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Even at 10 a.m. on Saturday mor- ning, Blackstock Country Hardware was packed with shoppers taking part in grand opening celebrations. The store, of course, isn't new, but the owners are. Bob Smith and Dale Procunier, both local men, took over the store November 3rd and are looking forward to the challenge and the pleasure of running a store. Not that the two partners are new at the business. 'As a kid I worked in a hardware store," Mr. Smith says. "It's great to be back at it." Although the store will remain basically the same, and is still a part of the Dominion Hardware chain, the new partners are planning on in- creasing inventory and expanding the paint, decorating and farm goods sections. In the spring Mr. Smith says they will re-face the store in an old- fashioned country look. If Saturday's grand opening is any indication, the business will be a' busy one. Along with many customers, the store was filled with several special guests including Councillors Harvey Graham and Neil McLaughlin, as well as Domi- nion Hardware representatives Garth Jamieson and Ross Elliott, who flew all the way from Halifax PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, December 9, 1986 -- 13 New owners at hardware store to share the special occasion. -- REACHING OUT -- courtesy WAGG-MCDERMOTT-PANABAKER FUNERAL HOME PORT PERRY GOOD GRIEF? "Good Grief" the exasperated expression of Miss Lucy van Pelt of the Charlie Brown comics is also the title of a book written by Granger Westburg which is required reading on almost every course on dying and death. Dr. Westburg says that it is possible to predict some of the things Saturday was a big day for Bob Smith (left) Blackstock Country Hardware. Helping them cut hich will h ous ol : a and Dale Procunier (far right) when the partners the opening ribbon (er, chain) is Neil McLaughlin en away, ren to us all when someone essential to our life is} 014° grand opening of their newly acquired and Harvey Graham. See story for detalls. There is a state of shock, we express emotions of hate, fear, bitterness and even { t mad at God. There can come a sense of loneliness and isolation. There can be feeling of guilt. For the bereav- ed, there is that struggle to affirm reality, to accept the fact of death, and the ability to accept the loss with a spirit of resignation and strive to make a new way of life without the person loved and needed. tis the role of the funeral and the setting it provided and the _ role of the funeral director with his experience and training to make "Good Grief" possible. In the past few years there have not only been more books writ- ten about dying, death and the funeral and more college courses on these vital subjects but the funeral director has had more op- portunities to update his education and training in these areas. Of course, this will not make the funeral director a licensed psychiatrist or counsellor but the funeral director of today realizes that he is a counsellor because of his unique position. He realizes the funeral is for the living. While the dead body is the focus and the cause of the gathering and what will take place, it is the living who are served by the elements of the funeral, the social support, the confrontations, the ritual and the caring. The ambivilant might be hard to say "put me in a pine box in the back yard" or 'toss my ashes into Lake Ontario', but there are more and more people who are giving serious thought to the effect of their death upon the family members surviving and are talking ~ things over with their funeral director. Your funeral director is a man licensed to provide service and advice on funeral and burial or cremation matters. Please direct your comments to Harold Wagg 985-2171. _e a ne on fo ol coateai HULL ss ANIL 1&1 PI BEAUTIFUL SAXONY - 20 Decorator Shades TA 5 to + bdo A ATRL AA 3 with attached underpad with Separate Underpad. s59g0o0 S5519°00 Up to 40 sq.yd. Da. -3 ROOMS . INSTALLED* Deeply Carved CUT & LOOP with separate underpad sl i S639°° Up to 40 sq.yd. INSTALLED* Lv renee OAR . a Christmas Special -- ROAST -- TURKEY SUBS Your Choice of Fixings: FREE | DOOR * STUFFING * CRANBERRIES MAT 1) * CHEESE : ; 3 ie {nisin 4 * TOMATOES Limit 1 per family | * ONIONS WITH THIS AD! * SALAD DRESSING CARPET WAREHOUSE ::::....., 149 King Street, West, Oshawa so" 728-4601 EE on some stems HOURS: Mon. to Fri. 9-8 P.M.; Sat. to 5 * susict 10 store PoLICY a EY SUBMARINE Corner 7A & Water St. Call 985-71