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14 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 17,1983 Bowmanville Horticultural Society Holds Flower and Garden Show / / V- . / v; -, 5- <** #•** t. mis w closest wrcwsroRz LOCATED AT King ft Oshawa mer tY/u-Se H4PFY 70 7AKB CAFF OF YCHAF /VEECX 99h thank xi YA/1R RWONAQE. Last Wednesday at Memorial Park Clubhouse, Bowmanville Horticultural Society held its annual flower and garden show. Here, Ethel Gibbs holds up a pom pom zinnia arrangement that won her a first prize. Young Vanessa Barnes, who won several prizes for her own exhibits, admires a basket arrangement of gladioli that won Bertha Barnes a first prize. SSnlk One of Town's Oldest Supermarkets Closes Bowmanville's Dominion Store closes doors. New Local Sports Author Speaks at Hotary Orono and District News The interest of Bowmanville Rotary Club president president Jack Locke, right, is captured by a recently published book called Cheering For The Home Team. He is shown above with the local author, Bill Humber, who wrote the story of baseball in Canada. Just released in July, the Bowmanville writer's book is available at Rickaby's Limited. Mr. Humber is presently working on his second book which chronicles the history of bicycling in Canada. NEWTONVILLE NEWS Mrs. Joyce Gâter from North Hampton, England, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Trueman Henderson last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Farrow, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Farrow and family and Mr. Reg Falls were among those who attended attended a Farrow picnic at Mr. and Mrs. Jim Farrow of Bowmanville on Sunday afternoon. afternoon. Mrs. Roy Farrow, a patient of Bowmanville Hospital, Hospital, also attended. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Caswell of Shiloh, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Boughen, Mr. Warren Stapleton were dinner guests on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stapleton and family. Mr. Jeff Caswell visited in the evening. Mrs. Mary Vinkle, Mrs, Ina Brown and Mrs. Gwen Hallo- well were co-hostess to a miscellaneous miscellaneous shower held in the Sunday School on Wednesday evening for Miss Darlene Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McAdam of Toronto were luncheon guests on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. M, Jones. Mrs. Lynda King a dia-onal WHY BUY RETAIL? BUY DIRECT AND SAVE! ^Sll7nn AUGUST CLEARANCE IN-GROUND POOL WITH $ 00 SAND FILTER (INSTALLED) 000/ OFF IN-STOCK KITS yjo/o urr in-ground kits OFF IN-STOCK ou zo Vrr above ground kits 11 CURVED SLIDES (Reg $899 00) NOW . ... 449. Ask about our buy now -- PAY LATER PLAN niagara manufacturing 306 Kitchener Ave , Oshawa 723-0345 evenings 576-2287 ot Oshawa Presbytery will be the guest speaker for Sunday services for the next few months. The 4'S sand "Give me Thine Heaitf" with Myrtle Kloster at the organ. Mrs. Jack Elliott was the greeter at the door. Mrs. Irene Duff of Vancouver Vancouver has been visiting with her relatives Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Farrow and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Todd of Starkville. Mr. Roh Henderson, Mr. Bill Henderson, Shawna and David of Lethbridge, Alberta were present for a surprise 35th wedding anniversary- for their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Trueman Henderson. Other family members were also present with over 100 attending, at the Arena in Orono for a dance celebration. Mrs. Bertha Dean of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs, Norman Heard of Peterborough were also present! Mrs. Joyce Gâter of England extended her holiday to include the celebrations. The happy couple received many cards of congratulations for which they are most grate ful and also to their family for their arranging this gala affair. Agricultural News Closing Canada's Door to Animal Diseases Despite Canada's reputation for high-quality, disease-free livestock, there are dangerous, dangerous, infectious animal diseases diseases waiting on Canada's doorstep. According to Agriculture Canada animal health experts, the best way to fight these exotic animal diseases is to prevent their entry. Agriculture Canada has several programs in place to do just that. All livestock fnusl be certified free of disease and inspected before they are allowed entry into Canada. All meat imports are inspected as well. And tourists returning home are warned not to bring back any meat products that could carry potentially dangerous dangerous diseases. Patrick G. Deegan DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC 5 GEORGE STREET BOWMANVILLE 623-4473 or 263-2026 Quote - "In today's supermarkets, supermarkets, the shopping cart easily attains speeds of more than $55.00 per hour." Mr. and Mrs. Anton Forster and family, Miller Lake, B.C. have been visiting her mother, Mrs. Merle Gilbert, for a few days. Mr, and Mrs. Lome Bowins spent several days last week visiting her sisters in Hamilton Hamilton and Woodstock. Mrs. Sandra Bailey and girl friend Cathy, Oshawa were' Sunday guests of her parents, the L. Bowins, and attended the Art Show at Dikadel Farms. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Rans- berry, Kirby, attended the 80th birthday party of Mr. William Clark, held in the beautiful Parkwood Estates, Oshawa. Several hundred guests were in attendance and there were three birthday cakes for the guest of honor. Mr. Clark was a former member of the Midland Regiments of this area. Mr. and Mrs. 0. Challice were Friday and Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Warren, Thornhill. Construction is moving along on the very large new I.G.A. store at the north end of the village. Marjorie Lowery attended the Cobourg Concert band on Tuesday evening last week, in which her nephew Peter Harding plays clarinet. Concerts Concerts are held every Tuesday evening in the bandshell at Cobourg beach. Mrs. Rosie Graham has returned returned home after visiting her brother at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Be sure to reserve next Monday, Aug. 22, for the grand opening of the new recreational recreational hall at the Durham Sr. Citizen's Complex. Festivities Festivities commence at 6:30 p.m. Drop in for a cup of tea and see your friends! Horticulture Annual Show Held in the main hall of Orono United Church on Thursday, August 11, along with the Junior Gardeners who held their show in the lower main hall. Due to the severe storm of last Monday night, our entry lists were cut almost in half, from other years, but a very good show nevertheless. The president Doreen Lowery welcomed everyone and especially our guests, from Bowmanville and Newcastle, also our district director, A1 Foss. Mr. Foss is now a resident farmer in Hope Township. Musical entertainment entertainment was generously supplied by Carlos Tamblyn on trumpet trumpet and Doris Prust on piano. Many old favorites were much appreciated by the audience. Mrs. Joan Taylor introduced introduced our guest speaker, Mr. Dudley Decley, Taunton Road and who is also one of our own members. He retired from G.M. several years ago and went directly into his favorite hobby of gardening. His beautiful gardens of glads, dahlias, and our topic of the evening, roses, are a joy to behold, while driving on Taunton Road next to the Erinli golf course, Mr. Deeley brought a very educational message of how to select good rose bushes, planting, planting, growing, disease control By Isabelle Challice and how to prune. Following his talk, many lovely slides were shown of their rose gardens. Mr. C. Mostert thanked our guest. Draws were held for gifts donated from our merchants and David Harrison brought a brief resume of activities at the June O.'H.A. held at Hamilton this year. The following list are prize winners in special competitions competitions and the judges, Mrs. Anne Evans and Mr. Dave Hinton. - Best Window Box - 1st Mrs. Edith Taylor, 2nd Mrs. Lynn Harrison. Best Planter or Verandah Box -1. Isabelle Challice, 2nd Hazel Stapleton, 3rd Dini Schoenmaker. Best Hanging Basket - 1st Jean Moffat, 2nd Lome Bowins, 3rd Edith Taylor and Hazel Stapleton. Judges for the Annual Show were Mrs. Little of Little Britain, Britain, Horticulture depts., and Mrs. Carnaghan, Blackstock on decorative classes. These ladies are both graduates of Royal Botanical Gardens judging school. Best arrangement in show - Lynn Harrison, Best Dalhia in show - Mary Tamblyn. Best Gladiolus in show - Everett Brown. Best Peace RoSe in show -1. Challice. 1 Most Points in Vegetables - Minnie Zegers. Most Points in Cut Flowers - I. Challice. Most Points in Decorative - Jessica Mostert. Most Points in entire show - Isabelle Challice. Donated by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Orono Branch). Our next horticulture event is our Annual Flower Sunday service on Sunday, Sept. 11, when Mr. Gordon Wick, Oshawa, will be guest speaker, and all flowers are to be sent to the sick and shut-in. Liberal Picnic Béautiful weather on Wednesday brought an excellent excellent crowd out to the lovely farm home of Mac and Norma Ransberry, Enterprise, for the Annual Liberal Picnic. A delicious menu of roast beef, salads, baked potatoes, corn and a fresh fruit table soon disappeared. The young fry enjoyed the games and of course the pony rides proved to be an always popular event, Musical entertainment was provided by the group "Thunder Road", from Lindsay Lindsay and the guest speaker was the Hon. Herb Gray, Church News The combined church services services of Newcastle, Orono and Kirby was held Sunday morning morning in Kirby church. The choir anthem "Come to Me", was enjoyed by all present, and the scripture reading was given by Mr. Ted Copping, Birthdays celebrated from Kirby church - Scott Lee - August 14, and Scott Runs- berry • August 19. The combined service will be held in Orono church next Sunday and remember the time - 10:30 u.ni, Remember all pastoral calls and needs are to be sent to Rev. Wayne Wright as Rev. Stiles is on vacation, 983-5502 office, or 983-5208 home. Social News Mrs. Dorothy Bailey and Mrs. E. Billings spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kimmett arid family at their cottage on Sandy Lake, near Buckhorn. Mrs. Audrey McNaul, Oshawa and Mrs, Ruby Staples were last week visitors visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ball, Aylmer. Mr. and Mrs. Les Alldread, Oshawa, and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Stapleton, Orono, toured the beautiful Parkwood estates, Oshawa and enjoyed afternoon tea, Mr. and Mrs. James Lowery, Kirby attended their granddaughter's fourth birthday birthday party, little Miss Erin Jacobs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jacobs, Toronto, last Wednesday evening. ' Mrs. Hilda Tamblyn visited her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Tamblyn, Kingston, last week and while there visited with Albert and Alma Mitchell, former Orono residents. residents. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lowery, Kirby and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Bell, Bridge- north, have returned home after visiting the "Grand Ole Opry", Nashville. Mrs. Mary Morris and Mr. and Mrs. E. Stapleton spent Saturday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stapleton and family, Oshawa, at the latter's cottage, Lake Scugog. Little Adam Coons, Wood- bridge, spent the past weekend weekend with his grandmother, Mrs. Hilda Tamblyn. The Durham Complex 4T Club are celebrating their. 5th birthday this Thursday, Aug. 18. Supper is at 5:30 p.m. Come and help us celebrate! Down on the Farm Life isn't exactly what it used to be, down on the old farm today! Down on the sixth line of Clarke Township is a very unusual farm! When one goes into the barn, we expect to see the hay mows full but not this barn! A real live art gallery, complete with real artists, paintings, watercolors, prints, lithographs, etchings, stone sculptures and wood and pottery. Another interesting feature were "The Country Weavers" - Elizabeth Bunton, Karen Haliminen, Gwen Hook arid Margaret King. Operating their own looms and spinning wheel, and displaying excellent excellent examples of their work: i Close to one thousand persons signed the guest book and a great many purchases attested to the extreme interest interest of all present. Guests were from Toronto, Peterborj- ough and Brockville and all areas in between. Dick Morton, Morton, owner of the farm, exhibits exhibits very excellent oil landscapes, landscapes, many scenes from this area. Another well known farmer from Orono, Don Staples brings his dimension in art, in the form of water- colors. ; A very attractive display of pottery by Bill Rowland brought many kind comments. comments. Following the tour of the show, the guests were invited to stay for afternoon tea, served in the spacious home of Dick and Stella Morton, Dikadel Farm. Pressroom w Clean-up AO • 45 Gallon Ink Drums with lockable lids . . . • Ends of Newsprint Rolls 34 inches wide • Aluminum Sheets 23 inches x 35 Inches . . $4 00 each 1 /2 Price 50 0 each Available from Œïje Canadian Statesman 62 King Street West Bowmanville 623-3303