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Robins have been- sighted several places in Blackstock. Could spring have sprung; gee, I hope so! Belle Werry was happy to be present at the 90th birthday party given for her sister, Lola Dawson, in Fraserville on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Werry and Mrs. Robert Mairs also attended tde gala event. Eleven members of Black- stock L.O.L. No. 133 met in the bdge Room for the regular .eeting on April 3rd. The 'rangemen are pleased to report a most successful start for 1978 with three new members being initiated to date and a good attendance. Plans are presently underway to procure a new banner in preparation for the Orange Parade to be held in Norwood on July 15th. The Senior Citizens card party at the Town Hall provided entertainment for 18 tables on Tuesday evening. The winners were: 1st. Agnes Prescott 92, 2nd. Carl Wright 92, 3rd. Bessie Spencer 86, 4th. Graham Fish 85, 5th. Rhoda Larmer 84, 6th. Ray Brown 84, and low-Belle Werry. A bridal shower was held at Mrs. Glen Van Camp's for Jennifer Sweetman (Jamie Malcolm's bride to be) Mary Lou, Joy and Noreen Malcolm, grandmother, Mrs. Louella Cook from Brooklin and Mrs. Harry Van Camp attended. Local members of the Port Perry Curling Club enjoyed the wind up Mixed Curling Spring Thaw at Port Perry Curling Club. It started on Wednesday night and continued through Saturday evening with 168 curlers curling. Neil and Noreen Malcolm attended a surprise birthday party for their cousin, Mrs. Evelyn Croxall at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Croxall in Brooklin, on Thursday, April 6th. Cartwright Central Public School Science Fair On Wednesday, April 5th, grade 7 and 8 students and many students in grades 4, 5 and 6 at Cartwright Central waited patiently as the over 200 individual entries in the Science Fair were judged. The three judges Mr. Eric Fletcher, Mr. David Paine, and Mr. Randy Scott from Cartwright High School, all have a good knowledge of Science. The projects were not only judged on the finished product. Each student went through several interviews to test their knowledge of the BLACKSTOCK Honor Winners at Blackstock Science Fair project they had entered. There was tremendous effort and ingenuity put into the six categories. Wednesday after- noon and evening the Science Fair was opened to the public for viewing the displays many of which were working models. Prizes in each category were donated by the Port Perry Lions Club. Medicine and Health - First-Henry Wolters, milk, second-Howard Bailey, milk, 3rd-Elizabeth Kelly, foot, and Honorable Mention; Jeanette Van Gestel, Tracy Cochrane, Ralph DeJong, and Marilyn Green with Kelly McLaughlin. Physics and Engineering: First-Kevin Kellow with Richard Duncan-electronic music, Second-Karl Bartley- waterwheel, 3rd-Brian Topple-robot, and Honorable Mention: John Vaz with Alan Cooledge, Brent McLaughlin and Ron Lee, with Greg Mason. Plants and Animals: First- Paula Ware with Pat Postma- plant factory, Second-Fred Marlow-plant-germination, 3rd-Laura Blakney with Darlene Ellis-birds, and Honorable Mention: Michelle Davies, Kevin Ferguson, Laura Gardner, Elaine Kelly, Vanessa Lewerentz, and Lynn McLaughlin. Conservation and Ecology: First-Brian Gardner and Andy Postma-the display not only contained sufficient informa- tion on their subject, they had also built a scale model of a futuristic wind mill for generating power and stood by the display handing out typed quotations on the subject of conservation. Second prize went to Cindy Wilson. Junior Division: First-Lynn McLaughlin, Second-Heather Locke with Eleanor Kelly, 3rd-Laura Gardner and Honorable Mention, Elaine Kelly. Earth and Space Science: First and second prizes were not awarded in this category as the judges felt that none warranted superior achieve- ment. 3rd-Roger Gould with Steven Frey and Honorable Mention; Randy Bartley, Judy Ayer, and Heather Locke with Eleanor Kelly. Evening Unit United Church Women The evening unit of the UCW held their monthly meeting on Thursday, April 6th at the home of Donna Kyte. President Joanne Lee called the meeting to order, Donna Kyte read the minutes of the last meeting and a letter from Sargent Ken Hudson confirm- ing his date of April 26th at 8:00 when he will speak at the General meeting on the topic of drug control, The ladies were reminded of the Caribbean Carnival to be held in the church on April 23rd, everyone brought lovely Caribbean articles for use in the display. Lists were passed for volunteers for the Shorthorn Banquet and also for the duties list for the coming year. In staying with the April- Caribbean Theme-Mrs. Romeril, the guest speaker for the evening, showed slides that she had taken in the Caribbean both from the 1940's when they were missionaries on the Islands and later in 1974 during their return trip. Many unique and interesting things were dis- covered about the culture and the people. Mrs. Romeril ended her presentation with the statement, "We should ask ourselves how much should we keep raising our standard of living while many of the worlds population are just trying to live." Tallya Moore's worship service wisked everyone far from the Caribbean to Hawaii where she and her husband had spent an Easter and were amazed at how much emphasis is placed on the religious service Easter Sunday morning. The delightful evening was ended with the usual delicious lunch of high calorie cakes and goodies skillfully prepared by Donna and Tallya. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Larmer, and Ruby Van Camp attended a faith festival called "Sharing The Gift" held at Harmony United Church in Oshawa on Friday evening and all day Saturday. There were four guest speakers one of which was Bob McClure who was the first lay modera- tor of the United Church. Mr. and Mrs. Tennyson Samells enjoyed~ having Mr. and Mrs. Morris Samells and Wendy from Peterborough as Sunday dinner guests. The United Church bulletin will now be printed by Linda Kyte (986-5200) all announce- ments for the Sunday bulletin should be in to her by Friday, noon. It was announced in the church service that due to break-ins in the area no one is to keep any petty cash in the building at anytime. The April meeting of the Blackstock Session will be held on April 19th. Rev. Parsons' excellent sermon on Sunday asked to question 'Are you prepared to face loss in your life?' He left the congregation with this thought provoking statement that someone had once said, 'the pain of parting is the price of loving.' The choir sang the old favorite, "Kum Bah yah." Dave and Carol Andrews entertained her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Lowe, Andrew and Jennifer with Saturday supper and a night of cards. Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Van Camp hosted a surprise birthday party and dinner for Mr. Percy Van Camp. There were twenty-five family members attending including Marie Van Camp home from London, Ontario, for the occasion. Ladies Auxiliary for cubs, scouts, guides and brownies met at the recreational centre on Monday evening. Eight were in attendance; the UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT All CABINS WINTERIZED DAILY AND WEEKLY RATES SINGLE UNIT EFFICIENCY CABIN $125. mo. KING ST. EAST NEWCASTLE 987-454 CALI ANYTIME VANSTONE Puriria Hwy. No. 2 a 20 kg PURINA DOG CHOW $10,23 Flour & Feed Mill it the Bridge 623-5777 10kg 20 kg tà GPURINA DOG MEAL mothers are making scarves for the Beavers which they will need for the investment night on Tuesday, April 25th. The ladies are also putting their ideas together for the sewing of a stuffed Beaver mascot. Ladies were remind- ed that every first Saturday of the month collection of old newspapers will take place. The Rummage Sale held at the Town Hall on Saturday was a fair success with many members of the Auxiliary and some guides and cubs helping out. - All contributions, and there were many,. were greatly appreciated, thanks also to the community for turning out in support of the organizations. Brandie Waldriff on Greens- boro Drive celebrated her 5th birthday with, Dawne Locke, Danielle Lomax, Catherine Jordon, Vicki Schryburt and Halie Vogel at her home on Saturday. Peter and Patric Atkinson from Brampton and Daisy Bell from Bowmanville enjoyed Saturday evening dinner at the Atkinson home in the Smith's woods where they had Almond Chiffon cake, in celebration of Patric's 'birthday for dessert. Council Briefs Cleaning Contract The Town of Newcastle will pay $1,000 per month to keep three of its buildings well- scrubbed this year. A tender for janitorial services at the Bowmanville town hall, the Police and Fire building and the Bell Canada building was approved Monday at the town's regular council meeting. The successful bidder was A&M Cleaning which sub- mitted the lowest of seven tenders. Bowmanville Bikè-à-thon Newcastle council has approved of this year's annual Kinsmen Club of Bowmanville bike-a-thon. The event lias been scheduled for Sunday, May 7 beginning at eight a.m. and ending at four p.m. Money raised this year will be in support of the Town of Newcastle Splash Committee. The town's approval of the bike-a-thon is subject to further clearance from the Durham Regional Police and the municipality's public works department. Orono Bike-a-thon A second bike-a-thon to be held May 14 has been approved by Newcastle council with the same conditions. This event will raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis and community services. The bike-a-thon will begin at Nesting Furniture in Orono at .10:00 a.m. The Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club is spon- soring the project. Legion Offers Aid The local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion has offered to help restore the war memorial located in Newton- ville. Bill Clarke, special events chairman of Branci 178 of the Royal Canadian Lgion, said that his organization is prepared to repair stonework and restore the names in Newtonville. Mr. Clarke requested that the Town of Newcastle replace the broken flag pole and landscape the site. The request has been referred to the municipality's finance committee. Parking Forbidden A fine of up to $50 may await any person who parks his car on privately-owned property or municipal property without permission. According to a by-law endorsed by council Monday night, private property refers to land on which one or more signs have been erected by an The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 12, 1978 15 Social Planners Interested In Subsidized Housing The Town of Newcastle geared to income housing Social Planning Council held their Annual Meeting on rate in these units is 1 per cent March 16th. The guest speaker per year. Ms. Brandon was Ms. M. Brandon from the suggested that the Community Ontario Housing Corporation Sponsored Housing program of the Durham Region. could be used by a Service There has been considerable Club with some money interest and concern regard- available and serviced land. ing subsidized housing within The club can then approach the Town of Newcastle by the the federal government for a Social Planning Council. Ms. preferred mortgage rate. With Brandon prefsced her such a rate they could offer remarks by indicating that the units to the public at a this was one of the toughest reduced rentai. One other times to be working on Senior Ontario Housing program Citizen Housing because of which could be used in the costs and budget restraints, Town of Newcastle is the Rent especially the type of housing Supplement program. The where the government builds same preferred mortgage the housing and acts as rate is available to a builder landlord. who will lease up to 25 per cent It appears there are 32 of the unîts to te Ontario different programs available Housing Corporation for in the subsidized housing area. geared to income housing. but the one Ms. Brandon felt The Social Planning. Council was the most suitable for the are inviting a member of the Town of Newcastle was the Canadian Foresters to the Community sponsored next meeting in April to housing project. enlighten the s.p.c. on the At present, Newcastle has 35 progress they are making with a Community Sponsored Housing Project. The meeting owner or occupant, prohibit- will be held at Hampton ing parking or trespassing. United Churct on April 2Wth, Municipal property refers to at 8:00 psm any land owned by the corporation of the Town of Newcastle or any local board. Name Street Bowmanville has a new street this week. At a meeting of council Monday, elected officials voted to name the road from highway Two to Waverley Rd. Roenigk Drive. No Parking Area Parking on the west side of Martin Rd. between Alonna St. and Baseline Rd. will not be allowed, according to the terms of a by-law approved Monday nîght. Jack Dunham, director of public works for the Town of Newcastle, said that the improvements to Martin Rd. have made it wide enough for vehicles to park on both the east and west side. The by-law approved this week will only allow parking on the east. Refreshment Vehicles A new regulation governing refreshment vehicles in the Newcastle municipality was endorsed Monday night by members of town council. Under this by-law, a refreshment vehicle shall not be used to sel goods within200 feet of any eating establish- ment, school ground, recrea- tional ground, playground or public park. Building Progress Report A building permit for an elementary school in Waverley Gardens valued at $850,000 has helped boost the town's building progress report for the month of March. The report from the town's chief building inspector indicates that permits for orojects valued at just over one million dollars were issued during the month. 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