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6a - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, June 7,1994 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" R D> PORT PERRY STAR & URAL RoorTs Farms. Many Brownies and Guides from Scugog Island attended the Port Perry District's Parent/ Daughter Barbecue on the eve- ning of June 3 at the Emmanuel Pentecostal Church. Following supper, games and a campfire singsong were enjoyed by all the girls. The Golden Slippers will be performing at Cullen Gardens on Sunday, June 12 at 2 and 3 p.m. The 17th Annual Pioneer Days will be held at the Scugog Shores Museum and Village on June 18 and 19. This is a popu- lar event with many exhibits and demonstrations of pioneer life planned. Please mark your calendars. Scugog Island United Church Sunday morning the church was filled with music and chil- Piguook Days Durham East MPP Gord Mills (centre) presents a cheque for $30,000 to Heather Jay and Sandy Mitchell from Windreach June 18, 19 dren and youth dressed in bibli- cal costumes. They participated in the service with the theme of "We Thank God for Rainbows". Congratulations to the youth and Sunday School children for a job well done. The children also received their Sunday School awards. This year, 10 children were presented with Bibles as they were promoted to our Junior Class. The Lectionary Bible Study group will meet on Tuesday, June 7 at 1:30 p.m. The Men's Chorus will prac- tice again on Tuesday, June 7 at 7p.m. Choir practice will be held on Thursday,June 9 at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 12is the day we have been waiting for. This is the day we will gather at 9:45 a.m. at Scugog Island United Church for a Special Outdoor Service and Dedication of our new picnic shelter. Lunch will be provided and there will be games for the children. So bring your lawn chairs and plan on a great time of worship and fel- lowship! For pastoral care, call Elaine Barber at 985-4094. Call 985-8871 with your news for next week's column. Have a good week! Sympathy extended Seagrave Ann SETale [ie] (o] Our community 18 deeply saa- dened with the death of Gail Stewart after a courageous struggle with cancer. We all send our condolences to Gerry and family at this time. Galil was a very special person, her presence, charm and wit will be missed by us all. Birthday greetings this week to [ee-Ann Wray, Kent Sweet- man and Kristy Hutchin, Diane Cooke, John Kent, Gertrude Wanamaker, Blair Beacock, Joanne Desautels and Chris- tianne Zidner. Best wishes from Seagrave community to Marion Barrett who underwent surgery at Oshawa General Hospital last week. Seagrave Church News The anniversary service was conducted last week by Sunday School Superintendent George Hill. The guest speaker was Beaulah Buchwald, a ventrilo- quist with her puppets who kept the children and adults spellbound with their singing and stories centred around the Bible. Several from here attended the Greenbank Sunday School anniversary service June 5 when Brian Jones, a former school teacher at Greenbank was the guest speaker. There will be no church ser- vices on June 12 so our mem- bers can join Pinedale with their anniversary services at 11 a.m. The guest speaker will be David Joint. On June 19, at 9:30 a.m. the U.C.W. will conduct the service, the guest speaker will be Jean Gorrill. The ladies are asked to be at the church at 8:50 a.m. The Seagrave Church annual yard sale will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11 at Len and Betty Somerville's home. Any donations are great- ly appreciated for this worth- while cause, for pickup please call 985-8066 or 985-2627. The U.C.W. will hold a bake sale Fri- day, June 10, only, at 10 a.m. Please have your bakery items at Len and Betty's by 9:30.a.m. for pricing. Please call Diane Cooke with news next week at 985-3722 Blackstock chy noe What a busy weekend is com- ing up. The regular fair board meeting is on Thursday evening at the Recreation Centre; on Friday evening is Ray Ashton's retirement dinner and evening; on Friday and Saturday even- ings at 8 p.m. are Variety nights by Blackstock United Church choir to raise money for a new piano. Rate for this event is $8 single or $20 per family. Congratulations to Julie Byers who graduated on Friday from Guelph University. Jim and Barbara Byers, Jennifer Byers and Fred Slemon attend- ed Convocation Exercises when Julie received her Bachelor of Child Studies. Next year Julie will further her education when she attends Faculty of Educa- tion at Queen's University. On Tuesday evening a large crowd attended the bridal show- er in honor of Esther Kelly who will be married in July. After the many beautiful gifts were opened Esther replied fittingly. A tasty lunch was served by Jill VanCamp and Julie Byers with their mothers who had orga- nized the evening. On Sunday afternoon a Come and Go Reception was held in honor of Jason Kyte and Tam- my Kellar who will be married in July. Many relatives and friends attended. During the af- ternoon Ron Vice emceed a pro- gram after which a purse of money was given to Jason and Tammy from members of the community. Following the re- ception a pot luck supper was enjoyed by close friends and family members. There were 12 tables at the weekly card party with the fol- lowing winners: Bernice Wells, Harry Hill, Richard Manns, Marie Geer, Charlie Stapleton, Harold Swain and Kay Brown. Lucky draws were won by Ber- nice Renton, Ruby Smith, Ver- na Robinson, Jean Porrill, Lor- na Swain and Ruby Cochrane. Gerald and Joyce Kelly spent a busy weekend in Bobcaygeon. They enjoyed Sunday lunch ~~ Fair board meeting Thursday with Rev. Dale and Anita Davis at their lovely new home in Bob- caygeon. Afternoon callers with Dale and Anita were May Shor- tridge, Bill and Sheila Shor- tridge, Stephanie and Casie. Later Gerald and Joyce attend- ed the 65th wedding anniver- sary (indeed a unique event) of Susie and Harvey Humphries and then in the evening enjoyed the Rita McNeil concert at Ver- ulam Community Centre. In the huge crowd many local resi- dents were spotted. Heather Goulding, Heidi Obstfeld, Katie Mairs, Leanne Campbell along with Esther Kelly and Francis Peeters en- joyed a canoe trip on Long Lake and several others in the area over the weekend. This venture was a Duke of Edinburgh event. Glad to report that Roy Turn- er is making good progress in Bowmanville Hospital. Jack Gunter has returned home to Ottawa from a one month term in Lutsk, Ukraine where he was teaching business practices along with some other students from the University of Western Ontario to Russian businessmen. Jack is now home in Ottawa until his second term begins in September in London. Hall board holding fundraiser Shirley The Sunday School Anniver- sary was a wonderful service at Greenbank United Church on Sunday. Juli-Anna Lee was the leader with help from Janice Lee, Joel Thomson and Jennifer Stone. Of course, there was the delightful singing of the Pri- mary Class who sang "Praise Ye the Lord" and the Sunday School Choir sang "What a Wonderful World". Brian Jones, a former teacher at Greenbank Public School was guest speak- er and with the help of two doll friends, "Michael and Rosie", talked to the children and adults about "friends". Congrat- ulations to all who took part to make this a memorable service and to the teachers, thanks for all the time you give to the chil- dren. Next Sunday is Pinedale Sun- day School Anniversary with guest speaker David Joint. Greenbank Church will be closed so our congregation can join with Pinedale at 11 a.m. There will be a Congregation- al Meeting, June 22, 8 p.m. in Greenbank Church Basement. All members are asked to mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend. Mrs. Ruby Beare and family, and sisters Mabel and Elsie, at- tended the 91st birthday party of her sister Hilda Alexander. The family get-together was held at the home of Hilda's daughter in Lakefield. The word is out the Green- bank Cuties are coming back to town Sunday, June 26 at 2:30 p.m. to Greenbank Ball Park. There they will challenge, once again, the Greenbank Gam- bers, past and present, to an en- tertaining game of fastball. The Greenbank Hall Board is hosting this event to raise mon- ey for the hall. Tickets are on sale $3 per person or $10 per family. For further information or for tickets, contact any hall board member or Barb Ward at 985-3903 or Rodd Foster at 985- 8298. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hunter, Ruby Beare and Muriel Gibson attended the "Rita McNeil" con- cert at Bobcaygeon on Sunday evening and reported an enjoya- ble evening. We are happy to report that Jill Hunter is home from a stay in hospital and back to school for ashort day. Get well wishes also go out to John Cook who is a patient in Community Memorial Hospital but is hoping to get home soon. Stay healthy, John. Greenbank Women's Insti- tute will hold their June meet- ing at the home of Jean Hunter. Roll call will be "Name the make and year of car you had when you were married." Jean is hoping to have a special speaker so this is an invitation to anyone who would like to at- tendon June 15at 1:30 p.m. Any news for next week should be in by Sunday evening as your correspondent has an early Monday morning golf date, so please call me early. I found this little poem in the Ontario Readers - Second Book so I'm using it as my thought for the week: "Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows on like a song: But the person worthwhile, Is the person with a smile, When everything goes dead wrong. Great weather for Brooklin Fair | Florence a QRH | All the many people who at- tended the Brooklin Spring Fair certainly could not complain of the weather. It was great, wasn't it? Driving by the fair- grounds on Sunday, it looked as if they had an excellent crowd. Looking ahead to this Satur- day is the Flower Festival Tea to be held at Burns Church from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The theme will be "God's Creation - a Singing Faith". Each arrangement will depict a hymn. Plants for sale, delicious food and a silent auc- tion of the arrangements. Tick- ets are still available for $5 at the church office, Margaret Da- vig, Lexie Petters and Norma Ingleton. Anyone who would like to participate in preparing an arrangement is asked to come to the church on Friday, June 10, noon to 7 p.m. All pro- ceeds will go to the church. Eve- ryone is welcome to come and enjoy this Festival of Flowers. Last Wednesday evening, the Eleanor Knight Group of the W.M.S. met at the home of Flor- ence Ashton. President Ruth Oliver chaired the meeting. "All the Way My Saviour Leads Me" was sung. The scripture was Philippians 1 vs.1-6. Ruth's meditation was based on vs. 6, followed with prayer. The hymn 'I Am Trusting Thee" was sung. Ray Death led us in an interest- ing study on "The Lord's Prayer". The meeting closed with prayer. A social hour fol- lowed. Doug and Florence Ashton visited with Joe and Claire Dowson on Scugog Island on Sunday. Grant and Sheila Parrott travelled to Belleville on Satur- day and attended a family birthday dinner for Sheila's sig- ter Mary Pigden. Grant and Sheila attended the Open House on Sunday af- ternoon at Prince Albert in hon- or of Richard Manns who cele- brated a special birthday. Any interesting news for this column, folks, just give me a call at 655-4240. CO DL A J GRE SE CR de MO on Akl it RG 2 in