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Single stage or Dual stage Pick up & Delivery Available CURRENT POWER MACHINERY INC. 1 6 6 1 L ih o s h o iv R d . W . M iu K v iu g .1 82 2-4211 fo c u s # i m w m Editor: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com w i n ) N i£ S i w . i )»·:( :i- :m k i:k 17. j o o h · hi Friends for life Women became friends in school By Wilma Blokhuis B E A V E R F O C U S E D IT O R Barrie Erskine · Oak\ ille Beaver Enjoying lunch and their Christm as reunion at the Coach and Four pub in Bronte recently are from left, Pat (Thorne) M cK itterick, M arilyn (O rr) Evershed, Helena (Shields) McDonald. Fern (Eakins) Manners, Fran (Lush ) Trowbridge, Joyce `Jasey' (M atthews) Parkin, and Eileen (H ow ard) Stewart. You could call them Oakville's Group of Seven Ladies. Most of them have been friends since Grade 1 . A ll of them were married young. A ll but one worked outside the home after high school. One went to universi ty and became a teacher. A ll of them have remained in this area, mostly in Oakville. Among them they raised 21 children and too many grandchildren to count. One of them is a great grandmoth er. Every year at about this time, they hold a Christmas reunion and lunch. Recently, they met at the Coach and Four pub in Bronte - a depar ture from previous years when lunch was held at some one's home. These friends, now all in their early 70s, decided that nobody should have to cook. They are Marilyn (Orr) Evershed. Fern (Eakins) Manners. Helena (Shields) McDonald, Pat (Thome) McKitterick. Joyce 'Jasey' (Matthews) Parkin, Eileen (Howard) Stewart, and Fran (Lush) Trowbridge. " We met at school," begins Helena. They were classmates. "Fern and I were neigh bours on Reynolds Street." adds Fran. "A ll of us lived close together except for two who lived on the west side." Jasey moved to Oakville from Saskatchewan with her family in 1942. " We lived with Fern's family until we got our own place." (See Friends' page B5) ScH N E ID ^ j presents m m A n Evening witty Cyej Micyael Swit(? host of food tv's cljef at Large Friday January 23,2004 Photo courtesy of Helena McDonald · Special to the Beaver Posipj> in front of the form er Savoy Cafe in downtown O akvillle in 1947 are, from left, Elaine Pettersen (deceased), Betty Green (believed to be living in the United States), Pat Thorne, Joyce `Jasey' Matthews, Fern Eakins, Nancy Sm ith (who moved to Vancouver Island), Delores Richmond (deceased), Helena Shields, M arilyn O rr, and M u riel `Shep' Shepherd (who moved to Red Dear. Alberta, and is now deceased). Absent were Fran Lush and Eileen Howard. Oakville Conference & Banquet Centre Tickets: $i00-$i50 available at Otello's Banquet Hall, 2273 Royal Windsor Dr. Domaine, 203 North Service Rd., W . The Rude Native; 142 Lakeshore Rd., E . The Twisted Fork, 67 Bronte Rd. Oakville Waterfront Festival, Coronation Park A tasteful Qnistmas Gift 25 Reasons To Shop A t Blazer For Men" One stop shopping Mon. - Fri. 10am - 9pm F Sat. 9:30am - 5:30pm Alberto www.eventsoakville.com \ o z A K -iM it M west IX I I I l i l t n Tormnv Bahama A Domaine 1i t f S U N . DEC. 21 ONLY! 12pm-4pm Marlboro Clashes MHI -- I M BM MMB The Perfect Christmas Gift Tombotm Arnold Brant Marteo Maas SamueLsohn Klaus Boehler Pa>one Bostonian Kenneth Cole Si ethers We p u t i t . together fo r you Located in Beautiful Downtown Oakville [^ 5 0 9 ta k e s h o r e R o a d E ast (905 ) 845-2031 H ours: M onday-Friday 9 -6 · Saturday 9 - 5 3 0 0 N o rth S e rv ic e R o a d O a k v ille Town C en tre 1 · 9 0 5 .3 3 8 .0 3 2 2