Whitby Free Press, 1 Apr 1987, p. 13

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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1,1987, PAGE 13 COMING (VENT S ART SHOW Nancy Ames Steele of Whitby is one of the feature artists of an exhibition at the Visual Arts Centre of Newcastle April 3 to 18, 1 to 4 p.m. daily. Steele will show a series of organic forms, including seed pods, apples and birds on branches, as part of the exhibition of fibre and metal works. An opening reception will be held April 3 at 7:30 p.m. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Whitby-Oshawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, April 7 from 7:15 to 10 p.m. in the auditorium of the Whit- by Public Library, at 405 Dundas St. W. Guest speaker for this evening will be Pat Boultree, on photographing and copying old photographs. Meetings are free and open to the public. For further in- formation call Janis Richardson at 986-9086 or Steve Wood at 668-1362. HEAD INJURIES The Durham Region chapter of the Head Injury Association of Canada will meet Tuesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m., at Oshawa General Hospital (gym 2C). For more in- formation call 427-7864 or 668-8188. WOMEN'S AGLOW Women's Aglow Fellowship will meet Thursday, April 9, 7 p.m. at Evangel Church, 374 Farewell St., Oshawa. Shirley Robinson of 100 Huntley Street will be guest speaker. For more information call 623-3197. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The next meeting of the Brooklin Horticultural Society will be held at 8 p.m., April 22 at Brooklin United Church. On April 11, the district annual meeting will be held at Nestleton Community Centre, Highway 7A. PANCAKE BREAKFAST A pancake breakfast will be held from 9:45 a.m., Sunday, April 12, in the Christian Education Building of Brooklin United church for young people. who have attended youth ministry meetings. For more in- formation call Brian at 576-0595. DRAW AND DANCE Brooklin Legion will hold its an- nual élimination draw on April 4 in the Legion. The draw will begin at noon and continue until the $500 grand prize winner is announced at 1 a.m. Tickets, for $5, can be pur- chased at the Legion. THE FUTURE WORKS The Future Works, the senior student career conference day, will be held by the Durham Board of Education May 14, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Durham College. Workshops will be held related to students' career education needs. Registration is $5, at guidance and cooperative education departmen- ts. SPRING DANCE The Ashburn Community Centre will hold the annual spring dance on Saturday, April 4, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Thunderbird Golf and Coun- try Club. Tickets, at $20 a couple, are available from centre executive members or at Ashburn General Store. Ticket price in- cludes lunch and chance at door prizes. FASHION SHOW Ninth Whitby Boy Scouts are holding a spring fashion show at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 13, at Holy Family Church, Whitby. Fashions are from the Brooklin Village Shoppe. Tickets are $4 from Brenda <686-2054) and Pat (668-. 1406). Refreshments will be served. Holy Family Church is located at the corner of Manning Rd. and Rib- blesdale Dr. BLOOD DONOR CLINIC The Whitby branch of the Canadian Red Cross will hold their blood donor clinic on Tuesday, April 7 from 1 until 8 p.m. at the Legion Hall on Byron St. S. . For many clinics the Red Cross receives assistance from com- munity organizations. Such is the case at April's clinic as the Whitby Jaycettes are contributing volun- teer areas. As well, the West Lynde girl guides will be serving tea and c.offee to the donors during the evening. Any healthy person between the ages of 17 and 65 can give blood. The process of registering, having blood tested, donating, resting and snacking takes approkimately 45 minutes to one hour of time. Volun' teers are friendly and helpful. One donation of blood can help as many as four people, It can be broken down into its components - plasma, platelets, red cells and cryopreciapitate - and in this way can be given to four different people. AUXILIARY MEETING The Whitby General Hospital auxiliary will hold its annual meeting at the Whitby Public Library on Monday, April 6 at 8 p.m. Following the meeting, Janet Jones will demonstrate the art of cake decorating. Anyone interested in auxiliary work is invited to at- tend the meeting. WINDOW DISPLAYS The Whitby Downtown Business Improvement Area is planning to hatch some "eggscellent" window displays in the downtown area before Saturday, when' "eggstra" special events will be held. Crack- A-Doodle-Doo of the Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Board and a bunny friend will visit, loaded with goodies, on the Easter weekend. More information will be given in next week's edition of The Free Press. GARAGE SALE A garage sale will be held 9 a.m. to noon at 172 Way Rd., Brooklin, to raise funds for kitchen equipment in the new parish hall of St. Thomas Church. Donations will also be ac- cepted. Call Annette at 655-4519 or Linda at 655-3948. CHILD CARE A once-a-week, six-week child care course will be held beginning April 7 at St. Theresa Catholic School on Crawforth St. in Whitby. The course will be on Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. To register cal the Durham Department of Health Services. FUNDRAISING DANCE Spring Classic, a benefit fashion show and dance to raise funds to send diabetic children to summer camp, will be held at the Oshawa Golf Club April 10. Tickets, at $50 per person, are available at Patricia's Gallery and Boutique at Pearson Lanes in Whitby, on Mary St. W. TOOTHBRUSH SWAP The Durham & District Dental Nurses and Assistants Association wiil hold their annual toothbrush swap at McDonald's on Thickson Rd. in Whitby from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 4. Residents are invited to bring in their old toothbrushes and trade them in for new ones at no charge. JIM PERPICK, general manager of Casey's Restaurant, with daughter Stephanie (1) and Heather Butters, two of the 29th Oshawa brownies who helped put together Easter eggs for the Easter Seals fun- draising. Free Press photo Fundraising at Casey's Casey's, and Pat and Mario's Restaurants are selling plastic Easter eggs this week as part of the Easter Seals campaign. Pat and Mario's held a skate-a- thon on Saturday to raise funds. The Easter egg sales began Sun- day, March 29 and will end Sunday, April 5. Easter eggs contain prizes, from gift certificates to tee-shirts. RABIES AWARENESS April 6 to 10 is Rabies Awareness Week in Durham Region. For in-. formation call any veterinarian of- fice or Paul at the McKay Animal Clinic (668-8861). SELF HELP The Self-Help Group for Depressives and Manic- Despressives will meet Thursday, April-9, 7 to 9 p.m., a 111 Simcoe St. N. (second floor), Oshawa. Basil J. Billings, director of pharmacy ser- vices at Oshawa General Hospital, will speak on medications. For more information call Sandra Manuel at 728-9931. YARDSALE The Whitby council of Knights of Columbus will hold a giant yard sale April 4 and 5, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus hall, 133 Brock St. N. GEOGRAPHY FAIR The Durham Region Geography Fair will be held April 3, 1 to 3 p.m., at G.L. Roberts CVI in Oshawa. There will be nine categories of projects by Gr. 6 to 13 students. For more information call Luba Mat- this at Roberts at 728-7594. CLEANOUT SALE Fairview Lodge, 632 Dundas St. W., Whitby, will hold a spring cleanout and craft sale on Sat. April 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the auditorium. Oshawa brownies assisted the restaurant to make up the eggs. Casey's, at 1100 Dundas St. E., Whitby, is affiliated with Pat & Mario's and is one of 36 Yesac restaurants taking part in the cam- paign. A bowlerama will also be held at Leisure Lanes in Oshawa on Thur- sday, April 2,4 p.m. For more information call Jim at 666-3939. BOTTLE DRIVE Whitby Youth Concert Band will hold a bottle drive in Whitby on Saturday, April 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. FINANCIAL PLANNING Kim Bail, seminar manager of the Women's 'Financial Planning' Centre, will speak at the April 8 meetings (8 p.m.) of the University Women's Club of Oshawa and District in the auditorium of the McLaughlin library, Oshawa. For information call Carolyn Alexander at 576-4204 or Jane Rowe at 579- 3438. ONE PARENT MEETINGS The One Parent Families Association holds regular meetings - Tuesday nights at St. Andrew's United Church, 71 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa (8 p.m.) A general meeting will be April 7, discussion of the distress centre by Nancy Handleigh April 14, conversation April 21 and speaker Egon -Pederson on the Toastmaster Club April 28. For more information call Barbara at 728-7205. UCW CONFERENCE The 25th annual Bay of Quinte conference for the United Church Women will be held in Whitby this year, at St. Mark's United Church, 201 Centre St., on April 7 and 8. Media consultant Margaret Ni) will be guest speaker April 7, 3:15 t. 4:30 p.m., and Rev. Gale Glovei conference minister, will spea April8, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. PANCAKE WEEKEND The pancake weekend is April 4 and 5 at Purple Woods Conser- vation Area, at Simcoe St. N. and Concession 10 Oshawa. 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