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18 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 3,1994 "Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" IROIEY ' PERRY STAR OOTS KELLY LOWN/PORT PERRY STAR Students at Prince Albert Public School took a few hours out of their day on April 27 to skip rope in the schoolyard. The Jump Rope For Heart event benefits the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Residents celebrate special birthdays The weekly euchre was held on Thursday evening with 11 tables. The lucky winners were Alma Manns, Minnie Martin, Betsy Staniland, Norman Roh- rer, Thomas Manns, Bernice Loudfoot. Lucky draws: Mary Williamson, Mary Cannon, Harry Hill. Better health is wished for Rev. Charlie Clarke who is con- fined to bed in Community Me- morial Hospital. If you are in need of a gift for a special occasion, the Hospital Gift Shop has some lovely items. The shop is open in the afternoon and evening. A special birthday open house was held on Sunday for Olive Beacock and her brother Leslie at the Prince Albert Church Hall. About 100 friends and family attended. Best wishes are extended to Olive and Les from Prince Albert. I was not able to get the win- ners of the Friendly Visitors Draw on Saturday but I hear they had a successful day. Prince Albert United Church Meetings Wednesday, May 4 Session and Stewards Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Sunday School room Tuesday, May 10 at 8 p.m. Of- ficial Board meeting at Prince Albert United Church Wednesday, May 11 at 8 p.m. U.C.W. meeting in church hall. Roll Call: a gardening tip or how to grow great house plants. Also, bring your Regal orders. If anyone would like to order any cards or gifts, call Aileen Olsen or Bev Stanley before next Wednesday. Rana Larmer celebrates 100th birthday A very special event took place in the Christian Educa- tion Building at the Blackstock United Church on Sunday af- ternoon, May 1, when a birth- day party was held to celebrate the 100th birthday of Miss Edna Larmer. A huge crowd of well wishers, relatives, friends and former neighbors came to bring greetings to this delight- ful lady on this happy occasion. A lovely lunch was provided by the U.C.W. During the after- noon, Mayor Howard Hall brought greetings from the Township of Scugog and Lieu- tenant-Governor Jackman. On behalf of the United Church minister Rev. D. Shearman and congregation, Merrill Van- Camp also extended congratu- lations. Nephew Lawrence Larmer reminisced over events that occurred in the past 100 years. Happy birthday, Edna! Congratulations to Richard and Ruby VanCamp on the birth of their first grandson, born to Lois and Glen McLeod of Orono. The Cartwright Junior Dra- ma and Choir invite you to at- tend their annual musical play. Their performance of Beauty and the Beast will be in the Cartwright Public School gym- nasium at 7 p.m. on Wednes- day, May 11 and Thursday, May 12. The tickets can be pur- chased at the school or from any cast member for $3 each. Come and find out how Beau- ty (Lisa Parsons) 1s seen through the eyes of the Beast (Ryan Nesbitt). Beauty and her two selfish sisters (Stefanie Kingswell and Sarah Stapely) share many experiences togeth- er, along with their father (Car- la McLaughlin). Our jolly Mrs. Twining (Krys- Neighborhood yard sale : Sandiford The Robinglade Ladies Group enjoyed a very informa- tive April meeting at Chris- tiane's home. Thanks to Brenda Stevenson for her talk on reflex- ology. Anna Jewell won the free sesson donated by Brenda. The Millar Lights outing is on Thursday, May 5. Dinner will be held at the Western Spurz at 6 p.m. sharp. Attention Robinglade neigh- bors! It's time to clean out our garage's and basements for our 2nd annual neighborhood yard sale on Saturday, May 21 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. A large ad will be putin the paper. Those wishing to participate and those having items they want listed call Tra- cy at 985-9083. Last year 15 homes participated and it was a great success. Happy birthdays this week to Karen and Ryan Szewerda, Cliff Short, Jack Short, Fern To- bin, Margaret Ingram, Mathew Somerville and Roy Puckrin. A very special 80th birthday cele- bration was held on May 1 for [es Beacock and a 90th at the same time for Olive Beacock at the Prince Albert United Church basement. Beacock family clan and friends attend- ed from as far as Oakville, To- ronto and Coboconk. Everyone Stonemoor Day Care Centres Inc. 399 Queen St., Port Perry = 985-0800 oh "CHILD ENRICHMENT PROGRAM" for children 18 months to 9 years (VVYVVVVVVVVVVYY Full time & part time available Hours 6:30am to 6:00pm AAAAAAAAAAAA had a splendid time. It was cer- tainly a busy day for Blair, Lee and Craig Beacock as they also celebrated the birthday of their maternal grandfather's 70th birthday with dinner at Hau- gens in Manchester. Seagrave Church News Sunday was Rogation Day at the church. Rogation Sunday tells us that God and Human, kind co-operates in agriculture: that care of the land is both task and privilege and that our hte depends on God's goodness. Our celebration of Rogation recalls ancient tradition and gives the opportunity to share our con- cern for the earth with each oth- er and with God. The Sunday School theme which was read by Vanessa Rose was to celebrate our world of happy differences as part of God's plan. Next Sunday we will celebrate Mother's Day ser- vice at 9:30 a.m. The U.C.W. will meet at the home of Eleanor Sturman on Wednesday evening May 4 at 8 p.m. Ladies are reminded to bring alayette item for a girl. That's it for this week, we wish everyone a safe and happy Mother's Day Weekend. Please call Diane Cooke with news next week at 985-3792. tal Garason), faithful Mr. Wicks (Amy Aldred) and polite Mr. Springstein (Christa ane) will entertain you at the castle of the Beast. Hope to see you there. Something new is coming to Blackstock - The Scugog Shuf- fleboard Club! The opening day is on Wednesday, May 4 from 1- 4 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. at the Blackstock Arena. On May 11, there will be the first Annual Meeting at the arena in the form of a potluck at 5 p.m. On May 18, there will be shuffle- board from 1-4 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. and on May 25, there will be an Open House from 1-4 and 7-10 p.m. The schedule is as follows: June 1, 8, 14, 15, 16, 22, 29. July 6, 13, 20, 27. August 3, 10, 16, 17. The president of the club is Hugh Ormiston. He can be reached for further information at 425 Winchester Rd., Brook- lin, LOB 1CO0, telephone (905) 655-3369. Annual membership $25. Daily membership $2.50. Family and friends are invit- ed toa "Come and Go" reception for Jason Kyte and Tammy Kel- lar at Blackstock United Church on Sunday, June 5 from 2-4 p.m. There were approximately 170 folks who enjoyed the first international smorgasbord din- ner sponsored by the Pine Ridge Garden Club at the Nestleton Hall on Saturday evening. The tables were filled with many, many international foods in- cluding dishes from Germany, Holland, England, Scotland, Italy, France, Ireland and Can- ada. Someone picked up the wrong leather jacket and left his behind. If you have the wrong coat, please call Kath- leen Petrie at 986-4771 to make the exchange. On Tuesday noon, Barry Van- Camp surprised his mother Wil- ma with a birthday dinner at the home of her friend Jackie James. "Willie's" two sisters Helen Dorrell and Eileen McLaughlin and her cousins Ruby Trewin, Jean Slemon, Joyce Kelly and Joan Graham were guests and enjoyed the de- licious five-course dinner pre- pared and served by Jackie and Barry. What a delightful after- noon of visiting. The Talent Auction at the United Church on Friday eve- ning was a great success. What a variety of items of goods and services were sold by auctioneer Harvey Graham. The range ex- tended from butter tarts to a moose dinner at the home of Bill and Paula Lishman, from trees to doilies, from stargazing to ca- noe trips. Fun was added when Lulabelle and Homer arrived, as well as the clowns. Marg and Heinz Vehof of Cadmus have guests from Ger- many for three weeks. We hope that sister-in-law Anna Vennes and sister Mimi Terhurne are enjoying their visit. Surely hope that the weather improves be- fore you leave. There were 12 tables at the Tuesday evening weekly card party with the following win- ners: Elsie Pogue, Ruby Smith, George Harper, Eileen Warder, Vivian Kydd, Mary Cannon and Betsy Staniland. Draws were won by Betsy Staniland, Kath- leen Watts, Verna Robinson, Norman Rohrer and Mary Poots. Most of the university stu- dents have completed their studies for this year and have returned home. Please let me know about any graduations in your family so that your happy news may be shared. Next Saturday there will be an outdoor yard sale at the High School and a rummage sale at the United Church. No doubt there will be many other yard sales as well. At the United Church on Sun- day morning, it was a day at Camp-Quin-Mo-Lac, complete with tent, canoe, trees and bird songs. Leaders were Bob Al- mack, Liz Henderson, Jill Van- Camp and Pat Obstfeld, as well as many campers from that camp. If anyone is interested in further information about this fine church camp, call Ruby VanCamp at 986-5667.