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20- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 11, 1999 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" RURAL RooTs Remember Thursday's Fair Board meeting at the Rec Centre Mother's Day brought many families together in various activities on Sunday. Hope your day was great. At Blackstock United Church the sacrament of Baptism was conducted by Rev. David Shearman. Received were Maggie Ann May Linton, ~daughter of Ron and Valerie Linton, Nicholas Gordon Lively, son of Randy and Heather Lively and Julie Ann Martin, daughter of Tom and Tracey Martin. The thoughtful sermon was "Thinking Outside the Box." Special music was pro- vided by both junior and senior choirs. Tracey and Tom Martin, Meghan, Travis and Julie Ann hosted a family gathering in honour of Julie Ann's christen- ing. Guests were George and Marilyn Cochrane, Ted and Carol Cochrane and Riley of Purple Hill, Tim and Kelly Cochrane, Derrick and Cara of Prince Albert, Marion and Tom Martin of Toronto, Rob and Louise Martin, Robbie and Joanna of Haydon and Tom's sister Anna and her husband Andy from Toronto. Heather and Randy Lively, Brooke and Nicholas hosted a family gathering in honour of Nicholas' Baptism. Guests were Don and Louise Free, Scugog Island, Gord and Heather Lively, Port Perry, Joanne and Larry McLean and girls, Doreen McLean, Blackstock, Ron and Angnes Hughey of Peterborough, Kim Lively and Liam Todd of Grimsby, Jeffrey and Joanne Free and family of Oshawa. Christening company of Valerie and Ron Linton, Emily and Maggie were Mrs. Don Linton, Raglan, Keith and Wilma Van Camp, Merrill and Jean Van Camp, Aileen Van Camp, Dale and Janet Van Camp, Mary, Michael and David Van Camp, all of Blackstock, Bill and Debbie Showler of Bowmanville, Dennis and Cindy Werry, John and Robert of Kedron. Many from this area attend- ed the birthday open house at Nestleton Hall on Sunday in honour of Lorne McKee's 90th birthday. Happy birthday, Lorne. During the recent Atlantic Media Awards Ceremony held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Craig Paisley, CBC photo-journalist in Yarmouth, was the recipient of two major awards. He received a gold award for his - coverage of the collision of the high powered Catamaran ferry with a fishing boat near Yarmouth in which the captain of the fishing boat was killed. The silver award was in recog- nition of his excellence in over- all spot news reporting. Blackstock Congratulations Craig. The Harold Martyn's are entertaining visitors from Holland. They are returning a visit as they billeted Harold and Dora in 1995 when they were in Holland for the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Holland. They are Maaika and Tjesse De Groot. Members of the Blackstock Fair Board are reminded of the meeting to be held this Thursday evening at the Rec. Centre beginning with a social time at 7:30 p.m. followed by the meeting starting at 8 p.m. sharp. Often we hear grumbling about the mail service. A letter addressed to "The Postmaster of Burketon, Burketon, Ontario, Canada" arrived in Blackstock in about 10 days from being mailed in Holland. The writer, who is working on a memorial to Canadian air men buried in his village, was looking for information regard- ing the late Arnold Johnston. Arnold's cousin Dalton Dorrell is working on sending what the writer wishes. But how about the efficiency of the sys- tem for the letter to arrive here? There were 14 plus two at the Tuesday evening card party with the following winners: Nerta Masters, Les Johnston, Alden Hubbard, Vivian Kidd, Marie Geer, Marg Finney and Mary Henderson. Lucky draws were won by Muriel Selby, Keith Van Camp, Gary Notenboom (two), Jean Van Camp and Les Johnston. The Blackstock 4-H Gardening Club The Blackstock 4-H Gardening Club met on Wednesday, May 5 for the first meeting. Eleven of the 13 members attended and elections were held. We talked about what a garden needs to survive, what tools you should use and how to identify vegetables, fruits and herbs. We were then given our mystery herbs which we must plant. We will bring the - herbs to our fifth meeting and have a guessing game to see if we can tell which herb is which. We then chose a name for our club "Blackstock Blooming Bulbs." Our meeting was adjourned. Janice Kadowaki, Reporter Monday to Wednesday guests of Vera and Vernon Asselstine were Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Pellett, Webster, New York and Mr. and Mrs. Horace McNeil of Torrence, Ont. Monday guests were Vern's sis- ter Ferne.and Carl Webb of Trenton. Women's Institute District Annual The District Annual for 1999 was held in Blackstock on May 6 with an attendance of 54 members. The new district president Barbara Kapteyn chaired the meeting. W.I. Centennial History books, "For Home and Country" were presented to the curators of Scugog Shores Museum, Bowmanville Museum and Clarke Archives. Olive McDonald, our PAC (Provincial Advisory Council) was present and brought much information from the area. Also the Central Ontario President Joan Folkard brought greetings from headquarters. ~ The evening format of the meetings seems to be well received. Bowmanville branch will host the next district annu- al and Providence-Shaws will hold the fun fair in October. The meeting ran smoothly and closed with the courtesy in uni- son. Dora Martyn, Reporter The show is this Saturday evening; phone 985-8351 for tickets David Wiffen will perform the last Folk Music show this season We had a beautiful Mother's Day service at church on Sunday with the Baptism of Breanna Raines and Brandon Till. We were entertained by the Puppets with a special Mother's Day presentation. The youth choir sang a beautiful medley. The Fidelis Unit of the U.C.W. had a very interesting meeting on Wednesday when Sandy McCully and Gwenyth Thompson presented a skit. The last Folk Music night for this season will be held Saturday, May 15. David Wiffen is the performer. For tickets phone 985-8351. After a successful campaign to purchase the lot south of Greenbank Hall, the Lions Club and the Greenbank Park and Hall Board are moving to phase two of the program to create a new parking lot. This coming Saturday morning (May 15) at 8 a.m., a tree planting work group will install a new cedar hedge at the south side of the new parking area. Anyone who can spare a cou- ple of hours is invited to help at 8 a.m. and please bring a shovel or a rake. Also if anyone is inter- ested in supplying funds for a cedar tree ($5 per tree) it would be appreciated. Any member of the Lions or Park and Hall Board will be pleased to accept a donation. Two hundred people pur- chased lots at $100 per lot, to acquire the property, so to assist in the hedge for only $5 per tree could seem to be a bargain for Greenbank supporters. At any rate the "hedge" work group will meet at 8 a.m. at the south side of the hall on Saturday. Sorry to report the passing of my sister-in-law, Mrs. Elva Taylor. Her funeral was held on Monday in Uxbridge. Greenbank area news by Doris Hill 0 (EAL There will be a meeting of the Session at Greenbank Church on Tuesday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. The May euchre in Greenbank will be on Friday, May 21 at 8 p.m. Everyone wel- come. Medical Associates Nurses are holding a Health Fair for seniors and caregivers in the Port Perry Medical Centre on Saturday, May 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Many local agencies will be on hand to help our seniors access the varied ser- vices available in the communi- ty. Please join them on this day. Refreshments will be served. The Greenbank Lions will be holding another Country Western celebration at the Pavilion on May 29, the last Saturday of the month. Tickets are $8 each or $15 a couple and the live music runs from 2 to 7 p.m. There will be all kinds of special guests and there will be burgers and hot dogs sold for supper. There will be a cash bar and lots of fun. Call 985- 3723 to purchase tickets for this enjoyable event. 'Thanks to the Lions' Clu By Albert Putsey i Caesarea News : C3 gad ~ Caesarea Hall Board Anyone who enjoys a good evening of euchre, be on hand this Wednesday, May 12 at 8 p.m. An enjoyable evening is guaranteed with friendship, refreshments and competition. Everyone wel- J Blackstock Lions Club Twenty-five per cent of our club went to Camp Kirk last Saturday on our annual spring clean up. This was a good turnout. One interesting thing I found was two dead birch trees. The camp ranger blamed it on the porcupines who will climb 10 feet up the tree where the bark is softér and eat it all the way around the main part of the tree which kills-it. We had an excellent address at last Wednesday night's dinner meeting by Greg Jewell of Wolf Run Golf Course. I would never believe there are so many things to take into consideration in come. keeping the course and greens in perfect condition and the main b for cleaning Camp Kirk item is water. Monday night, May 10 we are going to Sunderland to meet the new Regional Lions executive which we elected at our convention. This Wednesday we have dinner with Kay and Bill Ingram in Lindsay. that gun." Lake Scugog Historical Society and Museum Board Last week it appears I made a series of errors in my report on these two associations. The museum pot luck supper was held in April. The Historical Board full course dinner planned for May 15 does not include Yorkshire Pudding. The meeting this Thursday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. is a directors' meeting. Joke of the Week The lawyer was trying to console the weeping widow. Her hus- band had died without a will. "Did the deceased have any last words?" asked the lawyer. "You mean right before he died," sobbed the widow. "Yes," he replied. They might be helpful if its not too painful for you to recall. "Well," she began, he said, "Don't - try to scare me. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with