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Dale Van Camp (right) presents trophy for top field crops at the Blackstock Falr last August. The presentation was made last Thursday evening to Peter Hoogeveen, who ac- cepted it on behalf of the winner, Henry Wygerde. Presentation was made as Blackstock Agricultural Soclety held its annual meeting. Agricultural Service Diplomas, the highest honour for dedication and work with rural fairs in Ontario, were presented to Murray and Alleen Byers as the Blackstock Agricultural Soclety held its annual meeting last Thursday night in Blackstock. The Byers have spent many years as volunteers with the Blackstock Fair. COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL presents CANDLELIGHT & WINE A SWEETHEART EVENT WEDDING INVITATIONS and Accessories PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street Port Perry 985-7383 --_: Immaculate Conception Banquet Hall Highway 7A, Port Perry SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1990 Semi-Formal Attire Master of Ceremonies - D. Jerome Taylor COCKTAILS: Six O'Clock in the Banquet Hall DINNER: Seven O'Clock (Six Course Dinner) Catered by Emiel"s Place Catering AUCTION: Nine O'Clock \ Auctioneer Don Cochrane DANCE: Nine Thirty O'Clock . Music by Taylor Brothers Band A LOVELY VALENTINE GIFT IDEA To better serve the people of Port Perry and Area HOGAN'S HEARING AID CENTRES FOR YOUR SWEETHEART! WL SD n Tickets will be accompanied with an engraved invitation Mm 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM and a complimentary box of chocolates. g (both days) -- TICKETS -- JACK MERLIN $200.00 per couple or $100.00 per person -- available in Port Perry at-- 230 QUEEN STREET, Nuts about Chocolate, 182 Queen Street 985-0761 985-4422 Community Memorial Hospital, 451 Paxton St. 985-7321 Pine Ridge Packers, Hwy. 7A, Blackstock 986-4932 1] ALL PROCEEDS TO THE COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BUILDING FUND « An official tax receipt will be issued for a portion of the ticket price. First meeting to be held for "Your Best Foot Forward' BLACKSTOCK NEWS BY JOYCE KELLY Several local couples enjoyed their annual Get-away-from- home Skiing Weekend at Baldwins, Muskoka. Grandparents were kept busy with the children. Those who en- joyed the winter break were Dave and Donna Kyte, Bob and Linda Kyte, Lawrence and Linda McLaughlin, Denzil and Tallya Moore, Floyd and Nancy Kyte, Ron and Ellie Martyn along with others from neighbouring areas. Muriel and Henry Wotten, Dave and Lois Wotten have returned from an enjoyable three-week vacation in Hawan. we wi pe looking forward to seeing Muriel's slides of this trip., A new 4-H Club for the 90's is ready to begin for anyone who was 11 by January 1, 1990. The project "Your Best Foot For- ward' will help members decide acceptable behaviour, show your consideration of others as well as etiquette, introductions, dining out, travel tips and dating. Our first meeting will be held Tues- day, February 6 at 7 p.m. at Blackstock United Church. For more information call Gail Johns 986-4484 or Barb Byers 986-5112. Several from this area enjoyed attending Monster Truck Show held in the Toronto Dome on Saturday and Sunday. Lots of noise, smoke and excitement at this event. A speedy recovery is wished for Chris Bryant who broke his arm playing hockey recently. On Thursday evening the Blackstock Agricultural Society annual meeting was attended by a large number in spite of the un- favourable weather conditions. A delicious pot luck supper was en- joyed. President David Petrie surprised Secretary Joyce Kelly with a beautiful cake to honour the beginning of her Twenty-fifth year as Secretary. Guest speaker Eddie Luther CKQT, Oshawa, enlightened the audience about various radio per- sonalities with whom he has worked in his long and successful career. He also told about his im- pressions of Blackstock Fair as a first-time visitor. Leah Frew ex- pressed the appreciation of the audience with the presentation of a floral gift. The many reports in- dicated a most successful year. The Executive for next year will be President - David Petrie, 1st Vice - Dale Van Camp, 2nd Vice - Leah Frew, Homecraft President - Kathy Hill, Vice Presi- dent, Homecraft - Dorothy Lee. Plans were made to attend the 0.A.A.S. Convention in Toronto on February 20-22. If you wish to be included call either David or Joyce as soon as possible. The first meeting of the 1990 year will be on the regular night on Feb. 8, at the Rec. Centre. Mark your calendar. Hector and May Shortridge were Sunday dinner guests of Vic- tor and Winnie Malcolm of Bowmanville. Gerald and Joyce Kelly were Sunday evening dinner guests of Eunice and Herman Rodman, Wilson and Blair of Little Britain. The Blackstock Curling Club Executive met at the home of the President Dale Van Camp on Thursday afternoon to finalize plans for the annual Bob Fletcher Memorial Bonspiel which will be held on Feb. 3 at the arena. After the curling, dinner will be served by the Ladies' Curling League. The evening will be spent in play- ing darts. If you have not already signed up, space is limited. Act soon. Congratulations to Joanne Boyce who received honours of her recent Grade 2 Theory. Her very proud music teacher is Lori Beare. There were 13 tables at the weekly Tuesday evening card party with the following winners: 1. Myrtle Gimblett, 2. Jim Gibson, 3. Bertha Hurren, 4. Stan Wright, 5. Pat Porrill, 6. Norman Rohrer, Low - Harold Burgess, Draws - Carl Gimblett, Len Hurren, Carl Ferguson, Mary Cannon and Kathleen Watts. If you are in- terested in a pleasant game of euchre try to attend these week- ly games held each Tuesday in the Township Hall on Scugog St. S. beginning at 8 p.m. sharp. Mrs. Ruby Trewin of Bowman- ville visited several relatives in the area on Sunday afternoon. Evelyn and Bill Reimer, Beverley and Susan, St. Catherines were Sunday guests of her sister June and Harry Degler, Roy and Glen. Sports Announcement The YMCA, Durham Region started their first night of Floor Hockey at Cartwright Public School last Tuesday the 23rd with an action packed hour of competi- tion. Top scorers for this 10-13 year age group were Craig Rowntree, scoring 7 of his team's 12 goals and Brent Donnelly who scored 5 for his team. Further points were scored by Doug Lynde, Scott Page, Jeremy Wilcox, Brennan Malcolm and Carl Davies for their teams total of 12 and Jonathan McCourt, Ben Stephenson, Mike Leach and Adam Vivian helped add to their team's total of 11 points. It took five hard minutes of overtime to break the tie at the end of the game with Craig scor- ing the winning goal. The "Y" would like to say a special thank-you to Doug Sup- pelsa and Brian Youmans of Port Perry for their valuable instruc- tion and referring skills and for helping to set up the new teams that night. An hour of fun floor hockey was also enjoyed by some dads and sons at Cartwright last Tuesday. Any other parents of children 6-9 years who would like to join the fun can come from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday nights. Bridge Results Scugog Duplicate Bridge January 24 - Afternoon 5 Table Howell - Avg. 36 1st - Hoppy Carnwith & Bea Chapman 46. 2nd - Gwen Rennie & Marie Carnegie 45%. 3rd - Joyce Heard & Helen Mathieson 44. Evening 5 Table Howell - Avg. 54 1st - Doris Phinney & Judy Atkinson 64. 2nd - Audrey & Peter Francis 3rd - Joan & Bill Locke tied with Joan Dutka and Harold Brown 57%. 62