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Eg TIN IAT TUL YY 22 - PORT MERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 9,1993 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice » The seventh annual Black- stock Fiddle Contest was a great success on Saturday eve- ning with a large crowd assem- bling at the Rec Centre. Enter- tainment by Warren Sutcliffe was enjoyed during the eve- - ning. Capable and entertaining emcee for the evening was Rich- ard McKenzie. Winners were as follows: 12 years and under - 1. Mathew Johnson, Stratford; 2 - Deanna Dolstra, Whitby; 13-18 years - 1. April Verch, Pembroke; 2 - Jean Paul Gignac, Lafontaine; 19-39 years - 1. Patti Curran, Etobicoke; Michael LeMoire, Druro; 40-59 years - 1 Ray Bris- - Bos § 222 EEE nr: ir son, Oshawa; 2 - Raymond Gig- nac, Lafontaine; 60 and over - 1. Ed Langois who received the Gerald Stinson Trophy present- ed by the Purple Hill L.O.L.; 2 - Scotty McHardy, Brampton. Winner's Circle - 1 - April Verch, 2 - Mathew Johnson, 3 - Patti Curran, 4 - Ed Langois. Surprise entertainer was Graham Townsend, longtime champion fiddler of North America who arrived along with his son Gray Townsend. What a great thrill for many of the audi- ence to see and hear this well- known celebrity in person. On Sunday morning, a large congregation attended the 106th Anniversary Service of the building of the present United Church. Special music was presented by both the Jun- ior and Senior Choirs. Guest speaker was Rev. John Shear- man who gave an impressive sermon "For Christ's Sake"! A social time followed the service. On a snowy Oct. 31, St. John's Anglican Church welcomed four gE (apm Send a gift subscription in my name to: DE EEE RE EE ER ER RRR II IIAP IY I EEE EI I EE A EI AIRE $96 $0000 00000000s TEIN IIILIENISIIEIRRLIOEOIIRTIOIRIETD LE EE EF ERR RY EE I I EE EE REX] I I I I I EE ER RY I I I I I I II IP EI IRI IU SPA II IP APY DI I SI I I IIR I new members into the parish by baptism. Robert Cole, infant son of Kim and Steve Hewitt, with godparents Brian Hewitt and Angie Wallace. His parish sponsors were Michael and Lucy Black. Cassandra Nirma- la, wife of Steven Bullock, and their young sons, Andrew Ste- ven and Ryan Steven. Godpar- ents for Andrew and Ryan were Savindra and John Decaro, Kasturi and Timothy VanLane and Camille and Sohan Gan- patt. Their parish sponsor was Chris Hudson. Guest organist for this ser- vice was David McCartney. On Sunday evening, Nov. 7, a celebration of All Saints was held at St. John's Anglican Church. Choirs from St. John's, Blackstock United, Nestleton United and Nestleton St. Ber- nadette's Roman Catholic Churches individually and to- gether thrilled the congrega- tion with their musical num- bers. Readings and a short homily, along with congrega- tional singing, combined. for an impressive service. A time of fellowship followed. A reminder that .the Open House in honor of Valerie Van Camp and her groom-to-be, Ron Linton, will be held at the Unit- ed Church C.E. Room next Sun- day afternoon, Nov. 14. Dona- tions for a gift from the community can be left with Joy Rudkin, Marilyn Green or Ruby Van Camp as soon as possible. Mrs. Flora Samells is very proud of her grandson Ken Sa- mells who has been taking a course in Photography in To- ronto. He received top marks for his display of pictures and won a $1,200 camera. Congrat- ulations! | On Thursday evening, Shar- on and Heather Goulding, Jean Adams, Muriel Wotten and Joyce Kelly attended a banquet evening for the Women of Dis- tinction for Durham sponsored by the YWCA. Both Heather and Joyce were very proud to have been nominated in their FIRST GIFT SUBSCRIPTION (52 issues) Reg. Price 32.10 Special $25.00 EACH EXTRA GIFT SUBSCRIPTION Reg. Price 32.10 Special $20.00 . Annual fiddle contest a success respective categories for the Woman of Distinction. While neither was chosen as the final- ist, Jean Adams was thrilled to be supporting her sister-in-law Margaret Down who was cho- sen Woman of the Year - Com- munity Service. A very, very impressive evening. A birthday supper was held at the home of Nancy and Bob Bryans. Their family all-attend- ed - Gord and Deb, Leanna and Christina 'Bryans, Patti and Rick Alpe, Nathan and Emma, all of Blackstock and Steve and Lorinda Bryans and Mark, Bowmanville. Those celebrat- ing were Christina, six years old, Mark, two years, as well as Patti and Rick Alpe. Happy birthday! Local folk were interested to see Blackstock Fair featured in Tips and Snips, a fiew publica- tion from Bowmanville. A group of friends surprised Neil Werry on Sunday evening when they arrived to celebrate his 65th birthday. Happy birth- day, Neil. Grant and Barb Larmer, along with daughter Roxanne and her friend Bruce Boivin of Toronto, returned home last Thursday after a lovely two and "a half week holiday touring B.C. and Alberta. They enjoyed a few days at each place, end- ing up on Vancouver Island as far north as Port Alberni. Other points of interest were Edmon- ton, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, the Okanagan Valley, Vancouver, Victoria and Nanai- mo. They also attended the pretty wedding of Danielle Larme (daughter of Ray and Diane) to Sgt. Sean Jessop at Pickering United Church on Oct. 16. Sean is stationed at Calgary and the Grant Larm- ers were their first guests from Ontario since their marriage. Bob and Joyce Fraser of Cam- bridge were weekend guests of Jean and Merrill Van Camp. The Girl Guides have intro- duced a new cookie for the fes- tive season. Please "Be Pre- pared" to help to support our local Brownies, Girl Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers when they arrive on your doorstep with our new cookies. We are planning a door-to-door blitz on Nov. 20. * Next Saturday evening, the annual Cartwright High School Commencement will be held at the C.C.P.S. If possible, take this opportunity to support our local high school. There were 13 tables at the weekly card party, with the fol- lowing winners: Earla Hill, Pat Porrill, Charlie Stapleton, Richard Manns, Ruby Smith, Kathleen Watts and Olive Or- miston. Lucky draws were won by Meta Swain, Grant Bright, Norman Rohrer, Joe McCaslin, Gord Finney and Mary Poots. On this Saturday, Nov. 13, Harold and Melanie Wright in- vite their customers and friends to the Grand Opening of their new store and warehouse on Highway 7A. Hours will be 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturday. T. BYERS SEPTIC & HOLDING TANK PUMPING REASONABLE RATES 985-3048 tre am sr A BAe ar AAR ters YE ARRAS eg mys Her eer ge Ae ET -- --_--