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10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, August 3,1994 Section Two Quote - "Of the few innocent pleasures left to men, past middle life, the jamming of Common sense down the throats of fools, is perhaps the keenest" - T.H. Huxley. Belated congratulations to Doug and Barbara Simpson on their recent 49th wedding anniversary! Your "really big" one is coming up next! Mrs. Jennie Bowins returned home last week from attending the 25th (silver) wedding anniversary of her nephew, Barry and Marilyn Agn- er, Woodstock. Granddaughter Mrs. Nancy Heck- bert, and great granddaughters, Reb- beca, Rachel, Jessica, and Jennifer were all Monday evening dinner guests of grandparents, the O. Chal- lices. Mrs. Dorothy Bailey and sister Mrs. Eileen Billings spent several days last weekend visiting their cousins cousins Harold and Ethel Cummings, Kitchener. If out for a drive, call into our fair village and visit several new and recent recent stores! "Gabrielle Antiques and Collectables", featuring art, coloured glass and many excellent pieces of furniture. Just across the street in former "Clarke Connection'" another store of gifts, wall hangings, paintings paintings etc. We understand in September September a bulk food store in former "Wendy B's" store. Having gained the habit of bulk food buying, this customer looks forward to this one! So many folks away for holidays and we're finally going to our daughter's daughter's cottage at Methuen Lake, 28 miles north of Havelock for a few days holiday. This week is extremely busy, Liberal Picnic at Ransberry farm on Wednesday, August 3 and we judge Dist. #4. Peterborough flower show Thurs., Aug. 4. Ganaraska Tour Ticket sales are already in progress for the forthcoming 2nd Annual Annual Ganaraska Tour! This proved to be one of this area's most exciting events of 1993. Very large crowds from all over the world, England, Holland, Germany, Lebanon, United States, etc. If you, our locals, missed the excitement and the many surprise encounters, mark your calendars and treat yourself to a really big weekend, August 27 and 28. There are 65 places on list and 23 are brand new this year. One of the exciting events" on the new list is "Old Fashioned Quilt Display'" with over 50 locally owned quilts, dating back to 1885, and you can also watch a live quilting bee in a century - Old Salt Box bam. A trout hatchery where you can actually catch a live one or two and even enjoy a fresh caught one for your dinner. Delectable foods are served throughout the entire areas, with 3 master chefs in attendance. The peameal on bun proved to us all last year to be a real mouth -watering treat! Fresh vegetables are in profusion profusion and jams, jellies and treats galore! galore! Pamper yourself to a formal Eng lish Cream Tea on the banks of the famous Ganaraska river, at the local Bed and Breakfast spots, gardens, homes are to be found in your own areas, unbeknown to you! One local resident last year was heard to say' "I've lived my life - time in this area, and was totally unfamiliar with a great deal of the farms and businesses businesses in this great tour!" There is an old saying,"One can travel the world over, and miss the true beauty of ones own country." The Clarke Museum and Archives... Archives... will be selling tickets up to and including the weekend of the tour. Tickets sales start early July. For more information call: Kristin McCrea, 1-905-983-9339. Tickets are good for both days. Most of all, join us- on this adventure and discover discover your rural heritage. " The Good Sam Club" Once again the "Good Sam Club" are visitors to our spacious Orono Fairgrounds! The club was formed in 1968 and is a world-wide organization of 950,000 members, with 5000 members members in Ontario. The club motto is to "help all travellers on road" and we pride ourselves on "leaving each lo- * cation better than when we found it." We also support "Hearing ear dogs"' a comparitively new idea for use of our "mans best friend" the dog! We've all heard and seen the "seeing "seeing eye" dogs in action, but to train dogs to hear for the hearing handicapped handicapped is slightly newer to this writer anyway! The dogs are trained to pick up noise of telephone, radio's, T.V., door bells, etc. The president of Ontario Ontario Provincial Department of Club, Mr. Raymond Ponto (Winnie) tells me we have a training centre in Oshawa for this. The Good Sam Club is the "world's largest and fastest growing RV owners organization." This club has visited here in Orono Orono for several yeas and expressed appreciation appreciation for facilities and local population's population's friendliness. Expected for this past holiday weekend in Orono approximately 60 rigs and about 120 people in attendance. attendance. A pancake breakfast on Sunday Sunday morning and a specially prepared dinner on Sat. evening. We welcome this friendly group to our "old fair grounds" and this will warm us up for Durham Central in future! Orono United Church News Guests soloist for Sunday mornings mornings service was Carolyn Priestly (nee Jones) and her solos included "Let There Be Peace on Earth" and also "Thank you Lord" to the tune of Eidelweiss." Much appreciated by audience. Durham Senior Lodge invites all seniors to our regular Wednesday worship service on Wednesday, August August 3 at 11 a.m. Regal: During August we will be still able to take orders from our Christmas catalogue. Please call either either Heather Johnston (983-9891) or Marlene Risebrough (983-5702) to place your order. As this was the last Sunday for Rev. David Murphy to lead our services, services, we would like to thank him for the excellent sermons and pastoral care he has given us. We hope David, David, Nan and Samantha are enjoying their stay in Canada and will return for another visit - perhaps in the winter winter so we can show him a real Canadian Canadian winter. Rev. Murphy will be on call for pastoral concerns until August August 12. Then Don Stiles will be taking taking care of us (987-4250) Summer Service continue at Newcastle Newcastle United Church on August 7,14,21,28, and September 4 at 10:30 a.m. Our services begin on September 11 - Kirby: 9:30 a.m. and Orono: 11 a.m. with Sunday School beginning on September 18th. Birthday Greetings to: August 2, Mary Forrest (K), August 9, Jeremy Johnston (K), Sarah Lynn Schoen- ■ maker, August 10 (O), August 14, Scott Lee (K), Adam Dent, August 19 (O), August 21, Donna Scott (O), August 22, Adele Nixon (O)), August 24, Carman White (O), Brandon Ernst - August 27, (O), August 28, Bertha White and Thelma Vagg (O), August 29, Clair Chapman, (K), Andrew Andrew Scott - September 1,(0). Food Bank: "Please remember" our food bank. Donations may be left at the back of the church. They are taken to the Salvation Army in Bowmanville for distribution in our area. Our greeters: Gladys Greenwood and Inez Harris Our Ushers: Cliff Terrill, Terry Weeks, Derek Barnett, and George Carson. Flowers this morning are placed in loving memory of Mrs. Doris W annan by her family. Up-coming August and September September Meetings (mark your calendar) Board of Stewards: meet on Monday, Monday, August 29,7:30 p.m. Orono Session meet on Tuesday, September 13, 7:30 p.m. Please note change of date. Kirby House Committee and Session Session meet on Wednesday September 14, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Bus Trip to General Council Picnic: Picnic: Newtonville Pastoral Charge is sponsoring a bus to the Church Fair '94. The United Church of Canada picnic being planned as part of the 1994 General Council to be held in Fergus, Ontario on Saturday, August 27,1994. Cost is $25.00 per person. For further information and to reserve reserve your seat call Marlene Stacey at 786-2950. Com Roast and Gospel Music - Newtonville United Church, Saturday, Saturday, August 20. Com Roast begins at 5 p.m. featuring com, hamburgers, News from by Joyce Kelly The second Kokomo Party held on Saturday evening at the Black- stock Fairgrounds was a great success success that featured beautiful weather, excellent music and dancing and great fellowship. The fairboard appreciates appreciates the support of the community community in this adventure. Our community was shocked and saddened by the unexpected death of Betsy Staniland last week. Funeral services was held on Monday at St. John's Anglican Church. Sincere sympathy is extended to her husband Frank, daughters Frances and Barry Fisher of London, Nancy and Floyd Kyte now of Port Dover, daughter-in- law Glenna Staniland of Blackstock and their families, as well as other relatives and friends. Richard and Ruby VanCamp, Peter Peter and Ria Hoogeveen, Ben and Wemke DeJong, Ernie Swain and Lloyd and Thelma Wright enjoyed the Crop Association tour to western Ontario and Michigan. Members of the United Church congregations are reminded that for the next two Sundays services well be held at Nestleton Church at their time of 11:15 a.m. Last week, Doreen VanCamp visited visited friends in the Sudbury area. Blackstock fairbooks are now available. Local exhibitors can pick them up at Masterson's store or at 14260 Old Scugog Road. Ferguson Reunion About fifty descendants of Samuel Ferguson and Sarah Hooey gathered at Nestleton Hall on Sunday, July 24 at one p.m. President Grant Ferguson Ferguson welcomed all and said grace. After After a bounteous meal all gathered outside outside under the shelter for a business meeting and to enjoy the beautiful weather. Kathleen Dorrell organized interesting interesting adult challenges and presented suitable prizes. The winners and hotdogs, cake and cold drink. Reverend Reverend Larry Marshall, one of Canada's top classically-trained tenor soloists and an ordained minister all perform a program of "Psalms, Hymns, and Sacred Songs" in the church beginning beginning at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited. Cost, for both com roast and concert is $10.00 each. Blackstock their prizes were: longest fingernails, Ethal Dorrell, nail clippers; closest birthday to the picnic date, Marjorie Neals, a birthday top; man who cooked dinner recently, Kirk Smith, cook book; someone going to a wedding wedding soon, Jean Ferguson, corsage; still uses a handkerchief, Lloyd Wright, Chinese hankie; mailed a parcel recently, Roger Dorrell, scotch tape; going on a trip soon, Ruth Ferguson, Ferguson, note pad to keep record of it; taken a boat cmise recently, Brian DeJong, candy from a Chinese boat cruise; wearing pearls, Helen Dorrell, Dorrell, pearl earrings; shortest pencil in purse, Joan Graham, pencil sharpener; sharpener; broken a dish recently, Stuart Dorrell, plastic bowl; soaking in the bathtub, Jean Ferguson, bath gel; having a blue kitchen, Muriel Ho- skin, blue potholder; came furthest, Adam Johnson, Calgary, key chain with a globe to help find his way back; most recently married, Kris and Ian Ferguson, cup cake papers and muffin recipe; newest parent, Melody Rodman^ clothes pins; oldest oldest person, Murray Byers, magnifying magnifying glass for reading; attending for the first time, Laura, Brittany and Bryan Dorrell, Bryce Rodman, Kris Ferguson, pencil to write with if you can't come next year. Childrens' sports were directed by Ian and Kris Ferguson and had the following winners: Running races, 4 and under, Joe McCoy; 5-8, Remy McCoy; 9-11, Adam Johnson; shoe kick, 5-7, Hayley Johnson; balloon break, 5-7, Sarah DeJong; 9-11, Travis Travis Wright; balloon toss, 5-7 Jessica Smith; 9-11, Catherine DeJong; potato potato race, 5-7, Hayley Johnson; 9-11, Adam Johnson; adult balloon toss, Andrew Dunbar and Kevin Ferguson; cherry pit spitting, Andrew Dunbar. The afternoon finished with picture picture taking and visiting, fond farewells farewells and hoping to meet again next year. HOUSES WITH TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS NOTICE TO TENANTS AND OWNERS Recent changes to the Ontario Fire Code now require home owners who rent part of their homes as apartments to meet minimum fire safety requirements. Every owner is responsible to ensure that smoke alarms are installed by August 13,1994. Other minimum standards must be met within two years. To find out what the new regulations mean to you as a landlord or as a tenant, contact the Clarington Fire Department at 436-9699 or 623-5126 or the Office of the Fire Marshal, at the phone number listed under Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services, in the Blue Pages of your telephone directory. (^) Ontario Ministry of the Office of Solicitor General the Fire and Correctional Services Marshal CS-Ind. 4928 ©