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RL 3 a ow OR 3) Ho | 3 FI 4 42h. ~ - SSRN IY Be A Au a " Ne = ASE | ' J RGAE SEL NA LAN HRY IW AVLINY: 7" Wa "vice president, 'Drew, 2nd" vice president FREI EON NERA WOES MR 0) » 5 RA re 6 PORT PERRY "STAR - wedbiaadis, Feb. 2, 1972 Gu atem a la mission' w enjoy coe film former Port fe mig minister (continued) the recreation area at the water front, the project planned prior to the Cen- tennial, ? Dr. Cohoon in presenting Mrs. Cornish with a crystal liqueur carafe and six glass. es, praised her for her un. tiring efforts and devoted service to the Chamber of Commerce during the four years she held the position of secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Cornish received a warm 'and hearty round of ap- plause from the members present. A motion to increase the executive from 12 to 15 members was passed unani- mously. Dr. Cohoon will continue his second year as president, Ken Dowson, 1st Richard and the following members are directors: George Proc- tor. Don Griffen/Bert Stulen, Elean- McRitchie, Ted or Wood, P. Hvidsten, Storey Beare, Dale-Legue, Richard: Carnegie, Gordon Lewis, R. Allin, Jack Dow- son, Ralph Ballard. In addition to the pur- chase of a mobile public address system ,the presi- . dent suggested perhaps the merchants on Queen Street would consider purchasing four speakers to be. erected permanently in' "strategic" locations on. the street. Following a discussion of the subject it was decided to poll the merchants to determine their interest in this particular project. The idea behind the sug. gestion is to play suitable music at special occasions such as Christmas, ete. and if so desired, perhaps Fri- day and Saturday. It was felt this would be another - way of competing with out- of town shopping centres using every method possible to attract business, Nursing Home 'News Welcome visitors® to the - Nursing Home over the weekend were three of our R.N.A.'s who are taking special courses in Toronto. The ladies Winnie Win- . nacott, Marge Reyar and Ruth Popoawich are about half way through their course at Toronto Western Hospital, will go next to "Riverside Hospittal for a six weeks course and then on to the Hospital for Sick Children 'for a. further six © weeks training. They are all looking good and seem to be enjoying their work in Toronto. New patients admitted to the nursing-home during the week were: Mr. John Blake "of Oshawa transferred frrom the Oshawa | General Hospital, Mr. Wm. John Gray of Oshawa transferred! from the Oshawa General Hospital. Mr. Joe Menegoni who was in the Home for a few weeks was transferred back to the "Oshawa General Hospital." The current "flu epidemic" has taken: a Heavy toll "in "the Nursing Home both staff and patients being affected. As a result venture out to visit their relatives. . ~ Burketon News Mr. and Mrs. D. Gatchell, Oshawa visited with Mr. and Mrs. A.C.Stephenson and family over the weekend. Mrs. T. Fitzgerald visited during the week with Mr. and -Mrs.-E: Smith; Ajax. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Holroyd, Bowmanville with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holroyd and lamily. Mr. Ralph Grace U. of Waterloo visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. H. Grace «and family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stovir Richmond Hill spent a day with Mrs. K. Robbin. Mr. Stanley Taylor was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Allan 'Taylor on Wednesday cvening. Mrs. KE. Fitzgerald accompanied by Mrs. R. Davey "attended the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace jibb of Cambray. Ontario on- Sun- day. Several from this district attended Farming Frontiers Farm Show at Utica Hall on Wednesday evening. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Stephenson on Sunday were Mr. and. Mrs. | Clifford Brown, Kedron, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Weston, Mr. and Mrs. M. McGuarry, Oshawa Blackstock man killed in crash A two-car head on collision carly: Saturday. morning on Highway 7 riorth of Man- chester has taKen the life of a Blackstock man. Dead is Leonard Roger MacLeod, 19, of R:R. 1, Blackstock. He was alone in {h¢ car. The driver of the second car, Gerald Gray of 1162+ Windermere Court, was treated in hospital for cuts and bruises: His wife. Joan was. also treated for minor injuries. Constable Donald MacKay of -the-OPP-Whitby-Detach- ment said the accident oc- curred about 12:45 aim, on Saturday, January 29. He said the MacLeod vehicle was travelling south and the Gray. vehicle north at the time of the accident. The dead "man was believed to be an employee of MacNamara Construction Lid. A post-mortem conducted at the Oshawa General il Hospittal. 94 years old Mrs. Zelpha Jackson, who celebrated her 94th birth. day at the Community Nur- sing Home on January 6. She was born in Reach Township, and she and her husband farmed in Scugog until 1945. Mrs, Jackson has 22 great grandchildren and one great great grand: daughter, areas of --a country - was The Rev. Ww. H. Crawford of the Gibbons St. Evangelical in Oshawa has returned' from Central Church recently Guatemala in America, 'Rey. Crawford wis at one time minister at the Pentocostal" Assembly Church in Port Perry. Rey. Crawlord's church in Oshawa is presently in- volved with Foreign Mission work in'the remote areas of Guatemala, and he went to that country in December to confer with local ministers, visit missions and plan new operations in the Church's work. At present, the mission work + is concentrated - on teaching native people basic reading und writing skills. some of these peoples have 'no written language, and the mission works closely with a group of translators. These "translators will record the phoenetics of a certain dialect, and from the phoenetics will' create 'a written language using the Spanish alphabet as a base. Rev. Crawford: says that teaching people to read and write is the most important work" being done now. tlowever, the mission hopes tobe able to also teach carpentry, auto mechanics and some clectronics. But . {his can only be done after literacy is achieved. : During his three-week visit, Rev. Crawlord covered ~ "Some 3,000" miles by Tand™~ rover, mostly in the remote jungle and bush Department of -Peten. provinces are called departments.) Besides holding con- ferences. with missionaries, he also delivered sermons through an interpretor. Travelling in the remote Guatemala can be quite an experience for a person not accustomed-to the life-style. Rev. Crawford said that the (In Guatemala; like staple diet is corn and black heans, and during an earlier visit to the country he became ill with what he suspected was careful with drinking water, us there is typhoid in some of the wells: te had a "bit of 'a scare" once when he just missed heing caught in an armed light" between army "and guerilla forces; Rev. Crawford says: the army is constantly on the lookout for - guerillas, and several times he himself has heen stopped and 'asked to produce credentials. He carries a small' card Spanish which cites' a Guatemalian law giving ministers the right to preach; and satisfies the army patrols. cian operate on $30 per month, and some in the jungle areas can operate on as little as $10 per month, the-- mission 'work : does cost money. Last year, the church in Oshawa gave $3700 towards the literacy program, and this year the ¢hyréh hopes to give more as tfc program is expanded to include carpentry, auto mechanics electronics, and the establishment of a mission house. Rev. Crawford says these Joanne Young and Angela Fielding enjoy some skating on the open air rink at the back of R. H. Cornish Public Both girls are in Grade 5. Electric light stand: . skating in the School. ards have been erected to allow famil evening. Sorry boys, no hockey sticks or pucks allowed. SL i 2 ONIN ota 2 food: poisoning. He is also very this card - Although native pastors ts he 7 oh Ley ©, WY ork for new programs require a ! lot of planning and work, and he & hopes to make a longer Arip * to the area some time in late | summer to help get the new ~ programs established. ; 'Rev. Crawford has been "with the Gibbons St. Church since 1963 and has been 5 general: sécretary for the : mission work: for "three years, ; Will soon begin : 'winter works Winter, works projects initiated: by the Ontario County Board of Education under the - provincial government grant program to encourage winter em- - ployment, will begin during the next two weeks, -ac- cording to J.R. Backus | hoard superintendent of husiness. 2 "We're in the process. of hiring people now and projects -will get underway within a week or two weeks," he told the board in a recent report on the program. Under the government program, the board of education -- was allotted $87,000 to help finance labor- intensive projects in the county... Program: suggestions totalling $79,000 were sub- mitted. by the board and approved by the department "'of municipal affairs before "the Dee: 31 deadline: Projects will include masony work. and - running track repair at various county. schools, tagging of school instructional equipment with identity tags and hiring unemployed teachers in the county to work: part time at: library resource material organization and to replace teachers involved in curriculum development studies. , A ccording to Mr. Backus, most projects will be started soon, although some requiring outdoor work will have to wait until spring. UNITED - CHURCH CANADA The Right Reverend Dr. 'Arthur Moore, B.A.,B.D., D.D., L.L.D:, Moderator of the United Church of Canada will be the speaker at the annual meeting of the United Church Presbyterial. Dr. Moore was president: and vice-chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto irom 1950 - 1970. He was elected Moderator at ~:Photographer;' OF Conadisn newsman "and journalist Jock Caroll, will' be special speaker at a Meeting Thursday evening Lake Scugog Histori- cal ike He Is the au- thor of three books and is currently working 'on the official biography. of Greg Clark. Jock Carroll will speak at 'meeting Mr Jock Carroll, Toronto "newspaperman- and. jour- nalist will be guest speaker ¥ at a-meeting of the Lake Scugog Historical" Society scheduled for Thursday, February 3 at 8:00, p.m. in the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Carroll, well-known in _ the Canadian news media, is = currently working: on 'the official biography. of writer and .newsman Greg. Clark. Along with numerous- magazine stories and ar- ticles, Mr. Carroll has three » "hooks to his credit: His first was - "'Korean boy", the second «was °*'The: Shy sand 'his latest, 'The Death of the Toronto: Telegram' tells. a brief stary of 'the events leading up to the closing of" that paper. He was working for the Telegram at the time. Mr. Carroll is 4 member of _the- Author's. League of Anicrica, the: Professional Photographer's - Association _ of Canada, 'the Ontario Sport's Writers Association; and is president of the Canadian' 'War Correspon- "dents Association, the 24th General Council in Niagara Falls early in 1971. A presentation "This is our Tenth Anniversary' with Rev. D.M. Buttars and Kingsview: U.C.W.- will be made. Past presidents from 1962 - 1972 will also par- ticipate. Rev. D.C. Arscott, Chairman, ' Oshawa Presbytery will preside over the election and installation of new officers. Registration is at 9:30 1.m: at Simcoe St. United Church, Oshawa, on February 9th. v A AA ~ Evenin SUN We Sponsor and Support:-- MISION EN EL INTERIOR 1 DE HISPANOAMERICA (Guatemala. C.A.) Gibbons Street Foangelical Church 230 GIBBONS ST, N., OSHAWA, ONTARIO "Morning Service -- 11:00 a.m. Evangelistic -- 7:00 p.m. Y SCHOOL -- 9:45 a.m. : : Wednesday: Prayer Service -- 8 p.m. 1st WED. of Each Month: Women's Missionary Soc. -- 8 p.m, THE LITTLE CHURCH WITH A BIG OUTREACH! WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY SHARES IN A SOUL WINNING PROJECT?