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Orono Weekly Times, 31 Aug 1988, p. 7

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Fortieth Wedding anniversary Gerritt and Neis de Jonge of taining at an Open House at their received well wishes from many Orono recently celebrated their For- home. friends and relatives on this occa- tieth Wedding Anniversary enter- The popular Orono couple sion. A very large crowd of over 300 friends, neighbours and relatvjes gathered in Newcastle Town Hall on Friday evening, August 26th to celebrate James and Doreen Lowery's 40th Wedding Anniversary. Anniversary. * ■ A very interesting display of photographe drew much attention and of course many gifts, cards and flowers were received by the happy couple. Mac Ransberry acted as chairman and voiced the best wishes of the largé crowd. Both the bride and groom have been and still are very active in every phase of community community life, not only here but in a great many areas, with their musical talents. Lorna Atkins (Horticulture) (Horticulture) Carlos Tamblyn (music, 2 bands) 1 Mary Kellogg (Jr. Farmers (Durham County) Mac Ransberry (Kirby Church and Community brought greetings). The Department Department of Highways had many coworkers coworkers of Janies present, and of., course their family, with exception of daughter Lorna who is travelling in Ü.S.A. Their daughter Karen Jacobs, Toronto, spoke'of many happy memories the children en- jbyed through the years and all the great gifts they've received from their parents. The music through the entire evening was excellent and supplied from two groups. The first group comprised of Ed Morton, Ed Hoad, Tommy Cinamon, Herb ' Knox, Oshawa, and many of these men supplied solos as well as music. Mac Ransberry called off for square dancing and Norm Andrews added his talent with violin for the square dancing. Lots more music from another group, comprising of Gladys Brown, Carlos Tamblyn, Kevin Lowery, Carman White and Alvin 1 Yeo. A delightful buffet lunch was supplied for the large crowd and a beautiful cake was cut by the bride and groom'. Dancing and visiting by the crowd brought a very memorable Research is Arthritis Society priority "September is Arthritis Month" with The Arthritis Society launching launching a major campaign to raise $10.5 million across Canada - $6.6 million in Ontario alone -- to fund and promote arthritis research, patient patient care and public education. One in seven people in Canada has arthritis: that's almost four million Canadian men and women of all ages, including 74,000 children aged 15 and under. It's Canada's number one chronic disease. Although there are many treatments for more than 100 different different forms of arthritis, there is no cure for the disabling condition. That's why The Arthritis Society says that research is the best remedy. The major thrust of the research effort is to identify the causes of arthritis, arthritis, with a view toward eventually eventually controlling and preventing them. The Arthritis Society is finding more effective ways to apply the treatments currently available, and to attracting energetic people to the field of rheumatology through medical manpower grants. Arthritis is a serious and disabling disabling condition. The Arthritis Society is finding answers and making progress, progress, but its ability to keep moving forward depends on the many Canadians who do help support arthritis arthritis research. "September is Arthritis Month. When an Arthritis Society volunteer asks for your contribution, please GIVE...to give HOPE." For more information about arthritis, arthritis, contact The Arthritis Society; Society; 58 Rossland Rd. W., Ste. 5, Oshawa, Ontario LIE 2V5; Telephone (416) 434-7221. ' evening to a close. Congratulations to James and Doreen and many more years together! Omiiio Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 31, 1988-7 Junior Gardeners' summer flower show Orono Junior Gardeners have Class 2 - Beets: 1. Jeff Finlay; 2. had some fun and done a lot of Alison Finlay; 3. Scott hard work during these summer Bouwmeester holidays. We started the summer Class 3 - Cucumber: 1. Scott off with our annual flower basket Bouwmeester; 2. Amy Lywak; 3. sale. We made and sold a record Alison Finlay number of baskets for Decoration Class .4 - Tomatoes: 1. Greg Finlay; Sunday this year. We had many 2. Alison Finlay; 3. Jeff Finlay new customers as well as ones who Class 5 - Carrots: 1. Scott support us every year., Thank you to Bouwmeester; 2. J,eff Finlay; 3. all who contributed to our fundrais- Alison Finlay ' ing drive, either through, the pur- Class 6 - Marigolds: 1. Scott chase of baskets or the donations of Bouwmeester; 2. Jeff Finlay flowers. Class 7 - Sunflowers (no entries) One very exciting event, for our • Class 8 - "Canadian Wildlife" - a club, was to win the "Lemke wild animal native to Canada, made Award' at the All Ontario Hor- from fresh vegetables: 1. Scott ticultural Convention. This award Bouwmeester; 2. Jeff Finlay; 3. was given for.the report on our ac- Diana Borremans; 4. Mary Higgins tivities during 1987. At our last meeting we welcomed five new members: Valerie Cowan and Mary Higgins Whom we hope will be regular members and Dana, Brianne and Rose Higgins who were visiting for the summer. We hope to put them in touch with a group near their home in Vancouver. All our new members and many regular . ones participated in the Summer Flower Show, bringing many varied and very worthy exhibits. exhibits. Some very difficult decisions had to be made by our judge for the evening, Isabelle Challice. All the gardens that were grown by our juniors this year showed quite good growth despite the hot dry weather. All must be highly commended for their efforts. The results of the garde'n competition were announced at the flowqr show. Our next event will be to participate participate in the fair parade. An activity, activity, which everyone enjoyed last year. Wé always Welcome new members, . at anytime during the year. For more information call Corrie DeJong 983-5494 or Jackie Borremans 983-9737. ' Summer Flower and Vegetable Show results of the Orono Junior Gardeners Club are as follows: Junior Division (ages 6-8 years) Class 1, - Yello>v Beans: 1. Greg Finlay; 2. Amy Lywak; 3. Scott Bouwmeester (416) 983-9638 CERTIFIEDREFLEXOLOGIST Mrs. Marie Weller 5133 MAIN STREET ORONO, ONT. LOB 1MO A MEMBER OF THE REFLEXOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA REPLACEMENT WINDOWS SIDING & ADDITIONS' RICK LANGFORD 'EVENINGS 983-5724 FREE ESTIMATES . 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