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et AN SAI TNT RANE 7 ir bp an 24- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 31, 1995 To URAL "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Roots A Murcotts recognized | | y | Ashburn first - Wilma Lynde, second - Bill Hodgins, Men's lone hands - Don Wood, Door prize winners - Elma Gibson, Hilda Hopkins and Isabel Saunders. Share the wealth - Evelyn Dennis. Next euchre at the Community Cen- ' treis Thursday, Nov. 9. Several from Ashburn en- Joyed the beef supper at Prince Albert on Sunday evening; also attending the musical evening at Mount Zion Church. The W.M.S. will meet on Wednesday afternoon of this week at 2 p.m. at the home of Ruth Oliver. Hope you are planning to join | us at Burns Church on Sunday evening, Nov. 12 when we wel- come the Kingsway Quartet from London, Ontario, as well as soloist Debbie Batten of Ash- burn. Free will offering and so- cial hour following. Roy Shivrattan, a staff mem- ber from Picov's Nursery, Ajax was the guest speaker at Brook- lin Horticulture Society on Wednesday night. He gave a most interesting lecture "and slide presentation on "Water Gardening". Florence 1X4) {o]q] Ashburn's Murcott Family Rolling Meadows Tree Farm re- ceived an award last Thursday night from the Township of Scu- gog for outstanding volunteer community service. Their Christmas tree project with the Brooklin Lions Club has ena- bled them to donate five fully trained seeing eye dogs from | the Lions' International Canine Vision Program to blind per- VOLUNTEER AWARD: Albert Putsey (centre), Caesarea correspondent for the Port sons in Canada. Our congratu- Perry Star and long-standing member of the Lake Scugog Regatta committee, was one of lations to the Murcott family for many Scugog residents honored during the Volunteer Awards ceremony in Port Perry t Fuchy don ien is follows: Thursday night. He received recognition for his tireless work on the annual summer Ladies first price - Bra Wood. festival. Presenting the award were Ward 5 Councillor Karen Puckrin and township recre- a second - Verna Slute. Lone ation director Allan Pollock. We'll have more coverage. of the event in The Weekend Star. hands - Ellen Gibson, Men's re Durham East 4H banquet held Blackstock The Pork Barbecue at the United Church on Sunday eve- ning was a fine success with a good crowd and an excellent performance by the guest choir from Scarborough. Recently both Bill and Paula Lishman have received awards of great distinction. Your local friends do congratu- late you both on your many achievements. [tis really hard for us to imagine the scope that this couple reaches. Paula's as- sociates held an open house at the Recreation Centre in her honor after she was awarded The Entrepreneur Woman of the Year. Congratulations. On Sunday two baptism ser- vices in other areas held local interest. At Little Bntain United Church, Curtis Herman Stu- art Rodman, son of Melody and Wilson Rodman was baptized. His grandparents Helen and Stuart Dorrell along with An- nie Dorrell of New Liskeard and Darcy and Laura Dorrell, Brittany and Bryan of Charl- ton who had been weekend guests of Helen and Stuart were in attendance. Following church, Eunice and Herman Rodman hosted a family gath- ering at their home in honor of the event. At Omemee United Church, Graham William Peeters, son of Peter and Elizabeth Peeters was baptized. Attending from this area were Gerald and Joyce Kelly, Harvey and Joan Graham, Cheryl Graham, Ce- cil and Marie Gibson, Sharon Goulding, Brian Cranfield and Darryl Goulding, Elaine Kelly of Waterloo and Edda and Rus- sell Bowman of St. Christo- phers. Following the service, Elizabeth and Peter hosted a party which was attended by friends and relatives. Ralph Larmeris a patient at St. Michael's Hospital, Toron- to. His many friends wish him improved health. Cecil and Marie Gibson spent several days last week with their friends Ross and Irene Vanclief at Corbyville. Congratulations to the Grove family clan with the ar- rival of a baby girl, daughter of Doug and Lorrie Grove on Oc- tober 18, a sister for D.J. Bet grandparents Glenn and Joan are walking around with big smiles on their faces these days. Next Saturday, Nov. 4 will be a very busy day in our com- munity. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. please support the Blackstock District Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers as they go door to door selling their delicious mint cookies which make great treats for everyone. If you are missed, and would like to enjoy some of these cookies, call Pat Obstfeld at 986-5305 or ask any Guiding member. i Beginning at 4:30 p.m. until all are served, the St. John's Anglican Church will be hold- ing its' annual fall supper held at the Parish Hall. In the evening will be the an- nual Blackstock Fiddle contest at the Recreation Centre be- ginning at 7 p.m. Guest enter- tainer for the evening will be Graham Townsend, who has been North American Fiddle Champion five times. There were 10 tables at the weekly card party with the fol- lowing winners - Verna Slute, Bernice Loudfoot, Hazel Plutz, Pat Porrill, Muriel Butson, Ei- leen Warder and Margaret Finney. Winners of the lucky draws were Vivian Kydd, John Archer, Merv Storrie, Kath- leen Watts and Doris Hill. Sympathy of the community 1s extended to Mrs. Shirley Gettins of Caesarea and her family on the passing of her husband Gordon Gettins. Gord was very well known throughout our township for his many community activi- ties. He wiii indeed be greatly missed. Everyone 1s invited to the Blackstock W.I. meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at the Blackstock United Church at 1 p.m. Guest speaker will be Dora Martyn tellling about her and her husband Harold's trip to Holland. On Saturday evening many young people, their parents and grandparents attended the annual Durham East 4-H Awards Night at Base Line Community Hall. Many awards: were presented throughout the evening. The local members who re- ceived recognition for the com- pletion of six projects were Luke Carnaghan, Todd Moore and Scott Nesbitt. Those who have completed 18 projects were Brooke McLaughlin, An- drew Frew and Lisa Nesbitt, while Colleen Arbuckle, Mari- lyn Arbuckle and Allison Mal- colm were recognized for com- pleting 24 projects. Congratulations to all of you. The winners of the Leader- ship Camp awards were Heather Goulding and Diane Bowman. The Imperial Bank of Commerce awards for the outstanding members were Heather Malcolm and Tim Ashton-Dair. Congratulations to all of these award winners and also to all the members who successfully completed projects at various levels. The Township of Scugog Recognition Awards Presenta- tion was held on Thursday eve- ning at the new Scugog Com- munity Hall. Many volunteers representing various sections of the community were recog- nized including Ron Martyn from Cartwright Minor Ball Association, Arnold Williams from the Nestleton Hall Board and Colleen Arbuckle in the Youth Category. Congratula- tions to these local recipients as well as all the others. The dynamic guest speaker for the evening was Denise Kelly of FAME. Durham East District Wom- en's Institute held its Fun Fair at Solina Hall on Wed.,Oct. 25. Registration began at 1 p.m. with President Brenda Met- calfe welcoming all. Opening activities began at 1:30 p.m. Tickets were sold at the door for a draw on an anniversary cake which was made by Don- na Barkey and was won by Neta Fish. Tickets were also soldon a penny draw. The upper level of the hall was set up with tables to play court whist. While the game went on, Brenda reminded us of successful projects and oth- er interesting facts that the W.I. had completed through the year. A display was set up at the front of the hall listing more of these accomplishments. Viola Ashton gave a report on the Convention which had taken place on Oct. 14 and 15. She has served her term as pro- gram co-ordinator and wished her successor Olive McDonald from Cannington well. Viola then presented Marjo- rie Prescott with her FWIO pin. (Ontario W.I1.) The lower level was used to display a great variety of home baking, crafts, and garden pro- duce which was soon sold. Then the ladies enjoyed tea and fruit bread with much vis- iting and fellowship. All agreed that it had been a well- spent afternoon. There were 66 ladies present to enjoy this event. Dora Martyn, District P.R.O.