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TERRACE BAY NEWS 'Vol. 17 No. I January 9, I974 I5¢ Per Copy RETARDED CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS PARTY On Thursday, December 20th the Caroline McMorland School for the Trainable Retarded held their annual Christmas Party and Concert. The Concert was held in the auditorium at the Marathon Recreation Centre. Songs and yule tide skits under the direction of teachers, Mrs. A. Deol and Mrs. E. Stoddard delighted the audience. Participating children were Cathy Allen, Darlene Bisson, Maurice Cherneski, Ann Helmink, Rodger Hache, Paul Moran, Peter Moran, Johnny Gobeil, Sandford Desmoulin, Gary Jacobs, and Jocelyn Lacroix. The Annual Christmas Party was held in the new school facilities in the Marathon High School. : An overcapacity crowd enjoyed the visit of Santa Claus (appreciation is extended to the Reverend from the United Church). Also muéh appreciated was the service of Mrs. Denis Richardson, Marathon High School, who operated the audio visual equipment which showed the children as instantanious T.V. appearances, which proved a tremendious success for parents and children alike. Chairman of the Committee for the Advisory Committee of the Trainable Retarded under the direction of the Lake Super- ior Board of Education, Al Allen, extended wel- come to the gathering. In attendance were Mr. Bob Cressman, Direct- or of Education; Mr. Alex Gordon, Chairman, Lake Superior Board and Reverend Arthur Chabot, Committee Member. The Committee in Marathon "Youth Across Canada for the Mentally Retarded" catered to the luncheon and included - Susan McMorland,. Elaine McKendry, Kathy Morgan, Louise Bertin, Diane Stoddard, Mary Chabot and Louise Moist. : Photos page 2 LICENCE PLATE RENEWAL STICKERS The Ministry of Transportation and Commun- ications has announced that to date only 3.8 per cent of Ontario motorists have purchased their licence plate renewal stickers. At the same time last year over I0 per cent of the plates had been sold. The renewal stickers have been on sale at 291 issuing offices throughout the province since the first of December and Ministry officials are concerned that if the number of motorists applying for renewal does not soon increase, it will be impossible to avoid line -ups at the end of February. Present multi-year plates must be validat- ed by applying the sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the rear plate prior to midnight, February 28. Those applying for renewal will be asked to fill out an insurance form available at the issuing offices and hand it, along with the ownership permit and fee, to the issuing agent. The validation sticker will then be issued along with complete instructions as to the method of applying to the plate. As in I973, fees are $23 for a 4-~cylinder vehicle; $32 for 6-cylinders; $40 for an 8- cylinder car and $5 for trailers. STOKES ANNOUNCED COMMUNITY GRANTS I have been advised that under the Commur- ity 'Centres Act a grant totalling $II,097.5¢ has been approved for the Geraldton Indoor Swimming Pool and a further grant of $I,055.28 has been approved for the Terrace Bay Outdoc: Pool.