The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, May 17.1978 Helping to Sell M.S. Carnations Islington, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gilmer of Port Hope and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Gilmer, Blaine and Ken. Mrs. Bea Jones attended the F.T.O. dinner at Port Perry on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ton spent the weekend out at Lakehurst. Sorry to hear that our Minister Rev. Tizzard is in Memorial Hospital in In- tensive Care and we all join in wishing him a speedy recovery. Jessie and Roy Best were the greeters at our church door, Sunday morning, when spring flowers adorned the Altar. In the absence of Rev. Tizzard, Mrs. Rowena Tizzard conducted the service, her theme being "The Family Day." She was assisted by Mrs. Diane Rowe, who read the Scripture, and told the children's story. With Violet Gilmer at the piano, the "4 M's" sang two numbers. "My Mother's Bible" and "Near To The Heart Of God", the last one being a favorite of our minister. Appreciation was felt by the good crowd in attendance for the enjoyable service. Remember Choir Practice at the Church at 7 p.m. this Wednesday evening for all U.C.W. members who are able to help out. The Bay of Qunite Confer- ence will meet in Kingston this week, Tuesday, to Thursday. Delegates from this charge will be attending, unfortun- ately, not our minister, this time. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wood and Miss Leah Woodward of Bowmanville were dinner guests Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Reid Wood and the latter couple were supper guests with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Wood, in Newcastle, where there was a family gathering of 24. Mrs. Leone Lane was treat- ed to a "Mother's Day Dinner", Friday evening, by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lane of Orono and to another one, Sunday, by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gray of Orono. Sunday morning, with the Gray's, Mrs. Lane attended the Christening of "Melissa Ann Lane", daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Lane in Mark United Church, Peterborough, All the ladies attending this service were presented with a carnation, as they went out. Mr. and Mrs. Don Stapleton were supper guests, Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Morton, at Kendal and also visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stapleton in Strathaven Rest Home. With Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ton on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ton and family of Newcastle and Mr. Bart Ton of Toronto. With Mr. and Mrs. Trueman Henderson and family on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wade and boys, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Giliner of Port Hope, Mr. and Mrs. David Hender- son of Oshawa, Mrs. Brenda St. John of Whitby, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Brown, Miss Shelly Brown and Mr. Marcel Charland, Orono, Marty Brown and Miss Tobin Benson, Bewdley, Mrs. Marie Trim and Mr. Jerry Welsh and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Jones visited Mr. and Mrs. Neil Britton in Belleville Sunday and with them, attended the service in Eastminster United Church where the Davis family were in charge of procedure. "The Family Service" is now an annual affair there, and people take turns, assisting. With Mrs. Lena Clysdale, Sunday, dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Phil Gilmer, Blaine, Kim and Ken and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tompkins, Shelly and Robert, while Mr. and Mrs. Hariy Farrow were evening guests. Mrs. Bea Jones with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Irwin were Sunday supper guests at the new Dutch Oven, with Mr. and Mrs. Carman Cornish at Orono. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Castle of Port Hope were Wednesday evening dinner guests with Mrs. Winnifred Elliott. Coroner Attaches No Blame To Parents in Child's Death Coroner Dr. E.D. Hubbard, after investigating allegations of child abuse in the death of a 13-month-old boy, said last week there is no blame attached to the child's parents and an inquest will not be necessary. The Newcastle, Ont., boy died March 26 in the Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Ron Burley of Newcastle were Sunday afternoon callers with Mrs. Agnes Burley and supper guests with her, included Mr. and Mrs. Harold Burley of Bridgenorth and Mr. and Mrs. E. McEwen, and Jamie Johnston of Peterborough along with Mr. and Mrs. Don Vinkle. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Elliott of Oshawa took Mrs. Winnifred Elliott out to dinner Saturday evening while Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott and family entertained a dinner guest with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Elliott, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Boughen attended the Penny Sale at Kendal Saturday night and were supper guests Sunday, with Mrs. S. Gordon in Orono. for Sick Children in Toronto after he had been transferred there from Bowmanville Hos- pital where he had received resuscitation. Dr. Hubbard said his mother had found the boy strangling, pinned under a chest of drawers in his bedroom March 25. He said the boy, whose mother was in another room at the time, had apparently climbed on to the chest of drawers toppling it over on to him. On February 14, he had been taken to the local hospital for treatment of gastroenteritis. Nurses noticed a bite mark on his left calf and bruises near the soles of his feet. An investigation by a public nurse revealed the bite marks had been made by a three- year-old child in the same home. Dr. Hubbard said that following a visit to the child's home and discussions with the child's father he concluded nothing could have prevented the death. Things Moved "When we got there, things had been moved and we had to accept the explanation of the parents," he said. "The story is not 100 per cent certain, but we're as sure as we can be." Meanwhile, Gary Brookes was fired Tuesday as director of Durham County's child- abuse committee for making public allegations that a local child may have been the victim of child abuse and saying there is a lack of communication between the local Children's Aid Society and the public health depart- ment. His dismissal, following a week-long suspension, was the result of a vote by 13 members of the child-abuse committee. The press and public were not admitted to the meeting. Brookes, 29, was suspended following a speech he made about the incident to the local chapter of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario and newspaper reports of his allegations. He said he was told he had been fired for insubordination. He added that he was not surprised at the committee's decision and said: "What I tried to do is bring up particular cases of mis- management where the system failed to respond to the needs of the abused child. Multiple Sclerosis volunteer helpers were out in full force here on Saturday, selling MS tags and carnations to raise money for research. These ladies were stationed on the Bank of Montreal steps, from left to right, Iva Twist, Gloria Grant, Irla Living and Pauline Foster. NE WTONVILLE Women's Institute members from this area attending the District Annual Convention, in Kendal, last Tuesday, included Mesdames Jean O'Neill, Sharon Buttery, Iva Farrow, Amelia Lancaster, à WH-I Bea Jones, Mary Jones, Madeline Buckley, Cheryl Vardy, Olive Henderson, Rowena Tizzard, Rev. Aubrey Tizzard was the special speaker. On Wednesday, May loth the Sewing Class, "Personal- ize Your Pattern," Achieve- ment Day was held at Maple Grove Onited Church, when each member modelled what she had created. Our members included Queenie Fletcher, Sharon Buttery, Bea Jones, Mrs. Milligan and Bernice, Iva Farrow, Olive Henderson, Amelia Lancaster, Dorella Chard, Jean O'Neill and Janet Paeden. There were nine tables in play at the Card Party in Community Hall, Friday night with these winners - 50-50 draw Norma Moffatt, High man-Alf Graham, High lady-Violet Dunlop, Ladies draw-Gladys Brown, Rachel Dennis, Men's draw-Maurice O'Neill, Fred Yeo. Another one will be held in two weeks' time. Newtonville Women's Institute will meet at the home of Mrs. Cheryl Vardy on Wednesday May 24, at 2 p.m. Members please take notice of the changes instead of the usual third Wednesday. Visitors the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gilmer included Mr. and Mrs George Beebe of Bailieboro, Mr. Jim Falkner of Peterborough, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gilmer of