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@ -- PORT PERRY STAR - Thursday, Feb. 15th, 1968 EPSOM NEWS _ (Continued) Toronto University. Joan & Jan returned home with them. . Mr. Ronald Asling of Ajax visited his grandparents Mr, "and Mrs. Wm. Asling on Sun- day morning. On Sat. afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ashton and Mr. and Mrs, Howard Ashton vi- 'sited Howard's sister Mrs. Wm. MacGregor in Cottage Hospital. We are pleased to learn that Olive is much im. proved. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Don Prentice and Mr. David Spence. of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Noble of Ux- bridge visited Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Prentice. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Clarke _.of Ashworth visited her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Asling on Saturday evening, Mrs. G. Taylor returned home from visiting her dau- ghter Shirley. Mr. Ansell and children in -Toronto for a _week. Elva came home with several stitches in her head, result of a fall. Mr. and Mrs. Ross' Evans and family were. dinner guests and enjoyed an even- ing with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Clarke of Ashworth recently. * Ross Bailey was home this .--week-end; he flew home from West Palm Beach to attend the Angus banquet Friday and to attend the Futurity Sale on Saturday at Oakville, and today he flew back to his work. Mr. and Mrs. David Semm- onds and family, Willowdale| 'were at their summer home last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Munro and Susanne had supper re- cently with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Prentice of Port } Perry. "Susanne 'Munro 'celebrated - her birthday on Saturday with a birthday party. Mrs. Roy Smith and Mrs. Grant Willard - visited with Mrs. Cawker on Friday. . Mr. and Mrs. Stearman of Uxbridge visited with their daughter Elva, Mr. Kerry and children for a few days last Birthday greetings go out to Julia Ashton, our Valen- tine girl. ~~ Mrs, Brown was a Tuicligon guest of her aunt, Mrs. Hub- bard on Thursday. In the afternoon Mrs. Brawn and Mrs. Hubbard called on Mrs. Hatfield. Mr. Donald Asling attended a United: Church mens exec- utive meeting at - Richmond Hill on Friday. _ . Mrs. Jean Jeffery entertain ed the Canasta group on Wednesday. We are hoping for a 'good turn-out at our Pot Luck sup- per at Epsom "church, spon- sored by the U.C.W. on: Feb- ruary 14th. Tommy Armstrong was an overnight. guest with his grandparetns, Mr. and. Mrs. Howard Gourlie. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick West entertained several of their friends on Saturday evening. The occasion 'was a surprise birthday party, cel- ebrating two birthdays that of Miss Brenda Payne, Feb- ruary 8 and Mr. Allie Christ ie, February 7. The evening was spent playing bingo foll- owed by a buffet lunch.. Mrs. Al. Christie received word that her cousin, .Mr, William King's son, William Jr., had been killed on Jan. uary 29 while driving to work at Bramalea at Northern Electric. It happended during a heavy fog. William leaves his wife Beatrice and small son. ! The young. folks at Reach Central School at Epsom are enjoying skating and hockey on the large rink-in the school yard. The Community Club at the last meeting do- nated $20.00 toward keeping the rink flooded. : LETTERS» EDITOR? February 9, 1968 The Port Perry Star, Port Perry, Ontario. Dear Sir: > May I take this opportunity on behalf -of the Ontario County: Tuberculosis and Health Association, to ex: press our sincere . gratitude for the, splendid publicity re- ceived from your newspaper | during the recent Christmas 'Seal Campaign. We will be closing the books of the campaign at the end of this month, and 'feel confident that our objective will be reached by that time. We are most grateful to the many volunteers through- | out the county who donated more than 1400 hours to as- sist us with the campaign. Our appreciation is also extended to the many Christ- mas Seal contributors in your area who supported the cam- paign. Christmas Seals fight them all . . . tuberculosis, as- thma, Chronic bronchitis, em- physema and other respira-. tory diseases. Despite gains made against it, TB remains a special case --it is contagious. Again, our warmest thanks. Yours sincerely, J. N. White, President, Ontario County TB and Health Association ROY CORNISH PUBLIC SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21st 2: 30 to 4:00 p.m. Everyone Invited to Tour the School. Seé¢ Children's Work. Enquire About School Programmes. On Wednesday evening of February 7, 18 ladies met at the home of Mrs. Beryl Pearce in Port Perry for the Head U.C.W. meeting. We were pleased to have Mrs. Dave Moore as a visitor and Mrs. Emily Badour as a guest speaker, "Today's Duty", = advised Charles Kingsley, the English divine, "fight today's temp- tations, do not weaken - and distract yourself by looking forward to things you cannot see, and could not under- stand if you saw them." The scripture, read by Mrs. Myrt- le Manns was taken from Romans 12. Mrs. Reta Reader read a study story on therapy for a mentally retarded child. The roll call was fun and laughter stories of wife and husband incidents. Mrs. Car- ol Boneschanker gave a short reading followed by one en- titled the "Scouter's Dilema" read by Reta Reader. . I love my children, I'm tell- ing you And I know there's a lot of work to do In Scouts and Brownies and P.T.A. But frankly, I just can't get . away. : At the end of a day, I'm tir- ed you know, Just. want to go out and see a show, LOr watch T.V. or 'play some bridge g Just too darned tired to mess with kids. And speaking of kids, do you 'know that crime Is on the increase all the time. They ought to do something maybe at school To teach the kids to respect a rule do more good ] And teach them to act the way they should, I can't understand why they act that way, ; Somethings =~ wrong some- where I venture to say. I send my kids to Seouts and such, << But it really ria help too much. They don't appreciate good things at all, I used to be a Scout when 1 was small. They need more volunteers you say? Must be plenty around--must be some way To interest parents in worth- while work, That's something no one has a right to shirk. Well, I hope they find some- one, I'm telling you. My kids need a leader to look up to. They need someone to direct their play. It's really a shame 1 can't get away, : A contest was. conducted by Mrs. Reta Reader and the winner was Mrs. Gertie Coll- Notes or words of apprec- iation for Christmas remem. brance were received from Mrs. Reta Rodman on: behalf of her mother, Mrs. Ashton, from Mrs. Reta Wilkinson on behalf of her mother, Mrs. E. Graham, from Miss Gladys Joblin on behalf of her fath- er, Rev. Joblin, from Mr. and Mrs. 8. Arnold and from the Scott Mission for the bale of| a clothing, _-- - Several bundles of used nylons were received for The opening thought was |. { Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 27th-- i 'Scugog: News Korea but we have room for more. Many membership cards were purchased. Mem- bers are requested to save Canada Packer labels for Grace U.C.W. We donated $10.00 to help the Caravan Committee in their work next sumer, ! We are indeed interested in the Island school at the Centre that will again open its doors on March 25 to aid the mentally retarded child- ren-in - quite an - extensive area. As we. were anxious to learn more about this work and how a school is conduct: ed Mrs. Badour was request- ed to bring information to us. Her talk was very interesting and informative. Many quest- ions followed and were well answered. Future financial and active support will be gratefully received, This is another worthy cause in our midst which will gain wide- spread interest as we under-| stand it and see the results. We trust many of the Is- land people will be able to attend Prospect church on Sunday night at 8 p.m. when more than a dozen girls and boys in the Pastoral -Charge will be entering 'a public speaking contest of 2 or 8 minutes. Each speaker will give an impersonation of Peter's Sermon at Pentecost. Judges will be Rev. Rice of Port Perry and Rev. Patter- son of Garden View. Support your young people. We are now presenting a Schedule of Lenten Services for Scugog Pastoral Charge. Pancake Supper Scugog 4.00 p.m. Regular Sunday "Wor ship: Scugog 10.00 am, Manchester 11.15 a.m. Prospect-12.30 p.m.. Easter Sunday Sunrise Ser- vice at Head of Island 'at sun- rise. Breakfast at Scugog 6.30 a.m. Friday night Services 8.00 p.m, Mar, 1 at Scugog - Hope of the World - a tableaux. Music by Prospect.. Lunch by Manchester, Mar, 8 at Man. chester - Power and the Glory --a play. Music by Scugog. Lunch by Prospect. Mar. 16 at Prospect--He Lives -- a pantomine - music by Man- chester. Lunch by Scugog. Mar. 22--at Scugog -- The Great Refusal -- a play. Music by Prospect. Lunch by Manchester. Mar, 20 -- at Manchester--The Meaning of Easter.. Street interviews. Music by Scugog. Lunch by Prospect. Apr. 5--at Pros- pect--The Lighted Cross - a pageant. Music by Manches- ter. Lunch by Scugog. Apr. 12--at Scugog - Communion. Music by Prospect. Lunch by Manchester. . "Merning Services Feb. 28, Mar. 1-- Scugog 9 am. Mar. 4, Mar. 8-- Manchester 8.30 a.m. Mar. 11, Mar. 15-- 'Prospect 9 a.m. Mar, 18, Mar. 22-- 'Scugog 9 am, Mar. 25, Mar. 20-- Manchester 8.30 a.m. Apr, 1, Apr. 5-- Prospect 9.00 am. Apr. 8, Apr. 12-- Scugog 9.00 am, ff On a recent Fri. evening friends and neighbours of : the former Virginia Eden gathered at the Scugog Town- ship Hall to spend a social evening with the bride and groom, Rick Parker of Port Perry. Don Ashbridge read an address followed by the presentation of the follow- ing gifts:--pole- 'lamp; --occa-| | sional chair, flannelette sheets, kitchen wall clock, electric: fry pan, sandwich & relish plate, dresser lamp & -pair of pillows. -open house on the occasion Family, Friends Join In 30th Wedding Celebration d Mrs. Alfred Dow- son, a St., Port Perry, were honored recently by an anniversary dinner and 'an of their golden wedding an- niversary. 'Mr. and Mrs. Dowson were both born in Canada, in the Port Perry area. . They were married on Scugog Island on Jan. 80, 1918. Mr. Dowson is -a-former employee of Goodes Creamery and Silverwoods Dairy. The couple have two sons; Bob and Jack, five daughters Edna; Ora, Jeanne, Bernice and Doris and twelve grand: children. At Conway Gardens, prior to a wedding dinner complete with- a three tier wedding cake, the family presented their parents with a gift of a money, tree, A bouquet of golden mums was given to the honored couple by the grandchildren, Mrs, Dowson received a corsage and Mr, Dowson a boutonniere. An Open House was held | at the home of the host couple. To receive guests, Mrs. Dowson was dressed in - beautiful green crepe ents witha jacket high- | lighted by crystal 'jewelery. The Honorable John Ro: i barts, Prime Minister of Ont- ario; sent a scroll and a letter | { of congratulations was re. ceived from the Honorable Mathew B. Dymond, Minister of Health. The honoured couple also received several |. floral tributes, "a rocking chair and many other gifts and cards. Over seventy-five guests offered congratula- tions from Toronto," Oshawa 'and local areas. U. C. W. The monthly February Greenbank meeting was held at the eo Church with R. Stone begin. ning with the Call to Wor. ship. Hymn 502 was sung followed by scripture reading from Psalm Chapter 1. A story and a lovely talk about Friendship was given by R, Baird, followed by prayer. Offering was taken and de. dicated, Hymn 637 was sung. "Fully. Persuaded" was sung by Janice, Jill and Cathy Stone and was enjoyed by = all, following which Janice Stone very capably played the flute to the familiar "Bless This House". D. Te- bin-led in prayer and M. Fes- ter then introduced the guest speaker, Mr. Roane, from In- dia who is now teaching at Port Perry. - Mr. Roane gave an extremely interesting and informative talk about life in India and the hsitory of the various religions in India. The President, Joan Lee, welcomed and thanked every- one. The Secretary's report and the Treasurers report were given. I. Phoenix. re- ported on the annual Skating Party to be held on Febru- _. . | ary 28th at Sunderland Arena © with each. family bringing sufficient donuts for their - own family. The World Day. of Prayer on March 1st at Seagrave = was. announced. Moved by V. Foster and see- onded by M. J. Till that R. ® Beare and J. Hunter work as a committee. to make preli- minary arrangements for a Spring Luncheon. - A supper for the choir leader & choir is to be arranged and J, Mec. Kean 'and 'B. Gibson volun- * teeréd to assist two afternoon. : ladies fn planning this, 'H. Thomson reported on .the an. nual "Lindsay = Presbyterial Meeting. The need for 'cloth- ing for Street Haven in Tor- onto was discussed and left ® 'over until next meeting. Passport photo's taken by R.G.LIGHTFOOT 852-6201, UXBRIDGE Newspaper. Ne PORT PERRY STAR COMPANY, LIMITED Member of the Ontarls. lay : Ass Serving Port Perry, Brooklin and - Surrounding Areas P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher WM. T. 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