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24- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 1, 1997 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" ~ R B PORT PERRY STAR < URAL RooTs Tickets on sale for CHS band fundraiser Many family gatherings were held over the Easter week- end with many coming from distances to join the activities. The Easter Bunny brought Gord Paisley the best possible gift - his first grandchild - a baby girl, Julia, born to Cathy and Mike Miller of Toronto. Congratulations, Gord. George and Brenda Bryant accompanied by her father Dean Ormiston of Brooklin spent several days last week in Ottawa visiting their daughter Julie Bryant. On Easter week- end Dwayne and Carol Bryant and Rebecca of Mitchell joined them in Blackstock for Easter family gatherings. Congratulations to Swains Seeds who celebrated 50 years in business with an open house on Saturday. Many customers, dignitaries, friends and rela- tives joined Ernie and Connie, Bob and Patti to congratulate them on this happy occasion. Larry Hoskin of Lake Louise, Alberta visited his mother Mrs. Muriel Hoskin of Port Perry and many family members in this area over the past week. Glad to report that Cecil Gibson is progressing well fol- lowing surgery this week in Port Perry Hospital. Richard and Ruby Van Camp enjoyed a holiday in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where they vis- ited Brian and Maggie Van Camp and boys and Jill Van Camp. Happy birthday is extended to Rachel Beechey who cele- brated her seventh birthday this week with no less than three birthday parties. Happy birthday, Rachel. Bob and Patti Swain enjoyed a holiday in Texas last week where they enjoyed the fine weather and great sights. Bea and Garth Jonah of Kanata spent Easter weekend with her sister Talya and Denzil Moore and Todd. Joan Graham is once again working on her tree project in attempt to replace the many aging maples in our community with new young trees. She sug- gests neighbors planning to obtain some trees from her at a reduced cost to enhance the roads or streets in the area. Act now and call Joan at 986- 4856 for further information. Merrill and Jean Van Camp returned home last week from a stay in Florida. There are still tickets avail- able for the Jack and Jill Dance in honor of Laura Gilbank and Brian Goble to be held on April 12 at the Nestleton Hall. Call Lisa at 986-5416 or Craig at 986-5574 for tickets. There will be a community shower in honor of Laura at the Blackstock United Church Blackstock by ' CE Room on April 20 at 1:30 p.m. Plans are for either mis- cellaneous gifts or monetary gifts. The Community Care of sev- eral areas are combining to 'present a roast beef dinner fol- lowed by a live and silent auc- tion at the Little Britain Hall which has an elevator on April 19. Adult tickets are $8 advance; $9 at the door. Call Linda at 1-800-461-0327 for details. The annual High School Music Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, April 12 at the Rec. Centre. This event has a roast been dinner with musical selections by various music groups of the school as well as the silent auction and raffle, Proceeds from this event will help to send the Senior Band to the International Music Festival in Boston. Call the high school for tickets. Winter weather still hanging around after Sunday flurries Everyone enjoyed the Easter Sunday morning break- fast served by the board of managers. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was cele- brated at morning worship with special music by the choir under the direction of Jackie Crawford. On Saturday, April 5 several members of the congregation are meeting at Winchester Golf Club, which begins at 10 a.m. This will be a time of "Sharing our Faith, Telling Our Story" with fellowship and an interesting experience for all. The cost is $10 and includes lunch. The Kirk Guild will meet at the church on Monday, April 7 at 1:30 p.m. We are looking forward to Sunday, April 20 when "The Singing Canadians" will min- ister to us in song at Burns Church. Time: 7:30 p.m. We invite everyone who enjoys ospel music to join with us for this inspiring evening. Offering and refreshments. Ashburn by Florence Ashton We extend our sincere sym- pathy to Jennie Johnson and her family in the passing of Jennie's son, Joe Johnson. The funeral was held at the Anglican Church, Uxbridge on Monday. It was good to see Mary Briscoe out to church on Sunday, Mary has been con- fined to home for many weeks, following her illness last fall. Euchre results are as fol- lows: 12 tables of euchre were played. Men's first - Grant Bright, second - Harold Fisher. Ladies first - Margaret Gall, second - Erma Wood. Lucky door prize winners were Robert Armstrong and Ruby Smith (Port Perry). Lone hands - Mac Albright and Jean Hodgins. Share the Wealth - Ruby Smith (Raglan) and Erma Wood. - On Saturday evening Doug and Florence Ashton enjoyed the presentation of "The Gallery" - an Easter panorama in music and drama which was held at Springvale Baptist Church, Stouffville, with the Springvale Choir assisting. This was a beautiful presenta- tion which was well performed. Theo and Joan Knight enjoyed dinner on Saturday evening with their son Don and family and on Sunday evening they were invited to their son Keven and his family for Easter dinner. Winter doesn't seem to want to leave us, with that scuff of snow that arrived on Sunday afternoon. Trust everyone had a safe and happy Easter. There were only five tables at the weekly card party due to the very thick fog. Winners were Charlie Campbell, Sarah Brunton, Betty Hockley and Teresa Berker. Winners of the draws were Gary Notenboom (two), Gordon Finney and Gerald Kelly. Better health is wished for Roy Turner who is currently in Bowmanville Hospital. St. John's News By Colin Beal On Palm Sunday, St. John's said farewell to a family who's members have been very active in the church. Steve and Kim Hewitt, Brianna, Cole and Emily left Blackstock to set up a new home in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Steve has been appointed chief pilot of a char- ter airline serving exploration companies and other organiza- tions in Northern B.C. Northern Alberta, Yukon and The Northwest Territories. Steve had been an enthusi- astic and very talented member of the choir, up until the time when work demands began to eat into weekend, and it was appropriate that the choir ded- icated the Palm Sunday anthem to Steve and family and it was even more appro- priate that choir director invit- ed him to rejoin the choir and help with singing the anthem. Steve leapt at the chance. All at St. John's and espe- cially choir members and church school teachers who worked with Kim wish them happiness in their new home. Holy Week is always a marathon with four, quite long, church services on successive days. Father Hugh, the Altar Servers, the choir and many others work quite hard either during the services or in prepa- ration for them. The results are very evident with beautiful traditional services, cere- monies and music on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. All of which lead up to a wonderful Easter Eucharist with a packed church and more beautiful music from the choir and from the children of the church school. Members of the congregation had a delightful surprise when Father Hugh dedicated a gor- geous new Aumbry which has been donated by Kerry Umphrey. Kerry designed and built this beautiful furnishing and installed it in the Sanctuary in time for Easter. We thank him for all the love, thought and hard work which he put into this project. Thanks also to Bob and Elaine Hayes who donated the many Easter Lilies which brightened the church on Easter Sunday. Albert on the mend after trip to hospital Thank you all for your cards and inquiries after my recent illness. I was in the hospital but came home on Thursday. The Lake Scugog Regatta meeting to be held April 5 is cancelled. Look to next week's paper for time and location. Don't forget to drop by the Blackstock High School and purchase your $15 ticket to a great roast beef dinner and an entertaining evening. If you have watched the program on T.V. usually at 10 p.m. Thursday, dealing with antiques you will realize what valuable items have been picked up at auction sales for below value. There could be valuable items here. Place: Blackstock Rec. Centre at 7:30 p.m. on April 12. Remember a great dinner, fellowship with your neighbors and friends, entertainment and the silent auction. Money to finance the band's trip to the great compe- tition in Boston in May. Last year they came in second. Usually a sellout - buy now. This week our Beavers will be studying insects and a reminder they need an empty Caesarea Albert Putsey coffee tin for the next week's craft night. Daylight saving starts this coming Sunday. Don't forget to get new batteries for your smoke alarms, clocks, radios and all the other things you have with battery backup. Pine Ridge Garden Club April 1 meeting will show the prize winning slides from O.H.A., plant sale and monthly competition. Everyone wel- come. Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Nestleton Hall. There will be a monthly meeting at the Caesarea Hall on Sunday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Saying of the Week: Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. hm uli wie 'as-is Sk