Port Williams news

Clad in safety vests and carrying bright red garbage bags and pointy sticks, members of the Lions Club, the Women’s Institute and the community walked along the roadside and climbed down into the ditches to collect garbage during the spring Adopt-a-Highway clean-up Sat., April 19.

The small group of volunteers removed trash from Highway 358 starting from Canard Acres to the Canard River and from the Cornwallis River Bridge to the railroad tracks.

It was a great day for the event, sunny and warm, and it felt good to get some exercise and do something good for the environment. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of inconsiderate coffee drinkers, smokers (don’t cars have ashtrays?) and consumers of fast food traveling our roads.

You can also tell there are some truckers who aren’t securing their loads properly. The place with the worst concentration of garbage was the parking area by the dyke. Even though there are garbage cans and recycling containers available, people were just throwing their garbage away.

Thanks to Wayne Blenkhorn for making all of the pointy sticks. They made the job a lot easier; not just by picking up the garbage, but they were a help getting in and out of the ditches.

Canadian Cancer Society canvassers are finishing this week. If you haven’t been canvassed, you can still give by contacting Carolyn Harrison at 542-3785.

Robin Whidden, a Nurse Practitioner with the Mud Creek Medical Co-op, will speak Tues., April 29 in the Multipurpose Room of the Community Centre at 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.

It’s time to honour a village volunteer with the Port Williams Volunteer Award. This award was initiated by the Village Service Commission in memory of Harold B. Legge, who served the Village as a Commissioner faithfully for more than 16 years.

The deadline for nominations, which may be made for an individual, couple or group, is April 30. The award recipients will be announced at the annual meeting of the Village Commission.

The Port Williams Men's Fellowship will have its final meeting of the spring Thurs., May 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the vestry. We will have a potluck supper.

Wives and significant others are invited to join us. Ken Bezanson will lead us in a program about collections and you are all invited to bring whatever you may collect to share that evening.

Ken would like to have an idea what will be brought so he can prepare the program. If you have a collection you can share, tell Ken or inform Charlie Forney (542-4849) or Jerry Atwater (542-5303) and we will pass it on.

The Youth Group will hold its yearly indoor yard sale Sat., May 3. If you have donations to contribute or have any other questions in regard to this fundraiser, call Ted Champion (542-3791) or Marlene Porter (542- 2468).

The Fire Department will hold a dance May 5 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are $5 per couple (no, this is not a typo !).

The PWES musical Carnival of the Animals will take place Thurs., May 8 at 1 and 6:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium.

DanceTime at Port Williams will hold its end-of-season dance party Friday, May 9, from 8 p.m. to 12.30 a.m. in the Auditorium at the Community Centre. The program will include both Social and Ballroom dancing, a buffet supper and door prizes, and there will be a cash bar run by the Fire Hall. Profits will go to support community projects.

Tickets are $25 per couple and admission is by ticket only. For tickets and information, phone Kelly at 678-0375

The Port Williams Health Auxiliary will hold its Spring Plant Sale and Coffee Party Saturday, May 10 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in Lockwood Hall. There will be perennials, annuals, shrubs, vines and houseplants available for sale.

There is no cost of admission to the plant tables, but anyone wishing to attend the coffee party can make a freewill donation. A bake table will also be available.

Proceeds from this event will go the auxiliary's ongoing projects, particularly the current project, purchase of a pain pump.

Perennials, annuals, houseplants, herbs, shrubs, trees and seeds are all needed to make this event a success. Plants should be potted and labeled. If you can donate plant material, we would be most grateful.

Items can be left at Lockwood Hall during Friday, May 9 either during the day or in the early evening. For further information, contact: Joan Boland 542-2433; Doreen Fitzgerald 542-2588; Sandra Kempton 542-5151; or any member of the Health Auxiliary.

EMS will hold an adult dance at Sat., May 10 at the Community Centre from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Money raised from this event will be used to help offset the cost of the PEI trip in June.

Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased at the school office. Come, bring some friends and enjoy an evening out.

A Coffee Party sponsored by the Anglican Church Women will be held Wed. May 14 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Parish Hall. Admission is $5 and there will be craft and bake tables. Proceeds are for the Parish Hall fuel bill.

The Port Williams and District Lions Club wishes to advise community residents that the 9th annual Village Wide Yard Sale will be held Sat., June 14. A canteen will be available adjacent to Stage 2 during the yard sale.

Also taking place that day will be a chicken BBQ by the Fire Department, the Children’s Parade and a Community Supper. A mock jail will start the weekend off Fri., June 13. Further information will be sent to Village residents next month.