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The Beaupre family came to Canada from @W . birthright clinic will be established in the Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterloo area to protect the right of the unâ€" born child. The plans for the clinic were announced Sept. 15 at the regular meeting of St. Michael‘s Catholic Women‘s League, at St. Michael‘s Church Hall. The clinic will provide guidance, assistance, moral support â€" and â€" encourageâ€" ment for those who face the problem of an unwantâ€" ed pregnancy. Women _ attending _ the meeting were also encourâ€" aged to write letters to the Hamilton Diocesan Counâ€" cil of the Catholic Women‘s League, opposing further JP# A recent reunion at Wey‘s Grove, Bridgeport, brought together 250 members of four generations of a proâ€" minent Waterloo County family, the Beaupres. The last reunion held by the family was in 1948, also at Wey‘s Grove. Approximateâ€" ly 110 Beaupre‘s attended that reunion. SIGN MAKERSâ€"Fire Inspector Chuck Devison points to new fire prevention sign, while Carl First Beaupre reunion since 1948 attracts 250 Busy the beaver, a symbol of fire prevention CWL members urged to oppose abortion Members were also told the Waterloo County Sepâ€" arate School Board is ofâ€" fering a course in religiâ€" ous education to all interâ€" ested parents and teachers. The course will be offered Tuesday evenings at St. David‘s Senior School. The project, called ‘"‘Project 100,000"" hopes to collect 100,000 letters against abortion to present to the Canadian governâ€" ment. Members of the Catholic Women‘s League were urgâ€" ed to save ribbons from floral _ arrangements _ for the residents of Sunnyside liberalization of abortion laws. The only surviving memâ€" ber of the original family, Emil Beaupre, now in his eighties was at the picnic last week. He was born in St. Clements, but is the son of the Beaupres who came from France. He has outlived his five brothers Alsaceâ€"Lorrainne, France, over 120 years ago and settled in the St. Clements area. They were asked to save good used toys, skates, games and clothing for the Indians at Cape Crocker. The items will be sent for Christmas. The League will be holdâ€" ing a bake sale Sunday in St. Michael‘s Church Hall and a rummage sale Oct. 29. Members were invited to attend a reception Oct. 28 in St. Mary‘s Hall, Kitchener, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Sisters of Social Service. The Sisters are in charge of Mount Cenacle Retreat House. Zamke, who cut out the sign, and Dennis Dubrick (right), who painted it, look on. Home. They use them for their crafts. The oldest grandchild of the original Beaupres was also present at the picnic, Rose Weinstein of Tucson, Arizona. At the reunion, after helâ€" los were said and introducâ€" tions made, Father Edward Dietrich said Mass. Races were held for the children Mrs. Jack Young, assistâ€" ed by Mrs. Robert Tucker, convened the wine and cheese affair. A wine and cheese party, organized by the Ladies Auxiliary, Wing 404, of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association, was held Friâ€" day at Wing headquarters on Dutton Drive. _ _ Earlier in September, the Ladies Auxiliary _ held their first meeting of the fall season, with a pot luck supper. Speaker at the meeting was Don Lamont and Allan Betteridge who are affiliatâ€" Ladies Auxiliary Wing 404 Albert Beaupre, a broâ€" ther to Elizabeth and also of the original family, had and the Beaupres and Reidâ€" els battled at a tugâ€"ofâ€"war. There are over 300 Beauâ€" pre descendants, 137 of them descendants of Mrs. Eugene Reidel, formerly Elizabeth Beaupre of the original French family. Most of them live in Waterâ€" loo County. Held each Thursday eveâ€" ning between 7 and 8:30 p.m., the program is to ed with the Air Cadets. Trtay spoke on the glider program for Air Cadets. The program brings the children and their parents together to make and design Christmas decorations or crafts. The next meeting will be held Oct. 20. A new program to enâ€" courage children and parâ€" ents working together will begin at the Waterloo YWCA Oct. 7. YWCA "togetherness" craft course Once Busy agreed to the job, a conference was held to decide what he should be made of and what colors to paint him. Fireman Carl Zarnke, cut Busy out of a 3/4 inch piece of plywood. He emerged outâ€" fitted in a fireman‘s suit, cape, gloves and boots, and a shiny fireman‘s hat. Once Busy and Busy‘s Pal had been cut out of the plyâ€" wood, they were painted by fireman Dennis Dubrick. Busy, the fire prevention beaver, didn‘t have a home until the Waterloo Fire Deâ€" partment adopted him as its fire safety symbol. The firemen at the Waterâ€" loo Station, realized Busy couldn‘t do the job of proâ€" moting fire safety all by himself, so they created a little boy to help him. The little boy, who we‘ll call Busy‘s Pal, is a little taller than Busy. He is five feet, two inches tall; Busy is four feet, nine inches tall. There are 42 living grandâ€" children of the original family, most of whom were at the reunion. The oldest 11 children and 85 desâ€" cendants. He lived in Watâ€" erloo _ County. _ Albert‘s brother, Leo Beaupre, ran a grocery store on the cornâ€" er of Alexander and Menno Streets, in Waterloo for many years. Busy received an orange Waterioo Chronicle, Thursday, September 30, 1974 3 The program is open to children sevenâ€"yearsâ€"old and older and their parents. Cost is $15 for the eight week course. In its first year in operaâ€" tion, the course was started because YWCA _ officials feel families are ‘"interested in doing things for themâ€" selves rather than having a â€" preâ€"fabricated â€" Christâ€" mas." ‘"‘foster togetherness among family members."‘ Teaching the course will be Sharon Walker, a Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterloo â€" art teaâ€" cher. She will use inexpenâ€" sive materials and provide ideas and guidelines. The coloring contest was organized by Chuck Deviâ€" son, Fire Prevention Inâ€" spector. This past week, however, Busy had an extra treat. Pictures of himself were sent out to all the Grade 2 school children in Waterloo. They were to color them and send them back to the fire department, with the best class winning Busy for Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 3 to 9. There will be two winning classes, one from the public schools and one from the separate schools. From there, Busy and his pal warn children not to play with matches. suit, and yellow cape and gloves. He is particularly proud of his shiny black fireman‘s hat. His pal, is wearing yellow shorts and a black polo sweater. The youngest person at the reunion was Jeremy Beaupre, who is 10 months old. Once the two were painted and washed up, they were hoisted on top of the fire deâ€" partment‘s sign on Weber Street. The Beaupre descendants, who came from as far as San â€" Francisco, Tucson, Arizona, Detroit, Thunder Bay, Calgary and Markdale, are mainly in the interior decorating business.