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Ashburn and area news by Mrs. E. Heron The ladies Guild of Burns Church held their first meet- ing for the fall season last Tuesday evening in the Church Hall. Margaret Mathews, vice president chaired the meeting. After everyone including the men present, were welcomed and a short "business period ® followed. Ted Heron showed slides of the building of the present church, the fire, the dedication and some pictures of the old church. Many memories were * Pet show winners Approximately 25 pets were entered in the Port Perry Fair Pet Show on Saturday. Winners of the various classes 'were: Biggest Dog: 1. Becky Colley, 2. Michele Colley, 3. Robbie Brown. Smallest Dog: 1. Murray, 2. Scot Macon. Best Dressed: 1. Michele Colley, 2. Becky Colley. Best Trick: 1. Steve Whal- --en, 2. Danny Denby. Longest Tail: 1. Kim Becky ® Colley, 2. Michele Colley, 3. Robbie Brown. Shortest Tail:, 1. Kim. ~~ Murray, 2. Ann Denby, 3. Kenny Arkey. Best Dog in Show: 1. Dan- ny Denby, 2. Jennifer Holly, 3. Steve Whalen. Biggest, Smallest and Best Dressed Cat: Jill Kendall. Most Unusual Pet: 1. Shannon Brown (Jar of Spid- ers), 2. Debbie Macon (Pigeon), 3. Chad Brown (Hamsters), Michele Jack- son (Goat) and Janey Crosi- er (Goat) Concordia {- Pops need \3 * A members The Concordia Pops Orchestra, a musical organi- zation composed of students and adults from the Durham Region, under the direction of Andrew J. Uranowski, is once again looking for new members. Woodwind, brass, percussion and especially string (violin, viola, cello, bass) players are welcome to join. This orchestra provides an opportunity for amateur, semi-professional and pro- fessional musicians to per- form together, as an avo- cation or to gain experience through performance. During the 1979-80 concert season, the orches- tra performed in Oshawa, Whitby, Uxbridge, and Port Perry. Rehearsals will begin on Sunday, Sept. 7, 1980 at Anderson Collegiate Vocat- ional Institute, 400 Anderson St., Whitby, Ontario at 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in per- forming in the orchestra is asked to attend the first rehearsal in September. For further information or to arrange a performance by the orchestra for your organ- ization please contact Andrew J. Uranowski, Res. 668-5679, Bus. 668-5809 or Roma Czech, Res. 728-6190. brought back of those very busy fourteen months over twelve years ago. Margaret Burgess and her committee served a very tasty lunch of homemade fruit loaf and lemonade. The Ashburn group of the W.M.S. held their meeting in the Church parlour on Wed- nesday evening. The Presi- dent, Lois Daw opened the meeting with prayer, and Bernice Gardner gave the worship service, which was based on the word Love. The Scripture was read by Chrissie McKinney. The study was given by Nellie Hopkins, who used the study book, and had the group participating to make it a very interesting study. Ray Deeth and Muriel Fisher served a dainty lunch. The thankoffering for the WMS will be held on October Ist with Mrs. Glen Davis recently from Japan as missionary will be the special speaker. On Tuesday evening Sep- tember 23rd there will be a Fall into Fashion fashion show sponsored by the ladies Guild. The fashions will be by Margaret Beath The Brooklin Horticultural "Society "Reached for the Sky", in its Annuals Show on August 27, with the theme, "Star Trek" and the titles of many of the decoratives 'carried out the theme with names like "Lunar Loveli- ness" and "Blast Off'. The popularity of this show was evidenced in the 196 entries. President Valerie Hundert opened the show and welcomed members and guests from Oshawa, Whitby, Port Elgin and that Gateway to the West, Winni- peg. O Canada was sung by all present. Valerie then thanked all who assisted at the County Town Carnival including those who helped with the Brooklin Horticultural float which incidentally, won the trophy for 'Best Float from an Organization." She also announced that the Oshawa Garden Centre will give a 10 per cent discount card to all members who present their membership card at the time of purchase. Margaret Davis then gave the Treasurer's Report followed by Carolyn Stevens who advised that there are now 151 members in the society. Ken Brown , with his usual droll wit, conducted a horti- cultural quiz on Annuals. Joan Brak then introduced the speaker of the evening. Beverly Brook from the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food at Newmar- ket. This young lady was amusing and informative and with the aid of slides made her chosen subject, "Freezing and Storing of Vegetables," sound like an easy task. Donna Geisber- ger thanked the speaker. Audrey Young then announced the show results. Prize for the Best Specimen donated by the Brooklin Bulletin was won by Lloyd Johnston of Oshawa, for his beautiful Dahlia. Award for Best Gladiolus, donated by Rennie's Florist, was won by Alice Dodd, of Port Perry. Best Novice arrangement was donated by Ann Carson of the Elizabeth Arden Corporation and won by put on by Brooklin Village Shoppe, with local ladies doing the modelling. There will be door gifts and lunch. Tickets may be obtained from the Guild members. Also on October 7th Burns ladies Guild will sponsor an open meeting for men and women. Mr. Will Walker, a lawyer from Pickering, will be speaking on family law reform and wills. All ladies and gentlemen are welcome. This meeting will be held in Burns Church Hall. Mr. Les Guardhouse of Malton visited with friends in the area one day last week. Mrs. Douglas Ashton and son Ronald visited last Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Vicers and family of Fergus, also Mrs. Ruth Purdy on Mono Centre. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alldred of Fenelon Falls, spent last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Porter. Mrs. Wm. Gardner and Mrs. B. Duff visited recently with Miss. Hazel Gregg of Port Perry. Mrs. Hazel Jones, Mrs. Jennie Johnston, Mrs. Leola Allan Downey of Whitby. Our own talented Joan Brak - won the Best Decorative award, a silver tray donated by the Brooklin Horticultural Society, as well as a prize for the Best Micro Mini arrange- ment, donated by Short's Pharmacy. The two silver trays donated by the Brook- lin Horticultural Society and won at the County Town Carnival for Best Specimen and Best Decorative, were port perry S Fiss and Mrs. Lila Faulkner, also Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hopkins were dinner guests on Monday of last week with Miss Hilda and Mr. Walter Hopkins. Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs' Wm. Gardner and Jean recently were Mr. Norman Samells of "Port Perry, Mr. and Mrs. James Cunnington & family of Guelph, Mr. and Mrs. T. Yendle and Amanda of Guelph, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McKim and Ronnie of Cannington, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Stewart of Guelph. Douglas Taylor and family of Guelph, Mr. and Mrs. David Mann, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bonnell, and Donna of Scarborough, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Westfall of Heather of Burlington. The sympathy of the community is extended to Rev. and Mrs. Stuart McEntyre and Neil in the passing of Mr. McEntyre's mother in Fort Francis last week. Dr. Mathew Dymond of Port Perry took the service in Burns Church last Sunday morning. He gave a challenging message taken from Acts 20: 28 to 31. - Brooklin Horticultural meeting presented to Lloyd Johnston and Doris Marlow. respec- tively. Judge for the Annuals Show, was Ethel Benson of Scarborough, and we wish to thank her for a fine job. Our next show will be held on September 24 and will feature Chrysanthemums. It will be your last opportunity to show off the results of your summer gardening efforts and we hope to see you then. Rar 235 Queen St. - 15¢ ( Jeera >. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., September 10, 1980 -- 23 Port Perry Cadets accepting recruits Major Pat Dooley, Com- manding Officer of the Cadet Corps has a number of vacancies for cadets for the 1980-81 training year. Cadets may be male or female between the ages of twelve and nineteen. The activities of the Corps will include rappelling, canoeing, recreational shooting, first aid, and many other optional. Registration for cadets will take place at the high school in Port Perry on Wed., September 10 and September 17 between 7 and 9:15 p.m. There is no charge and no fees. Uniforms are provided by the Department of National Defence and most activities are paid for by the same agency. activities, some Greenbank W.I. by M. Beaton "Which country would you choose, and why, if you could not have Canada for your home?' This was the Roll Call at our August meeting held in Greenbank park on Aug. 20th ~ in the form of a picnic. Thirteen members, and three visitors answered the roll call. Most members seemed to choose the United States, Florida, Hawaii, California, some of the popu- lar places due to the climate, ~~ language and customs simi- lar to our own. Other places mentioned were Australia, England and Switzerland. The motto, 'Why our French neighbours are unhappy with us," was taken by Mrs. Helen McKean. Mrs. Olive Lee gave a reading followed by a contest. Our project for Port Perry Fair was discussed, also our bus trip to Hamilton in June. The meeting closed with 0' Canada and Grace. Put a Smile on Your Face, Test Drive A FTE HONDA call KEVIN CANNON City-Centre Automobiles 1110 Dundas St. East - Whitby 666-1772 YOUR LOCAL HONDA DEALER Stationery & Office Surprly Port Perry - 985-7383 See Us Today For All Your SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS REPAIR SERVICE TO ALL MAKES & MODELS OF OFFICE MACHINERY. A, Hs or Pa SE «- ET ian ro RA a LW a a ER oe oN ER "vy AeA ET A Se LTH 7 .- aay A A A 55 TEE Cn