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« 12- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 4,1994 « ¥ 4 ae a News of interest to our rural neighbours in Scugog Township Hn § Florence Ashton Happy New Year, everyone! Now that the holidays are over, we can settle into our regular routine again. As most people were caught up in the excitement of Christ-' mas and New Years, some in our local area were saddened by the passing of loved ones. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Wilma Lynde and her family in the passing of Jim Lynde, af- ter a lengthy illness, at his home. His funeral was conduct- ed from Carson's Funeral Chap- el, Brooklin, the day before Christmas. Jim was well known and highly respected, having spent his entire life in the Chalk Lake-Ashburn area. We will miss Jim with his quiet and pleasant manner. The Knight family celebrated Christmas at the Community Centre on Monday, Dec. 27, with the entire family in atten- dance. Elaine Ewing and son Eric from Orangeville enjoyed a few days following Christmas with her parents, Theo and Joan Knight. Last Thursday afternoon, a happy time was enjoyed by all, as friends and relatives gath- ered together at St. Stephen's United Church on Taunton Road, in honor of Blanche Bea- dle who was celebrating her 90th birthday. A number of friends from Ashburn attended, and it was surely nice to meet with friends of long standing. Blanche and her husband Fred were residents of Ashburn for many years, and while. living in Ashburn, Blanche formed the Ladies Bible Class, which is still ongoing today, after 54 years. Even though our group is small, we still look forward to and enjoy our monthly meet- ings. Happy birthday, Blanche, with many fond memories of yesteryear. Visiting with Bernice and Jean Gardner over the Christ- mas holidavs were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank McKimm, Oshawa: Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gardner, Oshawa; Donna Bonnell, Oshawa; Larry Strank, Brook- lin; Mr. and Mrs. Everett West- fall, Hamilton; Mrs. Betty Mann, Sandy and Darrell, Oshawa; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kersen and Kyle of Utica; and Ronnie McKimm and Ina Smith of Perth. On New Year's Eve several from Ashburn attended the open house hosted by Claude and Betty Simmonds at their country home. Theo and Joan Knight, Doug and Florence Ashton enjoyed dinner at Cullen Gardens as we welcomed in the new year. The Eleanor Knight Group of the WMS will meet at Lois Daw's home on Wednesday of this week at 2 p.m. The annual congregational meeting will be held on Feb. 6 following the service. It's euchre night again at the Community Centre on Thurs- day at 8 p.m. A Robbie Burns Supper will be held in the Church hall, Fri- day, Jan. 21. Tickets are availa- ble in the Church office and from Bert Carr. Annual church meeting on Jan. 18 Happy New Year, everyone! Hope all had a great time cele- brating 1994 and best wishes for a happy healthy year. The Greenbank Seagrave Beavers, Cubs and Scouts are having a bottle drive on Satur- day, Jan. 8. Please save all your returnable pop bottles, beer cans and beer bottles to donate to this fundraising event. I must confess here that this was to be in the Seagrave news for two weeks, so please give their efforts extra consideration as they did not benefit from this column as they should have. Thank you! Robinglade Estates Women's Group meets this month on Jan. 11 at Janet Vendrig's home. Members are reminded to take their $1 and, if they wish, a vid- eo to exchange/borrow. My thanks again to Kate who has been just great in looking after the group this year. Don't forget to call and re- serve your tickets (or table) for the Fifth Annual Valentines Dance. The Dance is Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Latcham Centre in Port Perry, $2b/couple or $12/single. DJ, spot dances, door prize, corsages, buffet and lots of fun! Call 985-3722. This 1s a very popular dance and usu- ally a sellout. Happy Birthday wishes go out to Don Beacock, Tricia Wray, Mabel Hurst, Ann Sandi- ford, Ryan Puckrin, Chris and Nicole McGarry. Church News: Service of the Covenant was celebrated on Sunday followed by commun- ion. The choir sang "Joy Joy Joy Alleluia". ~ The Seagrave Church Annual Meeting will be held on Tues- day, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. at the church. That's all for this week except to say I hope all who I know suf- fering (and there's many) with this cold bug going around are feeling better soon. Please call Ann at 985-9440 with anything for this column next week. Annual reports due January 16 believe it is 1994 and the holi- days are over and the children are back in school. Our family had the pleasure of attending Kay Davidson's 80th birthday party on Dec. 28. Aunt Kay was happy to share the spotlight with her twin sis- ter, Noreen Blair. }- Second Scugog Scouts The Second Scugog Scouts will be holding a bottle drive on Scugog Island on Saturday, Jan. 8 beginning at 9 a.m. Snow date Jan. 15. Please leave bot- tles at the end of your driveway if you don't want to be dis- turbed. They will cover as much area as they can depending on volunteers and weather condi- tions. Scugog Island United Sunday we celebrated the be- mnning of Epiphany. The choir sang an inspinng number called "Down From His Glory". The Head UCW will meet at "the home of Mrs. Clara (Jos.) Dowson on Wednesday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. The Youth Group will meet on Friday, Jan. 7 at 6 p.m. at S.I.U.C. Choir practice this week will be held on Friday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. The Worship and Music Com- mittee will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 12at 9:30 a.m. at S.I.U.C. The Grace UCW will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. at S.I1.U.C. The High School Youth were involved in a program to learn about bluebirds. They would like to encourage bluebirds to come back to this area in great- er numbers. They sold some of the houses they built before Christmas. For information call the church at 985-4094. Written 1993 Annual Reports for Scugog Island and the Pas- toral Charge are due Jan. 16. Financial reports are due Jan. 30. Please submit them to Kar- en Davis. (Written reports will be gladly accepted prior to Jan. 16.) Our service on Sunday, Jan. 9 will be at our regular time of 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and nursery care will be provided. For pastoral care, call Elaine Barber at 985-4094. Please call 985-8871 with your news for next week's col- umn. A birthday celebration Happy New Year to everyone and hope everyone will have a good year. The Beacock family and friends gathered at their son Grant's home in Oshawa during the holidays. Delicious foods were enjoyed, gifts distributed, after which a grandson Lee ap- peared with a lovely candle-lit cake in honor of three birthdays namely Don, Grace and Betty Lou. All present were grateful for the happy day. Mr. and Mrs. G. Lehmann en- tertained their family from Orangeville and Little Britain for Christmas. Belated birthday wishes to these ladies: Florance Smith, Church td Welcome 1994. I'm not mak- ing resolutions this year but am setting some goals which I may or may not meet. For instance since I have just become a curl- er, I would like to just once put the rock where my skip tells me. I would like to shoot all my golf games in the low 90s or mid 80s. I would try not to wind anything around the lawnmower blade that shouldn't be there (my golf practice net will never be the same). I would like to say that I'll be better natured or never make mistakes but let's not push it this year. Church service this week will be held in Utica at 11 a.m. It's nice to have Rev. Burton back with us following his illness. Anyone with annual reports for 1993 are to have them turned in to Diane Nottingham by Jan. 15 so they will be ready for the an- nual meeting. The U.C.W. will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 11 at the home of 'Clara Jones at 200 East St., Ux- bridge, with dessert and re- freshments at 1 p.m. followed by ship and business. Word for '@#l call is "beginnings." All ladies are welcome. Nothing too exciting happens in Utica. Well I left town for a few days and guess what? To start with Rebecca Aked fell and broke her wrist and I cer- tainly wish her a speedy recov- ery. Then the MacSween family welcomed four new puppies into the world on Christmas morn- ing. (Congratulations Lady.) Christmas morning also brought the fire department racing into the village to extin- guish a fire at Utica Farm Equipment. Good job fellows it Helen Wozney and Grace Bea- cock. Helen Wozney spent Christ- mas in Florida with son Bill and family. Florance = Smith's three daughters Marion, Shirley and Lorraine hosted an open house at the church on Wednesday in honor of their mother's 90th birthday. Many friends and family came to express best wishes to a special lady. Flor- ance has been a great worker for many years on the fair board, Sunday school teacher, choir and UCW, Meals on Wheels. Her one great love of making quilts and quilting them which she is still doing. Florance was presented with Senior Citizen Award a few years ago. Keep on stitching and sharing your friendship. The community New Year's Dance was held at the centre with a smaller group but every- one had a good time dancing, enjoying friendship and food. Rev. Bob LePage and family travelled to Wawa to visit his parents over the Christmas sea- son. at Utica . could have been a real disaster. Mrs. Crosier spent a few days at Christmas in London with her daughter Jean Scott and some of their family. I was in Amherstview with Charlie and family. We spent Christmas Eve in Gananoque with members of the Hughes family at the home of Sue's sis- ter Heather. John and Suzanne Warner were in Cornwall for a few days, spending New Years with the Lefebvre family. Lorne and Eileen Slute had Christmas at daughter Sha- rane Dears. They were supper guests on Wednesday at Lloyd Slute's in Raglan. Thursday evening they entertained Mr. and Mrs. Singer of Oshawa and on New Years they were with Bill Slute and family of Robin- glade Estates. Grace and Gordon Kirk enter- tained Gordon's sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. B. Dion of Midland on Thursday which was a very enjoyable vis- it. | Congratulations to Carolyn Wilbur on her recent winning of a Karaoke contest in Ajax. Hillis and Carol Wilbur were busy over the holidays. Christ- mas Eve they visited with Ralph and Elsie Wilbur in Port Perry and then spent the rest of the evening with the Mac- Sweens. Christmas Day guests were Todd and Carolyn, Lee, Lisa and baby Brittany Wilbur and Mrs. Ruby Beare. On Box- _ing Day they were guests with Carol's sister Sharon Morton in Ajax. New Year's Eve they en- joyed the evening at the Catho- ic Hall where Todd and Caro- lyn were supplying the music. . Guests on New Year's Day were Margaret and Colin Ball of Guelph, Debbie Ball ant George Fitzpatrick of Rich- mond Hill. Doug and Judy MacSween and boys were in Hanover on Thursday to visit with Marlene and Charlie Nocilla and boys. er TATE en he" 5 a oi BN at SR See mn a rr , RR Ci