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"A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Monday, December 30, 1991 - 11 Candlelighting service enjoyed at Burns Church Ashburn News by Florence Ashton Christmas has come and gone and as another year passes it seems like a gcod time to sit back and reflect on all that we have to be for, and assess on what we have achieved over the last 12 months. Health, the love of friends and family and happi- ness in the small joys of every- day living are but a few of the things that make our lives complete. Burns Church was filled to capacity on Christmas Eve, when people from far and near gathered together for the beautiful candlelighting ser- vice. A cantata "The King in the Stable" was presented by the choir, under the direction of Mrs. Eva Hunter. Many friends and relatives gathered together recently at the home of Muriel Fisher on the occasion of her birthday. It was nice to meet together with so many friends at this Christ- mas season. Happy birthday, Muriel. We extend our sincere sym- pathy to Margaret Davis in On Thursday evening the Christmas euchre was held with 11 tables. The winners: Ladies - Heidi Krieg, Blanche Empringham, Pat Norton, Ma- rie Geer, Elsie Forbes. Men - Carl Gimblett, Owen Gray, Richard Manns, Bert Daniels and Grace Bassant. A number of others were lucky to receive a gift on the lucky draws. Next euchre is Jan. 2. Charlene Daigle arrived home last Sunday from New York City where she is attend- ing classes. Tamara Elliott ar- rived home for from Banff where she is work- ing this winter. Better health is wished for Merle Murphy who is confined to Port Perry Hospital. The community was sad- dened to hear of the death of Ken Skerratt on Thursday. Sympathy is extended to Jean teful. by llean Christmas' the recent passing of her hus- band Bill. A memorial service was held at Burns Church on Monday, Dec. 23, with Rev. Shirley Gale officiating, which was a beautiful tribute to Bill's memory. We will surely miss Bill in our little village. Nine tables of euchre were played at the Ashburn Com- munity Centre on Dec. 19. Men's first prize was Bill Hod- gins, second - George Harper, ladies first prize - Olive Or- miston, second - Ruby Smith. Lone hands Verna Draper, and Jim Gibson. 50/50 draw won by Nelson Cole. Next eu- chre will be on Jan. 2, 1992. Visitors with Doug and Flor- ence Ashton over the Christ- mas holidays were Cecil and Jean Vicars of Fergus, Ruth Purdy, Orangeville, Arnold Ashton, Toronto and Patricia May of Oshawa. Give me a call at 655-4240 with some Christmas news that would interest our read- ers. Happy New Year and we'll see you in the new year. Pugh AS RRS and family Jo-anne and Mi- chael and also to other mem- bers of the family. Weekend visitors with Char- lie and Lila Clarke were daughter Fern and Doug Mur- ray and some of.the grandchil- dren from Kingston. Birthday wishes to everyone having birthdays this holiday season. A good turnout at ¢hurch for the special Christmas Service. Under the leadership of Dar- ryl Linnington the choir sang two beautiful anthems and a solo by Marion Blackburn. This will be my last news column for this year. Hope all the readers will have a safe and happy holiday season. Be sure to give Peggy a call with your holiday news. Seasons Greetings to all the staff of the Port Perry Star. GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES - ANNUAL RATES - Rates subject to change without notice SCUGOG FINANCIAL SERVICES A DIVISION OF CRESSBROOK FINANCIAL PLANNING LTD. 250 QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY "Serving Scugog for Over 15 Years" PHONE 985-3832 More than 200 attend Nursing Home family Christmas party By Wendy Clark I hope everyone had a great Christmas. It certainly was a busy time here in the nursing home. A special thank you to the Scugog Island Sparks who came to visit on Dec. 14. They brought us some beautiful can- dle centerpieces. Sunday afternoon we had the Immaculate Conception Carollers stop by and sing us some carols. Our monthly birthday party was celebrated on Monday, Dec. 16. This month's party was sponsored by the Sr. Citi- zen group. Entertainment con- sisted of the choir, a solo, the flute and a pianist. All the birthday folks and their friends had a great time. Lat- er in the afternoon the P.P. Girl Guides came by to visit us. The following day a group gathered together for a hymn sing and sang many carols. Thursday, Dec. 19 we held our annual Family Christmas Party. We had approximately 210 people in attendance. En- tertainment throughout the evening consisted of Gordie Fleming {accordian solo}, Gre- tal Cameron and her Chil- dren's Choir, Blackstock St. John's Anglican Choir, Kevin McCoy (keyboard), Steve Hep- burn {magician} and of course Santa Claus. A super delicious full course turkey dinner was served to one and all. A big thank you to the staff and many volunteers that made this possible. A special thank you to Larry Mabley for doing his important part in the eve- ning. Throughout the week of Christmas there was much celebrating. Monday, Dec. 23 the V.C.C. Choir visited and presented us with some carol singing. Later in the evening the Immaculate Conception Church group came in and did some readings and singing. The day before Christmas we had a special presentation called "The Spirit of Christ- mas." While we sipped away on egg nog we got into a dis- cussion on the true meaning of Christmas and its traditions. Christmas Day arrived and what a beautiful day it was. Santa even stopped by for a short visit before he headed back to the North Pole. This busy week ended with a Show and Tell in the morning. Many residents showed off their <\S OUR W WS After Ey Christmas' YOUR GHOIC (6 to choose from) all equipped with: wiper, stereo radio Stk 121, 123, 124, 126, 126 GMA Chevrolet GEC® Oldsmobile Cadillac *Special purchase from GM 41991 CHEVY SPRINTS 11991 PONTIAC FIREFLY 4 door, automatic trans., rear many lovely gifts. During the afternoon Alex Ingram and his Band kept everyone toe tap- ping. Birthday wishes are sent out to Mr. Ivan Cochrane {2}, Mr. Bordon Barry (6), Mr. Ho- ward Lee (8) and Mrs. Inez Rowett (10). } Sorry but the upcoming events for January were not available to me at this time. The residents and staff of the nursing home wish every- one a very happy and prosper- ous year in 1992. 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