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12-- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Mar. 22, 1978 Blackstock by Bethany Schryburt The weekly senior citizen card party at the town hall in Blackstock hosted eigh- teen tables. The winners were: 1st - Mrs. Reid Cook 93; 2nd - Isabelle McLenrol, 90; 3rd - Ed Harris, 86; 4th - Adam Sharp, 86; 5th Muriel Lawrence, 84; 6th - Agnes Prescott, 80; and low was. Bill Mahaffy. Palm Sunday was observ- ed at the Blackstock United Church on Sunday with the sacrament of Holy Comm- union. During the service the induction of Carl Adams as a new Elder of the church took place. Janet and Mar- lene Parsons performed beautifully the duet, 'By the Sea of Galilee'. Please get out to worship in this Easter season. A - special Good Friday service is being held on March 24th at 11 a.m. at thé United Church in Blackstock. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Adams had a special glow about them on Sunday a§ their daughter-in-law, = Michelle, had a son in the Oshawa hospital on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Salt- ermann and Lisa from Oak- ville and Mr. and Mrs. John Mew from Toronto were weekend guests of Mrs. Austin Beacock. Mr. and Mrs. Don Flem- ing, with Janet, Pamela, and Scott - visited their grandmother, Mrs. F. Archer on Saturday. Sun- day guests at Mr. Archer's home were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Archer and Kimberly from Bowmanville; and Mr. and Mrs. Almer Archer of Whitby. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bailey of Blackstock and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Townes of Port 18th. Perry curled ® in the Patrick's Bonspiel in Ann- andale on Saturday, March They were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Norm Campbell of Picker- ing the same day. Mrs. Campbell (nee Dawn Black) attended high school with both Neil and Elaine and is a long time friend of the family. Several from Blackstock enjoyed the Annual George Stone Real Estate Bonspiel in Port Perry on Saturday. The O.N.O. once again provided many couples with a good evening of dancing at the Blackstock Recreat- ional Centre. Ross Jack- man presented the music for the: annual "Hard Times" dance; a tasty sub sandwhich and coffee failed to slow the evening as Children from Blackstock Playschool had some unusual visitors last week as Joel and Arthur Schryburt and Kyle Russell, right, demonstrate. See story for details. ETT TTC TE TTT TTT CTE everyone just kept on danc- ing. ¢ St. John's A.c.w. met at the home of Lorna Edger- - ton, on Thursday, March 16. After a short devotional on thoughts of Easter given by Lorna, president Sharon Umphrey led the business part of the meeting. There 'were several items to be discussed, one being the Federation of Agriculture Banquet on March 28th. -- Our next meeting will be on April 19th when we plan to attend the spring deanery meeting in Oshawa. All ladies of the church are invited to attend. Marion Larmer then spoke to us about the newly formed Community Care project of Scugog township. Volunteers are most wel- come in order to provide its many services. The latter are available to all senior citizens, a very worthwhile venture. ' Next, we enjoyed some - Nursery School popular The Blackstock Nursery School is preseritly in opera- tion two and a half days a+ week. with only one vacant spot in its five session sche- dule. The school takes three and four year olds with a limit of fifteen child- ren in a session. Brenda Walker, ftom Port Perry, is the teacher in charge. She has a degree in Early Child- -hood Education from Trent University. The school also has a full time assistant. The government requires a one to five ratio so a sche- dule of participating mother helpers is set up. The nursery school offers a chance for children to learn the difficult skill of getting along with peers. Many children in the coun- try have no close neigh- bours and with 'family plan- w = CUSHION FLOOR = from 3.95 LEVEL LOOP tun *4.95 .... SHAG from $3.95 "Plus much, much more! ot ) "DURHAM CARPET & Service - Cleaning - Ceramic Tiles " ™ 60 WATER STREET - PORT PERRY - 985-3773 HOURS: Mon. to Thurs. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday 10a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1 00 * ET very colourful and interest- ing slides. of Holland, Eng- land and Florida, shown by 'Ken Crawford. Our meet- ing concluded with a tasty lunch and a friendly visit, On Sunday, At. St.John's Anglican Church, the begin- ning of Holy Week, Palm Sunday, was observed. Palms decorated the church and each person in the con- gregation came forward to receive a palm leaf from Rev. Rose. This was follow- ed by a thought-provoking sermon on Palm Sunday and how it relates to us in present day. Good Friday service will be held at 8:00 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kelly, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elaine and Esther enjoyed Sunday afternoon dinner in Fenelon Falls with Mr. and Mrs. Murray Walker and Carol. Mrs. Stewart Dorell is 'ning' or a working mother the home does not always complete the social teaching it once did. Another aspect of learn- ing takes place when a child experiences the =~ world around him. The school tries to provide several field trips and special visitors. It may be thought that child- ren today know so much more at such an earlier age, indeed they may, but the vast amount of information in the world that is avail- able far exceeds that - of 'grandmothers' day. There are many other needs that a nursery school fills. The physical develop- ment of motor skills: cutt- ing, pasting, painting: and building with varied media. All five of the children's senses are put to use on the pudding-finger-painting day. day. During the past week, the school room was filled with interesting visitors which did more for the children's education than any book found of the shelf. On Wednesday, Maria Booi, the Ontario Dairy Princess brought several colorful posters and buttons to the circle time. Louise VanCamp, Dairy Princess for Durham County, mani- pulated a cow puppet, Miss Moo Moo, who informed us that cows can only give milk after they've had a' baby. They asked the child- ren what went with crack- ers in an effort to bring cheese into the conversation but, all 'they could get was 'soup'. Yogurt was virtual- ly an unknown so-the tast- ing experience goes on. _ Thursday circle time fill-. ~ed 'the room with, Peep, Peep, Peep!!! Brenda had brought a box of baby chicks from the famous Brunton Farms thanks to Edith and Arthur Brunton. The coming of spring was talked about as new life and babies was the subject of circle time. On Friday the class was pleased to have Doug Lar- mer bring his box of babies to circle time. The baby goat just ten days old made him- self at home by laying on the pasting shelf. The goat down from Charlton visiting with relatives in the Blackstock area. 4-H meet The 4-H Hamburger Help- ers met on Tuesday after school at the United Church and opened the meeting with the 4-H pledge. By the way last weeks fish was prepared by Elizabeth Kelly .not Elaine. % Cathy Clark read the minutes and roll call was.answered with a variety meat dish. Marilyn Green and Cathy Clark pre- pared pan fried liver. The leaders brought some Dutch liver cheese for all to enjoy. Nancy Wygerde then led . the . discussion of Variety meats. The next meeting, to be held on the Tuesday during the spring break will be a pot luck dinner. The meeting was closed with the 4-H motto. was delighted when he found a friend but strangely enough the goat in the mirror didn't answer back. The thirty-six hour old pig still had some of his navel cord attached which as you might imagine prompted some curious "questions. The soft lamb born just-two days before found the floor rather unstable, but many laps were more than willing to give him 'a rest." '¢ The previous week a field trip was. taken to the Oshawa Airport, stopping at the road side to have a chat with the horses and a milk shake at McDonalds. Dur- ing the next few weeks - plans are being made to go to the 'sugar bush' and back to the school for pancakes. All in all it's great being a child at the Blackstock Nursery School.! organize The newest little organiz- ation in town is the Beavers which grow up to be cubs which if your confused is part of the scouts. The Beavers range in age from 5 to 7 years with lots of energy. The local Beavers are desparate for more adult assistance as the club is very popular with the young boys. They meet on Monday evenings: for more information call Joanne Swain 986-5389. Investure for the Beavers will take place on April 25th, each _boys must have a hat and vest, scarves are being pro- vided by the Scout Mothers Auxiliary. At that time the Beavers must know the motto, law and promise. "There are close to seventy cubs and scouts in the area participating in a skate-a- thon to raise money for the local . organization. The boys are asking for pledges at pennies per lap, with a maximum of seventy-five laps. The event will take place at the new ice arena in Blackstock - on March. 30th. 2