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Congratulations to T. C. Gatchell, who recently retired from Goodyear Canada, Bowmanville, with 42 years of service. During the Holiday Season, Edythe MacArthur, of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, will enjoy being a part of the teaching program at the Baha'i Winter School, now in progress at Batterwood Estate, Welcome. Bowmanville Red Eagles Jr C hockey team will travel to the Scugog Arena, Port Perry, on Thursday, December 29th for a scheduled league game vs the Mojacks. Game time 8:30 p.m. Congratulations to Miss Alma Cuttell, Orono, who celebrated celebrated her forty-eighth anniversary anniversary as a legal secretary in Orono on Friday, December 16th and was entertained at dinner at the Forum Restaurant Restaurant by Kay Lycett and family and fellow staff members at the Lycett law office. The Whitby Oshawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will hold its next meeting meeting on Tuesday, January 3, 1984, from 7 - 10 p.m. in the auditorium of the Whitby Public Library, at 405 Dundas Street West. Our guest speaker speaker will be Miss Norah Herd, Archivist of the Oshawa and District Historical Society. She will talk on some of the early families of the area and also give us some insight into the holdings of the Historical Society. For information phone 668-1362. One Parent Families Association Association of Canada, Oshawa Chapter meet at Lake Vista Club House, at Cedar Street on Emerald Avenue every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. Future meetings are being held on Jan. 3, General Meeting; Jan. 10, Sexuality and Communication Communication (Yolande Webb) (Meeting (Meeting starts by 8:15); Jan. 17, Street Awareness (Children invited) ; Jan. 24, Progressive Euchre; and Jan. 31, Eat Well Spend Less (Mary Lisko The Happy Cooker). Anyone needing further information contact 723-8784. The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 28, 1983 5 Fellowship Baptist Church Courtice, Ontario Location: Courtice Secondary School SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00 a m. Family Bible Service 11:00 a m. Bible Ministry For more information phone: 579-4523 The Presbyterian Church in Canada ST. ANDREW'S BOWMANVILLE SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1984 11:00 a.m. - "The New Life" (Nursery Care Provided) Pastor: The Rev. W. L. Chatterton, B.Sc., B.D. Organist: Mr. Jas. Hoogsteen The Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Newcastle Newcastle Separate School Board has decided to set up a grade 9 school in Cobourg this coming school term. There must be 20 students enrolled in the school before it will open. Uxbridge Township's proposed proposed ski area, Pugh's Hill Ski Resort, has gained the approval approval of the Central Lake Ontario Ontario Conservation Authority. "Provided site preparations and the operation of the resort adhere to the recommended measures," Mr. Fry, a resources planner with CLOCA said, "we would have no objection to the proposal." The Parent Finders will meet on January 2nd at East- dale Collegiate, Oshawa, in the library, at 8 p.m. This group offers help and support to adult adoptees wishing to trace their origins, and to Birth Parents searching for their now adult children. Adoptive parents are also welcome. TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Rev. John Peters, B.A.. B.D. Rev. Arthur Amacher, B.A., B.D. John Crookshank Minister Assistant Minister Music Director The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, is pleased to host a music performance featuring the Quinlan Sisters, a Toronto based trio who will present a cappella revue of political and outrageous songs. Their selections contain contain elements of jazz, swing, 50's beat poetry, new wave rap singing and theatre. Featuring Featuring the music and lyrics of Peter McGehee, the revue is performed by McGehee (Marie Quinlan), Wendy Coad (Peaches O'Cod) and Peggy Robinson (Fiji Champagne). For more information and tickets, call the gallery - 576-3000. Church at Division St. Office 623-3138 CHURCH SCHOOL CLASSES RESUME JAN. 8 Sunday, January 1st, 1984 11 a.m. - WORSHIP SERVICE HOLY COMMUNION Sermon title "TICK TOCK" ■ Nursery Care Provided A WARM WELCOME FOR EVERYONE 151 Years of Community Service £>t. Joijtl'S Anglican Cfjurcfj SUNDAY, JANUARY 1st OCTAVE DAY OF CHRISTMAS 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion Preacher: The Rev. A.D. Langley Mid-week Service Wednesday 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion & Laying-On of Hands Sunday School & Nursery Rector -- The Reverend Byron Yates B.A.,S.T.B. Assoc. - The Honorary Asst. The Rev. A.D. Langley La Leche League - Mothers interested in information about breast feeding are welcome welcome to attend the next meeting meeting of the Bowmanville La Leche League. It will be held on Thursday, January 5th at 8 p.m. at 264 Fairlawn Crt., Oshawa. / ■ Religion Is not a matter I of argument, it is ■ wisdom beyond argu- ■ ment. It is born before I our souls - as the me n is I born before our eyes, t P.O. Box 36, Bowmanville BAHA'I FAITH CARNATION FLOWER SHOP HOSPITAL and SYMPATHY ARRANGEMENTS' Flowering Plants and Cut Flowers 623-7141 33 Division St. Bowmanville &t. $laul'a Sniteb (Etfurrl) MINISTER Rev.N. E. Schamerhorn, B.A., M.Div. ORGANIST: Mr. D. Dewell CHURCH SECRETARY: Lola Bowen - 623-5701 Sunday, January 1,1984 11:00 a.m. Service of Holy Communion Celebrating 150 years of service to Christ and Bowmanville. St. Paul's New Year's Eve Party 8:00 p.m. until ? Cards - Music - Dancing - Buffet all for only SINGLES - $5.00 COUPLES • $10.00 FAMILIES • $15.00 For tickets call Brian Mclnnes at 579-2453 i. V on Spotlight Kathy Cureatz by Donna Fairey The majority of politicians' politicians' wives rapidly discover discover that their husbands' government position automatically automatically sentences them toabackseatrole. How well they cope with the situation depends almost entirely upon the individuals involved. involved. Much has been written about the plight of "politics widows" and their complex existence.' Suddenly the head of the household is out of town more than he's home. Lonliness decerids like an ominous cloud. Friendships with other couples often undergo dramatic changes when only the wife of a politician is available for Saturday nightdinner orthe movies. The rearing of children is a responsibility which begins begins to weigh heavier on the politician's wife when she becomes the parent who is most accessible. Moreover, she spends evening after evening either alone or waiting for her husband to come home. When the couple attends community functions together together the politician is understandably understandably involved with his constituents while the wife sits on the sidelines and waits. The election of a politician politician generates a limelight which goes with the territory territory to which he aspired. And a good elected official's official's wife, according to tradition, stands stoically in his shadow providing support and encouragement encouragement to the star performer. It's the well adjusted woman who grapples successfully successfully with perhaps the most complicated problem of all. In the glare of her husband's public profile, she runs the risk of losing personal image and identity. identity. A woeful but sincere cry sometimes emerges from the ranks of politicians' politicians' wives which implores, implores, "What about me, I'm somebody too." How she manages to strike a balance between her own individuality and the role of supportive wife frequently reflects upon her husband and is often the mark by which she is judged. One of those remarkable remarkable women who has achieved a balance without upsetting her husband's applecart, and yet maintains maintains a strong sense of self, is Kathy Cureatz, wife of Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz. Hefj husband was first elected to a provincial government government posj^ in 1977. Immediately, Immediately, the'tone of their lives changed. Sam had been a partner in a Newcastle Newcastle Village law firm, the couple had started a family, and they had been in the habit of spending considerable considerable time together as a unit. Sam's election set the stage for many changes.; Kathy admits that she has backed Sam's aspirations from the outset but nevertheless disclosed disclosed that her adaption to a new role was a process which was neither easy nor brief. It straightaway became apparent that there were serious, gaps to be filled in Kathy's life, created by her husband's political involvement involvement and frequent absences. absences. Her new direction was fraught by the same problems encountered by politicians' wives everywhere and she found the test of her endurance and ingenuity was on the line. After a good deal of assessment assessment and soul-searching, soul-searching, Kathy met the challenge challenge by returning to music studies which sheliad abandoned abandoned years earlier in favor of a nursing career. It took three years of hard work, hundreds of GO-Train trips to the city, untold hours at the piano, and a sincere dedication, but last November Kathy earned her A.R.C.T. degree from the Toronto Conservatory of Music. In the process, she cemented an identity and developed an interest which indeed fills the vacant vacant spaces resulting from her husband's demanding political activities. Today, Kathy is a "somebody" "somebody" in her own right. She JESUS IS LORD Cimie^crtMeb Cfjurcfj (Courtice Rd. 1 m. South of Hwy. 2) Worship 9:30 a.m, (Nursery and Children's Church) Sunday School 10:45 a.m. (For the Whole Family) "We want you to know that YOU are welcome." We believe that .. no man can lay a foundation other than the one which Is laid, which Is Jesus Christ." I COR. 3:11 PASTOR REV. MARK A. ELLIOTT 723-6317 BIBLE STUDY: EACH THÜRS. 8 p.m. AT MANSE itlaplc tërobe Hmtcb Cfjurcfj (Maple Grove Rd. North of Hwy. 2) JESUS IS LORD Church/Sunday School 11:00 a.m. EVERYONE WELCOME Byline... By Peter Parrott Dear Santa: I know it's early. But I'm writing this letter now so that it will be on the top of your in-bas- ket when you get around to looking at requests for Christmas of 1984. No, I don't want a cabbage patch doll, if that's what you're thinking. What I would like, if you could arrange it, is my own copy of Dennis Lee's children's book called Jelly Belly. You see, you brought our daughter daughter a copy of Jelly Belly on Christmas Christmas Eve and it's not easy for me to get a chance to read it. For one thing, it's popular with other adults, besides myself and furthermore, it's especially popular with the baby. Of course, she can't read it. But whenever I pick up the book, she shrieks and tries to pull it out of my hand. It's her book. She loves to turn it over and over as she gawks at the glossy drawings on the cover. Often, she manages to ruffle a few pages inside and gape at more fascinating fascinating pictures. If you can bring me my own copy next Christmas, I promise to be a good boy all year. Yours truly, etc. etc. Yes, folks, I'm half serious about mailing that letter to old St. Nick. It's true. The Jelly Belly book of modern-day nursery rhymes for pre-schoolers is one of Stephanie's favorite Christmas presents. And if it is even half as popular with the big kids as it is with our little kid, this new book from the author of the kids' classic, Alligator Pie, should become a runaway best- spllpr A recent magazine article alerted me to the fact that children's books produced here in Canada are first- class. Frankly, I was not too pleased with the pictures when I first looked at them, because although they were imaginative, they bordered bordered on the grotesque. However, I have found that the illustrations grow on you the more you look at the book. Both the pictures and the verse are full of that magic of childhood, and to read them is to go back to those early years before the childhood childhood imagination withered away. The book's illustrations of dinosaurs, dinosaurs, pigs, people, and places, are whimsical, and pastel-shaded. The ryhme consists of verse drawn from the everyday world of garbage trucks and paperboys as well as the imaginative realm of modern-day nursery rhyme figures like Jelly Belly and Torontosaurus Rex. Most of it is written in that nonsensical nonsensical style which will draw chuckles and giggles from older children. Almost all of it is a showcase showcase for the English language when it is at its best musically and rhythmically. rhythmically. I should add that because of the rhythm and music contained in the verses, this is a book that must be read aloud for maximum enjoyment. So much for my review of the latest book on the nursery rhyme market. All I can do is recommend that if you run out and buy this volume, don't forget to pick up a second copy for the kids. has 28 young pupils studying studying music under her direction. direction. And only recently the accomplished and attractive attractive young woman gave her first solo piano recital for Durham's Progressive Conservative Women's Association Association at Oshawa's McLaughlin Gallery. Kathy says both her teaching and public recitals recitals are gratifying. "Performing "Performing is good'for me,' 1 she says. "It gives me something to work towards and what's important is whether or not I meet my own standards." Indeed, music has been Kathy's salvation. "Being married to a politician is a rather lonely life and requires requires a big adjustment," she stated. "Some people have been really supportive... supportive... especially older people who seem to understand understand a little more what Sam is trying to do and the sacrifices he makes in his personal life to do it." Kathy accepts the number number of hours Sam gives to his political responsibilities, pointing out that the quality of the time spent together as a family is what's important. important. She's presently looking looking forward to the Christmas Christmas holidays when the occasion occasion will be spent quietly at home. According to Kathy, she and Sam will become kitchen mates Christmas Eve when they create a Uk- ranian yuletide feast, a tradition which stems from her husband's European background. Christmas day, however, the Cureatzes plan to dress a turkey and celebrate a typically Canadian Canadian Christmas: It's all part of a plan that works for one family with a politician at its head. Without Without the important ingredients ingredients which have been provided provided by Kathy, the Cureatz equation might not balance. Her porcelain beauty falsely suggests a fragile nature nature when, in fact, her track record since Sam entered politics speaks strongly on x her behalf. She has clearly demonstrated that both feet are squarely planted behind behind her husband's political political career. Yet Kathy has undeniably proved that she is a "somebody" in her own right. 50 Years Ago, Wednesday, December 1933 Honor roll for December in Senior Second (Room 9) Central Public School, Bowmanville: Bowmanville: Donald Anderson, Roberta Callum, Albert Darch, Edith Davidson, Eric Densem, Patsy Dinniwell, Billy Edger, Harvey Jones, Bernice Kimble, Rita Laphen, Morgan Mack, Ross Mills, Noreen Diver, Bud Pingle, Jack Roberts, Billy Seymour, Norma Wilcox. Mrs. W. F. Dale is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Roe- nigk, Lindsay. W. R. Strike and W. F. Ward, two Bowmanville lawyers, lawyers, will run for the office of mayor of Bowmanville in the following municipal elections. Reeve Lockhart and Deputy Reeve Jones will run for reeve. Congratulations to Miss Gladys Jamieson, graduate of Oshawa General Hospital on obtaining her R. N. degree. 25 Years Ago, Thursday, December 25th, 1958. Each Christmas for we don't know how many years, this man, who no longer could be called young in terms of years, goes from door to door in his neighborhood presenting presenting gifts to dozens of children. His voice even sounds a little like Santa Claus is supposed to as he leaves the house with a hearty laugh and a Merry Christmas. This man who, without thought of reward of any kind, spreads this joy, is George Trimble of Scugog Street. We are happy to pay tribute to him and thank Jack Knight Junior for reminding us of George's unfailing kindness. kindness. Art Hooper will be making what could well be the final gracious gesture of Bowman- villc's Centennial Year. His friends and customers are invited invited to call at the store and receive one of the beautiful Centennial spoons as an expression expression of Hooper's appreciation, appreciation, All year long they have been selling at $1.00 each, so this really is a worthwhile worthwhile effort. Everett Hoar of Hoar Transport Transport Company Limited advised advised of a novel" scheme which the Automotive Transport Sim anh listant iPaat Assn, has undertaken this year. Instead of giving Christmas Christmas gifts to customers and friends, each of the 22 companies companies in the organization is subscribing the amount usually usually set aside for such purposes to an Educational Foundation. The fund will be used to finance university scholarships scholarships and bursaries for Canadian Canadian students. Quite an interesting interesting program which should receive commendation from everyone. The winners of the Christmas Christmas prizes for the best decorated homes and of the president's trophy for the best store window were announced on Tuesday by the Bowmanville Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce. Elmer Banting was the winner of the first prize of $25.00 for the beautiful Christmas display display at his residence on Frederick Avenue. Dr. John Werry, 270 King Street, won the second prize, $15.00; Jack Brough, Horsey Street, won the third prize, $10.00. Honourable Honourable mention was received by Dr. H. B. Rundle, 79 Queen Street; J. Dennis Pickard, King Street; Mayor Nelson Osborne, 7 Lovers Lane; Donald G. Wilcox, 58 Lambs Lane, and William M. Allin, 19 Scugog Street. Goodbrand Fabrics, King Street, was the winner of the president's trophy. 10 Years Ago, December 26tli, 1973 Six turkeys along with $25 food vouchers and 75 bags of candy were presented to Captain Scott Hewlett of the Salvation Army by Linda McRobbie and Sandra McMillan on behalf of the Bowmanville Kinettes. Harold Walter Gibson, Larry Taylor and Larry Shank were officially inducted into the Bowmanville Lions Club on Monday, December 15th. Bigger Pictures Plus Fast Accurate Service FREE! 5x7 Enlargement with every C41-110, 126-135 film processed. 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