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Port Perry Star (1907-), 16 Aug 1951, p. 6

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A A LCR So ow 3 Ee a A es ol Sep FREES a Rd @ Ces Es & SON Ro w rod Ev = w bse a a Ce wh po Ba ot "ws Jott ~ July meeting, _ Lord's Prayer. Blackstock The W. A. of the United Church met at the home of Mi's, M. Fisher for the The meeting opened with the singing of the Theme Song, repeating the 23rd Psalm and the Mrs, N. Mountjoy had charge of the Devotional period. Ite was decided' that "all interested members meet with the carpenter on Thursday evening to diseuss the iigk- ing of new cupboards, ; Ly The secretaries of the W.A, and the W.M.S. were appointed to greet visit- ors at the church during the menth of August. Program "in charge of Mrs. Percy VanCamp and group was: Intrumen- tal by Margaret Russell, Caesarea; reading, "The Most Important Letter 'of the alphabet" by Mrs. Fred Trewin; solo, "Does Jesus Cire?" by Mrs. Kyte; a very interesting talk on "Canadian Artists" by Lois Larmer. Meeting closed with the Mizpah Bene- diction after which lunch was served and a social half hour spent. . A number of W.I ladies attended the opening of Bowmanville Memorial Hospital and were particularly inter- ested in the West Durham Women's Institute: room. Sympathy goes out to Dr, and Mrs. John Werry (Evelyn Philp) of Bow- manville in their bereavement when their baby daugliter Karen Elizabeth died on August 4th at the age of five weeks, Mrs. Sam McKee and Mr. and Mrs, Oscar McQuade have gone for a trip to Western Canada. Mrs. Wm. VanCamp is visiting friends on St. Joseph's Island. Mr, and Mrs, John Rahm visited Mr. and Mrs, Hale, Toronto, on Saturday. Miss Donna Lewis, Oshawa, is visiting Mrs, Rahm, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ford are holi- daying at a cottage near Picton with their son Don and Mrs. Ford. Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Hill visited Gerald and Mrs, Hill, at North Bay. " Miss Vera Forder's Sale on Satur- day was well attended. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Dorrell and children, of Ottawa, returned with Mr: and Mrs. Earl Dorrell. Mr, and Mrs. E. Dorrell stayed with the children while Roger and his wife attended her mother's funeral in Montreal. Blackstock Institute enjoyed their August meéting at the home of Mrs. -Neil Malcolm. The theme was citizen- ship and the special guests were the --grandmothers; Roll-Call-was-well-an- swered with 'The most neighbourly thing that has happened to me. It was decided to show in the Institute]. exhibit at Orono Fair and Mrs. Earl Dorrell, Mrs. Mervin Graham and Mrs. Gilbert Marlow were the commit- tee named to be responsible for our exhibit. A request was read for a further donation to the Institute Room in the new Memorial Hospital, Bow- manville, and $10.00 more was voted. Community singing opened the pro- gram. Mrs. Dalton 'Dorrell gave a reading "Picnic lime." The grand- mothers, Mrs. James Henry, Mrs. S. 'Malcolm, Mrs. Jos. Forder and Mrs. E. Dorrell sang. - Mrs. Murray Byers gave a splendid paper on "Everyday 'Citizenship." Mrs. Percy VanCamp conducted a contest -- "What our grandmothers did without." Lunch, served by the hostess and the group, conducted a fine afternoon. Many friends and relatives mourn the: passing of Mrs. Mabel Emma Bruce Evans at Victoria, B.C,, June 2nd. Mrs. Evans was born at Caes- area, the daughter of "Andrew "and Mary Bruce, July 29, 1878, She was Bowmanville hospitals first Supt. in 1913. After having finished training for the nursing profession at St. Catharines: hospital she took post- --graduate work at-Bellevue- hospital in New York. In 1916 she went Over- seas as Nursing Sister, first to Eng- land, then to France with the 1st Canadian Field Ambulance. . She re- ceived the 'Mons Star, Service and ~Vietory Medals and "was presented with the Royal "Red Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace. She married Charles G. M. Evans while Overseas and on returning they took up farming in Manitoba, In- 1941 they moved with their family to Victoria where they. lived unti) Mrs. Evans died in Veterans' Hospital, Victoria, A GESTURE OF INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP - 2,600 boys and girls from 13 mations are now enjoying a camping holiday in Britain, They are staying at the International Youth' Camp which has been organized by the children's sec- tion of Britain's co-operative move- ' ment both as a contribution to the _ Festival of Britain and as a gesture of international friendship. It has given many of the young people stay- : ing thére their first chance of a Journey abroad, Manchester Mr. and Mrs. Mullholland motored to Montreal and other Edstern points last week, Mr, aud Mrs. Lloyd McKee had a pleasant two weeks vacation Mooring through the United States. Mr, and Mrs. A. Roach and dpmity returned on. Sunday from their cot- tage in Haliburton. : The Woman's Association is vir: ning to hold a home baking sale on Friday afternoon, August 81 junction of Highways 7A and 12, = Mr .and Mrs. Jim Mitchell, Port Credit, called on friends in the village last week. ; Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd McKee spent McKee, at Mattabannock Inn, Hali- burton, Mr. and Mrs. George Leach and family spent the week-end with friends fn West Guilford. Miss Jessie Johns and Mrs. Bruce Robertson, of Toronto, were with Mr, Alex. Johns and Miss Margaret Johns over the week-end, Miss Georgina Leach is visiting re- latives in Oshawa. The August meeting of the Wom- an's Association was held at the home of Mrs. A. Fielding last Thursday afternoon. Owing to the busy season the attendance was not as large as usual. Mrs. Allan Jackson led the worship service and opened the meet- ing with hymn "All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord" followed by the Lord's Prayer. Mrs. A. Fielding read the lesson and Mrs. Warren the lesson thoughts, "Laborers in the Vineyard." Mrs. Allan Jackson gave a splendid Basket of - Sweet Peas", followed by paper on "The Shepherd's Psalm as a prayer, Hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers was sung after which Presi- dent Mrs. Oswiild Croxall took charge of the meeting, Secretary Mrs, E. Holtby called' the roll and read the minutes "of the previous meeting: Plans were discussed for the annual bazaar and it was decided to hold it in Port Perry Public Library early in October. A motion was carried to quilt two quilts, one for Mrs. Murray Williams at Mrs. H. O. Dobson's and one for Mrs, Cochrane at Mrs, Oswald Croxall's. It was decided to order our usual supply of Christmas cards. song and Prayer. Mrs. Fielding, Mrs. Jackson and Mrs, Warren served a_delicioius_salad plate lunch, Mrs. N. Woolly spent Sunday with her.daughter Donna at Mrs. Crosier's. Mrs. W. F. Dobson is visiting Mrs, R. M. Holtby in Port Perry. Mr. Joel Miller visited his brother in Sunderland on the week-end. There will be no Sunday School or Church service. here next Sunday, August 19. Services as usual on Sunday, August 26th, Reach Township School Area Reach Township School Area met on August at Greenbank School, the following members being present: E. Clements, chairman; B. Wanamaker, G. Ward, F. Wilkinson. Members in- spected the progress of the work at Greenbank school and then proceeded to Marsh Hill to inspect the new fur- nace also floor. After the inspection the Board met at the home of Mr. E. Clemerits and the business part of the meeting was proceeded- with.' Minutes of previous meeting were read and adopted. On motion of the Board the resignation of Mr, Howsam reported he interviewed Mr. Howsam regarding withdrawing his resigna- tion but Mr, Howsam would not do so. The Board dealt with a number of applications for the two vacancies on the teaching staff. Board instructed the secretary to get in touch with the Inspector and consider the applica- tions, ' A tender was received for the olean- ing out of the sanitary toilets, After some discussion it was decided to have further investigation, A letter was read from the Horti- cultural Branch of the Dept, of Agri- turture informing the Board that 8.8. No. 2 was placed. eighth out of 260 The secretary was instructed to ap- portion the amount that the Town- ship of Mariposa was to pay Union 8.8. No. 17 and forward same to Mariposa Township Clerk. Secretary reported that he had in- terviewed the Council regarding level- 'ing of the grounds at No. 1, 8 and 16 school sections and that the road superintendent would look the grounds over, Next meeting of the Board will be Wednesday, Sept. b. Sunday with their daughter, Miss M. The meeting closed with the' Theme } was accepted after the secretary had for beautification of school grounds, | Seagrave met on Wednesday evening, August 8 at the home of Mri. Ralph Reynolds with thirty in attendance... The de- votional was in charge of Mrs, Fish- ley, leader of the west group. The meeting -opened with the singing of "In Christ Thére is no, East nor West, and Scripture lesson from Matt. 20:1-16 read by Mrs. Colwell. Prayer was offered by Mrs. Keen and all joined in: singing "Work for the Night is Coming". The topic was very 'ably given oy Miss Alma. Frise who spoke on Laborers in the Vineyard. Hymn "More Love to Thee O- Christ" and the Benediction by Rev. Mr. Lougheed closed the devotienal period. Mrs, Sleep, president, had charge of the business. A motion was passed that there be no bazaar this year. It was arranged to hold: a home-baking sale on Sept. 1 in Port Perry and group leaders to be in charge. A display and sale of aprons took place. Much credit was given to the committee, Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. C. Short for their efforts in this enter- prise of looking after the talent money. Mrs. Keen was added to this committee. Meeting closed with the Mizpah benediction, A piano solo was given by Leona Reynolds and an observation contest, conducted by Mrs. Eagleson, Lunch was served by the west group and a social timé spent by all. pvp PPE EE OR Sty CLIFF SPENCELY RACE The Seagrave Woman's Association | THEIR MAJESTIES TO RECEIVE CANADIAN AIR CADETS 26 members of the Air Cadet Lea- gue of Canada at present touring Britain will be' received . by - Their Majesties the King and Queen at Bal- moral Castle on August 19th and will attend the .opening performance of a military tattoo at Edinburgh Castle on the game day. "0 00 PLASTIC SKINS FOR AIRCRAFT "The Royal Air Force is' beginning trials this summer with a new pro- cess for aircraft storage which is based on the use of a plastic 'cocoon' | SEE of airtight, weathertight, temperature tight skin. planes wrapped up in this skin 'can be stored in the open for 'periods rang- ing up to a number of years. It is claimed that the]: GRANDSTAND VIEW AT PORT PERRY ON AUGUST. 6th. YOUR COMMERCE BRANCH Thece's our bank, for instance . . . a branch of . The Commerce. You'll find one in most towns, . And there's our bank manager. He's a professional man. He's learned from many towns like ours. So he knows how to give the kind-- of service that comes only with long acquaintance. Yes, our Canadian towns are pleasant places... + and the men and women Chal ¢ Keystone of Main Street . The towns of Canada are pldstem places. bs Our town has a character all its own... . but any Canadian feels at home here. 'at your Commerce branch are good people to know. The Canadian Bank of Commerce "The Commerce" delivers. that the very exclusive combination of: a Fireball engine a and: Dysafiow: Drive*' It rides the road with majestic moots Bu don't let that fool you - deciding "it's too rich for me." * Standard on ROADMASTAR series, optional af etre cost on CUSTOM series, Rewipment, accessories, iim 'and models are sudject $0 eAanps WitAowE nobles. . Archer Motor Sales PHONE 57 PORT PERRY itis built, All you want in a fine car is here in abundance. ~Why not look into this today? A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE 812810 ANNOUNCER AT PORT PERRY . 199-307 SPORTS DAY = * J Illustrated --Buich Custom Riviere a Fine Can ? ; . ANY'S the man who has paid far ness, and comes to a smooth and gentle If you've looked into 1951 car prices He RL Mae ) te more fora finecarthantheprice halt, in response to the finest brakes . generally, you'll discover this: of this beauty--and. got less than. this. that Buick engineers ever developed. You can own a Buick for little. more ; gay and gallant traveller offers. Inside, it has spacious room, from side than an ordinary car will cost--and for. Sweeping proudly past you, it has a to side and front to 'back and seat several hundred dollars less than the k distinction that few cars can equal. "to. roof = plus a softness of cushions price tags usually found in "the fines - | Stepping nimbly away from a stop and a richness of fabrics which car field." ; light, it has the willing. surge of power the custom standards to which bespeak Yi

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