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"A Family Tradition for 128 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 13, 1994 - 15 R QO PORT PERRY STAR URAL Roorts Lb] = J. PETER HVIDSTEN / PORT PERRY STAR Santa in Seagrave There was a long line of kids at Seagrave General Store Saturday afternoon to see a very special guest. Santa Claus dropped by the store to visit with the kids, and he is seen here with four-year-old Alisha Brown of Seagrave. Hey, Seagrave...we have a celebrity in our midst! Sincere congratulations to Chris McGill from Robinglade Estates (who skates for the Oshawa Skating Club) along with his partner Emily Kovacs (from the Tillsonburg Skating Club), who competed this weekend in the Junior Pairs Central Canadian Champion- ships in North Bay. Chris and Emily placed fourth, which qualifies them to compete in the Canadian National Figure Skating Championships in Halifax startingon Jan. 8. Wow! That is a tremendous accomplishment. Let's hope it is on TV so we can watch you skate. Good luck and again, congratulations to you both. Best wishes are extended to Cliff Short while he is in Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay. Seagrave Church News Laura Newman and Sarah Anderson lit the third advent candle of joy at the church on Sunday. Young Seagrave skater takes win The mens choir sang "There's a Song in the Air". Rev. David Shepherd spoke on faith and ethics. Next Sunday the candle of love will be lit and there will be a baptism service. Please bring prayers for use at the Christmas Eve service. The Christmas Eve service is at the Greenbank Church this year at 7:30 p.m., preceded by carol singing at 7 p.m. On Christmas Day, there will be a joint service of the three churches at Seagrave at 10 a.m. Sunday School Superinten- dent George Hill, the Sunday School children and teachers presented a very interesting Christman program including the Christmas story on Sun- day evening at the Church. Margaret and Alec Ingram and two of his students from Oshawa entertained with sev- eral musical numbers, the chil- dren had an opportuniry to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas. Everyone enjoyed hot apple cider, coffee and cookies. Hope everyone enjoyed the snow (unless you were driving) this weekend. It is finally starting to look and feel like Christmas is coming. For the news next week, please call Diane Cooke at 9856-3722. ll Snow's more fun when you don't have to shovel it away Snow! Snow! Skiers, snowmo- bilers and children are happy, but we who use the snow shovel have other thoughts. It has made the countryside so nice and clean and the holiday deco- rations seem to take on a differ- ent look. Snow storms also mean diffi- cult travelling so because of this, the special "Bells of St. Matthews" of Richmond Hill had to cancel their trip to Greenbank for last Sunday morning's church service. Larry and Bonnie Postil lit the advent candle of joy, and Master Lee Garrett placed the flame on the pulpit banner. Everyone is wel- come to join your neighbors and friends at Church and Sunday School services next Sunday at 1la.m. Last Saturday evening, fami- ly and friends met at the West- ern Spurz Restaurant for a sur- prise 50th anniversary party for John and Norrine Cook. Af- ter the dinner hour, they con- tined their social time at the home of Neil and Jean Hunter. Congratulations to Norrine and John on this happy occasion. The Baird family held their Christmas in the Christian Ed- ucation Rooms of Uxbridge United Church on Saturday. Ninety members, from the sen- iors to the youngest of two months, attended. The Hall committee held a successful dance on Saturday, Shirley Lee Dec. 10 and the proceeds will be used to help maintain and im- prove this wonderful communi- ty building. Special thanks to Barb Ward, Lila Clarkson, Marg Prohaska, Debbie Shad- dock, Cliff Rodd and Bob Clark for all their help. Prizes were donated by Canadian Tire, Port Perry, Neil Bacon Auctions, the Chicken Coop, Vivian Adderly and Debbie Shaddock. Thanks to these people for their gener- ous contributions. The Lions Club New Year's Dance is almost sold out. Only tickets for five couples are left. Phone 985-3723 as soon as pos- sible. Tickets are $35 per couple and this includes a hot and cold buffet. The next Lions Club meeting will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 21 to make the final prepara- tions for the New Year's Dance. This club is working hard to help support local community projects. The Lions are helping local families, Operation Scu- gog, the local schools, Port Perry and Uxbridge hospitals and are donating money to keep programs going for eye banks and life skills courses. On Dec. 7, the Greenbank Lions Club celebrated their first anniver- sary since they were chartered last year. Plans for the picnic shelter structure are being developed so they can be presented to the Board of Directors. When they are approved, the supporting groups and the public will have input before the plans are sub- mitted to Scugog Township and the Ministry of Agriculture in January 1995. The Christmas Euchre Party last Friday evening was well at- tended. Winners were: Ladies first Jean Rodd, second Mar- lene Blain, third June Bayley; Men: first Willie Stone, second Fred Phoenix, third Neil Hunt- er. Instead of door prizes, tick- ets were sold for a 50/60 draw and the winner was Marlene Blain. Next euchre will be on Jan. 6, 1995. I used this thought last week but I presume because of space it was cut, so I thought it was worth repeating: I watched the children sledding on the hill in our park today. One youngster, shouting happily, was on his brand new brightly colored plastic coaster. His friend, equally happy, was sliding on the A box that the sled came in. Advent candles mark festive season The advent candle of love was lit by some of the young people on Sunday morning. The mens quartet favored us with a lovely selection "That baby is Jesus my Lord". Rev. Sheina Smith's sermon was titled "He will come, but what do we expect?' - what are our expectations as we await the coming of Christmas, and what expectation does Je- sus have of us. These are things we can reflect on as we prepare for Christmas. During the service, a crimson maple tree was dedicated to the glory of God and in memory of Jim Lynde, given as a gift to Burns Church by Dr. Roy Irwin. Euchre results are as follows: 10 tables were played. Ladies first prize went to Ruby Smith (Raglan), second Grace Hop- kins. Men's first Lloyd Smith, second Jack Lee. Share the wealth - Olive Paynter and George Harper. Door prize win- ner - Verna Smith. Lone hands Hervey Paynter. Next euchre will be on Dec. 22 at the Com- munity Centre, and just per- haps Santa might pay a visit. Visiting with Bernice and Jean Gardner recently were Bob and Mary Ervine of New- castle and Mr. and Mrs. Aylmer Hood of Stouffville. Bernice also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hannam of Brooklin. On Tuesday evening, mem- bers of the WMS and the Ladies Bible Class joined together with the men folk for a lovely dinner at Kreb's Restaurant. After- wards, we enjoyed a time of fel- lowship at the home of Grant and Sheila Parrott. On Wednesday evening, Flor- ence Ashton and Sheila Parrott attended the Rita McNeil Christmas performance at the O'Keefe Centre. On Monday, Marion Slater also enjoyed the same performance. Grant and Sheila entertained some of Grant's relatives on Sunday evening. Everyone is invited to join us at Burns on Christmas Eve at 7:30 p.m. for the beautiful can- dle lighting service. UCW members enjoy On Wednesday evening 21 U.C.W. members and friends enjoyed their pot luck supper and fellowship. A short devo- tion and singing of Christmas carols was enjoyed by everyone. The committee working on the gifts for the shut-ins gave them out to members to deliver. Thursday was euchre night with 11 tables. Winners for the evening: Anne Zaporozan, Dor- is Hill, Minnie Martin, Jim Martin, Thomas Manns, Ber- nice Daniels. Lucky draws: Jim fine potluck supper Martin, Anne Zaporozan, Blanche Empringham. Lone hand series with 17 was Sarah Brunton. Special Christmas eu- chre Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. Ed and Catherine Daigle spent a few days in New York with their daughter Charlene and her husband and had early Christmas celebrations. Fern Murray of Kingston has been spending some time with her mother Lila Clarke. There will be a Christmas Eve Service in the Prince Albert United Church at 7 p.m. Every- - one welcome. Christmas Day combined service with Port Perryat11a.m. Please give us a call with your Christmas news. Special birthday wishes are sent to Grace Beacock who will be celebrating her 80th birth- day on Dec. 17. An open house will be held at Prince Albert Church from 2-4 p.m.