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St. Paul's History Book Available Courtiee Girls Hold Softball Reunion Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 12,1984 9 Living Nativity Scene Coming to St. Paul's The history of St. Paul's United Church in Bowmanville was recently recorded and documented in a the form of a 19-chapter book which is scheduled scheduled to be released in January. Author of the book, Bruce Ball, is pictured here looking over the manuscript. by Catherine Denny A recent book containing the complete history of St. Paul's United Church in Bowmanville is scheduled to be released in January 1985. The book, entitled ALight on the Corner, was written and researched by parishioner Bruce Ball in commemoration of St. Paul's 150th anniversary this year. Along with many detailed references to the settlement settlement and community life during Bowmanville's early years, the book gives an accurate accurate account of the development development and changes in the Church from 1834 to 1984. The 19-chapter hard cover will provide the reader with all the nostal gic and interesting facets of St. Paul's through the years. It includes information about the associated organizations, organizations, past ministers, members of the congregation, congregation, and details about the discrepancies which arose concerning revisions in Church practices. "The book will be an interest interest not just to St. Paul's congregation but also to those who enjoy reading about our town's past," explained Bruce Ball. Although most of the material material required to write the book was available at the Bowmanville Museum and in Church files, many of the sources were missing pages or were too old to decifer. "I had a difficult time piecing some of the information information together," said the author, "not only were the documents ripped and torn, much of the hand writing was illegible." Bruce, a geography teacher at Bowmanville High School, began research research on the book in May 1983 and spent two summers summers and most of his leisure time after school trying to complete it. "Even though I'm a geography geography teacher, I really love history," explained Mr. Ball. "That's what made the project so enjoyable." Now being published at Maracle Press in Oshawa, it is anticipated that "A Light on the Corner" will be available available by the end of next month in local book stores and at St. Paul's United Church. There was a lot of reminiscing, reminiscing, laughing and even a few tears as the girls and a few coaches gathered. It was the first ever reunion of the Courtiee Softball Girls. Planned and arranged by Babe Wilkins Brown of Cour- tice, they met at Courtiee Secondary School Library on November 20 th. Babe, donning a baseball cap that said "play ball", welcomed some forty girls and their coaches. A banner welcoming all and a table centered with balls, bats, and gloves, and a fruit punch attracted the group to a long table filled with pictures, letters, write-ups, a 1920's scorebook and a large poster with a three-piece uniform on display. This uniform was the first ever worn by a Courtiee (then Ebenezer) team. Owned and worn by Addie Nicholls Snider of Oshawa. The uniform uniform was of navy serge full bloomers with a gold stripe down the side. It had a rounded rounded neckline on the short- sleeved gold sateen top trimmed trimmed with navy with a "C" on the front. A navy and gold peaked cap completed the outfit. outfit. Members of .that team were the center of attention. Those present were Vera Werry Terry 89, Addie Nicholls , Snider 81, and others nearing those great years Mae Wade Rutter, Sadie Muir Courtiee, and Hazel Rundle. Pictures were taken of the team members present from the 20's to the 80's. Babe spoke a few words to welcome all and thank those who came. She referred to great teams and coaches and touched on a few memories of team members who had passed on. Phone calls were received earlier in the week from former former players unable to attend: Helen Wilkins Guthrie of Hamilton and Florence Cour- tice Bray, Hairy Hill, Alberta. Letters from Helen, Flo and Beverly Burgess Cryderman of Guelph were also on display. display. A full evening of chatting, pictures and laughing ended with refreshments of coffee and goodies served by Babe's eldest three daughters Nancy Bryans, Blackstock; Virginia Fairey and Barb Hanc, Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Two surprises by Annabelle Stephens, Oshawa, came when she presented a beautifully beautifully decorated cake with suitable baseball decoration and then she and Glenn Picked made a presentation of a gold bat tied with red silk roses and a banner to Babe Brown. Glen thanked Babe for all the planning that went into a most enjoyable evening. Let's hope that we can do it again sometime and that everyone can show up to enjoy the memories. That wooden building you may have seen on the lawn of St. Paul's United Church represents part of the congregation's Living Nativity project which gets underway the week before Christmas. David Davies, Graham Brooks, and Brian Mclnnes The St. Paul's United The project is called "The Church will be bringing a Living Nativity" and it rep are shown here as they work on what will be part of the stable scene. The public is welcome to attend attend the St. Paul's Living Nativity on December 20 to 23 commencing at 7:30 p.m. little bit of Bethlehem to Bowmanville this year, with an open air celebration depicting depicting the Nativity. New Offices for Real Estate Board The official opening ceremony ceremony of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board offices took place on Thursday, Thursday, November 22,1984. Located in McLaughlin Square at 50 Richmond St. E., in Oshawa, the premises comprise 3,200 square feet of floor area. The space is owned by the Board. Many special guests, visitors visitors and realtors attended the reception, even though the Board has been settled in its new location since September. The Board hePan 30 vears ago. . It started in a basement and then graduated to a one- room operation at the city's four corners. From there, it moved to the property at 135 Simcoe Street N., and remained remained there for 20 years until its recent move to the prestigious McLaughlin Square address. The membership of the Board is about 800. Some officials in attendance included Terry Stafford, the president of the Ontario Real Estate Association; Acting Mayor of Oshawa, Cy Elsey; Garv Herrema. the Reeional Chairman; and Harold Segal, Chairman of the Building Committee. In a brief speech Mr. Herrema stated, "The Board members have the highest possible standard of ethics in the province, and they're to be commended for that." Mr. Stafford also praised the professionalism of the Board and its new premises, and its community involvement. involvement. He added that its involvement involvement resulted in the Region being "a better place in livp wnrk anri nlav " resents a unique way for the congregation and the general general public to share in the message of Christmas. Brian Mclnnes, one of the organizers of the program, explained that the Nativity will be portrayed at 7:30 p.m., every evening from Thursday, December 20 to Sunday, December 23. A different cast from the St. Paul's congregation will play roles from the Nativity scene each evening. And the Christmas story will be retold with the aid of carols sung by the public and the St. Paul's congregation. The program, which will be enacted on the front yard of the St. Paul's United Church, will take about 25 minutes and should be of special interest to Christ- add an extra touch of realism to the event. "We hope to make it a tradition -- something that we can do every year," explained David Davies. And while a "Living Nativity" is a first for Bowmanville, Bowmanville, the idea has proved very successful at a number of other churches in communities throughout Ontario. Bowmanville during the weekend before Christmas. A group including Marilyn Marilyn Schamerhorn, Sandy Archibald, David Davies and Brian Mclnnes first thought of the idea of a "Living "Living Nativity". They organized organized the musical program, program, planned the outdoor stable scene and arranged for the supply of some live farm animals which will News of Events at Senior Public School By Janet Anderson and Tracy Johnston As the Christmas holidays are quickly approaching, the first term has come to an end. We are glad to inform you that everyone survived. Our school band has been preparing Christmas music for several weeks in order to be ready for our Christmas concert. The band will be presenting their Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. on December 19 at Bowmanville Senior Public School. The Central Public School Band will also be performing that night. From the school band a number of students have been chosen to play in a Carol group at several churches this month. They played at St. John's Anglican Church on December 9 and will be playing at St. Paul's United Church on December 1G. We hope you will come out and join us in the Christmas spirit. On November 30 we had our spirit day for the month. For the first time ever we had International Day. It turned out to be very successful. Some of the countries represented were Holland, Scotland and Mexico. During first lunch the girls' volleyball team demolished the boys by the one-sided score of 16-14. Way to go, girls ! In the second lunch, the houseleague captains captains scraped by the staff 32-31. Back in November a few people were chosen to represent our school in the Legion's Remembrance Day contest. Placing first in the poster division was Jonathan Goad; first in the poem division was Melanie Koenderman while Karen Yates placed third. In the essay section, Geoff Noyes placed third. Well Done! The last week of November we had the opportunity of having the Museumobile from the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto at our school. We learned about fossils and geology of this area. We found it most interesting and thank them for coming. Again this month we've had a student teacher, Miss Welsh, in our school. She helped Mrs. Hansen with Health and Phys. Ed. Miss Welsh attends Queen's University. We hope she enjoyed her'visit with us. The boys' and girls' volleyball teams have played in three tournaments against our rivals, the Pines Sr. and M.J. Hobbs. In the first one held at B.ILS. , the girls won three out of six games and the boys won all of their games. The second tournament,.held at Clarke High School, saw the girls win four out of six and boys win one out of six. The third tournament was held at Courtiee High School. The girls won five out of six putting them in first place. Every girl on our Western Area Championship team received a medal. The boys won four out of six, missing the trophy. Way to go! Our grade sevens were treated to a guest speaker, Mr. Michael Hoy, A Canadian Indian from a reserve near Lake Manatoula, He spoke to the students about life on (lie reserve nowadays and compared it to the Indian way of life centuries ago. lie made us aware of some of our misunderstandings of the Indian people today. We thoroughly appreciated his presentation. Thu last few weeks have proven to be full of excitement. ) >