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Port Perry Star, 1 Mar 1978, p. 14

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14 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Mar. 1, 1978 Kin, Seniors celebrate Heritage Week SRR LECH FR AES NT Ei OR POLY Vy ol ens . ESE PENN A SEA EPFIPIRELAE SEAS TEATS Ha TR FRE HH by Doreen Kendal Thursday the 23rd of February the Kinette Club of Port Perry entertained 80 Senior Citizens at the Scout Hall, as their contributions to the Heritage Week Cele- brations. Under. the very capable direction of Chairman Kinette Sandie Benns, the Seniors "were wined and dined and in general shown an evening of good food, fun and fellowship. During the social hour Blackstock by Bethany Schryburt prior to dinner the guests were treated to a "glance at the past", compliments of the Port Perry Star, who kindly brought copies of the local paper dating back as far as 1918. What a delight for some of our guests to read and remember, The Scout Hall was. deck- ed out in pots of Mums that were very graciously donat- ed for -the evening by Eleanor Woods, each- table was arrayed with Canadian Flags gifts from our M.P. T. Kemp, K. VanCamp, P. An error was made in last Veldman and D. Elliot. weeks news; the winning 7' slide at the Agricultural Convention did show Mayor Malcolm guiding the horse, but thé lady sitting in the buggy was not his wife. The attractive lady seated was Mrs. Stan Goble of Tyrone. The Blackstock Curling Club held a dance on\$atur- oppercliff, day night in the recretion- Sudbury, were ~~ guests in the area where al centre. Fred Gri Mr. and Mrs. Danny Porrill and Mr. and Mrs. Cam Porter were among the winners at the dance of various door prizes. Monday ladies curling top point rink was rink 4 - S. Robson, N. Barr, and D. Gatchell. Tuesday after- noon ladies curling top point rink was 1 - M.- Bailey, D. Tobin, J. Russell and S. Holliday. Monday evening mens curling first draw, top point rink was 5 - D. Barr, F. Asselstine, N. McLaughlin and J. Goss. Second draw, top point rink was rink 11 - Tuesday evening mixed curling 7:00 draw, top point winners were Mr. and Mrs. Roy McLaughlin and Mr. and Mrs. B. Love. The top point winners for the 8:30 draw were Mr. and Mrs. Harold McLaughlin and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Schryburt. Three couples from Ontario near weekend they competed at the Brook- lin Concrete Mixed Invita- tional Bonspiel in Port Perry on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Gathercole spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kyte. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown enjoy- ed staying with Mrs. Ivan Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bailey had the pleasure of hosting Mr. and Mrs. George MacMaster. Unfortunately Ivan Thompson was unable to join in the fun with the couples as he is in hospital in Oshawa; Mr. Brian Hamilton took his place on the ice for the Bonspiel. Norm Cafik. As each of the 80 honoured guests arrived they were presented with small provincial flag pins, a gift from our M.P.P. Bill Newman. Following the roast beef dinner, letters of greetings were read from Premier Davis and Mr. Newman. The Scugog Choral Society under the direction of Mrs. Grace Hastings brought the first Annual Heritage Day Dinner to a close with selec- tions from their recent hit area news Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hos- kin and Mr. and Mrs. Murray Byers returned home on Saturday from a joint trip, in Mr. Hoskin's camper, to the sunshine state of Florida. Mr. Rick Thompson after the recent sale of the house will continue to reside at his mother's east of Caesarea; where he was been living since his father's death'in December. _ On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bryans spent the day with his brother Mr. and Mrs. George Bryans and family. Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Bob ' Bryans attended the 25th wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Sheehee in Fenelon Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Robert James Fletcher brought their new baby home on Friday (note please, this is not Bob and Pat Fletcher). At the weekly senior citi- zen card party only gentle- men was in the winning, come on guys you can do better than that! Seventeen tables playing and the 205 P.M. Town Hall 1873 Port Perry There will be an "Open House Saturday to enable the residents to become acquainted with the ai of the Baha'i Faith. MUSIC -- DISPLAYS -- REFRESHMENTS BAHA'] "Open House" SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1978 7 to 10 P.M. You are welcome to drop in for two minutes or two hours ... NO DONATIONS ACCEPTED. this coming of Scugog Twp. ms & principles - 1 \/ he ALA A CRATE PR RE RET ~ CRAY AIRS 2 EAL Bs 3 Re 5 AY 2 ee Higapie WN) "ity will always be remem- '80; Low - Effle Forder. ome one mile "Presbytery, the Merry Widow. What more Titting way to celebrate our heritage than to show those who made it all possible that they are not forgotten and that all they contributed to our commun- bered. During Heritage Week in Port Perry, 70 Senior Citi- zens 'were treated to the movie "Oh God!" at Mini Cinema, and 125 people took advantage of the free skating at the arena on Sunday. winners were: Isabele Wright - 1st, 95. 2nd - Edith Anderson, 86; 3rd - Belle Werry, 84; 4th - Flossy Ald- red, 81; 5th - Mertle Alsop, 80; 6th - Russell Larmer, Larry and Beth Schryburt joined a party of twenty 'at Pinewood Stables on Sunday for a horse drawn sleigh ride; four brave souls allow- ed themselves to be pulled by the sleigh on cross country skis holding ropes at the back. The party then enjoyed dinner at Emiels and a social time at Jim and Liane Colmers in the Robinglade sub-division near Seagrave. U.C.W. MEETING The U.C.W. general meet- ing was held on Wednesday morning, February 22 at 9:30 a.m. in the C.E. room at the United Church. There was a good turn out with many ladies and child- ren attending. ty President Ruby VanCamp opened the meeting with some timely advice for lent. She was wearing a purple shawl, from the crocheted by the wives of political pris- oners in Korea. The wives are working for a return of democracy and human rights to Korea. : Barb Byers reported for Cansave. Everyone was urged to take home some of the beautiful wool and start knitting. ~ A letter from the U.C.W.'s adopted child, Panchu«Lal, an 11 year old boy living in India was read by Jean Adams and his current pic- ture displayed. Ruby announced the World Day of Prayer on March 3rd at North Nestle- ton United Church at 2:00 There will be a lunch follow- ing and the guest speaking will be Mrs. Sam Cawker. A Presbyterial meeting is to be held on March 29th in Bowmanville at Trinity United Church. On April 12th the U.C.W. will again cater to the Shorthorn banquet. The Blackstock United Church will be jump- ing with a Caribbean Cani- + val to be presented in co- operation with the Sunday School and all units of the U.C:W. on Sunday evening, April 23rd. * For the main live love » project this year the women i+ have chosen the island of Haiti a French dominated country in the Caribbean. Thelma. Wright's ~~ pro- gramme centered on Haiti. The room was filled with colorful posters, literature, and Creole proverbs. Jean Adams and Jean Ferguson played ~miissionaries from Continued on page 15 ie r 4 al Ch Kinette President Carolynn Scanlon and Mel Whybrow, Senior Citizen president, proudly wave Canadian flags at the Kinettes banquet for the Seniors. a EXCHEQUER TRUST) 13 * Rates subject to change. GUARANTEED FORS5 YEARS Guaranteed Investment Certificates with interest paid annually. [$1,000 minimum investment] Please call for rates on monthly, semi-annual or compound interest; terms 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years available. HEAD OFFICE 120 Adelaide St. W., Suite 808, Toronto, Ont. Telephone [416] 869-1470 Attn.: J.A. PHINN, Vice-President-Admin. Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation _ Can FBDB hel you MR. PETER H. CASH one of our representatives will be at Railroadhouse Motor Hotel, Port Perry Thursday, March 9, 1978 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Telephone: 985-8131 for appointment. is m r) If you require financing to start, modernize or expand your business and are unable to oblain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions or if you are interested in the FBDB management services of counselling and training or wish information on government programs available for your business, talk to our representative ix; FEDERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK 22 King Street West Telephone: 576-6800 Opening new doors to small business. , Oshawa. -- ---

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