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The Kinsmen Club of Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterloo elected a local dentist, Dr. Cam Witmer, as its new Presiâ€" dent for the 1978â€"1979 term at a general meeting held at the Kinsmen Centre for the Retarded. Dr. Witmer reâ€" sides in Waterloo and operaâ€" tes a dental practice at the Weber Dental Clinic in Kitchener. Dr. Witmer is married to Elizabeth Witmer. They have one child. Dr. and Mrs. Witmer reside at 52 Ridâ€" geview Crescent, Waterloo. Cam Witmer joined the Kâ€" W Kinsmen Club in 1972 and has previously held the ofâ€" fices of Registrar, Viceâ€" President (two years) and President. Dr. Witmer, in accepting office, emphasized the need for continued and expanded involvement of the Kinsmen Club with mentally hanâ€" dicapped persons in the Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterioo area. During his campaign for the presidency he expressed deep concern for the preserâ€" vation of one unified Canaâ€" da. Dr. Witmer hopes to strengthen ties between Onâ€" tario and Quebec Kinsmen by establishing interâ€"Club weekend exchanges during the coming year. He stated that Kinsmen could be a veâ€" hicle for national unity beâ€" cause it has more than five hundred Clubs in all Provinâ€" Beux and Belles (Continued from page 20) Duxbury. The primary purposes of Beaux and Belles are ‘"to foster friendship, health, and social activities through Modern Square Dancing; to promote the form of dance as a Canadian Ethnic Dance Evolution; and to assist in community affairs parâ€" ticularly in the cultural arts medium.‘‘ This past year has again been filled with activities to achieve these goals. Demonstrations were held in several senior ciâ€" tizens homes, as well as in fairs and malls. Last sumâ€" mer the club placed sixth out of forty groups at an ethnic dance festival held in Toronto, and they plan to do better this year. The club again sponsored ‘‘Spring Fantasy,"" an annual square dance festival, which atâ€" tracted over 920 dancers from all corners of Ontario as well as from elsewhere. Kâ€"W Kinsmen elect new officers MICKEY MOUSE: FIFTY HMAPPY YEARS. Edited by David Bain and Bruce Harris. Harâ€" mony Books, New York. (in Canada: General Publishing Co.. Toronto. $15.95.) 8â€"1/2 by 11. 256 pp. * O c 0 & The animated cartoon character Mickey Mouse (orâ€" iginally to have been Mortimer Mouse), who has also appeared in new‘?.per and magazine cartoons, was the creation of Waliter E. Disney, who was born in Chicago on Dec. 5, 1901, and died on Dec. 15, 1966, of acute circulatory collapse following surgery. In July, 195, he had opened Disneyland on 160 acres in southâ€" ern California, but it remained for his brother Roy to open Walt Disney World in Florida in Oct., 1971. . The earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons were silents, but sound soon came and the first one released (1928) was ‘‘*Steamboat Willie‘‘, with sound, although ‘"Plane Crazy‘‘ (1928) had been made first. Colour did not come until 1935, with ‘"The Band Concert‘"‘. Minnie ces from coast to coast. He further urged the members of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Club to prepare for their job as hosts of the Kinsmen Naâ€" tional Conventidn in August of 1979 in Kitchenerâ€"Waâ€" terloo. Other members elected at the annual meeting were: Past President Jim Fox, Kitchener; Viceâ€"Presidents Don Mahony, Waterloo, Luke McAuley, Waterloo; Secretary Frank Thompson, Kitchener; Treasurer Rick Cairns, Kitchener; Regisâ€" trar Bill Pullar, Kitchener; Bulletin Editor Brian Worsâ€" ley, Kitchener; Directors Barry Smith, Waterloo, Mike Reuter, Waterloo, John Dayman, Kitchener. THE JOURNEYS OF ST. PAUL. By Stewart Perowne. The Hamlyn Publishing Group (Canada) Ltd., Toronto. 8â€"1/2 by 11â€"1/2 in. 144 pp. $5.95. ~ The New Testament is composed chiefly of the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Apocalypse, and the letters of St. Paul. Paul was born in Tarsus, a Jew animals were added, such as Goofy, who was ocriginalâ€" ly called Dippy Dawg. The large format beok ‘‘Mickey Mouse; Fifty Happy Years‘ tells us all this as it celebrates 50 years from the first Mickey Mouse cartoon.â€" At the back of the book is a list of the titles of the various cartoons from 1928 to 1953. There is also a considerable section on the Mickey Mouse Club. This is a splendid tribute to Walt Disney, containing pictures, stories, and carâ€", Mouse was in from the very start, and later other but a Roman citizen, who persecuted Christians until on the way to Damascus he was struck by lightning and was converted while recovering in the city. Later he went on three missionary journeys which took him through the western parts of Asia Minor and into Greece, founding churches in various cities. When he returned to Rome he was taken prisoner and after two years was sent to Rome for trial, as he had appealed to Caesar, where he remained some years before his death, which may have been by beheading. Stewart Perowne‘s book ‘‘The Journeys of St. Paul"‘ tells us of Paul‘s missionary travels and contains an endpaper map of these journeys. It is a large format book and one of the most magnificent volumes to apâ€" pear in recent years, a superbly manufactured book, with well organized text and striking illustrations, a breathtaking piece of graphic art. It is a big help in understanding the New Testament and the role of Paul in early Christianity. THE FATE OF FRANKLIN. By Roderic Owen. Hutchinson & Co., London. (In Canada: Genâ€" eral Publishing Co. Limited, Toronto. $27.95.) 472 pp. The latest book on the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin is by a Franklin descendant Roderic Owen and is called "The Fate of Franklin®‘. It has a centre section of photographs and there are maps and draâ€" Franklin was born on Apr. 15, 1786, at Spilsby in that OPEN BOWLING DAILY | 10:00 A.M. â€" 11:00 P.M. Fully Air Conditioned For Your Bowling Comfort \ for information call | WATERLOO BOWLING LANES _ ,_ 14 Prinw;cs St. West 886â€"2900 or 886â€"2370 , 8â€"18 &â€"6x part of Lincolnshire known as Spilsbyshire and went into the navy at the age of 14, seeing service with Nelâ€" . son. Later he was sent to the Canadian Arctic, knightâ€" ed in 1929, and sent to Australia. Finally in 1845 he was again sent to the Arctic to find a Northwest Passage. His expedition came to grief and was not heard from for so long that search parties were sent out. It was finally learned that Franklin himself had died on June 11,1847. Meanwhile he had married twice: first in 1823 to Eleanor Anne Porden, who died in 1825, and then to Jane Griffin in 1828. Lady Franklin survived to 1875. Roderic Owen‘s book goes into detail about the Franklin family and circle and carries on with the story of the search and the after events. This is a book 1/2 Round that you will want to read very carefully, as it conâ€" tains much detail with many quotations, both as to Franklin‘s time and activity and to subsequent Arctic Rugby Sport 6!1 Heavy Duty BOWLING _ SUMMER SPECIAL June, July and August On Friday, Saturday and Sundays 1:00 â€" 6:00 P.M. â€" 3 Games $1.25 â€" 6:00 â€" 11:00 P.M. â€" 3 Games $1.50 FABRIC ENDS Poly/ Cottons Flannelette l15 Sizes S.M. Fine Knit Polyester Ladies, Short Sleeve 1°.| .10 Asstd. 4â€"14