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PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Mar. 8, 1978 -- 25 Blackstock and area news by Bethany Schryburt Attendance at the weekly senior citizens card party last week was down with only thirteen tables for euchre. Thirteen must have been an unlucky number for Ruth Wilson as she went home with the lowest score. The following were the winners: Ist - Dorthy Archer, 86; 2nd - Wier Swain, 75; 3rd - Bessie Mc- Cullough, 74; 4th - Flossie Aldread, 73; 5th - Leonard Cain, 72; and 6th - Grant Bright, 71. Mrs. Cam Porter is in the Port Perry Hospital follow- ing surgery on Wednesday. Congratulations to Lesley Wray, a three year old girl on Sunrise Drive in Black- stock with a new baby brother. Monday, February 27th, top point rinks for the Mens Curling were: 7:00 draw, rink 2 - M. VanCamp, M. Suggitt, D. Dorrell, and B. Thompson; 8:30 draw, rink 12 - K. Crawford, N. Werry, K. Goble and F. Hoskin. Monday afternoon Ladies Curling, top point rink on February 27th was, rink 3 - L. Edgerton, A. Elliot, J. Mabhaffy, and N. McConnell. Tuesday afternoon Ladies Curling, top points, was a three way tie between rink 3 * - P. Fletcher, skip; rink 5 - G. Mason and rink 6 C. Vogel. Mixed Curling on Tuesday evening, February 28th, top point rink for the first draw at 7:00 was rink 1 - Mr. and Mrs. H. McLaughlin and Mr.'and Mrs. L. Schryburt. Top point rink for the second draw at 8:30 was rink 6 Mr. and Mrs. Terry Malcolm and Mr. and Mrs. 'Doug Russell. On Saturday, March 4th, several young people and adults from the area attend- ed the annual banquet for the Durham County Junior Farmers at the Maple Grove Church near Bow- manville. The guest speak- - er for the evening was Bill Emmott, president of the Ontario Junior Farmers. Election of officers took place, followed by a dance. Blackstock is proud to .announce that. five of the elected officers are from Blackstock: 1st Vice Presi- dent Lois VanCamp, Treas- urer - Dale VanCamp, Pro- vincial Representative - John Larmer and Barry VanCamp and Mary Lou Malcolm share the duty of editor for the Durham County Junior Farmer News Letter. On Sunday, at St.Johns Anglican church, the ancient tradition of Mothering Sun- .day, the 4th. Sunday in Lent, was observed. After a brief _ explanation of the old Eng- lish custom, Rev. Rose gave each of the children semnil cakes which had been pre- pared by Mrs. Rose. The children gave the cakes first to their mothers, and then to the remainder of the congre- gation. Rev. Rose followed this ceremony with an excel- lent sermon on family life. The 1977 financial state- ment was available to the United Church members on Sunday, please pick up your copy. Sunday School child- ren were sent home with an important news letter: World Development and Relief Fund cereal box covers were sent home the 4, 5 and 6. * Shawn Umphrey - previous week. These boxes * should be used for the collec- tion of coins for the hungry world; and to be returned to the church on Sunday, April 2, 1978. The Sunday School is holding a skating party, on Sunday March 12, 1978 from 3 pm. to 5 pm. at the Blackstock Arena. The cost will be 50 cents or $2.00 per family, supper provided. Once again Blackstock can be proud of the calibre of youth which represents it. The Legion Public School Speaking Contest was held in Port Perry and the first three places went to Black- stock youth. Congratula- tions to the winners: Craig Paisley, first; Cathy Pais- ley, second; and' Debbie VanCamp, third. On Monday, February 27th the Cartwright Cubs and leaders visited the Port Perry Fire Hall. The boys were fascinated with the detailed equipment. Pinewood Derby Cub Car Races were held at the Port Perry Scout Hall on March Winners for speed for Cartwright "A" pack were: Craig Hoskin - 1st; Corey Barr - 2nd; and Stephen Akkerman - 3rd. Design. winners were: 1st; Eugene Mackie - 2nd; and Vincent Mackie - 3rd. Play- offs were held on the Sun- day and Shawn Umphrey placed 3rd in the design out of the District. Stephen Akkerman placed 5th in speed out of the district. Linda Parsons celebrated her 7th birthday with Julie Byers, Frances Grove, Esther Kelly, Barbie Shaver, Kevin Gibson, Paul Hay- wood and Chris McConnell. Everyone enjoyed lunch and cake at the McDonalds in Oshawa. The Bendix Trailer Club. (owners of the huge grills used at our Pancake Break- fasts) enjoyed ice skating at the Blackstock Arena on Sunday. To warm up pot luck chili was brought by all and combined in a large pot. Madame Justice Van- Camp was visiting home in Blackstock where she en- joyed catching up on news with her sister, Jessie Gunter. .. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Samells enjoyed spending Saturday with their son Mr. Melville Samells in Bow- manville. Glad to report that Mr. Norman Green came home from the hospital on Wed- Parents-principal discuss many topics about youth Approximately twenty adults met Monday, Febr- _ uary 27th, at 1:30 in the libzaty of 'the Cartwright Central Public School for a Parent-Principal liaison meeting for the Scugog area. Mr. Hogg, principal of Cartwright Central Public School chaired the meeting. The following problems were discussed. If anyone in the Scugog area has any strong feelings on these topics, please communicate these to the school board through the principal of your school. Blackstock W.I. Continued found it worth while and are hoping that at least 15-20 ladies in the community will take advantage of the chance to make several things from one basic pattern, to fit your exact size. That will be the pur- pose of the course which is 'offered on three evenings; March 29th, April- 5th and April 11. Anyone that is interested is invited to attend. For more informa- tion call Dora at 986-5378 or A Edith at 986-4879. Elva VanCamp reported from the District Executive meeting she attended at the home of Mrs. Byrants, the District President. A fun fair is hoped for the fall, however, all details will be planned at the District Ann- ual Meeting on May 10th at 'Kendal. The April meeting will begin with a pot luck dinner at 12:30. All reports and the Nominating Committee Re- port will then be given. | Programme theme for the month of March was 'Cana- dian ~ Industries' motto - "Make it well and it will sell!" That motto was well received and commented on by Dora Martyn. She stres- sed the well known fact that home made outfits are the best in every way; a choice of material, colour and style can be had. The workman- ship is superior in every way to any clothing that is chosen from a rack in the store. Roll call - an industry unknown to our grand- parents was well answered. A reading entitled 'Reflect- ions' was given by Mrs. L. McArthur. She took every- one back in time, especially the older members, to the days of the wood stove, washboards, churn, and many more items that made up every day of country living on the farm. Mrs. H. McLaughlin had pictures and a good article on the wood burning stoves which are being made and sold in Elmira. Elva VanCamp finished the programme with a con- test on the jumbled names of pies. The meeting closed with the singing of 'O Canada'. 3 SANE MIRO "we live i At what level do teachers help the students learn home study patterns? Particular patterns are not discussed until grade 6 or 7 but the most. important asset to the child is the parents' active interest in .- his homework. What's wrong with the attitude of todays youth?" Almost everyone was in agreement that one bad apple in the news can spoil the reputation of the youth in general. "The society that today encourages youth to be lazy and waste- ful, an-- attitude handed down directly from todays "adult. There was concern about religion being taught.in the schools. Parents were assured fhat the teaching is so general in nature that it is non-denominational. If the teaching is at all upsett- ing to the parents concern- ed; it is not a mandatory function and any students may be excluded from the study. Many bus topics were dis- cussed: bus safety, early bus dismissal, and bus sup- ervision for the kindergar- ten run. Most of the prob- lems occuring on the bus route are dealt with in different ways determined by the driver of each bus. There will be no two hour delayed bus pick up due to weather conditions, this year, as that resulted in too much confusion in the past. For early dismissal of buses there didn't seem to be a demand from parents for prior knowledge. Supervis- ion of the kindergarten route, if possible, will be attempted by high school students. Children living in town are expected to attend classes on snow days and an effort is made to make it an educational day. The school EARNS grant, however is not de- pendent upon how many * children or how many hours the school is open during the snow days; therefore if - weather conditions seem dangerous or extreme do not Send your town child off to school on snow days. Is there a definite Kind- ergarten curriculum? No the Durham Board does not require a certain level of education to be reached be- "fore entering grade 1. Children not ready for grade one in the Cartwright School are put on a schedule of part kindergarten, spend- ing 2 hours a day in the kindergarten classroom and the rest of the day with their own grade 1 class. vandalism and the school ...Just how responsible are . the parents? Financially he parent is not responsible "imypost cases for "Billy". Morally and for the better- ment of the child some action should be agreed upon. It certainly doesn't mean anything to a child when mom and dad fork over the money for property damage. Why not set up a work program for the. child to recover the damage fees? It was asked why the Dur- ham Board seems so lax in French immersion classes. Not enough parents in Ontario see the need for such study. The cost of this type of programme is too high and government cut- backs have made financial help impossible. Mrs. Christie, for the benefit of the public, sub-. mitted the question "What is the correct line of com- munication if a parent has a complaint about a teacher, . program, etc.?"" Mr. Hogg, answered - 1st teacher, 2nd - principal, "3rd - superin- tendant and as a last resort, if unsatisfied, a trustee. nesday. Ivan Thompson re- turned home from the Oshawa Hospital on Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van- Camp were thrilled to have her brother, Mr. Wilson Heaslip of Lindsay visiting "on Sunday. Congratulations are in order for Mr. and Mrs. Bill Forder, Sunday marked their 59th wedding anniver- sary. The crock-pot was put to good use on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Andrews. Visiting was Mrs. D. Grisley, Oshawa and Mr. and Mrs. Kiln of Ajax. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Campbell of Ottawa dropped in for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bailey on their way to. a convention in Toronto. A special thanks to my hero-husband, Larry, for fixing the typewriter at 2:00 in the morning so that I could finish typing the news, and he used some simple fishing line to re- place the broken cable! EVENING UNIT U.C.W. The March meeting of the Evening Unit U.C.W. was held on Wednesday, March Ist at the home. of Judy Gilbank. The turnout was' fantastic with fifteen ladies enjoying the evening. President, Joanne Lee opened the meeting with an inspiring poem. Worship was. given by Verna Mec- Mahon based on Ephesians, Chapter 5, verse 13. The unit was asked to help make the Caribbean Night on Sunday, April 23rd a success by bringing some craft from one of the islands in the Caribbean to the 'April meeting. Our unit has decided to expand upon the native crafts of the Carib- bean countries. The April 0 meeting has been changed to a Thursday evening, April 6th, due to the person-- alized sewing instruction being: offered by Edith Mc- Laughlin and Dora Martyn. That April meeting will be held at the home of Donna Kyte. Joanne Mosher and Judy Gilbank did an excellent joh of presenting the ladies with Archie's ideas on life through the tape of "God, Man and Archie Bunker". The thought provoking comng- ments made everyone wonder just how silly our own views may appear at times. The evening was closed with a poem and yummy cream puffs served by Judy. Arrested, charged with theft Two men are schedules to appear in Ajax provincial court March 28 charged with theft: and possession of a snowmobile, tires and rims. Robert Allin Francis, 18, of R.R.4, Port Perry, faces counts of theft over and under $200 and possession over and under $200. Harold Winston Russel Hardy, 35, operator of the Goodwood Garage has been charged with two counts of possession of stolen goods" over $200, two counts of possession under $200 and one count of theft over $200. The arrests and charges were made following an investigation by Durham Regional Police. Student plays this weekend It's that time of year again- when you mark March 10 and 11 on your calendar as reserved. The three one act plays; all student productions, will be presented at the Rec. Centre this Friday and Sat- urday evening at 8 p.m. Although this year the: stu-- dents were short of time with only 4 weeks to pre- pare the plays, it seems they will easily be up to the standard of previous years. The plays are: Alikats - "Cupid is a Bum, is a Bum is a Bum'; Tigers - "Marr- ied at Sunrise"; and Ookpiks - "'Something New in Murder". Admission is Adults $2.00 and Students $1.00. So come out both nights and support your favourite House team. 1 a good night of variety entertainment ~~ for the family. The second night the judging will take place and awards will be given. The profits from the re- freshments will go to .the Yearbook. Barry VanCamp, Doug Tilling, Gord Barraball and Jim Weir represented Cart- wright February 22 at the LOSSA curling meet. Though they didn't win, they played well and had a good time. Also, the girls had their LOSSA curling It's" meeting last Wednesday. The team consisted of Louise. VanCamp, Janet Parsons, Lorrie Horack and " Deb Black registered as the Cartwright Cuties. girls managed to beat out O'Neill but lost to Uxbridge and Port. The coach, Mr. R.J. Scott accompanied both teams to the events. Also one the 22nd of February the Outer's Club had their monthly outdoor activity. Our School secre- tary, Mrs. Mason hosted about 15 members at her home. Geared up in snow- shoes they trekked around her fields for a few hours and conquered a new, re- freshing outdoor sport. Aft- erwards Mrs. Mason treat- ed the crew to hot chocolate cake and a roasting hot fire. Everyone agreed it was worth doing again. . In the Port Perry Legion Club Public Speaking Com- petition on Sunday, March 5, we had three winners. We wish to congratulate Caroline Carnaghan and Pat Reeder who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Intermediate category and 'Sue Gunter who placed 2nd in the Senior category Reminder the March break is about to burst upon us! The,