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"A Family Tradition for 131 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 6, 1997 - 39 EE -- a wlllon > Por Peri sa J Roors Our church service on Sunday was a huge celebration for the 35th anniversary of the United Church Women. It was conducted by the Women of the church. The music was won- derful, provided by their choir and the triple trio. The service opened with a welcome by the Fidelas Pres. Mrs. Pat Raines. Mrs. Judy Gibson gave the message and Mrs. Janice Lee gave a rousing story for the children titled "Time Out" a message to take time out for God. They presented a candle lighting service in three parts: the past, present and future of - the U.C.W. Mrs. Ruby Beare and Mrs. Mary Jean Till gave a very interesting and infor- mative talk on the past, and reminisced on the interesting things they did many years ago. Mrs. Suzanne Lee and Mrs. Barb Ward spoke on the present achievements, which are many. We owe much thanks to this hard working evening unit. URAL Suzanne told us of the work and planning that was donated to make the beautiful Centennial quilt. Miss Juli Lee talked about the hope that the youth have for the future. Mrs. Judy Gibson Pres. of the Evening Unit closed the wonderful service. The Fidelas Unit of the U.C.W. will meet May 7 at 1:30 p-m. in the church basement. Guest speaker will be Mrs. Dora O'Conner B.S.C. Phm. speaking on "Over the counter medication and prescription drugs." Come and bring a friend. We wish Mrs. Audrey Golden a speedy recovery from her surgery and soon to be home from Uxbridge Hospital. Robert Couperthwaite enjoyed an afternoon at the home of Doug Empringham in Oshawa renewing old school friends and later visited with his daughter Heather who also lives in Oshawa. The Youth Group are plan- ning a retreat at the church on Museum looking for helping hands to clean up Saturday The Sunday Evening Musicales will continue to be held at the Head Church at the museum on May 11 and 25 at 7:30 p.m. These evenings will be full of music and fun. A collection will be taken. Proceeds help support your museum. Come and bring a friend. The museum is looking for volunteers to come out for their yard and garden clean up on Saturday, May 10 at 9 a.m. Just show up with your favorite gardening tool. Don't forget the annual Yard Sale on Monday, May 19 at the Scugog Shores Museum. Donations of yard sale items and plants would be appreciat- ed. Please call the museum at 985-3589 to arrange pick up or drop off times. 2nd Scugog Scouts The 2nd Scugog Scouts will be holding their annual Yard Sale on Saturday, June 14 from 8 a.m. to noon at Scugog Island Hall. Tables are available to rent for $10. Phone Laura Hussey at 985-2855 for infor- mation. Scugog Island United Church The Lectionary Bible Study group will meet on Tuesday, May 6 at 1:30 p.m. at S.1.U.C. The Moms and Tots will meet on Wednesday, May 7 at 9:30 a.m. at S.I.U.C. The Grace U.C.W. will meet on Wednesday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Rita Hansen. Choir practice will be held on Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m. The Men's Chorus will prac- tice on Thursday, May 8 at 8:30 p.m. The Youth Group will meet on Friday, May 9 at 6 p.m. Our Mother's Day service will be held at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, May 11. Special music will be provided by the Men's Chorus. The scheduled Men's Dinner on May 12 featuring Bill Reid on Organic Gardening has been completely sold out. Thanks for your support. The Official Board will meet on Wednesday, May 14 at 8 p.m. at Manchester United Church. Scugog Island United Church presents a "Giant Pumpkin Contest." To register call Jim at 985-0661 by June 15. Call 985-8871 with your news for next week's column. Greenbank area news by May 10 and 11. For more infor- mation please contact Juli Lee. The Women's Institute meet- ing will be held at the home of Eunice Rahm on Wednesday, May 14-at 7:30 p.m. There will be a plant sale of perennials. Ladies of the community wel- come. The Fidelas Unit of the U.C.W. held a very successful luncheon and fashion show on Wednesday. Thank you to all who helped. A special thanks to our catering committee con- venor Jean Hunter, and special thanks also to Mary Jean Till who arranged for our fashion presentation. We thank those who collect- ed for cancer in the Greenbank area. Please return your envelopes to your captain. Thanks to the hall board and the Greenbank Lions Club for their efforts at the "New Fence" dance on April 26. About $500 was raised to help fix up the park. This weekend the Greenbank Lions Club was busy helping to run two pub nights for the 125th reunion at Port Perry High School. The event was held at the Scugog Community Centre and was well attended. Thanks to all the Lions and volunteers for their hard work in these suc- cessful events. Don't forget to enter the Lions Club draw for $25 worth of free merchandise at the Greenbank store. The draw is Wednesday, May 7 at the Lions Club meeting at the Greenbank Hall. Put your name and num- ber in the Lions box at the Jays tickets up for grabs in Lions Club draw store. The next folk music night is = this Saturday at the hall. Phone 985-8351 for tickets. This is the last wonderful night of entertainment this season. Thanks to the Greenbank Folk Music Society for another ter- rific series of events. This group has been a great help in the improvement of the community hall through their events. The Lions Club is selling tickets for four Blue Jay tickets at ground level. The tickets will be available at the Chicken Coop or Greenbank Store or phone 985-3723. The draw will be held at the annual church barbecue on Aug. 1. Last Thursday evening, moms, dads, grandparents and friends enjoyed "The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf," put on by the students of Greenbank Public School. Teachers, Laura malcolm, Jan Breen and John Bark are to be congratulated on the excellence of this pro- duction. Wicked wind storm hits Epsom A lovely celebration took place on Sunday in Epsom United Church when the U.C.W. led the congregation in worship to commemorate 35 years as an organization which replaced the former Women's Assoc. Worship was led by President Elva Kerry with other members taking part. The ladies sang a hymn "Rejoice, Rejoice, Rejoice," which was written for this spe- cial occasion. U.C.W. Presbyterial President, Jean Nauta, was in attendance and presented Life Membership pins in Faye Ashton, Vera Brown, Nancy Skelding and Georgina Sutcliffe. It was nice to see former members, Jean Millman, Irene Fielding and Betty Tapscot} in attendance. Melba McKay and Stella Asling served cake following the service and were assisted by Jean Nauta. The next meeting of the U.C.W. will be held on Tuesday, May 13 at 1 p.m. at the home of Elva Kerry. For roll call members are asked to bring items which will be used to make gift bags for hospital patients. Church and Sunday School this week, Sunday, May 11 will be held in Utica at 11 a.m. Utica Hall Board members be advised that the next meet- ing will be held this Wednesday, May 7 at 8:30 p.m. (Note time change). Mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 4, 7 p.m. when you are invited to "The Pampered Chef Kitchen Show" in Epsom Church. This is a fundraiser for the "What's Cooking" collective kitchen sessions that Suzanne Warner will be running every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. starting June 0. For information you are Strong winds stir up dust, No serious damage done asked to call 985-4760. These sessions are for anyone who is interested in meeting people, learning new recipes and preparing healthy and inex- pensive meals for their fami- lies. Saturday luncheon guests with Ruth Ashton were Alan and Joyce Ashton, Bob, Sandra Ludyka and children. The Warners were in Niagara Falls on the weekend visiting with John's mother. The strong winds on Thursday did some damage and misplaced items that weren't tacked down. MacSweens had an aerial and chimney damaged, a few branches in the area gave way, nothing of a disastrous nature thank goodness. Saturday's rains dampened Utica Daycare's Yard Sale con- siderably forcing them to carry over into Sunday. There's no word on how sales went but I'm sure they wouldn't be as good as previous years. A lot of hard work goes into this project. - AM mas ee Ae WE RMA eel NRW mde mW