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'Dick Hilliard Day' Honors Man Who Laid Foundation for Junior Farmers and 4H Prc The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 15, 1976 5 L N dayevening guests of the Kovacs family. Mr. and Mrs. H.C. McClure, Bushnell, Flor- da and Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Cook were Saturday supper uests of Miss Grace Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Van- 4 More than 175 past Junior Farmers from many parts of Ontario gathered at Locust Cottage Farms near Garden Hill on Sundày to express their thanks to Dick Hilliard and his wife. When this picture was being taken, they were participating in a sing song led by Dave Pelleterio and Dave Barrie. Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard from Lanark County, in the centre, posed for pictures with host and hostess Barb and Bev Gray at their beautiful home. Get well wishes are extend- ed to Mrs. Gordon Ficko who is a patient in Civic Hospital, Peterborough. Two of our local citizens received leg injuries recently. Mrs. Ruth Richardson sprain- en an ankle while attending a ball tournament in Omemee and Lewis Strong injured his ankle in a game of football. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Beggs motored to Port Elgin on Monday to spend a few days with Mr: and Mrs. Jim Beggs and Crystal. Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Wood, one-time residents of R.R. 1, Pontypool and now of Bot- wood, Nfld. have been visiting with relatives in the Bethany area. Mr. and Mrs. Ed DeLuca and Terry of Bowmanville The man who laid the foundation for the present day Junior Farmers and 4H or- ganizations was honored with a special 'Dick Hilliard' day on Sunday. The event was held at the farm home of Barb and Bev Gray, Locust Cottage Farms, south of Garden Hill, when more than 175 past Junior Farmers from all over On- tario gathered to honor Mr. Hilliard and his wife Audrey for their tremendous contribu- tions over several years,. Mr. Hilliard, a native of the Carleton Place area in Lanark County, after a distinguished academic career at O.A.C., and four years in the Royal Canadian navy during World War II, joined the Extension were Sunday visitors with Mr and Mrs. George VanDam. Alice Anderson recentl3 returned home from a holida3 spent with her aunt aid uncli in Summerford on New Worlc Island, Nfld. She also visitec in the Maritimes while away Mr. and Mrs. Orville Ander son were recent visitors ir Brockville. All girls interested'in joining the C.G.I.T. are requested to contact the leader, Mrs. Marie Finney at 277-2327 for infor- mation re time and place of meetings. The first dance of the season will be held this Saturday in Pontypool Community Centre. (See Coming Events) Two local gentlemen - namely Larry Combdon and Doug Pingle are partners in a new business opening up in the village next Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim McMullen recently attended the wedding in Grace United Church, Peterborough, of their niece, Miss Laurie Sutton. Reception and dance followed at the Miss Diana Motor Hotel. Rally Day for all Sunday School children will be held this Sunday, Sept. 19th at 10 a.m. in Pontypogl United Church. In local ball during the past week, Richardson Farms lost on Sunday 'evening to Mill- brook by a score of 6-3. Errors and poor hitting were respon- sible for the defeat. Murray Finney for the home team and Chris Cook for Millbrook each made outstanding catches. Millbrook now leads this series 3 games to one with the next game in Millbrook on Wednesday night. The Cath- mar Well Drillers were slated to commence their playoffs in the Scugog League on Sunday afternoon against Nestleton, but because of other commit- ments, Nestleton was unable to play. Two of our local boys - namely Paul Richardson and Brent Fallis, piayed on Lind- say's Cable T. V.team in a tournament in Cambray on the weekend. They were the Consolation winners. Peterborough's Holiday Ford Midgets won over Rich- mond Hill on Sunday 5-2. Kelly Neals of Pontypool was the winning pitcher. Our local Pee Wees were defeated by their counterparts from Bethany on Sunday afternoon by the score of 17 to 15. This game was to have been played on Saturday morning but because of rain was postponed till 4 p.m. Sunday. The series is now tied up with the tie breaker to be played next Saturday in Yel- verton at 9:30 a.m. BETHANY Over the last couple of weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Wes. McMahon had visiting with them Wes's aunt, Mrs. Bea- trice Beckett of Kinley, Sas- katchewan, and Mrs. Violet Ritchie of Toronto. A speedy recovery is wished or Mrs. Gordon Ficko, Mr. E. Lamb, and Mrs. Elmer Rowan vho are all in the hospital. Birthday congratulations to VIr. Joe Whiteside on his 94th n September loth. During their summer hol- days, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Beer visited Scotland (sorry, I aven't any further details) nd Mr. Dwight Green spent a ew weeks on a walking tour of :ngland, and Scotland and on o Paris, France presumably o see the famed Eifel Tower. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kerr - Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture where he assum- ed responsibilities for organiz- ing Jr. Farmers, the Junior Institute and 4H Program. He was Secretary-Treasurer of the Junior Farmers of Ontario from 1946 to 1959. Later, he was Deputy Minister of Ener- gy and Resources and Public Works, returning to the Minis- try of Agriculture and Food in 1973 as Deputy Minister. He retired from government ser- vice in June of 1976. Program for the day includ- ed a potluck lunch at noon, followed by sing songs and recollections of memorable moments and incidents ýat camp and on other occasions. Later, Mr. Hilliard was presented with a rural land- T KNDAL y ýe The Oshawa Presbytery dInduction Service of the Rev. ýdAubrey M. Tizzard was held Wednesday evening in Kendal Church. There was a big nattendance for the occasion. The leader in Worship was Mr. 9Vern Cooper of Northminster 0U.C., Oshawa. The sermon, e'The End of a Journey' was 1-given byRev. John Peters, of ,fTrinity U.C., Bowmanville, the induction, was conducted nby Mr. Stephen Saywell, [chairman of Oshawa Presby- tery. Mrs. Morley Robinson sang a solo and Mrs. Keith Wood was organist for the 1evening. The ladies from ail three points'on the charge providedý lunch served in the Sunday School room following the service. The members of Kendai U.C.W. wish to thank the ladies who helped provide and serve the lunch. Miss Catherine Stewart re- cently entertained Mrs. E. Wiliamson of London and Mrs. H. Lowery of Kirby one afternoon, Last Tuesday morning was back to, school for ail the students and teachers again. There is quite a change in the held a party for the bantam boys ball teamn last Sunday. These boys won first place in the league and will be present- ed with individual trophies which are to be donated by the league. The balîgame at the party between the parents and boys present was- won by the parents in spite of ail the5 casualties on the parent's side. The boys presented Robert with a beautiful trophy for being their coach. The Bantam Boys team consisted 7 of the following; Kevin Shea, Kevin Preston, Harvey Ham- ilton, John Kerr, Michael Mitchell, Danny Mitchell, Mike Opsitnik, Greg Capeling, Ken Capeling, Ray Laurence, Jamie Laurence, Paul Smith, Terry Spearing, Shane Prager, Rickey Everding, Todd Miller, and bat boy, Jeff > Mitchell. The St. Paul's Anglican Church Guild met on Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Jack Bragg. It was decided to, sell the new cookbooks which hiave just arrived for $2.00 each and each member took enough books to fi her orders. Several dates in the > future were discussed as they pertain to special functions being pianned for the celebra- tion of the Church's lOOth Anniversary, especially Sept- ember 26th wh,-ich is to be an old fashioned Harvest Home Service; a siide night, and a congregatiqnal turkey supper in October; and the anniver- sary service in, November. Watch for the posters about the Manvers Nursery Schooi sponsored dance in the Parish Hall in a week or so. Corne out and support this organization. The Golden Star Senior Citizens at their meeting this week discussed the tentative date of October 23 for their tea and bazaar which has since been changed to, October 30 ý; due to previous commitmnents in the hall. Congratulations to, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Watson, on the arrivai of their new son. 14 The Craft Club starts again this fali on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of the month at Grandview School. Sunday Schooi is scheduled to start at St. Paui's on September l9th -at 11:30 a.m.e scape depicting the family farm, presented by Wes Down, Codrington; a retire- ment scroll, presented by Dave Barrie of Galt; a tie, one of his favorite weaknesses, by Eleanor Vallinga, Toronto, plus a scrap book containing clippings and photographs of Jr. Farmers activities of yesteryear, and the day's events, for Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard. It was presented by Kay Summers, Belleville, who also chaired the program. Audrey Hilliard was pre- sented with a Royal Doulton figurine 'Rural Lady' by Ross Beattie of Staynor and a charm that included the junior Farmer crest and was engrav- ed with 'Love - Jr. Farmer ed with 'Love - Jr, Farmer school at Kendal. It has two classrooms open under the Kirby School principal Mr. Gleib. Mrs. Bolson teaches Grade one which includes Kendal and Kirby pupils. Mrs. Hoy reaches a combination of Grade two and three which are all Kendal pupils. Among those from Kendal who are attending Kindergarten in Kirby this year are Margaret Bajorac, Sherri Kennedy, Shanna Hillis, Jason Carroll and Jason Thertell. There were 16 Brownies from Kendal who went to CampAdelaide for the week- end. The leaders were Mrs. Geo. MacDonald, Mrs. G. Langstaff and Miss Gail Youngman. Those doing the friends, Sept. 12, 1976' Those attending came from Chatham, Kincardine, Stay- nor, Galt, Woodstock, Nia- gara, Toronto, Belleville, Pic- ton, Smith Falls, Ottawa and Renfrew and this immediate area. Accompanying Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard from their family farm in Lanark were his brother Borden and his wife, his sister Elasa and a nephew Murray and his wife. While the former Jr. Farm- ers and their guests enjoyed the proceedings, their child- ren enjoyed swimming in the farm pond where their parents could keep an eye on them while the enjoyable program was going on. It was a memorable day for all. cookingwereMrs. Hedges and Mrs. C. Langstaff. Saturday proved to be a most inclement day for Orono Fair after two fine days on Thursday and Friday. Kendal school made a fine exhibit among the school exhibits. With Mr. and Mrs. R. Elliott last Friday were Mr. and Mrs. Neil Elliott of Maple Leaf and on the weekend was Miss Margaret Seens of Peter- borough. Mr. and Mrs. Garland Cathcart, spent last Friday with Mrs. L. Burwash to celebrate Mrs. Cathcart's birthday, Mrs. Burwash re- turned with them for a visit. Sunday School resumed Mr. and Mrs. Harrv Chi]- vers, Oshawa were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Murphy. Mr. Fred Partner, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Partner, Orono were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. Kovacs and girls following Decoration Ser- vice at Bethesda Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. G. Baker, Ruth and Garry were Satur- summer break of July and August. There was a good attendance of children out. Mr. J. Westlake received the friends at the door and Rev. A. Tizzard's morning sermon taken from St. John 4:28 entitled, "An Improvement" was on Jacob's Well. Mrs. Fern Foster and Mrs. Judy Fonk sang a duet 'Little Lost Sheep' accompanied by Mrs. Helen Wood at the piano. After the service the ladies of Kendal U.C.W. presented Mrs. Judy Fonk with a going away gift. Mr. and Mrs. Fonk and family have moved to near Woodstock. They are greatly missed in the community. Mrs. W.H. Foster and all members of her family enjoy- ed a barbeque supper Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Foster, near Newcastle. Mrs. Amy Cowie of Norwich is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Allen'Foster. Mrs. M.E. Foster Sr. is visiting with her daughter Mrs. Leighton Walsh of Vittor- ia. Miss Margaret Seens and Mrs. R. Elliott attended the 50th wedding anniversary re- ception of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnston in Bailieboro on Sunday afternoon. DELOITTE, HASKINS & SELLS LIMITED Trustee in Bankruptcy is pleased to announce that F. ALAN LAWSON, C. A. 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