badminton but have not as yet joined, the following information may be useful. Fees $2.00 per year for Juniors S.00K0 Mite ONCOL his LesOit Vit Couples A special rate of .25¢ per night is charged to non-members who would like to try the game. Club racquets may also be rented for a small nominal fee, Nights of Play Wenesce are - 7: to di: 00 Dy pi Thursdny - iF Sunday Afternoon. - 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. 0-0-0 Py Bie eke Denmark held the first Christmas Seal Sale in 1904 and the Christmas Seals bore the picture of the Queen. The Danish people responded so generously that with the money from the first two sales a hospital wes built for the trentment of children crippled by bone tuberculosis. The District Office of the Canadian Tuberculosis Association wishes to advise that the mailing list used by them for the mailing of Christmas Seals this year was in- complete, of Terrace Bay did not receive any seals through the mail. <Any of those persons (cont, in next column) Consequently, some of the residents Page 4 T.B. ShALS (cont, from col. 1) wishing to receive seals may still do so by directing their request through the BARRE aT ion Office, 0-0-0 SILVER BIRCH CHAPTER The reguler meeting of Silver Birch Chapter 264 0.E,.S. was held on Monday evening in the Terrace Bay Community Church with Mrs, Isobel' Marsh, Worthy Matron, presiding. The meeting opened with the short form and after the reguler business, an election of officers was held, The following officers were elected - Mrs, Isobel Marsh, Worthy Matron; Mrs, Christina Graham, ..ssociate Matron; Mrs, E. Rowlandson, Conductress; Mrs. Dorothy Rummery, Associate Conductress, The meeting closed. Following the meeting the First Birth- day Party of Silver Birch Chapter was held by the Members and their guests. An enjoy- able time was spent playing Court Whist, The winners were: Ladies' High - Mrs, M. Lumbers; Ladies! Second - Mrs, J, Hell; Consolation - Mrs. 4. Farrow; Men's High - Mr. C, Smith; Men's Second - Mr, H, Haughn; Consolation - Mr, H, Hall, /. delightful lunch was served from a lace covered table centered with a lovely Birthday Cake. Mrs. Rattray and Mrs, Scowen poured and Mrs, I. Goodfellow replenished, 0-0-0 THE GUNNERS' COLUMN Pay Parade will be held at the Drill Hall on Saturday, December 15th, at 19:15 hours. Dress: Full uniform including web belt. This parade will take the place of the usual Thursday evening parnde that would normally be held on December 20th, There are still quite a few vacancies in the Unit. Why not have a chat with one of your fellow workers who may be a member or, better still -- why not come on out for yourself and look over our set-up at the armouries? We have 2-way radios, four types of f£rmy vehicles, a 40 mm gun, rifles and many other items of interest, A11 these and other things help make for two interesting evenings each week, We also. have pay days, as the above notice indicates, 0-0-0 "Remember when the President asked us to Save at lenst one slice of bread a day?" "Of course, Did you do it?" "Yes, and I've still got them--a whole drawerful, and I gon't know what to do with them," 0-0-0