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f i 14 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 11,1984 UCW Holds Annual Meeting BETHANY NEWS By Hazel Carder The annual meeting of the Bethany U.C.W. was held Monday, Jan. 2nd at 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Ray Portée us was elected elected president for her second year, Mrs. Ross Davidson, Treasurer, and Mrs. Thomas Jennings, Secretary, Mrs. A. Scott, 1st Vice-Pres. Group conveners are: Mrs. Wm. Robinson, Mrs. Ed Beer, Mrs. Frank Edwards, Mrs. Marjorie Marjorie Coppins. Food conveners are: Mrs. Earl Weatherilt, Mrs. G. Bentley, Mrs. H. Chis- lett, Mrs. Murray Locke. Mrs. Wes. McMahon was elected Social Functions convener, Mrs. G. Michel, church flowers, and Mrs. Ken Shack- leton, pianist. Friendship and Visiting committee are: Mrs. Wes McMahon and Mrs. Ken Shackleton. Nominations Committee: Mrs. Ed Beer, Mrs. Bertha Ferren. Auditors: Mrs. Vincent Jackson, Mrs. Harry Ryley. Mrs. John Lindsay presided as elections officer. Mrs. Marjorie Coppins moved a vote of thanks on behalf of the members to president Mrs. Ray Porteous for her year's work. All in all the U.C.W. had a very successful year financially financially and in fellowship and interesting programs. The Bethany U.C.W. will host the "World Day of Prayer" meeting the first Friday in March. Further details later. The Annual Presbyterial will be held in Grace United Church Feb. 7th, 1984, Peterborough. Mrs. Ed Beer, conducted a meaningful Worship program with the singing of Hymns and members reading Psalm 90. The meditation was on the New Year and the meaning of it. in reference to Christian living. She said in part: "We might well apply the U.C.W. purpose to our own lives, to express our loyalty to Jesus Christ in Christian witness, studying the Bible, fellowship with other Christians and service service to all." Members were asked to bring used greeting cards to the Feb. meeting for distribution distribution to ARC Industries where they are used to make various types of enclosure cards for sale. The meeting concluded with a time of fellowship over a cup of ; tea and sandwiches. Next meeting will be held the first Monday in Feb. at 8:00 p.m. in the Bethany United Church Hall. t$ev. and Mrs. John Lindsay. hifed a post-Christmas fajnily party for approximate- ly li thirty family members in the United Church Hall on Thursday, December 29. Mr. and Mrs. W. McMahon were pre-Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Malley, Bowmanville and New Year's Eve guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnston, Bowmanville. Christmas weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. Robert James included Mr. and Mrs. Gary Perdue, Orillia, Mr. and Mrs. David Jones, Stephen and Michael, Guelph, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Masters, Pontypool and Mr. and Mrs. W. McMahon, Bethany. Mr. and Mrs. V. Jackson hosted several family members on Christmas Day. We are happy to report that Mr. Bruce McGill is recuperating recuperating nicely from a recent illness illness but has returned to hospital for minor surgery. We regret to learn that Mr. Merlin has had the misfortune to suffer another fracture of the leg which was injured some months ago. Mrs. Mildred Bristow was the lucky winner of the lovely shawl crocheted by Mrs. Helen Smith (mother of Mrs. Roy Gauthier) and donated to the Senior Citizens. The Bethany Golden Stars Sr. Citizens ended the year 1983 with a New Year's Eve party at the Parish Hall with an attendance of around forty. Ten games of cards were played with the prizes going to - High lady - Anne Holtby. Low Lady - Eleanor Brooks. High man - Carl Smith. Low man - Lloyd Clark. After lunch all joined hands to sing Auld Lang Syne at the stroke of midnight after which all took part in dancing until about 1:30. The quilters finished a quilt for Gertie Clark. The next meeting meeting will be on Jan. 11th, with Shuffleboard in the morning. Mrs. Audrey Hunter visited with Mrs. Bertha Ferren and Irene MacDonald on New Year's Day. Bowling Scores for the Golden Stars High lady - Gertie Clark 418. Runner up - Iola Chislett 333. High man - Herb Chislett 371. Runner up - Dick McConnell 328. Those over 200: Joyce Edwards 327, Earle Parrott 326, Bertha, Ferren 315, George Clark 312, Ken MacKenzie ' 305, Frank Edwards 292, Margaret Wright 289, Florence White 281, Charlie Crowe 276, Anne Holtby 274, Cathie MacKenzie 265, Muriel Parrott 262, Mary Finney 261, Hector White 260, Fred Hooten 256, Isabel Leon 246, Ross McKague 245, Don Hayes 249, Ross Woods 248, Muriel Morton 231, Victor Gilmour 231, Jennie Hayes 213, Betty Durham 208. I would like to take this time to apologize to all the readers of the Bethany Column for not reporting in December. I would like to thank everyone for being so helpful: I will try each week to report the news. . Bethany News Item On Sunday, December 18, two very meaningful Christmas Christmas services were held in Bethany United Church: At the regular morning service, service, immediately following the organ prelude, the choir favoured with their first.' anthem, "The Birthday of King." Rev. Lindsay .weF-" ' corned the large congrégation and drew attention to the announcements. announcements. Following this, the lighting of the fourth Advent candle was performed by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Beer and their family, Jeffery and Andrea. During the children's time, they and Rev. Lindsay completed completed the construction of the 'symbolic' church of God which has been underway for the past three or four weeks. This time a steeple and some 'people.' Rev. Lindsay's sermon topic was "Can you Imagine That?" ( the magnitude of God and his love). As a second anthem the choir rendered the beautiful Welsh carol, "All Poor Men and Humble" a favourite of former minister, Rev. John Pinion Jones. For the Annual Candlelight Carol Service held in the evening, evening, members of the congregations congregations of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Pontypool United and Thomas Moore Roman Catholic Catholic parish joined with those of Bethany United. The sanctuary sanctuary was beautifully lit be candelebra and individual candles nestled in evergreen wreaths. Rev. Lindsay was joined in the pulpit by Rev. John Brownhill of St. Paul's with each sharing in the meditation and the reading of the scripture scripture passages. Rev. Brownhill also explained the ritual of the 'blessing of the creche' which is traditional in the Anglican church. Rev. Lindsay explained explained the meaning of the Advent wreath and lit the fifth candle -- the Christ candle. To understand understand the meaning of the Advent candles is to help the Christ candle and the reality of Christ to burn more brightly in all our lives. Adding much to the service were the many special musical selections. A beautiful beautiful solo "The Birthday of a King" was rendered by Mrs. Helen Fry, Janetville; a quartette quartette from Thomas Moore Parish offered two selections - a Polish carol, sung in both Polish and English, and a traditional Jewish song of joy. The Bethany United Church choir favoured with three selections, "O Ye Joyful People", "O Holy Night" (with solo parts by Carolyn Porteous and Nelly Michel) and a setting of "While Shepherds Watched" by John Innés. The singing of many carols of invitation, hopeful anticipation, anticipation, wonder, response to the wondrous news of the Saviour's birth culminated with the singing of the most joyous and exciting of all, "Go tell it on the Mountain." In the absence of Terry Staples, Mrs. Jeanne McMahon McMahon was organist for both services. uiip' »|Vi. 11 * •'ll# , • 11 mi M»! m Auction Sales Wednesday, January 18 11 a.m. 100 Holstelns January consignment sale selling at Wilson Sales Arena, •Uxbpwe^Slit. fetturtriga'GP 3 y^.;pl#Mi$l«tvdj|yflhter due at sale time F6 Triple Threat from a' VG Dam with 4y 305d 19287 851 4.41 per cent (175- 207), 2nd Dam (Ex) with 6y, 324d 18458 814 4.41 per cent (162-190). Several cows milking 80 lb., both registered and grade. Also a number of open heifers, 2 service age bulls including a Warden from 3 Very Goods all over 20,000 lb. Also a full age show calf born 18 March, 1983 by Leadfield Columbus, from a Good Plus dam with 154-181 BCA. 2nd Dam 2 Lact. avg. 178-206. A good 4-H prospect. Also a number of fresh cows and bred heifers. If you wish to consign to this sale, please call Lloyd Wilson Auctions, Uxbridge, 416-852-3524. 2-1S Bowmanville Audio-Vision JANUARY CLEARANCE SAVE! SAVE! SAVE! 20 King Street West Telephone 623-2312 By Frank Smith In the first game last Sunday Sunday Cowans and W. Frank's played a good hockey game. JefTLunney kept Frank's in the game for a while until the roof caved in. The final in the game was Cowans 4, W. Frank 1. Scoring for Cowans were: Rob Deboo 3 goals, Martin Gryters 1 goal, Jody Ross 2 assists, Don Smith 1 assist, Jerry Murphy, 1 assist, Tom Langmaid 1 assist. Scoring for W. Frank's were Mark Matthews 1 goal, Mike Laverty 1 assist, Sam Elliott. Royal View Glass Clinches First Place Royal View Glass defeated defeated second place Spencers last Sunday, to wrap up the division title with three games remaining in the regular season. The game went end to end with excellent defense efforts shown by both teams. Royal View's big man with the goals this game was A1 Urbas with a hat trick on Merry Makers Bowling Wereszczynski, 2 pts., 1864 pins; Smith, 2, 1853; Huisman, 2,1769; Harrison, 1, 1795; Junkin, 1, 1752; Roberts, 1,1497. High single - Gloria Smith 273. High double - Gloria Smith - 467 (273, 194). High average- Gloria Smith - 233. three nice plays. Also very strong efforts were turned in by Jordy Bowen 2 goals, 2 assists, Mike Mackey 1 goal, 2 assists, Vince Robert 1 goal, 1 assist, Brian Dennis Dennis 1 goal, James Paterson 1 goal, Rusty Maxwell, 3 assists, assists, Paul Kennedy, 2 assists, assists, with ' single assist going to Dan Armstrong and Ken Hall. . Spencers kept the game close, and came back and scored almost every time Royal View connected. League leading scorer Jerry Johnson lead the way with 3 goals, 2 assists. Also coming 1 through for Spencers were Norm Caruana 1 goal, 2 assists, Tom Dwyer 1 goal, 1 assist, Darcy Ritchey 1 goal, 1 assist assist and John Hogarth 1 assist. assist. The game featured good play with only three minor penalties the whole game. Next Sunday, January 15th, 10:00 Spencers vs W. Frank's, 11:30 Royal View vs Cowans. Pltch-ln and Keep Canada Beautiful FINE QUALITY MONUMENTS and MARKERS Look for this seal It's your guarantee of permanence STAFFORD BROS. LTD. 'Authoriui tkiltr Stafford Brothers Monuments LIMITED Box 133 318 Dundas St. E., Whitby Phone Whitby 668-3552 Oshawa Monument Co. Family Memorials - Markers All Designs and Lettering Done by Us on Premises - NO SALESMEN INVOLVED - Please Telephone 728-3111 for Full Details ONTARIO GOVERNMENT NOTICE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT ROAD CLOSING TAKE NOTICE THAT tile Ontario Municipal Board has approved the closing of certain roads Intersecting the Controlled-Accoss Highway known as the King's Highway 35/115 In the Town of Newcastle, Regional Municipality ol Durham, as a result of an application by the Minister of Transportation and Communications at a Public Hearing on January 17th, 1903, at Bowmanville. Claims lor compensation lor Injurious affection with particulars ol the claim shall bo made within one year after the physical closing of the road and II not so made, the right to said compensation will be lorovor barred In accordance with Section 22 ol The Expropriation Act. Copy ol Board Order with Plan attached was registered In the Land Registry Cilice lor the Registry Division ol Newcastle on December 15th, 1903, ns number 115215. Ministry of Transportation and Communications Bflfltain Arts Centre at Town Hall? Selects Win From Page 1 To Celebrate Birthday On January 17, 1984 Wanda celebrates her 29th birthday. All her family and friends wish her well and hope she has a great day. Town League Hockey On Monday, January 2nd, 1984 the Boyle Bantam Selects met Lake Vista Park from Oshawa at Newcastle. Tim Smith opened the scoring for Bowmanville on a pass from Paul Brunt in the first period. Second goal of the period came from Chris Bloedorn on. a pass from Smith and David Morrison. The second period saw only one goal, this going to Brad Sainsbury from a pass by Brad Rushak and Rob Davidson. Davidson. The first goal of the third period was scored on Oshawa's goalie by Kevin . Flintoff after receiving it from Shane Crombie and David Morrison. Final goal came from Chris Bloedorn unassisted unassisted after some hard digging on Chris's part. There were nine penalties in the game, four for Bowmanville Bowmanville and five for Oshawa. All the Boyle boys played well, with Rob Davidson making some excellent plays. In the net for Bowmanville was Paul Stephens and Stephen Conway, both chalking chalking up another shut-out. Final score was 5 - 0. The Boyle Bantam Selects are sponsored by Dave Boyle Excavating. We would again like to thank the parents,for their continued support and we wish Mr. Boyle, the team and coaches continued success in 1984. The team received their new jackets and hats in December and they are quite impressive when the boys are all together. plans if it wishes to go ahead with some of the items cited by Mayor Rickard. "Time and time again, the staff have said if council wants something done, tell us what you wish to achieve and we'll work towards towards that end," said Councillor Hubbard. Councillor Ann Cowman stated that although she agrees with much of what it contained in Mayor Rickard's Rickard's recommendation, she sees a need for staff to prepare reports on how these ideas can be implemented. implemented. Councillor Cowman introduced the resolution which asks that staff research those items of the mayor's report which would require some action on the part of the municipality. municipality. Councillor Diane Hamre commended commended the mayor for the stand he was taking, adding that it took a considerable considerable amount of courage from a political viewpoint. "There may be some who would not have the political courage to do that," she said. "I am endorsing concepts," said Councillor Bruce Taylor. He agreed that further action is needed by staff and council. In his observations made at the council meeting marking the start of the town's 10th anniversary, . Mayor Rickard called for a'review of all town-owned properties so that the town can dispose of land and buildings which are unnecessary unnecessary and fully utilize what is available. available. "The Town of Newcastle, through amalgamation, owns over 50 buildings buildings and properties," Mayor Rickard Rickard explained. "The time has most surely come when we must have a needs study of our buildings, such as we did a few years ago with our roads and streets." He pointed out that the town's administration administration is currently spread over four buildings. Mayor Rickard suggested that the town's administrative centre could be funded from a special reserve of cash already set aside for upgrading upgrading the town's administrative capabilities. He called for thorough research into funding available for refurbishing refurbishing the Town Hall as an arts centre. In both cases, as little impact impact as possible should be left on the tax levy, Mayor Rickard added. Mayor Rickard pointed out that council has agreed to fund 25 per cent of the cost of a new Bowmanville Bowmanville Arena and he added that if there is a need for this structure, the challenge should be picked up by interested citizens. "The town will be expected to help, but it will only be for part of the total cost," he said. The Newcastle mayor also noted that the town should develop some special project to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Town of Newcastle and the 200th anniversary anniversary of Ontario. 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