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Port Perry Star, 18 Dec 1974, p. 27

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PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1974 -- 27 Long Christmas holiday he winners of Tuesday night Card Party by the Senior Citizens were: Ladies 1st - Marj. Byford; 2nd - Margaret Watson; 3rd - Myrtle Alsop. Men 1st - Yeoman Luke; 2nd - Richard Manns; 3rd - George Smith. In the report of last week "inregard tothe Achievement Day for 4-H Homemaking Clubs, there was an omission in the list of girls receiving County Honours. Anita De Jong; also, received her County Honours. Congratul- ations Anita and apologies for the error. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van Camp held a party in honour of Mrs. Glenn VanCamp's birthday. Those in atten- dance were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn VanCamp, Bill, Robert and Paul, and Mr. and Mrs. John Dowson. Miss Elizabeth Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thompson spent the week- end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. David Ander- son are spending some time with his parents. Recently Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Anderson spent a week in the Bahamas and report a very enjoyable holiday. . The Blackstock Women's Institute held their Christ- mas party on Wednesday, December 11, in the form of a pot luck dinner at the Community Hall. Twenty- two ladies enjoyed the delightful meal. While the ladies relaxed and remained at the tables, Mrs. Velva Bailey gave her report of the Central Area Convention held in Toronto in early December. The business part of the meeting was called to order by the President, Mrs. Mae Shortridge. Roll Call was answered with donations of canned goods for the Salvat- ion Army. Eileen McLaughlin repor- ted on 4-H Achievement Day held in Enniskillen. Mrs. Skelding, covenor for the programme took charge. Motto for the meeting was: Happiness is like a Christ- mas Cake, share it and you have a party. The next part of the meet- ing proved to be most inter- esting as the members found out who their mystery sister for the year had been. Mrs. Skelding then gave a reading followed by a contest. The meeting was closed with the singing of O Canada. On December 10, 13 mem- bers of the Afternoon Unit of U.C.W. held their Christmas meeting at the home of Mrs. Aileen Byers. Lunch includ- ed cookies and Christmas Cake. The meeting opened with a reading by the unit leader Mrs. Flora Samells entitled "Insight of Christ- mas". We then enjoyed the custom of this season by singing several Christmas Carols with Old and New Testament scriptures and a Christmas poem between carols. Flora Samells led the devotional on "Inside Christmas", sometimes we are so busy with the beauti- ful wrappings of Christmas we forget what is Inside. Only as we accept the gift can we know what is inside -- The Heart of Christmas. A delightful program with each member participating proved how versatile, talent- ed, and good sports we can We were reminded of the Candlelight Service at 7:30 p.m. on December 22. Our next meeting will be January 7, 1975 at Mrs. Dora Martyn's home. Our Christmas meeting 1974 closed with the Mizpah benediction. At the Anglican Church on Sunday morning there was a good attendance to enjoy the Garbage collection for lakeshore Scugog council has once again changed its mind about collection in the for- mer township of Cartwright. At a special meeting last week, council decided to continue garbage collection on the lakeshore area of Cartwright, but end it for the rest of the township. Collect- ion will end December 31. Council decided to let pri- vate contractors collect gar- bage in the rest of the township. Any other area in the township of Scugog that wants garbage collection can petition council for that ser- vice and if 66 per cent of the people are in favour, council will probably start service in the area. Although council did not specifically outline what they considered the lake- shore area to be, the clerk's department was asked to define the area. The lakeshore residents will pay for their collection on their taxes as council LARGE ASSORTMENT OF IBITTNER'S JP "Berhemeyer Cold Cuts" o Blackstock area news Annual Christmas Service with a pageant put on by the Sunday School. Next Sunday will be read- ing of lessons and Annual Carol Service. There was also a good attendance at the United Church on Sunday. . Rev. Parsons entitled his message The Living Word. The Junior Choir delighted us with a beautiful Christmas anthem and Mrs: Harold Kyte favoured with a solo. decided to have collection area-rated. Council rescinded a motion of October 21 in which stated there would be garbage col- lection for anybody in Cart- wright who wanted it and was willing to pay for it. Letters were sent to all households in Cartwright and about 580 people indicat- ed, they wanted garbage collection. There are about 1,700 houses eligible for gar- bage collection in Cart- wright. After council passed their latest motion, Mayor Lawrence Malcolm suggest- ed "Well, I guess we have heard the last of our garbage problems." "Do you want to bet?" Coun. Reg Rose responded, and council broke into laughter. Coun. Bob Brinkman op- posed the motion and insis- ted that the garbage collect- ion be put on the assessment of everybody and that there be Cartwright wide collection. Elecmentary and Secon- dary School students will be getting one of the longest Christmas Holidays ever this year. School is out on Friday, December 20 and doesn't start again until Monday, January 6. ' "It's a good, nice, long holiday this year," said John Hogg, principal of R. H. Cornish Public School. "A holiday this long only comes Council asked the clerk to call tenders for the lakeshore collection for January 13. That means lakeshore resid- EQUIPMENT. WITH THE HIGH COST OF FEED YOU CAN'T " AFFORD TO WASTE IT! POLDENVALE (CANADA) LTD. OFFERS THE ANSWER WITH A No Loss Feeding System FOR EVERY SIZE HERD. BARN OR FIELD INSTALLATIONS. ALSO AVAILABLE ARE ALL TYPES CATTLE AND SHEEP HANDLEING FOR INFORMATION CALL 986-5033. (Dealer Inquiries Invited) once about seven years." Cornish students will have a Christmas concert on Dec- ember 20 but it is only for the students. : "When we get 890 students in the auditorium, we don't have much room for par- ents," Mr. Hogg said. Secondary School students holidays may be dulled a little with the prospects of examinations starting about January 17. area only ents won't have collection for a few weeks because the present contract expires December 31. every xo: WE SELL ONLY FRESHLY CUT MEAT Homemade Wednesday Friday SAUSAGES MAC & CHEESE LOAF CHICKEN LOAF Carl Jacobsen, proprietor. STORE HOURS Mon., Tues., Thurs., & Sat. ~~ 9-6 9:00-1:00 9:00-9:00 We sell only the finest quality Canadian Beef. Ib. 0.99" | i. 99° 299° No substitute for the finest quality when you buy at Carl's. ARL Ti BUTCHER 178 QUEEN STREET -- PORT PERRY -- Fancy cold cuts for the Holidays. A wide selectionin Dinner Hams and Bacon. 985-2221 A ONE AEA TEA a ir A ZN

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