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Se { \ Capacity crowd continued children added a great deal to the evening. Eleanor sang "The Lilac Tree' and [> her children Ralph and Ele- anor sang "Keys of Hea- ven', a sweet song sung just perfectly by this cou- gle. The choir is happy to have two ministers, Mr. Parsons of Blackstock who sang "Squid Jiggin' Song", and Mr. Bigby of Enniskil- len, who sang, "The Golden City." The huge picture frame on the stage was the set- ting for several songs, the ~¢heme being held as a tab- leau, from "The Bicycle Built for Two" to "Two Little Girls in Blue" - two Debbies, one Ireland and one Menzies, 'Alice Blue Gown', Myrtle Snelgrove and Katherine Watson, Ii "Easter Parade", Winni- | fred Causley, "Oh You | Beautiful Doll", to a lovely ~wolo by Norman Watson, sung to Norene Thornton, "Jeannine I Dream of Lilac | And who but the Histori- cal Society Choir would have a song about "A Bird |. in a Guilded Cage" com- I plete with a bird in a cage who actually sang. Albert Harper's song "Keep Fit" i salso had a lady keeping fit, and the identity of this lady is still being discussed. | . "The Old Lamplighter" was a charming scene, complete with lamps, park bench with a couple and the old lamplighter. The evening ended with songs by the whole' Choir. On thinking about it I'm convinced that the Choir enjoyed the evening as / much as the audience. Per- i haps that is the secret of nostalgia - it is a participa- tion thing. In Victorian times everyone took part in the entertainments. The whole program and evening was planned by Hazel Slem- " ------------ I ar a mon and Roxana Webster, the Choir directed by Nor- man Watson and the pian- ists were Eva Hunter and Lillian Harper. They all deserve a great 'deal A credit, and judging by the comments of the large audience in the R.H. Cornish Public School audi- torium, it was all very much worth while. Star invites continued $400. cash award and a gold medal. The winner of this contest will be announced at the CCNA convention in Toronto late July. Since entries to the Nat- ional contest must be sub- mitted no later than May 17, the Star would ask that local entries be submitted. by midnight, May 10. This unfortunately gives very little time to the partici- pants, but is necessary in order. to have the local winner published on Wed- nesday, May 15. The objective. is to en- courage community news- paper readers to think about what their newspa- pers mean to them, their families, their lives, and the community. The judges are not looking for polished, literary expression, but rather a simple exposition that indicates an awareness by 'the reader of the role of the community newspaper. Members of Port Perry staff, their families and reg- ular contributors to the paper are not eligible to _ participate in the contest. this great trend towards We would ask that sub- mission be typed and double spaced, if possible, and should 'be addressed to "Contest," Port Perry Star, Box 90, Port Perry; no later than midnight, May 10. aan RE UNEP RELA BAI PINE TEN SA (UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT) 'Scugog Chamber of Comme o) Utica and area news Service will be held in Epsom United Church on Sunday, April 28 at 11:30 a.m. in charge of the ser- vice minister, the Rev. Arc- hie Scott. Utica Sunday School meets at 10:15 a.m. On May 5, at 11:30 a.m. there wil be a Family Ser- vice in Utica United Church. This will be a com-. bined service of the church and Sunday School. The flowers on the alter in the church on Sunday were placed by the family of the late Mr. Ray MacDonald in his memory. Sincere sympathy is ex- tended to Mr. D.A. Mac Donald, Mrs. Ray Mac Donald and family; Mr. an Mrs. Mervyn. MacCannell and famiy and other rela- tives and friends of Mr. Ray MacDonald, in their recent bereavement. We would like to express our sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Thompson in the recent bereavement of her father, the late Mr. James Millar of Mount Al- bert. ; Mrs. Jim Philip spent the Easter week-end at Nassau. TO ORDER YOUR WINTER FUEL NOW ISTHE TIME Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sutcliffe visited Mr. and Mrs. Don Sutcliffe and family of Janetville. Recent visitors with Mrs. James E. Mitchell inclu- ded Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Rusnell and their grand- daughter Miss Joan Rusnell of Oshawa, Mr. and Mrs. Milt Parkin and Mrs. Howard Stell of - Kinsale, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mitchell, Mrs. Yvonne Williams and Kristy and Mrs. Bruce Haugen and Dean of Port Perry. 'Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Crawford of Cavan were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sutcliffe. Mr. and ~ Mrs. Bruce Bailey and Mrs. Howard Forsythe of Goodwood vis- ited Mrs. Tucker of Peter- borough on Monday. Mrs. Roy Sutcliffe, Mrs. James E. Mitchell, Mrs. Jack Crosier and Mrs. Chet Geer enjoyed the rehearsal of the Historical Society choir concert in the Late- ham Centre in Port Perry on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Thompson were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and SAVE Money on DX Premium Call Collect 668-3381 Quality Fuel Oil presents ARC » Lune? Sacks . Music by The On-Call" DX FUEL OIL Call us today for PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Refreshments *5.00 couple TICKETS AVAILABLE Richards Beauty Studio; G.M. Williams Motors or at the door. at Trans General Store, Prince Albert; House of Howard; DON'T MISS THESE UP-COMING DANCES SATURDAY, MAY 4th Bev Smith & the Individuals SATURDAY, MAY 11th Bev Smith & the Individuals PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, April 24th, 1974 -- 19 Scarborough were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Har- ers ol Mrs. Don McGillivray of per and Mr. and Mrs. Clif- Mount Albert. ford Harper called on Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mey- Cecil Harper on Suhday. 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