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Blackstock Agricultural Society Good crowd at annual meeting Blackstock and Area News : by Joyce Kelly Quite a number from here at- tended the Appreciation Night held in honour of retiring M.P. Allan and Moira Lawrence held on Friday evening at Port Hope. Without a doubt, Allan will be greatly missed. We join his many, many friends in wishing him a happy retirement whatever his plans may include. On Tuesday, Mrs. Marion Hodge, Tom and John from Port Hope and Cecil Hamilton attend- ed the funeral of Mr. Cecil Hyde in Richmond Hill. Cecil lived in this area as'a young man and following his marriage to Mabel Argue, Marion Hodge's sister. Better health is wished for two neighbours both in hospital - Mrs. Jean Swain and Mrs. Jean Moun- tjoy. We miss you both. A belated welcome is extended to Merv and Joan Bayley and girls who moved to Trewin Court in Blackstock from Caesarea before Christmas. There were 11 tables at the: weekly card party with the follow- ing winners - Nerta Masters with a high score of 96, Ruby Cochrane with a fine score of 91, Florence Larmer, Jim Gibson, Harold Swain, Dorothy Venning with Reta Storie low. Draws were won by Jean Mahaffy, Norman Rohrer, Ken Flint and Jim Emerton. On Friday evening David and Kathleen Petrie, Gerald and Joyce Kelly attended the Lindsay Exhibition annual meeting at the Cambray Hall. At the United Church morning church service the minister Rev. and Mrs. Dale Davis were pleasantly surprised with a "mock" telegram of congratula- tions on the occasion of their 35th wedding anniversary. Anita was ted with a lovely bouquet of flowers and Dale with a booklet "This is Your Life'. Karen and Paul Radford were wished well on their move to Millbrook. We will miss you. Carol Thornton was welcomed to the congregation on Transfer of Membership. Intern Minister Norm Seli preached a very thoughtful sermon on dif- ferent members of the Body of Christ. On Thursday evening a good crowd attended the annual meeting of The Blackstock Agricultural Society. After a warm welcome by President Rol- ly Coy and Grace by Dale Van- Camp a delicious pot luck dinner and was enjoyed by the members and their guests. Following din- ner and the introduction of the Head Table guests Harvey Graham introduced the guest speaker for the evening, Regional Chairman Gary Herrema who delighted the audience with an in- formative and entertaining talk abeut the heritage of fairs as well as modern problems encountered in today's rural areas with the everchanging scene. President Rolly thanked Garry for coming to speak to the group . and presented him with a small token of appreciation. At this point Mrs. May Shor- . tridge was presented with an Agricultural Service Diploma in appreciation for her many years of work for the Fair. May replied very modestly and fittingly. The Tresurer's report showed the effect of ever escalating costs and smaller revenue. Homecraft President Elizabeth Peeters gave a report of her section while other chairmen reported an excellent fair. Guests including District Director John Lester and Betty Lester chairman of the 0.A.A.S. Convention which will be held Feb. 14-16 brought greetings. President Rolly Coy gave a fine report and voiced his apprecia- tion to the directors for their fine assistance. John Lester con- ducted the election of the 1989 Board. Officers will be President- David Petrie, 1st Vice-Dale Van- Camp and Vice-Leah Frew, Homecraft President-Kathy Hill, Vice Homecraft President- Dorothy Lee. Following various other business Joan Graham showed some slides of last year's fair as well as a movie of Blackstock Fair 35 years ago. This entertaining movie was lent to Joan by her father Frank Hoskin for the occasion. The Fair board will meet on Feb. 2 at the Rec Centre. If anyone would like to join the Fair Board as an associate member please contact either David - Petrie or Joyce Kelly. Quite a number from here at- tended to Geritol Follies and report a most enjoyable day on Thursday. In the Senior Division of the Floor Hockey the Bruins defeated the Canadians 8-7 with the scorers being Jamie Wade, David Walker, Chris Bryant, Mike Hep- burn and Brad Vokins. Scoring for the Canadians were Brent Don- nelly, Jeremy Huntington and John Ford. In the Juniors the Red defeated the Yellow 8-7. Scorers for the Red Team were Johnathon McCourt 4, Ronald Kelly 3 and Brennan Malcolm 1. For the yellow the scorers were Brad Morton 5 and Dillon Weber 2. Parents and others are invited to come to C.C.P.S. to enjoy these weekly Floor Hockey games Tuesday evenings. LOOKING FOR R PLACE TO RDUERTISE YOUR BUSINESS? LOOK HERE... 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