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"A Family Tradition for 127 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 25,1994 - 31 SJ News of interest to our rural neighbours in Scugog Township Inn I'm sure many Seagrave resi- dents were very sad to see the former Belair barn go up in flames on Friday afternoon. [tis so sad that one minute it's there and the next it's gone. Without doubt the very hard work of the Scugog Fire Department played a major role in saving the house, the cattle and other out- side buildings. I know I went by there myself Saturday after- noon and the Fire Department were still there keeping watch Torchmen Florence X43 (e 1p) A good time was had by one and all who attended the Rob- bie Burns Supper on Friday evening. Many from the sur- rounding area joined with us for this special evening. Piping in the head table was Murdo Fer- guson. The haggis was carried in by Bruce Deakin and Bill Burgess, and was addressed by Bert Carr. Rev. John Robertson over the fire. On a happier note..everyone wishes Sandy Jonah a happy 40th birthday. Hope you had a great time at your surprise birthday party Saturday night. We're sure glad it was a sur- prise to you. Thanks to Kate and Grant McDonald for host- ing the party. Happy birthday wishes this week also to Brandon Puckrin and Marilyn Pickard. [ hope everyone got out to the "Snowflake Fetival® in Port Perry this weekend or last. Thankfully, the weather was much milder this weekend than last weekend. It was pretty ob- vious that a tremendous amount of effort was put into this event by everyone involved and it was great to see so many people enjoying it. As a specta- to perform from Toronto led in the Selkirk grace. Toast to the Queen by Rev. Sheina Smith. A delicious meal was enjoyed by all. Bert Carr was Master of Cer- emonies for the evening and did a fine job. Rev. John Robertson gave a fine address and made the toast to the memory of Rob- ert Burns. Toast to the lassies by Ray Ingleton and reply by Norma Ingleton. Jean Noble and the Hillcrest Dancers en- tertained with Scottish country dancing. Highland dancing by three young ladies was a real delight. Janette De Sousa pro- vided accordion music and Scot- tish solos by Cathy Bate. All in all, it was an enjoyable evening. Special thanks to all those tor [ heard many, many positive comments about the event and the town - even while sitting on the horse-drawn sleigh ride (with two little girls who thor- oughly enjoyed themselves). "Hats off to all the organizers - you did great!" Seagrave Church News The church service on Sun- day was on Christian unity. The Sunday School theme was "What do people mean when they talk about God's call?" Jesse Nobbs and Barbara Short sang a duet "Love led Him to Calvary", accompanied by the organist Muriel Jeverson. The dates for Church mem- bership classes are Feb. 22, March 8, 15, 22,29 and April 5 That's it for this week. Please call Diane Cooke with news next week at 985-3722. at church hard-working tolk who made this all possible. Keep in mind the annual church congregational meeting on Sunday, Feb. 6 following worship. Lunch will be provid- ed. For all you Torchmen fans, we will welcome them back to Burns Church on Sunday eve- ning, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Plan to join us and bring your family and friends. Thursday night of this week is euchre night again at the Community Centre at 8 p.m. This will be the first party this year, as you remember very few braved the cold weather last time. Hope you all make it this time. Sign up| for Fletcher bonspiel Our community was shocked to learn of the passing of Mona Ferguson Dunbar of West Hill very suddenly at her home. Sympathy is extended to her husband George and their fami- ly and also to her sister Thelma and Lloyd Wright and brother Bill and Jean Ferguson of this area. Sympathy 1s also extend- ed to her brother Grant of Peter- borough and sister Sandra of Oshawa, to their spouses and their families. Funeral service was Monday with spring bunal at Cartwright Cemetery. Sympathy 1s also extended to Mary Forrest and her family on the sudden passing of her hus band Bill. Bill and Mary moved to their new home in Caesarea last year and have been in volved in community events since then. Glad to report that Lloyd Tre win is progressing favorably fol lowing major surgery in Sunny brook Hospital last week. Longtime Blackstock resi dent Jenny Bailey has been transferred from Bowmanville Nursing Home to the Port Perry Community Nursing Home. She will welcome visits from her many friends, [ am sure. Many from the Blackstock area enjoyed the many interest- ing events at the Snow Flake Festival in Port Perry over the past two weekends. Congratu- lations to the organizers for a job well done. The euchre party was struck by the very cold weather when only five tables were held. Win- ners were Margaret Finney, Doug Stanfield, Nerta Masters, [kdna Manns, Vivian Kidd, Grant Bright and Ross McRo- berts. Lucky draws were won by Vivian Kidd, Munrel Butson, Icarla Hill and Richard Manns. The annual Robert Fletcher Memorial Mixed Bonspiel will be held Saturday, Feb. 5 at the local arena. Sign-up sheet 1s at the mnk now. After the curling, a roast beef dinner followed by dancing to the sounds of Baker hne DJ services will complete the day. You can take part in any part of the event that you choose. Make this an event to chase the winter blahs - a lot cheaper than to travel south! Many of our farm community are involved in various annual meetings and workshops in lo- cations in many Ontarno com- munities. Life in the agncultu- ral business section 1s certainly busy at all times of the year. Karen and Doug Kadowaki, Allison, Janice and Phillip re- dently returned from a week in Florida where they visited Dis- neyworld and unexpectedly bumped into the Dingman's of Blackstock. Small world, 1sn't 1t? Larmer chaired the meeting and began by reading a tribute to the New Year. Jean Fergu- son used "A safe stronghold" as her topic for the worship. An- nouncements were: workshops for UCW at Courtice Church on Monday, Jan. 17; Banquet for the Bob Fletcher Bonspiel Feb. 5H and a Memorial Service for Rev. Clarence Ferguson in Blackstock United Church on Apnl 17. Program was a dramatic presentation of our "Overseas Mission History" with appropri- ate costumes and props, narrat- ed by Marion and acted out by Audrey and Dora. The skit had the third world person saying "The missionaries came to us when we had the land and they had the Bible. They said "let us pray' and when we opened our eves, the missionaries had the land and we had the Bible." The skit, taken from the Mandate magazine, ended with the nus: stonary admitting that changes had to be made. Jean Ferguson closed the meeting with the benediction. The work of glass artist Frances Muscat is currently on display at the Kent Farndale Gallery at Scugog Memorial Public Library. The artist was on hand Saturday. His work will remain at the gallery until Feb. 11 Grandparents twice over Let's hope everyone has sur- vived the cold snap. The weekly euchre at the Prince Albert Hall had 10 ta- bles. The winners were Heidi Krieg, Verna Smith, Alma Manns, Ilean Pugh, Merv Sto- rie, Gord Smith. The lucky draw winners were Blanche Em- pringham, Edna Manns, Milton Anderson. Fred and Aileen Olsen visited a few days with their daughter Shelly and family near Mon- treal. Don and Noreen Crosier are the proud grandparents of two new grandchildren in the last couple of weeks., Congratula- tions. Don Beacock and his friend Betty Lou were dinner guests of Les and Grace Beacock. Prince Albert Church was beautifully decorated with sev- eral arrangements left by the family of Clayton Love. He will be sadly missed. Like the flow- ers Clayton always brightened up any get together with stories and jokes. We're thinking of you, Pat. I heard a good word of advice at church on Sunday. Someone very close to Rev. Bob said "We don't give ourselves time to get over our colds and flus." Maybe if we all took the time to drink lots of liquids and rest, our com- munity would be alittle healthi- er. And please dont' get me wrong. Rev. Bob also had some good advice. He reminded us to look again at things and to en- courage change. Think about it. Scugogq Island Women's Institute by Clara Dowson, P.R.O. On the bitterly cold evening of Jan 19, nine ladies braved the cold to meet at the Island Community Hall. Jan opened the meeting with singing the Opening Ode, and repeating the Mary Stewart Collect. Betty read the minutes and Betty Ann gave the financial state- ment, all passed. Much litera- ture was read and passed around. Watch for a later date when two of our members may have a day course of things to make. Penny Kuthk's group in charge of Family and Consumer affairs. Roll call "What have you done to fireproof your home?" Penny then introduced the guest speaker. Irv Gibson, Cap- tain in the Fire Department for Fire Prevention gave us a most interesting talk on fires, where and how they start, and gave everyone the burning by-laws. Penny thanked the speaker and gave him a gift of appreciation. It being so cold, we had hot drinks and lunch during our speaker's address. Hopefully, February meeting will be milder, for Education and Cultural Activities, with convenor Penny Pettypiece. Roll call will be "What would you like to learn how to do?" Program - learning a new craft. Favorite saying: "Before you give someone a piece of your mind, consider carefully wheth- er you can spare any."