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> a THE INTERIOR of the newlyopened Liquor Control Board's Storeon Queen St., Port Perry. Blackstock St. John's W.A. met in the Parish Hall on Thursday evening, June 19 at 8 p.m. with 16 members and 2 vi- _ sitors present. After opening exer- cises by the president, Mrs. Jno. Ha- milton, the scripture passage and li- tany were taken by Mrs, McArthur, with the members prayer in unison. The treasurer gave her report and showed a comfortable balance in the bank. Mrs. Hamilton tendered her 'thanks to Mrs. Langfeld who presided over the May meeting in her absence due to illness. Arrangements were made for the annual Church Supper and entertainment, which has usu- ally been held on July 1st, but owing to the centennial celebrations in Bow- - manville it was decided to post-pone the supper till Friday, July 4. Mrs. Chapperlin reported on the Little Helpers. It was decided to house- clean the church and parish hall on Thurs.,, June 26 in preparation for the Anniversary service on June 29. An invitation was accepted from Mrs. Langfeld to hold our August meeting at her home and that it take the form of a lawn party, further ar- rangsments to be made at the July 'meeting. At the close of the busi- ness portion of the meeting, a short program was enjoyed, which included a reading by Mrs, A. Bailey, entitled, "Cloudy Skies", a flower contest, con- ducted by Mrs. Bone, and a reading by Mrs. Colley entitled, "It might have happened in Old Capernaum. The meeting closed with prayers by Capon Chapperlin, and a social half hour brought the 'evening to a close. The Young People's meeting which was held in the Sunday School room Sunday evening was under the direc- tion of Mrs. Richard VanCamp's group.- Bert Bowers introduced Rev. and Mrs. Campbell to the group and the group to the Campbells. ~ Rev, 'Campbell, the guest speaker, gave af ine address on "Why Young People go to Church". Mrs, R. VanCamp led in the wor- ship service. President Allan Dayes conducted the business. Sr Lunch was served. re Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sinclair (Phyllis Strong) who | were married in the United Church Saturday. Sorry to report Mr. Rupt. Werry. is in Oshawa hospital for an opera- tion and Mrs, Jno. Carnaghan in To- | ronto for an operation and Jackie Gunter in Sick Children's also for surgery. Several from here attended the Li-' beral convention in Newcastle Wed- nesday evening, | Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Larmer, Shar- on, John and David attended the Lar- mer family re-union in Peterboro on Saturday. Miss Edith Larmer of Verdun, Ma- niloba visited all the Larmer relatives in Cartwright during the last 10 days. Mrs. Osmond Wright spent a few days with her daughters and families in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnston visited the Roy 'Avery's in Tillbury over the week-end. Mrs, Robt." Ford spent a few days last week with Mrs. Geo. Swift at Caesarea. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Larmer visit- ed Mr, and Mrs. Albert Balsam, So- lina on Sunday. § Mr. and Mrs. Leith Byers, Mr. and Mrs, Herb Swain .and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Swain spent the week-end on a sight seeing trip and visited the Byers' in Ottawa. Mrs. Phena Mountjoy, Oshawa spent the week-end at Harold Swains. Mr. and Mrs, Russel McLaughlin, Bowmanville visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl McLaughlin and boys Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Maleolm visited friends in St. Clair, Michigan, Thurs- day to Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hector Shortridge, Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Graham and Mr. and Mrs. Les Johnston were guests at the Severs - Fice wedding in Osh- awa Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Dorrell atten- | ded Haydon anniversary Sunday p.m. and were supper guests of Mr, and Mrs. Alf. Gerrard. Mr, Roy and Miss Sandra Fergu- son visited Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dunbar and Denise in Toronto on Sunday. Mrs. Wesley Beacock and Mrs, Tar- vis accompanied Mr. arid Mrs. Les. Beacock to decoration service in Lind- say Sunday and visited relatives. Mr. Russel Spinks, Oshawa, and Mrs, Allan Moore, Shirley, were Sun- day visitors of Mrs. Ed. Darcy. Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Thompson visit- ed in Oshawa Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Canning, Dr. and Mrs. John Werry and An- ne, Bowmanville visited Mrs. Rupt. Werry and Roy on Sunday.' Mr. and Mrs. R. Wood and Eldene, Bobcaygeon; Mr. H. Coalter, Toron- to; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hale, Wil- low Beach; Mr. and Mrs.. Allen Rahm and children, Port Perry, were visit- ors with Mr, and Mrs. Orr Venning during the week-end. We Love the Country We bouRht our home in the country in a'about ten minutes flat. We had read many delectable advertisements in various newspapers and had ca) veered across country north, south, east and west in a vain endeavour to find a suitable habitation with a piece of land attached. The realities were always so much at variance with the pictures conjured up by the ads. that we decided all real estate agents must be either congenitally blind or monu- mentally' dishonest. One night, idly perusing the pages of the 'daily' I saw 'it'. 'It' was a modest, down-to-earth advertisement. It didn't gush, glow or glamorise. It merely stated that an eight-roomed house on a pleasant street was for sale--and the price given just suited our budget. Excited- ly I showed my find to my somewhat cynical ahd disillusioned spouse and reluctantly lie agreed to view it with me on the following day. "We drove passed it twice. We just couldn't believe that such a fair man- sion complete with four walls and a roof, set back from the road among green lawns and ancient trees, could possibly be within "our reach. A house-keeper showed us round but we were much too excited to take any- thing in. The agent lived in a neigh- bouring town so thither we drove as if all the fiends in hell were behind us and triumphantly signed on the dotted line, (We subsequently dis- covered that said agent had been try- ing unsuccessfully to sell same man- sion for two years or more and was prepared to give it away.) However, the die was cast. For better or for worse, for a down pay- ment and a mortgage, the mansion be- longed to us--the Thistleworts. We sold our city bungalow in a record time and soon we were on our way to our new life in thé country, The weather had been benigh and balmy until our moving day arrived. Then Mother Nature, in vindictive mood, Junleashed all her elements upon us in unrestrained fury, The rain poured down in torrents, the wind shrieked and howled with a tornado-like fer- ocity and we reached our new house, battered and worn, with spirits shrunk to zero-level. Where was the fair mansion, the green-lawns and the an- cient, noble trees? It looked huge and cheerless, devoid of paint and dingy of aspect. ) A broken shutter banged mournful- ly and the bare branches of the trees creaked and groaned. It looked more like Dracula's castle than the home of our dreams. "Coo, what a monstrosity," mutter- ed the moving man, In the weeks that followed we tasted joy of country living under wintry conditions to the full. First of all, there were the flies. In the city they would have died peacefully at the first breath of winter. But not so country flies. They were large, full- bodied, aggressive insects and buzzed dericively in all the windows even when the temperature was well below zero, We finally concluded they were indestructible and resigned ourselves to living with them. Our young son Clem actually tames some of the brutes and fattened them up on honey and the finest granulated sugar. Then there was the SEPTIC TANK. When we bought the house, the agant mentioned casually that it needed "a little attention.,, When we moved in, we noticed a tarpaulin sheet spread on the ground under the kitchen win- dow. It obviously covered the septic tank which, we decided, must be in a delicate condition indeed. All that winter we coddled it. We fed it soothing yeast preparations and clean- ed the toilet bowl with the most ex- pensive cosmetics. We tried not to put too great a burden on it. In fact the children developed: a complex about going to the bathroom. In the spring we could stand the strain no longer. Two cheerful characters with a sanitation truck came and removed the tarpaulin sheet and gingerly be- gan to dig. They dug for hours and found precisely nothing." The tar- paulift sheet may have been protecting the earth-worms. It certainly wasn't covering a septic tank. The sanitation men were delighted with the mystery. 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When former neighbours came from the city to visit, we lit a blazing log fire in the hearth and eulogized country living in' such: idyllic terms that they turned to | their cosy homes gnashing their teeth with envy. . : The hot-water tank in the bathroom gurgled and hissed and sputtered until we grew nervour about taking a bath. In the interests of hygiene, my hus- band took some of it apart and found it jammed with enough stones and gravel to fill several large-size holes. Just before Christmas, it gave a tired sigh and split all its seams so that all its contents cascaded through kitchen ceiling. When the plumbers came to install a new one, they in- formed us that we had been using the || oldest hot-water tank in existence. I \ . The water pipes froze and my hus- band padde about in the icy dawn, applying hot-water bottles to the bends of the pipes and muttered im- precations under his breath. The electricity outlets hissed and flashed and fused all our electrical appliances, There were strange noises in the walls and ceilings and cupboards that sound- cd suspiciously like rats. But after one or two false alarms, spring finally arrived. The Thistle- worts immediately forgot their trials and tribulations and became unani- mously lyrical about" living in the country. We gazed eestatically at the rolling hills, the blossoming trees and gloating over our city friends swelter- t a Kerihan Mrs, Robinson, Mr. and Mrs, C. Bond, Toronto, Cooksville. day afternoon. gathering of ladies, and the meeting was presided over by the president Mrs. Victor Aldred. the week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs, Gostick and all attended Mount Pleasant Centennial of their rural school. supper and evening, program, Sunday the Pugh family were pre- sent at Mrs, Gostick's for the grand. mother's eighty - second birthday party. The section provided On Mr. and Mrs. N. Wilson attended the funeral of his cousin the late Mr. Grant Wilson, Oshawa who was fa- tally injured while employed at Gen: Motors. Week-end visitors .with Mr. and Mrs. G. Hunters included her sister Mr. and Mrs. L. Glasgow and two sons of Brussells, The Glasgow fa- mily have left to sail to Ireland to visit relatives, Mr. and Mrs. H, Wagg, Oshawa vith her parents Mr, and Mrs. L. Bond. Mr. and Mrs. W. Vance enjoyed Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sle- mon, Haydon, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and Wen- dy have returned from visiting her the | relatives in Nova Scotia. Mr. and Mrs, E. W. Martyn, Mari- on, Bruce visited with relatives in .Andsay on Sunday. Last week's visitors with Mrs, Mec- were: Mrs. W. Ecclestone, and Mrs. E. Madill of Scugog News (Too late for last week) Grace Church W.A. met Wednes- There was a lovely Mrs. Alan Mar- yn showed some beautiful colored movie pictures of her trips to Florida nd California, which proved most : . a : . | interesting. . » brie ns. This . ing in thei litle brick ovolly his Wednonday evonivg the Seumos --we all felt--was THE LIFE. Home and School met at the com- (To be continued) munity hall for their final meeting of the year. Rev. Cecil Nelson, who led in a sing- Our guest speaker was ong, and later in the -program told Ss Prince Albert us an interesting story with flannel- graph. Rev. Nelson visits each On Sunday Rev. E. S. Linstead de-|school in this aren once a week and livered a brief but worthwhile mess- [the children really look forward to age prior to the observing of sacra-|his coming. and ment passed by a couple of elders Mr. McCrea and Mr. F. Vickery. 1 Mr. and Mrs. L. Hunter, Misses |i Nola Hunter and Jane Carnegie en- joyed the annual "Airforce Day" at Camp Borden. Their son Leading Aireraftsman J. L. Hunter is also a|¢ member of the bugle band, which is Mrs. Florence Fralick Mrs. Dorothy Hood sang two ovely duets. -Mrs. Earl Reader led n a skit, which was presented by Mr. Alan Martyn, Mrs. Here. Barry and Teddy Needham. evening was the presenting a che- A highlight of the jue for $15.00 to our treasurer, which was won by the club for second prize booked to play in Waterloo in the|in the Oshawa Times Gazette Recipe near future. Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Bond, Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs. G. Foster and family of Oakville visited Mrs. Luke on Sun- day. We all extend sympathy to Mrs. N. Wilson whose brother Mr. Clar- ence Miller was killed by a train- car accident in Mount Albert early |r Sunday morning. contest. Rev. Nelson and his wife were pre- sented with a lovely set of towels from the club. Lunch was served by the committee. The attendance award for the past year was won by the Centre School. This is the time for the school pic- nics, the Centre school is having theirs on Tharsday, June 28, at Orono Mrs, M, Pugh and children spent Park. Another big week-end coming up? Yes, a summer week-end can mean a lotof fun for you and your family. But it means a lot of other things too--many more cars on the highway, many more drivers in a hurry to start t heir week-end or to get home again. It can also mean many more accidents and more- patients for hospital emergency wards. If you're taking the family away for the week-end in your car, be sensible about Avoid impatience, Drive so t it. Watch your speed. hat you and your family --and the other drivers you meet on the road --arrive alive. When you're on the speed that will enable you road, always drive at a to stop in the distance between you and the car ahead, At night, drive at the speed that will enable you to stop within headlight 'range. If you are tired or inattentive, do not drive at all. Make next week-end a sure you enjoy it properly . big week-end but make . . not.in a hospital bed, Your Ontario Department of Transport urges you te observe the speed limite--~slow down and ime 1 TIRE AE ER Gs 1 MERE ETT a ; i { Ps on da ki A LA