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2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 12, 1989 <0rono 8Hee6lî> Etmes Second Class Mail Registration Number 000368 Published Every Wednesday at the office of Publication Main Street, Orono Roy C. Forrester, Editor It happens in Orono We are not about to say it only happens in Orono but if you were present at the Orono Skating Club carnival on Saturday Saturday a show of excellence did happen in this community. It all came about through the efforts of young skaters, their coaches and those adults who continue on with a program for our youth which was started some forty years ago. The club has a fine group of senior skaters who perform well on the ice as individuals and in the group numbers. They have been active through competitions and this experience must surely be a great aid in determining the calibre of the fortieth skating carnival. A most excellent show to which all parties can be justly proud. And don't forget those beginner skaters who either make it or don't on the ice. It was fitting that the organization and the skaters recognized the founder of the Orono Skating Club on Saturday with the presentation of a bouquet. Mrs. Velma Armstrong, the founder, has always been a great booster for Orono and her fopresight some forty years ago has brought much pleasure and maturity to those who taken part in the local club. To Mrs. Armstrong one must say thank you for the community community you helped to mould back in 1949. Of course there were others who have keep the movement reaching for further goals and that include the present group of mothers who spend hours upon hours at the local arena. It is interesting to note that in many cases the skaters were the second generation represented on the ice and, as announced, there is even a third generation with the present club. Well done you all deserve great credit, And taxes increase It should come as no surprise that taxes continue to rise and this is the case again this year and most likely at all levels of government before it is all over. The Town of Newcastle has announced a 9.7 percent mill rate increase and this cost does not include the charge to be made for garbage collection and disposal. That charge comes sometime in the near future. But the increase in mill rate in Newcastle is associated with what looks like a heavy program of service improvement in all departments. Orono seems to have shared well especially with some works in parks, a $900,000 road improvement program and, we understand, a start on the Orono Woods Walk Park which according to one councillor is to set a pattern fopr other such parklands in the Town. Of course issue has been made with the freezeing of provincial provincial grants and this will be repeated at the Region and of course by the school board. Such a freeze can be determined as a deterrent to an escalation of spending and it would be our opinion that such deterrents should exist at all levels of government. The local municipality should be.offeting the best bang for a buck as they are the closest to the taxpayer. There is nothing wrong with the province tightening the string on the municipality and the feds doing likewise on the rpoviiice. Let them be accountable. Congratulations Pete Landers , Just a word to Pete Landers. "Congratulations on your entry entry to the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame." Lets hope its repeated for the International Softball Congress Hall of Fame and that you are the first Canadian to be so appointed. Kendal News ■ From "The Friendship Book", Margaret Riléy the Northumberland Northumberland poet wrote these lines I think they express what most people people feel especially older .folk. I'm not afraid to be alone It doesn't bother me; It gives me time to sit and think To let my thoughts go free. I like to plan the days ahead Recall events long past, To wonder what the future holds -- Time goes so very fast. I may not finish all I plan I know I often stray; When memories of youth intrude, There's no work done that day. I think of friends from long ago I very seldom see. No I'm not lonely by myself My thoughts are company. On April 9, 1988 Mabel Elliott passed away. So the family in her memory decided to all return to the morning service in Kendal United Church on April the ninth this year one year later. Mabel had grown up on the family farm at Bewdley near Rice Lake. So pur Kendal choir choose they hymn written by the Rice Lake poet Joseph Scriven "What a Friend we have in Jesus." He wrote it to comfort his mother. Our choir sang it as an anthem. They were accompanied by the two organists who played it in unison, Mrs. H. Wood on the Hammond organ and Mrs. H. Senes on the piano. Later on in the service Mr. Harland Senes, 1 ' Mabel's brother sang in his beautiful baritone voice, "I know who holds tomorrow, and I know who holds my hand," in memory of his sister. He was accompanied accompanied by his wife on the Hammond Hammond organ. They both are now retired in Peterborough. Some of those attending the service service were Mabel and Reg's oldest son Mr. & Mrs. Ross Elliott of St. Catharines, their second son Mr. and Mrs. Neil Elliott of Maple Leaf, Ontario, iheir lhird son Mr - & Mrs Harland priori of Kendal and their only daugh ter Joyce Boudreau also of Kendal? Mabel ' s two sisters' Misses Clara at? d Margaret Senes of Peterborough. There were also others. After the morning service they / had a family get together in the family home of Mr. Reg. Elliott in Kendal. The flowers in the Kendal Church were in memory of Mabel Elliott. We will be having two guest speakers next Sunday (April 16th) from the Gideon Society. Marvin Colvin and his associate Ben. Youth Rally: April 15th, next Saturday in Newtonville Church, 9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m, $12.00 per person. This includes meals. May 7th Kendal United Church Women's annual service with guest speaker Betty Tùrcott. April 16th Bean Supper in Kendal Church Hall 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Adults $6.00, and under 8 $4.00. Tickets call 797-2962. On April 28th the Couples Club will go to Judy and Rick Hewitts then to Bernie Martin's Show "The Return of Joe Boss" in Newtonville Hall. A second show is stagéd on Saturday, April 29th in Newtonville Hall. We have all heard the saying, 'School days are the happiest days of your life,' though probably each of us has our own reaction to that. I was amused by a comment a friend of mine made during a conversation conversation on this subject. "Yes, they are the happiest days," he said," -- providing your children are old enough to go to school!" May 6th Kendal Women's Institute Institute Annual Penny Sale. The beautiful Dresden Plate Quilt has , now been quilted and tickets are now available from any member. Home baking sale in the afternoon. Many lovely articles raffled in the evening. Lundi to be served later in the evening. Kendal Hall open all day May 6th. May 6th Church Auction Sale on . the Manse Lawn at Newtonville commencing at 12 noon. Home baking sale sometime later when the ladies bring it in from the three churches, Newtonville, Shiloh, and Kendal. There will be many antiques. antiques. The United Church Women met at the home of Mrs. A. Cathcart on Wednesday afternoon April : 5th with eleven members present. The president Mrs. D. Youngman opened the meeting with the poem, 'In the Garden of Gethsemena' and the Hymn 405, 'Stand up, stand up for Jesus,' followed by the Lord's Prayer. Then Mrs. M. Stevens gave the devotional. She said, "That during his life Jesus often took the side of the poor and the oppressed. But on the cross he literally became one of them. The comfortable people pay attention to what he said. The poor pay attention to what he did. And what he did was die for the oppressed. oppressed. Mrs. Ann Dills read the minutes. Then Mrs. E. Foster made a motion that we donate $50.00 to the Newtonville Pastoral Charge Youth Rally, on April 15th. Seconded by Mrs. Susan French. Carried. Mrs. L. Downes gave the financial report. Offering $40.50. Then Mrs. D. Youngman gave her topic which dealt with 'Black Theology in South Africa,' "blacks had always read the Bible with different eyes than ■ the whites did..." , They noted God's compassion for slaves in Egypt, and how God led the people through conflict to freedom. Like the black people of .America they loved' above all the,' story of the Exodus. God would finally lead them to freedom, too. The blacks see that the story of Jesus connects with the Exodus. Wasn't Jesus himself a man of a defeated occupied nation? Wasn't lie born of lurfnhle parents in a humble place? Wasn't he wrongfully wrongfully arrested and charged tortured, and executed? Asyt once heard a black preacher say, says Allan Boesak and I quote: "He was poor like you, like me, oppressed like you, like me; spat upon, and pushed pushed around, he was black like you, like me. He is the black Messiah." The meeting closed with the hymn, "Faith of our Fathers" arid the Mizpath, benediction. Lunch was provided by Mrs. Frances Cathcart and our hostess. Next meeting May 3rd at the home of Miss C. W. Stewart. row twisting road with deep ditches and a stream alongside. "Help me, Lord." 1 prayed, recently in church we had been discussing the use of mental imaging imaging while praying. Now I visualized Jesus sitting next to me in the passenger seat I poured out my fears to Him. Hugging the steering wheel, 1 stared at the eerie whiteness. Suddenly Suddenly ahead ôf me I saw the red tail- lights of another car. Slowly I drew (Continued page 3) His Mysterious Ways - copied from my January 1989 Guideposts Magazine. I had to stay late that evening at the blood mobile, where I was a registered nurse working with the American Red Cross. By the time I trudged out to my car, it was dark, and the fog was rolling in. I had an hours drive home to our small town nestled near the base of the coastal range. The traffic was light, which was good, because the fog was getting heavier. I could barely see the white line at the edge of the freeway and the street lamps that lit it. Then I turned off onto our country road. Ten more miles to drive on a nar- > ORONO G A TES OF PR A [SR BIBLE MINISTRY St. Saviour's Anglican Church MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO SUNDAY SERVICE and CHURCH SERVICE 9:30 a.m. ORONO PASTORAL CHARGE 5414 Main Street Orono, Ontario Inter-Faith •' Full Gospel SERVICE 11:00 A M. Rev, Lyle L. West Office 983-9341 : Personal Ministry Rev., Margaret F. West Res. 983-5962 Counselling Christian Corner » Minister: Rev. Fred Milnes Orono Organist: Joyce Gray Kirby, Organist: Mrs. Martha Farrow Secretary: Marlene Risebrough REGULAR SERVICES Sunday, April 16, 1989 Kirby • 9:30 a.m. Orono 11:00 a.m. by Rev. ML West This week and probably for a few weeks we will be looking at the meaning of Christian. To be a Christian we must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We can have this relationship by asking Jesus to come into our lives and to forgive us of our sins. 1 John 1-8 says', "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." St. John 3:3, "Verily, verily I say unto you except a man be bbrn, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Being born again is the personal relationship that causes us to be called Christian. , Christian is, then, belonging to Jesus Christ. EXPLORERS Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Main Hall, Orono United Church HI-C Monday, April 24, 1989 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the Manse BIBLE STUDY Resumes Wednesday April 12th in the evening PANCAkE BRUNCH Sponsored by Oroho Sunday School Sunday, April 16th 12:00 Noon Fgllowing the Service Pancakes, sausages, juice, coffee-tea. Cost $2.00 per person.