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A 2d 1 4 + [4 € MN 0 < » €. 1 4 4 e € ¢ 2 v . * wv J bo [2 by Mrs. Pat Flétcher 'Mr, and Mrs, Ken Samells- attended the funeral of her cousin Milton Hickson at Lindsay on Friday. Blackstock Women's In- stitute met in the Commun- ity. Hall on Wed.' The roll call, name your grand- father's profession was answered by everyone. Farming was-in- the major: ity. © A request from the Hospital Auxiliary for a donation for the doll draw in December was answered with $10.00. Also we sent a prize to the highest Home Ec student. the. caretaker of the park, Hector Shortridge, who does and excellent job, The pro- gram was in charge of Mrs. * H. McLaughlin. The motto, "Plant a tree to-day to benefit tomorrow' was replied by 2 poems by Mrs. H. Bailey, one written years ago by Bliss Carman and the other one. equally old but still very famous by Joyce Kilmer. Mrs. Percy VanCamp read an article entitled - "A Farmer's Creed'. Mrs. McArthur gave an interesting account of a short visit with a Mr. 'George Blackstock after whose kin our village was named. Following is a summary of their talk. It is being included with the hope that some of the older folk will enjoy it. Mr. George Blackstock who will be, during the next 4 year. at the Canadian Embassy, Stockholm, Swe- Also we pay. PRINS RAS Raa FU OTF 02 of XAG asi vse den, visited our village last summer to find out how it got the name Blackstock. He found it had been named after his great: uncle, George Tait Blackstock who had been a Federal Conser- vative Candidate for Dur- ham West riding around 1885-86, as well as a brilliant criminal lawyer. George Tait Blackstock defended some of the most notorious criminals in his time and, although he often lost, he would put up such a bril- liant defence he got much publicity. George Tait Blackstock's wife had mar- ried a second time to a man named Grant and the Black- stock children's names were changed to Grant and that is why there were no de- scendants of George Tait Blackstock named Black- stock. There was a leroy Grant who died last spring who was George Tait Black- stock's son and his daughter (a granddaughter of George Tait) works at W.H. Smith's bookstore in Toronto. Mr. Blackstock said his grand- father's name was Tom and he looked after two old aunts who referred to him as "poor Tom" but to his brother, George Tait, the brilliant lawyer as 'Dear George". Mr. Blackstock had hoped to make another visit to Blackstock to show his" wife and family the community that was named after their kin but due to rainy weather and having to be in Stockholm by August SCUGOG PLUMBING eo NEW INSTALLATIONS © REPAIRS & ALTERATIONS eo REASONABLE RATES Special Rates for Senior Citizens. BOX 966 - PORT PERRY 985-3837 The Truck People from General Motors Van Truck PHIL 150 WATER STREET PORT PERRY, ONTARIO. 985-7309 PONTIAC-BUICK LIMITED Open Monday thru Thursday til 9 p.m. Friday til 6 p.m. - Saturday til 4 p.m. Ask for Morley Parish, Bryce Philp. "The Friendly Dealership where People make the Difference." 1, he wasn't able to make it. He left both his Stockholm and Ottawa addresses and said if anyone had questions to ask concerning George Tait Blackstock he'd be "happy to oblige. It was very'nice to once again go on a travelogue by slides which had been taken by Aileen VanCamp. She had been to the Olympics in Montreal this summer and later to Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Aileen's pictures are always really special and the Institute appreciate her kindness. vied rida = wh ) ht J EE FE A i TE LE A yy FIs Meeting closed with '0 Canada' with Mrs. L. Thompson at the piano. A delicious lunch was enjoyed, also a cake Mrs. Mc Laugh- lin had gotten at the Sara Lee Kitchens on Tues. She had given a bit about their trip earlier ,and recom- mended the ladies to go soon. Wednesday night the evening unit of the Black- stock U.C.W. held their monthly meeting at "the, home of Sharon Wilson. Devotional was presented by Barb Byers on the value Ashburn news By Mrs. R. Heron The Noveinber meeting of the Ashburn group of the W.M.S. was held at the home of Mrs. R. Batten on Wed. evening the 3rd. Mrs. F. Daw, president, conducted the meeting and took her devotional part from the study book "Jus- tice not Charity'. Mrs. W. Gardner led in prayer. Mrs. A. Fisher was in charge of the study for the evening which was the first chapter in our new study book, "Encounter with Christ". Mrs. D. Ashton closed the meeting with prayer and a social time was spent over the tea cups. The next meeting will be at the home of Miss Chrissie Simpson, the first Wed. of December. It was remembrance day service at Burns Church on Sunday morning and Mr. Struther MacFarlane of Mississauga assisted in the service with the bagpipes. Mrs. Alma English of Woodville visited on Sunday with Mrs. W. Routley, Miss Vera Teach and Miss Eileen Hamill. Mr. and Mrs. J. Jones of Glen Major visited with Misses Hilda and Mary Hopkins and Mr. Walter Hopkins on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Heron attended the Quarter Cent- ury Club dinner at the Sky- line Hotel on Friday even- ing also spent the week-end INVEST NOW! Victoria & Grey Trust Guaranteed Investments 0" FOR 5 YEARS -- INTEREST -- is payable half yearly or may be left to compound EMMERSON INSURANCE AGENCY LIMITED 193 Queen St. Port Perry Phone 985-7306 with Mr. and Mrs. W. Mec- Andless and family. Several from the area have seen the motion picture 'The Hiding Place'. Five tables of euchre was played at the school on Fri- day night. The mens prizes went to Nelson Cole and Bill Gardner. The ladies to Joan Fleming. Geo. Mid- dleton got the most lone hands and Larry Ladbrook won the door prize. The next party will be on Nov. 19th. There will be a commun- ity Christmas concert held 'in the Centre on December 17th. Thought: A smile cannot be bought, borrowed or stolen, it is no good to any- one unless it is given. "meeting. thy , 3'24 XK Alea breads aA <@ LAR Wil) 8 2. TN 2 BD BW EFL RTH aR \ I SAK A SR OPS HLA EL adh PORT PERRY STAR ol Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1976 -- 9 + - Blackstock and area news and views of a Christian life and the cost" of our sins. Beth Schryburt showed slides and items collected on their recent trip to Arizona. Our next meeting will be at Judi Mountjoys on Dec. 1, where 'seasonal candles will be displayed for sale and a cookie exchange will take place. Any women from the Blackstock United Church are invited to be there for the delightful Christmas / Schrybert's spent the week-end in Ottawa at the home of Estelle and Jim Flemming. While in Ottawa they attended a family Sy Announcing As of November 15, 1976 Coralyn Park will be taking over the Beauty Salon known as THE HAIR SHOPPE 176 PERRY STREET | PORT PERRY For appointment call 985-2532 gathering at Mrs. R. Schryburt's home. Many thanks to all the canvassers for the C.N.I.B. and the total collected was $232.50. Congratulations to Scott Leach on receiving 1st prize for his poster on Pollution for cubs. His gift was a light for his bicycle. Winners at the Senior Citi- zen card party with 14 tables were: 1st - Freeman McCullough 105, 2nd . - Myrtle Alsop 84, 3rd - Bert Gibson 82, 4th - Dorothy Archer 79, 5th - Belle Werry 77, 6th - Lena Manns 77. Low - Florence Archer. A are \ \ === A aa r all yo ur rmal occasions we have: FORMAL RENTALS EaEam (WIEVITHAS a lt Lakeview Plaza TUXEDO RENTALS Port Perry Phone 985.8160