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i i ( i 8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 19,1990 Section Two Young Entertainers Perform for Bowmanville Lions Club V Ottawa Report Lucky Turkey Roller Wins More Than $1,000 The children from the Bowmanville Nursery School performed a Christmas Pageant for the Bowmanville Lions Club last week. Their show included songs and a play about The Nativity. At the conclusion of the performance, Santa arrived and gave the children box es of candy canes to hang on their trees at home. The nurseiy school is held weekdays at the Bowmanville Lions Centre and their performances for members of the club have become a Christmas tradition. Some of the young entertainers are pictured above. Local Link to 1857Rail Disaster Wesleyville News In the current issue of the Beaver magazine, there is an article of interest to people of this area. It is a detailed detailed account of the railroad railroad disaster at the Desjar- din Canal in 1857. Ralph Wade, a prominent farmer, was on his way to Hamilton on business and he, and a Mr. Benson of Port Hope, were among the 60 people killed when the train went through the bridge. The Wade letters in the library of the East Durham Historical Historical Society include some written home to England by Ralph's Uncle Ralph, then iving on the present Edgar Nichols' farm. The family were too young to continue operating the farm so this outstanding opération was lold and the family moved to Western ' Ontario. The only Wade name in the area now s Mrs. Catherine Wade, who lives in Port Hope. She s the widow of Charles, jreat grandson of the unfor- ;unate Ralph Jr. Sympathy is extended to the family of Mrs. Elvà Prouse whose death occurred occurred in Port Hope Hospital Hospital on Monday, Dec. 3. The funeral was held at the Ross Funeral Chapel, Port Hope, on Thursday, with interment interment in Welcome Cemetery. Mrs. Prouse suffered a stroke some weeks ago and never completely rallied. She had lived a long and useful life, leaving fond memories for the generations generations of her family, and others others who knew her. Congratulations to Christopher Christopher Tufford and Jennifer Thorndyke who were among those who shared in the ribbon ribbon awards for Olde Thyme Christmas posters at George Hamilton School. We have been watching for the arrival of tree sparrows, sparrows, the friendly little fellows fellows that remain here all winter, and two appeared bn Thursday, Dec. 6. The disappearing farms and with this, knowledge concerning that way of' life, is becoming a serious concern concern among those training young people for ministry in the United Church. Usually, a student minister is sent to a small church in the country, country, and if he or she- has grown up in our cities, life in a rural setting may be a hardship. So, they are being sent to farms for a period of time to experience that way of life, the long hours, knowledge of machinery, the chores which cannot be put off, early morning, noon and night. Morrish Women's Institute Institute met at the home of Mrs. Marion Bamsey on Tuesday afternoon; Dec. 4th. President President Marion Hodgson called the meeting to order and after after the Mary Stewart Collect, Collect, minutes and financial reports were read by secretary secretary Berniece Best and treasurer Eileen O'Hara. Mae Ferguson gave the sunshine sunshine report and roll call was answered by an item of baking or craft for the sale. It was announced there would be a bread baking course in the 3rd week in January at the Hope Township Township Hall for this Institute and Eiizabef frnïîé also. The district Annual will be held in May in Cavan, a well advanced advanced notice. The group of 11 sang Christmas carols , and read Christmas stories' RIENSTRA'S GARAGE 4168 HWY. #2. 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Those who attended Welcome Welcome United Church shared in, the special program prepared prepared for White Gift Sunday, Sunday, which was completely in charge of the Sunday School. Superintendent Brenda Ough announced the first hymn and Andrew Sword gave the Call to Worship. Worship. The second Advent service service was in charge of the Brimacombe family with Glen and his mother Donna reading the scripture and explanation, father Ron lit the second candle, relit the first and closed with prayer. The children conducted all of the service with the five smallest seated in the front row. with secretary Peggie Graham and Julie Lovshm. "The Shopping Bag Clown" was a play presented which showed Katie Nichols seated on a bench at a shopping mall for a rest, while all the other children walked around with their shopping bags and some sat for a rest ana showed their gift purchases purchases for members of the family. The last was Mary Graham dressed as a clown and representing a farmer. She showed gifts, the gifts of God to man, a golden sun, silver moon and stars, and a loaf of bread, The White Gift offerings were piled at the base of the Christmas tree, and the benediction was pronounced pronounced by Rev. W. Sedgwick. Sedgwick. The children, many too small to be seen behind the pulpit, spoke with good clear voices, a delight to hear. The congregation certainly certainly appreciated their efforts efforts and the amount of work done by officers and ...teachers in preparation. - Following the service, Harold and Verna Austin attended attended the service in Canton where some of their family took part in a similar White Gift service. Kay and Arnold Thorn- dyke spent the rest of the day following church, with daughter Sharon, husband Brian and family at Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The. small amount of snow which came on that stormy Monday is gone, but remained long enough to show what animals were about the premises, just one rabbit called here. They are very scarce, being part of the food chain for foxes and wolves which are in residence. residence. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Hock- ett of Oshawa visited with E. Barrowclough on Wednesday, Wednesday, 5th. Stan is a descendant descendant of Port Britain and Canton families and is compiling compiling each family's history; On Sunday morning, December December 9, Inez Symons saw the blue heron wading in the creek. "X THERE'S PLENTY OP GOOD CHEER TO GO AROUND Hope It comes your way throughout the holiday season! Thanks, friends. 1ER GRAHAM'S IGA MARKET 225 King St. E. Bowmanville mBÊBB . i by Rose Stevenson MP Durham Everything must have a beginning: that's a major reason why we should all welcome the environmental Green Plan that was unveiled unveiled in Ottawa last week. It's an imaginative document, document, meant to inspire Canadians Canadians to expand tneir role in cleaning up, protecting, and improving our environment. environment. In 175 pages, it lists more than 100 specific initiatives initiatives focusing on this. Nothing quite like it has ever been tned before, anywhere! anywhere! Many of the initiatives provide 10-year targets for areas of specific concern, including: including: •reducing concentrations of ground-level smog. •reducing solid wastes by 50 per cent throughout Canada. Canada. •stabilizing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse effect gases. •phasing out use of CFCs and other substances that attack the earth's protective ozone layer. Demonstrating that it is serious, the federal government government has committed $3 billion billion for new spending on the environment over tne next five years. That's in addition to the $1.3 billion Ottawa is spending annually on environmental environmental activities. And that is being donè at a time whe, as we all well know, strong measures are under way to cut government expenses expenses and the federal deficit. deficit. Of the $3 billion, $850 million is for new programs to further reduce pollution and waste and to improgve water quality. Another $575 Central P.S. At our last assembly on Nov. 30, achievement awards went to Brookes Stalker, Brad St. John, Michele Michele Freethy, Danny Rogers, Rogers, Ben McCaffery, Bradley Terry, Chris Jay, Jeff Ross and Melissa Anonichuk. The awards for Legion Remembrance Day posters went to Jason Pingle, Bethany Bethany Hogg, David Russel, Mike McLeod, Sarah Boyce and Marion Rough. Congratulations Congratulations to all the winners. Birthdays celebrated in December are: Tyler Prout, Adam Philp, Melissa Knight, Brad St. John, Jeff Simpson, Jordan Bate, Melissa Melissa Anderson, Shawna Bailey Bailey and Katelyn Fair. Mr. St. John came to our ; assembly to ^Ve out fundraising fundraising awâros. The students students all did a great job selling selling chocolates. These people won prizes for bringing their money back to school quickly: quickly: Mike Woodcock, Sarah Anonichuk, Nicole Simpson, Olivia Sargent, Maiy-Lou Tendam ana Erin Ashton. We interviewed Madame Kennedy and Mrs. Matthews. Matthews. Madame Kennedy teaches French to the Grade 4's and grade 6's. She teaches teaches at Central!Public School and at Lord Elgin in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Before Madame Kennedy taught here, she taught grade six at Central School in Port Hope. When she was a little girl, she went to Mount Pleasant Elementary Elementary School in Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta. Mrs. Matthews used to teach at Dale Rd. Public School, just north of Co- bourg. She lives in Cobourg. When she was younger, she went to a one-room school in Hastings County. The school had eight grades. Mrs. Mat- thews nas been teching for a long time. She has taught mainly grades six, seven and eight. Our school is nicely decorated decorated for Christmas. Next week, we will be singing carols carols every day and different classes wll be presenting songs and plays. Merry Christmas ana Happy New Year. Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année, by Steve Sadiwnyk and Drew Crossen We Wish You A Merry Christmas To all our customers we wish a holiday blessed with peace and happiness. The Staff of SEARS 95 King St. E. Bowmanville 623-0622 million is for combatting the greenhouse effect and aride rain, and protecting the ozone layer. Other amounts are slated for developing sustainable use of our forests arid farmlands, farmlands, preserving the northern northern ecosystem, and for creating creating new parks so that 12 per cent of Canada's entire surface surface will be set aside as protected protected space. Of particular interest to our own area is the move to cut the amount of solid waste Canadians produce, with the attendant pressure for landfill sites, and greater attention to cleaning up the Great Lakes - an endeavour that has to be extremely costly and must have considerable considerable impact on all of us and our lifestyles. While many families and businesses already have re- ducd the solid waste they generate by 50 per cent or more, the Green Plan issues a challenge for all of us to do better. Further advances in reduction, re-use and recycling recycling are stressed, with particular particular reference to packaging. packaging. As mioght have been predicted, predicted, some critics immediately immediately dumped on the green plan for neither going far enough nor moving quickly enough. While the disappointment disappointment expressed by such critics is understandable, understandable, we have to remember that the problems addressed by the Green Plan are complex complex and have accumulated over several generations. There are no fast or easy answers. answers. It's impossible now to even guess at the total cost until much more of the detail detail has been worked out, but certainly it promises to be the most expensive project project we've ever undertaken as a nation. Te Green Plan is just a beginning - in my view a most impressive start towards towards achieving the healthy environment we all want for ourselves and for future generations. generations. No other country has attempted such a comprehensive comprehensive approach. The Green Plan deserves everyone's support. If you would like more information information about it, please let me know. m, ■ % : r , i \'ci &V ' * i „ v ^ ' '_ v ! V te?; site : jg&jSU , ' Sag ' m» ... - . - '<. Glen Edmondson, of Bowmanville, was the lucky winner of $1,113 in the Bowmanville Bowmanville Lions Club turkey roll this year. He says he will use the windfall to buy Christmas presents and apply some of the money towards a planned trip to Atlantic Atlantic City. Glen was presented with his cheque by Lions Club President Les Virtue (right) at the recent Lions Christmas Party. Congratulations, Glen. Agendas Cut Some of the beef will be trimmed from Regional Council agendas in tne future. future. Durham councillors passed a recommendation last week suggesting backup material be removed from council agendas^ Currently, all the recommendations recommendations from standing committees along with the committee minutes and reports reports with the recommendations recommendations are included in the agenda. On occasion, the agenda stretches to several inches in thickness. The Regional clerk said when committee agendas are distributed they will be distributed to every member of council in order for them to have a copy of the back up material. The Joy of Christmas Goes On Forever What better time to say thanks to you for your support? Have a very happy holiday. <@olb «Reflections Centre Kiosk, Bowmanville Mall 623-8164 @6niût, (MCI Suvi&Utt, (MtA 6on*c <%*t 'Day. faxity <z*td 6elie£ in evitt ittununate <uci folicUufb, 6*Uttyüty fa} €uut unity fo cUl. Ttt&vuf, &6niât4H4A and motif, Orchard Park Furniture 28 King St. W. Bowmanville 623-1131