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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 20 Nov 1974, Section 2, p. 8

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8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 20, 1974 Section Two Presents 'Celly' a New Teaching Book At the Annual Meeting of the Bowmanville Unit of the Cancer Society, Mrs. Suzanne Lawson, Education Chairman for the East Central District shows Celly, a new teaching aid booklet developed by the Society while Harold Nelson, Campaign Chairman for the District, looks on. Dr. Derry Hubbard Medical Advisor for the Bowmanville Unit of the Cancer Society stands with Mrs. Jean McMurter Past President of the Unit and his wife Marie who is the current president. Seventy-seven attended the annual meeting, held Nov, il at the Hubbard's home on Wellington Street. GreaI terest Demonstrated In Cancer by Jean Ahlvik On Monday evening, Nov. 11, Dr. E. Derry Hubbard and his wife Marie who will be unit president in 1975, entertained 77 members of the Cancer Society at the annual meeting of the Bowmanville unit. Harold Nelson of Cobourg, Campaign Chairman for the East Central Distiict, addres- sed the group first. He explained that the objective for the Bowmanville unit would, be $12,500 this year. Last year, $12,300 was raised by this unit. The target for East Central District is $244,- 000 which compares with $238,000 collected in the year Society ending Sept. 30, 1974. Ontario s overall objE is $5,600,000 up $400,000 last year. Mrs. Suzanne Lawson, cation Chairman for the Centra District, explainE work ofthe education un present they are at wo teaching and learning ki the schools. With the hE Mrs. Joy Hansel, Unit E tion Chairman, Mrs. La demonstrated "Celly" a they have developed to1 young children health a ness. "It is importai communicate to kids their health depends onÈ ions they make. No longe we hope to show a filn This Year expect kids not to smoke." ective Tne education division also from distributes pamphlets, and attempts generally to publi- Edu- cize the latest findings in East cancer research. They organ- ed the ize forum nights where doc- it. At tOrs are invited to explain the rk on latest rese#rch developments ts for to the public. elp of Special attention is paid to duca- the so-called "high risk awson groups". These are people book who because of a language teach barrier or functional illiteracy ware- have traditionally been un- nt to reachable. that Clarence Bell, Unit Cam- decis- paign Chairman, thanked 'r can Mrs. Lawson for her interest- ""-"ndi" i k noted with pleasure that there were representatives present from the Sunshine Group, the Kinsmen Club of Orono, the Jack and Jill Club and the Canadian Foresters. People attended from Starkville, Hampton, Leskard and Bow- manville. Dr. Hubbard, Medical Ad- visor for the unit welcomed the society to his home. Mrs. Jean McMurter, retir- ing Unit President, thanked everyone for attending and reminded the m'embers of the monthly meetings. After the formal meeting, members mingled while cof- fee and cake were served. The unit leaders were pleas- ed with the evident interest and Dredict that the fund raising campaign in April will be very enthusiastic and successful. The work of the Cancer Society is four-pronged. They have committees working on patient transportation, educa- tion, service to patients. (visitations, supplying dress- ings to needy patients etc.)- and, of course, tund raising. Anyone interested in helping with any of the Cancer Society work is invited to contact Mrs. Hubbard at 623-2457. BLACKSTOCK Community spirit certainly isn't dead in Blackstock as was shown on Saturday when a large crew of friends and neighbours arrived at the burned-out barn of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hoogeveen to help to clean up the piles of debris. About 50 men of all ages with shovels, forks and wheel- barrows, tractors and loaders, tractors and wagons and trucks and many other tools made the "Bee" most success- ful. Meanwhile in the house, Mrs. Rie Hoogeveen assisted by Mrs. Dora Martyn and Mrs. Aileen Byers prepared a fine meal for the workmen. Winners at the Tuesday evening Senior Citizens' Card party were Ladies' 1st-Pearl urand, 2nd-Reta Hardy, 3rd- Margaret Watson, Men's lst- Wm. Forder, 2nd-Gordon Strong, 3rd-Tennyson Samells Lucky Draw-Dora Geer. On Friday the Senior Citi- zens took a bus to the Royal Winter Fair on Senior Citizens' Day where they all enjoyed the fair with its many attrac- tions. On their way they stopped for supper at the Ponderosa at Oshawa. Mrs. Roy Avery of Tilbury spent a week with her mother, Mrs. J. A. Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Johnston of Belle- ville were Monda yguests and Mr. and Mrs. Wa t Larmer of Havelock were Friday guests of Mrs. Johnston. The O.N.O. held its Novem- ,ber meeting at the Conway Gardens, Port Perry, where Grace Vleiger acted as hos- tess. The New Year's Eve Dance tickets with the Royal Ambassadors providing the music are available and must be picked up by the 19th of Dec. Nancy Bryans is in charge of reservation of tables. A $25.00 donation was given to the Hospital Auxil- iary. An electric knife has been purchased for the ,Rec. Centre. The Christmas meet- ing will be held at the home of Sandy Hoskin. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hodge, Tom and John, Mrs. M. Argue were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Koproski and boys of Scarborough. Last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Wilson, Nestleton, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Knapp, Osha- wa and Mrs. Ruth Wilson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wilson and girls of West Hill to celebrate Lloyd's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van- Camp attended the United Church at Scugog Island on Sunday, where David Arthur VanCamp was baptized. Both Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie and Mr. and Mrs. Harry VanCamp were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur VanCamp and family. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson, Yelverton, Mrs. Ruth Wilson were Thursday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wilson and girls, West Hill. Sorry to report that Mrs. Marwood McKee is a patient in Oshawa Hospital. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery as possible. Sunday noon dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bailey and family were Mr. and Mrs. Grant Thompson, Nestleton, Dr. and Mrs. Jack Marlow and Patricia, Dundas, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Werry and Joy. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mar- low left for Florida on Tuesday. Most of our regular Florida folks have already lef t so winter must be just around the corner. About 30 members of the Fletcher family held their Christmas party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fletcher and family on Saturday even- ing. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Taylor of Enniskillen were Saturday afternoon callers of Mrs. Courtney Graham. Blackstock W.I. The November meeting of the Blackstock W.I. met at the Rec. Centre on Wed. evening with the President, Mae Shortridge, in the chair. The Roll Call, Something I bought that I wished I hadn't was well answered by about 45 members, visitors of Honey- dale W.I. as well as local visitors. Correspondence consisted of the second reading of resolu- tions as well as several thank you notes. It was moved and seconded that a delegate be sent to the Institute Convention at the Royal York in December. Achievement Day is up- coming and Rifts are planned for the local girls receiving County and Provincial Ho- nours. Money was voted toward the expenses involved in their meetings. A gift of Newtonville Mr. and Mrs. Ken Fletcher were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Woodlock, celebrating their wedding an- niversary, also with Mr. and Mrs. W. Maindonald, both of Bowmanville. Rev. Dr. Victor Levan, Executive Secretary of the Bay of Quinte Conference, was a caller at the Manse, Thurs- day evenng, with Rev. and Mrs. Montgomery. Glad to hear Mr. Jack Elliott is progressing favour- ably, in Toronto East General Hospital. Mrs. Mary Wade has been home the past week, on account of Grant's illness, in Memorial Hospital. Other lo- money is to be 'sent to our adopted child in Hong Kong for Christmas. Commence- ment prizes in Home Econo- mies will be presented to Grade 9 and 10 winners. Mrs. Eileen McLaughlin, convenor of Agriculture took over the programme. The motto was, "Flowers are like friends-the more you cultivate them the better they flourish. Kelly McLaughlin and Leanne VanCamp favoured with a recorder duet. Mrs. Bell of the Honeydale W.I. read "The Recipe for a Happy Day" and Mrs. Frank Whitfield also of Honeydale gave a humorous toast to the men behind the womén of Women's Institute. Eileen introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Catty who spoke on "Agriculture as I See It". She spoke as a person who has travelled in many lands and as a new Canadian emphasing through- out ber talk how lucky we are to be living in such a fine Canada but gave suggestions for improvements. The meet- ing closed with The Queen. A tasty lunch and a social time concluded the evening. The Graduation Banquet The Students' Council host- ed the annual Graduation Banquet at the Rockhaven Restaurant, Peterborough, on Sunday afternoon, November 17th. The 13 honour graduates and their parents, the tea- chers, Mrs. Y. Christie of the Durham Board of Education and The Students' Council were present. After the meal there were several impromptu speeches, in which the gradu- ates, the staff and parents had an opportunity to exchange recollections of the past five years. cal people in the same hospital include Mrs. Emily Ogden, Mrs, Edith Pearce, Mrs. Leone Lane, mot of whom are improving, we underdstand. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Farrow, Karen and girl friend, of Gatineau, Quebec, were weekend visitors with Mrs. Iva Farrow, and Reg. Falls, while callers included Mr. and Mrs. Carl Farrow, of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Farrow, and Don, and Mr. and Mrs. Ken Brignall, and Melis- sa, all of Bowmanville. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Fletcher were supper guests, Friday with Mr. and Mrs. W. Woolley, Bowmanville. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hender- son, of Oshawa, were Satur- day evening visitors with Mr. and Mrs. F. Henderson. The annual U.C.W. Bazaar, Saturday afternoon was quite a success, in every way. With favorable weather, and driv- ing conditions, a splendid crowd turned out from sur- rounding areas, severhl from Oshawa and Toronto, as well as the usual local ladies, and even a few gentlemen. Mrs. Montgomery opened the af- fair, officially, at 1:30 p.m., and, of course the Home Baking Table was cleared in record time. We understand the net receipts are approx- imately $340. with the quilt and various miscellaneous articles still to be disposed of. Come out to the U.C.W. meeting nçxt Wed., Nov. 27, at 8 p.m., and you may have a chance to secure some of these bargains. Visitors the past week with Mrs. Agnes Burley were Mr. and Mrs. E. McEwen, and Mr. Dennis Burley of Peter- borough, the latter a dinner guest, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Langstaff, and Mrs. Ethel Burley, all of Toronto. Rev. Montgomery's Sunday morning topic was "He Stands - and Knocks". The choir's anthem was "It Is No Secret". Sunday evening; Rev. Mont- gomery was guest speaker, at the Induction service, of Rev. Paul Erb, at Zion United Church, Taunton, in the Hampton Pastoral charge. . On Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m. on the Elders Workshop is to be held, in St. Mark's Church, Whitby, and all the Elders from out Pastoral char ge are invited to attend, as well as our minis- ter. Please let the latter know if you plan to attend, as soon as possible. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gilmer, of Islington, were Sunday afternoon callers, with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Gilmer, and family. A few of our Eastern Star ladies, went on to Bowman- ville, Saturday evening, to help with the supper, there, after the strenuous afternoon of our Bazaar. It must be wonderful to be so young and enterprising! Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hender- son and Stephanie, were Sunday supper guests, with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson, and Carol. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gilmer were supper guests, Sunday, with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gilmer, and family, Port Hope. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chard, and girls, of Newcastle, were Sunday supper guests, with Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Lancaster LAST CHANCE! Win a Trip for Two to Barbados with SUNFLIGHT PLUS $200.00 CASH FOR EXPENSES Draw Wednesday, November 27th, 1974 SUPPORT THE NEWCASTLE LIONS CLUB Proceeds for the Community Swimming Pool TICKETS ARE $1.00 EACH AND THEY CAN BE PURCHASED FROM ANY LIONS CLUB MEMBER AND AT THE FOLLOWING MERCHANTS: ing St. E., Newcastle STEDMANS 20Ki GORD ALLIN DRUG STORE ALL GAS STATIONS IN NEWCASTLE SHELL SERVICE CENTRE WaverlyRoad&401 and Bowmanville Travel Centre Bowmanville 623-3182 47 King St. W. f Newcastle Nuw-%W

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