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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 19, 1974 One-Year-Old on June 25th Farrow and Mr. and Mrs. F. Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. T, Henderson, David, Doug, and Brenda, Mr. and Mrs. gert Tompkins, and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Sharpe and family were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tompkins at their cottage at Rice Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kimball, Mrs. Stella Elliott, Mrs. Bea Jones, Mr. and Mrs. F. Gilmer were among the local people attending the concert in East- dale Collegiate, Oshawa, Sun- day evening. This was pre- sented by the Canadian Cen- tennial Choir, of Ottawa, directed by Fred K. Graham, and accompanied by Melva Treffinger Graham. Later, the Kimballs, Grahams, Mrs. El- liott, Mrs. Jones and the Gilmers were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Bright, Whitman Crescent. The 1974 Rice Lake Minor Softball Association regular season got underway on Tues- day, June 11, when Newcastle hosted the defending league champion Newtonville Road- runners. The game was still a toss-up at the end of four innings with the score knotted at 9-9 but the Roadrunners came up with five runs in the fifth and seven in the sixth to win. 22-17. Winning pitcher was Joany Willems. Top hitters for Newtonville were Alida Beck- er, June Kimball and Joanne Vogels. D. Jenkins and J. Wagar shared Newcastles pitching duties. This year there are five teams compet- ing for the Senior Girls Championship of the Rice Lake Minor Softball Associa- tion. As well as Newtonville, and Newcastle there are Garden Hill, Port Hope and Welcome. The Salem Unit of St. Paul's U.C.W. met in the church on June lth, Group four was in charge of the meeting. Mrs. Jim Coombes took the devo- tional and opened with hymn 249, followed by a Bible reading and a meditation from the study book. She then gave a humorous reading from the book "Oh ye jugs and juleps", which we all enjoyed. Mrs. A. Atkinson then divided the meeting into three groups, each to discuss situations that might arise in many congre- gations, and advise what action should be taken. She then conducted a question period regarding our decis- ions. Mrs. Bob Craig took charge of the business and Mrs. John Coombes acted as secretary, after which lunch and a social hour were enjoyed. Salem Community picnic will be held in Thistle Park on S ALE M Thursday, July the 11th from 4:30 on. In case of rain the supper will be held in the church. Salem branch of St. Paul's Sunday School held their' closing and promotion exer- cises on Sunday, June 16th at 9:30 a.m. Mr. W. Craig acted as chairman and welcomed the parents and other adults. Marion Boelken gave the Bible reading, after which a, Sunday school chorus was sung. Rev. N. Schamerhorn told the children a story and then led in prayer. A kinder- This happy youngster, one-year-old on June 25th, is Michele Lee Cowling, daughter of Edward and Mary Cowling, Mill St., Orono, proud grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Adair, 49 King St. East, Bowmanville and Mrs. Nina Cowling, 63 Lambs Lane, Bowmanville.' Surprise Party Honors Jim and Jean Firth on Their 25th Anniversary A surprise party, honoring Mr: and Mrs. James Firth on their 25th wedding anniver- sary, was held by family and friends at the North Oshawa Park clubhouse on Saturday evening, May 25th. Mr. James Firth, son of Mrs. Margaret Firth and the late Mr. James Firth, and Miss Jean Fletcher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Fletcher were united in marriage on May 7, 1947. Mr. and Mrs. Firth have two children, a son, Douglas, and daughter Terry, and both were present at the anniversary celebration. For the occasion, the recep tion room was beautifully decorated in pink and white, and the dance floor was encircled with cabaret tables covered with white tablecloths and centred with hot-pink candles. An exquisite corsage of pink and white carnations and a white carnation bouton- niere were presented to the bride and groom of 25 years ago on their arrival at the clubhouse. During the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Firth were presented with two beautiful floral arrangements, a money tree and 25th anniversary wine goblets. Dancing and reminis- cing was followed by a delicious buffet supper high- lighted by the lovely anniver- sary cake made by Mrs. Fletcher, mother of the anni- versary bride. Approximately 100 relatives and friends were present from Bowmanville, Oshawa, Tor- onto, Picton and Florida to extend best wishes and con- gratulations on this memor- able occasion. The committee responsible for the very ha'ppy evening in- cluded Mrs.^~Jack McNulty, Mrs. Don Wright, Mrs. Alice Anderson, Mrs. Bud Hart, Mrs. Bob Wilson, Mrs. Wm. Mairs and Miss Audrey Fletcher. Sr. Citizens Welcome Eight New Members, Hear Speaker from OFY On Thursday, June 13, about 80 Sr. Citizen members met at the Lions Centre for their June meeting. Mrs. Darch opened the'meeting with O Canada. Mrs. Langs read the minutes of the last meeting. Mrs. Woolley gave the treasurer's report. Eight new members were introduced, Mrs. Gooley, Mr. and Mrs. Flett, Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Cowie and Mrs. Reed. Mr. Virtue of Opportunity for Youth Grants for Impact then gave a short talk on how they could help Sr. Citizens by cutting grass, trimming hedg- es, washing windows. They'd try to give free help to any Sr. Citizen they could. Mrs. Lang then read letters concerning: 1. The annual 16th convention held at McMaster University Aug. 20-21. No one offered to attend. 2. A picnic at Lake View Park, Oshawa, July 3. Buses leaving Bowmanville for it at 9:30 a.m. 3. A bus trip June 19th this Saturday to Ontario Place. Buses leaving Bow- manville at 9:00 in the morning. 4. A trip to Peter- boro to meet and hear Mr. Stanfield or to Oshawa to sec the play Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid. 5. A bazaar later on to raise money to go to Huntsville in September. There will be no monthly meeting held till September when it will be a pot luck supper. Mrs. Prout played for a sing-song led by Mr. Woolley and Mr. Graham. Euchre followed for those who wished to play cards. Mrs. Hendren was in charge in the reading room. Mrs. Mor- gan's group served a delicious lunch. roen Foods. NEWTONVILLE Visitors on Sunday, dune 9, with Carole and Pat Gardner were Mr. and Mrs. Aldebert and son of Barrie, Mr. and Mrs. R. Jones and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. Duffield and family, all of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. R. Beck and family, West Hill, Mr. and Mrs. N. Rieman, of Toronto, celebra- ting their first wedding anni- versary. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Walkey attended Graduation Exercis- es in Convocation Hall, Uni- versity of Toronto, June 11, where their daughter, Joan, of Oshawa, received ber Masters Degree of Education. Mr. Peter Holstege under- went surgery in St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, last week. We wish him a speedy recovery. Kim Gilmer was lucky enough to win two Trophys, in her first year of bowling - one, with ber team, the Tigercats, Junior League Winners, of Newcastle, and the other for the High Average, in the Junior League. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jones have reached the Western Coast, and had a most enjoyable tour, so far, they report, via telephone. U.,.W. will meet Wed., June 26, in the Sunday School Hall, at 8 p.m. All ladies welcome.. Local people attending the card party at Dale, Thursday evening were Mrs. Iva Far- row, Mrs. Inez Boughen, Mr. Raymond Bruce, and Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Beebe. Mrs. Mary Wade and Grant were in Kingston, Saturday, attending a hall game. Mrs. Dora De Smit was a guest at the Green-Brown wedding, in St. Paul's Presby- terian Church, Port Hope, on Saturday afternoon, with re- ception, later, at Greenwood Towers. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Page, with Mr. and Mrs. J. Burgess spent the weekend in the 'Peterborough district. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Burley, Newcastle, were visitors, last week, with Mrs. Agnes Bur- ley. Mr. and Mrs. Pat MeDonald and Chad, of Oshawa, were visitors, Saturdav, with Mr. and Mrs. Don Vinkle, the men going on a fishing trip. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Lancast- er were at Port Carling over the weekend helping Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Nichols with their moving to Bowmanville. Rev. G. Montgomery's Sun- day morning topic was "De- veloping an Adequate Faith", while Vicki Harris' enjoyable solo was "Just a Closer Walk With Thee". Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Don Stapleton were grandchildren, Darrell and Lori-Anne Donnelly, of Port Hope, and son, Gary, of Hamilton, and all were Sun- day supper guests with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Donnelly, Port Hope. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hender- son and Stephanie, of Bow- manville, were supper guests, Sunday, with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson. With Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lane, Saturday supper guests were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gray, and girls, Orono. Sun- day callers included Mr. and Mrs. Barry Lane, and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lane, and family, Orono, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lane, and girls, Port Hope; callers through the week were Mrs. Leta Samis, Mrs. Bea Jones, Mrs. Acev e - e e REGULAR, LIME, MENTHOL MINT (BONUS PACK - 30% MORE "FREE") Palmolive Rapid Shave, 9-ozaerosoltin"6'0 * I ~ -I j s * -e s * -g 4-PIECE PLACE $ SETTING ONLY 1 9 Action Priced! 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