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I Section Two The Canadian Statesman. Kowmanvilie. November 23, 1988 3 Congregation Greets Returning Member Rehearse for Drama Club Show Electioneering is Learning Experience Wesleyville News by B. Barrowclough It is a pleasure to report a happy event in the weekly news and one happened on Sunday morning, November 12th at Welcome United Church. The congregation welcomed with spontaneous applause, the return of Steven Steven Clark for that morning service. Steven suffered severe severe injuries in a car accident accident many months ago and friends have followed with sympathy the long struggle to recovery. Therapy continues continues twice a week at Oshawa and he was able to walk on his own power into church. Sincere best wishes from all for continued improvement. Reverend Sedgwick's theme for the sermon was taken from two mystical books, Daniel and Revelation. Revelation. In the story for the children children an explanation of the meaning of the Chosen Race was given by comparing it to children in a home, when it turned out a Chosen One was not a soft job but one of responsibility, and good example. example. Reference to the mar- tydrom of God's people during during the centuries showed the path of many of them to be one of suffering. Lay reader for the morning morning wds Nicole Ough. Because Because of the absence of key members, there was no anthem anthem by the choir, making the congregation realize how much it appreciates the regular regular one. The offering was received by Bruce Hendry and Allin Osborne. Flowers were arrangements of the still lovely garden varieties. On Wednesday afternoon, afternoon, November 9th, the Welcome United Church bazaar bazaar was held, opening at 2 p.m. by president Phyllis Symons. Symons. Tables stretched across the Sunday school room laden with home baking, baking, produce, white elephants elephants galore, needlecraft of all kinds, and a wealth of bright items for Christmas, or anytime. A small tree made an ideal display place for tree ornaments while the tea room was decorated with wreaths, candles and greenery greenery to herald the coming season. season. Small tables accommodated accommodated guests who enjoyed their choice of desserts. Mrs. June Nichols entertained the people who arrived before 2 p.m., with instrumental music music in the church. Mrs. Gwen Newton, treasurer, ready to dispense tickets for tea, a group ready to serve, another another to prepare in the kitchen, and workers behind every table, the assembly line was" ready to go when the crowd came at 2 o'clock. The items on the bake table disappeared disappeared as if by magic. The weather was fine, there was a good crowd and tired ladies ladies were satisfied at the end of the day. The annual assessment. assessment. "is it worth it", seems to be in favour. Each year as all nations grow closer closer together, needs of the world clamour for our help. Pricked fingers, long hours at crafts, baking, as well as organization, is one way of finding funds to relieve the distress we hear. Besides, working together is good therapy for ourselves. On Saturday, October 15th, 1988, the marriage of Joan (nee Nichols) and John McGuirk, was solemnized at the chapel of McMaster University, University, by Dr. K. Jackson. John was accompanied by Don Buchanan, Joan by Lyn Ann Lauriault, and was given given away by her son Matthew Jiggins. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McGuirk Orono Skating Club News By Lynne Lemieux All orders are now in from our first cheese drive. Money from your order should be turned in on or before before November 24. On Tuesday, Tuesday, November 29 we will hold a-random draw for 36 cash prizes, ranging from one to 10 dollars. One draw ticket will be issued for each $25 worth of cheese sold. Our Canfigureskate group is progressing well. Anthea Peacock and Angela Tompkins have recently passed their Novice III, Novice Novice IV and Proficiency badges. Tara - Lee Clemens has moved to Canfigureskate Canfigureskate after completing ner Novice Novice II badge. In the Canskate program, the Beginner group of Kathryn Kathryn Cartwright, Sheri Thiele, Katie-Ann Riley, Tyson Gimblett, Rebecca Boyd, Mathew Reid, Christy Spracklin and Dustin Wae- gant have passed to Elemen- T?arents of Seniors, Intermediates, Intermediates, and Canfigureskate Canfigureskate are reminded that a parent parent is required to be in attendance at the arena during during skating hours. A calendar calendar has been posted on the lobby bulletin board. Everyone Everyone is asked to sign and take their turn. The club congratulates Melissa Colville who brought home a trophy from "Cobourg Skate" competition. competition. Melissa placed third in her category. of Bowmanville and Joan is the second daughter of Car-' roll and June Nichols. Music for the ceremony was provided provided by three flutists and one trumpeter from the Stra- thallen private school where John is the music teacher. Joan is a psychiatric nurse at McMaster Medical Centre. Among those present were parents and families, as well as Joan's sons Michael and Matthew Jiggins. Mr.and Mrs. McGuirk will live in Burlington. On Friday, November 11th, the first memorial service service was held at the cenotaph cenotaph at the new Hope township township office site on county road 10. There was a large crowd including children brought by bus to not only be present, but to share in the memorial. On Saturday, November 13, June Nichols provided the music for the Darke- Graham wedding in Welcome Welcome United Church. When the access road to the hydro site at Wesleyville was built about 16 years ago, the construction company in charge added an extra layer of paving material above the average, for there would be very heavy traffic. The power power station was never put in use but the road has carried heavy trucks and machinery back and forth from Darlington Darlington nuclear site. There are huge unwieldy containers containers and occasionally a mysterious mysterious looking load with flashing lights behind and before. All of it must approach approach the original expected traffic. Following a ram, the visible worn spots are showing, showing, proving the need for that extra paving. With heavy rains of the past few days, fields are showing ponds of water. Fortunate are those who have harvested the corn from those sodden fields. Cattle which have been out on range all summer are being being gathered home from their temporary pasture, to have access to shelter in buildings. 50 years ago: Plans for a white gift service were made at a quarterly meeting of the Sunday School at E. Barrow- clougn's, with Clarence , Nichols' intermediate class in 'charge of devotions. Choir practice by Mr. and Mrs. Campbell was held at the home of Carroll and Amelia Nichols. Members of Class in the Corner are beginning work on a new play. Welcome Welcome to new neighbours, Mr.and Mrs A. Passon. Mr. Passon is the foreman with CNR maintenance. Also Mr. Irwin is working at Mr. W. Payne's. Yelverton News by H. Malcolm I Mathew Haick and Andrew Williams, two young members of the Drama Workshop's current production, put on quite an impressive impromptu performance performance for The Statesman photographer recently when they pretended they were involved in an argument connected with their play. They represented the author in the play as a young man and the character Reigate. Welcome back to Canada to Miss Candy Malcolm who over the past weeks has been wandering over the other half of our world visiting Auckland New Zealand, Melbourne Melbourne and Sydney Australia. Australia. She also found time from her travel duties to visit her cousin Ms. Valerie Malcolm who is currently working in Melbourne Australia and old friends Mrs. Margaret (Steele) Addison and son Andrew. Andrew. Candy spent a portion of this past week-end with her family in Yelverton. Bob and Beverly McDonald, McDonald, Heather and Brad of Ajax were overnight visitors with Mr.and Mrs. Terry Malcolm and family. Brad and Todd played on the same hockey team this past summer. Mr.and Mrs. Howard Malcolm and Candy enjoyed the hospitality of John and Luanne Raes and girls on Sunday a.m. when they were guests of the Bethany Hunt Club for their traditional traditional Hunt Club breakfast. Some 50 members and guests were in attendance on the occasion. Miss Betty Whittaker of Hamilton has returned home this week after spending a fortnight visit with Eileen Affordable Dream Vacations! Free Vacation Planning Services PERSONAL AND CORPORATE Discount Omises Airline Tickets Charter Vacations Honeymoon Packages Hotel and Car Reservations TRAVEL SERVICES 68 King St. East Bowmanville (Veltri Complex) 623-6600 Travel Agents International We're with you all the way. Over 300 Agencies in North America fyloiu&iA. by JACKMAN NEW! Cash & Carry Bouquets JO-ELEN SPORTSWEAR & GIFTS Suppliers to Teams, Schools and Clubs Corporate Gift Packages 102 Queen Street Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1M6 (416) 623-8161 J. Wayne Aasen "Quality and Quantity Always Available'V Gnoyi&i Auia/U&i R.R. No. 1, Orono Baby Birds Now Ready A complete supply of cages, feed and specialty books. Open by appointment only 983-9311 Guaranteed healthy and young. "KRACO Carpentry & Contracting M •••<•'•* IvIMM et • Custom Homes • Designing • Renovating • Drafting • Additions • Permits • Barns • Finishing Give the headaches to us! Box 401, Newcastle 987-5400 Olde Tyme | Fish & Chips 136 King St. E., Bowmanville 623-1781 Mon.-Thurs.11 a.m.--7p.m. Friday -11 a.m. -- 9 p.m. Saturday -11 a.m. -- 7 p.m. We take pride in serving quality Fish and Chips. 118 KING STREET EAST BOWMANVILLE, ONT. L1C 1N5 JOHN G. MANUEL CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT (416) 623-6555 LAIDLAW OPEN HOUSE -- On Monday, November November 28, Laidlaw Waste Systems will present plans for the proposed expansion of the Staple- ton Rd. Landfill Site northwest of Newtonville. The Open House runs from six p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Clarke High School. The session will provide information on studies that are being carried out and will allow residents to talk to representatives representatives from Laidlaw Waste Systems and the consultants working on the study. Laidlaw Waste Systems Ltd. applied to the Ministry of the Environment for permission to expand the landfill site in June of 1987. TOASTMASTERS CELEBRATE -- Approximately Approximately one year ago, the local Toastmasters Club received its charter. The group will mark the first anniversary of that charter with a banquet banquet on Tuesday, November 29, at the Bowmanville Bowmanville Lions Centre. One of the highlights of the evening will be the presentation of awards including the prize for "Toastmaster of the Year". Toastmasters is an international organization organization which teaches its members the art of developing public speaking ikills. TALENT AUCTION -- If you come to the third annual Talent Auction sponsored by the Canadian Canadian Parents for French, you're bound to find a unique Christmas gift. The auction takes place at seven p.m. in the Bowmanville Lions Centre on Thursday, November 24. Contributions Contributions from many local businesses have been made and Frank Stapleton will be the auctioneer. auctioneer. Some of the items which have been donated to the auction include: a half hour airplane flight, a folk art games board, a birthday birthday party by the Mad Hatters of Toronto, husband husband and wife wills, and Christmas baskets of baking and preserves. There's a preview of the various items at 6:30 p.m. Hot cider, coffee, and Christmas baking will be served. BOWMANVILLE MUSEUM NEWS -- Once the Bowmanville Museum closes to the public in mid-December, work will begin on a number number of new projects. One of these is the construction construction of a "doll gallery" on the second floor. This will display the museum's wide collection collection of historical dolls. Downstairs, the galleries galleries will provide a short interpretive history of Bowmanville and its industries. The archives archives will be re-organized and moved into a second floor room on the northeast wing. The changes are made possible as the result of the decision to move the museum's collection to Hampton for storage when it is not required as part of a display. CRAFT SHOW NEEDS ENTRIES -- The Visual Arts Centre's fifth annual juried exhibition of crafts is calling for entries by Ontario artisans working in clay, glass, metal, fibre, leather and •wood. The entry deadline is January 6 and pieces submitted to the show must be delivered by January 12. This year's judge is Paul Williams. Williams. WOOD CARVING CLUB -- A group called "Woodchips" meets at the Visual Arts Centre every Monday evening from seven p.m. to nine p.m. If you are interested in this subject, please attend a meeting or contact the Visual Arts Centre for further details. DOWNTOWN SHOPPING NEWS -- Family shopping night in Bowmanville will take place next Thursday, December 1. The lighting of the Christmas tree at the Bank of Montreal will be one of the highlights of the evening. The treelighting treelighting ceremony takes place at 7:15 p.m. and includes participation by the school band and choir. From December 1 until Christmas, the special Yuletide store hours will be from nine a.m. to nine p.m. Monday to Friday and from nine a.m. to five p.m. on Saturdays. As an added attraction, each shopper will receive a special bonus gift just for buying something between six p.m. and nine p.m. during family shopping night. Those who receive the special bonus gift will also have a chance to win one of 20 special lucky shopper gifts. BIA Christmas shopping bags will be given out on family shopping night JOINING FORCES TO PREVENT DRUNK DRIVING -- For the first time in the history of the R.I.D.E. program, the O.P.P. and the police departments of Metro Toronto, Durham, Peel, and York are joining forces. A new feature feature of R.I.D.E. this year is a coupon booklet offering pre-Christmas discounts for various goods and services. If you pass your spot check with Hying colors, the police will give you a coupon booklet as a gesture of thanks for your co-operation. CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING FOR BOWMANVILLE? BOWMANVILLE? --The provincial Ministry of Housing has announced that a $1,000 grant has been provided to help launch a co-op housing project project here. The grant was awarded to the Bowmanville Bowmanville Creek Co-operative Homes. It is to be used to offset the costs of incorporating a non-profit housing organization and preparing preparing an initial submission to the government under a federal-provincial non-profit housing program. Similar grants for four co-operative housing projects in Oshawa were also announced. announced. CANNED FOOD DRIVE -- On Sunday, December December 4, students from St. Stephen's High School will be holding a canned food drive for the needy families of the area. They will be canvassing the Courtice, Bowmanville, and Newcastle areas between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Please be generous with your contribution. NEW HOME FOR BIG BROTHERS -- The YWCA and Big Brothers are now re-located to new Bowmanville offices at 133 Church St. This was formerly,the campaign headquarters. for Mayor-elect Marie Hubbard. They'll be holding an Open House at the office from one p.m. to four p.m. on December 15. INAUGURAL MEETINGS -- Early next month, the newly-elected councillors and school trustees trustees will be getting down to serious business. The inaugural meeting of Newcastle's town council takes place on Monday, December 5, at 7:00 p.m. Durham Regional Council will hold its inaugural meeting on December 7 at 10 a.m. The first meeting of the new Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education will occur on Thursday, December 1, at 7:30 p.m. OPTIMIST CLUB TOY DRIVE -- The Bowmanville Bowmanville Optimist Club will present its fourth annual food and toy drive on Saturday, December December 10, commencing at one p.m. in the Bowmanville Cinema. The movie Big Top Pee Wee will be shown and children will be admitted admitted free of charge if they bring either a small toy or an article of food. All food and toys collected collected will be donated to the Salvation Army for distribution. SCHOOL BOARD JOINS RECYCLING MOVEMENT MOVEMENT -- The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education plans to introduce a recycling recycling program at the Board office and at schools currently not involved with recycling. At the regular Board meeting on Thursday, November 10, trustees approved recommendations dealing dealing with the proposed recycling program. PARENT FINDERS -- The next meeting of Parent Finders (Oshawa) will take place on Monday, November 28, at Eastdale Collegiate in Room 109, Harmony Rd. North. The meeting begins at eight p.m. This group offers help and support to adult adoptees wishing to trace their origins and to birth parents searching for their adult children. For further information, information, please call 728-6983 (afternoons). EXHIBIT BY LOCAL ARTIST -- The Magic Image Gallery on Kingston Rd., in Pickering Village, is featuring Anneke Verbeekin its current current show. Her watercolors are drawn from local Town of Newcastle scenes. The gallery will be holding an opening on Saturday, November November 26, from one p.m. to four p.m. for the three artists currently featured. CULLEN GARDENS FESTIVAL -- Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village is all decked out for Christmas. The annual Christmas Festival Festival of Lights takes place daily from November November 12 to January 8, between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. There is entertainment each evening at 6:00, 7:45, and 9:00. Cullen Gardens also includes includes two restaurants, four shopping areas and the Lynde House Museum which depicts "Early Ontario Christmas." DRAMA WORKSHOP PRODUCTION -- Don't forget the performances of "A Voyage Round My Father" this week at the Bowmanville High School Auditorium. The play is presented by the Bowmanville Drama Workshop. Curtain time is 8:15 p.m. and Howard Malcolm. She also celebrated her birthday jointly with Eileen in a family family gathering. Another birthday observation observation for Eileen was held with a dinner out in Peterborough Peterborough and attendance later with her partner Howard plus Come and Harvey Malcolm Malcolm at the dance at the Pines with the Land O Lakes Cruise Dance Band. Electioneering and canvassing canvassing for Mumcipal office has perforce come to its final conclusion as the sands of time expired for this exercise. exercise. At the time of writing with the final results still in doubt, your scribe must admit admit a certain enjoyment of the past couple of weeks. Despite Despite weather that made door to door canvassing im- E radical on certain days, we ad an opportunity to meet a lot of interesting people. As to be expected, the response varied from door to door, but most times it was very positive. positive. The reception given candidates who took the time to call on the local taxpayer taxpayer was usually of appreciation appreciation for taking the time out to do so. It sure broadens one's perspective of our township when one receives at close range the broad va riety of interest of our citizens. citizens. Win or lose, it was an interesting if somewhat exhausting exhausting experience; New half soles for our "running " shoes is an inevitable must! Mrs. Dale Stinson and Mrs. Bob Morelli joined a couple of their gal-friends for a week-end in Buffalo U.S.A. where they enjoyed a spot of shopping and a break from day to day routine. The hunting season for deer is over in our area for ! another year - thank good- ; ness. Our first awareness of its arrival came last Monday 1 a.m. in the predawn light when a barrage of shots awoke us from our noctur-. nal slumbers with an audible • jolt. Sparodic shooting con- ' tinued all week as avid hunt- ; ers sought to convert beauti- ■ ful creatures into edible ! venison. Not all hunting was done within legal time limits ' as the sound of firearms was , heard in late evening as well. To each his own! Mona Malcolm and Ronnie Ronnie Sharman of Scarborough attended the pre-Christmas Johnson family get together in Fenelon Falls on Sunday with a large turnout present. Mtzi Fick of Ajax enjoyed a visit this week end with Janice Janice Hunter of Bobcaygeon and was an overnight guest with her parents. Janice and Mitzi were friends through Elementary and Secondary school in earlier years. Patrick G. Deegan DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC 5 GEORGE STREET, BOWMANVILLE 623-4473 or 623-6477 o 48 King St. E. CERTIFIED BONDED LOCKSMITH 623-1021 Bowmanville X. 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