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10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1977 By Mrs. Pat Fletcher If you missed the United Church Servicefon Sunday in Blackstock, you missed a. grand celebration. It was the 90th Anniversary ser- vice. Gladys Thompson helped out at the piano. Harold Wright accompanied the Choir's special song "Let the Church Roll On". Guest soloist, Mrs. Ralph Bailey of Port Perry added to the Shacial day with her songs, "The House of God" and How Beaufiful are the Feet". The special speaker was a native of Blackstock, Rev. Clarence Ferguson. He took five minutes before the ser- mon on '"Hope" to reminisce about past Preachers in Blackstock that had been an inspiration to him. After the * Church service, a social hour was held in the Christian Education room. Finishing off the celebration with a Happy Birthday song to Ruby Van Camp, everyone went home. Diane . Schryburt daughters were Friday even- ing dinner guests of Larry and Beth Schryburt. The girls stayed the weekend and' returned Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bradburn, Oshawa, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bradburn were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold McLaughlin and Kelly. Mr. and Mrs. Bill St. John and Mr. and Mrs. Greg: St: John of Oshawa were afternoon callers. Several boys from Cubs and Scouts were busy selling poppies around the village on Saturday. Mrs. Margaret Argue has returned home after spend- ing some time with Mrs. Cecil Hyde, Thornhill. Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Taylor, Enniskillen were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Toms. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Grove and family attended the 100th Anniversary Service of the Markham United Mis- and sionary Church on Sunday HH i ¥ i ¥ Mrs. Yvonne Christie, chairman of the Durham Board of Education is shown here flanked by Cart- wright High School Ontario Scholars, left, Jack Se SENS = SLA Ros or £3 ey Bg AN a ATR EOE ¥ A AN ET RAT Far LGTY Ho Pa Rd SKUR CLIN OINISION anngaar QEORELTS Shur-Gain puppy food bite size with BEEF Its made to Shur-Gain's special puppy growing formula, and with the famous beef taste that all dogs like. That's Shur-Gain Puppy Food. A complete, balanced nutritionally correct diet. Nothing else is needed. Get it at your Shur-Gain outlet. hose inh puppy food Shur-Gain...value for discerning feeders. WALLACE MARLOW CO. LTD. BLACKSTOCK - ONTARIO 986-4201 NRRL U.C.W. met at Blackstock United Church and we left at 7:00 p.m. for a tour of the St. John's" School in Uxbridge, and enjoyed dinner with Glen's sister, Mr. and Mrs. Dent Brown. . _. _° Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gilmour of Lindsay area were Sunday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kelly. Beth Schryburt's parents, Alice and Doug Stimson along with. their son, Mel, spent Monday through Thursday at Larry and Beth Schryburt's home. A group of ladies from the "Smith's Woods' attended a taping of "The Bobby Vinton Show" at Channel 9 studios in Toronto on Thursday evening. The Annual Meeting of District 4 Agricultural Soci- eties was held on Thursday in Lindsay. Representing Blackstock Fair were Pres- ident Lawrence McLaughlin, Jean Adams, Vera Assle- stine, Gail Shaver and Joyce Kelly. Our dates for 1978 Blackstock fair was decided to be Saturday, August 26. U.C.W. The Evening Unit of the in Ontario. Sharon Essery opened the meeting which was held in the boys parlour at the school. Verna Mc- Mahon read the minutes of the October meeting which were adopted as read. The Worship was read by Sharon Essery based on peace. A general meeting will be held at the Church on Wednesday, November 30th at 1:30 p.m. Lunch was served by the school and greatly appreci- ated by the Unit. The Cartwright High School Commencement on Saturday evening was enjoy- ed by a very large crowd. Congratulations to Jack Gunter, Peter Kristensen, Anne Marlow and Cindy Mc- Coll who received Ontario Scholarships, presented by Mr. William Newman, Min- ister of Agriculture. Our Gunter, valedictorian;and Cindy McColl; right, Anne Marlow and Peter Kristensen. Standing behind, left, Mr. Jim Sterling, Durham Board of Education area superintendent, Mr. William Newman, Minister of Agriculture and Mr. Gordon Paisley, principal. Photo courtesy Bowmanville Canadian Statesman ke! h 75% A 1. di 7 Cartwright High School Honour Graduates, back left, Harold Wright, Blair. Graham, 'Colin Asselstine, Paul Larmer, Peter Kristensen, Jack Gunter, valedic- the only private boy's school . . Blackstock and area news area Superintendant for Dur- ham Board of Education, Mr. Jim Sterling was also in attendance. Mdme. Justice Van Camp presented books to the school library on be- half of her family. She had great praise for the school down through the years and hoped that the Board would continue to maintain the school. In her travels throughout the Province, Mdme. Justice has observed that many people are send- Awards presented ing their children to private schools because: they are smaller. ~ Smaller schools can offer so much more than larger schools in many cases. She concluded that we at Cartwright are extremgly lucky to have a smaller High School in which students. can play an active part. Two local board mem- bers, Mrs. Christie and Mr; Goode, were present and (continued on page 11) at Cartwright H.S. Commencement By Anne Kristensen Hi there! The past week was filled with a lot of tear- ing about in order to com- plete the final preparations for C.H.S.'s 1977 Commence- ment. The Glee Club put in a lot of time striving for perfec- tion while the Year 5 Drama class skilfully rehearsed their play with hopes of Broadway in the future but so far success has brought a Pizza Party. Hyg the prom- inent guest speakers, includ- ing our Valedictorian, I'm sure were working on last minute thoughts to prepare themselves for the podium awaiting them. And then the actual perfor- mance! The Rec Centre stage was beautifully decor- ated displaying superior artistic talent with the school colours -- blue and gold. Mr. - Paisley opened the program- me and Board Chairman Mrs. Christie followed bring-- ing greeting from the Board. This year the Students Coun- - cils' contribution to the school were bronze medal- lions - to all students who received 75 per cent and over on an overall-average. Mr. Goode, Vice Chairman of the board, and Mr. J. Sterling, Area Superintend- ent, presented the Grade 12 and 13 diplomas. Mr. Wm. Newman, Minister of Agri- culture, made the Ontario Scholarship presentations. - Weir. Numerous awards, tro- phies and prizes were pre- sented to a darge number of students. Jack Gunter, the valedictorian of the gradu- ating class of '77, gave his valedictory address which brought back fond memories of the past five years. On Wednesday, November 1, we had a student assembly and had as our guest speak- ers two gentlemey from the Port Perry Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion -- Mr. John Maw and Mr. Ross They spoke briefly about Poppy Day and gave us a fine insight into the work of the Legion and why it is important to recognize Remembrance Day. Appre- ciation was expressed 'by Doug Larmer to the Legion for their interest in our school and our students by providing bursaries each year at Commencement time. In the past couple of weeks many of our students have been wracking their brains trying to come up with a winning entry in the Legion's Literary Contest. Good Luck, kids! On Sunday, November 6, the Students' Council hosted the Graduation dinner at the Bonfire Restaurant in Lind- say. The parents and teach- ers and Mrs. Christie were in attendance and together they reminisced about the good times and the bad times (continued on page 11) bY torian. Front left, Eric Post, Cindy McColl, Debra Swain, Anne Marlow and Bryan Sleep. Photo courtesy Bowmanville Canadian Statesman b $e