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12- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 26, 1992 a eT "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Church an important part of her life Life-long Port Perry resident Edith Bruce turns 95-years-old By Julia Dempsey Port Perry Star Through two world wars, a great depression, numerous re- cessions, and the coming of the age of technology: Edith Bruce has seenit all. Mrs. Bruce, a life-long Port Perry area resident, celebrated her 95th birthday on Friday, May 22. Her grandparents immigrat- ed from England to the 10th Concession of the former Town- ship of Reach in 1866 where they worked the land as farm- ers. Mrs. Bruce's parents fol- lowed tradition, bringing up their seven children in the farm- ing profession. "Everybody has a job on the farm," Mrs. Bruce told the Star. While the men were out work- ingin the fields, her grandmoth- er would do the knitting, her mother would do the sewing, and she and her sisters would do the cooking, baking and clean- ing. "The first thing children learn to do is fill a woodbox. To- day, there isn't too many wood- boxes left, hence the children are left torun." Although the work was hard, Mrs. Bruce said it was a good life. People cared about each other and the family unit was strong. Church was a very important part of her family's life. It was at Sunday school that she met her future husband Al- vin Bruce. "We were both brought up to go to church and Sunday school. That was our vision." Dates consisted of hitching up the horse and buggy to attend church gatherings, lawn socials and house parties. "As far as picture shows go, there was none of that in our life," she said, adding it wasn't because the silver screen hadn't been invented. "Wuen you live on a farm there is no time for picture shows," Mrs. Bruce said. . The couple were wed on Feb. 23, 1921 and raised four chil- dren - Morley, Helen, Marjorie and Ivan. It was after their marriage that the technological age came about. Horsepower, which meant the power of the horses one owned to do the work, took on a different meaning altogeth- er. Mrs. Bruce remembers trav- elling to the Lindsay Fair soon after tractors and other imple- ments were invented and re- calls her husband questioning the use and the need of such ma- chines. The couple was married more than 50 years when Mr. Bruce passed awayin 1972. ! oe oo i a B 2 § ARTE a NE wae Pe 'I'oday, Mrs. Bruce lives with her daughter Marjorie in their home near Manchester. Although she doesn't go to church anymore -- she'd like to but she has trouble hearing the sermon -- Mrs. Bruce does watch a church service on televi- sion. And she hasn't forgotten a thing about her earlier church days. In fact she can still recite the books of the Bible in order and can repeat from memory verses from the good book. "We used to read the Bible every morning after breakfast," Mrs. Bruce said. "I believe it's the one thing, more or less, that held the family together." 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At a council meeting on Mon- day, the Township of Scugog Council voted in favor of keep- ing the small community hall open. Council had been debating closing the hall after it learned of the high costs to maintain the facility, which saw little use. At a council meetingearlierin the year, Ward 4 Councillor Da- vid Dietlein told councillors that the cost to heat the hall was notjustifiable. He pointed to the fact that there was only two to three hours of bookings for the year-to -date. But a recent public meeting at the hall to discuss the future of the hall, determined that there was interest in keeping it open. The meeting on May 13 at- tracted approximately 30 peo- ple, all interested in keeping it operating. A number of groups came forward expressing inter- estin theoperations. A ladies auxiliary was formed out of that meeting to discuss the proposal. A formal presenta- tion was made to council on Monday. Lori Ellis, a Caesarea resi- dent and auxiliary member, told council that her group would like to keep the hall open. She presented a one-page sheet to council outlining the ideas it has for the hall. Although to begin the group plans to operate it status quo, in the future it plans to eventually renovate the facility to include I Co LS Sy 2. air conditioning and raising the roof for better acoustics. A number of activities are planned for the hall in the fu- ture including a "Save the Hall" dance on June 20. Council approved a $500 loan to help the organization get started, but stressed that the money was strictly a loan. The councillors expressed pleasure that the hall had been saved and the group was inter- ested in gettinginvolved. "It's great to see interest in it," said Area Councillor Harvey Graham. "I wish you all the luck." Council will review the hall's operationsinone year. 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