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i 6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 5,1989 Student Wins Canada Award A 17-year-old Bowmanville Bowmanville student was recently uresented with a Canada Day Ontario Youth Award. Melanie Brooks received the award, which is given to Canadian youth in recognition recognition of their service to the / ... 'VStt Melanie Brooks, a recent graduate of Bowmanville High School, received the Canada Day Ontario Youth Award last week in recognition of significant service to the community. Melanie has been a peer counsellor at school and has served as a member of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Sea Cadets for the past five years. Recently, she became involved in the "Rids on the Block" puppet program. 155 Years of Community Service llotpr's (Ufyurclj Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario SUNDAY, JULY 9TH, 1989 TRINITY VII 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Rector -- The Reverend Byron Yates B.A., S.T.B. Assoc. -- The Honorary Asst. The Rev. A. D. Langley TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Church and Division Streets Bowmanville, Ontario ' Church Phone Office Phone 623-3912 623-3138 Rev. Frank Lockhart M.A., M.Div., M.Th. Michelle Morrison B.A., M.R.E. Worship Service -- 10 a.m. Nursery Care Available For information on Nursery Care and Church School Call 623-3138 Serving Bowmanville and area since 1835. The Salvation Army Bowmanville Citadel 75 Liberty St. S. CHURCH SERVICE TIMES: 9:30 a.m..-- Family Christian Education (Sunday School) 11:00 a.m. -- Holiness Worship 6:30 p.m. -- Praise Service Come and join us at a Community Church where Christ makes the difference. For more information call 623-3761 Corps Officers/Pastors: Captain and Mrs. Shirran Paul's Pntteît (!ll]urclf Minister: Rev. N. E. Schamerhorn, B.A., M.Div. Organist: Mr. Douglas Dewell Church Secretary: Helen Mclnnes 623-7346 SUNDAY, JULY 9TH, 1989 10:00 a.m. Have a Happy Vacation St. Paul's will be closed for the month of July. Members are encouraged to attend Trinity United Church. Next service August 20th at Ï0:00 a.m. Nursery care for pre-school children every Sunday If you're new to Bowmanville, we invite you to make St. Paid's your church home. -BRASS WTHIMCrS' LIQUIDATION SALE Period furniture hardware, door and decorator hardware, lamp parts, lighting, floor registers, weathervanes, switch plate covers, hooks, glass shades and chimneys, bath accessories, gift items plus many other items too numerous to mention. Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday Inquiries after hours 576-7433 BRASS 'N' THINGS 135 King St. E. 623-1337 Bowmanville pr Mi community, last week during during a ceremony at Oshawa City Hall. Melanie, who said she didn't know the award existed existed until her teacher nominated nominated her for it, called the award "different" and said it was something not many people receive. "I'm really proud of it," she says. "I've done a lot of work for it." Unbeknownst to Melanie, activities she has been involved involved in during her years at high school fall into the criteria used to select recipients recipients for the awards. To be selected,. she had to have provided significant service to her school, her community community and to the cause of world peace. This past year, Melanie helped other students through her work as a peer counsellor. Her service to the community community has included involvement involvement in the Sea Cadets and volunteer work with a puppetry program called kids on the Block. For the past five years she has been a member of the 279 Bowmanville Sea Cadet Corps and recently earned the promotion to Chief Petty Officer First Class (the highest rank,obtainable rank,obtainable for a cadet). Through cadets, Melanie says she nas had many opportunities opportunities to do things that she wouldn't have had otherwise otherwise done. As an example, she mentions mentions training courses she has attended in British Columbia Columbia and sailing at the Royal Military College This summer she is a staff member at the Ontario Sea Cadet training establishment establishment in Kingston. The cadet corps has also rovided an opportunity for 'elanie to meet people and to establish sound friendships. friendships. "You're put in situations where you have to talk to people to make friends. But at least we all have something something in common," she said. Kids On the Block provided provided her with ' a chance to teach people something and to have fun herself while she was doing it. This program consists of a volunteer puppet troupe whose members visit local schools and act out short plays with a learning message message for the audience. The play in which Melanie Melanie participated taught elementary elementary students about the hazards of drug abuse. "It was a good way to get things across to people," she said. Early in May, Melanie fulfilled the final requirement requirement for the youth award by representing her school at a five day seminar on peace, ecology and the environment. environment. She says being involved with different organizations has made her aware of some of the problems in the world. "It's a good way to get involved involved and start doing something something about the " problems that we have," she concluded. concluded. MPs Rene Soetens and Ross Stevenson presented the Canada Day Ontario Youth award to Melanie and two other students from Oshawa on June 29. Plans Complete For Conventions The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Canada has revealed completion of •plans for a series of 32 district district conventions of Jehovah's Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada during the summer of 1989. Spokesman Tibor Gribov- sky said in Toronto that approximately approximately 120,000 delegates delegates are expected to attend the meeting set for 22 different different locations in Canada. Gribovsky said over 30,000 are scheduled to attend attend two "Godly Devotion" District Conventions at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Hamilton, July 7 - 9 and July 14 - 16. "To acquire godly devotion devotion requires taking God and his Word seriously," Gribovsky said. "To exercise f odly devotion, one needs to now God accurately and then act in harmony with that knowledge." "This calls for us to be conscious of our spiritual need," he said, "and in these times we need all the help we can get. Our district conventions conventions will do much to provide us with that help." Gribovsky said 15,000 representatives will attend the first convention and 15,000 delegates will be present at tne second convention. convention. ORTHODOX • CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Located north o( Bowmanville on Concession Four jusl west of Liberty Street SUNDAY WORSHIP 10 A.M. and 7 P.M. REV. RICHARD C. SOWDER 263-0333 Shiloh United Church History Dates Back 170 Years The appointment of our church in the Methodist Circuit Circuit goes back almost 170 years. Shiloh United Church, located located just east of the New- tonville Road in Starkville, was first dedicated on June 15, 1862. The Christian faith expressed through this church was Wesleyan Methodist Methodist and later United. In 1860, the Wesleyan Methodist Methodist people of Starkville decided decided to build a church of their own. Mr. Thomas Ray donated a piece of land on Lot 5, Concession 5 in Clarke Township and in 1861, the church was built at a cost of $600. Mr. David Ray was the contractor. The name "Shiloh" was suggested suggested by Mr. David Gordon. The official dedication was on June 15, 1862 with three services that day. Two of those services were held in the grove of trees just across the side road on the east side of the church with the third held in the church building in the evening. Shiloh Church, in those days, had "plastered walls with high baseboards, the pulpit was back against the north wall with a stationary seat with high ends for the ministers." The pulpit was flanked by two coal oil lamps. All lighting in the church was with coal oil and the seats were rented by the worshippers. The Shiloh Wesleyan Methodist Church was part of the Newcastle charge. In Friends Say Farewell to Museum Curator 1861, Stewards and Trustees Trustees were: George Ray. Thomas Mulligan, Da via Gordon, Patrick Lavery, David David Ray, W.H. Ray and Charles Wragg. In 1874, at the time of the union of Wesleyan Wesleyan Methodist and Bible Christians, Shiloh became a part of the Newtonville Circuit. Circuit. In 1871, a Sunday School was organized for their children. children. The church had no organ organ or choir. A series of Evangelistic Services were conducted for nine weeks when 60 people were converted and 55 joined the church on profession profession of faith. A shed for horses and a es was built in 1891 on donated by Thomas and Marie Souch, just across the side road on the east side of the church. This shed remained until the 1950's, when no longer needed, it was sold and taken away. The church was remodelled remodelled in 1895, when the plaster plaster was taken from the walls and ceiling, then recovered with tongue and groove lumber, lumber, as seen at the present time. To mark this important important event, a goose supper was held in the shed. In 1914, the church was raised and a basement built under it, which is now used for a Sunday School room and for The Friends of the Museum also presented Museum Curator Dan Hoffman with a keepsake of Bowmanville during the farewell party held in his honor. Sharon Knapp made the presentation of this pen set on behalf of the Friends of the Museum Museum LOOK UNISEX total family hair Care « pas newlflanaoers! Saile 35 % on your summer Limited Time Offer Perm by Quantum and receive the cut for $7.00 623-7691 57 KING ST. W., BOWMANVILLE RPP0INTMENTS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY social gatherings. On the reopening reopening service night, the large crowd attending proved too heavy for the floor which gave way, toppling toppling some of the people with it to the basement. Although Although there was some fear of fire as one of the two stoves also fell, there were no fatalities or fires. One man, Albert Campbell, did receive injuries but soon re- coovered. In 1922, our Jubilee Year, was celebrated during the pastorate of Reverana E.W. Tink. In 1925, the church became part of the United Church of Canada. In 1937, the 75th Anniversary, Anniversary, was marked with Reverend E.L. Beach, B.A., and a former minister, Reverend Reverend Thomas Wallace were present and the Shiloh Choir provided music. Hydro was installed in the 1940's. Women of the congregation congregation have always taken an active part in Shiloh Church and they were organized into a group called Ladies Aid in 1912. On January 1, 1962 they became members of the United Church Women. Women. This organization is still very active. In 1961, major renovations renovations of the interior were carried out; new floors, new pews and new interior decorating decorating were completed in preparation to celebrate the 100th Anniversaiy in 1962. : Radiant heating was in-J stalled in 1962, as it was ? originally heated with two! wood stoves. In 1965, a new Hammond , ■ Organ was purchased. In 1982, the interior was ' decorated and the exterior : repainted. The 120th Anniversaiy was celebrated with a wor-J ship service on the afternoon < of Sunday, June 6,1982. During the years, many, valuable memorial gifte 1 have been received by the, church: among these are: a' beautiful communion table, ! altar appointments, pulpit chairs, a baptismal font, a 1 new door, offering plates;> Bibles, hymnaries, etc. During the first 1001 years only two weddings. were performed in Shiloh : Church, but many more have taken place in the last few years. Some of the descendants descendants of the original families in Starkville still reside reside in this area today. CHURCH SERVICE 1st and 3rd Sunday at 1 p.m. Holiday month July Compiled by: Mary Lou Fonk, Ellen Farrow Submitted by: Newtonville Pastoral Charge Church Growth Committee Bowmanville Museum Curator Dan Hoffman was surprised and pleased to receive receive this painting of the Bowmanville Museum as a going-away gift last week. One of the guests at the party held in his honor pointed out that Dan really would have liked to have been able to keep the entire museum. But, since that was impossible, impossible, it was decided that a painting by Merlin Slute of the Bowmanville landmark landmark would be the next best thing, Irwin Colwell, Chairman of the museum's board of directors, made the presentation. Pentecostal Church Will Receive Water In this, its 50th anniversary, anniversary, Liberty Pentecostal Church in Bowmanville finally finally will be receiving town water' service, alleviating the continuing difficulties its members are experiencing experiencing with their well. Reverend Vern O'Brien said, "we have had to purchase purchase water two or three times a month for the past year. The opportunity to receive receive town water arose when the water line to the new Bowmanville Recreation Complex was installed. The line runs directly in front of the church, which sits across Highway 57 from the arena. It will cost the church $16,197.40 to have the water water connected. Recycling b Smart: ; Do Your Part! 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