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Mr. and Mrs. Crangle and girls spent a few days of the winter break visiting in Ottawa. Thirteen tables of euchre was played in Cavan Hall when high scores were won by Mrs. Ethel Crowe and Mr. Ken McKenzie and low scores went to Mrs. Sadie Kirk and Mr. Herman Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. Tom McKellar enjoyed a motor trip to Florida. On Sunday morning, April 8th at 9 a.m. the men of St. Thomas' will be serving a Lenten Breakfast in the Church Sunday School room. Al members and families are invited. The ownership of Cavan Store has been sold to Mr. and Mrs.. David Goddard. This country store is a well equipped grocery building with an excellent meat counter. Rev. Wainwright spoke on the parable of the man who thought himself better than those around him. However, the sinner left justified in the sight of God more than the Pharisee because the sinner asked for mercy. This was 2000 years ago and yet today it is the same thing. Can you compare yourself with your next door neighbour? Are you like that Pharisee? How can we be humble? We can't be on our own. The Pharisee was not convicted by God, but by his own conviction. We must place ourselves before God and let Him do the conviction and face the cross. God has His arms outstretched to us in judgement and grace and wants as it says in Psalm 51: 17, a broken and contrite heart. In the ladies' bowling high singles were won by Linda Dunn with a score of 244 and Isabelle Leon with 222. High double was won by Marie Finnie with 431 and Linda Dunn with 386. Tracy Bristow of Whitby with her grandmother, Mrs. Mildred Bristow, are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Doug Graham at Omemee. The "School Break" has been one with ideal weather and bicycles are out by the score. Also the making of maple syrup is in full swing, the Staples' building is a mist of sticky steam, although their >modern method of "gathering and evaporation" far exceeds the old pot boiling process. The price is high but is it ever a delicious treat!! We trust Mrs. Eddie McGill is improving after her surgery. We understand a freak accident at the bank corner caused considerable damage to Janet Cain's and Carol Fiinney's cars when a ariver of a car lost control and hit the two cars parked at the side of the bank. Skiers by the hundreds were back on the Bethany Ski Hills and the Devil's Elbow slopes last weekend as many sports minded folk took advantage of the good weather and the last of the skiing season to enjoy the popular sport. Emery and Vera Smith have had health problems this winter with both suffering from various ailments. Emery was taken to the hospital again on Thurs. We trust he will have improved health after a sojourn with medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Parrott had their three grandsons spend the winter break with them from Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Clifford and Michael spent the Tues. with Leora's mother, Mrs. Belle Smith. At their trailer camp at Yonge's Point they saw a man shovelling snow minus a shirt. Florida weather!!! Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kennedy are spending a week's holiday in Florida. Senior Citizens A beautiful Wednesday afternoon brought a good attendance of Seniors to the April 21st meeting. Belle Smith opened the meeting with a poem "The Golden Chain of Friendship", and after the theme song, Violet Carr read the minutes. Thank you note was read from George E. Clark's and an invitation was received to attend the Ham supper in Cavan on Sat., April 7 at the United Church. Two trips were considered and a number of members expressed a desire to attend the Tulip Festival at Holland, Michigan from May 14th to May 17th and to attend a Blue Jay Baseball Game - Lloyd Clark, George E. Clark and Charlie Smith are responsible for this tour. A nominating committee for the election of officers was formed, namely Annie Sharpe, Mary Morton, Winnie Strong, Lloyd Clark, Bertha Ferren and Mildred Syer. Award Day will be May 9th at the Rock Haven at 12:30. Trophies will be presented for bowling and shuffle board and election of officers will take place. The Cobourg Senior Citizen's Bowling League has invited three teams from the Golden Stars for a competition game on April 23rd. A meeting will be held at George E. Clark's on March 27th for further arrangements. The Seniors decided to have a craft display at the Arts and Craft Festival at the Manvers Arena on May 26th and 27th. A number of the members will be quilting during the festival. Margaret Wright offered a glass cupboard to hold trophies so they can be displayed in the hall. It was kindly accepted. A number expressed a desire to shuffle board, so teams will be formed and the games will be played in the morning of our Senior Citi- zens' meetings commencing at 10 a.m. The first "get BETHANY together" of the shuffle board players will be April 4th. Euchre with ten tables and one of bridge was played. Winners were Cora McNaugh- ton and Alvin Mitchell and low prizes were won by Alice Rowan and Mildrçd Britton. Annie Sharpe introduced Rev. Bridges and she told of her varied experiences as a chemist in Alberta, work in Health and Social Welfare, young people's work, a mini- ster in Northern Ontario, Ottawa Valley and a year in India. She favoured the seniors with three delightful solos, accompanied by Grace Lodewyks. Tracy and Debbie Porteous have spent their holidays between their two sets of grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Porteous. During the month of April Ruth Jennings will be writing the Bethany column. Please give her your co-operation and give her news or reports as it is difficult without your help to find items of interest. Phone 277-2069. Jeanne and Wes McMahon's Holiday When, in early January, Chicago was struck by two of the worst blizzards in its history, the resulting shut- down of its O'Hare airport for several hours on each occas- ion interrupted the flight plans of two Bethany couples who were enroute to Mesa, Arizona for winter vacations. How- ever, when the Frank Whites (who left Jan. 1 and will return March 31) and the Wesley McMahons (who left January 15 and returned Feb. 27) did reach their destination they considered themselves to be amply compensated for these inconveniences. It was the Whites second visit to Mesa but a first for the McMahons'. The word 'mesa' is the Spanish term for 'table-land' and that is exactly how Wes and Jeanne describe the terrain. Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe, Glendale, Chandler and Apache Junction are all suburbs of the state capital, Phoenix and with it, form a large metropolis. This metro- plois is situated in the valley of the Salt River, known as the "Valley of the Sun". A half hour's drive in any direction will take the tourist to the low mountain slopes, as well as the level areas leading to them, abound with literally dozens of varieties of cactus. These produce an indescrib- able profusion of bloom during the months of late March, April, May and June. Jeanne and Wes regretted that they were returning home too early to see this unforgettable sight of the desert in bloom. Those of us who have read Zane Grey's books may be able to visualize this spectacle to some degree. Mesa also has the advant- age of being situated at a slightly higher altitude than the other suburbs of Phoenix and thereby escaped the flooding caused by the ramp- aging waters of the Salt River. Arizona is renowned for its 'dry' climate, and normally, rainfall is very sparse (which fact, of course, is the reason for the existence of so much desert area). The waters of the Salt and other major rivers are dammed up to - s - - o e e e - s e s e e WESLEYVILLE ensure a water supply for irrigation and other needs. However, on three occasions during 1978 and early '79 unprecedented rainfall caused overflowing of the dams with resulting deluges of water being poured into the normak ly bone-dry river beds. Bridges, not designed to withstand such pressure, col- lapsed and miles of highways were subsequently washed out. The repair efforts were slow and inadequate. Obvious- ly, alternative methods of construction must be consid- ered since there is no assur- ance that there will not be a repetition of these disasters, even in 'sunny Arizona'. All things considered, Mesa is perhaps the most popular area for tourists. Its incred- ibly wide, level thoroughfares are lined with palms and ornamental orange trees (their fruit is too bitter for enjoyable eating but adds a nice tang to citrus marma- lade). Cactus gardens grace the lawns of most homes. No high-rises mar the skyline. Day time temperatures dur- ing January were cooler than normal (50-60 degrees F) with night time temperatures drop- ping to the 30's or 40's. Heavy frost in December had dam- aged many shrubs and flowers but they were making an admirable come back. Febru- ary temperatures were reach- ing the high 70's and low 80's. Later reports from the Whites indicated very hot weather during March. Wes and Jeanne were for- tunate to have motel accom- modation (efficiency) close to excellent shopping facilities and thanks to the generosity of relatives who have been holidaying in the area for many winters and are familiar with its many points of interest, they were taken on many sight-seeing expedi- tions. Most interesting was a brief visit to Nogales, Mexico and a few hour at Tombstone, the scene of many skirmishes during the gun-fighting days of the "old West". Wes took more than a hundred slides and is always happy to show them to any interested group. There is too much of interest to be described in this article but they highly rectmmend Mesa for a winter holiday. Region Backs Darlington Powerplant Durham Regional council voted unanimously last Wed- nesday to support Newcastle in its efforts to convince Ontario Hydro to continue construction of the Darlington Generating Station. Council will petition Hydro and the Ontario Government to proceed with work on the site as originally scheduled. Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard said the Generating Station will act as a catalyst to encourage industrial develop- ment and employment in the Region. Ontario Hydro has said the construction program may be extended. A final decision on the issue is expected to be made early next month. se ion We believeyou should get your best deal right from the start. Our rnerchandise is priced that way to begin with, but we don't say it, we put it in writing with every purchase. 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It began with the singing of O Canada, and then the stage was revealed to show a semi-circle of men seated on blocks of wood with other props to show a western wagon train. They were all in distinctive costume, especial- ly the bats, and so began a series of songs which must have required a great amount of work, they were sung without written copies. George Tufford gave a read- ing, "The Magician's Revenge", the rest of the presentation was in song. They had barely begun when Ruth Kellogg, Barbara Croft and Eliza Dinner came in with guitars announcing they were not going to do chores while the men sang. Besides singing with the men they sang numbers of their own. There were solos by John Groene- veld, Tom Wilson and solo parts by Ken Symons. So infectious were they that the audience joined in some of the familiar ones especially "He's A Very Unfortunate Man". As well as guitars, they were accompanied by Roly Bowman with mandolin, John Groeneveld with auto harp and Morley Bickle at the piano. Others in the chorus were: Roy Graham, Bruce Hendry, David Kellogg, Lloyd Kellogg, Roy McHolm, Clarence Nichols, Harold Symons. The Adventurers led by Cliff Brice presented two skits; in the first, Kevin Lax was seen stirring food in an iron pot suspended over a handsomely constructed camp fire when a wandering prospector, Ward Lax arrived hungry. He was offered food on a questionable looking plate, but was assured' it was as clean as Three Rivers could make it. It was a little disconcerting to hear a whistle for the dog, Three Rivers, to come and clean the plates after the meal. In the second skit John Andrus came in screaming with abdominal pain. He was quickly put on a table by Dr. Richard Boyko. Shawn Hollings rendered him ready for operation with a whack of a broom while the doctor extracted considerable hardware which was carried away by Greg Dundas and David McHolm. Other items were a piano duet, "Parade of the Wooden Sôldiers" by Carrie and Mary Symons, who also performed a dance routine in costume. The Durham County Junior Farmers square dancers tripped the light*fantastic for a change of programme, called by Roly Bowman. They were: Ruth Kellogg, Marilyn Knox, Mary Lou Malcom, Brenda Metcalf, Stan Found, David Kellogg, Ron Metcalf, and Paul Whitney. There was. a solo on Saturday night by Lana Beatty but Marilyn McHolm was ill and unable to give her promised monologue. "The Little Black Cat", a dramatized song was narrated by Mrs. Christine Wilson and sung by Heather and Krista McHolm and Diane Byers. During the interval the CGIT girls sold Easter candy, and then the play of the evening was performed. It was called "The Friars of Berwick", by John M. S. McCabe. The story happened in the 1 early 15th century before Columbus discovered America but it seems human foibles haven't changed much. The action took place in the farm kitchen of Simon Lawrie, played by Allin Osborne, near Berwick, South Scotland. In those days travel was by foot and friars were sworn to a life of poverty but evidently they sometimes forgot their vows. In the opening scene Peggy the maid, played by Ruth Kellogg, was seen tending the fireplace when ber mistress Dame Alysoun, played by Doreen McHolm, came in telling ber that Friar John, Roy McHolm, was coming over for an evening's festivity, in the absence of husband Simon. Peggy was horrified but ber mistress told ber not to be so stuffy but enjoy herself. Some of the feast was laid when a knock at the door made them bide all the food, then opened the door to see two forlorn and frocked friars. The mistress would have turned them out but Peggy was in awe of them and after they had been given cold porridge and sour milk, she let them through the door into the stable part, unknown to the dame. Now cornes Friar John complete with basket laden with food, Peggy was sent to bed, and the two, who were imposters, in the stable wit- nessed the beginning of merri- ment over the half door of the stable. Now comes home the master so food once again hidden and the friar popped in a big box. Poor Peggy, unknowing, opened the lid and screamed the devil was there. How he was driven out, the friars also getting short shrift and Madame herself received a good spanking across ber not so dumb husband's knee, was a finale that brought shouts of laughter from the audience. As always the whole evening was wonderful entertainment and it seems a long time to wait till 1981 for the next one. It was an effort which required the spare time of the winter of very busy people. Christine Wilson was the prompter, Lloyd Kellogg the stage manager and John Connelly, business manager. The junior choir was in charge of the special music at Welcome United Church on Sunday morning, their anthem was, "There Is A Way", sung so well and happily. For the children Rev. Kennedy's story was very appropriate for this coming alive time of year. He spoke of seeds and what they yield to us of fruit, flowers and vegetables. Then he sang for them the story of little children as the seed of God's kingdom. His message for the morning concerned the Lenten season. It seems the word Lent comes from an old English word meaning lengthening, as the days of spring do. Lent is a time when we should think of Christ's own fasting period and ask ourselves if we are worth the sacrifice he made for us. The offering was received by Messers Clarence Nichols, Allin Osborne, Arnold Thorndyke and Gerald Byers. A yellow chrysanthemum was a symbol of so much of the service dealing with seeds, spring and the growth of flowers. On Tuesday morning the third session of Bible study was held at Welcome with some present from Garden Hill, Canton and Welcome. The first study was conducted by Mrs. Kennedy dealing with land use as mentioned in the story of Cain and Abel. The second was based on the story of Naboth's vineyard and led by Mary Kellogg. She showed a film of how land is used today beginning with a tiny group of a few houses beside a stream in Pioneer days, how it grew to a village, town and city, taking more and more land till farmers were moved back to less fertile land, and also showed the very small amount of land which is really fertile. Last week Mrs. T. Wilson led the study and dealt with land use in the time of Joseph when all the land came into the hands of Pharaoh when individuals had to seli it in the time of famine. Swans are still in the neighbourhood and many geese are seen also but not the big migration yet. There were too many activi- ties in the area last week/to finish the quilt which is in the frames at Mrs. Darke's so it will be completed the first of the week. Congratulations to Mrs. Margaret Moore of Port Hope who celebrated her ninety- second birthday last Thurs- day. She was one of those working on the quilt last week. Blackstock Pat Jones of Oshawa enjoy- ed Sunday dinner with Marion Hodge on the seventeenth. The Ëuchre Party held on Tuesday evening hosted twenty tables with winners: 1 - Edna Kerry - 101, 2 - Harold McDiarmid - 96, 3 - Margaret Wright - 93, 4 - A. Timms - 92, 5 - Muriel Lawrence - 81, 6 - William Forder - 81, and low - Elva Van Camp. Plan to attend the second in a series of five, Parent, Education Programs, tonight, March 28, at the Cartwright Central' Public School Library, brought to you by the Blackstock Nursery School in honour of 1979 YEAR OF THE CHILD. Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Sharon Essery on the accidental death of her husband Ray while in Florida. - Barb and Paul Riding donated Carillon tapes for Easter to the United Church in The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 28, 1979 15 KENDAL There was a large commun- do their numbers. There were ity shower held in Kendal group songs, duets, piano, Sunday School Hall on Wed- organ and trumpet solos. nesday evening March 14 in There were skits and puppet honor of Miss Peggy Foster plays in all it was a very who is being married on April interesting evening. Dough- 14th. The bride elect received nuts and tea, coffee or many beautiful and useful chocolate milk were served to gifts. A tasty lunch including all after the program. A vote the bridal shower cake was of thanks was given to the served by ber aunts and teachçrs and students for the friends. work put into the program Kendal Orange Lodge held a which was a credit to all. successful St. Patrick's Day Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wagar Dance on March 18th. The have been holidaying in music was supplied by 'The Florida, Mrs. Wagar's mother Additions'. Mrs. Howes has been staymg On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. with banny and Donna while R. Elliott, Kendal W.I. Dis- their parents were away. trict Director, accompanied Mrs. Eleanor Foster bas Mrs. K. Fletcher, Newtonville been visiting with her W.I. District Director, to a daughter and family Mr. and district meeting at the home of Mrs. Jack Fonk and family Mrs. F.Watson in Solina. near Woodstock for a couple of On Wednesday afternoon, weeks. Kendal Women's Institute met Mr. and Mrs. R. Elliott at the home of Mrs. Lloyd spent a couple of days last Ransberry for their March week with Mr. and Mrs. Neil meeting. There were twelve Elliott and family of Maple ladies and one guest present. Leaf, taking with them Christ- Mrs. Janet Dykeman opened ine Elliott who had been the meeting with the Institute visiting in the Orono area and Ode followed by the Mary her two grandparents Mr. and Stewart Collect. The minutes Mrs. N. Allin in Orono and Mr. of the February meeting and and Mrs. R. Elliott. the Financial Report were Mr. and Mrs. David Sker- read and approved. The roll ratt are holidaying in Texas call was a current event with relatives. naming a trouble spot ithe At the card party in Kendal world. Some answered nation- Orange Hall last Friday ally while others told of local evening the prizes were won troubles, such as the school by the following - high lady - custodians' strike. A letter Mrs. Inez Boughan, low lady - from the Foster child from Mrs. Edith Gordon. High gent Haiti was passed around. - Mr. Aleck Moffat and low Penny sale tickets were gent - Mr. David Thrower. The given out for each member to 50-50 draw was won by Mr. sell. The district director told Wallace Boughan. of the plans for the West Mrs. Dan Keane, Jeffery Durham District Annual and Jeanna of Scarborough which is to be held at Maple spent a couple of days last Grove on May 9th. Blocks for week with their aunt Miss the penny sale quilt were on Catherine Stewart and last exhibit. A social half hour was Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Derek enjoyed over the lunch provid- Barnett of Orono called. ed by Mrs. Helen Couroux and Mr. and Mrs. R. Elliott had the hostess. The April meeting Sunday evening dinner with which is the annual meeting is Mrs. Irene Dunbar of Peter- to beat the home of Mrs. R. borough. Eiliott. At church on Sunday morn- On Wednesday evening it ing Rev. A. Tizzard's message was Talent at the Sunday was entitled 'John - One of the School. The hall was filled to Twelve' telling of the wonder- capacity to hear the children ful love of John. In place of the Children's story, Rev. Tizzard honour of their aunt, Edna read a beautiful poem he had Van Camp; Rev. Parsons held composed for the children. a dedication service on Mrs. Tizzard sang a solo Sunday. Flowers at the church entitled 'Each Step I Take' altar on the 18th of March accompanied by Mrs. Helen were in remembrance of Ida Wood at the organ. Rev. and Samelles and this Sunday in Mrs. Tizzard had with them Remembrance of Ray Essery. their daughter and husband The Junior Choir joyfully Mr. and Mrs. George Walsh sang, "Love Came A Trickling from Fort Vermillian, Alberta Down" during the Sunday whom most everyone was service. pleased to meet after church. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Atkins On Sunday afternoon, Rev. and their granddaughter, Tizzard conducted devotional Sandra Atkins of Kendal were services at both Nel-Gor and Saturday visitors-andsupper -SouthRaven- Nursing Homes guests at the home of Ross and in Newcastle. Mrs. Helen Gloria Atkinson in the Smith's Wood accompanied him to Woods. supply the music. 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