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1966 January 6 NEW TREND INDICATED?? Less than 20% of the eligible voters in Longlac voted in their municipal elections earlier this month. The lack of interest in municipal affairs indicated in Longlac, and the difficulty observed in getting competent nominees for office, has been duplicated in many other communities over the past few years. To those who are interested in municipal affairs a situation like this seems deplorable. And yet, we wonder if it may not indicate a trend toward some | other type of management of the affairs of these communities. If a serious study was made and those who do not vote interviewed, would it show that some type of regional or managerial government would be more popular? This feeling of the pulse of the people might be a project for active local clubs or Chambers of Commerce. SOCIAL & PERSONAL Home for Christmas with Reeve and Mrs. W. Adamo were daughters Cecilia from Sault Ste. Marie, Edith of Pt. Arthur and son Eugene from the University of Toronto. Bruce Rapke of Bracebridge spent Christmas with his parents. Peter Phillips of Cameron Falls and Miss Raymonde Bedard spent the holiday with Peter's parents. Visitors at the Gordon Dodges were daughter Bev from Ft. William and Mr. & Mrs. Brian Durance and family of Dryden. Mr. & Mrs. Doug Rice and daughter Cathryn of Kenora were guests of Mr. & Mrs. L. Crandlemire . # Mrs. D. Rigg of Oakville spend Christmas with her | daughter, Mrs. M. McCausland and family. Gary Gresdal of DesMoines, lowa visited with his: parents Mr. & Mrs. C. Gresdal recently. Visiting with the Robert Roberts are her father, Mr. & Mrs. Daley of North Bay. Home with their parents and friends for the holidays were the following:-from Hillcrest High , Pt.Arthur, Sharon MacLeod, Darlene Larson, Annette Belliveau and Sharon Timpano; Doug Moore from Toronto; from | Northwood School, Ft.William, Rob McKechnie, Betty and Jacqueline Yates, Pat Kennedy and also Gerry Kennedy from Hammarskjold School. From Ft. f William Collegiate, Irene Uzicanin and Bonnie Hamilton. Terry Delaronde, Ft. William was also a | guest of Mr. & Mrs. H.Hamilton. Mr. & Mrs. E. Kennedy had their son Don from Pt. Arthur Collegiate and son Brian of Calgary with his f fiancee Miss Tomalene Langton of Kitchener. Visiting also with their parents were Bonnie Dorland } of Pt.Arthur General Hospital and Joe of Pickering College; Albert Cadieux from St. Joseph High School Ottawa; Margo Anderson from Balmora! Hall, Win- nipeg; Janice Coe from Wesley Hospital; Betsy Ferrier' from Western Hospital, Toronto; Maureen mall from A Success Business College, and Terry from United College, Winnipeg; Mike Moore of Cntario Vocation; al Centre, Sault Ste.Marie and Chery! fro:a Central i Collegiate, Barrie. David Wheeler, Pt. Arthur spent Caristmas with his ie THE NEWS Pane parents, Mr. & Mrs. N. Chopty. From the Lakehead University were Rod Thompson and Wendy Duncan; from R.H.Hill Collegiate in Toronto, Inge and Knute Schmiedschen; from Pt. Arthur Teachers' College, Janice Gross. Mr. Neil Cornthwaite visited in Toronto for the holidays. Mr. & Mrs. R. Cole, Manitouwadge holidayed with Mr. & Mrs. F.A.Sweet; Mr. & Mrs. W. Vezina, Jr. Toronto, with Mr. & Mrs.-W. Vezina; § Marvin Steen, Marathon, with his parents; Mr. & Mrs. M. Chepelsky with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Art Pregent, Iroquois Falls; Mr. & Mrs. Thos. Meek and Marty with the Lionel Waghorns; Mr. & Mrs. J. Wellings with Peggy's sister Mr. & Mrs. Ab Gray, Ft. William; Mr. & Mrs. A. Pattison and family with their mothers Mrs. J. Pattison and = fj Mrs. P. Larsen, Winnipeg; Mr. & Mrs. T. Pollard, | Pt.Arthur with son Tom and family; Mr. & Mrs. M. Payetta, Pt. Arthur with daughter Mr. & Mrs. J. Falzetta and family. i Mr. & Mrs. K. Weppler attended the graduation in 5 Memphis, Tennessee, of Kay's brother Robert Bei- sental who received a degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. They flew to St. Joseph, Michigan to spend Christmas with Ken's mother. F Mr. & Mrs. Garnet Valiquette and family of Fr. William visited with friends at Christmas. Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Cavanaugh, Pt. Arthur visited Mr. & Mrs. W.E.Cavanaugh; Mr. & Mrs. Tom Latour and Jacqueline visited Ann's father Mr. Polowski, Pt. Arthur and with her sisters Mr. & Mrs. J. Kress, Marathon and Mr. & Mrs. M. Dupuis of Sudbury. Miss Lela Petrus, Toronto is visiting with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. L. Petrus. Away for the holidays were the following teachers;- Mr. J. Carty with his parents at Elgin, Mr. J.Bird at Pt. Arthur, Miss L. Mackay in Marathon; Mr. & Mrs. Gunn at Sudbury with her parents; Mr. & Mrs. R.T.Kenney in Montreal visiting their son and family, his parents in Elgin and brother in Deep River - they also visited the J. Cavanaughs and A. Valiquettes; Mr. M. Davey in the Lakehead; Mr. E. James in Red Lake; Miss M. Desormeau in Cochrane and Timmins; Miss D. Montgomery in Cochrane and the Lakehead; Mr. & Mrs. N. Trach § and Mr. E. James in the Lakehead; Rev. & Mrs. G. Husser motored through the States to London, Wingham and Aylmer and home the Canadian route; Mr. K. MacLeod in Pt. Arthur and Neenah, Wisc.; Mr. & Mrs. W. Rowsome and family with her parents in the Lakehead and in Duluth; Mr. & Mrs. C. Rose with her brother and family Mr. & Mrs. G. Rowlandson, Fraserdale, Ont. Mrs. Rose has her mother, Mrs. J. Rowlandson visiting with her. Your support at the recent elections was sincerely appreciated and | congratulate the successful candidates. Marvin Perrault - Schreiber