WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 8,19 80, PAGE 19 Ste. Theresa' s lacks facilities: Longo Ste. Theresa's elementary sehool in Whitby is suffering from a lack of facilities as are many schools in the region, according to Separate School Board Trustee Sally Longo. Longo told the Durham Separate Sehool Board that it must be very difficuit to work under conditions which exist in many schools, both public and separate, at a meeting held last Tuesday night. "My objection is that it must be very difficùlt to carry on activities in schools To astmistress' last meeting By CAROL DAVIS Sumnmer is here but fal looms not too far beyond those lazy, hazy days. Be one lump ahead of your friends and plan for your own self improvement. Come to one of the final meetings of the Whitby Toastmistress Club to be held on Thesday June 3 or 17 an see just how much is in store for you next Septem- ber. Enhance your self con- fidence, feel at ease with others, learn to com- municate more effectively. Ail this and more can be achieved through toast- mistress training. This educational organization is a total im- mersion program for com- munfication skills, parliamentary procedure and public speaking. Think ahead and come see what it has to offer you. Each meeting is held in a relaxed, semi-social atmosphere. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting commences Ambulance For the week that ended last Thursday at midnight, the Whitby Ambulance Ser- vice responded to 54 calîs for service. These included 32 calîs of a routine nature, 13 standby calîs for other ambulance services in Ajax and Oshawa, 17 emergency calîs and two motor vehicle ac- cidents. Degree 0f more than 6001 and diplomas 1 during ceremonies the recent St.1 degrees granted held at Francis with a full agenda including table topics, business session and of course speech presentations from three or four members. You will find a warm friendly group only too willing to welcome a new face. Don't wait - caîl now for more information or reservations. Mark it down: Whitby Toastmistress Club - Cedrick's Banquet Hall, Brock Street North, Whitby. Dinner is $600 per person. Phone Carol Davis 668-0438 or Lilian North 668-7479 by noon on the Saturday preceding the meeting you wish to attend. where they are strained by high enrolment," she ex- plained. Longo used a tour she had of Ste. Theresa's during education week as an exam- pie. The library had to double as a store room and there was no gymnasium at the sehool. Physical education activities were at one time carried on in a double classroom to a limited extent but now, because of expansion in enroilment, the double classroom had to be used to contain the extra students. "Despite this the staff and school have done a good job and no one complains," she said. At the board meeting a staff report was made con- cerning the future of some schools. In short the report stated: "Perhaps we should con- sider a new addition with appropriate facilities - gym- nasium, library ad- ministration office, staff room, required classrooms, etc. " Longo is much in agreement with the report's recommendations. "There is a great stress put on phys. ed. by the board yet most schools have limited facilities," she said, attributing it to limited Xavier University, An- tigonish, Nova Scotia, 34 On- tario residents received degrees. The lone recipient from Whitby was Geraldine Yvonne McNeil who was granted a general Bachelor of Arts Degree. Garage sale The Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital Auxiliary will hold their second annual "Giant Garage Sale" on June 7 in the parking lot of Henry Street High School from 8:30 a.rm. to 4:30 p.m. There are over 100 spaces avaîlable for rent at $10 apiece. The space is 12 feet by15 feet. The auxiiary will rent the space and the proceeds f rom the individual's space will be theirs. For rentaI information caîl Hilda Dunbar at 668-8631 or Eleanor Stevenison at 668- SU3I or 668-8253. budget allotrnents. "I as a parent find that very upsetting, " she a dded. This problemn arises from the economic bind everyone is ini today said Longo. Despite the problems she holds nothing but praise for the teachers of both public and separate schools who operate in less than adequate facilities. 'They are really to be congratulated, " Longo said. M. WOOD)WARD Real Estate Brooklln 655-4525 PORT PERRY 3 bedroomn brick bungalow, famlly kitchen, dishwasher, rec room, heatîlator f replace, bar, 4th bedroomn and washroom downstalrs, home on large lot has above- ground pool, barbeque, patio, paved drive, privacy fence and is handy to schools and shopping. Asking $59,900. BROOKLIN AREA - 121/2 acre building lot in area of Estate Homes. About 2/3 of property treed, has nice view of Lake On- tario, plus possible pond site. Asking $69,000. Fo)r further information, cail M. Woodward, Realtor, 655-4525. We are pleased to announce Dr. Mark A. Miller w1lllbe Ioining Dr. Jack T. Gilmour and Dr. Carole M. Wilson in the practice of General Famiiy Dentlstry startlng June 2, 1980 304 Dundas St. W. 668-5181 Whltby, Ontarlo 668-5411