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> t » Ribbon-Cutting Saturday Evening Lots To Do at Opening of Centre for Older Adults The Clarington/Courticc Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, September 19, 1998 Page 11 Century Home Part of Beech Centre Project The former Bowmanvillc Lions Centre will soon begin a new life as the Clarington Beech Centre for older adult programs. The original building at 26 Beech Ave, is a house constructed in 1843 by Dr. George Humphrey Lowe. At that time, it formed part of a 10-acre estate. It remained in private ownership until World War Two, at which time it served as training"school for boys when the larger training school on Concession St, was turned into a German prisoner-of-war camp. In 1945, the Lions Club of Bowmanvillc bought the property property for $3,500. They used it as a community centre and meeting place until 1998 when the property was sold to the Municipality of Clarington. Under the Lions' ownership, additions were completed in 1980 and 1953. As part of the latest renovations this year, a new entrance has been'built to the right of this photo and there is a new auditorium at the west side of the building. The sign in the foreground announces the progress of the fund-raising drive to collect $300,000 the furnish and equip the building. Residents Enjoy Fall Fair Blackstock News There will be plenty to do at the grand opening of the Clarington Older Adult Centre today (Saturday, September 19). The open house runs from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., with Master of Ceremonies Jack Eilbeck. At 11 a.m., Bonnie Cowlc will be giving square dancing demonstrations demonstrations in the auditorium. She'll be followed by Carol Robinson of the Ganaraska Cloggcrs at 11:45 and Rev. Roy Taylor and the Happy Trails Choir at 12:30 p.m. The folks from Movin' and Groovin' will be next to give demonstrations. Join Norma McGinnis for Line Dancing at 1 p.m., then see Mona Shi with a Tai Chi demo at 1:30 p.m. Karen Budcll will demonstrate demonstrate yoga at 2 p.m. while Lucy Gibson will show Low Impact Exercise at 2:30 p.m. Registrations will also be held during the open house. It will be an opportunity opportunity to sign up for square dancing, crafts, Happy Trails Choir, beginner's euchre, and carpet bowling. bowling. And you can also sign up for courses. The fees vary for courses in the following following subjects: beginner's beginner's bridge, folk art, Freedom To Be Me, clogging, clogging, 55 Alive defensive driving, and Movin' and Groovin' fitness classes. Later in the day, the Older Adults' Centre will host a cocktail hour, dinner and dance. The cocktail hour gets underway at 5 p.m., and the official outdoor outdoor ribbon cutting to open the centre will happen happen between 6 and 7 p.m. Dinner will be followed by an evening of dancing. The Older Adults' Centre, which will be known as the Clarington Beech Centre, is at 26 Beech Ave., in Bowmanvillc. Area by Joyce Kelly What a busy weekend which involved many of our families. On Saturday afternoon a beautiful wedding took place in Blackstock United Church when Sheryl Gibson became the bride of Matthew Julien of Kingston. The reception and dance followed at the Blackstock Recreation Centre. Best wishes to this happy young couple who will be living in Kingston when they return from their honeymoon. honeymoon. Once again the area fairs enjoyed great weather with many of our residents attending attending the activities at Oakwood Fair which celebrated its 150th anniversary, Uxbridge and Durham Central (Orono) over the weekend. Blackstock Fair's President, Mark Graham, hosted an Appreciation Picnic on Sunday afternoon at his and Jennifer's home. The weather was perfect for the afternoon of visiting and enjoying the food. The Remembrance Day Service for the St. John's Anglican Cemetery was well attended on Sunday afternoon. afternoon. Reverend Susan Sheen, guest speaker for the occasion brought an appropriate message. message. Jean and Jack Batty of Coboconk attended the service service and were Sunday supper guests of Don and Marjorie Green. Billie and Bessie McMaster of Ballymena, North Ireland, are spending a week visiting Gerald and Joyce Kelly and Don and Marjorie Green and families. Eleven years ago, their daughter Elaine was Young Farmer delegate who was bil- letted at the home of Elizabeth Kelly and did much touring with Marilyn Green. Bessie is an active Women's Institute member and will be the special speaker at a joint W.I. meeting which will be held at the Blackstock United Church on this Wednesday afternoon. Interested ladies are welcome to attend. There were 15 tables at the weekly card party with the following winners: Les Johnston, Kay Brown, May Davies, Verna Draper, Ruby Hudson, Chester Madsen and Stuart Dorrcll. Draw winners were Gary Nottcnboom, Ada Armstrong, Grace Manns, Roy Worry, Vera Fawns and Norman Rohrcr. Registration for the Blackstock Skating Club will be held on Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Blackstock Arena. For further information call Deanna at 986-5819. If you have always wanted to leam to crochet here is your opportunity with a "Learn to Crochet" class at the Port Perry OMAFRA office on Saturday, October 3 from 10-3 p.m. Material will be provided with your registration registration cost of $20. Call Muriel Wotten at 986-0692 to be included in this fun day. Blackstock UCW Morning Unit met on Tuesday at 9:30 with fourteen members members present. Unit leader Margaret Mountjoy opened the meeting with a poem entitled entitled "Quit Supposin". Margaret. thanked all the members for their help with our various projects over the summer. Members were asked to sign up if they wished a calendar for 1999. We were also asked for pies and help for the lunch to be served at the church for the two days of "Countryside Adventure", September 19 and 20. The General meeting is coming up on September 30 at 7:30 p.m. The programme will be in charge of Kelly Gatchell with a speaker on families - Why they grow apart and maybe eventually separate. Verna McMahon was responsible for the Worship taking as her theme "A Matter of Time". The meditation concentrated on the importance importance of using our time in the best possible way. Gwenyth Thompson was in charge of the programme. Her topic was "Changes" - how do we like them and how do we accept them? - Peggy Lamer, Reporter Tlie afternoon unit of the UCW met at Jean Churchill's home on Scugog Island. Nine members and one guest enjoyed a delicious cake and ice cream luncheon. Jean Ferguson had the worship service service using Psalm 8 verses 1 -9. We sang a hew hymn, "Help us to Accept Each Other". Roll Call was tell of a place you had visited and show a souvenir. Jean Adams for the programme programme shared some touching touching stories from a book entitled entitled "Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul". Orders were taken for the church calendars. Plans were made for the refreshments for the Durham Countryside Adventure, Oshawa Presbytcrial at Enniskillen on October 7 at 1:30 and October 19 at Pickering Village Church at 7 p.m. the speaker will be Barbara Louks. Meeting closed with Benediction sung to the tune of Edelweiss - Dora Martyn, Reporter Sunday School classes resumed at the United Church on Sunday morning. Sue Wood, children's entertainer, was guest for the special beginning day. She sang several several enjoyable songs at the Children's Theme at the Church service. Glenn Larmer sang the solo "O Lord Most Holy" in his fine style. The topic of Reverend David Shearman's sermon was "Asking for Directions". Flowers in the sanctuary were placed by the family in loving memory of Ivan Thompson. I need many more names of post-secondary students' attending their various classes at colleges/universities for next week. Please phone 986- 4257 with the information. Crackdown on Driving Infractions Durham Regional Police are reminding Ajax and Pickering residents of a high-profile, zero tolerance traffic enforcement campaign for September. The Ajax Pickering Community Police Office will have eight officers complementing the regular uniform patrols throughout the month. They will be focusing on offences such as passing stopped school buses, failing failing to stop for red lights and stop signs, failing to wear seatbelts, driving without insurance, and speeding. 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