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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 10 Sep 1970, p. 3

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.. " h Exercises, bowling, flower making, candle making and tours are all part of the activities. Last She said that last year women of other denominations did not join the group because they thought it was church-sponsored. Programming for the Tuesday group is left to the women them- selves. Each woman is assigned a particular morning and expect- ed to provide a program. Mrs. Gail Wittig is chairman of the Tuesday group while Mrs. Barbara Campbell handles Wed- nesday meetings. Sessions begin at 9:30 a.m. and run until 11am. or shortly after. Both groups hold their meetings at Messiah Lutheran Church at the corner of Glen Forrest Boule- vard and Sprucehill Drive but Mrs. Wittig stressed that they are not affiliated with the church. only using its facilities. Formed last year in connection with the YWCA, the concept was an overwhelming success. So much so that organizers decided to split the group and hold meet- ings on two separate mornings. Women of the Lakeshore Village have been given a reprieve from the doldrums in the form of a Neighborhood Y group. t. akeshore Village women start Y group Averyrhig day for' ct very small tractor Donald Snell exhibited his small traction engine at Milton Steam-Era. Babysitting is one of the major stumbling blocks the women face. Often the children out- number the mothers. The money collected is used to pay for the baby sitter. juice and cookies for the children and coffee for the adults. lf a speaker or demonstrator charges, part of the fee is taken from this money and there is an additional collection. Women, with or without child- ren are welcome in both groups. Tuesday there is a flat morning rate of 75 cents while on Wed- nesdays, a member pays 50 cents for herself and an additional 25 cents if she has children. This year her session plans to do extensive work in copper tooling. candle making and in concocting Christmas decora- tions. One of the most popular pro- grams, Mrs. Wittig said, was a demonstration of Norwegian clothes. This year she hopes for new ideas. The problem, she said, is getting something that everyone likes to do. Help in finding speakers, in planning and in obtaining resource material has been given b" the YWCA, Mrs. Campbell said. / year the women toured Seagrams. the University of Waterloo and the Potters Workshop. Wednesday babysitting blues were not quite as critical. A nursery school program took care of the older children while the group took turns looking after the babies. They did run into the us- ual problems, however, as the year progressed. One woman for 20 children is a bit hectic, she said. In making a plea for volunteers to help with the children, Mrs. Wittig pointed out that they could afford to pay a little. She said that last year their attempt to take turns babysitting proved a dismal failure. Understandable, women without children did not want to take a turn and often a woman assigned to a particular morning could notbepresent. tiifi:,in 'e.", {if John F. Wahl; D.D.S. Wishes to announce the relocation of his dental office to 737 Belmont Ave. W., Kitchener, Ontario by appointment 7433261 Interested women are invited to attend the Wednesday morning meeting. Fall sessions for both groups begin next week and all women in the subdivision are invited to attend either Tuesday or Wed- nesday morning. Both chairman pointed out that the Neighborhood Y provides an excellent opportunity to get out of the house and meet other women in the community. If enough women turn out, Mrs. Campbell said, another group may be formed. She mentioned the possibility of an afternoon session if an arrangement could be made with the church. The mat- ter is being looked into and solar there are no objections. tltt-rioo Chronic“, Thursday, September 10, 1970 Donald C. Snell of 09 Roslin Ave. exhibited a four-foot rep- lica of a Bell steam traction engine. A threshing machine, in the same scale, was borrowed from another enthusiast and displayed with Snell’s machine. Donald is a member of the On- tario Steam and Antique Pre- servers' Association, sponsors of the annual display of steam engines in Halton County. There were 20 huge steam traction engines, 48 antique gas tractors, 113 stationary gas en- gines and 53 antique autos and trucks. Mrs. Snell reports he has a number of old gas engines as well, in working order. In addition, there were hun- dreds of displays of power-tests. models, old-fashioned costumes and other unclassifiable ma- chinery. Snell took roughly five years, using only spare time, to com- plete his machine. He started from scratch. . . .using spec- ially-cast parts where necessary. The miniature steamer will appear at Blyth, Ont. this week- end, at the steam show there. A Waterloo man contributed one of the few Lilliputlans in a day of Giants at the Steam-Era in Milton last weekend. This year, the tenth, a record official crowd of 28,000 attended from all over Canada and the USA. The Shells have lived in the Waterloo area for about 20 years, and it was about 10 years ago that the engine was com- pleted. GUARANTEED SAVINGS "Sells For Less" Open 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. _ 9 p.m. FREE DELIVERY 578-8800 Let Us Price Your Next Prescription at No Obligation You can shop here with confidence Westmount Place Pharmacy SA VE! Everday Low Prices on Prescriptions Drugs Toiletries

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