Orono Weekly Times - 3 f 1 1!:: ill . sjlii i s* ; II.;, .; : iiiia, '■ • 1 lili Places I've Done Time iliiii! I Second Marsh under the stars The euchre craze They come from everywhere everywhere and all walks of life. People from as far away as Lindsay, Lakefield and Little Britain. The come from Belleville in the east, and Ajax in the west. It's going to be a big double euchre tournament in Orono on Saturday. Everyone has a plan of some sort. Some aims are high, and others not so. Some would like not to have the lowest score. Others would like to break 100 points. To win a prize for the most lone hands would be a pleasure for most. One lady said, to win first prize would be better than having an all day orgasm. The ultimate dream would be to win high score and the most lone hands. Others would settle settle for a small door prize and a light lunch. Good luck everyone. everyone. The Euchre Game She slipped, she slid, I heard her curse. Her teeth were gone, She dropped her purse. She stopped a minute, But no t for long. Her knees were wet, Her hat was gone. She picked things up, She moved along. She had to keep on goin '. Up the steps and through the door She heard the friendly people roar. Hung her coat and grabbed a chair, And waited for the euchre there. The game was over, it was fun, John was high with 101. Her luck was bad, but that was fine. She got low prize with 69. Lunch was served. But she couldn't wait. She had to meet her bingo mate. She had to keep on goin '. Breakfast &- Dinner Specials "The next best cooking to Mom's" Open Sunday 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Dinner reservations preferred 28 King Ave. E„ Newcastle 905-987-1961 Au m-n FOR Susan Sawyer dacosta with sincere thanks for all you have done for us, you will be truly missed by all. It is now time for you to enjoy your retirement! Wishing you good health, and happiness always!! Eleanor, Donna and Ann Hamiltons Insurance Service Limited Public star gazing with Durham Region Astronomical Association Lots of Maher's Day (jdft* Ideas on two floors. Jewellery Box for Mom Tulip & Hydrangea Ceramic Memo Holders or a Heart Shape Cake 5340 Main Street, Orono Proprietors: Gary, Carol & Cory Vreekor 905-983-9779 Closed Sunday and Monday Spend the evening looking at stars and planets with the Durham Region Astronomi- . cal Association. Friday, May 13, at 8:30 p.m., (rain date: Saturday, May 14th, 8:30 p.m.) at Farewell Street and Harbour Road, Oshawa, participants participants will be afforded spectacular views of Jupiter and Saturn, along with the Moon. Telescopes for public viewing viewing will be provided and set up along the Second Marsh Waterfront Trail. Please enter the trail at the Second Marsh Wildlife sign located at the northeast corner of Farewell Street and Harbour Road in Oshawa. The public can bring binoculars binoculars or viewing scopes and lawn chairs are recommended. Vet Continued from front to go out with that platoon, he was re-assigned to the rifle brigade. The very next day the gun carrier platoon went over a land mine and they all died. Later in the war, while investigating a hay stack which ended up being a pill box, Pritchard was shot in the shoulder. "The man behind me got one in the head," stated Pritchard. One winter when there was a lull in the action, Pritchard remembers going to the local school, with his fellow fellow soldiers where they threw a Christmas party for the kids. He was injured a second time, when a German soldier popped out of a trench in front of him. "He let me have it in the leg," said Pritchard. The injury left him feeling weak so he headed back and ended up in the hospital again, where he stayed till the war was pretty well over. At the end of the war he was back with his old platoon, just across the border into Germany, where he got sick and went back to the hospital. "They were taking up a point system in the hospital," said Pritchard. He got points for his wounds, and the fact that he'd lost his wife in childbirth back home in Newfoundland. He had sufficient points and was sent home with the 48th Highlanders, and was discharged discharged in Toronto on November 14th, 1945. "I just hope it never comes to a point where young people ever have to go again," said, Pritchard, who didn't think he would come out of the war alive. "It's certainly not a nice place to be," he stated. While the 'Thank you Canada Committee' puts on a reunion every five years, Pritchard says this will be the last one he gets to. Pritchard is known around the Senior's complex in No flashlights please! A donation of $2 per person is requested. For more information please contact Wioletta Walancik, Friends of Second Marsh at 905-723-5047 or www.second- marsh@rogers.com. Visit the Durham Region Astronomical Association website at www.drastrono- my.com. Orono, where he lives, for his whistling and his happy disposition. disposition. Though grateful for the opportunity to attend this 60th anniversary celebration of the liberation of Holland, Pritchard Pritchard said he wouldn't have gone without the guarantee from the ladies at Fosterbrook Long Term Care facility in Newcastle, that his wife would be well looked after. Newcastle Lions Club 17TH ANNUAL CHICKEN B.B.QA Sunday May 15th NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY HALL Sittings at 5:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Adults ~ $12. Children 10 & under ~ $5 Pre-schoolers ~ free For tickets call 905-987-5255 or any Lion Member 4 & 4 ,/t'J i# Little Gretzky McAlister has arrived! Proud parents' Brad & Leah McAlister Ethan James McAlistov was born April 22,2005 j 6:26 a.m. at 8 lbs. 2 oz. j Proud grandparents are: Jim & Debbie McAlister ' Barry & Star Carpenter & Uncle Mark & Aunt Tanya ! ^ r9 $ U-. % 4 ~ Happenings ~ !££££ SwLtly Ann»»l Sprl.g B.ltM L..chron - Orono to 1 p.m. $10 per person. Take-out orders available. Advance tickets only call Beryl 905-983-5591 Shelley 905-983-5102. lü^Andrev^fpresbyterian Church. 47 Temperance St.. Bowmanville invites you to worship on Christian Family Sunday. Proclamation - "Tell the next generation. $5 . Tickets call Charles Gray 905-987-4551 or Charlotte Anderson 905-983-9506. Ott'rînttlcm Eas!Vood*Bank Annual Meeting - St. George's Church Hall, Newcastle starting 7:30 p.m. All welcome. ^Savbur^Church Yard Sale - Main Street, Orono starting 8 a.im