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/ 16- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 10, 1995 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 4 To: URAL PORT PERRY STAR <i 3 / OOTS Blackstock Ag Society meets soon On Saturday afternoon a beautiful wedding took place in the Blackstock United Church when Lawrence Van Camp and Janet Stevenson were married. The service was conducted by Rev. David Shearman assisted by the groom's aunt, Rev. Do- reen Van Camp. The reception and dance took place in the Blackstock Recreation Centre. , Lawrence and Jan have gone on a week's Caribbean cruise. Best wishes are extended to the young couple at this happy occa- sion. Congratulations to Peter Bar- ber and Janice Elborn of Oshawa who were engaged over the holidays. Congratulations and best wishes are extended to Audrey Jamieson and Gordon Metcalfe who were married last week. They are living at Audrey's home on Purple Hill. Lorrie Swain, who was in- volved in a serious car accident on Friday morning south of Blackstock is progressing favor- ably in Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. The community ex- tends wishes for continued and 'as speedy a recovery as possi- * ble. Forty members of the fami- lies of Grant and Ruth Fergu- son of Peterborough, George Dunbar of Scarborough, Sandra and Noel Morton of Oshawa, Thelma and Lloyd Wright, Bill and Jean Ferguson all of Black- stock gathered at Nestleton Hall on Sunday for their annual Christmas get-together. The event began with a delicious dinner, games, distribution of children's gifts and much visit- ing. The annual meeting for the Blackstock Agriculture Society will be held in the form of a pot luck dinner at the Recreation Centre on Thursday, Jan. 19 be- ginning at 7 p.m. Speaker will be local resident Bruce Rogers who is a newscaster at C.F.R.B. Bill Lishman will also be in at- tendance to discuss his Geese Project. Chairmen are asked to have their reports written and ready for presentation. The public is welcome to bring your "pot" and join the group. A preliminary notice is given for Feb. 19 when Tom Easthope, Grief Councillor will speak at the Blackstock United Church at 7:30 p.m. Mark your calendar ifyou are interested. ~ There were nine tables at the weekly euchre party with the following winners: Don Stan- Best of luck to Seagrave skater Ann Sandiford The community wishes Chris McGill from Robinglade and his partner "good luck" as they com- pete in the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in the Junior "Pairs" group. A lot of the competition is televised, however, unfortunately Chris' group is not, but even though we can't see you, we'll sure be rooting for you both! Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays, seems like ages ago to me that I was at work, however, all good things come to an end. School started yesterday -- so back to the grind. I'm sure all the kids are ready for it. Let's keep an eye out for the little ones getting off the buses. Congratulations to two Sea- ave girls, Katherine Cooke and Kelly Sadler who are mem- bers of the Port Perry ringette Petite B team who, along with their teammates on the Shep- stone Haulage Petites, won a Gold Medal on Sunday at the 5th annual Port Perry Ringette Tournament. Congratulations to all. Happy birthday wishes this week to Bruce Carr, Matt Som- merville and Peter King. Community wishes are ex- tended to Ellsworth Kennedy for a speedy recovery. Ellsworth is in the Port Perry Community Memorial Hospital. Seagrave Church News The Lord's Supper was cele- brated on Sunday which was also the service of the Covenant and the first Sunday of Epipha- ny. The Sunday School theme was "Are you my Beloved Child - what is special about Bap- tism." The choir sang "All Night, All Day Angels Watch- ing Over Me." Ken Carruthers gave the Minute for Mission - "Helping to break Family Abuse." The annual congregational meeting will be held at Sea- grave on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. That's it this week, next week please call Diane Cooke at 985- 3722. field, Don Linton, Jim Redman, Merv Storrie, Muriel Butson, Charlie = Campbell, Grant Bright. Draws were won by Gord Finney, Evelyn Trapp, Muriel Butson, Gary Noten- boom and Grant Bright. Harold and Eileen McLaugh- lin were New Year's Day dinner guests of her cousins Jean.and Lloyd Slemon and Fred of Hay- den along with several other family members. The Van Camp clan gathered at the home of Valerie and Ron Linton of Raglan to hold their New Year's Day dinner and sup- per. In addition to the families of Merrill, Keith and Aileen Van Camp, Mrs. Susan Saywell, Ted and Marg Kemp, Jeff and David attended this happy family gathering. Kathy Morris, Luke and Jackie of Ottawa spent the holi- day week with her parents Har- old and Lois Luke. While in the area they visited many rela- tives and friends. Several local broomball players and their friends spent the weekend at Syracuse, New York attending a tournament. They report a great time where "they won some and lost some." Sympathy of the community is extended to Shirley Smith whose father Merv Allin of Co- lumbus passed away over the weekend. Funeral service was held on Monday afternoon. Gerald and Joyce Kelly, along with John and Jean Medland were Sunday dinner guests of Barb and Tony Mata, Tonya, Tammy and Tena of the Brook- lin area. Blackstock Women's Institute by Lois Luke P.R.O. On Jan. 4 at 1 p.m. eight members of the Blackstock Women's Institute gathered at the Blackstock United Church for their first meeting in 1995. After a delicious lunch, Presi- dent Pat Sleep welcomed every- one and opened the meeting with the Mary Stewart Collect and the Ode. Correspondence included several thank you notes. Plans were made for the Lions Clubdinneron Jan. 18. Dora Martyn is making plans to hold Exercise Classes open to the public. More details later. Mrs. R.. McLaughlin was the convenor. in charge. The Roll Call: How I waste water was well answered. The motto was: * When the well runs dry, you ap- preciate the value of water. A video "Rivers to the Sea" wa shown. The meeting closed with the singing of O'Canada. Roy and Linda Bradburn en- joyed a winter break at the Do- minican Republic. The many university and col- lege students who were home for the holidays have returned to their studies as have the pub- lic and high school students. Come out Friday is euchre night in Utica Hall, starting at 8 p.m. All are welcome. Church service at the United Church this week will be held in Epsom, start- ing at 11 a.m. Sunday School gathers at the same time. The joint board of the pas- toral charge will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. in Goodwood Church. Sympathy is extended to Thelma Banks in the recent to euchre loss of her husband Ernie, and to their daughter Mari- lyn Youmans, Bryan and children. Services were held ondan. 2 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Port Perry. Johanna Urich spent the last couple of weeks visiting with her son Ron, his wife and children in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Ken and Beth Catherwood of Oshawa were Sunday guests with Ruth Ashton. Barbara and Ross Evans spent an evening visiting with Clarence and Helen Wilson of Uxbridge last week. The population of Bethes- da has grown by one. Mr. and Mrs. Ed DeBoer welcomed to their home, a 10 1b. baby boy on Sunday, Jan. 8. Congratu- lations. This is a third grand- son for Florence and Ben De- Boer. golf course development local man wearing a balaclava. 10 YEARS AGO Tuesday, January 15, 1985 Scugog commuters received welcome news when it was announced the VIA Rail passenger service from Havelock to Toronto would be back on the rails in June. The Ontario government was asked to overrule the Ontario Municipal Board's decision to approve the Ridgeland housing and roposed for 234 acres of land on the north side of the Chalk Lake Road. Three local men and several juveniles were arrested in connection with a quantity of local break ins. Aldred's Store on Scugog Island was held up at gunpoint by a Albert Putsey Little Christmas (Greek Or- thodox Church's Christmas) has come and gone and down came all the decorations and tree for 1994. Now it looks a lit- tle bit like a Canadian winter « with the snow, skies and, of course, skidoos whipping by. Looking at Ruth's Hall Board Calendar, the main event com- ing up is the registration by Jan. 19 for the Beavers' Day of Fun Feb. 5. It's very hard to plan any- thing if you don't know how many to expect, so please coop- erate and let your leaders know. This past week we had a dev- estating fire in North York. Here is a building with concrete walls, floors and roof which don't burn, yet there were fatal- ities. Something is wrong! We can put a man on the moon yet we can't build respect- able, comfortable furniture, rugs and drapes which do not give off this deadly gas fume and are retardant to flames. I ask you members of parlia- ment to give this some thought. At one time, we had the Re- search Council, a division of the federal government, which worked with industries to alle- viate such problems. A message to the Regional Roads Department. Last winter we had two fatalities on High- way 57 near Proutt Road. The area just north of the little red schoolhouse quite often gets snow-covered and it is part of the curve in the road. The rest of the highway can be clear. A lit- tle bit of snow fencing on the west side, north of the school- house could prevent this from happening. It is a hazardous condition. 5 When we look back at British istory, we find a great struggle through the Wo to i the common man his rights in the courts of law. One of the fac- tors in this is allowing court- houses to be open to the public as spectators. The past week, the Bernardo case came up again and it is my opinion about showing the films that the par- ents of the two murdered girls wishes should be granted as they have suffered enough. Please no public or press during the showing ot the iim. Saying of the week on imagi- nation: We are told never to cross a bridge till we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have crossed bridges in their imagination far ahead of the crowd. Smile of the Week A young man came home from work and found his bride upset. "I feel terrible" she said. "I was pressing your suit and | burned a big hole in the seat of your trousers." "Forget it" con- soled her husband. "Remember that I've got an extra pair of pants for that suit." "Yes," said the woman, cheering up, "and it's lucky you have, I used them to patch the hole." __