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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 25 Jul 1979, p. 14

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14 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 25, 1979 Large Crowd on Hand foj Creoy Mark ing Opening of Renovated King St. TYRONE Ethel Goble won the 50-50 Draw at the Friday might eucre party on ýJuly 20th. The five dolar special prizes were won by Maxine Brock and Harold Swain. Sixteen tables were ini play wlth the following resuits: lut Molly Horstman 2nd Etta Medland, Srd Margaret Watson, 4th Myrtie Manns, 5th Douglas Bilby, Oth Maxine Brock. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gibbi visited their daugher Mr. and Mrs. L. Thornett, Gooderham, Ont.1 Members of the Bowmanville High Sehool Band providemusical entertainment under director Elliott Tremeer. Alan Strike, Chairman of the officiai opening of Bowmanville's Downtown Business Improvement Area, welcomes guests to ceremonies held at the corner ofKiüng and Temperance St. last week. Platform guests look on. One of the guests, Hon. Allan Lawrence,MP for Durham-Northumberland, officially opened the newly-renovated street at about il a.m. Thursday, July 19. Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz brings greetings and offers bis congratulations. Other platform guests include: Hon. Allan Lawrence; Mayor Garnet Rickard; Alan Strike, chairman of the event; George Webster, Chairman of the Board of Management for the Central Business District Improvement Area; Bruce Colwell, Chairman of the Downtown Merchants Committee; Jack Dunham of the Newcastle Works Department; Ted Sims, of Totten Sims Hubicki; and Gary Montgomery of Dagmar Construction. P0ntypool Li d&Mr. and Mrs. Vern Kish held Youn M od r-In (Oc owina family reunion for several 'SIDEWALK bSoALE :m Trepanier, idTrpne UR T BE AR L AD DDenise Dore and friend all of Wl TH BA RGA INS! Ottawa and Paul and Gail Beaudry and famnily of il Toronto. Construction is to start shortly on the new home of Herb and Hazel Curtis on Manvers 3rd line. Their present residence is flow up for sale. The Summerfest and Fun Fair Draw Winners were Joe Leystra, Pontypool, $150; Jack Noden, Pontypool, $100; Sherry Peiko, Toronto, $50. Ticket Sellers were Jack Mangan, Mrs.Harold Wilson and Ralph Wood respectively. Get well wishes are sent to Frank Stacey who underwent surgery last week. We also hope that Mrs. George Cowling (the former Bîbs Hamilton) has a complete recovery following surgery in Oshawa last week. Rev. McKay of Fenelon Falls was the speaker at the service held in Ballyduff Presbyterian Church on Sunday. The attendance was very small. Rev. McKay hopes that there will be more out on Sunday, August l9th, when he will again be the speaker. Time of service is 2:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Harold (Shorty) Moore of Bowmanville ýhave been holidaying at their second home on the 3rd line. The Moores and the Perey Beggs' enjoyed a visit to the Norwood Steam Show last Friday. A stag was held for Mark Bradley on Saturday night. Mark ends his bachelorhood this Saturday when he' and Miss Sue Ward of Lindsay are to be joined together in holy matrimony., Following the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pritchard in Oshawa on Saturday a reception was held at the home of the groom's daughter and son-in-law, Deana and David Smales. Approximately 50 guests attended from Oshawa, Toronto and, Kingston. The groom, 75 years of age and his bride, 72 years went on a boat cruise fo-their honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kubovic are presently enjoying a motor trip in the Maritime Provinces. In the parade held in Pontypool recently in con- junction with the C. of C.'s Summerfest winners were: Best Comedy Float - Pinewood Crescent, Second - "The Pontypool Beauty Queens"; Best Junior Float - Sherwood Forest; Best Senior Float - The Brownies' International Year of the Child; Best Pony - Bruce Tomlinson, Second - Kathy Marcotte; Best Horse - Mary Tomlinson, Second - Miss Hunter; 1Horse - Drawn Cart - Paul Fletcher; Antique Car - Larry Van Hamburg. We are sorry that the prîze winners for bikes, carniages, races and the pet show are unavailable at the present time. Mrs. Jim McKee of Oshawa recently held a bridal shower for Miss Cathy Hyland whose wedding to Ted Butson takes place in Pontypool United Church on Saturday, August 4th. Cliff and Yvonne Fallis arrîved home on the weekend following a week's holiday with Mr. and Mrs, Cameron Rowan at their cottage at Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, and wîth Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rowan at their cottage at Wood Island, P.E.I. Many thanks to Jessie Fiàk for filling in with the Pontypool news in my absence. The Pontypool Generals have had a winning streak this week. They played three games and won them ail. On Tuesday, they defeated Kedron 9-2; on Friday they outscored Yelverton 5-4 and on Sunday the score was Ponty- pool 7, Port Perry 4. Winnie and Gordon Strong returned last Sunday from a motor trip to the west coast. While away they called on Oswald Mitchell at Moosomin and also spent some time with their son, Keith and daughter Gail. They report very warm weather with the temperature at 103 degrees F. in Southern Saskatchewan. They travelled thousands of miles without any trouble, but on the Wednesday following their return home, Winnie had the misfortune to fall and break her left wrist. We trust that your cast will not be too uncomfortable in this extremely warm weather, Winnie. Margaret Wright accompanied the Strongs to Saskatchewan where she visited wîth relatives while Gordon and Winnie continued westward. Margaret is now enjoying a holiday at her cottage on Chandos Lake. Ardris Bianyb&' Popular Clowns Release Balloons at Opening Kevin Anyan and Shanghan Houston dressed as clowns for the occasion and were very popular with youngsters. Here, they hand out balloons before the opening ceremonies began. A.il Cooks! On Wednesday, Sept.,i th the and the Ntwura0 ttt 31 ub £ ptunbiut wiII be publishing a Recipe Supplemen- Again this year, es in ths past, w. ask our readers to please s.nd us their- favorite recipes. Pleas. send them to: James Publishing Company Limited P.O. Box 190, BOWMANVILLE, Ouerlo Catl.ing

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